Bud Takes Up the Dance
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Oct 3, 1954
Jim and Betty help Bud learn to dance so he can go to the school dance with a girl.
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Oct 3, 1954
Jim and Betty help Bud learn to dance so he can go to the school dance with a girl.
Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Oct 10, 1954
Jim tells his kids they need to cheerfully volunteer. Bud volunteers Jim's time, Kathy volunteers his good suit to charity, Betty volunteers to be a witness to an accident for a good looking young man.
Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Oct 17, 1954
Margaret is not thrilled at all with Jim's purchase of a second hand motor scooter for Bud. Opening scene is great as Jim appears to be the worst scooter driver in Springfield.
Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Oct 24, 1954
Jim is to take Betty to the biggest football game of the year, but a business customer blackmails him into taking him, instead.
Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Oct 31, 1954
Bud wants to live on his own terms and decides to move to a small apartment with one room.
Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Nov 7, 1954
Jim wants to feel young again and his family tries to make him feel better.
Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: Nov 14, 1954
Rocket Girl Kathy loads up her rocket (new washing machine) causing problems for the whole family.
Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: Nov 21, 1954
Jim changes plans for Thanksgiving to celebrate Kathy's winning poem of the fourth grade.
Episode: 1x09 | Airdate: Nov 28, 1954
Jim asks Margaret to take off with him for a weekend alone. Blooper: In the car they talk about their kids being nearly in bed but the shadows show it is mid-day.
Episode: 1x10 | Airdate: Dec 5, 1954
Betty and her boyfriend rehearse for a play and causes Jim to believe they are eloping.
Episode: 1x11 | Airdate: Dec 12, 1954
Feeling nostalgic and a bit neglected, Margaret decides to take private dance lessons.
Episode: 1x12 | Airdate: Dec 19, 1954
The family takes a short road trip to find the perfect Christmas tree but a sudden storm strands them for Christmas.
Episode: 1x13 | Airdate: Dec 26, 1954
It's a cold rainy evening and Kathy finds a motionless sparrow on the windowsill.
Episode: 1x14 | Airdate: Jan 2, 1955
Kathy is blamed for breaking a window, and Jim must face a Boys Week Judge in court.
Episode: 1x15 | Airdate: Jan 9, 1955
A friend of a college friend drops by as the family is trying to celebrate Kathy's birthday.
Episode: 1x16 | Airdate: Jan 16, 1955
Bud is bashful trying to talk to girls in his school.
Episode: 1x17 | Airdate: Jan 23, 1955
Jim tells Bud the complete story of a promise to Kathy about a tree-house made years ago to explain why he is very careful about what promises he makes.
Episode: 1x18 | Airdate: Jan 30, 1955
Jim's stressful work moves Jim to move to the country for a less hectic life.
Episode: 1x19 | Airdate: Feb 6, 1955
Jim is entered into a father-of-the-year contest by his kids.
Episode: 1x20 | Airdate: Feb 13, 1955
After Jim tells family they must tighten belts in the family budget, he buys a mink coat for Margaret.
Episode: 1x21 | Airdate: Feb 20, 1955
Margaret plans a dinner for a couple to encourage him to ask his girlfriend to marry him.
Episode: 1x22 | Airdate: Feb 27, 1955
Margaret is hosting a wedding in her home for the couple from the last episode.
Episode: 1x23 | Airdate: Mar 6, 1955
Kathy, Bud, and Betty are all scared of something happening to them, and Jim encourages them to be brave.
Episode: 1x24 | Airdate: Mar 13, 1955
Bud's job as delivery boy is in jeopardy and Jim completes his route keeping a promise to Bud's boss.
Episode: 1x25 | Airdate: Mar 20, 1955
Kathy is tired of hand-me-downs. trivia: when Jim calls phone number on Kathy's arm but not the same numbers.
Episode: 1x26 | Airdate: Mar 27, 1955
Bud learns a lesson after he fails to keep up with his responsibilities and proves his good character.