05x12 - First, You're a Tadpole

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My Three Sons.

Starring Fred MacMurray And as Bub, William Frawley.

Bub, would you mind ironing this shirt for me?

Do you think all I've got to do is iron your clothes?

What are you doing now?

Ironing your brother's clothes What's
wrong with my clothes?

When the Air Force surprises you with a
weekend trip to Marchfield, I'll take care

of your stuff You mean Mike's going to
Marchfield in California?

That's the deal, Sam Mike's going to
California, I'm going to the kitchen,

and you're going to iron your own shirts
Big date tonight, Rob?

Yeah, I'm taking Ellen Laurie cruising And
I tried to ask her to go steady.

Hi, Chipper Hi, Squirt Hi, Kat Hi, Kat Yeah, hey, guess
who worked out with the high school guys at the park today?

Uh, Sandy Koufax Hey, cool, man, me You mean
those high school boys let you play on their team?

Well, not exactly, but they said if I was
a good enough bad boy, I'd get a turn of

bat Anyway, my stuff got to play Catch you
later, Kat Hey, did Bob finish with my...

Oh, right here, Mike Great Rob,
you've got to do me a big favor I promised

to take Sally to a progressive jazz
concert tomorrow night Now, obviously,

I can't go We've been planning this for a month
Would you do me a favor and take her for me?

Mike, I don't even like that progressive
jazz stuff That's for guys your age And

besides, I sort of promised Ellen Laurie I'd take her
to see the new Hoots Mooney movie Hoots Mooney?

Rob, I got over six bucks
wrapped up in these tickets, and I

can't return them Rob, why don't you help your brother out?

Even though you might be going steady
again, Ellen Laurie will understand,

I'm sure Yeah, please, Rob Mike Oh,
all right Oh, thanks, pal Oop,

there's Charlie Oh, Bub, Chip, Mike's leaving
Hey, Mike, could you bring me home a pendant?

Yeah, listen, if they give me any
time off, I'll bring you a palm tree, okay?

Hey, George Oh, Mike, need any money?

Oh, no thanks, this was on Uncle Sam Oh, good
Thanks again, Rob See you later, Mike Go on, Mike Oh,

my gosh Robbie, I gotta ask you to do one
more favor for me I also promised Sally

I'd take her shopping tomorrow morning I almost
forgot all about it Now, can I count on you, huh, please?

Oh, Mike, look, I have Please,
Rob, explain it to him, will you, Dad?

I will try, Mike Thanks, Rob Mike Why,
Dad, why can't Sally take herself shopping?

Well, maybe you can help her carry
something How do you know?

Maybe she's going anvil shopping I think
that shirt's done, Monho Oh, my gosh My

shirt Oh, well, Rob, you'll just have to
wear your pants higher.

Robbie?

Oh, honey, this is your lucky day That dress
is you Robbie, what do you think of this one?

I don't like it Oh, I'm sorry, but
we really don't like it Uh, we don't?

There's the dress Now, Sally,
that's you Oh, Robbie, this is

my dress The one I wore in
No wonder I'm sorry, thanks a lot.

So then I took her cruising last night I
thought that maybe she'd understand if we

were alone Away from that juvenile frog Did she?

We ended up driving from street to street
Counting all the Hoots Mooney posters And

to top it off I ran out of gas I really can't
figure her out Robbie, how old is Ellen Lurie?



Did you know that there were 25 Hoots
Mooney posters In Bryant Park?

Robbie, how old is Ellen Lurie?

She's my age Well, some people mature faster than
others Maybe you think older than Ellen Lurie Yeah, maybe.

But the sales lady thought you were my
girlfriend She must have been out of her

skull You know, you've really been a great
help today, Robbie I don't know what I

would have done without you Well,
you probably would have saved the money

you spent on my lunch Well, I wanted to
repay you for helping me pick out my

clothes Oh, here you are Oh, I'll be
wearing my new dress when we go to the

jazz concert tonight Okay Bye Goodbye,
Sally I'll get the door See you tonight Okay Ouch!

Oh, what happened?

I stuck my finger with his needle Oh, well, let me
see Well, gee, don't get blood on my shirt I'm home!

Oh, hi Hi, honey Oh, I'm so happy to see
you Oh, boy Well, how was your weekend?

Great, thanks to Robbie Oh, thanks,
buddy, for taking care of my girl It's

okay I'll get lost so you two can get
reacquainted Oh, boy, what a weekend I

have got stories to tell you I had a lot of
fun Of course, there was work, too, but.

...

Oh, feels good to sit down How are you?

Just fine.

Hey, guess what?

What?

Guess who stopped off on his way back from California and

bought two tickets for a Tuesday
night show at the Blue Castle?

Mike!

You guessed it, Sam Gee, I missed you,
honey I missed you, too Rob!

I was just gonna make a phone call Well,
you know, we have a phone upstairs Yeah.

What's with him?

Ellen Laurie's bugging him Oh Say, where was I?

Hi, Mike Rob called me and told me to
bring over my wife and son He thought we'd

have a little platter party He did Hi, Rob Hi Hey, Rob Did
you phone Ellen Laurie and tell her to come over tonight?

Well, yeah What's wrong with that?

Well, nothing's wrong with it Except I
haven't seen Sally for a whole weekend We

kind of like to be alone Well,
look, Mike It's just as much my house as

it is yours Sally Morrison, this is Ellen
Laurie Foster Hi Hi Hey, Rob I brought my

new record The Surfing Bug by the Insects
You know, Sally, I got to thinking about

that stab wound of yours It could be, uh, semi-serious.

Uh, Sally stuck her finger with the needle
when she was fixing my shirt Oh,

the, uh, the one I burned a hole in Come
on, Robbie, let's dance Yeah, it,

uh, looks all right Rob, why don't you
dance with Ellen Laurie?

Uh, Ellen Laurie goes for that wild
teenage stuff I'm partial to the old

romantic box step I guess that's why all
the kids call me old-fashioned Sally,

you know the old box step, don't you?

Well, sure Robbie, how would you like to dance?

Oh, great!

I'll put on some nice music That finger looks great.

Excuse me.

What in the heck is going on?

Don't you see, honey?

Robbie's trying to make Ellen Laurie jealous That's why
he held my hand That's why he wants me to dance Oh.

Well, uh, Ellen Laurie, would you, uh, care to dance?

To that?

That foxtrot stuff went out even before the twist Oh, I
guess, uh, only the old crowd twists and foxtrots, huh?

Yeah I went out with Edward Fishman once
He's 22 And he still does the twist Sounds

ancient You're telling me He doesn't even
know what the frog is He's 22 Sally,

you know I thought how great it would be
to double date like we said, but now that

she's here it's like three adults and a
kid She's very pretty, Robbie Yeah,

her-her rage Since then there have been a
lot of Edward Fishmans A lot of older men

have been wanting to take me out But a
girl doesn't like to feel that a guy is

too sophisticated for her When a guy asks
her to go steady Eddie, she wants to know

that it's going to be something that'll last.

Well, has the right guy come along yet?

Well, your brother's coming along, I think.

Robbie, the record's over.

I know.

The next one will be starting right away.

Come on, Mike.

We're getting a frog.

Oh, uh, Harold, no, I don't do frogs.

I'll show you.

My Robbie?

Yes, and I'm afraid my Robbie, too.

I thought he was supposed to be in love
with Ellen Laurie this week.

Believe me, I wouldn't bring this up
unless I was absolutely certain.

What does Mike say about it?

I haven't even told Mike.

But I can imagine what he would say.

Well, Sally, it's natural for a young boy to
think he's fallen in love with an older woman.

It makes him feel grown up.

Of course, it's just that he's infatuated
with your maturity.

I'd have a talk with him, but I think maybe
it's something he ought to find out for himself.

At least we ought to give him that chance.

Now, if we could just put him where he
thinks he belongs, I mean with an older

group, he just might find out that he doesn't really fit.

Mr. Douglas, I was supposed to take Mike
to an art exhibit tomorrow afternoon,

only he can't make it because he has a reserve meeting.

An art exhibit, huh?

Boy, if Robbie found himself in that crowd.

Yeah.

I'll tell you, Sally, why don't you call the
house tonight about, well, right after dinner.

And that's why, Chip.

And then Scotty Harper said he's the captain of the team.

And Bub said he's the captain of the kitchen.

Use your napkin.

Where does Ernie fit into all this, Chipper?

He doesn't, Dad.

I figure that a guy's got to start growing up sometime.

I mean, he can't hang around little kids all his life.

And besides, when Ernie starts growing up,
he'll understand that, too.

I'll get it.

Oh, uh, Chip, you finish it in a minute.

Now, Rob, why don't you get the phone?

Oh, all right.

Hello?

Hello, Robbie?

Oh, this is Sally.

Listen, I was calling to see if you could get me a phone.

I was wondering if you could possibly take
me to an exhibit tomorrow afternoon.

It's a special showing of abstract art.

Mike was going to take me, but he has an
air reserve meeting instead.

Robbie?

Uh, fine.

If it's all right with Mike, it's all right with me.

Oh, don't even bother mentioning it to Mike.

You know how busy he's been lately.

Okay.

Uh, what time should I pick you up?

Oh, four O'clock would be great.

All right.

Okay, thanks a lot, Rob.

See you tomorrow.

Bye.

Bye.

Where.

Did you get it?

You haven't got it yet, but you're going
to get it if you don't use your napkin.

Well, I'll see you Wednesday then, okay?

Bye.

You've never been to an abstract art
exhibit before, have you?

This is the first time.

Well, I think you'll find it very mature and rewarding.

Oh, look, there's Yvonne Kirsch.

He deals mainly with man's unattainable ideal.

I think it's the, uh, the composition.

No, it's not so much the composition as really the texture.

Isn't it just fascinating?

Yeah.

Oh, hi, Stan, Herb.

Sally, glad to see you can make it.

Stanley Fraser, Herbert Caulfield.

I'd like you to meet Robbie Douglas.

Hello, Douglas, nice to see you.

Good to see you, Mr. Fraser.

Well, it looks like Yvonne Kirsch really
outdid himself this time.

Hmm, it's just packed with symbolism.

Isn't it, Robbie?

Yes, uh, packed.

You see, uh, fundamentally, the waterless sea represents
those goals in man's mind which, in reality, don't exist.

It's quite a perceptive work.

Uh, Mr. Fraser, wouldn't one rather
describe it as representing those goals

which, in reality, do exist, but man doesn't see?

I think Douglas is right, Stan.

Well, yeah, that's, uh, that's what I meant.

Where did you learn that?

An article in the Modern Art Quarterly.

I remember in the same article where
Yvonne Kirsch actually did the painting

while lost in the Mojave Desert,
hence the name waterless sea.

Of course, the amazing part about it is
that he had run out of supplies and was

forced to use cactus needles for brushes
and they all from his car to mix with his paint.

To his family and friends, Walter Narski
was known as the wit.

Here we find him capturing the humorous
side of chess in his classic painting,

Savoring Celery at a Chess Match.

Sally?

Mr. Douglas?

Would you classify me as the wit?

Is that to Narski as strictly an abstraction?

It's a very interesting question.

You won't believe this, Mr. Douglas,
but he's the center of the whole exhibit.

He isn't out of place at all.

In fact, he's taken over.

Well, it's working out just the way we
thought it wouldn't, isn't it?

However, I believe to Narski utilizes most
of the techniques of the modern school.

Right.

Excuse me.

Oh, there you are.

Say, Herba invited us over to see his art
collection, and Stanley asked us over for coffee.

Robbie, you really amaze me.

I guess it's like we were saying.

It's the new me.

Oh, hi, Dad.

Hi.

Are you studying?

No, come on in.

Hi.

I'd like to talk to you, Rob.

Sure.

What's on your mind?

Well, I want to talk to you about a sort of
delicate situation concerning your brother.

Oh, what is it, Dad?

Rob, sometimes people get themselves so
involved in certain situations that,

well, we just don't think what the outcome might be.

I mean, who and how many persons might get hurt.

Now, uh, well, Chip has been spending a
lot of time lately with an older group,

a group in which he doesn't belong,
and, uh, well, I'm sure he doesn't realize

this, but he's just liable to lose a very close friend.

Dad, I'd be glad to help.

If you'd like, I'll have a talk with Chip.

Oh, no, no, I'll talk to Chip.

I, uh, I want to talk about you.

Oh.

Well, I suppose just about the oldest
geometric figure in the world is the eternal triangle.

Well, you know how Mike and Sally feel about each other.

They're planning on getting married,
and what I'm trying to say is that there's

a family relationship involved here, Rob.

Do you know what I'm getting at?

Not at all.

Not exactly, Dad.

Well, let me put it this way.

Hi, Dad.

Rob.

Hello, Chip.

The guys let me play tonight.

I was with the team.

Well, they didn't kick me out or anything.

I just left on my own.

They were really nice to me and everything.

I kind of had a feeling they didn't want me hanging around.

Heck, I like to play with the older guys.

What will I have to look forward to when I
get to be their age?

Besides, they like girls, and I'm not there yet.

I kind of miss Ernie anyway.

We'll go to surf skiing together.

See you guys later.

Yeah, we'll see you, Chip.

Well, I guess I won't have to have that
talk with Chip after all.

He seems to work things out for himself.

Dad, I think I can work things out for myself, too.

Good.

You know, I never meant it to happen.

It's just that before I knew it...

I know, Rob.

Rob?

Oh, there you are.

Hi, Dad.

Hello, Mike.

Listen, I'm in a big jam.

I just found out I have an exam tomorrow,
so I gotta go to the library in Cram.

Now, I promised Sally I'd take her to the
Blue Castle tonight.

I promised her days ago, and I can't take the tickets.

Mike, Robbie did several favors for you last weekend.

Why don't you ask one of your friends, huh?

Rob's the only one I can trust with Sally, Dad.

Dad?

Well, uh...

It's okay, Dad.

Oh, thanks, Rob.

Listen, will you explain to Sally I tried
to get her on the phone?

And give her my love, will you?

Thanks again.

Well, Rob, if you're going out tonight,
you better get your homework done, huh?

I will, Dad.

Are you back already?

Yeah, skateboarding is oil.

I haven't used it in a week.

Oh, say, Chip, uh...

I just wanted to tell you, you,
uh... you really hit a home run today.

No, I didn't, Dad.

I struck out five times.

Boy, those older pitches are m*rder.

Well, what I...

That food was great, wasn't it?

Yeah.

I didn't know they made you wear a bib just to eat lobster.

Kind of made me feel like a little kid.

I sure put it to use like a little kid.

Thanks, Rob.

I had a wonderful time.

Oh, I did, too.

Good night.

Good night.

Sally.

Hmm?

Sally, I...

I guess I have a lot of growing up to do.

Not as much as you think, Robbie.

Mike told me to give you his love.

Oh.

Well, night.

Good night, Rob.

Thanks.

Good night.

Good night, Rob.