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Cynical writer George Wickley arrives as the Bumstead household experiences the birth of daughter Cookie.
Penny Singleton - Blondie Bumstead
Arthur Lake - Dagwood Bumstead
Larry Simms - Baby Dumpling (Alexander) Bumstead
Daisy - Daisy
Jonathan Hale - J.C. Dithers
Danny Mummert - Alvin Fuddle
Hans Conried - George Wickley
Stanley Brown - Ollie Shaw
Irving Bacon - Mr. Crumb
Mary Wickes - Sarah Miller
Don Barclay - Waiter
Sylvia Field - Maternity Nurse
Paul Harvey - William Lawrence
Olin Howland - Office Worker
Tom Kennedy - Motorcycle Cop Who Names The Baby 'Cookie'
Arthur O'Connell - Intern
Eileen O'Hearn - Hospital Nurse
Dorothy Anne Seese - Little Girl
Norma Jean Wayne - Baby Cookie Bumstead
Katherine Yorke - Hospital Nurse
Director - Frank R. Strayer
Penny Singleton - Blondie Bumstead
Arthur Lake - Dagwood Bumstead
Larry Simms - Baby Dumpling (Alexander) Bumstead
Daisy - Daisy
Jonathan Hale - J.C. Dithers
Danny Mummert - Alvin Fuddle
Hans Conried - George Wickley
Stanley Brown - Ollie Shaw
Irving Bacon - Mr. Crumb
Mary Wickes - Sarah Miller
Don Barclay - Waiter
Sylvia Field - Maternity Nurse
Paul Harvey - William Lawrence
Olin Howland - Office Worker
Tom Kennedy - Motorcycle Cop Who Names The Baby 'Cookie'
Arthur O'Connell - Intern
Eileen O'Hearn - Hospital Nurse
Dorothy Anne Seese - Little Girl
Norma Jean Wayne - Baby Cookie Bumstead
Katherine Yorke - Hospital Nurse
Director - Frank R. Strayer
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00:00:25Pretty face, funny hat, that's what my blondie is.
00:00:30Lovable feet, both flat, that's what my dagwood is.
00:00:34Blondie's not always right, my letter thinks she is.
00:00:39All of my thoughts are bright, long as he thinks they're his.
00:00:43Life of us is fun and crazy, baby doubling.
00:00:47Us and Daisy, what a family.
00:00:50Incredible, bum-steadable.
00:00:52Hurry, you'll miss your bus.
00:00:54Watch out, you'll burn your stew.
00:00:56Nothing's too much for us, as long as with me there's you.
00:01:01Dagwood and blondie, blondie and dagwood, always with me there's you.
00:01:16I'll take it.
00:01:20Daisy's hiding underneath the house.
00:01:22I think she's afraid of the stork.
00:01:25Stork? Is the stork coming to your house?
00:01:27Yeah, see that?
00:01:29Yeah, what is it?
00:01:31It's a trap going up in the tree there.
00:01:33And when the stork comes, I'm going to catch it.
00:01:35What for?
00:01:37If he hasn't got a baby girl, I'm going to make him take it back.
00:01:40Why are you so anxious to have a girl?
00:01:42There's enough men in this family, and I'm tired of doing dishes.
00:01:46I'm going to work any day now, and I won't have any time.
00:01:49Well, see you later.
00:01:50So long.
00:01:51Baby Dumpling!
00:01:52Baby Dumpling!
00:01:53I can hear you.
00:01:55Don't be hollering so loud.
00:01:57Oh, excuse me, is your mother asleep?
00:01:59I don't know, but she's lying down.
00:02:01Well, listen, Baby Dumpling.
00:02:03Just a minute.
00:02:04I've been meaning to bring this up for a long time.
00:02:07What?
00:02:08That Baby Dumpling stuff is out.
00:02:10From now on, my name is Alexander.
00:02:12Oh, but I like Baby Dumpling.
00:02:14I like chocolate ice cream soda, too, but I don't get it all the time.
00:02:18What did you want to send me about?
00:02:20Anything special?
00:02:22Oh, yes.
00:02:23Miss Boyd told me to ask you why you weren't at Sunday School yesterday.
00:02:27I had to help Daddy with the housework.
00:02:29You missed an awfully nice lesson.
00:02:32It was all about Moses when he was a little baby.
00:02:35The Stark left him and the bulrushes.
00:02:39Bulrushes?
00:02:42I wonder if I'm setting up this trap in the right place.
00:02:47Once more, the ring of baby laughter is about to echo through the house.
00:02:53Once more, the gurgling and cooing of the little stranger in your midst will set your heart a-dancing.
00:03:00Once more...
00:03:01Listen, Bumstead.
00:03:02If you read that tripe once more, so help me, your kids are going to be fatherless.
00:03:06Oh, gee, Ollie, when your second baby was on its way, didn't it make you feel sort of good?
00:03:13Yeah.
00:03:14Good and worried.
00:03:15I had bills up to here.
00:03:16Yeah?
00:03:17Yeah.
00:03:17And after the baby came, more bills up to here.
00:03:21Yeah?
00:03:21Yeah!
00:03:24Here's some literature on construction.
00:03:29Yes, Mr. Dinners?
00:03:31Dagwood, bring in those figures on the Murphy deal.
00:03:33Right away, Mr. Dinners!
00:03:47One of the most thrilling experiences in a man's life.
00:03:51Comes at that moment when he carries his baby in his arms across the threshold of his home.
00:03:59Oh, boy, when he carries his little baby in his arms.
00:04:05Whee!
00:04:06Ha-ha!
00:04:08Coo-cha-coo-cha-coo!
00:04:10Ha-ha!
00:04:11When he carries his baby in his arm across the threshold of...
00:04:14Oh, oh!
00:04:15Oh, I'm sorry.
00:04:17What do you think you're doing?
00:04:18I was just practicing carrying the baby across the thing.
00:04:22Now, listen here, Dagwood.
00:04:24For months, you've been running around acting like a chicken with his head down.
00:04:28Well...
00:04:28Now, I appreciate your emotions.
00:04:29I know what you're going through.
00:04:31Uh-huh.
00:04:31But when you start disrupting my office and neglecting your work and making a pest of yourself,
00:04:36my sympathy ends.
00:04:37Now, you've got to forget that baby and come down to earth.
00:04:40Oh, gee, Mr. Dinners, how can I forget about the baby?
00:04:43It'll be here any day now.
00:04:44But you won't be here if you persist in making my man part of a pediatrics quiz program.
00:04:49Oh, ha.
00:04:50I was just comparing notes with the two-time fathers, ha-ha.
00:04:53Well, just don't compare them on my time.
00:04:56And I'll get your figures and come into my office.
00:04:58Oh, okay, J.C.
00:04:59Oh, Mr. Dinners.
00:05:01Yes?
00:05:01Uh, can I think about the baby just a little bit, huh?
00:05:06Yes.
00:05:07On your lunch hour.
00:05:09Oh, yeah.
00:05:13Why, hello, Mr. Cronk.
00:05:15Hello, George.
00:05:16I thought you had a route in the suburbs.
00:05:18Well, I have, but there's a fellow out there named Bumstead that's been running into me every morning for years.
00:05:22Every time I deliver the mail, bang, he hits me.
00:05:25Well, what are you doing around here?
00:05:27Well, I don't deliver the mail at his house at all anymore.
00:05:30You don't?
00:05:30No.
00:05:31No.
00:05:31Instead, I deliver it here at his office.
00:05:33It's added ten years to my life.
00:05:36You know, I haven't been knocked down in weeks.
00:05:39So long, George.
00:05:39So long.
00:05:41But aren't these the same figures we discussed last week?
00:05:44Yes, sir, but you see...
00:05:45Well, good heavens, you haven't incorporated the changes I made.
00:05:49Yes, sir, but you see...
00:05:50What do you do all day in the office?
00:05:52Knit booties?
00:05:53Yes, sir, but...
00:05:54Oh, no.
00:05:56Here.
00:05:57Oh, no, here.
00:05:58Yes?
00:05:59Oh, it's for you.
00:06:01Huh?
00:06:01Just take your time.
00:06:02Hello?
00:06:02Hello?
00:06:03Hello, Daddy?
00:06:05Is this Daddy?
00:06:06Hello, yes.
00:06:07Baby Dumpling?
00:06:08Oh, where's Mommy?
00:06:09Has anything happened?
00:06:10Yes, plenty.
00:06:12Well, is Mommy all right?
00:06:13No, she's busy with the babies.
00:06:15Babies?
00:06:16Did you say baby or babies?
00:06:19Babies.
00:06:20How many?
00:06:21Five.
00:06:22Five?
00:06:23What's up?
00:06:24We got quintuplets!
00:06:51Now he's got an accomplice.
00:06:53Yeah!
00:06:53She's
00:06:53Peggy!
00:06:53пог,CTYS!!
00:07:02Oh, no!
00:07:06It is going to...
00:07:09All the questions...
00:07:14If dumb, you...
00:07:15... left the police!
00:07:21That looks soщit!
00:07:21Bye, go, come on, bye.
00:07:22namely...
00:07:22I'll follow up.
00:07:22There going on, thevy's gonna adopt?
00:07:29What are you doing down here?
00:07:31You ought to be in bed.
00:07:33Don't you know you ought not...
00:07:37Puppies?
00:07:38But Baby Dumplin said...
00:07:41I thought...
00:07:43Puppies?
00:07:45Aren't they, darling?
00:07:47They're all right.
00:07:48But I thought...
00:07:51Puppies.
00:07:58Puppies.
00:07:59Five of them.
00:08:01More mouths to feed.
00:08:03What's he so disappointed about?
00:08:05Maybe he expected more.
00:08:09Well, where's Blondie?
00:08:10She's with the babies.
00:08:12Oh, no, no.
00:08:13In the kitchen on the floor.
00:08:19Blondie, shouldn't you be in bed?
00:08:24Oh, five puppies.
00:08:26I guess I'm getting as keyed up as Dagwood is.
00:08:29That isn't possible.
00:08:31Oh, he's all of a dither, Mr. Dithers.
00:08:34And when he's all of a dither, I am.
00:08:37Why, this morning at breakfast, he tried to toast the oranges.
00:08:40I can't stand things like that at a time like this.
00:08:43Take it easy, Blondie.
00:08:44Now, you'll be all right.
00:08:46Of course I'll be all right.
00:08:47I'd be all right now if people only stopped fussing about me.
00:08:51It's Dagwood that's coming apart, Mr. Dithers.
00:08:53You'd think he was having the baby.
00:08:56Sometimes I'm afraid he isn't going to be able to go through with it.
00:09:00Oh, nonsense, Blondie.
00:09:01Well, you're just letting him make you nervous.
00:09:03Well, you've got to be like me.
00:09:04Now, I have him around all day long.
00:09:06I don't let him make me nervous.
00:09:08What am I doing?
00:09:11But you don't know what he's like at home.
00:09:13And if he isn't able to stand the strain, Mr. Dithers.
00:09:16I mean, if anything should happen to him, I never forgive myself.
00:09:20Oh, there, there, Blondie.
00:09:21Maybe we can get him away for a bit.
00:09:23Where he can sort of forget himself.
00:09:26Oh, that'd be wonderful.
00:09:28See, my sister-in-law's left.
00:09:30And maybe I could have him at my house.
00:09:32No, I couldn't have him at my house.
00:09:35Oh, no, no.
00:09:36That'd be too near.
00:09:37He'd be coming home here all the time.
00:09:39That's right.
00:09:40Somewhere farther, much farther.
00:09:43I've got it.
00:09:44I'll send him to Chicago.
00:09:46Oh, oh, Mr. Dithers, how can I ever thank you?
00:09:49Don't.
00:09:50I can't tell you how glad I am to do it.
00:09:53Oh.
00:09:57Where have you been, my pretty maid?
00:09:59We just had puppies.
00:10:01Well, congratulations.
00:10:02Did you hear that, fellas?
00:10:03Dad would just have puppies.
00:10:04When are you going to pass out the cigars?
00:10:05Not cigars, dog biscuits.
00:10:07Mr. Bumstead, as the father of five puppies,
00:10:10have you a statement to make for the press?
00:10:12Good morning.
00:10:13Good morning.
00:10:13Good morning.
00:10:14Good morning.
00:10:15Good morning.
00:10:16Oh, oh.
00:10:17I'm sorry, Mr. Dithers.
00:10:19You see, the boys...
00:10:20Come into my office.
00:10:22Oh, I'm sorry I ran off, J.C.
00:10:26Please, Mr. Dithers, please don't fire me.
00:10:29I've got ten mouths to feed.
00:10:31Well, just keep one of them closed.
00:10:33I'm only sending you to Chicago.
00:10:35Oh, I thought you were sending...
00:10:37Chicago?
00:10:39Oh, I thought you were going to fire me.
00:10:41The National Association of Architects is holding this convention there,
00:10:44and I want you to represent me.
00:10:46Well, that's wonderful.
00:10:48You just make a simple speech at the banquet and...
00:10:51Speech?
00:10:53What'll I say?
00:10:54Well, just a few words and sit down.
00:10:56I'll have something written for you.
00:10:58No, you write your own speech when you get there.
00:11:00Give you something to think about.
00:11:02Oh, I don't think I'd be able to think...
00:11:05What are we talking about?
00:11:06I can't go to Chicago.
00:11:08No?
00:11:09Of course not.
00:11:10Bondi needs me.
00:11:11We'll see what she had to say about that.
00:11:13Well, I'd be a fine husband to leave her now.
00:11:15Why, I'm her pillar of strength.
00:11:17Oh, no.
00:11:18I wouldn't go, even if it meant resigning from the J.C. Dithers Company.
00:11:23All right, you asked for it.
00:11:26Either you do go, or you're...
00:11:28No, no, no, don't say it.
00:11:31Think of my ten miles.
00:11:32You think of them.
00:11:33Now, I'll give you ten minutes to do it in.
00:11:36How long?
00:11:38Nine and a half.
00:11:39Start thinking.
00:11:44Don't forget to write to me every day, Dagwood.
00:11:46I will.
00:11:47And get baby dumping goodbye for me.
00:11:49I will, darling.
00:11:53Oh, Dagwood, you're late.
00:11:54Yeah.
00:11:55Oh!
00:11:56Bye!
00:12:00What?
00:12:00Oh!
00:12:01Uh-oh.
00:12:02Stop worrying.
00:12:03It works.
00:12:04What?
00:12:05What?
00:12:05Oh, Dagwood, don't be so silly.
00:12:07Now, come on.
00:12:07Stop playing.
00:12:08Where am I?
00:12:09Come on.
00:12:09Whose snoot is this?
00:12:11Oh!
00:12:13Oh!
00:12:23Fellow architects, looking at your faces, I am reminded of a joke.
00:12:30Oh!
00:12:32Oh!
00:12:36Oh!
00:12:38Fellow architects, we have gathered today in this great, big, beautiful city of Chicago
00:12:42with its magnificent buildings, its lovely streets, its pretty homes, children, and babies.
00:12:49Oh, babies.
00:12:51Oh.
00:12:52Fellow architects, when I was a little boy, I used to say, uh, what did I used to say?
00:12:59Oh.
00:13:00Fellow architects, we have gathered here in this beautiful city of Chicago.
00:13:06I used to say...
00:13:07Mr. Wickley.
00:13:08Yes.
00:13:08Who is it?
00:13:09The waiter, Mr. Wickley.
00:13:14Oh, but you didn't bring my dinner.
00:13:15Uh, no, sir, but I brought you the bill.
00:13:17Oh, but no dinner.
00:13:18Uh, no, sir.
00:13:19Oh.
00:13:19The manager asked me to tell you that there aren't any more dinners until you pay that.
00:13:24Oh, he did?
00:13:25Well, does he realize that I am George Wickley, the playwright?
00:13:28That the very play I'm working on now will bring a fortune?
00:13:31That the moment I finish the drama that I'm working on now, I'll be a wealthy man?
00:13:35But then I suggest you finish it.
00:13:37But does it mean nothing that I've lived here for years?
00:13:40Well, almost a year.
00:13:42Does it mean nothing or...
00:13:43Nothing.
00:13:47Nothing.
00:13:50Once I was the idol of women.
00:13:53Once I was the envy of men.
00:13:56And now I'm hungry.
00:13:59No, I mean, uh, now I'm old.
00:14:01How can I battle life further?
00:14:05How can I hope to cope with...
00:14:07Cope to hope?
00:14:08Hope to overcome...
00:14:11The smears of men and the scorn of women.
00:14:15Fellow Archangel,
00:14:16When you take your plan in hand and call your plans on a blue plate.
00:14:20I mean a blue plate.
00:14:22You have to say it.
00:14:23It's too much.
00:14:24Why pretend any longer?
00:14:25I've finished through.
00:14:26Done.
00:14:27What have you decided?
00:14:28Death would be a welcome visitor.
00:14:31Death is my friend.
00:14:32He wouldn't laugh at me.
00:14:35But why wait for Death to call?
00:14:38I'll go to Death.
00:14:39Meet him.
00:14:39Why wait for him to come and embrace him?
00:14:42That's what I know.
00:14:43I'll go to meet Death.
00:14:44Oh, wait a minute.
00:14:47Ah, don't do that!
00:14:48Oh, don't kill yourself.
00:14:50What's the idea?
00:14:51Let go of me.
00:14:52Let go!
00:14:53Do you promise not to jump out?
00:14:55You bigfoot.
00:14:57All right, all right, I promise.
00:14:58Release me.
00:15:01If you kill yourself, you'd be sorry for it the rest of your life.
00:15:04Who said I was going to kill myself?
00:15:06You did.
00:15:07You just said you were going to meet Death.
00:15:10I didn't say that.
00:15:11My hero said that.
00:15:13Hero?
00:15:13Oh, my good man.
00:15:15I am a playwright.
00:15:16Playwright?
00:15:17Oh, you mean you write plays?
00:15:19I also act.
00:15:21You mean you act?
00:15:22I often create my scenes here in the corridors.
00:15:25It gives me more room in which to think.
00:15:27I think better walking in circles.
00:15:30I was just doing a little creating, too.
00:15:33A speech.
00:15:34Really?
00:15:35Good night.
00:15:36Good night, Mr.
00:15:38Wickley.
00:15:39George Wickley.
00:15:40I brought everything you asked for, Mr. Bumstead.
00:15:42Oh, thanks.
00:15:44I was just going to fix a little sandwich for myself.
00:15:47Sort of a Bumstead special.
00:15:49Just put it on the table in my room.
00:15:52Yes, sir.
00:15:52Thanks.
00:15:53Making yourself a little sandwich, what?
00:15:55Yeah.
00:15:55Well, good night.
00:15:56Oh, I say, Mr. Bumstead.
00:15:58No, Bumstead.
00:15:59Dagwood Bumstead.
00:16:00Oh, I'm sorry.
00:16:00I just happened to think.
00:16:01Perhaps I could help you with your speech.
00:16:04Gee, I'd appreciate that.
00:16:06Oh, not at all.
00:16:07Not at all.
00:16:07After all, writing is my bread and butter, you know.
00:16:11Well, I think that'd be wonderful.
00:16:13Oh, no, no, no.
00:16:14Let's work in your room, what?
00:16:16Oh, sure.
00:16:17You know, I like meeting people, studying them.
00:16:20And you, Mr. Bumstead, interest me greatly.
00:16:27Would you sign for the tray, Mr. Bumstead?
00:16:30Yes.
00:16:34There you are.
00:16:36And here's a little something for the kiddies.
00:16:41Do you have to be such a voucher?
00:16:45For 50 cents, I'll vouch.
00:16:48Thank you, sir.
00:16:49And if you need any more food, just send for me.
00:16:55The food here was, uh, is delicious, Mr. Bumstead.
00:16:59Oh, that's nice.
00:17:00Now about this speech I'm writing.
00:17:01I'm writing.
00:17:02You just go ahead and make a sandwich.
00:17:04Oh, but I'm not hungry.
00:17:07You see, this creating seems to take my appetite away.
00:17:10Oh, really?
00:17:11You know, that's odd.
00:17:12I always seem to create better when I, right after I've eaten.
00:17:16Oh, then you'd better eat the sandwich.
00:17:19Oh, no, I couldn't think of it.
00:17:21But, but if you write better.
00:17:23Oh, please.
00:17:24You eat it, Mr. Wickley.
00:17:26Well, if you insist.
00:17:33Huh?
00:17:48You ought to write good now, huh?
00:17:49Well, at least better.
00:17:51Tell me, what is our little speech?
00:17:53Oh, it's for the architect's convention next week.
00:17:56You know about architects.
00:17:58Architects.
00:17:58Ah.
00:17:59Buildings.
00:18:00Homes.
00:18:03Home may not be the boundary of our affections, but it should be the center.
00:18:08Gee, that's swell.
00:18:10Put it down.
00:18:11Put it down.
00:18:13And in bygone days, a man might express that affection in the style and design of the dwelling
00:18:19that was to shelter his loved ones.
00:18:22Guys.
00:18:23Fortunately, we can still return to that era.
00:18:27The era of the pioneers.
00:18:29Spread out over this glorious land of ours.
00:18:32Learn again the beauty of the earth and the sky.
00:18:35Conceive our own vision of our dwelling and build it ourselves.
00:18:39That's it, Bumstead.
00:18:40That's our theme.
00:18:41Build your own home.
00:18:42Be your own architect.
00:18:44That's wonderful.
00:18:46But do you think the architects are like that?
00:18:48Why not?
00:18:49Even architects must be responsive to new ideas.
00:18:53Anyone can say the usual things.
00:18:54You want your speech to be outstanding.
00:18:56Yeah, that's so.
00:18:57And that ought to knock it right out of their seat.
00:18:59Sure it will.
00:19:00And we'll round it out during the week.
00:19:02Yeah.
00:19:02Oh.
00:19:03Hadn't we better get it done tonight?
00:19:06Oh, no.
00:19:06No use pressing.
00:19:07It'll flow better if we don't.
00:19:09And don't worry about my deserting you on it.
00:19:11Oh, no.
00:19:11I'll be seeing you morning, noon, and night.
00:19:14Oh.
00:19:14Oh, I wish you could meet Blondie.
00:19:16She'd want to thank you, too.
00:19:18Say, maybe someday when you're touring with one of your plays,
00:19:21you could stop off in our town and meet the family, huh?
00:19:23Wouldn't it be nice?
00:19:25Yeah.
00:19:25Oh, you'd like Blondie and baby Dumpling.
00:19:27Dumpling?
00:19:28Yeah.
00:19:28Baby Dumpling and Daisy and our new baby and our new five little puppies.
00:19:34I'm sure I should.
00:19:36Oh.
00:19:39Be your own architect.
00:19:41Wait till Mr. Dithers hears about this.
00:19:59I bet you'll be glad when your mother gets home from the hospital.
00:20:02I sure will.
00:20:04Well, a woman works from son to son, but a man's work is never done.
00:20:10See what I mean?
00:20:12It goes on like that all day.
00:20:20Hello?
00:20:21Oh, hello.
00:20:21Baby Dumpling?
00:20:23Oh, hello, Daddy.
00:20:24Where are you?
00:20:26At the station.
00:20:27Better not tell him on the phone.
00:20:28Better break it to him easy.
00:20:30Hey, how's Mommy?
00:20:32Mommy, she's lying down.
00:20:34That's true.
00:20:35Oh, that's fine.
00:20:36You tell her I'll be right home.
00:20:38All right, Daddy.
00:20:38We'll be waiting for you.
00:20:40Goodbye.
00:20:41I feel like a heel.
00:20:43It's better than having him come apart at the station.
00:20:46I'll call the cab.
00:20:48Where are we going?
00:20:49To take Daddy to the hospital.
00:20:50He'd kill himself getting there alone.
00:21:04What are you counting?
00:21:07How many trips you make, back and forth.
00:21:10Oh, is I going back and forth?
00:21:16There's one thing I can't get through my head.
00:21:19What?
00:21:19Why does the stork have to come to the hospital?
00:21:23Because your mother is here at the hospital.
00:21:26And wherever your mother is, that's where the baby is going to be delivered.
00:21:30Why?
00:21:32You're too young to know.
00:21:34I am not.
00:21:38Well, because...
00:21:40Because...
00:21:40Ask your father.
00:21:42Oh, yes.
00:21:44What do you want to know, huh?
00:21:46I want to know why Mommy couldn't have stayed home.
00:21:48Huh?
00:21:49Oh, she could have.
00:21:52Then why didn't she?
00:21:54The storks lab were to get all mixed up looking for this hospital.
00:21:58We had a hard time finding it ourselves.
00:22:00Well, Mommy had to be at the hospital because the baby's going to be delivered here.
00:22:05Alan just said that the baby has to be delivered at the hospital because Mommy's here.
00:22:13Yeah, that's the same thing, huh?
00:22:15Oh, no, it isn't.
00:22:16Doesn't the stork know where we live or does he work for this hospital?
00:22:20Well, now, I'll tell you.
00:22:23You see, there isn't really a stork.
00:22:26That is, a stork that flies and things.
00:22:31Now, listen carefully, baby Dumpling.
00:22:33Alexander.
00:22:34Oh, I'm sorry, Alexander.
00:22:36Do you know how flowers grow?
00:22:38In the ground.
00:22:39You mean to tell me you're going to play...
00:22:41No, no, no, no, no, wait.
00:22:43What I'm trying to say is, do you know how flowers start?
00:22:47Uh-uh.
00:22:48Do you?
00:22:49Sure.
00:22:50That is, I think I do.
00:22:52There are different kinds of flowers, and the dust from one flower blows on the other flower.
00:23:00Pollen.
00:23:02What did you say?
00:23:03Pollen.
00:23:04It's not dust.
00:23:05It's pollen.
00:23:06I know that.
00:23:07Okay.
00:23:11I'll tell you what we'll do.
00:23:13We'll talk about bees.
00:23:16I'm asking about babies.
00:23:18Yeah, well, never mind.
00:23:21There are two kinds of bees.
00:23:24Three.
00:23:25Two.
00:23:26Three.
00:23:26The queen bees, the workers, and the drones.
00:23:29The drones don't count.
00:23:30Oh, yes, they do.
00:23:32Listen, I don't want to know about flowers, and I don't want to know about bees.
00:23:37You be quiet.
00:23:39You're making as much noise as he is.
00:23:41Alvin, why don't you stop heckling, Daddy?
00:23:44He's not heckling, Daddy.
00:23:45He's bothering, Daddy.
00:23:47Well, if you ask me...
00:23:48Nobody's asking you.
00:23:50Shh.
00:23:50Shh, quiet in the house.
00:23:52Are these children with you?
00:23:53Yes, sir.
00:23:54May I speak to you a moment?
00:23:56What?
00:23:56Huh?
00:23:57Oh, yeah, thank you.
00:23:58No.
00:24:04Now, what do you suppose that's about?
00:24:10Come on, baby.
00:24:11Alexander, come on, Alvin.
00:24:13I have to go.
00:24:14Daddy, what's that man in the white suit want?
00:24:16Well, he wants me to get you kids out of here.
00:24:19You see, children aren't allowed on this floor.
00:24:22Children not allowed on this floor.
00:24:24How do you like that?
00:24:25Why, I was born on this floor, and so was Baby Dumpling.
00:24:28And the sooner you read some good books on child psychology and brush up on how to tell...
00:24:33Never mind, come on, come on.
00:24:35Don't jerk my arm.
00:24:36I'm coming, I'm coming.
00:24:37Come on, come on, baby.
00:24:39Shh.
00:24:39Please let go of my arm.
00:24:41Shh.
00:24:41Oh, children are allowed on this floor.
00:24:44Mr. Bomstead.
00:24:45Huh?
00:24:47Congratulations, Mr. Bomstead.
00:24:48Oh, you mean...
00:24:49Oh, how's my wife?
00:24:51She's doing splendidly, Mr. Bomstead.
00:24:53And, and, and the...
00:24:54The baby's doing well, too.
00:24:55Oh, what's the baby's name?
00:24:57That, that, that's good.
00:25:00Is it a boy or a girl?
00:25:02Yes, is it?
00:25:03It's a seven-pound girl.
00:25:04Oh, gee.
00:25:07No more housework.
00:25:09Can I see my wife?
00:25:09No, I'm sorry.
00:25:10You'll have to wait till tomorrow.
00:25:11Well, then, maybe I could see...
00:25:12I tell you what you do, Mr. Bomstead.
00:25:14You go home and get yourself some sleep.
00:25:16Yes, I am kind of tired.
00:25:17Of course you are.
00:25:18You've been under a great strain.
00:25:19I know.
00:25:22Come on, kids.
00:25:23I gotta hand it to you, Mr. Bomstead.
00:25:25You're sure taking it calmly.
00:25:27Of course.
00:25:29I'm always calm in an emergency.
00:25:31You are?
00:25:32Of course I am.
00:25:33That's when we Bomsteads are at our best.
00:25:35We can stand up under any strain.
00:25:37And when the crisis comes,
00:25:39it will always find us on our feet.
00:25:44He did the same thing when I was born.
00:25:52There's a button off my shirt.
00:25:54Well, put it on the chair and I'll sew one on for you.
00:25:57Okay.
00:25:58Okay.
00:25:59Did you feed the puppies?
00:26:01I'm going to right now.
00:26:03Okay.
00:26:26I can't find Elmer.
00:26:28I can't find Elmer.
00:26:33Come on, Elmer.
00:26:35Come on.
00:26:36Come on.
00:26:37Come on, Elmer.
00:26:40Come on, Elmer.
00:26:44Here, Elmer.
00:26:45Elmer.
00:26:46Whee! Whee! Whee! Whee!
00:26:49Oh, wait a minute. Here.
00:26:55Now, where did that drape go?
00:26:57In the vacuum cleaner.
00:26:59Oh. Nonsense. How could it be in a vacuum cleaner?
00:27:04It's the silliest thing I ever heard.
00:27:11What's that?
00:27:17Oh. What? There's Elmer.
00:27:21Now, why didn't I look there first?
00:27:24Uh-huh.
00:27:30Oh, yes.
00:27:46Uh-oh.
00:27:46Uh-huh.
00:27:51Oh.
00:27:51Uh-huh.
00:27:53Ah!
00:27:54Ah.
00:27:54Ah.
00:27:55Ah!
00:27:55Ah.
00:28:09Ah.
00:28:10Uh-huh.
00:28:13Ah.
00:28:14Oh, Wilmer.
00:28:49Daddy?
00:28:49Huh?
00:28:50Where's the mop?
00:28:52In the broom closet, of course.
00:28:53Okay, okay.
00:28:55What do you want it for?
00:28:56There's a river in the middle of the kitchen.
00:29:00That's all right, Daisy. Elmer just upset the milk.
00:29:21Oh, hello, Blondie.
00:29:23Mommy?
00:29:23Quiet.
00:29:24Oh, no, not you, dear.
00:29:27What?
00:29:28You mean today?
00:29:29Now?
00:29:30I'll be right over.
00:29:31Goodbye.
00:29:32Now what's wrong?
00:29:33Oh, there's nothing wrong.
00:29:34Nothing's going to be wrong from now on.
00:29:36We're going to the hospital and get Mommy,
00:29:38and we're going to bring her home.
00:29:40You better take off that apron.
00:29:43Oh.
00:29:44Oh.
00:29:44We'd better put on that shirt.
00:29:45Where is it?
00:29:46Oh, it's sold to the chair in the living room.
00:29:50Okay.
00:29:51Yeah.
00:29:51Huh?
00:29:52Huh?
00:30:01I'll say goodbye now, Blondie.
00:30:03I have to be getting back to the office.
00:30:04Well, it was very sweet of you to come down, Mr. Dithers,
00:30:07especially when you're so busy.
00:30:09Yeah.
00:30:10Say, J.C., have you heard anything from the Architects Association
00:30:13about my speech?
00:30:15No, I haven't, Dagwood.
00:30:16From what I can gather, Mr. Dithers,
00:30:17they were simply overwhelmed.
00:30:19You know, I started in by saying,
00:30:21Ladies!
00:30:22Never mind about the speech, Dagwood.
00:30:25The important thing is we got you off to Chicago.
00:30:27Blondie wants to get home with the baby.
00:30:29Oh.
00:30:29I'll be around to see you when he gets settled.
00:30:33Goodbye.
00:30:33Goodbye.
00:30:35Come on.
00:30:35Oh, yeah.
00:30:36No, I can do this.
00:30:38Oh.
00:30:38Come on.
00:30:40There.
00:30:41Oh, say, listen.
00:30:41Now, I want you to drive as slowly as possible,
00:30:44and I'll double the fare.
00:30:46Mister will practically crawl.
00:31:04Pull over to the curb.
00:31:13What do you think you're going?
00:31:14To a funeral?
00:31:15Well, the folks in the back wanted me to drive slow because they...
00:31:17I don't care what they wanted.
00:31:19You know better than to impede traffic like this.
00:31:21You're responsible for this vehicle, not the passengers.
00:31:24Now, if that guy back there wants to do any necking with his girl,
00:31:27get him off the main boulevard and take him to a park.
00:31:31Officer, could you lower your voice?
00:31:34Of course I could lower my voice.
00:31:36But why should I?
00:31:38You'll wake the baby.
00:31:39The what?
00:31:42Shh.
00:31:43She's asleep.
00:31:47Say, that sure is a cute little cookie.
00:31:51He yours too.
00:31:53Yeah, but they've had me for years.
00:31:55Well, don't you let little cookie put your nose out of joint.
00:32:02Now, get going.
00:32:03Drive slow, understand?
00:32:05And don't let me catch up bouncing a baby around the way you are.
00:32:08Now, slow.
00:32:10Yes, sir.
00:32:14Gee, Blondie, we're together again.
00:32:17A family that stays that way is invincible.
00:32:20I'm beginning to feel invisible.
00:32:23Why, darling.
00:32:25Shh.
00:32:26Here.
00:32:26Do you want to take another look at your little sister?
00:32:29Uh.
00:32:29She's all face.
00:32:31Hey, that's a nice thing to say.
00:32:34Well, she's off a little to dry dishes.
00:32:36Yeah, what'd you expect, a debutante?
00:32:38I didn't expect it all.
00:32:40Yeah.
00:32:41Now, now, see here, Alexander.
00:32:46Dagwood, you woke her up.
00:32:48Well, I'll be just fine.
00:32:49Oh, shh.
00:32:54I guess it was just a little gas attack.
00:32:57At her age.
00:32:59Shh.
00:33:02Yeah, I'd rather keep the change.
00:33:04Thanks, mister.
00:33:06See you next year.
00:33:08What does he mean by that?
00:33:10Well, he just...
00:33:11Well, what do you suppose he did mean by that?
00:33:19Hello, Dagwood.
00:33:20George!
00:33:22How are you, old man?
00:33:23Oh, I'm fine.
00:33:24I'm sure glad to see you.
00:33:25Oh, you could make that a double order.
00:33:28Boys, this is the little family you told me about, huh?
00:33:30This is them.
00:33:31I mean, they.
00:33:32I have to speak correctly with a playwright.
00:33:36This is my wife, Blondie, and my son, Alexander, and my new baby daughter.
00:33:42Family?
00:33:43George Wickley.
00:33:44Mrs. Bumstead, I'm most happy to meet you and your little brood.
00:33:48Hi, old man.
00:33:50Well, I'm so happy to meet you, Mr. Wickley.
00:33:53Dagwood's been talking about you ever since he came back from Chicago.
00:33:56I haven't forgotten what you did for me.
00:33:58Oh, nonsense.
00:33:58I enjoyed every bite, uh, minute I had with you.
00:34:03Well, Dagwood, aren't you going to?
00:34:06Oh, am I?
00:34:15Oh.
00:34:16Oh.
00:34:18Now.
00:34:19Come on.
00:34:20Be careful.
00:34:21There.
00:34:23Well, here I go.
00:34:31Blondie?
00:34:33Blondie, what's she crying for?
00:34:34Oh, she'll be all right, dear.
00:34:36You just take her inside and then give her back to me.
00:34:39Yeah, but Blondie...
00:34:40Here, let me hold her for a minute, huh?
00:34:42Oh, Mr. Wickley, I...
00:34:45Now, now, little Miss Bumstead.
00:34:49Oh, she stopped crying.
00:34:56He's enchanted.
00:34:58I'll carry her.
00:35:05Dagwood, you let a stranger carry our baby across the threshold.
00:35:09Oh, he's not exactly a stranger.
00:35:11He's practically one of the family.
00:35:12One of the family?
00:35:14Huh?
00:35:14Now, you listen to me, Dagwood Bumstead.
00:35:16I've got all the family I want.
00:35:17Oh, now, don't get upset.
00:35:18He isn't staying here.
00:35:20But...
00:35:21Well, I should hope not, with all that I have to do right now.
00:35:24Blondie, you don't sound like yourself.
00:35:26Oh, well, I'm sorry, Dagwood.
00:35:28I guess I'm just a little nervous about the baby.
00:35:31Baby!
00:35:32Huh?
00:35:33Oh!
00:35:35Where's Mr. Wickley, Alexander?
00:35:37Uncle George is up in the nursery with Cookie.
00:35:42Uncle George...
00:35:43Hmm.
00:35:45La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la...
00:35:51La, la, la, la, la, la, la...
00:35:54La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la...
00:35:54La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la...
00:35:55La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la...
00:35:56Uh, Mr. Wickley.
00:35:57Uh, you shouldn't dance around with her like that.
00:35:59You'll upset her stomach.
00:36:01Oh, nonsense.
00:36:02All young ladies like to dance, don't they, Dagwood?
00:36:05Oh, oh, really?
00:36:07I suppose you found that out in Chicago.
00:36:10Oh, of course not.
00:36:11You don't think I mixed business with pleasure, do you, Blondie?
00:36:14Oh, say, I hope I didn't start anything.
00:36:16My remark was made in all innocence.
00:36:18You do believe me, don't you, Mrs. Bumstead?
00:36:20Call her Blondie.
00:36:22By all means, call me Blondie.
00:36:26Well, George, maybe we'd better go downstairs and leave Blondie with the baby.
00:36:30Anything you say, Dagwood.
00:36:31I'll see you later, Blondie.
00:36:34Dagwood.
00:36:37You go downstairs and make yourself at home.
00:36:40Thanks.
00:36:42What is it, dear?
00:36:43Please get rid of him as soon as possible, dear.
00:36:45I have a million things to do.
00:36:47But I gotta be polite.
00:36:49He's an important man.
00:36:50And I'm an important woman with a lot on my mind.
00:36:54Oh, I know you're grateful to him for helping you out,
00:36:56but this is no time to show your appreciation.
00:36:59Invite him back in six months or a year.
00:37:02Well, can I even ask him to have something to eat?
00:37:05Oh, no, dear.
00:37:07Not tonight.
00:37:08We want to be alone.
00:37:09Just our little family.
00:37:11Just our little family.
00:37:14I'll get rid of them.
00:37:16Goodbye, Cookie.
00:37:17And you and Baby Dumplin stop calling her that silly name.
00:37:20I have a whole book of lovely ones to pick from.
00:37:23I'm sorry.
00:37:24Bye.
00:37:30Well, darling, how do you like your father?
00:37:37Is that any way to talk, Cookie?
00:37:40Cookie.
00:37:43Oh, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting, George.
00:37:46It's quite all right, old man.
00:37:47I made myself at home, as you suggested.
00:37:50Oh, this is a great cigar.
00:37:53Oh, just help yourself.
00:37:55The humidor will always be open to you.
00:37:58Why, Dagwood, you sound as though I were going to be here indefinitely.
00:38:01Oh, did I sound like that?
00:38:04You know, Dagwood, I bet I get a lot of work done here.
00:38:07You have such a pleasant, homey place here.
00:38:10And such a wonderful, hospitable little wife.
00:38:12I guess she's grateful, too, huh?
00:38:13Yeah.
00:38:14You know, Dagwood?
00:38:15She made me feel as if I belonged here.
00:38:18She did?
00:38:22Oh, you know, it's a funny thing about that speech, George.
00:38:25I'm sure I put it over.
00:38:27But you should have heard the silence.
00:38:29Well, Dagwood, nobody ever applauds revolutionary ideas.
00:38:33They have to digest them.
00:38:34Oh, yeah.
00:38:35Did anyone applaud Columbus when he discovered America?
00:38:38Well, no.
00:38:39Did anyone applaud the Wright brothers when they wanted to fly?
00:38:42Well, I don't think so.
00:38:43Oh, you see?
00:38:44Say, Dagwood, how about a Bumstead special, huh?
00:38:47Oh, I don't think so, George.
00:38:52I...
00:38:53Sure, sure thing.
00:38:54Come on.
00:39:03Well, what a charming kitchen.
00:39:06Yeah, yeah.
00:39:07It's a good thing I got all this stuff last night.
00:39:09I bet you knew I was coming.
00:39:11Huh?
00:39:12Oh, no, not exactly.
00:39:16Well, the loyal family mascot, huh?
00:39:19How are you, old man?
00:39:24Well, what's the matter, boy?
00:39:26Daisy's trying to tell you she's a girl.
00:39:28I see.
00:39:29Well, I'm sorry, Daisy.
00:39:31I apologize.
00:39:33Wow.
00:39:34A feast fit for a king.
00:39:36Now, if I have something cold to drink,
00:39:38just browse around the icebox.
00:39:40Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
00:40:11George!
00:40:13Come on, now, Scott!
00:40:17George!
00:40:18George!
00:40:21No.
00:40:22Where are you going?
00:40:31Oh, man!
00:40:41Oh! Oh! Quiet, Daisy!
00:40:43What's the matter with this?
00:40:47It's all right now, Daisy.
00:40:49The man isn't going to take your puppy's milk while I'm around.
00:40:53Oh, I'm sorry, Daisy. I had no idea that was a puppy's milk.
00:40:55Yeah, I guess I had a little accident.
00:40:58You better take a little walk, Dad, would?
00:41:00Oh, no. I'd better tidy up here a little bit here.
00:41:03No, I'll do it, dear. You might tip over the ice bath.
00:41:06Come on, Dagwood. Let's take a walk. I'd like to get acquainted with the neighbor.
00:41:08Yeah. What did you say, Mr. Wickley?
00:41:11I said I'd like to get acquainted with the neighbor, but if I'm going to stay here, I think I
00:41:14ought to.
00:41:15No, no. Let's go, George. Let's take a little walk.
00:41:33No, no. Let's go, George.
00:42:03Now, Blondie, he isn't doing anybody any harm.
00:42:06Oh, he isn't. Well, let me tell you how harmless he is.
00:42:10Uh-huh.
00:42:11He dirties my house. He eats like a football team.
00:42:14He puts shirts in our laundry. He has Alexander waiting on him, hand and foot.
00:42:18He uses my guest towels. He sings in the shower.
00:42:21And Daisy has to be kept outside all the time so they won't fight.
00:42:24He tickles the baby. He argues with the grocery boy.
00:42:27He wears your ties, and he calls New York every other day about his place.
00:42:32He calls long distance?
00:42:34Wait till you see the bill.
00:42:38Well, I guess he has overstayed his welcome.
00:42:40Alexander, you go tell Mr. Wickley to come down to the living room at once.
00:42:45Is he going away, Daddy?
00:42:47Alexander, do as your father says.
00:42:49Yeah. Well...
00:42:51You... you're really going to ask him to go?
00:42:54Oh, I certainly am.
00:42:56Well, now you're showing some spirit.
00:42:59I was afraid that you were afraid of him.
00:43:01Me afraid of George?
00:43:03In a few minutes, George will be out of your house forever.
00:43:08He calls long distance, huh?
00:43:12Well...
00:43:20Morning, Dagwood.
00:43:22Morning, George.
00:43:23Alexander said you wanted to see me.
00:43:25I do.
00:43:26What about, Dagwood?
00:43:27Well, I was...
00:43:29Thanks.
00:43:30Yeah.
00:43:31The humidor's locked.
00:43:32No, is it?
00:43:34Well, that's funny.
00:43:35I wonder where the key is.
00:43:38Did you lock it?
00:43:40Why should I?
00:43:40You're the only one that smokes them.
00:43:42That's right.
00:43:43And I guess I'm the one fellow who can have anything you've got.
00:43:46Eh, Dagwood?
00:43:46Huh?
00:43:47That's the way pals like us should be.
00:43:49Yeah, pals, huh?
00:43:50Well, I'm sure going to miss you when you go, George.
00:43:54And I feel the same way about you.
00:43:56But no use worrying about that yet.
00:43:57Huh?
00:43:58No?
00:43:58No, indeed.
00:43:59I'm perfectly contented here.
00:44:00I feel like one of the family.
00:44:02The way you've made me feel.
00:44:03Huh?
00:44:03Oh, what did you want to see me about, Dagwood?
00:44:06Well, I just wanted to find out how the play was coming along.
00:44:10Oh, fine, Dagwood, fine.
00:44:12Of course, I am having a little trouble with my villain.
00:44:15Huh?
00:44:15He's just locked the door on his best friend.
00:44:19Yes.
00:44:19Yes.
00:44:28But I like Uncle George.
00:44:30I don't want him to go away.
00:44:31But don't you want just us in our own home, dear?
00:44:36Yes.
00:44:37And Uncle George, too.
00:44:39Why do you like him so?
00:44:42He pays attention to me.
00:44:44Nobody else does since Cookie came.
00:44:46Oh.
00:44:48Oh.
00:44:49Oh, my poor darling.
00:44:51I didn't realize I'd been neglecting you.
00:44:56After Uncle...
00:44:57After Mr. Wickley leaves,
00:45:00we're going to have a picnic.
00:45:01Oh, boy.
00:45:03Well, come on now.
00:45:04Eat your breakfast.
00:45:05Come on.
00:45:11Smell that?
00:45:12What?
00:45:12Bacon.
00:45:13Huh?
00:45:17Good morning, Blondie.
00:45:19Uncle George, after you leave,
00:45:21we're going to have a picnic.
00:45:22After I leave?
00:45:23Whatever made you think I intended doing such a thing?
00:45:25Don't worry, Alexander.
00:45:27Your Uncle George isn't going anyplace.
00:45:36He'll probably give Cookie away when she's married.
00:45:39I got soft-hearted.
00:45:40You mean chicken-hearted.
00:45:41All right.
00:45:42If you won't get him out, I will.
00:45:44No, no.
00:45:45I'll tell you.
00:45:50George, there's something I want to say to you.
00:45:52What?
00:45:52The doorbell's ringing.
00:45:54Oh, no.
00:45:54I wonder who that could be.
00:45:56Probably some more of you Chicago friends.
00:45:58I'll go, so you can't ask them to live with us.
00:46:04Just like a wife, always joking.
00:46:09Is this the Bumstead home?
00:46:11Yes, it is.
00:46:12Can I help you?
00:46:13You can't help me, lady.
00:46:15I'm going to help you.
00:46:19Who are you?
00:46:20Sarah Miller, the new maid from the Home Employment Agency.
00:46:24Maid?
00:46:25Oh.
00:46:25Oh, I didn't hire any maid.
00:46:27I know you didn't.
00:46:28Mr. Wickley did.
00:46:29He told me,
00:46:30is there some funny business going on here?
00:46:33Because if there is,
00:46:34and I'm left holding the bag,
00:46:36I'll make trouble.
00:46:37I gave up two good-paying jobs to come here.
00:46:40Even took less money
00:46:41because Mr. Wickley promised me a part in his play.
00:46:44It'll be too bad if I'm left holding the bag.
00:46:47Now I'll go up to my room.
00:46:48Oh, but I don't...
00:46:50I'll find it.
00:46:51It's always the smallest one in the back
00:46:53with one window.
00:46:59And when the curtain came down,
00:47:01you should have heard the audience applaud.
00:47:03Author, author, they cried.
00:47:05Did the play make them cry, Uncle George?
00:47:07Oh, no, Alexander.
00:47:08It was a funny play full of gags.
00:47:11You're very good at gags, aren't you, George?
00:47:14Modesty for face.
00:47:15You must tell Dagwood about Sarah Miller.
00:47:18Who's she?
00:47:19Our new servant.
00:47:21Oh, I knew...
00:47:22What do you mean?
00:47:24Georgie Porchie hired a maid for us.
00:47:27Well, I had to.
00:47:28Blondie's been working so hard lately,
00:47:30like a little Trojan,
00:47:31never complaining.
00:47:32I thought if I could get her a servant,
00:47:33Blondie could have more time for herself.
00:47:35I think that was very thoughtful of you, George.
00:47:38Don't you, Dagwood?
00:47:40As for her wages, well...
00:47:42Oh, don't worry about the money.
00:47:43As soon as my play is produced,
00:47:44I intend to pay her.
00:47:46But she tells me she sews rather well.
00:47:48I think I'll go up and get her some socks, Demander.
00:47:49Try her out.
00:47:58Uh-oh.
00:48:16Oh, oh, you're going someplace?
00:48:18Yes, Dagwood.
00:48:20I'm going to the rental library and get a novel.
00:48:22And then I'm going to buy a box of chocolates
00:48:24and come home and lie down for the rest of the day.
00:48:26I have an aide now to do my work for me.
00:48:29And if I don't happen to care for her cooking,
00:48:32well, the children and I can always eat out.
00:48:41What right have you got to come into my home
00:48:44and break it up?
00:48:45Now, you get your things.
00:48:46I've got as much right to be here as you have.
00:48:48I work here.
00:48:50And I'd like to see the guy who's going to tell me I don't.
00:48:53I was hired to do a job, and I'm going to do it.
00:48:55And everybody in this here house
00:48:57is going to eat my cooking, like it or not.
00:49:00Is that clear?
00:49:01Uh-huh.
00:49:02Yeah, I guess so.
00:49:03Now, we're going to get along all right
00:49:05if you do as you're told.
00:49:06And the first thing I'm telling you
00:49:08is stay out of my kitchen.
00:49:14Bondi!
00:49:16Mysteries, $89.50.
00:49:19What do we eat, gold?
00:49:21Telephone service.
00:49:25Windowpane, $2.00.
00:49:26What's going on here?
00:49:31Oh, I'm sorry, Dad.
00:49:32Good Alvin hit one into the outfield
00:49:34that I couldn't catch.
00:49:35Yeah?
00:49:36Everybody's having fun but me.
00:49:38Well, what are you doing?
00:49:39Trying to balance the budget.
00:49:41Only there isn't any balance to budget.
00:49:43You know, Dad, what I've been thinking.
00:49:44Yeah, please, George.
00:49:45Every time you think, it costs me money.
00:49:47Well, that's just it.
00:49:48You need more.
00:49:49You should have a raise.
00:49:50Sure, sure.
00:49:51But let's not talk about the impossible.
00:49:53Oh, no, what's impossible?
00:49:54You told me yourself
00:49:55how that speech of yours stunned the convention.
00:49:57Yeah.
00:49:58Well, you don't seem to realize
00:49:58what a thing like that can do for your firm.
00:50:00Neither does Mr. Dithers,
00:50:01and I'm just the man to tell him.
00:50:03What do you mean?
00:50:04I'm going with you to the office
00:50:05and talk to your boss.
00:50:06When I get through,
00:50:07he'll see my point of view.
00:50:08He thinks so?
00:50:09I know so.
00:50:11And let me reiterate, Mr. Dithers,
00:50:13a man of Dagwood's capabilities
00:50:15cannot be found every day.
00:50:17A man who has taken over your burdens
00:50:19time and time again,
00:50:21jumped into your place
00:50:22whenever the emergency demanded.
00:50:25Represented you at Chicago
00:50:26better than you could have done yourself.
00:50:29Why, he made a speech there, Mr. Dithers,
00:50:31that marked my words will be heard about.
00:50:33And so I say, Mr. Dithers,
00:50:35now is the psychological time
00:50:37to give Dagwood that raise
00:50:38that you must have been planning.
00:50:40And I say again...
00:50:41No, no, don't say it again.
00:50:45I'll give Dagwood the raise.
00:50:47You will?
00:50:48Fine, fine, Mr. Dithers.
00:50:50By boosting Dagwood's morale,
00:50:52you've helped yourself and your business.
00:50:54I guess that's right.
00:50:56When I was a young man,
00:50:58I remembered the day
00:50:59my employer gave me a raise.
00:51:03What did you do?
00:51:05I fainted too.
00:51:06I fainted too.
00:51:13You know, Mommy's a sweetheart.
00:51:17Yeah.
00:51:17You know, nice and clean.
00:51:20Mm-hmm.
00:51:23Mm-hmm.
00:51:23Mm-hmm.
00:51:26Mm-hmm.
00:51:27Mm-hmm.
00:51:27Every other little baby's sleeping.
00:51:32Mm-hmm.
00:51:35Mm-hmm.
00:51:40Mm-hmm.
00:52:02Mm-hmm.
00:52:04A stardust lullaby
00:52:16See the moonbeams dance and cross your bed
00:52:32Go to sleep, my little sleepyhead
00:52:44All alone
00:52:48Listen, and you'll hear a sandman humming
00:52:55There he is, now I can see him coming
00:53:00Just to take baby rock-a-bye-bye
00:53:09A la li la la
00:53:12A la li la la
00:53:17A la li la la
00:53:20L ne luuu
00:53:23Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
00:53:53Uh-huh.
00:53:54What's he got to do with it?
00:53:56Oh, everything.
00:53:57He got it for me.
00:54:00Oh, George got your raise.
00:54:03Thank you, George.
00:54:05I want to do everything I can, Blondie.
00:54:07Oh, you have?
00:54:08Oh, but...
00:54:10George, will you please go into your room?
00:54:12I want to have a talk with you.
00:54:14Huh?
00:54:16What do you want to talk to George about?
00:54:18About whether or not he and I should have the house painted this year.
00:54:22Oh, uh, yeah.
00:54:26Huh?
00:54:28I don't know.
00:54:31I used to be very happy here with my little family in my little home.
00:54:35But now I'm getting so I don't like my home anymore.
00:54:39All the fun of it's gone and the tidiness and the quiet.
00:54:42I can't even bake cookies for Alexander anymore because Sarah's in my kitchen.
00:54:48You've made everything different here.
00:54:50Dagwood and I can't sit by the fire alone nights.
00:54:53Daisy can't be in the house with her puppies.
00:54:56And I'm even beginning to feel strange with my little boy because of your influence.
00:55:01I used to be happy with my husband, too.
00:55:04I was proud of him.
00:55:05I loved and respected him.
00:55:07But now I'm getting so I...
00:55:09I don't like him either.
00:55:11He's not the Dagwood I married now.
00:55:13He's your puppet.
00:55:14You write his speeches.
00:55:16You stop his baby crying.
00:55:17You got his raise.
00:55:18You boss his son.
00:55:19You run his home.
00:55:20Why, he isn't head of the house anymore.
00:55:22You are.
00:55:23So now it comes to the point where I must choose between you and Dagwood.
00:55:27All right.
00:55:28I'm making my choice now before you wreck everything my home stands for.
00:55:33I'm going to stop this merry-go-round you've started.
00:55:36You're going down to the kitchen now and fire Sarah Miller at once.
00:55:40And then you're packing your things, taking Act 3, Scene 1 with you, and getting out of my house forever.
00:56:01Sarah, I am the unwilling bearer of unfortunate tidings.
00:56:07Oh, no.
00:56:19How do you do?
00:56:20I'm looking for one Miss Sarah Miller.
00:56:23Well, that's me.
00:56:24Miss Miller, I'm Piotr Ilyich Vichyna, a representative of William Dillon, the theatrical agent.
00:56:31George Wickley wrote him about you.
00:56:33Well, I'll be.
00:56:34Don't be dear, Miss Miller.
00:56:36Broadway needs you.
00:56:38Broadway?
00:56:39Yes.
00:56:40You are playing the maid in Mr. Wickley's next production.
00:56:45I can't believe it.
00:56:47Well, the only thing to do then is to get your things and take the first train to this address.
00:56:52Oh, but I haven't got the fare.
00:56:54I spent my last set on the correspondence course.
00:56:57I'll see the bumpsteads.
00:56:59No, no.
00:57:00I'll take care of that.
00:57:02Say, that's all right of you.
00:57:07Dear Mommy, I'm not important around here anymore.
00:57:11So I'm going away and join the Army.
00:57:15The Marines.
00:57:20Don't worry.
00:57:22I'm taking the money from my bank.
00:57:57I won't forget this.
00:57:58Neither will I.
00:57:59First, I've got to tell Mr. Wickley.
00:58:01Oh, no, no.
00:58:01You might miss your train.
00:58:02Besides, he knows more about it than you do anyway.
00:58:04Well, I'll write him.
00:58:06You know what I'll say?
00:58:08I have a very good idea.
00:58:10You bet.
00:58:11Well, Broadway, here I come.
00:58:22Oh, hello, Mr. Dithers.
00:58:23Don't you hell owe me, Dagwood Bonehead.
00:58:25You're fired.
00:58:27Good and fired.
00:58:29Well, what on earth are you talking about, Mr. Dithers?
00:58:32So you represented me at Chicago better than I could myself, did you?
00:58:35Well...
00:58:36That speech of yours will be heard about, will it?
00:58:38Well, read this, Cicero.
00:58:41Who's it from?
00:58:43The president of the National Architects Association.
00:58:45Dear Mr. Dithers, due to your amazing speech read by your representative at our Chicago convention,
00:58:51you were blacklisted at our board meeting yesterday.
00:58:55Huh?
00:58:57The steps are now being taken by the board of governors to revoke your license to practice in your state.
00:59:03But why?
00:59:04You're asking me, you moron?
00:59:07Well, listen to this.
00:59:09We don't need architects in this country.
00:59:12The man on the street can plan his own home.
00:59:16And this one.
00:59:17Why waste iron and steel for construction?
00:59:20Use a mixture of fabricated potato peelings and soy beans.
00:59:25We meant, I mean, I meant we could find a substitute for building materials like they do with silk and
00:59:31rubber and...
00:59:32And what do you suggest, substituting for a lost contract?
00:59:35Murphy read this and canceled.
00:59:38But why?
00:59:39He said he was building an apartment house, not a salad.
00:59:45I'll get it.
00:59:49How do, ma'am?
00:59:51Mr. Dagwood Bumstead.
00:59:52How do you do, sir?
00:59:54I'm Jason Wheeler, sir, of the New Orleans Construction Company.
00:59:57I heard your extraordinary speech at the Chicago convention, sir.
01:00:01It was extraordinary, all right.
01:00:03Oh, yeah.
01:00:04You see?
01:00:04Yes, sir, I do see.
01:00:06In fact, we see in you, sir, an alert young man with revolutionary ideas.
01:00:10Uh-huh.
01:00:11My firm has sent me here, sir, to offer you a contract.
01:00:14We expect you to put new fire into our organization.
01:00:18Fire, eh?
01:00:19It'll probably burn you right to the ground.
01:00:22You mean a job?
01:00:24Indeed I do, sir.
01:00:25In New Orleans?
01:00:26Well, now, I don't know...
01:00:27I'll be frank with you, Mr. Bumstead.
01:00:29Uh-huh.
01:00:29I have just come from the office of a Mr. Murphy,
01:00:31who has committed himself to give me a contract to build a large apartment house.
01:00:36Here of...
01:00:37John J. Murphy?
01:00:38That's right.
01:00:40Who is this man?
01:00:41Uh, he's my boss.
01:00:44Uh, I mean, my ex-boss.
01:00:46You mean you don't work for him any longer?
01:00:47Why, good, good, fine.
01:00:50Cause, uh, it was only through convincing Mr. Murphy that we were hiring you
01:00:54that I managed to get this commitment.
01:00:55That's absurd.
01:00:56Why, it was only through having Bumstead that I managed to lose that commitment.
01:01:00Then, uh, you must be O.C. Dither, sir.
01:01:02Well, I heard about that.
01:01:05It's J.C., and I don't believe a word you're saying.
01:01:08Oh, I don't pay no never mind to that, Mr. Dither.
01:01:11Mr. Bumstead.
01:01:12How about a star to say, uh, $65 a week?
01:01:15You mean you won't get that contract unless you have Bumstead?
01:01:20Oh, Mr. Dither, I see I shouldn't have told you about that.
01:01:23$70.
01:01:24Uh-huh.
01:01:25$72.50.
01:01:26Let's see that commitment.
01:01:28Oh, no, you don't, Mr. Dither.
01:01:29What I'm giving this job is my business.
01:01:31$75.
01:01:36All right, Dagwood.
01:01:38I'll pay you $75 a week, but not a cent more.
01:01:41You're really not worth that much.
01:01:42Dagwood, you better take Mr. Dither's offer.
01:01:45No, Blondie.
01:01:46I'm taking Mr. Wheeler's.
01:01:49So, I'm not worth $75 a week, huh?
01:01:52Dagwood!
01:01:53Well, let me tell you something, Mr. J.C. Dither's.
01:01:56Wait!
01:01:57Dagwood!
01:01:58Wait, there's something else.
01:01:59You keep out of this, Blondie.
01:02:00I'm gonna show you that I'm not the namby-famby you've been thinking I was.
01:02:04And when I get through with Mr. J.C. Dither's,
01:02:06I'm gonna get that George Whitley and that maid,
01:02:08and I'm gonna throw him out of the house.
01:02:11What's the matter with you?
01:02:13My life savings are gone.
01:02:17Never mind, darling.
01:02:18I'll get your money back for you.
01:02:21Well, I reckon I'll kind of look around
01:02:23and see how many vans you ought to need to move to New Orleans.
01:02:28Now, where was I?
01:02:29Oh, now, Mr. J.C. Dither's,
01:02:31you've had me under your thumb
01:02:33ever since I went to work for you at Starvation Wages.
01:02:36You never gave me a raise of your own free will.
01:02:39I had to beg for one,
01:02:40cringe for one,
01:02:41humble myself like a brow-peating slave.
01:02:44Dagwood, listen to me.
01:02:46You keep out of this, Blondie.
01:02:47This is my affair.
01:02:49Now, I'd rather work for Mr. Wheeler
01:02:52for $50 a week than you for $200,
01:02:54you slave driver.
01:02:55Now, at least I won't have to work on
01:02:58nights and Sundays and holidays
01:03:00the way you made me.
01:03:01And maybe I'll be appreciated,
01:03:03not treated like an insignificant worm.
01:03:06I'm through with you.
01:03:08Clean through.
01:03:09Mr. Dither's, you're a rat.
01:03:12Yeah.
01:03:13That's the way you want me to talk up,
01:03:15isn't it, honey?
01:03:17Not exactly.
01:03:19That suits me, Blondie.
01:03:27Well, at least we still have Cookie.
01:03:31I'll take care of the baby, Blondie.
01:03:39Who is that?
01:03:42I think it's...
01:03:44It's George Whitley, Mr. Dither's,
01:03:45the man from New Orleans.
01:03:47The man who wrote that speech.
01:03:49The man who's done all Dagwood's thinking
01:03:51until he hasn't any of his own mind left.
01:03:53That's why he said those dreadful things to you.
01:03:56Boy, I ought to jail him for attempted extortion.
01:03:58I ought to have him whipped in public.
01:04:00I ought to...
01:04:00Mr. Dither's, for her sake, take pity.
01:04:04Should this innocent flower
01:04:05suffer for the mistakes of an heirloom?
01:04:08And stop using my baby
01:04:09for one of your cheap theatrical tricks.
01:04:12Dagwood didn't know it was George, Mr. Dither's.
01:04:14You know he wouldn't do a thing like that.
01:04:16And he wouldn't have said the things he did to you
01:04:18if that man weren't responsible.
01:04:21Now, you know our position
01:04:22as well as we do now, Mr. Dither's.
01:04:25Our obligations and how important it is
01:04:27for Dagwood to have work.
01:04:29But I'm not going to ask you to forgive him.
01:04:32I'm not even going to ask you to take him back.
01:04:35But if you don't, Mr. Dither's,
01:04:37you...
01:04:37You are a rat.
01:04:39Well, I might consider...
01:04:42Oh, so I'm a rat, am I?
01:04:44Oh, no.
01:04:45Don't pay any attention to Blondie, Mr. Dither.
01:04:48She didn't mean it.
01:04:49What?
01:04:50Well, I'm a fool to do it, but...
01:04:53You can come back.
01:04:56At $35 a week.
01:04:58$35 a week?
01:04:59But I was getting $60.
01:05:01$35.
01:05:02$40.
01:05:02$42.
01:05:03$50.
01:05:04$35.
01:05:04Take it or leave it.
01:05:06He'll take it.
01:05:11How do you do?
01:05:12I'd like to see Dagwood Bumstead.
01:05:14Oh, I suppose you have a job for him, too.
01:05:16How did you guess?
01:05:18Oh.
01:05:19Which one of you gentlemen is Dagwood Bumstead?
01:05:21I am.
01:05:22Well, I'm glad to meet you, Mr. Bumstead.
01:05:24We read your speech in the NAA magazine,
01:05:27and I want to congratulate you.
01:05:28All right.
01:05:29Now, you offer him a job.
01:05:30Because of his revolutionary theories.
01:05:32Well, say, you all must be psychic around here.
01:05:36I am offering him a job with the government.
01:05:38You're not an FBI man.
01:05:40He's not going to prison.
01:05:41No.
01:05:42I'm William Lawrence of the Priorities Board.
01:05:44We're setting up a special division
01:05:46to study the building theories advanced in your speech,
01:05:49and we want you for that division, Mr. Bumstead.
01:05:51Yeah.
01:05:52The country needs intelligent men
01:05:54who realize how important it is for the government
01:05:56to utilize every piece of iron and steel for victory.
01:06:00Our greatest need today
01:06:01is men who can build things rapidly
01:06:03with a minimum amount of raw material.
01:06:05Now, this has gone far enough.
01:06:07Look here, my good man.
01:06:08I know you're working in cahoots with Bumstead and Wickley.
01:06:11Now, I've given Bumstead his job back at $35 a week.
01:06:13What do you say we call it quits?
01:06:15What's he talking about?
01:06:16Who is this man?
01:06:17I'm J.C. Dethers.
01:06:19And you're a phony.
01:06:21Am I?
01:06:22Well, perhaps you'd better read this, Mr. Dethers.
01:06:27It's from Washington, all right.
01:06:30They can't do this to me.
01:06:32Why, I raised Bumstead like a son,
01:06:34taught him everything he knows.
01:06:36I'm a loyal citizen.
01:06:37I pay my taxes.
01:06:38I buy defense bonds.
01:06:39I'm giving to the government,
01:06:41and what's the government doing to me?
01:06:43It's taking my most promising man,
01:06:45the white hope of my firm,
01:06:46the only man in my organization with revolutionary ideas.
01:06:51Mr. O.P.M. man,
01:06:53you can go right back to Washington
01:06:54and tell your priorities, division.
01:06:59What?
01:07:00That they can't have Bumstead.
01:07:02Yes, but you...
01:07:03Can't you keep that baby quiet?
01:07:05Cookie, your father's future's at stake.
01:07:08Please be quiet.
01:07:10Bumstead can't be so valuable to you
01:07:12if you only pay him $35 a week.
01:07:14Who said I'm only paying him $35 a week?
01:07:16You did.
01:07:17I did not.
01:07:18Since when does a junior...
01:07:20your partner get $35 a week?
01:07:23Stop that baby!
01:07:26Go get Uncle George, quick.
01:07:29George!
01:07:34Please come back, Uncle George.
01:07:36Mommy wants you to stop Cookie crying.
01:07:41How would you like to be important around the house, Alexander?
01:07:44Like I used to be?
01:07:45Oh, much more than you used to be.
01:07:47I'll tell you how to stop Cookie from crying.
01:07:48You will?
01:07:50Mm-hmm.
01:07:51You hold her in your arms,
01:07:51and you blow on her ear.
01:07:54Ever so gently.
01:07:56And she'll stop?
01:07:57Uh-huh.
01:07:58Of course you mustn't let anybody see you do it.
01:08:00Thanks for telling me.
01:08:01I really appreciate that.
01:08:03You're not a habit of trying to lose either.
01:08:05I'm not a habit of trying to lose either.
01:08:06Where's no problem?
01:08:07I'm a child.
01:08:08You walk here, doing a little part in place with yours?
01:08:10What?
01:08:11What?
01:08:11You're in the ordinary, man.
01:08:12You're in the ordinary, man.
01:08:14Stop that baby!
01:08:16Baby!
01:08:16You stop in a minute.
01:08:19Let me handle this.
01:08:47You can go on now.
01:08:48You only got up to where Daddy was a junior partner.
01:08:52All right.
01:08:53What do you think I am?
01:08:54An enemy alien?
01:08:54Now, wait a minute.
01:08:55I don't want to say anything about you being an enemy alien.
01:08:57You can't do this to the government.
01:08:59The priorities board has first paid on this man,
01:09:02and the priority is going to have a man no matter what you say or do.
01:09:06He's a junior partner in my firm.
01:09:07The government has first paid.
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