[ Smacks lips ] Here.
Yeah. That's it.
Ah.
Ow!
WOMAN: ♪ Set in my ways ♪
♪ Losing track of the days ♪
♪ Only me to live for ♪
♪ Had no need to give more ♪
♪ Than I wanted to ♪
MAN: ♪ Spending my time just holding the line ♪
♪ Never getting caught up ♪
♪ Love was never brought up ♪
♪ It's not the thing to do ♪
BOTH: ♪ Ooh ♪
♪ It was you ♪
♪ Then came you ♪
♪ You made me leap without taking a look ♪
♪ Ooh ♪
♪ It was you ♪
♪ Then came you ♪
♪ You reeled me right in ♪
♪ Line, sinker, and hook ♪
♪ Never thought forever was the best I could do ♪
♪ Then came you ♪
♪ It was you and me and you ♪
♪ Then came you ♪
♪ It was you and me and you ♪
♪ It was you and me and ♪
♪ Then came you ♪
DOC: I've, uh, hooked up your ice maker, Mrs. Papadropolos.
Thank you. Send us the bill.
Oh, listen.
While I was under your sink with your Roach Motel,
I says to myself, "Hey, ain't this the house
with the working gal who's a shrink?"
"Working gal who's a shrink."
I should have put that on my business cards.
You're the man with the daughter in therapy.
Yeah. Marilyn.
She needs it bad. She's still not married.
Maybe one day they'll find a cure.
I hope somebody's working on it.
I mean, I ain't seen no telethons or nothing.
Well, thanks for calling Doc Brady.
Okay. [ Chuckles ]
Thank you. Okay.
And thank you for not letting him be my father.
[ Bell dings ]
Hmm.
Still looking for Al Capone's vault?
I'm trying to take this bell off with a fork and my shoe.
That would have been my next guess.
Darling, darling, you're not planning
on taking that doorbell off yourself, are you?
Yes, see, I got this at a high
-tech boutique.
That is a designer doorbell.
Well, fine.
Then we should get a designer electrician.
Oh, no, no. We don't need an electrician.
Well, I can't call a plumber.
He'd probably put it in the bathtub.
We're gonna do this ourselves.
- Us, as in you and me?
- Mm
-hmm. Yes.
As in the two and only.
See, you got a whole bunch of tools out there in the garage.
Oh, darling, I love to build. I don't love to fix.
Besides, this is very old wiring.
I don't think we should mess with it.
Oh, come on, George. Mess.
I love to fix things.
Love to fi
-
-
You've never fixed anything in your life, sweetheart.
Your family had their own live
-in jewelry repairman.
He didn't live in, actually.
He just stayed in the guesthouse.
I rest my case. [ Sighs ]
I'm always telling everybody down at the community center
to have a growth experience.
Maybe we could have one of our own.
Besides, as landlords,
don't you think we should know about these things?
Okay, but I don't mind telling ya,
the inside of a doorbell is not a pretty sight.
I have a strong stomach.
Hey, guys.
[ Dog barks ]
Peewee, this is Ma'am and George.
How you doing, fella?
I'm the official dog walker on our block.
Well, actually, the new official fill
-in dog walker.
More like the official dog walker just for a while.
Dog walker. Understand?
No.
Can you give that to me in instant replay?
The regular dog walker is in the hospital, and I'm taking over.
Well, what dogs? When?
Well, this is Peewee Turner, then there's Clinker Reuben,
and the Johnson brothers
-
- Spot, Buffy, and Myron.
Ohh, fine, upstanding animals
from good neighborhood families.
Good neighborhood families
whose rugs will be depending on you, kid.
No problem. This'll be fun.
Well, when the fun starts turning into work,
you can't just walk away.
Yes. You have to see it through.
Well, don't I always?
[ Chuckles ] No. Nuh
-unh.
Name one thing I didn't see through.
Well, there was your paper route,
selling seeds, and peanut brittle.
That's three.
What about the cards?
I mean, you stuck us with a whole drawer full of cards
saying, "Good luck on your new nose job."
Yeah. At least I sold all the ones that said,
"Congratulations on your divorce."
Come on.
This'll be different. I mean, dogs will be fun.
I can't teach peanut brittle to roll over and play dead.
Well, I wouldn't want to stand in the way of free enterprise,
so temporarily, okay.
You're in the dog
-walking business.
All right.
You hear that, Peewee? Say goodbye to Ma'am and George.
I love animals, and animals love me.
[ Growls ]
Ooh, he's a Republican.
KATHERINE: Hi, Doc. How's it going?
Fine. I'm sorry about the ice maker.
I just changed it.
So, you really wanted square ice cubes instead of half moon?
Right.
You know, half moons are just as cold as squares.
[ Chuckles ] They melt faster.
You got me there.
You know, maybe I ought to send my Marilyn to see you.
The shrink that she's going to isn't doing her any good.
I've given him a whole month.
That long?
Don't make any sense.
We've given our little girl every chance.
You know, we named her after Marilyn Monroe.
And my wife, Bertie, she bleached her hair blond
just as soon as she got pregnant.
Of course, Marilyn's got my genes.
But I don't know how she turned out to be such a loser.
Maybe it isn't, um...
[Sighs] just Marilyn's problem.
Y
-You know, you might want to consider family counseling.
Why?
My wife and I are already married.
Ah, you got me there. [ Chuckles ]
Are you ready, Mrs. Goodwrench?
All set.
I want to learn every single complicated, intricate detail
of setting this thing up.
Okay, what's first.
Take bell out of box.
Oh.
Take the bell out of the box.
Okay.
Well, do I look like a real dog walker?
Absolutely!
Boy, I'd let you curb my dog any day.
You look like you're ready to climb Mount Everest.
Watch out. There's a new dog walker in town.
And he's...
top g*n.
Looks like you invested a lot of your allowance
in the tools of the trade.
Yeah. I had to.
All my clients want me to stay on.
So, I've got dog biscuits
and three sizes of pooper scoopers
-
-
Poodle, Collie, and St. Bernard.
[ Chuckles ] Very impressive.
The man said this is unbreakable plastic,
and all you have to do is throw it in the dishwasher
with the rest of the dishes.
No, no, no, no, no.
I got to go.
I've got a lot of pavement to pound.
Buff! Come here, boy.
Buff!
Buff! Here, boy!
[ Smooches ]
Buff!
Excuse me.
Did you see a little brown dog?
Excuse me. Did you?
Small, cute, uh, bad doggie breath?
Come on.
Buff!
Here, Buff! Come here, boy!
[ Smooches ] Buff!
Buff!
Hey, you'll never find Buffy that way, son.
What? Watch.
Hambone, hambone, where you been?
'Round the world and back again.
Here, Buffy! Here, Buffy!
Come on, boy! [ Buffy barking ]
Hey!
Hey! That was neat!
How'd you know Buffy?
How do I know Buffy?! I know all these dogs.
I even know who you are.
Your name's, um...Fenster, right?
Close. It's Webster.
Wait a minute, mister. Who are you?
My name's Sam.
I used to walk all these dogs
till I went in the hospital a couple weeks ago.
Oh, you must be the guy I took over for.
Yeah, well, I was slowing down a bit
because I had a bone spur on my foot.
Just had it taken off. Good as new now.
So, I guess you'll be wanting your job back, huh?
Oh, I'd love to have my pooches back.
But the owners don't see it that way.
How come?
Well, I guess they're afraid I might miss some work again.
Besides, they love the work you're doing.
Sorry. I didn't mean to take your job.
Oh, no, no, no, no.
Don't you apologize.
They're lucky to have you.
You're doing top
-notch work.
I'm sorry I'm doing so good.
Oh, come here, son.
You know, you remind me of myself when I first started out.
Of course, I didn't get into the business until I retired.
[ Chuckles ] Hey. You're not retired, are you?
No. I'm not even allowed to stay up late.
Anyway, I'll tell you,
I was a sight for sore eyes.
Dressed in full regalia,
walking five or six dogs at once.
Five or six dogs at once?
Oh, yeah!
Sometimes or .
or ?! Wow!
How many pooper scoopers did you have?
Oh, we didn't have pooper scoopers back then.
Of course, we didn't have these uppity joggers, either.
Sam, what are you gonna do now?
Oh, I'll probably just call it quits.
I got to face it.
It's time for me to hang up my leash.
That's too bad.
Oh, that's just the way the kibble crumbles.
But don't you worry about me.
I've got plenty to do.
A little TV, a little gardening.
I've always wanted to build that little window box.
Aww, come on. I'll be fine.
But those dogs look like they want to get going.
Okay.
Do me a favor.
Bring them by here every once in a while
so I can just say hello.
Sure thing.
Well, so long, Fenster.
So long, Sam.
Well, it isn't working.
I hate to admit it,
but I think we've outgrown this growth experience.
[ Sighs ]
Oh, you were right. You were right.
Why don't we just call an electrician?
I'm gonna go take a look at it. Excuse me.
Hi.
Hi.
Tough day at the office?
Kinda.
I need some advice.
Well, I'd be happy to counsel the prince of puppies.
Just as long as it isn't electrical.
Well, I met Sam today, the guy whose job I took.
[ Clicks tongue ]
Is he feeling better?
Yeah, and I'm feeling worse.
Sam's a neat old guy.
He's been walking those dogs for years.
Ever since he retired.
Now none of the owners want to give him his job back,
'cause they like me.
And I feel terrible.
Well, maybe Sam can't handle the job anymore,
and it's time for him to do something else?
It happens to all of us.
Life is change.
Life isn't fair.
No, no one said it was fair.
I mean, I'd still like to be playing football, but I'm not.
You know why?
I started to get old, ball players start getting bigger,
and I spent more time in the steam room
than on the football field.
It was time to move on.
Yes, but in that moving on,
he had to change certain things, you know?
He got to do new things, meet new people...
marry me.
Yeah, but those dogs were Sam's friends.
All he has now is a window box.
Well, couldn't he make new friends?
Why don't you give him the number
down at the community center
and have him come down?
Do you remember that Mr. Lindquist?
He used to think there was nothing left to life
except pinochle,
and now he organizes our winter ski trip.
Darling, isn't that a little dangerous for a senior citizen?
Oh, well, they don't all ski.
A lot of them just go for the limbo contest.
So, I'll give Sam the number.
Gee.
I never thought success would feel so crummy.
Growing up is hard.
Almost as hard as installing a bell.
Ooh, wait a minute.
Katherine? I think I found it.
It's a loose wire.
Hmm.
Hmm.
Darling, give it another sh*t.
Okay, mon capitaine!
You ready?
Push the button.
Contact!
[ Doorbell ringing ]
It's working.
[ Doorbell rings ]
Ooh, I love the sound of that bell.
And just to think it only cost us $,
'cause we hooked it up ourselves.
Yeah, and $ to repair the damages.
Think how much we've grown.
It was cheaper when you hit it with your shoe, darling.
[ Telephone rings ]
I'll get that.
[ Doorbell rings ]
Oh, Mrs. Papadropolos.
I was in the neighborhood, and, well, uh...
I've sorta got a problem,
and if I'm not stepping out of line...
No, come on in, Doc.
Oh, uh, thanks.
Uh, Marilyn and I were having a talk
about her being single last night.
And suddenly, she bust out crying.
And then the wife started screaming at me.
All of a sudden, the whole family's yelling at one another.
I see.
I figured maybe I'd just give them a rap in the head.
Uh, figuratively speaking, of course.
Of course.
But then I remembered
what you said about family counseling.
Do you think you could help me out?
Well, sure.
I'd be glad to give it a try.
Uh, why don't you all come down to the community center,
let's say, mm, Monday at
Sure.
Oh, I'd appreciate it.
And it's okay that you're a lady counselor,
I mean, since it's my wife and daughter with the problem.
Right.
Well, we'll see you Monday.
Okay. Right on.
Okay, and thanks again.
You're welcome. Bye.
[ Telephone rings ]
GEORGE: I'll get it!
Oh, hi, Mr. Martin.
Oh, I'm sorry to hear that.
Okay. Thank you.
Katherine, get this.
Webster's forgotten to pick Mr. Martin's dog up, too.
I don't believe it.
That's the third one today.
I
-
- How could Webster have forgotten
that those dogs have to be walked?
Beats me.
But from those angry customers,
I don't think those dogs have forgotten.
[ Doorbell rings ]
[ Dog barking ]
Oh! Oh!
[ Gasping ]
Ooh! Oh!
Look at this dog!
Yes, Mrs. Hanson. He's cute.
Oh, sure. Darn cute, but he's not mine!
This thing is bigger than my apartment!
Where's Webster?!
[ Doorbell rings ] Your turn.
Yes?
Where's my dog, Butch?!
I think he's there.
That ain't Butch!
Where's my Butch?!
[ Doorbell rings ] Butch?! Butch?!
This is not my dog. Where's my dog?
There's my Butch?!
Hey, Butch!
[ Baby
-talking ] Aww, yes, my little Butch.
Is my poor little Butchy
-poo all right?
This is a mess!
[ All talking ]
GEORGE: Could you keep it down a little bit, please?
Please? Time out, here.
Hold it! Hold it for a minute!
There's a reason for this.
So, Katherine, explain.
Well, I guess there has to be a logical explanation.
Why, I don't care, Mrs. Papadapolis.
I can't have this.
When Webster gets home, tell him I'm hiring Sam back.
[ All grumbling ]
Oh, Katherine.
At least when he was selling peanut brittle,
we didn't get yelled at like this.
I'm getting the feeling
that Webster's trying to do something nice
for a certain senior citizen.
Hi, guys.
How's it going?
Great.
Oh, you missed a bark
-off in our living room.
My dogs were here?
Yes, in living fur.
[ Doorbell rings ]
That darn doorbell.
I wish we'd never got it fixed.
It's probably for you.
But it sounds so good.
Excuse me. Is Fenster here?
I think you have the wrong address.
No, no. Fenster, that's me.
Ma'am, George, this is Sam!
How do you do?
Ohh. Hi, Sam.
Sam, nice to meet you. Won't you sit down?
Thank you.
Hey, hey, say, Fens,
what's going on with all the dogs?
Man, the customers have been calling and complaining
about you!
They're asking me to take the dogs back!
That's great!
Great?
It's great because you're well enough to work again.
The dogs like you much better than jerky treats.
[ Laughs ]
That's very nice of you to say that, young fella.
And I'm glad to know you're okay.
[ Chuckles ]
You know, you folks got a real fine, special boy here.
He's a genuine champion.
Well, that's very nice of you to say that, Sam.
Well, I'll see you around the park.
Isn't it fascinating, Sam?
I mean, life is just so interesting.
One day, Webster comes home and tells us
that he has a temporary dog
-walking job,
and he's starting to do really well.
And then, another day he comes home,
he says he's met this man named Sam,
but he feels terrible.
And then, suddenly, in one day,
his whole business goes up in smoke.
[ Chuckles ] What do you think, Watson?
[ Huffy ] Well, elementary, Holmes.
I think it's sabotage.
You figured it out.
Uh
-huh.
Right about the time
"Baby" Huey was blubbering over Butchy
-poo.
And you did that for me, son?
Oh, it wasn't just my idea.
Peewee, Clinker, Buffy
-
-
the whole g*ng was in on it, too.
Well, that's the nicest thing anybody's ever done for me.
And if there's ever anything I can do to help you,
you just holler.
Well, I'd better get going, 'cause...work to do.
I just hope these old knees keep up
with that fire
-hydrant g*ng.
Sam, what about some young knees
helping out with the fire
-hydrant g*ng?
Yeah, yeah, Sam, someone to climb the stairs,
while you handle the lower floors,
take care of the smaller puppies,
while you walk the big monsters?
Yeah, I could use a partner.
We could get very big!
[ Chuckles ]
What do you say, son?
Big or small, we'll walk 'em all.
Even if they got fleas, we aim to please!
[ Door opens ]
[ Footsteps ]
[ Door closes ]
Hi, darling.
Hi.
This spindle is loose.
[ Wood cracks ]
Oh.
Oh, sweetheart, sweetheart.
I don't
-
- I don't want to hear
about anything that needs fixing.
Oh, now, come on, George.
I learned a lot by fixing that doorbell.
I don't need another growth experience, sweetie.
Neither do I.
That's why I called the carpenter half an hour ago.
Oh, thank goodness.
[ Sighs ]
Well... [ Chuckles ]
How is the Iacocca of Cockers doing?
Great!
See, Sam's been teaching me a lot.
He's even teaching me how to make a basset hound smile.
Sounds like you know all the doggie dos and don'ts.
And best of all, Sam got us...matching uniforms!
[ Theme song plays ]