- [it looks like Ozzie is going to have a long night doing his income tax]
- Ricky Nelson: Can I stay up with Pop tonight, Mom?
- Harriet Nelson: Wh'ho, you certainly can not.
- David Nelson: Don't be ridiculous, Ricky.
- Ricky Nelson: I think it'd be fun.
- Ozzie Nelson: No, I'm afraid figuring your income tax hardly comes under the classification of fun.
- Harriet Nelson: Besides, your father'll have enough on his mind without having to worry about you.
- Ozzie Nelson: Yeah, we don't want anything to happen to you guys.
- David Nelson: Hey, that's right. We're deductible, huh, Pop.
- Ozzie Nelson: Yes, David. The government allows us six hundred dollars a year for each of you boys. That pays for your shoes.
- [the family is discussing David's friend, Bob Swanson]
- Ozzie Nelson: What do you guys usually 'cook up'?
- David Nelson: Oh, he's got his garage set up like a chemistry lab.
- Ozzie Nelson: Oh, say, I hope you're not concocting anything dangerous.
- David Nelson: Oh, nothin' dangerous. Bob gets some good ideas, though.
- Ricky Nelson: You oughta meet him, Pop. He's real crazy, man.
- David Nelson: Yeah, he sure is.
- Ricky Nelson: Only, he's crazy the way it means in the dictionary.
- Ricky Nelson: The principal of our school says every man should pay an income tax.
- Harriet Nelson: Well, I think just about every man does nowadays.
- Ricky Nelson: Yeah, but he outghta pay it for his wife, too. Women work hard all day at a thankless job and slave over a hot stove at night.
- Ozzie Nelson: Who says all this?
- Ricky Nelson: Our principal. Mrs Benson.