These Are The Days

A cartoon series set in the depression era featuring the Day family and their everyday struggles.

This is an animated children's series about the Day family. Martha Day, widowed but energetic enough for two people, is making a go of her farm together with her father-in-law, Grandpa Jefferson Day, who runs the combined post office and general store. Martha is faced with the challenge of raising her three children, 16-year-old Ben, 14-year-old Kathy and 12-year-old Danny. The children are each experiencing difficult growing pains, but even in the never lose their powerful sense of concern for each other and for the family as a whole. In terms of both subject matter and graphic styles, the ABC Television Network Saturday morning series represented an important innovation in animated children's programs. Voices for the cast include June Lockhart as Martha, Pamelyn Ferdin as Kathy, Jack E. Haley as Danny, Henry Jones as Grandpa Day and Andrew Parks as Ben.