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[music playing]

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of Ozzie and Harriet."

- Who's that?

- Well, believe it or not, that's Ricky.

As you can see, he was between teeth at the time.

- He sure was a cute little guy.

Don't tell me that's David.

- Yeah, that's Dave.

He was about 2 and 1/2 years old there.

- What beautiful curls.

- Oh, if you think that's something,

wait till you see this one.

- OK, Mom, that's enough.

- Dave, it was just starting to get interesting.

- I'll show you the rest of them next time you come over.

- It's a deal.

- I think this will be all right for you.

- Where's yours?

- It's over at the club.

- Well, then we'll see you tonight, Mrs. Nelson.

- We're looking forward to it. Have a good game.

- Thanks, Mom. Oh, hi, Pop.

- Hi, Mr. Nelson. - Oh, hi.

Playing some tennis?

- I'm going to play at it.

Dave's too good for me.

- Don't you believe it.

She's doing fine. - Bye.

- Bye. - Bye.

- Oh, June? - Yes?

- What time are your folks expecting us?

- Oh, about 7:00, I guess, if that's OK with you.

- That'll be fine. See you at 7.

- OK, bye.

- Bye, bye.

- What's this about 7 o'clock?

- Oh, June's mother's invited us over for dinner.

- Tonight?

- Yeah.

- What's the big occasion?

- No big occasion.

She just said her folks would like to meet us.

- That seems kind of funny. - I don't think so.

I think it's very thoughtful. June's real nice.

Don't you think so?

- Well, yeah, she's a very nice girl.

- Who's this? - Oh, June Wilson.

We were just saying what a nice girl she is.

- Oh, yeah.

In fact, I wish I'd have met her before David did.

- Oh, that reminds me, Rick.

You're going to get left alone tonight.

Your father and David and I have been invited over

to the Wilsons for dinner.

- Oh, well, that's OK.

I was going bowling with Wally.

- Oh, well, I'll fix you something to eat before we go.

- Well, that won't be necessary.

He can eat out.

Do you need any money?

- Yeah, I could use a few dollars.

- Five OK? - Yeah, that's fine.

Thanks, Pop.

- Where will you eat?

- At Wally's.

I'm invited over there for dinner.

- You know, I just thought of something.

I was supposed to go bowling with Joe tonight.

- Really?

- Well, we didn't make a definite date,

but it seems to me he mentioned something about it.

- Come on, you can go bowling with Joe any night.

- Well, doesn't it seem awful funny to you?

- What?

- Well, out of a clear blue sky, all of a sudden,

these people invite us over to dinner.

- Well, no.

They probably feel as if they know us.

I think it's very nice.

- Maybe they have a lot of leftovers.

- If you ask me, I think it's just possible

that June might be the girl.

- What do you mean?

What girl?

- Well, you know, the girl for Dave.

This might be it.

- Well, they haven't been going together very long.

- Well, that doesn't make any difference.

I know Dave likes her and she likes him.

- Are you ready?

I think Dave's waiting for us.

- Well, you're not going to wear that coat, are you?

- Well, sure. Why not?

- Well, I thought you'd wear a suit.

- Well, you don't have to put on a suit just

to go to somebody's house for dinner.

He probably won't even have a coat on.

I'll put a suit on.

[music playing]

- Ah.

Does this make you happy?

- Oh, yes.

You look very nice.

- I still don't see why I have to wear a suit.

I wear one all day at work, you know.

- I know that, dear.

I just want you to look nice, and you do.

You look very nice.

- Well, I still feel like I'm too dressed up.

What's so special about tonight anyway?

- What do you mean? - You know what I mean.

You've got the place all fixed up

as if this is the guy June's going to marry.

- Well, it could be.

- Why do you say that?

Did she say something to that effect?

- Well, no, not exactly, but, well, I

do know they're very fond of each other.

And you will try to make a good impression on the Nelsons,

won't you, dear?

- Well, of course I will. - Mother?

- Yes, dear?

- They just drove up!

- Oh, Harry, they just drove up.

- OK.

- Do I look all right?

- Oh, yes, you look lovely, dear.

- Beautiful.

- Oh, Harry, put that out.

- Why?

- You're smoking up the whole house, and it smells awful.

- What are you talking about?

This is a good cigar.

- Oh, Daddy!

[doorbell rings] - Just a minute.

Don't open the door yet.

- But, Mother, they're waiting.

- OK, dear.

- Hi! Come on in.

- Hello, June.

- Mom and Dad, this is Mr. and Mrs. Nelson.

- How do you do? - How do you do?

- How do you do?

- Can I get you some more of anything, Dave?

- Oh, no thanks, Mrs. Wilson.

This is a wonderful dinner.

- Yeah, it's just great. - Well, thank you.

I'm glad you like it.

- Don't forget to give me the recipe for the salad dressing.

- I'll write it out for you.

- Dave tells me you're planting quite a few trees

around your house.

- Well, yeah, we're trying to protect our property.

Somebody got the next block rezoned

and they're putting up a couple of hideous looking

apartment houses in back of us.

- Well, of course you can't stop progress.

- Well, you call that progress, tearing down

beautiful old homes and putting up

those architectural monstrosities?

- Well, I think some of the modern architecture

is very effective.

- Well, I sure don't.

Have you seen some of the high schools and colleges

they're putting up lately?

They look like prisons.

- Did you see the fight on television last night,

Mr. Wilson? - Yeah, how about that?

I think somebody got the referee.

- Well, why do you say that?

- You don't think it was a bad decision?

- Well, no.

It was unanimous, both judges and the referee.

- Then somebody must have got to all three of 'em.

I think it was the lousiest decision I ever saw in my life.

- Well, I sure don't.

- Dave, we'd better hurry if we want to see a movie.

- Oh, uh, I hope you don't mind.

We thought we'd go see a show.

- Oh, no, go right ahead.

- Uh, what are you going to see?

- Oh, we haven't made up our minds yet.

- Well, whatever you do, stay away

from that picture at the Bijou.

- Oh, is it bad?

- Well, it's not too good, that's for sure.

- I kind of liked it.

- Well, it has a surprise ending.

Did you guess the ending?

- Oh, sure.

Didn't you?

- Well, I had kind of an idea of what was coming.

- Our little nephew went with us.

He's only nine years old, and he guessed it.

- You make it sound pretty interesting.

Maybe we'll go see it. - Well, have fun.

- Thanks. - Thanks.

We will.

- Sorry to rush off like this.

- Oh, that's all right.

I'll save your dessert for you. - Thanks.

Bye. - Bye.

- Goodbye. - Good night.

- Say, why don't we have our coffee

and dessert in the living room?

- Oh, good.

- This is a lovely room.

- Thank you, Harriet.

Just sit down any place and make yourselves comfortable.

- Oh, thank you.

- How about a cigar? I'm sure the girls won't mind.

- Oh, no thanks. - Go ahead.

I had them made special.

- Uh, no thanks.

You have one.

- Oh, maybe later.

- Harry, will you help me with the dessert, please, dear?

- Oh, I'll help you. - Oh, no.

You just sit down, Harriet.

Harry will help me.

- Oh, not too much for me.

- Oh, come on.

It's homemade strawberry shortcake.

- I'll have a big piece.

- That's what I like to hear.

- Couldn't you try to be a little more

agreeable with Mr. Wilson?

- What do you mean?

- Well, so far you've disagreed with practically everything

he said. - Me?

What about him?

- What do you mean?

- Well, so far, you've disagreed with practically everything

he said. - Me?

What about him?

- Well, at least you could have had a cigar with him.

- Well, I-- I don't happen to want a cigar.

- At least you could try a little harder.

- OK.

- Are you sure you can handle all those?

- Of course I can.

- Don't drop them.

- Oh, for goodness sakes, dear, will stop picking on me?

- I'm not picking on you.

- Well, if you ask me, I think he's purposely

being disagreeable. - Shh!

Here they come.

- Here we are, folks, homemade strawberry shortcake.

- Oh, that looks good.

Oh!

- Oh, I'm sorry!

- Huh.

It's all right.

Those things happen.

- Well, that was a quick shower.

- Well, you didn't leave me much hot water.

But at least I don't smell like strawberries and whipped cream

anymore. - Well, those things happen.

It was an accident.

- Well, at least that's what I keep telling myself.

- Hi.

- Oh, hi, Dave. - What happened?

I thought you'd still be there when we got back.

- Oh, uh, well, we didn't want to keep them up too late.

- Did you go to the Bijou?

- Uh, yeah.

You were right, Pop.

I've seen better pictures.

- Oh, uh, Dave, uh, you didn't guess the ending, did you?

- Well, yeah, as a matter of fact I did.

How did you like the Wilsons?

- Oh, they're very nice.

- Oh, uh, yeah.

We thought they were very nice.

- Oh, that's good.

I kind of had the feeling you and Mr. Wilson

didn't hit it off too well.

- Oh, really?

Well, uh, it was a very interesting evening.

After all, who wants a guy to agree with everything you say?

- Yeah, that's a point.

Well, good night. - Good night, dear.

- Good night, Dave.

- It's obvious Dave wants us to like them.

- Uh, you know, it's just possible I

could be wrong about Harry.

I mean, it might have been just one of those evenings.

- Yeah, I think so.

- Yeah, uh, why don't I call him up tomorrow

and see if he'd like to play golf with me?

- Well, yes, I think that'd be very nice.

- Uh, Harriet, you didn't guess the ending to that picture,

did you? - No, I didn't.

It came as a complete surprise.

- I like you.

- Thank you, dear.

I like you, too.

[music playing]

- Hi, Oz.

- Oh, hi, Joe.

- Hey, you've been deserting me lately.

We were supposed to go bowling a couple of nights ago.

- Oh, well, it wasn't definite.

Besides, uh, something came up.

- Yeah, so I heard.

- What are you talking about?

- Harriet told me all about it.

I understand you're out here buttering up

David's future father-in-law.

- Oh.

[laughs] I'm out here to play golf with him.

I'm not buttering him up. - Oh?

If I showed up late, you'd tee off without me.

- Oh, cut it out.

- Of course, I don't have an eligible daughter,

and I don't have a lot of money.

- Well, neither does he, that is he doesn't have a lot of money.

- But he does have an eligible daughter,

and you are out here trying to butter him up.

- I am not!

- Well, then come on, let's tee off.

I'll play with you.

- Look, the man's a couple of minutes late.

That could happen to anybody.

Say, Doc's in the clubhouse waiting for a game.

Why don't you play with him?

- That wouldn't be any fun.

I can't beat him.

- Look, Joe--

- By the way, when I dropped by the house,

Harriet gave me a message for you.

- What kind of a message?

- She said to remind you not to lose your temper,

for David's sake.

- Thanks a lot.

- Oh, Oz, you will invite me to the wedding, won't you?

- Look, there may not even be a wedding.

- Ah, remember what Harriet said.

- Hi, Oz.

- Oh, hi.

- Am I late?

- No, no, no.

I-- I think I'm a little early.

[music playing]

What'd you take on that, Harry?

- A seven.

- I thought you had a six, didn't you?

- Oh, no.

Don't you remember?

My drive went out of bounds.

- Oh.

Well, gee, it seems like losing that new ball should

be penalty enough.

- Rules are rules, Oz.

How are we doing?

- Oh, uh, we're just about even.

- Oh, no, you're either one or two up on me.

- Well, maybe you're right.

Would you like a Coke?

- OK.

- I'll have a Coke, please.

How about you, Harry?

- I'll have a Coke, too.

Play much golf, Oz?

- Oh, about once a week.

- Does Dave play?

- Yeah, Dave's a real good golfer.

Of course, he doesn't get as much chance

to play now as he used to.

He's got that job in the law office.

- How long will it be before he takes the bar exams?

- Oh, uh, not too long.

- I suppose he'll be opening his own law office?

- Well, eventually.

- How does he plan to support himself in the meantime?

- Well, as I say, he's got the job in the law office,

and then--

Well, he's a pretty resourceful kid.

He'll get along.

- Sounds like a long, tough struggle.

- Yeah, I guess it is.

Uh, would you like a hot dog?

- No thanks.

- Say, we had a real nice time over at your house

the other night. Your wife's a good cook.

- Thanks.

- Uh, does your daughter cook, too?

- Not yet.

My wife's teaching her, and she's taking domestic science

courses at school. - Oh.

- Will there be anything else?

- Uh, no, I guess not.

- Check, please.

- No, no, no, this is on me.

- Come on now, Oz.

- Harry, you're my guest!

- Look, I can pay for a couple of drinks.

- I insist!

- Excuse me, gentlemen, but the check has been taken care of.

- Uh, by whom?

- Mr. Randolph.

He said if there was any argument to put it on his bill.

- Mr. Randolph?

- Yeah, he's a comedian I know.

- This looks like a pretty short hole.

- Yeah, but it's a little tougher than it looks.

Water hazard, there.

What have you got?

- Five-iron.

Do you think I need a four?

- No, I think you've got too much club.

I think an eight or a nine is plenty.

- Really?

- Yeah, see, if you're over the screen, you're in real trouble.

I've seen guys lose four and five balls on this hole.

- I know, but if I'm short, I'll land in the water.

- I've been playing the course for years,

and I always take a nine-iron.

An eight is plenty.

- OK, I'll take your word for it.

Sure doesn't look like enough club to me.

- Oh, yeah, you just hit it. You'll be right up there.

Must be a little wind blowing.

Why don't you hit another ball?

- I'll have to.

I didn't bring my skin-diving equipment with me.

- Oh, that, uh, last one doesn't count.

- Of course it counts.

- See, it's way over.

That five-iron's too much.

- Well, at least I'm not in the water.

- No, that's for sure.

You'd better hit another one.

You're never going to find that.

Uh, what have you got there?

- Seven-iron.

- You sure that's the club you want to use?

- Yes, this is the club I want to use.

- OK, you'll be right over the green into the water again.

I told you this was a tough hole.

- How many is that?

- Uh, counting the four balls you lost, that's 10.

We can knock a couple off that.

- What for?

- Being a good sport.

- Come on now, Oz.

How much do I owe you?

- Will you forget about it, Harry?

- No, we made a bet and you won it, fair and square.

- Oh, hi, Oz!

- Oh, hi.

This is Joe Randolph.

This is Harry Wilson. - Joe, nice to meet you.

- Nice to meet you.

Did you beat him, Harry? - No.

- Well, that's funny.

Everybody else does.

I guess you haven't been playing very long.

- About 20 years. - Oh.

- But I can't ever remember playing this badly.

- Well, he's got the kind of game that'll do that to you.

- Yes.

- He played pretty well.

How much do I owe you, Oz?

- Say, he didn't pull that eight-iron bet on the 17th

hole, did he, and make you drive into the water?

- Uh, Joe?

- Oz, you didn't.

Well, see you around.

Nice to have meet you.

- Thanks.

How much do I owe you?

- You'd have been very proud of me.

I didn't lose my temper once.

And believe me, I had plenty of provocation.

- Well, thank you, dear.

I appreciate it, and I know David does, too.

And did Harry say anything about Dave and June?

- Well, he asked a few questions about Dave's job

and his financial situation.

You know, things like that.

- Oh, evidently, it is serious.

- Well, either that or the man's just plain nosy.

He strikes me as being that kind of a guy.

- Well, if he's going to be David's father-in-law,

you'd better try and get along with him.

- Harriet, I've tried, but I just don't like the man!

I've leaned over backwards to be nice to him,

but to be honest with you, if I never see him again,

it'll be too soon.

- How about tonight?

Is that too soon?

- What's this?

- Well, I spoke to Edith today, and we're all

going to the movies together.

- Oh, Harriet!

- Hi. - Hi.

- Oh, hi, Dave.

- How'd the golf game go?

- Oh, OK, I guess.

- How did you get along with Mr. Wilson?

- Uh, well, uh, we're all going to the movies together tonight.

- Oh, good.

- Four, please.

- There's seating in the first two rows only.

- Oh, just a second.

Uh, what do you think?

There's seating in the first two rows only.

- Well, I don't mind sitting in the first row.

Do you girls?

- It's up to you.

- Well, I always get a stiff neck from looking up.

- It's not that close to the screen, not in this theater.

- Come on, dear, we might as well.

- OK.

Four, please.

[laughter]

- Oh, that was a good picture, wasn't it?

- Oh, yes.

I thought it was wonderful.

I like comedies, anyway.

- I thought it was real good.

Did you like it, Oz?

- Well, my neck's a little stiff from looking up at the screen.

- Oh, that's a shame.

- Oh, I can fix that for you in no time.

- Oh, no, that's OK.

- It'd be easier if you were sitting down.

- Oh, well, uh--

- Hey, come on over and sit on the curb.

- No, no.

- Harry is wonderful.

He fixes my neck all the time.

- Now, just relax.

- Careful now.

[water splashes]

- Any better now?

- Oh, uh, oh, yeah, that's fine.

- Want me to do it again?

- No, no, no, no.

- Feel better?

- Yeah, that's good.

How's my coat?

- Oh, it's not too bad.

When the mud dries, I'll brush it off.

- I tried.

- Yes, you did.

- He's a nice guy, but we just don't seem to hit it off.

- I know.

- That's the last time.

- Yes, dear, until tomorrow night.

- What's this?

- Well, I made a date with Edith to take them out.

After all, we do owe them a dinner.

- Oh, Harriet!

You do have your shoes off, don't you?

- Come on, cheer up. It's not going to be that bad.

At least we'll have a good dinner.

- Well, I'm sorry, Harriet, but I just don't feel comfortable

around the man.

- Have a good time.

- Oh, thanks, Dave.

- Well, looks like you're going to have a party.

- Oh, yeah, I invited a few friends over.

I hope it's all right. - Oh, sure.

Good night, dear. - Good night, Mom.

- Good night, Dave.

Have a good time.

- I wonder how the party's getting on.

- Oh, they're probably having a great time.

- June says David is a wonderful dancer.

- Oh, thank you.

They seem to get along very well together, don't they?

- They certainly do.

- Do you folks care for any dessert?

- Oh, no, I don't think so. Thank you.

- Just coffee for me, please.

- Uh, Harry? - No.

How about you?

- Oh, uh, no.

No dessert for me.

I have to watch the old weight.

[laughs]

- Yeah.

I noticed that when we were playing golf the other day.

Of course, I will say this.

It doesn't show when you're sitting down.

I'll have a piece of chocolate cake

and a large scoop of vanilla ice cream on the side.

- Hi! - Oh, hi, Mom.

- Hi!

- Oh, hi, Mr. and Mrs. Wilson.

I think you know Sharon and Wally, don't you?

- Hello. - Hello, kids.

- Tell June we're not checking up on her.

We just dropped by to say hello.

- Oh, OK.

- Would you like a sandwich? They're awful good.

- No, thank you. - We just finished dinner.

- How about a Coke? - I'd love it.

Sounds wonderful.

- I think I may try one of those, if you don't mind.

- Fine. Would you like ham or chicken?

- Doesn't make any difference. They all look good.

- Uh, Pop?

- Oh, yes, Dave?

- Do the Wilsons think that June is here?

- Well, yeah, isn't she?

- No.

- What's the matter?

Did you two have a fight? - Well, no.

She's got a date.

She went to the movies.

- Well, we thought you and June were going steady.

- No.

We've gone out together a couple of times,

but there's nothing serious.

- Is something the matter?

- Oh, uh, no.

Uh, June has gone to the movies.

She isn't here.

- Did you two have a fight? - No.

- No.

- Evidently, you got the wrong idea, Mom.

She's a real nice girl, but we're not

going steady or anything.

- Dave!

- Uh, I'll be right there, Mary!

I hope you're not disappointed.

- Oh, no.

- No, that's OK.

It looks like we jumped to the wrong conclusion.

Hey, this is wonderful!

Now I don't have to be nice to June's father anymore.

- Oh, Ozzie, what a thing to say.

- Well, it's true, I don't.

- Oz, you've just got to try one of these sandwiches.

They're great.

- Oh, uh, well, no thanks.

Say, we just heard some rather surprising news.

- You mean that June isn't here?

- Well, yeah, how did you hear about it?

- Wally just told us.

- I guess my woman's intuition was wrong.

I kind of thought David and June were pretty serious

about each other. - Well, uh--

- I guess we all did.

- Well, you don't seem too upset about it, Harry.

- To be honest with you, do you know

what was the first thing I said to Edith?

- Oh, Harry.

- Might as well be honest with the man.

- What was it, Harry?

- I said, "Well, at least now I don't have to be nice to Ozzie

anymore."

[laughs]

- Now, that's a fine thing to say.

- Oh, cut it out now, Oz.

I bet you thought the same thing about me.

- He not only thought it, he said it.

- [laughs]

- The funny part of this is I really like you, Harry.

- Well, I like you, too, Oz.

- Maybe you two ought to get married.

- [laughs]

- Wait a minute.

You didn't let me finish, Harriet.

I like Oz as long as he's not in the family.

- Well, I guess maybe we were both trying a little too hard.

- Say, here's an idea. It's still early.

Now, why don't you come over to our house for a while?

We'll sit around and play bridge and maybe have a few laughs.

- Oh, I don't know.

- Oh, come on.

It sounds like fun, especially now that you two guys

aren't glaring at each other anymore.

- That did it.

Come on, let's go.

- Why don't Ozzie and I drive over in our car,

and then you won't have to drive us back?

- Whatever you say.

Oz, let's you and I ride together.

It'll give me a chance to apologize to you.

- Are you kidding, Harry?

I'm the one who should apologize to you.

- Oh, hi!

- Hi.

- Rick and I went to the movies.

- You and Rick? - Yeah.

- Sounds like the party's still going strong.

- Well, see you later. - See you later.

- OK.

- Well, how about that?

Rick and June out on a date.

- Well, that's an interesting turn of events.

Well, shall we go?

- Say, Oz, do you want me to drive

your car so you don't get lost?

- Are you kidding?

I know the way.

You go down Forest Avenue to Maple Street and turn left.

- No, that's the long way.

You go down Forest Avenue to Green Street and turn right.

- With all those stop signs?

It'll be all night.

- Well, Maple Street's all torn up.

- Relax, will you, fellas?

This is only their first date.

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