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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.

[music playing]

- Zing!

[SINGING] Only Coca-Cola gives you

that refreshing new feeling, refreshing new feeling,

refreshing new feeling.

- Gee, that new song for Coca-Cola is great, isn't it?

- Yeah, it sure is.

Uh, Jack.

Uh, Jack?

- Only Coca-Cola gives you--

- --that refreshing new feeling, refreshing new feeling,

- Uh, Jack?

- Refreshing new feeling.

Coca-Cola gives you-- - Uh, Jack?

- --that refreshing new feeling.

- Zing!

- Coca-Cola refreshes best.

Now, what's she got that I haven't got?

- Good looks?

- A lot of talent?

- A good voice?

But you could do something she can't do.

- What's that?

- Get me a Coke, too.

- Oh, sure, coming right up, Dave.

- Only Coca-Cola gives you that refreshing new feeling.

Zing!

Coca-Cola refreshes best.

- And now, the Coca-Cola Company invites you to enjoy "The

Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet."

- Hey, David?

- I'm in the closet.

- Did you find the volleyball?

- Yeah, it's right here.

- Think we got enough stuff? - Gee, I don't know.

Maybe we ought to take the football, too.

- OK.

- Where you guys going?

- On a picnic.

- Do you know where the football is?

- Yeah, I think it's out in the garage.

- I thought you had dates this afternoon.

- We do.

- You mean these girls play volleyball

and baseball and football?

- Well, not exactly.

It's for their little brothers.

- Sounds like something went wrong.

What happened?

- Well, it's kind of a long story.

Word got around about the picnic,

and the first thing you know, the girls

had to take their little brothers along.

- So lucky thing for you, the word

didn't spread through the whole neighborhood.

- Not so loud, Mom.

- Yeah, we haven't left yet.

- I take it the main object is to keep small fry occupied.

- Yeah, at least that's what we're hoping.

- Well, have a good time.

- Thanks, Mom.

- Don't forget you used to be small boys yourselves.

- Yeah, but we're big boys now.

- OK, you guys.

- Boy, this is the best lunch I ever ate.

Whoever marries you is going to weigh 250 pounds in six months.

- Well, thank you.

I think.

- Hey, did you try the fried chicken?

- Yeah, it was great.

- Boy, your mother sure is a good cook.

- My mother?

I'll have you know my father cooked that.

- Well, you see?

You never know.

- Hey, Dave, how about playing some more football?

- No, thanks, fellas. I'm too full.

- How about you, Rick?

- Oh, not right now, Barry.

Maybe in a little while.

- Come on now, Steve.

You kids promised not to bother us.

- Have any cookies? - Yeah!

Help yourself.

- Are you kidding?

- No, go ahead.

Take all you want.

- What's the matter?

They poison or something?

- No, they're good.

Why don't you kids go play baseball for a while?

- We already did.

- Hey, hiya, boy.

Where'd you come from?

- Hey there, fella.

- Looks like he's hungry.

- Can we give him a cookie?

- I suppose so.

- Here, boy.

- Why don't you see if he'll go play with a baseball.

- I bet he will. - Come on.

Let's play.

- Well, that solves that problem.

- Yeah, maybe we can rent the dog

for the rest of the afternoon.

- Rick, would you sing a song for us?

If we coax you real nice, that is?

- Yeah, how about it, Rick? - Are you kidding?

I thought you'd never ask me.

[guitar plays]

- [SINGING] You are the only one, my one and only one.

Together, we've had a lot of fun,

but what'll I do if you leave me?

If someone else should come along and take your love

from me, darling, you could never

know how lonely I would be.

You are the only one, my one and only one.

Together, we've had a lot of fun,

but what'll I do if you leave me?

I tried to be the kind of guy you'd want to call your own.

So, please don't go and throw away the truest

love you've known.

You are the only one, my one and only one.

Together, we've had a lot of fun,

but what'll I do if you leave me?

What'll I do if you ever take your love from me?

'Cause in your arms is where I always want to be.

If you should ever go away, my eyes would fill with tears.

And the heartaches I would feel would last a thousand years.

You are the only one, my one and only one.

Together, we've had a lot of fun,

but what'll I do if you leave me?

What'll I do if you leave me?

What'll I do if you leave me?

[clapping]

- Come on, you kids, let's go.

- Gee, it's not even dark yet!

- Well, it will be before long.

- Can we take the dog with us?

- No, of course not, it belongs to somebody.

- Nobody came after him.

- You know, he's right.

- The dog belongs to somebody.

- Hey, does he have a collar on him?

- I don't know.

Come here, boy.

Come here.

No, he doesn't.

- He's probably lost.

- Sure is a friendly little guy. - Do you think we can keep him?

My father said I could to have a dog sometime.

- So did mine.

- I don't know, fellas.

He must belong to somebody.

- Well, we can't just leave him here though, Dave.

- No, I know it.

- Where's he gonna sleep tonight?

- Yeah, you don't want him to catch a cold.

- Well, do you think we ought to take him with us

and put an ad in the paper or something?

- Well, yeah, I suppose it'll be all right.

Come on, boy.

- We can keep him at my house, Dave.

- What do you mean your house?

We can keep him at my house.

- Well, he likes me better. - He does not!

He likes me!

- Aw, come on, you guys.

Now, cut it out.

- I think he likes you both.

- Maybe you better settle this, Dave.

You're the lawyer.

- Oh, uh, thanks a lot.

- Come on, counselor.

What's the verdict?

- Uh, come back here, fellas.

Court is now in session.

Barry, you keep him one night.

And, Steve, you keep him the next.

- That's a good idea.

- Yeah, why don't we do that?

- Now just a second.

Before you guys get all excited, that's

just until we find the owner.

- Yeah, OK.

- I'll put an ad in the paper tomorrow.

- I get to take him home tonight.

- You do not!

I do!

- That's not what David said! - Oh, yeah?

- Yeah! - Oh, yeah?

Yeah! - Yeah?

- Yeah! - Come on, fellas.

Knock it off.

- Well, there goes my first case.

Come on, boy.

[music playing]

- Hey, Dave, we've got a couple of visitors for you, three

to be exact. - Hiya, Dave.

- Hi, Dave - Hi, fellas.

- I see you still have the dog.

- Yeah, nobody answered the ad.

- It's been about a week, hadn't it?

- Yeah, can we keep him now?

- Well, I don't know why not since nobody's claimed him.

- He sure is a nice looking fella.

What's your name? - Buster.

- Rusty.

- Now, now, wait a minute.

We seem to have a slight difference of opinion here.

- Well, I call him Buster.

- I think Rusty is a better name.

Don't you, Dave?

- Well, I don't know.

They're both pretty good names.

- He comes right to you when you call him Buster.

Here, Buster, want a cookie?

- That's no fair!

I ate my cookie.

- You two guys better get together on this

or somebody's going to have a neurotic dog on his hands.

- He's my dog. I saw him first.

- No, you didn't.

I saw him first!

- Well, I asked my dad.

He said I could keep him.

- Well, my dad said I could keep him, so did my sister.

- Now, wait a second, you guys.

What you need is a lawyer.

- I know it.

That's why we came over here to see Dave.

- What's this?

- Who does he belong to, Dave?

- Well, gee, fellas, that's a pretty tough decision.

I don't think I should be the one to make it.

- You're a lawyer, aren't you?

- Well, in the first place, in a case like this,

each party should have a lawyer.

- Well, I want you.

- So do I.

- Now, wait a second, I'm afraid I'm not actually

qualified to take the case.

You see, I'm not really a lawyer yet.

I just work for a lawyer.

- That's right.

He works for Mr. Kelley.

- So I'm afraid you guys are going

to have to figure out some other way of settling this case.

- But how?

- Well, the main thing is to settle it

so you'll both still be friends.

You don't want to wind up being mad at each other.

- We aren't mad at each other, are we, Steve?

- Heck no.

So long, Dave.

So long, Mr. Nelson.

- Wait a minute.

Come on, Rusty.

- Come on, Buster.

- Dave, do you have that file on the Waldermark Corporation?

- Yes, sir. It's right over here.

- Fine, would you bring it in, please?

- Sure.

- Mrs. Edwards, did you get me that appointment

with Judge Willoughby? - Yes, sir.

For 4:30.

- All right, thank you.

- Sure is a busy afternoon.

- Sure is.

- Hi. - Hi.

- Well, good afternoon.

What can I do for you, fellas?

- We want to see Mr. Kelley.

- Oh, well, he's kind of busy right now.

Could I help you?

- Are you a lawyer?

- Well, no, not quite.

- We need a lawyer.

- Well, I'll see what I can do for you.

Can I have your names, please?

- Steve Clark.

- Barry Livingston.

And this is Buster.

- It's Rusty!

- Oh, I'm beginning to see your problem.

I'll let Mr Kelley know you're here.

[buzz]

- Yes?

- Mr. Kelley, there are two young gentlemen here

to see you, a Mr. Clark and a--

- Mr. Livingston.

- Mr. Livingston.

- OK, I'll be out in a minute.

Hmm, that sounded like a dog barking out there.

- A dog?

[chuckling]

- All right, David.

You can put these away now.

- Yes, sir.

Hi, fellas. - Hi, Dave.

- Hi, Dave.

- What are you guys doing here?

- We came to see Mr. Kelley.

- I see you know these two gentlemen.

- Yeah, they're good friends of mine.

Gee, I'm awful sorry, fellas, but Mr. Kelley

is pretty busy today.

- Oh, are these the gentlemen to see me, Mr. Edwards?

- Yes, they are, Mr. Kelley.

- I think I can explain this.

Fellas, this is Mr. Kelley.

This is Steve.

- How are you, Steve? - I'm fine.

- And this is Barry.

- Hello, Barry.

- Hi.

- What seems to be the problem?

- Well, it's a pretty difficult situation.

You see, the boys were together when they found this dog,

and they placed an ad in the paper and nobody answered

the ad.

And now they wonder who's going to keep the dog.

- Oh, I see.

And you want to settle this out of court I, suppose.

- Yes, sir. We want to make it legal.

- Well, I'd like to handle it for you.

But, unfortunately, I have quite a few other important cases

to settle right now.

Do you boys have any money with you for a legal retainer?

- Yes, sir.

We have $0.50.

- Well, that sounds reasonable enough.

I'll tell you what.

I'll turn you over to my special assistant in charge

of dog cases, Mr. Nelson.

- But he's not a lawyer.

- Well, that's right, Mr. Kelley.

I'm not a lawyer.

- Well, I'll delegate the authority to him

so he can handle it.

- OK, Dave.

Who gets him?

- Just a second.

I need a little time to study this.

Now, why don't I talk to you tomorrow about it?

- Well, OK, but I'm taking him home tonight.

- No, you're not!

I am!

- Now, wait a second, fellas.

I suggest that you leave the dog in the custody of the court.

- What's that mean?

- Well, that means that I'll take him home for tonight.

Is that OK with you guys?

- Sure, Dave, anything you say.

- Don't forget to feed him! - Don't worry.

I won't.

- He likes cookies.

- OK, I'll take good care of him.

- So long, boys. - So long!

- So long!

- Looks like you talked yourself into quite a case there, Dave.

Yeah, of course, I had a little assistance.

And there's more to this than you realize.

You see, I've been going out with Steve's sister,

and Ricky's been going out with Barry's sister.

- Oh, well, that does make it rather interesting.

Well, if you need a good lawyer for yourself, let me know.

- Well, here's to you, Buster, whatever your name is.

- Here, Buster.

Here, Buster.

Here, Rusty.

Here, boy.

- Hey, Oz, you looking for somebody?

- There you are.

Where have you been?

- He's been in my yard.

- Well, I wonder how he got out of here.

- Well, you left your gate open.

That might be a clue, and there's a hole in your fence.

- [chuckle]

- Does he belong to you?

- Well, no, not exactly.

We're just keeping them for a few days

until Dave makes up his mind.

- Oh, is Dave going to get himself a dog?

- No, see, little Steve Clark and Barry Livingston found him,

and they can't decide who's going to keep him.

- Oh.

- Poor Dave wound up in the middle.

He has to make the decision.

- You mean Dave has to decide which one of the kids

is going to get the dog?

- Yeah.

- Oh, boy, I wouldn't want to be in his shoes.

- Me either.

- If you have any suggestions, I'm sure he'd be glad to hear

about 'em. - No, thanks, Oz.

That's a little out of my line.

- Sure is a nice little dog, isn't he?

- Oh, yeah.

Look, I don't mean to sound like a grouch,

but I'd appreciate it if you'd keep him in your yard.

I'm putting in a cement walk, and I'd just as soon not

have his paw prints on it.

- Please!

You want to hurt his feelings?

- Well, I'm sorry.

- Say, wait a minute.

Barry Livingston, his father's a contractor, isn't he?

- Yeah, I think so. Why?

- Well, if Dave wants my advice, tell him

I think he ought to give the dog to Barry.

- Well, why do you say that?

- Well, as I say, I'm getting a lot of cement work done,

and if Dave mentions my name, maybe I

can get a little friendly discount.

- So long, Joe.

- Where is Dave?

Maybe I ought to have a talk with him.

- I don't know where he is, but you'd better get on home.

Your cement is drying.

- I haven't started it yet.

- Well, then hurry up!

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

But if Dave decides to give the dog to Barry Livingston,

it won't do any harm if he mentions my name.

- So long, Joe.

And don't get stuck in the cement.

- Very funny.

You better keep that dog tied up.

Somebody's liable to report you to the police.

- Well, gee, Roberta, he hasn't made up his mind yet.

- Well, I know it must be a difficult decision for Dave

to make.

- Yeah, that's for sure.

- You should have seen Barry with Rusty.

He just loves him.

- Well, I can't say as I blame him.

He's about the cutest little dog I've ever seen in my life.

In fact, I'm growing kind of attached to him myself.

- Well, if Dave were to give Rusty to Barry,

you could see him whenever you came over.

- Yeah, I guess I could.

- Of course, I wouldn't want you to influence Dave's decision.

- Oh, I know that.

- Well, I've got to go around to Barry.

He's out trying to find some boards to build a doghouse.

- Oh, well, tell him I said goodbye.

- OK. - Well, I'll see you then.

- OK, goodbye.

- Goodbye.

- Was that Roberta?

- Yeah.

Hey, Dave?

- She putting the pressure on you, huh?

- Yeah, how'd you know?

- I'm getting the same thing from Judy.

- What are you going to do?

- I don't know, but I better do something pretty quick.

It's ridiculous to let this thing drag on any longer.

- Hi, fellas. - Hi, Mom.

- Oh, hi, Mom. - Hey, Dave--

- No, I haven't.

- [chuckle] Well, you 'd better.

I just saw Barry and Steve coming up the street.

- Boy, that's all I need.

Do you have any ideas, Mom?

- Yeah, I had one thought.

- What's that?

- Well, I passed the pet shop on the way home.

They had an awful lot of cute looking puppies in the window.

I thought maybe if you took the boys down there,

you might get one of them interested in another dog.

- Hey, yeah, that sounds like a good idea.

At least it's worth a try.

[doorbell]

- There they are.

- I'll get it.

- Good luck.

- Hi, boys. - Hi, Dave.

- Hi, Dave.

- Who gets him?

- Yeah, who gets him?

- Well, I'll tell you what.

I have to go down to the pet shop to get some dog food.

How'd you fellas like to ride down there with me?

- OK.

- Yeah, that sounds like fun.

- OK, let's go.

- What kind of food are you going to get him, Dave?

- Oh, just some dog meal.

Hey, look at these cute little puppies.

- Yeah.

Why don't you get him some meat, too?

- If he was at my house, I'd give him steak.

- Well, these puppies sure are cute, aren't they?

- Yeah, but I like Buster better.

- Well, I don't know.

These puppies are pretty cute.

- May I help you?

- Uh, yes, can I have a bag of that dog meal, please?

Is it all right if the boys play with the puppies?

- Oh, sure.

- Go ahead and play with the puppies if you want, boys.

Oh, maybe you'd better make that two bags.

- Right.

- I wonder why Dave wants us to look at the puppies?

- I don't know.

Maybe he wants to get one for himself.

- Yeah, I bet he's sad because he's got to give up Buster.

- Hey, this one's pretty cute.

- I like this one.

- Will there be anything else?

- Well, uh, I don't know.

Would you pardon me a second, please?

- Certainly.

- How do you like the puppies, fellas?

- They're real nice.

- Yeah.

- Hey, I just had an idea.

Maybe we could solve this whole problem.

What if we worked it out so we could buy one of these puppies,

then each one of you could have a dog.

- That's a good idea.

- Yeah, why don't we do that?

- OK, you take one of these puppies, and I'll keep Buster.

- Why don't you take one of these puppies?

- 'Cause I saw Buster first.

- His name is Rusty, and I saw him first!

- Never mind, fellas.

Well, I guess that'll be all, thanks.

- All right.

- Well, how'd it go?

- Well, we bought some dog food.

- Is that all?

- Yeah, I'm afraid so.

- Come on, Dave.

What about the dog?

- Yeah, who gets to take him home?

- I haven't quite decided yet.

This is a very difficult case, you know.

- Say, listen, how would you fellas like a nice big piece

of chocolate cake? - Sure.

- Yeah! - Come on.

Rick's in the kitchen.

He'll get it for you.

- Rick, would you get the boy some chocolate cake?

- Come on, Barry.

- Thanks, Mom, but we're just putting off the inevitable.

- Well, didn't they like the puppies?

- Yeah, they liked them fine, but they both

still want the other dog.

- Oh, that's too bad.

- Yeah, I have a feeling it would

have worked if I had just taken one of them down there.

But you know how it is, neither one of them wanted to give in.

- I take it the pet shop idea didn't work out, huh?

- No, I'm afraid not.

- Mrs. Nelson, Rick wasn't out there.

- I'll give you a hand with that.

- Then I take it the jury is still out?

- Yeah, I'm afraid I haven't made any progress.

Where's the dog now?

- Oh, I left him out in the backyard.

- Did you fix the hole under the fence?

- Oh, yeah, I filled it in with a lot of rocks.

He definitely can't get out of there.

[doorbell]

I'll get it.

Oh, hi, Darb.

- Hi, Oz.

- How did you get out?

- I beg your pardon?

- I mean the dog.

- Oh, I don't know.

I found him wandering around my backyard.

- Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. Darby.

- Oh, that's all right, David. I don't mind.

It's just that I'm painting some screens,

and I was afraid he might get in the paint.

- Oh, well, we'll keep him in the house from now on.

We'll probably only have a little while longer, anyway.

- Yeah, I know. Joe told me.

In fact, Dave, I don't want to influence your decision,

but, you know, I think Steve Clark ought to get the dog.

- Why do you say that?

- Well, his father's a client of mine.

- Oh, well, so long, Darb.

- And if you should have to give the dog to Steve,

if you would just mention my name.

- Oh, OK, Darb.

- You don't have to push me out.

- So long.

- I'll keep that in mind, Mr. Darby.

- Thank you, David.

I'll appreciate it.

- Hey, I just had an idea, Pop.

- Like what?

- Well, I was thinking about the legal responsibility

of the owner for any damage done by a dog.

- Well, what's that got to do with the case?

- Well, it's just an idea.

You think you can keep the kids busy for a while?

- Yeah, I guess so. Why?

- Well, I want to go out and make a few arrangements.

Come here, boy.

- Uh, Dave? - Yeah?

- You are coming back?

- Oh, sure, I'll be back, Pop.

- Would you guys like some more ice cream?

- No, thanks.

I would like some more, but I'm too full.

- Oh.

[chuckle]

- Where's Dave?

- Oh, well, he should be back any minute now.

How about a sandwich? - No, thanks.

- No, thanks. - Hi, fellas.

- Hi, Dave.

- Oh, hi, Dave.

Everything OK?

- Yeah, I think so, Pop.

- Who gets the dog?

- Yeah, who gets him?

- Well, before I tell you, I want

you to understand a couple of things.

Now, whoever gets him has to assume full responsibility

for him.

That means you have to feed him, and you

have to take care of him.

And if he gets into any trouble, you're responsible for that,

too.

- Yeah, we know.

- That's OK.

- OK, just so you understand that, now.

[knocking] - Well, who's that?

- Gee, whoever he is, sounds like he's

pretty mad about something.

Don't you think, Pop?

- Oh-- oh, yeah.

- Yes?

- I understand this dog belongs over here.

- Oh, yes, sir.

- Is he your dog?

- Well, no, not exactly.

He's just staying here.

- What's the trouble, fellas?

- You keep out of this, Mr. Nelson!

We're after the owner of this dog!

- Oh, well, what happened?

- You know darn well I was laying that cement today.

- And I was painting screens in my backyard.

- You realize how much it costs to fix cement

after a dog has run through it?

- Not nearly as much as it costs to clean up

a driveway after a dog has knocked a can of paint

all over it.

- How much it'll cost?

- At least $5.

- Maybe $10.

- Oh, as much as $15.

- $15?

- That's right.

Well, don't you boys worry about it.

We're after the owner of this dog.

- Who is the owner?

- Well, unfortunately, one of these fellas.

- Oh, which one? - He is.

- He Is. - You saw him first!

- I did not!

You saw him first!

- Well, I'm going to get one of those puppies.

- Then so am I.

- Whoa, now, wait a second, fellas.

What about this little dog?

Buster, or Rusty, or whatever his name is?

- Oh, he's a nice little guy, but I'd rather have a puppy.

- Me, too.

I like that black one.

- I like the one with the big ears.

You think my dad will buy him for me?

- Oh, I'm sure he would.

In fact, I just talked to him on the phone a few minutes ago,

and he told me so. - That's right.

I was there. - What's this?

- Well, I mean I heard about it.

- I talked to your dad, too, Barry.

- Will he buy me the black one?

- That's what he told me.

So it looks like both of you fellas are all set.

- Gee, thanks, Dave!

- Yeah, thanks, Dave!

- That's OK.

- So long, Dave. - So long, Dave.

- So long, fellas. - Bye.

- So long, boys. - Bye.

- Bye.

- Well, how'd we do? - Oh, just great.

I don't know how to thank you.

You really took me off the spot.

- Yeah, you weren't bad.

- Weren't bad?

- Well, you hammed it up a little too much.

- I thought we were great.

- Yeah, it was kind of a dirty trick to play on the kids,

but I didn't know what else to do.

- Well, I think you were perfectly right, Dave.

After all, no matter which one of the little guys

you would have given the dog to, the other one

would have been brokenhearted.

- Yeah, that's what I figured.

At least this way, they'll each get a puppy.

Well, I hope you realize the commotion you caused,

you little rascal.

- [chuckling] He sure is a cute little guy.

Look, Dave, if you're going to be stuck with him,

I'll be glad to take him off your hands.

He looks like a good watch dog.

- Now, wait a minute, that's not fair.

Why should you get him?

- Well, for one thing, he came in my yard first.

- I don't care if he did. I fed him.

- Well, I fed him, too.

- What do you say, Dave?

This is your department.

- Yeah, you're the lawyer.

- Gee, I don't know.

- Well, now, now, wait a second, maybe I can settle this.

Let me have the dog, Dave.

- OK, who gets him?

- Well, why not let the dog decide?

- How are you going to do that?

- Here, I'll show you.

Dave, would you open the door for me, please?

Now, listen carefully, boy.

The paint's that way, and the cement is that way.

Take your choice.

- Hey, what are you doing?

- For goodness sake, Oz!

[shouting]

- [chuckling]

Well, that's one way to settle the case.

- I don't know.

This may go all the way to the Supreme Court.

- Guess what?

Mrs. Livingston just called, and the dog's owner

is on his way over here to pick up the dog.

- You're kidding.

- You're kidding.

- No, he's been out of town, and he just saw the ad.

- Uh, here, Rusty!

- Here, Buster!

Here, Buster!

- Here, Rusty!

Here, dog!

Here, Buster!

[music playing]

- "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet"

has been brought to you by the Coca-Cola Company.

- The best place to stop on any road is where you see this

familiar, friendly cooler that serves you ice-cold Coca-Cola.

- This has been an ABC Television Network film

presentation.