January 1, 1953
Southern Manners
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January 8, 1953
Second Family Car
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January 15, 1953
The Boy Next Door
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January 22, 1953
(untitled)
January 29, 1953
Bud Dislikes Girls
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February 5, 1953
Aunt Thelma Visits
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Aunt Thelma stops off between trains for one of her familiar visits with the Andersons.
February 12, 1953
Babysitting Miseries
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February 19, 1953
Modernizing the Home
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February 26, 1953
Banged Up Fender
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March 5, 1953
Overdue Vacation
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March 12, 1953
To Build a Brick Wall
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March 19, 1953
The Missing Wedding Ring
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March 26, 1953
Uninsured Robin
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April 2, 1953
Bud's Panama Cat Business Venture
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April 9, 1953
How to Face Problems
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April 16, 1953
Family Getaway to Beaver Falls
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April 23, 1953
Old Father Time
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April 30, 1953
Springtime Woes
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Spring fever grips Jim, and suddenly he is itching to get outdoors and do things.
May 7, 1953
The Good Old Days
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Fed up with modern life, Jim insists on doing everything the good old-fashioned way.
May 14, 1953
Sophisticated Bud
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May 21, 1953
Paper Drive Management
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September 10, 1953
Remembering Names
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September 17, 1953
Big Inheritance
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The Andersons come startlingly close to inheriting a fortune.
September 24, 1953
Mind Your Manners
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October 1, 1953
A Date Mix-Up with Leonard & Ralph & Betty
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When father plays matchmaker and sets Betty up on a date, the complications pile up.
October 8, 1953
The Value of Money
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October 15, 1953
The Life of the Party
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Bud is no snob -- he simply cannot bring himself to talk to girls.
October 22, 1953
Too Many Peanuts
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Jim returns from an auction crowing about an unbeatable buy, before Margaret catches wind of it.
October 29, 1953
Halloween Blues
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November 5, 1953
Moving to Chicago
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Jim phones that he is bringing home news for the whole family, and speculation runs wild.
November 12, 1953
Betty's Engagement
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November 19, 1953
Missing Uncle
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A suitcase pulled from the attic convinces the family that Uncle Hubert is coming to visit.
November 26, 1953
Thanksgiving
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A typical Thanksgiving at the Andersons', capped by a prize-winning poem.
December 3, 1953
Too Many Rabbits
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After witnessing a fender-bender, Jim finds that Bud has been handed a gift of five rabbits.
December 10, 1953
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December 17, 1953
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December 24, 1953
Christmas Program
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The family cooks up some offbeat ways to spend Christmas Eve.
December 31, 1953
New Year's Sitter
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A tidy New Year's Eve plan falls apart the moment the hired babysitter proves to be a good-looking young man.