Season One (1954-55).
It takes place in the front hallway/stairs and was sponsored by Kent Cigarettes.
Announcer - unknown.
It takes place in the front hallway/stairs and was sponsored by Kent Cigarettes.
Announcer - unknown.
Season Two (1955-56).
It takes place in the kitchen and was sponsored by The Scott Paper Company. The announcer is Jay Jackson, who later hosed Tic Tac Dough on NBC. (Thank you to David Schwartz for this info.)
It takes place in the kitchen and was sponsored by The Scott Paper Company. The announcer is Jay Jackson, who later hosed Tic Tac Dough on NBC. (Thank you to David Schwartz for this info.)
Season Three (1956-57).
It takes place in the
living room and was sponsored by The Scott Paper Company. Announcer - unknown.
It takes place in the
living room and was sponsored by The Scott Paper Company. Announcer - unknown.
Season Four (1957-58).
It takes place in the dining room and was sponsored by The Scott Paper Company. The announcer is Carl Caruso. (Thank you to David Schwartz and Susan Caruso for this info.)
It takes place in the dining room and was sponsored by The Scott Paper Company. The announcer is Carl Caruso. (Thank you to David Schwartz and Susan Caruso for this info.)
Season Five (1958-59).
It takes place in the dining room and was sponsored by The Scott Paper Company.
Announcer - unknown.
It takes place in the dining room and was sponsored by The Scott Paper Company.
Announcer - unknown.
Season Six (1959-60).
It takes place in the dining room and was sponsored The Scott Paper Company.
The announcer is Carl Caruso. (Thank you to David Schwartz and Susan Caruso for this info.)
It takes place in the dining room and was sponsored The Scott Paper Company.
The announcer is Carl Caruso. (Thank you to David Schwartz and Susan Caruso for this info.)
Today in syndication, you'll see mostly one of two opening credits for Father Knows Best; both credits begin with a shot of the house, and either Jim and Margaret are by the stairs, or the family is in the dining room (with Kathy ready to jump the rope). Actually there were four different openings throughout the run (and the last three seasons each had unique musical accompanyments). For your enjoyment here, watch each one, complete with sponsor tags!
During its original run, Robert Young would face the camera at the end of each episode and promote next week's show. See a sampling of those here!
Season Five (1958-59).
Alternate opening. It was sponsored by Lever Brothers (All Detergent, Lux Liquid Soap).
Announcer - unknown.
Alternate opening. It was sponsored by Lever Brothers (All Detergent, Lux Liquid Soap).
Announcer - unknown.
Father Knows Best was so popular when the show ended production in 1960, that CBS ran it for the next two years (1960-1962) on the primetime schedule (evenings). Then ABC aired it primetime in 1962-1963. It had various sponsors. Here is a sampling of those sponsors.