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Riley is dismayed when his spur-of-the-moment resignation is accepted.
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00:00Produced in association with the NBC television network.
00:30The rest is all his.
00:46Oh, go get the mail, Junior.
00:54Give me my paper and lunchbox. I've got to rush.
00:56Well, you can't go to work on an empty stomach.
00:58I'm not going on an empty stomach. I'm going on the bus.
01:01Where's the rest of the paper?
01:03The, uh, wind must have blown it.
01:06It's funny. It blows the same pages out every morning.
01:09Now sit down and eat your breakfast, Riley.
01:11No, I'll eat this on the way to the plant.
01:12Maybe you won't have to go to the plant anymore, Pop.
01:16Here's a letter from the boss.
01:20Junior, don't kid. You might have choked me to death.
01:23It says Cunningham Aircraft Company, office of the president.
01:28He never corresponded with me before.
01:32What do you suppose the contents contains?
01:34Go ahead and open it.
01:35Sure, go ahead, Daddy.
01:37If you can, you can.
01:39Junior, stop putting ideas in his head.
01:41Don't be silly. Why would he fire you by mail?
01:44Because that's the way that no-good weasel runs the plant.
01:46He don't call in and say, you're fired, you dope.
01:49No.
01:50No, he sends you a nice, polite letter saying,
01:53we regret your invaluable services we can very well do without.
01:57That's called labor management, good relations.
01:59Well, if you're scared to open it, I'm not.
02:03I'm not scared.
02:05I'm panicky.
02:07Oh, what an ungreat.
02:09Depended on me for everything.
02:11When he wanted a rivet, he yelled for me.
02:13When he wanted a bolt, he yelled for me.
02:15When he wanted a nut, he yelled for me.
02:18Riley, listen to this.
02:21I'll take it sitting down.
02:24My dear Chester.
02:25Using my maiden name, he's letting me down easy.
02:28Quiet, Daddy. Let Mom read it.
02:31Since you have been with Cunningham Incorporated
02:33for a period of ten years, serving loyally and ably,
02:37we wish to show our appreciation
02:39by a little testimonial luncheon in your honor
02:42tomorrow in the boardroom at 1 p.m. sharp.
02:46And faithfully yours, Cyrus P. Cunningham, president.
02:51A lunch in my honor.
02:53Oh, Riley.
02:54Oh, boy.
02:55You see, you had them all wrong.
02:57We had them all wrong.
02:59All right, let's not split atoms.
03:00I had them all wrong.
03:02Hey, it's 7.30, Pop.
03:03Holy smoke, I'll miss the bus.
03:05A loyal and able worker ain't never laid at his bench.
03:10Daddy, that's not your lunch.
03:13Riley, my purse.
03:16For a period of ten years,
03:28sir, recoil me and ably.
03:31How can you hear Mr. Cunningham's letter
03:33with that thing pounding?
03:35I already heard it a dozen times.
03:37I got cauliflowers in my ears now.
03:40Imagine.
03:41Only ten years, an able-bodied worker,
03:43and he's giving me a free lunch.
03:45A couple of crummy sandwiches
03:46and you're making an incident out of it.
03:48There ain't gonna be no crummy sandwiches.
03:50This is a ritzy blowout.
03:52Strictly high class.
03:54We'll be eating like pigs.
03:55Well, that's tomorrow.
03:59Let's start eating today.
04:00Huh?
04:01Oh, yeah.
04:02I'll bet your peg fixed me a better lunch than your wife.
04:05You're covered.
04:05No bet.
04:16What's that?
04:17I must have got the wrong box.
04:19Look, let's skip lunch
04:20and you and me will go up and take a look at the boardroom, eh?
04:22What for?
04:24Well, I want to see where my triumvirate's gonna take place.
04:26But I want to eat.
04:28Look, you can do me a favor, can't you?
04:30All right, powder your nose and let's go.
04:37Wait for me, Killers.
04:51Hey, this is a crummy layout, huh?
04:53This is wrong, Riley.
04:55I'm telling you, this is wrong.
04:56Hey, look.
04:58Special hammer for cracking nuts.
05:00You'll be the nutty cracks if he catches you in here.
05:05Gillis, someday I'm gonna be sitting right here in this chair,
05:08running the whole plant.
05:09We better start running right now.
05:12What's so tough about being an executive?
05:14All you need is perseverance, ability, and brains.
05:18Three strikes, you're out.
05:20You know, it wouldn't surprise me none
05:23if the boss gave me a little gift tomorrow.
05:24That's sort of a pimento at a ceremony.
05:27Ceremony?
05:28He ain't marrying you, he's just feeding you.
05:31This chair was just made for me.
05:35Gentlemen, come to order.
05:37Mr. Pearson, stick your bubblegum under the table.
05:39Mr. Gillis, let's be tidy.
05:40Put clean ashes in the ashtrays.
05:43What's wrong with you?
05:44Are you going for jerk?
05:45Now, let's see.
05:46What do we got here?
05:47Trouble, and stop shuffling those papers and let's blow.
05:49Call Washington Imperative.
05:51That means it can wait.
05:52Discuss new tail assembly.
05:54Emergency, I'll cancel.
05:55That gift for Riley, car.
05:57That ain't important.
05:58Take up the matter of...
05:59Car!
06:02Yes!
06:03The boss has given me a car.
06:06Keep dreaming, you'll wake up in the street.
06:08It says so right here in white and black you can read, can't you?
06:11Gift for Riley, C-A-R.
06:13That spells car, don't it?
06:14That's justice for you.
06:17You're getting a whole car for yourself, and I can't even get a seat on the bus.
06:23Imagine.
06:24All these years I thought Cunningham was a skunk, and he turns out to be half-young.
06:32Life is full of surprises, Gillis.
06:34Dangle?
06:35The boss.
06:36Doug?
06:36Where?
06:37I'm coming, sir.
06:43Now the caterers who bring in this afternoon should decorate this table for the luncheon tomorrow.
06:47I do hope he follows my color scheme.
06:49That chair.
06:50Roger.
06:51It's a good idea giving this luncheon for Riley.
06:54He deserves it.
06:55And besides, it's good public relations.
06:57Now we'll move this table.
06:58Are you ready?
06:59Wilco?
07:00Lift!
07:01What do we do?
07:06Pray.
07:13What are you doing here?
07:14Who are you?
07:16Two of your humble workers.
07:19Far from their homeland.
07:23What are you doing in the boardroom?
07:25Just offering a noonday prayer for the safety of the plant.
07:29As is our daily husband.
07:32Oh.
07:33Well, that's very commendable.
07:35Report it once to your foreman.
07:37In the future, will you conduct your ceremonies elsewhere?
07:41Come, Dangle.
07:43Please be with you.
07:45My sentiments exactly.
07:53Have you set the table, dear?
07:55Not yet.
07:55I'm just starting.
07:56My father didn't have any breakfast or lunch, so he'll want to eat as soon as he gets home.
08:01I don't see why we have to have dinner early.
08:02Just because Daddy was dope enough not to take his lunch box.
08:05Don't you speak that way of your father.
08:07He can't help it if he's a dope.
08:09What's for dinner, Mom?
08:12Oh, you'll see.
08:12Here, take these dishes into the dining room.
08:14Oh, gee, that's women's work.
08:16Oh, hell, Babs Jr.
08:17Won't hurt you for once.
08:19Okay.
08:20Only I'm not responsible for breakage.
08:22Forget about the dishes.
08:32Junior can pay for the amount of his allowance.
08:34What allowance?
08:36There's five dollars worth of dishes.
08:37Now, quiet, everybody, and listen.
08:39Peg, the most exciting thing has happened.
08:41You got a raise.
08:42You got promoted.
08:43You got canned.
08:47Fine family I got.
08:48A bolt hits me out of the blue, and my family stands there looking at me like I was crazy.
08:52You mean you got conked by a bolt?
08:54No.
08:55Well, why doesn't somebody say something?
08:57We might, dear, if you just tell us what happened.
09:00A car, a car.
09:01Cunningham has given me a car.
09:03You're kidding.
09:04No.
09:04Cross my heart.
09:06I saw it laying right there on the table.
09:08A brand new car.
09:10Riley, dear, you didn't get your head caught in the bus door again, did you?
09:14I seen the memo.
09:16It said, gift for Riley.
09:18Car.
09:19Gill has seen it, too.
09:20A car?
09:20Yeah.
09:21Oh, boy.
09:22Daddy, that's wonderful.
09:23Oh, it just can't be true.
09:25A car, very own.
09:26Nice going, Pop.
09:27What maker they're giving you?
09:28Well, I won't know the lunch tomorrow, but I hope it's got one of them hydrophobia drives.
09:33I'm dramatic, Daddy.
09:34Yeah.
09:35I can see us right now on Sunday, threading our way through traffic.
09:39Ho, ho, ho.
09:40Won't you sit in the front seat, Mrs. Riley?
09:42I'm going to sit in the front.
09:44You sit in the back with your sister and keep your feet off your clothes.
09:48Step right in, Mrs. Riley.
09:55Oh, look at this beautiful dashboard.
09:59Why, there's a radio and a heater and an air conditioner.
10:03Yeah, it's got a freezer under the front seat, too.
10:06Ho, ho, ho.
10:06We're off.
10:08Be careful, Riley.
10:09Don't drive too fast.
10:11I ain't even got the car yet.
10:15She's backseat driving already.
10:20Now, Pop, she's smoking.
10:22Who could have it?
10:24I can't.
10:27Be careful.
10:28I'm going around a curve.
10:29Well, it all looks very festive, Dangle.
10:40We try, Mr. Cunningham.
10:41We try.
10:42Did you arrange for the gift for Riley?
10:45Hobson's promised it by noon.
10:46Reliable, most reliable firm.
10:49Are you sure you have the initials correct?
10:51Oh, yes, sir.
10:51Chester A. Riley, C-A-R.
10:55Just like you wrote it on your memo.
10:57Good.
10:58I can hardly wait till I see Riley's face when I present him with that 14-carat solid gold-plated watch.
11:04Excellent choice, sir.
11:06Excellent choice.
11:07I never saw such a family.
11:09Everybody excited.
11:10I'm the only one that's calm.
11:11It's early yet, dear.
11:12Daddy, you don't have to be there till one o'clock.
11:15The foreman gave me the morning off to get ready, not to argue.
11:18There you are, Daddy.
11:20Ah, swell.
11:21Bend my nose a little to the right.
11:23I'm another Barrymore.
11:24There's a hole in the shoe, Pop.
11:25What's the difference, Junior?
11:26I won't be doing no more walking.
11:28Hard dumpling.
11:30I wish you could be there when they hand me the car.
11:32I'd be a trifle out of place.
11:34After all, it's only for men.
11:35Yeah, that's right.
11:36It's strictly for stags.
11:37A female moose wouldn't fit in.
11:41Holy smokes, the lunch whistle.
11:42Well, I'm late.
11:43Oh, Riley, you're passed.
11:45Half in time.
11:46Grab him, Junior.
11:51Don't worry, Junior, I'm late.
11:54Pop, that was a 9.40 express.
11:56You've got two hours yet, Daddy.
11:58You know, you'd look better at lunch with your pants on.
12:00No, let's not get excited at me, Kate.
12:02Let's all take time.
12:06Attention, please.
12:07Let's have some attention.
12:09Now, we've heard a number of speeches today in due praise of our good friend and co-worker,
12:15Chester A. Riley.
12:16This is it.
12:17I hope it's a yellow sedan.
12:18Shh.
12:19The boss isn't in a speech.
12:21In fact, some of the speeches have been longer than the spaghetti.
12:23Laugh, you dope.
12:36That's a hot one, boys.
12:38What do you say?
12:39So, without any further ado, it is my privilege to present a token which expresses not only
12:45my feelings, but the feelings of the entire plant.
12:49How are they going to get us through the door?
12:51Something that will help him to get to work on time.
13:00I'm all ready, boss.
13:02Wheeler in.
13:02With the congratulations and best wishes of the Cunningham Aircraft Company.
13:22Sorry.
13:22Part of the dashboard.
13:26I mean, where's the rest of it?
13:29Why, it's all here, Riley.
13:31Fourteen joules for this movement.
13:36Beats!
13:37Beats!
13:37Beats!
13:38Beats!
13:38Beats!
13:38Beats!
13:39Beats!
13:39Beats!
13:39Beats!
13:39Beats!
13:40Beats!
13:40Beats!
13:40Beats!
13:41Beats!
13:48Mr. Cunningham, I...
13:50I don't know how to thank you for this streamlined model of power and energy.
13:56We never had one in the family before.
13:59All I can say is, every Sunday, when me and the family sit in it and roll down the highway with...
14:06What I mean is, I just want to say, I just want to say, what a revolting development this is!
14:25I wonder what's keeping Pop.
14:34He should have driven it home an hour ago.
14:36Don't be impatient, children.
14:38You know, you have to drive a new car very slowly.
14:40Maybe he ran into something.
14:41Don't say things like that.
14:44Peg.
14:45Where's the car, Pop?
14:46What color is it?
14:47Where'd you come from, dear?
14:48I came in the back way.
14:49The car's in the alley.
14:50Come on!
14:50Hold it!
14:50Hold it!
14:51The car ain't in the alley.
14:53Well, where did you leave it, dear?
14:55Well, you see, it's like this, Peg.
14:57Daddy, you got it!
14:58Why, I'd just die if you didn't.
15:00I told all the girls at school.
15:01I promised Melon he'd have to ride tomorrow.
15:04Now, of course he got it.
15:05Your father wouldn't fool us like that.
15:08Well, it was an unexpected development.
15:09Oh, I understand.
15:11Driving license, registration, all that sort of red tape.
15:14Yeah, there was a lot of that, too.
15:16Well, when will we get it, Daddy?
15:17Will it be here tomorrow?
15:26Peg.
15:28I thought I was going to get a car at the lunch today, but...
15:31You mean you didn't?
15:32What a sap this is going to make out of me!
15:34Oh, I see.
15:35It's coming direct from the factory.
15:37Yeah!
15:38Yeah, that's it.
15:40F.O.B.
15:41That means from out of Baltimore.
15:43It'll be here in a couple of days.
15:50Hurry up with them wheels.
15:51We're almost ready to roll.
15:55So these ought to fit.
15:57How do you like it?
16:00Somehow, I don't think Peg is going to believe this is the car the boss gave me.
16:04What do you expect for 11 bucks?
16:06All we need is an engine, a few wheels, and a coat of stove polish,
16:10and it'll look like it fell right off the assembly line.
16:14Yeah, well...
16:16You sure that old airplane engine is going to fit in here?
16:18If it don't, we'll start fresh and build another car around it.
16:22Come on, get in.
16:23Let me see how it looks on you.
16:28I told you that fish glue wasn't going to hold.
16:30We can put a couple of nails in it.
16:32Come on.
16:42How does it feel?
16:45Where'd he go?
16:46Hey, Ryle!
16:53What happened?
16:54You know something, Gillis?
16:56What?
16:57We need saints.
16:58What am I going to do, Gillis?
17:00There's only one out.
17:01What's that?
17:02Get hit by a truck.
17:03Yeah.
17:05If I don't make good, Peg and the kids are going to hate me.
17:08I dug my own grave.
17:10Now I got a lie in it.
17:11That's an idea.
17:12They'd never think of looking there.
17:13Maybe I can join the army.
17:17You're too old, Ryle.
17:18Up for the salvation, army.
17:23Hey, that's a classy job.
17:26The one we made's got the same lines.
17:28Yeah, only crooked.
17:30Hey, Gillis!
17:31This one's got seats.
17:33Let's get in and get the feel of the wheel, huh?
17:34Hey, what if the owner comes back?
17:36We'll tell him we're a couple of oil maggots looking for a good buy.
17:38You know they got special selves in the pokey for guys that do things like this?
17:43Come on.
17:45This is wrong, Ryle.
17:46This is wrong.
17:49Ah, just sitting in it gives me a boot.
17:52Hey, Ryle, look at the registration.
17:54This is the boss's car.
17:55Get out!
18:00Every time you breathe, I get in trouble.
18:03Boss must be in the barbershop.
18:05I hope he had a hot towel on his puss.
18:07Oh, if I could only surprise pegging the kids with a job like this.
18:13I got news for you.
18:15You're gonna.
18:15They're just coming down the street.
18:21Oh, they'll think this is the car.
18:23What am I gonna do?
18:25Think of something quick, Gillis.
18:27Pretend you're a stranger.
18:29No, they'll never believe that.
18:32Get in the back and lie down.
18:33Yeah, yeah.
18:34Stole them off.
18:35I will.
18:37Look, Mom, it is a convertible.
18:41Oh, hello, Mr. Gillis.
18:42Where did Rylee go?
18:44Rylee?
18:45Who's Rylee?
18:46Oh, stop it, Gillis.
18:47I saw you and Rylee sitting in our car.
18:52Junior, get away from there.
18:53You'll wear it out.
18:54Oh, here's Daddy, Mom.
18:56Surprise!
18:57Surprise!
18:58Surprise!
18:58Surprise!
19:03Hello, Peg.
19:05Oh, Rylee, it's gorgeous.
19:08Well, what else is new?
19:10Well, I'll be seeing you, Rylee.
19:11So long.
19:1330-minute killers, don't go.
19:15Junior, get away from there.
19:16But, Gord, it's ours, ain't it?
19:18Oh, Rylee.
19:19Beds.
19:20Rylee, you get behind the wheel.
19:21You can drive us home.
19:22No, I'm sorry, Peg, but what I mean is, well, they forgot to give me the keys.
19:27They're hanging right here in the ignition.
19:29Oh, they are?
19:30I mean, are they?
19:32Come on, Pop.
19:33Let's start her up.
19:34Bet you she's doing it.
19:36Out of 40 million kids, I got to own Bonnie Ulfie.
19:39Yeah, I asked what's going on here.
19:46I've been Mr. Cunningham.
19:48Oh, I'm Mrs. Rylee, Mr. Cunningham.
19:51This is our daughter, Babs.
19:52Hello.
19:53We want to thank you for the wonderful gift.
19:55Yeah, they're going to spend a lot of time polishing it and keeping it in good running order.
19:59It's a wonderful car, Mr. Cunningham.
20:01Well, it ought to be.
20:02It costs $6,000.
20:03You're going to sell it, Pop.
20:04Why don't you sell it to Mr. Cunningham?
20:06Quiet, Junior.
20:07He's taking a business course.
20:10He's always practicing something, something.
20:12We're just driving at home.
20:13Can we drop you somewhere?
20:15You're driving at home?
20:16Well, no, dare not drive you.
20:19You see, she meant what you don't understand.
20:24Junior, don't push anything.
20:26Uncle Rob!
20:30Can I treat you to a shave?
20:32Riley, I demand an explanation of this.
20:37This is an operation to ruin my power.
20:49I'll have you all in court.
20:51Don't play in there, boss.
20:52It's all my fault.
20:53I won't pay for this gap for every cent of it.
20:55I'll pay you, boss.
20:56Yes, you're...
20:56Here's the watch you gave me for a start.
20:59I'll pay back every cent, boss.
21:01I'll work overtime nights and Sundays.
21:03I'll pay you, boss.
21:04I gave a luncheon to in this watch.
21:06Oh, boss, don't.
21:08Don't do it.
21:09Stop the water.
21:09What?
21:10Stop the water.
21:11Oh, yeah, sure.
21:15Oh.
21:19Go ahead and say it, Peg.
21:21I'm a no-good four-flusher.
21:24I'll never amount to anything.
21:26I'll be a failure all my life.
21:27I'll never be anything but a riveter.
21:29I don't blame you for hating me.
21:31Oh, we don't hate you, dear.
21:33We know what you were trying to do,
21:34and we love you very much.
21:37Do you, Peg?
21:38Of course, Dad.
21:40What's an old car as long as we've got you?
21:43You mean it, Babs?
21:44You're the best pop in the whole world.
21:47Thanks, Junior.
21:48Oh, you know we're crazy about you.
21:50We couldn't do it without you.
21:53I can't pray.
21:55You're a lucky woman.
21:59You're a lucky woman.
22:29You're a lucky woman.
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