-Hey mom!
Did you call me for something?
-No, dear.
-Hey dad!
Did you call me for something?
-No, I didn't.
-I told Mr. Wilson
nobody was calling me!
[theme music]
- to the right.
Ah-hah.
left.
to the right.
There.
-Hello dear.
-Oh, hello Martha.
-I see you're still playing
with your new wall safe.
-Well, now Martha, not
only is that safe something
that I've wanted for years,
but as the advertisement said,
"A successful business
executive should never
be without a protected place in
which to keep his valuables."
-And what valuables
have you put in so far?
-Now, let's see.
Oh.
Here's the deed to the
property that Mitchell and I
are selling to Mr. Merryvale.
My insurance papers.
And Fremont's dog
license is in there.
Here are the tickets
to the lodge raffle.
Oh yes.
And here's my good conduct
medal from the office manager's
convention.
-I don't see how we've
managed without a wall safe
all this time.
-Yes.
Well, now to memorize
the combination
and destroy this
little strip of paper.
-Don't think you ought to
keep the paper just in case?
-Now, Martha, have
you ever known
me to forget anything
really important?
-Well, you keep forgetting
to cancel the newspapers
every time we leave town.
-Ah, let me see here.
, , .
, , .
-Hi, Mr.-- Are you
praying, Mr. Wilson?
-Oh, good heavens, Dennis.
Can't you knock?
-Your door was open.
-Well, you should have
closed it and then knocked.
-I came over to see if
you'd blow up our football.
-Mmm, oh all right.
-Will you play football
with us, Mr. Wilson?
We'll let you play center!
-No, I will not play
football with you.
-Jeepers, Mr. Wilson.
It's only touch football.
We won't hurt ya.
Boy, look at that
big hole in the wall.
-That isn't a hole
in the wall, Dennis.
That's a wall safe.
-What's a wall safe, Mr. Wilson?
-Well, it's used to
keep valuables in.
-Boy, that must be the biggest
piggy bank in the whole world!
-Here.
Here.
Take your dirty old pig
skin and leave me in peace.
, , .
, , .
-Hey, Mr. Wilson.
Can I keep something valuable
in your new wall safe?
-Now, Dennis, what would
you have that's valuable?
Your bronze baby shoes?
-Oh, hi Mrs. Wilson!
-Hello dear.
George, what harm
would it do to let
him keep some little
thing in your safe?
-Martha, I had that safe
especially installed
for-- Oh, all right, Dennis.
You can keep something
of yours in my safe,
but only on certain conditions.
-Oh, boy!
Sure!
Anything, Mr. Wilson!
-One, that it doesn't
take up too much space.
Two, that it is not alive.
-Thanks, Mr. Wilson.
You're the best friend
any kid ever had.
-Well!
I won't be needing this anymore.
Yes, sir.
Martha, just think.
As this slip of
paper turns to ashes,
I become the only
person living or dead
who knows the combination
to that wall safe.
- , , , hike!
[crash]
ALICE (OFFSCREEN): Oh darn!
-Quiet please!
There's an artist
at work out here!
-Oh.
I'm all thumbs today.
-That's the nicest
pair of thumbs
I've seen in many a year.
-Flatterer.
Henry, what happens if
Mr. Merryvale suddenly
changes his mind about
buying the property tomorrow?
-Well, we'll all go back
to eating bread and water.
-Oh, you.
I still don't see
why Mr. Merryvale is
willing to pay
$ , for land you
and Mr. Wilson only paid $ ,
for less than a year ago.
-I guess he figures
it's the best
place he could find for
his new outdoor nursery.
Now you stop worrying.
-Oh, I'm not worried.
I'm just excited.
Ah, think of all
the things we can
do with our share of the money.
There's our old washing
machine to trade in.
And the sofa needs upholstering.
And you know we really ought to
remodel the upstairs bathroom.
-Hold it.
Hold it.
We just went bankrupt.
-Hi mom!
Hi dad!
Guess what?
-Watch it!
You just got drafted by
the Green Bay Packers.
-Heck, no.
Mr. Wilson's gonna let me keep
something in his new wall safe.
-[gasp] My goodness!
-It can't be anything
alive, though.
Mr. Wilson made me promise.
-Well, that sure
limits his selection.
-All right, now dad?
-OK, but keep it right
here in the corner.
-Oh boy!
-D. M. Can I put my
thumb print in too?
-Be my guest.
TOMMY (OFFSCREEN): Dennis!
-Coming Tommy!
, , , hike!
Jeepers, I'm getting better
at that new play all the time!
-D.M. Odd, isn't
it how little boys
can't resist putting their
initials into wet cement.
-What were you saying
about little boys, dear?
-Hey, Mr. Wilson.
Remember saying I could
put something in your safe?
-I remember, Dennis.
-Here, Mr. Wilson.
-What are these, mash
notes from Margaret?
-Gads, no.
They're my baseball cards.
I've got to keep them someplace
safe until next season.
-Now, Dennis, I'm sure Mr. Wil--
-Alice, George promised.
-Oh.
Besides, there's plenty of
room here for a few cards.
-And here are a few more.
-Hmm.
-And these are the ones
from the American League.
Are you real sure that's a
real safe safe, Mr. Wilson?
-I wouldn't worry, Dennis.
-Is the deed for the property
in there too, Mr. Wilson?
-Oh, yes, Alice.
Right here on top,
ready to be handed over
to that old skin
flint Merryvale.
[phone ringing]
-I'll get it!
-Oh!
Now, Dennis.
-It's all right.
Go ahead, dear.
-Hello?
Oh, hi Mr. Merryvale!
It's Mr. Merryvale!
-I knew it!
He's backing out!
-He's probably found a
cheaper piece of property.
-How are you, Mr. Merryvale?
-Terrible.
The land's too small,
the price is too high,
and my lumbago's k*lling me.
-Now, see here, Merryvale.
You will never find another
piece of land at that price
and you know it!
-You just make sure you have
that deed ready at :
tomorrow morning.
-(ANGRILY) And another thing.
If you think you're the only
one interested in that--
What did you say?
-I'll be there at : .
And you have that
overpriced deed
of yours ready to hand over.
-Yes, sir.
Well!
I guess I told him!
-What did he want, dear?
-Oh, he was simply
confirming our meeting
at : tomorrow
morning, at which time
we'll complete the transaction.
-Oh.
I'm a nervous wreck!
-Now, Alice, we told you ladies
Merryvale wouldn't back out.
-Sure, we did.
Come on, honey,
take me home so I
can have my nervous
breakdown in private.
-Well, it was pleasant.
-Mr. Wilson?
-Huh?
-Are you real sure my baseball
cards will be safe in there?
-Dennis.
Not only is that the
best wall safe made,
but I happen to be the only
one who knows the combination.
Not even the manufacturer
has a record of it.
-I sure hope it's a good one.
I must have chewed a ton of
bubblegum to get those cards.
-I'll tell you what.
If it'll put your
mind at ease, suppose
you try opening the safe
yourself before you go home.
-Oh boy!
Can I?
-I'll even give
you a little hint.
Now, you, uh, turn the dial
to the right to a number.
Then left to a number.
And then right again
to another number.
-I think I'll try one
of my football signals.
-You can try anything
you like, because you'll
be there quite a while, Dennis.
Now, when Merryvale gets
over here on that deal,
Mitchell, don't
you give an inch.
-We stand firm on our price.
-Which he agreed to.
Then we'll put our profits
into another piece of property
and make a real k*lling!
-I did it!
I did it!
-Great Scott, Martha!
He's opened my safe!
-Oh, don't feel bad, Mr. Wilson.
Mom says there's
nothing I can't get
my hands into if I really try!
- , , , hike!
-No touchdown!
-Come on!
[children yelling]
TOMMY (OFFSCREEN): Fine.
They won't get a
touchdown this time!
-What are you doing, dear?
-Oh.
I'm just making sure that
this deed's in perfect order.
Merryvale will be here in a
little over an hour, you know.
[children cheering]
-There's Dennis
playing football.
-Oh, Martha, don't
even mention that name.
If it weren't for
Dennis, this would
be one of the happiest
days of my life.
-Oh, now, dear, don't get
all upset over nothing.
-Nothing?
Martha, I buy the best
fireproof, burglar-proof wall
safe made, a safe that master
criminals of the underworld
aren't supposed to
be able to get into.
And what happens?
Along comes Dennis and opens
it up like a cookie jar.
Great Scott!
-What is it, dear.
-Martha, that
insidious little boy
has discovered some
way of reading my mind!
-Now, really, George.
-Well, he has.
No wonder I've been
having headaches lately.
-Hi Mrs. Wilson!
Hi Mr. Wilson!
-Hello, dear.
-Oh, what is it, Dennis?
-Can I try opening your
safe again, Mr. Wilson?
-Dennis, you promised!
-Jeepers, Mr. Wilson.
I'm not going to
show anyone how.
I just want to see
if I can still do it.
-I have no intention
of letting you
open my safe in front of
half the neighborhood.
-Golly, you mean he
really did open your safe?
-I told ya I did!
-Wow-wee!
-All right.
If you boys don't mind,
visiting hours are over.
-Don't you worry, Mr. Wilson.
You secret is safe with me.
-Oh, Dennis.
-It wouldn't surprise
me if Dennis has already
forgotten the right numbers.
Now you just relax and
think of all the nice things
that we're going to
do with the money you
get from Mr. Merryvale.
-Sometimes I wonder
why you put up
with an old worrywart like me.
-Because you're my
worrywart, dear.
- , , , hike!
-Nice catch.
Let's go.
-OK?
-We'll get them next time.
DENNIS (OFFSCREEN):
, , , hike!
[inaudible] this way!
[children cheering]
-Great Scott!
He's still using the
numbers to my safe.
DENNIS (OFFSCREEN):
, , , hike!
-Well, it won't be long now.
-My, aren't we dressed up.
-Well, I thought Mr. Wilson and
I might drop down to the bank
after Mr. Merryvale
gave us the check.
-You sure you're planning to
take your share of the loot
and run off with another woman.
[door bell]
-Saved by the bell.
-Oh, hi Mr. Wilson.
-Mitchell, you have
got to do something.
-About what?
-Dennis.
He's out there blabbing
the combination of my safe
all over the neighborhood!
-What?
-Let's go now!
-Come on, let's get this Tommy!
- , , , hike!
-See there, Mitchell,
he just did it again.
-But they're only
children, Mr. Wilson.
Besides, they don't even know
what the numbers stand for.
-But Alice, you
know how children
Dennis's age are
about keeping secrets.
As long as Dennis
remembers the combination,
there's no telling
whose hands it
might accidentally fall in to.
- , , , hike!
-Dennis!
Dennis, come here a minute.
-Yes, dad?
-Son, the numbers you're
using in that football pair
are the ones that opened
Mr. Wilson's safe.
-Jeepers, they are?
, , , hike?
They make a good
football play, too!
-Son, perhaps we better go
inside and try and figure out
some way to get you to
forget those numbers.
Come on.
-Dennis!
Where you going?
-I'll be right out, Tommy.
I gotta go inside and
forget about something.
-Dennis, try repeating
all the important dates
you can think of.
-Well, , ,
, , July .
-July ?
-That's the day school closes!
-Mitchell, what if he were
to try counting backwards.
-Oh, that's easy.
, , , , , ,
, , , blastoff!
-All right.
Well, now, can you still
remember Mr. Wilson's numbers?
-Sure!
, , , hike!
-You men aren't forgetting
about your meeting.
-Oh, we've still
got a half an hour
before Merryvale's due, honey.
There's got to be some way to
make him forget those numbers.
-We could try dropping
him on his head.
-Dennis, those football
plays of yours,
do you always use
the same signals
with the-- with the
same plays each time?
-Sometimes you make up new ones.
-I see.
All right.
We'll run through
some new plays and you
can make up the
signals as we go along.
-Oh boy!
Let's go!
-I'll be the center.
-But Mitchell, I
fail to see what--
-Mr. Wilson, bear with me.
You can be the end.
-The end?
-Jeepers, Mr. Wilson,
you'd make a swell end.
Nobody'd ever be able
to get around you!
-Well, I suppose I'm lucky I
don't have to be the football!
- , , , hike!
You fumbled!
-Well, so sue me.
-Now let's do a play with
a great big long signal.
-You mean something like
the left spin right fake
pass off play?
-That's exactly the
one I had in mind!
-OK, let's go.
, , , , , ,
, , , , , hike!
Here, Mr. Wilson!
Jeepers, are you all
right, Mr. Wilson?
-How can anything that's
mostly air be so hard!
-OK.
Do you still remember the
numbers of that new play
you were using outside?
- , , , hike?
-Now, what's the combination
of Mr. Wilson's safe?
-Oh, that's easy.
It's-- It's-- I forgot!
-Mitchell, he forgot!
-I sure am smart,
huh, Mr. Wilson!
-Dennis, you're
practically a genius.
Now hurry up, Mitchell,
as fast as you can!
-All right, Mr. Wilson.
I'll be over in a few minutes.
-Ah!
We did it!
Martha!
-Yes, dear?
-Oh, it's turning out to
be a perfect day after all.
Mitchell and I got
Dennis so confused,
he completely
forgot the numbers.
-How did you do it?
-Oh, it was simple!
Mitchell made Dennis call a
whole new string of football
numbers, like ,
, , , .
Very simple.
Well, now all I have to do
is get ready for Merryvale.
Get the deed out of the safe--
-Oh, great Scott!
-What is it, dear?
-Dennis!
He's made me forget
my old combination!
I've got it.
, , -- Oh, fiddle-faddle.
No, that's not it.
-How are you doing, dear?
-It's just awful, Martha.
All I can remember are
Dennis's football plays.
-Jeepers, Mr. Wilson.
We just gotta open that safe.
Tommy wants to
make an off-season
trade in baseball cards with me.
-Dennis, if we ever
do get that safe open,
you can take your
baseball cards and--
-Now, George.
-Think hard, Dennis.
Don't any numbers
come to mind at all?
-I remember , all right.
- ?
-That's how many of
my baseball cards
are stuck in Mr. Wilson's safe.
-It's five minutes of : .
-There's only one thing
to do, Mr. Wilson.
Call Merryvale and see if we
can postpone the appointment.
-Oh, I suppose you're
right, Mitchell.
[sigh]
[phone ringing]
-Merryvale Nursery.
-Oh, good morning,
Mr. Merryvale.
Wilson here.
-Ah, keep your
shirt on Mr. Wilson.
I'm just going out the door.
-Oh, well, that's
just exactly what
I'm calling about Mr. Merryvale.
You see, the deed
is locked in my safe
and I seem to have temporarily
forgotten the combination.
-Oh, no you don't, Wilson.
Don't you try to
stall me while you're
waiting for a better deal.
-Mr. Merryvale!
-I'll be by in five minutes.
Either you have that deed
or forgot the whole thing!
-He's on his way
over, and unless we
have the deed he's
canceling the deal.
-Maybe we should call Opie.
-Oh, Martha, if the safe
people can't help us,
what good could a handyman do?
-Jeepers, if we only knew how
to get hold of the Spiderman,
I bet you he would help us.
-The Spiderman?
-I believe he's on television.
-You never saw the
Spiderman Mr. Wilson?
He climbs up the side of
buildings into windows,
and he hypnotizes people
so they can tell him things
that he wants to know.
-All right, Dennis.
We haven't got
any time for this.
-No, wait a minute, Mitchell.
That's it!
That's it!
Martha, you remember those
books I read on hypnotism?
-I remember you tried
to hypnotize Fremont,
and he almost bit you.
-What does hypnotism
got to do with it?
-Don't you see, Mitchell?
All we have to do
is hypnotize Dennis
and have him tell
us the combination!
-Boy, I gotta tell
the kids about this!
-Dennis, come back here!
-This can't be harmful,
can it, Mr. Wilson?
-Alice, you haven't a
thing to worry about.
Martha, where is that lucky coin
of mine, the one with the chain
on.
-George, I wish you wouldn't.
-Now, Martha, Martha.
Just leave this to me.
It's in the desk.
-Ah, here we are.
Now, Dennis-- Dennis, I
want you to sit right here.
-Ah, Mr. Wilson, you're
sure this is perfectly safe.
-Now, Mitchell, I have read
many books on the subject
and watched it done many times.
-Now, Dennis, I want
you to watch the coin
as it goes back and forth,
back and forth, back and forth.
A child-like brain like Dennis
should go under in seconds.
Back and forth, back and forth.
You're getting more
and more relaxed,
as the coin goes back and forth.
Back and forth.
Back and forth.
You're getting more
and more relaxed,
as the coin goes back and forth,
back and forth, back and forth,
back and forth, back and forth,
back and forth, back and forth.
-Mr. Wilson?
-George.
-Jeepers, Mr. Wilson, he has a
silly expression on his face.
-Mr. Wilson, can you hear me?
-I hear you, Mitchell.
-Mr. Wilson, give me the
combination to your safe.
-It's my safe.
-I know it's your
safe, Mr. Wilson.
Just give me the combination
so we can open it.
-If you want to open
something, buy your own safe.
-George Wilson, you tell us that
combination this very minute.
-You sure told him, Mrs. Wilson!
-Yes, Martha.
, , .
-Boy, that sure sounds like
my football play, all right!
-Well, we'll soon find out.
,
[doobell ring]
- --
-Henry, hurry!
-He's here!
- .
Ah!
-Oh!
Thank goodness!
-Are my baseball
cards still there?
-Oh, Dennis, please.
[doorbell ring]
-Good morning, Mr. Merryvale.
-Well, Mr. Mitchell,
is it yes or no?
Hmm.
Well, that seems to
be in proper order.
-And so does this.
-Won't you come in and have
some coffee, Mr. Merryvale?
-No, thank you, Mrs. Wilson.
I'm on an emergency call,
rushing a load of bug spray
to a hysterical gardener.
-Oh, boy!
-$ , !
-Boy, what a bag of jelly
beans we can buy with that!
-Now we can buy that deed
of property, Mr. Wilson!
Wilson?
-The poor dear.
We forgot to wake him up!
George!
-Huh?
Oh, hello Martha.
Why, my goodness.
I must have dozed off!
-Jeepers, Mr. Wilson.
You must have a child-like brain
that's even better than mine!
-What are you talking about?
-You hypnotized
yourself, dear, and told
us the combination to the safe.
-Oh, now Martha,
don't be ridiculous!
-Well, here's the
check to prove it.
Merryvale's been here and gone.
-Why I can't believe it!
-You were swinging your good
luck coin back and forth
like this.
Back and forth like this.
Then all of a sudden-- Uh-oh.
He's gone all silly
looking again!
-I think he's really
under this time.
-Mr. Wilson?
Are you all right?
-Let me try, dear.
George, I think I'll
buy a new fur coat.
-What did you say, Martha?
-Jeepers, Mrs. Wilson.
That sure woke him up all right.
-Dear, Mr. Wilson's been
reacting the same way
to that line for
the last years.
-Now Martha, really.
-But this time, I think I
may finally get that coat.
-Oh, no you're not!
Great Scott!
[theme music]
03x04 - Mr. Wilson's Safe
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Follows the Mitchell family – Henry, Alice, and their only child, Dennis, an energetic, trouble-prone, mischievous, but well-meaning boy, who often tangles first with his peace-and-quiet-loving neighbor, George Wilson, a retired salesman, and later with George's brother John, a writer.
Follows the Mitchell family – Henry, Alice, and their only child, Dennis, an energetic, trouble-prone, mischievous, but well-meaning boy, who often tangles first with his peace-and-quiet-loving neighbor, George Wilson, a retired salesman, and later with George's brother John, a writer.