tomatoes,
but they were out of
shiitake mushrooms.
Leonard Keck is gonna have a fit.
He wanted to make moo shu chicken
for the Sunday potluck.
Oh, I've got a letter for you.
Here it is.
It's from my dad.
Dorothy Bauer said she was so sorry,
but she picked it up by mistake
with her mail last month.
She just got back today.
I hope it's nothing urgent.
He's fishing for king salmon
up in Cordova.
Cordova? He ought
to drop by here for a visit.
He is.
Too bad that Rick isn't here.
Uh-oh.
I'm sure your dad
would like to meet your beau.
Oh, God.
I have a roll-away bed
that you can borrow.
Oh, God!
- Morning, Joel.
- Hi, Holling. What can I do for you?
Well, uh, let me see. Uh-
My neck was a little stiff last week.
- Uh-huh.
- And, uh, once in a while,
I get a tic right here, under my eye.
Yeah?
I'm thinkin' about
gettin' circumcised.
And every now and again,
my knee pops out.
- What?
- My knee pops.
- No. No, before that.
- I'm thinkin' about gettin' circumcised.
Circumcised? As in circumcised?
Why on earth would you wanna do that?
Well, uh, for one thing
I hear it's more hygienic.
Yeah. It's a very
controversial issue, Holling.
And for another thing,
I hear it's also more, uh, in style.
In style? What, like pleated pants?
Like an earring?
Aren't most men
of your generation circumcised?
I don't know. Maybe.
It depends where you're from.
Are you?
Yes, but that's irrelevant.
I'm Jewish. It's in the contract.
I see.
I was eight days old, Holling.
A baby.
I had no choice in the matter.
My father held me, my mother wept.
You can't compare that to a 63-year-old man
who's opting to have his foreskin removed
because he thinks it's in style.
You're against my doing it.
Absolutely.
There is no medical reason
for you to be circumcised.
I am personally opposed
to unnecessary surgical procedures.
I see.
Let me add one piece
of pertinent information.
We are talking about a very sensitive
part of the anatomy.
Yeah.
You need stitches-
Stitches, Holling-
down there.
So?
Under the circumstances,
it might not be such a good idea.
Yeah. Wise decision.
Well, thank you, Joel.
Who's next, Marilyn?
Number nine.
Number nine.
- Well, I'm 10.
- What happened to nine? Where's nine?
Sir? Hello, number nine?
Excuse me.
Hello?
Uh-oh.
Is this the first one you've lost?
I didn't lose him.
I- I never touched him.
He was waiting to see me.
He was sitting in a chair.
You know, death's a funny thing.
It always blindsides you.
It always sneaks up on you
when you're not looking.
The man liked good boots.
Do you recognize him?
No. Never seen him before.
- You don't know your own patients?
- He wasn't my patient yet.
And I have an assistant here
who thinks it's unnecessary to take names.
- She'd rather run my office
like a delicatessen.
- He's number nine.
Have any I.D. on him?
I don't know.
Well, better check.
You take that side.
- No way, Maurice. I'm not going
through his pockets. Uh-uh.
- He's not gonna bite you, son.
Marilyn, you better log this.
One package of Juicy Fruit gum,
three pieces remaining.
juicy Fruit, three sticks.
Right.
- One nail clipper.
- Nail clipper.
What's this?
Hey. Hey. Hey. Ow!
What is it?
Somethin's got me!
- I had you goin' there, didn't I?
- Just see if he has some I.D.
"Pick up shirt Monday.''
Does he have a wallet?
No, that's it.
We do know one thing.
What's that?
- Not wearing a wedding ring.
- Great. Terrific.
- Who are we supposed to call about this?
- Call?
Yeah, who's the coroner around here?
Coroner?
- Son, where do you think you are?
- I'm sorry. I must have lost my head.
Of course there's no coroner.
I don't suppose you
have an undertaker either.
Milt.
Milt?
Milt Wyman?
He's a taxidermist.
Well, that makes him
eminently qualified, I'd say.
- Margaret!
- Dad!
Be back in three days, huh?
Hey.
Peanut! How are ya?
I'm good.
You got the hat.
Oh, yeah, and the mittens.
Good.