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♪ Here's the story ♪
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♪ Of a lovely lady ♪
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♪ Who was bringing up ♪
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♪ Three very lovely girls ♪
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♪ All of them had hair of gold ♪
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♪ Like their mother ♪
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♪ The youngest one in curls ♪
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♪ It's the story of a
man named Brady ♪
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♪ Who was busy with
three boys of his own ♪
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♪ They were four
men living all together ♪
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♪ Yet they were all alone ♪
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♪ Till the one day when ♪
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♪ The lady met this fellow ♪
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♪ And they knew that it was
much more than a hunch ♪
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♪ That this group ♪
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♪ Must somehow form a family ♪
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♪ That's the way they all
became the Brady Bunch ♪
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♪ The Brady Bunch ♪
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♪ The Brady Bunch ♪
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♪ That's the way they
became the Brady Bunch. ♪
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Read the next one, Marcia.
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Hey, this one's a beaut.
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"Dear Libby, My boyfriend Ralph
says he loves me for my mind
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"but, for my birthday,
he bought me a bikini.
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Signed, 'What do you think?'"
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"Dear 'What do you think?'
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I think the same
thing you think."
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That's what I like about Libby.
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She gets right to the point.
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What is the point?
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I told you she's too
young to understand yet.
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It won't be long.
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This kind of stuff makes
you grow up quick.
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Are those letters for real?
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Of course. Dear
Libby gets letters
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from people all
over the country.
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Come on. Get to the next one.
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Yeah, get to the next one.
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Okay.
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"Dear Libby, We have a
terrible problem in my family.
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Come on, read.
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It's just a dumb old letter.
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You guys look at the comics.
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Honey, do you have
section "B," page five?
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Well, no. I thought you had it.
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Maybe it got mixed up.
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Marjorie Mack's wedding
is continued on that page.
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I was right in the middle of
a battle on a college campus.
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Over what? What's left?
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Probably demanding
classroom credit for rioting.
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Now, now, dear. Your
generation gap is showing.
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I'm going to go and
get another paper.
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Dad, let me go!
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Marcia... where
did you come from?
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I was just passing through.
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I'll get another paper.
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Wait a minute. What time is it?
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I've already done
all my homework.
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But it's dark outside.
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Not very.
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Greg! Greg'll go with you.
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Oh, Dad, I'm old enough.
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Yeah, Dad? I would
like for you, please,
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to go out with Marcia and
get another newspaper.
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There's a page
missing from this one.
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Do I have to? Yes, you have to.
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I'll miss the end of my show.
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It's a rerun. I'll
tell you all about it.
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Who did it, the
butler or the doctor?
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What? The show.
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What show?
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The TV show. Who killed him?
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Oh, I don't know.
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You said you'd seen it.
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Shh! What's the matter with you?
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Keep your voice down.
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I had to say something.
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What do you mean, you
had to say something?
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Because, if I hadn't, Dad
would've gone for the paper.
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So what? He would've gotten one.
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I repeat: so what?
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Shh!
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Marcia... close
the closet doors.
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What's going on?
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We can't let our
parents read that paper.
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You figure they're getting
too old for the news?
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Listen, Greg, that page
they're looking for wasn't lost.
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So what happened to it?
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I took it.
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You took it?
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You're really weird.
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You won't say that
when you see it.
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Just read this.
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Here's your paper, Mom.
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Oh, thanks, Greg.
Thanks, Marcia.
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We were glad to do
it, weren't we, Greg?
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Oh, sure.
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Thanks, honey.
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Well, of all the... What?
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Well, this page has a
big black ink spot on it.
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It doesn't seem to
be a very good night
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for page five, section "B."
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The printing press
must've gone haywire.
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That's the trouble
with machines...
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You can't depend on them.
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You ask me, they're
on their way out.
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What? Machines.
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Yeah, none of them seem
to work right anymore.
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I heard about this one newspaper
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that printed a million
copies of page nine
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right on top of page eight,
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and left page nine blank.
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I heard about that, too.
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Really? What paper was that?
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Boston Times. Chicago Post.
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Boston Times. Chicago Post.
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Is my riot readable?
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Mm-hmm.
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The wedding's here.
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There's something else missing,
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but I can't think what it is.
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As long as it isn't "Peanuts."
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I take back what I said
about your generation gap.
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Oh, Peter, you be the lookout.
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Okay.
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Shh! What's going on?
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What am I looking out for?
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Our parents, dummy.
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You want some advice?
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When you grow up,
don't try to get into the FBI.
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Never mind the lookout.
Just close the door.
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Now, listen, you guys.
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We got you all together
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'cause this is
something important,
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and we're all involved.
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So you tell them, Marcia.
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No, you.
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Well, maybe we
should just read it.
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I mean, maybe you
should just read it.
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You're the oldest.
But you read better.
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You guys gonna
horse around all night?
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If it's that important,
somebody read it.
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And quick. I have
to burp my doll.
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Okay. This was in "Dear
Libby's" column tonight.
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"Dear Libby, We have a
terrible problem in my family.
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"I have three
children of my own,
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"and three additional children
from a recent marriage.
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"I had no idea
three new children
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"could cause so much trouble.
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"Should I continue pretending
to love these new children,
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"and wait until they
wreck my marriage,
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or should I get out now?"
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It's signed... "Harried
and Hopeless."
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What's so important about that?
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Well, don't you see, Bobby?
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Three children and
three new children.
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That letter's about us.
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We don't know anybody
named Harry Hopeless.
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That's "Harried and Hopeless."
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What makes you so sure
it's us? It could be anybody.
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Sure. Anybody who just
happens to have three kids
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and then marries
someone with three kids.
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What's the matter?
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I don't hear anything.
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What's the matter with that?
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Six kids and no noise...
That's what's the matter
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with that.
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I've never heard
such a loud silence.
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Maybe they all went to bed.
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What about those
trips to the kitchen
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to stave off starvation
until morning?
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Cries in the night for water?
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Somehow, going to bed
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turns every kid into
a dehydrated camel.
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Do you think we
should check on them?
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No. Marcia and
Greg said they would.
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It's so quiet I can't think.
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I know. I've read the
same sentence three times,
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I still don't know
what it means.
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Well, I think we
should check on them.
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No, no, no, no, no.
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We're going to let
sleeping children lie.
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You mean somebody
doesn't love us?
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Somebody doesn't
love the new children.
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We're not the new
children. They are.
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We are not!
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Now, that depends
on who wrote the letter.
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Right. If it's a woman, the
boys are the new children.
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And, if it's a man, we are.
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What did "Dear Libby" say?
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"Dear 'Harried and Hopeless, '
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"Give it a try a
little while longer.
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It just might work."
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And that's good.
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'Cause that'll give us a
chance to do something.
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Like what?
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Like behave ourselves.
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I mean, really behave ourselves.
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Like act nice and do
our homework and stuff?
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Yeah, and keep
our rooms picked up,
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and help around the house,
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and go to bed
without being told.
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Don't fight with
each other, be polite,
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and wash our hands and faces
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and comb our hair.
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Nobody'll recognize us.
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We've got to do it.
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For Mom and Dad.
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Boy, keeping them married
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sure is going to be hard work.
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And then they washed the windows
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after they came home
from school today
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without being told.
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Now they're out there
cleaning up the garage.
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They even weeded the garden.
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Maybe we ought to
take their temperatures.
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Hey, I was watching that.
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It's time for the ball game.
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Big deal. It's an
important game.
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Missing a dumb
game won't hurt you.
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Nobody but a dumb girl
would say a dumb thing that.
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If I'm dumb, you're super-dumb.
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If you're so smart,
how come you're a girl?
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What's the matter?
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Peter came in and
switched channels...
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There's an important
game on right this minute,
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and she was watching a...
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Would you knock it off?
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We're supposed to be
on our best behavior.
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What's wrong in here?
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Nothing.
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I thought I heard an argument.
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Oh, that was on TV.
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They're, uh... telecasting
a peace conference.
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There. I won.
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You cheated!
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I did not!
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Besides, you didn't see me!
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I did, too!
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You're a sore loser!
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You're a sore winner!
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Cindy, Bobby, be quiet.
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But he cheated!
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Only once!
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Stop it, both of you.
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Remember... Any trouble in here?
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Oh, no. Everything's fine.
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Fine.
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Fine.
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That's more like it.
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What are you doing here?
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Well, I couldn't sleep.
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That's a crazy sleeping pill.
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If I wake up in the
middle of the night,
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at least I'll know why.
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Sorry I woke you.
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Oh, you didn't.
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I couldn't sleep either.
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Fix you one?
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Why don't I just
have half of that one?
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Okay. I'll pour the milk.
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What's on your mind, dear?
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What else? The kids.
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What have they done wrong?
265
00:11:31,224 --> 00:11:33,558
Nothing. Absolutely nothing.
266
00:11:33,626 --> 00:11:35,359
I know.
267
00:11:35,428 --> 00:11:36,727
Every now and then,
268
00:11:36,796 --> 00:11:39,263
I get the feeling I'm
in the wrong house.
269
00:11:39,332 --> 00:11:42,445
My girls never went through
a phase like this before.
270
00:11:42,469 --> 00:11:43,612
Did the boys?
271
00:11:43,636 --> 00:11:47,838
No. Something is
drastically wrong.
272
00:11:49,075 --> 00:11:51,909
Is this a top secret meeting?
273
00:11:51,978 --> 00:11:53,511
Oh... come on in.
274
00:11:53,580 --> 00:11:55,012
Sorry we woke you.
275
00:11:55,081 --> 00:11:56,992
Oh, you didn't.
I couldn't sleep.
276
00:11:57,016 --> 00:11:59,049
There's a lot of
that going around.
277
00:11:59,119 --> 00:12:00,284
Make you a sandwich?
278
00:12:00,353 --> 00:12:01,697
I'll make it. You skimp.
279
00:12:01,721 --> 00:12:03,199
If this is an open meeting,
280
00:12:03,223 --> 00:12:05,923
I'd like to introduce a
subject for discussion.
281
00:12:05,992 --> 00:12:07,057
Feel free.
282
00:12:07,127 --> 00:12:09,026
What's the matter with the kids?
283
00:12:09,095 --> 00:12:10,973
We were just talking about
that. We wish we knew.
284
00:12:10,997 --> 00:12:11,929
They say anything to you?
285
00:12:11,998 --> 00:12:13,097
Not a peep.
286
00:12:13,166 --> 00:12:15,065
But something's bugging them.
287
00:12:15,135 --> 00:12:17,480
I think I'll just have
to ask them, that's all.
288
00:12:17,504 --> 00:12:18,936
Would you do it tomorrow?
289
00:12:19,005 --> 00:12:20,882
If there's anything
I can't stand,
290
00:12:20,906 --> 00:12:22,039
it's a perfect kid.
291
00:12:22,108 --> 00:12:24,475
And six of them. Yecch!
292
00:12:24,544 --> 00:12:27,111
I'll drink to that. Yecch!
293
00:12:27,180 --> 00:12:28,546
Yecch!
294
00:12:58,077 --> 00:12:59,343
Hi.
295
00:12:59,412 --> 00:13:01,078
Hi, Alice.
296
00:13:01,147 --> 00:13:03,214
Wh... what are you doing?
297
00:13:03,283 --> 00:13:05,093
Trying to find out
what you're doing.
298
00:13:05,117 --> 00:13:06,984
Just raking some leaves.
299
00:13:07,053 --> 00:13:10,321
You ask a foolish question,
you get a foolish answer.
300
00:13:10,390 --> 00:13:12,022
Can we have a little talk?
301
00:13:12,091 --> 00:13:15,059
Well, I... I really
got to get this done.
302
00:13:15,127 --> 00:13:17,628
Uh-huh.
303
00:13:22,034 --> 00:13:23,901
Hi, there.
304
00:13:23,969 --> 00:13:25,503
Hi.
305
00:13:25,572 --> 00:13:27,971
Can we have a little talk?
306
00:13:28,040 --> 00:13:30,360
Well, I'm kind of busy.
307
00:13:38,951 --> 00:13:40,818
Why are you trimming the lawn?
308
00:13:40,886 --> 00:13:42,320
Because it's here.
309
00:13:42,388 --> 00:13:43,865
Why do people climb mountains?
310
00:13:43,889 --> 00:13:46,990
Well, so far today,
I'm batting a thousand.
311
00:13:47,059 --> 00:13:50,127
Come on. I want you
kids to level with me.
312
00:13:50,196 --> 00:13:51,196
What's going on?
313
00:13:51,231 --> 00:13:53,163
Greg, what's going on?
314
00:13:53,233 --> 00:13:55,766
We're gardening.
That's what's going on.
315
00:13:55,835 --> 00:13:57,746
Okay, that's enough
of the small talk.
316
00:13:57,770 --> 00:13:59,548
Come on, you two.
Front and center.
317
00:13:59,572 --> 00:14:00,838
Sit down over here.
318
00:14:00,906 --> 00:14:02,005
Come on.
319
00:14:06,812 --> 00:14:08,512
Keeping your room spotless,
320
00:14:08,581 --> 00:14:10,248
washing behind your ears,
321
00:14:10,316 --> 00:14:12,383
eating everything
on your plate...
322
00:14:12,452 --> 00:14:13,584
That's bad enough.
323
00:14:13,653 --> 00:14:15,464
But this doing chores
around the house
324
00:14:15,488 --> 00:14:17,054
without being asked is too much.
325
00:14:17,123 --> 00:14:18,522
You six do-gooders
326
00:14:18,591 --> 00:14:21,125
are driving me
right up the wall.
327
00:14:21,193 --> 00:14:23,927
Either you tell me what's
going on around here,
328
00:14:23,996 --> 00:14:26,096
or I'll tell all the
kids at school
329
00:14:26,165 --> 00:14:27,498
the way you're behaving.
330
00:14:27,567 --> 00:14:28,711
Alice, you wouldn't!
331
00:14:28,735 --> 00:14:30,401
Wouldn't I?
332
00:14:30,470 --> 00:14:33,371
I'll fink out to every
kid under 15 I can find.
333
00:14:33,439 --> 00:14:36,507
Now, for the last time, tell
me what's behind all this.
334
00:14:36,576 --> 00:14:40,844
Well, it's on account
of Mom and Dad.
335
00:14:40,913 --> 00:14:43,881
This problem involves
your mother and father,
336
00:14:43,949 --> 00:14:46,617
and you haven't
discussed it with them yet?
337
00:14:46,686 --> 00:14:49,186
You two are pretty
unfair to your folks.
338
00:14:49,255 --> 00:14:52,022
Raking the leaves and trimming
the lawn isn't going to help,
339
00:14:52,091 --> 00:14:53,969
but talking things
over with them might.
340
00:14:53,993 --> 00:14:55,526
Maybe she's right.
341
00:14:55,595 --> 00:14:56,960
Let's tell them.
342
00:14:57,029 --> 00:14:59,408
Okay. You tell
Mom and I'll tell Dad.
343
00:14:59,432 --> 00:15:00,509
Come on.
344
00:15:00,533 --> 00:15:02,132
Now, say, I'm not
the prying type,
345
00:15:02,201 --> 00:15:04,241
so I won't to ask you
what the problem is.
346
00:15:04,304 --> 00:15:06,415
But, if you want any
practice telling them,
347
00:15:06,439 --> 00:15:07,672
I'm a very good listener.
348
00:15:07,740 --> 00:15:09,440
Practice makes perfect.
349
00:15:13,780 --> 00:15:15,924
And you think this
letter is about us?
350
00:15:15,948 --> 00:15:17,782
Well, how many
families are there
351
00:15:17,850 --> 00:15:20,451
with three old children
and three new children?
352
00:15:20,520 --> 00:15:21,985
I don't know, but I'm glad
353
00:15:22,054 --> 00:15:24,555
you finally decided
to show me the letter.
354
00:15:24,624 --> 00:15:25,790
"Dear Libby"?
355
00:15:25,858 --> 00:15:27,191
Well, yeah.
356
00:15:27,259 --> 00:15:29,660
The lady that gives
advice in the newspaper.
357
00:15:29,729 --> 00:15:31,862
And you thought this
was a letter about us?
358
00:15:31,931 --> 00:15:34,532
Well, sure, Dad. What
else could we think?
359
00:15:34,600 --> 00:15:38,035
Oh, Greg. Don't you know
there are any number of families
360
00:15:38,103 --> 00:15:40,438
with children from
previous marriages?
361
00:15:40,506 --> 00:15:42,940
But not with three kids apiece.
362
00:15:45,611 --> 00:15:47,923
But I thought we were
all getting along so well.
363
00:15:47,947 --> 00:15:49,380
We are.
364
00:15:49,449 --> 00:15:51,882
Then how could you think
I would write such a letter?
365
00:15:51,951 --> 00:15:54,184
Mom, we didn't say you wrote it.
366
00:15:56,456 --> 00:15:58,856
And, even if we did, I
wouldn't try to solve a problem
367
00:15:58,924 --> 00:16:00,157
by writing to "Dear Libby."
368
00:16:00,226 --> 00:16:01,792
Dad, the letter didn't say
369
00:16:01,861 --> 00:16:03,861
"Harried and
Hopeless" was a man.
370
00:16:09,068 --> 00:16:11,101
You look terrible.
371
00:16:11,170 --> 00:16:13,070
I have a right to.
372
00:16:13,138 --> 00:16:15,250
Let me get you a cup of coffee.
373
00:16:15,274 --> 00:16:16,440
Thanks.
374
00:16:17,744 --> 00:16:20,678
I take it you had
that talk with the kids.
375
00:16:20,747 --> 00:16:22,112
Oh, yes.
376
00:16:22,181 --> 00:16:24,948
Maybe I'd better have
a cup of coffee, too.
377
00:16:25,017 --> 00:16:26,517
Fire when ready.
378
00:16:26,586 --> 00:16:29,019
Well, you know
Dear Libby's column.
379
00:16:29,088 --> 00:16:30,621
Oh, yeah. I never miss It.
380
00:16:30,690 --> 00:16:32,067
Well, you missed this one.
381
00:16:32,091 --> 00:16:33,791
Read the second letter.
382
00:16:35,461 --> 00:16:36,794
Hey, how about that?
383
00:16:36,863 --> 00:16:39,764
She has three kids,
and he has three kids.
384
00:16:39,832 --> 00:16:43,401
Just... like... Exactly.
385
00:16:43,469 --> 00:16:46,470
You mean the kids
saw this and thought...
386
00:16:46,539 --> 00:16:48,639
They thought, if they
behaved themselves,
387
00:16:48,708 --> 00:16:50,875
"Harried and Hopeless"
would stay married.
388
00:16:50,943 --> 00:16:51,943
Crazy kids.
389
00:16:52,011 --> 00:16:53,154
Well, you've got to admit
390
00:16:53,178 --> 00:16:55,190
there are quite a
few coincidences
391
00:16:55,214 --> 00:16:57,648
between the family
in the letter and ours.
392
00:16:57,717 --> 00:16:58,883
About 110%.
393
00:16:58,951 --> 00:16:59,991
Right.
394
00:17:00,052 --> 00:17:02,119
Alice...
395
00:17:02,187 --> 00:17:05,956
you've known Mr. Brady
a lot longer than I have.
396
00:17:06,025 --> 00:17:09,026
Well, you don't
suppose... Don't be silly.
397
00:17:09,094 --> 00:17:11,796
Mr. Brady would never
do a thing like that.
398
00:17:11,864 --> 00:17:13,898
I didn't think so.
399
00:17:13,966 --> 00:17:16,901
He wouldn't write a letter
like that in a million years.
400
00:17:16,969 --> 00:17:20,538
Oh, Alice, you don't know
how much I appreciate this.
401
00:17:20,606 --> 00:17:23,607
Of course you're right.
402
00:17:23,676 --> 00:17:26,510
You bet I am.
403
00:17:26,579 --> 00:17:28,979
You don't work for a
man all those years
404
00:17:29,048 --> 00:17:31,381
and not know what
kind of a man he is.
405
00:17:31,451 --> 00:17:33,283
Mr. Brady write that letter?
406
00:17:33,352 --> 00:17:34,352
Ha!
407
00:17:37,323 --> 00:17:39,222
Thank you, Alice.
408
00:17:48,133 --> 00:17:51,975
Alice... you know that
column in the paper
409
00:17:52,037 --> 00:17:53,437
called "Dear Libby"?
410
00:17:53,506 --> 00:17:55,205
Yeah, I've heard of it.
411
00:17:55,274 --> 00:17:56,306
Yeah.
412
00:17:56,375 --> 00:17:58,008
Read that second letter.
413
00:17:58,077 --> 00:17:59,844
That's yesterday's paper.
414
00:17:59,912 --> 00:18:01,545
I got another copy.
415
00:18:01,614 --> 00:18:02,614
Hmm.
416
00:18:02,648 --> 00:18:04,949
Interesting.
417
00:18:05,017 --> 00:18:06,984
You think it applies to us?
418
00:18:07,052 --> 00:18:08,486
"Us"?
419
00:18:08,554 --> 00:18:10,899
Yeah. "Harried and
Hopeless" has three children
420
00:18:10,923 --> 00:18:13,001
and married somebody
with three children.
421
00:18:13,025 --> 00:18:14,391
Three and three.
422
00:18:14,460 --> 00:18:17,127
I'd have to say
that's pretty close.
423
00:18:17,196 --> 00:18:20,297
Yep. That's what I'd
have to say, all right.
424
00:18:20,366 --> 00:18:24,034
Alice, do you think Carol
could have written that letter?
425
00:18:24,103 --> 00:18:25,469
Mrs. Brady?
426
00:18:25,538 --> 00:18:28,672
Why, Mrs. Brady wouldn't
write a letter like that
427
00:18:28,741 --> 00:18:30,073
in a million years.
428
00:18:30,142 --> 00:18:31,441
A billion years.
429
00:18:31,511 --> 00:18:34,945
Well, I... I guess not.
430
00:18:35,014 --> 00:18:37,848
I'm surprised you could
have thought such a thing.
431
00:18:37,917 --> 00:18:40,261
Well, I... guess
it's just that...
432
00:18:40,285 --> 00:18:42,525
men don't understand women.
433
00:19:12,484 --> 00:19:14,184
What are you doing?
434
00:19:14,253 --> 00:19:16,353
Oh, I... I was just wondering
435
00:19:16,422 --> 00:19:20,357
if, uh, these chairs would
look better facing the fireplace.
436
00:19:20,426 --> 00:19:22,526
Oh. Well, let's see.
437
00:19:24,163 --> 00:19:25,462
Mike?
438
00:19:25,531 --> 00:19:27,031
Hmm?
439
00:19:27,099 --> 00:19:30,100
I really couldn't blame you
if you had written the letter.
440
00:19:30,169 --> 00:19:31,735
What letter?
441
00:19:31,804 --> 00:19:33,437
The one to "Dear Libby."
442
00:19:33,505 --> 00:19:34,672
Oh, that letter.
443
00:19:34,740 --> 00:19:35,940
Well, let's see.
444
00:19:36,008 --> 00:19:38,576
How do you like
the chairs like this?
445
00:19:38,644 --> 00:19:40,956
The table's got to
go the other way.
446
00:19:40,980 --> 00:19:43,047
Oh, yeah.
447
00:19:43,115 --> 00:19:46,951
No, I couldn't blame you
if you'd written it either.
448
00:19:47,019 --> 00:19:50,387
I'd certainly
understand if you had.
449
00:19:50,456 --> 00:19:52,489
So would I.
450
00:19:52,558 --> 00:19:57,861
I guess the end table
has to go over there.
451
00:19:57,930 --> 00:20:01,164
After all, it can't be
easy for one to adjust
452
00:20:01,233 --> 00:20:02,833
to a whole new family.
453
00:20:02,902 --> 00:20:04,969
No. Well, not for some people.
454
00:20:05,037 --> 00:20:07,816
You'd think, though, that he
would have confided in his new...
455
00:20:07,840 --> 00:20:08,772
Or "her."
456
00:20:08,841 --> 00:20:09,841
spouse.
457
00:20:09,875 --> 00:20:11,274
Yeah, you'd think so.
458
00:20:11,343 --> 00:20:13,844
In fact, I think it
would be a good idea
459
00:20:13,913 --> 00:20:16,780
if they talk the whole
thing over right now.
460
00:20:16,849 --> 00:20:19,883
That is if... if he
has anything to say.
461
00:20:19,952 --> 00:20:21,151
Or "she."
462
00:20:21,220 --> 00:20:22,753
You know something?
463
00:20:22,822 --> 00:20:23,988
What?
464
00:20:24,056 --> 00:20:26,690
I hate the room this way.
465
00:20:26,759 --> 00:20:28,092
So do I.
466
00:20:36,902 --> 00:20:38,068
Mike?
467
00:20:38,137 --> 00:20:39,347
Oh, hi, honey.
468
00:20:39,371 --> 00:20:41,739
Mike... Hmm?
469
00:20:41,807 --> 00:20:44,141
We've always been
honest with each other,
470
00:20:44,209 --> 00:20:46,376
and it's silly to beat
around the bush
471
00:20:46,445 --> 00:20:49,046
about something that
might be very important.
472
00:20:49,115 --> 00:20:50,447
Yeah, yeah.
473
00:20:50,516 --> 00:20:52,616
So, here goes.
474
00:20:52,685 --> 00:20:55,452
I didn't write that
letter to "Dear Libby."
475
00:20:55,521 --> 00:20:58,488
I'm perfectly happy
with my three new sons
476
00:20:58,557 --> 00:21:00,457
and my wonderful new husband.
477
00:21:00,526 --> 00:21:01,558
Oh.
478
00:21:03,029 --> 00:21:05,428
I didn't write
that letter either,
479
00:21:05,497 --> 00:21:09,033
and I adore my wife and
my three new daughters.
480
00:21:13,139 --> 00:21:15,906
Oh... What a relief.
481
00:21:15,975 --> 00:21:18,776
Now, how are we going
to convince the kids?
482
00:21:18,844 --> 00:21:21,964
Hmm. Well, they're watching
a television show now.
483
00:21:22,014 --> 00:21:24,815
As soon as it's over,
we'll talk to them.
484
00:21:24,884 --> 00:21:26,316
Oh, good.
485
00:21:30,122 --> 00:21:33,323
Should me and kitty
get worried now, Alice?
486
00:21:33,392 --> 00:21:36,493
Nah. The sheriff will
be along any second.
487
00:21:37,797 --> 00:21:39,663
Don't get up,
Alice. I'll get it.
488
00:21:39,732 --> 00:21:41,098
I'll get it, dear.
489
00:21:41,167 --> 00:21:42,800
Race you for it.
490
00:21:42,868 --> 00:21:44,735
Beat you.
491
00:21:45,905 --> 00:21:47,604
Mr. and Mrs. Brady?
492
00:21:47,673 --> 00:21:49,173
Yes. Yes.
493
00:21:49,241 --> 00:21:50,273
You don't know me.
494
00:21:50,342 --> 00:21:51,608
I'm Elizabeth Carter.
495
00:21:53,212 --> 00:21:56,246
Most people refer to
me as "Dear Libby."
496
00:21:56,315 --> 00:21:58,582
I write a column.
497
00:21:58,650 --> 00:22:00,918
You certainly do.
498
00:22:00,986 --> 00:22:03,153
What a surprise!
499
00:22:03,222 --> 00:22:05,255
It's very nice to meet you.
500
00:22:05,324 --> 00:22:06,790
Dear Libby.
501
00:22:06,859 --> 00:22:09,993
Won't you come in
and meet my fam...?
502
00:22:18,871 --> 00:22:21,504
Won't you... come in?
503
00:22:21,573 --> 00:22:23,741
Well, the fact is, I
never make calls
504
00:22:23,809 --> 00:22:26,110
at the homes of
people who write to me,
505
00:22:26,178 --> 00:22:28,045
but this was such an usual case,
506
00:22:28,114 --> 00:22:29,780
I felt that it was justified.
507
00:22:29,849 --> 00:22:31,927
Oh, we're very glad
to have you here.
508
00:22:31,951 --> 00:22:34,084
Recently, I printed
a letter in my column
509
00:22:34,153 --> 00:22:37,154
written by someone who
signed it "Harried and Hopeless."
510
00:22:37,223 --> 00:22:39,656
Since then, I've received
511
00:22:39,725 --> 00:22:42,359
seven letters from
the same address
512
00:22:42,427 --> 00:22:44,194
all begging me to reveal
513
00:22:44,263 --> 00:22:46,830
the name and
address of the writer.
514
00:22:46,899 --> 00:22:48,710
It seems that
the original letter
515
00:22:48,734 --> 00:22:50,768
was causing a great
deal of confusion
516
00:22:50,836 --> 00:22:52,136
in a similar household.
517
00:22:52,204 --> 00:22:55,472
So, I dropped by to meet...
518
00:22:55,540 --> 00:22:59,042
"Kitty Carryall"...
519
00:23:00,746 --> 00:23:02,780
"Feeling Awful"...
520
00:23:06,652 --> 00:23:10,353
"Desperately Worried"...
521
00:23:13,259 --> 00:23:14,792
"Down in the Mouth"...
522
00:23:18,764 --> 00:23:22,266
"Real Frantic"...
523
00:23:26,138 --> 00:23:27,737
"Guilt Complex"...
524
00:23:30,976 --> 00:23:33,310
Oh, and there's one more:
525
00:23:33,378 --> 00:23:35,779
"Innocent Bystander."
526
00:23:41,854 --> 00:23:44,955
You'll all be happy to
know that the original letter
527
00:23:45,024 --> 00:23:48,292
from "Harried and Hopeless"
came from Kingsford, Illinois,
528
00:23:48,360 --> 00:23:49,626
2,000 miles from here.
529
00:23:49,695 --> 00:23:51,594
Yay!
530
00:23:51,663 --> 00:23:53,730
Oh, that's marvelous.
531
00:24:05,744 --> 00:24:09,246
I sure am glad we're
not Harry Hopeless.
532
00:24:23,062 --> 00:24:25,829
Imagine all the kids
writing "Dear Libby."
533
00:24:25,898 --> 00:24:27,264
Alice, too.
534
00:24:27,333 --> 00:24:29,010
Well, obviously, that
letter in her column
535
00:24:29,034 --> 00:24:30,678
wasn't written by
either one of us.
536
00:24:30,702 --> 00:24:32,936
Well, I don't suppose
you thought for a minute
537
00:24:33,005 --> 00:24:34,571
that I was "Harry Hopeless."
538
00:24:34,639 --> 00:24:36,173
Me? Are you kidding?
539
00:24:36,242 --> 00:24:39,042
I know you wouldn't
do a thing like that.
540
00:24:39,111 --> 00:24:40,477
Whatever...? Oh.
541
00:24:40,545 --> 00:24:44,814
Well, maybe I did write
"Dear Libby" like the kids did,
542
00:24:44,884 --> 00:24:47,124
but I never would
have mailed it.
543
00:24:50,155 --> 00:24:51,488
I didn't mail mine either.