Holiday From Rules (1946, sound)

the title of story is Holiday from Rules be careful get back in line it's the rules to lead the school grounds without permission rule all the time rules I'm sick of them oh I just wish there were no rules yeah then you could do anything you wanted to nobody could tell you what to do excuse me maybe you would like to find out just what it would be like if there were no rules yeah yeah but how could we do that by going someplace where there are no rules you'd have to go someplace with our new teachers or policemen or or anybody there's no such place you're right anywhere you goes by using our imagination let's all hard and pretend we're in a far away place a place no people have discovered yet now where could that be maybe at the North Pole no people's been there anyway it's too cold there to be any fun maybe an island somewhere in the middle of the ocean right a make-believe Island let's all pretend real hard here we are the first people to ever be on this island because well let's say this island is surrounded by man-eating sharks okay there are no rules here you can do anything you wish [Applause] [Music] all right let's go over there [Music] hey let's play Follow Me [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] well I guess so but we have no rules so it doesn't matter if Jim follows the leader or not oh let's play some other games well we're maybe rules are so important how about I'm sickness okay [Music] if you want let him go oh UT spells oh you're still at gee no she doesn't because that's a rule then it was gonna be here okay obvious here's home one two three four six eight ten here I come ready or not [Music] one two three that isn't fair you can't hold me so I can't reach home why not there's no says I can't then there's no who said you caught me either [Music] you smell fun playing if everybody just does what they want so isn't there any game we can play that doesn't have any rules all games have rules without rules there would be no games foreign come here [Applause] oh isn't it cute his first real soft let me hold him okay no no we've been selfish true but there's no rule that he should share yeah that's right but there's no rule says I can't take [Applause] [Music] [Applause] it now see what you did he's gone you tore my jacket you better fix it I don't think so leave my below these are mine your stuff broker that's not so you're just taking all the good ones and leaving me the first one well there's only enough left for one minute you can't either [Applause] now see what you did they're all broken watch your fault you tried to take mine that was silly wasn't it they wasted all their shells now nobody can have a necklace yes but that's what happens when there are no rules about taking or wasting things not me that's too high that you couldn't climb up there either that I caught [Laughter] he'd better be careful or he'll fall and get hurt let him there's no rule says he can't kill himself if he wants to [Music] me are you all right my arm it feels like it's broken maybe you should go to the doctor what doctor there isn't any here couldn't we have a doctor a doctor would only make rules like keep your arm bandaged until it gets well sorry no rules no doctors what do we do hey what do you think your door cleaners you try to fix your arms what do you know about it nothing but somebody's got to do something this is no fun I'm going swimming [Laughter] don't you remember there are sharks in the water oh I forgot no way to go swimming see isn't that a rule Mark no that's just common sense so are other safety rules what's the difference between not going in the water where sharks might bite you and not running out in the street where cars might hit you okay we're gonna go ahead if she wants to boy I'm hungry me [Music] well there are no parents here to make rules like you must be home for dinner by six so I guess it's up to you hey Jim didn't you not gonna cook thing so but I don't remember [Music] here it is [Music] how do you get it open here give me like this give me some come on give me some isn't it fun to have a nice meal with your friends with no rules nobody to say you have to wash up or be courteous or use good manners in fact I don't believe we've heard anyone say please or thank you since we've been on this island well boys and girls how do you like living without rules I hate it this is no fun it's it's stinks well what can be done about it yes if we're going to have any fun we'd better make some rules we'll have to we sure do we need them what kinds of rules do you need rules that make things fair for everybody and safety rules to keep us from getting hurt we should make a rule that sharks can't bite us then we could all go swimming [Music] and you can be the one to tell the Sharks about it I'm afraid that wouldn't be a good rule Penny rules only work when those they are meant for understand them and know why they should be obeyed oh well how about courtesy rules so we'll be nice to eat like keeping clean so we won't be sick yeah we need lots of rules so let's get going and make some hey instead of making up a lot of rules why don't we go home where we already have them all right since we only pretended we were here all we have to do is unpretend and we're back where we started now we have rules again do you think you can be happy about rules now yeah as long as we remember that rules are to make things better for everybody yeah then if you don't understand a rule find out why the rule is made if you really know why then it will probably make sense