Family Affair (1966) s01e28 Episode Script
What Did You Do in the West, Uncle?
1
Oh, have you told the children yet,
sir?
No, not yet.
I want to organize the whole week first
and then springing on them as a surprise.
Twins will be happy, sir.
So will Cissy.
You know what I'm going to do?
I'm going to take her to the Velvet
Vultures Festival.
I can see her expression of delight now,
sir.
I'm going to take the twins to the
aquarium and the Museum of Natural History.
Hey, look here, the rodeo's in town.
Madison Square Garden.
Rodeo, sir?
Yeah.
Now, that's going to be first on the
schedule.
Do you want to go, too?
Uh, oh, no, thank you, sir, no.
The thought of a cowboy being bounced
about on a Brahma bull will give me a
touch of vertigo and a wave of sympathy,
sir.
Morning, Uncle Bill.
Hi, hi.
Morning, kid.
Morning, Mr. French.
Good morning, children.
Well, got a little surprise for you kids.
Should we close our eyes?
No, it's not that kind.
How'd you like to go to the rodeo today?
Oh, boy!
And horses and cows?
Right.
Come on, Buffy.
Let's eat fast.
Hey, come on, slow down.
The rodeo's not till this afternoon.
Thanks, Uncle Bill.
Slow down, Jody.
Now, the rodeo's only the beginning,
see?
For the rest of this week, you and Cissy
and me are gonna be a family foursome.
Morning, Uncle Bill.
Hi, Mrs. French.
Good morning, Miss Cissy.
Cissy, Uncle Bill's taking Jody and me to
the rodeo.
Good.
You wanna go, too?
I'd like to, Uncle Bill, but Carl invited
me to Long Island.
Oh.
How long?
Till Sunday.
I was just coming in to get your
permission.
Oh, for the whole week?
For the whole week, huh?
If you don't want me to go.
No, no, it's okay.
Tell Carl I said it's okay.
I'll phone you every night.
You having fun?
That's.
what they call a bucking bronc.
Did you ever ride a bucking bronc,
Uncle Bill?
Well, a long time ago, Jody.
You wouldn't catch me on one today.
Me neither.
And now, coming out of shoot six on mid-.
Gabe Nelson?
Can't be.
It is.
Ride him, Gabe!
Do you know that man, Uncle Bill?
Sure, he's an old friend of mine.
Stick with him, Gabe!
Stick with him, Gabe!
Nice going, Gabe!
You know?
I haven't seen Gabe for years.
Can we meet him?
Yeah, sure.
Come on, right now.
Well, you bow-legged old horse thief,
you.
Doggone it, Bill.
This ain't the best surprise I had in
years.
Come.
meet him.
Well, come here.
This is Buffy, and this is Jody,
Mr. Nelson.
Well, now, how are you two little
mavericks?
Fine.
What's a Maverick?
A little calf that ain't been branded yet.
No name.
Oh, we got a name.
Davis.
Just like Uncle Bill.
He takes care of us.
And my brother's kids.
Steer open, if you're up next.
Well, that's me.
See you later, Farts.
Can we watch him?
Me?
How about having dinner with us tonight?
Please.
We never ate with a cowboy before.
We ate in front of him on television.
That's not the same.
Come on, we'll make it early so you can
get back in time for the show tonight.
You've got a deal.
Meet me back here after my last event.
Right.
He's the best horse thief I ever met.
We never met one before, but he's the
best.
Come on.
Come on.
Make yourself at home, Gabe.
Hey.
You've got quite a shack here.
Yeah, it's all right.
Oh, it's you, Mr. Davis.
French.
French, this is Mr. Nelson, Gabe Nelson.
He's an old friend of mine.
He's going to stay with us a while.
Oh, to be sure, sir.
Hiya, partner.
Gabe's a real cowboy, Mr. French.
And an old horse thief, too.
Come on, Buffy.
Oh, may I have it?
May I have your hat, please, sir?
Oh, that's all right, Jeeves.
Oh, and the name is French, sir.
Okay, French.
But the toughest bronc I ever rode was in
Calgary.
He was a sunfisher.
What's a sunfisher?
Well, that's a horse that kind
of Oh, look, I'll show you.
Come on up, kids.
Stick with him now, kid.
Now, a sunfisher twists right and left
like he's trying to touch the ground.
First one, Jody, then the other.
We say he's trying to let sunlight hit his
belly.
That sounds funny.
No sunfisher's gonna throw me.
No?
We'll see about that.
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
Now, we're having a demonstration of a
sunfisher.
Oh, yes, sir.
Of course, sir.
A sunfisher.
Whoa!
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
Good morning, sir.
Good morning.
Kids up and raring to go?
Oh, yes, sir.
Everybody on the old ranch is up and
raring to go, sir.
The old ranch?
Yes, sir.
There seems to be no other name for it.
Would you like to see for yourself,
sir?
They are that-a-way, sir.
He asked to borrow our stove, sir.
All right, Bill.
Hi.
Hi, kids.
Uncle Gabe's gonna fetch us up a barbecue
for breakfast.
Bacon eggs, just like they chaw out on the
rain.
Well, that smells good, Gabe.
You haven't had a breakfast like that
since that Montana roundup.
Are you a cowboy, too, Uncle Bill?
Yeah, well, sort of, for a little while.
I was out west, and I was broke.
And that's how I met your Uncle Gabe.
Your uncle went to college, and I stuck to
the saddle.
How do you like your steak, French?
Rare or medium?
Oh, if you don't mind, sir, I prefer mine
for dinner.
Isn't this fun, Uncle Bill?
It sure is.
We're going to have lots more fun.
Uncle Gabe's going to take
us to the rodeo again right after
breakfast and show us the
bulls and broncs and everything.
And he says we can stick around all day.
Now, whoa, partners.
That is, if it's okay with your Uncle
Bill.
Can we, Uncle Bill?
Yeah, it's okay with me.
You sure they're not going to get in your
way?
No.
Give them a chance to see how we operate
behind the scenes.
Meet some real square shooters.
Well, they ought to like that.
Now, don't you worry about it.
I'll get them down at the office.
What?
Oh, yeah, the office.
Come and get it, kids.
Bill.
All right, all right, Ted.
I don't get it.
What are you doing here?
Catching up on things, you know.
No, no, I don't know.
You said you wanted to take a week off.
To be with your family.
Wanted to take them places.
Well, I did.
I took the kids to the rodeo yesterday.
What about today?
Well, today, they're going back to the
rodeo again.
You're taking them to the rodeo twice?
No, no.
There's a friend of mine that's in the show, and
he just offered to take them off my hands for today.
That's all.
The whole idea of not going to San
Francisco was so you could take them places.
I am taking them places.
I'm taking both the kids to the Tiny Town
Theater tonight to see Hansel and Gretel.
Now, will you quit feeling sorry for me?
Sorry for you?
What are you talking about?
Look, they're my kids, and they're going
to have fun, see, tonight.
Also, the twins will enjoy Hansel and
Gretel.
There's a great deal of violence in it.
Yeah, they'll get a big kick out of that.
Rodeos are okay, but you can overdo
anything.
You decided this, huh?
Gabe get back with the kids yet?
Not yet, sir.
Well, it's 5.30.
Yes, sir, and if we're to bathe and feed
the children Well, never mind about dinner.
I'm going to take them to one of those
hamburger joints tonight.
Just feed Gabe.
Oh, uh, yes, sir.
I'd prepared champignon like Grex.
Do you think he'll like it?
As long as you don't tell him what it is.
Just to be on the safe side, have a bowl
of chili handy.
Yes, sir.
Chili.
Excuse me, sir.
Mr. Davis, residence.
What?
Oh, yes, sir, just a moment.
Mr. Davis, for you, sir, it's your friend,
Mr. Gabe.
I'm on the phone.
Why isn't he home with the kids?
Hey, hello, Gabe?
Bill, you ought to see the kids.
They're having a ball with the cowboys.
Howdy, partner.
Well, howdy, partner.
Howdy, partner.
Clem's showing them a rope trick.
Well, glad to hear it, Gabe.
Well, I suppose they're pretty tired by
now, huh?
No, they got more pep than a couple of
hundred Mustangs.
Well, it sounds like they had quite a day.
Look, Gabe.
I even let them ride in the parade in the
stagecoach.
They sure got a big boot out of that.
Well, I'll bet they did.
You bringing them back here pretty soon,
Gabe?
Well, that's what I called about,
Bill.
They want to ride the stagecoach again.
Well, what about dinner?
Oh, well, they can have chow here with me.
That is, if it's okay with you.
Well, now, you see, Gabe, it just so
happens I've got tickets for a show tonight.
Hansel and Gretel.
Great, that makes it perfect.
You take your date to the show,
and I'll take care of the kids.
Now, look, Gabe No trouble.
I'll have them back right
Oh, something amiss, sir?
Oh, no, no, no.
No, great.
Oh, Gabe's a great guy.
He's, uh, getting them on a stagecoach
ride tonight.
Tonight, sir?
Well, you know how it is.
How often does a rodeo come to town?
Listen, French, uh
You want to go see Hansel and Gretel
tonight, do you?
Oh, uh
Would you be offended, sir?
No.
I don't want to go either.
But tomorrow
Gabe or no Gabe, I'm taking the twins on a
helicopter ride over Manhattan.
Bravo, sir.
There comes a time when a parent or
guardian should exert his authority.
Right.
All right.
Well, how about this?
Back from the show already?
Can't be more than 9.30.
Well, hey!
Hey!
Hey, where'd you get those?
From Uncle Gabe.
From Charlie Whitefeather.
He's an Indian.
No money in Tomahawk, so he took up
Taylor.
All right, come along, children.
Bath and bed.
Oh, thank you.
Okay, partner.
We gotta rise and shine early tomorrow.
We're heading for the railroad yard with
Uncle Gabe.
Railroad yard?
Oh, well, we're bringing in some new
stock.
The minute the kids heard about it,
they wanted to go.
But I told them they had to ask their
Uncle Bill first.
Can we go, Uncle Bill?
Can we?
We hardly ever see Brayma Bowles around
here.
Tomorrow, huh?
Okay, you can go.
Thank you, Uncle Bill.
Good night, Uncle Dave.
Good night, kids.
Good night.
Good night.
A little higher, Pard.
Yes, sir.
Oh, um, I wonder if you'd mind me bringing
up a rather important matter, sir.
Shoot.
Well, I doubt if Mr. Davis would approve
of this, sir, since it concerns a friend.
Yeah, who?
You, sir.
Me?
Yes, sir.
You see, well, Mr. Davis took this week
off in order to spend it with the children.
Children, but so far, they seem to spend
the entire week with you.
Doggone.
Last thing in the world I'd do is horn in
on old Bill.
I'm moving out of here tonight.
Oh, no, no, sir.
Mr. Davis would realize I'd spoken to you.
Besides, the children would be
heartbroken, sir.
Quite unintentionally, they've made you
their hero instead of Mr. Davis.
Well, what are we going to do about that?
Uh, I don't know, sir.
Well, maybe we can find out.
Let's, uh, let's wrangle with it a while.
Yes, sir.
Well, hi.
Morning, Uncle Bill.
Morning, Uncle Bill.
What are you kids doing here?
I thought you'd be gone.
What's going on with Gabe?
Oh, uh, Mr. Gabe went downstairs to get a
package of cigarettes, sir.
If you'll excuse me, please.
Well, you kids ought to get a big kick out
of seeing those cattle unload today.
They might even have some of those Brammer
Bulls.
And they can be mean, too.
Mean as a big old grizzly bear,
Uncle Bill?
Mean as that.
Uncle Gabe told us a big secret.
About the time that big old grizzly bear
came up back of him.
And you ran over and hit that bear with a
great big rock.
And you had a terrible fight and saved
Uncle Gabe's life.
He told you that?
You're a hero, Uncle Bill.
He said you're the bravest man he ever
met.
Good morning, Gabe.
Morning, Bill.
I want to have a little talk with you.
Well, I'm kind of busy right now.
Well, it'll just take a minute.
Be right back, kids.
All right, Gabe, what's all this about the
bear?
Kids told you, huh?
Yeah, they said I saved your life.
Well, you did, sort of.
I mean, you threw a rock at him.
According to the twins, I had a
knock-down, drag-out fight with a grizzly bear.
I wouldn't call throwing a rock exactly
friendly.
Oh, I threw a rock and we both ran for the
hills.
You're just quibbling, so I exaggerated a
little.
Exaggerated?
Buffy looked at me with those great big
eyes and said, you're a hero, Uncle Bill.
Well, sure she did.
That's the idea.
Now, look, Bill, no man in a business suit
stands a chance with kids when he's
matched up against a rootin' tootin'
cowboy.
Well, I think you've been doing a little
too much rootin' and tootin'.
I ain't got some explainin' to do to those
kids.
Look, Gabe, I know you
meant well, and I thank you for
the build-up, but they gotta
take me just the way I am.
Uncle Bill, will you teach me how to fight
a bear?
Me too.
You're a girl.
Well, I can fight a girl bear.
And listen, kids, um, now that story didn't
happen exactly the way Uncle Gabe told it.
He, uh, exaggerated a little.
What's exaggerated?
Well, that means that, uh, he made it
sound like it was more than it really was.
I don't mean he fibbed, but he just sort
of made it more exciting.
See?
And he did that because he wanted to help
me.
Help you what?
Well, uh, he wanted to make a hero out of
me.
For you.
See, um, I guess he was
getting the feel that, uh, he was
sort of taking my place with
you since he moved in here.
Uncle Bill, nobody could ever take your
place with us.
Not even if you never saved anybody.
Ever.
We like Uncle Gabe.
We love you.
Well, kids, I guess Uncle Gabe thought maybe
you wouldn't love me if, uh, if I wasn't a hero.
That's pretty silly.
Hey, partners.
I, uh, I might have been wrong about that
new stock coming in today.
Maybe you better go along with your Uncle
Bill.
No, Gabe, you were right.
I don't want you to miss that unloading.
You go along with Uncle Gabe.
Well, come on, little doggies,
get!
And I'll have him back here by noon.
French, order up three tickets for that
helicopter ride over Manhattan this afternoon.
Oh, yes, sir, yes, sir.
Oh, and, um, three tickets for Hansel and
Gretel tomorrow evening?
No, four.
Well, you're part of the family,
too, aren't you?
Oh, to be sure, sir.
Hansel and Gretel.
Oh, have you told the children yet,
sir?
No, not yet.
I want to organize the whole week first
and then springing on them as a surprise.
Twins will be happy, sir.
So will Cissy.
You know what I'm going to do?
I'm going to take her to the Velvet
Vultures Festival.
I can see her expression of delight now,
sir.
I'm going to take the twins to the
aquarium and the Museum of Natural History.
Hey, look here, the rodeo's in town.
Madison Square Garden.
Rodeo, sir?
Yeah.
Now, that's going to be first on the
schedule.
Do you want to go, too?
Uh, oh, no, thank you, sir, no.
The thought of a cowboy being bounced
about on a Brahma bull will give me a
touch of vertigo and a wave of sympathy,
sir.
Morning, Uncle Bill.
Hi, hi.
Morning, kid.
Morning, Mr. French.
Good morning, children.
Well, got a little surprise for you kids.
Should we close our eyes?
No, it's not that kind.
How'd you like to go to the rodeo today?
Oh, boy!
And horses and cows?
Right.
Come on, Buffy.
Let's eat fast.
Hey, come on, slow down.
The rodeo's not till this afternoon.
Thanks, Uncle Bill.
Slow down, Jody.
Now, the rodeo's only the beginning,
see?
For the rest of this week, you and Cissy
and me are gonna be a family foursome.
Morning, Uncle Bill.
Hi, Mrs. French.
Good morning, Miss Cissy.
Cissy, Uncle Bill's taking Jody and me to
the rodeo.
Good.
You wanna go, too?
I'd like to, Uncle Bill, but Carl invited
me to Long Island.
Oh.
How long?
Till Sunday.
I was just coming in to get your
permission.
Oh, for the whole week?
For the whole week, huh?
If you don't want me to go.
No, no, it's okay.
Tell Carl I said it's okay.
I'll phone you every night.
You having fun?
That's.
what they call a bucking bronc.
Did you ever ride a bucking bronc,
Uncle Bill?
Well, a long time ago, Jody.
You wouldn't catch me on one today.
Me neither.
And now, coming out of shoot six on mid-.
Gabe Nelson?
Can't be.
It is.
Ride him, Gabe!
Do you know that man, Uncle Bill?
Sure, he's an old friend of mine.
Stick with him, Gabe!
Stick with him, Gabe!
Nice going, Gabe!
You know?
I haven't seen Gabe for years.
Can we meet him?
Yeah, sure.
Come on, right now.
Well, you bow-legged old horse thief,
you.
Doggone it, Bill.
This ain't the best surprise I had in
years.
Come.
meet him.
Well, come here.
This is Buffy, and this is Jody,
Mr. Nelson.
Well, now, how are you two little
mavericks?
Fine.
What's a Maverick?
A little calf that ain't been branded yet.
No name.
Oh, we got a name.
Davis.
Just like Uncle Bill.
He takes care of us.
And my brother's kids.
Steer open, if you're up next.
Well, that's me.
See you later, Farts.
Can we watch him?
Me?
How about having dinner with us tonight?
Please.
We never ate with a cowboy before.
We ate in front of him on television.
That's not the same.
Come on, we'll make it early so you can
get back in time for the show tonight.
You've got a deal.
Meet me back here after my last event.
Right.
He's the best horse thief I ever met.
We never met one before, but he's the
best.
Come on.
Come on.
Make yourself at home, Gabe.
Hey.
You've got quite a shack here.
Yeah, it's all right.
Oh, it's you, Mr. Davis.
French.
French, this is Mr. Nelson, Gabe Nelson.
He's an old friend of mine.
He's going to stay with us a while.
Oh, to be sure, sir.
Hiya, partner.
Gabe's a real cowboy, Mr. French.
And an old horse thief, too.
Come on, Buffy.
Oh, may I have it?
May I have your hat, please, sir?
Oh, that's all right, Jeeves.
Oh, and the name is French, sir.
Okay, French.
But the toughest bronc I ever rode was in
Calgary.
He was a sunfisher.
What's a sunfisher?
Well, that's a horse that kind
of Oh, look, I'll show you.
Come on up, kids.
Stick with him now, kid.
Now, a sunfisher twists right and left
like he's trying to touch the ground.
First one, Jody, then the other.
We say he's trying to let sunlight hit his
belly.
That sounds funny.
No sunfisher's gonna throw me.
No?
We'll see about that.
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
Now, we're having a demonstration of a
sunfisher.
Oh, yes, sir.
Of course, sir.
A sunfisher.
Whoa!
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
Good morning, sir.
Good morning.
Kids up and raring to go?
Oh, yes, sir.
Everybody on the old ranch is up and
raring to go, sir.
The old ranch?
Yes, sir.
There seems to be no other name for it.
Would you like to see for yourself,
sir?
They are that-a-way, sir.
He asked to borrow our stove, sir.
All right, Bill.
Hi.
Hi, kids.
Uncle Gabe's gonna fetch us up a barbecue
for breakfast.
Bacon eggs, just like they chaw out on the
rain.
Well, that smells good, Gabe.
You haven't had a breakfast like that
since that Montana roundup.
Are you a cowboy, too, Uncle Bill?
Yeah, well, sort of, for a little while.
I was out west, and I was broke.
And that's how I met your Uncle Gabe.
Your uncle went to college, and I stuck to
the saddle.
How do you like your steak, French?
Rare or medium?
Oh, if you don't mind, sir, I prefer mine
for dinner.
Isn't this fun, Uncle Bill?
It sure is.
We're going to have lots more fun.
Uncle Gabe's going to take
us to the rodeo again right after
breakfast and show us the
bulls and broncs and everything.
And he says we can stick around all day.
Now, whoa, partners.
That is, if it's okay with your Uncle
Bill.
Can we, Uncle Bill?
Yeah, it's okay with me.
You sure they're not going to get in your
way?
No.
Give them a chance to see how we operate
behind the scenes.
Meet some real square shooters.
Well, they ought to like that.
Now, don't you worry about it.
I'll get them down at the office.
What?
Oh, yeah, the office.
Come and get it, kids.
Bill.
All right, all right, Ted.
I don't get it.
What are you doing here?
Catching up on things, you know.
No, no, I don't know.
You said you wanted to take a week off.
To be with your family.
Wanted to take them places.
Well, I did.
I took the kids to the rodeo yesterday.
What about today?
Well, today, they're going back to the
rodeo again.
You're taking them to the rodeo twice?
No, no.
There's a friend of mine that's in the show, and
he just offered to take them off my hands for today.
That's all.
The whole idea of not going to San
Francisco was so you could take them places.
I am taking them places.
I'm taking both the kids to the Tiny Town
Theater tonight to see Hansel and Gretel.
Now, will you quit feeling sorry for me?
Sorry for you?
What are you talking about?
Look, they're my kids, and they're going
to have fun, see, tonight.
Also, the twins will enjoy Hansel and
Gretel.
There's a great deal of violence in it.
Yeah, they'll get a big kick out of that.
Rodeos are okay, but you can overdo
anything.
You decided this, huh?
Gabe get back with the kids yet?
Not yet, sir.
Well, it's 5.30.
Yes, sir, and if we're to bathe and feed
the children Well, never mind about dinner.
I'm going to take them to one of those
hamburger joints tonight.
Just feed Gabe.
Oh, uh, yes, sir.
I'd prepared champignon like Grex.
Do you think he'll like it?
As long as you don't tell him what it is.
Just to be on the safe side, have a bowl
of chili handy.
Yes, sir.
Chili.
Excuse me, sir.
Mr. Davis, residence.
What?
Oh, yes, sir, just a moment.
Mr. Davis, for you, sir, it's your friend,
Mr. Gabe.
I'm on the phone.
Why isn't he home with the kids?
Hey, hello, Gabe?
Bill, you ought to see the kids.
They're having a ball with the cowboys.
Howdy, partner.
Well, howdy, partner.
Howdy, partner.
Clem's showing them a rope trick.
Well, glad to hear it, Gabe.
Well, I suppose they're pretty tired by
now, huh?
No, they got more pep than a couple of
hundred Mustangs.
Well, it sounds like they had quite a day.
Look, Gabe.
I even let them ride in the parade in the
stagecoach.
They sure got a big boot out of that.
Well, I'll bet they did.
You bringing them back here pretty soon,
Gabe?
Well, that's what I called about,
Bill.
They want to ride the stagecoach again.
Well, what about dinner?
Oh, well, they can have chow here with me.
That is, if it's okay with you.
Well, now, you see, Gabe, it just so
happens I've got tickets for a show tonight.
Hansel and Gretel.
Great, that makes it perfect.
You take your date to the show,
and I'll take care of the kids.
Now, look, Gabe No trouble.
I'll have them back right
Oh, something amiss, sir?
Oh, no, no, no.
No, great.
Oh, Gabe's a great guy.
He's, uh, getting them on a stagecoach
ride tonight.
Tonight, sir?
Well, you know how it is.
How often does a rodeo come to town?
Listen, French, uh
You want to go see Hansel and Gretel
tonight, do you?
Oh, uh
Would you be offended, sir?
No.
I don't want to go either.
But tomorrow
Gabe or no Gabe, I'm taking the twins on a
helicopter ride over Manhattan.
Bravo, sir.
There comes a time when a parent or
guardian should exert his authority.
Right.
All right.
Well, how about this?
Back from the show already?
Can't be more than 9.30.
Well, hey!
Hey!
Hey, where'd you get those?
From Uncle Gabe.
From Charlie Whitefeather.
He's an Indian.
No money in Tomahawk, so he took up
Taylor.
All right, come along, children.
Bath and bed.
Oh, thank you.
Okay, partner.
We gotta rise and shine early tomorrow.
We're heading for the railroad yard with
Uncle Gabe.
Railroad yard?
Oh, well, we're bringing in some new
stock.
The minute the kids heard about it,
they wanted to go.
But I told them they had to ask their
Uncle Bill first.
Can we go, Uncle Bill?
Can we?
We hardly ever see Brayma Bowles around
here.
Tomorrow, huh?
Okay, you can go.
Thank you, Uncle Bill.
Good night, Uncle Dave.
Good night, kids.
Good night.
Good night.
A little higher, Pard.
Yes, sir.
Oh, um, I wonder if you'd mind me bringing
up a rather important matter, sir.
Shoot.
Well, I doubt if Mr. Davis would approve
of this, sir, since it concerns a friend.
Yeah, who?
You, sir.
Me?
Yes, sir.
You see, well, Mr. Davis took this week
off in order to spend it with the children.
Children, but so far, they seem to spend
the entire week with you.
Doggone.
Last thing in the world I'd do is horn in
on old Bill.
I'm moving out of here tonight.
Oh, no, no, sir.
Mr. Davis would realize I'd spoken to you.
Besides, the children would be
heartbroken, sir.
Quite unintentionally, they've made you
their hero instead of Mr. Davis.
Well, what are we going to do about that?
Uh, I don't know, sir.
Well, maybe we can find out.
Let's, uh, let's wrangle with it a while.
Yes, sir.
Well, hi.
Morning, Uncle Bill.
Morning, Uncle Bill.
What are you kids doing here?
I thought you'd be gone.
What's going on with Gabe?
Oh, uh, Mr. Gabe went downstairs to get a
package of cigarettes, sir.
If you'll excuse me, please.
Well, you kids ought to get a big kick out
of seeing those cattle unload today.
They might even have some of those Brammer
Bulls.
And they can be mean, too.
Mean as a big old grizzly bear,
Uncle Bill?
Mean as that.
Uncle Gabe told us a big secret.
About the time that big old grizzly bear
came up back of him.
And you ran over and hit that bear with a
great big rock.
And you had a terrible fight and saved
Uncle Gabe's life.
He told you that?
You're a hero, Uncle Bill.
He said you're the bravest man he ever
met.
Good morning, Gabe.
Morning, Bill.
I want to have a little talk with you.
Well, I'm kind of busy right now.
Well, it'll just take a minute.
Be right back, kids.
All right, Gabe, what's all this about the
bear?
Kids told you, huh?
Yeah, they said I saved your life.
Well, you did, sort of.
I mean, you threw a rock at him.
According to the twins, I had a
knock-down, drag-out fight with a grizzly bear.
I wouldn't call throwing a rock exactly
friendly.
Oh, I threw a rock and we both ran for the
hills.
You're just quibbling, so I exaggerated a
little.
Exaggerated?
Buffy looked at me with those great big
eyes and said, you're a hero, Uncle Bill.
Well, sure she did.
That's the idea.
Now, look, Bill, no man in a business suit
stands a chance with kids when he's
matched up against a rootin' tootin'
cowboy.
Well, I think you've been doing a little
too much rootin' and tootin'.
I ain't got some explainin' to do to those
kids.
Look, Gabe, I know you
meant well, and I thank you for
the build-up, but they gotta
take me just the way I am.
Uncle Bill, will you teach me how to fight
a bear?
Me too.
You're a girl.
Well, I can fight a girl bear.
And listen, kids, um, now that story didn't
happen exactly the way Uncle Gabe told it.
He, uh, exaggerated a little.
What's exaggerated?
Well, that means that, uh, he made it
sound like it was more than it really was.
I don't mean he fibbed, but he just sort
of made it more exciting.
See?
And he did that because he wanted to help
me.
Help you what?
Well, uh, he wanted to make a hero out of
me.
For you.
See, um, I guess he was
getting the feel that, uh, he was
sort of taking my place with
you since he moved in here.
Uncle Bill, nobody could ever take your
place with us.
Not even if you never saved anybody.
Ever.
We like Uncle Gabe.
We love you.
Well, kids, I guess Uncle Gabe thought maybe
you wouldn't love me if, uh, if I wasn't a hero.
That's pretty silly.
Hey, partners.
I, uh, I might have been wrong about that
new stock coming in today.
Maybe you better go along with your Uncle
Bill.
No, Gabe, you were right.
I don't want you to miss that unloading.
You go along with Uncle Gabe.
Well, come on, little doggies,
get!
And I'll have him back here by noon.
French, order up three tickets for that
helicopter ride over Manhattan this afternoon.
Oh, yes, sir, yes, sir.
Oh, and, um, three tickets for Hansel and
Gretel tomorrow evening?
No, four.
Well, you're part of the family,
too, aren't you?
Oh, to be sure, sir.
Hansel and Gretel.