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lassie

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starring tommy reddig as jeff miller

jan clayton as his mother ellen

george cleveland as gramps

and of course

lassie

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wow

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hmm

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what's the big idea

jeff

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cut it out i'm busy you don't have to

shout she doesn't have to bother me when

i'm trying to glue a strut on

she evidently wants something

let her wait

if you don't cut that out i'm gonna lock

you in the barn understand

you've got no call to talk to her that

way jeff smart as she is she's still an

animal and she can't think things out

like you can she can when she wants to

come here girl

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what is it

she wants to show you something jeff

i can't go with her now

i've got glue on this strut and i've got

to stick it together now or it'll dry up

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huh

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dad jeff

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there's a man out by the barn he's

unconscious oh

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is he dead

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so

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[Laughter]

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better get him in the house allen's

pretty cold out here all right

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can you get that

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it's time for bed jeff is he all right

he's fine

i get ready for bed honey it's after

nine we won't have to call the doctor no

just tired and hungry poor man i guess

he hasn't eaten in days

come on now off with you oh mom do i

have to yes my love you have to well

even with a real liars you didn't let me

finish because i knew exactly what you

were gonna say okay

good night yeah sleep well

mom

now what something new to delay going to

bed

no i was just wondering if there was any

other kid in the whole wide world that

had a real life circus clown staying at

his house

i'm sure not

callie

good night good night

good night mom

circus played over in preston fellow

owner ran away with the money and left

him stranded without a nickel

when did he tell you all this grams

last night

interesting character

learned clowning over in germany

been added over 40 years

well

won't do themselves i guess

well i assume that by now all of

calverton's heard about our clown and

that park is on his way over how did you

know

i'm psychic

ert

your milk

hi hi he's still asleep where in the

spare room where's the dog in the room

with him boy he's our real trick dog he

rides on pony's backs and turns

somersaults and walks on his hind legs

and everything gee what's his name

squeaks it's a funny name for a clown

that's the dog's name dopey the clown's

name is tops he's got three different

kinds of clown outfits and a whole bunch

of funny noses

good morning son

hi

this is my best friend his name's

sylvester but everybody calls him porky

nice to meet you porky hi

you're not leaving are you but certainly

not without having some breakfast oh

you've done enough already oh please

i'm gonna come right on over here and

sit down

i don't want to hear another word out of

you

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you boys go out and play for a while

oh mom do we have to

please jam

can we take squeaks with us

of course zoey come on squeeze come on

is it a hammer or hurt a ham watch

get up squeak dance around piss around

nothing

there squeaks

come here squeaks get on up there

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boy

look at him

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so you didn't believe me boy well he

hears about this i'm happy jeff what do

you mean your hazzies they're staying at

my house but i'm your best friend

can i be happy just for hickey and spite

and arrest the kids at school

can i jeff

if they were staying at my house i'd let

you be happy

how about some hot coffee no i have

enough thank you mom

mom i've got a terrific idea the church

carnival's week from the saturday right

right well i had the idea that if

thompson's staying help us we could get

some of the kids and put on a real

circus for the carnival now the church

make a lot of money hey i could be the

ring master and lassie and squeak to put

on a train dog act and i can be the fat

man

what do you think mom i think it's a

wonderful idea tops would you would you

stand up as poor circus

it would be nice but it's not easy to

put on a circus in a week we'd work real

hard wouldn't we porky sure

all we can do is try yeah

mom can i call a kiss can we start

tomorrow

hello jenny

this is jeff

oh fine thanks

jenny i'd like to talk to higgy and

spike and fred and ruth and bobby and

henry and jane and jack and bill and bob

and les and

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well kids

i was late because i had to stop and

pick my water lily that's no water right

so i will show you

i've got a handkerchief here some place

hey what's coming over here

all right now we assign the job to

everybody in the circuit who can ride a

horse

everybody well that's good but we will

need just two equestrians so i say to

you

and to you you will be the equestrian

and you will be a dancer oh goody

yeah

what

after we make with the funny noises huh

cut it out porky

naomi will have to have a trapeze artist

but he will have to be big and strong

well let's see i say that you will be

the trapeze artist there

now don't worry there will be jobs

enough for everybody

um

there's porky here

porky it has been decided that you will

be the lion tamer

who decided what are you scared who said

i'm scared okay here here now oh no

that's enough of that

now we will have to have a ringmaster

let me see he will have to be kind of

tall and pretty awfully handsome so i

will decide on jeff i'm sorry jeff i'll

for you i have another job i want to be

the ring master i'm the biggest be quiet

higgy jeff's the ring master with me

you'll be a clown and you two will be

jobless i don't want to be a clown i

want to be ring master but it's been

decided that jeff will be the ring

master then i don't want to be anything

oh yeah hey let him go tops he's a sore

head yeah

all right now we go across the road to

the field where we have lots of room for

the rehearsal huh all right come kinder

come

come ahead come ahead

what about

who cares

and i think the idea of having the

children take part in a circus is just

wonderful alan

you know higstrom has his heart all set

on being the ringmaster

why don't we all sit out on the porch

it's much cooler there oh i think that's

a wonderful idea this stuff in here i

get some cold lemonade oh that's

wonderful

shouldn't you two be rehearsing

what may i do for you

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water

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so

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do

so

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hey

where'd you get this

it's my mother's

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it

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when's the next time we're gonna

rehearse tops

well tomorrow is sunday so to stay

abreast

the rehearsed monday

what are we gonna do about iggy jeff

what about him

all the kids are gone and he's still

here

his mother's still here that's why i'm

not gonna do anything he wants to be an

old sore head let him be one i don't

understand it ellen i'm positive i left

it on the couch i'm sure it'll turn off

well i certainly hope so there was sixty

dollars in it

where's higgstream

outside well i'd better be going

i can't imagine for the life of me what

happened to it lose certain mom yes my

handbag come on wait a minute was it

black yes black leather i know where it

is if you do but wear eggs drink i'll

show you

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it's in there well that's top suitcase

that's where i saw him put it what's

trouble

that's it

hank evans the money still here ellen

you've got to call a constable

immediately what's this all about

i'll tell you later

grace please i'd like to handle this in

my own way well it's up to you

but i can assure you there won't be any

circus at the church carnival come

extra looks like i've heard danderer

what's going on here

grace left her handbag on the parlor

couch and

we found it in his suitcase

where is he

in the kitchen with porky in jail

oh no

no dad not in front of jeff look the

boy's got to taste the facts helen if

the man's a thief he's a thief well i

know but with all the excitement about

the circus he'll be so disillusioned

well it can't be helped

you're not going to have them arrested

no but i'll sure send them packing

though

here they come boy this is going to be

the best circus calverton ever had it's

better than the one in capitol city too

give them a few dollars for bus fare yes

i will

what's the matter with mom going over

the house jeff i'm talking you better go

home why is it supper time no but go

anyway jeff you're going in with your

mother

see you tomorrow okay bye

something is not right mr miller

you better pack up and leave

i have done something wrong

let's not talk about it just back up

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you get a bus at calvary oh no i don't

want your money mr miller we take it no

no thank you

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but mom i know he wouldn't do anything

like that i know it jeff darling we

found the handbag in his suitcase i

don't care what you found i don't care

what anybody found man who loves kids

and dogs like tops just wouldn't steal

he just wouldn't

grants do you

what did he say

nothing

you mean you told him he stole a

pocketbook and he didn't say anything no

sense tell them facts of facts i just

said a pecking but that's not fair it's

not you always tell me i have to be fair

to people but you're not being fair to

tops you just sit and pack them without

giving them a chance and i think that's

a dirty rotten thing to do

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jeff's right dad

did you give him any money

we're digging

i'm sorry gramps

you could not be sorry for a boy

it's me

like i always said man's never too old

to learn

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i

i'm sorry that mr miller didn't tell you

why we're asking you to leave

that's all right i understand i'm sure

you do but we still feel that you

deserve a chance stewie

come back here with that

come back here with that

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i'm sorry then i did my clown egg with

the circus squeaky would uh what you

call it uh

snatch a lady's handbag and i was

supposed to chase him now every time he

sees a handbag

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it was a bad thing to do

and i'm sorry

but why did you do it higgs drum

i was mad because he made jeff

ringmaster i wanted to get even but

i was wrong

jeff should be ringmaster the whole

circus was his idea

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that's all right

everybody's wrong sometimes

thanks jeff

can i still be a clown

sure

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so

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you