Original subtitles

[Eddie] You know when you grow up and get tall?

[Tom] Yes.

[Eddie] Does your brain get tall too?

- Hopefully, Eddie. - I hope I don't get too tall.

[Tom] Why not?

[Eddie] Because sometimes

I don't like thinking a lot.

Did I use to talk baby-talk, dad?

[Tom] Yes, you did.

[Eddie] What did I say?

[Tom] Well, your favorite word

was "Goo."

[Eddie] What does that mean?

[Tom] I've been meaning to ask you.

- Dad, can I have a minibike? - No, Eddie.

- Why not? - Because you're too young.

And they're too expensive

and there's still a lot of use left

in your regular bike.

- You know what, dad? - What?

[Eddie] I really hate that kind of answer.

[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]

- Here, dad. - Hm.

Hm, thank you.

Okay... now...

"Attach, uh, strut-D to aperture-E with rivet-F."

- Eddie, have you seen rivet-F? - No.

Hm.

Eddie, would you mind or would you be upset

even if-if-if I were to attach strut-D to, uh, to aperture-E

with rivet-P instead of rivet-F?

- No. - Oh, that's great.

You'll never be an architect, but you'll get through life.

[grunts]

Okay.

Now...

[chuckles]

Any child can do it, hm.

Adult can't do it, but any child can do it.

Okay, now we get rivet-Q.

Rivet-Q...

Oh, this is ridiculous.

Here you go.

Thank you.

Okay, well if that doesn't get you across

the Martian terrain, nothing will.

- Gee, thanks, dad. - Mm-hmm.

[imitating engine whirring]

- Dad? - Mm?

Did you know that camping builds character?

Where'd you hear that?

- Danny's father. - Oh.

He says that's when you separate the men from the boys.

What's that mean, dad?

Well, um...

It means that when a man and a boy, uh

go out in the forest together, out in the wilds

and, and they face nature

uh, it means that they, um...

Well, it doesn't really mean very much, Eddie.

He's always sayin' stuff like that.

Eddie, I know that you'd like to go on the camping trip

with Danny and, and Dr. Lockwood

but, uh, we haven't been invited.

But wouldn't it be fun to go?

Yes, it would be fun to go.

[phone ringing]

Hello.

Speaking.

Dr. Lockwood. Well, it's a bit of a surprise.

Yeah, well, it's not really a surprise, 'cause we were ju...

Well, uh, never mind, you have to have been here.

What?

Well, th-that's-that's very nice of you to offer, doctor.

- Uh-- - Oh, daddy, please!

- Yeah, uh, well, doctor... - Please!

I-I, I don't know wh-when, when, when would you...

L-l-leave Saturday, back Sunday night?

Yeah, well, I guess t-the boys will certainly like it.

Um, uh, well, it's been years, years since I've been...

Alright, Eddie, alright, it's, it's really been a long time

since I've been camping.

Well, a little ROTC.

[chuckles] Yeah, yeah, alright.

Well, we're looking forward to it.

Thank you, doctor. Bye-bye.

- Daddy, we're goin'? - You bet we're goin'. Alright!

Now, I want to ask you one, did you put the doctor up

to calling and asking me to go camping, did you?

Did you talk to Danny, did you tell Danny to talk to his dad?

Did you? Did you? Tell the truth.

No...

Norman, I don't know, just, you know, whatever, uh

people take on camping trips.

Uh, N-Norman, I'm a city boy too

I haven't the vaguest I...

Well, whatever you've seen in bwana movies.

Uh-huh.

Take all the time you want, Norman, just have them here

first thing tomorrow morning.

Tomorrow morning, that's right. Okay.

Yeah, yeah, okay, Norman, I gotta go.

Bye-bye.

Boy, dad, isn't it great?

Just me and you, cooking our own dinner?

It is great,yeah!

It's also great when Mrs. Livingston cooks it.

When's she going to come back from her visit from her sister?

Mm, well, I, I think she'll be back here

by the time we get back from our camping trip.

What are we gonna have to eat on the trip, dad?

Oh, I guess we'll have some steak and some roasted potatoes.

Yeah, yeah.

I tell you we're gonna have a neat time.

Danny's dad knows all about camping.

That's great.

- He's a champion camper. - Fine.

He knows to spell everything there is to know about camping.

That's super.

You don't have to worry if you don't know how, dad.

Danny's dad is the best camper in the whole wide world.

Oh, well, Eddie, it's-it's good for a man to know

that he can do something well, of course

different people have different skills.

Being a camper is very, very important.

Yes, yes, it is, of course, it doesn't come up too often.

But when it does, it's great to have that skill.

[alarm buzzing]

Dinner.

♪♪

♪ Quick it's great ♪

♪ It's done and now it's lots of fun ♪

♪ La la la la ♪

♪ La la la la la la la la ♪♪

Boy, dad, you're a great cook, aren't you?

Well, let's be honest, sport.

What I am, is a great defroster.

And this last piece of equipment

is our folding stove stand.

We sure have lot of stuff around here.

We sure have, according to Norman

every necessary piece of equipment

for a perfect camping.

[doorbell rings]

I'll answer it.

- Hi, Danny! - Hi, Eddie.

Come on in, doctor. Hi, I'm Tom Corbett.

Hi, Dr. Lockwood, uh, Bob.

- Hello, Danny. - Hello, Mr. Corbett.

Well, what are you doing with all this stuff?

Oh, I-I think the expression is be prepared.

For what, a year in the bush?

My dear, camping is to build character.

Yeah, well, I'm just one of those people

who build slowly I guess.

Oh, it's very nice of you to take the two of us

along with you, we appreciate it.

Oh, glad to, glad to.

Personally, all I need is a knife

and a, a piece of rope

piece of canvas, I like to rough it.

Mm, yeah, well, my idea of roughing

it is, uh, black and white television.

[chuckles]

Hut! Attention! Let's move out.

We're all ready.

♪ Ya yaya ya ya ya ya ya ♪

♪ Move out ♪♪

♪ One two ♪♪ And wherever you go... ♪♪

[indistinct singing]

♪♪

Kids today have no responsibility, no value

no idea of what's right and what's wrong.

Oh, I don't know, doc, sure they have

definite ideas and opinions.

The reason that they don't have values

is because they weren't properly taught.

Spare the rod, spoil the child.

Monkey see, monkey do.

An apple a day, keeps the doctor away.

- Hm? - Uh-uh.

♪♪

Hey, isn't it great? Our dad's are gettin' to be friends.

Sure is, maybe we can get to go campin' all the time.

[Danny] One thing though, there's got to be one boss

one commanding officer.

My dad was a captain in the army. What was yours?

I don't know. Dad?

- Yeah? - What were you in the army?

Unhappy.

[kids laughing]

Um, phone's ringing.

Buzzing.

Hello, this is KG-six-two-one-one-four

Dr. Lockwood.

An obstetrician's work is never done.

♪ Pa pa pa ♪

♪ Pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa ♪

♪ Pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa ♪

♪ La la la ♪

♪ La la la la la la la la la la la la la ♪♪

♪♪

"Hold the two extended sides out sideways

far enough to support the stove in a horizontal..."

Listen, I don't mind you having all this stuff

but it's takin' a long time

and I, I wanna get some food for dinner.

Yeah, well, t-that's... Go right ahead, fine.

What is all this equipment?

What? Well, these are necessities.

For example, um, well, take this

this is a, uh...

It's a portable card box with, uh, with chips

and hall of drafts, navy blue.

It says here the jokers are optional.

- I don't play cards. - Oh.

- What's this? - Huh?

Oh, now, that

is a very vital item for our existence.

You see, this, this guards against cold, boredom

lack of courage

and on rare occasions

snake bite.

It's called the Norman's Special.

May I have it?

Sure, it's a little early in the day, but be my guest.

Now.

Over here we have a... a radio

which we can use for, uh, dancing

and, uh, over here we have a fish net.

You know, in case we, uh, fish.

And, uh...

♪♪

Camping and drinking don't mix.

How do you get it to stick in the ground?

It's the way you do it, you gotta know how.

[ducks quacking]

Hold those, Danny.

Who did that?

Must've been you, Eddie. Danny knows better.

Yes, he knows better.

Look, boy, by putting a knife into the ground

you dull that knife.

You mean you can't sharpen it again?

Well, sure, but, uh, maybe not fast enough for an emergency.

Suppose a mountain lion came chargin' in here

what would you do?

Call my daddy.

♪♪

Uh, look, you can't depend on anybody.

You've got to learn to be entirely self sufficient.

[phone buzzing]

Oh, uh, th-that's my car phone.

I can depend on my dad.

He meant in the forest

and I guess if anybody knows

about being in the forest

it's my dad.

Yeah, my dad knows lots of other things.

Yeah, but right now, we're in the forest.

Well, I just got another telephone call

and this time I'm gonna have to go

one of my patients is having a baby.

- Oh, that's too bad. - Yeah, prematurely, of course.

Eight months, that woman hasn't been on time

for one appointment.

- Boys, break the camp. - Why? We don't wanna go!

Hey, hey, hey, attention. That's an order.

Uh, Bob, look, uh, we don't have to all deliver the baby together

so why don't you just go ahead and the boys and I'll stay here

and you can come back when you're through.

You mean leave you in charge of the camp?

It's not Normandy, you know.

But you don't, you don't know anything about camping!

Well, what's to know?

We'll just... hang around

and have a lot of fun together.

You don't even know how to put up your tent!

Sure I do. All you gotta do is push that knob.

Dad's great about putting things together.

You know, the other day he put a whole toy together

and there were three parts left over.

Alright, so I'm not the world's greatest

toy putter together, but I-I-I can sure

get this tent together.

[grunts] I did it!

- Yeah! - Yeah! My daddy did it!

Now, you see

we won't have to disappoint the guys.

- I don't know. - Look, captain...

I mean, u-uh, doctor.

I canhandle it.

Okay.

But I'll be back as soon as I can.

- Yay, we can stay! We can stay! - Yay, we can stay!

But be careful and vigilant!

Vi-vigilant, yeah, yeah.

What does vigilant mean?

Have you guys ever heard of the vigilantes?

- No. - They were big fish eaters.

Now, you guys go cook the fish

and you will be vigilant, go.

♪♪

♪ La la la ♪

♪ La la la la la la la la ♪

♪ Lala lalala la laa ♪

♪♪

[whispers] It's time to get up.

[whispers] How do you know?

Because it's light.

When my father's here, we get up before it's light.

The early bird catches the worm.

My father doesn't like worms.

Are you asleep, dad?

Yes.

Your eye is open.

That's because some little kid

has his grubby little finger in it.

- Boy, that was great. - Mm-hm.

Well, it was edible.

But not as good as your dad's fish last night.

- Yeah. - Hey, Mr. Corbett.

Would it be okay if Eddie and me went exploring?

Well, I don't want you guys to go too far

and not till your father gets back.

How about if we went exploring over there by that tree?

Well, local exploring is to be encouraged

but don't go where I can't see you.

[music on radio]

[birds chirping]

[rock music on radio]

♪♪

[Eddie] ...55, 40, 45, 50

55, 60, 65, 70

75, 80, 85, 90

95, 100, ready or not, here I come.

♪♪

[upbeat music]

- Dad, dad! - Mm-mm, hm?

Danny's lost!

- What-what? - Danny's lost!

Why, I thought you guys weren't gonna go too far from here.

We weren't, we were just playing hide-and-go-seek

but now I can't find him.

Well, Eddie, he probably just found a good hiding place.

But he didn't

I called out olly olly oxen free

but he didn't answer.

Well, he couldn't have gone too far.

Eddie, look he's a great little camper

and I'm sure he's not lost.

But he's not such a hot little camper

he says so because his dad won't get mad at him

if he says it.

Well, okay, we'll, uh...

[sighs] We'll go take a look, come on.

[Tom] Danny!

[Eddie] Danny!

Danny, where are you?

Come out, come out, wherever you are!

Danny!

Danny!

- Dad. - Hm?

Can I carry the compass?

You may.

♪♪

Olly olly oxen free!

Olly olly oxen free!

[sighs]

Well, Eddie

give me the compass.

Good boy.

Well, we came from there.

[sighs]

Come on.

Well, let's go this way, Davie Private.

♪♪

Danny!

Hey, dad, I'm scared

and I think Danny's lost forever.

Now, now, don't worry, he's not lost forever, Eddie.

[Danny] Mr. Corbett!

Danny!

Oh, boy, are we glad to see you.

Me too.

My dad's gonna kill me.

No, I don't think he's gonna kill you, Danny.

- I think he's gonna kill me. - I didn't do anything right.

I didn't mark the trail, I didn't notch the trees

I didn't pick out landmarks.

I just ran and ran like a dumb little kid.

But you area dumb little kid.

Well, uh, anyway, you're allowed to make mistakes.

Please don't tell my father.

Huh, alright.

Come on, let's get back to camp.

You won't? Please?

I'll make a deal with you.

I won't tell your father that you were lost

if you don't tell your father

that I, I'm lost right now.

- Where's the compass? - I don't have it, Eddie.

♪♪

Hey, dad, can we stop for a minute?

I gotta take this pebble out.

Yeah, yeah, sure.

Well, I wish I hadn't lost that... compass.

My dad says you shouldn't need a compass.

You should be able to find yourself

the way the pioneers did it.

Oh? And just how did the pioneers do that trick?

I forget.

Don't worry about it, Danny. I'm no pioneer either.

[jet engine whirring]

Wait a minute.

Wait a minute, okay, guys

we're alright, a jet

and that means it must've come from Laurie Field

and Laurie Field is south

our tent is north, and follow me.

♪♪

[music on radio]

Hey, hey, hey, hey. Hear that?

- What is it? - Music.

- What does that mean? - Another camper.

No, no.

No, know what it means?

The same dumb sloppy camper that lost that, t-that compass

left the radio on back at camp, come on.

♪♪

[Eddie] Yay!

Yay.

- Hey, you guys. - Oh-ho!

- Where have you been? - Oh, just fooling around.

Well, to tell the truth, we went sc...

Well, almost scouting a little bit, but then, uh...

- Then what? - We got lost.

What do you mean lost?

We got... Well, I got lost.

They found me, and, and I'm sorry.

- You notched the trees? - No, sir.

- Did you mark your trail? - No, sir.

Did you pick your landmark?

- What were you doing, soldier? - Oh, Bob, look.

They were, they were playing hide and seek and they went--

I left you in command here, it's your fault they got lost.

Oh, well, doctor, t-this isn't a court marshal and you know it

uh, we got lost and we found our way back

and we almost had fun in the process.

One doesn't go camping to have fun.

We came to build character.

Well, it's part of my character to have fun.

I call that a lack of character.

- Pack up, we're movin' out. - Oh...

- You heard me. - Eddie!

- Uh, just a minute, please. - Okay.

Bob, uh, I think we gotta talk--

I don't there's anything to talk about.

[sighs] Look, Bob, I, uh

I don't care about you putting me down personally

but I do care about blowing the weekend for the boys.

Well, this isn't the kind of weekend

I had planned for my son.

Well, you'll have to forgive my un-military outlook

but I thought that, that camping out

was supposed to, uh, well, to help build character

on their own, not just take orders.

Orders apply to life.

How about love?

How about respect?

Well, do you think that, uh

that love comes out of respect

or that respect comes out of love?

Look, look, the point of this is that

my son respects me and he loves me.

No, I think the point is that sometimes we get their love

whether we deserve it or not.

♪♪

I-I'll go pack up.

That's good, son.

Sorry I didn't mark the trail.

I'm sorry I didn't...

Hey... where's my little soldier?

I'm not a soldier!

And I don't wanna go home...

...sir.

Listen, um

wh-why don't you call me, uh

something other than, uh, sir?

Like what?

Dad.

Well, if we're gonna eat out here

we better gather some wood.

Yes, sir, dad!

- Dad? - Mm-hmm?

♪♪

- Yeah? - I love you, dad.

- What brought that up? - I don't know.

Well, I love you too.

Hey, Eddie, come help me get some firewood.

Alright, coming.

You know, y-you know something, Corbett?

You and I don't agree on anything.

Fair enough.

♪♪

[Eddie] You know, I'm glad you're not so good at camping.

[Tom] Why?

[Eddie] Well, it's not such fun

if a person's

too good at something.

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

I think you're pretty terrific at being Eddie.

[Eddie chuckles]

[Eddie] Animals don't have names.

[Tom] Oh, sure they do.

Lion, bear, kangaroo.

[Eddie] I mean, the kind of name

that their parents gave 'em.

[Tom] That's true.

[Eddie] Then how do they know

who they are, dad?

[Tom] Well, hm...

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

♪ La la pa ra ra pa ra ♪♪

♪ 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 ♪♪