FAMILY AFFAIR

[Music] ever looks Li carefully at the places where people live in a city this house 50 55 years old maybe been sad happy [Music] quiet everybody who's lived here has used the house in a different way because people are different [Music] the second they move in things begin to change [Music] yep everything changes from time to time from people to people everything except the one thing that ties the people to the city and the rest of the country well like what happened in this house it has the comfortable lived in personality of Bert Reilly and his wife and the kids of course because there's nothing like three kids growing and pushing it the world to give a man in his house a lived in personality and like almost everybody the Reilly's have reconditioned twice remodeled once expanded the house fixed it to suit the ever-changing pattern of living everything in the house except this in sickness health through teenage and marriage this center of living hasn't changed this is Kay Riley mother of three one boy married two girls one living in an apartment with a roommate and the other still very much at home when you've important things to discuss hello Oh daddy it's you appreciate it mom right here daddy hi what took you so long to answer I got in the back basement why'd you call did you forget something well I think I left my glasses on my workbench last night Oh bird I just came from the basement what about the spare ones you have at the office can't see them anywhere well I'll check if I find them I'll bring them down okay oh you hear anything from Sally yet honestly you're as nervous as Kim well it doesn't every day you expect your first grandchild or is it every day just relax the baby will come when it comes babies have a way of doing these things okie-doke by the air might please don't forget you promised to shorten my new dress all right gear but I just want to see how Sally is honestly you're just as nervous as daddy thought you said not to worry about Sally oh honey now honey you sit down here and take it easy and I will fix the breakfast honey sit down just relax oh hello Oh mom hi no no she's uh she's waiting oh yeah she feels great that's a little too much work but you know how women are I'm sure she or as soon as anything happens okay MA bye sure this is Tim the Riley's married son he lives in one of those bright new streamlined and and easier living type houses sit down and take it easy like I told you come on now let's not overdo this but show her you couldn't be late for the office well it doesn't matter a day like this I got late Tim sometimes you act like we're the only people in the whole world who ever had a baby aren't we all but honey take it easy today and please keep the phone with you I'll try to remember but I don't know later on how am I supposed to carry it around in one hand and the baby on the other oh I don't work out know I don't know I wish we had a telephone in every room in the house well no honey please don't get yourself upset what is it Sal isn't the baby well what is it no I promised your sister and I call her first thing this morning wonder if she's up yet yeah I guess so mmm so what are you doing honey down here oh yeah take it easy and don't talk too fast and here's an the temporarily jobless member of the Reilly family living in another part of the city with a roommate hello no it's Barney oh hi Sally how do you feel Bonnie he works nights in the reservation department of a local airline office he's trying hard to get a daytime job Oh swell oh just a man I'll see she's awake just it's for you it's Sally Hey hi ow how do you feel hmm sure I think I can come over later this afternoon call you bye any word about the new job supposed to call me this morning how about yours I'm supposed to hear today - well good morning good night oh sorry what's the matter sweetie Oh feel like I didn't sleep a wink well you didn't you just went to bed well I'm cocked his rang honey it's morning you just came home a half hour ago alarm clock it must have been the telephone oh no think it was my job or yours oh no the shower was awful Ladin oh well [Music] hello San Francisco oh yes she's here just a sec San Francisco hello Freddie oh darling I okay okay I'll retire to my boudoir so you can add some telephone privacy Oh golly Freddie that's wonderful this is such a surprise hmm no no I'm still between jobs hey great Hey look honey I get out in seven months and well I get 48 hours before I report to my new ship I'll come up and see you tomorrow and well maybe I can talk you into marrying me especially now since you're out of a job Oh Freddie yeah oh god yeah I don't know what to say don't say anything think it over and take your time I'll fire up tomorrow and he'll talk all right bye so the city wakes up and the day starts the houses and the people throb with the everyday beat of living cure and there's the counterpoint it can be harmonious or it can be dissonant and jarring depending on how it's used it can be downright inconvenient if it's not put in all the places that blend with your everyday rhythm and so the day moves by evening comes to the city the houses and the people hello honey how do you feel fine I feel fine well I'm leaving the office right away don't you do any work now honey did you say sterilizer or vaporizer Oh Kim sterilizer oh yeah that's right well I'll be home soon good because dinner's almost ready [Music] and then night hello yes mr. Riley Oh Oh got it yeah yeah all right Gladys thank you daddy Gladys am I glad you called he's simply miserable oddly think Greg would stoop so low as to ask that goony Alice all she has her nice clothes dreamy figure but nothing in the brain Department hmm so do I I never want to hear his name again never I thought Greg was gonna ask me I thought she was never gonna mention his name again have patience dear this is a crisis Oh another one mm-hmm why does she have to have them all with the same boy who what when I see Greg in biology couldn't be GLaDOS again and I just know it isn't Greg he's out with that drippy Alice uh-huh couldn't be from me couldn't be Sally I talked to her earlier doctor was certain the baby wouldn't arrive till tomorrow no it couldn't be for me mmm might be Charlie Harris no he's out of town for the week no I couldn't be for me Pat answer the telephone yes daddy sure just a minute I think you want to talk to my father Danny's for you oh boy oh is it hello yes this is Bert Roddy oh yeah what when no I'm not the bird Riley the lived on the corner of maple and first streets in Scappoose Oregon when I was six years old scupper Sarika well I can't people let you sit at home and work in peace instead of making you get up walk clear into the den to answer questions all the way in from the living room mind you just answer silly questions on the telephone or all the way from upstairs or the basement no you look it now don't let's start this business again the telephones in the den it's been there ever since we moved here I need it for my work besides the dens in the middle of the house centrally located you can get to it from anywhere - to it you mean golly I don't see why we can't at least have an extension in my room or just upstairs well it costs too much no it doesn't doesn't cost much at all only a few cents a day who says so Gladys her father put one in her room that'll be cheap at any price I'll pay for it out of my allowance your what honestly it's real old and I'll pay for one for the basement out of my allowance oh wait a minute wait a minute guys I don't gang up on me let's skip it so now I've got a lot of work to do tonight okay I feel terrible and silly I'm too old to get upset and sick like this Freddy's caused enough to unnerve any self-respecting old female the older the female the more unnerving believe me you know the doctor said that you had to take one more pill remember so be a good girl leave Thanks you sure you don't want me to call your mother I'll be alright see in the morning [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] hello hello [Music] Tim Tim Tim hi honey so salad did it I think you better call dr. gage dr. gage the telephone dr. gage M hey I'll get him hello oh hello Tim Tim yeah yeah all right all right now take it easy tell Sally not to do anything till I get there yeah you tell what oh yeah yeah yeah you're right you're right sure sure well let me know what they say in the hospital don't you worry son I'll be standing by hi kiss Sally for me goodbye yes and their father had a long hard night waiting I'm letting him sleep late mm-hmm and if you can bring Freddie around later to say hello we all need to get better acquainted Oh see mom and I'll keep calling the hospital golly the whole thing so exciting hmm okay bye any news Hey what are you doing up anyway I don't know your sisters having a baby Freddie's coming I feel involved the cats sleep Freddie I can't understand where he is I have to be at Abbott's at 11:00 if I don't need know I'll be late I don't know whether to go or what to do go have your interview don't worry about Freddie I'll take care of him when he comes I'll nail him to the wall don't worry honey I won't let Freddie get away [Laughter] [Music] information hi could you tell me the number for and Riley 2 to 6 7 Oak Grove is that RI l ey huh no no RTI hello why thank you I'll be glad to look it up for you [Music] oh I'm sorry sir there's no telephone for an Riley REI LLY at two to six seven Oak Grove jeez are you sure I know that's where she lives it's a big apartment house and I know she's got a ton of boy talk to her yesterday I lost a number could the telephone be listed under any other name yeah that's it sure Barney you know Bo and a naive no no I'm a little mixed up it's her nickname well you know it's a roommate but that so she writes in her letters is Barney Barney well you've got to help my plane was delayed and I'm late I haven't got much time and I've gotta talk cannon to marry me while she's still unemployed hello oh and no nothing from Freddy yet now now relax nothing's happened to his plane hmm she did a boy gravy Sally sure sure you run over to the hospital I'll hold the fort for Freddy bring him over so he arrived by [Music] hi Oh where's them oh you must be Bonnie you're Freddy hands out oh I've been trying to get you for hours well why isn't it listed in the phone book am i late did you take a job you're late but you're not lost I'll take you to her she's at the hospital hospital what's a baby with the baby he's three months old now time brings change and change and change yep the families expand the city grows the routine of living changes and this has changed too hello of what for my son a tricycle but he's only three months old could you tell me who's sending it please oh I see a mr. Bert Reilly his grandfather yes yes I'll be home you can deliver it it for good bye things have changed if the girls apartment also hello oh just a sec and it's for you Norfolk Virginia hello Freddie darling I thought you were at sea postpone we're sailing tomorrow instead Hey I remembered your number this time you're wonderful darling but I put my name in the book just in case REI lly uh huh looks nice and print - well I know a better name oh and what would that be um you know how's your new job well I'm working temporarily now for only four more months for two more months gee that's a funny kind of a job four months hey you mean you mean uh-huh I'll be unemployed again just when you get out of the Navy hey we can get married [Music] sure change comes but sometimes even convenience takes a little while to get used to Oh Mary I'm so glad to hear from you I always knew Alice was really a child inside a new private grown-up world of her own and Bert well he's finally got his castle Oh burn didn't you say you wanted to go to bed early tonight come anyone don't it's Sally you want to take it in our room sure ha ha in our row faster if they deliver the tricycle yet [Music]