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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:12,074 Check out more than 100 online Thai lessons on BananaThai, osdb.link/bananathai 2 00:01:43,504 --> 00:01:45,105 HOWDY, JESS. 3 00:01:48,542 --> 00:01:50,778 ELSIE, HOW HAVE YOU BEEN? 4 00:01:50,811 --> 00:01:53,214 JUST FINE, MR. McCARY, AND YOURSELF? 5 00:01:53,247 --> 00:01:56,884 ABLE TO SET UP AND TAKE NOURISHMENT. 6 00:01:56,917 --> 00:01:58,719 HOW ABOUT YOUR PA? 7 00:01:58,752 --> 00:02:01,489 HAVEN'T YOU BEEN ABLE TO PRY HIM OUT OF THAT CHAIR YET? 8 00:02:01,522 --> 00:02:03,391 AFRAID NOT. 9 00:02:03,424 --> 00:02:06,594 I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, MR. McCARY, HE'S FIT ENOUGH. 10 00:02:06,627 --> 00:02:10,764 HE JUST DON'T SEEM TO HAVE ANY WILL FOR LIVING ANYMORE. 11 00:02:10,798 --> 00:02:12,833 I GET AWFUL WORRIED SOMETIMES. 12 00:02:14,802 --> 00:02:18,272 LET ME WORK ON HIM. SEE IF I CAN'T BUDGE HIM A LITTLE. 13 00:02:18,306 --> 00:02:19,440 APPRECIATE IT. 14 00:02:24,912 --> 00:02:27,248 COOLED OFF SOME, HASN'T IT? 15 00:02:27,281 --> 00:02:29,950 SOME, I RECKON. 16 00:02:29,983 --> 00:02:32,286 THOUGHT I'D TAKE A WALK INTO TOWN. 17 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:34,722 HOW ABOUT JOINING ME? 18 00:02:34,755 --> 00:02:36,590 WHAT FOR? 19 00:02:36,624 --> 00:02:39,393 WHAT FOR DOESN'T MATTER. IT'S THE DOING THAT COUNTS. 20 00:02:39,427 --> 00:02:41,329 GETTING OUT IN THE SUN, BENDING YOUR LEGS, 21 00:02:41,362 --> 00:02:43,564 MEETING SOME FOLK IN TOWN AND PASSING THE TIME OF DAY, 22 00:02:43,597 --> 00:02:44,898 THAT'S WHAT FOR. 23 00:02:44,932 --> 00:02:48,336 YOU GO ON. I GOT NO REASON TO GO. 24 00:02:50,371 --> 00:02:52,773 WHEN DID YOU GET SO OLD, JESS? 25 00:02:52,806 --> 00:02:54,442 WHAT DAY? WHAT TIME. 26 00:02:54,475 --> 00:02:56,410 NOW, TELL ME, BECAUSE WHEN THAT DAY COMES FOR ME, 27 00:02:56,444 --> 00:02:58,579 I WANT TO KNOW SO I CAN STAY IN BED THAT MORNING 28 00:02:58,612 --> 00:03:00,281 AND NOT LET IT HAPPEN. 29 00:03:03,851 --> 00:03:06,420 YOU GOT PEOPLE WORRIED ABOUT YOU, FRIEND. 30 00:03:06,454 --> 00:03:10,424 ELSIE OVER THERE IS AFRAID YOU'RE GOING TO WASTE AWAY IN THAT CHAIR. 31 00:03:10,458 --> 00:03:12,360 AND MADDY SUTHERLAND... 32 00:03:12,393 --> 00:03:14,262 WHAT ABOUT MADDY SUTHERLAND? 33 00:03:16,330 --> 00:03:18,266 WHY DON'T YOU TELL ME? 34 00:03:18,299 --> 00:03:19,767 IT WASN'T SO LONG AGO THE TWO OF YOU 35 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:22,436 HAD A REGULAR ROMANCE GOING. WHAT HAPPENED? 36 00:03:22,470 --> 00:03:25,406 WE GOT TOO OLD FOR ROMANCE. 37 00:03:25,439 --> 00:03:26,707 BOSH! 38 00:03:29,443 --> 00:03:30,911 I'LL BE ON MY WAY. 39 00:03:38,051 --> 00:03:41,589 JUST TALKING TO YOU MAKES ME FEEL OLD. 40 00:03:41,622 --> 00:03:42,956 YOU ARE OLD. 41 00:03:42,990 --> 00:03:45,259 SAME AS ME! 42 00:03:45,293 --> 00:03:47,361 DIFFERENCE IS, I KNOW IT. 43 00:03:58,839 --> 00:04:01,575 WELL, I'LL BE. 44 00:04:03,777 --> 00:04:07,781 LEM, IF THE DAY EVER COMES WHEN I BEAT YOU AT CHECKERS, 45 00:04:07,815 --> 00:04:09,283 I'M GOING TO DIE A HAPPY MAN. 46 00:04:09,317 --> 00:04:11,585 NO USE WISHING YOUR LIFE AWAY, NELS. 47 00:04:11,619 --> 00:04:14,888 COME ON. SET THEM UP. 48 00:04:14,922 --> 00:04:18,392 NELS OLESON, WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING? 49 00:04:18,426 --> 00:04:21,695 I THINK I'M PLAYING CHECKERS. WHAT DO YOU THINK I'M DOING? 50 00:04:21,729 --> 00:04:24,965 I THINK YOU'D BETTER CLOSE THE STORE. 51 00:04:24,998 --> 00:04:27,501 WE'VE GOT LOT OF WORK TO DO. 52 00:04:27,535 --> 00:04:31,038 WELL, LEM, I'LL TAKE A REMATCH ONE OF THESE DAYS. 53 00:04:31,071 --> 00:04:32,873 KIND OF EARLY TO BE CLOSING. 54 00:04:32,906 --> 00:04:35,943 YEAH, BUT WE'VE GOT WORK TO DO OVER AT THE HANSON HOUSE. 55 00:04:35,976 --> 00:04:37,845 IT'S BEEN SITTING EMPTY EVER SINCE LARS DIED, 56 00:04:37,878 --> 00:04:39,613 AND WE'RE AFRAID IT'S JUST GOING TO FALL DOWN 57 00:04:39,647 --> 00:04:41,682 IF IT DOESN'T GET SOME ATTENTION PRETTY SOON. 58 00:04:41,715 --> 00:04:45,052 NELS, WILL YOU HURRY UP? 59 00:04:45,085 --> 00:04:48,756 I LEFT THE MOPS AND PAILS IN THE STOREROOM. 60 00:04:48,789 --> 00:04:51,525 YES, DEAR. 61 00:04:51,559 --> 00:04:55,929 YOU MADE PLANS FOR THE LARS HANSON HOUSE YET, HARRIET? 62 00:04:55,963 --> 00:04:57,931 YES, MR. McCARY, I HAVE. 63 00:04:57,965 --> 00:04:59,433 I'M GOING TO SELL IT. 64 00:04:59,467 --> 00:05:01,935 TOWNSHIP IS GROWING RAPIDLY, 65 00:05:01,969 --> 00:05:03,871 PEOPLE ARE BEGINNING TO SETTLE IN. 66 00:05:03,904 --> 00:05:06,374 SO I'M QUITE SURE THAT WE'LL MAKE A VERY HANDSOME PROFIT. 67 00:05:06,407 --> 00:05:07,675 HI, MR. McCARY. 68 00:05:07,708 --> 00:05:10,043 OH, HOW ARE YOU, WILLIE? AND NANCY... 69 00:05:10,077 --> 00:05:13,347 WILLIE AND NANCY, COME NOW, HURRY UP. BOX UP THE SUPPLIES. 70 00:05:13,381 --> 00:05:16,417 MR. McCARY, WE ARE CLOSED. 71 00:05:16,450 --> 00:05:19,953 SO YOU'LL HAVE TO FIND SOMEWHERE ELSE TO FRITTER AWAY THE AFTERNOON. 72 00:05:19,987 --> 00:05:21,655 WELL, HAVE A PLEASANT DAY YOURSELF, HARRIET. 73 00:05:21,689 --> 00:05:23,857 YES. 74 00:05:23,891 --> 00:05:26,394 RATHER RUDE, HARRIET. 75 00:05:26,427 --> 00:05:28,095 WELL! 76 00:05:28,128 --> 00:05:30,564 SOMEBODY HAD TO GET RID OF HIM. 77 00:05:30,598 --> 00:05:33,501 IF I HADN'T, HE WOULD'VE STOOD HERE ALL DAY YAPPING. 78 00:05:33,534 --> 00:05:34,735 THAT'S THE TROUBLE WITH THESE OLD PEOPLE. 79 00:05:34,768 --> 00:05:36,504 THEY NEVER BUY ANYTHING. 80 00:05:36,537 --> 00:05:40,107 THEY JUST WANT TO STAND AROUND AND TALK, TALK, TALK, TALK! 81 00:05:40,140 --> 00:05:41,509 WELL, HE'S NOT SO BAD. 82 00:05:41,542 --> 00:05:43,377 I ENJOY HIS STORIES. 83 00:05:43,411 --> 00:05:44,778 ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY, PICK UP THE BOXES. 84 00:05:44,812 --> 00:05:46,146 LET'S GET INTO THE WAGON. HURRY UP. 85 00:05:46,179 --> 00:05:47,615 COME ON. COME ON, NANCY. 86 00:05:47,648 --> 00:05:49,417 WON'T YOU BE OLD SOME DAY MOTHER? 87 00:05:49,450 --> 00:05:52,853 WELL, YES, DARLING, BUT I INTEND TO AGE GRACEFULLY. 88 00:06:03,697 --> 00:06:04,965 AH! 89 00:06:04,998 --> 00:06:06,800 I FINISHED ALL THE WINDOWS, MOTHER. 90 00:06:06,834 --> 00:06:08,469 OH, WELL, FINE, DEAR. 91 00:06:08,502 --> 00:06:11,839 GO ON UPSTAIRS NOW AND START WASHING THE WOODWORKING. 92 00:06:11,872 --> 00:06:15,008 MOTHER, I'M TIRED. 93 00:06:15,042 --> 00:06:18,011 MY HANDS ARE ALL WRINKLED, AND MY SHOULDERS ACHE. 94 00:06:18,045 --> 00:06:20,147 OH, WELL, I KNOW, DEAR, 95 00:06:20,180 --> 00:06:22,750 BUT WE ALL HAVE TO DO OUR SHARE. 96 00:06:22,783 --> 00:06:24,184 NOW, YOU NEVER CAN TELL. 97 00:06:24,217 --> 00:06:26,620 IF WE GET A VERY HANDSOME PRICE FOR THIS HOUSE, 98 00:06:26,654 --> 00:06:30,758 THERE MIGHT JUST BE A LITTLE REWARD IN IT FOR YOU. 99 00:06:30,791 --> 00:06:32,926 - A REWARD? - MM-HMM. 100 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:35,729 I'LL BE GLAD TO WASH THE WOODWORK, MOTHER. 101 00:06:35,763 --> 00:06:40,000 [CHUCKLING] YES, I THOUGHT SO. 102 00:06:43,537 --> 00:06:46,707 AAH! 103 00:06:46,740 --> 00:06:49,109 GOOD HEAVENS! 104 00:06:49,142 --> 00:06:52,079 THIS PLACE IS FALLING DOWN AROUND US. 105 00:07:09,597 --> 00:07:11,665 WELL, I GOT THE KITCHEN PUMP WORKING. 106 00:07:11,699 --> 00:07:16,770 NELS, LOOK, ALL THESE OLD PAPERS I FOUND UNDER THIS STEP. 107 00:07:16,804 --> 00:07:20,608 MUST BE WHERE LARS KEPT HIS VALUABLES. 108 00:07:20,641 --> 00:07:21,942 CERTAINLY NOTHING VALUABLE HERE. 109 00:07:21,975 --> 00:07:23,811 THERE'S AN OLD INSURANCE POLICY 110 00:07:23,844 --> 00:07:26,179 THAT EXPIRED YEARS AGO. 111 00:07:32,986 --> 00:07:35,889 MADDY...MADDY... MADDY SUTHERLAND. 112 00:07:35,923 --> 00:07:38,592 LEM! HOW GOOD TO SEE YOU. 113 00:07:38,626 --> 00:07:40,728 IT'S BEEN A WHILE, MADDIE. 114 00:07:40,761 --> 00:07:44,064 DON'T SEE ENOUGH OF YOUR PRETTY FACE AROUND TOWN NO MORE. 115 00:07:44,097 --> 00:07:46,967 I DON'T GET OUT SO MUCH ANYMORE, LEM. 116 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:48,969 IF IT WASN'T FOR COMING TO SEE DOC BAKER, 117 00:07:49,002 --> 00:07:51,905 I'D PROBABLY NEVER GET TO TOWN AT ALL. 118 00:07:51,939 --> 00:07:53,541 YOU AIN'T AILING, ARE YOU, MADDY? 119 00:07:53,574 --> 00:07:55,208 Maddy: OH, NO, NOTHING SERIOUS. 120 00:07:55,242 --> 00:07:59,880 JUST THE USUAL ACHES AND COMPLAINTS OF OLD AGE, I GUESS. 121 00:07:59,913 --> 00:08:02,816 IT'S A SHAME, MADDY, THE WAY OLD FRIENDS DRIFT APART 122 00:08:02,850 --> 00:08:04,818 AND LOSE TOUCH OVER THE YEARS. 123 00:08:04,852 --> 00:08:08,088 SEEMS LIKE THE ONLY TIME WE SEE EACH OTHER IS AT SOMEBODY'S FUNERAL. 124 00:08:08,121 --> 00:08:10,223 IT IS A SHAME, LEM. 125 00:08:10,257 --> 00:08:12,760 BUT IT'S A FACT OF LIVING. 126 00:08:12,793 --> 00:08:16,630 WE JUST SEEM TO WIND DOWN AS THE YEARS FLY PAST US. 127 00:08:19,232 --> 00:08:24,538 I HAVE REASON TO THINK THAT JESS MOFFET 128 00:08:24,572 --> 00:08:28,241 STILL HAS A SOFT SPOT FOR YOU, MADDY. 129 00:08:28,275 --> 00:08:31,579 JESS KNOWS WHERE I LIVE. 130 00:08:31,612 --> 00:08:35,783 I WOULDN'T TURN HIM AWAY IF HE CAME CALLING. 131 00:08:35,816 --> 00:08:37,885 BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOING HAPPEN. 132 00:08:57,971 --> 00:08:59,973 THIS STUFF. 133 00:09:00,007 --> 00:09:02,643 WHY COULDN'T IT HAVE BEEN SOMETHING WORTHWHILE? 134 00:09:06,013 --> 00:09:08,816 THIS IS A "WALNUT GROVE BOND." 135 00:09:08,849 --> 00:09:10,017 A WALNUT GROVE BOND? 136 00:09:10,050 --> 00:09:12,185 WHAT'S THAT? 137 00:09:12,219 --> 00:09:15,589 "WALNUT GROVE BOND. PAID TO THE BEARER... 138 00:09:15,623 --> 00:09:18,158 "10% ANNUALLY OF... 139 00:09:18,191 --> 00:09:21,028 "PAID TO THE BEARER... 140 00:09:21,061 --> 00:09:22,229 10%..." 141 00:09:25,132 --> 00:09:29,837 PAID TO THE BEARER 10% ANNUALLY? 142 00:09:29,870 --> 00:09:31,104 50... 143 00:09:31,138 --> 00:09:32,806 51, 52... 144 00:09:36,043 --> 00:09:37,911 IT LOOKS LEGAL ENOUGH. 145 00:09:37,945 --> 00:09:42,015 "PAYABLE TO BEARER AT 10%, COMPOUNDED ANNUALLY." 146 00:09:42,049 --> 00:09:45,052 WHY, THIS BOND IS DATED 1835! 147 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:49,623 THAT'S 52 YEARS. 148 00:09:49,657 --> 00:09:52,626 I SUPPOSE YOU'VE FIGURED OUT ITS CURRENT VALUE. 149 00:09:52,660 --> 00:09:54,995 OH, YES, INDEED, I HAVE, 150 00:09:55,028 --> 00:09:59,099 WITH THE KIND HELP OF ETTA PLUM. 151 00:09:59,132 --> 00:10:01,669 NOW, MAY I DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION 152 00:10:01,702 --> 00:10:03,904 TO THIS FIGURE IN THIS COLUMN? 153 00:10:05,906 --> 00:10:08,942 $14,000? 154 00:10:08,976 --> 00:10:12,312 [LAUGHS] WELL, REVEREND ALDEN, IF YOU'LL NOTICE, 155 00:10:12,345 --> 00:10:16,684 IT'S A TRIFLE MORE. 156 00:10:16,717 --> 00:10:18,185 Laura: MRS. OLESON. 157 00:10:18,218 --> 00:10:20,921 THE MOST MONEY IN THE TOWN TREASURY AT ANY ONE TIME 158 00:10:20,954 --> 00:10:22,956 IS JUST A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS. 159 00:10:22,990 --> 00:10:26,727 OH, NOW, DON'T JUMP TO ANY CONCLUSIONS. 160 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:28,796 UNDERSTAND ME. 161 00:10:28,829 --> 00:10:33,901 WHY, I HAVE NO INTENTIONS OF CASHING IN THIS BOND. 162 00:10:33,934 --> 00:10:35,402 THAT'S A RELIEF. 163 00:10:35,435 --> 00:10:37,170 WELL, IT CERTAINLY IS. 164 00:10:37,204 --> 00:10:39,940 WE'D HAVE TO RAISE TAXES SKY HIGH FOR A DOZEN YEARS 165 00:10:39,973 --> 00:10:41,341 TO COME UP TO MONEY LIKE THAT. 166 00:10:41,374 --> 00:10:44,211 REVEREND ALDEN! 167 00:10:44,244 --> 00:10:47,948 SURELY YOU DON'T THINK THAT I WOULD DO ANYTHING SO LOATHSOME 168 00:10:47,981 --> 00:10:51,051 AS TO TRY TO BANKRUPT THIS TOWN? 169 00:10:53,053 --> 00:10:56,389 NO, I DON'T THINK YOU WOULD, HARRIET. 170 00:10:56,423 --> 00:10:58,926 WELL, OF COURSE NOT! 171 00:10:58,959 --> 00:11:01,962 THEN WHY, MRS. OLESON, 172 00:11:01,995 --> 00:11:04,131 DID YOU CALL THIS EMERGENCY MEETING? 173 00:11:04,164 --> 00:11:08,201 WELL, MRS. WILDER, I CALLED THIS MEETING BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT'S IMPORTANT 174 00:11:08,235 --> 00:11:11,972 THAT THE TOWN COUNCIL BE MADE AWARE OF THIS BOND. 175 00:11:12,005 --> 00:11:15,375 AFTER ALL, THIS IS A LEGAL INSTRUMENT 176 00:11:15,408 --> 00:11:18,946 REPRESENTING A VERY LARGE DEBT 177 00:11:18,979 --> 00:11:22,182 OWED BY THIS COMMUNITY. 178 00:11:22,215 --> 00:11:24,151 AND? 179 00:11:24,184 --> 00:11:26,153 AND... 180 00:11:26,186 --> 00:11:29,156 SINCE I AM, IN EFFECT, 181 00:11:29,189 --> 00:11:32,292 THE BENEFACTOR OF THE TOWN 182 00:11:32,325 --> 00:11:37,330 TO THE TUNE OF OVER $14,000... 183 00:11:38,899 --> 00:11:42,736 WELL, I FEEL THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN COURTESIES 184 00:11:42,770 --> 00:11:47,074 THAT SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO MY FAMILY AND ME. 185 00:11:47,107 --> 00:11:49,309 - COURTESIES? - MM-HMM. 186 00:11:49,342 --> 00:11:53,446 WHAT SORT OF COURTESIES DID YOU HAVE IN MIND, HARRIET? 187 00:11:53,480 --> 00:11:56,850 WELL, SIMPLE THINGS, REALLY. 188 00:11:56,884 --> 00:12:00,487 THINGS THAT WON'T COST THIS TOWN ONE RED CENT. 189 00:12:02,255 --> 00:12:04,124 WE'RE WAITING, MRS. OLESON. 190 00:12:04,157 --> 00:12:08,962 YES, HARRIET, PLEASE, DON'T KEEP US IN SUSPENSE ANY LONGER. 191 00:12:08,996 --> 00:12:11,965 WELL, FOR EXAMPLE... 192 00:12:11,999 --> 00:12:15,068 THE MAIN STREET OUT HERE. 193 00:12:15,102 --> 00:12:18,171 I THINK IT WOULD BE NICE IF IT HAD A NAME. 194 00:12:18,205 --> 00:12:20,740 "HARRIET OLESON BOULEVARD." 195 00:12:22,342 --> 00:12:24,845 Harriet: AND IT WOULD ALSO BE NICE 196 00:12:24,878 --> 00:12:26,914 IF THE COURTESY WERE EXTENDED TO MY DAUGHTER, 197 00:12:26,947 --> 00:12:33,420 IF SHE WERE INVITED TO BE THE SOLOIST IN THE CHURCH ON SUNDAYS. 198 00:12:33,453 --> 00:12:35,355 OH! YES... 199 00:12:35,388 --> 00:12:39,092 Harriet: AND THERE'S JUST ONE MORE LITTLE THING. 200 00:12:42,162 --> 00:12:44,131 I CAN'T BELIEVE THE GALL OF THAT WOMAN. 201 00:12:44,164 --> 00:12:46,499 SHE'S DONE SOME MEAN AND UNDERHANDED THINGS BEFORE, 202 00:12:46,533 --> 00:12:47,935 BUT THIS IS THE WORST! 203 00:12:47,968 --> 00:12:49,903 YOU WANT TO LET US IN ON IT? 204 00:12:49,937 --> 00:12:51,471 HARRIET OLESON, 205 00:12:51,504 --> 00:12:54,174 SHE FOUND THIS BOND AFTER SHE BOUGHT THE LARS HANSON STATE. 206 00:12:54,207 --> 00:12:55,375 WELL, NOW IT'S HERS. 207 00:12:55,408 --> 00:13:00,047 AND THE TOWN OWES HER OVER $14,000! 208 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:02,149 14,000? 209 00:13:02,182 --> 00:13:03,817 CAN YOU PAY HER? 210 00:13:03,851 --> 00:13:05,886 NO, BUT THAT'S NOT THE PROBLEM. 211 00:13:05,919 --> 00:13:08,288 SHE'S NOT ASKING FOR THE MONEY. 212 00:13:08,321 --> 00:13:11,959 SHE'S GOING TO USE THE BOND TO RUN THE TOWN TO SUIT HER-- 213 00:13:11,992 --> 00:13:16,329 CHANGING THINGS, GETTING FAVORS FOR THE MEMBERS OF HER FAMILY. 214 00:13:16,363 --> 00:13:18,966 - CAN SHE DO THAT? - SHE'S DOING IT! 215 00:13:18,999 --> 00:13:21,301 BUT YOU HAVEN'T HEARD THE BEST. 216 00:13:21,334 --> 00:13:24,171 IT IS MY DUTY TO INFORM YOU BOTH 217 00:13:24,204 --> 00:13:28,108 THAT WE NO LONGER LIVE IN THE TOWN OF WALNUT GROVE. 218 00:13:28,141 --> 00:13:29,977 WE DON'T? 219 00:13:30,010 --> 00:13:31,144 WHERE THEN? 220 00:13:42,289 --> 00:13:47,227 AND IT IS WITH PROFOUND HUMILITY IN OUR HEARTS 221 00:13:47,260 --> 00:13:50,297 THAT WE ACCEPT THIS GREAT HONOR. 222 00:13:50,330 --> 00:13:53,366 SO GRACIOUSLY BESTOWED UPON OUR FAMILY 223 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:57,871 BY THE WARM AND GENEROUS CITIZENS OF THIS COMMUNITY. 224 00:13:57,905 --> 00:14:01,508 WE ARE CERTAIN THAT OLESONVILLE 225 00:14:01,541 --> 00:14:03,877 WILL STAND PROUD 226 00:14:03,911 --> 00:14:09,049 ON THE MAPS OF MINNESOTA FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. 227 00:14:09,082 --> 00:14:11,184 THANK YOU. 228 00:14:11,218 --> 00:14:13,987 OH, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 229 00:14:14,021 --> 00:14:15,956 [NANCY APPLAUDING] OH! 230 00:14:25,966 --> 00:14:28,668 I WANT YOU TO KNOW I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS. 231 00:14:28,701 --> 00:14:30,637 YES, YOU DID. WE ALL DID 232 00:14:30,670 --> 00:14:32,172 FOR LETTING HER GET AWAY WITH IT. 233 00:14:32,205 --> 00:14:33,440 Harriet: NELS! 234 00:14:35,175 --> 00:14:37,510 THAT IS GOING TO TAKE SOME GETTING USED TO. 235 00:14:37,544 --> 00:14:39,412 OLESONVILLE! 236 00:14:39,446 --> 00:14:41,681 I DON'T THINK I CAN GET USED TO IT. 237 00:14:41,714 --> 00:14:45,385 CHANGING THE NAME OF A TOWN IS LIKE CHANGING ITS VERY CHARACTER. 238 00:14:49,056 --> 00:14:51,291 CAN HELP YOU WITH SOMETHING THERE, MR. McCARY? 239 00:14:51,324 --> 00:14:53,226 YES, SIR. 240 00:14:53,260 --> 00:14:55,528 YOU CAN LET ME HAVE THIS OLD SIGN. 241 00:14:55,562 --> 00:14:57,597 WELL, YOU'RE WELCOME TO IT. 242 00:14:57,630 --> 00:15:00,033 WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO, HAUL IT OFF SOMEWHERE AND START YOUR OWN TOWN? 243 00:15:00,067 --> 00:15:03,236 NAH, LARS HANSON AND ME AND SOME OTHERS ALREADY DONE THAT 244 00:15:03,270 --> 00:15:05,372 50-SOME-ODD YEARS AGO. 245 00:15:05,405 --> 00:15:07,574 WE NAMED IT WALNUT GROVE. 246 00:15:09,977 --> 00:15:14,381 I JUST CAN'T BEAR TO SEE MY BEST FRIEND'S NAME 247 00:15:14,414 --> 00:15:16,416 WIND UP IN A SCRAP HEAP. 248 00:15:18,685 --> 00:15:20,120 Laura: MR. McCARY. 249 00:15:20,153 --> 00:15:22,255 WOULD YOU LIKE US TO GIVE YOU A RIDE HOME? 250 00:15:22,289 --> 00:15:25,959 THAT SIGN'S AWFUL HEAVY, AND YOU LIVE SO FAR OUT OF TOWN. 251 00:15:25,993 --> 00:15:28,261 I'M OBLIGED, MRS. WILDER. 252 00:15:33,300 --> 00:15:35,002 HERE, LET ME GET THIS FOR YOU, MR. McCARY. 253 00:15:35,035 --> 00:15:37,170 - WELL, THANK YOU. - SURE. 254 00:15:37,204 --> 00:15:41,141 COME ON, JENNY, LET'S GO. 255 00:15:41,174 --> 00:15:43,043 [WAGONS RATTLING] 256 00:15:47,714 --> 00:15:51,184 SAKES! HOW CAN ANYBODY GET ANY SLEEP 257 00:15:51,218 --> 00:15:54,154 WITH RACKET LIKE THAT GOING ON? 258 00:15:54,187 --> 00:15:55,422 WHAT? WHAT IS IT? WHAT, HARRIET? 259 00:15:55,455 --> 00:15:57,390 WHAT ARE YOU SCREAMING AT? 260 00:15:57,424 --> 00:15:58,725 WELL, CAN'T YOU HEAR IT? 261 00:15:58,758 --> 00:16:01,461 THERE'S A WAGON GOING BY, MAKING A RACKET 262 00:16:01,494 --> 00:16:05,465 LOUD ENOUGH TO WAKE THE DEAD! 263 00:16:05,498 --> 00:16:08,601 ALL I CAN HEAR IS YOUR MOUTH WORKING. 264 00:16:08,635 --> 00:16:11,004 THERE OUGHT TO BE A LAW AGAINST THAT. 265 00:16:11,038 --> 00:16:12,439 THERE CERTAINLY SHOULD BE. 266 00:16:12,472 --> 00:16:14,774 Harriet: OH, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE NOISE. 267 00:16:14,807 --> 00:16:16,276 THERE SHOULD BE AN ORDINANCE 268 00:16:16,309 --> 00:16:21,014 PROHIBITING WAGONS IN TOWN AFTER 10 P.M.! 269 00:16:21,048 --> 00:16:23,683 HARRIET, IT'S STILL A FREE COUNTRY. 270 00:16:23,716 --> 00:16:25,552 THE TOWN COUNCIL IS NEVER GOING TO APPROVE 271 00:16:25,585 --> 00:16:27,187 OF AN ORDINANCE LIKE THAT. 272 00:16:27,220 --> 00:16:29,189 WHY DON'T YOU JUST GET TO BED AND GO TO SLEEP? 273 00:16:29,222 --> 00:16:30,357 OH, SHUT UP! 274 00:16:32,625 --> 00:16:34,727 THAT'S THE TROUBLE WITH THIS TOWN. 275 00:16:34,761 --> 00:16:39,066 EVERYTHING HAS TO BE VOTED ON AND APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL. 276 00:16:39,099 --> 00:16:42,035 NO WONDER NOTHING GETS DONE AROUND HERE. 277 00:16:42,069 --> 00:16:44,071 WHAT THIS TOWN NEEDS IS... 278 00:16:44,104 --> 00:16:46,239 A MAYOR. 279 00:16:46,273 --> 00:16:47,440 OF COURSE! 280 00:16:47,474 --> 00:16:50,610 THE TOWN'S PLENTY BIG NOW. 281 00:16:50,643 --> 00:16:52,279 A MAYOR'S EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED. 282 00:16:52,312 --> 00:16:55,415 SOMEONE WHO CAN RUN THE TOWN PROPERLY. 283 00:16:55,448 --> 00:16:57,450 LET'S SEE... 284 00:16:57,484 --> 00:16:59,252 IT SHOULD BE SOMEONE WITH... 285 00:16:59,286 --> 00:17:02,522 SOMEONE WITH BUSINESS EXPERIENCE. 286 00:17:02,555 --> 00:17:04,591 AND, UH... 287 00:17:04,624 --> 00:17:06,559 LEADERSHIP ABILITY. 288 00:17:10,197 --> 00:17:11,731 AND NAME RECOGNITION. 289 00:17:24,244 --> 00:17:25,378 WELL, SHE'S DONE IT AGAIN. 290 00:17:25,412 --> 00:17:27,247 OF COURSE, WHY SHOULD I BE SURPRISED? 291 00:17:27,280 --> 00:17:29,416 I MEAN, IT'S ONLY LOGICAL THAT SHE TRIES SOMETHING LIKE THIS. 292 00:17:29,449 --> 00:17:32,085 BETH, WOULD YOU CALM DOWN, PLEASE? 293 00:17:32,119 --> 00:17:34,821 CALM DOWN? HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO CALM DOWN 294 00:17:34,854 --> 00:17:36,789 WHEN HARRIET OLESON IS TRYING TO RUN MY LIFE 295 00:17:36,823 --> 00:17:38,225 AND EVERYBODY ELSE'S AROUND HERE? 296 00:17:38,258 --> 00:17:39,826 WHAT'S SHE DONE THIS TIME? 297 00:17:39,859 --> 00:17:42,862 WELL, SHE PROPOSED THAT THE TOWN COUNCIL MEETING AND I PASSED 298 00:17:42,895 --> 00:17:45,232 A MEASURE CALLING FOR A MAYORAL ELECTION. 299 00:17:45,265 --> 00:17:46,666 WELL, IT MIGHT NOT BE SUCH A BAD IDEA. 300 00:17:46,699 --> 00:17:48,335 WHAT DO YOU HAVE AGAINST THE TOWN HAVING A MAYOR? 301 00:17:48,368 --> 00:17:49,802 WELL, NOTHING AT ALL. 302 00:17:49,836 --> 00:17:52,539 EXCEPT, GUESS WHO THE FIRST CANDIDATE WAS TO FILE? 303 00:17:52,572 --> 00:17:53,740 NELS OLESON. 304 00:17:53,773 --> 00:17:55,842 WELL, I THINK NELS WOULD BE A GOOD MAYOR. 305 00:17:55,875 --> 00:17:58,378 ALMANZO, OPEN YOUR EYES! 306 00:17:58,411 --> 00:18:00,680 NOW, WE ALL KNOW THAT IF NELS IS ELECTED, 307 00:18:00,713 --> 00:18:02,515 THE TRUE MAYOR WILL BE HARRIET. 308 00:18:02,549 --> 00:18:04,351 AND WHAT KIND OF TOWN WOULD THIS BE THEN? 309 00:18:04,384 --> 00:18:07,620 BETH, YOU'RE GETTING YOURSELF ALL HEAD UP 310 00:18:07,654 --> 00:18:09,489 ABOUT SOMETHING THAT HASN'T EVEN HAPPENED YET. 311 00:18:09,522 --> 00:18:12,125 NOW, MAYBE SOMEONE ELSE IS GOING TO BE ELECTED. 312 00:18:12,159 --> 00:18:14,327 WELL, THAT'S OUR ONLY HOPE. 313 00:18:14,361 --> 00:18:17,630 AND THAT'S WHY I WANT YOU TO RUN AGAINST NELS. 314 00:18:17,664 --> 00:18:19,499 ME? 315 00:18:19,532 --> 00:18:21,301 WELL, WHY NOT? I MEAN, YOU'RE HONEST, YOU'RE HARD-WORKING, 316 00:18:21,334 --> 00:18:22,602 YOU'RE HIGHLY RESPECTED-- 317 00:18:22,635 --> 00:18:24,737 BECAUSE I'M A FARMER, NOT A POLITICIAN! 318 00:18:24,771 --> 00:18:26,706 I DON'T KNOW THE FIRST THING ABOUT MAYORING! 319 00:18:26,739 --> 00:18:29,909 - WELL, YOU COULD LEARN! - NO, NO, THANK YOU, BUT NO, THANKS. 320 00:18:29,942 --> 00:18:31,544 YOU CAN PUT THE WHOLE NOTION RIGHT OUT OF YOUR HEAD, 321 00:18:31,578 --> 00:18:33,213 MRS. COUNCILWOMAN. 322 00:18:33,246 --> 00:18:35,382 THE ONLY PLACE THAT I'M RUNNING IS IN MY FIELDS, 323 00:18:35,415 --> 00:18:36,583 BEHIND MY PLOW. 324 00:18:41,654 --> 00:18:45,592 JUST DON'T SEEM LIKE A HORSE RACE WITH ONLY ONE HORSE RUNNING. 325 00:18:45,625 --> 00:18:47,394 CAN'T ARGUE WITH THAT. 326 00:18:49,762 --> 00:18:51,298 WHY DON'T YOU RUN, JOHN? 327 00:18:51,331 --> 00:18:52,699 - ME? - YES. 328 00:18:52,732 --> 00:18:54,667 NO. DON'T HAVE THE TIME, 329 00:18:54,701 --> 00:18:56,436 WHAT WITH DIVIDING MY HOURS UP 330 00:18:56,469 --> 00:18:58,238 BETWEEN HERE AND THE PLACE. 331 00:19:00,307 --> 00:19:01,841 I RECKON. 332 00:19:01,874 --> 00:19:05,212 NOW, MYSELF, I'D VOTE FOR ALMANZO WILDER, 333 00:19:05,245 --> 00:19:08,181 ONLY HE'S NOT RUNNING. 334 00:19:08,215 --> 00:19:09,916 LAURA SAID SHE TALKED HERSELF BLUE. 335 00:19:09,949 --> 00:19:12,185 BUT ALMANZO WON'T EVEN CONSIDER THE JOB. 336 00:19:12,219 --> 00:19:16,323 YEAH, I THINK THAT BOY'D MAKE A FINE MAYOR. 337 00:19:16,356 --> 00:19:19,492 I AGREE, BUT IF HE'S NOT SO INCLINED, 338 00:19:19,526 --> 00:19:21,528 IT'S NOT MUCH USE IN HOUNDING HIM IN. 339 00:19:25,565 --> 00:19:27,800 MAYBE HE'S INCLINED, 340 00:19:27,834 --> 00:19:29,469 BUT JUST DON'T KNOW IT YET. 341 00:19:36,243 --> 00:19:38,945 HEY, EDWARDS, YOU HEARD THE NEWS? 342 00:19:38,978 --> 00:19:40,813 NO, I RECKON NOT. 343 00:19:40,847 --> 00:19:43,916 ALMANZO WILDER IS THINKING ON RUNNING FOR MAYOR. 344 00:19:43,950 --> 00:19:45,918 YOU DON'T TELL ME. 345 00:19:45,952 --> 00:19:48,755 MAKE FOR A MIGHTY INTERESTING ELECTION IF HE DID, WOULDN'T IT? 346 00:19:50,757 --> 00:19:52,259 WOULD FOR A FACT. 347 00:19:52,292 --> 00:19:54,227 IT MIGHT OPEN UP SOME EYEBALLS AROUND HERE. 348 00:19:54,261 --> 00:19:56,496 YEAH, BUT KEEP IT UNDER YOUR HAT, WILL YOU? 349 00:19:56,529 --> 00:19:59,232 HE'S HASN'T MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT OFFICIAL YET. 350 00:19:59,266 --> 00:20:01,501 I WOULDN'T WANT TO BE THE ONE TO STEAL HIS THUNDER. 351 00:20:01,534 --> 00:20:02,702 OH, DON'T WORRY ABOUT A THING. 352 00:20:02,735 --> 00:20:03,970 I'LL BE QUIET AS A CHURCH MOUSE, 353 00:20:04,003 --> 00:20:06,406 WON'T TELL A SOUL. 354 00:20:12,279 --> 00:20:13,646 MR. HENSON, MR. HENSON, 355 00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:15,515 BOY, IF I'VE GOT NEWS FOR YOU. 356 00:20:15,548 --> 00:20:17,317 NOW, THEY'VE GOT TO BE KEPT IN THE STRICTEST CONFIDENCE, NOW. 357 00:20:17,350 --> 00:20:18,651 SEE, IT AIN'T OUT YET. 358 00:20:18,685 --> 00:20:21,454 BUT ALMANZO'S DECIDED TO RUN FOR MAYOR. 359 00:20:21,488 --> 00:20:22,889 ALMANZO WILDER? 360 00:20:22,922 --> 00:20:24,991 THAT'S RIGHT. MR. EDWARDS WAS JUST OVER HERE, 361 00:20:25,024 --> 00:20:27,260 AND HE SAID NOT TO TELL ANYBODY YET. 362 00:20:27,294 --> 00:20:29,562 SO, PLEASE KEEP IT A SECRET. BUT... 363 00:20:29,596 --> 00:20:31,398 ALMANZO WILDER? 364 00:20:31,431 --> 00:20:33,366 - I THINK THAT'S WONDERFUL. - ISN'T THAT GREAT? 365 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:37,770 YES, HE'S YOUNG. HE KNOWS WHAT THIS TOWN NEEDS. 366 00:20:37,804 --> 00:20:39,439 IS THAT SO? 367 00:20:39,472 --> 00:20:41,308 THAT'S RIGHT. 368 00:20:41,341 --> 00:20:45,345 AND I FIGURE THAT ALMANZO WOULD MAKE A PRETTY GOOD DARN MAYOR. 369 00:20:45,378 --> 00:20:46,813 HE'S A YOUNG MAN, BUT... 370 00:20:54,387 --> 00:20:56,456 AHEM, JUST WANTED A FEW GROCERIES, MRS. OLESON, 371 00:20:56,489 --> 00:20:58,425 - HERE'S MY LIST. - UH-HUH. 372 00:21:04,096 --> 00:21:08,401 WELL, MR. WILDER, I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT WE WILL BE ABLE 373 00:21:08,435 --> 00:21:11,504 TO MAINTAIN YOUR GOOD WILL AS A CUSTOMER 374 00:21:11,538 --> 00:21:12,872 AFTER THE ELECTION. 375 00:21:12,905 --> 00:21:15,308 MY GOOD WILL? SURE, I DON'T SEE WHY NOT. 376 00:21:15,342 --> 00:21:17,510 WELL, YOU KNOW HOW PASSIONS 377 00:21:17,544 --> 00:21:22,315 SOMETIMES DO GET HEATED UP DURING A CAMPAIGN, 378 00:21:22,349 --> 00:21:26,386 AND PEOPLE TEND TO SAY THINGS THAT THEY LATER REGRET. 379 00:21:26,419 --> 00:21:28,054 I GUESS SO. 380 00:21:28,087 --> 00:21:31,391 SO FAR, THIS IS ABOUT THE TAMEST CAMPAIGN I EVER HEARD TALE OF. 381 00:21:31,424 --> 00:21:33,826 CAN'T EXPECT TOO MANY FIREWORKS WITH ONLY ONE MAN RUNNING. 382 00:21:37,997 --> 00:21:39,466 ONE MAN? 383 00:21:39,499 --> 00:21:41,701 BUT I THOUGHT THERE WERE TWO. I MEAN... 384 00:21:41,734 --> 00:21:46,339 I HAD HEARD THAT YOU HAD DECIDED TO RUN AS WELL. 385 00:21:46,373 --> 00:21:49,108 HA HA HA! OH, NO, MA'AM. YOU HEARD WRONG. 386 00:21:49,141 --> 00:21:50,577 I'M NOT ABOUT TO RUN. 387 00:21:50,610 --> 00:21:53,613 OH! HA HA HA! 388 00:21:53,646 --> 00:21:59,118 OH, WELL, ALMANZO, MY DEAR BOY. [LAUGHS] 389 00:21:59,151 --> 00:22:00,853 IT MUST HAVE JUST BEEN A NASTY OLD RUMOR. 390 00:22:00,887 --> 00:22:03,022 IT MUST'VE BEEN. 391 00:22:03,055 --> 00:22:05,658 I'VE BEEN INTENDING TO VOTE FOR NELS ALL ALONG. 392 00:22:05,692 --> 00:22:08,595 OH! WELL, THEN... 393 00:22:08,628 --> 00:22:12,365 HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO WEAR ONE OF THE CAMPAIGN BADGES 394 00:22:12,399 --> 00:22:16,736 THAT SHOWS THAT THIS IS YOUR FAVORITE CANDIDATE THAT YOU'RE SUPPORTING? 395 00:22:16,769 --> 00:22:18,571 - I'D BE GLAD TO. - ALL RIGHT. 396 00:22:18,605 --> 00:22:20,106 ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, 397 00:22:20,139 --> 00:22:23,510 YOU'RE PROBABLY DOING THE TOWN A VERY GREAT SERVICE 398 00:22:23,543 --> 00:22:24,811 BY NOT RUNNING. 399 00:22:24,844 --> 00:22:25,945 - A SERVICE? - UH-HUH. YES. 400 00:22:25,978 --> 00:22:27,480 WELL, I MEAN... 401 00:22:27,514 --> 00:22:29,816 YOU HAVE ANY NUMBER OF FRIENDS IN THE AREA, 402 00:22:29,849 --> 00:22:32,885 AND I FEEL QUITE CERTAIN THAN MANY OF THEM, 403 00:22:32,919 --> 00:22:36,623 IF NOT MOST OF THEM, WOULD COME OUT AND FEEL A CERTAIN DUTY 404 00:22:36,656 --> 00:22:38,391 TO VOTE FOR YOU, 405 00:22:38,425 --> 00:22:42,128 OUT OF A CERTAIN LOYALTY, YOU UNDERSTAND. 406 00:22:42,161 --> 00:22:45,798 AND HEAVENS KNOWS IF ENOUGH OF THEM DID COME OUT AND DID VOTE FOR YOU, 407 00:22:45,832 --> 00:22:49,636 IT'S EVEN CONCEIVABLE THAT YOU MIGHT POSSIBLY WIN THE ELECTION. 408 00:22:49,669 --> 00:22:53,105 AND THEN, JUST THINK WHERE THE TOWN WOULD BE THEN. 409 00:22:53,139 --> 00:22:56,175 THEY'D HAVE A MAYOR THAT THEY DIDN'T REALLY WANT. 410 00:22:56,208 --> 00:22:57,610 [LAUGHS] 411 00:23:02,048 --> 00:23:06,519 ARE YOU SAYING THAT NO ONE WOULD WANT ME FOR MAYOR? 412 00:23:06,553 --> 00:23:08,888 ALMANZO... 413 00:23:08,921 --> 00:23:11,991 YOU'RE A VERY NICE YOUNG MAN, 414 00:23:12,024 --> 00:23:14,594 BUT THINK NOW. 415 00:23:14,627 --> 00:23:18,130 WOULD IT BE, LET'S SAY... DIGNIFIED... 416 00:23:18,164 --> 00:23:21,734 TO HAVE A DIRT FARMER FOR A MAYOR? 417 00:23:21,768 --> 00:23:24,003 ARE YOU SAYING IT WOULDN'T? 418 00:23:24,036 --> 00:23:27,173 WELL, TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST, NO. 419 00:23:27,206 --> 00:23:30,643 I MEAN, HEAVENS KNOWS WE HAVE TO HAVE OUR DIRT FARMERS, 420 00:23:30,677 --> 00:23:32,912 AND THERE'S NOTHING ABSOLUTELY WRONG WITH BEING ONE. 421 00:23:32,945 --> 00:23:35,715 NOW, THAT'S THE FIRST THING YOU'VE SAID RIGHT, MRS. OLESON. 422 00:23:35,748 --> 00:23:37,917 THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH BEING A FARMER. 423 00:23:37,950 --> 00:23:39,886 AS A MATTER OF FACT, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG I CAN SEE 424 00:23:39,919 --> 00:23:41,788 WITH A MAYOR BEING A FARMER, EITHER. 425 00:23:41,821 --> 00:23:43,723 - WELL, I SUPPOSE-- - IN FACT... 426 00:23:43,756 --> 00:23:45,124 IT SEEMS TO ME THAT A DIRT FARMER 427 00:23:45,157 --> 00:23:47,660 MIGHT BE THE BEST MAN TO REPRESENT THIS TOWN, 428 00:23:47,694 --> 00:23:49,929 CONSIDERING MOST OF THE PEOPLE AROUND HERE ARE DIRT FARMERS! 429 00:23:49,962 --> 00:23:51,464 WELL, I'M-- 430 00:23:51,498 --> 00:23:52,965 THANK YOU, MRS. OLESON, FOR HELPING ME TO SEE 431 00:23:52,999 --> 00:23:55,468 WHAT MY WIFE'S BEEN TRYING TO TELL ME ALL ALONG. 432 00:23:55,502 --> 00:23:57,537 I THINK MAYBE I AM THE BEST MAN FOR THE JOB, 433 00:23:57,570 --> 00:23:59,606 AND I'M GOING TO RUN. 434 00:24:13,019 --> 00:24:15,121 OH! 435 00:24:15,154 --> 00:24:16,923 OH, GOOD GRIEF. 436 00:24:29,969 --> 00:24:31,938 Almanzo: I MUST HAVE LOOKED LIKE A FOOL, 437 00:24:31,971 --> 00:24:35,508 CARRYING ON ABOUT HOW PROUD I AM TO BE A DIRT FARMER. 438 00:24:35,542 --> 00:24:36,676 YOU SHOULD BE PROUD. 439 00:24:36,709 --> 00:24:38,210 WELL, I AM. THAT'S NOT THE POINT. 440 00:24:38,244 --> 00:24:40,513 THE POINT IS THAT I JUMPED FEET-FIRST INTO AN ELECTION 441 00:24:40,547 --> 00:24:42,515 I GOT NO BUSINESS BEING IN. 442 00:24:42,549 --> 00:24:44,283 I THINK YOU MADE THE RIGHT DECISION. 443 00:24:44,316 --> 00:24:45,852 MISS PLUM SAYS THAT GOVERNMENT 444 00:24:45,885 --> 00:24:48,588 IS EVERYONE'S RESPONSIBILITY. 445 00:24:48,621 --> 00:24:50,156 WELL, THEN LET MISS PLUM RUN. 446 00:24:52,859 --> 00:24:54,627 ALMANZO. 447 00:24:54,661 --> 00:24:57,163 DO YOU CONSIDER ME INTELLIGENT? 448 00:24:57,196 --> 00:25:00,667 THAT'S A SILLY QUESTION. 449 00:25:00,700 --> 00:25:02,134 DO YOU THINK I'M A RESPONSIBLE CITIZEN 450 00:25:02,168 --> 00:25:05,237 WHO'S CONCERNED ABOUT HER TOWN AND ITS PEOPLE? 451 00:25:05,271 --> 00:25:08,975 BETH, YOU'RE LEADING UP TO SOMETHING. 452 00:25:09,008 --> 00:25:11,744 WELL, 453 00:25:11,778 --> 00:25:15,314 IF YOU REALLY BELIEVE THAT I'M ALL THOSE THINGS, 454 00:25:15,347 --> 00:25:18,517 THEN YOU'VE GOT TO RESPECT MY CHOICE OF CANDIDATES. 455 00:25:22,154 --> 00:25:24,290 YOU REALLY MEAN THAT, DON'T YOU? 456 00:25:24,323 --> 00:25:26,092 [KNOCK ON DOOR] 457 00:25:32,732 --> 00:25:33,900 MR. McCARY. COME IN. 458 00:25:33,933 --> 00:25:35,568 EVENING. 459 00:25:35,602 --> 00:25:37,203 MRS. WILDER, JENNY. 460 00:25:37,236 --> 00:25:39,205 I HOPE I'M NOT DISTURBING YOU COMING SO LATE. 461 00:25:39,238 --> 00:25:41,741 OH, NOT AT ALL. YOU'RE WELCOME ANYTIME, MR. McCARY. 462 00:25:41,774 --> 00:25:43,309 THANK YOU. 463 00:25:43,342 --> 00:25:46,012 I SAW IN THE GAZETTE YOU'RE RUNNING FOR MAYOR, ALMANZO. 464 00:25:46,045 --> 00:25:49,048 I WONDER IF YOU COULD USE A CAMPAIGN MANAGER. 465 00:25:49,081 --> 00:25:51,618 WELL, IF I'M GOING TO RUN, THEN I SURE COULD. 466 00:25:51,651 --> 00:25:53,920 I'D LIKE TO APPLY FOR THE JOB. 467 00:25:58,024 --> 00:26:00,960 MR. McCARY, YOU'RE HIRED. 468 00:26:03,796 --> 00:26:05,364 OH, I'M TELLING YOU, BILL, 469 00:26:05,397 --> 00:26:08,701 THIS BOY'S HEAD IS A DRUMFUL OF IDEAS FOR THE TOWN. 470 00:26:08,735 --> 00:26:10,136 IS THAT SO, ALMANZO? 471 00:26:10,169 --> 00:26:11,604 YES, SIR. 472 00:26:11,638 --> 00:26:12,872 AND FOR INSTANCE? 473 00:26:12,905 --> 00:26:15,775 UH, WELL, SIR... 474 00:26:15,808 --> 00:26:18,778 I SURE THINK WE COULD USE BETTER ROADS LEADING IN AND OUT OF TOWN. 475 00:26:18,811 --> 00:26:21,380 BETTER ROADS? WOULDN'T WE HAVE TO RAISE TAXES TO-- 476 00:26:21,413 --> 00:26:25,785 TAXES! OH, DON'T MENTION TAXES IN FRONT OF MY BOY HERE, BILL. 477 00:26:25,818 --> 00:26:28,054 HE'LL JUST HAVE TO WRESTLE YOU TO THE GROUND FOR IT. 478 00:26:28,087 --> 00:26:29,989 NO, WHAT I THINK ALMANZO-- 479 00:26:30,022 --> 00:26:32,692 LET ME STOP YOU, LEM. 480 00:26:32,725 --> 00:26:34,961 I THINK IT'S ONLY FAIR TO TELL YOU THAT I'M LEANING STRONGLY 481 00:26:34,994 --> 00:26:36,896 TOWARD NELS OLESON IN THIS ELECTION. 482 00:26:36,929 --> 00:26:39,065 BUT BILL, YOU AIN'T GIVE THE BOY A CHANCE TO-- 483 00:26:39,098 --> 00:26:42,635 I KNOW ALMANZO, LEM. I KNOW HE'S A HONEST, HARD-WORKING BOY 484 00:26:42,669 --> 00:26:44,136 WITH GOOD INTENTIONS. 485 00:26:44,170 --> 00:26:46,673 Bill: BUT NELS IS A BUSINESSMAN. 486 00:26:46,706 --> 00:26:50,142 AND MAYBE THAT'S WHO WE NEED TO RUN THIS TOWN. 487 00:26:50,176 --> 00:26:54,647 BESIDES, WITH HARRIET HANGING THAT BOND OVER OUR HEADS, 488 00:26:54,681 --> 00:26:56,983 I DON'T SEE THAT WE'VE GOT MUCH OF A CHOICE. 489 00:26:57,016 --> 00:26:59,719 THAT'S THE WHOLE THING IN A NUTSHELL, AIN'T IT, BILL? 490 00:26:59,752 --> 00:27:02,689 YOU'RE SCARED OF HARRIET, AND WHAT SHE MIGHT DO. 491 00:27:04,757 --> 00:27:08,394 WELL, HAVE IT YOUR WAY, LEM, BUT... 492 00:27:08,427 --> 00:27:11,197 I'VE GOT WORK TO DO. EXCUSE ME. 493 00:27:15,434 --> 00:27:17,069 I DON'T KNOW, LEM. 494 00:27:17,103 --> 00:27:19,438 NOW, YOU REMEMBER WHEN YOU SOLD ME THOSE PINE LOGS, 495 00:27:19,471 --> 00:27:21,874 - YEAH. - RIGHT, AND I LET YOU HAVE THE STACKS. 496 00:27:21,908 --> 00:27:25,077 DID I GIVE YOU A WRONG DEAL WHEN I TOLD YOU ABOUT THAT? 497 00:27:25,111 --> 00:27:26,979 - NO. - ALL RIGHT, NOW, THIS BOY IS YOUNG. 498 00:27:27,013 --> 00:27:28,815 Lem: HE HAS IT ALL. 499 00:27:28,848 --> 00:27:31,383 NELS NOT SO MUCH. NELS IS AN OLDER MAN WHO'S BEEN AROUND... 500 00:27:31,417 --> 00:27:33,753 [CHATTERING] 501 00:27:33,786 --> 00:27:37,389 I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, HE'LL GET IN THERE AND MAKE THIS TOWN GO BOOM! 502 00:27:39,759 --> 00:27:41,728 WELL, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THIS, LEM. 503 00:27:41,761 --> 00:27:43,229 OF COURSE YOU ARE. 504 00:27:43,262 --> 00:27:45,331 BUT I DON'T DOUBT TO FORGET WHAT I WAS TELLING YOU. 505 00:27:47,734 --> 00:27:50,302 Lem: ALMANZO THERE, HE'S EXACTLY WHAT THIS TOWN NEEDS, 506 00:27:50,336 --> 00:27:52,739 BECAUSE HE REPRESENTS WHAT MOST OF THE PEOPLE ARE-- 507 00:27:52,772 --> 00:27:53,906 HARD-WORKING DIRT FARMERS. 508 00:27:53,940 --> 00:27:55,474 HE'S A RESPONSIBLE FAMILY MAN, 509 00:27:55,507 --> 00:27:58,344 THE KIND WHO CARE ABOUT THE NEIGHBORS AND THE COMMUNITY. 510 00:27:58,377 --> 00:28:00,880 AND HE'S YOUNG ENOUGH TO BE OPEN TO NEW IDEAS. 511 00:28:02,949 --> 00:28:05,051 GEORGE MADDOX, AN OLD FRIEND OF MINE, 512 00:28:05,084 --> 00:28:07,286 LIVES JUST DOWN THE ROAD HERE. 513 00:28:07,319 --> 00:28:09,956 IT SHOULDN'T TAKE MUCH TO WIN HIS VOTE. 514 00:28:09,989 --> 00:28:13,059 WHAT WILL I HAVE TO DO, BUILD HIM A NEW BARN? 515 00:28:13,092 --> 00:28:16,395 MR. McCARY, I CAN'T DO THIS ANYMORE. I QUIT. 516 00:28:16,428 --> 00:28:20,232 IT'S ALL WRONG FOR ME. I'M JUST NOT A POLITICIAN. 517 00:28:20,266 --> 00:28:22,735 BUT YOU'RE A QUICK LEARNER. YOU'LL GET THE HANG OF IT. 518 00:28:22,769 --> 00:28:24,837 NO, SIR. AND THIS TIME I MEAN IT. 519 00:28:24,871 --> 00:28:26,172 I SHOULD HAVE STUCK WITH MY ORIGINAL INSTINCTS 520 00:28:26,205 --> 00:28:28,407 AND STAYED OUT OF POLITICS. 521 00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:31,844 BUT INSTEAD I LET FOLKS TALK ME INTO THINGS I DON'T WANT TO DO. 522 00:28:31,878 --> 00:28:33,780 I DON'T KNOW THE ISSUES. 523 00:28:33,813 --> 00:28:35,481 I'M SCARED OUT OF MY WITS MY WITS TO TALK IN FRONT OF CROWDS, 524 00:28:35,514 --> 00:28:37,917 AND YOU'RE THE ONE THAT'S GOT ALL THE ANSWERS. 525 00:28:37,950 --> 00:28:41,253 YOU DO THE TALKING WHILE I DO ALL THE CHORES. 526 00:28:41,287 --> 00:28:43,923 NOW, WHAT KIND OF MAYOR WOULD I MAKE? 527 00:28:46,458 --> 00:28:49,962 NOT A VERY GOOD ONE, I EXPECT. 528 00:28:49,996 --> 00:28:52,364 FOLKS DON'T DO THEIR BEST AT JOBS THEY DON'T LIKE. 529 00:28:54,834 --> 00:28:56,235 WE'RE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, 530 00:28:56,268 --> 00:28:59,405 I HAVEN'T SEEN GEORGE MADDOX FOR QUITE A SPELL. 531 00:28:59,438 --> 00:29:00,940 YOU MIND IF WE DROP BY? 532 00:29:02,942 --> 00:29:04,210 OF COURSE NOT. 533 00:29:05,912 --> 00:29:07,780 ONLY NO MORE CAMPAIGNING. 534 00:29:24,096 --> 00:29:26,465 GEORGE! 535 00:29:26,498 --> 00:29:29,301 GEORGE MADDOX, GET YOUR ORNERY HIDE OUT HERE. 536 00:29:29,335 --> 00:29:31,337 YOU GOT YOURSELF SOME COMPANY. 537 00:29:35,407 --> 00:29:37,476 WHAT'S THE MATTER-- YOU GO DEEF? 538 00:29:37,509 --> 00:29:40,246 IT'S LEM McCARY, GEORGE! 539 00:29:41,580 --> 00:29:43,115 GEORGE? 540 00:29:48,855 --> 00:29:50,222 GEORGE? 541 00:29:56,528 --> 00:29:57,864 MR. McCARY? 542 00:30:03,870 --> 00:30:05,537 WHAT IS IT? 543 00:30:05,571 --> 00:30:08,074 IT'S GEORGE. 544 00:30:08,107 --> 00:30:10,977 LOOKS LIKE HE'S BEEN DEAD A LONG TIME. 545 00:30:32,631 --> 00:30:36,568 NO TELLING HOW LONG HE LAID THERE SICK AND SUFFERED, 546 00:30:36,602 --> 00:30:39,638 ONLY NOBODY KNEW, BECAUSE NOBODY CARED ENOUGH 547 00:30:39,671 --> 00:30:42,074 TO EVEN LOOK INTO HIM. 548 00:30:42,108 --> 00:30:45,978 WHAT IS HAPPENING TO US? 549 00:30:46,012 --> 00:30:47,479 WE'RE DYING OFF ONE BY ONE, 550 00:30:47,513 --> 00:30:51,450 AND NOBODY SEEMS TO CARE OR EVEN NOTICE. 551 00:30:51,483 --> 00:30:52,651 YOU'D THINK WE OLD PEOPLE 552 00:30:52,684 --> 00:30:56,055 WOULD AT LEAST CARE ABOUT EACH OTHER. 553 00:30:56,088 --> 00:30:58,457 DON'T EVEN SEEM TO HAVE THAT NO MORE. 554 00:31:01,093 --> 00:31:03,362 LET'S GO, MR. McCARY. 555 00:31:03,395 --> 00:31:04,630 WE'VE DONE ALL WE CAN. 556 00:31:06,132 --> 00:31:07,666 NO, SIR. 557 00:31:07,699 --> 00:31:10,402 I HAVEN'T DONE ALL I CAN. 558 00:31:10,436 --> 00:31:11,670 AND BY HEAVEN, 559 00:31:11,703 --> 00:31:13,872 I'M GOING TO DO SOMETHING! 560 00:31:30,589 --> 00:31:32,091 HARRIET OLESON, 561 00:31:32,124 --> 00:31:33,993 I HAVE A PROPOSITION FOR YOU. 562 00:31:34,026 --> 00:31:35,694 A PROPOSITION? 563 00:31:35,727 --> 00:31:39,565 NOW, SINCE YOUR CANDIDATE HAS DROPPED OUT OF THE RACE, MR. McCARY, 564 00:31:39,598 --> 00:31:42,601 THAT IS HARDLY A BASIS FOR ANY DEAL-MAKING. 565 00:31:42,634 --> 00:31:45,337 WELL, THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH POLITICS. 566 00:31:45,371 --> 00:31:47,206 I JUST WANT YOUR PERMISSION 567 00:31:47,239 --> 00:31:49,541 TO HOLD A SOCIAL IN THE OLD LARS HANSON HOUSE 568 00:31:49,575 --> 00:31:52,044 FOR THE ELDERLY OF THIS COMMUNITY. 569 00:31:52,078 --> 00:31:55,081 ABSOLUTELY NOT! 570 00:31:55,114 --> 00:31:56,648 WHY NOT? 571 00:31:56,682 --> 00:31:59,251 BECAUSE THAT HOUSE IS UP FOR SALE. 572 00:31:59,285 --> 00:32:01,253 AND I'M CERTAINLY NOT GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF OLD PEOPLE 573 00:32:01,287 --> 00:32:03,089 RUNNING AROUND, SHEDDING THEIR HAIR, 574 00:32:03,122 --> 00:32:06,592 AND DROPPING THEIR TEETH ALL OVER MY RUGS. 575 00:32:06,625 --> 00:32:09,028 WE'D BE OUTSIDE MOSTLY. 576 00:32:09,061 --> 00:32:11,697 EVEN SO, I JUST COME FROM UP THERE, 577 00:32:11,730 --> 00:32:13,632 AND IT'S A SHAMBLES. 578 00:32:13,665 --> 00:32:18,204 BUT WHEN ME AND MY FRIENDS GO IN THERE AND SPRUCE IT UP, 579 00:32:18,237 --> 00:32:20,172 THAT IS, FIX WHAT NEEDS FIXING, 580 00:32:20,206 --> 00:32:21,540 PAINT IT, POLISH IT, 581 00:32:21,573 --> 00:32:23,409 YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A HOUSE THAT SHINES 582 00:32:23,442 --> 00:32:27,313 LIKE A BRAND NEW DIME. 583 00:32:27,346 --> 00:32:32,084 BESIDES, NEED I MENTION THE POLITICAL BENEFITS? 584 00:32:32,118 --> 00:32:34,653 UH, BENEFITS? 585 00:32:34,686 --> 00:32:37,623 OH, OLD FOLKS HAVE THE VOTE, TOO, YOU KNOW? 586 00:32:37,656 --> 00:32:39,391 I'M THINKING THE GOOD WILL YOU'D CREATE 587 00:32:39,425 --> 00:32:41,360 IF YOU OPEN THE HOUSE FOR A SOCIAL. 588 00:32:41,393 --> 00:32:45,164 OF COURSE, EVERYBODY KNOWS YOU HAVE THE ELECTION ALL SEWED UP, 589 00:32:45,197 --> 00:32:47,533 BUT A GESTURE LIKE THIS WOULD PROBABLY 590 00:32:47,566 --> 00:32:51,303 TURN THE ELECTION INTO A DOGGONE LANDSLIDE. 591 00:32:53,105 --> 00:32:54,373 A LANDSLIDE? 592 00:32:54,406 --> 00:32:55,607 YES, MA'AM! 593 00:32:57,043 --> 00:32:59,311 OH. WELL. 594 00:32:59,345 --> 00:33:01,680 ALL RIGHT, MR. McCARY. 595 00:33:01,713 --> 00:33:03,182 I TELL YOU WHAT. 596 00:33:03,215 --> 00:33:06,485 I'LL GO YOU ONE EVEN BETTER. 597 00:33:06,518 --> 00:33:09,155 SUPPOSE THAT WE HAVE THE SOCIAL EVENT 598 00:33:09,188 --> 00:33:11,757 ON THE AFTERNOON OF THE ELECTION, 599 00:33:11,790 --> 00:33:13,325 AND EVERYONE WILL BE INVITED. 600 00:33:13,359 --> 00:33:14,526 AND THAT WAY, IT CAN DOUBLE 601 00:33:14,560 --> 00:33:18,197 AS A KIND OF A VICTORY CELEBRATION 602 00:33:18,230 --> 00:33:21,367 FOR THE NEW MAYOR. 603 00:33:21,400 --> 00:33:23,802 WON'T THAT BE FUN? 604 00:33:23,835 --> 00:33:25,371 AND FOOD AND REFRESHMENTS 605 00:33:25,404 --> 00:33:28,340 WILL BE COURTESY OF THE OLESONS. 606 00:33:28,374 --> 00:33:30,609 MRS. OLESON. 607 00:33:30,642 --> 00:33:35,381 YOU ARE A GRACIOUS LADY. 608 00:33:35,414 --> 00:33:36,648 OH? 609 00:33:59,171 --> 00:34:02,141 THERE. AIN'T THAT PRETTY? 610 00:34:02,174 --> 00:34:04,843 WELL, THAT LOOKS REAL GOOD THERE, FLOYD. 611 00:34:04,876 --> 00:34:07,146 I BROUGHT THAT UP ON MY OWN GARDEN. 612 00:34:07,179 --> 00:34:08,547 IT'S CALLED AN AMERICAN BEAUTY. 613 00:34:08,580 --> 00:34:09,748 LEM. 614 00:34:13,185 --> 00:34:15,854 DO YOU THINK THESE CURTAINS WILL BE ALL RIGHT IN THE PARLOR? 615 00:34:15,887 --> 00:34:17,789 IT'S AN OLD PAIR I HAD AT HOME. 616 00:34:17,823 --> 00:34:19,791 I ALWAYS LIKED THEM. THEY'LL BE FINE. 617 00:34:19,825 --> 00:34:22,194 IT'LL BE JUST LIKE OLD TIMES, WON'T IT? 618 00:34:22,228 --> 00:34:23,795 A PARTY IN LARS'S HOUSE. 619 00:34:23,829 --> 00:34:25,564 JUST LIKE OLD TIMES. 620 00:34:25,597 --> 00:34:28,800 DO YOU THINK JESS WILL COME? 621 00:34:28,834 --> 00:34:30,569 I WOULDN'T GET MY HOPES UP, MAGGIE. 622 00:34:30,602 --> 00:34:32,271 I INVITED HIM. 623 00:34:32,304 --> 00:34:34,540 EVEN TRIED TO GET HIM TO COME OVER HERE THIS MORNING 624 00:34:34,573 --> 00:34:36,808 AND HELP OUT, BUT YOU KNOW JESS. 625 00:34:36,842 --> 00:34:39,111 NO. 626 00:34:39,145 --> 00:34:42,614 I DON'T THINK I DO ANYMORE. 627 00:34:42,648 --> 00:34:44,082 Willie: MR. McCARY! 628 00:34:47,386 --> 00:34:49,188 WILLIE, WHAT IS ALL THIS? 629 00:34:49,221 --> 00:34:51,623 WE THOUGHT YOU COULD USE SOME HELP. 630 00:34:51,657 --> 00:34:54,860 HA! YOU BET WE CAN! 631 00:34:54,893 --> 00:34:56,828 ALL RIGHT, SPREAD OUT, NOW. 632 00:34:56,862 --> 00:34:58,830 FIND SOMETHING NEEDING DOING AND DO IT. 633 00:34:58,864 --> 00:35:02,434 [CHATTERING] 634 00:35:02,468 --> 00:35:04,270 MISS PLUM, 635 00:35:04,303 --> 00:35:07,739 I CAN'T THINK OF NOTHING TO SAY BUT THANKS. 636 00:35:07,773 --> 00:35:11,277 DON'T THANK ME. IT WAS WILLIE'S IDEA. 637 00:35:11,310 --> 00:35:13,145 OH. 638 00:35:13,179 --> 00:35:15,814 WE'VE BEEN STUDYING COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITY IN SCHOOL, 639 00:35:15,847 --> 00:35:18,850 AND THE CHILDREN HAVE TAKEN SUCH AN INTEREST IN IT YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE IT. 640 00:35:18,884 --> 00:35:20,752 THE CHILDREN. 641 00:35:20,786 --> 00:35:25,191 US GROWN-UPS COULD TAKE LESSONS FROM THEM. 642 00:35:25,224 --> 00:35:28,194 LOOKS AS THOUGH YOU'VE MANAGED A PRETTY GOOD TURNOUT, YOURSELF. 643 00:35:28,227 --> 00:35:29,795 COULD'VE HOPED FOR A LOT MORE, 644 00:35:29,828 --> 00:35:31,463 BUT IT'S HARD FOR SOMEONE 645 00:35:31,497 --> 00:35:35,434 TO GET OUT WITHOUT A LITTLE...HELP. 646 00:35:35,467 --> 00:35:38,237 MISS PLUM, TOMORROW'S ELECTION DAY. 647 00:35:38,270 --> 00:35:40,872 AND A LOT OF FOLKS WOULD LIKE TO VOTE BUT CAN'T GET INTO TOWN. 648 00:35:40,906 --> 00:35:42,574 NOW, MAYBE YOU AND THE CHILDREN 649 00:35:42,608 --> 00:35:46,378 COULD DO SOME OF US A BIG SERVICE. 650 00:35:46,412 --> 00:35:47,713 Harriet: AND ANOTHER THING, NELS-- 651 00:35:47,746 --> 00:35:51,850 [KNOCK ON DOOR] OH, FOR HEAVEN'S SAKES. 652 00:35:51,883 --> 00:35:53,819 EVENING, MRS. OLESON. 653 00:35:53,852 --> 00:35:55,954 I JUST STOPPED BY TO BRING YOUR HOUSE KEYS. 654 00:35:55,987 --> 00:35:57,356 HELLO, LEM, COME ON IN. 655 00:35:57,389 --> 00:35:58,657 I'LL SET UP THE CHECKER BOARD. 656 00:35:58,690 --> 00:36:00,192 - WELL-- - ANOTHER TIME, NELS. 657 00:36:00,226 --> 00:36:01,827 I ALSO WANT YOU TO KNOW 658 00:36:01,860 --> 00:36:04,763 THAT LARS' HOUSE IS PRETTY AS A PICTURE. 659 00:36:04,796 --> 00:36:06,598 YOU'RE GOING TO BE REAL PROUD TOMORROW AFTERNOON 660 00:36:06,632 --> 00:36:07,799 AT THE VICTORY PARTY. 661 00:36:07,833 --> 00:36:09,568 YOU MIGHT EVEN FIND A BUYER FOR IT. 662 00:36:09,601 --> 00:36:12,504 OH, WELL, I CAN HARDLY WAIT. 663 00:36:12,538 --> 00:36:14,806 I DON'T WANT TO KEEP YOU FOLKS UP ALL NIGHT. 664 00:36:14,840 --> 00:36:16,342 SEE YOU AT THE DEBATE. 665 00:36:16,375 --> 00:36:17,976 UH-HUH. 666 00:36:18,009 --> 00:36:20,279 DEBATE? 667 00:36:20,312 --> 00:36:21,480 Harriet: WHAT DEBATE? 668 00:36:21,513 --> 00:36:23,282 OH, MY, HAVEN'T YOU HEARD? 669 00:36:23,315 --> 00:36:24,883 NO. 670 00:36:24,916 --> 00:36:26,852 Lem: WELL, I SORT OF RUSTLED UP INTEREST IN A LITTLE DEBATE 671 00:36:26,885 --> 00:36:28,687 TOMORROW BEFORE THE ELECTION. 672 00:36:28,720 --> 00:36:30,356 FIGURED THE VOTERS HAD A RIGHT TO HEAR 673 00:36:30,389 --> 00:36:34,860 THEIR CHOICE FOR MAYOR ONE LAST TIME BEFORE VOTING! 674 00:36:34,893 --> 00:36:37,896 OH, FOR HEAVEN'S SAKES, MR. McCARY. 675 00:36:37,929 --> 00:36:40,299 HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN ALREADY? 676 00:36:40,332 --> 00:36:43,001 ALMANZO WILDER DROPPED OUT OF THE RACE, 677 00:36:43,034 --> 00:36:45,937 AND NELS IS THE ONLY CANDIDATE. 678 00:36:45,971 --> 00:36:49,241 UH-OH. RECKON IT PLUMB SLIPPED MY MIND. 679 00:36:49,275 --> 00:36:52,478 WELL, YOU KNOW HOW FORGETFUL US OLD FOLKS CAN BE. 680 00:36:52,511 --> 00:36:55,247 YES, MA'AM. I FORGOT TO TELL YOU. 681 00:36:55,281 --> 00:36:58,384 I DECIDED TO RUN FOR MAYOR. 682 00:36:58,417 --> 00:37:00,018 NIGHT, NELS, MRS. OLESON. 683 00:37:03,889 --> 00:37:06,258 DID YOU HEAR WHAT HE SAID? 684 00:37:35,487 --> 00:37:36,922 GOOD MORNING, MR. MOFFET, 685 00:37:36,955 --> 00:37:39,591 I'M JENNY WILDER. THIS IS TIM SPENCE. 686 00:37:39,625 --> 00:37:40,926 WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? 687 00:37:40,959 --> 00:37:43,662 WHO ARE THOSE PEOPLE IN THE WAGON? 688 00:37:43,695 --> 00:37:44,863 IT'S ELECTION DAY. 689 00:37:44,896 --> 00:37:46,064 WE'RE TAKING FOLKS TO TOWN 690 00:37:46,097 --> 00:37:47,699 WHO CAN'T GET THERE ON THEIR OWN. 691 00:37:47,733 --> 00:37:49,468 WE'VE GOT ONE FOR YOU. 692 00:37:49,501 --> 00:37:52,638 NAH, WHY DON'T YOU GIVE MY SEAT TO SOMEBODY ELSE? 693 00:37:52,671 --> 00:37:54,306 I AIN'T GOING NOWHERE. 694 00:37:54,340 --> 00:37:57,042 DON'T YOU WANT TO VOTE, MR. MOFFET? 695 00:37:57,075 --> 00:37:58,910 THE RIGHT TO VOTE IS A PRIVILEGE 696 00:37:58,944 --> 00:38:01,413 MEN LONG AGO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR. 697 00:38:01,447 --> 00:38:03,582 WELL, I DIDN'T ASK THEM TO. 698 00:38:03,615 --> 00:38:05,551 I'VE GOT TO REASON TO VOTE. 699 00:38:05,584 --> 00:38:07,052 GET ON OUT OF HERE! 700 00:38:07,085 --> 00:38:08,854 IS THERE ROOM FOR ME? 701 00:38:08,887 --> 00:38:11,289 - YES, MA'AM. - I'LL JUST GET MY HAT. 702 00:38:14,893 --> 00:38:17,529 I HEARD MR. MADDOX WAS A FRIEND OF YOURS. 703 00:38:17,563 --> 00:38:18,964 I NEVER MET HIM. 704 00:38:18,997 --> 00:38:20,832 BUT I'M SORRY HE DIED. 705 00:38:22,501 --> 00:38:25,871 MR. McCARY SAID HE DIED THE WORSE KIND OF DEATH. 706 00:38:25,904 --> 00:38:27,373 LONELINESS. 707 00:38:31,777 --> 00:38:32,778 I'M READY. 708 00:38:32,811 --> 00:38:34,613 WE BETTER HURRY. 709 00:38:34,646 --> 00:38:36,982 WE'VE GOT TO GET BACK TO OLESONVILLE BEFORE THE DEBATE. 710 00:38:37,015 --> 00:38:38,917 OLESONVILLE? WHERE'S THAT? 711 00:38:38,950 --> 00:38:41,119 THAT'S THE NEW NAME OF WALNUT GROVE. 712 00:38:41,152 --> 00:38:43,422 THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CHANGES LATELY. 713 00:38:43,455 --> 00:38:45,457 WE'RE TRYING TO GET THOSE CHANGES CHANGED. 714 00:39:20,626 --> 00:39:23,629 SO, NATURALLY, WE AGREED TO THE DEBATE 715 00:39:23,662 --> 00:39:27,032 JUST TO HUMOR THE OLD SOUL. [CHUCKLES] 716 00:39:27,065 --> 00:39:30,769 HE PROBABLY WON'T GET MORE THAN, I DON'T KNOW, TWO VO... 717 00:39:30,802 --> 00:39:32,070 VO... 718 00:39:57,529 --> 00:39:59,998 DR. BAKER, ARE YOU GOING TO ALLOW 719 00:40:00,031 --> 00:40:02,100 THIS MOCKERY OF JUSTICE TO CONTINUE? 720 00:40:02,133 --> 00:40:04,436 WHY, THIS LEM McCARY HERE, 721 00:40:04,470 --> 00:40:08,039 WHAT HE'S DOING IS SOMETHING AKIN TO STUFFING THE BALLOT BOX! 722 00:40:08,073 --> 00:40:10,442 - WELL, HARRIET. - WHAT? 723 00:40:10,476 --> 00:40:13,178 WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS AT WORK. 724 00:40:13,211 --> 00:40:15,180 OH, PIDDLE-PADDLE! 725 00:40:24,189 --> 00:40:25,924 LADIES... 726 00:40:25,957 --> 00:40:28,694 LADIES, GENTS, 727 00:40:28,727 --> 00:40:32,531 IF YOU'LL KEEP IT DOWN, THE DEBATE IS UP HERE. 728 00:40:32,564 --> 00:40:34,032 IT'S NOT OUT THERE. 729 00:40:34,065 --> 00:40:35,967 [LAUGHTER] 730 00:40:36,001 --> 00:40:39,605 AND IT'S TIME WE HAVE THESE CANDIDATES SQUARE OFF. 731 00:40:39,638 --> 00:40:41,139 WELL, ARE THERE GOING TO BE BARE KNUCKLES, DOC? 732 00:40:41,172 --> 00:40:43,108 [LAUGHTER] 733 00:40:46,144 --> 00:40:48,680 ALL RIGHT. IN THIS CORNER, 734 00:40:48,714 --> 00:40:50,816 WE HAVE CIVIC LEADER, BUSINESSMAN, 735 00:40:50,849 --> 00:40:53,719 AND PROPRIETOR OF THE MERCANTEEL, 736 00:40:53,752 --> 00:40:55,787 NELS OLESON! 737 00:40:55,821 --> 00:40:57,956 [APPLAUSE] 738 00:41:00,992 --> 00:41:02,994 AND IN THIS CORNER-- 739 00:41:03,028 --> 00:41:07,065 5 FOOT 9 1/2, 150 POUNDS OF RIP-ROARING DYNAMITE! 740 00:41:07,098 --> 00:41:08,800 [LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE] 741 00:41:12,003 --> 00:41:15,574 WELL SAID, MR. EDWARDS. MR. LEM McCARY! 742 00:41:15,607 --> 00:41:18,944 [APPLAUSE] 743 00:41:18,977 --> 00:41:21,647 Doc Baker: NOW, WE FLIPPED A COIN A MOMENT AGO, 744 00:41:21,680 --> 00:41:23,915 AND THE WINNER WAS LEM, 745 00:41:23,949 --> 00:41:25,951 SO HE GETS TO MAKE THE OPENING SPEECH. 746 00:41:25,984 --> 00:41:28,520 [APPLAUSE] 747 00:41:32,858 --> 00:41:34,092 WELL, YOU ALL KNOW ME. 748 00:41:34,125 --> 00:41:36,127 I'VE BEEN LIVING HERE LONGER THAN MOST. 749 00:41:36,161 --> 00:41:39,064 I FIRST COME HERE 52 YEARS AGO 750 00:41:39,097 --> 00:41:40,666 ALONG WITH A HANDFUL OF OTHER FOLKS 751 00:41:40,699 --> 00:41:42,801 WITH THE NOTION OF BUILDING A TOWN. 752 00:41:42,834 --> 00:41:45,937 THERE WAS LARS HANSON, JESS MOFFET, 753 00:41:45,971 --> 00:41:49,608 GEORGE MADDOX, LES SUTHERLAND AND HIS WIFE MADDY, 754 00:41:49,641 --> 00:41:52,077 FEW OTHERS, MOST OF THEM GONE NOW. 755 00:41:52,110 --> 00:41:54,279 SO, YOU'LL ONLY HAVE MY WORD FOR IT 756 00:41:54,312 --> 00:41:57,115 WHEN I TELL YOU HOW HARD WE WORKED, 757 00:41:57,148 --> 00:42:00,251 SUNUP TO SUNDOWN, DAY IN AND DAY OUT. 758 00:42:00,285 --> 00:42:01,987 AND YOU NEVER HEARD COMPLAINT, 759 00:42:02,020 --> 00:42:05,924 BECAUSE WE BELIEVED IN WHAT WE WAS DOING. 760 00:42:05,957 --> 00:42:09,961 OFF A HARD WINTER THAT FIRST YEAR, KILLED A LOT OF US, 761 00:42:09,995 --> 00:42:12,097 AND THE TOWN NEAR DIED RIGHT THEN. 762 00:42:12,130 --> 00:42:13,865 BUT IT DIDN'T. 763 00:42:13,899 --> 00:42:17,669 AND THOSE STILL LIVING STAYED AND JUST KEPT GOING. 764 00:42:17,703 --> 00:42:20,105 IT WAS 2, MAYBE 3 YEARS 765 00:42:20,138 --> 00:42:23,274 BEFORE WE THOUGHT TO GIVE THE TOWN A NAME. 766 00:42:23,308 --> 00:42:25,744 MOST OF US WANTED TO CALL IT HANSONVILLE 767 00:42:25,777 --> 00:42:27,112 FOR LARS HANSON. 768 00:42:27,145 --> 00:42:29,881 BUT, OH, HE WOULDN'T THINK OF IT. 769 00:42:29,915 --> 00:42:33,084 SO IT WAS JESS MO-- 770 00:42:37,856 --> 00:42:40,058 IT WAS JESS MOFFET 771 00:42:40,091 --> 00:42:42,961 WHO THOUGHT TO CALL IT WALNUT GROVE 772 00:42:42,994 --> 00:42:47,298 BECAUSE OF THAT NICE STAND OF WALNUTS UP THERE ON THE RIDGE. 773 00:42:47,332 --> 00:42:49,968 YOU SEE, LARS DIDN'T THINK IT RIGHT 774 00:42:50,001 --> 00:42:53,304 FOR A TOWN TO BE NAMED FOR ONE PERSON, 775 00:42:53,338 --> 00:42:56,241 BECAUSE A TOWN AIN'T JUST ONE PERSON. 776 00:42:56,274 --> 00:42:57,809 IT'S A WHOLE LOT OF FOLKS THAT ARE LIVING 777 00:42:57,843 --> 00:43:00,045 AND WORKING TOGETHER. 778 00:43:00,078 --> 00:43:02,047 AND THAT'S THE SAME REASON 779 00:43:02,080 --> 00:43:04,850 WHY A TOWN CAN'T BE OWNED BY ONE PERSON, 780 00:43:04,883 --> 00:43:07,753 BECAUSE THEN IT WOULDN'T BE A TOWN ANYMORE. 781 00:43:07,786 --> 00:43:11,089 IT'D BE A COMPANY WITH ONE BOSS 782 00:43:11,122 --> 00:43:12,758 AND A LOT OF HIRED HELP. 783 00:43:12,791 --> 00:43:15,961 [CHUCKLING] 784 00:43:15,994 --> 00:43:19,297 WAY BACK IN THOSE EARLY YEARS, 785 00:43:19,330 --> 00:43:22,167 WE HAD HIGH HOPES FOR THIS TOWN. 786 00:43:22,200 --> 00:43:25,036 OH, WE WEREN'T LOOKING FOR IT TO BE A BIG CITY 787 00:43:25,070 --> 00:43:28,406 WITH 4-STORY BUILDINGS AND COBBLESTONE STREETS. 788 00:43:28,439 --> 00:43:34,079 OUR ONLY HOPE WAS THAT IT WOULD BE A DECENT PLACE TO LIVE, 789 00:43:34,112 --> 00:43:37,082 A PLACE WHERE ONE NEIGHBOR CARED ABOUT ANOTHER, 790 00:43:37,115 --> 00:43:42,654 AND WHERE BROTHERLY LOVE WAS MORE THAN JUST TWO WORDS. 791 00:43:42,688 --> 00:43:45,957 BUT LATELY, I AIN'T SEEN A LOT OF EVIDENCE 792 00:43:45,991 --> 00:43:47,959 THAT IT'S TURNED OUT THAT WAY. 793 00:43:47,993 --> 00:43:50,395 SO IF I'M ELECTED, 794 00:43:50,428 --> 00:43:54,833 I'M GOING TO SEE WHAT I CAN DO ABOUT FIXING IT! 795 00:43:54,866 --> 00:43:58,704 [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] 796 00:44:07,378 --> 00:44:10,148 LADIES AND GENTS! 797 00:44:10,181 --> 00:44:12,283 COME ON OVER HERE! 798 00:44:12,317 --> 00:44:14,786 I HAVE THE NEWS YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR. 799 00:44:18,289 --> 00:44:20,926 WE HAVE OURSELVES A MAYOR! 800 00:44:20,959 --> 00:44:23,294 [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] 801 00:44:25,330 --> 00:44:27,432 WITH ALL VOTES COUNTED, 802 00:44:27,465 --> 00:44:29,367 NELS OLESON, 803 00:44:29,400 --> 00:44:31,302 64 VOTES. 804 00:44:31,336 --> 00:44:33,238 [APPLAUSE] 805 00:44:35,473 --> 00:44:37,242 LEM McCARY, 806 00:44:37,275 --> 00:44:39,344 67 VOTES. 807 00:44:39,377 --> 00:44:41,747 [APPLAUSE AND CHEERING] 808 00:44:47,085 --> 00:44:50,488 LEM! LEM, COME ON UP HERE! 809 00:44:50,521 --> 00:44:52,958 COME ON, LEM. COME ON UP HERE. 810 00:44:57,763 --> 00:45:00,899 I GUESS YOU KNOW THAT MEANS HARRIET IS GOING TO CALL HER BOND DUE. 811 00:45:00,932 --> 00:45:02,467 WHAT BOND'S THAT? 812 00:45:02,500 --> 00:45:03,935 AN OLD TOWN BOND. 813 00:45:03,969 --> 00:45:06,104 IT USED TO BELONG TO LARS HANSON. 814 00:45:06,137 --> 00:45:08,173 HARRIET HAS IT NOW, 815 00:45:08,206 --> 00:45:10,075 AND SHE'S GOING TO BANKRUPT THIS TOWN. 816 00:45:10,108 --> 00:45:11,276 CONGRATULATIONS, LEM. 817 00:45:11,309 --> 00:45:12,477 AWFUL CLOSE, NELS. 818 00:45:12,510 --> 00:45:16,481 YES, CONGRATULATIONS, MAYOR McCARY. 819 00:45:16,514 --> 00:45:18,149 - THANK YOU, MA'AM. - MM-HMM. 820 00:45:18,183 --> 00:45:22,220 NOW, AS YOUR FIRST OFFICIAL ACT IN OFFICE, 821 00:45:22,253 --> 00:45:25,456 YOU CAN JUST MAKE GOOD ON MY BOND. 822 00:45:25,490 --> 00:45:29,327 NOW, NOT JUST SO FAST, MRS. OLESON. 823 00:45:29,360 --> 00:45:30,996 WHAT? 824 00:45:31,029 --> 00:45:33,364 IF YOU TAKE A REAL GOOD LOOK AT THAT BOND YOU OWN, 825 00:45:33,398 --> 00:45:37,168 YOU'LL FIND A NUMBER TWO PRINTED ON THE TOP. 826 00:45:37,202 --> 00:45:39,537 I KNOW BECAUSE AT HOME I GOT THE SAME THING, 827 00:45:39,570 --> 00:45:41,406 ONLY IT SAYS "NUMBER ONE" ON IT. 828 00:45:41,439 --> 00:45:43,374 WHAT? 829 00:45:43,408 --> 00:45:46,511 Jess: THAT MEANS THE TOWN'S GOT TO PAY ME OFF BEFORE IT DOES YOU. 830 00:45:46,544 --> 00:45:51,316 ANYBODY GETTING ANY MONEY AROUND HERE IS GOING TO BE ME. 831 00:45:51,349 --> 00:45:55,453 MAYOR, CAN YOU MANAGE A DOLLAR A YEAR? 832 00:45:55,486 --> 00:45:58,056 JESS, WE HONOR YOUR DEMAND. 833 00:45:58,089 --> 00:45:59,825 [LAUGHTER] 834 00:45:59,858 --> 00:46:02,527 OH, FOR HEAVEN'S SAKES! 835 00:46:09,901 --> 00:46:12,537 AND DON'T FORGET THE PARTY AT LARS' HOUSE. 836 00:46:12,570 --> 00:46:14,372 EVERYBODY'S INVITED, 837 00:46:14,405 --> 00:46:16,141 COMPLIMENTS TO THE OLESONS. 838 00:46:16,174 --> 00:46:18,243 [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] 839 00:46:24,515 --> 00:46:27,552 EVERYBODY, GET YOUR PARTNERS FOR A ROUND DANCE. 840 00:46:30,221 --> 00:46:32,123 Caller: * A RING, A RING, A PRETTY LITTLE RING * 841 00:46:32,157 --> 00:46:35,293 [DANCE MUSIC PLAYING] 842 00:46:35,326 --> 00:46:37,362 * JUMP RIGHT UP AND WHEN YOU COME DOWN * 843 00:46:37,395 --> 00:46:39,965 * SWING THAT PRETTY GAL 'ROUND AND 'ROUND * 844 00:46:42,300 --> 00:46:44,602 * 'ROUND AND 'ROUND WITH THE OLD CHUCK WAGON * 845 00:46:44,635 --> 00:46:47,873 * A HIND WHEEL BROKE AND THE AXLE'S DRAGGIN' * 846 00:46:47,906 --> 00:46:49,474 WANT TO TAKE A WHIRL? 847 00:46:51,442 --> 00:46:53,945 I THOUGHT YOU'D NEVER ASK. 848 00:46:59,017 --> 00:47:01,586 Caller: HONOR YOUR PARTNER. 849 00:47:01,619 --> 00:47:04,856 HONOR YOUR CORNER. 850 00:47:04,890 --> 00:47:09,327 YOU SWING YOUR GIRL, I'LL SWING MINE. 851 00:47:09,360 --> 00:47:11,629 * ALL JOIN HANDS AND CIRCLE DOWN SOUTH * 852 00:47:11,662 --> 00:47:15,466 * AND LET A LITTLE SUNSHINE IN YOUR MOUTH * 853 00:47:15,500 --> 00:47:17,903 * CIRCLE UP THE RING A COUNTRY MILE * 854 00:47:17,936 --> 00:47:20,338 * LADY IN THE LEAD GO INJUN STYLE * 855 00:47:23,942 --> 00:47:26,044 * 'ROUND AND 'ROUND WITH THE OLD CHUCK WAGON * 856 00:47:26,077 --> 00:47:28,046 * A HIND WHEEL BROKE AND THE AXLE'S DRAGGIN' * 857 00:47:28,079 --> 00:47:29,414 * A HORSESHOE RING 858 00:47:29,447 --> 00:47:31,549 * LADIES ON THE INSIDE, GENTS ON THE OUT * 859 00:47:31,582 --> 00:47:33,952 * LADIES ON THE INSIDE GENTS TO THE RIGHT * 860 00:47:33,985 --> 00:47:36,421 * LADIES TO THE RIGHT AND GENTS GO LEFT... * 861 00:47:37,305 --> 00:48:37,728 Check out more than 100 online Thai lessons on BananaThai, osdb.link/bananathai 862 00:48:37,778 --> 00:48:42,328 Repair and Synchronization by Easy Subtitles Synchronizer 1.0.0.0 63534

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