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Well?

You'll be the smartest looking salesgirl in the store.

Do you really think so?

I know so.

Oh, good.

Linda, my shoes.

Oh, you'll spoil them, Linda.

Give them to me.

I'll put them away, Kathy.

But I want to be a salesgirl, too!

You're too little.

I don't know why you say I'm too little.

Well, you are.

I bet I'm bigger than you were when you was little.

I guess you got told.

Yeah, kids today.

You wonder where they get it.

Linda, why don't you run up to your room

and play with your new doll.

Oh, Kathy, how am I ever going to break this daddy?

With a little tact and diplomacy, he can be handled.

I'll help you.

Well, you know he's not going like it.

Well, don't worry.

I'll think of something.

I know!

I'll flatter him.

I'll say, Danny, you certainly have done

a good job with these children.

They've grown up to be so self reliant and ambitious.

Do you know what Terry did today?

She went out on their own and got a job.

And do you know what daddy will say?

What?

A job?

Why, it's preposterous.

It's out of the question.

Why, she's still a baby!

And then you know what I'll say?

I'll say, Danny dear, in your eyes, she may be a baby.

But to an unprejudiced outsider, she's a young lady.

Young lady, my foot!

Why, I can just see Winchell's column now.

"Danny Williams is Slipping-- Daughter Goes to Work

to Help Pay for Groceries."

Well, never mind.

I'll handle it.

But please, don't anybody else say a word to him.

Let me break it to him gently.

Listen, Kathy, I better take these things upstairs.

He's going to be coming here pretty soon.

In fact, I think I hear the elevator now.

All right. Scat.

Leave everything to me.

RUSTY: Hi, daddy.

Hi.

Hello, honey.

Hi, sweetheart.

Hi, son.

Hi, dad.

Oh, don't rush off.

I haven't seen you all day.

Did you have a hard day?

No, I had a very nice day.

Well, sit down a minute.

Yeah, dad.

Sit down.

What's going on here?

Oh, did everything go all right at rehearsal?

-Yeah, everything went fine. -Oh, gee.

That's swell.

I think it's only fair to warn you,

I don't get paid till Tuesday.

You look a little tired, dear.

I'm not tired at all.

Here, put this pillow back there.

There.

Is that more comfortable?

Yeah, I'm real comfortable.

Well, Danny, there's something that I,

um, wanted to say to you.

Hi, daddy.

Hello, sweetheart.

Terry's got a job.

Terry's got a what?

She's got a job.

She's going to work.

My daughter going to work?

That's the most preposterous thing I

ever heard of in my whole life.

Why, she's just a child.

Oh, I can just see it in Earl Wilson's column right now.

Gosh, wrong column.

What's he saying?

Nothing.

Ah, Rusty, why don't run up to your room for a little while.

To do what?

To get lost.

Obviously, Kathy and I have some talking to do.

Can't I stay?

I won't listen.

Don't be silly.

I'll put my hands over my ears.

In a minute, I'll put my hands down a little

lower where they'll hurt.

OK, OK!

I'm going.

I didn't see you all day.

Sit down, dear.

Are you comfortable sweetheart?

You look so lovely.

Just rest, dear.

There.

Now what the devil's going on?

Now, Danny, if you'll just relax.

I'm relaxed. Go ahead.

Tell me.

Well, Terry's been running some errands for Miss Ulmond.

Who's Miss Ulmond?

Well, she owns the shop down the street.

So?

Terry was in there today and she offered her a job

on Saturdays as a salesgirl.

And you let her take it?

Of course.

Terry, a salesgirl?

You must kidding.

Oh, Danny, it'll be a wonderful experience for her.

She's got plenty of years ahead of her for experiences.

She just a child and you want to send

her out to compete with adults in-- in-- in a-- oh, honey.

This is awful. Just awful.

Really, Danny?

You just won't face the fact that Terry is grown up.

She is not grown up.

She's just a baby.

What are you made up for?

I wanted her to look nice on the job.

These are work clothes?

Yes, daddy.

How do you like them?

Pretty snazzy place you must work in.

Remind me tomorrow to go shopping

and get her a genuine alligator lunch bucket.

Daddy, don't worry.

I'm going to pay for everything out of my salary.

Honey, what do you know about selling?

Well, I know a lot about selling.

Um, when I was in the Girl Scouts,

I sold more cookies than anybody in my troop.

116 boxes.

But honey, you sold them all to me.

Principle's the same.

I sold them.

Oh Danny, it's only part time.

Just Saturday's it'll be good for her.

Yes, daddy.

And it won't interfere with my schoolwork either.

Oh, daddy.

Daddy, I have something I want to show you.

Look.

A social security card?

How do you like that?

You couldn't wait to be 16 and all of thee sudden you're

rushing to be 65.

559- 40-

2993.

That's me.

Oh, daddy, I'm so thrilled.

Isn't it exciting?

Numbers are exciting?

Remind me to get you a telephone book for Christmas.

Oh, daddy, you don't understand.

This is going to be my number for the rest of my life.

Why, it's even more important than my name.

What?

Well, what I mean is, when I get married,

some body will change my name.

But nobody can ever change my number.

Look, honey, I guess I'm just an old fashioned

emotional father.

But you two have made up your minds.

It's OK with me.

Go ahead.

Oh, thank you, daddy.

All right.

Now if going to be a salesgirl, we've got a lot of work to do.

We've got to see to it that you're the best

sales lady in the whole shop.

What do you mean?

Never mind.

I'll handle the whole thing.

First of all, I'll make an announcement at the night club.

I'll give the place a plug and get

my wealthy customers to go in and ring

up some big sales for you.

Before you know it, you'll be selling dresses

faster than they can make them.

Pretty great, huh?

No, it isn't.

It's pretty awful.

What's pretty awful about it?

Daddy, don't you understand?

I don't want your help.

All of the sudden you don't want my help?

What about 116 boxes of cookies?

Daddy, that's different.

Sooner or later, I'm going to have

to stand on my own two feet.

I might as well start now with this job.

I don't want your help.

I don't want help from anybody.

But sweetheart--

Anybody.

And anybody I mean most is you.

Please?

OK, if that's the way you want it, I'll but out.

Oh, thank you, daddy.

559-40-2993.

That's her.

Good morning, Terry.

I heard your alarm and I just wanted to be sure you were up.

Oh, thank you, Kathy.

Up and at them, hey baby?

First day, huh?

Yes.

You know what, it seems like I just went to bed.

Are you sure it's seven o'clock.

Where, honey, it's not really 7:00.

It's really only 6:30.

What?

Well, last I wanted to be sure you would get up this morning.

So when I came in to say good night,

I set your clock ahead half an hour.

Oh no.

I set it ahead a half hour, too.

It must be 6:00 clock.

Any body want to bet it's 5:30?

No you too?

I just wanted to help.

Oh, great.

Thanks to your help, I have to go through my first day's

work on half a night's sleep.

Oh, please, don't you understand?

I don't want your help.

Let me set my own alarm clock.

If it hadn't been for you two, I would have

been sleeping for hours yet.

And instead of that, here I am, up at 5:30.

Any body want to bet it's five o'clock?

Oh, no!

I'm hungry.

Me, too!

You, too?

No, we have to wait for Terry.

She's coming home on her lunch break.

She wants to eat with us.

You mean that even though she's earning her own money,

she's going to keep sponging off of us?

What do you mean, "us?"

What's the matter?

Aren't I a member of the family anymore?

Yeah, you're the head sponger.

If you start being smart, you're going to get thrown out.

If he goes, I go too!

Well, that's all right with me.

Oh, by the way, Danny, Terry wanted me to talk

to about her share of the rent.

I thought $5 a month would be about right.

What are you talking about?

Terry, she wants to pay part of the rent.

She wants to pay part of the rent?

That's silly, honey.

I'm her father, not her landlord.

For God's sake, I want my daughter to be glad to see me,

not trying to duck me the first of every month.

Honey, it shows a sense of responsibility.

She wants to participate and stand on her own two feet.

You mean she actually wants to pay rent?

Yes.

How about that kid?

Oh, she's got character.

She's a chip off the old block, all right.

We don't have to worry about her, honey.

That kid's going to make it.

She's going to make it big.

Hello, sweetheart.

Hello, dear.

How did it go today?

Oh, just fine.

That's what you get for standing on your own two feet.

How's it feel to be the top salesgirl in the whole store?

I wouldn't know.

What?

Well, I didn't get a chance to wait on anybody.

What do you mean?

Well, there's this other girl, Doris.

She stands by the door and grabs the customers as they come in.

Oh, why don't you go outside and grab

them before they come in?

Daddy, you don't do things that way.

Well, you don't let yourself get pushed around by any Doris

either.

Well, it's just that she's more experienced than I am.

I don't care how much experience she's had.

Kathy, you go to the store this afternoon

and buy yourself a whole new wardrobe.

Let Terry ring up a nice big sale.

We'll show this Doris a thing or two.

Kathy will do nothing of the sort.

If anybody in this family dares to come into that store,

I'll never speak to them again.

Now, you see here, young lady--

Oh, Danny, she's just a little excited.

Excited or no, that's no way for her to talk to her father.

She should be taught a lesson.

I know what, daddy.

What?

Raise her rent.

Get out.

Hi.

Hello, Elise.

Come in, dear.

Honey, this is Elsie, one of the girls in our show.

This is my wife, Kathy.

-Hello. -How do you do?

Did you get everything?

Well, I think I did, Mr. Williams.

Let's see now.

Stockings, blouse, skirts, sweaters,

nightgowns, and a girdle.

Size 10, wasn't it?

Right.

Oh, size 10?

Danny, you'll never get into it.

I have no intention of getting into it.

You're going to get into it.

As a matter of fact, you'll get into all those things.

They're yours. -They're mine?

But--

A whole outfit.

Oh, the bulb lights up.

You mean, you sent Elise in do your shopping for you.

Pretty clever, huh?

Pretty sneaky, if you ask me-- after Terry told you.

Shame on you.

What did Terry told me?

She emphatically said no member of this family

was to go to that store.

Look at her.

Does she look like my cousin?

One of the girls in the chorus did me a favor.

Did you buy yourself something, honey?

Yes, thank you.

I got myself six pair of nylons.

Well, good. Good.

I'm glad. How was Terry?

Tell me about her.

Was she a good sales lady?

Was she excited when she rang up this big sale?

Oh, I didn't get this stuff from Terry.

No?

I asked for her just like you said,

but this girl Doris grabbed a hold of me

and she wouldn't let me go.

You mean to tell me you bought all that stuff from Doris

with my hard-earned money.

Yeah.

It's all right, isn't it?

I mean, it's the same store.

Oh, sure.

Sure.

The whole idea was to push the store.

Thanks a lot.

You're welcome.

Real nice.

Next time I want something done, I'll sure ask you.

-Anytime. -OK, dear.

Bye.

And they told me she was the smart one in the chorus.

Serves you right.

I better put these things away before Terry sees them.

I think I'll hide them in the back closet.

There's no room in the back closet.

It's full of 116 boxes of Girl Scout Cookies.

Then I'll take the things out of them

and put the boxes in the incinerator.

Oh, I just hate that Doris.

I hate her, I hate her, I hate her!

Oh, shame on you, Danny.

How can you hate her when you don't even know her?

I can just imagine how much I can hate her if I knew her.

Does she realize what she's doing to my kid?

Terry can't even make a sale when a customer

comes in and asks for her.

Well, I'm not going to stand for this.

I'm going to go down to that store.

Danny!

Honey, I'm her father.

I can't stand around and let my kid

get pushed around like that.

Danny, if you go into that store and embarrass Terry,

she'll never speak to you again.

She wants to stand on her own two feet, so let her do it.

There must be somebody I can send into that store to give

that kid a nice big sale.

Oh, Danny, you tried that.

It didn't work.

Wait a minute.

Wait a minute-- as I gaze into my crystal ball,

I see a distinguished looking foreign gentleman

going into the store and making a very

large purchase from Terry.

Would you mind gazing a little further into your crystal ball

and tell me just who this distinguished

looking foreign gentleman is?

Oh, it's a fellow I know.

He runs a restaurant in town.

Danny Williams, you are going to make yourself absolutely

ridiculous if you go into that store disguised

as a Greek restaurant owner.

Boy, oh boy.

There's a wild one.

How could you come up with that?

What kind of an imagination.

Oh, you really reached for that one, kid.

Can you imagine me going into that store made up

like a Greek restaurant owner.

I'm going in as an Italian restaurant owner.

Danny, you'll embarrass her to tears.

Honey, I've been in show business for 100 years.

The way I can make myself up, I'll bet you ten to one

she'll never recognize me.

Oh, excuse me, miss.

Daddy, you get out of here right this minute.

You make a big mistake.

I don't know your daddy.

My name is Pacci Caloos.

Daddy, if you don't get out of this store right this minute,

I'll scream.

How come you call me your daddy?

I don't know your daddy.

Your daddy no have a mustache.

I just a customer over here.

I come to buy something.

Well, if you want to buy something,

buy it from another clerk.

I'm busy with another customer.

And please leave right this minute.

That's a fat one.

Oh, good afternoon.

May I show you something?

No thank you.

I just see something.

Well, can I have it wrapped for you?

It's all right with me, but I don't think she like it.

I don't get it.

You must be Doris.

Yes, I am.

Is there something I can show you?

Yeah.

You could show me lots of things.

Oh, good.

You could show me this stuff over here.

And you could show me this stuff over here.

And you could show me some of this over here.

Oh, goody.

Are you going to buy all these dresses?

No, I just want a one pair of shoe strings.

Is this your idea of a joke?

Oh, no.

My idea of a joke is Italian fella, he go to baseball again.

See, see the pitching--

How are we coming madam?

Oh, this is a blast.

Where'd you get the idea I'd look good in a thing like this?

Oh, I think it's very becoming, madam.

Becoming?

Why, it makes me look as big as a house?

Can't you see how it fits?

I asked you for a size 16.

I'm sorry, madam.

This is size 16.

You can see it marked here on the label.

Perhaps if you try a size larger.

Don't tell me what size I wear.

I've always worn a size 16.

Perhaps if you wore a girdle.

I'm wearing a girdle.

And if you knew your merchandise,

you wouldn't hand me a thing like this.

Look, it makes me look short and dumpy, like a little fat lady.

Show me something that will, you know, give me height.

Then you look like a big fat lady.

Who asked you?

Nobody asked me.

How come you pick on this poor kid

just because you know look good in that dress?

What do you know about dresses, you banana peddler?

You got a big mouth, you know that?

I know this much about a dress.

You'll get out from a dress what you put into the dress.

You put too much into dress.

Now, mister, you get to throw up an old fruit stand.

What seems to be the trouble?

Oh, and who are you?

I'm Miss Ulmond, and I own this shop.

I was just shopping for a little dress,

and this stupid salesgirl hands me this awful looking thing.

Now you can see for yourself, I couldn't be

as stout as this makes me look.

You're right.

You no stout.

You bet I'm not.

You just plain fat.

I've never been so insulted in all my life.

I'll never come in this store again.

Oh, I'm so sorry, Miss Ulmond, but it really wasn't my fault.

I know it wasn't, dear.

I know that woman.

She's a constant complainer and she never buys anything.

I've been wondering how I can keep her out of my shop.

Maybe you did me a favor.

Why don't you take your coffee break now, huh?

Oh, thank you.

I will.

That's a nice little sales lady you got over there.

Yes, she is.

She's so sad that, you excuse me.

I think I go see if I could make her smile a little bit.

Oh, Mr. Williams--

Looks like I fooled everybody.

Takes more than a mustache and a dialect

to disguise Danny Williams.

Thank you for the compliment.

I guess you must think I'm pretty ridiculous being

made up like this, but I had to do something

to try to fool Terry.

You see, she barred me out of the store.

And well, I was worried about her.

I wanted to see how she was doing.

Kids.

They're little babies and they want to be grown up.

You know how parents are.

I worry about her, like a mother hen.

Mr. Williams, may I pass along a thought?

What' that?

Did it ever occur to you that the worried mother

hens may be the reason chickens can't

fly as well as other birds do?

I never thought of it quite that way.

Thank you.

Hi, sweetie.

Oh, come on, doll.

Snap out of it, will you?

Oh, daddy.

How could you?

Sweetheart, I was only trying to help you.

Daddy, I told you I didn't want your help.

Would you like a menu, sir?

No just coffee, please.

Cream?

Yes, please.

Daddy, won't you please give me a chance?

Give you a chance?

Sweetheart, I want to give you every chance in the world.

Daddy, I don't want every chance.

I just want one.

I want to be allowed to do something on my own.

How do you think it feels not to know what would happen to you

if you all of a sudden your parents stopped protecting you

and had to work for yourself, and not

to know that you could take of yourself

no matter what happened?

Sweetheart, you're beautiful and you're smart.

You'll make good at anything you try.

But how do I know?

Because you tell me.

You're my father.

You're prejudiced.

Oh, daddy, I have to find out for myself, even if I fall

flat on my face, hands off.

Let me pick myself up, brush myself off, and try again.

Oh, daddy, I'm sorry if I sound ungrateful.

But I can't help it.

You just got to let me grow up.

I know.

I know.

I don't like it.

But I know.

You know, I learned something today--

a father that insists on being a mother hen

is a cinch to lay an egg.

Darling, I love you as much as God rains rain.

And you'll always be my baby.

I don't care if you grow a long grey beard.

So it's a pretty stiff order to ask a daddy to hands off,

even if his kid falls flat on her face.

But I should let you try.

You've got that chance coming.

So from now own, sweetheart, you're on your own.

Waiter, separate checks.

Excuse me.

I look for Mr. Danny Williams.

Is this his house?

Yes, it is.

Mr. Williams is home.

Well, no, he's not home right now.

But won't you come in.

Please, sit down.

I just love entertaining distinguished

foreign gentleman.

Especially one who has such a handsome mustache.

Latins are such lovers.

Kathy?

Hm?

You know it's me, don't you?

Oh, Danny!

What!

Oh, come on.

I haven't fooled anybody all day.

You knew it was me all the time.

You're playing games.

Oh, you poor dear.

You'll never know.

I'll take my chances.