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All right, ladies.

Now, the next step on the agenda is the selection of committees

for the buffet supper.

Uh, Mable Randal will be in charge of fruit cocktail.

Vera, you are creamed chicken.

And Kathy, you're desert.

I would suggest apple pie.

Oh, but my husband likes lemon meringue.

Lemon meringue?

Ooh, but meringue gets so soggy sitting around.

Make it apple pie.

Now wait a minute, Martha.

Let's be parliamentary about this.

I make a motion it's lemon meringue.

All right, I have a meringue motion on the floor.

Well, let's call for a show of hands and we'll vote on it.

Oh, hello, Mr. Williams.

Hello there.

Hi, sweetie.

Hello, darling.

Den mother's meeting?

Right you are.

Go right ahead.

Don't let me interrupt you.

All right, now all those in favor of apple pie

please raise their hands.

That's one, two, three, four apple pies.

All those in favor of lemon meringue?

That's one meringue.

Well, that does it.

Apple pie is it.

Now, for the last item, the distribution

of raffle books to the various dens so the cubs

can start selling the tickets.

Oh, and don't forget, mothers.

Tell your boys that the one who sells the most tickets

wins a bicycle, donated by Schreiber's bicycle shop.

That should be quite a good incentive, hmm.

All right now, Vera, how many will you take for your den?

Well now, let's see, I'd say about five books for each boy.

Five?

That sounds just about right.

Good.

Mabel?

Same, and I'll take Edna's quota too.

Good.

Kathy?

Oh, I'll go along with the crowd.

All right, that's five for you.

I'll take five each for the boys in my den.

All except for my son Tommy.

I think that he can handle 25 for a starter.

25?

Yes, you know how aggressive he is.

Yes, he is quite a boy at that.

Gets it from Tom Sr. Like father like son, I always say.

Honey, why don't you speak up?

I mean, our son is no wallflower either, you know.

If Tommy can handle 25 books, Rusty

can handle the same amount.

25 for Rusty?

Excuse me, what does "ah ha ha ha" mean?

Oh well, I mean 25 books for Rusty, that's ridiculous.

You're absolutely right.

Make it 35.

Very well, Mr Williams.

We'll start Rusty off with 35 books.

Thank you. that will be fine.

Kathy dear, you will send back all the unsold books

as soon as possible.

Of course.

I think my Tommy may need them.

Look, Mrs. Greenson, they'll be no unsold books.

My son happens to be a go getter too.

He'll be the one who will be coming back for more books.

I assure you.

I just hope he's careful with his new bike.

If anybody will be riding a new bike,

I'll bet it will be my Tommy.

How would you like to put your money where your mouth is?

We're conducting an orderly meeting here.

That's no way to talk to our chair lady.

I apologize, Mrs. Greenson.

I was out of order.

Well, that's better.

I make a motion you put your money where your mouth is.

Fine, thank you very much.

Very nice of you.

Who were you talking to?

To the janitor, honey, about a place to put Rusty's new bike.

What bike?

The one he's going to win.

Oh, honey, he just got the tickets this morning.

Aren't you being a wee bit premature.

Look, sweetheart, if there's anything

to this saying like father like son, I'm not being premature.

Honey, I was raised in a neighborhood where you had

to compete just to stay alive.

I mean this is just a little ticket selling contest here.

Rusty is my boy.

I'll bet you two to one before the day is out he

comes back for more books.

Oh, Danny.

I bet he's sold half of his quota right now.

Hi Dad. Hi Kathy.

-Hello son. -Hello , honey.

Kathy, where did you put those raffle books?

What did I tell you.

He's back for more books already.

How many have you sold?

None, I forgot to take them with me.

You forgot?

Where are they, Kathy?

Oh they're right in that drawer there, Rusty.

Rusty, how could you forget them.

Get on the ball, boy.

How do expect to win the bike.

I don't.

Tommy Greenson will win the bike.

-What? -He wants everything.

Come back here.

What kind of an attitude is that?

Come on.

Where's the initiative?

Where's that Williams drive?

Where's my son?

I'm right here.

Not when you talk like that, you're not.

My son is a go getter.

My son is a winner, a person who overcomes all odds no matter

how great and wins overall.

That's my son.

No, that's Mr. Greenson's son.

Russell, how can you give up without a struggle?

Don't you want the bike?

Sure, but I got a birthday coming up soon.

And I thought--

Figured your old man would buy you one.

Well, I'm not going to buy you one.

I'm disappointed, Russ.

So am I. Thought I'd get a bike for my birthday.

Guess I'll go fix lunch.

Wait a minute.

Go fix lunch?

How can you think of lunch at a time like this?

We have a son who doesn't realize how

important it is to be a winner.

And that's all you can say, I think I'll go fix lunch?

Well, if you really want my opinion,

I think it's just as important for Rusty

to learn that everybody can't win.

What about the boys who come in second and third?

Second and third?

I'm betting him to win and you're talking place and show.

What kind of thinking is that?

Look, the boy's character is being molded now.

Oh Danny, why don't you admit?

You're much more concerned about your own pride being hurt

than you are about Rusty's character.

Is that so?

Um huh.

Well let me tell you something, Mrs. Williams.

What?

Why don't you go fix lunch?

Why didn't I think of that?

Look, Russ, I know everybody can't win.

I understand that some guy's got to come in second,

some guy's got to come in third.

But at least the fellows who come in second and third

tried to win.

You're not even trying.

Well gee, Daddy, everybody knows Tommy Greenson always

wins everything.

He's just one of those guys.

That's all.

What kind of guy is he one of those of?

Who always wins.

That's what guys he's one of those of.

Don't be smart, huh.

Look, Tommy Greenson wins because he tries.

And he tries hard.

You, you give up without a struggle.

You go through life like that, you'll

never succeed at anything.

Well gee whiz.

Look, sweetheart, there's more involved

here than just a raffle ticket selling contest.

Your whole life is going to be a series of contests.

You don't want to be a failure in life, do you?

Well gee whiz, Daddy, I don't expect it keep selling

raffle tickets for a living.

You want me to be proud of you, don't you?

Sure.

Well then make me proud of you.

I wasnt' a quitter when I was your age.

And you mustn't be a quitter either.

You gotta keep saying to yourself,

I'll sell the most raffle tickets.

I will win the bike.

You say it over and over until you believe it.

You mean if I keep saying it I'll believe it?

Of course.

Now, repeat after me.

I will sell the most raffle tickets.

I will sell the most raffle tickets.

I will win the bike.

-I will win the bike. -Atta boy.

-Atta boy. -All right.

All right.

Cut it out!

Go sell the tickets.

That you, Russ.

Yeah, Dad.

I've been waiting for you, boy.

Well, how many ticket did you sell?

You mean today?

Yeah, today.

Well, that depends.

How many are you going to buy?

Well I'll buy 12.

12? Wow.

Yeah, how many have you sold?

Including the ones you just bought?

Including the ones I just bought.

12.

You mean you didn't sell any?

Sure, I just told you 12.

I can't understand it.

Come here.

Come here.

Show me how you went about it.

But I'm hungry.

You'll eat after while.

Now show me how you went about it.

You sell me a raffle ticket. -But--

No buts about it.

Now look, you go outside, ring the doorbell.

I'll answer the door.

Now you sell me a raffle ticket.

You understand?

And remember, you got to have courage.

You stand up there.

Never let the customer know you're afraid of him.

You know what I mean?

Yes, I've gotta stand there, look him straight in the eye.

And not let him know I'm afraid. -That's my boy.

Come on. Come on, let's practice.

Come on.

Any time you're ready.

OK, ring the doorbell.

All right.

Come on.

Here we go.

Come on.

Well, what's the matter?

I lost my nerve.

Holy Toledo.

In your own house you lost your nerve?

No wonder you couldn't sell any tickets.

What kind of a thing is that, you lost your nerve?

Now come on.

I'll be the lady of the house.

And you sell me a raffle ticket.

I can't.

Why not?

You don't look like a lady.

OK Stanislavsky, I'll look like a lady.

Go ahead.

Don't look like a lady.

You gotta draw picture for the kid.

So I'll look like a lady.

Don't look like a lady.

Bringing up the children'll drive you crazy.

OK, now I look like a lady.

Madame.

What's the matter?

You're the silliest looking lady I ever--

Cut it out.

Now come on.

Sell the tickets.

Excuse me, Madame.

Yes, young man?

I'm selling raffle tickets.

Uh huh.

Do you want any?

-Well now I-- -Thanks anyway.

Wait a minute.

No wonder you didn't sell any tickets.

Who would buy it?

That's not salesmanship.

That's you're just defeated from the very beginning.

Well gee whiz, nobody else bought any.

Why should you?

I'll show you how to sell a raffle ticket.

No you be the lady of the house.

I'll be you.

Watch the charm, how I come in and I

look the beautiful house over.

Pay compliments. Watch.

All right.

Now watch.

Ready.

How do you do?

Are you the lovely lady of the house?

Sorry, I have a boy of my own who is selling them too.

What are you doing?

That's what the lady did to me.

What am I going to do with you, Russ?

What am I going to do with you?

Is that the way you're going to be when you grow up?

Well gee whiz, Daddy, who says I'm going

to grow up to be a salesman?

Sweetheart, no matter what you grow up to be

you gotta be a salesman.

You have to sell yourself.

That goes if you're a doctor, a lawyer,

a musician, or anything.

You've got to sell yourself.

Why do you suppose people laugh at me on the nightclub floor?

They laugh at the jokes.

They enjoy my songs.

Why?

It's not because my jokes are better than the next fellows.

Or that I've got a great voice, which heaven knows I haven't.

It's because I've sold myself first.

And once I've sold myself they'll buy anything from me.

They'd buy anything.

Yeah.

Well you can't keep up with our kids today.

It's impossible.

I swear, I don't believe, I do not believe that my mother

and father raised 10 children.

How did they do it?

I've got only three and they're driving me crazy.

Kids today, they know so much.

They know too much, the little monsters.

To stay ahead of your kids today you gotta

be a walking book of knowledge.

I know my daughter Terry is now talking about going to college.

I've had only one year of high school.

She speaks to me through an interpreter.

How much you have to know to keep up with your kids.

Now my folks were simple normal people, stay at homes.

They didn't have to know what was going on two blocks away.

Today we gotta know what's going on all over the world.

I remember my mother couldn't tell

me how to get to Coney Island.

Me, I gotta tell my kid how to get to the moon.

The atomic age, electronics, spaceships, rocket ships,

satellites.

Everybody wants to go to outer space.

You know, I wish they would.

Maybe we'd have a little peace down here.

I mean, in the old days life was simpler.

People were relaxed.

Today everybody is in a big hurry to die.

I remember when I was a kid, Barney Oldfield

set a world speed record.

He astounded the nation.

He drove a racing car 60 miles an hour.

Try going 60 miles an hour today on one of your modern highways.

You get pinched for obstructing traffic.

Wait till you see the latest cars,

air brakes, and unbreakable windshields, 600 horsepower.

Wait till you see them.

Next you're going to drive 180 miles an hour

and stop on a dime.

The you press a button and a putty knife

scrapes you off the windshield.

This they call progress.

Look at the food.

Who enjoys a meal anymore?

They got powdered eggs, powdered milk, powdered soup.

They don't serve you a meal anymore.

They blow it at you.

I don't know.

Our folks had it a lot easier than we did.

See, my dad accentuated the positive with a club

about that long.

And I think that's a cue for a song.

Earl, let's have a song here, huh.

(SINGING) You have got to accentuate the positive.

Eliminate the negative, latch on to the affirmative,

don't mess with Mr. In Between.

You've got to spread joy up to the maximum.

Bring gloom down to the minimum.

Have faith or pandemonium's libel to walk upon the scene.

To Illustrate my last remarks, there's Jonah in the whale

and Noah in the ark.

What did they do?

Just when everything looks so dire,

oh they said we got to accentuate the positive.

Eliminate the negative.

Latch on to the affirmative.

Don't mess with Mr. In Between.

No, back off the negative.

Come on the positive.

Don't mess with Mr. In Between.

Thank you very much.

I want to dedicate that song to my son, who

incidentally is here tonight.

My boy has been accentuating the negative here of late.

See, I've been trying to teach him some salesmanship.

He hasn't sold one raffle ticket since the contest started.

And I thought that maybe tonight you folks could help

my boy to believe in himself.

Put the lights up.

Will you, Charlie.

Stop yawning and come on up here.

This is my boy, Rusty.

And why don't you tell the folks what you're doing, son?

Go ahead, don't be nervous now.

Well--

Yeah.

I'm selling raffle tickets.

And--

AUDIENCE MEMBER 1: I'll take two.

Well.

AUDIENCE MEMBER 2: I'll take four.

AUDIENCE MEMBER 3: Hey give me some tickets, kid.

Oh.

AUDIENCE MEMBER 4: Me too.

AUDIENCE MEMBER 5: I'll take a whole book full.

Well Going ahead.

Start-- that's wonderful, Russ.

-I'll take a couple over here. -Right over there.

This fellow will take one too.

I'll have five.

Fine .

Over here, Rusty.

I'll make change for you.

Russ, hurry now.

We'll be late.

OK, Daddy, I just want to count this money again.

That makes about the 10th time he's counted his money.

That's nice.

Oh come on, honey.

Get off it, will you?

I told you how I felt about it last night.

And I haven't changed my mind.

You ought to be excited, for heaven's sake.

The kid sold a lot of tickets, 31 books.

He sold them or you sold them?

What did I have to do with it?

You saw him sell them.

Oh yes, I saw him sell them after you

made a big sales pitch for him.

All right, so I helped him a little bit.

Is that such a crime?

All parents help their kids sell things.

How many parents have a captive audience to sell

raffle tickets to by the gross?

What kind of a crack is that?

Oh, Danny, you ought to be ashamed of yourself.

Well how do you like this?

I have to apologize for doing something for my son?

Danny, are you doing it for your son?

Or are you doing it for your own ego as his father?

My ego as his father has nothing to do with it.

I did it to prove to him that he doesn't have

to take a backseat to anybody.

I had to prove to him that he could sell more

tickets than Tommy Greenson.

And all you've succeeded in proving

is that Danny Williams could sell more

tickets than Tommy Greenson.

Look, sweetheart, all Rusty lacked was confidence.

But now he's got it.

How do you know that?

I know it because the last five books

of tickets he sold all by himself, on his own,

to absolute strangers.

And that's the truth.

Well at least that's something.

Aw, Danny, I don't mean that you shouldn't help Rusty.

But to help a boy too much is a big mistake.

Look, sweetheart, our son's future

is far too important for me to be

splitting hairs about whether I helped him too much or not.

Besides, you sold a lot of tickets.

It's for a worthy cause.

Hello, I'm Tommy Greenson.

Hello, Tommy, come on in.

Hello Mrs. Williams.

Is it all right if I go to the meeting with you folks?

Why sure, of course.

Aren't your folks going, son?

Well of course they are.

His mother is the chair lady.

Yeah, but Dad had to take her over early.

So I wondered if it would be all right if I went with you folks.

Why that's fine, Tommy.

Why don't you sit down a minute?

Rusty is still dressing.

Thank you.

Well, all set to turn the tickets in, eh?

I sure am.

I figure I got a good chance to win the bike too.

Oh?

I'm only two tickets short of 30 books.

Two tickets short of 30 books, hey.

Looks like somebody else's father's

got some pretty good connections too.

Huh?

I said that that's a lot of ticket to sell.

it's sure been a big job.

You know, I had to get up at 6:00 every morning

since the contest started.

6:00 in the morning?

What for, Tommy?

To sell tickets.

From 7:00 to 8:00 I stand in the subway

and try and get people on their way to work.

Of course, you don't sell too many that way.

But if you do it every morning, it adds up.

Then after school I go to all the stores

and I try and get people coming out of the movies.

Sure been a big job.

Never worked so hard in my life.

Didn't your father help you?

Oh sure, he helped me.

Oh well.

He bought two tickets from me.

How'd Rusty do?

R- R-R- Rusty did p- p- pretty good.

I, uh, I better go up and see what's keeping the boy.

Hi Daddy.

Hi.

Say, you know what?

Got so much money here we should hire an armoured car.

-Yeah. -Let's go.

Wait a minute, Russ. Wait a minute.

What for?

Look, Tommy Greenson is downstairs.

He's going to the meeting with you.

He is?

Yeah.

Hey, did you find out how many tickets he sold?

Yeah, yeah, I found out.

How many?

Well, he sold two less than 30 books.

And I sold 31 books.

Yeah.

Oh boy, I've won the bike.

Daddy, I've won it.

Have you, Russ?

Sure, there are 10 tickets to a book.

So I've sold 12 more tickets than he has.

Oh boy, I've won the bike.

Boy that was a great idea you had,

taking me to the nightclub.

Yeah, yeah, it was a great idea.

Let's go.

Wait a minute. Wait a minute.

Why?

I, I thought maybe you'd, uh, well, I

thought maybe you'd like to hear how Tommy Greenson sold,

sold his tickets.

Well, what's the difference?

I beat him.

Yeah, yeah, I know you beat him.

But I think you ought to hear it anyhow.

Yeah, it's quite interesting.

You know, that silly kid got up every morning

at 6:00 two weeks straight.

Stood out in front of the subways

catching the people on their way to work.

And he stopped people in the street,

stood in front of the movie houses,

and went into all the stores.

And selling tickets one by one, hour after hour,

day after day for two solid weeks.

He wound up selling only 12 tickets less than you did.

Can you imagine how many tickets he would have sold

if his father had a nightclub audience full of people

to buy books full?

Well, gee whiz, Daddy.

All I want to know, sweetheart, is

do you honestly believe you're winning

this bike fair and square?

But the last five books I sold all by myself.

I know. I know.

I'm not forgetting that.

You deserve credit for it too.

But I mean, do you really think you sold

enough books all by yourself?

Could you give me an advance on my allowance?

What for?

Well, I've been selling tickets to everybody else.

And I don't have any for myself.

After all, I might win the portable TV or something.

You mean everything I've just said to you

has gone into one ear and out the other?

Haven't you clobbered him enough?

What do you want to do rub his nose in it now?

Never mind.

You'll get your allowance money when it's due

and not a minute before.

Then how am I going to buy enough tickets from Tommy

so he'll win the bike?

Are you sure you're only 10 years old?

Here, here's double your allowance.

Buy a lot of tickets.

Gee thanks, Daddy.

Come on, let's go.

Hey, King Solomon.

Yeah?

Come here.

Ow.

What did I do now?

Nothing, I just found out what you're

going to be when you grow up.

What that?

A man.

Naturally.

Look, Russ, I don't want to make a big thing out of this.

I just want you to know I'm, I'm very proud of you.

Thanks, Daddy.

And do you want me to be proud of you too?

You know I do.

Then buy me a bicycle for my birthday.

Oh come on.

Well everybody, how do you like it.

It's mine. -Well.

-Yours? -Yeah.

Wait a minute.

I thought Tommy Greenson won the bike.

He did.

Well where did you get it.

Well you know the tickets I bought from Tommy?

Yeah.

One of them won the portable TV.

So I traded Tommy for the bike.

You traded Tommy?

Sure, he's already got a bike.

The one he won last year for selling the most

magazine subscriptions.

Well isn't that wonderful?

Hey, it's a beaut, too.

Look at that, hand brakes and everything.

You know, this has been a most profitable experience

for the Williams family.

Rusty got himself a real good bike.

And I certainly learned a real good lesson.

I learned a lesson too.

What's that?

Why kill yourself selling raffle books.

All you gotta do is buy the winning ticket.