Four Favorites #30

Hap Hazard gets roped into babysitting Junior while his mother and Mrs. Bates head out shopping, derailing his plans for glee club practice—and a date with Babs. What follows is a chaotic collision of crying baby, desperate improvisation, and one increasingly frazzled teenager trying to keep the situation from spiraling into total disaster.

Hazel of Hollywood takes on a high-stakes mission to charm the famous novelist Henry Radcliffe into selling his latest book to her studio—but her well-intentioned efforts to impress him keep spiraling into hilarious chaos. As she accidentally destroys his prized possessions and causes mayhem wherever they go, Hazel's unpredictable approach to salesmanship tests both the writer's patience and her own determination to land the deal.

When Hap and Babs head out to catch a movie, the evening sparks a question that sends Hap down memory lane—was it love at first sight when they met? In this charming 1947 humor piece, Hap recounts the night Babs first walked into the drugstore, complete with all the romantic trappings of an instant connection. But sometimes the truth behind those butterflies and flashing lights is a lot more down to earth than either of them expected.