- Harriet Nelson: David has some Shakespeare to read tonight, haven't you, David?
- David Nelson: Yes, ma'am.
- Ozzie Nelson: Oh? What are you going to read?
- David Nelson: Hamlet.
- Ozzie Nelson: That's a wise selection.
- David Nelson: Thanks, Pop. Our teacher made it.
- Ozzie Nelson: Shakespeare is the world's greatest playwright. His plays are known the world over.
- Ricky Nelson: I think he's a little corny, myself.
- David Nelson: I don't see anything corny about him.
- Ricky Nelson: Oh, no? What about that Hamlet? Guy's talkin' to himself about commitin' suicide, walkin' through graveyards pickin' up old skulls - it just isn't commercial.