The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (TV Series)

Parental Guidance (1953)

Harriet Nelson: Harriet Nelson

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• Harriet Nelson : Hi, Rick. What's the matter?

  Ricky Nelson : Oh, nothing.

  Harriet Nelson : You don't sound very convincing. Something wrong?

  Ricky Nelson : Life overwhelms me.

  Harriet Nelson : [she chuckles]  It's all right. Life overwhelms me too, sometimes. What's your particular problem?

  Ricky Nelson : It's just that it's a man's world.

  Harriet Nelson : You just finding that out?

  Ricky Nelson : I've suspected it for some time now.

  Harriet Nelson : Well, never mind. You'll be a big man some day.

  Ricky Nelson : Promises. That's all I get. Promises.

• Ozzie Nelson : One of these days you'll be a great big fella.

  Ricky Nelson : By that time I'll be a little old man.

  Harriet Nelson : Oh, I don't know. All this talk about being a little boy... when you get past 13, you're getting along, you know.

  Ozzie Nelson : Heck yes, you're practically middle-aged.

  Ricky Nelson : Then why don't people treat me that way?

  Harriet Nelson : What's your complaint?

  Ricky Nelson : Why can't I stay up late at night?

  Harriet Nelson : Oh, because you're too little.