My Three Sons (1960) s01e17 Episode Script

1
(theme song plays)
Jean?
Jean?
Jean?
JEAN: Just a second, Mike.
Hey, you want to go to a movie?
This afternoon?
Sure, why not?
'Cause I'm going someplace else.
Where?
Hey, can I come in?
Well, if you want to.
Something wrong?
Boy, you look great.
You don't have to act so surprised.
Well, no, no-no kidding, you-you really do.
Thank you.
There's a good show playing at the Majestic.
Where are you going?
To a tea.
One of the sororities is giving
it over at June Decker's house.
You remember June Decker.
Well, she's an Omega Psi at State now.
Oh.
Alpha Row has invited me to a smoker.
Boy those fraternities are really zeroing in.
We got a whole semester left and they've got
just about every sharp guy in class tabbed.
Uh-huh.
Oh.
When is your smoker?
Tomorrow. But I'm not going.
Fraternities are pretty important at State.
Yeah, but I might not go to State.
I might not go to college.
And then again you might.
Besides, everyone else is going.
Oh, listen, I've got to run.
I don't want to be late.
Okay.
You could take me out tonight if you wanted to.
There's a party at Betty Parker's house.
Nothing fancy, just a get together.
A lot of the college kids will be there.
All the same to you, I'd
I really do want to go.
But then I don't want to go without a date.
And with all those college boys there
Say no more.
Very glad to take you.
Pick me up at 7:00?
Right.
Jean?
You really do look great.
(dance music playing)
(people chatting, laughing)
Jean, hi.
So glad you could come.
Hi. Nice to see you again.
Hello, Mike. I haven't seen you in a long time.
Yeah, Christmas vacation.
Well, it seems like ages ago.
Oh, Bobby, I want you to meet Jean Pearson.
I've told you about Jean.
Hello, Jean. JEAN: Hi.
And this is Mike Douglas. Good to know you Mike.
Oh, hi.
I want you to meet my house guest from school.
She's a dream.
Uh, cigarette?
Oh, no thanks. I don't smoke.
Are you a senior, too, Mike?
Yeah, graduate this June.
I guess you're looking forward to it.
I remember I sure did.
Boy, I'll say.
Uh, coming to State?
Well, uh, I don't know.
I, uh, I don't know whether I'll go to college.
Not at all?
Well, I, uh, haven't really decided yet.
You know, I've been so busy with
Excuse me, Mike, there's someone I want to talk to.
Oh, sure.
(girls chatting, giggling)
Now it's the fourth quarter, fourth down, 18 yards to go,
minute and a half to play.
All of a sudden, here comes this beautiful pass.
26 to 22.
(chuckles)
Oh, hi, I don't think we've met.
I'm George Collingwood. Oh, Mike Douglas.
How are you, Mike?
Do you know these two men?
Chuck and Bozo? Sure, I go to school with them.
Are you a senior?
Yeah, I graduate in June.
Swell, sit down.
Bentley and Charles and I
were just talking about fraternities.
(chuckles) Before we got off onto football.
Hey, have you done any thinking about fraternities, Mike?
Well, I-I, uh, I'm not sure I'm going to college.
Oh.
Well, gee, I hope you decide to.
It's a great life.
Yeah, I guess so.
Uh, you say your dad was a K.A.G., is that right, Bentley?
He was president of his chapter.
(coughing)
GEORGE: Uh, what year was that?
(coughs)
19, uh, 41.
I might go.
Uh, I haven't decided I won't.
GEORGE: How about you, Charles?
Well, my father didn't go to college. Excuse me.
I'm gonna be the first one out of our family to go I guess.
GEORGE: Well, I think you'll really like it here.
Hi.
Hi.
My name is Art Landis.
Oh, Mike Douglas.
I just met your date.
She's a real doll.
I asked her who the lucky guy
was, and she pointed over here.
How long have you been going together?
Oh, about all of our lives.
You going to get married in college?
A lot of kids do.
You're both seniors, aren't you?
Well, yeah.
Oh, but I might as well tell you right now
Was that one S or two S's in Douglas?
Well, it's one.
The K.A.G.'s having a little get-together tomorrow.
Why don't you drop by?
I'd like you to meet some of the other brothers.
Well, uh
Anybody going steady with a girl as cute as Jean
must be pretty sharp.
Well, yeah, uh, I'd like to.
Smoke?
Oh, no thanks, I don't
Uh, I'm in training.
What for?
Track.
Oh, now your name rings a bell.
You're pretty darn good at track, aren't you?
Well, I get by.
That K.A.G. meeting tomorrow is at 4:00.
Why don't I pick you up?
Well, that'll be fine, Art.
How's the marshmallow supply?
Holding up fine, Betty.
You want to go now, Mike?
Well, it's still early.
BETTY: That's what I told her.
Mike and I were just getting acquainted.
Somebody who is going to be a track star at State
has got to be a K.A.G.
Right, Betty?
BETTY: Right.
Just give to me a K.A.G.
and I'll leave my home and mother.
BOTH: His pin to wear and I won't care ♪
To ever meet another ♪
Yes, I'll be true to the gold and blue ♪
Of dear old K.A.G. ♪
Yes, I'll be true to the gold and blue ♪
Of dear old K.A.G. ♪
(shower running)
(whistling)
Who's there?
Mike Douglas. I live here.
Oh, good morning.
Hey, you're running a little late, aren't you?
I'm on vacation.
Oh. Vacation?
Oh, that's right, you're between semesters, aren't you?
What?!
I said Never mind.
(humming)
How was the party?
Hey, I'm going to college.
You're what?
I've decided to go to college.
Well, that figures.
Anything to get out of some work around here.
Oh, that's fine, Mike.
What?
I said, I'm glad you figured it out that way.
That's great. Yeah.
Say, that was, uh, kind of a quick decision, wasn't it?
I mean, uh how'd that come about?
Well, I've been thinking about it for a long time.
I know.
I was kind of afraid you were gonna make a career
out of thinking about it.
I'll probably be a K.A.G.
A what?
K.A.G.
Kappa Alpha Gamma.
It's only the most important fraternity at State.
Oh, you're, uh, decided to go to State, huh?
Sure.
And you certainly aren't wasting any time, are you?
You got a school all picked out, even a fraternity.
Well, actually, they have to pick me out,
but, uh, I'm pretty sure it's all set up.
Hey, Dad. Mm-hmm?
Would you be interested in knowing
I only got two bucks in my wallet?
No, not particularly.
Oh.
Well, I-I'm going out tonight.
Art Landis has got me a date.
Who?
What?
Never mind.
Yes, I'll be true to the gold and blue ♪
Of dear old ♪
K.A.G. ♪
Yahoo!
ART: Like the guys were trying to explain to you
this afternoon at the party,
when you're a K.A.G., you're somebody.
You're not just a leftover person.
The world is full of leftover people.
But when you're a K.A.G., you've got a bunch of brothers
behind you that'll back you no matter what you do.
You've got a place, an identity.
What'll you have, kids?
What are you gonna have?
Oh, uh, well, uh I don't know.
Uh, what do you want?
Oh, uh, just some coffee, I guess.
Nothing but coffee?
Are you sure?
I ate a lot of popcorn at the movie.
Oh, okay, if you're sure you
really don't want anything else.
Oh, I'm sure.
Well, I-I think I'll splurge and have a cheeseburger
and a chocolate milkshake.
Well, that does sound good, doesn't it?
I'm, uh, really not hungry, but
maybe I will have a cheeseburger, too.
And, uh, make that a coffee malt.
Oh, and some French fries, too.
You can help me eat the potatoes.
I just want a taste.
Don't you just love French fries with a cheeseburger?
Be with you in a minute, kids.
Hi, George boy.
Oh, hi, Art.
Where you been? Omega Psi party.
ART: Think I've met your pretty date before,
but I don't remember where.
GEORGE: Oh, this is Jean Pearson.
JEAN: Last night at Betty Parker's house.
Oh, yeah, how could I forget that?
Mike, you know George Collingwood.
Oh, sure. Hi, Mike, how goes it?
Yeah, this is Jean Pearson. I know.
Hello, Jean.
Hello, Mike.
Oh, uh, this is Susie Carter.
Hello, George, sweetheart.
Uh, how do you do, Jean?
Hello.
Well, now that we all know
each other, why don't we sit down?
How was the party?
GEORGE: Oh, pretty good.
Was Bobby there?
Uh, yeah.
Where'd you all go tonight?
See a film.
Oh, was it very good?
ART: Pretty dull.
Hardly enough to remember the title.
(indistinct cheering in distance)
Or I thought I might take engineering.
My dad's an engineer.
Is the engineering school at State any good?
Well, it's supposed to be the best.
I really don't know too much about it.
We're closing in five minutes.
Thanks a lot, kids. Thank you.
Why don't you send for the catalog
of the engineering school?
You could probably make your mind up
a lot better if you knew a little more.
Yeah, I'll do that.
Just, uh, write to the university.
Is anything wrong, Mike?
Huh?
You look funny.
Do you feel all right?
Oh, I, I feel fine, great.
(thump)
You'll get all hump-shouldered sitting that way.
I know.
It's a terrible habit.
Oh, I've just got to have some extra money.
How much did you borrow from Jean?
Five bucks. Five bucks?
Well, this girl was eating like she just discovered food,
so what could I do?
I guess that could happen to anybody.
Well, here's the money to pay Jean back,
but as for any extra money, I think your new friends
might as well get to know you as you usually are: Broke.
But, Dad
Why don't you do the pillows, Mike?
Well, how am I ever gonna get along in college?
That's what I want to know.
Well, you might get yourself a part-time job.
Gee, must be awful hard to go to college and work, too,
with all the activities.
Well, plenty of fellas do it.
Uh, why don't you ask
one of your fraternity friends about it.
Yeah, maybe.
Do your pillows over here, will you, Mike?
Oh, yeah.
Of course the number of hours you can work will depend on
how heavy a study load you carry.
Oh, sure.
What are you going to major in, Mike?
Huh?
I guess you haven't had too much chance
to give that much thought, huh?
One decision at a time.
I mean, you're deciding to go to State.
Uh, I'm sure you've given that a great deal of thought.
Well, yeah.
I decided that I, uh,
uh, that I didn't want to be a leftover person.
I want to be a somebody.
Well, I guess I can't blame you for that, Mike.
Nobody wants to be a, as you say, leftover person.
But I hope you know that being
a somebody doesn't just happen
automatically because you get a degree.
Oh, I know.
Or, uh, wear a fraternity pin.
Well, not everybody gets to be a K.A.G.
I realize that, but uh,
that alone doesn't make it desirable, does it?
Well, don't you want me to be in a fraternity?
Well, sure I do, Mike, if that's what you want.
But we have plenty of time to talk about that.
I think there are much more important decisions to be made,
if you really want to go to State next year.
Well, sure I want to go.
I'm having a great time with a great bunch of guys
who don't treat me like a kid.
And I don't know why you're always knocking fraternities.
Oh, come on now, Mike.
What have I said against fraternities?
Well, uh, I'll be pretty happy if I get to be a K.A.G.
Why don't you go and pay Jean the money you owe her, hmm?
Yeah.
Thanks, Dad.
(thud)
Ooh, what do you think I ought to wear tonight,
my sport coat or my blue suit?
Are you going to the mixer?
Sure. Art's getting me an invitation.
I hear it's going to be a nice party.
Some of the college boys might even wear tuxedos.
No kidding.
Oh, boy, I'm really looking forward to it.
(phone ringing)
Hey, why don't you answer the phone?
I'm busy.
Busy warping your mind.
Hello?
Hold on a second, I'll see.
Mike!
He's not here.
Okay, I'll tell him, bye.
Where's Mike?
Next door, where do you think?
Well, when he comes back tell him Art called
and said the party's too big already
and he couldn't get Mike an invitation.
What?
♪♪
(indistinct chattering)
Hi, George, Susie.
Oh, hello there, Mike.
Hi, Betty, Bob.
Hello, Mike. Hello, Mike.
Is, uh, Jean here yet?
Jean Pearson?
I-I don't believe she's coming.
She isn't?
I-I don't think so.
Oh, I wonder why not?
Bobby, this is one of my very favorite songs.
Would you dance with me? Sure, honey.
Excuse us, Mike.
Oh, sure.
Art?
Hi, Mike.
Uh, nice party.
Yeah.
I, uh, I don't see many of my friends here,
I mean, from high school.
Well, uh, not too many of them were invited.
Oh, I guess it's a pretty special party, huh?
Yeah, it's one of the last ones.
Well, that's why I figured
practically everybody would be here.
Well, a few people are dropped everyday.
Dropped?
Well, yeah, we can't entertain
every high school senior in town forever,
we'd go broke.
Yeah, I guess so.
Besides, we'll meet 'em all again
in the fall anyway, during official rush.
Do sororities do that, too?
Do what?
Drop people?
Well, sure they do,
but pre-rush doesn't mean a whole lot.
Just gives us a chance to
Is that why Jean isn't here?
Jean who?
Jean Pearson.
You couldn't have forgotten her.
You're always making a big fuss about her.
Well, I've met so many people this week, Mike.
I better ask Betty Parker.
Mike, that's none of your business.
You'll just make them Look,
I don't think they ought to drop Jean.
She's no leftover person.
Mike. Excuse me.
Mike, you're not even supposed to be here.
Look, it-it's embarrassing enough for me already.
The guys are gonna want to know why you came.
You make a fuss over some girl,
it's-it's gonna make it that much worse.
Well, you invited me.
I know, but I called your house this afternoon.
You mean, I, I've been dropped?
Well, you don't understand what it means to be dropped.
It's, it's not as terrible as it sounds.
I know what it means.
It means you guys get together
after every one of your parties
and decide who you want and who you don't want,
like a bunch of-of vultures,
yeah, like a bunch of snob vultures.
Oh, I know what it means, all right.
Well, excuse me for goofing up your big deal mixer.
Well, let me tell you something.
After seeing the way you guys operate,
I'm glad I'm a leftover person.
(tires squealing)
(tires screech)
Uh, never mind, thank you.
Hi.
Hi, Mike.
I thought you were going out.
I was.
I, uh, still am.
Running a little late.
I got home early.
Yeah, I see that.
I went to that mixer.
Boy, what a bunch of snobs.
You ought to be glad you didn't go.
You know they just drop people whenever they feel like it,
without even saying anything,
for any reason.
Because you, you don't have enough money,
or you, you drive too old a car,
or, well, any reason.
Let me tell you, sometimes they drop the wrong people.
I got, I got burned up and walked out.
And those sororities aren't any better either.
I guess they have to work that way.
This afternoon when,
when I talked to you about the
mixer, you didn't say anything.
I-I thought you were going.
What was I supposed to say?
Uh, I don't know.
I-I'm hungry.
You want something? Sure.
Bub baked a cake today.
Coconut. Sounds good.
Hey, how come you're here?
You know I wasn't supposed to be home tonight.
Mike, I asked Jean to come over and help me.
We've been, uh, calling around,
trying to catch you before, uh,
well, so you didn't find out the way you did.
Tell Bub I won't be too late, hmm?
(car engine whirring)
Well, it looks like we have a visitor.
Who is it?
I don't know. He, uh,
got out of a new convertible.
I'm getting out of here.
Mike,
I, uh, guess he's here to see you, huh?
You know, I'm a little hungry myself.
Come on, Jeannie, I'll have a piece of cake with you.
(door buzzer sounds)
Better answer the door, Mike.
(buzzer sounds)
Hello, Mike.
I'd like to talk to you
for a few minutes if I could.
What about?
May I come in?
I'd like to explain something to you.
I, more or less was your sponsor
at the fraternity.
I want to explain to you why you were dropped.
You don't have to.
I know I don't have to.
I didn't have to come all the way over here
from the dance, either.
Now, do you want to hear it or don't you?
Okay, go on.
All right.
Now, I know what you've been thinking about us,
but you're wrong.
How do you know what I'm thinking?
Just let me finish, okay?
The guys decided
that you aren't serious enough about going to college.
You don't seem to have any other reason
for going except living it up.
We all like to do that,
but that's not the reason we're going to State.
State has its playboy types like any other college.
But we like to keep them out of K.A.G.
because they can ruin the house.
Well, all you ever talk about is having fun.
I mean, you're giving parties all the time.
Well, we're on vacation
and we're pre-rushing.
But we try to get a chance to talk
to each one of the rushees about his plans
and and what he hopes to get out of college.
Well, Mike, you-you don't seem to have any plans.
Well, I, I just decided to go to college the other night.
I know.
And if you do attend State in the fall,
K.A.G. definitely wants to talk to you again,
get a chance to know you better.
You'll probably know more
about what you want, then.
Well, who knows, maybe you won't want us.
Okay?
Okay.
No hard feelings?
No.
I always feel so rotten when something like this happens.
I'm beginning to think that it can't be helped.
People always get hurt
when things move so fast.
You define the word "rush."
Art?
Thanks.
I would like to see you again in the fall.
Why don't you drop me a line?
You know my address.
Yeah, I will.
So long, Mike.
Well, I've always liked history.
It's really fascinating.
Don't you think so? Oh, yes, yes.
It, uh, it gives you a darn good fix on the future.
Well!
Well, I guess I'd, uh, better take off.
Is that your State catalog?
Uh-huh.
Do you mind if I look it over?
No, not at all.
You know, that Art Landis is a pretty nice guy.
Yes, he sure is.
Well, I'll, uh, see you kids later.
Good night. Night, Dad.
Good night, Mr. Douglas.
Let's see what they've got in the way of engineering.
Here. Oh, right, here, yeah.
Electrical engineering.