1 00:00:02,435 --> 00:00:05,037 - Dad! 2 00:00:05,038 --> 00:00:06,438 I've got wonderful news. 3 00:00:06,439 --> 00:00:07,606 - Hm? 4 00:00:07,607 --> 00:00:09,208 - Boy, are you gonna be glad when you hear this. 5 00:00:09,209 --> 00:00:10,142 - Not now, Dennis. 6 00:00:10,143 --> 00:00:11,443 I'm reading. 7 00:00:11,444 --> 00:00:12,945 - Would you rather be surprised at dinner? 8 00:00:12,946 --> 00:00:13,879 - Mm-hm. 9 00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:15,414 - OK. 10 00:00:15,415 --> 00:00:16,849 - Dennis? 11 00:00:16,850 --> 00:00:18,183 What is this surprise? 12 00:00:18,184 --> 00:00:20,119 - It's really swell, Dad. 13 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:23,822 It's about something you don't like and I don't like. 14 00:00:23,823 --> 00:00:24,590 - Never mind that. 15 00:00:24,591 --> 00:00:25,324 What is it? 16 00:00:25,325 --> 00:00:27,127 - Mom burned our liver! 17 00:00:32,565 --> 00:00:35,502 {\an8}[theme music] 18 00:00:55,822 --> 00:00:56,955 - Come on, Dennis. 19 00:00:56,956 --> 00:00:59,158 My baseball stuff's in the closet. 20 00:00:59,159 --> 00:01:02,161 - Hey, Jeff, that's a TV set. 21 00:01:02,162 --> 00:01:03,295 - I know it. It's mine. 22 00:01:03,296 --> 00:01:04,730 - Are you trying to tell me there's 23 00:01:04,731 --> 00:01:08,467 an upstairs and a downstairs TV set in this house? 24 00:01:08,468 --> 00:01:10,569 Is that what you're trying to tell me? 25 00:01:10,570 --> 00:01:11,603 - Sure. 26 00:01:11,604 --> 00:01:13,906 The one downstairs has remote control. 27 00:01:13,907 --> 00:01:15,341 - Are you trying to tell me you've 28 00:01:15,342 --> 00:01:17,810 got your own personal TV set? 29 00:01:17,811 --> 00:01:19,378 - Sure. 30 00:01:19,379 --> 00:01:21,146 My mom bought it for me right after I had my adenoids out. 31 00:01:21,147 --> 00:01:24,116 Now they can have their programs and I can have mine. 32 00:01:24,117 --> 00:01:26,085 - Are you trying to tell-- 33 00:01:26,086 --> 00:01:27,753 - Aw, come on, Dennis. 34 00:01:27,754 --> 00:01:29,555 Let's play some baseball. 35 00:01:29,556 --> 00:01:30,589 - Heck no! 36 00:01:30,590 --> 00:01:32,492 I'm going home and talk to my dad. 37 00:01:37,897 --> 00:01:40,632 - I still think you oughta call Opie at the fix-it shop. 38 00:01:40,633 --> 00:01:42,735 - I don't see any reason to pay Opie good money 39 00:01:42,736 --> 00:01:44,236 for a job I can do myself. 40 00:01:44,237 --> 00:01:46,740 I can certainly fix a vacuum cleaner. 41 00:01:49,743 --> 00:01:50,909 - Hey, Dad! 42 00:01:50,910 --> 00:01:52,411 Am I glad it's Saturday and you're home. 43 00:01:52,412 --> 00:01:54,413 - Well, that's nice to hear. 44 00:01:54,414 --> 00:01:55,981 I tell you, son, later on we'll go out 45 00:01:55,982 --> 00:01:57,249 and have a little game of catch, huh? 46 00:01:57,250 --> 00:01:59,118 - I don't wanna play catch. 47 00:01:59,119 --> 00:02:01,086 You know where I've just been? 48 00:02:01,087 --> 00:02:03,422 Jeff Ellwood's house. 49 00:02:03,423 --> 00:02:06,325 - You make it sound like a visit to Buckingham Palace. 50 00:02:06,326 --> 00:02:08,594 - Sure. You know what Jeff's got? 51 00:02:08,595 --> 00:02:09,561 A TV set. 52 00:02:09,562 --> 00:02:10,396 - Well, so have we. 53 00:02:10,397 --> 00:02:13,098 - Not in my own personal bedroom. 54 00:02:13,099 --> 00:02:14,933 - You mean he has his own TV set? 55 00:02:14,934 --> 00:02:15,901 - Sure. 56 00:02:15,902 --> 00:02:17,336 It was an adenoid present. 57 00:02:17,337 --> 00:02:19,872 Old Jeff just had his adenoids out, 58 00:02:19,873 --> 00:02:22,908 and blooey, he got a TV set. 59 00:02:22,909 --> 00:02:25,310 - Well, he was a lucky boy. 60 00:02:25,311 --> 00:02:28,480 - Boy, I sure do wish I could have a TV set. 61 00:02:28,481 --> 00:02:29,448 - Sorry, son. 62 00:02:29,449 --> 00:02:30,984 Not a chance. 63 00:02:31,084 --> 00:02:32,251 - Hey, Mom. 64 00:02:32,252 --> 00:02:34,820 Don't you think I oughta have a TV set? 65 00:02:34,821 --> 00:02:36,722 - No I don't. - But Mom! 66 00:02:36,723 --> 00:02:38,090 - I'm sorry, Dennis. 67 00:02:38,091 --> 00:02:40,893 I have to load some clothes in the washer. 68 00:02:40,894 --> 00:02:42,161 - Hey, Dad. 69 00:02:42,162 --> 00:02:43,662 Don't you think-- hey, where you going? 70 00:02:43,663 --> 00:02:46,665 - I have to fix the vacuum. 71 00:02:46,666 --> 00:02:48,100 - I'll help you. 72 00:02:48,101 --> 00:02:49,468 Hey, Dad. 73 00:02:49,469 --> 00:02:51,670 Did you ever think that if I had my own TV 74 00:02:51,671 --> 00:02:55,107 set you could watch whatever program you wanted to? 75 00:02:55,108 --> 00:02:56,675 Did you ever think of that? 76 00:02:56,676 --> 00:02:57,376 Huh, Dad? 77 00:02:57,377 --> 00:02:58,977 - Longingly, and often. 78 00:02:58,978 --> 00:03:01,313 - Then why don't me and you go down to Detwiler's department 79 00:03:01,314 --> 00:03:03,515 store and pick one out? 80 00:03:03,516 --> 00:03:04,683 - No, Dennis. 81 00:03:04,684 --> 00:03:08,787 Uh, go and unplug that for me, will you please? 82 00:03:08,788 --> 00:03:10,189 - Hey, Dad. 83 00:03:10,190 --> 00:03:12,791 We could probably find a second-hand TV somewhere. 84 00:03:12,792 --> 00:03:14,193 - No, Dennis. 85 00:03:14,194 --> 00:03:15,828 Uh, turn the light on for me, will you? 86 00:03:15,829 --> 00:03:18,197 I want to see if the wall plug works. 87 00:03:18,198 --> 00:03:19,164 Well, that works. 88 00:03:19,165 --> 00:03:20,599 - What are you doing, Dad? 89 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:22,234 - Well, I'm trying to fix this switch. 90 00:03:22,235 --> 00:03:24,737 I think it's something loose in there. 91 00:03:24,738 --> 00:03:26,071 - Boy. 92 00:03:26,072 --> 00:03:29,074 You sure know how to fix things, don't you, Dad? 93 00:03:29,075 --> 00:03:30,943 - I know a little bit about it. 94 00:03:30,944 --> 00:03:34,513 - You know how to fix things, and you know how to make things. 95 00:03:34,514 --> 00:03:35,481 - A few things. 96 00:03:35,482 --> 00:03:36,983 - Well, then, how about making me-- 97 00:03:37,083 --> 00:03:38,250 - Not a TV, Dennis. 98 00:03:38,251 --> 00:03:39,952 Now go plug it in again for me, will you? 99 00:03:39,953 --> 00:03:41,554 See what happens. - OK, Dad. 100 00:03:44,624 --> 00:03:45,958 Here you are, Dad. 101 00:03:45,959 --> 00:03:47,960 - Thanks, Dennis. 102 00:03:47,961 --> 00:03:49,561 Now-- 103 00:03:49,562 --> 00:03:51,530 [crackle] 104 00:03:51,531 --> 00:03:52,231 - Hey, Dad! 105 00:03:52,232 --> 00:03:54,867 You turned off the lamp! 106 00:03:54,868 --> 00:03:56,502 Boy, it sure is pretty tricky when 107 00:03:56,503 --> 00:03:59,638 you can turn off a lamp with a vacuum cleaner. 108 00:03:59,639 --> 00:04:01,040 - Pretty tricky. 109 00:04:01,041 --> 00:04:02,908 - Turn the lamp on again. 110 00:04:02,909 --> 00:04:05,544 - I can't. 111 00:04:05,545 --> 00:04:08,147 - Henry, something's happened to the washing machine. 112 00:04:08,148 --> 00:04:09,448 All of a sudden it stopped. 113 00:04:09,449 --> 00:04:11,583 - Hey, Dad, you turned that off, too. 114 00:04:11,584 --> 00:04:13,719 I think you turned off the whole house. 115 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:17,056 - I didn't turn off Anything I must have blown a fuse, honey. 116 00:04:17,057 --> 00:04:19,324 - Like when Mr. Wilson gets mad? 117 00:04:19,325 --> 00:04:22,361 - No, like in the fuse box. 118 00:04:22,362 --> 00:04:24,763 - Well, there's a spare one in the kitchen in the top drawer. 119 00:04:24,764 --> 00:04:26,065 - I know. 120 00:04:26,066 --> 00:04:27,166 But first I'm gonna make a phone call. 121 00:04:27,167 --> 00:04:28,634 - Who are you calling? 122 00:04:28,635 --> 00:04:30,803 - The person I should have called in the first place. 123 00:04:30,804 --> 00:04:32,237 Opie. 124 00:04:32,238 --> 00:04:34,073 - I'm not going to say a word, because I 125 00:04:34,074 --> 00:04:36,575 haven't an I-told-you-so bone in my whole body. 126 00:04:36,576 --> 00:04:38,745 - No, but you sure drop a mean hint. 127 00:04:41,381 --> 00:04:44,550 - Are you sure that's what adenoids are? 128 00:04:44,551 --> 00:04:46,218 - Sure I'm sure. 129 00:04:46,219 --> 00:04:50,089 - Well anyway, Jeff had his out, and he got a TV set. 130 00:04:50,090 --> 00:04:51,557 - You mean a toy one? 131 00:04:51,558 --> 00:04:53,092 - I mean a real one. 132 00:04:53,093 --> 00:04:56,428 Right in his own personal bedroom. 133 00:04:56,429 --> 00:04:57,496 - Boy. 134 00:04:57,497 --> 00:05:00,065 And I always thought he was so dumb. 135 00:05:00,066 --> 00:05:02,034 - Not Jeff. He's plenty smart. 136 00:05:02,035 --> 00:05:06,038 I'm going in and talk good old Mom into getting me a TV set. 137 00:05:06,039 --> 00:05:08,575 - I'm going home and do the same thing. 138 00:05:25,058 --> 00:05:32,664 - Ooh-- ugh! 139 00:05:32,665 --> 00:05:34,667 - What is it, dear? 140 00:05:34,668 --> 00:05:40,906 - I got this great, big, kind of fierce pain in my adenoids. 141 00:05:40,907 --> 00:05:43,776 - Right about here? 142 00:05:43,777 --> 00:05:44,510 - Yeah. 143 00:05:44,511 --> 00:05:46,078 - I see. 144 00:05:46,079 --> 00:05:49,515 - Is my groaning bothering you, Mom? 145 00:05:49,516 --> 00:05:51,583 - No, dear. 146 00:05:51,584 --> 00:05:55,221 - Don't you think I better have my adenoids out? 147 00:05:58,591 --> 00:06:01,660 - Oh, Dennis Mitchell, you're a phony-baloney. 148 00:06:01,661 --> 00:06:05,330 For your information, adenoids are in the throat. 149 00:06:05,331 --> 00:06:06,298 - They are? 150 00:06:06,299 --> 00:06:07,032 - Yes. 151 00:06:07,033 --> 00:06:08,167 - Why, that dumb Tommy. 152 00:06:08,168 --> 00:06:10,503 He told me they were in the stomach. 153 00:06:22,115 --> 00:06:23,716 Goodbye, Dad. 154 00:06:23,717 --> 00:06:24,683 - Goodbye, son. 155 00:06:24,684 --> 00:06:26,118 Where you going? 156 00:06:26,119 --> 00:06:28,587 - I'm gonna move out and start earning my own living 157 00:06:28,588 --> 00:06:31,056 so I can buy a TV set. 158 00:06:31,057 --> 00:06:32,624 - You're gonna stay right here. 159 00:06:32,625 --> 00:06:35,928 Now where do you suppose a boy your age would get a job? 160 00:06:35,929 --> 00:06:37,930 - Well, I was thinking about getting one 161 00:06:37,931 --> 00:06:40,933 as a night watchman in a TV store. 162 00:06:40,934 --> 00:06:44,803 - That's out of the question, so you'd better forget all about. 163 00:06:44,804 --> 00:06:46,138 [doorbell] 164 00:06:46,139 --> 00:06:48,073 - But, but-- but Dad! 165 00:06:48,074 --> 00:06:50,576 - That's enough, Dennis. 166 00:06:50,577 --> 00:06:51,510 Hi, Opie. 167 00:06:51,511 --> 00:06:52,979 Hi, Henry. 168 00:06:53,079 --> 00:06:53,980 What do you say, Dennis? 169 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:56,081 - Hi, Opie. 170 00:06:56,082 --> 00:06:57,816 - What do you got in that suitcase? 171 00:06:57,817 --> 00:06:59,084 - A balogna sandwich. 172 00:06:59,085 --> 00:07:01,153 I was gonna start earning my own living, 173 00:07:01,154 --> 00:07:03,422 and I figured I might get hungry. 174 00:07:03,423 --> 00:07:05,124 - Well, it could happen, all right. 175 00:07:05,125 --> 00:07:06,859 What's the trouble with the vacuum, Henry? 176 00:07:06,860 --> 00:07:08,027 - I think it's got a short. 177 00:07:08,028 --> 00:07:09,061 It blew a fuse. 178 00:07:09,062 --> 00:07:10,029 - Well, it ain't no use to fret. 179 00:07:10,030 --> 00:07:11,163 Opie can fix it. 180 00:07:11,164 --> 00:07:12,431 - Right in here, Opie. 181 00:07:12,432 --> 00:07:14,900 Thanks a lot for coming over so promptly. 182 00:07:14,901 --> 00:07:17,136 - Oh, it weren't no trouble at all, Henry. 183 00:07:17,137 --> 00:07:18,804 I had to drop by Mr. Wilson's anyhow. 184 00:07:18,805 --> 00:07:21,240 - What'd he but, Opie? 185 00:07:21,241 --> 00:07:22,441 - He ain't busted nothing. 186 00:07:22,442 --> 00:07:24,576 He TV set needed adjusting for flop-over, 187 00:07:24,577 --> 00:07:26,745 then I fixed it up for a remote control unit. 188 00:07:26,746 --> 00:07:30,049 - Hey, my friend Jeff Ellwood's downstairs TV's got 189 00:07:30,050 --> 00:07:31,050 one of those. 190 00:07:31,051 --> 00:07:32,484 Jeff told me so. - Sure. 191 00:07:32,485 --> 00:07:35,888 Opie fixed it up for him, just like Mr. Wilson's. 192 00:07:35,889 --> 00:07:37,189 - Boy. 193 00:07:37,190 --> 00:07:38,924 I sure would like a TV set with a remote-- 194 00:07:38,925 --> 00:07:40,526 - Dennis. 195 00:07:40,527 --> 00:07:43,462 I didn't know you could install a remote control in an old set. 196 00:07:43,463 --> 00:07:44,496 - Opie can. 197 00:07:44,497 --> 00:07:46,298 I fixed lots of 'em up, all over town. 198 00:07:46,299 --> 00:07:49,969 - I'm going over and take a look at Mr. Wilson's. 199 00:07:50,070 --> 00:07:51,303 Maybe he'll let me run it. 200 00:07:51,304 --> 00:07:54,373 - Well, don't bother him if he's busy, Dennis. 201 00:07:54,374 --> 00:08:01,780 - OK. 202 00:08:01,781 --> 00:08:03,182 - Come in. 203 00:08:03,183 --> 00:08:05,150 - Hi, Mr. Wilson. - Oh. 204 00:08:05,151 --> 00:08:07,052 Oh, hello, Dennis. 205 00:08:07,053 --> 00:08:09,155 - I came over to see your remote control. 206 00:08:13,226 --> 00:08:14,893 Hey, where's your TV set? 207 00:08:14,894 --> 00:08:18,063 - Oh, we moved it upstairs to the den. 208 00:08:18,064 --> 00:08:20,165 - Let's ask Mrs. Wilson for permission 209 00:08:20,166 --> 00:08:22,801 to go up and watch it for a while. 210 00:08:22,802 --> 00:08:26,038 - Oh, Mrs. Wilson's visiting her sister for a few days. 211 00:08:26,039 --> 00:08:29,041 And I don't have to ask for permission, Dennis. 212 00:08:29,042 --> 00:08:30,876 - Why don't we go up, and you can show me 213 00:08:30,877 --> 00:08:32,611 how your remote control works. 214 00:08:32,612 --> 00:08:35,047 I'll help you count your money afterwards. 215 00:08:35,048 --> 00:08:36,815 - I'm not counting my money, Dennis. 216 00:08:36,816 --> 00:08:38,751 I'm working on my coin collection. 217 00:08:38,752 --> 00:08:42,154 And why should I show you how my remote control works? 218 00:08:42,155 --> 00:08:45,157 - Because my friend Jeff Ellwood's downstairs TV's 219 00:08:45,158 --> 00:08:48,093 got one of those, and I need the practice. 220 00:08:48,094 --> 00:08:51,497 But you don't have to if you don't want to, Mr. Wilson. 221 00:08:51,498 --> 00:08:52,464 - Ha. 222 00:08:52,465 --> 00:08:54,600 Well, I'm glad you see it that way! 223 00:08:54,601 --> 00:08:55,567 - Sure. 224 00:08:55,568 --> 00:08:56,902 I'll figure it out myself. 225 00:08:56,903 --> 00:08:58,237 - Huh? 226 00:08:58,238 --> 00:09:00,005 Oh, great Scott, here we go again. 227 00:09:00,006 --> 00:09:01,507 Dennis, come back here! 228 00:09:01,508 --> 00:09:03,243 Don't you touch anything without me! 229 00:09:06,246 --> 00:09:08,280 - Hey, Mr. Wilson, how do you turn it on? 230 00:09:08,281 --> 00:09:10,315 - Now, I told you not to touch it. 231 00:09:10,316 --> 00:09:11,850 - I didn't touch it, Mr. Wilson. 232 00:09:11,851 --> 00:09:12,818 I just looked at it. 233 00:09:12,819 --> 00:09:14,353 How do you turn it on? 234 00:09:14,354 --> 00:09:15,287 - Oh. 235 00:09:15,288 --> 00:09:16,189 With this. 236 00:09:19,125 --> 00:09:23,162 - Hey, Mr. Wilson, how come you're using that 237 00:09:23,163 --> 00:09:25,164 instead of just turning the knob? 238 00:09:25,165 --> 00:09:27,934 - Because with this you can sit on the sofa and tune the set 239 00:09:28,034 --> 00:09:29,468 without getting up. 240 00:09:29,469 --> 00:09:33,172 Or you can stretch out, make yourself really comfortable. 241 00:09:33,173 --> 00:09:35,341 You can slip off your shoes. 242 00:09:35,342 --> 00:09:37,343 You don't have to move for hours. 243 00:09:37,344 --> 00:09:39,745 You can sip your favorite drink. 244 00:09:39,746 --> 00:09:42,715 - I'll have a root beer. 245 00:09:42,716 --> 00:09:43,849 - Dennis, I didn't mean you. 246 00:09:43,850 --> 00:09:45,217 I meant me. 247 00:09:45,218 --> 00:09:46,785 - Excuse me, Mr. Wilson. 248 00:09:46,786 --> 00:09:50,122 Sit down. 249 00:09:50,123 --> 00:09:54,226 - Now, you just push this button and the set goes on. 250 00:09:54,227 --> 00:09:54,961 - OK. 251 00:09:55,061 --> 00:09:56,929 - I'll push it. 252 00:09:56,930 --> 00:09:58,530 [click] 253 00:09:58,531 --> 00:09:59,498 [gunshots] 254 00:09:59,499 --> 00:10:00,632 - Hey, it went on! 255 00:10:00,633 --> 00:10:02,067 - Well of course it went on. 256 00:10:02,068 --> 00:10:04,436 - And it doesn't flop anymore, either. 257 00:10:04,437 --> 00:10:05,904 - No, it doesn't. 258 00:10:05,905 --> 00:10:07,339 I'll say this for Opie. 259 00:10:07,340 --> 00:10:10,075 He took an ordinary run-of-the-mill television set 260 00:10:10,076 --> 00:10:13,278 and turned it into a modern technical wonder. 261 00:10:13,279 --> 00:10:14,613 - Can you make it go louder. 262 00:10:14,614 --> 00:10:16,949 - Well, of Course I can make it go louder. 263 00:10:16,950 --> 00:10:21,053 You just-- I just push this button. 264 00:10:21,054 --> 00:10:23,055 - Can you make it change stations? 265 00:10:23,056 --> 00:10:25,024 - Of course I can make it change stations. 266 00:10:25,025 --> 00:10:26,025 I just push this button. 267 00:10:26,026 --> 00:10:27,026 Now watch. 268 00:10:27,027 --> 00:10:29,828 - Boy, that's swell. 269 00:10:29,829 --> 00:10:31,196 - It certainly is. 270 00:10:31,197 --> 00:10:33,198 Why, with this control, I can do most anything. 271 00:10:33,199 --> 00:10:36,101 - Can you turn off a lamp with it? 272 00:10:36,102 --> 00:10:38,037 - Of course not, Dennis. 273 00:10:38,038 --> 00:10:40,540 - My mom's vacuum cleaner can. 274 00:10:43,309 --> 00:10:45,978 - For Pete's sake, here are your shoes. 275 00:10:45,979 --> 00:10:47,714 Well you please go home, Dennis. 276 00:10:51,951 --> 00:10:52,819 - Goodbye, Mr. Wilson. 277 00:10:59,893 --> 00:11:02,594 - You don't expect a vacuum to pick up leaves, Henry. 278 00:11:02,595 --> 00:11:03,595 - I didn't-- 279 00:11:03,596 --> 00:11:04,697 - It ain't natural to the mechanism. 280 00:11:04,698 --> 00:11:06,098 - Well, maybe Dennis-- 281 00:11:06,099 --> 00:11:08,100 - If you gotta clean up leaves, Henry, use a rake. 282 00:11:08,101 --> 00:11:09,768 Vacuums are for indoors. 283 00:11:09,769 --> 00:11:11,070 - Opie, I-- 284 00:11:11,071 --> 00:11:11,870 - Oh, you probably burned out the motor. 285 00:11:11,871 --> 00:11:13,072 But I can fix it. 286 00:11:13,073 --> 00:11:14,406 I gotta take it down to the shop. 287 00:11:14,407 --> 00:11:16,308 - Well, if anybody used it outdoors, it was Dennis. 288 00:11:16,309 --> 00:11:18,210 - Eh, it'll be ready about 4:30. 289 00:11:18,211 --> 00:11:19,912 You can pick the knobs up, too. 290 00:11:19,913 --> 00:11:21,246 - OK, Opie. 291 00:11:21,247 --> 00:11:23,082 But I want you to know that I didn't have it-- 292 00:11:23,083 --> 00:11:25,284 I want to talk to you, young man. 293 00:11:25,285 --> 00:11:27,419 - I'll see you down at the shop, Henry. 294 00:11:27,420 --> 00:11:28,654 Bye, Dennis. 295 00:11:28,655 --> 00:11:32,791 I cant bear to see a piece of machinery abused. 296 00:11:32,792 --> 00:11:34,093 - Dennis. 297 00:11:34,094 --> 00:11:36,562 Did you use that vacuum cleaner outdoors? 298 00:11:36,563 --> 00:11:37,730 - Sure, Dad. 299 00:11:37,731 --> 00:11:38,897 Don't you remember? 300 00:11:38,898 --> 00:11:41,200 You told me to clean up the leaves. 301 00:11:41,201 --> 00:11:42,901 - Well, I'm very angry with you. 302 00:11:42,902 --> 00:11:43,802 - Jeepers, Dad. 303 00:11:43,803 --> 00:11:45,104 You weren't yesterday. 304 00:11:45,105 --> 00:11:47,840 You looked out the window and said, Dennis, 305 00:11:47,841 --> 00:11:49,742 that's a very good job. 306 00:11:49,743 --> 00:11:51,610 Then you have me a quarter. 307 00:11:51,611 --> 00:11:54,880 - Well, it's going to cost me $5 to get that vacuum cleaner 308 00:11:54,881 --> 00:11:55,914 fixed. 309 00:11:55,915 --> 00:11:57,449 - Do you want your quarter back? 310 00:11:57,450 --> 00:11:58,517 - No, Dennis-- 311 00:11:58,518 --> 00:12:00,352 - Do you want to play a game with me? 312 00:12:00,353 --> 00:12:01,186 - No. 313 00:12:01,187 --> 00:12:02,254 You go out and play with Tommy. 314 00:12:02,255 --> 00:12:03,889 - He can't come out. 315 00:12:03,890 --> 00:12:06,892 When he told his mother he had a stomachache in his adenoids, 316 00:12:06,893 --> 00:12:10,362 she put him to bed until the doctor could look at him. 317 00:12:10,363 --> 00:12:13,532 So will you play a game with me? 318 00:12:13,533 --> 00:12:14,299 - Well, all right. 319 00:12:14,300 --> 00:12:15,567 What do you want to play? 320 00:12:15,568 --> 00:12:16,902 - Let's play tea kettle. 321 00:12:16,903 --> 00:12:18,504 - How do you play tea kettle? 322 00:12:18,505 --> 00:12:22,174 - Well, I'll tell you something with the word tea kettle in it, 323 00:12:22,175 --> 00:12:24,910 and you have to guess what tea kettle is. 324 00:12:24,911 --> 00:12:26,311 - OK. Shoot. 325 00:12:26,312 --> 00:12:29,081 - Now, if I had a tea kettle in my room, 326 00:12:29,082 --> 00:12:30,182 I could learn all about-- 327 00:12:30,183 --> 00:12:31,518 - Dennis, you march right upstairs. 328 00:12:35,188 --> 00:12:38,390 - Can I come down later and watch the cowboy movie on TV? 329 00:12:38,391 --> 00:12:39,958 - Well, you can come down later. 330 00:12:39,959 --> 00:12:41,527 But you're out of luck about the cowboy movie. 331 00:12:41,528 --> 00:12:42,961 I'll be watching the golf tournament. 332 00:12:42,962 --> 00:12:43,563 Now march. 333 00:12:48,268 --> 00:12:49,802 ALICE (OFFSCREEN): Dennis. 334 00:12:49,803 --> 00:12:53,772 - I'm in the guest room, Mom! 335 00:12:53,773 --> 00:12:55,541 - What are you doing in here? 336 00:12:55,542 --> 00:12:59,778 - I'm using Dad's binoculars to watch the Charlie Chan movie. 337 00:12:59,779 --> 00:13:03,115 - What? - On Mr. Wilson's TV set. 338 00:13:03,116 --> 00:13:05,718 - Dennis, you shouldn't be looking in at Mr. Wilson. 339 00:13:05,719 --> 00:13:08,854 - I can't even see Mr. Wilson. 340 00:13:08,855 --> 00:13:13,125 He must be lying on the bed, working the remote control. 341 00:13:13,126 --> 00:13:15,327 - Well, never mind that, anyway. 342 00:13:15,328 --> 00:13:17,296 Your father says you can come downstairs now. 343 00:13:17,297 --> 00:13:19,598 - Is the golf tournament over? 344 00:13:19,599 --> 00:13:21,233 - It hasn't even started yet. 345 00:13:21,234 --> 00:13:23,268 He wants to know if you'd like to go with him to Opie's 346 00:13:23,269 --> 00:13:24,937 to pick up the vacuum cleaner. 347 00:13:24,938 --> 00:13:26,205 - OK. 348 00:13:26,206 --> 00:13:27,906 I couldn't hear what the Charlie Chan 349 00:13:27,907 --> 00:13:29,508 movie was all about, anyway. 350 00:13:29,509 --> 00:13:31,477 All I could tell was that the Number One 351 00:13:31,478 --> 00:13:34,546 Son kept falling through trapdoors. 352 00:13:34,547 --> 00:13:36,081 - 9, 10. 353 00:13:36,082 --> 00:13:37,249 There you are, Henry. 354 00:13:37,250 --> 00:13:38,951 Now, if you keep it indoors, you ain't 355 00:13:38,952 --> 00:13:40,152 gonna have a bit of trouble with it. 356 00:13:40,153 --> 00:13:43,555 - Opie. I didn't-- OK. 357 00:13:43,556 --> 00:13:44,690 Come on, Dennis. 358 00:13:44,691 --> 00:13:46,792 - You know what I wish we could buy, Dad? 359 00:13:46,793 --> 00:13:48,260 I wish we could buy-- 360 00:13:48,261 --> 00:13:49,895 - Dennis, you don't want to be punished again, do you? 361 00:13:49,896 --> 00:13:52,131 - I'm not talking about a TV set. 362 00:13:52,132 --> 00:13:55,100 Is that what you thought I was talking about? 363 00:13:55,101 --> 00:13:56,402 - Well, I certainly did. 364 00:13:56,403 --> 00:13:57,803 - Heck no. 365 00:13:57,804 --> 00:14:02,341 What I'm talking about is a remote control for a TV set. 366 00:14:02,342 --> 00:14:04,743 - Opie's selling lots of them, Henry. 367 00:14:04,744 --> 00:14:05,611 - Uh, no thanks, Opie. 368 00:14:05,612 --> 00:14:06,779 Come on, Dennis. 369 00:14:06,780 --> 00:14:08,747 - How about if I buy it with my own money. 370 00:14:08,748 --> 00:14:09,915 Could I do that? 371 00:14:09,916 --> 00:14:13,052 - Well, all right. 372 00:14:13,053 --> 00:14:15,387 - I've got 40 cents. 373 00:14:15,388 --> 00:14:17,656 - I'm afraid that won't quite cut it, Dennis. 374 00:14:17,657 --> 00:14:18,824 - How about if I rent one? 375 00:14:18,825 --> 00:14:20,059 Could I do that? 376 00:14:20,060 --> 00:14:22,528 - Well, I expect not, Dennis. 377 00:14:22,529 --> 00:14:23,228 - Come on, Dennis. 378 00:14:23,229 --> 00:14:24,563 We've got to get home. 379 00:14:24,564 --> 00:14:25,631 - Yeah. 380 00:14:25,632 --> 00:14:27,067 I just thought of something I gotta do. 381 00:14:30,937 --> 00:14:32,905 - What did the doctor do? 382 00:14:32,906 --> 00:14:35,407 - He took my temperature and felt my pulse, 383 00:14:35,408 --> 00:14:37,176 but I guess I didn't have either one, 384 00:14:37,177 --> 00:14:41,113 because he told my mom I was OK. 385 00:14:41,114 --> 00:14:43,549 Gee, it sure was swell of Jeff to let 386 00:14:43,550 --> 00:14:46,352 you use his downstairs remote control. 387 00:14:46,353 --> 00:14:48,187 - He isn't letting me use it. 388 00:14:48,188 --> 00:14:50,789 His folks aren't gonna be home, so he rented it to me 389 00:14:50,790 --> 00:14:52,157 for a dime. 390 00:14:52,158 --> 00:14:56,195 - Are you sure that's gonna work on Mr. Wilson's TV? 391 00:14:56,196 --> 00:14:58,297 - Opie says they're exactly the same. 392 00:14:58,298 --> 00:15:00,667 Look out the window in your dad's field glasses. 393 00:15:04,304 --> 00:15:05,804 - I don't see anything. 394 00:15:05,805 --> 00:15:09,441 - That's because Mr. Wilson doesn't have his TV set on. 395 00:15:09,442 --> 00:15:10,776 - That's too bad. 396 00:15:10,777 --> 00:15:12,277 - No, that's swell. 397 00:15:12,278 --> 00:15:13,912 Because that means he's downstairs 398 00:15:13,913 --> 00:15:16,048 and we won't be bothering him. 399 00:15:16,049 --> 00:15:17,750 - What about Mrs. Wilson? 400 00:15:17,751 --> 00:15:19,518 - She's visiting her sister. 401 00:15:19,519 --> 00:15:21,054 Watch how I turn it on. 402 00:15:27,794 --> 00:15:29,328 - Hey, it's on! 403 00:15:29,329 --> 00:15:30,129 - Sure! 404 00:15:30,130 --> 00:15:32,664 - But I can't hear anything. 405 00:15:32,665 --> 00:15:35,401 - I'll turn it louder. 406 00:15:35,402 --> 00:15:39,605 - I love having your head on my shoulder. 407 00:15:39,606 --> 00:15:42,074 Your face is so soft. 408 00:15:42,075 --> 00:15:43,075 - position. 409 00:15:43,076 --> 00:15:44,209 They don't matter at all. 410 00:15:44,210 --> 00:15:46,879 I love you so much. 411 00:15:46,880 --> 00:15:49,181 - Great Scott. 412 00:15:49,182 --> 00:15:52,986 - And I adore you. - Fremont. 413 00:15:53,086 --> 00:15:57,089 Did you put your foot on the tuner? 414 00:15:57,090 --> 00:15:58,791 - But what are we going to do about your mother? 415 00:15:58,792 --> 00:16:00,192 She hates me. 416 00:16:00,193 --> 00:16:02,227 - Oh, she'll love you when she gets to know you. 417 00:16:02,228 --> 00:16:05,431 - Boy, isn't this swell? 418 00:16:05,432 --> 00:16:06,665 - Yeah. 419 00:16:06,666 --> 00:16:08,401 This is more fun than having your own TV set. 420 00:16:11,638 --> 00:16:12,604 - Now. 421 00:16:12,605 --> 00:16:13,839 Don't you touch it, Fremont. 422 00:16:13,840 --> 00:16:15,240 I've got to get my nap, and I can't 423 00:16:15,241 --> 00:16:17,043 do it with that TV set on. 424 00:16:19,679 --> 00:16:20,579 - Hey. 425 00:16:20,580 --> 00:16:22,281 It went off. 426 00:16:22,282 --> 00:16:26,719 - Boy, I guess Opie didn't fix it as Mr. Wilson thought he did. 427 00:16:26,720 --> 00:16:28,487 - Can you turn it on? 428 00:16:28,488 --> 00:16:29,456 - I'll try. 429 00:16:35,228 --> 00:16:36,929 - What about your father? 430 00:16:36,930 --> 00:16:39,264 - Why don't you take the job in Daddy's factory? 431 00:16:39,265 --> 00:16:41,467 MAN ON TV: I want to be a writer, darling. 432 00:16:41,468 --> 00:16:43,202 WOMAN ON TV: Is it because you want to be a writer, 433 00:16:43,203 --> 00:16:44,603 or is it your false pride? 434 00:16:44,604 --> 00:16:46,839 Is that what's keeping us from marrying? 435 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:47,873 - Oh, Martha, you little minx. 436 00:16:47,874 --> 00:16:48,741 Aha. 437 00:16:48,742 --> 00:16:50,142 You got home early. 438 00:16:50,143 --> 00:16:53,846 You're playing one of your little tricks on me. 439 00:16:53,847 --> 00:16:55,214 Well, Fremont. 440 00:16:55,215 --> 00:16:58,417 Where could she be hiding, huh? 441 00:16:58,418 --> 00:16:59,418 I know. 442 00:16:59,419 --> 00:17:00,419 In the closet. 443 00:17:00,420 --> 00:17:04,357 Martha! 444 00:17:10,730 --> 00:17:12,064 We know, don't we. 445 00:17:12,065 --> 00:17:16,169 She's out in the hall. Mar-- 446 00:17:19,606 --> 00:17:21,941 Martha? 447 00:17:22,042 --> 00:17:24,309 Martha, where are you? 448 00:17:24,310 --> 00:17:26,512 - OK if I change channels? - Sure. 449 00:17:26,513 --> 00:17:29,115 See if you can get a cowboy picture. 450 00:17:32,852 --> 00:17:34,754 [gunshots] 451 00:17:38,758 --> 00:17:39,858 - It can't be Martha. 452 00:17:39,859 --> 00:17:41,661 It's that station that's doing it. 453 00:17:50,403 --> 00:17:52,771 - I've already seen this picture. 454 00:17:52,772 --> 00:17:53,772 - Me, too. 455 00:17:53,773 --> 00:17:55,741 - I'll see what else is on. 456 00:17:55,742 --> 00:17:56,642 - Yeah. 457 00:17:56,643 --> 00:17:57,677 Turn it a little louder. 458 00:18:07,554 --> 00:18:08,922 - Hello? 459 00:18:09,022 --> 00:18:11,256 Is this the manager of the TV station? 460 00:18:11,257 --> 00:18:15,361 Well, I want to talk to somebody. 461 00:18:15,362 --> 00:18:16,128 Well-- yes. 462 00:18:16,129 --> 00:18:18,464 I'll tell you what I mean. 463 00:18:18,465 --> 00:18:22,267 Well, your transmitter's going crazy. 464 00:18:22,268 --> 00:18:23,669 Yes. 465 00:18:23,670 --> 00:18:25,604 Well, you were showing a-- a love story just a while ago, 466 00:18:25,605 --> 00:18:29,041 and then you suddenly switched to a western. 467 00:18:29,042 --> 00:18:33,379 What do you mean, nonsense? There. 468 00:18:33,380 --> 00:18:36,048 You switched to something else again! 469 00:18:36,049 --> 00:18:38,717 And turn down your volume! 470 00:18:38,718 --> 00:18:42,321 - Let's turn it back to that first cowboy picture. 471 00:18:42,322 --> 00:18:43,122 - Yeah. 472 00:18:43,123 --> 00:18:44,723 I always did like that one. 473 00:18:44,724 --> 00:18:53,666 - There! 474 00:18:53,667 --> 00:18:58,604 You switched back to the cowboy picture again. 475 00:18:58,605 --> 00:18:59,705 Well! 476 00:18:59,706 --> 00:19:01,173 If I can't have a little ordinary courtesy, 477 00:19:01,174 --> 00:19:03,510 I won't even watch your television station! 478 00:19:07,714 --> 00:19:10,282 [phone ringing] 479 00:19:10,283 --> 00:19:12,251 Hello? 480 00:19:12,252 --> 00:19:14,019 Hello! 481 00:19:14,020 --> 00:19:15,754 I can't hear you, Mitchell! 482 00:19:15,755 --> 00:19:16,923 - Of course you can't! 483 00:19:17,023 --> 00:19:18,590 Turn your television set down! 484 00:19:18,591 --> 00:19:21,727 We can hardly hear ourselves think over here! 485 00:19:21,728 --> 00:19:23,495 - I've been trying to turn it down, 486 00:19:23,496 --> 00:19:26,465 but my remote control unit's running wild! 487 00:19:26,466 --> 00:19:29,569 Oh, I'll-- I'll turn the set off, Mitchell. 488 00:19:34,341 --> 00:19:36,875 - Hey, it went off. - Yeah. 489 00:19:36,876 --> 00:19:38,445 I'll turn it on again. 490 00:19:41,881 --> 00:19:43,416 [music playing] 491 00:19:46,252 --> 00:19:47,754 - What is going on here? 492 00:20:29,329 --> 00:20:32,898 - Boy, something's sure gone wrong with this remote control. 493 00:20:32,899 --> 00:20:34,099 - Yeah. 494 00:20:34,100 --> 00:20:37,036 And Jeff charged you a whole dime. 495 00:20:37,037 --> 00:20:38,505 - I'll give it a tap. 496 00:20:41,207 --> 00:20:42,875 ALICE (OFFSCREEN): Dennis, come to dinner. 497 00:20:42,876 --> 00:20:45,010 - OK, Mom. 498 00:20:45,011 --> 00:20:46,612 Boy, I'm hungry. 499 00:20:46,613 --> 00:20:47,212 - Me, too. 500 00:20:47,213 --> 00:20:50,315 I better go home. 501 00:20:50,316 --> 00:20:51,116 - Opie? 502 00:20:51,117 --> 00:20:52,518 This is George Wilson. 503 00:20:52,519 --> 00:20:55,120 What kind of a contraption did you sell me, anyway? 504 00:20:55,121 --> 00:20:56,422 It's running wild. 505 00:20:56,423 --> 00:20:59,191 Why, I had to unplug my TV set. 506 00:20:59,192 --> 00:21:00,526 - Simmer down, George. 507 00:21:00,527 --> 00:21:01,360 Simmer down. 508 00:21:01,361 --> 00:21:02,928 You're liable to blow a gasket. 509 00:21:02,929 --> 00:21:04,763 Now what's running wild? 510 00:21:04,764 --> 00:21:06,298 - This remote control unit. 511 00:21:06,299 --> 00:21:10,069 Why, it turns itself on, and switches to cowboy programs. 512 00:21:10,070 --> 00:21:13,105 The volume's so loud they can hear it next door. 513 00:21:13,106 --> 00:21:16,842 - Opie'll be there inside of 10 minutes. 514 00:21:16,843 --> 00:21:25,751 Cowboys. 515 00:21:25,752 --> 00:21:26,986 - Hello, Martha. 516 00:21:27,087 --> 00:21:28,320 Where are you? 517 00:21:28,321 --> 00:21:30,556 - I'm still at Elizabeth's, dear. 518 00:21:30,557 --> 00:21:34,493 But I miss you so much, I had to find out how you are. 519 00:21:34,494 --> 00:21:35,327 - Well, I'm fine. 520 00:21:35,328 --> 00:21:38,163 But I'm afraid our TV set isn't. 521 00:21:38,164 --> 00:21:40,766 I finally installed that remote control unit, 522 00:21:40,767 --> 00:21:42,901 and it's running wild. 523 00:21:42,902 --> 00:21:44,203 You know, for a moment, I thought 524 00:21:44,204 --> 00:21:45,738 you might be hiding in the closet playing 525 00:21:45,739 --> 00:21:47,606 your tricks on me. 526 00:21:47,607 --> 00:21:48,807 - Oh, George. 527 00:21:48,808 --> 00:21:51,710 I wouldn't do anything like that. 528 00:21:51,711 --> 00:21:53,312 - I don't know about that. 529 00:21:53,313 --> 00:21:57,416 You remember that time in Atlantic City? 530 00:21:57,417 --> 00:22:01,320 - And on the 10th hole his drive went a good 250 yards. 531 00:22:01,321 --> 00:22:02,054 [knocking] 532 00:22:02,055 --> 00:22:02,956 - May I come in? 533 00:22:03,056 --> 00:22:04,156 - Of course, Mr. Wilson. 534 00:22:04,157 --> 00:22:05,924 You can have desert with us. 535 00:22:05,925 --> 00:22:07,526 - It's chocolate pudding. 536 00:22:07,527 --> 00:22:09,228 - Well, thank you, no. 537 00:22:09,229 --> 00:22:11,764 I came over to apologize for that noise 538 00:22:11,765 --> 00:22:13,766 from my TV set this afternoon. 539 00:22:13,767 --> 00:22:15,601 - Oh, that's all right, Mr. Wilson. 540 00:22:15,602 --> 00:22:16,769 - Sure. 541 00:22:16,770 --> 00:22:18,203 Otherwise I couldn't have heard it. 542 00:22:18,204 --> 00:22:20,305 - Opie came over and looked at my tuner, 543 00:22:20,306 --> 00:22:21,707 and as soon as he turned it up it 544 00:22:21,708 --> 00:22:23,242 seemed to be all right again. 545 00:22:23,243 --> 00:22:25,778 Why, he wouldn't even admit something was wrong with it. 546 00:22:25,779 --> 00:22:27,680 - Opie can be pretty stubborn. 547 00:22:27,681 --> 00:22:30,516 - Well, you folks just go right ahead with your dinner. 548 00:22:30,517 --> 00:22:33,085 I-- I'm just awfully sorry about that noise. 549 00:22:33,086 --> 00:22:36,722 - That's all right. - Goodbye, Mr. Wilson. 550 00:22:36,723 --> 00:22:38,323 That was awfully nice of him. 551 00:22:38,324 --> 00:22:41,193 - I was having trouble with my tuner today, too. 552 00:22:41,194 --> 00:22:43,228 - Your tuner? - Sure. 553 00:22:43,229 --> 00:22:46,198 I rented one, like you said I could. 554 00:22:46,199 --> 00:22:47,766 From Jeff Ellwood's house. 555 00:22:47,767 --> 00:22:52,137 I've been running Mr. Wilson's TV set from the guest room. 556 00:22:52,138 --> 00:22:54,640 - What? - I don't believe it. 557 00:22:54,641 --> 00:22:56,408 - Shall I turn it on for you? 558 00:22:56,409 --> 00:22:57,443 - No. 559 00:22:57,444 --> 00:22:59,411 - You take that right back to Jeff. 560 00:22:59,412 --> 00:23:02,348 - And never rent it or borrow it or bring it 561 00:23:02,349 --> 00:23:05,451 in this house in any way ever again. 562 00:23:05,452 --> 00:23:07,853 - Do you realize the trouble you've caused this afternoon? 563 00:23:07,854 --> 00:23:10,155 - No. What? 564 00:23:10,156 --> 00:23:13,192 - Well, the noise practically blasted us out of the house, 565 00:23:13,193 --> 00:23:17,363 and it upset Mr. Wilson, and he had to call Opie. 566 00:23:17,364 --> 00:23:18,330 - Jeepers. 567 00:23:18,331 --> 00:23:19,331 I didn't mean to cause any trouble. 568 00:23:19,332 --> 00:23:21,934 I just wanted a TV set to watch. 569 00:23:21,935 --> 00:23:25,304 - Well, you'll certainly never get one that way. 570 00:23:25,305 --> 00:23:27,272 - You stand a better chance of getting your own TV 571 00:23:27,273 --> 00:23:29,708 set if you learn to be a good boy. 572 00:23:29,709 --> 00:23:31,410 Obedient, helpful. 573 00:23:31,411 --> 00:23:32,511 - OK. 574 00:23:32,512 --> 00:23:34,279 That's what I'm gonna go from now on. 575 00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:36,281 And you know how I'm gonna start out? 576 00:23:36,282 --> 00:23:39,219 I'm gonna clean my plate, even if it is liver. 577 00:23:52,632 --> 00:23:54,500 - He's asleep. 578 00:23:54,501 --> 00:23:57,770 It was certainly nice of you to help me with my suitcase. 579 00:23:57,771 --> 00:23:59,104 - I know it. 580 00:23:59,105 --> 00:24:00,439 I've been helping everybody since yesterday. 581 00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:03,776 And if I keep on helping them for six months 582 00:24:03,777 --> 00:24:06,478 I'll get a TV set. 583 00:24:06,479 --> 00:24:09,381 - You know, I'd play a little trick on him 584 00:24:09,382 --> 00:24:13,285 if I knew how to turn on that new remote control unit. 585 00:24:13,286 --> 00:24:15,055 - (WHISPERING) I'll show you, Mrs. Wilson. 586 00:24:19,626 --> 00:24:20,727 You just press this button. 587 00:24:23,630 --> 00:24:24,563 - Now. 588 00:24:24,564 --> 00:24:26,832 We'll hide in the closet. 589 00:24:26,833 --> 00:24:27,933 [shouting] 590 00:24:27,934 --> 00:24:36,743 - Ooh! 591 00:24:42,115 --> 00:24:44,850 Remote control is not for me! 592 00:24:44,851 --> 00:24:47,386 - George, what are you doing? 593 00:24:47,387 --> 00:24:48,520 - Martha! 594 00:24:48,521 --> 00:24:49,722 - Hey, Mr. Wilson! 595 00:24:49,723 --> 00:24:51,590 How come you jumped on your remote control right 596 00:24:51,591 --> 00:24:54,793 after Mrs. Wilson turned it on for you? 597 00:24:54,794 --> 00:24:58,665 - You-- great Scott. 598 00:25:05,038 --> 00:25:09,042 [theme music]