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[Ward Narrating]
Children and adults look at the world
through different eyes.

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When you’re young,
a policeman stands 10 feet tall

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And if you see it in print,
it’s supposed to be true.

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And the first time you fall in love,
it’s not always with a girl

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[Hissing]

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And that’s our story tonight
on Leave It To Beaver.

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[Announcer]
Leave It To Beaver.

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Starring Barbara Billingsley,
Hugh Beaumont, Tony Dow...

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and Jerry Mathers as the Beaver.

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Prospecting again?

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One marble, two pieces of candy,
assorted peanut shells,

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what appears to be a Peruvian nickel—
[Grunts]

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Oh. Have a caramel.

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Ew. No.
It‘s too fuzzy.
[Chuckles]

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I‘ll get something
to put all this in.
Oop, never mind.

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One sock.

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Well, we have a sizable amount of loot.
Where are the little pirates?

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The boys?
They‘re upstairs in their room.

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—I think they‘re sending away
for something again.
— Cutting out box tops?

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Well, they borrowed one envelope,
one three—cent stamp and a pair of scissors.

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Well, whatever they‘re doing,
it‘s probably childish but, uh, harmless.

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[Wally]
"Raise an Everglades alligator
in your own home. ”

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“‘Spress charges prepaid.”

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“Live delivery guaranteed.
No C.O.D.‘s."

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Wally, we can keep it in the bathtub.

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Well, okay.
Let‘s send for it.

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But an eight—foot alligator
for only two dollars and a half—
there must be a catch to it.

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But, Wally, they wouldn‘t let ‘em
print it in Robot Men of Mars
unless it was the truth.

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Yeah, I guess you‘re right.

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Wally?
Yeah?

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How long before
our alligator comes?

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Hmm, about a week, I suppose.

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Oh. Then I guess it‘s too early
to fill up the bathtub.

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Wally! He‘s come! He‘s come!
He‘s at the ‘spress office.

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I filled the bathtub
so it‘d be ready for our alligator.

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Beaver, if we keep him in there,
we won‘t be able to take a bath.

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Yeah.
It‘s real good havin‘ an alligator.

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“To Theodore Cleaver."

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Sign here.

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Here y‘are.

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Is this all there is?

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Well, “Express prepaid from Florida.”
That‘s her.

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Yes, sir?
[No Audible Dialogue]

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Maybe they ‘spressed
the food first.

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Well, if it was food,
why would they put the holes in the box?

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Maybe it‘s live food.
We better open it.

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Maybe if you put him in water,
he swells up.

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Who ever heard
Of a dehydrated alligator?

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Wally, have we been “tooken”?

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Beaver, we‘ve really been “tooken.”

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Hey! Supper will be ready
in a few minutes.
Oh. Where are the kids?

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Well, they came home from school,
and they went right upstairs with their books.
They must be sick.

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[Chuckles]
I don‘t think so.
Came down twice for food.

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Hey, you better tell ‘em
to wash up for supper.
All right.

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Do you think
he‘s happy, Wally?

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I don‘t know.
With an alligator, it‘s hard to tell.

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It sure is.

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Wally, you promised
you‘d help me with him.
What do we do now?

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Well, we could ask Dad,

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but I don‘t know if he‘d want us
to have an alligator— even a little one.

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Come on, Wally.

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Wash up for supper, boys.
Okay.

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Dad, could we have a pet?

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— What kind of a pet?
— Any kind.

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Now look, guys.
We’ve been overall this before.

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I have to tell you to wash up for supper.
Your mother has to tell you
to clean up your room.

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Now when you show us that you can
take care of yourselves and your room,
then we‘ll talk about a pet.

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That a deal?
[Wally]
Okay

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[Beaver]
Dad?

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Do you know anything
about alligators?

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Beaver, why do you want
to know about alligators?

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Uh, uh—
Uh, I think he‘s studying
about ‘em in school, Dad.

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Yeah, Dad. I think I‘m studying
about them in school.

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| see. Well, let‘s see.
Um—

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Uh, they‘re both
amphibious and carnivorous.

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Uh, alligators are often mistakenly
called crocodiles, or, uh—
[Chuckles]

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crocodiles are ofi‘en mistakenly
called alligators.

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Their natural habitat is the damp,
humid climate of the Gulf states,
and they often die in captivity.

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— Now will you wash up for supper?
— [Door Closes]

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What do we do now?

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Well, I guess we just have to find somebody
that knows something about alligators.

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[No Audible Dialogue]

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Here at the Alligator Farm,
you will notice we have the creatures
segregated according to age.

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This is not done solely
for the convenience
Of the visitors.

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It is a necessary precaution
for the survival of the species.

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The alligator is cannibalistic by nature
and has a very nasty appetite
for other alligators.

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You put ‘em in together,
and the big beggars‘ll
eat the little beggars.

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[Hissing]

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Now behave yourself, Gwendolyn.
I‘ll kick your teeth in.

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[Alligator Hissing Loudly]

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[Gate Closing]

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Now you‘ve probably noticed
that some of our scaly friends
are minus an arm or a leg...

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or other vulnerable appendages.

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Now if you was to fall in here among
these beasts, you probably believe
they would bite off your arm...

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alter the fashion of the shark
or the barracuda.

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This is a fallacy The alligator
would not bite ofi‘ your arm.

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He would saw if off.

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Wally, where would he get the saw?
[Whispering]
Shh. Quiet.

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Yes, sir, the alligator would remove
your limb from your body...

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with a sawing motion
Of his powerful jaws.

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This may take considerable time,
but the end result would be the same.

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Now, ladies and gentlemen,
we have 1,500 assorted
alligators here on the farm.

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You may observe
these creatures
At your leisure.

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Our courteous attendants
will be glad to answer
any and every question.

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I hope you come back again,
and please tell your friends.

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Captain jack, we‘d—
we‘d like to ask you somethin‘.

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Well, that‘s what I‘m here for.
What do alligators eat—
besides arms and legs?

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Well, now that‘s
a very good question,
young man.

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Well, most of these gators‘ll
eat over 20 pounds
of horsemeat every day.

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We mean baby alligators.

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Hey, you two fellers seem to be
pretty interested in these critters.
You got one at home?

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Nope. Right here.

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Hey.

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Now you don‘t want
to keep him in water too much.
His skin‘s beginnin‘ to crack.

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He‘s a pretty good size, though.
[Wally]
0ur dad says they die in captivity

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We don‘t want him to conk out.

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Yeah, well, now, no disrespect intended,
but sometimes dads don‘t know
too much about alligators.

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Sometimes they don‘t know
too much about boys.

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But anyway, whether this gator
lives or not ain‘t up to him.

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It‘s up to you two fellers.
Up to us?

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Yeah. A lot of kids get these gators
and they fuss over ‘em for a couple or
three days, and then they forget about ‘em.

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Well, if you don‘t care,
pretty soon the alligator don‘t care.

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And when neither one of you care,
there ain‘t no reason for him
to hang around anymore.

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He must be sick or somethin‘.
He won‘t even eat the flies we got him.

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Let me give you a little tip.

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You getcha some warm milk
in an eyedropper.

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Then you pry open his mouth,
and you get it right down
in his little gizzard.

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Once it‘s on its way down there,
there ain‘t nothin‘ else he can do
but eat it.

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Right?
Yes, sir.
Yes, sir.

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And then you might try a little raw egg.

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And here‘s something
I don‘t tell everybody.

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If he don‘t perk up,
when you fill that eyedropper,
put a little brandy in the milk.

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Brandy?
Yep. Not only makes
for a healthy alligator,

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it makes for
a happy alligator.
[Laughs]

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Right?
Yes, sir.
Yes, sir.

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Well, now under normal circumstances,
his chances ain‘t too good.

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But I‘m countin‘ more on you two boys
than I am on the gator.

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You got a name for him?
No, not yet.
We were gonna—

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Yes, we have.
We‘re gonna call him
Captain jack.

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Here, darling.

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Good mornin‘.
Oh, good morning, Minerva.

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I told Minerva to come three times a week
now to help with the cleaning
and the laundry.
Oh.

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Well, that‘s fine with me.

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Hey, what goes on?
Saturday morning and
the boys are not down yet.

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Haven‘t had breakfast,
but I heard water running
in the bathtub.

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Well, they had a bath
day before yesterday.

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Two baths in three days.
That‘s some kind of a record.

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He looks a lot happier today.

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Cootchy—cootchy—coo.
Ooh!

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He‘s a lot hungrier too.

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He doesn‘t look like
he‘s gonna conk.

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Beaver, will you leave
my alligator alone?

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What‘s that?
Beauty cream.

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If we keep him oiled,
his skin won‘t crack.
Hmm,

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Ew. Wally,
what‘s brandy made of?

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Grapes. People in France
crush ‘em with their feet.

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I thought so.

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Should we give him
his egg now?
No, we‘ll give that to him later.

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We‘d better get down to breakfast.

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All right, Captain Jack,
Back into your aquarium.

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Eight, nine, 10.

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What‘s the matter?
I could have sworn there were
a dozen eggs in here yesterday.

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It‘s funny too.
It‘s happened before.

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Hey, you know, now that you mention it,
someone‘s been getting at that bottle
of brandy I got last Christmas.

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It‘s gone down
two inches in a week.

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That‘s not all that‘s disappeared.
I‘m missing a bottle of my beauty cream.

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Brandy, beauty cream and raw eggs.

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Well, it‘s nothing the boys
could be interested in.

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[No Audible Dialogue]

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[No Audible Dialogue]

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You will notice we have separated
Captain Jack by himself.

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This is a necessary precaution
for the survival of the species,

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as these animals
are “cannibalistical” by nature.

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— [Hisses]
— That means they eat people.

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If you were to fall in the compound,
Captain Jack would not bite your arm off.

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He would saw it off.

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This concludes your tour.

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We hope you will come back,
and please tell your friends.

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Thank you.
You‘re welcome.

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Thank you. Thank you.
Thank you. Thank you.

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How much?

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Fifty cents. Remember,
I get to give the speech tomorrow.

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He‘s too big to conk out now.
He‘s almost too big
for his aquarium.

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We‘ll put him down in the old laundry tub.
Nobody uses it anymore.

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[Alligator Hisses]

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Now it‘s half empty.

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Who do you suppose
has been getting at it?

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And the eggs.
We‘re losing about four a week.

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And yesterday, another bottle
of my beauty cream disappeared.

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Well, it‘s got me.
[Minerva]
# Beautiful dreamer, I’m dreaming of you,#

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Oh, Mrs. Cleaver, I‘ll have to
hang these in the basement.
There‘s no sun out, you know.

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All right, Minerva.

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# Beautiful dreamer #

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[Door Closes]
# Dreaming of you #

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[Continues Scatting Loudly]

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June,

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doesn‘t Minerva seem, uh,
unnecessarily gay this morning?

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She‘s always been
the cheerful type.
Uh-huh.

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You know, I think
we‘re getting somewhere.

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Oh, it couldn‘t be Minerva.

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Anyway, what about
the raw eggs?

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Well, I‘ve always heard
they‘re a very popular antidote.

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And the beauty cream?

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00:16:36,095 --> 00:16:40,156
Well, um, maybe after a few nips
she begins to feel romantic.

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Oh, don‘t be silly.
[Laughing]

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After all, we‘ve known her for months.
[Minerva]
Help/Help!

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Help! There ’s a monster!
[Exhales Heavily]

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There‘s a— an alligator in the—
in the basement.
[Exhales]

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—An alligator?
— Are you sure?

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Am I sure?
There he was lookin‘ up at me
from the laundry tubs.

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Well, he must have been at least—
at least five foot long.

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00:17:03,489 --> 00:17:06,049
Oh, I got the scare of me life.

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00:17:06,125 --> 00:17:11,893
Minerva, you needn‘t finish the wash today.
Well, I have no idea of goin‘ back
into that cellar again.

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Alligators! I-

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We‘ll just get our hat,
and we can discuss it
on the way to the bus stop.

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00:17:18,404 --> 00:17:20,463
Come on. Here.

217
00:17:20,540 --> 00:17:23,600
But me—
me day isn‘t over yet.
Yes, Minerva. I‘m afraid it is.

218
00:17:23,676 --> 00:17:28,875
Oh, Ward, maybe we could talk it over.
We‘ll talk it over when Minerva
feels more nearly herself again.

219
00:17:28,948 --> 00:17:31,712
Now come on.
Now Ward, please.
Something‘s frightened her.

220
00:17:31,784 --> 00:17:33,718
“Frightened her,” she says?
I‘ll say it has.

221
00:17:33,786 --> 00:17:37,222
You‘re gonna get in trouble
with the board of health,
keepin‘ them alligators.

222
00:17:40,493 --> 00:17:44,589
We‘ve got pink elephants in the closet too.
But they‘ll all be gone tomorrow.
Now come on.

223
00:17:44,664 --> 00:17:48,156
Never mind the pink elephants.
I have to work with the alligators—
Here we go. Sure—

224
00:17:48,234 --> 00:17:50,498
[Doorbell Rings]

225
00:17:55,174 --> 00:17:57,165
Yes?
Are Wally
and the Beaver home?

226
00:17:57,243 --> 00:18:01,179
No. They‘re out somewhere.
Do I give you the dime
to see Captain Jack?

227
00:18:01,247 --> 00:18:05,149
Who? Uh, no.
Are you sure you have the right house?

228
00:18:05,217 --> 00:18:07,742
Oh, yes.

229
00:18:07,820 --> 00:18:09,754
Captain jack

230
00:18:09,822 --> 00:18:12,484
The alligator that Wally
and the Beaver have.

231
00:18:13,559 --> 00:18:16,790
Oh, the alligator
that Wally and the Beaver have.

232
00:18:23,970 --> 00:18:25,995
How do you like that Minerva?

233
00:18:26,072 --> 00:18:29,166
She protested her innocence
all the way to the bus stop.
[Chuckling]

234
00:18:29,241 --> 00:18:33,371
What‘s the matter with you?
Well, as they say in soap operas,

235
00:18:36,616 --> 00:18:41,883
While you were giving Minerva the sack,
I went down in the basement.
Well?

236
00:18:41,954 --> 00:18:44,422
There‘s an alligator
in the laundry tub.

237
00:18:45,491 --> 00:18:49,222
[Chuckles]
Now,June, come on.

238
00:18:49,295 --> 00:18:53,789
Your sons have an alligator.
Go look for yourself.

239
00:18:53,866 --> 00:18:56,892
[Sniffs]
All right. All right.

240
00:18:56,969 --> 00:19:01,201
I‘ll go down in the basement and look
in the, uh— in the laundry tub...
for the alligator.

241
00:19:01,273 --> 00:19:03,434
I‘ll be right back.

242
00:19:03,509 --> 00:19:05,443
[Footsteps 0n Stairs]

243
00:19:05,511 --> 00:19:09,675
Introduce yourself.
His name is Captain Jack.

244
00:19:10,750 --> 00:19:12,684
0w!

245
00:19:13,986 --> 00:19:17,149
[Footsteps 0n Stairs]

246
00:19:22,762 --> 00:19:27,426
Convinced?
I thought the thing was a toy.
I picked it up, and it bit me.

247
00:19:27,500 --> 00:19:29,491
[Snickers]

248
00:19:31,637 --> 00:19:34,697
[Both Chuckling]
Let me see this.

249
00:19:34,774 --> 00:19:36,833
Oh! Careful.
Yeah.

250
00:19:36,909 --> 00:19:41,539
You know, the little fella
didn‘t actually bite me.
He kinda sawed at me.

251
00:19:48,587 --> 00:19:50,612
Wally—
Yeah?

252
00:19:50,690 --> 00:19:54,649
What do you think he‘s gonna do to us?
I don’t know

253
00:19:55,728 --> 00:19:59,129
I still think we would have been
a lot better off if Captain Jack
hadn‘t bit him.

254
00:20:03,836 --> 00:20:07,033
You know, I can‘t help being
kinda proud of those kids.

255
00:20:07,106 --> 00:20:12,066
Do you realize it‘s practically impossible
to raise an alligator to that size?
Mm—hmm.

256
00:20:12,144 --> 00:20:16,342
What happens now that he‘s switched
from raw eggs to people?

257
00:20:16,415 --> 00:20:20,647
Well, he‘s... not exactly
an ideal household pet.

258
00:20:21,887 --> 00:20:25,448
Well,we‘ll just have to
turn him over to a zoo
or an animal shelter.

259
00:20:25,524 --> 00:20:29,358
Ward, that‘s gonna
break their hearts.
Yeah, I know.

260
00:20:31,330 --> 00:20:34,766
You better tell ‘em
first thing in the morning.
Oh, no, you don‘t.

261
00:20:34,834 --> 00:20:38,827
| apologized to Minerva,
and this is your job,
and you better do it tonight. Go on.

262
00:20:38,904 --> 00:20:40,838
[Mouthing Words]

263
00:20:41,841 --> 00:20:45,777
[Footsteps Approaching]
Beaver—

264
00:20:45,845 --> 00:20:47,779
Yes, Wally?
Here he comes.

265
00:20:48,848 --> 00:20:52,784
[Imitating Snoring]

266
00:20:52,852 --> 00:20:56,117
[Continues Imitating Snoring]

267
00:20:56,188 --> 00:20:58,122
That never fools him.

268
00:20:59,992 --> 00:21:02,051
You awake, boys?

269
00:21:03,062 --> 00:21:05,553
We were just going to sleep, Dad.

270
00:21:08,534 --> 00:21:12,231
I, um—I want to talk to you
fora minute.

271
00:21:15,875 --> 00:21:17,866
[Clears Throat]

272
00:21:24,917 --> 00:21:27,715
Boys,

273
00:21:27,787 --> 00:21:29,721
I‘m proud of you.

274
00:21:29,789 --> 00:21:31,552
You are?
You are?

275
00:21:33,859 --> 00:21:39,195
Sure, I am.
I can imagine the time and the effort
you put into raising Captain Jack.

276
00:21:40,266 --> 00:21:43,895
We love Captain Jack.
We weren‘t gonna let him conk out.

277
00:21:43,969 --> 00:21:46,631
No. Of course not. Um—

278
00:21:46,705 --> 00:21:51,005
Uh, but there‘s something
you have to understand
about Captain Jack.

279
00:21:51,076 --> 00:21:54,637
Um, t—take you fellas,
for instance.

280
00:21:54,713 --> 00:21:57,910
Now someday you‘re gonna
grow up and go off and leave
your mother and me.

281
00:21:57,983 --> 00:22:02,386
You’ll, uh— You ’ll get married
and have a home and a family
of your own. Y—

282
00:22:03,856 --> 00:22:07,917
— Do you understand what I‘m getting at?
— Captain Jack‘s gonna get married?

283
00:22:09,962 --> 00:22:13,454
[Wally]
You‘re gonna take him away from us,
aren‘t you, Dad?

284
00:22:15,501 --> 00:22:18,026
Dad, we made a deal.

285
00:22:18,103 --> 00:22:22,904
You said if we could take care of a pet,
we could have a pet. We love Captain Jack.

286
00:22:22,975 --> 00:22:25,739
Well, this isn‘t a punishment, Beaver.

287
00:22:25,811 --> 00:22:29,269
Like I told you, I—
I think you did a great job with him.

288
00:22:29,348 --> 00:22:33,375
But, you see, he‘s getting bigger.
Now I know you want him to be happy,

289
00:22:33,452 --> 00:22:39,220
a—and alligators are just simply not happy
living with people any more than people
are happy living with alligators.

290
00:22:39,291 --> 00:22:41,350
We‘re happy living with Captain Jack.

291
00:22:45,030 --> 00:22:47,692
Look. I know you love him,

292
00:22:47,766 --> 00:22:50,826
and I know you want to go on
taking care of him.

293
00:22:50,903 --> 00:22:54,100
But you can‘t hang on to things
you love forever, Beaver.

294
00:22:54,173 --> 00:22:57,700
You have to turn ’em loose,
give ’em a chance.

295
00:22:57,776 --> 00:23:01,712
Now if he stays here,
he‘s apt to get sick or lonely...

296
00:23:01,780 --> 00:23:05,079
or wander out in the street
and get run over.

297
00:23:05,150 --> 00:23:08,608
Boys, he belongs where he‘s happy.

298
00:23:11,724 --> 00:23:16,127
All right, Dad.
We understand.
Yeah. We ‘stand.

299
00:23:18,364 --> 00:23:20,355
Okay, boys.

300
00:23:26,338 --> 00:23:28,329
Good night, boys.

301
00:23:29,775 --> 00:23:33,006
Mr. and Mrs. Cleaver, you got
two mighty fine boys here.
[Hisses]

302
00:23:33,078 --> 00:23:35,512
They done a real good job
raisin‘ this gator.

303
00:23:35,581 --> 00:23:38,414
Well, Thank you, Mr.— er—
Captain Jack.

304
00:23:38,484 --> 00:23:42,921
Yep. When you get a little older,
you fellers can come
and work for me anytime.

305
00:23:42,988 --> 00:23:44,922
That‘s swell, Captain Jack.

306
00:23:44,990 --> 00:23:50,587
And anytime you wanna come and visit
your little friend here, you walk right in
like you own the place.

307
00:23:50,663 --> 00:23:54,099
Admission’s on me.
Thank you, sir.

308
00:23:55,167 --> 00:23:58,534
Well, uh— [Sighs]
I... guess we‘d better be
getting on home, boys.

309
00:24:01,473 --> 00:24:07,139
Don‘t let him get his legs sawed off,
Captain Jack. He‘s not used to being
with strange alligators.

310
00:24:09,348 --> 00:24:11,612
Now don‘t you worry about a thing.

311
00:24:11,684 --> 00:24:14,551
I‘ll take him around
and introduce him personal.

312
00:24:14,620 --> 00:24:17,589
Thanks again,
Captain Jack.

313
00:24:17,656 --> 00:24:19,647
Come on, boys.

314
00:24:34,606 --> 00:24:37,234
You better get on upstairs, boys,
and change your clothes.

315
00:24:37,309 --> 00:24:41,507
Aw, couldn‘t we
watch TV first, Dad?
Do what your father tells you to.

316
00:24:41,580 --> 00:24:43,571
Come on. Up you go.

317
00:24:52,992 --> 00:24:55,961
I‘m gonna go see
Captain Jack every week.

318
00:24:56,028 --> 00:24:58,553
Me too. I wanna—
[Dog Vocalizing]

319
00:24:58,630 --> 00:25:01,622
[Vocalizing Continues]

320
00:25:09,108 --> 00:25:11,099
[Barks]

321
00:25:13,078 --> 00:25:15,012
[Whimpering]