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Here's a batch of TV shows new to DVD, led by a sweet-natured light comedy that paved the way for the ultra-"nice" sitcoms of the 1950s.
-- "Father Knows Best: Season One" (Shout! 1954-55, b/w, four discs, $34.99). Back when television (and movies, for that matter) cared about providing uplifting material -- the kind that, while not completely realistic, gave the audience an ideal to be aspired to -- this show was an antidote for the wacky wives and temperamental husbands of "I Love Lucy" and "Make Room for Daddy."See the full content of this document
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'Father' Is Among New Releases
And it ushered in an era of kinder, gentler sitcoms that followed, such as "The Donna Reed Show" and "Leave it to Beaver."
Robert Young, as Jim Anderson, had already starred in the radio version of "Father Knows Best" for five ye...See the full content of this document
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