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A man and his wife attend college together, only to find out that married couples are not allowed.
Penny Singleton - Blondie Bumstead, aka Blondie Smith
Arthur Lake - Dagwood Bumstead
Larry Simms - Alexander 'Baby Dumpling' Bumstead
Daisy - Daisy
Janet Blair - Laura Wadsworth
Jonathan Hale - J.C. Dithers
Adele Mara - Babs Connelly
Danny Mummert - Alvin Fuddle
Larry Parks - Rusty Bryant
Lloyd Bridges - Ben Dixon
Andrew Tombes - J.J 'Snookie' Wadsworth
Harry C. Bradley - Professor
Carol Adams - Collegian
Rodney Bell - Student
Janet Burston - Young Girl
Maurice Cass - Dean Who Gets Tackled
Eddy Chandler - First Motorcyle Policeman
Ken Christy - Detective Getting Dithers
Lois Collier - Coed
Esther Dale - Mrs. Carrie Dill, the Landlady
Boyd Davis - Man Who Lost Gold Football Charm
Ralph Dunn - Joe, the Second Motorcyle Policeman
Marlo Dwyer - Coed
Tom Fadden - Mrs. Dill's Brother
Bill Goodwin - Announcer at Shell Race
Harrison Greene - Mailman
Eddie Hall - Student Wearing T-Shirt and Fedora
Eleanor Hansen - Coed
J. Anthony Hughes - Baseball Coach
Dick Jensen - Trainer
Sid Melton - 'Mouse' Gifford
Philip Morris - Detective
Cliff Nazarro - Professor Mixwell, The Double Talker
Jane Patten - Coed
Buddy Pepper - Atlantic Coxswain
Lee Phelps - Coach Hartley
Bertha Priestley - Gushing Coed
Bob Reeves - Football Player
Marjorie Reynolds - Martha Kingston
Tim Ryan - Mr. Higby, Football Coach
Byron Shores - Military School Captain Caswell
Emmett Vogan - Mr. Howard, Track and Baseball Coach
Charles C. Wilson - Police Sergeant
Isabel Withers - Mrs. Stringer
Director - Frank R. Strayer
Penny Singleton - Blondie Bumstead, aka Blondie Smith
Arthur Lake - Dagwood Bumstead
Larry Simms - Alexander 'Baby Dumpling' Bumstead
Daisy - Daisy
Janet Blair - Laura Wadsworth
Jonathan Hale - J.C. Dithers
Adele Mara - Babs Connelly
Danny Mummert - Alvin Fuddle
Larry Parks - Rusty Bryant
Lloyd Bridges - Ben Dixon
Andrew Tombes - J.J 'Snookie' Wadsworth
Harry C. Bradley - Professor
Carol Adams - Collegian
Rodney Bell - Student
Janet Burston - Young Girl
Maurice Cass - Dean Who Gets Tackled
Eddy Chandler - First Motorcyle Policeman
Ken Christy - Detective Getting Dithers
Lois Collier - Coed
Esther Dale - Mrs. Carrie Dill, the Landlady
Boyd Davis - Man Who Lost Gold Football Charm
Ralph Dunn - Joe, the Second Motorcyle Policeman
Marlo Dwyer - Coed
Tom Fadden - Mrs. Dill's Brother
Bill Goodwin - Announcer at Shell Race
Harrison Greene - Mailman
Eddie Hall - Student Wearing T-Shirt and Fedora
Eleanor Hansen - Coed
J. Anthony Hughes - Baseball Coach
Dick Jensen - Trainer
Sid Melton - 'Mouse' Gifford
Philip Morris - Detective
Cliff Nazarro - Professor Mixwell, The Double Talker
Jane Patten - Coed
Buddy Pepper - Atlantic Coxswain
Lee Phelps - Coach Hartley
Bertha Priestley - Gushing Coed
Bob Reeves - Football Player
Marjorie Reynolds - Martha Kingston
Tim Ryan - Mr. Higby, Football Coach
Byron Shores - Military School Captain Caswell
Emmett Vogan - Mr. Howard, Track and Baseball Coach
Charles C. Wilson - Police Sergeant
Isabel Withers - Mrs. Stringer
Director - Frank R. Strayer
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00:00:02THE END
00:00:56Oh, my God.
00:01:12Oh, my God.
00:01:33Oh, what a run.
00:01:35Who made it?
00:01:37Rusty Bryant, of course.
00:01:39You should watch the game, baby.
00:01:41After all, Daddy paid a dollar extra for these tickets.
00:01:44We could have sneaked in and beat these seats.
00:01:47Now stop complaining.
00:01:49Daddy said we'd be right in the center, and here we are.
00:01:52Yeah, right in the center of the goalpost.
00:02:08Oh, my husband, my baby, my hat.
00:02:13Oh, come on, get off him, get off him.
00:02:16Are you hurt?
00:02:17No, but somebody got the ball.
00:02:20Where's the baby?
00:02:21Where's the ball?
00:02:21Baby, baby, look at me.
00:02:23I got him.
00:02:25The ball had beat Son and Jack, and it's mine.
00:02:28Yours?
00:02:29Ours.
00:02:31Where are you going, dear?
00:02:33Down like an old leasing and tear down the goalpost.
00:02:35All right, dear, but don't get too near the steam shovel.
00:02:49Blondie?
00:02:50Yes?
00:02:51Catching this football sort of did something to me.
00:02:54You're not hurt, are you?
00:02:55Oh, no, it awakened something in me.
00:02:57It rekindled an old desire.
00:02:59Just forget demanding that raise from Mr. Dithers.
00:03:01Oh, that isn't it.
00:03:02It's to go to college.
00:03:06College?
00:03:07I always wanted to go, and so did you.
00:03:09But we got married, and I buckled down to work.
00:03:12Now we can afford it.
00:03:14It's ridiculous.
00:03:16Ridiculous, huh?
00:03:17Bill Keaton has only been with us for a year, and the boss assigned him to that government
00:03:21contract.
00:03:22Do you know why?
00:03:23Maybe it's because Bill Keaton does less dreaming and more doing than you do.
00:03:27He's got a college education.
00:03:29That's why.
00:03:30I beg your pardon.
00:03:31Did you find a football?
00:03:32I caught it, and I'm saying it's mine.
00:03:34No, it's a small gold football.
00:03:36A charm.
00:03:37It has a great sentimental value to me.
00:03:40Oh.
00:03:40I'd certainly hate to lose it.
00:03:42Yes, of course.
00:03:46Oh, here it is.
00:03:47Oh, thank you very, very much.
00:03:49It's very attractive.
00:03:50Did you play football?
00:03:52Left tackle for Leighton.
00:03:53Mentioned for All-American.
00:03:55At your age?
00:03:56Oh, 1912.
00:03:57Oh, gee.
00:03:59Well, Leighton's students, eh?
00:04:01Huh?
00:04:01Oh, great school.
00:04:02But it doesn't make any difference where you go, just so you appreciate the grand time
00:04:06you're having.
00:04:07But we're not...
00:04:08You're, you're, uh, you're right, mister.
00:04:10Oh, you kids have a lot to be thankful for.
00:04:12Having real, honest fun.
00:04:14Being free to learn the things you want to learn is a real privilege today.
00:04:19But it's too late for us.
00:04:20Oh, nonsense.
00:04:21Hey, that's just what I've been trying to tell her.
00:04:23It's too late after you're married.
00:04:25So enjoy every single minute now.
00:04:28Look, a souvenir, Mommy.
00:04:30Mommy?
00:04:31A piece of the Leighton goalpost, Daddy.
00:04:34Daddy?
00:04:34Oh, yeah.
00:04:35He goes to Leighton, too.
00:04:37Oh, excuse me.
00:04:39Huh?
00:04:40That man must think we're crazy.
00:04:42Ah, just the same.
00:04:43He took us for college, kids.
00:04:44He probably nearsighted.
00:04:46Oh, I wouldn't say that.
00:04:47After all, you're still just a kid.
00:04:49And I'm not very old.
00:04:50Remember when Mr. Dither said, Daddy acts like a schoolboy?
00:04:55That's right.
00:04:56Huh?
00:04:57Come on, let's go.
00:04:59Can I hang this in my room, Mommy?
00:05:01That old piece of wood.
00:05:02You don't know what I went through to get it.
00:05:04Look.
00:05:04Oh.
00:05:06Oh.
00:05:06Do you think pants grow on trees?
00:05:08No.
00:05:09Miss Sage.
00:05:10Oh, Dagwood, put your coat on, quick.
00:05:12What's the matter?
00:05:14Huh?
00:05:19Fellow students and faculty members, it is my proud pleasure to stand before you today
00:05:25as the retiring student body president and graduate of Leighton University.
00:05:32This great temple of learning has always been an inspiration to me in this great battle of life.
00:05:39Leighton has armed me with the courage, the strength, to lick, to lick.
00:05:46Corn on the cob.
00:05:47Corn on the cob.
00:05:49Oh, no.
00:05:50What in the world?
00:05:52Oh.
00:05:53Daddy's back to think to be a college man.
00:05:56That'll be all now, children.
00:05:57Run along.
00:05:58Go on.
00:05:59Of all the silly get-ups.
00:06:02Get the idea?
00:06:03College.
00:06:04The idea's silly, too.
00:06:06No, it isn't.
00:06:07It's a great idea.
00:06:08The mid-year class starts next week, and one semester will be just what we need.
00:06:14We've got what we need.
00:06:15Good common sense.
00:06:16They can't teach that in college.
00:06:18Sure, but it won't hurt us to know things like social science, psychology, this stuff.
00:06:24Oh, I will be brilliant.
00:06:25Talk over everybody's head.
00:06:26I know more stuff now than I can understand.
00:06:29And as for you, you've been talking over people's heads for years.
00:06:33Oh, Blondie.
00:06:34We're not going to college.
00:06:35Take off my hat.
00:06:37But, now, just a minute.
00:06:39I think...
00:06:40You better think up a good excuse to Mr. Dithers for being late this morning.
00:06:43Yeah, think up excuses for being late.
00:06:45Grovel at Mr. Dithers' feet.
00:06:47A bachelor of arts doesn't have to.
00:06:50You had your chance to be a bachelor.
00:06:53Oh.
00:06:54I don't think it's a bad idea for your dad to go to college.
00:06:58Just how do you mean that?
00:07:00My Uncle Ollick went to college, and he's a success.
00:07:04What does he do?
00:07:05He's the best barber at Tony's.
00:07:07Got a number two chair.
00:07:10Come on in to breakfast.
00:07:11Well, I hope you can still catch the nine o'clock bus, because I'm using the car today.
00:07:14I'm not going to the office.
00:07:16I'm going to college, even if you don't want to be a co-ed.
00:07:21I do.
00:07:22Who am I, Miss Bumstead?
00:07:24Never mind.
00:07:24You children go outside and play.
00:07:26What's a moron, Mommy?
00:07:27Ask your father.
00:07:29I know what a moron is.
00:07:30My dad says Uncle Alex won.
00:07:32Are you going to the office, or are you not?
00:07:35I are not.
00:07:36I are not.
00:07:37It's I am not.
00:07:38But how should I know?
00:07:40I never went to college.
00:07:58And he's decided, of all things, to go to college.
00:08:02College?
00:08:02Yes.
00:08:03He expects to become a genius in one semester.
00:08:06Well, that's not much time for Dagwood.
00:08:09Oh, it's all so ridiculous, Mr. Dithers.
00:08:12I thought maybe you could talk to him and show him how silly the whole thing really is.
00:08:16Well, Blondie, I know this is not what you expect me to say, but I think you should go.
00:08:22But Dagwood has a good mind.
00:08:24Well, what I mean is, I think you should get it out of his system.
00:08:27And you should go with him, for your sake.
00:08:29For my sake?
00:08:30What good would college do me?
00:08:32Well, I don't think it will help him either, but I think he should get rid of this bug.
00:08:37I caught one once.
00:08:38College bug?
00:08:40No, mine was an Arctic bug.
00:08:42Arctic bug?
00:08:43Yes, a few years after we were married, a friend of mine sold me an Alaskan husky.
00:08:48A slave?
00:08:50No, a dog.
00:08:52And that's when I got the bug to go on an Arctic expedition.
00:08:55I wanted to plant a flag on an undiscovered island.
00:08:59Oh, there are still lots of undiscovered islands.
00:09:02I know, but every time I open the icebox, I feel that I've missed the great adventure.
00:09:08It's the one great void in my life.
00:09:11But it isn't too late for you and Dagwood.
00:09:13Go with him, Blondie.
00:09:15Oh, you can't mean that, Mr. Dithers.
00:09:19But I do, Blondie.
00:09:20And when Dagwood's had his fill, he can come back to his job.
00:09:22It won't take long.
00:09:24And he can pick up with a watereth deal.
00:09:26Oh, but how can we go to college?
00:09:28We're married.
00:09:29Well, that's not so unusual.
00:09:30But we have a child.
00:09:32That's not so unusual either.
00:09:34Mr. Dithers, I'm going to have another baby.
00:09:40Now, that's unusual.
00:09:42But it's wonderful, Blondie.
00:09:44So that's why Dagwood's been going around in such a fog lately.
00:09:48Well, Dagwood doesn't know yet.
00:09:50He doesn't?
00:09:51I decided I wouldn't tell him, not for a while yet.
00:09:54He has enough responsibility as it is.
00:09:56Well, nevertheless, I still think you should go to college.
00:09:59And you should go with him.
00:10:01I'm sure you'll enjoy it, and the change will do you good.
00:10:04You're a great disappointment to me, Mr. Dithers.
00:10:08Good luck, Blondie.
00:10:10Incidentally, Dagwood will probably come back from college as smart as a whip.
00:10:16I doubt it.
00:10:21Furthermore, you'll be expected to abide by our military regulations.
00:10:25Although they may seem somewhat rigid, we nevertheless allow ample time for recreation.
00:10:30We're just one big happy family here.
00:10:32It's men like Sergeant McWhorter there who have made Calhoun the finest military academy in the state.
00:10:38Right, McWhorter?
00:10:39Right.
00:10:41Calhoun is famous for its modern barracks, recreational facilities, and wholesome bodybuilding food.
00:10:47Sold.
00:10:49How often may we visit him, Captain?
00:10:52Every weekend.
00:10:53And since you're going to reside in Stanfield, you'll only be four miles away.
00:10:57See, Dithers is going to work out just fine.
00:10:59I hope so.
00:11:01Very well.
00:11:04My little baby.
00:11:06Listing in the army.
00:11:07If you ask me, I've been drafted.
00:11:10Right.
00:11:13Good.
00:11:22That's my pop.
00:11:24Right.
00:11:26You know, sometime or another, everybody has wished they could have their lives to live over again.
00:11:33To turn back the clock.
00:11:35Sounds fine, but don't forget we're married people with a child.
00:11:39Oh, that won't make any difference.
00:11:42Don't be too sure.
00:11:44Why does anyone at Layton have to know we're married?
00:11:48What do you mean?
00:11:49Well, when we get there, you can register as Blondie Smith, and just like you were when we first met.
00:11:55And I'll be Dagwood Bumstead.
00:11:57Just plain Dagwood Bumstead.
00:11:59Just think.
00:12:00Dagwood Bumstead.
00:12:01M.A.
00:12:02B.A.
00:12:03P.H.D.
00:12:06You'd better watch the R.O.A.D.
00:12:08Yeah?
00:12:09Oh, yeah.
00:12:17Ah, here we are.
00:12:19Gee, I feel smart as a whip already.
00:12:21Don't you?
00:12:22I feel kind of nervous.
00:12:24Ah, relax, honey.
00:12:25You'll get the jive in no time.
00:12:27Ah, good old Layton.
00:12:29Come on, let's get out.
00:12:31Ah.
00:12:37Layton, tradition, romance, success.
00:12:40How do you feel now?
00:12:41Lonesome.
00:12:42Huh?
00:12:42How do you feel?
00:12:44Oh, I'm burning with knowledge.
00:12:46Probably that coon-skin coat you've got on.
00:12:49Oh.
00:12:50Oh, this is a registration building.
00:12:52Here's where we'll meet.
00:12:54Hey, let's try it.
00:12:56Try what?
00:12:57Our first meeting.
00:12:58Yeah, come on.
00:13:02Now, you'll be just coming out, and I'll be just going in.
00:13:06And, oh, there'll be hundreds of students around.
00:13:08And, well, this'll how it'll work out.
00:13:12Come on, walk towards me.
00:13:16Oh, oh, excuse me.
00:13:18Do you go to Layton?
00:13:19Oh, this is kind of silly.
00:13:21Oh, no, it is, isn't it?
00:13:23You just say, uh, why, yeah, it's, you know, kind of bashful-like.
00:13:28Why, yeah.
00:13:30Well, uh, I'm just starting here.
00:13:32Me, too.
00:13:33Well, isn't this a small world?
00:13:36You mean a small college.
00:13:39Oh, uh, I'm Dagwood, Dagwood Bumstead.
00:13:42I'm Blondie Smear.
00:13:43Well, how do you do?
00:13:44Oh.
00:13:45Would you be interested in a soda or a banana split?
00:13:48Oh, no, thank you.
00:13:49I never eat between meals.
00:13:51Oh, I mean, between classes.
00:13:53And besides, I hardly know you.
00:13:56Well, just give me a chance and I'll grow on you.
00:13:59Ha, ha, ha, ha.
00:14:02Well, that was pretty good.
00:14:04Uh, now, uh, let's try it again.
00:14:07I've got another approach.
00:14:08You have?
00:14:09Uh-huh.
00:14:09Where'd you get it?
00:14:10Huh?
00:14:11Oh, this was in a movie I saw.
00:14:13Come on.
00:14:13Let's see.
00:14:14Now, you'll be coming out and I'll catch you.
00:14:16All right.
00:14:17All right.
00:14:17Go ahead.
00:14:17Go ahead.
00:14:18I'll catch you.
00:14:18Go ahead.
00:14:19Oh, miss.
00:14:21Ah, you dropped your books.
00:14:23Oh, did I?
00:14:24Yeah.
00:14:24Oh, thank you.
00:14:26Yeah.
00:14:27Oh, it was a pleasure indeed.
00:14:29I, uh, see that you're taking social science.
00:14:32And cooking.
00:14:33Yeah.
00:14:34Now, what do you want to mention that for?
00:14:36What are you studying?
00:14:37Oh, uh, I'm majoring in, uh, in architectural engineering.
00:14:42And, of course, I'm, uh, going out for football.
00:14:45Well, hurry back.
00:14:46Okay.
00:14:46Oh, no, no, no, no.
00:14:48You, uh, why don't you say, uh, I'll be pulling for you.
00:14:51I'll be pulling for you.
00:14:53Oh, uh, do you mind my asking your name?
00:14:56Oh, no, not at all.
00:14:58Ask me.
00:14:59Oh, yes.
00:14:59Uh, what is your name?
00:15:01Blondie Smith.
00:15:02My, a pretty name for a pretty girl.
00:15:05I'm Dagwood Bumstead.
00:15:09You know, the first time I met you,
00:15:10and you told me your name was Dagwood Bumstead,
00:15:13and I thought you were kidding.
00:15:16What's the matter with it?
00:15:17Oh, nothing.
00:15:18It's a very attractive name.
00:15:19It's kind of grown on me.
00:15:22Uh, are you going my way?
00:15:24I was going to the Hall of Saints.
00:15:25Oh, that's a strange coincidence.
00:15:27That's just the way I'm going.
00:15:28Really?
00:15:35Good evening.
00:15:36Evening.
00:15:36Oh, is there anything wrong?
00:15:39No.
00:15:39I was young once myself.
00:15:42Hey, you kids enrolling for the spring term in the morning?
00:15:45Yeah, that's right.
00:15:46Oh, where are you stopping?
00:15:47Well, uh, we thought we'd look around.
00:15:50Lucky you bumped into me.
00:15:51I know just the place for you.
00:15:53Clean, cheap, and handy.
00:15:54Oh, thanks.
00:15:55Follow me.
00:15:56Oh, yeah.
00:15:57In your car.
00:15:58Yeah, oh.
00:15:58It's a mile from the campus, as the crow flies.
00:16:01Huh?
00:16:02Oh, yeah.
00:16:08There's plenty of hot water for washing.
00:16:10The bath's down the hall.
00:16:12Well, we'll let you know.
00:16:13All right.
00:16:14But if you want a place to board and study, you will find it here.
00:16:16If you're looking for a rough house, Mrs. Quigley runs one up the street.
00:16:20Yeah, it's an awful dump.
00:16:22Yeah, well, it seems all right to me.
00:16:24It's $12 a week, including breakfast and supper.
00:16:27Kara here puts out the best eats in town.
00:16:29She's my sister.
00:16:32Well, I guess we'd better look elsewhere.
00:16:35Well, that's your privilege.
00:16:36Uh, you better grab it, son.
00:16:37Places are scarce here this time of year.
00:16:39All right.
00:16:40It's $12 a week in advance.
00:16:42Oh.
00:16:43Huh?
00:16:43All right.
00:16:46$12?
00:16:49You're lucky.
00:16:50This is the best bachelor house in town.
00:16:53Bachelor?
00:16:54Well, what did you think?
00:16:55I'm breaking a rule, even allowing this young lady to step foot in this room.
00:16:58Well, and I'm not sure.
00:16:59Well, you try it a week, and if you don't like it, you can move to another room.
00:17:06And I've got just a place for you, Miss, a little down the street.
00:17:09Mrs. Stringer, she's my sister-in-law.
00:17:11Well, I...
00:17:13Blondie!
00:17:14And remember, young man, I run a decent, respectable boarding house.
00:17:18Now go to bed and be quiet.
00:17:20Well...
00:17:23Oh.
00:17:25Oh.
00:17:41There you are, doll face.
00:17:42Oh, thank you, Mr. Bryant.
00:17:45Mr. Bryant, we're to be asking too much.
00:17:46Stop quibbling, dream child.
00:17:54There you are.
00:17:55Oh, thank you, Mr. Bryant.
00:17:59Okay, Aunt Whistle, relax.
00:18:00Thank you, Mr. Bryant.
00:18:07Hey.
00:18:08What's the matter?
00:18:20That's what I call strictly solid.
00:18:22Uh, just a minute, fish face.
00:18:24I'll carry the ball on this play.
00:18:30Hello.
00:18:32How do you do?
00:18:33Oh, I can't complain.
00:18:35Hmm?
00:18:35Oh.
00:18:36Have you, uh, been waiting long?
00:18:38Oh, quite a while.
00:18:39Oh, well, didn't he tell you?
00:18:41What?
00:18:41That he was drafted.
00:18:43He was?
00:18:46You have me confused with someone else.
00:18:48Oh, I haven't.
00:18:49Why, Lampus, Trenton, Krabus, Teletrant, right off to camp.
00:18:53I'm afraid you're completely mistaken.
00:18:56I'm Rusty Bryant, in case an introduction's absolutely necessary.
00:19:00I can do nicely without one, thank you.
00:19:03Oh.
00:19:03Well, I guess my fake reverse didn't work too well.
00:19:06You mind if I try again sometime?
00:19:09Well, now, I happen to be...
00:19:11Very nervous.
00:19:12Oh.
00:19:13Yes, but I...
00:19:15No.
00:19:17I'll see you around.
00:19:21I'll see you around.
00:19:23Come on.
00:19:23We'll see you, Dagwood.
00:19:29Darn that alarm clock.
00:19:31I owe Blondie wait.
00:19:46Sorry to stop you, pal, but couldn't you give a fellow a lift?
00:19:49Well, I...
00:19:50Well, while you make up your mind, I'll get in.
00:19:53I had a blowout.
00:19:54Almost turned over.
00:19:56Gee, you're lucky.
00:19:58I'll say I am.
00:20:06Thank you, Dagwood Bumstead, eh?
00:20:09Well, you're sure biting off and off a lot going out for football, baseball, and track,
00:20:13along with a stiff architectural course.
00:20:15Oh, I'll manage you, all right.
00:20:17Well, you're a super hooper if you do it.
00:20:20Of course, I'm passing up pole vaulting.
00:20:22I can't stand height.
00:20:24Oh, say, Dagwood, you don't mind taking me over to the science hall, do you?
00:20:28It's over in the next square.
00:20:29Oh, and I'm a little late.
00:20:31Oh, everybody's late registration day.
00:20:33It's an old latent custom.
00:20:34Well, all right.
00:20:37There's Rusty Bryan and the gang.
00:20:39Slow down, Dagwood.
00:20:46Hiya, Rusty.
00:20:47Hiya, Laura.
00:20:48Hi, Laura.
00:20:49Say, it looks like you're doing all right, Grunchild.
00:20:51You ain't having, Drizzle Puss.
00:21:10Let me try a power play.
00:21:12Oh, no, you don't.
00:21:13I've still got three downs to go.
00:21:18Oh, Miss, I know I acted like a clown,
00:21:21but I didn't realize that you were, well, different.
00:21:23I'm sorry.
00:21:24Oh, that's all right.
00:21:26Well, now, let's start from scratch.
00:21:28I'm Rusty Bryan.
00:21:29Again?
00:21:31You're new here, aren't you?
00:21:32Yes, I was just going to enlist.
00:21:34Enlist is right.
00:21:35Oh, I mean register.
00:21:38Then I'm electing myself your sponsor.
00:21:40Sponsor?
00:21:40Well, sure, you've got to have a sponsor to meet the right people.
00:21:43That is, the right girl, so that you're pledged the very best sorority.
00:21:46Well, that's very nice of you.
00:21:48You're practically in.
00:21:53Laura.
00:21:54Hi, gang.
00:21:55Hey, you were an hour late.
00:21:56What kept you?
00:21:56That's positively obvious.
00:21:58Girl, meet Dagwood Bumstead.
00:22:00Oh, hiya.
00:22:01Hiya.
00:22:01Hello.
00:22:02I got a flat, and he came to the rescue.
00:22:05Very adequate.
00:22:07I'd better be going now.
00:22:08Oh, Dagwood.
00:22:09Huh?
00:22:10You wouldn't mind leaving your car here so I can take someone over to fix my tire, would
00:22:14you?
00:22:14Well, I, I, I...
00:22:15Well, now, you can walk back to the registry before you can turn your car around.
00:22:18Yes, but...
00:22:18Well, now, be very careful with it.
00:22:20Well, well, all right.
00:22:22I'll meet you back here at noon.
00:22:24Oh, thanks a lot.
00:22:27Thanks.
00:22:28Bye-bye.
00:22:31This is Margie Kingston, Babs Connolly, Marty Higgins, Bill Bright, Ben Dixon, Miss, uh...
00:22:36Blondie Smith.
00:22:37Smith.
00:22:38Hello.
00:22:38Hello.
00:22:38I'm glad to meet you.
00:22:40And am I glad to meet you.
00:22:42Relax, Ben.
00:22:43What are you saying, Blondie?
00:22:44Oh, I, I've taken a room that Mrs. Stringer...
00:22:47That mortuary?
00:22:48Oh, it isn't bad.
00:22:50Say, why don't you move her into the Beta Sigma house with you kids?
00:22:52Naturally.
00:22:53Oh, pledge her right away.
00:22:54Oh, that's awfully sweet of you, but I don't think I can make it.
00:22:57Well, you only need $50, and that applies on your board.
00:23:01The only must is that you stay single.
00:23:03That ought to be easy enough around here.
00:23:08I'll think it over.
00:23:09You like the gang?
00:23:10Sure.
00:23:10Well, for sure.
00:23:11Oh, you will.
00:23:12Well, I'm sure I will.
00:23:13And where do you meet Laura?
00:23:14She's the girl who just passed here.
00:23:16Her dad's J.J. Wadsworth, the building tycoon.
00:23:18Yeah, but Laura's got too much in the ball to travel on the prestige of her old man's bank book.
00:23:22He sounds grand.
00:23:24There's that fellow she was with.
00:23:29I wonder who he is.
00:23:30I wouldn't get too interested, Bab.
00:23:32Laura's got a terrific temper and a right hook to match.
00:23:36Who's interested in that goof?
00:23:44Well, I'd better register.
00:23:46We'll see you later.
00:23:47In the meantime, we'll have you moved out of that old lady's home.
00:23:49Oh, you'd better not.
00:23:50I'd rather not impose.
00:23:52Oh, now, don't be too polite.
00:23:53Oh, she'll get over that.
00:23:55Well, I'll see you later.
00:23:57Bye-bye.
00:23:58Bye.
00:23:58Bye-bye.
00:23:59Bye-bye.
00:24:02Oh, Rondi, I was worried.
00:24:04Stagwood, we're making a terrible mistake.
00:24:07Well, I was just a victim of circumstances.
00:24:09You see, Laura's car broke down.
00:24:11Oh, I don't care anything about her.
00:24:13This is what's important.
00:24:14I'm in a trap.
00:24:15They're pledging me to a sorority.
00:24:17Well, what's the matter with that?
00:24:18I told you they'd like you.
00:24:19But I'm supposed to be single.
00:24:21It isn't fair.
00:24:22Why, it's working like a charm.
00:24:24Why, we're starting to have fun already.
00:24:26Well, maybe you are, but I'm not.
00:24:28I'm leaving here with or without you, understand?
00:24:31Oh, no, I just signed up.
00:24:33I couldn't run out.
00:24:34I couldn't look myself in the face.
00:24:35I'd be a coward.
00:24:37All right, then, I'll be a coward.
00:24:38Where is the car?
00:24:41Oh, Laura's got it.
00:24:44So you don't want to be a coward, huh?
00:24:46Well, now, I can tell you just how it happened.
00:24:59And so, in etymology, we come upon the word sincere.
00:25:04Sincere goes back centuries, when the wandering peddler hawked worm-eaten furniture.
00:25:10He filled the wormholes with beeswax to trick his unwary victims.
00:25:13This gave us the word sincere.
00:25:17Sin meaning without, and seer meaning worms, without worms, you see?
00:25:21Now, for instance, I take the word worm and use it in a sentence when I say,
00:25:25I'm going out to see the worm with a plate to sell a device,
00:25:27and I can't go through the right to let me sell a plate device.
00:25:29I take the adjective and put it in front of the preposition,
00:25:32not only to make the word sincere, more, or without,
00:25:34or having myself probe it out or razor speak in the diction of today's manner of force of the count.
00:25:38You can't just go along and say sincere with a mate when using the worm as a plate,
00:25:41and the whole, hmm, step in the place with a treat is the case.
00:25:43And there you are.
00:25:46Would the usage apply as a medical term, doctor?
00:25:50Medical term?
00:25:51Oh, no, never.
00:25:52You see, when you use it as a medical term,
00:25:54you're taking the whole English language and making the phrase to sell a cult.
00:25:57You may say, I'm a trailer for, so I'm an array of mouth,
00:25:59and a little bit of a drink, and a little bit of a drink.
00:26:00Sorry.
00:26:01You can't read a piece, because you're a trailer for the world,
00:26:03with the capital loss of the American language.
00:26:05A lot of people today say, we might say to you with the past,
00:26:08or use a little capital phrase for the most of the diction of prepositions,
00:26:10adjectives, pronouns, melderons, fairphrase, caupers,
00:26:13but you can't report.
00:26:15It's a treat.
00:26:17I see.
00:26:18Thank you, sir.
00:26:19Oh, it's just a cover of it.
00:26:21In the use of the word lie, meaning an untruth,
00:26:24the past tense and past participle differ.
00:26:26For instance, if I say, I'm going to the Ritchons,
00:26:29or I'm going to the Rappers,
00:26:30or I'm going to the Roltons,
00:26:32or the Reedy Rops,
00:26:34you might sing a song saying,
00:26:35the Hudson Ross of the Canterbury,
00:26:36but you can't, because there's a dinge in the tank,
00:26:38and there's only four bars to the Rappers,
00:26:40when the symphonic types are the reed.
00:26:42So make yourself individual,
00:26:44make yourself with a tiger face,
00:26:45and bring out the little quarter trees,
00:26:46then you've got the base.
00:26:48If I lie, I have an untruth.
00:26:50If I have an untruth, I've told a lie.
00:26:53When you tell me you are standing when you are lying,
00:26:55you are lying.
00:26:56You have lied when you have told me
00:26:57that you're standing with the race of salt debate.
00:26:59You see, if you say,
00:27:00I lied when the race is brought to right,
00:27:02it isn't a canter full of treason.
00:27:03Now, if I stoop,
00:27:05and stand up and say,
00:27:05I'm standing with the treason,
00:27:06and you're lying back and forth with the paste,
00:27:08you're using the term ahead of the crest,
00:27:10or you're going forward into the cast,
00:27:12leaving out all the predicates, subjects,
00:27:13aloprates,
00:27:14and bringing forth the past with a dinge.
00:27:16So it isn't a canter face,
00:27:17or a little to,
00:27:18to fault,
00:27:19but it's a crowd to the keith,
00:27:21of the grigis,
00:27:21to lead.
00:27:22Great speakers today have poured forth
00:27:24mansions and strafflets,
00:27:25and even calds.
00:27:26Do we speak of the race tonight?
00:27:28No, it's a tend of the grigis.
00:27:30So go on with your pest.
00:27:31You see?
00:27:32And that's why I chose the word sincere.
00:27:38Well, tomorrow we shall take up the verb to be.
00:27:40Class dismissed.
00:27:43Oh, Mr. Bumstead.
00:27:45Come here, young man.
00:27:50You'll be sure to have your papers
00:27:51on the record of the states,
00:27:52and hope the facts of sailor fates,
00:27:54because that's a very difficult exam.
00:27:56Here.
00:27:58I suppose so.
00:28:06Pardon me, miss.
00:28:08You dropped your books.
00:28:10Oh, no, I didn't.
00:28:12I only had two.
00:28:14Oh, no, don't you remember?
00:28:16I'm Dagwood.
00:28:17Dagwood Bumstead.
00:28:18Oh, Bondi.
00:28:19Oh.
00:28:21You're offside, bud.
00:28:22Oh, this is Mr. Bryan,
00:28:24and Mr. Bud.
00:28:25Glad to know you, kid.
00:28:25Oh.
00:28:26Look, it's an old latent tradition
00:28:27that the sponsor takes his crow today to lunch.
00:28:29Oh.
00:28:30Well, grab a cassette and phone with a port to you, Mr. Bumstead.
00:28:34Huh?
00:28:35Grab a phone with a port to you, Mr. Bumstead.
00:28:55and swoon.
00:28:57Do you think so?
00:28:58For a girl to get rushed by rusty brass the first day,
00:29:02well, it's like going to Washington and sitting on the president's lap.
00:29:05Yeah, yeah, I guess it is.
00:29:08But it can be a dog's life, too.
00:29:10She better not even look at anybody else.
00:29:12Huh?
00:29:13And if he catches a fellow just, just even thinking about her,
00:29:16huh?
00:29:17Well, it can be awfully messy.
00:29:20Yeah, why is that so?
00:29:22Yeah.
00:29:28Here comes Laura Watchworth.
00:29:31Don't judge her by that wolf she's with.
00:29:34Oh, of course not.
00:29:38Hiya, Laura.
00:29:39Hi, Eddie.
00:29:40Have you seen Rusty Brown around here?
00:29:41Yeah, he's right over there at that newie.
00:29:43Thanks.
00:29:47Oh, wouldn't you rather sit at the fountain?
00:29:49I like fountains.
00:29:50Oh, they're strictly for proletarians.
00:29:52Come on.
00:29:52Huh?
00:29:54Hello, Laura.
00:29:55Hi.
00:29:56This is Blondie Smith, Laura Watchworth.
00:29:57How do you do?
00:29:58I'm so happy to know you, Blondie.
00:30:00I hear you've moved in with us.
00:30:01Oh, yes.
00:30:02You've all been so sweet.
00:30:04Well, if you can stand us, you're more than welcome.
00:30:07Oh, Daggy.
00:30:08This is Miss Smith, Mr. Bumstead.
00:30:10Glad to know you, Daggy.
00:30:12Well, let's not get too informal.
00:30:15Oh, and you've already met Mr. Bryan.
00:30:17Yeah, a few minutes ago.
00:30:18Yeah, how are you?
00:30:19Oh, yeah.
00:30:21Come on and join us.
00:30:22It's on me.
00:30:24I've struck oil.
00:30:25Sold.
00:30:28Well, how do you like Layton so far?
00:30:29Oh, I think it's beautiful.
00:30:31It's what I've seen of it.
00:30:32Oh, wait till you see Moon Lake.
00:30:33It's positively breathtaking.
00:30:35Say, what about tonight?
00:30:37Well, I...
00:30:38I...
00:30:38Oh, and Daggy hasn't seen it yet, either, has you?
00:30:40Well, no, but I don't...
00:30:42Let's make it a double date.
00:30:43Huh?
00:30:43Oh, yeah.
00:30:44Yeah, and we can take our car.
00:30:46And my car.
00:30:48Okay, Daggy.
00:30:50It's a deal.
00:30:51Oh.
00:31:06There she is.
00:31:07Isn't she beautiful?
00:31:09My, it looks like one of those penny postcards.
00:31:12Rusty, why don't you take Blondie over and introduce her to General Hood?
00:31:15That's an idea.
00:31:17General Hood?
00:31:19You'll love him.
00:31:20He's over 400 years old.
00:31:22Yeah, let's all go meet him.
00:31:23Oh, you're going to meet General Gibson.
00:31:25He's even older than General Hood.
00:31:26Oh, well, uh, maybe I'd rather meet General Gibson.
00:31:30Oh, you'll like old Hood much better.
00:31:32Yeah, I'd still like to meet General Hood.
00:31:35Oh, Daggy, sometimes I think you act too young to go to college.
00:31:39Do I?
00:31:43Blondie, meet General Hood.
00:31:47Hmm?
00:31:50Why?
00:31:51Why, it's a tree.
00:31:52And what a tree.
00:31:53Centuries old and still as sturdy as steel.
00:31:57Here, sit on his knee.
00:32:06General Gibson, all presents are accounted for.
00:32:09Where is he?
00:32:11It's a tree.
00:32:11Oh.
00:32:12It's called General Gibson.
00:32:13Oh.
00:32:15See all those initials?
00:32:17Huh?
00:32:18Yeah.
00:32:20All of them were carved by students.
00:32:22Some are 75 years old.
00:32:24And still going to Layton?
00:32:25No, silly.
00:32:27The carvings.
00:32:28Oh, yeah.
00:32:28Wait till you hear some of the legends about this old boy.
00:32:30Yeah, well, will you excuse me a minute, Laura?
00:32:32I'll be right back.
00:32:34Huh?
00:32:36Yes, sir.
00:32:37If it weren't for General Hood, I wouldn't be here.
00:32:39Really?
00:32:41Dad proposed to my mother right here.
00:32:43She accepted him?
00:32:44Nope.
00:32:47But old Pop was their persistent gazabo, and Ma finally married him.
00:32:51Well, that's fine.
00:32:53You see, that's why I can't...
00:32:54Oh, pardon me a minute, Rusty.
00:32:55I forgot something.
00:33:04Oh, well, where are you going?
00:33:07Oh, I wanted to tell Rusty something.
00:33:10Oh.
00:33:10And what do you think Mr. Bryant would be interested in hearing from you?
00:33:14Oh, well, you wouldn't understand.
00:33:16I, uh, I figured out a new football plan.
00:33:18I want to discuss it with you.
00:33:20And where, may I ask?
00:33:21Are you going?
00:33:22To see Laura, if you please, about something you wouldn't understand.
00:33:26Oh, what's cooking here, huh?
00:33:28Oh, this Blondie turned her ankle.
00:33:31Oh.
00:33:31Gee, that's tough.
00:33:32Oh, I guess I, I must have stepped on a stone.
00:33:35Yes.
00:33:35This Blondie turned her ankle.
00:33:36Oh, I'm so sorry.
00:33:38Uh, look, that's the, uh, massager.
00:33:39He's the chiropractor in the crowd.
00:33:40Yeah.
00:33:42Oh.
00:33:42Oh.
00:33:43Is this where it hurts?
00:33:45Yes.
00:33:45Oh, I...
00:33:46No, it's all right now.
00:33:47It's, it's just pain for a minute.
00:33:49Hey, whose ankle is it?
00:33:50Yours or Blondie's?
00:33:51Oh.
00:33:51Oh, you better not walk on a Blondie.
00:33:53Oh, I should say not.
00:33:56Oh, you don't have to carry her.
00:33:57She can walk now.
00:33:58See, what kind of a guy are you anyway?
00:34:00You take care of your girl, I'll take care of mine.
00:34:03Oh, oh, no.
00:34:05Well, maybe we better get started.
00:34:07You're a genius, Bumstitch.
00:34:10Huh?
00:34:11Oh.
00:34:27How was my time, Mr. Howard?
00:34:29Very good for just a workout, Rusty.
00:34:32Oh.
00:34:33Yeah, I know.
00:34:36How was my time, Coach?
00:34:38I wouldn't know.
00:34:39Huh?
00:34:39This is only an eight-day watch.
00:34:48Nice sitting, Rusty.
00:34:50Wait a minute, Stebbins.
00:34:52Hey, Bumstead.
00:34:53Huh?
00:34:54Oh, oh, oh.
00:34:56Oh.
00:34:57Oh, me.
00:34:58Yes, you.
00:34:59Come here.
00:35:01Huh?
00:35:01Let's see you smack one.
00:35:03Oh.
00:35:03Oh, yeah.
00:35:10Oh, oh, no.
00:35:13Oh, no.
00:35:36That'll be all, DiMaggio.
00:35:38Yeah, but I didn't have a chance.
00:35:39You had four strikes, and that's more than they get in the big leagues.
00:35:42All right, Stevens.
00:35:46Yes, sir.
00:35:47Gillis.
00:35:48Nozewelski.
00:35:49Right.
00:35:49Stewart.
00:35:50Yes, sir.
00:35:51Bumstead.
00:35:51Here.
00:35:52Where?
00:35:53Here I am, Coach.
00:35:55My shoelace came untied.
00:35:56Now, you men get out there in the positions you think you can play.
00:35:59Yes, sir.
00:36:07You get out there and catch that pun and go through for a touchdown.
00:36:09Yes, sir.
00:36:11Oh, no.
00:36:12I'm scared.
00:36:14And you men, stop Bumstead if you can.
00:36:17And remember, tackle him low and hard.
00:36:20Good morning, Mr. Hickory.
00:36:21Oh, good morning, Dean.
00:36:23Gentlemen.
00:36:23Good morning, sir.
00:36:24He's looking over the new squad.
00:36:25Anything promising?
00:36:26Well, if that Bumstead can play football as good as he says he can, we have a great prospect.
00:36:31Very encouraging.
00:36:51Good morning.
00:36:54Reverse your field!
00:36:57Uh-huh!
00:37:06I'm so sorry, so sorry, you're sorry, I'm sorry, turn in that uniform.
00:37:33Well, I wish you luck, girls.
00:37:35I wish you could stay for the game, Blondie.
00:37:37Oh, I wish I could, too.
00:37:38But poor Julia Kronchnobel needs help pretty badly.
00:37:41It's awfully nice of you to let me use the egg with the car, Laura.
00:37:43Oh, think nothing of it, Blondie.
00:37:45But if we lose to those goons, it'll be your fault for not giving us your moral support.
00:37:48Oh, I'll be with you all in spirit. Goodbye.
00:37:51Bye, Blondie.
00:37:54Julia, you can come out now.
00:38:06How have you been, Mr. Merriwell?
00:38:08Oh, not so good.
00:38:09No? What's the matter?
00:38:10Oh, things aren't turning out like we planned them, are they?
00:38:13Not exactly.
00:38:16Everything's gone wrong since I picked up Laura.
00:38:18That was quite an accomplishment.
00:38:20I don't think she got a flat tire.
00:38:23Don't you tell her.
00:38:24Let her find it out herself.
00:38:26What?
00:38:27Oh, I'm a flop at everything.
00:38:29Football, baseball, track.
00:38:31Now I suppose you want to quit?
00:38:33Not exactly.
00:38:35I'm just disappointed in everything.
00:38:37Take geology.
00:38:38Who's interested in an old, tired, dry lake?
00:38:41Maybe if you threw yourself in it, you'd find it more interesting.
00:38:45How can I study?
00:38:46You know, Laura, it's always the hop or the prom or the snackery.
00:38:51I don't see how those kids can stand it.
00:38:53I'm having a wonderful time.
00:38:55Yeah, well, that's swell.
00:38:57Well, I'm worried about baby Dumpling.
00:39:00The last time we sneaked over there, he didn't seem quite happy.
00:39:05Why, he did to me.
00:39:07Well, you don't know, man.
00:39:09He never would let you know how he really feels.
00:39:12He doesn't want to worry you.
00:39:14I can tell.
00:39:16Why didn't you tell me this before?
00:39:17Well, how could I with Rusty watching you like a bird dog?
00:39:22Oh, my poor neglected little darling.
00:39:27Yeah.
00:39:29Not you, Joe College.
00:39:30I mean the baby.
00:39:32Yeah.
00:39:38Right face.
00:39:40Right face.
00:39:43Right face.
00:39:46Eddie.
00:39:48What's the matter?
00:39:49Me and you act like you're walking on hot rocks.
00:39:52Everyone in the rear ranks.
00:39:53Sit out, please.
00:39:58Private Fuddle, how long have you been here at Calhoun?
00:40:01Ten days.
00:40:02Ten days what?
00:40:04Ten days, sir.
00:40:05That's better.
00:40:06We've got two left feet, so trade one in for a right.
00:40:09Yes, sir.
00:40:13Sergeant Bumstead.
00:40:16Oh, my darling.
00:40:20Company dismissed.
00:40:23What's the matter, Mommy?
00:40:24Why didn't you tell me you were unhappy?
00:40:26We're taking you right home.
00:40:28Who told you I was unhappy?
00:40:29Daddy says he could tell.
00:40:31But, Daddy, you're wrong.
00:40:32I'm going to be a lieutenant next month.
00:40:35Is that right, Captain?
00:40:37Right.
00:40:39Why, it's wonderful here.
00:40:41Horseback, swimming, football.
00:40:43Look at me.
00:40:44They're calling scrap irons.
00:40:46You're sure now?
00:40:47Positive.
00:40:49I'm having the best time I ever had.
00:40:51Look, look at that buck private under me.
00:40:58Very well, darling.
00:40:59You may stay.
00:41:01Hey, Mommy, you're top.
00:41:03Daddy, did you make the football team?
00:41:06Uh, no, not yet.
00:41:09Baseball?
00:41:10Uh, no.
00:41:12Gee, Dad, I'm sure Captain London needs to make something.
00:41:14Yeah.
00:41:20And then he told me if he doesn't qualify as something, he's going to leave.
00:41:24What difference does it make to you if Dagwood quits?
00:41:26Oh, I was just thinking about Laura.
00:41:29She's liable to do something drastic.
00:41:31Is she that gone on the drip?
00:41:32Oh, yes, Rusty.
00:41:34But she'd just die if she ever found out I told you.
00:41:36But he's gone out for everything but tiddlywinks.
00:41:38And the crew.
00:41:40Crew?
00:41:40What's that?
00:41:42Rowing.
00:41:43Oh, he's a wonderful rower.
00:41:45Uh, uh, Laura mentioned it the other day.
00:41:47I don't know, Blondie.
00:41:48It's a tough sport, even for me.
00:41:50Are you on the crew?
00:41:52Sure, I stroke number five.
00:41:54Oh, Rusty, you're doing too much.
00:41:57Ah, forget it, Blondie.
00:41:58Athletics come natural to me.
00:42:00But supposing you got athlete's foot or heart or something.
00:42:03Why, it'd just be awful.
00:42:05Imagine how I'd feel.
00:42:07You mean it would make you happier if I quit the crew?
00:42:10I'd be the happiest girl in the world.
00:42:14Gosh, Blondie, I...
00:42:16Who'd we get to take my place?
00:42:18Dagwood.
00:42:19Uh, for Laura's sake.
00:42:21Do you think Bumstead could fill my shoes?
00:42:23Oh, not in a thousand years.
00:42:25But you should worry, as long as you made me happy.
00:42:30Gee, Blondie, I...
00:42:52Well, come in.
00:42:52Well, I have to see you, Bumstead.
00:42:53Well, come in.
00:42:56Well, have a seat.
00:42:59What are you doing here?
00:43:01Well, I have to see you, Bumstead.
00:43:01I had some business up this way.
00:43:02I thought I'd see how you're getting along.
00:43:04Huh?
00:43:04Oh, I'm getting as smart as a whip.
00:43:08Why, you won't even know me when I get back.
00:43:10Where's Blondie?
00:43:11Oh, she's over with the girls.
00:43:13Well, how does she like college?
00:43:14She seems to be having a grand time.
00:43:17Is she learning anything?
00:43:18Well, she's getting liberal education.
00:43:22Of course, I don't see very much of her.
00:43:23Studying hard, eh?
00:43:25Well, most of her time is being taken up with Rusty.
00:43:29Rusty?
00:43:29Well, that's an odd name for a girl.
00:43:31No, she isn't a girl.
00:43:32He's an all-American.
00:43:34Oh, yes.
00:43:35The football player.
00:43:36Well, as long as you're both enjoying yourself so much,
00:43:38I guess you wouldn't be interested in coming back.
00:43:40No, I guess Blondie wouldn't be.
00:43:42Oh, I could probably arrange it with her.
00:43:44Would you, Mr. Diddy?
00:43:45Could you?
00:43:46Uh, I mean, uh, well, ordinarily,
00:43:49you couldn't get me away from here with the militia.
00:43:51Only...
00:43:52Uh, Wadsworth's office tells me he liked some of your ideas.
00:43:55Now, uh, we could finish up that deal.
00:43:58I'll do it, Mr. Diddy.
00:43:59That is, if you can get Blondie to...
00:44:01Uh, how long since you've seen her?
00:44:03Oh, I see her every now and then.
00:44:05Only she won't speak to me.
00:44:07Ain't it much?
00:44:08I figured that.
00:44:10Did it?
00:44:10Sure.
00:44:11I can see college hasn't taught you much about women.
00:44:14But I'll get Blondie,
00:44:15and then we'll get Baby Dumpling,
00:44:16and then we'll get the wadsworthies.
00:44:18Oh, boy, then I'll get some home cooking.
00:44:21When I get back, I'll...
00:44:22Uh, come in.
00:44:24Wait.
00:44:24Oh, Mal!
00:44:25Oh, Mal's different.
00:44:26This is Mr. Didders.
00:44:27He's the coxswain on the crew.
00:44:28Glad to know you, sir.
00:44:30We just got some bad news.
00:44:31What is it?
00:44:32Rusty Bryant quit the crew.
00:44:34Oh, is that so?
00:44:35Yeah, and he recommended you as a prospect to take his place.
00:44:38Oh, you're kidding, aren't you, Mal?
00:44:39Nope.
00:44:40Report to Doc Hartley at the boathouse in the morning, 7.30 sharp.
00:44:44So long.
00:44:47I made it, Mr. Didders!
00:44:49That is, I practically made it.
00:44:51Just think, I'm...
00:44:52I'm number five on the crew.
00:44:54What's the deal?
00:44:55It can't wait.
00:44:56They'll close with standards.
00:44:57Oh, they'll be sorry.
00:44:58Listen to me, Bumstead.
00:44:59You're either coming back with me tonight or never.
00:45:02Then it'll have to be never.
00:45:04When I finish here, I'll be too big for the J.C. Didders Construction Company.
00:45:08Bumstead, you're... you're fired!
00:45:13By you.
00:45:15By you.
00:45:23Goodbye.
00:45:45Oh!
00:45:46There you are. Sit up!
00:45:47Yes!
00:45:51Oh!
00:45:52Oh, here, the thing, please.
00:45:56Now, just relax.
00:46:03It's all, it's, I, I, I, I think.
00:46:10Okay?
00:46:11Okay.
00:46:31I'm positive it'll be a solution to your whole construction problem, Mr. Wadsworth.
00:46:35Not only cheaper, but the job can be completed in half the time.
00:46:39Well, it sounds practical, all right.
00:46:42It is practical.
00:46:43I've been giving it a lot of thought.
00:46:47Yes, I believe it'll work.
00:46:49Now, here's what we'll do.
00:46:53What, over there?
00:46:54I thought over here.
00:46:55What is that, tic-tac-toe?
00:46:57Where has this boy been all my life?
00:46:59With me, Dad.
00:47:00Part of the time.
00:47:01Well, I'm glad you picked a thinker for a change.
00:47:03Oh, it isn't anything much.
00:47:05Young man, you're much too advanced for your years.
00:47:08You don't belong in college.
00:47:09You belong in the business world, and I'm going to put you there.
00:47:12Oh, gee, Mr. Wadsworth, I, I can't think of anything to say.
00:47:15He never can.
00:47:17That's the nature of the beast.
00:47:19You just think of the race today.
00:47:20We can talk business later.
00:47:22Stroke.
00:47:23Stroke.
00:47:24Lift that stroke.
00:47:25We've got to beat Atlantic.
00:47:26I'll do my part.
00:47:28That's the spirit, my boy.
00:47:29And if the rest do theirs, we can't lose.
00:47:31On my left, you see Snooki Wadsworth.
00:47:34Oh.
00:47:34It was after that memorable classic between Leighton and Atlantic in 1914
00:47:38that the name of Snooki Wadsworth was on the lips of every crew enthusiast from...
00:47:44Um, my dear, I think we can do without the sordid details, little magpie.
00:47:50What happened?
00:47:51Well, you see, uh, the, well, it was, it was a long time ago.
00:47:56Skip it, Daggy.
00:47:57Dad's very modest about his athletic achievements.
00:48:01Oh.
00:48:03Oh, I was looking for Rusty.
00:48:05Excuse me.
00:48:06Oh, Miss Smith, would you take a picture of Laura and Dagwood?
00:48:09I'd like it for my office.
00:48:10Oh, why, of course.
00:48:12Come on, Daggy.
00:48:14Yeah.
00:48:22Dagwood, you're not being executed.
00:48:23You're having your picture taken.
00:48:25Relax.
00:48:26Well, you act as if you didn't know the girl, Bumstead.
00:48:28Put your arm around her.
00:48:33Oh, that's awfully cute.
00:48:35Hold it.
00:48:39Now, take one of the three of us.
00:48:41Sort of a family group.
00:48:42Oh, Dad, such a wag.
00:48:47Well, I'd, I'd better be going over to the boathouse.
00:48:50Okay, Daggy, I'll run you over to the tender.
00:48:53Good luck, son.
00:48:54We're depending on you today.
00:48:56I'll be in your picture.
00:48:57I mean, pulling all the way.
00:49:11Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.
00:49:12This is Bob LeMond speaking to you from Schuyler Basin, where the crews of Leighton and Atlantic are meeting this
00:49:17afternoon in their annual intercollegiate classic.
00:49:19It's a perfect spring day, ideal for this meeting.
00:49:22The rivalry between Leighton and Atlantic has attracted great thrones of people who are surrounding the sides of this basin.
00:49:27Inside the basin itself are a great number of yachts bearing the colors and insignia of their owner's respective alma
00:49:33mater.
00:49:34The shells of the two rival colleges are at the starting line now, and in them, 16 sturdy young oarsmen,
00:49:38who in a few moments will be straining muscles, bending backs, to send their shells over the grueling four-mile
00:49:43course.
00:49:44It's a tense, anxious moment for Leighton today, for in their shells sits a question mark.
00:49:49Dagwood Bumstead.
00:49:50Will he prove equal to the killing pace which has made Leighton the most feared of collegiate crews?
00:49:55We shall soon see.
00:49:56There goes the referee's gun, and Leighton and Atlantic are off to an even start.
00:50:00With the first burst of cheering, the crews settle down to stride, stroke for stroke.
00:50:03Come on, Dagwood!
00:50:05Come on!
00:50:05Get out of the way!
00:50:07Get out of the way!
00:50:08In the Leighton shell is the veteran Coxman Mouse Gifford, who drove his crew to victory last year over at
00:50:13London.
00:50:13Oh!
00:50:14All right, Dag, let's make real monkeys out of them!
00:50:17Lift the stroke for 38!
00:50:18The human interest story behind the day's race is the fact that Rusty Bryant gave up his place on the
00:50:23Leighton crew to make way for Bumstead.
00:50:31The Leighton stroke is now around 38, and Bumstead is meeting this test like a veteran in that number five
00:50:36position.
00:50:37And the Leighton shell creeps into the lead by a quarter of a length.
00:50:40The crowd roars again as Leighton increases its lead over at London.
00:50:43Now Skipper is taking every advantage of this comfortable margin, and the Atlantic crew, urged on by its troops, increases
00:50:50its stroke.
00:50:51But Leighton is out for a new course record and is still going away.
00:50:54We're making history, fellas!
00:50:56Let's ease off to 36, but make him strong!
00:50:59You bunch of jellyfish!
00:51:01Where's your nerve?
00:51:01Come on, let's go!
00:51:0338!
00:51:03Come on, boys!
00:51:05Let's do it!
00:51:06Let's do it!
00:51:07Let's do it!
00:51:07Let's do it!
00:51:07Let's do it!
00:51:07Let's do it!
00:51:08Let's do it!
00:51:12Let's do it!
00:51:13Let's do it again this year for its seventh consecutive victory, because nothing short of a miracle can save its
00:51:18life.
00:51:20Wait a minute.
00:51:20Something's happened.
00:51:21It's Bumstead of the Leighton crew.
00:51:23He's caught a crab.
00:51:24He failed to lift his oar clear of the water after the stroke.
00:51:26He's been unsteated and he's trying desperately to get back into place.
00:51:29Mouse Gipper's yelling at him.
00:51:31Bumstead, for the love of Joe, get with us!
00:51:34I can't!
00:51:35Then jump, you juggard!
00:51:36Get your weight out of the shell!
00:51:38Bumstead's thrown the Leighton crew off stroke.
00:51:40He's standing up.
00:51:41He's going to jump.
00:51:43There he goes.
00:51:44And there goes the Leighton shell.
00:51:45All the boys are in the watch.
00:51:47The Atlantic shell shoots by those Leighton boys who are floundering around their upturned shell.
00:51:52Well, folks, the miracle has happened.
00:51:54Atlantic will win.
00:51:55This is the first time anything like this has taken place since 1914.
00:51:59It's all over now, but the singing.
00:52:07Help!
00:52:10Come out!
00:52:12There he is, Mr. Dizzards.
00:52:21He's on KP duty, sir.
00:52:23For clipping sergeant.
00:52:32Hello, Dizzards.
00:52:33Hello, baby dumping.
00:52:34Hey, can you skin things?
00:52:36Well, I can try.
00:52:38Swell.
00:52:40Here, skin this.
00:52:43How are you liking it here?
00:52:45You have to ask me?
00:52:46Well, I can see what you mean.
00:52:50How are Mommy and Daddy getting along with their schoolwork?
00:52:52Oh, fine, fine.
00:52:54Pretty soon they'll be smarter than you are.
00:52:57Would you like to be with them?
00:53:00Sure, only I'm a little young for college.
00:53:02Well, uh, suppose we can get them out of college.
00:53:05Not if they're having fun.
00:53:06Well, that's the way I'd feel about if they were, but I don't think they are baby dumping.
00:53:10I don't think they're happy at all.
00:53:11No?
00:53:12No.
00:53:13Only neither one of them will be the first to quit.
00:53:15That's why it's up to you and me.
00:53:17What do you get out of this?
00:53:19Well, uh, I'll admit I need your dad's help in the Wadsworth deal, but you can get out of all
00:53:25this.
00:53:26Are you sure they want to go home?
00:53:28Positive.
00:53:29Where can we talk?
00:53:31We can go to my dormitory as soon as we're finished with these few potatoes.
00:53:34Fine.
00:53:44Go home.
00:54:05Now, you know what you're going to do, baby dumping.
00:54:07Yes, and you know what I'll do if that he doesn't get that bonus.
00:54:10Yes, yes, of course.
00:54:11And you too, Daisy.
00:54:11Now, plenty of tears.
00:54:13Good girl.
00:54:14Now, he's in the second room on the right.
00:54:16I'll be reading right here.
00:54:18Make it good.
00:54:37All right, Daisy.
00:54:39Turn on the tears.
00:54:45Daddy.
00:54:46Mama, Daddy.
00:54:49Baby dumping.
00:54:51That sounds like baby dumping.
00:54:53Daddy, Daddy.
00:54:54Baby dumpling.
00:54:58What is it?
00:54:59What happened?
00:55:00I got home sick.
00:55:02Well, I've been lonesome for you too, but how did you get here?
00:55:06Mr. Ditter's brought me.
00:55:08Well, I'm sure glad to see you.
00:55:11Wasn't this Mr. Ditter's idea?
00:55:14Well, I wanted to see you and Mommy.
00:55:17And besides, Alvin was made a sergeant.
00:55:20Well, I can't leave here tonight, baby dumpling.
00:55:23I caught a crab today.
00:55:25What did you use for bait?
00:55:27Oh, no.
00:55:28You don't understand.
00:55:29I lost a crew race today.
00:55:31Well, I'd be ill if I'd try to run out now, and Mommy wouldn't speak to me anymore.
00:55:38Where is Mommy?
00:55:40Well, she's busy.
00:55:43Where am I going to see Mommy?
00:55:45Oh, no.
00:55:46Thank you to my Mommy.
00:55:48Why?
00:55:53Mr. Bumstead.
00:55:57Who is it?
00:56:00What's the matter?
00:56:02It's Mrs. Dill.
00:56:03Open the door, please.
00:56:04I can't.
00:56:05I'm not dressed.
00:56:06I heard someone talking in your room.
00:56:09Well, it might have been me.
00:56:10I talk in my sleep.
00:56:12I heard a baby's voice.
00:56:14Well, I was dreaming I was a baby.
00:56:17Well, it's all very strange to me.
00:56:21Well, I'm sorry if I disturbed you.
00:56:25Oh, good night, Mrs. Dill.
00:56:37Come on.
00:56:38You've got to get out of here.
00:56:39When are we going to see Mommy?
00:56:42Shh.
00:56:42You can't see Mommy tonight, baby dumpling.
00:56:45You see, Mommy's been a big success here at college.
00:56:49And it would just spoil her fun.
00:56:51But when am I going to see Mommy?
00:56:54Shh.
00:56:55Oh, shh.
00:56:56Oh, shh.
00:56:57Oh, it won't be long.
00:56:59Oh, when am I going to see Mommy?
00:57:02Shh.
00:57:04Shh.
00:57:04Oh, shh.
00:57:06Take me to my Mommy.
00:57:09I want to see my Mommy tonight.
00:57:11Now, now, now, please, baby.
00:57:13I'll go back with you.
00:57:14Well, well, if you'll just be patient about your Mommy.
00:57:18But I want to see Mommy tonight.
00:57:20You said that, baby.
00:57:24Now, now, please, baby.
00:57:25Now, now, now, relax.
00:57:27Take me to my Mommy.
00:57:30I want my Mommy.
00:57:31Take me to my Mommy.
00:57:33Now, now, now, I'll go back with you.
00:57:35You'll just be patient.
00:57:41Operator, get me the police department.
00:57:45I've got to get you out of here without anyone seeing you.
00:57:48And remember, I'm not your father until we get out of town.
00:57:52Who are you then?
00:57:54I'm Dagwood Bumstead, a student.
00:57:57Then who am I?
00:57:59You're just plain Baby Dumplin'.
00:58:01Now, no matter what happens, you don't know me, never saw me before.
00:58:07Oh, and you too, Daisy, understand?
00:58:10Hurry, please, before they get away.
00:58:13108 Darwin Place.
00:58:17Now, I'm going to wrap you and Daisy up in the blanket.
00:58:20And if anyone asks me, you adjust some clothes I'm taking to the cleaner, see?
00:58:24I get it.
00:58:25Act like clothes, Daisy.
00:58:27And remember, we don't know Daddy.
00:58:29Yeah, come on.
00:58:30Oh, shoo!
00:58:36Come on, Daisy.
00:58:38Come here.
00:58:41No, no, no, Daisy.
00:58:42Oh, Daisy, wait a minute.
00:58:50You all right?
00:59:00Come here.
00:59:02Come here.
00:59:05Come here.
00:59:14Come here.
00:59:16Come here.
00:59:18Come here.
00:59:19Come here.
00:59:19Come here.
00:59:19Come here.
00:59:19Come here.
00:59:19Come here.
00:59:19Come here.
00:59:24Come here.
00:59:29Hello, Danglewood. Where's Baby Dumpling?
00:59:31Shh. He's in here.
00:59:32This poor boy's been pretty lonesome for you.
00:59:34Yeah, I guess you think this was pretty smart.
00:59:36You think I'd resort to...
00:59:37You have to get up early to fool a college man.
00:59:39Open the rumble seat, please.
00:59:44Now, are you all right?
00:59:46Yeah.
00:59:46Okay. Get out on the floor there, now.
00:59:49And, and, and stay covered.
00:59:51Well, I'm glad you're going home for his sake.
00:59:53Yeah, oh, sure.
01:00:11All right, we got you covered. Don't move.
01:00:15Take a look at that rumble seat, Joe.
01:00:17Huh?
01:00:18Come on, get out of the car.
01:00:20Come on, get your hands up.
01:00:22You two, come on.
01:00:25Here's the kid.
01:00:26It's a snatch, all right.
01:00:28Oh, there's some mistake.
01:00:29Oh, shut up.
01:00:37We got him. You better put the cuffs on him.
01:00:39What?
01:00:40I can, I can explain everything.
01:00:42Oh, button your lip.
01:00:45Hmm.
01:00:46He looks like a rich kid.
01:00:48Are you hurt, Sonny?
01:00:49Not much.
01:00:50Well, he's a brave little guy, isn't he?
01:00:52All right, you guys.
01:00:53Get in that car and one phony move out of you and you're a couple of dead turkeys.
01:00:57Huh?
01:00:57Get in there.
01:00:59Where are we going?
01:01:00To the police station.
01:01:01Don't you worry.
01:01:02We're not locking you up.
01:01:03I'm not worried.
01:01:04But can't Daisy and I ride on your motorcycle?
01:01:07Sure thing, soldier.
01:01:08I'm a sergeant.
01:01:10Well.
01:01:14Loyal sons of Leighton and loyal daughters too.
01:01:22Hand in hand we proudly stand and sing our praises through.
01:01:32We'll remember Leighton, wherever we may roam.
01:01:40Leighton you, Leighton you, our home is home.
01:01:49Hold it, hold it, hold it, hold it.
01:01:52All right, gang.
01:01:53A big cheer.
01:01:54A big cheer for the Atlantic crew.
01:01:56Atlantic crew.
01:01:57Rah, rah, rah.
01:01:59And Daddy crew.
01:02:01Hooray.
01:02:04I wonder where Dagwood is.
01:02:06It's nine o'clock.
01:02:08I guess the poor kid can't take it.
01:02:10And I've stood up.
01:02:11Poor guy.
01:02:13I felt the same way once when I fumbled a ball in a high school game.
01:02:16Kind of puts a hinge in the fellow's back.
01:02:18That's not true, Rusty Bryant.
01:02:20There's no hinge in Dagwood's back.
01:02:21What are you getting so boiled up about, sugar?
01:02:23Well, I just think it's unfair, that's all.
01:02:26Blondie's right.
01:02:27If anyone has the right to judge Daggy, it's me.
01:02:30I just know Dagwood wouldn't hide out because he caught a crab.
01:02:34Oh, I'm sorry.
01:02:37She's the blueprint of her mother.
01:02:39I wish he'd show up, though.
01:02:40I've got something more important than this race to discuss with him.
01:02:47How about this dance, Blondie?
01:02:54Where's the ransom note?
01:02:56I tell you, I didn't...
01:02:57Shut up!
01:02:57You better come clean, Bumstead.
01:02:59Where'd you grab this kid?
01:03:00Mr. Ditt has brought him over to the house.
01:03:03How long have you been using Mrs. Dill's joint as a hideout?
01:03:05Oh, about...
01:03:06It isn't a hideout.
01:03:07Just answer the question.
01:03:09Look, fellow.
01:03:10Now, why don't you make it easy on everybody?
01:03:12How much were you holding that kid for?
01:03:14Oh, please.
01:03:15I'm Baby Dumpling's father.
01:03:17That ain't what the kid says.
01:03:18Joe, bring in the boy and the dog.
01:03:20Fine example you are for college kids, Bumstead.
01:03:23Blowing the crew racing and snatching a kid.
01:03:25Now, you better open up because I've got a personal interest in you, bud.
01:03:30Yeah.
01:03:30Hmm.
01:03:31I lost 25 bucks on that race today.
01:03:34Oh, I'm sorry, Sergeant.
01:03:35Oh, you are, are you?
01:03:37Well, then, maybe you'd like to do something to even things up just a little, huh?
01:03:40Yeah.
01:03:41Save me a lot of gab and start singing.
01:03:44See?
01:03:45Mm-hmm.
01:03:46Sweet.
01:03:47And can't that innocent stuff.
01:03:49You know what I mean.
01:03:50Start talking.
01:03:50Here they are, Sergeant.
01:03:52Oh.
01:03:53I'm who I am, Baby Dumpling.
01:03:57I don't know.
01:03:58I never saw him before.
01:03:59Oh, no.
01:04:01And I, I suppose the dog is yours, too.
01:04:04Yeah.
01:04:05Yeah.
01:04:06I'll show you.
01:04:07Nice day.
01:04:08Come to Daddy.
01:04:10Oh.
01:04:11David.
01:04:12Isn't that touching?
01:04:14Huh?
01:04:14Well, that just about sinks, you said, Bumstead.
01:04:16A dog can sense a foul ball the minute he sees one.
01:04:19All right, Joe, take them out.
01:04:20Oh, wait a minute.
01:04:21Oh.
01:04:22Now, you were just following orders, Sergeant.
01:04:23Oh, now you're going to claim that you're being framed, huh?
01:04:27Oh, I'm his father, honestly.
01:04:28All right.
01:04:29Who's his mother?
01:04:31Oh, I can't tell you that.
01:04:33Oh, you can't, huh?
01:04:35I could, but it wouldn't be fair to her.
01:04:37Now, listen, fella.
01:04:38If you think you're going to cop an insanity plea, you're crazy.
01:04:42Yeah.
01:04:43Oh, take him in the other room and bring out his partner.
01:04:47All right.
01:04:47Oh.
01:05:00This one, Nick.
01:05:05All right, you.
01:05:05Come on.
01:05:06Pretty clever, huh?
01:05:07Mr. Diddy.
01:05:08Well, if I never work for you again, it'll be at my terms.
01:05:12Shut up, you numbskull.
01:05:15Resolving partnership, huh?
01:05:16Uh-oh.
01:05:23Is there a lady here named Blondie Smith?
01:05:25Yeah, that's her dancing with Rusty Bryant.
01:05:27Why, what's up, Cap?
01:05:28Nothing.
01:05:29Nothing.
01:05:33I beg your pardon.
01:05:34Are you Blondie Smith?
01:05:36Why, yes.
01:05:36Can I speak to you a minute?
01:05:38Yes, surely.
01:05:40Excuse me, Rusty.
01:05:42Well, yes, but...
01:05:51Do you know a fellow the name of Dagwood Bumpstead?
01:05:54Why, yes.
01:05:55Has something happened?
01:05:56Plenty.
01:05:57We've got him down at headquarters for kidnapping.
01:05:59Kidnapping?
01:06:00Dagwood?
01:06:00That's right.
01:06:01Oh, but that's impossible.
01:06:03He wouldn't do anything like that.
01:06:05That's always the way, Miss Smith.
01:06:07A fellow palms himself off on his friends as a right guy.
01:06:09Then he turns out to be a dirty snake in the grass.
01:06:12But who did he kidnap?
01:06:14Where?
01:06:14Why?
01:06:15Oh, it wasn't a one-man job.
01:06:16He's got a partner, a egg by the name of Dithers.
01:06:19He's the brains of the team.
01:06:20Dithers?
01:06:21He's the one who's trying to drag your name into it.
01:06:24Claims you're the mother of the boy.
01:06:26Bumpstead claims you're not.
01:06:27We want to get it straight.
01:06:29But who's the boy?
01:06:31Says his name is Apple Turnover.
01:06:33Oh.
01:06:35Baby Dumpling?
01:06:36That's right.
01:06:37Smart little twerp, too.
01:06:38Oh.
01:06:40Blondie, what's the matter?
01:06:41Oh, something terrible's happened, Laura.
01:06:44Dagwood's in jail for kidnapping his own child.
01:06:47His own child?
01:06:49Oh.
01:06:50Take it easy, ladies.
01:06:51Oh, Laura.
01:06:52Will you go down there with me?
01:06:54Oh, sure.
01:06:54We'll take my car.
01:06:55Come on.
01:06:56Let's get all wrapped.
01:06:56Better hurry, ladies, before they get Bumpstead to works.
01:06:58Oh.
01:06:59Laura.
01:07:00Laura.
01:07:03Blondie.
01:07:03Oh.
01:07:04Dagwood.
01:07:05Dagwood, what have I done to you?
01:07:07Oh, you haven't done anything, darling.
01:07:09These gentlemen just wouldn't believe me.
01:07:11Lady, is this guy your husband?
01:07:13He certainly is.
01:07:14And is that your kid?
01:07:16Oh.
01:07:16My darling.
01:07:18My baby.
01:07:19Oh, my darling.
01:07:22Act like you don't know Daddy.
01:07:25Oh.
01:07:25Oh, I'll never ever leave you again.
01:07:28How did all this happen?
01:07:29Are you asking me?
01:07:31Daddy said that no matter what happens,
01:07:33I should say that I never saw him before.
01:07:37Get out of here.
01:07:39Huh?
01:07:39Go on.
01:07:39Get out of here.
01:07:40Go on.
01:07:41Get out.
01:07:42Yeah.
01:07:42Get out of here, all of you.
01:07:43Go ahead.
01:07:44Go on now.
01:07:45Yeah.
01:07:46And look, you.
01:07:46Huh?
01:07:47If you're on that crew next year,
01:07:49I'm going to bet on Atlantic.
01:07:51Me too.
01:07:52Well, good luck.
01:07:52Get out of here.
01:07:57Get out of here.
01:08:01Get out of here.
01:08:05Glad to see you, Bumstead.
01:08:07Oh, thank you.
01:08:08Hold it, everybody.
01:08:09Hold it.
01:08:10Folks, the fellow who caught the crab for late today is here.
01:08:13Let's show them how we feel about it.
01:08:15A great big one for Dagwood Bumstead.
01:08:17Bumstead!
01:08:36There's really nothing to make a speech about.
01:08:39Oh, yes, there is.
01:08:41What happened?
01:08:42Wait till you hear.
01:08:43Hold on to me, Rusty.
01:08:44We're going around a sharp curve in a minute.
01:08:48Well, I guess I'd better start this by saying
01:08:51that this is my last day at Layton.
01:08:54Oh.
01:08:57I can't tell you how happy I've been here
01:08:59and how wonderful you've all been to me,
01:09:01but, oh, I was happy in thinking
01:09:04I could fit into the pattern of college life,
01:09:06but I've been an imposter.
01:09:09I don't belong here.
01:09:10My duties are elsewhere,
01:09:12just as yours will be one day.
01:09:13You see, I'm a wife and a mother.
01:09:18I have a mother, Mom.
01:09:19I told you, the whole mom.
01:09:22Baby Dumpling.
01:09:24Come here.
01:09:28This is Baby Dumpling, my son.
01:09:32Oh, isn't he cute?
01:09:33Who's the lucky man?
01:09:35Yeah, who's the proud papa?
01:09:35What's his name?
01:09:36Do we know him?
01:09:37Well, I guess everybody knows him,
01:09:39especially since this afternoon.
01:09:41His name's Dagwood Bumstead.
01:09:46Come on up, Dagwood.
01:09:47Come on up.
01:09:49Dagwood Bumstead.
01:09:54Dagwood may not be the best oarsman
01:09:56you've ever had at Layton,
01:09:57but he's the best husband.
01:10:00I hope all you boys
01:10:01make as fine husbands as Dagwood.
01:10:03And you girls,
01:10:05I hope you're as lucky as I am
01:10:06to have them.
01:10:10Well, for the feast, Dagwood.
01:10:12Please, please, Dagwood.
01:10:14Come on, Dagwood.
01:10:17Well, I'm sorry about losing
01:10:19your crew race.
01:10:20I tried hard.
01:10:22Too hard, I guess.
01:10:24But someday,
01:10:25Baby Dumpling's coming here
01:10:26to square me.
01:10:32It was wrong of us
01:10:33to crash your lives here.
01:10:35It was my idea.
01:10:37I didn't realize
01:10:39that college days
01:10:40had passed us by.
01:10:42I guess that's all.
01:10:51Bumstead, you and I
01:10:52have something in common.
01:10:53Until today,
01:10:54I was the sole member
01:10:55of the Layton Crab Catchers.
01:10:56Now I've got company.
01:10:58Snooki got his in 1914.
01:11:00See, that's swell.
01:11:02Oh, no, I mean...
01:11:03Bumstead!
01:11:04Oh, Mr. Dithers,
01:11:05we forgot all about you.
01:11:07So you did.
01:11:08Well, from now on,
01:11:09I'm forgetting all about you.
01:11:11Understand?
01:11:12But don't forget
01:11:13about Daddy's boss,
01:11:14Mr. Dithers.
01:11:15That was our dinner,
01:11:16you know.
01:11:17Little twerp should be seen
01:11:19and not...
01:11:19Hey, who is this drizzle puss?
01:11:21Oh, Mr. Dithers,
01:11:22this is Rusty Bryant.
01:11:23And this is Laura
01:11:24and her father,
01:11:25Mr. Wadsworth.
01:11:26Oh, J.J. Wadsworth.
01:11:28J.J.
01:11:29J.J. Wadsworth?
01:11:30Only two J's.
01:11:33Do you still like the idea
01:11:34Dagwood was discussing
01:11:35with you, Mr. Wadsworth?
01:11:36Indeed I do.
01:11:38Bumstead has a revolutionary idea
01:11:39for construction
01:11:40in my new plant.
01:11:42Oh, is that so?
01:11:44We're starting immediately.
01:11:45Won't you wait
01:11:46until Dagwood announces
01:11:47his new affiliation,
01:11:48Mr. Wadsworth?
01:11:49Oh, I...
01:11:50I think I can.
01:11:52What's this, Bumstead?
01:11:53You're surely not leaving me.
01:11:55Well, I...
01:11:57Oh, we'd be glad
01:11:58to figure the job
01:11:59for you, Mr. Wadsworth.
01:12:01Your bonus will make
01:12:02a nice little nest egg
01:12:03for the new baby.
01:12:06New...
01:12:06new baby?
01:12:08Oh, my...
01:12:09Johnny!
01:12:11Can you imagine?
01:12:12You'll be born
01:12:13with a college education!
01:12:16Blondie,
01:12:17we'd still like you to stay.
01:12:19You too, Dagwood.
01:12:20Oh, you're all darlings,
01:12:22but it's impossible.
01:12:23Yeah, I've got to get
01:12:24back to business.
01:12:26Goodbye, Rusty.
01:12:28Goodbye, Blondie.
01:12:30Bye, Daggy.
01:12:31Goodbye.
01:12:33Oh!
01:12:57Bye, Dagwood.
01:13:04We'll remember later
01:13:13Throughout all our days
01:13:22Later
01:13:24Later
01:13:28Later
01:13:29Later
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