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Junior drops out of school when he comes to the conclusion that getting a job would be more profitable.
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00:00Produced in association with the NBC Television Network.
00:30Put up with what, dear?
00:31One of these days, you'll be cutting down Junior's clothes to fit me.
00:34That'll be the day.
00:41William Bendix in The Life of Riley.
00:51With Marjorie Reynolds as Peg, Tom DeAndrea as Gillis,
00:55Lou Jean Sanders as Babs, and Wesley Morgan as Junior.
01:00Produced by Tom McKnight.
01:07And directed by Abby Berlin.
01:14Oh, hi, gang.
01:16Hi, Junior.
01:16Hi, Junior.
01:17Hi, Junior.
01:17Guess what?
01:18We're not going to the movies.
01:19We're not?
01:20Earl has a super idea.
01:22Lucky we're all dressed up.
01:23Yeah, Dad, we're taking the women to the Blue View Country Club.
01:26Isn't that wonderful?
01:27Well, yes, but I thought...
01:28Best dance music in town.
01:30And stakes that thick.
01:31Are you ready, Junior?
01:33Well, I sort of thought that that picture at the movies was movies.
01:38We want to have some fun.
01:39Live, man, live.
01:41Well, Junior, if you don't want to go, it's all right with me.
01:44Wait just a second.
01:45I'll be right back.
01:46I'll run over to Mrs. Douglas and see if she has some thread to match.
01:55Well, Junior, I thought you'd go on.
01:57Oh, I can't very well go, Pop.
02:00That is...
02:00What's the matter, dear?
02:02Mom, Pop, I'm on a spot.
02:05Oh?
02:05Well, what's the trouble, son?
02:07Well, they decided that we're not going to the movies.
02:10Well, good.
02:11You saved money.
02:12We're going to the country club.
02:13Oh, it's nothing like going to the...
02:15Country club?
02:18For dinner.
02:19I think it's ridiculous.
02:20Teenage, you simply can't afford to go to such places.
02:23Well, you're right, Mom.
02:23No.
02:25No, Peg, I think you should go.
02:27Well, I don't have to go.
02:29No, look, Junior.
02:30You're not going to be a piker in front of your friends.
02:32Well, really, it's not a matter of him being a piker.
02:34Look, Peg, Junior's old enough to start going places.
02:39Here you are, son.
02:41Five bucks.
02:42Thanks, Pop.
02:43Don't mention it.
02:44Live it up.
02:44You can give me the change in the morning.
02:47Good night, dear.
02:48You're welcome.
02:49Well, all I can say is things are a lot different today
02:52than they were when you were courting me.
02:55We were lucky if your father gave you 50 cents
02:57when we went out.
03:09Junior, I can't believe we're really here.
03:12I feel just like Cinderella.
03:14Yeah, me too.
03:16What?
03:17Hey, kids, Jerry's got a terrific idea.
03:19We're all going down to the beach.
03:20Now?
03:21Well, sure, Dad.
03:22Now, after the concessions close,
03:23we'll go for a ranch breakfast at the farmhouse.
03:26All you can eat for two and a half.
03:27Well, gee, fellas, I don't...
03:28Come on, Ann.
03:29Looks like a big night.
03:30Let's go get freshened up.
03:32Snap out of it, Junior.
03:33We'll have a ball.
03:34Besides, we can...
03:35Wait a minute.
03:36I think I know what's eating Junior.
03:39Lo do re mi, right, Junior?
03:40Yeah.
03:41I thought I had enough money, but...
03:42Oh, forget it, pal.
03:44Me and Earl are working men, remember?
03:45Sure, we'll take you this time.
03:47We know just what you're up against.
03:48We had the same money problems
03:50before we got fed up with school
03:51and went to work.
03:52Hey, here's the girls.
03:53Let's go.
03:54Okay, please, fellas.
03:55I can't let you spend money on me.
03:56That's what it's for.
03:57Come on.
04:03Still trying to figure out Junior's allowance?
04:05Yeah, but I'm not getting any whip.
04:07What seems to be the trouble?
04:08Well, I've been giving him $2 a week.
04:11Now, if I'm going to increase it to $5,
04:12I've got to increase his chores
04:14to make him think he's earning the money.
04:15So?
04:16Well, for the $2 I've been giving him,
04:19he's had to mow the lawn,
04:20put out the cans,
04:21clean the garage,
04:22weed the flower beds,
04:23wash the car,
04:24clean his room,
04:25sweep the porch,
04:25and run the errands.
04:26And now,
04:27you want to find out
04:28what he can do
04:29to earn the additional $3?
04:30Yeah, that's right, yeah.
04:32Well, he could paint the house,
04:34cement the patio,
04:35build a carport,
04:37put in a sprinkling system,
04:38overhaul a car,
04:39and re-shingle the roof.
04:41Yeah.
04:42And then he could...
04:43That'll run into overtime,
04:47and I can't afford to put out
04:48more than $5 a week.
04:49Oh, Riley.
04:50What's that?
04:50Oh, yeah, I see what you mean.
04:55That would be...
04:55Maybe I'd better just forget about it
04:58and throw in the extra $3.
05:00I should think so.
05:01Yeah, I'll do that.
05:02I'll put out the lights, Peg.
05:03Leave the porch light on for Junior.
05:05Oh, okay.
05:09Peg.
05:09Mm-hmm?
05:10You know something?
05:10Yeah.
05:12I'll bet Junior won't be home
05:13until about 1 o'clock in the morning.
05:15That mays.
05:16Well, sure.
05:17Even the way kids spend money nowadays
05:19and take him that long,
05:19get rid of the five bucks I gave him.
05:21Oh, sure.
05:23But I ain't spoken.
05:24He'll earn it when he starts
05:25mowing that lawn
05:26and it perhaps is about up to the air.
05:28Got to think.
05:38Hey, Wild.
05:40Oh, hi, Captain.
05:43Well, how come you have to mow the lawn?
05:45Well, Junior was up late last night,
05:47so I thought I'd let him sleep this morning.
05:48Oh, that's very considerate.
05:50Yeah.
05:50You know, I saw you start this job
05:52when I first got up this morning.
05:53Yeah.
05:53I wanted to give you a hand,
05:54but I just couldn't tear myself away.
05:56Tear yourself away from what?
05:58The window.
05:59Watching you work just fascinates me.
06:01Yeah, well, it...
06:02Huh?
06:03Here, let me give you a hand.
06:04Oh, no.
06:04For your information,
06:06friend and neighbor,
06:07the lawn has already been mowed.
06:10You can't say I didn't offer it.
06:11Oh.
06:11Oh.
06:12Hey, that's a pretty good-looking car
06:14for those kids to be riding around in.
06:16Oh, Mr. Riley.
06:17Oh, hi, Ann.
06:21Hello, kid.
06:21Is this your home?
06:22Yeah, he's home,
06:23but I think he's still...
06:24There he is.
06:26Hi.
06:27Hey.
06:28Pretty cool.
06:29Yeah, I just got it.
06:30We're all going up to Arrowhead for the day.
06:31How about it, Dad?
06:32Well, I suppose I could...
06:34Junior?
06:35No, they don't mean you, Riley.
06:36You don't?
06:36Oh.
06:38What do you say, Junior?
06:39We'll have lunch at the lodge
06:40and grab dinner on the way back.
06:42No, I'm sorry, kids.
06:43I just can't make it.
06:44Oh, are you sure, Junior?
06:47Yeah.
06:48I've got to get that term paper finished for Monday.
06:50Oh, I understand.
06:51You can drop me off at the house.
06:53Oh, no, Ann.
06:54You come with us.
06:55Well, sure.
06:56No need to spoil your fun on account of me, Ann.
06:58Then you don't mind?
06:59Of course not.
07:00Have fun.
07:02See you, bye.
07:03Bye.
07:04Bye.
07:05Bye.
07:09I can't figure Junior
07:10passing up a chance like that.
07:12Feast me.
07:13Son,
07:15why didn't you want to go with your friends?
07:18Bob, how can I afford...
07:19I mean,
07:20I just didn't feel like going.
07:22Oh.
07:25It's sure hard to figure out
07:26what goes on in the mind of a child.
07:29Well, I guess the answer is
07:30you've got to have the mind of a child yourself.
07:32And what are you worried about?
07:33Nothing.
07:34I just...
07:35Oh, go on home.
07:37Hank,
07:38I think I know what's got Junior down.
07:40It's that term paper
07:41he's got to finish up by Monday.
07:43Yes, I suppose that could be it.
07:44Well, he's right on it in there.
07:46I guess he realizes
07:47how tough it is
07:48to get through high school
07:49and go to college.
07:51Mom,
07:52Pop,
07:52I've got something
07:53I want to tell you.
07:54You can tell us
07:55after you finish that term paper, son.
07:57Well, that's what I wanted to tell you.
07:58I'm not going to finish it.
08:00Well, let me tell you something, Junior.
08:02I'm quitting school.
08:03Oh, what a time for company.
08:17Hi.
08:17Hello, Belle.
08:18Hi, Calvin.
08:19Oh, what a relief.
08:20Why?
08:20We thought you might be company.
08:22Thanks.
08:24You and Riley get your hat and coat.
08:26Cal and I are taking you to dinner.
08:27Yeah, we found a swell seafood place
08:29on Robertson.
08:30Uh, no, Cal,
08:33you and Belle go ahead.
08:35Peg and I
08:35would rather stay home tonight.
08:37Peg, what's wrong?
08:39Well, I suppose
08:40you might as well know.
08:41Come on in the kitchen.
08:42I'll fix your cup of coffee.
08:47What gives, Ryle?
08:49Oh, it's Junior.
08:52He wants to quit school.
08:53What?
08:56It's beyond me.
08:58You think you're not your children
08:59when something like this happens?
09:01Belle, if you were in my shoes
09:02and you had...
09:04Oh, I'm sorry, Belle.
09:05Oh, that's all right, Peg.
09:07Oh, I'm so upset
09:08I wasn't aware of what I was saying.
09:09I understand.
09:11I know one thing.
09:13Calvin and I would gladly
09:14have all of your problems.
09:15I know you would.
09:17Riley and I are very fortunate
09:18and I guess this is all a part of it.
09:21If the kid would only understand
09:23that going to school
09:24is the best part of his whole life.
09:25Why, sure.
09:26This working for a living
09:28is awful after childhood bliss.
09:31If you can only explain this to Junior.
09:33Yeah.
09:34If I could show him what it is
09:35to put in eight hours every day
09:37to back-breaking work,
09:39the drudgery.
09:40Yeah.
09:41If your job wasn't such a snap,
09:42you could take him down that.
09:44Yeah, but...
09:45What do you mean a snap?
09:48There ain't no guy around
09:49that works any harder than I do.
09:51Well, then take him down
09:52another plant with you.
09:54Yeah.
09:55Yeah, that's a great idea.
09:57I'll take him Monday.
09:58I'll show him
09:59what he'll be up against.
10:01It's the same old grind
10:02day after day.
10:04Hi, fellow slave.
10:05Hi, Ryle.
10:06Hello, Julian.
10:07Hi, Mr. Schmiddler.
10:08Oh, come on, Otto.
10:09Let's get going.
10:11Huh?
10:11Let's get on
10:12with the back-breaking work.
10:14But, Ryle,
10:14it's only two minutes a day
10:16and we never start
10:17until the whistle blows.
10:21Every day,
10:22it's the same thing.
10:24Fighting to get the locker
10:25and the door open.
10:28Then you've got to
10:30put your lunchbox
10:31way up on the top shelf
10:35and you've got to
10:36drag out that heavy toolbox.
10:41It's the same thing.
10:43The day after the day,
10:44it's a wonder
10:45a fellow don't crack
10:46up under the strain.
10:47Care for a banana, Junior?
10:49No, thanks.
10:50Well, come on, Otto.
10:52Let's get going
10:53before the boss shows up
10:54and beats our brains out.
10:56Okay.
10:58Okay.
11:06Come on, Otto.
11:14The continual jarring
11:23is enough to tear your arm
11:24over hour after hour
11:26after hour.
11:37Was my turn to spring
11:38for the coffee and thornets
11:39this morning?
11:40Uh, well, uh,
11:41I don't want any.
11:42I got work to do.
11:46You hear that, Otto?
11:48You don't want any.
11:49He's got work to do.
11:51Maybe he's sore
11:51because these aren't
11:52jelly donuts
11:53he usually gets.
11:53Yeah.
11:56Okay.
12:01Have a donut, Junior.
12:02We got plenty.
12:03Thanks.
12:10There's a trouble
12:11with this place.
12:12They're always
12:13forcing something on you.
12:14Hey, here comes Hawkins.
12:17Oh, I was afraid of this.
12:19When the boss sees us,
12:20he'll kill us.
12:21Otto!
12:22Evans!
12:23Riley!
12:24Here it comes.
12:25Yeah, Hawkins?
12:25Would you fellas like
12:26to get in on the pool
12:27for Saturday's game?
12:28Yeah!
12:29Yeah!
12:30Count me in.
12:31Riley?
12:38Okay.
12:39If I didn't
12:40he can me
12:40on the spot.
12:42Isn't that
12:42your son, Riley?
12:43Yeah.
12:44You know, Junior.
12:46Hi, Mr. Hawkins.
12:47Yeah, strapping,
12:48young fellow.
12:48He'll be able
12:49to handle a job
12:50of his own
12:50one of these days.
12:52Yeah.
12:53Yeah.
12:54Well, well.
12:55Back to the grind.
12:57Hold it, Riley.
12:58I want you to go
12:59over to the recreation
13:00hall and sit through
13:01a couple of films
13:02on stress and balance.
13:03I'll see you over there.
13:05That's a dirty deal.
13:07It sure is.
13:08It'll louse up
13:08our coffee break
13:09at night.
13:10It's dirty.
13:10Yeah.
13:17Peg?
13:18Peg?
13:18Oh, hello, dear.
13:21Hello, Dopplin.
13:22Oh, you didn't waste
13:22any time getting
13:23home from work.
13:23No.
13:24Is Junior home yet?
13:25Yes, he's been
13:25home for some time.
13:27Did he have
13:27anything to say?
13:28No, not a word.
13:29Oh, yes, he did
13:30say one thing.
13:31Why?
13:31Well, he said
13:32he can't understand
13:33why every night
13:33after dinner
13:34you fall asleep
13:34in your easy chair.
13:37Well, now, Peg,
13:37this wasn't one
13:38of my regular days.
13:39Believe me, it wasn't.
13:40Yes, dear.
13:41I generally work
13:42like a dog,
13:43riveting and hoist
13:44in those heavy
13:44wing sections.
13:45The phone.
13:46Hello?
13:50Oh, hi, Jerry.
13:52No, nothing much.
13:54Yeah, I talked
13:55to Earl, and he said
13:55he'd see his boss
13:56today about getting
13:57me a job done
13:57at the mill.
13:59Yeah, that's right.
14:01Yeah, Earl said
14:02he'd drop by
14:03the house tonight
14:03and let me know
14:04how things are
14:04going to work out.
14:06Okay, Jerry.
14:08So on.
14:12I was hoping
14:13he wouldn't go
14:13through with this.
14:16Peg, we've got
14:18one last chance.
14:20I was thinking
14:20that if I could
14:21show you an example
14:22of what happens
14:23to a guy
14:23who never finished
14:24school, why that
14:25might do it.
14:25So I talked
14:27to Otto, and he's
14:28got this friend
14:28who's a bellhop,
14:29but that might
14:31be him now.
14:32Oh, you get it.
14:33I'm not in the mood
14:33to meet anybody.
14:34Okay.
14:36Oh, hello, Otto.
14:37Ryle?
14:38How'd it do?
14:38Oh, hello.
14:39This is Pee-wee Walker,
14:40the guy I was
14:40telling you about.
14:42Yeah.
14:43Yeah, it's nice
14:44to know you, Pee-wee.
14:45Hi, this is Charlie.
14:45Look, would you
14:46excuse me for a
14:47minute, please?
14:47Sure.
14:47I'll be right back.
14:48Oh, Junior, I sure
14:50appreciate you
14:51fellas coming over
14:51here.
14:52You're welcome?
14:52Yeah, Junior, I got
14:54somebody I want you
14:55to meet.
14:55This is my son, Junior.
14:56It's Pee-wee Walker.
14:57Hi, son.
14:58Hello.
14:59Uh, Pee-wee, I, uh,
15:01I understand you
15:02quit school in the
15:03fifth grade, huh?
15:04Fourth grade.
15:05Yeah, I see.
15:06It was me you
15:06was thinking about,
15:07right, huh?
15:08Yeah.
15:08Yeah, that's right,
15:09I know.
15:09You, uh, you,
15:10you quit to take
15:11a job bellhopping?
15:12Yeah, that's right.
15:13You?
15:13It's a pretty rough
15:17life, bellhopping,
15:18isn't it?
15:18Oh, awful terrible,
15:19you know?
15:19Yeah.
15:21Uh, by your age,
15:23I'd say that you've
15:24been bellhopping
15:25about 30 years, huh?
15:26Yeah, about that.
15:28But I ain't bellhopping
15:29no more.
15:29No, I see.
15:30But I kind of
15:31have no education.
15:32You couldn't hold
15:33a job.
15:34Well, what are you
15:35doing up here?
15:35Will you sweep
15:36out the place,
15:37then, and carry
15:38out the trash?
15:39No, I don't
15:39know what to tell.
15:40You see that
15:41you know?
15:43You own a hotel.
15:44Yeah, it's one
15:45in a chain of
15:46four of them.
15:51It's the first time
15:52I've seen Pee-wee
15:53in five years.
15:53Yeah, because I've
15:54been cruising around
15:55the world in my yacht.
15:56Oh.
15:57No, I've got a big
15:59one on you.
15:59I don't know.
15:59Come on, come on.
16:00There's some swallows,
16:01but I don't know
16:01where I left them.
16:02Yeah, yeah,
16:02goodbye, Pee-wee.
16:03Hey, Otto,
16:04if you want to lift
16:04all my shoes,
16:05I'll drive you home.
16:06Okay, so are,
16:07Pee-wee.
16:07I think you do.
16:08See, Pa.
16:10Junior, go to your
16:11room.
16:11Go on.
16:14Oh, Otto,
16:15you dummy.
16:16When he picked you
16:17up in that limousine
16:18driven by a chauffeur,
16:19what must you
16:20have been thinking?
16:21I was thinking
16:21what a swell aunt
16:22he's got.
16:23What?
16:23Yeah, she died
16:24and left him
16:25a half a million dollars.
16:30Oh, Otto.
16:31No, no, no, no,
16:32no, no.
16:33Peg, I got a scheme.
16:42Riley, this is no time
16:43for schemes.
16:45No, I guess you're right.
16:47Well, here goes.
16:47Oh, dear, Peg.
16:49Don't you worry,
16:49I know just what I'm doing.
16:51Son?
16:58Yeah, come on in, Pa.
17:07What are you doing?
17:09I'm packing away
17:09my school stuff.
17:10Oh.
17:14Junior.
17:15Yeah, Pa?
17:16Well, I, uh,
17:18I want to have
17:18a little talk with you.
17:20Okay, Pop,
17:21but my mind's made up.
17:22Oh, yeah, I know,
17:23but I just want
17:25to have a little talk anyway.
17:31I don't know
17:31whether I ever told you
17:32this or not, Junior,
17:33but when I was your age,
17:35I dropped out of school.
17:37I didn't know that, Pa.
17:38Now, it's not one
17:39of those things
17:40that you go around
17:40talking about.
17:42But it's the biggest
17:43mistake I ever made.
17:44Well, you've done
17:46all right for yourself.
17:47Oh, yeah, sure.
17:48We get by.
17:48We got a home
17:50and a car,
17:50but we could do better,
17:53Junior, a lot better.
17:56Uh, sit down to me.
17:57You got a minute?
17:58Sure, Pa.
17:59Yeah.
18:00Uh, yeah.
18:02Wanted to tell you
18:03about what happened
18:04at the plant last week.
18:06Job came up
18:07in wing assembly,
18:08in the office.
18:10Guys like me
18:11and Otto
18:12and Muley,
18:13we weren't even considered.
18:14Yeah, but you get all...
18:15Peterson,
18:17a fellow who'd only been
18:17with us for 18 months
18:19got the job.
18:20That guy didn't have
18:21a college education,
18:22but he didn't have
18:24high school math.
18:26And that's what
18:26the job required.
18:28Competition is tough
18:29these days, Junior,
18:30and getting tougher.
18:33Gives you sort of a
18:34helpless feeling
18:36when you find
18:37that you're not
18:37going anyplace.
18:38you're stuck
18:40and you know it.
18:43I don't mean that
18:44you feel sorry
18:46for yourself
18:46or anything like that,
18:47but,
18:48well, like me,
18:49I keep thinking
18:51about your mother
18:52and things that
18:53I could do for her
18:54if I had a little
18:55better job.
18:58That's when a guy
18:58kicks himself
18:59and says,
19:00I wish I had
19:01that extra schooling.
19:02I don't have to tell you
19:19that your mother and I
19:20have had high hopes
19:21for you, Junior.
19:23I don't mean that
19:24we want to force you
19:24into anything,
19:25but we want to give you
19:27what little opportunity
19:28we can
19:29and try to show you
19:31the right way.
19:33The rest is up to you.
19:37Well, I guess
19:38that's about it.
19:54Do you any good?
19:55I don't know, Pink.
20:02Oh, hello, Earl.
20:04Hi, Mr. Riley.
20:05Come on in.
20:06Hi, Mrs. Riley.
20:07Hello, Earl.
20:07Is Junior home?
20:08Yes, he's in his room.
20:09I've got great news
20:10for him.
20:11I talked to my boss
20:12at the mill
20:12and he's got the job.
20:13Oh, no.
20:15Can I talk to him?
20:17Well, I don't think so,
20:18will you see?
20:18Riley.
20:20Junior!
20:21Earl is here!
20:22It's a real neat deal.
20:25Oh, hi, Earl.
20:29I swear,
20:30you got the job.
20:31I have.
20:32Starting dough is terrific
20:33and you only have to work
20:34five days a week
20:35and on top of that...
20:36Oh, Earl.
20:36Yeah?
20:37I'm not going to take the job.
20:39What?
20:41Yeah, I'm not dropping out of school.
20:43But, Junior,
20:44I want all this trouble
20:45to get you this...
20:46I know, Earl,
20:47but, well,
20:48I had a talk with Dad
20:50and, well,
20:52I changed my mind.
21:01Thanks, Earl.
21:02Thanks, Mom.
21:02Thanks, Mrs. Riley.
21:04And tonight,
21:04I'm treating you.
21:05You don't have to do that, Anne.
21:07Oh, but I want to.
21:08I'm celebrating
21:09the new job I've got.
21:11New job?
21:13Anne,
21:13I thought you'd have
21:14better sense than to...
21:15Riley, yeah.
21:16But, Peg,
21:16as the father of her boyfriend,
21:18it's my duty...
21:19Mr. Riley,
21:20what's wrong with
21:20working Saturdays
21:21at Pritchard's Department Store?
21:25What's wrong
21:25with working Saturdays
21:26at Pritchard's Department Store?
21:28Nothing.
21:29That's what I mean.
21:29Have fun, kids.
21:33Here's your name.
21:33Get a soda on the way home.
21:35That's right.
21:36Oh, this younger generation.
21:39Oh, what's wrong
21:40with this younger generation?
21:42Oh, nothing.
21:42It's just what they're doing
21:43to this older generation.
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