like a lot of star of the big screen a their career wind down and so many turn to television where probably they secure their reputation for posterity . donna reed be a case in point . i do not think donna reed ever think that donna stone be anything challenge and not to a woman who have win an oscar for play a very different type in from here to eternity . she be certainly well prepare to play wife and mother and and homemaker donna stone after have play mary bailey in it a wonderful life . donna be always beautiful and wise and ever helpful with the problem of her kid and her husband . carl betz be not an idiot and he be a pediatrician who have his office attach to the house . talk about the man be ever ready in a crisis . though this be the donna reed show because donna husband at the time and tony owen produce it . yet it last as long a do because of the popularity of the two child and shelley fabares and paul petersen . fabares have that best sell teen record johnny angel which she introduce on the show . she successfully make the transition to adult star and most known for her role in coach a craig t. nelson wife . but petersen be a bubblegum teen idol back in the day . the donna reed show dare i say get most of it viewer because of him . it forgotten now and but petersen also have a best selling record and my dad . didn not do half as well a johnny angel . now paul petersen run a support group for former child star like himself . so many of them end so tragically and it good work that he do . the stone family be the quintessence of middle america . they live in a suburb near chicago and they lead wholesome life . mom and dad be always there for the kid . of course the problem they have usually be nothing more than break curfew . it this series i believe be the model for the tv town of pleasantville where tobey maguire and reese witherspoon be suck into . i have pleasant memory of the donna reed show . easy to take and but not too seriously .