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starring tommy reddig as jeff miller

jan clayton as his mother ellen

george cleveland as gramps

and of course

lassie

come on that's good enough he's moving

it up he doesn't like it with his lumps

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okay shoot

call him girl

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what's the matter

i don't know try it again

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please now

call it

what's the matter with you henry

maybe we ought to try something else

like tickling him

i don't understand it we trained him to

jump when lassie barked he jumped

yesterday yeah but only nine feet he's

gotta jump ten feet to qualify and each

day he's been jumping lesser and lesser

well let's try it once more

okay

call him girl good and loud

try tickling him

come on henry come on henry jump

come on be a good frog come on jump

maybe he's got a cold or something

whoever heard of a frog getting a cold

just because nobody heard of it doesn't

say it couldn't happen like you could

have the measles or the chickenpox

his nose

frogs don't have noses and feel where

his nose ought to be

it's wet

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hi jeff working hi

what's he doing

we're having trouble with henry henry

oh you're jumping frog well what's the

trouble he keeps jumping lesser and

lesser instead of farther and farther

last week he jumped 12 feet

yesterday nine feet and today he won't

even jump at all you think he's sick

clay

well i don't know

let's see

as he uh always been this spanish

i don't know has he porky

i think he was skinnier last week

something wrong

no i uh i don't think anything's wrong

is uh you're not at home jeff i brought

some uh tax form she wanted

yeah she's in the kitchen

he wasn't much help

maybe doesn't know much about frogs

may i come in

oh

oh gosh

hey let me do that

thank you

it's wonderful to be told

how are you fine

oh i brought those tax forms you wanted

thank you very much

how about a cup of coffee coffee and

coconut cake

sounds tempting but i think not watching

my weight

skinny is a rail

incidentally ellen

speaking of weight

jeff and torky have a problem i think

needs a woman's touch

henry

celebrated jumping frog of calverton

county the same

it seems uh his porky says

he's jumping lesser and lesser it's no

laughing matter ellen the jumping

contest is saturday and i'm afraid the

boys have a serious problem

well now don't you worry you can count

on henry to come through when the chips

are down

i don't think so

i examined him

what does he say

i don't know

not quite

play your blushing

i am you are now what is it

oh well

henry isn't henry

oh

well that makes about as little sense as

any statement i've ever heard henry

isn't henry

well ellen what i'm trying to say is

that

henry isn't the he

he's a she and

she's about to lay eggs

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you're glad

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what about henry

he no

she's about to become a mother

jeff where's lassie outside watching

henrietta

frog sitting

huh

look a little pleasantry

when do you expect the blessed event

i don't know what you're talking about

when do you think henrietta will become

a mother he ain't going to be a mother

what do you mean gramps clay horton says

she's ready to lay her eggs any time now

sure she'll lay lots of eggs and that'll

be the end of it

the end of what

the end of what grams

oh well what gramps means is that

henrietta's eggs will never hatch

why not

well

because

the same reason a chicken's eggs won't

hatch unless there's a rooster of ours

golly i forgot the eggs have to be

fertilized with melt

reply melt m-i-l-t

that's what the male frog puts on the

eggs maybe excuse mom

jeff

where did you learn that at 4-h man mom

i gotta go down the lake find a male

yes

anything else you want know

even spelled it for me

grams how do you tell a male frog from a

female

why yep

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hi jeff

i wouldn't have bothered you except

gramps couldn't help me neither could

mom

that's no bother the frogs are in the

barn

what's the matter with lassie nothing

she's just watching henry adam

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i caught as many as i could so i could

make sure one was a male

i can throw the rest back in the

morning do you tell a male from a female

well they're different

well i know they're different but how

like a rooster and a hand rooster has a

big comb on his head and doesn't

i can uh use a little more light jeff

you think you can find me another

lantern there's one in the back stalls

but don't do anything till i get back i

want to see

good evening dr horton

ellen this isn't funny

i think it's hilarious

the constable of calverton looking for a

mate for him

he wants to know how you tell a male

fraud from a female

well how do you i'd like to know too

ellen

there you are clay hi mom hi

what's that one

females what was the other one how do

you tell

well uh the females have eggs

well you can't see the eggs from the

outside can you clay

you can feel them

you want to feel this one okay

well mom frogs won't hurt you they don't

bite

so female too

well if you gentlemen don't mind i think

i'll go inside and do something nice and

ordinary like good donkey socks oh do

stay ellen you uh

you might learn something

oh i think i've learned quite enough for

one evening thank you

oh milt

m-i-l-t

she's been acting awful funny since we

found out henry was really henrietta she

has huh yep

uh jeff i think this one's a male

yes

i think so

we gotta be sure clay

henrietta amsterdam it must be a mail

thanks clay

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what

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what's the matter

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calling

guys

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what

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what's going on out here hey we haven't

laid her eggs but she sure made a lot of

racket laying them

jeff what are you doing out here this

time harry ever laid her eggs

i thought i heard the crash of glass all

that

i dropped the lantern

you marched right back to bed now fun's

fun but disturbing an entire household

because of a frog is just a little bit

too much now come on leslie no she's got

a watch

there's nothing more left to watch now

call her jeff

come on girl

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be quiet and go to sleep

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good morning mom what's good about it

just

you get involved with those frogs i'd

like morning

oh

coffee's not ready yet well it better be

soon

don't you feel well gramps oh i feel

fine never felt better in my life i

gotta get to stay up half the night

again it's the best thing in the world

oh don't look at me i got frightened

when i looked at myself in the mirror

this morning

what's the matter with you too

do you really want to know

well come over here and i'll tell you

we got frogitis

i don't know about your mom but i don't

think i'll live through it but i might

if i get a hot cup of coffee he'll be

ready in a minute

all right i gotta go out and see

henrietta

oh wait

bad reflexes could a dying man have a

drop of that stuff

be pretty weak long as it's hot and wet

they're gone

weren't even interested interested in

what when me and her and her husband

we're vitally interested they're gone

they're not in the wash tub

laurie b

what's that mean

you're just giving backs you don't care

do you you don't care that the the best

frog in the whole county is missing and

tomorrow's a contest

of course we care sweetheart we care

very much sure don't act like it

cramps did you take them

so cool i mean her husband now why would

gramps take them and when you was up

before i was come on how would you like

to be a nice boy and set the breakfast

table for me set the table i gotta find

henrietta

breakfast to be ready in five minutes

you didn't take them did you

what tarnish would i want with two frogs

all right i was just asking

if i'd ever see another frog the rest of

my life it'll be too soon

oh

that's our ring can you take it

hello hello

mr miller this is porky

oh

sylvester brockway porky

didn't have to lay your eggs yet

what him

no not him henrietta the frog

see she was supposed to lay eggs well

just called to find out if she did lay

her look you gotta speak plainer either

i'm getting d for this confounded

contraption ain't working

what matters

can't hear anything make sense who is it

party

here

hello hi miss miller i will just call on

to find out if henry hadn't laid her

eggs yet oh yes you did porky but

she laid them last night but

turn that the fire down under the bacon

would you please

i'm sorry porky i was talking to graham

that's all right i just want to know if

she laid her eggs yet you see tomorrow's

the big contest and if she didn't lay

her eggs i know i'm trying to tell you

something if you've just listened

henrietta got away this morning

get away what do you mean well she

wasn't in the wash tub this morning when

jeff got up he's out looking for her now

oh good heaven

hero

hello

hello

i told you to turn the fire down not up

hello

i'll be right over

oh porky's hanging on the line tell him

i'll have jeff call him susie gets back

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porky

porky

there's ain't anybody there

just like i said everybody's got

frogitis in this place

what are you doing i forgot all about

the barking you gotta take lassie back

down to the lake again oh no indeed not

now

number one you're soaking wet number two

i'm having broiled chicken for supper

and i can't delay it or it'll spoil but

mom it gets dark early then i won't be

able to see in the contest tomorrow

well lassie doesn't need you just tell

her what to do

only a feller never gets a chance around

here a feller better change his wet

clothes or a feller's gonna catch his

death a cold

wait a minute

lassie now listen

go down to the lake and call henrietta

walk around the shore and call her do

you understand

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she doesn't know what i'm talking about

the lake go down to the lake and call

henrietta call the frog

she understands i sure hope so

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excuse me

yeah come back and finish yourself

behind me

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now leslie is a smart dog

but she ain't human

then they're out to look for a frog

asking a little too much don't you think

yeah excuse me

you found her good girl

mom graham smoke plus she found

henrietta and she's skinny again boy

i'll bet you can jump more in 12 feet i

take it all back

she is human

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