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00:00Robert Young and Jane White with Eleanor Donahue, Billy Gray and Lauren Chapin in Father Knows Best.
00:30Jim, what in the world are you doing?
00:48Found them.
00:50What are those for?
00:51We're playing badminton at the Phillips tonight.
00:54Oh, you better get your Jim Bloomers.
00:55My what?
00:56I haven't done this since I won all those athletic trophies at college.
00:59Athletic trophies.
01:00You won a loving cup in a poetry contest, that's all.
01:04Well, it was sort of an athletic poem, Margaret.
01:06I think it was called Benny at the Bat or something.
01:09Anyway, they said 8 o'clock.
01:11Boy, I'm raring to go.
01:13Wham!
01:13Dear, are you really serious about this?
01:16About what?
01:17Well, playing badminton.
01:19After all these years.
01:21Margaret, you make us sound like a couple of old fuddy-duddies.
01:24Remember, you're only as old as you feel.
01:26You're just as young as the day I married you.
01:35Nothing.
01:39What a shame to waste such talent at badminton.
01:42Hey, Dad, can I...
02:01Harmony, what's that?
02:03What's what?
02:04That thing you're wearing.
02:07This thing happens to be my alma mater sweater, and I'll thank you to show it a little more respect.
02:13You ought to be a great athlete to win one of these letters, bud.
02:15I thought you won it in a poetry contest.
02:17If you and Betty want to get to Evelyn Brickett's wedding on time, you better get a move on.
02:21Can I borrow your old razor?
02:23Yeah, it's in the...
02:24Like what?
02:26A razor, and brush, and shaving cream, aftershave lotion, band-aid.
02:31Are you serious?
02:33Still think I'm a kid, eh, Dad?
02:35Well, I do think you're rushing the season a little.
02:38Well, I'm gonna be an usher tonight, Dad.
02:40There's nothing more icky than a fuzzy-faced usher.
02:43Except maybe a scar-faced one.
02:44I've got a steady hand.
02:46Look, son, let me give you a tip.
02:48Cling to your youth.
02:50Time has a habit of moving forward, never backward, never motionless.
02:53Stay with it as long as you can.
02:55Okay?
02:56Okay.
02:57Now can I?
02:58In your what?
02:59Here's your razor.
03:01It's in the medicine cabinet.
03:03Thanks, Governor.
03:06Dad?
03:07Huh?
03:07Is it true you're gonna play badminton tonight?
03:09Yep, the old athlete relives the triumphs of his youth.
03:12Well, take it easy.
03:14Remember, you're my only father.
03:25Father, if you don't tell that lame-brained son of yours to...
03:29What's that?
03:31What's what?
03:33Well, that.
03:35Oh, my alma mater sweater.
03:38Well, they told me about it, but I didn't know it looked like that.
03:41Like what?
03:41Well, like what they were in the olden times.
03:45Betty, that was only 20 years ago.
03:47Well, he has the same letters today, anyway.
03:49Did I tell you how I won this letter?
03:51Squash.
03:52I thought squash was a vegetable.
03:53Well, they don't play squash the way they used to anymore.
03:58They don't do a lot of things the way they used to.
04:00They don't give letters for poetry, either.
04:03Poetry?
04:03I got a loving cup.
04:05This I got for squash.
04:07Now, get going, princess.
04:08You and Bud will be late for the wedding.
04:10Oh, of course I'll be late.
04:12I can't get under the shower because your son is in the bathroom shaving.
04:15Of all the ridiculous things.
04:18Your brother's growing up.
04:20He's no longer a beardless youth.
04:22Oh, father, I've seen more fuzz on peaches.
04:25Betty, this is no joking matter.
04:27Time has a habit of...
04:29Run along, princess.
04:30He'll be out of there in the jiffy.
04:31This house stifles me.
04:33When I get married, I'm going to have three bathrooms.
04:36Three for just the two of you?
04:38Well, then it won't always be just two of us, father.
04:43Mother tells me you're going to play badminton.
04:46You've got to be kidding.
04:48Kidding?
04:48I never was more serious in my life.
04:50What's wrong with playing badminton?
04:52Nothing, father.
04:53But I've grown so fond of you, I wouldn't want anything to happen.
04:58Why do they keep saying that?
05:00I'm as young as I have a mind to be.
05:03If badminton comes, can squash be far behind.
05:06I'm the same man I was 20 years ago.
05:09Only keener, quicker, wiser.
05:12Wiser?
05:13And why am I playing badminton at my age?
05:19Where did you get that crazy sweater?
05:23Kathy, I didn't hear you come in kidding.
05:25Does the space helmet go with that?
05:28Kathy, you too.
05:29What are you supposed to be, Daddy?
05:35The doddering, antiquated shadow of my former self.
05:39Huh?
05:39Never mind.
05:41So you're going over to Patty's house tonight?
05:43And my little girl is really growing up.
05:46I know it.
05:47But you're still Daddy's little girl, aren't you?
05:51Right now I am.
05:53But you know how kids are.
05:54They grow like wheat.
05:57No.
05:58But remember, no matter how big you are, you'll always be my little girl.
06:03Okay.
06:04If that's the way you want it.
06:06Yeah.
06:07That's the way I want it.
06:08Jim?
06:09Yes, dear?
06:10I have a special delivery letter for you.
06:12I'll be right out.
06:13Jim, what are you trying to do?
06:21Funny thing.
06:22The old legs aren't what they used to be.
06:24I could have told you that.
06:26What do you know about old legs?
06:27I have a pair of them myself.
06:29They cave in on me at the end of a long day.
06:31It's from Eddie Gilbert.
06:33Eddie Gilbert.
06:35I haven't seen old Eddie since high school.
06:39I wonder what he's up to these days.
06:41Oh, what a guy.
06:43I remember he had more energy than sense.
06:47Oh, he says he's going to be in Springfield tomorrow.
06:49Might stop by.
06:49Oh, good.
06:51He's been having a little trouble with rheumatism lately.
06:55I can't imagine anything like that catching up with an active guy like Eddie.
06:59Well, of course he's not as young as he used to be.
07:02What do you mean?
07:02He's no older than I am.
07:04You're younger.
07:06Younger?
07:07And rheumatism?
07:09Well, that's the way it is when those years start to come up like that.
07:11Oh, dear, what a shame.
07:13Poor old Eddie.
07:14And here we are talking about badminton.
07:17Oh, which reminds me, I'm not ready.
07:19Margaret, are you sure you feel up to this?
07:21Well, yes, I think so.
07:24Well, don't you?
07:25Well, yes, I think so.
07:27I'm just thinking about you, dear.
07:29Oh, don't worry about me, dear.
07:30I'll manage.
07:31Oh.
07:32Now, a sweater and a skirt should be right.
07:33Shouldn't it?
07:34Uh, don't you want to hear the rest of the letter?
07:37All right.
07:38It's been a long time since I've seen old Eddie.
07:42He's a grandfather.
07:44He is?
07:45He has three grandchildren.
07:46Oh.
07:46Why, that just can't be.
07:48Why not?
07:49He once told me he had a daughter a year or two older than Betty.
07:53And the kids call him Gramps.
07:55Yes, I just can't believe.
07:57Mother, my zipper's stuck.
07:58Will you help me?
07:59Gramps.
08:00Margaret, he's a year younger than I am.
08:02I know.
08:03You said so, dear.
08:04Who is Mother?
08:04Oh, an old school chum of your father's.
08:07Gramps.
08:08There.
08:08Now, let's see how you look.
08:10You look lovely, dear.
08:12Doesn't he, Jim?
08:14What?
08:18Where did you get that dress?
08:20I'm going to be a bridesmaid at Evelyn's wedding.
08:22Why did you ever buy anything as matronly as that?
08:25It's matronly.
08:26It's too old for her.
08:28Betty, put something else on.
08:30Father.
08:31But, Jim, all the bridesmaids are dressed exactly alike.
08:33But all the bridesmaids aren't 17.
08:35What has that got to do with it?
08:37Well, in that dress, she could be going to her own wedding.
08:40Ever since that silly letter arrived...
08:43Oh, that has nothing to do with it.
08:46Father, Evelyn's one of my best friends.
08:49It's an honor to be a bridesmaid.
08:51Now, don't cry, darling.
08:53You're going and in that dress.
08:55Put some powder on your nose.
08:56You're not the one who's supposed to cry at weddings.
09:02Well, and what are you made up for?
09:05What?
09:06I'm an usher.
09:07You look wonderful, dear.
09:08Dad, just fine.
09:10Thanks, Mom.
09:11What's wrong with the blue suit?
09:13I couldn't wear that.
09:14Besides, all the fellas are going to be dressed like this.
09:16It's the latest thing in college.
09:17College?
09:19That's right.
09:20You'll be in college in three more years.
09:22Two and a half.
09:23What's wrong with Dad?
09:24Nothing much.
09:26Just a slight attack of time.
09:28Here, let me fix your tie.
09:29I'm ready.
09:29Daddy, what's the matter with Daddy?
09:34Daddy's thinking, darling.
09:36Father, are you all right?
09:38Gramps.
09:41Huh?
09:41What are you all staring at?
09:43I was just about to ask you that question.
09:45Oh, creepers.
09:46Look what tired it's getting to be.
09:47Oh, Harry, you'll be late.
09:48You've got to drop me off my paddy top, Harry.
09:50Have a wonderful time.
09:51Wait.
09:53My little brood.
09:55My family.
09:57It's so nice to see you all leaving together this way.
10:02Someday soon, you'll be going your separate ways.
10:04And we'll get together only on important holidays.
10:07Margaret, our children are really growing up.
10:11Cry many.
10:12I should hope so.
10:14Father, we're excruciatingly late.
10:16Paddy's waiting.
10:19Run along, children.
10:21Bye.
10:21Bye.
10:22Bye.
10:23Goodbye.
10:31Wow.
10:33What brought that on?
10:35Nothing.
10:36I...
10:37Well, it isn't easy to watch your children growing up.
10:41It isn't easy, but it's nice.
10:42It's sad.
10:43It is not.
10:44Yes, it is.
10:45Any day now.
10:46Betty will be getting married and flying away.
10:49Bud will be married before we know it.
10:51He'll fly away.
10:52Next, Kathy will be flying away.
10:55Who's left?
10:57Just us, old buzzards.
11:00Remember, it's nearly 8 o'clock.
11:01I'm not dressed.
11:02You're not shaved.
11:03What for?
11:04Oh, badminton, remember?
11:05Oh, do you think we should at our age?
11:09I certainly do.
11:10Come on up and get shaved.
11:11Margaret, wait.
11:12Jim, it's late.
11:13Honey, do I look like a man upon whom time has taken its toll?
11:17You look just as young as the man I knew won a poetry contest 20 years ago.
11:22Margaret, I have a confession to make.
11:24You cheated at the poetry contest.
11:27It's just that I wasn't really very good at squash.
11:32I knew it.
11:33You never fooled me.
11:35Maybe you'd better call the Phillips.
11:37Tell them something came up.
11:39We can't make it.
11:39Can't make it?
11:41My fire is burning low.
11:43Oh, not jumping, jittery, badminton boy.
11:46I'm a little tired, Margaret.
11:48I think I'll go to bed.
11:50At 8 o'clock?
11:51Oh, Jim, for heaven's sake.
11:53Margaret, would you please get me a hot water bottle?
12:23When did you get in?
12:34Yesterday.
12:36I'm a grandfather, you know.
12:39You look it.
12:40Guess how old I am.
12:43You're a year younger than I.
12:45Correct.
12:46But you look old enough to be my father.
12:50Correct.
12:53Pretty warm in here.
12:58Never play squash?
13:00Played it and ate it.
13:03Never played it.
13:05Always ate it.
13:07Did you like it?
13:08Hate it.
13:09How's your rheumatism, Eddie?
13:12How dare you?
13:14No one ever accused me of rheumatism and got away with it.
13:17I challenge you.
13:18Stop!
13:34Stop!
13:35How dare you take advantage of an old man?
13:38He's a year younger than I am.
13:39Don't change the subject.
13:41How many times have I told you not to play with him?
13:44At my age, I can't be choosy.
13:46I can beat him at squash, too, I bet you.
13:48I bet you can't beat him at poetry.
13:50Yeah.
13:51I challenge you to poetry.
13:53Now, grandfather, I don't want you overexerting yourself.
13:56Poetry?
13:56It's your age, gramps.
13:58Grandaddy, if you're going to recite poetry, you better have a nap.
14:02They're right, Grandpa Jim.
14:04Grandpa Jim?
14:05He's a year younger than I am.
14:08Ha ha.
14:08Yeah, but you've got rheumatism.
14:10Don't worry.
14:11It won't be long and you'll have it, too.
14:13I will not.
14:14You will so.
14:14I will not.
14:15You will so.
14:16Margaret.
14:17You will so.
14:18Not if I take good care of myself.
14:20I'll keep my feet dry.
14:22I'll stay out of dress.
14:23Dress warmly.
14:24I'll lick this thing.
14:25I will.
14:25It's inevitable.
14:26Old age and rheumatism, they go together like ham and egg.
14:30I won't accept it.
14:31I won't.
14:32I won't.
14:33I'll never grow old.
14:35Never.
14:35Never.
14:36Never.
14:39Never.
14:40Never.
14:40I'll never grow old.
14:41Never.
14:42Jim.
14:42Please.
14:43Jim.
14:43Wake up.
14:45You should have seen yourself.
14:49You called me an old man.
14:50Oh, you were dreaming.
14:52Now get dressed and we'll have some breakfast.
14:54No, Margaret, please.
14:56Well, what's the matter?
14:57I have to take care of myself.
14:59Could I...
15:00Could I have breakfast in bed this morning?
15:02I think this has gone far enough, Jim.
15:06Well, you're beginning to sound a little ridiculous.
15:08Please, Margaret, I need all the sympathy you can muster.
15:11And to think that only yesterday you were going like a blast furnace.
15:16Squash, badminton...
15:17That was yesterday, honey.
15:19I'm considerably older this morning.
15:21It must have been a long night.
15:25All right.
15:26I'll bring you your breakfast.
15:28Father, look.
15:30The bridal bouquet.
15:32Where did you get that?
15:34Last night.
15:35I caught it.
15:36You know what that means, don't you?
15:39Uh...
15:39What?
15:41That I'll be the next bride.
15:43Betty, you're only 17?
15:46That's a ridiculous superstition.
15:48Well, lots of girls get married at 17.
15:50Oh, with their parents' consent, of course.
15:53Oh, Father, I wish you'd seen it.
15:55It was so wonderful.
15:57All the flowers and the beautiful dresses.
16:00And everybody was so solemn.
16:05But here comes the bride.
16:11Betty, stop it.
16:14What's going on?
16:15Father's sick.
16:16It's that badminton.
16:18Those games aren't for men your age.
16:19I tried to warn you last night.
16:21Your father didn't play badminton last night.
16:23And your breakfast is on the table.
16:26Bud's right, Margaret.
16:26A man has to be his age.
16:28I have to take care of myself.
16:32What'd you bring me for breakfast?
16:34Mush, milk, and swybock.
16:36Hung, milk, and swybock.
16:44Ow!
16:45Oh, groceries!
16:48Let's meet her.
16:49Oh, palavras!
16:50Oh!
16:51You see, children, your father's at that certain age.
17:16They either want to burn up the world or to find a nice warm rock to crawl under.
17:21It doesn't take much to push them either way.
17:24Your father is obsessed with the ridiculous idea that you're growing up too quickly.
17:28This gives him a feeling that he's growing old quickly.
17:31We've got to get him out from under that rock.
17:34This is my plan.
17:41Where are the children?
17:42They'll be here.
17:44My.
17:46And at what mortuary are you applying today?
17:48If a man reaches my age, he can't dress like a schoolboy.
17:52I can't recall you ever dressed like a schoolboy.
17:54I did, though, when I went to school.
17:58Those wonderful, carefree, youthful days.
18:01Oh, come on, dear.
18:02Smile.
18:03No, sir, Margaret.
18:04I've come to the realization at last.
18:06It's the kids growing up that makes you feel old.
18:08Oh, nonsense.
18:10Margaret, don't be blind to the truth.
18:12Your son shaved last night.
18:14Well, that doesn't make me Whistler's mother.
18:15And Betty went to a wedding.
18:17Soon, too soon, she'll be going to her own.
18:19Perhaps that's a wishful thought on your part, Jim.
18:22Ah, I'd want Betty with me forever.
18:25And Kathy, overnight at a friend's house.
18:28That's the first time she slept in a bed other than her own.
18:32Margaret, that's growing up.
18:34Oh, I don't know.
18:37Poor, poor, innocent Margaret.
18:39My child wife.
18:41That's all.
18:42Calling KX2J3.
18:47Calling KX2J3.
18:49Over.
18:50Hello, KX2J3.
18:52Reporting Captain Sonar.
18:53Over.
18:53This is Captain Sonar.
18:54Hey, wait, Father.
18:55Let me see your space helmet.
18:56Don't take it off.
18:57I'll lose all my oxygen pressure.
18:58Oh, Father.
18:59I don't have it.
18:59She'll get it stuck on her big, fat old head.
19:01Hey, Wilma.
19:02Don't look at the stingy face.
19:03It's my space helmet.
19:04You're going to hurt it.
19:05You will, too.
19:06Quit pulling.
19:07I'm just going to look at it.
19:08That's just like my arm.
19:09I'm not even touching him.
19:11All right, kids.
19:12Break it up and come to the table.
19:13Oh, help.
19:14They're after me.
19:15Oh, KX2J3.
19:16I'll get my hands on you.
19:17I'll put it.
19:18I'll get you.
19:19I'll get my hands on you.
19:19Wait a minute.
19:20What's going on here?
19:21It's not fun.
19:23Yes, sir?
19:26I was just telling you, Mother, how proud I was of the way you were growing up into such
19:30well-mannered ladies and gentlemen.
19:32And now you come tearing into this room like a bunch of wild...
19:35Comanches?
19:36Comanches.
19:37Margaret, what's got into them?
19:38They act like two-year-olds.
19:39That's children for you.
19:41They never grow up.
19:43Oh, it's probably for me, Joe.
19:45I'll get it.
19:45It's probably Ralph.
19:46I'll get it.
19:47I've got it.
19:47You've got it.
19:48I've got it.
19:48Don't be too hard on them, Jim.
19:50I think you'd expect too much of them.
19:52After all, dear, they're only children.
20:01Margaret, I think I'll have some lunch.
20:04Any, uh, steaks in the freezer?
20:06Mm-hmm.
20:07How many do you want?
20:08Oh, two or three.
20:09Even four, if you wish.
20:11It's for you, Father.
20:13Thank you, Princess.
20:15How about I miss the French fries, too?
20:17Hiya, son.
20:20Nice work, kid.
20:23Hello.
20:24Eddie.
20:25Eddie Gilbert.
20:25Sure, I got your letter yesterday.
20:29How are you feeling?
20:31Good, good.
20:32Sure, we're going to be home.
20:34We'll be glad to see you.
20:35Where are you now?
20:37Well, you're just a couple of minutes from here.
20:39I'll tell you what.
20:40I'll pick you up, old fellow.
20:43Are you sure you can make it?
20:46Fine.
20:46We'll see you in a little while.
20:47Oh, and, uh, don't rush now.
20:50Sure.
20:51Goodbye.
20:54Poor old codger.
21:02Who was it, dear?
21:03That was old Eddie Gilbert.
21:05He'll be here in a minute.
21:06Oh, I hope you ask him to stay for lunch.
21:07Who's Eddie Gilbert?
21:08He's an old school chum of mine, Princess.
21:10I haven't seen him in years.
21:11He's a grandfather now.
21:13He used to be such a life of the party, too, poor fellow.
21:16I guess he wasn't fortunate enough to have such young children as I have.
21:21What do you mean, dear?
21:22Well, you know, his children have grown up, flown away, just he and his wife left alone.
21:27Maybe that's why he's turned into an old man before his time.
21:30Nothing left to live for.
21:31Well, maybe he's like you, dear.
21:34Old one day, young the next.
21:37When your children are grown, that's the end of the line.
21:40I could tell from the tone of Eddie's letter.
21:43Rheumatism, you know, hardening of the arteries.
21:45Oh, there he is.
21:46Come on, honey.
21:47We'll meet him together.
21:48Poor devil.
21:48Always such a youthful, bubbling sort of a guy.
21:56Anderson?
21:58Huh?
21:58I'm Gilbert.
22:01Not Eddie Gilbert.
22:03Sure.
22:04Don't you remember me, Jim?
22:06You used to call me Crazy Eddie.
22:10Ed?
22:10I mean, where's the...
22:15You don't have a chain?
22:17Neither of you.
22:18You look just like you did when you won the poetry contest.
22:21I can't believe it.
22:24Eddie!
22:25Jim!
22:26Excuse me.
22:27I'm Margaret Anderson, Mr. Gilson.
22:29How do you do?
22:30Delighted to meet you.
22:31Margaret, this is Eddie!
22:32Yes.
22:32Won't you come in?
22:35Hey, give me your coat, Eddie.
22:37Oh, thanks.
22:38Gee, you look great, Jim.
22:39So do you.
22:40I can't believe it.
22:43Can you, Margaret?
22:45Believe what, dear?
22:46Well, from the letter.
22:48You know, I thought you'd be older looking, Eddie.
22:51Why?
22:52Because I'm a grandfather?
22:53Shall we go in?
22:54Well, I thought...
22:55I don't feel like a grandfather, Jim.
22:58Oh, I did have a touch of rheumatism once, but that's when Gladys and I went ice skating.
23:02I fell through the ice and got wet.
23:06What do you do to keep looking so fit, Jim?
23:08Well, we play badminton, and don't we, Margaret?
23:13Oh, yes.
23:14Jim's an excellent badminton player.
23:16He didn't play squash too well, I remember.
23:20No, I never was very good at that.
23:23Well, tell me, Eddie, what do you do now that the children are grown and married?
23:27What do we do?
23:28We're living, man.
23:30Gladys and I are doing all the things we couldn't do before.
23:33We told the kids, now look.
23:35We love you both very much.
23:37We'll always be around when you need us.
23:39But we're not going to be babysitters.
23:41We're free, man.
23:43We're having the time of our lives.
23:45You see that, Margaret?
23:46That's what I've been telling you.
23:48Margaret always worried what she'd do when Betty went off and got married.
23:51You see, honey, you'll be free.
23:53Doesn't mean you're old if you're a grandma.
23:55You're only as old as you feel, I always say.
23:57Of course.
23:59You're never old while the heart is young, I always say.
24:02And I always say, what a difference a day makes.
24:12Jim, are you ready?
24:13Be right there, honey.
24:15Where are you going, Mother?
24:16Well, your father and I are going over the Philipses for a little while.
24:19Look out below.
24:22Oh, Jim, be careful.
24:23You hurt yourself.
24:24Me, Anderson, the ox?
24:26What's in the suitcase, Father?
24:27Nothing.
24:28You ready there?
24:28I'm in.
24:29What's in the suitcase, Daddy?
24:31You'd better tell them.
24:32That's our equipment.
24:33We're going over to the Philips for badminton.
24:35Then we're going horseback riding.
24:36After that, a little skiing.
24:37And if your mother feels up to it, we may...
24:39Oh, stop.
24:40Good night, children.
24:41Come on, girlie.
24:42Let's go, kiddo.
24:44Oh, stop.
25:13THE END
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