Mother, is Maxwell House really the only coffee in the world?

Well, your father says so, and your father knows best.

Yes, it's father knows best, transcribed in Hollywood,

starring Robert Young as father.

A half-hour visit with your neighbors, the Anderson's.

Brought to you by America's favorite coffee, Maxwell House,

the coffee that's always good to the last drop.

In speaking of children, the poet Charles M. Dickinson wrote,

they are idols of hearts and of households.

They are angels of God in disguise.

The sunlight still sleeps in their tresses.

His glory still gleams in their eyes.

Well, it seems like a pretty good bet that Mr. Dickinson never spent any appreciable time in Springfield,

especially in a certain white frame house on Maple Street.

If he did, it's a cinch that he never stayed for dinner,

where the conversation generally goes something like this.

But dad, I won't get my allowance until Monday, and I've only got 20 cents.

That's very interesting.

Kathy, stop playing with your mashed potatoes.

Yes, daddy.

It isn't as if I needed a whole lot.

Heck, what's 50 cents?

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