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 p
Kathy is my dress too short in the back . Thy you know what i ought to have, mother . A string of pearls. Margaret im sure you should. bus horn theres the school bus, run kathy bye. Margaret one down, two to go. Wheres betty . Bud oh shes so fascinated with her gorgeousness she cant pull herself away from the mirror. Jim now what is all this fussing with clothes . Some special occasion at school . Shes dressed like shes going to the coronation. Margaret this is the day she meets that football player. Jim huh . Margaret the one shes tutoring. Betty you never listen when i tell you things, father. Im one of a group of five students who have reasonably good grades to coach members of the Football Team who need help in their studies. I explained the whole thing to you last week. Jim who remembers last week . Bud are you going to coach one of the varsity guys . Betty yes, dear. Bud which one did you get . Betty i dont know, ill find out today. Jim are you hoping for anyone in particular . B
Margaret now just wait a minute. Dont get your hopes up too high. How do you know youll be one of the winners . Kathy oh, i have to be. Shes my very, very most favorite. Im going to work on my essay day and night every evening. Margaret well, i still say dont build your hopes up too high. Kathy did you ever hear of belle boyd . Margaret who . Kathy belle boyd. She was a beautiful civil war spy, and thats who greer garson plays in the movie, and thats what the essay has to be about. Margaret about the spy . Kathy i think so, or the civil war, margaret well, hadnt you better find out . Kathy havent got time. I have all i can do just writing the essay. Margaret well, now, kathy. Kathy please, mommy, dont bother me now. Kathy oh, hi, daddy. Say, will you type something for me . All i do is make mistakes. Kathy supposed to be. Jim the civil war, by Kathy Anderson. The civil war was where they fought between the north and the south. Abraham lincolns gettysburg address is from it. One famous
What im getting so you can fix up the garage. Hell have to sleep in the garage, you know. Well, whos he . A pony. Itll be here tomorrow morning, probably. A pony is a pretty big order. I wouldnt count too much on it. Well, it doesnt hurt to wish, does it . No, but you mustnt be disappointed. Oh, i wont be. I already have a name picked out for him. Im going to call him cookie. Cookie anderson. When he comes here in the morning, dont anybody feed him. I want to feed him myself. Okay . Okay. Good night. Good night, angel. Good night. Good night, cookie. Ill see you in the morning. Kathy . Is anything wrong . What are you doing out of bed . Well, i what do you want, angel . Well, i was just wondering. Do ponies have blue eyes or brown eyes . Oh. Well talk about it in the morning. Blue eyes or brown eyes . Wish on a confounded horseshoe ought to be well, who would have thought that so it was you youre the culprit. I didnt know she was going to make a spectacular thing out of it. Yesterday a
Can sit up in his chair. Pretend like youre reading a magazine, and mommy. Margaret im home. Now listen, im telling him. What a creep. Hi honey. Oh hello dear. Anything new and startling around here . Oh no no nothing at all. Hi bud. Hi dad. Wait daddy, wouldnt you like to sit down in your chair and relax . Oh ill take em, you just sit down. laughter whatve you got in this chair, thumbtacks, glue . Listen daddy, mr. James anderson, you are cordially invited to be the special guest of your daughter kathy at the pta meeting honoring our own father. Pta meeting what are you doing in a Parent Teacher affair . Im gonna read your biography. My biography . Which i wrote. Its a school assignment. And brother wait til you read it. And youll be my guest sitting right up there on the stage. But this biography is this anything i want read in a room full of parents and teachers . Well you wont be alone, youll have two fellow sufferers. Therell be two other fathers whose biographies are going to be