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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: {40}{160}Downloaded From www.AllSubs.org {2164}{2207}Manhattan. {2229}{2263}New York. {2276}{2318}U.S.A. {2364}{2423}In any discussion of|contemporary America... {2427}{2527}... and how its people live, we must|inevitably start with Manhattan. {2531}{2585}New York City, U.S.A. {2599}{2699}Manhattan, glistening modern giant|of concrete and steel... {2703}{2815}... reaching to the heavens|and cradling in its arms 7 millions. {2832}{2877}Seven millions. {2881}{3012}Happy beneficiaries of the advantages and|comforts this great metropolis has to offer. {3036}{3176}Its fine, wide boulevards facilitate the|New Yorker's carefree, orderly existence. {3394}{3483}A transportation system second to none|in passenger comfort. {3536}{3642}Quaint little sidewalk caf�s|make for leisurely, gracious living. {3650}{3785}For its nature lovers,|the peace and privacy of a day in the sun. {3829}{3893}The city offers delightful changes|in climate. {4188}{4223}Well, I'll tell you. {4236}{4317}Jim Blandings is part|of the fabric of this town. {4326}{4432}Born and raised right here, he's as typical|a New Yorker as anyone you'll ever meet. {4438}{4472}At least, he was. {4504}{4623}If you wanna know the real story, I guess|I'm your boy. My name's Cole. Bill Cole. {4627}{4708}I'm Jim's lawyer and "best friend." {4721}{4788}Jim's one of those bright young fellas|you see around. {4792}{4927}College graduate, ad business, lovely wife,|two fine kids, makes about 15,000 a year. {4951}{5039}Jim and Muriel Blandings are just like|thousands of other New Yorkers: {5043}{5081}Modern cliff dwellers. {5100}{5200}The morning it all started was just another|of those crisp September mornings. {5204}{5266}And the Blandings were still asleep. {6446}{6487}Yeah, yeah, yeah. {8315}{8386}- Betsy?|- Okay, Dad. {8626}{8691}- Joan.|- Okay, Dad. {9262}{9340}No. Good morning, Theodore. {9407}{9479}- Good morning, Mr. Blandings.|- Good morning, Gussie. {9637}{9675}Thank you. {10672}{10703}Thank you. {10967}{10999}Looking for something? {11021}{11063}My socks. {11080}{11132}Why don't you look in your sock drawer. {11158}{11207}That's where I found my underwear. {11265}{11379}- Well, try your underwear drawer.|- I am in my underwear drawer. {11588}{11688}Well, they must be somewhere. Socks don't|get up and walk away by themselves. {11712}{11794}Muriel, I thought we had it|clearly understood that these two... {11798}{11896}Two and a half top drawers were mine.|I thought... Why do...? {11933}{12030}The closet. That's where they are.|We put them in the closet. {12034}{12091}- Put what in the closet?|- Your socks. {12095}{12175}- There wasn't room in the drawers.|- There's a lot in the closet. {12179}{12293}So Gussie and I decided that from now on|we'd keep them in a basket on the shelf. {12318}{12351}Basket. {12572}{12649}This? This. {12937}{13035}Jim, dear, I do wish you'd try|to make a little effort. {13039}{13081}I'll try, dear. {13721}{13814}Father, just one morning,|I wish you'd knock. {13820}{13873}I beg your pardon. {16911}{16964}Washcloth, dear. {17069}{17111}Thank you. {17574}{17624}Towel, dear. {18637}{18723}- Lf you don't mind, dear.|- One moment. {18848}{18909}Take your time.|I can spare the blood. {18937}{19003}- Did you cut yourself?|- I cut myself every morning. {19007}{19048}I kind of look forward to it. {19052}{19140}- Why don't you use an electric razor?|- Can't get used to them. {19152}{19184}Silly. {19190}{19286}- Bill Cole's been using one for years.|- He hasn't got my beard. {19332}{19422}- Bill's beard is just as coarse...|- I am not interested in discussing... {19426}{19537}...the grain and texture of Bill Cole's|hair follicles before I've had my breakfast. {19541}{19611}All I said was, why don't you use|an electric razor? {19615}{19720}Because I prefer the clean sweep|of the tempered steel as it glides smoothly... {19724}{19790}No advertising copy, please. {19800}{19881}- And hurry up. You'll be late for breakfast.|- Yeah. Sure. {20100}{20199}- Who did it? Yes?|- I did. {20204}{20295}Haven't I repeatedly told you not to cut up|the paper until I've read it? {20300}{20357}I'm sorry, Father.|It's necessary research. {20361}{20446}What? Another of Ms. Stellwagon's|so-called progressive projects? {20450}{20498}Coming through, Theodore. {20502}{20611}Does Theodore have to have breakfast with|us? Can't you take him to the living room? {20634}{20673}Dear. {20677}{20747}Why send your children to|an expensive school... {20751}{20833}...if you undermine the teacher's authority|in your dining room? {20844}{20925}I'm not undermining anything.|I'm in the advertising business. {20929}{20987}Keeping abreast of the times is important. {20991}{21028}So is your child's education. {21032}{21085}- That's not the point.|- It certainly is. {21089}{21164}- Not.|- Bicker, bicker, bicker. {21173}{21205}You drink your milk. {21209}{21341}Joan, every time Father and I have a lively|discussion, we aren't necessarily bickering. {21347}{21405}What is it, Betsy?|Another English composition? {21409}{21481}Ms. Stellwagon has assigned us|to take a classified ad... {21485}{21540}...and write a human-interest theme on it. {21544}{21631}I found one typical of the disintegration|of our present society. {21635}{21707}I wasn't aware of the fact|our society was disintegrating. {21712}{21755}I didn't expect you to be, Father. {21759}{21852}Ms. Stellwagon says middle-class people|like us are prone to overlook... {21856}{21929}Muriel, this is asking a lot,|but just one morning... {21933}{22024}...I would like to sit and have breakfast|without social significance. {22028}{22101}You must take more interest|in your children's education. {22105}{22159}Can't squeeze blood from a turnip. {22228}{22294}All right. I listen. {22309}{22371}- Shoot.|- It's just 16 words. {22376}{22461}I'm going to call it|A Minor Tragedy of Our Times. {22512}{22548}Well? {22565}{22627}"Forced to sell.|Farm dwelling. {22632}{22699}Original beams.|Barn. {22704}{22765}Apple orchard.|Trout stream. {22769}{22858}Seclusion.|Superb view. {22868}{22923}Will sacrifice." {22960}{23007}- Go on.|- That's all. {23012}{23087}- That's all?|- You don't see it, do you, Father? {23092}{23163}A fellow wants to sell his house,|he puts an ad in the paper. {23167}{23256}What'd you expect him to do,|take it to the United Nations? {23280}{23341}There's more to it than that,|isn't there, dear? {23345}{23463}Certainly, Mother. What some people|don't see is the whole sordid picture. {23467}{23562}A poor, honest farmer|pushed to the wall by hardship. {23566}{23672}Until finally, in desperation,|he's forced to sell... {23676}{23769}...and stoops to the crass commercialism|of newspaper advertising. {23773}{23880}Oh, indeed. Newspaper advertising?|Crass commercialism? {23884}{23970}Ms. Stellwagon says advertising|is a basically parasitic profession. {23974}{24004}You don't say. {24008}{24092}Ms. Stellwagon says advertising|makes people who can't afford it... {24096}{24188}...buy things they don't want|with money they haven't got. {24193}{24288}Oh, she does, does she? Well,|perhaps your Ms. Stellwagon is right. {24292}{24361}Perhaps I'll quit this|basically parasitic profession. {24365}{24434}Which at the moment is paying|for your fancy tuition. {24438}{24523}And those extra French lessons.|And that progressive summer camp. {24528}{24603}To say nothing of the very braces|on your back teeth. {24608}{24668}You shouldn't discuss money|in front of the kids. {24672}{24723}Why not?|They spend enough of it. {24727}{24764}Bicker, bicker, bicker. {24768}{24858}Girls, get your things and run along.|You'll be late for school. {24890}{24926}Bye, Daddy. {24956}{25008}Give my regards to Ms. Stellwagon. {25056}{25090}I'll get it. {25126}{25191}- Hello. We haven't seen you in ages!|- Morning, Bill. {25195}{25248}- Betsy, is your mother up?|- She's in there. {25252}{25293}- Come on, Betsy.|- Wait. {25297}{25334}Bye. {25361}{25408}- Morning, Muriel.|- Good morning, Bill. {25412}{25451}- Hi, Jim.|- Hello, Bill. {25455}{25543}- Aren't you going to Lillie and Paul's?|- I am. They'll get me soon. {25547}{25652}I thought I'd return these in case you want|to go through with that Funkhauser deal. {25673}{25719}- Thanks.|- Cup of coffee, Bill? {25723}{25766}- Yeah, thanks. I will.|- Gussie. {25770}{25846}Personally, I think he's|2, $3000, out of line. {25850}{25884}Yes, I suppose so. {25888}{25986}Of course, you could save that amount by|not tearing out the living room wall. {25990}{26076}- Sort of impractical anyway.|- I guess so. {26094}{26169}What wall? Who are you talking about?|Who's Funkhauser? {26184}{26248}- Bunny Funkhauser.|- Who? {26252}{26309}You remember Bunny Funkhauser, dear. {26313}{26412}That clever, young interior decorator|we met at the Collins' cocktail party? {26416}{26491}You mean that young man|with the open-toed sandals? {26512}{26545}What about him? {26553}{26592}Well... {26628}{26667}You know how long we've said... {26671}{26747}...we've got to do something about|fixing up this apartment. {26759}{26836}Well, a couple of weeks ago,|he called. {26840}{26911}And I asked him to come over. {26915}{27022}And he had some|simply wonderful ideas. {27036}{27072}And... {27088}{27191}...I didn't want to bother you|with sketches and estimates... {27196}{27253}...until I knew whether|we could afford it. {27257}{27323}So I sent them over to Bill. {27372}{27407}How much? {27411}{27484}Why ask how much until you know|what you're going to get? {27488}{27553}I've seen Bunny Funkhauser.|I know what I'm getting. {27557}{27667}- I think he's got some interesting sketches.|- He's terribly clever. Look. {27674}{27750}Here's how he sees our living room.|Isn't it charming? {27754}{27795}What's that, a shoeshine stand? {27799}{27860}It's a cobbler's bench, dear. {27864}{27943}The room's Colonial. Breakfront.|Hooked rug. {27948}{28051}Student lamp. Pie cooler. And over here|is a Martha Washington desk. {28080}{28147}And where do I keep my powdered wig? {28184}{28244}I think it's perfect. It's us. {28253}{28326}Bunny says we're very American. {28330}{28430}Very grassroots.|Very blueberry pie. {28485}{28548}Well, don't look at me.|Bunny said it. {28569}{28611}Now, here in the hall... {28629}{28684}How much is all this going to cost? {28688}{28721}Well... {28725}{28789}...the figure isn't accurate,|because it includes... {28793}{28834}How much? {28847}{28959}- Well, $ 7000, Jim, but...|- $ 7000! {28964}{29017}Well, that includes tearing out a wall. {29021}{29092}- And I quite agree with Bill...|- Oh, you do? {29096}{29135}You're some lawyer. {29139}{29231}A defenseless woman without any|conception of the value of a dollar... {29235}{29315}...comes to you for advice|and you've got her tearing out walls. {29320}{29412}I am on record as being opposed|to tearing out walls, and so is the woman. {29417}{29492}- Lf you'd only listen...|- $ 7000 dollars? {29496}{29580}I wouldn't put 7 cents into|this broken-down rattrap. {29584}{29632}Jim, how can you talk that way? {29636}{29718}This is our home. Betsy was practically|born in this apartment. {29723}{29787}That does not make it a national shrine. {29792}{29903}Now, wait. When I came in this morning,|I had no intention of sending you to Reno. {29908}{29963}- I thought I was doing you a favor.|- He was. {29967}{30051}He was showing you how to save $3000|by not tearing out a wall. {30056}{30128}I can save $ 7000 by not doing|anything at all. {30132}{30216}Yeah. You can save another 3500|by not buying her that mink coat. {30220}{30324}- You don't take a cruise to the West Indies...|- All right, Bill. All right. {30344}{30379}Not a bad day. {30384}{30499}You've already saved $ 15,000|and it's not even 9:00. {30504}{30565}See you next week. Bye, Jim. {30569}{30631}- Bye, dear.|- Have a nice weekend. {30636}{30695}- Wait, I'll go down with you.|- All right. {30700}{30758}Seven thousand dollars. {30769}{30819}Blueberry pie. {30981}{31044}- Morning, Mary.|- Morning. {31064}{31166}- What's that?|- Seems we're in the midst of a situation. {31176}{31275}"W-H-A-M. Wham. A whale of a ham." {31279}{31350}- Why's it here? That's Johnson's headache.|- Not anymore. {31354}{31457}Mr. Johnson is no longer with us.|Mr. Johnson lost the touch. {31462}{31532}- Guess whose headache it is now?|- Oh, no. {31536}{31583}- Oh, yes.|- Oh, no. {31587}{31672}On your desk you will find a directive|from the high command. {31677}{31769}What a morning. Bunny Funkhauser,|blueberry pie and Wham. {31773}{31807}How's that? {31811}{31919}Nothing, Mary. Just a private joke between|me and whoever's going to be my analyst. {31923}{32035}They sent down Mr. Johnson's handiwork|before he was drummed from the corps. {32039}{32148}July: "When you've got the whim,|say, 'Wham."' {32156}{32286}August, House and Stream:|"For a grand slam in ham, try Wham." {32290}{32384}I have some more over here.|Balance of last year's campaign. {32388}{32460}September's the little gem|that cost him his job. {32480}{32511}Just a minute. {32577}{32613}Mary. {32617}{32715}Would you spend $ 7000 to tear out|someone else's walls... {32720}{32823}...when, for a few thousand more, you could|find a nice old place in Connecticut... {32827}{32923}...fix it up and have the dream|house you've always wanted? {32928}{32963}I beg your pardon? {33030}{33103}Well, that's the way it all started. {33116}{33185}The ad was enough to convince Jim. {33212}{33269}But Muriel was a little tougher. {33285}{33344}I guess the corsage did it. {33402}{33444}There they are. {33448}{33585}Two little fish from New York out in|the deep waters of Connecticut real estate. {33589}{33656}That's Smith, the real estate salesman. {33660}{33742}Mighty shrewd cookie,|in a quiet sort of way. {33752}{33845}Yes, sir, he knows a sucker...|I mean customer, when he sees one. {33920}{33958}He sees one. {33971}{34077}Well, Smith, looks like you're finally gonna|unload the old Hackett place. {34109}{34192}The old, very old Hackett place. {34240}{34324}Well, folks. There she is. {34348}{34396}It's charming. {34435}{34468}That is, for an old house. {34472}{34569}You understand, Mr. Smith, we're just|window-shopping. Nothing definite. {34573}{34624}Oh, perfectly all right. {34643}{34687}Not a bad-looking house. {34692}{34758}But it's a lot older than anything|we had in mind. {34762}{34833}Well, she's no spring chicken. {34844}{34931}But that's just what|makes her such a buy. Yep. {34935}{35040}A man's got just about everything|he'd need here. A nice big hay barn. {35080}{35145}Couple of fruit orchards|just over the hill. {35189}{35262}Virgin stand oak grove other side|the trout stream there. {35266}{35379}The trout stream will give you your own|pure, clear, cold mountain water. {35394}{35455}Paved highway right to your door. {35475}{35544}Grocer from town delivers twice a week. {35552}{35596}Easy commuting distance, yeah. {35600}{35670}58 minutes from New York City. {35683}{35761}Brand-new high school|right down the road. {35765}{35861}Yes, sir, 50 mighty pretty little acres. {35877}{35924}Fine old house too. {35938}{36011}Four family bedrooms,|plenty of closet space. {36068}{36152}However, it's not just all these,|you know. {36156}{36240}- You're buying a piece of American history.|- Really? How's that? {36244}{36377}Why, first year she was built, General Gates|stopped right here to water his horses. {36408}{36475}Old General Gates, huh? Civil War. {36479}{36513}Revolutionary War. {36524}{36571}Oh, that General Gates. {36600}{36716}But I'm not trying to sell you anything,|understand. All I'm saying is that one day... {36720}{36823}...someone with a little imagination's gonna|come along and steal this place. {36827}{36886}And I mean steal it. {36905}{36963}I don't have to tell you,|Mrs. Blandings... {36967}{37049}...what a woman's touch could do|to a place like this. {37316}{37396}Yes, sir.|You've certainly got to visualize. {37411}{37499}Couple coats of paint,|a little pointing up here and there. {37809}{37878}Shall we go up and take a look at her? {37904}{37976}Well, I suppose as long as we're here. {37980}{38038}I guess it doesn't hurt to take a look. {38111}{38183}I'll just see if the keys are|up there where I left them. {38212}{38270}It has possibilities.|You think we can get it? {38274}{38316}Like taking candy from a baby. {38320}{38427}- Now, don't lose your head.|- You just keep quiet, dear. Let me handle it. {38447}{38547}Tell me, Smith, what kind of price|is the owner asking for this old place? {38780}{38843}What do you think, Bill?|Steal, huh? {38857}{38906}"Steal" is an understatement. {38914}{38962}"Swindle" might be more appropriate. {38966}{39014}Oh, well... {39026}{39067}What do you mean? {39084}{39187}Every time you get tight, you weep on my|shoulder about the advertising business. {39191}{39324}How it forces a sensitive soul like yourself|to live by bamboozling the American public. {39344}{39463}I would say a small part of that victimized|group has now redressed the balance. {39468}{39511}- What are you talking about?|- You. {39516}{39593}You got taken to the cleaners,|don't even know your pants are off. {39597}{39662}Darling, I told you.|I said we ought to call Bill. {39666}{39755}Now, Muriel. All right,|just what's wrong with this deal? {39772}{39859}First time around, you offered $ 10,000|for 50 acres, right? {39863}{39918}- What of it?|- That's $200 an acre. {39922}{39986}I know that part of Connecticut.|$ 100 an acre... {39990}{40082}...is standard top-gouge price|to city slickers. {40086}{40161}When the natives sell to each other,|it's around 40 or less. {40165}{40195}Forty! {40200}{40247}The man's entitled to a fair profit. {40252}{40311}Not 284 percent. {40315}{40424}Besides, you're not getting 50 acres,|you're only getting 35, more or less. {40428}{40522}- Where does it say that?|- I refer to a rather obscure postscript... {40526}{40618}...on the back of the second letter|from friend Smith. {40684}{40789}"Incidentally, Mr. Hackett has been a little|optimistic about the acreage. {40793}{40868}It will probably survey somewhere|in the neighborhood... {40872}{40971}...of 35 acres, more or less." {40987}{41044}All right, so it's 35.|What's the difference? {41048}{41123}Do you know how many tennis courts|you can get on 35 acres? {41128}{41213}You're not spending $ 11,500|for tennis courts. {41217}{41281}- That's not the point.|- That's precisely the point. {41285}{41388}We'll write Hackett a strong letter.|Tell him he can kick in those 15 acres... {41392}{41459}...reduce the price|or find another sucker. {41464}{41565}We'll do no such thing. I'm not gonna queer|this deal over 15 broken-down acres. {41569}{41647}- You just don't understand business.|- You mean extortion. {41652}{41717}Now, wait a minute.|Now, put that thing down. {41724}{41789}Look, you can't measure everything|on a slide rule. {41793}{41864}- This house has intangibles.|- Like what, for instance? {41868}{41911}Like antique value, for instance. {41916}{41967}It just so happens that General... {41971}{42046}...Gates stopped at that very house|to water his horses. {42050}{42156}I don't care if General Grant dropped in|for Scotch and soda, you're getting rooked. {42160}{42213}That was a different war. {42251}{42310}I think Bill's absolutely right. {42334}{42385}Let me explain something to you both. {42389}{42467}For 15 years I've been cooped up|in a four-room cracker box. {42472}{42551}Just getting a morning shave|entitles a man to the Purple Heart. {42556}{42605}That still doesn't make it a good buy. {42609}{42644}Bill. {42648}{42748}Muriel and I have found what I'm not|ashamed to call our dream house. {42760}{42839}It's like a painting.|You buy it with your heart, not your head. {42844}{42915}You don't ask, "How much|was the paint? The canvas?" {42925}{43005}You look at it. And you say,|"It's beautiful. I want it." {43009}{43080}And if it costs a few more pennies,|you pay it and gladly. {43084}{43125}Because you love it. {43129}{43214}And you can't measure the things you love|in dollars and cents. {43285}{43347}Well, anyway, that's the way|I feel about it. {43352}{43452}When I sign on Saturday, I can look|the world in the face and say, "It's mine. {43456}{43504}My house. My home. {43508}{43564}My 35 acres." {43651}{43710}Our house. Our home. {43715}{43780}Our 35 acres. {43866}{43907}More or less. {44024}{44087}So Jim cashed in his government bonds. {44091}{44164}Gave old man Hackett a $ 6000 mortgage... {44168}{44210}... and bought the place. {44214}{44255}Then they drove me out to see it. {44288}{44350}This isn't the way we came|with Mr. Smith. {44354}{44416}What in the world are "Shrunk Mills"? {44420}{44482}Probably mills that have shrunk. {44520}{44575}Seems to me we go left. {44589}{44643}Over the bridge and turn right. {44687}{44726}Left. {45153}{45196}Congress ought to pass a law. {45200}{45328}When a man buys a house in Lansdale,|there's a prize. 10 percent off if he finds it. {45366}{45452}- Over the bridge and turn right.|- Left. {45988}{46059}If you really want to find that house,|it's no problem. {46063}{46152}Pretend you're one of General Gates'|horses and you're very thirsty. {46156}{46210}Where would you go for a drink of water? {46849}{46925}Well, I must admit,|it's a very beautiful thing. {46947}{47045}The house and the lilac bush at the corner|are just the same age, Bill. {47051}{47124}If a lilac can live and be so old,|so can the house. {47129}{47190}It just needs someone to love it,|that's all. {47285}{47371}It's good there are two of you.|One to love it, one to hold it up. {47469}{47543}What'd your engineer say|about the foundation and the roof? {47547}{47608}Who needs engineers?|This isn't a train. {47620}{47660}I just saw it move. {47684}{47760}It's stood since the second year|of the Continental Congress. {47764}{47837}You take one look at it|and shingles start to fall off. {47850}{47957}Let me do you a favor. I've got a client,|structural engineer, Joe Apollonio. {47961}{48010}Practically built|the George Washington Bridge. {48014}{48086}Thanks a lot, but we're|not building a bridge. {48098}{48164}He advised the government|not to raise the Normandie. {48168}{48224}They didn't listen, cost them $5 million. {48228}{48293}You have my word.|If I were raising the Normandie... {48297}{48387}...I wouldn't make a move without|Apollonio. Would you like to come in? {48400}{48430}No, thanks. {48680}{48731}Muriel! {48766}{48796}Muriel! {48800}{48887}I think you'd better get in touch|with Mr. Apollonio. {48944}{49018}The house has charm,|hasn't it, Mr. Apollonio? {49022}{49118}Any small changes would have to conform|to the character of the countryside. {49122}{49181}And still be functional. {49263}{49327}What is your professional opinion? {49427}{49500}- Tear it down.|- Tear it down? {49504}{49602}If your sills were shot and your|timbers was okay, I'd say fix her up. {49606}{49695}If your timbers were shot and sills|was okay, I'd say fix her up. {49714}{49790}But your sills are shot|and your timbers are shot. {49795}{49835}I'll show you. {49882}{49983}Take a look at the way|what she leans. Here. {50135}{50190}It has to be level. {50194}{50314}So I say, don't throw good money|after bad. Tear it down. Good day. {50383}{50437}- Thanks a lot.|- That's okay. {50441}{50488}And I send my bill to your office. {50528}{50589}Bill Cole and his experts. {50593}{50722}Never mind, darling.|We'll get our own experts. {50748}{50817}And so they got their own experts. {50821}{50906}- Mr. Simpson said:|- Tear it down. {50943}{51043}- On the other hand, Mr. Murphy said:|- Tear it down. {51091}{51147}That's how our friend|Mr. Simms came into it. {51186}{51248}He said it was possible|to fix up the old place. {51252}{51303}But why not build|a new house, same size? {51307}{51400}It certainly wouldn't cost any more.|"Why not look at a floor plan?" {51418}{51483}Here we are. Something like this. {51487}{51563}First floor, living room,|dining room, study... {51567}{51656}...kitchen, breakfast room,|service porch, maid's rooms. {51660}{51755}Upstairs, three family bedrooms|with two adjoining baths. {51803}{51877}Well, it's very nice. {51886}{51951}But don't you think|it's a little conventional? {51955}{52006}Yes, Mr. Simms, of course... {52011}{52094}...if we were going to build a house,|we'd want it... {52098}{52145}...well, just a little bit different. {52149}{52213}Yes. Of course,|this is just a point of departure. {52217}{52283}You don't have to adhere|to any of this. {52295}{52388}Well, I don't think we're|at all ready to commit ourselves. {52392}{52449}- Oh, no.|- Of course not. I understand. {52453}{52532}Well, now,|if this were my house, I'd... {52548}{52601}Well, I mean... {52691}{52750}Now, here, for instance... {52827}{52865}Now. In the study... {52869}{52958}...if we could push out this wall|a little and put in a built-in bar... {52962}{53001}Excuse me, dear. {53005}{53047}These bedrooms are too small. {53051}{53119}And we'll have to have|a little dressing room. {53123}{53187}Yeah, and closets, Mr. Simms,|plenty of closets. {53191}{53282}- One thing this family needs is closets.|- Lf I might make a suggestion... {53286}{53322}And bathrooms, Mr. Simms. {53327}{53395}Each bedroom must have|at least one bathroom. {53399}{53487}But that would be four bathrooms,|Mrs. Blandings. I better point out... {53491}{53586}I was wondering, do you think we|could manage a playroom in the basement? {53591}{53653}You know, nothing tremendous.|Something like this. {53657}{53749}Well, of course, it's always possible.|But our fundamental problem... {53753}{53811}And I've always wanted|a little sewing room. {53815}{53876}A little utility room upstairs... {53880}{53979}...where I could be alone and sew|or sulk on a rainy afternoon. {53983}{54055}Pardon me, dear.|Now, Mr. Simms, about that playroom... {54059}{54166}...not too small. Plenty of room for dodge,|Ping-Pong, nice big poker table. {54171}{54223}Yes. If you don't mind... {54227}{54307}- Off the kitchen, a flower sink...|- There should be a terrace... {54311}{54399}...a stone floor and shelves...|...an awning and fireplace... {54403}{54506}...and a closet for gardening things...|...a barbecue thing. A roasting thing. {54510}{54555}A rotisserie.|For Sunday afternoons. {54653}{54731}Well, let's see what we have here. {54788}{54861}In the first place, I'm afraid... {54892}{54999}In the first place, you've got the upstairs|about twice as big as the downstairs. {55003}{55091}- It's all those bathrooms.|- It's all those closets. {55116}{55237}By extending that breakfast room,|you've eliminated the possibility of stairs. {55241}{55322}I've allowed for that.|You can put them in behind the pantry. {55367}{55450}Mrs. Blandings, on that sewing room,|the way you have it there... {55454}{55523}...the chimney stack would|come up through the room... {55527}{55593}...leaving you with the shape|of a square doughnut. {55597}{55691}Which might be very warm in winter,|but otherwise of doubtful utility. {55695}{55753}Can't you put the chimney|somewhere else? {55771}{55845}Look, I think I know just about|what you two have in mind. {55849}{55903}Suppose I go ahead|with preliminary plans... {55907}{55982}...and we get together in a week.|- All right. You do that. {55986}{56039}- Fine.|- Holy smoke! {56043}{56090}I'm afraid we didn't realize. {56094}{56187}Well, Mr. Simms. Don't you forget,|we've got to hold it down under 10,000. {56191}{56250}That, I can tell you right now,|is impossible. {56254}{56319}Even with trimming|of the things you've indicated... {56323}{56415}...I don't see how we can bring it in|for less than 12 or 12,500. {56425}{56481}Twelve thousand, five hundred? {56497}{56585}I guess we won't quibble about|a few pennies one way or the other. {56603}{56726}By the way, have you any notions as to how|you'd like the old place taken down? {56731}{56790}Why don't we just blow on it. {56987}{57139}Well, so far it's cost us $ 13,329.45. {57177}{57275}But we have the nicest vacant lot|in the state of Connecticut. {57359}{57439}Something will have to be cut.|These plans are too elaborate... {57443}{57504}...for the money you have to spend.|- All right. {57508}{57564}I'll make the sacrifice. You can cut it out. {57568}{57629}- Now we're getting somewhere.|- What's happening? {57633}{57685}Dad just lost his playroom. {57689}{57793}Muriel, as the house stands now,|it's over $ 15,000. {57797}{57863}- Mother, may we put Theodore to bed?|- Yes. {57867}{57957}It just doesn't seem possible|for a house with such small rooms. {57961}{58071}I've already explained. It's not so much|the size of the rooms as it is the number. {58075}{58131}Is it essential for each|of your daughters... {58135}{58204}...to have her own room|with two closets and a bath? {58208}{58239}Yes. {58243}{58331}You see, my daughters|are approaching womanhood and... {58335}{58406}I didn't realize they were|approaching it quite so fast. {58410}{58518}Perhaps what you need is not so much|a house as a series of little bungalows... {58522}{58595}...each with two closets|and a private bath. {58610}{58705}Well, what about that silly flower sink?|We could lose that. {58717}{58747}I beg your pardon. {58751}{58804}Or that sewing room. That's a waste. {58808}{58904}May I suggest that neither of these|are really major eliminations? {58908}{58998}- Lf you could do with one less bathroom...|- Sorry, we couldn't possibly. {59002}{59054}A simple bathroom, 8 by 10 by 8... {59058}{59126}...with grade-A fixtures|will cost around $ 1300. {59130}{59241}I refuse to endanger my children's health|in a house with less than four bathrooms. {59245}{59369}For $ 1300, they can live in a house|with three bathrooms and rough it. {59531}{59583}- Why, Bill!|- Hello, Muriel. {59587}{59626}Well, you've done it again. {59631}{59733}Once, just once, why don't you|come to me and find out if it's legal... {59737}{59820}...before you go barging off|and run yourself into another jam? {59824}{59905}- What's eating you?|- Simms, I hold you equally responsible. {59909}{59967}- What happened?|- I don't understand. {59971}{60044}- Did you let this idiot tear down that house?|- What of it? {60048}{60112}Reconstruction was unsound|and totally impractical. {60116}{60199}But you're dealing with a man|who doesn't think before he acts. {60203}{60259}- Who goes off half-cocked.|- What did I do? {60263}{60327}You're an architect.|You were aware of the legality. {60331}{60398}- What legality?|- There was a mortgage on that house. {60402}{60481}- I assumed as much.|- What are you talking about? {60485}{60550}- What did you do?|- I don't know. They won't tell me. {60554}{60620}Certainly, but since you|were his lawyer, I assumed... {60624}{60671}With a guy like this, don't assume. {60675}{60733}Just a minute.|I'm entitled to know what I did. {60737}{60810}This is America.|A man is guilty until proven innocent. {60815}{60859}It's the other way around, Father. {60863}{60915}- You go to bed.|- Girls. {60919}{61005}Bill, would you mind telling me in clear,|concise English... {61009}{61063}...just what crime I've committed and why? {61067}{61140}In clear, concise English,|you tore down a house... {61144}{61245}...on which another man holds a mortgage|without getting his written permission. {61249}{61296}Well, l... I did? {61300}{61403}And in such case, the mortgagee|can demand full payment of said mortgage. {61407}{61461}Mr. Ephemus Hackett so demands. {61465}{61518}Six thousand clams. {61522}{61561}And he wants them now. {61565}{61607}- Now?|- You've got 10 days. {61611}{61715}Ms. Stellwagon says the parents' problems|should be the children's problems. {61719}{61820}Well, you keep that in mind, dear,|it'll help prepare you for motherhood. {61831}{61918}- We'd better let the plans go for now.|- No, Simms. I'll work this out. {61923}{62019}- Go ahead and let's see some estimates.|- Very well. You'll hear from me soon. {62023}{62078}- Good night, Mr. Cole.|- Good night. {62082}{62150}- Six thousand dollars.|- Good night, Mr. Simms. {62155}{62185}Good night. {62189}{62259}What are you gonna do|about the collateral on your loan? {62263}{62324}Turn in my insurance policies or something. {62335}{62406}- Jim, you can't do that.|- Why not? {62411}{62505}Why, if anything should happen,|the children would be left unprotected. {62516}{62583}- I'm not dead yet.|- Well, of course you're not. {62591}{62693}I'll see the boys at the bank. Maybe you|can put up your insurance as collateral. {62697}{62742}If necessary... {62756}{62803}...l'll sign a personal note. {62820}{62855}Thanks, Bill. {62871}{62928}Well, I gotta run along. {62938}{62979}Jim, do me a little favor. {62983}{63080}The next time you're gonna do anything|or say anything or buy anything... {63084}{63133}...think it over very carefully. {63137}{63238}When you're sure you're right,|forget the whole thing. {63316}{63394}- Good night, Muriel.|- Good night, Bill. {63538}{63598}What a wonderful friend. {63620}{63684}What's with all this kissing|all of a sudden? {63688}{63724}What's that? {63728}{63849}Just because a man helps in a business way|doesn't give him privileges with my wife. {63853}{63923}That's a fine thing to say|about a friend of 15 years. {63927}{63993}Well, I just don't like it. {63997}{64093}Every time he goes out of this house,|he shakes my hand and he kisses you. {64097}{64156}Would you prefer it|the other way around? {64203}{64296}Why is he always hanging around?|Why doesn't he ever get married? {64300}{64402}Because he can't find another girl as pretty|and sweet and wholesome as I am. {64531}{64612}Darling, let's not be silly about this. {64616}{64710}It isn't Bill,|it's the house that's upsetting you. {64731}{64779}I suppose so. {64791}{64869}- Do you think it's worth all this?|- Of course it is. {64873}{64958}It isn't a house we're building,|it's a home. {64962}{65029}For ourselves and our children. {65033}{65099}Maybe our children's children. {65131}{65211}Each with two closets and a private bath. {65344}{65395}Well, here are the estimates. {65399}{65451}Before you look,|I think I better explain. {65455}{65558}Don't bother, Mr. Simms. We're getting|to be old hands at this sort of thing. {65739}{65804}Of course, these bids|are obviously way out of line. {65808}{65883}That is, all except|John Retch & Son at 21,000. {65887}{65954}- Twenty-one thousand!|- With some judicious cutting... {65958}{66068}...I think we could pare that down to 18.|- We've asked for the barest necessities. {66072}{66148}- Frankly, with all the extras...|- Never mind, Mr. Simms. {66152}{66239}Send us a bill for your services.|I'll see it's taken care of. {66243}{66306}- Goodbye, Mr. Simms.|- But one moment. {66311}{66365}- In the first place...|- In the first place... {66369}{66476}...I am going out to get my head examined.|If I don't jump off the Brooklyn Bridge... {66480}{66583}...l'm going to find the owner of our|apartment building and sign a 20-year lease. {66587}{66626}- Goodbye.|- Goodbye, sir. {66630}{66701}- Goodbye, Mr. Simms.|- Goodbye, Mrs. Blandings. {67423}{67533}Do you think you could keep|it down to 18,000? {68329}{68390}- Well, things are certainly humming.|- What? {68395}{68441}I said, "humming." {68488}{68575}Oh, there's my contractor, Mr. Retch.|I'll introduce you. {68579}{68630}We ordered that a month ago.|Get down... {68634}{68691}- Hello, Mr. Retch.|- Hi. Put a tracer on it. {68695}{68789}- We need that stuff.|- Got a lot on his mind. {68833}{68887}Hey, get out of the way.|Wanna get killed? {69139}{69245}- What's going on over there?|- That's Mr. Tesander. He's digging our well. {69415}{69482}- How long does that go on?|- Three weeks now... {69486}{69546}...at $4.50 a foot.|- Yeah, right. {69550}{69631}I think I'd better have a little talk|with Mr. Tesander. {69686}{69736}Mr. Tesander? {69783}{69839}Mr. Tesander! {69892}{69941}- Yep?|- How's it coming? {69945}{69996}It's coming. {70091}{70146}Mr. Tesander? {70283}{70327}- Yep?|- What I meant was... {70331}{70367}...how far down are you? {70371}{70447}Oh, about 130 feet. {70465}{70535}- Isn't that pretty deep?|- Yep. {70539}{70638}I mean, do you think perhaps|you ought to try another spot? {70643}{70673}Up to you. {70710}{70773}Haven't you hit anything yet at all? {70800}{70868}Hit some limestone yesterday. {70872}{70926}- That's good?|- That's bad. {70955}{71041}Right now, looks like|we're coming into some shale. {71045}{71114}- That's bad?|- That's good. {71122}{71227}- But it might turn out to be sandstone.|- That's bad. {71259}{71294}Can't tell. {71298}{71355}Might be good, might be bad. {71364}{71477}One thing you know: You got plenty shale,|sandstone and limestone. {71481}{71540}- I see.|- Mr. Tesander. {71544}{71588}- How do you do?|- How do you do? {71592}{71680}Just for the record, of course,|what happened to water? {71684}{71747}Oh, it's there, all right. {71751}{71812}Just got to be patient. {71993}{72087}- What's wrong with the steam shovel?|- I better go and take a look. {72095}{72155}- Jim!|- Come here. {72194}{72235}Thank you. {72401}{72479}- What's the matter? Is something wrong?|- How do you like that? {72483}{72563}I broke my bucket.|Two times this week, I broke my bucket. {72570}{72671}- What did you do, hit a boulder?|- That's no boulder. That's a ledge. {72675}{72749}- What does that mean?|- Means we gotta blast. {72753}{72823}- Blast?|- Blast, with dynamite. {72837}{72908}- What do you mean?|- What do you mean, "what do you mean"? {72912}{73015}Mr. Zucca explained, he has to use|dynamite to blast to get rid of the rock. {73019}{73071}That's no rock. That's a ledge. {73087}{73157}What Mr. Blandings means is,|what precisely is a ledge? {73161}{73251}A ledge is like a big stone,|only it's bigger. {73263}{73327}- Like a boulder.|- No, like a ledge. {73350}{73412}- Like a ledge.|- But you don't have to worry. {73416}{73528}It only costs $6 a cubic yard,|plus the dynamite and the fuse. {73560}{73610}How far will you have to blast? {73639}{73744}Hard to tell. Might be a little baby ledge,|might run the whole top of the mountain. {73752}{73820}At $6 a yard,|do you realize what that means? {73824}{73874}It means we gotta blast. {73985}{74076}With a few minor deviations,|I know exactly where every penny is going. {74080}{74140}- Is that all?|- Yes, thanks. {74206}{74260}- Hi.|- Hello, Bill. Come in. {74264}{74353}I've been going over the Knapp contracts|with old man Dascomb. {74382}{74454}While I was in there,|the conversation got around to you. {74459}{74547}- Oh, what is it?|- Well, he didn't say in so many words... {74552}{74651}...that since you started with that house|you haven't come up with one slogan. {74655}{74716}- But?|- But... {74730}{74764}- Where is it?|- It's there. {74820}{74918}But since the Wham account|is the backbone of this agency... {74922}{74991}...I kind of felt that he kind of felt... {74995}{75120}...that if I kind of told you, you'd know that|he knew that you knew, or something... {75124}{75206}What's he worrying about?|The deadline is six months off. {75268}{75335}- Yeah?|- Mrs. Blandings calling from Lansdale. {75339}{75371}Okay. {75381}{75432}Yes, Muriel? What? {75474}{75551}Tesander struck water?|Say, that's wonderful! {75555}{75629}- Bill, we've got our well!|- Congratulations. {75651}{75683}What? {75688}{75719}What's that? {75723}{75786}What do you mean,|we've got two wells? {75882}{75946}I'll be right out.|Come on, Bill. {76493}{76603}So you hit a spring, a bubbling spring,|right here in our cellar. {76607}{76672}It has to be diverted|before Retch can pour cement. {76676}{76755}May take a while.|Pumps are over in Jersey. {76881}{76957}- Water, Mr. Tesander.|- Yep. {76961}{77011}At 6 feet. {77015}{77050}Yep. {77054}{77201}And just over there, you had to go down|227 feet to hit the same water. {77219}{77314}- Yep.|- Now, how do you account for that? {77319}{77411}Well, the way it appears to me,|Mr. Blandings... {77415}{77520}...over here, the water|is down around 6 feet. {77524}{77571}And over there... {77575}{77680}...it's down around 227 feet.|- It's down around 227 feet. {77684}{77736}Yep. {79039}{79100}What's this, another closet? {79106}{79181}- This happens to be our living room.|- This isn't it. {79185}{79281}- Living room's across the hall.|- Then where's the dining room? {79285}{79346}Well, I think it's... {79350}{79421}- Maybe it's this little room.|- That's the breakfast room. {79425}{79513}That isn't the breakfast room,|that's the powder room. {79517}{79635}- Just where is the dining room?|- It was right here a minute ago. {79639}{79718}- We couldn't just have lost it.|- Better put an ad in the paper. {79722}{79769}I don't get this Blandings at all. {79773}{79876}If you build on the windiest hill|in Connecticut, why pick the windiest side? {79880}{79997}You know those New York millionaires.|Easy come, easy go. {80071}{80214}- Now, here is the living room. Right?|- Yes. There's the fireplace. {80218}{80296}- Come right in.|- After you, Rockefeller. {80300}{80359}- Hey, mister. You the owner here?|- Yeah. {80363}{80419}Just the man I want to see. {80423}{80493}I'll browse around upstairs. {80585}{80692}The second-floor lintels between|the lally columns, should we rabbet them? {80799}{80859}The second-floor lallies? {80863}{80923}Second-floor lintels between the lallies. {80974}{81025}Oh, the lintels between the lallies. {81029}{81132}Yeah, from the blueprints you can't tell.|You want they should be rabbeted? {81195}{81278}- No, no, I guess not.|- Okay, you're the doctor. {81282}{81431}Hey, fellas! If you got any of them|rabbeted lintels set, rip them up! {81622}{81711}It sounded less expensive to say no. {81730}{81790}Stop it! Stop it! {81840}{81907}Okay, fellas, let's quit! {81972}{82016}Now look what you've done. {82068}{82112}Look, men! {82116}{82172}Mrs. Blandings didn't mean anything. {82176}{82263}There's no point in walking off a job|because a woman makes a remark. {82267}{82343}Look, mister, it's Saturday.|We quit at 12:00. {82347}{82403}Unless you want us to go on overtime. {82407}{82492}No, no, no. Very kind of you, I'm sure. {82496}{82552}See you Monday, fellas. {82671}{82704}I'm sick. {82708}{82779}From the outside, this place|looks like a grain elevator. {82783}{82882}On the inside, everything's miles too small. {82894}{82932}- What's that?|- What's what? {82936}{83031}That noise. It's upstairs. {83607}{83682}- What happened?|- The door blew shut. I got locked in. {83686}{83759}Impossible. I had this closet built|especially for myself. {83763}{83860}- The lock opens from the inside.|- Maybe for Houdini, not for me. {83864}{83954}Nothing to it, a child could do it.|Look, I'll show you. {83992}{84064}See? It just takes some|good old Yankee know-how. {84068}{84151}It's possible, darling, the lock works|for you and not for Bill. {84155}{84223}- Ridiculous. Even you could do it.|- Thank you. {84227}{84267}Come on, I'll show you. Get in. {84318}{84392}Now go ahead, dear. Just open the door. {84553}{84655}- I don't seem to be able to...|- Well, it's perfectly simple. {84659}{84751}You just take the knob|and turn it clockwise. {85202}{85257}Nothing like that|good old Yankee know-how. {85310}{85340}Hey! {85344}{85423}Somebody let us out of here! {85680}{85737}Oh, dear. {85959}{86038}If I could just get over to that scaffolding. {86216}{86284}Seems a shame, but I guess|it's the only way to do it. {86288}{86391}- What are you gonna do?|- Don't get panicky. I'll get you out of here. {86395}{86498}Stand up, Bill.|Hold that over the window. {86560}{86619}Stand back, Muriel. {86626}{86695}- Ready?|- Roger. {86983}{87053}In case of emergency, break glass. {87061}{87106}Come on, Bill. {87220}{87321}That's funny. There's no reason|why that shouldn't work. {87737}{87785}- Wham again.|- Yes, sir. {87789}{87881}- Muriel, I thought we'd agreed...|- Gussie, no more Wham for Mr. Blandings. {87889}{87978}- What about the rest of us?|- I'm sure there are other substitutes. {87982}{88065}- Bacon, sausages...|- The children like Wham. {88069}{88138}- There must be other...|- Mrs. Blandings likes it too. {88142}{88226}- Just the same...|- And I consider it very tasty. {88231}{88303}Gussie, I spend eight hours every day... {88307}{88385}...trying to cram this stuff down|the throats of millions. {88389}{88471}I know all about it.|Its succulent goodness. {88475}{88579}- Its sugar-smoked tenderness. Its...|- You don't have to sell me. I like it. {88653}{88702}Oh, thank you. {88707}{88755}Just bills. {88761}{88835}Darling, I'm going out|to the place this afternoon. {88839}{88905}Bill's driving me up|to see about the landscaping. {88909}{88959}That'll be nice. {88967}{89052}- What do you mean, Bill's driving you?|- Why do you ask... {89056}{89131}...when you know what I mean|and what you mean? {89139}{89231}I mean, the moment I turn my back,|Bill Cole's driving you someplace. {89235}{89298}- He's being helpful.|- I thought he was a lawyer. {89303}{89395}- Why isn't he out suing somebody?|- Bicker, bicker, bicker. {89504}{89612}- Well, we'll just see about that!|- What is it? {89665}{89779}- What's the matter, Jim?|- Mr. William Cole, please. {89803}{89859}Hello, Bill.|They can't get away with this. {89863}{89911}I know my rights as a citizen. {89915}{89983}Why, this notice from|the owner of this building. {89987}{90087}He wants our apartment.|He's ordering us to move in 30 days. {90091}{90170}How can I move into a house|that isn't even finished? {90174}{90256}There are no windows, no plaster, no paint... {90260}{90333}Listen to me.|I have no intention of moving in 30 days. {90337}{90464}This is not legal. I'll fight it and|I don't care if it takes every penny I've got. {90468}{90552}Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. {90556}{90603}- All right.|- Well? {90607}{90675}We're moving in 30 days. {90756}{90847}So came 30 days. And they moved. {90920}{90979}That is, we moved. {91010}{91079}Well, there she is, bright and shiny. {91083}{91166}And just about complete. {91170}{91284}The residence|of Mr. And Mrs. James Blandings. {91311}{91367}"All right, everybody out." {91396}{91492}Guess you can't blame them|for feeling just a little bit proud. {91534}{91598}Even Theodore's proud. {91627}{91721}"All right, men. Let's have a little action."|"Okay, Mac." {91839}{91898}The big moment. {91908}{91994}Look. He wants to carry her|across the threshold. {91999}{92036}Isn't that romantic? {92187}{92245}Watch that sacroiliac. {92249}{92334}Fifteen years since you've done|this sort of thing. {92346}{92439}Nice work, Tarzan. Now let's see|if you can make it into the living room. {92445}{92518}That's right. Go right in.|Don't pay attention to the sign. {92583}{92665}"Look where you're going!|Can't you see I'm varnishing?" {92706}{92784}"Stop painting that floor|and put some planks down in here!" {92788}{92895}"Okay, Mac, but take it easy.|The Republicans ain't in yet, you know. " {93056}{93155}"There. I'll just see Simms about this." {93159}{93256}"Oh, Father! Wait till you see|what we found. " {93322}{93363}"Now what? {93382}{93451}Oh, fine. No windows. {93455}{93530}Well, we'll just see Simms|about that too. " {93570}{93646}- Where's Simms?|- Around back, figuring out them windows. {93651}{93731}- What's the problem? You put windows up.|- These don't fit. {93735}{93791}Oh, they don't, don't they? {93817}{93887}Mr. Blandings, you'd better|take a look at these bills. {93891}{93958}- What about the windows?|- There's been a slip-up. {93962}{94031}These windows belong|to a Mr. Landing in Fishkill. {94035}{94110}- I spoke to him on the phone.|- Well, has he got mine? {94114}{94243}No. He seems to have some windows that|belong to a Mr. Blandsworth in Peekskill. {94247}{94325}- Where are my windows?|- As near as we can find out... {94329}{94394}...they've been sent|to a Mr. Banning in Danbury... {94398}{94450}...or a Mr. Bamberger in Waterbury. {94467}{94554}Shall we spend the rest of our lives|in a house without windows? {94559}{94605}It will only be a few days. {94609}{94713}- What's a "Zuz-zuz water softener"?|- How should I know? {94717}{94771}You've got one. {94810}{94931}"Furnishing and installing|one Zuz-zuz water softener, $285..." {94935}{95009}- I didn't order that!|- I authorized that, Mr. Blandings. {95013}{95067}- To save your boiler and water pipes.|- From? {95071}{95132}Rust. The plumber says|the water in your well... {95136}{95207}...is the most corrosive|in his entire experience. {95211}{95290}- Another first.|- Well, if it's necessary, put it in. {95294}{95351}- We're moving in today...|- It's in. {95355}{95426}- Then get me the bill for it.|- You've got it. {95430}{95485}Well, all right, then. {95747}{95826}- That's right, upstairs in the bedroom.|- Mother! {95830}{95945}- The moving vans just left...|- Never mind. Help Gussie in the kitchen. {95949}{96025}- Now, Mr. PeDelford, we'll discuss painting.|- Okay. {96029}{96130}I had some samples.|Here we are. {96134}{96190}Now, first, the living room. {96194}{96273}I want it to be a soft green. {96277}{96348}- Not as blue-green as a robin's egg.|- No. {96352}{96447}But not as yellow-green as daffodil buds. {96466}{96544}Now, the only sample I could get|is a little too yellow. {96548}{96614}But don't let whoever does it|get it too blue. {96618}{96738}- No.|- It should be a sort of grayish yellow-green. {96745}{96839}Now the dining room. I'd like yellow. {96843}{96907}Not just yellow. A very gay yellow. {96911}{96983}Something bright and sunshiny. {96987}{97075}I tell you, if you'll send one of|your workmen to the grocer... {97079}{97207}...for a pound of their best butter and|match that exactly, you can't go wrong. {97211}{97303}This is the paper we'll use in the hall.|It's flowered. {97307}{97390}But I don't want the ceiling|to match any colors of the flowers. {97394}{97457}There are some little dots|in the background. {97461}{97519}And it's these dots I want you to match. {97523}{97614}Not the little greenish dot|near the hollyhock leaf. {97618}{97730}But the little bluish dot between|the rosebud and the delphinium blossom. {97734}{97800}Is that clear? {97804}{97874}Now, the kitchen's to be white. {97878}{97956}- Not a cold, antiseptic, hospital white.|- No. {97960}{98094}A little warmer, but still, not to|suggest any other color but white. {98099}{98192}Now, for the powder room in here,|I want you to match this thread. {98196}{98313}And don't lose it. It's the only spool|I have and I had an awful time finding it. {98317}{98387}As you can see,|it's practically an apple red. {98391}{98507}Somewhere between a healthy Winesap|and an unripened Jonathan. {98521}{98580}Oh, excuse me. {98625}{98733}- You got that, Charlie?|- Red, green, blue, yellow, white. {98737}{98778}Check. {98922}{98956}Oh, Joan. {98985}{99014}I'm awful sorry. {99019}{99093}You knew Father was supposed|to carry the heavy things. {99097}{99172}Father disappeared.|I haven't seen him for an hour. {99176}{99242}Where's Uncle Bill, Mother?|He'll miss his train! {99246}{99332}If they've run off somewhere,|it certainly isn't very... {99363}{99410}Heavens. {99601}{99688}- I thought you were going to take care of it.|- I thought you were. {99692}{99792}You're gonna miss your train, Uncle Bill.|It leaves Lansdale in 25 minutes. {99814}{99860}I hate to leave this little place. {99864}{99984}Just four walls and a couple of nail kegs,|but to me it'll always be home. {100039}{100143}- Isn't there a later one?|- Not till tomorrow morning at 6:15. {100147}{100211}- You mean 7:15.|- No, Dad, 6:15. {100215}{100287}What about the 7:15|I'm supposed to take to the office? {100291}{100398}There's a little asterisk. The 7:15 runs|only Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. {100402}{100472}What? Bill, let me see that. {100547}{100616}- Muriel.|- Oh, dear, don't tell me I read it wrong. {100620}{100723}That's fine. I'll have to get up|at 5 in the morning to catch the 6:15... {100727}{100827}...to get to my office at 8. It opens at 9|and I never get there until 10. {100831}{100894}Maybe if you start earlier|you can leave earlier. {100898}{100974}To get home earlier to get to bed earlier|to get up earlier? {100978}{101066}Maybe you can get it pushed to 4:15.|Then you won't have to go to bed. {101070}{101141}- You'll miss your train.|- I'll drive you to the station. {101145}{101180}I can drive him! {101184}{101282}No, dear. You'd better save your strength.|You have to get up at 5. {101472}{101567}It would be nice if you could|spend your vacation up here, Bill. {101571}{101630}We'll see how things work out|at the office. {101634}{101759}I tell you, I'll scour around and see|if I can find you a cottage in Lansdale. {101763}{101876}If you can't find me a cottage,|I can always move back into that closet. {102157}{102238}- Father!|- Now look what you've done. {102395}{102502}Father, the first principle of lighting a fire|is to see if the flue is open. {102506}{102586}- A 3-year-old child knows that.|- Next time we want a fire... {102590}{102679}...l'll send out for a 3-year-old child.|Get that stuff cleaned up... {102683}{102774}...then help Gussie set the table.|It's getting late. {102803}{102901}- Look, Dad. Your fraternity pins.|- Pins? I only had one. {102905}{102999}- There are two of them here.|- All right, just put them away. {103003}{103099}Funny. This one says|"W.C." on the back of it. {103103}{103210}W.C.? William Cole!|It must be Uncle Bill's. {103215}{103271}Let me see that. {103444}{103519}- What's that?|- It's Mother's diary from college. {103523}{103570}- It's slightly torrid.|- Let's see. {103574}{103618}That's none of your business. {103622}{103705}I'd say Mother and Uncle Bill|were somewhat of an item. {103709}{103770}People do not read other people's diaries. {103775}{103845}That's not a very nice thing to do.|Now, go help Gussie. {103849}{103912}- What about...?|- I'll take care of that. {104252}{104302}Excuse. {104519}{104588}Muriel, do you have to do that now? {104592}{104680}There's no need to be irritable|because you have to shave at night. {104684}{104801}- I'm not irritable.|- You haven't said a civil word all evening. {104805}{104889}Sometimes a man doesn't feel like talking. {104900}{104984}- What is it, dear? Something at the office?|- No. {104988}{105097}- You got the new slogan for Wham?|- It's not due yet. {105135}{105232}It's something.|You're certainly upset about something. {105236}{105298}I can always tell. {105302}{105354}I'm not upset. {105359}{105490}It's just that I don't approve of falsehood|and deception, particularly in my own wife. {105495}{105586}- What are you talking about?|- Oh, nothing. {105594}{105724}I distinctly remember you saying you gave|Bill back his fraternity pin 15 years ago. {105747}{105821}- What?|- Did you or didn't you? {105831}{105903}- Did I or didn't I what?|- Give it back to him. {105915}{105974}Well, of course I did.|If I said I did, I did. {106038}{106175}Then perhaps you'll have the goodness to|explain how this fell out of your jewel box. {106363}{106453}- What's so funny?|- You. {106457}{106507}You're jealous! {106592}{106661}If you were so crazy for him,|why didn't you marry him? {106665}{106761}- Because I wasn't in love with him.|- That's not what you said in your diary. {106765}{106823}Now you've been reading my diary! {106834}{106914}It just happened to fall open.|And I happened to look at it. {106918}{107005}- It just happened.|- I'll just bet. {107009}{107073}- It's all over the book!|- The children. {107090}{107171}Then why don't you admit it.|You were in love with Bill Cole. {107175}{107285}Of course I was in love with Bill. Those days,|I was in love with a new man every week. {107289}{107371}- Then why did you marry me?|- I'm beginning to wonder. {107375}{107468}Maybe it was those big cow eyes|or that ridiculous hole in your chin. {107472}{107559}Maybe I knew you were gonna bring|me out to this $38,000 icebox... {107563}{107672}...with a dried-up stream and no windows.|Maybe I happened to fall in love with you... {107676}{107738}...but for heaven's sakes,|don't ask me why! {108072}{108134}What time is it? {108139}{108198}- 9:20.|- Thank you. {108203}{108301}Muriel, would it do any good|to say I'm sorry? {108318}{108406}- I don't know.|- Well, I am. {108487}{108575}I've behaved like a schoolboy|and I'm sorry. {108620}{108673}Oh, Jim. {108940}{109010}Why don't you take the soap|out of your ears. {109014}{109084}Why do I love you so much? {109223}{109295}Darling, it's awfully late. {109362}{109433}Maybe you ought to go down|and lock the doors. {109437}{109517}What for? The windows|are all open anyway. {109588}{109664}You have to get up at 5:00. {109741}{109802}Yeah, I guess so. {109876}{109928}Good night. {109956}{110005}Good night. {110471}{110579}So the days sped by.|And the bills and the extras. {110583}{110648}And as autumn reared its lovely head... {110652}{110708}... so did the deadline for Jim's slogan. {110712}{110771}It was practically a photo finish. {110830}{110918}Send out for sandwiches and coffee.|Looks like an all-night session. {110922}{110994}- What did Mr. Dascomb say?|- He said, "Blandings... {110999}{111085}"...I want that slogan on my desk|by 9 in the morning. Check?" {111089}{111168}- I said, "Check."|- You'll have to dream something up... {111172}{111297}...good or bad.|- I got the impression that it better be good. {111358}{111427}Funny how you look forward|to the little things. {111431}{111487}Rain, for instance. {111515}{111630}For a month now I've been looking forward|to the first rainy night at the house. {111635}{111751}Big, blazing fire.|Muriel pouring coffee. {111767}{111818}Me in my new smoking jacket. {111823}{111927}With my pipe and slippers,|reading my newspaper. {111932}{111977}Well. {112036}{112107}Do you suppose my clothes are dry yet? {112120}{112182}Thank heavens. The children. {112187}{112267}Sit still. You look too comfortable. {112379}{112442}What a night!|I'm Harry Selby from down the road. {112447}{112496}- Won't you come in?|- Thank you. {112500}{112573}I'm afraid I'm gonna get your place all wet. {112577}{112672}I just came in to tell you that|the kids are safe, Mr. Blandings. {112691}{112766}Oh, I'm not Mr. Blandings.|Cole's the name. Bill Cole. {112770}{112853}Friend of the family.|Just came in out of the rain. {112884}{112961}- I'm Mrs. Blandings.|- Oh, how do? {112977}{113049}Mrs. Williams called and says|your phone is out of order. {113053}{113155}She wanted me to tell you the water's|rising. They've got the bridge roped off. {113159}{113270}- Your girls will spend the night at her place.|- Thank you. I was beginning to worry. {113274}{113351}- She'll take good care of them.|- May I get you some coffee? {113355}{113461}No, thank you. I'd better get back|before I have to swim for it. {113465}{113529}- Night, Mrs. Blandings.|- I'm very grateful. {113533}{113655}- Not at all. Night, Mr. Bland...|- Cole. Bill Cole. Friend of the family. {113659}{113700}Just came in out of the rain. {113738}{113838}- Well, good night.|- Good night. And thank you. {113952}{114022}No bridge. That's fine. {114026}{114119}- How do I get back to Lansdale?|- You'll just have to spend the night here. {114123}{114209}Muriel, really? With your husband|in New York and your children away? {114213}{114299}- Think of my reputation.|- Don't worry, Snow White. {114303}{114417}You'll be as just pure and unsullied in the|morning as you were the night before. {114421}{114485}That's the story of my life. {115449}{115524}Compare the price|Compare the slice {115528}{115587}Take our advice|Buy Wham! {116263}{116360}If you'd buy better ham|You'd better buy Wham {116364}{116402}It's Boyle Petroleum. {116407}{116476}If you'd buy better oil|You'd better buy Boyle {116499}{116542}Yeah. {117034}{117145}This little piggy went to market|As meek and as mild as a lamb {117149}{117234}He smiled in his tracks|When they slipped him the ax {117238}{117307}He knew he'd turn out to be Wham {117364}{117468}Yeah.|"He knew he'd turn out to be Wham." {117487}{117560}It's gone! I've lost my touch. {117564}{117663}Oh, well. Maybe I never had a touch.|Who knows? I can't think anymore. {117667}{117752}All I've got on my mind is a house|with an $ 18,000 mortgage. {117756}{117855}And bills and extras|and antiques and, and... {117859}{117939}Oh, I don't know. I don't know. {118259}{118355}- Where are you going?|- Home to get some sleep. You do the same. {118359}{118410}- But you haven't...|- Suppose I haven't. {118415}{118492}- This isn't the only job in town.|- What'll I tell Mr. Dascomb? {118496}{118591}Oh, just tell him to...!|Just tell him. {119247}{119354}- I'm sorry Jim isn't here.|- I was on my way to town anyway. {119358}{119446}- Thought I might catch Jim.|- Sure you won't stay to breakfast? {119450}{119535}- No, thanks very much all the same.|- Darling! {119539}{119600}- Good morning, dear.|- You must be exhausted. {119631}{119681}- How did it go?|- Fine, fine. {119685}{119767}- Everything all right?|- Everything's fine. {119788}{119868}Oh, hello, Henry. What are you doing up|with the morning dew? {119872}{119949}Came to check the blueprints.|Some extras came in from Retch. {119953}{120016}There are a couple things|we should go over. {120020}{120084}- Really? What are they?|- Well, let's see. {120088}{120182}A few things here that are all right, I guess. {120186}{120289}- "Mortising five butts, $ 1.98."|- Let's not quibble about it. {120293}{120364}A man's entitled to mortise|a few butts now and then. {120368}{120501}- "Extra hardware, $3.89."|- Petty larceny, but let them get away with it. {120521}{120642}Now, there's one here that, frankly,|I don't understand. Here we are. {120646}{120772}"Changes in closet, $ 1247."|Did you authorize that? {120776}{120846}Well, we probably told him to... {120850}{120946}- Twelve hundred and what?|- $47. "Changes in closet." {120951}{121009}That's the end! {121034}{121106}What's this notation?|"Refer to detail sheet 135." {121111}{121246}Near as I can remember, that's something|in back of the house. Let's take a look. {121258}{121310}Here we are. {121362}{121454}It isn't a closet at all.|It's off the back pantry. {121458}{121534}Mrs. Blandings' little flower sink. {121584}{121672}Oh, Mrs. Blandings' little flower sink. {121676}{121746}You didn't authorize any changes, did you? {121750}{121841}Well, they certainly weren't changes. {121845}{121935}- What have you done?|- I haven't done anything. {121939}{122038}All I did was... Just nothing at all. {122067}{122139}What have you done? {122156}{122195}Well... {122199}{122322}All I did was, one day I saw four pieces|of flagstone left over from the porch... {122326}{122423}...that were just going to be thrown away.|And I asked Mr. Retch... {122427}{122497}...if he wouldn't put them|on the flower room floor... {122501}{122594}...and poke a little cement between|the cracks and make a stone floor... {122598}{122661}...where it might be wet|with flowers and things. {122665}{122711}That's absolutely all I did. {122729}{122804}- That's all you did.|- Absolutely. {122808}{122886}Just four little pieces of flagstone. {122891}{123002}- Did you, by any chance, authorize a drain?|- Of course I didn't. {123007}{123135}All I said was that I wanted|a nice, dry stone floor... {123148}{123232}...and Mr. Retch was just as nice|as he could be and said: {123236}{123278}"Well, you're the doctor." {123283}{123369}And that was all that anybody said|to anybody about anything. {123471}{123558}- Well?|- I think I can tell you what happened. {123563}{123635}First, the carpenters had|to rip out the flooring. {123639}{123781}Those planks run under the width of the|pantry, so Retch had to knock out the wall. {123785}{123908}Then he had to chop off the top of|the joists to make room for the cradle. {123912}{124019}I guess he got some iron straps and fastened|them to a large pan to hold the cement. {124023}{124074}With that load on the weakened joists... {124078}{124154}...I bet he had to put a lally column|down there for support. {124159}{124219}- I'll bet.|- It was just four little flagstones... {124223}{124320}- Quiet!|- The main soil pipe runs under there. {124327}{124433}So Retch had to get the plumber back,|take out a section to get the cradle set. {124437}{124519}And I'll bet he had to change|the pitch of the soil pipe. {124523}{124587}- Good morning, Mr. Cole.|- Morning. Morning, Jim. {124591}{124622}Hello, Bill. {124626}{124704}And there are hot and cold water pipes|right under the pantry. {124708}{124773}They'd run to the bathroom|on the second floor... {124777}{124837}The bridge was roped off.|Bill had to stay here. {124841}{124911}- Slept like a rock.|...about 60 feet of armored cable... {124915}{124968}...between the main panel|and junction box. {124972}{125028}Including the 220-volt cable|to the stove. {125032}{125108}Morning, everybody. What a night! {125112}{125201}I never seen so much rain|in all my natural life! {125207}{125301}- Gussie spent the night in Lansdale.|- I passed the girls at the Williams'. {125305}{125397}- They'll be on any minute.|- Thank you. You better start breakfast. {125401}{125444}Yes, ma'am. {125512}{125559}Where were we? {125566}{125648}We were at the 220-volt cable|that goes to the stove. {125652}{125710}And there are water pipes|hooked to the... {125714}{125801}Just a minute. You mean the children|weren't here last night either? {125805}{125880}- How could they? The bridge was closed.|- I just came across. {125884}{125958}- It was closed last night!|- It's open now. {125963}{126043}Well, if you'll all excuse me,|I think I'll just go upstairs... {126047}{126120}...and slip into something|a little more comfortable. {126197}{126246}I guess that's about the size of it. {126251}{126349}Except that Retch had to repair|the pantry wall. And he couldn't possibly... {126353}{126442}...have broken through it without...|- All right, we'll take care of it. {126447}{126557}I'll admit, it's a little steep, but I'll try|and get Retch to knock $ 100 off the bill. {126561}{126633}- Lf I can't get that, I'll certainly try for 75.|- Fine. {126637}{126751}- Lf not 75, I'll make a stab at 50.|- You do that. {126783}{126867}Anyhow, I'm almost sure we can get 25. {126945}{126977}- Good day.|- Good day. {126981}{127016}Bye. {127071}{127109}Darling. {127113}{127150}You're upset. {127162}{127214}You've got a lot of things on your mind. {127219}{127293}Muriel, there's only|one thing I've got on my mind: {127297}{127353}This house and how soon|we can get rid of it! {127357}{127414}- That's not what you're thinking.|- Maybe. {127418}{127470}Maybe I'm thinking|I was once a happy man. {127474}{127565}I didn't have a closet or three bathrooms,|but I did have my sanity... {127569}{127646}...a few dollars, two children|and a wife I could trust! {127650}{127736}- That's a fine thing to say.|- I also had a job at Dascomb and Banton. {127740}{127806}- Something I don't have at the moment.|- Jim! {127810}{127893}That's right, I've resigned.|We're starting all over from scratch. {127897}{127974}- And without this house!|- You love this house. {127979}{128095}I hate it. From its rabbeted lintels|to its Zuz-zuz water softener. {128099}{128166}- You know you don't mean that.|- Every word of it. {128170}{128222}Anybody who builds|a house today is crazy! {128226}{128319}The minute you start, they put you|on the all-American sucker list. {128323}{128396}You start out to build a home|and wind up in the poorhouse! {128400}{128489}If it can happen to me, what about|those who aren't making $ 15,000? {128493}{128563}What about the newlyweds|who want a home of their own? {128567}{128688}It's a conspiracy, I tell you, against every|boy and girl who were ever in love! {128701}{128747}What do you want? {128821}{128931}Mr. Blandings,|there's a matter of $ 12.36. {128952}{129046}Twelve dollars and thirty-six cents. {129058}{129115}Why be a piker, Mr. Tesander? {129119}{129202}Here, take everything I've got.|Spread it out amongst your pals! {129214}{129268}Perhaps Retch|would like a little something. {129272}{129391}Maybe Zucca could use my new smoking|jacket! It's open house! Help yourself! {129395}{129454}Now, hold on, Mr. Blandings. {129458}{129563}This $ 12.36 you don't owe me.|I owe you. {129629}{129693}- What was that?|- Yep. {129697}{129810}Found I overcharged you,|almost three feet. {129861}{129922}Better count it. I think it's all there. {129962}{130035}Thank you very much, Mr. Tesander. {130084}{130121}Well... {130133}{130187}...I guess I better be going. {130217}{130297}You sure got a pretty place here. {130310}{130356}Take good care of it. {130459}{130543}I'll tell Mr. Zucca|about the smoking jacket. {130679}{130730}Darling, what did you mean? {130735}{130808}Are we really going to|have to sell this house? {130838}{130938}I don't know, dear.|I don't know anything anymore. {130963}{131041}In case anyone's interested,|I'm leaving for town. {131081}{131170}Oh, Mr. Tesander!|Could you give me a lift into Lansdale? {131174}{131245}- Yep.|- Fine, I'll be right with you. {131303}{131378}If you wanna count|the silverware, I'll wait. {131384}{131424}Be patient with me, Bill. {131428}{131492}Maybe one of these days|I'll grow up. {131496}{131591}- What happened to him?|- $ 12.36. {131626}{131666}You mind if I say something? {131671}{131770}Ever since this thing started, I've been|the voice of doom about the project. {131775}{131877}Every step of the way, I've been convinced|you were getting fleeced, bilked... {131881}{131953}...rooked, flimflammed,|and generally taken to the cleaners. {131957}{132057}Maybe you were. Maybe it cost you|a lot more than you thought it would. {132061}{132137}Maybe there were times|when you wish you'd never started. {132146}{132226}But when I look at what|you two have got here... {132239}{132287}Well, I don't know. {132310}{132414}Maybe there are some things you should|buy with your heart, not your head. {132444}{132519}Maybe those are the things|that really count. {132525}{132571}Well, see you around. {132575}{132611}Bye, dear. {132861}{132924}- Oh, oh, Uncle Bill!|- Well, hi! {132928}{133030}I heard all about it, you had a wonderful|night. Your mother's in there. Goodbye! {133035}{133077}Bye! Morning, everybody. {133081}{133127}Dad, why aren't you at the office? {133160}{133251}- Well, I'm on a kind of vacation.|- You mean you got fired? {133269}{133335}- We'll discuss it later.|- Come and get it, everybody! {133339}{133417}- Breakfast is ready!|- Good, I'm starving! What are we having? {133421}{133479}Orange juice, scrambled eggs|and you-know-what! {133483}{133546}- Ham?|- Not ham, Wham! {133550}{133617}If you ain't eating Wham,|you ain't eating ham! {133646}{133686}Now, you kids go wash your hands. {133691}{133798}Muriel! Darling!|Give Gussie a $ 10 raise! {134091}{134139}Drop in and see us sometime. {134143}{134185}Yeah, do that. {134243}{134343}>> Napisy pobrane z http://napisy.org <<|>>>>>>>> nowa wizja napis�w <<<<<<<< {134383}{134783}Downloaded From www.AllSubs.org 72938