Mother, is next we'll house the best coffee in the whole world?

Well, your father says so, starring Robert Young as Father.

A half hour visit with your neighbors, Anderson's brought to you by Maxwell House, the coffee that's bought and enjoyed by more people than any other brand of coffee at any price. Maxwell House, always good out to the undiscovered ends there There's nothing worth the wear of winning

but laughter and the love of friends. No one we're sure can dispute the wisdom of

Hillary Bellick's beautiful verse, least of all the Anderson's who live in a white

frame house on Maple Street in the Fair City of Springfield. They have precisely the same views

as the esteem Mr. Bellick, but they express them in a slightly different manner.

Like this.

Isn't it wonderful, mother?

Isn't it the most wonderful thing you've ever heard?

Yes, dear, it's wonderful.

If only I could still hear the wind in the trees, the larks and the sunshine, the young lambs crying

through the healthy frost.

Isn't that beautiful? Yes, dear, it's beautiful.

And you ought to see the things Billy's doing with the stage.

He's going to have real horses and everything.

That's very nice, dear.

I'm sure everyone will be happy to see real horses.

Mommy! Oh dear.

Mommy!

We're in the den, Kathy.

Mother, why is it every time I try to tell you something?

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