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Jaygerhard
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Father Knows Best: Formula for Happiness (1959)
Episode 30, Season 5
Spellbound!
12 August 2014 - 11 out of 12 users found this review helpful.
This show should be required viewing for anyone attempting to write a screenplay for a pilot shown on 'today's' television boxes.
It's always a treat to remind ourselves what life was like 40 or 50 years ago.
Not for the differences – but for seeing the things that haven't changed.
If you have seen – and love – Hitchcock's "Spellbound", you will love this show.
It uses the same 'dream interpretation' plot in a beautiful, warm and witty way.
The characters, as usual, are both 'everyman' and larger than life.
The message is one both simple and profound.
And the best part is - it is one of those very rare TV sightings for which most viewers will not 'figure it out' before the end.
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