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Riley worries about his son, likely due to concerns related to the episode's title, "Juvenile Delinquent".
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00:00This is William Bendix in The Life of Riley, with Marjorie Reynolds as Peg, Tom DeAndre as Gillis,
00:10Loujean Sanders as Babs, Wes Morgan as Junior, and Gloria Blondel as Honeybee.
00:18Produced by Tom McKnight, and directed by Abby Berlin.
00:23Where did we miss? Where did we go wrong?
00:30We didn't go wrong, Ryle. This is the way to the bus stop.
00:34No, I mean his parents, Peg and me.
00:36You know what happened?
00:38This morning, out of a clear sky, Junior walked up to me and said,
00:41Pop, I want to get a hot run.
00:42Yeah?
00:43Yeah.
00:46You mean, there's nothing wrong with that?
00:48Wrong with that?
00:49Yeah.
00:51Oh, you mean he should have said, please.
00:53Is that all you've got to say?
00:55Well, Ryle, I ain't no expert on grammar, but, uh, I want to get a hot rod sounds to me like
01:03a good, simple, declarative sentence with hot rod being the object of the word get.
01:10Yeah.
01:12You mean, is that the wrong with a kid driving one of them things?
01:16That's what's bothering you.
01:17That's what's bothering you.
01:18Oh, Ryle, there's nothing wrong with them hot rodders, though.
01:21No, those are good kids.
01:24I was reading a magazine article about them the other night, you know?
01:27They learn all about motors, they go on trips, they have their own drag races.
01:32It's good for them.
01:34It keeps a lot of them from becoming juvenile delinquents.
01:37Keeps them from?
01:38Yep.
01:39I thought it drove them, too.
01:40Yep.
01:42Sir, how do you like that?
01:43I've been trying to help Junior by using my head, and I've just been putting a big block
01:48on his path.
01:51So, anyway, I'm glad Junior ain't going to be wasting his time in them hot rods.
01:56Peg and me want him to give some serious thought to choosing a career.
02:01Hey, Ryle, speaking of Junior, ain't that him?
02:03It is Junior.
02:09What's he doing in a neighborhood like this?
02:18Well, you don't have to worry about him choosing a career.
02:21Looks like he chose one.
02:23Oh, this is terrible.
02:25Look, Ryle, why don't you look at the bright side of things?
02:27At least he's showing a healthy interest in something.
02:31Gillis, what am I going to do about this?
02:33Give him the advantages of a good education.
02:36Let him study with Willie Harpy.
02:38I'm going in there and get him.
02:40Now, wait a minute, Ryle.
02:41You've got to handle this with kid gloves.
02:43Maybe he's rebelling because you didn't give him the hot rod.
02:49Gillis, you're right.
02:52I'm to blame for all this.
02:54This morning, that boy held his hand out to me and asked for a hot rod,
02:58and I failed him.
02:59Gillis, I'm not worthy of the office of father.
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03:33Oh, gee, Pop, where did you find that cap?
03:43It's been a long time since I've seen that.
03:45Too long, son.
03:47What do you say, pal?
03:48How about a fast game of catch, huh?
03:50Now?
03:51Isn't it kind of dark out?
03:53Yeah, but they play night baseball.
03:55We got a street lamp outside.
03:57How about it, huh?
03:58Well, okay.
04:00Good.
04:00Catch, Junior.
04:01Attaboy, pal.
04:03Catch it, Junior.
04:05Whoa-ho.
04:12Okay, pal, let's see what you got.
04:14Now, put it in there.
04:16Oh, come on, son.
04:17You can do better than that.
04:18Let's get a little steam behind it.
04:19Now, let's see your fastball.
04:22Oh, gee, I'm sorry, boy.
04:28Boy, are you all right?
04:29Oh, sure, the boy hit me in the head.
04:32They fall in the dark.
04:33Well, we were just, uh, my pal.
04:38Sit down, son.
04:41We are pals, aren't we?
04:42Oh, sure, pal.
04:43Good.
04:44Because there's something I can say to you as a pal that I can't say as a father.
04:48What's that?
04:49If you don't quit hanging around those pool rooms, your father's going to cut off your allowance.
04:52Pool rooms?
04:53Oh, yeah, yeah.
04:54I saw you downtown today, so don't try to deny it.
04:56Now, come on.
04:57Tell your pal the truth.
04:59Didn't you go into that pool room because I wouldn't let you get a hot rod?
05:01Hmm?
05:02Well, yeah, that's why I went there.
05:03I thought so.
05:04Well, you can figure it all about it, Junior.
05:06You can have the hot rod.
05:07I can't, Pop?
05:08Sure.
05:08Oh, that's great.
05:10She went...
05:11Oh.
05:11What's the matter?
05:12Well, thanks a lot, Pop, but it wouldn't do me any good now.
05:15Right.
05:16Well, today we lost our drag strip.
05:17We don't have a place to run our cars.
05:19Looks like the club's just going to break up.
05:21Well, what do you mean you don't have a place to run your cars?
05:23What's the matter with the freeway?
05:24We couldn't race there.
05:25Why not?
05:26Everybody else does.
05:27Well, you're confusing hot rodders with California drivers.
05:30Now, we have to have a good, safe place to run our cars, like an unused highway or some
05:34sort of straightaway.
05:36Straightaway?
05:39Ooh.
05:41Straightaway.
05:41Hey, you mean...
05:45Hey, what's the matter with an airplane runway?
05:50An airstrip?
05:51Oh, Pop, that'd be perfect.
05:53But where would we get something like that?
05:55Well, it just happens that I've got an old airstrip lying around.
05:58You have?
05:58Well, yeah, me and Cunningham Aircraft.
06:01It's out behind the old plant.
06:02It's just lying there gathering dust.
06:04Oh, Pop, I know that airstrip.
06:06Oh, that'd be perfect.
06:07We have the classiest drag strip in the NHRA with time traps and...
06:11Oh, but are you sure Mr. Cunningham will let us use it?
06:14Well, he let you use it.
06:16Son, you've got it.
06:18No, sir, your club isn't going to break up.
06:21Cunningham never says no to Chester A. Rally.
06:24After all, aren't I his number one man in engine assembly?
06:28Mr. Cunningham will be out at our plant tomorrow.
06:30Just tell him that's all.
06:31Gee, Pop, why don't I tell the fellas my father's got us an airstrip?
06:35Boy, you really are a pal.
06:36Oh, thanks, son.
06:38Sure, I've been with Cunningham for 15 years now,
06:41and there's nothing I wouldn't do for him,
06:43and there's nothing he wouldn't do for me.
06:45Anything I want around that plant, I can have.
06:48After all, I'm not asking for something ridiculous like a raise.
06:52I...
06:52Where'd he go?
06:54Junior.
06:55Oh, Junior.
06:59It's my boy.
06:59We just haven't got room for that shipment at plant number two.
07:04Our warehouses are full.
07:06Material's coming in a month ahead of time.
07:08Now, who fouled up on that order?
07:11Well, get me that man's name.
07:14Mr. Riley's here to see you.
07:16Send the fathead in here right away.
07:18Yes, sir.
07:21I'll get to the bottom of this.
07:22Where are we going to store all that stuff?
07:31Uh, good morning, Mr. Cunningham.
07:32Hello, Riley.
07:32Uh, good morning.
07:34Where are we going to put it all?
07:36Mr. Cunningham,
07:37you've got a perfectly good airstrip
07:39out in the back of plant number one that's not being used.
07:41Airstrip, Riley, of course.
07:43You've got it.
07:43I have, sir?
07:44Why, yes.
07:45You've come up with a wonderful idea,
07:46and I think it's great.
07:47Well, I think you're great, too, Mr. Cunningham,
07:49because I don't know how you knew I had the idea.
07:52Teamwork, Riley?
07:52That's what it is?
07:53Teamwork?
07:54Yes, sir.
07:54And if you want to,
07:55you can hand out the loving cups to the winners.
07:58Loving cups?
07:59Winners?
07:59You've come up with a great idea,
08:01but I think it's taking something out of you.
08:05Hastings,
08:06will you give up with that order
08:07to unload that trainload of crates
08:09and store them on airstrip at plant number one?
08:14You're going to put a trainload of crates on that airstrip?
08:17Why, of course.
08:18I'm proud of you, Riley.
08:19It was your idea.
08:20You've only been with this new plant a short time.
08:23Already you've come up with a...
08:24Worry.
08:25Junior's a good kid.
08:26He'll understand.
08:28Yeah, sure.
08:30You're right, Gillis.
08:31I don't have to be afraid to tell him.
08:33I'll just tell him I couldn't get him a airstrip.
08:36Junior's intelligent.
08:37He'll understand.
08:39He wouldn't blame his father
08:40because he couldn't get him a little airstrip.
08:41No.
08:43A little airstrip where Junior and his friends
08:46would take their cars
08:47and race them and have fun
08:49and keep the club together
08:51and know that they owe it all to Junior's father
08:54because he's his pal
08:55and a guy who comes through for him
08:57and keeps his word
08:58and, and, and, and, you know,
09:01I can't tell him.
09:02I can't tell him.
09:05Oh, my God.
09:11And Junior's father got us an airstrip.
09:14Yeah, and when I told Mr. Parks
09:15down at the National Hot Rod Association,
09:17he said they're going to make it
09:18into an official dragster
09:19for the Central Los Angeles area.
09:21That's just what we needed.
09:22That's swell.
09:23Oh, great.
09:23Say, your old man's a terrific guy.
09:25Now let's get the engine out of this bucket.
09:3732 V8.
09:39Where'd you find it?
09:40What'd you pay for it?
09:41Fifteen bucks.
09:42I sold my clunker for 120.
09:43That leaves me 105 to put this wagon in shape.
09:45A hundred and five bucks.
09:47Boy, with that kind of loot,
09:48we can rebuild this engine
09:49and make it purr like a kitten.
09:51He said it.
09:53Hello, dear.
10:11Oh.
10:11Oh, hello.
10:13Hello, Peg.
10:14Oh, where's Junior?
10:15Oh, he's with the fellows.
10:16He'll probably be home in a half an hour.
10:17Good.
10:17That gives us 30 minutes to eat and get away.
10:20Get away?
10:21Well, yeah.
10:22We've been hanging around the house all the time lately.
10:26It's time we got out.
10:28I think we've been seeing too much of Junior.
10:30What are you talking about?
10:32I don't know.
10:33Well, Junior's got something to show you.
10:35The excitement we've had around here today.
10:38Junior's got his car.
10:40I suppose it's something he'll really want to show off on a drag strip.
10:44One of those shiny chromium-plated jobs
10:46with white wall tires
10:48and hood off the motor and...
10:49Well, it's...
10:51Oh, hi, Pop.
10:53Oh, Junior.
10:58The son,
10:59there's something I want to tell you.
11:01And I have something to tell you.
11:03In fact, I want to show it to you.
11:04Come on out to the garage.
11:05You'll see what a sharp trade of your son is.
11:07That's where I'll break it to him.
11:10The garage.
11:12Somewhere off the beaten path
11:13where we can be alone.
11:17Junior!
11:21Son,
11:22this may come as a shock to you,
11:24but
11:24sometimes
11:26a father can do things
11:27that aren't very smart.
11:28There she is.
11:33Yeah, but where's your car?
11:34Well, this is it.
11:35Isn't she a beauty?
11:36You mean,
11:38you traded your car for this one?
11:40Yeah.
11:40Pretty smart deal, huh?
11:45Well, what can you expect?
11:47Like father, like son.
11:51You must be wrong, Lyle.
11:53I'll tell you,
11:54Junior just ain't that stupid.
11:56We're not blaming Junior completely.
11:58You know,
11:59there are a lot of guys in this world
12:00that are just waiting
12:00to take a kid like Junior for a ride.
12:03The only trouble is
12:03he ain't going to get it in this car.
12:10Well, what do you think?
12:11This is the car?
12:13Yeah.
12:14Oh, yeah.
12:15Look at the wheels.
12:17Junior traded his car for that.
12:19That's right.
12:21Don't feel too bad about it, Lyle.
12:23You can profit by the experience.
12:26How?
12:26Well, yesterday you told me
12:28you were trying to pick out
12:28a career for Junior, didn't you?
12:30Yeah.
12:31Well, let's put it this way.
12:32Now we know
12:33he ain't got no head for business.
12:36Well, ain't it old Junior?
12:37I bring that junk dealer,
12:39that Barney.
12:41I'm going to make him
12:42take this car back tomorrow.
12:44He ain't going to take advantage
12:45of my Junior.
12:46I'll make him give Junior
12:47his money back.
12:47Hello.
12:48Ryle, Ryle, Ryle.
12:50Junior ain't the stoop.
12:51Where the stoops?
12:53This is a hot rod.
12:54So?
12:55Well, with a hot rod,
12:56it ain't what you see that counts.
12:58It's what's under the hood.
13:00Yeah.
13:01Yeah, that's right.
13:03With the double exhausts
13:04and the chromium-plated manifolds
13:05and the twin carburetors,
13:07I think.
13:08Yeah.
13:08Yeah.
13:09Should I start her now?
13:30Fire her up!
13:39Why, she really sounds great.
13:47Oh, wow.
13:48Purse like a kitten.
13:49Man, I'm going to have
13:49this thing in shape
13:50for the opening of the drag strip.
13:51Say, Mr. Park says
13:53the hot rod association
13:53is putting out
13:54all kinds of publicity for it.
13:55Newspapers and stuff.
13:57Come on.
13:57We're not finished yet.
13:58Let's go down to the pay store
14:00to really get this rod looking good.
14:02I think I'll paint a jet blood.
14:04How's that, though?
14:05Sounds great.
14:06Swell.
14:09Swell.
14:39there it is yeah I know I know more merchandise but let me tell you buddy
14:43you're making a big mistake that model happens to be a collector's eye well go
14:47ahead and collect it
14:52but you're never gonna get that thing out of there that way you're gonna have to
14:57haul it away
15:09the motor be in the middle how do you like that we were only gone for a
15:17couple of minutes somebody must have been watching what's the matter we got to
15:20call the cops mr. Raleigh the 32 v8 been stolen with a practically brand-new
15:24motor a beautiful car we shouldn't have left the key in the ignition fellas keep
15:28calm don't get excited the police will find it I'll report it please to pop it
15:34please you fellas shouldn't leave your cars laying around with the keys in them
15:38hello police department I want to report a stolen car yeah what's the license
15:44number who owns it for me pop Chester A. Wright yeah yeah yeah yeah I'll call you
15:52back what'd you do that for you mean it was that pile of junk in the garage junk
15:59with all the new parts and pulling out the motor and rebuilding it pop that car is
16:02worth over 300 bucks no new parts rebuilding pulling out the
16:06don't do a thing till I get back fellas but pop don't we want to get the
16:12dirty snake who's responsible for this and prosecute junior you shouldn't talk
16:16like that about that dirty snake whoever he is
16:18why not well he may have a son just like you
16:24where are you been the kids are in the house waiting for you they're waiting for this yeah they told me hey what a couple of chumps we were
16:43yeah ain't it amazing the way they fixed this car up there and he only paid 15
16:47bucks for it well maybe he only paid 15 but I paid 400
16:50oh now come on ryle let's not overdo it don't tell me I ought to know I paid for
16:55it cost me my Christmas fund my vacation fund and how to borrow the rest do you
17:00mean to tell me that Barney sold you $400 for that no not Barney I bought it from
17:05the guy who bought it from the guy who bought it from the guy who bought it from
17:07Donald Donald who's Donald it's Barney's 15 year old nephew the boy has he got a
17:13head for business well anyway I got junior's car back now I gotta go and tell him he
17:19can't have the airstrip you mean you haven't told him that yet look give us I'm
17:23only human I can only handle one revolting development at a time
17:27gee you wanna see the way that car runs better than mine the work these kids put
17:33in they deserve something better than this yes I can't do it I act I can't go in and
17:41tell Junior he can't have it I'm gonna go to Cunningham and tell him he's got to
17:44give it up after all what kind of a world is this where a kid can't have his own
17:48airstrip it's a cruel world you're gonna ask mr. Cunningham for the airstrip so the
17:54kids can race their cars round that's right boys things like this that make
17:58me realize what a wonderful age we're living in here you haven't even asked
18:02mr. Cunningham for the airstrip and already the newspapers are full of it
18:05what yeah says right here mr. Chester a Riley of the Cunningham Aircraft
18:11Corporation has generously donated the unused Cunningham airstrip to the youth of
18:15Los Angeles let me say that my airstrip Riley I think you're wonderful I think
18:23he's fired I better go explain this to mr. Cunningham right away you go up there
18:28and he'll have some accountant to do maybe you can wear a mask and you do hey
18:33wait a minute Ryle I think he's got the germ of an idea step over here come on
18:40what's the idea a disguise now then where can we get a beard mr. Cunningham wants to see mr.
19:03Riley at once who mr. Riley never heard of him
19:09hey well we gotta get moving Cunningham has got the drag net out for you we gotta
19:15think of something fast no no we don't I'm through hiding like this I'm going
19:21in there and face Cunningham I'm gonna tell him I did this for my son and I'm
19:25glad I did it those kids are gonna get that airstrip and I just hope he fires me
19:31because then I'll have him right where I want him you will yes sir because after
19:34that no matter what I say he can't fire me
19:37Bob Junior what are you doing here mr. Cunningham I'm the one who's responsible
19:54for this tell that officer these boys are innocent I'm fully aware of who's
19:59responsible for this Riley and I've seen to it that you receive your just reward
20:04here I know it my pink slip pink slip a hundred dollar bonus bonus Riley I don't
20:11believe that you bet Wally Parks the president of the National Hot Rod
20:15Association and officer Brown of the traffic education section of the police
20:19department how do you do another mr. Riley is here I want to formally present
20:24you with this authorization and as soon as we are able to remove those crates
20:28which have been temporarily stored on the runway we redesignate the Cunningham
20:32airstrip as the Los Angeles drag strip however I'd like you all to know that is
20:40due directly to the initiative of this valued employee mr. Riley however in the
20:47future if you should decide to give away something else around here like one of
20:52our four million dollar airships I do wish you mentioned my name to anything
21:00that you'd like to say mr. Cunningham friends honored guests it's a far far better
21:12thing mr. Cunningham is doing that I have ever done it's a great thing getting
21:18behind hot rodders to stop kids from becoming juvenile delinquents because as
21:23we all know the kid who builds himself a car with a fast getaway is never going to
21:29be caught by the cops well you know what I mean
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