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Morning, Joe. Another one? In or out?
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Out. Rip Smith, Institute of Public Opinion.
Going bust.
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Rip Smith. 18th floor, inside office.
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Tall man, brown shoes, dark polished
three times a week. 25 cents tip.
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Too bad. Nice man.
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No wonder he's going bust. Getting public
opinions is a screwy way to make living.
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It's not screwy.
Lots of guys clean up. Look at Gallup.
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Big corporations pay money
to find out what we think.
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- They do?
- Sure. Take this cigar.
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People stop buying it. Sales fall.
Manufacturer wants to know why.
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I can tell him why in one word.
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George, is it true about Rip Smith?
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Yes. I saw them moving the furniture out.
Isn't it swell?
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Did you hear about Rip?
Mac cancelled his contract.
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- Morning.
- They're moving the furniture.
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He talked to me about jobs
for some of his people.
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What about himself?
Let's grab him before Gallup.
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- We've been discussing it.
- What's to discuss?
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Henry think we'd be foolish.
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- He's the hottest piece of manpower...
- Yes, he's brilliant.
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But too much of a dreamer to suit me.
To hear him talk, we're all idiots.
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Our method of polling public opinion
is ridiculous.
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We're wasting money polling people
all over the country.
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- He can do polls at a tenth of the cost.
- Maybe he can.
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He's working on a new scheme -
his mathematical miracle -
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how to question 50-100 people
perhaps in one town
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and find out how
the whole country's thinking.
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- If it could be done, he'd make a fortune.
- Lf? He's out of business.
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- Because he operated on a shoestring.
- Poppycock.
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What makes you think he'd come with us?
He's determined to go it alone.
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We'll get him, don't worry.
In his present condition, he's a cinch.
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Yes, sir.
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Like I said to my wife,
asking too many questions don't pay off.
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"When I got your letter, I tested public
opinion on the subject you suggested
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"and here's the result - in favour, 69.1,
not in favour, 22.6, don't knows, 8.3..."
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We just laid one egg, what are
you hatching now? What are they about?
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- Who's that from, Mr Twiddle?
- You're awake?
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Frederick Hoopendecker. A schoolteacher.
Shall I go on?
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Sergeant Hoopendecker. What a man.
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- Handled a bazooka like a toy pistol.
- Shall I go on?
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Getting a bunch of ex-doughfeet
to canvas their home towns!
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What for?
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I'm still hunting for that short cut, Ike.
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- Mathematical miracle.
- Shall I go on?
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No. I thought I had an idea. File that
with the rest of them, Mr Twiddle.
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- Everybody get paid off?
- Uh-huh.
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Why don't you give up?
Stop chasing rainbows.
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- Go to work for somebody.
- We could put a bowling alley in here.
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A lot of good guys got kicked around.
They're not out to capture the world.
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A dancing academy maybe. May I?
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- Stop it. This is no time to...
- It's good for the soul.
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(HE WHISTLES A WALTZ)
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- What do you think you're doing?
- Mr Stringer.
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- Thank you.
- Thank you.
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I've got a proposition, Rip. There might
be an opening in our outfit for you
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if you'll accept a reasonable salary
and 10% of the profits.
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- You can bring Ike and Mr... er...
- Twiddle.
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- Twiddle.
- Thanks, Charlie. I'll think about it.
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Think about it?
Rip, you're in no position to be fussy.
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You and your mathematical miracles.
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Look at the job you did for Mac.
No wonder he cancelled.
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We released our figures today.
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Look at it. You weren't even close.
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You can't do polls without national
coverage and that takes a lot of money.
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There are no short cuts.
Why are you grinning?
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Charlie, I love you.
With all my heart, I love you!
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But the answer's no.
Yup, it's no. See you around.
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Give me that.
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- Get off that desk!
- What?
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Lock that door.
If I can just find this letter.
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Here it is. This might be it, Ike.
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My short cut. Look at Hoopendecker's
letter and Stringer's figures.
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Stringer canvassed thousands of people,
Hoopendecker only a handful in one town.
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Look at the results. 69.1... 69.1.
They're identical!
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This might be it. One small town
that thinks exactly the way the nation does.
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- You're talking about Utopia.
- Maybe. We'll find out now.
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Get me the almanac... No, I'll get it.
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Call up the Census Bureau
and get Hoopendecker.
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No, no. I can get the national figures
from the almanac, I want Grandview.
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How about the sex ratio?
Males to females?
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- Prohibition?
- About 1,400. I got it.
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OK. Democrats? Republicans?
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I knew it! I knew
there was a town like this.
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Even the population breaks down
like the country.
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The same percentage of males, females,
Democrats, Republicans, everything!
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Hello? Yeah, I'm still here.
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We'll have to poll the same people
over and over.
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It'll be good for years, but sooner or later
they'll get self-conscious.
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They can't know what we're doing there.
We need a cover.
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We're three insurance salesmen
from Hartford.
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Insurance? Oh, my. Talking to a man
about when he's going to die.
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Hello? That's what I said, Mac.
I can deliver too.
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Stringer's been doing a poll for you
on progressive education for months.
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Suppose I start now
and finish ahead of him?
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It IS possible!
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I'll come within one per cent.
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I'm not going to tell you how.
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No other outfit is gonna find out.
I can make a million bucks on this.
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What? Yeah.
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Let me understand this. If this thing goes
over, you'll renew my contract, right?
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That's all I want to know. OK, Mac. Thanks.
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Grandview, you good old mathematical
miracle, here we come!
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Hi, Grandview.
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The moment Columbus sighted land
must have been like this.
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- Would you mind moving?
- Excuse me.
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Bus for Moody's Mansion House
leaving right away!
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- Moody's Mansion House?
- The hotel.
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That's a perfect name for the hotel.
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Maybe it is and maybe it ain't.
You wanna go there?
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Yeah. See that fellow over there with the
bags, looks like he popped out of Dickens?
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- Can you tell him to check in for us?
- Yes, sir.
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Moody's Mansion House. Wonderful.
Moody's Mansion House.
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How do you do?
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It's wonderful to be around a town
that you know like an old family album.
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Look at that fellow. I know all about him.
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He's married. He has 1.7 children.
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Out of his income, 11.2 is rent, 23.5 food,
17.2 for clothing...
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Poor guy is a series of fractions. He
ought to stop acting like a human being.
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Hello...
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- Glad to see you again.
- Glad to see you!
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- How have you been?
- Fine. And you?
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- Can't complain. You're looking well.
- Thanks. You seem fit yourself.
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Not bad for an old man.
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- How have you been?
- Can't complain. And you?
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Fine, fine.
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- Glad to have seen you again.
- Glad to have seen you.
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Who was that?
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- Who's that?
- I don't know.
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- Sure you don't know him?
- No, I don't.
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- If he knows who you are, we're sunk.
- He was just being friendly.
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- Where's Professor Hoopendecker?
- I don't know. He ain't down here.
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- Wise guy!
- Thanks.
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- Wow!
- Did you see that?
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- All the way from there.
- That was really something.
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Company, atten-shun! Hit the dirt!
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Rip! Rip Smith!
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Good old Sergeant Hoopendecker.
Hi, dirty face.
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Mon capitaine, je vous aime!
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Ratted.
It took me years to build up dignity.
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Rip Smith? So that's who he is.
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Sorry I couldn't meet you.
We're having exams.
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The survey I did was good, huh?
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- Right on the nose for the nation.
- You don't say?
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- What about this insurance thing?
- We can sell insurance if we have to.
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- Is that him, Mr Hoopendecker?
- Sure. That's he.
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- Jeepers. Rip Smith.
- Mr Hoopendecker said you were coming.
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We read about you
in the basketball guide.
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I'm coaching them. Here's my assistant.
The mascot of the team.
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- Hi.
- Hi, Rip.
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What's going on down there?
It's a nickel a look.
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- (BELL RINGS)
- That's the bell. Move along, boys.
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- Bye, Rip.
- Bye.
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- Have you seen anyone yet?
- No. I'm seeing the mayor now.
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Meet me after school.
I'll introduce you to folks.
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OK. So long, dirty face.
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How do you do?
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- The very idea!
- Imagine doing such a thing!
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- Wait here, please.
- Thank you.
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Where'd you go to?
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Dropped in on my pal Hoopendecker.
Why, what goes on here?
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His Honour the Mayor's in conference.
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Ah. What a town. We put the decimal
points in the right place and we're home.
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Yes. Let's pray these good people
stay average and don't change.
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They haven't changed in 50 years.
Forget it.
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These changes will make this town.
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The park and playground will be here.
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The hospital and the nursery here.
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The library here and the high school here.
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As mayor I'm neutral - a servant of
the people - but this plan's preposterous.
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- Isn't it preposterous, Richard?
- I'm tired of it.
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She's been coming before the council
for years.
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It's like a filibuster.
There ought to be a law against...
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Now, Lou, the girl has a right
to speak her piece.
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All right.
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Thanks, Mr Nickleby. And I'll exercise
that right at every council meeting
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until you realise Grandview
needs a new civic centre.
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- It's all right, Mr Mayor. You're excused.
- Excuse me.
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What is it? You said it was important.
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My name's Lawrence Smith.
This is Mr Sloan.
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- We thought you could help us out...
- Just a moment.
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Notes for visitors' diary.
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At 9.46, a gentleman by the name
of Lawrence Smith came in.
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"Visitors are welcome," I said.
"What can I do for you?"
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What can I do for you?
Speak up, young man, speak up.
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We want to open an insurance office.
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We thought you could recommend
a real estate agent.
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Mr Smith requested that I recommend
a real estate agent.
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"You place me in a difficult position,"
I said. "A mayor cannot show partiality."
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Just a minute. I'll get Lou Dickens
out here. Best real estate man in town.
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Rest of them aren't worth a hoot.
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What about the upkeep?
That means more watchacallit... taxes.
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Excuse me.
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Why not approve the plan
and let the voters decide?
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Mr Nickleby's being very unselfish about this.
As the leading contractor, he'd benefit.
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- We can't afford anything so ambitious.
- Improvements will attract new people,
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new wealth, so we could afford it.
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Glad to be of watchacallit... service.
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Like a fella says... thank you.
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Change this, change that.
How big a town do you want?
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Of course I want changes. It's about time
we made it a decent place to live in.
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Changes.
There goes your mathematical miracle.
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- This is a very fine community!
- It's a beautiful community!
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I beg your pardon. I didn't mean to butt in.
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That's all right. Come in.
What do you think of Grandview?
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Think of it?! I've been searching
for a town like this for years.
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You like it? Speak up, young man.
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When I got off that train,
I said to myself, "This is it."
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I've just walked through your town
with its shade trees and lovely parks.
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I stood before your impressive buildings
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and thought, "Here's a challenge
to the evils of the modern era."
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I watched your people on the street
and felt their vitality and sense of security.
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- All in less than one hour.
- Hmm?
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Your children are happy. Happy.
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You can see it in their dear faces
and hear it in their wholesome talk.
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Oh, there's beauty here.
It's almost indescribable.
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You're used to it. You take it for granted.
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To me, it's a hope and a dream
of a lifetime.
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I too want to become a part of it.
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Please don't change it.
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I'm very sorry. I didn't mean to intrude.
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He's right. Absolutely right.
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That makes me proud.
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- That's the kind of man this town needs.
- I move to forget this nonsense.
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00:19:19,287 --> 00:19:21,847
- All those in favour?
- Aye!
225
00:19:22,007 --> 00:19:25,397
- Meeting adjourned.
- A stranger made us see sense.
226
00:19:25,567 --> 00:19:28,286
Let's hear no more about this civic centre.
227
00:19:28,447 --> 00:19:30,244
You fascinate me.
228
00:19:30,407 --> 00:19:33,126
We nearly fell for that scheme of Mary's.
229
00:19:38,367 --> 00:19:41,803
Ed Schwarz, I want you to meet
Laurence Smith.
230
00:19:41,967 --> 00:19:44,162
- How do you do?
- Mel Hanley.
231
00:19:44,327 --> 00:19:46,318
How do you do?
232
00:19:46,487 --> 00:19:51,766
Hey, fellas. I want you to meet my friend
Laurence Smith. Insurance.
233
00:19:51,927 --> 00:19:55,636
- Welcome to Grandview.
- Any friend of Hoopendecker's welcome.
234
00:19:55,807 --> 00:19:57,559
Thank you.
235
00:19:57,727 --> 00:20:02,039
Everything takes place here -
political rallies, concerts, dances.
236
00:20:02,207 --> 00:20:04,198
Hey, there it is.
237
00:20:09,767 --> 00:20:13,362
Great American institution -
the pot-bellied stove.
238
00:20:13,527 --> 00:20:18,521
That one's been there for over 100 years.
Folks wouldn't throw it away.
239
00:20:18,687 --> 00:20:21,884
Sit round it and find out
what Grandview's thinking.
240
00:20:22,047 --> 00:20:25,119
- And what the country's thinking.
- Yeah.
241
00:20:25,287 --> 00:20:28,359
If you want to find our Senator...
242
00:20:29,047 --> 00:20:33,518
Yup. I'm right. Senator Wilton,
meet my friend Laurence Smith.
243
00:20:35,087 --> 00:20:37,521
- Glad to see you.
- Glad to see you.
244
00:20:37,687 --> 00:20:39,439
Oh, yes!
245
00:20:42,287 --> 00:20:45,757
This is Senator Wilton.
United States Senator Wilton.
246
00:20:45,927 --> 00:20:48,839
No wonder your face was familiar!
247
00:20:49,007 --> 00:20:53,364
The Senator was brought up in Grandview.
Comes back to visit.
248
00:20:53,527 --> 00:20:57,884
Pressure in Washington gets strong,
easy to lose your perspective.
249
00:20:58,047 --> 00:21:02,404
- Issues become very simple in this room.
- I imagine so.
250
00:21:02,567 --> 00:21:05,684
There's something in the paper about you.
251
00:21:05,847 --> 00:21:07,838
Here, Senator.
252
00:21:09,687 --> 00:21:12,201
They don't seem to like you.
253
00:21:12,367 --> 00:21:15,120
- Here, under Town Tidbits.
- Here?
254
00:21:16,287 --> 00:21:22,442
"The incident at the council meeting
indicates a complete lack of grace."
255
00:21:25,247 --> 00:21:30,719
"On his first day here, Mr Smith managed
to poke his unwelcome proboscis
256
00:21:30,887 --> 00:21:33,765
"into local affairs." That's pretty cute.
257
00:21:33,927 --> 00:21:36,919
"If you're here to sell insurance, Mr Smith,
258
00:21:37,087 --> 00:21:41,126
"you'd do well to start building goodwill
and confidence."
259
00:21:41,287 --> 00:21:44,165
Where's the slaughterhouse
that does this?
260
00:21:44,327 --> 00:21:48,445
- Down the street. I'll go with you.
- I'll handle it. Excuse me.
261
00:21:48,607 --> 00:21:53,283
- Take it easy. They're a tough crew.
- I can be tough myself.
262
00:22:09,167 --> 00:22:13,001
I want to see the editor
of this imitation newspaper!
263
00:22:33,767 --> 00:22:35,803
Please say that again.
264
00:22:35,967 --> 00:22:40,643
- I want to know...
- No. The same words in the same way.
265
00:22:40,807 --> 00:22:45,517
You can bang the counter if you wish.
Please?
266
00:22:47,807 --> 00:22:51,925
I want to see the editor
of this imitation newspaper!
267
00:22:53,207 --> 00:22:54,560
Thank you.
268
00:23:07,647 --> 00:23:10,241
What's this all about?
269
00:23:10,407 --> 00:23:13,479
Your voice. It's the spitting image of his.
270
00:23:13,647 --> 00:23:16,445
- Never heard the likes of it.
- Never did.
271
00:23:16,607 --> 00:23:19,644
- Spitting image of who?
- He said the same thing.
272
00:23:19,807 --> 00:23:23,436
- And bang on the counter too.
- Every morning.
273
00:23:23,607 --> 00:23:27,202
- That was his little joke.
- Whose joke?
274
00:23:35,727 --> 00:23:37,922
- Who's he?
- Lou Peterman.
275
00:23:38,087 --> 00:23:39,759
- Her husband.
- The editor.
276
00:23:39,927 --> 00:23:42,566
That's the fella I want. Where's he?
277
00:23:42,727 --> 00:23:46,959
Lou got a little tired about ten years ago,
almost 11.
278
00:23:47,127 --> 00:23:50,039
- Just about.
- The year I got my new uppers.
279
00:23:50,207 --> 00:23:53,119
Went out on the porch to take a nap...
280
00:23:53,287 --> 00:23:57,758
- He was more tired than he thought.
- It was a wonderful funeral.
281
00:23:57,927 --> 00:24:01,124
- Everybody in town came.
- And from out of town.
282
00:24:01,287 --> 00:24:05,917
- Lem Simpson was a pallbearer.
- Stayed sober all day.
283
00:24:06,087 --> 00:24:07,964
Just out of respect.
284
00:24:08,127 --> 00:24:10,721
Your voice is the spitting image.
285
00:24:14,687 --> 00:24:19,442
Well, young man, what is it?
You came in to make a complaint.
286
00:24:21,567 --> 00:24:24,081
This story about me. Have you seen it?
287
00:24:24,247 --> 00:24:26,078
- Yes.
- What's the idea?
288
00:24:26,287 --> 00:24:28,721
- Are the facts incorrect?
- No.
289
00:24:28,887 --> 00:24:30,957
- Is your name spelt wrong?
- No.
290
00:24:31,127 --> 00:24:34,403
- Then what's your complaint?
- It's snide.
291
00:24:34,567 --> 00:24:39,277
Taking advantage of an innocent stranger.
What kind of hospitality is that?
292
00:24:39,447 --> 00:24:43,076
Those nasty little digs.
No decent newspaper...
293
00:24:43,247 --> 00:24:48,037
If you want to attack our policy,
write us a letter and we'll print it.
294
00:24:48,207 --> 00:24:53,759
In the meantime, you can complain
to the acting editor who wrote the story.
295
00:24:53,927 --> 00:24:57,237
OK. I'll talk to the acting acting editor.
296
00:24:57,407 --> 00:25:00,126
I've got it! A three-position signal.
297
00:25:00,287 --> 00:25:02,278
Ouch and McOuch.
298
00:25:19,847 --> 00:25:22,202
Jiggle it. Try jiggling it.
299
00:25:27,247 --> 00:25:30,080
Sometimes they start
when you jiggle them.
300
00:25:33,367 --> 00:25:35,756
(TRAIN WHISTLES)
301
00:25:37,007 --> 00:25:38,759
See?
302
00:25:47,207 --> 00:25:48,845
- Nice?
- Very nice.
303
00:25:49,007 --> 00:25:50,326
- Lovely.
- Beautiful.
304
00:25:50,487 --> 00:25:52,205
Pass me Panther.
305
00:25:53,047 --> 00:25:54,526
Sweetie.
306
00:26:11,367 --> 00:26:13,437
You wished to see me?
307
00:26:13,607 --> 00:26:17,077
Yes. I wanted to thank you
for that nice story you wrote.
308
00:26:17,247 --> 00:26:21,399
- I thought you came in to complain.
- Me? Not at all.
309
00:26:21,567 --> 00:26:25,082
There's one thing worse
than being talked about...
310
00:26:25,247 --> 00:26:27,966
(BOTH) And that's not being talked about.
311
00:26:29,287 --> 00:26:33,280
- Then you won't mind my second story.
- Not at all.
312
00:26:33,447 --> 00:26:35,722
Not at all...
313
00:26:37,367 --> 00:26:40,245
No use looking. This isn't it.
314
00:26:40,967 --> 00:26:47,361
As a matter of fact, I was just admiring
how your hair sweeps up from your neck.
315
00:26:51,927 --> 00:26:54,122
My, my, a real sharpie.
316
00:26:55,287 --> 00:26:59,280
Now, look. Look at this story
you wrote about me.
317
00:26:59,447 --> 00:27:02,405
Look, it says here...
318
00:27:10,127 --> 00:27:14,166
Quote - "If you're really here
to sell insurance, Mr Smith,
319
00:27:14,327 --> 00:27:18,718
"you'd do well..." And so on. Why that?
That creates suspicion.
320
00:27:18,887 --> 00:27:23,642
Grandview is already overcrowded
with insurance agents.
321
00:27:23,807 --> 00:27:27,720
A clever man like you would stay away.
Simple.
322
00:27:27,887 --> 00:27:31,880
A clever man like me doesn't mind
competition. He has ideas.
323
00:27:32,047 --> 00:27:34,800
He sees insurance as long range.
324
00:27:34,967 --> 00:27:39,802
He doesn't care if he never sells
a policy... for six months or a year.
325
00:27:39,967 --> 00:27:42,640
Would you like to write a little retraction?
326
00:27:42,807 --> 00:27:48,359
Say you were a bit hasty and Smith's
a charming fellow. Would you do that?
327
00:27:53,647 --> 00:27:55,956
No, I guess you wouldn't.
328
00:27:58,527 --> 00:28:01,803
I'm going to get a soda. You take Panther.
329
00:28:02,807 --> 00:28:05,640
Sis, I got a scoop. Who do you think's in town?
330
00:28:05,807 --> 00:28:09,004
I met him too. Rip Smith.
He was over at school...
331
00:28:09,167 --> 00:28:12,045
- Hi, Bob.
- Hello, Mr Smith.
332
00:28:12,207 --> 00:28:15,517
We were just going to the hotel to see you.
333
00:28:15,687 --> 00:28:20,636
Mr Hoopendecker said it was all right. He
says you're the greatest guy in the world.
334
00:28:20,807 --> 00:28:24,436
- I think he exaggerates.
- He said you'd do it.
335
00:28:24,607 --> 00:28:27,440
- Do what?
- Coach the basketball team.
336
00:28:27,607 --> 00:28:30,804
- Would you, Mr Smith?
- I'll leave you two.
337
00:28:30,967 --> 00:28:36,246
- Would you?
- Sure. I want to talk to your sister first.
338
00:28:36,407 --> 00:28:39,797
(ROMANTIC BIG BAND MUSIC PLAYS)
339
00:28:41,047 --> 00:28:43,038
Make that two, will you?
340
00:28:44,607 --> 00:28:47,644
- I ordered a headache powder.
- Just what I need.
341
00:28:47,807 --> 00:28:53,916
Don't go. I expect to be around here for
quite a spell. You have to get used to me.
342
00:28:54,807 --> 00:28:59,642
Perhaps you're right. I've got used to
the other weird goblins in this town.
343
00:29:00,327 --> 00:29:03,842
Goblin, huh? How does that go?
344
00:29:04,007 --> 00:29:07,522
"You better mind your parents
and your teachers fond and dear
345
00:29:07,687 --> 00:29:11,521
"And cherish them that loves you
and dry the orphan's tear
346
00:29:11,687 --> 00:29:14,440
"Help the poor and needy ones
clustered all about
347
00:29:14,607 --> 00:29:17,679
"Or the goblins will get you
if you don't watch out."
348
00:29:17,847 --> 00:29:21,396
That's "The Goblins Will Get You
If You Don't Watch Out."
349
00:29:21,567 --> 00:29:24,161
That's "Little Orphan Annie."
350
00:29:24,847 --> 00:29:30,604
By golly, that's right.
Oh, headache powder. Chocolate flavour.
351
00:29:40,647 --> 00:29:44,435
- Tell me about this civic centre of yours.
- Why?
352
00:29:45,527 --> 00:29:47,518
I'm just interested.
353
00:29:47,687 --> 00:29:50,406
After the way you shot your big mouth off?
354
00:29:51,447 --> 00:29:55,918
Not knowing anything about it either.
I hope it didn't do any harm.
355
00:29:56,087 --> 00:30:00,717
- Only set progress back a few years.
- It did?
356
00:30:00,887 --> 00:30:05,915
I'm sorry. Maybe I can make up for it.
Help in some way.
357
00:30:06,087 --> 00:30:08,521
Tell me about it.
358
00:30:11,367 --> 00:30:14,245
- Why did you do it?
- What?
359
00:30:14,407 --> 00:30:16,443
Butt into the meeting.
360
00:30:16,607 --> 00:30:19,485
I was just busting with good spirits.
361
00:30:19,647 --> 00:30:22,957
The town looked perfect
so why would you change it?
362
00:30:23,127 --> 00:30:25,880
Sure there wasn't some other reason?
363
00:30:27,847 --> 00:30:30,486
If there was, it escapes me at the moment.
364
00:30:33,447 --> 00:30:38,567
Some of the fellas have got to go home
and we thought maybe for a starter
365
00:30:38,727 --> 00:30:41,366
you could explain the back pass dilemma.
366
00:30:41,527 --> 00:30:45,759
- It says Rip Smith used it to perfection.
- It does?
367
00:30:45,927 --> 00:30:49,920
- The what dilemma?
- Quiet, please. This is technical talk.
368
00:30:50,087 --> 00:30:54,285
Sure. I can show you. It's very simple.
Anybody got a pencil?
369
00:30:55,567 --> 00:30:57,637
Get up around here.
370
00:30:57,807 --> 00:31:01,800
We're on the attacking team.
I have the ball.
371
00:31:01,967 --> 00:31:05,562
Here I am. Here's my guard. Here you are.
372
00:31:05,727 --> 00:31:07,763
There's your guard.
373
00:31:07,927 --> 00:31:12,443
I pass to you and move in your direction.
My guard crosses to cover me.
374
00:31:12,607 --> 00:31:17,920
Then I fall in behind you like that. That
brings the two guards close together.
375
00:31:18,087 --> 00:31:20,681
You back pass to me and cut like that.
376
00:31:20,847 --> 00:31:26,717
Your guard crosses, bumps into his
own man and you've got an easy layout.
377
00:31:30,127 --> 00:31:32,083
See?
378
00:31:38,807 --> 00:31:43,323
There's nothing to it.
Give me the ball. I'll demonstrate.
379
00:31:44,327 --> 00:31:46,363
That's the best part.
380
00:31:46,527 --> 00:31:49,360
You be his guard, you be my guard.
381
00:31:54,527 --> 00:31:57,963
Follow me, men. All out here.
382
00:31:58,127 --> 00:32:03,247
We'll use that tree for a basket.
We'll line up a defence right here.
383
00:32:03,407 --> 00:32:07,036
You be his guard
and you be his guard, right?
384
00:32:07,207 --> 00:32:10,483
Remember what I told you.
Pass, follow the pass,
385
00:32:10,647 --> 00:32:12,922
back pass, loop pass, boomeroom.
386
00:32:13,087 --> 00:32:15,396
You check on this.
387
00:32:17,447 --> 00:32:20,883
- Over here, Shorty.
- Pass it!
388
00:32:21,047 --> 00:32:23,561
Come on, Bob. Let me have it.
389
00:32:26,607 --> 00:32:31,317
That wasn't bad. All but the boomeroom.
Let's try some baskets.
390
00:32:34,487 --> 00:32:36,045
Oh-oh.
391
00:32:40,247 --> 00:32:43,364
Someone's gonna have to climb a tree.
392
00:32:44,527 --> 00:32:47,121
Shorty, come here.
393
00:32:47,287 --> 00:32:48,766
Allez-oop!
394
00:32:52,567 --> 00:32:54,364
Can you reach it?
395
00:33:00,887 --> 00:33:02,843
(DOG BARKS)
396
00:33:09,367 --> 00:33:13,758
It's easy, Ike.
You start gabbing about insurance
397
00:33:13,927 --> 00:33:18,364
and then very gradually,
you sneak up on your subjects.
398
00:33:18,527 --> 00:33:24,284
Talk about his life expectancy, but find out
what he thinks of progressive education.
399
00:33:24,447 --> 00:33:26,438
Right. Here we go.
400
00:33:26,607 --> 00:33:29,963
(MUSIC SWELLS)
401
00:34:19,527 --> 00:34:24,920
What did I tell you? Isn't this beautiful?
You can see the whole town from here.
402
00:34:25,087 --> 00:34:27,806
If I get to New York,
I'll show you the sights.
403
00:34:27,967 --> 00:34:30,800
I brought the kids up here.
Good for their legs.
404
00:34:30,967 --> 00:34:34,039
I don't expect to make the basketball team.
405
00:34:34,207 --> 00:34:37,165
Don't be such an old whiney worm.
406
00:34:37,327 --> 00:34:42,003
- A what?
- Whiney worm. Always whining.
407
00:34:42,167 --> 00:34:47,764
Just relax. When you come face to face
with sheer beauty, just...
408
00:34:49,767 --> 00:34:51,803
...let go.
409
00:34:55,567 --> 00:34:58,923
- Whose idea was it? Yours?
- What?
410
00:34:59,087 --> 00:35:02,079
The plan. The civic centre.
411
00:35:02,247 --> 00:35:05,000
That was a legacy from my father.
412
00:35:06,247 --> 00:35:10,035
He worked on it for years.
Never could put it over.
413
00:35:10,207 --> 00:35:13,404
- But you will.
- You bet.
414
00:35:13,567 --> 00:35:17,037
You set me back a bit, but I'll put it over.
415
00:35:17,207 --> 00:35:20,199
It's the only thing my father left
when he died.
416
00:35:20,367 --> 00:35:25,964
"It's my one possession," he said.
"A worthwhile job to do. It's yours.
417
00:35:26,127 --> 00:35:28,880
"Consider yourself rich."
418
00:35:31,167 --> 00:35:33,476
I thought he left you the newspaper.
419
00:35:34,367 --> 00:35:37,677
No. We just work there.
Ben Moody owns it.
420
00:35:37,847 --> 00:35:40,520
Oh. Moody's Mansion House.
421
00:35:42,687 --> 00:35:48,444
You call yourself acting editor.
Who's the editor? Mr Moody?
422
00:35:48,607 --> 00:35:52,759
No. Papa. There can only be
one editor for that paper.
423
00:35:52,927 --> 00:35:55,646
He still runs it, sort of.
424
00:35:56,807 --> 00:36:00,117
- I like that.
- You sound like him.
425
00:36:01,327 --> 00:36:04,125
Sometimes you even look like him.
426
00:36:05,127 --> 00:36:07,721
But you're not like him at all.
427
00:36:07,887 --> 00:36:13,883
Papa wasn't so desperate. What
are you desperate for? Money? Power?
428
00:36:15,007 --> 00:36:18,443
You been reading the bumps on my head?
429
00:36:18,607 --> 00:36:22,919
The air becomes charged with electricity
around desperate men.
430
00:36:23,087 --> 00:36:26,238
I always feel it when I'm near Nickleby.
431
00:36:26,407 --> 00:36:29,479
I feel it now. Strong.
432
00:36:31,247 --> 00:36:34,364
- Having fun?
- Mm. Do you mind?
433
00:36:34,527 --> 00:36:36,245
No.
434
00:36:37,847 --> 00:36:40,725
What is that? Let me see it.
435
00:36:40,887 --> 00:36:43,196
MT14 rheostat.
436
00:36:43,367 --> 00:36:46,564
Controls the speed of that train
in the window.
437
00:36:48,207 --> 00:36:50,675
Was your childhood terribly ugly?
438
00:36:52,327 --> 00:36:55,797
That model train is a very professional job.
439
00:36:55,967 --> 00:36:58,925
- Girl mechanic.
- Was it?
440
00:36:59,927 --> 00:37:05,638
It was cloistered - Swiss governess,
Lord Fauntleroy suits, that type of thing.
441
00:37:05,807 --> 00:37:08,685
There's one thing that doesn't add up.
442
00:37:08,847 --> 00:37:12,442
Electric currents
and selling insurance in Grandview.
443
00:37:14,127 --> 00:37:19,360
- Maybe you need a new crystal ball.
- My old one's all right.
444
00:37:20,447 --> 00:37:22,915
Want to know what I see in it?
445
00:37:24,407 --> 00:37:28,161
Before you're through,
you'll run for mayor of this town.
446
00:37:32,487 --> 00:37:35,718
The awful part is
I'll probably vote for you.
447
00:37:54,487 --> 00:37:56,523
He and his brother were river rats.
448
00:37:56,687 --> 00:38:00,396
People would throw coins
and they'd dive for them.
449
00:38:00,567 --> 00:38:02,876
It meant food for the family.
450
00:38:04,367 --> 00:38:07,564
He wants security, sure, in his fist.
451
00:38:07,727 --> 00:38:09,718
Yes, of course.
452
00:38:09,887 --> 00:38:14,085
- Hey, sis, gonna watch us practise?
- No, darling. I have a meeting.
453
00:38:14,247 --> 00:38:15,805
So long.
454
00:38:20,647 --> 00:38:23,445
- What else, Hoop?
- That's all I know.
455
00:38:23,607 --> 00:38:28,681
I've gotta go. I've got papers to mark.
Night, Mary. Thanks for dinner.
456
00:38:32,087 --> 00:38:35,124
- Ladies' meeting over yet?
- Just about.
457
00:38:35,287 --> 00:38:37,437
Yup. Just about.
458
00:38:37,607 --> 00:38:42,158
- Goodnight, Mary. Wonderful meeting.
- Goodnight.
459
00:38:42,327 --> 00:38:47,447
The basketball dance will be held a week
Saturday at the Town Meeting Hall.
460
00:38:47,607 --> 00:38:51,236
That's plush.
That's the night of the Waverley game.
461
00:38:51,407 --> 00:38:54,126
- We'll pin their ears back.
- Goodnight.
462
00:38:54,287 --> 00:38:55,766
Goodnight.
463
00:38:57,327 --> 00:38:59,124
- Hi.
- Hi.
464
00:39:00,927 --> 00:39:03,919
- How did it go tonight?
- Good.
465
00:39:04,087 --> 00:39:08,399
Good, good, good.
Did you go to school here?
466
00:39:08,567 --> 00:39:12,242
- Mmm.
- These are graduation pictures?
467
00:39:12,407 --> 00:39:17,765
I'll be darned. Look at that.
Wonderful. Are you here?
468
00:39:17,927 --> 00:39:21,124
- Yeah.
- Wait a minute. Don't show me.
469
00:39:21,287 --> 00:39:24,723
There. I knew you right off.
470
00:39:24,887 --> 00:39:27,162
Go on. I showed you.
471
00:39:27,327 --> 00:39:32,276
No, you didn't. It's simple.
You got the same...
472
00:39:32,447 --> 00:39:34,563
Same this.
473
00:39:35,647 --> 00:39:40,721
Same firecracker eyes.
You were pretty then too.
474
00:39:41,727 --> 00:39:44,446
- Think so?
- Yeah.
475
00:39:45,407 --> 00:39:47,159
Very pretty.
476
00:39:48,287 --> 00:39:53,407
Well, that's Helen Kleinspiegel.
This is me over here.
477
00:39:59,727 --> 00:40:01,877
Wise guy, huh?
478
00:40:03,967 --> 00:40:09,485
That's amazing. That grew up to be you?
479
00:40:15,807 --> 00:40:18,116
What an age we're living in.
480
00:40:22,047 --> 00:40:26,598
There's a smell about a classroom
that always gets me.
481
00:40:26,767 --> 00:40:31,602
You went to school here, huh?
What do you know?
482
00:40:31,767 --> 00:40:33,962
- In this very classroom?
- Uh-huh.
483
00:40:34,127 --> 00:40:36,118
I'll be darned.
484
00:40:36,287 --> 00:40:38,847
- Where did you sit?
- Over there.
485
00:40:39,007 --> 00:40:41,043
In the front row?
486
00:40:41,207 --> 00:40:43,926
You had to stay awake all the time.
487
00:40:45,247 --> 00:40:49,399
I always had trouble
with these legs of mine.
488
00:40:49,567 --> 00:40:54,482
Always stuck out in the aisle like this.
People kept tripping over them.
489
00:40:54,647 --> 00:40:59,516
One day, the teacher was walking
down the aisle and went kerplunk.
490
00:40:59,687 --> 00:41:02,997
- Oh-oh.
- She accused me of doing it deliberately.
491
00:41:03,167 --> 00:41:07,160
- You didn't, of course?
- I might have helped a little.
492
00:41:07,327 --> 00:41:11,684
- And you sat there?
- This seat had an awful squeak...
493
00:41:11,847 --> 00:41:14,156
(LOUD SQUEAK)
494
00:41:14,327 --> 00:41:16,841
Yup. This is where I sat.
495
00:41:19,407 --> 00:41:21,875
- Did you have pigtails?
- Mmm.
496
00:41:23,007 --> 00:41:25,760
Anybody special to pull them?
497
00:41:25,927 --> 00:41:31,285
Bertie. Senator Wilton's son.
He was a terror.
498
00:41:32,327 --> 00:41:36,320
They moved to Washington
and I was heartbroken.
499
00:41:36,487 --> 00:41:38,398
You were?
500
00:41:39,407 --> 00:41:42,126
- For how long?
- Ages.
501
00:41:42,287 --> 00:41:44,278
Almost a week.
502
00:41:46,047 --> 00:41:49,483
Oh, look. "Hiawatha."
503
00:41:50,887 --> 00:41:53,879
"By the shores of Gitche Gumee, by the..."
504
00:41:54,047 --> 00:41:57,835
- Always thought it was Gitche Gooey.
- It is gooey.
505
00:41:58,007 --> 00:42:02,478
I was always exclusively
a "Charge Of The Light Brigade" fella.
506
00:42:02,647 --> 00:42:05,559
- I love Hiawatha.
- Charge of the Light Brigade.
507
00:42:05,727 --> 00:42:09,515
- Half a league, half a league...
- By the shores of Gitche Gumee...
508
00:42:09,687 --> 00:42:12,281
(BOTH RECITE THEIR POEM)
509
00:42:12,447 --> 00:42:16,804
"Forward, the Light Brigade!
Charge for the guns!" he said!
510
00:42:16,967 --> 00:42:19,197
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
511
00:42:19,367 --> 00:42:21,881
"Forward the Light Brigade!"
Was there a man dismay'd?
512
00:42:22,047 --> 00:42:24,356
Not tho' the soldier knew
Some one had blunder'd.
513
00:42:24,527 --> 00:42:28,440
Their's not to make reply,
Their's not to reason why,
514
00:42:28,607 --> 00:42:30,598
Their's was to do and die!
515
00:42:30,767 --> 00:42:32,644
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
516
00:42:32,807 --> 00:42:35,002
Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them...
517
00:42:35,167 --> 00:42:39,046
- Volley'd and thunder'd...
- "Ewa-yeah! My little owlet!"
518
00:42:39,207 --> 00:42:43,962
Into the jaws of Death,
Into the mouth of Hell!
519
00:42:44,127 --> 00:42:45,924
"Ewa-yeah! My little owlet."
520
00:42:46,087 --> 00:42:47,725
Rode the six hundred!
521
00:42:47,887 --> 00:42:51,721
Flash'd all their sabres bare,
Flash'd as they turn'd in air...
522
00:42:51,887 --> 00:42:55,243
Many things Nokomis taught him
Of the stars that shine in heaven,
523
00:42:55,407 --> 00:42:58,399
Showed him Ishkoodah the comet,
Ishkoodah with fiery tresses...
524
00:42:58,567 --> 00:43:02,003
Right thro' the line they broke,
Cossacks and Russian
525
00:43:02,167 --> 00:43:05,477
Reeling from the sabre stroke,
Shatter'd and sunder'd...
526
00:43:05,647 --> 00:43:08,286
In the frost nights of Winter,
Showed the broad white road in heaven,
527
00:43:08,447 --> 00:43:12,201
Crowded with the ghosts, the shadows,
At the door sat the little Hiawatha...
528
00:43:12,367 --> 00:43:15,439
"Forward the Light Brigade!"
Was there a man dismay'd?
529
00:43:15,607 --> 00:43:17,802
Not tho' the soldier knew
some one had blunder'd.
530
00:43:17,967 --> 00:43:20,356
Their's not to make reply,
Their's...
531
00:43:20,527 --> 00:43:25,647
But, soft, what light
through yonder window breaks?
532
00:43:25,807 --> 00:43:29,243
It is the east and Juliet is the sun.
533
00:43:29,407 --> 00:43:34,356
Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon
534
00:43:34,527 --> 00:43:37,678
who is already pale and sick with grief...
535
00:43:47,327 --> 00:43:49,522
Open up, Twiddle. It's me.
536
00:43:54,687 --> 00:43:57,042
Not in yet, huh?
537
00:43:57,207 --> 00:43:59,675
- Did you get them?
- Yeah.
538
00:44:01,207 --> 00:44:04,199
Three "Yes" and one "Don't know".
539
00:44:05,487 --> 00:44:07,637
Good. That completes the list.
540
00:44:07,807 --> 00:44:13,757
He needs to make that plane. He told
Mac he'd have the results tomorrow.
541
00:44:13,927 --> 00:44:17,715
They're playing Preston tonight.
A very important game.
542
00:44:17,887 --> 00:44:21,038
(KNOCKING)
It's me.
543
00:44:21,207 --> 00:44:24,040
Hi, boys. Sorry I'm late.
544
00:44:24,207 --> 00:44:26,767
- How does it look?
- It's all blocked out.
545
00:44:26,927 --> 00:44:31,239
- Just give me the basic figures.
- It'll take one second. Who won?
546
00:44:31,407 --> 00:44:35,639
Who won?! Don't be comical. 46 to 12.
We slaughtered them.
547
00:44:35,807 --> 00:44:40,961
- That's peachy!
- It'll be peachy if you get it finished.
548
00:44:41,127 --> 00:44:46,076
- Come on, Mr Twiddle. Stop stalling.
- Stalling? I said one second.
549
00:44:46,247 --> 00:44:49,239
I hope these figures
are close to Stringer's.
550
00:44:49,407 --> 00:44:51,602
- All you have to do...
- I know!
551
00:44:51,767 --> 00:44:55,555
Put the decimal points
in their proper places.
552
00:44:55,727 --> 00:45:00,517
- There. I've done it.
- Give me that. There she is, boys.
553
00:45:00,687 --> 00:45:06,717
This was done in two weeks.
We can do them in 24 hours if necessary.
554
00:45:06,887 --> 00:45:11,642
Wait till Mac sees this. Here you are, Ike.
If you hurry, you'll catch that plane.
555
00:45:11,807 --> 00:45:16,517
If Mac starts asking you questions,
just turn your baby blues on.
556
00:45:16,687 --> 00:45:18,484
I'd like to see his face.
557
00:45:18,647 --> 00:45:23,846
You can accomplish that with alacrity.
Why don't you go and see him yourself?
558
00:45:24,007 --> 00:45:27,204
- I can't. We play Waverley tomorrow.
- Oh?
559
00:45:27,367 --> 00:45:30,757
- There's a dance after.
- Oh.
560
00:45:30,927 --> 00:45:33,964
My handling this team
has worked beautifully.
561
00:45:34,127 --> 00:45:38,359
It'll look awful funny if I just disappear.
Here you are.
562
00:45:38,527 --> 00:45:42,520
That was a beautiful job, Mr Twiddle.
Excellent.
563
00:45:42,687 --> 00:45:45,565
How would you like to kick this deal over?
564
00:45:45,727 --> 00:45:49,037
- Kick it over?
- It'll be all right with me and Mr Twiddle.
565
00:45:49,207 --> 00:45:51,482
- What?
- Yes.
566
00:45:51,647 --> 00:45:55,720
- Don't keep going on our account...
- Save it!
567
00:45:58,007 --> 00:46:02,319
Kick it over? What's the matter with you?
What are you talking about?
568
00:46:02,487 --> 00:46:07,322
I've been working all my life for this.
Kick it over? What for?
569
00:46:07,487 --> 00:46:11,719
What kind of a lame brain
do you think I am?
570
00:46:11,887 --> 00:46:17,041
- OK. OK. I guess I was way off the beam.
- I guess you were!
571
00:46:17,207 --> 00:46:19,198
(HORN HONKS)
572
00:46:20,127 --> 00:46:23,802
Well... I gotta go now.
573
00:46:25,287 --> 00:46:29,519
Ike, tell Mac that we can take
three or four jobs at one time.
574
00:46:29,687 --> 00:46:33,726
Maybe more than that.
Call me as soon as you've finished.
575
00:46:39,807 --> 00:46:42,799
Ike? You call me.
576
00:46:44,327 --> 00:46:46,318
(HORN HONKS)
577
00:46:54,607 --> 00:46:56,916
Did you ever do the Samba, Mr Quincy?
578
00:46:57,087 --> 00:47:01,365
- No. I can't say I did.
- I just had a two-hour demonstration.
579
00:47:01,527 --> 00:47:04,360
- Know what a back pass dilemma is?
- No.
580
00:47:04,527 --> 00:47:06,995
I'm going to get a demonstration of that.
581
00:47:11,927 --> 00:47:14,236
Back pass dilemma.
582
00:47:15,727 --> 00:47:17,718
This I gotta see.
583
00:47:18,607 --> 00:47:21,041
OK. I'm gonna pass to you.
584
00:47:22,567 --> 00:47:25,479
Throw the ball! Don't make love to it.
585
00:47:29,807 --> 00:47:34,835
That's no way to throw a ball.
It's more of a snap forward like that.
586
00:47:36,287 --> 00:47:40,644
No, no. Suppose there's a wolf
on the make. What do you do?
587
00:47:40,807 --> 00:47:42,798
You mean like this?
588
00:47:51,167 --> 00:47:53,362
Yeah. Like that.
589
00:47:53,527 --> 00:47:55,995
Let's try something else, shall we?
590
00:47:56,167 --> 00:48:00,843
We'll try the lay up shot.
No rough stuff now.
591
00:48:01,007 --> 00:48:06,081
The principle of this shot is to stretch
yourself out as far as you can
592
00:48:06,247 --> 00:48:08,397
and lay the ball in the basket.
593
00:48:08,567 --> 00:48:12,082
So stretch up and lay the ball in there.
OK. You try.
594
00:48:12,247 --> 00:48:17,116
Get over there. Remember,
you've got to stretch yourself way up.
595
00:48:17,287 --> 00:48:20,279
Just lay the ball up there. I'll help you.
596
00:48:24,367 --> 00:48:26,676
Look. It got stuck up there.
597
00:48:37,967 --> 00:48:40,561
Back pass dilemma, eh?
598
00:49:18,447 --> 00:49:20,802
(APPLAUSE)
599
00:49:20,967 --> 00:49:24,323
(DANCE MUSIC PLAYS)
600
00:49:47,207 --> 00:49:50,244
Ever asked yourself why they call me Rip?
601
00:49:50,407 --> 00:49:53,604
Is it something to do with Rip Van Winkle?
602
00:49:53,767 --> 00:49:56,918
I fall asleep at the drop of an eyelid.
603
00:49:58,287 --> 00:50:03,725
I think I'll drop an eyelid on that lovely
shoulder of yours and never leave.
604
00:50:03,887 --> 00:50:07,323
- Ooh!
- Oh, I'm sorry.
605
00:50:08,687 --> 00:50:10,723
I'm so sorry.
606
00:50:10,887 --> 00:50:12,957
You live and learn.
607
00:50:19,967 --> 00:50:23,562
- Sorry to cut in. You promised.
- Certainly. This is your night.
608
00:50:23,727 --> 00:50:25,718
- Mind, Rip?
- No, no.
609
00:50:25,887 --> 00:50:28,879
Watch it.
She's carrying concealed weapons.
610
00:50:30,727 --> 00:50:34,720
Good work, son. You licked those kids
into a fighting machine.
611
00:50:34,887 --> 00:50:38,197
It's the first time we beat Waverley
in ten years.
612
00:50:38,367 --> 00:50:40,164
Hi, Sergeant.
613
00:50:50,967 --> 00:50:55,961
- Are you tussling with your conscience?
- Don't worry about my conscience.
614
00:50:56,127 --> 00:50:59,403
Hey, Bob. Remember,
stay far away from her.
615
00:50:59,567 --> 00:51:03,799
Difficult to drop that girl in a bracket.
She won't stay there.
616
00:51:05,527 --> 00:51:07,916
(CHOIR) # I keep a book within my heart
617
00:51:08,087 --> 00:51:10,078
Our school song.
618
00:51:10,967 --> 00:51:16,485
# Where all my fondest memories art
619
00:51:16,647 --> 00:51:21,277
# The temple bells on Christmas Eve
620
00:51:21,447 --> 00:51:27,124
# The wishes on a falling star
621
00:51:27,287 --> 00:51:32,600
# The lonely sound across the night
622
00:51:32,767 --> 00:51:38,285
# The trains that always hurry through
623
00:51:38,447 --> 00:51:43,362
# The patterns on the frosted pane
624
00:51:43,527 --> 00:51:49,602
# The magic lands they took me to
625
00:51:49,767 --> 00:51:55,683
# These are not only idle dreams
626
00:51:55,847 --> 00:52:01,763
# That time will some day dim for me
627
00:52:01,927 --> 00:52:08,162
# They're pages that I've put away
628
00:52:08,327 --> 00:52:16,803
# Here into my book of memory
629
00:52:16,967 --> 00:52:21,404
# The fun around the swimming hole
630
00:52:21,567 --> 00:52:26,436
# The gang around the campus green
631
00:52:26,607 --> 00:52:32,045
# The laughter of an April Fool
632
00:52:32,207 --> 00:52:38,203
# The ghost that walks on Halloween
633
00:52:38,367 --> 00:52:43,521
# The little hand I held in mine
634
00:52:43,687 --> 00:52:49,842
# While walking through a secret lane
635
00:52:50,007 --> 00:52:55,525
# The rainbow on a neighbour's lawn
636
00:52:55,687 --> 00:53:01,523
# That sparkles after summer rain
637
00:53:02,207 --> 00:53:08,043
# These are not only idle dreams
638
00:53:08,207 --> 00:53:14,521
# That time will some day dim for me
639
00:53:15,127 --> 00:53:21,919
# They're pages that I've put away
640
00:53:22,087 --> 00:53:34,682
# Here into my book of memory #
641
00:53:40,247 --> 00:53:43,319
Attention, please! Thank you.
642
00:53:43,487 --> 00:53:47,275
Folks, Mrs Peterman
wishes to say a few words.
643
00:53:57,607 --> 00:54:01,441
The "Dispatch", you know,
rarely retracts a story.
644
00:54:01,607 --> 00:54:05,600
Obviously because the "Dispatch"
rarely makes mistakes.
645
00:54:06,487 --> 00:54:11,686
Tomorrow, however, you will read the
retraction of an item that appeared recently
646
00:54:11,847 --> 00:54:14,361
about Mr Lawrence Smith.
647
00:54:15,967 --> 00:54:22,679
The "Dispatch" wishes to erase any doubt
it created as to Mr Smith's integrity.
648
00:54:23,807 --> 00:54:26,685
Mary and I have seen a lot of Rip.
649
00:54:26,847 --> 00:54:32,683
It's only been a short time,
yet already he seems an old friend,
650
00:54:32,847 --> 00:54:34,644
and that's a good sign.
651
00:54:34,807 --> 00:54:37,799
He's taken an interest in our civic affairs
652
00:54:37,967 --> 00:54:40,686
and his devotion to the basketball team...
653
00:54:40,847 --> 00:54:44,601
Everybody must admit
he performed a miracle!
654
00:54:44,767 --> 00:54:46,405
(APPLAUSE)
655
00:54:46,567 --> 00:54:48,159
But...
656
00:54:49,247 --> 00:54:52,717
it took hard work at all hours
657
00:54:52,887 --> 00:54:56,357
and I'm sure he neglected
his own business to do it.
658
00:54:56,527 --> 00:55:00,884
We're very lucky
to acquire such a fine citizen,
659
00:55:01,047 --> 00:55:06,644
and I thought this was the occasion to
apologise and to tell him how we feel.
660
00:55:08,127 --> 00:55:12,166
Rip, we're all very happy and grateful
661
00:55:12,327 --> 00:55:15,319
that in your search
for a permanent anchorage,
662
00:55:15,487 --> 00:55:21,198
you chose to throw in your lot with us
and to grow with Grandview.
663
00:55:21,367 --> 00:55:24,962
- (APPLAUSE)
- Speech! Speech!
664
00:55:41,487 --> 00:55:43,125
I... er...
665
00:55:44,767 --> 00:55:49,283
I wish Mrs Peterman hadn't said
all those nice things about me.
666
00:55:49,447 --> 00:55:52,564
I doubt whether I can live up to them.
667
00:55:55,247 --> 00:56:00,526
I prefer that you reserve judgment
until you... Well...
668
00:56:01,407 --> 00:56:06,879
...until you got to know me better.
Much better. Thank you.
669
00:56:40,927 --> 00:56:44,124
How can people go around
making speeches?
670
00:56:46,127 --> 00:56:51,326
I remember once in Italy, a bunch of us
got to talking about home and Ma.
671
00:56:52,527 --> 00:56:58,921
The pipsqueak started, then the other
fellas. They were all from small towns.
672
00:56:59,087 --> 00:57:01,726
You were the only city slicker there.
673
00:57:03,007 --> 00:57:05,999
You let your guard down that night, Rip.
674
00:57:10,327 --> 00:57:13,319
You envy those guys. You said that.
675
00:57:13,487 --> 00:57:19,119
You never knew what it was to have
neighbours, to have a sense of belonging.
676
00:57:20,247 --> 00:57:23,717
What Ma said goes for all of them.
677
00:57:23,887 --> 00:57:26,959
Just give me one year.
678
00:57:27,127 --> 00:57:29,163
Just one year.
679
00:57:29,327 --> 00:57:34,355
You've made a lot of friends here.
That's security, Rip. The surest kind.
680
00:57:36,407 --> 00:57:40,923
No. No! Look up there.
That light's in my office.
681
00:57:41,087 --> 00:57:44,079
It's there for the calls coming in.
682
00:57:44,247 --> 00:57:47,603
It may be a rat race, but I'm out in front!
683
00:57:56,247 --> 00:57:58,283
He hasn't come back yet?
684
00:57:59,327 --> 00:58:02,876
- I can't imagine that anything I said...
- Ma.
685
00:58:03,047 --> 00:58:05,720
When Papa acted like a goon,
686
00:58:05,887 --> 00:58:10,165
you didn't let him hide in the corner
and lick his wounds, did you?
687
00:58:10,327 --> 00:58:12,318
Of course I didn't.
688
00:58:16,007 --> 00:58:21,286
I promised Ben Moody I'd dance with him.
I hope he's in the groove. I'm not.
689
00:58:32,287 --> 00:58:37,315
- It's the perfect job.
- What did I tell you? How close was it?
690
00:58:37,487 --> 00:58:39,921
- What?
- How close was it to Stringer?
691
00:58:40,087 --> 00:58:43,238
- Right on the nose.
- No kidding?
692
00:58:47,487 --> 00:58:50,285
(FAINT VOICE)
693
00:59:01,567 --> 00:59:03,637
What did old Mac say?
694
00:59:03,807 --> 00:59:06,605
Said he was flabbergasted.
695
00:59:07,447 --> 00:59:08,926
This is it, Ike.
696
01:00:14,207 --> 01:00:18,200
Henrichs? Yeah.
Tell him we'll take that Henrichs deal.
697
01:00:18,367 --> 01:00:20,881
And Keeley sounds pretty good.
698
01:00:35,647 --> 01:00:41,119
- We're home, Ike.
- If that Peterman girl doesn't grab it.
699
01:00:41,287 --> 01:00:46,202
- She won't grab anything.
- She's hooked on changing the town.
700
01:00:46,367 --> 01:00:51,157
- If she ever puts that civic centre over.
- I'll handle the Peterman girl.
701
01:00:51,327 --> 01:00:55,320
- Guess you will. You're an artist, my boy.
- Cut it outl
702
01:00:55,487 --> 01:01:00,436
Nothing interferes with the job.
I told you that. See you in a few days.
703
01:01:04,727 --> 01:01:06,524
Yes, sir.
704
01:01:08,287 --> 01:01:13,486
I came here to do a job.
Anything else is just a blind alley.
705
01:01:32,567 --> 01:01:38,039
Trouble with a newspaper background
is it develops an instinct for snooping.
706
01:01:42,087 --> 01:01:46,000
You must have found Ma's speech
very funny.
707
01:01:46,167 --> 01:01:51,685
We had to work secretly.
Nobody's been hurt by it, have they?
708
01:01:57,607 --> 01:02:02,237
- That's right. Nobody.
- What are you going to do?
709
01:02:04,167 --> 01:02:07,045
You couldn't stand any changes.
710
01:02:08,407 --> 01:02:10,398
Could you?
711
01:02:10,567 --> 01:02:16,517
By all means hold back progress. Mr Smith
has to make an extra dollar for himself.
712
01:02:17,967 --> 01:02:21,721
I certainly think that's stooping very low.
713
01:02:52,247 --> 01:02:54,715
I want to make a deal with you.
714
01:02:57,127 --> 01:03:02,520
You kill that story and I'll never
show my face around here again.
715
01:03:05,727 --> 01:03:09,766
This isn't for myself, Mary,
it's for the people here.
716
01:03:09,927 --> 01:03:12,919
I wouldn't like to see them get confused.
717
01:03:13,087 --> 01:03:17,683
What I was doing couldn't do them
any harm, but if they read that...
718
01:03:17,847 --> 01:03:21,123
I don't know. They're human.
719
01:03:22,047 --> 01:03:26,484
You can't tell people they're special.
That's deadly.
720
01:03:26,647 --> 01:03:29,445
If you love them, Mary, don't do it.
721
01:03:32,727 --> 01:03:35,924
Stop pounding that machine
and listen to me.
722
01:03:37,687 --> 01:03:43,762
I suppose you think I've got an angle.
I don't know how to convince you, Mary.
723
01:03:44,847 --> 01:03:47,315
You'll just have to take my word.
724
01:03:58,287 --> 01:04:00,847
Set this story up, Mr Dingle.
725
01:04:49,087 --> 01:04:51,555
This looks hot. Send Harry down.
726
01:04:51,727 --> 01:04:54,764
- Cover this.
- Right.
727
01:04:54,927 --> 01:04:58,442
So that's it. What a guy!
728
01:04:58,607 --> 01:05:02,759
- We want sound.
- Find out what the typical American wears.
729
01:05:02,927 --> 01:05:04,724
Daily sidewalk interviews.
730
01:05:04,887 --> 01:05:07,640
It's the barometer of national opinion.
731
01:05:07,807 --> 01:05:12,801
This story was given to the world by Mary
Peterman of the Grandview Dispatch.
732
01:05:12,967 --> 01:05:19,600
In a week's time, I wouldn't give the wart
off my nose for anybody's opinion here.
733
01:05:25,327 --> 01:05:28,956
(LOUDHAILER) OK.
You're typical Americans. Act like it.
734
01:05:29,127 --> 01:05:31,925
Afraid we've opened the cave of dynamite.
735
01:05:32,087 --> 01:05:34,840
I hadn't counted on arousing
the whole world.
736
01:05:37,007 --> 01:05:40,283
Hey, sis, some bigshot reporters
to see you.
737
01:05:40,447 --> 01:05:43,280
- Sorry to barge in on you.
- It's all right.
738
01:05:43,447 --> 01:05:47,486
- We'd like some information.
- How did you find out about the survey?
739
01:05:47,647 --> 01:05:52,004
Mr Smith completed his poll...
He just handed me the story.
740
01:05:52,167 --> 01:05:55,284
Do you know his plans? We can't see him.
741
01:05:55,447 --> 01:05:59,281
- He won't see anyone.
- He's leaving this afternoon.
742
01:05:59,447 --> 01:06:04,521
It's a lie! I don't believe it.
Rip wouldn't walk out on us now.
743
01:06:04,687 --> 01:06:07,599
Not with the Freehole game coming up.
744
01:06:07,767 --> 01:06:11,316
Had 50 calls from families
wanting to move to Grandview.
745
01:06:12,927 --> 01:06:14,565
Kids!
746
01:06:15,167 --> 01:06:17,158
Mary, we're ready!
747
01:06:18,647 --> 01:06:22,526
- Bob said you wouldn't.
- Not before the Freehole game.
748
01:06:22,687 --> 01:06:25,679
- Nothing more important than that.
- You bet.
749
01:06:26,847 --> 01:06:32,319
Lived here all my life. Never knew we were
so terrific. It's a veritable landslide.
750
01:06:32,487 --> 01:06:35,160
There's Rip, our great discoverer.
751
01:06:35,327 --> 01:06:38,763
Insurance business, huh?
That sure was slick.
752
01:06:38,927 --> 01:06:40,997
Rip's coaching us for the game.
753
01:06:41,167 --> 01:06:45,399
Watch this town grow. We can
take advantage of the opportunity.
754
01:06:45,567 --> 01:06:50,687
You will. It's in the air.
All those electric currents. Come on, Bob.
755
01:06:50,847 --> 01:06:55,363
Electric currents?
What's he talking about? It's a clear day.
756
01:06:56,607 --> 01:07:00,600
- We're known coast to coast.
- People coming in on every train.
757
01:07:00,767 --> 01:07:04,840
By car too and by bus.
Even on watchacallit... on foot.
758
01:07:05,007 --> 01:07:07,680
Who wouldn't want to live
in the perfect town?
759
01:07:07,847 --> 01:07:09,917
I'll have to build another hotel.
760
01:07:10,087 --> 01:07:13,045
Shouldn't we plan?
Things are moving so fast.
761
01:07:13,207 --> 01:07:16,119
Certainly. We want you to handle publicity.
762
01:07:16,287 --> 01:07:19,916
The slogan is "Grow with Grandview."
I have some ideas.
763
01:07:20,087 --> 01:07:25,036
A company wants to build a plant. They
want "Made in a typical American city."
764
01:07:25,207 --> 01:07:29,246
They'll all be looking for building sites.
Where do we find them?
765
01:07:29,407 --> 01:07:32,365
Just watch real estate values go up.
766
01:07:36,607 --> 01:07:40,725
Say, I've got a lunch date. I almost forgot.
767
01:07:40,887 --> 01:07:45,483
- Can you just drop me at the hotel?
- See you later.
768
01:07:45,647 --> 01:07:48,036
I gotta get back to the office.
769
01:07:48,207 --> 01:07:51,995
- Call from Chicago, Mr Mayor.
- Another one?
770
01:07:52,847 --> 01:07:57,762
Leaving in five minutes! See the people!
Get an opinion on any subject!
771
01:07:57,927 --> 01:08:00,157
Typical Tour of the Typical Town!
772
01:08:00,327 --> 01:08:04,320
(BAND MUSIC
PLAYS THROUGH SPEAKERS)
773
01:08:11,527 --> 01:08:16,362
- Railroad frontage is the stuff to buy.
- 20,000? I offered him 30.
774
01:08:16,527 --> 01:08:20,076
A boom has certainly hit this town
with a boom.
775
01:08:20,247 --> 01:08:24,763
The shoeshine man is making money
hand over fist. That rag's red-hot.
776
01:08:24,927 --> 01:08:27,839
He can also supply a place to live.
777
01:08:28,007 --> 01:08:32,285
Here's something.
Grandview sells its opinions.
778
01:08:32,447 --> 01:08:35,837
They're putting up polling booths.
Maybe I'm crazy.
779
01:08:36,007 --> 01:08:38,475
These are spread around the city.
780
01:08:38,647 --> 01:08:44,005
You'll each occupy one.
A reference library goes with every booth.
781
01:08:44,167 --> 01:08:47,364
We want to make sure folks are thinking right.
782
01:08:47,527 --> 01:08:51,918
- Take plenty of blank forms along...
- Wait a minute.
783
01:08:52,087 --> 01:08:55,966
What's this all about?
Who's the idiot who dreamed this up?
784
01:08:56,127 --> 01:08:59,597
I am... I mean, what's the matter with it?
785
01:08:59,767 --> 01:09:03,726
- It was approved by the board.
- You're conducting your own polls?
786
01:09:03,887 --> 01:09:08,802
Our opinions are our chief export.
We're through giving them away.
787
01:09:08,967 --> 01:09:11,686
- We're selling them.
- I've seen everything.
788
01:09:11,847 --> 01:09:15,840
Everybody will be instructed
not to give opinions to outsiders,
789
01:09:16,007 --> 01:09:19,841
only to our own official poll takers.
Excuse me.
790
01:09:20,007 --> 01:09:25,400
All right. Go to it. May the best man
and woman bring back the best answers.
791
01:09:25,567 --> 01:09:30,038
Bring the microphone over here.
I'll do a few sidewalk interviews.
792
01:09:30,207 --> 01:09:33,404
This couple look as if they've just arrived.
793
01:09:33,567 --> 01:09:38,004
- Why did you come here?
- On account of my wife.
794
01:09:38,167 --> 01:09:43,366
Her sister... Her sister in New York has
always kidded her about being a hick.
795
01:09:43,527 --> 01:09:48,078
Now we can say we live in Grandview.
That'll shut her big mouth.
796
01:09:48,247 --> 01:09:50,317
Yes. I'm sure it will, sir.
797
01:09:50,487 --> 01:09:54,082
Here's a gentleman.
Would you like to say a few?
798
01:09:54,247 --> 01:09:58,081
Yeah, I'll say something.
Give me that microphone. I'll...
799
01:09:58,247 --> 01:10:01,762
The gentleman's too shy.
Here's an attractive lady...
800
01:10:01,927 --> 01:10:04,316
I can talk on the radio.
801
01:10:04,487 --> 01:10:09,277
Come on, Rip. I told Stringer I'd phone
as soon as I have a talk with you.
802
01:10:09,447 --> 01:10:11,278
Waiter!
803
01:10:11,447 --> 01:10:14,007
He said his proposition's still open.
804
01:10:16,247 --> 01:10:19,444
It ain't a bad seat. Ringside!
805
01:10:19,607 --> 01:10:24,078
No use hanging around.
You can't do this town any good. Not now.
806
01:10:24,247 --> 01:10:27,956
Ringside seats for a three-ringed circus.
807
01:10:28,127 --> 01:10:31,517
- Bring on your baboon!
- Take it easy.
808
01:10:31,687 --> 01:10:34,645
Yeah, yeah. Gotta be quiet.
809
01:10:34,807 --> 01:10:39,483
Ike, I helped put on this show here.
You did too!
810
01:10:39,647 --> 01:10:42,525
You helped put on this show. Old Ike.
811
01:10:44,407 --> 01:10:51,438
Mr Ike Sloan, the great insapario...
impresario. Come on, take a bow.
812
01:10:52,087 --> 01:10:54,840
Come on. Take a bow.
813
01:10:55,007 --> 01:11:00,081
Ladies and gentlemen, introducing
Mr Impresario, the famous Ike!
814
01:11:00,247 --> 01:11:04,479
- Take a bow.
- All right. Sit down.
815
01:11:04,647 --> 01:11:08,765
Sit down. Sshh. Why? Sshh!
816
01:11:10,127 --> 01:11:11,765
Sshh!
817
01:11:14,207 --> 01:11:15,845
Sshh!
818
01:11:21,247 --> 01:11:22,999
Waiter!
819
01:11:30,847 --> 01:11:33,998
Give me business property every time.
820
01:11:34,167 --> 01:11:39,082
This is terrific. Made 15,000 this week.
We'll get those new printing presses yet.
821
01:11:39,247 --> 01:11:45,436
- It's all paper profit, Ben. Be careful.
- Don't worry. I wasn't born yesterday.
822
01:11:48,647 --> 01:11:51,684
Let's get some black coffee
and phone Stringer.
823
01:11:51,847 --> 01:11:53,724
Good idea.
824
01:11:53,887 --> 01:11:57,596
Should a man bring his pay envelope
home to his wife or?
825
01:11:57,767 --> 01:12:03,000
- Who do you represent?
- Nobody. I'm just naturally nosy.
826
01:12:03,167 --> 01:12:06,477
Isn't all this just too, too divine?
827
01:12:06,647 --> 01:12:10,606
- That's me, just naturally nosy.
- Sure, I know. Come on.
828
01:12:19,727 --> 01:12:22,525
How do you like your town now?
829
01:12:24,087 --> 01:12:29,207
How do you like your fancy beautiful
circus of a town now, huh?
830
01:12:53,447 --> 01:13:00,717
(MARY) # I keep a book within my heart
831
01:13:01,607 --> 01:13:07,876
# Where all my fondest memories are... #
832
01:13:16,887 --> 01:13:19,720
Mr Twiddle took the earlier train.
833
01:13:19,887 --> 01:13:21,525
All aboard!
834
01:13:22,607 --> 01:13:28,000
But we were not satisfied. We've added
one half million dollars to the project.
835
01:13:28,167 --> 01:13:31,557
Yes, sir! One half million dollars.
836
01:13:31,727 --> 01:13:34,195
Pretty good for little old Grandview.
837
01:13:36,967 --> 01:13:42,803
I still think we're bats. The size of this
thing! At least Mary's plan made sense.
838
01:13:42,967 --> 01:13:47,324
- We're moving with the tide, Jim.
- This is no time for penny-pinching.
839
01:13:47,487 --> 01:13:51,924
The high school, for instance.
Her plan called for 40 classrooms.
840
01:13:52,087 --> 01:13:58,083
Not enough, we say.
150! 150 is what we'll have!
841
01:13:58,247 --> 01:14:02,843
The bond issue hasn't been underwritten.
What if something goes wrong?
842
01:14:03,007 --> 01:14:07,046
My friend, you're one of our new citizens,
aren't you?
843
01:14:07,207 --> 01:14:09,482
You don't know us.
844
01:14:09,647 --> 01:14:15,404
In 1890, our grandparents built
our city hall with their own hands!
845
01:14:15,567 --> 01:14:19,719
Yes, sir! If it comes to it,
we can do the same thing.
846
01:14:19,887 --> 01:14:22,720
That's the kind of people we are!
847
01:14:26,847 --> 01:14:29,407
Look, Mary. Isn't it wonderful?
848
01:14:29,567 --> 01:14:34,721
- Kill it. Set up a front page with news.
- But, Mary...
849
01:14:34,887 --> 01:14:38,357
I said that none of the madness
should be printed.
850
01:14:38,527 --> 01:14:42,998
I know, darling, but the centre
is something you wanted, Papa wanted.
851
01:14:43,167 --> 01:14:45,158
Yes, I know.
852
01:14:46,527 --> 01:14:49,200
Last day. Cast your opinion today.
853
01:14:49,367 --> 01:14:52,757
Would you vote for a woman
for President of the United States?
854
01:14:52,927 --> 01:14:56,920
Cast your opinion right away.
855
01:15:05,367 --> 01:15:08,564
It's cockeyed.
Where are the "Don't knows"?
856
01:15:08,727 --> 01:15:13,755
Ask people if they beat their grandmothers
and you'll get some "Don't knows".
857
01:15:15,007 --> 01:15:19,159
Please, Mr Stringer...
He'd rather be alone. He's thinking.
858
01:15:19,327 --> 01:15:25,118
You mean sleeping! How long is this
going on? He slept through the conference.
859
01:15:25,287 --> 01:15:30,236
He woke up and said, "I hope they
remember the back pass dilemma"!
860
01:15:34,967 --> 01:15:39,245
- Makes a lot of noise, doesn't he?
- I've been waiting to see you.
861
01:15:39,407 --> 01:15:41,398
The first Grandview poll is out.
862
01:15:46,287 --> 01:15:50,997
Gallup released their results -
almost opposite.
863
01:15:53,847 --> 01:15:56,315
They'll be laughed out of existence.
864
01:15:56,487 --> 01:15:59,684
The radio and newspapers
have been at it all day.
865
01:15:59,847 --> 01:16:04,716
- What are they saying?
- They're getting their teeth kicked in.
866
01:16:09,167 --> 01:16:13,797
What that boy needs is a good dose
of sulphur and molasses.
867
01:16:13,967 --> 01:16:16,686
- Grandview sulphur and molasses!
- Yes.
868
01:16:16,847 --> 01:16:21,204
(BIG BAND MUSIC ON RADIO)
869
01:16:21,367 --> 01:16:27,556
So this little town that's always been right
turned out to be ridiculously wrong.
870
01:16:27,727 --> 01:16:30,525
They were so out of tune with the country,
871
01:16:30,687 --> 01:16:34,157
people are beginning to wonder
where Grandview is.
872
01:16:34,327 --> 01:16:39,003
It can't be in the United States.
There should be a moral in this.
873
01:16:39,167 --> 01:16:42,239
No one can assume they know it all.
874
01:16:42,407 --> 01:16:46,525
What this little town of Grandview lost
was humility,
875
01:16:46,687 --> 01:16:50,919
and when you've lost that, my friends,
you've lost everything.
876
01:16:51,087 --> 01:16:55,683
Poor Grandview - they're becoming
a subject of ridicule.
877
01:16:55,847 --> 01:16:58,566
Bet you had to study hard
to become a moron.
878
01:16:58,727 --> 01:17:01,002
No. I lived in Grandview!
879
01:17:02,287 --> 01:17:05,165
(LAUGHTER RINGS OUT)
880
01:17:50,527 --> 01:17:55,317
This is my last broadcast
from this ghost town, and ghost town it is.
881
01:17:55,487 --> 01:17:59,685
The people are ashamed
of their ludicrous behaviour.
882
01:17:59,847 --> 01:18:02,407
No community action is being taken.
883
01:18:02,567 --> 01:18:04,762
Here comes a gentleman.
884
01:18:04,927 --> 01:18:09,239
- Pardon me. May I have your opinion?
- I have no opinion.
885
01:19:34,807 --> 01:19:39,562
- It's kind of deserted, isn't it?
- They don't come here anymore.
886
01:19:41,327 --> 01:19:44,160
Won't even talk to each other anymore.
887
01:19:46,967 --> 01:19:50,960
That's no good.
People ought to talk to each other.
888
01:19:53,207 --> 01:19:57,246
- How's Ma?
- Oh, Ma's the same.
889
01:19:58,647 --> 01:20:03,402
Senator Wilton dropped in on me
the other day from Washington.
890
01:20:03,567 --> 01:20:07,116
He walked out
on the Foreign Affairs Committee.
891
01:20:07,287 --> 01:20:11,439
He seemed restless, kinda lost.
892
01:20:11,607 --> 01:20:14,405
- He used to come here.
- Yeah.
893
01:20:17,447 --> 01:20:23,443
Mary, I had to come back. I had to.
I couldn't work, I couldn't think.
894
01:20:24,167 --> 01:20:26,158
I couldn't...
895
01:20:27,327 --> 01:20:29,636
I love you, Mary.
896
01:20:36,407 --> 01:20:39,001
The nights I lay awake...
897
01:20:40,887 --> 01:20:43,720
hearing you say that.
898
01:21:02,047 --> 01:21:06,245
The hinge on that door's
been broken for years.
899
01:21:06,407 --> 01:21:09,319
Nobody seems to want to fix it.
900
01:21:10,247 --> 01:21:12,761
I love you, Mary.
901
01:21:16,887 --> 01:21:19,162
(DOOR CLICKS)
902
01:21:20,167 --> 01:21:22,362
There was a story...
903
01:21:24,607 --> 01:21:28,395
We ran a news story
the other day - usual one...
904
01:21:29,447 --> 01:21:33,235
a married woman
who fell in love with another man.
905
01:21:33,407 --> 01:21:37,195
Her husband stood in their way,
so they killed him.
906
01:21:38,247 --> 01:21:40,715
They thought they were free.
907
01:21:42,767 --> 01:21:46,203
But their crime created a war between them...
908
01:21:47,647 --> 01:21:50,764
till they destroyed each other.
909
01:21:50,927 --> 01:21:54,363
We murdered a town, Rip - you and I.
910
01:21:55,727 --> 01:21:59,163
Killed an idea my father
devoted a lifetime to.
911
01:22:03,447 --> 01:22:08,043
- (DOOR CLICKS)
- Miss Mary! I've looked every place.
912
01:22:08,207 --> 01:22:11,244
Your mama say, go get her.
913
01:22:11,407 --> 01:22:13,443
It's that Mr Birch.
914
01:22:13,607 --> 01:22:17,441
Your mama just heard he got the freehold
to run things here.
915
01:22:17,607 --> 01:22:23,318
I guess that means Grandview is finished.
It's a shame and nobody cares.
916
01:22:23,487 --> 01:22:25,717
Your mama say come right away.
917
01:22:25,887 --> 01:22:28,879
- All right, Helga.
- Glad to see you, Mr Smith.
918
01:22:29,047 --> 01:22:31,766
Goodbye, Rip.
919
01:22:49,407 --> 01:22:53,685
Been all over town talking to everyone,
trying to get 'em together.
920
01:22:53,847 --> 01:22:57,157
Old man Hawkins
slammed the door in his face.
921
01:22:57,327 --> 01:22:59,318
- Morning, Rip.
- Morning.
922
01:22:59,487 --> 01:23:01,955
- How's it going?
- Fine.
923
01:23:05,167 --> 01:23:09,718
Well, snow or rain, boom or bust,
the mail's got to be delivered.
924
01:23:11,327 --> 01:23:15,161
They need a leader, Mr Nickleby.
They've always followed you.
925
01:23:15,327 --> 01:23:19,525
They need something to arouse
the admiration of the country,
926
01:23:19,687 --> 01:23:24,078
to give them that bounce again,
bolster up their confidence.
927
01:23:24,247 --> 01:23:28,126
Why don't you get them
to start building the high school again?
928
01:23:28,287 --> 01:23:31,757
- With what? This town's broke.
- With taxes.
929
01:23:31,927 --> 01:23:35,920
Pay taxes at such a fantastic rate,
it'll be the talk of the country.
930
01:23:36,087 --> 01:23:39,477
Sacrifice everything
for the sake of the community.
931
01:23:39,647 --> 01:23:44,516
- You're crazy.
- It needs something crazy to wake 'em up.
932
01:23:46,087 --> 01:23:51,161
Senator Wilton's in town.
He's willing to do anything to help.
933
01:23:51,327 --> 01:23:57,038
If he and I get a group to do
the initial financing, will you take charge?
934
01:23:58,087 --> 01:24:00,203
Try it and I'll stop it.
935
01:24:01,527 --> 01:24:04,917
Excuse me.
I have my own problems to work out.
936
01:24:07,967 --> 01:24:12,722
I realise your own problems are very
serious, but what about this town?
937
01:24:12,887 --> 01:24:18,519
This was a great team and you were
an important member. You're walking out.
938
01:24:18,687 --> 01:24:24,239
The team's through. Anybody with
any brains would know that. Excuse me.
939
01:24:24,407 --> 01:24:26,875
- But, Mr...
- Do you mind?
940
01:24:28,567 --> 01:24:31,161
No, I don't mind.
941
01:24:31,327 --> 01:24:34,364
Attend to your personal affairs.
942
01:24:35,767 --> 01:24:37,758
So long, Hank.
943
01:24:38,967 --> 01:24:40,958
So long.
944
01:24:42,127 --> 01:24:44,197
Mr Birch, please.
945
01:24:45,047 --> 01:24:49,040
Ben is signing a contract this afternoon.
Mary and I are out of a job.
946
01:24:49,207 --> 01:24:52,961
Have a muffin before you drown
in your own tears. Go on.
947
01:24:53,127 --> 01:24:57,962
- It's my own recipe.
- I know. I think I'll take toast.
948
01:24:58,127 --> 01:25:01,119
- It's Mr Smith, ma'am.
- Come in, Rip.
949
01:25:01,287 --> 01:25:04,040
- Sorry I'm late.
- We didn't wait for you.
950
01:25:04,207 --> 01:25:07,119
- Hello, Ma.
- Hello, Rip. It's good to see you.
951
01:25:07,287 --> 01:25:09,755
- Good to see you.
- We missed you terribly.
952
01:25:09,927 --> 01:25:14,000
Stop that fiddle faddle
and let the boy have his lunch.
953
01:25:14,167 --> 01:25:16,635
Stop that fiddle faddle.
954
01:25:18,727 --> 01:25:21,241
What happened, Rip? Any luck?
955
01:25:23,167 --> 01:25:25,727
Ever find yourself swinging at windmills?
956
01:25:25,887 --> 01:25:29,880
That sums up the senator's career.
Take a muffin. I made them.
957
01:25:30,047 --> 01:25:33,562
- I've heard about your muffins.
- Take one anyway.
958
01:25:33,727 --> 01:25:35,206
Thank you.
959
01:25:37,727 --> 01:25:40,799
Did you talk about the high school?
960
01:25:40,967 --> 01:25:44,039
Yeah. Thought I was crazy.
961
01:25:44,207 --> 01:25:48,917
The high school. I remember
those big statements at the dedication.
962
01:25:49,087 --> 01:25:55,117
"We'll build it with our own hands."
Hah! Inflated with their puny success.
963
01:25:55,287 --> 01:25:58,484
I believed them. Had it on the front page.
964
01:25:58,647 --> 01:26:01,286
- You would.
- Mary killed the story.
965
01:26:01,447 --> 01:26:05,042
Excuse me. It's Mr Nickleby's boy.
He wants to see Mr Smith.
966
01:26:05,207 --> 01:26:08,802
- Let him in, Sarah.
- Excuse me, Mrs Wilton.
967
01:26:08,967 --> 01:26:12,482
- Hello, Hank.
- Is it private, boy?
968
01:26:12,647 --> 01:26:15,480
Private? No, I guess not.
969
01:26:16,687 --> 01:26:22,205
Rip, when you were talking to my father,
he wasn't playing square with you.
970
01:26:22,367 --> 01:26:24,562
He's selling the civic centre.
971
01:26:24,727 --> 01:26:27,287
- He's selling it?
- Yes, ma'am.
972
01:26:27,447 --> 01:26:33,158
The council gave him a mortgage.
After you left, he called Mr Birch,
973
01:26:33,327 --> 01:26:36,444
told him to work fast
if he wanted the property.
974
01:26:36,607 --> 01:26:40,486
- Why are you telling me this?
- I figured you could...
975
01:26:42,567 --> 01:26:45,286
I don't know what I figured.
976
01:26:49,487 --> 01:26:53,878
I guess I shouldn't be doing this.
I guess it's all wrong.
977
01:26:55,087 --> 01:26:58,204
I love my father. He's a swell guy, but...
978
01:26:59,407 --> 01:27:01,967
It's not the high school that matters...
979
01:27:03,647 --> 01:27:07,799
A guy shouldn't be walking out on the team.
980
01:27:07,967 --> 01:27:13,360
I don't like to see Pop do it.
I begged him not to.
981
01:27:14,327 --> 01:27:17,797
This certainly turned out to be a dopey town.
982
01:27:20,647 --> 01:27:24,435
(SENATOR) Took a lot
to make that boy do that.
983
01:27:24,607 --> 01:27:28,077
This town better start undoping itself quickly.
984
01:27:28,247 --> 01:27:31,796
(SENATOR) What are we going to do, Rip?
985
01:27:31,967 --> 01:27:33,764
Say, Ma...
986
01:27:34,927 --> 01:27:40,445
That front page with the story about
the high school - the one Mary killed.
987
01:27:40,607 --> 01:27:43,963
- Is there a copy of that around?
- I think so.
988
01:27:44,127 --> 01:27:47,278
- What time do you go to press today?
- About 1.30.
989
01:27:48,647 --> 01:27:53,767
- 1.30. Senator, can I use your telephone?
- There's one right there.
990
01:27:55,087 --> 01:28:00,002
- What are you going to do?
- Get Nickleby back on that team.
991
01:28:00,167 --> 01:28:05,161
Nickleby and everybody else.
We're going to print this story today.
992
01:28:05,327 --> 01:28:08,763
Quote all that big talk and fancy statements.
993
01:28:08,927 --> 01:28:13,478
- Quote them as if they were just made?
- As if they were just made.
994
01:28:13,647 --> 01:28:16,320
But that happened weeks ago, Rip.
995
01:28:16,487 --> 01:28:19,638
Mislaid the story. Let 'em sue us.
996
01:28:19,807 --> 01:28:22,844
That's ramming it down their gullets.
997
01:28:23,007 --> 01:28:26,317
- Miss Peterman, please.
- What will this accomplish?
998
01:28:26,487 --> 01:28:28,682
It'll wake these people up.
999
01:28:28,847 --> 01:28:34,285
It might even get them talking
to each other - arguing, choosing sides.
1000
01:28:34,447 --> 01:28:37,678
- This sounds wonderful, Rip!
- That's part of it.
1001
01:28:37,847 --> 01:28:39,724
- There's more?
- You bet.
1002
01:28:39,887 --> 01:28:44,403
We need national publicity. We'll give it
to the wire services, the radio.
1003
01:28:44,567 --> 01:28:47,127
Then they'll have to do something.
1004
01:28:47,287 --> 01:28:53,396
- They'll string us to the nearest pole.
- OK. So they string us to the nearest pole.
1005
01:28:53,567 --> 01:28:56,764
At least they'll be doing it together.
Hello?
1006
01:28:58,927 --> 01:29:01,999
Mary? Has the paper gone to press yet?
1007
01:29:02,167 --> 01:29:07,195
Good. Ma and I will be right over.
Will you wait? I want to try something that...
1008
01:29:07,367 --> 01:29:12,202
Mary, this town isn't dead yet.
We have a good chance of saving it.
1009
01:29:12,367 --> 01:29:16,076
That's if you're crazy enough
to go along with...
1010
01:29:16,847 --> 01:29:18,439
Huh?
1011
01:29:20,487 --> 01:29:23,047
That's swell.
1012
01:29:23,207 --> 01:29:25,926
That's all I want to know.
1013
01:29:26,607 --> 01:29:28,359
Mary...
1014
01:29:33,407 --> 01:29:36,205
Thank you, Mary. We'll be right over.
1015
01:29:40,167 --> 01:29:43,876
- Come on, gorgeous. Thanks for lunch.
- Pray for us, Doris!
1016
01:29:44,047 --> 01:29:48,438
Heavens! I'm so excited,
I nearly ate one of my own muffins.
1017
01:29:49,927 --> 01:29:56,366
It's your kind of story. This normal town
becomes a laughing stock. Humiliated.
1018
01:29:56,527 --> 01:29:59,599
They should fold up, but not these people.
1019
01:29:59,767 --> 01:30:03,760
Instead, they hitch up their britches
and start swinging.
1020
01:30:17,887 --> 01:30:20,003
Look at this, boss.
1021
01:30:21,287 --> 01:30:23,596
You just sold me that property.
1022
01:30:26,607 --> 01:30:29,075
Here comes another bunch.
1023
01:30:29,247 --> 01:30:33,035
It's working. We'll have the whole town
around that stove.
1024
01:30:33,207 --> 01:30:35,243
OK. Do your stuff.
1025
01:30:39,727 --> 01:30:42,366
- Where's Mrs Peterman?
- Where's Mary?
1026
01:30:42,527 --> 01:30:45,087
- They're not in.
- Playing chequers.
1027
01:30:45,247 --> 01:30:47,807
- At the meeting hall.
- Are they crazy?
1028
01:30:47,967 --> 01:30:50,606
They can't get away with this.
1029
01:30:51,367 --> 01:30:53,164
OK, boys.
1030
01:30:55,407 --> 01:30:57,477
(MURMUR OF VOICES)
1031
01:30:57,647 --> 01:31:02,880
- This town can't afford it!
- We demand the story be retracted!
1032
01:31:03,047 --> 01:31:06,403
- It's a pack of lies.
- We'll sue for libel.
1033
01:31:08,367 --> 01:31:13,236
- Anybody not been properly quoted?
- It was under different circumstances!
1034
01:31:17,687 --> 01:31:20,076
What insolence! Somebody get Nickleby.
1035
01:31:20,247 --> 01:31:23,045
Yes. Nickleby will know what to do.
1036
01:31:23,207 --> 01:31:25,641
These people are cuckoo.
1037
01:31:25,807 --> 01:31:29,197
I can't find Rip anywhere.
1038
01:31:29,367 --> 01:31:31,642
Here comes Mr Nickleby now.
1039
01:31:41,207 --> 01:31:45,678
I thought you were a sensible girl, Mary.
Is this your idea of a joke?
1040
01:31:45,847 --> 01:31:50,762
If you're interested in practical jokes,
read some of your own statements.
1041
01:31:50,927 --> 01:31:57,196
Very funny. All of us have a case
against you and against that fella Smith.
1042
01:31:57,367 --> 01:31:59,164
He's behind this.
1043
01:31:59,327 --> 01:32:05,243
These magnificent people have a project
to be envied by every community planner.
1044
01:32:05,407 --> 01:32:08,558
- Shut that off!
- Just a moment. I want to hear it.
1045
01:32:08,727 --> 01:32:11,525
They're going ahead with a civic centre
1046
01:32:11,687 --> 01:32:16,556
even though it may mean sacrifice
by every person in the community.
1047
01:32:16,727 --> 01:32:21,164
Before I sign off, I want to say,
more power to you, Grandview.
1048
01:32:21,327 --> 01:32:25,240
In your circumstances,
it takes a heap of courage
1049
01:32:25,407 --> 01:32:27,796
to tackle a programme of such magnitude.
1050
01:32:27,967 --> 01:32:30,356
It certainly does.
1051
01:32:30,527 --> 01:32:33,200
Some of you may go crazy, but not me.
1052
01:32:33,367 --> 01:32:37,121
No radio commentator
is going to talk me into bankruptcy.
1053
01:32:37,287 --> 01:32:43,522
You should all go home and forget this.
We'll deal with these people in court.
1054
01:32:55,007 --> 01:32:56,918
It's Rip!
1055
01:33:15,567 --> 01:33:20,277
- What's this all about, son?
- We were promised a new high school...
1056
01:33:20,447 --> 01:33:22,438
and we want it.
1057
01:33:22,607 --> 01:33:24,802
Hank, come home this minute.
1058
01:33:26,127 --> 01:33:28,687
- Do you hear me?
- Yes, sir.
1059
01:33:37,047 --> 01:33:42,804
We talked it over. We decided if you
quit the team, we're gonna quit too.
1060
01:33:42,967 --> 01:33:45,401
We don't want a town we're ashamed of.
1061
01:33:45,567 --> 01:33:51,244
They're saying swell things about us now.
If you don't do it, we'll be laughed at.
1062
01:33:51,407 --> 01:33:54,524
We don't want a town
that's always being razzed.
1063
01:33:54,687 --> 01:33:58,362
Are we going to let
a bunch of brats tell us what to do?
1064
01:33:58,527 --> 01:34:03,237
We're not trying to, Pop.
We just want you to stick by the team.
1065
01:34:03,407 --> 01:34:05,443
You and everybody else.
1066
01:34:05,607 --> 01:34:10,727
Rip says you're all wonderful people,
but you just lost your nerve.
1067
01:34:10,887 --> 01:34:14,880
Listen, folks! Why not? Why can't we do it?
1068
01:34:15,047 --> 01:34:19,916
Your grandfathers didn't quit if they were
in a jam. They started to fight.
1069
01:34:20,087 --> 01:34:23,966
What they did is part of our history.
What's wrong with us?
1070
01:34:24,127 --> 01:34:26,800
It takes money! Where's it coming from?
1071
01:34:26,967 --> 01:34:29,561
Let me read a statement of yours, Mr Mayor.
1072
01:34:29,727 --> 01:34:34,198
"If necessary, we'll build it
with our own two hands." What about that?
1073
01:34:34,367 --> 01:34:37,279
Are you suggesting that we do that?
1074
01:34:37,447 --> 01:34:40,996
Build it ourselves?
Contribute our services?
1075
01:34:41,167 --> 01:34:42,680
Certainly!
1076
01:34:44,487 --> 01:34:48,366
- If everybody helped, Ed...
- This is idiotic!
1077
01:34:48,527 --> 01:34:51,360
It's been sold. The council approved it.
1078
01:34:51,527 --> 01:34:54,200
- Approved it?
- First I heard of it.
1079
01:34:54,367 --> 01:34:56,961
(WHISPERS) Hey. Hey, Mike.
1080
01:35:00,007 --> 01:35:04,125
Mom, you're on the council.
Rip says you had no right to approve it.
1081
01:35:04,287 --> 01:35:08,280
- I don't know, darling. I...
- It's got to be put to the voters.
1082
01:35:10,407 --> 01:35:12,875
Of course it's got to be put to the voters.
1083
01:35:13,047 --> 01:35:16,164
- That's city property.
- What about that?
1084
01:35:16,327 --> 01:35:21,037
We were going to do that. We intended
to go through with the formality.
1085
01:35:21,207 --> 01:35:23,243
We assumed you wouldn't care.
1086
01:35:23,407 --> 01:35:27,116
- Wouldn't care?
- (ANGRY MURMURING)
1087
01:35:27,287 --> 01:35:29,642
Ed, this is terrible.
1088
01:35:29,807 --> 01:35:33,277
Rip Smith is right. We just lost our nerve.
1089
01:35:33,447 --> 01:35:39,079
Listen, everybody. I don't know about you,
but I don't like the sound of this.
1090
01:35:39,247 --> 01:35:43,798
It's tough to admit you've been a fool,
but look at us.
1091
01:35:44,727 --> 01:35:51,166
Mr Nickleby assumed we wouldn't care.
Wouldn't care if we didn't get to vote.
1092
01:35:51,327 --> 01:35:56,879
When I get to that point, I'm going to find
a nice comfortable hole and crawl in.
1093
01:35:57,047 --> 01:36:01,359
I'm not ready for that yet,
in spite of Mr Nickleby.
1094
01:36:01,527 --> 01:36:07,966
Maybe whether a town lives or dies isn't
important to some people, but it is to me.
1095
01:36:08,967 --> 01:36:12,403
I feel as if my own family's breaking up.
1096
01:36:13,407 --> 01:36:18,879
I don't like it, and if building a high
school can save it, I'm for it at any price.
1097
01:36:19,047 --> 01:36:23,120
I'll organise every man in town
that can handle a tool
1098
01:36:23,287 --> 01:36:25,562
and guarantee first-class plumbing.
1099
01:36:25,727 --> 01:36:29,606
- Good for you, Pop!
- I'm with you. I'll get the carpenters.
1100
01:36:29,767 --> 01:36:32,839
- I'll do the lighting.
- You can count on my boys.
1101
01:36:33,007 --> 01:36:37,762
- I'll line up the painters.
- I'll close my office to supervise the job!
1102
01:36:37,927 --> 01:36:41,522
- That's swell, Pop.
- Is everybody willing to help?
1103
01:36:41,687 --> 01:36:44,201
(AFFIRMATIVE YELLS)
1104
01:36:57,527 --> 01:37:01,315
- I can mix mortar.
- Hand me a paintbrush and stand back.
1105
01:37:01,487 --> 01:37:04,638
- This will take years.
- So what? What's the hurry?
1106
01:37:21,647 --> 01:37:23,160
Rip!
1107
01:37:25,727 --> 01:37:27,285
Rip!
1108
01:37:35,007 --> 01:37:38,124
Hey, that's Senator Wilton!
1109
01:37:47,287 --> 01:37:49,164
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