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00:00So we have to do it, George, otherwise he'll be barefoot.
00:04I just don't understand how he goes through his shoes so fast.
00:07Little boys have a talent for doing that.
00:09Yes, but every month or so we...
00:18What in the world is that?
00:19Sounds like it's coming from the patio.
00:30HONK! HONK!
00:35Hazel, would you mind telling me what's going on?
00:39We're having a funeral.
00:41His white mouse died.
01:00HONK! HONK!
01:30Still working, darling?
01:32Just trying to get this contract ready for the city playground project.
01:36Boy, this fellow Arden who's donating the land is being as difficult as possible.
01:40Well, I brought you some nice, fresh coffee.
01:43Where's Hazel?
01:44Getting dressed. It's her day off.
01:45It is?
01:46Yes, we promised her this Sunday, remember?
01:49I've even forgotten what day it is.
01:51Oh, the next time I put up my hand with someone, I ask for a volunteer.
01:55Hello, Mr. Arden, please.
01:58In his office?
02:00Thanks. Should have known that.
02:02He's always at his office.
02:04Anything you want before I go, Mr. B?
02:06Well, there isn't any hot water.
02:08You think you can find a plumber?
02:09I've been trying to find someone all morning to fix that hot water heater, but it's Sunday.
02:14Well, people take baths on Sunday, don't they?
02:16Plumbers don't seem to think so.
02:18Hello, Mr. Arden, George Baxter.
02:21Baxter!
02:22You know, chairman of the city playground project.
02:26Playground, not playboy.
02:28He knows who I am.
02:30I just wanted to tell you I have a new draft of the contract for the land you're giving the city.
02:35Well, I hope it's better than this first draft you sent me.
02:38And will you tell your secretary how to spell cognizance?
02:41If there is one thing I cannot stand, it is bad spelling.
02:46Unless it's bad typing.
02:48What about making an appointment with you for Tuesday?
02:50That way I'll have more time to...
02:53Today?
02:55Well, this is Sunday, Mr. Arden.
02:57My secretary's away for the weekend.
02:59This contract has to be typed.
03:01I'm leaving for Europe on a six-month business trip at six o'clock this afternoon.
03:05Now, if the city wants this property as badly as you seem to think it does,
03:09I suggest you get on the ball and have that contract ready at four o'clock.
03:12Four o'clock?
03:14And another thing.
03:15Get a hold of my attorney.
03:17I don't sign anything unless Kemper is there.
03:20You know where the country clubs are, Baxter.
03:24They don't.
03:28The most inconsiderate man I've ever dealt with.
03:30Just because he's able to give the city some land,
03:32he thinks he can push people around.
03:34Oh, boy, I'd sure like to tell him off.
03:36So would I.
03:37Well, unfortunately, if this town wants another playground,
03:41I'll just have to play up to him.
03:43Hi, Dad.
03:44Dorothy, I'm sorry, but it looks like I'll be tied up for the whole day.
03:47Oh, that's all right, darling.
03:48I'll take Harold and we'll go visit your mother.
03:51Well, you promised to play baseball with me today.
03:53I know I did, son, and I'm sorry.
03:55But I promised a lot of other kids I'd try to get them a playground.
03:58And I have to keep that promise, too.
04:00Oh, gee.
04:02You want me to play baseball with you, sport?
04:04Now, Hazel, you've worked hard enough all week.
04:06That's all right, Hazel.
04:08Grandma doesn't play bad games.
04:10Well, Mr. B., at least let me heat some water for you.
04:13Hazel, I'm sorry, but I won't have time.
04:15I'm on the way to the office right now.
04:17Well, why don't you stay and let me get you some lunch?
04:20Thanks, Hazel, but right now I can't stand the thought of food.
04:22Missy, you know what I'm gonna do?
04:24I'm gonna go out and fix him some lunch,
04:26and then I'm gonna take it to his office.
04:28A fine man like Mr. B. shouldn't have his appetite spoiled like this.
04:50This is all of us rushing along.
04:53Why does he do it? Why do we do it?
04:56He probably has some bumblehead chasing after him like Mr. B.'s got.
05:01Why does he hang by his heels, head committees,
05:04take on more and more tasks?
05:07That could be Mr. B.
05:10That is Mr. B.
05:13Cognizant, C-O-G...
05:19Hello? Yes, that's right.
05:22Kemper. Robert Kemper, the attorney.
05:26Well, I don't care if he is in the middle of a golf game.
05:29Tell him this is an emergency.
05:31The pressures build up.
05:33We begin to squeak rather than speak.
05:38Of course, there are times when we can't speak.
05:42Of course, there are those who don't want leisure.
05:45Put another head on him, and I know who that could be.
05:48Hold on, Baxter. I'm on the other line.
05:52What about an earlier flight?
05:54Five o'clock? That's better.
05:57And be sure my reservation's right this time.
05:59I don't want to waste time standing in line.
06:02Mr. B., I just couldn't enjoy my day off.
06:05I had to worry about you going without your lunch.
06:08Well, that's nice of you, Hazel. I appreciate it.
06:11I brought you some brownies, too.
06:13Gee, I don't know why it can't be a nice guy
06:15that gives away his property for a playground.
06:18Well, Hazel, the nice guys I know don't have property to give away.
06:21Oh, my, this place needs tidying up.
06:24It looks like a ticket-tape parade march through.
06:27Don't do that. Then I wouldn't be able to find anything.
06:30Oh, well, all right, Mr. B.
06:32Why don't you just sit back and relax and eat your lunch?
06:35Hazel, if you'll excuse me, I'll get back to this contract.
06:38Mr. Arden doesn't like to be kept waiting, you know.
06:40There ought to be a law against guys like Mr. Arden.
06:42Just because he's innocent
06:44doesn't mean he has to go around
06:46making everybody around him uncomfortable.
06:48I hope that I meet him sometime,
06:50and when I do, I'm going to tell him that.
07:08Come on.
07:38Okay, Buster.
07:40You won this round.
07:42Sorry.
07:44While you're picking up my bag,
07:46would you mind looking around, see if you can find my foot anywhere?
07:49Yes, I think it's somewhere in back of me here.
07:54Oh.
08:01No wonder you fell.
08:03Fell?
08:05Look at this heel.
08:07That's what I'm doing.
08:09Perfectly a lethal weapon.
08:11Oh, don't give me any ideas.
08:17Now I'll have to wait for another elevator.
08:19You remind me of somebody I've been hearing about.
08:21Too bad you two couldn't have bumped into each other.
08:24You're not hurt, are you?
08:26No, but you certainly put an awful dent in my day off.
08:28Day off?
08:30Yes, something that was invented for people that are in too much of a hurry.
08:32Well, I am a very busy man,
08:34and I have to be in a hurry.
08:37Sometimes you can hurry so fast you don't get where you want to go.
08:39Have you ever thought of that?
08:41You know, it don't always pay to be in too much of a hurry.
08:43Have you ever thought of how many people
08:45you run down when you're in a hurry?
08:47Well, I said I'm sorry. Now what more can I do?
08:49Well, you can get me a hammer.
08:51A hammer?
08:53So I can put the heel back on my shoe.
08:55I believe I know of a shoemaker that's open
08:57just a couple of blocks from here.
08:59Well, I'll toss you to see who goes.
09:01I suppose I could drive you.
09:03I don't want to keep you from nothing important.
09:06On the other hand, I don't want to go hippity-hoppity all over town
09:08just because somebody was in a hurry
09:10and run me down either.
09:12All right. All right.
09:14But we're going to have to...
09:16Hurry.
09:18You ain't half bad looking when you smile.
09:20Why, thank you, miss.
09:22Miss?
09:24Oh, just call me Hazel. Everybody does.
09:26What do I call you?
09:28Well, call me...
09:30You call me Joe.
09:32Nobody does.
09:34Come on.
10:05One is clearly in the rat race,
10:07but frankly, he isn't getting anywhere.
10:11Which way are you going?
10:17Good question.
10:19I don't know.
10:21I don't know.
10:23I don't know.
10:25I don't know.
10:27I don't know.
10:29I don't know.
10:31I don't know.
10:34Good question.
10:42How long did they say it'd take to fix my shoe?
10:44Fifteen or twenty minutes,
10:46but I told them to hurry.
10:48Oh, I'll bet you did.
10:50How about a banana split?
10:52A banana split?
10:54That sounds wonderful.
10:56We'll go Dutch.
10:58Oh, I think I can swing the tab for both of us.
11:00After all, I do owe you something for ruining your heel,
11:03Oh, that's nothing.
11:05I'm glad to have company.
11:07I can't eat fat and stuff like this,
11:09you know, at home on account of Mr. B.
11:11Mr. B?
11:13Yeah, Mr. Baxter, George Baxter,
11:15the man I work for.
11:17You work for George Baxter?
11:19Oh, well, it's a toss-up as to who works for whom,
11:21but generally speaking, I'm his housekeeper.
11:23You know him?
11:25You might say that we have met.
11:29He must be a very difficult man.
11:32Difficult? Oh, no.
11:34Mr. Baxter's one of the nicest, most understanding men
11:36I ever met.
11:38Of course, this week you couldn't give him any medals
11:40for his disposition.
11:42No?
11:44No, he's got to deal with some kooky, mixed-up big wheel
11:46who's giving him a rough time.
11:48Oh.
11:50Who is this, uh, kooky,
11:52mixed-up big wheel?
11:54Oh, I wouldn't want to mention any names.
11:56That's not ethical.
11:58But he's the kind of a fella that likes to push people around
12:01like I'm Squirm.
12:03You know, one of these professional stinkers.
12:05Are you going to have the works?
12:07Chocolate sauce, whipped cream, toasted almonds?
12:09Well, I'm
12:11in it this far.
12:13I might as well go all out.
12:15But first,
12:19I've got to cancel a couple of appointments.
12:21Oh, now you're talking.
12:25You know, I interrupted a good game of golf
12:27to rush over here, Baxter.
12:30Your client, not mine. You find him.
12:32I don't want him.
12:34I sliced it.
12:36It's taken me three years
12:38to get away from him on Sundays.
12:40Anyway, in another hour
12:42he'll be on that plane headed for Europe.
12:44I hope.
12:56Well, did you make your call?
12:58I got through to one of them.
13:00Decided to postpone a little business trip.
13:02Oh, you're improving.
13:10I take it back.
13:12You ain't improving.
13:14Why don't you try calling a miss?
13:16You know, give it a little charm.
13:18Miss?
13:21Yeah?
13:23Would you be so kind
13:25as to bring us two banana splits
13:27with everything?
13:29When I get my gentleman customers
13:31taken care of, Jack,
13:33I'll get to you.
13:35I guess you overdid
13:37the charm a little.
13:39Well, have a homemade brownie.
13:41It's on the house.
13:43Homemade bro...
13:46I'll wait ten minutes, Baxter,
13:48and that's it.
13:50He said he'd be here.
13:52Please,
13:54off the green, if you don't mind.
14:00Do you remember when banana splits
14:02was only 15 cents?
14:04I remember when we made our own
14:06out of banana splits.
14:08Oh, yeah?
14:10Yeah.
14:13I remember when we made our own
14:15ice cream.
14:17Oh, you mean in one of them old-fashioned freezers
14:19that you turned with a crank?
14:21That's exactly the kind.
14:23Remember how everybody crowded on the back porch?
14:25Everybody taking turns cranking?
14:27And all the kids
14:29yelling and arguing who's gonna lick
14:31the ice cream paddle?
14:33Oh, yeah.
14:37Those are the nicest memories
14:39I got to remember.
14:42For fishing,
14:44in the spring,
14:46in the clear water
14:48beneath the clearer sky,
14:50when you'd all but forgotten
14:52the power of spring.
15:02Do you feel more relaxed now?
15:04Oh, I sure do.
15:06Now, it's been many a year since
15:08I've taken a walk just for pleasure.
15:11Everybody should take a walk once in a while.
15:13It's good for what else?
15:15Even people like this professional stinker?
15:17Oh, he should take a long walk
15:19and never come back.
15:29Five more minutes, Baxter.
15:31Look, Captain, will you just be calm?
15:33I'll check the parking lot. Maybe they've seen him.
15:41Hi, Cyrano.
15:43Hi, Hazel.
15:45Oh, you're selling puppets this week, huh?
15:47Yeah. Somebody told me I'd be a natural with them.
15:49He was in missiles and rockets last week,
15:51right, Cyrano?
15:53That's right. They make toys too real these days.
15:55My merchandise kept going into orbit.
16:03Oh, brother.
16:05I've looked everywhere, but I don't know where he is.
16:07Tell you what I'll do, Baxter.
16:10If I can sink this putt,
16:14I'll wait another half hour.
16:16You'll what?
16:20Camper, listen.
16:22Camper, will you stop there?
16:24Keep your eye on the ball.
16:33Well, it was close.
16:36Maybe you're off your game today.
16:39Sorry, Baxter.
16:41Call me again sometime,
16:43when I'm not in the middle of a golf game.
16:45Oh, uh, Camper,
16:47you forgot something.
16:50What?
17:07Still busy, Operator?
17:09No, never mind.
17:11That Baxter, always on the telephone.
17:16Oh, isn't that the cutest thing?
17:19Look at the little apron and everything.
17:21She is cute, isn't she?
17:23Isn't that a cutie?
17:25You remember little Red Riding Hood
17:27who went walking in the woods one day
17:29with some homemade cookies and met a mean old wolf?
17:31Well, the story does sound familiar.
17:33Oh, say, you can be the old wolf.
17:35Me?
17:37Yeah.
17:39Well, I'm kind of out of practice.
17:41Well, go on, try it. It'll come back to you.
17:43Only you don't look like a mean old wolf.
17:45Well, I'm not, really.
17:47Where are you from, Mr. Wolf?
17:49Wisconsin.
17:51Oh, one of them northern wolves, huh?
17:53That's right.
17:55I worked in my dad's shop as a plumber.
17:57Then I went into real estate.
17:59Well, I had a cousin who was a plumber.
18:01Yes.
18:03You're a plumber?
18:05I come from a long line of plumbers.
18:07Oh, Mr. Wolf.
18:09Yes, little Red Riding Hood.
18:11How would you like to come home with me
18:13and have a real old-fashioned chicken dinner?
18:16Oh, boy, my favorite food.
18:18How about Mr. B?
18:20You think he'd mind?
18:22Oh, no.
18:24He's used to last-minute surprises.
18:26He had better be.
18:32George?
18:34Hi, honey.
18:36You're the nicest thing that happened to me all day.
18:38How's Grandma?
18:40Oh, fine. She just hit her fifth home run of the season.
18:42Well, that's a lot better than I did.
18:45I didn't even get past first base.
18:47Where's Harold?
18:49In the car.
18:51Uh, did Mr. Arden sign the contract?
18:53No. Mr. Arden didn't even show up.
18:55Oh, George.
18:57What do you suppose happened to him?
18:59I don't know, Dorothy. I don't know.
19:01I just want to forget the whole thing.
19:09How you doing, Joe?
19:11I'll have this thing fixed any minute.
19:14I haven't had a challenge like this in years.
19:18I haven't smelled good home-cooked food like that since I was a kid.
19:22Old-fashioned fried chicken, corn on the cob,
19:24hot biscuits, apple pie.
19:28Missy just called. Mrs. Baxter.
19:30And they're coming home for dinner,
19:32she and Harold and Mr. Baxter.
19:34But that's all right. We're eating in the kitchen.
19:36That's exactly where I want to eat.
19:38Remind me of back home.
19:40Besides, it'd be closer for seconds.
19:44Uh-oh, there they are.
19:52Hi, Hazel. We're home.
19:54Hi, Foot. Hello, Hazel.
19:56How soon are we going to eat? I'm hungry.
19:58Just as soon as you do a little work on them hands.
20:02Boy, they got enough dirt on them to grow alfalfa.
20:04Okay, Hazel.
20:06Where's Mr. B?
20:08Putting the car away.
20:10Oh, is he still down in the dumps?
20:13Anyway, he said not to bother leaving the door open.
20:15He'd just crawl under it.
20:17Well, don't worry, Missy. I got some good news
20:19that's going to make him feel a lot better.
20:21Oh, I hope so.
20:23Hi, Mr. B. Hi, Hazel.
20:25What's that pounding?
20:27Come on. I got a plumber for you.
20:29For a minute, I thought it was in my head.
20:31His name is Joe.
20:35He's doing it as a favor to me.
20:43Hi, Joe. Glad you could come.
20:45My pleasure.
20:47Oh, boy, what a day.
20:49Oh, you'll feel better, Mr. B,
20:51when you get a good dinner, ain't you?
20:53Oh, because of that inconsiderate, stubborn,
20:55knot-headed...
21:02Uh, Joe, how soon can I get hot water?
21:06I'd say you're apt to be in hot water any minute now.
21:08Good.
21:11Chow will be on the table pretty soon, Mr. B.
21:13Fine, Hazel, fine.
21:30Oh, forget something, Mr. B?
21:32No.
21:41Hazel?
21:43Yes, sir?
21:45Come here.
21:49Hazel?
21:51Hmm?
21:53Where did you get that plumber?
21:55Well, you might say we bumped into each other.
21:57Where?
21:59Well, after I left your office this morning.
22:01I see.
22:03I lost a heel off my shoe.
22:05Aha.
22:07So I asked him to stay for dinner. He won't be no bother.
22:10He's eating in the kitchen with me.
22:12Set a place for him in the dining room.
22:14But, Mr. B...
22:16And you better get out the good silver.
22:18But he don't expect nothing fancy.
22:20And the wine.
22:22But, Mr. B, he'd rather eat in the kitchen.
22:24He's my guest, not yours.
22:26Believe me, Hazel, I wish that were true.
22:28Nothing would please me more.
22:34Best dinner I ever had.
22:36Oh, you should be around sometime
22:39Don't worry, I will be.
22:41When I saw him out there on his hands and knees,
22:43I couldn't believe my eyes.
22:45I couldn't believe you either.
22:47I thought we'd have to put you to bed with a high fever.
22:49Mr. Arden, that attorney of yours
22:51actually had me seeing a golf ball that wasn't there.
22:53Oh, he's a character, George.
22:55A kooky, mixed-up character.
22:57Hazel, Mr. Arden really had you fooled,
22:59and I didn't think that could happen.
23:01Oh, I was going to let her know sooner who I was,
23:03but I was afraid she wouldn't let me stay for dinner.
23:05Oh, well, you don't know Hazel.
23:08Yes, I know Hazel.
23:10Hazel represents all
23:12the basic good and honest things
23:14in life, which most of us
23:16are in too much of a hurry to even recognize.
23:20Mr. B., you gave him too much brandy after dinner.
23:25No, I mean it.
23:27I'm going to take her advice,
23:29I'm going to slow down.
23:31George, you get that contract in the mail to me.
23:33I'm going to stick around a while
23:35and see that playground through.
23:38I'm going to take a little time off.
23:40Why, it's wonderful what a day off can do to relax you.
23:42Well, so long, everybody.
23:44Goodbye.
23:48Hazel...
23:50Mr. B., you better get to bed.
23:52All right, Hazel. Good night.
23:54Good night.
23:56Good night, Hazel.
23:58Good night, Missy.
24:02Hi there.
24:08Why, Joe, Mr. Arden,
24:10what are you doing back so soon?
24:12Hazel, I'm afraid I'm going to have to have another
24:14lesson in how to slow down.
24:16Is it okay if I use your phone?
24:18Oh, sure. What happened?
24:20I wanted to take a shortcut across your lawn.
24:22I was in a hurry to get to my car.
24:24I slipped over a water sprinkler and, well,
24:26I'm afraid I sprained my ankle.
24:30Dr. Pearman,
24:32and hurry!
24:34Good, Joe.
24:36This is all of us rushing along.
24:38Why does he do it?
24:40Why do we do it?
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