1. Herman, has Eddie come
home from school yet?
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2. Uh, I don't know, Lily.
I just got home myself.
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3. I had to stay a little late at the parlor
and lay out some things for the boss.
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4. Well, I'm about to fix supper, and
I want to ask him about dessert.
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5. So, let me know
when Eddie comes in.
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6. - Hmm?
- I said, will you let me know
when Eddie comes home?
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7. Oh. Yes, dear.
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8. I'll never go again!
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9. Never, never, never!
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10. You can do anything you
want to me! I'll never go back!
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11. Not in my whole life!
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12. I don't care what you do to
me. I won't go back even if I die.
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13. Never, never, never, never!
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14. I'm through with
school. Never again!
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15. I wouldn't go back if I died a
hundred-million thousand times!
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16. Lily.
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17. Oh, Lily. Yes, dear?
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18. I think Eddie's
home from school.
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19. But, Herman, if Eddie
said all those things about
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20. being through with school,
there must be a reason.
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21. Didn't you even ask him? Well,
maybe they just sent him home.
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22. Kids are always playing pranks.
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23. I remember when
I went to school.
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24. Some of the kids used to put
the girls' pigtails in the inkwells.
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girls in the inkwells.
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26. Grandpa, please.
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27. Did you ask him why he was
so definite about quitting school?
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28. Well, no.
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29. With Little Orphan Annie in such a mess,
I guess I just didn't get around to it.
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30. Well, it's hard to concentrate
on two things at once, you know.
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31. Oh, Herman, you
make me so angry.
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32. Now, I want you to
go upstairs right now...
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talk with Eddie.
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34. All right, dear.
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35. All right.
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36. But wouldn't it be better
if Eddie came down here,
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37. so I could sort of lean on the
mantel while we talk man-to-man?
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38. - Why in the world would you
want to do that?
- Oh, I don't know.
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39. I just always thought Robert Young
had great success leaning on the mantel.
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40. Oh. Oh.
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41. Herman, will you get upstairs!
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42. Yes, dear.
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43. Eddie. Uh...
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44. Hello in there. Uh, it's me.
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45. Um, your father.
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46. Herman Munster.
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47. Uh... Uh, may I come in?
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48. Sure, Pop.
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49. Uh, Eddie,
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50. I came up here to
have a little talk with you.
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51. Uh, man-to-man.
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52. Mom made ya, huh?
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53. No, I wouldn't say
your mother made me.
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54. Uh, naturally, I'm
curious to know why you
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55. said all those things
about quitting school.
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56. Well, then, how come you didn't
say anything when I came home?
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57. All you did was sit there
and read your old newspaper.
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58. Eddie, your father's
a very busy man,
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that when I come home,
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60. I have lots of business
problems on my mind.
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61. The solution to
which often depends...
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62. on a thorough and concentrated
perusal of world events in the newspaper.
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63. Boy, that Little Orphan
Annie must be in a real jam.
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64. Oh, she is. But, you know, I
think Daddy Warbucks is... Eddie.
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65. That is not the point.
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66. The point is I came up here to find out
why you've suddenly turned against school.
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67. It's just that I can't go back there ever
again on account of what happened today.
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68. Eddie, whatever the problem
is, you can tell old Dad.
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69. Well, today at recess the kids
made up a nickname for me.
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70. - And they called me by it.
- They called you a nickname?
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71. Hmm. What in the world could
anyone think of to call you?
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72. Oh, it was awful, Dad. Wherever I went,
some kid popped up and called me... Oh.
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73. - Called you what?
- I can't say it.
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Even to my own father.
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75. Eddie, as your father,
I demand to be told.
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76. - What's the nickname?
- It's... It's Shorty.
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77. Shorty? Yeah.
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78. And they made it up
for no good reason,
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79. except I'm the shortest
boy in my class.
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80. I see. Eddie,
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81. do you know what a
very wise man once said?
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82. What? He said,
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83. "Sticks and stones can break my
bones, but names can never hurt me."
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84. That's because nobody
ever called him Shorty.
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85. Why do I have to be short? Why can't
I be big and tall like my hero? Eddie,
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86. I don't know who this hero is
that you're talking about, but, uh,
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87. take it from me, he's probably
not worth looking up to at all.
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88. Lots of so-called heroes...
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89. are just conceited, vain,
good-for-nothings... as a rule.
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90. But, Dad,
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91. the hero I'm
talking about is you.
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92. Oh.
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93. Well, Eddie, there are exceptions
to every rule, aren't there?
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94. Please, darling, eat.
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95. I'm eating. I'm eating.
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96. - I'm talking to Eddie.
- Oh.
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97. - Herman.
- Yes, dear?
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98. I know you've had
a talk with Eddie,
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99. but I don't think we should allow our
child to be tormented in school any longer.
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100. I feel that we should complain
to the teacher, the principal...
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101. and, if necessary, to
the Board of Education.
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102. Why go through
all this red tape...
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103. when I can solve this problem with
a plain, old-fashioned spelling bee?
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104. What's a "plain,
old-fashioned" spelling bee?
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105. Well, you see,
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106. I invite all the little boys and girls
who call Eddie "Shorty" to a free party,
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107. and then, when they
get here, I cast a spell
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108. over them and turn
them into kangaroos.
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109. Gee, that sounds great,
Grandpa! Will you do it?
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110. No. Grandpa will
do no such thing.
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111. That's right, Grandpa.
I'm sure if there's one thing
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112. Eddie doesn't need it's
your broken-down magic.
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113. Ha! Gee, Dad,
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114. how am I gonna face the
other kids in school tomorrow?
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115. They're still gonna
call me Shorty.
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116. Eddie, I'm sure it's strictly
a psychological problem.
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117. And I'm sure that you can overcome it
with the proper psychological attitude.
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118. In other words, plant both
feet firmly on the ground...
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119. and keep your chin up.
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120. I'll try, Pop.
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121. It's okay to have your feet firmly
planted on the ground, Eddie,
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122. but if you keep your chin up that
high, you're a sucker for a left hook.
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123. Oh, sorry, Grandpa.
Shh. Not so loud.
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124. I don't want your father to hear that
I'm teaching you about boxing. Ooh.
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125. That man is so opposed to
violence, if he found out, he'd kill me.
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126. Okay. How's this,
Grandpa? That's pretty good.
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127. Now, keep your hands up high
and your weight evenly balanced.
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128. Now should I try to hit you?
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129. Oh, not yet. I have to work
out a plan of strategy for you.
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130. Now, we'll pretend that
I'm one of your classmates...
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131. and we're standing in a
school yard waiting to fight...
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132. because I called you Shorty.
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133. And just as we're ready
to go, you point behind
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134. me and say, "Hold it.
A teacher is coming."
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135. See? And then as I turn to
look... left and right in the stomach.
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136. Got that? Okay.
Now, let's get set.
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137. Hold it. A teacher's
comin'. Where?
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138. Hey, that works great, Grandpa.
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139. - You're telling me.
- But isn't that fighting dirty?
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140. Only if you use
it against girls.
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141. Try it again, okay? Now get set.
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142. Hold it. My father's comin'.
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143. Not "my father."A
teacher is coming."
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144. Want to bet?
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145. Oh. Hiya, Herman. What's new?
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146. Grandpa, I want you and Eddie to
take off those boxing gloves right now.
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147. Oh. Are these boxing gloves?
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148. Yes, they are. Eddie, you know
we're wearing boxing gloves?
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149. I... I wonder where they
came from. Yeah. Me too.
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150. Grandpa, get 'em off.
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151. I am really disappointed in you.
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152. Imagine. A grandfather training
his own grandson in brutality.
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153. But we didn't even get to brutality.
I was just starting... Grandpa,
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154. I said no violence,
and I mean no violence.
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155. Hmm.
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156. You know, Eddie, I love him,
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157. but there are times I'd like
to bite him right in the throat.
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158. Good night, Grandpa.
You're going to bed?
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159. I have to get plenty of rest
so I'll have enough energy
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160. to cry all day tomorrow
when the kids call me Shorty.
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161. Wait a minute. Wait
a minute. Come back.
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162. You won't have to
cry all day tomorrow.
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163. As a matter of fact,
you'll never have to
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164. cry again because
somebody calls you Shorty.
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165. Why not? Why not?
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166. Because your adoring grandpa
is gonna give you a magic
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167. potion that will make you
grow six inches overnight.
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168. Six inches? Maybe seven.
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169. Did you ever use it before?
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170. Did I ever try it before?
I once gave it to a
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171. pirate friend of mine
who was only five feet tall.
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172. - Did it work?
- "Did it work"? Didn't you ever
hear of Long John Silver?
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173. It's what is known in the
trade as a magic milk shake.
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174. Six inches? Overnight?
Yeah. Six inches.
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175. And when you wake up tomorrow
morning, you look in the mirror,
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176. you'll see the tallest
boy in the class.
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177. Bottoms up.
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178. Good, good. Now,
nighty-night and sleep tight.
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179. Lily, today is a school day.
The child belongs in school.
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180. With a beard?
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181. Oh, Uncle Herman, you can't
expect Eddie to go to school...
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182. when he looks so different
from all the other kids.
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183. Eddie... Herman,
Herman. Speak gently.
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184. He's in a state of shock.
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185. Eddie, uh, come upstairs.
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186. I'll give you a quick shave.
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187. It won't help.
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188. That's funny. I
thought I heard a noise.
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189. It was me. I said it won't help.
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190. I heard it again.
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191. I think it's coming
from that chair.
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192. Hmm.
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193. I can't understand it.
Nobody's sitting here.
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194. Oh, come on, Herman. Knock it off.
Will you stop with the silent treatment?
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195. Why won't a shave help?
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196. Well, at the rate
Eddie grows whiskers,
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197. he'll have five-o'clock
shadow by 9:00 a.m.
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198. And whose fault is that? He spoke
to me! He spoke to me! He did!
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199. My daughter's husband
spoke to me. See?
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200. I want you two to stop fighting.
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201. Now... Now you make
up and bury the shovel.
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202. I said I was sorry, didn't I?
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203. Oh, Grandpa, sometimes
saying "I'm sorry" just isn't enough.
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204. Amen.
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205. Some magic milk shake.
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206. Well, how was I to know
I had inferior ingredients?
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207. Now he's blaming
it on the ingredients.
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208. That's right. It must
have been the he-frog.
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209. The what? The he-frog, as
distinguished from the she-frog.
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210. You see, the recipe called for
the powdered shinbone of a he-frog.
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211. Only they just don't make
'em the way they used to.
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212. I should have saved that
one from the 15th century.
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213. Boy, those he-frogs from the
15th century, they were terrific.
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214. I remember once I
said to Queen Isabella...
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215. - Eddie, don't scratch it.
- But it itches.
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216. I think there's a hunk of
bacon in there from breakfast.
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217. I don't care. Don't scratch it.
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218. Mommy will run the vacuum
cleaner through it later.
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219. Herman, Eddie should
see a doctor immediately.
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220. Uh, I agree.
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221. Why don't you take him down to
see our family doctor... Dr. Dudley.
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222. No. No. I think you
should take him.
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and it's a very serious problem.
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224. I still wish you'd take him.
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the street with a boy wearing
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stare at me. That's why.
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228. Oh, nonsense.
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229. The least you could do
would be to phone the parlor,
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take your son to the doctor.
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231. That's true, Herman.
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232. And I have a clever idea
how to disguise Eddie...
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233. so you won't be embarrassed
when you walk down the street.
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234. Oh, Grandpa, don't try any
more of your magic on him.
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235. No, Grandpa. Don't you
try turning him into anything.
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236. I have no intention of hopping
across town with a bearded kangaroo.
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237. Don't you worry, Herman.
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238. Eddie, come with me.
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239. Eddie, you know
who you look like?
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241. I'm sorry, Eddie. I'm sorry.
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242. I was only kidding.
Come on. I'm sorry.
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243. Oh. All right, Miss
Fairchild, next patient.
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244. Are you emotionally prepared?
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245. E-Emotionally prepared for what?
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246. Mr. Herman Munster.
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247. Oh, no.
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248. I'll never forget the last
house call I made there.
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249. I was writing out an
order for an autopsy...
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250. when Mr. Munster double-crossed
me and sat up in bed.
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251. Well, today we have
Mr. Herman Munster and son.
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252. And son?
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253. Mr. Munster had the
guts to become a father?
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254. Apparently.
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255. Do they, uh, look alike?
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256. No. The little boy
is much shorter.
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257. That's not what I meant.
Do they look alike in...
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258. Well, for lack of a
better word, the face?
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259. Why don't you peek in the
waiting room and see for yourself?
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260. All righty. I will.
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261. Oh, no.
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262. Mr. Munster's
face is bad enough.
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263. Imagine what his son's must look like
if he has to cover it with a paper bag.
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264. Shall I show them in now?
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265. Yes, but you better have Miss
Hansen stand by with an anesthetic.
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266. For the patient? No. For me.
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267. Oh, uh... Uh, good
day, Dr. Dudley.
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268. Good day, Mr. Munster.
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269. And what, uh...
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270. I mean, uh, who have we here?
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271. Uh, this is my son, Dr. Dudley.
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272. And, uh, what's
your name, little man?
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273. Edward Wolfgang Munster.
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274. Pardon me, I
didn't quite get it.
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275. Uh, Edward Wolfgang Munster.
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276. Oh. Uh, will you, uh,
please both be seated?
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277. Oh, thank you.
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278. Okay, Eddie.
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279. We're gonna let the
doctor see your face.
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280. How old is little Eddie
Wolfgang again, Mr. Munster?
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281. He's 10. Ten.
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282. Excuse me just a minute.
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283. All righty. Shall we
have a go at it again?
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284. Oh, my goodness.
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285. Has he had it since birth?
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286. Uh, the head? Oh. Oh,
yes. That's the original.
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288. Oh. Uh, only since this morning.
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289. His grandfather gave him a
frog-leg cocktail yesterday...
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290. to make him grow,
but it just grew a beard.
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291. Excuse me just a minute.
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292. You want a snap diagnosis?
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293. Will a snap cure
go with it? Yes.
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294. - Shoot.
- Edward Wolfgang's beard...
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metabolic imbalance,
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esoteric stimuli...
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299. I see. And the cure?
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300. Lay in a big supply...
of paper bags.
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301. Eddie, don't get your
beard in your soup.
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302. - Uncle Herman.
- What?
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say anything constructive?
- No.
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the paper bag theory,
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used to a new nickname... Fuzzy.
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306. That's even worse than Shorty.
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have to thank for that.
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308. For your information, Herman,
I'm gonna make it up to him.
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309. - How?
- I'm gonna make him my partner.
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310. - A partner in what?
- Well, you remember that potion
that Eddie drank?
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311. How could we forget it?
I'm gonna mass-produce it...
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bottle as a sure cure for baldness.
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313. Eddie, Eddie, sit up straight.
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314. I'll make a fortune, and
I'll split with him 60-40.
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315. What's the matter with 50-50?
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316. You want me to split
50-50 with a 10-year-old kid?
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317. Grandpa, I don't want
you to do anything. Just...
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319. Look!
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320. - What happened?
- Well, the soup's disintegrated
Eddie's beard.
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321. She's right. Dunk it again.
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323. Look! The... The beard's gone.
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324. Thank goodness.
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a son who looked like General Grant.
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326. There goes my surefire
cure for baldness.
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327. - Is it really gone?
- Look in the mirror and see.
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329. Well, I don't know how this reflects on
my cooking, but... my child comes first.
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332. - Eddie.
- Yes, sir.
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- What?
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her homemade soup again.
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337. - That's not what I had in mind.
- It isn't?
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it doesn't matter what you look like.
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342. or you can be black
or yellow or white...
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the size of your heart...
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of your character.
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what your father means?
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347. - Mmm.
- Well, now, Eddie,
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the little problems of growing up,
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351. What, Grandpa? You're all right.
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but you're all right.
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Hello, Herman, dear.
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Eddie. Yes, he's up in his room crying.
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356. What happened today?
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357. Well, he was playing baseball with
some other boys in the neighborhood,
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358. and he struck out with two
out and the bases loaded.
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359. Poor kid. He must feel awful.
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360. Um, I'll go upstairs
and talk to him.
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361. Herman, Lily, I've got an idea
that can solve this whole problem.
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362. What? What? If I could
get ahold of a bat...
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by Stan "The Man" Musial...
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into the lab, crush it into
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would be able to digest it.
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