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Junior's Couble Date
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00:00Produced in association with the NBC television network.
00:30Way back in 1915, the Council for Industrial Safety invented the motto, Safety First.
00:46Today, it is still one of the most effective slogans of American industry,
00:50where management and labor alike are concerned with cutting down accidents.
00:55At the Cunningham Aircraft Plant, we find our hero, Chester A. Reilly,
01:00doing his part in keeping the spirit of Safety First ever bright.
01:07Reilly! Put that cigar out!
01:10Didn't you read that sign you just nailed up?
01:12Yeah, but I thought it meant what else could it possibly mean except no smoking?
01:18Well, it could mean, uh, no, yeah.
01:23Yeah, well, this is an emergency.
01:25An emergency.
01:26Yeah, George Mannix had a baby last night, and this morning he was passing these out.
01:29Yes, I know. I got a stinko, too.
01:31But do you realize that one spark could blow up this whole paint shop?
01:36Now put that cigar in your pocket.
01:37Yes, sir.
01:38Put it out first!
01:40Yes, sir.
01:43No, no, not on there!
01:45No!
01:51Now you light that again, and you're fired!
01:59To light this again, I need a blowtorch.
02:01Jeepers, who's burning garbage?
02:11Your father.
02:11This is a cigar celebrating the birth of another Mannix.
02:16It's like a skunk.
02:17I can smell it clear in my room.
02:20Put it under the faucet peg, and then drop it in the garbage.
02:23It'll be a pleasure.
02:27Well, as long as it's your day off, you can go with Junior to buy his new shoes.
02:31New shoes?
02:32But I bought him new shoes last payday.
02:35Well, those were crepe rubber soles.
02:37He needs a dress pair that he can dance in.
02:40Oh.
02:42Dance in?
02:43Yeah.
02:43The Knights of the Field and Stream Dance.
02:45Friday night.
02:46Well, that'd be square.
02:47Now, never mind, Junior.
02:49It's his first dance, and the girls will all be wearing their first formals.
02:53I'm not going to have shoes with leather soles.
02:57What's that, a mouse?
02:59No, it's a baby Mannix.
03:01Whatever that is.
03:02I'm going over to Johnny's.
03:04If anybody calls, will you give them our number?
03:05Okay, dear.
03:06Bye-bye, dear.
03:06Bye-bye.
03:08Bye, Babs.
03:09Now, don't take the first pair they offer you,
03:11and make sure that they fit.
03:13Well, I'll get him a size larger so as he can grow into them, eh?
03:15All right.
03:16Well, come on, Junior.
03:17Let's get going.
03:22Now, Junior, don't tell your mother we took the first pair they showed us, eh?
03:25I won't.
03:26Good.
03:27By the way, who are you taking to the dance?
03:29Butch Grogan.
03:29Oh, she's a very nice...
03:31Butch Grogan.
03:33He's a boy.
03:34Yeah, I know.
03:35He's my best friend.
03:36You're taking a boy to this dance?
03:39Sure.
03:39We're stagging it.
03:40I don't care what you're doing.
03:42You can't dance with a boy.
03:44I'm not going to dance with Butch.
03:45We'll dance with the girls the other guys bring.
03:47Well, that's sabotage.
03:48You should be bringing your own girl.
03:50Well, nobody asked me.
03:52Nobody asked you?
03:54You're supposed to ask them.
03:56Why?
03:56They always ask me.
03:58Junior, that's not the way it's done.
04:01No girl ever asked me for a date when I was a youngster.
04:04They never asked Butch Grogan either.
04:06Well, he's a pretty ugly kid.
04:07You couldn't...
04:08In spite of that, the boy should ask the girl.
04:13What about that Marilyn Stewart?
04:14She's got chicken pox.
04:16Well, you should be taking her.
04:17Chicken pox and all.
04:18You can't, Pop.
04:19They're catching.
04:20Well, there must be some girl you could take without chicken pox.
04:22Everyone with the squares are dated up by now.
04:25What about that new girl down the street?
04:27Agnes?
04:27Yeah.
04:28She's a cube.
04:29A cube?
04:30Yeah, that's a square in 3D.
04:34Look, Junior, there must be somebody you could take.
04:36Think.
04:39I think Betty Blakely hasn't got a date.
04:41Well, fine.
04:42Call her up.
04:43Here's Kramer's, huh?
04:44Oh, gosh, Pop.
04:45Do I have to?
04:46Well, certainly, Butch Grogan.
04:48Get in there.
04:48Goodbye.
04:51There you are.
04:53It's a cinch.
04:54Now you've got a girl.
04:55Not yet.
04:56She said she'd let me know.
04:58Oh, so that's her game, huh?
04:59She's stalling us.
05:01What do you mean?
05:02It's an old trick.
05:03She's stringing us along in case something better turns out.
05:06So what?
05:07I don't care.
05:08Look, Junior, the same trick has been played on me dozens of times.
05:12Something better always turned up.
05:14Now, don't you fall for it.
05:15You fall up another girl.
05:17Gee, Pop, I don't think I ought to...
05:19Let me do the thinking.
05:21Who else you got in your little black book?
05:22I haven't got a little black book.
05:24Well, I'll get you one.
05:25I thought you would think there must be somebody.
05:28Well, there's Angela.
05:30But she's a square.
05:32Well, she ain't a cube, is she?
05:34No.
05:35Well, all right.
05:36You call up Angela and make a date.
05:39Go ahead.
05:40Paul, you really think I ought to?
05:43I wouldn't say so if I didn't.
05:45This is costing me a fortune and dimes.
05:48Okay, if you say so.
05:49You've got to learn how to beat these women at their own game, Junior.
05:51Paul, is that you, Angela?
05:57This is Junior Riley.
06:00I was wondering if you'd like to go to dance with me Friday night.
06:05You would?
06:09Oh.
06:11That's swell.
06:14Okay.
06:15Goodbye, Angela.
06:18Heck, she said yes.
06:20Naturally.
06:21You see, your old man knows best, Junior.
06:23Come on, let's go.
06:27Hello?
06:29Who?
06:30Yeah, yeah, he's here.
06:32Just a minute.
06:33It's for you, Junior.
06:34For me?
06:35Yeah.
06:35Who knows I'm here?
06:36I don't know.
06:37Hello?
06:39Oh, hello, Betty.
06:41What?
06:43But just a minute, you can't...
06:44I mean...
06:45No, no, nothing's wrong.
06:50Okay.
06:54That was Betty again, Pop.
06:56She said she'd go to the dance with me.
07:00Well, uh...
07:02Well, fancy that.
07:03What am I going to do now?
07:05I've got two dates.
07:07Junior, I got news for you.
07:09You got me into this.
07:11Okay, well, I'll get you out.
07:14Now, just call Angela back and break the date that you made with her, see?
07:19I'm all dimed out.
07:21Where does Angela live?
07:23On Lakewood.
07:24Junior, be a man about this.
07:26Go tell her in person.
07:28Why?
07:30Because phonin' is the coward's way.
07:32Besides, it'll save a dime.
07:34Come on.
07:39Let's get a soda, Pop.
07:40Come on, Junior.
07:44Now, remember, if you get stuck, I'll help you out.
07:46I'm stuck now from you helping me out.
07:48Never mind.
07:49Ring the bell.
07:50Oh, gosh.
07:51I feel awful.
07:52Stop worrying.
07:53This is a cinch.
07:58What are you looking at that for?
07:59Well, I'm just getting the lay of the land.
08:01That's all.
08:02What's this?
08:04Gas company.
08:05Final notice.
08:06Oh, Junior.
08:08I ain't the only one in the neighborhood that gets a final...
08:12Hawkins.
08:14That's Angela's father.
08:16That's funny.
08:18That's the same name as my phone.
08:21My phone.
08:22It's him.
08:24He lives here.
08:25I remember he moved.
08:27He'll fire me.
08:28Come on, Junior.
08:29Let's get out of here.
08:32Riley.
08:33Well, well.
08:34What brings you here?
08:35Oh, I just dropped by to say hello.
08:38Goodbye.
08:39Wait a minute.
08:40What's the rush?
08:41This is your kid, isn't it?
08:42No, I never saw him before, Mike.
08:45Yeah, that's my kid.
08:46Fine looking little fella.
08:48So you're the young man who's dating my little Angela, huh?
08:51Well, the fact is, Mr. Hawkins...
08:54Ah, Junior, let's go.
08:55We'll be late for lunch.
08:56Say, you know, I'm tickled pink about this, Riley.
08:58Angela was dying to go to the dance, but nobody asked her.
09:02And then, like a miracle, your boy phones.
09:05Well, that's my Junior.
09:06You can't keep him away from a phone.
09:09The little darling was so happy,
09:10she went downtown with her mother to buy a dress.
09:13Well, I believe a dress is compulsory.
09:14Well, after all, an only child and her first dance.
09:17So it cost me 30 bucks.
09:19It's worth it.
09:20She's a wonderful little girl.
09:22Oh, well, in that case,
09:23maybe she wouldn't want to go with my Junior.
09:25He ain't much.
09:26Oh, you're some kidder, Riley.
09:28Well, you see, the fact is, Mr. Hawkins...
09:32Don't forget that Mr. Hawkins.
09:34The name is Hank.
09:35Ah, well, you see, Mr. Hank,
09:37what I'm driving at is...
09:39Well, let's go, Junior.
09:41Aren't you going to tell him, Pa?
09:42Tell me what?
09:44Riley, what are you doing that for?
09:47What are you doing?
09:48Oh, buck teeth.
09:50I got to keep pushing them back in.
09:52That's the order.
09:52How do you always do that every day?
10:03Because I'm sick of ham sandwiches.
10:05Every day the same thing.
10:07Ham sandwiches.
10:08Every day.
10:09Well, why don't you get Honeybee
10:10to put in something else?
10:11She's got nothing to do with it.
10:13I make them myself.
10:15Oh.
10:18Like I was telling you, Gillis,
10:20now Junior's got a date with two girls,
10:22Betty Blakely and Angela Hawkins.
10:25Well, the way it looks to me, Riley,
10:26you broke the date with the wrong girl.
10:29Angela's old man can get you fired.
10:31You should have broke the date with Betty.
10:33I got news for you, Gillis.
10:35Betty Blakely is the daughter of Henry Blakely
10:37who owns the mortgage on my house.
10:39Oh, that looks bad.
10:41You think he might foreclose?
10:43Might ain't the word.
10:44Well, he's got to have a good reason.
10:46Oh, he'll think of some silly reason.
10:48Like what?
10:49Like I'm backing my payments for three months.
10:52I got it, Riley.
10:54You don't want to risk losing your home.
10:57Better break the date with the Hawkins kid
10:59and lose your job.
11:00Hello, Riley.
11:03Have a cigar.
11:04Nothing like a good cigar after lunch.
11:06No, thanks.
11:07I gave up smoking.
11:09Well, now, look.
11:10If you're worried about the paint shop,
11:12forget it.
11:13After all, with your kid dating my kid
11:17for her first dance,
11:18you know, someday you're a junior
11:21and my Angela.
11:24Who knows, Riley?
11:26Yeah, who knows?
11:29Take it easy.
11:32Take it easy?
11:35That gets us right back to the Blakely kid.
11:37You've got to break the date with her.
11:40Yeah.
11:41That way you don't lose your job.
11:43No, but I lose my home.
11:44Well, you can't have everything.
11:46No.
12:02Give my kindest regards to your family
12:05and so forth and so forth.
12:07Yes?
12:08Uh, good morning.
12:09I'm Chester A. Riley.
12:10Riley?
12:11Riley.
12:12Hey, that name seems familiar to me.
12:14Mr. Riley occupies 1313 Bluefield.
12:17Of course.
12:18I heard it at breakfast this morning.
12:20Yes, my daughter Betty says she's, uh...
12:23You can't be the one
12:25who's going to take her to the dance.
12:27Oh, no, no.
12:28That's my son, Junior.
12:29Oh, well, so your son
12:31is my daughter's beau, eh?
12:33It's a small world.
12:34Yeah, I'm getting smaller all the time.
12:37Well, what can we do for you?
12:38I don't recall offhand
12:39what dealings we've had.
12:41Mr. Riley is four months behind
12:43in the payments on his home.
12:47Four months?
12:48Well, you must have
12:49very persuasive powers
12:50with Miss Prism.
12:51I have been unable
12:52to reach Mr. Riley.
12:54Even registered letters
12:55have been returned
12:56with notes
12:57from someone named Gillis
12:58saying Mr. Riley and family
13:01were vacationing
13:02in Saskatchewan.
13:03A mighty pretty country,
13:05Saskatchewan.
13:07Four months behind, eh?
13:09Well, that's not so good.
13:12I got enough here
13:12to pay one month.
13:14That would cut it down
13:15to three months.
13:16Yes, but even three months.
13:19Tell me, Mr. Riley,
13:20where did my daughter Betty
13:22meet your son, Chester?
13:23Oh, I don't know.
13:24School, I guess.
13:25School.
13:25Yes, well,
13:26her mother will say
13:27she was right as usual.
13:28She wanted to send her
13:29to St. Mary's.
13:30I'd be willing to ask Junior
13:32to give up his date
13:32with Betty if it would help.
13:34What?
13:34And have my wife
13:35tell me she told me so?
13:36Oh, no, sir.
13:38Mr. Riley,
13:38you and your son
13:39have given me
13:40an opportunity
13:40to prove something
13:41to my wife,
13:42so don't let me down.
13:45In return,
13:46we might stretch
13:47our foreclosure policy
13:48a little.
13:50Two-way stretch
13:51wouldn't hurt.
13:55Miss Prism,
13:56credit Mr. Riley
13:57with the month's payment
13:58he's brought.
13:59Make up a new mortgage.
14:00Payment starting
14:01in 60 days.
14:03the papers
14:04should be ready
14:05for you to sign.
14:07Let's make it
14:08Saturday
14:08after the dance
14:10on Friday.
14:14Thank you,
14:15Mr. Berkeley.
14:17Good day.
14:27Pop,
14:27what am I going to do?
14:29Do?
14:29About what?
14:30About Angela and Betty.
14:31Here it is Thursday night.
14:33I'm not thinking about it.
14:34You've been saying that
14:35for the last three days.
14:37Well,
14:38give me a chance.
14:38I'll get it all
14:39straightened out.
14:40You better hurry up.
14:41Tomorrow night's the dance.
14:43Boy,
14:43what a jam
14:44you got me into.
14:45Well,
14:46that's gratitude for you.
14:47I was over generous,
14:49that's all.
14:49You needed a date
14:50and I got you two.
14:51Why doesn't Junior
14:52take both girls?
14:54Nothing doing.
14:55How would you like
14:56taking two boys
14:57to a dance?
14:58I'd love it.
15:02All right,
15:03quiet,
15:03all of you.
15:05Now,
15:05let's take a look
15:06at this thing calmly.
15:07Look,
15:07Junior,
15:08you've got two dates.
15:09If you break one,
15:10I lose my home.
15:11If you break the other,
15:12I lose my job.
15:13If you break them both,
15:14I lose my home
15:15and my job.
15:17Well?
15:18Son,
15:19it's my duty
15:20as a father
15:21to guide you
15:21along the highway
15:22of life.
15:22But this is where
15:24I detour.
15:26Peg,
15:27take over.
15:28Very well,
15:29I will.
15:31Why don't we let
15:31Butch Grogan
15:32take one of these
15:33girls off Junior's hands?
15:34Swell.
15:35Butch can take Angela.
15:37Junior can call
15:38for Angela
15:38and Butch can wait
15:39outside.
15:40And then the three
15:41of them can call
15:41for Betty.
15:43The fathers need
15:43never know
15:44and I'm sure
15:45the girls won't mind.
15:46Well,
15:47that solves
15:48the whole problem.
15:49I knew I could
15:50work this out.
15:51Junior,
15:52get on the phone
15:53and call Butch.
15:55He hasn't got a phone.
15:57Well,
15:57you know where he lives,
15:58don't you?
15:58Sure,
15:59in an apartment
16:00over on Norton Street.
16:01Well,
16:01get over there
16:02right now.
16:03Okay,
16:03but you gotta
16:04come with me.
16:05Why?
16:05He's not gonna
16:06like this idea.
16:07He's a woman hater.
16:08He's probably shy,
16:09that's all.
16:10He should be
16:10only too pleased
16:11that Junior's
16:12found a nice girl
16:12for him.
16:13Well,
16:13that Hawkins girl
16:14has no prize.
16:15Neither is Butch.
16:16He'll make
16:17a nice couple.
16:19Huh?
16:19Let's go, Junior.
16:20Your father
16:21can get this family
16:22into more scrapes.
16:24There was nothing wrong
16:25with Butch and Junior
16:26stagging it to the dance.
16:27Lots of the fellas
16:28at college do.
16:29The girls don't mind.
16:31Gives us somebody
16:31to dance with
16:32besides our dates.
16:35Oh,
16:35there they are now.
16:36Didn't take them long.
16:41Well,
16:41what's wrong?
16:43Butch Grogan
16:43is sick in bed.
16:44Oh,
16:45no.
16:45They were just
16:46putting him into bed
16:47and calling the doctor
16:47as we drove up.
16:48I thought old man
16:50Grogan was lying
16:50so I went in
16:51to see for myself.
16:52He's in bed all right
16:53and running a fever.
16:55Fine.
16:56Well,
16:56what'll we do now?
16:57Junior should have
16:58been born twins.
16:59That had solved
17:00the whole thing.
17:02Well,
17:03it's too late
17:03to think about it now.
17:05Well,
17:05it's Thursday night.
17:06We've got 24 hours
17:07to think.
17:08Yeah.
17:11No.
17:11No.
17:11No.
17:12No.
17:12No.
17:12No.
17:12No.
17:12No.
17:12No.
17:12No.
17:14No.
17:14No.
17:16No.
17:16No.
17:16No.
17:16No.
17:17No.
17:18No.
17:18Well,
17:19Riley,
17:19it's now Friday.
17:20It's 7 o'clock.
17:21Junior's in his room
17:22dressing.
17:23Have you decided
17:23which of the girls
17:24he's going to take
17:24to the dance?
17:25No.
17:26I've decided
17:26to tell everybody
17:27the truth
17:27even though it means
17:28losing my home
17:29and my job.
17:30Well,
17:31looking at television
17:32isn't going to help.
17:33I'm waiting
17:33for Perry Prye,
17:34private eye.
17:35I don't want
17:35to miss him.
17:36Honestly,
17:37Riley,
17:38you're more
17:38of a child
17:39than Junior.
17:39Please,
17:41Peg,
17:42no light.
17:43Let me enjoy
17:44Perry Prye.
17:44He's all
17:45I've got left.
17:46Tomorrow,
17:46no home,
17:47no job,
17:48no television.
17:54Hello?
17:55Oh,
17:56Mr. Hawkins.
17:57It's Hank Hawkins.
17:58Tell him I'm in Saskatchewan.
18:00Oh,
18:01just a minute,
18:01Mr. Hawkins.
18:03He wants to know
18:03what's keeping Junior.
18:05Angela's been ready
18:05for an hour.
18:06Do you want
18:07to tell him
18:07the truth?
18:08Yeah.
18:09Tell him Junior's
18:10getting dressed.
18:11Riley.
18:12Well,
18:12that's the truth,
18:13isn't it?
18:14Junior's getting
18:15dressed,
18:15Mr. Hawkins.
18:16I'm sorry.
18:17I'll try to hurry him.
18:19Goodbye.
18:21Well,
18:22a fine job
18:22of telling the truth
18:23that was.
18:24Okay,
18:25now we know
18:25which is the most anxious.
18:26Junior can take Angela.
18:31Junior,
18:32you're taking Angela.
18:33I am?
18:37Hello?
18:39Oh,
18:39hello,
18:39Mr. Blakely.
18:41Just a minute,
18:42Mr. Blakely.
18:43It's Betty's father.
18:44He wants to know
18:45what's keeping Junior.
18:46Shall I tell him?
18:47No,
18:48no.
18:49Well,
18:49I've got to say something.
18:52Junior's all dressed
18:53and ready to go,
18:54Mr. Blakely.
18:55I'm sorry.
18:56I'll try and hurry him along.
18:58Goodbye.
19:00Mr. Blakely seemed
19:01even more anxious
19:02than Mr. Hawkins.
19:03That settles it.
19:05You're taking Betty.
19:06I am?
19:07Yeah.
19:07But what about Angela?
19:08I'd rather lose my job
19:09than my home.
19:10But if you lose your job,
19:11you won't have any money
19:12to pee for your home.
19:13Wouldn't it be better
19:14to lose your home?
19:16Don't mix me up,
19:17Junior.
19:18What can that be?
19:19You didn't make
19:20three dates.
19:22Hello?
19:23Oh,
19:23hello,
19:23Mrs. Grogan.
19:25Yes,
19:25Riley told me.
19:27What?
19:28Oh,
19:29that's too bad.
19:30I'm sorry.
19:32Oh,
19:32yes,
19:32of course,
19:32I'll tell him.
19:33Goodbye.
19:34That was
19:35Butch Grogan's mother.
19:37Butch has
19:37whooping cough.
19:38Whooping cough?
19:39Butch?
19:40Gee,
19:41that's funny.
19:42I thought everyone
19:42had had a whooping cough
19:43by the time
19:44they were Butch's age.
19:45Yeah,
19:45well,
19:45I wish you'd have waited.
19:48I got it.
19:49Give me that phone.
19:51What for?
19:52I'll call Hawkins
19:53and tell him
19:53that Junior's
19:54got the whooping cough.
19:55Then I'll call Blakely
19:55and tell him
19:56the same thing.
19:57But,
19:57Pop,
19:58I've had whooping cough
19:59and Angela knows it
20:00and so does Betty.
20:01We all had it
20:02the same year.
20:03Maybe they forgot.
20:04I gotta take that chance.
20:10Jeepers,
20:11what?
20:11Well,
20:12go get me some water,
20:13can't you see?
20:14I'm choking to death.
20:15What's the matter?
20:16I don't know.
20:17My throat's killing me.
20:18I can't swallow.
20:22You take Grogan's word for it.
20:24You had to go
20:25into Butch's bedroom.
20:26You had to make sure.
20:27Mr. Hawkins,
20:32I'm terribly sorry,
20:34but Junior won't be able
20:35to leave the house tonight.
20:37The doctor will undoubtedly
20:39quarantine us all.
20:41Riley has whooping cough.
20:45Tell Angela
20:46that Junior's terribly sorry.
20:48Thank you,
20:48Mr. Hawkins.
20:50Goodbye.
20:52Now,
20:52what's Betty Blakely's number?
20:54I'll dial it.
20:57What a revolting development
21:01this is.
21:06Bob?
21:07Oh,
21:07I'm fine, son.
21:09I'm sorry about
21:10the quarantine
21:10keeping you confined
21:11to the house.
21:12Oh,
21:12that's okay.
21:13It's only for the three days
21:14that you're contagious.
21:16I spent all the morning
21:17making phone calls.
21:19Phone calls?
21:20Yeah.
21:21Squirt myself with the girls.
21:22Thursday,
21:23I'm taking Angela
21:24to a birthday party.
21:25She'll get to wear
21:25a new dress.
21:27Saturday afternoon,
21:27I'm taking Betty Blakely
21:28to the movies.
21:30Oh,
21:30yeah.
21:31Marilyn Stewart's
21:32over the chicken pox now.
21:33I'm taking her
21:34to a preview Tuesday.
21:35Well,
21:36isn't that a lot of girls
21:37in one week?
21:38No,
21:39just three.
21:41Oh,
21:41yeah.
21:42The Knights are giving
21:43another dance
21:44a week from this Friday.
21:45Well,
21:45who are you taking to that?
21:47I haven't decided
21:48that yet.
21:49Do me a favor,
21:50Junior.
21:51What?
21:52Take Butch Grogan.
21:53true.
21:55That one could
22:07do,
22:09too.
22:11Yeah.
22:11Yeah.
22:12Yeah.
22:15Yeah.
22:15Yeah.
22:16Yeah.
22:16Wow.
22:16Yeah.
22:16Yeah.
22:16Yeah.
22:17Yeah.
22:17Yeah.
22:18I'll see you,
22:23For more information visit www.fema.org
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