let me tell you about my family
let's take a look and see what happens
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for most of the year the hardest
decision a kid has to make is whether to
play tag a Red Rover at recess but every
spring boys and girls are faced with the
most difficult choice of their young
lives the mother of all dilemmas Oh
Randy they don't have to do anything
special for me of course they do next
week is Mother's Day and you're the
mother it's your day I've been working
on my gift for the last two months it's
gonna be the best one ever
what about me Dad I don't want to see a
repeat Oh after that posture my mother
finds my lost schoolbooks my mother
finds my missing glove and when she
stops around and looks she'll find my
heart is full of love
Oh Tommy that's so beautiful and the
calligraphy is simply gorgeous
calligraphy
nice you ate all the flavors I don't
like well I've got a great present plan
this time a really great one don't hold
your breath mom oh you boys cut it out
and stop fussing over me now if you'll
excuse me I've got to continue my work
on project Mother's Day okay get ready
for school boys what are you getting for
your mom Andy I got a line on a you
straitjacket comes with the matching
blindfold and dad now is that any way to
talk about your own mother as long as
she's on an earshot of courts it in
yellow yes operator will accept the
charges it's your mom I'm gardening
[Music]
we're just talking about how much we're
looking forward to having you stay here
[Music]
so Andrew there's a problem
I can't drive down to see you really
Bret my driver just took my license of a
set my vision had deteriorated hey man
that's too bad
see you next year you want me to drive
all the way to Minneapolis to pick you
up that'll take a whole day in the
Rambler yeah you're right I have your
spend Mother's Day alone
stumbling blindly until I run into the
refrigerator Friday mom can pick up
enough crumbs off the floor until then
Tommy clearly had declared w*r in the
mother's day gift contest so at recess I
gathered my trusted advisors and went
over a little strategy special meaning
to your mom what are you getting your
mom here's what you do Louie just find
out how much Tommy spending on his gift
and then spend $5.00 more than him it
doesn't matter what you get so long as
it looks like it took you forever to put
it together
I know does she like baseball cards ask
you something
she what are you getting your mom for
Mother's Day I save up my money and take
her to dinner at her favorite restaurant
then I give her a photo album of
pictures of my whole family whoa that's
really nice well you know she is my mom
now where you were torturing me oh yeah
Oh already
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everybody become idiot
where's mom where's our oatmeal oh dear
dirty home oh you poor kids you must be
starving
your Louie give me my roll she's burning
up I can make breakfast for us I can
make those two come on mom how many eggs
you want Tommy
two please this look different than
mom's hey Laura you know how to make
eggs mom she's sleeping I just need to
know how to make a couple of eggs hey do
I look like a chicken to you twerp Wow
from this angle I'd have to say there is
a bit of a resemblance
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hi mommy
what took you so long
you pushed the car to Minneapolis I got
here as quick as I could
what's your name son you car your
brother Eric hey you've got the new
Sudan he says it's a smooth ride ever
and let's reset shirt Andrew ever hear
of an iron mom and ask for my car the
Rambler runs like a dream if your dream
is to get lost on the open road by
charters why don't you get a new car
you mean like Eric's car he's a big
success Eric you know it's bad enough
he's your favorite son simply it's not
true is that good things come in small
packages
[Applause]
here you go Louie this should help your
mom feel much better
thanks mr. Snell
what's your - here you go thank you
[Music]
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[Applause]
Eric's wife makes a fist Swedish
meatball can we please talk about
something besides Eric that's fine why
don't we talk about my absolute favorite
rocking chair
[Music]
[Music]
hey mom needs a lunch now why don't you
make it I'm a little busy here because
I've got a baseball game squirt my
teammates need me yeah oh and they lose
their 10th straight game without you
that was delicious where are your
brothers and sisters oh gone I guess mom
what are you doing the doctor said you
had to stand bad what the place will be
just a mess when grandma Helga gets here
I got to wash and wax the floors the
floors don't we stuffing and say hi yeah
you want mom I'll slow down and you just
roll out and say hi to them happy
upon the return great you missed it so
what's the next sign sake you know Mom I
could drop you off and let you get a
closer look
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you disappoint me mr. actors I'm afraid
you'll have to do better than that to
discover the secret of project Mother's
Day right after you find a broom at home
you sweep the floor down here too
expensive way too expensive batteries
not included
everything so expensive hey shorty need
some tissues why don't you get it for
Carol I'm working on my Mother's Day
yeah I know president she might like a
box of tissue now snap to it
[Music]
it's time to take your medicine mom
bottoms up oh now you have to get up and
get the house ready for Grandma yoga
don't worry mom i waxed the floors
washed the sheets dusted the cabinet
scrub the sinks wash the windows
you gave Tommy a bath was a real treat
you did all that I big you've earned a
special treat in the back of the pantry
I have a few chocolate marshmallow
squares hidden away you deserve it we
kind of felt like I deserved them a
couple of days ago you got anything else
in the way
[Music]
wow you two look more and more like
everyday busy related Just My Luck
hey Grammy hello dear you anything to
drink mom some key would be nice let me
get your grandmother some came to talk
to my grandson's you get miss a chief
yes of course right away mommy did I
ever give you the story about how your
father broke my favorite rocking chair
did you punish him get a move on with
the drinks Andrew
so your uncle Eric had just won a trophy
that's a turkey sh**t put on a lot of
weight see dad what are you doing hey
Lily I'm finishing up my Mother's Day
present for a little sweet Grammy a
rocking chair
that's neat dad maybe now she'll stop
nagging me about the one that broke
anyways I gotta finish this by morning
what's the rush I thought you said it
was next week yeah that's what I said
Oh week ago I haven't gotten anything
for mom yet what am I gonna do around
here she might like good to give your
mother a crankshaft huh what do you get
him mom from on this day what are you
talking about I'm not getting her
anything
she's not my mother
come on oh all right I'll get her
something hey Tommy how many eggs you
want please hey Louie not bad it's
amazing what you can learn when your
brothers and sisters stiff you with all
the chores elbows off the table Andrew
[Music]
nice to see you dude Helga how are you
wrong you look regular I feel much
better
hey just in time for Mother's Day
beautiful grab some food Oh Louie what a
wonderful looking meal was there one of
those annoying traveling salesmen mommy
it's me
it's my brother it's Mother's Day and I
came to see you of course where's the
rest of the family there's trouble in
paradise absolutely not
Betty took Amanda and Jake to the
perfect child retreat in Virginia I was
in town on business so I came by to give
my wonderful chair I guess money can't
buy everything there Eric the great
I'll give you 50 bucks to make an
identical chair for me so so what'd you
get what'd you get mommy let's see your
top of hand car rocking chair there well
I don't know if I could do that but I do
know that this Mother's Day you and your
family will be driving off in a brown
[Music]
but what have been cheaper to fire
seeing-eye dog I heard that kids got a
point dog okay mom it's your turn now
kids it's mommy appreciation time I'll
be back in a second seven days had
passed and I still haven't got my mama
present thank you for the beautiful
flowers we picked them ourselves and
just when I started to lose hope it came
to me can't get any worse than this
here's my present one Tommy
how sweet well I love you so much that I
always want to be able to hug you so for
any reason I'm not around tell me to
hare I'll hug you for me much tell me
how nice you have such a great
imagination chip off the old block I'd
say so what did you get for your mother
Louie whoa
[Music]
my boy Jake developed a program that can
help Louie with his speech I'm gonna try
it all week mmm
they just couldn't get it together come
here sweetheart
you see Louie you gave me the best
Mother's Day gift ever
Louie you took care of me the house and
Tommy the entire time I was sick
being able to rest was the nicest
present you could have given me I love
you Louie I love you too long but
wouldn't you rather have a hug from
Tommy too sometimes there's no
substitute for the real thing you see
that Eric it's not how much you spend on
I can't even drive because your vision
cats that's why I'm giving you this
early Christmas gift mom corrective eye
surgery at the CERN clinic in
Switzerland corrective eye surgery stop
fighting you two
now listen I have the two best sons ever
you're both special to me Andy you know
I'll grow to love this rocking chair as
I did the last one
and since you made it by hand it'll
probably last longer thank you it means
enough to me
now let's all take a ride in my alte
movies all right let's go everybody in
the buggies
hey I want to get behind the wheel of a
real driving machine yeah get your hand
got a ramp
yeah yeah right I heard that so there
you go another Mother's Day and isn't it
ironic that sometimes you don't even
know you're giving someone a gift like
the one my mom gave me all the love and
care and support happy Mother's Day mom
and all you moms out there have a great
day
Eriksen Kevon a state science of all oh
man this poem was published in Reader's
Digest
we put Tommy's poem on the friend but
has new he's done
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03x13 - Project: Mother's Day
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Based on the childhood of Anderson, growing up with his family in the fictional town of Cedar Knoll, Wisconsin during the early 1960s, although Anderson himself was actually from Saint Paul, Minnesota, also situated in the Midwestern U.S.
Based on the childhood of Anderson, growing up with his family in the fictional town of Cedar Knoll, Wisconsin during the early 1960s, although Anderson himself was actually from Saint Paul, Minnesota, also situated in the Midwestern U.S.