The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–1966): Season 3, Episode 8 - Uncle George - full transcript
Everyone in the Petrie household is excited by the visit from Rob's boisterous, larger-than-life and young-at-heart Uncle George, but Rob's excitement turns to panic when he learns the reason for his visit: he wants to get a wife and wants Rob to find the woman for him. Rob is at a loss for an appropriate woman for Uncle George until Sally comes up with the idea of her boyfriend Herman Glimscher's mother, a mama's boy's mama. Rob and Laura host a small dinner party for the Glimschers, Sally and Uncle George where the elderly pair can meet; however, a problem arises when Uncle George only has eyes for one woman, who happens to be the wrong woman: Sally. Rob has to figure out a way to tell Uncle George that his expectations for a wife need to be set a little older than Sally.
[theme music]
NARRATOR: "The Dick Van Dyke Show,"
starring Dick Van Dyke, Rosemary.
Morey Amsterdam, Larry Matthew, and Mary Tyler Moore.
Morning, Mom. Morning, Dad.
Morning, sweetie.
Did Uncle George come?
Yeah, he's here.
He came right after you fell asleep.
You mean he's here?
Oh, boy, I'm going to go see my uncle.
Whoa. Whoa.
- Keep your voice down. - You'll wake him up.
Did he see me?
Yeah, we opened your door, we let him take a peek at you?
Did he like me?
He liked you a lot.
Good.
Can I take a look at him?
Well, Richie, dear, he's asleep.
Well, he took a look at me when I was asleep.
I want to see if I like him.
You're going to like him a lot.
All kids love Uncle George.
Boy, I can remember when I was a little boy your age.
We used to go see him and Aunt Sarah all the time.
[rooster crowing sounds]
Hi, Everybody.
Rise and shine.
Coffee's perking and I'm here to get mine.
Richie boy.
Hi, Uncle George.
Look at your.
Well, I guess we don't have to ask you if you slept well,
do we?
Oh, I always like to sing out loud and clear in the mornings.
Well, let's have a look at the little tadpole
now that he's got his eyes open.
He's a Petrie, all right.
Here, hey, that look like a rabbit?
No.
Smart boy.
Uncle George, what's for breakfast?
French toast, bacon and eggs, cereal, pancakes?
Fine.
Let's start it all out with a little orange juice.
All that and orange juice?
Nothings beats breakfast.
Big breakfast.
Well, one big breakfast coming up.
Bad choice of words, honey.
Oh, yeah.
Well, I suppose you're all wondering why
I decided to make this trip.
Well, as you told us last night,
you came to see your favorite nephew and his lovely wife.
That and too, but there's something more important.
What's that, Uncle George?
I have finally decided to take a woman.
A woman?
Yeah, and, Robbie Boy, you are going to have to do it for me.
Me?
You're going to have to find your old Uncle
George a marriageable woman.
I finally decided it's time I got
married again and settled down.
Well, Uncle George, aren't there
any nice ladies in Danville?
Well, there's old lady Ziggler.
Old Mrs. Ziggler?
You remember her, and she's eager,
but I kind of like to take a shot at something
more exciting.
Well, what makes you think Rob can help you?
He's in the show business, ain't he?
I'll bet you know a million women.
Well, I know a few.
Well, wrap one up to go and bring her home tonight.
Uncle George, I can't just run out and grab a woman.
Now, listen, Robbie, when you were a little boy,
did I ever deny you anything?
Well, no.
Ice cream, lollipops, anything you ever wanted.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Well, bring me a woman.
Well, sure, I'll try, Uncle George.
Oh, darling, on the way home from work, will you
pick up a loaf of rye bread?
Yeah, honey.
Oh, and while you're at it, would you bring
a bottle of that good red wine?
Might use it for the engagement party.
OK, a loaf of bread, and a jug of wine, and a vow.
Hello, Rob.
Hey.
What are you so happy about?
Say hello to the cheerleader for the next depression.
Take it easy, you guys.
I have troubles at home.
Well, welcome to the club.
Come on, Rob, what's the matter?
Well, I'm going to answer that question
by asking you a question.
Where is the best place to get a hold of an elderly lady?
Well, there the fireman's carry,
or you grab her by the ankles.
I am serious.
My uncle George is in town from Danville
and he's going to look for a new wife.
He wants me to go and find him a single girl.
Well, you're looking at the king of the single girls.
He needs a girl who's single and mature.
Aw, thanks, Rob.
Mature.
Hey, how about my mother-in-law?
She's so mature she can hardly stand up.
Your mother-in-law is married.
Yeah, but I'm sure my father-in-law
would gladly step aside.
Hey, Buddy, didn't your mother-in-law
have a twin sister?
I hope not!
Maybe that was a cousin I had.
Hey, Sal?
What about your aunt Agnes?
Oh, no, you know what and Agnes says about men.
ROB: No.
Man is like the drifting snow.
It comes down in small flurries and piles up against the door,
and before long you can't get out of the house.
I guess that would let your aunt Agnes out.
Boy, where am I going to find a single old lady?
Hey, how about putting pearls on that?
[clicking]
Oh, still using your clicker, Mel?
Oh, yes.
My therapist was right.
By clicking this clicker I release all
my hostilities and tensions.
[clicking]
Sounds like you're shaking your head.
[clicking]
Rob, what's this about a little old lady?
Oh, Mel, my uncle George is in town looking for a new wife.
You don't happen to know any eligible women, do you?
No.
Well, the only eligible older person I know
is my mother-in-law.
Hey, that's Alan Brady's mother.
Grab her, Rob.
Your boss's mother will be your aunt, Alan will be your cousin,
and Mel will be your-- yuck, forget it.
[clicking]
If Alan doesn't have that script by 4 o'clock,
he's going to start tearing his hair out.
Kind of makes you sad, doesn't it?
[clicking]
[inaudible] Mel, we'll get it out by 4 o'clock.
Hey, Rob. I got it.
I got it.
Yes, something for the show?
No, something for Uncle George.
Mrs. Glimcher.
Herman Glimcher's mother.
BUDDY: Herman Glimcher.
That's the boyfriend that's got to be
in by 12:00 or the old lady sends a militia out for him.
Sal, you don't think you could get Mrs.
Glimcher over to our house tonight to meet uncle George,
do you?
Well, I hate to do it uncle George, but listen,
you invite Herman and me to dinner tonight,
and she'll be there.
How can you be so sure she'll be there?
How can I be so sure?
Listen, Herman was in the army.
She joined the WAX just to be close to him, didn't she?
She goes everywhere with him.
Oh, she sounds like a great one.
But bring her.
At least I won't have to go home empty handed tonight.
I'll call Laura and tell her we're
having company for dinner.
Hey, Rob.
What's uncle George like?
Oh, he's a big, strapping guy, white hair.
Do you think Mrs. Glimcher would like a mustache?
No, I don't think so.
She keeps shaving hers off.
All right, Robby boy, where is the girl.
Like the song says, I ain't got time for the waiting game.
They'll be here any minute, Uncle George.
What's she like, Robby boy?
Tantalizing?
Well, I'd say that she was a handsome woman.
Handsome?
Not like John Wayne, I hope.
Smell that turkey.
Lord, it smells divine.
Thank you.
Are we going to have one of them a fancy desserts?
Well, we're having this marvelous ice cream cake that I
ordered at the Danish bakery.
If they're still open, because I forgot to pick it up.
Oh, Rob, could you go?
Yeah, honey, I'll get it.
Hold it, Rob, hold it, hold it.
I'll go.
Oh, uncle George, that's awfully nice.
No, it's nothing at all. Nothing at all.
Give me the keys.
It's just two stoplights down the street on the corner.
Right.
Uncle George, I think since you're the guest of honor--
No, no.
See, this way it'll give me a chance
to make a grand entrance.
And while I'm gone, you can tell her how handsome I am.
Charming.
And passionate.
Rrow.
That's-- that's my uncle.
I told you he was cute, didn't I?
But you didn't tell me he was a nut.
[doorbell]
Oh boy.
Hold your horses.
Oh, oh, oh, just let me sit down somewhere.
Give me a glass of water.
Where are my pills?
Where's my boy? - Right here, Mother.
I'm right here.
Just take it easy.
You're going to be all right.
Oh, Rob, would you have some water?
Yeah.
My goodness, what happened?
Well, nothing, nothing, she's fine.
She's just a little carsick.
Oh, my pills, Herman, my pills.
No, no, no, blue ones, the blue ones.
Do you want the red one too?
Give me a red one too.
The water, the water, the water, the water.
Oh.
Oh, that traffic, that awful traffic.
Oh, it wasn't that bad.
You wouldn't know.
You were sitting in the back seat.
She always likes to sit up front with Herman
when he drives.
She says it gives him confidence.
Are you better now, Mother?
When it gets down, dear.
Oh, you're so considerate.
Come and sit here with your pal.
Yes, Mother.
Honey, would you sit over here?
Oh, sure.
Yes, sit over here, dear.
There.
Cozy, Peggy dear?
The name is Sally.
Oh.
Oh, yes.
Just the way we sit when we go to the movies.
Oh, thank you, thank you.
I do feel better, and I'm so sorry I was so much trouble.
Oh no, not at all.
I'm glad you could come.
Isn't this cozy?
Just us five young people.
I consider myself young, you know.
I feel so young.
Sometimes I think she's even younger than Herman.
Oh, how sweet.
You know, Herman knows how I feel
when I'm around older people.
They make me so nervous.
Oh?
- Say Sal? - Yeah?
Would you mind coming in the kitchen
and helping Laura and me carry some things in?
Oh, yeah.
I think we could use Herman, don't you, Rob?
Herman, come on.
All right.
No, no, no, no, no, baby, I'd better go.
I don't like for Herman to lift anything heavy.
Mrs. Glimcher, we'll give him an easy thing.
I'll tell you what, you better sit there, because you just
had a red pill.
Oh, you're so thoughtful.
Be careful, Herman dear.
All right, Mother.
What are you serving, Mrs. Petrie?
I hope it's something I can eat.
Ha-ha.
Are we all here?
No.
No, Mother is still out there.
That's why we're here.
Oh.
Do you mean we're having secrets from Mother?
You didn't tell him, did you?
Well, I thought it'd be best if it just came out naturally.
I thought if she knew she wouldn't come.
Tell her what? What is it?
Herman, I want to give you this straight.
We brought your mother here to introduce her to a man.
A man?
Who?
Well, it's Rob's Uncle George, he's
visiting here from Danville, and he
wanted to meet some nice lady.
We couldn't find any, so we invited your mother.
Well, that's very nice of you, but Rob's uncle and my mother?
I don't know.
Why not?
She's still young and attractive.
Oh, I know.
But she's always said she'd never get married until I died.
Herman, we have got to tell your mother.
Please, please, keep your voices down.
Are we shouting?
No, but Mother's got marvelous ears.
She hears everything.
I think she's got transistors in her teeth.
Well, all right.
I'll tell her.
- OK. - Wait a minute.
Wait a minute.
Everybody grab something.
That's what we came in here for.
Not that, Herman!
Uh, Mother?
Well, where's this man you brought me here to meet?
You-- you heard?
Of course.
Boy, what ears.
What's he like?
Well, he's kind of tall.
He got nice white hair.
Have no fear, the fancy dessert man is here.
My goodness.
Uncle George, I'd like you to meet all these people.
This is Herman Glimcher, and this is Mrs. Glimcher.
And that's Sally Rogers.
Hello little golden dove.
Hello big silver bird.
Robby, boy, you've made your uncle
the happiest man in the world.
Rob?
Oh, boy, is she a far cry from old lady Zinkler.
Robbie, my boy, thanks to you this big silver bird
is in orbit once more.
Whoa, whoa, silver.
You made kind of a little mistake in there.
Sally is not for you.
Well, don't you think I'm the best judge of that?
No, I don't--
I don't mean that.
Look, George, before you get yourself all involved--
Involved?
Boy, the minute we locked eyeballs,
I knew that girl was for me.
You don't understand, Uncle George.
Sally is Herman Glimcher's girlfriend.
Oh, no, Robby.
That shocks me.
Of course I can't blame him for looking around a little bit.
That wife of his is old enough to be his mother.
She is his mother.
Robbie, Robbie, do you mean to tell
me that you brought that old--
Shh!
That old [inaudible] for me?
I'm afraid that's it, Uncle George.
I'm sorry.
Robbie, boy.
Oh.
Hold it, not lost, not lost.
No siree.
They're both single women, aren't they?
They're both up for grabs.
Well, I choose the young dove instead of the old cow.
Rob, excuse me.
Yeah, Herman?
Mothers out in the car, and she wants me to take her home.
I'm afraid this whole evening's been too much for.
Oh, Herman, I'm awful sorry.
Well, I'm sorry to ruin your dinner party,
but I'm afraid I'd better take Sally home, too.
Now just a minute, young man.
Don't you touch that girl!
I'll take her home.
Rob?
Herman, look, don't worry about it.
We'll see that she gets home.
No use making Sal leave right now.
Oh, well, I suppose you're right.
Well, you run along now, sonny.
Take care of your mama.
Yes, yes, I will.
Well, nice to meet you Uncle George.
By, Rob.
Well, now that we got those to cut out of the herd,
everything's going along nicely, Robbie.
Well, young lady.
Looks like I'm going to have the pleasure of driving you home.
Uncle George is taking Sally home?
Yeah, Uncle George is taking Sally home?
Sure am.
We'll all take Sally home, how about that, honey.
Well, I can't go, Rob, we don't
have a babysitter for Rich.
We'll bring him along.
You and I, we'll take Sally home.
How about that?
I'll get your purse.
But Robbie boy, we don't need a chaperone, now do we.
I tell you what, it's not that, exactly, Uncle George.
Is just it's a long way.
You might get lost.
All right, in that case, you drive,
Sally and I will sit in the back.
You know what they used to call me in my younger days?
No, what?
The octopus.
You know it used to call me?
What?
The harpoon.
Sharp girl, I love it.
Sharp girl.
Come on, Sally.
- Rob, you coming? - Yeah.
I'm coming.
Wait a minute, everybody.
Before you go, will somebody please carve the turkey for me
so I could have dinner?
Or perhaps you'd all like to join me.
We didn't eat dinner.
Let's have some dinner, Sally.
We'll all have dinner.
Sally, you can sit here, Uncle George.
You wouldn't separate the love birds, would you, now?
Oh, we can always go out the backyard, sit on a branch.
Oh, smart girl.
I love it.
(SINGING) Buffalo girls won't you come out tonight,
come out tonight, come out tonight.
Robbie, how about a little snack before we go to bed?
Well, it's 3 o'clock, Uncle George.
I have to go to bed.
Turkey sandwich, a glass of milk go good right about now.
I tell you what you do.
You go ahead and help yourself, OK?
All right. Oh, Robbie.
I want to thank you for a wonderful night.
I had more fun than I've had in ages.
That Sally, she's a wonderful girl.
The most wonderful girl I ever met in my life.
Did you hear what she told me? Did you hear that?
No I didn't hear that.
She said she just never met a man that was in better shape
and younger in mind than I was.
You heard that, didn't you?
I heard that.
You better go to bed.
I'm going to build myself a sandwich, take it to my room,
and do a lot of planning.
(SINGING) Buffalo girls, won't you come out tonight,
come out tonight.
Rob, do you realize it's after 3:00 in the morning?
Where have you been?
Roseland.
Roseland?
What on Earth were you doing in a dance hall?
Sitting.
They were dancing for three solid hours.
Oh, my.
Well, how are things between Sally and Uncle George?
Oh, just fine.
I think they're engaged.
You mean you didn't tell him?
Honey, you can't tell him anything.
It's impossible.
It's impossible.
He only hears what he wants to hear.
Couldn't Sally?
Oh, she tried.
She told him, he was childish.
He took that as a compliment.
She said he was in such great shape for a man of his age,
but he didn't hear the last part.
LAURA: Well, Rob, you're going to have to tell him.
You can't let him go on fooling himself.
Honey.
how can I tell him?
How do you tell your favorite uncle that he's
making a fool of himself?
LAURA: You're a writer.
Invent something.
ROB: If he could have seen that crowd
in Roseland laughing at him.
If he could have seen Sally looking at me for help.
How do you tell a guy who thinks he's
sweeping a girl off her feet that she thinks he's pathetic?
LAURA: The whole thing is so sad.
ROB: I love that old guy, honey.
I can't puncture this beautiful little dream
he's having about Sally.
And she deserves a medal for the way she put up with him.
LAURA: Rob, you know the longer you
let him go on fooling himself, the harder it's going to be
for him when he finds out.
Would you rather have Sally tell him?
ROB: Oh, honey, it wouldn't be fair to Sally.
Rob.
Hm?
The door is open.
Oh, do you suppose he heard us?
LAURA: I don't know.
Whew, no, he's still in the kitchen.
LAURA: Thank goodness.
Well, come to bed, darling, but don't
go to sleep until you've thought of a way
to tell Uncle George that he's acting silly.
Boy, I wish I was one of those Danish doctors.
How would that help?
It wouldn't, except I'd be in Denmark.
[knocking]
Yeah, yeah.
Coming.
GEORGE: You asleep, Robbie?
ROB: Oh, hi Uncle George, no, not quite.
Almost, not quite.
GEORGE: Can I talk to you for a minute.
ROB: Just a minute.
Just a minute.
It's Uncle George.
I don't know what to tell him.
Tell him to come in.
Maybe I'll think of something.
Come in, Uncle George.
If you're sure I'm not bothering you.
No, that's all right.
Hi Laura.
LAURA: Hi Uncle George.
I couldn't sleep.
Sit down, sit down, sit down, I got something to tell you.
And by golly, I'm going to tell you.
Well, go ahead and say it.
Well, I don't know how I'm going to say this,
but nephew, I can't go through with it.
Can't go through with what?
The thing with Sally, all right?
I was just having fun.
You mean you weren't serious?
You know, I really should be ashamed of myself for the way
that I led her on, built her up.
You know that girl thinks she's more mature than she is?
But she's acting foolish.
And it's-- it's stupid to act foolish.
But, when did you decide that, Uncle George?
GEORGE: Oh, sometime tonight.
Why, she had me dancing up there that Roseland Ballroom
till my heart was a fuming and sputtering
like an old truck on a cold morning.
You know, I should have told her right then and there.
But, well, I--
I didn't want to puncture that beautiful dream
she was having about me.
Now, I'm going to have to call her in the morning
and tell her I'm--
Well, I can talk to her if you'd like for me to,
Uncle George.
Robbie, would you do that for me?
I hate hurting women's feelings.
I think she'll understand.
Well, you know how they get sometimes.
They start yelling and throwing things,
and I don't need any of that.
Yeah, who needs it.
Who needs any of that.
See know, you two better get to bed.
You can-- hey, what time would you say it was in Danville?
Oh, a little after 3:00 I guess.
You know what I'm going to do?
I'm going to give old lady Zinkler a ring on the phone
and brighten up her night.
Good night, you two.
Good night, Uncle George.
Well it looks like we were worried for nothing.
He seems to have straightened himself out.
Yeah, I hope so.
You don't suppose he heard us, do you?
I don't know.
GEORGE: Of course I heard you!
Thank you!
Now get to bed!
Operator?
I want to Kitty Zinkler in Danville, Illinois.
Never mind how you spell it, just give the line going
south of town three rings.
Robbie?
Robbie, boy?
You got the tickets?
Got everything, Uncle George.
Oh good, good.
Now when you talk to Sally, you be real sweet towards her,
because she's a sweet woman.
Too sweet for me.
I need somebody leathery, like old lady Zinkler.
Is old lady Zinkler going to be my aunt?
Going to be your aunt?
Well, it looks like it, sonny.
Leastwise she got laryngitis saying yes over the phone.
Looks like I'm not going to be able to get out of it.
You'll let us know, won't you?
Oh, sure.
You better get going.
Well.
George, it was wonderful.
Come back soon.
Here, let me get those.
If I'm going to carry old lady Zinkler across the threshold,
I'm going to have to get in shape.
She's built like a Sherman tank.
[MUSIC - END THEME, "THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW"]
NARRATOR: "The Dick Van Dyke Show,"
starring Dick Van Dyke, Rosemary.
Morey Amsterdam, Larry Matthew, and Mary Tyler Moore.
Morning, Mom. Morning, Dad.
Morning, sweetie.
Did Uncle George come?
Yeah, he's here.
He came right after you fell asleep.
You mean he's here?
Oh, boy, I'm going to go see my uncle.
Whoa. Whoa.
- Keep your voice down. - You'll wake him up.
Did he see me?
Yeah, we opened your door, we let him take a peek at you?
Did he like me?
He liked you a lot.
Good.
Can I take a look at him?
Well, Richie, dear, he's asleep.
Well, he took a look at me when I was asleep.
I want to see if I like him.
You're going to like him a lot.
All kids love Uncle George.
Boy, I can remember when I was a little boy your age.
We used to go see him and Aunt Sarah all the time.
[rooster crowing sounds]
Hi, Everybody.
Rise and shine.
Coffee's perking and I'm here to get mine.
Richie boy.
Hi, Uncle George.
Look at your.
Well, I guess we don't have to ask you if you slept well,
do we?
Oh, I always like to sing out loud and clear in the mornings.
Well, let's have a look at the little tadpole
now that he's got his eyes open.
He's a Petrie, all right.
Here, hey, that look like a rabbit?
No.
Smart boy.
Uncle George, what's for breakfast?
French toast, bacon and eggs, cereal, pancakes?
Fine.
Let's start it all out with a little orange juice.
All that and orange juice?
Nothings beats breakfast.
Big breakfast.
Well, one big breakfast coming up.
Bad choice of words, honey.
Oh, yeah.
Well, I suppose you're all wondering why
I decided to make this trip.
Well, as you told us last night,
you came to see your favorite nephew and his lovely wife.
That and too, but there's something more important.
What's that, Uncle George?
I have finally decided to take a woman.
A woman?
Yeah, and, Robbie Boy, you are going to have to do it for me.
Me?
You're going to have to find your old Uncle
George a marriageable woman.
I finally decided it's time I got
married again and settled down.
Well, Uncle George, aren't there
any nice ladies in Danville?
Well, there's old lady Ziggler.
Old Mrs. Ziggler?
You remember her, and she's eager,
but I kind of like to take a shot at something
more exciting.
Well, what makes you think Rob can help you?
He's in the show business, ain't he?
I'll bet you know a million women.
Well, I know a few.
Well, wrap one up to go and bring her home tonight.
Uncle George, I can't just run out and grab a woman.
Now, listen, Robbie, when you were a little boy,
did I ever deny you anything?
Well, no.
Ice cream, lollipops, anything you ever wanted.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Well, bring me a woman.
Well, sure, I'll try, Uncle George.
Oh, darling, on the way home from work, will you
pick up a loaf of rye bread?
Yeah, honey.
Oh, and while you're at it, would you bring
a bottle of that good red wine?
Might use it for the engagement party.
OK, a loaf of bread, and a jug of wine, and a vow.
Hello, Rob.
Hey.
What are you so happy about?
Say hello to the cheerleader for the next depression.
Take it easy, you guys.
I have troubles at home.
Well, welcome to the club.
Come on, Rob, what's the matter?
Well, I'm going to answer that question
by asking you a question.
Where is the best place to get a hold of an elderly lady?
Well, there the fireman's carry,
or you grab her by the ankles.
I am serious.
My uncle George is in town from Danville
and he's going to look for a new wife.
He wants me to go and find him a single girl.
Well, you're looking at the king of the single girls.
He needs a girl who's single and mature.
Aw, thanks, Rob.
Mature.
Hey, how about my mother-in-law?
She's so mature she can hardly stand up.
Your mother-in-law is married.
Yeah, but I'm sure my father-in-law
would gladly step aside.
Hey, Buddy, didn't your mother-in-law
have a twin sister?
I hope not!
Maybe that was a cousin I had.
Hey, Sal?
What about your aunt Agnes?
Oh, no, you know what and Agnes says about men.
ROB: No.
Man is like the drifting snow.
It comes down in small flurries and piles up against the door,
and before long you can't get out of the house.
I guess that would let your aunt Agnes out.
Boy, where am I going to find a single old lady?
Hey, how about putting pearls on that?
[clicking]
Oh, still using your clicker, Mel?
Oh, yes.
My therapist was right.
By clicking this clicker I release all
my hostilities and tensions.
[clicking]
Sounds like you're shaking your head.
[clicking]
Rob, what's this about a little old lady?
Oh, Mel, my uncle George is in town looking for a new wife.
You don't happen to know any eligible women, do you?
No.
Well, the only eligible older person I know
is my mother-in-law.
Hey, that's Alan Brady's mother.
Grab her, Rob.
Your boss's mother will be your aunt, Alan will be your cousin,
and Mel will be your-- yuck, forget it.
[clicking]
If Alan doesn't have that script by 4 o'clock,
he's going to start tearing his hair out.
Kind of makes you sad, doesn't it?
[clicking]
[inaudible] Mel, we'll get it out by 4 o'clock.
Hey, Rob. I got it.
I got it.
Yes, something for the show?
No, something for Uncle George.
Mrs. Glimcher.
Herman Glimcher's mother.
BUDDY: Herman Glimcher.
That's the boyfriend that's got to be
in by 12:00 or the old lady sends a militia out for him.
Sal, you don't think you could get Mrs.
Glimcher over to our house tonight to meet uncle George,
do you?
Well, I hate to do it uncle George, but listen,
you invite Herman and me to dinner tonight,
and she'll be there.
How can you be so sure she'll be there?
How can I be so sure?
Listen, Herman was in the army.
She joined the WAX just to be close to him, didn't she?
She goes everywhere with him.
Oh, she sounds like a great one.
But bring her.
At least I won't have to go home empty handed tonight.
I'll call Laura and tell her we're
having company for dinner.
Hey, Rob.
What's uncle George like?
Oh, he's a big, strapping guy, white hair.
Do you think Mrs. Glimcher would like a mustache?
No, I don't think so.
She keeps shaving hers off.
All right, Robby boy, where is the girl.
Like the song says, I ain't got time for the waiting game.
They'll be here any minute, Uncle George.
What's she like, Robby boy?
Tantalizing?
Well, I'd say that she was a handsome woman.
Handsome?
Not like John Wayne, I hope.
Smell that turkey.
Lord, it smells divine.
Thank you.
Are we going to have one of them a fancy desserts?
Well, we're having this marvelous ice cream cake that I
ordered at the Danish bakery.
If they're still open, because I forgot to pick it up.
Oh, Rob, could you go?
Yeah, honey, I'll get it.
Hold it, Rob, hold it, hold it.
I'll go.
Oh, uncle George, that's awfully nice.
No, it's nothing at all. Nothing at all.
Give me the keys.
It's just two stoplights down the street on the corner.
Right.
Uncle George, I think since you're the guest of honor--
No, no.
See, this way it'll give me a chance
to make a grand entrance.
And while I'm gone, you can tell her how handsome I am.
Charming.
And passionate.
Rrow.
That's-- that's my uncle.
I told you he was cute, didn't I?
But you didn't tell me he was a nut.
[doorbell]
Oh boy.
Hold your horses.
Oh, oh, oh, just let me sit down somewhere.
Give me a glass of water.
Where are my pills?
Where's my boy? - Right here, Mother.
I'm right here.
Just take it easy.
You're going to be all right.
Oh, Rob, would you have some water?
Yeah.
My goodness, what happened?
Well, nothing, nothing, she's fine.
She's just a little carsick.
Oh, my pills, Herman, my pills.
No, no, no, blue ones, the blue ones.
Do you want the red one too?
Give me a red one too.
The water, the water, the water, the water.
Oh.
Oh, that traffic, that awful traffic.
Oh, it wasn't that bad.
You wouldn't know.
You were sitting in the back seat.
She always likes to sit up front with Herman
when he drives.
She says it gives him confidence.
Are you better now, Mother?
When it gets down, dear.
Oh, you're so considerate.
Come and sit here with your pal.
Yes, Mother.
Honey, would you sit over here?
Oh, sure.
Yes, sit over here, dear.
There.
Cozy, Peggy dear?
The name is Sally.
Oh.
Oh, yes.
Just the way we sit when we go to the movies.
Oh, thank you, thank you.
I do feel better, and I'm so sorry I was so much trouble.
Oh no, not at all.
I'm glad you could come.
Isn't this cozy?
Just us five young people.
I consider myself young, you know.
I feel so young.
Sometimes I think she's even younger than Herman.
Oh, how sweet.
You know, Herman knows how I feel
when I'm around older people.
They make me so nervous.
Oh?
- Say Sal? - Yeah?
Would you mind coming in the kitchen
and helping Laura and me carry some things in?
Oh, yeah.
I think we could use Herman, don't you, Rob?
Herman, come on.
All right.
No, no, no, no, no, baby, I'd better go.
I don't like for Herman to lift anything heavy.
Mrs. Glimcher, we'll give him an easy thing.
I'll tell you what, you better sit there, because you just
had a red pill.
Oh, you're so thoughtful.
Be careful, Herman dear.
All right, Mother.
What are you serving, Mrs. Petrie?
I hope it's something I can eat.
Ha-ha.
Are we all here?
No.
No, Mother is still out there.
That's why we're here.
Oh.
Do you mean we're having secrets from Mother?
You didn't tell him, did you?
Well, I thought it'd be best if it just came out naturally.
I thought if she knew she wouldn't come.
Tell her what? What is it?
Herman, I want to give you this straight.
We brought your mother here to introduce her to a man.
A man?
Who?
Well, it's Rob's Uncle George, he's
visiting here from Danville, and he
wanted to meet some nice lady.
We couldn't find any, so we invited your mother.
Well, that's very nice of you, but Rob's uncle and my mother?
I don't know.
Why not?
She's still young and attractive.
Oh, I know.
But she's always said she'd never get married until I died.
Herman, we have got to tell your mother.
Please, please, keep your voices down.
Are we shouting?
No, but Mother's got marvelous ears.
She hears everything.
I think she's got transistors in her teeth.
Well, all right.
I'll tell her.
- OK. - Wait a minute.
Wait a minute.
Everybody grab something.
That's what we came in here for.
Not that, Herman!
Uh, Mother?
Well, where's this man you brought me here to meet?
You-- you heard?
Of course.
Boy, what ears.
What's he like?
Well, he's kind of tall.
He got nice white hair.
Have no fear, the fancy dessert man is here.
My goodness.
Uncle George, I'd like you to meet all these people.
This is Herman Glimcher, and this is Mrs. Glimcher.
And that's Sally Rogers.
Hello little golden dove.
Hello big silver bird.
Robby, boy, you've made your uncle
the happiest man in the world.
Rob?
Oh, boy, is she a far cry from old lady Zinkler.
Robbie, my boy, thanks to you this big silver bird
is in orbit once more.
Whoa, whoa, silver.
You made kind of a little mistake in there.
Sally is not for you.
Well, don't you think I'm the best judge of that?
No, I don't--
I don't mean that.
Look, George, before you get yourself all involved--
Involved?
Boy, the minute we locked eyeballs,
I knew that girl was for me.
You don't understand, Uncle George.
Sally is Herman Glimcher's girlfriend.
Oh, no, Robby.
That shocks me.
Of course I can't blame him for looking around a little bit.
That wife of his is old enough to be his mother.
She is his mother.
Robbie, Robbie, do you mean to tell
me that you brought that old--
Shh!
That old [inaudible] for me?
I'm afraid that's it, Uncle George.
I'm sorry.
Robbie, boy.
Oh.
Hold it, not lost, not lost.
No siree.
They're both single women, aren't they?
They're both up for grabs.
Well, I choose the young dove instead of the old cow.
Rob, excuse me.
Yeah, Herman?
Mothers out in the car, and she wants me to take her home.
I'm afraid this whole evening's been too much for.
Oh, Herman, I'm awful sorry.
Well, I'm sorry to ruin your dinner party,
but I'm afraid I'd better take Sally home, too.
Now just a minute, young man.
Don't you touch that girl!
I'll take her home.
Rob?
Herman, look, don't worry about it.
We'll see that she gets home.
No use making Sal leave right now.
Oh, well, I suppose you're right.
Well, you run along now, sonny.
Take care of your mama.
Yes, yes, I will.
Well, nice to meet you Uncle George.
By, Rob.
Well, now that we got those to cut out of the herd,
everything's going along nicely, Robbie.
Well, young lady.
Looks like I'm going to have the pleasure of driving you home.
Uncle George is taking Sally home?
Yeah, Uncle George is taking Sally home?
Sure am.
We'll all take Sally home, how about that, honey.
Well, I can't go, Rob, we don't
have a babysitter for Rich.
We'll bring him along.
You and I, we'll take Sally home.
How about that?
I'll get your purse.
But Robbie boy, we don't need a chaperone, now do we.
I tell you what, it's not that, exactly, Uncle George.
Is just it's a long way.
You might get lost.
All right, in that case, you drive,
Sally and I will sit in the back.
You know what they used to call me in my younger days?
No, what?
The octopus.
You know it used to call me?
What?
The harpoon.
Sharp girl, I love it.
Sharp girl.
Come on, Sally.
- Rob, you coming? - Yeah.
I'm coming.
Wait a minute, everybody.
Before you go, will somebody please carve the turkey for me
so I could have dinner?
Or perhaps you'd all like to join me.
We didn't eat dinner.
Let's have some dinner, Sally.
We'll all have dinner.
Sally, you can sit here, Uncle George.
You wouldn't separate the love birds, would you, now?
Oh, we can always go out the backyard, sit on a branch.
Oh, smart girl.
I love it.
(SINGING) Buffalo girls won't you come out tonight,
come out tonight, come out tonight.
Robbie, how about a little snack before we go to bed?
Well, it's 3 o'clock, Uncle George.
I have to go to bed.
Turkey sandwich, a glass of milk go good right about now.
I tell you what you do.
You go ahead and help yourself, OK?
All right. Oh, Robbie.
I want to thank you for a wonderful night.
I had more fun than I've had in ages.
That Sally, she's a wonderful girl.
The most wonderful girl I ever met in my life.
Did you hear what she told me? Did you hear that?
No I didn't hear that.
She said she just never met a man that was in better shape
and younger in mind than I was.
You heard that, didn't you?
I heard that.
You better go to bed.
I'm going to build myself a sandwich, take it to my room,
and do a lot of planning.
(SINGING) Buffalo girls, won't you come out tonight,
come out tonight.
Rob, do you realize it's after 3:00 in the morning?
Where have you been?
Roseland.
Roseland?
What on Earth were you doing in a dance hall?
Sitting.
They were dancing for three solid hours.
Oh, my.
Well, how are things between Sally and Uncle George?
Oh, just fine.
I think they're engaged.
You mean you didn't tell him?
Honey, you can't tell him anything.
It's impossible.
It's impossible.
He only hears what he wants to hear.
Couldn't Sally?
Oh, she tried.
She told him, he was childish.
He took that as a compliment.
She said he was in such great shape for a man of his age,
but he didn't hear the last part.
LAURA: Well, Rob, you're going to have to tell him.
You can't let him go on fooling himself.
Honey.
how can I tell him?
How do you tell your favorite uncle that he's
making a fool of himself?
LAURA: You're a writer.
Invent something.
ROB: If he could have seen that crowd
in Roseland laughing at him.
If he could have seen Sally looking at me for help.
How do you tell a guy who thinks he's
sweeping a girl off her feet that she thinks he's pathetic?
LAURA: The whole thing is so sad.
ROB: I love that old guy, honey.
I can't puncture this beautiful little dream
he's having about Sally.
And she deserves a medal for the way she put up with him.
LAURA: Rob, you know the longer you
let him go on fooling himself, the harder it's going to be
for him when he finds out.
Would you rather have Sally tell him?
ROB: Oh, honey, it wouldn't be fair to Sally.
Rob.
Hm?
The door is open.
Oh, do you suppose he heard us?
LAURA: I don't know.
Whew, no, he's still in the kitchen.
LAURA: Thank goodness.
Well, come to bed, darling, but don't
go to sleep until you've thought of a way
to tell Uncle George that he's acting silly.
Boy, I wish I was one of those Danish doctors.
How would that help?
It wouldn't, except I'd be in Denmark.
[knocking]
Yeah, yeah.
Coming.
GEORGE: You asleep, Robbie?
ROB: Oh, hi Uncle George, no, not quite.
Almost, not quite.
GEORGE: Can I talk to you for a minute.
ROB: Just a minute.
Just a minute.
It's Uncle George.
I don't know what to tell him.
Tell him to come in.
Maybe I'll think of something.
Come in, Uncle George.
If you're sure I'm not bothering you.
No, that's all right.
Hi Laura.
LAURA: Hi Uncle George.
I couldn't sleep.
Sit down, sit down, sit down, I got something to tell you.
And by golly, I'm going to tell you.
Well, go ahead and say it.
Well, I don't know how I'm going to say this,
but nephew, I can't go through with it.
Can't go through with what?
The thing with Sally, all right?
I was just having fun.
You mean you weren't serious?
You know, I really should be ashamed of myself for the way
that I led her on, built her up.
You know that girl thinks she's more mature than she is?
But she's acting foolish.
And it's-- it's stupid to act foolish.
But, when did you decide that, Uncle George?
GEORGE: Oh, sometime tonight.
Why, she had me dancing up there that Roseland Ballroom
till my heart was a fuming and sputtering
like an old truck on a cold morning.
You know, I should have told her right then and there.
But, well, I--
I didn't want to puncture that beautiful dream
she was having about me.
Now, I'm going to have to call her in the morning
and tell her I'm--
Well, I can talk to her if you'd like for me to,
Uncle George.
Robbie, would you do that for me?
I hate hurting women's feelings.
I think she'll understand.
Well, you know how they get sometimes.
They start yelling and throwing things,
and I don't need any of that.
Yeah, who needs it.
Who needs any of that.
See know, you two better get to bed.
You can-- hey, what time would you say it was in Danville?
Oh, a little after 3:00 I guess.
You know what I'm going to do?
I'm going to give old lady Zinkler a ring on the phone
and brighten up her night.
Good night, you two.
Good night, Uncle George.
Well it looks like we were worried for nothing.
He seems to have straightened himself out.
Yeah, I hope so.
You don't suppose he heard us, do you?
I don't know.
GEORGE: Of course I heard you!
Thank you!
Now get to bed!
Operator?
I want to Kitty Zinkler in Danville, Illinois.
Never mind how you spell it, just give the line going
south of town three rings.
Robbie?
Robbie, boy?
You got the tickets?
Got everything, Uncle George.
Oh good, good.
Now when you talk to Sally, you be real sweet towards her,
because she's a sweet woman.
Too sweet for me.
I need somebody leathery, like old lady Zinkler.
Is old lady Zinkler going to be my aunt?
Going to be your aunt?
Well, it looks like it, sonny.
Leastwise she got laryngitis saying yes over the phone.
Looks like I'm not going to be able to get out of it.
You'll let us know, won't you?
Oh, sure.
You better get going.
Well.
George, it was wonderful.
Come back soon.
Here, let me get those.
If I'm going to carry old lady Zinkler across the threshold,
I'm going to have to get in shape.
She's built like a Sherman tank.
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