TV-G | 30min | Comedy, Drama, Family, Music, TV Series | Episode aired 5 February 1964
Patty and Cathy accidentally eat a cake that Patty's mom had baked for a contest. Even though they lack any baking skills, the pair, along with Ross, decide to make a replacement cake.
Director: Stanley Prager
Writers: Sidney Sheldon, William Asher
Stars: Patty Duke, William Schallert, Jean Byron
Patty and Cathy accidentally eat a cake that Patty's mom had baked for a contest. Even though they lack any baking skills, the pair, along with Ross, decide to make a replacement cake.
Director: Stanley Prager
Writers: Sidney Sheldon, William Asher
Stars: Patty Duke, William Schallert, Jean Byron
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00:00There. It looks beautiful if I say so myself.
00:08I hope it wins first prize this year, Ms. Lane.
00:11It'd better. I'm tired of Mrs. Davis winning every year.
00:14It's giving me an inferiority complex.
00:16She'll never be able to beat this cake.
00:18I hope you're right.
00:19Oh, dear, I'm late for the hairdresser.
00:21You can leave as soon as you've finished, Mrs. Williams.
00:23I just have the girls' room to do.
00:25Looks like they played the Army-Navy game up there.
00:27See you Friday.
00:30Boy, that new math teacher is a real wuzzah-wuzzah.
00:41What's a wuzzah-wuzzah?
00:43Our new math teacher.
00:48Hey, cuckoo.
00:53It's a beauty.
00:59Mmm. It's the best cake Mom ever baked.
01:03Perhaps she wants to save it for dinner.
01:05There's plenty. Here, live a little.
01:12Mmm. It's wonderful.
01:16I told you. Let's cut.
01:22Want to go down for a soda?
01:23No, thank you, Patty. I have some letters to write.
01:26Hi, Mama.
01:28I didn't know you were home. Do me a favor, will you?
01:30Sure.
01:31I have an appointment at the hairdresser and I'm late.
01:33There's a banana sponge cake in the kitchen.
01:35Take it over to the church bazaar for me, will you?
01:37It has to be entered before six o'clock.
01:39I'll see you there later. Bye.
01:50Meet Kathy who's lived most everywhere
01:53From Zanzibar to Berkeley Square
01:56But Patty's only seen the sights
01:58A girl can see from Brooklyn Heights
02:00What a crazy pair
02:02But they're cousins
02:05Identical cousins all the way
02:09One pair of matching bookends
02:12Different as night and day
02:15Where Kathy adores a minuet
02:18The ballet Russe and Crepe Suzette
02:21Oh, Patty loves to rock and roll
02:23A hot dog makes her lose control
02:25What a wild duet
02:27Still they're cousins
02:30Identical cousins and you'll find
02:34They laugh alike, they walk alike
02:36At times they even talk alike
02:38You can lose your mind
02:40When cousins are two of a kind
02:49No. No.
02:54What do you think you're doing?
02:57In my state of shock, do I know?
03:00They don't kill Mama if her cake doesn't win a prize.
03:03How could I forget that tonight was the annual church bazaar?
03:06You saw food and everything else went out of your head?
03:09Mrs. Davis is one of the cake-baking kindest people I've ever met.
03:12I don't know what you're talking about.
03:16Mrs. Davis has won the cake-baking contest every year for the past five years.
03:19Mom swore she was going to beat her this year.
03:24I wonder if you can enter half a cake.
03:27You're home.
03:29You better take that cake.
03:34What happened?
03:36Mice.
03:38How could you do this to your own mother?
03:41I thought it was just a cake.
03:43I didn't know it was the cake.
03:45She's been waiting all year for that contest. That's her favorite recipe.
03:49Would you happen to know the recipe?
03:51Oh, I watched her make it, but...
03:53Mrs. Williams, how would you like to bake a cake?
03:56Oh, no.
03:59That wouldn't be honest.
04:01Why not? It'd be baked in the lane oven.
04:03I couldn't do it.
04:06Please, Mrs. Williams, you know how much this means to my mother.
04:10I shouldn't do it.
04:12But you will.
04:20You get upstairs and clean your room.
04:26There.
04:28That should win first prize.
04:37I'm leaving now. Good luck.
04:42Oh.
04:50Cuckoo.
05:02Piece of cake?
05:04Don't touch that.
05:06Why not? It's great.
05:09We're slashed.
05:11What are you complaining about?
05:13We're loaded with cake.
05:15Do you know what you just did, you cooley?
05:17You ruined your mother.
05:19What are you talking about?
05:21You just ate Mom's entry in the church bazaar.
05:23Patty.
05:24All right, one of her entries.
05:26Gee, I'm sorry.
05:28How was I supposed to know?
05:30Oh, it takes a pretty stupid person not to know an ordinary cake from a prize cake.
05:35Now what do we do?
05:37Perhaps we could get Mrs. Williams to come back to scratch it.
05:40She works a one-day week.
05:42What time is it?
05:43Four o'clock.
05:44Okay, we have two hours.
05:46For what?
05:47To bake a cake.
05:48I've never baked a cake.
05:50Neither have I.
05:51That's where we have the big advantage.
05:53Originality.
05:54What can we lose?
05:56The contest.
05:57Is there a book around here?
05:59Right in front of you.
06:01There you go.
06:04There must be dozens of cakes.
06:06Look under prize winners.
06:08Orange raisin cake.
06:10Fruit cake.
06:12How about a fruit cake?
06:13Mom baked a banana sponge cake with chocolate in it.
06:16Don't you think she'd be a little suspicious if it turned into a fruit cake?
06:19Tutti frutti cake.
06:21Spice cake.
06:25Here we are.
06:26Banana sponge cake.
06:28Kathy, you give the directions and we'll bake the cake.
06:31Right.
06:32We need two nine-inch layer pans.
06:35Melt four ounces chocolate.
06:37I'll get the chocolate and the milk.
06:38I'll get all the other things.
06:40Take a cup of milk.
06:46A cup of flour.
06:51A teaspoon of salt.
06:56Separate eggs.
06:57Okay.
07:02You're a giant.
07:03Separate the white from the yolk.
07:06Why?
07:07You're all at the same time, don't you?
07:19I smell something burning.
07:25Add the chocolate to the milk and the flour.
07:33Smells pretty good.
07:35I think it's beginning to be a cake.
07:37Two cups of sugar.
07:39Two cups of sugar.
07:44What's a tisp of vanilla?
07:46A tisp is a teaspoon.
07:48Why don't they say so?
07:54Four egg whites.
07:57The whites are already in.
08:00I better add more eggs.
08:11Beat until fluffy, but not dry.
08:19Okay.
08:20I'll get it. You keep going.
08:22Okay.
08:28Hi, Mrs. Davis.
08:29Hello, Patty.
08:30Is your mother at home?
08:32No, she's at the hairdresser.
08:34Really?
08:35Well, I thought she'd be baking her cake for the bazaar.
08:38She already baked it.
08:40Well, I just dropped by to show her mine and to take a peek at hers.
08:43I don't think she'd want anybody to see her cake right now.
08:47Oh?
08:48Is she entering something special this year?
08:51Yeah.
08:52Kind of a dark horse.
08:55I'm afraid mine is just the usual.
08:59Well, I wish her luck.
09:01I know how much winning means to her.
09:03She seems so disappointed that I win every year.
09:06Poor dear.
09:07We even made a little bet on it this year.
09:09A bet?
09:10Yes.
09:11If my cake wins, your mother and father take us to dinner in the theater.
09:15And if your mother's cake wins, we take them to dinner in the theater.
09:19You tell her I dropped by to wish her luck, won't you?
09:21I will.
09:22Well, I'll see you at the bazaar.
09:30We need a bigger cake.
09:32Why?
09:33Because Mrs. Davis was just here and she's entering a giant.
09:36Mine's going to look like a pygmy.
09:38Okay.
09:43A lot more flour.
09:49Milk.
09:53And some more eggs.
10:02Well, I think we've got all the ingredients in.
10:05And then some.
10:06Maybe a few raisins would make it taste better.
10:09What do you think?
10:10I don't think anything could hurt that.
10:14I'd better get the raisins.
10:17Chocolate chips are always good.
10:19What about a few nuts?
10:20Sure.
10:21Let's live a little.
10:23Nuts, raisins, chocolate chips.
10:26Nuts, raisins, chocolate chips.
10:46I forgot the banana.
10:49I think it's supposed to be sliced.
10:52Oh.
11:04They'll never know the difference.
11:06Hmm?
11:07I guess we put it in the oven.
11:09You didn't mix it.
11:11Oh, yeah.
11:14Ah.
11:21It's working.
11:23We've done it!
11:25Do we have to eat it?
11:27If I'd have known baking a cake was this easy, I'd have done it before this.
11:31Ross, you go check on the oven.
11:33See how it's doing.
11:34Okay.
11:35I'll be right back.
11:36Okay.
11:37I'll be right back.
11:38Okay.
11:39Okay.
11:40Okay.
11:41Okay.
11:42Go check on the oven.
11:43See what the temperature is.
11:46325.
11:47Perfect.
11:48The pastry should be ready.
12:02Our cake just went into orbit.
12:09Okay.
12:10In the oven.
12:13You know something?
12:14This is the luckiest broken cake Mom's ever made.
12:20How long do we have to wait?
12:21Bake 25 minutes.
12:26Tell you what.
12:27While it's baking, why don't we run and get dressed so we can rush right over to the bazaar?
12:31Right.
12:32We wouldn't want to keep them waiting for this.
12:36Let's go.
12:39I'll get it.
12:42Hi, Richie.
12:44Have you looked in the mirror?
12:46What have you been doing?
12:48Just baking a cake.
12:50You?
12:51What's wrong with that?
12:52I don't know.
12:53I haven't tasted the cake yet.
12:55And you won't.
12:56It's going to be entered in the competition at the bazaar.
12:58You're entering a cake in the competition?
13:01Well, it's really my mother's cake.
13:04We're entering it in her name.
13:06Who's we're?
13:07Kathy Ross and I.
13:09The three of you baked it?
13:11Well, it was kind of a community effort.
13:13Oh, brother.
13:14Does your mother know you're bringing all this joy into her life?
13:17No.
13:18And she mustn't find out.
13:19She won't find out from me.
13:21I knew I could count on you.
13:22And you know why she won't find out from me?
13:25Sure.
13:26Because you're a loyal, trustworthy friend.
13:27Wrong.
13:28Because I'm chicken.
13:29I'm not going to that bazaar.
13:31But you promised to take me.
13:33Patty, you're putting an entry into a contest illegally.
13:37I'm not going to become an accessory after the fact.
13:40I'll write to you.
13:41Bye.
13:48Who was it?
13:51Nobody.
13:55Men.
13:56Richard?
13:57Yeah.
13:58The cowardly lion.
14:00Isn't he taking you to the bazaar?
14:02No.
14:03He's afraid if he's seen with me, the FBI might crack down on him.
14:11You think he's right?
14:13About the FBI?
14:14No.
14:15About what we're doing.
14:16I mean, is it wrong?
14:18Yes.
14:20But at least it's for the right reason.
14:23You know something, cousin?
14:25Sometimes you're a real comfort to me.
14:28It's mutual.
14:29Let's get rolling.
14:30I want to see what that cake looks like.
14:37One minute to go.
14:41Oh!
14:47He's alive!
14:48He is!
14:50Patty, do something!
14:59Oh, but it's the biggest cake they get.
15:01Yeah.
15:02Must have put in too much of something.
15:05Maybe we could cut it in half and enter it twice.
15:08We don't look so bad once we get the icing on.
15:11I forgot all about the icing.
15:15All right.
15:16Ross, you better get some aprons.
15:21Icings.
15:22Icings.
15:23Icings.
15:26How does this sound?
15:28Boiled white icing with cocoa.
15:31Terrible.
15:32But it tastes great.
15:34Four tablespoons cocoa, two cups sugar, one cup water.
15:38Ross, you get the cocoa and the water.
15:46I hope it doesn't explode.
16:04They have a booby prize.
16:06Let's cut it in half.
16:09Okay.
16:23That's that.
16:25No, it isn't.
16:27Don't you know the lame motto?
16:29Every day you get up, yay.
16:30What does that mean?
16:31Never give up and take that.
16:39I need a banana sponge cake in a hurry.
16:41Oh.
16:42What kind of banana sponge cake would you like?
16:44Do you have anything good enough to win a prize?
16:46Oh, well, all of our cakes are good enough to win prizes.
16:49How big did you want it?
16:52Oh, bigger than Mrs. Davis'.
16:54What?
16:55Oh, how about this big?
17:00Oh, that's beautiful.
17:02It's $4.75.
17:03Oh, don't put it in that.
17:04I brought my own box.
17:09Okay.
17:17Anybody home?
17:20Hello, Uncle Martin.
17:21Oh, hello, Kat.
17:22Yeah, I thought you'd be at the bazaar.
17:24We got held up a little.
17:26Where's your Aunt Natalie?
17:28She's at the hairdresser.
17:29And Patty?
17:30I have no idea where Patty is.
17:32She raced out and said she'd see me at the bazaar.
17:35Well, I'm hungry.
17:36Let's go see what's in the kitchen.
17:37No.
17:40I'm not hungry.
17:42I mean, why don't I fix you something?
17:44Well, that's nice of you, Kat, but all I want is some milk and cookies.
17:48I'll get it.
17:49No, don't bother.
17:50It's no bother.
17:51Really, it isn't, Uncle Martin.
17:53Kathy, are you feeling all right?
17:55Yes, fine.
17:57We'll take the army engineers to clean up this...
18:02Uh-oh.
18:04Uh-oh yourself.
18:06How was your day at the office?
18:08Fine.
18:09How was your day at home?
18:11Okay.
18:13You know how it is.
18:14No.
18:15How is it?
18:16You tell him, Kat.
18:18Tell me what?
18:19It's nothing, really.
18:21Kat, if you have a problem, I think maybe you'd better tell me.
18:24Now, do you?
18:27Well, yes and no.
18:30Tell me about the yes part.
18:32I don't know if I should.
18:35But I guess I'd better.
18:40You see, it's like this.
18:44Do you have a banana sponge cake?
18:46Certainly.
18:47How big a cake did you want?
18:49Bigger than Mrs. Davis's.
18:53Anybody home?
19:06We'd like to enter this little contest.
19:09Fine.
19:10Here's a number for it.
19:12Mrs. Lane baked it.
19:14What is it?
19:17It's a cake.
19:19Oh.
19:29I'd like to enter a cake.
19:30All right.
19:32I'd like to enter it under the name of Natalie Lane.
19:36Here's your number.
19:42Is there still time to enter a cake?
19:43Yes.
19:45It's for Natalie Lane.
19:48She's been busy, hasn't she?
19:51Hello, darling. I've been looking all over for you.
19:53Oh, have you?
19:54Well, I've been looking all over for you, too.
19:57I think we'd better get started.
19:59Step right up, ladies and gentlemen.
20:00The cake contest is about to begin.
20:05Hi, Mom.
20:06Hello.
20:07Patty, did you get my cake here all right?
20:11Uh, to tell you the truth, Mom.
20:13To tell you the truth, Natalie, you don't have a thing to worry about.
20:16You're gonna win.
20:18Patty. Patty.
20:20Richard, you came.
20:21Yeah, I decided you might need me.
20:23You're all heart.
20:24Have they caught up with you yet?
20:26Of course not. Now, everything's going fine.
20:28We haven't a thing to worry about.
20:30Come on.
20:32Hello, Martin.
20:34Natalie.
20:35Have you decided where you're taking us to eat tomorrow night?
20:38Why don't we wait until the judge picks the winner, Mrs. Davis?
20:42We're very fortunate this year in the selection of our judge.
20:45A really great expert has agreed to serve.
20:48Mr. Hubert Brown.
21:02Yes, shall we begin?
21:05Mom, let's get out of here.
21:07That's a marvelous idea. I'll take us all out for a Chinese dinner.
21:10They haven't even picked the winner yet.
21:12No, but they picked the loser.
21:26Interesting.
21:32A little lumpy.
21:34Better luck next time.
21:54My.
21:56Oh.
21:58Here's a pretty one.
22:02Mm-hmm.
22:05And it retails for $4.75.
22:14Six and a quarter.
22:16Our special of the week.
22:19Oh, look at these masterpieces.
22:22One of those is mine.
22:27Mm-hmm.
22:32Mm-hmm.
22:38We've come down to the experts.
22:40I think one of them's mine.
22:43No, it isn't, Mom.
22:44I faked out on you.
22:50The texture is perfect.
22:52Excellent, excellent.
23:02The texture is perfect.
23:05And the flavor is marvelous.
23:09This is the winner.
23:12Who has number eight?
23:14I do.
23:18Where did you buy it?
23:19I faked it.
23:21When I got home, I found my kitchen was a disaster area.
23:24And then Mr. Brown was nice enough to call and tell me about the unusual run on banana sponge cake.
23:31Oh, speech, speech.
23:38I never could have done it without the help of my family.
23:48Is that a beauty?
23:50And I baked it with my own little hands.
23:53With a little help from your mother.
23:55Oh, I contributed a little know-how.
23:57Come on, the meeting's gonna start in a few minutes.
24:00Gee, sis, I sure appreciate your baking this for the scouts' party.
24:04Boy scouts have to eat, too.
24:05I hope they enjoy it.
24:06They will.
24:08We'll all help you.
24:18Where is everybody?
24:27Everybody home?
24:34Oh, no!
24:57Yeah!
24:58Yeah!
24:59Yeah!
25:02Here's Kathy who's lived most everywhere
25:05From Zanzibar to Barkley Square
25:08But Patty's only seen the sights a girl can see from Brooklyn Heights
25:12What a crazy pair
25:14But they're cousins
25:17I bet they're good cousins and you'll find
25:21They laugh alike
25:22They walk alike
25:23At times they even talk alike
25:25You can lose your mind
25:27When cousins are two of a kind