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00:00Hazel go to bed yet? I think so can I get you something darling? I'll get you
00:05something. A little surprise. Chocolate! Why all the secrecy? I just don't want
00:14Hazel to know about it that's why. George it's not like you to be selfish. She
00:19couldn't have what's left over when I get through. I don't mind sharing but I
00:22just don't want to be rationed. When I eat candy I want to eat as much candy as
00:27I want to eat. Caramels my favorite. I just don't want somebody telling me how
00:33many pieces of candy I can have. I'm kind of hungry and I wondered if you folks would care to join me in a little midnight snack. No thanks Hazel. Oh you could have a cup of tea Mr. B that wouldn't be fattening. We don't need a thing Hazel. Oh well I just thought I'd ask.
00:52Night Missy. Good night Hazel. Night Mr. B. Sweet dreams. Thank you Hazel and the same to you.
01:00Yeah and be sure and give your teeth a good brushing Mr. B when you finish that candy.
01:22Okay now then. It all depends on whether that's a nine or a four.
01:52It's a four. Yeah that's what it is a four. I guess I'd better write it over huh Dad. Mr. B would you give me some advice on one of my investments? Why certainly Hazel. What's your problem? Well I've been investing in some stock in the Davidson vacuum cleaner corporation. Good company. Blue Chip. That's the kind of vacuum cleaner we have huh Hazel. Yes the best. Your dad only buys the best. Always pays in the long run. That's how come I started
02:19investing in that company.
02:21I figured if Mr. B. thinks well enough
02:23of this product to buy it,
02:24then it's a good company for me to invest in.
02:26So I've been buying one share of their stock
02:28every year for 11 years.
02:30Is our vacuum cleaner really that old?
02:32Oh, sure.
02:34Look, they'll be collecting that year's model
02:36as an antique soon.
02:37All right, Hazel,
02:39you wanted to talk to me about your stock.
02:42Oh, oh yeah.
02:43Well, I got this letter from a Mr. Gerald Starkey.
02:47He's the general manager of the company,
02:49and he wants to know if I'd send in my proxy
02:52so they could have it before the annual meeting.
02:55Do you think I ought to, Mr. B.?
02:57Well, Hazel, I own a few shares,
02:59but I really don't feel I know enough
03:01about the management of the company
03:03to advise you properly.
03:04I can ask around.
03:06Come to think of it,
03:07Mr. Griffin owns a large block of that stock.
03:10Well, this Mr. Starkey must be a real live wire
03:12because he said us stockholders
03:14can expect an extra dividend next year
03:16due to the potential sales of their new model.
03:19And look at this ad, Mr. B.
03:21Oh, Rosie says it's a doozy.
03:23It waxes floors and dusts and brushes your clothes
03:26and cleans drapes right on the window.
03:28It's the same model they use in office buildings, Mr. B.
03:31Well, our old cleaner won't clean the drapes.
03:34Oh, sure it don't,
03:36because it's got too much suction.
03:37This new model's got four different kinds of suction.
03:40And Rosie says it's light as a feather.
03:42It's made of plastic.
03:43You know the thing they make these nose cones out of?
03:46Oh, boy, a nose cone.
03:47And it doesn't need no oil in.
03:49Hold it, hold it.
03:49Son, we're not going into orbit.
03:51And we can at least afford three drops of oil a year.
03:54Oh, sure.
03:55Besides, I'm a reasonable man.
03:57Of course you are, darling.
03:58Why is it we always have to go through
04:00this kind of rigmarole before you get to the point, Hazel?
04:03Oh, gee, I...
04:03If we need a new vacuum cleaner,
04:05why don't you just come out and tell me so?
04:07All right, we need a new vacuum cleaner at Davidson.
04:10All right, we'll get one.
04:13How much do they cost?
04:14Well, counting the allowance that Mr. Zimmerman's
04:17going to give me for the old model, $137.50.
04:21$137?
04:23And 50 cents.
04:25Well, that's ridiculous.
04:26Better go back to the rigamarole, Hazel.
04:28Why, I've seen vacuum cleaners advertised
04:30for one third that price.
04:31Not at Davidson.
04:33Oh, a Davidson can't be that much better.
04:35Well, I wouldn't use nothing else.
04:36It wouldn't be loyal to my company.
04:39Well, then you can just get along with the old one.
04:41I'm not about to pay $137 for a new vacuum cleaner
04:44and that's that.
04:48Boy, ain't I a doozy?
04:50Dorothy, I'm leaving.
04:51Oh, Mr. B., come see the new vacuum cleaner you bought me.
04:54And when you finish, you just pull the plug out of the wall,
04:57give a tug on the cord.
05:00There you are.
05:01Isn't that marvelous, George?
05:03You can't beat a Davidson.
05:05Well, I'll be getting back to the store
05:07and if anything goes wrong, you just give me a ring.
05:11Nothing better go wrong with it.
05:13$137.
05:15Come on, Smiley.
05:16Come on, boy.
05:17Now, sit.
05:18Sit, Smiley.
05:19Sit, Smiley.
05:20That's a good dog.
05:21Can we try it now, Hazel?
05:22Boy, wait until you see this, Dad.
05:24All right, okay.
05:25You put the plug in, sport.
05:31Smiley, will you get down?
05:32This attachment takes the loose hands off the dog
05:35before they get on the furniture.
05:38Down, Smiley.
05:40Even takes the fleas off the dog.
05:42Isn't that something?
05:44Sit down, Smiley.
05:45Sit, Smiley.
05:46It isn't gonna hurt.
05:47It'll feel good.
05:48There we go.
05:49Hey, Smiley.
05:50Hey, Smiley.
05:51Of course, you got to catch the dog first.
05:55Just look at my clothes.
05:56Oh, well, let me get them hands off with the vacuum, Mr. B.
06:00Hazel, will you watch out?
06:01Hazel, will you shut that thing off?
06:02You know, it takes a little while to get the hang of it.
06:03Stand still, Mr. B.
06:04You're as bad as Smiley.
06:05You're as bad as Smiley.
06:06You're as bad as Smiley.
06:07You're as bad as Smiley.
06:08You're as bad as Smiley.
06:09You're as bad as Smiley.
06:10You're as bad as Smiley.
06:11You're as bad as Smiley.
06:12You're as bad as Smiley.
06:13Hazel, listen to me.
06:14There.
06:15There.
06:16Now, look at that.
06:17Ain't that something?
06:18Oh, this machine's a doozy.
06:19How's that?
06:20A ten-cent brush at the dime store would've done as well.
06:24Goodbye, darling.
06:25You have a nice day now.
06:26Yes, I will.
06:27Ooh, listen to that.
06:28Just purrs like a kitten.
06:29Maybe the plug pulled out of the wall.
06:47That's what I see here.
06:48No.
06:49It says, push on button.
06:50Yeah.
06:51And then press lever A. I did that.
06:56And then, uh, select suction buttons one to four.
07:00I did all that.
07:05That's all I needed.
07:06Just a little nudge.
07:09Ah, yeah.
07:16Let me try.
07:21Well, now what do we do?
07:22Well, all we gotta do is to just call Mr. Zimmerman
07:26and hope he gets it fixed before Mr. B gets home.
07:48Is it a loose connection?
07:49Oh, that's hardly likely, Hazel.
07:51I'm sorry I couldn't get here any earlier, Mrs. Baxter.
07:56Is it gonna take very long?
07:57I'd hate Mr. B to come in and discover
07:59that something was wrong with his brand new Davidson.
08:02Well, it seems all right to me.
08:04Now, let's try it.
08:08Well, it's working again.
08:10What did you do to it?
08:11I'm not a thing.
08:13You must have kicked the off lever by mistake.
08:16No, I didn't.
08:17It was working along fine.
08:18And then all of a sudden it went...
08:21And then it just went off.
08:23You're sure it ain't a loose connection?
08:25No.
08:27We're sorry to have bothered you, Mr. Zimmerman.
08:29Oh, that's quite all right.
08:31I don't think you'll have any more trouble with it.
08:33But if you do, you just give me a ring.
08:36I still think it's a loose connection.
08:43Ladies, there's something wrong with that machine.
08:49Oh!
09:10Is it gonna take very long, Mr. Zimmerman?
09:14There he is.
09:15Oh, boy, I'm in for it now.
09:18I think how nice to have you home early.
09:21Oh, is there something the matter with our $137.50 Davidson vacuum cleaner?
09:26Oh, no, Mr. B. There ain't nothing to worry about.
09:28It ain't gonna cost nothing, right, Mr. Zimmerman?
09:31Ah-ha!
09:32Did you find the trouble?
09:34Ah-ha, just what I thought.
09:36A loose connection.
09:39Well, as long as it's guaranteed.
09:41Oh, well, that's the beauty of a Davidson, Mr. B.
09:43If anything goes wrong, they just fix it without no argument.
09:46Well, it should work fine now.
09:48Well, thank you for coming so promptly, Mr. Zimmerman.
09:51Oh, not at all.
09:53The Davidson Company likes to keep its customers happy.
09:56Goodbye.
09:57Bye.
09:58Oh, no, he's a lot of trouble.
09:59Oh, thanks, Mr. B.
10:01Gee, it's real nice of you not to rub it in.
10:04What do you mean, rub it in?
10:05Well, I mean me pounding you to get a Davidson and then going wrong the very first thing.
10:10Well, as long as they back up their guarantee.
10:13No!
10:15Yoo-hoo, Mr. Zimmerman!
10:17Come back!
10:26Stay, Smiley.
10:27Don't worry.
10:28Hazel, come quick.
10:30Bring the vacuum.
10:31Hazel!
10:34Get that dog out of here, Howard.
10:43Just look at the mud on this carpet.
10:45Smiley didn't mean to.
10:47That's okay, boy.
10:49I'll have it cleaned up in a minute.
10:51I'll help you.
10:53Come on, boy.
10:58Some of the wheels came off.
11:01This is Hazel Burke at the Baxter residence.
11:03Is Mr. Zimmerman there?
11:31There now.
11:32That ought to do it.
11:33Well, we're certainly grateful to you for coming so promptly, Mr. Zimmerman.
11:37Oh, that's my job.
11:39The Davidson Company likes to keep its customers happy.
11:42Well, goodbye again.
11:44Bye.
11:45Bye-bye.
11:52Missy!
11:53Missy!
11:56Missy!
11:57Missy!
11:58Missy!
12:00Missy!
12:02Is this the general manager's office?
12:05Well, my name is Hazel Burke, and I'd like to talk to him.
12:09What about?
12:10About a no-good vacuum cleaner, that's what about.
12:14Well, I already talked to your complaint department.
12:18What do you mean Mr. Starkey can't help me?
12:21Oh, he's holding sales meetings, huh?
12:24Well, what about tomorrow?
12:26What about tomorrow?
12:28He's holding them then, too?
12:30Well, I should think he'd be just as interested in making his machines work as he is in selling them.
12:36Oh, boy.
12:38Well, do this for me, will you, miss?
12:40Save me a seat at your stockholders' meeting.
12:43Yeah, I'm a stockholder.
12:46The name is Hazel Burke.
12:50Mr. Griffin has to fly to the coast for a few days, and he wants me to vote his Davidson stock for him.
12:53Oh, do you have to go to the stockholders' meeting?
12:55Yes, there's some kind of a shake-up being planned.
12:58A few of the board members want to put Gerald Starkey, the new general manager, in as president.
13:02But old man Davidson is not going to retire unless he's forced into it.
13:06I want to find out what both sides have to say.
13:09George, why don't you tell Hazel and maybe she'll let you vote her proxies, too.
13:13No, no, no, I don't even want to mention the fact that I'm going to the meeting.
13:16No matter how I voted, Hazel would think I should have done the opposite.
13:19But suppose she does the wrong thing?
13:21Believe me, her 11 shares won't make any difference in the outcome.
13:28Bye, Hazel. I'll see you tonight.
13:30Bye, Mr. B. Have a nice day.
13:32I'll walk you to the car, darling.
13:33Glad to see it's working all right again.
13:35Oh, sure. Everything's fine since the last time.
13:42And a bliss to you, too.
13:49Thank you very much.
13:51George Baxter, 200 shares.
13:54And my proxy for Mr. Harvey Griffin, 2,000 shares.
13:58Thank you, Mr. Baxter.
13:59Thank you very much.
14:02How do you do? I'm Gerald Starkey, the general manager.
14:05How do you do?
14:06Oh, and this is Mr. Merriweather, who's running for the board of governors.
14:09How do you, sir?
14:10Have you been through the factory, Mr. Baxter?
14:12We like our family to know everything about our product.
14:14Well, perhaps after the meeting.
14:16Good. I'll show you around myself.
14:19Hello, Anthony.
14:21Hello, Mrs. Mott, please.
14:23Go right inside.
14:25Thank you, dear. Thank you very much.
14:28Mrs. Mott, how nice it is to see you.
14:32You look charming as always.
14:34Oh, Charlie, please. You don't have to butter me up.
14:36I'm going to vote for you anyway.
14:40Maybe she will and maybe she won't.
14:42But don't worry about it, Jerry. It's in the bag.
14:44It's never in the bag till the vote's in.
14:52Your name, please?
14:54Burke. Miss Hazel Burke.
14:56And how many shares are you voting?
14:58Eleven.
15:01Thank you, Miss Burke.
15:03Oh, thank you.
15:05How do you do?
15:07I'm Gerald Starkey.
15:09And this is Mr. Merriweather, who's running for election to the board of directors.
15:12How do you do?
15:14We're awfully glad you could come.
15:16Yes. Wouldn't you like to leave the vacuum cleaner outside?
15:19And have somebody wash it?
15:21And walk off with it? Oh, no thanks.
15:23Oh, there's Mr. B. Yoo-hoo!
15:25Mr. B!
15:27Hi, Mr. B.
15:29Imagine seeing you here.
15:31I didn't know you was going to be at this meeting.
15:33Why didn't you tell me you were coming?
15:35We could have driven down together.
15:37Would you mind moving over one, please?
15:39Thanks a million.
15:41And you better move over too, Mr. B,
15:43so I can get this thing out of the aisle
15:45so it won't trip people up.
15:47Hazel.
15:49There we are.
15:51Oh, dear.
15:53Oh, well, Mr. B, it got busted again,
15:55and I thought I'd bring it here
15:57so maybe somebody at the factory could fix it
15:59so it would stay fixed.
16:01May I?
16:03Oh, oh, sure.
16:05Hazel, I'll get that.
16:07Would you move, please?
16:11Oh, you're welcome, I'm sure.
16:21Certainly is a lot of reading matter.
16:23Would you explain this to me, Mr. B?
16:27Certainly, Hazel.
16:29I'm so glad we ran into each other.
16:31Ain't you glad, Mr. B?
16:33Ladies and gentlemen, please come to order.
16:38And what I'm sure most of you are interested in,
16:41higher dividends.
16:48Mr. Davidson, would you like to say a few words?
16:56Ladies and gentlemen, the founder of our company,
16:58and since its inception,
17:00our president, Mr. Ralph Davidson.
17:06He looks kind of sad, don't he?
17:08Nobody likes to step down.
17:10Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen.
17:12There isn't much I can say to you.
17:15You know what this company means to me.
17:18We've always tried to manufacture
17:19the best product possible.
17:21To make the name Davidson synonymous with quality.
17:25I hope that no matter what decisions
17:27are reached here today,
17:29that that policy will continue.
17:31Two members of our board are up for re-election,
17:33Mr. Summers and Mr. Averill.
17:36I intend to vote for them, and I hope that you will too.
17:44Well,
17:46you all have copies of our financial reports
17:49and our plans for the coming year.
17:51If there are no questions,
17:53we will proceed directly to the voting.
17:55Mr. Chairman.
17:56Hazel.
17:57I got a question.
17:59Oh, certainly.
18:01Will you state your name, please?
18:03Burke, Miss Hazel Burke.
18:05And what I want to know is, what are we voting for?
18:07Well, I thought that was quite simple, Miss Burke.
18:10Mr. Summers and Mr. Averill
18:12are running for re-election to the board.
18:14Opposing them are Mr. Merriweather and Mr. Drum.
18:16Oh, yeah, I know all that.
18:17Mr. Baxter explained that to me.
18:19This is Mr. Baxter.
18:20Take a bow, Mr. Baxter.
18:22Is Lisa down?
18:24He's kind of bagful.
18:26What is your question?
18:28Well, the way Mr. Baxter explained it to me is
18:30that if the members of the board,
18:32Mr. Summers and Mr. Averill,
18:34get re-elected,
18:36then Mr. Davidson will go on as president, right?
18:39I am sure that each member of the board
18:42will vote according to his decision
18:44as to the best interests of the future of the company.
18:47Oh, I haven't any doubt about that, but...
18:49Hazel, will you please sit down?
18:51But, uh, this will only take a second.
18:54But if the other two here,
18:56Mr. Merriweather and Mr. Drum get elected,
18:59well, then they'll retire Mr. Davidson
19:01and put Mr. Stocky in as president, right?
19:04Mr. Chairman, may we get to the business at hand?
19:07Yeah, yeah.
19:09Unless your question relates directly to the voting,
19:11I'm afraid I'll have to rule you out of order, Miss Burke.
19:13It sure does relate.
19:15What we're really voting for
19:17is who's going to be president, right?
19:19Well, uh...
19:21Yes, you might put it that way.
19:24Just what is your question?
19:26I want to know who's responsible
19:28for this lemon of the vacuum cleaner.
19:32Hey, do not wait.
19:34Do not wait.
19:38Will this meeting come to order?
19:41Miss Burke, will you kindly take your seat?
19:43Let her talk!
19:45I ain't saying they're all like ours,
19:47but I know my friend Rosie's got one that works perfect.
19:49But I can't be the only one that got a lemon.
19:51I know I'd never get another Davidson cleaner.
19:53And what's more,
19:55I'm thinking of selling my stock
19:57before the word gets around.
19:59Mr. Chairman, may I please have the floor?
20:01Mr. Stocky.
20:04Naturally, there are a few defective cleaners
20:06that get by our inspection.
20:09Well, now, this is to be expected,
20:11especially because of a new model.
20:13But all any customer has to do
20:14is to call the store where he bought his machine
20:16and a specially trained repairman
20:18will be glad to come to the house.
20:20And how much does that cost our stockholders?
20:22I can't tell you how many times
20:24the repairman's been to our house
20:26and it still don't work.
20:28Look at this.
20:30It comes right off in your hand.
20:32It seems to me it'd be cheaper in the first place
20:34to make them right.
20:36Oh, I know.
20:38Miss Burke.
20:45Come on, come on.
20:50This machine is a disgrace to the name of Davidson.
20:53Mr. Chairman.
20:55Ladies and gentlemen, may we please have order.
20:57Let's get on with the vote.
20:59Hear, hear.
21:01Mr. Chairman.
21:03Yes, Mrs. Mott.
21:05May we please hear what Mr. Davidson has to say?
21:07Thank you, Mrs. Mott.
21:09And I second the motion.
21:11And I thank you also.
21:13As president of the company,
21:15I take entire responsibility
21:17for any errors in management that have been made.
21:19And I give full credit
21:21to our young general manager, Gerald Starkey,
21:23for convincing us that it was time
21:25the Davidson company came out with a new model.
21:27However, if I continue as president,
21:29I promise all of you
21:31that although I shall continue to rely
21:33on Mr. Starkey's talents in sales and advertising,
21:36I shall resume full control of manufacturing.
21:39I intend to put the emphasis of the company
21:40back where it belongs,
21:42the making of satisfied customers.
21:44Henceforth, our primary concern
21:46will be a quality product
21:48thoroughly inspected and fully guaranteed.
21:53Now, that answers my question.
21:55No hard feelings,
21:57but I'm voting for Mr. Averill and Mr. Summers
21:59because I think the Davidson company
22:01should be run by a Davidson.
22:05Congratulations, congratulations.
22:07Thank you, Mr. Starkey.
22:08Thank you, Mr. Starkey.
22:10Congratulations, Mr. Davidson.
22:12Mr. Baxter, thank you.
22:14And me too.
22:16Thank you, thank you very, very much, Miss Bertram.
22:18And to think I told Dorothy
22:20your 11 votes wouldn't make any difference.
22:26Another piece, Missy?
22:28No, Hazel, I couldn't possibly.
22:30One for me.
22:32I'll see if Harold wants another piece.
22:34It ain't as if I begrudge it to you, Mr. B.
22:36Okay, I didn't want another piece anyway.
22:38What's the matter with it?
22:45Oh, Mr. Davidson, what are you doing here?
22:48May I come in?
22:50Oh, gee, you surprised me so I forgot my manicure.
22:52Come right in.
22:54Oh, Mr. Davidson.
22:56Let me take your hat.
22:58Dorothy, this is Mr. Davidson,
23:00president of the Davidson Vacuum Cleaner Company.
23:02Well, how do you do, Mr. Davidson?
23:04Why don't you come in and sit down?
23:06I just stopped by to deliver this.
23:09Oh!
23:11Did you see what I see?
23:13It's got my name on it.
23:15It's guaranteed to last a lifetime.
23:17Oh, boy.
23:19Oh, you get a new one free of charge.
23:21Mr. Davidson, it's simply beautiful.
23:23Terrific.
23:25Oh, it's a doozy.
23:27Now, let's see how it works, all right?
23:29Oh, wait till Rosie sees this.
23:34Boy, ain't the motor quiet, though?
23:35You'd hardly know it was...
23:53Hazel, where are you?
23:55Here!
23:56Hazel!
23:57This is my son, Harold, Mr. Davidson.
23:59Oh, hiya, Harold.
24:01Fine.
24:02Hazel, my electric train stopped working
24:04just like it did the last time.
24:06It did?
24:08Oh, Harold's electric train is always blowing the fuse.
24:11This wall plug and the one in the den
24:13is on the same circuit.
24:16No wonder the vacuum cleaner won't work.
24:20Now, listen to that.
24:22It's just purring like a kitten.
24:25Imagine me
24:27with my own personalized vacuum cleaner.
24:33That's what I'm talking about.
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