Season 6

32 episodes · 1959

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

Bud falls in love with his college French professor.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Both Jim and Kathy are doublecrossed by their friends.

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

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

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

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

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

Betty competes in the college fencing tournament.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bud falls in love with his English Tutor

Betty dates a boy everyone regards as a loser

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

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

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

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"".