In this week's cover story, Digby Diehl has a candid and frequently poignant profile of Robert Young, one of America's favorite fathers who knew best, and now kindly and wise Marcus Welby, M.D. "I don't see anything wrong with the myth of the American father," Young says of his own role as Jim Anderson. "That is, as long as you realize that the American mother is really making most of the decisions." Young had fought long and hard to keep his character from being a typical television dad buffoon, but now he thinks things have evolved beyond that. "All those pat answers I used to give, going back to the old 'FKB' on radio, ar just too ridiculous now. The family unit is too related to the outside world and life is too complicated to get away with those old solutions. I doubt very much that father knows best any longer." Despite the outward similarities between Anderson and Welby, Young sees a real relevance in his role as the doctor who knows best. He spoke to many doctors in…
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