06x18 - Kathy's Big Deception

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- [Announcer] Robert Young,

and Jane Wyatt.

(girl giggling)

With Elinor Donahue, Billy Gray, and Lauren Chapin,

in Father Knows Best.

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- Hi Kathy.

- Oh uh, hi Patty.

Bud's picking me up, want a ride home?

- Gee I wish I could, but Mother's picking me up.

Hey Kathy, did I tell you?

Freddy Madson asked me to go

to the community picnicwith him Saturday.

- Oh you're lucky.

- Anybody ask you yet?

You better hurry, you'veonly got two more days.

- Well gee, what am I supposed to do,

go up to a boy and say, hey you, ask me to the picnic?

(audience laughing)

- Well, I guess some girlsappeal to boys, and some don't.

- Oh thanks a lot.

- I didn't mean it that way Kathy,

I just mean that, well.

Look at those girls over there talking to George Wilson.

Now why is he over there talking to them,

instead of being over here talking to you?

- Are you kidding, thehandsomest boy in class?

He wouldn't even look at me.

I bet he's never talked to you.

- Well he never talked to you.

- Well he sort of did, once.

He was behind me in line,

and I accidentally stepped on his foot, and he said,

"Watch it, will ya."

It was wonderful.

(audience laughing)

Hi Elaine.

- [Elaine] Hi.

- Seems like every othergirl has a boyfriend.

- Oh hi Freddy.

Like our folks always say Kathy, you're turn will come.

(audience laughing)

- Yeah (chuckles).

- [Bud] Come on shrimp, let's go.

- George, break it up.

Come on brother dear, we're waiting.

- [Bud] Oh Kathy, this is Shirley Wilson,

Shirley Wilson, my kid sister Kathy.

- Hello.

- Hi, oh uh, Bud, this is my brother George.

George.

- Hi Bud.

- [Bud] Hi George.

- I'm sure you and Kathy know each other.

- Oh sure, hello.

- Hello.

- Come on, get in.

- Oh.

- Oh, excuse me.

(audience laughing)

Kathy's kind of cute, and I would like to talk to her,

but what should I say?

(audience laughing)

- [Kathy] If only he'd ask me to go to the picnic with him.

How can I get him to talk to me?

There's gotta be some way besides stepping on his foot.

(audience laughing)

- You're late getting home.

I was beginning to wonder what happened.

- Don't blame me.

In addition to getting myself home,

I have to run a school bus service for Kathy,

and her little friend.

- He's not little.

We took George Wilson home.

- [Margaret] Hmm?

- We had to go by the Wilson's house anyway,

because Bud had George'ssister with him.

- Oh, you took George Wilson home?

- Oh you should see him Mother.

He's just the handsomestthing that ever lived.

All the girls are crazy about him.

- Seventh grade girls crazy about boys?

Oh this younger generation.

- Well the other day at school,

we were standing in line, and George was right behind me,

and I accidentally stepped--

- What is this,

an outdoor gathering of the Anderson social club?

- Hello dear.

- Hello honey, by the way Bud.

Hello Kathy.

I ran into the Clark's downtown,

and uh, they're giving asurprise birthday party

for their daughter Leslie Friday night,

and I hear you are going to be invited.

- Friday night huh?

- [Jim] Uh huh.

- Hold this distributor advance for me, will ya Dad?

Well I'll have to check my calender,

see if I have a date that night.

- Check my calender,how popular can you be?

- I can have George Wilson inviting me places,

if I wanted to.

(doorbell ringing)

- Bud, get the front door.

- Well Betty's home, can't she get it?

- No, she's upstairs dressing.

(doorbell ringing)

- Hang on Dad, I gotta find some emery paper.

- Hurry up will ya, this thing's stiff.

- [Betty] I'll get it!

- Old Tallulah, (chuckles),

can't resist atelephone or a doorbell.

She's a female fire horse.

- [Kathy] Oops.

(audience laughing)

- Got some flowers herefor Betty Anderson.

- Oh, that's me.

- You really got your boyfriend trained.

- Fresh.

- Hey, they're flowers I'll bet.

Who they for?

- They're from Don Burton.

To Betty, from yourconstant admirer, who's.

- Say that's some box.

What he send ya, a whole tree?

(audience laughing)

- Flowers, oh well open it, let's see.

Oh, what a wonderful color.

- Aren't they beautiful?

Mm, Don is such an angel.

- Oh, George Wilson is wonderful too.

The other day, we were in line and I was in front of him,

and I accidentally stepped on his foot,

and oh he said--

- [Bud] I thought you were holding my distributor for me?

- I am.

(audience laughing)

What's the uh, occasionfor the flowers?

- Just nothing, Don Burton sent them.

Aren't they beautiful?

- Oh.

- What are ya getting engaged or something?

(audience laughing)

- [Betty] Don't be silly, we're just good friends.

- You don't have to be engaged to a girl

to have a boy to have him send you flowers.

Why, before your Fatherand I were married,

I used to receive baskets of roses.

- [Jim] Who from?

- Oh various admirers.

Then your father came in one day with one geranium,

and I married him.

(audience laughing)

- Yeah.

- Later on, I found out he'dpicked it in my own front yard.

(audience laughing)

- [Betty] Won't be long before Kathy

will be getting flowers.

- [Margaret] From George Wilson?

- Well, the other day at school,we were standing in line,

and I was standing in front of him, and I accidentally--

- Well I gotta get going.

I'm invited to Molly Clinton's for dinner.

- Tonight?

- Yeah, say, where's the emery paper?

- Oh it's in the buffet.

- [Bud] Yep, thank you.

I won't be here for tomorrow night either.

There's a dinner dance over at Westridge Girls School,

and Janice invited me.

- [Margaret] Well what are your plans Betty?

- [Betty] Well tomorrow afternoon

I have a tennis date with Don,

and tomorrow night,

Mike Rogers is taking me to the senior prom.

Who you taking to thepicnic on Saturday Bud?

- [Bud] Shirley Wilson,who you going with?

- [Betty] Ralph, naturally.

Oh he asked me weeks ago.

The dance over at Westridge sounds like fun.

- [Bud] Yeah, why don'tyou and Mike come over?

- [Betty] Yeah, maybe we will.

- Well Kitten, it looks like um, you and your Mother and I,

have the evening all to ourselves.

- Oh, maybe we three could take in a movie?

- Sure, how about that?

- I'd rather not, thanks anyway.

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- I think I know what'swrong with her dear.

- So do I, poor little Kathy (chuckles).

She has the baby of the family blues.

(door thuds)

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- I hate you, I just hate you.

You're ugly, fat, and stupid.

Nobody likes you.

Everybody else has boyfriends and girlfriends,

but you've got nobody.

You're just a big mess (cries).

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- Kathy, what's wrong?

(Kathy cries)

Hey, what happened?

Huh, what happened?

- Nothing, I just feltlike crying, that's all.

- Well you can tell me about it Kathy.

That's what big sisters are for.

(Kathy cries)

When uh, we were talking downstairs,

you mentioned George Wilson.

Does it have something to do with George?

Oh well, there's nothingto be ashamed of Kathy.

I was crying over boyswhen I was years old.

Now tell me about George.

Is he your boyfriend?

Of course he is, I can tell by the expression on your face.

Oh Kathy.

- Well, he's sort of my boyfriend.

That's is we

kinda been going around in school, and everything.

- Well naturally, so what happened?

- Well he likes me a lot you know and.

- [Betty] Mm hmm.

- We, we had a fight.

- Oh, about what?

- Let's see.

Um, he was walking with this other girl,

and, and so I said,

"Well if you wanna walk with other girls,

"it's all right with me."

And then he tried to apologize,but I just wouldn't listen,

and I left him standing there.

Um, he's been trying totalk to me ever since,

but I refuse to speak to him.

- Little sister, you're growing up.

Don't you worry, you didexactly the right thing.

Now stop crying, everything's gonna be all right.

This is your first boyfriend.

There'll be lots more, and more quarrels, more making up.

It's wonderful, but youmake me feel so old.

(audience laughing)

- You know, I've been thinking about Kathy.

She's pretty much alone.

Bud and Betty are growing away from her.

They don't have much in common anymore.

- Well you can't make time stand still dear.

- I'm quite aware of that.

We might try a little harder to keep the family intact,

rather then the kids

taking off in seven different directions.

- Well I'm for that.

- Now you take the community picnic for instance.

- Oh get me the butter would you dear?

- Hmm, oh.

Why can't we go as a family?

Instead of Betty and her date sitting at one table,

Bud and his date at another.

You and I and Kathy sitting offalone in a corner somewhere.

- Oh, you are a lonely Joe tonight dear.

- Why, I'm nothing of the kind.

We've always been a stick together family,

and I'd like to keep it that way.

- Father, can you please fix the buckle on this belt?

- Well, I've been fixing them

since you put on your first dress.

I guess I can manage.

- Poor little Kathy.

- [Jim] Hmm?

- I found her up in her room

crying as if herheart had break.

- Why?

- You know why?

She has a boyfriend.

- So that's why she was upset.

I wonder why she didn'ttell us about it?

- Who didn't tell who about what?

(audience laughing)

- [Betty] Kathy has a boyfriend, George Wilson.

- You're kidding?

- I am not, she just told me.

- Well they sure keep it a secret.

We gave George a ride home this afternoon,

and they didn't even look at each other.

- Well they had a fight.

That's why she was crying.

- Boy are those kids sick.

Lovers quarrel at age ?

- Oh now just a minute grandpa.

When you were years old,

you were the Lochinvar of the bicycle set.

(audience laughing)

- What's everybody doing in the kitchen?

- [Margaret] Well that'swhat I'd like to know.

I was trying to get dinner.

- What's all this jazz about you and George Wilson?

(audience laughing)

- Oh, it's um, nothing.

Just another boy.

- Oh come on now Kathy, tell the truth.

- Give us all the romantic details.

- Well I'll say this for old George,

he picked the best looking girl in the class.

- Oh Daddy, stop it.

- Are you sure you weren't imagining all this?

- I certainly am not.

- Kathy would never tell us anything that wasn't true.

There you are dear.

- Oh come on Kitten.

If I'm gonna be father of the bride,

I wanna hear the whole story.

- [Kathy] Well,there's nothing really.

It's just that--

- Look, if you're going to be so modest, I'll tell them.

- George Wilson is simply crazy about Kathy,

it's a real romance.

That's right isn't it?

- Well, sure but--

- And they had a quarrel,

because Kathy saw him walking with another girl, right?

- Yes, but--

- Now George is just dying of remorse.

He wants to apologize, but Kathy is playing it smart.

She's uh, gonna let him suffer for awhile.

- Oh these calculating females.

(audience laughing)

- [Bud] Sounds like apretty tall tale to me.

- It's true!

You just don't believeanything good about me.

George is my boyfriend and he likes me,

and he wants to take me places.

- Oh yeah.

- Just like Betty's boyfriends do.

- Oh, and uh, where would a year old kid take you?

What places?

- Lots of places, to the movies, to the malt shop.

(Bud chuckles)

He even wants to take meto the picnic Saturday.

- [Bud] Mm hmm.

- Oh so George wantsto take the picnic huh?

Say how's this for an idea.

Suppose I reserve one of those big tables

out in the picnic grounds,

and we'll make this a super family affair.

Betty you bring Ralph, Bud you bring Shirley,

and our two guests of honorwill be Kathy and George Wilson.

How about that?

- It's a perfect idea.

All those in favor, signify by saying aye.

- [All] Aye!

- So it's all set Kitten (chuckles).

- You know what I did?

I told my family that George Wilson

wanted to take me to the picnic Saturday.

- Kathy.

- Well I didn't mean to.

It, it just burped out,

and now my father has abig family party planned

for Bud and his date, Betty andhis date, and George and me.

- Oh I wouldn't be you for anything.

What're you gonna do?

- I don't know.

- [Patty] Hi George.

- Oh hello.

- You think I could ask him to go to the picnic with me?

- Oh don't be silly, he only goes with the popular girls.

Besides, you can't justgo walk up and ask him.

- I've got to, the picnic's tomorrow.

Come on, walk over and stand beside me while I ask him.

- I will not.

He'll think we're a couple of feather brains.

You got yourself into this mess,

you're not gonna get me into it too.

- I can't walk over to him alone, I'd die.

- You can't walk over to him without dying.

How you gonna talk to him?

(audience laughing)

- Oh I wish I'd never been born.

- I've got an idea.

When Bud takes you andGeorge home in his car.

Maybe then you can ask George.

- Well I can't go home with him.

Bud thinks that George has already asked me.

(horn honking)

- You are the prize ninny of all ninnies.

- Come on George, let's go.

- Hurry up!

- There's Bud and Shirley.

- Come on, I don't want them to see me.

- What're you pushing me for?

- Well you've gotta stay here and help me.

- Help you?

- Shh.

- Hi.

- [Shirley] Where's Kathy.

- [George] I don't know, she was over there a minute ago.

- She probably forgother books or something.

- [Shirley] Look, Bud's waiting,

you could go and find her you know.

- Well if I found her,what would I say to her?

- [Shirley] Little brothers.

- Well the way I hear it uh, you aren't exactly strangers.

- What do ya mean?

- Well, you asked her

to go to the picnic Saturday didn't you?

- George, ask a girl for a date?

Well he'd rather be sh*t.

- You mean you didn't ask her?

- I've never even talkedto Kathy, except once.

We were standing in line, and she was in front of me,

and she stepped on my foot and I--

- Yeah I know, I heard about that.

Why that little fibber.

Oh hi Patty, say where's Kathy?

- Kathy?

Oh well, she thought,

well that is, on account of,

what I mean is that.

- Whatever it is, say it.

- Well I'm trying to.

Kathy said that she couldn't ride home with you ah,

for various reasons.

- Such as?

- Oh, well, let me see.

Oh yes, I know,

she had to stop at the store and buy some things.

- What store?

- How should I know, Kathy madeup these excuses, I didn't.

- Hey friends, I uh,

picked up a beautiful girl on the way home (chuckles).

Hi dear.

- Kathy, you were supposed to come home with Bud.

- Well I couldn't.

Well I had to go to the store and do some other things.

- Well, everybody all set for the picnic tomorrow?

- Yes.

- Yeah I am, I talked to Ralph,

and he said it's fine with him.

What about Shirley?

- Ah, it's all right with her.

- Kathy, are you all straightened out with George?

- Do you have your date Kitten?

- Oh sure um,

George said he'd love totake me to the picnic,

and he's real excited about it.

(Jim chuckles)

But I just remembered,I don't think I can go.

I have a dancinglesson tomorrow.

- Oh don't be silly Kathy.

- Oh we can postpone that til next week.

- Well, it's all nailed down then.

I reserved the table today.

Got that big one under the oak tree, right beside the lake.

- We'll have to leave here, oh tomorrow.

Kathy you better phone George and tell him to be here,

oh about quarter of huh?

- That's uh--

- No I uh, uh, I don't think he's home yet.

- Yeah he's home, I delivered him myself.

- [Margaret] Oh you better call him angel,

so there won't be any confusion.

- Well you don't want Georgeto be late for your first date,

particularly when he's been

looking forward to it for so long.

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- Hello, may I speak to George please?

Hello George?

This is Kathy, I'mcalling about tomorrow.

You know, the picnic?

Yes, that's right.

Oh you can't go.

Oh George, I'm so sorry.

Of course I understand.

Maybe we can make it some other time and.

(audience laughing)

- [Margaret] Jim, are youready to start loading the car?

- Anytime you are.

The freight for the picnic special

is being assembled on the dock.

- I must finally admit you have a brilliant son.

- [Jim] Oh yeah.

- My portable, he fixed it.

- Nothing any genius couldn't do.

- Would you mind applying your genius

to getting the watermelon out of the refrigerator?

- [Bud] No sooner said than done.

- Thanks a million.

- Where's Kathy, I haven't seen her all morning.

- Probably upstairs getting ready for the big date.

- [Betty] Well I'm gonna go hurry her up.

(audience laughing)

- If only it would rain.

I know I did a terrible thing.

I oughta be punished, butplease, can you punish me later,

and for now, just send some rain?

(audience laughing)

It's very dry and the farmers need it,

and I need it.

You don't have to send an awful lot of rain,

just enough to call off this picnic.

(audience laughing)

- Kathy, Kathy, you're not even dressed.

- Um, well we might not go.

That is, if it rains, and it looks pretty cloudy outside.

- What are you talking about?

- [Radio Announcer] And for the latest weather report

for the Springfield area.

- (chuckles) How's that for timing?

- [Radio Announcer] Clear and sunny, slightly warmer,

with a high of .

Perfect weather for the community picnic.

- It's not gonna rain, so you don't have to worry.

Now get dressed, George should be here any minute.

You did call him last night didn't you?

- Sure.

- You told him to be here at quarter to ?

Well then hurry up.

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- Hey, who's holding up the parade?

- [Margaret] Our two guests of honor haven't appeared.

- [Jim] Huh?

- Oh Bud, go upstairs and tell Kathy we're waiting.

- Yeah, huh.

(audience laughing)

(Kathy crying) (melancholy music)

- Come on Kathy, folks are waiting for you downstairs.

- I can't go down there,you know why I can't.

- Yeah, I know.

I know you were fibbing about George

right from the beginning.

- Then why didn't you tell on me?

You just wanted to t*rture me didn't you?

- No, I wanted you to learn by experience

what a mess you can get yourself into

by telling one little lie.

I uh, I may not show it all the time,

but I uh, I'm kindaproud of Betty and you.

I think I got a couple of well real, real nice sisters.

The kind if they happento make a mistake,

and tell the folks a lie.

Well they'd be big enough to uh,

to know they'd done wrong,

and they'd go square themselves.

- How could I tell them?

- Just, just go down and tell them.

I mean I know that's tough.

I, I went all through this when I was a kid,

but take my word for it,

if you go down right now,

and tell them exactly what happened,

all your worries are over.

I guarantee it.

Now how about it?

- Okay.

If you'll come with me.

- Sure, I'll come with you.

- (sighs) We can't get everyone together.

- No sign of old George.

- [Betty] Oh.

- Something for you and your mother there.

- Thank you.

They're certainly getting their romance

off to a flying start.

- Thanks dear.

Kathy!

Bud!

Well, at last.

- Kitten, you better get on the phone,

and find out what happened to your boyfriend.

- Well angel, well you've been crying.

What's the matter?

- I have to tell yousomething about George.

It's awfully hard to explain.

- Well what is it Kitten?

- Well,

when I told you that I,

you see.

(doorbell ringing)

- [Jim] Oh.

Well hello there.

- Hello, I'm George Wilson.

I have a date with Kathy for the picnic.

- [Jim] Yes, come on in George, I'm Kathy's father.

This is the rest of the Anderson's, Mrs. Anderson.

- Hello George.

- Betty and Bud, and I'msure you uh, know Kathy.

- Hi Kathy.

- Hello George.

(audience laughing)

- Car's out back, comeon everybody, let's go.

- I'll take that for you.

- [Margaret] Oh thank you George.

- [Jim] Oh good George.

All right.

Got a wonderful table George.

- We got good weather.

- Under a big tree, right by the lake.

- Bud wait!

- Well quit pulling on me.

- You got George to come, you did it for me didn't you?

- Well, you're such a little knot head,

somebody's gottalook out for ya.

(audience laughing)

- Oh Bud, you're the most perfect,

wonderful brother that ever lived.

I love you.

Oh you're just the greatest.

How could I ever repay you?

- That's all right.

- Wait, Bud.

(audience laughing)

Bud!

- Remember how they used to fight when they were little?

- (chuckles) Well, they're growing up honey,

and aren't we glad?

(audience laughing)

- Bud, Bud!

(audience applauding)

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