"Our Miss Brooks" Lulu, the Pin-Up Boat

1 00:00:11,678 --> 00:00:18,685 Good morning, Mrs. Davis. 2 00:00:24,107 --> 00:00:26,485 Good morning, Connie. 3 00:00:28,111 --> 00:00:30,822 You might be interested in this article in the school paper. 4 00:00:30,948 --> 00:00:31,823 It says... 5 00:00:31,949 --> 00:00:35,452 In solemn observance of Public Schools Week, Principal Osgood Conklin has decreed that all 6 00:00:35,577 --> 00:00:39,498 teachers and students must wear their most subdued and somber garments throughout the school week. 7 00:00:45,420 --> 00:00:49,216 I've heard rumors to that effect. 8 00:00:51,260 --> 00:00:53,428 How do I look? 9 00:00:58,475 --> 00:00:59,810 I agree with you. 10 00:00:59,935 --> 00:01:03,105 I only put this on to please our beloved principal. 11 00:01:03,230 --> 00:01:08,694 My goodness, I wouldn't wear an outfit like that if I were going to jump off a bridge. 12 00:01:08,819 --> 00:01:10,279 Oh, I don't know, Mrs. Davis. 13 00:01:10,404 --> 00:01:12,155 I think it has some good points. 14 00:01:12,281 --> 00:01:14,866 At least I know what I'm going to do with it next week. 15 00:01:14,992 --> 00:01:15,659 What? 16 00:01:15,784 --> 00:01:20,247 If you run across a nice high bridge, let me know. 17 00:01:20,372 --> 00:01:23,208 I'm sure Mr. Conklin will like it, though. 18 00:01:23,333 --> 00:01:26,128 I've got to report to his office this morning for inspection. 19 00:01:26,253 --> 00:01:27,379 Inspection? 20 00:01:27,504 --> 00:01:28,130 Yes. 21 00:01:28,255 --> 00:01:30,674 And right after that, I'm going to spike 22 00:01:30,799 --> 00:01:33,593 this outfit with a nice red belt and a scarf. 23 00:01:33,719 --> 00:01:36,513 Well, what about Mr. Boynton? 24 00:01:36,638 --> 00:01:39,016 How do you think he'll react to your costume? 25 00:01:39,141 --> 00:01:45,147 Well, if I know Mr. Boynton, he'll probably think it's speedy. 26 00:01:45,272 --> 00:01:47,691 He is a bit old-fashioned, isn't he? 27 00:01:47,816 --> 00:01:51,069 Why, Connie, you've known him for over five years, and I'll bet you 28 00:01:51,194 --> 00:01:54,823 that in all that time, he's never really made what you call a bold move. 29 00:01:57,576 --> 00:02:03,415 In all that time, I'd say he's never made a move. 30 00:02:03,540 --> 00:02:04,833 Oh, that's Walter Denton. 31 00:02:04,958 --> 00:02:06,418 Come in, Walter. 32 00:02:06,543 --> 00:02:09,004 Well, I'd better go to the kitchen and take inventory. 33 00:02:09,129 --> 00:02:14,509 We never seem to have enough eggs for that boy. 34 00:02:16,219 --> 00:02:19,264 Oh, greetings, Miss Brooks, I... Well, it's 35 00:02:19,389 --> 00:02:24,061 something that happens to all of us sooner or later. 36 00:02:24,186 --> 00:02:25,228 What? 37 00:02:25,354 --> 00:02:26,897 When did it happen, Miss Brooks? 38 00:02:27,022 --> 00:02:29,608 When did Mrs. Davis go to her last reward? 39 00:02:29,733 --> 00:02:36,031 Mrs. Davis is fine, Walter, but I'm burying this outfit next Tuesday. 40 00:02:36,156 --> 00:02:36,531 Sit down. 41 00:02:36,656 --> 00:02:38,575 Oh, thanks. 42 00:02:38,700 --> 00:02:42,746 Of course, you know, originally this outfit came from Paris. 43 00:02:42,871 --> 00:02:44,247 From Paris? 44 00:02:44,373 --> 00:02:48,460 When it first came over, it was a bedspread. 45 00:02:48,585 --> 00:02:50,504 I had it remodeled. 46 00:02:50,629 --> 00:02:53,548 Now you can blame the whole thing on Mr. Conklin. 47 00:02:53,673 --> 00:02:54,424 Oh, I should have known. 48 00:02:54,549 --> 00:02:57,803 Mr. Conklin's got the whole school modeling shrouds. 49 00:02:57,928 --> 00:02:59,679 Even his own daughter Harriet. 50 00:02:59,805 --> 00:03:04,059 Gosh, the way she's had to dress lately, she looks like a... like a schoolteacher. 51 00:03:04,184 --> 00:03:08,146 Thanks. 52 00:03:08,271 --> 00:03:11,108 I'll have a present company accepted. 53 00:03:11,233 --> 00:03:12,359 Up to now. 54 00:03:14,361 --> 00:03:17,697 But I'm hoping that Mr. Conklin will snap out of this dismal kick he's on. 55 00:03:17,823 --> 00:03:21,076 Harriet told me he's leaving for their cottage up at Crystal Lake 56 00:03:21,201 --> 00:03:24,413 this afternoon and it always sort of cheers him up to see Lulu. 57 00:03:24,538 --> 00:03:25,080 Lulu? 58 00:03:25,205 --> 00:03:27,958 Yeah, that's his broken down old motorboat. 59 00:03:28,083 --> 00:03:29,918 He treats it like a baby. 60 00:03:30,043 --> 00:03:33,046 He varnishes it twice a year, and last December he even made a 61 00:03:33,171 --> 00:03:36,299 special trip up to Crystal Lake just to keep her from freezing. 62 00:03:36,425 --> 00:03:39,428 What'd he do, give her a rubdown? 63 00:03:39,553 --> 00:03:40,429 Well, not exactly. 64 00:03:40,554 --> 00:03:43,306 You see, the motor runs on internal combustion, so 65 00:03:43,432 --> 00:03:46,726 Mr. Conklin poured a gallon and a half of alcohol into her. 66 00:03:46,852 --> 00:03:48,103 Oh, that's nice. 67 00:03:48,228 --> 00:03:52,899 Instead of putt-putting, she can hiccup her way across. 68 00:03:53,024 --> 00:03:57,446 What are those glossy looking objects in your history book, Walter? 69 00:03:57,571 --> 00:04:00,824 Oh, those are photographs of movie stars, Miss Brooks. 70 00:04:00,949 --> 00:04:03,869 Since this propriety kick started, I've been bringing a few 71 00:04:03,994 --> 00:04:07,080 snapshots to school to sort of brighten up the scenery a bit. 72 00:04:07,205 --> 00:04:10,500 Why, Walter Denton, you mean you've got pinups there? 73 00:04:10,625 --> 00:04:12,210 Well, sort of. 74 00:04:12,335 --> 00:04:14,296 Would you like to look at them, Miss Brooks? 75 00:04:14,421 --> 00:04:15,881 I don't know if I should. 76 00:04:16,006 --> 00:04:17,340 Oh, go ahead. 77 00:04:17,466 --> 00:04:17,924 Take one. 78 00:04:18,049 --> 00:04:19,176 All right. 79 00:04:20,552 --> 00:04:21,219 Well, what do you know? 80 00:04:21,344 --> 00:04:23,221 Trigger without a saddle. 81 00:04:23,346 --> 00:04:27,434 Oh, that's from my old collection. 82 00:04:27,559 --> 00:04:29,644 Now, I got some pictures now I wouldn't want anybody to see. 83 00:04:29,769 --> 00:04:33,899 Now, there's one in particular here. 84 00:04:35,734 --> 00:04:38,904 This one would even make Mr. Boynton sit up and howl. 85 00:04:39,029 --> 00:04:42,949 What is it, Lassie in the sarong? 86 00:04:43,074 --> 00:04:43,909 No, ma'am. 87 00:04:44,034 --> 00:04:46,995 It's a picture of Betty Grable in a bathing suit. 88 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:49,164 Ooh, la-la-ha. 89 00:04:49,289 --> 00:04:50,999 It's very chic, n'est-ce pas? 90 00:04:51,124 --> 00:04:53,460 If Mr. Conklin catches you with these, Walter, 91 00:04:53,585 --> 00:04:55,712 he'll tray sheep you right out of school. 92 00:04:55,837 --> 00:04:56,546 Oh, don't worry. 93 00:04:56,671 --> 00:04:58,840 I keep all my pinups stashed away in my gym locker. 94 00:04:58,965 --> 00:05:00,425 I got about 20 of them in there now. 95 00:05:00,550 --> 00:05:02,594 Mr. Conklin will never even hear about them. 96 00:05:02,719 --> 00:05:04,262 I hope not, for your sake. 97 00:05:04,387 --> 00:05:05,680 Good morning, Walter. 98 00:05:05,805 --> 00:05:06,973 Oh, hi, Mrs. Davis. 99 00:05:07,098 --> 00:05:09,017 What news from the nourishment front? 100 00:05:09,142 --> 00:05:15,190 Well, our egg man won't be here for two days, and we have only five eggs left. 101 00:05:15,315 --> 00:05:18,985 Well, that'll be plenty. 102 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:26,074 103 00:05:28,036 --> 00:05:35,043 Come in. 104 00:05:39,047 --> 00:05:40,590 Something wrong, Harriet? 105 00:05:40,715 --> 00:05:42,217 You know what's wrong, Daddy. 106 00:05:42,342 --> 00:05:43,843 Everybody's laughing at me. 107 00:05:43,969 --> 00:05:48,098 How can you make your own daughter come to school dressed like this? 108 00:05:48,223 --> 00:05:52,894 If that dress was good enough for your mother, it's good enough for you. 109 00:05:53,019 --> 00:05:53,812 Yes, sir. 110 00:05:53,937 --> 00:05:57,190 Now then, I have just returned from a tour of the gym lockers. 111 00:05:57,315 --> 00:05:58,316 What were you doing there? 112 00:05:58,441 --> 00:05:59,776 You know very well what I was doing there. 113 00:05:59,901 --> 00:06:02,946 I was snooping, inspecting them. 114 00:06:03,071 --> 00:06:06,449 In Walter Denton's locker alone, I found some 20 115 00:06:06,575 --> 00:06:10,745 of these, excuse the expression, pinup pictures. 116 00:06:10,870 --> 00:06:13,206 But what's so terrible about that, Daddy? 117 00:06:13,331 --> 00:06:17,127 When you were in the army, I'll bet you saw plenty of pinups in the barracks. 118 00:06:17,252 --> 00:06:23,466 Harriet, whenever I entered an army barracks, I looked the other way. 119 00:06:23,592 --> 00:06:25,135 But that is neither here nor there. 120 00:06:25,260 --> 00:06:28,305 I want you to burn these photos in the incinerator immediately. 121 00:06:28,430 --> 00:06:29,556 Okay, Daddy. 122 00:06:29,681 --> 00:06:30,640 Wait, wait. 123 00:06:30,765 --> 00:06:33,310 I'd better keep one of them as evidence. 124 00:06:33,435 --> 00:06:37,230 I'll just pick one out at random here. 125 00:06:37,355 --> 00:06:40,358 Oh, yes, yes. 126 00:06:40,483 --> 00:06:40,984 Oh, yes, yes. 127 00:06:41,109 --> 00:06:45,405 This one of the blonde in the bathing suit will do very nicely. 128 00:06:45,530 --> 00:06:46,781 Very nicely. 129 00:06:46,906 --> 00:06:50,076 I'll just put it away in my drawer where no one can get at it. 130 00:06:50,201 --> 00:06:53,038 Now, when you've destroyed these others, you will inform 131 00:06:53,163 --> 00:06:56,166 Walter Denton that he is to appear before me at lunchtime. 132 00:06:56,291 --> 00:06:58,960 But, Daddy, Walter didn't mean any harm. 133 00:06:59,085 --> 00:07:01,421 Golly, the way everybody's dressed here... Silence. 134 00:07:01,546 --> 00:07:03,006 Do as you're told, child. 135 00:07:03,131 --> 00:07:03,965 Run along now. 136 00:07:04,090 --> 00:07:05,133 Yes, sir. 137 00:07:08,219 --> 00:07:10,555 In a picnic indeed. 138 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:17,646 Oops. 139 00:07:19,856 --> 00:07:21,524 Come in. 140 00:07:21,650 --> 00:07:23,443 I forgot my history book. 141 00:07:23,568 --> 00:07:24,277 Goodbye, Daddy. 142 00:07:24,402 --> 00:07:26,154 Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye. 143 00:07:26,279 --> 00:07:26,655 Goodbye. 144 00:07:26,780 --> 00:07:27,781 Goodbye. 145 00:07:32,869 --> 00:07:36,247 Ooh, la, la. 146 00:07:37,916 --> 00:07:44,881 ♪ Mademoiselle from Armentier's party room... ♪ Come in. 147 00:07:54,474 --> 00:07:56,059 Good morning, Mr. Conklin. 148 00:07:56,184 --> 00:07:57,268 Good morning, Miss Brooks. 149 00:07:57,394 --> 00:07:59,813 I was... Oh. 150 00:08:03,942 --> 00:08:09,322 Please accept my heartfelt condolences. 151 00:08:09,447 --> 00:08:12,992 I hope it was no one in the immediate family. 152 00:08:13,118 --> 00:08:14,244 Oh, the outfit. 153 00:08:14,369 --> 00:08:15,328 No, thanks, Mr. Conklin. 154 00:08:15,453 --> 00:08:17,664 I'll take a rain check on that. 155 00:08:17,789 --> 00:08:20,625 I just came in to have your approval on this getup, and now that 156 00:08:20,750 --> 00:08:23,712 I've received it, I might as well... Oh, please, please, sit down. 157 00:08:23,837 --> 00:08:24,921 Yes, sir. 158 00:08:25,046 --> 00:08:26,881 I'm glad you dropped in, Miss Brooks. 159 00:08:27,006 --> 00:08:31,177 As you may or may not know, I'm leaving this afternoon for Crystal Lake. 160 00:08:31,302 --> 00:08:33,805 I'm just dying to get a look at my boat again. 161 00:08:33,930 --> 00:08:36,224 Give my best to Lulu, sir. 162 00:08:36,349 --> 00:08:37,767 Thank you, thank you. 163 00:08:37,892 --> 00:08:39,060 What a craft. 164 00:08:39,185 --> 00:08:40,270 Not very large. 165 00:08:40,395 --> 00:08:43,064 Still, you can carry a week's provisions on her bow. 166 00:08:43,189 --> 00:08:46,192 And what fun it is to troll for trout from her stern. 167 00:08:46,317 --> 00:08:48,194 Still, I digress. 168 00:08:48,319 --> 00:08:51,906 My greatest source of gratification in a trip like this lies in the opportunity 169 00:08:52,031 --> 00:08:55,326 it affords me to get away from Harriet's idiot consort, Walter Denton. 170 00:08:57,245 --> 00:08:58,830 Oh, Walter isn't so bad, sir. 171 00:08:58,955 --> 00:09:02,959 He's just... He just keeps racy pin-ups in his locker. 172 00:09:03,084 --> 00:09:05,128 So you found them. 173 00:09:06,629 --> 00:09:08,339 What are you talking about, Mr. Condon? 174 00:09:08,465 --> 00:09:09,257 What pictures? 175 00:09:09,382 --> 00:09:10,049 Where? 176 00:09:10,175 --> 00:09:12,886 Oh, be that as it may, I have had them destroyed 177 00:09:13,011 --> 00:09:15,430 and Denton is up for trial this afternoon. 178 00:09:15,555 --> 00:09:18,349 Now, what I want you to do for me is to confirm 179 00:09:18,475 --> 00:09:21,186 my suspicions about a certain faculty member. 180 00:09:21,311 --> 00:09:24,522 To be specific, Mr. Boynton. 181 00:09:24,647 --> 00:09:25,899 It's a lie! 182 00:09:27,942 --> 00:09:31,196 I mean, what could you possibly suspect Mr. Boynton of? 183 00:09:31,321 --> 00:09:35,825 Or as I say to my pupils, of what could you possibly suspect Mr. Boynton of? 184 00:09:35,950 --> 00:09:38,870 The same crime Walter Denton is guilty of. 185 00:09:38,995 --> 00:09:42,707 The same crime of which Walter Denton... 186 00:09:42,832 --> 00:09:45,627 I've noticed Mr. Boyden sneaking into school 187 00:09:45,752 --> 00:09:48,296 with a stack of pictures under his arm. 188 00:09:48,421 --> 00:09:49,589 What kind of pictures? 189 00:09:49,714 --> 00:09:50,298 I don't know. 190 00:09:50,423 --> 00:09:53,551 Every time I get near him, he makes a beeline for his locker. 191 00:09:53,676 --> 00:09:57,222 Now, obviously, I can't go around snooping around a teacher's locker. 192 00:09:57,347 --> 00:09:59,307 It's beneath the dignity of my office. 193 00:09:59,432 --> 00:10:02,852 However, I can't help feeling that nothing is beneath the 194 00:10:02,977 --> 00:10:06,481 tiny amount of dignity allotted by Mother Nature to you. 195 00:10:06,606 --> 00:10:08,608 Oh, now, just a minute, sir. 196 00:10:08,733 --> 00:10:11,361 You are close to Mr. Boyden. 197 00:10:11,486 --> 00:10:17,659 Not as close as you'd like to be, perhaps, but... close, close. 198 00:10:17,784 --> 00:10:21,996 It will be very easy for you to get a look at the pictures and report back to me. 199 00:10:22,121 --> 00:10:25,458 But Mr. Conklin, you're making me spy on a fellow teacher. 200 00:10:25,583 --> 00:10:26,668 Making you, Miss Brooks? 201 00:10:26,793 --> 00:10:29,838 Oh, what an unfortunate choice of words. 202 00:10:29,963 --> 00:10:32,131 This is a democratic institution. 203 00:10:32,257 --> 00:10:36,594 You are merely being given an opportunity to volunteer your services. 204 00:10:36,719 --> 00:10:38,054 And if I refuse? 205 00:10:38,179 --> 00:10:41,474 That is your privilege in a democratic institution. 206 00:10:41,599 --> 00:10:45,103 I'm sure there must be some school in some state 207 00:10:45,228 --> 00:10:49,274 that will admit an expelled English teacher. 208 00:10:49,399 --> 00:10:53,444 I'll do my best, Mr. Conklin. 209 00:10:53,570 --> 00:11:00,577 And if this is a democratic institution, Louis XIV was a radical. 210 00:11:04,247 --> 00:11:05,290 Hi, Miss Brooks. 211 00:11:05,415 --> 00:11:06,332 Hello, Harriet. 212 00:11:06,457 --> 00:11:09,252 I'm on my way to get Daddy's lunch and take it up to his office to him. 213 00:11:09,377 --> 00:11:09,752 Oh, fine. 214 00:11:09,878 --> 00:11:12,297 You can give him a message for me, Harriet. 215 00:11:12,422 --> 00:11:16,801 I've hinted to Mr. Boynton that I'd like to see those pictures he keeps in his locker. 216 00:11:16,926 --> 00:11:20,471 He seemed very embarrassed, but he promised to bring them here at lunchtime. 217 00:11:20,597 --> 00:11:21,306 OK, Miss Brooks. 218 00:11:21,431 --> 00:11:22,181 I'll tell Daddy. 219 00:11:22,307 --> 00:11:22,932 Goodbye now. 220 00:11:23,057 --> 00:11:24,058 Bye. 221 00:11:27,854 --> 00:11:29,397 Well, here I am, Miss Brooks. 222 00:11:29,522 --> 00:11:30,356 Oh, hello, Mr. Barton. 223 00:11:30,481 --> 00:11:30,940 Sit down. 224 00:11:31,065 --> 00:11:33,651 Oh, I'd better get over to the steam table first and get some lunch. 225 00:11:33,776 --> 00:11:35,194 Oh, that won't be necessary. 226 00:11:35,320 --> 00:11:37,113 This roast beef plate is for you. 227 00:11:37,238 --> 00:11:38,281 Oh, you ordered my lunch? 228 00:11:38,406 --> 00:11:40,074 Well, I knew you'd be along any minute. 229 00:11:40,199 --> 00:11:43,369 But I usually take the meatloaf special for $0.50. 230 00:11:43,494 --> 00:11:44,245 How much is this? 231 00:11:44,370 --> 00:11:45,830 Well, that is $0.65. 232 00:11:45,955 --> 00:11:47,415 $0.65! 233 00:11:51,002 --> 00:11:53,129 Maybe we could sell the potatoes. 234 00:11:53,254 --> 00:11:58,927 I didn't mean to get so excited, Miss Brooks. 235 00:11:59,052 --> 00:12:02,722 After all, it's only $0.15 more. 236 00:12:04,807 --> 00:12:07,393 I'll buy your lunch tomorrow. 237 00:12:07,518 --> 00:12:09,437 Good deal. 238 00:12:09,562 --> 00:12:12,899 Look, I don't like to sound like a district attorney, but Mr. Conklin's 239 00:12:13,024 --> 00:12:17,153 really put me on an awful spot about those pictures of yours, Mr. Horace. 240 00:12:17,278 --> 00:12:17,737 Oh, yes. 241 00:12:17,862 --> 00:12:20,615 You know, Mr. Conklin's very fond of the meatloaf here, too. 242 00:12:20,740 --> 00:12:21,866 Oh, good for him. 243 00:12:21,991 --> 00:12:24,160 But about the pictures... Of course, not everybody 244 00:12:24,285 --> 00:12:26,454 likes meatloaf, and you can't really blame them. 245 00:12:26,579 --> 00:12:31,334 I always say, without a difference of opinion, we wouldn't have horse racing. 246 00:12:31,459 --> 00:12:36,130 In this cafeteria, without horses, we wouldn't have any meatloaf. 247 00:12:36,255 --> 00:12:37,632 But let's get it over with. 248 00:12:37,757 --> 00:12:39,342 Let's see the pictures, huh? 249 00:12:39,467 --> 00:12:42,261 Well, all right, Miss Brooks. 250 00:12:42,387 --> 00:12:45,556 But only if you promise not to show them to any of the other teachers. 251 00:12:45,682 --> 00:12:47,058 I don't like to be kidded. 252 00:12:47,183 --> 00:12:48,101 Oh, I promise. 253 00:12:48,226 --> 00:12:49,143 Let's see. 254 00:12:49,268 --> 00:12:50,478 All right. 255 00:12:50,603 --> 00:12:53,231 Now here's one I'm very fond of. 256 00:12:53,356 --> 00:12:55,108 Look at those legs, Miss Brooks. 257 00:12:55,233 --> 00:12:56,693 Aren't they beautiful? 258 00:12:56,818 --> 00:12:57,777 Now tell me the truth. 259 00:12:57,902 --> 00:13:04,283 Have you ever seen a lovelier shade of green on a frog? 260 00:13:04,409 --> 00:13:06,411 He looks like he had the meatloaf too. 261 00:13:06,536 --> 00:13:10,081 Oh now here's one I think is sensational. 262 00:13:10,206 --> 00:13:11,040 It's a bear. 263 00:13:11,165 --> 00:13:12,583 A bear what? 264 00:13:15,628 --> 00:13:17,797 Oh a grizzly bear. 265 00:13:17,922 --> 00:13:20,591 Well, he looks just like a plain, ordinary bear to me. 266 00:13:20,717 --> 00:13:22,301 What's so unusual about him? 267 00:13:22,427 --> 00:13:26,597 He happens to be the mother of eight cubs. 268 00:13:26,723 --> 00:13:29,350 Oh, that is unusual, yes. 269 00:13:29,475 --> 00:13:30,351 Eight cubs, eh? 270 00:13:30,476 --> 00:13:32,270 And they were all in the same litter, too. 271 00:13:32,395 --> 00:13:34,480 A very rare occurrence, you must admit. 272 00:13:34,605 --> 00:13:35,356 Oh, I do. 273 00:13:35,481 --> 00:13:40,028 I know very few fathers who've had eight cubs all at once. 274 00:13:40,153 --> 00:13:43,072 But, uh, look, Mr. Boynton. 275 00:13:43,197 --> 00:13:46,409 Is this the only kind of picture you've been keeping in your locker? 276 00:13:46,534 --> 00:13:48,786 Well, not exactly. 277 00:13:48,911 --> 00:13:49,704 Uh-huh. 278 00:13:49,829 --> 00:13:54,792 I do have another type here that... well, that some folks might consider risque. 279 00:13:54,917 --> 00:13:55,543 Really? 280 00:13:55,668 --> 00:13:56,919 Let's see. 281 00:13:57,045 --> 00:13:58,921 I don't know if I should show it to you or not, Miss Brooks. 282 00:13:59,047 --> 00:14:02,633 It's a... Aw, heck, it's a stork. 283 00:14:02,759 --> 00:14:06,929 Oh, maybe we'd better skip this one. 284 00:14:07,055 --> 00:14:07,972 Oh, come on. 285 00:14:08,097 --> 00:14:11,976 I've been around. 286 00:14:12,101 --> 00:14:12,518 Let's see. 287 00:14:12,643 --> 00:14:14,562 What's so risque about it? 288 00:14:14,687 --> 00:14:16,272 Well, it was taken... 289 00:14:16,397 --> 00:14:18,816 during the molting season. 290 00:14:18,941 --> 00:14:22,528 As you can see, Miss Brooks, she's shedding her feathers. 291 00:14:22,653 --> 00:14:24,655 Oh, what do you know? 292 00:14:24,781 --> 00:14:26,699 A stork stripper. 293 00:14:29,035 --> 00:14:31,829 Don't you have any pictures of girls, Mr. Boynton? 294 00:14:31,954 --> 00:14:34,123 Oh, just one, but I keep that in my wallet. 295 00:14:34,248 --> 00:14:36,834 That's the snapshot I took of you last Easter. 296 00:14:36,959 --> 00:14:37,752 Of me? 297 00:14:37,877 --> 00:14:38,503 Yeah, don't you remember? 298 00:14:38,628 --> 00:14:39,712 We were at the zoo. 299 00:14:39,837 --> 00:14:43,466 I had you pose right outside the monkey house. 300 00:14:43,591 --> 00:14:44,884 Oh, yes. 301 00:14:45,009 --> 00:14:47,136 That's that romantic snapshot where an 302 00:14:47,261 --> 00:14:49,847 orangutan seems to be growing out of my head. 303 00:14:49,972 --> 00:14:52,767 It's not that bad, Miss Brooks. 304 00:14:52,892 --> 00:14:56,646 Well, I'm glad you carry it anyhow. 305 00:14:56,771 --> 00:15:00,983 And on behalf of Mr. Conklin, may I say you've been a most cooperative witness. 306 00:15:01,109 --> 00:15:03,194 But just to end the matter, do you mind if I take 307 00:15:03,319 --> 00:15:05,696 those pictures over to his office and show them to him? 308 00:15:05,822 --> 00:15:07,240 Oh, not at all. 309 00:15:07,365 --> 00:15:09,325 You know, it must be childish of Mr. Conklin 310 00:15:09,450 --> 00:15:11,452 to suspect me of having pinups in my locker. 311 00:15:11,577 --> 00:15:12,829 Here, take the badge. 312 00:15:12,954 --> 00:15:13,204 All right. 313 00:15:13,329 --> 00:15:15,957 Oh, be careful you don't wrinkle the stork. 314 00:15:16,082 --> 00:15:23,089 I haven't put any wrinkles in him so far. 315 00:15:38,813 --> 00:15:45,820 ♪ In every moment, dear darling ♪ 316 00:16:08,467 --> 00:16:09,677 Come in. 317 00:16:11,095 --> 00:16:13,055 Oh, it's you, Miss Brooks. 318 00:16:13,181 --> 00:16:14,182 Yes, Miss Candland. 319 00:16:14,307 --> 00:16:15,433 I've just brought you... 320 00:16:15,558 --> 00:16:17,185 Oh, excuse me, sir, but isn't that a 321 00:16:17,310 --> 00:16:19,437 photograph caught in your desk drawer there? 322 00:16:19,562 --> 00:16:20,229 Photograph? 323 00:16:20,354 --> 00:16:23,900 Oh, yes, it's a picture of my boat, Lulu. 324 00:16:24,025 --> 00:16:25,985 I was just admiring the little craft. 325 00:16:26,110 --> 00:16:28,237 Can't wait to get up to the lake to give her a whirl. 326 00:16:28,362 --> 00:16:31,616 Now then... About your assignment, did you 327 00:16:31,741 --> 00:16:35,369 find out anything about Mr. Boynton's pinups? 328 00:16:37,246 --> 00:16:38,748 I did better than that, Mr. Conklin. 329 00:16:38,873 --> 00:16:39,999 I brought them with me. 330 00:16:40,124 --> 00:16:42,960 Oh, let's see, let's see. 331 00:16:43,085 --> 00:16:44,086 What's this? 332 00:16:44,212 --> 00:16:46,505 Bears? 333 00:16:46,631 --> 00:16:48,007 Frogs? 334 00:16:48,132 --> 00:16:50,009 Is this all that was in his locker? 335 00:16:50,134 --> 00:16:51,260 Yes, sir, all. 336 00:16:51,385 --> 00:16:53,679 Oh, then my opinion of him was wrong. 337 00:16:53,804 --> 00:16:55,681 Well, that's what makes meatloaf. 338 00:16:55,806 --> 00:16:58,017 A horse race. 339 00:16:58,142 --> 00:16:59,977 May I return the photos now? 340 00:17:00,102 --> 00:17:01,020 Yes, yes. 341 00:17:01,145 --> 00:17:02,688 With my apologies. 342 00:17:02,813 --> 00:17:05,024 You will then return to this office on the double. 343 00:17:05,149 --> 00:17:07,735 Someone has to stay here while I confiscate any 344 00:17:07,860 --> 00:17:10,279 remaining pinups to exhibit to Mr. Michaels. 345 00:17:10,404 --> 00:17:13,908 Oh, is the assistant superintendent of schools coming here today? 346 00:17:14,033 --> 00:17:18,371 Yes, yes, and his reaction to Pinup should be extremely interesting. 347 00:17:18,496 --> 00:17:20,289 You know how old-fashioned he is. 348 00:17:20,414 --> 00:17:21,916 I have an idea, sir. 349 00:17:22,041 --> 00:17:26,587 Last time he was here, I tripped over his buggy whip. 350 00:17:26,712 --> 00:17:29,966 Oh, that photograph still seems to be caught in your desk drawer, sir. 351 00:17:30,091 --> 00:17:31,133 I'm afraid you'll crease it. 352 00:17:31,259 --> 00:17:33,511 Oh, yes, well, I won't crease it now, Miss Brooks. 353 00:17:33,636 --> 00:17:35,137 Thank you very much, and goodbye. 354 00:17:35,263 --> 00:17:35,680 Goodbye, Mr. Pinnup. 355 00:17:35,805 --> 00:17:37,932 Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye. 356 00:17:38,057 --> 00:17:39,558 Goodbye, sir. 357 00:17:43,437 --> 00:17:47,483 Oh, tres chic. 358 00:17:47,608 --> 00:17:54,615 Madam, we'll go for a moment to the party booth. 359 00:17:57,285 --> 00:17:58,286 Come in. 360 00:17:59,328 --> 00:18:01,998 Harriet told me you wanted to see me, Mr. Conklin. 361 00:18:02,123 --> 00:18:04,417 I'll deal with you after school, Debbie. 362 00:18:04,542 --> 00:18:07,837 Right now, I've got to get over to the gym and collect some more of those 363 00:18:07,962 --> 00:18:12,133 sordid pinup pictures, which I shall exhibit to the assistant superintendent. 364 00:18:12,258 --> 00:18:13,926 I'll take a short cut through my inner office. 365 00:18:14,051 --> 00:18:20,099 When Mr. Michaels gets here, tell him I'll be right back. 366 00:18:20,224 --> 00:18:24,562 Mr. Michaels, of all the narrow-minded, old-fashioned, 367 00:18:24,687 --> 00:18:27,940 Gosh, if he finds out why Mr. Conklin has me on the griddle, I'm cooked. 368 00:18:28,065 --> 00:18:28,858 I better get out of here. 369 00:18:28,983 --> 00:18:31,193 Is Mr. Conklin in? 370 00:18:31,319 --> 00:18:34,280 No, not yet, not yet, Mr. Michaels. 371 00:18:34,405 --> 00:18:35,865 He'll be here any minute, though. 372 00:18:35,990 --> 00:18:38,075 Why don't you sit at Mr. Conklin's desk? 373 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:40,244 It's the most comfortable chair in the office. 374 00:18:40,369 --> 00:18:43,831 Yes, sir, I'm sure you'll find something to read here someplace. 375 00:18:43,956 --> 00:18:44,915 Thank you. 376 00:18:45,041 --> 00:18:46,667 Well, I'd better be running along. 377 00:18:46,792 --> 00:18:47,418 What's your hurry? 378 00:18:47,543 --> 00:18:48,294 Hurry? 379 00:18:48,419 --> 00:18:49,670 Who's hurrying? 380 00:18:49,795 --> 00:18:51,922 Well, it's been nice to chat with you, Mr. Michaels. 381 00:18:52,048 --> 00:18:55,051 And when you get back downtown, say hello to everyone at the board for me. 382 00:18:55,176 --> 00:18:57,053 And be sure and hurry back sometime. 383 00:18:57,178 --> 00:18:58,679 Don't be strange here. 384 00:18:58,804 --> 00:19:02,641 Bye. 385 00:19:02,767 --> 00:19:03,934 A peculiar behavior. 386 00:19:04,060 --> 00:19:09,982 Oh, this is a comfortable chair. 387 00:19:11,192 --> 00:19:14,236 I don't see anything to read on the desk. 388 00:19:14,362 --> 00:19:18,366 Well, maybe there's something in the drawer. 389 00:19:18,491 --> 00:19:19,867 What's this? 390 00:19:23,662 --> 00:19:25,873 Why, that scandalous old goat! 391 00:19:25,998 --> 00:19:30,628 I cannot picture an Osgood Conklin's very own desk. 392 00:19:30,753 --> 00:19:33,339 Oh, you're here already, Mr. Michaels. 393 00:19:33,464 --> 00:19:35,132 How are you, sir? 394 00:19:35,257 --> 00:19:38,052 Surprised would be as good a word as any, Miss Brooks. 395 00:19:38,177 --> 00:19:40,971 I just happened to see a photograph Mr. Conklin had in 396 00:19:41,097 --> 00:19:43,933 his desk, and I... Oh, yes, I know all about that, sir. 397 00:19:44,058 --> 00:19:48,062 A well-built little job, isn't she? 398 00:19:50,398 --> 00:19:52,191 I beg your pardon? 399 00:19:52,316 --> 00:19:55,069 Her name is Lulu. 400 00:19:55,194 --> 00:19:57,279 Mr. Conklin's crazy about her. 401 00:19:57,405 --> 00:19:57,947 What? 402 00:19:58,072 --> 00:20:01,867 And she's every bit as sturdy as she looks. 403 00:20:01,992 --> 00:20:04,036 He says she can carry a week's provisions. 404 00:20:04,161 --> 00:20:04,328 Oh. 405 00:20:04,453 --> 00:20:08,916 Well, this is a most shocking revelation. 406 00:20:09,041 --> 00:20:11,502 A married man like Mr. Conklin. 407 00:20:11,627 --> 00:20:13,712 Oh, what has his marriage got to do with anything? 408 00:20:13,838 --> 00:20:15,506 What about Mrs. Conklin? 409 00:20:15,631 --> 00:20:18,467 What does she think of this, uh, Lulu? 410 00:20:18,592 --> 00:20:22,012 Oh, she can take her or leave her alone. 411 00:20:22,138 --> 00:20:24,682 It's Mr. Conklin that's crazy about her. 412 00:20:24,807 --> 00:20:28,060 Isn't she a lovely golden color, sir? 413 00:20:28,185 --> 00:20:31,397 Well, I will admit she's quite tan. 414 00:20:31,522 --> 00:20:34,859 That's because Mr. Conklin varnishes her twice a year. 415 00:20:34,984 --> 00:20:35,985 What? 416 00:20:37,736 --> 00:20:40,239 Oh yes, he devotes a great deal of time to her. 417 00:20:40,364 --> 00:20:43,617 Why, only last December he made a special trip 418 00:20:43,742 --> 00:20:47,663 up to Crystal Lake just to fill her with alcohol. 419 00:20:47,788 --> 00:20:49,415 With alcohol? 420 00:20:49,540 --> 00:20:53,544 She took a gallon and a half. 421 00:20:53,669 --> 00:20:55,379 It's a preventive measure, really. 422 00:20:55,504 --> 00:21:02,511 You know, as heated up as she gets in summer, she can still freeze in the winter. 423 00:21:03,762 --> 00:21:08,392 And, uh, that wouldn't do at all, would it? 424 00:21:08,517 --> 00:21:10,186 You know what I think, Miss Brooks? 425 00:21:10,311 --> 00:21:13,772 I think that this Lulu is nothing but trouble for your principal. 426 00:21:13,898 --> 00:21:15,566 Well, you may be right, sir. 427 00:21:15,691 --> 00:21:18,110 I hear he has to bail her out all the time. 428 00:21:18,235 --> 00:21:20,112 Bail her out? 429 00:21:20,237 --> 00:21:22,448 But it must be worth it to Mr. Conklin. 430 00:21:22,573 --> 00:21:28,245 I hear he likes nothing so much as to stand on her stern and fish for trout. 431 00:21:28,370 --> 00:21:33,209 Well, this I would like to see. 432 00:21:33,334 --> 00:21:40,090 Well, well, good afternoon, Mr. Michaels. 433 00:21:40,216 --> 00:21:42,885 I trust Miss Brooks has been entertaining in my brief absence. 434 00:21:43,010 --> 00:21:47,014 Well, she hasn't been boring, Osgood. 435 00:21:47,139 --> 00:21:48,182 Good, good. 436 00:21:48,307 --> 00:21:51,310 Now, about our discussion in regard to propriety in the school. 437 00:21:51,435 --> 00:21:57,942 As a matter of fact, Mr. Propriety, Miss Brooks has been telling me all about Lulu. 438 00:21:58,067 --> 00:22:00,319 Oh, only what I know about her, sir. 439 00:22:00,444 --> 00:22:03,989 Oh, my favorite subject. 440 00:22:04,114 --> 00:22:07,117 She isn't what she used to be. 441 00:22:07,243 --> 00:22:12,039 The last time I had her out, she blew a gasket. 442 00:22:12,164 --> 00:22:13,582 She blew a gasket? 443 00:22:13,707 --> 00:22:17,002 She runs on internal combustion. 444 00:22:17,127 --> 00:22:20,464 Oh, maybe that's why she looks so good. 445 00:22:20,589 --> 00:22:21,882 Well, why shouldn't she look good? 446 00:22:22,007 --> 00:22:23,717 I give her a new coat twice a year. 447 00:22:23,842 --> 00:22:28,389 Oh, Osgood, how long has this been going on? 448 00:22:28,514 --> 00:22:31,350 Since 1946, I think it is, sir. 449 00:22:31,475 --> 00:22:35,145 He picked her up in a war surplus store. 450 00:22:35,271 --> 00:22:36,564 Yes, yes, that's right. 451 00:22:36,689 --> 00:22:41,110 The way I figure it, she's only got one more good year in her. 452 00:22:41,235 --> 00:22:42,987 And then I'll have to trade her in. 453 00:22:43,112 --> 00:22:44,613 Trade her in? 454 00:22:44,738 --> 00:22:45,614 Well, why not? 455 00:22:45,739 --> 00:22:50,452 For a few more dollars, he can get one that's bigger and faster. 456 00:22:50,578 --> 00:22:52,580 Of course, you'll have to be second-hand. 457 00:22:52,705 --> 00:22:54,582 New boats are very expensive these days. 458 00:22:54,707 --> 00:23:00,671 Well, this is without a doubt the most out... Did you say boats? 459 00:23:00,796 --> 00:23:01,463 Why, yes, sir. 460 00:23:01,589 --> 00:23:03,299 Lulu is a motorboat. 461 00:23:03,424 --> 00:23:05,509 What did you think she was, Mr. Michael? 462 00:23:05,634 --> 00:23:09,805 Well, with nothing to go by but this photo, Osgood, it was difficult to judge. 463 00:23:09,930 --> 00:23:11,015 Oh, no! 464 00:23:14,810 --> 00:23:17,688 Does that look like a motorboat to you? 465 00:23:17,813 --> 00:23:19,189 Only from certain angles. 466 00:23:19,315 --> 00:23:23,110 Oh, this is Betty Grable, Mr. Michaels. 467 00:23:23,235 --> 00:23:24,862 Well, I wouldn't know anything about that. 468 00:23:24,987 --> 00:23:28,198 I rarely attend the talkies. 469 00:23:29,241 --> 00:23:33,537 Well, I'm sure Mr. Conklin has a good explanation for having this picture here. 470 00:23:33,662 --> 00:23:34,538 Oh, has he? 471 00:23:34,663 --> 00:23:35,414 Have I? 472 00:23:35,539 --> 00:23:39,835 Oh, yes, yes, I have. 473 00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:44,632 Well, it was in regard to the... Well, go ahead, Oswald. 474 00:23:44,757 --> 00:23:46,300 Hand over that photo, Miss Brooks. 475 00:23:46,425 --> 00:23:53,432 You see, this... it... Conklin, what are you whistling? 476 00:23:56,894 --> 00:23:58,062 Oh, haven't you heard, sir? 477 00:23:58,187 --> 00:24:00,230 That's the latest French song hit. 478 00:24:00,356 --> 00:24:07,529 It's called, I Want a Motorboat, just like the motorboat that married Harry James. 479 00:24:07,655 --> 00:24:10,866 Miss Brooks to ask me over here while Mother 480 00:24:10,991 --> 00:24:14,328 and Daddy are up at Crystal Lake, Mrs. Davis. 481 00:24:14,453 --> 00:24:16,747 Well, dear, we were glad to have you. 482 00:24:16,872 --> 00:24:18,707 What time did they leave for the lake? 483 00:24:18,832 --> 00:24:20,000 Right after school. 484 00:24:20,125 --> 00:24:22,670 As soon as Daddy got rid of that pinup picture. 485 00:24:22,795 --> 00:24:25,005 He said he wouldn't leave a scandalous thing 486 00:24:25,130 --> 00:24:27,257 like that in his desk for another minute. 487 00:24:27,383 --> 00:24:30,803 I suppose he took it out to the incinerator and burned it. 488 00:24:30,928 --> 00:24:34,682 I'm sorry I got stuck on the phone but it was your mother Harriet she called from the lake to say 489 00:24:34,807 --> 00:24:38,936 that she and your father came through without a scratch but Lulu was completely wrecked the motorboat. 490 00:24:42,690 --> 00:24:43,982 Why, what happened? 491 00:24:44,108 --> 00:24:48,779 Well, the steering wheel jammed just as they were headed for shore at full speed. 492 00:24:48,904 --> 00:24:52,074 Mr. Conklin ran into the cabin to get a screwdriver, but 493 00:24:52,199 --> 00:24:56,745 something pinned up in the tool cabinet attracted his attention. 494 00:24:56,870 --> 00:24:58,414 Well, what was it, Miss Brooks? 495 00:24:58,539 --> 00:25:02,042 Well, I don't know, but by the time he finished whistling 496 00:25:02,167 --> 00:25:05,546 Mademoiselle from Armenteers, they were on the rock. 497 00:25:14,388 --> 00:25:21,395 The. 498 00:25:30,446 --> 00:25:31,447 The. 498 00:25:32,305 --> 00:26:32,601 Do you want subtitles for any video? -=[ ai.OpenSubtitles.com ]=-