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Hello, Ben.

George.

George Harris.

Ben.

Ah.

Oh, it sure is good to see you.

How are you? How are you? It's been a long time.

It sure has been a long time.

Say, don't you fellas from San Francisco

ever travel during the daytime?

Come on. Sit down.

Now, wait, wait-- before I make myself too comfortable,

there's something I want to talk to you about.

Oh, sure, sure.

Do you remember Joshua Norton?

The emperor of the United States of America

and the protector of Mexico

is not a man who is easily forgotten.

How is he?

Well, he's still writing proclamations.

Yes?

I'm still publishing them

on the front page of my newspaper.

Come on. Sit down.

Joshua Norton.

I'll tell you, of all the people

that San Francisco's produced, I guess he's probably

the most interesting, the most amazing

and certainly the most controversial.

They finally put out commitment orders

on the old man, Ben.

Ah, that's too bad.

That sweet, kind, generous man.

Why, he wouldn't hurt a flea.

Always fighting for the underdog.

Who could possibly want him out of the way?

Well, he's made some very powerful enemies.

For one thing, he's still appealing the rice affair.

Now, I think he has a case,

and I've been writing editorials about it.

And they've angered some of the biggest interests.

Oh.

That's why I'm here, Ben.

The emperor needs a place of refuge.

Do you want him to stay here with me?

Ben, he doesn't know about the commitment order.

He thinks that some of these powerful interests are trying

to impeach him for demanding equal pay

for the Chinese laborers in San Francisco.

Well, I-I won't say anything, of course.

When will he get here?

Your Majesty.

Ah, good evening, Mr. Cartwright.

My cape.

And hat.

Quite comfortable.

Thank you, Your Majesty.

Welcome to the Ponderosa.

I got some mail... Shh!

Shh.

Check and mate.

Well, that's...

two games for you and one for me.

Here's the mail, Pa.

Thank you.

There's one here for you, Your Majesty.

Ah, from George Harris,

one of my most loyal and faithful subjects.

Hey... hey, Pa.

Did he really beat you two games?

Yes, he beat me two games.

What about it?

Uh, nothing, Pa.

I lost the rice appeal.

The fools!

Don't they know this was their last chance?

Now I'm forced to seize

the judiciary and reverse the decision myself.

I had hoped I wouldn't have to do that.

He's taking it pretty hard.

He's human.

I suppose any man...

will break...

if enough pressure's brought to bear.

15 years ago, that man was one of the wealthiest

and most influential merchants in the city of San Francisco.

Then he lost everything.

Some venture involving

the shipment of rice from the Orient.

He was wiped out financially.

And in other ways, too.

So now...

now he's the emperor

and no one can ever cheat him again.

I reckon a thing like that happened to a man,

it'd hurt pretty fiercely, wouldn't it?

Oh, yes. There's a...

part of him that's hurt...

the part that pretends he's an emperor.

But the part that plays brilliant chess

and writes searching essays

on political science and makes courageous speeches

in the gallery at the state legislature,

I sure wish I was as healthy as that part.

Does he really do all that?

You bet he does.

That's the alarm whistle from the mine.

Must be an accident.

Get the water canteen. Right.

Here you go.

I think his left leg is broken.

Your Majesty!

Your Majesty?

What's the matter? Oh!

Are you lost?

No, sir. But you are.

Who owns this mine?

Come on, Emperor. We got to get out of here.

I demand to know.

Well, Harry Crawford. Why?

I want him arrested at once.

Arrested? For what?

He didn't use the canaries.

Oh.

Ah.

Ben, who's in charge of this operation?

Mm...?

Mr. Milner here.

He's the engineer.

You?

Where were the canaries?

The what, sir?

The canaries!

They would've warned the men in time.

I'm arresting your employer for criminal negligence.

Canaries?

Ben, you sure he's harmless?

Well, of course he's harmless.

Young man, you better read up on canaries.

Your Majesty...?

Uh...

What-what was all that stuff about the canaries?

You have one? I'll show you.

Uh... Probably get one in town.

Then get it! Pronto.

That's a command.

Canaries?

That's what I asked him.

Ben.

This is ridiculous. What are we trying to prove?

Shh.

His head is beginning to droop.

The gas starts here.

I've already checked in here. I didn't find any gas leak.

You better check some more.

By golly, he's right.

I do smell it.

Very faint.

But not so faint down there where the men were working in.

It would accumulate down lower.

How did you know it was here?

The canary knew.

Come, little friend,

out in the open,

and I'll reward you with a fresh worm.

Canaries don't eat worms.

Would you like to make a bet that one does?

No, I don't think I would.

Thank you, Hop Sing.

May I remove honorable plate?

Oh, no, no.

Hop Sing, I meant to do this before.

Gentlemen,

rise.

Rise.

Kneel, please.

Hop Sing,

your conduct in caring for your injured countrymen

after the mine explosion was exemplary.

Therefore, in the name of the United States

and Mexico, I hereby appoint you ambassador to China

and representative of the court of Norton the First

in all matters pertaining to Oriental affairs.

You may rise, Mr. Ambassador.

0h!

Thank you.

Thank you.

Wait till I tell elders in town.

Oh! Oh!

Hop Sing ambassador! Ho!

Man, there ain't gonna be no living with him now.

Gentlemen, be seated.

Well, you did a very lovely thing for him there.

Well, of course.

I bestowed a great honor on him.

As I have on you, Mr. Milner.

By allowing you to install the first measures of safety

in your mine before I arrest Mr. Crawford.

I meant to thank you for giving him another chance,

Your Majesty.

I'll give him until tomorrow

at 4:00 precisely

to comply with my order.

And now...

there's something I wish to show you.

Gentlemen,

come this way.

Gentlemen,

behold my latest project.

The newest wonder of the world.

Well?

What... What is it?

What is it?

It's a bridge!

A bridge, a bridge!

Well...

no disrespect, sir, but if it's a bridge,

what holds it up?

Those cables.

What else?

I thought you were an engineer.

Well, uh... struggling for comprehension

as I am, sir, uh, I...

Well, if you could explain it a little more fully.

The load divides

between these clusters of cables,

so that none of them is sorely stressed.

It's an ancient principle,

known by the Incas of Peru

and the tribes of equatorial Africa.

Uh, how long is this bridge supposed to be?

Not very long.

Just across the Golden Gate of San Francisco.

But that's more than a mile,

across some of the swiftest currents in the world.

I'm aware of it.

I was right about the canaries, wasn't I?

Don't you believe in me yet?

Well, of course we do, Your Majesty.

It's just that... you know, a new idea

always has certain resistance.

Like, uh, Leonardo DA Vinci. Bah!

Comparisons are odious.

I'm a builder of bridges.

I-I beg your pardon, Your Majesty.

It's not your fault.

A genius is lonely.

There's an old adage which says,

it's better to be lonely by oneself

than to be lonely with friends.

You're not lonely here, Your Majesty.

No, sir, not at all. And I...

I think that's a fine bridge, too.

You're not just saying that because I'm your emperor,

and you think you have to?

No, not at all; I mean it.

Oh, uh, me too, Your Majesty.

Of course.

One day,

I will build this great bridge

across the Golden Gate.

♪♪

Mr. Crawford,

I arrest you for murder.

You what?!

I said you are under arrest for murder.

Oh, no.

You're that old kook staying out on the Cartwright place.

That canary business again.

Well, you get out of here before I put you away.

Let go of me. I just...

How dare you! I will not be subjected

to this ridicule and idiocy another minute!

Let go at once.

Take your hands off me!

You miserable old... Well, he's yours now.

Sheriff, get this madman off of me.

I won't stand it another minute!

Lock him up for assault!

Lock him up, Sheriff. On what charge?

A man died because he was too cheap to buy a canary.

A canary? I command his arrest.

Well, this... And you... You command his arrest?

Just a moment. My cape.

I want to send a telegram

to the sheriff's office in San Francisco.

Good evening, Your Majesty.

Good evening.

Thank you, Mr. Ambassador.

Good evening, Your Majesty.

Good evening.

Gentlemen, good night.

This has been an eventful day.

It certainly has, at that.

Good night, Your Majesty. Good night.

Roy, thank you so much for bringing him home.

Don't mention it, Ben.

Have you got a minute? Sure.

Harry Crawford is just about fit to be tied.

Hmm?

He started circulating a petition in town

to get Mr. Norton committed.

Well, that's unfair. You know that.

Maybe I do know it, Ben.

But there ain't gonna be nothing that I can do about it

if he gets enough signatures to order a sanity hearing.

He's already wired San Francisco

to get the information.

Oh, no.

Now Crawford will find out about the commitment order there.

That's right.

I figured you ought to know.

I kind of like the old gent myself.

Thanks for telling me, Roy.

Night. Good night, Ben.

Who is it, please?

Your emperor.

Oh, yes, Your Majesty.

It is an honor you visit me.

Please, come in.

I have no time for idle socializing.

Hop Sing,

I've been examining the situation here,

and I've come to the conclusion that it is desperate.

Here... on Ponderosa?

This whole area, Hop Sing.

It needs the kind of guidance,

direction, leadership

that only I can provide.

Hop Sing,

when I first mentioned the bridge

I have envisioned, you said

you would build it to China, if I asked.

Oh, but you not ask.

Unfortunately, other matters demand my attention,

such as Mr. Crawford, the owner of the mine.

Now, I ask.

Mr. Ambassador,

I need someone to supervise

construction of a prototype.

But I work for Mr. Cartwright, Your Majesty.

You worked for Mr. Cartwright!

You are now in the service of your emperor.

Hey, Pa?

Pa?

Morning, Ben, Hoss. Morning.

Good morning, Your Majesty.

Well?

How do you like it?

You mean, uh,

this is what you've been doing the last three days?

I've been working on this all my life.

Beautiful... beautiful!

True.

What color do you think it should be?

I've been debating between yellow and red.

Red would be more striking.

But I'm afraid it would get lost against the sunset.

Yeah, it'd look pretty small against a sunset, all right.

Yeah, Hoss, uh,

His Majesty is not referring to this little bridge,

he's referring to the real thing--

The one that's going across

the Golden Gate at San Francisco.

Oh. Oh, oh!

That bridge.

Um, Your Majesty?

Do you happen to know where Hop Sing might be?

I do.

But I can't tell you.

It's a state secret, Ben.

Oh. Yeah, but Hop Sing, he ain't, he ain't been cooking...

Hey, Hoss, Hoss, uh, it's a state secret.

Maybe Hop Sing's whereabouts is a state secret,

but it's making headline news down here in my stomach.

Well...

Whoa.

Mr. Cartwright...

what has Norton been doing with my Chinese workers?

Well, well, Mr. Crawford,

what has Emperor Norton been doing with your workers?

I am serious, Mr. Cartwright.

He and Hop Sing came 'round three days ago,

and ever since, my Chinese workers

have been leaving the mines during the lunch hour.

Well, it seems to me that what your workers do

during their lunch hour is their business.

It's my business when they don't eat

and just drag through the rest of the afternoon.

I'm not getting a full day's work out of them.

So that's why you've been pushing that petition so hard.

That's one reason, of course.

Now, see here, Mr. Cartwright.

There's no malice in me.

You get that old nuisance to leave my workers alone,

and I'll withdraw that petition.

Well, I'd say you'd better ask Norton, not me.

I thought you were interested in his welfare.

I see I was mistaken.

Well...

I'm glad you brought it in, Ben.

Because if I had never seen it,

I never would've believed it.

The bridge can be built!

I don't know.

Well, it-it's just right there, right in front of you.

There's a model in front of me.

I mean, I-I can make a model

of a building 50 stories high.

But that doesn't mean that

that building can actually be constructed.

I mean, for all I know, that, uh,

bridge couldn't even carry its own weight.

Well, I-is that what you're telling me?

Ben, this man is a,

is a mixture of genius and delusion.

Now, he-he set forth a theory

that is totally new to any engineering I've ever studied.

I simply don't know whether that bridge could stand or not.

Well, you-you must have some idea!

Ben, don't ask me for an answer.

I don't even fully understand the question.

There's one thing I do understand, though.

Norton's, um, oddities are

pushing a lot of people into signing that petition.

It's Crawford that's doing the pushing.

But it's the emperor that's giving him a lot of ammunition.

Just because he wants to build a different kind of bridge.

♪ Norton's bridge is ♪

♪ Falling down, falling down I

♪ Falling down, Norton's bridge I

♪ Is falling down, poor old crackpot ♪

♪ Norton's bridge is falling down, falling down I

♪ Falling down, Norton's bridge I

♪ Is falling down, poor old crackpot. ♪

Now, why you singing that song, boy?

I was just playing a joke.

Everybody's laughing at that old coot.

Let me go, will ya?

Let go of me!

You know, I'm worried about you.

You ought to take better care of yourself.

I'm gonna show you something.

Now, look, the back of your pants here.

Look back here.

See all that dust back here?

Should I clean it off for you?

Mr. Cartwright, I saw what you did to that poor child,

and I think it's dreadful.

Well, ma'am, I don't think it's any more dreadful

than poking fun at your elders in the street.

That emperor, Norton?

Don't you agree with Mr. Crawford's petition?

I most assuredly do not, ma'am.

Well!

Let me remind you, sir, that the Bible says,

"Suffer the little children who come unto me."

Well, ma'am, let me tell you that the next little child

that comes onto me singing that song most assuredly will suffer.

Good-bye.

You may enter.

Supper's just about ready, Your Majesty.

I'm really not hungry, Ben.

But you go on.

You feeling all right?

I'm fine.

Well, maybe you'll feel like eating a little later.

Ben...

they still mock me in Virginia City, don't they?

Well, some of them, yes.

Most of them.

Be honest.

It's one thing to be tolerated, Ben.

To be loved even.

But it's quite another thing to be taken seriously.

I'm an emperor.

I've got to leave a legacy.

Even if it's only

a little wooden bridge across a muddy creek.

Hey, Pa?

Sheriff Coffee's here, and he's got Mr. Crawford with him.

Ben, I...

I'm sorry it had to come to this.

I think I'm a reasonable man, Mr. Cartwright.

I will try once more.

There's no need to rise, Sheriff.

This is an informal audience.

Now, see here, Norton...

Excuse me, sir.

I think you'll get along much better

if you address His Majesty by his proper title.

Now, see here, Your Majesty...

...you are in no position to bargain.

Then why are you trying to bargain with me?

I am not trying to bargain with you!

I just don't want to see you suffer

needlessly in confinement.

My good man, you're not making any sense.

I don't know what you're talking about.

You know perfectly well what I'm talking about!

I am talking about that petition for your sanity hearing,

Your Majesty!

Sheriff...

are you involved in the disgraceful coup d'etat?

Come on now, Norton.

Let's not make it any harder than it has to be.

The law is on my side, and you know it!

I'm afraid he is right, Your Majesty.

Gentlemen,

do you intend to stand aside

while your emperor is being subjected to this humiliation?

Roy, just because a man thinks he's something he ain't

don't necessarily make him strange.

I mean, we've all done it, ain't we?

You're wrong, Hoss.

I am what I believe myself to be.

We all are.

Oh, this farce has gone on long enough.

Sheriff, do your duty.

Well, uh...

you'll be cleared of all charges.

I'm-I'm certain, Your Majesty.

I wonder, Ben.

A man's mind is a complicated mechanism.

Who is qualified

to determine the absolute rightness of its balance?

Oh, Your Majesty,

we all know you are supreme.

No, Mr. Crawford, I'm not.

Only God is supreme.

But there's no need to quarrel over me, gentlemen.

I'd always intended to inspect

your town's prison facilities, anyway.

And my hat.

Mr. Crawford,

I've often thought of granting my subjects

the right of self-rule.

But then, I meet someone like you...

well, I realize the nation still needs my guiding hand.

Mr. Sheriff...

...your emperor does not like to be kept waiting.

Come along, Sheriff.

I don't like to be kept waiting, either.

I'll be down tomorrow to post bail.

All right, Ben.

Ben, I will.

I'll try to make him as comfortable as possible.

Always putting wrong man in jail!

Ben, you can pick up a receipt

for your bail money on the way out, huh?

Morning, Your Majesty.

Good morning, Ben.

Uh, I'm also an expert locksmith.

Sheriff, it's fine-- strong and well-built.

I'm also pleased to note

you provided for ample sunshine and fresh air.

Remind me to double your salary.

Thank you very much, Your Highness.

Ben... Uh, Sheriff,

Ben and I have some things to talk over.

Wait outside. Yes, sir.

You solemnly swear to obey the duties

of your new office as Minister of Justice?

As-as Minister of Justice?

It's not necessary to repeat after me.

Oh. Answer yes or no.

Well, uh, Your Majesty, what... what will...

what will my new duties be?

Defending your emperor at the impeachment.

At the impeachment?

But, Your Majesty, you-you need a proper lawyer.

Are you questioning the wisdom of your emperor?

Well...

Remember, you once took an oath to obey and serve your emperor.

Well, yes, yes. Are you going back on your word?

Well, no... no-no not exactly.

When a man says "not exactly,"

he means "exactly."

Ben, for your own good,

I have to place you under arrest.

Uh, uh... Your Majesty?

I solemnly swear to-to carry out

all the duties as Minister of Justice.

I think you do.

Congratulations, Ben.

Thank you, Your Majesty.

Get my cape and hat.

Yes, Your Majesty.

Ben?

Excuse me.

Little Joe, Your Majesty?

Emperor, do you know what happened

to the Chinese at the mine?

I know they're industrious, hardworking people

who have always been loyal

to every command that I have given.

I mean, sir, do you know why about half of them

didn't show up for work today?

"Half of them"?

Do you know anything about this?

It's a state secret, Ben.

Your Majesty, there's no such thing as a state secret

between a minister of justice... A what?!

A minister of justice

and his emperor.

Yeah, you've got to tell me what this is all about.

And I shall.

At the proper time.

Drive on, Joseph. Uh, uh, Your Majesty...

one more thing.

I-I'd like to send a wire to Mr. Clemens

and, uh, some of the other friends.

Have them testify?

Excellent thought, Ben.

I knew you'd show initiative in your new post.

Drive on, Joseph.

Come on.

Who is this Clemens, Ben?

Oh, Samuel Clemens.

Mark Twain?

Yeah, Mark Twain.

You might know some of the others, too--

Bret Harte and Robert Louis Stevenson.

You mean... they're friends of Norton's?

Yeah, friends

and admirers.

This hearing is convened.

Now, we're to consider

the petition for the commitment

of Joshua Norton for insanity.

It is noted that Mr. Crawford,

who circulated the petition,

has the prescribed number of signatures

of interested citizens.

Will the defense identify itself, please?

Your Honor,

His Majesty has consented to allow me to defend him.

All right, Ben.

I'll conduct the inquiry, since this is

a sanity hearing, not a trial.

Nevertheless, Your Honor, His Majesty stands accused.

And the Constitution guarantees him the right

to face his accusers.

I would like history

to remember just who his accusers are.

Crawford and the people who signed the petition.

History will be interested in their names, I'm sure.

The defense has no witnesses

to call at this time, Your Honor.

Mr. Crawford, what do you have to say?

Don't worry, Ben.

They'll be here.

I sure hope so.

Their testimony's vital.

"Vital"?

No, Ben, not vital.

They're important, I grant you,

but only the model

of my bridge is vital.

All right, Mr. Crawford, let's have it.

Well, Your Honor,

the long and short of it is this.

This man Norton

came to town dressed in those ridiculous clothes

and told everybody that he was

the emperor of the United States.

And the...

something or other of Mexico.

Protector.

I'm the protector of Mexico.

Well, the protector of Mexico

started making trouble in Virginia City.

He should be put away and that's all there is to it.

Ever since this emperor came to town,

is there a man here

who has been able

to get one of his Chinese workers

to so much as carry a message during the noon hour?

No, sir.

He is responsible for that.

Furthermore, he has stirred up all the Indians

to demand higher wages!

Oh, yes, and here's one more little thing...

And here's one more thing:

He has publically advocated

that women be given the right to vote!

Now, gentlemen, you know

and I know what chaos

that could produce.

There is not one person in this town--

Man, woman or child--

Who has not been adversely affected by his presence!

He is a menace to the community,

and we demand that he be removed!

Do you have anything more, Mr. Crawford?

No, sir.

Your Honor...

All right, Ben.

Mr. Crawford...

you say that Emperor Norton

behaved in an outlandish manner.

Yes, sir, he did.

Well, uh, what exactly did he do?

I mean, did he do things, like, uh,

well, something like this-- like, uh,

come to you and say that he owned your land,

and he was going to give it away to somebody else?

That is exactly the sort of thing he did.

In other words...

he behaved...

exactly like Christopher Columbus did.

Well, isn't that true?

Christopher Columbus,

dressed in a ridiculous manner--

If you happened to be an Indian--

And Christopher Columbus decided

he was going to give away the land he had just discovered

to some king or other in Europe.

And that must've seemed pretty strange

if you happened to be an Indian and thought all along

that the land that you were living on was yours

and had been for a long time.

In fact, I think we're all pretty fortunate

Mr. Crawford wasn't around to lock Christopher Columbus up!

Ben, your point doesn't apply here.

You know it doesn't.

Your Honor, I know that the only reason

he's circulating this petition

is so that he won't have to invest any money

in safety devices for his mine.

I am protecting my miners!

But not with canary birds!

All right, Mr. Milner,

let's hear about the bridge.

Well, frankly, Your Honor,

uh, there's not a whole lot I can tell you.

Uh, I mean, this is, this is the model here.

Uh, doesn't prove anything

except that a model can be built.

In order to prove this theory of Emperor Norton's...

Mister Norton!

Emperor Norton.

You'd have to have an actual bridge, a real bridge,

so that you could subject it to experimental stresses.

Chris...

did Emperor Norton ever mention the vine bridges

across the Amazon river to you?

Well, yes, he did mention them, but I only have his word for it.

Ah.

And, uh, he's disturbed.

Now, suppose I were to tell you

that I'd read about those vine bridges, too?

Am I disturbed?

I don't think so, Ben.

Well, uh...

Whose word do you have for that?

Only yours.

No more questions.

You may step down, Mr. Milner.

Your Honor, uh...

Sir, may I request a short recess?

What for, Ben?

If I may beg of your indulgence, sir,

uh, I think the need for the recess will be apparent.

All right.

Five minutes.

Mark! Well, well, well.

How good to see you. Your Majesty.

I'd like you to meet my minister of justice.

Ben. Well, Sam, it's nice to see you again.

We've known each other for some time, Your Majesty.

Uh, Ben, I, uh, brought these letters from the others.

Oh, yes. Stevenson, Bret Harte,

Fremont, General Vallejo.

Oh. I, uh, hope they'll be of some value.

I know they will be.

It's a very impressive list.

Uh... Very impressive man.

Yes, he is. Your Majesty, I think we better get back.

Let's get together for dinner,

say as soon as this foolishness is over.

Missed you.

Well...

How's it really going in there?

Well, now that you're here, Sam,

I think everything will be all right.

We'll call you just as soon as we get back in.

Fine, fine.

All right, ready to go now, Ben?

Yes, we are, Your Honor.

Thank you for your indulgence.

Your Honor...

with your permission, we would like to call

a character witness

who's come a long way to help an old friend.

Who is he, Ben?

May I introduce

Mr. Samuel Clemens.

Mr. Clemens,

pleasure to have you in our courtroom.

Thank you, Your Honor.

Won't you, uh, take the stand?

Just one minute, Your Honor!

He can't testify here!

If he was a doctor, I'd say fine, go ahead, let's hear him.

But he's not, he's just a friend!

I beg your pardon!

He's more than just a friend, Mr. Crawford!

This man is a celebrated American author!

He's one of the greatest... I don't care!

He has letters important to... Quiet, quiet!

I don't care if he's got a letter from the king...

I'll testify. «Joshua!

I solemnly swear to tell the truth

the whole truth and nothing but the truth,

so help me God.

State your name, please.

And my titles?

Yes, and your titles.

I'm Emperor Joshua Norton,

Emperor of the United States of America,

Protector of Mexico, the Sole Unchallenged Sovereign

of the Western Hemisphere.

Order!

Ben...

...this is a prima facie case.

I don't want to humiliate the man anymore.

Joshua Norton...

...I've heard all the evidence

relating to your state of mind

and your ability to fend for yourself.

I find that

your best interests will be served

if you were to be committed... This bridge model

shows how wrong they are.

Mr. Milner is absolutely wrong!

And so is Mr. Crawford!

Mr. Milner notwithstanding... Your Majesty?

Excuse me, sir.

This hearing will recess for one hour.

We will reconvene at Bowes Creek on the Ponderosa.

Adjourned.

Your Majesty, why didn't you tell me

what was going on at Bowes Creek before?

State secret between my ambassador and me.

Whoa, whoa!

It's beautiful. It's beautiful!

It's only beautiful if it works, Ben.

All right, this hearing's back in session.

Well... what further proof do you need, Judge?

There it is!

Mr. Milner...

...what do you think of that?

It depends on how much weight it'll carry, Judge.

Well, Hop-Hop Sing and his workers w-went over it!

Well, Hop Sing don't weigh 150 pounds

sopping wet after a full dinner.

That's no test!

How about me?

Would I be test enough for you?

My dear sir,

if you want to soak in, that's up to you.

Ben, if I've been wrong in this,

I will have been wrong in everything.

It will work, won't it?

It's got to work.

It worked! It worked!

Congratulations, Your Majesty.

♪♪

All right.

So, he built a bridge.

So What if he did?

It doesn't go anyplace.

Oh, you're wrong, Crawford.

That's the longest bridge in the world.

It goes from here

all the way into the future.

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of the NBC Television Network.