1 00:00:02,869 --> 00:00:03,703 [music playing] 2 00:00:21,454 --> 00:00:24,056 - I borrowed a few stamps from you, OK, Dad? 3 00:00:24,057 --> 00:00:25,224 - Stamps? 4 00:00:25,225 --> 00:00:26,792 Oh, sure, who are you writing to? 5 00:00:26,793 --> 00:00:29,461 - New York, you know what I'm going to do with this letter? 6 00:00:29,462 --> 00:00:31,997 I'm going to get in show biz. 7 00:00:31,998 --> 00:00:33,565 - Show biz, huh? 8 00:00:33,566 --> 00:00:36,602 - Yeah, you and Mom are sure going to be proud of me, I bet. 9 00:00:36,603 --> 00:00:38,137 Here, you can read all about it in this ad. 10 00:00:38,138 --> 00:00:41,707 I've got to go mail the letter. 11 00:00:41,708 --> 00:00:43,042 - Big money in show biz. 12 00:00:43,043 --> 00:00:44,743 Have your own flea circus. 13 00:00:44,744 --> 00:00:48,914 Send $.50 in stamps for training booklet and 12 live fleas! 14 00:00:48,915 --> 00:00:50,516 Dennis! Dennis! 15 00:00:50,517 --> 00:01:10,603 [MUSIC PLAYING 16 00:01:22,649 --> 00:01:23,949 - You're a monster, Dennis Mitchell. 17 00:01:23,950 --> 00:01:27,086 How could you do this to poor little Pamela? 18 00:01:27,087 --> 00:01:29,788 - I didn't mean to hurt your old doll, Margaret. 19 00:01:29,789 --> 00:01:32,358 I saw her just sitting out in your yard all by herself. 20 00:01:32,359 --> 00:01:34,827 So I decided to make her famous. 21 00:01:34,828 --> 00:01:36,562 - Make her famous? 22 00:01:36,563 --> 00:01:37,963 - Sure, if my rocket had worked, she 23 00:01:37,964 --> 00:01:42,101 would have been the first doll to reach the moon. 24 00:01:42,102 --> 00:01:44,603 - You sent my darling child up in a rocket? 25 00:01:44,604 --> 00:01:48,941 - Just a little one that was left over from the fourth of July. 26 00:01:48,942 --> 00:01:50,676 I tied her to the stick, and lit the fuse, 27 00:01:50,677 --> 00:01:54,113 but it never got off the ground. 28 00:01:54,114 --> 00:01:56,682 - I'll get you for this, Dennis. I'll tell your mother. 29 00:01:56,683 --> 00:01:57,716 That's what I'll do. 30 00:01:57,717 --> 00:01:59,318 - Please don't blab, Margaret. 31 00:01:59,319 --> 00:02:03,622 If you don't, I'll give you one of my frogs, the prettiest one. 32 00:02:03,623 --> 00:02:05,959 - I don't want your disgusting old frog. 33 00:02:06,059 --> 00:02:08,927 But there is something you could do. 34 00:02:08,928 --> 00:02:09,395 - Yeah? 35 00:02:09,396 --> 00:02:10,129 What? 36 00:02:10,130 --> 00:02:11,663 I'll do it. 37 00:02:11,664 --> 00:02:12,931 - I have to go to my dancing lesson now. 38 00:02:12,932 --> 00:02:14,833 But I'll be back in an hour. 39 00:02:14,834 --> 00:02:16,435 I won't tell your mom if you promise 40 00:02:16,436 --> 00:02:19,805 to come over and play house with me for the rest of the day. 41 00:02:19,806 --> 00:02:23,809 - Jeepers, I hate playing house. 42 00:02:23,810 --> 00:02:24,777 - I'll be the mother. 43 00:02:24,778 --> 00:02:26,078 And you'll be the father. 44 00:02:26,079 --> 00:02:28,247 And you can help me bathe and dress 45 00:02:28,248 --> 00:02:29,448 all our precious children. 46 00:02:29,449 --> 00:02:30,482 - Wash your dolls? 47 00:02:30,483 --> 00:02:32,251 Do I have to? 48 00:02:32,252 --> 00:02:34,286 - Unless you want me to tell. 49 00:02:34,287 --> 00:02:37,389 - OK, I guess I have to. 50 00:02:37,390 --> 00:02:38,857 - Now, wheel the children home. 51 00:02:38,858 --> 00:02:41,160 You fathers need a lot practice. 52 00:02:41,161 --> 00:02:44,097 - Boy, I wish somebody would send me to the moon in a rocket. 53 00:02:49,502 --> 00:02:50,669 - Come over here, dear. 54 00:02:50,670 --> 00:02:52,172 I want you to see something. 55 00:03:01,247 --> 00:03:02,781 Isn't that cute? 56 00:03:02,782 --> 00:03:05,050 Our son's beginning to take an interest in girls. 57 00:03:05,051 --> 00:03:07,486 - Well, it's finally official. Our son's growing up. 58 00:03:07,487 --> 00:03:09,088 - It happens so suddenly, doesn't it? 59 00:03:09,089 --> 00:03:11,657 - Yep, one day they're throwing rocks at little girls. 60 00:03:11,658 --> 00:03:13,492 And the next day they're throwing kisses. 61 00:03:13,493 --> 00:03:15,527 - You never threw rocks at me. 62 00:03:15,528 --> 00:03:18,297 - I was smarter than most kids. 63 00:03:18,298 --> 00:03:21,767 - I'm glad his attitude about girls is changing. 64 00:03:21,768 --> 00:03:23,435 I'm not upset about that. 65 00:03:23,436 --> 00:03:25,137 - Why should you be upset? 66 00:03:25,138 --> 00:03:29,441 - Well, it just means we're getting a little older. 67 00:03:29,442 --> 00:03:32,177 - Well, I don't feel any older. 68 00:03:32,178 --> 00:03:33,946 Do you? 69 00:03:33,947 --> 00:03:36,116 - Now that you mention it, no. 70 00:03:38,418 --> 00:03:41,387 - I appreciate the thought behind it, Uncle Ned. 71 00:03:41,388 --> 00:03:42,821 But you don't have to do it. 72 00:03:42,822 --> 00:03:44,189 - But I want to do it, Martha. 73 00:03:44,190 --> 00:03:46,658 Until George settles that estate back east, 74 00:03:46,659 --> 00:03:48,227 I'm the man of this house. 75 00:03:48,228 --> 00:03:49,528 - Of course you are. 76 00:03:49,529 --> 00:03:51,597 - Poor George was so upset last year 77 00:03:51,598 --> 00:03:54,466 when Mrs. Hawkins won and got her picture in the Garden Club 78 00:03:54,467 --> 00:03:55,634 journal. 79 00:03:55,635 --> 00:03:57,870 - Mrs. Hawkins, I give up. 80 00:03:57,871 --> 00:03:59,605 How does everything as sweet as a flower 81 00:03:59,606 --> 00:04:02,942 manage to grow around a sour old woman like her? 82 00:04:03,043 --> 00:04:05,177 Well, you just leave everything to me. 83 00:04:05,178 --> 00:04:06,746 [MUSIC PLAYING 84 00:04:16,623 --> 00:04:18,057 - Good morning, Mr. Matthews! 85 00:04:18,058 --> 00:04:20,759 - Oh, good morning Mrs. Hawkins. 86 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:24,096 - Are you planning to do a little gardening? 87 00:04:24,097 --> 00:04:26,865 - In my nephew's absence, I am taking his place 88 00:04:26,866 --> 00:04:28,667 in the early jonquil contest. 89 00:04:28,668 --> 00:04:32,771 - Oh, well I'm sorry to hear that? 90 00:04:32,772 --> 00:04:36,442 - Afraid my competition will be too much for you, eh? 91 00:04:36,443 --> 00:04:38,143 - No, not at all. 92 00:04:38,144 --> 00:04:40,879 But it does seem a bit unfair that I should triumph over 93 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:42,982 two members of the same family. 94 00:04:43,083 --> 00:04:45,384 - You seem very confident, Mrs. Hawkins. 95 00:04:45,385 --> 00:04:46,685 - Well, I have reason to be. 96 00:04:46,686 --> 00:04:49,421 For one thing, my bulbs are already planted. 97 00:04:49,422 --> 00:04:50,723 - What? 98 00:04:50,724 --> 00:04:52,191 - But this is the opening day of the contest. 99 00:04:52,192 --> 00:04:53,926 This is the morning of the opening day. 100 00:04:53,927 --> 00:04:57,629 - What you're forgetting is that a day begins at midnight. 101 00:04:57,630 --> 00:04:58,964 - Do you mean to say that you were out 102 00:04:58,965 --> 00:05:00,332 at midnight planting bulbs? 103 00:05:00,333 --> 00:05:04,503 - Exactly, and I am entirely within the rules. 104 00:05:04,504 --> 00:05:05,571 - Well, let me tell you something. 105 00:05:05,572 --> 00:05:07,306 The contest isn't over yet. 106 00:05:07,307 --> 00:05:10,542 And the prize goes to the one who's jonquils bloom first. 107 00:05:10,543 --> 00:05:11,844 Yes. 108 00:05:11,845 --> 00:05:14,313 - As I remember, that's the same boast dear 109 00:05:14,314 --> 00:05:16,281 Mr. Wilson made a year ago. 110 00:05:16,282 --> 00:05:18,484 Now you're putting your foot in your mouth too. 111 00:05:18,485 --> 00:05:19,818 - Is that so? 112 00:05:19,819 --> 00:05:21,854 I'll put my foot in my mouth anytime I want. 113 00:05:21,855 --> 00:05:25,424 - Well, there's obviously room for it. 114 00:05:25,425 --> 00:05:28,527 Goodbye, Mr. Matthews. 115 00:05:28,528 --> 00:05:31,431 - That old catawampus I'll show her. 116 00:05:34,401 --> 00:05:40,072 Oh, oh, my sacroiliac. 117 00:05:40,073 --> 00:05:42,075 Martha! Help! 118 00:05:49,983 --> 00:05:51,850 - You can't do this to me. 119 00:05:51,851 --> 00:05:53,519 It'll ruin my life. 120 00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:55,387 I'll leave town. 121 00:05:55,388 --> 00:06:01,026 I'll just be a wanderer of faraway places, Africa, China, 122 00:06:01,027 --> 00:06:01,760 Minnesota. 123 00:06:01,761 --> 00:06:03,095 - That suits me just fine. 124 00:06:03,096 --> 00:06:05,564 And you can take that salty redhead with you. 125 00:06:05,565 --> 00:06:06,532 - Helen, wait don't go. 126 00:06:06,533 --> 00:06:07,800 Give me another chance. 127 00:06:07,801 --> 00:06:09,268 - Oh, stop whining, Jerry. 128 00:06:09,269 --> 00:06:10,804 I've had it! 129 00:06:13,640 --> 00:06:14,373 - Hi, Jerry! 130 00:06:14,374 --> 00:06:16,141 Want a lick? 131 00:06:16,142 --> 00:06:17,176 - No. 132 00:06:17,177 --> 00:06:18,844 - Boy, Helen, sure took off in a hurry. 133 00:06:18,845 --> 00:06:20,279 Did she sit on a bee? 134 00:06:20,280 --> 00:06:22,348 - No, she didn't sit on a bee. 135 00:06:22,349 --> 00:06:24,116 Stop asking dumb questions. 136 00:06:24,117 --> 00:06:26,752 - OK, Jerry, I'll stop. 137 00:06:26,753 --> 00:06:28,354 - I'm sorry, Dennis. 138 00:06:28,355 --> 00:06:32,591 I shouldn't take it out on you just because I'm a broken man. 139 00:06:32,592 --> 00:06:35,060 - You don't look broken. 140 00:06:35,061 --> 00:06:36,829 What's busted? 141 00:06:36,830 --> 00:06:40,065 - What's inside, where it doesn't show. 142 00:06:40,066 --> 00:06:41,633 Helen's left me. 143 00:06:41,634 --> 00:06:43,836 She says she never wants to see me again. 144 00:06:43,837 --> 00:06:47,873 - Boy, I guess that dumb old Margaret would say that to me. 145 00:06:47,874 --> 00:06:49,475 Why did Helen get mad at you? 146 00:06:49,476 --> 00:06:52,578 - Oh, she got mad just because I was talking to the girl that's 147 00:06:52,579 --> 00:06:54,880 working down at the ice cream parlor. 148 00:06:54,881 --> 00:06:56,248 - The ice cream parlor? 149 00:06:56,249 --> 00:06:58,851 Boy, that's the kind of girl I'd like to have. 150 00:06:58,852 --> 00:07:00,252 I was just over there. 151 00:07:00,253 --> 00:07:02,588 And I could have got this free if I'd a had a-- 152 00:07:02,589 --> 00:07:05,290 - Why don't you run along, Dennis? 153 00:07:05,291 --> 00:07:07,326 A fella likes to be alone when he's suffering. 154 00:07:07,327 --> 00:07:10,329 - Are you suffering much, Jerry? 155 00:07:10,330 --> 00:07:12,197 - Life just isn't worth living. 156 00:07:12,198 --> 00:07:14,433 All that's left for me is to get on a ship 157 00:07:14,434 --> 00:07:15,868 and sale to the south sea islands. 158 00:07:15,869 --> 00:07:19,505 - If you go to the south seas, would you write to me? 159 00:07:19,506 --> 00:07:20,873 - Would you really like to hear from me? 160 00:07:20,874 --> 00:07:23,308 - Yeah, I started I'm starting a stamp collection. 161 00:07:23,309 --> 00:07:25,778 And I sure could use some from the south seas. 162 00:07:25,779 --> 00:07:28,347 - So long, Dennis. 163 00:07:28,348 --> 00:07:29,348 - So long, Jerry. 164 00:07:29,349 --> 00:07:30,917 [MUSIC PLAYING 165 00:07:33,720 --> 00:07:36,488 - How does it feel now, Uncle Ned? 166 00:07:36,489 --> 00:07:39,825 - As though I've been stabbed in the side with a hot corkscrew. 167 00:07:39,826 --> 00:07:41,660 - I'm terrible sorry. 168 00:07:41,661 --> 00:07:44,063 - I'll never plant those bulbs know. 169 00:07:44,064 --> 00:07:46,498 That nasty Mrs. Hawkins will beat us again. 170 00:07:46,499 --> 00:07:48,500 Her jonquils will bloom first. 171 00:07:48,501 --> 00:07:50,135 - It is a shame. 172 00:07:50,136 --> 00:07:52,638 - She'll have her picture in the Club Magazine. 173 00:07:52,639 --> 00:07:54,974 Standing there with her silly smile, 174 00:07:55,075 --> 00:07:57,977 holding up her early bloomers. 175 00:07:58,078 --> 00:07:59,078 [laughter] 176 00:07:59,079 --> 00:08:01,714 - Well, what's funny about that? 177 00:08:01,715 --> 00:08:06,318 - Oh, nothing, I was just thinking of something else. 178 00:08:06,319 --> 00:08:07,853 Never mind Uncle Ned. 179 00:08:07,854 --> 00:08:11,590 I'll try to find the time to plant those bulbs myself. 180 00:08:11,591 --> 00:08:13,192 - You'll do nothing of the kind. 181 00:08:13,193 --> 00:08:15,294 I'm not going to have two of us around here with sprained back. 182 00:08:15,295 --> 00:08:17,262 - Hi, Mrs. Wilson, how's-- 183 00:08:17,263 --> 00:08:19,531 - Hi, dear. 184 00:08:19,532 --> 00:08:22,434 - Boy, when you want your back scratched, 185 00:08:22,435 --> 00:08:24,870 you really get it scratched. 186 00:08:24,871 --> 00:08:27,406 - Uncle Ned sprained his back, dear. 187 00:08:27,407 --> 00:08:28,574 Would you say with him? 188 00:08:28,575 --> 00:08:31,043 I want to get a hot water bottle. 189 00:08:31,044 --> 00:08:33,612 - Does it hurt much, Uncle Ned? 190 00:08:33,613 --> 00:08:35,881 - Dennis, I am completely miserable. 191 00:08:35,882 --> 00:08:39,651 - I bet you're not as completely miserable as Jerry Simmons is. 192 00:08:39,652 --> 00:08:42,221 He's completely, completely miserable. 193 00:08:42,222 --> 00:08:46,258 - I am not interested in anybody's misery but my own. 194 00:08:46,259 --> 00:08:47,961 - You know Jerry. 195 00:08:48,061 --> 00:08:50,829 He's the one that was kicking the football for me yesterday. 196 00:08:50,830 --> 00:08:52,631 He got in a fight with Helen Franklin. 197 00:08:52,632 --> 00:08:54,366 And he feels awful. 198 00:08:54,367 --> 00:08:59,238 - I tell you, I am not inter-- kicking a football? 199 00:08:59,239 --> 00:09:02,007 That Jerry fellow, is that the one with all the muscles? 200 00:09:02,008 --> 00:09:05,010 - Yes, sir, Jerry's real strong. 201 00:09:05,011 --> 00:09:07,346 - I wonder. 202 00:09:07,347 --> 00:09:09,481 Dennis, would you do me a favor? 203 00:09:09,482 --> 00:09:11,016 - Sure, Uncle Ned. 204 00:09:11,017 --> 00:09:13,385 - See if you can get Jerry to come over here, will you? 205 00:09:13,386 --> 00:09:15,220 I might be able to help him. 206 00:09:15,221 --> 00:09:17,589 And he might be able to help me. 207 00:09:17,590 --> 00:09:20,559 - OK, see you later, Uncle Ned. 208 00:09:20,560 --> 00:09:21,761 [MUSIC PLAYING 209 00:09:29,903 --> 00:09:32,939 - Oh, I was very much concerned when Dennis told me 210 00:09:33,039 --> 00:09:35,841 about the rift in your romance. 211 00:09:35,842 --> 00:09:38,877 I know how painful a thing like that can be. 212 00:09:38,878 --> 00:09:40,779 - Yeah, like I'm all busted up. 213 00:09:40,780 --> 00:09:43,415 - So I said to myself, I must do all 214 00:09:43,416 --> 00:09:45,517 I can to bind this young man's wounds. 215 00:09:45,518 --> 00:09:48,787 I must find a way to help make him forget. 216 00:09:48,788 --> 00:09:50,522 - That's awfully nice of you, Mr. Matthews. 217 00:09:50,523 --> 00:09:52,057 But it's not use. 218 00:09:52,058 --> 00:09:54,760 There's nothing that will make me forget. 219 00:09:54,761 --> 00:09:57,629 - Oh, yes there is Jerry, hard work. 220 00:09:57,630 --> 00:09:59,331 - Hard work? 221 00:09:59,332 --> 00:10:02,968 - Physical labor, you must devote yourself to toil. 222 00:10:02,969 --> 00:10:04,903 Keep your body so active that your mind 223 00:10:04,904 --> 00:10:08,674 won't be able to think. Oh, I urge you to try it. 224 00:10:08,675 --> 00:10:11,010 - Well, what kind of work? 225 00:10:11,011 --> 00:10:16,081 - Well, I could hardly-- uh, yes, I 226 00:10:16,082 --> 00:10:19,051 have a strip of ground running along the fence there, see. 227 00:10:19,052 --> 00:10:21,820 I'd like to have that all dug up into a flower 228 00:10:21,821 --> 00:10:24,189 bed, some beautiful bulbs planted into it. 229 00:10:24,190 --> 00:10:30,529 But, no, I-- yes, yes, I'd be willing to let you do it. 230 00:10:30,530 --> 00:10:32,231 - Well, that's awfully nice of you, but-- 231 00:10:32,232 --> 00:10:35,834 - And what's more, I'll even pay you $0.50 an hour. 232 00:10:35,835 --> 00:10:38,504 Oh, no, please, I insist. 233 00:10:38,505 --> 00:10:40,939 It would be worth it to know that I 234 00:10:40,940 --> 00:10:42,808 helped mend a broken heart. 235 00:10:42,809 --> 00:10:45,144 - OK, I'll try it. 236 00:10:45,145 --> 00:10:49,515 - Jerry, you've made a wise decision. 237 00:10:49,516 --> 00:10:53,218 I'll show you where I want you to start. 238 00:10:53,219 --> 00:10:54,154 Yes, follow me. 239 00:10:56,756 --> 00:10:58,190 Now, there's the spade, Jerry. 240 00:10:58,191 --> 00:11:00,059 And this is the section all along here. 241 00:11:00,060 --> 00:11:02,728 So dig right in and you'll soon find blessed relief. 242 00:11:02,729 --> 00:11:04,663 And don't hold back, Jerry. 243 00:11:04,664 --> 00:11:06,932 Remember, the faster and the harder you work, 244 00:11:06,933 --> 00:11:08,968 the sooner your mind will be at rest. 245 00:11:17,077 --> 00:11:19,078 - Hi, Jerry! 246 00:11:19,079 --> 00:11:20,079 Want a cookie? 247 00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:21,747 - No thanks, Dennis, I'm too busy. 248 00:11:21,748 --> 00:11:23,649 - Boy, Mrs. Wilson sure does make good cookies. 249 00:11:23,650 --> 00:11:25,451 I could eat a dozen of them. 250 00:11:25,452 --> 00:11:27,152 - How many have you eaten already? 251 00:11:27,153 --> 00:11:28,754 - Oh, about a dozen. 252 00:11:28,755 --> 00:11:30,789 Is Jerry going to plant the bulbs for you? 253 00:11:30,790 --> 00:11:31,991 - He is, Dennis, yes. 254 00:11:32,092 --> 00:11:33,659 - How much are you paying him? 255 00:11:33,660 --> 00:11:34,893 - $0.50 an hour. 256 00:11:34,894 --> 00:11:37,129 - Isn't that kind of cheap, Uncle Ned? 257 00:11:37,130 --> 00:11:40,666 - Dennis, Jerry was very grateful for the opportunity. 258 00:11:40,667 --> 00:11:41,934 I pointed out that the work would 259 00:11:41,935 --> 00:11:44,136 make him forget all about Helen. 260 00:11:44,137 --> 00:11:46,405 - You're a real, kind man, Uncle Ned. 261 00:11:46,406 --> 00:11:47,740 - Yes, thank you. 262 00:11:47,741 --> 00:11:49,742 And I want to thank you for bringing him over. 263 00:11:49,743 --> 00:11:50,943 It was a big help. 264 00:11:50,944 --> 00:11:53,379 - You're welcome, Uncle Ned. 265 00:11:53,380 --> 00:11:55,447 MARGARET (OFFSCREEN): Dennis! 266 00:11:55,448 --> 00:11:59,685 - Uh oh, now I'm going to need help. 267 00:11:59,686 --> 00:12:01,620 - Hi, Dennis. 268 00:12:01,621 --> 00:12:03,389 - You better go on home, Margaret. 269 00:12:03,390 --> 00:12:06,658 You'll catch cold running around in your underwear. 270 00:12:06,659 --> 00:12:09,762 - This is what we wear at dancing school, silly. 271 00:12:09,763 --> 00:12:12,531 You're so hopeless about the finer things. 272 00:12:12,532 --> 00:12:13,899 Now come along. I'll change my clothes. 273 00:12:13,900 --> 00:12:15,234 And we'll start playing house. 274 00:12:15,235 --> 00:12:17,803 - Gee, I can't play house with you, Margaret. 275 00:12:17,804 --> 00:12:20,072 Uncle Ned needs me here. 276 00:12:20,073 --> 00:12:22,074 Don't you, Uncle Ned? - What? 277 00:12:22,075 --> 00:12:26,845 Well, I-- oh, yes, yes, yes, I need him here, Margaret. 278 00:12:26,846 --> 00:12:28,113 - Yeah, me, and Jerry, and Uncle Ned 279 00:12:28,114 --> 00:12:30,883 are planting a lot of stuff in the yard. 280 00:12:30,884 --> 00:12:33,585 - You promised to play house with me, Dennis. 281 00:12:33,586 --> 00:12:35,454 Won't you let him go, Uncle Ned? 282 00:12:35,455 --> 00:12:36,522 - Oh, I'm sorry, Margaret. 283 00:12:36,523 --> 00:12:37,956 I can't spare him today. 284 00:12:37,957 --> 00:12:40,592 - Yeah, and I can't go if Uncle Ned says 285 00:12:40,593 --> 00:12:43,095 I can't, because he's a grownup. 286 00:12:43,096 --> 00:12:46,800 - All right, Dennis, but I'll be back. 287 00:12:49,602 --> 00:12:52,104 - Thanks a lot, Uncle Ned. 288 00:12:52,105 --> 00:12:52,971 - Glad to do it. 289 00:12:52,972 --> 00:12:55,674 You help me, and I help you. 290 00:12:55,675 --> 00:12:58,177 - Us men have to stick together, don't we? 291 00:12:58,178 --> 00:12:59,179 - You're so right. 292 00:13:04,050 --> 00:13:06,385 - Jerry, you've just got to work harder. 293 00:13:06,386 --> 00:13:08,253 Concentrate on the flower bed. 294 00:13:08,254 --> 00:13:09,956 Make your mind a perfect blank. 295 00:13:10,056 --> 00:13:13,325 At your age, that shouldn't be difficult. 296 00:13:13,326 --> 00:13:14,526 - I'll try, Mr. Matthews. 297 00:13:14,527 --> 00:13:16,795 But I just can't forget Helen. 298 00:13:16,796 --> 00:13:18,163 - This is fun, Jerry. 299 00:13:18,164 --> 00:13:19,832 I like to watch you work. 300 00:13:19,833 --> 00:13:21,800 - Be my guest, Dennis. 301 00:13:21,801 --> 00:13:23,635 - Sure is better than playing house 302 00:13:23,636 --> 00:13:24,770 with that dumb old Margaret. 303 00:13:24,771 --> 00:13:26,405 All she wants to do is fool around 304 00:13:26,406 --> 00:13:28,174 with a bunch of old dolls. 305 00:13:30,844 --> 00:13:33,278 - Jerry, you stopped again. 306 00:13:33,279 --> 00:13:34,613 - I'm sorry, Mr. Matthews. 307 00:13:34,614 --> 00:13:37,783 What Dennis said reminded me of Helen. 308 00:13:37,784 --> 00:13:40,352 She's a living doll. 309 00:13:40,353 --> 00:13:43,455 - Well, really, if everything's going to remind you of Helen, 310 00:13:43,456 --> 00:13:44,690 you're never going to forget her. 311 00:13:44,691 --> 00:13:46,425 And I'll never get the bulbs planted. 312 00:13:46,426 --> 00:13:48,193 So concentrate. 313 00:13:48,194 --> 00:13:50,963 - Yes, sir. 314 00:13:50,964 --> 00:13:53,399 - And, Dennis, if you must talk, please 315 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:56,403 don't say anything to remind him of his lost love. 316 00:13:59,739 --> 00:14:01,040 - OK, Uncle Ned. 317 00:14:01,041 --> 00:14:02,808 I'll help you forget, too, Jerry. 318 00:14:02,809 --> 00:14:04,176 As soon as you finish working for Uncle Ned, 319 00:14:04,177 --> 00:14:05,945 we can go over in the park and fly my kite. 320 00:14:06,046 --> 00:14:09,048 I got a new one. - Now what? 321 00:14:09,049 --> 00:14:11,316 Did something remind you of Helen? 322 00:14:11,317 --> 00:14:13,552 - Yeah, the kite. 323 00:14:13,553 --> 00:14:14,820 - Kite? 324 00:14:14,821 --> 00:14:16,255 - Her last name is Franklin. 325 00:14:16,256 --> 00:14:17,456 You know Ben Franklin? 326 00:14:17,457 --> 00:14:18,724 He's the guy that-- 327 00:14:18,725 --> 00:14:20,259 - I know all about him. 328 00:14:20,260 --> 00:14:22,461 I had no idea that he was going to foul me up. 329 00:14:22,462 --> 00:14:24,063 - I'm sorry, Mr. Matthews. 330 00:14:24,064 --> 00:14:27,433 - All right, well, I think we might 331 00:14:27,434 --> 00:14:28,634 as well give this whole thing up. 332 00:14:28,635 --> 00:14:29,935 It's no use. 333 00:14:29,936 --> 00:14:32,338 We're so far behind now in the competition 334 00:14:32,339 --> 00:14:33,872 that we'll never win the contest. 335 00:14:33,873 --> 00:14:36,508 And I certainly have tried. 336 00:14:36,509 --> 00:14:38,444 - Mr. Matthews! 337 00:14:38,445 --> 00:14:41,380 Here's the beast you sent to destroy my jonquil bulbs. 338 00:14:41,381 --> 00:14:43,449 - That's just Fremont! What are you talking about? 339 00:14:43,450 --> 00:14:46,852 - Don't you act innocent with me! 340 00:14:46,853 --> 00:14:49,555 This animal dug up every one of my bulbs 341 00:14:49,556 --> 00:14:51,690 and scattered them all over my yard. 342 00:14:51,691 --> 00:14:54,827 You see the mud on his paws? 343 00:14:54,828 --> 00:14:56,228 I caught him red-handed. 344 00:14:56,229 --> 00:14:57,596 But I'll beat you yet. 345 00:14:57,597 --> 00:14:59,265 Here, take this, this trained bulb snatcher. 346 00:15:03,503 --> 00:15:06,772 - Man's best friend, oh, wonderful. 347 00:15:06,773 --> 00:15:09,208 Jerry, we're not trailing in the competition at all. 348 00:15:09,209 --> 00:15:11,276 We're going to start even with Mrs. Hawkins. 349 00:15:11,277 --> 00:15:13,579 We've got to get those bulbs in the ground right away. 350 00:15:13,580 --> 00:15:14,513 [whimper] 351 00:15:14,514 --> 00:15:17,683 - My little boy. 352 00:15:17,684 --> 00:15:19,818 - I'd sure like to help you, sir. 353 00:15:19,819 --> 00:15:21,553 But it's just no use. 354 00:15:21,554 --> 00:15:24,223 All I can think of is that I've lost my girl. 355 00:15:24,224 --> 00:15:25,524 How can I work? 356 00:15:25,525 --> 00:15:27,926 - Could you work if you had your girl back? 357 00:15:27,927 --> 00:15:31,397 - Boy, could I. If I had Helen right here beside me, 358 00:15:31,398 --> 00:15:33,832 I'd work my brains out. 359 00:15:33,833 --> 00:15:37,136 - Uncle Ned, maybe if you and me go talk to Helen, 360 00:15:37,137 --> 00:15:39,271 we could get her to get up with Jerry and-- 361 00:15:39,272 --> 00:15:41,073 - Why that's a brilliant idea. 362 00:15:41,074 --> 00:15:43,275 And I have great powers of persuasion. 363 00:15:43,276 --> 00:15:47,079 Yes, I see non reason at all why I couldn't-- oh! 364 00:15:47,080 --> 00:15:49,248 - So I'll eat this on the way to Helen's house. 365 00:15:49,249 --> 00:15:52,317 And I'll eat twice as much for dinner, OK? 366 00:15:52,318 --> 00:15:55,354 - Well, if it's that important to you, all right. 367 00:15:55,355 --> 00:15:56,922 - Oh, it is important. 368 00:15:56,923 --> 00:15:59,725 We've got to get those bulbs planted so Mr. Wilson can win. 369 00:15:59,726 --> 00:16:01,627 - Do you think you and Uncle Ned can 370 00:16:01,628 --> 00:16:04,029 talk into seeing it your way? 371 00:16:04,030 --> 00:16:06,899 - Sure, we'll get her to make up with Jerry because she's 372 00:16:06,900 --> 00:16:10,869 a real nice girl Girls can be nice, you know? 373 00:16:10,870 --> 00:16:14,039 - I'm glad you're discovering that, good luck. 374 00:16:14,040 --> 00:16:14,941 - Bye now. 375 00:16:17,577 --> 00:16:19,912 - He's really made that big discovery. 376 00:16:19,913 --> 00:16:22,748 Girls can be nice, he says. 377 00:16:22,749 --> 00:16:24,249 - That was obvious this morning when 378 00:16:24,250 --> 00:16:25,718 he was so attentive to Margaret. 379 00:16:25,719 --> 00:16:28,253 He usually runs from her. 380 00:16:28,254 --> 00:16:29,421 - Well, I'm glad to see it. 381 00:16:29,422 --> 00:16:30,556 Poor little Margaret's been chasing 382 00:16:30,557 --> 00:16:32,758 him so hard for so long she really 383 00:16:32,759 --> 00:16:34,127 deserves a little kindness. 384 00:16:37,897 --> 00:16:40,199 - I stand before you, dear child asking, 385 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:44,971 nay, imploring, for you to give this dear boy another chance. 386 00:16:45,071 --> 00:16:46,338 - Gee, I don't know Mr. Matthews. 387 00:16:46,339 --> 00:16:47,673 - Now, now, please. 388 00:16:47,674 --> 00:16:50,743 Why not think of me as kindly old Uncle Ned? 389 00:16:50,744 --> 00:16:52,244 - Jerry feel awful, Helen. 390 00:16:52,245 --> 00:16:55,681 He'll never get that flower bed dug up if you don't-- 391 00:16:55,682 --> 00:16:59,084 - I'll do the talking, Dennis. 392 00:16:59,085 --> 00:17:01,387 The flower bed, it's not important. 393 00:17:01,388 --> 00:17:02,855 - It isn't? 394 00:17:02,856 --> 00:17:04,223 But I thought you said if Jerry didn't plant those-- 395 00:17:04,224 --> 00:17:05,524 - Never mind. 396 00:17:05,525 --> 00:17:07,359 I'm interested here only in the happiness 397 00:17:07,360 --> 00:17:10,029 of two very fine young people. 398 00:17:10,030 --> 00:17:12,231 - Is he really broken up about it? 399 00:17:12,232 --> 00:17:13,499 I mean, really? 400 00:17:13,500 --> 00:17:15,601 - Boy, you ought to see him. 401 00:17:15,602 --> 00:17:17,202 He looks sick. 402 00:17:17,203 --> 00:17:20,072 - He should look sick. 403 00:17:20,073 --> 00:17:23,709 - Nothing brings greater happiness than true love. 404 00:17:23,710 --> 00:17:25,177 The tender passion that makes-- 405 00:17:25,178 --> 00:17:27,846 - He wants that Dizzy Maybell, he can have her. 406 00:17:27,847 --> 00:17:29,581 - Heck, he doesn't like her. 407 00:17:29,582 --> 00:17:30,950 He can't stand her. 408 00:17:31,051 --> 00:17:32,384 - He can't? 409 00:17:32,385 --> 00:17:33,819 Are you sure? 410 00:17:33,820 --> 00:17:36,121 - He told me so himself. 411 00:17:36,122 --> 00:17:41,593 He just goes in there for hot fudge, that's all. 412 00:17:41,594 --> 00:17:44,329 He says life is just nothing without you. 413 00:17:44,330 --> 00:17:49,735 - Gee, poor guy, I guess I was pretty mean to him. 414 00:17:49,736 --> 00:17:52,304 - And give Jerry another chance. 415 00:17:52,305 --> 00:17:55,474 - I'll go see him right now and tell him I'm sorry. 416 00:17:55,475 --> 00:17:56,475 - Good, oh, good, Helen. 417 00:17:56,476 --> 00:17:58,210 I knew you'd see it my way. 418 00:17:58,211 --> 00:17:59,511 - Your way? 419 00:17:59,512 --> 00:18:00,646 - Yes, of course, I was just suggesting-- 420 00:18:00,647 --> 00:18:01,814 - Oh, excuse me, Mr. Matthews. 421 00:18:01,815 --> 00:18:02,916 I wasn't listening. Come on, Dennis! 422 00:18:03,016 --> 00:18:04,851 I'll race you over there! 423 00:18:13,526 --> 00:18:16,095 - You watch the dirt fly now, Uncle Ned. 424 00:18:16,096 --> 00:18:18,063 - Oh, I tell you, Dennis. 425 00:18:18,064 --> 00:18:19,231 We've done it again. 426 00:18:19,232 --> 00:18:21,033 Look at that boy work. 427 00:18:21,034 --> 00:18:24,370 - Yeah, he'll get your bulbs planted real fast I bet. 428 00:18:24,371 --> 00:18:27,473 - Yes, oh, Dennis, why don't you run back to the garage 429 00:18:27,474 --> 00:18:28,474 and get the bulbs? 430 00:18:28,475 --> 00:18:29,775 They're in a large, square-- 431 00:18:29,776 --> 00:18:32,611 - Sure, I know where Mrs. Wilson keeps them. 432 00:18:32,612 --> 00:18:35,547 - Helen, look our for that flying dirt! 433 00:18:35,548 --> 00:18:37,716 Come sit here and keep out of the way. 434 00:18:37,717 --> 00:18:38,717 - Oh, don't worry. 435 00:18:38,718 --> 00:18:40,185 I won't get any dirt on her. 436 00:18:40,186 --> 00:18:42,354 You stay right here where I can see you, honey. 437 00:18:42,355 --> 00:18:45,157 - Fine, that's fine. 438 00:18:45,158 --> 00:18:48,293 Now that we have that settled, let's get the digging finished. 439 00:18:48,294 --> 00:18:51,196 - Yes, sir. 440 00:18:51,197 --> 00:18:53,866 - Good. 441 00:18:53,867 --> 00:18:55,734 It's no use, Mr. Matthews. 442 00:18:55,735 --> 00:18:57,870 I'm going to knock it off for the day. 443 00:18:57,871 --> 00:18:59,471 I'm so happy I feel like dancing! 444 00:18:59,472 --> 00:19:01,740 - How can you knock it off for the day without it finished? 445 00:19:01,741 --> 00:19:05,310 It's got to be finished-- what is this? 446 00:19:05,311 --> 00:19:06,712 Stop it. Stop it. 447 00:19:06,713 --> 00:19:10,482 Here, Helen, attention, now, you two young folks 448 00:19:10,483 --> 00:19:12,217 are planning to be married? 449 00:19:12,218 --> 00:19:13,819 - Yes, sir. 450 00:19:13,820 --> 00:19:16,555 - Right, right, so the soon this young man starts earning money, 451 00:19:16,556 --> 00:19:19,358 the sooner you can afford to get married. 452 00:19:19,359 --> 00:19:20,259 - He's right, honey. 453 00:19:20,260 --> 00:19:22,027 I got to get real busy. 454 00:19:22,028 --> 00:19:23,696 - As soon as you finish this strip here, 455 00:19:23,697 --> 00:19:25,031 you can start putting in the bulbs. 456 00:19:28,635 --> 00:19:30,302 - Here they are, Uncle Ned! 457 00:19:30,303 --> 00:19:32,237 - Oh, thank you, Dennis, thank you. 458 00:19:32,238 --> 00:19:34,807 - You're right, Mr. Matthews, about me needing money. 459 00:19:34,808 --> 00:19:37,509 So as soon as I finish here, I got to get myself a real job. 460 00:19:37,510 --> 00:19:38,877 - What? 461 00:19:38,878 --> 00:19:40,446 - Hey, I know where you can find a job, Jerry. 462 00:19:40,447 --> 00:19:44,483 They were putting up a sign when I was there this morning. 463 00:19:44,484 --> 00:19:46,953 $1.25 an hour, it says. 464 00:19:47,053 --> 00:19:48,220 - $1.25 an hour! 465 00:19:48,221 --> 00:19:49,822 That's wonderful, Jerry! - Where is it, Dennis? 466 00:19:49,823 --> 00:19:51,357 - At the ice cream parlor. 467 00:19:51,358 --> 00:19:53,859 - Well, I better get down there before somebody else does, 468 00:19:53,860 --> 00:19:54,560 honey. 469 00:19:54,561 --> 00:19:55,794 - The ice cream parlor! 470 00:19:55,795 --> 00:19:57,596 You're not going to start that again! 471 00:19:57,597 --> 00:19:59,064 - Start what? 472 00:19:59,065 --> 00:20:00,532 I just want to get the job so we can get married. 473 00:20:00,533 --> 00:20:02,101 - You don't want to work there. 474 00:20:02,102 --> 00:20:03,535 You just want to be there so you can be with that Maybell! 475 00:20:03,536 --> 00:20:05,504 - I do not! I just want to get the job. 476 00:20:05,505 --> 00:20:06,538 - You don't fool me, Jerry Simmons! 477 00:20:06,539 --> 00:20:07,573 Go on. 478 00:20:07,574 --> 00:20:09,174 Go ahead. 479 00:20:09,175 --> 00:20:10,909 You can spend the rest of your life with her for all I care, 480 00:20:10,910 --> 00:20:12,211 because our marriage is off! 481 00:20:12,212 --> 00:20:14,313 - Well, all right, that suits me just fine. 482 00:20:14,314 --> 00:20:15,881 Goodbye! 483 00:20:15,882 --> 00:20:20,252 - If you're going to the south seas, don't forget to write! 484 00:20:20,253 --> 00:20:24,056 - Well, well, well, what am I going to do now? 485 00:20:24,057 --> 00:20:27,559 - Maybe I could plant those bulbs for you if you show me how. 486 00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:28,494 - Thank you Dennis. 487 00:20:28,495 --> 00:20:29,661 That's very kind of you. 488 00:20:29,662 --> 00:20:31,296 But I don't believe you could do it. 489 00:20:31,297 --> 00:20:33,265 This is a very particular job. 490 00:20:33,266 --> 00:20:36,001 - I'll plant those bulbs for you, Mr. Matthews. 491 00:20:36,002 --> 00:20:37,302 I owe it to you. 492 00:20:37,303 --> 00:20:40,239 It's partly my fault that Jerry didn't get it done. 493 00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:41,807 I sort of drove him away. 494 00:20:41,808 --> 00:20:44,076 - Well, do you know how to do it? 495 00:20:44,077 --> 00:20:45,778 - Oh, yes, sir. I like planting things. 496 00:20:45,779 --> 00:20:47,579 I plant our vegetable garden every year. 497 00:20:47,580 --> 00:20:48,847 - Really? 498 00:20:48,848 --> 00:20:51,083 Well, Helen, I accept your offer. 499 00:20:51,084 --> 00:20:53,352 And remember this, hard work will 500 00:20:53,353 --> 00:20:55,220 make you forget all about him. 501 00:20:55,221 --> 00:20:57,389 Now, you make the holes about that deep, you see. 502 00:20:57,390 --> 00:20:58,490 And about that far apart. 503 00:20:58,491 --> 00:20:59,625 Put a bulb in each hole. 504 00:20:59,626 --> 00:21:01,226 And cover them all with dirt. 505 00:21:01,227 --> 00:21:02,327 - Yes, sir, that's easy. 506 00:21:02,328 --> 00:21:05,064 - Here's the trowel. 507 00:21:05,065 --> 00:21:09,835 And I-- oh, oh, my back I think I'd better go in and lie down. 508 00:21:09,836 --> 00:21:11,870 - I'll go with you, Uncle Ned. 509 00:21:11,871 --> 00:21:15,074 I'll help Mrs. Wilson rub it. 510 00:21:15,075 --> 00:21:16,376 [MUSIC PLAYING 511 00:21:28,722 --> 00:21:32,091 - You know, Dennis, my back, it feels so much better. 512 00:21:32,092 --> 00:21:35,861 - Me and Mrs. Wilson are good rubbers, all right. 513 00:21:35,862 --> 00:21:38,464 Mr. Matthews, I'm all through! 514 00:21:38,465 --> 00:21:45,704 - Oh, oh, Helen, that is fine. 515 00:21:45,705 --> 00:21:47,606 That's just the way it ought to be. 516 00:21:47,607 --> 00:21:50,376 I certainly do appreciate that. 517 00:21:50,377 --> 00:21:52,978 - Hey, look who's coming back! 518 00:21:52,979 --> 00:21:54,380 [MUSIC PLAYING 519 00:21:54,381 --> 00:21:59,184 - Helen, honey. 520 00:21:59,185 --> 00:22:00,954 - Well, I couldn't live with you mad at me. 521 00:22:01,054 --> 00:22:02,755 And I'm not going to take the job at the ice cream parlor. 522 00:22:02,756 --> 00:22:04,189 I'll find something else. 523 00:22:04,190 --> 00:22:05,057 - Oh, I'm glad! 524 00:22:05,058 --> 00:22:06,725 - Come on, let's go for a walk. 525 00:22:06,726 --> 00:22:08,527 - Oh, wait, I forgot one, Mr. Matthews. 526 00:22:08,528 --> 00:22:10,129 - Oh, well, now, Helen, it's all right. 527 00:22:10,130 --> 00:22:10,929 It's OK. 528 00:22:10,930 --> 00:22:11,930 Don't worry about it at all. 529 00:22:11,931 --> 00:22:13,732 - Might as well finish it right. 530 00:22:13,733 --> 00:22:16,935 I can't wait to see these bloom. 531 00:22:16,936 --> 00:22:18,103 - No, wait, what are you doing? 532 00:22:18,104 --> 00:22:20,472 Helen, you're planting it upside down. 533 00:22:20,473 --> 00:22:21,774 - Upside down? 534 00:22:21,775 --> 00:22:23,409 This is the root here isn't it? 535 00:22:23,410 --> 00:22:25,644 I mean, this ends goes down? 536 00:22:25,645 --> 00:22:27,513 - No, no, this is the top of the bulb there. 537 00:22:27,514 --> 00:22:29,281 The root there, see, the root there. 538 00:22:29,282 --> 00:22:30,215 See, you plant it that way. 539 00:22:30,216 --> 00:22:33,118 - Why? You didn't? 540 00:22:33,119 --> 00:22:34,253 - Yes, sir. 541 00:22:34,254 --> 00:22:39,224 I planted them all that way, 120 of them. 542 00:22:39,225 --> 00:22:41,326 - Now, they'll never come up. 543 00:22:41,327 --> 00:22:44,931 - Come to think of it, my onion sets never came up either. 544 00:22:48,735 --> 00:22:51,337 - Now Mrs. Hawkins will win again this year. 545 00:22:51,338 --> 00:22:54,540 Oh, of all the unfortunate-- 546 00:22:54,541 --> 00:22:56,475 - I'm sorry about the flowers Uncle Ned. 547 00:22:56,476 --> 00:22:58,677 But this day hasn't been all bad. 548 00:22:58,678 --> 00:22:59,912 - What do you mean? 549 00:22:59,913 --> 00:23:01,847 - Turned out swell for me. 550 00:23:01,848 --> 00:23:04,817 I didn't have to play house with that dumb old Margaret. 551 00:23:04,818 --> 00:23:07,386 Well, see you tomorrow! 552 00:23:07,387 --> 00:23:09,255 [MUSIC PLAYING 553 00:23:15,562 --> 00:23:26,605 - 120, Fremont! Fremont! 554 00:23:26,606 --> 00:23:28,340 Here boy! 555 00:23:28,341 --> 00:23:32,711 Oh, that's my little Fremont. 556 00:23:32,712 --> 00:23:34,480 That's my little boy. 557 00:23:34,481 --> 00:23:36,415 Now, you listen to me. 558 00:23:36,416 --> 00:23:40,152 Bulbs, jonquils, go get them, the way you did this morning. 559 00:23:40,153 --> 00:23:44,089 One block down the street, the second house, big flower bed, 560 00:23:44,090 --> 00:23:45,457 dig them up. 561 00:23:45,458 --> 00:23:47,426 Dig them up. 562 00:23:47,427 --> 00:23:50,096 [barking] 563 00:24:02,375 --> 00:24:03,309 - Mom, I'm home! 564 00:24:13,053 --> 00:24:15,654 - Well, we were just going to look for you. 565 00:24:15,655 --> 00:24:18,557 - I've been over helping Uncle Ned. 566 00:24:18,558 --> 00:24:21,060 - We have a little surprise for you. 567 00:24:21,061 --> 00:24:22,828 - Yes, since you've been such a good boy all day, 568 00:24:22,829 --> 00:24:25,397 Mom invited one of your best friends over for dinner. 569 00:24:25,398 --> 00:24:28,434 - And you can stay up until 9 o'clock and watch television. 570 00:24:28,435 --> 00:24:32,705 - Oh, boy, swell! 571 00:24:32,706 --> 00:24:34,673 Tommy, hey, Tommy! 572 00:24:34,674 --> 00:24:37,176 Where are you? 573 00:24:37,177 --> 00:24:38,177 - It's not Tommy. 574 00:24:38,178 --> 00:24:39,645 It's me, Dennis. 575 00:24:39,646 --> 00:24:41,246 And I brought are baby to spend the evening with us. 576 00:24:41,247 --> 00:24:44,918 - Margaret, oh, good gravy. 577 00:24:50,290 --> 00:24:53,293 [MUSIC PLAYING