Family Affair (1966) s01e20 Episode Script
A Helping Hand
1
Take your hand away, Jody.
I can't.
It's stuck.
I told you it was too much glue.
My hand sticks better than the cardboard.
It isn't very pretty.
Time to wash up for dinner.
We shall serve the first sitting in
precisely ten minutes.
Are we going to have the fancy stuff you
fixed for Uncle Bill's party?
No, but I prepared one of your favorite
dishes.
Sloppy Sam's?
We shall refer to them as untidy Samuels.
And speaking of untidiness, that clutter
should be placed in the waste paper basket.
This isn't clutter, Mr. French.
It's MacKenzie Dam.
It's our school project.
MacKenzie Dam.
Fascinating.
Well, whatever it is, don't leave it lying
about.
All right.
Hi, French.
Good evening, son.
Find somebody to help tonight?
Yes, sir.
The agency assures us of a competent
serving girl.
Oh, hi, Uncle Bill.
Oh, you're lovely.
Is this my hostess for tonight?
Hey, listen, in an hour you won't
recognize me.
I'll be gorgeous.
Hi, Uncle Bill.
Hi, Uncle Bill.
All right.
Well, what's, uh, what's with the long
faces?
MacKenzie Dam fell down.
MacKenzie Dam?
Laugh.
It took us hours to build it.
It's their school project.
And it didn't even look good before it
fell down.
Well, now listen, maybe I can help you
rebuild it, huh?
Would you, Uncle Bill?
That would be great.
Not tonight.
We don't turn it in till next week.
Oh, well, fine.
I think between the three of us,
by then we can make Mckenzie Dam stand up.
Gee, thanks, Uncle Bill.
Building dam sure makes you hungry.
We're going to go eat now so we don't ruin
your party.
I bet I can eat about six untied
sandwiches.
Davis residence?
From the agency?
Adele Prentice.
You're late.
My watch stopped.
I never remembered to wind it.
Then I rode past the bus stop.
I depended on the driver to tell me and he
forgot.
So it's actually his fault.
Well, you're here.
And so are the guests.
Oh, will you please whip these egg whites
for my meringue and take the ice shrimp
out of the refrigerator and when the oven alarm
sounds, you'll know my barquettes au merans are ready.
Good evening, French.
Good evening, madam.
Good evening, French.
Hi, Sheila.
Hello, Bill.
Hello, Bill.
How are you, Ken?
Hi.
Oh, your suit is beautiful, Mrs. Bickner.
Well, thank you, Cissy.
French, I'm desperate.
I must find a cook housekeeper.
Well, has your Mrs. Elkins?
I fired her last week.
French, there's no way that I might lure
you.
No, madam.
Well, if you ever do change your mind.
Meanwhile, if you hear of anyone
We shall certainly inform you, madam.
Sabotage.
You're not going to be displeased.
You should have been here.
I needed help.
Mrs. Pettis, you may consider yourself
dismissed.
How anyone of your background and
experience could be so inept?
I don't have any background.
I don't have any experience.
Oh, impossible, madam.
The agency wouldn't dare send us an
unqualified person.
I lied to them.
I lied to them because I needed the job.
I think the man at the agency knew I was
lying, but he was so kind, he wanted to help me.
Madam, this is no place for inexperience.
I mean, I suggest you find some other line
of work.
But there isn't anything.
This was my last hope.
But I understand.
Why should you risk your job to assist a
helpless woman?
But, Mrs. Prentiss,
you see, I I mean
Oh, crackers.
Let's have another go at it.
How can I ever thank you?
With a minimum of violence to my kitchen.
Mr. French, Uncle Bill says you can start
serving dinner now.
And the hors d'oeuvres were just great.
Quite so, Mrs. Sissy.
Oh, and Adele, you certainly made a good
impression.
I have?
Mm-hmm.
Mrs. Bicknell says that
it isn't fair for Uncle Bill to
have two perfect servants
when she can't even find one.
Where do the Bicknells live?
Two floors below.
We shall now serve the soup.
The bowls are in the lower oven.
I'm so sorry.
No harm done.
But I must say, you do keep one on the
alert.
Adele?
Yes, madam?
Adele, Mr. Bicknell and I live in this building, and
we've been looking for a suitable cook, housekeeper.
I wonder if you'd be interested.
You do cook?
Well, I have cooked.
Will you think it over and phone me?
But you're not qualified.
I know.
So you refuse?
I'm thinking it over.
What is there to think over?
I could learn.
So who would teach you?
I'm sure you're not suggesting that I.
Oh, no.
Of course not.
Don't worry, Mr. French.
I won't impose further on your kindness.
Please, don't give it another thought.
Something will turn up somewhere.
It always has.
Not your responsibility.
The job was a temptation.
Only the two of them.
Distinguished atmosphere.
Suitable.
It's a comfortable neighborhood.
But
Can you cook at all?
It's not my specialty.
Please don't feel badly about me,
Mr. French.
I have the $15 I earned tonight.
Madam, do you think if I were to help you
make a start, you could take over in a short while?
Oh, I'm sure I could.
I shall probably regret it.
You may tell Mrs. Bicknell you'll accept
the job.
Oh, Mr. French.
I can't.
It's good of you to be so understanding,
sir.
Well, everybody needs helping hand now and
then.
When's she start?
This morning, sir.
I think she's going to be pretty quick to
catch on, do you?
I hope so, sir.
She, well, she's, she's most eager.
Well, she's got good teacher.
I assure you, sir.
This arrangement in no way will upset the
routine of our family.
Oh, I'm sure it won't.
Now, whatever you want to do to help this poor
woman out, why don't you just go ahead and do it?
You know, it's, it's, hey, what's that?
What smells so good?
Scones in the oven, sir.
Excuse me.
The fridge, the dishwasher, it's throwing
suds all over my kitchen.
I can't stop it.
It's, it's, it's billowing.
Madam, I can't leave now.
I must serve Mr. Davis his breakfast.
Please, it was already as high as the
third drawer.
Oh, really?
Madam.
Uncle Bill?
Huh?
When are we going to start building the
Mckenzie Dam?
Today.
Today?
After you get home from work?
No, today in the office.
You just leave it to me, see?
You're going to have a Mckenzie Dam you're
proud of.
Well, let's go get some breakfast.
Morning, Cissy.
Morning, Uncle Bill.
Morning.
Uncle Bill?
Mm-hmm?
Isn't that smoke?
Smoke!
Oh, no.
I'm so sorry, sir, but Mrs. Prentiss had another
emergency, and I was forced to abandon the scones.
Well, I'll put in a fresh batch.
No, never mind.
I haven't got time.
Just give me some juice and coffee.
Come on, kids.
Are we ready, Mr. French?
Quite, Mrs. Prentiss.
Was it necessary for you to have brought
them an artery?
They were my excuse for leaving the
apartment.
I told Mrs. Bicknell I was taking them for
a walk.
The curried chicken.
Mr. Bicknell is very fond of curried
chicken.
I asked Mrs. Bicknell.
I presumed you'd be here to observe my
preparation.
It was impossible.
I was exhausted after all the soap suds
this morning.
I simply had to have a little rest.
I knew I'd just be in your way.
But the entire point was that I should
instruct you.
And I'm so grateful.
How can I ever repay you?
Perhaps by learning to cook.
Come, Shaw.
Come.
Come.
Come, come.
Come on.
Hi.
Hi.
Hi.
Come on.
Oh, yeah.
We've been waiting for you, Uncle Bill.
We found some new cardboard for the dam.
And some new glue that never lets go.
And you get to pick out the color.
Now, wait a minute, kids.
You just leave this model to me, and we're going to
have the best looking project in the whole class, okay?
But when are we going to build it,
Uncle Bill?
Well, in just a couple of days.
I'm going to let you help me put on the
finishing touches, okay?
Okay.
Okay.
Hi, French.
Good evening, son.
What's on the menu?
Your favorite, sir.
Curried chicken.
Curried chicken.
What's the occasion?
Reparation for the scum, sir.
How's it going with your student?
Oh, as well as could be expected,
sir.
She's, uh, well, she's still employed.
That must make you feel pretty good,
huh?
Yes, sir.
Come on.
Mrs. Prentiss, what is it now?
The curried chicken.
When I got back to the apartment,
I put the casserole down for just a second
to unlock the door, and the dogs,
the dogs!
They didn't.
They did.
All of them.
Mrs. Beckman wants me to serve dinner in
five minutes, and I don't have anything to serve.
I suggest the truth.
Accuse the dogs.
I'd be dismissed.
The first security I've had in months,
I'd be dismissed.
Well, I've done my best, Mrs. Prentiss,
but I'm really at a loss now.
Mr. French.
Absolutely not.
That's Mr. Davis's dinner.
But he's a kind man.
He wouldn't want me to lose my job.
He'd understand.
A helpless woman's future is at stake.
Oh, thank you, Mr. French.
Thank you.
Well, I hope everybody's as hungry as I
am.
I love curried chicken.
Once in Terre Haute, we curried a horse.
I think that's different.
I think so.
Excuse me, sir, but we're faced with
another emergency.
And Mrs. Prentice again.
What does she want this time?
Mr. Davis, we regret we will not be
serving curried chicken tonight.
Burnt?
No, sir.
The dogs ate hers.
It was necessary to give her ours.
Her future was at stake.
Yeah, well, what's that leave for us?
Well, perhaps a nice omelette, a
frozen dinner, peanut butter, jelly.
Hi, Bill.
I just came up looking for you.
Hi, Sheila.
Oh, I'm never better.
Bill, I wanted to tell you how grateful we
are to you for bringing Adele into our lives.
Oh, that's good.
She is a Jewel.
Dinner last night, it, well, it was an
occasion.
I wish you could have tasted that curried
chicken.
I wish I could have, too.
You know, actually, I think French could
learn a few things from Adele.
I think so.
Well, we're going to give a
dinner party next Wednesday night,
and just to show her off, and
I thought maybe you'd come.
Oh, gosh.
Wednesday?
Oh, I can't.
I got a date.
Thanks, then.
I'm sorry.
Maybe next time.
Sure.
Oh, allow me, sir.
No, it's all right.
It's a little surprise for the kids.
Listen, French.
French, I just was talking to Mrs.
Bicknell.
She says she's having a dinner party on
Wednesday.
Yes, sir.
I've worked out a suitable menu for Mrs.
Prentice.
I mean, it's a very nice thing to give
somebody a helping hand when they're down,
but also there is a time to, I think,
let them stand on their own.
You echo my sentiments.
It's high time she flew out
from under our wing, but I assure
you, sir, this dinner party
will be her private affair.
Uncle Bill, what are you hiding,
Uncle Bill?
Well, that's a surprise.
It's what it is.
Now, ready?
There you are.
MacKenzie Dam.
It's beautiful.
Who built it?
Well, I started to, but the people in the
office finished it.
For us?
Sure.
I bet none of the other kids in school got
one like that.
No, Uncle Bill.
I'll bet so, too.
Gee, thanks.
Thanks a lot.
That's okay.
Anytime you need any help, just let me
know.
Ah, Mrs. Prentiss.
Here are your cookbooks.
Thank you.
I hope last night's dinner party was a
success.
It was a disaster.
I made hamburgers and spaghetti.
Mrs. Bicknell wept and Mr. Bicknell
started shouting.
They all went out to a restaurant.
That was after the fire department came
and before Mrs. Bicknell fired me.
I should never have let you talk me into
taking that job.
I've learned my lesson.
Never listen to a man.
From here on, I'm on my own.
Make my own decisions.
You men are all alike.
The minute a woman is foolish enough to
rely on you, you let her down.
Never again.
Good day.
Well, hi, kids.
How'd the teacher like your project?
She liked your project just fine.
From the teacher.
Oh, dear Mr. Davis.
After seeing this model, I can understand why your
engineering firm is one of the best in the business.
You do beautiful work.
However, since this was
supposed to be an assignment for
the children, I cannot accept
this very handsome model.
Helping them through encouragement and
direction is one thing.
Mr. Davis, doing their work for them is
quite another.
Sincerely, Miss.
Excuse us, Uncle Bill.
We have to go do our project.
All by ourselves.
Come on, you kisses, come on.
Well, I did it again.
Yes, I quite understand, sir.
My good deeds have also come to no good
end.
Mrs. Prentiss has been dismissed.
Oh, that's too bad.
Well, she can't blame you.
You meant well.
This teacher acts like I was trying to
pull something shady.
We meant well, sir.
Oh, all disasters were meant well.
All right, that can be a lesson to us.
From now on, the family motto is going to
be don't get involved.
I agree, sir.
I shall have it engraved and emblazoned on
my wall.
Don't get involved.
Right.
From now on, when somebody hollers for
help, just keep moving.
Well, I shall not even turn back.
Go ahead, sir.
Well, we got no business fooling around
with kids' projects anyway.
For that matter, what do we know about
kids in school?
For that matter, female servants,
sir.
Right.
All right, French, I won't be home for
dinner tonight.
I'm going to call Miss Foster right now.
I'm going to take her out to dinner,
and then I'm going to take her to a show.
A nice, safe, comfortable evening.
No involvement, sir.
Splendid.
Right.
Uncle Bill.
I just thought that you ought to know
something.
Like what?
Like Buffy and Jody understand why you
built the dam.
Sure, I didn't know any better.
No.
Because you love them, and you cared
enough to get involved.
And Mr. French, I think it's great how you
helped Mrs. Prentice.
Gosh.
It's so easy these days to just look away,
to stand aside.
You see, we had nice enough
places to live in Terre Haute,
but the difference was that
nobody really cared very much.
And, well, you know
If.
I may say so, sir.
There goes the family motto.
Well, dinner at home tonight, French.
I've got to keep an eye on those kids,
you know, so they don't foul up their project.
May I volunteer to assist, sir?
Naturally.
Thank you.
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Take your hand away, Jody.
I can't.
It's stuck.
I told you it was too much glue.
My hand sticks better than the cardboard.
It isn't very pretty.
Time to wash up for dinner.
We shall serve the first sitting in
precisely ten minutes.
Are we going to have the fancy stuff you
fixed for Uncle Bill's party?
No, but I prepared one of your favorite
dishes.
Sloppy Sam's?
We shall refer to them as untidy Samuels.
And speaking of untidiness, that clutter
should be placed in the waste paper basket.
This isn't clutter, Mr. French.
It's MacKenzie Dam.
It's our school project.
MacKenzie Dam.
Fascinating.
Well, whatever it is, don't leave it lying
about.
All right.
Hi, French.
Good evening, son.
Find somebody to help tonight?
Yes, sir.
The agency assures us of a competent
serving girl.
Oh, hi, Uncle Bill.
Oh, you're lovely.
Is this my hostess for tonight?
Hey, listen, in an hour you won't
recognize me.
I'll be gorgeous.
Hi, Uncle Bill.
Hi, Uncle Bill.
All right.
Well, what's, uh, what's with the long
faces?
MacKenzie Dam fell down.
MacKenzie Dam?
Laugh.
It took us hours to build it.
It's their school project.
And it didn't even look good before it
fell down.
Well, now listen, maybe I can help you
rebuild it, huh?
Would you, Uncle Bill?
That would be great.
Not tonight.
We don't turn it in till next week.
Oh, well, fine.
I think between the three of us,
by then we can make Mckenzie Dam stand up.
Gee, thanks, Uncle Bill.
Building dam sure makes you hungry.
We're going to go eat now so we don't ruin
your party.
I bet I can eat about six untied
sandwiches.
Davis residence?
From the agency?
Adele Prentice.
You're late.
My watch stopped.
I never remembered to wind it.
Then I rode past the bus stop.
I depended on the driver to tell me and he
forgot.
So it's actually his fault.
Well, you're here.
And so are the guests.
Oh, will you please whip these egg whites
for my meringue and take the ice shrimp
out of the refrigerator and when the oven alarm
sounds, you'll know my barquettes au merans are ready.
Good evening, French.
Good evening, madam.
Good evening, French.
Hi, Sheila.
Hello, Bill.
Hello, Bill.
How are you, Ken?
Hi.
Oh, your suit is beautiful, Mrs. Bickner.
Well, thank you, Cissy.
French, I'm desperate.
I must find a cook housekeeper.
Well, has your Mrs. Elkins?
I fired her last week.
French, there's no way that I might lure
you.
No, madam.
Well, if you ever do change your mind.
Meanwhile, if you hear of anyone
We shall certainly inform you, madam.
Sabotage.
You're not going to be displeased.
You should have been here.
I needed help.
Mrs. Pettis, you may consider yourself
dismissed.
How anyone of your background and
experience could be so inept?
I don't have any background.
I don't have any experience.
Oh, impossible, madam.
The agency wouldn't dare send us an
unqualified person.
I lied to them.
I lied to them because I needed the job.
I think the man at the agency knew I was
lying, but he was so kind, he wanted to help me.
Madam, this is no place for inexperience.
I mean, I suggest you find some other line
of work.
But there isn't anything.
This was my last hope.
But I understand.
Why should you risk your job to assist a
helpless woman?
But, Mrs. Prentiss,
you see, I I mean
Oh, crackers.
Let's have another go at it.
How can I ever thank you?
With a minimum of violence to my kitchen.
Mr. French, Uncle Bill says you can start
serving dinner now.
And the hors d'oeuvres were just great.
Quite so, Mrs. Sissy.
Oh, and Adele, you certainly made a good
impression.
I have?
Mm-hmm.
Mrs. Bicknell says that
it isn't fair for Uncle Bill to
have two perfect servants
when she can't even find one.
Where do the Bicknells live?
Two floors below.
We shall now serve the soup.
The bowls are in the lower oven.
I'm so sorry.
No harm done.
But I must say, you do keep one on the
alert.
Adele?
Yes, madam?
Adele, Mr. Bicknell and I live in this building, and
we've been looking for a suitable cook, housekeeper.
I wonder if you'd be interested.
You do cook?
Well, I have cooked.
Will you think it over and phone me?
But you're not qualified.
I know.
So you refuse?
I'm thinking it over.
What is there to think over?
I could learn.
So who would teach you?
I'm sure you're not suggesting that I.
Oh, no.
Of course not.
Don't worry, Mr. French.
I won't impose further on your kindness.
Please, don't give it another thought.
Something will turn up somewhere.
It always has.
Not your responsibility.
The job was a temptation.
Only the two of them.
Distinguished atmosphere.
Suitable.
It's a comfortable neighborhood.
But
Can you cook at all?
It's not my specialty.
Please don't feel badly about me,
Mr. French.
I have the $15 I earned tonight.
Madam, do you think if I were to help you
make a start, you could take over in a short while?
Oh, I'm sure I could.
I shall probably regret it.
You may tell Mrs. Bicknell you'll accept
the job.
Oh, Mr. French.
I can't.
It's good of you to be so understanding,
sir.
Well, everybody needs helping hand now and
then.
When's she start?
This morning, sir.
I think she's going to be pretty quick to
catch on, do you?
I hope so, sir.
She, well, she's, she's most eager.
Well, she's got good teacher.
I assure you, sir.
This arrangement in no way will upset the
routine of our family.
Oh, I'm sure it won't.
Now, whatever you want to do to help this poor
woman out, why don't you just go ahead and do it?
You know, it's, it's, hey, what's that?
What smells so good?
Scones in the oven, sir.
Excuse me.
The fridge, the dishwasher, it's throwing
suds all over my kitchen.
I can't stop it.
It's, it's, it's billowing.
Madam, I can't leave now.
I must serve Mr. Davis his breakfast.
Please, it was already as high as the
third drawer.
Oh, really?
Madam.
Uncle Bill?
Huh?
When are we going to start building the
Mckenzie Dam?
Today.
Today?
After you get home from work?
No, today in the office.
You just leave it to me, see?
You're going to have a Mckenzie Dam you're
proud of.
Well, let's go get some breakfast.
Morning, Cissy.
Morning, Uncle Bill.
Morning.
Uncle Bill?
Mm-hmm?
Isn't that smoke?
Smoke!
Oh, no.
I'm so sorry, sir, but Mrs. Prentiss had another
emergency, and I was forced to abandon the scones.
Well, I'll put in a fresh batch.
No, never mind.
I haven't got time.
Just give me some juice and coffee.
Come on, kids.
Are we ready, Mr. French?
Quite, Mrs. Prentiss.
Was it necessary for you to have brought
them an artery?
They were my excuse for leaving the
apartment.
I told Mrs. Bicknell I was taking them for
a walk.
The curried chicken.
Mr. Bicknell is very fond of curried
chicken.
I asked Mrs. Bicknell.
I presumed you'd be here to observe my
preparation.
It was impossible.
I was exhausted after all the soap suds
this morning.
I simply had to have a little rest.
I knew I'd just be in your way.
But the entire point was that I should
instruct you.
And I'm so grateful.
How can I ever repay you?
Perhaps by learning to cook.
Come, Shaw.
Come.
Come.
Come, come.
Come on.
Hi.
Hi.
Hi.
Come on.
Oh, yeah.
We've been waiting for you, Uncle Bill.
We found some new cardboard for the dam.
And some new glue that never lets go.
And you get to pick out the color.
Now, wait a minute, kids.
You just leave this model to me, and we're going to
have the best looking project in the whole class, okay?
But when are we going to build it,
Uncle Bill?
Well, in just a couple of days.
I'm going to let you help me put on the
finishing touches, okay?
Okay.
Okay.
Hi, French.
Good evening, son.
What's on the menu?
Your favorite, sir.
Curried chicken.
Curried chicken.
What's the occasion?
Reparation for the scum, sir.
How's it going with your student?
Oh, as well as could be expected,
sir.
She's, uh, well, she's still employed.
That must make you feel pretty good,
huh?
Yes, sir.
Come on.
Mrs. Prentiss, what is it now?
The curried chicken.
When I got back to the apartment,
I put the casserole down for just a second
to unlock the door, and the dogs,
the dogs!
They didn't.
They did.
All of them.
Mrs. Beckman wants me to serve dinner in
five minutes, and I don't have anything to serve.
I suggest the truth.
Accuse the dogs.
I'd be dismissed.
The first security I've had in months,
I'd be dismissed.
Well, I've done my best, Mrs. Prentiss,
but I'm really at a loss now.
Mr. French.
Absolutely not.
That's Mr. Davis's dinner.
But he's a kind man.
He wouldn't want me to lose my job.
He'd understand.
A helpless woman's future is at stake.
Oh, thank you, Mr. French.
Thank you.
Well, I hope everybody's as hungry as I
am.
I love curried chicken.
Once in Terre Haute, we curried a horse.
I think that's different.
I think so.
Excuse me, sir, but we're faced with
another emergency.
And Mrs. Prentice again.
What does she want this time?
Mr. Davis, we regret we will not be
serving curried chicken tonight.
Burnt?
No, sir.
The dogs ate hers.
It was necessary to give her ours.
Her future was at stake.
Yeah, well, what's that leave for us?
Well, perhaps a nice omelette, a
frozen dinner, peanut butter, jelly.
Hi, Bill.
I just came up looking for you.
Hi, Sheila.
Oh, I'm never better.
Bill, I wanted to tell you how grateful we
are to you for bringing Adele into our lives.
Oh, that's good.
She is a Jewel.
Dinner last night, it, well, it was an
occasion.
I wish you could have tasted that curried
chicken.
I wish I could have, too.
You know, actually, I think French could
learn a few things from Adele.
I think so.
Well, we're going to give a
dinner party next Wednesday night,
and just to show her off, and
I thought maybe you'd come.
Oh, gosh.
Wednesday?
Oh, I can't.
I got a date.
Thanks, then.
I'm sorry.
Maybe next time.
Sure.
Oh, allow me, sir.
No, it's all right.
It's a little surprise for the kids.
Listen, French.
French, I just was talking to Mrs.
Bicknell.
She says she's having a dinner party on
Wednesday.
Yes, sir.
I've worked out a suitable menu for Mrs.
Prentice.
I mean, it's a very nice thing to give
somebody a helping hand when they're down,
but also there is a time to, I think,
let them stand on their own.
You echo my sentiments.
It's high time she flew out
from under our wing, but I assure
you, sir, this dinner party
will be her private affair.
Uncle Bill, what are you hiding,
Uncle Bill?
Well, that's a surprise.
It's what it is.
Now, ready?
There you are.
MacKenzie Dam.
It's beautiful.
Who built it?
Well, I started to, but the people in the
office finished it.
For us?
Sure.
I bet none of the other kids in school got
one like that.
No, Uncle Bill.
I'll bet so, too.
Gee, thanks.
Thanks a lot.
That's okay.
Anytime you need any help, just let me
know.
Ah, Mrs. Prentiss.
Here are your cookbooks.
Thank you.
I hope last night's dinner party was a
success.
It was a disaster.
I made hamburgers and spaghetti.
Mrs. Bicknell wept and Mr. Bicknell
started shouting.
They all went out to a restaurant.
That was after the fire department came
and before Mrs. Bicknell fired me.
I should never have let you talk me into
taking that job.
I've learned my lesson.
Never listen to a man.
From here on, I'm on my own.
Make my own decisions.
You men are all alike.
The minute a woman is foolish enough to
rely on you, you let her down.
Never again.
Good day.
Well, hi, kids.
How'd the teacher like your project?
She liked your project just fine.
From the teacher.
Oh, dear Mr. Davis.
After seeing this model, I can understand why your
engineering firm is one of the best in the business.
You do beautiful work.
However, since this was
supposed to be an assignment for
the children, I cannot accept
this very handsome model.
Helping them through encouragement and
direction is one thing.
Mr. Davis, doing their work for them is
quite another.
Sincerely, Miss.
Excuse us, Uncle Bill.
We have to go do our project.
All by ourselves.
Come on, you kisses, come on.
Well, I did it again.
Yes, I quite understand, sir.
My good deeds have also come to no good
end.
Mrs. Prentiss has been dismissed.
Oh, that's too bad.
Well, she can't blame you.
You meant well.
This teacher acts like I was trying to
pull something shady.
We meant well, sir.
Oh, all disasters were meant well.
All right, that can be a lesson to us.
From now on, the family motto is going to
be don't get involved.
I agree, sir.
I shall have it engraved and emblazoned on
my wall.
Don't get involved.
Right.
From now on, when somebody hollers for
help, just keep moving.
Well, I shall not even turn back.
Go ahead, sir.
Well, we got no business fooling around
with kids' projects anyway.
For that matter, what do we know about
kids in school?
For that matter, female servants,
sir.
Right.
All right, French, I won't be home for
dinner tonight.
I'm going to call Miss Foster right now.
I'm going to take her out to dinner,
and then I'm going to take her to a show.
A nice, safe, comfortable evening.
No involvement, sir.
Splendid.
Right.
Uncle Bill.
I just thought that you ought to know
something.
Like what?
Like Buffy and Jody understand why you
built the dam.
Sure, I didn't know any better.
No.
Because you love them, and you cared
enough to get involved.
And Mr. French, I think it's great how you
helped Mrs. Prentice.
Gosh.
It's so easy these days to just look away,
to stand aside.
You see, we had nice enough
places to live in Terre Haute,
but the difference was that
nobody really cared very much.
And, well, you know
If.
I may say so, sir.
There goes the family motto.
Well, dinner at home tonight, French.
I've got to keep an eye on those kids,
you know, so they don't foul up their project.
May I volunteer to assist, sir?
Naturally.
Thank you.
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