I hope he didnt get it out of the wilsons garden. One thing i can count on, itll have a broken stem. Well, you can always throw it away. Not on your life. Close your eyes and dont open them till i tell you. All right. Okay. [music] bye, dennis. Bye, tommy. Its right in front of you, mom. Can i smell it . Do you want to . Of course, i do. Okay. Bend over. Now smell. Of course not. Open your eyes. Dont be scared, mom. Its not alive. Where did you get that . In somebodys trash box. I figured we could put it up in the dining room. Oh, dennis. I bet you never thought youd have one of these, did you . No. Would you rather put it up in your bedroom . What do you say, mom . Dennis, you shouldnt bring things like this home. It was a tough job, but i wanted to. You know why . cause youre the best mom in the whole world. Oh, thank you, dennis. Where are we gonna put it, mom . Well hey, dennis, the wilsons just drove up out front. Uhoh. Whats he, your lookout . Uh, just a minute young man. Its for
Oh, hi, honey. Ive just been talking to one of the boys at the office about mr. Purdy. He said that he went to a business luncheon for him about two years ago and dear, i know how important this is to you, but you mustnt get yourself so upset about it. Im not. Im not. Honey, when mr. Purdy gets here tomorrow, try and make up some conversation about the construction business. Tell him how much you like the smell of lumber. And how thrilled i am that hell be opening a factory here . Oh, dear. You know, honey, im afraid we shouldve made this a formal reception instead of an open house. But we didnt have time to send out invitations and get back answers. I know. I know. Wheres dennis . I sent him to the store to get some things for the party. Honey, do you think you shouldve trusted him with a thing like that . Hi, mister. Hello. Hey, you got a bee on your umbrella. Good for me. We got one like that, only we use it when we go to the beach. Good for you. Mister, if a swell little kid came b
Oh, i just cant finish this. I keep reading the same line over and over. You really miss archie, dont you, ma . Oh, yeah. When i saw him put on his Little Soldier cap it reminded me how much i missed him when he went off to fort dix to fight hitler. I dont understand, ma. I mean, the conventions in manhattan. Why cant archie sleep here . Why does he have to sleep at a hotel . Well, it isnt just any hotel. Its the new howard johnson. Boy oh, boy oh, boy, oh, boy. Gloria, whats the matter . You have a hard day . Michael, you dont know the half of it. I thought everything that could possibly happen to me on the subway had already happened, but tonight topped em all. Well, what happened . I got a seat. [laughs] you tricked me shes always doing that to me hi, ma. Hi, gloria. You tricked me, too. Im sorry, ma. Its just that im in such a good mood cause its saturday night. And tomorrows sunday, which means i got the whole day off. And you bought yourself something. [doorbell rings] oh, yeah.
Boy, i bet those beehives are just full of honey, arent they, opie . I wish they was. This late spring has got us messed all up. The late spring . Yeah, the clover aint bloomi and the fruit trees aint either. You know what, boys . Theres hardly enough honey around to keep the bees eatin. Well, if the bees cant find anything to eat, whatll they do . Its kinda hard to tell. Sometime, they just swarm up and leave. Leave . You mean for good . Opie yup. I might even have to leave with em, move to the country or someplace. Jeepers, opie, dont move away. Me and tommy will help, wont we, tommy . Well help the bees find honey. Sure, we will. How . Well, maybe find some new flowers for em or somethin. Yeah. We got flowers in our yard. Thats right. And mr. Wilsons got a yard full of flowers, opie. Two spoonsful for this one hey, theres good old mr. Wilson feeding the camellias their lunch. Hello, mr. Wilson. Why do they have to bother me now . Hi, mr. Wilson. Taking your nerve medicine . Thats wh
Oh, hi, honey. Shes out with Irene Lorenzo and irenes sister. Im cooking dinner as a surprise. Hey, it smells great. Yeah, its a recipe that Frank Lorenzo gave me. Its called, er, cheval la bordelaise. Wait a second. Cheval. Isnt that the french word for horse . Uhhuh. Youre cooking horse . Michael, dont be upset. Lots of people are eating it nowadays. Im not eating horse. Why not . Because it used to be a horse michael, a cow used to be a cow and a lamb used to be a lamb, but you eat them. Gloria, thats totally different. Ill stick with cheese. Michael, youre just being emotional. I want you to give me a good reason why youre not gonna even try it. Ill give you a great reason its against the law to sell horsemeat for human consumption in new york and thats where this horsemeats from. Mr. Devlin. You know, hes the buyer down at the store . He got it for us. His family eats it all the time. Fine, let them eat it. Im not eating it. Oh, michael, come on. Its a great way to save money. You