1 00:00:02,702 --> 00:00:03,635 - Hi Mom! 2 00:00:03,636 --> 00:00:04,370 Hi Dad! 3 00:00:04,371 --> 00:00:05,604 - Dennis, don't slam the-- 4 00:00:05,605 --> 00:00:06,939 [slam] 5 00:00:06,940 --> 00:00:10,275 - I bet you can't guess what this is. 6 00:00:10,276 --> 00:00:12,644 - It looks like an old cabinet shelf. 7 00:00:12,645 --> 00:00:13,746 - Nope. 8 00:00:13,747 --> 00:00:15,614 - I'll bet it's the bottom of a scooter. 9 00:00:15,615 --> 00:00:16,248 - Nope. 10 00:00:16,249 --> 00:00:17,483 You're both wrong. 11 00:00:17,484 --> 00:00:19,452 It's a diving board for our bath tub. 12 00:00:27,227 --> 00:00:50,583 [theme music] 13 00:00:55,221 --> 00:00:58,157 - And that is the result. 14 00:00:58,158 --> 00:01:02,094 - But Ms. Perkins, there must be some mistake. 15 00:01:02,095 --> 00:01:03,262 - There can't be, Mrs. Mitchell. 16 00:01:03,263 --> 00:01:04,964 The intelligence tests were given 17 00:01:05,065 --> 00:01:07,066 to every child in his class, and they 18 00:01:07,067 --> 00:01:09,702 were graded electronically, by machine. 19 00:01:09,703 --> 00:01:11,637 - But Dennis, a genius? 20 00:01:11,638 --> 00:01:13,238 I can't believe it. 21 00:01:13,239 --> 00:01:16,342 - I must admit, I was a little surprised myself. 22 00:01:16,343 --> 00:01:19,445 - But it still seems to me that if Dennis really were a genius, 23 00:01:19,446 --> 00:01:22,081 someone would have discovered it long before this. 24 00:01:22,082 --> 00:01:24,216 - Not necessarily, Mrs. Mitchell. 25 00:01:24,217 --> 00:01:27,086 Unfortunately under our system of education, 26 00:01:27,087 --> 00:01:29,088 the abilities of exceptional children, 27 00:01:29,089 --> 00:01:31,090 particularly the young ones, often 28 00:01:31,091 --> 00:01:32,658 go unnoticed far too long. 29 00:01:32,659 --> 00:01:35,260 - Well, I don't suppose we should be too surprised. 30 00:01:35,261 --> 00:01:36,862 We-- we've always known Dennis had 31 00:01:36,863 --> 00:01:40,400 a genius for certain things, such as getting into trouble. 32 00:01:45,372 --> 00:01:48,474 - All I could hear was the word trouble. 33 00:01:48,475 --> 00:01:50,843 - You're in for it this time, Dennis Mitchell. 34 00:01:50,844 --> 00:01:52,111 - What are you gonna do, Dennis? 35 00:01:52,112 --> 00:01:53,746 Run away from home? 36 00:01:53,747 --> 00:01:56,115 - Jeepers, I don't know. 37 00:01:56,116 --> 00:01:58,550 - I ran away once and had a swell time. 38 00:01:58,551 --> 00:01:59,518 - Yeah? 39 00:01:59,519 --> 00:02:01,120 Where'd you run away to, Seymour? 40 00:02:01,121 --> 00:02:03,389 - Our pantry. 41 00:02:03,390 --> 00:02:06,258 Hey, what's the big idea? 42 00:02:06,259 --> 00:02:08,394 - Girls never get in trouble. 43 00:02:08,395 --> 00:02:10,562 - They don't have to, Margaret. 44 00:02:10,563 --> 00:02:12,131 Just being a girl's about the worst trouble 45 00:02:12,132 --> 00:02:13,699 that could happen to anybody. 46 00:02:13,700 --> 00:02:15,434 - Is that so? 47 00:02:15,435 --> 00:02:20,105 - My mom wanted a baby girl but I wanted a cocker spaniel. 48 00:02:20,106 --> 00:02:21,473 - What'd you get, Seymour? 49 00:02:21,474 --> 00:02:24,276 - A dumb little baby sister who can't even sit up. 50 00:02:24,277 --> 00:02:26,245 - That's the trouble with parents. 51 00:02:26,246 --> 00:02:28,515 They always get what they want. 52 00:02:34,187 --> 00:02:36,288 - Boy, look at them sitting there. 53 00:02:36,289 --> 00:02:38,891 They sure look serious, don't they. 54 00:02:38,892 --> 00:02:41,293 - Well, I must be running along. 55 00:02:41,294 --> 00:02:44,496 I just wanted you to know what an exceptional child you have. 56 00:02:44,497 --> 00:02:47,466 - Well, that's very thoughtful of you, Ms. Perkins. 57 00:02:47,467 --> 00:02:51,370 - But Ms. Perkins, there's still one thing I don't understand. 58 00:02:51,371 --> 00:02:53,539 If Dennis is such a genius, why does he 59 00:02:53,540 --> 00:02:56,241 have so much trouble with his homework? 60 00:02:56,242 --> 00:02:58,410 - Well, I'm afraid a child with Dennis' IQ 61 00:02:58,411 --> 00:03:01,080 simply doesn't find his homework challenging enough. 62 00:03:01,081 --> 00:03:03,182 - That may be, but some of his homework 63 00:03:03,183 --> 00:03:05,617 certainly gives me a bad time. 64 00:03:05,618 --> 00:03:06,452 - Bye. 65 00:03:06,453 --> 00:03:07,853 - Bye, Ms. Perkins. 66 00:03:07,854 --> 00:03:09,888 And thank you. 67 00:03:09,889 --> 00:03:14,159 - Well, I'll be dog gone. 68 00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:16,061 Dennis, a genius. 69 00:03:16,062 --> 00:03:18,897 - Well, children grow and change. 70 00:03:18,898 --> 00:03:21,066 Oh, but Henry, we must be very careful 71 00:03:21,067 --> 00:03:22,534 not to let this go to his head. 72 00:03:22,535 --> 00:03:26,572 Oh, you're absolutely right, dear. 73 00:03:26,573 --> 00:03:28,474 - I didn't do it. 74 00:03:28,475 --> 00:03:29,808 I didn't do it! 75 00:03:29,809 --> 00:03:31,076 - Didn't do what? 76 00:03:31,077 --> 00:03:33,412 - Whatever Ms. Perkins said I did. 77 00:03:33,413 --> 00:03:36,949 I wasn't even in school that day. 78 00:03:36,950 --> 00:03:38,283 - Dennis, do you remember that intelligence 79 00:03:38,284 --> 00:03:40,719 test you took at school last week? 80 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:42,121 - I sure do. 81 00:03:42,122 --> 00:03:43,990 They said you couldn't flunk that test no matter 82 00:03:44,090 --> 00:03:45,791 how dumb you were. 83 00:03:45,792 --> 00:03:47,259 - You didn't fail it, dear. 84 00:03:47,260 --> 00:03:51,163 In fact, you got almost the highest grade possible. 85 00:03:51,164 --> 00:03:52,999 - Jeepers, I did? 86 00:03:53,099 --> 00:03:55,200 I must be pretty smart, huh. 87 00:03:55,201 --> 00:03:57,236 - Now, don't go getting cocky on me 88 00:03:57,237 --> 00:03:59,772 just because you got a genius score. 89 00:03:59,773 --> 00:04:00,639 - Genius? 90 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:02,808 Is that good, dad? 91 00:04:02,809 --> 00:04:03,709 - Henry Mitchell. 92 00:04:03,710 --> 00:04:06,045 Me and my big mouth. 93 00:04:06,046 --> 00:04:09,048 - You mean I'm smart like Einstein? 94 00:04:09,049 --> 00:04:12,551 - Well, according to the test, I-- I guess so. 95 00:04:12,552 --> 00:04:16,155 - I'm a living genius. 96 00:04:16,156 --> 00:04:18,123 Hey everybody, I'm a genius. 97 00:04:18,124 --> 00:04:20,759 I'm a genius! 98 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:22,161 - You. 99 00:04:22,162 --> 00:04:24,763 - Hey everybody, I'm a genius. 100 00:04:24,764 --> 00:04:26,131 I'm a living genius. 101 00:04:26,132 --> 00:04:29,401 Dennis Mitchell, you're making the whole thing up. 102 00:04:29,402 --> 00:04:30,402 - I am not. 103 00:04:30,403 --> 00:04:33,072 That's why Ms. Perkins came over. 104 00:04:33,073 --> 00:04:34,473 - Wowie. 105 00:04:34,474 --> 00:04:35,140 Gee whiz. 106 00:04:35,141 --> 00:04:37,076 Dennis is a genius. 107 00:04:37,077 --> 00:04:39,311 What's a genius? 108 00:04:39,312 --> 00:04:42,781 - It means I'm chock full of brains I never even knew, 109 00:04:42,782 --> 00:04:43,582 Seymour. 110 00:04:43,583 --> 00:04:44,683 - Geez. 111 00:04:44,684 --> 00:04:46,151 - Jeepers, Tommy. 112 00:04:46,152 --> 00:04:48,954 Now I don't feel so bad about losing that bubble gum? 113 00:04:48,955 --> 00:04:50,556 - What? What bubblegum? 114 00:04:50,557 --> 00:04:53,826 - That bubblegum I left stuck to that old test paper my mistake 115 00:04:53,827 --> 00:04:54,861 but I turned it in. 116 00:04:57,931 --> 00:05:00,432 Hey, what you doing, Margaret? 117 00:05:00,433 --> 00:05:03,035 - He could be a genius, all right. 118 00:05:03,036 --> 00:05:05,170 His head's shaped oddly enough. 119 00:05:05,171 --> 00:05:07,039 - I told you I was. 120 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:09,508 - I never seen a real genius before. 121 00:05:09,509 --> 00:05:10,242 - Me neither. 122 00:05:10,243 --> 00:05:13,112 - My goodness gracious. 123 00:05:13,113 --> 00:05:15,047 - You know something? 124 00:05:15,048 --> 00:05:17,549 My head doesn't feel any different at all. 125 00:05:17,550 --> 00:05:18,952 Come on, gang. 126 00:05:19,052 --> 00:05:21,955 Let's play a game of catch. 127 00:05:22,055 --> 00:05:24,089 What you waitin' for, Tommy? 128 00:05:24,090 --> 00:05:27,059 - Um, no thanks, Dennis. 129 00:05:27,060 --> 00:05:30,095 I think I better be getting home. 130 00:05:30,096 --> 00:05:31,697 - How about you, Seymour? 131 00:05:31,698 --> 00:05:33,232 - No thanks. 132 00:05:33,233 --> 00:05:37,236 I gotta run home and tell my baby sister I know a genius. 133 00:05:37,237 --> 00:05:38,972 - Come on, Margaret. 134 00:05:39,072 --> 00:05:40,406 I've got no other choice. 135 00:05:40,407 --> 00:05:44,076 - Well, uh, no thank you, Dennis. 136 00:05:44,077 --> 00:05:45,678 I really must be running along. 137 00:05:45,679 --> 00:05:53,353 - Jeepers. 138 00:05:57,624 --> 00:05:58,558 Hi, Fremont! 139 00:06:01,394 --> 00:06:04,597 I bet you don't mind playing catch with a genius. 140 00:06:16,042 --> 00:06:18,344 - I've got it, honey. 141 00:06:18,345 --> 00:06:21,847 We can enter him in a quiz contest and then I can retire. 142 00:06:21,848 --> 00:06:24,350 - Oh Henry, I just can't get over it. 143 00:06:24,351 --> 00:06:26,552 - Well, we're just going to have to accept the fact that we're 144 00:06:26,553 --> 00:06:27,553 the parents of a genius. 145 00:06:27,554 --> 00:06:28,755 [knocking] 146 00:06:32,158 --> 00:06:33,492 - Oh, Mr. Wilson. 147 00:06:33,493 --> 00:06:34,360 Come on in. 148 00:06:34,361 --> 00:06:35,828 - Mitchell. 149 00:06:35,829 --> 00:06:38,263 I just hate to complain about Dennis, but this morning, I-- 150 00:06:38,264 --> 00:06:39,698 - Mr. Wilson, have you heard? 151 00:06:39,699 --> 00:06:41,700 - Oh, hello Alice. 152 00:06:41,701 --> 00:06:42,801 Have I heard what? 153 00:06:42,802 --> 00:06:44,069 - Well, about Dennis. 154 00:06:44,070 --> 00:06:45,904 It seems he's something of a genius. 155 00:06:45,905 --> 00:06:47,172 - Oh? 156 00:06:47,173 --> 00:06:49,541 What kind of trouble is he in this time? 157 00:06:49,542 --> 00:06:51,810 - No, he a-- he achieved the highest mark of any child 158 00:06:51,811 --> 00:06:53,479 his age in an intelligence test. 159 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:54,646 - Oh? 160 00:06:54,647 --> 00:06:56,382 What did he do, take the kindergarten test? 161 00:06:56,383 --> 00:06:58,951 - But it's true, Mr. Wilson. 162 00:06:58,952 --> 00:07:00,519 Ms. Perkins, his teacher, was just here 163 00:07:00,520 --> 00:07:02,621 and she gave us the exciting news. 164 00:07:02,622 --> 00:07:07,860 - He-- A-- You mean he-- I-- Oh, no, Mitchell. 165 00:07:07,861 --> 00:07:09,061 It isn't true. 166 00:07:09,062 --> 00:07:11,397 - Absolutely. 167 00:07:11,398 --> 00:07:12,232 - Great Scott. 168 00:07:14,701 --> 00:07:15,769 Dennis, a genius. 169 00:07:19,406 --> 00:07:21,373 - Are you all right, Mr. Wilson? 170 00:07:21,374 --> 00:07:22,508 - Uh. 171 00:07:22,509 --> 00:07:26,345 Well-- Well, I could use a glass of water, Alice. 172 00:07:26,346 --> 00:07:29,081 - Of course. 173 00:07:29,082 --> 00:07:30,616 - I can't believe it. 174 00:07:30,617 --> 00:07:32,685 A-- A genius. 175 00:07:32,686 --> 00:07:36,088 A gen-- You mean that boy is-- is 176 00:07:36,089 --> 00:07:38,657 more intelligent than you or even I? 177 00:07:38,658 --> 00:07:41,727 - And practically anyone else you could name 178 00:07:41,728 --> 00:07:44,063 - Oh great Scott. 179 00:07:44,064 --> 00:07:46,632 - Here you are, Mr. Wilson. 180 00:07:46,633 --> 00:07:47,666 - Dennis. 181 00:07:47,667 --> 00:07:48,434 A genius. 182 00:07:48,435 --> 00:07:52,806 - Mr. Wilson. 183 00:07:58,078 --> 00:08:00,112 He certainly was surprised, wasn't he? 184 00:08:00,113 --> 00:08:02,114 - He certainly was. 185 00:08:02,115 --> 00:08:04,049 - Hi, Mr. Wilson! 186 00:08:04,050 --> 00:08:05,818 - Oh, hello Dennis. 187 00:08:05,819 --> 00:08:10,556 - You hear about all those brains nobody ever knew I had? 188 00:08:10,557 --> 00:08:13,659 - Yes I-- I heard. 189 00:08:13,660 --> 00:08:17,196 - You short of water at your place, Mr. Wilson? 190 00:08:17,197 --> 00:08:18,564 - I can't believe it. 191 00:08:18,565 --> 00:08:22,134 I simply can't believe it. 192 00:08:22,135 --> 00:08:24,737 - Are you feeling all right, Mr. Wilson? 193 00:08:24,738 --> 00:08:27,740 - Oh, I feel just fine, Dennis. 194 00:08:27,741 --> 00:08:30,109 Yes, just fine. 195 00:08:30,110 --> 00:08:35,681 I-- Uh-- Oh, Martha. 196 00:08:35,682 --> 00:08:36,683 Oh Martha! 197 00:08:46,659 --> 00:08:48,394 - Thank you Mrs. Mitchell. 198 00:08:48,395 --> 00:08:49,828 I'd like to thank you both for letting 199 00:08:49,829 --> 00:08:51,363 me come over on such a short notice. 200 00:08:51,364 --> 00:08:53,298 - Oh, it's our pleasure, Dr. Heydon. 201 00:08:53,299 --> 00:08:55,067 - It isn't every day that we have an authority 202 00:08:55,068 --> 00:08:59,304 on child education come to interview our son. 203 00:08:59,305 --> 00:09:00,172 Cream? 204 00:09:00,173 --> 00:09:02,007 - Oh yes, thank you. - Dennis. 205 00:09:02,008 --> 00:09:06,211 DENNIS (OFFSCREEN): Coming! 206 00:09:06,212 --> 00:09:07,413 - Son, this is Dr. Heydno. 207 00:09:07,414 --> 00:09:09,581 He'd like to ask you a few questions. 208 00:09:09,582 --> 00:09:10,917 - About my new brains? 209 00:09:11,017 --> 00:09:12,851 - That's correct, young man. 210 00:09:12,852 --> 00:09:13,819 Come. 211 00:09:13,820 --> 00:09:16,188 Sit down here by me. 212 00:09:16,189 --> 00:09:22,561 Now, to start with, something simple. 213 00:09:22,562 --> 00:09:24,129 Here's a picture of a house. 214 00:09:24,130 --> 00:09:25,497 Tell me, what's wrong here? 215 00:09:25,498 --> 00:09:29,668 - There's no television antenna. - Yes. 216 00:09:29,669 --> 00:09:33,172 But aside from that, what's wrong with the picture? 217 00:09:33,173 --> 00:09:38,077 - Well, the shadow of this tree goes this way 218 00:09:38,078 --> 00:09:42,481 and the shadow of that three does that way. 219 00:09:42,482 --> 00:09:44,850 - Perfectly right. 220 00:09:44,851 --> 00:09:46,051 Now. 221 00:09:46,052 --> 00:09:49,054 We have here a diagram. 222 00:09:49,055 --> 00:09:52,358 Now, only one of these three holes in this wall 223 00:09:52,359 --> 00:09:54,059 leads through a maze of passageways 224 00:09:54,060 --> 00:09:56,795 to this piece of cheese at the other end. 225 00:09:56,796 --> 00:10:00,232 Now, if you were a smart mouse, which of these three holes 226 00:10:00,233 --> 00:10:01,500 would you go through? 227 00:10:01,501 --> 00:10:03,503 - The one that's too small for the cat. 228 00:10:07,507 --> 00:10:09,274 - The answer is perfectly correct. 229 00:10:09,275 --> 00:10:10,676 - It is? 230 00:10:10,677 --> 00:10:12,144 - Yes. 231 00:10:12,145 --> 00:10:14,580 You see, only this third whole, which is the smallest, 232 00:10:14,581 --> 00:10:17,549 would lead the mouse to his objective at the other end. 233 00:10:17,550 --> 00:10:20,652 Your son's subconscious grasped the situation immediately. 234 00:10:20,653 --> 00:10:22,254 - Jeepers. 235 00:10:22,255 --> 00:10:24,423 I guess that makes me a whole lot smarter than most mouses, 236 00:10:24,424 --> 00:10:25,724 doesn't it? 237 00:10:25,725 --> 00:10:27,960 - I guess it does, dear. 238 00:10:27,961 --> 00:10:33,832 - Now, we have here a little puzzle. 239 00:10:33,833 --> 00:10:36,769 When I say go, let's see how long 240 00:10:36,770 --> 00:10:39,038 it takes you to put them together. 241 00:10:39,039 --> 00:10:42,241 Now get ready, get set-- 242 00:10:42,242 --> 00:10:45,244 - You mean like this? 243 00:10:45,245 --> 00:10:48,580 - Amazing. - Jeepers. 244 00:10:48,581 --> 00:10:50,716 I got a tougher puzzle than this free 245 00:10:50,717 --> 00:10:53,252 with a box of sticky candy. 246 00:10:53,253 --> 00:10:55,554 - His subconscious again? - Precisely. 247 00:10:55,555 --> 00:10:58,257 But I assure you, all puzzles would 248 00:10:58,258 --> 00:11:00,359 be equally simple for this child. 249 00:11:00,360 --> 00:11:03,796 - Do you want me to show you how to do anything else, doctor? 250 00:11:03,797 --> 00:11:07,066 - No, I don't think that'll be necessary, young man. 251 00:11:07,067 --> 00:11:09,301 - Can I go upstairs now, Mom? 252 00:11:09,302 --> 00:11:11,437 I've got a submarine in trouble in the bathtub. 253 00:11:11,438 --> 00:11:13,772 - Of course dear. 254 00:11:13,773 --> 00:11:15,374 - Bye. 255 00:11:15,375 --> 00:11:16,342 - Amazing. 256 00:11:16,343 --> 00:11:17,977 You both must be very proud of him. 257 00:11:18,078 --> 00:11:19,378 - Oh, we are. 258 00:11:19,379 --> 00:11:21,347 We're still trying to figure out which one of us 259 00:11:21,348 --> 00:11:24,817 he got his brains from, though, doctor. 260 00:11:24,818 --> 00:11:27,319 - Quite possibly neither of you. 261 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:28,554 - That's some consolation. 262 00:11:28,555 --> 00:11:29,888 - Yes. 263 00:11:29,889 --> 00:11:31,423 You see, it's our experience that children of genius 264 00:11:31,424 --> 00:11:34,593 unfortunately are very often the offspring of parents 265 00:11:34,594 --> 00:11:38,897 of, shall we say, normal intelligence? 266 00:11:38,898 --> 00:11:41,300 - What's unfortunate about it? 267 00:11:41,301 --> 00:11:44,770 - Well, perhaps unfortunate was a poor choice of words. 268 00:11:44,771 --> 00:11:47,172 Excuse me. 269 00:11:47,173 --> 00:11:49,875 Tell me, does he ever act bored? 270 00:11:49,876 --> 00:11:51,443 - Oh, never. 271 00:11:51,444 --> 00:11:54,380 Oh, perhaps occasionally on rainy days. 272 00:11:54,381 --> 00:11:56,315 - Why should he act bored, doctor? 273 00:11:56,316 --> 00:11:58,817 - Well, if I may use the word unfortunately again, 274 00:11:58,818 --> 00:12:00,686 boredom is often the plight of the gifted child who 275 00:12:00,687 --> 00:12:03,622 needs to be surrounded by minds of his own intelligence level. 276 00:12:03,623 --> 00:12:07,059 To go to school with equally superior children. 277 00:12:07,060 --> 00:12:10,662 To live in a more mentally stimulating atmosphere. 278 00:12:10,663 --> 00:12:14,900 - But Dennis is an extremely happy, well adjusted child. 279 00:12:14,901 --> 00:12:15,969 - Happy? 280 00:12:16,069 --> 00:12:17,469 Perhaps. 281 00:12:17,470 --> 00:12:21,540 But is he perhaps not stagnated in this environment? 282 00:12:21,541 --> 00:12:23,576 Surrounded by his well meaning loved ones? 283 00:12:28,081 --> 00:12:29,581 Good night, Mrs. Mitchell. Mr. Mitchell. 284 00:12:29,582 --> 00:12:30,649 - Good night, doctor. 285 00:12:30,650 --> 00:12:32,786 - Oh, and, um, thank you, again. 286 00:12:37,824 --> 00:12:40,793 - Stagnating in this environment? 287 00:12:40,794 --> 00:12:42,494 The idea! 288 00:12:42,495 --> 00:12:44,196 - Oh now, honey, that was just his way 289 00:12:44,197 --> 00:12:48,634 of trying to tell us that-- why, that egghead was trying 290 00:12:48,635 --> 00:12:52,505 to tell us that we're too stupid to be around our own child. 291 00:13:04,784 --> 00:13:06,285 - George Wilson. 292 00:13:06,286 --> 00:13:08,721 It's almost midnight. 293 00:13:08,722 --> 00:13:10,589 - Well, as a matter of fact, Martha, 294 00:13:10,590 --> 00:13:14,360 I am so upset by all this fuss about Dennis being a genius, 295 00:13:14,361 --> 00:13:17,463 I doubt if I'll sleep a wink, anyway. 296 00:13:17,464 --> 00:13:19,431 - George, really. 297 00:13:19,432 --> 00:13:21,934 Put out the light and go to sleep. 298 00:13:21,935 --> 00:13:24,503 - Oh, all right, Martha. 299 00:13:24,504 --> 00:13:25,972 All right. 300 00:13:26,072 --> 00:13:31,877 But I'm warning you right now, I probably won't sleep a wink. 301 00:13:31,878 --> 00:13:33,345 - Yes, dear. 302 00:13:33,346 --> 00:13:34,647 - Not a wink. 303 00:14:44,117 --> 00:14:46,986 Good morning, teacher. 304 00:14:47,087 --> 00:14:48,188 - Quiet, fatso! 305 00:15:02,736 --> 00:15:04,536 - Bonjour, class. 306 00:15:04,537 --> 00:15:06,839 - Bonjour, professor. 307 00:15:06,840 --> 00:15:12,511 - Will the new boy please stand up and tell us his name? 308 00:15:12,512 --> 00:15:13,612 - Yes, teacher. 309 00:15:13,613 --> 00:15:15,781 It's Georgie Wilson. 310 00:15:15,782 --> 00:15:17,549 - Very nice to meet you, Georgie. 311 00:15:17,550 --> 00:15:18,485 You may sit down. 312 00:15:21,521 --> 00:15:24,323 Now, before we begin today's lessons, 313 00:15:24,324 --> 00:15:26,458 for the benefit of our new student, 314 00:15:26,459 --> 00:15:30,229 I would like to mention that all questions asked are carefully 315 00:15:30,230 --> 00:15:33,098 selected the basis of each student's 316 00:15:33,099 --> 00:15:35,367 individual intelligence. 317 00:15:35,368 --> 00:15:38,637 Margaret, would you please read the first paragraph, 318 00:15:38,638 --> 00:15:40,306 page 26 of your reader? 319 00:15:43,376 --> 00:15:44,811 [speaking foreign language] 320 00:15:54,521 --> 00:15:55,621 - Tommy? 321 00:15:55,622 --> 00:15:56,889 Will you please read the first paragraph, 322 00:15:56,890 --> 00:15:59,159 page 26 of your reader? 323 00:16:01,795 --> 00:16:02,696 [speaking foreign language] 324 00:16:10,637 --> 00:16:12,104 - Excellente'. 325 00:16:12,105 --> 00:16:15,275 Georgie, turn to page 26 of your reader. 326 00:16:19,179 --> 00:16:21,814 - The boy ran fast. 327 00:16:21,815 --> 00:16:24,883 The dog ran fast. 328 00:16:24,884 --> 00:16:27,152 The bat ran fast. 329 00:16:27,153 --> 00:16:30,389 - The word is cat. 330 00:16:30,390 --> 00:16:33,159 - Well, I did get two out of three. 331 00:16:35,795 --> 00:16:38,530 [foreign language] 332 00:16:38,531 --> 00:16:41,066 Sit down, Georgie. 333 00:16:41,067 --> 00:16:43,503 Now, for today's mathematics problem. 334 00:16:46,239 --> 00:16:49,608 You have two seconds. 335 00:16:49,609 --> 00:16:51,744 Tommy? 336 00:16:51,745 --> 00:16:55,314 - Xy to the fourth power plus x to the third power, 337 00:16:55,315 --> 00:16:58,817 y to the fifth power minus x to the second power, 338 00:16:58,818 --> 00:17:01,120 y to the fourth power z. 339 00:17:01,121 --> 00:17:03,255 - Very good, Tommy. 340 00:17:03,256 --> 00:17:07,559 Now Georgie, will you please stand up? 341 00:17:07,560 --> 00:17:09,528 Now, here's your problem. 342 00:17:09,529 --> 00:17:14,934 If you have 12 marbles, and I gave you four marbles, 343 00:17:15,035 --> 00:17:16,503 how many would you now have? 344 00:17:23,610 --> 00:17:25,044 Well? 345 00:17:25,045 --> 00:17:27,913 - Would you mind repeating the question? 346 00:17:27,914 --> 00:17:30,482 - Never mind. 347 00:17:30,483 --> 00:17:33,753 It appears that Georgie has lost his marbles. 348 00:17:36,623 --> 00:17:38,457 Come up here, Georgie. 349 00:17:38,458 --> 00:17:39,426 - Yes, teacher. 350 00:17:42,729 --> 00:17:43,396 - Bend over. 351 00:17:48,902 --> 00:17:51,670 That's what you have earned, Georgie. 352 00:17:51,671 --> 00:17:54,974 Come over here. 353 00:17:55,075 --> 00:17:56,709 Up here. 354 00:17:56,710 --> 00:18:00,579 And please, try not to fall off. 355 00:18:00,580 --> 00:18:02,548 - I won't fall off. 356 00:18:02,549 --> 00:18:05,017 I won't fall of! 357 00:18:05,018 --> 00:18:06,852 I-- I promise. 358 00:18:06,853 --> 00:18:08,054 I won't fall. 359 00:18:10,857 --> 00:18:12,424 I won't fall. 360 00:18:12,425 --> 00:18:13,426 I-- ow! 361 00:18:19,065 --> 00:18:21,600 - George, are you all right? 362 00:18:21,601 --> 00:18:24,803 - Great Scott. 363 00:18:24,804 --> 00:18:26,071 - Martha, now do you see what happens 364 00:18:26,072 --> 00:18:28,208 when a little boy becomes a genius? 365 00:18:37,150 --> 00:18:38,550 - Hi, honey. - Hello, dear. 366 00:18:38,551 --> 00:18:39,451 You're home early. 367 00:18:39,452 --> 00:18:40,519 - Yeah. 368 00:18:40,520 --> 00:18:42,354 I've been doing some investigating. 369 00:18:42,355 --> 00:18:44,757 - Well, you old private eye, you. 370 00:18:44,758 --> 00:18:46,692 What sort of investigating? 371 00:18:46,693 --> 00:18:48,227 - Colleges. 372 00:18:48,228 --> 00:18:51,397 The rate Dennis is going, he'll need it before we know it. 373 00:18:51,398 --> 00:18:53,599 - I've been doing a little investigating myself. 374 00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:54,933 - Oh? 375 00:18:54,934 --> 00:18:57,603 - The Wilton School for Gifted Children. 376 00:18:57,604 --> 00:18:58,837 French? 377 00:18:58,838 --> 00:19:01,006 Painting? 378 00:19:01,007 --> 00:19:03,008 Valet? 379 00:19:03,009 --> 00:19:04,911 - Well, dear, Doctor Heydon did say-- 380 00:19:05,011 --> 00:19:06,645 - I don't care what that egghead said. 381 00:19:06,646 --> 00:19:09,014 Our son is doing perfectly fine in public school, 382 00:19:09,015 --> 00:19:14,386 and that's what he's gonna-- 383 00:19:14,387 --> 00:19:15,220 - Dennis! 384 00:19:15,221 --> 00:19:17,090 Come in here this minute. 385 00:19:20,593 --> 00:19:21,827 - Yes, Mom? 386 00:19:21,828 --> 00:19:24,563 - What In the world happened? 387 00:19:24,564 --> 00:19:26,532 - Oh, you mean this? 388 00:19:26,533 --> 00:19:28,935 - Yes, I mean this. 389 00:19:29,035 --> 00:19:30,202 - Well-- 390 00:19:30,203 --> 00:19:32,037 - Come on son, tell us what happened. 391 00:19:32,038 --> 00:19:34,640 - You promise you won't get mad? 392 00:19:34,641 --> 00:19:36,208 - Course not. 393 00:19:36,209 --> 00:19:39,144 - Well, a new kid moved into the neighborhood, 394 00:19:39,145 --> 00:19:44,616 and he said all geniuses were sissies, so I git him. 395 00:19:44,617 --> 00:19:48,520 - Dennis, you'd better go on upstairs and wash up. 396 00:19:48,521 --> 00:19:49,956 Change your shirt too. 397 00:19:50,056 --> 00:19:50,623 - Yes mom. 398 00:19:53,960 --> 00:19:55,060 - There. 399 00:19:55,061 --> 00:19:56,328 And that's another good reason why 400 00:19:56,329 --> 00:19:58,130 he should be among children like himself. 401 00:19:58,131 --> 00:19:59,665 - Alice, my mind is made up. 402 00:19:59,666 --> 00:20:00,632 No private schools. 403 00:20:00,633 --> 00:20:03,402 - Oh, your mind is made up. 404 00:20:03,403 --> 00:20:05,304 - Every fellow down at the office agreed with me. 405 00:20:05,305 --> 00:20:06,705 There's no point in sending-- 406 00:20:06,706 --> 00:20:08,640 - Oh, you've been talking this over with the fellows 407 00:20:08,641 --> 00:20:09,808 at the office? 408 00:20:09,809 --> 00:20:10,809 - Well, what's wrong with getting a 409 00:20:10,810 --> 00:20:13,012 little good, unemotional advice? 410 00:20:13,013 --> 00:20:14,913 - Unemotional advice? 411 00:20:14,914 --> 00:20:19,585 All I want to do is send our son to a nearby private school 412 00:20:19,586 --> 00:20:21,620 where he won't be beaten up for being smart, 413 00:20:21,621 --> 00:20:24,590 and you're sending him off to college already. 414 00:20:24,591 --> 00:20:27,394 - Alice, there's a time to be facetious and a time to-- 415 00:20:46,680 --> 00:20:48,647 - And that's not all. 416 00:20:48,648 --> 00:20:50,983 I heard mom and dad talking about sending me 417 00:20:50,984 --> 00:20:53,952 to a special brain school. 418 00:20:53,953 --> 00:20:55,087 - Geez. 419 00:20:55,088 --> 00:20:57,222 - I'm glad I'm not a not a genius. 420 00:20:57,223 --> 00:20:59,758 - Poor, poor Dennis. 421 00:20:59,759 --> 00:21:03,929 I've heard that geniuses usually lead tragic lives 422 00:21:03,930 --> 00:21:06,331 with simply horrible endings. 423 00:21:06,332 --> 00:21:09,501 - I'd give anything to be just me again. 424 00:21:09,502 --> 00:21:12,404 Then maybe I wouldn't have to leave home and go away 425 00:21:12,405 --> 00:21:14,440 to school. 426 00:21:14,441 --> 00:21:15,641 - Oh, my poor baby. 427 00:21:15,642 --> 00:21:17,076 - Now, Alice. 428 00:21:17,077 --> 00:21:18,644 - Oh, Henry. 429 00:21:18,645 --> 00:21:22,348 I was so proud when we heard Dennis was a genius, 430 00:21:22,349 --> 00:21:25,651 and now everything's gone wrong. 431 00:21:25,652 --> 00:21:27,586 - There, there dear. 432 00:21:27,587 --> 00:21:31,090 - Nobody seems to know what's best for him. 433 00:21:31,091 --> 00:21:32,992 He's not happy. 434 00:21:33,093 --> 00:21:35,828 We're fighting. 435 00:21:35,829 --> 00:21:38,130 Nothing will ever be the same again. 436 00:21:38,131 --> 00:21:40,566 - Of course it will, honey. 437 00:21:40,567 --> 00:21:43,969 - Yesterday, he was such a happy, carefree little boy. 438 00:21:43,970 --> 00:21:49,742 But today-- Today he's a genius. 439 00:21:49,743 --> 00:21:50,743 - Please, darling. 440 00:21:50,744 --> 00:21:51,710 Here. 441 00:21:51,711 --> 00:21:53,712 It's OK. 442 00:21:53,713 --> 00:22:00,652 [phone ringing] 443 00:22:00,653 --> 00:22:01,854 - Hello? 444 00:22:01,855 --> 00:22:05,190 - This is Miss Perkins, Mr. Mitchell. 445 00:22:05,191 --> 00:22:07,192 I don't quite know how to tell you this, 446 00:22:07,193 --> 00:22:11,363 but Dennis' test score was all a mistake. 447 00:22:11,364 --> 00:22:12,097 - A mistake? 448 00:22:12,098 --> 00:22:13,932 I-- I don't understand. 449 00:22:13,933 --> 00:22:16,468 - Well, it seems there was a gummy substance 450 00:22:16,469 --> 00:22:18,704 on the back of Dennis' test paper, 451 00:22:18,705 --> 00:22:22,708 and it threw the electronic grading machine completely off. 452 00:22:22,709 --> 00:22:26,545 - Something like bubble gum? 453 00:22:26,546 --> 00:22:27,846 Oh. 454 00:22:27,847 --> 00:22:30,115 - Nothing like this has ever happened before, mister-- 455 00:22:30,116 --> 00:22:32,251 - In other words, Miss Perkins, Dennis 456 00:22:32,252 --> 00:22:34,653 isn't a genius after all. 457 00:22:34,654 --> 00:22:36,355 - I'm afraid not, Mr. Mitchell. 458 00:22:36,356 --> 00:22:39,692 - Thank you for calling, Miss Perkins. 459 00:22:39,693 --> 00:22:41,293 Honey, it's all a mistake. 460 00:22:41,294 --> 00:22:43,962 Dennis isn't a genius after all. 461 00:22:43,963 --> 00:22:44,730 - Oh. Oh. 462 00:22:44,731 --> 00:22:45,532 Oh. Henry. 463 00:22:48,535 --> 00:22:52,304 - Hey, Mom, when are you going to get me my glasses? 464 00:22:52,305 --> 00:22:54,139 - Glasses? What glasses? 465 00:22:54,140 --> 00:22:56,241 - Dumb ol' Margaret says all geniuses 466 00:22:56,242 --> 00:22:58,744 are supposed to wear glasses. 467 00:22:58,745 --> 00:22:59,878 - I see. 468 00:22:59,879 --> 00:23:01,847 Well, son, your worries are over. 469 00:23:01,848 --> 00:23:03,315 - Over? 470 00:23:03,316 --> 00:23:06,852 - Dear, Miss Perkins just called, and it's all a mistake. 471 00:23:06,853 --> 00:23:08,754 - Mistake? 472 00:23:08,755 --> 00:23:10,055 You mean I'm not a genius? 473 00:23:10,056 --> 00:23:11,623 - I'm afraid not. 474 00:23:11,624 --> 00:23:13,258 - Not even a little genius? 475 00:23:13,259 --> 00:23:15,894 - Not even a little genius. 476 00:23:15,895 --> 00:23:18,197 - Hey everybody, I'm a dumb head again! 477 00:23:18,198 --> 00:23:19,798 I'm a dumb head again! 478 00:23:19,799 --> 00:23:21,066 - Well. 479 00:23:21,067 --> 00:23:22,534 - Oh, when is that laundry going to stop 480 00:23:22,535 --> 00:23:26,973 putting starch in your handkerchiefs? 481 00:23:27,073 --> 00:23:29,308 - And you know, Martha, that's another thing. 482 00:23:29,309 --> 00:23:31,377 Now that Dennis knows he's a genius, 483 00:23:31,378 --> 00:23:34,646 he'll be more unbearable than ever. 484 00:23:34,647 --> 00:23:36,081 There. 485 00:23:36,082 --> 00:23:37,217 That's that. 486 00:23:41,087 --> 00:23:44,823 Well, Martha, how does it look? 487 00:23:44,824 --> 00:23:46,125 - Just fine, dear. 488 00:23:46,126 --> 00:23:49,094 - Hey, Mr. Wilson! 489 00:23:49,095 --> 00:23:50,696 Hey, Mr. Wilson. 490 00:23:50,697 --> 00:23:53,532 I'm a dumb head again. 491 00:23:53,533 --> 00:23:57,102 - Well Dennis, I don't care-- You-- What did you say? 492 00:23:57,103 --> 00:23:58,637 - It's all a mistake. 493 00:23:58,638 --> 00:24:01,774 Ms. Perkins says I'm not a genius after all! 494 00:24:01,775 --> 00:24:03,776 - All a mistake? 495 00:24:03,777 --> 00:24:05,210 Martha, did you hear that? 496 00:24:05,211 --> 00:24:07,046 - Yes dear, I heard. 497 00:24:07,047 --> 00:24:09,882 - Now I gotta go find the rest of the kids 498 00:24:09,883 --> 00:24:11,483 and tell them the good news. 499 00:24:11,484 --> 00:24:13,452 - Dennis! The paint! 500 00:24:13,453 --> 00:24:15,055 Oh good grief. 501 00:24:19,192 --> 00:24:21,126 - Boy, you should see the swell new color of paint 502 00:24:21,127 --> 00:24:24,530 Mr. Wilson has on his on screen door. 503 00:24:24,531 --> 00:24:27,733 - What color is it, dear? 504 00:24:27,734 --> 00:24:30,502 Dennis Mitchell, you march yourself 505 00:24:30,503 --> 00:24:33,072 right into that kitchen, and get down the bottle of turpentine, 506 00:24:33,073 --> 00:24:34,807 and get that off. 507 00:24:34,808 --> 00:24:35,775 - Yes mom. 508 00:24:38,511 --> 00:24:40,145 - Well, everything's back to normal 509 00:24:40,146 --> 00:24:42,148 in that dumb old Mitchell family. 510 00:24:45,452 --> 00:24:46,386 - Thank goodness. 511 00:24:50,824 --> 00:25:10,877 [theme music] 512 00:25:28,428 --> 00:25:30,696 - This has been a Screen Gems film production 513 00:25:30,697 --> 00:25:33,733 from the Hollywood studios of Columbia Pictures.