1 00:00:30,030 --> 00:00:32,560 Good evening, fellow revelers. 2 00:00:32,590 --> 00:00:37,030 Tonight we are indulging in an old city tradition. 3 00:00:37,070 --> 00:00:42,140 It is the event that turns a mild-mannered white-collar worker 4 00:00:42,170 --> 00:00:45,040 into a four armed beast of prey. 5 00:00:45,070 --> 00:00:47,910 The office party. 6 00:00:47,940 --> 00:00:51,980 However, we had this room designed especially for the party 7 00:00:52,010 --> 00:00:53,980 by the girls in the office. 8 00:00:54,020 --> 00:00:56,720 It has no corners. 9 00:00:56,750 --> 00:01:01,390 I am in charge of the entertainment, which all should enjoy. 10 00:01:01,420 --> 00:01:04,560 After most of the hors d'oeuvres have been eaten, 11 00:01:04,590 --> 00:01:07,560 we're going to throw our company director to the lions. 12 00:01:08,460 --> 00:01:09,960 I realize it isn't much 13 00:01:10,070 --> 00:01:12,200 but the lions are a great deal cheaper 14 00:01:12,230 --> 00:01:15,070 than the string quartet we had last year. 15 00:01:15,070 --> 00:01:17,070 They don't drink as much either. 16 00:01:17,070 --> 00:01:19,670 And now for our party. 17 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:39,790 (PEOPLE CHATTERING) 18 00:01:50,170 --> 00:01:53,310 May I please speak to Tony Gould... 19 00:01:53,340 --> 00:01:58,580 No, no, Gould, G-O-U-L-D. 20 00:01:58,610 --> 00:01:59,810 I can't hear you. 21 00:01:59,850 --> 00:02:01,120 What? 22 00:02:01,150 --> 00:02:03,520 Do you know where he can be reached? 23 00:02:05,150 --> 00:02:08,490 Would you have him call the Courtney Publishing Company 24 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:10,730 Merry Christmas, whoever you are. 25 00:02:12,630 --> 00:02:15,930 Hello! Hello. 26 00:02:17,670 --> 00:02:19,070 Merry Christmas. 27 00:02:33,150 --> 00:02:36,250 Well, it only happens once a year. 28 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:38,950 Mr. Courtney, there's so much noise in there. 29 00:02:38,990 --> 00:02:40,590 Do you think I could use your phone? 30 00:02:40,620 --> 00:02:42,760 Certainly, go right ahead, Shelley. 31 00:02:56,670 --> 00:02:59,110 COURTNEY: Anything wrong, my dear? 32 00:02:59,110 --> 00:03:02,840 Oh, I was just rehearsing what I was going to say to my boyfriend. 33 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:06,110 Yes, of course. Well, it's time I was getting home. 34 00:03:06,150 --> 00:03:08,180 I hope you have a very nice Christmas, Shelley. 35 00:03:08,220 --> 00:03:09,550 SHELLEY: Thank you, same to you, Mr. Courtney. 36 00:03:09,580 --> 00:03:10,890 Goodnight. 37 00:03:25,670 --> 00:03:28,440 Hello, Charlie? Shelley. 38 00:03:28,470 --> 00:03:29,740 Listen, I can't get ahold of Tony. 39 00:03:29,770 --> 00:03:31,170 I thought he might be with you. 40 00:03:31,210 --> 00:03:33,070 Tony? 41 00:03:33,070 --> 00:03:36,610 You mean good old, fun-loving Tony Gould? 42 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:37,780 (WHISPERING) Shelley. 43 00:03:40,780 --> 00:03:42,950 Why yes, I believe he is. 44 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:50,090 Hello, darling. I've been trying to get your apartment for the past hour. 45 00:03:50,090 --> 00:03:52,290 I thought the office party would be over long ago. 46 00:03:52,330 --> 00:03:54,530 Tony, you know why I'm calling. 47 00:03:54,560 --> 00:03:56,830 Have you told your wife? 48 00:03:56,870 --> 00:03:59,330 Because if you haven't, I'm going to talk to her myself. 49 00:03:59,370 --> 00:04:01,600 You mustn't do that, it won't be necessary. 50 00:04:01,640 --> 00:04:03,300 I've already told her. 51 00:04:03,340 --> 00:04:05,210 I promised you I would, didn't I? 52 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:08,510 Yes, but you made this promise so many times before. 53 00:04:08,540 --> 00:04:09,940 How did she take it? 54 00:04:10,050 --> 00:04:11,850 Well, naturally she was a little upset. 55 00:04:11,880 --> 00:04:14,350 She wasn't aware of the situation. 56 00:04:14,380 --> 00:04:16,650 But she didn't get hysterical. 57 00:04:16,690 --> 00:04:18,590 That's encouraging. 58 00:04:18,620 --> 00:04:21,360 But she didn't really agree. That's what it amounts to, doesn't it? 59 00:04:21,390 --> 00:04:25,360 Now, listen here,Tony, if you don't tell her, I'm not going to wait any longer 60 00:04:25,390 --> 00:04:26,900 I'm going to talk to her right now. 61 00:04:26,930 --> 00:04:28,660 If you'll just let me finish. 62 00:04:28,700 --> 00:04:30,800 She did agree. 63 00:04:30,830 --> 00:04:33,800 I made her understand it had to be this way. 64 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:35,940 Darling, it's all set. 65 00:04:37,410 --> 00:04:39,510 Tony, that's wonderful. 66 00:04:41,080 --> 00:04:44,150 The party's just about to break up, darling, so I'll be right over. 67 00:04:44,180 --> 00:04:47,180 Oh, no, not here. Charles is having a lot of people in for drinks. 68 00:04:47,220 --> 00:04:51,290 Tell you what. Wait at the office and I'll come over and pick you up. 69 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:52,890 All right, Tony, but please hurry. 70 00:04:53,460 --> 00:04:54,720 Goodbye. 71 00:04:56,490 --> 00:04:58,890 Well, now what am I going to do? 72 00:04:58,930 --> 00:05:01,500 I suspect the time has come for a clean break. 73 00:05:01,530 --> 00:05:03,870 That's the trouble, it won't be clean. 74 00:05:03,900 --> 00:05:08,300 Shelley's got an idea I should divorce Gloria and marry her. 75 00:05:08,340 --> 00:05:10,740 You know, the one unredeeming quality in women 76 00:05:10,770 --> 00:05:15,140 is their inability to keep their emotions out of their love affairs. 77 00:05:15,180 --> 00:05:18,650 I assume you have no intention of doing anything so impractical. 78 00:05:18,680 --> 00:05:21,280 You know Gloria. Any trouble, I'm out. 79 00:05:21,320 --> 00:05:23,520 She just wouldn't stand for it. 80 00:05:23,550 --> 00:05:27,120 Then you have no alternative but to give up this dreary little business 81 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:28,860 with Shelley and go back to your loving wife 82 00:05:28,890 --> 00:05:30,890 and her half million bucks. 83 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:35,400 I wish you'd tell me how. 84 00:05:35,430 --> 00:05:39,370 It's all I could do tonight to keep Shelley from going out to the house. 85 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:43,370 Have you ever considered having her shanghaied aboard a ship 86 00:05:43,410 --> 00:05:45,110 That used to take two years. 87 00:05:45,140 --> 00:05:48,510 Thanks. Call on me some times when you need help. 88 00:05:48,540 --> 00:05:50,550 Sorry, Tony. 89 00:05:50,580 --> 00:05:52,510 But you seem to be caught in a classic dilemma 90 00:05:52,550 --> 00:05:55,480 for which no remedy has yet been discovered. 91 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:59,150 If you do find an answer, your name will go down in history along with Galileo, 92 00:05:59,190 --> 00:06:00,690 Edison and O'Shaughnessy. 93 00:06:00,720 --> 00:06:02,060 Who? 94 00:06:02,090 --> 00:06:04,760 O'Shaughnessy? He was a bartender on Third Avenue 95 00:06:04,790 --> 00:06:06,660 whose immortal words were, 96 00:06:06,700 --> 00:06:08,560 "When everything appears lost..." 97 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:12,270 BOTH: "Let's have a drink." 98 00:06:12,300 --> 00:06:16,910 Seriously, Tony, if there's anything I can do short of marrying Shelley myself, 99 00:06:16,940 --> 00:06:18,440 just let me know. 100 00:06:18,470 --> 00:06:19,670 Sure. 101 00:06:32,250 --> 00:06:33,520 Shelley? 102 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:35,760 SHELLEY: In here, darling. 103 00:06:38,230 --> 00:06:41,100 Oh, is it true? 104 00:06:41,130 --> 00:06:43,830 You mean we don't have to hide and pretend. Oh, yes. 105 00:06:43,870 --> 00:06:44,830 (DOOR CLOSING) 106 00:06:46,430 --> 00:06:47,800 Who's that? 107 00:06:47,840 --> 00:06:49,870 Oh, probably the cleaning woman. 108 00:06:57,810 --> 00:06:58,910 Lock it. 109 00:06:58,950 --> 00:07:00,880 But, darling, we don't have to hide. 110 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:03,590 Of course we don't. We don't want her leering at us. 111 00:07:03,620 --> 00:07:05,820 You know what she'll think. Lock it. 112 00:07:15,260 --> 00:07:16,630 There. 113 00:07:16,670 --> 00:07:18,470 Now, what's the schedule? 114 00:07:18,500 --> 00:07:19,830 Are you going to get the divorce or is she? 115 00:07:19,870 --> 00:07:21,340 She is. 116 00:07:21,370 --> 00:07:24,110 How long will it take? 'Cause I won't believe it until we're married. 117 00:07:24,140 --> 00:07:27,640 Well, these things do take a little time, you know. 118 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:29,740 Well, of course, darling, it really doesn't matter 119 00:07:29,780 --> 00:07:32,050 because the worst is over. 120 00:07:32,050 --> 00:07:35,580 Now, let's leave New York, right away. 121 00:07:35,620 --> 00:07:38,520 Don't you think it would be a good idea to wait until we're absolutely sure. 122 00:07:38,550 --> 00:07:40,820 Gloria is going through with it? 123 00:07:40,860 --> 00:07:43,320 What do you mean, darling? I thought it was all settled. 124 00:07:43,360 --> 00:07:45,390 Well, it is. I mean, she's agreed to it 125 00:07:45,430 --> 00:07:49,360 but she's the kind of woman who could change her mind overnight. 126 00:07:49,400 --> 00:07:51,330 In hopes of getting you back? 127 00:07:51,370 --> 00:07:53,640 She thinks that by making us wait she's going to break us up? 128 00:07:53,670 --> 00:07:55,800 No, no, no, of course not. 129 00:07:57,970 --> 00:08:00,340 It was a shock to her. 130 00:08:00,380 --> 00:08:02,440 She's always had everything she wanted. 131 00:08:02,480 --> 00:08:05,010 You just don't say no to Gloria. 132 00:08:05,010 --> 00:08:06,650 She's apt to get on her high horse 133 00:08:06,680 --> 00:08:08,820 and not grant me the divorce at all. 134 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:12,190 What are you suggesting, Tony? 135 00:08:12,220 --> 00:08:14,820 Well, I really think it would be a mistake for us to leave now. 136 00:08:14,860 --> 00:08:16,560 She would consider it a slap in the face. 137 00:08:16,590 --> 00:08:18,890 I know Gloria, you have to humor her. 138 00:08:20,560 --> 00:08:23,230 Now, if I could stay around awhile, 139 00:08:23,260 --> 00:08:26,430 I could convince her that it was her idea, her own idea. 140 00:08:26,470 --> 00:08:28,800 She would divorce me like that. 141 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:31,270 How long will it take? 142 00:08:31,310 --> 00:08:35,340 I don't know, a few weeks, a couple of months. 143 00:08:35,380 --> 00:08:38,550 It's the only way, darling, believe me. 144 00:08:38,580 --> 00:08:40,450 I don't believe you, Tony. 145 00:08:40,480 --> 00:08:42,050 You're always concerned about Gloria's feelings, 146 00:08:42,050 --> 00:08:44,050 you're never concerned about mine. 147 00:08:44,090 --> 00:08:46,250 She had a chance to make you happy and she didn't. 148 00:08:46,290 --> 00:08:47,720 But I did, didn't I? 149 00:08:48,620 --> 00:08:50,830 Of course, darling. 150 00:08:56,300 --> 00:08:59,830 Now, let's get out of here and have a drink. It's Christmas. 151 00:09:03,510 --> 00:09:05,610 I have to make a phone call first. 152 00:09:19,550 --> 00:09:22,120 MRS. GOULD: Hello. Hello. Mrs. Gould? 153 00:09:23,390 --> 00:09:26,190 This is... Hello? 154 00:09:26,230 --> 00:09:28,600 What do you think you're doing? I'm going to call her 155 00:09:28,630 --> 00:09:31,870 and tell her we're in love and you're not going to stop me! 156 00:09:41,080 --> 00:09:45,150 MRS. GOULD: Hello? Hello? 157 00:09:53,420 --> 00:09:56,620 Hello? Hello? 158 00:09:57,790 --> 00:09:59,890 What number are you calling? 159 00:13:44,950 --> 00:13:46,890 (RINGING) 160 00:13:50,390 --> 00:13:52,360 Advance and be recognized. 161 00:13:52,390 --> 00:13:54,200 TONY: Charles. 162 00:13:54,230 --> 00:13:55,900 Tony, old comrade. 163 00:13:55,930 --> 00:14:00,040 The wassail bowl overflows and where are you on this festive occasion? 164 00:14:00,070 --> 00:14:02,040 Now, shut up and listen to me! I'm in a jam. 165 00:14:02,070 --> 00:14:03,470 In a jam? With Shelley? 166 00:14:03,510 --> 00:14:04,940 Yes, with Shelley. 167 00:14:05,040 --> 00:14:06,140 What happened? 168 00:14:06,170 --> 00:14:08,140 She passed out on me. 169 00:14:08,180 --> 00:14:11,310 We're in her office building. You know where that is, don't you? 170 00:14:11,350 --> 00:14:14,250 Well, we're locked in the office. 171 00:14:14,280 --> 00:14:16,250 CHARLIE: Locked in? 172 00:14:16,280 --> 00:14:20,090 Yes, I broke the key off in the lock and I've got to get out. 173 00:14:20,120 --> 00:14:22,420 Well, call the janitor! 174 00:14:22,460 --> 00:14:24,360 He's not here. 175 00:14:24,390 --> 00:14:26,590 The building will be empty till the day after Christmas. 176 00:14:26,630 --> 00:14:29,900 (SIGHING) Worry not, my boy. 177 00:14:29,930 --> 00:14:31,700 As soon as I get rid of my company here, 178 00:14:31,730 --> 00:14:33,900 old Charles will storm the fortress. 179 00:14:33,940 --> 00:14:35,200 How long will it be before you can get here? 180 00:14:35,240 --> 00:14:36,300 Well, I don't know. 181 00:14:36,340 --> 00:14:37,910 Well, get rid of them. 182 00:14:37,940 --> 00:14:40,880 Well, Tony, I can't just throw them out into the snow. 183 00:14:40,910 --> 00:14:42,810 Charles, this is serious. 184 00:14:42,840 --> 00:14:45,850 Yes, mon général, within the hour. 185 00:15:47,880 --> 00:15:50,080 (PHONE RINGING) 186 00:16:01,460 --> 00:16:02,760 Hello? 187 00:16:02,790 --> 00:16:06,930 What ho! God rest you merry gentlemen. 188 00:16:07,030 --> 00:16:08,430 TONY: Charles? 189 00:16:08,460 --> 00:16:11,230 Where does the comma come in there? 190 00:16:11,270 --> 00:16:14,900 Is it, "God rest you merry" or "Merry gentlemen"? I can never remember. 191 00:16:14,940 --> 00:16:17,040 Don't tell me you haven't left yet? 192 00:16:17,040 --> 00:16:21,080 I will ask you not to raise your voice to me, my good man. 193 00:16:21,110 --> 00:16:25,550 There are people here. Drunk people. I'm drunk. 194 00:16:25,580 --> 00:16:27,080 (LAUGHING) 195 00:16:27,120 --> 00:16:30,050 Charles, don't you realize that I'm in trouble, serious trouble? 196 00:16:30,050 --> 00:16:31,490 I've got to get out of here. Tonight. 197 00:16:31,520 --> 00:16:35,520 I have no patience with you, Tony. 198 00:16:35,560 --> 00:16:37,790 Here you are, a man richly endowed. 199 00:16:37,830 --> 00:16:41,060 You have a rich wife, a beautiful girlfriend 200 00:16:41,060 --> 00:16:43,670 and how do you spend Christmas Eve? 201 00:16:43,700 --> 00:16:46,530 Like a hermit locked up in an office. 202 00:16:46,570 --> 00:16:47,640 And it's not even your office. 203 00:16:47,670 --> 00:16:49,540 (DOORBELL RINGING) 204 00:16:49,570 --> 00:16:51,970 Wait a minute, there's somebody at the door. Hold the phone. 205 00:16:52,070 --> 00:16:53,070 Charles! 206 00:16:54,140 --> 00:16:56,640 Don't go away. 207 00:16:56,680 --> 00:17:00,780 It's God rest you merry... Merry? Merry gentlemen. 208 00:17:00,820 --> 00:17:03,690 Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. 209 00:17:04,820 --> 00:17:06,250 We're having open house, Charles. 210 00:17:06,290 --> 00:17:07,720 Come over for a drink. 211 00:17:07,760 --> 00:17:10,760 Santa Claus, all righty. 212 00:17:10,790 --> 00:17:13,600 You have the true Christmas spirit, my dear. 213 00:17:13,630 --> 00:17:16,630 Come on, come on. Let's go have a drink. Let's have a drink. Come on. 214 00:17:18,470 --> 00:17:20,870 Charles! Hang up the phone, Charles. We're still connected. 215 00:17:20,900 --> 00:17:23,410 I want to call somebody else. 216 00:17:24,270 --> 00:17:26,440 Break the connection, Charles! 217 00:18:22,430 --> 00:18:24,300 Good morning! 218 00:18:26,600 --> 00:18:28,500 Merry Christmas! 219 00:18:30,710 --> 00:18:33,910 Hey, wait! I didn't mean... 220 00:18:33,940 --> 00:18:36,210 I can explain! 221 00:18:47,890 --> 00:18:49,860 I'm locked in here! 222 00:18:51,530 --> 00:18:54,200 Will you please call a locksmith? 223 00:18:54,230 --> 00:18:56,800 I'll pay him anything he asks! 224 00:18:56,830 --> 00:18:58,930 This is an emergency! 225 00:19:06,510 --> 00:19:09,910 Thank you! Thank you very much! 226 00:19:40,580 --> 00:19:42,610 (SIREN WAILING) 227 00:21:34,990 --> 00:21:37,090 (BANGING ON DOOR) 228 00:21:46,100 --> 00:21:48,140 All right, open up. We know you're in there. 229 00:21:48,170 --> 00:21:50,570 That's just the trouble, officers. 230 00:21:50,610 --> 00:21:52,910 I can't open up. 231 00:21:52,940 --> 00:21:56,480 I'm John Courtney, and I'm locked in my own office. 232 00:21:56,510 --> 00:21:58,280 Well, how'd you come to lock yourself in? 233 00:21:58,310 --> 00:22:00,520 I was working last night and I jammed the key in the lock 234 00:22:00,550 --> 00:22:02,620 and then I turned it and broke it off. 235 00:22:02,650 --> 00:22:06,050 You can find it down there under the lock, I think, on the floor. 236 00:22:06,090 --> 00:22:07,490 Yeah, here it is, Mr. Courtney, 237 00:22:07,520 --> 00:22:09,290 but I don't think we can make it work. 238 00:22:09,320 --> 00:22:11,060 Well, try it, won't you? 239 00:22:11,060 --> 00:22:12,430 Try the key, George. 240 00:22:12,460 --> 00:22:14,430 Oh, this won't work. Too short. 241 00:22:14,460 --> 00:22:16,060 I'll use my key. 242 00:22:17,670 --> 00:22:19,230 Any luck? 243 00:22:19,270 --> 00:22:21,070 No, you must've jammed the lock, Mr. Courtney. 244 00:22:21,100 --> 00:22:22,800 Can't you break it? 245 00:22:22,840 --> 00:22:24,710 Probably could but it would wreck the door. 246 00:22:24,740 --> 00:22:28,980 I don't care about the door. I'm freezing to death and I haven't 247 00:22:29,080 --> 00:22:30,550 Okay, stand back. I want to get out of here. 248 00:22:36,690 --> 00:22:39,420 Thank you, thank you, gentlemen. I certainly do feel foolish. 249 00:22:39,450 --> 00:22:42,090 Well, these things happen more often than you'd think, Mr. Courtney. 250 00:22:42,090 --> 00:22:44,290 I was beginning to think that I was gonna be locked in there 251 00:22:44,330 --> 00:22:46,130 until my secretary let me out in the morning. 252 00:22:46,160 --> 00:22:48,260 Well, your secretary must have the key, why didn't you phone her? 253 00:22:48,300 --> 00:22:49,600 The phone is out of order. 254 00:22:49,630 --> 00:22:51,230 Well, you're gonna catch it from you wife 255 00:22:51,270 --> 00:22:52,570 being out all night Christmas Eve. 256 00:22:52,600 --> 00:22:53,940 No, no, she's in Europe. 257 00:22:53,970 --> 00:22:56,200 I want to give you gentlemen a little Christmas present... 258 00:22:56,240 --> 00:22:57,770 No, it's all part of our job. Come on, Frank. 259 00:22:57,810 --> 00:23:00,340 Can we drop you anyplace? No, thank you. I'll take a taxi. 260 00:23:00,380 --> 00:23:03,580 What ho! Better late than never and all that stuff. 261 00:23:03,610 --> 00:23:05,710 I can see you gentlemen have the situation well in hand. 262 00:23:05,750 --> 00:23:06,920 Come on. So have you. 263 00:23:06,950 --> 00:23:08,520 All's well that ends well. 264 00:23:08,550 --> 00:23:10,190 Charles! Where's Shelley? 265 00:23:10,220 --> 00:23:11,650 Shut up, you're drunk, Charles! Shelley! 266 00:23:11,690 --> 00:23:12,920 Shelley! Come on. 267 00:23:12,950 --> 00:23:14,160 I'll get him. Come on out. 268 00:23:14,190 --> 00:23:16,160 There's nobody in there! Come on out, wherever you are. 269 00:23:16,190 --> 00:23:17,790 Charles, there's nobody in there. 270 00:23:17,830 --> 00:23:19,360 (DOOR OPENING) 271 00:23:19,390 --> 00:23:22,330 Hey, Tony, she's really passed out. 272 00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:25,930 FRANK: Passed out? 273 00:23:25,970 --> 00:23:28,370 This woman's not drunk. She's dead. 274 00:23:40,180 --> 00:23:42,580 If you think Tony Gould is in trouble, 275 00:23:42,620 --> 00:23:45,350 you should have been at our party. 276 00:23:45,390 --> 00:23:48,120 My fastidious friend here 277 00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:51,430 refused to eat the company director we had prepared for him. 278 00:23:51,460 --> 00:23:53,760 The other workers are furious. 279 00:23:53,800 --> 00:23:57,500 Several of them were only one heartbeat away from a promotion. 280 00:23:57,530 --> 00:24:01,470 It was all I could do to rescue Leo from the crowd. 281 00:24:01,500 --> 00:24:05,340 People can be quite vicious once they get the smell of blood. 282 00:24:05,370 --> 00:24:09,040 My friend here is taking me home with him tonight. 283 00:24:09,080 --> 00:24:13,780 However, I shall be back again next time with another story. Good night.