01x01 - Dad Gets Canned

[bunniefuu]

Ah...

This has got to be the
worst job in the world.

No one ever wants to do it.

Ah...

I hate work. Especially when I was a kid
I was always trying to get out of work

but not my dad. He never complained.

Everytime we go by the barrel factory

he'd point it out to us:
"I used to work there for 50 cents an hour"

and sometimes he'd go to
another job for another eight hours.

There's no doubt he was a hard worker.

I used to wonder why
does he worked so hard?

Then I figured it out.

Cuz he had to feed us kids and,
of course, I had my fair share.

I think even if he didn't have all
those kids. He would still work hard.

I don't know.

I'm glad he did, cuz I got his
work ethic. It rubbed off on me.

And I better get back to work, cuz I
don't want to hear him yelling at me.

You know, you turn into your parents.

Summer. My favorite time of year.

Two months of
unadulterated bliss.

I had three big plans for this summer:

One: I was gonna swim in toddlers pool

two: I was gonna get some
good TV watching under my belt

and three: On the days
I felt really ambitious

I was gonna do both
things simultaneously.

Yeah, my summer vacation
was going along perfectly

until the day dad came home at


Louie, get your
feet off that sofa!

Hey dad, wha.. What are
you doing home so early?

Hey, I'll write my
autobiography or somethin'

there's a best-seller.

I heard that.

Dad, how come you're home already?

I got named employee of the month.

They gave me a week off

wanted to give me a new
car too but I turned them down.

Andy, you're home!

For crying out loud! It's like
the Spanish inquisition here.

I quit my job, all right? Ah..

- Hey give me a biscuit!
- Give me one, it's mine!

Dan, do you really
need a third biscuit?

It's okay, he's a growing boy.

I know he's growing, he just doesn't
need to grow all in one night!

Dad's as chipper as ever.

- Laura, half a glass, half a glass!
- Dad..

Andy, milk helps build strong teeth.

Yeah, she'll need them too to
chew through this meatloaf

what's this stuff
made out of anyway?

- Let's watch TV!
- Good idea!

No TV at dinnertime!

But.. We always watch TV at dinner!

Ah.. It's a waste of electricity.

Besides it's summer you
know they just show the reruns.

You wanna watch TV sit back and remember
the show from the first time you saw it.

Kids, watch me I'll
show you how to do it.

Haha, that's a good one.

What's so funny dad?

I'm remembering an F-troop
from October. That was a good one.

Great.. Instead of TV we
can watch dad think about TV.

Here was the beginning of summer and
already half my plans have been scrammed.

Hey, someone hold this for me!

- Swimming dad.
- Baseball practice dad. See you dad.

Deserters! Deserters!

- Hi dad!
- Louie..

Just the guy i'm
looking for, kid.

I need you to hold
this shelf for me.

Is this gonna take long, dad?

What, you on a schedule
somewhere you'd rather be?

Something you'd rather do?
Not wanna help our dear old dad?

I'm missing the prime tanning hours.

Yeah, you know you
look a little pasty there

let's get you outside
there pale face.

Dad I'm supposed to be over at Toddlers
pool right now, I'm gonna do my laps

young kid like me..
I need my exercise

oh, that's a good idea.
Here's what you do:

I want you to sprint up to the end of the
driveway pick up the paper and sprint back.

I'll time you. Ready, set..
I wish I had a g*n.. Go!

- Hey Louie! See you at Toddlers pool.
- Grab your towel, let's go, come on!

I can't wait for school to start again.

Last one dad: Wanted - a nursery
school superintendent; Must be calm

pleasant demeanor,
and good with children.

Oh man, did they write
this for me or what?

Ah.. For crying out loud Tommy!

How many times I tell
you to put your toys away?

Think I should
send in my resume?

Now for the final touch!

You're selling the rambler?

I know, I hate to give
her up. She's a classic.

Hey, I'll give you 50 bucks for it.

Are you kidding? This
car is an American classic!

Hey Anderson, you sellin'
that junk heap for parts?

Hold me back Louie, ??? hams are now flip.

We're going back to Normandy!

I figured my only hope was to get
out of the house before dad woke up.

Top of the morning, Louie!

What are you waiting
for? grab a ???

and summer dragged
on, and on, and on.

- How you doing down there Louie?
- Couldn't be better.

Andy, Louie, guess
what - I got a job!

- A job?
- That's right!

All you've ever done in your life is cook,
clean, dust, sweep, scrub, suckle and nurture.

what would you possibly
know about work?

We'll find out tomorrow;
that's when I start.

Well, what kind of job mom?

I'm going to be a lucky lady

You mean pawning those feminine products

door-to-door to all
your crony friends?

- Oh it's just makeup and perfume.
- Fine, fine.

do what you want, go see
what it's like in this dog-eat-dog

dog-eat-dad, dad bite dog,
bigger dog come after dad world.

- Dad!
- What?

it's better this way. too
much sun makes you cranky.

- You should know, dad.
- I heard that.

Bye bye everybody,
see you tonight!

- Bye mom.
- Good luck mom.

Thank you dear!

Yeah, you'll need
it I'll take that.

??? I'm hit.

Ah...

I'm all done, dad.

Alright son now, time for the final touch!

Dad, what are you doing?
you can't sell the house!

I know, you love
this place, don't you?

but in tough times you
gotta make the tough choices.

- But dad, we rent.
- Details, details.

Hey, I'll give you


How'd you like to eat
this house, plank by plank

rivet by rivet, nail
by nail, step by step!

We cleaned the car so
dad could put it up for sale

then we cleaned the house
so dad could put it up for sale.

I figured i'd better
take action soon or

I might find dad putting
a "for sale" sign on me.

give me a glass Louie

- Five cents.
- What?

I paid for the lemonade mix.

Five cents!

Mmm, this is real good, Louie

if you wanna remove
rust from the Titanic!

None of my other
customers complained.

Alright, if your product's lousy,
you need an aggressive sales pitch.

Well, hello Louie!

Yeah, watch me!

Hey, lemonade Mrs.
Stillman? ??? It's only a nickel.

Well, maybe.

What do you mean "maybe"?

it's 150 degrees out there
you're sweating like a dog.

I think I'll come back later
Louie when you're not so...

crowded.

thanks dad.

don't worry about it Louie old
lady Stillman wasn't gonna buy

if you're giving it away

she's a regular camel that one

- Hey guys.
- Louie, where have you been all week?

- with my dad.
- and how's he takin' it?

taking what?

you know..

- my dad wasn't beheaded.
- your dad got canned.

that's a lie Grunwald. He quit!

my dad heard from Norman's dad

who heard it from Jeannie's dad

your old man got fired for taking
too many vacation days or somethin'

Louie, don't worry. look, if
you need money we'll help out

here, I got five
bucks. look, it's yours

problem solved! there's
the house payment.

mom dad say he quitting

and all my friends
said he got canned

Oh, don't say "canned"
Louie, it's such an ugly word

- tuna gets canned.
- but, is it true?

about tuna yes

about dad. I wanna know,
wh.. why did he lose his job?

that's a good question Louie

but if you're old
enough to want to know

you're old enough to
ask your father directly

[music]

[Laughter]

Dad..



What did I tell you about
sneaking upon a military man?

Looks like you got
something on your mind, son

hmm..

[Music]



Spit it out anyway

Well, don't get
mad or anything but

did you quit or.. or
did you get canned?

- it's a good question son.
- it is?

come here! let me
tell you a little story



horn of Africa

Those are just words it's all about

principle principles Louie you

understand thanks dad

don't mention it that's copper flannigan

not gold I'll give you 50 cents and not

a penny more was the car for sale

classic house for sale what you doing

dad's trying to sell the car he's

selling the house too

yeah you buy the car he throws in the

house but you don't even own the house

you wouldn't I'm sure your dad will find

another job soon

alright flannigan how many five cents

gotta go

looks like your dad may have found

something all righty Louie boy don't

worry Louie in six months he gonna work

his way up to assistant cashier

wonderful Louie help me carry these out

to the car this is the sample and the

real thing you want to come with Louie

it could be educational for you thanks

mom but I got a big day planned night

suit yourself

[Music]

[Music]

Lucky Louie calling how's Andy doing

oh yeah he's doing well he's between

jobs right now

you know fielding offers here try this

one it's country mist I'll take two

bottles how's Andy oh he's good he's

taking some time off exploring career

option here try this one it's urban

legends subtle but insisted I'll take a

case how's Andy oh he's good he's taking

a sabbatical getting in touch with

themselves he's thinking to gone back to

school getting his master's here try

this it's everything under the sun never

heard that fragrance

well it doesn't officially exist it's

all these ones here combined Harry no

you saw take them off good sales pitch -

you know it was really nice of Andy to

give Joe the afternoon off last month I

don't know how I would have gotten

through that delivery without Joe there

who dis guy appreciated having his dad

there too didn't you

I hope he didn't get in any trouble for

us no trouble at all

mom is not why dad got fired

well after 11 children your father knows

how important it is for a dad to be why

didn't dad say anything he could have

told us why he got fired getting fired

is not the end of the world but it's

never easy and your dad's got his pride

dad may have his pride but fortunately I

didn't inherit it was time to put my

foot down

the Anderson name had been dragged

through the mud and I was just the man

to hose it off excuse me where can I

find Mr. Applegate get out of here

excuse me watch where you going oh

[music]

Andersen's kid aren't you right Louie

what are you doing here

I came to get Mr. Alpha to get a piece

of my mom for firing dad fired applegate

told us he quit because he wasn't

getting enough vacation time we heard he

was taking the whole family - why

which families that we've never been on

Wisconsin applegate fire dad cuz dad let

Mr. Brown take the afternoon off when

his son was born

Hey Charlie fire Joe groans baby thank

god you're here

Anderson got fired for taking Joe

brown's baby - way no got fired for

letting Joe brown go to the that day his

baby was born is anyone seen Louie he's

usually not this late he's probably out

playing with those little rooms are our

that's another annoying door-to-door

sales person I'm gonna you're gonna what

Andy welcome I told them why you got

fired you got a bum rap behind you all

wait here this could get ugly

you told good Anderson hello Mr. Apple

yes sir uh-huh that's right sir

I appreciate that be fine that's right

no I want that upon gian writing int

replica got it now wait a night make

that three copies of it he said it was

wrong

he really hired me and he wants us all

back to work tomorrow of course well I

have to negotiate all that later but all

right now who's hungry

there you go Danny the whole planet

they're growing boy everybody

Louie come with me how I tell you what

you did no no no there was something

that took a lot of guts when the

Canadians invade and they will I want

you in the foxhole with me thanks dad

now I'm going back to work tomorrow so I

won't be around to give you all that

fatherly advice during the day I'll try

and manage without you dad

no I have to which is why before I go

back to work I want to give you this

just a little something I threw together

in my spare time this is for copper pipe

these days hey there how much you asking

for that car it's no longer for sale sir

a thousand for it

sorry mm it's not for sale final offer



favorite car of course it's his only car

warningly some guy wanted to buy the

rambler Palmer wasn't for sale anymore

you got that right

curiosity how much did he offer for the

beauty $5,000 but dad you loved that car

good you don't mean that hey Lily if I

by chance

while I'm gone today someone happens to

offer a million bucks for the house do

the right thing there give me a jingle

edges so I didn't too much swimming and

I never got around to watching a lot of

TV but it turned out to be a pretty good

summer after all