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Father Knows best, mother does the rest
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*From that TV series: Father Knows Best,
and the 1950's at large then and even today.


 The bland tyranny

of the cardigan sweater.

His smile

creased in brutal condescension.

Mother corseted

in apron strings.

Bud

with a Greaser's

black defiant lock

rushes to the freedom

of the door.

Father yells

"Princess!"

and she arrives

 dancing with the dog

with an anxious, scripted

girlish giggle.

And don't you think

think they would like to kill him

... just a little?

 

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 Reviews of "Father Knows best, mother does the rest"
Reviewed by Tami Ryan
Reviewed on August 7, 2004
Laughing... (hard!)

Reviewed by Mr. Ed
Reviewed on July 14, 2004
You just brought back some vivid memories of that TV show for me, Doug. I always watched it as a child, wondering why in the world he always wore that Cardigan, even in the summer time; inwardly yearning that he would show up one day, unshaven, hair unkempt, in his tee shirt and boxer shorts, scratching his butt and yawning, as he retrieved the paper from the driveway, yelling, "Bud, get out here and clean up this dog crap."


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