TV Dinners: Mother knew best

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In a simpler, less complicated time, television sitcoms featured happy families where Dad had a good job, Mom stayed home (and frequently had a cook or cleaning lady to help) and the kids were well-groomed, well-behaved, popular in school and sports and, better yet, were sexy teenage heartthrobs, like Ozzie and Harriet’s Ricky Nelson or the Donna Reed Show’s Paul Peterson.

The first commenter to correctly answer the five questions about famous TV moms, dads and housekeepers before midnight tomorrow — Friday, June 25 — will win a vintage, slightly worn copy of the 1961 cookbook What Cooks in Suburbia, which features recipes for the kind of dishes you would expect Donna Reed or Mary Tyler Moore to be whipping up in their spotless kitchens: Mock Cheesecake, Fresh Blueberry Roly-Poly and Nesselrode Pie. The questions follow…