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When Gillis receives a telegram, Riley thinks his friend has come into a large amount of money.
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00:00When the Cunningham Aircraft Company decided to expand and erect this plant in El Segundo,
00:09it created jobs for thousands of men.
00:12By the same token, it created a problem, a housing problem for the workers and their families.
00:18Which brings us to Del Mar Vista, a community on the outskirts of Los Angeles, just a few miles from the plant.
00:26Here, many of the Cunningham employees have found homes.
00:29But with the demand exceeding the supply, well, someone is bound to be left out on a limb.
00:36Which brings us to Chester A. Riley.
00:42Eight hours of house funding, we're still out on a limb.
00:45Well, Riley, you should have checked down here first before you sold our house.
00:48The guy's got no foresight.
00:50I didn't have time to use foresight. I was too busy looking ahead.
00:53Plenty of vacancies, he says.
00:55Well, you're no brighter than he is, Lunkhead. Our house and furniture's gone, too.
00:59Mom, I thought we were gonna buy a home.
01:01Well, those were your father's plans, Junior. But you can see how things are down here. There just isn't anything.
01:06There'll be plenty of places to buy when that new development opens up.
01:09In the meantime, we'll just have to rent a furnished place.
01:12Sure.
01:13If I use my head, I'm sure I can find a vacancy.
01:16I'm sure you can.
01:17Where?
01:18Oh, come on, Riley.
01:19All right, all right, all right.
01:20Yes, it's William Bendix in The Life of Riley.
01:32With Marjorie Reynolds as Peg.
01:35Tom DeAndre as Gillis.
01:37Wes Morgan as Junior.
01:39And Gloria Blondel as Honeybee.
01:42Produced by Tom McKnight.
01:46And directed by Abby Berlin.
01:49Nothing.
01:50Well, what now?
01:51We could go back to Blue U Terrace.
01:52There are always plenty of rentals there.
01:53Nothing doing, Junior.
01:54Going back there is like locking the barn door after the horse is stolen.
02:10Or trying to talk sense to somebody after they lost all their marbles.
02:14Now, wait a minute.
02:15Look!
02:16Maybe it's a rattle.
02:17It is a rattle.
02:24It is a rattle.
02:25Two bedrooms.
02:26Furnished.
02:27That's it.
02:32Two bedrooms?
02:33Just what we need.
02:34Now, wait a minute, Gillis.
02:36You and Honeybee don't need two bedrooms.
02:38We got juniors.
02:39Look, Riley, you had first choice at the last place.
02:42That's got nothing to do with it.
02:44You're riding in my car.
02:45Not just a minute, wise guy.
02:47I want to tell you.
02:48Well, Gillis, Peg and I have got to get that house.
02:50We've been looking all day.
02:51What do you think we've been doing?
02:52Strolling through the park?
02:54Hey.
02:55Hey, that's an idea.
02:56We got blankets in the car.
02:57Why don't you and Honeybee sleep in the park?
02:59Just a minute.
03:00I'll rent the place.
03:01Peg and you and Junior can spend the night with us.
03:04And in the morning, I'll go out and help you find the place.
03:07Oh, yeah?
03:08Sure.
03:09What's wrong with me renting the place?
03:10And then in the morning, I'll help you.
03:17Oh, come on.
03:18Get in the car.
03:19Now where to?
03:20I don't know where to.
03:21He hadn't waited so long.
03:23I don't know where to.
03:24I don't know where to.
03:25I don't know where to.
03:26Okay.
03:37Now where?
03:38Mom, I'm getting hungry.
03:39Junior, keep your shirt on.
03:40As soon as we find a place...
03:41Riley, listen to this, everybody.
03:42Furnished bungalow for ramps, three bedrooms, and only $85 a month.
03:47Hey, that's great.
03:48Apply Lennox Realty Company.
03:50Lennox.
03:51Lennox?
03:52Yeah.
03:53Hey, that's a few miles back from just where we came.
03:55Well, what are we waiting for?
03:56Wait, hold it, Ryle.
03:57What?
03:58Let's go up to that grocery store and use their phone.
04:00Yeah.
04:01See, we can make a call and make sure the place hasn't been stamped up before we drive
04:04all the way back there.
04:05That's a good idea.
04:06Good.
04:07Come on, Gillis.
04:08Okay.
04:12Oh, wait a minute, Gillis.
04:13Don't forget, it was my peg who found the ad.
04:15Ryle?
04:16Yeah?
04:17Who bought the paper?
04:18Honeybee.
04:19That's not the point.
04:20Will you two clowns make that phone call before I get out and belt you one?
04:24My peg wouldn't let her do that.
04:25Go ahead, Paul.
04:31Where's your phone, Pop?
04:32You got a dime?
04:33Yeah, sure, we got a dime.
04:34Good.
04:35It ain't no profit in making change.
04:37Phone's over there.
04:38Oh, thanks.
04:39That's the Lennox Realty, Ryle.
04:40Yeah, you look it up.
04:41I'll look it up.
04:42You got the dime?
04:43Yeah, I got it right here.
04:44Okay.
04:45We'll get the call in first.
04:46Here it is right there, Lennox.
04:47Oh, yeah, I see it.
04:48Got it?
04:49Yeah.
04:50Get him, Ryle.
04:51First thing I'm gonna do when we get this place is to spread out on a couch.
04:52Then I'm gonna send Junior out to the grocery store for some groceries.
04:53Then I'm gonna have Peg cook me the biggest steak.
04:54Hello, Lennox Realty?
04:55I bought that house for written a paper.
04:56I just want to make sure that...
04:58Oh.
04:59Gone.
05:00The girl that took the air that the newspaper office rented it.
05:05Great.
05:06Honey Bee is gonna jump right down my throat when she claims out we missed this one, too.
05:10Same with Peg.
05:11When I tell her I didn't find a house, she's gonna slam the door right in her.
05:13I'm gonna send Junior out to the grocery store for some groceries.
05:15Then I'm gonna have Peg cook me the biggest steak.
05:16Hello, Lennox Realty?
05:17I bought that house for written a paper.
05:18I just wanna make sure that...
05:19Oh.
05:20Gone.
05:21The girl that took the air that the newspaper office rented it.
05:23Great.
05:24Honey Bee is gonna jump right down my throat when she finds out we missed this one, too.
05:26Oh, same with Peg.
05:27When I tell her I didn't find a house, she's going to slam the door right in my face.
05:31Ryle, if you haven't got a house, how is Peg...
05:35Hey, maybe the old man knows about something.
05:41Yeah, yeah, these storekeepers generally know all the scuffles, but...
05:45Hey, Pop.
05:46The name ain't Pop. It's Winkley. Alvin Winkley.
05:50Okay, I'm Jim Gillis, and this is Chester Riley.
05:53Riley? Oh.
05:55How you doing?
05:57You fellas want to buy something? I was just fixing to close up.
06:00Well, we don't want anything, but we thought that you might just happen to know about a furnished house for rent.
06:05Where are you from?
06:07Blue View Terrace.
06:08Oh. Never heard of it.
06:13We're in the spot, Ryle.
06:14We had to move away from Blue View in a hurry.
06:17Oh, skipped out on your rent, eh?
06:19No, we didn't skip out on the rent.
06:21No, I haven't paid rent for ten years.
06:24You're one of them kind, eh?
06:25No, you see, you don't understand.
06:28You're the worst kind.
06:29But, Mr. Winkley...
06:30Landlords have got to live, too, you know.
06:33I know.
06:34So now I suppose you're down here trying to take advantage of us poor, unsuspecting souls.
06:39But you ain't going to get away with it.
06:41I'm not trying to get away with anything.
06:43You don't toot me or not.
06:44Because we're on to your kind.
06:46Look, Mr. Winkley, you don't understand, you see.
06:48Will you forget it, Rylee?
06:49Explain it.
06:50Forget it, Rylee.
06:50I'm just trying to explain it.
06:51I know.
06:52Forget it.
06:52Forget it.
06:53If that's the way you're going to act, I won't tell you about the duplex I have for rent.
06:58I don't care if you've got a duplex.
07:00Duplex?
07:01Where is it?
07:01Can we look at it?
07:02Is it furnished?
07:03Completely furnished.
07:04Well, this might be just what we're looking for.
07:06I don't know.
07:08Look, Mr. Winkley, we're desperate.
07:09We've got to find a house to live in.
07:11Well, I suppose there's no harm in showing it to you.
07:13Me and Honey Bear are taking it downstairs, and nobody's telling me nothing different.
07:19That's what you think, wise guy.
07:21Me and Peg and Junior are taking it downstairs.
07:24They're taking the upstairs.
07:25Oh, no, we ain't.
07:26Yes, you are.
07:26Let me tell you something.
07:28Oh, Peg, I think it's perfect.
07:30You like the law, too.
07:32This way, please.
07:39We're taking it downstairs.
07:41Upstairs.
07:42Downstairs.
07:42Downstairs.
07:43Oh, now, wait.
07:46How nice.
07:47Just like the room's upstairs.
07:49Let's look at the rest of it.
07:50All right.
07:51Help yourself.
07:58Oh, that would be your room, Junior.
08:01Oh.
08:05Now hear this.
08:06I still say we're taking the downstairs.
08:09Up.
08:10Down.
08:11Up.
08:11Down.
08:12Up.
08:13Down.
08:13Up.
08:15Up.
08:15Down.
08:15Up.
08:16Down.
08:18Mr. Winkley, it's exactly what we've been looking for.
08:21Which one are we going to take, Mom?
08:22Upstairs or downstairs?
08:23It doesn't matter, Junior.
08:25Both places are identical.
08:26How about you, Honey Bee?
08:27Oh, it's all right with me, whichever one you want, Peg.
08:30Let's go tell Jimsy and Ryle we want it.
08:32Right.
08:32Good.
08:34Okay, I'll tell you the reason I gotta have this downstairs.
08:37Why?
08:37I happen to love my wife.
08:38What's that got to do with it?
08:40Honey Bee is too old to be climbing them stairs.
08:42Oh, yeah.
08:43My peg is twice as old as your, Honey Bee.
08:45Honey Bee makes Whistler's mother look like a teenager.
08:48My peg gets winded crocheting her doily.
08:52And if you think I'm gonna let her trudge up all in the hollow peg, Honey Bee, we were just talking about you.
08:58Yeah, we heard you.
08:59We had our ear trumpets tuned up.
09:01Well, honey, the only reason...
09:03Put your arm off me before my adrenaline comes to a boil.
09:05I'm buying it.
09:05No, no, no, wait a minute, wait a minute.
09:07Let's hold it.
09:07There's only one way to settle this.
09:11Peg, do you want to live upstairs or do you want to live downstairs?
09:15Riley, it really doesn't matter one way or another.
09:18Yeah, you see that?
09:19She wants to...
09:19Wait a minute, hold it.
09:21Peg will get...
09:22Will you two break it up?
09:24You're arguing about where you're gonna live and you haven't even seen the place.
09:27Let's go inside.
09:28Yeah.
09:29Come on.
09:29I want to see the downstairs.
09:31Now, wait a minute.
09:32Hold it.
09:32Hold it.
09:33Take it easy.
09:34Breathe first.
09:35Would you look at those two?
09:37What a pair.
09:38The first thing we have to do when we move in here is buy a couple of king-sized playfens.
09:42Right.
09:43Hey, it's not bad, huh?
09:44Nice.
09:45I like it.
09:45Hey, look at this.
09:47Boy, I'm going to be comfortable here, I'll tell you.
09:49Oh, Riley, don't lay down that way.
09:51Oh, wait.
09:51This is my place.
09:52Get out of here.
09:52I'll take it.
09:53Wait a minute.
09:54I'll take it.
09:54I got squatters rights.
09:55I was here first.
09:56I'll take the place.
09:57You two all toss a coin.
09:58Winner gets his choice.
10:00Somebody call it.
10:01Heads.
10:01What?
10:02Tails.
10:04Your old wife flipped the coin.
10:07What's the rent upstairs, Mr. Winkley?
10:09Upstairs?
10:09That's $125, but you don't have to pay me now.
10:12You can get settled in, and I'll collect tomorrow.
10:14Okay.
10:14That's fair enough.
10:16Come on, honeybee.
10:16Let's get our luggage out of the car.
10:18See you all later, huh?
10:19I'll help you, Mr. Gillis.
10:20Yeah, great, Junior.
10:21You, uh, you want my $125 now, Mr. Winkley?
10:24Oh, tomorrow's okay.
10:26And yours won't be $125.
10:28No?
10:29No, I'm only charging $110 for the downstairs.
10:31I didn't tell her that's great.
10:33Well, I don't understand, Mr. Winkley.
10:35I thought both places were identical.
10:37Well, there's a slight difference.
10:38You see, downstairs you'll only have two bedrooms, while upstairs they'll have three.
10:42You must be mistaken, Mr. Winkley.
10:45We'll have three bedrooms.
10:47No, you won't.
10:49Wait a minute.
10:49Why won't we have three bedrooms?
10:51Because I'll be living in one of them.
10:54You see, he's going to be...
10:56What?
11:01It'll have to do for tonight.
11:02Well, it's okay.
11:03Come and get it, Junior.
11:05Boy, am I starting.
11:07Oh, you and me both.
11:09Now.
11:09I'll overlook it this time.
11:13But I generally have my dinner 20 minutes earlier.
11:166.30 on the dot.
11:28There you go, sonny.
11:32There we are.
11:34Thank you, ma'am.
11:35Mr. Winkley, would you put a little more stew on my plate?
11:40No, that's plenty for you.
11:42Yeah, but you only gave me one measly little spoonful.
11:46A fellow your age shouldn't overdo his eating.
11:52Yeah, but...
11:53Especially just before going to bed.
11:55Going to bed?
11:56I'm not going to bed for four or five hours.
12:01Two hours.
12:02Two hours?
12:04That's when I go to bed.
12:05I don't like to have anybody stirring around.
12:07I'm a very light sleeper.
12:08I guess, sir, this day and age, man eats himself right into the grave.
12:27Looks like I'm going to be around for a long time.
12:40Boy, what a meal.
12:41Am I full.
12:42Junior, be quiet.
12:44But, Papa, I had five plates of stew.
12:45Yeah, I know you had.
12:47But did you say what I had?
12:48Yeah.
12:49I'd generally leave more than that.
12:52Boy, can I go for a...
12:55Junior, come here.
12:58Look, there's a delicatessen store right up the street.
13:01Now, you run up there and get me four big pastrami, sand...
13:05What's that?
13:08Why, I was just giving the boy his allowance.
13:11Thanks, boss.
13:14Care to see the evening paper?
13:16Oh, yeah, yeah, I'd like to.
13:17One big, happy family, I say.
13:20One big, happy family.
13:21Thanks to society, Paige.
13:28Oh, my favorite easy chair.
13:32Mr. Wakely.
13:33What is it, sonny?
13:34Well, is it all right if I watch TV?
13:36Oh, go ahead, son.
13:37Make yourself at home.
13:39Make yourself at home.
13:40Junior, get the big nest egg program on the air.
13:43This is the night the burglar tries for the million dollars in the butterfly category.
13:47Okay, boss.
13:50Well, hurry up, Junior.
13:51Turn it on.
13:52I don't know which knob it is.
13:54Mr. Wakely.
13:55Oh, it's ten minutes past eight.
13:57I didn't realize it was so late.
13:58I guess it's the old guy's bedtime.
14:07Junior, if you make the proper adjustment, you won't have any trouble getting along with him.
14:11Papa, I'm not having any trouble.
14:12You've got to give a little take a little or work out.
14:14For one million dollars, how many miles does the average butterfly fly in one day?
14:24You have five seconds.
14:26Boy, that's a tough one.
14:32Your time is up, sir.
14:34And now, for one million dollars, how many miles does the average butterfly fly in one day?
14:41Mr. Wakely, we were just...
14:48I just made you listen to the marching band.
14:51Yeah, but the fella in the big nest...
14:53I always have played up with them.
14:55They're on for an hour every night, and two hours on Saturday.
15:03Boy, she'd be a little off tune tonight.
15:05Sit down and enjoy yourself.
15:17I don't remember them chimes before.
15:19They must have just added them to the band.
15:21Or was the front door?
15:22What is that?
15:23Front door chimes!
15:25Oh, oh, answer, answer!
15:35Oh, glad you're just in time!
15:37Oh, glad you're just in time!
16:01Suitcases are all in the car, Mom.
16:03Good. Come on, Riley.
16:04Peg, I don't want to leave.
16:07But you saw for yourself what an impossible situation this is.
16:10Yeah, I know, but it's such a perfect setup.
16:12It's close to the plant.
16:13The Gillis is upstairs.
16:14If it wasn't for just one thing...
16:16Yes, but that one thing is too much to overcome.
16:19We could go back to Blueview and stay with Babs and Don until we find the right place for us.
16:23Yeah, I guess you...
16:26Peg, suppose I got Mr. Winkley to move out.
16:29Would you stay then?
16:31Well, of course I would.
16:32But you can't ask a person to move out of his own house.
16:35Well, sure I can.
16:36I'll just explain to him that we can't live here like this.
16:38I'll lay it right on the line.
16:40Oh, Riley, I don't think I...
16:41Don't you worry about a thing, Peg.
16:42I'll have him out of here and nothing flat.
16:44Well, don't be too harsh on him.
16:45Well, he's been asking for it.
16:52Who is it?
16:53It's me, Mr. Winkley, Mr. Riley.
16:55Can I come in for a minute?
16:56Oh, come on in.
16:59Just getting ready for bed.
17:02Mr. Winkley.
17:03Yeah?
17:06I want to have a talk with you.
17:07Oh, sure thing.
17:08Anytime.
17:10Now, look, Mr. Winkley.
17:11This whole thing is not going to work.
17:13You know something?
17:14We...
17:15I like you folks.
17:18Thanks.
17:19Now, look, Mr. Winkley.
17:20You know, most people don't like the idea of putting up with an old fellow and his funny little habits.
17:26But not you folks.
17:28Now, Mr. Winkley.
17:29Either you have to...
17:30You know, there are some people who'd actually throw an old man out on the streets.
17:36There are?
17:37Yes, sir.
17:38Throw him right out on the street.
17:41That's why a man is lucky to have folks like you around.
17:44What was it you wanted to see me about?
17:47Well, I...
17:48Now, now, take that old crony of mine, Clyde Pearson.
17:51Oh, you mean...
17:53Poor Clyde.
17:54These folks didn't want to have anything to do with him.
17:57Huh?
17:58Poor old fellow had no place to go.
18:00Had to sleep on a park bench.
18:03Now, but that's what happens when you get up in the years.
18:07Nobody wants you.
18:08Nobody.
18:10Well, what was it you wanted to say?
18:15Oh.
18:17Um...
18:19About breakfast tomorrow morning, Mr. Winkley,
18:22how do you like your eggs, fried or scrambled?
18:25Scrambled.
18:35Scrambled.
18:44Ah, wonderful fellow.
18:47So thoughtful.
18:53Well, dear.
18:56He'll take them scrambled.
18:58What?
19:00I just couldn't get it out.
19:03Can we come in?
19:05Sure, come on in.
19:06Yeah, come in.
19:08Just thought we'd come down and get acquainted with our new neighbors.
19:11I'm Honey B. Gillis. This is my husband, Jimsy.
19:13Howdy, folks.
19:15What's the matter with you guys?
19:17Didn't you hear the concert?
19:19Concert?
19:20Music, to use the term loosely.
19:22When you didn't come down, we thought you were dead.
19:24Well, we were out.
19:25We went down to the corner to get a sandwich.
19:27You...
19:28You mean you didn't hear anything?
19:30What are you talking about?
19:31Gillis, old pal.
19:35What?
19:36Come over here.
19:37You know, I've been thinking it over, Gillis, and I've been a heel through this whole thing.
19:41Well, I'll buy that.
19:42I'll tell you what I'm gonna do.
19:44I'm gonna let you and Honey B take this downstairs, and we'll take your place.
19:47You left.
19:48Oh, wait a minute, Brian.
19:49There's a catch someplace.
19:50You left.
19:51No catch.
19:52Gillis, how could you even think of such a thing?
19:54I wouldn't dream.
20:01Pardon me.
20:02Always have a glass of milk at bedtime.
20:19No catch, huh, Ralph?
20:21Well, he's...
20:22He's only got the back bedroom.
20:24And the ice bag.
20:25And the milk.
20:26And the living room, and the dining room, and the hall.
20:28And the hall.
20:29All right, all right, all right.
20:33There's nothing else we can.
20:34Now, wait a minute, Peg.
20:35If Gillis and Honey, we were...
20:36Riley, Riley, did you stick your foot in it this time?
20:40No, Honey B.
20:41It isn't that we dislike the old fellow.
20:43On the contrary...
20:44He's really a great guy, but he's always butting in, getting in the way.
20:47Folks, I didn't mean to be eavesdropping.
20:50But I heard what you said, and I...
20:52Oh, well, we didn't mean anything personal, Mr. Winkley.
20:54It's just that...
20:55Oh, wait, Mr. Riley, I've got something to tell you.
20:57You have?
20:58Yes, it's just that I never intended to live with you folks all along.
21:01Really?
21:02You didn't?
21:03Of course not.
21:04It's only a crazy old notion I got.
21:07See, I always stay with new tenants the first night,
21:10to see if they're the right kind of folks.
21:12And you people certainly are.
21:14Oh, Mr. Winkley.
21:15Home, Mr. Winkley.
21:16My real home is in back of my store.
21:18I'll be moving out there first thing in the morning.
21:20Good night.
21:21Good night.
21:22Good night.
21:23How are you doing?
21:24Oh, the sly old rascal.
21:27He was just testing us.
21:29Well, how about it, Honey Bean?
21:31You want to move down here tonight, or would you rather wait till tomorrow morning?
21:34Good morning.
21:35What a revolting development this is.
21:39Haha, ha, ha!
21:41Choo.
21:42Ha, ha, ha.
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