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HI.

OH, HELLO, ANDY.

BOILED BEEF.

I KNOW, I KNOW. IT'S NOT ONE OF YOUR FAVORITES,

BUT MR. BRONSON HAD A SPECIAL ON THEM.

WELL, I'LL EAT IT WITH THE THOUGHT IN MIND

WE'RE PUTTING MONEY IN THE BANK.

OPIE HOME?

YES, HE IS.

YOU'RE GOING TO BE VERY PROUD OF HIM.

WHY?

HE AND THREE OF HIS FRIENDS CAME HOME,

AND THEY'RE CLEANING OUT THE GARAGE.

HOW MANY TIMES YOU HAVE TO ASK HIM, 15?

NEVER EVEN MENTIONED IT. I'LL BET.

NO, DID IT ALL ON THEIR OWN.

I THINK OPIE WANTED TO SURPRISE US.

SO I LEFT THEM ALONE.

THERE'S GOT TO BE AN ANGLE SOMEWHERE.

OH, ANDY.

NO, HE'S BUTTERING US UP FOR SOMETHING.

WHY DO YOU HAVE TO BE SO SKEPTICAL?

NO 13-YEAR-OLD BOY

WILL DO HARD LABOR ON A SATURDAY AFTERNOON

UNLESS HE'S BUTTERING UP HIS FOLKS.

IT'S AN UNWRITTEN LAW.

COME ON, I'LL SHOW YOU.

WELL...

LOOKS LIKE

THEY ARE DOING THE JOB.

WELL, IF YOU JUST HAD A LITTLE FAITH

IN YOUR FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS...

WELL...

HI.

HI.

I'M PLAYING WITH THIS GROUP.

I GATHER.

THIS IS CLIFFORD JOHNSON.

HE'S IN HIGH SCHOOL.

NO KIDDING.

AND THIS IS WILSON BROWN

AND JESSE CLAYTON.

HI. HI.

I BELIEVE I KNOW WILSON AND JESSE.

AND THIS IS MY AUNT BEE.

HI. HI.

WHEN DID ALL THIS HAPPEN?

TODAY. THEIR NUMBER THREE GUITAR PLAYER

IS FAILING IN THREE SUBJECTS

AND HIS FOLKS WON'T LET HIM PLAY ANYMORE.

SO I'M STEPPING IN.

HE HAD THE GARAGE WHERE WE USED TO PRACTICE.

OH, I SEE.

DID YOU HEAR US PLAY?

UH, YEAH, I BELIEVE YOU COULD SAY THAT.

HOW DID IT SOUND?

FINE.

YOU HAVE TO PLAY SO LOUD?

WELL, AUNT BEE, WE'RE ALL AMPLIFIED.

THIS IS MY REGULAR GUITAR.

EMMETT HOOKED UP AN OLD AMPLIFIER TO IT.

WELL, IT SEEMS

EMMETT MIGHT HAVE CONSULTED YOU FIRST, ANDY.

AUNT BEE, YOU HAVE TO BE AMPLIFIED THESE DAYS.

SURE. OTHERWISE, WE WOULDN'T GET

ANY GIGS.

HUH?

GIGS.

DATES, YOU KNOW, PLAY FOR PARTIES...

OH. OH, YES.

WELL, WE WON'T, UH, KEEP YOU ANY LONGER.

I'LL SEE YOU FELLAS.

Boys: BYE.

OPIE, WATCH THAT AMPLIFIER.

ALL THE MUSIC IN THE WORLD

ISN'T WORTH GETTING ELECTROCUTED FOR.

I'LL BE CAREFUL.

IS IT SUPPOSED TO SOUND LIKE THAT?

DON'T ASK ME.

YOU KNOW,

I HOPE OPIE DOESN'T DEVOTE TOO MUCH TIME TO THIS.

WHY, FORMING THEIR OWN GROUP AND PRACTICING,

I THINK THAT'S GREAT.

YES, BUT THEY SEEM SO SERIOUS ABOUT IT.

SUPPOSING OPIE DECIDED TO BE A MUSICIAN?

DID YOU EVER THINK OF THAT?

WELL...

WELL, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN

TO THE IDEA OF HIS BECOMING A SUPREME COURT JUDGE?

WELL, HE COULD STILL BE THE FIRST SUPREME COURT JUDGE

THAT KNOWS HOW TO SWING.

YOU KNOW, SOMEHOW I DON'T FEEL INCLINED

TO APOLOGIZE FOR THE BOILED BEEF ANYMORE.

FEEL LIKE GOIN' OUT AND SHOOTIN' SOME CROWS?

I'D LIKE TO, GOOBER, BUT OPIE CALLED ME.

HE'S BRINGING OVER HIS GUITAR AND AMPLIFIER.

NEEDS AN ADJUSTMENT.

YEAH, I HEARD ABOUT THAT GROUP THEM KIDS HAVE MADE UP.

YEAH, AND THEY'RE WORKIN' REAL HARD AT IT, TOO.

NO REASON YOU COULDN'T FIX IT TOMORROW

AND SHOOT CROWS TODAY.

GOOBER, I HAPPEN TO BE A DEVOTEE OF MUSIC.

I LIKE TO ENCOURAGE IT.

ARE YOU SAYING I DON'T LIKE MUSIC?

I DIDN'T SAY THAT. WELL, YOU BETTER NOT.

YOU MAY LIKE MUSIC AS MUCH AS I DO. WATCH YOUR STEP.

OH, YEAH? DID YOU EVER HEAR THE RALEIGH PHILHARMONIC?

I BEEN BUSY. THERE'S GREAT MUSIC.

BUT IT AIN'T THE ONLY KIND.

THIS NEW STUFF WITH THE GUITARS AND THE TAMBOURINES, IT'S...

IT'S PLAINTIVE.

HUH. YOU THINK I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.

HI, EMMETT. HI, GOOBER.

HI. HEY, OPE.

I BROUGHT IN THE WHOLE THING.

I THINK IT'S JUST THE CONNECTION.

YOU'RE PROBABLY RIGHT, OPIE.

I KNOW YOU'RE GETTING PLENTY OF VOLUME.

I'VE HEARD COMPLAINTS FROM NEIGHBORS

EIGHT HOUSES AWAY.

WE'RE GETTING VOLUME, ALL RIGHT.

MRS. PERKINS ISN'T EVEN SPEAKING TO AUNT BEE ANYMORE.

WELL, JUST LET ME RUN OVER THE CIRCUITS...

I'LL RUN OVER THE CIRCUITS.

SO YOU GONNA BE A REAL MUSICIAN, HUH, OPE?

WELL, I DON'T KNOW.

WHEN YOU GET TO BE LIKE ONE OF THEM BEAGLES

YOU STILL GONNA SPEAK TO ME?

BEATLES, GOOB.

WELL, JUST REMEMBER

WHEN YOU GOT ALL YOUR CLOTHES MONOGRAMMED

AND A LIMOUSINE WITH A BATHTUB IN IT

DON'T FORGET US SIMPLE FOLKS HERE IN MAYBERRY.

GEE, GOOB, I DON'T MEAN

TO BE DISRESPECTFUL OR ANYTHING

BUT I NEVER MADE FUN

OF YOUR CAREER AT THE GAS STATION.

I JUST WISH YOU WOULDN'T JOKE ABOUT MINE.

YOU WERE RIGHT, OPIE.

JUST A SIMPLE CONNECTION RIGHT HERE.

IT'S GOOD AS NEW.

GEE, THANKS.

I'LL PAY YOU BACK AS SOON AS WE GET OUR FIRST GIG.

FORGET IT.

LET THIS BE MY CONTRIBUTION

TO THE WORLD OF MUSIC.

GEE, THANKS.

SEE YOU, GOOBER.

WONDERFUL, ISN'T IT?

A KID LIKE THAT GOING OFF INTO THE WORLD OF MUSIC.

KIND OF GETS YOU, DON'T IT?

YEAH. HOW ABOUT SHOOTING SOME CROWS?

THANK YOU, OPIE.

DID YOU GUYS PRACTICE TODAY?

YEAH, WE'RE GETTING REAL SHARP.

GOOD. ANY SIGN OF A JOB?

NAH, BUT WE HAVEN'T BEEN PUSHING THAT

UP UNTIL YESTERDAY.

NOW WE THINK WE'RE READY.

YOU GOT A WHOLE REPERTOIRE, HUH?

YEAH, WE GOT SOME GREAT CHARTS.

SONGS.

OH.

THERE'S ONE THING WE'RE STILL MISSING--

A NAME FOR THE GROUP.

OH. HOW ABOUT, UM...

HOW ABOUT THE YOUNG SWINGERS?

WELL, UM...

WE'LL COME UP WITH SOMETHING.

CAN YOU THINK OF ANYTHING?

I'LL GET IT.

HELLO.

HELLO, MRS. ROACH.

YES, MA'AM.

YES, MA'AM.

THIS SATURDAY?

YES, MA'AM, WE'RE AVAILABLE.

SEVEN O'CLOCK?

GREAT!

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MRS. ROACH.

WE GOT A GIG.

YOU HAVE?

BRENDA ROACH'S MOTHER WANTS US TO PLAY

AT BRENDA'S BIRTHDAY PARTY SATURDAY NIGHT.

$5.00 A MAN.

CONGRATULATIONS.

I GOT TO TELL CLIFFORD.

BUT, OPIE...

WELL, JUST LOOK AT THAT.

HE'S LEFT PRACTICALLY HIS WHOLE DINNER.

WELL, IT'S HIS FIRST GIG.

MUSICIANS HAVE TO KEEP UP THEIR STRENGTH

AS WELL AS ANYBODY ELSE.

OH, STOP WORRYING.

THE BOYS DID SOMETHING ON THEIR OWN

AND I THINK IT'S GREAT.

I SUPPOSE YOU'LL THINK IT'S GREAT

WHEN HE GETS SICK FROM LACK OF PROPER NUTRITION.

OH, AUNT BEE.

UP ALL HOURS OF THE NIGHT.

WHO KNOWS HOW LONG THOSE GIG THINGS LAST?

OPIE'S A TEENAGER NOW.

ALONGSIDE OF THOSE AMPLIFIERS?

I KNOW WHAT A LOUD RADIO DOES TO ME.

OPIE ISN'T THAT...THAT DELICATE.

YOU'VE CERTAINLY GROWN VERY HARD.

OH, I KNOW JUST HOW YOU FEEL, BEE.

THEN I'M NOT CRAZY?

I THINK I'VE TOLD YOU ABOUT MY BROTHER MANY TIMES?

YES.

WELL, AS CHILDREN

WE TOOK PIANO LESSONS FOR YEARS.

HOWEVER, I KEPT MUSIC IN ITS PROPER PERSPECTIVE.

CLAUDE, ON THE OTHER HAND, DECIDED TO MAKE MUSIC HIS LIFE.

YES, I KNOW.

PLAYED WITH SMALL ORCHESTRAS

TRAVELING ALL AROUND.

NO ROOTS, NO PLACE TO CALL HIS HOME.

THE LAST TIME I HEARD

AND THAT GOES BACK TEN YEARS

HE WAS PLAYING WITH A GENTLEMAN CALLED HIPPY HARRISON.

HIPPY HARRISON?

WE CERTAINLY HAVE EVERY REASON

TO SUSPECT THAT HE IS NOT LIVING A WELL-ROUNDED LIFE.

WELL, HARDLY.

NOW, ALL I'M SAYING

IS THAT IT'S FINE FOR OPIE TO BE PURSUING HIS MUSIC

AS LONG AS HE KEEPS IT IN THE PROPER PERSPECTIVE.

HI, MISS EDWARDS.

OH, HELLO, OPIE.

SIT DOWN.

OPIE.

I CAN'T. I GOT TO RUN.

WE'RE DRESSING OVER AT CLIFFORD'S

AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO THE GIG.

WELL, WHAT ABOUT SUPPER?

I'LL GRAB SOMETHING AT THE PARTY.

YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN?

JUST LIKE CLAUDE.

WHAT DOES ANDY SAY?

ANDY? HE'S STICKING HIS HEAD IN THE SAND LIKE AN OSTRICH.

HE HEARS NO EVIL, SPEAKS NO EVIL

AND SEES NO EVIL.

OH, BEE, IF THERE'S ANYTHING AT ALL I CAN DO TO HELP YOU...

OH, CLARA, YOU'D BE THE FIRST PERSON I'D RUN TO.

OPIE, YOU DID GREAT.

CONSIDER YOURSELF A REGULAR MEMBER OF THE GROUP.

OH, BOY!

WHEREVER WE PLAY.

NEAT.

UH, LOOK, OPE, NOW THAT YOU'RE IN THE GROUP

I'D BETTER TELL YOU A FEW THINGS ABOUT YOUR IMAGE.

OH?

FIRST OF ALL, YOU TALK TOO MUCH LIKE A KID.

I DIDN'T MEAN TO, CLIFFORD.

THAT "OH, BOY" STUFF AND "NEAT," FORGET THAT.

YOU GOT TO TALK GROOVY, COOL.

WELL, I DON'T KNOW TOO MANY OF THOSE WORDS.

LISTEN TO THE REST OF US.

YOU'RE A PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN NOW.

YEAH.

YOU GOT TO REMEMBER, YOU'RE NOT A KID ANYMORE.

YOU GOT TO MAKE THE SCENE.

I FEEL KIND OF DIFFERENT ALREADY.

GROOVY.

I THINK I'LL SPLIT OVER THERE

AND GET SOME OF THOSE COOL-LOOKING POTATO CHIPS.

GROOVY.

GEE, OPE, YOU GUYS SURE PLAY GOOD.

GLAD YOU DUG US, ARNOLD.

OH, OPIE.

YOU WERE JUST WONDERFUL.

GROOVY.

I HAD NO IDEA YOU PLAYED SO WELL.

COOL.

I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED.

GROOVY.

TO THINK THAT I KNOW A REAL ROCK-'N'-ROLL MUSICIAN.

PERSONALLY.

COOL.

SEE YOU, PHOEBE.

WELL, OPE, LET'S GET READY FOR THE NEXT SET.

I WAS JUST MAKING THE SCENE.

ANDY, WHY DON'T YOU GO TO BED

AND GET SOME SLEEP?

I'LL WAIT UP FOR OPIE.

NO. I'M STAYING RIGHT HERE UNTIL HE COMES HOME.

YOU SAID WHEN YOU CALLED THE PARTY

THAT HE'D LEFT A FULL HOUR AGO?

YES, AND THAT MAKES IT TWO HOURS LATER

THAN HE'S EVER BEEN OUT IN HIS LIFE.

HI, PA. HI, AUNT BEE.

WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?

AT THE GIG, PA.

I CALLED THERE OVER AN HOUR AGO

AND YOU WERE GONE.

WE GOT ANOTHER GIG

AND WE ALL WENT OVER TO CLIFFORD'S HOUSE

TO DECIDE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO PLAY.

DID IT EVER OCCUR TO YOU

THAT WE MIGHT BE WORRIED ABOUT WHERE YOU WERE?

WELL, PA, I'M NOT A LITTLE KID ANYMORE.

EVEN CLIFFORD SAYS SO.

CLIFFORD?

THAT'S RIGHT.

I SEE.

YOU CAN PROBABLY TELL HOW I'M A LITTLE OLDER

BY THE WAY I'M NOT ARGUING.

OPIE, THE FACT REMAINS THAT YOU DID COME IN LATE.

AUNT BEE, LATE FOR A KID AND LATE FOR AN OLDER PERSON

COMES AT TWO DIFFERENT TIMES.

OPIE!

GO TO BED.

OKAY.

HE LEAVES HERE AT 5:00 A KID

AND COMES BACK SEVEN HOURS LATER

AND HE'S GROWN-UP.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT.

I HATE MAKING EXCUSES TO THE REVEREND

FOR OPIE NOT BEING IN CHURCH.

DID HE SAY SOMETHING?

NO. HE'S VERY SUBTLE ABOUT THESE THINGS.

HE JUST SAID IT WAS NICE TO SEE MOST OF US.

HMM.

HI, AUNT BEE, HI, PA.

SORRY ABOUT CHURCH.

WELL, ANYBODY THAT STAYED UP

AS LATE AS YOU DID LAST NIGHT--

IT'S TO BE EXPECTED.

OPIE, YOU BETTER START GETTING DRESSED.

YOU KNOW TODAY'S MRS. PRITCHARD'S BACKYARD BRUNCH.

I CAN'T GO.

YOU CAN'T GO?

WE ALL GOT TO GO HANG AROUND THE DRUGSTORE--

KEEP UP OUR IMAGE WITH THE KIDS.

WHY DO YOU HAVE TO KEEP UP AN IMAGE?

YOU JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND, PA.

I GOT TO CALL CLIFFORD.

HMM.

ANDY, WELL, AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW

CLARA IS VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE WHOLE FIELD OF MUSIC.

HMM.

SHE PLAYS THE PIANO HERSELF.

SHE HAS A BROTHER WHO'S A MUSICIAN--

SHE'S EVEN A MEMBER OF THE ALBUM OF THE MONTH CLUB.

SO?

SHE HAS A BROTHER WHO'S ALWAYS BEEN A SORE SPOT WITH HER.

APPARENTLY HE DIDN'T KNOW

HOW TO KEEP MUSIC IN ITS PROPER PERSPECTIVE.

JUST LIKE OPIE?

EXACTLY. AND I THOUGHT IF CLARA SPOKE...

NO.

I'LL HANDLE IT IN MY OWN WAY.

WELL, IT'S JUST A SUGGESTION.

SAY, I MIGHT BE A LITTLE LATE FOR DINNER, TOO.

WE GOT TO GO OVER SOME NEW CHARTS.

DON'T YOU HAVE A HISTORY TEST TOMORROW?

I'LL STUDY WHEN I GET HOME.

THERE'S NO PROBLEM.

IT'S THAT BOY CLIFFORD, YOU KNOW.

NO. HE MIGHT'VE SPARKED IT,

BUT OPIE'S GOT A MIND OF HIS OWN.

HE SHOULD KNOW BETTER.

WELL, HE DOESN'T SEEM TO.

I THINK YOU SHOULD DISCIPLINE HIM.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE WAY TO HANDLE IT, EITHER.

HE'D JUST THINK I WAS KEEPING HIM

FROM DOING SOMETHING THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO HIM.

REMEMBER I SAID HE'S A TEENAGER NOW?

I'LL JUST LET HIM GO

TILL HE GETS IN JUST ENOUGH TROUBLE

AND THEN HE'LL FIND OUT SOMETHING.

WHY, I NEVER HEARD OF SUCH A THING!

YOU STUDYING?!

YEAH, PA!

DON'T YOU THINK THAT'S A LITTLE NOISY?

WELL, IT'S A FUNNY THING ABOUT MUSIC, PA:

IT HELPS YOU STUDY!

I HADN'T HEARD THAT.

YEAH! THE BEAT KEEPS YOU FROM GETTIN' TIRED!

I SEE.

YOU CAN TELL I'M NOT TIRED AT ALL.

I CAN TELL THAT.

MY MIND'S JUST MOVIN' OVER THIS HISTORY LIKE CRAZY!

WE'LL SEE HOW WELL IT MOVED

WHEN YOU GET YOUR GRADE ON THAT TEST TOMORROW.

I'LL BE COOL.

I'LL TRY AND DO BETTER NEXT TIME, PA.

YOU CAN'T HELP BUT DO BETTER NEXT TIME.

AN "F" IN HISTORY!

THAT-THAT'S HITTIN' ROCK BOTTOM.

YOU USED TO GET GOOD GRADES!

WELL, I JUST GOT A LITTLE HUNG UP THIS TIME.

HUNG UP? YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE PREPARED FOR COLLEGE.

I SAID I'D TRY AND DO BETTER, PA.

THEN, THIS IS YOURS?

IT'S A NEW TURTLENECK SWEATER.

WE GOT ANOTHER GIG COMIN' UP.

WE WANT TO CHANGE THREADS.

WHY'D YOU HAVE IT SENT C.O.D.?

WELL, WHEN I BOUGHT IT, I DIDN'T HAVE ANY MONEY

BUT I THOUGHT I'D HAVE SOME WHEN IT CAME.

I'LL PAY YOU BACK, PA.

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE FIVE DOLLARS YOU EARNED ON SATURDAY?

YOU KNOW HOW IT IS IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS, PA.

YOU'VE BEEN A MUSICIAN FOUR DAYS

AND YOU'RE ALREADY IN DEBT.

GUITAR STRINGS, MUSIC, HAVING CARDS PRINTED UP--

THAT ALL COSTS MONEY.

AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT STUFF!

YOU ALWAYS TOLD ME, IF I WAS GONNA DO SOMETHING

I SHOULD DO IT RIGHT, GO ALL OUT.

YOU SAID THAT A LOT, DIDN'T YOU, PA?

WELL, YEAH...

WELL, THAT'S JUST WHAT I'M DOING, ISN'T IT?

UH, YEAH...

SEE YOU, PA.

OH, HELLO, BEE.

OH, HELLO, CLARA.

WHY, ANYTHING WRONG, BEE?

WELL, STILL OPIE.

F's IN ALL OF HIS SCHOOLWORK.

OH, NO.

SQUANDERING HIS MONEY

AND THE OTHER NIGHT, HE CAME IN AT MIDNIGHT.

MY OFFER STILL STANDS, BEE.

I'LL BE VERY HAPPY TO TALK TO HIM.

WELL, I DON'T KNOW, CLARA.

WELL, NOW, VERY OFTEN, COMING FROM AN OUTSIDER

IT CAN BE MORE EFFECTIVE.

YES...YES!

YOU KNOW, I WANT YOU TO DO IT.

I THINK HE'S HOME NOW.

I HAVE THE REST OF THE SHOPPING TO DO

AND I'LL TAKE MY TIME

AND THAT'LL GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF HOURS ALONE WITH HIM.

I'LL GO RIGHT OVER.

OH, CLARA, YOU ARE A GOOD FRIEND.

OH, HI, MISS EDWARDS.

HELLO, OPIE.

WE WERE JUST GOING OVER SOME MUSIC

BEFORE WE START PRACTICING.

OH.

THIS IS CLIFFORD, WILSON AND JESSE.

HELLO, BOYS.

OPIE, I DID WANT TO HAVE A LITTLE CHAT WITH YOU

BUT MAYBE IT'S JUST AS WELL

THAT THE OTHER BOYS ARE HERE, TOO.

OH.

IT'S ABOUT THE OVEREMPHASIS

YOU BOYS ARE PUTTING ON YOUR MUSIC.

UH, WELL, WE GOT TO PRACTICE NOW.

WE HAVE SOME GIGS.

OPIE?

WAIT A MINUTE, GUYS.

THANK YOU.

NOW, THROUGH MY BROTHER

I DO HAVE SOME KNOWLEDGE OF THE MUSIC BUSINESS

AND THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED...

OH! UH...

HELLO, ANDY!

HI!

YOU'RE BACK FROM MT. PILOT EARLY.

YEAH! I SEE YOU'VE BEEN TO THE STORE!

UH, YES...

ANDY, I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS WITH YOU A DECISION I MADE.

WHAT'S THAT?

I ASKED CLARA TO HAVE A TALK WITH OPIE.

IS SHE OVER THERE NOW?

I THINK, MAYBE.

GET IN THE CAR.

YOU SEEM TO FORGET

CLARA'S EXPERIENCE WITH HER BROTHER.

SHE KNOWS EVERY PITFALL.

YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

[ BOUNCY ROCK 'N' ROLL WITH PIANO ACCOMPANIMENT ]

JUST ONE MORE CHORUS!

HI, PA.

CLARA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME IN THE KITCHEN WITH ME

AND HAVE A CUP OF COFFEE?

IN ONE SECOND, BEE.

I JUST WANT TO CHECK THIS ARRANGEMENT

WITH OUR LEAD GUITAR.

OH, I'M SO SORRY, ANDY.

I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERFERE.

I KNEW SHE'D ONLY MAKE MATTERS WORSE.

OH, I HAD NO IDEA...

SHE GOES RIGHT OVER TO THE ENEMY.

THAT'S GOING TO MAKE IT JUST THAT MUCH MORE DIFFICULT

FOR ME TO MAKE MY POINT WITH OPIE.

HEY, PA, GUESS WHAT?

I DON'T HAVE TO GUESS.

MISS EDWARDS IS GONNA BE

OUR MANAGER!

WHAT?

SHE KNOWS A LOT ABOUT THE MUSIC BUSINESS.

SHE STRAIGHTENED US OUT ON A LOT OF THINGS.

NOW I KNOW WHAT YOU WERE DRIVIN' AT, PA.

YOU DO?

YEAH! AND YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE?

SHE'S GONNA BE OUR TREASURER

AND MAKE SURE WE SAVE OUR MONEY!

AND WE'RE ONLY GONNA PRACTICE

WHEN IT DOESN'T INTERFERE WITH HOMEWORK!

WELL...GOOD. GOOD.

GOOD, OPE, GOOD.

I GOTTA GET BACK OUT THERE.

WHAT DO YOU KNOW?

IT'S WONDERFUL!

WELL

I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL!

CLARA, SOMETIMES A, A PARENT CAN'T SEE WHAT HE SHOULD DO

AND SOMETIMES IT TAKES A PERSON FROM THE OUTSIDE TO SHOW HIM.

AND I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU.

GROOVY.

MM-HMM.

YOU KNOW, MISS EDWARDS REALLY KNOWS HOW TO PLAY THE PIANO.

YEAH, SHE WAS REALLY BEATIN' IT OUT WITH YOU GUYS, WASN'T SHE?

YEAH.

IT'S FUNNY -- I DIDN'T THINK

SHE COULD PLAY ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

WHEN I WAS TAKING PIANO LESSONS FROM HER,

THE ONLY THING I EVER HEARD HER PLAY

WAS "THE DANCE OF THE LITTLE BUNNIES."

OH, WELL, THAT'S PROBABLY THE OTHER SIDE OF HER.

MM.

I THINK I GOT THE RIGHT ANGLE ON MUSIC NOW, PA.

OH, MUSIC'S FUN. I'M ALL FOR IT.

MUSIC OF ALL KINDS -- ORCHESTRAS, GROUPS --

IT CAN MEAN A LOT OF PLEASURE TO A LOT OF PEOPLE.

YEAH.

AS LONG AS IT DOESN'T INTERFERE,

YOU KNOW, WITH OTHER THINGS.

I KNOW. GET IN THE WAY.

IT WAS JUST A PHASE I WAS GOING THROUGH.

OH.

GOOD. GOOD.