Cheaper by the Dozen

532 00:30:30,176 --> 00:30:33,135 Don't you suppose I know my own children? I tell you, that's Ernestine. 533 00:30:33,161 --> 00:30:35,566 Well, if this isn't Martha, we've made a horrible mistake. 534 00:30:35,592 --> 00:30:36,768 We? What do you mean, we? 535 00:30:36,794 --> 00:30:37,842 What kind of a mistake? 536 00:30:37,868 --> 00:30:41,179 I know them by their tonsils. I thought these were Martha's. 537 00:30:41,205 --> 00:30:43,315 They're the only ones that didn't have to come out. 538 00:30:43,341 --> 00:30:46,478 You mean you knocked my little girl unconscious for no reason? 539 00:30:46,505 --> 00:30:48,018 I'm sorry, but that's about it. 540 00:30:48,044 --> 00:30:51,050 I'll admit it was careless, but you do have an uncommon lot of them... 541 00:30:51,118 --> 00:30:54,111 - and they all look alike to me. - But what do we do now? 542 00:30:54,137 --> 00:30:56,582 Take them out anyhow. They may have to come out eventually. 543 00:30:56,608 --> 00:31:00,359 The worst part of an operation is dreading it beforehand. 544 00:31:00,430 --> 00:31:02,991 - Go get Martha ready. - But she's been eating all morning. 545 00:31:03,066 --> 00:31:08,301 Never mind. Go get her. I'm not going through another day like this. 546 00:31:08,374 --> 00:31:12,870 Start grinding. At least we'll salvage something. 547 00:31:15,784 --> 00:31:17,718 <i>Poor Martha.</i> 548 00:31:17,786 --> 00:31:22,884 <i>It was a blow, but in she went</i> <i>full of pie, doughnuts and indignation.</i> 549 00:31:25,363 --> 00:31:26,985 Frank. 550 00:31:27,571 --> 00:31:29,226 What is all this about Martha? 551 00:31:29,252 --> 00:31:31,688 This fool, Burton... he got her mixed up with Ernestine. 552 00:31:31,714 --> 00:31:32,773 It's all his fault. 553 00:31:32,799 --> 00:31:35,077 I don't care whose fault it is. I think it's a shame... 554 00:31:35,103 --> 00:31:38,004 after letting that poor child eat all those doughnuts for breakfast... 555 00:31:38,030 --> 00:31:40,251 only to be snatched up and brought in to be butchered. 556 00:31:40,277 --> 00:31:41,950 Now, there's nothing to worry about, Lillie. 557 00:31:41,976 --> 00:31:43,561 It's no worse than a mosquito bite. 558 00:31:43,587 --> 00:31:46,298 Besides, it's almost over. You better wait in the other room. 559 00:31:46,324 --> 00:31:47,471 Go on, dear. 560 00:31:47,524 --> 00:31:49,459 There we are. 561 00:31:49,526 --> 00:31:51,462 Keep grinding. 562 00:31:51,530 --> 00:31:53,931 Frank, I think this whole thing... 563 00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:56,366 But you're making a mountain out of a molehill. 564 00:31:56,436 --> 00:31:59,633 All it takes is the tiniest little cut at the back of the throat. 565 00:31:59,706 --> 00:32:01,773 Just to show you it's nothing, I'll go next. 566 00:32:01,799 --> 00:32:03,501 I thought you wanted to watch your pictures. 567 00:32:03,527 --> 00:32:04,654 Oh, I'll watch, all right. 568 00:32:04,680 --> 00:32:07,979 I'm only gonna take a local anesthetic. Ho-ho, I won't miss a thing. 569 00:32:08,051 --> 00:32:10,783 But does Dr. Burton think a local anesthetic is wise? 570 00:32:10,809 --> 00:32:12,209 That's just a lot of nonsense... 571 00:32:12,235 --> 00:32:13,693 about my physical condition. 572 00:32:13,719 --> 00:32:16,455 These doctors don't know what they're talking about half the time. 573 00:32:16,481 --> 00:32:19,696 I'll be in the amen corner when they're laying him away. 574 00:32:19,766 --> 00:32:22,735 Besides, I wanna get this over with before lunch. I'm starved. 575 00:32:22,802 --> 00:32:26,136 Gee, Dad, you act like you're lookir forward to it. 576 00:32:26,207 --> 00:32:30,168 Why, sure, son. There's nothing to it. Huh! Just like rollir off a log. 577 00:32:30,246 --> 00:32:32,977 All right, who's next? 578 00:32:33,003 --> 00:32:33,944 <i>I am.</i> 579 00:32:33,970 --> 00:32:36,477 Okay, make it snappy. A man can stand just so much. 580 00:32:36,521 --> 00:32:39,786 Frank, I hope you're not making a mistake. After all, at your age... 581 00:32:39,858 --> 00:32:41,919 Age has nothing to do with it, Lillie. 582 00:32:41,995 --> 00:32:44,463 It's simply a matter of resolution. 583 00:32:44,531 --> 00:32:46,465 Let's go. 584 00:32:50,138 --> 00:32:52,106 <i>Yes, indeed.</i> 585 00:32:52,174 --> 00:32:56,578 <i>To Dad, a tonsil operation was nothing,</i> <i>just like... how did he put it?</i> 586 00:32:56,647 --> 00:32:59,639 <i>"Just like rolling off a log."</i> 587 00:33:04,089 --> 00:33:06,024 <i>- Frank!</i> - Oh, Lillie. 588 00:33:06,093 --> 00:33:09,620 - My throat. This is awful. - Yes. I know, dear. 589 00:33:09,697 --> 00:33:12,758 - I... I can't talk. - Nurse, I'll take him. 590 00:33:12,834 --> 00:33:14,769 You're all right, old pioneer. 591 00:33:14,795 --> 00:33:16,841 You just had to have it the hard way