The Andy Griffith Show

Andy?

Oh, never mind. I know how you like to nap on Saturday.

How's that

I suppose you know the Monroe nursery burned down

over in mount pilot.

Well, I won't bother you.

You know, he had some of the best azaleas I've ever seen.

Paw! Paw! Guess what?!

What?

Tell him, Arnold.

As you probably know, I'm going to be 13.

Oh, my goodness, Arnold.

I remember getting your birth announcement.

Anyhow, my parents are letting me throw a party.

Party?

It's going to be stag or drag.

Stag or drag?

Stag is alone.

Drag means you bring a girl.

A party with dates?

Don't worry.

It's not going to be wild or anything.

I got to go tell the rest of the guys.

Okay.

Arnold's mom is going to send out invitations

in the mail, but he can't wait.

Party with dates.

Well, who you going to invite, Opie?

Well, I'm not sure yet.

Mary...

Alice...

Carter?

Come on, paw.

Mary Alice Carter.

Seems to me I've heard that name before.

Oh, yes, Opie's been stuck on her

since the first grade.

Gee, paw.

She's real pretty.

Got big blue eyes.

Paw, there's some areas where a person gets real touchy.

You walk by her house every chance you get

and it's way across town.

Paw, Mary Alice Carter is one of my touchy areas.

Oh.

What do you mean you don't know how to ask her?

Well, I never asked a girl to go anywhere before.

Except maybe to the store.

It's simple.

Just go up and say, "Mary Alice"

I would like you to go with me to Arnold's party."

But even when I ask her for an eraser

my mouth gets all dry.

What's the difference?

So you'll have a dry mouth when you ask her.

You going to ask Iris?

Right after school.

Guess that's when I'll be asking Mary Alice.

Hey, Fred, did you hear about my party?

You having a party, Arnold?

Yeah. You're invited.

It's stag or drag, but we're all asking dates.

I guess dating's kind of a big deal with you guys.

I've been doing it for a while.

You have?

Sure.

Nothing to it.

Will you begin studying chapter 12

in your history books, please?

Opie Taylor, is something more important

than chapter 12 on your mind?

Opie.

Hmm?

Oh, well, uh, Shakespeare was one of the greatest writers

of all time.

We're on history now, Opie.

Hi, Mary Alice.

Oh, hi, Opie.

Could I talk to you for a minute?

Alone.

Sure.

Excuse us, Iris.

Okay.

Well, how you been?

Fine.

That's good.

What'd you want to talk to me about, Opie?

Well, you know Arnold.

Sure.

He's going to be 13

and he's having this birthday party

and I was wondering...

Opie, I just remembered I have to go home.

You have to go home?

Yes, I have to water my mother's roses.

But I was just going to ask you if you...

She's real fussy about her roses.

Goodbye, Opie.

How'd you do?

Pretty good, I guess.

You got a date?

No, but my mouth didn't get dry.

Well, didn't you ask her?

Well, I was going to

but she had to go home and water her mother's roses.

I'll ask her tomorrow.

Gosh, I didn't know what to say.

I just knew he was going to ask me to Arnold's party.

What's so bad about that?

I want to see if Fred Simpson's going to ask me.

And suppose he doesn't?

If Fred Simpson doesn't ask me to go

I'll just die... I'll absolutely die.

You want to hear another one?

Goober, I'm kind of busy.

Just one more. This is a good'un.

What has four wheels and flies?

A garbage truck.

No, a jet pilot on a skateboard.

I knew I'd get you on that one.

Hi, paw. Hey, ope.

Say, paw, Arnold's record player is busted.

He needs it for the party.

I don't know about record players.

Ope said you might know who could fix it.

Emmett Clark fixes radios.

Leave it here and I'll tend to it.

Hey, Arnold, heard about your party.

Sounds like a real high-class affair.

The boys are taking dates.

Oh. Oh.

Do you think you might hold her hand, Opie?

Well, maybe.

Maybe a little snuggling, too?

When do you think it'll be fixed?

Oh, there's plenty of time.

There's plenty of time.

I don't know whether it's true or not

but I hear that, uh, Opie sits close

to his sweetheart in school

and they pass notes back and forth.

What do you put in them, ope

huh?

See you, paw.

Why do they always have to make fun of us?

Oh, old people always do that.

Guess they get some kind of kick out of it.

Yeah, and you can't say anything to them.

No. Just have to kind of smile

until they get tired of doing it.

Yeah.

And remember, we have a test on Friday

covering the last four chapters.

Class dismissed.

Hi, Fred.

Oh, hi.

If he was going to ask, he'd have asked by now.

I know it.

You ought to go with Opie.

Yeah, but maybe Opie won't ask me again.

I put him off for three days.

Maybe he'll ask you again.

Give him a chance.

Okay.

I've tried to ask her for three days now.

She's always got to water her mother's roses

or put up her hair or something.

You think she doesn't want to go with you?

I don't know.

She never gives me a chance to ask her.

Here she comes.

Give her another chance.

A-Arnold. Hi, Opie.

Hi.

Uh... say, Mary Alice

if you don't have to go home

and water your mother's roses or anything

I'd like to ask you something.

Really, Opie? What do you want to ask me?

Well... you want to go to Arnold's party with me?

Arnold's party?

Oh, I'd love to, Opie.

I'd really love to.

You would?

Of course I would.

Right there.

Hi, paw. Hi, aunt bee.

How's that?

Well, I'm not sure.

Sure is a nice day.

I think it would look better

over there by the piano.

This is the fourth place we've had it.

Hope it's a nice day for the party.

We'll leave it there for the time being.

Oh, good.

What'd you say about the party?

Hope it doesn't rain.

Oh. Did you, uh, did you ever decide

whether you're going stag or drag?