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00:01Here are Robert Young and Jane Wyatt
00:07with Ellen O'Donohue, Billy Gray, and Lauren Chapin
00:11in Father Knows Bed.
00:15Mother, mother, I am ill.
00:19So what we're supposed to do is take some dictator
00:22like Hitler or Stalin or somebody,
00:24hey, Kathy, and show how he got that way.
00:27Kathy, cut it out!
00:29And then she tripped him up finally.
00:31Fine, that's a good project. You'd better get to work on it.
00:34Well, I was thinking that you could sort of write me out a rough draft
00:38and then I could...
00:39Kathy, you're gonna have to call an ambulance if you don't pipe down.
00:42How about you writing out the rough draft?
00:44After all, you're the one who's going to school, not me.
00:46Daddy, watch how far I can go without missing.
00:49Mother, mother, I am ill.
00:51Kathy, don't you know it's impolite to interrupt people
00:53when they're discussing?
00:56Yes, then comes the doctor.
00:58Kathy, didn't you hear me?
01:00Yes, and comes the lady with the alligator first.
01:03Kathy, Kathy!
01:05Your mother was talking to you. Now take your rope outside.
01:07Okay, but I wasn't hurting the house any.
01:10A fella might as well be in jail.
01:13What's come over that jar lately?
01:15She doesn't seem to hear anything we say to her.
01:17No, and I can tell you why.
01:19I've been meaning to discuss this with you.
01:21You're not raising that kid right.
01:23Oh?
01:24Now you've let her get away with murder.
01:26Now you've just lost your grip on her.
01:28I see.
01:29You have to be firm with kids like her.
01:31Of course, I don't mean you have to beat her with a club constantly.
01:35You have to do it intelligently, of course.
01:37Oh, of course.
01:38Intelligent, but firm.
01:40Well, now tell me, do you think you could do a better job with Kathy than we're doing?
01:44Who couldn't?
01:46Well, I wish you'd take over then.
01:49Well, I would, but I'm too busy.
01:50Besides, it's the basic job of the maternal head of the tribe to...
01:53Look, if you're just gonna weasel out of this job, you might as well leave it up to us.
01:57And worry about your own problems.
01:59That paper on dictators, for example, which I'll be happy to look over after you've written it.
02:04Okay.
02:06But according to abnormal psychology, a father should help train his son by showing him how to do things.
02:13But...
02:17Well, what are we raising?
02:19A one-man parent's clinic?
02:22You know, it's sort of a shame.
02:24We have to spend our whole adult lives desperately trying to learn half as much as we knew when we were 16.
02:33Okay, Sergeant York, knock it off!
02:35Disarm!
02:36Huh?
02:37Proper young ladies do not enter homes behind a barrage of machine gun bullets.
02:40You're not my boss.
02:42Well, it may interest you to know I've been offered the job.
02:44Oh, that'll be the day!
02:46Say, Dad, I just might take that job after all. Somebody has to.
02:54Oh, great. When do you start?
02:56I'm serious.
02:57Good. Hop to it. The job's all yours.
03:00Okay.
03:03Now wait. I'm not so sure that this is a good idea.
03:06I have enough trouble with those two battling each other as it is.
03:09And I'm the one who'll have to put up with it.
03:11You're at the office office.
03:12Oh, honey, how long do you think you'll keep this up?
03:14If it lasts a whole half a day, I'll be surprised.
03:16Well, you'd be amazed how much trouble they can stir up in a whole half a day.
03:23So last night I looked up Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, and Napoleon.
03:27But I didn't find out what made them become dictators.
03:29Were they just born mean?
03:31Could be.
03:33In fact, that was their first big mistake, being born.
03:36I think you'll find it has something to do with power.
03:39You give certain types dominion over other people and they lose their balance.
03:45They get power happy.
03:47Hey, wait a minute there, Cathy.
03:48You didn't take your dishes to the sink.
03:50I'll get them later.
03:51Oh, that child.
03:53You don't seem to be having much effect on your new charge.
03:56How come?
03:57I haven't had time to work on her yet.
03:58I was busy all last night with schoolwork.
04:00Just give me time.
04:01Well, now, I'd rather you leave her alone.
04:03Just stir up trouble.
04:05Leave her alone, you say?
04:06You see, Mom, that's your whole trouble.
04:08You're too easy on her.
04:09But I'm gonna change all that.
04:11I'm getting back to Mussolini, Dad.
04:13Betty, can I wear your green bracelet to school?
04:16No, little girls shouldn't wear jewelry to school.
04:18Not a little girl.
04:19Yes, you are.
04:20And besides, every time you borrow something of mine, you break it.
04:23If you break one more thing of mine, just one more thing, you're in trouble.
04:28That would help, didn't you?
04:30In the meanwhile, please take your new round of applause if you Symphony are going after me.
04:41� 한번 minute
04:46Miss Jensen, take a letter.
04:48Oh, yeah, sir.
04:50Mr. Sprocket.
04:52To the, um, Amalgator Lumber Company.
04:55Dear Lumber Company, please send me five pounds of board.
05:02Uh-oh, she'll pulverize me for this.
05:05Kathy, mother wants you to come down here right now.
05:23You'll be late for school.
05:35Well, anyway, if you get any thoughts at the office about Hitler or Stalin, jot them down.
05:46Oh, sure, I don't have anything else to do at the office.
05:48Oh, for goodness sake, what's Kathy doing out there? Running around with a shovel?
05:53Bud, go tell her to come in right this minute.
05:55You bet I'll tell her. Might as well get the new plan started right now.
05:59Oh, no, wait. I'd better do it.
06:01I can handle it.
06:02Just tell her to come in.
06:03Don't try any of your, your child psychology.
06:09Kathy, mom wants you in the house and I want to have a little talk.
06:12What are you burying?
06:13Nothing, nothing. Just a, a, a bird.
06:17A strange looking bird?
06:19Boy, this is Betty's good pen, or it was.
06:22Man, are you in trouble? This was her prized possession.
06:24Shh, not so loud.
06:26What'd you use on it, a sledgehammer?
06:28Man, she'll wring your little neck.
06:29Shh, I didn't mean to do it.
06:31And now you're burying the evidence, huh?
06:32Oh, please don't tell anyone.
06:34I have to.
06:35Please, I'll buy her a new one.
06:37With what?
06:38I'll save up for it.
06:39I'll work real hard, scrubbing floors, anything.
06:41Just give me a chance and don't tell on me.
06:43Now look, Kathy.
06:44If you give me a chance, I'll do anything you want me to.
06:47Just a minute.
06:48No, Kathy.
06:49When you do something wrong, you've got to face the consequences.
06:51I'll do anything.
06:52Now the way you've been acting lately, you're skating on real thin ice.
06:54Now that I've been given the job of disciplining you...
06:56Wait, do you mean that about doing anything I say?
07:00Oh, yes, yes.
07:01If you just give me a chance to get her a new pen and don't tell on me.
07:04Okay, that's a deal.
07:06Now from now on, I'm your boss.
07:08And you're gonna be a real good kid.
07:10Understand?
07:11Oh, yes, yes.
07:12And you're gonna do all your own chores and you're gonna help Mother whenever you can.
07:15Oh, I will, I will, I will.
07:16Oh, you're the most wonderful of the night.
07:17Oh, okay.
07:18Okay, okay.
07:19Don't get sloppy about it.
07:20Go inside and get ready for school.
07:22Yes, sir.
07:31Oh, hello, Mother dear.
07:32I'll flare off the table for you.
07:34Oh, you've already done it.
07:36Well, then I'll wash the dishes.
07:37And if there's anything else I can do, just need it.
07:41Well, right now all I want you to do is, uh, we'll just finish getting ready for school.
07:46Oh, yes, I will, Mother.
07:51Oh, and Daddy, if there's anything you want me to do after school, like mowing the lawn, washing the car, I'd be glad to do it.
07:59And very cheap, too.
08:03What did Badu do to her?
08:05What kind of a system is he using?
08:11See you tonight.
08:14Uh, just a minute, bud.
08:16Uh, tell me, uh, what, what kind of, uh, uh...
08:21Yes, Dad?
08:22What kind of what?
08:24Nothing.
08:25I'll see you tonight.
08:26Okay.
08:27So long, Mom.
08:28So long.
08:29Dying to know what his secret is.
08:33When he gave me that superior air.
08:38You and I might as well start packing.
08:40We've just been replaced.
08:42Oh, Mother, have you seen my fountain pen?
08:57You know, that real nice one that Ralph gave me.
08:59I'd just die if anything happened to that.
09:00No, I haven't.
09:01When did you have it last?
09:02Well, about three days ago.
09:04I remember I sat down here with some things one morning.
09:06And I went out, got a drink of water, I came back, picked the things up, and I never saw it again after that.
09:12Oh, I hope I didn't lose it on the way to school.
09:14Oh, it'll turn up somewhere.
09:16Oh, did you take my fountain pen?
09:19Pen?
09:20What pen?
09:21You know what, Pen?
09:22My very, very best one.
09:24The blue and gold.
09:25Oh, did you have a blue and gold pen?
09:27Of course I did.
09:28And if I find out that you did anything with it, you know it's gonna happen.
09:31I don't see why you always blame me for everything.
09:34Because you're always doing...
09:35Oh, here's your slip.
09:36I hope I earned it all right.
09:38And if there's anything else you want me to do, just let me know.
09:43What's with her, anyway?
09:44How long is she gonna keep up with this good Samaritan bit?
09:47I guess you better ask Bud.
09:48I'm sure I don't know.
09:49How's he doing this, anyway?
09:50I mean, how does he control her?
09:52Can't be his compelling magnetic personality as he claims because he doesn't have one.
09:57Well, whatever it is, I must say the results are quite amazing.
10:00And a little disconcerting.
10:02Downright gruesome, I'd say.
10:04On top of everything else, she's a pretty lousy ironer.
10:07I really ought to do it.
10:08Over.
10:09How much would you pay me to do the vacuum cleaning?
10:11Oh, no.
10:12No, you're working much too hard.
10:14Tomorrow you better go out and play with your friends instead of working all the time.
10:17Oh, no.
10:18I like working better.
10:19And helping people.
10:20And earning money.
10:22Oh, that's fine, Kath, old girl.
10:23Just put him in the closet.
10:24Yes, sir.
10:25You know, I'm fairly proud of you.
10:26You're doing very well.
10:28Now you're acting like a proper young girl should.
10:29Developing good habits.
10:30Well, I guess so.
10:31Sure you are.
10:32I'll bet you feel better, too.
10:33Being good, helping others.
10:34Well, yes, I guess I do.
10:35Sure you do.
10:36How much should...
10:37How much should...
10:38My pencil...
10:39My pencil...
10:40Oh, no.
10:41Oh, no.
10:42Oh, no.
10:43Oh, no.
10:44Oh, no.
10:45Oh, no.
10:46Oh, no.
10:47Oh, no.
10:48Oh, no.
10:49Oh, no.
10:50Oh, no.
10:51Oh, no.
10:52Oh, no.
10:53Oh, no.
10:54Oh, no.
10:55How much, uh...
10:57My pencil, Kathy?
11:01How much money have you saved up so far?
11:03Not much.
11:04Only about 90 cents.
11:06Gosh, you've got a long ways to go.
11:08A pen like Betty's costs 10, 12 dollars.
11:10Maybe more.
11:11Well, gosh.
11:12I have to spend so much time doing good things,
11:15I haven't any time to earn money.
11:17Now, now.
11:18Can't you let up on me for a while?
11:20Or lend me some money?
11:22Uh-uh.
11:23Did I take the pen?
11:24Did I take the pen?
11:25Did I break it?
11:26Will it be my neck if Betty finds out?
11:28No.
11:29All right, then.
11:30You've got to remember,
11:31I'm doing all this for your own good.
11:33Now, what is this?
11:35Is Kathy shining your shoes?
11:37Hi, Dad.
11:38Yeah, she's brushing them up a little bit.
11:39She does good work, too.
11:40This is a very fine girl.
11:41Hmm.
11:42Want your shoeshine, Daddy?
11:44Only cost 20 cents.
11:46Oh, no.
11:47I, uh...
11:48Hardly think that's a job for a young lady.
11:50But I need the money.
11:52Oh, you need the money, huh?
11:55Well, on second thought, uh, maybe I do need a shine.
11:59Uh, bring your equipment into our room.
12:02Let's see.
12:03This will bring it up, too.
12:05A dollar and 10 cents.
12:07But it's still a long ways to go.
12:10Don't worry, kid.
12:11You'll make it.
12:20Oh, you don't have to take up your shoes.
12:22Well, I just want to give you a tip on how to do this.
12:25Now, uh, you make nice, long brush strokes like this, eh?
12:31You know, you've been pretty good lately.
12:37How do you like Bud for a boss?
12:41Um, just wonderful.
12:44Is he promising you some big reward for being good?
12:49Or threatening you?
12:50Oh, no.
12:51He's just helping me develop good habits.
12:54Like a proper girl should.
13:02You, uh, you said you needed money.
13:04Uh, just what do you need this money for?
13:06Um, just want to save up for...
13:10For the future.
13:12Well, someday I might want to get married.
13:15And I'll eat money for a wedding gown.
13:18Um, rice.
13:21Those things all cost, you know.
13:24Yes, that rice runs pretty high.
13:29Well, here's your 20 cents.
13:32And because you did such a good job,
13:35here's a 10-cent tip.
13:37Oh, thanks.
13:38Every little bit helps.
13:41Twitch the rice on me.
14:01Oh, don't let me disturb you.
14:05I, uh, just want to congratulate you on the, uh,
14:09good job you're doing on Kathy.
14:11Yeah, she's coming along just fine, isn't she?
14:13I'm very proud of her.
14:15All right, I can't stand it any longer.
14:19How did you do it?
14:21How?
14:22Just...
14:23gave her a little advice.
14:25Oh, look, I've been giving her advice for years,
14:27and it never had any miraculous effect like that.
14:30Whatever you're using.
14:31Well, you see, Dad,
14:32you're in a different age bracket than she is.
14:36You see, you're old enough to be her father.
14:38In fact, you are her father,
14:39and that's the whole trouble.
14:41I'm near her age,
14:42so I can understand her problems better than you can.
14:45You see?
14:46Hmm.
14:50Oh.
14:51That's your paper on the dictators?
14:52How are you coming?
14:53Oh, not so hot.
14:54This is too tough an assignment.
14:56I couldn't find anything
14:57that'd turn these guys into dictators.
14:59Except in the case of Mussolini.
15:01Do you know what he was as a young man?
15:02No.
15:03A schoolteacher.
15:05You better leave that out.
15:06I doubt if your teacher would appreciate that point.
15:08I give up.
15:21I don't know how he's doing it.
15:22Have you any idea why Cathy needs money right now?
15:25No.
15:26All I know is she's trying to earn all she can.
15:28She says it's to buy rice for her wedding.
15:32Well, there's certainly something fishy about all this.
15:35For one thing,
15:36they speak so lovingly of each other.
15:38And when those two do that,
15:39now you know that something is wrong.
15:41What bothers me most
15:42is that she's becoming Bud's slave.
15:44Why, she irons his shirts for him,
15:46runs his errands.
15:47She even shines his shoes.
15:48Really?
15:49Oh, now that's going too far.
15:51We'd better do something about this.
15:53We will, but not quite yet.
15:54I'm just curious enough to want to find out
15:56what Bud's secret power is.
15:58But how do we find that out?
16:00Well,
16:01keep a weather eye open,
16:03our nose to the wind,
16:05and our ear to the ground.
16:08Boy, are we going to look silly.
16:12That's $9.
16:14$25.
16:15$35.
16:16$40.
16:18Oh, gee.
16:20$9.40.
16:22Oh, boy.
16:23Only 60 more cents,
16:25and I can buy the pen.
16:27Only 60. Sweaty more cents.
16:30Oh, Kathy.
16:32Where are you, Kath?
16:34In here.
16:36Oh, there's my little old pal.
16:38How's the fountain pen fun stacking up?
16:40Pretty good.
16:42Well, you'll make it because you're a good kid now.
16:44Good work habits, thrifty.
16:46And to think I've done all this for you
16:48in just a little over a week.
16:49Yes, sir, you're okay.
16:51Thanks.
16:53Oh, by the way, I have a date tonight,
16:55so I'll need my black shoes polished
16:56and my gray slacks pressed.
16:57Got it?
16:58Sorry.
16:59Oh, and, uh,
17:00when you're finished with my shoes and slacks,
17:01you might straighten out my room a little.
17:02I didn't have time to do it today.
17:03Okay.
17:04Oh, hiya, sis.
17:05How's everything?
17:07Kathy, how much longer are you gonna let him do this to you?
17:14Do what to me?
17:15Oh, stop it.
17:16The next thing he'll have you hobbling around here
17:18in chains and shackles.
17:20Why do you let him order you around?
17:22Because he's...
17:24He's my brother.
17:26He's an insufferable little creep.
17:28Yeah.
17:29I mean, no.
17:31He's teaching me good work habits,
17:33thrift and stupidity.
17:35He's brainwashing, and that's what he's doing.
17:37Now, you listen to me, Kathy.
17:38Did you buy a new pen?
17:40Oh, no.
17:41This is one of father's.
17:42It's no good either.
17:43And if I ever get my hands on whoever took my good one...
17:45Kathy!
17:46Come in here, Kath!
17:47Don't go.
17:48But I have to.
17:50Why?
17:51Because he's...
17:53He's...
17:54He's your brother.
17:56Yeah.
17:57Oh, Kathy!
17:59Oh, keep quiet.
18:02Where are you, Kath?
18:04Yes!
18:05Yes!
18:06I'm coming!
18:08Will you just wait?
18:11Someday.
18:13Someday!
18:22Oh, and when you make my bed, be sure and change the sheets.
18:25Today's the day for it, you know.
18:26Saturday.
18:27I guess that's about all.
18:28Oh, yes.
18:29You might run these books back to the library.
18:31And see if you can't find any others, I'm dictators.
18:33I couldn't find anything in these I could use.
18:35Okay, sweetie?
18:36What if I don't want to go down to the library?
18:39What?
18:40I said, what if I don't want to...
18:43Kathy.
18:44Come here.
18:48Kath.
18:49You're not going to undo all the good work I've done, are you?
18:53You've been doing so great.
18:54I was so proud of you.
18:56Everyone was.
18:57You wouldn't hurt me like this.
18:59Not after the way I've worked and sweated and slaved to make such a good kid out of you.
19:04You don't want to do this to me, do you?
19:08Now, you just do these little jobs like the good kid that I know you are.
19:12Remember, this is all for your own good.
19:23Oh, I'll need those shoes and slacks by 5.30.
19:26You're going for my own good, eh?
19:39Oh, him.
19:41Him!
19:48Daddy, if I wash your car for only 60 cents, can I have the money now in advance?
19:53We just washed the car yesterday. It doesn't need it now.
19:55But it will by the time I get around to doing this.
19:58All I want now is the pay.
20:0060 cents.
20:01Well, why just 60 cents?
20:02You got a dollar for the same job yesterday.
20:04Because 60 cents is all I need to...
20:08All you need to what?
20:10To, um...
20:11To buy the rice.
20:13I see.
20:15Kathy,
20:17don't you think it's time you told me, uh,
20:19what you really want this money for?
20:22Well, it's sort of a surprise.
20:25For Betty.
20:26Oh.
20:28Let's go!
20:29Bye, Charlie.
20:31For Betty.
20:32Oh.
20:33Oh.
20:35For Betty.
20:36Oh.
20:38Oh.
20:40Oh, my God.
20:41For Betty.
20:42Oh.
20:43For Betty.
20:44Oh.
20:45For Betty.
20:46Oh.
20:49For Betty.
20:50Oh!
20:51Oh, Kathy, you mustn't slam
21:20the door like that.
21:22You know better than that.
21:23I'm sorry.
21:24Where's Betty?
21:25She's right there in the living room.
21:26Do you want me?
21:31Betty, this is for you.
21:33For me?
21:37It's my pan.
21:39No, it's a brand new one.
21:41That's right.
21:42I just bought it.
21:44I broke the other one by accident.
21:46I was afraid to tell you.
21:51So that's what you've been saving up for.
21:54I'll never break anything of yours again.
21:57Honest.
22:03Is Bud upstairs?
22:04I think so.
22:07Kathy, wait.
22:09Did Bud know anything about this fountain pen business?
22:12Don't worry about Bud.
22:14I'll take care of him.
22:15Oh, my gosh.
22:18Do you realize what Bud's secret power is?
22:20He's been blackmailing her.
22:22Blackmailing?
22:23Oh, well, we better...
22:24No, Mom, Dad!
22:26Mom!
22:27What are you doing?
22:29Mom, Dad!
22:31Come on, for Andy there!
22:33Stop!
22:34You filthy little cow!
22:35What's the matter?
22:36I'm your friend.
22:37You wouldn't want to hurt me, would you?
22:39That's where it worked and sweated and enslaved.
22:41Come out for my own, Dad, so I can knock your head clean over the fence!
22:46Oh, wait!
22:46You killed me!
22:47Dad, you're saving me from this fiend.
22:50No, Daddy!
22:51I can handle that!
22:52No, no, no.
22:52We'll take care of it.
22:53And high time, too.
22:55Bud, come out from under there.
22:56Badly.
22:57No, wait.
22:59Let's keep him under there for a while.
23:01Kathy, you go gather up all the shoes you can find.
23:04Shoes?
23:04Yeah, hurry.
23:05Come on.
23:05And, Betty, there's a box in his closet about that big.
23:08Get it.
23:08Dad, what are you doing?
23:10You be quiet, you blackmailer.
23:14Blackmailer?
23:14You mean this box?
23:15Now, put it down there by Bud.
23:17What do you mean, blackmailer?
23:19What should I do with him?
23:20Dump him down there.
23:23Now, Bud, start shining.
23:26Dad, why are you punishing me?
23:28I didn't blackmail anybody.
23:30Yes, you did.
23:31And he gets a paper off of his desk.
23:33And a fountain pen.
23:34Bud seems to know how to use pens to advantage.
23:37All right, so I made use of a broken fountain pen, but it was only to make Kathy be good.
23:42What's wrong with that?
23:43The end does not justify the means.
23:46Besides, you were getting pretty power happy.
23:49Now, shine.
23:50What about these?
23:52Oh, yeah, good.
23:52And when you finish with the shoes, write down the story of your life these past two weeks.
23:59You wanted to write a paper about a dictator.
24:02Well, son, that'll be it.
24:04Call it the, uh, rise and fall of a 60-cent dictator.
24:10Shall we go, ladies?
24:14And, uh, let the man work.
24:23Daddy?
24:24Eh?
24:25Would you be mad if I went in and helped Bud?
24:28What?
24:29Help Bud?
24:30Why?
24:31Oh, I don't know.
24:32I just got the habit, I guess.
24:35I think I'd feel better if I'm helping someone.
24:40Okay, kid.
24:42But don't help him too much.
24:44I want this lesson to rub in real well on him.
24:48There's nothing like shoe polish for rubbing in.
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25:27There's nothing like shoe polish.
25:28There's nothing like shoe polish.
25:29There's nothing like shoe polish.
25:30There's nothing like shoe polish.
25:31There's nothing like shoe polish.
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