The Andy Griffith Show

Howdy, paw!

Hi.

Howdy!

Hi.

Aah!

He got me twice with that gadget.

I'm going to get a lot more this Saturday.

Oh, he's been excited like that all afternoon.

Uh, it's not Halloween, is it?

No. Saturday, we're having our school party.

Oh.

Opie, will you get back to your homework?

Yes, aunt bee.

Here's your paper, paw.

Thanks.

What's funny?

Nothing.

Something must be funny to be giggling like that.

I'll tell later.

Aah!

That's what Johnny Paul did to miss crump

at last year's party.

Maybe miss crump can stand it, but I can't.

Now, I want to read.

Any more booby traps in here?

No. I'm saving the rest for this Saturday.

Well, ope, I want you to have fun,

but don't overdo it.

We're just foolin' around.

There are going to be girls at that party.

What'll they think of that?

We don't hang around with girls at school parties. Oh.

While you fellas are shaking hands with buzzers

and having stuff jump out of papers,

what are the girls doing?

Just acting silly.

Sounds like a high-class affair.

Boy: Hey, ope!

Yeah?

Can you come out and play?

Just a minute!

Can I, paw? I don't have much homework.

For a little while.

Gee, thanks.

Okay!

He hasn't even started his homework yet.

Oh, he's got his mind on the school party.

He's not thinking about homework.

Hey, Johnny Paul!

I got my paw with the buzzer and the paper snake!

I got my sister with the rubber spider.

Boy, did she scream!

Boy, oh, boy, oh, boy!

I bet this is going to be the best party we ever had.

Maybe, but I don't think we're going to be able

to fool around much.

Why not?

Didn't you see that notice miss crump put on

the bulletin board just before the bell rang?

No, I was downstairs.

I was monitoring the washroom.

Well, the party's going to be different.

What do you mean?

It's going to be a dance.

A dance?

Yeah, a dance.

With regular dancing?

Yeah, regular dancing.

With girls?

Sure, with girls.

Oh, that's right!

You don't know how to dance very well, do you, ope?

So what?

Well, I heard, at the church social

you danced with Sharon Porter and you stomped all over her.

I got to go in now.

But we just started.

A boy opie's age has got a lot of energy

and he's got to burn it up.

It's just that I don't like to see him

get so excited about these parties.

He hasn't got his mind on anything else.

Well, I'll speak to him about it.

Hey, ope.

Yeah, paw?

Listen, I want you to stop

getting so excited about this party.

Okay, paw.

Just calm down a little.

Okay, paw.

Calms down fast, doesn't he?

Man: Called strike one.

2-1 to Jacobs.

Biddle shakes off the first signal...

Cookies, tablecloths, napkins, punch...

And decorations.

Can you think of anything else?

Can you think of anything else?

No.

Uh... I think we're going to need a male chaperon.

Aw, come on!

Thank you.

No, no... no.

All you have to do is just be there.

I know. Opie told me...

just to be sure there's not too much fooling around.

There's not going to be any of that this year.

It's gonna be a dance. Didn't opie tell you?

No, he didn't mention that part.

Dance, huh? Mm.

It's time these 12-year-olds

started acting more grown-up.

Well, I'm for that.

I guess it's time they started learning

a few social graces, too,

so they'll be comfortable at parties later on.

Yeah, well, I guess dancing's part of that.

I think it's very important.

So I'm the, uh, I'm the male chaperon?

Yes. Thank you.

Yeah, well.

Mornin', paw. Aunt bee.

Oh, hi, sport. Did you eat breakfast already?

Yeah.

I'm tightening a button on your suit, opie,

so it'll be all ready for the party.

You don't have to, aunt bee.

You don't want a dangling button.

I'm not going to the party.

You're not going to the party?

I got a lot of important things to do on Saturday.

Like what?

Like cleaning up my room.

You've been wanting me to do that for a long time.

Oh, but, opie.

Putting my things away and everything.

Well, what brought this on all of a sudden?

Well, it's like you always tell me, paw...

we each have to do our share.

Well, yeah, but does it have to be this Saturday?

And even at that, you could do it in the morning.

That's right.

Well, that's when I'm gonna do it.

And then I'm gonna study all afternoon.

It's beginning to sound like

you're not too anxious to go to your party.

I thought you were looking forward to it.

Aw, that's kids' stuff.

Well, you certainly have aged since yesterday.

I got to go now.

Hey, ope?

Yeah, paw?

Could all this be due to the fact

that the party's going to be a dance?

I don't know what you mean.

A dance! What a lovely idea!

Has it, ope?

I don't like to dance.

Oh, opie, you should go.

It would be nice dancing with all those little girls.

I don't want to go!

I don't have to, do I, paw?

Well, no, you don't have to,

but it seems like you'd enjoy yourself.

I don't want to have to go over there

and dance with all those girls.

Well, if you don't want to, I won't force you.

Gee, thanks, paw.

Good-bye, opie.

Bye, aunt bee. Bye, paw.

Maybe you should have forced him, Andy.

Ohh, he doesn't dance very well and it makes him nervous.

What difference can it make?

Well, maybe a lot.

It would be good practice for him.

A boy should learn to dance.

Otherwise, he'll grow up to be a... a what?

Well, a wallflower.

Well, that's silly.

No, it is not silly.

I knew a boy once who didn't know how to dance

and was uncomfortable at parties and shy.

Took him quite a while to come out of it.

Who's that?

Well, you wouldn't know him.

I'll be at the office.

There you are, son.

You didn't cut it too short in the back, did you?

I never cut it too short.

I'm going to a dance on Saturday

and my mother doesn't want it too short.

Is that too short, goober?

No, it looks just right to me, Bruce.

My mother said you cut it too short last time.

Look, son, you tell your mother that...

No, don't tell her that.

Looks real good, Bruce.

You look just like a regular sheik.

You can run along home now, Bruce.

Run along home.