Father Knows Best Short Wave (Season 3, Episode 21)
TV-G
TV Episode | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Father Knows Best

Short Wave (Season 3, Episode 21)

TV-G

TV Episode | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Bud buys a shortwave radio and, while showing it off to the family, hears a distress call. A family had become caught in a tropical storm while offshore in their cabin cruiser, and the father was unable to transmit his desperate call for ...See moreBud buys a shortwave radio and, while showing it off to the family, hears a distress call. A family had become caught in a tropical storm while offshore in their cabin cruiser, and the father was unable to transmit his desperate call for help to the Coast Guard ... leaving the Andersons as possibly the family's only hope. Written by Brian Rathjen See less

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9 cast members

Name	Known for
Robert Young Jim Anderson Jim Anderson See fewer	Crossfire (1947)
Jane Wyatt Margaret Anderson Margaret Anderson See fewer	Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
Elinor Donahue Betty Anderson Betty Anderson See fewer	Pretty Woman (1990)
Billy Gray Bud Anderson Bud Anderson See fewer	The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Lauren Chapin Kathy Anderson Kathy Anderson See fewer	Father Knows Best (1954)
John Bryant Skipper Skipper See fewer	The Bat (1959)
Donald Freed Radioman Radioman See fewer	Executive Action (1973)
Pamela Baird Girl scout selling taffy (uncredited) Girl scout selling taffy (uncredited) See fewer	Leave It to Beaver (1957)
June Foray Cape Sharon operator (voice) (uncredited) Cape Sharon operator (voice) (uncredited) See fewer	Mulan (1998)