TV-G | 30min | Comedy, Drama, Family, TV Series | Episode aired 6 February 1953
Ozzie and Harriet Nelson raise their two sons Ricky and David. As the sons age, they experience teenage dating problems, marriage and careers. In this episode, David and Ricky finally get their own separate rooms - with hilarious results.
Director: Ozzie Nelson
Writers: Don Nelson, Bill Davenport
Stars: Ozzie Nelson, Harriet Nelson, David Nelson, Ricky Nelson
Ozzie and Harriet Nelson raise their two sons Ricky and David. As the sons age, they experience teenage dating problems, marriage and careers. In this episode, David and Ricky finally get their own separate rooms - with hilarious results.
Director: Ozzie Nelson
Writers: Don Nelson, Bill Davenport
Stars: Ozzie Nelson, Harriet Nelson, David Nelson, Ricky Nelson
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00:00And here is his lovely wife, Harriet Nelson, who keeps the family on an even keel.
00:06Hello, Harriet.
00:07The smiling young teenager we now see is David Nelson,
00:10older of the two Nelson boys and played by David Nelson.
00:14And here we have the youngest of the Nelsons,
00:16the little guy with the twinkle in his eye, Ricky Nelson, played by Ricky Nelson.
00:20The Nelsons' next door neighbor, Mr. Thornberry,
00:23better known as Ozzie's pal, Thorny, is played by Don DeFore.
00:27Can I go to the movies this afternoon, Ma?
00:35Well, that's up to you, dear. You've got your allowance.
00:37There's a neat picture playing.
00:39Can I go with you, David?
00:40Not this time, Ricky. Some other time, maybe.
00:42Well, now, that's not very nice. Why can't you take your little brother with you?
00:45I want to go with the guys.
00:47What am I, a dame or something?
00:49Stop that fresh talk.
00:51Why won't David let me go to the show with him?
00:54Well, I don't know, David.
00:55Why can't Ricky go along with you and the big boy?
00:57Well, gee, Mom, he always talks during the picture.
01:00Well, so what? Nobody ever listens to me.
01:04Well, I certainly don't think it would be nice for you
01:06to go off and leave your little brother at home.
01:08That's what I keep telling him.
01:10Do the other boys object to Ricky?
01:12It's not that, Mom.
01:13Well, what is it, then?
01:14Yeah, then what is it?
01:18This is why I like to go by myself.
01:20You'd think I was poison or something.
01:22Well, I'm surprised at both of you.
01:24You certainly don't act like brothers.
01:26There's another thing.
01:27He's got his stuff piled all over my room.
01:30It's my room, too, you know.
01:32And you've got your comic books all over my bed.
01:34You told me to move them from your desk.
01:36Now, this is ridiculous.
01:37You have a nice big room, and I don't see why you can't make some sort of an agreement.
01:41Why can't we have separate rooms of our own?
01:43Well, David, we don't live in the Coliseum.
01:45You can't have a room for every member of the family.
01:47How about the attic? Ricky could sleep up there.
01:50Oh, yeah?
01:51You could sleep in the garage and turn on the morning to fisticate yourself.
01:59What's the big beef about?
02:01Oh, just a little brotherly love.
02:03David won't take Ricky to the movies with him,
02:05and now he's suggesting that they have separate rooms.
02:07Not that I don't like Ricky, Pop.
02:09He hates me.
02:12I don't hate you.
02:13I just don't like taking Ricky every place I go.
02:16Let's think this thing over.
02:17I think maybe David has a legitimate complaint here.
02:20Pop hates me, too.
02:24Now, now, you know better than that.
02:25You can be very fond of somebody, Ricky,
02:27but still there are times when everybody likes to be alone.
02:30You mean you think we ought to try to work out separate rooms for the boys?
02:33Well, not necessarily, Harriet, but I think it's something we ought to consider.
02:37After all, fellas, when your Uncle Al and I were boys,
02:40we each had a separate room.
02:42Did you want one?
02:44No, he did.
02:48Well, I don't know.
02:49I think it's very nice for two brothers to share the same room.
02:52It's okay with me.
02:53I don't have to sleep with David.
02:55Well, look, Ricky, don't feel hurt about this.
02:57Yes, no.
02:58I think it'd be fun to sleep with you and Mom.
03:03This is exactly the arrangement I had in mind.
03:05Well, I think it'll be fine for them to have separate rooms later on,
03:07but I do think they can wait a few years.
03:10Well, Harriet, what you don't seem to realize
03:12is that David's a pretty big guy now.
03:14It isn't that he isn't fond of Ricky,
03:16but gosh, it's not fair for a person to be saddled with somebody else.
03:20Mom, a horse.
03:24Perhaps saddled isn't the proper word,
03:26but there's nothing personal in this, Ricky.
03:29I'm sure you'd feel the same way about it if you were in David's place.
03:32Heck, I'd feel kind of lucky to have such a swell little brother.
03:38But just tell me one thing.
03:39Suppose they do decide to have separate rooms.
03:41Where are we going to find the extra room?
03:43Well, I think a little while ago,
03:45David mentioned something about making a room up in the attic, didn't he?
03:48Well, you certainly can't call our attic a bedroom.
03:51Oh, golly, when I was a kid, I slept up in the attic.
03:54My mother fixed it up so it was nice and warm and cozy.
03:58Little Orphan Annie sleeps up in the attic?
04:00Uh, not always.
04:02Only in the wintertime, I think.
04:04You could call me Little Orphan Ricky.
04:09Well, the whole thing is ridiculous.
04:10We're certainly not going to make Ricky sleep in the attic.
04:12Well, I don't know, Harriet.
04:14This wasn't my idea.
04:15I'm just trying to help him solve the problem.
04:18It's up to them.
04:19Would it really be my room?
04:21Why don't we just forget about it for now, huh?
04:24I think that's a good idea.
04:26No, I think it'd be fun to have a room of my own.
04:28Well, now, you heard your father, Ricky.
04:30Let's forget the whole thing for a while.
04:32Well, Harriet, as long as they both like the idea,
04:34maybe we ought to let them try it.
04:36And after all, he probably gets tired of David, too.
04:39Who, me?
04:40I sure do, boy.
04:42David always leaves his stuff piled under my stuff.
04:45That's your stuff piled on top of my stuff.
04:48Oh, yeah?
04:49Yeah.
04:50I can't go to sleep at night because David's playing the radio
04:52with a pillow over it.
04:53Okay, okay.
04:55You're not sleeping.
04:56You're under the covers with a flashlight reading comic books.
04:58Oh, yeah?
04:59Yeah.
05:00Oh, yeah?
05:01Yeah.
05:02Oh, yeah?
05:03Yeah.
05:04Okay, welcome to the barfing conversation.
05:05Look, is this just a lot of talk,
05:07or do you really want separate rooms?
05:09I really want them, Mom.
05:10Me, too, Mom.
05:11Honest.
05:12You sure you won't get scared now, Ricky?
05:14Are you kidding?
05:15Well, there you are, Harriet.
05:19Well, it still seems silly to me.
05:21Oh, there's nothing silly about it.
05:23The boys are just growing up.
05:25They're fond of each other, but they're individuals.
05:28They like to be alone once in a while, too.
05:30Sure, I like Ricky, Mom.
05:32I think he's the best little brother in the whole world.
05:34I'm very fond of him.
05:36Let's not get mushy, David.
05:39Very nice, David.
05:40I'm sure he means it.
05:42Come on, let's go.
05:43What do you mean?
05:44Don't you want to go to the show with me?
05:46Oh, boy, thanks, David.
05:47Oh, wait a minute, boys.
05:48Now, for the last time,
05:49are you sure you want separate rooms?
05:51Sure, Mom.
05:52Honest.
05:53Me, too.
05:54Now, Ricky, you'll be sleeping in the attic.
05:55Oh, that's neat, boy.
05:56Come on, Rick.
05:57Well, I guess that settles that.
05:59I hope we're doing the right thing.
06:01You see, first of all,
06:02we'll have to move that junk out of the attic.
06:04Then we can take Ricky's bed up there.
06:06And we can get that rug out of the garage.
06:08And the attic will have to be cleaned
06:09and the windows washed.
06:12Uh, Harriet?
06:14Yes, dear?
06:15I think I may run down to the movies myself this afternoon.
06:32Hello?
06:33Hello, Harriet.
06:34It's Aunt Ellen.
06:35Oh, hello, Aunt Ellen.
06:37Am I interrupting anything, dear?
06:39Oh, no, I was just trying to figure out
06:40a little household problem.
06:42Oh?
06:43Nothing serious, I hope.
06:44No.
06:45No, it seems we're going to be needing
06:46an extra room in our house.
06:48Do you think I can make a bedroom out of the attic?
06:51Oh, Harriet, how wonderful.
06:53This time, I hope it's a girl.
06:56No, Aunt Ellen, it's nothing like that.
07:00It's just that Ozzie thought it might be a good idea
07:02if the boys had separate rooms.
07:04You say Ozzie wants a separate room?
07:06No, not Ozzie.
07:07David and Ricky wants a separate room.
07:09Personally, I didn't like the idea,
07:11but Ozzie feels that everybody's entitled
07:13to a little privacy if he wants it.
07:15Well, Harriet, you just told Ozzie
07:17that he can't have a separate room.
07:19Aunt Ellen, Ozzie doesn't want a separate room for himself.
07:22But, dear, you just told me he said
07:24a person was entitled to a little privacy.
07:26Well, he was talking about David and Ricky.
07:28Sure, if he wanted a room of his own,
07:30he'd come right out and say so.
07:32Well, maybe he would and maybe he wouldn't,
07:34but you know how men are.
07:36You just can't figure them out sometimes.
07:38Well, I hope you're wrong, Aunt Ellen.
07:40In the first place, I don't want Ozzie in a separate room,
07:43especially not in the wintertime.
07:45My feet get so cold and his back is so nice and warm.
07:49Well, I wouldn't worry about it, dear.
07:53I could be completely wrong.
07:55Well, that's just the trouble.
07:57The more I think it over, the more I think you're right.
07:59Aunt Ellen?
08:01Yes, dear?
08:03Do you know where I can buy a pair of electric Snuggies?
08:06♪
08:13Oh, Harriet, have you seen my brown sweater
08:15anyplace you know, the one I got for Christmas?
08:17Well, I think it's in your shirt drawer under my blouses.
08:20No, I looked there and it's not there.
08:22It's not in my sock drawer under your stockings, either.
08:25Well, you should have seen it a few days ago.
08:28Did you look in your closet?
08:30Yes, I did. It's not there.
08:32I must remember to take my shoes out of there, too.
08:34Oh, that's all right.
08:35I stepped right over them.
08:38Try the shelf under my hat box.
08:40Yeah, I looked there. It's not there.
08:42Oh, look in the upstairs hall closet.
08:45I put some of your things out there a few days ago.
08:47I thought you might like to have a closet of your own.
08:49Oh, fine. I'll go look.
08:50Try on the second shelf under the bath towels.
08:54Oh, that's okay.
08:56I really don't need it anyway.
08:58You certainly have my things all over the place, haven't I?
09:01Have you?
09:03My blouses in your shirt drawer, my clothes in your closet.
09:06You don't have any place to put your things.
09:08Well, sure I do.
09:09I have the whole top drawer of our dresser.
09:12Besides, you just have more things than I do.
09:14It must be annoying sometimes.
09:16No, no. Not at all.
09:19You know, I've been thinking about the boys having separate rooms.
09:22Well, I thought it was all decided.
09:24Oh, yes. I've just been thinking about it.
09:27Well, gee, I hope I didn't offend Ricky.
09:30But, gosh, David's getting to be a pretty big guy now.
09:33And it's a typical masculine desire to want a little privacy.
09:37Oh?
09:38Now, you take me, for instance.
09:40You mean you'd like a separate room?
09:41Oh, me?
09:42Well, that's what you said, wasn't it?
09:44No, no, no, no. I was talking about when I was a boy.
09:47Tell me, what would I want with a separate room?
09:50Well, you'd know where all your things are.
09:52Well, I know where they are now.
09:55They're all around here somewhere.
09:58That's what I mean. You'd have a little privacy.
10:02Are you sure you wouldn't enjoy a little more privacy?
10:05I've never even considered it.
10:08Well, it wouldn't hurt to try it.
10:10Gee, what could we turn into a spare bedroom?
10:14How about the den?
10:16We could fix that up very nicely.
10:18Yes, I guess that could be arranged.
10:22Might be a nice change for both of us.
10:25Oh, yeah.
10:28I wouldn't bother you with the light shining in your eyes when I read in bed at night.
10:34I wouldn't have to fight for my share of the covers.
10:39Well, I'll go see what can be done about the den.
10:43Oh, fine.
10:46Hi, Oz.
10:48Oh, I hear you just in time to give me a hand.
10:51What's going on here?
10:53Well, that's a good question.
10:56Harriet's decided she wants me to move into the den.
10:59Move into the den?
11:01Yes, sir. That's supposed to be my room from now on.
11:04She wants us to have separate rooms.
11:06Now, how do you figure a thing like that?
11:08Well, Oz, women are funny sometimes.
11:10I guess it's just because they're women.
11:12Evidently, Harriet's decided she wants a little more privacy.
11:14Well, yes, but why, Thorny?
11:16Haven't I always been a good husband?
11:18Don't ask me, Oz. I'm just your neighbor.
11:24Thorny, why should Harriet kick me out of my own room?
11:27Well, she probably has her reasons.
11:29Look, Oz, I know you pretty well.
11:31You've probably got your clothes scattered all over the closet.
11:33Well, that's how much you know about it.
11:35You should see how much room I've got in our closet.
11:38You've got two suits, a pair of pants,
11:40a top coat, and a sport coat all on one hanger.
11:42You mean you're hogging a whole hanger?
11:46Don't be silly. I mean, this is serious.
11:49Why should Harriet want separate rooms
11:51after all these years of happy married life?
11:54Well, that's easy enough to understand.
11:56She probably wants to be alone once in a while.
11:58Look, Oz, just because you and Harriet are married
12:00doesn't make her chained to you.
12:02Sounds like my conversation with Ricky.
12:05Sounds like my conversation with Ricky.
12:08Yeah? Who's he married to?
12:12Don't be silly, Thorny. This is serious.
12:14Oh, Oz, don't be so tragic. This isn't the end.
12:17If you play your cards right,
12:18maybe you'll be able to sit next to her at dinner.
12:22The whole idea is ridiculous, Thorny, and you know it.
12:25Well, of course it is, Oz.
12:26But you know as well as I do that when a woman
12:28makes up her mind, brother, that is it.
12:30Now, why don't you just go along with the idea
12:32for a few days until she changes her mind?
12:35Well, evidently, I have no other choice.
12:38You know, this is something like the time
12:40Catherine and I had an argument.
12:41She made me sleep in the living room.
12:43Brother, I didn't stay there long.
12:46Well, how'd you get her to change her mind?
12:48Well, about 10.30 that night, I turned on the radio,
12:51and I had one of those murder mysteries
12:53tuned up so she could hear it.
12:54You know, one of those real bloodcurdlers.
12:56Hey, that's pretty sly.
12:58And she came rushing in to you?
13:01No, I went rushing out to her.
13:06Unfortunately, Harriet doesn't frighten quite so easily.
13:10Now, Catherine doesn't either, but brother, I sure do.
13:14The only alternative I have to do is just, as you say,
13:17go along with it and hope that Harriet will change her mind.
13:20That's right, Oz.
13:21She'll get tired of having the whole bedroom to herself.
13:24Sure she will.
13:26Why?
13:27Well, I don't know.
13:30You were the one who said it.
13:32You know, Oz, you may enjoy sleeping in the den.
13:36You'll be able to read in bed.
13:37That's always fun.
13:39I suppose so.
13:40Well, sure it is.
13:41As a matter of fact, I got a book you can read.
13:43Might cheer you up.
13:44What book is that?
13:46It's called Live Alone and Like It.
13:58Come on, boys.
13:59Time to take your baths and get ready for bed.
14:01Oh, there's no baths up in the attic.
14:03I guess I'm all through with baths, huh, Mom?
14:06I guess you're right.
14:07You just take your bath in the usual place.
14:09Well, Harriet, maybe if this is going to cause all this confusion,
14:12we might better forget about the whole deal, huh?
14:14Well, there's no confusion, dear.
14:16Well, I mean...
14:18Well...
14:20Well, okay.
14:22Oh, come on, fellas.
14:23I'm going to go to bed.
14:25Oh, come on, fellas.
14:27I'm going to go up with your mother and get my pajamas.
14:29Oh, I put your pajamas on the couch in the den.
14:31Oh, yes, I saw those, Harriet,
14:33but they're those red striped pajamas,
14:35and the couch in there is green,
14:37and I'm afraid the colors would clash something awful.
14:40So I thought I'd go up and get those ones with the little dots on them
14:44and the sort of figures and...
14:46Oh, well, you probably know best.
14:48Come on, boys.
14:50Good night, Mom.
14:51Good night, Dave.
14:52Good night, Rick.
14:53Good night, David.
14:54Good night, Dave.
14:55Good night, Mom.
14:56Good night, Rick.
14:57Good night, Pop.
14:58Good night, Rick.
14:59Good night, David.
15:00Good night, Rick.
15:01Good night, dear.
15:03Good night, Rick.
15:04Good night, Pop.
15:05Good night, Dave.
15:06Good night, Pop.
15:07Well, I guess it's my turn.
15:09Good night, everybody.
15:10Good night, Mom.
15:11Good night, dear.
15:13Good night.
15:37Harriet.
15:40Harriet.
15:41Hmm?
15:43Oh, Arnie.
15:44Were you asleep?
15:46Oh, no. What's the matter, dear?
15:47Oh, well, turn on the light.
15:49I brought you some books.
15:52Oh, thank you, dear.
15:54They'll help you go to sleep.
15:58Oh, how nice.
15:59Murder at Midnight, Scream in the Dark,
16:03and The Purple Monster.
16:07Scream in the Dark is a very good book.
16:10This woman is sleeping alone in her room.
16:15I don't feel much like reading right now.
16:18Oh.
16:20Okay.
16:24Well, I'll, uh...
16:27I'll go back downstairs to the den.
16:30Good night.
16:37Ozzie.
16:38Yes, dear?
16:39What's the matter? Frightened or lonely or something?
16:42You forgot to close the door.
16:47I'm sorry.
16:57Pop.
16:58Dave.
16:59What are you doing out of bed so late, son?
17:00I didn't know whether I said goodnight to you,
17:02and I came out to make sure.
17:03Oh.
17:06Did I say goodnight to Ricky?
17:07Uh, yes, you did.
17:08I remember you said goodnight to him twice.
17:12Did I say goodnight to Mom?
17:14Uh, yes, you did.
17:16If it worries you, I can go in and say goodnight to her again for you.
17:20That's all.
17:21Good night, Pop.
17:23Good night, Pop.
17:38Oh.
17:45Ozzie?
17:46Yes, it's just me.
17:48I heard somebody walking around up here,
17:51and I thought I'd make sure it was you.
17:53Was it you?
17:54Yes, it was me.
17:55I looked in to see if the boys were all right.
17:56Oh.
17:57Are they all right?
17:58Mm-hmm.
17:59Oh, that's good.
18:01You having trouble getting to sleep, dear?
18:03Yes, I am, Harriet.
18:05Oh, look, here's a very nice book.
18:07It has some nice poems in it.
18:09Oh.
18:10Oh, yes.
18:12Well, I'll take it back down to the den with me
18:16and browse through it in case I have any more trouble getting to sleep.
18:25Good night again, dear.
18:26Good night, dear.
18:35Good night.
18:56Ozzie?
18:57Oh.
18:58Oh, Harriet, what are you doing down here?
19:01I brought you an extra cover.
19:02I thought you might be cold.
19:04Oh, oh, gee, thank you very much.
19:06It's very thoughtful.
19:07How can you sleep with all the lights on?
19:09Oh, well, I couldn't go to sleep with the lights off,
19:12and I thought maybe if I turned them all on,
19:14the change might kind of sort of startle me to sleep.
19:20The couch doesn't look too comfortable.
19:22Oh, it's okay.
19:24Only thing, though, I have to put my feet up on the edge there.
19:28But that's fine.
19:30Oz, it would be fine if I didn't have to put my head up on the other arm.
19:36But I finally balanced it all out.
19:38I took those two cushions from that couch over there,
19:41and it levels me right off.
19:45Here's your cover.
19:46Won't just throw it on the floor.
19:49That's where they all wind up anyway.
19:53Did you read the book I gave you?
19:55What book?
19:56Well, you know, the book I gave to you upstairs in the bedroom.
19:59You said you were going to browse through it.
20:01Oh!
20:02No, I changed my mind.
20:04It's right over there.
20:07Why don't you open it?
20:09Any particular reason?
20:12Well, yes, there's a special poem in there I'd like you to see.
20:19There's a paper in here.
20:21Really?
20:23It's a poem in your handwriting.
20:27I read where a man was frozen when
20:31he decided to sleep downstairs in the den.
20:40So you'd better hurry up here fast.
20:44Your electric blanket is on full blast.
20:50Harriet, you wrote this for me?
20:55Took me all afternoon.
20:59Then why did you kick me out of our room if you felt this way?
21:03Well, I thought that was what you wanted.
21:05Well, no!
21:07I thought that's what you wanted.
21:09No, it was you.
21:11And I can't say I blame you.
21:13I have all my things getting in the way of your things
21:16and pushing you out of the closet.
21:18Well, I don't mind, honest.
21:21Besides, what about my snoring?
21:24Oh, I don't mind.
21:27You mean I do snore?
21:31Well, uh...
21:33Well, no, it's not exactly snoring.
21:35It's more like heavy breathing.
21:38It's soothing.
21:40Besides, I can always push you over on your side.
21:44Well, David, what are you doing down here?
21:46I'm looking for Ricky.
21:48He's not down here, son.
21:49He's up in the attic, don't you remember?
21:51No, he isn't, Pop.
21:52I was just up there.
21:54Well, I wonder where he is.
21:56Golly, maybe he ran away from home.
21:58No, you can both stop worrying.
22:00He's fast asleep.
22:01But I must admit I had a hard job finding him myself.
22:04Where is he, Mom?
22:05Well, the last I saw of him, David,
22:07he was asleep in his sleeping bag curled up under your bed.
22:11Say, as long as we're up this late,
22:13how about a nice cup of hot chocolate?
22:15That sounds like a wonderful idea.
22:17And I think I'll have a sandwich.
22:19A cheese and tomato on white bread.
22:21Can I have lettuce and tomato on toast?
22:23I think I'll have cheese and tomato on whole wheat.
22:25Make mine ham on rice.
22:27I think I'll have cheese and tomato on whole wheat.
22:29Make mine ham on rice.
22:44Ozzie?
22:48Ozzie?
22:52Yes, dear?
22:54Could you turn over on your side?
22:56Oh, what's the matter? Was I snoring?
22:59No, not exactly. You're just breathing hard.
23:05You know, I was having the strangest dream.
23:09I dreamt I was...
23:11I was lying down on the nice warm sand.
23:15It was in the summertime.
23:17All of a sudden, somebody came along and put
23:20two pieces of ice right on the small of my back.
23:24Wasn't that strange?
23:26I'm sorry I woke you up, dear. Go back to sleep.
23:29No, that's okay.
23:31I won't have any trouble doing that.
23:34Oh.
23:47Oh!
23:51I'm sorry, dear. I thought you were asleep again.
23:54I'll wait a while.
24:15Ellen Corby played the part of Aunt Ellen.
24:33Ellen Corby played the part of Aunt Ellen.