"Our Miss Brooks" Madison Mascot

1 00:00:00,042 --> 00:00:07,049 This meeting is now called to order. 2 00:00:13,555 --> 00:00:18,185 All those who know why it has been called will so signify by saying aye. 3 00:00:18,310 --> 00:00:19,019 Aye. 4 00:00:19,144 --> 00:00:23,649 All those who do not know its purpose will so signify by saying no. 5 00:00:23,774 --> 00:00:24,608 Aye. 6 00:00:24,733 --> 00:00:28,779 Aye what? 7 00:00:28,904 --> 00:00:32,032 I don't know why I was called. 8 00:00:32,157 --> 00:00:33,951 Scratch, I'm surprised at you. 9 00:00:34,076 --> 00:00:36,578 As captain of our football team, surely you know that 10 00:00:36,703 --> 00:00:39,289 we're having our big game with Hamilton High tomorrow. 11 00:00:39,414 --> 00:00:40,707 Oh, he knows that, Miss Brooks. 12 00:00:40,832 --> 00:00:42,960 What he doesn't know is about getting the mascot. 13 00:00:43,085 --> 00:00:46,046 You see, Mr. Conklin found out that Mr. Flint... 14 00:00:46,171 --> 00:00:48,632 Uh, Mr. Conklin will speak for himself. 15 00:00:48,757 --> 00:00:52,135 You are all aware of the fact that Hamilton's 16 00:00:52,261 --> 00:00:55,472 principal, Jasper Flint, is my arch rival. 17 00:00:55,597 --> 00:00:57,391 Well, he's worse than that, Daddy. 18 00:00:57,516 --> 00:00:59,893 He's done some very mean things to you. 19 00:01:00,018 --> 00:01:02,104 He's certainly gone to great lengths to try to 20 00:01:02,229 --> 00:01:04,648 prove Hamilton's athletic superiority over Madison. 21 00:01:04,773 --> 00:01:09,069 And with very consistent results. 22 00:01:10,612 --> 00:01:13,824 I mean, what's his latest sneaky trick, Mr. Conklin? 23 00:01:13,949 --> 00:01:17,494 In a cheap attempt to capture the attention of tomorrow's spectators, Flint has obtained 24 00:01:17,619 --> 00:01:20,956 a small bear for the Hamilton Cubs, which he intends to trot out between halves. 25 00:01:24,668 --> 00:01:26,044 A live one. 26 00:01:26,169 --> 00:01:29,256 They trot better, I guess. 27 00:01:29,381 --> 00:01:32,968 Now it is up to us to entertain the audience with our own mascot. 28 00:01:33,093 --> 00:01:34,428 It's as simple as that. 29 00:01:34,553 --> 00:01:35,804 Well, not quite, sir. 30 00:01:35,929 --> 00:01:39,516 For some years now, our team has been called the Madison Comet. 31 00:01:39,641 --> 00:01:43,312 It might be rather difficult to lead a comet out between halves. 32 00:01:43,437 --> 00:01:45,981 That's a hard one. 33 00:01:46,106 --> 00:01:48,817 Imagine trying to lead a comet out between halves. 34 00:01:48,942 --> 00:01:52,237 Let us try to be... I intend to change the name 35 00:01:52,362 --> 00:01:55,949 of our football team to fit the mascot we select. 36 00:01:59,619 --> 00:02:01,204 Now, I am open to your suggestions. 37 00:02:01,330 --> 00:02:03,957 Well, before we make any suggestions, Daddy, where 38 00:02:04,082 --> 00:02:06,460 did Mr. Flint get the bear cub you mentioned? 39 00:02:06,585 --> 00:02:08,003 From the circus, Harriet. 40 00:02:08,128 --> 00:02:11,840 The one in Moore's Meadow that bogged down on its way to Winter Quarters. 41 00:02:11,965 --> 00:02:14,343 Well, then maybe we could get something from them. 42 00:02:14,468 --> 00:02:16,011 Maybe even a tiger. 43 00:02:16,136 --> 00:02:17,888 Boy, the Madison Tigers! 44 00:02:18,013 --> 00:02:18,930 I can just picture it. 45 00:02:19,056 --> 00:02:21,683 At halftime, we lead this ferocious tiger across the 46 00:02:21,808 --> 00:02:24,603 field to the Hamilton bench where Mr. Flint's sitting. 47 00:02:24,728 --> 00:02:27,397 Can't you just see the expression on Mr. Flint's face? 48 00:02:27,522 --> 00:02:30,275 I'm not going to look down a tiger's throat just for that. 49 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:36,073 I'm afraid a tiger isn't quite original enough. 50 00:02:36,198 --> 00:02:38,825 No, Princeton University's mascot is a tiger. 51 00:02:38,950 --> 00:02:41,328 I don't think we should copy anyone. 52 00:02:41,453 --> 00:02:43,163 Let's see. 53 00:02:43,288 --> 00:02:45,791 How about the Madison Monsters? 54 00:02:45,916 --> 00:02:46,917 Oh, fine. 55 00:02:47,042 --> 00:02:51,630 We should be able to pick up a cheap monster somewhere. 56 00:02:51,755 --> 00:02:57,886 With you as the team's manager, Denden, that name is almost ideal. 57 00:02:58,011 --> 00:03:01,306 At that, though, you've given me a thought. 58 00:03:01,431 --> 00:03:04,976 The name should be an alliterative one. 59 00:03:05,102 --> 00:03:06,228 Now, what about you, Snodgrass? 60 00:03:06,353 --> 00:03:07,896 Any ideas on the subject? 61 00:03:08,021 --> 00:03:09,064 Yes, sir. 62 00:03:09,189 --> 00:03:12,692 What does alli... What does alli... What does alliterative mean? 63 00:03:12,818 --> 00:03:15,362 Don't you know either? 64 00:03:17,864 --> 00:03:20,617 Alliterative means when words start with the same letter. 65 00:03:20,742 --> 00:03:23,912 Like, um... Like the Pittsburgh Pirates. 66 00:03:24,037 --> 00:03:25,163 Oh. 67 00:03:25,288 --> 00:03:27,290 Oh, then how about the Madison Hornets? 68 00:03:27,416 --> 00:03:31,211 No, no, you don't get the idea, Stretch. 69 00:03:31,336 --> 00:03:34,965 You see, it should start with the same letter as the school. 70 00:03:35,090 --> 00:03:37,592 Well, Hornet starts with an H, don't it? 71 00:03:37,717 --> 00:03:38,176 Yeah. 72 00:03:38,301 --> 00:03:40,220 What kind of a school is Madison? 73 00:03:40,345 --> 00:03:41,513 It's a high school. 74 00:03:41,638 --> 00:03:44,599 What does high start with? 75 00:03:48,019 --> 00:03:51,064 Maybe I could bring over my pet turtle as a mascot. 76 00:03:51,189 --> 00:03:53,191 The Madison Mud Turtles. 77 00:03:53,316 --> 00:03:55,360 That's sort of alliterative. 78 00:03:55,485 --> 00:03:56,987 How big a turtle have you got, Stretch? 79 00:03:57,112 --> 00:03:58,447 He's exactly three inches square. 80 00:03:58,572 --> 00:04:03,285 Now there's a brilliant suggestion. 81 00:04:04,744 --> 00:04:10,667 How could the crowd in a football stadium possibly see a three-inch turtle? 82 00:04:10,792 --> 00:04:11,376 I know. 83 00:04:11,501 --> 00:04:17,048 We could paint Madison in huge red letters on its back. 84 00:04:17,174 --> 00:04:19,718 That has done it. 85 00:04:19,843 --> 00:04:25,640 As usual, the important decisions must stem from my own creative brain. 86 00:04:25,765 --> 00:04:28,393 I will reach a decision before school ends and 87 00:04:28,518 --> 00:04:31,688 delegate one of you to pick up the animal of my choice. 88 00:04:31,813 --> 00:04:33,231 You may all go to lunch now. 89 00:04:33,356 --> 00:04:34,316 Dismissed. 90 00:04:34,441 --> 00:04:35,692 Come along, Harriet. 91 00:04:35,817 --> 00:04:36,610 I'm coming, Daddy. 92 00:04:36,735 --> 00:04:37,694 Not you, Harriet. 93 00:04:37,819 --> 00:04:39,029 I'm with you, Walter. 94 00:04:39,154 --> 00:04:42,824 I'm with you, Mr. Bynum. 95 00:04:42,949 --> 00:04:45,035 Where were you planning on having lunch today, Miss Brooks? 96 00:04:45,160 --> 00:04:46,411 Marty's Mall Shop? 97 00:04:46,536 --> 00:04:46,912 Oh, no. 98 00:04:47,037 --> 00:04:50,457 Let's live dangerously and eat in the school cafeteria. 99 00:04:50,582 --> 00:04:53,126 It might prove very inspirational. 100 00:04:53,251 --> 00:04:54,252 Inspiration? 101 00:04:54,377 --> 00:05:01,384 Yes, I had some stew there yesterday that would make a wonderful mascot. 102 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:09,074 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm 103 00:05:10,101 --> 00:05:11,645 Hi, Daddy! 104 00:05:11,770 --> 00:05:12,270 School's over. 105 00:05:12,395 --> 00:05:13,813 Have you thought of anything yet? 106 00:05:13,939 --> 00:05:16,775 Yes, yes, Harriet, I have. 107 00:05:16,900 --> 00:05:20,070 Since the Board of Education makes no financial provisions for team 108 00:05:20,195 --> 00:05:23,907 mascots, I intend to get something that won't cost too much money to feed. 109 00:05:25,534 --> 00:05:26,952 What did you hit on? 110 00:05:27,077 --> 00:05:28,828 A gopher. 111 00:05:28,954 --> 00:05:32,040 A gopher? 112 00:05:32,165 --> 00:05:37,796 Oh, but Daddy... If it's good enough for Minnesota, it's good enough for us. 113 00:05:37,921 --> 00:05:45,720 It so happens I've already set a trap for one in our backyard. 114 00:05:45,845 --> 00:05:49,140 Principal's office, Osgood Conklin on this end. 115 00:05:49,266 --> 00:05:52,435 Hello Osgood, this is Martha dear, your wife. 116 00:05:52,561 --> 00:05:54,980 I know your title, I conferred it on you. 117 00:05:55,105 --> 00:05:59,859 Better sit down, it's your mother. 118 00:05:59,985 --> 00:06:02,779 What do you want my dear? 119 00:06:02,904 --> 00:06:07,200 Well, I'm afraid I have some rather distressing news. 120 00:06:07,325 --> 00:06:09,869 Your brother is staying over another day? 121 00:06:09,995 --> 00:06:11,871 No, dear. 122 00:06:13,039 --> 00:06:15,709 I broke one of your favorite bookends. 123 00:06:15,834 --> 00:06:18,503 I was cleaning it and it simply slipped out of my hands. 124 00:06:18,628 --> 00:06:21,256 I don't know how I could have been so stupid. 125 00:06:21,381 --> 00:06:24,968 There have been greater disasters known to man. 126 00:06:25,093 --> 00:06:28,138 We'll simply replace the bookend. 127 00:06:28,263 --> 00:06:33,143 Yes, but they were a gift, dear, and I don't know where they were purchased. 128 00:06:33,268 --> 00:06:34,603 And... Wait a minute. 129 00:06:34,728 --> 00:06:38,148 Miss Brooks was admiring them just the other day at tea, and she 130 00:06:38,273 --> 00:06:42,193 said she saw an identical pair in a curio shop near her house. 131 00:06:42,319 --> 00:06:44,738 Do you suppose she'd mind picking one up for us? 132 00:06:44,863 --> 00:06:48,867 It would be a labor of love. 133 00:06:48,992 --> 00:06:50,285 Which bookend was it? 134 00:06:50,410 --> 00:06:51,953 I mean, what design? 135 00:06:52,078 --> 00:06:53,538 It was the one with the elephant on it. 136 00:06:53,663 --> 00:06:55,165 She'll remember it all right. 137 00:06:55,290 --> 00:06:57,000 Well then, don't give it another thought. 138 00:06:57,125 --> 00:06:58,543 I'll see you in a little while, Martha. 139 00:06:58,668 --> 00:07:00,920 Oh, and by the way, I'm rather tired. 140 00:07:01,046 --> 00:07:03,506 When I do get home, I want to take a little nap. 141 00:07:03,632 --> 00:07:06,676 So please see that the squealing urchins with which our 142 00:07:06,801 --> 00:07:10,639 neighborhood abounds are shooed as far from our porch as possible. 143 00:07:12,599 --> 00:07:15,226 I'll try, Osgood. 144 00:07:15,352 --> 00:07:15,518 Goodbye, dear. 145 00:07:15,644 --> 00:07:16,102 Goodbye. 146 00:07:16,227 --> 00:07:19,856 Now then, Harriet, fetch Miss Brooks over here at once, if you please. 147 00:07:19,981 --> 00:07:20,690 Oh, but I can't, Daddy. 148 00:07:20,815 --> 00:07:22,275 She's already gone home. 149 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:27,572 The speed with which they depart is always a revelation to me. 150 00:07:27,697 --> 00:07:30,659 Well, I'll write her a note. 151 00:07:30,784 --> 00:07:34,204 Attention, Miss Brooks. 152 00:07:34,329 --> 00:07:41,336 Please purchase at once an elephant bookend of the type you admired. 153 00:07:46,925 --> 00:07:50,303 At our house recently. 154 00:07:50,428 --> 00:07:53,181 Now, then, take that right over to Miss... Oh, golly, Daddy, 155 00:07:53,306 --> 00:07:55,934 if you're gonna send me on any errands, I just can't go. 156 00:07:56,059 --> 00:07:58,520 I've got volleyball practice with the team right this minute. 157 00:07:58,645 --> 00:08:00,397 But I promised your mother that... Oh, well, I'll 158 00:08:00,522 --> 00:08:02,357 get somebody else to take it to Miss Brooks, Daddy. 159 00:08:02,482 --> 00:08:04,150 There are still plenty of kids around. 160 00:08:04,275 --> 00:08:06,986 Very well, but please see to it at once. 161 00:08:07,112 --> 00:08:08,113 I will, Daddy. 162 00:08:08,238 --> 00:08:09,614 Don't worry. 163 00:08:13,118 --> 00:08:15,662 Oh, hi, Stretcher, just the fellow I want to see. 164 00:08:15,787 --> 00:08:16,579 Oh, why's that? 165 00:08:16,705 --> 00:08:19,374 Well, I'd like you to do a favor for me, if you don't mind. 166 00:08:19,499 --> 00:08:21,584 You know where Miss Brooks lives, don't you? 167 00:08:21,710 --> 00:08:22,919 Well, sure, with Mrs. Davis. 168 00:08:23,044 --> 00:08:23,795 That's right. 169 00:08:23,920 --> 00:08:27,006 Now, I want you to take this note over to her right away, will you please? 170 00:08:27,132 --> 00:08:28,508 I'll be glad to. 171 00:08:28,633 --> 00:08:31,594 Oh, where does Mrs. Davis live again? 172 00:08:31,720 --> 00:08:34,973 The address is 295 Carroll Avenue. 173 00:08:35,098 --> 00:08:37,559 Now, be sure she gets that message immediately, Stretch. 174 00:08:37,684 --> 00:08:38,560 It's from Daddy. 175 00:08:38,685 --> 00:08:40,061 Oh, don't you worry about a thing. 176 00:08:40,186 --> 00:08:42,355 When it comes to messages, I'm just like the Pony Express. 177 00:08:42,480 --> 00:08:44,774 I always get my man. 178 00:08:46,693 --> 00:08:48,153 Now, thanks a million, Stretch. 179 00:08:48,278 --> 00:08:50,196 I'll do something nice for you sometime. 180 00:08:50,321 --> 00:08:53,992 Oh, you don't have to. 181 00:08:54,117 --> 00:08:58,288 Oh, hello there, Stretch. 182 00:08:58,413 --> 00:08:59,664 Oh, hi, Mr. Boyden. 183 00:08:59,789 --> 00:09:01,916 I wanted to copy down the game schedule from 184 00:09:02,041 --> 00:09:04,169 the board there, but I'm fresh out of paper. 185 00:09:04,294 --> 00:09:07,338 Could you let me have a piece? 186 00:09:07,464 --> 00:09:08,089 Sure. 187 00:09:08,214 --> 00:09:10,633 Here's a hunk with nothing written on it. 188 00:09:10,759 --> 00:09:11,551 Thanks, Stretch. 189 00:09:11,676 --> 00:09:13,595 Glad to help out. 190 00:09:15,346 --> 00:09:19,893 I'll do something nice for you sometime. 191 00:09:21,936 --> 00:09:23,855 What's this? 192 00:09:23,980 --> 00:09:29,068 Bookend of the type you admired at our house recently. 193 00:09:29,194 --> 00:09:36,201 Well, it can't be very important if Stretch had it. 194 00:09:37,577 --> 00:09:38,870 Excuse me. 195 00:09:38,995 --> 00:09:40,330 Oh, what is it, Stretch? 196 00:09:40,455 --> 00:09:42,332 Mrs. Davis told me you were busy, but Harriet said 197 00:09:42,457 --> 00:09:44,334 it was important you get this message right away. 198 00:09:44,459 --> 00:09:45,627 It's from Mr. Copland. 199 00:09:45,752 --> 00:09:47,086 Oh, let's see it. 200 00:09:47,212 --> 00:09:49,339 I took the liberty of reading it on the way over. 201 00:09:49,464 --> 00:09:52,133 Looks like you've been degulated to get our mascot. 202 00:09:52,258 --> 00:09:57,096 I've been degulated all right. 203 00:09:57,222 --> 00:09:58,932 Attention, Miss Brooks. 204 00:09:59,057 --> 00:10:03,102 Please purchase at once an elephant. 205 00:10:03,228 --> 00:10:04,687 Boy, what a mascot. 206 00:10:04,813 --> 00:10:08,566 Mr. Conklin sure went whole hog. 207 00:10:08,691 --> 00:10:10,318 He went whole elephant. 208 00:10:10,443 --> 00:10:12,695 Well, this must be some kind of a joke, Stretch. 209 00:10:12,821 --> 00:10:15,448 I'd better call him and find out what it's all about. 210 00:10:15,573 --> 00:10:20,662 Are you sure you brought this directly from Mr. Conklin? 211 00:10:20,787 --> 00:10:20,995 Sure. 212 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:26,709 Harriet handed it to me right outside his office. 213 00:10:29,087 --> 00:10:36,094 Please be brief. 214 00:10:39,889 --> 00:10:46,396 Wasted words are wasted time, Osgood Conklin on the line. 215 00:10:50,108 --> 00:10:52,360 Mr. Conklin, this is Miss Brooks. 216 00:10:52,485 --> 00:10:53,486 Naturally. 217 00:10:53,611 --> 00:10:56,698 I was trying to get a nap. 218 00:10:56,823 --> 00:10:59,534 This, I might add, is the third time this week 219 00:10:59,659 --> 00:11:02,370 you have jangled me out of my afternoon doze. 220 00:11:02,495 --> 00:11:03,705 Now what is it you want? 221 00:11:03,830 --> 00:11:07,166 I just got your note, sir, about the elephant. 222 00:11:07,292 --> 00:11:11,546 As I recall, the note was quite simply written, Miss Brooks. 223 00:11:11,671 --> 00:11:15,091 Now, I don't expect you to be the greatest English teacher in the world, but 224 00:11:15,216 --> 00:11:18,678 I do expect you to be able to read a few simple sentences in the language. 225 00:11:20,346 --> 00:11:26,060 But Mr. Conklin... Will you please do as I have asked and let me get some sleep? 226 00:11:26,185 --> 00:11:29,439 But what kind do you want, sir? 227 00:11:29,564 --> 00:11:30,440 You've already seen them, Miss Brooks. 228 00:11:30,565 --> 00:11:33,568 Just get one. 229 00:11:33,693 --> 00:11:36,195 Well, what will I use for money? 230 00:11:36,321 --> 00:11:38,114 Charge it to me. 231 00:11:40,408 --> 00:11:45,788 Now, for heaven's sake, ring off and don't call me back until you've got it. 232 00:11:45,914 --> 00:11:47,206 Yes, sir. 233 00:11:47,332 --> 00:11:50,293 Hello, Miss Brooks. 234 00:11:50,418 --> 00:11:52,211 Where do we go from here? 235 00:11:52,337 --> 00:11:58,593 To the Bombay branch of Gimbel's to charge an elephant. 236 00:12:04,223 --> 00:12:07,143 It's me, Walter Denton. 237 00:12:07,268 --> 00:12:09,646 I wasn't looking. 238 00:12:09,771 --> 00:12:11,689 Won't you have a little snack with us, dear? 239 00:12:11,814 --> 00:12:12,690 Oh, sure I will. 240 00:12:12,815 --> 00:12:13,858 Thanks. 241 00:12:13,983 --> 00:12:16,235 Well, what do you think about the new setup, Mrs. Davis? 242 00:12:16,361 --> 00:12:17,487 The Madison Mammoths. 243 00:12:17,612 --> 00:12:19,697 That's what the team will be called, of course. 244 00:12:19,822 --> 00:12:20,657 Mammoths? 245 00:12:20,782 --> 00:12:21,282 Well, sure. 246 00:12:21,407 --> 00:12:22,909 Because of the elephant mascot. 247 00:12:23,034 --> 00:12:26,537 Well, you remember those prehistoric hairy old elephants, don't you, Miss Brooks? 248 00:12:26,663 --> 00:12:28,790 Not personally. 249 00:12:30,708 --> 00:12:32,335 Oh, that must be Mr. Boynton now. 250 00:12:32,460 --> 00:12:33,252 Come in. 251 00:12:33,378 --> 00:12:36,214 The door is open. 252 00:12:36,339 --> 00:12:40,093 I better prepare some more sandwiches. 253 00:12:40,218 --> 00:12:42,929 This is getting to be quite a picnic. 254 00:12:43,054 --> 00:12:48,184 Hello, Miss Brooks. 255 00:12:48,309 --> 00:12:49,060 Hi, Walter. 256 00:12:49,185 --> 00:12:50,186 Hi, Miss Wharton. 257 00:12:50,311 --> 00:12:53,731 You'd better sit down before I tell you where I want you to take me. 258 00:12:53,856 --> 00:12:54,941 All right. 259 00:12:55,066 --> 00:12:58,194 I was rather curious about our destination. 260 00:12:58,319 --> 00:12:58,987 Yeah. 261 00:12:59,112 --> 00:13:01,280 Well, we're going out to pick up an elephant together. 262 00:13:01,406 --> 00:13:02,949 Oh. 263 00:13:03,074 --> 00:13:05,410 And we better not spend too much time sitting around. 264 00:13:05,535 --> 00:13:08,913 Did you say an elephant? 265 00:13:09,038 --> 00:13:10,665 That's right, he's going to be our mascot. 266 00:13:10,790 --> 00:13:12,667 Hey, can I go with you when you get him, Miss Brooks? 267 00:13:12,792 --> 00:13:14,335 Oh, absolutely not. 268 00:13:14,460 --> 00:13:17,296 The Beck brothers wouldn't do any business with us at all, Walter, 269 00:13:17,422 --> 00:13:20,383 if they thought that this was nothing but the childish scheme it is. 270 00:13:20,508 --> 00:13:23,469 I mean, Mr. Boynton and I will go alone. 271 00:13:23,594 --> 00:13:24,804 Now, just a minute, Miss Brooks. 272 00:13:24,929 --> 00:13:28,850 Did Mr. Conklin actually say he wanted an elephant to be our mascot? 273 00:13:28,975 --> 00:13:30,393 Indubitably. 274 00:13:30,518 --> 00:13:31,853 Irrevocably. 275 00:13:31,978 --> 00:13:36,607 Well, this beats everything, and I've heard of some pretty strange mascots in my time. 276 00:13:36,733 --> 00:13:40,361 In fact, when I was coaching at State Normal, we had a guinea pig. 277 00:13:40,486 --> 00:13:42,739 Little fella grew quite attached to me, too. 278 00:13:42,864 --> 00:13:45,450 Used to curl up in my lap all the time. 279 00:13:45,575 --> 00:13:47,201 But he looked real cute. 280 00:13:47,326 --> 00:13:48,578 Oh, he did. 281 00:13:48,703 --> 00:13:52,623 You know, most animals will lie down on your lap once they grow attached to you. 282 00:13:52,749 --> 00:13:53,332 Good. 283 00:13:53,458 --> 00:14:00,423 With any luck at all, maybe our mascot will grow attached to Mr. Conklin. 284 00:14:02,633 --> 00:14:09,599 Good afternoon, gentlemen. 285 00:14:27,533 --> 00:14:30,411 I'm Miss Brooks, and this is Mr. Boyden. 286 00:14:30,536 --> 00:14:32,080 Beck is the name, Mike Beck. 287 00:14:32,205 --> 00:14:34,290 Beck is the name, Dan Beck. 288 00:14:34,415 --> 00:14:36,751 They must be the Beck brothers. 289 00:14:36,876 --> 00:14:38,002 You've been listening. 290 00:14:38,127 --> 00:14:41,422 To come right to the point, gentlemen, we teach at Madison High School, 291 00:14:41,547 --> 00:14:45,426 and our principal would like us to procure a mascot for our football team. 292 00:14:45,551 --> 00:14:47,053 Sounds like a nice idea. 293 00:14:47,178 --> 00:14:48,387 Very nice idea. 294 00:14:48,513 --> 00:14:49,055 Won't you sit down? 295 00:14:49,180 --> 00:14:51,015 Thank you. 296 00:14:51,140 --> 00:14:54,393 We furnished a mascot for Mr. Flint of Hamilton High just the other day. 297 00:14:54,519 --> 00:14:56,104 Nice little bear it was. 298 00:14:56,229 --> 00:14:57,438 Very nice little bear. 299 00:14:57,563 --> 00:14:58,898 Yes, I know. 300 00:14:59,023 --> 00:15:01,859 Of course, most of our animals, as well as the performers and circus 301 00:15:01,984 --> 00:15:04,821 personnel, are already in training for winter quarters in Florida. 302 00:15:04,946 --> 00:15:07,657 But you do have some animals still on the ground, don't you? 303 00:15:07,782 --> 00:15:09,867 Well, what kind did you want? 304 00:15:09,992 --> 00:15:11,327 We want an elephant. 305 00:15:11,452 --> 00:15:12,161 An elephant? 306 00:15:12,286 --> 00:15:14,455 But we just have one elephant left. 307 00:15:14,580 --> 00:15:16,749 To some people, that would seem like a lot. 308 00:15:16,874 --> 00:15:20,795 Would you be willing to rent it out for a while? 309 00:15:20,920 --> 00:15:21,879 Rent it out? 310 00:15:22,004 --> 00:15:25,133 Well, frankly, we never thought about doing anything like that. 311 00:15:25,258 --> 00:15:28,302 No, we never thought about doing anything like that. 312 00:15:28,427 --> 00:15:30,263 Well, we take very good care of the animal. 313 00:15:30,388 --> 00:15:34,267 Yes, very good care of the animal. 314 00:15:35,893 --> 00:15:38,271 Your season is over now, I understand, and you 315 00:15:38,396 --> 00:15:41,107 wouldn't need the animal to perform this afternoon. 316 00:15:41,232 --> 00:15:43,234 Oh, Freddy couldn't perform today anyway. 317 00:15:43,359 --> 00:15:43,985 Freddy? 318 00:15:44,110 --> 00:15:45,903 Yes, that's why we kept him behind with us. 319 00:15:46,028 --> 00:15:49,073 You see, he met with sort of an accident a few weeks ago. 320 00:15:49,198 --> 00:15:52,410 The truth is he backed into the lion's cage 321 00:15:52,535 --> 00:15:55,955 and well, he sort of got his tail bitten off. 322 00:15:56,080 --> 00:15:58,166 Oh, that's a shame. 323 00:15:58,291 --> 00:16:03,045 Yes, it broke the circle with the other elephants. 324 00:16:03,171 --> 00:16:05,131 But he's perfectly all right in every other way. 325 00:16:05,256 --> 00:16:07,925 Oh, he'd be a fine mascot for your team, Miss Brooks, 326 00:16:08,050 --> 00:16:10,595 and we wouldn't charge you any rental fee at all. 327 00:16:10,720 --> 00:16:12,972 Well, the price is certainly right. 328 00:16:13,097 --> 00:16:14,599 But why would you do that? 329 00:16:14,724 --> 00:16:16,726 To save money on the elephant's feed bill. 330 00:16:16,851 --> 00:16:19,353 He's quite an eater, Freddy is. 331 00:16:19,478 --> 00:16:22,523 Yes, I bet he eats like a horse. 332 00:16:22,648 --> 00:16:25,151 Mr. Beck, how would we get Freddy into town? 333 00:16:25,276 --> 00:16:26,652 And when do you want him back? 334 00:16:26,777 --> 00:16:28,779 Just walk him in behind your car. 335 00:16:28,905 --> 00:16:32,575 And we'd like him back next spring. 336 00:16:32,700 --> 00:16:33,576 Next spring? 337 00:16:33,701 --> 00:16:35,703 Providing, of course, you promise to take good care of him. 338 00:16:35,828 --> 00:16:37,121 You see, we're leaving tonight. 339 00:16:37,246 --> 00:16:39,999 We just wanted a mascot for the Hamilton game. 340 00:16:40,124 --> 00:16:41,542 Wait a minute, Mr. Barton. 341 00:16:41,667 --> 00:16:44,712 Maybe Mr. Conklin would keep him for the rest of the season. 342 00:16:44,837 --> 00:16:48,049 Freddy could do more than just be a mascot for the football team. 343 00:16:48,174 --> 00:16:49,634 But Miss Brooks, an elephant? 344 00:16:49,759 --> 00:16:50,885 May I use your phone? 345 00:16:51,010 --> 00:16:51,469 Certainly. 346 00:16:51,594 --> 00:16:52,261 Yes, certainly. 347 00:16:52,386 --> 00:16:53,930 We'll leave it up to Mr. Conklin. 348 00:16:54,055 --> 00:17:01,020 It was his idea in the first place. 349 00:17:09,362 --> 00:17:10,112 Hello, Ms. 350 00:17:10,238 --> 00:17:12,865 Brooks, I presume? 351 00:17:12,990 --> 00:17:14,575 How did you know, Mr. Canson? 352 00:17:14,700 --> 00:17:18,037 I was napping so beautifully. 353 00:17:19,914 --> 00:17:21,332 Well, I'm sorry, sir, but about the 354 00:17:21,457 --> 00:17:23,376 elephant... Haven't you got that elephant yet? 355 00:17:23,501 --> 00:17:25,962 I'm getting it right now, sir. 356 00:17:26,087 --> 00:17:30,174 But you'll have to keep this one longer than... I promise you, Ms. 357 00:17:30,299 --> 00:17:32,969 Brooks, we'll be very careful of this one. 358 00:17:33,094 --> 00:17:36,138 Now, I'd like to get some sleep, if you don't mind. 359 00:17:36,264 --> 00:17:40,268 The kids in this neighborhood have kept me up half the afternoon already. 360 00:17:40,393 --> 00:17:44,772 Well, yes, Mr. Conklin, but before you hang up, where do you want me to take it? 361 00:17:44,897 --> 00:17:45,773 Take it? 362 00:17:45,898 --> 00:17:48,693 Bring it to my house, of course. 363 00:17:48,818 --> 00:17:49,652 Goodbye. 364 00:17:49,777 --> 00:17:51,112 Goodbye. 365 00:17:51,237 --> 00:17:55,241 Mr. Beck? 366 00:17:55,366 --> 00:17:56,242 Yes? 367 00:17:56,367 --> 00:17:58,035 Got a hunk of rope? 368 00:17:58,160 --> 00:17:59,745 Not bad. 369 00:18:23,769 --> 00:18:26,272 Come in, come in, come in. 370 00:18:26,397 --> 00:18:27,565 Well, have you got it, Miss Brooks? 371 00:18:27,690 --> 00:18:28,983 Yes, I have, Mr. Consonant. 372 00:18:29,108 --> 00:18:31,319 It's right outside by your porch. 373 00:18:31,444 --> 00:18:31,986 Mr. Boynton. 374 00:18:32,111 --> 00:18:33,029 By the porch? 375 00:18:33,154 --> 00:18:36,032 Why didn't you bring it inside? 376 00:18:36,157 --> 00:18:39,076 Look, Mr. Consonant, I know you've been very annoyed recently, 377 00:18:39,201 --> 00:18:42,163 but there are a few things we've got to get settled right now. 378 00:18:42,288 --> 00:18:43,956 Where are you going to keep it? 379 00:18:44,081 --> 00:18:49,045 Next to those books on the television set. 380 00:18:49,170 --> 00:18:50,629 I beg your pardon. 381 00:18:50,755 --> 00:18:54,050 Next to the... Wait, I have some bad... Oh, hello, Miss Brooke. 382 00:18:54,175 --> 00:18:55,259 Hello, Mrs. Conklin. 383 00:18:55,384 --> 00:18:58,179 Well, I was going to tell you, Osgood, that I have some disappointing news. 384 00:18:58,304 --> 00:19:01,640 There's nothing caught in that snare you set in our yard. 385 00:19:01,766 --> 00:19:03,351 Oh, confounded. 386 00:19:03,476 --> 00:19:06,937 I was planning to use that gopher as our mascot. 387 00:19:07,063 --> 00:19:08,314 Gopher? 388 00:19:08,439 --> 00:19:10,649 You want to use a gopher as a mascot? 389 00:19:10,775 --> 00:19:14,945 Well, did you think I wanted an elephant? 390 00:19:15,071 --> 00:19:20,659 Were you able to pick up that elephant bookend we wanted replaced? 391 00:19:20,785 --> 00:19:22,286 Elephant bookend? 392 00:19:22,411 --> 00:19:25,623 You received my note, didn't you? 393 00:19:25,748 --> 00:19:27,708 Received my note, didn't you? 394 00:19:27,833 --> 00:19:30,628 Yes, I mean I got part of it. 395 00:19:30,753 --> 00:19:33,381 Apparently something was not quite clear, Mr. Conklin. 396 00:19:33,506 --> 00:19:36,008 Oh, it was perfectly clear, Miss Brooks. 397 00:19:36,133 --> 00:19:38,844 Now let me recall it for you verbatim. 398 00:19:38,969 --> 00:19:45,059 It said, quote, attention, comma, Miss Brooks, dash, please purchase at once, 399 00:19:45,184 --> 00:19:48,229 Uh, an elephant bookend of the type you 400 00:19:48,354 --> 00:19:52,566 admired at our house recently, period, unquote. 401 00:19:52,691 --> 00:19:53,984 Well? 402 00:19:54,110 --> 00:19:57,530 Oh brother, exclamation point. 403 00:19:59,490 --> 00:20:01,951 Oh, listen to those kids, Martha. 404 00:20:02,076 --> 00:20:04,245 If we don't move out of this neighborhood soon, 405 00:20:04,370 --> 00:20:06,664 my blood pressure... Please, dear, now calm down. 406 00:20:06,789 --> 00:20:08,165 The children are only playing. 407 00:20:08,290 --> 00:20:10,000 Well, I'm going to the window and stop them. 408 00:20:10,126 --> 00:20:11,127 No! 409 00:20:14,088 --> 00:20:15,464 Don't go to the window now. 410 00:20:15,589 --> 00:20:18,426 They might throw something and you might get hit with a ball. 411 00:20:18,551 --> 00:20:20,719 But they're shouting, that racket. 412 00:20:20,845 --> 00:20:21,971 Oh, it isn't so bad, sir. 413 00:20:22,096 --> 00:20:23,180 You're just overreacting. 414 00:20:23,305 --> 00:20:24,014 Oh, yes, dear. 415 00:20:24,140 --> 00:20:30,187 In your nervous state, you exaggerate every irritant. 416 00:20:31,272 --> 00:20:38,279 What was that? 417 00:20:43,617 --> 00:20:45,536 What was what? 418 00:20:50,082 --> 00:20:57,089 It's an earthquake! 419 00:21:15,024 --> 00:21:15,649 Quick, we've got to get out of here! 420 00:21:15,774 --> 00:21:16,775 I'm not going to be caught in here like a rat in a trap! 421 00:21:16,901 --> 00:21:17,067 Out of my way! 422 00:21:17,193 --> 00:21:17,318 Go, go, go! 423 00:21:17,443 --> 00:21:18,068 What is that elephant doing in here? 424 00:21:18,194 --> 00:21:22,406 Pushing the house to a quieter neighborhood. 425 00:21:22,531 --> 00:21:29,497 The. 426 00:21:49,558 --> 00:21:49,558 The. 427 00:21:49,642 --> 00:21:50,643 The. 428 00:21:52,853 --> 00:21:55,439 You. 428 00:21:56,305 --> 00:22:56,299 Support us and become VIP member to remove all ads from www.OpenSubtitles.org