1 00:00:05,839 --> 00:00:07,106 - Well, bye, Mom. 2 00:00:07,107 --> 00:00:08,040 Bye, Dad. 3 00:00:08,041 --> 00:00:09,008 - Bye, son. 4 00:00:09,009 --> 00:00:10,409 - Goodbye, dear. 5 00:00:10,410 --> 00:00:11,043 - Hey, you're leaving kind of early, aren't you? 6 00:00:11,044 --> 00:00:12,811 - Yeah. 7 00:00:12,812 --> 00:00:14,380 Hey mom. 8 00:00:14,381 --> 00:00:17,316 This is your last chance to buy some more chances. 9 00:00:17,317 --> 00:00:19,551 Our school chicken raffle is today. 10 00:00:19,552 --> 00:00:20,919 - Well, thank you, dear, but I think 11 00:00:20,920 --> 00:00:23,122 the five we already have are enough. 12 00:00:23,123 --> 00:00:24,690 - Chicken raffle? 13 00:00:24,691 --> 00:00:27,493 - Dennis' teacher put some eggs in an incubator a few months 14 00:00:27,494 --> 00:00:29,995 back so the children could watch them hatch. 15 00:00:29,996 --> 00:00:31,497 - Ms. Perkins says we're not old enough 16 00:00:31,498 --> 00:00:33,699 to learn about the birds and the bees yet, 17 00:00:33,700 --> 00:00:36,502 but chickens are OK, whatever that means. 18 00:00:36,503 --> 00:00:38,570 - So now the chickens have grown up. 19 00:00:38,571 --> 00:00:39,738 - Yeah. 20 00:00:39,739 --> 00:00:41,740 They're so big we've gotta keep them in a pen. 21 00:00:41,741 --> 00:00:43,575 And dad, they've got names. 22 00:00:43,576 --> 00:00:47,913 Red, Sylvia, Marian, and Cynthia. 23 00:00:47,914 --> 00:00:49,448 - You don't say. 24 00:00:49,449 --> 00:00:52,384 - Anyhow, now the children are raffling off the chickens. 25 00:00:52,385 --> 00:00:53,752 - And the kids are gonna use the money 26 00:00:53,753 --> 00:00:55,888 to throw a big party the last day of school 27 00:00:55,889 --> 00:00:58,257 and eat ourselves sick. 28 00:00:58,258 --> 00:00:59,826 - Sounds like a worthwhile cause. 29 00:01:04,731 --> 00:01:06,700 [theme music] 30 00:01:44,104 --> 00:01:44,937 - Hi Mrs. Wilson. 31 00:01:44,938 --> 00:01:46,105 - Good morning, Dennis. 32 00:01:46,106 --> 00:01:47,906 - Oh, is Mr. Wilson's brother up yet? 33 00:01:47,907 --> 00:01:52,511 - No, he's still asleep, but he asked me to call him about now, 34 00:01:52,512 --> 00:01:55,781 so you go on up and do it and I'll bring up his juice. 35 00:01:55,782 --> 00:01:57,349 - Oh boy. 36 00:01:57,350 --> 00:02:00,086 Him and me have got an important business deal to talk over. 37 00:02:06,826 --> 00:02:08,762 - Mr. Wilson. Mr. Wilson. 38 00:02:14,434 --> 00:02:15,200 Mr. Wilson. 39 00:02:15,201 --> 00:02:16,735 Mr. Wilson! - What? 40 00:02:16,736 --> 00:02:17,703 What? 41 00:02:17,704 --> 00:02:19,071 - Hi Mr. Wilson. 42 00:02:19,072 --> 00:02:20,773 It's me, Dennis. 43 00:02:20,774 --> 00:02:23,475 - Oh, for the love of-- For a moment 44 00:02:23,476 --> 00:02:25,544 I thought I was having a nightmare. 45 00:02:25,545 --> 00:02:27,379 - Guess what, Mr. Wilson. 46 00:02:27,380 --> 00:02:32,151 This is your last chance to give me a dime to win a chicken. 47 00:02:32,152 --> 00:02:34,953 - Little boy, I told you yesterday, 48 00:02:34,954 --> 00:02:36,955 I am not interested in participating 49 00:02:36,956 --> 00:02:39,091 in any raffle for a chicken. 50 00:02:39,092 --> 00:02:40,893 - But that was yesterday. 51 00:02:40,894 --> 00:02:42,628 If you don't have a dime, Mr. Wilson, 52 00:02:42,629 --> 00:02:44,963 I'll be glad to lend you one. 53 00:02:44,964 --> 00:02:46,965 - I have a dime, Dennis. 54 00:02:46,966 --> 00:02:49,368 It's just that I am not interested in-- 55 00:02:49,369 --> 00:02:53,505 [phone ringing] 56 00:02:53,506 --> 00:02:54,807 - Hello? 57 00:02:54,808 --> 00:02:57,109 Yes, this is he. 58 00:02:57,110 --> 00:02:58,345 Well, yes I have. 59 00:03:00,814 --> 00:03:03,549 You would? 60 00:03:03,550 --> 00:03:09,655 Uh, well, I, uh-- yes, that sounds reasonable. 61 00:03:09,656 --> 00:03:11,958 Y-yes, Mr. Hanson. 62 00:03:12,058 --> 00:03:12,758 Oh, no, no. 63 00:03:12,759 --> 00:03:15,294 Thank you. 64 00:03:15,295 --> 00:03:16,895 Goodbye. 65 00:03:16,896 --> 00:03:18,197 Oh joy! 66 00:03:18,198 --> 00:03:20,499 - Here's your juice, John. 67 00:03:20,500 --> 00:03:21,633 - Oh, thank you, Martha. 68 00:03:21,634 --> 00:03:23,902 Oh, I knew this was going to be my day. 69 00:03:23,903 --> 00:03:25,871 Dennis and I were just talking about dimes 70 00:03:25,872 --> 00:03:27,873 when this coin collector, a Mr. Hanson. 71 00:03:27,874 --> 00:03:35,080 He called and offered me $150 for my 1919 D dime, $50 more 72 00:03:35,081 --> 00:03:36,148 than it's worth. 73 00:03:36,149 --> 00:03:37,716 - Well, that's wonderful. 74 00:03:37,717 --> 00:03:41,153 - He's coming into town today or tomorrow and he'll call me. 75 00:03:41,154 --> 00:03:45,090 $150 for one thin dime. 76 00:03:45,091 --> 00:03:47,159 Just think of that, Martha. 77 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:49,194 - I wonder how he knew you were staying here. 78 00:03:49,195 --> 00:03:51,196 - Oh, well he called me before I left Ohio. 79 00:03:51,197 --> 00:03:54,233 I told him I was coming here and he said he'd get in touch. 80 00:03:54,234 --> 00:03:57,403 - I didn't know you had a coin collection too, Mr. Wilson. 81 00:03:57,404 --> 00:03:58,737 - You didn't? 82 00:03:58,738 --> 00:04:01,507 My boy, for your information, I was the first member 83 00:04:01,508 --> 00:04:03,709 of the Wilson clan to have a coin collection. 84 00:04:03,710 --> 00:04:06,045 I taught them all everything they know about it, 85 00:04:06,046 --> 00:04:06,879 right Martha? 86 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:08,113 - Right John. 87 00:04:08,114 --> 00:04:09,682 You better get dressed. 88 00:04:09,683 --> 00:04:11,684 I'll go start your breakfast. 89 00:04:11,685 --> 00:04:13,252 - Gosh. 90 00:04:13,253 --> 00:04:15,955 Just think, Mr. Wilson, you can buy one whole chance from 91 00:04:16,056 --> 00:04:21,660 me and still have $149.90 left. 92 00:04:21,661 --> 00:04:23,062 - My boy. 93 00:04:23,063 --> 00:04:25,798 I'm going to do something better than that. 94 00:04:25,799 --> 00:04:26,765 - You are? 95 00:04:26,766 --> 00:04:30,102 - Yes, my boy. 96 00:04:30,103 --> 00:04:32,171 You put me down 10 chances. 97 00:04:32,172 --> 00:04:34,206 And now run along to school. 98 00:04:34,207 --> 00:04:35,641 - Oh boy. 99 00:04:35,642 --> 00:04:38,344 A whole dollar! 100 00:04:38,345 --> 00:04:41,647 - That's right, the whole dollar. 101 00:04:41,648 --> 00:04:43,649 - I like you, Mr. Wilson. 102 00:04:43,650 --> 00:04:45,551 - Well, thank you, Dennis. 103 00:04:45,552 --> 00:04:47,319 I like you too. 104 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:48,821 - You do? 105 00:04:48,822 --> 00:04:51,523 Hey, you know what I'm gonna do when I come home from school? 106 00:04:51,524 --> 00:04:52,791 - No, what? 107 00:04:52,792 --> 00:04:54,526 - I'm going to come right over here 108 00:04:54,527 --> 00:04:57,731 and keep you company for the rest of the day. 109 00:05:02,135 --> 00:05:04,204 - I wonder if I'm too old to cry. 110 00:05:13,646 --> 00:05:15,214 - Mr. Wilson! 111 00:05:15,215 --> 00:05:16,182 Hey Mr. Wilson! 112 00:05:20,053 --> 00:05:22,554 We'll put it right here, Tommy. 113 00:05:22,555 --> 00:05:24,723 - Dennis, what is it this time? 114 00:05:24,724 --> 00:05:27,526 I-- What's this? 115 00:05:27,527 --> 00:05:29,395 - You won a chicken! 116 00:05:29,396 --> 00:05:30,362 - What? 117 00:05:30,363 --> 00:05:31,663 Martha. 118 00:05:31,664 --> 00:05:33,799 Well, I knew this was my lucky day, 119 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:36,535 but-- Well, I just can't believe it. 120 00:05:36,536 --> 00:05:38,470 - His name's Fred. 121 00:05:38,471 --> 00:05:39,838 - He's a boy chicken. 122 00:05:39,839 --> 00:05:42,374 He's called a rooster, Seymour. 123 00:05:42,375 --> 00:05:43,142 - That's right. 124 00:05:43,143 --> 00:05:44,309 Fred rooster. 125 00:05:44,310 --> 00:05:46,512 - Yes, John? 126 00:05:46,513 --> 00:05:47,813 You called me? 127 00:05:47,814 --> 00:05:50,949 - Mr. Wilson won a chicken. 128 00:05:50,950 --> 00:05:52,851 - Can you believe it, Martha? 129 00:05:52,852 --> 00:05:54,520 - Well, my goodness. 130 00:05:54,521 --> 00:05:56,855 He's certainly a chubby chicken, isn't he? 131 00:05:56,856 --> 00:05:58,557 - I guess you'll be wanting to build Fred 132 00:05:58,558 --> 00:06:01,894 a bigger chicken coop, huh, Mr. Wilson? 133 00:06:01,895 --> 00:06:03,930 - I'll even make some side curtains for it 134 00:06:04,030 --> 00:06:05,431 if you'd like, Mr. Wilson. 135 00:06:05,432 --> 00:06:08,467 - Well, I hardly think that will be necessary, children. 136 00:06:08,468 --> 00:06:10,803 - Oh, here's some chicken feed for you. 137 00:06:10,804 --> 00:06:12,204 - Oh, thank you, Dennis. 138 00:06:12,205 --> 00:06:13,839 - He eats like a horse. 139 00:06:13,840 --> 00:06:15,908 - Oh, well, that's all right, so long 140 00:06:15,909 --> 00:06:19,478 as he tastes like a chicken. 141 00:06:19,479 --> 00:06:21,747 - Tastes like a chicken? 142 00:06:21,748 --> 00:06:23,048 Jeepers, Mr. Wilson. 143 00:06:23,049 --> 00:06:24,917 You're not going to eat Fred, are ya? 144 00:06:24,918 --> 00:06:26,418 - Well, of course I am, Dennis. 145 00:06:26,419 --> 00:06:29,355 What do you usually do with chicken? 146 00:06:29,356 --> 00:06:31,590 - But you can't! 147 00:06:31,591 --> 00:06:33,292 - You think he's tough? 148 00:06:33,293 --> 00:06:34,560 - He's our pet. 149 00:06:34,561 --> 00:06:36,161 - He used to be an egg. 150 00:06:36,162 --> 00:06:39,098 - Don't you like chickens, Mr. Wilson? 151 00:06:39,099 --> 00:06:40,632 - Well, of course I do, little girl. 152 00:06:40,633 --> 00:06:43,702 Especially the drumstick. 153 00:06:43,703 --> 00:06:48,674 - Why don't you pick on somebody your own size? 154 00:06:48,675 --> 00:06:49,876 - Come on, kids. 155 00:06:54,681 --> 00:06:56,648 - John, don't you think perhaps you 156 00:06:56,649 --> 00:06:58,684 should think about this before-- 157 00:06:58,685 --> 00:07:01,086 - Now, Martha, chicken are domesticated fowl 158 00:07:01,087 --> 00:07:03,589 specially raised for human consumption. 159 00:07:03,590 --> 00:07:06,025 Now, I won it fair and square. 160 00:07:06,026 --> 00:07:08,827 It's the first thing I've ever won in a raffle, 161 00:07:08,828 --> 00:07:10,029 and I intend to eat it. 162 00:07:10,030 --> 00:07:12,032 - Well, then you will have to cook it. 163 00:07:15,301 --> 00:07:19,104 - And we, the undersigned, "respeckably" ask-- 164 00:07:19,105 --> 00:07:20,439 - Respectfully, Dennis. 165 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:22,808 F-U-L-L-Y. 166 00:07:22,809 --> 00:07:26,879 - Respectfully ask you to not eat our little friend Fred. 167 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:30,649 If you treat Fred right, he will be as faithful and a loyal 168 00:07:30,650 --> 00:07:32,618 a pet as Fremont. 169 00:07:32,619 --> 00:07:35,454 - He could lay eggs, too. 170 00:07:35,455 --> 00:07:37,489 - Seymour, Fred's a rooster. 171 00:07:37,490 --> 00:07:39,258 He can't lay eggs. 172 00:07:39,259 --> 00:07:40,526 - Maybe he hasn't tried. 173 00:07:40,527 --> 00:07:42,494 - Quiet, kids. 174 00:07:42,495 --> 00:07:45,230 So we ask you again, Mr. Wilson, if you 175 00:07:45,231 --> 00:07:48,500 Fred at your table for dinner some night, 176 00:07:48,501 --> 00:07:50,203 please have him there as a friend. 177 00:07:57,410 --> 00:08:00,346 - We've already got eight people to sign it, Mrs. Elkins, 178 00:08:00,347 --> 00:08:01,714 and you'll make it nine. 179 00:08:01,715 --> 00:08:04,316 - It's very well put, children, and something 180 00:08:04,317 --> 00:08:06,251 I'm very much in sympathy with. 181 00:08:06,252 --> 00:08:08,887 However, I'm afraid a mere petition won't stop your Mr. 182 00:08:08,888 --> 00:08:12,124 Wilson, if he's anything like his brother George. 183 00:08:12,125 --> 00:08:13,292 - It won't? 184 00:08:13,293 --> 00:08:14,460 - No, Dennis. 185 00:08:14,461 --> 00:08:17,229 This problem calls for direct action. 186 00:08:17,230 --> 00:08:18,198 Come on in, children. 187 00:08:27,607 --> 00:08:30,376 - Oh, here's an interesting recipe, Martha. 188 00:08:30,377 --> 00:08:32,946 Fix chicken on spit over low fire, 189 00:08:33,046 --> 00:08:36,048 occasionally basting with orange sauce. 190 00:08:36,049 --> 00:08:38,083 Oh. 191 00:08:38,084 --> 00:08:41,587 Well, of course we could broil it, or roast it. 192 00:08:41,588 --> 00:08:42,921 What do you think, Martha? 193 00:08:42,922 --> 00:08:45,290 - I think we should have meatloaf, as I planned. 194 00:08:45,291 --> 00:08:47,292 - Oh, Martha, you're my favorite sister-in-law, 195 00:08:47,293 --> 00:08:49,661 but if you're trying to talk me out of that chicken-- 196 00:08:49,662 --> 00:08:51,296 [phone ringing] - Oh, I'll, I'll get it. 197 00:08:51,297 --> 00:08:54,600 It's probably that coin collector, Mr. Hanson. 198 00:08:54,601 --> 00:08:55,901 Hello? 199 00:08:55,902 --> 00:08:58,470 - This is Mrs. Elkins, Mr. Wilson. 200 00:08:58,471 --> 00:08:59,705 I live down the block. 201 00:08:59,706 --> 00:09:00,806 - Who is it? 202 00:09:00,807 --> 00:09:03,142 - Oh, how do you do, Mrs. Elkins? 203 00:09:03,143 --> 00:09:05,144 It's a Mrs. Elkins. 204 00:09:05,145 --> 00:09:07,146 You no doubt want to talk to Martha? 205 00:09:07,147 --> 00:09:11,183 - On the contrary, Mr. Wilson, I wish to speak to you. 206 00:09:11,184 --> 00:09:12,584 - You do? 207 00:09:12,585 --> 00:09:16,221 - Mr. Wilson, I am chairman of the local United Fund 208 00:09:16,222 --> 00:09:18,023 to Save Our Feathered Friends. 209 00:09:18,024 --> 00:09:19,258 - Oh, really? 210 00:09:19,259 --> 00:09:22,695 I wasn't aware that I had any. 211 00:09:22,696 --> 00:09:25,864 - Mr. Wilson, this is no laughing matter. 212 00:09:25,865 --> 00:09:29,335 I am referring to one feathered friend in particular. 213 00:09:29,336 --> 00:09:30,602 - His name's Fred! 214 00:09:30,603 --> 00:09:31,938 - Uh, Fred. 215 00:09:32,038 --> 00:09:34,206 The children's pet chicken. 216 00:09:34,207 --> 00:09:38,410 Mr. Wilson, you ought to be ashamed of yourself. 217 00:09:38,411 --> 00:09:43,582 A grown man picking on a poor, defenseless child's pet. 218 00:09:43,583 --> 00:09:44,817 - What I do with that silly fowl is 219 00:09:44,818 --> 00:09:47,052 no business of yours, Mrs. Elkins. 220 00:09:47,053 --> 00:09:50,723 - I am making it my business, Mr. Wilson. 221 00:09:50,724 --> 00:09:52,191 - Oh, you are? 222 00:09:52,192 --> 00:09:53,592 Well, listen here. 223 00:09:53,593 --> 00:09:57,596 You are not going to tell me what to do with my chicken, 224 00:09:57,597 --> 00:10:01,567 you-- 225 00:10:01,568 --> 00:10:04,503 - Well! 226 00:10:04,504 --> 00:10:06,438 Nasty, nasty man. 227 00:10:06,439 --> 00:10:08,307 If such a thing is possible, he's 228 00:10:08,308 --> 00:10:09,541 even worse than his brother. 229 00:10:09,542 --> 00:10:11,744 - He's still gonna eat Fred, huh? 230 00:10:11,745 --> 00:10:14,646 - Over my dead body, Dennis. 231 00:10:14,647 --> 00:10:17,416 There must be some way of keeping him 232 00:10:17,417 --> 00:10:19,318 from eating that poor chicken. 233 00:10:19,319 --> 00:10:23,322 - Maybe let's give him one of your cats, instead. 234 00:10:23,323 --> 00:10:25,591 - Little boy! 235 00:10:25,592 --> 00:10:27,459 - People don't eat cats, Seymour. 236 00:10:27,460 --> 00:10:28,727 - They're too bony. 237 00:10:28,728 --> 00:10:30,596 - Children, please. 238 00:10:30,597 --> 00:10:32,698 You're scaring Tinkerbell. 239 00:10:32,699 --> 00:10:34,833 There, there, darling. 240 00:10:34,834 --> 00:10:37,736 - What are we gonna do now, Mrs. Elkins? 241 00:10:37,737 --> 00:10:39,138 - Just a minute, Dennis. 242 00:10:39,139 --> 00:10:40,572 I'm thinking. 243 00:10:40,573 --> 00:10:41,573 - I'm hungry. 244 00:10:41,574 --> 00:10:42,708 - Shh! 245 00:10:42,709 --> 00:10:46,045 Mrs. Elkins is thinking, Seymour. 246 00:10:46,046 --> 00:10:47,846 - Let me see. 247 00:10:47,847 --> 00:10:52,151 What did I do in the campaign of my club's help 248 00:10:52,152 --> 00:10:54,287 save the hollyhocks in our parks? 249 00:10:56,756 --> 00:10:58,023 Of course. 250 00:10:58,024 --> 00:10:59,358 That's it! 251 00:10:59,359 --> 00:11:00,325 - Oh, boy! 252 00:11:00,326 --> 00:11:01,593 What's what, Mrs. Elkins? 253 00:11:01,594 --> 00:11:02,861 - Come along, children. 254 00:11:02,862 --> 00:11:04,229 With a little fresh paint, I think 255 00:11:04,230 --> 00:11:06,366 I have the answer right in my garage. 256 00:11:14,507 --> 00:11:17,076 - Fred? 257 00:11:17,077 --> 00:11:19,078 Fred? 258 00:11:19,079 --> 00:11:20,179 Yeah, Fred. 259 00:11:20,180 --> 00:11:22,948 Now, I don't want you to take this personally, 260 00:11:22,949 --> 00:11:24,149 because this sort of thing happens 261 00:11:24,150 --> 00:11:28,454 to thousands of chickens every day. 262 00:11:28,455 --> 00:11:30,356 Fred. 263 00:11:30,357 --> 00:11:31,623 - John. 264 00:11:31,624 --> 00:11:33,759 Oh, I do wish you wouldn't. 265 00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:35,294 - Martha, I assure you, the children 266 00:11:35,295 --> 00:11:37,830 will have forgotten all about it by tomorrow. 267 00:11:37,831 --> 00:11:42,202 Now, go on in, and let me get on with this. 268 00:11:46,272 --> 00:11:48,574 Fred? 269 00:11:48,575 --> 00:11:51,744 It won't do you a bit of good to look at me with those soft 270 00:11:51,745 --> 00:11:52,812 brown eyes. 271 00:11:56,316 --> 00:11:58,350 Martha? 272 00:11:58,351 --> 00:12:00,085 - Yes, John? 273 00:12:00,086 --> 00:12:03,489 - Ah, Martha, would you get the small strip of cloth? 274 00:12:03,490 --> 00:12:06,225 I think I'll blindfold him first. 275 00:12:06,226 --> 00:12:08,494 - Blindfold him? 276 00:12:08,495 --> 00:12:10,329 While you're at it, why don't you 277 00:12:10,330 --> 00:12:13,298 tie his hands and feet together, lean him up against the wall, 278 00:12:13,299 --> 00:12:16,168 offer him one last cigarette, and shoot him? 279 00:12:16,169 --> 00:12:19,805 - You don't have to be sarcastic about it. 280 00:12:19,806 --> 00:12:22,341 - John, why don't you just kill the poor, defenseless thing 281 00:12:22,342 --> 00:12:23,443 and get it over with? 282 00:12:28,648 --> 00:12:30,649 - Martha! 283 00:12:30,650 --> 00:12:33,085 On second thought, I think I'll let 284 00:12:33,086 --> 00:12:35,721 him fatten up for a few days. 285 00:12:35,722 --> 00:12:38,190 - I didn't think you'd be able to kill that chicken. 286 00:12:38,191 --> 00:12:38,857 - Oh, is that so? 287 00:12:38,858 --> 00:12:40,292 Would you just wait? 288 00:12:40,293 --> 00:12:41,460 I'll-- 289 00:12:41,461 --> 00:12:42,695 CHILDREN (CHANTING): He's our friend! 290 00:12:42,696 --> 00:12:44,697 He's our friend! 291 00:12:44,698 --> 00:12:46,699 Don't eat Fred! 292 00:12:46,700 --> 00:12:48,667 He's our friend! 293 00:12:48,668 --> 00:12:50,269 Don't eat Fred! 294 00:12:50,270 --> 00:12:52,671 He's our friend! 295 00:12:52,672 --> 00:12:54,640 Don't eat Fred! 296 00:12:54,641 --> 00:12:58,644 He's our friend! 297 00:12:58,645 --> 00:13:00,646 Don't eat Fred! 298 00:13:00,647 --> 00:13:02,614 He's our friend! 299 00:13:02,615 --> 00:13:04,616 Don't eat Fred! 300 00:13:04,617 --> 00:13:06,051 He's our friend! 301 00:13:06,052 --> 00:13:08,520 Don't eat Fred! He's our friend! 302 00:13:08,521 --> 00:13:12,124 - Well, of all the-- 303 00:13:12,125 --> 00:13:13,926 - He's our friend! 304 00:13:13,927 --> 00:13:16,295 - Uh, Mrs. Elkins, I presume? 305 00:13:16,296 --> 00:13:17,896 - That's right, Mr. Wilson. 306 00:13:17,897 --> 00:13:21,400 - And just what do you think you and your midget army are doing? 307 00:13:21,401 --> 00:13:25,070 - She's helping us to talk you out of eating Fred, Mr. Wilson. 308 00:13:25,071 --> 00:13:26,171 - I see. 309 00:13:26,172 --> 00:13:28,240 You realize you're trespassing, of course? 310 00:13:28,241 --> 00:13:29,608 - Oh, John. 311 00:13:29,609 --> 00:13:30,442 - Please, Martha. 312 00:13:30,443 --> 00:13:31,443 I'll handle this. 313 00:13:31,444 --> 00:13:33,178 - Go right ahead, Mr. Wilson. 314 00:13:33,179 --> 00:13:34,413 Call the police. 315 00:13:34,414 --> 00:13:37,583 We are quite prepared to go to jail to save a life. 316 00:13:37,584 --> 00:13:38,817 Right, children? 317 00:13:38,818 --> 00:13:39,752 - That's right, Mrs. Elkins! 318 00:13:39,753 --> 00:13:41,253 - Oh, this is ridiculous! 319 00:13:41,254 --> 00:13:44,356 Just what do you expect me to do with that silly bird? 320 00:13:44,357 --> 00:13:45,257 Adopt it? 321 00:13:45,258 --> 00:13:46,825 He's a chicken. 322 00:13:46,826 --> 00:13:51,363 I won him, and if I want to eat him, I'm going to eat him. 323 00:13:51,364 --> 00:13:53,532 - You cannibal. 324 00:13:53,533 --> 00:13:54,633 - Cannibal? 325 00:13:54,634 --> 00:13:57,636 You agitator! 326 00:13:57,637 --> 00:13:59,304 - Excuse, me, folks. 327 00:13:59,305 --> 00:14:00,539 - Oh, hello, Henry. 328 00:14:00,540 --> 00:14:02,174 - Mr. Mitchell, can you talk this am out 329 00:14:02,175 --> 00:14:04,476 of the wanton spilling of innocent blood? 330 00:14:04,477 --> 00:14:09,081 - The wanton spilling of-- now, see here, Mrs. Elkins-- 331 00:14:09,082 --> 00:14:11,483 - Don't you shake your fat finger at me. 332 00:14:11,484 --> 00:14:12,518 - Is that so? 333 00:14:12,519 --> 00:14:14,053 It's my fat finger, and if I-- 334 00:14:14,054 --> 00:14:18,557 - Mrs. Elkins, let's see if we can't settle this amicably. 335 00:14:18,558 --> 00:14:19,959 Now, let's see. 336 00:14:20,060 --> 00:14:22,161 John, you won the chicken, and you want to eat it. 337 00:14:22,162 --> 00:14:22,861 Correct? 338 00:14:22,862 --> 00:14:24,229 - That is correct, Henry. 339 00:14:24,230 --> 00:14:26,432 - And the children and you, Mrs. Elkins, 340 00:14:26,433 --> 00:14:28,300 want to spare the chicken's life. 341 00:14:28,301 --> 00:14:30,436 - Precisely. 342 00:14:30,437 --> 00:14:32,071 - Well now, John, supposing you were 343 00:14:32,072 --> 00:14:35,074 to be given a chicken the same size as Fred, 344 00:14:35,075 --> 00:14:39,411 only freshly dressed, in return for which you would allow Fred 345 00:14:39,412 --> 00:14:41,981 to stay here, with the children taking care of him, of course, 346 00:14:42,082 --> 00:14:43,916 until they found another home for him, 347 00:14:43,917 --> 00:14:45,617 would that be all right with you? 348 00:14:45,618 --> 00:14:46,919 - Well-- 349 00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:49,755 - It certainly sounds fair to me, John. 350 00:14:49,756 --> 00:14:50,923 - All right, Henry. 351 00:14:50,924 --> 00:14:52,091 I agree. 352 00:14:52,092 --> 00:14:54,293 - I'll go along with that, Mr. Mitchell. 353 00:14:54,294 --> 00:14:55,694 - Oh, boy! 354 00:14:55,695 --> 00:14:57,296 Did you hear that, kids? 355 00:14:57,297 --> 00:14:58,664 Fred's safe! 356 00:14:58,665 --> 00:15:01,667 [cheering] 357 00:15:01,668 --> 00:15:03,035 - Now, don't you kids forget you're 358 00:15:03,036 --> 00:15:05,637 to find Fred a new home as soon as possible. 359 00:15:05,638 --> 00:15:06,940 - All right, children. 360 00:15:07,040 --> 00:15:08,040 Fall in. 361 00:15:08,041 --> 00:15:09,708 Let's take the signs back to my garage. 362 00:15:09,709 --> 00:15:11,745 [whistle] Forward march! 363 00:15:14,347 --> 00:15:15,415 - Huh, to you, too. 364 00:15:19,085 --> 00:15:20,320 [crowing] 365 00:15:24,691 --> 00:15:29,863 [crowing] 366 00:15:35,669 --> 00:15:38,237 - 4:00 in the morning. [crowing] 367 00:15:38,238 --> 00:15:39,806 - Oh, shut up! 368 00:15:48,214 --> 00:15:51,150 Ah! 369 00:15:51,151 --> 00:15:52,551 [crowing] 370 00:15:52,552 --> 00:15:55,087 - Will you please-- 371 00:15:55,088 --> 00:15:56,488 [knocking] 372 00:15:56,489 --> 00:15:57,856 - Yes? 373 00:15:57,857 --> 00:15:59,258 - Is anything wrong? 374 00:15:59,259 --> 00:16:03,062 - Not with me, but something tells me our friend 375 00:16:03,063 --> 00:16:06,265 out there is not too long for this world. 376 00:16:06,266 --> 00:16:09,601 - You promised the children that you wouldn't hurt that chicken. 377 00:16:09,602 --> 00:16:11,770 - I'm not going to hurt him, Martha. 378 00:16:11,771 --> 00:16:13,772 I'm going to kill him! 379 00:16:13,773 --> 00:16:15,841 - John Wilson, I'm disappointed in you. 380 00:16:15,842 --> 00:16:18,610 A promise is a promise. 381 00:16:18,611 --> 00:16:21,647 - Oh, all right, Martha. 382 00:16:21,648 --> 00:16:23,649 You didn't promise. 383 00:16:23,650 --> 00:16:24,884 - Oh, John! 384 00:16:28,655 --> 00:16:37,163 [crowing] 385 00:16:39,866 --> 00:16:41,600 - There's your happy chicken, Alice. 386 00:16:41,601 --> 00:16:44,403 I hope you're satisfied. 387 00:16:44,404 --> 00:16:45,871 - My chicken? 388 00:16:45,872 --> 00:16:48,073 - You talked me into saving that silly rooster's life, 389 00:16:48,074 --> 00:16:48,674 didn't you? 390 00:16:48,675 --> 00:16:52,344 [crowing] 391 00:16:52,345 --> 00:16:54,079 - Henry, where are you going? 392 00:16:54,080 --> 00:16:56,615 - Mr. Wilson's brother promised not to kill that chicken, 393 00:16:56,616 --> 00:16:58,283 but I didn't. 394 00:16:58,284 --> 00:17:03,155 - Henry Mitchell, you get right back in bed. 395 00:17:03,156 --> 00:17:05,158 [crowing] 396 00:17:08,094 --> 00:17:15,401 [phone ringing] 397 00:17:15,402 --> 00:17:20,039 [crowing] 398 00:17:20,040 --> 00:17:24,343 [phone ringing] 399 00:17:24,344 --> 00:17:25,411 - Yes? 400 00:17:25,412 --> 00:17:28,948 - Mr. Wilson, the least you can do 401 00:17:29,049 --> 00:17:31,150 is to put that noisy chicken in your basement, 402 00:17:31,151 --> 00:17:33,752 so that it doesn't wake up the whole neighborhood. 403 00:17:33,753 --> 00:17:36,956 - Why, Mrs. Elkins, do you mean to tell me 404 00:17:37,057 --> 00:17:40,292 that our feathered friend woke you u 405 00:17:40,293 --> 00:17:41,226 - Woke me up? 406 00:17:41,227 --> 00:17:44,063 Of course he woke me up! 407 00:17:44,064 --> 00:17:44,663 - Good. 408 00:17:44,664 --> 00:17:46,331 You made your bed. 409 00:17:46,332 --> 00:17:48,301 Now you can toss on it! 410 00:18:03,583 --> 00:18:06,018 - Hey, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Wilson. 411 00:18:06,019 --> 00:18:10,489 - Oh, uh, Dennis, did you find a new home-- oh, no. 412 00:18:10,490 --> 00:18:13,659 Your father said I'd get one all dressed and ready for the oven. 413 00:18:13,660 --> 00:18:16,395 - Oh, this one isn't for eating, Mr. Wilson. 414 00:18:16,396 --> 00:18:19,365 This is Marian, another pet. 415 00:18:19,366 --> 00:18:20,833 - Good heavens. 416 00:18:20,834 --> 00:18:23,335 - We haven't found a home for Fred yet, 417 00:18:23,336 --> 00:18:26,472 but the lady that won Marian didn't want her, either. 418 00:18:26,473 --> 00:18:30,275 - So, we thought maybe if you put Fred and Marian together, 419 00:18:30,276 --> 00:18:33,445 and treated 'em nice, maybe they'd make you some eggs. 420 00:18:33,446 --> 00:18:35,347 Come on, Tommy. 421 00:18:35,348 --> 00:18:37,750 - Dennis, I don't want any eggs. 422 00:18:37,751 --> 00:18:39,918 I don't want another pet chicken. 423 00:18:39,919 --> 00:18:42,187 All I want is to get rid of the one I have. 424 00:18:42,188 --> 00:18:43,756 - Well, hello, boys. 425 00:18:43,757 --> 00:18:45,959 - Oh, hi, Sgt. Mooney. 426 00:18:46,059 --> 00:18:48,060 Mr. Wilson, this is Sgt. Mooney. 427 00:18:48,061 --> 00:18:51,063 - We've already met, Dennis, Well, Sergeant, 428 00:18:51,064 --> 00:18:54,233 what can I do for you this fine day? 429 00:18:54,234 --> 00:18:58,470 - Eh, those aren't chickens I see there, are they, Mr. Wilson? 430 00:18:58,471 --> 00:19:00,005 - Those? 431 00:19:00,006 --> 00:19:01,140 Of course not. 432 00:19:01,141 --> 00:19:04,109 Those are butterflies with gland trouble. 433 00:19:04,110 --> 00:19:06,145 - Well, it so happens that we've had 434 00:19:06,146 --> 00:19:09,014 a complaint about a certain butterfly with gland trouble 435 00:19:09,015 --> 00:19:11,684 that's been crowing his silly head off all night. 436 00:19:11,685 --> 00:19:13,152 - Oh, you don't say? 437 00:19:13,153 --> 00:19:14,453 And who complained? 438 00:19:14,454 --> 00:19:17,589 A jealous rooster? 439 00:19:17,590 --> 00:19:18,524 - Mrs. Elkins. 440 00:19:18,525 --> 00:19:19,792 - Yeah-- Mrs. Elkins? 441 00:19:19,793 --> 00:19:22,161 Why that-- that-- well, she's the reason 442 00:19:22,162 --> 00:19:24,363 that rooster's here in the first place! 443 00:19:24,364 --> 00:19:25,698 - I can't help that. 444 00:19:25,699 --> 00:19:27,733 There's a city ordinance about keeping chickens 445 00:19:27,734 --> 00:19:29,802 in a residential area. 446 00:19:29,803 --> 00:19:31,470 - Now see here, sergeant! 447 00:19:31,471 --> 00:19:34,139 Only one of those chickens is mine, and I'm getting rid of it 448 00:19:34,140 --> 00:19:35,441 today. - Good. 449 00:19:35,442 --> 00:19:37,609 That'll save you from getting another ticket tomorrow. 450 00:19:37,610 --> 00:19:40,045 - But sergeant, I-- tell you what. 451 00:19:40,046 --> 00:19:44,550 You forget that ticket, and you can have both those chickens. 452 00:19:44,551 --> 00:19:45,384 - What? 453 00:19:45,385 --> 00:19:46,352 - Both of them. 454 00:19:46,353 --> 00:19:48,487 They-- the pen thrown in. 455 00:19:48,488 --> 00:19:51,757 - Hey, that's a swell idea, Mr. Wilson. 456 00:19:51,758 --> 00:19:54,827 - They do look nice and plump, don't they? 457 00:19:54,828 --> 00:19:56,395 - And all you gotta do, Sgt. Mooney, 458 00:19:56,396 --> 00:20:00,399 is to promise to keep them as pets instead of eating them. 459 00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:03,268 - Keep them as pets? - Sure. 460 00:20:03,269 --> 00:20:05,804 They make swell little friends. 461 00:20:05,805 --> 00:20:08,307 - Well, you see, sergeant, I sort of promised the children 462 00:20:08,308 --> 00:20:11,343 that they wouldn't be killed. 463 00:20:11,344 --> 00:20:13,545 - Listen, my friend, if you weren't George Wilson's 464 00:20:13,546 --> 00:20:15,514 brother, I'd haul you in for trying 465 00:20:15,515 --> 00:20:17,249 to bribe an officer of the law. 466 00:20:17,250 --> 00:20:19,885 The idea, trying to corrupt an honest cop 467 00:20:19,886 --> 00:20:22,021 with a couple of pet chickens. 468 00:20:22,022 --> 00:20:23,689 Here. 469 00:20:23,690 --> 00:20:24,857 - Oh, that-- 470 00:20:24,858 --> 00:20:26,258 - Don't say it, Mr. Wilson. 471 00:20:26,259 --> 00:20:28,862 Remember, there are little kids around here. 472 00:20:31,564 --> 00:20:32,898 - John. 473 00:20:32,899 --> 00:20:35,234 Mr. Hanson just called. - Yeah? 474 00:20:35,235 --> 00:20:36,435 And? 475 00:20:36,436 --> 00:20:37,503 - He said he'd be here any minute to inspect 476 00:20:37,504 --> 00:20:39,071 that rare dime of yours. 477 00:20:39,072 --> 00:20:44,176 - Oh, the coin collect-- Why didn't you say so, Martha? 478 00:20:44,177 --> 00:20:45,145 I'd better get ready. 479 00:20:48,181 --> 00:20:51,550 - Well Tommy, I guess we'll just have to find Fred a new place 480 00:20:51,551 --> 00:20:52,751 where he can sleep nights so he won't-- 481 00:20:52,752 --> 00:20:54,687 - Hey, Dennis. 482 00:20:54,688 --> 00:20:57,589 Do you see what I see? 483 00:20:57,590 --> 00:21:00,426 - Oh boy, she did it. 484 00:21:00,427 --> 00:21:01,727 She did it! 485 00:21:01,728 --> 00:21:02,695 It's an egg. 486 00:21:02,696 --> 00:21:03,896 Marian laid an egg! 487 00:21:03,897 --> 00:21:05,397 Mr. Wilson! Mr. Wilson! 488 00:21:05,398 --> 00:21:07,232 Come quick! 489 00:21:07,233 --> 00:21:08,500 - Dennis, what is it? 490 00:21:08,501 --> 00:21:10,569 - Come over here, Mr. Wilson. - What? 491 00:21:10,570 --> 00:21:11,770 - Down there, look! 492 00:21:11,771 --> 00:21:13,672 - Well, what is it? 493 00:21:13,673 --> 00:21:14,807 - Don't you see it? 494 00:21:14,808 --> 00:21:17,109 Marian laid an egg for you. 495 00:21:17,110 --> 00:21:19,745 - Dennis, did you drag me all the way out here just to-- 496 00:21:19,746 --> 00:21:24,183 - Hey Mr. Wilson, you dropped something. 497 00:21:24,184 --> 00:21:24,951 - My dime. 498 00:21:29,122 --> 00:21:29,922 - Uh oh. 499 00:21:29,923 --> 00:21:31,490 Fred just swallowed something. 500 00:21:31,491 --> 00:21:35,094 - Whatever it was, he sure had a hard time getting it down. 501 00:21:35,095 --> 00:21:41,500 - Did-- Did-- That beast swallowed my dime. 502 00:21:41,501 --> 00:21:42,401 I'll kill it. 503 00:21:42,402 --> 00:21:43,402 I'll kill-- 504 00:21:43,403 --> 00:21:44,403 - No you won't, Mr. Wilson! 505 00:21:44,404 --> 00:21:45,804 Remember, you promised! 506 00:21:45,805 --> 00:21:48,407 - Give me my dime back, you thief! 507 00:21:48,408 --> 00:21:50,010 - He's not a thief. 508 00:21:50,110 --> 00:21:51,410 He found it. 509 00:21:51,411 --> 00:21:54,947 - John, Mr. Hanson is here. 510 00:21:54,948 --> 00:21:55,447 - Fred. 511 00:21:55,448 --> 00:21:56,548 Cough. 512 00:21:56,549 --> 00:21:58,450 I haven't got time now, Martha. 513 00:21:58,451 --> 00:22:00,386 I-- oh! 514 00:22:00,387 --> 00:22:02,221 Oh, Mr. Hanson. 515 00:22:02,222 --> 00:22:05,124 - All ready to show me your 1919 D dime? 516 00:22:05,125 --> 00:22:06,492 1919 dime. 517 00:22:06,493 --> 00:22:08,227 Oh, yes, of course. 518 00:22:08,228 --> 00:22:09,595 - You do still have it? 519 00:22:09,596 --> 00:22:11,663 - Uh, ye-- yes. 520 00:22:11,664 --> 00:22:13,165 There's just one thing. 521 00:22:13,166 --> 00:22:16,101 - It's inside Fred. 522 00:22:16,102 --> 00:22:18,070 - Dennis, please. 523 00:22:18,071 --> 00:22:18,737 - Inside who? 524 00:22:18,738 --> 00:22:20,739 - Fred. - Yeah. 525 00:22:20,740 --> 00:22:23,208 Mr. Hanson, there's been a little accident. 526 00:22:23,209 --> 00:22:25,144 But in view of the price you have offered, 527 00:22:25,145 --> 00:22:27,413 I'm willing to give you the dime and throw 528 00:22:27,414 --> 00:22:29,715 in those two chickens. 529 00:22:29,716 --> 00:22:30,549 - Two chickens? 530 00:22:30,550 --> 00:22:31,884 But-- 531 00:22:31,885 --> 00:22:33,485 - But remember, Mr. Wilson, he's gotta promise 532 00:22:33,486 --> 00:22:36,722 to give Fred and Marian a good home until they die of old age. 533 00:22:36,723 --> 00:22:38,557 - Dennis, please. 534 00:22:38,558 --> 00:22:39,858 - Now, you see, Mr. Hanson-- 535 00:22:39,859 --> 00:22:41,860 - Jeepers, mister, you'll not only get 536 00:22:41,861 --> 00:22:43,762 your dime and two swell pets-- 537 00:22:43,763 --> 00:22:46,098 - But fresh eggs besides. 538 00:22:46,099 --> 00:22:48,634 - Children, let me do the talking. 539 00:22:48,635 --> 00:22:50,936 Mr. Hanson, I will personally guarantee 540 00:22:50,937 --> 00:22:52,404 that the dime inside that chicken 541 00:22:52,405 --> 00:22:53,539 is exactly as represented. 542 00:22:53,540 --> 00:22:56,408 And I, uh, well, I'm not finished. 543 00:22:56,409 --> 00:22:57,843 - Well, I am. 544 00:22:57,844 --> 00:22:59,813 You nut, you! - Mr. Hanson! 545 00:23:03,149 --> 00:23:04,850 That does it. 546 00:23:04,851 --> 00:23:11,223 I'll murder that two legged slot machine with my bare hands. 547 00:23:11,224 --> 00:23:12,491 - Look Mr. Wilson! 548 00:23:12,492 --> 00:23:16,495 Fred didn't swallow your dime after all. 549 00:23:16,496 --> 00:23:18,263 - Mr. Hanson! 550 00:23:18,264 --> 00:23:20,265 Mr. Hanson, I've got it! 551 00:23:20,266 --> 00:23:24,203 Mr. Hanson! 552 00:23:24,204 --> 00:23:25,571 Hold it! 553 00:23:25,572 --> 00:23:29,142 Mr. Hanson! Mr. Hanson! 554 00:23:34,547 --> 00:23:35,514 - Mr. Wilson! 555 00:23:35,515 --> 00:23:36,682 - Hello Alice, Henry. 556 00:23:36,683 --> 00:23:38,317 - We've got good news for you, John. 557 00:23:38,318 --> 00:23:41,120 - We've just talked to Phil Tyler, a distant relative 558 00:23:41,121 --> 00:23:43,088 with a farm upstate, and he said he'd 559 00:23:43,089 --> 00:23:45,557 be glad to give Fred a good home. 560 00:23:45,558 --> 00:23:47,126 - Did you hear that, Tommy? 561 00:23:47,127 --> 00:23:50,162 - Hey, what about Marian, Mrs. Mitchell? 562 00:23:50,163 --> 00:23:51,497 - Marian? 563 00:23:51,498 --> 00:23:52,999 - She's the girl chicken visiting Fred. 564 00:23:56,102 --> 00:23:57,736 - I don't see why he should have any objection 565 00:23:57,737 --> 00:24:00,039 to take Fred's girlfriend along. 566 00:24:00,040 --> 00:24:01,440 - Oh boy. 567 00:24:01,441 --> 00:24:04,176 Isn't that swell, Mr. Wilson? 568 00:24:04,177 --> 00:24:07,947 - Oh, it's just patchy dandy, Dennis. 569 00:24:08,048 --> 00:24:09,648 - Now John, you should be glad everything's 570 00:24:09,649 --> 00:24:11,417 turned out so well. 571 00:24:11,418 --> 00:24:13,485 You've got your valuable dime back 572 00:24:13,486 --> 00:24:15,621 and Fred's got a good home. 573 00:24:15,622 --> 00:24:18,157 Well, I-- I suppose you're right, Martha. 574 00:24:18,158 --> 00:24:18,958 - Gosh. 575 00:24:19,059 --> 00:24:20,359 Just think. 576 00:24:20,360 --> 00:24:22,161 Fred and Marian can live together 577 00:24:22,162 --> 00:24:25,698 and raise a family like other chickens. 578 00:24:25,699 --> 00:24:27,599 - Nobody's gonna eat him up. 579 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:29,435 - That's right Tommy. 580 00:24:29,436 --> 00:24:30,703 - You better come along, Dennis. 581 00:24:30,704 --> 00:24:31,737 Time to get cleaned up. 582 00:24:31,738 --> 00:24:33,072 We're almost ready for dinner. 583 00:24:33,073 --> 00:24:34,173 - OK, bye Tommy. 584 00:24:34,174 --> 00:24:34,873 - Bye Dennis. 585 00:24:34,874 --> 00:24:35,908 - Bye. 586 00:24:35,909 --> 00:24:37,676 - What are we having for dinner, mom? 587 00:24:37,677 --> 00:24:38,577 - Fried chicken. 588 00:24:38,578 --> 00:24:40,079 - Oh boy. 589 00:24:40,080 --> 00:24:40,947 - Great Caesar. 590 00:24:55,762 --> 00:24:57,130 [theme music] 591 00:25:32,465 --> 00:25:34,733 NARRATOR: This has been a Screen Gems film production 592 00:25:34,734 --> 00:25:38,238 from the Hollywood studios of Columbia Pictures.