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Father Knows Best•Season 1•Episode 4

Football Tickets

7.6/10 · 87 votesOct 24, 195430 min

Ranked #14 of 26 in Season 1•matches the season avg

Jim gets tickets to an important football game, and picks one of the kids to go with him—only to be blackmailed by an important client (who wants to go to the game, too) out of one of his tickets. He then tries frantically to find

Directed byWilliam D. Russell

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Bud Takes Up the Dance

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Football Tickets

Live My Own Life

Grandpa Jim's Rejuvenation

Bud's Encounter With the Law

Thanksgiving Day

Second Honeymoon

Typical Father

Margaret Goes Dancing

The Christmas Story

Sparrow in the Window

Boy's Week

A Friend of Old George's

Bud the Snob

The Promised Playhouse

Jim the Farmer

Father of the Year

The Mink Coat

The Matchmaker

Bud the Bridesmaid

Proud Father

Father Delivers the Papers

No Partiality

Close Decision

Cast5

Robert Young

Robert Young

Jim Anderson

Jane Wyatt

Jane Wyatt

Margaret Anderson

Elinor Donahue

Elinor Donahue

Betty Anderson

Billy Gray

Billy Gray

Bud Anderson

Lauren Chapin

Lauren Chapin

Kathy Anderson

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William D. Russell

William D. Russell

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Episode Summary

"Football Tickets" is episode 4 of Father Knows Best season 1. It scored 7.6/10 from 87 votes, ranking #14 of 26 episodes this season (season average 7.6). Directed by William D. Russell, it aired on October 24, 1954.

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