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00:00 [music]
00:19 You have a date with the angels.
00:22 Starring Betty White.
00:25 Bill Williams as Gus Angel.
00:28 Presented by the Plymouth Dealers of America,
00:32 who proudly sell and service the beautiful new Plymouth for $19.57.
00:42 The time, about seven months after Vicki and Gus Angel were married.
00:46 The characters, two chicks and a wheel.
00:49 The plot, two's company, three's for the birds.
00:54 No, not on your life.
00:57 Tell your sister to keep them in Mississippi.
00:59 They're used to them down there, we're not.
01:01 Well, at least listen to what she says.
01:03 The last time he was here, he smashed all the furniture in the house.
01:07 He's only 16.
01:09 Sweetheart, they want to send Wheeler out here because they're very worried about him.
01:12 If he were my son, I'd be a little bit worried too.
01:15 What's he done, create a milk shortage in Mississippi?
01:19 He's in love.
01:21 What with? Another giraffe?
01:25 Grace says it's serious.
01:27 Listen to this.
01:29 The girl's name is Laurie Olsen.
01:31 She's a rather sweet and somewhat wearing young thing.
01:34 And Wheeler wants to marry her and raise pigs.
01:40 On a farm.
01:42 Besides, they're way too young to get married.
01:43 Oh, now wait a minute.
01:44 Wheeler's not even dry behind the ears and he's talking about marriage?
01:48 You write that sister of yours and tell her to stop talking and do something with that boy.
01:52 After all, marriage is important.
01:54 Marriage is for life.
01:56 Gosh, honey, look how long I looked before I found you.
02:01 And even then, I got lucky.
02:04 What else did she say?
02:06 Just more of the same.
02:08 The main thing is they want to get him away from this Laurie, whoever she is, Olsen.
02:11 Honey, the last time he...
02:14 You know I like him, it's only that...
02:18 All right, what's a little smashed furniture?
02:21 Write your sister and tell her to send him out.
02:28 Vicki.
02:30 No.
02:32 Yeah.
02:33 When?
02:35 We pick him up at the depot tomorrow.
02:38 Place look familiar to you, Wheeler?
02:40 Got a boom.
02:45 Same room as last time, okay?
02:48 Boom.
02:49 A boom.
02:50 A boom-boom.
02:51 Boom.
02:52 A boom-boom.
02:53 Boom.
02:54 A boom-boom.
02:55 Boom.
02:56 A boom-boom.
02:57 A boom-boom.
02:58 Boom.
02:59 A boom-boom.
03:00 Boom.
03:01 A boom-boom.
03:02 Boom.
03:03 A boom-boom.
03:04 Boom.
03:05 A boom-boom.
03:06 A boom-boom.
03:07 Oh.
03:08 Let me get it this time.
03:09 I can handle it.
03:10 Let me have it.
03:11 I'll bet you could use a little refreshment after that long trip, huh?
03:17 How about a couple of gallons of milk?
03:18 Oh, please don't wait on me, Uncle Gus.
03:20 I remember where the icebox is.
03:27 Well, he's picking up right where he left off.
03:31 But, you know, he doesn't seem too upset about leaving his girl.
03:35 You know, I noticed that, too.
03:36 I expect a tragedy to come dragging off that train.
03:39 Instead of that, we could--
03:42 I'll clean it up, Aunt Vicki.
03:43 I thought it was plastic.
03:45 Oh, that voice.
03:48 All right, honey.
03:50 I don't know what Grace was so upset about.
03:52 Yes, and you and Wilma lined up this new girl for him.
03:57 We're just going to take him to lunch.
03:59 We can at least go through with that.
04:02 I'm sorry about the broken glass.
04:04 I picked up all the pieces, though.
04:07 Well, that was thoughtful of you.
04:09 I put them in that disposal thing in the sink.
04:11 That's what it's for, ain't it?
04:15 Mashed potatoes have been known to stop it.
04:18 Isn't.
04:19 Isn't what?
04:20 That's what it's for, isn't it?
04:21 Ain't that what I said?
04:25 How are your mother and dad?
04:27 Shook up.
04:28 They hate me.
04:32 Hate you?
04:33 Yeah, but I don't mind.
04:34 It's just a stage they're going through.
04:37 They sent you out here so you could have a nice vacation.
04:40 That doesn't sound like they hate you.
04:42 They sent me out here to keep me away from Lori Olsen.
04:46 Who's Lori Olsen?
04:48 The girl Mom wrote you about in the letter.
04:52 Do you remember Grace saying anything about a girl?
04:55 What letter?
04:56 I know Mom wrote you a letter telling all about me
04:59 because I helped her spell incorrigible.
05:04 Well, anyway, we're very proud of you, Wheeler.
05:06 We think you're being very sensible about leaving Lori.
05:10 Well, it isn't too bad.
05:15 She'll be out here tomorrow, the next day.
05:19 Here?
05:20 What?
05:21 Her folks are driving out here for their vacation.
05:26 You think maybe I should have told my folks, too.
05:34 All right, all right.
05:38 Hi.
05:39 Hello.
05:40 What can I do for you?
05:41 You got a spare wheel lying around?
05:43 Oh, I'm Lori Olsen.
05:45 So soon?
05:47 What I meant by that was we just heard about you last night.
05:50 You must be his Uncle Gus.
05:52 Only by marriage.
05:54 Come in.
05:55 Oh, thanks.
05:59 Oh, I can't stay.
06:01 Daddy's waiting outside in the car.
06:03 Well, have him come in, for goodness sake.
06:05 Oh, no, he's got to go pick up Mom.
06:06 See, they're kind of on a vacation.
06:09 From Wheeler?
06:10 You dig.
06:11 I just wanted to tell the wheel that our date's on for tonight.
06:14 Well, he's not here just now.
06:16 Oh, panic.
06:17 He promised to take me out the first night I got here.
06:20 Well, his Aunt Vicki is having a meet a--
06:24 he and his Aunt Vicki are having lunch downtown somewhere.
06:27 Well, hey, let's go down and eat with them.
06:28 Well, I don't know exactly where they're eating.
06:30 Why don't you come back tonight?
06:31 Nervous.
06:32 Yeah.
06:33 Oh, but don't tell him I was here, Uncle Gus.
06:34 We'll surprise him, huh?
06:35 Straddle.
06:43 That's all right.
06:47 Lori, you and Wheeler go to the same gym?
06:53 He's just the final charge, isn't he?
06:55 Real nervous.
06:57 Why, you come back tonight.
06:58 I know he'll be happy about having his date with you.
07:00 Boy, me too.
07:02 We've been apart for five days.
07:04 Wow.
07:07 See you around, Uncle Gus.
07:08 Bye.
07:25 I'm very sorry.
07:26 I'm so sorry.
07:28 Well, I'm sure it'll be fine.
07:33 See, I'm sorry.
07:38 Get out before somebody--
07:39 Oh, look out!
07:43 Oh, she's gone.
08:00 What's the matter, Aunt Vicki?
08:01 Is the light too bright in here?
08:03 No.
08:04 No, honey, I'm fine.
08:06 You know something, Aunt Vicki?
08:08 I have manners, only I hate to use them.
08:13 You have wonderful manners.
08:14 You're just a little late using them.
08:17 It ain't that.
08:18 Oh, isn't that?
08:19 If you're with a nice lady like you, good manners are OK.
08:22 But with them dumb girls, it's just a waste of time.
08:25 Maybe I shouldn't have said that.
08:27 Those dumb girls.
08:32 And yet, you asked Lori to marry you.
08:35 Oh, I don't need good manners with Lori.
08:37 She thinks I have sort of a loose charm,
08:39 like a young Abraham Lincoln.
08:46 You do that once more, and I'll see to it that you're a loose Abraham Lincoln.
08:50 Yeah, I bet you could do it, too.
08:53 Would you like to order now?
08:54 We're waiting for someone, thank you.
08:59 Oh, what is this going to look like that you want me to get interested in?
09:04 I might have known you'd figure it out.
09:08 Wheeler, how can a 16-year-old boy, still in high school,
09:12 how can you even dream of getting married?
09:16 Beach algebra.
09:19 Thank you.
09:20 I'm sorry.
09:22 I'm sorry I'm delaying.
09:24 Pick up the chair first, Wheeler.
09:26 Oh, I'm sorry.
09:29 Wilma, this is my nephew, Wheeler.
09:31 This is Mrs. Clemson, Wheeler.
09:32 Hello, Wheeler.
09:33 Hi.
09:38 Jane will be right in.
09:39 She just got her driver's license, so she insisted on parking the car.
09:47 Wheeler, no!
10:05 Wheeler was brought up in a downdraft.
10:09 What's this friend of yours like, Mrs. Clemson?
10:12 Well, to my mind, she's pretty, Wheeler.
10:15 Vicki, I hope this works out all right.
10:17 She's done a little acting on television lately,
10:20 and she's changed quite a bit since the last time I saw her.
10:23 Well, if you don't mind, I'll treat it kind of light.
10:26 I'm going steady.
10:28 We know, Wheeler, but for my sake, will you please don't brush her off completely.
10:32 Okay.
10:33 The only reason I got her to come at all
10:37 is that she wanted to see what a boy from Mississippi looked like.
10:40 Well, Wheeler's promised to spend the afternoon with him.
10:46 Oh, here she is now.
10:48 Jane, I want you to meet my dearest friend, Vicki Angel.
10:51 Hello, Jane.
10:52 How do you do?
10:53 And this is her nephew, Wheeler.
10:56 Wheeler, this is Jane Wells.
10:58 How do you do, Miss Wells?
10:59 How do you do?
11:03 Oh.
11:06 There we are.
11:09 [laughter]
11:14 Thank you.
11:17 And shall we order?
11:19 [laughter]
11:26 She's coming here tonight.
11:27 We've got to get Wheeler out of the house before she shows up.
11:30 Why not let Lori in, this new one of his, tangled?
11:33 Might be fun to watch.
11:36 Gus, am I doing right to maneuver things like this?
11:40 Of course you are.
11:42 Your sister deliberately sent him out here for a reason.
11:45 And besides, I've seen this Lori.
11:47 She's just as young and clumsy and uncoordinated as he is.
11:50 Your sister is perfectly right.
11:52 What is this Jane Wells like?
11:55 Quite sophisticated and quite Hollywood.
11:58 Today she took Wheeler through a television station.
12:01 Well, that's one station won't be on the air tonight.
12:03 [laughter]
12:08 Tonight she's picking him up and they're going to attend a movie premiere, no less.
12:13 Gus, be prepared for a surprise.
12:16 She seems to have had an unusual influence on him.
12:19 What do you mean by that?
12:21 Well, you were out and back when he came home this afternoon, so you didn't--
12:25 Am I disturbing anyone?
12:27 [laughter]
12:30 Of course not, Wheeler. Come on in.
12:32 Thank you. Thank you very much.
12:34 [laughter]
12:36 You got a sore throat?
12:38 [laughter]
12:40 Wheeler explained that to me, darling.
12:41 This is his regular voice.
12:43 He just never had much occasion to use it.
12:46 Oh, I see.
12:48 Jane seems to be a little late.
12:50 So I thought I'd take advantage of the time to join you in some light conversation and light bandage.
12:55 [laughter]
12:58 Badanage.
13:00 How about some milk?
13:01 I said badanage.
13:03 Of course you did. Milk?
13:05 I prefer coffee. Black.
13:08 [laughter]
13:10 Sure, well, have a seat.
13:12 Thank you.
13:14 So it's a premiere tonight, huh?
13:18 Indeed, yes.
13:20 [laughter]
13:22 This Jane Wells must be quite a dish.
13:24 Isn't that a little vulgar, Uncle Gus?
13:27 [laughter]
13:28 Now, wait a minute, you--
13:29 [doorbell rings]
13:31 I'll let her in if you think I can handle the situation.
13:35 Hey, Vicki, will you do me a favor?
13:41 Your voice is slipping.
13:42 Well, I know, but I'm in a hurry.
13:44 Would you mind if I dropped aunt and uncle in front of Jane?
13:46 It sounds kind of babyish.
13:49 Well, I don't know about Gus, but--
13:50 Oh, sure, go ahead.
13:51 Okay.
13:53 After you, Vicki.
13:56 [laughter]
14:00 Hello, Jane.
14:02 Good evening, Mrs. Angel.
14:03 Sit down, Jane.
14:04 Thank you.
14:05 I've already introduced myself, Willa.
14:07 Fine, fine, Gus.
14:09 [laughter]
14:16 You know, I meant to tell you before, Mrs. Angel,
14:18 how very much you remind me of Sophia.
14:21 Sophia?
14:22 Sophia Lauren.
14:23 I was in a picture with her, you know.
14:26 Well, how wonderful for you.
14:28 Thank you.
14:30 Make yourself comfortable, Gus.
14:32 [laughter]
14:34 Shouldn't you two be on your way?
14:36 Oh, well, the premiere doesn't start until 8 o'clock.
14:39 Well, just the same, if you don't get there early,
14:41 the seats get wet.
14:43 We're not sitting in the bleachers, Mrs. Angel.
14:45 We're sitting in the orchestra.
14:47 Uh, what instrument do you play?
14:49 [laughter]
14:53 Willa, Willa.
14:55 Danny Thomas gave me the ticket.
14:57 I was in his last film with him, you know.
15:00 Would you mind if I showed Miss Wells around the place, Gus?
15:03 Go right ahead.
15:05 [laughter]
15:08 Perhaps you'd like to see the outside first.
15:10 They have a beautiful outdoor patois.
15:13 [laughter]
15:15 You mean patio.
15:17 You forget my southern accent.
15:19 [laughter]
15:21 Gus designed the fireplace,
15:23 and Vicki designed the drapes.
15:26 [music]
15:27 If that other one will be here any minute,
15:29 we've got to get them out of here.
15:30 As far as I'm concerned, you can throw them to the wolves.
15:33 [laughter]
15:36 All right.
15:38 [music]
15:42 Hi, I'm Lori.
15:44 You've got to be.
15:46 I'm Mrs. Angel. Come on in.
15:48 And Vicki.
15:49 Is the wheel ready to roll?
15:51 [laughter]
15:52 Honey, I'm afraid he isn't in the house at the moment.
15:55 Man, he never lights, does he?
15:57 Can I wait?
15:58 Well, of course, Lori, but don't you think maybe--
16:01 Oh, hi, Lori.
16:02 Hi, Uncle Gus.
16:03 Oh, sweetheart, those two potted plants we were looking for
16:06 are not on the patois.
16:08 [laughter]
16:10 Maybe they wandered.
16:12 Check the kitchen.
16:13 Okay.
16:15 Could you come back later, Lori?
16:17 Oh, I'm used to waiting for him.
16:18 See, we've got an automatic date.
16:19 The minute we see each other.
16:21 Oh, those two potted plants are out here drinking coffee.
16:25 [laughter]
16:26 Black.
16:27 [laughter]
16:31 It does sound kind of ridiculous, doesn't it?
16:34 I'd better go see what he was talking about.
16:36 I think your husband's nervous.
16:38 I like him, too.
16:39 Oh, no.
16:40 I mean, nervous, nervous.
16:42 Oh, aren't we all?
16:45 [laughter]
16:47 [whimpering]
16:50 I was just telling the kids it's getting late.
16:53 Oh, here.
16:54 You go right ahead.
16:55 Oh, well, thank you.
16:57 Homemakers are simply fabulous.
17:00 [laughter]
17:02 Don't stay out too late, kids.
17:05 Uh, why this way?
17:07 Why not?
17:08 Oh, back door.
17:10 You know, that reminds me of the last time I worked with Lucille.
17:13 We had this--
17:14 Yeah, we know.
17:15 The key will be under the mat.
17:16 Goodbye, kids.
17:17 Bye, Aunt Vicki.
17:19 So long, Gus.
17:20 [laughter]
17:23 Gus.
17:25 [music playing]
17:27 I don't see her.
17:29 She's there.
17:31 Maybe she fell on the floor.
17:34 Darling, she's just a baby.
17:36 A clumsy baby.
17:37 Yeah.
17:38 She's way too young to think of marriage, but she's awful cute.
17:44 You take that other one.
17:45 Oh.
17:46 Mrs. Angel, you remind me so much of Danny Thomas.
17:51 [laughter]
17:54 You homemakers are simply fabulous.
17:57 As I was saying to Ewell Brenner, Ewell, I said--
18:00 I call him Ewell because that's his name.
18:02 Ewell, I said--
18:03 [laughter]
18:07 I forgot my wrap.
18:12 Yes, her mink.
18:14 [laughter]
18:17 Uh-uh.
18:18 He has to take care of some of this himself.
18:20 Oh, but Gus, he's such a boob.
18:22 If you love him, you let him work himself out of his own booby trap.
18:25 [laughter]
18:29 Seems the older I get, the more absent-minded I become.
18:32 Why, when I was younger-- oh, boy.
18:34 [laughter]
18:37 Lori, what are you doing here?
18:39 Well, keeping our date.
18:40 Are we picking up your date on the way to wherever we're going?
18:43 Oh, I'm Lori Olson.
18:45 She's right.
18:46 She is Olson.
18:47 I mean, uh--
18:48 Miss Wells, may I present Miss Jane?
18:50 Oh, boy.
18:51 [laughter]
18:52 How do you do?
18:53 I'm Jane Wells.
18:54 She's right.
18:55 She's Jane.
18:57 Miss Wells was kind enough to take me to a TV studio today.
19:00 We left at 3.
19:01 Really, honey?
19:02 Have you caught an laryngitis?
19:03 [laughter]
19:06 Well, I'm sure Miss Olson will understand
19:08 that we only have a few moments for conversation.
19:11 Oh, good.
19:12 [laughter]
19:18 I assume you two must have known each other in Mississippi.
19:21 Known each other?
19:22 When were you along?
19:23 I was a drip out.
19:24 Oh, Danny let me drive a couple hundred miles.
19:27 Charge, huh?
19:28 Charge.
19:29 I enjoy driving, too.
19:30 Of course, my car isn't exactly new.
19:33 Danny drove it a few thousand miles before he sold it to my father.
19:37 That's Danny Thomas, you know.
19:39 I've done quite a bit of work with him.
19:42 That is, when I'm not working for Bob.
19:45 Bob?
19:46 Hope.
19:48 As a matter of fact, I'm looking forward to seeing him tonight at the premiere.
19:51 Sounds real nervous.
19:54 Who's taking you?
19:55 Oh, boy.
19:56 [laughter]
20:01 Oh, brother.
20:03 What's going on?
20:04 He'd do anything to keep from telling Laurie he has a date with Jane.
20:07 He's out there filibustering.
20:10 He's smarter than I thought he was.
20:13 The first bite in the daddy head was a snap and puddle.
20:16 [laughter]
20:18 Oh, little coward.
20:20 The minute he stopped blabbing, poor Laurie's going to get it right between the eyes.
20:25 I thought the whole idea was to break him up with Laurie.
20:27 Well, he could do a lot worse.
20:29 Feminine logic, if I ever heard it.
20:32 Little Miss Name Dropper out there.
20:34 She's been in one TV commercial.
20:37 Wilma told me that in so many words.
20:39 She's putting on a big phony act.
20:42 He's beginning to run down.
20:44 And so we were up this creek and lost our paddle, so daddy said, "Let's go home, son."
20:50 And so we went home, and I guess that's it.
20:54 [laughter]
20:57 Who's taking you?
20:59 Well, Wheeler has the tickets.
21:01 Oh, boy.
21:04 Oh, are we all going together?
21:06 Well, there are only two tickets, Laurie.
21:08 Oh, that's great for you and me, but what about Jane?
21:11 We can't just leave--
21:12 [music]
21:17 Oh, I dig.
21:19 Well, have a good time, you hear?
21:22 [music]
21:29 What did he do, hit her?
21:31 She'll be all right.
21:39 You just wait.
21:40 You wait till he discovers they don't sell popcorn at premieres.
21:45 What I would do, Laurie, is find out who introduced it to him in the first place.
21:49 [laughter]
21:56 He's gone, isn't he?
21:59 I'll have a little talk with him in the morning.
22:01 So will I, Laurie.
22:05 What are they doing, going out one at a time?
22:08 Stand back, Laurie.
22:14 How was the premiere?
22:15 I didn't--oh, and Vicki.
22:18 Boy, did that Jane blister me.
22:20 Hi.
22:21 Hi.
22:22 What'd she say?
22:23 Well, I walked outside with her and she said she had 15 boyfriends she could call.
22:27 And that Laurie was a hick.
22:28 And that she wasn't going to wait around all night for me to make up my mind what I was going to do.
22:32 Not only that, she said I had a voice like squealing brakes.
22:35 [laughter]
22:37 Well, Abraham Lincoln had a high voice.
22:40 Only Wheeler can shift his into low.
22:42 [laughter]
22:44 She's back.
22:45 Oh, no, that must be my father.
22:47 Your father?
22:49 Sometimes he gets tired of waiting in the car.
22:52 [laughter]
22:57 That hurts.
22:59 You kids don't use your head.
23:02 Hello, I'm sorry we didn't realize you were waiting out in the car.
23:05 I'm Mrs. Angel.
23:06 This is my husband.
23:07 Olsen's the name.
23:08 How do you do, sir?
23:09 Daddy, Mr. and Mrs. Angel are just wonderful.
23:11 And Wheeler and I are getting married again.
23:14 Again?
23:15 We had a little interruption.
23:18 Why don't you two kids set a date?
23:20 Oh, we did.
23:21 June.
23:22 Good.
23:23 Now what you want to do is pick out your silver pattern right away, yeah?
23:28 Mr. Olsen, would you come in a minute?
23:29 We'd like to talk to you, if we may.
23:31 Alone, sir.
23:32 Sure.
23:33 You kids wait for me out in the car.
23:35 Come on, ugly.
23:36 [laughter]
23:42 Mr. Olsen, a few days ago my sister sent us a desperate letter.
23:47 Well, to make a long story short, she sent Wheeler out here so he wouldn't marry Laurie.
23:52 Or anybody, for that matter.
23:54 Mrs. Angel's sister thinks he's too young, and so do I.
23:57 So do I.
23:58 Well, you just said they should set the date.
24:01 Look, folks.
24:02 I don't know whether it's psychology or just plain horse sense,
24:06 but those two kids have been talking about getting married ever since they were 11 years old.
24:12 And my wife and I encourage them, and they keep putting it off.
24:17 [laughter]
24:21 She said June.
24:23 It's always June, but they never say what year.
24:26 [laughter]
24:30 You mean that's all there is to it?
24:31 That's all there is to it.
24:34 Well, I'd better let the kids drive me home so they can keep their date.
24:38 Now don't worry about a thing.
24:40 I believe in long engagements, and this sure looks like a long one.
24:45 [laughter]
24:49 Feel better, homemaker?
24:51 Oh, I sure do.
24:54 Well, no, that's all right. I'll wait.
24:55 Need some money?
24:56 No, thanks. I just wanted to tell you I'll be home early.
24:59 Wheeler, we were proud of you tonight.
25:02 When it came right down to it, you did the right thing about the girl.
25:05 It wasn't only Laurie.
25:07 I just didn't want to disappoint her daddy.
25:09 Well, of course, as Dad said on us getting married.
25:11 [laughter]
25:16 [music]
25:21 Got a date with an angel, going to meet her at 7.
25:25 Got a date with an angel, and I'm on my way to heaven.
25:30 [music]
25:56 Ladies and gentlemen, your Plymouth dealer invites you to watch the Lawrence Welk program,
26:00 "Top Tunes," and "You Tell It," on this same network.
26:03 And the dramatic show, "Climax," every week on another network.
26:07 Tom Kennedy speaking. Good night, everybody.
26:10 [applause]
26:13 [BLANK_AUDIO]