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HOWDY, JESS.

2
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ELSIE,
HOW HAVE YOU BEEN?

3
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JUST FINE, MR. McCARY,
AND YOURSELF?

4
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ABLE TO SET UP
AND TAKE NOURISHMENT.

5
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HOW ABOUT YOUR PA?

6
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HAVEN'T YOU BEEN
ABLE TO PRY HIM OUT
OF THAT CHAIR YET?

7
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AFRAID NOT.

8
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I DON'T KNOW WHAT
IT IS, MR. McCARY,
HE'S FIT ENOUGH.

9
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HE JUST DON'T SEEM TO
HAVE ANY WILL FOR
LIVING ANYMORE.

10
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I GET AWFUL
WORRIED SOMETIMES.

11
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LET ME WORK ON HIM.
SEE IF I CAN'T BUDGE
HIM A LITTLE.

12
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APPRECIATE IT.

13
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COOLED OFF SOME,
HASN'T IT?

14
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SOME, I RECKON.

15
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THOUGHT I'D
TAKE A WALK
INTO TOWN.

16
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HOW ABOUT
JOINING ME?

17
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WHAT FOR?

18
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WHAT FOR DOESN'T
MATTER. IT'S THE
DOING THAT COUNTS.

19
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GETTING OUT IN THE SUN,
BENDING YOUR LEGS,

20
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MEETING SOME FOLK
IN TOWN AND PASSING
THE TIME OF DAY,

21
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THAT'S WHAT FOR.

22
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YOU GO ON. I GOT
NO REASON TO GO.

23
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WHEN DID YOU GET
SO OLD, JESS?

24
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WHAT DAY?
WHAT TIME.

25
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NOW, TELL ME,
BECAUSE WHEN THAT
DAY COMES FOR ME,

26
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I WANT TO KNOW
SO I CAN STAY IN
BED THAT MORNING

27
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AND NOT LET IT
HAPPEN.

28
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YOU GOT PEOPLE
WORRIED ABOUT
YOU, FRIEND.

29
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ELSIE OVER THERE IS
AFRAID YOU'RE GOING TO
WASTE AWAY IN THAT CHAIR.

30
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AND MADDY
SUTHERLAND...

31
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WHAT ABOUT
MADDY SUTHERLAND?

32
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WHY DON'T
YOU TELL ME?

33
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IT WASN'T SO LONG
AGO THE TWO OF YOU

34
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HAD A REGULAR ROMANCE
GOING. WHAT HAPPENED?

35
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WE GOT TOO OLD
FOR ROMANCE.

36
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BOSH!

37
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I'LL BE ON MY WAY.

38
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JUST TALKING TO YOU
MAKES ME FEEL OLD.

39
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YOU ARE OLD.

40
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SAME AS ME!

41
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DIFFERENCE IS,
I KNOW IT.

42
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WELL, I'LL BE.

43
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LEM, IF THE DAY
EVER COMES WHEN I
BEAT YOU AT CHECKERS,

44
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I'M GOING TO DIE
A HAPPY MAN.

45
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NO USE WISHING YOUR
LIFE AWAY, NELS.

46
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COME ON.
SET THEM UP.

47
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NELS OLESON,
WHAT DO YOU THINK
YOU'RE DOING?

48
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I THINK I'M PLAYING
CHECKERS. WHAT DO
YOU THINK I'M DOING?

49
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I THINK YOU'D BETTER
CLOSE THE STORE.

50
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WE'VE GOT LOT
OF WORK TO DO.

51
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WELL, LEM, I'LL
TAKE A REMATCH
ONE OF THESE DAYS.

52
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KIND OF EARLY
TO BE CLOSING.

53
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YEAH, BUT WE'VE GOT
WORK TO DO OVER AT
THE HANSON HOUSE.

54
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IT'S BEEN SITTING EMPTY
EVER SINCE LARS DIED,

55
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AND WE'RE AFRAID IT'S
JUST GOING TO FALL DOWN

56
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IF IT DOESN'T GET SOME
ATTENTION PRETTY SOON.

57
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NELS, WILL
YOU HURRY UP?

58
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I LEFT
THE MOPS AND PAILS
IN THE STOREROOM.

59
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YES, DEAR.

60
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YOU MADE PLANS
FOR THE LARS HANSON
HOUSE YET, HARRIET?

61
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YES, MR. McCARY,
I HAVE.

62
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I'M GOING
TO SELL IT.

63
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TOWNSHIP IS
GROWING RAPIDLY,

64
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PEOPLE ARE
BEGINNING TO
SETTLE IN.

65
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SO I'M QUITE SURE
THAT WE'LL MAKE A
VERY HANDSOME PROFIT.

66
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HI, MR. McCARY.

67
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OH, HOW ARE
YOU, WILLIE?
AND NANCY...

68
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WILLIE AND NANCY,
COME NOW, HURRY UP.
BOX UP THE SUPPLIES.

69
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MR. McCARY,
WE ARE CLOSED.

70
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SO YOU'LL HAVE TO FIND
SOMEWHERE ELSE TO FRITTER
AWAY THE AFTERNOON.

71
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WELL, HAVE
A PLEASANT DAY
YOURSELF, HARRIET.

72
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YES.

73
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RATHER RUDE,
HARRIET.

74
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WELL!

75
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SOMEBODY HAD
TO GET RID OF HIM.

76
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IF I HADN'T,
HE WOULD'VE STOOD
HERE ALL DAY YAPPING.

77
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THAT'S THE TROUBLE
WITH THESE OLD PEOPLE.

78
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THEY NEVER
BUY ANYTHING.

79
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THEY JUST WANT TO
STAND AROUND AND TALK,
TALK, TALK, TALK!

80
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WELL, HE'S
NOT SO BAD.

81
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I ENJOY
HIS STORIES.

82
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ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY,
PICK UP THE BOXES.

83
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LET'S GET INTO
THE WAGON. HURRY UP.

84
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COME ON.
COME ON, NANCY.

85
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WON'T YOU BE
OLD SOME DAY
MOTHER?

86
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WELL, YES, DARLING,
BUT I INTEND TO AGE
GRACEFULLY.

87
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AH!

88
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I FINISHED ALL
THE WINDOWS, MOTHER.

89
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OH, WELL, FINE, DEAR.

90
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GO ON UPSTAIRS NOW
AND START WASHING
THE WOODWORKING.

91
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MOTHER, I'M TIRED.

92
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MY HANDS ARE ALL WRINKLED,
AND MY SHOULDERS ACHE.

93
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OH, WELL,
I KNOW, DEAR,

94
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BUT WE ALL HAVE TO
DO OUR SHARE.

95
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NOW, YOU NEVER CAN TELL.

96
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IF WE GET A VERY HANDSOME
PRICE FOR THIS HOUSE,

97
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THERE MIGHT JUST BE A LITTLE
REWARD IN IT FOR YOU.

98
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- A REWARD?
- MM-HMM.

99
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I'LL BE GLAD TO WASH
THE WOODWORK, MOTHER.

100
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[CHUCKLING]
YES, I THOUGHT SO.

101
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AAH!

102
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GOOD HEAVENS!

103
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THIS PLACE IS
FALLING DOWN AROUND US.

104
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WELL, I GOT
THE KITCHEN
PUMP WORKING.

105
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NELS, LOOK, ALL THESE
OLD PAPERS I FOUND
UNDER THIS STEP.

106
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MUST BE WHERE
LARS KEPT HIS
VALUABLES.

107
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CERTAINLY NOTHING
VALUABLE HERE.

108
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THERE'S AN OLD
INSURANCE POLICY

109
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THAT EXPIRED
YEARS AGO.

110
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MADDY...MADDY...
MADDY SUTHERLAND.

111
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LEM! HOW GOOD
TO SEE YOU.

112
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IT'S BEEN A WHILE,
MADDIE.

113
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DON'T SEE ENOUGH
OF YOUR PRETTY FACE
AROUND TOWN NO MORE.

114
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I DON'T GET OUT
SO MUCH ANYMORE, LEM.

115
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IF IT WASN'T FOR COMING
TO SEE DOC BAKER,

116
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I'D PROBABLY NEVER
GET TO TOWN AT ALL.

117
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YOU AIN'T AILING,
ARE YOU, MADDY?

118
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Maddy: OH, NO,
NOTHING SERIOUS.

119
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JUST THE USUAL ACHES
AND COMPLAINTS OF
OLD AGE, I GUESS.

120
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IT'S A SHAME, MADDY,
THE WAY OLD FRIENDS
DRIFT APART

121
00:08:02,850 --> 00:08:04,818
AND LOSE TOUCH
OVER THE YEARS.

122
00:08:04,852 --> 00:08:08,088
SEEMS LIKE THE ONLY
TIME WE SEE EACH OTHER
IS AT SOMEBODY'S FUNERAL.

123
00:08:08,121 --> 00:08:10,223
IT IS A SHAME, LEM.

124
00:08:10,257 --> 00:08:12,760
BUT IT'S A FACT
OF LIVING.

125
00:08:12,793 --> 00:08:16,630
WE JUST SEEM TO WIND DOWN
AS THE YEARS FLY PAST US.

126
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I HAVE REASON TO THINK
THAT JESS MOFFET

127
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STILL HAS
A SOFT SPOT
FOR YOU, MADDY.

128
00:08:28,275 --> 00:08:31,579
JESS KNOWS
WHERE I LIVE.

129
00:08:31,612 --> 00:08:35,783
I WOULDN'T TURN
HIM AWAY IF HE
CAME CALLING.

130
00:08:35,816 --> 00:08:37,885
BUT I DON'T THINK
THAT'S GOING HAPPEN.

131
00:08:57,971 --> 00:08:59,973
THIS STUFF.

132
00:09:00,007 --> 00:09:02,643
WHY COULDN'T IT HAVE BEEN
SOMETHING WORTHWHILE?

133
00:09:06,013 --> 00:09:08,816
THIS IS
A "WALNUT GROVE BOND."

134
00:09:08,849 --> 00:09:10,017
A WALNUT GROVE BOND?

135
00:09:10,050 --> 00:09:12,185
WHAT'S THAT?

136
00:09:12,219 --> 00:09:15,589
"WALNUT GROVE BOND.
PAID TO THE BEARER...

137
00:09:15,623 --> 00:09:18,158
"10% ANNUALLY OF...

138
00:09:18,191 --> 00:09:21,028
"PAID TO THE BEARER...

139
00:09:21,061 --> 00:09:22,229
10%..."

140
00:09:25,132 --> 00:09:29,837
PAID TO THE BEARER
10% ANNUALLY?

141
00:09:29,870 --> 00:09:31,104
50...

142
00:09:31,138 --> 00:09:32,806
51, 52...

143
00:09:36,043 --> 00:09:37,911
IT LOOKS
LEGAL ENOUGH.

144
00:09:37,945 --> 00:09:42,015
"PAYABLE TO BEARER
AT 10%, COMPOUNDED
ANNUALLY."

145
00:09:42,049 --> 00:09:45,052
WHY, THIS BOND
IS DATED 1835!

146
00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:49,623
THAT'S 52 YEARS.

147
00:09:49,657 --> 00:09:52,626
I SUPPOSE YOU'VE
FIGURED OUT ITS
CURRENT VALUE.

148
00:09:52,660 --> 00:09:54,995
OH, YES,
INDEED, I HAVE,

149
00:09:55,028 --> 00:09:59,099
WITH THE KIND
HELP OF ETTA PLUM.

150
00:09:59,132 --> 00:10:01,669
NOW, MAY I DIRECT
YOUR ATTENTION

151
00:10:01,702 --> 00:10:03,904
TO THIS FIGURE
IN THIS COLUMN?

152
00:10:05,906 --> 00:10:08,942
$14,000?

153
00:10:08,976 --> 00:10:12,312
[LAUGHS]
WELL, REVEREND ALDEN,
IF YOU'LL NOTICE,

154
00:10:12,345 --> 00:10:16,684
IT'S A TRIFLE MORE.

155
00:10:16,717 --> 00:10:18,185
Laura: MRS. OLESON.

156
00:10:18,218 --> 00:10:20,921
THE MOST MONEY IN
THE TOWN TREASURY
AT ANY ONE TIME

157
00:10:20,954 --> 00:10:22,956
IS JUST A FEW
HUNDRED DOLLARS.

158
00:10:22,990 --> 00:10:26,727
OH, NOW, DON'T JUMP
TO ANY CONCLUSIONS.

159
00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:28,796
UNDERSTAND ME.

160
00:10:28,829 --> 00:10:33,901
WHY, I HAVE NO INTENTIONS
OF CASHING IN THIS BOND.

161
00:10:33,934 --> 00:10:35,402
THAT'S
A RELIEF.

162
00:10:35,435 --> 00:10:37,170
WELL,
IT CERTAINLY IS.

163
00:10:37,204 --> 00:10:39,940
WE'D HAVE TO RAISE
TAXES SKY HIGH
FOR A DOZEN YEARS

164
00:10:39,973 --> 00:10:41,341
TO COME UP TO
MONEY LIKE THAT.

165
00:10:41,374 --> 00:10:44,211
REVEREND ALDEN!

166
00:10:44,244 --> 00:10:47,948
SURELY YOU DON'T
THINK THAT I WOULD DO ANYTHING
SO LOATHSOME

167
00:10:47,981 --> 00:10:51,051
AS TO TRY TO
BANKRUPT THIS TOWN?

168
00:10:53,053 --> 00:10:56,389
NO, I DON'T
THINK YOU WOULD,
HARRIET.

169
00:10:56,423 --> 00:10:58,926
WELL, OF COURSE NOT!

170
00:10:58,959 --> 00:11:01,962
THEN WHY,
MRS. OLESON,

171
00:11:01,995 --> 00:11:04,131
DID YOU CALL
THIS EMERGENCY
MEETING?

172
00:11:04,164 --> 00:11:08,201
WELL, MRS. WILDER, I
CALLED THIS MEETING BECAUSE
I THOUGHT IT'S IMPORTANT

173
00:11:08,235 --> 00:11:11,972
THAT THE TOWN COUNCIL BE
MADE AWARE OF THIS BOND.

174
00:11:12,005 --> 00:11:15,375
AFTER ALL, THIS
IS A LEGAL INSTRUMENT

175
00:11:15,408 --> 00:11:18,946
REPRESENTING
A VERY LARGE DEBT

176
00:11:18,979 --> 00:11:22,182
OWED BY THIS COMMUNITY.

177
00:11:22,215 --> 00:11:24,151
AND?

178
00:11:24,184 --> 00:11:26,153
AND...

179
00:11:26,186 --> 00:11:29,156
SINCE I AM, IN EFFECT,

180
00:11:29,189 --> 00:11:32,292
THE BENEFACTOR OF THE TOWN

181
00:11:32,325 --> 00:11:37,330
TO THE TUNE
OF OVER $14,000...

182
00:11:38,899 --> 00:11:42,736
WELL, I FEEL THAT THERE
ARE CERTAIN COURTESIES

183
00:11:42,770 --> 00:11:47,074
THAT SHOULD BE EXTENDED
TO MY FAMILY AND ME.

184
00:11:47,107 --> 00:11:49,309
- COURTESIES?
- MM-HMM.

185
00:11:49,342 --> 00:11:53,446
WHAT SORT OF
COURTESIES DID YOU
HAVE IN MIND, HARRIET?

186
00:11:53,480 --> 00:11:56,850
WELL, SIMPLE
THINGS, REALLY.

187
00:11:56,884 --> 00:12:00,487
THINGS THAT WON'T COST
THIS TOWN ONE RED CENT.

188
00:12:02,255 --> 00:12:04,124
WE'RE WAITING,
MRS. OLESON.

189
00:12:04,157 --> 00:12:08,962
YES, HARRIET,
PLEASE, DON'T KEEP US
IN SUSPENSE ANY LONGER.

190
00:12:08,996 --> 00:12:11,965
WELL, FOR EXAMPLE...

191
00:12:11,999 --> 00:12:15,068
THE MAIN STREET OUT HERE.

192
00:12:15,102 --> 00:12:18,171
I THINK IT WOULD BE
NICE IF IT HAD A NAME.

193
00:12:18,205 --> 00:12:20,740
"HARRIET OLESON BOULEVARD."

194
00:12:22,342 --> 00:12:24,845
Harriet:
AND IT WOULD ALSO BE NICE

195
00:12:24,878 --> 00:12:26,914
IF THE COURTESY WERE
EXTENDED TO MY DAUGHTER,

196
00:12:26,947 --> 00:12:33,420
IF SHE WERE INVITED
TO BE THE SOLOIST IN
THE CHURCH ON SUNDAYS.

197
00:12:33,453 --> 00:12:35,355
OH! YES...

198
00:12:35,388 --> 00:12:39,092
Harriet:
AND THERE'S JUST ONE
MORE LITTLE THING.

199
00:12:42,162 --> 00:12:44,131
I CAN'T BELIEVE
THE GALL OF
THAT WOMAN.

200
00:12:44,164 --> 00:12:46,499
SHE'S DONE SOME
MEAN AND UNDERHANDED
THINGS BEFORE,

201
00:12:46,533 --> 00:12:47,935
BUT THIS
IS THE WORST!

202
00:12:47,968 --> 00:12:49,903
YOU WANT TO LET
US IN ON IT?

203
00:12:49,937 --> 00:12:51,471
HARRIET OLESON,

204
00:12:51,504 --> 00:12:54,174
SHE FOUND THIS BOND
AFTER SHE BOUGHT
THE LARS HANSON STATE.

205
00:12:54,207 --> 00:12:55,375
WELL, NOW
IT'S HERS.

206
00:12:55,408 --> 00:13:00,047
AND THE TOWN OWES
HER OVER $14,000!

207
00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:02,149
14,000?

208
00:13:02,182 --> 00:13:03,817
CAN YOU PAY HER?

209
00:13:03,851 --> 00:13:05,886
NO, BUT THAT'S
NOT THE PROBLEM.

210
00:13:05,919 --> 00:13:08,288
SHE'S NOT ASKING
FOR THE MONEY.

211
00:13:08,321 --> 00:13:11,959
SHE'S GOING TO USE
THE BOND TO RUN THE
TOWN TO SUIT HER--

212
00:13:11,992 --> 00:13:16,329
CHANGING THINGS,
GETTING FAVORS FOR THE
MEMBERS OF HER FAMILY.

213
00:13:16,363 --> 00:13:18,966
- CAN SHE DO THAT?
- SHE'S DOING IT!

214
00:13:18,999 --> 00:13:21,301
BUT YOU HAVEN'T
HEARD THE BEST.

215
00:13:21,334 --> 00:13:24,171
IT IS MY DUTY TO
INFORM YOU BOTH

216
00:13:24,204 --> 00:13:28,108
THAT WE NO LONGER
LIVE IN THE TOWN
OF WALNUT GROVE.

217
00:13:28,141 --> 00:13:29,977
WE DON'T?

218
00:13:30,010 --> 00:13:31,144
WHERE THEN?

219
00:13:42,289 --> 00:13:47,227
AND IT IS WITH
PROFOUND HUMILITY
IN OUR HEARTS

220
00:13:47,260 --> 00:13:50,297
THAT WE ACCEPT
THIS GREAT HONOR.

221
00:13:50,330 --> 00:13:53,366
SO GRACIOUSLY BESTOWED
UPON OUR FAMILY

222
00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:57,871
BY THE WARM AND GENEROUS
CITIZENS OF THIS COMMUNITY.

223
00:13:57,905 --> 00:14:01,508
WE ARE CERTAIN
THAT OLESONVILLE

224
00:14:01,541 --> 00:14:03,877
WILL STAND PROUD

225
00:14:03,911 --> 00:14:09,049
ON THE MAPS OF MINNESOTA
FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.

226
00:14:09,082 --> 00:14:11,184
THANK YOU.

227
00:14:11,218 --> 00:14:13,987
OH, THANK
YOU SO MUCH.

228
00:14:14,021 --> 00:14:15,956
[NANCY APPLAUDING]
OH!

229
00:14:25,966 --> 00:14:28,668
I WANT YOU TO KNOW
I HAD NOTHING TO
DO WITH THIS.

230
00:14:28,701 --> 00:14:30,637
YES, YOU DID.
WE ALL DID

231
00:14:30,670 --> 00:14:32,172
FOR LETTING HER
GET AWAY WITH IT.

232
00:14:32,205 --> 00:14:33,440
Harriet: NELS!

233
00:14:35,175 --> 00:14:37,510
THAT IS GOING
TO TAKE SOME
GETTING USED TO.

234
00:14:37,544 --> 00:14:39,412
OLESONVILLE!

235
00:14:39,446 --> 00:14:41,681
I DON'T THINK I
CAN GET USED TO IT.

236
00:14:41,714 --> 00:14:45,385
CHANGING THE NAME OF
A TOWN IS LIKE CHANGING
ITS VERY CHARACTER.

237
00:14:49,056 --> 00:14:51,291
CAN HELP YOU WITH
SOMETHING THERE,
MR. McCARY?

238
00:14:51,324 --> 00:14:53,226
YES, SIR.

239
00:14:53,260 --> 00:14:55,528
YOU CAN LET ME
HAVE THIS OLD SIGN.

240
00:14:55,562 --> 00:14:57,597
WELL, YOU'RE
WELCOME TO IT.

241
00:14:57,630 --> 00:15:00,033
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO,
HAUL IT OFF SOMEWHERE
AND START YOUR OWN TOWN?

242
00:15:00,067 --> 00:15:03,236
NAH, LARS HANSON AND
ME AND SOME OTHERS
ALREADY DONE THAT

243
00:15:03,270 --> 00:15:05,372
50-SOME-ODD YEARS AGO.

244
00:15:05,405 --> 00:15:07,574
WE NAMED IT WALNUT GROVE.

245
00:15:09,977 --> 00:15:14,381
I JUST CAN'T BEAR TO SEE
MY BEST FRIEND'S NAME

246
00:15:14,414 --> 00:15:16,416
WIND UP IN A SCRAP HEAP.

247
00:15:18,685 --> 00:15:20,120
Laura: MR. McCARY.

248
00:15:20,153 --> 00:15:22,255
WOULD YOU LIKE
US TO GIVE YOU
A RIDE HOME?

249
00:15:22,289 --> 00:15:25,959
THAT SIGN'S AWFUL
HEAVY, AND YOU LIVE
SO FAR OUT OF TOWN.

250
00:15:25,993 --> 00:15:28,261
I'M OBLIGED,
MRS. WILDER.

251
00:15:33,300 --> 00:15:35,002
HERE, LET ME GET THIS
FOR YOU, MR. McCARY.

252
00:15:35,035 --> 00:15:37,170
- WELL, THANK YOU.
- SURE.

253
00:15:37,204 --> 00:15:41,141
COME ON, JENNY,
LET'S GO.

254
00:15:41,174 --> 00:15:43,043
[WAGONS RATTLING]

255
00:15:47,714 --> 00:15:51,184
SAKES! HOW CAN
ANYBODY GET
ANY SLEEP

256
00:15:51,218 --> 00:15:54,154
WITH RACKET LIKE
THAT GOING ON?

257
00:15:54,187 --> 00:15:55,422
WHAT? WHAT IS IT?
WHAT, HARRIET?

258
00:15:55,455 --> 00:15:57,390
WHAT ARE YOU
SCREAMING AT?

259
00:15:57,424 --> 00:15:58,725
WELL, CAN'T
YOU HEAR IT?

260
00:15:58,758 --> 00:16:01,461
THERE'S A WAGON GOING
BY, MAKING A RACKET

261
00:16:01,494 --> 00:16:05,465
LOUD ENOUGH
TO WAKE THE DEAD!

262
00:16:05,498 --> 00:16:08,601
ALL I CAN HEAR IS
YOUR MOUTH WORKING.

263
00:16:08,635 --> 00:16:11,004
THERE OUGHT TO BE
A LAW AGAINST THAT.

264
00:16:11,038 --> 00:16:12,439
THERE CERTAINLY
SHOULD BE.

265
00:16:12,472 --> 00:16:14,774
Harriet:
OH, I'M TALKING
ABOUT THE NOISE.

266
00:16:14,807 --> 00:16:16,276
THERE SHOULD
BE AN ORDINANCE

267
00:16:16,309 --> 00:16:21,014
PROHIBITING WAGONS
IN TOWN AFTER 10 P.M.!

268
00:16:21,048 --> 00:16:23,683
HARRIET, IT'S STILL
A FREE COUNTRY.

269
00:16:23,716 --> 00:16:25,552
THE TOWN COUNCIL
IS NEVER GOING
TO APPROVE

270
00:16:25,585 --> 00:16:27,187
OF AN ORDINANCE
LIKE THAT.

271
00:16:27,220 --> 00:16:29,189
WHY DON'T YOU
JUST GET TO BED
AND GO TO SLEEP?

272
00:16:29,222 --> 00:16:30,357
OH, SHUT UP!

273
00:16:32,625 --> 00:16:34,727
THAT'S THE TROUBLE
WITH THIS TOWN.

274
00:16:34,761 --> 00:16:39,066
EVERYTHING HAS TO BE
VOTED ON AND APPROVED
BY THE COUNCIL.

275
00:16:39,099 --> 00:16:42,035
NO WONDER NOTHING
GETS DONE AROUND HERE.

276
00:16:42,069 --> 00:16:44,071
WHAT THIS TOWN
NEEDS IS...

277
00:16:44,104 --> 00:16:46,239
A MAYOR.

278
00:16:46,273 --> 00:16:47,440
OF COURSE!

279
00:16:47,474 --> 00:16:50,610
THE TOWN'S
PLENTY BIG NOW.

280
00:16:50,643 --> 00:16:52,279
A MAYOR'S EXACTLY
WHAT WE NEED.

281
00:16:52,312 --> 00:16:55,415
SOMEONE WHO CAN RUN
THE TOWN PROPERLY.

282
00:16:55,448 --> 00:16:57,450
LET'S SEE...

283
00:16:57,484 --> 00:16:59,252
IT SHOULD BE
SOMEONE WITH...

284
00:16:59,286 --> 00:17:02,522
SOMEONE WITH
BUSINESS EXPERIENCE.

285
00:17:02,555 --> 00:17:04,591
AND, UH...

286
00:17:04,624 --> 00:17:06,559
LEADERSHIP ABILITY.

287
00:17:10,197 --> 00:17:11,731
AND NAME RECOGNITION.

288
00:17:24,244 --> 00:17:25,378
WELL, SHE'S
DONE IT AGAIN.

289
00:17:25,412 --> 00:17:27,247
OF COURSE, WHY SHOULD
I BE SURPRISED?

290
00:17:27,280 --> 00:17:29,416
I MEAN, IT'S ONLY
LOGICAL THAT SHE TRIES
SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

291
00:17:29,449 --> 00:17:32,085
BETH, WOULD YOU
CALM DOWN, PLEASE?

292
00:17:32,119 --> 00:17:34,821
CALM DOWN?
HOW AM I SUPPOSED
TO CALM DOWN

293
00:17:34,854 --> 00:17:36,789
WHEN HARRIET
OLESON IS TRYING
TO RUN MY LIFE

294
00:17:36,823 --> 00:17:38,225
AND EVERYBODY
ELSE'S AROUND HERE?

295
00:17:38,258 --> 00:17:39,826
WHAT'S SHE DONE
THIS TIME?

296
00:17:39,859 --> 00:17:42,862
WELL, SHE PROPOSED
THAT THE TOWN COUNCIL
MEETING AND I PASSED

297
00:17:42,895 --> 00:17:45,232
A MEASURE CALLING
FOR A MAYORAL ELECTION.

298
00:17:45,265 --> 00:17:46,666
WELL, IT MIGHT
NOT BE SUCH
A BAD IDEA.

299
00:17:46,699 --> 00:17:48,335
WHAT DO YOU HAVE
AGAINST THE TOWN
HAVING A MAYOR?

300
00:17:48,368 --> 00:17:49,802
WELL,
NOTHING AT ALL.

301
00:17:49,836 --> 00:17:52,539
EXCEPT, GUESS WHO
THE FIRST CANDIDATE
WAS TO FILE?

302
00:17:52,572 --> 00:17:53,740
NELS OLESON.

303
00:17:53,773 --> 00:17:55,842
WELL, I THINK NELS
WOULD BE A GOOD MAYOR.

304
00:17:55,875 --> 00:17:58,378
ALMANZO,
OPEN YOUR EYES!

305
00:17:58,411 --> 00:18:00,680
NOW, WE ALL KNOW THAT
IF NELS IS ELECTED,

306
00:18:00,713 --> 00:18:02,515
THE TRUE MAYOR
WILL BE HARRIET.

307
00:18:02,549 --> 00:18:04,351
AND WHAT KIND
OF TOWN WOULD
THIS BE THEN?

308
00:18:04,384 --> 00:18:07,620
BETH, YOU'RE
GETTING YOURSELF
ALL HEAD UP

309
00:18:07,654 --> 00:18:09,489
ABOUT SOMETHING
THAT HASN'T EVEN
HAPPENED YET.

310
00:18:09,522 --> 00:18:12,125
NOW, MAYBE SOMEONE
ELSE IS GOING
TO BE ELECTED.

311
00:18:12,159 --> 00:18:14,327
WELL, THAT'S
OUR ONLY HOPE.

312
00:18:14,361 --> 00:18:17,630
AND THAT'S WHY
I WANT YOU TO RUN
AGAINST NELS.

313
00:18:17,664 --> 00:18:19,499
ME?

314
00:18:19,532 --> 00:18:21,301
WELL, WHY NOT? I
MEAN, YOU'RE HONEST,
YOU'RE HARD-WORKING,

315
00:18:21,334 --> 00:18:22,602
YOU'RE HIGHLY
RESPECTED--

316
00:18:22,635 --> 00:18:24,737
BECAUSE I'M A FARMER,
NOT A POLITICIAN!

317
00:18:24,771 --> 00:18:26,706
I DON'T KNOW
THE FIRST THING
ABOUT MAYORING!

318
00:18:26,739 --> 00:18:29,909
- WELL, YOU COULD LEARN!
- NO, NO, THANK YOU,
 BUT NO, THANKS.

319
00:18:29,942 --> 00:18:31,544
YOU CAN PUT THE
WHOLE NOTION RIGHT
OUT OF YOUR HEAD,

320
00:18:31,578 --> 00:18:33,213
MRS. COUNCILWOMAN.

321
00:18:33,246 --> 00:18:35,382
THE ONLY PLACE
THAT I'M RUNNING
IS IN MY FIELDS,

322
00:18:35,415 --> 00:18:36,583
BEHIND MY PLOW.

323
00:18:41,654 --> 00:18:45,592
JUST DON'T SEEM LIKE
A HORSE RACE WITH ONLY
ONE HORSE RUNNING.

324
00:18:45,625 --> 00:18:47,394
CAN'T ARGUE WITH THAT.

325
00:18:49,762 --> 00:18:51,298
WHY DON'T YOU
RUN, JOHN?

326
00:18:51,331 --> 00:18:52,699
- ME?
- YES.

327
00:18:52,732 --> 00:18:54,667
NO. DON'T HAVE THE TIME,

328
00:18:54,701 --> 00:18:56,436
WHAT WITH DIVIDING
MY HOURS UP

329
00:18:56,469 --> 00:18:58,238
BETWEEN HERE
AND THE PLACE.

330
00:19:00,307 --> 00:19:01,841
I RECKON.

331
00:19:01,874 --> 00:19:05,212
NOW, MYSELF,
I'D VOTE FOR
ALMANZO WILDER,

332
00:19:05,245 --> 00:19:08,181
ONLY HE'S
NOT RUNNING.

333
00:19:08,215 --> 00:19:09,916
LAURA SAID SHE
TALKED HERSELF BLUE.

334
00:19:09,949 --> 00:19:12,185
BUT ALMANZO WON'T
EVEN CONSIDER THE JOB.

335
00:19:12,219 --> 00:19:16,323
YEAH, I THINK
THAT BOY'D MAKE
A FINE MAYOR.

336
00:19:16,356 --> 00:19:19,492
I AGREE, BUT
IF HE'S NOT
SO INCLINED,

337
00:19:19,526 --> 00:19:21,528
IT'S NOT MUCH USE
IN HOUNDING HIM IN.

338
00:19:25,565 --> 00:19:27,800
MAYBE HE'S INCLINED,

339
00:19:27,834 --> 00:19:29,469
BUT JUST DON'T
KNOW IT YET.

340
00:19:36,243 --> 00:19:38,945
HEY, EDWARDS, YOU
HEARD THE NEWS?

341
00:19:38,978 --> 00:19:40,813
NO, I RECKON NOT.

342
00:19:40,847 --> 00:19:43,916
ALMANZO WILDER
IS THINKING ON
RUNNING FOR MAYOR.

343
00:19:43,950 --> 00:19:45,918
YOU DON'T TELL ME.

344
00:19:45,952 --> 00:19:48,755
MAKE FOR A MIGHTY
INTERESTING ELECTION
IF HE DID, WOULDN'T IT?

345
00:19:50,757 --> 00:19:52,259
WOULD FOR A FACT.

346
00:19:52,292 --> 00:19:54,227
IT MIGHT OPEN
UP SOME EYEBALLS
AROUND HERE.

347
00:19:54,261 --> 00:19:56,496
YEAH, BUT KEEP IT
UNDER YOUR HAT,
WILL YOU?

348
00:19:56,529 --> 00:19:59,232
HE'S HASN'T MADE
THE ANNOUNCEMENT
OFFICIAL YET.

349
00:19:59,266 --> 00:20:01,501
I WOULDN'T WANT
TO BE THE ONE TO
STEAL HIS THUNDER.

350
00:20:01,534 --> 00:20:02,702
OH, DON'T WORRY
ABOUT A THING.

351
00:20:02,735 --> 00:20:03,970
I'LL BE QUIET
AS A CHURCH MOUSE,

352
00:20:04,003 --> 00:20:06,406
WON'T TELL A SOUL.

353
00:20:12,279 --> 00:20:13,646
MR. HENSON,
MR. HENSON,

354
00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:15,515
BOY, IF I'VE GOT
NEWS FOR YOU.

355
00:20:15,548 --> 00:20:17,317
NOW, THEY'VE GOT TO BE
KEPT IN THE STRICTEST
CONFIDENCE, NOW.

356
00:20:17,350 --> 00:20:18,651
SEE, IT
AIN'T OUT YET.

357
00:20:18,685 --> 00:20:21,454
BUT ALMANZO'S DECIDED
TO RUN FOR MAYOR.

358
00:20:21,488 --> 00:20:22,889
ALMANZO WILDER?

359
00:20:22,922 --> 00:20:24,991
THAT'S RIGHT.
MR. EDWARDS WAS
JUST OVER HERE,

360
00:20:25,024 --> 00:20:27,260
AND HE SAID
NOT TO TELL
ANYBODY YET.

361
00:20:27,294 --> 00:20:29,562
SO, PLEASE KEEP
IT A SECRET.
BUT...

362
00:20:29,596 --> 00:20:31,398
ALMANZO WILDER?

363
00:20:31,431 --> 00:20:33,366
- I THINK THAT'S WONDERFUL.
- ISN'T THAT GREAT?

364
00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:37,770
YES, HE'S YOUNG.
HE KNOWS WHAT
THIS TOWN NEEDS.

365
00:20:37,804 --> 00:20:39,439
IS THAT SO?

366
00:20:39,472 --> 00:20:41,308
THAT'S RIGHT.

367
00:20:41,341 --> 00:20:45,345
AND I FIGURE THAT
ALMANZO WOULD MAKE
A PRETTY GOOD DARN MAYOR.

368
00:20:45,378 --> 00:20:46,813
HE'S A YOUNG
MAN, BUT...

369
00:20:54,387 --> 00:20:56,456
AHEM, JUST WANTED
A FEW GROCERIES,
MRS. OLESON,

370
00:20:56,489 --> 00:20:58,425
- HERE'S MY LIST.
- UH-HUH.

371
00:21:04,096 --> 00:21:08,401
WELL, MR. WILDER,
I CERTAINLY HOPE
THAT WE WILL BE ABLE

372
00:21:08,435 --> 00:21:11,504
TO MAINTAIN
YOUR GOOD WILL
AS A CUSTOMER

373
00:21:11,538 --> 00:21:12,872
AFTER THE ELECTION.

374
00:21:12,905 --> 00:21:15,308
MY GOOD WILL?
SURE, I DON'T
SEE WHY NOT.

375
00:21:15,342 --> 00:21:17,510
WELL, YOU KNOW
HOW PASSIONS

376
00:21:17,544 --> 00:21:22,315
SOMETIMES DO GET
HEATED UP DURING
A CAMPAIGN,

377
00:21:22,349 --> 00:21:26,386
AND PEOPLE TEND
TO SAY THINGS THAT
THEY LATER REGRET.

378
00:21:26,419 --> 00:21:28,054
I GUESS SO.

379
00:21:28,087 --> 00:21:31,391
SO FAR, THIS IS ABOUT
THE TAMEST CAMPAIGN I
EVER HEARD TALE OF.

380
00:21:31,424 --> 00:21:33,826
CAN'T EXPECT TOO MANY
FIREWORKS WITH ONLY
ONE MAN RUNNING.

381
00:21:37,997 --> 00:21:39,466
ONE MAN?

382
00:21:39,499 --> 00:21:41,701
BUT I THOUGHT
THERE WERE TWO.
I MEAN...

383
00:21:41,734 --> 00:21:46,339
I HAD HEARD THAT
YOU HAD DECIDED
TO RUN AS WELL.

384
00:21:46,373 --> 00:21:49,108
HA HA HA!
OH, NO, MA'AM.
YOU HEARD WRONG.

385
00:21:49,141 --> 00:21:50,577
I'M NOT ABOUT
TO RUN.

386
00:21:50,610 --> 00:21:53,613
OH!
HA HA HA!

387
00:21:53,646 --> 00:21:59,118
OH, WELL, ALMANZO,
MY DEAR BOY.
[LAUGHS]

388
00:21:59,151 --> 00:22:00,853
IT MUST HAVE JUST BEEN
A NASTY OLD RUMOR.

389
00:22:00,887 --> 00:22:03,022
IT MUST'VE BEEN.

390
00:22:03,055 --> 00:22:05,658
I'VE BEEN INTENDING TO
VOTE FOR NELS ALL ALONG.

391
00:22:05,692 --> 00:22:08,595
OH! WELL, THEN...

392
00:22:08,628 --> 00:22:12,365
HOW WOULD YOU
LIKE TO WEAR ONE OF
THE CAMPAIGN BADGES

393
00:22:12,399 --> 00:22:16,736
THAT SHOWS THAT THIS IS
YOUR FAVORITE CANDIDATE
THAT YOU'RE SUPPORTING?

394
00:22:16,769 --> 00:22:18,571
- I'D BE GLAD TO.
- ALL RIGHT.

395
00:22:18,605 --> 00:22:20,106
ACTUALLY,
YOU KNOW,

396
00:22:20,139 --> 00:22:23,510
YOU'RE PROBABLY
DOING THE TOWN A
VERY GREAT SERVICE

397
00:22:23,543 --> 00:22:24,811
BY NOT RUNNING.

398
00:22:24,844 --> 00:22:25,945
- A SERVICE?
- UH-HUH. YES.

399
00:22:25,978 --> 00:22:27,480
WELL, I MEAN...

400
00:22:27,514 --> 00:22:29,816
YOU HAVE ANY
NUMBER OF FRIENDS
IN THE AREA,

401
00:22:29,849 --> 00:22:32,885
AND I FEEL QUITE
CERTAIN THAN
MANY OF THEM,

402
00:22:32,919 --> 00:22:36,623
IF NOT MOST OF THEM,
WOULD COME OUT AND
FEEL A CERTAIN DUTY

403
00:22:36,656 --> 00:22:38,391
TO VOTE FOR YOU,

404
00:22:38,425 --> 00:22:42,128
OUT OF A CERTAIN
LOYALTY, YOU
UNDERSTAND.

405
00:22:42,161 --> 00:22:45,798
AND HEAVENS KNOWS IF ENOUGH
OF THEM DID COME OUT
AND DID VOTE FOR YOU,

406
00:22:45,832 --> 00:22:49,636
IT'S EVEN CONCEIVABLE
THAT YOU MIGHT POSSIBLY
WIN THE ELECTION.

407
00:22:49,669 --> 00:22:53,105
AND THEN, JUST
THINK WHERE THE
TOWN WOULD BE THEN.

408
00:22:53,139 --> 00:22:56,175
THEY'D HAVE A MAYOR
THAT THEY DIDN'T
REALLY WANT.

409
00:22:56,208 --> 00:22:57,610
[LAUGHS]

410
00:23:02,048 --> 00:23:06,519
ARE YOU SAYING
THAT NO ONE WOULD
WANT ME FOR MAYOR?

411
00:23:06,553 --> 00:23:08,888
ALMANZO...

412
00:23:08,921 --> 00:23:11,991
YOU'RE A VERY
NICE YOUNG MAN,

413
00:23:12,024 --> 00:23:14,594
BUT THINK NOW.

414
00:23:14,627 --> 00:23:18,130
WOULD IT BE,
LET'S SAY...
DIGNIFIED...

415
00:23:18,164 --> 00:23:21,734
TO HAVE A DIRT
FARMER FOR A MAYOR?

416
00:23:21,768 --> 00:23:24,003
ARE YOU SAYING
IT WOULDN'T?

417
00:23:24,036 --> 00:23:27,173
WELL, TO BE
PERFECTLY HONEST, NO.

418
00:23:27,206 --> 00:23:30,643
I MEAN, HEAVENS
KNOWS WE HAVE TO HAVE
OUR DIRT FARMERS,

419
00:23:30,677 --> 00:23:32,912
AND THERE'S NOTHING
ABSOLUTELY WRONG
WITH BEING ONE.

420
00:23:32,945 --> 00:23:35,715
NOW, THAT'S THE FIRST
THING YOU'VE SAID
RIGHT, MRS. OLESON.

421
00:23:35,748 --> 00:23:37,917
THERE IS NOTHING
WRONG WITH BEING
A FARMER.

422
00:23:37,950 --> 00:23:39,886
AS A MATTER OF FACT,
THERE'S NOTHING
WRONG I CAN SEE

423
00:23:39,919 --> 00:23:41,788
WITH A MAYOR BEING
A FARMER, EITHER.

424
00:23:41,821 --> 00:23:43,723
- WELL, I SUPPOSE--
- IN FACT...

425
00:23:43,756 --> 00:23:45,124
IT SEEMS
TO ME THAT
A DIRT FARMER

426
00:23:45,157 --> 00:23:47,660
MIGHT BE THE BEST
MAN TO REPRESENT
THIS TOWN,

427
00:23:47,694 --> 00:23:49,929
CONSIDERING MOST OF
THE PEOPLE AROUND
HERE ARE DIRT FARMERS!

428
00:23:49,962 --> 00:23:51,464
WELL, I'M--

429
00:23:51,498 --> 00:23:52,965
THANK YOU, MRS. OLESON,
FOR HELPING ME TO SEE

430
00:23:52,999 --> 00:23:55,468
WHAT MY WIFE'S BEEN
TRYING TO TELL ME
ALL ALONG.

431
00:23:55,502 --> 00:23:57,537
I THINK MAYBE I AM
THE BEST MAN FOR THE JOB,

432
00:23:57,570 --> 00:23:59,606
AND I'M GOING TO RUN.

433
00:24:13,019 --> 00:24:15,121
OH!

434
00:24:15,154 --> 00:24:16,923
OH, GOOD GRIEF.

435
00:24:29,969 --> 00:24:31,938
Almanzo: I MUST HAVE
LOOKED LIKE A FOOL,

436
00:24:31,971 --> 00:24:35,508
CARRYING ON ABOUT
HOW PROUD I AM TO
BE A DIRT FARMER.

437
00:24:35,542 --> 00:24:36,676
YOU SHOULD
BE PROUD.

438
00:24:36,709 --> 00:24:38,210
WELL, I AM.
THAT'S NOT THE POINT.

439
00:24:38,244 --> 00:24:40,513
THE POINT IS THAT
I JUMPED FEET-FIRST
INTO AN ELECTION

440
00:24:40,547 --> 00:24:42,515
I GOT NO BUSINESS
BEING IN.

441
00:24:42,549 --> 00:24:44,283
I THINK YOU
MADE THE RIGHT
DECISION.

442
00:24:44,316 --> 00:24:45,852
MISS PLUM
SAYS THAT
GOVERNMENT

443
00:24:45,885 --> 00:24:48,588
IS EVERYONE'S
RESPONSIBILITY.

444
00:24:48,621 --> 00:24:50,156
WELL, THEN LET
MISS PLUM RUN.

445
00:24:52,859 --> 00:24:54,627
ALMANZO.

446
00:24:54,661 --> 00:24:57,163
DO YOU CONSIDER
ME INTELLIGENT?

447
00:24:57,196 --> 00:25:00,667
THAT'S A SILLY
QUESTION.

448
00:25:00,700 --> 00:25:02,134
DO YOU THINK I'M
A RESPONSIBLE CITIZEN

449
00:25:02,168 --> 00:25:05,237
WHO'S CONCERNED
ABOUT HER TOWN
AND ITS PEOPLE?

450
00:25:05,271 --> 00:25:08,975
BETH, YOU'RE LEADING
UP TO SOMETHING.

451
00:25:09,008 --> 00:25:11,744
WELL,

452
00:25:11,778 --> 00:25:15,314
IF YOU REALLY
BELIEVE THAT I'M
ALL THOSE THINGS,

453
00:25:15,347 --> 00:25:18,517
THEN YOU'VE GOT TO
RESPECT MY CHOICE
OF CANDIDATES.

454
00:25:22,154 --> 00:25:24,290
YOU REALLY MEAN
THAT, DON'T YOU?

455
00:25:24,323 --> 00:25:26,092
[KNOCK ON DOOR]

456
00:25:32,732 --> 00:25:33,900
MR. McCARY.
COME IN.

457
00:25:33,933 --> 00:25:35,568
EVENING.

458
00:25:35,602 --> 00:25:37,203
MRS. WILDER,
JENNY.

459
00:25:37,236 --> 00:25:39,205
I HOPE I'M NOT
DISTURBING YOU
COMING SO LATE.

460
00:25:39,238 --> 00:25:41,741
OH, NOT AT ALL.
YOU'RE WELCOME
ANYTIME, MR. McCARY.

461
00:25:41,774 --> 00:25:43,309
THANK YOU.

462
00:25:43,342 --> 00:25:46,012
I SAW IN THE GAZETTE
YOU'RE RUNNING FOR
MAYOR, ALMANZO.

463
00:25:46,045 --> 00:25:49,048
I WONDER IF YOU COULD
USE A CAMPAIGN MANAGER.

464
00:25:49,081 --> 00:25:51,618
WELL, IF I'M GOING TO
RUN, THEN I SURE COULD.

465
00:25:51,651 --> 00:25:53,920
I'D LIKE TO APPLY
FOR THE JOB.

466
00:25:58,024 --> 00:26:00,960
MR. McCARY,
YOU'RE HIRED.

467
00:26:03,796 --> 00:26:05,364
OH, I'M TELLING YOU, BILL,

468
00:26:05,397 --> 00:26:08,701
THIS BOY'S HEAD IS
A DRUMFUL OF IDEAS
FOR THE TOWN.

469
00:26:08,735 --> 00:26:10,136
IS THAT SO,
ALMANZO?

470
00:26:10,169 --> 00:26:11,604
YES, SIR.

471
00:26:11,638 --> 00:26:12,872
AND FOR
INSTANCE?

472
00:26:12,905 --> 00:26:15,775
UH, WELL,
SIR...

473
00:26:15,808 --> 00:26:18,778
I SURE THINK WE COULD
USE BETTER ROADS LEADING
IN AND OUT OF TOWN.

474
00:26:18,811 --> 00:26:21,380
BETTER ROADS?
WOULDN'T WE HAVE
TO RAISE TAXES TO--

475
00:26:21,413 --> 00:26:25,785
TAXES! OH, DON'T
MENTION TAXES IN FRONT
OF MY BOY HERE, BILL.

476
00:26:25,818 --> 00:26:28,054
HE'LL JUST HAVE
TO WRESTLE YOU TO
THE GROUND FOR IT.

477
00:26:28,087 --> 00:26:29,989
NO, WHAT I
THINK ALMANZO--

478
00:26:30,022 --> 00:26:32,692
LET ME STOP
YOU, LEM.

479
00:26:32,725 --> 00:26:34,961
I THINK IT'S ONLY
FAIR TO TELL YOU THAT
I'M LEANING STRONGLY

480
00:26:34,994 --> 00:26:36,896
TOWARD NELS OLESON
IN THIS ELECTION.

481
00:26:36,929 --> 00:26:39,065
BUT BILL, YOU
AIN'T GIVE THE BOY
A CHANCE TO--

482
00:26:39,098 --> 00:26:42,635
I KNOW ALMANZO, LEM.
I KNOW HE'S A HONEST,
HARD-WORKING BOY

483
00:26:42,669 --> 00:26:44,136
WITH GOOD INTENTIONS.

484
00:26:44,170 --> 00:26:46,673
Bill: BUT NELS
IS A BUSINESSMAN.

485
00:26:46,706 --> 00:26:50,142
AND MAYBE THAT'S WHO WE
NEED TO RUN THIS TOWN.

486
00:26:50,176 --> 00:26:54,647
BESIDES, WITH HARRIET
HANGING THAT BOND
OVER OUR HEADS,

487
00:26:54,681 --> 00:26:56,983
I DON'T SEE THAT WE'VE
GOT MUCH OF A CHOICE.

488
00:26:57,016 --> 00:26:59,719
THAT'S THE WHOLE
THING IN A NUTSHELL,
AIN'T IT, BILL?

489
00:26:59,752 --> 00:27:02,689
YOU'RE SCARED OF
HARRIET, AND WHAT
SHE MIGHT DO.

490
00:27:04,757 --> 00:27:08,394
WELL, HAVE IT
YOUR WAY, LEM, BUT...

491
00:27:08,427 --> 00:27:11,197
I'VE GOT WORK TO DO.
EXCUSE ME.

492
00:27:15,434 --> 00:27:17,069
I DON'T KNOW, LEM.

493
00:27:17,103 --> 00:27:19,438
NOW, YOU REMEMBER
WHEN YOU SOLD ME
THOSE PINE LOGS,

494
00:27:19,471 --> 00:27:21,874
- YEAH.
- RIGHT, AND I LET
YOU HAVE THE STACKS.

495
00:27:21,908 --> 00:27:25,077
DID I GIVE YOU
A WRONG DEAL WHEN I
TOLD YOU ABOUT THAT?

496
00:27:25,111 --> 00:27:26,979
- NO.
- ALL RIGHT, NOW,
THIS BOY IS YOUNG.

497
00:27:27,013 --> 00:27:28,815
Lem:
HE HAS IT ALL.

498
00:27:28,848 --> 00:27:31,383
NELS NOT SO MUCH.
NELS IS AN OLDER MAN
WHO'S BEEN AROUND...

499
00:27:31,417 --> 00:27:33,753
[CHATTERING]

500
00:27:33,786 --> 00:27:37,389
I'M GOING TO TELL YOU,
HE'LL GET IN THERE AND
MAKE THIS TOWN GO BOOM!

501
00:27:39,759 --> 00:27:41,728
WELL, I'M GOING TO HAVE
TO THINK ABOUT THIS, LEM.

502
00:27:41,761 --> 00:27:43,229
OF COURSE YOU ARE.

503
00:27:43,262 --> 00:27:45,331
BUT I DON'T DOUBT
TO FORGET WHAT I
WAS TELLING YOU.

504
00:27:47,734 --> 00:27:50,302
Lem: ALMANZO THERE,
HE'S EXACTLY WHAT
THIS TOWN NEEDS,

505
00:27:50,336 --> 00:27:52,739
BECAUSE HE
REPRESENTS WHAT MOST
OF THE PEOPLE ARE--

506
00:27:52,772 --> 00:27:53,906
HARD-WORKING
DIRT FARMERS.

507
00:27:53,940 --> 00:27:55,474
HE'S A RESPONSIBLE
FAMILY MAN,

508
00:27:55,507 --> 00:27:58,344
THE KIND WHO CARE
ABOUT THE NEIGHBORS
AND THE COMMUNITY.

509
00:27:58,377 --> 00:28:00,880
AND HE'S YOUNG
ENOUGH TO BE OPEN
TO NEW IDEAS.

510
00:28:02,949 --> 00:28:05,051
GEORGE MADDOX, AN
OLD FRIEND OF MINE,

511
00:28:05,084 --> 00:28:07,286
LIVES JUST DOWN
THE ROAD HERE.

512
00:28:07,319 --> 00:28:09,956
IT SHOULDN'T TAKE
MUCH TO WIN HIS VOTE.

513
00:28:09,989 --> 00:28:13,059
WHAT WILL I HAVE
TO DO, BUILD
HIM A NEW BARN?

514
00:28:13,092 --> 00:28:16,395
MR. McCARY,
I CAN'T DO THIS
ANYMORE. I QUIT.

515
00:28:16,428 --> 00:28:20,232
IT'S ALL WRONG
FOR ME. I'M JUST
NOT A POLITICIAN.

516
00:28:20,266 --> 00:28:22,735
BUT YOU'RE A QUICK
LEARNER. YOU'LL
GET THE HANG OF IT.

517
00:28:22,769 --> 00:28:24,837
NO, SIR.
AND THIS TIME
I MEAN IT.

518
00:28:24,871 --> 00:28:26,172
I SHOULD HAVE STUCK WITH
MY ORIGINAL INSTINCTS

519
00:28:26,205 --> 00:28:28,407
AND STAYED OUT
OF POLITICS.

520
00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:31,844
BUT INSTEAD I LET FOLKS
TALK ME INTO THINGS
I DON'T WANT TO DO.

521
00:28:31,878 --> 00:28:33,780
I DON'T KNOW
THE ISSUES.

522
00:28:33,813 --> 00:28:35,481
I'M SCARED OUT OF MY
WITS MY WITS TO TALK
IN FRONT OF CROWDS,

523
00:28:35,514 --> 00:28:37,917
AND YOU'RE THE ONE
THAT'S GOT ALL
THE ANSWERS.

524
00:28:37,950 --> 00:28:41,253
YOU DO THE TALKING
WHILE I DO
ALL THE CHORES.

525
00:28:41,287 --> 00:28:43,923
NOW, WHAT KIND OF
MAYOR WOULD I MAKE?

526
00:28:46,458 --> 00:28:49,962
NOT A VERY GOOD
ONE, I EXPECT.

527
00:28:49,996 --> 00:28:52,364
FOLKS DON'T DO
THEIR BEST AT JOBS
THEY DON'T LIKE.

528
00:28:54,834 --> 00:28:56,235
WE'RE IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD,

529
00:28:56,268 --> 00:28:59,405
I HAVEN'T SEEN
GEORGE MADDOX FOR
QUITE A SPELL.

530
00:28:59,438 --> 00:29:00,940
YOU MIND
IF WE DROP BY?

531
00:29:02,942 --> 00:29:04,210
OF COURSE NOT.

532
00:29:05,912 --> 00:29:07,780
ONLY NO MORE
CAMPAIGNING.

533
00:29:24,096 --> 00:29:26,465
GEORGE!

534
00:29:26,498 --> 00:29:29,301
GEORGE MADDOX,
GET YOUR ORNERY
HIDE OUT HERE.

535
00:29:29,335 --> 00:29:31,337
YOU GOT YOURSELF
SOME COMPANY.

536
00:29:35,407 --> 00:29:37,476
WHAT'S THE MATTER--
YOU GO DEEF?

537
00:29:37,509 --> 00:29:40,246
IT'S LEM McCARY,
GEORGE!

538
00:29:41,580 --> 00:29:43,115
GEORGE?

539
00:29:48,855 --> 00:29:50,222
GEORGE?

540
00:29:56,528 --> 00:29:57,864
MR. McCARY?

541
00:30:03,870 --> 00:30:05,537
WHAT IS IT?

542
00:30:05,571 --> 00:30:08,074
IT'S GEORGE.

543
00:30:08,107 --> 00:30:10,977
LOOKS LIKE HE'S BEEN
DEAD A LONG TIME.

544
00:30:32,631 --> 00:30:36,568
NO TELLING HOW
LONG HE LAID THERE
SICK AND SUFFERED,

545
00:30:36,602 --> 00:30:39,638
ONLY NOBODY KNEW,
BECAUSE NOBODY
CARED ENOUGH

546
00:30:39,671 --> 00:30:42,074
TO EVEN LOOK
INTO HIM.

547
00:30:42,108 --> 00:30:45,978
WHAT IS
HAPPENING TO US?

548
00:30:46,012 --> 00:30:47,479
WE'RE DYING
OFF ONE BY ONE,

549
00:30:47,513 --> 00:30:51,450
AND NOBODY
SEEMS TO CARE
OR EVEN NOTICE.

550
00:30:51,483 --> 00:30:52,651
YOU'D THINK
WE OLD PEOPLE

551
00:30:52,684 --> 00:30:56,055
WOULD AT LEAST
CARE ABOUT
EACH OTHER.

552
00:30:56,088 --> 00:30:58,457
DON'T EVEN SEEM TO
HAVE THAT NO MORE.

553
00:31:01,093 --> 00:31:03,362
LET'S GO,
MR. McCARY.

554
00:31:03,395 --> 00:31:04,630
WE'VE DONE
ALL WE CAN.

555
00:31:06,132 --> 00:31:07,666
NO, SIR.

556
00:31:07,699 --> 00:31:10,402
I HAVEN'T DONE
ALL I CAN.

557
00:31:10,436 --> 00:31:11,670
AND BY HEAVEN,

558
00:31:11,703 --> 00:31:13,872
I'M GOING TO
DO SOMETHING!

559
00:31:30,589 --> 00:31:32,091
HARRIET OLESON,

560
00:31:32,124 --> 00:31:33,993
I HAVE A
PROPOSITION
FOR YOU.

561
00:31:34,026 --> 00:31:35,694
A PROPOSITION?

562
00:31:35,727 --> 00:31:39,565
NOW, SINCE YOUR CANDIDATE
HAS DROPPED OUT OF
THE RACE, MR. McCARY,

563
00:31:39,598 --> 00:31:42,601
THAT IS HARDLY
A BASIS FOR
ANY DEAL-MAKING.

564
00:31:42,634 --> 00:31:45,337
WELL, THIS HAS
NOTHING TO DO
WITH POLITICS.

565
00:31:45,371 --> 00:31:47,206
I JUST WANT
YOUR PERMISSION

566
00:31:47,239 --> 00:31:49,541
TO HOLD A SOCIAL
IN THE OLD LARS
HANSON HOUSE

567
00:31:49,575 --> 00:31:52,044
FOR THE ELDERLY
OF THIS COMMUNITY.

568
00:31:52,078 --> 00:31:55,081
ABSOLUTELY NOT!

569
00:31:55,114 --> 00:31:56,648
WHY NOT?

570
00:31:56,682 --> 00:31:59,251
BECAUSE THAT HOUSE
IS UP FOR SALE.

571
00:31:59,285 --> 00:32:01,253
AND I'M CERTAINLY
NOT GOING TO HAVE
A LOT OF OLD PEOPLE

572
00:32:01,287 --> 00:32:03,089
RUNNING AROUND,
SHEDDING THEIR HAIR,

573
00:32:03,122 --> 00:32:06,592
AND DROPPING THEIR
TEETH ALL OVER MY RUGS.

574
00:32:06,625 --> 00:32:09,028
WE'D BE
OUTSIDE MOSTLY.

575
00:32:09,061 --> 00:32:11,697
EVEN SO, I JUST
COME FROM UP THERE,

576
00:32:11,730 --> 00:32:13,632
AND IT'S A SHAMBLES.

577
00:32:13,665 --> 00:32:18,204
BUT WHEN ME AND MY
FRIENDS GO IN THERE
AND SPRUCE IT UP,

578
00:32:18,237 --> 00:32:20,172
THAT IS, FIX
WHAT NEEDS FIXING,

579
00:32:20,206 --> 00:32:21,540
PAINT IT,
POLISH IT,

580
00:32:21,573 --> 00:32:23,409
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE
A HOUSE THAT SHINES

581
00:32:23,442 --> 00:32:27,313
LIKE A BRAND NEW DIME.

582
00:32:27,346 --> 00:32:32,084
BESIDES,
NEED I MENTION THE
POLITICAL BENEFITS?

583
00:32:32,118 --> 00:32:34,653
UH, BENEFITS?

584
00:32:34,686 --> 00:32:37,623
OH, OLD FOLKS
HAVE THE VOTE,
TOO, YOU KNOW?

585
00:32:37,656 --> 00:32:39,391
I'M THINKING
THE GOOD WILL
YOU'D CREATE

586
00:32:39,425 --> 00:32:41,360
IF YOU OPEN
THE HOUSE FOR
A SOCIAL.

587
00:32:41,393 --> 00:32:45,164
OF COURSE, EVERYBODY
KNOWS YOU HAVE THE
ELECTION ALL SEWED UP,

588
00:32:45,197 --> 00:32:47,533
BUT A GESTURE LIKE
THIS WOULD PROBABLY

589
00:32:47,566 --> 00:32:51,303
TURN THE ELECTION
INTO A DOGGONE
LANDSLIDE.

590
00:32:53,105 --> 00:32:54,373
A LANDSLIDE?

591
00:32:54,406 --> 00:32:55,607
YES, MA'AM!

592
00:32:57,043 --> 00:32:59,311
OH. WELL.

593
00:32:59,345 --> 00:33:01,680
ALL RIGHT,
MR. McCARY.

594
00:33:01,713 --> 00:33:03,182
I TELL YOU WHAT.

595
00:33:03,215 --> 00:33:06,485
I'LL GO YOU
ONE EVEN BETTER.

596
00:33:06,518 --> 00:33:09,155
SUPPOSE THAT WE HAVE
THE SOCIAL EVENT

597
00:33:09,188 --> 00:33:11,757
ON THE AFTERNOON
OF THE ELECTION,

598
00:33:11,790 --> 00:33:13,325
AND EVERYONE
WILL BE INVITED.

599
00:33:13,359 --> 00:33:14,526
AND THAT WAY,
IT CAN DOUBLE

600
00:33:14,560 --> 00:33:18,197
AS A KIND OF
A VICTORY CELEBRATION

601
00:33:18,230 --> 00:33:21,367
FOR THE NEW MAYOR.

602
00:33:21,400 --> 00:33:23,802
WON'T THAT
BE FUN?

603
00:33:23,835 --> 00:33:25,371
AND FOOD AND
REFRESHMENTS

604
00:33:25,404 --> 00:33:28,340
WILL BE COURTESY
OF THE OLESONS.

605
00:33:28,374 --> 00:33:30,609
MRS. OLESON.

606
00:33:30,642 --> 00:33:35,381
YOU ARE
A GRACIOUS LADY.

607
00:33:35,414 --> 00:33:36,648
OH?

608
00:33:59,171 --> 00:34:02,141
THERE.
AIN'T THAT PRETTY?

609
00:34:02,174 --> 00:34:04,843
WELL, THAT
LOOKS REAL GOOD
THERE, FLOYD.

610
00:34:04,876 --> 00:34:07,146
I BROUGHT THAT UP
ON MY OWN GARDEN.

611
00:34:07,179 --> 00:34:08,547
IT'S CALLED AN
AMERICAN BEAUTY.

612
00:34:08,580 --> 00:34:09,748
LEM.

613
00:34:13,185 --> 00:34:15,854
DO YOU THINK THESE
CURTAINS WILL BE ALL
RIGHT IN THE PARLOR?

614
00:34:15,887 --> 00:34:17,789
IT'S AN OLD PAIR
I HAD AT HOME.

615
00:34:17,823 --> 00:34:19,791
I ALWAYS LIKED THEM.
THEY'LL BE FINE.

616
00:34:19,825 --> 00:34:22,194
IT'LL BE JUST
LIKE OLD TIMES,
WON'T IT?

617
00:34:22,228 --> 00:34:23,795
A PARTY IN
LARS'S HOUSE.

618
00:34:23,829 --> 00:34:25,564
JUST LIKE OLD TIMES.

619
00:34:25,597 --> 00:34:28,800
DO YOU THINK
JESS WILL COME?

620
00:34:28,834 --> 00:34:30,569
I WOULDN'T
GET MY HOPES
UP, MAGGIE.

621
00:34:30,602 --> 00:34:32,271
I INVITED HIM.

622
00:34:32,304 --> 00:34:34,540
EVEN TRIED TO GET
HIM TO COME OVER
HERE THIS MORNING

623
00:34:34,573 --> 00:34:36,808
AND HELP OUT,
BUT YOU KNOW JESS.

624
00:34:36,842 --> 00:34:39,111
NO.

625
00:34:39,145 --> 00:34:42,614
I DON'T THINK
I DO ANYMORE.

626
00:34:42,648 --> 00:34:44,082
Willie:
MR. McCARY!

627
00:34:47,386 --> 00:34:49,188
WILLIE, WHAT
IS ALL THIS?

628
00:34:49,221 --> 00:34:51,623
WE THOUGHT YOU
COULD USE SOME HELP.

629
00:34:51,657 --> 00:34:54,860
HA! YOU BET WE CAN!

630
00:34:54,893 --> 00:34:56,828
ALL RIGHT,
SPREAD OUT, NOW.

631
00:34:56,862 --> 00:34:58,830
FIND SOMETHING
NEEDING DOING
AND DO IT.

632
00:34:58,864 --> 00:35:02,434
[CHATTERING]

633
00:35:02,468 --> 00:35:04,270
MISS PLUM,

634
00:35:04,303 --> 00:35:07,739
I CAN'T THINK OF NOTHING
TO SAY BUT THANKS.

635
00:35:07,773 --> 00:35:11,277
DON'T THANK ME.
IT WAS WILLIE'S IDEA.

636
00:35:11,310 --> 00:35:13,145
OH.

637
00:35:13,179 --> 00:35:15,814
WE'VE BEEN
STUDYING COMMUNITY
RESPONSIBILITY IN SCHOOL,

638
00:35:15,847 --> 00:35:18,850
AND THE CHILDREN HAVE TAKEN
SUCH AN INTEREST IN IT
YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE IT.

639
00:35:18,884 --> 00:35:20,752
THE CHILDREN.

640
00:35:20,786 --> 00:35:25,191
US GROWN-UPS COULD
TAKE LESSONS FROM THEM.

641
00:35:25,224 --> 00:35:28,194
LOOKS AS THOUGH
YOU'VE MANAGED A PRETTY
GOOD TURNOUT, YOURSELF.

642
00:35:28,227 --> 00:35:29,795
COULD'VE HOPED
FOR A LOT MORE,

643
00:35:29,828 --> 00:35:31,463
BUT IT'S HARD
FOR SOMEONE

644
00:35:31,497 --> 00:35:35,434
TO GET OUT
WITHOUT A
LITTLE...HELP.

645
00:35:35,467 --> 00:35:38,237
MISS PLUM,
TOMORROW'S
ELECTION DAY.

646
00:35:38,270 --> 00:35:40,872
AND A LOT OF FOLKS
WOULD LIKE TO VOTE BUT
CAN'T GET INTO TOWN.

647
00:35:40,906 --> 00:35:42,574
NOW, MAYBE YOU
AND THE CHILDREN

648
00:35:42,608 --> 00:35:46,378
COULD DO SOME OF
US A BIG SERVICE.

649
00:35:46,412 --> 00:35:47,713
Harriet:
AND ANOTHER THING, NELS--

650
00:35:47,746 --> 00:35:51,850
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
OH, FOR HEAVEN'S SAKES.

651
00:35:51,883 --> 00:35:53,819
EVENING,
MRS. OLESON.

652
00:35:53,852 --> 00:35:55,954
I JUST STOPPED
BY TO BRING
YOUR HOUSE KEYS.

653
00:35:55,987 --> 00:35:57,356
HELLO, LEM,
COME ON IN.

654
00:35:57,389 --> 00:35:58,657
I'LL SET UP THE
CHECKER BOARD.

655
00:35:58,690 --> 00:36:00,192
- WELL--
- ANOTHER TIME, NELS.

656
00:36:00,226 --> 00:36:01,827
I ALSO WANT
YOU TO KNOW

657
00:36:01,860 --> 00:36:04,763
THAT LARS'
HOUSE IS PRETTY
AS A PICTURE.

658
00:36:04,796 --> 00:36:06,598
YOU'RE GOING
TO BE REAL PROUD
TOMORROW AFTERNOON

659
00:36:06,632 --> 00:36:07,799
AT THE
VICTORY PARTY.

660
00:36:07,833 --> 00:36:09,568
YOU MIGHT EVEN
FIND A BUYER
FOR IT.

661
00:36:09,601 --> 00:36:12,504
OH, WELL,
I CAN HARDLY WAIT.

662
00:36:12,538 --> 00:36:14,806
I DON'T WANT TO KEEP
YOU FOLKS UP ALL NIGHT.

663
00:36:14,840 --> 00:36:16,342
SEE YOU AT THE DEBATE.

664
00:36:16,375 --> 00:36:17,976
UH-HUH.

665
00:36:18,009 --> 00:36:20,279
DEBATE?

666
00:36:20,312 --> 00:36:21,480
Harriet:
WHAT DEBATE?

667
00:36:21,513 --> 00:36:23,282
OH, MY, HAVEN'T
YOU HEARD?

668
00:36:23,315 --> 00:36:24,883
NO.

669
00:36:24,916 --> 00:36:26,852
Lem: WELL, I SORT OF
RUSTLED UP INTEREST
IN A LITTLE DEBATE

670
00:36:26,885 --> 00:36:28,687
TOMORROW BEFORE
THE ELECTION.

671
00:36:28,720 --> 00:36:30,356
FIGURED THE VOTERS
HAD A RIGHT TO HEAR

672
00:36:30,389 --> 00:36:34,860
THEIR CHOICE FOR
MAYOR ONE LAST TIME
BEFORE VOTING!

673
00:36:34,893 --> 00:36:37,896
OH, FOR HEAVEN'S
SAKES, MR. McCARY.

674
00:36:37,929 --> 00:36:40,299
HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN
ALREADY?

675
00:36:40,332 --> 00:36:43,001
ALMANZO WILDER
DROPPED OUT
OF THE RACE,

676
00:36:43,034 --> 00:36:45,937
AND NELS IS
THE ONLY CANDIDATE.

677
00:36:45,971 --> 00:36:49,241
UH-OH. RECKON IT
PLUMB SLIPPED MY MIND.

678
00:36:49,275 --> 00:36:52,478
WELL, YOU KNOW HOW
FORGETFUL US OLD
FOLKS CAN BE.

679
00:36:52,511 --> 00:36:55,247
YES, MA'AM.
I FORGOT TO TELL YOU.

680
00:36:55,281 --> 00:36:58,384
I DECIDED TO
RUN FOR MAYOR.

681
00:36:58,417 --> 00:37:00,018
NIGHT, NELS,
MRS. OLESON.

682
00:37:03,889 --> 00:37:06,258
DID YOU HEAR
WHAT HE SAID?

683
00:37:35,487 --> 00:37:36,922
GOOD MORNING,
MR. MOFFET,

684
00:37:36,955 --> 00:37:39,591
I'M JENNY WILDER.
THIS IS TIM SPENCE.

685
00:37:39,625 --> 00:37:40,926
WHAT ARE YOU
DOING HERE?

686
00:37:40,959 --> 00:37:43,662
WHO ARE THOSE
PEOPLE IN
THE WAGON?

687
00:37:43,695 --> 00:37:44,863
IT'S
ELECTION DAY.

688
00:37:44,896 --> 00:37:46,064
WE'RE TAKING
FOLKS TO TOWN

689
00:37:46,097 --> 00:37:47,699
WHO CAN'T
GET THERE ON
THEIR OWN.

690
00:37:47,733 --> 00:37:49,468
WE'VE GOT
ONE FOR YOU.

691
00:37:49,501 --> 00:37:52,638
NAH, WHY DON'T YOU
GIVE MY SEAT TO
SOMEBODY ELSE?

692
00:37:52,671 --> 00:37:54,306
I AIN'T GOING
NOWHERE.

693
00:37:54,340 --> 00:37:57,042
DON'T YOU
WANT TO VOTE,
MR. MOFFET?

694
00:37:57,075 --> 00:37:58,910
THE RIGHT TO VOTE
IS A PRIVILEGE

695
00:37:58,944 --> 00:38:01,413
MEN LONG AGO GAVE
THEIR LIVES FOR.

696
00:38:01,447 --> 00:38:03,582
WELL, I DIDN'T
ASK THEM TO.

697
00:38:03,615 --> 00:38:05,551
I'VE GOT TO
REASON TO VOTE.

698
00:38:05,584 --> 00:38:07,052
GET ON OUT OF HERE!

699
00:38:07,085 --> 00:38:08,854
IS THERE
ROOM FOR ME?

700
00:38:08,887 --> 00:38:11,289
- YES, MA'AM.
- I'LL JUST GET MY HAT.

701
00:38:14,893 --> 00:38:17,529
I HEARD MR. MADDOX
WAS A FRIEND OF YOURS.

702
00:38:17,563 --> 00:38:18,964
I NEVER MET HIM.

703
00:38:18,997 --> 00:38:20,832
BUT I'M SORRY
HE DIED.

704
00:38:22,501 --> 00:38:25,871
MR. McCARY SAID HE DIED
THE WORSE KIND OF DEATH.

705
00:38:25,904 --> 00:38:27,373
LONELINESS.

706
00:38:31,777 --> 00:38:32,778
I'M READY.

707
00:38:32,811 --> 00:38:34,613
WE BETTER HURRY.

708
00:38:34,646 --> 00:38:36,982
WE'VE GOT TO GET
BACK TO OLESONVILLE
BEFORE THE DEBATE.

709
00:38:37,015 --> 00:38:38,917
OLESONVILLE?
WHERE'S THAT?

710
00:38:38,950 --> 00:38:41,119
THAT'S THE NEW NAME
OF WALNUT GROVE.

711
00:38:41,152 --> 00:38:43,422
THERE'S BEEN A LOT
OF CHANGES LATELY.

712
00:38:43,455 --> 00:38:45,457
WE'RE TRYING TO GET
THOSE CHANGES CHANGED.

713
00:39:20,626 --> 00:39:23,629
SO, NATURALLY, WE
AGREED TO THE DEBATE

714
00:39:23,662 --> 00:39:27,032
JUST TO HUMOR
THE OLD SOUL.
[CHUCKLES]

715
00:39:27,065 --> 00:39:30,769
HE PROBABLY WON'T
GET MORE THAN,
I DON'T KNOW, TWO VO...

716
00:39:30,802 --> 00:39:32,070
VO...

717
00:39:57,529 --> 00:39:59,998
DR. BAKER,
ARE YOU GOING
TO ALLOW

718
00:40:00,031 --> 00:40:02,100
THIS MOCKERY
OF JUSTICE
TO CONTINUE?

719
00:40:02,133 --> 00:40:04,436
WHY, THIS LEM
McCARY HERE,

720
00:40:04,470 --> 00:40:08,039
WHAT HE'S DOING IS
SOMETHING AKIN TO
STUFFING THE BALLOT BOX!

721
00:40:08,073 --> 00:40:10,442
- WELL, HARRIET.
- WHAT?

722
00:40:10,476 --> 00:40:13,178
WHAT YOU'RE SEEING
IS THE DEMOCRATIC
PROCESS AT WORK.

723
00:40:13,211 --> 00:40:15,180
OH, PIDDLE-PADDLE!

724
00:40:24,189 --> 00:40:25,924
LADIES...

725
00:40:25,957 --> 00:40:28,694
LADIES, GENTS,

726
00:40:28,727 --> 00:40:32,531
IF YOU'LL KEEP IT DOWN,
THE DEBATE IS UP HERE.

727
00:40:32,564 --> 00:40:34,032
IT'S NOT OUT THERE.

728
00:40:34,065 --> 00:40:35,967
[LAUGHTER]

729
00:40:36,001 --> 00:40:39,605
AND IT'S TIME WE HAVE THESE
CANDIDATES SQUARE OFF.

730
00:40:39,638 --> 00:40:41,139
WELL, ARE THERE
GOING TO BE BARE
KNUCKLES, DOC?

731
00:40:41,172 --> 00:40:43,108
[LAUGHTER]

732
00:40:46,144 --> 00:40:48,680
ALL RIGHT.
IN THIS CORNER,

733
00:40:48,714 --> 00:40:50,816
WE HAVE CIVIC LEADER,
BUSINESSMAN,

734
00:40:50,849 --> 00:40:53,719
AND PROPRIETOR
OF THE MERCANTEEL,

735
00:40:53,752 --> 00:40:55,787
NELS OLESON!

736
00:40:55,821 --> 00:40:57,956
[APPLAUSE]

737
00:41:00,992 --> 00:41:02,994
AND IN THIS CORNER--

738
00:41:03,028 --> 00:41:07,065
5 FOOT 9 1/2, 150 POUNDS
OF RIP-ROARING DYNAMITE!

739
00:41:07,098 --> 00:41:08,800
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]

740
00:41:12,003 --> 00:41:15,574
WELL SAID, MR. EDWARDS.
MR. LEM McCARY!

741
00:41:15,607 --> 00:41:18,944
[APPLAUSE]

742
00:41:18,977 --> 00:41:21,647
Doc Baker: NOW, WE FLIPPED
A COIN A MOMENT AGO,

743
00:41:21,680 --> 00:41:23,915
AND THE WINNER WAS LEM,

744
00:41:23,949 --> 00:41:25,951
SO HE GETS TO MAKE
THE OPENING SPEECH.

745
00:41:25,984 --> 00:41:28,520
[APPLAUSE]

746
00:41:32,858 --> 00:41:34,092
WELL, YOU ALL KNOW ME.

747
00:41:34,125 --> 00:41:36,127
I'VE BEEN LIVING HERE
LONGER THAN MOST.

748
00:41:36,161 --> 00:41:39,064
I FIRST COME HERE
52 YEARS AGO

749
00:41:39,097 --> 00:41:40,666
ALONG WITH A HANDFUL
OF OTHER FOLKS

750
00:41:40,699 --> 00:41:42,801
WITH THE NOTION
OF BUILDING A TOWN.

751
00:41:42,834 --> 00:41:45,937
THERE WAS LARS HANSON,
JESS MOFFET,

752
00:41:45,971 --> 00:41:49,608
GEORGE MADDOX, LES SUTHERLAND
AND HIS WIFE MADDY,

753
00:41:49,641 --> 00:41:52,077
FEW OTHERS,
MOST OF THEM GONE NOW.

754
00:41:52,110 --> 00:41:54,279
SO, YOU'LL ONLY HAVE
MY WORD FOR IT

755
00:41:54,312 --> 00:41:57,115
WHEN I TELL YOU HOW
HARD WE WORKED,

756
00:41:57,148 --> 00:42:00,251
SUNUP TO SUNDOWN,
DAY IN AND DAY OUT.

757
00:42:00,285 --> 00:42:01,987
AND YOU NEVER
HEARD COMPLAINT,

758
00:42:02,020 --> 00:42:05,924
BECAUSE WE BELIEVED
IN WHAT WE WAS DOING.

759
00:42:05,957 --> 00:42:09,961
OFF A HARD WINTER THAT FIRST
YEAR, KILLED A LOT OF US,

760
00:42:09,995 --> 00:42:12,097
AND THE TOWN NEAR
DIED RIGHT THEN.

761
00:42:12,130 --> 00:42:13,865
BUT IT DIDN'T.

762
00:42:13,899 --> 00:42:17,669
AND THOSE STILL LIVING
STAYED AND JUST KEPT GOING.

763
00:42:17,703 --> 00:42:20,105
IT WAS 2, MAYBE 3 YEARS

764
00:42:20,138 --> 00:42:23,274
BEFORE WE THOUGHT TO
GIVE THE TOWN A NAME.

765
00:42:23,308 --> 00:42:25,744
MOST OF US WANTED
TO CALL IT HANSONVILLE

766
00:42:25,777 --> 00:42:27,112
FOR LARS HANSON.

767
00:42:27,145 --> 00:42:29,881
BUT, OH, HE WOULDN'T
THINK OF IT.

768
00:42:29,915 --> 00:42:33,084
SO IT WAS JESS MO--

769
00:42:37,856 --> 00:42:40,058
IT WAS JESS MOFFET

770
00:42:40,091 --> 00:42:42,961
WHO THOUGHT TO CALL
IT WALNUT GROVE

771
00:42:42,994 --> 00:42:47,298
BECAUSE OF THAT NICE
STAND OF WALNUTS UP
THERE ON THE RIDGE.

772
00:42:47,332 --> 00:42:49,968
YOU SEE, LARS DIDN'T
THINK IT RIGHT

773
00:42:50,001 --> 00:42:53,304
FOR A TOWN TO BE
NAMED FOR ONE PERSON,

774
00:42:53,338 --> 00:42:56,241
BECAUSE A TOWN AIN'T
JUST ONE PERSON.

775
00:42:56,274 --> 00:42:57,809
IT'S A WHOLE LOT
OF FOLKS THAT ARE LIVING

776
00:42:57,843 --> 00:43:00,045
AND WORKING TOGETHER.

777
00:43:00,078 --> 00:43:02,047
AND THAT'S THE SAME REASON

778
00:43:02,080 --> 00:43:04,850
WHY A TOWN CAN'T BE
OWNED BY ONE PERSON,

779
00:43:04,883 --> 00:43:07,753
BECAUSE THEN IT WOULDN'T
BE A TOWN ANYMORE.

780
00:43:07,786 --> 00:43:11,089
IT'D BE A COMPANY
WITH ONE BOSS

781
00:43:11,122 --> 00:43:12,758
AND A LOT OF HIRED HELP.

782
00:43:12,791 --> 00:43:15,961
[CHUCKLING]

783
00:43:15,994 --> 00:43:19,297
WAY BACK IN
THOSE EARLY YEARS,

784
00:43:19,330 --> 00:43:22,167
WE HAD HIGH HOPES
FOR THIS TOWN.

785
00:43:22,200 --> 00:43:25,036
OH, WE WEREN'T LOOKING
FOR IT TO BE A BIG CITY

786
00:43:25,070 --> 00:43:28,406
WITH 4-STORY BUILDINGS
AND COBBLESTONE STREETS.

787
00:43:28,439 --> 00:43:34,079
OUR ONLY HOPE
WAS THAT IT WOULD BE
A DECENT PLACE TO LIVE,

788
00:43:34,112 --> 00:43:37,082
A PLACE WHERE ONE NEIGHBOR
CARED ABOUT ANOTHER,

789
00:43:37,115 --> 00:43:42,654
AND WHERE BROTHERLY LOVE WAS
MORE THAN JUST TWO WORDS.

790
00:43:42,688 --> 00:43:45,957
BUT LATELY, I AIN'T
SEEN A LOT OF EVIDENCE

791
00:43:45,991 --> 00:43:47,959
THAT IT'S TURNED
OUT THAT WAY.

792
00:43:47,993 --> 00:43:50,395
SO IF I'M ELECTED,

793
00:43:50,428 --> 00:43:54,833
I'M GOING TO SEE WHAT I
CAN DO ABOUT FIXING IT!

794
00:43:54,866 --> 00:43:58,704
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]

795
00:44:07,378 --> 00:44:10,148
LADIES AND GENTS!

796
00:44:10,181 --> 00:44:12,283
COME ON OVER HERE!

797
00:44:12,317 --> 00:44:14,786
I HAVE THE NEWS
YOU'VE BEEN
WAITING FOR.

798
00:44:18,289 --> 00:44:20,926
WE HAVE
OURSELVES
A MAYOR!

799
00:44:20,959 --> 00:44:23,294
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]

800
00:44:25,330 --> 00:44:27,432
WITH ALL
VOTES COUNTED,

801
00:44:27,465 --> 00:44:29,367
NELS OLESON,

802
00:44:29,400 --> 00:44:31,302
64 VOTES.

803
00:44:31,336 --> 00:44:33,238
[APPLAUSE]

804
00:44:35,473 --> 00:44:37,242
LEM McCARY,

805
00:44:37,275 --> 00:44:39,344
67 VOTES.

806
00:44:39,377 --> 00:44:41,747
[APPLAUSE AND CHEERING]

807
00:44:47,085 --> 00:44:50,488
LEM! LEM,
COME ON UP HERE!

808
00:44:50,521 --> 00:44:52,958
COME ON, LEM.
COME ON UP HERE.

809
00:44:57,763 --> 00:45:00,899
I GUESS YOU KNOW THAT
MEANS HARRIET IS GOING
TO CALL HER BOND DUE.

810
00:45:00,932 --> 00:45:02,467
WHAT BOND'S THAT?

811
00:45:02,500 --> 00:45:03,935
AN OLD TOWN BOND.

812
00:45:03,969 --> 00:45:06,104
IT USED TO BELONG
TO LARS HANSON.

813
00:45:06,137 --> 00:45:08,173
HARRIET
HAS IT NOW,

814
00:45:08,206 --> 00:45:10,075
AND SHE'S GOING
TO BANKRUPT
THIS TOWN.

815
00:45:10,108 --> 00:45:11,276
CONGRATULATIONS,
LEM.

816
00:45:11,309 --> 00:45:12,477
AWFUL CLOSE,
NELS.

817
00:45:12,510 --> 00:45:16,481
YES, CONGRATULATIONS,
MAYOR McCARY.

818
00:45:16,514 --> 00:45:18,149
- THANK YOU, MA'AM.
- MM-HMM.

819
00:45:18,183 --> 00:45:22,220
NOW, AS YOUR
FIRST OFFICIAL
ACT IN OFFICE,

820
00:45:22,253 --> 00:45:25,456
YOU CAN JUST MAKE
GOOD ON MY BOND.

821
00:45:25,490 --> 00:45:29,327
NOW, NOT JUST SO
FAST, MRS. OLESON.

822
00:45:29,360 --> 00:45:30,996
WHAT?

823
00:45:31,029 --> 00:45:33,364
IF YOU TAKE A REAL
GOOD LOOK AT THAT
BOND YOU OWN,

824
00:45:33,398 --> 00:45:37,168
YOU'LL FIND
A NUMBER TWO
PRINTED ON THE TOP.

825
00:45:37,202 --> 00:45:39,537
I KNOW BECAUSE
AT HOME I GOT
THE SAME THING,

826
00:45:39,570 --> 00:45:41,406
ONLY IT SAYS
"NUMBER ONE" ON IT.

827
00:45:41,439 --> 00:45:43,374
WHAT?

828
00:45:43,408 --> 00:45:46,511
Jess: THAT MEANS THE
TOWN'S GOT TO PAY ME
OFF BEFORE IT DOES YOU.

829
00:45:46,544 --> 00:45:51,316
ANYBODY GETTING ANY
MONEY AROUND HERE
IS GOING TO BE ME.

830
00:45:51,349 --> 00:45:55,453
MAYOR, CAN YOU MANAGE
A DOLLAR A YEAR?

831
00:45:55,486 --> 00:45:58,056
JESS, WE HONOR
YOUR DEMAND.

832
00:45:58,089 --> 00:45:59,825
[LAUGHTER]

833
00:45:59,858 --> 00:46:02,527
OH, FOR
HEAVEN'S SAKES!

834
00:46:09,901 --> 00:46:12,537
AND DON'T FORGET THE
PARTY AT LARS' HOUSE.

835
00:46:12,570 --> 00:46:14,372
EVERYBODY'S INVITED,

836
00:46:14,405 --> 00:46:16,141
COMPLIMENTS
TO THE OLESONS.

837
00:46:16,174 --> 00:46:18,243
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]

838
00:46:24,515 --> 00:46:27,552
EVERYBODY,
GET YOUR PARTNERS
FOR A ROUND DANCE.

839
00:46:30,221 --> 00:46:32,123
Caller:
* A RING, A RING,
A PRETTY LITTLE RING *

840
00:46:32,157 --> 00:46:35,293
[DANCE MUSIC PLAYING]

841
00:46:35,326 --> 00:46:37,362
* JUMP RIGHT UP AND
WHEN YOU COME DOWN *

842
00:46:37,395 --> 00:46:39,965
* SWING THAT PRETTY GAL
'ROUND AND 'ROUND *

843
00:46:42,300 --> 00:46:44,602
* 'ROUND AND 'ROUND
WITH THE OLD CHUCK WAGON *

844
00:46:44,635 --> 00:46:47,873
* A HIND WHEEL BROKE
AND THE AXLE'S DRAGGIN' *

845
00:46:47,906 --> 00:46:49,474
WANT TO TAKE A WHIRL?

846
00:46:51,442 --> 00:46:53,945
I THOUGHT YOU'D
NEVER ASK.

847
00:46:59,017 --> 00:47:01,586
Caller:
HONOR YOUR PARTNER.

848
00:47:01,619 --> 00:47:04,856
HONOR YOUR CORNER.

849
00:47:04,890 --> 00:47:09,327
YOU SWING YOUR GIRL,
I'LL SWING MINE.

850
00:47:09,360 --> 00:47:11,629
* ALL JOIN HANDS
AND CIRCLE DOWN SOUTH *

851
00:47:11,662 --> 00:47:15,466
* AND LET A LITTLE
SUNSHINE IN YOUR MOUTH *

852
00:47:15,500 --> 00:47:17,903
* CIRCLE UP THE RING
A COUNTRY MILE *

853
00:47:17,936 --> 00:47:20,338
* LADY IN THE LEAD
GO INJUN STYLE *

854
00:47:23,942 --> 00:47:26,044
* 'ROUND AND 'ROUND
WITH THE OLD CHUCK WAGON *

855
00:47:26,077 --> 00:47:28,046
* A HIND WHEEL BROKE
AND THE AXLE'S DRAGGIN' *

856
00:47:28,079 --> 00:47:29,414
* A HORSESHOE RING

857
00:47:29,447 --> 00:47:31,549
* LADIES ON THE INSIDE,
GENTS ON THE OUT *

858
00:47:31,582 --> 00:47:33,952
* LADIES ON THE INSIDE
GENTS TO THE RIGHT *

859
00:47:33,985 --> 00:47:36,421
* LADIES TO THE RIGHT
AND GENTS GO LEFT... *