All language subtitles for 8 - Uncle George

[theme music] NARRATOR: "The Dick Van Dyke
Show," starring Dick Van Dyke, Rosemary.

Morey Amsterdam, Larry Matthew, and Mary Tyler Moore.

Morning, Mom. Morning, Dad. Morning, sweetie.
Did Uncle George come? Yeah, he's here.

He came right after you fell asleep.
You mean he's here?

Oh, boy, I'm going to go see my uncle.
Whoa. Whoa.

- Keep your voice down.
- You'll wake him up. Did he see me?

Yeah, we opened your door, we let him take a peek
at you? Did he like me? He liked you a lot. Good.

Can I take a look at him?
Well, Richie, dear, he's asleep.

Well, he took a look at me when I was asleep.

I want to see if I like him. You're going to
like him a lot. All kids love Uncle George.

Boy, I can remember when I was a little boy your age.

We used to go see him and Aunt Sarah all the time.

[rooster crowing sounds] Hi, Everybody. Rise and
shine. Coffee's perking and I'm here to get mine.

Richie boy. Hi, Uncle George.
Look at your.

Well, I guess we don't have to
ask you if you slept well, do we?

Oh, I always like to sing out loud and clear in the mornings.

Well, let's have a look at the little
tadpole now that he's got his eyes open.

He's a Petrie, all right. Here, hey,
that look like a rabbit? No. Smart boy.

Uncle George, what's for breakfast? French
toast, bacon and eggs, cereal, pancakes? Fine.

Let's start it all out with a little
orange juice. All that and orange juice?

Nothings beats breakfast. Big breakfast.
Well, one big breakfast coming up.

Bad choice of words, honey.
Oh, yeah.

Well, I suppose you're all wondering
why I decided to make this trip.

Well, as you told us last night, you came to
see your favorite nephew and his lovely wife.

That and too, but there's something more
important. What's that, Uncle George?

I have finally decided to take a woman.
A woman?

Yeah, and, Robbie Boy,
you are going to have to do it for me. Me?

You're going to have to find your old
Uncle George a marriageable woman.

I finally decided it's time I got
married again and settled down.

Well, Uncle George,
aren't there any nice ladies in Danville?

Well, there's old lady Ziggler.
Old Mrs. Ziggler?

You remember her, and she's eager, but I kind of
like to take a shot at something more exciting.

Well, what makes you think Rob can help
you? He's in the show business, ain't he?

I'll bet you know a million women.
Well, I know a few.

Well, wrap one up to go and bring her home tonight.

Uncle George, I can't just run out and grab a woman.

Now, listen, Robbie, when you were a little
boy, did I ever deny you anything? Well, no.

Ice cream, lollipops, anything you ever
wanted. Yeah. Yeah. Well, bring me a woman.

Well, sure, I'll try, Uncle George.

Oh, darling, on the way home from work, will
you pick up a loaf of rye bread? Yeah, honey.

Oh, and while you're at it, would you
bring a bottle of that good red wine?

Might use it for the engagement party. OK, a
loaf of bread, and a jug of wine, and a vow.

Hello, Rob. Hey. What are you so happy about? Say
hello to the cheerleader for the next depression.

Take it easy, you guys.
I have troubles at home.

Well, welcome to the club.
Come on, Rob, what's the matter?

Well, I'm going to answer that
question by asking you a question.

Where is the best place to get a hold of an elderly lady?

Well, there the fireman's carry, or you
grab her by the ankles. I am serious.

My uncle George is in town from Danville
and he's going to look for a new wife.

He wants me to go and find him a single girl. Well,
you're looking at the king of the single girls.

He needs a girl who's single and mature. Aw, thanks,
Rob. Mature. Hey, how about my mother-in-law?

She's so mature she can hardly stand up.
Your mother-in-law is married.

Yeah, but I'm sure my father-in-law
would gladly step aside.

Hey, Buddy, didn't your mother-in-law
have a twin sister? I hope not!

Maybe that was a cousin I had. Hey, Sal?
What about your aunt Agnes?

Oh, no, you know what and Agnes says about
men. ROB: No. Man is like the drifting snow.

It comes down in small flurries and piles up against the door,

and before long you can't get out of the house.

I guess that would let your aunt Agnes out. Boy,
where am I going to find a single old lady?

Hey, how about putting pearls on that?

[clicking] Oh, still using your clicker,
Mel? Oh, yes. My therapist was right.

By clicking this clicker I release all
my hostilities and tensions. [clicking]

Sounds like you're shaking your head.

[clicking] Rob,
what's this about a little old lady?

Oh, Mel, my uncle George is in town looking for a new wife.

You don't happen to know any
eligible women, do you? No.

Well, the only eligible older
person I know is my mother-in-law.

Hey, that's Alan Brady's mother.
Grab her, Rob.

Your boss's mother will be your aunt, Alan will be your cousin,

and Mel will be your-- yuck, forget it.
[clicking]

If Alan doesn't have that script by 4 o'clock,
he's going to start tearing his hair out.

Kind of makes you sad, doesn't it? [clicking]
[inaudible] Mel, we'll get it out by 4 o'clock.

Hey, Rob. I got it. I got it. Yes, something
for the show? No, something for Uncle George.

Mrs. Glimcher. Herman Glimcher's mother.
BUDDY: Herman Glimcher.

That's the boyfriend that's got to be in by 12:00
or the old lady sends a militia out for him.

Sal, you don't think you could get Mrs.

Glimcher over to our house tonight
to meet uncle George, do you?

Well, I hate to do it uncle George, but listen,
you invite Herman and me to dinner tonight,

and she'll be there.
How can you be so sure she'll be there?

How can I be so sure?
Listen, Herman was in the army.

She joined the WAX just to be close to him,
didn't she? She goes everywhere with him.

Oh, she sounds like a great one.
But bring her.

At least I won't have to go home empty handed tonight.

I'll call Laura and tell her we're having company
for dinner. Hey, Rob. What's uncle George like?

Oh, he's a big, strapping guy, white hair. Do
you think Mrs. Glimcher would like a mustache?

No, I don't think so.
She keeps shaving hers off.

All right, Robby boy, where is the girl. Like the
song says, I ain't got time for the waiting game.

They'll be here any minute, Uncle George.
What's she like, Robby boy? Tantalizing?

Well, I'd say that she was a handsome woman.
Handsome? Not like John Wayne, I hope.

Smell that turkey.
Lord, it smells divine. Thank you.

Are we going to have one of them a fancy desserts?

Well, we're having this marvelous ice cream
cake that I ordered at the Danish bakery.

If they're still open, because I forgot to pick it up.

Oh, Rob, could you go? Yeah, honey, I'll get
it. Hold it, Rob, hold it, hold it. I'll go.

Oh, uncle George, that's awfully nice. No, it's
nothing at all. Nothing at all. Give me the keys.

It's just two stoplights down
the street on the corner. Right.

Uncle George, I think since you're
the guest of honor-- No, no.

See, this way it'll give me a
chance to make a grand entrance.

And while I'm gone, you can tell her how
handsome I am. Charming. And passionate. Rrow.

That's-- that's my uncle. I told you he was cute,
didn't I? But you didn't tell me he was a nut.

[doorbell] Oh boy. Hold your horses.
Oh, oh, oh, just let me sit down somewhere.

Give me a glass of water. Where are my pills?
Where's my boy? - Right here, Mother.

I'm right here. Just take it easy.
You're going to be all right.

Oh, Rob, would you have some water?
Yeah. My goodness, what happened?

Well, nothing, nothing, she's fine. She's just a
little carsick. Oh, my pills, Herman, my pills.

No, no, no, blue ones, the blue ones. Do you
want the red one too? Give me a red one too.

The water, the water, the water, the water.
Oh. Oh, that traffic, that awful traffic.

Oh, it wasn't that bad. You wouldn't know.
You were sitting in the back seat.

She always likes to sit up front with Herman when
he drives. She says it gives him confidence.

Are you better now, Mother? When it gets
down, dear. Oh, you're so considerate.

Come and sit here with your pal.
Yes, Mother.

Honey, would you sit over here?
Oh, sure. Yes, sit over here, dear.

There. Cozy, Peggy dear?
The name is Sally. Oh. Oh, yes.

Just the way we sit when we go to the movies.

Oh, thank you, thank you. I do feel better,
and I'm so sorry I was so much trouble.

Oh no, not at all. I'm glad you could come.
Isn't this cozy? Just us five young people.

I consider myself young, you know.
I feel so young.

Sometimes I think she's even younger than Herman.

Oh, how sweet.

You know, Herman knows how I feel
when I'm around older people.

They make me so nervous. Oh?
- Say Sal? - Yeah?

Would you mind coming in the kitchen and
helping Laura and me carry some things in?

Oh, yeah. I think we could use Herman,
don't you, Rob? Herman, come on. All right.

No, no, no, no, no, baby, I'd better go. I
don't like for Herman to lift anything heavy.

Mrs. Glimcher, we'll give him an easy thing.

I'll tell you what, you better sit there, because you just

had a red pill. Oh, you're so thoughtful.
Be careful, Herman dear. All right, Mother.

What are you serving, Mrs. Petrie?
I hope it's something I can eat. Ha-ha.

Are we all here? No. No, Mother is still
out there. That's why we're here. Oh.

Do you mean we're having secrets from
Mother? You didn't tell him, did you?

Well, I thought it'd be best if it just came out
naturally. I thought if she knew she wouldn't come.

Tell her what? What is it?
Herman, I want to give you this straight.

We brought your mother here to
introduce her to a man. A man? Who?

Well, it's Rob's Uncle George,
he's visiting here from Danville, and he

wanted to meet some nice lady. We couldn't
find any, so we invited your mother.

Well, that's very nice of you, but Rob's
uncle and my mother? I don't know. Why not?

She's still young and attractive.
Oh, I know.

But she's always said she'd never get married until
I died. Herman, we have got to tell your mother.

Please, please, keep your voices down.
Are we shouting?

No, but Mother's got marvelous ears.
She hears everything.

I think she's got transistors in her teeth.

Well, all right. I'll tell her. - OK. - Wait a
minute. Wait a minute. Everybody grab something.

That's what we came in here for.
Not that, Herman!

Uh, Mother? Well, where's this
man you brought me here to meet?

You-- you heard? Of course. Boy, what ears.
What's he like? Well, he's kind of tall.

He got nice white hair. Have no fear,
the fancy dessert man is here. My goodness.

Uncle George, I'd like you to meet all these people.

This is Herman Glimcher, and this is Mrs. Glimcher.

And that's Sally Rogers.
Hello little golden dove.

Hello big silver bird.

Robby, boy, you've made your uncle
the happiest man in the world.

Rob?

Oh, boy, is she a far cry from old lady Zinkler.

Robbie, my boy, thanks to you this big silver
bird is in orbit once more. Whoa, whoa, silver.

You made kind of a little mistake in there.
Sally is not for you.

Well, don't you think I'm the best judge
of that? No, I don't-- I don't mean that.

Look, George, before you get
yourself all involved-- Involved?

Boy, the minute we locked eyeballs,
I knew that girl was for me.

You don't understand, Uncle George.
Sally is Herman Glimcher's girlfriend.

Oh, no, Robby. That shocks me. Of course I can't
blame him for looking around a little bit.

That wife of his is old enough to
be his mother. She is his mother.

Robbie, Robbie, do you mean to tell
me that you brought that old-- Shh!

That old [inaudible] for me? I'm afraid that's
it, Uncle George. I'm sorry. Robbie, boy. Oh.

Hold it, not lost, not lost. No siree.
They're both single women, aren't they?

They're both up for grabs. Well, I choose
the young dove instead of the old cow.

Rob, excuse me. Yeah, Herman? Mothers out in
the car, and she wants me to take her home.

I'm afraid this whole evening's been too
much for. Oh, Herman, I'm awful sorry.

Well, I'm sorry to ruin your dinner party, but
I'm afraid I'd better take Sally home, too.

Now just a minute, young man. Don't you
touch that girl! I'll take her home. Rob?

Herman, look, don't worry about it.
We'll see that she gets home.

No use making Sal leave right now.
Oh, well, I suppose you're right.

Well, you run along now, sonny.
Take care of your mama. Yes, yes, I will.

Well, nice to meet you Uncle George.
By, Rob.

Well, now that we got those to cut out of the
herd, everything's going along nicely, Robbie.

Well, young lady. Looks like I'm going
to have the pleasure of driving you home.

Uncle George is taking Sally home? Yeah,
Uncle George is taking Sally home? Sure am.

We'll all take Sally home, how about that, honey.

Well, I can't go, Rob, we don't have a
babysitter for Rich. We'll bring him along.

You and I, we'll take Sally home.
How about that? I'll get your purse.

But Robbie boy, we don't need a chaperone, now do we.

I tell you what, it's not that, exactly, Uncle
George. Is just it's a long way. You might get lost.

All right, in that case, you drive,
Sally and I will sit in the back.

You know what they used to call me in
my younger days? No, what? The octopus.

You know it used to call me?
What? The harpoon.

Sharp girl, I love it. Sharp girl. Come
on, Sally. - Rob, you coming? - Yeah.

I'm coming.
Wait a minute, everybody.

Before you go, will somebody please carve
the turkey for me so I could have dinner?

Or perhaps you'd all like to join me.
We didn't eat dinner.

Let's have some dinner, Sally. We'll all have
dinner. Sally, you can sit here, Uncle George.

You wouldn't separate the love birds, would you, now?

Oh, we can always go out the backyard,
sit on a branch. Oh, smart girl. I love it.

(SINGING) Buffalo girls won't you come out
tonight, come out tonight, come out tonight.

Robbie, how about a little snack before we go to bed?

Well, it's 3 o'clock, Uncle George.
I have to go to bed.

Turkey sandwich, a glass of milk go good right about now.

I tell you what you do. You go ahead and
help yourself, OK? All right. Oh, Robbie.

I want to thank you for a wonderful night.
I had more fun than I've had in ages.

That Sally, she's a wonderful girl. The
most wonderful girl I ever met in my life.

Did you hear what she told me?
Did you hear that? No I didn't hear that.

She said she just never met a man that was in
better shape and younger in mind than I was.

You heard that, didn't you?
I heard that. You better go to bed.

I'm going to build myself a sandwich, take
it to my room, and do a lot of planning.

(SINGING) Buffalo girls, won't you
come out tonight, come out tonight.

Rob, do you realize it's after 3:00 in the
morning? Where have you been? Roseland.

Roseland? What on Earth were
you doing in a dance hall?

Sitting. They were dancing
for three solid hours. Oh, my.

Well, how are things between Sally and Uncle
George? Oh, just fine. I think they're engaged.

You mean you didn't tell him?
Honey, you can't tell him anything.

It's impossible. It's impossible.
He only hears what he wants to hear.

Couldn't Sally? Oh, she tried. She told him,
he was childish. He took that as a compliment.

She said he was in such great shape for a man
of his age, but he didn't hear the last part.

LAURA: Well, Rob, you're going to have to tell
him. You can't let him go on fooling himself.

Honey. how can I tell him? How do you tell your
favorite uncle that he's making a fool of himself?

LAURA: You're a writer.
Invent something.

ROB: If he could have seen that
crowd in Roseland laughing at him.

If he could have seen Sally looking at me for help.

How do you tell a guy who thinks he's sweeping a
girl off her feet that she thinks he's pathetic?

LAURA: The whole thing is so sad.
ROB: I love that old guy, honey.

I can't puncture this beautiful
little dream he's having about Sally.

And she deserves a medal for the way she put up with him.

LAURA: Rob, you know the longer you let him go
on fooling himself, the harder it's going to be

for him when he finds out.
Would you rather have Sally tell him?

ROB: Oh, honey, it wouldn't be fair to Sally.

Rob. Hm? The door is open. Oh, do you
suppose he heard us? LAURA: I don't know.

Whew, no, he's still in the kitchen.
LAURA: Thank goodness.

Well, come to bed, darling, but don't go
to sleep until you've thought of a way

to tell Uncle George that he's acting silly.

Boy, I wish I was one of those Danish doctors.

How would that help?
It wouldn't, except I'd be in Denmark.

[knocking]

Yeah, yeah. Coming.

GEORGE: You asleep, Robbie? ROB: Oh, hi Uncle
George, no, not quite. Almost, not quite.

GEORGE: Can I talk to you for a minute.
ROB: Just a minute. Just a minute.

It's Uncle George.
I don't know what to tell him.

Tell him to come in.
Maybe I'll think of something.

Come in, Uncle George. If you're sure I'm not
bothering you. No, that's all right. Hi Laura.

LAURA: Hi Uncle George.
I couldn't sleep.

Sit down, sit down, sit down, I got something to
tell you. And by golly, I'm going to tell you.

Well, go ahead and say it.

Well, I don't know how I'm going to say this,
but nephew, I can't go through with it.

Can't go through with what?
The thing with Sally, all right?

I was just having fun.
You mean you weren't serious?

You know, I really should be ashamed of myself
for the way that I led her on, built her up.

You know that girl thinks she's more mature
than she is? But she's acting foolish.

And it's-- it's stupid to act foolish.

But, when did you decide that,
Uncle George? GEORGE: Oh, sometime tonight.

Why, she had me dancing up there that Roseland
Ballroom till my heart was a fuming and sputtering

like an old truck on a cold morning. You know,
I should have told her right then and there.

But, well, I-- I didn't want to puncture that
beautiful dream she was having about me.

Now, I'm going to have to call her
in the morning and tell her I'm--

Well, I can talk to her if you'd like for me to,
Uncle George. Robbie, would you do that for me?

I hate hurting women's feelings. I think she'll
understand. Well, you know how they get sometimes.

They start yelling and throwing
things, and I don't need any of that.

Yeah, who needs it. Who needs any of that.
See know, you two better get to bed.

You can-- hey, what time would you say it was
in Danville? Oh, a little after 3:00 I guess.

You know what I'm going to do?

I'm going to give old lady Zinkler a ring
on the phone and brighten up her night.

Good night, you two. Good night, Uncle George.
Well it looks like we were worried for nothing.

He seems to have straightened himself out.
Yeah, I hope so.

You don't suppose he heard us, do you?
I don't know.

GEORGE: Of course I heard you!
Thank you! Now get to bed!

Operator? I want to Kitty
Zinkler in Danville, Illinois.

Never mind how you spell it, just give
the line going south of town three rings.

Robbie? Robbie, boy? You got the tickets? Got
everything, Uncle George. Oh good, good.

Now when you talk to Sally, you be real sweet
towards her, because she's a sweet woman.

Too sweet for me. I need somebody
leathery, like old lady Zinkler.

Is old lady Zinkler going to be my aunt? Going
to be your aunt? Well, it looks like it, sonny.

Leastwise she got laryngitis saying yes over the phone.

Looks like I'm not going to be able to get out
of it. You'll let us know, won't you? Oh, sure.

You better get going. Well. George, it was
wonderful. Come back soon. Here, let me get those.

If I'm going to carry old lady Zinkler across the
threshold, I'm going to have to get in shape.

She's built like a Sherman tank.

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