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Riley goes to great lengths to remember his anniversary.
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00:00This is William Bendix in The Life of Riley, with Marjorie Reynolds as Peg, Tom DeAndre as Gillis,
00:10Lugene Sanders as Babs, Wes Morgan as Junior, and Gloria Blondell as Honeybee.
00:18Produced by Tom McKnight, and directed by Abby Berlin.
00:23Dad, you remember all the baseball statistics, yet you can't remember what size socks you wear.
00:30What's the license number of our car, Riley?
00:35On May 1st, 1920, Brooklyn and Boston played the longest game on record.
00:42After 26 innings, Brooklyn had one run, nine hits, and two errors.
00:45Boston had one run, 15 hits, and two errors.
00:48Game called on account of darkness after three hours and 50 minutes of play.
00:51And you ask me, what's the license number of our car?
00:55Oh, Peg.
00:56In here, Val.
00:59Hello, Peg.
01:00Hi.
01:00Hi, everybody.
01:02O'Reilly, Calvin's waiting outside.
01:04He wants to know if he can borrow your soldering iron.
01:06That Dudley must have holes in his head.
01:08He was standing right next to me yesterday morning when my soldering iron got burned out.
01:13And he was standing right next to you yesterday afternoon when you bought the new one.
01:16Junior, I...
01:18So why didn't he say he wanted to borrow the new one?
01:21Oh, O'Reilly, you and your memory.
01:23Peg, there's nothing wrong with my memory.
01:27It's just that I don't go cluttering up my brains by trying to remember unimportant details.
01:35What's the license number of our car?
01:38Oh, I missed you.
01:39You did.
01:41Doesn't clutter up his brain by remembering unimportant details like birthdays and wedding anniversaries.
01:47That's right, Mom.
01:48You do have a wedding anniversary this week.
01:51This Saturday.
01:52Have you made any plans, Peg?
01:53Who makes plans?
01:55It'll just be a...
01:56Wait, I think I will make some plans.
02:01I'll give a big party Saturday night.
02:03A surprise party for Riley.
02:05No, Ryle.
02:09No!
02:12Ryle, what are you doing Saturday night?
02:15Well, not a thing.
02:16Good.
02:17What do you say we're taking the fights?
02:18That's a good idea.
02:19Peg and Bell can find something to amuse themselves with.
02:22I think the lead of mine goes right here.
02:25Yeah, well, sure.
02:27I would have put a...
02:28Junior, get my soldering iron out of the garage.
02:30Okay, Paul.
02:30Is it on the bench?
02:35Junior, you know I don't leave tools lying around where they don't belong.
02:41It's in a shoebox marked paintbrushes.
02:43See, he's only a kid, you know.
02:47He doesn't know what he's supposed to say.
02:48Forget it.
02:48Forget it.
02:49I see.
02:51With a baked ham, I could have a molded salad.
02:54Hey!
02:56Don't forget the ice cream and cake.
02:58Oh, I won't, Bell.
02:59I think I'll spell out happy anniversary on the cake.
03:02Why don't you spell out, um...
03:05Sincerest good wishes to a wonderful husband
03:08on this beautiful and tender anniversary of our wedding.
03:13But, Bell, you'd need a tremendous cake for that.
03:19Junior, is that any way to look for a soldering iron?
03:26I'm sorry, Pop, but I ran across this old photograph, though.
03:29I don't care what you ran across.
03:30I said you went here to find a soldering iron.
03:33And I want you to keep looking for it until you find it.
03:35Thanks, Ryle.
03:35Huh?
03:37Oh, no.
03:38Yeah, well, put that album away, Junior, and you'll go back to the house.
03:42All right, Pop.
03:43Golly, you sure look great in your football uniform.
03:46Junior, I'll thank you not...
03:49I did?
03:51I sure did.
03:53Yeah.
03:55Hey, look at them shoulders.
03:57They were so thick, I didn't even wear shoulder pads.
04:00By that token, I suppose you didn't wear any helmet either.
04:02Right.
04:02I haven't looked through this photographic album in years.
04:09Look, there's a picture of Peg and me on our wedding day.
04:12Is that Mom holding the car door open for you?
04:15Yep.
04:15I'm saving my strength so I can carry her across the threshold.
04:19Naturally.
04:20Oh, and here's Peg and me.
04:21We're about to take a trip on our 10th wedding anniversary.
04:24Did you carry Mama over the threshold that time, too, Pop?
04:26Well, what makes you ask a stupid question like that, Junior?
04:29Mom's still holding the car door open for you.
04:35Oh.
04:36Uh, yeah, well, look, Junior, for your information, when you've had a flock of wedding anniversaries...
04:41Wedding anniversary.
04:45What's the matter, Ryle?
04:46Junior, you saved my life.
04:48Saturday is our wedding anniversary, and I almost forgot all about it.
04:51This Saturday?
04:52Yeah.
04:53Now relax, Ryle.
04:54Guys are expected to forget their wedding anniversary.
04:56Yes, and I always do, but not this time.
04:59I'm going to take Peg to the ritziest...
05:02No, I got a better idea.
05:04What's that?
05:05I'm going to throw a big surprise party for Peg.
05:08What about a fight?
05:09We don't have no fight.
05:10All right, let's remember, I'm outside.
05:12You said, I love you.
05:16You're doing it up right, Ryle, sending out invitations.
05:19Well, I never did anything like this in my life for Peg, so I'm going to go all the way.
05:23This is Mimi's gift shop.
05:25Can I help you, gentlemen?
05:26Are you Mimi?
05:27Now it's Mimi's day off.
05:29I'm at that.
05:30Oh.
05:32Look, I'm giving a surprise party for a few friends to celebrate my wife's wedding anniversary.
05:36Have you got any cards?
05:37That's an armed combination.
05:39Well, let's see.
05:42Now, you might start looking here.
05:46And then, try the other side.
05:51Hey, here's one.
05:59Happy anniversary to my sweetheart on this day.
06:02Oh, that's great.
06:03That's great.
06:04I can just see the expression on Otto's face when he reads it.
06:07Lyle, you're looking for invitation cards, not love notes to your wife.
06:11Uh, that's no good.
06:12No good.
06:19Oh, I'd like to get some party invitations.
06:22Oh, yes, ma'am.
06:23Right this way.
06:29And there's some on the other side, too.
07:06Did you find something?
07:08Mm-hmm.
07:09Oh, number 18.
07:12Just a minute.
07:14Here we are.
07:17Two dozen.
07:18It's perfect.
07:19I didn't notice the boys around the house when we left, did you?
07:23No, I didn't.
07:25I hope we don't run into them while we're shopping.
07:27I doubt it.
07:28Riley's shopping is confined to the hardware in Army's surplus store.
07:32Same with Calvin.
07:33Riley, the place like this would be like a bull in a china shop.
07:37I'll get about two dozen of these.
07:39Thank you, sir.
07:49I can't get over it.
07:56What's that, Peg?
07:58Well, Riley's keeping occupied with Dudley while we make all the arrangements for the party.
08:02It's working out beautifully.
08:04Did you address one to the Evans?
08:06Yes, I got them.
08:07Oh, okay.
08:08And we have a few left over, but that seems to do it.
08:11Okay.
08:11Let's put these out of sight while we go over to my house and get the stamps.
08:14Okay.
08:14Okay.
08:14Okay.
08:19You know, you can't beat that peg of mine for efficiency.
08:28One other housewife would have a sheet of postage stamps lying around the house.
08:32Well, we better get these in the mail with my death.
08:35What was that, Riley?
08:36The back door.
08:38Did you everything?
08:42Yeah, yeah.
08:49Hi, Riley.
08:52Hi.
08:53Hi.
08:56What you doing?
08:57Hmm?
08:59Oh, we, we, we, uh, we're not, we're watching TV.
09:07Watching TV?
09:09Yeah.
09:10Uh, this is the story of Moby Dick.
09:12It's the scene inside the whale.
09:15It's, uh, doing any clips.
09:18It's a spectacular.
09:20Yeah.
09:21Huh?
09:33Well.
09:38No use wasting the tour about a thing like that.
09:41Wow.
09:41Come on over to my house.
09:43I'll show you my new power saw.
09:44I want to see.
09:45Oh, okay.
09:46If there's one thing I'd like to see, it's your new power saw.
09:49Well, maybe, maybe, maybe.
09:50All right.
09:53You seem to be acting mighty peculiar.
09:55Oh, that's about par for them.
09:57See if they've gone.
10:02Yep, they've gone.
10:03Coast is clear.
10:04I'll get the stamps.
10:05They should be in here.
10:13Well, that's funny.
10:15I had a whole sheet of stamps.
10:16I wonder where I...
10:18Well, maybe I...
10:21Well, what's all this?
10:27Invitation to an anniversary party.
10:29In Riley's handwriting.
10:33Oh, no.
10:36Well, here's one in Calvin's handwriting.
10:39Hey, what are we going to do?
10:40In all the years we've been married, this is the first time Riley's ever done anything like this.
10:45And, Belle, I'm not going to spoil his fun.
10:47You're not going to send out your invitations?
10:49No, this means too much to Riley.
10:52I'm going to let him give the party.
10:54I'll put these back.
10:55I never found them.
10:57I'm sorry, Riley.
10:58I had to get you out of there.
10:59Yeah.
11:01Oh, this anniversary party's going to be a big surprise for my take.
11:05Yeah.
11:05If we don't mail those invitations pretty soon, there isn't going to be any party.
11:08We'll get them there.
11:10Go for a cup of coffee, Riley?
11:11Yeah, I don't mind if I do.
11:13Will you get it?
11:13It's in the cupboard there.
11:14Oh, sure.
11:15Sure.
11:19Watch it, Riley.
11:21What's the idea of your wife filing her correspondence in the grocery cupboard?
11:25It's not correspondence.
11:26It's probably cake recipes.
11:28Cake recipes?
11:29Boy, that Belle sure must be nuts about cake recipes.
11:34Well, some people say stamps.
11:36Belle saves cake recipes.
11:40Oh, looks like this tin's about empty.
11:42Yeah, there's another there.
11:44There's another one in the cupboard.
11:45Will you get it, Riley?
11:46Oh, yeah, sure.
11:49Will you be careful, Riley?
11:50Well, it's not my fault.
11:52Your wife will just keep her...
11:55Hey.
11:56What's this?
11:57What's the matter?
11:58It says something about an anniversary.
12:00How do you know how it is?
12:01They have anniversary cakes, wedding cakes, birthday cakes.
12:04Oh, yeah.
12:04Fourth of July cakes, groundhog day cakes.
12:07They sure overdo a good thing.
12:09That's women for you.
12:10You are causally invited to attend an anniversary party at...
12:15anniversary party.
12:16What are you talking about?
12:17Cal, what's the idea of bringing my invitations over here?
12:21What do you mean, bringing them over here?
12:23You and me are in this thing together.
12:25You don't have to go playing tricks on me, you know.
12:27Are you nuts or something?
12:28Let me look at some of those.
12:30Oh, you sure write like a girl.
12:33That's not my writing.
12:34That's Bell's.
12:35Bell's?
12:36Hey.
12:40Some of these are in Peg's handwriting.
12:42That's right.
12:43Doesn't that tell you something?
12:44Yeah, Peg writes like a girl, too.
12:46No, no, no.
12:47I mean about the invitations.
12:50Yeah.
12:51That's right.
12:52You know something?
12:53Peg and me both got the same idea.
12:55Right.
12:56What are you going to do about it?
12:57Well, it's a cinch.
12:59I'm not going to spoil Peg's funny.
13:01I'm going to let her give the surprise party.
13:03You know what I'm going to do?
13:05I'm going to put these back just where I found them
13:07and make out like I never even saw them.
13:10There we are.
13:11What are we laughing at, Rob?
13:18Well, I hope I can keep a strange face
13:19when everybody at the party yells,
13:21Surprise!
13:30Hi, Pa.
13:31Hi, Junior.
13:33Well, tonight's the night.
13:36That's right.
13:37You didn't let on to your mother that I know about
13:38her little surprise, huh?
13:39Oh, I didn't say a word.
13:41Good.
13:41Those friends are mine are sure keeping it, Mom.
13:43Otto and Waddle didn't even say they got invitations.
13:47Your mother ordered a baked ham, huh?
13:50Well, I didn't see any.
13:51Oh, no, but it figures.
13:53Your mother's a great one for keeping a secret.
13:55She always orders a baked ham for these kind of affairs.
13:59I wonder how Dad intends feeding all the people.
14:02He's probably ordered all the food from Eddie's Delicatessen.
14:04I'm going to bring you down for that.
14:06Oh, hi, Duncan.
14:08Oh, hello, Deb.
14:09Debsy.
14:09Hi, Dad.
14:10My, you look happy this evening.
14:15Uh, well, not any happier than you look.
14:19Dear, I had a late lunch today, so I thought if you didn't mind, we wouldn't eat until later.
14:25Baked.
14:25Baked.
14:28Well, I guess I'll go in and get a shave and a shower.
14:31Oh, you're going to shave and shower.
14:33I thought you shaved and showered this morning.
14:36Oh, well, I did, but I, uh, I made a new resolution today.
14:41I said to myself, uh, a guy should always get shaved and showered as soon as he gets home from work, I said to myself.
14:47Hmm.
14:48Well, today I made a new resolution.
14:50You did?
14:51Hmm.
14:51I said to myself, if a guy can shave and shower as soon as he gets home from work, the least his gal can do is fix her hair and put on her prettiest dress, which I'm going to do right now.
15:00Come on, Deb.
15:01Maybe she hid it in the garage.
15:28Hey, you look real sharp, huh?
15:40Well, thank you, Junior.
15:42Son, I know exactly what's going to happen.
15:45Your mother's going to pull the old gag on me of trying to get me out of the house so I won't be here when the guests arrive.
15:50She will?
15:51Oh, sure.
15:51That's standard procedure for all surprise parties.
15:54So I'm going to make it easy for her.
15:56Watch.
15:57Watch.
15:57Oh, Peg.
16:01Yes, Riley?
16:02Here it comes.
16:03How about taking a little walk with me down to Cal for his drugstore?
16:06Okay, dear.
16:07Anything you say.
16:09Thank goodness.
16:10For a minute, I thought he'd forgotten to get me out of the house.
16:13Pass inspection with flying colors.
16:15Oh, thanks, dear.
16:16Oh, and Babs, when the guests arrive, just have them put their coats in here.
16:19Okay.
16:19Oh, now remember, Mom, act surprised.
16:22Oh, I will.
16:24What are you smiling about, Riley?
16:26For me?
16:27Oh, I...
16:28I...
16:28I was just thinking about how many vitamin pills Mr. Garber must sell every month.
16:33Seemed kind of funny.
16:34Oh, yes, I can understand how that could be very amusing.
16:38Hi, Mr. Riley.
16:39Oh, hi.
16:39Hello, Riley.
16:40Uh, two cups of coffee, eh?
16:42Okay.
16:43Sure that's all you want, Peg?
16:46Well, if you're a good girl, I may buy you a hot fudge Sunday later.
16:50Like we have on our first date.
16:52Yeah.
16:53Just like on our first date.
16:57Peg, I'll never feed you.
17:08Excuse me a minute, Peg.
17:16Otto, what are you doing here?
17:17Oh, hi, Riley.
17:19Why aren't you all dressed up?
17:20Dressed up?
17:21Yeah.
17:21Who needs a good dress to go home?
17:23I'm curdled up in bed with a good comic book.
17:25Yeah, but aren't you going out tonight?
17:28Oh, I make a while later than night.
17:29Oh, for a minute there, you had me worried.
17:32Oh, about 9.30, I always walk my air veil around the block.
17:37Otto, didn't you get an invitation?
17:39Riley, I don't need an invitation.
17:41My air veil is just like one of the fudges.
17:44No, I don't mean that.
17:45I mean, oh, Steve, have you got this month's issue of Atomic Tommy and his supersonic scooter?
17:50Come on.
17:51I'll wait.
17:51Something wrong, dear?
18:05Peg, that was Otto.
18:07So I noticed.
18:09Yeah, but he's one of my closest friends.
18:11Why, he's as close to me as, as, well, hello, Mr. Riley.
18:19Well, well, aren't we all dressed up?
18:21Yes, aren't we, though?
18:22Yeah.
18:23Oh, I get it.
18:25You, you just stopped by to get a last-minute gift, huh?
18:28Now, let's not pry, shall we?
18:30I'm sorry.
18:31Well, as long as you've guessed it, I might as well admit, that's it.
18:35I'm sorry I mentioned it.
18:37The more expensive presents are in the rear of the store.
18:42If you see Millicent, don't say anything about this.
18:45Oh, no.
18:47Millicent?
18:48Yeah.
18:48Next Friday's her birthday.
18:51Well, as I always say, let's get together sometime.
18:54What did you do, Peg?
19:03Just invite your own friends?
19:05What do you mean?
19:06Well, I...
19:08Well, Peg, I might as well come out with it.
19:13I know something that you don't know.
19:15And, Riley, I know something that you know that you don't think I know.
19:19You know something that I know that I don't think...
19:21You mean the surprise anniversary party?
19:25Yes, dear.
19:26And, Riley, I think it's the sweetest thing you've ever done.
19:31Well, you get up in years, you...
19:33It's the sweetest thing I've ever done.
19:37What?
19:38But, Peg...
19:39And, Riley, I have to be honest with you.
19:41I saw the invitations you sent out.
19:44No.
19:44No.
19:45I didn't send out any invitations because I saw the invitations...
19:48But neither one of us sent them out.
19:55No.
19:57Neither one of us sent...
19:58Steve, bring us two giant hot fudge sundaes.
20:05Come on up, Mr. Riley.
20:06Oh, that's the way, dear.
20:08We didn't have people around us on our first date,
20:11and we can celebrate without them now.
20:13That's right, Peg.
20:14Just you and me, all alone.
20:15Peg, couldn't we make an exception
20:22and include bats and chocolate?
20:24Oh, wow.
20:30Some of these high heels.
20:32You don't mind, do you?
20:33Well, you didn't wear high heels the night we met,
20:35and there's no need for you to wear them now.
20:36You didn't wear a tie, either.
20:38Well, you're right.
20:39Who are you trying to impress?
20:41Oh, that's better.
20:43Well, what's going on here?
20:59Well, after you and Mom left,
21:01Junior and I got to comparing notes.
21:03We figured out what happened.
21:04So we got on the phone and started calling.
21:06Yeah, we barely beat you folks over here.
21:08Oh, this is swell.
21:14It's good to be alone,
21:15but there's nothing like being surrounded by your friends.
21:17I had the food sent over from Eddie's delicatessen.
21:20I tasted everything.
21:21It was delicious.
21:22Yeah, I've been on my guitar.
21:24How about now?
21:25We're going to have some close harmony later.
21:27Oh, I can see we're going to have a great evening.
21:29Hey, fellas, how about kissing a bride?
21:30Hey, that's a good idea.
21:31That's a good idea.
21:32Jack!
21:34Jack!
21:42Jack!
21:55Jack!
21:56Jack!
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