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00:00Morning Hazel. Oh, hi Bonnie. Got any fascinating new bills for us?
00:08Here's a couple. And a postcard for Mr. Baxter.
00:14Oh, from his mother. She always writes a message upside down, in case the postman gets nosy.
00:21I should think it would make you all the nosier.
00:23Well, she's having a wonderful time in Atlantic City visiting Elizabeth Miller.
00:27And next week they're going up to New York to see Mrs. Miller's son Wesley.
00:30Oh, Bonnie.
00:32Here's one for you, Hazel.
00:33Thanks.
00:34Well, that's it for today. So long.
00:35Bye, Bonnie.
00:40Missy!
00:44Missy!
00:57Missy!
01:23Missy!
01:24Missy!
01:25Hazel, what is it?
01:26Look what's come!
01:29It's from Gus Jenkins.
01:30Yeah, after more years than I care to admit.
01:33Well, aren't you going to open it?
01:34Well, I don't know. It can wait a little while.
01:36Oh, Hazel.
01:37Well, it's waited all these years. A little longer won't make any difference.
01:41Well, why should you wait?
01:43Well, I don't know. I'm kind of scared.
01:46Scared of what?
01:48Well, I like lots of fellas, but Gus was the only one that I, well, you know, loved.
01:54I would have married him in a minute if he'd asked me.
01:57You really think I ought to open it?
02:00If you don't, you'll never find out what it says.
02:03Boy, it sure been forwarded lots of places.
02:06Hazel, you're stalling.
02:08Well, the butterflies in my stomach ain't stalling.
02:11Hey, Brown Eyes.
02:21That's what he always used to call me, Brown Eyes.
02:24Long time no see.
02:27I'm stopping in Philly for a while, so if you're still around and fancy free,
02:32maybe we could think about taking up where we left off.
02:36Where did you leave off, you and Gus?
02:39Oh, boy, I never met anybody just like him.
02:42Did I ever tell you how I met him?
02:44No, you never really told me much about him.
02:46Well, I was almost 26 by the time I finished raising all my brothers and sisters.
02:51So one day, I decided I was going to see the Empire State Building.
02:55And when I got to the top, there he was.
02:58You know what he was doing?
02:59No.
03:00He was throwing paper airplanes all over the city.
03:03Can you imagine that?
03:04A grown man throwing paper airplanes.
03:08He was having himself a ball.
03:10Gus always had himself a ball.
03:12If he didn't like what he was doing, he just didn't do it.
03:14That's the way he was.
03:16He sounds like the last of the great free spirits.
03:20He says here he'd like me to write him if I want to see him again.
03:24Do you?
03:26Yeah, I guess I do.
03:28Well, then sit yourself down and write to him.
03:31Oh, Missy, it's too late now.
03:34This letter was written about a month ago.
03:37He never stays still that long.
03:39Boy, by this time, he's probably in Hong Kong.
03:44Well, all you have to lose, Hazel, is a postage stamp.
03:47It's my treat.
03:49You really think I should write to him?
03:51Well, if you don't, there are a lot of things you may never find out.
03:55Well, I'll think about it.
03:59He sure was fun.
04:10Oh, brother.
04:12Living with Hazel is like living in the eye of a hurricane.
04:15George, the eye of a hurricane is actually very quiet.
04:18Correction. It's like living on the edge of one.
04:21Oh.
04:22She just blew into the den, and before I knew it,
04:24she took over my typewriter and swept me right out of there.
04:27Now, what's going on?
04:28Well, Hurricane Hazel had a letter today from Gus Jenkins.
04:32Gus Jenkins?
04:34Oh, he's the fellow who left her and went off to sea.
04:37He wants to visit her.
04:38Well, the way he's acted, she'd be foolish to get involved again.
04:41He suggested they start seeing each other again.
04:44Well, she's not going to do it, is she?
04:46Oh, she might give it a try, George.
04:48Is that the letter she's writing?
04:50Well, I better go on and have a Dutch uncle talk with her.
04:53Oh, no, you don't, George. You mind your own business.
04:56Hazel is my business, and I don't want her to get involved with some drifter.
05:00What you want doesn't matter in this case, George.
05:03Gus is the only man she's ever cared for enough to want to marry.
05:07Marry? Hazel wouldn't get married.
05:10Oh, you women, always jumping to romantic conclusions.
05:13She might, if things work out.
05:16Oh, nonsense. Hazel is perfectly happy right here with us.
05:19This is her life.
05:20A life from which there's a rather large hunk missing, George.
05:23Well, that's true, but she's used to it.
05:25She wouldn't want to change anything now.
05:27I wouldn't be too sure of that.
05:28Oh, Dorothy, this whole conversation is premature, to say the least.
05:39Bonnie, are you sure this is all you've got for us?
05:41I'm positive. Hazel, you've asked me the same question every day this week.
05:45Yeah, I know.
05:46Well, if you could tell me what it is that you're expecting,
05:48I could be on the lookout for it and deliver it to your special.
05:51Oh, thanks, Bonnie, but it's kind of personal.
05:53Well, maybe whoever it is that was supposed to have sent it never did.
05:57Well, I guess you're right.
05:59Thanks, Bonnie.
06:01So long, Hazel.
06:02So long, Bonnie.
06:05Hazel's been acting kind of funny.
06:07What do you mean, Harold?
06:09Well, yesterday when she was helping me with my homework,
06:12she couldn't remember how to spell any of the words.
06:15Is she sick?
06:16She feels fine, Harold.
06:18Certainly she does.
06:20You don't have a thing to worry about.
06:22Okay.
06:40Well, hi, everybody. Hi, Sport.
06:42Ain't it a lovely day?
06:44Is it a lovely day for getting letters, Hazel?
06:46Huh?
06:47Did you get a letter from Philadelphia?
06:49Oh, well, Missy, like I told you,
06:51you don't stay long enough in one spot.
06:53Is that why you were up at the crack of dawn
06:55waiting for Barney this morning?
06:56Oh, I was sweeping the porch.
06:59Have you heard the one about the tonsils, Sport?
07:01No.
07:02Well, the first tonsil said, where are we?
07:03And the second tonsil said, I don't know.
07:05And the first tonsil said, we must be in Capistrano.
07:08And the second tonsil said, why?
07:10And the first tonsil said, because here comes another swan.
07:14And have you heard the one about...
07:16Hazel, I'll have my coffee, please.
07:18Oh, sure, Mr. B.
07:23Back to residence.
07:25Philadelphia calling.
07:26I have a person to person call for Brown Eyes Burke.
07:31Hello, Philadelphia calling.
07:32I have a call for...
07:33This is Brown Eyes Burke.
07:35Philadelphia, I have your pocket.
07:36Go ahead, please.
07:38Hey, Brown Eyes.
07:41Oh, gosh.
07:43Is that you?
07:44It's me, all right.
07:45Say, are you still as cute and sassy as you used to be?
07:48Well, I'm still sassy.
07:50You busy tonight?
07:51Well, it's Saturday, but...
07:54I think I could arrange it.
07:56That's my girl.
07:57I'll hop on my magic carpet and be panning on your doorstep by seven.
08:01I'll be waiting for you.
08:03See you later, Brown Eyes.
08:06If she doesn't get off that phone and bring us coffee in exactly 30 seconds...
08:09I'll go see what's keeping her.
08:11As far as that phone is concerned,
08:12I'd trade Hazel for a teenager in this house any day.
08:15Hazel?
08:16Missy, he called me.
08:18He's coming to see me tonight.
08:35Hello, dear. How was school?
08:37Okay.
08:38Are you cooking dinner?
08:39I am.
08:40Is it going to be any good?
08:42Of course it is. I'm a very good cook.
08:46Why isn't Hazel cooking?
08:48Because I gave her the day off.
08:50How come?
08:51Because she has a date tonight,
08:53and I want her to be able to buy a new dress and get to the beauty shop.
08:57Oh.
08:59Well, Hazel's always going out on dates,
09:02but she doesn't have to buy a new dress and go to the beauty shop.
09:06Well, this one is a very special occasion.
09:09Hi, folks. Hi, folks.
09:12Hazel, you look beautiful.
09:14Oh, I love your new hairdo.
09:16I like it better the other way.
09:18Oh, man, what do they know?
09:20How do you like my nail polish?
09:21Lovely.
09:22And I got a lipstick, and my bag just matches it.
09:24Oh, I want to see your new dress.
09:26I got it at Masterson.
09:27Boy, I hope it ain't too fancy.
09:29Even on sale, that's how far gone I am.
09:32It's gorgeous.
09:34I think it's too fancy.
09:36It's got a little wrinkle in the box.
09:38Maybe I ought to press it, huh?
09:39I'll press it for you.
09:40Oh, no, Missy, you've done enough for me.
09:42No, you're going to take a nice, long bubble bath.
09:45That's an order.
09:46Here are the bubbles.
09:48I got them at the drugstore.
09:49Oh, thanks, Missy.
09:50Don't get your hair wet.
09:53Oh, I forgot my mink.
09:55I haven't taken it out of morphol.
09:57Hazel?
09:58It's been airing all day.
09:59I hung it on the line for you this morning.
10:01Oh, Missy, without you, I'd never be ready
10:03to go on my date with Gus.
10:05Without you, I would never have been ready
10:07for my first prom.
10:14Well, hurry up.
10:15Yeah, better get sneaking.
10:20Harold, you go on outside and play.
10:22I'd rather go to my room.
10:24Oh, I want you to go outside and get some fresh air.
10:27I don't feel like it.
10:29What's the matter?
10:31I sort of have a stomachache.
10:35Why should you have a stomachache?
10:37I don't know.
10:40Did you eat your lunch today?
10:41Yeah.
10:43Hazel forgot to put in the cookies.
10:45She did?
10:47This is the first time in my whole life
10:50she ever forgot to put in the cookies.
10:54Darling.
10:57Why are you worried about Hazel's date tonight?
11:00I don't know.
11:01Well, do you think that maybe she forgot the cookies
11:04because she was thinking about her date
11:06instead of about you?
11:08I guess that's why she did it.
11:10And maybe that's the same reason
11:12she couldn't help you with your spelling yesterday?
11:14I guess so.
11:16Because she was thinking about him.
11:22Well, I think you're right, Harold, in both cases.
11:25You do?
11:27But there's something you're wrong about.
11:29What?
11:31Well, when grown-ups care about other grown-ups,
11:35well, that doesn't mean they stop caring
11:38about the children they love.
11:40It doesn't?
11:41Well, of course not.
11:43Hazel could love a million, billion grown-ups,
11:46but you'd still be the little boy she loves best
11:49in the whole world.
11:51Are you sure?
11:52Positive.
11:53If you don't believe me, you can ask Hazel.
11:58I guess I don't have to ask her.
12:15Dad?
12:16Yes, son?
12:18When grown-ups care a lot about each other,
12:21they get married, don't they?
12:23Sometimes.
12:29I sure hope Hazel doesn't care that much about Gus.
12:33I don't think that's anything you have to worry about, son.
12:37How do I look, Mr. B?
12:42Me too!
12:46You sure you don't want to break your date and go out with me?
12:48Oh, Mr. B.
12:50It's him!
12:51Shall I answer the door for you?
12:53Oh, no, Missy, no, I'll do it.
12:55Oh, you sure I look all right?
12:57Oh, you're a vision! Now go answer the door!
13:04Gus!
13:06Hello, Crown Ice!
13:08Gus, I'm a couple of pounds heavier, huh?
13:11Crown Ice, the more there is of you,
13:13the more there is I've got to be happy about.
13:15You always did know the right thing to say.
13:19Sweetheart, we're being watched.
13:22Come on in and meet the family.
13:24This is Gus Jenkins.
13:26Gus, I'm George Baxter.
13:27Hello, George.
13:28And this is Missy.
13:29She's a sea nymph.
13:31Hi, Gus.
13:32Hi.
13:33And this is little Harold.
13:34You know, the next time I sail out on a pirate ship,
13:37I'm going to take you along with me as my cabin boy.
13:39Really?
13:40Harold, I think Mr. Jenkins is just kidding.
13:42Not kidding, George. Make him believe.
13:44There's a difference.
13:45Would you like a drink, Gus?
13:47No, thanks.
13:48Brown Eyes and I have got a lot of catching up to do,
13:50and we want to get started.
13:51Lisa, would you like to borrow my car?
13:53Oh, no, thanks, Missy.
13:54I borrowed my nephew's.
13:55Is this yours, sweetheart?
13:56Yep.
13:57This is genuine mink.
13:59The collar, I mean.
14:01You know, I'm going to buy you a mink
14:04that's going to go all the way down to your ankles
14:06to match those satins and furs
14:08and priceless jewels I picked up in the Orient.
14:10Gus, you always did say the craziest things.
14:13Have a lovely time, both of you.
14:15We're going to do everything we used to do.
14:17We'll have dinner at the Grotto, and then we'll...
14:19Yeah, we'll go up to that little place on the highway
14:21and we'll go dancing there.
14:22You know where they have the jukebox?
14:23Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
14:24Soxie's place.
14:25We'll use it to meet all our friends for a beer,
14:27and then we'll go to the amusement park
14:29and we'll catch the brass rings on the merry-go-round.
14:31What are we waiting for?
14:32Goodbye, folks.
14:34Bye, everybody.
14:35Bye.
14:36Someday you'll buy our mink down to her ankles.
14:39What a lot of bologna.
14:41Bologna can be mighty tasty
14:43when you're hungry.
14:54Oh, Gus, look.
14:55The Grotto's closed.
14:56It can't be.
14:57It was only yesterday we used to come here.
14:59Oh, it was longer ago than that.
15:01Tempest's fugitives, you know.
15:03They probably decided it wasn't worth keeping open
15:05when her two best customers stopped coming.
15:07Looks kind of haunted, don't it?
15:09Don't tell me you're afraid of ghosts, brown eyes.
15:11Oh, no, but it seems kind of foolish to...
15:15To what?
15:16Well, to pretend like it was only yesterday.
15:20We were happy, weren't we?
15:21The happiest I've ever been in my life.
15:24But a lot has happened and hasn't happened since then.
15:28You're getting too deep for me.
15:30You know what we're gonna do?
15:32No, what?
15:33You remember those hamburgers that Soxie used to make up
15:35just specially for us?
15:37Oh, with the double thick patties and all the trimmings?
15:39Oh, boy, they were sensational.
15:41That's what we're gonna have for dinner,
15:43and we'll dance up a storm to the jukebox,
15:44just like we used to, okay?
15:46Well, what are you waiting for?
15:47Come on, step on the gas.
16:05A waiter.
16:06I'll be with you in a minute, Mr. H.
16:07Waiter, will you just tell Soxie that Gus and Brown Eyes are here?
16:11Tell who?
16:12Soxie.
16:13He's the man that owns the place.
16:15Oh, you must mean the guy that used to have it.
16:17He sold out 10 or 12 years ago.
16:25Come on, Brown Eyes, let's dance.
16:37Oh!
16:41Hey, honey, dig the squares.
16:50Gus, it's kind of crowded, and I'm getting hungry.
16:53Couldn't we go back to the table and have a hamburger?
16:56Sweetheart, your slightest wish is my command.
17:03Now, what can I get you folks?
17:05Well, we'll have two double-thick hamburgers with everything.
17:10Sorry, the only food we got here is pretzels and popcorn to go along with the beer.
17:16Then forget it.
17:19Well, Brown Eyes, that's only two strikes against us.
17:22I have passed the amusement park on the way into town,
17:24and it's just like always.
17:25Come on.
17:37Stand back, Sam.
17:45Your gorgeous cat, madam.
17:47Oh, if you just ain't the most wonderful man that ever got himself invented.
17:51You mean that?
17:52Oh, I mean that and a lot more.
17:54Only I can't think of words to say it.
17:58Let's get married.
17:59What did you say?
18:01I said let's get married, right now, tonight.
18:03I said let's get married, right now, tonight.
18:05Just you and me.
18:09What's the matter, Brown Eyes?
18:11Oh, Gus, why didn't you say this years ago?
18:23Hello, son.
18:26Can I come in, Dad?
18:28Of course.
18:33Is something bothering you?
18:36I guess so.
18:39Let's have a man-to-man talk about it.
18:41I've been wondering.
18:43If Hazel marries Gus, where will they live?
18:48Well, I don't think she's going to marry Gus, Harold.
18:53But if she does, couldn't they live here in the guest room?
19:00I guess that's a possibility.
19:02But Dad, if Gus goes to sea on a pirate ship, will Hazel go with him?
19:10If she's his wife, yes, she would.
19:14I sure hope Hazel don't get seasick.
19:19Gus said you could be his cabin boy.
19:22I've been thinking about that, too.
19:25But I wouldn't want to leave you and Mother.
19:29Not to go away on a pirate ship?
19:32I don't think so.
19:37Very nice for a father to hear.
19:39Thank you, son.
19:40That's okay, Dad.
19:42Now, why don't you stop worrying about something that probably is not going to happen and go to bed.
19:47Okay.
19:51Dad, will you come up and tuck me in?
19:56You betcha.
20:04But I wouldn't have said it if I hadn't meant it.
20:06Oh, Gus.
20:08You say a lot of things you don't mean, like asking little Harold to go on the pirate ship.
20:13I mean this. Let's get married.
20:17I know you mean it now, Gus.
20:19But before I finish saying I do, you'd be sorry.
20:23Don't you want to marry me? Is that what you're trying to tell me?
20:25No, I'm just trying to tell you you don't want to marry me or nobody else.
20:29Now, just how did you figure that one out, Miss Know-It-All?
20:32Well, if you had, you would have been married long before this.
20:35Well, I never wanted to until now, and I'm not going to take no for an answer.
20:38Now, where do you want to live?
20:39Oh, Gus.
20:40How about a houseboat?
20:42You'll have the Mississippi River for your front yard.
20:44Or maybe we could rent a house trailer and see America first.
20:47Or maybe we shouldn't live anywhere at all.
20:49Maybe I should show you the world.
20:51Hey, there's a tramp freighter leaving New York next week.
20:54How about it, brown eyes? Shall we hop aboard it?
20:57Oh, no, Gus. I'm afraid not.
21:07Gus, marriage ain't what you think it is.
21:09It's setting the alarm and getting up and eating breakfast across the same table with the same person every morning.
21:15And at night, it's watching television mostly or reading or maybe playing a little gin.
21:22Or worrying about mortgages or insurance or the doctor's bills if one of you is sick.
21:28Makes you wonder why it's so popular.
21:30Oh, well, it's fine for some fellas.
21:33It's a nice cozy nest, but not for you it wouldn't be.
21:36It'd just be a big iron cage.
21:39And you've got too much flying to do to be shut up in an iron cage.
21:42What kind of love would that be?
21:45Hazel, you're a wonderful girl and I love you.
21:47But you're right. I got to fly.
21:52The bus leaves pretty soon.
21:54Well, I guess I better be on it.
21:58So long, brown eyes.
22:00Bon voyage, Gus.
22:27Bon voyage.
22:57Bon voyage.
23:27Hey, hey, Sport.
23:41Wake up, honey.
23:43Sport.
23:45Harold, what are you doing up here in the middle of the night?
23:49I was waiting up for you.
23:51Oh, well, here I am.
23:54Are you going to marry Gus?
23:56Oh, no. No, Sport.
23:59Not ever?
24:00No. Nope. Not ever.
24:03How come?
24:05Well, if I was to marry Gus, then who would it be to take care of you and Missy and Mr. B?
24:11That's what I was worried about.
24:13Well, you won't have to worry about it anymore, Sport.
24:16Because I'm going to stay right here until you get ready to get married.
24:22When I grow up, will you marry me?
24:25Well, when you grow up, if you still want me.
24:29Does that mean we're engaged?
24:31I guess it does.
24:32I sure guess it does.
24:35Shall we seal it with a kiss?
24:55THE END
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