Original subtitles

[Eddie] Did you know, dad, you're stuck with me.

[Tom] Oh, I don't know about that, Eddie.

[Eddie] I mean, if even if I want to run away from home

or you got mad and sent me to bed

I'll still be your Eddie and you're still my father.

[Tom] That's right.

[Eddie] It's sort of a happy stuff.

[Tom] Mm-hmm.

[Eddie] Dad, did you order a boy when I was delivered?

- Yes, I did. - I'm glad.

[Tom] Oh-ho, so am I.

[Eddie] I mean, I'm glad that you

ordered me from the hospital

instead of the drug store.

[Tom] Why?

[Eddie] They always get our orders

mixed up.

[theme song]

♪ People let me tell you 'bout my best friend ♪

♪ He's a warm hearted person who'll love me till the end ♪

♪ People let me tell you 'bout my best friend ♪

♪ He's a one boy cuddly toy ♪

♪ My up my down my pride and joy ♪

♪ People let me tell you 'bout him he's so much fun ♪

♪ Whether we're talkin' man to man ♪

♪ Or whether we're talking son to son ♪

♪ Cause he's my best friend ♪

♪ Yeah he's my best friend ♪

♪ La la pa ra ra pa ra ♪

♪ Pa ra ra ra pa ra ♪

♪ Pa ra ra pa ra ♪♪

[scatting]

Did you know that friendship

is one of the most best things in the whole world?

Yes, that is true, Eddie.

"So that's why we should be polite and generous

with our friends," my dad said.

Last time your friend Billy Gerber came over here to play

you were not very generous with your toys.

I know, but from now on

I'm going to be generous like dad.

Billy Gerber can play with all my toys.

In Japan, when I was a little girl, if someone

admired very much something you had, you gave it to them.

I'm glad I live here.

Billy admires everything I have.

[doorbell rings]

I'll get it!

Oh, hi, sonny. Uh, uh, what's your name?

Eddie Corbett.

Eddie Corbett!

Son of a gun!

I might have known, a chip off the old block.

[laughing]

Son of a gun.

- Good evening. - Oh, uh...

Uh, good evening, uh, I'm Harvey Henshaw.

I'm an old college buddy of Tommy's.

Uh, I'm sure you've heard him, uh

speak of me several times, Mrs. Corbett.

- I am not Mrs. Corbett. - Oh!

I am Mrs. Livingston, I take care of Eddie.

Oh, ha-ha!

Ah, well, like I said

I'm an old friend of, uh

Tommy's from college.

Come on in, Mr. Henshaw.

Well, thanks, Eddie, but, uh...

Mrs. Livingston, is it okay?

Oh, yes, please come in, Mr. Henshaw.

Well, thanks.

Oh, hi, Eddie.

Any friend of dad's is a friend of mine.

Oh, son of a gun.

I'm gonna give you one last chance to come clean.

Are you sure that there's no money in your ear?

- Sure. - Are you positive?

Positive.

Well, what do you call that?

- How do you do it? - Ha-ha!

Hi, everybody.

- Hey, dad, look who's here. - Hi.

- Huh. - Tommy!

- Tommy, how are you, ol' buddy? - Harvey!

Yes, you look great, you little son of a gun.

- Henshaw! - Ha-ha-ha!

- Ah! - Hey, good to see you, ol' pal.

Well, it's good to see you too, i-it's been a long time.

Yes, it's just about a year after graduation it was, uh

Chick Hennesey's bachelor party.

Uh, Chick He-Hennesey's bachelor party.

[Harvey] Not surprised you don't remember.

Boy, were you squiffed.

What's squiffed?

Uh, well, that, um...

That means I was very, very happy, Eddie.

Well, if you were happy then why don't you remember?

Uh, well, you know, as a matter of fact

I do, I do remember in detail that

he married...

- Rita Coren! - Maybel Hollister.

Ah, yeah, well, I guess I really was sort of

uh, sort of squiffed.

Well, anyhow, what are you doing here? Are you living here now?

Well, it's an overnight business trip.

You know, here today, gone tomorrow.

Oh, well, Harvey, I'm sorry it's gonna be such a short trip.

Well, that's the umbrella business for you.

It's very volatile. It has its ups and downs.

[laughing]

Yeah, well, uh, how about... How about a drink?

Oh, no, no, I've-I have to watch my weight.

Oh...

But I tell ya, maybe a little one

won't, uh, won't hurt too much.

Uh, yeah, well, I-I saw your name in the alumni newspaper

and I said to myself, you know the next time I'm out there

I gotta see Tommy and I found your address at the airport

and, uh, on the way to the hotel

I saw where I was and I said "Stop the cab!"

- Well, here I am. - Mr. Eddie's Father.

Oh, good evening, Mrs. Livingston.

Oh, I'm so sorry that I'm late

I hope we haven't ruined dinner.

- Oh, not yet. - Oh, good.

- But very soon. - Oh, yeah.

Oh, M-M-Mrs. Livingston, I-I don't suppose we...

Do we have enough for a guest?

- Oh, yes, plenty. - Oh!

No, no, no, I-I-I couldn't, I...

Ah, well, I mean, if you have plans.

Oh, come on, Uncle Harvey, stay.

- Uncle Harvey? - He said I could call him that.

- He's a great kid, a great kid. - Thank you.

No, I can't stay, look, I had some sandwiches and cookies

Eddie insisted.

We don't have to count that.

No, no, no, thanks, Tommy.

No, I-I've imposed enough already.

- Nonsense. - No, no, no, I-I'm...

I am not the kind of guy to take advantage.

Okay.

- Eddie, more rice? - No, thanks, dad.

Harvey?

No, uh, well, just a little bit.

You know, I'm still watching my, my weight, Tommy.

You're, uh, you're watching to do what?

[laughing]

You haven't changed a bit, Tommy.

Yeah, well, I, I did drop the Tommy.

You know, people just call me Tom.

Well, it's better for your image.

Well, I just like it.

Good to see you, Tom.

You know, your father's one of the swellest guys on Earth.

Yeah, I know.

[Harvey] And your mother was a sweetheart too.

I didn't know her so well.

Well, he was a little too young when his mother died.

Are you married, Uncle Harvey?

[chuckles] No, not yet.

I'm still looking for the right girl.

I and dad are still looking for the right girl.

We wanna get married again.

Well, here's to the right girls, wherever they are.

Hmm, I hear ya.

Remember the good old beer drinking days, Tommy?

Tom. Yeah, sure, I remember.

♪ Drunk last night ♪

♪ Drunk the night before ♪

♪ Gonna get drunk tonight like I never get drunk before ♪♪

Huh?

[Harvey screams]

I'm sorry.

Well, that's the way it was

the old beer drinking days, Eddie.

[laughing]

Will you be here tomorrow, Uncle Harvey?

I'm afraid not. Hey!

[mumbles] You're doing that again.

The money is coming right out of your ear.

[laughing]

Okay, sport, time for you to go to bed.

- Can I stay up? - I better get going too.

You have school tomorrow.

But if I go to bed now

I can't see Uncle Harvey anymore.

Hmm, well, I think he'll be back.

- Why doesn't he stay overnight? - Here?

N-no, I can't, uh, I've got a big meeting tomorrow morning

and besides, your father and I'd just stay up

all night talking about old times.

Right, right, that's exactly what we'd do, Harvey

besides, this isn't a very comfortable couch.

I mean, the last few people that slept here

nothing but complains.

Who complained, dad?

Uh, w-well, I don't remember exactly who the last

one was but there was complaints.

Well, it feels soft.

But I have a reservation at the hotel.

He could sleep in my bed. I could sleep with you.

No, I couldn't take your bed, fella.

It's full size.

Yeah, but it won't be practical, Eddie.

But I'm trying to be generous like you said.

Hey, hey, you know the most generous guy

in the whole world is your dad.

But I just can't stay. Get it?

- Got it. - Good.

♪♪

Hi, dad.

Eddie, it's almost 2 o'clock in the morning.

What are you doing awake?

I heard Uncle Harvey, it woke me up.

Yeah, he sure has a knack about that, doesn't he?

What are you doing up so late?

Oh, we were talking about old times, Eddie.

Uncle Harvey has a thing about talking about old times.

I'm glad you let me give him my room.

Yeah, you really wanted to, didn't you?

Yeah.

Eddie, if you didn't like Uncle Harvey so much

would you still have been so generous?

That would've been harder, wouldn't it?

Yeah, much harder.

[chuckles]

Well, I guess, uh, I guess that's what

generosity is all about.

I wanted to do it 'cause he's such a good friend of yours.

Hmm, I know and thank you.

Someday I'll do something for Billy Gerber too.

- Okay? - Okay.

Now you will... get some sleep.

- Okay. - Okay.

- Dad? - Yeah?

Uncle Harvey was a friend of mom's?

Well, he, uh, he knew her in school, not very well, but...

- But he liked her. - Everyone liked her.

Yeah, just about.

Do you think she minds that I'm looking around

for another girl for us?

No, I don't think she minds at all.

I think she wants us to be as happy as we can be.

I guess she was generous too.

Yeah.

Get some sleep, okay?

Okay, goodnight, see you tomorrow.

Goodnight, Eddie.

♪ Good-goodnight ♪

♪ Ooh ♪♪

Uh, Mrs. Livingston comes here every day, huh?

- Oh, excuse me. - Oh, that, uh, that's...

No, just-just when I'm working, you know, school...

Yeah, well, that's great.

You have everything pretty well worked out, huh?

You deserve an awful lot of credit, Tommy.

- Tom. - Yeah, Tom, Tom.

[laughing]

Yeah, a lot of credit.

[chuckles]

Do you remember that time that we took the chapel bell?

[Harvey laughing]

Well, Harvey, uh, uh, that was when we were in college

and now we got jobs and I'm gonna be late

for mine if I don't hurry up.

- Can I use the phone? - Oh, sure.

Yeah. Thanks, Tommy, excuse me.

Yes, alright.

[Harvey] Yeah, uh, this is, uh, Harvey.

Yes, I got the stuff in the bag.

[laughs] It's good to, good to talk to you again.

Uh, everything's out for tomorrow, huh, right?

Right? What?

Well, I'll tell you, uh, it's, uh...

Okay, Alice, tomorrow morning then.

Alright, thanks a million. Bye-bye.

Hey, guess what?

- The sky is falling. - My man is out until tomorrow.

Oh, what, uh, what happen?

The flu, he got caught in the rain last week.

Oh, well, next time that'll teach him to buy

more of your umbrellas.

[laughing]

Well, I guess I'll have to call up a hotel

and get myself a room for tonight.

It seems like a good idea. Yeah.

♪♪

Well, stop feeling so guilty

you haven't seen him for ten years.

A-and so far, I think you've been, you've friendly and

and you've been loyal.

And you've been generous.

They can't take care of me not even for one night!

There's a convention in town. Uh, do you know of a good hotel?

- For one night? - Yeah.

- Here. - Oh, no, no, no, Tommy.

- Tom! - Yes, Tom.

- I just can't impose! - I know.

I just can't do it! I just cannot do it!

Harvey, why don't we just level with each other?

You can do it.

Well, if you insist.

- Dad... - Mm-hm.

Do you wanna know the biggest word I could spell?

What is the biggest word you can spell?

M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I.

- Mississippi. - Right.

Mr. Eddie's Father.

No, Mrs. Livingston, Uncle Harvey has not arrived yet.

Oh, it'll be alright. I will keep the dinner.

No, I think we've waited long enough.

Would you mind serving it, please?

- Yes. - Thank you.

Gee, dad, don't you think we ought to wait?

Well, Uncle Harvey is already over an hour late

and Mrs. Livingston has an English class tonight.

And it isn't fair to keep her any longer, is it?

- I guess not, especially... - Especially, what?

Since I'm starving.

It sure is different without Uncle Harvey around.

Oh, yeah, it's quieter, hm.

Is he gonna stay much longer?

Well, only until the man that he came to see gets over the flu.

- That'd be soon? - With any luck.

Aren't you glad he's here?

Well, sure I am, Eddie.

[telephone ringing]

I'll get it!

♪ Hope it's Uncle Harvey ♪♪

Hello, Uncle Harvey.

Oh, hello, Billy Gerber.

You wanna what?

But you have half of my toys over there already.

No, it's okay, Billy, you can borrow my spaceship.

That way all my toys will be together at least.

Alright.

Eddie.

Hut!

- Guess what? - What?

Just for that you can get double dessert.

[laughing]

Double dessert. Dessert!

Are we worried that Uncle Harvey isn't here?

No, Uncle Harvey can take care of himself.

[doorbell rings]

[laughing]

You're really in luck tonight, you old dog!

Tommy Corbett. Doreen and Jeri.

Jeri. Doreen, Tommy.

- Hi. - Hi.

- Priceless. - Huh?

- Priceless. - Oh, how do you, how do you do?

Hi, Uncle Harvey, have you been taking care of yourself?

[laughing]

Well, you might be able to say that.

[laughing]

Oh, Jeri!

Look at that terrific view!

Priceless!

Put your coat on, we're gonna go out

on the town and it's all on me.

Harvey, look d-don't-don't think that I don't appreciate

what you're trying to do.

[Harvey] No. Thanks are necessary.

Doreen said that she had a friend

and I said that I had a friend.

A swell guy who invited me to dinner

and put me up for three days.

So far.

You missed a neat-o dinner, Uncle Harvey.

But dad said you ought to call him even if you weren't coming.

Yeah, well, Eddie, uh, he's, he's right.

Uh, y-you should have called, Harvey.

Yeah, I know you're right, Tommy

and I kept on telling Doreen at the bar

I ought to be calling, didn't I say that, Doreen?

Huh, oh, yeah, all the time, Harv.

What do you say, Tommy, are we gonna go out on the town or not?

Harvey, I'm afraid I'm gonna have to pass.

How can you pass on such gorgeous creatures?

Jeri was in the Rose Bowl

on a float.

Wow!

And Doreen was Miss Power Tool.

Neat-o!

I wouldn't mind having Miss Power Tool for a mother.

Well, Eddie, I'm afraid they're not the mother types.

Well, what do you say, Tommy?

- Tom. - Eh, Tom.

Yeah, well, I actually, I-I really

would like to go, Harvey, but I have

I have a babysitter problem.

How's about Mrs. Livingston?

Oh, well, uh, tonight, tonight's her English class

and she only has one a week and I wouldn't want her to miss it.

- Oh, that's a shame, Tommy. - Yeah.

Ye-yeah, it is, but well, you know

what are you gonna do?

Goodnight, Mr. Eddie's Father. Goodnight.

Goodnight, Mrs. Livingston and you study hard.

I do not have to study hard tonight.

Professor Cortright has the flu.

- No, uh, substitute teacher? - No.

W-w-what do you say, Tommy? Well, what are you waiting for?

Oh, yeah, well, nothing I guess.

Um, uh, Mrs-Mrs. Livingston.

Could you stay with Eddie tonight, unless of course

there's something else you have to do?

Oh, no, if it will be some pleasure to you, I could stay.

Thank you.

Are you going out with him, dad?

Yeah, it looks that way.

- Have a good time, dad. - Thanks, sport.

And don't worry because they're not the mother types.

[chuckles] No, I, I won't.

Remember, you're just doing it

'cause you have to help out a friend.

Yeah, yeah. A friend.

Harvey.

Harvey, we've got to talk.

Now, I-I don't wanna hurt your feelings, Harvey

believe me th-that's the last thing

that I would want to do.

But let's face facts.

Now, we were never good friends.

Come to think of it, we were never friends!

Harvey, look, what's started out as a, as a minor courtesy

h-has now blown itself up into a major commitment!

Harvey, get out!

Harvey...

Harvey as we grow older...

As the years pass...

...and memories fade...

...you reach a point

where you have to say to yourself and, and

and to your friends.

Harvey, get out.

[Tom on speaker] You reach a point

where you have to say to yourself and, and

and to your friends.

Harvey, get out.

Alright, Harvey, how can I ever forget the time we double dated

right in the row boat with two girls?

And you did a swan dive off the back of the boat.

Sank it.

Oh, Harvey, of course! Why yes!

I-I do remember the time that we borrowed the dean's car

and you said we'd never get caught.

Harvey, get out.

♪♪

Come on, Eddie, hurry up. Oh, hi, Mrs. Livingston

I didn't hear you come in.

Oh, good morning, Mr. Eddie's Father.

You have a nice evening?

Well, I got through it.

Oh, will Mr. Eddie's uncle be here for dinner tonight?

Hmm, well, that bulletin hasn't been issued yet.

[doorbell rings]

He's probably here for breakfast.

I'll get it.

Bet that's Uncle Harvey.

[laughs]

Wow, is that for me?

All for you.

Here you go, hot rod.

Gee, thanks, Uncle Harvey.

[laughing]

Uh...

Harvey, y-you didn't have to do that.

Well, I wanted to, Tommy.

Uh, w-well, um...

Thank you.

[imitating car engine revving]

[chuckling] Hey, he likes it.

Well, what kid wouldn't, Harvey?

Oh, by the way, I'm leaving on a flight today.

- Today? - Mm-hmm.

Yes, I had my meeting this morning.

My boss called me back.

This is a lousy town for umbrellas.

- Oh, that's too bad, huh? - Hmm.

Well, between, uh, you and me, we don't make

such a hot umbrella anyway, I'll send you one, you'll see.

Okay. Swell.

Oh, uh, I, uh...

I wanted to pick up something, uh, in appreciation, for you.

[chuckles]

Well, Harvey, um, you-you didn't have to do that.

Well, go ahead, open it.

Harvey, they're great.

Well, read it

uh, the inscription.

"From Harvey, with much appreciation

to his good friend, uh, Tommy."

I told them Tom.

- Thanks, Harvey. - Harv.

[laughing]

- Oh, you're a swell guy, Tommy. - Oh...

And a lucky one too.

Yes.

Yes, I am.

Oh, I've got something for Mrs. Livingston.

- Mrs. Livingston. - Yes?

- Just to say thanks. - For me?

Oh, thank you, Mr. Henshaw.

[speaking in foreign language]

Oh.

It's a fan.

Oh, it is beautiful, just what I wanted.

But you already have a fan.

That is true, Eddie, but until now

I did not have fan from Mr. Henshaw.

Oh, I get it, you're being polite, aren't you?

On account that Uncle Harvey is our friend.

Uh, Harvey, look, do you-do you think you could stay for dinner?

Well-well, I-I just can't, I just absolutely can't.

Suit yourself.

Well, what are you having?

♪ People let me tell you 'bout my best friend ♪

♪ He's a warm hearted person who'll love me till the end ♪

♪ People let me tell you 'bout my best friend ♪

♪ He's a one boy cuddly toy ♪

♪ My up my down my pride and joy ♪

♪ People let me tell you 'bout him he's so much fun ♪

♪ Whether we're talkin' man to man ♪

♪ Or whether we're talking son to son ♪

♪ 'Cause he's my best friend ♪

♪ La la pa ra ra pa ra ♪♪