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Couldn‘t you at least
let us try, Mr. Merkle?

2
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We‘ll work real hard.
We sure will.

3
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Now, you‘re only on trial,
and remember something—

4
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You make one mistake,
and I‘ll skin ya alive,

5
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both of you.

6
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Yes, sir.
Yes, sir.

7
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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.

10
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[Knocking]

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[Knocking]

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[Knocking Continues]

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[Knocking]

14
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That‘s a fine place
to spend the day.

15
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I was straightening up the closet,
and you shut me in.

16
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I‘m sorry.
I didn‘t see you.

17
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I have a sneaking suspicion
you did, but I can‘t prove it.

18
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The boys home yet?
Uh-huh.
They‘re waiting for you. 

19
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They want to talk to you
about something.

20
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What do they want
to talk to me about?

21
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They didn‘t say, but it seems,
whatever it is, it‘s for your ears alone.

22
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Well, I can understand the boys
wanting to confide in their father.

23
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They know their old dad
can solve any problem.

24
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They know that,
given the opportunity—
I think they want something.

25
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I should have left you
in the closet.

26
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Dinner will be ready
in a half an hour.

27
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Let me see it again, Wally.

28
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Take it easy!

29
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Here he comes!

30
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Well, hi, fellas.
Hi, Dad.

31
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Hi, Dad. Have a nice day
at the office?

32
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Yeah, a pretty nice day.

33
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That‘s good, isn‘t it, Wally?
Yeah.

34
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Boys,

35
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your, uh, mother said
you wanted to see me
about something.

36
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Yeah.
Well, you know, Dad,

37
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we‘ve been late for school
the last couple of mornings now.

38
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Late for school, huh?
Well, we can‘t have that, can we?

39
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Yeah, we‘ve been late
ever since the tire fell off
our old bike.

40
00:03:04,518 --> 00:03:08,386
Oh. Well, I think we could arrange
to put a new tire on your old bike.

41
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Wouldn‘t it be better
to put a new bike on the old tire?

42
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— A new bike?
— Yeah, Dad.

43
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Well, that‘s, uh, certainly
a very nice—looking bicycle.

44
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Should be for $52.98.

45
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We‘ve been saving for it
for a long time, Dad.

46
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You mean you boys have saved
enough money to buy this bike?

47
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Well, not exactly, but we thought
maybe you could chip in a little.

48
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Well, I think I could help out a little.
How much have you saved?

49
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I think around six dollars,
almost.

50
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We went to the movies
a couple of times.
That kind of ate into it.

51
00:03:57,838 --> 00:03:59,931
Well, now, wait a minute, fellas.

52
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I can‘t just give you almost $50.
[Wally]
Oh, we’ll pay you back, Dad.

53
00:04:04,044 --> 00:04:06,535
I‘ll cut the grass
for the next five years.

54
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And I‘ll pick up my room
for the rest of my life!

55
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That‘s a very tempting offer, boys, but,
after all, I can‘t just hand you over $50.

56
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You know, your old dad‘s
not made of money.

57
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Well, gee, Dad,
how else are we gonna get the bike
if you don‘t buy it for us?

58
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Fellows, um,

59
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let me tell you a little story.

60
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Everything all right upstairs?
Oh, sure.

61
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I was, uh— I was just telling the boys
a little story about my college days.

62
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About the time
you fumbled the ball
on the one—yard line?

63
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Well, no, of course not.
Why would I tell them that?

64
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No, they, um—
They were asking me for a bicycle,

65
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so I told ‘em about the time
I wanted a car, and went out
and got myself a job and earned it.

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Ward, I wish you wouldn‘t
tell the boys things like that.

67
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They take everything you say
so seriously.

68
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Well, uh,

69
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I don‘t think you have to
worry about it.

70
00:05:03,136 --> 00:05:06,902
I don‘t think they want
a new bicycle badly enough
to go to work for it.

71
00:05:12,712 --> 00:05:16,341
Uh, I don‘t know
If I oughta give you guys
no paper route.

72
00:05:16,416 --> 00:05:18,350
Your clothes are too good.

73
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You look like the kind of kids
who‘d quit after the first week.

74
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Gee, Mr. Merkle,
we never quit any other job.

75
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We never even had
no nother job.

76
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Who sent you guys down here?

77
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Jack Pistell.
He used to work for you. 

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Pistell.

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Ain‘t he the kid who moved away
without paying me?

80
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No, sir. He fell off his bike
and broke his leg.

81
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Oh,yeah.
I knew he did something
to mess me up.

82
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Couldn‘t you at least
let us try, Mr. Merkle?
We‘ll work real hard.

83
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We sure will.
And we won‘t break our legs.

84
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And we‘ll even wear old clothes,
won‘t we, Wally?
Yeah.

85
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We‘ll dump the papers off
at your house every day.

86
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You fold them and wrap them
and have them delivered by 5:00.

87
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On Saturday, you turn in your refunds,
and we make our collection.

88
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Now, you‘re only on trial,
and remember something—

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You make one mistake,
and I‘ll skin ya alive, both of you.

90
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Yes, sir.

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Now, you sign these papers here,
and you can start tomorrow night.

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Here you are.

93
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Oh! A present for me?

94
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Uh—huh. It‘s the shelf paper
you asked for three days ago.

95
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Oh, darling,
you shouldn‘t have done it.

96
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And I do mean
you shouldn‘t have done it.

97
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I bought some at the market
this morning.
Oh.

98
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Well, a person can‘t have
too much shelf paper.
What‘s up?

99
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I planted some marigolds.
Man at the nursery said it was
the wrong time of year.

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[Horn Honking]

101
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Oh, Ward!

102
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Get his number.
He did that on purpose.

103
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It‘s too late now, dear.

104
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What do you suppose these are?
They‘re newspapers.

105
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Oh, those are for us, Dad.
Yeah, those are for us.

106
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Yeah, thanks a lot.

107
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Hey, boys!
Wait a minute.

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— What‘s this all about?
— It‘s our paper route, Dad.

109
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We‘re gonna earn our bike
and surprise you,
just like you did your father.

110
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But, boys,
you get home from school
pretty late as it is.

111
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Isn‘t that a lot of papers
to deliver?

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[Beaver]
Only/58.
But, Beaver!

113
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Gee, Mom, there‘s nothing
to deliverin‘ papers.

114
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You just fold ‘em up
and throw ‘em at people.

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[June]
Wally!
Let‘s go and wrap ‘em.

116
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But, Ward!

117
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I think it‘s a good idea.
Gives them a sense
of responsibility.

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Ward, every time the boys
start something like this,
you end up doing the job for them.

119
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Like the time they were
gonna sell that perfume
to get a movie projector.

120
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That was just that one time.

121
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How ‘bout the time they were
gonna get two dollars for cutting
the Donaldsons‘ lawn?

122
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You rented a power mower
and went over and did the job  for them.
They were a lot younger then.

123
00:08:04,150 --> 00:08:08,314
Believe me, this time
I‘m not gonna so much
as lift a hand to help ‘em.

124
00:08:08,388 --> 00:08:10,322
Ha.

125
00:08:15,929 --> 00:08:18,420
Oh, Ward. Well, look.

126
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That‘s the saddest thing
I‘ve ever seen.

127
00:08:23,236 --> 00:08:26,034
Oh, Ward, I just think
it‘s gonna be too much for them.

128
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Ah, they‘ll be all right.
That‘s the way Bernard Baruch
got started.

129
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How was that, Wally?
Hey, that was pretty good.

130
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Lucky the window was open.

131
00:08:56,669 --> 00:08:58,660
Shouldn‘t we get
that one, Wally?

132
00:08:58,738 --> 00:09:01,730
Nah. The bushes are
the first place people look.

133
00:09:05,745 --> 00:09:08,737
Well, Beaver,
what are you doing
out here all by yourself?

134
00:09:08,815 --> 00:09:11,147
Folding newspapers, Mom.
Where‘s Wally?

135
00:09:11,217 --> 00:09:13,947
He had to stay after school
for a makeup test.

136
00:09:15,121 --> 00:09:19,114
Well, Beaver, you can‘t deliver
all of these newspapers by yourself.

137
00:09:19,192 --> 00:09:21,820
I‘ve gotta, Mom.

138
00:09:21,895 --> 00:09:24,386
If I don‘t get these papers
out by 5:00,

139
00:09:24,464 --> 00:09:27,991
Old Man Merkle from the newspaper
is gonna skin us alive, both of us!

140
00:09:29,069 --> 00:09:31,401
But, Beaver, it‘s getting late.

141
00:09:31,471 --> 00:09:35,430
Why, you‘ll never
get all of these newspapers folded
By yourself in time to deliver them.

142
00:09:36,709 --> 00:09:40,668
Then I guess I gotta get skinned alive.
I don‘t think I‘m gonna like that.

143
00:09:43,049 --> 00:09:46,314
Look, Beaver, why don‘t you try
folding one like this?

144
00:09:46,386 --> 00:09:48,581
See?

145
00:09:48,655 --> 00:09:50,589
Like that.

146
00:09:50,657 --> 00:09:54,058
That‘s real neat, Mom.
Let me try another one.

147
00:10:03,570 --> 00:10:07,563
Gee, Mom,
you fold papers real swell.
Were you ever a paperboy?

148
00:10:07,640 --> 00:10:09,767
No, I was never a paperboy,

149
00:10:09,843 --> 00:10:12,971
but at school
I used to fold napkins
for the sorority house.

150
00:10:14,447 --> 00:10:16,381
There.

151
00:10:16,449 --> 00:10:21,182
—What time is it, Mom?
— My goodness. It‘s almost 5:00.

152
00:10:21,254 --> 00:10:24,087
Uh—oh. If we don‘t get
these papers out by 5:00,

153
00:10:24,157 --> 00:10:26,955
Old Man Merkle from the newspaper
says he‘s gonna fire us.

154
00:10:29,863 --> 00:10:32,491
Well—

155
00:10:34,601 --> 00:10:37,468
Well, Beaver, your father
isn‘t home yet, but—

156
00:10:38,771 --> 00:10:42,707
Come on. I‘ll help you.
Gee, thanks, Mom.

157
00:10:42,775 --> 00:10:46,836
But, Beaver, your father wanted
Wally and you to do this job,

158
00:10:46,913 --> 00:10:49,905
so, uh, well,
let‘s not mention it, huh?

159
00:10:49,983 --> 00:10:52,144
Okay.

160
00:10:52,218 --> 00:10:55,779
Boy, will I be glad when Wally
has the route tomorrow night.

161
00:11:08,001 --> 00:11:09,935
Wally.

162
00:11:11,738 --> 00:11:13,763
Why didn‘t you
come in the back way?

163
00:11:13,840 --> 00:11:16,331
‘Cause I didn‘t want
to get the kitchen wet, Dad.

164
00:11:16,409 --> 00:11:18,502
Water doesn‘t show so much on rugs.

165
00:11:19,579 --> 00:11:21,513
Of course not.

166
00:11:21,581 --> 00:11:24,277
Well, Old Man Merkle called
from the newspaper.

167
00:11:24,350 --> 00:11:27,114
He said you forgot to deliver
nine or 10 papers tonight.

168
00:11:27,187 --> 00:11:31,089
Yeah, my list got all wet,
and some of the customers
ran together.

169
00:11:31,157 --> 00:11:33,523
But I got another list upstairs.

170
00:11:33,593 --> 00:11:35,584
Well, he seemed
pretty upset about it.

171
00:11:35,662 --> 00:11:38,153
Yeah, that Old Man Merkle,
he‘s a mean guy.

172
00:11:38,231 --> 00:11:41,792
He‘s always firing kids.
I‘d better get the other list
and go out again.

173
00:11:41,868 --> 00:11:45,599
Wait  a minute.
You mean you‘re going out
in this rain?

174
00:11:45,672 --> 00:11:48,607
Gee, Dad, I‘ve gotta do my job,
like you said.

175
00:11:48,675 --> 00:11:51,166
Yeah. Well, look,
I‘ll tell you what.

176
00:11:51,244 --> 00:11:55,010
You go and get the list, and I‘ll
get the car out of the garage.
Gee. Thanks, Dad!

177
00:11:55,081 --> 00:11:57,572
Yeah. Hey, did you get
all your papers wet?

178
00:11:57,650 --> 00:12:01,211
Well, some did, but that‘s okay.
They always give us
a lot of extra ones.

179
00:12:01,287 --> 00:12:03,448
Oh, Wally, uh.

180
00:12:03,523 --> 00:12:06,515
about my helping you
this one time—

181
00:12:06,593 --> 00:12:09,187
No need for your mother
to know about it.

182
00:12:09,262 --> 00:12:11,992
Okay. I‘ll tell her
you didn‘t help me.
No, no, no, no.

183
00:12:12,065 --> 00:12:15,728
Don‘t be dishonest.
Just don‘t mention it,
that‘s all.

184
00:12:21,241 --> 00:12:24,733
June , what‘s this check for 6.20
from the City Cab Company?

185
00:12:25,812 --> 00:12:28,474
Well, uh, you don‘t take cabs.

186
00:12:28,548 --> 00:12:31,312
No. No, this one‘s yours, dear.

187
00:12:31,384 --> 00:12:34,376
It‘s, uh, dated last Tuesday.

188
00:12:34,454 --> 00:12:38,356
You been shopping over
on the expensive side
of town again?

189
00:12:38,424 --> 00:12:41,916
Ward, you were so insistent
that the boys handle
this paper route by themselves...

190
00:12:41,995 --> 00:12:45,658
that I wasn‘t going to tell you,
but, well, the Beaver got stuck
on Tuesday night,

191
00:12:45,732 --> 00:12:49,896
and, well, I‘m afraid
we delivered the papers by cab.

192
00:12:51,104 --> 00:12:55,564
June , you delivered
58 five—cent papers
in a $6.20 cab?

193
00:12:55,642 --> 00:12:57,769
There was nothing else
I could do.

194
00:12:57,844 --> 00:13:02,008
June , we‘ve got to let the boys learn
to stand on their own two feet.

195
00:13:02,081 --> 00:13:05,915
Like the rainy night
you took the car out
and helped Wally deliver the papers?

196
00:13:05,985 --> 00:13:11,184
Uh— Yeah, that‘s about
as good an example
as I can think of.

197
00:13:11,257 --> 00:13:13,191
Guess we‘re both guilty.

198
00:13:13,259 --> 00:13:15,853
Sometimes there‘s
nothing else you can do.

199
00:13:15,928 --> 00:13:19,830
Now, June , I still insist
we shouldn‘t help the boys.
I agree.

200
00:13:19,899 --> 00:13:24,859
And, uh, when we do help them,
we should help them without
their knowing we‘re helping them.

201
00:13:24,937 --> 00:13:26,871
I agree.

202
00:13:30,009 --> 00:13:32,978
Eighteen, i9—

203
00:13:33,046 --> 00:13:36,482
Wally, we‘ve got an awful lot of papers
left over from last week.

204
00:13:36,549 --> 00:13:39,211
Sure, Beaver.
These are extras.

205
00:13:39,285 --> 00:13:42,220
But these are old papers,
and we already paid for ‘em.

206
00:13:42,288 --> 00:13:44,279
Well, they call ‘em refunds.

207
00:13:44,357 --> 00:13:47,724
We take ‘em back
to Old Man Merkle tomorrow
and get our money back.

208
00:13:47,794 --> 00:13:52,788
You know, Wally?
I don‘t like that Old Man Merkle,
even when I get money back from him.

209
00:13:55,435 --> 00:13:57,426
Have we made
any mistakes yet?

210
00:13:58,838 --> 00:14:00,829
I don‘t think so.

211
00:14:02,008 --> 00:14:04,772
Would Old Man Merkle be mad
about that dog rippin‘ your pants?

212
00:14:04,844 --> 00:14:08,439
I don‘t know.
We better not tell him about it.

213
00:14:09,615 --> 00:14:12,982
You know, workin‘ isn‘t as much fun
as I thought it‘d be.

214
00:14:13,052 --> 00:14:15,885
I wonder why older people
do it so much.

215
00:14:15,955 --> 00:14:19,948
They have to.
If they had fun like kids,
people would say they were silly.

216
00:14:23,329 --> 00:14:25,991
You think our refunds
will be okay in here?

217
00:14:26,065 --> 00:14:29,057
Sure. Who‘d ever touch
a bunch of last week‘s papers?

218
00:14:33,673 --> 00:14:36,141
Wally and the Beaver
haven‘t been there, Mrs. Anderson?

219
00:14:37,310 --> 00:14:42,145
Well, look, if Chester does see them,
would you have them call us, please?

220
00:14:42,215 --> 00:14:44,206
All right. Thank you.
Good—bye.

221
00:14:44,283 --> 00:14:46,615
June , you know what I found
out in the garage?

222
00:14:46,686 --> 00:14:49,587
Wally and the Beaver‘s newspapers
all folded, wrapped and undelivered.

223
00:14:49,655 --> 00:14:51,589
I know, dear. I saw them.

224
00:14:51,657 --> 00:14:54,148
I‘ve been calling all over town,
trying to find them.

225
00:14:54,227 --> 00:14:58,220
It‘s Saturday. They‘ve been
out playing and they‘ve probably
forgotten all about the newspapers.

226
00:14:58,297 --> 00:15:02,666
They picked a great day to forget.
Saturday afternoon, with half the town
waiting for its newspaper.

227
00:15:02,735 --> 00:15:04,726
Oh, Ward,
I hope they get here in time.

228
00:15:04,804 --> 00:15:07,466
They‘ve had that job for a whole week,
and I‘d hate to see them lose it.

229
00:15:07,540 --> 00:15:12,239
You wanna know something else?
I don‘t think Old Man Merkle is the type
to listen to excuses either.

230
00:15:14,013 --> 00:15:17,073
Oh, Ward, you know they‘re not
gonna get here on time.

231
00:15:17,150 --> 00:15:19,380
What are we gonna do
about it?

232
00:15:19,452 --> 00:15:23,946
I guess we‘re gonna get the car out
and deliver those papers
as fast as we can.

233
00:15:30,329 --> 00:15:32,320
Thanks a lot for the lift.

234
00:15:34,233 --> 00:15:38,329
We got worried about the newspapers.
That‘s why we came down
to the newspaper office.

235
00:15:38,404 --> 00:15:41,134
You kids are new.
The Saturday edition is always late.

236
00:15:41,207 --> 00:15:43,869
That‘s on account of
it‘s got all the ball scores in it.

237
00:15:43,943 --> 00:15:46,912
We‘ll remember that next time.
What about our refund copies?

238
00:15:46,979 --> 00:15:49,311
We got ‘em in the garage.
You wanna take ‘em with ya?

239
00:15:49,382 --> 00:15:52,374
No, you take ’em down to Merkle
on Monday and he’ll give you
your money back

240
00:15:52,452 --> 00:15:56,115
You guys better get on the ball
Old Man Merkle’s a monster.

241
00:16:25,985 --> 00:16:30,251
Oh, no! It says it‘s gonna rain
again tomorrow.

242
00:16:30,323 --> 00:16:32,917
Again?

243
00:16:32,992 --> 00:16:35,825
Dear, this is last Tuesday‘s paper
they just delivered.

244
00:16:35,895 --> 00:16:39,228
Wait’ll I call
that crazy newspaper office!

245
00:16:50,309 --> 00:16:52,243
Sorry.

246
00:17:16,569 --> 00:17:20,562
Well, how do you like this, Marge?
They delivered last Monday‘s paper.

247
00:17:23,342 --> 00:17:26,641
Yeah, well— Yeah, well—

248
00:17:28,281 --> 00:17:32,445
Yeah, well, gee, Mr. Merkle,
we haven‘t delivered the papers yet.

249
00:17:33,953 --> 00:17:37,946
Complaints? I don‘t know what
the people are talkin‘ about.

250
00:17:39,258 --> 00:17:42,227
No, Mr. Merkle,
we‘re not being wise guys.

251
00:17:43,396 --> 00:17:47,560
Oh. Well, all right. Okay.

252
00:17:49,936 --> 00:17:51,995
What‘s the matter, Wally?

253
00:17:52,071 --> 00:17:54,505
Mr. Merkle just fired us.

254
00:17:54,574 --> 00:17:56,940
Fired us? What‘d we do?

255
00:17:57,009 --> 00:17:59,671
He was yelling so loud,
I‘m not sure.

256
00:18:01,781 --> 00:18:05,376
I think he said we delivered
last week‘s papers today.

257
00:18:05,451 --> 00:18:09,444
How could we do that?
They‘re out in the garage.
Yeah.

258
00:18:09,522 --> 00:18:12,355
I don‘t know what happened.

259
00:18:16,128 --> 00:18:18,619
Well, I didn‘t think
we‘d make it.

260
00:18:18,698 --> 00:18:23,158
Neither did I, especially when
we ran short and had to buy
extra copies at the newsstand.

261
00:18:23,235 --> 00:18:25,601
Look at those nails.

262
00:18:29,041 --> 00:18:31,032
Well, there you are.

263
00:18:31,110 --> 00:18:33,704
Oh, hi, Mom. Hi, Dad.
Hi.

264
00:18:36,315 --> 00:18:40,615
Well, boys, I must say
I‘m a little disappointed in both you
and your paper route.

265
00:18:41,687 --> 00:18:44,155
So‘s Mr. Merkle.
He just fired us.

266
00:18:44,223 --> 00:18:48,182
He fired you? What for?
[Wally]
Gee, Dad it wasn’t our fault

267
00:18:48,260 --> 00:18:52,663
Somebody delivered
last week‘s papers.
Yeah, to all our customers.

268
00:18:56,936 --> 00:18:58,870
Last week‘s papers?

269
00:18:58,938 --> 00:19:02,169
Uh—huh. We left them all out
in the garage, on the workbench.

270
00:19:02,241 --> 00:19:05,904
— All wrapped up in their raincoats.
- Oh.

271
00:19:05,978 --> 00:19:07,912
Oh.
Uh—oh.

272
00:19:07,980 --> 00:19:10,471
We better go see if they‘re
out on the workbench.

273
00:19:10,549 --> 00:19:14,918
Boys. They‘re not
on the workbench.
Then where are they, Mom?

274
00:19:14,987 --> 00:19:17,182
Well, we—

275
00:19:17,256 --> 00:19:19,724
I mean, we—

276
00:19:19,792 --> 00:19:22,761
This is one of those things
that a father can explain best.

277
00:19:27,533 --> 00:19:31,526
Uh—Well, uh—
Will you sit down, boys?

278
00:19:31,604 --> 00:19:34,095
No, thanks.
No, thanks.

279
00:19:34,173 --> 00:19:36,164
I think I will.

280
00:19:37,543 --> 00:19:40,137
[Clears Throat]
Uh—

281
00:19:42,314 --> 00:19:46,341
Did I ever tell you about the time
I fumbled the ball on the one—yard line?

282
00:19:47,353 --> 00:19:49,287
Well—

283
00:19:52,491 --> 00:19:54,425
[Door Opens]

284
00:19:54,493 --> 00:19:58,395
Boys, we‘ll have breakfast
as soon as your father gets back.

285
00:19:58,464 --> 00:20:00,625
Did Dad go someplace
this early?

286
00:20:00,700 --> 00:20:03,726
Well, he had to go
on a little errand
Okay, Mom.

287
00:20:05,504 --> 00:20:07,472
Boys.

288
00:20:07,540 --> 00:20:10,304
You know you have
a very wonderful father, don‘t you?

289
00:20:10,376 --> 00:20:12,708
—Oh, sure, Mom.
—Oh, sure, Mom.

290
00:20:14,180 --> 00:20:18,776
And you know the mistake yesterday
was just as much my fault as it was his.

291
00:20:18,851 --> 00:20:22,116
That‘s okay, Mom.
It was just one of those things.

292
00:20:22,188 --> 00:20:24,656
Yeah, it was just one of those things.

293
00:20:33,833 --> 00:20:36,267
Thanks, boys.

294
00:20:39,305 --> 00:20:42,297
Wally?
What, Beave?

295
00:20:42,374 --> 00:20:45,901
Yesterday you would have thought
one of‘em would have looked
at the dates on those papers.

296
00:20:45,978 --> 00:20:49,971
They were just trying to help.
Some parents wouldn‘t have
even done that.

297
00:20:50,049 --> 00:20:52,847
Yeah, I guess we can‘t get
too mad at ‘em.

298
00:20:52,918 --> 00:20:56,149
Uh—uh. And we can
always get a new job.

299
00:20:56,222 --> 00:21:00,682
Yeah. I guess that‘s a lot better
than getting new parents.

300
00:21:08,834 --> 00:21:10,768
Uh—

301
00:21:11,771 --> 00:21:13,705
[Clears Throat]

302
00:21:20,112 --> 00:21:22,546
[Clears Throat]
I see ya,jack.
I‘ll be with you in a minute.

303
00:21:24,283 --> 00:21:29,346
Uh, son, I‘d like to speak to, uh,
Old Man Merkle.

304
00:21:29,421 --> 00:21:32,549
I‘m Old Man Merkle.
Keep your shirt on.

305
00:21:36,162 --> 00:21:39,393
Now, what‘s your problem,jack?

306
00:21:39,465 --> 00:21:43,663
Well, uh, I‘d like to talk to you
about the two Cleaver boys.

307
00:21:43,736 --> 00:21:47,172
Cleaver? Oh, you mean those two kids
who goofed up the route last night, huh?

308
00:21:47,239 --> 00:21:50,640
You get last week‘s paper too?
Oh, no, no, no. I didn‘t.

309
00:21:50,709 --> 00:21:53,177
No, you see, uh,
I‘m their father.

310
00:21:53,245 --> 00:21:55,509
So?

311
00:21:55,581 --> 00:21:59,244
Well, so, it—
it wasn‘t their fault
about the mix—up.

312
00:21:59,318 --> 00:22:02,685
What do you mean,
It wasn‘t their fault?
It was their route, wasn‘t it?

313
00:22:02,755 --> 00:22:04,746
Yes. Yes, it was,

314
00:22:04,824 --> 00:22:06,792
but, uh—
[Chuckling]

315
00:22:06,859 --> 00:22:10,090
Well, you see,
I delivered those papers.
[Chuckling]

316
00:22:10,162 --> 00:22:12,687
Why would you do
a thing like that,jack?

317
00:22:12,765 --> 00:22:17,702
My wife and I were trying
to help the boys, and we got
hold of the wrong papers,

318
00:22:17,770 --> 00:22:19,704
and don‘t call me Jack.

319
00:22:19,772 --> 00:22:22,764
Okay! Mister.
What do you want me to do?

320
00:22:22,842 --> 00:22:24,935
I want you to give the boys
back their route.

321
00:22:25,010 --> 00:22:29,242
It seems to me that even a man
with your limited perspicacity should be
able to see that‘s the only fair thing to do.

322
00:22:29,315 --> 00:22:31,715
Are you trying
to insult me,jack?

323
00:22:33,519 --> 00:22:35,987
[Sighs]
Uh—

324
00:22:37,756 --> 00:22:43,592
Look, son, my company does
a good deal of advertising
with this paper.

325
00:22:43,662 --> 00:22:46,825
Now, uh, do you think
we should settle this here,

326
00:22:46,899 --> 00:22:48,890
or should I go upstairs?

327
00:22:50,669 --> 00:22:53,695
Well, what guarantee have I got
that the route won‘t be messed up again?

328
00:22:53,772 --> 00:22:56,468
You‘ve got my word for it,jack.

329
00:22:57,943 --> 00:23:00,503
Well, okay.

330
00:23:05,217 --> 00:23:08,482
Well, I got their job back.
Good. How‘d you do it?

331
00:23:08,554 --> 00:23:11,022
I let a fellow call me “Jack.”

332
00:23:11,090 --> 00:23:13,149
Oh, Wally, Beaver!

333
00:23:16,161 --> 00:23:19,619
Well, I got good news for you, boys.
Got your job back.

334
00:23:19,698 --> 00:23:22,394
Oh.
Boys, what‘s the matter?

335
00:23:22,468 --> 00:23:24,902
Your father went
to a lot of trouble.

336
00:23:24,970 --> 00:23:27,700
Yeah, I know, but, well, see,
I just talked to Chester,

337
00:23:27,773 --> 00:23:31,004
and, well, he‘s gonna take us
down to the supermarket.

338
00:23:31,076 --> 00:23:34,068
Yeah, we‘re gonna talk to the man
about packing boxes on weekends.

339
00:23:36,582 --> 00:23:38,777
Well, but, boys,
your paper route—
[Horn Honking]

340
00:23:38,851 --> 00:23:41,183
That‘s Chester‘s father now.
We gotta get goin‘.

341
00:23:41,253 --> 00:23:43,813
Yeah, we don‘t wanna mess up
another job.

342
00:23:43,889 --> 00:23:45,880
Now, wait, boys. Look—

343
00:23:48,627 --> 00:23:50,618
Well, what do we do now?

344
00:23:51,630 --> 00:23:54,292
I guess you fold,
and I wrap.

345
00:24:06,979 --> 00:24:09,072
Hi.
Hi!

346
00:24:09,148 --> 00:24:12,811
Where are the boys?
The new bike just came.
They‘re out unpacking it.

347
00:24:12,885 --> 00:24:15,115
Oh. [Chuckles]
You know, it‘s funny.

348
00:24:15,187 --> 00:24:18,179
I know I encouraged them
to earn their bike,
and I‘m proud they did,

349
00:24:18,257 --> 00:24:22,250
but it does kind of put their father
in a nonessential class.

350
00:24:22,328 --> 00:24:25,889
Oh, don‘t be silly. Go on out
and see if you can help them.

351
00:24:25,965 --> 00:24:29,662
Well, maybe I will.
I‘ll just sort of wander
out that way.

352
00:24:37,609 --> 00:24:39,839
[Exhaling]

353
00:24:41,847 --> 00:24:44,975
Well, that‘s a mighty
fine—looking bicycle, boys.

354
00:24:45,050 --> 00:24:47,382
Yeah, it‘s real neat, Dad.

355
00:24:47,453 --> 00:24:50,047
You know, when my brother and I
got our bicycle together,

356
00:24:50,122 --> 00:24:52,613
we had a terrible argument
about who was gonna get
the first ride.

357
00:24:52,691 --> 00:24:55,683
We‘re not arguing, Dad.
Uh—uh. We just decided that.

358
00:24:55,761 --> 00:24:57,991
Oh?
We want you
to have the first ride.

359
00:25:04,136 --> 00:25:07,697
Oh, I guess you‘re kind of embarrassed
riding a kid‘s bike, huh?

360
00:25:09,975 --> 00:25:13,001
Me? Not on your life!