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(The Other Wiki says this "Springfield" was one of the inspirations for the use of that generic place name in The Simpsons, per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield_(The_Simpsons)#Location)
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''[[Father Knows Best]]'' was ''the'' stereotypical 1950s [[Dom Com]] TV show about the Average American Home with 2.5 children.
 
[[Robert Young]] played Jim Anderson, an insurance agent; Jane Wyatt (who would later go on to play Spock's mother Amanda in [[Star Trek: The Original Series|the original ''Star Trek'']]) was Jim's wife, Margaret; Billy Gray played Bud, the wisecracking teenager son; Elinor Donahue as the typical teenager daughter, Betty; and Lauren Chapin as the youngest girl.
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* [[Star-Making Role]]: Jim Anderson for Robert Young.
[[Where the Hell Is Springfield?]]: The ''Father Knows Best'' series and the ''[[Guiding Light]]'' daytime serial were among the first to use "Springfield" as a generic Anytown. It has since been adopted by everyone from ''[[The Simpsons]]'' (see [[Separate Simpsons Geography Thing]]) to [[G.I. Joe]].
* [[Where the Hell Is Springfield?]]: ''Father Knows Best'' was one of the first series to use "Springfield" as a generic Anytown.
 
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