Diff'rent Strokes (1978–1986): Season 7, Episode 15 - Sam Adopts a Grandparent - full transcript
As part of his cub scout project, Sam must go to a retirement home and adopt a grandparent to work on a model airplane. However, when his adopted grandparent storms out on him, Sam is left feeling down in the dumps.
♪ Now the world don't move ♪
♪ To the beat of just one drum ♪
♪ What might be right for you ♪
♪ May not be right for some ♪
♪ A man is born ♪
♪ He's a man of means ♪
♪ Then along come two ♪
♪ They got nothin'
but their jeans ♪
♪ But they diff'rent strokes ♪
♪ It takes diff'rent strokes ♪
♪ It takes diff'rent strokes
to move the world ♪
♪ Everybody's got a
special kind of story ♪
♪ Everybody finds
a way to shine ♪
♪ It don't matter that
you got not a lot ♪
♪ So what ♪
♪ They'll have theirs
and you'll have yours ♪
♪ And I'll have mine ♪
♪ And together we'll be fine ♪
♪ 'Cause it takes diff'rent
strokes to move the world ♪
♪ Yes it does ♪
♪ It takes diff'rent strokes
to move the world ♪
(marching feet)
- Forward march!
(chanting)
- Pack halt!
Who said you could
say forward march?
(chanting)
- Whoa!
Halt!
Because it's my house
so I can say forward march!
(chanting)
Halt!
- Listen Red, I'm gonna
say it because I'm older,
bigger, tougher, and my
Dad knows Mayor Koch!
- Oh yeah?
- Yeah!
- Oh yeah?
- Yeah!
- Sam, Scott, stop!
- You can't tell us what to do.
You're not the den leader.
- Now Scott, Mrs. Drummond's
stuck at her exercise studio
and until Mr. Drummond
gets here, I'm authorized
to swat your bottom.
(audience laughing)
- Yes ma'am.
- Pearl, you never have to
say be quiet to a Cub Scout.
Just give the akill sign.
- Oh, that's cute.
- It's not cute, it's scouty.
So never call it...
- Huh, that's wonderful
and I haven't used
it since the 60's.
(audience laughing)
- Cub Scout day, oh no.
- Don't worry Willis.
I already told them if they
have to go to the bathroom,
they have to put
the seat up first.
- Willis, would you like
to help me with the pack?
- (laughs) I'd love to Pearl,
but I gotta fill out some
more applications for college.
I just can't find an all girls
school that'll accept me.
(audience laughing)
- Troop 14, hi.
Nice to see ya guys.
Charlie, how's your father?
I have great news for you, boys!
Today, I am going to
be your den mother.
(laughing)
- Den mother.
They don't call it that anymore.
It's den leader, ma'am.
(laughing)
- Okay guys, I was
just thinking about when
I was a Cub Scout.
- Mr. Drummond, you're
supposed to take the pack
to a senior citizens' home.
- Yeah, we're gonna get
paired up with senior citizens
and work on a project together.
- It's the scouts Adopt
a Grandparent Program.
- What a great idea!
- Who needs it?
I've got a grandparent at home.
They gave him my room.
He took down my
Star Wars posters,
my Playmate of the year, my...
- I love the power.
(audience laughing)
- Mr. D, when I'm finished
this project, I'll get my
wolf badge and that'll
be the neatest thing
in the whole wide world.
- I know that it's
important to become a wolf.
But I think that if you
adopt a grandparent,
that'll be a valuable
experience for you too.
- I can't wait 'cause I
don't remember much
about my grandparents
except the chewing tobacco.
Grandma used to love that stuff.
(audience laughing)
- Alright guys, pick up
your stuff and let's line up.
We wanna leave here
in an orderly fashion.
All together now.
Okay.
Let's go.
Okay, let's go.
- Psst, you've got to
say forward march.
- Oh thanks.
Forward march.
All gonna go in the limousine.
(kids yelling)
(chattering)
Alright troops, listen
up, listen up please.
Now, I want you all to
have a good time with your
adopted grandparents.
Remember, Mrs. Anson is in
charge and you pay attention
to what she says.
I'll pick you all up at 6:00.
(chattering)
- How ya doin' old timer?
(audience laughing)
- Old timer?
- What room are you in?
- Oh no, no, I'm
not staying here.
- That's what we all
said when we got here.
See ya at chow ducky.
- Okay everybody,
before we start working
on our projects, pack 14
has a little surprise for us.
Okay pack.
- Okay, let's go guys.
♪ Getting to know you ♪
♪ Getting to know
all about you ♪
♪ Getting to like you ♪
♪ Getting to hope you like me ♪
♪ Getting to know you ♪
(scouts singing)
(audience laughing)
♪ You are precisely ♪
- Thank you!
Thank you! (scouts singing)
Thank you! Haha.
Oh, that was just wonderful!
- Be serious.
(audience laughing)
- Okay everybody, let's
start working on our projects
and I'll be around if you
need any help with them.
Go ahead, let's go.
- Hey Mr. Hunter, I'm ready.
- Well, that makes one of us.
No gettin' out of
it now, I guess.
- That's the spirit.
You and I are gonna make
a terrific looking airplane.
- Not many airplanes
around when I was your age.
Lots of trolleys though.
That's why I became
a trolley driver.
You've heard of
trolleys, haven't you?
- No.
- Well, do you wanna
hear about 'em?
- Not right now.
- That figures.
The kids today...
- I'm sorry, Mr. Hunter.
I just want to get
started on our project.
- Well, I don't.
Now how does that grab ya?
You heard me.
I'm not going to help
you with your project.
You can just build
it yourself, little brat.
(audience laughing)
(audience awe's)
- Sam, honey,
you were kinda quiet at dinner.
You all right?
- Yeah mama, I'm just
a little worried for Scott.
- That mean little boy?
Why would you be
worried about him?
- Well, his adopted
grandmother may not work
with him on his project.
I think Scott did
something to upset her.
- I can't imagine
what Scott could've
done to his grandmother.
Actually, I can imagine.
- But if Scott doesn't do
his project with his partner,
will that count against him?
- Well, he's supposed
to get along with his
adopted grandmother,
work with her.
I'm sure they'll
work it out, sweetie.
You come on down
later for some ice cream.
- I will, Mama.
Well Abraham, Montgomery,
I guess I'm just gonna
have to build this alone.
405 parts.
(audience laughing)
Maybe my grandchildren
can help me finish it.
- Hey, how ya doin', Sam?
You talk to Arnold today?
- Yeah, I did!
He sounds like he's
having fun in Philadelphia.
He said his class
saw the Liberty Bell.
- Hey, that's terrific!
What else did he say?
- He said the
Liberty Bell's cracked,
just like your head.
(audience laughing)
But I didn't laugh, Willis.
I swear I didn't!
- Hey, workin' on
your model huh?
- Yeah, it's gotta be
built in three weeks.
Wanna help me, Willis?
- Hey, sure Sam.
Be a piece of cake.
This is great.
- Here are the instructions.
- Thanks.
Alright, we gon' build us
a model right here today,
yes sirree model.
(audience laughing)
- Wait 'til you see page two.
- Sam, aren't you
supposed to be doing this
with your adopted grandfather?
- Yeah, I just wanted
to get a head start.
- Oh, well, I'd love
to help you Sam,
but it just wouldn't be fair.
I mean, you and your
partner deserve this kind of fun.
- I guess I'm just gonna
have to build this myself.
Lay out all parts on clean area.
(audience laughing)
- This is a wonderful set
of bookends, thank you.
(clapping)
Now, the next project
we're gonna see was
made by Mrs. Gayle
and Scott Embry.
This is an authentic
reproduction of the kind of basket
used by the Pennsylvanian Dutch.
- Ours is better.
It won't leak 'cause
it's waterproof.
- We lined it with my Poligrip.
(audience laughing)
- Good thinking.
(clapping)
And now, we're gonna
see Lionel Stephens
and Mrs. Becker's
project, a paddle boat.
(clapping)
Excellent job.
- Thank you, Mrs. Drummond.
And I'd just like to say
that I enjoyed making this
with Ms. Becker.
She was a real
inspiration to me.
- Why, Lionel,
what a sweet thing to say.
- She made me say it.
(audience laughing)
- Where is Mr. Hunter?
- Uh, he said he had
a prior commitment.
- He's probably out stealing
nuts from the squirrels.
- Well, Sam, I guess
you're gonna have to present
the airplane that you and
Mr. Hunter made by yourself!
Sam?
Come on.
Let's see it.
(audience laughing)
- Looks like Conan
the Barbarian sat on it.
- It's not my fault!
Mr. Hunter wouldn't help!
But I don't care!
I don't need no dumb wolf badge!
- Sam.
- I hate him!
I hate all old people!
(audience awe's)
- Why would you do such a thing?
- Mr. Hunter's an old grump.
He yelled at me
the first time we met!
He even called me a brat!
- Sam, honey, why would
Mr. Hunter refuse to work with you?
Did you do something
to upset him?
- I swear, Mama, I didn't
even laugh at the hair
in his ears.
- Do you mean he
just yelled at you
for no reason at all?
And he wouldn't help
you with your project?
- Not one bit.
- Well, I think
that's outrageous.
- He certainly doesn't
sound like a very nice man.
- He's an old meanie.
He's just like all those
grumpy old people at the park.
If your ball goes near
the bench, they go,
"Go play somewhere
else, little boy."
(audience laughing)
One of 'em once shook
a cane at me and said,
"Buzz off, carrot top!"
Old people are the worst!
- Hush Sam.
You know you must
respect your elders.
- Now he wouldn't
have said that if this
Mr. Hunter hadn't yelled
at him and called him a brat.
He may be an old
man, but he is gonna get
a piece of my mind.
- Alright, go get him, Mr. D!
(audience laughing)
- How you enjoying
your stay here, honey?
- Remember, I told
you, I don't live here.
- Oh sure you do.
You've got to accept
your old age gracefully.
It's not so bad here.
The dances are really a gas.
We kick up our heels.
- I'll bet you cut a mean rug.
- Cut a rug?
Well, you're older
than I thought.
- Right.
Could you tell me
where to find Mr. Hunter?
- He's out on the porch
with his stinkin' old pipe.
- Thank you.
Mr. Hunter.
- Hard to recognize you
without your scout pack.
- Mr. Hunter, I came here to
talk to you about my son, Sam.
- Oh yeah, what's the big deal?
- The big deal is
that thanks to you,
I have a little boy at home
who has decided that he hates
old people.
I mean, senior citizens.
- No, old people, good.
I am old.
No gettin' around that.
Well, little Sam
hates me, does he?
Well, that's better than
not being noticed at all.
- Mr. Hunter, Sam
is a good little boy.
I'd like to know why
you yelled at him
and refused to help
him on your project.
- Well sir, I just got
fed up with his kind.
He and his scout pack
coming down here with their
do-gooder projects.
We get lots of do-gooders
around here, ya know?
- Well, I'm sure they
only want to do good.
- To who?
Oh sure, everybody's got
their idea of how to help.
But nobody asks us what we need.
I'm fed up with these projects.
This is the last.
Now listen, believe me,
this has nothing to do
with Sam personally.
- Mr. Hunter,
what is it that you want?
- You really wanna know?
- Yeah.
- Well, I've been thinking
quite a lot about this lately.
Ya know, anybody can
help Sam build an airplane,
but not just anybody can open
up a whole new world to him,
a world that he's never known.
You may not believe this,
but I've lived one hell of an
interesting life.
Most everybody here has.
I think a lot of people, even
some of the young ones
would like to hear
about it if they'd only
give us the chance to tell it.
- I get your point.
- Well, hmph, I thought
you looked intelligent.
Ya know, someday, Sam is
gonna read some school book
about the Great
Depression and World War II.
But no school book could
ever tell him exactly how it was
to live during those times.
Well, I can.
- I hadn't thought of that.
- Well, maybe you
weren't quite as intelligent
as I thought you were.
Sit down.
Ya know,
it's not just the big things,
depressions and the World War.
But I'll bet you that
he doesn't know
that they used to deliver
coal to people's houses.
I'll bet ya he never
has seen an ice truck.
- Oh, an ice truck, that
really brings back memories.
- I'll bet even you
never saw an ice wagon.
- You know who Babe Ruth is?
- Oh, the Sultan of Swat,
I never saw him play.
- Yeah, well I have and
I was present when he
swatted his 60th home run.
- Really?
- Yeah.
- Well, that is
really something.
- You bet your life it is.
Well,
you asked me what I needed.
I need to share those
memories with someone.
We all do.
Goodnight kid.
- Goodnight.
- The train goes
over and around once
and over and around
again, up over the back,
out through the top and
down through the tunnel.
Now, pull it a little tight
and then hold
onto the skinny part
and slide the knot up.
- Not too bad, huh?
(audience laughing)
- That's right.
Let's try it again.
- Hi sweetheart, hi Sam!
- Well hi darlin'.
What happened with Mr. Hunter?
- Did ya punch his lights out?
(laughing)
- No Sam, we had a
very interesting talk.
- He yelled at you too huh?
(audience laughing)
- No he didn't.
Actually, Mr. Hunter's
a very nice man.
- Are we talking about
the same Mr. Hunter?
- We sure are.
Ya know Sam, what
it's like when someone
goes on a trip and
they wanna talk about it,
tell everybody all the
things that happened?
- Like Pearl's
trip to Milwaukee?
She showed me the
pictures of the brewery.
She showed me six times.
- I love that picture
of her splittin' a beer
with a Clydesdale.
(audience laughing)
- The point is, thanks to Pearl,
I really learned a
lot about a brewery.
And it seems to
me that you found it
pretty interesting too.
- I did! The first three times.
- Listen, Mr. Hunter
can tell you about places
you'll never go to and people
that you will never meet.
He's been on a
very interesting trip.
- It couldn't be better
than Milwaukee.
- Yeah, Milwaukee's
hard to beat.
(audience laughing)
Mr. Hunter has seen
double-winged planes
and rockets, through
wars and a depression.
- No wonder he's so cranky.
(audience laughing)
- He's not really, Sam.
I think he would really
enjoy telling you about his life.
Maybe you two just
got off on the wrong foot.
When you go down there
to pick up your model,
why don't you have a
little visit with him again?
- I know what you're
trying to say, Mr. D,
but I never wanna
see Mr. Hunter again.
He's mean, he's grumpy
and I'm afraid of him.
- Hi, hi Sam.
Got a second?
- No, my Dad's waiting outside.
I don't have time
to talk to you.
- Oh come on now Sam,
give me a break, will ya?
I want to apologize.
- It's a little too
late for that, isn't it?
- What's that?
- Our airplane.
- Boy, we really screwed
up on that one, didn't we?
- What do you mean we?
Thanks to you,
everyone laughed at me.
But I'm getting a
chance to try again.
Rebuild it and
make it really great.
- You poor kids, you're
really deprived today.
Everything pre-cut,
pre-scored, all you have to do
is pop it out and
paste it together.
- Nothing wrong with that.
- Oh yeah?
There's no challenge, no fun!
Ya know, in my day,
we took a jack knife
and we carved out our own
models out of a block of wood.
- Really?
- Yeah, really, come here.
Who do you suppose
carved out that pipe bowl?
- Wow!
- Yeah.
Come here, I'll
show ya something.
- What are you drawing?
- A plan for an ice truck.
- What's that?
- Oh, you wouldn't
be interested.
- Are you kidding?
- Now don't pop your cork.
They used to take these
trucks and they'd deliver ice
around to people's houses.
- Oh, you mean like when
their ice makers were broken?
(audience laughing)
- Didn't have ice
makers back then, Sam.
Didn't even have refrigerators.
- No refrigerators!
Where do people
keep their puddin' pops?
(audience laughing)
- Didn't have any puddin' pops.
They didn't have lots of
things back then, Sam.
Didn't have any television,
no computers, no jet airplanes,
didn't even have electricity.
- Oh! Is that why they
called it the Dark Ages?
(audience laughing)
- Something like that.
- Wow, that's neat.
Can I really build one
of those ice trucks?
- Well, if you had some
expert help, you could.
And I just happen
to be an expert.
- Great!
- Sam, oh hello
there, Mr. Hunter.
- Howdy.
- Mr. D, Mr. Hunter and I
are gonna build an ice truck!
Did you know people
used to have ice delivered
to their house if they
didn't have ice makers?
They didn't have refrigerators
or computers or television
or jet airplanes!
What else didn't they
have, Mr. Hunter?
- You gonna keep asking
questions here now, Sam,
or are we going to get a
piece of wood and make
our ice truck?
- Here, Mr. D, you
can rebuild this one.
It's too easy for me.
Hey! Wait up, Mr. Hunter!
(audience applauding)
♪ Now the world don't move ♪
♪ To the beat of just one drum ♪
♪ What might be right for you ♪
♪ May not be right for some ♪
♪ A man is born ♪
♪ He's a man of means ♪
♪ Then along come two ♪
♪ They have nothing
but their jeans ♪
♪ They got diff'rent strokes ♪
♪ It takes diff'rent strokes ♪
♪ It takes diff'rent strokes
to move the world ♪
♪ Yes it does, it takes diff'rent
strokes to move the world ♪
(dramatic music)
♪ To the beat of just one drum ♪
♪ What might be right for you ♪
♪ May not be right for some ♪
♪ A man is born ♪
♪ He's a man of means ♪
♪ Then along come two ♪
♪ They got nothin'
but their jeans ♪
♪ But they diff'rent strokes ♪
♪ It takes diff'rent strokes ♪
♪ It takes diff'rent strokes
to move the world ♪
♪ Everybody's got a
special kind of story ♪
♪ Everybody finds
a way to shine ♪
♪ It don't matter that
you got not a lot ♪
♪ So what ♪
♪ They'll have theirs
and you'll have yours ♪
♪ And I'll have mine ♪
♪ And together we'll be fine ♪
♪ 'Cause it takes diff'rent
strokes to move the world ♪
♪ Yes it does ♪
♪ It takes diff'rent strokes
to move the world ♪
(marching feet)
- Forward march!
(chanting)
- Pack halt!
Who said you could
say forward march?
(chanting)
- Whoa!
Halt!
Because it's my house
so I can say forward march!
(chanting)
Halt!
- Listen Red, I'm gonna
say it because I'm older,
bigger, tougher, and my
Dad knows Mayor Koch!
- Oh yeah?
- Yeah!
- Oh yeah?
- Yeah!
- Sam, Scott, stop!
- You can't tell us what to do.
You're not the den leader.
- Now Scott, Mrs. Drummond's
stuck at her exercise studio
and until Mr. Drummond
gets here, I'm authorized
to swat your bottom.
(audience laughing)
- Yes ma'am.
- Pearl, you never have to
say be quiet to a Cub Scout.
Just give the akill sign.
- Oh, that's cute.
- It's not cute, it's scouty.
So never call it...
- Huh, that's wonderful
and I haven't used
it since the 60's.
(audience laughing)
- Cub Scout day, oh no.
- Don't worry Willis.
I already told them if they
have to go to the bathroom,
they have to put
the seat up first.
- Willis, would you like
to help me with the pack?
- (laughs) I'd love to Pearl,
but I gotta fill out some
more applications for college.
I just can't find an all girls
school that'll accept me.
(audience laughing)
- Troop 14, hi.
Nice to see ya guys.
Charlie, how's your father?
I have great news for you, boys!
Today, I am going to
be your den mother.
(laughing)
- Den mother.
They don't call it that anymore.
It's den leader, ma'am.
(laughing)
- Okay guys, I was
just thinking about when
I was a Cub Scout.
- Mr. Drummond, you're
supposed to take the pack
to a senior citizens' home.
- Yeah, we're gonna get
paired up with senior citizens
and work on a project together.
- It's the scouts Adopt
a Grandparent Program.
- What a great idea!
- Who needs it?
I've got a grandparent at home.
They gave him my room.
He took down my
Star Wars posters,
my Playmate of the year, my...
- I love the power.
(audience laughing)
- Mr. D, when I'm finished
this project, I'll get my
wolf badge and that'll
be the neatest thing
in the whole wide world.
- I know that it's
important to become a wolf.
But I think that if you
adopt a grandparent,
that'll be a valuable
experience for you too.
- I can't wait 'cause I
don't remember much
about my grandparents
except the chewing tobacco.
Grandma used to love that stuff.
(audience laughing)
- Alright guys, pick up
your stuff and let's line up.
We wanna leave here
in an orderly fashion.
All together now.
Okay.
Let's go.
Okay, let's go.
- Psst, you've got to
say forward march.
- Oh thanks.
Forward march.
All gonna go in the limousine.
(kids yelling)
(chattering)
Alright troops, listen
up, listen up please.
Now, I want you all to
have a good time with your
adopted grandparents.
Remember, Mrs. Anson is in
charge and you pay attention
to what she says.
I'll pick you all up at 6:00.
(chattering)
- How ya doin' old timer?
(audience laughing)
- Old timer?
- What room are you in?
- Oh no, no, I'm
not staying here.
- That's what we all
said when we got here.
See ya at chow ducky.
- Okay everybody,
before we start working
on our projects, pack 14
has a little surprise for us.
Okay pack.
- Okay, let's go guys.
♪ Getting to know you ♪
♪ Getting to know
all about you ♪
♪ Getting to like you ♪
♪ Getting to hope you like me ♪
♪ Getting to know you ♪
(scouts singing)
(audience laughing)
♪ You are precisely ♪
- Thank you!
Thank you! (scouts singing)
Thank you! Haha.
Oh, that was just wonderful!
- Be serious.
(audience laughing)
- Okay everybody, let's
start working on our projects
and I'll be around if you
need any help with them.
Go ahead, let's go.
- Hey Mr. Hunter, I'm ready.
- Well, that makes one of us.
No gettin' out of
it now, I guess.
- That's the spirit.
You and I are gonna make
a terrific looking airplane.
- Not many airplanes
around when I was your age.
Lots of trolleys though.
That's why I became
a trolley driver.
You've heard of
trolleys, haven't you?
- No.
- Well, do you wanna
hear about 'em?
- Not right now.
- That figures.
The kids today...
- I'm sorry, Mr. Hunter.
I just want to get
started on our project.
- Well, I don't.
Now how does that grab ya?
You heard me.
I'm not going to help
you with your project.
You can just build
it yourself, little brat.
(audience laughing)
(audience awe's)
- Sam, honey,
you were kinda quiet at dinner.
You all right?
- Yeah mama, I'm just
a little worried for Scott.
- That mean little boy?
Why would you be
worried about him?
- Well, his adopted
grandmother may not work
with him on his project.
I think Scott did
something to upset her.
- I can't imagine
what Scott could've
done to his grandmother.
Actually, I can imagine.
- But if Scott doesn't do
his project with his partner,
will that count against him?
- Well, he's supposed
to get along with his
adopted grandmother,
work with her.
I'm sure they'll
work it out, sweetie.
You come on down
later for some ice cream.
- I will, Mama.
Well Abraham, Montgomery,
I guess I'm just gonna
have to build this alone.
405 parts.
(audience laughing)
Maybe my grandchildren
can help me finish it.
- Hey, how ya doin', Sam?
You talk to Arnold today?
- Yeah, I did!
He sounds like he's
having fun in Philadelphia.
He said his class
saw the Liberty Bell.
- Hey, that's terrific!
What else did he say?
- He said the
Liberty Bell's cracked,
just like your head.
(audience laughing)
But I didn't laugh, Willis.
I swear I didn't!
- Hey, workin' on
your model huh?
- Yeah, it's gotta be
built in three weeks.
Wanna help me, Willis?
- Hey, sure Sam.
Be a piece of cake.
This is great.
- Here are the instructions.
- Thanks.
Alright, we gon' build us
a model right here today,
yes sirree model.
(audience laughing)
- Wait 'til you see page two.
- Sam, aren't you
supposed to be doing this
with your adopted grandfather?
- Yeah, I just wanted
to get a head start.
- Oh, well, I'd love
to help you Sam,
but it just wouldn't be fair.
I mean, you and your
partner deserve this kind of fun.
- I guess I'm just gonna
have to build this myself.
Lay out all parts on clean area.
(audience laughing)
- This is a wonderful set
of bookends, thank you.
(clapping)
Now, the next project
we're gonna see was
made by Mrs. Gayle
and Scott Embry.
This is an authentic
reproduction of the kind of basket
used by the Pennsylvanian Dutch.
- Ours is better.
It won't leak 'cause
it's waterproof.
- We lined it with my Poligrip.
(audience laughing)
- Good thinking.
(clapping)
And now, we're gonna
see Lionel Stephens
and Mrs. Becker's
project, a paddle boat.
(clapping)
Excellent job.
- Thank you, Mrs. Drummond.
And I'd just like to say
that I enjoyed making this
with Ms. Becker.
She was a real
inspiration to me.
- Why, Lionel,
what a sweet thing to say.
- She made me say it.
(audience laughing)
- Where is Mr. Hunter?
- Uh, he said he had
a prior commitment.
- He's probably out stealing
nuts from the squirrels.
- Well, Sam, I guess
you're gonna have to present
the airplane that you and
Mr. Hunter made by yourself!
Sam?
Come on.
Let's see it.
(audience laughing)
- Looks like Conan
the Barbarian sat on it.
- It's not my fault!
Mr. Hunter wouldn't help!
But I don't care!
I don't need no dumb wolf badge!
- Sam.
- I hate him!
I hate all old people!
(audience awe's)
- Why would you do such a thing?
- Mr. Hunter's an old grump.
He yelled at me
the first time we met!
He even called me a brat!
- Sam, honey, why would
Mr. Hunter refuse to work with you?
Did you do something
to upset him?
- I swear, Mama, I didn't
even laugh at the hair
in his ears.
- Do you mean he
just yelled at you
for no reason at all?
And he wouldn't help
you with your project?
- Not one bit.
- Well, I think
that's outrageous.
- He certainly doesn't
sound like a very nice man.
- He's an old meanie.
He's just like all those
grumpy old people at the park.
If your ball goes near
the bench, they go,
"Go play somewhere
else, little boy."
(audience laughing)
One of 'em once shook
a cane at me and said,
"Buzz off, carrot top!"
Old people are the worst!
- Hush Sam.
You know you must
respect your elders.
- Now he wouldn't
have said that if this
Mr. Hunter hadn't yelled
at him and called him a brat.
He may be an old
man, but he is gonna get
a piece of my mind.
- Alright, go get him, Mr. D!
(audience laughing)
- How you enjoying
your stay here, honey?
- Remember, I told
you, I don't live here.
- Oh sure you do.
You've got to accept
your old age gracefully.
It's not so bad here.
The dances are really a gas.
We kick up our heels.
- I'll bet you cut a mean rug.
- Cut a rug?
Well, you're older
than I thought.
- Right.
Could you tell me
where to find Mr. Hunter?
- He's out on the porch
with his stinkin' old pipe.
- Thank you.
Mr. Hunter.
- Hard to recognize you
without your scout pack.
- Mr. Hunter, I came here to
talk to you about my son, Sam.
- Oh yeah, what's the big deal?
- The big deal is
that thanks to you,
I have a little boy at home
who has decided that he hates
old people.
I mean, senior citizens.
- No, old people, good.
I am old.
No gettin' around that.
Well, little Sam
hates me, does he?
Well, that's better than
not being noticed at all.
- Mr. Hunter, Sam
is a good little boy.
I'd like to know why
you yelled at him
and refused to help
him on your project.
- Well sir, I just got
fed up with his kind.
He and his scout pack
coming down here with their
do-gooder projects.
We get lots of do-gooders
around here, ya know?
- Well, I'm sure they
only want to do good.
- To who?
Oh sure, everybody's got
their idea of how to help.
But nobody asks us what we need.
I'm fed up with these projects.
This is the last.
Now listen, believe me,
this has nothing to do
with Sam personally.
- Mr. Hunter,
what is it that you want?
- You really wanna know?
- Yeah.
- Well, I've been thinking
quite a lot about this lately.
Ya know, anybody can
help Sam build an airplane,
but not just anybody can open
up a whole new world to him,
a world that he's never known.
You may not believe this,
but I've lived one hell of an
interesting life.
Most everybody here has.
I think a lot of people, even
some of the young ones
would like to hear
about it if they'd only
give us the chance to tell it.
- I get your point.
- Well, hmph, I thought
you looked intelligent.
Ya know, someday, Sam is
gonna read some school book
about the Great
Depression and World War II.
But no school book could
ever tell him exactly how it was
to live during those times.
Well, I can.
- I hadn't thought of that.
- Well, maybe you
weren't quite as intelligent
as I thought you were.
Sit down.
Ya know,
it's not just the big things,
depressions and the World War.
But I'll bet you that
he doesn't know
that they used to deliver
coal to people's houses.
I'll bet ya he never
has seen an ice truck.
- Oh, an ice truck, that
really brings back memories.
- I'll bet even you
never saw an ice wagon.
- You know who Babe Ruth is?
- Oh, the Sultan of Swat,
I never saw him play.
- Yeah, well I have and
I was present when he
swatted his 60th home run.
- Really?
- Yeah.
- Well, that is
really something.
- You bet your life it is.
Well,
you asked me what I needed.
I need to share those
memories with someone.
We all do.
Goodnight kid.
- Goodnight.
- The train goes
over and around once
and over and around
again, up over the back,
out through the top and
down through the tunnel.
Now, pull it a little tight
and then hold
onto the skinny part
and slide the knot up.
- Not too bad, huh?
(audience laughing)
- That's right.
Let's try it again.
- Hi sweetheart, hi Sam!
- Well hi darlin'.
What happened with Mr. Hunter?
- Did ya punch his lights out?
(laughing)
- No Sam, we had a
very interesting talk.
- He yelled at you too huh?
(audience laughing)
- No he didn't.
Actually, Mr. Hunter's
a very nice man.
- Are we talking about
the same Mr. Hunter?
- We sure are.
Ya know Sam, what
it's like when someone
goes on a trip and
they wanna talk about it,
tell everybody all the
things that happened?
- Like Pearl's
trip to Milwaukee?
She showed me the
pictures of the brewery.
She showed me six times.
- I love that picture
of her splittin' a beer
with a Clydesdale.
(audience laughing)
- The point is, thanks to Pearl,
I really learned a
lot about a brewery.
And it seems to
me that you found it
pretty interesting too.
- I did! The first three times.
- Listen, Mr. Hunter
can tell you about places
you'll never go to and people
that you will never meet.
He's been on a
very interesting trip.
- It couldn't be better
than Milwaukee.
- Yeah, Milwaukee's
hard to beat.
(audience laughing)
Mr. Hunter has seen
double-winged planes
and rockets, through
wars and a depression.
- No wonder he's so cranky.
(audience laughing)
- He's not really, Sam.
I think he would really
enjoy telling you about his life.
Maybe you two just
got off on the wrong foot.
When you go down there
to pick up your model,
why don't you have a
little visit with him again?
- I know what you're
trying to say, Mr. D,
but I never wanna
see Mr. Hunter again.
He's mean, he's grumpy
and I'm afraid of him.
- Hi, hi Sam.
Got a second?
- No, my Dad's waiting outside.
I don't have time
to talk to you.
- Oh come on now Sam,
give me a break, will ya?
I want to apologize.
- It's a little too
late for that, isn't it?
- What's that?
- Our airplane.
- Boy, we really screwed
up on that one, didn't we?
- What do you mean we?
Thanks to you,
everyone laughed at me.
But I'm getting a
chance to try again.
Rebuild it and
make it really great.
- You poor kids, you're
really deprived today.
Everything pre-cut,
pre-scored, all you have to do
is pop it out and
paste it together.
- Nothing wrong with that.
- Oh yeah?
There's no challenge, no fun!
Ya know, in my day,
we took a jack knife
and we carved out our own
models out of a block of wood.
- Really?
- Yeah, really, come here.
Who do you suppose
carved out that pipe bowl?
- Wow!
- Yeah.
Come here, I'll
show ya something.
- What are you drawing?
- A plan for an ice truck.
- What's that?
- Oh, you wouldn't
be interested.
- Are you kidding?
- Now don't pop your cork.
They used to take these
trucks and they'd deliver ice
around to people's houses.
- Oh, you mean like when
their ice makers were broken?
(audience laughing)
- Didn't have ice
makers back then, Sam.
Didn't even have refrigerators.
- No refrigerators!
Where do people
keep their puddin' pops?
(audience laughing)
- Didn't have any puddin' pops.
They didn't have lots of
things back then, Sam.
Didn't have any television,
no computers, no jet airplanes,
didn't even have electricity.
- Oh! Is that why they
called it the Dark Ages?
(audience laughing)
- Something like that.
- Wow, that's neat.
Can I really build one
of those ice trucks?
- Well, if you had some
expert help, you could.
And I just happen
to be an expert.
- Great!
- Sam, oh hello
there, Mr. Hunter.
- Howdy.
- Mr. D, Mr. Hunter and I
are gonna build an ice truck!
Did you know people
used to have ice delivered
to their house if they
didn't have ice makers?
They didn't have refrigerators
or computers or television
or jet airplanes!
What else didn't they
have, Mr. Hunter?
- You gonna keep asking
questions here now, Sam,
or are we going to get a
piece of wood and make
our ice truck?
- Here, Mr. D, you
can rebuild this one.
It's too easy for me.
Hey! Wait up, Mr. Hunter!
(audience applauding)
♪ Now the world don't move ♪
♪ To the beat of just one drum ♪
♪ What might be right for you ♪
♪ May not be right for some ♪
♪ A man is born ♪
♪ He's a man of means ♪
♪ Then along come two ♪
♪ They have nothing
but their jeans ♪
♪ They got diff'rent strokes ♪
♪ It takes diff'rent strokes ♪
♪ It takes diff'rent strokes
to move the world ♪
♪ Yes it does, it takes diff'rent
strokes to move the world ♪
(dramatic music)