1. Herman's home.
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2. Lily, either hang those
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3. or have them tuned.
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4. Lily? Lily!
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5. I have some wonderful news for
you, and I can't keep it in any longer.
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6. I'm busting at the seams.
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7. Well, don't do it in here,
dear. I'm getting supper.
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8. I have to tell you
what happened today.
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9. Mr. Gateman down at the parlor
asked me into his private office,
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10. and he gave me a
great compliment.
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11. He said I'm one of the few people
there who never lies down on the job.
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12. Oh, Herman, you've really
stuck to the job down there.
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13. You've seen a lot of
people come and go.
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14. Well, don't keep us in midair.
What did your boss say?
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15. He gave me a promotion.
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16. He's making me manager
of one of our branch offices.
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17. Oh, manager!
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18. Oh, wait till Grandpa's relatives
in the Old Country hear about this!
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19. They'll really sit up on their
hind legs and take notice.
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20. There's only one thing.
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21. For me to take the job, we have to
sell the house and move to Buffalo.
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22. - Sell the house?
- Sell the house?
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23. That's right.
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24. And then all we Munsters
will just shuffle off to Buffalo.
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25. Uh, Spot? Spot! Go fetch!
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26. Bring back Daddy.
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27. And,
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28. uh, inasmuch as this new
job touches all our futures,
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29. I thought it very important
to convene the entire family.
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30. Big deal. We were all
sitting here, anyway.
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31. All you had to do
was start talking.
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32. By the way, where's Eddie?
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33. He's spending the weekend with
one of his little friends from school.
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34. Oh, yes.
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35. Well, uh, now,
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36. on the pro side of this thing,
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37. this promotion will mean a
sizable increase in salary, plus...
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38. a lot of other benefits,
which will accrue.
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39. But, on the other hand,
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40. it is also gonna mean that we...
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41. Lily? Grandpa?
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42. Oh, where did everyone go?
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43. Herman, we're all here.
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44. Oh. Oh, yes.
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45. Uh, of course. As I
was saying, now...
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46. Uh, but, on the other hand,
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47. it will also mean selling
this beautiful home,
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48. with all its charm and
graciousness and exquisite furniture.
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49. And I thought that, in a
matter so vital to all of us,
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50. we should put it
to a family vote.
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51. Uh, Lily? Herman,
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52. a wife's place is
with her husband.
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53. Whither thou goest, I shall go.
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54. Good.
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55. Lily has decided to
"whither" with me. Marilyn?
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56. Oh, I'd be happy
to move to Buffalo.
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57. Maybe I'll meet some boys
who won't think I'm so plain.
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58. Good. Grandpa?
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59. It's all right with me.
I'm as free as a bat.
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60. I can pull up stakes anytime.
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61. Fine. Then it's all settled.
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62. I'll call Mr. Gateman, tell
him I'll take the new job,
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63. and we'll put an ad in the
newspaper and sell this house.
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64. There's one person we haven't
consulted yet... little Eddie.
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65. Oh, well, I'm
sure he'll go for it.
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66. Children always adjust very
easily to any new environment.
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67. It was neat, Eddie, the way
Coach made you catcher...
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68. and picked you for the
captain of the baseball team.
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69. There's a lot of
guys better than me.
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70. What I think sold the
coach was the way you
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71. snagged up those
foul tips with your teeth.
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72. You know, Eddie, now
that you're on our team,
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73. we'll probably win
the city championship.
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74. I hope so. I sure like going to
this school and all the guys I met.
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75. You know, I'd rather live here than
any other place in the whole world.
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76. Last year, our best shortstop's family
moved him to another school district,
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77. and we lost the finals.
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78. So all us guys took an oath
never to speak to him again.
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79. You don't have to
worry about that.
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80. Once, my mother told me we
were gonna live where we are...
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81. for the rest of our lives,
and maybe even longer.
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82. Oh, boy, somebody's stopping.
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83. Naturally.
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84. This is the kind of house that
would stand out in any neighborhood.
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85. This must be it, Mother.
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86. "1313 Mockingbird Lane."
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87. Oh, my! That's the kind of a house
in those Alfred Hitchcock pictures...
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88. that always gets
hit by lightning.
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89. Oh, my goodness!
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90. Don't sit there, Daddy.
Let's burn rubber!
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91. Look at the way they took off.
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92. Well, we wouldn't want to sell
it to any hot-rodders, anyway.
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93. My, what a setup, eh, Momma?
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94. First, we run the séances.
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95. Then we make with the phony
ghosts. Then we rake in the dough.
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96. Yeah, Poppa.
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97. Eh, it's a little
clean, but it'll do.
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98. Now listen, kids. Don't steal
nothing till we make the deal, eh?
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99. Yes?
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100. Poppa, what do you think?
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101. I think the gypsies got here
first and spook the place already.
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102. Uh, excuse the intrude.
Uh, good luck, brother.
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103. Grandpa, get inside, quick.
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104. Herman, what's the matter? You look
as black as a sheet. Those were gypsies.
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105. They cast spells, practice sorcery
and give people the evil eye.
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106. Oh, I'm glad they didn't
buy our house. Me too.
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107. I can't stand competition.
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108. Oh, Herman, we've
had open house all day.
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109. And the few people who did
show up didn't even come in.
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110. I just can't understand it.
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111. This house offers everything
a family could want.
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112. And we're close-in, and we have a
beautiful yard with a kidney-shaped swamp.
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113. Oh! Susie, if this
place is for sale,
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114. there must be some
wonderful old relics inside.
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115. Perhaps we can pick
them up for a song.
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116. Oh!
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117. Oh. D-Do you think
we should knock?
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118. I think we should go right in.
The sign says "open house."
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119. Susan, what a quaint old house.
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120. And just look at
this antique hat rack.
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121. Oh! The wormholes
are already in it.
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122. Isn't that fine!
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123. We won't have to drill our own.
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124. Ooh! And just look
at that newel post.
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125. I bet they don't
realize its value.
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126. We'll tell 'em it's a lot of junk
and then practically steal it.
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127. Uh, did you hear something,
Lily? Oh, that's just Spot, dear.
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128. He's had indigestion
all morning.
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129. Oh. I guess he got out again and
got ahold of some bad telephone poles.
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130. Grandpa, we want you to
sit on the house for a while.
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131. Marilyn and I have to go downtown
shopping, and Herman has to go out too.
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132. Yes. If we're gonna move, we're
gonna have to pack a lot of things.
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133. I'm gonna stop by the parlor
and pick up some empty boxes.
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134. I'll have the house sold
before you get back.
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135. Don't worry about a thing,
Lily. I won't let anyone get away.
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136. Oh, how could you, Grandpa?
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137. What's the matter? If someone goes
for the chicken sandwich, we got a deal.
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138. Grandpa? We'll
have none of that.
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139. What we want is someone who
loves the house for its charm alone.
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140. Spoilsport.
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141. Pops? Pops? Uh, please.
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142. Come on. Wake up! Let me
sleep another hundred years.
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143. Pops. Oh.
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144. I'm sorry. Yeah, tell me something.
This your ad in the paper?
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145. Yes. This the price?
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146. That's right. I'll take it.
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147. You'll take it? But
you haven't seen it yet.
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148. Do you wanna argue
or sell the house?
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149. Yeah, but... Here's a
check for the down payment.
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150. Just sign this contract for
the temporary bill of sale. Ooh!
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151. Well, thank you. Thank you.
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152. Yeah, thank you. Forget it.
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153. Oh, and, uh, Pops,
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154. if I were you, I'd get
back in the house.
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155. You look like you've been
out in the sun too long.
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156. Grandpa, that's wonderful.
You sold the house.
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157. Well, it did take all my charm
and powers of salesmanship,
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158. but I really put on the
pressure and closed that deal.
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159. Now we can move to Buffalo, and
Uncle Herman can take his new job.
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160. Oh, boy, old
Hermie's got it made.
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161. Hey, what's all the excitement? Did
Grandpa win the Transylvanian sweepstakes?
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162. No, Eddie, but we have some
wonderful, wonderful news for you.
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163. Yeah? Well, I've got some good news
too. It's about the school baseball team.
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164. Eddie, uh, just a minute.
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165. Your father has a new
job. We just sold the house.
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166. And we're all moving to Buffalo.
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167. - Isn't that wonderful, Eddie?
- I won't go!
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168. I won't! I won't! I won't!
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169. You can't make me!
You can't! You can't!
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170. I'm not gonna leave my
friends! I'm not! I'm not! I'm not!
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171. You can kill me a million,
million times, and I still won't go!
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172. You know, Lily, I don't think
he exactly cares for the idea.
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173. Grandpa, I wonder how
Herman's making out with Eddie.
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174. He's upstairs now,
trying to calm him down.
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175. I had no idea he'd be so upset
about moving and leaving his friends.
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176. I know how it is.
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177. In the Old Country, I was always getting
attached to my friends and neighbors,
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178. especially at night.
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179. Well, one thing about Herman... he has
a way of getting to the heart of a matter.
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180. And so the little rabbit
said to the prairie dog,
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181. "Listen, prairie dog, why
do you take your family...
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182. and move out of a perfectly good
burrow to someplace far away?"
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183. What's a burrow? Burrow?
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184. Well, it's sort of
like a home, sort of.
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185. But what the little rabbit was
trying to tell the prairie dog was...
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186. that he shouldn't move just because he
thought the food was better somewhere else.
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187. I think it's dumb for a rabbit to tell
a prairie dog what to do. Exactly.
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188. And you know what
happened? What?
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189. The prairie dog did move
with his whole family,
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190. and he found out the food was
better and the new burrow was better,
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191. and he made lots of new friends
and everything was... neato!
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192. And the stupid rabbit stayed where
he was and ate the dumb food...
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193. and stayed with his
dumb friends. Right.
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194. And somebody probably caught the rabbit and
painted him pink for Easter or something.
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195. Exactly. That's
what the rabbit got...
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and moving to a new place.
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197. So, you see what a good idea it
would be for us all to move to Buffalo?
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198. And the prairie dog probably
got eaten by a kangaroo,
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kangaroos before, and because
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where he used to live.
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201. Right. Uh, uh, no.
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202. No. No, wrong. Wrong, wrong.
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203. Uh, Eddie, kangaroos
don't eat prairie dogs.
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204. Uh, they're allergic to them.
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205. And the stupid rabbit
stayed where he was...
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207. Wait a minute.
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208. The prairie dog is the hero
of this story, not the rabbit.
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209. And the rabbit sent letters to the prairie
dog, but they came back unanswered.
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210. So the rabbit knew it was
smarter to stay in his own burrow...
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getting eaten up by a kangaroo.
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212. Wait a minute... Boy, Dad,
thanks for telling me the neat story.
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213. Now I can sleep tonight without
worrying about moving to Buffalo.
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214. Gee, Dad, I'm glad you came
up here and explained it to me.
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218. Bye, Dad. Bye, son.
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219. Now I can go to school and tell all
the guys that I don't have to move...
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220. and that I can be the captain
of the school baseball team.
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221. Boy, this is the neatest thing that's
happened since Grandpa dug up Spot for me.
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223. That happy little skip
in that happy little boy...
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to his dear, old dad.
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Eddie why we had to move to Buffalo.
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morning, it's all off.
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228. Well, I tried to explain it to
him, but it just didn't work out.
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229. I guess I should've
used the Three Little Pigs.
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230. You know, I've always
been rotten with prairie dogs.
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231. Well, I'm glad it happened.
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232. It just proves to all of us
how much we love this place.
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233. I agree, Marilyn.
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234. Grandpa, you go call that gentleman
and tell him we want out of the house deal.
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235. I'm gonna go down to the
parlor and tell Mr. Gateman...
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236. that I just can't
take the new job.
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237. Herman, he'll be disappointed,
so let him down gently.
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238. Lily, have no fear.
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239. In my business, we always
let people down gently.
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240. But, Mr. Dennison,
we changed our minds.
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241. What do you mean we
can't? A sales contract?
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242. Bulldozers, wreckers
on their way over now?
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243. Uh, Mr. Dennison, just a minute.
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244. You can't talk to me that way.
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245. I guess he can.
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246. - Can we get our house back, Grandpa?
- I guess not, Eddie.
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247. They're on their way over now
with bulldozers to tear it down.
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248. Grandpa, what'll we do?
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249. Herman's down at the parlor, and
those men will be here any minute.
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250. What'll we do? We'll do what
men have done for centuries.
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251. We'll stand firm and
defend our homes.
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252. We'll man the battlements, flood
the moat and pull in the drawbridge.
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253. But, Grandpa, we don't have
any battlements or any moat.
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254. Marilyn, will you please...
Don't be so technical.
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255. I haven't had so much fun since
I started the French Revolution.
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256. The chains, Eddie!
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257. Right, Grandpa.
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258. Here's Grandma's best silver.
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259. Grandma's best silver.
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260. Twenty pounds of bobby pins.
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261. That oughta curl their hair.
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262. Uh, here's one
of Eddie's skates.
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263. Oh, Eddie's skates.
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264. Wait till they get a taste of this
cast-iron fruit salad. Here they come!
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265. Oh, I won't fire
unless I have to.
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266. I sure hope I have to.
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267. They think they
can scare us off.
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268. Listen, you people, I bought this
house to wreck it, and I'm gonna wreck it.
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269. Hold off, sir!
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270. Our home is our castle,
and we shall defend it,
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271. down to the last
man, woman and child.
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272. How do you like
them apples, mister?
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273. What is this?
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274. We've run into
trouble like this before.
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275. When we built those
freeways, the little old ladies...
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276. tried to throw themselves
down in front of the bulldozers.
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277. How come those weird getups?
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278. You know these radicals. They'll do
anything to get their picture in the paper.
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279. All right, fellas. Get movin'.
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280. Okay, stand back, people.
We're comin' through.
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281. Okay, they're asking for it.
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282. C'est la vie. That's the
way I goofed at Waterloo.
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283. All right, folks. You had your little
joke. Come on now. Break it up.
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284. Yeah, Pops, knock it off.
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285. What's going on here?
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286. Are they kidding with him?
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287. It's just another one of those Halloween
makeups to try to get us off their backs.
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288. Oh, Herman! It's
been a nightmare.
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289. These men are gonna tear down our house,
and Mr. Dennison won't listen to reason.
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290. So we've been
protecting ourselves.
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291. Lily, please. We'll have
to think this thing over.
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sign that paper.
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293. I knew it! I knew it! Little Goody
Two-shoes had to show up.
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294. Grandpa, right is right.
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they have a right to tear it down.
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296. And you can't just go around aiming a
cannon at everybody without having anarchy.
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297. And anarchy is violence.
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298. And violence is... very naughty.
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299. What are you going to do, Uncle Herman,
just let them take the house from us?
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300. Marilyn, we shouldn't have signed
that piece of paper without reading it.
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301. No, I'm going to ask them if they'll allow
us a few weeks to find a place to live.
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'em now and talk later.
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something we should discuss.
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tear it down and put in a parking lot.
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308. But, sir, uh, uh...
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310. Gentlemen, gentlemen, I think
we should talk this thing over.
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312. You seem to be reasonable types.
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313. Uh, if you look at
the thing my... Oh.
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314. If you look at the thing my way,
you'll just go back to your office...
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316. You see, Lily? If you reason
with people, they'll see the light.
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317. They were in such a hurry
to get back and tear up
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their machinery behind.
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319. Herman, you saved our home.
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320. Pop, you're a hero.
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it was nothing.
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322. Herman. Herman, we don't want the
neighbors to think we keep an untidy place.
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324. Yes, dear.
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to the original owner, Herman Munster."
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326. That's wonderful! That's
great! We have our house back.
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328. Hmm. Poor man writes
with a shaky hand.
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329. What did they say
down at the parlor, dear?
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330. Oh, well, Mr. Gateman decided not
to open the branch office in Buffalo.
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afford it. Can't afford it?
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332. No. He just went over the
books for the last two months...
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been going in the hole.
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334. Oh, hi, Eddie. Eddie, you
home from school so soon?
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335. Lily, you had them tuned!
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336. Eddie, how was
baseball practice today?
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337. Eddie, uh, turn around, son.
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339. Herman, there's no
two ways about it.
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