10x08 - Came the Day

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My Three Sons, starring Fred McMurray,
and his Uncle Charley, William Demarest.

Hey, surprise, surprise.

Last day to be a bachelor, eh, Chef?

Will you please stop playing so somebody can hear?

It is a custom in our village to put two
candles on the cake for the groom.

Now, why is that?

There is a saying, one candle cannot light
up a life by itself.

What does that mean?

I guess it takes two to make a complete life.

Two?

He's already got nine, if you want to
count the triplets and tr*mp.

Dad, the cake?

Oh, fine.

Yeah, better get the candles off here first.

Mama?

You get the first piece.

Oh, you don't get all that.

That's all right.

They're very nice people.

How come you and Mrs. Harper came here, Dad?

Oh, who knows, Chip.

We just did.

And you better get used to calling her Mrs. Douglas, huh?

Yeah, or Barbara.

Or Mother.

Dad, I hope your wedding comes off better than mine did.

What was wrong with yours?

It came off as smooth as silk.

Man, Uncle Charley, don't you remember that morning?

Sure.

We all overslept and had to rush around
like a bunch of scared monkeys.

Mark.

Green!

And where are your brown suits?

To my son's wedding.

Well, here.

Wear these.

They're black.

Go for it.

They're wet!

Well, you can't have everything.

I suppose you know you're not wearing anything.

I'm not wearing any pants.

Sure I know I'm not wearing any pants.

I sat on a jelly donut some knock head put on a chair.

Hey, Chip!

I got a shirt down here for you.

Yeah, and tr*mp was lost, remember?

Yeah, and I had to be the best man at the last minute.

And I was afraid I wouldn't be able to get
the ring out of my pocket in time.

He sure was.

The way we were rushing back and forth,
what we really needed was a traffic cop.

Now, Charlie, don't tell us we're late.

We know it.

Dad, am I supposed to have the marriage license with me?

Because if I am, forget it.

No, no, no, Katie's mother has that.

I think.

Well, what are we all standing around for?

Oh, I thought it would be nice if we got
all dressed up and played pod cheesy.

Oh, come on.

Come on, you guys, get going.

Come on.

Dad, Dad, tr*mp didn't come back yet.

Well, we'll have to look for him after
your brother gets married, Ernie.

Come on.

Hey, if you can't find it in your pocket,
why don't you stick it on your finger?

You can't lose your finger.

Thank you.

Come on, you guys, get going.

Why don't you go on?

Get out of here.

Go on.

Dad, but it's tr*mp.

tr*mp.

tr*mp, give me a boy.

Dearly beloved, we are assembled here in the presence of
God, as thou hast brought them together by thy Providence.

Oh, thank you, Father.

That's excellent.

Robert, wilt thou have this woman to be
thy wife, and wilt thou pledge thy trust?

This must not happen again.

Mom was right.

We can't oversleep tomorrow.

And we know how tr*mp hates to be left alone, so
let's be sure he doesn't follow us to the chapel again.

Don't worry, Dad.

I'll keep an eye on everything.

Look who's suddenly a mother hen.

Uncle Charley, when you expect one baby
and you get three, you better grow up fast.

Oh, Dad?

Yeah, Jeff?

I've heard about bachelor dinners.

Is this all that happens?

Well, uh, yeah, when the bachelor only
invites his sons and an uncle.

Well, it's been a wonderful evening.

But, uh, I think if we've all had enough
to eat, we better get home, huh?

Hey, dum-dum, don't sit there all night.

Give it to him.

Oh!

Dad, this is for you.

We all sort of chipped in.

Yeah, well, uh...

It says, to Dad, from all of us kids and Uncle Charley.

Hey, Alice, he can read.

Thanks, Alice.

The ribbon used to be better, but it got
sort of smashed from being in my pocket.

Oh, it looks fine, Ernie.

Oh, well.

I know everybody's, uh, I was saying you
shouldn't have, but, uh, well, you shouldn't have.

But there's something written on the back.

It says, to our best friend.

To our dad.

Like I told you before, he can read.

I wouldn't be too sure about that, Charlie.

Thanks, guys.

Uh, Chip!

Ernie!

Hey, fellas!

Yeah, Dad?

Come on, get up out of bed.

Get up out of bed now.

I've got a wedding to go to.

We don't want to be late.

Okay.

Charlie?

Yeah.

Oh, you're up.

That's good, Charlie.

I got the boys up.

We don't want to be late.

No, we won't.

It's only ten after six.

Yeah.

Well, as long as you've got breakfast
ready, I guess we'll eat.

Yeah, yeah.

Say, are you sure Barbara's mother arranged for
the rehearsal between Chesiree and their organist?

Well, she said so.

That's as sure as I can get.

Good, good.

Nervous.

Now, why should I be that nervous?

After all, it's not a big wedding with a lot of people.

It's just a little wedding in a chapel.

Look, do you want me to do that?

Please.

Who's calling at ten after six?

Hello?

Oh, Rob, yeah.

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, we're up.

Thanks.

Yeah.

Good.

I'll be right over.

Yeah.

Where are you going in the middle of the night?

It's after six.

I'm going over to Dad's.

Why?

Well, honey, the whole family nearly slept
through our wedding.

Nothing like that is going to happen to Dad.

Um, the wedding isn't until one.

Don't get logical.

I'll be back in plenty of time for you.

Bye.

You have to be up so early.

Because it ain't going to be like last time, that's why.

Come on, you guys, sit down.

Let's see, right after breakfast, I do.

Charlie, do you think maybe we ought to make a list?

A list for what?

Well, the things to do and not to do this morning.

For instance, where's tr*mp?

Oh, out chasing cats or something.

You let him out?

Why, sure.

I always let him out in the morning.

Dad, Uncle Charley, suppose he doesn't
come back right away.

We have to leave for the church and he
follows us there again.

Yeah, suppose that.

He always comes back in a half an hour to eat.

Yeah, only suppose he finds one of his girlfriends.

Yeah, suppose that.

Look, I didn't m*rder somebody.

I just let the poor dog out.

All right, all right, all right.

Let's not all get uptight.

Where's the coffee?

Oh.

Give me the cup.

You're too nervous.

There he is.

I told you.

Oh, you got tr*mp.

Yeah.

Good.

I found him two blocks away.

Who let him out?

Well, it doesn't make any difference now, Rob.

He's back home.

Is Katie still asleep?

Yeah.

Now, Dad, I've got your m*rder marriage
license, not that you'll need it, and I've got your ring.

Now, you're going to Mexico right after the ceremony,
so put your travel cards right in the pocket of your suit.

Okay.

How come you're going to Mexico, Dad?

For the honeymoon, nuthead.

I know that, Uncle Charley.

Boy, Dad, you really got it bad.

Come on, Chip.

Go on, Rob.

Put the traveler's checks right in your suit, too.

As a matter of fact, put a few of them in the suitcase.

And write down those serial numbers in case they get lost.

Yeah, yeah.

Hey, that's my orange juice, Rob.

Yeah, thanks.

You guys be sure to wear dark ties, okay?

And Uncle Charley.

I know.

I should wear shoes.

Look, I just want to make sure that
everything goes all right.

I don't want Dad to go through what I went
through, like tr*mp walking through the

back door and Chip almost getting the ring
stuck on his finger.

Yeah, well, I'm sure everything will go fine, Rob.

I'm sure it will.

Now, Katie and I are going to go over in our own
car as soon as I check out everything at the cathedral.

Cathedral?

The chapel.

How.

Come Mommy's laying on the bed smiling at the ceiling?

Is that what she's doing?

Yeah.

Myrtle says she noticed it, too.

Oh.

Well, I guess maybe it's because she's happy.

Now we're going to take her a little breakfast, okay?

Okay.

Come on.

Dodie and Myrtle tell me you've been
looking at the ceiling and smiling.

That's because I never realized before
what a beautiful ceiling it was.

Hello, sweetheart.

Hello, Myrtle.

Mama, what happens at a wedding?

Why, two people who love each other have a
lovely ceremony, and when it's all over,

they're no longer two people.

They're almost like one.

But they still look around alone and stuff, don't they?

Yes, but they're... they're united, sort of.

Oh, this conversation's getting too deep for me.

Because you weren't born yet.

You see, babies have to wait to be born
until after their mommy and daddies get married.

Did Daddy love me?

He loved you very much.

He loved me, Grandma, and then he was taken away from us.

But would he love Myrtle?

Of course he would.

See?

I told you.

Would Mr. Douglas love me and you and
Grandma and Myrtle, too?

See, he loves us already.

That's what makes him so wonderful.

Okay.

Let's drop the ceiling and smile some more.

Well, I just may do that.

Oh, the difference in generations.

When I was her age, I could barely wave bye-bye.

Eat your breakfast, darling.

There's plenty of time.

It's only nine O'clock.

Well, you're all set, huh?

Well, I must say, everybody looks very nice.

Right.

And now we got a four-hour wait.

Four hours?

Nine-oh-three?

That can't be the right time.

If anything, it's a little fast.

I got dressed up so early.

Yeah.

Well, I guess we all overreacted a little.

Well, we can't very well go to the chapel yet.

This has nothing to do but to take it easy
and relax for a while, huh?

I'll tell you where I'm going to relax.

In bed.

Yeah.

Well.

Oh, Mr. Douglas, how you are, eh?

Fine.

The music goes well, you know?

The music sounds great, Chester,
but I don't think that, uh, well,

I think maybe you better wear your plain
dark suit for the wedding.

I'm a dresser like this when your father meets a lady.

I know, that's wild, but just the same.

Would you mind changing?

Man, no.

Good.

You practice the part where the fast sharp
is a jump into the soul, eh?

She plays well, ma.

She's an amateur.

Come on.

Sounds good.

Hey, you guys.

Let's go.

Come on.

It's almost 12 O'clock.

Dad?

It's almost 12 O'clock.

What?

Chip, let's go.

Come on.

Chip.

Chip.

Come on.

Charlie!

Where did he go?

Boy, we've done it again.

No, Dad.

Everything is okay so long as you leave in a few minutes.

Have you got your travel cards?

Yeah, yeah.

Have you got the ring?

Right here in my pocket.

Hey, do you guys know what time it is?

Uncle Charley, everything is under control.

Now, Dad has to leave right from the church, so I think you
and Chip and Ernie better go to the church in Chip's car.

What are you all of a sudden, General Pershing?

Just leave him alone.

He's doing fine.

Did you take care of the photographer, Ron?

All right, Dad.

He's a friend of mine.

He'll be there at 1245.

Thank you.

Dad.

I'll see you at church.

Yeah.

Hey, you gonna let that dog scratch out
that door, or you gonna let him out?

Ernie!

A trap!

Hey, wait!

No, don't let him!

We did it again!

Well,

it's not Westminster Abbey, but it'll do.

No sign of tr*mp.

Why don't you go on inside, Dad?

Ernie and I will watch for him.

He won't show up.

He didn't see us leave, so he couldn't follow us.

I hope Barbara remembers where the chapel is.

I don't see her car anyplace.

When a woman's getting married,
the one thing she doesn't forget is where.

You don't think anything's wrong with it, do you?

No, but look, Steve, will you get inside
before you nervous yourself to death?

Go on.

Get in there.

Go ahead.

Come on, you guys.

Let's get this stuff.

Come on.

Get going.

tr*mp, what are you doing out here?

You'll make us late for the wedding.

Well, she's here.

Who's here?

Who?

Who do you think is here?

Steve, you're not making much sense.

Mrs. Harper, little what's-her-name.

Her mother and that lady from the
restaurant just got here, Dad.

Chip, little what's-her-name's name is
Dodie, and she's very close to being your sister.

Hey, that's right.

Where's Robbie?

I think I seen him drive up about a minute ago.

Yeah, look.

Smooth sailing.

Oh, thanks, Charlie.

She's really neat, Dad.

Thank you, Chip.

Yeah, Dad.

Well, we figure we're not losing a father.

We're gaining a mother.

Oh, thanks, fellas.

Come on, fellas.

Did we leave enough air for tr*mp?

Oh, sure.

Good.

Oh, that's all Dad needs.

Yeah.

Hey, fella.

Come here a second.

Say, do you live around here?

Want to earn a dollar?

Sure.

Okay, listen.

Go get a rag and some water and clean up this car here.

And get rid of the cans and the shoes and the paper, okay?

Okay.

Good.

It's a good thing we saw it before Dad did.

Yeah.

I have the faintest idea.

Well, you don't have to worry about tr*mp.

I found him and he's locked in my car.

Oh, good, good.

You've got the ring.

I've got the ring.

Rob, what if Chesiree shows up in that gypsy outfit of his?

Dad, he wouldn't do a thing like that.

Well, you never know.

You know, Dad, it does an insecure son a lot of
good to see his very secure father a very insecure son.

He's been very insecure for once in his life.

It gives the insecure son a lot of security.

I don't know why I'm so nervous.

You'd think this is the first time I've been through this.

We're ready now.

Well, I guess this is it, huh?

Dad, uh...

Dad, uh, you didn't make any big speeches
when I married Katie, so I won't either, but, uh.

...

Well, you know how I feel.

Yeah, I think I do, Rob.

You'd better get out there.

Oh, Rob, you... I've got the ring.

Go on.

Dearly beloved, we are gathered here in the sight of
God to join this man and this woman in holy matrimony.

Repeat.

After me.

This ring I give thee in token and pledge
of our constant and abiding love.

This ring I give thee in token and pledge.

Of our constant and abiding love.

Repeat after me.

This ring I give thee in token and pledge
of our constant and abiding love.

This ring I give thee in token and pledge
of our constant and abiding love.

And now, by the authority vested in me,
I hereby pronounce you man and wife.

You may kiss the bride.

Steve, look.

Triumph for a while there, I thought you
weren't going to make it.

Hey, that's a relief.

I thought you were somebody the size of
old tin cans and shoes on the back.

Hey, what happened?

I'll explain it later.