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Elfie, this is June Cleaver.
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Fine, thank you. Say, by any chance,
is the Beaver over at your place?
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[Sighs] Been trying to
track him down for an hour.
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No, he isn't exactly lost, but he got
out of dancing school two hours ago.
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If he does come by, would
you point him this way?
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And don't give him
anything to eat. Bye.
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June, it's only six blocks
from the dancing school.
8
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Why does it always take
him over an hour to get home?
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With the Beaver, a straight line is not
always the most enjoyable way home.
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[Ward] Beaver.
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Where have you been?
At dancing school, Daddy.
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I know that. Where's
your new necktie?
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Somebody must have
kiped it off me. Now, Son.
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Nobody steals a
necktie off your neck.
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- Then I must have "gots" it someplace.
- Gots it?
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- He means forgot it.
- Oh.
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Well, where did you gots it?
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- At the power plant.
- Power plant?
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Yes, when I was helping
the men chase the bat.
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Oh, I see.
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The men at the power plant
chased the bat with your necktie?
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No, with a broom. It was keen.
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Pow! Swish! Pow!
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All right, come on. You go on
upstairs and wash for dinner.
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And don't bother your brother.
He's doing his homework.
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Gots it? Must he talk like that?
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Certainly. Beaver has to maintain his
reputation as a character. [Chuckles]
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Where have you been?
Chasing a bat at the power station.
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How big a bat? About
as big as an eagle.
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You see Harry Nimo's
brother at dancing school?
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See him? I danced with him.
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Hey, don't go putting
your junk in my drawer.
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When I got out my sweat socks
this morning, they were full of raisins.
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These are milk bottle caps.
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Franklin Milk Company. Got
most of them on my way home.
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One, two, three, four, five...
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What are you gonna
do with those, stupid?
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Get a thousand, the milk
company gives you a bicycle, free.
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Oh, where'd you hear
a crazy story like that?
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A bicycle for a
thousand bottle caps.
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It's not crazy. Frankie
Bennett told me.
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He saw it on television on
the Happy Harrington show.
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Frankie Bennett,
from the eighth grade?
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Yeah, he said you could have
your choice, a red one or a blue one.
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16, 17...
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[Rooster Crows]
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Come on, come on.
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[Meows]
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Shoo, scat. Go on, get
out of here. [Meowing]
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Hey, Marge. How
do you like this?
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The cats are learning
to take the tops off now.
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We'd really like to help you, but
we have a different system here.
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Thanks, anyways. Thanks.
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[Baby Crying]
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Hey, Doc. You got a
prescription for my father?
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Oh, yes. You're Tom Bennett's
boy, aren't you? I have it inside.
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Hey, Frankie. Isn't that big
Cleaver and little Cleaver?
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Yeah, Beaver Cleaver.
That kid's a creep.
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How'd you like him hanging around
yesterday when we were trying to play ball?
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Yeah, but you got
rid of him real neat.
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Telling him that big
story if he collected 1,000
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Franklin Milk bottle
caps, he'd win a bicycle.
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You know, the way he
took off, I think he believed it.
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That kid is a creep.
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Hi. Hi.
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Ward. Uh-huh?
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Can you see any possible
use for Franklin Milk bottle caps?
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Yeah, to hold the Franklin
Milk in the Franklin Milk bottles.
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The boys have got a
whole dishpan of them
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upstairs. They've been
collecting them all week.
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That's nothing to be alarmed about.
In my day, the collecting instinct...
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was strong in every
American boy worth his salt.
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I'm happy to see it has survived
television, child psychology...
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and the inroads of
progressive education.
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I think I'm gonna ask them why
they're collecting those things.
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Oh, no, June. Don't you
dare think of such a thing.
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You're flying in the
face of Dr. Brady.
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I quote, "A child's world
is his own sacred domain...
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and his privacy must at
all times be respected."
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All right. But we respected it last
summer, and they set fire to the attic.
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I'm gonna go see about dinner.
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May I help you?
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We came for the bicycle.
We want the red one.
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The bicycle?
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We've got the thousand bottle
caps if you wanna count them.
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Well, you boys just have
a seat. I'll be right back.
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- That's a lady cow.
- All cows are ladies.
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Boy, she could sure
fill a lot of bottles of milk.
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Well, boys, now what's
all this about a bicycle?
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Yes, the one you're giving away in your
television contest for 1,000 bottle caps.
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We got the thousand bottle caps if you
want to count them. We want the red one.
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Uh, contest?
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Yes, the one you're having on the
Happy Harrington television show.
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Say, mister, don’t you
watch your own program?
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Oh, well, of course.
Uh, that-that contest.
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Uh, you boys just have a seat for
a minute, and I'll be right with you.
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Uh, get me Cochran
over at the warehouse.
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Wally. Yeah?
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That's a lady secretary.
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Here, look at the pictures.
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[Buzzes] Cochran, have
the bicycles arrived yet?
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For the contest.
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The one that was
announced on the Happy
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Harrington show. Don't
you watch our own program?
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Oh, they haven't
arrived yet, huh?
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Oh. No, that's all right.
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Miss Simms, get me
Mr. Crowley in Chicago.
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But if it's our bike, why do
you get to ride in the seat?
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Because you're too
small to reach the pedals.
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Maybe we should ask
the man for a smaller bike.
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A smaller bike? I'm too
big for a smaller bike.
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Don't be so selfish.
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Wally. Yeah?
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You can ride in the seat.
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Don't worry, Beave.
I'll ride you all over.
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Mr. Baxter, I have
Mr. Crowley in Chicago.
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Oh, say, Fred. The
bicycles haven't arrived,
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and the winners are
starting to come in.
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The contest.
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- The Happy Harrington show.
- Contest?
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Uh, uh, just a minute, Baxter.
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Uh, Mr. Higgins. This
is Crowley downstairs.
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I'm just double-checking
on our bicycle contest.
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Which one of our
divisions is running it?
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Why, Mr. Higgins, the one they're
running on our Happy Harrington TV show.
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What's that? Oh, just
a minute, Mr. Higgins.
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I, uh, I have it written
down here somewhere.
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Baxter, what date was
that contest announced?
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Oh, well, I-I
have it right here.
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Miss Simms, when was
the contest announced?
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Just a minute. Boys.
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When was the contest announced?
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Last Friday's show.
Last Friday's show.
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Last Friday's show.
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Last Friday's show.
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[Chuckles] I found it here
in my notes, Mr. Higgins.
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It was announced
on last Friday's show.
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Hmm? Oh, no, sir.
There's no trouble.
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It's just that one of
our district managers
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got a winner and he
became a little rattled.
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His bikes haven't come in yet.
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What's that? Oh, yes, sir.
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Oh, I'm sorry, sir. Yes, sir.
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Well, I've always
tried to show initiative.
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00:10:01,835 --> 00:10:04,270
Yes, sir. I know
the company policy.
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00:10:04,337 --> 00:10:06,829
Certainly.
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I'm sorry, Mr. Higgins.
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Baxter, why must you
bother me with these details?
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Don't you have any
initiative of your own?
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You know the company
policy. Never alienate the public.
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If you have a winner,
get him a bicycle. Buy one.
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Replace it when
your shipment arrives.
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00:10:22,255 --> 00:10:24,349
Yes, Fred. Yeah, I
should've thought of that.
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I'll take care of it right
away. Sorry to bother you.
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I don't usually like
girls. Oh, you don't?
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No. But I like you.
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You hardly seem
like a girl at all.
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Well, thank you.
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Well, boys, it was
just as I recalled.
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The contest was announced
on last Friday's show.
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But unfortunately, the bicycles
haven't arrived at our warehouse.
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But, boys, it's always been
my personal policy not to
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alienate the public. So do
you know what I'm going to do?
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No, sir. No, sir.
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00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:03,494
Well, I'm going to send Miss Simms
with you down to Hank's Bike Shop.
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And you can pick out a bicycle
and we'll charge it to the company.
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00:11:06,432 --> 00:11:09,630
Well, thank you very
much, sir. Not at all, my boy.
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00:11:10,870 --> 00:11:12,805
Thank you very much, sir.
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Would you like to
ride in my wagon?
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Well, no, thank you. I'll walk.
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[Phone Rings]
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Crowley speaking.
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Oh, Mr. Higgins.
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Huh? Out of my mind?
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Well, I don't think so,
Mr. Higgins. But if you say...
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No contest at all? No announcement
on the Happy Harrington show?
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But Baxter, he— [Stammering]
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Yes? What's that?
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Yes, I guess I am, sir.
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Get me that idiot
Baxter on the phone.
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849, 850, 851...
[Buzzes] 852, 853, 854...
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Baxter speaking.
Oh, hello, Fred.
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Say, the boys have got
the bicycle, and it cost $64...
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[Cochran On Phone] There is no contest,
you idiot. You told me there was a contest.
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What's wrong with you
calling up here and saying
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it was announced over
the Happy Harrington show?
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Listen, I don't want
any of your excuses.
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Look, you settle
this the best you can.
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I don't know how.
But you better not let
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this thing get out and
embarrass the company.
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Oh-Oh, no I wouldn't do that.
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Don't worry. I'll handle
it. I-I— [Line Clicks]
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Miss Simms. Miss Simms!
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[Clattering]
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Why couldn't we hide
the bike in the garage?
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I told you. Dad would see
it when he put the car away.
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Wally. Yeah?
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00:13:19,699 --> 00:13:22,726
Why didn't we tell Dad
about the bike last night?
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He wouldn't give us
bikes last Christmas 'cause
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he said we don't
have the responsibility.
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00:13:26,839 --> 00:13:29,172
But we do got
'sponsibility, don't we?
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00:13:29,242 --> 00:13:31,507
Yeah, but we gotta prove it.
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Wally? Yeah?
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00:13:33,579 --> 00:13:36,310
How does Dad think we can
prove our 'sponsibility with a bike...
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if we don't have a bike to
prove our 'sponsibility with?
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How do I know? That's
the way older people think.
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Dad's a nice guy,
though. Sure, he is.
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It's just that he's
an older person.
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Yeah, I guess
he can't help that.
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What'd you do with
the seat? Oh, the seat.
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I figured nobody could steal
a bicycle without the seat.
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Get the rope.
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[Clattering]
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00:14:48,020 --> 00:14:52,151
What's going on at this hour?
You're gonna wake up your father.
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00:14:52,225 --> 00:14:54,160
We were just
messing around, Mom.
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Mom, you're just as pretty as
Miss Simms. Well, thank you.
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00:14:58,364 --> 00:15:02,495
Who's Miss Simms? She a s...
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00:15:02,568 --> 00:15:05,561
Wally, you tell Mom
who Miss Simms is.
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00:15:05,638 --> 00:15:07,971
Well, she's just
someone we met, Mom.
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00:15:08,040 --> 00:15:10,271
Yeah, Mom. She's
just someone I met.
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00:15:10,343 --> 00:15:12,278
See you later, Mom.
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00:15:13,613 --> 00:15:15,673
We even made our beds.
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Hi, men. Hi.
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What's new with you
guys? Oh, nothing much.
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How do you like our
new bike, Frankie?
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00:15:52,051 --> 00:15:54,043
It's kind of all right.
Where did you get it?
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We won it in the
Franklin Milk contest.
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- They having a contest?
- Sure. The one you told the Beaver about.
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You saw it on the Happy
Harrington television show.
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00:16:01,961 --> 00:16:03,896
Are you kidding? I made that up.
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00:16:03,963 --> 00:16:07,798
Made it up? Sure. Beaver was
hanging around. You know how he does.
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00:16:07,867 --> 00:16:09,643
I just told him that
to get rid of him.
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00:16:09,667 --> 00:16:11,599
Look, Frankie. There's
gotta be a contest.
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We went down there,
they gave us the bike.
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What are you trying to
do, give me the business?
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Nobody gives away
bikes for bottle caps.
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Cleaver, you're worse
than your brother.
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You're a creep too.
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Baxter, you certainly have
your nerve waking me up at
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this hour of the morning
with such a fantastic story.
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Yes, accusing our boys of stealing
a bicycle. Why, they're only babies.
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Well, then they're pretty
clever babies. They
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swindled me out of a bicycle
like a couple of con men.
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Oh, come, now, Mr. Baxter.
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You make it sound like
those two boys stuck a gun on
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your stomach and said,
"Your money or your bicycle."
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No, they were much
cleverer than that.
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They came in and said they'd won a
bike in a contest our company was having.
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Well, is your company
having a bicycle contest?
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No, we definitely are
not having a contest.
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Then why did you
give them the bicycle?
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Well-Well, because they convinced
me that we were having a contest.
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Mr. Baxter, I know you
work for a milk company,
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but there are indications of a
much stronger beverage here.
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Ward, you know, it does sound a little
like Wally and the Beaver. Nonsense.
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If they had a bike,
I'd know about it.
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Mr. Baxter, you may have been swindled
out of a bicycle, but not by my boys.
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Why, in the first place, I
don't allow them to have a bike.
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And in the second place, if they did have
one, I'd be the first one to know about it.
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Why, Wally and his brother
are the soul of honesty.
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Why, those two
boys— Yes, Mr. Baxter.
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Are you suggesting that we don't
know what's going on in our own house?
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Mrs. Cleaver, those boys came
in with a wagon full of bottle caps.
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Bottle caps? Oh, Ward, do you...
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Excuse me, Mr. Baxter.
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Boys, would you come
down here a minute?
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What is it, Dad?
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Boys, would you
bring the bicycle down?
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What bicycle, Dad? The
one you have in your room.
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Yes, Dad.
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[Engine Starts]
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Sometimes I like
Dad an awful lot.
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Right now, I don't
like him so much.
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Gee, Dad. It doesn't
seem hardly fair.
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Look.
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Fellas, let me explain why
you couldn't keep the bike.
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What difference does it
make? It's gone, isn't it?
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But it was all a mistake.
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There wasn't any contest.
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You weren't entitled to a bike.
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Boys, we've talked
about this before.
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A responsible person doesn't
take things he hasn't earned.
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You have to be worthy
of what you get in life.
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You have to work for it.
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We worked five days
getting those bottle caps.
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Sure, you did, Beaver. And
you feel bad, it's only natural.
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But by giving back the
bike, you did the right thing.
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It's often a lot harder to follow
the right way than the wrong way.
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Wally, you understand
what I'm driving at, don't you?
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Yes. You didn't want us to
have a bike in the first place.
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All right, boys.
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June, would you think it was petty of me if
I asked you to stop taking Franklin Milk?
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I certainly would.
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[Chuckles] Well, it
was just a thought.
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Oh, honey. They'll be all right.
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No, I'm sorry, he isn't here
right now. I don't know wh...
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Oh, just a minute.
He just came in.
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Well, I got what I went for. I have
Chicago on the wire. Mr. Crowley.
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Oh, well, I...
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Hello? Hello, Fred? I was just
gonna call you. You see, I got the bi...
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I, uh, just talked to
the gang upstairs.
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Aw, they're crazy about
that contest idea of ours.
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Our contest idea?
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[Chuckles] Yes, after Higgins
thought it over, he reversed himself.
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Naturally, I'm gonna
give you a lot of the credit.
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Now, here's what
I want you to do.
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Get a photographer and rush us some
pictures of the winner as soon as you can.
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Oh, we wanna make a
big thing of this contest.
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Pictures of the winner. Yeah.
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Well, thank you. Thank you,
Fred, for giving me the credit.
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I'll get right on the ball.
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Well, there she is.
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Good as new. Isn't she a beauty?
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Hi, Miss Simms. Hi, Beaver.
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Well, I must say, for two boys
that have just won a bicycle,
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you two don't seem
very enthusiastic.
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Oh, then there was
a contest all the time?
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Well, no, not exactly.
But I think we could
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make it retroactive,
sort of pretend there was.
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Now, uh, here, you take the
bike and we'll get a few pictures.
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No.
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No? No what?
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We don't want the bike. If there
wasn't any contest, we didn't earn it.
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Yes, we've got 'sponsibility.
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Well, now, look, boys. I
know you're a little confused,
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but why don't we just
close our eyes to the
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facts and nobody will
know the difference?
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- Now, what do you say?
- I say that's dishonest.
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Well, hear, now. Wait
a minute. How can you
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call me dishonest? I'm
giving you the bicycle.
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If there wasn't any contest, we didn't
earn it and we're not going to take it.
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Well, now, look.
You've gotta take this.
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You're not gonna make
a fool out of me again.
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You take the bike and let me
get some pictures. Come on.
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Ow!
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Now, what did you do that for?
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Well, you better get out of
here, or we'll tell our father.
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Now, look, fellas, you
wouldn't wanna see me
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get in trouble with the
milk company, would you?
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Now, here, take
the bicycle, please.
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Look, look, boys. If you'll take the
bicycle, and let me get a few pictures,
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I'll give you $25 out
of my own pocket.
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Mm-mm. Uh-uh.
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I think we'd better
be going, Mr. Baxter.
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Well, I declare, boys have
certainly changed since I was a kid.
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Well, that's one
consolation. It certainly is.
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[Sniffles]
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Boys, supper will be
ready in a few minutes.
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How about running up
and changing those shirts?
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Gee, Dad. We've only
worn them for two days.
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Well, I still think it would be
nice if we freshened up for supper.
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Eating will only
get them dirty again.
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Boys, the shirts. Okay.
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When I grow up, I'm gonna
wear a shirt a whole year.
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Wally. Yeah?
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Why does Dad want
us to change our shirts?
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I guess he just
likes to pick on us.
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I'll fix him.
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I'll wear the Hawaiian
one he doesn't like. [Scoffs]
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Wow! Wow, a bike!
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"Merry Christmas
three months early...
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for two real 'sponsible boys."
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"Love, Mom and Dad."
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Dad. Oh, Dad.
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Mom, Dad! Mom, Dad!
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Mom, Dad! Mom, Dad!