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00:0098.6, right on the button.
00:06Just like I said it'd be.
00:10Smiley!
00:11Go get the paper!
00:13Go get it!
00:17He did it!
00:18Ain't he a smart fellow?
00:21Put it in the box, Smiley!
00:24That's a good dog.
00:26Boy, this is sure a kid I did, you thought I'd pay for.
00:30I knew that old clothesline would come in handy someday.
00:33I can hardly wait for George to see it.
00:42Well, now, here you are, Sport.
00:44Give Smiley his biscuit.
00:46Here, Smiley.
00:47Here's your reward.
00:49Would you like to play with Smiley while I read the funnies?
00:52Oh, no, some other time, Sport.
00:53I think I'd better get the dinner on.
00:55I'm home.
00:57Hi, Mr. B.
00:58Hi, Hazel.
00:59Hi, honey.
00:59Hello, darling.
01:00You're home early.
01:01We're very glad to see you.
01:02And how's chicken pots?
01:04They're fine.
01:04Look, Dad, look what I have.
01:06Hazel figured it out.
01:07How'd my paper get up here?
01:08That's what I want to show you.
01:14Let your dad pull the ropes, boy.
01:16Okay.
01:17Put it in the box, Smiley.
01:18That's a good dog.
01:20What have you got down there?
01:21Now, don't look, darling.
01:22Just pull.
01:23See what happens.
01:25Okay.
01:31You don't have to work so hard, Mr. B.
01:33It ain't heavy.
01:34It's the pulley that makes it so easy to operate, George.
01:37I can do it with one hand.
01:39There must be something stuck out there.
01:40Well, I may do it.
01:41I can do it.
01:42Never mind, son.
01:43I'll get it.
01:43You don't have to work.
01:45No!
01:45No!
01:50Woo!
01:53Oh!
01:54Oh!
01:55Oh!
01:56Oh!
02:06Oh!
02:08Oh!
02:09Oh!
02:10Oh!
02:11Oh!
02:11Oh!
02:12Oh!
02:13Hazel is brought to you by...
02:33George, is it all right if I invite Mr. and Mrs. Johnson to have dinner with us Sunday?
02:46Oh, yeah, Mr. B. It's that wedding anniversary.
02:48Well, uh, sure.
02:50He's given her a gorgeous gold and J necklace to go with that gorgeous bracelet he gave her for Christmas.
02:55Well, I hope she isn't counting on it.
02:57Why not?
02:58Because she isn't going to get it.
02:59Oh, sure she isn't, Mr. B. It's going to be a surprise.
03:02And Mr. Johnson went downtown this morning to buy it.
03:05He didn't and he isn't going to.
03:06Why not?
03:07Because he can't afford it.
03:10Oh, George, the Johnsons are very wealthy people.
03:13They got more money than they know what to do with.
03:15That's exactly the trouble. They don't know what to do with it.
03:18Now, look, I wouldn't have mentioned this, except I didn't want Hazel making matters worse by building up Mrs. Johnson's expectations.
03:24Well, now that you have mentioned it, why don't you just tell us the whole story?
03:28I don't know the whole story, and frankly, I don't want to.
03:31How are we going to help them if we don't know what the trouble is?
03:34That's just it.
03:35We can't help them.
03:37All right, all right, I'll tell you.
03:39All I know is what Charlie Morton told me.
03:42He was in the jeweler store this morning when Mr. Johnson got into an altercation with the owner.
03:47An altercation?
03:49It seems Mr. Johnson wrote a check, and evidently the amount was large enough for the jeweler to call the bank to make sure it was good.
03:56Well, it wasn't. His bank account had been attached.
03:59His bank account attached? Why?
04:02Well, he co-signed a note for someone who left him holding the bag for $8,000.
04:07Oh, that's terrible. Now, what kind of an attorney does he have to let a thing like that happen?
04:10Well, the Johnsons don't have an attorney.
04:14Why not?
04:15Hazel, the Johnsons of this world never have attorneys until it's too late.
04:20You see, what they actually need is a financial advisor just to handle their income.
04:25You should tell them that, George.
04:27Oh, not me. They'd think I wanted the business, and believe me, I don't.
04:31It would be a headache from start to finish.
04:33Oh, but Mr. B, with you to take care of them, the Johnsons wouldn't have a care in the world.
04:37That's right. I'd have it all.
04:39Well, George, you could suggest someone else. A business management firm, maybe.
04:44Oh, no. Nobody'd be as good at it as Mr. B.
04:47Thank you, Hazel.
04:48Well, look at Mr. Griffin. He's a pain in the neck, and you'd take care of him all right.
04:52Well, that's different.
04:54No, it ain't.
04:55Hazel, the subject is closed. You understand?
04:58Yes, sir.
05:00Even if I would consider it, a proposition like this would have to come from the Johnsons.
05:04Oh, I suppose you're right, darling.
05:06Oh, sure he is, Missy. I see his point.
05:10It wouldn't be ethical for him to bring it up himself.
05:24Make it quick, Herbert.
05:30Oh.
05:31Oh.
05:31Oh.
05:31Oh.
05:36Hey, sirrah, sirrah.
05:38Oh.
05:39Oh.
05:40Oh.
05:42Oh, dear.
05:45Hi, folks.
05:47I brought you over some of my Parker House rolls, right hot from the oven.
05:51Look at that.
05:51Oh, say, that's one little piggy that ain't going to market again.
05:57Oh, Hazel, we're so pleased to see you sit down.
06:01Perhaps you can tell us what to do.
06:03Now, now, my dear, we mustn't burden Hazel with our troubles.
06:05But she always had such good ideas, Herbert.
06:08But we had a most unpleasant letter from the gas company today about a check we sent them.
06:14I intend to convert to electricity.
06:17Serve them right for being so rude.
06:19Oh, boy.
06:20You two are in real trouble.
06:22They're threatening to turn your check over to the DA's office.
06:26You may even go to jail.
06:27Well, nonsense.
06:29No Johnson was ever incarcerated.
06:31You're forgetting Ebenezer, Herbert.
06:33That's debtor's prison, my dear, an entirely different matter.
06:37They don't have debtor's prison anymore, do they, Hazel?
06:40Only for husbands.
06:42You're a husband, Herbert.
06:44I won't let them take you.
06:47I couldn't live without you, Herbert.
06:49Oh, she means divorced husbands, my dear.
06:52There, there.
06:53Whatever happens, we'll face it like Johnson's.
06:56Hazel, help us.
06:57Tell us what to do.
06:59Well, I don't know what to say.
07:02But since you're asking me, you are asking me, aren't you?
07:06Because, you know, I wouldn't want to bring up the subject myself.
07:09We're imploring you.
07:11Well, uh, I ain't advising you, you understand.
07:16But, um...
07:17Yes, yes, Hazel, please go on.
07:19Well, I ain't mentioning no names, because that wouldn't be ethical.
07:22But if I was in a fix like you, I'd just turn all my affairs over to some good lawyer.
07:31George Baxter, the very person, my dear.
07:35We'll go see him this evening right after dinner.
07:37Well, I'm gonna run on.
07:39Thanks so much, Hazel.
07:40Oh, that's all right.
07:41Oh, it's so sweet of you, Hazel, to put yourself out for us.
07:46May have put myself out of my happy home.
07:48So, Mr. B, I brought you some after-dinner coffee.
07:54No more, thanks.
07:59Mr. B?
08:00Yes?
08:01I don't want you to think I'm the kind that goes around blabbing what I hear at home.
08:06Hazel, if I was harsh, I'm sorry.
08:09Oh, no, you wasn't.
08:10Um, well, you see, I know sometimes it seems like I'm always poking my nose into other people's business.
08:16Hazel, please.
08:17If I was rude, I apologize.
08:19Oh, no, I don't want an apology, Mr. B.
08:21All I'm trying to tell you was that I went over to the Johnsons, and I didn't say one solitary thing.
08:27Good for you.
08:28Until they brung it up themselves.
08:31Oh, golly, there they are.
08:33Oh, dear, I do hope I didn't forget anything important.
08:37Oh, don't worry about it, my dear.
08:39This should be quite enough to keep George occupied for one evening.
08:45Well, if you don't want to handle that case, Mr. B, you can just tell them you're too busy.
08:49Hazel, I told you.
08:51But I don't see how you could sleep at night, knowing your neighbors might go to jail.
08:54Jail?
08:55Yes, they passed some bum checks, and the gas company got three in a row.
08:59It ain't their fault if they ain't as smart as you, Mr. B.
09:02I'll get it.
09:03Golly, if everybody was as smart as you, they wouldn't need a lawyer in the first place.
09:07And then where would you be?
09:08All right, all right.
09:09Don't let them go to the hooska, Mr. B.
09:11They ain't the criminal type.
09:12All right, I said.
09:16Oh, how nice to see you.
09:18Come on in.
09:19Thank you, Dorothy.
09:21And how's dear little Harold?
09:23Oh, he's very well, thank you.
09:25The doctor said he could get up for a while tomorrow.
09:27Good.
09:28Oh, just a few legal matters.
09:30We'd like George to handle for us in his spare time.
09:34Oh.
09:34Oh, go on in and sit down.
09:39George.
09:41Be with you in a minute.
09:42Oh, Mr. B., you're a doozy.
09:44Yeah.
09:45Mr. B., you won't be sorry.
09:47Hazel.
09:48Yes, Mr. B.
09:49If I am, you'll be sorrier.
09:51How'd they get along?
09:59All right, I think.
10:00George is being very firm, but kind.
10:05All right.
10:06Then it is agreed from now on, I'll be in complete charge of your finances.
10:10Absolutely.
10:12Fine.
10:13To start with, you'll each get a small cash allowance.
10:16We'll figure out how much as soon as your present difficulties are disposed of.
10:19But all charge accounts and credit cards are to be cancelled.
10:23Now, I'll co-sign all checks, household and otherwise,
10:26and you won't put your name to so much as a laundry list without my permission.
10:30Now, is that agreed?
10:32Certainly, my boy.
10:33Isn't this exciting?
10:36You know, we've never been on a budget before.
10:40Fine.
10:41Well, I don't think there's much more we can do tonight.
10:44I'll draw up a power of attorney for you to sign the first thing in the morning.
10:47And I'll do my best.
10:50In the meantime, try not to worry.
10:52Oh, we shan't, George.
10:53Not with you at the helm.
10:58Wait a minute.
10:58Wait.
11:00Do you know...
11:01Do you realize what this is?
11:06I believe it.
11:08Oh, yes.
11:09My Aunt Clara sent it to us years ago, Herbert.
11:12You remember.
11:13She told us to hang on to it.
11:15Oh, yes.
11:16Said it might amount to something someday.
11:18Amount to something?
11:19Well, your Aunt Clara was absolutely right.
11:22These ten shares represent at least 80...
11:25Well, I think there was another split I'm not counting.
11:27It might be even more.
11:28But let's say 80 shares at 94 and a quarter.
11:31That's...
11:32Well, you have a small fortune right here.
11:34Oh, you mean we are rich again.
11:36Oh, how nice.
11:38I knew we'd come to the right man.
11:41Oh, let's go and break the good news.
11:42The hazels.
11:43Come on.
11:43There may be some more shares in there, Harry.
11:45Come on now.
11:47You run right along.
11:48And I'll be with you.
11:50That's right.
11:52George.
11:52Yes?
11:53George.
11:55Yes?
11:55It's our wedding anniversary on Sunday.
11:58And I was wondering if you'd let me have a teensy-weensy little advance on my allowance to buy Herbert a gift.
12:06Certainly.
12:07There you are.
12:10Right there.
12:11George.
12:12Not that teensy.
12:15Ten dollars is all you're going to get, Mrs. Johnson.
12:17But you said we were rich.
12:18Oh, yes.
12:20But there may be other surprises in these cartons.
12:22Not all as pleasant as this one.
12:24Oh, but, George, I've already got Herbert's gift picked out and...
12:27Good night, Mrs. Johnson.
12:29You...
12:29Dear...
12:33Mr. B, you want me to fix you some lunch?
12:43Out on the terrace, it's a gorgeous day.
12:45I'll fix you a nice green salad and...
12:47Hazel, bring me a sandwich and a glass of milk and get that dog out of here.
12:52Oh, go on outside, Smiley.
12:53Go on.
12:54You want me to empty this for you, Mr. B?
12:57You sure you want to throw this away?
12:59It looks important to me.
13:01An automobile insurance policy dated 1923.
13:06Oh.
13:06Oh, Hazel, look at this.
13:09And that.
13:10Do you know what these are?
13:12Stocks and bonds worth at least $15,000.
13:15There's $5,000 in negotiable bonds alone.
13:19All tossed into these cartons, along with outdated insurance policies, theater programs, their marriage license...
13:27No, Smiley, no.
13:28Okay, Mr. B, if Smiley has this...
13:30Okay, fine.
13:31Okay, Smiley, you go take it and put it in your toy box.
13:34Go on.
13:35Atta, good boy.
13:36Okay.
13:36I've never seen such a mixed up...
13:41Oh, I better get that, Mr. B.
13:44Missy's upstairs giving Harold his medicine.
13:50Oh, hi, Mr. Johnson.
13:52Good morning.
13:52Good morning, Hazel.
13:53Beautiful day, isn't it?
13:54And how's little Harold?
13:56Oh, he's got an appetite like an elephant.
13:58And he's driving us crazy wanting to get up.
14:01Splendid, splendid.
14:02I wonder if I might speak to George for a moment.
14:05I'd like an advance on my allowance.
14:08He hasn't even figured out what your allowance is going to be yet, Mr. Johnson.
14:11If I was you, I wouldn't ask him a thing like that just now.
14:14Impossible, Hazel.
14:15I must buy Harriet's anniversary present today.
14:18You see, I...
14:19Mr. Johnson,
14:20Who is G. W. Chapman?
14:24Chapman?
14:24You signed this partnership agreement with him two years ago
14:27for the manufacture and the distribution of the Wundo automatic can opener.
14:33Oh, yes, yes.
14:34The inventor fellow.
14:35Brilliant chap.
14:37His can opener was quite a device.
14:38Ran on gasoline.
14:41A can opener?
14:42For households without electricity.
14:44Mr. Johnson.
14:46Do you realize that by signing this kind of contract,
14:50you have made yourself liable for all debts incurred by your partner?
14:53I have.
14:54You have.
14:55And furthermore...
14:57Well, I'll discuss it later this afternoon with you and Mrs. Johnson.
15:03I'll have everything drawn up by then and to be ready for your signature.
15:07Now, ain't you glad you didn't ask Mr. B. for an advance?
15:10Just following your advice, Hazel, which is sound as usual.
15:13I know him pretty well.
15:15Oh, it's much wiser for you to ask him.
15:17Me?
15:17Oh, no.
15:18He'd bite my head off.
15:19I must have $1,800 today, Hazel.
15:22I really must.
15:24But, Mr. Johnson, if you ain't got it...
15:25Of course I have it somewhere.
15:27George said so himself.
15:28Now, as my financial advisor, it's up to him to find it.
15:31But, Mr. Johnson...
15:32This evening will be ample time.
15:34Stores stay open late tonight, so don't worry.
15:36But, Mr. Johnson...
15:37You manage, Hazel.
15:38You always do.
15:46Oh, that's wonderful.
15:47Just wonderful.
15:49Well, we aren't out of the woods yet,
15:50but you certainly can meet your present obligations.
15:53Splendid, George.
15:54Splendid.
15:57Did you ask him?
16:04This envelope contains the stocks and some bonds I found in your other papers.
16:08Would you look them over, please?
16:10And then sign this memo, which lists them by name and face value.
16:16And also this, which authorizes me to dispose of them on your behalf,
16:19if I should find it necessary to do so.
16:21Oh, no, Smiley, these ain't for you.
16:29You go play with Harold.
16:31Isn't this exciting?
16:33Have a cookie?
16:34You know where Smiley is.
16:53No, Harold, I don't.
16:54But if you want to watch television for a while before dinner,
16:57why don't you put your robe on and your slippers?
16:58Oh, boy!
16:59And by these presents are hereby dissolved, nullified, and rescinded.
17:19Honey, it's past midnight.
17:21I think it's terrible for you to have to work so late.
17:23Ah, just finishing.
17:25I didn't want to miss my golf game with Harry Noel tomorrow.
17:29Dorothy?
17:30Dorothy?
17:31Where are those bonds?
17:33You know, the brown envelope with the stocks and bonds in it?
17:35They were right here this afternoon.
17:37Don't get excited, darling.
17:38We'll find them.
17:38Don't get excited.
17:39Those bonds are negotiable.
17:41Anybody could go to the bank and cash them.
17:42Now, I'm responsible.
17:43I've got to find them.
17:44Where are they?
17:44They're here someplace.
17:45They are not here.
17:47Hazel!
17:48Hazel, where are those bonds?
17:50Hazel!
17:50What's the matter?
17:51He doesn't know where he put some bonds.
17:54I do know where I put them.
17:56They were in a brown envelope tied with a brown cord.
17:59I showed them to the Johnsons this afternoon.
18:01Oh, just relax, Mr. B. We'll find them.
18:03Oh, maybe they fell down behind the desk, George.
18:06There is something down here.
18:10Oh.
18:12Did you find them?
18:13Oh, it's just a bunch of old Valentines.
18:21Here you are, Mr. B.
18:38Oh, sport.
18:39Button your shirt.
18:40You can't take a chance of getting cold your first day up.
18:43Oh, Mr. B.
18:46You ain't eating your eggs.
18:50Here, Hazel.
18:53Hey.
18:55What's the matter with everybody this morning?
18:57Nothing, dear.
18:58We're just not hungry, that's all.
18:59I wish I'd caught house chicken boxing.
19:01Son, I want you to listen to me very carefully.
19:07Did you see a brown envelope?
19:09So thick, so long, tied with a brown cord.
19:12It was in the den yesterday afternoon.
19:15No.
19:16Maybe Smiley can find it for you.
19:18I've been training them to be a bloodhound.
19:20Can I go outside and play?
19:22Finish your breakfast, Harold.
19:26I'm finished.
19:27Go get your balls, Smiley.
19:29Well, I have to call the Johnsons and tell them what happened.
19:36Can't you wait a little while, Mr. B.?
19:37They must be here somewheres.
19:40I checked all the doors and windows.
19:42Nobody could have gotten in to steal them.
19:44There wasn't nobody here yesterday but us and the Johnsons.
19:52George, what are we going to tell the Johnsons?
19:55Where are we going to find the money to pay them back?
19:57Don't worry, honey.
19:59It won't be easy, but we'll handle it.
20:01Mr. B., you can take it out of my salary.
20:03Ten bucks a week.
20:04Hazel, you didn't lose the bonds.
20:06I did.
20:06But thanks for the offer.
20:08Yeah, but you wouldn't be in this fix if it wasn't for me.
20:15Go away, Smiley.
20:16Good morning, all.
20:19We've come to show you our presents.
20:21Did you ever see anything so lovely?
20:24It just matches her favorite bracelet.
20:26Look, George.
20:26Oh, you should have worn it, my dear, so that they could see them together.
20:30It's at the jewellers being cleaned, Herbert.
20:33Now, show them what I gave you.
20:35Oh, yes, yes.
20:36An 1851 $50 gold piece.
20:39Just what I needed to round out my collection.
20:41And in remarkable condition.
20:44A beauty, isn't it?
20:49Is anything the matter?
20:52Where did you get the money to buy these?
20:54Oh, don't worry, George.
20:56I didn't write a check.
20:57Where did you get the money, Herbert?
21:00Now, now, my dear, don't you bother your pretty head.
21:04Where did you get the money, Harriet?
21:06Oh, that's not important.
21:08It's the thought that matters.
21:09It is very important.
21:12I want an honest answer from both of you.
21:15Mr. Johnson?
21:16Now, look here, George.
21:17I'll admit, as our financial advisor, you have a right to ask certain questions.
21:22But I don't think this is the time or place.
21:25You better tell him, Mr. Johnson.
21:27Well, it's a long story.
21:30Make it short.
21:31Well, by a happy coincidence, after I left here yesterday afternoon,
21:36I ran into a chap who owed me some money.
21:39And he paid me.
21:42You mean, you just happened to run into him and he paid you $1,800?
21:49Well, what's so strange about that?
21:52Mrs. Johnson, what is your explanation?
21:55Where did you get the money to buy that coin?
21:58I won it.
21:59Paying bingo!
22:02Harriet.
22:03Well, I'm just not going to tell.
22:06Well, if they won't admit it.
22:08What you folks don't seem to realize is you're putting Mr. B in a terrible spot.
22:13Now, if you'll just admit you took the bonds, we'll all forgive and forget, won't we, Mr. B?
22:18Well, I don't understand.
22:20Took what bonds?
22:21Who did?
22:23You mean neither of you did take those bonds?
22:26Honestly?
22:26Please, Mr. Johnson, Mrs. Johnson, it's terribly important to tell the truth.
22:32Well, if you promise not to be angry with me, Herbert, I sold my jade bracelet.
22:41You didn't.
22:43Harriet, my dear.
22:45Oh, I know it was a terrible thing to do, but I did so want to give you a nice present, Herbert.
22:51But I knew how much you wanted that coin.
22:53Mr. Johnson, please, Mr. Johnson, the money for that necklace, where did you get it?
23:01I sold part of my coin collection.
23:10But I don't understand it.
23:11There wasn't nobody here but the Johnsons and you, Mr. B, and Missy and Harold and Smiley.
23:19He was right there in the den with us yesterday.
23:28Oh, it ain't there. I was sure he took it.
23:47Oh, so did I. Oh, George.
23:50Well, maybe he did and somebody found them. They could be anywhere.
23:53Smiley, where are those bonds?
23:58My dad's gonna be mad at you. Cut it out.
24:02Dad's gonna be mad at you.
24:05Dig, boy, dig.
24:07Atta, boy, Smiley. Dig.
24:10That's a good dog.
24:12Come on, Smiley, dig.
24:13Oh, no, it is. It's the bond.
24:23Good old Smiley.
24:25How come you're not mad at him for digging up the curtain?
24:29Oh, your dad ain't mad with anybody now, are you, Mr. B?
24:33I ought to be. I ought to be mad at everyone.
24:35But right now I'm too relieved to remember why.
24:37Oh, my gosh!
24:58That's all right.
24:59A Screen Jams Production.
25:29A Screen Jams Production.
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