November 1, 2025 • 29 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Is Maxwell House really the only copy in the.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
World where your father says so and your father knows best.
Speaker 3 (00:18):
Yes, it's father knows best.
Speaker 4 (00:20):
Transcribed in Hollywood, starring Robert Young as father. A half
hour visit with your neighbors, the Andersons, brought to you
by America's favorite coffee, Maxwell House, the coffee that's always
good to the last drop. Quite a few years ago,
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a poet said, write me a verse, my old machine.
I lack for an inspiration. The skies are blue and
the trees are green, and I long for.
Speaker 3 (00:58):
A long vacation.
Speaker 4 (01:00):
Well, writers aren't the only ones who dream of blue
skies and allegian fields. They just talk about it more
than anyone else. Bankers and bricklayers, cobblers and carpenters, they
all dream of vacation time, even as you and I,
even as Judie Anderson's in the white frame house on
Maple Street like this.
Speaker 3 (01:19):
Well, give me one reason, Give me one good reason, Jim.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
We've been spending our vacation at Round Lake for almost ten.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
Years, That's what I mean. We're in a rut.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
But you've always liked round Lake. Why this sudden affection
for highland hills?
Speaker 4 (01:34):
Because Honey, Look, I had a long talk with Henry
Liggott today.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
You've said yourself, we can't afford to do the things
the Ligots do.
Speaker 4 (01:42):
But Henry said it isn't expensive. Maybe a little more
than Round Lake, but to not much.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
I like Round Blake. It's small, it's informal, and you've
always liked.
Speaker 3 (01:52):
It too, Margaret. It isn't that I don't like Round Lake.
Speaker 4 (01:55):
It's just that, well, you mustn't forget that we're getting
ahead in Springfield.
Speaker 3 (01:59):
I'm six businessman.
Speaker 4 (02:01):
I've got to conduct myself like a successful businessman. There's
a certain dignity about Highland Hills.
Speaker 3 (02:07):
Father, What is it, Betty?
Speaker 5 (02:10):
Did you remember to pick up my blue dress as
a cleaner?
Speaker 3 (02:13):
It won't be ready until tomorrow.
Speaker 1 (02:15):
He said he'd have it today.
Speaker 3 (02:18):
Remind me to call my lawyer in the morning. Will sue.
She's got a.
Speaker 4 (02:26):
Whole closet full of dresses, but if she can't have
that particular one.
Speaker 6 (02:30):
What was I saying Highland Hills is dignified?
Speaker 3 (02:34):
Oh? Well, we'll meet a lot of people who may
do me a great deal of good.
Speaker 7 (02:38):
In a business way.
Speaker 6 (02:39):
And besides, they have a wonderful golf course.
Speaker 4 (02:42):
Yes, there, No, I mean, Margaret, Henry Leggott assured me.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
Jim, you don't seem to understand. The vacation has a
definite purpose. You're supposed to relax.
Speaker 3 (02:55):
Why can't you relax at Highland Hills.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
Because it's a very fashionable resource. Everyone is always dressed
to the eyes. There isn't a peaceful moment in the entire.
Speaker 3 (03:04):
Day that isn't so why, Henry Leggatt.
Speaker 6 (03:07):
Told me, I'm sorry, dear. What is it, Kathy?
Speaker 1 (03:12):
I'm a glass of now.
Speaker 6 (03:14):
Not now, dear.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
We'll be having our dinner in a few minutes.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
Drink some water.
Speaker 1 (03:21):
Water, okay.
Speaker 3 (03:27):
Sounds as though she never heard of the stuff. Jim.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
You know, there are several things you seem to have forgotten. First,
we've had our reservation at Round Lake since last August.
Speaker 4 (03:38):
That's no problem, Margaret. They can get rid of that
cottage in two minutes if we give it up.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
And second, you take only a two week vacation and
of course weekends, but the children and I are gone
for the entire summer. Certainly you ought to consider our
feelings in the matter.
Speaker 3 (03:53):
All right, I'll tell you what. We'll take a vote
on it.
Speaker 6 (03:55):
What kind of a vote.
Speaker 4 (03:56):
I'll explain the whole set up to the kids, and
then we'll take a vote round lake versus highland hills.
Speaker 3 (04:02):
That's fair, isn't it, Jim.
Speaker 2 (04:04):
That's the silliest idea I've ever heard. Do you mean
you're going to let a mere infant like Kathy?
Speaker 4 (04:09):
Well, she'll only have half a vote, Jim, And to
make sure I get a fair shake, I'll take the
other half, all right, Jim.
Speaker 8 (04:17):
I just hope you know what you're doing.
Speaker 4 (04:19):
I think I do that, ain't bod Kathy, boy.
Speaker 9 (04:26):
It's about time. I'm starved.
Speaker 6 (04:28):
Your father wants to talk to you, Bud about fod.
Speaker 9 (04:31):
I didn't do anything, did I?
Speaker 1 (04:36):
Do you want me? Father?
Speaker 3 (04:38):
Come down here? We've got something important to discuss.
Speaker 5 (04:41):
Oh okay, what's all the shooting for a partner?
Speaker 6 (04:46):
Kathy?
Speaker 1 (04:47):
If you don't, Oh, Kathy, look at your dress it's
got flash.
Speaker 3 (04:54):
That's the greatest understatement of the week. What were you
doing deep sea diving in the sink?
Speaker 1 (04:59):
I was taking good drink.
Speaker 3 (05:02):
Why didn't you use a glass?
Speaker 1 (05:04):
You said I should drink some water. You didn't say
to use a glass.
Speaker 4 (05:11):
Yes, Daddy, breathe what I haven't told you to breathe lately.
Speaker 3 (05:16):
I wouldn't want you to stop.
Speaker 9 (05:17):
Now, Dad, I think I know where I can find
it if somebody.
Speaker 4 (05:21):
Didn't take it, somebody didn't take what the library book?
Speaker 3 (05:26):
What library book? The one I lost?
Speaker 9 (05:30):
Is that what you wanna talk to me about?
Speaker 7 (05:32):
No?
Speaker 10 (05:33):
Oh, father, mister Mnassian promised that he'd have the blue
dress ready today.
Speaker 3 (05:38):
Betty, he didn't feel well. He had a headache.
Speaker 10 (05:41):
Oh well, I didn't need it anyway, Dad, What is it?
Speaker 7 (05:45):
Bud?
Speaker 9 (05:46):
Joe Phillips and I are gonna chip in and pay
for the parking ticket together.
Speaker 3 (05:50):
You got a parking ticket.
Speaker 9 (05:52):
You didn't wanna talk about that either?
Speaker 1 (05:54):
Huh?
Speaker 3 (05:57):
No, but we will.
Speaker 2 (06:02):
Yeah, I figured we would, Jim, we only have a
few minutes before all.
Speaker 3 (06:06):
Right, Margaret, I'll tell him about it right now.
Speaker 6 (06:08):
Well, while you're doing that, I'll put the biscuits in
the op.
Speaker 3 (06:10):
That'll be fine.
Speaker 4 (06:10):
Dear kids, What would you say if I told you
we weren't going to round Lake this summer? Father?
Speaker 6 (06:18):
Holy cowd we didn't do anything dead.
Speaker 3 (06:21):
Oh wait a minute, there's no need to get all upset.
Speaker 4 (06:23):
I was merely trying to find out what you think
about going somewhere Besides round Lake.
Speaker 3 (06:27):
That's all.
Speaker 1 (06:28):
Besides, you mean we can go someplace else. It's a
whole summer creepers.
Speaker 11 (06:34):
Hey, I know a good place to go now.
Speaker 1 (06:36):
Just a minute, Bud, I want to go to Camp Mishawakski. Father,
there's the most heavenly place.
Speaker 9 (06:44):
I know, a place way up in the hills. And
Joe Phillip says, they don't do anything all.
Speaker 11 (06:48):
Day but play baseball.
Speaker 3 (06:49):
Stop it.
Speaker 10 (06:50):
Pick Andrews and Bill Martin are going to be the
life guys.
Speaker 6 (06:52):
And they told me.
Speaker 1 (06:53):
You've never seen any place.
Speaker 3 (06:54):
I said, stop it.
Speaker 5 (06:55):
Paddy Davis is going to Cam Mishawakski, and if she
can go to Camp Mishawakaya, I don't see why I
can't go to Camp.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
Stop it, Mischwaski.
Speaker 3 (07:07):
I've never heard anything like this in my life. Anybody
think you were reared in a barn.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
But father, you said never.
Speaker 3 (07:14):
Mind what I said.
Speaker 4 (07:15):
I didn't say anything about Dick Andrews or Joe Phillips
or any idiotic camp wishy washy, Mischawasky.
Speaker 3 (07:24):
Thank you.
Speaker 4 (07:25):
Now, if you'll just simmer down for a few minutes,
maybe I can get a word in edgewise. It's not
a question of going just any place. I've got another spot.
Speaker 3 (07:33):
All picked off?
Speaker 1 (07:34):
Is it Camp Mishawaski?
Speaker 3 (07:36):
No, it isn't Camp MISCHIWASHKEI?
Speaker 4 (07:39):
She will, And it isn't the place where Dick Andrews
is the lifeguard, or the place where they do nothing
but play baseball with antelopes.
Speaker 10 (07:46):
All day, jumping creepers.
Speaker 3 (07:50):
Go ahead, bun, Why I said, go ahead? Drop the
other shoe? Holy cow? All right now, I've.
Speaker 4 (08:01):
Been talking this whole thing over with your mother and
we've agreed to put it to a voat.
Speaker 3 (08:05):
We'll decide between round Lake and yes, Highland Hills.
Speaker 9 (08:10):
Oh no, gosh, Dad, what do you want to go
there for?
Speaker 1 (08:16):
I want to go to Camp Missawaki?
Speaker 3 (08:19):
Yeah, go to bed.
Speaker 1 (08:21):
It isn't even dark yet.
Speaker 3 (08:24):
Well, close your eyes and go to bed.
Speaker 1 (08:28):
Can't I just close my mouth?
Speaker 7 (08:31):
All right?
Speaker 3 (08:32):
But keep it closed?
Speaker 4 (08:33):
Yes, daddy, most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. Anybody think
I was asking you to go to Siberia to work
in the salt mines.
Speaker 11 (08:42):
I'd rather go to Siberia.
Speaker 3 (08:45):
Well, we'll see if it can be arranged.
Speaker 12 (08:48):
Father.
Speaker 5 (08:48):
Jamie Liggett went to Highland last year and she hated it.
Speaker 3 (08:51):
Is that so her father said, they had a wonderful time,
but it's.
Speaker 6 (08:54):
Just like the old lady's home.
Speaker 9 (08:57):
You have to walk around on your tiptoes and you
can even tak Kathy.
Speaker 1 (09:02):
I didn't say anything, daddy.
Speaker 4 (09:05):
Highland Hills is one of the finest resorts in the
entire country.
Speaker 1 (09:08):
But it's so dead. Father, there an't any boys there
or anything.
Speaker 3 (09:15):
Well, but we'll be there, and he's a boy.
Speaker 10 (09:18):
Father.
Speaker 9 (09:19):
Boy, am I gonna have fun?
Speaker 3 (09:22):
Look, I know it's your vacation.
Speaker 4 (09:23):
I want you to have a good time, but don't
you think we ought to pick out a place.
Speaker 3 (09:27):
Where we can all enjoy. You mustn't be selfish about it.
Speaker 4 (09:31):
But you wouldn't like a place that's all cluttered up
with Betty's boyfriends, would you.
Speaker 9 (09:35):
I'd like it better than Highland Hills.
Speaker 4 (09:38):
And Betty certainly wouldn't want to go to a spot
where they do nothing but play baseball, would you.
Speaker 10 (09:42):
Betty, I'd rather go there than Highland Hills.
Speaker 4 (09:45):
And you certainly wouldn't want to wind up in a
hole called Washy Whiskey Michy.
Speaker 3 (09:53):
That's even worse now at Highland Hills.
Speaker 10 (09:56):
Father, Why can't we just go back to Round Lake
Every he likes it up there.
Speaker 4 (10:01):
Highland Hills is a place for comfort and relaxation. It
is noted as a fisherman's paradise, a spot where whole
families can enjoy a peaceful, RESTful vacation in the most
attractive of surroundings, nestled.
Speaker 3 (10:14):
In the foothill.
Speaker 1 (10:15):
Daddy, what is it?
Speaker 5 (10:17):
Kathy Patty Daves is going to Camp Missiwaski, and she's
my best friend. And I don't care if I do
have to go to bed. I don't like Highland Hills.
Speaker 3 (10:27):
Well, I'm not concerned whether you do or not. You
only have half a boat. What will be a second, honey.
I was just explaining to the children mother, we don't want.
Speaker 1 (10:39):
To go to Highland Hills.
Speaker 9 (10:41):
You can't have any fun up there. I'm honest, you
can now just a minute.
Speaker 8 (10:45):
The children feel that strongly.
Speaker 3 (10:47):
About it, but they haven't given me a chance to explain.
Speaker 6 (10:50):
We've always been very happy at Round Lake.
Speaker 4 (10:52):
It's not a question of Round Lake. They've all got
a different place they want to go, and for the
most idiotic reasons, because they play baseball or because Dick
Andrews is a lifeguard. Why should the whole family go
to a place we know nothing about, just because Dick
Andrews is a lifeguard.
Speaker 6 (11:07):
Daddy, why don't you answer the phone?
Speaker 3 (11:09):
I'll answer it myself.
Speaker 4 (11:11):
Man wants to do something special for his family, and
what thanks does he get?
Speaker 3 (11:15):
Everybody asks, as though I was sending him to jail.
Silliest family I've ever seen.
Speaker 13 (11:20):
Hello, mister Anderson, I have all the information for you
on Holand Hill.
Speaker 3 (11:24):
Oh hello, miss Thomas. What did you find out?
Speaker 12 (11:26):
They have a two bedroom cottage available for the season.
Speaker 7 (11:29):
Good?
Speaker 12 (11:29):
And the manager says he's quite sure that cooking privileges
can be arranged.
Speaker 3 (11:33):
Fine. Uh what did he say about the raids?
Speaker 12 (11:36):
Well, there isn't much choice, mister Anderson. They just had
this one cottage left at fifty four dollars.
Speaker 3 (11:42):
That's without meals, of course, fifty four dollars. Say that's wonderful.
That's even less than Round Lake.
Speaker 12 (11:47):
I don't think so, mister Anderson.
Speaker 7 (11:49):
Miss Thomas.
Speaker 4 (11:49):
We've been paying five hundred dollars a season at Round
Lake and that comes to over sixty dollars a week.
Speaker 12 (11:54):
Mister Anderson, this is fifty four dollars a day.
Speaker 3 (11:57):
Well, Natchley, but.
Speaker 12 (12:01):
Uh what fifty four dollars a day.
Speaker 3 (12:04):
If fifty four dollars a day, that's right. Uh, thank
you very much. Ms Thomas. I'll uh, I'll see you
at the office in the morning.
Speaker 12 (12:15):
Would you like me to call them about the reservation tonight? No?
Speaker 4 (12:18):
I uh, I uh think we'd better forget about it
from the time being.
Speaker 3 (12:22):
I uh, thank you again, Miss Thomas. Good night, good night,
Miss Thomas.
Speaker 2 (12:26):
Four dollars, Jim, everything's getting cold.
Speaker 8 (12:29):
You won't enjoy your dinner at all, Right, I said it, Jim.
Speaker 6 (12:33):
What is it?
Speaker 3 (12:34):
Uh? Nothing, Margaret, But I've just had a great idea.
Speaker 4 (12:37):
Oh yes, sir, absolutely great. Instead of arguing about Highland
hills and all those other places, why don't we just
go up to Round Lake? Well every but he certainly
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had his own idea on the big vacation.
Speaker 7 (13:03):
So often that's the case. We all want something different.
Speaker 4 (13:06):
But I'm pretty sure there's one case where millions of
folks all want the very same thing. I think you'll
all agree, and a cup of coffee. Flavor's the thing
you want. And naturally, when you buy a pound of coffee,
you're after the most in flavor for every penny you spend.
Speaker 7 (13:22):
That's just what you get too. In our Maxwell House Coffee.
Speaker 4 (13:26):
Here's the most famous flavor in all the world, wonderful,
good to the last drop, flavor that makes you say
nn n, that's real coffee. You won't find that famous
flavor in any other coffee either, no coffee but Maxwell House.
And for good reason, we have a recipe, a mighty
special recipe with it. Our Maxwell House people select certain
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fine varieties of coffees, then blend them in a particular way.
It's the one way, the one recipe for famous good
to the last drop flavor. And it spells the big
difference between the flavor of just any coffee and the
wonderful goodness of America's favorite brand. But taste that difference
for yourself. See how much more flavor, more real enjoyment
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you get for your money in our Maxwell House coffee.
Bring home that familiar blue tin tomorrow, enjoy coffee.
Speaker 7 (14:20):
That's always good to the last drop.
Speaker 4 (14:32):
It's a hot Saturday in Springfield, a hot, sticky saturday,
with a heat clinging like a moist blanket to the
city streets, and the leaves hanging limp and motionless on
the branches of dusty trees in the white frame house
on Maple Street. However, there's great activity. The Andersons are
preparing to leave on their vacation, and that's always a
hectic occasion like this. Let's see now, does that take
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care of all the office details?
Speaker 3 (14:58):
Miss Thomas?
Speaker 8 (14:58):
You wanted to send a I know to mister Buckley.
Speaker 3 (15:01):
Oh that's right, member of Phil Buckley home office.
Speaker 4 (15:04):
Subject summer vacation, Dear Phil, yam, I'm sorry, Yes, Margaret, before.
Speaker 2 (15:10):
Bud takes your bag off, do you want to take
both pairs of bathing trunks?
Speaker 3 (15:14):
Yes, dear, the old pairs full of mockholes.
Speaker 7 (15:17):
Well, then leave them out.
Speaker 12 (15:19):
I may be able to fix them.
Speaker 3 (15:21):
Well, then put them in, But I.
Speaker 6 (15:23):
Think you really ought to get a new pair anyway.
Speaker 3 (15:26):
Then leave them out.
Speaker 6 (15:29):
Oh, I think I'll take them along just in case.
Speaker 4 (15:32):
All right, dear, Oh, we're worry, Miss Thomas.
Speaker 2 (15:36):
Subject summer vacation Dear Phil, Oh, dear Phil.
Speaker 3 (15:39):
As is my usual custom. I'm dividing my annual vacation
into two separate weeks, the first of which.
Speaker 4 (15:45):
I am about to take now, in order to establish
my family at round Lake.
Speaker 3 (15:49):
Father, what is it, buddy, mister Vanasthy.
Speaker 1 (15:53):
You never brought that my blue dress?
Speaker 3 (15:56):
I brought it back myself.
Speaker 1 (15:58):
No, you didn't bother. You said he had a head ache. Oh,
never mind, here it is.
Speaker 3 (16:07):
I'm sorry, miss Thomas.
Speaker 13 (16:08):
What did I say in order to establish my family
at Round Late?
Speaker 3 (16:12):
Miss Thomas?
Speaker 4 (16:12):
When you get into the office on Monday, why don't
you just copy the memo I sent him last year?
Speaker 3 (16:17):
He won't know the difference.
Speaker 11 (16:18):
All right.
Speaker 3 (16:19):
Oh, call mister Gribble first thing Monday. Good grief.
Speaker 9 (16:23):
But he's taking the bags out, Kathy, you sent her
out to bury those worms?
Speaker 3 (16:29):
Oh?
Speaker 6 (16:30):
Well, do you want me to answer it?
Speaker 4 (16:32):
No, thanks, I'll see who it is wants to carry
a whole can of worms up the Round Lake in
my suitcase.
Speaker 3 (16:41):
A Hi Jim, Oh hello, Ed, come on in. I
just came back to see if you needed any help.
Well that's money. Nice of you, Ed.
Speaker 7 (16:47):
You know me.
Speaker 4 (16:48):
He's strong back in a weak mind.
Speaker 6 (16:51):
Who was that, Jim?
Speaker 3 (16:52):
It's Ed Davids. Honey, Oh man, I want to speak
to you.
Speaker 4 (16:55):
I'll be right now, okay, Margaret, just about ready to
push off?
Speaker 3 (16:58):
Huh, just about? And so help me.
Speaker 4 (17:00):
You think they were going away forever. You've never seen
such a lot of junk.
Speaker 3 (17:04):
Get your trunks packed.
Speaker 4 (17:05):
Oh, sure they went off yesterday, but we've got about
a dozen bags. I don't know how I'm going to
get them all in the car.
Speaker 3 (17:11):
Well, you'll manage.
Speaker 6 (17:12):
And I'm so glad you stopped by.
Speaker 8 (17:14):
I wanted to give you our key.
Speaker 6 (17:15):
Uh of course.
Speaker 2 (17:16):
I don't suppose there'll be an emergency, but if there is, well,
there it is.
Speaker 7 (17:21):
I'll keep an.
Speaker 3 (17:22):
Eye on the house, Margaret. Don't you worry about a thing.
Speaker 6 (17:24):
Oh, thank you, Margaret.
Speaker 3 (17:25):
You know I'll be.
Speaker 7 (17:26):
Back in a week.
Speaker 3 (17:27):
It isn't as though the house was going to be
deserted all summer.
Speaker 6 (17:29):
I know, dear, but I'll just feel better.
Speaker 3 (17:33):
We're in the hall, Budy.
Speaker 9 (17:34):
Hey, Dad, I got everything in except Betty's suitcase.
Speaker 3 (17:38):
Why didn't you put that in?
Speaker 9 (17:39):
She's still packing it.
Speaker 12 (17:40):
It's all packed.
Speaker 3 (17:42):
That girl's got ears like a rabbit, except when you
need her. Bring it down, Betty.
Speaker 1 (17:48):
I can't close it.
Speaker 3 (17:50):
But go upstairs and sit on Betty's bag.
Speaker 9 (17:54):
Are we almost ready to leave?
Speaker 3 (17:55):
We are ready to leave. Take Betty's bag out to
the car and we'll be all set.
Speaker 9 (17:59):
Okay, boy, I don't know what this time we would
do without me.
Speaker 6 (18:05):
Jim, are you really ready to go?
Speaker 3 (18:07):
Sure. I just have to tell miss Thomas one more thing,
Miss Thomas. Yeah, oh great. It's busy little joint, isn't it.
We'll get out of here at midnight, are you Jim?
Speaker 12 (18:17):
Well?
Speaker 3 (18:17):
Hello?
Speaker 13 (18:18):
Heck, oh Elizabeth, Margaret, dear, we just had to come
over and say goodbye.
Speaker 6 (18:22):
Oh how sweet.
Speaker 14 (18:24):
I told her you'd be after your ears, but she
wouldn't listen.
Speaker 9 (18:27):
Hector.
Speaker 3 (18:28):
Well, they're going.
Speaker 14 (18:29):
Away on a vacation. They haven't got time to stand
around and gab.
Speaker 6 (18:33):
Hector. You know, we're always glad to see you and Elizabeth.
Speaker 3 (18:36):
Say, heck, would you and Ed like to do me
a big favor?
Speaker 7 (18:39):
Sure?
Speaker 3 (18:39):
Just name it. See if Bud got our bags in
the car all right? Somehow? Well he did it too fast.
Speaker 7 (18:46):
Sure, come on, let's go in.
Speaker 3 (18:48):
We'll have everything all set for you.
Speaker 4 (18:49):
Jima.
Speaker 6 (18:50):
Is there anything you want me to do? Margaret? I
can't think of the thing, dear. I've locked all the windows,
that frosted the icebox.
Speaker 3 (18:58):
Margaret, everything is taken care of. H Why don't you
and Elizabeth go outside?
Speaker 8 (19:03):
You won't forget to lock the doors.
Speaker 4 (19:04):
The doors lock all by themselves, but I'll make sure
they're good and locked, all right.
Speaker 8 (19:09):
Dear, come along, Elizabeth. Men can be so stupid about
these things, kind of sing, oh they mean well?
Speaker 4 (19:17):
Oh, miss Thomas, where were we?
Speaker 12 (19:21):
You were giving me a message for mister Gribble.
Speaker 3 (19:23):
Oh well, I'll give it to you on the way out.
Speaker 4 (19:25):
No, we'll go out the back way, all right. Uh,
call mister Gribble on Monday and tell him that all
the figures.
Speaker 3 (19:31):
For the group insurance set up have been forwarded to
New York.
Speaker 4 (19:34):
Right, we won't have any definite word for at least
a week, and by that time I'll be back in
the office.
Speaker 3 (19:38):
Right, you've got it all straight.
Speaker 2 (19:40):
Now the group insurance figures have been forwarded to New York.
Speaker 9 (19:43):
We'll have word about a week, and by ben you'll
be back in the office.
Speaker 7 (19:46):
Good girl.
Speaker 3 (19:48):
Was everything all right?
Speaker 12 (19:49):
Ed?
Speaker 3 (19:49):
Well, not quite?
Speaker 14 (19:51):
But had the bags in all right?
Speaker 3 (19:52):
But he didn't leave room for anybody to sit. That's
my boy, hot At. I know we've got it all set.
Speaker 7 (20:02):
Not Jim.
Speaker 3 (20:02):
Where's Kathy?
Speaker 1 (20:03):
Kathy?
Speaker 6 (20:04):
I'm dunning mother.
Speaker 10 (20:06):
When Bud sat on my suitcase, he broke something I
did not well, I heard something crack.
Speaker 1 (20:12):
I think going away is so exciting, don't you, Margaret?
Speaker 12 (20:15):
Oh?
Speaker 6 (20:15):
Yes, very exciting, not that I know, of course. I
just sit here in this sweltering town.
Speaker 3 (20:26):
And Kathy, Gods, what have you been up to?
Speaker 1 (20:28):
Now? Me to marry the worms?
Speaker 4 (20:31):
I didn't tell you to crawl in with them.
Speaker 3 (20:35):
Betty. See if you can scrape some of that mud
off her face? Yes, fine, all right, let's get in.
I'd like to see if we can't get up there
before labor days.
Speaker 1 (20:43):
Have a nice time, is Drans, And don't worry about
the office.
Speaker 6 (20:46):
Everything's going to be fine.
Speaker 3 (20:47):
I hope.
Speaker 13 (20:48):
So goodbye, Margaret, And if you have time, do you.
Speaker 12 (20:50):
Be sure to drop us a car.
Speaker 9 (20:51):
Oh, I shall get your fig one for me, Jim.
Speaker 3 (20:53):
Okay, I'll sure try. All set dad out. We'll be
seeing you, Jim.
Speaker 6 (21:06):
I have the most horrible feeling. I think I forgot
to turn off the hot water. He did.
Speaker 3 (21:09):
Oh, Margaret, you took care of everything due.
Speaker 6 (21:11):
Would you mind very much if we made sure?
Speaker 3 (21:13):
You mean you want me to go back? Oh? No,
never mind? Is that anything wrong with him? No, everything's fine.
I'll only be a minute.
Speaker 6 (21:24):
Be sure it's off all the wages. Yes, dear.
Speaker 10 (21:30):
Mother, I can't get the dirt off her face.
Speaker 6 (21:32):
She looks like she's been eating us. What were you doing, Kathy, Well.
Speaker 5 (21:37):
Daddy said, I had to bury the worms, so I
was digging a lot of holes.
Speaker 9 (21:41):
Why didn't you just dump them all in one hole?
Speaker 1 (21:44):
They were too crowded.
Speaker 5 (21:45):
I just put two in each hole because I didn't
want him to be lonesome.
Speaker 1 (21:53):
But I had one left.
Speaker 14 (21:54):
Over, so you had to dig up a friend for him.
Speaker 5 (21:58):
Huh gosh, I didn't even think of that.
Speaker 1 (22:05):
I just chopped him in two.
Speaker 3 (22:14):
The plot of light was off, Margaret.
Speaker 6 (22:15):
You had nothing to worry about, Thank you, Dear. I
feel much better now.
Speaker 3 (22:18):
Well, I guess we're about ready to go. We can't
find the car.
Speaker 6 (22:24):
Keys, Oh, Jim.
Speaker 3 (22:27):
Well, I had them two minutes ago I started the motor.
Speaker 9 (22:29):
Maybe he left him in the hall.
Speaker 6 (22:31):
Do you want about to go inside and see you do?
Speaker 3 (22:33):
Never mind, I'll go.
Speaker 6 (22:35):
And jim see if the door of the basement's locked.
Speaker 3 (22:37):
I locked it on the way out.
Speaker 6 (22:39):
We try it again, dear, just to be sure.
Speaker 1 (22:47):
Mother, I can't even scrape the mud off her face.
Stick your tongue out, dopey, No, I don't want to
get washed with spits.
Speaker 2 (23:01):
Kathy, get some water at the hose bib and wet
your handkerchief.
Speaker 6 (23:04):
Okay, mommy, and come right back.
Speaker 14 (23:07):
Say Margaret, I told Jim we'd expect them for dinner
at least.
Speaker 3 (23:10):
Once a week.
Speaker 6 (23:11):
That's awfully nice of you, Hector.
Speaker 13 (23:13):
Oh, pish, Tasha, it's absolutely nothing.
Speaker 8 (23:15):
You know.
Speaker 6 (23:16):
We're more than glad to have it.
Speaker 3 (23:17):
Tell him to come over now, will you, Margaret?
Speaker 6 (23:19):
I certainly shall, And I don't you mention it once
in a while, miss Thomas.
Speaker 12 (23:23):
I'll be very glad to.
Speaker 9 (23:25):
Hey, we're never gonna get started.
Speaker 6 (23:27):
I think your father's coming. Now. Did you find them, Jim?
Speaker 3 (23:29):
They were on the stove.
Speaker 7 (23:31):
Well, hold ont of your hats kit.
Speaker 4 (23:33):
Everything's all locked, everything's all turned off, and everything's.
Speaker 3 (23:35):
All put away. Now do you suppose we can get
out of here?
Speaker 6 (23:39):
I hope so, dear.
Speaker 4 (23:40):
Have we got everything, all the luggage, all the packages,
all the joke?
Speaker 9 (23:43):
I think, so shove over when you, Betty, I haven't
got any room?
Speaker 6 (23:47):
Well who has?
Speaker 9 (23:48):
Oh? Pull your suitcase around. It's sticking me in the ribs.
Speaker 6 (23:52):
Oh, don't be so delicate.
Speaker 3 (23:54):
Okay, here we go, bye, have a nice.
Speaker 4 (24:00):
Out of this time.
Speaker 3 (24:00):
I think we're going to do it.
Speaker 4 (24:02):
See you later.
Speaker 10 (24:07):
We're finally on our way, you know, I've.
Speaker 4 (24:11):
Never in all my life seen a family quite like
this one. We go through the same thing every year.
When I was a boy, we used to go away
for the summer, and we never had all this excitement.
Speaker 3 (24:23):
When we were ready to go, we went, but not
this family. Isn't the stole, It's the ice box. If
you don't forget one thing, you forget something else. Say Dad,
what is it, Bud?
Speaker 11 (24:35):
We forgot, Kathy.
Speaker 4 (25:03):
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Speaker 7 (25:16):
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minutes later in the driveway outside the white frame house.
Speaker 7 (26:12):
On Maple Street.
Speaker 4 (26:13):
The Andersons have returned, retrieved the missing Kathy, and are
on their way again, or at least we hope they are.
Speaker 2 (26:20):
Like this, Well, I guess they're finally gone.
Speaker 13 (26:23):
I wouldn't be so sure with that family. You never
can be sure of anything.
Speaker 8 (26:28):
Hector, where have you been?
Speaker 3 (26:29):
I just went over to turn off the water. Kathy
left it running.
Speaker 11 (26:34):
Hey, you want to hear something?
Speaker 6 (26:38):
Listen?
Speaker 3 (26:40):
It's quiet, isn't it.
Speaker 11 (26:44):
Yeah?
Speaker 7 (26:44):
It sure is.
Speaker 4 (26:46):
You take a family like the Anderson's out of a
neighborhood and the place sure calms down.
Speaker 6 (26:52):
Nice, isn't it.
Speaker 3 (26:55):
Yeah, for about ten minutes.
Speaker 2 (26:57):
They're a wonderful family, aren't they?
Speaker 3 (27:00):
One of the best.
Speaker 13 (27:01):
Of course, I still think they had one child too many.
Speaker 11 (27:07):
Oh, Candy's all right, Elizabeth.
Speaker 3 (27:09):
She's just full of pep, that's all.
Speaker 8 (27:12):
She's certainly full of something.
Speaker 7 (27:15):
Guys.
Speaker 3 (27:16):
I can remember the day she was born. She was
just a tiny little thing.
Speaker 7 (27:19):
And Bud Betty.
Speaker 3 (27:22):
It's gonna be awfully dead around here.
Speaker 7 (27:24):
No, no, it's no excitement, no broken windows.
Speaker 3 (27:28):
I'm sug gonna miss them.
Speaker 14 (27:30):
Yeah, they're nice people, all right, Jim and Margaret, just
as nice as they come.
Speaker 6 (27:34):
Well, stop sounding so mournful, both of you.
Speaker 13 (27:38):
They'll be back, all of them in eight weeks.
Speaker 4 (27:47):
That they will neighbors, each and every one of them. Yes,
Father knows best is leaving the air for at summer vacation.
But we'll all be back on September seventh. Margaret, Betty, Kathy, Bud,
Roy Barkie and the Maxwell House Orchestra, yours, truly, Bill Forman,
and of course Father Jim Anderson himself, Robert Young.
Speaker 3 (28:18):
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Speaker 4 (28:20):
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pleasant summer and ask that you drive very carefully so
that you'll be around to join as again in the fall.
So until Thursday, September seventh, good night, good luck, and
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happy times from the star of our show, Robert Young
and the makers of Maxwell House, America's favorite brand of coffee,
always good to the last drop, Father Knows Best, was
transcribed in Hollywood and written.
Speaker 3 (29:19):
By Ed Jane.
Speaker 4 (29:28):
I'll hear the new cast Daily Show on NBC
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Speaker 2 (00:03):
World where your father says so and your father knows best.
Speaker 3 (00:18):
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Speaker 4 (00:20):
Transcribed in Hollywood, starring Robert Young as father. A half
hour visit with your neighbors, the Andersons, brought to you
by America's favorite coffee, Maxwell House, the coffee that's always
good to the last drop. Quite a few years ago,
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a poet said, write me a verse, my old machine.
I lack for an inspiration. The skies are blue and
the trees are green, and I long for.
Speaker 3 (00:58):
A long vacation.
Speaker 4 (01:00):
Well, writers aren't the only ones who dream of blue
skies and allegian fields. They just talk about it more
than anyone else. Bankers and bricklayers, cobblers and carpenters, they
all dream of vacation time, even as you and I,
even as Judie Anderson's in the white frame house on
Maple Street like this.
Speaker 3 (01:19):
Well, give me one reason, Give me one good reason, Jim.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
We've been spending our vacation at Round Lake for almost ten.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
Years, That's what I mean. We're in a rut.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
But you've always liked round Lake. Why this sudden affection
for highland hills?
Speaker 4 (01:34):
Because Honey, Look, I had a long talk with Henry
Liggott today.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
You've said yourself, we can't afford to do the things
the Ligots do.
Speaker 4 (01:42):
But Henry said it isn't expensive. Maybe a little more
than Round Lake, but to not much.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
I like Round Blake. It's small, it's informal, and you've
always liked.
Speaker 3 (01:52):
It too, Margaret. It isn't that I don't like Round Lake.
Speaker 4 (01:55):
It's just that, well, you mustn't forget that we're getting
ahead in Springfield.
Speaker 3 (01:59):
I'm six businessman.
Speaker 4 (02:01):
I've got to conduct myself like a successful businessman. There's
a certain dignity about Highland Hills.
Speaker 3 (02:07):
Father, What is it, Betty?
Speaker 5 (02:10):
Did you remember to pick up my blue dress as
a cleaner?
Speaker 3 (02:13):
It won't be ready until tomorrow.
Speaker 1 (02:15):
He said he'd have it today.
Speaker 3 (02:18):
Remind me to call my lawyer in the morning. Will sue.
She's got a.
Speaker 4 (02:26):
Whole closet full of dresses, but if she can't have
that particular one.
Speaker 6 (02:30):
What was I saying Highland Hills is dignified?
Speaker 3 (02:34):
Oh? Well, we'll meet a lot of people who may
do me a great deal of good.
Speaker 7 (02:38):
In a business way.
Speaker 6 (02:39):
And besides, they have a wonderful golf course.
Speaker 4 (02:42):
Yes, there, No, I mean, Margaret, Henry Leggott assured me.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
Jim, you don't seem to understand. The vacation has a
definite purpose. You're supposed to relax.
Speaker 3 (02:55):
Why can't you relax at Highland Hills.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
Because it's a very fashionable resource. Everyone is always dressed
to the eyes. There isn't a peaceful moment in the entire.
Speaker 3 (03:04):
Day that isn't so why, Henry Leggatt.
Speaker 6 (03:07):
Told me, I'm sorry, dear. What is it, Kathy?
Speaker 1 (03:12):
I'm a glass of now.
Speaker 6 (03:14):
Not now, dear.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
We'll be having our dinner in a few minutes.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
Drink some water.
Speaker 1 (03:21):
Water, okay.
Speaker 3 (03:27):
Sounds as though she never heard of the stuff. Jim.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
You know, there are several things you seem to have forgotten. First,
we've had our reservation at Round Lake since last August.
Speaker 4 (03:38):
That's no problem, Margaret. They can get rid of that
cottage in two minutes if we give it up.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
And second, you take only a two week vacation and
of course weekends, but the children and I are gone
for the entire summer. Certainly you ought to consider our
feelings in the matter.
Speaker 3 (03:53):
All right, I'll tell you what. We'll take a vote
on it.
Speaker 6 (03:55):
What kind of a vote.
Speaker 4 (03:56):
I'll explain the whole set up to the kids, and
then we'll take a vote round lake versus highland hills.
Speaker 3 (04:02):
That's fair, isn't it, Jim.
Speaker 2 (04:04):
That's the silliest idea I've ever heard. Do you mean
you're going to let a mere infant like Kathy?
Speaker 4 (04:09):
Well, she'll only have half a vote, Jim, And to
make sure I get a fair shake, I'll take the
other half, all right, Jim.
Speaker 8 (04:17):
I just hope you know what you're doing.
Speaker 4 (04:19):
I think I do that, ain't bod Kathy, boy.
Speaker 9 (04:26):
It's about time. I'm starved.
Speaker 6 (04:28):
Your father wants to talk to you, Bud about fod.
Speaker 9 (04:31):
I didn't do anything, did I?
Speaker 1 (04:36):
Do you want me? Father?
Speaker 3 (04:38):
Come down here? We've got something important to discuss.
Speaker 5 (04:41):
Oh okay, what's all the shooting for a partner?
Speaker 6 (04:46):
Kathy?
Speaker 1 (04:47):
If you don't, Oh, Kathy, look at your dress it's
got flash.
Speaker 3 (04:54):
That's the greatest understatement of the week. What were you
doing deep sea diving in the sink?
Speaker 1 (04:59):
I was taking good drink.
Speaker 3 (05:02):
Why didn't you use a glass?
Speaker 1 (05:04):
You said I should drink some water. You didn't say
to use a glass.
Speaker 4 (05:11):
Yes, Daddy, breathe what I haven't told you to breathe lately.
Speaker 3 (05:16):
I wouldn't want you to stop.
Speaker 9 (05:17):
Now, Dad, I think I know where I can find
it if somebody.
Speaker 4 (05:21):
Didn't take it, somebody didn't take what the library book?
Speaker 3 (05:26):
What library book? The one I lost?
Speaker 9 (05:30):
Is that what you wanna talk to me about?
Speaker 7 (05:32):
No?
Speaker 10 (05:33):
Oh, father, mister Mnassian promised that he'd have the blue
dress ready today.
Speaker 3 (05:38):
Betty, he didn't feel well. He had a headache.
Speaker 10 (05:41):
Oh well, I didn't need it anyway, Dad, What is it?
Speaker 7 (05:45):
Bud?
Speaker 9 (05:46):
Joe Phillips and I are gonna chip in and pay
for the parking ticket together.
Speaker 3 (05:50):
You got a parking ticket.
Speaker 9 (05:52):
You didn't wanna talk about that either?
Speaker 1 (05:54):
Huh?
Speaker 3 (05:57):
No, but we will.
Speaker 2 (06:02):
Yeah, I figured we would, Jim, we only have a
few minutes before all.
Speaker 3 (06:06):
Right, Margaret, I'll tell him about it right now.
Speaker 6 (06:08):
Well, while you're doing that, I'll put the biscuits in
the op.
Speaker 3 (06:10):
That'll be fine.
Speaker 4 (06:10):
Dear kids, What would you say if I told you
we weren't going to round Lake this summer? Father?
Speaker 6 (06:18):
Holy cowd we didn't do anything dead.
Speaker 3 (06:21):
Oh wait a minute, there's no need to get all upset.
Speaker 4 (06:23):
I was merely trying to find out what you think
about going somewhere Besides round Lake.
Speaker 3 (06:27):
That's all.
Speaker 1 (06:28):
Besides, you mean we can go someplace else. It's a
whole summer creepers.
Speaker 11 (06:34):
Hey, I know a good place to go now.
Speaker 1 (06:36):
Just a minute, Bud, I want to go to Camp Mishawakski. Father,
there's the most heavenly place.
Speaker 9 (06:44):
I know, a place way up in the hills. And
Joe Phillip says, they don't do anything all.
Speaker 11 (06:48):
Day but play baseball.
Speaker 3 (06:49):
Stop it.
Speaker 10 (06:50):
Pick Andrews and Bill Martin are going to be the
life guys.
Speaker 6 (06:52):
And they told me.
Speaker 1 (06:53):
You've never seen any place.
Speaker 3 (06:54):
I said, stop it.
Speaker 5 (06:55):
Paddy Davis is going to Cam Mishawakski, and if she
can go to Camp Mishawakaya, I don't see why I
can't go to Camp.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
Stop it, Mischwaski.
Speaker 3 (07:07):
I've never heard anything like this in my life. Anybody
think you were reared in a barn.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
But father, you said never.
Speaker 3 (07:14):
Mind what I said.
Speaker 4 (07:15):
I didn't say anything about Dick Andrews or Joe Phillips
or any idiotic camp wishy washy, Mischawasky.
Speaker 3 (07:24):
Thank you.
Speaker 4 (07:25):
Now, if you'll just simmer down for a few minutes,
maybe I can get a word in edgewise. It's not
a question of going just any place. I've got another spot.
Speaker 3 (07:33):
All picked off?
Speaker 1 (07:34):
Is it Camp Mishawaski?
Speaker 3 (07:36):
No, it isn't Camp MISCHIWASHKEI?
Speaker 4 (07:39):
She will, And it isn't the place where Dick Andrews
is the lifeguard, or the place where they do nothing
but play baseball with antelopes.
Speaker 10 (07:46):
All day, jumping creepers.
Speaker 3 (07:50):
Go ahead, bun, Why I said, go ahead? Drop the
other shoe? Holy cow? All right now, I've.
Speaker 4 (08:01):
Been talking this whole thing over with your mother and
we've agreed to put it to a voat.
Speaker 3 (08:05):
We'll decide between round Lake and yes, Highland Hills.
Speaker 9 (08:10):
Oh no, gosh, Dad, what do you want to go
there for?
Speaker 1 (08:16):
I want to go to Camp Missawaki?
Speaker 3 (08:19):
Yeah, go to bed.
Speaker 1 (08:21):
It isn't even dark yet.
Speaker 3 (08:24):
Well, close your eyes and go to bed.
Speaker 1 (08:28):
Can't I just close my mouth?
Speaker 7 (08:31):
All right?
Speaker 3 (08:32):
But keep it closed?
Speaker 4 (08:33):
Yes, daddy, most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. Anybody think
I was asking you to go to Siberia to work
in the salt mines.
Speaker 11 (08:42):
I'd rather go to Siberia.
Speaker 3 (08:45):
Well, we'll see if it can be arranged.
Speaker 12 (08:48):
Father.
Speaker 5 (08:48):
Jamie Liggett went to Highland last year and she hated it.
Speaker 3 (08:51):
Is that so her father said, they had a wonderful time,
but it's.
Speaker 6 (08:54):
Just like the old lady's home.
Speaker 9 (08:57):
You have to walk around on your tiptoes and you
can even tak Kathy.
Speaker 1 (09:02):
I didn't say anything, daddy.
Speaker 4 (09:05):
Highland Hills is one of the finest resorts in the
entire country.
Speaker 1 (09:08):
But it's so dead. Father, there an't any boys there
or anything.
Speaker 3 (09:15):
Well, but we'll be there, and he's a boy.
Speaker 10 (09:18):
Father.
Speaker 9 (09:19):
Boy, am I gonna have fun?
Speaker 3 (09:22):
Look, I know it's your vacation.
Speaker 4 (09:23):
I want you to have a good time, but don't
you think we ought to pick out a place.
Speaker 3 (09:27):
Where we can all enjoy. You mustn't be selfish about it.
Speaker 4 (09:31):
But you wouldn't like a place that's all cluttered up
with Betty's boyfriends, would you.
Speaker 9 (09:35):
I'd like it better than Highland Hills.
Speaker 4 (09:38):
And Betty certainly wouldn't want to go to a spot
where they do nothing but play baseball, would you.
Speaker 10 (09:42):
Betty, I'd rather go there than Highland Hills.
Speaker 4 (09:45):
And you certainly wouldn't want to wind up in a
hole called Washy Whiskey Michy.
Speaker 3 (09:53):
That's even worse now at Highland Hills.
Speaker 10 (09:56):
Father, Why can't we just go back to Round Lake
Every he likes it up there.
Speaker 4 (10:01):
Highland Hills is a place for comfort and relaxation. It
is noted as a fisherman's paradise, a spot where whole
families can enjoy a peaceful, RESTful vacation in the most
attractive of surroundings, nestled.
Speaker 3 (10:14):
In the foothill.
Speaker 1 (10:15):
Daddy, what is it?
Speaker 5 (10:17):
Kathy Patty Daves is going to Camp Missiwaski, and she's
my best friend. And I don't care if I do
have to go to bed. I don't like Highland Hills.
Speaker 3 (10:27):
Well, I'm not concerned whether you do or not. You
only have half a boat. What will be a second, honey.
I was just explaining to the children mother, we don't want.
Speaker 1 (10:39):
To go to Highland Hills.
Speaker 9 (10:41):
You can't have any fun up there. I'm honest, you
can now just a minute.
Speaker 8 (10:45):
The children feel that strongly.
Speaker 3 (10:47):
About it, but they haven't given me a chance to explain.
Speaker 6 (10:50):
We've always been very happy at Round Lake.
Speaker 4 (10:52):
It's not a question of Round Lake. They've all got
a different place they want to go, and for the
most idiotic reasons, because they play baseball or because Dick
Andrews is a lifeguard. Why should the whole family go
to a place we know nothing about, just because Dick
Andrews is a lifeguard.
Speaker 6 (11:07):
Daddy, why don't you answer the phone?
Speaker 3 (11:09):
I'll answer it myself.
Speaker 4 (11:11):
Man wants to do something special for his family, and
what thanks does he get?
Speaker 3 (11:15):
Everybody asks, as though I was sending him to jail.
Silliest family I've ever seen.
Speaker 13 (11:20):
Hello, mister Anderson, I have all the information for you
on Holand Hill.
Speaker 3 (11:24):
Oh hello, miss Thomas. What did you find out?
Speaker 12 (11:26):
They have a two bedroom cottage available for the season.
Speaker 7 (11:29):
Good?
Speaker 12 (11:29):
And the manager says he's quite sure that cooking privileges
can be arranged.
Speaker 3 (11:33):
Fine. Uh what did he say about the raids?
Speaker 12 (11:36):
Well, there isn't much choice, mister Anderson. They just had
this one cottage left at fifty four dollars.
Speaker 3 (11:42):
That's without meals, of course, fifty four dollars. Say that's wonderful.
That's even less than Round Lake.
Speaker 12 (11:47):
I don't think so, mister Anderson.
Speaker 7 (11:49):
Miss Thomas.
Speaker 4 (11:49):
We've been paying five hundred dollars a season at Round
Lake and that comes to over sixty dollars a week.
Speaker 12 (11:54):
Mister Anderson, this is fifty four dollars a day.
Speaker 3 (11:57):
Well, Natchley, but.
Speaker 12 (12:01):
Uh what fifty four dollars a day.
Speaker 3 (12:04):
If fifty four dollars a day, that's right. Uh, thank
you very much. Ms Thomas. I'll uh, I'll see you
at the office in the morning.
Speaker 12 (12:15):
Would you like me to call them about the reservation tonight? No?
Speaker 4 (12:18):
I uh, I uh think we'd better forget about it
from the time being.
Speaker 3 (12:22):
I uh, thank you again, Miss Thomas. Good night, good night,
Miss Thomas.
Speaker 2 (12:26):
Four dollars, Jim, everything's getting cold.
Speaker 8 (12:29):
You won't enjoy your dinner at all, Right, I said it, Jim.
Speaker 6 (12:33):
What is it?
Speaker 3 (12:34):
Uh? Nothing, Margaret, But I've just had a great idea.
Speaker 4 (12:37):
Oh yes, sir, absolutely great. Instead of arguing about Highland
hills and all those other places, why don't we just
go up to Round Lake? Well every but he certainly
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had his own idea on the big vacation.
Speaker 7 (13:03):
So often that's the case. We all want something different.
Speaker 4 (13:06):
But I'm pretty sure there's one case where millions of
folks all want the very same thing. I think you'll
all agree, and a cup of coffee. Flavor's the thing
you want. And naturally, when you buy a pound of coffee,
you're after the most in flavor for every penny you spend.
Speaker 7 (13:22):
That's just what you get too. In our Maxwell House Coffee.
Speaker 4 (13:26):
Here's the most famous flavor in all the world, wonderful,
good to the last drop, flavor that makes you say
nn n, that's real coffee. You won't find that famous
flavor in any other coffee either, no coffee but Maxwell House.
And for good reason, we have a recipe, a mighty
special recipe with it. Our Maxwell House people select certain
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fine varieties of coffees, then blend them in a particular way.
It's the one way, the one recipe for famous good
to the last drop flavor. And it spells the big
difference between the flavor of just any coffee and the
wonderful goodness of America's favorite brand. But taste that difference
for yourself. See how much more flavor, more real enjoyment
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you get for your money in our Maxwell House coffee.
Bring home that familiar blue tin tomorrow, enjoy coffee.
Speaker 7 (14:20):
That's always good to the last drop.
Speaker 4 (14:32):
It's a hot Saturday in Springfield, a hot, sticky saturday,
with a heat clinging like a moist blanket to the
city streets, and the leaves hanging limp and motionless on
the branches of dusty trees in the white frame house
on Maple Street. However, there's great activity. The Andersons are
preparing to leave on their vacation, and that's always a
hectic occasion like this. Let's see now, does that take
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care of all the office details?
Speaker 3 (14:58):
Miss Thomas?
Speaker 8 (14:58):
You wanted to send a I know to mister Buckley.
Speaker 3 (15:01):
Oh that's right, member of Phil Buckley home office.
Speaker 4 (15:04):
Subject summer vacation, Dear Phil, yam, I'm sorry, Yes, Margaret, before.
Speaker 2 (15:10):
Bud takes your bag off, do you want to take
both pairs of bathing trunks?
Speaker 3 (15:14):
Yes, dear, the old pairs full of mockholes.
Speaker 7 (15:17):
Well, then leave them out.
Speaker 12 (15:19):
I may be able to fix them.
Speaker 3 (15:21):
Well, then put them in, But I.
Speaker 6 (15:23):
Think you really ought to get a new pair anyway.
Speaker 3 (15:26):
Then leave them out.
Speaker 6 (15:29):
Oh, I think I'll take them along just in case.
Speaker 4 (15:32):
All right, dear, Oh, we're worry, Miss Thomas.
Speaker 2 (15:36):
Subject summer vacation Dear Phil, Oh, dear Phil.
Speaker 3 (15:39):
As is my usual custom. I'm dividing my annual vacation
into two separate weeks, the first of which.
Speaker 4 (15:45):
I am about to take now, in order to establish
my family at round Lake.
Speaker 3 (15:49):
Father, what is it, buddy, mister Vanasthy.
Speaker 1 (15:53):
You never brought that my blue dress?
Speaker 3 (15:56):
I brought it back myself.
Speaker 1 (15:58):
No, you didn't bother. You said he had a head ache. Oh,
never mind, here it is.
Speaker 3 (16:07):
I'm sorry, miss Thomas.
Speaker 13 (16:08):
What did I say in order to establish my family
at Round Late?
Speaker 3 (16:12):
Miss Thomas?
Speaker 4 (16:12):
When you get into the office on Monday, why don't
you just copy the memo I sent him last year?
Speaker 3 (16:17):
He won't know the difference.
Speaker 11 (16:18):
All right.
Speaker 3 (16:19):
Oh, call mister Gribble first thing Monday. Good grief.
Speaker 9 (16:23):
But he's taking the bags out, Kathy, you sent her
out to bury those worms?
Speaker 3 (16:29):
Oh?
Speaker 6 (16:30):
Well, do you want me to answer it?
Speaker 4 (16:32):
No, thanks, I'll see who it is wants to carry
a whole can of worms up the Round Lake in
my suitcase.
Speaker 3 (16:41):
A Hi Jim, Oh hello, Ed, come on in. I
just came back to see if you needed any help.
Well that's money. Nice of you, Ed.
Speaker 7 (16:47):
You know me.
Speaker 4 (16:48):
He's strong back in a weak mind.
Speaker 6 (16:51):
Who was that, Jim?
Speaker 3 (16:52):
It's Ed Davids. Honey, Oh man, I want to speak
to you.
Speaker 4 (16:55):
I'll be right now, okay, Margaret, just about ready to
push off?
Speaker 3 (16:58):
Huh, just about? And so help me.
Speaker 4 (17:00):
You think they were going away forever. You've never seen
such a lot of junk.
Speaker 3 (17:04):
Get your trunks packed.
Speaker 4 (17:05):
Oh, sure they went off yesterday, but we've got about
a dozen bags. I don't know how I'm going to
get them all in the car.
Speaker 3 (17:11):
Well, you'll manage.
Speaker 6 (17:12):
And I'm so glad you stopped by.
Speaker 8 (17:14):
I wanted to give you our key.
Speaker 6 (17:15):
Uh of course.
Speaker 2 (17:16):
I don't suppose there'll be an emergency, but if there is, well,
there it is.
Speaker 7 (17:21):
I'll keep an.
Speaker 3 (17:22):
Eye on the house, Margaret. Don't you worry about a thing.
Speaker 6 (17:24):
Oh, thank you, Margaret.
Speaker 3 (17:25):
You know I'll be.
Speaker 7 (17:26):
Back in a week.
Speaker 3 (17:27):
It isn't as though the house was going to be
deserted all summer.
Speaker 6 (17:29):
I know, dear, but I'll just feel better.
Speaker 3 (17:33):
We're in the hall, Budy.
Speaker 9 (17:34):
Hey, Dad, I got everything in except Betty's suitcase.
Speaker 3 (17:38):
Why didn't you put that in?
Speaker 9 (17:39):
She's still packing it.
Speaker 12 (17:40):
It's all packed.
Speaker 3 (17:42):
That girl's got ears like a rabbit, except when you
need her. Bring it down, Betty.
Speaker 1 (17:48):
I can't close it.
Speaker 3 (17:50):
But go upstairs and sit on Betty's bag.
Speaker 9 (17:54):
Are we almost ready to leave?
Speaker 3 (17:55):
We are ready to leave. Take Betty's bag out to
the car and we'll be all set.
Speaker 9 (17:59):
Okay, boy, I don't know what this time we would
do without me.
Speaker 6 (18:05):
Jim, are you really ready to go?
Speaker 3 (18:07):
Sure. I just have to tell miss Thomas one more thing,
Miss Thomas. Yeah, oh great. It's busy little joint, isn't it.
We'll get out of here at midnight, are you Jim?
Speaker 12 (18:17):
Well?
Speaker 3 (18:17):
Hello?
Speaker 13 (18:18):
Heck, oh Elizabeth, Margaret, dear, we just had to come
over and say goodbye.
Speaker 6 (18:22):
Oh how sweet.
Speaker 14 (18:24):
I told her you'd be after your ears, but she
wouldn't listen.
Speaker 9 (18:27):
Hector.
Speaker 3 (18:28):
Well, they're going.
Speaker 14 (18:29):
Away on a vacation. They haven't got time to stand
around and gab.
Speaker 6 (18:33):
Hector. You know, we're always glad to see you and Elizabeth.
Speaker 3 (18:36):
Say, heck, would you and Ed like to do me
a big favor?
Speaker 7 (18:39):
Sure?
Speaker 3 (18:39):
Just name it. See if Bud got our bags in
the car all right? Somehow? Well he did it too fast.
Speaker 7 (18:46):
Sure, come on, let's go in.
Speaker 3 (18:48):
We'll have everything all set for you.
Speaker 4 (18:49):
Jima.
Speaker 6 (18:50):
Is there anything you want me to do? Margaret? I
can't think of the thing, dear. I've locked all the windows,
that frosted the icebox.
Speaker 3 (18:58):
Margaret, everything is taken care of. H Why don't you
and Elizabeth go outside?
Speaker 8 (19:03):
You won't forget to lock the doors.
Speaker 4 (19:04):
The doors lock all by themselves, but I'll make sure
they're good and locked, all right.
Speaker 8 (19:09):
Dear, come along, Elizabeth. Men can be so stupid about
these things, kind of sing, oh they mean well?
Speaker 4 (19:17):
Oh, miss Thomas, where were we?
Speaker 12 (19:21):
You were giving me a message for mister Gribble.
Speaker 3 (19:23):
Oh well, I'll give it to you on the way out.
Speaker 4 (19:25):
No, we'll go out the back way, all right. Uh,
call mister Gribble on Monday and tell him that all
the figures.
Speaker 3 (19:31):
For the group insurance set up have been forwarded to
New York.
Speaker 4 (19:34):
Right, we won't have any definite word for at least
a week, and by that time I'll be back in
the office.
Speaker 3 (19:38):
Right, you've got it all straight.
Speaker 2 (19:40):
Now the group insurance figures have been forwarded to New York.
Speaker 9 (19:43):
We'll have word about a week, and by ben you'll
be back in the office.
Speaker 7 (19:46):
Good girl.
Speaker 3 (19:48):
Was everything all right?
Speaker 12 (19:49):
Ed?
Speaker 3 (19:49):
Well, not quite?
Speaker 14 (19:51):
But had the bags in all right?
Speaker 3 (19:52):
But he didn't leave room for anybody to sit. That's
my boy, hot At. I know we've got it all set.
Speaker 7 (20:02):
Not Jim.
Speaker 3 (20:02):
Where's Kathy?
Speaker 1 (20:03):
Kathy?
Speaker 6 (20:04):
I'm dunning mother.
Speaker 10 (20:06):
When Bud sat on my suitcase, he broke something I
did not well, I heard something crack.
Speaker 1 (20:12):
I think going away is so exciting, don't you, Margaret?
Speaker 12 (20:15):
Oh?
Speaker 6 (20:15):
Yes, very exciting, not that I know, of course. I
just sit here in this sweltering town.
Speaker 3 (20:26):
And Kathy, Gods, what have you been up to?
Speaker 1 (20:28):
Now? Me to marry the worms?
Speaker 4 (20:31):
I didn't tell you to crawl in with them.
Speaker 3 (20:35):
Betty. See if you can scrape some of that mud
off her face? Yes, fine, all right, let's get in.
I'd like to see if we can't get up there
before labor days.
Speaker 1 (20:43):
Have a nice time, is Drans, And don't worry about
the office.
Speaker 6 (20:46):
Everything's going to be fine.
Speaker 3 (20:47):
I hope.
Speaker 13 (20:48):
So goodbye, Margaret, And if you have time, do you.
Speaker 12 (20:50):
Be sure to drop us a car.
Speaker 9 (20:51):
Oh, I shall get your fig one for me, Jim.
Speaker 3 (20:53):
Okay, I'll sure try. All set dad out. We'll be
seeing you, Jim.
Speaker 6 (21:06):
I have the most horrible feeling. I think I forgot
to turn off the hot water. He did.
Speaker 3 (21:09):
Oh, Margaret, you took care of everything due.
Speaker 6 (21:11):
Would you mind very much if we made sure?
Speaker 3 (21:13):
You mean you want me to go back? Oh? No,
never mind? Is that anything wrong with him? No, everything's fine.
I'll only be a minute.
Speaker 6 (21:24):
Be sure it's off all the wages. Yes, dear.
Speaker 10 (21:30):
Mother, I can't get the dirt off her face.
Speaker 6 (21:32):
She looks like she's been eating us. What were you doing, Kathy, Well.
Speaker 5 (21:37):
Daddy said, I had to bury the worms, so I
was digging a lot of holes.
Speaker 9 (21:41):
Why didn't you just dump them all in one hole?
Speaker 1 (21:44):
They were too crowded.
Speaker 5 (21:45):
I just put two in each hole because I didn't
want him to be lonesome.
Speaker 1 (21:53):
But I had one left.
Speaker 14 (21:54):
Over, so you had to dig up a friend for him.
Speaker 5 (21:58):
Huh gosh, I didn't even think of that.
Speaker 1 (22:05):
I just chopped him in two.
Speaker 3 (22:14):
The plot of light was off, Margaret.
Speaker 6 (22:15):
You had nothing to worry about, Thank you, Dear. I
feel much better now.
Speaker 3 (22:18):
Well, I guess we're about ready to go. We can't
find the car.
Speaker 6 (22:24):
Keys, Oh, Jim.
Speaker 3 (22:27):
Well, I had them two minutes ago I started the motor.
Speaker 9 (22:29):
Maybe he left him in the hall.
Speaker 6 (22:31):
Do you want about to go inside and see you do?
Speaker 3 (22:33):
Never mind, I'll go.
Speaker 6 (22:35):
And jim see if the door of the basement's locked.
Speaker 3 (22:37):
I locked it on the way out.
Speaker 6 (22:39):
We try it again, dear, just to be sure.
Speaker 1 (22:47):
Mother, I can't even scrape the mud off her face.
Stick your tongue out, dopey, No, I don't want to
get washed with spits.
Speaker 2 (23:01):
Kathy, get some water at the hose bib and wet
your handkerchief.
Speaker 6 (23:04):
Okay, mommy, and come right back.
Speaker 14 (23:07):
Say Margaret, I told Jim we'd expect them for dinner
at least.
Speaker 3 (23:10):
Once a week.
Speaker 6 (23:11):
That's awfully nice of you, Hector.
Speaker 13 (23:13):
Oh, pish, Tasha, it's absolutely nothing.
Speaker 8 (23:15):
You know.
Speaker 6 (23:16):
We're more than glad to have it.
Speaker 3 (23:17):
Tell him to come over now, will you, Margaret?
Speaker 6 (23:19):
I certainly shall, And I don't you mention it once
in a while, miss Thomas.
Speaker 12 (23:23):
I'll be very glad to.
Speaker 9 (23:25):
Hey, we're never gonna get started.
Speaker 6 (23:27):
I think your father's coming. Now. Did you find them, Jim?
Speaker 3 (23:29):
They were on the stove.
Speaker 7 (23:31):
Well, hold ont of your hats kit.
Speaker 4 (23:33):
Everything's all locked, everything's all turned off, and everything's.
Speaker 3 (23:35):
All put away. Now do you suppose we can get
out of here?
Speaker 6 (23:39):
I hope so, dear.
Speaker 4 (23:40):
Have we got everything, all the luggage, all the packages,
all the joke?
Speaker 9 (23:43):
I think, so shove over when you, Betty, I haven't
got any room?
Speaker 6 (23:47):
Well who has?
Speaker 9 (23:48):
Oh? Pull your suitcase around. It's sticking me in the ribs.
Speaker 6 (23:52):
Oh, don't be so delicate.
Speaker 3 (23:54):
Okay, here we go, bye, have a nice.
Speaker 4 (24:00):
Out of this time.
Speaker 3 (24:00):
I think we're going to do it.
Speaker 4 (24:02):
See you later.
Speaker 10 (24:07):
We're finally on our way, you know, I've.
Speaker 4 (24:11):
Never in all my life seen a family quite like
this one. We go through the same thing every year.
When I was a boy, we used to go away
for the summer, and we never had all this excitement.
Speaker 3 (24:23):
When we were ready to go, we went, but not
this family. Isn't the stole, It's the ice box. If
you don't forget one thing, you forget something else. Say Dad,
what is it, Bud?
Speaker 11 (24:35):
We forgot, Kathy.
Speaker 4 (25:03):
The flavor of truly good coffee. What a wonderful thing.
It is hot or iced any time of day. Yes,
it's flavor that counts in coffee, and with our Maxwell
House Coffee, we aim to do everything we can.
Speaker 7 (25:16):
To bring you the most in flavor.
Speaker 4 (25:18):
We start with our famous recipe that means extra flavor
blended in every pound.
Speaker 7 (25:23):
But we don't stop there.
Speaker 4 (25:25):
You see, air steals coffee flavor, and ordinary containers like
paper bags can't prevent roasted coffee from losing flavor, whether
it's ground or whole bean. That's why we take Maxwell House,
fresh and fragrant from our roasting ovens and carefully vacuum
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Speaker 7 (25:43):
The familiar blue tin. No air can get in, no.
Speaker 4 (25:46):
Flavor can get out, and you get all the flavor
and freshness you pay for, so for your money's worth
and more in real enjoyment. Make your coffee Maxwell House
always good to the last drop. It's just a few
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minutes later in the driveway outside the white frame house.
Speaker 7 (26:12):
On Maple Street.
Speaker 4 (26:13):
The Andersons have returned, retrieved the missing Kathy, and are
on their way again, or at least we hope they are.
Speaker 2 (26:20):
Like this, Well, I guess they're finally gone.
Speaker 13 (26:23):
I wouldn't be so sure with that family. You never
can be sure of anything.
Speaker 8 (26:28):
Hector, where have you been?
Speaker 3 (26:29):
I just went over to turn off the water. Kathy
left it running.
Speaker 11 (26:34):
Hey, you want to hear something?
Speaker 6 (26:38):
Listen?
Speaker 3 (26:40):
It's quiet, isn't it.
Speaker 11 (26:44):
Yeah?
Speaker 7 (26:44):
It sure is.
Speaker 4 (26:46):
You take a family like the Anderson's out of a
neighborhood and the place sure calms down.
Speaker 6 (26:52):
Nice, isn't it.
Speaker 3 (26:55):
Yeah, for about ten minutes.
Speaker 2 (26:57):
They're a wonderful family, aren't they?
Speaker 3 (27:00):
One of the best.
Speaker 13 (27:01):
Of course, I still think they had one child too many.
Speaker 11 (27:07):
Oh, Candy's all right, Elizabeth.
Speaker 3 (27:09):
She's just full of pep, that's all.
Speaker 8 (27:12):
She's certainly full of something.
Speaker 7 (27:15):
Guys.
Speaker 3 (27:16):
I can remember the day she was born. She was
just a tiny little thing.
Speaker 7 (27:19):
And Bud Betty.
Speaker 3 (27:22):
It's gonna be awfully dead around here.
Speaker 7 (27:24):
No, no, it's no excitement, no broken windows.
Speaker 3 (27:28):
I'm sug gonna miss them.
Speaker 14 (27:30):
Yeah, they're nice people, all right, Jim and Margaret, just
as nice as they come.
Speaker 6 (27:34):
Well, stop sounding so mournful, both of you.
Speaker 13 (27:38):
They'll be back, all of them in eight weeks.
Speaker 4 (27:47):
That they will neighbors, each and every one of them. Yes,
Father knows best is leaving the air for at summer vacation.
But we'll all be back on September seventh. Margaret, Betty, Kathy, Bud,
Roy Barkie and the Maxwell House Orchestra, yours, truly, Bill Forman,
and of course Father Jim Anderson himself, Robert Young.
Speaker 3 (28:18):
Now yours to enjoy.
Speaker 4 (28:20):
An instant coffee you'll love for breakfast every morning. An
instant coffee you'll be proud to serve to your dinner guests.
It's instant Maxwell House, the instant coffee with a famous flavor.
Here's the happiest combination in coffee. Wonderful, good to the
last drop flavor combined with a convenience and thrift of
coffee made instantly in the cup. Tomorrow, try Instant Maxwell House,
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the instant coffee with a famous flavor, instantly good to
the last drop. Now, may I wish you all a
pleasant summer and ask that you drive very carefully so
that you'll be around to join as again in the fall.
So until Thursday, September seventh, good night, good luck, and
(29:05):
happy times from the star of our show, Robert Young
and the makers of Maxwell House, America's favorite brand of coffee,
always good to the last drop, Father Knows Best, was
transcribed in Hollywood and written.
Speaker 3 (29:19):
By Ed Jane.
Speaker 4 (29:28):
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