All those mouths to feed. How are they . Theyre all teething. Oh. Well, bye, mrs. Mitchell. Goodbye, margaret. [music] there she goes, tommy. Yeah, dumb old margaret. She cant help it if shes a girl. Can i use your bathroom . Sure. Come on. Hey, mom. Im home. So i hear. Hello, tommy. Hes polite, mom. Hes just in a hurry. Okay. Do you know who was just here . Sure. It was margaret. But i was hiding in the bushes. Mrs. Mitchell why were you doing that . cause girls are no fun. em because theyre a girl. First thing you know, you end up playing house. True, true. No tv for you tonight. [phone ringing] ill get it. Im not complaining. I became interested in playing house when you stopped dennis hello. Making mud pies and began making apple pies. Guess what weve got out there on the phone, a longdistance call for you. Long distance . Hello. Daddy. Grandpa . How are you . Where are you calling from . Im at home. But if you can put me up for a few days, ill come for a visit. Of course, we can put you up. Grandpas coming to see us. Great. Yeah. When . When are you coming, daddy . I thought i could start early tomorrow morning, should be there by noon. I can hardly wait to see dennis. Oh, hes anxious to see you too. Hurry, honey. Istance, and you dont wanna run up a big bill, sohmm . Oh, all right. He wants to talk to you. Oh. Hello, dad. How are you . Good. Been working on any new inventions . No fooling. Hes invented a new carburetor. Really . Whats a carburetor . Dear, its long distance. Oh. Well, its good talking to you, dad. Well see you tomorrow. Yeah. Oh, sure. Just a second. He wants to say hello to dennis. Hi, grandpa. Whats a carburetor . Oh. Whats combustion mean . Oh, sure, i know what burning means. Thats what mom did to dads new shirt yesterday when she was ironing. Alice. Im sorry. It happened when i was trying to get dennis foot out of your ukulele. Whats his foot doing in my never mind. I dont wanna know. Hey, grandpa, do you still have all that hair in your ears . Dennis. When you get down here, can we show joey . I told him about it but he wouldnt believe me. Dennis, this is long distance. Do you still snore . Dennis. Whats your favorite tv show . Mine too. It was swell last night, all about that mysterious stranger. Dennis, hurry up. Hey, grandpa, you wanna hurry up and say hello to tommy . Please. Daddy, if we dont stop talking, you wont be able to afford the trip so wait a minute. I wanna make one more point. This trip, i dont want you to do any of your matchmaking. Well, how about that widow you brought around . What was her name . Mrs. Elkins. She about drove me crazy. Well, ill admit she was an unfortunate choice. All right, daddy, i promise. No more matchmaking. Goodbye. See you tomorrow. Well, ive got just about a million things to do to get ready. What can i do . Lets see. You will be a big help if youd clean the front walk. Hey, look, tommy, here comes a mysterious stranger. [music] thats just mr. Dorfman, the mailman. Cant you pretend . Sure i can pretend. Okay. Whos coming . A mysterious stranger. Thats right. And hes wearing a mr. Dorfmans disguise. Mr. Dorfman good morning, boys. Good morning, mysterious stranger. Oh, im mysterious all right. Good old mr. Dorfman wants to play the game with us. What do we do now . Dont you watch tv . When a mysterious stranger comes along, you follow him. Are you boys trying to play some kind of trick on me . You didnt read your Car Insurance policy. You just stuck it in a drawer somewhere and forgot about it. Until a dump truck hit your pickup truck and now you need a tow truck. Does your policy cover the cost of a tow truck . Who knows . You didnt read it. You cant even find it. The Liberty Mutual app with coverage compass . Makes it easy to know what youre covered for and what youre not. Call Liberty Mutual for a free quote today at coverage compass . Gives you the policy information you need at a glance. Available 24 7 on your mobile device. Switch to Liberty Mutual call thats liberty stands with you . Liberty mutual insurance. Are you okay, mr. Dorfman . Do you know what happened . You tripped over my wagon. I know i tripped over your wagon. Its because you were walking backwards ouldnt see where you were going. I know that. Come on, tommy. Lets help good old mr. Dorfman up. Okay. Did you decide not to get up . I cant get up. Youre standing on my mail sack. Excuse me, mr. Dorfman. Look, fellas, boys, im not a mysterious stranger. Do you understand . Sure, mr. Dorfman. Our mysteriousstranger game. Sure he does. What can we play now, mr. Dorfman, huh . Shh. Im hiding from miss cathcart. Why are you hiding from miss cathcart . If you were a bachelor my age, youd understand. Im a bachelor. Yeah. But youre not my age. I see you, mr. Dorfman. Did miss cathcart win the game, mr. Dorfman . Not yet, not yet. Why, mr. Dorfman, anybody would think you were hiding. I wasnt really, miss cathcart. Then why did you tell us that you were shh. Now, you come back in the house. I have a cup of tea waiting. Yeah, but, miss cathcart, i have to deliver the mail. Oh, a cup of tea will only take a minute. Ill sing a nice rousing song to speed you on your way. She has a swell voice, mr. Dorfman. This morning, g for the milkma, he speeded up so much that he was practically running when he left her place. Oh. Oh, dad, its so good to see you again. Ill say, ive been up waiting since pretty early. Since 5 30 this morning, to be exact. Yes. You know why i was up so early . Why . Because i was worrying about a question i wanna ask you. Can i ask it . Sure. Did you bring me anything . Dennis. Young man, youre talking out of turn. Whose turn is it . Dennis, if grandpa has brought you anything, hell tell you about it. Well, i guess its your turn. You bet it is, and i did bring you something. It is in my suitcase. Swell. Why dont me and you go up and unpack . Good idea. Ill carry it up for you. [music] you know what i learned to do last week . What . When im pouring milk into my glass, i learned when to stop. You know, henry, father is so young and vital. Dont you think he should remarry . Oh, leave him alone, honey. But i could introduce him to someone nice. Like mrs. Elkins . She made his last visit miserable. I guess this is just about the swellest present anybody ever gave me. Say, why dont me and you walk around the block and show it to everybody . Im a bit tired after my trip. Id like to take a nap first. You know, dennis, you slow down a little when you reach my age. Would you like to be speeded up . I sure would. I know somebody that can do it. She sings to people. Well, dennis, if its a friend of yours, id like to meet her. I bet shed like to meet you too. [singing] oh, i was expecting the laundryman. So, dennis, how are you today . Fine. I brought you my shell to listen to. Ill listen to it for just a minute. Im pretty busy vocalizing. Oh, thats the sea, isnt it . Well, thats nice. Dennis my grandpa brought it to me. Oh, is he visiting you . He sure is. Well, is your grandmother with him . He doesnt have one. Why dont you come in and have a cookie while we have a little chat . Okay. Will you let me see you spin . Spin . Sure. Thank you. Would you say no to a lot more money . [excited scream] no thanks. Nice balloons, though or no to more Vacation Days . Janet, im giving you an extra weeks vacation oh, ah. Nooo. What . No way. Who says no to more . Time warner cables all about giving you more. Like the most free hd channels and virtually unlimited movies and shows on demand, so you can binge all day. Call now. And dont forget the free tv app. Get ultrafast internet with secure home wifi mobile data fees, helps big time. Switch to time warner cable. For 89. 99 a month youll get free hd channels, 100 meg internet and unlimited calling to half the world. We can call aunt rose as much as we want now. Switching is easy. Get our exclusive 1hour arrival window, a moneyback guarantee with no contract to sign. Plus get free installation, tv equiment and epix included. Really . Honest. No. [music] hello, margaret. Hello, mrs. Mitchell. Is dennis home . No, im sorry, he isnt. The trouble with playing house alone is that theres no husband. I know. The only time dennis will play house with me s to be a cowboy that never comes home. Is his grandfather here yet . Yes, he is. He just came down from his nap. Gee, has dennis been telling me some stories about him. Can i meet him . Of course, you can. Come in. Wait. Ill get my dolls. Daddy, id like you to meet a very nice young lady. Oh, alice. Oh, daddy, this is margaret wade, a friend of dennis. How do you do, margaret . Im always glad to meet any friend of dennis. So are we friends . Sure, we are miss cathcart. And are you gonna introduce your friend to your grandfather . Sure. Are you gonna sing for him . Well, of course, i am. Now why dont you go over and get him right away. Ill just take a cookie with me some poor kid thats hungry, okay, miss cathcart . I enjoyed meeting you and your babies, margaret. Will you come back to see me some time . I will if my babies are well. Have they been sick . Its been just awful. Yesterday, they were all teething, and today, theyve all got the croup. Oh. What are you doing for them . I rub their chests with liniment. Smell. Hi, grandpa. You up from your nap . I sure am. Ive been waiting for you. Say, you missed a friend of yours, little margaret. I know. I saw her buggy out in the front. Thats why i came in the back way. Hey, grandpa, you wanna meet another friend of mine . The one that sings . I sure do. Wait. Ill get my jacket. Im looking forward to it. So is she, boy. Shes even gonna change her dress. Arent you afraid your friend will wanna play house with you . Heck, no, not this one. She just sings and gives me cookies. Oh, what a surprise. This is my grandpa. How do you do . Im charlie perkins. Im so glad to meet you. Im esther cathcart. Wont you come in . Thank you. Well, you have a very nice place here. Well, its my little nest and i try to make it cozy. Any special place you want me to sit . Oh, well, perhaps youd like to go out and play. No, i think id rather stay with my grandpa. Well, wouldnt you like to sit over there . No. I think id rather sit on my grandpa. Why dont we have some refreshment swell. For you, i have a piece of candy. I thought your friend lived here. She does. Good boy, good boy. Thank you. Thank you. I made it myself. Its delicious. Oh, im so glad you like it. Of course, i suppose i really should give credit to my mother. You know, she believed that a girls place was in the home, making her husband happy. She prepared me very carefully for marriage. Thats nice. Oh, im looking forward to meeting dennis little friend. What little friend . The little girl. Your daughter. Well, i have no daughter, and im not married. But who sings . She does and shes gonna do it for you. That is if youd like to hear me. . Just a song at twilight when the lights are low . Isnt she swell . . Softly come and go . Esther cathcart . Though the heart be weary . . Sad the day and long still to us at twilight . Hours of it, henry. Two whole hours. Shes not a singer. Shes an air raid siren. It must have been murder. Well, dennis was at least an accomplice. Boy, what he got me into. With such good intentions, i dont know how he always manages to get such bad results. Well, i didnt wanna hurt his feelings about good old miss cathcart, so as far as he knows i enjoyed myself. Well, its over now, and alice isnt gonna do any matchmaking so you can just relax you tell your Insurance Company they made a mistake. The check they sent isnt enough to replace your totaled new car. The guy says they didnt make the mistake. You made the mistake. 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I got him right in my house. Oh, i wish i had him in mine. But daddy, just because dennis saw mrs. Elkins out front doesnt mean shes going to bother you. I hope not. Shes an intelligent woman, dad. She knows if you were interested, youd be in touch with her. [phone ringing] ill get it. Hello . Sure. Just a minute. Hey, grandpa, guess what weve got out there on the phone, too intelligent, huh . Oh, dont blame me if you have an irresistible personality. Very funny. Daddy, maybe she just wants to say hello. If thats all she wants to say, shes a changed woman. [music] oh, hello, mrs. Elkins. Tter writer. You write swell letters to us. Shh. Oh, whats that . No, im afraid i cant make it tonight, mrs. Elkins. Oh, no, its not that. Youre a fine cook. Shes on the prowl again. Oh, she is not. Well, she asked him for dinner. What if she does . Its probably just because shes very polite and wants to be nice to somebody from out of town. Im afraid im gonna be busy for dinner tomorrow night, polite like a bulldozer. I expect ill be pretty well tied up for the rest of my visit. If shes made some cookies, i could come. Shh. Oh, pardon me . Well, as a matter of fact, there is someone else. I spent most of the afternoon at her house. Shes a singer. Dennis introduced me, and she made an immediate impression. I never met anyone quite like her. Thank you very much, mrs. Elkins. I wish only the best for you too. Goodbye, mrs. Elkins. Hey, miss cathcart. Guess what grandpa said about you. [music] thats what he said. And everybody said i was wasting my time taking those singing lessons. Im home, and look who ive got with me, good old miss cathcart. Grandpa, where are you . Dennis, dont shout. Hello, miss cathcart. Hello, mrs. Mitchell. Wheres grandpa . I thought he was in here. Irs . I havent seen him. Hello, miss cathcart. Hello, mr. Mitchell. Well, if you dont mind, ill just sit and wait. Margaret dennis. Oh, dennis. Oh, no. Margaret dennis. Grandpa, what are you doing in here . [music] [music] hi, mom. Hi, dad. Dennis, how many times have i told you not to slam are those the clean overalls mrs. Mitchell i put on you this morning . I put them on, mom. All you did was hand them to me. Never mind that. How did it get that way . On account that mr. Wilsons got a dirty tree. Ask her. Oh, yeah. Is it 10 00 yet . Just about. Wait a minute, fellas. Ive got a lot of figuring to do. Gee whiz, dad. This is the day captain blast is gonna land on mars. And the mars guys got a real mean king and hes real mean and everything. All right. Keep the sound low. Tommy, did you just sit in some mud . Yeah, mrs. Mitchell. But its okay. I just now washed it off with the hose. Hey, lieutenant peep, can you think of a way out of our dilem . Why, thats a wonderful idea, lieutenant. Boys and girls, lieutenant peep has a wonderful idea and well tell you all about it captain blast right after this word from our sponsor. [music] oh, im sorry, dear. Ill wait till captain blast is finished. No, thats all right, martha. Do you know what that middleaged nincompoop is telling the poor kids today . Well, if he annoys you so, every saturday . Because hes so scientifically inaccurate he fascinates me. Hes got those children believing that his partner, a monkey, came all the way from venus. He ought to be horsewhipped. I tell you, martha, if i now, now, george, its only fantasy. After all, the fairy stories we learned as children didnt hurt us any. Yeah. Well, if i could find the legal grounds, id sue that fathead. Martha oh, george hmm . A mr. Sandy loomis called. Where you bought your new telescope. President . Nothing. Hes just an eager beaver clerk. Oh, what did he have to say . He said hes bringing over the new telescope today. Thats just great. I thought youd be pleased. Are you through watching your program . Forever. Captain blast and that come the corner of first and maple. And now, boys and girls, here is lieutenant peeps plan. Ill tell the martians that i have a huge private army down on the eart. Now, of course, the martians wont believe this, captain blast so well have to do something to prove it to them. And heres where you come in. Okay. What should we do . At 7 30 tonight, and every night this week, right after the sun goes down, i want every blast cadet to fire his terrestrial tracer gun up into the air. Twentyfive. Three. Remember, the little hand will be on seven and the big hand will be on six. Captain blast remember, the little hand on seven and the big hand on six. Eighteen. Fourteen. Big hand on six. Captain blast when the martians look down on the earth tonight and see all these terrestrial tracer bullets being shot up into the air, theyll be frightened at the size of my army. So dont let me down. We wont. Boy, that lieutenant peep sure is smart. And, remember, if youre the winner, lieutenant peep and i will come right down to your house. Shh. I think the martians are coming back. Now, dont forget shoot those guns tonight. We wont forget. We wont forget. Well, let me look. Its my telescope. Simply checking the adjustments, mr. Wilson. After all, this is a and not a spyglass. I know what it is, mr. Loomis. I picked it out and paid for it. If you recall, i traded a smaller telescope in on this one, so im not entirely new to the field. You should see the beautiful penumbra on this sunspot. Well, let me see. Its hard to believe that a penumbra could has such majesty. Well, let me look. Mr. Wilson, youre jiggling the wait until tonight. Wait until tonight when the entire universe is in blossom. Oh, how i envy you. You might even be the very first to see our new satellite. My golly, i might at that. Has there been any word . Well, canaveral thinks its in orbit and say, why dont i come over tonight and ill oh, no, thanks, loomis. I can handle it myself, thanks and goodbye. You can come over and visit her someday. Bye. 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Its a delicate instrument, so i dont want you anywhere near it ever. Jeepers, o. Hey, can you see up to mars on that telescope, mr. Wilson . Yes. Goodbye, boys. We got a friend thats up there. Fine. Wait a minute, what friend . His name is captain blast and lieutenant peep. Hes a venus guy. Why, theyre up there right now. Lieutenant peep is not a venus guy. Hes just a plain, ordinary, everyday, runofthemill monkey. Oh, youre wrong, mr. Wilson. All of the venus guys look like monkeys. Sure, they do, mr. Wilson. All right, boys. Youre about to get your first real science lesson. This is a refracting telescope, and in it, so we can look at the sun. Gee, can we look . No. Well, all right. But be careful. Dont let go of the balloon, mr. Wilson. On account that i dont think tommys gonna get any shoes for a long time. Well, how can you worry about a stupid balloon when youre about to look into a real telescope . Its real easy. All right, get up there. Thats it. Put your eye right there. Oh, wait a minute. Is your eye clean . Sure. A little while ago. Oh. Dennis gee. Impressive, isnt it . Boy, ill say. Thats the first time i ever saw a round screen. Round screen. All right. Thatsall right, dennis. Let tommy have a look. Here, take this balloon. Here, take this balloon too. Thats it. Now put your eye thats it. Well, do you see it . Yeah. Anything . Thats the sun, boys, the real sun. It gives us light. It makes the plants grow, the grass, the flowers, and not one of its lifegiving rays is wasted. Then how come it shines on the sidewalk . We will now take a look at the moon. Get down, tommy. [music] is it 7 30 yet, dad . Just about. Oh, boy. Why is 7 30 suddenly so important . He is making mars safe for captain blast by shooting bullets into the air. Bullets . Ping pong balls, dear, special ones that glow in the dark. Oh. Oh, shell reach almost as far out into space as some of the big telescopes, martha. Loomis says i might even spot the new satellite. Wait till you see the moon through this little beauty. You look at the moon, dear, and describe it to me. Kapow. Martha, i saw it. Saw what, dear . I saw the missing satellite. It passed in the westtoeast orbit. Oh, check those readings. Here, mmhmm. Time, 7 31. Orbit, west to east. To call the papers. [music] oh, oh, mitchell. Mitchell. Mitchell. Good morning, mr. Wilson. Youre up bright and early. Ive been down to the corner to pick up a few extra copies of the paper. It seems theres been a little writeup about me. Yes, i read it. Its wonderful. All it says is that i happened to sight that missing satellite on my new telescope last eakfast. Congratulations. Oh. Oh, did you read it in the press telegraph or the news . The news. Oh, the press telegraph handled it much better. Ill read what it says. Mr. Wilson, could we do that later . Im quite late. Oh, oh, ill tell you what. See, ive got it folded to the right place. You can read it at stop signals. Oh. Thank you. Oh, say, mitchell, some of the boys from the press are coming over tonight on the chance that i might sight it again. Now, youre more than welcome to attend. I might do that. The time to spot satellites, you know . I see. Oh, say, are you sure you dont want an extra copy for the boys at the office . Ah, thank you. Well share this one. All right, mitchell. Ill see you tonight. Bye. Well, i guess its about that time. Shes all in position, ready to go. Shall we see what we shall see, gentlemen . Is it 7 30 yet, mom . Yes, dear. Hey, wheres my gun . Right where it belongs. No, it isnt. Look. Gee whiz, mom. Captain blast is liable to get killed. Try looking in the living room. [music] im afraid well have to be going, mr. Wilson. Oh, no, please. I know itll come. Kapow. Wait a minute. Im sure i saw something, fred. It crossed from west to east, a sort of a light. I know. So did i. You did . I did. Right over there. Pow. There it goes again. Pow. Dennis. Im afraid so, mr. Wilson. You see, every night at 7 30, he helps captain blast out. Dennis pow. Whats that, mr. Mitchell . Well, it seems that this tv fellow, captain blast, is in a little trouble up on mars dennis pow. So all of his fans shoot phosphorescent bullets into the air to help him out. Oh, no. Henry, dennis won. Won what . The contest that captain blast is coming over here this afternoon. Dennis will be so thrilled. Ill have to go tell him. Oh my goodness. Whats the matter . Listen to this. Thanks to the Scientific Investigation of one George Wilson of this city, the mystery of the missing satellite is now cleared up. It emanates every night from a little boys pop gun. Theres more but i havent the heart to read it. Let me see. [music] now people have been laughing at me all day. I never wanna see another heavenly body as long as i live. From now on, the sun is nothing but a hot rock. As far as that miserable moon is concerned hes hysterical. I am not hysterical. I just wanna get rid of that blasted telescope, so take it back to your store you take a delicate instrument like this and you put it in crates. Why just take it back. If you cant sell it, then throw it away. Please reconsider, mr. Wilson. After all, this is an age of discovery. Oh. Our satellites have gone beyond the sun. Soon, well know whats on the other side of the moon. Why, i even know a man whos received a radio signal from one of the moons of saturn. Morse code, no doubt. Oh, really. The signallook, a man from space. Really, loomis, youll do anything to sell a telescope, wont you . How can i arrange Something Like this . Who do we call . The coast guard . Oh, we dont call anybody. The little ones a monkey and the big ones captain blast. Captain blast . [doorbell] gee. Dennis mitchell . Gee. Lieutenant peep. Gee. Gee. George, what are you going to do . That captain blast is just as middleaged as i am. Im going to take him by the throat and make him admit to dennis that hes a fraud. Please, george. Ennis and all the children. Youll break dennis heart. Well, maybe. Dennis may not like it right now, but when hes 30, hell thank me. [music] oh, hello, mr. Wilson. Come on in. Dennis won a visit from that tv man, captain blast, and hes in the living room now telling the children stories. Theyre absolutely spellbound. Youll find him fascinating. Im making some lemonade for later on. [music] now, after the venus people found out that i meant them no harm, they invited me to a banquet in one of their tree castles. Well, dennis, is this your grandfather . No, sir. This is mr. Wilson. He got his picture in the paper and everything. Wonderful. Come sit down, mr. Wilson. Join us. With a real celebrity like you, is it, lieutenant . Then what happened, captain blast . Well, while i was enjoying the banquet, my good friend, the professor was exploring the famous caves of titan. Gee, wheres that, captain blast . Titan is one of the moons of jupiter. Saturn. Saturn. Well, these caves had never been explored before, and the professor had his hands full, captain blast i can tell you that. Gee. Well, fortunately for the professor, just then, a gust of wind came up and blew his hat right off his head. And that isnt easy when you consider the atmosphere of titan is mostly ammonia, crystals, and methane gas. Im sorry. But who knows whats down in those caves . Captain blast now, when the wind blew the hat off captain blast the professors head, it frightened captain blast the snake people because they had never seen a hat before. Oh, what did they think it was, captain blast . An oxygen helmet . The professor feels that too much attention atures. They lose interest at this age. May i say thats only the professors opinion . Did the snake guys come back, captain blast . Well, yes, they did, only this time, the professor knew what to expect. 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Well, hes just mars is so far away. You can go to any zoo and see a monkey just like just like that. Gee. Can you, captain blast . Well, dennis, lets see what mr. Wilson has to say. Is he just an ordinary monkey, mr. Wilson . Well [music] well, its just now that i take a better look er like him in any zoo ive ever seen. Im sorry i make such a fuss just because a venus guy jumped on me. Heck, thats okay. He doesnt care, huh, lieutenant peep . Well, now that the professor knew what to expect from the snake people, he got out his ray gun right away and hid behind a big rock. What, lieutenant . To tell you thank you very much. Dennis did the professor shoot the snake guys . Well, no. No, he didnt, dennis, because just then, the king of the snake people came in and he looks a little bit like a mongoose. Well, Everybody Knows how afraid snakes are of mongooses, so the and then, martha, i just couldnt bring myself to do it. Looked at him, why, it would have been pulling the rug out from under mother goose. It would take a pretty mean man to destroy a little boys legend. No, partly that and partly because [doorbell] i remember how i felt when i found out about the tooth fairy. Well, dennis, what can we do for you . Hello, mrs. Wilson. Mr. Wilson forgot his card that captain blast left for him. Hmm . What card, dennis . This one, mr. Wilson. This is to certify that George Wilson has been made an admiral in the space fleet navy. Signed, captain blast. Countersigned, lieutenant peep. Now, how could he make me an admiral if hes only a george oh, well, this is just fine, dennis. Thank you very much. Thats okay. Mr. Wilson . Yeah . If you ever buy a pair of shoes and they give you a balloon and you dont want it, can i have it . [applause] [music] and jane wyatt giggling with elinor donahue, billie gray and Lauren Chapin in father knows best. Telling who is the woman of the house around here. How do you like this for a chair . Well, its a. It is very nice. Theyre sturdy make em myself. Cut my own wood for em. Yes um. Well, i dont think we need any. No, probably not. But i have got one item youd like. A woman like you in a fancy house like this outta have one. Thats the chaise. The what . Well, what they call em is chaise lounge. Thats french. laughter its sort of couch bent up at one end. Women folks like to lull around on em. And they do give a bedroom a high class touch. But. Im afraid i couldnt afford one. Well, they are expensive, hard to make. Made one up for mrs. Kermit, thats my wife. Worked her name into the bent up part. Pearl, thats her name. laughs she loved it something wonderful. Yes. Well made it for her when she come home from her operation three, four years ago. laughter how about a nice model for your kitchen . Nice rustic frame, only a dollar . Well yes, yes thatll be fine, ill take one. Good, now you can have a model about home or mother well, you just pick out one now if you will excuse me, i have some cookies in the oven. Ill pick you out a nice one. Well, hello there son. Was that your mother . Yes sir. A real jewel do you think your mom would like . Through joy and sorrow, there is no other than the one whom we call mother. A pot is always on the stove why in the world do you want to buy a framed model of all things . Well, he needs the money. Oh mother, youre such an easy mark. Anyone could sell you anything. Go on in. Come in the boy picked you out a nice one mrs. Anderson. Oh, thank you. The boy thought youd like it. There is a sunbeam in our kitchen her name is mother dear. Beams of joy she spreads around us and dries up every tear. Sunbeam honey, spread me a little joy. All right, go ahead, make fun. Where in the world did you get that . Looks like fourth place winner at the well, i brought it from a man who needs the money. He has a little girl, his wifes had an operation yeah, he talked mom out of all the cookies she baked too. laughter oh, he did not. Well, im glad you helped him. In fact, if the man ever comes back, order a model for me too. Some about dear old father. Oh hell be back all right. Talked mom into a big repair job on the patio furniture. He didnt talk me into it. I asked him to do it. And its not a big repair job. That little job myself. laughter but how many years have you been planning that . All right fine, go ahead and let your man do it. Ill try to bear up under the disappointment some how. laughter well, morning mr. Anderson. Good morning. On your way to work . Yes. Think you can get those chairs back in working order . Oh sure, sure, it wont take long. Well, you know, some days its slow but other days its punk laughter . What line you in mr. Anderson . Insurance. Well, thats nice work thought of taking it up myself once. Wheres your office, downtown . Yes. Well, ill have to look you up next time im downtown, only trouble is i never get a chance to get down there. You know, ive been carrying some films around for about a week. Mrs. Kermit took some snaps of little opal but by henry, here, let me drop them off for you. Oh no, i couldnt ask you to do that. Well, its no trouble. Well mr. Kermit has father delivering films for him now. I wonder what his next move will be . Ill get it. Betty, stop being so suspicious. Mr. Kermit is a perfectly nice harmless person. All right, just a minute. Mommy . Mrs. Kermit wants to talk to mr. Kermit, me . Theyre very simple cookies to make. You ill send you home the recipe with mr. Kermit. Oh, its no trouble. Oh no i well uh heres mr. Kermit. I tell you little opal sure did admire those cookies. Fact is both her and mrs. Kermit did. Mighty fine, oh thank you. Pearl . Isnt mrs. Anderson nice . Yes, she does. Hone voice. Whats on your mind pearl . What . Everyone of them . Oh me, if that dont beat all i got her a second hand washing machine and it blew out every fuse in the house. Well, i cant bring any fuses now pearl, im working. Well, sure i know the icebox is off too. But the food wont spoil that fast will it . laughter why not . Mr. Kermit, i have to go to the market. I could pick up some fuses for you. Oh no, no, youve got troubles enough of your own. laughter oh, its no trouble, i have to go anyway. Well, it sure would help out. You are a jewel. Pearl, mrs. Andersons gonna pick up some fuses. I bet youve been standing out there trying to ring the bell and it doesnt work. Our fuses are all burned out. Well, here are your new ones mrs. Kermit. Oh, my stars alive you must be mrs. Anderson come in, come in. I feel as if i already know you. Could i fix you a donut and a cup of coffee . Oh no, thank you, my son is waiting for me in the car. Well he doesnt want to sit out there all alone. Son, come on in. laughter come on inside son, come on. My hes a nice looking boy. And mr. Kermit tells me you have two nice girls too. Yes, thats right. And speaking of girls, my youngest has outgrown these dresses, i was wondering son, come on in i want you to meet my little girl opal. Now what were you saying about the dresses . Well, my youngest has outgrown these and i was wondering opal, this is that very nice mrs. Anderson. She dropped these fuses see. And this is her son, what was your name . Bud. Bud. Hello, bud. Opal, why dont you take bud out in the kitchen and fix him some milk and donuts. Oh no thanks, im not hungry. Oh yes you are, go on. laughter ot. laughter they make a nice couple. You were saying about the dresses . Oh, it was nothing. I just. Well, yes it was. I had thought maybe these would fit opal. Oh, thats a good one. But it was thoughty of you. Now if youre sure you cant use these, there is a Neighbor Lady across the street has a little one about this size. M and bless your star forever more. Well, shes certainly welcome to them. Oh, shell admire them. A deserving woman too. I dont know her too well yet, we just moved from wattsville about a month ago. Its hard to break into a new town you know. Well, yes, i know. All these are nice, i was gonna do her washing for her today but my machine broke down and its beyond repair. Worst thing of it is, both opal and mr. Kermit i see. And im not supposed to tub scrub on account of my back. Sit down. All the things are gonna work out some how. If it isnt half a dozen of one thing, its two or three dozen of something else. You mean youre actually doing their washing im just helping out. Honey, you have more than you can. They cant ask you to do this. But, they didnt ask me. It was my idea. In fact, she practically fought me but you stuck in there, and won laughter . You know what, youve got a big hole in that pretty head of yours. Oh no i dont. Its just that. laughter well, it does seem a bit peculiar now that i think of it. But you know at the time it seemed like the logical, normal, decent thing to do. Sure. Ill tell you how, youre too tender hearted. Now i think this is wonderful and i love you for it. But the point here is these people are taking advantage of you. Theyre spongers oh no, theyre not. I think ill just tell mr. Kermit no jim. Now dont say anything. Hes really very nice. I wont if you promise not to volunteer anymore. Oh, i promise. John, were giving you a raise. Thats fantastic but im gonna pass. Ok . Honey, you got another present. No thank you, dad. Who says no to more . Time warner cable internet gives you more of what you and those little data hoggers want. Like ultrafast speeds up to 300 megs. Thats 50x faster than dsl. This Internet Speed is sick. Get 50 meg internet starting at 39. 99 a month. Call now. And with home wifi, the whole family can be online at once. Youll also get our exclusive 1hour arrival window, a moneyback guarantee, and theres no contract to sign. Get 50 meg internet with no data cap starting at 39. 99 a month. Plus, free installation and access to over 500,000 twc wifi . Hotspots nationwide. Would rex pass up more beef stew . I dont think so. Boyfriend mother. Oh, mrs. Anderson. Boyfriend . Oh, mr. Kermit. Remember now miss sunbeam, no volunteering. He probably wants mother to come over and shingle their roof. And shell do it too. No she wont morning mrs. Anderson. Howdy folks. I dont want to bother you but mrs. Kermit sent this over to you. Banana bread. Mrs. Kermit baked them extra low cause she thought you folks might enjoy it. Oh well, that was very nice of her. Ne for us. Aw, ive done nothing. Incidentally, your laundry and opals dress are ready. So dont forget to take them when you leave. I wont, you are a jewel for doing that, a real gem. I hope you enjoy the banana bread. Dont forget to give mr. Anderson a slice. He delivered some films for me yesterday. laughter any one care for a slice of banana bread . Just a come on. Hes softening you up to ask you to build him a new barn. [mr. Kermit] mrs. Anderson, hate to bother you but have you got a hammer . See yes, i think i have one right here in the kitchen. Like a simpleton i left most of my tools in my truck which is down the street at the garage being fixed. The darn rear end went out on me this morning driving over here. Thats too bad. Well, it never it rains but when it pours they say. Much obliged for the hammer. Oh, by the way, ive been thinking about that chaise lounge for your bedroom d, we couldnt afford that. Well theyre not cheap ill say that. Its my deluxe item. [mr. Kermit] but you would like one wouldnt you . [mrs. Anderson] well yes but. Hello . Oh yes, hes here, just a minute. Mr. Kermit, its your wife. Oh, much obliged. You keep thinking about that chaise lounge mrs. Anderson. Oh, i sure am getting to be a nuisance around here bothering you people. Whats on your mind pearl . My trucks broke down. Oh dont go on, never rains. Little opals got a chance for an interview for a better job and she hasnt got anything nice to wear. Well couldnt she go for the interview tomorrow . Oh. Hasnt she gotten anything else nice to wear . Mr. Kermit . Yes mrs. Anderson . Ok, ok, good bye. laughs more darn trouble. Much obliged for the use of the phone. Look, if its make you feel any better ill take the dress and stuff out to their house on my way to work but this is the end now, is this the stuff here . I dont want them making a slave out of my wife. And remember this. No chaise lounge, you understand . knocking come in, come in. Oh my stars, mrs. Anderson. Excuse me if i dont stop. Once you get this doityourself paper wet you gotta keep right on going or itll be ruined. Well you go right ahead. I brought opals dress. Mr. Anderson thought is was in the box of laundry he brought over but it wasnt. I know, it was so nice of him. telephone rings oh, wouldnt that phone ring right now. Well, ill get it, where is it, in here . Right through there dearie. I dont know what id do without you. When i opened that box this morning i just didnt know what to do. Opal a be coming back from the dime store busting in here expecting to wear the dress and. All right, ill tell her right away. Well, its your neighbor she sounds quite frantic. Her baby has a bad case of the colic and she wants you to come right over. Oh yes, i fixed her up once before. Well, id better dash right over, poor thing. Oh dear, now ill ruin this paper. What do you do, just stick it on . Well, the stick ums on the back of the paper. You just smooth it on. Oh my, you are a jewel. Ill be back as quick as i can. laughter be careful there its gonna go up looking a little ragged. Oh that poor baby. You finished it oh you shouldnt have. Oh, it looks so nice. Ever since we moved in here i wanted to brighten up this dingy place but i couldnt afford a paper hanger. I swear, you people are the nicest humans on the face of the earth. You papered their living room . laughter you actually. You must be kidding . No shes not, in fact i helped her do it. Well it was your fault, if youd taking opal dress over ok, im sorry about that, i thought it was in that box. You know the funny thing about this is that at the time, papering their walls seemed there, you see. Look i have no objections to doing people a favor. Im all for it. But this. Dont you see theyre using you . Imposing they are not theyve never asked me to do a single thing no but they make it mighty easy to volunteer. Now theyre involving the whole family. Buds chauffeuring, betty papering, you doing the laundry and im delivering it laughter what about what apples . Nothing, nothing. Well, before we left there to take opal to her interview some woman called and said that mrs. Kermit could have some apples if she could get out to her place to pick them herself. So tomorrow, she and mother are what, a fruit picker now . Oh, its a chance for her to get them for nothing. Well, she needs them to can. You know for applesauce in the winter. Not with her back. Oh, that does it bud, get mr. Kermit on the phone for me. Oh no, now jim, bud, bud come back. Bud, keep going im not gonna stand by and let them make a slave of you. This has got to stop. You have more than you can do right here at home. This time they went too far. They threw down the straw that broke the camels back. I cant get him dad, the phones been disconnected. Disconnected . Yeah, that figures. No jim, come back dont stop him mother. Hes probably right. Ou, come in. Im sorry. Mr. Kermit, i want to talk to you about a couple of things. Sure, sure. Have yourself a seat. Oh my goodness, would you mind waiting outside . Ill be right out. laughter i guess the cats out the bag. You must have seen it when you came in. I believe this is the finest chaise i ever made. Of course it had to be, its for a mighty fine woman. I got a blue pad goes on it too. Now, see here mr. Kermit, we didnt order this oh no, oh its a surprise. A present for her. A present . Well sure laughs . Of course in comparison with what shes done for us. You cant afford to give this away. Mr. Anderson, there are some things you cant measure with money. And the goodness of your woman is one of those things. You know i enjoyed every minute i worked on this. The other night i was working away first i know it was three a. M. I had no idea laughs but i tell you, she sure deserves it. How do you think shell like it . Shame it isnt finished, you could just take it along with you. Oh, no no. No, im sure this is something shed rather receive direct from you. Oh, well i would kinda like to deliver it myself. I was just thinking as long as youre here why you. Hey, by the way i got so wrapped up in work the film the film you gave me to take to the drugstore itll be ready next wednesday. Well now, that sure is swell of you to drive clean out here to tell me that. You know mr. Anderson, its kinda hard getting adjusted to a new town but by henry if the other folks in springfield are as nice as you folks, i think were gonna be real happy here. , i. Im sure you will be. Goodnight mr. Kermit. Goodnight mr. Anderson. laughter goodnight. Goodnight. Robert young and jane wyatt with elinor donahue, billy gray and Lauren Chapin in father knows best. So, i was wondering if youd jot down an outline for me. Im not supposed to write a theme on american systems of courts and trials. You are i know that. All the legal material is right here in these books. Yes, but youve actually seen court trials in session. I havent. All ive seen are in the movies. Well hi, daddy. Hello, kitten. Why dont you go down to the courthouse and watch a couple trials . Theyre open to the public. I havent time. You see, they claim this woman murdered her husband, but she claims that she was, lets see. She was smoking these cigarettes blind folded, and, well, that was the commercial. Anyway, its real good. Come on. Well, mr. Krausman. I havent seen you in a long time. Hello, mr. Anderson. Is this your boys jacket . Oh, yes. Thanks. Where did he leave it this time . I was sure it was his. I dont like to go around accusing any boy if hes not guilty. Accusing . What do you mean . Did bud do something wrong . He sure did. He damaged a lot of property over at my place. I figure the damage will run at least 100. And then he ran off. Oh, now wait. Im sure bud would never i never thought he would neither, bud, we want to ask you. My goodness, your hair is soaking wet. What happened . Well, we always take showers after gym class, you know. Sometimes, a guy doesnt have a chance to dry it. Gym class . Well, your gym class is during school. Yeah. Well, i didnt mean gym class exactly. This is more of an after school deal. Bunch of guys. Were playing basketball. Well, i better go dry my hair. Just a minute, son. Wheres your jacket . Jacket . Oh,i, i must have left it at school or somewhere. Mr. Grausman . Thats right. Mr. Grausman was just here and told us the whole story. What story . I think you know what story. Mr. Grausman said he didnt mind if you boys pick an apple now and then off his tree, but when you damage 100 worth of property doing it, thats another matter. 100 . What did i do . What bothers me, bud, is you werent man enough to tell mr. Grausman what youd done. Instead, you ran. Dad, i dont know what youre talking about. Come now, bud. Dont make it worse by denying it. Well, bud, if you didnt do it why was your jacket found there . I dont know how it got there. Did it just walk into mr. Grausmans back yard . Dad, i dont know how come the jackets covered with white wash which you fell into . Fell into . Bud, youre just making it tougher on yourself. But, i didnt wait a minute. The first thing i want bud to do is go upstairs and dry his hair before he catches his death of cold. Okay. But, i didnt do anything. Boy, oh, boy. Its sure a sad sight to see someone convicting himself the way he did. He couldnt have done a better job if hed come in here with a big sign saying, im guilty actually, its still all just circumstantial evidence. Now, if this were a court trial oh, betty. [betty] really, father. [betty] no one actually saw bud in mr. Grausmans yard. Mr. Grausman said he saw a boy, but he admits he only guessed it was bud. Bettys right bud, i told you to go upstairs, and you shouldnt be eavesdropping. Well, i wasnt hardly. But, youre convicting me without any sure proof. Look, son, you you want to punish me and make me pay 100 damage without even giving me a fair deal. Your own daughter says that. All she is that circumtstantial evidence bud has a point. In here it says that in our country, a man is presumed to be innocent until he is Proven Guilty beyond d . Yes, of course. But in this. What do you want us to do . Have you arrested so you can have a trial . No. I would like a fair shake. Hey, why dont we put on a trial . Betty,now no, really. Budll feel better if we convict him fairly. And itll help me. I can write this up for my theme on the court system. Oh, lets do it. Well, would you feel you were getting a fair shake if we did this . Gave you a trial . Well, sure. Itd be better than what im getting now. You left school til the time you got home . Are you just going to stand there elp you, stupid if you want to spend the best years of your life paying off a 100 damage bill, go ahead. Im sorry. Im sorry. Thats better. Now, if you were at the gym, we can prove that by the fellows you were playing basketball with this afternoon. Now, who were they . I cant remember. Oh, come now, bud. Even you cant be that dumb. Just give me one name. Thats what i figured. Bud, in spite of what this does to my theme, my advice is for you to go to father and confess that you well, now there you go again. You think im guilty. Well, what else can i think . You wont tell me where you were. Maybe i got reasons. All right. What are they . knocking times up. Come on. Court is about to convene. Were not ready yet. Sam, i dont know what were going to do. Luckily, the prosecution has to give their side first, so it will give us a little time to think. Come on. Just remember, weve got one thing in our favor. No one can prove he saw me do anything. You sit there, judge. Oh, dont sit down yet. Everyone stand. Oh, not you. Hear ye, hear ye. The maple street court, township of springfield, Portia Anderson presiding. Be seated. Hey, where do i sit . What am i in this trial . Nothing . Youre the bailiff, the clerk of court, sergeant at arms, and court reporter. Is that good . Sure you swear in the witnesses. Oh, you mean, do you swear to tell the truth bit. Thats right. All right, your honor. Proceed. Thank you, your honor. I wish to call as my first witness, mr. Jim anderson. Well, i dont really. Can he . He can. He can. He can. All right, kathy. Im a witness, so you swear me in. Dont tell me. I know what to do. Raise your right hand. Do you swear to tell. Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and gee, i wish i could be the witness. I do. State your name. [father] jim anderson. Be seated. Pretty good, huh . The prosecutor, of course. Mr. Anderson, did you have a caller this afternoon . Yes. Mr. Grausman came to our back door with a boys jacket. Excuse me, mr. Anderson. Is this the jacket . It is . Thank you. [father] your honor,i would like to introduce this as exhibit a. Now, mr. Anderson, why did mr. Grausman bring the jacket to your door . To ask if it belonged to my son, bud. And it did. Then he said that bud, in attempting to pick an apple from his tree i object. He didnt know for sure it was bud. Oh, objection, whats the word . [betty] sustained [father] overruled well, anyway, bettys right. However, well withdraw the name bud for now. Mr. Anderson, just what was the damage . And how was it caused . Well, according to mr grausman, there was a stepladder standing hey, you boy boy hey you come back here come back, you he brought the jacket here to me. Would you say no to a lot more money . [excited scream] you just won a Million Dollars no thanks. Nice balloons, though or no to more Vacation Days . Janet, im giving you an extra weeks vacation oh, ah. Nooo. What . No way. Who says no to more . Time warner cables all about giving you more. Like the most free hd channels and virtually unlimited movies and shows on demand, so you can binge all day. Call now. And dont forget the free tv app. Internet with secure home wifi to connect all your devices. Saving on mobile data fees, helps big time. Switch to time warner cable. For 89. 99 a month youll get free hd channels, 100 meg internet and unlimited calling to half the world. We can call aunt rose as much as we want now. Switching is easy. Get our exclusive 1hour arrival window, a moneyback guarantee with no contract to sign. Plus get free installation, tv equiment and epix included. Really . Honest. No. Just three things, mr. Anderson. Thats right. In other words, he did not know for sure. Two, when mr. Grausman saw a boy through his upstairs window, he shouted, hey, you boy is that right . Yes. He did not say, hey, bud yes, but that was before hed identified thank you. Just answer my questions, thats all. Three, did you see any of the events youve just described . In other words, it was mere hearsay. And according to those books, not admissable testimony. No more questions, mr. Anderson. With no eye witnesses, theyre whipped well, what do we do now . Hmm . Oh,yes, well. I dont have any others. Let me be a witness, please no, no, kitten. What about bud coming home with wet hair . Mom whose side are you on . doorbell rings oh, my. Probably someone coming to spend the evening. Oh, dear. Come on, help me straighten up the furniture. I dont want anyone to see the house this way. Oh no, mother. You cant. Not in the middle of a trial especially not when were on the verge of winning. Why, mr. Grausman. Sorry to bother you again, mr. Anderson. But, i know that you werent convinced that your boy was the culprit. And she saw bud. She did . She sure did. She was an eye witness. Id like them to hear what you have to say. But, shes telling the truth. Why, i dont doubt that at all. [father] i think you know everyone. Oh yes, of course. Her] we were [father] we were playing sort of a game with the children. Wont you sit down, mrs. Lester . Thank you. My goodness. I feel almost as if i were in court. Raise your right hand. Do you swear to tell the whole shes been seeing too many trial movies. Oh, i see. Of course, honey. I always tell the truth. Exactly what you saw. Well, i was in my kitchen. And, this is kind of an unpleasant task. Ive always thought so well of bud. And i dont like to say anything against him. No, of course not. Go on. Well, i happened to have glanced out my kitchen window, from what direction was he coming . From the direction of mr. Grausmans house next door. Go on. Well, i thought he was acting strange, so i watched him. Then he did a very peculiar thing. He stopped by my garden water faucet near the alley, and washed his hair i couldnt for the life of me understand why he was doing that until mr. Grausman told me later about him falling into the whitewash. What time did you see him doing this . About 4 30. I remember because i had just looked it was about 4 20. Just ten minutes before mrs. Lester saw him. Yes. Well, thank you for taking the trouble to come over and tell us, mrs. Lester. We appreciate your interest. I made out an itemized list of the damages. I tried to keep it down. It comes to 98. Yes. Well, ill see that this is bud why didnt you tell us the truth . Why did you try to make us believe that silly story about a shower at the gym . Whats happened to you, bud . Wait, mom. You can ask me questions if im not on the witness stand. Oh, im through with all that court stuff. Im talking to you as your mother. Your honor, i guess it goes without saying ve ever been so disappointed in you. Gosh, youre saying these things before weve had a chance to present our side of the case. Go on, betty. Now, lets bud, were not going to drag this farcical thing out any longer. But, mom were all through mom dad, didnt you agree that i was yes, thats true, but okay, then. Come on, betty. Get up and start our case. Are you out of your mind . We have no case left. What do you mean . Ive got an alibi you can use. You claim that you were in pittsburgh at a hardware convention. Kathy well, this morning i saw all right, all right, kitten. Look, dopey. That little case we had to begin with mrs. Lester pulled the rug right out from under it. Now wait. Mrs. Lester only saw me washing my hair. Did she see me climb the ladder in mr. Grausmans yard . Sist in the face of all we know . Gosh, everybodys against me. No one will even listen to me. Bud, if you had anything to say wed be more than eager to hear it. But, so far even if you had anything to say you wouldnt say it. You wont tell anything, not even to me. Try the pittsburgh alibi [mother] shh, kathy do you have anything to say . Well and if you have, will you tell it . Would you talk . Well, exactly what does that mean . But i guess the first question to ask you is did you enter mr. Grausmans yard around 4 20 oh, bud, are you still going to now, mother, let him tell whatever he has to say. If you did not enter mr. Grausmans yard at that time, will you please tell the court and me too, where you were and what you were doing . I was getting my hair curled. Hair curled . I knew you would, but thats the truth. Go on. Well, i carried april adams books home for her, and she invited me in. Somehow, she got to talking about how cute id look with curly, wavy hair. And, well then, somehow, i swear, put some waves in my hair. And, well, when i started to leave, i saw fatty beamer going by. Well, i couldnt let fatty see me looking like that, so i went out the back way instead and snuck down the alley. Thats why i was sneaking, see. And, when i saw mrs. Lesters water faucet i stopped to rinse out my hair. F it. Well, thats how it happened. Well, it did the one about pittsburgh would have been better than that you be quiet. Well, do you want to ask him anything . No, only this. Jumped off his back and tiptoed into mr. Grausmans yard . Dad, i told you. I dont know how it got there. All right. We wont discuss it anymore. Your problem now is to figure out how youre going to pay that 98 bill for the damages you did. Dad, why should i pay for it . I said we werent going to discuss it anymore. Dad the trial is over, and i dont want to hear anymore about it. But, dad you heard what your father said. phone rings hello . Yes, hes here. Do you want to talk to him . Are you sure about that . Yes, its wonderful ill tell him. Bye. Why didnt we think of that . Hey hold everything. We want to reopen the trial. Oh now, betty, no. Were not going through any more of this. But, i have something that changes the whole complexion. Look, betty, tricks arent going to help him now. This isnt any trick. Honest. And we did agree to give bud a fair deal, didnt we . Yes, certainly. All right, then. Courts back in session. Come on. T bud is finding his jacket at the scene of the crime. Right . Okay. Now, bud, you put on your jacket. Go over in the corner behind the big chair, and put it on. What for . Go on. Okay. Now bud, as soon as you have it on, you come out as though you were sneaking into mr. Grausmans yard. [betty] okay, bud. Come on. Thats right. Its not his. That was april adams on the phone just now, and she called to say that bud left his jacket at her house after the hair curling. Well,ill be. It just never occured to me it wasnt his. Wait, then whose is that . Search me. Hey, wait. Fatty beamer. He has one exactly like this. And remember . I saw him right near there i think i ought to become a lawyer, mother . Well, maybe. But i know im not much of a judge. Oh, i feel so ashamed now for being so ready to believe the worst about bud. Yes, i think this court owes the defendent a big apology. Bud, i hope youll accept our apology. And i hope weve all learned something from this. Boy, i sure have. Narrator today on animal atlas. Well ride the waves with the walrus. roaring roll in the kelp with the sea otter. And bask in the sun with the elephant seals. Coming up now on animal atlas. Welcome to animal atlas. 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