06x13 - Aunt Bee Takes a Job

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♪ [Whistling]

andy, did you hear what happened to clara cartwright?

No, what? Got a job.

Oh.

From the way you said it, I thought she got run over or somethin'.

No, she got a job at the bakery days a week.

Oh.

She's older than I am you know, andy.

Good.

Her birthday's august st and mine is march th.

That's just days short of months.

That's good.

[Laughing]

that moon mullins is somethin'.

There she was. Staring at the walls.

Children are grown, you know,

and it doesn't take her any time to do her housework.

She wanted to be active.

Mmm, I think it's a good idea.

You do? Mmm.

Andy, uh, turn to page in the other section.

In the other section?

Page .

There we go.

Now, look at the want ads.

Boy, there's a lot of 'em today.

Look, just at the... The rd one from the bottom.

I put a cross there. Mmm.

"Wanted, female. Easy part-time work.

Afternoons, apply in person, main street."

That's hanson's old print shop.

Don't tell me somebody's gonna open that thing up again.

There must be, andy.

You're not thinkin' about going down there looking for a job.

Well, why not, andy? It's only in the afternoons.

I wouldn't be neglecting the housework.

It'd be fun, andy.

Oh, aunt bee, I don't know.

Well, you thought it was all right for clara cartwright to take a job.

Well, yeah, but...

You don't have any experience in the business world.

Andy, we're often unaware of the capabilities of those closest to us.

Well...

Oh. Hello, violet rose.

Well, hi there.

Well, what are you doing here?

Well, I came about answering the ad.

For the job?

Yes.

Oh.

[Laughing]

oh.

I thought you were working at the coal company.

No, I left. It was so far out of town.

I'd rather be here on main street in the heart of things.

You know, where the action is.

[Laughs]

who's next?

She was. I was.

This way, please.

[Door closing]

[laughing]

well, thank you, mr. Kingsley.

You, uh, have my number.

Yes, and thank you very much, miss schumacher.

Good luck.

What do you think?

Well, she seemed rather bright, don't you think?

Mmm. Let's talk to the next applicant.

Hello. Would you step in, please?

Yes. Certainly.

May I introduce myself? I'm ralph kingsley.

I'm beatrice taylor.

This is my partner, arnold finch.

How do you do? Hello, mr. Finch.

Won't you sit down, please, miss taylor? Make yourself right at home.

Tell us something about yourself.

Former jobs and so forth.

If you don't mind.

Well, mr. Kingsley,

I'm going to be honest with you.

After all, honesty is the best policy, don't you think?

Oh, yes, yes, honesty. Yes.

Of course. Admirable quality.

Well, I haven't worked in a number of years

and I don't type and I don't take dictation

and I'm not very good at figures.

The only reason I'm here is that I have so much time on my hands.

You see, I live with my nephew and his son and they're lovely people.

But they're gone most of the day.

And it doesn't take me any time to do my housework,

and there I am staring at the walls.

You know what I mean?

Yes.

A-andy. Andy.

I got the job.

You did? Yes.

Mr. Finch and mr. Kingsley said I was just the person

they were looking for.

Well, congratulations, aunt bee. Yes.

And guess who I b*at out of the job. Who?

Violet rose schumacher.

From the coal company?

Yes, that stuck-up one.

Well, I certainly am happy for you, aunt bee.

And they are in the printing business, huh?

Yes, and works out perfectly.

The hours are from : to :

and they're going to pay me $ a week.

$ ?

What do you have to do, aunt bee?

Practically nothing. I just answer the phone and take some orders.

It's a much better job than clara cartwright's.

She has her hands in dough all day.

[Both laughing]

oh, I'd better hurry. I start tomorrow.

Goodbye.

Good luck, aunt bee. Bye.

Well, that's great. Yeah.

Well, I certainly wish those fellas a lot of luck.

Old man hanson went broke over there.

And the fellas before him didn't do much better.

Oh, well, that was... That was probably mismanagement, andy.

You know, there's nothing wrong with the printing business.

A good printing shop can be a money-making thing.

Mmm. Arnold, you're an artist.

It is nice, isn't it?

Getting a lot better detail.

Thanks.

I sent out word that we're back in business again.

Uh, do you think we're gonna be all right in this town, ralph?

Better than ever.

With our little lady, miss taylor, out front there,

this whole thing will take on

a complete air of respectability.

[Chuckling]

well, uh, let's print up some money. All right.

No, no. Leave it on.

Well, i-i-it binds me. Leave it on.

[Door closing]

shh.

[Yelps] it's the police.

You cover me. I'll go out and talk to him.

Yes?

Uh, are you mr. Kingsley? That's right.

My name is... Is taylor.

I'm the sheriff. Oh?

And I just came over to welcome you to town.

Oh, thank you very much, sheriff.

Yeah, we're always very happy to welcome new business to mayberry.

And, uh, one other thing.

I... I wanted to thank you for hiring my aunt bee.

She's very excited about the job.

Your aunt bee?

Oh, you mean miss taylor is your...

That's right, she's my aunt.

Well, how do you like that?

That nice lady who works for us

is the aunt of a sheriff.

Isn't that nice?

Listen, she doesn't have a world of experience,

but I know that she'll do her very best to do a good job for you.

Well, good. Good.

You just tell her what you want her to do and she'll do it.

That's wonderful to know.

[Both laughing]

oh, arnold. (Arnold) yes?

We have a visitor.

Put away whatever you're doing and pop out here.

(Arnold) all right.

I don't mean to take up your time.

It's all right.

Oh, uh, sheriff, may I present my partner, mr. Arnold finch.

Sheriff dropped in to welcome us to mayberry.

Oh.

Well, just don't stand there. Come on out and say hello to the sheriff.

Well, how do you do?

[Laughing nervously] it's very nice to meet you.

You know something else, arnold?

What?

Miss taylor is the sheriff's aunt.

His aunt?

Isn't that a happy coincidence?

[Both laughing]

yes, yes. His aunt? Why, that's great.

Well, uh, I better be running along.

If there's ever anything any of us can do, just let us know.

We certainly will, sheriff.

Bye. Goodbye, sir.

[Door opening]

[door closing] ralph, I think we should have hired violet rose schumacher.

No.

We couldn't be in better hands.

Mr. Kingsley.

Oh, miss taylor, uh, right on time, I see.

Yes, I like to be prompt.

Of course. Miss taylor, about coming in the back room, uh,

mr. Finch is something of an artist, you see.

And he gets very nervous when he's disturbed.

Oh, no, no, I won't disturb him.

I understand about artists.

Well, what I wanted to see you about

is that I have an order for you. An order?

I called a friend of mine and I sold her

dozen sheets of blue linen stationary

with her initials and a rose.

Miss taylor, you shouldn't have gone to all this trouble.

But that's no trouble at all.

I want to be all the help I can.

As a matter of fact, I've got another order for you.

I'll write it up.

Another order?

Business cards for my nephew.

It'll surprise him.

Hmm, of course. Yes.

Thank you. Thank you very much.

Oh, good afternoon. May I help you?

Yeah. My name is clark.

You got some wedding announcements for me?

Well, I don't know. I'll have to ask mr. Kingsley.

Mr. Kingsley.

Yes? Mr. Clark is here for some wedding announcements.

Of course. Be with you in a moment.

He'll bring them right out. Mmm.

The announcements are for yourself, mr. Clark? Huh?

Oh, yeah. Yeah.

Oh, congratulations.

When is the happy day?

Thursday, I guess.

Uh, I mean, uh, that's what it is. Thursday.

Oh, you bridegrooms. You're all alike.

Here you are, mr. Clark. I think you'll be quite satisfied.

Well, we'll see.

This going to be a church wedding, mr. Clark?

Huh? Oh, yeah. Yeah.

Oh, good.

There's nothing like a church wedding to set a couple off right.

It's something you'll remember all the rest of your life.

Yeah. But just remember one thing, mr. Clark.

Marriage is give and take.

Give a little and take a little.

The first year's the hardest.

Yeah. So long. So long.

Awfully thin.

Well, you'll see.

Once he's married, it'll fatten him up.

Yes, of course.

Telegram, andy. It's for you.

Oh, thanks.

Uh-oh. Important, andy?

[Whistles]

counterfeit bills in raleigh.

Yeah.

Means they might be showin' up here pretty soon.

Right.

I guess what we better do is notify all the merchants

to be on the lookout for large bills that don't look right to 'em.

It's a good idea, andy. Yeah.

Well, let's go. Hmm? Oh, yeah.

You know, andy, I can spot a counterfeit bill a mile away.

See, my eyes were trained for that at the sheriff's academy.

Yeah. Very simple if you know what you're looking for.

, , , , , ...

Good afternoon, gentlemen. Oh, uh, yes?

I, uh, I'm the deputy sheriff here in mayberry.

Oh, yes, it's, uh, very nice to see you, uh...

Isn't it, arnold?

Uh, yes... Yes... Yes. Nice of you to drop in.

Thank you.

Well, you see, the reason I'm here,

we have counterfeiters operating in the northern part of the state.

Yeah. So we're out warning all you merchants

to be on the lookout for any bills you might get,

you know, during your normal daily transaction

that might look the least bit, uh, phony.

We'll certainly be on the alert. Just drop in anytime.

Yes, yes, uh, don't make yourself so scarce.

Oh, well... Oh, if you do see a bill that looks the least bit phony,

you bring it right to me.

You see, uh, my eyes,

they're specially trained for that type of thing.

We're certainly glad you put us on the alert.

Hey, is that a $ bill? Uh...

Could I see that for a minute?

Now, it's very simple if you know what you're looking for, see?

The trained eye of the lawman can always spot it.

Now, you see this picture of hamilton here?

Huh? Huh? Yeah. Yeah.

See the shading under his eyes?

Huh? Huh? Yeah. Yeah.

Now see, this is where they always slip up.

They never ever get that shading right. They never get it right.

Well, we're certainly glad you've put us on the alert, uh, aren't we, arnold?

Uh, yeah... Yeah, that... That... That's nice to know.

Oh, well, it's just our job, you know?

I mean, we're here to protect your safety.

[Clearing throat] frankly, deputy, uh,

I never felt safer in all my life.

We'll see you. Of course. Good day, sir.

Oh, it has, huh?

Well, boy, I'm sure sorry to hear that, d*ck.

When did they start showin' up?

Uh-huh.

Just $ s, huh?

No kiddin'? Siler city, too?

Well, yeah. Looks like they're comin' closer to us.

I'll notify the bank.

Right.

Thanks for callin', d*ck. Right. Bye.

Hey, warren.

Yes, andy?

Well, counterfeit bills are startin' to show up in siler city.

Oh, they're getting closer, andy. We could be next. It's possible.

Well, what are we gonna do? Nothin'.

Nothin'? Mmm-hmm.

We're just gonna sit around and wait for these characters?

Yeah. Yeah. Huh? Huh?

There's nothing we can do, warren.

We'll just have to wait till somethin' shows up here.

"Bee taylor."

"$ ."

Oh, hello, mr. Clark. Hi.

How did the wedding come off? The wedding?

Oh. Oh, fine. Everything went fine.

Do you know, you look a different man already?

You know your cheeks are fuller?

Yes, thanks. You got a package for me?

I don't know. I'll just take a look.

Yes. Here we are.

Oh, no.

There must be some mistake. Mistake?

These are marked "birth announcements."

Yeah, that's... That's what we ordered.

You just got married.

Well, well, uh, we're adopting a kid.

Oh, isn't that nice? A boy or a girl?

Yeah. Uh, I mean, a boy.

Oh, I hope these are the right color. Do you want me to check?

No, no. I'm... I'm sure they'll be ok.

Mr. Clark. Yes?

Would you do me a favor?

The bank is closed. It's after : .

Would you cash a check for me? How much is it for?

$ . It's my paycheck from mr. Kingsley.

I think I can do that.

Here we are. And here you are.

Oh, thank you very much. You're welcome

goodbye. Goodbye, mr. Clark.

Aunt bee, I'm home.

Hello, andy. Hi.

I thought I'd come home a little early today.

What's the matter?

Why? You're smilin' funny.

Well, don't you see anything different?

Oh, new dress.

Mmm-hmm. I got it at weaver's this afternoon.

That's nice. What's the occasion?

My first paycheck.

Oh, I know you'll think I'm foolish,

but I spent almost the whole thing this afternoon.

On the dress?

Oh, no, no. This was $ . .

But look what I got opie.

Wow!

And $ worth of groceries.

We're gonna have a real celebration dinner tonight.

Well, it looks like.

You blew the whole check, huh?

Well, why not? It's one of many.

Yeah, I guess so. Here. I didn't forget you, either.

Oh, you didn't have to do that.

What in the world could it be? Well, open it.

Oh, boy. Business cards.

You like them? I sure do.

"Andrew taylor, sheriff of mayberry."

Green ink.

[Telephone ringing]

I'll get that.

[Clearing throat]

hello.

Well... Well...

Well, wait a minute, mr. Weaver. Wait a minute.

You're talkin' so loud, I can't understand you.

Now, try to take it easy.

What?

Really?

Well, stay right where you are.

I'll come down and take a look at it.

Right. I'll be there in a few minutes. Bye.

I've got to go.

Is it something serious?

Yeah. A counterfeit bill has shown up in mayberry.

Ooh.

[Door closing] oh, dear.

What're you gonna do about this, andy?

I get this $ bill today, and tomorrow a $ , and the next day a $ .

I can't take that kind of loss. I know, mr. Weaver.

Andy, they're hittin' all over.

I was over at the bank a while ago,

more counterfeit bills have shown up. Where they come from?

Right here at foley's grocery and the other at johnson's sporting goods.

And I got one, too!

Andy, mayberry's a target. It's time for action.

Yeah, you got to do something. Well, what do you suggest we do?

Throw a ring around the town. That's right, throw a ring around the town.

Well, there's just two of us. Now, that doesn't make much of a ring.

But you've got to do something. I will, mr. Weaver, I will.

Warren, go tell... Go tell all the merchants...

Uh, just tell them not to take any $ bills.

Got you, andy. Here, here are the tacks.

Put them up wherever the bills... Go on. Go on.

What are you gonna do about this one, andy?

[Door closing]

well, uh,

there's $ ,

and there's $ ,

and, uh, i, uh, I owe you cents.

[Door closing]

weaver's, grocery store, sporting goods store...

Mr. Kingsley, I thought I should tell you,

counterfeit bills are turning up in mayberry.

Now, we must be very careful,

because in a business like ours, we can't afford to take losses.

Oh!

Oh, mr. Finch, is there anything wrong?

Uh, no, no.

It's just, uh, a... A little stomach thing I get now and then.

I... I... I'll be all right.

Oh, I thought I should tell you.

Yes, fine, fine. Thank you.

Thank you very, very much.

I can't understand it.

All those bills were supposed to go out of town.

Come on, let's get out of here.

I've just told mr. Kingsley and mr. Finch.

Yes. Counterfeit bills!

Yes, you should watch out, clara. We all should.

Oh, what's this?

Oh, uh, we... We're closing up.

Oh, just a minute. Excuse me, clara.

But why? We've hit a slump. That's business.

Oh, but I'm sure things will improve. We've just started.

Uh, w-w-would you mind?

Oh, my.

Oh, dear.

Now, if you don't succeed at first, try, try again.

All right. Yeah. Oh, yes, you're right.

Oh, dear.

You know, I think you're making a great mistake.

Well, we have to go where the money is. Uh, would you mind?

The door, please.

Oh, dear.

Move it, arnold. Get it in there.

Oh, I hate for you to leave mayberry. Ok.

You're such nice gentlemen. Well, thank you.

It's so pleasant to work for you.

Our business was coming along just fine.

Mr. Kingsley!

[Tires screeching]

I'm sorry. We, uh, locked bumpers.

I'll get it loose for you in a second.

See, I'm out spreadin' the word.

Those counterfeit bills have shown up right here in mayberry.

They're going out of business. They say we're in a slump.

Oh. Hey, wait a minute, fellas.

You know, I been meaning to talk to you about that.

You see, if you don't advertise,

you can't expect to do business.

Will you help us get this thing loose? Oh, sure. Yeah.

See, what it is, if... If people don't know you're in business,

well, they can't come and trade with you.

That's... Get it off!

Weaver's, grocery store, sporting goods store...

And green ink.

You see, your advertising creates a demand for your product.

Come on, let's go. Oh, yes.

[Gasping]

[clunking]

hey, that does it! Oh.

Well, if you change your mind, give me a ring.

[Tires screeching]

uh, say, andy, you know, I was just talkin' to those fellas...

[Tires screeching]

I can't believe it.

Just because they're going out of business

is no reason to sh**t at them.

[Door closing]

sandwiches.

Thanks.

You know, I still get a kick out of you fellas.

Thinking you could pull a counterfeitin' deal here in mayberry.

You must think we're real idiots, huh?

You think we wear these uniforms for our looks?

[Chuckling] uh-uh.

That's cents for the sandwiches.

Ok, here. Keep the change.

Oh, thanks. Thanks a lot. That's very nice of you guys.

You want some coffee or pie? I'll run down to the store and get it for you.

Anything you want.

Warren, you wanna take a look at that bill?

Why? What's wrong with the bill, andy?

You, uh, you thought I didn't see this, huh?

You know, you've got to get up pretty early in the morning

to pull the wool over this kid's eyes.

Cents.