WEBVTT Kind: captions; Language: en 00:00:19.000 --> 00:00:23.001 In class it's not so bad, but when schools out and the others go off to enjoy 00:00:23.001 --> 00:00:29.001 themselves, well, if you're what they call a shy guy, that's when you really feel 00:00:29.001 --> 00:00:32.001 the loneliness of being new in town. 00:00:33.001 --> 00:00:36.001 You don't know how to make people like you, and you find yourself 00:00:36.001 --> 00:00:38.000 holding a grudge against them. 00:00:39.000 --> 00:00:43.001 You're standing on the outside looking in. You might have something to contribute 00:00:43.001 --> 00:00:49.000 to their conversation, but nobody cares whether you do or not. There's a barrier, 00:00:49.000 --> 00:00:52.000 and you don't know how to begin breaking it down. 00:00:52.001 --> 00:00:56.000 You imagine they keep watching the way you look, the way you act. 00:00:56.001 --> 00:00:58.000 They think you're different. 00:00:59.000 --> 00:01:05.001 So you head for home. What else? But still you can't forget that you're 00:01:05.001 --> 00:01:07.001 alone, an outsider. 00:01:11.000 --> 00:01:14.000 Hello, Phil. How's everything? 00:01:15.000 --> 00:01:16.000 Oh, okay, I guess, Dad. 00:01:16.001 --> 00:01:18.001 Your record transmitter and microphone coming. 00:01:19.000 --> 00:01:22.001 Oh, all right, I guess. I know it isn't either. 00:01:23.000 --> 00:01:26.001 I can't figure out where to connect in the oscillator. I know I have to connect 00:01:26.001 --> 00:01:29.001 it into the amplifier, but where? It just doesn't fit in. 00:01:30.000 --> 00:01:33.000 Why not store and get more information? And by the 00:01:33.000 --> 00:01:35.000 way, how are things going in school? 00:01:36.000 --> 00:01:41.000 Oh, okay, Dad. But school here isn't like it was back in Morristown. 00:01:41.001 --> 00:01:46.000 Well, you know, son, maybe school is like your radio. This 00:01:46.000 --> 00:01:47.001 oscillator will do its work well. 00:01:48.001 --> 00:01:51.001 But as you said, you still have to fit it in so 00:01:51.001 --> 00:01:53.001 it can work with all the other parts. 00:01:54.000 --> 00:01:58.001 I know what you're driving at, Dad, but I don't think I ever will fit in, not 00:01:58.001 --> 00:02:01.001 here. I'm different from the guys in this town. 00:02:02.000 --> 00:02:04.000 Well, as far as that goes, Phil, everybody's 00:02:04.000 --> 00:02:06.000 different. That's what makes people interesting. 00:02:07.000 --> 00:02:07.000 Maybe. 00:02:08.001 --> 00:02:14.001 You know, when we moved here this summer, I had quite a time making friends in a 00:02:14.001 --> 00:02:17.000 new office where everybody else knew each other. 00:02:17.001 --> 00:02:18.001 What'd you do, Dad? 00:02:19.001 --> 00:02:22.001 Well, that's beside the point, son. What works for one 00:02:22.001 --> 00:02:24.000 doesn't necessarily work for another. 00:02:24.001 --> 00:02:27.001 But I bet the other men didn't look at your clothes all the time. 00:02:28.000 --> 00:02:29.001 Well, what makes you think they look at your clothes? 00:02:30.001 --> 00:02:34.001 Oh, because the other fellas wear sweaters or just shirts. 00:02:35.000 --> 00:02:36.001 Not a regular suit like mine. 00:02:37.000 --> 00:02:42.000 Well, wear a sweater, then. The clothes alone won't... 00:02:42.000 --> 00:02:48.000 Phil, what about the other fellas? What do they do? What do they like? 00:02:49.001 --> 00:02:54.000 Gosh, Dad, I don't know. I never noticed. Only I know it's not radios. 00:02:55.000 --> 00:02:58.000 Perhaps that's the reason you don't know. You don't notice what the others are 00:02:58.000 --> 00:03:00.001 interested in. Why not try to find out? 00:03:01.000 --> 00:03:02.000 How, Dad? 00:03:02.001 --> 00:03:09.000 Well, you might try watching, listening. Pick out the most popular boys and girls 00:03:09.000 --> 00:03:11.000 in school and keep an eye on them. 00:03:13.000 --> 00:03:18.000 Try to figure out why people like them. Not that you'll ever be just like any of 00:03:18.000 --> 00:03:19.001 them, but you might learn something. 00:03:21.000 --> 00:03:22.001 Well, see you there. 00:03:28.000 --> 00:03:34.000 Now, there's an idea. Maybe a good idea. Worth a try, anyway. And 00:03:34.000 --> 00:03:36.000 tomorrow's not too soon this start. 00:03:39.001 --> 00:03:44.000 Pick out the most popular boys and girls in school and keep an eye on 00:03:44.000 --> 00:03:46.001 them. Who are they now? 00:03:47.001 --> 00:03:49.001 Some of them are right here in this class. 00:03:51.001 --> 00:03:54.001 Andy McIntyre, for instance. People like him all right. 00:03:56.001 --> 00:03:58.001 Chick Gallagher rates high in popularity, too. 00:04:00.001 --> 00:04:04.001 There's Jane Davenport. She's popular with boys and girls. 00:04:06.000 --> 00:04:10.001 And Jack Gilbert. What's he got that makes people like him so much? 00:04:18.001 --> 00:04:23.000 Andy's got something to say in Jack's listening. He really seems interested. 00:04:24.001 --> 00:04:28.000 Come to think of it, Jack's always interested in what people are talking about. 00:04:29.000 --> 00:04:31.000 Maybe that's why he hits it off so well with everybody. 00:04:32.001 --> 00:04:34.001 Anyhow, Andy thinks he's a great guy. 00:04:36.001 --> 00:04:39.001 No, that's too easy. Just listening. 00:04:41.000 --> 00:04:42.000 But what's this? 00:04:43.001 --> 00:04:47.000 Sounds like Jane's caught onto the same thing. She's listening. 00:04:48.000 --> 00:04:52.000 Hearing about Helen's collection of menus and liking it. 00:04:52.000 --> 00:04:54.000 That makes her kingpin with Helen. 00:04:55.001 --> 00:04:58.001 Maybe there is something in this business of being a good listener. 00:05:03.000 --> 00:05:08.001 But still, there must be more to getting along with people than just wearing a 00:05:08.001 --> 00:05:10.001 sweater and listening. 00:05:14.001 --> 00:05:22.001 What's the matter, Bob? Handle stuck? 00:05:23.000 --> 00:05:24.001 Yeah, I can't get it open. 00:05:25.000 --> 00:05:30.000 Here, let me try. It's a trick to some of these. There. 00:05:30.001 --> 00:05:32.000 Geez, thanks a lot, Chick. 00:05:34.000 --> 00:05:38.000 Now, why didn't you think of that? Chick's always doing things for 00:05:38.000 --> 00:05:40.001 people. And it pays off in friends. 00:05:42.000 --> 00:05:45.000 Well, that sure is one tough history it's only after Friday. Wish I 00:05:45.000 --> 00:05:46.001 could find some good outside reading material. 00:05:47.000 --> 00:05:51.000 I found a swell book that covers everything Miss Carson wants us to know. It's 00:05:51.000 --> 00:05:54.000 called The Last Days of Monarchism by Henry 00:05:54.000 --> 00:05:56.000 Darrow. You can get it at the library. 00:05:56.001 --> 00:05:58.000 I'm sure glad you told me about it. 00:05:58.000 --> 00:05:59.001 I'll get it this afternoon. Thanks a lot, Bob. 00:05:59.001 --> 00:06:00.000 It's okay, Chick. 00:06:03.000 --> 00:06:06.000 You dope. You knew about that book. 00:06:07.000 --> 00:06:08.001 You could have been the guy that helped the guy. 00:06:10.001 --> 00:06:15.000 There it is again. Even when you bump into people, they hardly know you're alive. 00:06:17.001 --> 00:06:19.001 You know, it's a big cold day. 00:06:20.001 --> 00:06:27.001 You're alone, bud. Alone in 00:06:27.001 --> 00:06:32.000 the crowd. But keep looking around. Try to find out what the score 00:06:32.000 --> 00:06:34.001 is. Look at Jack and Beazey over there. 00:06:35.001 --> 00:06:39.000 Girls seem to like them. Why? What's the angle? 00:06:41.000 --> 00:06:45.000 They do act kind of polite. At least they seat the girls and give their ownership 00:06:45.000 --> 00:06:48.001 of the waiter. They aren't allowed like some of the guys. 00:06:50.001 --> 00:06:52.000 Cherry coke, chocolate coke, milkshake and 00:06:52.000 --> 00:06:54.000 mallet. Double chocolate mallet. Okay, I got it. 00:06:55.000 --> 00:06:57.001 It's too hard, please. I've got the orders from my 00:06:57.001 --> 00:06:59.001 table. Just helping out during rush hour, Bob. 00:07:00.000 --> 00:07:02.001 Gee, thanks a lot, Chick. That's swelling. 00:07:03.001 --> 00:07:04.000 Hey, girl. 00:07:04.001 --> 00:07:06.000 There's Chick being helpful again. 00:07:06.001 --> 00:07:13.000 I can't quite decide. I love the way she's carrying on. 00:07:13.001 --> 00:07:17.000 Hey, don't tell me you two are still talking clothes. Was this a 00:07:17.000 --> 00:07:18.001 plot that's Welch all-males present? 00:07:36.000 --> 00:07:36.001 [...] we didn't. 00:07:37.000 --> 00:07:43.000 Don't 00:07:43.000 --> 00:07:45.000 sit 00:07:45.000 --> 00:07:50.000 down. Make yourself at home. 00:07:50.001 --> 00:07:51.000 Hey, where you are here? 00:07:51.000 --> 00:07:52.000 Pretty good. Come on, sir. 00:07:52.001 --> 00:07:53.001 Hello, everybody. Okay. 00:07:56.000 --> 00:07:58.001 We men need some support to run down this girlie's chatter. 00:07:59.001 --> 00:08:01.000 Hey, you want a walk, don't you? Yo, Bob. 00:08:02.001 --> 00:08:04.001 The topic of our discussion is the mixer next Friday 00:08:04.001 --> 00:08:06.000 night at school. You're going, aren't you? 00:08:07.001 --> 00:08:11.000 I don't know, Chick. I haven't got a date yet. 00:08:11.001 --> 00:08:15.000 Well, grab yourself a girl and come along. It's not going to be a real party. 00:08:15.001 --> 00:08:17.000 Just a class game together for some fun. 00:08:18.000 --> 00:08:22.000 So I'd like to, Chick. Yeah, I sure would. 00:08:34.001 --> 00:08:38.000 Yeah, I sure would be something to take Mary Lou to the mixer. 00:08:39.001 --> 00:08:41.000 I wonder if she already has a date. 00:08:45.001 --> 00:08:50.000 Well, how's the oscillator coming along? 00:08:50.000 --> 00:08:53.000 Hi, Dad. Oh, I haven't quite got it working yet. 00:08:54.000 --> 00:08:56.001 But you know that other business we were talking about? 00:08:57.000 --> 00:08:59.000 Oh, I've been following your advice. 00:08:59.001 --> 00:09:01.000 How about it? Find out anything? 00:09:02.000 --> 00:09:06.001 Yeah, Dad, I think I did. It looks like people who get along best with other 00:09:06.001 --> 00:09:10.001 people are, well, the people who think about the other guy. 00:09:11.001 --> 00:09:15.001 They make a point of listening to what others have to say and watching for ways 00:09:15.001 --> 00:09:18.001 to do things for them, being polite toward them. 00:09:19.000 --> 00:09:21.001 Do you suppose it's sort of a case of thinking so much about 00:09:21.001 --> 00:09:23.001 other people that you don't have much time to tell? 00:09:24.000 --> 00:09:27.001 Well, perhaps that's right. Maybe the best way to find out is to 00:09:27.001 --> 00:09:29.000 try it the next chance you get. 00:09:30.000 --> 00:09:32.001 You know, Dad, there's a mixer Friday night. 00:09:34.000 --> 00:09:36.001 I wasn't going to go, but in the drugstore 00:09:36.001 --> 00:09:38.001 the other day, Chick said I ought to come. 00:09:39.000 --> 00:09:40.000 Good idea, Phil. 00:09:41.000 --> 00:09:45.001 Well, Dad, there is a girl I'd like to take. Mary Lou Wright. 00:09:46.001 --> 00:09:49.001 But I'm not sure she'd go with me. Never even talked to her. I'd 00:09:49.001 --> 00:09:51.000 probably fall all over myself. 00:09:52.001 --> 00:09:55.000 Besides, she's popular. She's probably got a date by now. 00:09:55.001 --> 00:09:57.001 Well, it is pretty late to ask a girl. 00:09:58.000 --> 00:10:02.001 Why don't you just go stag? You needn't worry about doing anything wrong, 00:10:02.001 --> 00:10:04.001 Phil. You act all right. 00:10:05.000 --> 00:10:07.001 Just do and say whatever seems most natural. 00:10:08.000 --> 00:10:11.000 Well, Dad, maybe it will be easier after 00:10:11.000 --> 00:10:12.001 I've had a chance to talk to her at the mixer. 00:10:14.001 --> 00:10:19.000 You know what? I kind of think this is going to fit in after all. 00:10:39.001 --> 00:10:42.001 Well, this is it. Sink or swim. 00:10:44.001 --> 00:10:48.000 Oh, oh, there's Mary Lou. She did come with another guy. 00:10:49.000 --> 00:10:51.000 Beasy Barnes. What now? 00:10:52.001 --> 00:10:56.001 [...] oh, there's Mary Lou. She did come with another guy. 00:10:57.001 --> 00:10:59.001 [...] 00:11:01.000 --> 00:11:12.001 They're breaking the piano game. 00:11:15.001 --> 00:11:20.001 Look at Beasy, listening first to one boy and another. 00:11:22.000 --> 00:11:24.001 It's not even the way people flock around a good listener. 00:11:25.001 --> 00:11:29.000 But what's this? They're talking about radios. 00:11:30.000 --> 00:11:34.001 It's right down your alley. They're asking Beasy about... 00:11:34.001 --> 00:11:35.001 And he's stuck. 00:11:37.000 --> 00:11:39.001 You know the answer to that one. You could tell him. 00:11:40.000 --> 00:11:42.000 But she just abut in. 00:11:44.001 --> 00:11:50.000 Beasy's still stuck. He really needs help. 00:11:51.001 --> 00:11:52.000 Help? 00:11:53.001 --> 00:11:54.001 That's it. 00:11:57.000 --> 00:12:00.000 An offer of help. That's welcome anywhere. 00:12:02.000 --> 00:12:05.001 It's not hard to fit yourself into a conversation. 00:12:07.001 --> 00:12:11.000 A mention of a similar problem in connection with the record player. 00:12:12.001 --> 00:12:14.000 They are interested in that record player. 00:12:15.001 --> 00:12:19.000 They are interested in that shy guy. 00:12:20.000 --> 00:12:21.001 They know he's alive now. 00:12:22.001 --> 00:12:26.000 And strangely enough, he's just discovered that they're alive. 00:12:28.000 --> 00:12:31.000 Of course they'd like to see the record player. 00:12:32.000 --> 00:12:33.000 Of course they'll come over. 00:12:34.000 --> 00:12:35.000 Tomorrow afternoon. 00:12:37.000 --> 00:12:40.000 I just have to do a little more soldering and connect the oscillator and the 00:12:40.000 --> 00:12:42.000 amplifier and everything will fit in. 00:12:42.001 --> 00:12:45.001 Oh, Phil, could you have it ready by next week and bring it over to my house? 00:12:46.000 --> 00:12:46.001 I guess so. 00:12:47.000 --> 00:12:48.001 Some of the gang's coming over Thursday night 00:12:48.001 --> 00:12:50.000 and we could have a lot of fun with it. 00:12:50.000 --> 00:12:52.000 You will come, won't you? 00:12:53.000 --> 00:12:56.000 Well, one shy guy is on his way. 00:12:56.001 --> 00:12:58.000 Not that his worries are over. 00:12:58.001 --> 00:13:03.001 He'll still have his moments of doubt, of hesitation, of fear that 00:13:03.001 --> 00:13:05.000 he might do something wrong. 00:13:06.000 --> 00:13:09.000 But he can face these problems now because he knows that 00:13:09.000 --> 00:13:10.001 he's not really different. 00:13:11.000 --> 00:13:16.000 And while he's discovered only a few of many ways to overcome shyness, he's 00:13:16.000 --> 00:13:17.001 discovered that it can be done. 00:13:18.001 --> 00:13:22.000 And that's the main thing, isn't it?