Mr. And Mrs. North (TV-1953) COMIC-STRIP TEASE
The Charm and Wit of "Mr. and Mrs. North": A Look Back at the Classic TV Series
In the golden age of television, a show captured the hearts of America with its blend of mystery, comedy, and romance. "Mr. and Mrs. North" was a sophisticated series that brought to life the adventures of a married couple who found themselves embroiled in various crimes and capers, often solving them before the police could.
The episode "Comic-Strip Tease" is a prime example of the show's unique charm. In this episode, the Norths come to the aid of Mrs. Helsir, a store owner whose son has fallen in with the wrong crowd. With the help of their friend McCoy, a newspaper cartoonist, they cleverly integrate the boy's situation into a comic strip, using the power of storytelling to influence real-life events.
This episode, like many others in the series, showcases the Norths' quick wit and resourcefulness, as well as their deep compassion for those around them. It's a reminder of the timeless appeal of good storytelling and the impact that art can have on society.
"Mr. and Mrs. North" remains a testament to the era it was produced in, reflecting the values and aspirations of post-war America. It's a show that deserves to be revisited, not just for nostalgia's sake but for its quality content that still resonates today. Whether you're a long-time fan or a newcomer to the series, there's something truly special about the adventures of Jerry and Pamela North that continues to entertain and inspire.
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In the golden age of television, a show captured the hearts of America with its blend of mystery, comedy, and romance. "Mr. and Mrs. North" was a sophisticated series that brought to life the adventures of a married couple who found themselves embroiled in various crimes and capers, often solving them before the police could.
The episode "Comic-Strip Tease" is a prime example of the show's unique charm. In this episode, the Norths come to the aid of Mrs. Helsir, a store owner whose son has fallen in with the wrong crowd. With the help of their friend McCoy, a newspaper cartoonist, they cleverly integrate the boy's situation into a comic strip, using the power of storytelling to influence real-life events.
This episode, like many others in the series, showcases the Norths' quick wit and resourcefulness, as well as their deep compassion for those around them. It's a reminder of the timeless appeal of good storytelling and the impact that art can have on society.
"Mr. and Mrs. North" remains a testament to the era it was produced in, reflecting the values and aspirations of post-war America. It's a show that deserves to be revisited, not just for nostalgia's sake but for its quality content that still resonates today. Whether you're a long-time fan or a newcomer to the series, there's something truly special about the adventures of Jerry and Pamela North that continues to entertain and inspire.
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00:00Mr. and Mrs. North starring Barbara Britton and Richard Denning.
00:30The New York neighborhoods contrast quickly.
00:49In a few short blocks, they change from mansion-lined boulevards to unkept streets with mangy tenements.
00:56Mr. and Mrs. North, for example, live in a pleasant Greenwich Village apartment on St. Ann's Place.
01:01But just around the corner, terror may reign when a group of young boys meet outside a small grocery store.
01:11What's up, Buck? You joining those Dodgers?
01:13Yeah. Gonna play ball with Mr. Stevenson.
01:18That kind of game playing ball with us.
01:22See what I mean?
01:23What's the matter? Didn't Stevenson come across?
01:25No. So we're gonna beat some brains into his head.
01:29With the bats?
01:30Sure. Cops catch us with these. Stop for batting practice.
01:36All out of that. Let's go.
01:51You forgot to leave our money with your clerk, Mr. Stevenson.
01:54I didn't forget. There isn't going to be any money.
01:59You rotten little...
02:17Come back. Please, come back.
02:19I'm never coming back. And don't call me Herman. My name is Herbert.
02:24Oh, Mrs. North, I beg your pardon.
02:26What was all that about?
02:27Oh, it was nothing. Please, come in.
02:34What can I do for you, Mrs. North?
02:36Well, I'd like a rubber band for a cat.
02:38For a cat?
02:39Well, actually, it's more than one cat. It's a whole tribe of cats. And so I made a catapult.
02:44A catapult? Cats, catapult. What a language.
02:50Well, actually, it isn't a catapult. It's more of a slingshot.
02:53A slingshot?
02:54Uh-huh. Here it is.
02:56Oh, now I know what you mean. We have this in the old country, too.
03:00The cats sharpen their claws on it.
03:03Oh, no. What you're thinking of is a scratch post.
03:06A scratch post.
03:08In the evening school, they didn't teach me anything like this.
03:12Maybe I won't never learn it.
03:14Oh, of course you will. You're doing fine. Everyone in the neighborhood is so proud of you.
03:18They are? Oh, Mrs. North, you cannot know what it means to come to this country, a stranger, and find the people so kind and good and helpful.
03:29If only my son.
03:31Oh, that's all right. He'll be all right. He's young.
03:34Oh, Herman is a good boy, but his friends, this gang, oh, they are bad. Very bad.
03:42Well, all children his age are a little wild.
03:45Oh, those boys are not wild. They are evil and rotten.
03:49They lie and steal and have secret meetings.
03:54And to them he wants to belong.
03:57Have you gone to the police?
03:58Oh, no, no. I'm afraid of the police.
04:02I couldn't go to the police.
04:04But these are different. They're here to help you.
04:07Oh, no, no. It was the police who took my husband away to Buchenwald.
04:13Have you ever heard of Buchenwald?
04:17Look at me, a woman who looks twice her age.
04:22Oh, excuse me, Mrs. North.
04:24Why don't you lie down and back for a while? I'll take care of the store.
04:28Thank you, Mrs. North.
04:33Oh, what can I do to help you?
04:36I want a greeting card.
04:37A greeting card? There must be some someplace.
04:40What do you call these?
04:41Oh, I knew we had some.
04:43Is this all you got?
04:45Oh, no. We have cigars, cigarettes, films, razor blades.
04:48Oh, no, I don't want any of that. I just want to get a card from my boss, the old go-to-sick.
04:52Oh, I'm sorry to hear that.
04:53Sorry nothing. He'll outlive all of us.
04:55The gang at the office wanted me to pick out a get-well card.
04:58Well, we have some lovely ones.
05:01How's this?
05:03Our wish is sweet. Our wish is yummy.
05:05We hope you get well in your tummy.
05:07Oh, no, no good. It's not working on this tummy.
05:10Oh.
05:12Well, how about this one?
05:14Our song is happy and not at all dergery.
05:18We hope that you will come out of your surgery.
05:20That's good. I like it.
05:22How much?
05:23Shall we say a dollar?
05:25Well, you can say it, but I won't pay it.
05:28Oh, but that includes a condolence card as well, you know, just in case.
05:32Oh, say, that's a good idea. It would save me a second trip in case the old boy conked out.
05:37Here you go.
05:42You know, I think I'll send him the condolence card first.
05:51I made a sale.
05:52I heard. Thank you, Mrs. North.
05:54And Mrs. North, please do not say it to Herman when he brings tonight the paper.
05:59I won't. And don't you worry. Everything will work out just fine. You'll see.
06:03Oh, here's just what I want.
06:04For the cats?
06:05Yes. They meet every night under Jerry's window.
06:08Drives them crazy. They're so out of key.
06:11I hit them with this.
06:12Oh, you hurt them.
06:13Of course not. I use marshmallows.
06:15Marshmallows.
06:16The cats love them. They pick them up and run away and eat them somewhere else.
06:20Oh, that's wonderful. I have to order some.
06:23Oh, do that. I use tons of them.
06:25Well, goodbye. I must be running along now.
06:27Goodbye.
06:32Tons of marshmallows.
06:34Cats.
06:35Catapults.
06:37What a country.
06:47Jerry, I like your place.
06:49Oh, I'll kill that Pam.
06:51I'll kill her and give myself up. No jury would ever convict me.
06:54I think I'll put her in my comic strip. I'm running short of laughs.
06:58Laughs?
06:59I want you to draw her hanging by the neck, falling over a cliff, turning over in a car.
07:04Well, it sounds good.
07:06What could have happened to her?
07:08First she loses her key. Then she borrows mine.
07:11Then she says she'll be home ahead of me, and now she's an hour and ten minutes late.
07:15How about a picture of her boiling in oil?
07:19Wonderful. In deep fat.
07:22Yes.
07:25Don't look now, but I think I detect a trim pair of ankles wending our way.
07:35Jerry North, and whoever your friend is, what are you doing here on the floor?
07:39I'll have you know, young lady, we collapsed from exhaustion waiting for you.
07:44Well, why didn't you sit inside? It's ever so much more comfortable.
07:48Did you hear what the little lady said?
07:50I did. Runniful acoustics here on the floor.
07:53The reason I didn't go inside is that we're locked out.
07:57You have the key. The key I gave to you when you lost yours.
08:00Oh, excuse me.
08:02Well, silly, why didn't you get the superintendent's key?
08:05Because that's the key I borrowed to lend to you.
08:08Jerry, I don't know why it is, but you always manage to make everything sound so complicated.
08:13Open this door.
08:14All right, you don't need to get huffy just because I'm a few minutes late.
08:17A few minutes? They've changed doormen twice since we got here.
08:33Wait a minute.
08:39Why didn't you look for it?
08:45He was sitting on it.
08:47Don't look at me. I'm a bachelor.
08:57Very commercial idea, Mac.
09:01Don't you, Pam?
09:02Don't I what?
09:04Don't you think a book based on Mac's comic strip would be a good idea?
09:08What comic strip?
09:10Where were you during dinner, dear?
09:12Sitting right across from you, darling.
09:15Stop that.
09:16But I'm just doing this for you.
09:18After all, you're the one who's annoyed by the cats. I feed like a top.
09:22The name is McCoy.
09:23And for your information, darling, he is the creator of Trip Henley Detective,
09:27the foremost newspaper comic strip in the country.
09:30Oh.
09:31Are you the real McCoy?
09:32Seems rather hard to believe, doesn't it?
09:35Why, you're famous.
09:36Everybody knows that cute Trip Henley.
09:39I must start reading it again.
09:41My wife is nothing if not the soul of diplomacy.
09:45Pam, will you please stop that for a minute?
09:47I'm trying to convince Mac that he should put Trip Henley into a book.
09:50Now, what do you think of the idea?
09:54Well, honestly, I don't think that children can pay three dollars for a book.
09:57Children?
09:58Mrs. North,
10:00Trip Henley is read by millions of people daily from every walk of life.
10:03Why, both the man in the White House and the guy who sweeps off his steps
10:07make a grab for the paper every morning just to find out what Henley is up to.
10:11Children. Children.
10:13Why? Why?
10:15Gee whiz.
10:17Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hurt your feelings.
10:20All creative people are touchy though, aren't they?
10:22Well, I can't even touch Jerry.
10:24Since when?
10:26Oh, I'm sorry too, Mrs. North.
10:29I liked your dinner.
10:31My Elsa loved your brandy.
10:33Jerry, I can't go along with you on that book idea.
10:36Why not, Mac?
10:37Because I'm running out of ideas. That's why.
10:40I haven't got enough left of my strip.
10:42Much less for a book.
10:46Gee, what a hot marshmallow.
10:47That does it.
10:48Now, the police will probably be here any minute.
10:51No harm done. The apartment's dark.
10:52Oh, fine. You probably knocked out the lights and the tenant.
10:55Now, Pam, will you please stop trying to hit cats before they break down this door and arrest us all?
11:00Oh, Jerry, you're such an alarmist.
11:03I told you. They're here.
11:04Now, hide that thing.
11:14Good evening.
11:15Oh, Mrs. Houser.
11:16Come in, come in.
11:17No, no, please. I do not want to disturb.
11:20Here's your paper.
11:21But where's Herman? Why didn't he bring it?
11:23I do not know, Mrs. North.
11:24He didn't come home.
11:26Oh, I'm nearly out of my mind.
11:28He always said he wants to run away, and now he has done it.
11:32I'll never see him again.
11:34Oh, no, no. Of course you will.
11:36Herman's a good boy, and he loves you. He wouldn't do anything to hurt you.
11:39Yes, but these other boys.
11:41A hundred dollars they want from him to join the gang.
11:44A hundred dollars to become a thief like they are.
11:47But I won't give it to them, even if I have.
11:50Here, Mrs. Houser. Drink this.
11:52Oh, thank you.
11:58Oh, I'm intruding.
12:00You have a guest.
12:01Not at all. This is Mr. McCoy, Mrs. Houser.
12:04How do you do?
12:05How do you do?
12:06Mr. McCoy is a famous cartoonist.
12:08He draws Trip Henley, detective.
12:10Oh, I'm honored to meet you, sir.
12:13Even Herman loves Trip Henley.
12:16He reads it every day.
12:18You see, he's really a good boy.
12:20Now, what's all this about a hundred dollars?
12:23It's blackmail.
12:24Only because Herman is so anxious to belong.
12:28When we first came to this country, they laughed about him.
12:32At his clothing, his accent, everything.
12:35But now they say they'll accept him if he pays a hundred dollars to join.
12:40And if not?
12:41Then they say they'll take it anyway.
12:44Rob the store.
12:46And that I will do nothing because my son is part of the gang.
12:50Very neat.
12:52When do they threaten to do this?
12:54The only time where I have even near a hundred dollars is at the end of the month.
13:00If customers pay.
13:02That's three weeks from now.
13:04Jerry, there must be something we can do.
13:06Well, I'd call Wigand in on the case, but that would only get the kid in trouble.
13:10Jerry.
13:11Listen, Jerry, I have a wonderful idea.
13:13Why doesn't Mac put this story in his comic strip?
13:16What?
13:17Well, Herman reads it every day.
13:18It would show him that people know what his gang is up to.
13:20It would be a warning.
13:21Oh, I don't know, Mrs. North.
13:23Sounds a little screwy.
13:25But you said you were running out of ideas.
13:27This gives you a chance to involve Trip Henley in something worthwhile, something true.
13:32I don't know.
13:34Might work out.
13:35Of course it will.
13:36Mrs. Helster and her son came to this country seeking shelter, seeking safety.
13:40We can't just stand by and do nothing while a bunch of teenage hoodlums get them into trouble.
13:46Mrs. North, my Elster thanks you.
13:49Well, come on.
13:50Let's get over to the store before the boy gets back.
13:52Mac will need background.
13:53Daddy's little helper.
13:56Come on, Mac.
13:57Coming.
14:08But you won't use my face.
14:10People would know me.
14:12My son would...
14:14Only in the last strip, honey.
14:16You know, for the big payoff.
14:19Got all you need, Mac?
14:20Almost.
14:21Wonderful face, Mrs. Helster.
14:23Makes me want to paint again.
14:25Don't you worry.
14:26Mr. Mac knows best.
14:27Who's the leader of this miniature mob, Mrs. Helsey?
14:30A boy called Monk.
14:31He's rotten and evil like a young storm trooper.
14:34Where does he hang out?
14:35They have their meetings in a little shack two blocks from here in an empty lot.
14:40I ought to get a peek at this Monk if I'm going to have him tangle with Trip Henley.
14:45I think I'll call him the Bandanda Bandit.
14:49When you finish up here, why not let's take a run over there, Mac?
14:53Do you mind if I borrow this camera and some film?
14:55Oh, you take anything you want, Mrs. Lewis.
14:59Where are you going, Pam?
15:00I'll be right back.
15:01So kind of you people to take all this trouble.
15:05Mother!
15:06Now you have to go.
15:08Please, quickly.
15:16Mother, where are you?
15:18Just here.
15:19Just locking up.
15:21Who are those people in the store?
15:23Nobody.
15:24Just customers.
15:25Oh, my son.
15:26Why do you make for me such trouble?
15:33You don't know what trouble is, Mrs. Helsey.
15:45You don't know what trouble is.
16:16Hit me.
16:1821.
16:20How come you beat me all the time?
16:22I'm sharp, see.
16:23I'm sharp.
16:28Think the old lady's going to come across?
16:31She will when Monk gets through with her.
16:46What happened, Monk?
16:47Did you get it?
16:50Scared the wits out of her.
16:54She'll come across.
16:56What happens if she doesn't?
17:09I'll make her sorry she ever got out of the prison camp.
17:16What are you doing up there?
17:18Taking pictures.
17:20Well, get down off there.
17:22Certainly.
17:23I didn't know there was anybody inside.
17:25Well, there's no need to be rude about it.
17:27Help me down.
17:28Get down the same way you got up.
17:31I will.
17:38I'm sorry.
17:39I'm sorry.
17:40I'm sorry.
17:41I'm sorry.
17:42I'm sorry.
17:44I'm sorry.
17:55Don't waste it on me, lady.
17:57Just hand over the camera.
17:59Oh, I certainly will not.
18:00Give me the camera.
18:14Here's your picture box, lady.
18:16Now, what's all this about?
18:18Well, it's really quite simple.
18:20You see, I'm on a committee that's working for slum clearance in this neighborhood.
18:25It's outrageous the way they've let it run down.
18:28We're going to build a playground.
18:30You know, to keep children like you off the streets and out of trouble.
18:33That's what I call a real noble idea.
18:36Ain't it, fellas?
18:38Now, listen to me.
18:39You tell your committee we like it like this, see?
18:42We don't want no playground.
18:44And stop snooping around here.
18:46Now, beat it.
18:50Oh, Herbert, anything wrong?
18:52No, Mrs. North.
18:53You know this screwball?
18:55I deliver her paper every night.
18:57Well, then why don't you go home and read it, huh?
19:00I think we were going to build a swimming pool.
19:06Hey.
19:08What'd your lady say?
19:10She... she says she doesn't have the money.
19:21Now, listen, you little punk.
19:23I want that money.
19:25You get me that money or I'll take that store and I'll throw it right in the street.
19:40See you in the funny paper, monk.
20:11What do you want?
20:13Hand over some money or I'll wreck the joint.
20:17And be quick about it.
20:19Aha!
20:21I'll fix you.
20:22Take that.
20:24This is what happens to all foolish kids who think they can beat the law.
20:29Come along, monk.
20:33Sign.
20:34McCoy.
20:35Finney.
20:36Oh, that's wonderful, Mr. Mack.
20:38That ought to do it.
20:39When do you plan to break it?
20:40Tomorrow's evening edition.
20:42What if it works?
20:43It's got to.
20:44They plan to make good their trip tomorrow at midnight.
20:46You think monk will see it?
20:47Oh, he'll see it.
20:48I fixed it with Herman to deliver one to the shack for free, compliments of the slum clearance league.
20:53Oh, dear, you're wonderful.
21:00A dirty rat.
21:02Who tipped them off?
21:03You?
21:04No.
21:05No, I didn't do it.
21:06Then it must have been your mother.
21:07No.
21:08How could you?
21:09She doesn't know him.
21:10Is that your mother's face or isn't it?
21:12Well, if he thinks he's got me stuffed, he's got another thing coming.
21:16I'm going over to that store now.
21:18No!
21:19No!
21:20No!
21:21No!
21:22Monk!
21:23Monk!
21:24Monk!
21:25Listen, punk.
21:26You do as I tell you to and your mother won't get hurt.
21:29Come on, then.
21:30Act as if nothing's wrong.
21:31You're hurting my arm.
21:32How could worse than that if you make one wrong move?
21:36You see that?
21:38You can make a hole in the back of your head bigger than a basket.
21:41Remember that because I'm going to be right behind you.
21:45I figure you go around in front of the store and see the coast is clear.
21:47Okay.
21:48All right, come on.
22:02Mother!
22:06Mother!
22:12Louder.
22:15Who is he?
22:17I want to hurt him.
22:19It's me, Mother.
22:24My darling, I couldn't sleep.
22:26Mother!
22:28Mother!
22:35I'm worried, Jerry.
22:36There's no answer from Mrs. Helter at the store.
22:38She's probably asleep.
22:40But I told her I'd call and find out what effect the comic strip had on the boys.
22:43Don't you think we ought to go over there?
22:45We've got two hours yet before they make good their threat.
22:48Well, I'm uneasy.
22:49Well, now, don't tell me your woman's intuition is hinting at something wrong.
22:53Oh!
22:54Yes!
22:55I did it!
22:56The man, he was here in the store.
22:58Mrs. North took your picture.
23:00Let the whole world see how filthy and rotten you are.
23:05Let everybody who is good and kind see your dirty, evil face.
23:11You foreign scum.
23:13Mother!
23:17I want that money or I'll take it.
23:20I'm warning you for the last time.
23:22Where is it?
23:24I would rather be dead than see my son become like you.
23:32He's gone to the cops.
23:33Why?
23:34No, he ain't.
23:35I know where he's gone.
23:37I'm warning you.
23:38You call the cops.
23:39You'll never see Herman alive again.
23:43What?
23:45Oh!
23:52Jerry, I'm terribly worried.
23:54Maybe we'd better get over there.
23:55Come on.
23:56Oh, Mrs. North.
23:57Mrs. North, he's going to kill my mother.
23:59Take it easy, son.
24:00Nothing like that's going to happen.
24:02But he is.
24:03It's all my fault.
24:04I just wanted to belong to the gang.
24:06I didn't know they were like that.
24:08Pam, give him some water.
24:09I'll call the police.
24:15Feeling better?
24:18Drop that.
24:19Drop that phone.
24:22You, turn around.
24:24Turn around!
24:27I said turn around!
24:32Jerry, I finally hit something and it wasn't even a cat.
24:35It was a rat.
24:36I cannot tell you how grateful I am to both of you.
24:42Pam, what are you doing over there?
24:44I'm picking out a card.
24:46For what?
24:47For Monk.
24:48I'm going to send a special delivery to his cell.
24:50I think this is appropriate.
24:52Bars, bars, everywhere.
24:54And not a drop to drink.
24:56Everybody's happy that you wound up in the clink.
24:59Mr. and Mrs. North is directed by Ralph Francis Murphy.
25:02Everybody's happy that you wound up in the clink.
25:25Mr. and Mrs. North is directed by Ralph Francis Murphy.
25:29A John W. Loveden production.
25:32Produced by Federal Telefilm.
25:35Starring Barbara Britton and Richard Denning.
25:37Featuring Francis DeSales.
25:52This has been a film presentation.