mr. baxter. what kind of present is that if it don't win? yeah. i guess you got something there. well, come on in. i'll give you a cup of coffee while i dig out the money. boy, will i ever be glad when we open dad's birthday presents. then i can borrow the fielder's mitt i'm giving him. oh, boy. it'll be a little big for you, won't it? uh-huh. i got it my size. you're a chip off the old block. the day you was born, your dad bought you a set of golf clubs. his size. [chuckling] george: i'm home. here he comes! here he comes! happy birthday! thanks, son. well, come on. - happy birthday, darling. - thank you. getting home is the happiest part of it. well, come on. open your presents. wait a minute, son. wait a minute. oh, it's just fudge. you'd better watch that off, harold. go on. but don't open the glove until i get back. many happy returns of the day, mr. b. oh, thanks, hazel. boy, i hope they're not all like this one. what a day. well, you'll feel better after you've eaten. hazel fixed all your

mr. baxter to the office again. this time, there won't be any snafu. you bet there won't. mr. b. just left for the office a half an hour ago. oh, darn it. i'll go downtown, see if i can help him with-- - [phone rings] - excuse me. baxter residence. oh, hi, mr. b. yeah. yeah, all right. in the top drawer of the desk. yes, okay. well, as soon as i finish the breakfast dishes, i'll bring 'em down to ya. bye. hey, let me take it down to him. let me do it. oh, i don't know, al. okay, so i goofed yesterday. let me show him it was just bad luck. well, i am busy. and i don't know how you could mess up this job. oh, good, hazel. where's the briefcase? they're in the den. you wait here. let me go with you. i've never seen a lawyer's den before. be my guest. it's real educational. someday, mr. b. is gonna forget and go to work without his pants. then he'll need a lawyer. oh, it's a nice room. hey, engraved business cards. high class. yeah, okay, now start your messenger service. okay. i gotta get back to the kitchen. what an idea. [no audio] [no audio] shopping for an suv? well, this is t

mr. baxter. that will be all, mr. burton. but he's just doing his job, mr. b. and mr. baxter's just doing his. but on advice of counsel mr. baxter, i ain't sayin' nothing. but tomorrow if those two old fogies on the traffic commission don't do something about it, i'm going to be right there painting that line again. hazel, didn't george tell you? why, it's all settled. we get our crosswalk by monday morning. you mean i went to all that trouble for nothing? that's right. the mayor has issued an order. paul? burton. look, i think i'm on to something that might help embarrass the mayor. yeah, it might even help to put our man in the mayor's office. well, did you ever hear of hazel burke, women's bowling champ? yeah. that's the one. well, despite the fact that her boss george baxter is friendly with the administration, she's threatening to start a one-woman fight against city hall. yeah. and hazel, i want one thing understood. when we go into court tomorrow morning, you let me do all the talking. is that clear? ain't you gonna put me on the stand? heaven forbid. but mr. b.

mr. baxter? well, i, uh... okay, mr. dunlap? okay, steve. that was the smartest sales trick i ever heard. but i give you credit. u u know where we could put the spinet? right over by the window. barbara, we still have bills and a mortgage. now, thanks to hazel, we'll be able to pay off a big hunk of them both. even a secondhand spinet would be nice. i'll check the papers. well, i put harold to bed, and i looked in on susie. she's sleeping like a top. i can't understand why the folks' call ain't come through. well, there's a time difference in baghdad, hazel. and they may have had some difficulty getting a line. yeah, i suppose so. darling, what time is it? yep, that's right. shall we turn in? i think so. how about you, hazel? oh, no. i think i'll stay up for a little while. okay. goodnight. goodnight. goodnight, hazel. goodnight. have they called yet? oh, no. no, not yet. are you gonna stay up any later? yes, i think i'll stay up for a little while, sport. well, then i'm gonna stay up, too. i think we better wake them up, don't you think? it

mr. baxter. how are you? oh, good. listen, i want to thank you again for that sales contract you helped me with. i couldn't make heads or tales of it. well, you're very welcome, hildegarde. you know, you should never sign anything you don't understand. i'm only half through, and i know you wanna use the phone. oh, brother. what did mr. griffin say? i haven't talked to mr. griffin. hazel's still on the phone. oh, that's right. she's calling a meeting. oh, i know she's calling a meeting. if i had any sense, i'd install a phone booth in the kitchen. hazel, will it be much longer? i'm almost through. mert, say hello to mr. b. hello, mr. baxter. you were right about my medical policy. it did pay for my sprained ankle. well, i'm happy to hear that, mert. you see, when i read it over, it seemed to me that the coverage extended to just about the--

mr. baxter. i have a wonderful idea. now, as long as we've chanced to meet again, why don't we have dinner together? we can laugh over old times. laugh? well, i don't find old times that funny. well, then, maybe we could find out what's new with both of us, and we could laugh-- thank you very much, but i'm not free tonight. i'm going to a party with one of mr. baxter's law partners, harry noll. harry noll? he's old enough to be your father! he's a very charming and sophisticated man. he's a cradle-robber! oh, harry! [laughing] oh, there she is! linda! oh, just a second... harry! well, it's been so nice seeing you again, phil. goodbye. well, linda, we're going to see you at the party this evening, aren't we? i wouldn't miss it for anything in the world. of course she'll be there. my all-time favorite. and that covers a lot of time! and a lot of favorites! we'll see you at the party. come on, linda, i'll drive you home. - see you tonight! - see you later! bye! here comes hazel! - good. - there, now.

mr. baxter! inasmuch as i'm tying up nearly half a million dollars in land, in plant, in materials, i-- mr. egan, it was just a little joke. don't make jokes with my money. all right, mr. egan, why don't we go over and see if everything is to your satisfaction? that's what i'm here for. maybe you'd like a cup of coffee, mr. egan. oh, thank you, hazel! and maybe one of your cookies. sure thing. i just baked a fresh batch this morning. oh, i'll have a couple too, hazel. oh, no, sorry, mr. b. you had a donut for breakfast. be right back, mr. egan. wonderful woman... and a divine cook. mr. egan, why don't you have dinner with us tonight? we'll make a little ceremony out of signing the papers. mrs. baxter, i have not said that i'd sign. [nervous chuckle] i think you'll find i've made all the changes you specified. here. read this through. griffin's royalty's been knocked down to half a cent a unit? yes, mr. griffin has agreed to half a cent a unit. exclusive manufacturing rights for 99 years? for 99 ye

mr. baxter! oh, this is nigel. nigel, say hi to mr. baxter. -what's good, mr. baxter? -not this. dad, don't freak out. this isn't a big deal. well, that's true. it's a huge deal! we are awesome! and, uh, guess what our band's called. no. [ amplified ] the cammy harris experience. you -- you -- you really can't do that to jimi hendrix. we're gonna make t-shirts! it's like i'm not actually here. i know. i'm actually done listening to this. dad, come on. you haven't even heard us. mom, are we terrible? i love... all my children. let us play one song for you guys.

mr. baxter! oh, this is nigel.nigel, say hi to mr. baxter. -what's good, mr. baxter? -not this. dad, don't freak out. this isn't a big deal. well, that's true.it's a huge deal! we are awesome! and, uh, guess what our band's called.

mr. baxter! oh, this is nigel. nigel, say hi to mr. baxter. -what's good, mr. baxter? -not this. well, that's true. it's a huge deal! we are awesome! and, uh, guess what our band's called. no. [ amplified ] the cammy harris experience. you -- you -- you really can't do that to jimi hendrix. we're gonna make t-shirts! it's like i'm not actually here. i know. i'm actually done listening to this. dad, come on. you haven't even heard us. mom, are we terrible? i love... all my children. let us play one song for you guys. okay. you can play one song if you answer one question. who moved the impala? you're so funny! oh, oh, let's do the train song. ah, you know what? i think the salad might be...burning. no, no, no. you let them in here, we're both gonna listen to this. um, eve wrote this, but i made it a little more hip and street. one, two, three, four!

mr. baxter. i'll have my coffee with him. - oh. - oh, and, uh-- you can bring the check over there, please. yes, sir. there, don't that look good, mrs. thompson? well, why bake a pie when you can buy one? well, for the same reason as a composer likes to write a song, or an artist likes to paint a picture. that's why. um, i understand you're quite a gourmet, mr. mcclaine. love food. all kinds. you know what i've been trying to find? good spaghetti and meatballs. not easy, you know. and i've been all over the world. the only place that's come close to pleasing me is a little chop suey joint in hong kong. spaghetti in honk kong? well, the chef was an exchange student from brooklyn. well, i--i know a place much closer than that. you do? where? where? our house. we think we have the best cook in the whole world. well, baxter, you've been holding out on me, huh? [chuckles] well, now let's get upstairs, and make the beds and do a little laundry. oh, hazel. you go right ahead. frankly, i'm exhausted. oh,

baxter. merry christmas. may i speak to mr. george baxter, please? speaking. oh yes, yes, what can i do for you? i'm checking the credit references of a ms. hazel burke. she stated that she's been in your employ for 14 years. yes, that's right. well, in view of the fact that you and mrs. baxter have had an account with us for years, a very satisfactory one, i may say, i thought we might just stretch our policy a little to accomodate ms. burke. particularly since the gift is for mrs. baxter. hmm, i see. with a card from santa claus. if you were willing to guarantee, as it were, her purchase of $84.50. you do all this research on a perfect car then smash it into a tree. your insurance company raises your rates. maybe you should have done more research on them. for drivers with accident forgiveness, liberty mutual won't raise your rates due to your first accident. just one of the many features that comes standard with our base policy. call for a free quote today. see car insurance in a whole new light. ssssy, it looks scrumptious. [phone rings] baxter residence.

mr. baxter. i'm rita. "mr. baxter"? we're next-door neighbors. i will! looks like everything turned out okay. oh, sure. everything's gonna be just lovey-dovey for the next 10 minutes, until mr. noll tries to borrow the down-payment. and then missy and me will have to join you in california. [ ] [ [ ] [ ] i just wish i didn't have to ask you to well, after all, mr. mayor, this is why you set up your welcoming committee, isn't it? to represent your office when you can't? yeah, but of all the times for me to have to be out of town. well, i wouldn't worry. we've rolled out that red carpet for lots of these visiting dignitaries, and not one of them has tripped yet. but now this is different. believe me, this is very different. you know, ever since this pozega included our city in his tour, i have been getting memos from washington. - these are memos? - mm. these are amendments to those memos. amendments to the amendments. tell me, what's so special about this... what's his name? pozega. commissar josef pozega. mm. from the other side of the iron curtain. righ

lovely home you have here, mrs. baxter. - thank you for inviting us. - well, you're welcome. i just hope that you and mrs. durham and rodney enjoy your visit here with us. that hotel manager had no heart at all, expecting my darling to stay in the basement kennels. why, we haven't been separated for a single night, have we, dear? [growling] your dog sure isn't very friendly, mr. durham. hmm? oh. oh, well, you'll get used to him. you want a bet? hazel, i think it'd be nice if you made coffee for everyone. now. yes, hazel. and maybe they'd like a slice of that fresh coconut cake you baked. nothing to eat, thanks. we had dinner on the plane. but coffee would certainly be welcomed. i'll have it in a jiffy. you just relax, and i'll be right back. mrs. durham: if you don't mind... and bring a bowl of warm milk for rodney. we're a bit tired after our trip, so if you'll show us to our quarters, mrs. baxter. oh. oh, yes, of course. right upstairs. - come, rodney. - this way. uh... son, how would you like to help me with their luggage? now, look, i couldn't help it. i had to bring them

mr. baxter? - yes? - i'm clyde clifton. - oh, yes, yes, mr. clifton. come on in. nice of you to drop by. harry noll said you wanted some remodeling done. - that's right. my wife. - how do you do? - and miss hazel burke. - how do? well, what do you want done in here? oh, well, not in here. we just would like to modernize our kitchen. "kitchen"? [whistles] oh. well, it's right this way. missy, did you notice? he's a whistler. - what's a whistler? - oh, you'll see. every one of them whistles is for a reason. he just wants you to realize how hard it is to do everything that you ask him to do. oh. well, he seems harmless enough. oh, until you get his price. oh, never trust them whistlers. they'll do you in every time. come on. we'd better get out there. [whistles] uh, mr. noll told me your specialty is modernizing. sure is. i can have the wrecking crew and equipment here by monday. - how's that suit you? - "wrecking crew"? the way i see it, first we'll knock out that back wall. give you a lot more space in here, you know? then we'll take and we'll move this whole secti

i'm miss burke's employer, mrs. baxter. i am miss dart, and this is mrs. plunkett... how do you do? how do you do? from the homemaking class at the high school. ah. perhaps miss burke has told you that she is a contestant in the housekeeper of the month contest. yes, she mentioned something about it, yes. well, mrs. plunkett and i are here to judge miss burke's qualifications. well, i can vouch for the fact that hazel is a magnificent worker. that, mrs. baxter, is only one of the things on which miss burke will be judged. in addition, we will examine her attitude, willingness to work, and her alertness and attention to detail. well, uh, please sit down, and i'll go and get her. why don't we come with you? why don't you? well, she must have dozed off. hazel? oh. hmm. i must have dropped off to sleep. hazel. i guess it's the late hours i've been keeping, huh, sport? hazel? oh. y-you ain't the two ladies that are gonna judge me in the contest, are you? oh. oh. [chuckles] well, ain't that nice? hmm. [clears throat] hey, i just made that bed up fresh this morning. we want you to make it

mr. baxter said on his listing that mr. bates was already interested. for heaven sakes! when do you think i'll get my commission? i don't know. knowing as i had the money coming to me, i stopped off and bought me a new dress. i charged it. let me see it, hazel. yeah, look at that. there, ain't that a beauty? i got it two sizes too small. what? you bought a dress two sizes too small? oh, well, sure. i figured that by the time i got finished with my contouring, don't you think you could've waited until, well... oh, no. i've got to commit myself. sport, would you do me a favor? would you call the salvation army and tell them that the next trip would they stop by here? why? i have some old clothes i want to give them. hazel, that's going too far. oh, no. i'm burning my bridges behind me. that way i can't go backwards. it's something i picked up from julius caesar. i'm crossing the rubicon. this way i gotta go forward and onward to 36-24-36. what do you mean she sold that property? i sold it! all right, calm down. she's not getting a dime of that commission! look, it's all my

mr. baxter! oh, this is nigel.

baxter residence. - hazel? - oh, hi, mr. b. tell me where we can get in touch with your friend, signor martelli. well, piccolo mondo, mr. b. hazel, this is no time to kid around. well, that means "it's a small world." he's standing right here. good. bianca's refusing to rehearse. look, mr. sutherland and i were wondering if he'd be willing to help us out just for a few days to get her through the concert. well, you better ask him. well, he'd be more willing to say yes if you asked. i'd appreciate it, hazel. there's an awful lot at stake. thanks. and if he'll do it, tell him to stop by mr. sutherland's office in symphony hall. all right, i will. mr. b says the prima donna has lost her voice and he wants you to come down to symphony hall and help her find it. but why me? well, it seems she only feels like singing when you're around. i don't know, hazel. well, it really would help, mr. b. but if you don't wanna do it... when you ask, how can i refuse? you're gonna spoil me, enzo. he said to come right down and to ask for mr. suthe

mr. baxter who owns the tropical fish store around the corner? tropical fish... oh, yeah. i hate him. oh, he's very nice. his wife left him. well, i ain't surprised. she's younger than him. them things never last. well, that ain't no reason. i'm younger than you are. i ain't talkin' about minutes, edith. i'm talkin' about years. the fish guy's wife is half his age. oh, uh, excuse me, you're in my way. yeah, and why? how am i in your way here? well, i gotta get over there. then go over there. i'm in your way here, and i'm in your way there, and i'm in your way again. now that i'm home i can see that you ain't organized here, edith. yeah. [mimicking edith] yeah. ok. there ain't nothin' i can do here to help you. am i gonna be in your way outside? oh, no. oh, hey, whoop-dee-doo, if it ain't my favorite son-in-law. hi there, michael. what's new? anything wrong? no, what could be wrong? i don't know. oh, i--i just figured since the two of us are home early, maybe you'd like to sit down and play me a couple of hands of gin rummy. i'd love to watch, really. but i just came home to get my boo

mr. griffin, i'll-- i'll ask her. that's what makes you so valuable to me, baxter. for the price i pay you for your services, i get the benefit of hazel's advice absolutely free. oh... hello, hazel. oh, hi, mr. b. something wrong with the hors d'oeuvres? no, no, they're just fine. that is, i haven't had a chance to taste them yet, but they're always great. excuse me. uh, uh, hazel, uh, i'd like to talk to you about our conversation this morning. oh, you mean, about agreeing not to butt into each other's business? uh, yes. uh, i was, uh-- excuse me. uh, hazel, uh... [chuckles] i'm afraid you misunderstood my feelings this morning. i, uh-- well, i don't think i explained myself very well. oh, no... excuse me, mr. b. you made yourself very plain. that's the nice thing about being a lawyer. [chuckles] actually, i don't think i did a very good job. excuse me. i gotta check the roast. h-hazel, hazel, will you please just stop things for a minute and listen to me? oh, sure. go right ahead. look, i-- i may have sounded a little harsh this morning, but i didn't mean it. oh, i

mr. vice president firefighter paramedic baxter i admire our you know your plan to become totally trilingual want to commend you on taking our classes in your own time to make sure that happens i am happy to see you because of the one and advocating anniversary there are so many activities that will be going on we want to make sure our fellow citizens know and welcome and back to the chief of the department. >> oh, i'm sorry commissioner hardeman. >> thank you, madam chair real quick yes. you have an amazing background i hope your parents are alive to see those accomplished you have a lifetime worth of accomplishment i see you're an amazing person and the chief saw you standing above the top of the pyramid you have a did he mean last week, a pating man so i hope i - i look forward to working but over the years. >> thank you, again chief thank you commissioner president covington to continue with my report next up is academies know the 1 and 19 academy began not 12 but 14 members from station 4 the talents joined the academy the reason for the additional two out of 42 members started on janua

in according to baxter there's a few mon mistakes people make when trying to meet mr. or mrs. right. >> i see a lot of people trying to coach women or men and if they're in the middle of a conversation. and then i see people that bar hop too quickly and don't give the place a chance. >> reporter: while technology is helpful, people should step away from the screen. online, be out there, go to clubs, and any way you can meet someone is great. >> i'm always the person that starts conversations with random people at the bar. my cup of tea, i guess. >> reporter: hiding her face so she won't be recognized when going out with clients. >> when you go out with your friends, you are focused on going out with them. when you have someone who is specifically there to help open conversation makes it a little easier for her. >> you shouldn't focus so much on trying to find someone or having such a specific type, because you never know. >> reporter: while you may not always meet that special someone while out with a wing woman, it can still be a learning experience for clients. >> if you wil

mr. vice president firefighter paramedic baxter i admire our you know your plan to become totally trilingualommend you on taking our classes in your own time to make sure that happens i am happy to see you because of the one and advocating anniversary there are so many activities that will be going on we want to make sure our fellow citizens know and welcome and back to the chief of the department. >> oh, i'm sorry commissioner hardeman. >> thank you, madam chair real quick yes. you have an amazing background i hope your parents are alive to see those accomplished you have a lifetime worth of accomplishment i see you're an amazing person and the chief saw you standing above the top of the pyramid you have a did he mean last week, a pating man so i hope i - i look forward to working but over the years. >> thank you, again chief thank you commissioner president covington to continue with my report next up is academies know the 1 and 19 academy began not 12 but 14 members from station 4 the talents joined the academy the reason for the additional two out of 42 members started on january 25th un