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Dagwood gets in trouble with bookies and winds up in jail.
Penny Singleton - Blondie Bumstead
Arthur Lake - Dagwood Bumstead
Larry Simms - Alexander Bumstead
Marjorie Ann Mutchie - Cookie Bumstead (as Marjorie Kent)
Jerome Cowan - George M. Radcliffe
Grant Mitchell - Samuel Breckenridge
Sid Tomack - Pete Brody
Mary Young - Mrs. Breckenbridge
Jeff York - Paul Madison (Class of '32)
Bobby Larson - Tommy Cooper
Jody Gilbert - Cynthia Thompson (Class of '32)
Jack Rice - Ollie Shaw
Alyn Lockwood - Mary the Switchboard Operator
Eddie Acuff - Postman
Tim Ryan - Mike
Rodney Bell - Tom Henley (Class of '32)
Anne Nagel - Bea Mason (Class of '32)
Daisy - Daisy
Sam Finn - Radcliffe's Employee
Elmer Jerome - Old Man at the Bank
Charles Jordan - Charlie, the Bookie's Door Controller
Allen Mathews - Ed, The Bookie's Bouncer
Leonardo Scavino - Pierre, the Maitre d'
Fred F. Sears - Gambler
Director - Abby Berlin
Penny Singleton - Blondie Bumstead
Arthur Lake - Dagwood Bumstead
Larry Simms - Alexander Bumstead
Marjorie Ann Mutchie - Cookie Bumstead (as Marjorie Kent)
Jerome Cowan - George M. Radcliffe
Grant Mitchell - Samuel Breckenridge
Sid Tomack - Pete Brody
Mary Young - Mrs. Breckenbridge
Jeff York - Paul Madison (Class of '32)
Bobby Larson - Tommy Cooper
Jody Gilbert - Cynthia Thompson (Class of '32)
Jack Rice - Ollie Shaw
Alyn Lockwood - Mary the Switchboard Operator
Eddie Acuff - Postman
Tim Ryan - Mike
Rodney Bell - Tom Henley (Class of '32)
Anne Nagel - Bea Mason (Class of '32)
Daisy - Daisy
Sam Finn - Radcliffe's Employee
Elmer Jerome - Old Man at the Bank
Charles Jordan - Charlie, the Bookie's Door Controller
Allen Mathews - Ed, The Bookie's Bouncer
Leonardo Scavino - Pierre, the Maitre d'
Fred F. Sears - Gambler
Director - Abby Berlin
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Short filmTranscript
00:00:03Blondie!
00:00:08Pretty face, funny hat
00:00:10That's what my blondie is
00:00:12Lovable feet, both flat
00:00:14That's what my Dagwood is
00:00:16Blondie's not always right
00:00:19I let her think she is
00:00:21All of my thoughts are bright
00:00:23Long as he thinks they're his
00:00:25Life of us is
00:00:27Fun and crazy
00:00:28Baby doubling, us and Daisy
00:00:30What a family
00:00:32Incredible, bum-steadable
00:00:34Hurry, you'll miss your bus
00:00:36Watch out, you'll burn your stew
00:00:39Nothing's too much for us
00:00:41As long as with me there's you
00:00:43Dagwood and Blondie
00:00:44Blondie and Dagwood always with me
00:00:46There's you
00:00:54Oh hi, Rich Madison
00:00:56Oh hello
00:00:57You seem pretty cheerful
00:00:58Considering you're standing
00:00:59Directly in bum-stead's path
00:01:02He won't hit me this morning
00:01:03Or ever
00:01:04You know why?
00:01:06No, you tell me
00:01:07I've got a new assistant, Daisy
00:01:09She takes a man directly into the house
00:01:11So that I never have to go to the bum-stead door
00:01:14Now you watch
00:01:26Either Daisy has shrunk or that's one of her pups
00:01:29That's right, it's Elmer
00:01:30Daisy had a nervous breakdown
00:01:31Mrs. Bumstead took her to the vet
00:01:33So Elmer's taking over all of Daisy's duties
00:01:35Well, thank goodness I got some help
00:01:37I'd sure hate to have to go back to the old system
00:01:50Good idea, huh?
00:01:52I'd only thought of it years ago
00:01:53I wouldn't have scars all over my body
00:01:55Oh, here's your mail, Mr. Madison
00:01:57Thanks
00:01:58I always said those dogs were smarter than the master
00:02:01And I oughta know
00:02:01I went through high school with Bumstead
00:02:03They let him graduate because they needed his desk
00:02:06I don't know, looks like he's doing alright
00:02:09He's got a nice house
00:02:10He's got a nice wife
00:02:11Yeah
00:02:16Mom, I'm starved
00:02:18Do we have to wait for Daddy?
00:02:19No, Alexander
00:02:20You and Cookie go ahead
00:02:21I'll call Daddy
00:02:24Dagwood, breakfast is ready!
00:02:30Daddy
00:02:30Dagwood, didn't you hear me?
00:02:35Dad
00:02:35Are you bored with your job?
00:02:38Do you want to be free from your monotonous routine?
00:02:42Do you want more money?
00:02:44Do you want the finer things in life?
00:02:47Do you want breakfast?
00:02:48Yes, I do
00:02:49Oh, Blondie
00:02:53Dagwood, do you realize it's getting late now?
00:02:55Do you have a job to go to, whether it bores you or not?
00:02:57Oh, well
00:02:58I'm not bored with my job, Blondie
00:03:01It's just that
00:03:01Oh, my
00:03:02I haven't got my shoes
00:03:04I couldn't find them
00:03:05They're in the living room
00:03:05You left them there last night
00:03:07Oh
00:03:07While you're getting them, I'll take a look at that circular
00:03:09Oh, it isn't anything, Blondie
00:03:10It's just a dry old ad from somebody
00:03:13About a financial investment
00:03:21What?
00:03:21If you want to play the horses
00:03:23Play them smart
00:03:24Send for Pete Brody's handicap chart
00:03:26Yeah
00:03:27Pete will tell you how
00:03:28To pick the winners?
00:03:30Look, now
00:03:30Don't get any ideas, Blondie
00:03:31Dagwood Bumstead
00:03:32Are you going in for horse play?
00:03:34I mean, playing the horses?
00:03:36Of course not
00:03:37I don't know how
00:03:38It's just that I got the circular in the mail
00:03:41And, well, I was just curious about it
00:03:43And I was going to throw it away
00:03:45And I'd better get my shoes
00:03:48You stick with Mr. Radcliffe in the construction business
00:03:51Forget about this Pete Brody and his handicap system
00:03:54Yeah, I'll forget about it, Blondie
00:03:56After all, you have a wife, two children, five puppies
00:04:02And a sick dog to think about
00:04:03You can't afford to gamble
00:04:05Yeah, I know I can't, Blondie
00:04:07I'm not going to gamble, Blondie
00:04:11Oh, here they are
00:04:12Maybe you might win betting on the horses
00:04:14But your luck couldn't last forever
00:04:16I'm not betting, Blondie
00:04:18You'll find out I'm right, Dagwood
00:04:20Money made easily is spent easily
00:04:22Yeah, it sure is
00:04:22Yeah, come on
00:04:23Let's have some breakfast now, huh?
00:04:26Oh, uh, you'd better drop the subject before we go into the kitchen
00:04:29I don't want the children to hear us discussing it
00:04:32All right, Blondie, it's dropped
00:04:33There's no sense in harping on horses
00:04:35I'm not harping on it, you are
00:04:37You keep talking and talking and talking
00:04:41Huh?
00:04:42You raised your voice to me
00:04:44I did?
00:04:45Oh, I'm sorry, dear, I didn't mean to
00:04:49The bell
00:04:56Hello, Blondie
00:04:58Paul, hello, how are you?
00:04:59Fine, Blondie
00:05:00Hi, Paul
00:05:01Hello
00:05:03I wanted to talk to you about our reunion dinner
00:05:05Reunion dinner?
00:05:07Well, didn't you get a letter from Cynthia Thompson about it?
00:05:09Why, no!
00:05:12Darling, was there another letter that came in the mail today
00:05:16Besides the one that came from the financial advisor?
00:05:20Don't tell me you need the services of an investment consultant
00:05:24Maybe I do
00:05:25Oh, yes
00:05:27There
00:05:29Cynthia Thompson
00:05:30Why, I haven't heard from her for years
00:05:32A reunion dinner
00:05:33Well, you know, Cynthia, the organizer
00:05:35She's decided we ought to have our 15th class reunion
00:05:38And wants you and me to help her plan it
00:05:40Oh
00:05:40Oh, a class reunion, huh?
00:05:43Yes
00:05:44Blondie and I just mentioned it
00:05:46Oh, I guess that's where I heard it
00:05:48Sounds like a wonderful idea
00:05:50Just imagine seeing all our old schoolmates again
00:05:53Yeah
00:05:53Let's see, Tom Henley, Mildred Fenner, B. Mason, remember me?
00:05:57Yeah
00:05:58Hmm?
00:05:59When and where is it gonna be?
00:06:00We don't know yet
00:06:01I just told you
00:06:03Blondie, Cynthia, and I have to decide the time and the place
00:06:07Oh
00:06:08So I'll be in town Wednesday morning at 11.30 to talk to Paul and you
00:06:12Love, Cynthia
00:06:15Ben's Day? Oh, that's today
00:06:17Why don't you and Cynthia meet me in front of the bank?
00:06:19We can have lunch
00:06:21Well, why don't you both come here? It'll save time
00:06:23Swell
00:06:25If the bank can spare me, I'll try getting away to Levin
00:06:27So you and I can talk a bit before Cynthia arrives
00:06:32Don't let me interfere
00:06:33You and Blondie go ahead and talk now
00:06:36I'm going to have my breakfast
00:06:46Morning, Daddy
00:06:47Hiya, Pop
00:06:49If the bank can spare him
00:06:51He might have been a big shot in school, but he certainly isn't one now
00:06:55The note collector
00:06:57Who, Daddy?
00:06:59Never mind
00:06:59Is it Mr. Madison who boards at Mrs. Johnson's?
00:07:03What do you know about him?
00:07:05Mom had her class book out the other day
00:07:07And we saw it Mr. Madison wrote to her
00:07:10Always your, Pop
00:07:12Couldn't you have written something more romantic to Mom than yours truly, Dagwood Bumstead?
00:07:18Well, I...
00:07:20Now, see here
00:07:21I'm tired of being picked on
00:07:23Where do you think we ought to have the dinner, Blondie?
00:07:25Well, uh, we'll talk about that when Cynthia gets here
00:07:28I have to feed my family, Paul
00:07:31All right, Blondie, I'll be seeing you soon
00:07:33I don't mind it so much if your mother picks on me
00:07:36But I'm...
00:07:37I'm...
00:07:37I'm...
00:07:38I'm lying to people
00:07:42Keep the door on, Pop's coming through
00:07:54Bye!
00:07:54Bye!
00:07:55Bye-bye!
00:08:07You sick head!
00:08:08Do you think I look like the mailman?
00:08:09Huh?
00:08:17Ow!
00:08:26One minute to nine
00:08:27If Dagwood doesn't get here on time today, I'll...
00:08:37Oh, good morning, Mr. Radcliffe
00:08:39You're slightly late, again
00:08:40Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. Radcliffe
00:08:42But, uh, I bumped into an old friend of mine
00:08:46Never mind the explanation, I want to talk to you
00:08:49What does he want?
00:08:51You'll find out
00:08:58Dagwood?
00:08:59Huh?
00:08:59Ollie told me something very interesting about you
00:09:01He's lying, Mr. Radcliffe
00:09:02Don't you believe a word he says?
00:09:04I wouldn't go around doing what he said I was doing
00:09:07What'd he say I did?
00:09:09Well, if you'll stop interrupting me, I'll tell you
00:09:11Sit down
00:09:11Yes, sir
00:09:13Now, Dagwood, this is very confidential
00:09:15I heard last night that Samuel Breckenbridge, the president of First Security
00:09:18Is going to build a new bank
00:09:19Of course, just a rumor
00:09:20But if it's true, I'd like to get that contract
00:09:24Gee, we never built a bank before
00:09:26I know, but Ollie told me you worked in the plans for one when Mr. Dithers was here
00:09:29Oh, yes, I did
00:09:30I was in on the deal from the very beginning
00:09:32I handled the whole thing myself
00:09:35But the deal fell through
00:09:37Well, we could still use the plans you drew up to show Mr. Breckenbridge the type of work we do
00:09:41That's right
00:09:42I tell you what, old man
00:09:43Let's go over to your office and get the whole layout together
00:09:45I want to see all your blueprints, all the details of the building
00:09:48The more we have to show Mr. Breckenbridge, the more he'll be impressed
00:09:51And we're just the firm that can do it
00:09:58We'll take those blueprints over to the bank and spread them all over Breckenbridge's desk
00:10:02You bet we will, every one of them
00:10:04Oh, you're all right, Dagwood
00:10:05I'm proud of you
00:10:07I'm proud of you, too
00:10:14Airport project, no, that's not it
00:10:17Oh, that's a community house, that's not it
00:10:21Where is that layout, anyhow?
00:10:23Plan for Country Club
00:10:29What's so funny, what are you laughing at?
00:10:31I just remembered where the plan is
00:10:32Well, that's fine, where is it?
00:10:34Right here
00:10:37Pick up laundry, buy flea powder for dogs, call dinner
00:10:43There you are
00:10:48You mean to say this is all you have?
00:10:50Oh, I've got all the details up here
00:10:54Dagwood
00:10:55Sometimes I wake up in the night just thinking about you
00:10:58Wondering why day after day I torture myself by having you around
00:11:02And then I think about Blondie and your children and the dogs
00:11:05And I decide I mustn't judge you too harshly
00:11:08But my patience is wearing thin
00:11:09I can't take much of you much longer
00:11:12Oh, what's the use?
00:11:16Come on over to the bank with me
00:11:18You can tell Breckenbridge some of those details you have
00:11:22Here
00:11:35What a tired looking building this is
00:11:38Ah
00:11:41Hello Dagwood
00:11:42Hello Paul
00:11:43The market for a loan?
00:11:45I should say not
00:11:46I'm here to discuss a business deal with Mr. Breckenbridge
00:11:48Come on Dagwood
00:11:50Come on
00:11:59How do you do? Would you tell Mr. Breckenbridge that George M. Radcliffe of the Radcliffe construction company wants to
00:12:04see him on business?
00:12:15You take your time, we have all morning
00:12:24Are you sure you can talk intelligently about those ideas of yours?
00:12:27Of course Mr. Radcliffe, they're all up
00:12:29All right, all right, all right
00:12:30Now when you do talk, be forceful
00:12:32Show Mr. Breckenbridge that we mean business
00:12:35You can count on me, Mr. Radcliffe
00:12:43Oh, thank you!
00:12:51Mr. Breckenbridge
00:12:53Naturally
00:12:56Will?
00:12:57Oh
00:12:58Well, my name is George M. Radcliffe
00:13:00So my boy told me
00:13:03Oh, that's right, so he did
00:13:05Newcomer in town, aren't you?
00:13:07No, no, not exactly
00:13:08I took over the Dithers construction company about a year ago
00:13:11Well, practically stranger
00:13:14That's very funny, sir
00:13:17Isn't your name Rumstead or Bedstead?
00:13:21It's Bedstead
00:13:22No, no, Bumstead
00:13:24Well, sit down you two and tell me what you want
00:13:27Thank you
00:13:29I'll come right to the point, Mr. Breckenbridge
00:13:31I heard you're contemplating building a new bank
00:13:33A new bank?
00:13:34Oh, that's ridiculous
00:13:36Why in the world would I do that?
00:13:38This place is just as good as was the day they built it in 1887
00:13:41Well, of course it is
00:13:43But you know how the town is growing
00:13:45And we want to grow right along with it, don't we?
00:13:48Not particularly
00:13:49Yes, what's that?
00:13:52Oh, why not let Mr. Bumstead tell you some ideas we have about a new kind of bank?
00:13:56I'm sure you'd be interested
00:13:57All right, talk
00:14:00Huh? Oh
00:14:05Now, I see a modern one-story concrete building
00:14:08Streamlined
00:14:13Oh, that is sort of squarish
00:14:17Now, the interior will be constructed of acoustic tile
00:14:22So you wouldn't hear the people drawing out their money
00:14:25Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!
00:14:30Oh, now the walls would be practically all windows
00:14:34So that our official lighting would be unnecessary
00:14:36And in that way, you save on your electricity
00:14:40You can stop Mr. Bumstead
00:14:41I've decided I am not interested
00:14:43This building is good for 20 years more
00:14:47Oh
00:14:49Oh, you're wrong, Mr. Breckenbridge. Dead wrong. This is an old building, awfully old. Look at the walls. There's cracks
00:14:56all over them. Look at the floor. The boards are soft. Look at the ceiling. One of these days, Mr.
00:15:06Breckenbridge, you'll find it falling right down on your head. Right on your head!
00:15:17Oh. I was trying to be forceful. Did you have to take the building apart? Maybe you're right. Yeah. Maybe
00:15:28the town could use a new bank. Huh? Mind you, Radcliffe, I haven't said you can do the job. I
00:15:35want to see what other buildings you've constructed. Well, I'd be very glad to take you on a tour of
00:15:39inspection. That sounds reasonable. I'll contact you in the next few days.
00:15:43Oh, my God. And you won't regret it, Mr. Breckenbridge, having us do your bank. We build a...
00:15:49Goodbye, Mr. Breckenbridge. We'll be looking forward to seeing you. Go on. Yeah, goodbye, Mr. Breckenbridge.
00:15:59Well, Dagwood, thanks to you, we practically got ourselves a deal. That bit of force you use worked with a
00:16:05bang. To show you I appreciate what you did, I'm going to reward you.
00:16:09You are?
00:16:09What is your weekly salary now? Oh, um, $72.50. $72.50, eh? Well, Dagwood, from now on, you can
00:16:18look for an even, uh, $75 in your pay envelope.
00:16:22You mean I'm getting a $2.50 raise? Oh, don't thank me, Dagwood. You deserve it.
00:16:29Gee, uh, $2.50 raise. Wait till Bondi hears about this. This'll make her awfully happy. You know, um, we
00:16:36had sort of a little spat this morning, but this'll clear up everything. I'll call it from my office.
00:16:42You go right ahead, Dagwood. $2.50. Oh, boy.
00:16:50Now, see here, Cynthia, there's no reason why we can't have our reunion dinner in the school cafeteria.
00:16:54Oh, the Hotel Rutledge is much smarter, isn't it, Blondie?
00:16:58Yes, it is. It would be very nice there. Remember how we used to talk about it when we were
00:17:02back at school?
00:17:03But dinner with drinks would be at least $10 per person.
00:17:07Paul Madison, if you don't have $10 to blow on a party, you really are a failure.
00:17:13Oh, Cynthia. Oh, excuse me.
00:17:19Fine thing to tell a person that he's a failure.
00:17:21Well, for somebody voted most likely to succeed, you've really proved to be a disappointment.
00:17:26Oh, Dagwood, hello.
00:17:28Even Dagwood hasn't done too badly. He and Blondie have a lovely home.
00:17:32He's nothing but a stooge in his office.
00:17:34No, I'm not mad at you. Of course, I was a little surprised when you raised your voice to me.
00:17:40I... What did you say?
00:17:41I said, speaking of raises, I got one.
00:17:45Dagwood, a raise? Oh, how wonderful.
00:17:49How much are you getting, dear?
00:17:51I wonder how much he is getting with his raise.
00:17:54$250? Oh, darling, I'm so proud of you.
00:17:59Did you hear that? Dagwood's getting $250 a week.
00:18:04Oh, don't be ridiculous. He doesn't make that kind of money.
00:18:06He's just jealous.
00:18:07Jealous of that dope? Why, he couldn't...
00:18:12What is it?
00:18:13Come to think of it, Blondie mentioned this morning that he had a financial advisor.
00:18:17You see, he's been getting good money all these years.
00:18:20He was at the office today, and he practically set that deal with Breckenridge.
00:18:24Cynthia, you may be right. Dagwood could be in the dough.
00:18:27Oh, but he couldn't make that much.
00:18:29I know how to find out. I just had a marvelous idea.
00:18:32Excuse me for leaving you. It was Dagwood.
00:18:38Blondie, you remember back in school when we considered Dagwood the class jo- uh, joke?
00:18:46We thought he'd never amount to anything.
00:18:48Well, he has as far as I'm concerned.
00:18:50I agree with you. He's proved we were all wrong about him.
00:18:55Well, Blondie, if my husband made the salary that your Dagwood does, I'd be awfully proud.
00:19:02I'd want certain people to know that I'd marry the most successful boy in the class.
00:19:08Cynthia, what are you getting at?
00:19:11Oh, Blondie, can you imagine what a sensation Dagwood would be if he treated his former schoolmates to the reunion
00:19:18dinner at the Hotel Rutledge?
00:19:21Well, yes, it would be nice.
00:19:24There. I've proved my point to Dagwood, our host.
00:19:30Thank you, Blondie, for you, Blondie, perfume.
00:20:00Sure raise, forgive me.
00:20:01Oh, Dagwood, you must have spent a whole month's raise buying this.
00:20:05I wanted to. This was quite a day.
00:20:08You can say that again.
00:20:09This was quite a day.
00:20:10Oh, Dagwood.
00:20:12Huh?
00:20:13Dagwood, I...
00:20:14What is it, dear?
00:20:15Oh, I think I got you in an awful mess.
00:20:18Oh, I'm used to that. How much is it going to cost me, huh?
00:20:21Oh, you've already guessed that it concerns money.
00:20:24It usually does.
00:20:25I'll bet you got a new dress for the class reunion, huh?
00:20:28Not exactly.
00:20:30This mess is going to cost a lot more.
00:20:33Dagwood, you're paying for the class reunion.
00:20:36Huh?
00:20:37You're taking 20 of our former schoolmates to dinner.
00:20:40Oh, that's not so bad.
00:20:4220 dinners in the school cafeteria.
00:20:45Ought to be well.
00:20:46It used to cost 35 cents for the deluxe plate.
00:20:51Well, food's going up.
00:20:52I'd say 50 cents or even a dollar.
00:20:54I can afford to be a big shot for $20.
00:20:57Dagwood, this will probably cost $10 a person.
00:21:01Well, so it's 200.
00:21:03Oh, oh, oh.
00:21:05Huh?
00:21:06Wait a minute.
00:21:07There.
00:21:07What's this all about, Blondie?
00:21:09Well, Cynthia Thompson and Paul Madison were here when you phoned about the raise.
00:21:13They misunderstood and decided that you were getting $250 a week and could afford to treat everybody.
00:21:19Why didn't you tell them the truth?
00:21:21Well, I don't know why I didn't.
00:21:23Something came over me that kept me from telling them it was a mistake.
00:21:28Maybe I hated to let you down in front of Paul.
00:21:31He's always considered you the fool of the class.
00:21:34$200 for dinner.
00:21:36Where are we supposed to eat?
00:21:38In the treasury?
00:21:38No, the hotel Rutledge.
00:21:40It's very expensive.
00:21:42Well, look, Blondie, we haven't hardly any money in our savings account and I'm not going to touch our bond.
00:21:48So you call Paul and tell him it's all off.
00:21:51All right, Dagwood.
00:21:52I got you into this and I'll get you out of it.
00:21:54I'll phone Paul.
00:21:56$200.
00:21:57Gee.
00:22:00Dexter, 4738.
00:22:03Hello, Mrs. Johnson.
00:22:05Oh, this is Blondie Bumstead.
00:22:06Is Paul Madison there?
00:22:09Oh.
00:22:10Well, when he comes in, will you please ask him to call me?
00:22:17Oh, don't worry, Dagwood.
00:22:18We'll straighten out everything.
00:22:19Now, let's have dinner.
00:22:22No, Blondie.
00:22:23I think I'll go upstairs and lie down.
00:22:25As soon as Paul phones, let me know.
00:22:27Okay.
00:22:28I couldn't eat a thing.
00:22:44I'm glad you're hungry, dear.
00:22:46You shouldn't have gone without dinner.
00:22:48Yeah.
00:22:53No.
00:22:54I guess I'm not as hungry as I thought I was.
00:22:58Hey, Blondie's getting awfully late.
00:22:59Paul should have called by now.
00:23:01Well, maybe he's gone out for the evening.
00:23:04If Cynthia had a phone, I'd call her.
00:23:07This waiting is getting me down.
00:23:10Well, I feel terrible, too, Dagwood.
00:23:12After all, it's all my fault.
00:23:15Oh, if only I'd have explained to Cynthia and Paul.
00:23:18This never would have happened.
00:23:24Oh, Blondie.
00:23:35Oh, Blondie.
00:23:37Everything will be all right, I think.
00:23:40Blondie?
00:23:42Dagwood, I know now why I let Cynthia and Paul think you made a lot of money.
00:23:47Why?
00:23:48Oh, it was because of an incident that happened at high school 15 years ago.
00:23:53You probably don't even remember it.
00:23:55But I do, just as though it happened yesterday.
00:24:11It was the day before graduation.
00:24:14I'd come to school, pick up some books and things,
00:24:16and was walking across the school lawn.
00:24:19Hi, everybody!
00:24:21Hi, Blondie!
00:24:23Oh, gee, I can't believe we're really graduating.
00:24:26What about Dagwood?
00:24:27Is he graduating with us, Blondie?
00:24:29Well, I don't know yet, Dee.
00:24:31They're letting him take his English exam over again.
00:24:34Imagine taking seven years to get through high school.
00:24:37Yeah, imagine.
00:24:39Dagwood wanted to graduate with me.
00:24:41Blondie, you're awful silly taking up with him.
00:24:43He'll never amont anything.
00:24:45Is that so?
00:24:46Well, you know we're all crazy about you.
00:24:48Why do you bother with Dagwood?
00:24:49Yeah, why do you bother with that marble head?
00:24:52After all, Blondie, here's Paul,
00:24:54president of the class and the greatest athlete the school has ever known.
00:24:57Class treasurer,
00:24:58the one with the highest scholastic rating,
00:25:00and the boy voted most likely to succeed,
00:25:02handing you his heart on a platter.
00:25:04What does Dagwood offer you?
00:25:06What does he say to you?
00:25:09Blondie!
00:25:18Hey, Blondie!
00:25:21Hey, I'm going to graduate!
00:25:23I passed!
00:25:24I passed!
00:25:25Oh!
00:25:27How'd you do it?
00:25:29With mirrors?
00:25:30No, is that the way you did it?
00:25:33Smart, aren't you?
00:25:34Oh, I don't think so.
00:25:35But I'll get by,
00:25:37especially if Blondie's with me.
00:25:39Even Blondie couldn't help you.
00:25:40Don't you know yet you're the class dimwit,
00:25:42though guy voted most likely to flop?
00:25:44You'll never be able to hold a decent job,
00:25:46let alone get one.
00:25:48You keep quiet, Paul Madison.
00:25:49You may be the brightest boy in the class,
00:25:51but I'll bet you anything that Dagwood'll go further than you.
00:25:54Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!
00:25:56Go on, laugh, all of you.
00:25:59But you mark my words,
00:26:00Dagwood'll be a success.
00:26:02May take him five years,
00:26:04ten years, fifteen,
00:26:05twi-
00:26:05Well, he'll get there,
00:26:07you wait and see.
00:26:08Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
00:26:10Blondie's right.
00:26:11I'll be a success,
00:26:12you wait and see.
00:26:13Just you,
00:26:14wait and see.
00:26:15Wait and see.
00:26:16Just you.
00:26:17Oh, wait-
00:26:18Oh, Dagwood,
00:26:19you did remember.
00:26:20Yeah.
00:26:21Well, I guess I didn't make good on my promise, though.
00:26:26Maybe that's Paul.
00:26:28Should I talk to him, Dad?
00:26:29I guess you'd better, Blondie.
00:26:35Hello?
00:26:36Paul?
00:26:38I'm awfully glad you called.
00:26:41Paul, there's something I want to tell you.
00:26:43Dad, would it not?
00:26:45Hello, Paul.
00:26:46Look, you be sure that all our classmates come to the reunion.
00:26:50And you be sure I get the bill.
00:26:53Of course you're going to get it, Dagwood.
00:26:55As a matter of fact, I was with Cynthia tonight.
00:26:57We told everybody you're going to be our generous host.
00:27:00Oh, incidentally, I told our schoolmates they could bring a guest,
00:27:03their husband or wife.
00:27:04So there'll be about 40 of us, and, uh...
00:27:10Dagwood! Dagwood, are you there?
00:27:12Dagwood, speak to me.
00:27:13What happened? Say something.
00:27:15Uh-huh.
00:27:1840 people.
00:27:19Oh, four hundred dollars.
00:27:21No.
00:27:40Oh, good morning, Elmer.
00:27:44Dagwood, bumpstead.
00:27:51Good morning, dear.
00:27:52Are you as tired as I am?
00:27:54Yeah.
00:27:55We must have stayed up until three o'clock talking about the dinner, huh?
00:27:58Dagwood, you just can't go through with it.
00:28:01It would have been a sacrifice entertaining 20 of our schoolmates,
00:28:03but feeding 20 more and strangers...
00:28:05Then what are we going to do?
00:28:06Paul's already invited everybody.
00:28:08I know.
00:28:09When is it going to take place?
00:28:11Two weeks from Saturday.
00:28:12Oh, how are we going to raise four hundred dollars by that time?
00:28:15You'll have to have a talk with Mr. Radcliffe.
00:28:17What do you mean?
00:28:17Ask him for a loan.
00:28:19Huh?
00:28:19After all, you did help set the bank deal,
00:28:21and he's probably still in a very generous mood.
00:28:23Yeah, maybe you're right, Blondie.
00:28:24He was very pleasant yesterday,
00:28:26and he's probably just as pleasant today.
00:28:28Mm-hmm.
00:28:29Yeah.
00:28:32That double-crosser.
00:28:33Ooh.
00:28:34The nerve of him.
00:28:35Ooh.
00:28:35Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh.
00:28:37Stop sounding like an owl.
00:28:38Can you imagine pulling a rotten trick like this?
00:28:40It makes you despise your fellow men.
00:28:42Good morning, Mr. Radcliffe.
00:28:45What kind of a businessman is he, anyhow?
00:28:47I wonder if I could see you for a moment.
00:28:49Town to have a new bank.
00:28:50Samuel Breckenbridge announced last night
00:28:52he decided to construct a new bank
00:28:54which should be in line with the expansion of the town.
00:28:56As yet, he has not chosen the firm
00:28:58which will construct the building,
00:28:59but this reporter learned
00:29:00he is considering one of the oldest firms in town,
00:29:03the Frank Hammond Construction Company.
00:29:04The Frank Hammond Construction Company!
00:29:06May I speak to you?
00:29:08Did you hear what I just read?
00:29:09We practically lost this deal.
00:29:11Oh, no, we haven't.
00:29:12Mr. Radcliffe, Mr. Breckenbridge
00:29:14wouldn't go back on his word?
00:29:15Oh, wouldn't he?
00:29:16Well, I don't trust anybody.
00:29:17People make promises,
00:29:18and the next day they break them.
00:29:19I hate people who tell you one thing
00:29:21and then go back on their word.
00:29:22Look, Bumstead, I'm sick of your interrupting.
00:29:24In fact, I'm so sick of it
00:29:26you can forget I ever mentioned that race.
00:29:28No 250?
00:29:29No 250!
00:29:31Breckenbridge, there's a man for you.
00:29:33Promises somebody something
00:29:35and then goes back on his word.
00:29:36A fine sense of ethics he has.
00:29:42I never saw the boss so...
00:29:44Look, fellas,
00:29:45I need some money and...
00:29:47No!
00:30:08Here I am again,
00:30:09asking you the same question,
00:30:11do you need money?
00:30:16If you do,
00:30:18don't send for Pete Brody's
00:30:19handicap system,
00:30:20send for Pete Brody himself.
00:30:22He will personally instruct you
00:30:25how to pick the winners.
00:30:26Become a Pete Brody
00:30:27handicap pupil,
00:30:29his students always win.
00:30:40Oh, Mary,
00:30:42would you get me
00:30:43more than 8, 900?
00:30:45Yeah, thanks.
00:30:48One of my pupils
00:30:49won over $400
00:30:50in a week
00:30:51after taking my course.
00:30:53You too can be rich.
00:30:55P.S.
00:30:56This school not approved
00:30:58under the G.I. Bill of Rights?
00:31:04Uh, hello?
00:31:05Uh, Pete Brody?
00:31:06Yeah, this is him.
00:31:07Who's this?
00:31:09Dagwood Bumstead?
00:31:10Pleased to meet you,
00:31:11I'm sure.
00:31:12Uh, what's on your mind,
00:31:14Mr. Bumstead?
00:31:15Oh, uh, well,
00:31:16Mr. Brody,
00:31:16I've got your little
00:31:17advertisement here,
00:31:18and, uh...
00:31:19Oh!
00:31:20You want to get in
00:31:20on a good thing, huh?
00:31:21I'll be glad to help you,
00:31:23Mr. Bumstead.
00:31:24Being well-heeled myself,
00:31:25I'd like to help
00:31:26my unfortunate brothers
00:31:27who are not so well-heeled
00:31:28themselves.
00:31:30It's, uh,
00:31:31kind of a hobby horse
00:31:32with me.
00:31:33Ah.
00:31:34Well, how much
00:31:35is your course?
00:31:37Twenty dollars an hour?
00:31:38And I pay your car fare?
00:31:41Oh, well, uh,
00:31:43Mr. Brody,
00:31:44could I maybe take
00:31:44about 15 minutes' worth?
00:31:46Oh, that can be arranged,
00:31:47Mr. Bumstead.
00:31:48Uh, what's your address?
00:31:49I'll be right over.
00:31:50Uh, 832 Spring Street.
00:31:51Uh, wait a minute.
00:31:52Uh, I'd better come
00:31:53to your place.
00:31:54Oh, uh,
00:31:55that wouldn't be so good,
00:31:56Mr. Bumstead.
00:31:57You see, I got a room
00:31:58full of people here,
00:31:59and it'd be hard
00:32:00to consecrate.
00:32:01Oh, well,
00:32:02it'd be hard to
00:32:02consecrate, uh,
00:32:03concentrate here, too.
00:32:05You see, my,
00:32:05my boss is...
00:32:07Jackwood,
00:32:08you were right.
00:32:08Breckenbridge didn't
00:32:09go back on his word.
00:32:10I just called him,
00:32:11and he's still
00:32:11considering us for the job.
00:32:12As a matter of fact,
00:32:13he's dropping over here
00:32:14to see us.
00:32:14Oh, hey, that's fine.
00:32:16You know what that
00:32:16means for you?
00:32:17You'll still get that
00:32:18two and a half
00:32:18raise after all.
00:32:19Oh, thank you.
00:32:20Hello?
00:32:21Hello?
00:32:22Hey, mister.
00:32:23Mister.
00:32:25Who's that?
00:32:26Huh?
00:32:27Uh, oh, uh,
00:32:28that's, that's Blondie.
00:32:30Uh, she's, uh,
00:32:31she wants to come
00:32:31down to the office.
00:32:33Blondie?
00:32:34Well, I haven't
00:32:34talked to her
00:32:35for a long time.
00:32:36Let me say hello
00:32:36to her.
00:32:37Hello, my pretty one.
00:32:39Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
00:32:40Well, you want to come
00:32:41down to the office,
00:32:42do you?
00:32:42Well, you come down
00:32:43any time you want to.
00:32:44This drab old place
00:32:45needs your charm
00:32:46and radiance.
00:32:47Thanks.
00:32:48I'll be right down,
00:32:49sweetheart.
00:32:51Ha, ha, ha, ha.
00:32:54That wasn't Blondie.
00:32:55Oh, oh, was it?
00:32:57I mean...
00:32:57No, who was that?
00:32:58Who's coming down here?
00:33:00Oh, uh, no one you know.
00:33:02Ha, ha.
00:33:03Oh.
00:33:03Well, I can't stand here
00:33:04all day discussing
00:33:05your phone companions.
00:33:06Let's line up the buildings.
00:33:07We want to show Breckenbridge.
00:33:08Yeah.
00:33:08Well, come on.
00:33:09Oh, uh, yes, sir.
00:33:39I want to see.
00:33:43I want to see.
00:33:46I'll toss you to see
00:33:47who talks first.
00:33:47Hedge you do.
00:33:48Tails I do.
00:33:49What is it, Mr. Hedge
00:33:51or Tails?
00:33:51Hedge.
00:33:54Hedge you in.
00:33:56Talk.
00:33:58I want to see
00:33:59Mr. Radcliffe.
00:34:00The name is
00:34:01Samuel Breckenbridge.
00:34:02And I want to see
00:34:03Dagwood Bumstead.
00:34:04The name is
00:34:04Pete Brody.
00:34:08This is a good picture
00:34:10of the Corey Shoe Factory.
00:34:12Yes, Mary?
00:34:13Mr. Breckenbridge
00:34:14is here to see you.
00:34:15Good.
00:34:15And Mr. Brody
00:34:17is here to see Dagwood.
00:34:18Hi.
00:34:18Oh, Brody.
00:34:20Oh, Brody.
00:34:21Huh?
00:34:22Oh, is he the man
00:34:23who was on the phone?
00:34:24Oh, yes.
00:34:25He, uh,
00:34:26sort of a new
00:34:27business contact.
00:34:28New business, eh?
00:34:30Well, why didn't you
00:34:31tell me?
00:34:32Come on,
00:34:32we mustn't keep
00:34:33our men waiting.
00:34:40Mr. Breckenbridge.
00:34:41Well, well, well.
00:34:44Oh, uh,
00:34:45Mr. Brody.
00:34:46Well, well, well.
00:34:48Oh.
00:34:49Uh, Dagwood,
00:34:50don't you think
00:34:51you want to introduce
00:34:51Mr. Breckenbridge
00:34:52and me to this gentleman?
00:34:53Oh, yes.
00:34:53Uh, Mr. Brody,
00:34:55uh, this is Mr. Breckenbridge
00:34:56of the bank
00:34:56and, uh,
00:34:57my boss.
00:34:58Howdy, lad.
00:34:59How do you do?
00:35:00Breckenbridge, eh?
00:35:01I got Moolah
00:35:02in your bank.
00:35:03Moolah?
00:35:03Yeah, dough, money.
00:35:05What's that so?
00:35:06Uh, he's a new
00:35:07business client
00:35:07just like you are.
00:35:08Oh, really?
00:35:09What are you having
00:35:10constructed, Mr. Brody?
00:35:12Constructed?
00:35:12Uh, stables.
00:35:14Yes, uh,
00:35:15I have some plans
00:35:16I want to show you
00:35:17in my office,
00:35:18Mr. Brody.
00:35:26Rather a strange person,
00:35:28that Brody.
00:35:29You know,
00:35:29the, uh,
00:35:30horsey set.
00:35:30Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
00:35:31Well, if it's stables
00:35:32he wants,
00:35:33we'll build them.
00:35:34The Radcliffe Construction
00:35:34Company builds everything.
00:35:36Now, Mr. Breckenbridge,
00:35:37we can leave immediately
00:35:38and I'll show you
00:35:38the buildings
00:35:39that we've already
00:35:39constructed.
00:35:40Excuse me,
00:35:40I'll get my hat.
00:35:44I got all my equipment
00:35:45here, Mr. Bumstead,
00:35:46and we can get
00:35:46right to work.
00:35:48Nothing like
00:35:48a little snack.
00:35:49Oh, by the way,
00:35:50promise that nonsense
00:35:51about me building stables.
00:35:52I couldn't figure.
00:35:53Don't talk
00:35:54until my boss leaves.
00:35:55Huh?
00:35:57I have pictures
00:35:58of the buildings
00:35:58in my office,
00:35:59but I know you'd rather
00:35:59see them in the flesh,
00:36:01so to speak.
00:36:01Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
00:36:03Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
00:36:04Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
00:36:06Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
00:36:09I'll show you
00:36:10how to handicap
00:36:10these horses.
00:36:11Oh, I gotta remind myself
00:36:12to tune into the radio
00:36:13in a couple of minutes.
00:36:14I got a horse
00:36:15called Cutie Pie
00:36:15in a fourth.
00:36:16Now, Coupel,
00:36:18what have I got here
00:36:19in my right mid?
00:36:20Uh, a newspaper?
00:36:21Yeah, but what kind
00:36:22of a newspaper?
00:36:23Racing sheet.
00:36:24Key right.
00:36:25You get an A in reading.
00:36:26Now, Bumstead,
00:36:27I'm gonna show you
00:36:28how to use this
00:36:28here racing sheet.
00:36:29It's a simple thing
00:36:30even a child can do.
00:36:31Of course,
00:36:32you may have a little
00:36:33trouble with it at first,
00:36:35but I'm sure
00:36:36it will go wrong.
00:36:38I'm certainly glad
00:36:39you're not letting
00:36:39the Hammond people
00:36:40do your bank.
00:36:40Well, I am too.
00:36:42I like the looks
00:36:42of your office,
00:36:43your workers.
00:36:44Well, thank you.
00:36:45But that client
00:36:46of yours, Mr. Brody,
00:36:47strange,
00:36:48I don't know his account.
00:36:49He must have
00:36:49a considerable one
00:36:50if he's constructing.
00:36:51Oh, I imagine he has.
00:36:52Oh.
00:36:53Say, Radcliffe,
00:36:54just a second.
00:36:55I don't think
00:36:56it's necessary
00:36:56to see those
00:36:57buildings of yours.
00:36:58Why not just
00:36:58show me the pictures?
00:36:59And if I like them,
00:37:00we can draw up a contract.
00:37:01Well, that's fine.
00:37:02No thanks.
00:37:04So that's how you pick them.
00:37:05You see, Bumstead,
00:37:06I get all my dope
00:37:06on past performances.
00:37:07Now, you take this
00:37:08first race here.
00:37:09Six furlongs
00:37:10for three-year-old and up.
00:37:11It's a claiming race.
00:37:11All these pigs
00:37:12are rented for eight grand.
00:37:13Six of them are rented.
00:37:14Now, you take this
00:37:14first horse here,
00:37:15fly and pump.
00:37:16Last time,
00:37:16outran third.
00:37:17Beat by two and a half
00:37:18lengths at a time
00:37:18of one-eleven and four-fifths.
00:37:19He weighed 114 pounds
00:37:20in that one,
00:37:21but today he's only
00:37:21got 109 in him.
00:37:22You see,
00:37:23every three pounds
00:37:23means a length.
00:37:24Every 50 for second
00:37:24means a length.
00:37:25So, we go to
00:37:26the whole eight pigs.
00:37:27Figure the weight,
00:37:27time, how many lengths
00:37:28they was beat,
00:37:29how many lengths
00:37:29they won by.
00:37:30You take into account
00:37:30if it's a muddy
00:37:31or dry track
00:37:31or if the pig's
00:37:32up or down in class,
00:37:33et cetera, et cetera.
00:37:34Simple, ain't it?
00:37:35Yeah, yeah, but I...
00:37:36Excuse me while I tune in
00:37:37to see if my baby cutie pie
00:37:38ran home.
00:37:38Huh?
00:37:41And this is the
00:37:42Hampstead Department
00:37:43store we built.
00:37:43They featured it
00:37:44on the last issue
00:37:45of the Architectural Monthly.
00:37:46Now, here's, uh...
00:37:47Little Andy
00:37:48running behind Roxbury.
00:37:50What's that?
00:37:51It's Mary Bell first,
00:37:52Parasol second,
00:37:53Roxbury third,
00:37:54and Little Andy.
00:37:55Maybe it's a radio
00:37:56from the street.
00:37:56You couldn't hear it
00:37:57that clearly.
00:37:58I think it's coming
00:37:59from one of your offices.
00:38:01Oh, no.
00:38:02And who's that
00:38:02coming around the backstretch?
00:38:04Why, it's Cutie Pie.
00:38:06Let's see where
00:38:06the radio is.
00:38:08Maybe it'll stop.
00:38:09And here she comes, folks,
00:38:10running like the wind.
00:38:11What a race.
00:38:12Come on, Cutie Pie.
00:38:14Run, baby, run.
00:38:14Oh, but please,
00:38:16Mr. Brody,
00:38:16they'll hear you.
00:38:17Let them hear me.
00:38:18Cutie Pie's a long shot.
00:38:19She's passing
00:38:20Polly's uncle,
00:38:21Dandelion,
00:38:22Delaware...
00:38:22I'm really curious
00:38:23to see where
00:38:23that radio is.
00:38:24You stay right here,
00:38:25Mr. Breckenbridge,
00:38:26and I'll find out.
00:38:27No, no,
00:38:27I'll go right along
00:38:28with you.
00:38:29Keep it up, please.
00:38:30You're burning
00:38:30up the trash.
00:38:31And here she comes,
00:38:32past Little Andy,
00:38:33Rexberry,
00:38:34Parasol.
00:38:35She's neck and neck
00:38:35with Mary Bell.
00:38:36She's passing Mary Bell,
00:38:38and she wins.
00:38:38It's Cutie Pie, folks,
00:38:40a long shot.
00:38:40She probably
00:38:41paid her best.
00:38:42Hey, what's the idea?
00:38:43My baby came in.
00:38:44I must have won $100.
00:38:45Gee, now I can pay
00:38:45all my bills.
00:38:46Pay your bills?
00:38:47Yeah, I ain't had
00:38:48a winner in taste.
00:38:49Boy, oh boy,
00:38:49what a day.
00:38:50Now, wait a minute.
00:38:52Young lady,
00:38:53this is Mr. Breckenbridge.
00:38:54Get me my bank.
00:38:55What are you doing,
00:38:55Mr. Breckenbridge?
00:38:56I am checking
00:38:57on Mr. Brody.
00:38:58If this ain't
00:38:58the craziest joint.
00:39:00Hello, this is
00:39:00Mr. Breckenbridge.
00:39:02Look up for Pete Brody's
00:39:03bank balance.
00:39:03Say what goes on here.
00:39:05Yes, Dagwood,
00:39:06what goes on here?
00:39:07Where?
00:39:07No, I...
00:39:09Yes?
00:39:11What's that?
00:39:15Mr. Brody of the
00:39:16horsey set
00:39:17has a balance
00:39:18of $2.45.
00:39:20Quite an account
00:39:21for a client.
00:39:22Mr. Breckenbridge,
00:39:23I don't know
00:39:23what this is all about.
00:39:24Well, thank heavens
00:39:25I know.
00:39:26You're a phony,
00:39:26Redcliffe,
00:39:27and a liar.
00:39:28As for you,
00:39:29you're unstable.
00:39:30Now, see here,
00:39:31big boy,
00:39:31you can't call
00:39:32my pupil a stable.
00:39:34Pupil?
00:39:34Exactly who are you,
00:39:35Mr. Brody?
00:39:36I'm a handicapped teacher.
00:39:37I'm teaching Dagwood
00:39:38how to pick the horses.
00:39:39Got any objections?
00:39:40And you're not
00:39:40building stable?
00:39:41Of course not.
00:39:43Don't you like
00:39:44my job, Grandpa?
00:39:45Nasty here!
00:39:46Don't I back it up
00:39:47when you piggy bank,
00:39:47big boy?
00:39:48I'll have you arrested!
00:39:49On what grounds,
00:39:50Fuddy Duddy?
00:39:50Or should I be more
00:39:51respectful and say
00:39:52Mr. Fuddy Duddy?
00:39:53Let me out of here.
00:39:55You?
00:39:56You?
00:39:57I wouldn't let you
00:39:58build my bank
00:39:59if you were the last
00:40:00construction firm on earth.
00:40:02We're through,
00:40:02Redcliffe.
00:40:03Through!
00:40:06Do you hear what
00:40:07he said, Dagwood?
00:40:08He said we were through,
00:40:10and that goes for me, too.
00:40:11I'm through with you
00:40:12now and forever!
00:40:13No, no, no.
00:40:14Oh, yes, yes, yes.
00:40:15You've ruined me!
00:40:16You and that friend of yours
00:40:17on that horse blanket coat!
00:40:25You certainly ain't got
00:40:26any nice friends,
00:40:27Bumstead.
00:40:28Huh?
00:40:28Yeah, and you ain't
00:40:29got a job either.
00:40:30Do you think he fired me?
00:40:32He couldn't have said
00:40:32it more plainer.
00:40:33I'm sorry, pal.
00:40:35But now you're prepared
00:40:36to go in business
00:40:36for yourself.
00:40:37With the knowledge
00:40:38I give you about betting,
00:40:39you can make yourself
00:40:39some real dough.
00:40:41Huh?
00:40:41Come closer.
00:40:43What?
00:40:43Look, Charlie.
00:40:44Huh?
00:40:45If you want to make
00:40:45a bet on a horse,
00:40:46go to Charlie's Tobacco
00:40:47store, 496 Brand Street.
00:40:49Tell them Pete sent you,
00:40:50and they'll let you
00:40:51in through the back.
00:40:51You see, the front
00:40:52is only a front
00:40:53for the back,
00:40:54because in the back...
00:40:56Look, you two,
00:40:57if you're not out of here
00:40:58in one minute,
00:40:58I'll have you thrown out.
00:40:59And I mean both of you.
00:41:01Now stop moving!
00:41:11Who's there?
00:41:12It's me, Blondie.
00:41:14Dagwood,
00:41:14what are you doing
00:41:15home so early?
00:41:16Well, see, dear,
00:41:17it was this way.
00:41:18Oh, this hat
00:41:19has possibilities.
00:41:20Huh?
00:41:21Oh, Dagwood,
00:41:22I'm in business.
00:41:23It's so exciting.
00:41:24I went shopping
00:41:24and I found
00:41:25a wonderful book.
00:41:26Look!
00:41:28A hundred ways
00:41:29to make money.
00:41:30Uh-huh.
00:41:30There's a chapter
00:41:31in there that tells
00:41:31how to make over
00:41:32men's old hats.
00:41:33That's what I'm doing.
00:41:34Oh, this'll make
00:41:35a darling cocktail bonnet.
00:41:37Is it for me, Blondie?
00:41:39Oh, no, silly.
00:41:40For a lady.
00:41:41Oh.
00:41:41Come on into
00:41:42the living room
00:41:42with me and see
00:41:43what I'm doing.
00:41:44Come on.
00:41:44Huh?
00:41:47Here we are, Dagwood.
00:41:49But, Blondie,
00:41:51these are my hats.
00:41:52I know,
00:41:53but you don't
00:41:53wear them anymore.
00:41:55I do, too, Blondie.
00:41:56I...
00:41:57Dagwood,
00:41:57after I fix them up,
00:41:58I can easily sell
00:41:59them for $20 each.
00:42:00B. Mason said so.
00:42:01B. Mason?
00:42:02You remember, B.
00:42:03She graduated with us.
00:42:06Oh.
00:42:06She has a hat shop
00:42:07downtown.
00:42:08I called her
00:42:08and she came over
00:42:09to see one of my hats
00:42:10and she loves
00:42:10what I'm doing.
00:42:11Yeah.
00:42:13Well, you could be
00:42:13more enthused.
00:42:14If I sell
00:42:15two dozen in two weeks,
00:42:17I'll have about $200
00:42:18and I can help you
00:42:19pay for the reunion dinner.
00:42:20Thank you, Blondie.
00:42:21Oh, Dagwood,
00:42:22don't be so glum.
00:42:24After all,
00:42:24I know you hate
00:42:25to spend so much money
00:42:26on a dinner,
00:42:26but we'll make up for it.
00:42:28You are getting a raise,
00:42:29a small one,
00:42:30but nevertheless,
00:42:31it shows you're getting hit.
00:42:32Look, Blondie,
00:42:33there's something I...
00:42:34Oh, I'll get it, dear.
00:42:36Yeah, but I...
00:42:38I think Mr. Radcliffe
00:42:39is beginning to depend
00:42:40upon you.
00:42:42Ollie!
00:42:43Oh, Blondie, Dagwood.
00:42:45Dagwood left so suddenly
00:42:46he forgot to take
00:42:46his things.
00:42:47What did you say?
00:42:48I said Dagwood left
00:42:50so suddenly
00:42:50he forgot to take
00:42:51his things.
00:42:52Well, why should
00:42:52he take them?
00:42:53Well, because he
00:42:54left so suddenly.
00:42:56Left what so suddenly?
00:42:57The office.
00:42:59Well, why should he...
00:43:03Huh?
00:43:03Dagwood, what happened?
00:43:05Oh, didn't he tell you?
00:43:06He got fired.
00:43:07Imagine his not telling you.
00:43:13Well, I'll have to leave.
00:43:15So long, Blondie.
00:43:16So long, Dagwood.
00:43:23Oh, Blondie.
00:43:24Oh, I guess I messed up everything.
00:43:26We were going to do so well, too.
00:43:29You with your raise
00:43:29and me with my hats.
00:43:31Yeah.
00:43:32Dagwood, what did you do
00:43:33that made Mr. Radcliffe fire you?
00:43:35Well, I wanted to make some money
00:43:36so I sent for Pete Brody,
00:43:38that horse handicapped fella.
00:43:39Horses?
00:43:40Yeah.
00:43:40Dagwood, I told you not to.
00:43:42Yeah, I know you did, Blondie,
00:43:43but, well, don't worry, dear.
00:43:45I'll get another job
00:43:46and then we'll be sitting pretty.
00:43:49Ah!
00:43:50What happened?
00:43:51What happened?
00:44:05Mr. Bumstead,
00:44:06here's a good job for you.
00:44:08Bouncer and a dance ball.
00:44:09Oh, I guess you're not the type.
00:44:12See you, Tommy Cooper.
00:44:14I don't need your assistance
00:44:15in getting a job.
00:44:16I was only trying to help.
00:44:17You've been out of a job
00:44:18two weeks now
00:44:19and you need someone's help.
00:44:21I've got one, Pop.
00:44:22Look,
00:44:23wanted young, intelligent executive
00:44:24to supervise large factory.
00:44:27He's still not the type.
00:44:30Why don't you go to school?
00:44:32You can't.
00:44:32It's Saturday.
00:44:33Yuck, yuck, yuck.
00:44:34Come on, Alexander.
00:44:36We're going down
00:44:37to see Daisy, Pop.
00:44:38The vet said we might be able
00:44:39to bring her home today.
00:44:40Oh.
00:44:41I wish I could go with you,
00:44:42but I gotta stick to my job, honey.
00:44:44Oh, tell Daisy that
00:44:46and tell her
00:44:47we're waiting for her
00:44:48to come home.
00:44:48Okay, Pop.
00:44:49Yeah.
00:44:52Saturday.
00:44:53Oh, gee.
00:44:54Gee.
00:44:57Oh.
00:45:02Oh, hello, dear.
00:45:04I'm sorry I couldn't
00:45:05serve you breakfast,
00:45:05but I wanted to finish this hat.
00:45:07Oh, yeah.
00:45:08That's all right, Blondie.
00:45:10Uh, today is Saturday.
00:45:12I know, dear.
00:45:13Tonight's the dinner.
00:45:14Yeah, gee.
00:45:15Blondie, I wanted to go
00:45:16to that banquet
00:45:17with a wallet full of money.
00:45:18And I haven't even got a job.
00:45:20You'll get one.
00:45:21Maybe this morning.
00:45:22Yeah, but that doesn't
00:45:23take care of the bill tonight.
00:45:25Dagwood, I told you
00:45:26I'm getting $200
00:45:27from B. Mason.
00:45:28This is the last
00:45:28of the two dozen hats
00:45:29she ordered,
00:45:30so we'll get the money
00:45:31this morning.
00:45:31But, Blondie,
00:45:32that won't be enough
00:45:33to cover the check
00:45:34for 40 people
00:45:35at Hotel Rutledge.
00:45:36Oh, yes, it will.
00:45:38Dagwood, I called the hotel
00:45:39and found out
00:45:40they serve a very nice
00:45:41$5 dinner.
00:45:42Huh?
00:45:42So I told them
00:45:43to serve them.
00:45:44You did?
00:45:45Mm-hmm.
00:45:45Oh, Blondie,
00:45:47you always take care
00:45:48of everything.
00:45:49Of course I do.
00:45:50Now, will you do
00:45:51something for me?
00:45:52Ah, mm-hmm.
00:45:53As long as you're
00:45:53going to be downtown,
00:45:54will you take this hat
00:45:55over to B. Mason's hat shop
00:45:56and she'll give you
00:45:57the $200 she owes me.
00:45:58All right, Blondie.
00:46:15Oh, hello, B.
00:46:17Hi, we're just going
00:46:18over to your shop
00:46:18with this, here.
00:46:19Oh, the last
00:46:20of the Blondie bonnets, eh?
00:46:22Well, thanks
00:46:22for bringing it down.
00:46:23Oh, I owe Blondie
00:46:24$200.
00:46:26As if you capitalists
00:46:27needed the money.
00:46:28Oh, well,
00:46:29we can always use it.
00:46:30Well, there you are.
00:46:31Fresh from the bank.
00:46:32Oh, thanks.
00:46:33Hiya, classmates.
00:46:34Say, I'm glad
00:46:35I got a chance
00:46:35to talk to you, Dag.
00:46:36Huh?
00:46:37This blowout tonight
00:46:38is going to cost you
00:46:38a lot of dough
00:46:39and I think I can
00:46:39save you something.
00:46:40Oh, you can?
00:46:41You know they serve
00:46:41a $5 dinner
00:46:42at the Rutledge.
00:46:43Yes, I heard about it.
00:46:44Well, it consists
00:46:45of some rubber chicken,
00:46:46a few stalks of stringy celery
00:46:47and some soupy sherbet.
00:46:49Yeah.
00:46:49Now, you know,
00:46:50everybody's going to want
00:46:51a shrimp cocktail
00:46:51or a salad
00:46:52and a fancy dessert.
00:46:53Oh, they are?
00:46:54If they order those
00:46:55on the $5 dinner,
00:46:56you'll be charged
00:46:56a la carte prices.
00:46:57Oh, Tom's right, Dagwood.
00:46:59Take it from me.
00:47:00You'll save money
00:47:00in the end
00:47:00by buying the $8.50 dinner
00:47:02because you get
00:47:02everything on that.
00:47:03Oh, well,
00:47:04I'm sure Dagwood
00:47:05wasn't worried
00:47:05about the cost.
00:47:07Oh, no, I wasn't.
00:47:09Well, thanks
00:47:09for the information, Tom.
00:47:10Ah, that's all right.
00:47:11Now let me tell you
00:47:11about the liquor situation.
00:47:13The liquor?
00:47:13They'll probably try
00:47:14to sell you
00:47:15some of their
00:47:15imported champagne and wine.
00:47:16Ah.
00:47:17But you take
00:47:17the domestic stuff.
00:47:18It's just as good
00:47:19and costs less than half.
00:47:20Yeah, well,
00:47:21I was thinking that I...
00:47:22Dagwood, believe me,
00:47:23the domestic is just as good
00:47:24as the imported.
00:47:25Yeah, but, but, but, but...
00:47:26Dagwood, I know
00:47:27you want to do things, right?
00:47:28But there's nothing
00:47:29like being practical,
00:47:30is there?
00:47:30Well, practically nothing.
00:47:33Well, I better get along.
00:47:35See you later, Dag.
00:47:35Bye, B.
00:47:36Oh, wait a minute, Tom.
00:47:37I'm going your way.
00:47:38Yeah, it's a long time.
00:47:40B.
00:47:48Forty dinners
00:47:48and eight,
00:47:49fifteen, the champagne...
00:47:51Hey, Mr. Bumstead.
00:47:52Oh.
00:47:52Don't you remember me,
00:47:53your old school teacher?
00:47:54Sure, Pete Brody.
00:47:55That's right.
00:47:56Huh?
00:47:56See, you don't look so good.
00:47:58Yeah.
00:47:58Ain't you working?
00:47:59No.
00:48:00You need dough, huh?
00:48:01Yeah.
00:48:03Well, look...
00:48:05Huh?
00:48:05Look what you're standing
00:48:06in front of.
00:48:07Practically the U.S. Treasury.
00:48:09Oh.
00:48:10This...
00:48:10This is the joint
00:48:11I was telling you about.
00:48:12Oh.
00:48:13The place where you make...
00:48:17The place where you make
00:48:18bets on the ponies.
00:48:19Why don't you take yourself
00:48:20and...
00:48:22Why don't you take yourself
00:48:23inside and make a little
00:48:24of this, like me?
00:48:25I'd go in with you,
00:48:25only I've got a pupil
00:48:26waiting for me.
00:48:27Yeah, yeah.
00:48:27Look, I gotta...
00:48:28I gotta run, Bumstead.
00:48:30Just follow my instructions
00:48:31and you can't miss.
00:48:32Yeah, but I...
00:48:32Charlie, let this guy in.
00:48:33He's okay.
00:48:35This way, Bob.
00:48:43First door on the right.
00:48:54Excuse me.
00:48:55I, uh, I want to make a bet.
00:48:58Are you betting?
00:48:58No!
00:49:00I'm here to let the right guys in
00:49:01and to throw the wrong guys out.
00:49:03Oh.
00:49:04Oh.
00:49:17Okay.
00:49:18Lady Evelyn's a late scratch
00:49:20on the fourth at Parkside.
00:49:21Post time of the third
00:49:22at Mansfield Meadows,
00:49:241-5.
00:49:25We'll have the mutuals
00:49:26on the second
00:49:26in a few minutes.
00:49:27Oh, there's a thing.
00:49:30Let's see.
00:49:31Now, did Pete say
00:49:32it will allow
00:49:32a fifth of a pound
00:49:35for every four seconds
00:49:36or the four pounds
00:49:38for every fifth of a length?
00:49:40Hmm.
00:49:42Let's see.
00:49:43There are nine swine
00:49:45pigs in it.
00:49:47And that's a fifth of a pound.
00:49:49Hmm.
00:49:55Banjo, boy.
00:49:56That's the one.
00:49:56That's the horse.
00:49:57Do you really like
00:49:58Banjo, boy?
00:49:59Huh?
00:50:01You don't mind
00:50:01my sharing your table,
00:50:03do you?
00:50:03Oh, hey, no,
00:50:04of course not.
00:50:07I'd better get to work.
00:50:09Uh-huh.
00:50:09It's nearly post time.
00:50:14I see Happy Dan
00:50:15is running today.
00:50:16Hmm.
00:50:17With those tired legs of his,
00:50:19he's got nothing
00:50:19to be happy about.
00:50:21How he's made.
00:50:23Hmm.
00:50:24Last time she ran,
00:50:25and they arrested her
00:50:26for loitering.
00:50:27Ah, come it.
00:50:29Now there's a horse for you.
00:50:31And if he's running
00:50:32with these dogs,
00:50:33he might raise home
00:50:35and pay off
00:50:36at a box car price.
00:50:37Oh.
00:50:37Uh-huh.
00:50:39He's still moving.
00:50:44Ah, 54,
00:50:46yes,
00:50:47that's three-quarter.
00:50:48Ha-ha-ha!
00:50:49Am I murdering them today?
00:50:52What's happening?
00:50:52Lazy Maisy just paid off
00:50:54like a slot machine.
00:50:55If this keeps up,
00:50:56I'll break this joint.
00:50:58Aren't you betting?
00:50:59No, I'm not sure
00:51:00of myself yet.
00:51:01I can see.
00:51:02You're an amateur.
00:51:03Well...
00:51:03If you'd like a tip
00:51:04in the fourth,
00:51:05bet on Molly Cuddle.
00:51:06She's hot today.
00:51:08Yeah?
00:51:08Yeah.
00:51:09Go over and place
00:51:10your bet with the boys.
00:51:12I want to bank my money!
00:51:21Mike put a hundred
00:51:21on Paisley to win.
00:51:23You're down, J.L.
00:51:2450 on Abby and Abby to place.
00:51:25You got it, GM.
00:51:26Sawbuck across on Paisley.
00:51:28You in, C.D.?
00:51:29Yeah, two on Molly Cuddle.
00:51:31Okay, mister,
00:51:32where's your dough?
00:51:33Oh, yeah.
00:51:34Hey, Chuck.
00:51:39What's your initials?
00:51:40Uh, uh, Mr. Bumstead.
00:51:42Okay, Mr. B.
00:51:44Yeah.
00:51:50Well, I did it.
00:51:52I did it.
00:51:53I put two on Molly Cuddle.
00:51:54You mean a couple of seeds?
00:51:56Well, I put two dollars
00:51:57if that's what you mean, see?
00:51:59Oh.
00:51:59It's okay.
00:52:00Yeah.
00:52:00Oh.
00:52:02Oh.
00:52:03Oh.
00:52:04Oh.
00:52:05Wait, wait, wait, wait a minute.
00:52:06What's the matter, young man?
00:52:07Wait a minute.
00:52:08Wait a minute.
00:52:09Wait a minute.
00:52:09Okay, this is the matter.
00:52:11Oh, no.
00:52:11Oh, no.
00:52:12Oh, no.
00:52:13I gave the man two hundred dollar bills
00:52:14by mistake.
00:52:15I thought I was giving him two dollars.
00:52:16Oh, my goodness.
00:52:17Tell Mike right away.
00:52:19No more bets, boys.
00:52:20It's past post time.
00:52:22I made a mistake.
00:52:24They're off and running.
00:52:35It's Paisley in front.
00:52:37Abby, Abby, Abby, Abby, second.
00:52:38Peace conference, third.
00:52:39And where's Molly Cuddle?
00:52:41Don't worry.
00:52:41She's a stretch runner.
00:52:43Oh.
00:52:44Yeah?
00:52:44And now they're rounding the far turn.
00:52:46It's still Paisley in front by a half.
00:52:48Abby, Abby, second.
00:52:49A length and a quarter.
00:52:50Peace conference, third by two.
00:52:52And wait a minute.
00:52:53Here comes a stranger.
00:52:55It's...
00:52:56No, it isn't.
00:52:57I believe it.
00:52:58Yes, it's...
00:52:59It's Molly Cuddle.
00:53:01And she's burning up the track.
00:53:02It's our baby.
00:53:04What?
00:53:05Come on, Molly Cuddle.
00:53:06You mean she's...
00:53:07She's...
00:53:08You bet she is.
00:53:09Oh, she is?
00:53:10She's passing homebody.
00:53:11She's got peace conference.
00:53:12She's passing him, too.
00:53:14And now she's colored Abby, Abby.
00:53:15There she goes.
00:53:16Pass him.
00:53:17And she's passing.
00:53:18Come on, Molly Cuddle.
00:53:19I mean, Molly Cuddle.
00:53:21They're coming down on the bridge
00:53:23with Paisley and Molly Cuddle,
00:53:24nose and nose,
00:53:25stride for stride.
00:53:26And it's...
00:53:27It's Molly Cuddle,
00:53:28by a nose.
00:53:30No!
00:53:33Excuse me.
00:53:34Don't mention it.
00:53:39Yeah.
00:53:41Yeah.
00:53:42Okay.
00:53:43Here's the mutuals
00:53:44on the winner, boys.
00:53:45Molly Cuddle paid $12.90
00:53:46to win $5.80
00:53:47to place
00:53:47and $4.20 to show.
00:53:49Do you know
00:53:50you've won over
00:53:51$1,000?
00:53:52At $1,000?
00:53:54Yes.
00:53:54I won, too.
00:53:55Let's collect our money.
00:53:57Wait a minute.
00:53:58I'll need a few seconds
00:53:59to get my strength.
00:54:01$1,000.
00:54:03I'm strong now.
00:54:05Mike,
00:54:05you're going to pay off
00:54:06plenty to my friends.
00:54:07So I remember.
00:54:08You had $200 on Molly Cuddle,
00:54:09didn't you?
00:54:10Oh, yes.
00:54:11That's right.
00:54:12I had a feeling
00:54:12she was going to win,
00:54:13so I went whole fog
00:54:14for that horse.
00:54:15You ain't kidding.
00:54:16Well, it looks like
00:54:17I owe you $1,290 fish.
00:54:19Yeah.
00:54:23Yeah.
00:54:25I...
00:54:25the cops are coming
00:54:26to the right to join.
00:54:27Huh?
00:54:28Out this way, folks.
00:54:29Hey, wait.
00:54:30I hate my money.
00:54:31Hey!
00:54:35Hey, wait a minute.
00:54:37Oh!
00:54:55Come on.
00:55:07Wait a minute, wait a minute.
00:55:09Come over here.
00:55:15My mother!
00:55:16My mother!
00:55:17Here!
00:55:18Thank you, young man!
00:55:30Where is your father?
00:55:32He told me he'd be home early.
00:55:34Where can he be?
00:55:35Did you call the morgue, Mrs. Bumstead?
00:55:38No, I didn't call the...
00:55:40That's not a very nice thing to say, Tommy.
00:55:43Maybe he got a job as a night watchman.
00:55:46Well, he wouldn't start tonight.
00:55:48I wonder what could have happened.
00:55:50I called Bea, and she said she saw him about noon.
00:55:53Now, 5.45 and the dinner starts at 6.
00:55:57Well, I guess I'd better leave.
00:56:00Alexander, if Daddy calls, tell him I've gone on.
00:56:02Sure, Mom.
00:56:04Good night, dear.
00:56:05Mind your brother.
00:56:06I will, Mommy.
00:56:08Good night, Tommy.
00:56:09Good night.
00:56:11I wonder where my father is anyhow.
00:56:15Maybe he's in jail.
00:56:17Now, see here, Tommy Cooper.
00:56:18I was only kidding.
00:56:32There he is.
00:56:35Oh, Mr. Radcliffe.
00:56:38Well, so they finally caught up with you.
00:56:39Gosh, Mr. Radcliffe, I didn't think you'd come down.
00:56:42I still don't know why I did.
00:56:44I was just sitting down to a steak dinner when I got your call.
00:56:46What were you doing in the bookie outfit anyhow?
00:56:49Well, I wanted to make some money so I got in this mess.
00:56:53Gee, tonight of all nights when I wanted to go to the reunion dinner.
00:56:58Oh, why am I such a fool?
00:57:00Don't answer that question.
00:57:02I suppose you want me to go bail for you.
00:57:04Would you?
00:57:05I don't know.
00:57:06When I fired you, I decided I'd never have anything more to do with you.
00:57:09Well, you're the only one I can count on, Mr. Radcliffe.
00:57:12Please get me out of here.
00:57:13Don't rush me.
00:57:14Oh.
00:57:15I want to think it over.
00:57:19What?
00:57:21What?
00:57:22What?
00:57:26Thanks, pal.
00:57:31Oh, six o'clock.
00:57:35We must be ready to start the reunion dinner.
00:57:39All right, Alexander.
00:57:41If you hear from Daddy, be sure to call me.
00:57:43Goodbye, dear.
00:57:51Did you call the house?
00:57:52Uh, yes.
00:57:53No worry from Dad but yet.
00:57:55I guess he really got tied up on that business deal.
00:57:59Well, it's after six.
00:58:00Don't you think we'd better start?
00:58:02Yes, I guess we'd better.
00:58:16Why don't I just say you've made your bed, go lie in it.
00:58:19Oh.
00:58:20After what happened today and what happens at the reunion dinner, I won't have a bed to lie in.
00:58:24Blondie won't ever talk to me again.
00:58:26And I still don't know whether I should go bail for you or not.
00:58:28Oh.
00:58:29Well, I guess I'll...
00:58:29If you don't, I will.
00:58:31Mr. Breckenbridge.
00:58:34All right, then.
00:58:35Mostad?
00:58:36Now, look, Mr. Breckenbridge, I am not mixed up in this.
00:58:38I know you're not.
00:58:39Mostad is.
00:58:39And I must say, I'm glad about the whole thing.
00:58:41You what?
00:58:43Huh?
00:58:45If he hadn't been where he was today, I would have been involved in an embarrassing scandal that would have
00:58:52ruined me in town.
00:58:53Huh?
00:58:53What do you mean?
00:58:55Do you know who the lady was that you were talking to this afternoon at the bookies?
00:59:01No.
00:59:02Well, let me tell you.
00:59:03She was my wife.
00:59:05Huh?
00:59:08Hello, young man.
00:59:10You're Mrs. Breckenbridge?
00:59:11Yes.
00:59:12She has an unfortunate weakness for betting on the horses.
00:59:15I don't think it's unfortunate.
00:59:18I understand you could have made a getaway at the time of the raid.
00:59:22Yes.
00:59:22But you chose to save my wife from being caught.
00:59:24Oh, that's all right.
00:59:25Oh, thanks to you, it is all right.
00:59:27We want to bail you out.
00:59:28Oh, now, you don't have to go to all that trouble.
00:59:31We certainly will.
00:59:32Furthermore, I feel that you should be rewarded for your gallantry.
00:59:35Oh, no.
00:59:35You really don't...
00:59:36This is out of your hands, Dagwood.
00:59:38You're right, Mr. Breckenbridge.
00:59:39Dagwood should be rewarded.
00:59:40This is between Bonsted and myself.
00:59:43You're looking for a job, aren't you?
00:59:44Oh, I...
00:59:46Yes, I am.
00:59:47Possibly you can find a better one than you had.
00:59:49With a firm that wants to build the new security bank.
00:59:52Mr. Breckenbridge, Dagwood is working for me again.
00:59:55And I, uh...
00:59:56I'm going to give him a raise.
00:59:57Two fifty.
01:00:00And a bonus.
01:00:01The amount of the dinner check?
01:00:04Sure.
01:00:05And tips for all the waiters?
01:00:06Now, see here.
01:00:08Ahem.
01:00:09Well, all right.
01:00:10All right.
01:00:12Well, now, if that's settled, I'll arrange your bail and we'll be off.
01:00:14My car's outside.
01:00:15Yeah, I hope we get to the hotel on time.
01:00:17I'll lay you two to one when we make it.
01:00:24What a dinner, Blondie.
01:00:26Why couldn't Dagwood have been here to enjoy it?
01:00:29He'll probably show up just in time to pay the bills.
01:00:32I hope so.
01:00:33I hope so, too.
01:00:35Class of 32 certainly outdid itself in whining and dining.
01:00:46Oh, excuse me.
01:00:48Pierre, the maitre d' wants to see me.
01:00:55I'm sorry to disturb you, Madame Bounstead, but I have the bill ready.
01:00:59It's, um, quite large.
01:01:02Oh.
01:01:12Four hundred and seventy-three dollars and eighty-nine cents.
01:01:16You are the only one to have the five dollars chicken dinner.
01:01:20Everyone else have steak, pheasant, cocktail, champagne, cherries, you believe.
01:01:25Pierre, I can't pay this.
01:01:28I, I mean, I can convert some bonds tomorrow.
01:01:31This hotel, everything is for cash.
01:01:33We do not know you or your missing husband.
01:01:36You cannot blame us for wanting to be paid.
01:01:39Oh, dear.
01:01:40What can I do?
01:01:43Those people inside, they look very nice.
01:01:46Why not let them go?
01:01:48How do you say that?
01:01:50Dutch, huh?
01:01:51Oh, but I can't do that.
01:01:53We invited them.
01:01:53They're our guests.
01:01:54I can't ask them to pay.
01:01:56It's, it's so humiliating.
01:01:58I'm afraid you must take my suggestion, Madame.
01:02:02Oh, but I...
01:02:25Classmates and guests, I know you're all having a wonderful time this evening, and of course
01:02:31we know it was expensive, literally speaking. Yes, thanks to the generosity of Dagwood and Blondie,
01:02:41we're having the kind of reunion we'll never forget. Nothing has been spared to make this a
01:02:46wonderful evening. For the first time in my life, I tasted champagne. Dagwood, how many are at this
01:03:01dinner of yours? Forty. Forty? Yeah. Did you promise to serve liquor? Oh no, I didn't promise it to them.
01:03:09Good. But they might be having champagne. Champagne? Yeah. Oh, don't worry, Mr. Radcliffe,
01:03:16it's the domestic kind. Costs only half as much as the imported, but it tastes just as good. Oh,
01:03:20that eases my mind. Yeah, I wish you'd ease my mind and give it to me now. Your what to
01:03:25you? Your
01:03:26wallet. My wallet? Yeah, you see, well, I don't know how much the bill is going to be, and well,
01:03:32I'd better have your wallet handy. Now look, Dagwood, there are limits. All right, all right, here you are.
01:03:46Oh, Dagwood has made good. He has a lovely home, he has a lovely wife, and two wonderful children.
01:03:56And now I think it would be nice to hear from that lovely wife who predicted 15 years ago that
01:04:02he
01:04:03would be a success. Our own blondie.
01:04:13Dear, dear friends.
01:04:21Thank you for your wonderful reception. I wish Dagwood could have been present to hear your applause. I don't know
01:04:30how to make a speech.
01:04:35But I'll do the best I can. I'm not going to beat around the bush. I'll let you know exactly
01:04:41what I have to say, and that is...
01:04:49Am I too late to pay the check? No, you're just in time. Good. Where have you been? Never mind,
01:04:54I'll tell you later. Give me the bill.
01:04:57Hi, everybody. Hi. Hello, Dagwood. Hello, Dagwood. Let's see you, Dagwood.
01:05:03Oh. Oh. Well, I hope everybody had a good time. Oh, dear. Say, there's Mr. Brick and Bridge. Say, Dagwood
01:05:11certainly was tied up with a big shot, wasn't he?
01:05:14Ah-ha. 50, 100, 150. I'm sorry I couldn't be here. 200, 250, 300. I'm glad we made it when
01:05:22we did, huh, Mr. Radcliffe?
01:05:24400, 450, 460, 70. 1, 2, 3, and 89 cents.
01:05:30Ha, ha, ha. Bumstead always pays his bills, huh, blondie?
01:05:34Ha, ha, ha, ha. Oh, yes, Dagwood.
01:05:37I'm glad that's over with.
01:05:38Ha, ha, ha. Oh, that's what you think. Where are the waiters? Huh? Here they are. Ha, ha. Well, and
01:05:45here's 10 for you, and you, and you. Ha, ha, ha.
01:05:49There can't be any more to tip. Oh, no? Where's the chef? I must tip the chef for serving my
01:05:54friends a fine dinner. Give this to the chef with my compliments, huh? Well, I guess that just about does
01:06:00it.
01:06:01Uh, Dagwood. Huh? Pierre's been very sweet to us. Oh, he has? Ha, ha. Well, here's 10 for you, Pierre.
01:06:07Thank you, monsieur. Oh, let's make it 20, huh? Oh, thank you, monsieur, since you are so generous. Uh-huh.
01:06:13The hat-check girl outside. Oh, we mustn't forget the hat-check girl. Take it all.
01:06:18Thank you, monsieur. Thank you. Mr. Bumstead, could I have a dime for a cup of coffee? Oh, sure.
01:06:27Well, everybody, I guess I can finish my speech now. I can tell you everything in five words. Dagwood Bumstead
01:06:35is pretty smart.
01:06:37You can say that again. My Dagwood is pretty smart.
01:06:41He certainly is. He has lots of ideas. Up here.
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