The Most Precious Gift of All

The Most Precious Gift of All
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Premiere date	November 23, 1974
Run time	20:32
Starring	Andrew Parks Pamelyn Ferdin Jack E. Haley June Lockhart Henry Jones Don Messick
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Director(s)	Charles A. Nichols Gordon Hunt (voices)
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"The Most Precious Gift of All" is the twelfth episode of These Are the Days season one. It aired on November 23, 1974 on ABC. It was directed by Charles A. Nichols, and voice directed by Gordon Hunt.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Ben Day	Andrew Parks
Kathy Day	Pamelyn Ferdin
Martha Day	June Lockhart
Jonas	Don Messick
Jeff Day	Henry Jones
Danny Day	Jack E. Haley
Mr. McKenzie	Unavailable
Butch Bottomly	Unavailable
Dock worker	Unavailable
Joe	Unavailable
Blacksmith	Unavailable
Constable	Unavailable
Mr. McKenzie's son
Mr. McKenzie's daughter-in-law (indirectly)
Merlin	Unavailable
Mr. Gunderson

Organizations

• Elmsville Police Department

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Great Plains
      • Elmsville
        • Day residence
        • School
        • Docks
        • Globe Cafe
        • Day General Store
        • Mr. Gunderson's ice cream parlor (mentioned)
    • Oklahoma (mentioned)
• The Sun

Objects

• Jefferson Day Little Miracle Egg Production Promoter
• Bay Rum Hair Tonic
• Watch bob

Vehicles

• Jane

Music

The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin, who was credited as musical director, with musical supervision by Paul DeKorte.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: November 23, 1974 on ABC

Behind the scenes

• Danny refers to the time he ran away into the woods, which happened in "Danny Runs Away."

Errors

• Butch points to the direction of the general store, and Danny walks to the right to enter, even though the general store is behind them when this happens.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• Not available. 😢