Season 6

episodes

E1
1.A Day in the Country
Oct 5, 195930m

While on the way to visit Margaret's parents, the car breaks down leaving the family stranded on a deserted road.

E2
2.Bud Branches Out
Oct 12, 195930m

Bud falls in love with his college French professor.

E3
3.The Gardener's Big Day
Oct 19, 195930m

Frank is chosen to represent the town at the opening of a park, but when the town council meets Frank, they want another person to represent their city- someone who looks more like an average American.

E4
4.The Imposter
Oct 26, 195930m

Betty becomes involved with a young lawyer pretending to be the owner of a radio store.

E5
5.Bud Plays It Safe
Nov 2, 195930m

Bud decides to date the coach's daughter in order to make sure he gets on the football team.

E6
6.Bicycle Trip for Two
Nov 9, 195930m

Jim's plans for a quiet bicycle trip end up with Jim and Margaret arguing

E7
7.First Disillusionment
Nov 16, 195930m

Bud tells Kathy about the job he didn't get when another boy faked his credentials.

E8
8.Margaret's Old Flame
Nov 23, 195930m

Jim and Margaret tease one another about people they dated as their college reunion nears.

E9
9.Kathy Becomes a Girl
Nov 30, 195930m

The family tries to change Kathy from a tomboy into a beautiful girl.

E10
10.Bud, the Willing Worker
Dec 7, 195930m

Bud wants a part-time job at a service station in order to get enough money to buy a boat.

E11
11.Turn the Other Cheek
Dec 14, 195930m

Both Jim and Kathy are doublecrossed by their friends.

E12
12.Good Joke on Mom
Dec 28, 195930m

Margaret tricks the family into believing that she has been elected chairwoman of the children's clinic building program.

E13
13.Betty's Double
Jan 4, 196030m

Betty wins a trip to Hollywood because she looks like a famous movie star.

E14
14.Father, the Naturalist
Jan 11, 196030m

This is a recut version of episode 30. It is not part of the current syndication package and is considered ""lost"".

E15
15.Bud Hides Behind a Skirt
Jan 18, 196030m

Betty is campaigning for safe driving, while Bud is accused of reckless driving.

E16
16.Togetherness
Jan 25, 196030m

A reporter visits the family in order to do an article on family togetherness.

E17
17.Second Best
Feb 1, 196030m

Betty competes in the college fencing tournament.

E18
18.Kathy's Big Deception
Feb 8, 196030m

Kathy, desperate for a date at the community picnic, makes up a story about a boyfriend.

E19
19.Cupid Knows Best
Feb 15, 196030m

Kathy, desperate for a date at the community picnic, makes up a story about a boyfriend.

E20
20.The Big Test
Feb 22, 196030m

Betty arranges a match between Frank and a worker in a flower shop.

E21
21.Jim's Big Surprise
Feb 29, 196030m

Jim is surprised by his family's lack of interest when he is named Father of the Year.

E22
22.Time to Retire
Mar 7, 196030m

When Bud reaffirms and old man's belief in life, he decides to open his own insurance company and hire Bud as his assistant.

E23
23.Bud, the Speculator
Mar 14, 196030m

Bud invests money in a phony stock scheme and winds up losing fifty dollars

E24
24.The $500 Letter
Mar 21, 196030m

The Andersons get a check from an admirer and must find out which member of the family the check was meant for.

E25
25.Adopted Daughter
Mar 28, 196030m

While Kathy is trying to repair her birth certificate frame, she recalls the time she thought she was adopted.

E26
26.Family Contest
Apr 4, 196030m

Kathy destroys a picture of a family competing against hers in a photo contest

E27
27.Love and Learn
Apr 11, 196030m

Bud falls in love with his English Tutor

E28
28.Blind Date
Apr 18, 196030m

Betty dates a boy everyone regards as a loser

E29
29.Betty's Career Problem
Apr 25, 196030m

Betty becomes frustrated when every college contest she enters, she loses to Cliff Bowman, who may even steal her job, too

E30
30.Bud Lives It Up
May 9, 196030m

Bud spends more money than he has in order to impress a girl in Chicago.

E31
31.Not His Type
May 16, 196030m

Betty is caught in the middle of an argument between two of her friends who are planning to marry.

E32
32.Betty's Graduation
May 23, 196030m

When Kathy refuses to graduate from high school, the family tells her about Betty's reluctance to graduate from High School, too. This is a recut version of episode 63. It is not part of the syndication package and is considered ""lost"".