TV-G | 30min | Comedy, Drama, Family, Music, TV Series | Episode aired 28 October 1964
Patty and Cathy campaign for a family friend's run at a congressional seat. They are less enthusiastic when they disagree with his platform.
Director: Claudio Guzmán
Writers: Arnold Horwitt, Sidney Sheldon, William Asher
Stars: Patty Duke, William Schallert, Jean Byron
Patty and Cathy campaign for a family friend's run at a congressional seat. They are less enthusiastic when they disagree with his platform.
Director: Claudio Guzmán
Writers: Arnold Horwitt, Sidney Sheldon, William Asher
Stars: Patty Duke, William Schallert, Jean Byron
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00:00Send me to Congress and I will be your champion.
00:04Send me to Congress and I will see that you prosper.
00:07Send me to Congress and I will fight your battles
00:10as fearlessly as they are fought by that great newspaper
00:13on whose board of directors I have the honor to serve,
00:16the Daily Chronicle. I thank you.
00:24Well, how's the sound?
00:26Well, it was stirring, T.J.
00:29It was a fine speech, Mr. Blodgett. It was a real gasp.
00:32Ah, well, thank you, Patty. I assume that is a compliment.
00:37Well, it's even better than, like, wow.
00:39What did you think, Martin?
00:42Uh, very effective speech.
00:45Got me an ovation at the business club dinner last night.
00:48Dinner? I almost forgot.
00:50You see, you're a real spellbinder.
00:52Excuse me.
00:56Um, T.J., that part about the Chronicle...
00:59Well, what about it?
01:01Well, forgive me, but it does give the impression
01:04that you're our personal candidate.
01:06Well, it's fine with me. People trust the Chronicle.
01:09But you just serve on our board of directors
01:11as you do in dozens of corporations.
01:13Now, Martin, stop being such an old mother hen about that newspaper.
01:17Well, I am the managing editor.
01:19And a darn good one, too.
01:21One who's going even higher if I have anything to say.
01:24Did you hear that, Papa?
01:26You're my boy, Martin. You stick with me.
01:28And when I'm elected...
01:30And I'm sure you will be, Mr. Blodgett.
01:32Well, I better be, after all those terrible political dinners
01:35that I've been dragged to.
01:38I used to cover them. They call it the fried chicken circuit.
01:42Fried chicken, yeah. I tell you, it's coming out of my ears.
01:46Dinner's ready.
01:48Ah, well, now that's good news, Natalie.
01:50I'm looking forward to a home-cooked meal.
01:52Well, I hope you enjoy it.
01:53We're having fried chicken.
02:24Different as night and day
02:26Where Kathy adores a minuet
02:30The ballet Russe and Crepe Suzette
02:33Our Patty loves to rock and roll
02:35A hot dog makes her lose control
02:37What a wild duet
02:39Still they're cousins
02:42Identical cousins, and you find
02:46They laugh alike
02:47They walk alike
02:48At times they even talk alike
02:50You can lose your mind
02:52When cousins are two of a kind
03:03And so, this November, the voters will elect
03:05a president, vice president,
03:0733 United States senators,
03:09and 435 members of the House of Representatives.
03:13Thank you, Kathy.
03:15Students, this is a very important election for all of you.
03:20The first in which you're old enough
03:22to take a serious interest,
03:24and I hope you'll take an active part in it.
03:26How do we do that, Miss Gray?
03:28Well, one way would be
03:30to start in your own neighborhood.
03:32Pick a candidate you admire
03:34and campaign for him.
03:36Kathy and I know a man who's running for Congress this year,
03:38T.J. Blodgett.
03:40Oh, yes, I read about him.
03:42Do you think he'd make a good congressman?
03:44Oh, yeah, he'd be great. Right, Kathy?
03:46Why do you think so?
03:48He's right in our living room. It was terrific.
03:50Really?
03:52Well, how does he stand on the important issues?
03:54Issues?
03:56Yes. For instance, uh,
03:58aid to schools.
04:02I don't know.
04:04Medical care for the aged?
04:06Search me.
04:08Taxes, foreign aid, unemployment?
04:10He didn't say.
04:12Well, why are you so impressed with Mr. Blodgett?
04:14Well, he looks like a congressman.
04:18Well, that's hardly a reason, Patty.
04:20But if you do admire Mr. Blodgett,
04:22then you should go out and help him win.
04:24I think it's a terrific idea.
04:26What do you think, Kath?
04:28I think we should do it.
04:30Right. Now is the time for all good girls
04:32to come to the aid of their party.
04:41And so Kathy and I talked it over
04:43and we've decided we want to help get Mr. Blodgett elected.
04:45So you've decided
04:47to mount the hustings, huh?
04:49The what?
04:51Oh, that just means the campaign in an election.
04:53Oh.
04:55Well, T.J. will be delighted.
04:57Is it all right with you, Uncle Martin?
04:59Oh, of course.
05:01I assume the two of you have both examined
05:03the issues and the candidates
05:05before you decided Mr. Blodgett was the man to back.
05:07Yeah.
05:09Because I'd want to be sure that you weren't enlisting
05:11because of what Mr. Blodgett said
05:13about helping me out down here at the Gronicle.
05:15Fine.
05:17Well, I'm glad of that.
05:19You really think it could help make you editor?
05:21No, Patty.
05:23And I would forbid you to campaign
05:25if that was your motive.
05:27Really, it isn't, Uncle Martin?
05:29We admire Mr. Blodgett
05:31and we think it would be good experience for us.
05:33And it will.
05:35Uh, Lottie, if Mr. Blodgett's in the building,
05:37would you ask him to step in here, please?
05:39I can't wait to mount the hustings.
05:41Well, you realize this election is no walk-in.
05:43Now, the other candidate's a fine man.
05:45Who is he, Uncle Martin?
05:47His name is Clark Williams. He's a professor of political science
05:49at the State University.
05:51Professor? I'll bet he never had to meet a payroll in his life.
05:53Already she sounds
05:55like a politician.
05:59Well, hi.
06:01Patty, Kathy.
06:03You come by to help Martin put out the sheet?
06:05Better than that, T.J. They want to campaign for you.
06:07Do they now?
06:09Then I'm practically in Washington.
06:11Is that right now, Mr. Blodgett?
06:13You sure can. You go over to my headquarters
06:15and talk to Bill Duffy. He's my campaign manager.
06:17Patty and I would like
06:19to hear your views on the important campaign issues.
06:21Well,
06:23you asked Duffy to let you see my program.
06:25He wrote it.
06:27I'll phone Bill to expect you.
06:29Well, Martin, I'm off to the board meeting.
06:31You know, we're going to talk about
06:33what happens when Arnold retires
06:35as editor.
06:37Oh, boy.
06:39Your dad's in good hands, Patty.
06:41So am I, with you two in my corner.
06:43I wish we really could vote for you.
06:45Well, now, maybe that could be
06:47arranged, Kathy.
06:49You talk to Duffy.
06:57Oh, come on, Kat. This is it.
07:05Okay, Henry.
07:07Look, Henry, I know the candidate
07:09ate a pizza pie at Angelo's
07:11yesterday. Okay,
07:13Henry, okay. You'll get
07:15equal time. Tomorrow noon,
07:17I'll bring the candidate to your delicatessen.
07:19Mr. Duffy?
07:21Yeah? Hi. I'm Patty Lane, and this is my
07:23cousin, Kathy. We've come to mount the
07:25hustings. To what?
07:27To campaign for Mr. Blodgett.
07:29Didn't he call you?
07:31Oh, yeah. You're the kids.
07:33Here. Start handing out
07:35these buttons. Oh, we'll be glad to.
07:37But, Mr. Duffy?
07:39Yeah? I'm on the school
07:41newspaper, and Kat's a genius at English composition.
07:43So?
07:45So, we thought we'd like to make a real
07:47important contribution to the campaign. You can!
07:49Start moving those
07:51buttons.
07:55Mr. Duffy?
07:57You still here?
07:59Kathy plays the piano beautifully,
08:01and I dance a little.
08:03So?
08:07So, we thought that,
08:09well, maybe if you wanted us to entertain
08:11at a rally or something. Look, kid,
08:13we got a big soundtrack
08:15that all day plays Frank
08:17Sinatra, Tony Bennett, and
08:19Barbara Streisand.
08:21You want to try to follow that act?
08:27No, I guess not.
08:29Okay, then. Move!
08:31Mr.
08:33Duffy? What now?
08:35What now?
08:37Mr. Blodgett said you'd
08:39tell us how he feels about the important campaign
08:41issues. Oh, he did?
08:43As campaign workers, I feel
08:45we should know how he stands.
08:47Okay. I'll tell you.
08:49He stands four square.
08:51Four square for what?
08:53For what he believes.
08:55What does he believe? That you should
08:57start moving those cotton picking
08:59buttons!
09:01What?
09:27Hello.
09:29My name is Kathy Lane, and I'd like to tell you
09:31about T.J. Blodgett, candidate for Congress.
09:33What number are you calling?
09:35Um...
09:37S.U. 73564.
09:39I'm sorry. You have reached
09:41a special operator. Please hang up
09:43and dial again. Yes.
09:47Hello?
09:49My name is Patty Lane, and I want to tell you about T.J.
09:51Blodgett, candidate for Congress in this district.
09:53Are you interested? Sure!
09:55That's
09:57great!
09:59T.J. Blodgett
10:01is a man of courage,
10:03ability, experience,
10:05and integrity. Elect him,
10:07and he will fight your battles in Congress.
10:09T.J. Blodgett wants
10:11and needs your support. Will you
10:13vote for him? Well,
10:15I don't know.
10:17I'll have to ask my mommy.
10:19Hello?
10:21Hello. My name is Kathy Lane,
10:23and I'd like to tell you about T.J. Blodgett.
10:25Who?
10:27T.J. Blodgett.
10:29He's running for Congress in this district.
10:31In this district? Are you sure?
10:33Oh, yes.
10:35I am speaking with
10:37William Smithers of 14 Oak
10:39Street, Brooklyn.
10:41If you got a wrong number,
10:43I'm Ted Bauer. I live in Seattle,
10:45Washington.
10:47Seattle?
10:49You'd better dial again.
10:51Yes, I will. Thank you.
10:53Kathy,
10:55I like your voice. Tell this
10:57Blodgett guy if he decides to run in Seattle,
10:59I'll vote for him. Bye.
11:05Seattle?
11:07Who's there?
11:09My name is Patty Lane,
11:11and I want to tell you about T.J. Blodgett,
11:13candidate for Congress in this district.
11:15What about him?
11:19He's a man of courage, ability,
11:21experience, and integrity.
11:23He wants and needs your support.
11:25Will you vote for him?
11:27I will not.
11:29Why not?
11:31Because the guy he's running against
11:33is my brother-in-law.
11:45Get your buttons! Vote for Blodgett!
11:47Blodgett is a people's choice.
11:49Get your buttons! Vote for Blodgett!
11:51Good evening,
11:53ladies and gentlemen.
11:55My name is Clark Williams.
11:57Clark Williams?
11:59That's Mr. Blodgett's opponent.
12:01Get your buttons! Vote for Blodgett!
12:03He must be holding a rally in there.
12:05I don't know.
12:07I don't know.
12:09I don't know.
12:11I don't know.
12:13He must be holding a rally in there.
12:15Let's go heckle him.
12:17Come on.
12:19Oh, get your buttons! Vote for Blodgett!
12:21I am a professor
12:23of political science at State University.
12:25Oh.
12:27I have also served as a town councilman...
12:29A real egghead.
12:31...state assemblyman.
12:33And during the post-war occupation,
12:35I was a lieutenant colonel
12:37on General MacArthur's staff,
12:39helping to bring
12:41democratic government
12:43to the Japanese people.
12:45Did you know that, Betty?
12:47So what? So he's been to Japan.
12:49My opponent, on the other hand,
12:51is a highly successful
12:53businessman...
12:55Hey!
12:57...who has never held
12:59any public office.
13:01Now let's see where we both stand
13:03on the issues.
13:05I favor more schools,
13:07more hospitals,
13:09and foreign aid
13:11to needy nations.
13:13And jobs
13:15for the unemployed.
13:17I agree with that.
13:19Yeah. So do I.
13:21And you know something? He's kind of cute.
13:23My esteemed rival
13:25also supports these measures,
13:27but he has simultaneously
13:29called for
13:31lower taxes,
13:33reduced spending,
13:35a balanced budget,
13:37and an end to what he calls
13:39coddling by government.
13:41Now friends,
13:43I ask you,
13:45how can we build more schools
13:47and hospitals and homes
13:49while spending less money?
13:55He's right. How can we?
13:57Don't ask me.
13:59Why don't we go see Mr. Blodgett?
14:01You're right. He'll know. Come on.
14:03How's the tie?
14:05Tie's great. Let me...
14:07Oh, the collar.
14:09You look great, T.J.
14:19Oh, hiya, girls. Hey, come on in
14:21and have your picture taken.
14:23No thanks, Mr. Blodgett. Could you spare a minute?
14:25What, for my favorite constituents?
14:27Come back later, Joe.
14:29Now then, what can I do for you?
14:33Well, Mr. Blodgett,
14:35you've come out for more schools
14:37and more hospitals and helping the needy
14:39and foreign aid. That's right.
14:41But you've also come out for lower taxes
14:43and a balanced budget and letting people
14:45help themselves. That's right.
14:47But
14:49how can we do both at the same time?
14:51Now who says we can't?
14:53Oh, but you said that...
14:55Patty, that's campaign talk.
14:57You gotta tell the voters what they want
14:59to hear.
15:01Even if you can't deliver?
15:03Kathy, I'm in politics now.
15:05The first job of a politician is to get himself
15:07elected.
15:09Oh, but Mr. Blodgett...
15:11Now you stop fretting your pretty heads.
15:13Come on, I'll blow you to Sundays at the malt shop.
15:15Oh,
15:17maybe another time, Mr. Blodgett. Thank you.
15:19You name it. Now remember now,
15:21keep those buttons moving.
15:25Patty,
15:27do you know what I think?
15:29I think so too. What do we do now?
15:31Well,
15:33I suggest we retire to an unsmoked
15:35filled room and caucus.
15:41Well, our duty is clear, Patty.
15:43We have to stop working for Mr. Blodgett.
15:45Right. And campaign
15:47for Professor Williams. Right.
15:51You mean like the vet?
15:53Why not? Because we like Mr. Blodgett.
15:55He's a woolly lamb.
15:57That doesn't qualify him
15:59to sit in Congress.
16:01Kathy, it'd be like ratting on the mob.
16:03Oh, I don't think so.
16:05We're not changing sides for selfish reasons.
16:07Yeah.
16:11We're standing up for what we believe in.
16:13And I believe that Mr. Blodgett is a woolly lamb
16:15who should stay out of politics.
16:17I second the motion. All in favor say aye.
16:19Aye. Aye.
16:21Meeting is adjourned.
16:23Kind of gives you a sense of power, doesn't it?
16:27Vote for Clark Williams.
16:29You'll be happy you did.
16:31Vote for Clark Williams.
16:33We need him. Thank you.
16:35Well, hello, girls.
16:41Hi, Papa.
16:43Gee, you never stop, do you?
16:45I hope T.J. realizes what you're doing.
16:47Heaven forbid.
16:49Hello, Kath. Hello, Uncle Martin.
16:51Well, what's the latest message for the people?
16:53Oh, it's same old stuff, you know.
16:55Well, let's see.
16:57Vote for Clark Williams.
16:59Clark Williams?
17:01Yes, Uncle Martin.
17:03He switched to brand X.
17:07You're not angry, are you, Papa?
17:09Oh, of course not.
17:11It's an old American custom.
17:13Thank you, Uncle Martin.
17:15When did... Hmm.
17:17When did all this happen?
17:19Well, we finally did what you told us to.
17:21We examined the issues and the candidates,
17:23and took our stand.
17:25Good for you.
17:27Did you break the news to T.J.?
17:29No.
17:31We just stopped coming around for buttons.
17:33Are you sure we did the right thing, Uncle Martin?
17:35Following the dictates of your conscience?
17:37Absolutely.
17:39I knew you'd say that, Papa.
17:41What was that line from Shakespeare you used to quote to me?
17:43To thine own self be true.
17:45To thine own self be true.
17:47He was a pretty wise fellow, wasn't he?
17:49To thine own self be true.
17:51He was a pretty wise fellow, you know.
17:53Yeah.
17:55Well, we'd better get on home.
17:57Okay.
18:01And T.J. has no idea?
18:03None.
18:05What'll happen when he finds out?
18:07Nothing at all.
18:09He'll be furious.
18:11Nonsense. He's way ahead in the polls.
18:13Come election night and he's the winner,
18:15T.J. will just laugh and forget about it.
18:17What happened?
18:19Miss Gray, our civics teacher, was asked to choose two kids
18:21to represent our school on the TV panel show
18:23Youth Must Be Heard, and she picked me and Kathy.
18:25That's wonderful, Patty.
18:27Congratulations.
18:29We interview all kinds of famous people and ask all kinds of questions.
18:31Oh, yeah, I've seen the show.
18:33What's the topic this week?
18:35Congressional election in our district.
18:37I'll be quizzing Clark Williams and Mr. Blodgett.
18:39Imagine!
18:47Welcome to Youth Must Be Heard,
18:49an unrehearsed public affairs program.
18:51Election day is just 24 hours away,
18:53and so tonight our youthful panel
18:55will question the rival candidates
18:57in one of the city's key congressional elections.
18:59Let's meet those candidates.
19:01First, Professor Clark Williams.
19:03And at the other side of the table,
19:05his wife, Mrs. Blodgett.
19:07Welcome to Youth Must Be Heard,
19:09an unrehearsed public affairs program.
19:11Election day is just 24 hours away,
19:13and so tonight our youthful panel
19:15And at the other side of the table,
19:17his opponent, Mr. T.J. Blodgett.
19:21Now let's meet our young panelists,
19:23all from local high schools.
19:25John Maynard,
19:27Albert Kramer,
19:29and two pretty cousins from Brooklyn Heights,
19:31Patty Lane and Kathy Lane.
19:35See, the girls look so poised, don't they?
19:37There she is. Hi, Patty.
19:39Martin, I am worried
19:41about what the girls will say.
19:43Nonsense. What could happen?
19:45Now let's start the questioning.
19:47Mr. Williams,
19:49what made you decide to run for Congress?
19:51Well, John,
19:53I believe today more than ever
19:55we need experts in government.
19:57And if I may say so,
19:59I feel that my years of training
20:01in political science
20:03and my practical experience
20:05in public affairs qualifies me
20:07in a modest way as an expert.
20:09Mr. Blodgett,
20:11what made you decide to run?
20:13Well, now,
20:15I'm an amateur at this game,
20:17but frankly it seems to me
20:19that the trouble in Washington
20:21is we have too darn many
20:23so-called experts now.
20:27Mr. Blodgett,
20:29you have holdings
20:31in many different corporations.
20:33Oils, automobiles,
20:35newspapers, textiles, department stores,
20:37you name it.
20:39And when you're looking for men
20:41to run these businesses,
20:43whom do you choose?
20:45An amateur or an expert?
20:47Why, an expert, of course.
20:51Oh, well, now, that's different.
20:53I mean, it's business.
20:55Boy, she sure gave it to him.
20:57Right between the eyes.
20:59Well, now we know what can happen.
21:03Professor Williams,
21:05do you have any special knowledge
21:07of the problems and needs
21:09of the district you're running in?
21:11Well, I should.
21:13I grew up in the district,
21:15married a neighborhood girl,
21:17and now I'm raising
21:19three children there.
21:23Mr. Blodgett,
21:25you don't live in the district,
21:27do you?
21:29Now, you know I don't, Patty.
21:31You've been to our place
21:33before, haven't you?
21:35Well, could be.
21:37And Mr. Blodgett has horses up there,
21:39and sheep, and pigs,
21:41and prize cattle.
21:43And chickens, too.
21:45Hardly any people.
21:47And isn't it the people
21:49whose needs and problems
21:51our next congressman must know about?
21:59Well, Martin, I can't look.
22:05Oh, don't worry about it, Natalie.
22:07It's just a kid's TV program.
22:09It couldn't affect T.J.'s chances one bit.
22:11Let's hope not.
22:13Or you may be the only managing editor
22:15of a New York newspaper with a permanent black eye.
22:19And with 80 percent
22:21of the returns in from the district,
22:23here are the tallies.
22:25Clark Williams,
22:27144,
22:29T.J. Blodgett,
22:3118,300.
22:33Well, it's a landslide for Williams.
22:39Yes, and right on our heads.
22:41I'm awfully sorry, Aunt Natalie.
22:43We didn't realize.
22:45We were only trying to be good citizens.
22:47Of course you were.
22:49I'm proud of you, Patty.
22:51So am I.
22:53Now, where'd you get that, son?
22:55Sure wonder who that could be.
22:57You know that old saying,
22:59if anything wrong can happen, it will?
23:01Yes.
23:03I'll bet it's Mr. Blodgett.
23:05Martin!
23:07Well, what a nice surprise, T.J.
23:09I want a word with you.
23:11Well, I guess
23:13we'll leave the grown-ups alone.
23:15Sit still.
23:17I especially want both of you to hear this.
23:19Oh, I have done again.
23:25Well, I suppose you heard.
23:27I got clobbered.
23:29Yes, T.J., I'm very sorry.
23:31And you know who did it?
23:33These two teenage turncoats.
23:35We had to do it, Mr. Blodgett.
23:37We were only trying to be true to our own selves.
23:39And you were.
23:41Which is more than can be said for me.
23:43What?
23:45Martin, these two kids taught me a lesson.
23:47You mean you're not angry?
23:49An hour ago, I was boiling, Natalie.
23:51I could have turned these kids over my knee
23:53and pow!
23:57I couldn't blame you.
23:59Then it hit me. You know, I deserve to lose.
24:01I'm a businessman.
24:03I'm no politician.
24:05I've devoted so much time to business
24:07and I wasn't studying up on the issues.
24:09I was a fish out of water.
24:11But, thanks to
24:13Patty and Kathy,
24:15I'm back where I belong.
24:17T.J., you're quite a man.
24:19Yeah, yeah.
24:21I always said it.
24:23He's a willy lamb.
24:25I'll vote for that.
24:27Now, let's go over to the mall shop and have those Sundays, I promised you.
24:29Crazy!
24:31Come on, Roy.
24:45Here's Kathy
24:47Who's lived most everywhere
24:49From Zanzibar
24:51To Berkeley Square
24:53But Patty's only seen the sights
24:55A girl can see from Brooklyn Heights
24:57What a crazy pair
24:59But they're cousins
25:01Identical cousins
25:03And you'll find
25:05They laugh alike
25:07They walk alike
25:09At times they even talk alike
25:11You can lose your mind
25:13You can lose your mind
25:15When cousins
25:17Are two of a kind