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[theme music]

- The Coca-Cola Company proudly presents the most famous family

in America--

Ozzie, Harriet, David, and Ricky, the Nelson family.

In the Nelson household, as in many other American homes

today, there's one drink that has a special place--

Coca-Cola, the refreshing drink you can proudly

serve anyone, any time.

- Yeah, ever since I can remember,

there has never been another soft drink that's fitted

so naturally with American family life,

or the life we Nelsons lead, as Coca-Cola.

That's why we're proud and happy that our show is

associated with Coca-Cola, too.

You know, I never realized it before,

but Coca-Cola is actually enjoyed over 60 million times

a day.

- 60 million?

- That's right.

- No wonder there's so many empties in our garage.

- 60 million?

- That's right, Dave.

- Well, here goes 60,000,001.

- Two.

- Three.

- Four.

- Coca-Cola Company invites you to enjoy "The Adventures

of Ozzie and Harriet."

- Come on, don't quit now.

We've got a lot more to do.

- Well, this stuff is heavy.

I'm tired.

- Well, the truck will be here any minute.

Is everything out of the attic?

- Are you kidding?

We haven't thrown anything away in 20 years.

It's all up in the attic.

- Oh, say, Dave, would you help me get some more

stuff out of the garage?

- OK. - Hi.

Well, look who's here.

Where have you been?

- Oh, down at the record shop.

What's going on?

- We're collecting stuff for the Women's Club.

- And we could use a little help.

- Nobody told me.

If I had known that, I could have stayed down there

and listened to a couple of more albums.

- Well, you're home now, so come on, get to work.

- Well, what's the Women's Club going to do with all this junk?

- It's not junk.

There are a lot of good things here.

It's for the Christmas toy fund.

We're going to sell it to a second-hand dealer.

- You think you'll get much money for it?

- Well, it gives us a good start.

- Hey, look what I found.

- Oh, yeah, I forgot we had that.

- You're going to give this away?

- Well, I don't know.

It might look nice in the den.

- We could always use another phone.

[phone ringing] - Oh.

Uh--

- I think it's the one in the kitchen.

- Oh.

Hello?

Hello?

[phone ringing]

Hello?

Maybe you're right.

- Hello?

Oh, hi, Wally.

Oh, well, right now?

Well, yeah, I guess so.

What's the trouble?

Oh, well, we'll be right over. Yeah, OK.

Bye.

- Come on, Rick.

Give us a hand. No, I can't.

That was Wally on the phone.

They just called an emergency meeting over

at the fraternity house. - Are you kidding?

- No, honest.

You're supposed to come, too.

- Sorry, Mom. Did you hear that?

- Yes, I heard it.

It sounds pretty fishy to me.

- No, really, we wouldn't run out on you, Mom.

- OK, I guess your dad and I can take care of it.

Bye. - So long.

- So long.

- Well, come on, daddy-o.

Let's get to work.

- Oh, I'm sorry, Harriet.

I can't.

OK, Joe, I'll be right there.

Shame, that's Joe on the phone.

They're having an emergency meeting out at the golf course.

- OK, you take the attic.

I'll take the garage.

- No-- uh, Harriet?

[chuckle]

Will you put Joe on again, please?

- And the dance committee came up with an amazing discovery.

- Go ahead.

- We don't have enough money to pay for the dance.

- Now do you see why I said it was an emergency?

- How much money do we need?

- Well, at least $100.

We haven't got any refreshments, and we have

to pay a deposit on the band.

- Well, what happened to all the money we had in the treasury?

- Well, we had a few unexpected expenses, a couple of payments

we had to meet. - Like what?

- Well, like the mortgage on the house-- first, second,

and third. - That's great.

How are we going to have the dance?

- That's why we're here.

- Will somebody please tell me something?

Are all fraternities run in the same efficient manner?

- That's not the point.

The point is, where are we going to get the money?

- Hey, why don't we take up a collection?

You know, everybody chip in.

- Yeah, I'll bet we could raise $4 or $5

right here in this room.

[laughing]

- Wait a second.

Speaking of the collections, my mother's

collecting junk for the Women's Club,

and they're going to sell it to a junk dealer.

- Are they having trouble paying their rent, too?

- The money goes to the Christmas toy fun.

- Do they make any money out of it?

- Well, sure, I guess so.

This is about the fifth year they've done it.

- Hey, I got an idea.

Why don't we collect all the junk we can, and then sell it?

- Oh, where'd you get that idea?

- Oh, it just came to me.

- You think the junk dealer would buy stuff from us?

- Well, sure, if we've got enough.

- Well, this furniture alone must

be worth a fortune as junk.

- Sounds good to me.

What do you guys think? - Yeah.

- Yeah.

- Hey, why don't we get rid of this?

I never did like it.

- Oh, me neither.

I don't see why we've kept it this long.

- OK, out it goes.

- I thought there was some reason for that being there.

- Come on, let's get started.

Some of you guys take the cellar,

and the rest of you guys get the attic.

- And I'll take a ride downtown and talk to the junk dealer.

- What do you mean?

- Well, somebody's got to go.

- Can anybody lend me bus fare?

- You volunteered. Walk.

- Oh, that's a fine spirit. - Here, Wally.

Take my car.

- Well, there's a real brother for you.

Thanks. - That's OK.

Just put gas in it.

The tank's empty.

[upbeat music]

- Well, is this all?

- That's about all we could find.

There might be a few more things left upstairs.

- Well, where's the old bathtub?

- Upstairs, where it always was.

- No, not that one, the old one with a hole in it.

- Well, upstairs, where it always was.

- No, not that one, the old, old one.

- We threw that out years ago.

Come on, Dave.

Give me a hand.

- Well, I told the junk man we had a lot of stuff.

It'll hardly pay him to drive his truck over here for this.

- Yeah, I'm afraid this wasn't such a good idea of yours,

Wally. - My idea?

No, that was Dave's idea.

- Hey, why don't we all try to bring some stuff from home?

- Well, it's too late.

The Women's Club beat us to it.

- Well, you guys figure it out.

I'm tired.

[upbeat music]

- Hi, fellas. - Hi, girls.

- Hi, girls.

- What's going on here?

- We're collecting junk.

- We guessed that, but what's it for?

- Well, we're going to try to sell it to raise some money.

- You mean people would pay you money for this stuff?

- Well, we hope so.

- We got the idea from my mother.

The Women's Club is collecting junk

to raise money for the Christmas toy fund.

We thought it'd be a good idea for us.

- Yeah, it sounds like a real good idea.

- Say, if you need any more, I think

there are a couple of old chairs at the sorority.

- Hey, that sounds great.

Every little bit helps.

- Hey, this might make a nice article for the school paper.

Do you mind if I write it up? - No, not at all.

The name's Nelson, N-E-L-S-O-N.

- Bye. - Bye.

- Bye.

- Help!

Help!

Hey, get me out of here!

[cheery music]

- You ought to see all the stuff the girls brought over.

- The girls?

I thought this was a fraternity project.

- Well, it is, but some of the girls

found out what we were doing and helped us out.

- Well, that was nice of 'em.

- Oh, guess what I found up in the attic

while I was cleaning out the junk?

- What? - Well, I'll get it for you.

Pardon me.

- The man's coming tomorrow to get the junk.

I hope we have enough stuff.

- You don't have anything left, do you, Mom?

- No, I don't think so.

We gave it all at the Women's Club.

- How's your campaign coming along?

- Oh, just fine.

Of course, we can always use more, in case you guys

change your mind, decide to give us your stuff.

- I'll tell you what.

We'll take a vote on it, right after the dance.

- [chuckle]

- Here it is.

- Where'd you get that?

- Well, believe it or not, I've saved it ever

since high school.

- I believe it.

- This looks like a basketball.

Ought to be worth something.

- Yeah, we ought to be able to get, hmm, $0.50, $1 for it.

- Every little bit helps. - Here, I'll take that.

- No, wait a second!

You're not going to give that to the Women's Club?

- Women's Club?

I was going to donate it to the Smithsonian Institute.

[laughing]

- Well, here it is, boys.

Money, money. - You sold the junk?

- [chuckle] You bet I did.

- How much you get for it?

- $112.

- Hey, that saves the dance!

- Hey, I'll see you guys later.

I'm going down to the bank and cash

this before the guy changes his mind.

- Guard it with your life.

- Hey, this worked out great.

- Yeah, saved our lives.

- Hey, I thought we were raising this money for the dance?

- We are. Why?

- Oh, not according to this.

Listen.

"Leading fraternity supports Women's Club toy fund."

Then it goes on to say that we've

been collecting all this stuff to donate the money to the toy

fund.

- Well, where did they get that idea?

- I don't know.

It's written by Jane Thompson.

- Hey, wait a second.

When Jane saw us collecting this stuff,

I told her we got the idea from the Women's Club toy fund.

She must have misunderstood me.

- Well, they'll just have to retract the article.

- That might not be such a good idea.

Listen to this.

"This fine group is to be highly congratulated.

Despite the fact that they are giving their big annual dance

this coming Saturday, they have still found time

to support this worthy cause."

- Hey, what's going on?

I just called Marianne over at the Kappa house,

and all she could do was tell me how wonderful we are.

What'd we do?

- Read this.

- [muttering] supports Women's Club--

[muttering] oh, no!

- Oh, yes.

- Hello?

Oh, hi, Betty.

Oh, you read that?

- Well, that's what we get for lettin' the girls in on it.

- Well, the Pi Phi send their congratulations.

- Well, that's great.

Did you tell them it was a mistake?

- Are you kidding?

Would you like to call them back and tell them?

- Boy, this is my day.

Professor Millhouse actually smiled at me.

What's the matter?

- Read this.

- This is awful.

- Well, what are we going to do?

- What can we do?

We're just going to have to call off the dance

and give the money to the Women's Club

like everybody thinks we're going to do.

- Well, we were appointed to tell you

that the fraternity is going to turn all the money over

to the toy fund.

- Well, wonderful, but I thought the money was for the dance.

- Well, it was, but there was a little misunderstanding

and a few things happened.

And we got to thinking about it, and we decided

this was a worthy cause.

And we can always have a dance.

- I just can't tell you how nice I think this is.

Can I phone Mrs. Randolph? She's chairman of the committee.

- Sure. - Sure, go ahead.

- Clara?

This is Harriet.

Say, I have some wonderful news for you.

Dave and Rick's fraternity has raised $112

and they're going to donate it to our toy fund.

Yes, isn't it?

Well, I know.

That's just what I said.

Oh, good.

Hang on a second.

I want to tell the boys.

Boys?

They're having a committee meeting over at Mrs.

Randolph's.

She said to tell you they think it's just

about the nicest thing they've ever heard of.

- Oh, uh, thanks, Mom.

- Thanks, Mom.

[knock]

- Anybody home? - Oh, hi, Wally.

- Hi, Wally. - Did you cash the check?

- Yep. - Been back to the house yet?

- Nope.

- Well, we got some news for you.

- Well, I got some news for you.

I hired the band, and bought the decorations, the refreshments,

and everything.

- You spent the money?

- Well, yeah.

We're broke again, but the dance is all set.

- Oh, great.

- Well, what's the matter?

- Hi, Wally. - Oh, hi, Mrs. Nelson.

- Everybody thinks it's just wonderful

what you guys are doing.

Be sure and tell the boys how much we appreciate it.

- Oh, thank you.

[chuckle] Appreciate what?

- We'll tell you at the meeting.

- What meeting?

- The emergency meeting at the fraternity house right now.

[glum music]

- Go on. Get out.

- No, you get out.

I'll wait for you here.

- Go on, will you?

- Look, why don't we sleep down at the fraternity tonight,

and we can tell Mom in the morning?

- Well, we got to tell her sooner or later.

- OK, how do we explain it?

- We'll just tell her it was a misunderstanding

and we spent the money.

- Oh, that's a great idea.

- Well, if I could think of anything better,

I would have suggested it at the meeting.

- I thought I heard you fellas out here.

Aren't you coming in the house?

- Oh, we'll be there in a couple of minutes, Mom.

- Harriet, you're wanted on the phone.

- OK.

Well, dinner's almost ready.

- We'll be right there.

- Who's going to tell her?

- What do you mean who's going to tell her?

You're going to tell her. - Why me?

- You're older than I am. - Well, that's just it.

You're younger.

It'll help build your character.

- Oh, well, thanks, Sally.

I'll tell them.

All right.

Bye bye.

- Oh, hi, fellas. - Hi, Pop.

- Hey, Pop.

- That was Sally Darby on the phone.

She wanted me to make sure and tell you boys what

a wonderful thing you're doing.

- Oh, uh, thanks, Mom.

- The phone's been ringing all afternoon.

I'm so proud of you fellas.

- You might change your mind when you find out

what Ricky has to tell you.

- Oh, what's that?

- Well, see, uh, we're going to eat dinner downtown tonight.

- Well, dinner's all ready.

- Gee, I'm sorry, Mom.

- Well, all right.

- Come on, David.

We'd better get going.

- Well, see you later, Mom.

- 'Night, Pop. - Have a good night, Rick.

- Good night, Pop.

- Good night, Dave.

- Well, what was that all about?

- Well, uh, who knows.

Maybe they got embarrassed, everybody saying nice things

about 'em.

Kids are like that sometimes.

- Putting it off just makes it worse.

- Well, I didn't notice you speaking up.

- Where are we going to eat?

- Well, at the mall shop, I guess.

That's the only place we don't have to pay cash for it.

- Well, Mom's having roast lamb for dinner.

- OK, you don't have to remind me.

- Hi, fellas. - Hi.

- Hi.

- Wow, welcome to the fun house.

- You, too, huh?

- Yeah, Rick couldn't get up nerve enough to tell Mom.

- Yeah, neither could David.

Did you guys tell your mothers?

- Of course not.

Why do you think we're all here?

And my mother was having fried chicken, mashed potatoes,

and gravy.

- Well, what's that?

- Fried chicken, mashed potatoes, and gravy.

- How can you eat at a time like this?

- Well, it's not easy, even for me.

- Hey, what are we going to do, anyway?

- Well, that's very simple.

The Women's Club is expecting $100 from our fraternity.

We better get it up.

- Well, why don't we just raise the admission price

of the dance?

- You don't think anybody's going to come to the dance

when they find out we spent the $100, do you?

- Well, who's going to know?

- The whole campus is going to know.

- Holy smokes, how long have you been standing there?

- Just long enough.

I've been looking for you fellas to write a follow up

on that story I wrote for the school paper,

and I think I've got it.

- Hey, Jane!

Hey, Jane!

Wait a second, will you? Let me tell you what happened.

- I know what happened.

You got everybody on campus to help

you collect junk for the Women's Club,

and then spent the money for your dance.

- No, we didn't.

You misunderstood us.

I just said we got the idea from the Women's Club.

- But you spent the money.

Wally just said so.

And I'll tell you this much, nobody will come to your dance

after they read what I'm going to put in the paper.

- Look, will you listen to me for a second, please?

Let me tell you the whole story.

Please?

- He just took her arm.

- Is he twisting it?

- Well, he's talking to her and she's listening.

- What's he saying?

- I can't tell.

Oh, now he's--

[sigh]

How about that brother of yours?

- Well, I guess this situation is taken care of.

I hate to sound like I'm bragging,

but I taught him everything he knows.

- How about it?

I understand it's a real good picture.

- Well, gee, I don't know.

I'd like to, but I've got quite a bit

of studying to do tonight.

- Anybody using the phone?

- I don't know.

- Are you sure you're not bribing me to keep me

from writing that story?

- Oh, you know I wouldn't do a thing like that.

- What's the matter?

- And don't worry, we'll get the money somehow.

- Well, I sure hope so.

If word ever got around that you spent it instead of giving it

to the toy fund--

[click]

- Hey, have you got a party line?

- No, but we have extensions.

- Boy, it sounds like somebody was listening.

- Oh, I don't think so.

There's a house rule against it.

That is not exactly a rule, but nobody ever does.

- Oh, I heard it.

- You shouldn't have listened.

- It's a lucky thing I did.

I think the whole sorority should know about this.

Girls!

- Hi, Mary.

Say, you coming to our dance?

What's the matter with her?

- I don't know.

Hi, girls.

- Hi, girls.

Say, do you get the feeling something's wrong?

- I sure do. - Did you guys hear the news?

- No, what? - Everybody knows about it.

Our secret's all over the campus.

- Well, how's that possible?

- Hey, wait a second.

Somebody was listening in on the extension.

- When was that?

- When I was talking to Jane.

- Well, I got another little tidbit for you.

The dean wants to see a representative

of the fraternity in his office right away.

- Well, good luck, Rick.

- You guys don't expect me to go over there, do you?

- Why not? This whole thing was your idea.

And you better take Dave with you,

too, since he's studying law.

- Good luck.

- Hey, wait a second.

- May I help you?

- Uh, yes, we want to see Dean Harris.

Uh, that is, we don't want to see him.

I-- uh, I understand he wants to see us.

- Uh, if he's too busy, we can come back later this afternoon.

- This probably isn't a good time.

We'll come back tomorrow. - No, wait a second.

I don't think he's busy right now.

What's your name again, please?

- Um, Ricky Nelson.

- Uh, David Nelson.

[buzzer]

- Yes?

Yes, I've been expecting them.

Send them right in, please.

- Go right in, please.

- Oh, thank you.

- Come in, boys. Sit down.

- Thank you, sir.

- I'll come right to the point.

Usually, I don't listen to rumors,

but there's one that seems to be spreading

about the campus that is a little too persistent for me

to overlook.

- Oh, what rumor is that, sir?

- It concerns your fraternity.

- Oh, you mean about the money we

collected from the junk jive?

Uh, junk drive.

- Yes, that's the one.

Now, I've heard the money is being used for a dance

and is not being turned over to the Women's Club,

as we were led to believe.

- Well, yes, sir, that part of the rumor is true.

You see, the whole thing got a little confused

by that article in the school paper.

It was never our intention to donate the money

to the Women's Club toy fund.

- I fail to see the connection between your dance

and the toys, unless you were going

to use the toys as admission to the dance.

- What was that?

- Wait a second, Ricky.

The dean's got the idea.

- Of course I've got the idea.

Instead of charging admission, everybody

has to bring a toy to the dance, and you're turning them

over to the Women's Club. Isn't that it?

- Yes, sir. - Yes, sir.

- I can't understand your keeping it a secret.

It would seem to me you'd want to get as much publicity

as you can for the dance. - Why, yes, sir.

We'll get right on it.

- Ah, fine.

Well, come in any time, boys.

- Thank you very much, sir.

- Thank you very much, sir.

[dance music]

- Hi.

Thank you.

- Hey, we're doing all right.

- Well, we sure are.

- Oh, thank you.

Go right on in.

There are plenty of refreshments inside.

- Yeah, $20 worth.

- Hey, fellas. - Oh, hi, Mom.

- Hi, fellas. - Hi, Pop.

- Here you are, Wally. - Thank you.

- I thought maybe one of the kids might like a fat football.

- [giggle]

- Aw, gee, thanks, Pop.

- Well, go right on in. Enjoy yourself.

- Oh, no, thanks.

We're not going to stay.

We just thought we'd stop by and pay our respects.

- Oh, go on in, Pop.

There are plenty of older folks here.

- Oh, well, thanks a lot.

- I can hear that.

- What I meant is there's quite a few professors and the Dean.

- And you're just in time.

Rick's going to sing.

- Well, I guess we might as well.

I've got a tie on.

[chuckle]

- See ya later.

[band playing]

- [SINGING] Don't you know that I'm lost.

- Lost. - Without your love.

- Your love.

- And I just keep dreaming of, hey,

the way that it used to be, so satisfied.

- So satisfied.

- Yeah, honey, but ever since you've been gone,

well, I just can't get along.

Oh, I can't get along without you, baby,

oh, right by my side.

- Yeah, yeah. - You know you took.

- Took. - Took my heart.

- My heart.

- Yeah, you took it and you tore it apart.

Well, I just couldn't keep you, even though I tried.

Don't you know I tried?

And I really, really love you so.

How much?

You'll never, never know.

And I can't get along without you, baby,

oh, right by my side.

- Yeah, yeah.

- You know that in your arms is where I long to be, oh, yes,

sirree.

And I hope some day I'm going to find me a way

to bring you back home to me.

And when you left me all alone--

- Uh, Dean Harris?

according to the book, the house should

be a little further that way.

- Oh, well, then we'll move it.

- --without you baby, oh, right by my side.

- Yeah, yeah.

- Well, in your arms is where I long to be, oh, yes, sirree.

And I hope someday I'm going to find me a way

to bring you back home to me.

Now when you left me all alone, oh, I sat right down

and I cried because I can't get along without you baby,

oh, right by my side.

Just gotta be right by my side.

In the morning, right by my side.

In the evening, right by my side.

In between time, right by my side.

After breakfast, right by my side.

Whoa, yeah!

[cheering]

[band playing]

[SINGING] Love, they say is serious.

It's not a child's game.

It can make or break your heart.

But, darling, all the same, I'm not afraid.

- I'm not afraid.

- No, I'm not afraid.

- I'm not afraid.

- People tell me I'm too young, but I disagree.

Love can come to anyone, and love has come to me.

I'm not afraid.

- I'm not afraid.

- I'm not afraid as long as I know

that you'll always with me.

And as each tender kiss gets bold enough,

somehow I feel I'm old enough.

Darling, if you really care--

and I'm sure you do--

take my hand, and hold me tight.

And make my dreams come true.

I'm not afraid.

- I'm not afraid.

- No, I'm not afraid.

- I'm not afraid.

- No, I'm not afraid.

[cheering]

[uptempo music]

- "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet"

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