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Here is Ozzie, who plays the part of Ozzie Nelson, and of course his lovely wife Harriet, as Harriet Nelson.
The older of the Nelson boys, David, appears as David Nelson,
and his younger brother, the irrepressible Ricky, played by Ricky Nelson.
The Nelsons next door neighbor, Thorny, is played by Don DeCore.
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Did Will Furmer call here yet, Mom?
Not that I know of, dear.
We're supposed to pick him up.
Since when?
Well, I was talking to him just before dinner.
What's this? You guys going to go out someplace tonight?
Or we just go over to the gym to play some basketball?
Remember now, don't stay out too late.
What about your homework?
Well, there's no school tomorrow, Pop.
Oh, yeah, that's right.
Come on, let's go, Rick.
Hey, wait a minute. You guys put your coats on.
Be in there playing basketball and come out in the cold air and catch pneumonia.
Oh, Mom, that's old-fashioned stuff.
Well, maybe it is, but I'm not going to have you catch cold.
Remember what happened last year? You were sick in bed.
Yeah, neat, boy. No school for two weeks.
Oh, yeah.
What are you playing tonight, Dave?
It's just a practice game, Pop.
Oh, well, don't get home too late now.
We won't.
No, and bundle up good, too.
There are plenty of colds going around.
Okay, Mom. Good night.
Good night.
There are a lot of colds going around, you know.
Yeah, sure are.
I had lunch with Herb Dunkle today, and boy, he had a pip.
I hope you didn't sit too close to him.
No, no. I don't catch colds very easily anyway.
Well, don't be too sure about that.
I noticed you didn't eat very much for dinner.
Well, I ate all I wanted. I just wasn't very hungry.
I had quite a big lunch.
You sure you feel all right?
Well, of course I do. What makes you think I don't?
Your face is a little red.
Well, it's kind of warm in here.
I don't think so. Let me feel your head.
Don't be ridiculous.
I'm not being ridiculous.
You know just as well as I do that the time to put a stop to a cold is when it's just starting.
Why don't you go upstairs and gargle?
But I tell you, I feel fine.
A little tired perhaps, but I got up rather early this morning.
You just admitted you feel tired, and you know very well that's the way these things start.
Now, why don't you stop being stubborn and go over and lie down on the couch for a while?
Well, I'll get it.
I promise you I won't stand in the open doorway.
Oh, hi, Mary. Come on in.
Hello, Onzie. Is Harriet in?
Yeah, sure. Hi, it's Mary Dunkle.
Hi.
Well, hello, Mary. What a pleasant surprise.
Well, thanks, honey.
How's Herb? Ozzie tells me he has a cold coming on.
Oh, it's nothing serious, but it sure is a nuisance for him.
Oh, does he feel okay now?
Oh, yes. He's sitting on the couch with the pillows all around him, propped up like a modger or whatever it is.
Well, I've been telling Ozzie that's what he ought to do. Come on, sit down.
Thank you.
Yeah, Harriet's been trying to convince me that I feel sick, but frankly I never felt better in my life.
Well, maybe so, but you've got to watch out for those colds.
See, I'll tell you why I stopped by. I was on my way downtown. I thought maybe you and Ozzie would like to go with me.
Oh, where are you going?
Well, the stores are open tonight, and I have to exchange a few things.
Herb gave me a sweater and skirt, but they turned out to be the wrong size.
Well, it's a shame. Are they too big or too small?
Well, you know what an old flatterer Herb is.
The sweater was too big and the skirt was too small.
Well, anyway, I'm going down to the emporium to exchange them.
They're open until nine tonight.
Oh, say, that gives me an idea.
Why don't I take that lamp and those bookends and that shirt that you don't like down there and exchange them?
Oh, Harriet, don't bother to exchange those things. They're okay.
Well, as long as Mary's going down there anyway.
Besides, the stores don't mind exchanging things. They're happy to do it.
Well, I know, but it's embarrassing to walk in and exchange all those things in one evening.
Why don't you sort of spread it out a little?
Well, I did. I exchanged several things last week.
Oh, boy, I'll bet they're happy to see you walk in there.
Oh, don't be silly. Come on, you can drive us downtown.
Whoa.
Ozzie, you sound just like Herb.
Oh, no, no, just a second, Harriet.
You know, now that I think of it, I do have a little cold coming on.
Oh, stop your faking. You said yourself you feel fine.
Well, no, no, wait a minute, Harriet. I didn't say it with quite that inflection.
If you recall, I said I feel a little tired, too.
Then you do feel sick.
No, no, no, I don't feel sick.
I just don't feel quite up to exchanging... I mean, to...
Drive us all the way downtown.
Well, I was right the first time. You have got a cold coming on.
Oh, no, no.
Come on.
What are you doing?
I never saw two men more alike than Ozzie and Herb.
Mary, would you hand me that pillow?
Sure, dear.
Goodness sakes.
There.
Now, take your shoes off.
No, I can do that, Harriet.
Just like Herb. He's even got a hole in his sock, just like Herb.
Now, how would you like me to make you some nice lemonade?
Oh, say, that would be kind of a nice idea.
And maybe a plate of cookies. You could put them right on the table there.
We wouldn't have to reach too far.
Here, Ozzie. Let me put this comforter over you.
You might get a little chilly later on.
Oh, thank you, Mary.
Thank you.
Yes, that is comfortable.
I think this may be the best thing after all, Harriet.
Feel a cold coming on, there's no sense taking any chances.
You sure you don't mind my going downtown?
No, no, no, no. You go right ahead, dear.
Although I do think this is best just for me to stretch out here and relax.
Yes, I think so, too. Are you comfortable now?
Oh, fine.
All right. Well, the paper's here on the table, and so are some magazines.
And I'll go make the lemonade now.
Oh, thank you, dear.
Hi, Pop.
Oh, hello, fellas.
How was the basketball game?
Oh, swell. We got way ahead, so we let Ricky play.
Yeah, I shot five baskets, too.
Good for you.
He got six fouls called against him, too.
I couldn't help it.
You got to watch that stuff, Rick.
They had me guarding a real tall guy.
He was about a foot taller than me.
Did you guard him okay?
As best I could.
Heck, he tackled him twice.
Well, you're not supposed to do that.
Yeah, I kept forgetting.
Well, you're not allowed to tackle on basketball.
I kept thinking it was still football.
Hello, Pop. Sprain your ankle?
No, Dave. Your mother felt a cold coming on me.
She thought I was catching a cold,
so she suggested I stretch out on the couch and then rest.
Gee, pretty soft.
Hey, can I have a cookie, Pop?
Oh, don't take too many.
There's only one left.
Oh.
Come on, there's plenty more out in the kitchen.
Okay.
Don't stay up too late now, fellas.
I won't.
Come on in, Thorny.
Hi, Oz.
Hi.
Well, well, what do we have here?
Lawrence of Arabia?
Well, I just feel a bit of a cold creeping on.
Oh, don't be silly, Oz.
I've never seen you look better in your life.
Hey, what do you got here? Lemonade?
Hey, you better not drink out of that glass, Thorny.
You're no use taking any chances.
Okay, Oz, you go ahead and drink out of the pitcher.
Nothing high hat about me.
I just sort of felt it sneaking up on me.
Not bad. A little warm, perhaps, but not bad.
Oh, I'm sorry, Oz.
What'd you say? Somebody sneaked up on you?
No.
I'm just talking about this cold.
Well, you look all right to me.
You don't sound like you got a cold.
Well, I don't actually have a cold yet.
But any doctor will tell you if you feel one coming on,
the best thing to do is to get right off your feet,
stop everything, get into bed, and get plenty of rest.
Yeah, especially if you're independently wealthy.
Don't be silly, Thorny. It's only common sense.
Look, will you stop stalling and make up your mind?
Now, you're going with me tonight, aren't you?
Going where?
Oh, now, don't tell me you forgot about our date for tonight.
What date is that?
Our date to go bowling.
Well, I didn't know we had a definite date to go bowling.
I thought we just discussed it casually a couple of weeks ago.
Oh, now I get it.
Oz, I'm surprised at you.
If you're going to chicken out,
at least have the courage to chicken out like a man.
What do you mean, chicken out?
Do you mean to say you'd actually drag a man out of a sick bed
and take advantage of his poor health
and spend a couple of measly pennies at the bowling alleys?
Come on, get off that couch.
Any man who can get through a speech like that in one breath
is well enough to bowl a few games.
Very cold out?
Oz, it's like a balmy summer evening.
Come on, you'll probably win the free ginger ale.
Ginger ale?
Well, yeah, didn't you know?
They're giving you a free case of ginger ale
for the high score each night this week.
Holy smokes, I'm sorry I drank so much lemonade.
Now, come on, Oz, I got the car right outside.
Oh, wait a minute, I just happened to think of something.
Harriet asked me to drive her downtown a while ago
and I turned her down.
What if she comes back here before we do and finds me gone?
Well, where'd she go?
She and Mary Dunkle went down to the Emporium.
Oh, be reasonable, Oz.
They'll probably stay at the Emporium until the door is closed.
Then they'll either go to a movie
or at least stop and get a soda.
Well, yeah, we could go down to Monaghan's,
roll a few games, and be back before they are.
Yeah, let's do it, Oz.
Come on, let's go.
You know, Sonny, it does a guy good
to live a little dangerously every once in a while.
Come on, get in your shoes.
You know, I hate to admit this,
but actually I don't remember our making a date
to go bowling tonight.
When did we make it?
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! That's what I thought, you know!
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
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Ah!
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.
Good beat that old boy.
That's fantastic.
How do you like that?
Get a load of this.
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I'm sorry, Thorny old boy.
This just isn't your night.
Oh, there's something wrong.
I don't know what it is.
You got the juju sign on me.
I don't know what it is.
Go ahead.
You get another ball.
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Ah!
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.
Oh, I give up.
I give up.
This just isn't your night, old boy.
Oh.
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Well, they certainly were nice about exchanging those things, weren't they?
Oh, well, they're very pleasant down there.
Oh, did you hear what that one clerk said?
He said, Madam, do you realize it's been three months since Christmas?
Ha ha ha ha.
Oh, well.
But he said it with a smile.
Oh, they're very nice.
Ha ha ha.
Say, how would you like to go to a movie?
I don't know, Mary.
I'm just not much in the mood for a movie tonight.
Well, I kind of hate to go home as long as we're clear downtown.
Say, I've got a wonderful idea.
Some of the girls are going bowling.
Why don't we go down to the alley and have a game with them?
Well, you know, I'm ashamed to tell you, Mary, but I have never bowled in my life.
Oh, there's nothing to it.
In fact, the first time I bowled was the best score I ever made.
Well, I'll be glad to go over and sit and watch.
Oh, don't be silly, honey.
You'll probably beat all of us.
Look, there's nothing to it.
You just take up the ball and throw it at the pins,
and then open your eyes and see if you hit anything.
Ha ha ha ha.
Oh, I'm willing to take a crack at it.
Ha ha ha.
Oh, this is going to be nice.
How about that?
Ha ha ha ha.
Will you look at that, another strike.
Ha ha ha.
Oh, you really took me to the cleaner's tonight.
Four games and I haven't won a one.
How much is it all you?
Oh, darn well how much you owe me.
20 cents.
Come on, let's have it, boy.
Do you accept the check?
No, no.
Let's keep this strictly on a cash basis.
Oh, you drive a hard bargain, Oz.
Pleasure to do business with you.
10 cents, 15.
Uh-uh, I can correct that down.
What's the matter?
I'll let you have the money.
I'll take it.
Ha ha ha.
You know, I think this is the highest score I ever bowled in my life.
Well, they're not betting for anything.
I always do it.
I think there's a little of a confidence man in you, Oz.
Hey, it'd be pretty funny if I won the case of ginger ale, wouldn't it?
What?
The case of ginger ale.
You told me yourself to give a case of ginger ale to the guy with the high score each night.
Oh, yeah, that's right.
Well, I hate to brag.
Oh, go on, Oz.
Just this once.
Well, I rolled some pretty good games tonight.
Ha ha ha.
Well, you were pretty lucky if you ask me.
What do you mean lucky?
I beat you fair and square and you know it.
Oh, listen, Oz.
When I see a bowling ball go down the alley, drop in the left gutter, bounce out.
Drop in the right gutter, bounce out.
Ricochet off the pin boy's foot and knock down ten pins, that is luck.
Ha ha ha.
Well, I told you I gained a little extra flick of the wrist.
Ha ha ha.
Wait, Oz.
Please, I'm trying to add up the score.
Oz, do my eyes deceive me?
Look, look up at the entrance.
What's the matter?
Sure, it's Harry and Mary.
Holy smokes, you're right for me.
I was supposed to be home sick in bed.
Come on, get your stuff.
Keep going.
Stay here.
Oh, oh, oh.
Morning, young fella.
Morning.
This the Nelson residence?
Yes, sir.
I got a case of ginger ale here for you.
Oh, boy.
Hey, David, this man's got a case of ginger ale for me.
Well, I'm not sure it's for you.
Didn't you say it was for Nelson?
Yeah.
That's me, all right.
That's everybody in this house, dopey.
Who ordered it, sir?
Nobody ordered it, sonny.
It's sent over courtesy of Monaghan's Bowling Alley
for high score last night.
Hey, nice people, boy.
I can't even bowl and they sent me a prize.
It's not you, it's Pop.
What's going on, boys?
Oh, this man's got a case of ginger ale for us, Pop.
Ginger ale?
Wait a minute.
Don't tell me it's from Monaghan's Bowling Alley.
Yes, sir.
For high score last night?
That's right.
Well, how about that?
Congratulations, Pop.
Oh, gee, thanks.
I'll get a bottle opener.
You know, I just said as a joke to my friend and neighbor,
Mr. Thornberry, we were bowling together last night.
I said, wouldn't it be funny if I won the case of ginger ale?
And by golly, here I won it.
Congratulations.
I'm glad you did.
Gee, thanks.
What's your score, Pop?
Well, I don't think I know.
You don't happen to know what my score was, do you?
No, I don't know anything about that part.
They just tell me where to deliver the ginger ale
and I deliver it.
Oh, fine.
Well, gee, I'm what you'd call just an average bowler, you know?
But last night, somehow, the pins just seemed to drop down right and left.
I just couldn't seem to miss.
That's the way it goes sometimes.
Would you stand right there, please?
Oh, yes, sure thing.
The first time out, I had to make a split to pick up my spare.
Pretty tough shot.
Yeah.
The funniest thing, I'd heard about this,
but I'd never done it before in my life.
And I kind of zoomed the ball a little to the side
and I hit that left-end pin.
I don't know the numbers of them, even.
And it just flipped right over
and got the other corner spin for the spare.
My neighbor, the fellow I was telling you about,
he got to laugh and he fell back in his chair.
I got to laugh and I fell right down on top of him.
It's been tough to see, all right.
Oh, I gave you a pencil.
Yeah.
The next time, I figured, well, if I can get a strike following a spare,
I'm in good shape.
So usually, I roll a pretty fast ball.
In fact, I think that's one of my faults.
I roll a ball too fast.
So this time, I figured, I think I'll just layer down gently, you see,
with just a little bit more right hand.
So I aimed a little over to the side,
laid her down, and gave it just a little bit of a twist
right into the old groove for a strike.
Now, that's the thing to do, all right.
Oh, yes.
Oh, I'm sorry.
I've been talking and talking to you.
You probably have lots more important things to do.
That's all right.
It's very interesting.
Oh, thanks a lot.
And gee, thanks for the ginger ale.
Thank Mr. Monahan, and thank you for being such a tolerant listener
to all this ear bending I've been in.
That's all right.
Happens every time I deliver a case of stuff.
Bye.
Yeah, boys.
Here, cart this out the kitchen for him, will you?
Thank you, Pop.
And don't drink all that ginger ale up before your mother gets a whack at it.
We won't.
Hello?
Hello, Thorny.
This is Oz.
Hi, Oz.
What's up?
I have a little news for you.
A little surprise.
Remember last night I said,
wouldn't it be funny if I won the case of ginger ale for high score?
Yeah.
Well, the man delivered it five minutes ago.
No, honest.
You can ask David and Ricky.
Yeah, well, thanks, Thorny.
I just thought I'd tell you the news.
So long, old pal.
What did Mr. Thornberry say, Pop?
He still thinks I'm kidding.
Who are you calling now?
Mr. Dunkle.
Just remembered he sprained his ankle,
and I think I ought to call and see how he is.
That was a couple of weeks ago, wasn't it, Pop?
Oh, yes, I know, but it's still a neighborly thing to do.
Hello, Dunk.
This is Ozzie.
How's the old ankle?
Oh, that's good.
I mean, now that you're up and around again,
we'll have to go bowling some night.
Yeah.
Speaking of bowling,
the funniest thing happened.
Monaghan gives away a case of ginger ale for the high score for each night, see?
Hello, Bill.
This is Ozzie.
Say, Harriet and I certainly got a kick out of that card you sent us for Christmas.
Oh, no, well, thanks.
I've been bowling lately.
Hello, Larry.
This is Ozzie.
Hello, Tom.
This is Ozzie Nelson.
Ozzie Nelson.
You probably don't remember me.
We went to high school together.
Oh, hello, dear.
Hi, Mom.
Want a bottle of ginger ale?
Ginger ale?
Yeah, Pop got a case of it today.
What's this?
Well, I might as well tell you.
You'll find out soon enough anyway.
The news seems to have spread all over town.
You know how it is.
You just can't keep a thing like that secret.
Yeah, especially with a telephone in the house.
Well, tell me more about it.
Well, last night, right after you left...
Oh, pardon me.
There's the telephone.
Hello?
Mr. Nelson?
Yes?
This is the operator.
Oh, yes.
I just talked a long distance, and we can't seem to reach Mrs. George Nelson in Tennyfly, New Jersey.
Oh, well, no thank you.
Just cancel the call, please.
All right, sir.
And congratulations on winning the ginger ale.
Thank you very much.
What call did you have canceled?
Oh, it's really not important.
I can make it again tomorrow.
But listen, you'll get a kick out of this.
Last night, right after you and Mary Dunkle left, Thorny came over, and he pleaded with me to go bowling with him.
You went bowling last night?
Yeah, I didn't want to, but you know Thorny when he gets his mind set on something.
I imagine you put up quite a struggle, too.
Well, actually, I didn't.
Oh, which reminds me.
Thorny said he saw you and Mary Dunkle come into the alleys last night.
Yes, he did.
Well, how come?
Well, I just figured it was about time I learned how to bowl.
Oh, gee, that's swell, Harriet.
We can go bowling together.
Have a lot of fun.
It's not too hard to learn, you know.
Yes, so I hear.
And if you don't mind my bragging a little, you'll be bowling with last night's high score man.
That's how come we got the ginger ale.
For what?
Well, the man from Monaghan just brought it over about a half hour ago.
You see, they give a prize of a case of ginger ale to the man who bowls the high score for each night.
Well, that's wonderful, dear.
Congratulations.
Oh, thanks.
I think it's kind of a nice idea.
You know, they also give a case of ginger ale for the lady with the high score.
Who knows, you may win that some night.
Do you think so?
Well, sure.
You never can tell.
Not right away, of course, but maybe in a couple of years if you keep bowling.
Oh, say, I want to go and see Gordon Bensfield.
I'll be right back.
Why don't you just call him on the phone?
Well, he doesn't have one.
I'll be right back.
Hello, Mary.
How are you?
Yes, it was fun, wasn't it?
Oh, well, thanks, Mary, but I'm sure it was just beginner's luck.
In fact, that's why I'm calling him.
Whatever you do, don't tell Ozzie about my winning the case of ginger ale.
I tried about an hour ago, and he thinks he won it.
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Hi, Oz.
Oh, hi, Thorny.
I was going to come over after a while and have a glass of ginger ale with a champ.
Oh, well, I'm glad you mentioned that, Thorny.
It's been bothering me a little bit.
Yeah?
You remember last night we scurried out of the bowling alley
because Mary Dunkel and Harriet came in?
Yeah.
Well, I understand they bowled a few games after we left.
And I just want to know, there is a possibility that this case of ginger ale was supposed to be for Harriet.
Well, it's one way of finding out.
Why don't you call the bowling alley and see?
Well, you see, that's just it.
If I did call them, I'd find out definitely whether the case was supposed to be for Harriet or for me.
Now, the point of it is, I kind of think that Harriet thinks it was supposed to be for her.
So it would be such a terrible disappointment if I found out for sure if it were for me,
which, of course, you and I know that it is for me.
It would be such a terrible disappointment for Harriet.
I think maybe we'd best just let the thing go and stay this quo.
Yeah, well, I can see, Oz, the workings of the legal mind.
That's what I got.
Maybe you're right.
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