- 2 days ago
Dagwood gets in trouble at work when he buys the wrong property for his boss and when he is accused of punching out a client's son.
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
Gay Nelson - Alice Dickson
Ross Ford - Ted Scott
Danny Mummert - Alvin Fuddle
Paul Harvey - John D. Dickson
Frank Jenks - Ed Vance
Chick Chandler - Bill Cooper
Jack Rice - Ollie Merton
Eddie Acuff - Mr. Johnson
Frank Sully - Officer Carney
Myron Healey - Cluett Day
Chester Clute - Leroy J. Blodgett
Daisy - Daisy
Sam Finn - Radcliffe's Employee
Nacho Galindo - Dickson's Gardener
Virginia Hunter - Marie, Dickson's Secretary
Alyn Lockwood - Mary, Radcliffe's Secretary
Vesey O'Davoren - Dickson's Butler
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
Gay Nelson - Alice Dickson
Ross Ford - Ted Scott
Danny Mummert - Alvin Fuddle
Paul Harvey - John D. Dickson
Frank Jenks - Ed Vance
Chick Chandler - Bill Cooper
Jack Rice - Ollie Merton
Eddie Acuff - Mr. Johnson
Frank Sully - Officer Carney
Myron Healey - Cluett Day
Chester Clute - Leroy J. Blodgett
Daisy - Daisy
Sam Finn - Radcliffe's Employee
Nacho Galindo - Dickson's Gardener
Virginia Hunter - Marie, Dickson's Secretary
Alyn Lockwood - Mary, Radcliffe's Secretary
Vesey O'Davoren - Dickson's Butler
Director - Abby Berlin
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00:00:27Pretty face funny hat
00:00:30That's what my Blondie is
00:00:31Lovable feet both flat
00:00:34That's what my Dagwood is
00:00:36Blondie's not always right
00:00:38I let her think she is
00:00:40All of my thoughts are bright
00:00:42Long as he thinks they're his
00:00:44Life with us is
00:00:46Fun and crazy
00:00:47Baby Duffling
00:00:48Us and Daisy
00:00:49What a family
00:00:52Incredible, bumsteadable
00:00:53Hurry, you'll miss your bus
00:00:55Watch out, you'll burn your stew
00:00:58Nothing's too much for us
00:01:00As long as with me there's you
00:01:02Dagwood and Blondie
00:01:04Blondie and Dagwood
00:01:05Always with me there's you
00:01:13Yeah, sure I'm hungry, Mom
00:01:14Me too
00:01:15Mm-hmm
00:01:20Dagwood, come to breakfast
00:01:24Morning, Mrs. Bumstead
00:01:26Hi, Alexander
00:01:27Hi, Alvin
00:01:27Good morning, Alvin
00:01:29My, that's a fine outfit you have
00:01:31Thanks
00:01:31Say, Mrs. Bumstead, can Alexander come out and play?
00:01:34My cousin Ted's gonna teach you some razzle-dazzle plays
00:01:37I'm sorry, but Alexander has to razzle-dazzle the back lawn first
00:01:41Well, if I cut the lawn then, can I go out?
00:01:44Yes, dearie
00:01:44Let's go
00:01:45Come on
00:01:45Well, I, I, I
00:01:50Mommy, is Daddy going to be late again?
00:01:52Daddy isn't going to the office today, Cookie
00:01:55But that's no excuse for him to sleep all morning
00:01:59Daisy, would you come here a moment, please?
00:02:04Daisy, will you please go upstairs and wake up your father?
00:02:07Oh!
00:02:07Oh, ho, ho, ho.
00:02:37Oh, Blondie.
00:02:42Oh, it's you, Daisy, huh?
00:02:45Okay, I'll come right down to breakfast.
00:03:11Okay, Daisy, you win.
00:03:22Boy, that bacon is swell.
00:03:25Where's Alexander, huh?
00:03:27He's out lowing the back lawn.
00:03:28That's fine.
00:03:30It's good for a boy to do some work around the house.
00:03:32Yes, dear.
00:03:35What a day.
00:03:36It was nice of Mr. Radcliffe to give me the day off.
00:03:39Oh, I guess he knew I needed a rest.
00:03:44Well, I think I'll go out the backyard and relax a little bit.
00:03:47It's always nice to take it easy after breakfast.
00:03:49Call me for lunch, dear.
00:03:51Dagwood, huh?
00:03:53Mr. Radcliffe gave you the day off because I asked him to.
00:03:57Oh, that was nice of you, Blondie. Thanks.
00:04:00I told him you had to varnish the floors.
00:04:03Oh, no, Blondie.
00:04:06It's good for a boy to do some work around the house.
00:04:10Please, Blondie, I don't want to varnish the floor.
00:04:13Look, for once in my life, I'm going to put my foot down.
00:04:16I'm not going to do it.
00:04:24Fine day off.
00:04:27Doggone it.
00:04:31Varnishing floors.
00:04:39We're finished, Mom.
00:04:40Tess up front.
00:04:41Can I go now?
00:04:41Oh, yes, dear.
00:04:44Oh, Alexander.
00:04:46Be careful.
00:04:47Your father is varnishing the dining room.
00:04:48Yes, Mom.
00:04:51You be careful, too, Cookie.
00:04:55Don't come in here, fellas.
00:04:57The varnish is still wet.
00:04:58I've seen characters in movies get into predicaments like that, but never one in real life.
00:05:04May I ask you a question?
00:05:06I'm pretty busy, Alvin, right now.
00:05:09How are you going to get out of that corner now that you're surrounded yourself with varnish?
00:05:13Hey, now, that's a silly question.
00:05:15Oh, I have to...
00:05:16Oh, I have to...
00:05:17Oh, I have to...
00:05:18Oh, I...
00:05:18Oh.
00:05:19I have a suggestion, Mr. Bumstead.
00:05:22Yeah, well, I don't want any suggestions.
00:05:25What is it, Alvin?
00:05:27There's a window right behind you.
00:05:29There is?
00:05:30Oh, yes, there is.
00:05:44Good morning.
00:05:45Oh, good morning, officer.
00:05:46Say, you're new around here, aren't you?
00:05:47Yeah, I just graduated from the police academy yesterday.
00:05:50My first day on the force.
00:05:51Uh-huh.
00:05:52And they gave you this beat?
00:05:53What's wrong with it?
00:05:54Oh, nothing.
00:05:55But just watch your step when you're around the Bumstead house up the street.
00:05:58Good luck.
00:06:05Good luck.
00:06:11Good luck.
00:06:18Good luck.
00:06:21Good luck.
00:06:23Good luck.
00:06:25Good luck.
00:06:25Good luck.
00:06:25Good luck.
00:06:26Good luck.
00:06:27Good luck.
00:06:28Good luck.
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00:06:29Good luck.
00:06:30Good luck.
00:06:50what was the idea of coming out the window well there's only way i could get out i was cornered
00:06:59cornered yeah you see officer i had this stuff all over the floor what stuff huh well i didn't want
00:07:05to do it
00:07:06believe me but blondie made me oh an accomplice huh accomplice no blondie you see blondie
00:07:19what's the matter dad i don't know
00:07:27well i what's the matter mr bumstead do you know this man of course he lives here
00:07:31well why didn't you tell me well you didn't ask me i didn't ask you uh all right mr uh
00:07:38dumb
00:07:38bumstead mr bumstead uh let's uh just forget the whole thing
00:07:44oh my oh oh my wait a minute i got i'm a little stuck here wait a minute i'll wipe
00:07:56that off
00:08:08well ted thanks for helping me out oh that's all right glad i was around to help
00:08:12uh-huh we were over at alvin's playing football ted was showing us all about kicking and ford
00:08:17passing and stuff oh yeah he sure can toss them yeah well i used to be pretty good myself
00:08:21when i was on the varsity at central high old pile driver dag they used to call me boy would
00:08:27i
00:08:27hit that line five yards every time i carried the ball i used to be a pretty good passer too
00:08:32now look ted the way you hold the ball is like this mr bumstead and the trick is to spin
00:08:37it
00:08:37mr bumstead what ted was an all-american halfback when he went to college oh then he played professional
00:08:44football he still holds the record for passes completed in one game oh well well um i used to
00:08:51be a pretty good pass catcher too old sticky fingers daggy they used to call me sticky fingers
00:09:03we better go look for the football that's got my favorite finger
00:09:08oh no there it is come on let's go get the football yeah oh you come too mr bumstead i
00:09:14uh i want to hear
00:09:15some more about central high oh sure i'll tell you the time we played in that blinding snowstorm
00:09:32hey just a minute i beg your pardon you're not going in there are you i certainly am but
00:09:37that's bumstead's house i'm well aware of that but he hasn't gone to work yet i know it i gave
00:09:42him the day off day off or no day off you're risking your neck going up that path that man
00:09:48comes out of that door doing 90 miles an hour he'll knock you flat on a pancake bumstead are
00:09:53you crazy i'm warning you oh good old central high was six points behind there we were on the 40
00:09:59yard line with one minute to go the quarterback called for a pass boy i took off like a streak
00:10:04throw me a pass ted and i'll show you go ahead center it alvin come on let's go
00:10:12don't you worry about me i can handle bumstead
00:10:27i caught it
00:10:31oh no no no it can't be mr radcliffe you're at the office bumstead i ought to fire you
00:10:37i didn't give you the day off to come out here and play football with these kids
00:10:41come in the house i want to talk to you just a minute
00:10:49come in here
00:10:52what did i tell you 90 miles an hour well bondi i am sorry to take dagwood away but i
00:10:59have
00:10:59something very important for him to do oh that's all right mr radcliffe he can finish the floor
00:11:03sunday dagwood do you think you can be a dummy well i mr radcliffe dagwood may not be a genius
00:11:10wait a minute wait a minute you don't understand a dummy is someone who acts for you in a business
00:11:14deal now i want to buy some land and i don't want my name used oh that kind of a
00:11:19dummy oh
00:11:21yes that kind too now here's the deal there's a tract of about 12 and a half acres on north
00:11:26riverdale road the platte realty people hold it and they'll sell it reasonably if they don't find
00:11:31out that george m radcliffe wants it that's where you come in now you take an option on that piece
00:11:36of property at any price under 950 an acre here's a thousand dollars for the option oh boy hundred
00:11:43dollar bills look at them you sure you've got this straight dagwood oh sure mr radcliffe all right
00:11:49all you do is buy it in your name that's simple enough isn't it all right get right on it
00:11:54will
00:11:54you yes sir mr radcliffe dagwood will be the best dummy you ever had
00:12:04now what do we do we'll come back in an hour why don't we wait because we don't want to
00:12:10appear
00:12:10anxious to sell the property well ain't we certainly but we don't want platte to know it
00:12:15what do you think we'll be able to get for this man i'll be lucky if we get 500 for
00:12:19the whole deal
00:12:21only 500 bucks what are you beefing about whose bright idea was it yours yeah yeah we'll start a
00:12:28duck club he says we'll sell memberships to suckers and clean up he says how should i know that the
00:12:35ducks
00:12:35never come near the place well the suckers know it well we can tell platte that here he comes
00:12:44hello that isn't platte oh oh just leaving huh well we gosh i'm glad i caught you i wouldn't want
00:12:49to
00:12:49wait around here a whole hour look mister we're not uh we're not in a hurry nothing that we couldn't
00:12:54put off if you mean business oh sure i mean business i want to buy some land huh well well
00:12:59well
00:13:00we want to sell some land small world isn't it uh sure is uh could we discuss it over lunch
00:13:10yeah
00:13:10it's a good idea oh thanks so you want the 12 acres on riverdale road 850 dollars an acre
00:13:20you drive a hard bargain bumpstead sure do well i guess he's got us where he wants us guess so
00:13:27listen bill listen you're not gonna let that land go at that price why not i like this man i
00:13:34think
00:13:34he has character integrity well maybe so but you can't cash that stuff at the bank now look we agreed
00:13:40not to let that land go under 1100 and i'm not gonna argue with you ed i've had enough of
00:13:43your
00:13:43quibbling oh no well now why shouldn't i quibble giving things away right and left this is the showdown
00:13:48i'm sick and tired of your whining either we sell this man the land on his terms or we call
00:13:51a
00:13:51partnership off right now now bill there's no need to get excited on his terms or else well
00:13:59okay okay okay okay that's that huh no hard feelings no no we're not good there we are
00:14:10why oh i'm sure it's all there here you are have some coffee oh yeah waiter yeah hang the expense
00:14:24hi mary hi gang that's okay that's okay oh did you get it oh i'll say there you are there's
00:14:31the
00:14:32option sign seal and delivery how much 850 an acre oh good come in dagwood uh dagwood that was fine
00:14:40work i didn't expect results so soon let's have that share will you ali sit down dagwood oh thanks
00:14:46uh dagwood you are a fast worker oh thanks jim
00:14:58uh mr bumstead please he's at mr radcliffe's office well i'll see if he can talk to you
00:15:05there's a gentleman here to see mr bumstead he's busy now uh is it important uh it's about that
00:15:10property on riverdale road oh it's about that riverdale property send him in looks like the
00:15:16word is out i'm back of you things will start popping from now on let them pop we're in the
00:15:21bag
00:15:24how do you do mr bumstead oh i'm mr bumstead oh bumstead i'm bludgett leroy j bludgett
00:15:31ah i understand that you're the purchaser of some property it's not for sale well but i don't get
00:15:37what you offer i'm not selling it well my goodness even a big profit wouldn't interest me no no i'm
00:15:42not
00:15:42even interested in buying your old mud puddle all i want to do is bid on the job of draining
00:15:48it
00:15:48oh i see draining it why of course it's a swamp two feet of water on it two feet of
00:15:56water
00:15:59what am i laughing at
00:16:0412 and 6 tenths acres on south riverdale road the land i wanted was a north riverdale road
00:16:10oh yes yes yes look out look out a description of the land when you bought it
00:16:16two feet of water on it what am i going to do with it raise frogs well that might be
00:16:20a good
00:16:21armstead you know what i'm going to do to you fire me i guess no i can't fire you you
00:16:26owe me too much
00:16:27money yeah but you bought a swamp i didn't you bought it with my money and you're going to pay
00:16:31me back out of your salary but you'll be all paid up in a year or so and then i
00:16:35can fire you
00:16:36meanwhile you'll be one of the highest paid office boys in the world from now on i wouldn't trust you
00:16:40with anything bigger around here than running errands and another thing you don't need a private
00:16:44office as an office boy ollie you can have bumpster's office from now on oh please and you can start
00:16:49your new job by filing those estimates
00:16:54all right i'll be an office boy but i'll be a good one i'll admit i was careless but i've
00:16:58learned
00:16:59my lesson and i'll never do anything to cause you any trouble again
00:17:19so you see blondie i made a terrible mistake and i have to pay back the thousand dollars every cent
00:17:24of
00:17:24it dagwood how could you do such a thing well those two men you know i bet they were crooks
00:17:32i'll bet they were oh i ought to go jump in the lake or something i wasn't even smart enough
00:17:38to be
00:17:38a good dummy oh i brought you nothing but trouble blondie i don't see why you put up with me
00:17:44dagwood
00:17:45don't you dare talk like that just because you're good and kind and honest you think everyone else is
00:17:51too and they just take advantage of you why we wouldn't want you to change for all the money in
00:17:56the world would we children
00:18:05no daddy we like it just the way you are goodness knows it's hard enough to get along even now
00:18:11the
00:18:11way prices are but we'll manage somehow i'll get a job pop i'm old enough i have lots of money
00:18:17in my
00:18:17piggy bank we'll save as we've never saved before we'll cut expenses to the bone
00:18:33look daisy wants to help too
00:18:47alexander daddy must have gone back to sleep again will you please go up and wake him up yes mom
00:18:56we're not having bacon this morning cookie we're saving it for sundays all right mommy
00:19:02come on come on come on come here oh it's you good morning alexander good morning
00:19:19Gee, I had the silliest dream.
00:19:21Yeah?
00:19:22Yeah.
00:19:22I dreamt I lost my office and bought a worthless old swap.
00:19:27What am I saying?
00:19:28I did.
00:19:29I did.
00:19:34Oh, Mr. Johnson.
00:19:36Oh, good morning, Alvin.
00:19:38How are you?
00:19:39Okay.
00:19:40What do you got there?
00:19:41Well, something I sent for.
00:19:42Guess I'll look a lot different pretty soon.
00:19:44No food?
00:19:45Yeah, I look like this.
00:19:46Oh, mustache too?
00:19:47No, just the muscles.
00:19:49You too can have muscles like this.
00:19:51Body Beautiful Incorporated, Cleveland, Ohio.
00:19:54Full equipment sent by return mail.
00:19:56Full equipment?
00:19:57Yeah, one of these barbells.
00:19:59And I have to deliver it.
00:20:00I knew there was a catch to it somewhere.
00:20:22that was a catch to it.
00:20:29Oh, don't ever do that.
00:20:35I thought Bumpstead had me.
00:20:36Bumpstead?
00:20:37the fellow that lives in there say are you crazy it was only yesterday morning that a man said that
00:20:42no man can go 90 miles an hour he said then wham flat enough pancake me too it's all right
00:20:50take it
00:20:50easy come on i'll go with you yeah but you don't know look look nothing can happen to you if
00:20:55i'm
00:20:55with you where's my bacon huh well dad would i oh yes dear i forgot we were cutting down on
00:21:03expenses
00:21:04i'll get my old job back so help me i'll make myself so valuable to mr radcliffe that he'll
00:21:10have to give it back to me i'm going to work hard i'm going to be on time every single
00:21:14morning
00:21:35come on
00:21:36bye
00:21:37yay
00:22:03I see what you mean.
00:22:06What an experience.
00:22:11Hello?
00:22:13Oh, hello, Mr. Radcliffe.
00:22:15Why, Dagwood just left.
00:22:16Oh, I see.
00:22:17I wanted to remind him of an errand I gave him last night.
00:22:22Yes, I wanted him to pick up some plans on his way to the office.
00:22:25Did he remember to do it?
00:22:28Hi, Alex.
00:22:30Mr. Radcliffe, he didn't mention it.
00:22:33Blondie, I'm a patient man, but there's a limit to my patience.
00:22:36Mr. Dixon is a very important client, and we assured him that we'd pick up those plans, he's okayed.
00:22:40Now, did Dagwood remember to do it, or didn't he?
00:22:42Oh, I'm quite sure he remembered.
00:22:45Yes, Mr. Radcliffe.
00:22:47Goodbye.
00:22:48What's the matter, Mom?
00:22:50Well, Daddy was supposed to pick up some plans on his way downtown.
00:22:54Let's face it, Mrs. Bumstead, he probably forgot.
00:22:57Now, Alvin...
00:23:00I guess he did.
00:23:01She and he's already in the doghouse.
00:23:05My cousin Ted's got a car.
00:23:07Maybe he can get the plans and take them down to the office.
00:23:10Oh, Alvin, do you suppose Ted would?
00:23:12Sure, I'll go ask him.
00:23:13Okay.
00:23:14Dixon, Dixon, that must be John B. Dixon.
00:23:17I've heard Daddy mention him.
00:23:19Now, let's see, see.
00:23:21Dixon, Dixon.
00:23:24Here we are.
00:23:26John B. Dixon, 603 Mapleton Drive.
00:23:30You got it fixed?
00:23:31Yeah.
00:23:32Ted, will you do an errand for Mrs. Bumstead?
00:23:34Sure, I'd be glad to.
00:23:36Oh, here's the address, Ted.
00:23:38All you have to do is ask for the plans for Mr. Bumstead.
00:23:41Thank you so much.
00:23:42Right.
00:24:11Pardon me.
00:24:12Do you know if Mr. Dixon's at home?
00:24:14No, but I think you'll find Miss Dixon over by the swimming pool.
00:24:18Oh, thanks.
00:24:32Pardon me.
00:24:33I was to pick up some plans.
00:24:36Oh, yes.
00:24:36The man from the Radcliffe company.
00:24:38Please wait.
00:24:39I'll get to Mr. Bumstead.
00:24:41Mr. Bumstead.
00:24:52See here, Alice.
00:24:53If you think you're going to get away with this, you're mistaken.
00:24:55Oh, I am.
00:24:55Well, since when do you decide what I can and can't do?
00:24:57But I bought those tickets two weeks ago.
00:24:59Well, you can just go with somebody else.
00:25:00Now, you listen to me.
00:25:02What are you doing here?
00:25:04I'm sorry.
00:25:04I just came here to pick up some plans.
00:25:06Some plans?
00:25:07Yes, the butler asked me to wait.
00:25:09Erin boys aren't supposed to lie around the terrace.
00:25:11Floyd.
00:25:12Sorry.
00:25:13Don't go.
00:25:14You can stay here as long as you like.
00:25:17Let go of her.
00:25:17Alice, listen to me.
00:25:19Look, maybe I don't belong here, but before I go, let go of her.
00:25:25Hey, Floyd!
00:25:42My word, sir, that certainly was a corking right hand.
00:25:45And if I may say so, sir, you certainly cooled off Mr. Day.
00:25:49Mr. Day?
00:25:49Miss Dixon's fiancée.
00:25:51My word, wait till Mr. Dixon hears about this.
00:25:54Yeah?
00:25:57Oh, Mr. Bumstead!
00:25:58Mr. Bumstead!
00:26:05Wait, wait, wait, where is he?
00:26:13Mr. Radcliffe isn't in yet.
00:26:15Phew.
00:26:17My bus was a little late this morning.
00:26:19There was a traffic jam on Walnut Street.
00:26:21You better save that one for some time when Mr. Radcliffe gets here first.
00:26:24Yeah.
00:26:37Mr. Bumstead, please.
00:26:40Oh, hello, Ted.
00:26:42Oh, Mr. Bumstead, I...
00:26:44Oh, the plant.
00:26:46I forgot.
00:26:47Well, Mr. Bumstead, I've got to tell you.
00:26:48Bumstead...
00:26:49Yeah?
00:26:50Well, you remembered it after all.
00:26:53I must admit, I'm surprised.
00:26:55Yeah?
00:27:02There's a crack in my neck.
00:27:04Friend of yours?
00:27:06No.
00:27:07I, I, I, I, I...
00:27:09Well, come into my office.
00:27:11Huh?
00:27:11Oh, yeah.
00:27:16Well, Bumstead, how did you get along with Mr. Dixon?
00:27:19Well, uh...
00:27:19He's a tough customer.
00:27:20Did he have any complaints about these war plans?
00:27:22Uh, no, but...
00:27:23That's good.
00:27:23He's got quite a place there, hasn't he?
00:27:25Uh, uh, Mr. Radcliffe, I, uh...
00:27:26Did you see the swimming pool?
00:27:28No, but...
00:27:29You know, Dagwood, the fact that you remembered this little errand and did it right gives me
00:27:32some hope for you.
00:27:33You're liable to be back in your own office sooner than you think.
00:27:35Oh, but...
00:27:36Yes?
00:27:37Mr. Dixon's on the phone.
00:27:38Fine.
00:27:39Put him on.
00:27:41Hello, Mr. Dixon.
00:27:41How are you?
00:27:42Fine.
00:27:43Say, Radcliffe, what's the name of that fella you sent over to my place?
00:27:46Oh, Bumstead.
00:27:48Yeah, that's right.
00:27:49Bumstead.
00:27:49Quite a fella.
00:27:51Packs a wicked right.
00:27:56I don't understand, Mr. Dixon.
00:27:58You mean he hit somebody?
00:28:01Hit somebody?
00:28:02You can say that again.
00:28:03Didn't he tell you?
00:28:04Well, no.
00:28:04He's right here.
00:28:05He didn't say anything.
00:28:06Oh, I...
00:28:08Oh, no.
00:28:09He did?
00:28:11Into the swimming pool?
00:28:13Oh, he ruined his clothes.
00:28:17He cracked two of his what?
00:28:20Oh, Mr. Dixon, I don't know what to say.
00:28:21Well, you don't have to say anything.
00:28:23Just send this fella, Bumstead, over to see me.
00:28:25Mr. Dixon, I assure you I'll deal with him.
00:28:28Look, Radcliffe, didn't I make myself clear?
00:28:31Just send him over to me, that's all.
00:28:33Oh.
00:28:34Oh, yes.
00:28:35Yes, sir.
00:28:37What happened?
00:28:40Well, Bumstead, you had quite a visit at the Dixon place, didn't you?
00:28:44Well, I...
00:28:45I thought you told me that you didn't see the swimming pool.
00:28:47I didn't.
00:28:48Then how could you have knocked his future son-in-law into it?
00:28:51Oh, but...
00:28:51Don't lie to me.
00:28:52You hit him so hard you cracked two of his teeth.
00:28:54Oh, I...
00:28:55I don't want to discuss it.
00:28:57All I know is I wanted that Dixon job, and you've lost it for me.
00:29:00Yeah, yeah.
00:29:00Dagwood, this is the last straw.
00:29:02You mean I'm...
00:29:04Yes, unless you square things with Dixon, you're through.
00:29:07He wants to see you.
00:29:08I don't know why, as he wants to beat you to a pulp himself, and that is a lovely thought.
00:29:12Hurry up now and get what's coming to you.
00:29:14Well, I...
00:29:15Well, I don't...
00:29:21Oh, well, but I don't know.
00:29:29Is Mr. Dixon in?
00:29:31Oh, you're Mr. Bumstead.
00:29:33Mr. Dixon's waiting for you.
00:29:36Oh.
00:30:11In here, please.
00:30:22Oh, here?
00:30:23Yeah, how do you like it?
00:30:25Well.
00:30:26Now then.
00:30:27Take your coat off.
00:30:29Huh?
00:30:30Your coat.
00:30:30Take it off.
00:30:31Well, I'm not very warm.
00:30:33No, you'll be warm enough in a minute.
00:30:35Here, give it here.
00:30:36Now, put those on.
00:30:37Oh.
00:30:38Oh, now, I don't think there's any need for it.
00:30:41Oh, yeah.
00:30:41You know what these are for, don't you?
00:30:42Yes, sir, but...
00:30:43Come on, put them on.
00:30:44Get them on.
00:30:45Well, I hadn't expected anything like this.
00:30:47I'm supposed to be pretty good with these.
00:30:49Now.
00:30:50Huh?
00:30:51I want you to show me the punch you hit that conceited blue blood with.
00:30:56Come on.
00:30:57Oh, now, wait a minute, Mr. Dixon.
00:30:58Come on.
00:30:58I really don't...
00:30:59You know, that would-be son-in-law of mine.
00:31:01Yeah, but...
00:31:01Show me what you did to him.
00:31:02Come on, give it to him.
00:31:03Now, wait just a minute.
00:31:04Come on, let me have it now.
00:31:05Come on.
00:31:06Now, look, look, look.
00:31:15Wait a minute.
00:31:16Look now, Mr. Dixon.
00:31:16Come on, I can take care of myself.
00:31:18Come on, let me have it now.
00:31:20Come on.
00:31:20Come on.
00:31:20Oh.
00:31:21Where's that punch of yours?
00:31:23Oh.
00:31:24Oh.
00:31:27Oh.
00:31:27Straighten out.
00:31:28Oh.
00:31:28Wait a minute, Mr. Dixon.
00:31:29Look.
00:31:37What happened?
00:31:40Oh.
00:31:43Oh.
00:31:45That did it.
00:31:50Huh?
00:31:51Where'd everybody go?
00:31:57Oh, no.
00:31:58Oh, no.
00:31:59Mr. Dixon, I'm sorry.
00:32:01I didn't mean it.
00:32:02Mr. Dixon, you can hit me, huh?
00:32:05Go ahead and hit me.
00:32:07Oh, say something, Mr. Dixon.
00:32:10Well, please, say something.
00:32:12Wonderful.
00:32:13Huh?
00:32:14Say.
00:32:15Okay.
00:32:15I never would have believed you.
00:32:17Oh.
00:32:18Where did that punch come from?
00:32:19Oh, well, it...
00:32:20So that's what Cluid got.
00:32:22What?
00:32:23Beautiful.
00:32:24Huh?
00:32:24I'd have given $1,000 to see it.
00:32:26Well?
00:32:27Where in the world did you dig that punch up from?
00:32:30Well...
00:32:30You know, I was standing there, and all of a sudden, everything went black.
00:32:34Well...
00:32:34Now then, Radcliffe wants to build my new plan for me, eh?
00:32:38Oh, yes, sir.
00:32:39Fine.
00:32:40The plans are okay.
00:32:41A few minor changes.
00:32:42I've noted them down.
00:32:43Oh, yes, sir.
00:32:44Well, never mind the plan.
00:32:45Huh?
00:32:45Bumstead, when I award a contract, the plans come second.
00:32:50Men come first.
00:32:51Oh.
00:32:52I've made over a million dollars just being a good judge of men.
00:32:56Now, Radcliffe is okay.
00:32:57His plans are okay.
00:32:58Huh?
00:32:58But when a firm has a hard-hitting young executive like you, that's the firm I do business with.
00:33:04Oh, gee, thanks.
00:33:06You'll get the job hands down, Bumstead.
00:33:09Oh, well...
00:33:09And, say, uh, my daughter was quite impressed by you.
00:33:13Oh.
00:33:14How'd you like to come out the house sometime?
00:33:16Maybe if that stuffed shirt Cluett shows up, you can knock him into the pool for me, huh?
00:33:21Well, I...
00:33:23Well, I'll see you later, Bumstead.
00:33:24Yeah.
00:33:25Oh, yes.
00:33:25Goodbye.
00:33:26Goodbye.
00:33:30Yes, Marie?
00:33:32Mr. Jordan calling, sir.
00:33:33He's at the real estate office.
00:33:34Good.
00:33:35Put him on.
00:33:36Meanwhile, get the Radcliffe company for me.
00:33:41I never should have kept Bumstead even as an office boy.
00:33:44One of the most stupid things I ever did.
00:33:46Yes, sir.
00:33:48Yes?
00:33:49Mr. Dixon's on the phone.
00:33:51Mr. Dixon, I'm so glad you called.
00:33:53You saw Bumstead.
00:33:54Yeah.
00:33:54Radcliffe, that man hits like a pile driver.
00:33:57He knocked me flatter than a flounder.
00:34:00Oh, no.
00:34:00He hit you, too?
00:34:02Mr. Dixon, this is the end.
00:34:03I'll fire him the minute he shows his face in this office.
00:34:06Wait a minute.
00:34:07Who said anything about firing him?
00:34:08But he hit you, and he knocked that fellow into the pool.
00:34:11Cluett, listen, Radcliffe, let's get this straight.
00:34:14I despise that stuck-up blue blood.
00:34:17If I socked him myself, my daughter might marry the guy just to show me that I can't push her
00:34:21around.
00:34:22Very stubborn girl, Radcliffe, very stubborn.
00:34:25Incidentally, she's quite impressed by Bumstead.
00:34:28He's, uh, single, of course.
00:34:31Single?
00:34:32Single?
00:34:33Oh, yes, of course.
00:34:36Well, Radcliffe, the contract is yours, so far as I'm concerned.
00:34:39I'll sign just as soon as I get my hands on a certain piece of property I'm after.
00:34:44I'll drop over as soon as I hear from my real estate man, right?
00:34:49And let me tell you, you're mighty lucky to have a brilliant young executive like Bumstead.
00:34:55Oh, thank you.
00:34:59Goodbye.
00:35:02He called Dagwood a brilliant young executive.
00:35:05I think.
00:35:07Yes, sir?
00:35:09Mary, that was Mr. Dixon, wasn't it?
00:35:12Yes, sir.
00:35:17Radcliffe Construction Company.
00:35:19Why, I'm sorry, Mr. Bumstead isn't in the office.
00:35:21Do you have any idea where I can reach him?
00:35:23Well, I believe Mr. Bumstead went over to Mr. Dixon's office.
00:35:26Oh, I was afraid of that.
00:35:28Oh, I mean, I'm sorry I missed him.
00:35:31Goodbye.
00:35:49Oh, Ted, did you get the plans?
00:35:51Yes, I got them.
00:35:52Oh, good.
00:35:53I'm so glad.
00:35:53Mrs. Bumstead.
00:35:54Yes?
00:35:56Something pretty terrible happened.
00:35:57I'm afraid I got Mr. Bumstead in an awful jam.
00:36:00Oh, my goodness.
00:36:01Mrs. Bumstead, if a fellow took a punch at you, if you were a man, of course, wouldn't
00:36:05you hit him back?
00:36:06Yes, I guess I would.
00:36:09Oh, my.
00:36:10Did Dagwood hit somebody?
00:36:11Well, no, but Mr. Dixon thinks he did because, well, you see, I hit somebody, and I mean,
00:36:17Mr. Dixon thinks Mr. Bumstead is me because, well, the butler thought so, and I...
00:36:21Oh, well, just a minute, please.
00:36:23Maybe I'm not listening carefully.
00:36:25Shall we try it again, Ted?
00:36:27Okay.
00:36:28I went to the Dixon's place, and the butler thought I was Mr. Bumstead.
00:36:32I didn't say anything because, well, I didn't think it mattered.
00:36:35Then I got into a fight with Miss Dixon's boyfriend and knocked him into the pool, and
00:36:40that's all.
00:36:41Oh, that's all?
00:36:44You mean Mr. Dixon thinks Dagwood did it?
00:36:47I'm afraid so.
00:36:48Oh, well, we'll have to go right down to Dagwood's office and straighten this whole thing out.
00:36:52Come on, you children will have to come along, too.
00:36:54You'll have to hurry up and get dressed.
00:36:55I can't leave them home alone.
00:36:56Oh, my God.
00:37:16Dagwood, my boy, I've been waiting to talk to you.
00:37:19Oh, look, you're getting your old office back.
00:37:21Ollie, step on it, will you, Breeze?
00:37:22Yes.
00:37:23Dagwood, come inside.
00:37:24I want you to tell me all about it.
00:37:26Well, oh, Ollie, be sure you leave my office nice and clean.
00:37:40Dagwood, Dixon just phoned.
00:37:42He's 100% sold on you.
00:37:43It's miraculous.
00:37:44How did you do it?
00:37:45Oh, I just hit him on the jaw.
00:37:49Well, that's a new wrinkle in salesmanship.
00:37:51Dagwood, this is only the beginning.
00:37:52Dixon's a big man.
00:37:53He has interests all over the country.
00:37:55With him on our side, the Radcliffe Company can go places.
00:37:57Why, nothing can stop us.
00:37:59Yeah, but Mr. Radcliffe...
00:38:00Dagwood, where is your vision?
00:38:01What can stop us?
00:38:04What?
00:38:19I'll go park the car, Dad.
00:38:21All right, I've got to get a couple of cigars.
00:38:22I'll meet you up at Radcliffe's office.
00:38:24All right.
00:38:40Mary, is Mr. Bumstead in?
00:38:42He's at Mr. Radcliffe's office.
00:38:43Poor Dagwood.
00:38:45Well, I must see him right away.
00:38:48Mrs. Bumstead's here.
00:38:50Oh, send her in.
00:38:51Go right in.
00:38:52Oh, Ted, I think maybe I'd better go in first.
00:38:55Mommy, I'm thirsty.
00:38:58The water cooler's right over there in the corner.
00:39:00Oh, thanks.
00:39:16Mr. Radcliffe, it was all a mistake.
00:39:18Dagwood didn't...
00:39:19Oh, Blondie, what a surprise.
00:39:20What brings you here?
00:39:22Well, I thought Dagwood was in trouble again.
00:39:25Oh, you heard about that little brawl over at Dixon's.
00:39:28Well, Dagwood certainly picked the right fellow to pop on the chin.
00:39:30Dixon detests the guy, and that put Dagwood in solid.
00:39:34What a lucky break for us.
00:39:35Well, Mr. Radcliffe, I think there's something you should know.
00:39:39All I know is that Dixon contract is in the bag.
00:39:42But...
00:39:43Oh, excuse me.
00:39:45Yes?
00:39:46Mr. Dixon's here to see you.
00:39:48Mr. Dixon?
00:39:48Oh, fine.
00:39:51Tell him I'll be right out.
00:39:52Blondie, I...
00:39:53Blondie, you've got to get out of here, or hide or something.
00:39:56What on earth?
00:39:57You can't be married to Dagwood.
00:39:58I told Mr. Dixon that Dagwood was a single man.
00:40:00Oh, you did?
00:40:01Now, Blondie, this is no time to quibble.
00:40:03String along with me on this until I get this deal over,
00:40:05and I'll do anything for you, anything.
00:40:06You mean you won't make Dagwood pay you back that $1,000?
00:40:10Oh.
00:40:11No.
00:40:12No.
00:40:12All right, Mr. Radcliffe, it's a deal.
00:40:15What's the idea of keeping me waiting?
00:40:18Hiya, champ.
00:40:20Well.
00:40:29Is that all, Mr. Bumstead?
00:40:31I'll type the letters as soon as possible.
00:40:33Oh, Mr. Dixon, this is Mr. Bumstead's secretary, Blondie.
00:40:36I mean, Miss, uh...
00:40:37Oh, Blondie's good enough for me.
00:40:39How do you do, Blondie?
00:40:40How do you do, Mr. Dixon?
00:40:42Say, where do you get secretaries like this?
00:40:46You'd better watch out, Bumstead.
00:40:47I may take her away from you as part of our deal.
00:40:51Oh, say, uh, can I use your telephone?
00:40:53I've got to talk to my real estate man.
00:40:55Oh, yes, of course.
00:40:56Don't go away, Blondie.
00:40:57We may need you.
00:40:58Now, listen, Blondie, I...
00:41:00Please, Mr. Bumstead.
00:41:03Hello, Marie.
00:41:04I'm Mr. Radcliffe.
00:41:05Say, I want you to get a hold of Jordan, my real estate man,
00:41:08and tell him to call me here the minute that deal is set.
00:41:11That's right.
00:41:12Goodbye.
00:41:14Well, that's that.
00:41:15I'm ready to sign that contract the minute Jordan tells me he bought that land.
00:41:21Well, let's get to work.
00:41:22Blondie, take this down.
00:41:25Huh?
00:41:26Oh.
00:41:27Yes.
00:41:29Oh, thank you.
00:41:37Attendant and corrections to contract between J.B. Dixon Incorporated and Radcliffe Construction Company.
00:41:42Too fast?
00:41:44No.
00:41:45Contingent upon final real estate title and upon notification of the board of directors of J.B. Dixon Incorporated,
00:41:53the following stipulations and corrections are in effect.
00:41:55This makes your fourth one.
00:41:56Isn't that enough?
00:41:57I want another one.
00:42:04Oh, Cookie, you spilled it.
00:42:06Here.
00:42:12I'm Alice Dixon.
00:42:13I believe my father is in with Mr. Radcliffe.
00:42:15Signed, J.B. Dixon.
00:42:16Yeah.
00:42:17Now, read that back to me, will you, please?
00:42:20Oh, excuse me.
00:42:22Yes?
00:42:23Miss Dixon is here.
00:42:25Miss Dixon?
00:42:26Oh, you hear that, Bumpstead?
00:42:27My daughter's here.
00:42:28Surprised, aren't you?
00:42:29Uh, yes, sir.
00:42:31Send her in.
00:42:32Oh, uh, send her in.
00:42:35Yes, sir.
00:42:36Will you go right in, please?
00:42:40Mr. Bumpstead?
00:42:43Oh.
00:42:45Hello.
00:42:49I wanted to thank you for what you did.
00:42:51Cluett was impossible.
00:42:52I'm glad you taught him a lesson, Mr. Bumpstead.
00:42:54Oh.
00:42:55Well, that's all right.
00:42:57Dad despises Cluett.
00:42:58But he likes you so well that he's going to see that you get a raise, Mr. Bumpstead.
00:43:01Oh.
00:43:03Oh, that's just fine.
00:43:04You know, Dad was teasing me.
00:43:07He said that I came up here just to see you.
00:43:09That would be silly, wouldn't it?
00:43:11Yes, wouldn't it?
00:43:12No, I mean, I'm glad you did.
00:43:15Well, you don't act as if you were.
00:43:17Oh.
00:43:18I'm sorry.
00:43:19But I am glad to see you.
00:43:21Well, that's better.
00:43:22Let's go see Dad.
00:43:23He's Mr. Radcliffe's office.
00:43:24Oh, no, no.
00:43:25No, let's don't.
00:43:27Well, Mr. Bumpstead, if Dad doesn't behave himself, just hit him in the jaw again.
00:43:31Hit him on the jaw again?
00:43:34Why, yes.
00:43:35Like you did in his office.
00:43:36Oh, yes.
00:43:38In his office.
00:43:40Uh, let me show you my office first.
00:43:50Where is that daughter of mine?
00:43:52Bumpstead, fetch her in here, will you?
00:43:53Yeah, but, uh, go ahead.
00:43:55Go ahead.
00:43:56Oh, well.
00:43:57And remember, you're a single man.
00:44:00Now, that's an order.
00:44:04There's Daddy.
00:44:05Oh, shh.
00:44:08Hi, Pop.
00:44:10I'm not your Pop.
00:44:11Huh?
00:44:12Well, I'm not married anymore.
00:44:14Mr. Radcliffe says so.
00:44:15Does Mom know about this?
00:44:17Look, Alexandra.
00:44:18Daddy, I'm hungry.
00:44:19Shh.
00:44:19Okay, okay.
00:44:22Would you like to get some candy or something, huh?
00:44:24Gee, swell.
00:44:25All right, now.
00:44:26Here's 50 cents.
00:44:27You go down to the...
00:44:28I want to chop some soda.
00:44:29All right, all right.
00:44:30Here, here.
00:44:30Go ahead.
00:44:31Go ahead.
00:44:32Shh.
00:44:42Oh, Alice, there you are.
00:44:44Bumpstead, come in here.
00:44:45Yes, sir.
00:44:47Oh, oh, my assistant signs letters for me and everything.
00:44:52Oh, yeah.
00:44:55Wait right here, will you please?
00:44:57But I...
00:44:57Wait right here.
00:44:58I'll be right back.
00:45:04Who's that?
00:45:04Oh, this is Ted.
00:45:06His assistant.
00:45:07Yes, my assistant.
00:45:09Where's my daughter?
00:45:11Oh, Mr. Bumpstead asked her to wait.
00:45:12Yes, I asked her to wait.
00:45:14What's the big idea?
00:45:15I want her to meet Radcliffe.
00:45:17Bring her in here, Bumpstead.
00:45:18Yes, sir.
00:45:23Who's that other guy?
00:45:24His shadow?
00:45:26His shadow.
00:45:27Oh, pretty good.
00:45:31Your father wants you to come in now.
00:45:33Uh, uh, my, uh, my assistant and I have, uh, have to look up some plans.
00:45:37Uh, we'll be in later.
00:45:38What, what plans?
00:45:48Oh, here she is.
00:45:49Alice, this is Mr. Radcliffe.
00:45:51How do you do?
00:45:52Bumpstead's secretary, Blondie.
00:45:54Say, where is Bumpstead and that other fellow?
00:45:56They went to look up some plans or something.
00:45:59Oh, for Pete's sake.
00:46:06Bumpstead.
00:46:12Bumpstead!
00:46:13What, what, what, what do we do now?
00:46:15I wish I knew.
00:46:29Oh, shh!
00:46:31Oh, shh!
00:46:32Shh.
00:46:33Oh, my...
00:46:42Oh, shh.
00:47:18Oh, shh.
00:47:20Oh, shh.
00:47:21Oh, shh.
00:47:22Oh, shh.
00:47:22Oh, shh.
00:47:22Oh, shh.
00:47:23Oh, shh.
00:47:23What's the idea of stepping on my hand?
00:47:25Oh, what's the idea of chewing on my ankle, you cannibal?
00:47:28Yeah, well, I'll just...
00:47:29Shh, Mr. Bumster, not so loud.
00:47:35Shh.
00:47:36Daddy, we need more money.
00:47:38Cookie dropped the money you gave us through a grading on the sidewalk.
00:47:41Look, here's some more money.
00:47:43Yeah.
00:47:43See, we're trying to keep Mr. Dixon from finding us.
00:47:48Mommy!
00:47:48Huh?
00:47:49Oh, no, look, kids.
00:47:52I'm hungry.
00:47:53Mommy, are these your children?
00:47:56Yes.
00:47:57Daddy's, too.
00:47:58Oh, yes, of course, and Daddy's, too.
00:48:00And what's your Daddy's name, little girl?
00:48:03Daggood Bumstead.
00:48:05Oh, Bumstead.
00:48:06Bumstead?
00:48:06Look here, Radcliffe, you told me Bumstead was a single man.
00:48:10What kind of skullduggery is this?
00:48:12How could you do a thing like this to me?
00:48:14How could you do a thing like this to me?
00:48:15You're the father of two children.
00:48:17You're the father of two children.
00:48:18You're the father of two children.
00:48:18You are, without a doubt, the cheapest trickster I ever had anything to do with, Bumstead.
00:48:24Hey, wait a minute.
00:48:24This is Bumstead.
00:48:25No, Dad, this is Bumstead.
00:48:26No, Alice, I tell you, this is Bumstead.
00:48:29Here, little girl.
00:48:29Is this your father?
00:48:31Sure.
00:48:32See?
00:48:32All I know is this is the man who came to the house and said he was Bumstead.
00:48:36But I...
00:48:36And knocked poor Claude into the pool.
00:48:38Oh, I get it now.
00:48:41And a mighty pretty scheme it is, too.
00:48:43If you'll let me explain...
00:48:44Shut up!
00:48:45I wouldn't let you build a doghouse for me.
00:48:47I'll put up my plant with my own two hands before I'll give you a nickel's worth of business.
00:48:55Will you listen to me?
00:48:56No.
00:48:57I don't mind for myself.
00:48:59I can take it.
00:49:00When a dirty trick is pulled on me, I can fight back, and believe me, I will, too.
00:49:05But to play a low-down trick like that on my daughter...
00:49:08Father, please.
00:49:09Alice, wait a minute.
00:49:10I hope she pushes him down the elevator shaft.
00:49:13Mr. Dixon, you have every right to be angry.
00:49:16But things aren't as bad as they seem.
00:49:18If you'd only just listen...
00:49:20Yeah, but if it...
00:49:21No!
00:49:22Well, very well then, Mr. Dixon.
00:49:24Goodbye.
00:49:29Baby, huh?
00:49:30Oh, yeah.
00:49:30See you later.
00:49:32Fine pack of chiselers.
00:49:34Now, just a minute, Mr. Dixon.
00:49:35You can take your business anywhere you like, but I want you to understand one thing.
00:49:38In spite of what happened, those Bumsteads are very fine people.
00:49:41Oh, skip it.
00:49:42And another thing.
00:49:43This whole thing is as much my fault as it is theirs.
00:49:45All right.
00:49:46So you're a chiseler, too.
00:49:47I just...
00:49:47Now, Doc, where's my hat?
00:49:49It's in there.
00:49:50Radcliffe Instruction Company.
00:49:52There's a call from Mr. Dixon.
00:49:53All right.
00:49:59There's a phone call for you.
00:50:03Hello?
00:50:04Yes, Jordan.
00:50:07What?
00:50:09Somebody grabbed it first.
00:50:10Oh, fine.
00:50:12Fine.
00:50:13Well, somebody bought the piece of land I need right out from under my nose.
00:50:17That makes everything perfect.
00:50:18I couldn't build now even if I wanted to.
00:50:27Dad, listen.
00:50:28Ted explained the whole thing.
00:50:29It was just a silly mistake.
00:50:31All right.
00:50:31So it was a mistake.
00:50:33What do you want me to do?
00:50:34Kiss him?
00:50:35Well, no, sir.
00:50:36But I thought since this thing was mostly my fault, you wouldn't hold it against Mr.
00:50:40Bumstead and Mr. Radcliffe.
00:50:41Oh, well, the whole deal's off anyway.
00:50:43Somebody beat me to the land I need.
00:50:45Now, what gets me is how anybody ever found out I wanted that property.
00:50:48No man needs a right mind to buy that miserable piece of swamp.
00:50:52Come on, Alice.
00:50:55Swamp?
00:50:57Swamp?
00:50:58Mr. Dixon!
00:51:01I heard you say swamp.
00:51:02You said swamp.
00:51:03That's what you said.
00:51:03Well, what about it?
00:51:04South Riverdale Road?
00:51:06Yes.
00:51:0612 and 6 tenths acres?
00:51:08Yes.
00:51:08There's no other swamp around there.
00:51:09No, no.
00:51:11Are you sure you want to buy a swamp?
00:51:12Of course I am.
00:51:13It'll be a proving ground for my tractors right in my own plan.
00:51:16But you said that nobody in their right mind would buy it.
00:51:18That's what you said.
00:51:19That's right.
00:51:20That's right.
00:51:20A dummy would, wouldn't he?
00:51:21Yes.
00:51:22What?
00:51:22A dummy bought it.
00:51:23Bumstead.
00:51:24He bought just a swamp.
00:51:25Oh!
00:51:26Radcliffe, we're in business again.
00:51:28Mary, get Bumstead on the telephone.
00:51:30Oh, no.
00:51:30He just left.
00:51:31Say, look.
00:51:31I've got to have that land.
00:51:33I own everything around it.
00:51:34This is the key piece.
00:51:35Never mind the phone.
00:51:36Let's go.
00:51:37Mary, keep trying to get the Bumsteads.
00:51:38And when you get them, tell Dagwood to sit tight until we get there.
00:51:41Sir!
00:51:49The phone's ringing.
00:51:50Oh, there's a smart man for you.
00:51:52That phone's been ringing ever since we got here.
00:51:55I wonder if that guy found out what we sold him.
00:51:57Well, if he didn't, he darn soon will.
00:51:59Maybe that's what the phone was ringing for.
00:52:01Who'd have dreamed it?
00:52:02Dixon wanting to buy that property.
00:52:04If we'd only used our two heads.
00:52:08We knew the property all around it was selling.
00:52:10We could have held him up for 30 or 40 thousand bucks.
00:52:13Yeah.
00:52:14And you had to sell it to that chump.
00:52:16Cheap.
00:52:17Now, don't blame me.
00:52:18You were as tickled as I was when we found that yokel.
00:52:21Oh, well, there's no sense of holding post-mortems.
00:52:24If Bumstead hasn't found out what he bought, we still have a chance of getting it back.
00:52:27Yeah?
00:52:28Yep.
00:52:29We just tell him we made a mistake and we want to rectify it.
00:52:33We want to what?
00:52:35Rectify it.
00:52:36Change it.
00:52:37Oh, oh, yeah.
00:52:38But I wonder if he'd be sapping up the fall for that.
00:52:41Bumstead would.
00:52:42We sold him, didn't we?
00:52:43We can unsell him.
00:52:50What are you snooping around for?
00:52:52Yeah.
00:52:52Were you snooping?
00:52:53Or just listening?
00:52:55Huh?
00:52:56You know who lives here?
00:52:57Does somebody live here?
00:52:59Does somebody live here?
00:53:00The kids are half-wit.
00:53:01Yeah.
00:53:04Did you hear us talking about Mr. Bumstead?
00:53:06Uh, who's Mr. Bumstead?
00:53:09The man who lives here.
00:53:11Uh, somebody live here?
00:53:13Does somebody live here, he asks.
00:53:15Mr. Bumstead lives here, you imbecile!
00:53:18Uh, who's he?
00:53:20The man who lives here!
00:53:22Uh, what's his name?
00:53:24Mr. uh, uh...
00:53:25Bumstead.
00:53:26Yeah, Bumstead.
00:53:27Oh!
00:53:28You imbecile!
00:53:29Get out of here, you lame-brain!
00:53:31And don't come back!
00:53:37Uh-oh!
00:53:39Here he comes.
00:53:45Well, well, well, Mr. Bumstead.
00:53:47Fancy meeting you here.
00:53:48Yeah.
00:53:49Huh?
00:53:50Hey!
00:53:51The crooks!
00:53:52Oh, I'll mow him down!
00:53:53What?
00:53:53I'll mow him down!
00:53:54Dagwood, what's the matter?
00:53:56Well, let me at him.
00:53:57Is it there the man that saw me that old swamp?
00:53:59Well, sure we are.
00:54:00I'm going to here to wreck it.
00:54:01Rectify it?
00:54:02Yeah.
00:54:02Madam, would we be here if we had cheated your husband?
00:54:06Why, I guess not.
00:54:07Yeah?
00:54:08Well, I want my money!
00:54:09That's exactly why we're here.
00:54:11We want to give it back to you.
00:54:12Yeah.
00:54:14Uh, huh?
00:54:15My dear boy, don't you understand that by mistake we sold you the wrong piece of land?
00:54:22All you have to do is just sign this release and give us back the option.
00:54:26You have it here?
00:54:27Well, it's in the house.
00:54:28Well, shall we go in?
00:54:30We're very anxious to correct our mistake.
00:54:32Oh!
00:54:33Oh, sure!
00:54:34Sure!
00:54:35Hey, guys, I guess I was all wrong about you.
00:54:38Oh, I'm sorry.
00:54:38I'm sorry.
00:54:39Gee.
00:54:44Oh, and no hard feelings now.
00:54:45Think nothing of it.
00:54:49There we are.
00:54:54Say, this is a nice little joint.
00:54:55I mean, a nice little chapeau you have here, Mr. Bumstead.
00:54:58Uh-huh.
00:54:59Hello?
00:55:02Hello?
00:55:04Hello?
00:55:05They must have hung up.
00:55:06Mommy, I'm hungry.
00:55:08Of course you are, dear.
00:55:09Alexander, fix cookies something to eat.
00:55:11Yes, Mom.
00:55:12Don't forget to eat Daisy and the puppies.
00:55:14Okay.
00:55:15Okay.
00:55:16Would you like to come in the living room?
00:55:17Oh, right in here.
00:55:20Dagwood, may I have the key to the desk?
00:55:22Oh, I haven't got it, Blondie.
00:55:23You have.
00:55:24Oh, no, Dagwood.
00:55:25I distinctly remember giving it to you.
00:55:26Oh, yes.
00:55:27Now I remember.
00:55:28It's in my other pants.
00:55:29You know, the way it happened, I was wearing that suit.
00:55:34And...
00:55:34Yeah, I'll go get it.
00:55:35Come on.
00:55:39Oh, Dagwood.
00:55:40I sent that suit to the cleaners.
00:55:43The brown one?
00:55:44Oh, no.
00:55:44The gray one.
00:55:45The one you spilled the strawberry jam on.
00:55:48Oh, no.
00:55:49The keys are in the brown one.
00:55:50The one I spilled the milk on.
00:55:51Ah, dear.
00:56:05Oh, I'm so hot.
00:56:09Come on.
00:56:09He's out.
00:56:10Come on.
00:56:10Find time for a flat tire.
00:56:12Ted can take us to a service station.
00:56:13Service station?
00:56:14Forget it.
00:56:15Ted, take us to Bumstead's.
00:56:26well i got it
00:56:29oh daisy
00:56:31oh daisy
00:56:34glad to see us huh
00:56:35we were away a long time weren't we
00:56:37come on daisy
00:56:39this is daisy shake hands with the gentleman
00:56:41daisy
00:56:46oh excuse me
00:56:48why daisy i'm so surprised at you
00:56:50yeah that's funny she never growls at any of our friends
00:56:55maybe she thinks we're a couple of dog catchers
00:56:57yeah yeah a couple of dog catchers
00:57:02mommy alexander won't let me have pickles and ketchup on my sandwich
00:57:07he's too young for that kind of stuff isn't she mom
00:57:09cookie you may not have pickles and ketchup
00:57:13pickles and ketchup
00:57:16yeah oh boy that looks good i'm kind of hungry
00:57:19mr bumstead
00:57:21what if you please
00:57:23what oh yes yes
00:57:25the paper yes
00:57:30there we are
00:57:33now let's see
00:57:42ted how are your brakes
00:57:44oh fair
00:57:45fair
00:57:49oh
00:57:50oh i beg your pardon
00:57:53oh that's all right
00:57:56say radcliffe did you ever box with bumstead
00:58:00huh no
00:58:00oh the man hits like a pile driver
00:58:03oh really
00:58:03oh yes it's amazing
00:58:05you know he just winds up and then all of a sudden right out of nowhere
00:58:10wham
00:58:11oh
00:58:12oh
00:58:13i am sorry
00:58:15that's all right
00:58:16that's all right
00:58:42what's the matter can't you find it
00:58:45alexander
00:58:46alexander
00:58:49what's the matter with you
00:58:50shh
00:58:51who are those men in there
00:58:52a couple of real estate men i think
00:58:54i think they're a couple of crooks
00:58:56oh you've been listening to too many radio programs
00:58:58no listen
00:58:59did your pop buy something from them
00:59:01yeah but there were some mix-ups so they're buying it back
00:59:03that's it
00:59:04that's what i heard one of them say
00:59:06he said
00:59:06if he hasn't found out yet what he's bought
00:59:09we can still get it back
00:59:11alexander there's something phony going on
00:59:13gee what'll we do
00:59:14let's tell him
00:59:18nothing but envelopes with little windows in them
00:59:21oh look
00:59:23snapshots of little cookie when she was a little baby
00:59:26wasn't she cute
00:59:26huh
00:59:27yeah
00:59:28yeah
00:59:28sure was
00:59:29how old was she when this was
00:59:32well now let's see that was about
00:59:34what about the paper
00:59:37oh sure
00:59:38mr bumstead
00:59:39oh hello alvin
00:59:41i'd like to talk to you
00:59:42mr bumstead
00:59:43if you don't find those papers pretty soon
00:59:45why we'll have to withdraw our offer
00:59:46yeah
00:59:46oh no no
00:59:47pop listen
00:59:48mr bumstead our time is worth money
00:59:51yeah
00:59:51sure
00:59:52mr bumstead
00:59:53look alvin i'm awfully busy right now
00:59:55oh but pop
00:59:56alexander this is terribly important
00:59:59you may not interrupt
01:00:00but
01:00:01no
01:00:02okay come on alexander
01:00:06how do you like that
01:00:07yeah parents can be so darn stubborn at times
01:00:10we ought to just let them get hooked
01:00:12yeah
01:00:13here he is
01:00:15oh good good
01:00:16do you have the money
01:00:17sure we have
01:00:18right over here mr bumstead
01:00:19you sit right down here
01:00:20and sign this release
01:00:21oh yes there it is
01:00:23oh
01:00:25right there
01:00:25mm-hmm
01:00:29alvin what's the matter
01:00:30whatever it is they want your dad to sign
01:00:32it's gonna cost him a lot of money
01:00:33we gotta stop him
01:00:34yeah but how
01:00:36gee i don't know
01:00:39daisy
01:00:41wait a minute
01:00:42where'd you say sign it
01:00:43right here mr bumstead
01:00:45oh
01:00:47oh one of these kind of pens huh
01:00:49daisy it's up to you
01:00:50see that paper on the table
01:00:52go get it
01:00:52maybe we ought to get underwater to sign it
01:00:54huh
01:00:55mr bumstead
01:00:56come here
01:00:57come here
01:00:58come here
01:00:59how's nice the pen
01:01:00yeah
01:01:00daisy come to mother
01:01:01come here baby
01:01:03come here daisy
01:01:03come daisy dear
01:01:04i got it
01:01:05here it is
01:01:05did you get it dear
01:01:06oh fine
01:01:07there
01:01:07mine
01:01:08quite a bit of excitement
01:01:09right there mr bumstead
01:01:12where's the pen
01:01:13now i put it right here
01:01:14pen
01:01:16hey did you get the pen
01:01:17uh you got it mr bumstead
01:01:18oh no
01:01:18put it right here
01:01:19you sure you haven't got it here
01:01:20look at your pockets dear
01:01:21maybe the dog's got it
01:01:23don't get excited
01:01:24just be calm like i am
01:01:25i'll get another pen
01:01:27oh dear no ink in the inkwell
01:01:29children run out to the kitchen quickly
01:01:31and get mother's pen and ink
01:01:32hurry up now
01:01:32hurry up
01:01:33oh dear did you hurt yourself
01:01:35such excitement
01:01:37mr bumstead
01:01:38listen
01:01:38look alvin i told you before i'm busy
01:01:40now you stay out of this
01:01:41dead
01:01:42is it you got a pen
01:01:43no no
01:01:46we're almost there
01:01:51oh
01:01:53oh i am sorry
01:01:55not at all
01:02:00where's the pen of ink
01:02:01yeah
01:02:01oh
01:02:05oh
01:02:06oh
01:02:06oh
01:02:06oh
01:02:06oh
01:02:06oh
01:02:07oh
01:02:07oh
01:02:07alvin that's the best of you i'm so sorry
01:02:09i'm so sorry
01:02:09and all over my best suit
01:02:10now now don't you worry about the carpet
01:02:13that's all right
01:02:15who's got the pen
01:02:24who's got the pen
01:02:24i have
01:02:31we'll use a pencil sign it mr bumstead
01:02:33mr bumstead you gotta listen to me these men are crooks
01:02:36oh alvin that's ridiculous i heard them talking they saw mr bumstead something and now they want it back
01:02:41if these children interfere anymore i'm gonna have to call off this whole deal
01:02:45now just a moment please why are you so anxious to stop this boy from speaking if you don't mind
01:02:50i'll hear what he has to say
01:02:51that's telling him mom
01:02:53well i heard these men talking on your front door shut up you little halfwit
01:02:57i did it all
01:02:58speak up alvin
01:03:00alvin
01:03:12do something stop him
01:03:13sure i'll do something the next time around
01:03:19oh no you don't oh yes i do hey wait a minute you can't push my wife
01:03:27come on let's get out of here
01:03:28dad oh you come back here
01:03:33look out
01:03:47they ran smack into the ends of it
01:03:51oh that's the barbell i ordered
01:03:54oh i thought i was a goner
01:03:56the two of them coming to me going 90 miles an hour
01:04:00daddy daddy speak to me say something
01:04:11blondie
01:04:14oh just a minute mr dick
01:04:16it's all right blondie
01:04:17this is it this is the track
01:04:18you you mean it's valuable
01:04:20valuable it's priceless
01:04:22who are these fellows
01:04:23just a couple of men who are a little too smart for their own good
01:04:26but if i thought they'd learn their lesson
01:04:28and if they got out of here in 10 seconds
01:04:30i might not call the police
01:04:33well where's dad wood
01:04:38oh well where are they
01:04:40let me uh
01:04:40oh they've already gone
01:04:42oh they can't take it huh
01:04:44oh mr dixon
01:04:45oh look mr dixon i wasn't the one
01:04:48you don't have to explain
01:04:49ted told me all about it
01:04:51yes and that old swampland is just what mr dixon needs
01:04:54oh it is
01:04:55yes sir and mr dixon is welcome to it for 8.50 an acre
01:04:59just what it cost the radcliffe company
01:05:01just a moment mr radcliffe
01:05:03aren't you forgetting something
01:05:04you didn't buy that land dagwood did
01:05:07he was only my dummy
01:05:08dummy or no dummy he bought it
01:05:10now see here blondie
01:05:12she's too smart for you radcliffe and you know it
01:05:14how much
01:05:15well dagwood should have a bonus
01:05:18oh that's right
01:05:20two hundred and fifty dollars
01:05:23three hundred and fifty
01:05:24now wait a minute
01:05:25and i want dagwood to have a week off
01:05:27oh no
01:05:28whole week
01:05:30with pay
01:05:33all right
01:05:35dad ted and i are going over to the house and take a swim
01:05:37you wouldn't want to come along would you
01:05:40uh no but you could drop me at radcliffe's office i want to close this deal
01:05:44well goodbye
01:05:45see you in a week
01:05:46glad to know you
01:05:48glad to know you
01:05:50bye blondie
01:05:52goodbye
01:05:53oh boy
01:05:55a four weeks vacation with faith
01:05:57now what do we do
01:05:58i know
01:05:59the first day we'll go fishing
01:06:01the next day we'll go on a picnic
01:06:02the third day we'll
01:06:04dagwood
01:06:05the third day we'll
01:06:06dagwood
01:06:07what
01:06:07the first day you'll varnish the living room
01:06:10the second day you'll varnish our bedroom
01:06:12the third day you'll varnish the children's room
01:06:15and the fourth day you'll varnish the hallway
01:06:17and the fifth day you'll varnish
01:06:19the fourth day you'll varnish the Greeley
01:06:21the second day you'll varnish the Kid
01:06:21it's
01:06:21the third day you'll v vested in the way
01:06:21you'll konaise
01:06:21then
01:06:22week
01:06:22week
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