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4 The Andersens of Father Knows Best; Billy Gray, Jane Wyatt, Lauren Chapin, Robert Young and Elinor Donahue. appeal. But that is all to the good and makes for a far better show. And, wonder of wonders, Young himself is not the bumbling father who’s always low man on the family totem pole, as in many TV comedies. He plays an alert, intelligent and responsible citi¬ zen with a sense of humor. Like any father, he’s often confused by the antics of his three children, but he’s right there with the guiding touch when needed. The role is tail¬ ored to his talents. Miss Wyatt is fine as the young mother, who rules her charges with amused understanding. Elinor Donahue, as the elder daugh¬ ter, could be anybody’s teen-age sis¬ ter. Billy Gray is a good little actor as the young son, and little Lauren Chapin, possibly because she gets the funniest lines each week, often threat¬ ens to walk away with the honors. Best of all, the show is fun to watch. It’s a good situation comedy in every sense of that term. back almost that far. Each week finds Willy trying to win her first big case and running up against the usual small-town provincialism, or prob¬ lems with her family or her fiance. Miss Havoc does her best, some¬ times rising above her material to produce a few laughs. Whitfield Con¬ nor, as her boy friend, the town veterinarian, never has a chance. Wheaton Chambers, as June’s father; Mary Treen, as her widowed sister, and Danny Richards, Jr., as her nephew, all try hard. Richards, in fact, could be a real comedy find if some friendly TV producer would give him the right comedy.— R.S. PINE TUNING By Ollie Crawford Television shows celebrate Thanksgiving. TV is where they celebrate if they haven’t had a turkey. • Thanksgiving—this is the day when you can get the kids to eat in the dining room. • A guy can be thankful today if he just has a breathing space between the last payment on the old set and the first payment on the color set. Everybody is thankful about TV—if you’re not thankful about the show, you’re thankful because you can turn it off. • This is the season when the frost is on the pumpkin and the corn is in the script. • The first Thanksgiving was when a turkey named George Gobbler invented the phrase, “I’ll be a dirty bird.” The big Thanksgiving show that year had a lot of Indians, but no cowboys. They were thankful for their blessings just when the average modern guy would be trying to get on Strike It Rich. • The Pilgrim Fathers landed on Plymouth Rock, which was the first time any American had rocks in his tread. • At the first Thanksgiving, they had no TV set. So they in¬ vited the tepee set. 19