 Unlike "The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet", "Father Knows Best" and other sitcoms and domestic comedies of the era, the show would not focus on the parents, but rather on their children, with the series being told from the kids' point of view.Working titles during the show's gestation period included "It's a Small World" and "Wally and the Beaver".The pilot aired April 23, 1957, as "It's a Small World" on the anthology series "Heinz Studio 57".