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00:00Well, anything else?
00:02No, everything's just fine, Hazel.
00:04You already put one teaspoon full of sugar in your coffee, Miss Thompson?
00:08I'm quite aware of that, thank you. I prefer to.
00:12Oh, boy. You're your brother's sister, all right.
00:15You both got the same weight problem.
00:17I do not have a weight problem.
00:20That's what Mr. B always says.
00:22But I say to him, the trouble is, you put your problems behind you.
00:26Is that a doozy?
00:28Oh, I'll get you some of my almond cookies, Miss Thompson.
00:32I remember you liked them.
00:34How do you tolerate that woman in this house?
00:37Oh, she means well, Deidre.
00:39She's not very subtle, but she does mean well.
00:41She is the bane of my life.
00:43Oh, Deidre, you're exaggerating. You only see her when you come here.
00:46I see her nephew.
00:48Do you realize that my daughter is going out with the nephew of Hazel Burke?
00:52I know. Eddie's a fine boy.
00:54He's a Burke. He's not suitable.
00:56What if they became serious about each other?
00:59Nancy could do a lot worse.
01:01Oh, don't be silly.
01:03They're going out together this evening, and I won't close my eyes until she's safely home.
01:07Well, would you look what the wind just blew in?
01:10Hi, Aunt Deidre.
01:12Oh, how's my favorite nephew?
01:15I'm fine. I got 92 in spelling.
01:18Good for you.
01:19Wonderful, Harold.
01:20We'll go over the ones you missed tonight.
01:22Can I ask you a question, Aunt Deidre?
01:24Of course.
01:25Sure. That's how kids learn.
01:27If I'm your nephew, why aren't you my niece?
01:31Ha! Ain't he something?
01:34She's old enough to be your grandmother.
01:36You explain it to him, Miss Thompson, while I go get him a glass of milk.
01:43That woman is impossible.
02:26I'll get it, Hazel.
02:29Hello.
02:31Oh, Deidre, how are you today?
02:33Just awful, thank you.
02:35You know I never sleep well when Harry's away.
02:37And last night, Nancy didn't get home until after midnight.
02:40Well, she couldn't get into much trouble at a university lecture.
02:44Yes, even with Eddie, especially with Eddie.
02:47I question that.
02:49And another thing.
02:50Somebody tried to break into the house last night.
02:53Yes, break in the house.
02:56They kept banging one of the shutters.
02:58Nancy insisted it was only the wind, but I...
03:00Well, it probably was the wind, Deidre. Nancy wanted...
03:02All Nancy thinks about is that nephew of Hazel's.
03:05And Dorothy, don't tell me I'm a snob, because I'm not.
03:09I have no objection to the boy personally, but honestly.
03:13My daughter going out socially with the nephew of your maid.
03:17It's a ridiculous situation.
03:19Well, now, the situation isn't that bad, Deidre.
03:22Don't tell me about the situation.
03:25Whenever Harry leaves town, everything goes wrong.
03:28There's a dripping water faucet in the bathroom that's driving me out of my mind.
03:33It's the Chinese water torture.
03:35Well, you're letting things get out of proportion, Deidre.
03:39Hi, George.
03:40Hi, honey.
03:41Deidre's on the phone.
03:44Hi, sis.
03:45Uh-huh, he just walked in the front door.
03:48Say, Deidre, George is going to cook some steaks on the barbecue tonight.
03:52Why don't you and Nancy join us?
03:54It'll make you feel better.
03:56Good.
03:57Why don't you come over about six?
03:59Bye-bye.
04:00What's the matter with her?
04:02Well, you know, Deidre, with Harry away, something's always the matter.
04:05Well, I'm glad you asked her over, honey.
04:13And then what happens?
04:14And then she hits him on the head with a frying pan,
04:17and it knocks him clear off the top of the mountain.
04:20Aunt Hazel.
04:21Hazel.
04:22Aunt Hazel.
04:23Oh, Nancy.
04:24Hi, Aunt Hazel.
04:25Hi, Harold.
04:26Just wait till you hear, Hazel.
04:27Go on, tell her.
04:28Show her the letter.
04:29Okay, give me a chance.
04:30Hear what?
04:31Tell me what?
04:32What letter?
04:33For Pete's sake.
04:34You didn't...
04:35You didn't read it.
04:39You did!
04:40Congratulations!
04:43Oh, Aunt Dorothy, Uncle George, wait till you hear the most fantastic thing.
04:47Eddie, my own nephew Eddie, he got a scholarship from the university.
04:51Well, congratulations, Eddie.
04:53There were 427 men competing for that scholarship.
04:57Oh, I'm so pleased.
04:58It's wonderful, Eddie.
04:59How come you're crying?
05:01No, I ain't.
05:02Well, maybe just a little.
05:04But I ain't crying sad.
05:06I'm crying happy.
05:07Full tuition and an allowance for textbooks.
05:10And room and board.
05:11Oh, and 60 bucks a month.
05:13Boy, Eddie's gonna be rich, huh?
05:16Oh, boy.
05:17Now, just a minute.
05:18I've got to work for it.
05:19He certainly will, for six years.
05:22Six long years.
05:24Well, now, this calls for a celebration, and I have an idea.
05:27Nancy, you and your mother are having supper with us, so why don't you join us, Eddie?
05:31Thanks, Mr. Baxter.
05:33I'd like that very much.
05:35I can't believe it.
05:36My own nephew, an astro... astro... astrophysicist.
05:41Oh, yeah.
05:42He's gonna be one.
05:43I can't even say it.
05:49Them steaks ain't too well done, huh, Mr. B?
05:52Now, no complaints until you've tasted them.
05:57All right, everybody.
05:59These are the rare.
06:00You might at least have warned me that Eddie was going to be here before you extended the invitation, Dorothy.
06:05Hazel, why don't you sit down and eat?
06:07Is Hazel going to eat with us?
06:10Hazel always eats with us when we cook outdoors.
06:13Well, it's your house.
06:15Of course, you couldn't very well exclude her with her nephew as the guest of honor.
06:20That's right.
06:21Hazel, why don't you sit down and eat?
06:22No, I ain't quite ready yet.
06:24All right, Hazel.
06:25Now, you come on and sit down, and we'll serve ourselves.
06:28Come on.
06:29Sit down.
06:30Oh, there you go.
06:32Thank you, Deirdre.
06:34This food looks just divine.
06:36I wish Daddy were here.
06:37When is Harry getting home, Deirdre?
06:39Not until the end of next week.
06:40I'll be back in school by then.
06:42I wish I didn't have to go away to school.
06:44I'll never see Eddie.
06:47Mother, why couldn't I transfer to the university here?
06:51Wouldn't that be fabulous, Eddie?
06:53Oh, it sure would.
06:54Why, we could even have classes together.
06:56No, I'm not smart enough for all that math, but we could study together.
07:00Oh, Mother, why can't I?
07:02It's out of the question.
07:03But why?
07:04It's silly for Daddy to spend all that money.
07:05I don't want to talk about it.
07:07Mother, you treat me as if I were a child.
07:09Nancy, we'll speak about it later.
07:13Everyone's steak all right?
07:15Everybody be sure and leave room for cake.
07:19There's something I can't figure out.
07:22What is it, son?
07:24Well, will I be an uncle or a cousin when Nancy and Eddie get married and have a baby?
07:32Married?
07:36Nancy and... married?
07:40We... we aren't planning on getting married.
07:45Are we?
07:48I mean, not... not for four or five years, anyway.
07:55I mean, I'd have to get my bachelor's degree at least.
07:58Well, I should hope so.
07:59Oh, Eddie, it doesn't matter how long it takes.
08:04Oh, excuse us. I want to talk to Eddie.
08:12Now, sis, take it easy.
08:14Sure, I ain't no happier about this than you are, Miss Thompson, but it don't do no good to panic.
08:18That's right. Get a hold of yourself. It's not that serious.
08:21Not serious? My little girl engaged?
08:25You were engaged a half a dozen times before you were married.
08:28Well, I was mature enough to know what I was doing.
08:33You're sure you want us to be engaged?
08:36You're absolutely positive you weren't just saying that because you didn't want to hurt my feelings?
08:41Oh, Eddie, I'd simply have perished if you said no.
08:47Your mother doesn't look very happy.
08:50She'll try and break us up. I know she will.
08:53She can't if we don't let her.
08:55Come on, honey. Don't worry.
08:59Now, dear, please eat your steak.
09:01Yeah, Miss Thompson, he fixed it just the way you like it.
09:04We didn't mean to upset you, Mrs. Thompson.
09:06I want to call Harry. He's got to come home immediately.
09:09It won't do any good. I'm not going to change my mind.
09:12Your being engaged don't mean you won't finish school, does it, Eddie?
09:15Oh, of course not. Why, we'll just work harder. That's all. Both of us.
09:19Oh, gee, Mrs. Thompson.
09:21It's ridiculous all this talk about being engaged.
09:23Nancy is nothing but a child, and I refuse to hear any more about it.
09:27I'm not a child. I'm 18.
09:30And neither you nor Daddy agree.
09:32Nancy, wait.
09:35Excuse us.
09:42You better take her up and lay her down, Mr. B.
09:45What's Aunt Deirdre acting so funny about?
09:48How come everybody's acting so funny?
09:50You're a fine little matchmaker, son.
09:52All he needs is a bow and arrow and a blue ribbon tied around his middle.
09:55How come?
09:57Harold, wouldn't you like to go next door and play with Mavis?
10:00How come every time there's something funny going on in this family, I've got to go play with Mavis?
10:05Harold.
10:06All right.
10:08Hazel, I'm so sorry.
10:10Oh, them kids don't want to get married no more than Harold does.
10:13That woman.
10:15Meaning no disrespect to Mr. B's sister, but she's just driving him into it, just as sure as I'm standing here.
10:20No, I don't know why Deirdre doesn't use a little psychology.
10:23The more she tries to keep them apart, the more determined they'll be to stay together.
10:27You hit the nail right on the head, Missy.
10:29Oh, I'd like to hit Deirdre right on the head.
10:31Meaning no disrespect.
10:33Eddie's the first big brain we ever had in the Burke family.
10:36He's just got to be an astro...
10:38a Sisyphus.
10:40A Sisyphus.
10:47The attention of the court is respectfully directed to the precedent established at Elwood versus Barnes,
10:53Superior Court State of...
10:57Yes, Miss Scott?
10:58Your wife's calling, Mr. Baxter, on one.
11:04Yes, honey, what is it? I'm kind of busy.
11:07Dorothy, will you speak up? I can hardly...
11:09I'm at Deirdre's, and I don't want her to hear me.
11:11What's happened now?
11:12She's in a terrible state, George.
11:14Evidently, she and Nancy argued most of the night,
11:16and when Deirdre woke up this morning, Nancy was gone.
11:19Gone? Gone where?
11:21We don't know. I came over as soon as she phoned, and...
11:24Hang on. I'm on the phone.
11:27I'm sorry, Mr. Baxter, but...
11:29Did you call a doctor?
11:31Yes, and he gave her a sedative, and we wired Harry.
11:33He's flying home on the two o'clock plane.
11:35George, can you meet him? Hold on a minute.
11:37Hang on. Look, Dorothy, I can't hang on.
11:39Dorothy? Dorothy!
11:41Just a minute, George.
11:43Deirdre, the doctor said you were to rest.
11:45George, Deirdre wants to talk to you.
11:47George? George?
11:49All right, Miss Scott, what is it? Hang on.
11:52Mr. Baxter, after all these years,
11:54you certainly should realize I wouldn't interrupt you
11:56unless it were vitally important.
11:58All right, Miss Scott, this is no time to have your feelings hurt.
12:01George. George, I'm at my wit's end.
12:04George? George?
12:07Hang on.
12:09George, the least you can do when your sister's in trouble
12:11is to stop your business long enough to...
12:13Yes, dear, just a moment. Hang on.
12:15Sorry, Miss Scott, I didn't mean to bark at you.
12:18What is it? It's Hazel.
12:20I told her you were talking to Mrs. Baxter,
12:22but she insisted that I break in.
12:24George, are you there? Never mind.
12:26If he's too busy to talk to his own sister
12:28at a time like this, just never mind.
12:30George, somebody has to pick up Harry at the airport.
12:33Oh, dear, please, you know George.
12:35George, are you there?
12:37I'm here. I'm here.
12:39Hang on. Hazel's on the other line.
12:41Shall I put her on or tell her to call back?
12:43She says she's running out of time.
12:45What is it, Hazel?
12:47Well, I wouldn't bother you at work, except it's very important,
12:50and I didn't want to phone Missy at Miss Thompson's.
12:53Hazel's on the line. Maybe she knows where Nancy is.
12:55Where are you? In a phone booth.
12:57She's in a phone...
12:59What are you doing in a phone...
13:01Hazel, never mind. Have you heard from Nancy?
13:03I'll say I have.
13:05What, that sister of yours don't know about psychology?
13:08No wonder all them kids can think of is getting married right away.
13:12Married?
13:13Married? Married?
13:16Well, I figured it wouldn't do no good to get into a tizzy.
13:18Now, wait a minute. One at a time.
13:20Dorothy, hang on.
13:22Hazel, hang on.
13:24Okay, Dorothy, I'm listening.
13:26George, she's fainted. Really fainted this time.
13:29Well, hang up and call a doctor.
13:33Hazel? Hazel?
13:35Oh, don't get so excited, Mr. B.
13:37They ain't married yet, and they ain't gonna be, not if I can help it.
13:40I'm gonna use psychology on them.
13:42Good for you, Hazel. I always knew I could depend on you in an emergency.
13:45Now, just keep them apart.
13:47Keep them apart nothing. I just got them a marriage license.
13:52Hazel! Hazel!
13:55A marriage license?
13:57She's out of her mind.
14:01Don't be upset, Deirdre.
14:03They aren't married yet, and Hazel will think of something.
14:06Hazel! Hazel!
14:08Imagine me introducing her as my son-in-law's aunt.
14:12Oh!
14:15License to wed.
14:18Edward Lionel Burke and Nancy Ann Thompson.
14:21I didn't know your middle name was Ann.
14:23I didn't know yours either.
14:25Lionel.
14:26There are an awful lot of things about each other we don't know.
14:29I like it, though. Lionel.
14:31It sounds sort of strong and brave.
14:34Well, now I got Harold all taken care of.
14:36I got nothing to do but help you kids.
14:39Now, this license ain't good for three days,
14:42so the first thing we gotta do is to find some place for Nancy to stay.
14:45A place for me to stay?
14:47Oh, sure. You can't go home.
14:49Three days of your mother's hysteria,
14:51and you'll be too exhausted to say, I do.
14:54I don't wanna go home.
14:55And it wouldn't be much better to go to the Baxter's.
14:58Don't worry, Nancy. We'll work something out.
15:00License to wed. Look at that fancy letter.
15:02And I didn't see how they do it for two dollars.
15:04They're gonna be married. Ain't that romantic?
15:09Aunt Hazel!
15:10Oh, well, it is. It's the most romantic thing that ever happened.
15:13Boy, if it was me getting married, I'd want the whole world to know it.
15:17Let's get a soda or something.
15:18Oh, no! You kids can't squander your money on sodas and things like that.
15:22Oh, golly, Aunt Hazel!
15:24I mean, sodas would buy a pound of hamburger.
15:27And this time next week, hamburger's gonna seem like mighty fine eating.
15:31Maybe she's right.
15:32Oh, on the other hand, you ain't married yet,
15:34so I guess you're entitled to one last fling.
15:37Hey, we haven't had any lunch.
15:40I bet you kids didn't even eat breakfast.
15:42Oh, I had a big breakfast. Ham and eggs and a dish of cereal.
15:45I don't know how you could eat a thing.
15:47Oh, but if we go to a restaurant, we'll have to leave a tip.
15:50And a dime saved is a dime earned.
15:53I tell you what.
15:54Why don't you two lovebirds go over and sit in the park
15:57and hold hands while I get us something to eat?
15:59Oh, I'll buy it.
16:00Oh, no. I know you want to be alone.
16:02You can pay me later.
16:04Come on, smile.
16:06This is the happiest time of your life.
16:12Nancy.
16:15Nancy, she's just trying to help us.
16:17I know.
16:19Eddie, we are gonna be happy, aren't we?
16:22Sure we are.
16:29I wonder what's keeping Aunt Hazel.
16:32Gee, Nancy, stop worrying.
16:34I wish you and Hazel would stop telling me not to worry.
16:37I'm not worried.
16:39It's just that I'm hungry and tired
16:41and I don't even know where I'm gonna sleep tonight.
16:44I'll work something out, honey. Just stop...
16:46I mean...
16:48I'm sorry, Eddie.
16:50You didn't even want to get married right away.
16:52Oh, sure I did.
16:53You just said it first, that's all.
16:55Honest?
16:56Honest.
16:57Well, here we are.
16:58How are my little lovebirds?
17:00Here's lunch.
17:01It ain't much, but it's filling.
17:03It'll allow you only 55 cents.
17:05You can pay me back when you get a job.
17:07A job?
17:08But he has to go to school next week.
17:10Well, you can't live at the men's dorm
17:12and you don't expect your folks to take care of you.
17:14I'd starve first.
17:16I'd help out a little, but you couldn't live on that.
17:18Oh, we aren't taking your money either, Aunt Hazel.
17:20Oh, no, Eddie.
17:21I wouldn't expect you to, except in an emergency.
17:23You know, like if one of you was sick
17:25or you had a baby before you planned
17:27or something like that.
17:29So I guess we better look at the help wanted ads.
17:31You can't give up that scholarship.
17:33I won't let you.
17:35Well, he could go to night school.
17:37Have you any idea how long that would take?
17:39But what does it matter as long as you're together?
17:42But they wouldn't let you carry more than five units going nights.
17:46How many was you planning on
17:48before you and Nancy decided to get married?
17:50Fifteen.
17:52Oh, well, that's a third. That ain't so bad.
17:54Let's say that's six years on the scholarship.
17:57That's three times six is...
18:00Eighteen years.
18:02Oh, that's a long time, isn't it?
18:04It's a lifetime.
18:06Oh, well, Eddie don't have to be an astrophysicist.
18:09Oh, yes, he does.
18:11And it's astrophysicist.
18:13I won't let you give up that scholarship, Eddie, to support me.
18:16I'll get a job.
18:18If I'm old enough to have a wife, I'm old enough to support one.
18:21Don't be a square.
18:23It's just till you get out of school.
18:25Say, Nancy, maybe we should...
18:28What?
18:30Oh, nothing.
18:33Well, a lot of the fellas have wives who work.
18:37Registered nurse.
18:39Key punch op.
18:41What's a key punch?
18:43Lab technician. Five hundred a month.
18:45Boy, that's a good job.
18:47Oh, but I guess you ain't got enough training for that.
18:50Um, payroll clerk.
18:52How's your bookkeeping?
18:54Office trainee.
18:57No experience necessary for bright, attractive girl willing to work.
19:01Two hundred and fifty a month, precisely.
19:04Two hundred and fifty a month to start.
19:07Oh, that sounds great.
19:09Oh, you won't have no trouble getting a job.
19:12I forgot to tell you my good news.
19:14What?
19:16Oh, Hazel, I'm sorry I've been such a grouch.
19:18But everything's gonna be all right now.
19:20I can get a job. I know I can.
19:22I found a place for you to live.
19:24That's what took me so long.
19:26You did? Where?
19:27Oh, just a little ways from here.
19:28I got the key right here.
19:30Come on, your own little love nest.
19:35There, there, mother, everything's all right.
19:38Danny's home now.
19:40George will figure out a way to get the marriage annulled.
19:42Hey, George.
19:43Well, after all, they're both 18.
19:44Oh, look, everybody, they aren't even married yet.
19:46And Hazel's there.
19:48It's all your fault.
19:49You and your democratic ideas.
19:52Now, wait just a little minute.
19:53You're just as bad.
19:54Sit down and eat, Hazel.
19:56That woman was served before I was.
19:58Your own sister.
19:59There, there, there.
20:00I'll never set foot in your house again as long as that woman is there.
20:03Now, calm down, Deidre.
20:04It isn't going to do any good to blame Hazel.
20:06Our main concern is the future of those kids.
20:08Well, where can they be?
20:17He said you can move in tonight.
20:19Oh, by the way, Eddie, he said he might be interested in buying your car.
20:23My car?
20:24Oh, sure, you're going to need money until Nancy gets her first paycheck.
20:27Anyway, you won't need an automobile.
20:29The bus goes right by the front door.
20:31And after you finish school and get a job as an astro thingamajig,
20:35well, you can get a new car.
20:36Them 1970 models will be doozies.
20:40Eddie, I know how much that car means to you.
20:43Oh, I don't care about a car.
20:45What's a car compared to a wife?
20:48Come on, kids.
20:49Here it is.
20:53Here?
20:54Yeah, one flat up, right over the store.
20:56Come on.
21:01Come on.
21:10Here we are.
21:19Of course, it don't get much sun.
21:22And it could stand a little fixing up.
21:25But for what you can afford to pay, it's a real bargain.
21:29And here's the kitchen.
21:33Oh, boy, look at that grease.
21:35Oh, well, I can come over tomorrow and help you scrub up.
21:41And here's the bathroom.
21:44It's got a busted faucet, but then Eddie can fix that.
21:51We should be able to find someplace better than this.
21:54Oh, what do you care where you live as long as you're together?
21:57And besides, it's too late to look around for anything this afternoon.
22:01Nancy's got to have someplace to spend the night.
22:04Here?
22:06All by myself?
22:08Oh, Eddie, don't leave me in this awful place.
22:11I won't, Nancy.
22:12Oh, for Pete's sake.
22:14Nancy, you're a big girl now.
22:16You're practically a married woman.
22:18Now, look here, Aunt Hazel.
22:19I'm getting tired of your trying to run our lives.
22:22Me, too. You're as bad as my mother.
22:24I know you're only trying to help us, but...
22:27Well, Nancy and I, we've got to make up our own minds.
22:31Everybody pushing and pulling and telling us what to do.
22:34We haven't had time to think.
22:36Oh, Eddie, I'm so mixed up.
22:38Fact one, I love you and you love me, right?
22:43And fact two, if we really do love each other,
22:47we're going to keep right on feeling that way, right?
22:51Right.
22:52And if we don't really love each other,
22:55it'd be pretty silly of us to get married and then find it out, right?
22:59Right.
23:00So what are we in such a hurry about?
23:03Oh, but what are you going to say to Nancy's folks?
23:06I'll tell you what we're going to say.
23:08And when we're able to support ourselves,
23:11then we'll ask your permission to get married.
23:13The way we've always talked about, Mother, with the church wedding
23:17and Daddy giving me away.
23:20And the honeymoon.
23:22Deirdre, this is what you wanted, isn't it?
23:46Hi, Dad.
23:47Hi, son.
23:49Well, here we are.
23:51Everything all right at the Thompson's?
23:53Oh, everything's just fine, Hazel.
23:55Oh, that's good.
23:56What made them change their minds?
23:58Oh, they're pretty smart kids.
23:59And I used a little psychology,
24:01a little something I remembered from that real estate course I took.
24:04You know, about overselling, Mr. B?
24:06Building up the future so rosy that the clients is bound to be disappointed.
24:11Sounds pretty dangerous to me.
24:13Well, it sure worked, Hazel.
24:15You were wonderful.
24:16Hazel, you were wonderful.
24:17You wash up, honey. Go on.
24:19Yeah, but there's something I want to tell Hazel.
24:22Oh, what do you want to tell me, sport?
24:30Hazel?
24:31All right, all right. Now, what's so funny?
24:34Harold and Mavis are engaged.
24:46THE END
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