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Good evening.

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I'm just completing
a rather interesting device.

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I think it will amuse you.

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Tonight we are presenting
a story...

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(ELECTRIC BUZZING)

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I should have explained.

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You see,
this is arranged

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so that anyone touching
the channel selector

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to change programs

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gets a nasty shock.

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We rather hope we will improve
the loyalty of our viewers.

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(ELECTRIC BUZZING)

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There goes another one.

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It's no trifling matter.

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25,000 volts.

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Leaves them crisp as bacon.

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Unfortunately,
it has one shortcoming.

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It also burns out
the television tube,

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making it impossible
for the bereaved

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to watch
the rest of the show.

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(INHALING)

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Well, nothing is perfect

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and there's nothing
like a good practical joke.

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At least that's what
a character
in tonight's play thought.

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MAN 1: Well, I said to him,
"Where you going?"

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He says,
"I don't know."

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The next thing I know,
he goes out the door,

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and that's the last time
I ever saw him.

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(ALL LAUGHING)

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(MUSIC PLAYING ON RADIO)

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MAN 2: That's good.

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There you go, Nick,
put a head on it.

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(ALL LAUGHING)

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Have another beer,
Mr. Halloran?

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I'll have another one.

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To you, Halloran,

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for teaching me two things
in my youth.

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This great newspaperman

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taught me
never to trust anyone,

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especially Mr. Halloran.

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But I told you
how to get a story.

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Yeah, for a price.

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How come?

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And what did
Mr. Halloran do?

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I was only 20 at the time,
just a cub on the gazette.

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I told him to go
to Machine Gun Riley
to get a story.

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I figured that Riley
would give the kid
the scare of his life

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and just toss him out
on his kisser.

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No, you didn't.
It was your idea of a joke.

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MAN 3: So, what happened?

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Machine Gun Riley
tossed me out of his
second story window

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I was in the hospital
for three months.

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(HALLORAN LAUGHING)

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Mr. Halloran, you haven't
changed in 20 years.

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Well, I mean well.

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I'm just a guy
who likes a practical joke.

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Sure,
you mean well.

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Your idea of
a practical joke is

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to get somebody
to break a leg.

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Well, good night,
you sadist.

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I gotta get
back to the desk.

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So long.
Good night, Jim.

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Any big headlines tonight,
Mr. Halloran?

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No. It's the deadest night
in years.

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Either a story breaks
or Answers to the Lovelorn

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will be the hottest news
in the 9 a.m. final.

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Mr. Halloran...

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Why, Johnny, my boy,
you woke up!

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Will you stake me
to a drink?

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Well,
sure, Johnny.

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Give him a drink.

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Oh, gee, thanks.

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NICK: What'll it be, John?

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Uh, could I...
Could I have the good stuff?

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Certainly.
Give him the good stuff.

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(LAUGHING)

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What's the matter, Johnny?

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You didn't have to
do that, Mr. Halloran.

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That wasn't funny.
I burnt my tongue.

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(LAUGHING)
That was just
a little furniture polish.

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John,
here's the good stuff.

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And it's on the house.

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Oh, thanks a lot,
Nick.

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TIMOTHY:
Mr. Halloran! Mr. Halloran!

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What's the matter,
Timothy?

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Hey, Mr. Halloran,
get a load of this.

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It's the morning edition.

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Let me see,
what is it?

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Let's see.

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"World ends tonight, 11:45."

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HALLORAN:
It must be a mistake.

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Let me read it.
Let me read it.

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What's the matter,
Mr. Halloran?

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"Collision with Mars.

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"Mars pulled
out of its orbit

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"by sudden gravitational shift
in the sun's powers."

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Go on.
What else
does it say?

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"Mars is pulling
toward the sun

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"and rushing for the Earth."

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It hits us
at 11:45 tonight.

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NICK: Gives us
only three hours.

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I ain't got my glasses on,

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but you say it's all
gonna happen in three hours?

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Three hours and goodbye.

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Well, maybe
it's just a scare.

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Yeah, yeah.
What do you think,
Mr. Halloran?

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I don't know.
It says right here

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Harvard University
and Palomar both confirm it.

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The best astronomers
in the country agree.

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(HALLORAN SCOFFS)

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Dead.

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All of us dead in three hours.

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Well, what are we gonna do,
Mr. Halloran?

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Where are you
going, Johnny?

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(STUTTERING)
I don't know.

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If I only got
three hours to live,

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I guess I ought to do
something with them hours.

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Something I...
Well, I better hurry.

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But what are you
gonna do, John?

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I don't know.

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(DOOR CLOSING)

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(ALL LAUGHING)

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How that stumblebum
fell for it!

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The composing room
sure yelled about

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setting up extra type for
a limited edition of one.

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So what? Boy, I was scared
that Johnny would read
the rest of the page.

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But he hasn't got glasses.
That's what I was counting on.

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I wonder what he'll do.

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Who cares?
It was a great gag.

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NICK: You know,
he was mighty scared,
Mr. Halloran.

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What the devil's he got
to be scared about?

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His world
ended years ago.

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Set them up, Nick,
I'll stand the treat.

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Just seeing the expression
on the old guy's face

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was worth the trouble.

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End of the world.

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(LAUGHING)

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(DOOR OPENS)

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Mr. Stern.

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Mr. Stern.

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Oh, it's you, Johnny.
The usual half pint?

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Oh, I ain't got
any money.

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But that don't matter
no more, does it?

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I mean, seeing
as how we only got
a few hours left.

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What are you
gabbing about?

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Ain't you heard, Mr. Stern?

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The world's coming
to an end at 11:45.

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Sure, sure.

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So I tell you what, Johnny,

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because the world
is coming to an end,

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I'll put you on the cuff
for a half a pint.

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You can pay me next week.

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This ain't no time
to joke, Mr. Stern.

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Next week
we won't be here.

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Why can't you give me
some real good liquor?

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It can't make no difference
now to you or to me.

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All of us ought to do
something good for
the little time we got left,

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something decent.

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You could do me
a big favor.

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Just once more
before I die,

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I'd like to taste
fine stuff like that.

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There was a time
I used to drink
imported cognac,

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believe it or not.

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Look, Johnny,

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I'm taking inventory.

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It's late. I'm a busy man.
Leave me alone, huh?

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Now, take this
and leave.

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I said beat it, Johnny.

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You come back, Johnny!

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Come back here, Johnny!

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Give me the police.

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(WHISTLE BLOWING)

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Can't let a man alone.

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Never did them no harm.

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It's no time
to be mean to anybody.

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(CHURCH BELL TOLLING)

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(WHISTLE BLOWING)

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(BOTTLES SHATTERING)

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FELICIA: Oh, dear,
I'm so sorry.

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You were taking wine
home for dinner?

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And the bottles
are all broken.

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(DOG BARKING)

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And your nice coat
is all spotted!

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Yes, ma'am, wine.

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Well, I must
make amends.

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I only live
around the corner.

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I could clean your coat

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and give you
a nice hot cup of tea.

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Come, Fritzi,
that's a good girl.

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That's a good girl.

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Come on, Mimi.

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(DOG BARKING)

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Here we are
at home at last.

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You come right along.
Here we go.

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Cheetah. Come on, Mimi.
Come along.

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That's it.

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Down we go,
and we're going right
into your room.

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Oh, uh, do make yourself
comfortable, Mr...

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Call me Johnny.

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Oh, no,
not on such short notice.

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I'm Miss Green.

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Felicia Green.

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Now, you all have
a lovely sleep

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and dream
about beautiful bones

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and nasty cats.

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(DOG WHIMPERING)

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00:10:01,330 --> 00:10:02,560
May I help you?

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00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:03,770
Oh, thank you.

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00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:06,970
Tea next.

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00:10:10,510 --> 00:10:11,670
Uh, Miss Green,

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00:10:12,670 --> 00:10:14,080
what time is it?

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00:10:14,110 --> 00:10:15,280
It's rather late.

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00:10:15,310 --> 00:10:17,010
My clock says 10:10.

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(BURPS)

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00:10:27,260 --> 00:10:28,990
Now, the kettle's on

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and soon we'll have
a sizzling cup of hot tea.

217
00:10:32,490 --> 00:10:35,060
Now, please, may I have
your jacket so I can clean it?

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Do as I say.

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I sure was lucky.

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Lucky? How?

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00:10:41,870 --> 00:10:44,510
I mean, something
wonderful happening
at a time like this.

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What do you mean?

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I mean...

224
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Well, just when
it's all coming to an end.

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Whatever
is coming to an end?

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Oh, you ain't seen
the paper?

227
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No, I haven't.

228
00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:56,150
But what about
the paper?

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Well, I...

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(KETTLE WHISTLING)

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(GASPING)
The tea.

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00:11:03,630 --> 00:11:05,390
What were you saying?

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00:11:05,430 --> 00:11:07,060
(STUTTERING)
It doesn't matter.

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00:11:07,060 --> 00:11:08,060
Come in here.

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00:11:10,270 --> 00:11:11,470
Sit there.

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00:11:12,570 --> 00:11:13,700
Do sit down.

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00:11:13,740 --> 00:11:14,800
Thank you.

238
00:11:22,280 --> 00:11:23,210
Thanks.

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00:11:32,120 --> 00:11:33,560
You don't like tea?

240
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It's hot.

241
00:11:36,190 --> 00:11:38,590
Do you know,
you are the first gentleman

242
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in 15 years,
since Gregory,

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who's been allowed
in this house?

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00:11:43,230 --> 00:11:44,370
Uh, Gregory?

245
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He's the largest one.

246
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The German shepherd
with the beautiful tail.

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I don't understand
how a nice lady like you,

248
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I mean,
isn't married.

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Well, when I was young,
I had high hopes.

250
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But then as the years passed,
no one asked.

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Do drink your tea.

252
00:12:02,680 --> 00:12:03,850
Ain't it been lonesome?

253
00:12:03,890 --> 00:12:05,120
Oh, gracious, no.

254
00:12:06,390 --> 00:12:07,690
With my church work

255
00:12:07,720 --> 00:12:10,860
and the dogs
and walking in the park...

256
00:12:10,890 --> 00:12:12,760
I don't have time
to be lonely.

257
00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:14,660
You've been lucky.

258
00:12:16,230 --> 00:12:17,070
Are you married?

259
00:12:17,900 --> 00:12:19,200
I was.

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00:12:19,230 --> 00:12:20,440
Oh.

261
00:12:20,470 --> 00:12:22,140
She died, the baby died.

262
00:12:22,170 --> 00:12:23,300
Long ago?

263
00:12:23,340 --> 00:12:24,710
Thirty years.

264
00:12:25,740 --> 00:12:28,080
There's no one left?

265
00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:30,650
I got an older brother, Chuck,
I ain't seen years and years.

266
00:12:30,680 --> 00:12:32,380
Funny.

267
00:12:32,410 --> 00:12:34,950
I ain't thought about
any of it in a long time.

268
00:12:34,980 --> 00:12:38,990
Oh, I'm so sorry
to have asked you questions

269
00:12:39,090 --> 00:12:40,920
of such a personal nature.

270
00:12:40,960 --> 00:12:42,960
Oh, no. That's all right.

271
00:12:42,990 --> 00:12:45,730
It's just that I ain't had
nobody to talk with.

272
00:12:45,760 --> 00:12:47,230
I guess that's why
I ain't thought about her,

273
00:12:47,260 --> 00:12:48,300
or the baby or Chuck.

274
00:12:49,730 --> 00:12:51,330
When you ain't got
nobody to talk with,

275
00:12:51,370 --> 00:12:53,500
you don't do much
thinking or remembering.

276
00:12:53,540 --> 00:12:54,900
(POLICE SIREN WAILING)

277
00:12:56,810 --> 00:12:58,540
Is anything
the matter?

278
00:12:59,410 --> 00:13:00,410
Oh, no.

279
00:13:00,440 --> 00:13:01,410
Ma'am?

280
00:13:01,440 --> 00:13:02,640
Yes.

281
00:13:02,680 --> 00:13:04,750
Miss Green,

282
00:13:04,780 --> 00:13:07,050
could I put a little
something stronger
in this tea?

283
00:13:07,050 --> 00:13:09,550
Oh, dear.
If you must.

284
00:13:10,150 --> 00:13:11,050
Thank you.

285
00:13:19,190 --> 00:13:21,760
Oh, I wish you would have
just a little.

286
00:13:21,800 --> 00:13:23,730
It flavors the tea.

287
00:13:23,770 --> 00:13:26,130
Just perhaps
a few drops.

288
00:13:43,280 --> 00:13:44,990
Here, Johnny.

289
00:13:45,090 --> 00:13:47,320
The spots
are almost gone.

290
00:13:47,360 --> 00:13:48,860
Thanks, Felicia.

291
00:13:54,100 --> 00:13:56,100
Oh, what time is it?

292
00:13:57,470 --> 00:13:59,200
It's a little after
10:30.

293
00:14:00,170 --> 00:14:01,740
Is anything wrong?

294
00:14:01,770 --> 00:14:03,470
Do you have
an appointment?

295
00:14:03,510 --> 00:14:04,610
We all have.

296
00:14:05,270 --> 00:14:06,440
What do you mean?

297
00:14:06,470 --> 00:14:07,880
Oh, I ain't complaining.

298
00:14:07,910 --> 00:14:10,310
Nobody on earth is
as lucky as I am.

299
00:14:10,350 --> 00:14:12,710
Having somebody
like you to be with
until the world ends.

300
00:14:12,750 --> 00:14:14,080
What did you say?

301
00:14:14,120 --> 00:14:16,280
I thought
I'd end my days alone.

302
00:14:16,320 --> 00:14:19,050
But now I'll be with you
until it's all over.

303
00:14:19,050 --> 00:14:21,190
I don't know
what you mean,

304
00:14:21,220 --> 00:14:23,290
but you can't stay here
in this house.

305
00:14:23,320 --> 00:14:25,290
It's quite unthinkable.

306
00:14:25,330 --> 00:14:27,900
Look, Felicia,
we're both in the same boat.

307
00:14:27,930 --> 00:14:29,660
Isn't it good to know that
you'll be with someone

308
00:14:29,700 --> 00:14:31,100
till the whole world blows up?

309
00:14:31,130 --> 00:14:33,070
And us with it, dead?

310
00:14:33,070 --> 00:14:35,440
It should make you feel
kind of peaceful.

311
00:14:35,470 --> 00:14:37,270
It does me.

312
00:14:37,310 --> 00:14:39,510
You and me together
until it's all over.

313
00:14:39,540 --> 00:14:41,110
You mustn't talk like that.

314
00:14:41,140 --> 00:14:42,680
You mustn't talk like that.

315
00:14:42,710 --> 00:14:43,980
You don't get it.

316
00:14:45,080 --> 00:14:46,980
I may not be the best.

317
00:14:47,080 --> 00:14:49,120
I mean, I may not be
the finest guy
to end your days with,

318
00:14:49,150 --> 00:14:50,290
but look, Felicia...

319
00:14:50,320 --> 00:14:51,590
You are insane.

320
00:14:51,620 --> 00:14:53,290
You're insane!

321
00:14:53,320 --> 00:14:55,190
No, no. No,
you don't understand.

322
00:14:55,220 --> 00:14:56,460
No, no!

323
00:14:56,490 --> 00:14:58,460
Help, help!

324
00:14:58,490 --> 00:15:00,200
(DOOR OPENING)

325
00:15:00,230 --> 00:15:02,030
FELICIA: Help!
What's going on here?

326
00:15:02,060 --> 00:15:04,870
Get him out of here.
He's insane.

327
00:15:04,900 --> 00:15:06,600
(STUTTERING)
She doesn't understand.

328
00:15:06,630 --> 00:15:08,340
The world's coming
to an end at 11:45.

329
00:15:08,370 --> 00:15:10,940
I know your kind.
And such a nice lady, too!

330
00:15:11,040 --> 00:15:12,640
Don't worry, ma'am,
I'll call the cops.

331
00:15:12,670 --> 00:15:14,040
Come along, you...

332
00:15:15,340 --> 00:15:16,240
Hey!

333
00:15:18,450 --> 00:15:19,550
I'm sorry.

334
00:15:19,580 --> 00:15:20,720
(SOBBING)

335
00:15:25,120 --> 00:15:27,260
MAN: Hello, Operator?
Police, please.

336
00:15:41,970 --> 00:15:43,940
(POLICE SIREN WAILING)

337
00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:18,210
Nothing I do is right.

338
00:16:18,240 --> 00:16:20,340
A guy tries to do decent
the last night of his life...

339
00:16:21,180 --> 00:16:23,180
Nothing goes right. Nothing.

340
00:16:29,850 --> 00:16:32,390
(CLATTERING)

341
00:16:32,420 --> 00:16:34,190
What's the matter, mister?
You sick or something?

342
00:16:35,060 --> 00:16:36,690
Hello, kids.

343
00:16:36,730 --> 00:16:39,090
No, no.
I'm okay.

344
00:16:39,130 --> 00:16:41,330
What are you doing
in this alley
so late at night?

345
00:16:41,360 --> 00:16:43,260
You ought to be home
with your folks.

346
00:16:43,300 --> 00:16:45,070
Sure, right now
you ought to be
with your family.

347
00:16:45,070 --> 00:16:46,900
That's a joke, mister.
We ain't got no family.

348
00:16:46,940 --> 00:16:48,100
We ain't got nobody.

349
00:16:49,440 --> 00:16:50,770
11:00.

350
00:16:51,510 --> 00:16:52,710
Less than an hour.

351
00:16:53,610 --> 00:16:54,980
What's the matter, mister?

352
00:16:55,080 --> 00:16:56,080
You're
the youngest?

353
00:16:56,080 --> 00:16:57,180
Yeah, I'm eight.

354
00:16:57,210 --> 00:16:58,510
Eight.

355
00:16:58,550 --> 00:17:00,380
I had a dirty face
and a cowlick

356
00:17:00,420 --> 00:17:01,680
when I was eight, too.

357
00:17:03,390 --> 00:17:04,290
Gee.

358
00:17:06,020 --> 00:17:08,620
What would you kids like more
than anything in the world?

359
00:17:08,660 --> 00:17:10,030
JOHNNY: Name it.

360
00:17:10,030 --> 00:17:11,830
A rifle,
a hunting rifle.

361
00:17:11,860 --> 00:17:13,400
A basketball.

362
00:17:13,430 --> 00:17:15,930
Gee, mister, if you knew
how I want a basketball!

363
00:17:16,870 --> 00:17:18,130
And you, son?
What about you?

364
00:17:18,170 --> 00:17:19,400
Me?

365
00:17:19,430 --> 00:17:20,440
Yeah,
what would you like?

366
00:17:20,470 --> 00:17:21,740
I don't know.

367
00:17:21,770 --> 00:17:24,770
Maybe a baseball bat
and a glove and a ball?

368
00:17:24,810 --> 00:17:26,640
Or maybe a bicycle,

369
00:17:26,680 --> 00:17:28,880
like I wanted
when I was your age.

370
00:17:28,910 --> 00:17:30,950
Come on, kids.
You're all gonna get
whatever you want!

371
00:17:31,050 --> 00:17:32,810
Come on!
What?

372
00:17:32,850 --> 00:17:34,050
You're kidding.

373
00:17:34,050 --> 00:17:35,680
No, I'm not kidding.
I mean it.

374
00:17:35,720 --> 00:17:37,850
(ALL CHATTERING)

375
00:18:21,500 --> 00:18:23,330
Gee whiz!

376
00:18:23,370 --> 00:18:25,130
Come and get 'em, kids.
Come and get 'em!

377
00:18:32,510 --> 00:18:33,270
(BOY EXCLAIMING)

378
00:18:40,150 --> 00:18:42,050
Which one?
Which one?

379
00:18:42,050 --> 00:18:44,550
Gee, I don't know, mister.
They're all so swell.

380
00:18:44,590 --> 00:18:46,190
Take 'em all.
Take 'em all.

381
00:18:46,220 --> 00:18:47,490
(JOHNNY LAUGHING)

382
00:18:47,520 --> 00:18:48,790
Bang! Bang! Bang!

383
00:18:48,820 --> 00:18:51,130
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

384
00:18:51,830 --> 00:18:53,360
You happy, kid?
Happy?

385
00:18:53,400 --> 00:18:54,500
Gee, sure!

386
00:18:55,460 --> 00:18:56,430
Come on!

387
00:18:57,670 --> 00:18:59,330
Boy, a radio!

388
00:18:59,370 --> 00:19:02,370
Come on!
Here, try it, kid. Try it.

389
00:19:02,400 --> 00:19:03,540
(UPBEAT MUSIC
PLAYING ON RADIO)

390
00:19:03,570 --> 00:19:04,810
Good.

391
00:19:04,840 --> 00:19:07,480
Three, five...

392
00:19:09,410 --> 00:19:10,510
Bull's eye!

393
00:19:10,550 --> 00:19:11,910
Great!

394
00:19:12,010 --> 00:19:13,580
Let's try it again.

395
00:19:18,620 --> 00:19:19,550
BOY: Great!

396
00:19:22,360 --> 00:19:25,530
Let me ride!
Let me ride.

397
00:19:25,560 --> 00:19:26,900
(JOHNNY LAUGHING)

398
00:19:27,630 --> 00:19:28,460
Let me ride.

399
00:19:32,470 --> 00:19:34,400
It's wonderful,
ain't it, kids? Wonderful.

400
00:19:38,110 --> 00:19:39,510
Look, mister, look!

401
00:19:40,640 --> 00:19:41,410
Hey, mister, look!

402
00:19:46,250 --> 00:19:48,280
Gee, this is a beauty.

403
00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:50,350
It's an automatic.
But it ain't loaded.

404
00:19:50,390 --> 00:19:52,050
That's easy. Let's load it.

405
00:19:54,190 --> 00:19:56,060
(BASKETBALL BOUNCING)

406
00:20:01,300 --> 00:20:02,660
(BOY IMITATING AIRPLANE)

407
00:20:05,500 --> 00:20:06,400
Hey, look!

408
00:20:14,010 --> 00:20:15,380
(LAUGHING)

409
00:20:21,680 --> 00:20:22,650
(SCREAMING)

410
00:20:26,690 --> 00:20:27,990
No, you don't.

411
00:20:28,020 --> 00:20:30,230
BOY: Don't hurt me, mister,
don't hurt me!
WATCHMAN: Don't move!

412
00:20:30,260 --> 00:20:31,960
This ain't no time
to go hurting a kid.

413
00:20:31,990 --> 00:20:34,060
Leave him alone,
you hear me?
Leave him alone!

414
00:20:34,100 --> 00:20:35,930
Just stay where you are
till the cops come.

415
00:20:35,960 --> 00:20:38,270
The world coming to an end,
you keeping kids
from being happy.

416
00:20:38,300 --> 00:20:40,740
They only got
a few minutes and you
take it away from them.

417
00:20:40,770 --> 00:20:43,240
You let that kid go,
do you hear me?
You let that kid go!

418
00:20:44,540 --> 00:20:46,140
JOHNNY: Don't come near me.

419
00:20:47,040 --> 00:20:49,640
Don't. Don't. Don't.

420
00:20:49,680 --> 00:20:50,580
(GUN FIRING)

421
00:20:54,320 --> 00:20:55,580
Hey,
let's beat it.

422
00:20:55,620 --> 00:20:56,550
Yeah.

423
00:22:16,930 --> 00:22:18,300
Where's
the latest one?

424
00:22:18,330 --> 00:22:19,900
What do you mean,
bud?

425
00:22:19,930 --> 00:22:21,300
The real headline.

426
00:22:21,340 --> 00:22:23,140
The one about
the world coming to an end.

427
00:22:23,170 --> 00:22:24,170
You screwy
or something?

428
00:22:24,210 --> 00:22:25,970
Stop fooling me.

429
00:22:26,070 --> 00:22:28,640
There ain't no time.
I saw it right in the paper.

430
00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:30,450
Look, you got
all three newspapers

431
00:22:30,480 --> 00:22:32,550
right in front of you
with all the latest news.

432
00:22:32,580 --> 00:22:34,250
Now which one
you gonna buy?

433
00:22:51,470 --> 00:22:52,600
HALLORAN: What's wild?

434
00:22:52,630 --> 00:22:53,670
STEVENS: One-eyed jacks.

435
00:22:54,140 --> 00:22:55,200
Cards.

436
00:22:55,240 --> 00:22:57,110
I'm out.

437
00:22:57,140 --> 00:22:58,810
I'll take one off the top.
Good one.

438
00:23:00,510 --> 00:23:02,380
Another round,
Mr. Halloran?

439
00:23:02,410 --> 00:23:05,350
Yeah, Nick, and listen,
call up the hamburger joint

440
00:23:05,380 --> 00:23:06,410
and order
a load of sandwiches.

441
00:23:06,450 --> 00:23:07,450
Okay,
Mr. Halloran.

442
00:23:07,850 --> 00:23:09,050
Your bet.

443
00:23:09,050 --> 00:23:10,120
(DOOR CLOSING)

444
00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:21,260
Mr. Halloran.

445
00:23:24,130 --> 00:23:27,400
Why, look, Johnny,
it was only a joke.

446
00:23:27,440 --> 00:23:29,970
But every joke's gotta have
a payoff, Mr. Halloran.

447
00:23:30,070 --> 00:23:32,240
This joke's gotta
have a payoff, too.

448
00:23:32,270 --> 00:23:33,840
(GUN FIRING)

449
00:23:53,700 --> 00:23:55,300
Unfortunately,

450
00:23:55,330 --> 00:23:58,630
justice had to be
meted out to Johnny Gin.

451
00:23:58,670 --> 00:24:01,240
However, that is all
for this evening.

452
00:24:01,270 --> 00:24:03,270
I hope
you'll join us next time

453
00:24:03,300 --> 00:24:05,470
when we shall return
with another story.

454
00:24:05,510 --> 00:24:09,040
We also hope to have
the bugs out
of this little device.