TV-G | 30min | Comedy, Drama, Family, Music, TV Series | Episode aired 16 October 1963
A girl invites Ross to his first party but Ross is hesitant to go. Patty and Cathy get involved but will that change Ross' mind?
Director: Stanley Prager
Writers: Sidney Sheldon, William Asher
Stars: Patty Duke, William Schallert, Jean Byron
A girl invites Ross to his first party but Ross is hesitant to go. Patty and Cathy get involved but will that change Ross' mind?
Director: Stanley Prager
Writers: Sidney Sheldon, William Asher
Stars: Patty Duke, William Schallert, Jean Byron
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00:00What is the difference between Capri and Anna Capri?
00:09That's what I say, what's the difference?
00:12Capri is the lower part of the island.
00:14Anna Capri is above it.
00:16A little funicular takes you to the top.
00:18You know, cousin, it isn't fair.
00:21I strain my brain studying about all these crazy places in books,
00:24and you've been to all of them.
00:26It's a cinch for you.
00:28You know why you get better grades than I do?
00:30Why?
00:31Because you're smarter than I am.
00:33No, I'm not.
00:34What you said is true, Patty.
00:36Father and I have traveled almost everywhere.
00:38We spent a week in Capri when he did a feature story on the Grotto Azura.
00:41This week he's in Greece.
00:43Next week he goes to Helsinki to cover the opening of Parliament.
00:46Boy, I wish my father were a foreign correspondent.
00:49He does lead an exciting life.
00:51Do me a favor.
00:53When you finish school and go back to Europe to join your father,
00:55take me with you.
00:57I'm tired of school.
00:59I want to get into real life.
01:09Expecting an Indian, Ray?
01:11Shh!
01:12Are you in some kind of trouble, Ross?
01:14Boy, am I.
01:15You Welsh on your gambling debts and the syndicates after you.
01:19Don't open the door!
01:20How are we going to find out who it is if we don't open the door?
01:23I know who it is.
01:24It's a girl.
01:25What does she want?
01:26Don't ask.
01:34Hello.
01:35Hello.
01:36Is Ross at home?
01:38I think so.
01:39I'm Nikki Lee Blake.
01:41How do you do? I'm Ross' mother.
01:44I knew you must be.
01:46You have the same warm eyes.
01:50Ross!
01:51What?
01:52I'm going to hide.
01:56Have you seen Ross?
01:58Yeah.
01:59Not in the last few seconds, Aunt Natalie.
02:02He must have gone out again.
02:04He's very shy.
02:06I think it's just darling.
02:08Ross?
02:09Shy?
02:10You're new around here, aren't you?
02:12Yes.
02:13We moved up from Virginia last month.
02:16Aunt Nikki Lee Blake.
02:18Why, you must be Ross' beautiful sister, Patty.
02:24Well, Ross is finally acquiring some taste.
02:27And you must be his remarkable cousin, Kathy.
02:31He speaks of you all the time.
02:33Does he?
02:35The reason I came by is that we're having a novelty Leap Year dance Friday
02:40and the girls are asking the boys.
02:42I want to go with Ross.
02:44This isn't Leap Year.
02:45I know.
02:46That's what makes it a novelty.
02:49What did I think of that?
02:51You're not from the South?
02:53The boys ought to have corsages for the girls,
02:56but I'll send my corsage to Ross so he won't have any expanse.
03:00My father and I will pick him up here Friday night at 7 o'clock.
03:04Thank you so much, Mrs. Lane.
03:06Goodbye, Patty.
03:07Goodbye.
03:08Goodbye, Kathy.
03:10Goodbye, Nikki.
03:15Now I know why the South almost won the war.
03:22Meet Kathy who's lived most everywhere
03:26from Zanzibar to Barclay Square.
03:29Kathy's on the scene.
03:30The students are going to receive her.
03:32Her head's cut off.
03:33Kathy's in despair.
03:35A pair of corsages.
03:37A pair of vestibule costumes.
03:39A pair of jeans.
03:42A pair of matching bouquets.
03:45It's the last night in Paris.
03:48You can leave the doors when you're wet.
03:51The bell rings.
03:53Mary Susan is on deck.
03:56The future is good.
04:02The corsage is mine.
04:06They laugh at me.
04:08They walk like a cow.
04:09She walks like a cow.
04:11The corsage is mine.
04:13The corsage is mine.
04:17Ross, what are you doing behind the piano?
04:25Eavesdropping.
04:26Mom, you don't know what I've been going through.
04:29She follows me everywhere and she keeps bringing me all kinds of presents.
04:32I'm the laughingstock of PS8.
04:33Come on, Cat, I'll play you a game of darts.
04:34All right.
04:35Hello?
04:36Yes, this is Mrs. Lane.
04:37Oh, hello, Mrs. Blake.
04:38Yes, Nicky Lee just left.
04:50The dance, Friday night?
04:52Well, I'm afraid Ross doesn't...
04:53It's a charity dance.
04:58A charity dance for orphaned children.
05:02The school is sponsoring it?
05:05Well, of course Ross would be delighted to go.
05:07Well, that'll be fine.
05:10Friday night at seven.
05:12Thank you for calling.
05:13Goodbye.
05:14Mom, what have you done to me?
05:18I have had to accept, darling.
05:20Why would you want to do that to me?
05:22I'm your only son.
05:23It's for a very worthy cause.
05:26I won't go.
05:27Oh, you're being silly about this.
05:28Of course you'll go.
05:29Watch this one.
05:30Patty, can I talk to you for a minute?
05:31You're in trouble.
05:32You robbed a bank, the police are out on your trail, and you want me to hide you out.
05:33He's in here, officer!
05:34I want you to talk to Mom and get me out of the dance, Friday.
05:35You mean that's really bugging you?
05:36You're afraid.
05:37Afraid of a little girl.
05:38Boy, I've waited a long time for this.
05:39I have to go.
05:40Bye, Patty.
05:41Goodbye.
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06:26Let's finish our game.
06:27Perhaps we should have given him some help.
06:30Who started you on?
06:32The battle of the sexes.
06:34He'll learn all the tricks soon enough.
06:36He's a natural born monster.
06:46Come in.
06:50Oh, it's you.
06:56What are you doing?
06:57Running away.
06:58Do you want to come with me?
07:00I can't.
07:01I promised to go to a movie with Craig Saturday.
07:05Are you running away because of the dance?
07:07You bet I am.
07:09I'll send for my ham set.
07:10Don't let anybody touch it.
07:12Ross.
07:16Why are you so afraid of girls?
07:18How do I know?
07:19I'm not a psychiatrist.
07:21I'm just a scared kid.
07:23Afraid of me?
07:24I'm a girl.
07:26You're only a cousin.
07:27You don't have designs on me.
07:30I'm sure Nikki has no designs on you.
07:32She seems very nice.
07:34All you have to do is take her to the dance and bring her home and that's the end of it.
07:38No it isn't.
07:39That's only the beginning.
07:43First there's another dance and they expect you to take them to that.
07:46Then you have to take them out to dinner and to the movies.
07:49Before you know it you're engaged and you have to wear clean shirts.
07:52Then you get married and you have to take your old bride with you on your honeymoon and get a job.
07:56And for the rest of your life it's bills, bills, bills.
07:59Kathy, I'm not ready to get married.
08:02No one said anything about marriage.
08:05It's only a dance.
08:06You don't know Nikki Lee Blake.
08:08She's murdered.
08:10Why don't you tell your mother how you feel?
08:12She sold me down the river.
08:14All you women stick together.
08:16That's how you get us.
08:18Goodbye Kathy.
08:19I'll write her.
08:22Goodbye Kathy.
08:40Dad, can I talk to you for a minute?
08:42Yes certainly son.
08:48Okay.
08:49I'm having girl trouble.
08:52I see.
08:55Well, tell me about it.
08:57To tell you the truth, I can't see why everybody makes such a big fuss about girls.
09:02They're nothing.
09:03I mean, they don't do anything.
09:05They're terrible at games.
09:07They're either crying or giggling all the time and they play with dolls.
09:10You're not even allowed to hit them.
09:12That's true.
09:14Why would anyone want to give up baseball for that?
09:17Well, as you get older, Ross, you'll develop more mature interests.
09:24Girls will be among them.
09:26Not me.
09:27I'm never going to get married.
09:28You have to support your wife for the rest of your life.
09:31And what does she do for you?
09:33Oh, she'll cook, clean, be a companion, nurse you when you're sick,
09:37wash the dishes, do the laundry, bring up your children.
09:40Who wants to marry an overpaid maid?
09:42You think your mother is an overpaid maid?
09:44Well, of course not.
09:46I mean, she isn't a woman.
09:48She's Mom.
09:50They don't make them like her anymore.
09:53I agree.
09:55You know, if you're very lucky, son,
09:58maybe one day you'll meet someone a little like her.
10:02Promise me you won't get your feelings hurt if I tell you something?
10:05Well, of course not. Shoot.
10:07I wish I'd found her first.
10:09It's the Rock Hudson of Brooklyn Heights.
10:12Dance with me, Rock. I'm going to swoon.
10:14You think you're so funny? Well, I hate you.
10:17What'd I say?
10:19Hey.
10:21Ross is going through a very trying period right now, Patty.
10:26Because he's going to a dance?
10:28Because he's going to the dance.
10:30This is the first time he's ever had a real date with a girl.
10:33That's an important step.
10:34So he has butterflies. He'll get over it.
10:36You could make it a lot easier for him.
10:38Me?
10:40When I first started dating,
10:41he used to tell my dates insanity ran in the family.
10:45He told one boy I was a kissing maniac.
10:47I had live frogs in my pocket.
10:50Patty, the important time to forget a person's past mistakes
10:53is when he's in trouble and needs you.
10:55Well, he's not going to get me.
10:57He's going to get you.
10:59He's going to get you.
11:00The important time to forget a person's past mistakes
11:02is when he's in trouble and needs you.
11:04Well, he's not going to get me.
11:08Can I borrow a book, please?
11:10Sure.
11:15Patty,
11:17do you remember your first date?
11:21Do I?
11:24Herman Brinkerhoff.
11:27Boy, I had a crush on him.
11:29At the birthday party.
11:31After he blew out the candles,
11:32he got me in the closet and tried to kiss me.
11:35The braces on our teeth got locked.
11:38I wanted to die.
11:41I remember you came home and begged me
11:43to move us to another city.
11:44I didn't want to have to face Herman Brinkerhoff again.
11:48He was in every one of my classes.
11:51You know, Papa,
11:52I'd forgotten about that.
11:55I was sure a silly kid.
11:57I must have cried for a week.
12:00What would you do if that happened today?
12:03I'd laugh so hard it...
12:06Oh.
12:08I fell for the psychology bit, didn't I?
12:11Patty, this is a difficult time for your brother.
12:14He's discovering a lot of strange new emotions
12:17that he never knew he had.
12:19That can be very confusing and very painful.
12:22Yeah.
12:24I still remember the panic I was in
12:26the night of Herman Brinkerhoff's party.
12:28I didn't want to leave the house.
12:31It was like somebody was shoving me
12:32over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
12:35Your brother is upstairs going through
12:37that same thing right now, Patty.
12:41What do you want me to do?
12:42Will you lend him your barrel?
12:48He doesn't deserve you.
12:51Neither do I.
12:52Well, if he has to go over the falls,
12:55I guess we might as well see
12:56that he has a comfortable ride.
12:59Right.
13:02Patty.
13:04Thanks.
13:22Who is it?
13:24Me.
13:26Go away.
13:28I want to talk to you.
13:30Leave me alone. I'm sick.
13:33Please open the door, Ross.
13:45What's the matter?
13:47I keep having these dizzy spells.
13:49If I could stay in bed for a week, I'd be fine.
13:52You're scared about Friday night, aren't you?
13:55Of course not.
13:56What's Friday night?
13:58There's nothing to be scared of, Ross.
14:01I don't know what you're talking about.
14:03Everybody has to go out on a first date sometime.
14:06Why?
14:08I don't know.
14:09It's just part of the birds and the bees bit.
14:12Why can't everyone just leave me alone?
14:15It's fun once you get used to it.
14:17Nicky seems like a very nice girl.
14:19They'll have to drag me all the way to the dance.
14:23I was scared stiff on my first date.
14:26I didn't have anybody to help me.
14:28You've got me.
14:30What good are you?
14:32Girl, if you're going into enemy territory,
14:34you should have a guide.
14:36Do you mean it?
14:38What do you think big sisters are for?
14:40Well, to tell you the truth, I am kind of scared.
14:43I mean, Nicky thinks I'm kind of weird.
14:45I mean, Nicky thinks I'm kind of a man of the world.
14:48And actually, I haven't had much experience with girls.
14:51I won't know what to do with her.
14:53It's simple.
14:55You'll dance and you'll talk.
14:58Can you dance?
14:59No.
15:00Can you talk?
15:02No.
15:04That's hopeless.
15:05What do you mean hopeless?
15:07Before you can count one, two, three,
15:08you'll be acting like Cary Grant.
15:11One, two, three.
15:13One, two, three.
15:15One, two, three.
15:16Good, you've got it.
15:18You're a natural born dancer.
15:20But I only know that one step.
15:22Am I going to stand there all night and do that step?
15:25You won't be dancing all night.
15:27You'll eat and talk.
15:29I know how to eat,
15:30but what will I talk about to old Nicky Lee Blake?
15:33The first thing you have to do is stop thinking of her
15:35as old Nicky Lee Blake.
15:37She's a very cute little girl.
15:39And she likes you.
15:41Okay, let's practice conversation, okay?
15:43Kathy, you go out and be Nicky.
15:45All right.
15:48Here we are at the dance,
15:49and here's pretty little Nicky.
15:53Hello, Ross.
15:55Hi, Kathy.
15:57I'm Nicky Lee.
16:00Oh, my.
16:02Oh, that'll sweep her off her feet.
16:04Can you put a little more enthusiasm into it?
16:07Hi.
16:09This certainly is a nice party, isn't it?
16:11Yeah.
16:13I love to dance, don't you?
16:17Yeah.
16:19Have you lived here all your life?
16:22Yeah.
16:24Did I do something wrong?
16:26Oh, you're laying there like a lump of wet concrete.
16:29Haven't you got anything to talk about?
16:31It's no use.
16:33I'm not a ladies' man.
16:35Now let's try it again.
16:37The big secret in being popular
16:39is to make your date feel you're interested.
16:41Okay?
16:42Now, ask questions.
16:43Go ahead.
16:47Say, what do you think of the Mets this year?
16:50I thought you'd try a more general question.
16:53What kind of ice cream do you like?
16:59Maybe we could get a doctor's certificate
17:01saying you're sick.
17:03Okay, come on, we'll try it again.
17:04♪
17:35It's almost seven o'clock.
17:37They'll be here any minute.
17:39Ross must be up in his room.
17:41We'd better go get him.
17:43Ross!
17:45Come on!
17:47It's time to go!
17:49Ross!
17:51Ross!
17:54The crazy mixed-up kids ran away.
17:57Come on, out!
17:59Come on!
18:01No!
18:02Let me go!
18:04Let me go!
18:05Get up!
18:06Ross, what were you doing under there?
18:08I lost one of my marbles.
18:10What an opening.
18:12Look at what you've done to your nice new suit.
18:15Mom, feel my forehead.
18:17I have a high fever.
18:19I can't breathe.
18:21I can't breathe.
18:23I can't breathe.
18:24Feel my forehead, I have a high fever.
18:26He does feel a little warm.
18:28That's war nerves.
18:30Son, pull yourself together.
18:32Nicky's going to be here any minute.
18:34I can't go.
18:36You're not going to chicken out now
18:38after all the work we've put in on you.
18:40I just can't do it.
18:42I tried, honestly, I tried.
18:44Son.
18:46Please, Dad, don't make me do it.
18:48I don't need girls.
18:50When I grow up, I'm going to be a real estate salesman.
18:52You know, it wouldn't be so bad for you
18:54if you let me do it.
18:56Let's go, come on.
18:58Let's go see Nicky, come on.
19:01You don't understand.
19:03I have this terrible headache.
19:05I won't ask you for another favor, please.
19:07Will you stop acting like a baby?
19:09It's only a party.
19:11I'll give you all the money in my bank if you let me go.
19:13That's over $50.
19:15Will you cut it out?
19:17You act like you're going to your execution.
19:19I forgot how to bow.
19:21Please, let me go upstairs and practice.
19:23Well, good evening, Nicky.
19:25Good evening, Mr. Lane.
19:27Good evening, Mrs. Lane.
19:29Good evening, Nicky.
19:31Daddy's in the car.
19:33Is Ross ready?
19:35I can't go.
19:37I'm sick.
19:39What's the matter?
19:41I think it's...
19:43Pneumonia?
19:45Oh, I'm so sorry.
19:47Have you seen a doctor?
19:48You don't seem to have any fever.
19:50That's the trickiest kind.
19:53Hey, that's a pretty dress.
19:55I'm sorry I have to waste it.
19:57That's the bravest thing I've ever heard of.
20:00Here you are, died of pneumonia,
20:02and you're worried about me.
20:05That's the way I am.
20:12I used to get colds when I was younger.
20:15I don't know why.
20:16I used to get colds when I was younger.
20:18I had one after another.
20:21They stopped when I had my tonsils out.
20:23I had my tonsils out, too.
20:25They gave me ether.
20:27Really?
20:29I had ether, too.
20:31I was a terrible coward around it.
20:33You must have been very brave.
20:36I guess so.
20:38It's different with a man.
20:40I'll bet I ate 10 quarts of ice cream
20:42after I woke up.
20:44Did you really?
20:46What's your favorite kind?
20:48Strawberry.
20:51You got my corsage.
20:54Yeah.
20:58Thanks.
21:00Gee, I'm awfully sorry about the dance, Nicky.
21:03To tell you the truth, I'm a terrible dancer.
21:06I'm probably the worst dancer in Virginia.
21:10Anyway, I like just talking to you.
21:12You're the most fascinating boy I've ever known.
21:15Me, fascinating?
21:17Oh, yes.
21:22Well, I feel better now.
21:24I guess Nicky and I will be going to the dance.
21:27Well, that's fine, darling.
21:30Have a good time now, son.
21:32Thanks.
21:33You know how these old dancers are.
21:35I'll show you some of the new steps he knows.
21:37What new steps?
21:39Oh, just some of the very newest dances I picked up.
21:40I'll teach you if you're interested.
21:45I'd love to.
21:47Well, shall we go, Nick?
21:50We'll probably be late.
21:52Don't wait up.
21:54Good night, everyone.
22:05Did you see him?
22:07He was wonderful.
22:08Did you see him?
22:10He was debonair.
22:12He's a natural born lady killer.
22:17What are you crying about?
22:19Isn't it silly?
22:21I feel as though I've lost him.
22:34That dance can't still be going on.
22:36They said he'd be home by 10 o'clock.
22:38Martin, it's five minutes to 10.
22:40Oh.
22:42Well, then my watch is fast.
22:44Don't get us too nervous.
22:46He's here! He's here!
22:49Martin, let's not all descend on him
22:51like a bunch of mother hens.
22:53What are you talking about?
22:55I was just going to bed.
22:57Night, girls.
22:58Night, Papo.
23:00Good night, Uncle Martin.
23:08Thank you for a lovely evening, Ross.
23:10It was nothing.
23:12You made it perfect.
23:14You're the best dancer I've ever seen.
23:16You make my sister Patty look like nothing.
23:18Do you want to go to a movie Saturday?
23:20There's a new western.
23:22I love westerns.
23:24We'll go Dutch.
23:26Mother would like you to come to dinner
23:28one night next week.
23:30Great, and you come over here for dinner.
23:32Do you believe it?
23:34Well, father's waiting.
23:36Good night, Ross.
23:39Hi, Kath.
23:41Hi, sis.
23:43How was the party?
23:45Okay.
23:47You know how dancers are.
23:49You've been to one, you've been to them all.
23:51How's your mom, Patty?
23:53She's okay, I guess.
23:56I see.
23:58Well, I'm going to hit the sack.
24:00Good night, Kathy.
24:02Good night, Kathy.
24:04Good night.
24:06Good night.
24:08Good night, Ross.
24:15He didn't mean any of that, Patty.
24:17Let's face it, he's selfish and ungrateful.
24:20When I think of all the trouble we went to so that he...
24:23Oh, I forgot.
24:25What?
24:27Thanks for the greatest evening I've had in my whole life.
24:34Good night, Ross.
24:39Men, what are you going to do with them?
24:43Let's go to bed.
25:09But Patty's only seen the sights
25:11A girl can see from Brooklyn Heights
25:13What a crazy pair
25:15But they're cousins
25:17Identical cousins
25:19And you'll find
25:21They laugh alike
25:23They walk alike
25:25At times they even talk alike
25:27You can lose your mind
25:29When cousins
25:31Are two of a kind
25:38You can lose your mind