1 00:00:27,460 --> 00:00:29,760 [whistling] 2 00:00:33,500 --> 00:00:37,800 Good evening. I’ve decided to take up touch football. 3 00:00:37,830 --> 00:00:40,600 I understand it’s the thing to do. 4 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:43,470 The players are perfect gentlemen. 5 00:00:43,510 --> 00:00:46,010 That penalty was not for them. 6 00:00:46,040 --> 00:00:49,310 It was a clipping penalty and was called on 7 00:00:49,340 --> 00:00:52,210 an overzealous popcorn salesman 8 00:00:52,250 --> 00:00:55,620 whom I caught shortchanging a customer. 9 00:00:55,650 --> 00:00:58,920 He’ll be penalized five cents. 10 00:00:58,950 --> 00:01:02,060 However, he’s the best man they have. 11 00:01:02,060 --> 00:01:05,360 I’m sure he’ll make it up on the next play. 12 00:01:05,390 --> 00:01:07,600 I, uh, I see by the clock 13 00:01:07,630 --> 00:01:10,530 that we have time for just one more play 14 00:01:10,570 --> 00:01:12,230 before the halftime show 15 00:01:12,270 --> 00:01:15,670 which is entitled "Servant Problem." 16 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:51,110 -Tina! -Oh, hello, Mr. Drake. 17 00:01:51,140 --> 00:01:52,510 What are you still doing here? 18 00:01:52,540 --> 00:01:55,210 When I left, you only had a couple more pages to type. 19 00:01:55,240 --> 00:01:57,480 Oh, I finished those hours ago. 20 00:01:57,510 --> 00:02:01,050 I thought I’d fix some hors d’oeuvres for your company tonight. 21 00:02:01,050 --> 00:02:04,550 So you have. 22 00:02:04,590 --> 00:02:06,790 Mm, good, very good. 23 00:02:06,820 --> 00:02:11,130 -What happened to Mrs. Hoffman? -Oh, she came down with a virus or something. 24 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:14,360 I didn’t want you to get stranded, so I thought I’d fix the hors d’oeuvres. 25 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:17,570 You’re an angel. No, I take that back, you’re a genius. 26 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:22,440 I’m sorry about Mrs. Hoffman’s virus, but she never made hors d’oeuvres like this. 27 00:02:22,470 --> 00:02:23,910 Sure you can manage without her? 28 00:02:23,940 --> 00:02:26,680 I could call an employment agency and get somebody. 29 00:02:26,710 --> 00:02:29,680 No, I really don’t need anyone. It’s just a few people coming, 30 00:02:29,710 --> 00:02:32,080 Mr. Standish and his wife and the Coltons. 31 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:34,180 They’ll be here any minute. 32 00:02:34,220 --> 00:02:37,590 -Mm, champagne. -Mm, sort of a celebration. 33 00:02:37,620 --> 00:02:41,360 Standish has just agreed to publish my new book. 34 00:02:41,390 --> 00:02:44,160 That’s wonderful. Congratulations, Mr. Drake. 35 00:02:44,190 --> 00:02:46,830 Ah, congratulations to you. 36 00:02:46,860 --> 00:02:49,660 -Delicious. -Well, I’d better rush home 37 00:02:49,700 --> 00:02:52,100 and fix dinner for Tom and the boys. 38 00:02:52,100 --> 00:02:54,270 A secretary’s work is never done. 39 00:02:54,300 --> 00:02:55,900 Goodnight and have a good time, Mr. Drake. 40 00:02:55,940 --> 00:02:57,470 Goodnight, and thanks again. 41 00:03:23,700 --> 00:03:25,370 [doorbell buzzing] 42 00:03:29,640 --> 00:03:31,340 [Mr. Drake] Yes? 43 00:03:31,370 --> 00:03:32,440 Merwin? 44 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:35,610 What’s that? 45 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:37,480 Merwin Goff. 46 00:03:40,820 --> 00:03:44,520 Merwin, it’s me. Molly! 47 00:03:44,550 --> 00:03:48,090 Don’t you even recognize me? 48 00:03:48,090 --> 00:03:51,230 Oh, Merwin, I’m so glad I found you. 49 00:03:52,360 --> 00:03:55,100 Oh, I’m so happy I could bust. 50 00:03:55,100 --> 00:03:56,130 Let me look at you. 51 00:03:57,900 --> 00:04:02,400 Oh, you look marvelous. You’re a living doll. 52 00:04:02,440 --> 00:04:06,510 Oh, Merwin, you’re even better looking than you used to be, you know that? 53 00:04:06,540 --> 00:04:08,410 Molly... 54 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:09,940 Molly, for heaven sake, I’d thought that-- 55 00:04:10,050 --> 00:04:12,780 What that I was dead, huh? I bet you did. 56 00:04:12,810 --> 00:04:16,850 My gosh, how long has it been now? 22 years. 57 00:04:16,890 --> 00:04:18,850 I-I didn’t recognize you. 58 00:04:18,890 --> 00:04:22,520 -Y-You’ve changed so much. -Oh, listen, don’t I know it? 59 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:24,830 I got fat, huh? 60 00:04:24,860 --> 00:04:28,330 Well, you know, I don’t know what happens to a girl. 61 00:04:28,360 --> 00:04:31,130 Remember how slim I used to be when you first married me? 62 00:04:31,170 --> 00:04:35,070 You used to call me your little fawn, remember? 63 00:04:35,070 --> 00:04:38,070 What? Molly, Molly you can’t. You can’t stay here. 64 00:04:38,110 --> 00:04:40,080 Listen, it took me long enough to find you. 65 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:42,310 I’m not gonna let you get away now. 66 00:04:44,110 --> 00:04:48,750 Oh, Merwin, what a place. 67 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:53,890 Oh, dear, it’s just beautiful. 68 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:58,230 Oh, boy, am I gonna like it here. 69 00:04:58,260 --> 00:05:00,200 Eh, M-Molly, 70 00:05:00,230 --> 00:05:02,830 I said you can’t stay here. 71 00:05:02,860 --> 00:05:04,870 Listen, I’m still your wife, remember? 72 00:05:04,900 --> 00:05:09,540 Molly, for the love of Heaven. It’s been years, 22 years. 73 00:05:09,570 --> 00:05:12,840 Yeah, 22 years since you walked out on me. 74 00:05:12,870 --> 00:05:15,410 You know, that wasn’t very nice. 75 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:19,280 You could have knocked me over with a feather when I see your picture in the paper, 76 00:05:19,310 --> 00:05:22,350 in the society column. 77 00:05:22,380 --> 00:05:24,820 And that girl... 78 00:05:24,850 --> 00:05:28,360 that, what’s her name? That Sylvia something or another. 79 00:05:29,520 --> 00:05:31,690 -Sylvia Colton. -Yeah, her. 80 00:05:31,730 --> 00:05:35,060 I knew it was you, though, the minute I seen your picture, 81 00:05:35,060 --> 00:05:38,170 even with that phony name, Kerwin Drake. 82 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:42,440 Ooh-ooh, boy, what a name you picked out for yourself. 83 00:05:42,470 --> 00:05:45,270 Listen, it’s better than Merwin Goff, 84 00:05:45,310 --> 00:05:47,980 I used to hate it when they called me Mrs. Goff. 85 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:51,280 Molly... 86 00:05:51,310 --> 00:05:53,720 there’s something you must realize. 87 00:05:53,750 --> 00:05:56,520 Everything about me has changed since those days. 88 00:05:56,550 --> 00:05:58,090 -Sure. -Not just my name, 89 00:05:58,090 --> 00:06:01,020 -everything. -Yeah. 90 00:06:01,020 --> 00:06:03,560 You never did understand. 91 00:06:03,590 --> 00:06:05,490 Oh, well, listen, Merwin, 92 00:06:05,530 --> 00:06:08,130 I-I was just a kid. What did I know? 93 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:10,870 I used to hate it when you sat around that lousy old kitchen 94 00:06:10,900 --> 00:06:13,070 with that broken-down old typewriter. 95 00:06:13,100 --> 00:06:15,370 How did I know you were gonna amount to anything? 96 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:19,240 -I mean, you know, be famous and rich. -I’m not rich. 97 00:06:19,270 --> 00:06:22,840 Oh, well, it don’t matter, Merwin, nothing matters now. 98 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:25,710 I don’t even mad at you that you walked out on me. 99 00:06:25,750 --> 00:06:27,880 We just start all over again, huh? 100 00:06:30,090 --> 00:06:33,360 -Are you serious? -Sure? 101 00:06:33,390 --> 00:06:36,220 You think I left you because of some whim? 102 00:06:36,260 --> 00:06:38,560 No, I knew it wasn’t working out, 103 00:06:38,590 --> 00:06:41,830 that we were too far apart. That’s why I left. 104 00:06:41,860 --> 00:06:44,370 And we’re 22 years further apart now. 105 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:47,540 -Oh, well, Merwin-- -You think I haven’t tried to find you? 106 00:06:47,570 --> 00:06:50,370 I spent years looking for you. 107 00:06:50,410 --> 00:06:52,710 Did you? 108 00:06:52,740 --> 00:06:55,310 Only to make the break final and legal. 109 00:06:55,340 --> 00:06:58,310 Only you never stayed in one place long enough for me to reach you. 110 00:06:58,350 --> 00:07:01,380 Well, I was traveling. I like to travel. 111 00:07:03,250 --> 00:07:05,290 Well, we can’t talk anymore tonight. 112 00:07:06,350 --> 00:07:07,620 I got friends coming, 113 00:07:07,660 --> 00:07:11,260 important friends, my publisher for one. 114 00:07:11,290 --> 00:07:15,500 -They’ll be here any minute. -Is she coming too? 115 00:07:15,530 --> 00:07:18,330 You mean Sylvia? As a matter of fact, she is. 116 00:07:18,370 --> 00:07:21,140 Do you like her, Merwin? 117 00:07:21,170 --> 00:07:24,770 -I mean, do you like her as good as you used to like me? -Oh, for... 118 00:07:24,810 --> 00:07:27,510 Oh, well, never mind, it don’t matter, I was just asking. 119 00:07:27,540 --> 00:07:29,780 Wait, wait, I’m gonna show you something. 120 00:07:33,420 --> 00:07:36,480 A-What do you think you are doing? -Wait a minute now. 121 00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:39,220 I brought my best dress with me, see? 122 00:07:39,250 --> 00:07:40,660 Look, 123 00:07:40,690 --> 00:07:42,820 you won’t be ashamed of me in that party. 124 00:07:42,860 --> 00:07:45,590 Didn’t you hear what I said? 125 00:07:45,630 --> 00:07:46,960 You can’t stay here. 126 00:07:48,830 --> 00:07:52,070 Oh, don’t get excited. I-I was only gonna stay one night. 127 00:07:52,070 --> 00:07:56,500 I got me an apartment on 48th Street, just three blocks from here. 128 00:07:56,540 --> 00:07:59,370 O-Only they won’t let me move in till tomorrow. 129 00:07:59,410 --> 00:08:01,780 I said you can’t stay here tonight. 130 00:08:04,810 --> 00:08:08,120 Well, I got no place to go, Merwin. 131 00:08:11,450 --> 00:08:12,850 You could go to a hotel. 132 00:08:14,220 --> 00:08:16,020 Here, 133 00:08:16,020 --> 00:08:17,460 here some money. 134 00:08:19,930 --> 00:08:21,300 I don’t want your money. 135 00:08:24,900 --> 00:08:27,340 And I ain’t going to no hotel, neither. 136 00:08:29,300 --> 00:08:31,870 I’m gonna stay right here till we get things settled. 137 00:08:31,910 --> 00:08:35,110 -Oh, Molly, please. -I ain’t leaving. 138 00:08:35,140 --> 00:08:36,380 You can throw me out if you wanna, 139 00:08:36,410 --> 00:08:37,850 but I’ll come right back. 140 00:08:37,880 --> 00:08:39,650 -Now look-- -Oh, look yourself. 141 00:08:41,580 --> 00:08:44,290 I’ll make trouble for you, Merwin. 142 00:08:44,320 --> 00:08:45,720 You see if I don’t. 143 00:08:52,590 --> 00:08:54,060 [sighs] 144 00:08:54,100 --> 00:08:56,060 All right, now listen... 145 00:08:56,100 --> 00:09:00,340 you can stay here tonight, but only tonight, understand? 146 00:09:00,370 --> 00:09:04,010 -In the morning we can talk things over. -Oh, Merwin. 147 00:09:04,010 --> 00:09:06,810 No, no, no, don’t touch me, huh? 148 00:09:06,840 --> 00:09:08,840 I want you to go upstairs, right now. 149 00:09:08,880 --> 00:09:11,310 -Yeah. -The first door to the right. It’s the guest room. 150 00:09:11,350 --> 00:09:13,620 -Yeah. -Only I don’t want you leaving it for a minute. 151 00:09:13,650 --> 00:09:15,020 You understand? 152 00:09:15,020 --> 00:09:17,750 I’ve got important people coming here tonight. 153 00:09:17,790 --> 00:09:21,490 And I don’t want you to breathe loud enough for them to hear you. 154 00:09:21,520 --> 00:09:24,490 OK, Merwin, I’ll be as quiet as a mouse. 155 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:30,130 -What, up there? -Yes. 156 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:37,440 And remember what I said. 157 00:09:37,470 --> 00:09:39,440 Oh, sure, Merwin, sure. 158 00:09:54,390 --> 00:09:56,890 No, the publishing business isn’t what it used to be. 159 00:09:56,930 --> 00:09:58,290 Kerwin can tell you that. 160 00:09:58,330 --> 00:10:00,200 Hard to sell a book these days, 161 00:10:00,230 --> 00:10:03,770 unless you can put a beautiful woman with an axe murderer on the cover. 162 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:06,170 Oh, please, Harold. You promised 163 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:08,270 there wouldn’t be any business talk tonight. 164 00:10:08,300 --> 00:10:10,670 I find it very interesting. 165 00:10:10,710 --> 00:10:13,410 -Don’t you, George? -Mm. 166 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:15,210 Oh, yes, of course. 167 00:10:15,240 --> 00:10:18,150 I’m afraid you won’t get any sympathy from my father, Mr. Standish. 168 00:10:18,180 --> 00:10:22,550 He rather likes those books with the beautiful women and the axe murderers. 169 00:10:22,580 --> 00:10:24,490 Well, I don’t get time for much serious reading, 170 00:10:24,520 --> 00:10:26,420 but I did enjoy your last book, Kerwin. 171 00:10:26,450 --> 00:10:28,190 [Mr. Drake] Why, thank you. 172 00:10:28,220 --> 00:10:30,660 -Sylvia? -Oh, I think I’ve had my quota for tonight. 173 00:10:30,690 --> 00:10:32,360 But daddy’s glass looks little empty. 174 00:10:32,390 --> 00:10:33,830 Well, thank you, Sylvia. 175 00:10:35,430 --> 00:10:36,460 Kerwin. 176 00:10:36,500 --> 00:10:38,130 What’s the matter with me? 177 00:10:38,170 --> 00:10:40,200 I completely forgot the hors d’oeuvres. 178 00:10:40,240 --> 00:10:42,400 Oh, thank you, not for me, Mr. Drake. 179 00:10:42,440 --> 00:10:45,410 Oh, no, you must try these, they are delicious. 180 00:10:45,440 --> 00:10:47,610 -I’ll go and get them. -Let me help you. 181 00:10:54,280 --> 00:10:56,550 -Kerwin? -Yes? 182 00:10:56,580 --> 00:11:01,090 -Is anything the matter? -Why, no, no, why do you ask? 183 00:11:01,120 --> 00:11:04,290 I think I know you. 184 00:11:04,330 --> 00:11:05,560 No, no, it’s nothing really, 185 00:11:05,590 --> 00:11:08,330 I-I just feel a little nervous tonight. 186 00:11:08,360 --> 00:11:11,170 Are you sure it’s just that? 187 00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:12,770 Of course. 188 00:11:14,300 --> 00:11:15,600 We better get back. 189 00:11:21,410 --> 00:11:24,380 You really have to try these, they are terrific. 190 00:11:24,410 --> 00:11:28,280 -Mrs. Standish? -Well, just one. 191 00:11:28,320 --> 00:11:29,950 Thank you. 192 00:11:31,750 --> 00:11:33,560 Thank you. 193 00:11:33,590 --> 00:11:36,660 Oh, what’s that, caviar? I love caviar. 194 00:11:36,690 --> 00:11:38,230 These are good. 195 00:11:38,260 --> 00:11:40,530 Never liked these itty-bitty things myself. 196 00:11:40,560 --> 00:11:44,400 -These are unusually good, Harold, do try one. -Mm. 197 00:11:44,430 --> 00:11:45,470 Thank you. 198 00:11:47,300 --> 00:11:48,600 Mm, thank you, Kerwin. 199 00:11:48,640 --> 00:11:50,910 Mm, not bad. 200 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:54,340 Well, Kerwin, 201 00:11:54,380 --> 00:11:57,010 I understand you’re already planning the next book. 202 00:11:57,110 --> 00:11:58,850 Yes, that’s right. 203 00:11:58,880 --> 00:12:00,680 As a matter of fact, I was thinking of the Middle East 204 00:12:00,720 --> 00:12:02,420 as the setting this time. 205 00:12:02,450 --> 00:12:04,590 Does that mean you’ll be traveling again? 206 00:12:04,620 --> 00:12:06,120 Oh, I hope not. 207 00:12:06,150 --> 00:12:09,620 Well, you know how I feel about background to my novels. 208 00:12:09,660 --> 00:12:14,100 Mm, I need the touch, the smell of the places I’m writing about. 209 00:12:14,130 --> 00:12:15,730 Yes, that will certainly makes sense. 210 00:12:15,760 --> 00:12:18,570 But you wouldn’t be going soon, would you? I mean, right now 211 00:12:18,600 --> 00:12:20,600 with conditions so unsettled over there. 212 00:12:20,640 --> 00:12:23,100 That’s not really what mother means, Kerwin. 213 00:12:23,140 --> 00:12:26,210 She means it wouldn’t be a very good place for a honeymoon. 214 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:30,210 Oh, well, I wasn’t thinking of it like that, I-- 215 00:12:30,250 --> 00:12:34,180 I thought I’d work out the novel first, and then later... 216 00:12:34,220 --> 00:12:36,420 perhaps... 217 00:12:36,450 --> 00:12:38,220 Well, I-- 218 00:12:38,250 --> 00:12:40,320 I think a toast is in order, don’t you? 219 00:12:40,360 --> 00:12:41,920 To Kerwin’s new book. 220 00:12:41,960 --> 00:12:45,330 -[Mrs. Standish] That’s a fine idea. -I’ll propose it. 221 00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:47,100 Here’s to the book. 222 00:12:47,130 --> 00:12:48,330 I hope it makes money. 223 00:12:48,360 --> 00:12:50,670 [Mrs. Standish] Oh, really, Harold. 224 00:12:50,700 --> 00:12:51,930 [Mrs. Colton] To you, Kerwin. 225 00:12:55,770 --> 00:12:56,870 [Molly] Hello, everybody. 226 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:04,110 [Mrs. Standish] For heaven’s sake. 227 00:13:28,540 --> 00:13:30,640 Kerwin, who is she? 228 00:13:30,670 --> 00:13:32,070 What? 229 00:13:32,070 --> 00:13:35,110 Oh, it’s my cook. Just Molly, my cook. 230 00:13:35,140 --> 00:13:36,280 Molly. 231 00:13:38,710 --> 00:13:41,280 Molly, why didn’t you stay where I told you? 232 00:13:41,320 --> 00:13:45,690 I-I-I’ve told you time and time again to stay in your room when I have my guests here. 233 00:13:45,720 --> 00:13:47,920 I won’t have you traipsing around the house this way. 234 00:13:47,960 --> 00:13:52,290 -I know but-- -N-No, never mind, no, no, never mind the excuses. 235 00:13:52,330 --> 00:13:55,000 I know you’re all dressed up to go out tonight, but... 236 00:13:56,560 --> 00:13:58,230 you can go into the kitchen and... 237 00:13:58,270 --> 00:14:01,040 wait for your boyfriend there. 238 00:14:01,040 --> 00:14:03,340 Do you understand me? 239 00:14:03,370 --> 00:14:05,310 Yeah, I understand. 240 00:14:07,910 --> 00:14:13,050 And stay in there until I’m ready to talk to you, do you hear me? 241 00:14:13,050 --> 00:14:17,050 I’m sorry, Merwin, I just got a little lonesome sitting up there by myself. 242 00:14:17,050 --> 00:14:18,820 Go on. 243 00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:29,230 I’m sorry about that, but... 244 00:14:29,260 --> 00:14:31,430 tomorrow’s her day off and... 245 00:14:31,470 --> 00:14:33,230 well, tonight she was going to live it up, 246 00:14:33,270 --> 00:14:35,740 but I think her boyfriend stood her up. 247 00:14:35,770 --> 00:14:37,840 What an odd woman. 248 00:14:37,870 --> 00:14:42,510 Well, I’m sure she’s a very good cook, if Kerwin hired her. 249 00:14:42,540 --> 00:14:45,250 [Mrs. Colton] She is, if she made these delicious hors d’oeuvres. 250 00:14:45,280 --> 00:14:50,190 Well, as a matter of fact, she did. She’s really superb. 251 00:14:50,220 --> 00:14:54,620 You can get used to the way she looks once you’ve tasted her food. 252 00:14:54,660 --> 00:14:56,790 You didn’t let me know you were hiring a cook, Kerwin. 253 00:14:59,330 --> 00:15:00,730 Didn’t I? 254 00:15:00,760 --> 00:15:02,400 Well, it must’ve slipped my mind. 255 00:15:02,430 --> 00:15:04,330 Yes, I hired her last week. 256 00:15:04,370 --> 00:15:06,570 You are darned lucky to have her, let me tell you. 257 00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:11,140 My wife can no more find a good cook than I can break 80 on the golf course. 258 00:15:11,170 --> 00:15:13,640 It’s really is a dreadful problem. 259 00:15:13,680 --> 00:15:17,810 Y-You have no idea how difficult servants are these days. 260 00:15:17,850 --> 00:15:22,650 We’ve seven cooks in the last year, and each worse than the other. 261 00:15:22,680 --> 00:15:27,090 We had to set the table every night with knives, forks, and stomach pumps. 262 00:15:27,120 --> 00:15:29,520 Well, I-I guess I never thought much about it. 263 00:15:29,560 --> 00:15:32,790 I mean I don’t eat at home too often, anyway. 264 00:15:32,830 --> 00:15:34,500 What a waste. 265 00:15:34,530 --> 00:15:37,100 Of course, I still don’t know if she’ll work out. 266 00:15:37,130 --> 00:15:38,900 Molly, I mean... 267 00:15:38,930 --> 00:15:41,440 She might prove to be, uh, a problem. 268 00:15:41,470 --> 00:15:43,200 Never mind how she looks. 269 00:15:43,240 --> 00:15:44,810 Just keep her chained to the stove. 270 00:15:44,840 --> 00:15:47,080 Good cooks are scarce as hen’s teeth these days. 271 00:15:47,080 --> 00:15:48,680 [Mrs. Colton] I certainly agree with that. 272 00:15:48,710 --> 00:15:50,350 You hold on to her, Kerwin. 273 00:15:52,480 --> 00:15:53,980 [Mrs. Standish] Heavenly. 274 00:15:54,080 --> 00:15:56,480 You are a lucky man, Mr. Drake. 275 00:15:58,290 --> 00:16:00,560 Yes, I... I guess am. 276 00:16:06,030 --> 00:16:07,500 Enjoyed the evening, Kerwin. 277 00:16:07,530 --> 00:16:09,400 We’ll have to do it at our place some night soon. 278 00:16:09,430 --> 00:16:11,130 It was lovely, Kerwin, thank you so much. 279 00:16:11,170 --> 00:16:12,700 Are you coming with us, Sylvia, or--? 280 00:16:12,730 --> 00:16:14,470 I think I’ll stay a while, mother. 281 00:16:14,500 --> 00:16:17,870 Now, don’t go running off to Pakistan or someplace without telling me. 282 00:16:17,910 --> 00:16:20,410 Where’s that wife of mine? Come on, Lydia, it’s getting late. 283 00:16:21,810 --> 00:16:24,210 Sorry, I just had to go in the kitchen 284 00:16:24,250 --> 00:16:26,450 and compliment your cook, Mr. Drake. 285 00:16:26,480 --> 00:16:28,180 -You talked to her? -Yes. 286 00:16:28,220 --> 00:16:31,150 I had to tell her how much I enjoyed the hors d’oeuvres. 287 00:16:31,190 --> 00:16:33,890 Kerwin, let’s have lunch together one day next week, OK? 288 00:16:33,920 --> 00:16:35,520 -That would be fine. -I’ll call you. 289 00:16:35,560 --> 00:16:37,960 -[woman] Goodnight, Kerwin. -[Mr. Drake] Thank you for coming. 290 00:16:38,060 --> 00:16:39,190 -Thank you, Kerwin. -Goodnight. 291 00:16:39,230 --> 00:16:40,900 -Goodnight. -[Sylvia] Mrs. Standish. 292 00:16:40,930 --> 00:16:42,060 [Mr. Colton] See you later, dear. 293 00:16:45,700 --> 00:16:47,540 -Kerwin? -Yeah? 294 00:16:47,570 --> 00:16:50,340 Were you serious about that Middle East trip? 295 00:16:50,370 --> 00:16:53,710 Well, yes, I guess so. 296 00:16:53,740 --> 00:16:56,310 I haven’t any definite plans. 297 00:16:56,340 --> 00:16:59,250 -Kerwin? -Well, there was... 298 00:16:59,280 --> 00:17:02,280 no time limit set, was there? 299 00:17:02,320 --> 00:17:05,250 Is that how you feel about it? 300 00:17:05,290 --> 00:17:08,560 Oh, Sylvia, for heaven’s sake, let’s not make something out of nothing. 301 00:17:12,030 --> 00:17:14,130 Aren’t you afraid you’ll spoil your appetite? 302 00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:19,270 Appetite? 303 00:17:19,300 --> 00:17:21,800 Well, we haven’t eaten yet, and... 304 00:17:21,840 --> 00:17:24,640 I sort of assumed you’d take me to dinner. 305 00:17:24,670 --> 00:17:26,710 Oh. 306 00:17:26,740 --> 00:17:29,840 Well, but the fact is I’d planned to work tonight 307 00:17:29,880 --> 00:17:32,280 Well, writers have their feeding time, too, don’t they, 308 00:17:32,310 --> 00:17:34,280 just like all the other zoo animals? 309 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:39,250 I’m sorry, Sylvia. 310 00:17:42,720 --> 00:17:44,660 Well... 311 00:17:44,690 --> 00:17:46,560 I guess I better leave alone, then. 312 00:17:53,070 --> 00:17:54,870 [Mr. Drake] I... 313 00:17:54,900 --> 00:17:56,500 I’ll calling tomorrow. 314 00:17:56,540 --> 00:17:58,410 -We’ll have dinner. -[Sylvia] If you like. 315 00:18:23,130 --> 00:18:24,500 Come out of there. 316 00:18:35,280 --> 00:18:37,310 You’ve caused enough trouble tonight. 317 00:18:37,350 --> 00:18:40,450 Go upstairs and pack your bag. 318 00:18:40,480 --> 00:18:43,490 Well, I’m sorry if I spoiled your evening. 319 00:18:43,520 --> 00:18:46,090 Why don’t you let me cook dinner for you and Miss snooty-nose? 320 00:18:46,120 --> 00:18:48,690 I’m supposed to be the cook, right? 321 00:18:48,720 --> 00:18:51,090 What did you want to say? That you’re my wife? 322 00:18:51,130 --> 00:18:52,730 Well, it’s true, ain’t it? 323 00:18:52,760 --> 00:18:56,230 Only you had to say I was nothing but a lousy cook. 324 00:18:56,260 --> 00:18:59,270 If you were a cook, I’m sure you’d be a lousy one. 325 00:18:59,300 --> 00:19:01,270 Oh, yeah? 326 00:19:01,300 --> 00:19:04,870 Well, I had a short-order job once in Phoenix and I was pretty good, too. 327 00:19:04,910 --> 00:19:06,840 Only I ain’t no servant. 328 00:19:06,880 --> 00:19:10,280 I’m married to you and I got my rights. 329 00:19:10,310 --> 00:19:14,850 I told you to go upstairs, pack your bag and get out of here! 330 00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:19,420 OK for you, Merwin. 331 00:19:19,450 --> 00:19:23,090 I’ll go to a hotel tonight. Only tomorrow I’m moving into that apartment. 332 00:19:23,120 --> 00:19:25,930 And you better come over there and talk things over with me. 333 00:19:26,030 --> 00:19:28,360 You can do all your talking to my lawyer. 334 00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:31,800 411, 48th Street, apartment 3-B. 335 00:19:31,830 --> 00:19:34,040 Better come up at 12:00. 336 00:19:34,040 --> 00:19:35,600 Oh, no, I won’t. 337 00:19:38,770 --> 00:19:40,710 You better be there, Merwin. 338 00:20:01,330 --> 00:20:02,700 [Molly] Just a minute! 339 00:20:08,870 --> 00:20:11,340 Oh, it’s you. 340 00:20:11,370 --> 00:20:14,540 Well, you were dying to get me over here. Here I am. 341 00:20:14,580 --> 00:20:17,350 Oh, yeah, well... 342 00:20:17,380 --> 00:20:19,380 OK, Merwin, come on in. 343 00:20:23,250 --> 00:20:25,350 Let’s get this over fast. I know what you want from me, 344 00:20:25,390 --> 00:20:29,490 and prepared to pay you $5,000 to stop bothering me. 345 00:20:29,520 --> 00:20:32,330 Look, maybe we ought to talk this over later, huh? 346 00:20:32,360 --> 00:20:36,230 Uh-uh, I mean, maybe we could have dinner in a restaurant, I mean. 347 00:20:36,260 --> 00:20:38,930 With you? No, thanks. 348 00:20:38,970 --> 00:20:41,340 We’ll do it right now. I want this thing settled. 349 00:20:41,370 --> 00:20:44,270 I even brought my checkbook. 350 00:20:44,310 --> 00:20:46,780 That’s not what I want. 351 00:20:46,810 --> 00:20:48,740 10,000 is my last offer. 352 00:20:48,780 --> 00:20:52,210 And that’s on the condition you agree to a quiet divorce immediately. 353 00:20:52,250 --> 00:20:54,620 I don’t want your money! 354 00:20:54,650 --> 00:20:55,750 And I ain’t your servant, 355 00:20:55,780 --> 00:20:57,520 no matter what you tell your friends. 356 00:20:57,550 --> 00:20:59,420 I’m your wife! 357 00:20:59,450 --> 00:21:02,090 I won’t pay you more than 10,000 dollars, and that’s my final offer. 358 00:21:02,120 --> 00:21:04,060 If you don’t want it, all right. I’ll fight you. 359 00:21:04,090 --> 00:21:06,460 -I’ll get that divorce. -Oh, yeah? 360 00:21:06,490 --> 00:21:08,730 Well, I won’t give you no divorce. 361 00:21:08,760 --> 00:21:12,800 You ain’t walked on me twice. You don’t get rid of me that easy. 362 00:21:12,830 --> 00:21:15,540 And I’m tired of being pushed around, you understand? 363 00:21:15,570 --> 00:21:17,870 I’m your wife. I’m your wife! 364 00:21:17,910 --> 00:21:20,710 -Oh, shut up! Shut up! -I’ll never give you no divorce! 365 00:21:20,740 --> 00:21:22,240 Never! Never! 366 00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:23,580 Merwin. Mer-- [chokes] 367 00:21:25,150 --> 00:21:26,310 [grunting] 368 00:21:26,350 --> 00:21:27,320 Mer-- 369 00:21:28,380 --> 00:21:29,680 [grunting] 370 00:22:09,060 --> 00:22:10,490 [groans] 371 00:22:34,350 --> 00:22:35,750 [latch rattles] 372 00:22:46,090 --> 00:22:50,200 -Mrs. Standish. -Oh, I’m sorry. 373 00:22:50,230 --> 00:22:52,670 I’m, I’m so sorry. 374 00:22:54,170 --> 00:22:55,970 I-- 375 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:58,940 came to see if I could hire your cook. 376 00:22:58,970 --> 00:23:02,480 Last night, when I went into the kitchen, I asked her for her address. 377 00:23:02,510 --> 00:23:05,050 Uh, when I heard your voice outside just now I-- 378 00:23:05,080 --> 00:23:07,350 I hid myself. 379 00:23:07,380 --> 00:23:09,280 Please don’t hurt me, Mr. Drake. 380 00:23:09,320 --> 00:23:10,590 I-- 381 00:23:10,620 --> 00:23:12,650 I only wanted a cook. 382 00:23:12,690 --> 00:23:15,390 Ah! A cook! 383 00:23:15,420 --> 00:23:16,560 No! 384 00:23:16,590 --> 00:23:19,660 Help! Help! 385 00:23:52,790 --> 00:23:57,730 Before we continue our game, I must tidy up the story a bit. 386 00:23:57,770 --> 00:24:01,070 Kerwin Drake was put on trial for his crime. 387 00:24:01,100 --> 00:24:03,540 And the judge threw the book at him, 388 00:24:03,570 --> 00:24:07,310 which was exactly what Mr. Standish did to his wife. 389 00:24:07,340 --> 00:24:09,910 But in that case, it was the cook book. 390 00:24:09,940 --> 00:24:16,720 Please, rejoin me after this brief, institutional announcement. 391 00:24:19,520 --> 00:24:22,120 Goodnight, until next week. 392 00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:26,490 Now I must get back to the touch football game. 393 00:24:26,530 --> 00:24:27,630 [whistles] 394 00:24:30,530 --> 00:24:32,670 [continues] 395 00:24:32,700 --> 00:24:34,740 Touché, touché.