Magic Town

0:01:10 > 0:01:12Morning, Joe. Another one, huh?

0:01:12 > 0:01:13In or out?

0:01:13 > 0:01:15Out. Rip Smith.

0:01:15 > 0:01:17Institute of Public Opinion. Going out of business.

0:01:17 > 0:01:19Rip Smith...18th floor, inside office,

0:01:19 > 0:01:21tall man, brown shoes,

0:01:21 > 0:01:24dark polish three times a week,

0:01:24 > 0:01:2725 cent tip.

0:01:27 > 0:01:29Too bad. Nice man.

0:01:31 > 0:01:34No wonder he's going out of business,

0:01:34 > 0:01:36getting opinions from the public.

0:01:36 > 0:01:39That's a screwy way to make a living.

0:01:39 > 0:01:41There's nothing screwy about it.

0:01:41 > 0:01:42Look at Gallup.

0:01:42 > 0:01:45Big corporations pay a lot of money

0:01:45 > 0:01:48to find out what you and I think.

0:01:48 > 0:01:50Now, you take this cigar, for instance.

0:01:50 > 0:01:53People stop buying it, sales fall off,

0:01:53 > 0:01:55manufacturer wants to know why.

0:01:57 > 0:02:00I can tell them why in one word.

0:02:03 > 0:02:06Hey, George, is it true about Rip Smith?

0:02:06 > 0:02:09Yes. I saw them moving the furniture out.

0:02:09 > 0:02:11Isn't that swell?

0:02:12 > 0:02:13Did you hear about Rip?

0:02:13 > 0:02:15Mack cancelled his contract.

0:02:15 > 0:02:18They're moving the furniture out of his office.

0:02:18 > 0:02:21He talked to me about jobs

0:02:21 > 0:02:23for some of his people.

0:02:23 > 0:02:25What about himself? Let's grab him.

0:02:25 > 0:02:26We've been discussing it.

0:02:26 > 0:02:28What is there to discuss?

0:02:28 > 0:02:30Henry thinks we'd be foolish.

0:02:30 > 0:02:33Why, Henry, that's the hottest piece of manpower...

0:02:33 > 0:02:35Yes, I know. Brilliant.

0:02:35 > 0:02:38But too much of a dreamer for me.

0:02:38 > 0:02:41To hear him talk, we're all idiots.

0:02:41 > 0:02:43Our method of polling public opinion

0:02:43 > 0:02:45is apparently ridiculous.

0:02:45 > 0:02:47Thinks we're wasting money

0:02:47 > 0:02:49questioning people all over the country.

0:02:49 > 0:02:51He's going to find

0:02:51 > 0:02:53some miraculous shortcut.

0:02:53 > 0:02:54Maybe he can.

0:02:54 > 0:02:56It's called his mathematical miracle -

0:02:56 > 0:02:59how to question 50 or 100 people

0:02:59 > 0:03:04and find out how the whole country's thinking.

0:03:04 > 0:03:07If it could be done, he'd make a fortune.

0:03:07 > 0:03:10If, if, if. He was forced out of business.

0:03:10 > 0:03:13Henry, that's because he operated on a shoestring.

0:03:13 > 0:03:16What makes you think he'll come with us?

0:03:16 > 0:03:19Rip's burning with ambition. He'll go it alone.

0:03:19 > 0:03:21We'll get him. Don't worry.

0:03:21 > 0:03:23In his present condition,

0:03:23 > 0:03:24he's a cinch.

0:03:24 > 0:03:26Yes, sir.

0:03:26 > 0:03:29Like I said to my wife,

0:03:29 > 0:03:32sometimes asking too many questions don't pay off.

0:03:32 > 0:03:33"When I got your letter,

0:03:33 > 0:03:36"I tested public opinion in my hometown

0:03:36 > 0:03:38"on the subject you suggested,

0:03:38 > 0:03:40"and here's the result.

0:03:40 > 0:03:43"In favour, 69.1 Not in favour, 22.6

0:03:43 > 0:03:45"Don't-knows, 8.3..."

0:03:45 > 0:03:47We just laid one egg.

0:03:47 > 0:03:49What are you hatching now?

0:03:49 > 0:03:51What are those letters about?

0:03:51 > 0:03:53Who's that one from, Mr Twiddle?

0:03:53 > 0:03:56You're awake. It's from Frederick Hoopendecker.

0:03:56 > 0:03:59He's a schoolteacher. Shall I go on?

0:03:59 > 0:04:01Sergeant Hoopendecker. What a man.

0:04:01 > 0:04:04He could handle a bazooka like a toy pistol.

0:04:04 > 0:04:05Shall I go on?

0:04:05 > 0:04:08Getting a bunch of ex-dullfeet

0:04:08 > 0:04:10to canvass their hometowns.

0:04:10 > 0:04:12What for?

0:04:12 > 0:04:15Well, I'm still hunting for that shortcut, Ike.

0:04:16 > 0:04:17Mathematical miracle.

0:04:17 > 0:04:20My goodness, shall I go on?

0:04:20 > 0:04:21No. No. No.

0:04:21 > 0:04:24I thought I had an idea.

0:04:24 > 0:04:28Just file that with the rest of them, Mr Twiddle.

0:04:28 > 0:04:31Everybody get paid off?

0:04:31 > 0:04:32Uh-huh.

0:04:32 > 0:04:33Good.

0:04:49 > 0:04:51Why don't you give up, Rip?

0:04:51 > 0:04:54Stop chasing rainbows. Go to work for somebody.

0:04:54 > 0:04:57I could put a bowling alley in here.

0:04:57 > 0:05:00A lot of good guys got kicked around.

0:05:00 > 0:05:02They're not out to capture the world.

0:05:02 > 0:05:05Dancing academy, maybe.

0:05:05 > 0:05:06May I?

0:05:06 > 0:05:09Stop it, Rip! This is no time...

0:05:09 > 0:05:11It's good for the soul!

0:05:11 > 0:05:13RIP WHISTLES A TUNE

0:05:17 > 0:05:20What do you think you're doing?

0:05:20 > 0:05:21It's Mr Stringer.

0:05:21 > 0:05:23HE WHISTLES AGAIN

0:05:24 > 0:05:25Thank you.

0:05:25 > 0:05:27Hello, Charlie.

0:05:27 > 0:05:28I've got a proposition, Rip.

0:05:28 > 0:05:30We might have an opening.

0:05:30 > 0:05:33If you'll accept a reasonable salary

0:05:33 > 0:05:34against 10% of the profits,

0:05:34 > 0:05:37you can take Ike and Mr What's-his-name?

0:05:37 > 0:05:39Twiddle.

0:05:39 > 0:05:40Yeah, Twiddle.

0:05:40 > 0:05:43Thanks, Charlie. I'll think about it.

0:05:43 > 0:05:47Don't be a fool, Rip. You can't be fussy.

0:05:47 > 0:05:50You and your mathematical miracles.

0:05:50 > 0:05:52No wonder Mack cancelled your contract.

0:05:52 > 0:05:56We released our figures today on the same subject.

0:05:56 > 0:05:58Look at it.

0:05:58 > 0:06:00You weren't even close.

0:06:00 > 0:06:02You can't do polls without national coverage.

0:06:02 > 0:06:04And that takes lots of money.

0:06:04 > 0:06:07Make up your mind, there are no shortcuts.

0:06:07 > 0:06:09What are you grinning about?

0:06:09 > 0:06:12Charlie, I love you.

0:06:12 > 0:06:14With all my heart, I love you!

0:06:14 > 0:06:17The answer's no. See you around. Come here.

0:06:19 > 0:06:21Give me that.

0:06:21 > 0:06:23Get off that desk!

0:06:23 > 0:06:25What hit you?

0:06:25 > 0:06:26Lock that door!

0:06:26 > 0:06:29Now if I can just find this letter.

0:06:29 > 0:06:30There it is.

0:06:30 > 0:06:32This might be it, Ike!

0:06:32 > 0:06:35The shortcut I've been searching for.

0:06:35 > 0:06:37Now, look at Hoopendecker's letter!

0:06:37 > 0:06:39Look at Stringer's figures!

0:06:39 > 0:06:41Stringer canvassed thousands of people.

0:06:41 > 0:06:44Hoopendecker canvassed a handful in a small town!

0:06:44 > 0:06:46Look at the results!

0:06:46 > 0:06:4969.1, 69... They're just the same!

0:06:49 > 0:06:51I tell you, this might be it!

0:06:51 > 0:06:55One small town that thinks exactly the way the nation does.

0:06:55 > 0:06:57You're talking about Utopia.

0:06:57 > 0:06:59Utopia. We'll find out right now.

0:06:59 > 0:07:01Mr Twiddle, get the almanac.

0:07:01 > 0:07:03Call the Census Bureau,

0:07:03 > 0:07:05and get Hoopendecker on the phone!

0:07:12 > 0:07:13Never mind that!

0:07:13 > 0:07:17I'll get the national figures out of the almanac.

0:07:17 > 0:07:19What about the last election?

0:07:19 > 0:07:21I want the figures, the percentages.

0:07:21 > 0:07:23Now prohibition.

0:07:23 > 0:07:24What about the last time?

0:07:24 > 0:07:26Democrats?

0:07:26 > 0:07:28All right. Republicans?

0:07:28 > 0:07:32I knew someplace somewhere there was a town like this!

0:07:32 > 0:07:35Even the population breaks down right!

0:07:35 > 0:07:36Just like the country!

0:07:36 > 0:07:39The same percentage of males, females,

0:07:39 > 0:07:42farmers, labour, Democrats, Republicans, everything!

0:07:42 > 0:07:43Hello. Yeah, I'm still here.

0:07:43 > 0:07:45Look, here's the setup.

0:07:45 > 0:07:48We'll have to poll the same people repeatedly.

0:07:48 > 0:07:50This might be good for years.

0:07:50 > 0:07:52Eventually they'll get self-conscious.

0:07:52 > 0:07:55Those townspeople can't know what we're doing.

0:07:55 > 0:07:57We got to have a cover.

0:07:57 > 0:08:00We're three insurance salesmen from Hartford.

0:08:00 > 0:08:02Insurance? Oh, my goodness.

0:08:02 > 0:08:06To talk to a man about when he's going to die...

0:08:06 > 0:08:07Hello.

0:08:07 > 0:08:10Yeah, that's what I said, Mack,

0:08:10 > 0:08:11and I can deliver, too.

0:08:11 > 0:08:15Stringer's been doing a poll for you for months

0:08:15 > 0:08:18on progressive education in the public schools.

0:08:18 > 0:08:21Suppose I start now and finish before him?

0:08:21 > 0:08:23I tell you, it is possible!

0:08:23 > 0:08:25W-Well...

0:08:25 > 0:08:28Within one percent, that's how close!

0:08:28 > 0:08:31I won't tell you how I do it.

0:08:31 > 0:08:34No other polling outfit will find out about this.

0:08:34 > 0:08:38I'm going to make a million bucks on this!

0:08:38 > 0:08:40What? Yeah. Let me understand this.

0:08:40 > 0:08:42You'll put me on trial, huh?

0:08:42 > 0:08:45If this goes over, you'll renew my contract?

0:08:45 > 0:08:47That's all I want to know.

0:08:47 > 0:08:49OK, Mack. Thanks.

0:08:49 > 0:08:51Grandview, you good old mathematical miracle,

0:08:51 > 0:08:53here we come!

0:09:10 > 0:09:12Thank you, Grandview.

0:09:15 > 0:09:17Gee, the moment Columbus first sighted land

0:09:17 > 0:09:20must have been just like this.

0:09:20 > 0:09:21­ Would you mind moving, please?

0:09:21 > 0:09:23Excuse me.

0:09:23 > 0:09:24< Moody's Mansion House!

0:09:24 > 0:09:28Bus for Moody's Mansion House leaving right away!

0:09:28 > 0:09:29Moody's Mansion House?

0:09:29 > 0:09:32That's the name of the hotel.

0:09:32 > 0:09:34That's a perfect name for the hotel.

0:09:34 > 0:09:37Maybe it is, and maybe it ain't.

0:09:37 > 0:09:39You want to go there?

0:09:39 > 0:09:41Yeah, and see that fellow

0:09:41 > 0:09:44who looks like he popped out of Dickens?

0:09:44 > 0:09:47Tell him to check us in. We're going for a walk.

0:09:47 > 0:09:49"Moody's Mansion House."

0:10:01 > 0:10:02How do you do?

0:10:10 > 0:10:13Ike, it's wonderful to be around a town

0:10:13 > 0:10:17you know like you know an old family album.

0:10:17 > 0:10:19Look at that fellow.

0:10:19 > 0:10:21He's married. He has 1.7 children.

0:10:21 > 0:10:25Out of his income, he spends 11.2 for rent,

0:10:25 > 0:10:2823.5 for food, and 17.2 for clothing...

0:10:28 > 0:10:30Poor guy. He's just a series of fractions.

0:10:30 > 0:10:34He ought to stop acting like a human being.

0:10:39 > 0:10:41Hello there.

0:10:43 > 0:10:45Glad to see you again.

0:10:45 > 0:10:47Well, glad to see you.

0:10:47 > 0:10:49How have you been?

0:10:49 > 0:10:51Fine. How have you been?

0:10:51 > 0:10:52Can't complain. You're looking well.

0:10:52 > 0:10:54You seem fit yourself.

0:10:54 > 0:10:57Not bad for an old man.

0:10:57 > 0:11:00Well...

0:11:02 > 0:11:05Well... How have you been?

0:11:05 > 0:11:07Can't complain. And you?

0:11:07 > 0:11:10Fine. Fine. Ha, ha.

0:11:10 > 0:11:12Glad to have seen you again.

0:11:12 > 0:11:15I'm very glad to have seen you.

0:11:17 > 0:11:21Who's that?

0:11:21 > 0:11:23Who's that man? I don't know.

0:11:23 > 0:11:25Sure you don't know him?

0:11:25 > 0:11:27No, I don't know him.

0:11:27 > 0:11:29If he knows you, we're sunk.

0:11:29 > 0:11:31He was just being friendly.

0:11:34 > 0:11:36Get it higher! > Higher!

0:11:36 > 0:11:39Hey, where can I find Professor Hoopendecker?

0:11:39 > 0:11:41I don't know. He ain't down here.

0:11:41 > 0:11:43Wise guy.

0:11:43 > 0:11:44Thanks.

0:12:09 > 0:12:10Wow!

0:12:10 > 0:12:13< Did you see that?

0:12:13 > 0:12:16All the way from there to there.

0:12:16 > 0:12:18That was really something.

0:12:18 > 0:12:20< Pass it here!

0:12:22 > 0:12:24Hide me. Hide me.

0:12:26 > 0:12:29Company, ten-hut!

0:12:29 > 0:12:30Hit the dirt!

0:12:42 > 0:12:43Rip!

0:12:43 > 0:12:45Rip Smith!

0:12:45 > 0:12:47Good old Sergeant Hoopendecker.

0:12:47 > 0:12:49Hiya, dirty face.

0:12:49 > 0:12:51Mon capitaine. Je vous aime.

0:12:53 > 0:12:56You rat. It took me years to build dignity.

0:12:56 > 0:12:58Rip Smith! That's who it is.

0:12:58 > 0:13:01Sorry I couldn't meet you at the train.

0:13:01 > 0:13:03How's it going?

0:13:03 > 0:13:05The survey I did was good, huh?

0:13:05 > 0:13:08Right on the nose for the whole nation.

0:13:08 > 0:13:10Isn't this insurance thing risky?

0:13:10 > 0:13:13We'll sell some insurance if we have to.

0:13:13 > 0:13:15Is that him, Mr Hoopendecker?

0:13:15 > 0:13:17That's he, all right.

0:13:17 > 0:13:19Rip Smith. That's plush.

0:13:19 > 0:13:21Mr Hoopendecker said you were coming.

0:13:21 > 0:13:25We read about you in the basketball guide.

0:13:25 > 0:13:27I'm coaching. Here's my assistant.

0:13:27 > 0:13:29Mascot of the team.

0:13:29 > 0:13:31Hi, Rip.

0:13:31 > 0:13:32Hey. Hey!

0:13:32 > 0:13:34What's going on?

0:13:34 > 0:13:36That's a nickel a look.

0:13:36 > 0:13:37SCHOOL BELL RINGS

0:13:37 > 0:13:38Boys, move along.

0:13:38 > 0:13:40So long.

0:13:40 > 0:13:42Have you seen anybody yet?

0:13:42 > 0:13:45No. I'm going to see the mayor now.

0:13:45 > 0:13:48Meet me after school at the town meeting hall.

0:13:48 > 0:13:50I'll introduce you to folks.

0:13:57 > 0:13:59How do you do?

0:13:59 > 0:14:01Why, the very idea!

0:14:01 > 0:14:03Imagine a grown man doing such a thing.

0:14:03 > 0:14:05No, I can't.

0:14:07 > 0:14:09Wait right here, please.

0:14:09 > 0:14:11Thank you. Thank you.

0:14:18 > 0:14:20Where did you disappear to?

0:14:20 > 0:14:23Dropped in on my old pal Hoopendecker.

0:14:23 > 0:14:25What's this? What goes on here?

0:14:25 > 0:14:28His Honour the mayor is in conference.

0:14:28 > 0:14:32We just have to put the decimal points in the right place,

0:14:32 > 0:14:34and we're home.

0:14:34 > 0:14:37Let's pray these good people stay average,

0:14:37 > 0:14:39that they don't change.

0:14:39 > 0:14:43They haven't changed in 50 years. Forget it.

0:14:43 > 0:14:45Yes, these changes will make this town.

0:14:45 > 0:14:47The park and the playground

0:14:47 > 0:14:49will be placed right here,

0:14:49 > 0:14:52the hospital and the nursery here,

0:14:52 > 0:14:54the library here, the high school here.

0:14:54 > 0:14:57As mayor, I'm neutral, a servant of the people,

0:14:57 > 0:15:00but I still insist this plan is preposterous.

0:15:00 > 0:15:02Richard, isn't it preposterous?

0:15:02 > 0:15:05I'm tired of hearing about it.

0:15:05 > 0:15:07She's been coming before this council for years.

0:15:07 > 0:15:09It's like a filibuster.

0:15:09 > 0:15:11There ought to be a law...

0:15:11 > 0:15:14Now, now, Lou. This is a free country.

0:15:14 > 0:15:16All right. All right.

0:15:16 > 0:15:18Thank you, Mr Nickleby.

0:15:18 > 0:15:20I'll continue to exercise that right

0:15:20 > 0:15:23until you're convinced that Grandview needs

0:15:23 > 0:15:24this new civic centre.

0:15:24 > 0:15:27It's all right, Mr Mayor. You're excused.

0:15:27 > 0:15:29Yes. Excuse me. Of course.

0:15:35 > 0:15:36What is it?

0:15:36 > 0:15:38You said it was important.

0:15:38 > 0:15:40I'm Lawrence Smith.

0:15:40 > 0:15:42This is my associate Mr Sloan.

0:15:42 > 0:15:46We just arrived in town and thought you could help us.

0:15:46 > 0:15:49Just a moment.

0:15:49 > 0:15:51Notes for visitors' diary.

0:15:51 > 0:15:53At, er, 9.46,

0:15:53 > 0:15:55a gentleman named Lawrence Smith came in.

0:15:55 > 0:15:58"Visitors are always welcome", I said.

0:15:58 > 0:16:01"What can I do for you?"

0:16:01 > 0:16:04Visitors are welcome. What can I do for you?

0:16:04 > 0:16:07We want to open an insurance office.

0:16:07 > 0:16:11We thought you could recommend a real estate agent.

0:16:11 > 0:16:14Mr Smith requested that I recommend a real estate agent.

0:16:14 > 0:16:17"I'm in a difficult position", I said.

0:16:17 > 0:16:19"The mayor cannot show partiality".

0:16:19 > 0:16:22Just a moment. I'll get Lou Dicketts.

0:16:22 > 0:16:25Best real estate man in town.

0:16:25 > 0:16:29Rest of them ain't worth a hoot and a holler.

0:16:29 > 0:16:32What about the whoosis - the upkeep?

0:16:32 > 0:16:35That means more what-you-call-it...

0:16:35 > 0:16:36Uh, taxes.

0:16:36 > 0:16:37Excuse me.

0:16:37 > 0:16:41Why not let the voters decide?

0:16:41 > 0:16:45Mr Nickleby's being very unselfish about this.

0:16:45 > 0:16:48As the leading contractor, he'd naturally benefit.

0:16:48 > 0:16:49We can't afford it.

0:16:49 > 0:16:52Did it occur to you, Richard Nickleby,

0:16:52 > 0:16:55social improvements would attract new people, new wealth,

0:16:55 > 0:16:57so we could afford it?

0:16:57 > 0:17:00Glad to be of... what-you-call-it...service.

0:17:00 > 0:17:03Like a fella says, thank you.

0:17:07 > 0:17:09FEMALE VOICE: All you want is changes! >

0:17:09 > 0:17:11Change this. Change that. >

0:17:11 > 0:17:13Of course I want changes. >

0:17:13 > 0:17:16It's about time we grew up >

0:17:16 > 0:17:18and made it a decent place. >

0:17:18 > 0:17:21Changes. There goes your mathematical miracle.

0:17:21 > 0:17:24< When it comes to community planning,

0:17:24 > 0:17:27< I'll trust Mr Nickleby.

0:17:27 > 0:17:30This is a very fine community!

0:17:30 > 0:17:32It's a beautiful community!

0:17:32 > 0:17:34I'm sorry. I didn't mean to butt in.

0:17:34 > 0:17:36That's all right. Come in.

0:17:36 > 0:17:39What do you think of Grandview?

0:17:39 > 0:17:41Think of it? I've been searching

0:17:41 > 0:17:44for a town like this for years!

0:17:44 > 0:17:47You like it, do you? Speak up!

0:17:47 > 0:17:50When I got off that train,

0:17:50 > 0:17:52I said, "This is it".

0:17:52 > 0:17:54I've just walked through your town,

0:17:54 > 0:17:58with its shade trees and its lovely parks.

0:17:58 > 0:18:00I stood before your impressive buildings

0:18:00 > 0:18:02and said, "Here's a sturdy challenge

0:18:02 > 0:18:05"to the evils of the modern era."

0:18:05 > 0:18:09I felt your people's vitality and security...

0:18:09 > 0:18:12All in less than one hour.

0:18:12 > 0:18:13Hmm?

0:18:13 > 0:18:16Your children are happy...happy.

0:18:16 > 0:18:19You can see it in their dear little faces

0:18:19 > 0:18:22and hear it in their wholesome talk.

0:18:23 > 0:18:24Oh, I...

0:18:24 > 0:18:26There's beauty here.

0:18:26 > 0:18:29It's almost indescribable.

0:18:29 > 0:18:32You're used to it. You're all a part of it.

0:18:32 > 0:18:34You take it for granted.

0:18:34 > 0:18:36But to me,

0:18:36 > 0:18:39it's a hope and a dream of a lifetime.

0:18:39 > 0:18:41And I...

0:18:43 > 0:18:46I, too, want to become a part of it.

0:18:46 > 0:18:48Please don't change it.

0:18:52 > 0:18:54Well, I-I'm very sorry.

0:18:54 > 0:18:56I didn't mean to intrude.

0:19:05 > 0:19:07He's right.

0:19:07 > 0:19:08Absolutely right.

0:19:08 > 0:19:11That makes me what-you-call-it?

0:19:11 > 0:19:12Proud.

0:19:12 > 0:19:15That's the kind > of young man

0:19:15 > 0:19:16this town needs. >

0:19:16 > 0:19:19Let's forget this nonsense about high schools! >

0:19:19 > 0:19:21All those in favour? >

0:19:21 > 0:19:22Meeting's adjourned. >

0:19:22 > 0:19:25It took a stranger to pound sense into us. >

0:19:25 > 0:19:29You fascinate me.

0:19:29 > 0:19:32I nearly fell for that scheme of Mary's.

0:19:32 > 0:19:34..Get to know him better.

0:19:37 > 0:19:40Ed Schwartz, meet my friend Lawrence Smith.

0:19:40 > 0:19:41How do you do?

0:19:41 > 0:19:43Mel Handler.

0:19:43 > 0:19:45Pleased to know you.

0:19:45 > 0:19:47Hey, fellas!

0:19:47 > 0:19:50I want you to meet my friend Lawrence Smith...

0:19:50 > 0:19:51insurance.

0:19:51 > 0:19:54Mr Hoopendecker's friends are welcome here.

0:19:54 > 0:19:56Thank you very much, gentlemen.

0:19:56 > 0:19:58Everything takes place here...

0:19:58 > 0:20:00political rallies, concerts, dances.

0:20:00 > 0:20:02Hey, there it is.

0:20:06 > 0:20:08Look at it.

0:20:08 > 0:20:10The great American institution -

0:20:10 > 0:20:12the potbellied stove.

0:20:12 > 0:20:15That one's been there for over 100 years.

0:20:15 > 0:20:17Sit around that stove,

0:20:17 > 0:20:20and you'll find out what Grandview's thinking.

0:20:20 > 0:20:22Find out what the country's thinking, too.

0:20:22 > 0:20:23Yeah.

0:20:23 > 0:20:28If you want to find out where our senators hide...

0:20:28 > 0:20:31Senator Wilton, I want you to meet

0:20:31 > 0:20:33my friend Lawrence Smith.

0:20:33 > 0:20:35Glad to see you.

0:20:35 > 0:20:36Glad to see you.

0:20:36 > 0:20:38Oh, yes.

0:20:38 > 0:20:40THEY LAUGH

0:20:40 > 0:20:42Well, this is Senator Wilton.

0:20:42 > 0:20:44You're United States Senator Wilton!

0:20:44 > 0:20:45Well, of course!

0:20:45 > 0:20:48No wonder your face was familiar.

0:20:48 > 0:20:51The Senator was brought up here in Grandview.

0:20:51 > 0:20:53He comes back to visit.

0:20:53 > 0:20:56The pressure in Washington gets pretty strong sometimes.

0:20:56 > 0:20:57Easy to lose your perspective.

0:20:57 > 0:21:00Issues become very simple in this room.

0:21:00 > 0:21:02I imagine so.

0:21:02 > 0:21:05There's something in the local paper about you.

0:21:05 > 0:21:07I have it here, Senator.

0:21:07 > 0:21:09Oh, thanks. They don't...

0:21:09 > 0:21:11they don't seem to like you.

0:21:11 > 0:21:14There, under "Town Titbits".

0:21:14 > 0:21:16"The incident at the council meeting

0:21:16 > 0:21:19"that was reported to this paper

0:21:19 > 0:21:22"indicates a complete lack of grace."

0:21:22 > 0:21:23Well...

0:21:23 > 0:21:26"This is his first day in town,

0:21:26 > 0:21:28"yet Mr Smith managed to poke

0:21:28 > 0:21:30"his unwelcome proboscis

0:21:30 > 0:21:32"into local affairs." Um, pretty cute.

0:21:32 > 0:21:34"If you are really here

0:21:34 > 0:21:36"to sell insurance, Mr Smith,

0:21:36 > 0:21:39"you would do well to start building

0:21:39 > 0:21:40"good will and confidence."

0:21:40 > 0:21:43Where's the slaughterhouse that turns this out?

0:21:43 > 0:21:46Down the street. I'll go with you.

0:21:46 > 0:21:48I'll handle it. Excuse me, Senator.

0:21:48 > 0:21:50They're a tough crew.

0:21:50 > 0:21:52I can be tough myself!

0:22:06 > 0:22:08I want to see the editor

0:22:08 > 0:22:10of this imitation newspaper!

0:22:32 > 0:22:34Please say that again.

0:22:34 > 0:22:36I want to know...

0:22:36 > 0:22:39No. The same words, in the same way.

0:22:39 > 0:22:42You can bang the counter if you wish.

0:22:42 > 0:22:44Please.

0:22:46 > 0:22:47Where's the editor?

0:22:47 > 0:22:50I want to see the editor

0:22:50 > 0:22:51of this imitation newspaper!

0:22:51 > 0:22:53Thank you.

0:23:04 > 0:23:06Hey, what is this?

0:23:06 > 0:23:08What's this all about?

0:23:08 > 0:23:11Your voice, it's the spitting image of his.

0:23:11 > 0:23:14Never heard the likes of it.

0:23:14 > 0:23:15Never.

0:23:15 > 0:23:16Spitting image of who?

0:23:16 > 0:23:19He used to say the same thing

0:23:19 > 0:23:22and bang on the counter.

0:23:22 > 0:23:24That was his little joke.

0:23:24 > 0:23:25Whose joke?

0:23:33 > 0:23:35Who's he?

0:23:35 > 0:23:36Lou Peterman.

0:23:36 > 0:23:37Her husband.

0:23:37 > 0:23:39The editor.

0:23:39 > 0:23:41OK. Where's he?

0:23:41 > 0:23:44Lou got a little tired about 10 years ago...

0:23:44 > 0:23:45almost 11 now.

0:23:45 > 0:23:48The year I got my new office.

0:23:48 > 0:23:51Went out the porch to take a nap...

0:23:51 > 0:23:54Guess he was more tired than he thought.

0:23:54 > 0:23:56Never saw such a wonderful funeral.

0:23:56 > 0:23:59Everybody in town came.

0:23:59 > 0:24:01Lem Simpson was a pallbearer.

0:24:01 > 0:24:03Stayed sober all day.

0:24:03 > 0:24:06Just out of respect.

0:24:06 > 0:24:09Yes, sir. Your voice is the spitting image.

0:24:09 > 0:24:11DOOR OPENS

0:24:12 > 0:24:15Well, young man, what is it?

0:24:15 > 0:24:18You came to make a complaint, I believe.

0:24:20 > 0:24:22Well, it's this story about me!

0:24:22 > 0:24:24What's the idea?

0:24:24 > 0:24:26Are the facts incorrect?

0:24:26 > 0:24:28No, but...

0:24:28 > 0:24:29Is your name spelled wrong?

0:24:29 > 0:24:31No.

0:24:31 > 0:24:33Well, it's snide. That's what it is.

0:24:33 > 0:24:36Taking advantage of an innocent stranger.

0:24:36 > 0:24:39What kind of hospitality is that?

0:24:39 > 0:24:42Those nasty little digs. No decent newspaper...

0:24:42 > 0:24:45If you want to attack the policy of this newspaper,

0:24:45 > 0:24:46write a letter.

0:24:46 > 0:24:49Meantime, you can do your complaining

0:24:49 > 0:24:51to the acting editor

0:24:51 > 0:24:53who wrote the story.

0:24:53 > 0:24:55I'll talk to the acting editor!

0:24:55 > 0:24:58I've got a three-position signal!

0:24:58 > 0:25:00Ouch-a-magouch.

0:25:11 > 0:25:13CLICKING

0:25:16 > 0:25:17CLICKING

0:25:18 > 0:25:21Jiggle it. Try jiggling it.

0:25:26 > 0:25:29Sometimes they start when you jiggle them.

0:25:32 > 0:25:33TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS

0:25:36 > 0:25:39See. What did I tell you?

0:25:40 > 0:25:41Ah, ah!

0:25:45 > 0:25:46Nice?

0:25:46 > 0:25:48Very nice.

0:25:48 > 0:25:49Lovely.

0:25:49 > 0:25:50Pass me Panther.

0:25:51 > 0:25:53Come on, sweetie.

0:25:59 > 0:26:00KITTEN MEOWS

0:26:09 > 0:26:11You wish to see me?

0:26:11 > 0:26:13I want to thank you

0:26:13 > 0:26:16for that nice story you wrote about me.

0:26:16 > 0:26:18I thought you came to complain.

0:26:18 > 0:26:20Me. Not at all!

0:26:20 > 0:26:22There's just one thing worse

0:26:22 > 0:26:24than being talked about, and that's...

0:26:24 > 0:26:27Not being talked about at all.

0:26:27 > 0:26:29In that case, you won't mind

0:26:29 > 0:26:32the second story I'm writing about you.

0:26:32 > 0:26:34Not at all. Not at all.

0:26:34 > 0:26:36No use looking over my shoulder.

0:26:36 > 0:26:38This isn't it.

0:26:39 > 0:26:42As a matter of fact, I was just admiring

0:26:42 > 0:26:46how your hair sweeps up from your neck.

0:26:50 > 0:26:53My, my. Real sharpy.

0:26:54 > 0:26:55Hey, now, look.

0:26:55 > 0:26:59Look at this story you wrote about me.

0:26:59 > 0:27:01Now, look, it says here...

0:27:03 > 0:27:05KITTEN MEOWS

0:27:08 > 0:27:11"If you're really here to sell insurance,

0:27:11 > 0:27:12"Mr Smith,

0:27:12 > 0:27:15"you'd do well..." And so on.

0:27:15 > 0:27:17Why that? That creates suspicion.

0:27:17 > 0:27:20Mr Smith, Grandview is already overcrowded

0:27:20 > 0:27:23with insurance agents, most of them starving.

0:27:23 > 0:27:26A clever man like you would stay away.

0:27:26 > 0:27:29A clever man doesn't mind competition.

0:27:29 > 0:27:30He has ideas.

0:27:30 > 0:27:33He sees insurance as a long-range community service.

0:27:33 > 0:27:35He doesn't care about policies

0:27:35 > 0:27:38for six months or a year.

0:27:38 > 0:27:40Now, wouldn't you like to write

0:27:40 > 0:27:42a little retraction of that?

0:27:42 > 0:27:44"On further examination,

0:27:44 > 0:27:46"this fellow Smith is very charming"?

0:27:46 > 0:27:49Wouldn't you like to do that?

0:27:51 > 0:27:53No, I guess you wouldn't.

0:27:56 > 0:27:58Getting sticky in here.

0:27:58 > 0:28:00I think I'll get a soda.

0:28:00 > 0:28:03Hey, Sis, I got a great scoop.

0:28:03 > 0:28:06Who do you think is in town?

0:28:06 > 0:28:07Rip Smith.

0:28:07 > 0:28:09Hi, Todd.

0:28:09 > 0:28:10Oh, hello, Mr Smith.

0:28:10 > 0:28:14The committee was just going over to see you.

0:28:14 > 0:28:16Oh, yeah.

0:28:16 > 0:28:17Mr Hoopendecker

0:28:17 > 0:28:19said you're the greatest.

0:28:19 > 0:28:21Well, he exaggerates a little.

0:28:21 > 0:28:23He said you'd do it.

0:28:23 > 0:28:24What?

0:28:24 > 0:28:26Coach the basketball team.

0:28:26 > 0:28:27Would you?

0:28:27 > 0:28:29I'll leave you two to discuss business.

0:28:29 > 0:28:31Would you, Mr Smith? Sure.

0:28:31 > 0:28:34I want to straighten out some things first.

0:28:40 > 0:28:42Make that two, will you?

0:28:42 > 0:28:44I ordered a headache powder.

0:28:44 > 0:28:45That's just what I need.

0:28:45 > 0:28:47Oh, no, don't go.

0:28:47 > 0:28:51I expect to be around for quite a spell.

0:28:51 > 0:28:54You'll have to get used to me.

0:28:54 > 0:28:55Perhaps you're right.

0:28:55 > 0:28:58I've gotten used to other weird goblins.

0:28:58 > 0:29:00Goblin, huh?

0:29:00 > 0:29:02Let me see. How's that go?

0:29:02 > 0:29:04"Well, you better mind your parents

0:29:04 > 0:29:06"and your teachers, fond and dear.

0:29:06 > 0:29:08"Cherish them that loves you.

0:29:08 > 0:29:10"Dry the orphan's tear.

0:29:10 > 0:29:11"Help the poor and needy ones

0:29:11 > 0:29:13"that's clustered all about,

0:29:13 > 0:29:15"or the goblins will get you

0:29:15 > 0:29:17"if you don't watch out."

0:29:17 > 0:29:20That's from a poem... "Goblins Will Get You".

0:29:20 > 0:29:22That's from Little Orphan Annie.

0:29:22 > 0:29:24By golly, that's right.

0:29:25 > 0:29:29Oh, headache powder - chocolate flavour, huh?

0:29:39 > 0:29:42Say, tell me about this new civic centre of yours.

0:29:42 > 0:29:44Why?

0:29:44 > 0:29:46Well, I'm just interested.

0:29:46 > 0:29:48After the way you shot your mouth off?

0:29:48 > 0:29:50Wasn't that stupid?

0:29:50 > 0:29:52And not knowing anything, either.

0:29:52 > 0:29:54I hope it didn't do any harm.

0:29:54 > 0:29:57Only set progress back a few years.

0:29:57 > 0:29:59It did? I'm sorry.

0:29:59 > 0:30:02Maybe I can make up for it,

0:30:02 > 0:30:04help in some way.

0:30:04 > 0:30:07Go on. Tell me about it.

0:30:09 > 0:30:11Why did you do it?

0:30:11 > 0:30:12What?

0:30:12 > 0:30:14Butt into the meeting.

0:30:14 > 0:30:17Well, I was just busting with good spirits.

0:30:17 > 0:30:19The town looked perfect to me.

0:30:19 > 0:30:21I couldn't imagine changing it.

0:30:21 > 0:30:24Sure there wasn't some other reason?

0:30:24 > 0:30:28If there was, it escapes me at the moment.

0:30:32 > 0:30:34Some of the fellas have got to go,

0:30:34 > 0:30:37and we figured you could explain

0:30:37 > 0:30:39the "back-pass dilemma".

0:30:39 > 0:30:42It says that Rip Smith used it to perfection.

0:30:42 > 0:30:44It does, huh?

0:30:44 > 0:30:46The what dilemma?

0:30:46 > 0:30:48Quiet, please. This is technical talk.

0:30:48 > 0:30:50Sure, I can show you.

0:30:50 > 0:30:52Anybody got a pencil?

0:30:52 > 0:30:54There we are.

0:30:54 > 0:30:56Get up around here, now.

0:30:56 > 0:30:59We're on the attacking team. I have the ball.

0:30:59 > 0:31:01Here I am, right there.

0:31:01 > 0:31:04There's my guard. Here you are.

0:31:04 > 0:31:06There's your guard over there.

0:31:06 > 0:31:09I pass to you and move at you.

0:31:09 > 0:31:10My guard crosses.

0:31:10 > 0:31:13Then I suddenly fall in behind you.

0:31:13 > 0:31:16That brings the two guards close together.

0:31:16 > 0:31:19You back-pass to me and cut,

0:31:19 > 0:31:22and your guard crosses and bumps his own man.

0:31:22 > 0:31:27I feed you a loop pass. You got an easy lay-up.

0:31:27 > 0:31:29See?

0:31:37 > 0:31:39Well, look, there's nothing to it.

0:31:39 > 0:31:42Give me the ball. I'll demonstrate.

0:31:42 > 0:31:44That's the best part, I think.

0:31:44 > 0:31:45Here.

0:31:45 > 0:31:48You be his guard.

0:31:48 > 0:31:49Now, we...

0:31:52 > 0:31:54Follow me, men,

0:31:54 > 0:31:56right out here.

0:31:56 > 0:31:59Now, we'll use that tree for a basket.

0:31:59 > 0:32:01Line up for an offensive spread.

0:32:01 > 0:32:04You be his guard, see?

0:32:04 > 0:32:06You be his guard, right?

0:32:06 > 0:32:09Now, remember - pass, follow the pass,

0:32:09 > 0:32:11back pass, loop pass, boomeroo!

0:32:11 > 0:32:14You check on this. See there's no mistake.

0:32:14 > 0:32:16Over here, Shorty.

0:32:16 > 0:32:18Come on. Pass it.

0:32:18 > 0:32:21Pass it. Let me have it.

0:32:25 > 0:32:28That wasn't bad, all but the boomeroo.

0:32:28 > 0:32:30OK, let's try some baskets.

0:32:32 > 0:32:34Uh-oh.

0:32:38 > 0:32:43Looks like somebody has to climb a tree.

0:32:43 > 0:32:45Shorty, come here.

0:32:45 > 0:32:47Ollie-up.

0:32:47 > 0:32:49There.

0:32:50 > 0:32:52Can you reach it?

0:32:59 > 0:33:01DOG BARKS

0:33:07 > 0:33:09It's easy, Ike.

0:33:09 > 0:33:12You start gabbing about insurance.

0:33:12 > 0:33:15Then you sneak up on your subject, see?

0:33:15 > 0:33:18Yeah. Talk to a man about his life expectancy,

0:33:18 > 0:33:21but find out what he thinks of progressive education.

0:33:21 > 0:33:23Right. Here we go.

0:33:23 > 0:33:25Here we go.

0:34:16 > 0:34:17Phew!

0:34:17 > 0:34:20Well, here it is. What did I tell you?

0:34:20 > 0:34:22Isn't this beautiful?

0:34:22 > 0:34:27If I ever get to New York, I'll show YOU the sights(!)

0:34:27 > 0:34:30I brought the kids up here yesterday.

0:34:30 > 0:34:32I don't expect to make the basketball team.

0:34:32 > 0:34:35Don't be such an old whiny-worm.

0:34:35 > 0:34:37A what?

0:34:37 > 0:34:38Whiny-worm.

0:34:38 > 0:34:40You're always whining about something.

0:34:40 > 0:34:42Just relax.

0:34:42 > 0:34:45Come face to face with sheer beauty.

0:34:45 > 0:34:47Just...

0:34:47 > 0:34:49Let go.

0:34:54 > 0:34:56Whose idea was it. Yours?

0:34:56 > 0:34:57What?

0:34:57 > 0:35:00The plan. You know, the civic centre.

0:35:00 > 0:35:03Oh, that was a legacy from my father.

0:35:03 > 0:35:05He worked on it for years.

0:35:05 > 0:35:07Never could put it over.

0:35:07 > 0:35:09But YOU will, won't you?

0:35:09 > 0:35:11You bet.

0:35:11 > 0:35:13You set me back a bit,

0:35:13 > 0:35:15but I'll put it over.

0:35:15 > 0:35:19It's the only thing my father left when he died.

0:35:19 > 0:35:22"It's my one possession", he said.

0:35:22 > 0:35:23"A worthwhile job to do.

0:35:23 > 0:35:26"It's yours. Consider yourself rich."

0:35:29 > 0:35:32I thought he left you the newspaper.

0:35:32 > 0:35:34No. We just work there.

0:35:34 > 0:35:36Ben Moody owns it.

0:35:36 > 0:35:39Oh, Moody's Mansion House, huh?

0:35:41 > 0:35:43Well, you call yourself acting editor.

0:35:43 > 0:35:46What's the...who's the editor? Mr Moody?

0:35:46 > 0:35:48No. Papa.

0:35:48 > 0:35:51There can only be one editor for that paper.

0:35:51 > 0:35:54He still runs it, sort of.

0:35:54 > 0:35:56I like that.

0:35:56 > 0:35:58You sound like him.

0:35:58 > 0:36:01Sometimes, you even look like him...

0:36:02 > 0:36:05But you're not like him at all.

0:36:05 > 0:36:07Papa wasn't so desperate.

0:36:07 > 0:36:09What are you desperate for?

0:36:09 > 0:36:10Money?

0:36:10 > 0:36:12Power?

0:36:12 > 0:36:15Are you reading the bumps on my head?

0:36:17 > 0:36:19The air becomes charged with electricity

0:36:19 > 0:36:21around desperate men.

0:36:21 > 0:36:24I always feel it when I'm near Nickleby.

0:36:24 > 0:36:26I feel it now...

0:36:26 > 0:36:28strong.

0:36:28 > 0:36:30Are you having fun?

0:36:30 > 0:36:33Mm-hmm. Do you mind?

0:36:33 > 0:36:35No. No. No.

0:36:35 > 0:36:37What is that? What's that?

0:36:37 > 0:36:39Let me see it.

0:36:39 > 0:36:42MT14 rheostat, controls the speed

0:36:42 > 0:36:45of that little train you saw in the window.

0:36:47 > 0:36:49Was your childhood terribly ugly?

0:36:49 > 0:36:52You know, that little model train you have,

0:36:52 > 0:36:54it's a very professional job.

0:36:54 > 0:36:56A girl mechanic, huh?

0:36:56 > 0:36:57Was it?

0:36:57 > 0:36:59Well, it was cloistered,

0:36:59 > 0:37:01Swiss governess, Lord Fauntleroy suits,

0:37:01 > 0:37:04that type of thing.

0:37:04 > 0:37:06There's only one thing that doesn't add up -

0:37:06 > 0:37:08the electric currents,

0:37:08 > 0:37:11and selling insurance in Grandview.

0:37:11 > 0:37:14Well, maybe you need a new crystal ball.

0:37:14 > 0:37:17My old one's all right.

0:37:17 > 0:37:20Want to know what I see in it?

0:37:22 > 0:37:24Before you're through,

0:37:24 > 0:37:27you'll run for mayor of this town...

0:37:29 > 0:37:32..and the awful part of it is

0:37:32 > 0:37:34I'll probably vote for you.

0:37:52 > 0:37:55They were river rats, he and his brother.

0:37:55 > 0:37:58People on excursion boats would throw coins,

0:37:58 > 0:38:01and the kids would dive for them.

0:38:01 > 0:38:03It meant food for the family.

0:38:03 > 0:38:06He wants security, sure, in his fist.

0:38:06 > 0:38:07Yes, of course.

0:38:07 > 0:38:10Sis, are you going to watch us practice?

0:38:10 > 0:38:13No, darling. I have a meeting.

0:38:13 > 0:38:14So long.

0:38:18 > 0:38:20What else, Hoop?

0:38:20 > 0:38:22That's all I know.

0:38:22 > 0:38:25I've got to get home and mark papers.

0:38:25 > 0:38:27Good night, Mary. Thanks for dinner.

0:38:30 > 0:38:32Is the ladies' meeting over?

0:38:32 > 0:38:34Just about.

0:38:34 > 0:38:36Yep. Just about.

0:38:36 > 0:38:37Good night, Mary...

0:38:37 > 0:38:39Goodbye.

0:38:39 > 0:38:40Good night.

0:38:40 > 0:38:42The basketball dance will be held

0:38:42 > 0:38:44a week from Saturday night

0:38:44 > 0:38:46at the town meeting hall.

0:38:46 > 0:38:48That's sure plush.

0:38:48 > 0:38:51That's the night we play the Waverly game.

0:38:51 > 0:38:52Good night.

0:38:52 > 0:38:53So long, Rip.

0:38:55 > 0:38:56Hi.

0:38:56 > 0:38:58Hi.

0:38:58 > 0:39:00How did it go tonight?

0:39:00 > 0:39:02Good. Good.

0:39:02 > 0:39:04Good. Good. Good.

0:39:04 > 0:39:07Did you go to school here?

0:39:07 > 0:39:09Uh-huh.

0:39:09 > 0:39:11These are graduation pictures, aren't they?

0:39:11 > 0:39:13I'll be darned. Look there.

0:39:13 > 0:39:16Isn't that wonderful? Are you here?

0:39:16 > 0:39:17Yeah.

0:39:17 > 0:39:19Wait a minute. Don't show me.

0:39:19 > 0:39:23There. There you are. I knew you right off.

0:39:23 > 0:39:25Oh, go on. I showed you.

0:39:25 > 0:39:28No. I picked it out myself.

0:39:28 > 0:39:30It's simple. You've got the same...

0:39:30 > 0:39:32the same this,

0:39:32 > 0:39:34the same firecracker eyes.

0:39:34 > 0:39:39You were pretty then, too, huh?

0:39:39 > 0:39:41You think so?

0:39:41 > 0:39:42Yeah...

0:39:44 > 0:39:45You're very pretty.

0:39:47 > 0:39:49Well, that's Helen Kleinspiegel.

0:39:49 > 0:39:52That's me over here.

0:39:57 > 0:39:59Wise guy, huh?

0:40:01 > 0:40:03Hey, that's amazing.

0:40:05 > 0:40:08That grew up to be you, hmm?

0:40:11 > 0:40:12Huh.

0:40:13 > 0:40:17What an age we're living in.

0:40:20 > 0:40:23There's something about the smell of a classroom

0:40:23 > 0:40:25that kind of gets me.

0:40:25 > 0:40:27You went to school here, huh?

0:40:27 > 0:40:29Well, what do you know?

0:40:29 > 0:40:31In this very classroom?

0:40:31 > 0:40:32Mm-hmm.

0:40:32 > 0:40:34I'll be darned.

0:40:34 > 0:40:35Where'd you sit?

0:40:35 > 0:40:37Over there.

0:40:37 > 0:40:39Oh, in the front row?

0:40:39 > 0:40:42You had to stay awake all the time.

0:40:42 > 0:40:48You know, I always had trouble with these legs of mine.

0:40:48 > 0:40:51I always stuck out in the aisle, like this.

0:40:51 > 0:40:53People kept tripping over them.

0:40:53 > 0:40:56One day the teacher was walking by,

0:40:56 > 0:40:58and she and I - kerplunk!

0:40:58 > 0:40:59Uh-oh.

0:40:59 > 0:41:01She accused me

0:41:01 > 0:41:03of doing it deliberately, too.

0:41:03 > 0:41:04You didn't(?)

0:41:04 > 0:41:06I might have helped some.

0:41:06 > 0:41:08And you sat there, huh?

0:41:08 > 0:41:10This seat had an awful squeak.

0:41:10 > 0:41:11IT SQUEAKS

0:41:11 > 0:41:13Yep.

0:41:13 > 0:41:15This is where I sat.

0:41:17 > 0:41:19Did you have any pigtails?

0:41:19 > 0:41:21Mm-hmm.

0:41:21 > 0:41:23Anybody special to pull them?

0:41:24 > 0:41:26Birdy, Senator Wilton's son.

0:41:26 > 0:41:29He was a terror.

0:41:29 > 0:41:31Then they moved to Washington,

0:41:31 > 0:41:34and I was heartbroken.

0:41:34 > 0:41:36Oh, you were, huh?

0:41:36 > 0:41:38Well, for how long?

0:41:38 > 0:41:40Oh, ages...

0:41:40 > 0:41:42Almost a week.

0:41:44 > 0:41:47Oh, look, Hiawatha.

0:41:49 > 0:41:51"By the shores of gitche gumee..."

0:41:51 > 0:41:54Always thought it was "gitche gooey".

0:41:54 > 0:41:56Well, it is gooey.

0:41:56 > 0:41:58Me, I was always exclusively

0:41:58 > 0:42:01a Charge Of The Light Brigade fella.

0:42:01 > 0:42:03Oh, I loved Hiawatha.

0:42:03 > 0:42:05"Half a league, half a league,

0:42:05 > 0:42:07"half a league onward, SHE READS OUT LOUD

0:42:07 > 0:42:09"all in the valley of death

0:42:09 > 0:42:11"rode the 600.

0:42:11 > 0:42:12"Forward the light brigade!

0:42:12 > 0:42:14"Charge for the guns, he said,

0:42:14 > 0:42:16"into the valley of death..."

0:42:16 > 0:42:17"Rose the black and gloomy pine trees,

0:42:17 > 0:42:21"rose the firs with cones upon them.

0:42:21 > 0:42:22"Before them beat the water,

0:42:22 > 0:42:24"beat the clear and sunny water,

0:42:24 > 0:42:26"beat the shining big sea water..."

0:42:26 > 0:42:27"..Theirs was to do or die.

0:42:27 > 0:42:30"Into the valley of death rode the 600.

0:42:30 > 0:42:31"Cannon to the right of them,

0:42:31 > 0:42:33"cannon to the left of them..."

0:42:33 > 0:42:35"..Hush! The naked bear will hear thee!

0:42:35 > 0:42:37"Ewa-yea! My little owlet.

0:42:37 > 0:42:39"Who is it that lights the wigwam..."

0:42:39 > 0:42:41"Into the jaws of death!

0:42:41 > 0:42:43"Into the mouth of hell!"

0:42:43 > 0:42:44"Ewa-yea! My little owlet..."

0:42:44 > 0:42:46"Rode the 600!

0:42:46 > 0:42:48"Flashed all their sabres bare,

0:42:48 > 0:42:50"flashed as they turned in air..."

0:42:50 > 0:42:51"Many things Nokomis taught him

0:42:51 > 0:42:53"of the stars that shine in heaven,

0:42:53 > 0:42:54"showed him Ishkoodah, the comet..."

0:42:54 > 0:42:56"..Plunged in the battery smoke,

0:42:56 > 0:42:58"..right through the line they broke,

0:42:58 > 0:43:02"Cossacks and Russians reeling from the sabre's stroke.

0:43:02 > 0:43:03"Shattered and sundered..."

0:43:03 > 0:43:05"In the frosty nights of winter,

0:43:05 > 0:43:06"showed the broad white road in heaven,

0:43:06 > 0:43:08"crowded with the ghosts, the shadows,

0:43:08 > 0:43:09"at the door on summer evenings

0:43:09 > 0:43:10"sat the little Hiawatha..."

0:43:10 > 0:43:12"Forward, the light brigade!

0:43:12 > 0:43:13"Was there a man dismayed?

0:43:13 > 0:43:15"Not, though the soldier knew

0:43:15 > 0:43:16"someone had blundered.

0:43:16 > 0:43:18"Theirs not to make reply,

0:43:18 > 0:43:19"theirs not to reason why..."

0:43:19 > 0:43:23"But soft. What light through yonder window breaks?

0:43:23 > 0:43:27"It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.

0:43:27 > 0:43:32"Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon,

0:43:32 > 0:43:36"who is already pale and sick with grief..."

0:43:45 > 0:43:47Open up, Twiddle.

0:43:47 > 0:43:48It's me.

0:43:52 > 0:43:55Not in yet, huh?

0:43:55 > 0:43:57Did you get them?

0:43:57 > 0:43:58Yeah...

0:43:58 > 0:44:02Three yeses and one don't-know.

0:44:02 > 0:44:04Good. That completes the list.

0:44:04 > 0:44:06If he figures to make that plane,

0:44:06 > 0:44:08he'll have to be here soon.

0:44:08 > 0:44:11He told Mack he'd have the results tomorrow.

0:44:11 > 0:44:13They're playing Preston tonight.

0:44:13 > 0:44:15Very important game. Some soda?

0:44:15 > 0:44:16No!

0:44:16 > 0:44:18KNOCK ON DOOR

0:44:19 > 0:44:21Hi, boys. How's it going?

0:44:21 > 0:44:22Sorry I'm late.

0:44:22 > 0:44:25What's it look like, Mr Twiddle?

0:44:25 > 0:44:27Just give me the basic figures.

0:44:27 > 0:44:30It'll take one second. Who won?

0:44:30 > 0:44:32Who won? Don't be comical.

0:44:32 > 0:44:3346 to 12.

0:44:33 > 0:44:34We slaughtered them.

0:44:34 > 0:44:36That's peachy.

0:44:36 > 0:44:38It would also be peachy

0:44:38 > 0:44:39if you'd get that finished.

0:44:39 > 0:44:41Yeah, Mr Twiddle. Stop stalling.

0:44:41 > 0:44:43Stalling! I said one second.

0:44:43 > 0:44:45I only hope these figures

0:44:45 > 0:44:47will be close to Stringer's.

0:44:47 > 0:44:50Don't worry. All you have to do is...

0:44:50 > 0:44:54Put the decimal points in their proper places.

0:44:54 > 0:44:56There. I've done it.

0:44:56 > 0:44:59Give me that. There she is, boys.

0:44:59 > 0:45:01You realise what this means?

0:45:01 > 0:45:03This was done in two weeks.

0:45:03 > 0:45:07From now on, we can do them in 24 hours.

0:45:07 > 0:45:09All right, Ike. Here you are.

0:45:09 > 0:45:12If old Mack starts asking you questions,

0:45:12 > 0:45:14you just turn your baby-blues.

0:45:14 > 0:45:17I'd like to see his face.

0:45:17 > 0:45:20You can accomplish that with alacrity and dispatch.

0:45:20 > 0:45:22Why don't you go yourself?

0:45:22 > 0:45:24Don't be silly. We play Waverly tomorrow.

0:45:24 > 0:45:26Oh?

0:45:26 > 0:45:29Got sort of a dance after it.

0:45:29 > 0:45:31My handling this team

0:45:31 > 0:45:33has just worked beautifully for us.

0:45:33 > 0:45:37It would look funny if I disappeared.

0:45:37 > 0:45:38You lucky stiff.

0:45:38 > 0:45:40Beautiful job, Mr Twiddle.

0:45:40 > 0:45:44Rip, how'd you like to kick this whole deal over?

0:45:44 > 0:45:45Kick it over?

0:45:45 > 0:45:47It's all right with us.

0:45:47 > 0:45:49What are you talking about?

0:45:49 > 0:45:52You don't have to keep going on our account.

0:45:52 > 0:45:55Oh, save it, will you?

0:45:55 > 0:45:58"Kick it over." Yackety-yackety-yak.

0:45:58 > 0:46:00What are you talking about?

0:46:00 > 0:46:03I've been working all my life for this.

0:46:03 > 0:46:06It's all wrapped up. Kick it over. What for?

0:46:06 > 0:46:10What kind of a lame-brain do you think I am?

0:46:10 > 0:46:14OK. OK. I guess I was way off the beam.

0:46:14 > 0:46:16I guess you certainly were!

0:46:16 > 0:46:18HORN HONKS

0:46:18 > 0:46:20Well, I've got to go.

0:46:20 > 0:46:22Now, er...

0:46:23 > 0:46:25Ike, you tell Mack

0:46:25 > 0:46:28we can take three or four jobs,

0:46:28 > 0:46:30maybe more than that.

0:46:30 > 0:46:32Call me tomorrow night, huh?

0:46:37 > 0:46:41Ike, you call me.

0:46:42 > 0:46:44HORN HONKS

0:46:52 > 0:46:54You ever do the samba?

0:46:54 > 0:46:57No. I can't say I did.

0:46:57 > 0:46:59Don't ever. I had a two-hour demonstration.

0:46:59 > 0:47:02Know what a "back-pass dilemma" is?

0:47:02 > 0:47:03No.

0:47:03 > 0:47:05Well, I'm getting a demonstration.

0:47:10 > 0:47:11"Back-pass dilemma"?

0:47:13 > 0:47:15This I got to see.

0:47:16 > 0:47:19OK. Cut over quick. I'll pass to you.

0:47:19 > 0:47:20Uh!

0:47:20 > 0:47:21Well, throw it.

0:47:21 > 0:47:23Go on. Throw the ball.

0:47:23 > 0:47:25Don't make love to it.

0:47:27 > 0:47:30That's no way to throw a ball.

0:47:30 > 0:47:33It's more of a snap forward.

0:47:33 > 0:47:37No. Suppose there's a wolf on the make for you.

0:47:37 > 0:47:39What do you...

0:47:39 > 0:47:41You mean, like this?

0:47:48 > 0:47:50Yeah, like that.

0:47:52 > 0:47:54Let's try something else, shall we?

0:47:54 > 0:47:56We'll try the lay-up shot.

0:47:56 > 0:47:59Stand over here. No rough stuff, now.

0:47:59 > 0:48:01The principle of this shot

0:48:01 > 0:48:04is you try and stretch yourself out

0:48:04 > 0:48:08and just lay the ball up in the basket.

0:48:08 > 0:48:10Just lay the ball right in there.

0:48:10 > 0:48:12You try. Get over there.

0:48:12 > 0:48:15Remember, you got to stretch yourself.

0:48:15 > 0:48:18Just lay the ball right up there.

0:48:18 > 0:48:19I'll help you.

0:48:22 > 0:48:24Look. It got stuck.

0:48:36 > 0:48:39"Back-pass dilemma", huh?

0:49:16 > 0:49:19< CROWD APPLAUDS

0:49:45 > 0:49:49You ever ask yourself why they call me Rip?

0:49:49 > 0:49:52It has something to do with Rip van Winkle.

0:49:52 > 0:49:55I fall asleep at the drop of an eyelid,

0:49:55 > 0:49:58and I think I'm going to drop an eyelid

0:49:58 > 0:50:02on that lovely shoulder of yours and never leave.

0:50:02 > 0:50:03Oh, no, Rip.

0:50:03 > 0:50:04Ooh!

0:50:04 > 0:50:06Oh, I'm sorry.

0:50:07 > 0:50:08I'm so sorry.

0:50:08 > 0:50:11Well, I guess you live and learn.

0:50:18 > 0:50:21Sorry to cut in, but you promised.

0:50:21 > 0:50:22Certainly, darling. You mind, Rip?

0:50:22 > 0:50:24No, no.

0:50:24 > 0:50:26You're making a mistake, Bob.

0:50:26 > 0:50:29She's carrying a concealed weapon.

0:50:29 > 0:50:30Good work, son.

0:50:30 > 0:50:33You whipped those kids into a fighting machine.

0:50:33 > 0:50:36It's the first time we've beat Waverly in 10 years.

0:50:36 > 0:50:38Hi, Sergeant.

0:50:48 > 0:50:51You must be having an awful tussle

0:50:51 > 0:50:52with that conscience of yours.

0:50:52 > 0:50:54Don't worry about my conscience.

0:50:54 > 0:50:56Bob,

0:50:56 > 0:50:58stay far away from her.

0:50:58 > 0:51:00It'll be hard to drop her in a bracket.

0:51:00 > 0:51:02She won't stay there.

0:51:03 > 0:51:05# I keep... #

0:51:05 > 0:51:09Our school song.

0:51:09 > 0:51:14# Where all my fondest memories are

0:51:14 > 0:51:19# The chapel bells on Christmas Eve

0:51:19 > 0:51:25# The wishes on a falling star

0:51:25 > 0:51:31# The lonely sound across the night

0:51:31 > 0:51:37# Our friends that always hurry through

0:51:37 > 0:51:42# The patterns on the frosted pane

0:51:42 > 0:51:48# The magic lands they took me to

0:51:48 > 0:51:54# These are not only idle dreams

0:51:54 > 0:51:59# That time will someday dim for me

0:51:59 > 0:52:06# They are pages that I put away

0:52:06 > 0:52:14# Into my book of memories

0:52:14 > 0:52:20# The crowd around the swimming hole

0:52:20 > 0:52:25# The gang around the campus green

0:52:25 > 0:52:31# The laughter of an April Fool

0:52:31 > 0:52:36# The ghost that walks on Hallowe'en

0:52:36 > 0:52:42# The timid hand I held in mine

0:52:42 > 0:52:47# While walking through a secret lane

0:52:47 > 0:52:53# The rainbow on a neighbour's lawn

0:52:53 > 0:53:00# That sparkles after summer rain

0:53:00 > 0:53:06# These are not only idle dreams

0:53:06 > 0:53:13# That time will someday dim for me

0:53:13 > 0:53:19# They're pages that I put away

0:53:19 > 0:53:30# Into my book of memories. #

0:53:37 > 0:53:40< Attention, please.

0:53:40 > 0:53:41Thank you.

0:53:41 > 0:53:43Folks, Mrs Peterman

0:53:43 > 0:53:46wishes to say a few words.

0:53:55 > 0:53:58The Dispatch, you know, rarely retracts a story.

0:53:58 > 0:54:00Well, that's obviously

0:54:00 > 0:54:03because The Dispatch rarely makes mistakes.

0:54:03 > 0:54:05LAUGHTER

0:54:05 > 0:54:06Tomorrow, however,

0:54:06 > 0:54:09you will read the retraction of a recent item

0:54:09 > 0:54:12about Mr Lawrence Smith.

0:54:13 > 0:54:18The Dispatch wants to erase any doubt it created

0:54:18 > 0:54:20as to Mr Smith's integrity.

0:54:20 > 0:54:25Mary and I have seen a lot of Rip since he came here.

0:54:25 > 0:54:27It's only been a short time,

0:54:27 > 0:54:30yet already he seems an old friend,

0:54:30 > 0:54:33and that's a good sign.

0:54:33 > 0:54:36He's taken an interest in our civic affairs,

0:54:36 > 0:54:39and his devotion to the basketball team...

0:54:39 > 0:54:40well...

0:54:40 > 0:54:43Everybody must admit he performed a miracle.

0:54:43 > 0:54:45APPLAUSE

0:54:45 > 0:54:47But...

0:54:47 > 0:54:49Now, it took hard work

0:54:49 > 0:54:51at all hours,

0:54:51 > 0:54:54and I'm sure he must have neglected

0:54:54 > 0:54:56his own business to do it.

0:54:56 > 0:55:00We're lucky to acquire such a fine citizen.

0:55:00 > 0:55:02I thought this a good occasion

0:55:02 > 0:55:05to apologise and tell him how we feel.

0:55:06 > 0:55:08Rip...

0:55:08 > 0:55:10We're all very happy and grateful

0:55:10 > 0:55:13that in your search for a permanent anchorage,

0:55:13 > 0:55:17you chose to throw in your lot with us

0:55:17 > 0:55:19and to grow with Grandview.

0:55:19 > 0:55:21APPLAUSE

0:55:21 > 0:55:23< Speech! Speech! >

0:55:39 > 0:55:41I, er...

0:55:43 > 0:55:45I wish Mrs Peterman hadn't said

0:55:45 > 0:55:48all those nice things about me.

0:55:48 > 0:55:51I doubt whether I can live up to them.

0:55:51 > 0:55:52I'd...

0:55:53 > 0:55:55I'd prefer that you...

0:55:55 > 0:55:59reserve judgment until you, well...

0:55:59 > 0:56:02until you got to know me better...

0:56:02 > 0:56:04much better.

0:56:04 > 0:56:05Thank you.

0:56:40 > 0:56:42People going around making speeches.

0:56:42 > 0:56:44I remember once in Italy,

0:56:44 > 0:56:47a bunch of us got to talking.

0:56:47 > 0:56:50Funny place to be talking about home and ma.

0:56:50 > 0:56:52The pip-squeak started.

0:56:52 > 0:56:55Then the other fellas got going.

0:56:55 > 0:56:58It turned out they were all from small towns.

0:56:58 > 0:57:01You were the only city slicker there.

0:57:01 > 0:57:04You let your guard down that night, Rip.

0:57:05 > 0:57:07< DISTANT APPLAUSE

0:57:09 > 0:57:12You envy those guys. You said that yourself.

0:57:12 > 0:57:15You never knew what it was to have neighbours,

0:57:15 > 0:57:18to have a sense of belonging.

0:57:18 > 0:57:21What Ma said goes for all of them.

0:57:22 > 0:57:25Just...just give me one year.

0:57:25 > 0:57:27Just one year.

0:57:27 > 0:57:30You've made a lot of friends here.

0:57:30 > 0:57:34That's security, Rip - the surest kind.

0:57:34 > 0:57:35No.

0:57:35 > 0:57:37No. Look up there!

0:57:37 > 0:57:39That light's in MY office

0:57:39 > 0:57:42because a call's coming in telling me

0:57:42 > 0:57:44I got the world by the tail!

0:57:44 > 0:57:47It's a rat race, but I'm out in front!

0:57:55 > 0:57:57He hasn't come back yet?

0:57:57 > 0:58:00I can't imagine anything I said could have...

0:58:00 > 0:58:01Ma...

0:58:01 > 0:58:04When Papa acted like a ghoul,

0:58:04 > 0:58:07you didn't let him go hide in a corner

0:58:07 > 0:58:09and lick his wounds, did you?

0:58:09 > 0:58:11Of course I didn't.

0:58:14 > 0:58:16I promised Ben Moody I'd dance with him.

0:58:16 > 0:58:20I hope he's in the groove. I'm not.

0:58:30 > 0:58:31'It was a perfect job.'

0:58:31 > 0:58:35What did I tell you? How close was it?

0:58:35 > 0:58:36'What?'

0:58:36 > 0:58:38How close to the Stringer poll?

0:58:38 > 0:58:40'On the nose.'

0:58:40 > 0:58:41No kidding!

0:58:44 > 0:58:46MUFFLED TALKING

0:59:00 > 0:59:02What did old Mack say?

0:59:02 > 0:59:05'Said he was flabbergasted - plain flabbergasted.'

0:59:05 > 0:59:07Well, this is it, Ike.

1:00:12 > 1:00:14Henricks. Yeah.

1:00:14 > 1:00:17Yeah, tell him we'll take that Henricks deal.

1:00:17 > 1:00:19And Keely sounds pretty good.

1:00:34 > 1:00:36'We're home, Ike.'

1:00:36 > 1:00:39'Yeah, if that Peterman gal doesn't crab it.'

1:00:39 > 1:00:42'She's not going to crab anything.'

1:00:42 > 1:00:44'She's hepped on changing the town.

1:00:44 > 1:00:47'If she puts that civic centre over...'

1:00:47 > 1:00:49'I'll handle the Peterman girl.'

1:00:49 > 1:00:52'I guess you will. You're an artist.'

1:00:52 > 1:00:55'Cut it out! We came to do a job,

1:00:55 > 1:00:57'and nothing's going to interfere!

1:00:57 > 1:01:00'I'll see you in a couple of days.'

1:01:03 > 1:01:04Yes, sir.

1:01:06 > 1:01:09We came here to do a job.

1:01:09 > 1:01:13Anything else is just a blind alley.

1:01:30 > 1:01:33The trouble with having a newspaper background -

1:01:33 > 1:01:35it develops an instinct for snooping.

1:01:40 > 1:01:43You must have found Ma's speech tonight very funny.

1:01:43 > 1:01:45We had to work secretly.

1:01:47 > 1:01:51Nobody's been hurt by it, have they?

1:01:56 > 1:01:57That's right...

1:01:57 > 1:01:59..Nobody.

1:01:59 > 1:02:01What are you going to do?

1:02:01 > 1:02:04You couldn't stand any changes...

1:02:06 > 1:02:08..could you?

1:02:08 > 1:02:11By all means, hold back progress.

1:02:11 > 1:02:16Mr Smith has to make an extra dollar for himself.

1:02:16 > 1:02:19I certainly think that's stooping very low.

1:02:28 > 1:02:31TYPEWRITER CLACKS

1:02:50 > 1:02:53I want to make a deal with you.

1:02:55 > 1:02:57Kill that story you're writing,

1:02:57 > 1:03:01I'll never show my face around here again.

1:03:04 > 1:03:06This isn't for myself, Mary.

1:03:06 > 1:03:08It's for the people here.

1:03:08 > 1:03:11I wouldn't like to see them get confused.

1:03:11 > 1:03:15What I was doing couldn't do them any harm,

1:03:15 > 1:03:17but they read that, and they...

1:03:17 > 1:03:19I don't know. They're human.

1:03:19 > 1:03:22You can't go around telling people they're special -

1:03:22 > 1:03:25not even these people. That's deadly.

1:03:25 > 1:03:28If you love them, Mary, don't do it.

1:03:30 > 1:03:32If you'd stop pounding that machine

1:03:32 > 1:03:34and listen to me...

1:03:36 > 1:03:38I suppose you think

1:03:38 > 1:03:40I got some sort of angle.

1:03:40 > 1:03:43I don't know how to convince you, Mary.

1:03:43 > 1:03:46You just have to take my word.

1:03:56 > 1:03:59Set this story up, Mr Dingle.

1:04:46 > 1:04:48Say, this looks hot.

1:04:48 > 1:04:50Send Harry down.

1:04:50 > 1:04:53Cover this - make a swell picture layout.

1:04:53 > 1:04:54Right.

1:04:54 > 1:04:55So that's it!

1:04:55 > 1:04:56What a guy!

1:04:56 > 1:04:58We want sound.

1:04:58 > 1:05:01Find out what the typical American woman wears.

1:05:01 > 1:05:02We want daily sidewalk interviews.

1:05:02 > 1:05:06According to Smith, it's the barometer of national opinion.

1:05:06 > 1:05:09This story was given to the world

1:05:09 > 1:05:11by Mary Peterman of the Grandview Dispatch.

1:05:11 > 1:05:13In one week's time,

1:05:13 > 1:05:16I wouldn't give the wart off my nose

1:05:16 > 1:05:19for anybody's opinion in this town.

1:05:23 > 1:05:24LOUDSPEAKER: 'OK, now.

1:05:24 > 1:05:26'You're the typical American.

1:05:26 > 1:05:28'Act like it.'

1:05:28 > 1:05:30We've opened a keg of dynamite.

1:05:30 > 1:05:33I hadn't counted on arousing the whole world.

1:05:34 > 1:05:36< Hey, Sis.

1:05:36 > 1:05:38Big-shot reporters to see you.

1:05:38 > 1:05:40Sorry to barge in.

1:05:40 > 1:05:41It's all right.

1:05:41 > 1:05:43We thought you'd have information.

1:05:43 > 1:05:46How did you find out about the survey?

1:05:46 > 1:05:48When Mr Smith completed his poll,

1:05:48 > 1:05:50he handed me the story.

1:05:50 > 1:05:52Do you know > his plans?

1:05:52 > 1:05:54He won't talk to anybody.

1:05:54 > 1:05:56He left word he's leaving

1:05:56 > 1:05:58for New York this afternoon.

1:05:58 > 1:06:00BOB: I don't believe it!

1:06:00 > 1:06:03Rip wouldn't walk out on us now,

1:06:03 > 1:06:06not with the Freehall game coming up!

1:06:06 > 1:06:08Must have had 50 calls already -

1:06:08 > 1:06:11families want to move to Grandview.

1:06:11 > 1:06:13Kids!

1:06:13 > 1:06:15All right, Mary. We're ready.

1:06:16 > 1:06:19Bob said if we talked to you, you would.

1:06:19 > 1:06:22You wouldn't leave before the Freehall game.

1:06:22 > 1:06:23Nothing's more important.

1:06:23 > 1:06:25You betcha!

1:06:25 > 1:06:27< Lived here all my life...

1:06:27 > 1:06:30never knew we were so terrific.

1:06:30 > 1:06:31< It's a landslide!

1:06:31 > 1:06:33< There's Rip, our great discoverer!

1:06:33 > 1:06:34Insurance business, huh? >

1:06:34 > 1:06:37­ That was slick. Sure was slick.

1:06:37 > 1:06:40Rip's staying to coach us.

1:06:40 > 1:06:41Watch us grow. >

1:06:41 > 1:06:44We got to take advantage > of the opportunity.

1:06:44 > 1:06:48You will. It's in the air, those electric currents.

1:06:48 > 1:06:49Come on.

1:06:49 > 1:06:51Electric currents? What's he talking about?

1:06:51 > 1:06:54It looks like a nice, clear day.

1:06:54 > 1:06:57We're already known from coast to coast.

1:06:57 > 1:06:59People coming on every train!

1:06:59 > 1:07:01They're coming by car, bus,

1:07:01 > 1:07:02even on foot.

1:07:02 > 1:07:06Who wouldn't want to live in the perfect town?

1:07:06 > 1:07:08I'll just build another hotel.

1:07:08 > 1:07:10Shouldn't we start planning?

1:07:10 > 1:07:12Things are moving so fast.

1:07:12 > 1:07:15That's why we wanted you to handle publicity.

1:07:15 > 1:07:18Spread the slogan "Grow with Grandview".

1:07:18 > 1:07:20Another manufacturer wants to build,

1:07:20 > 1:07:23so he can advertise, "Made in the typical American city."

1:07:23 > 1:07:26They'll be looking for whatcha-call-its...

1:07:26 > 1:07:27building sites.

1:07:27 > 1:07:31Just watch real estate values go up!

1:07:34 > 1:07:36Say, um...

1:07:36 > 1:07:39I've got a lunch date. I almost forgot.

1:07:39 > 1:07:40Wait, Dick.

1:07:40 > 1:07:42Drop me at the hotel.

1:07:42 > 1:07:44See you later.

1:07:44 > 1:07:46I'm getting back to the office.

1:07:46 > 1:07:48< Call from Chicago, Mr Mayor.

1:07:48 > 1:07:50It's travelling like prairie fire.

1:07:50 > 1:07:52Leaving in five minutes!

1:07:52 > 1:07:54See what the people think!

1:07:54 > 1:07:56Get an opinion on any subject!

1:07:56 > 1:07:59"The Typical Tour Of The Typical Town."

1:07:59 > 1:08:01A first-class look...

1:08:01 > 1:08:03ROUSING MUSIC PLAYS

1:08:09 > 1:08:12­ Railroad front's the stuff to buy.

1:08:12 > 1:08:15Cost him 20 thousand. > I offered him 30.

1:08:15 > 1:08:18'A boom has hit this town with a boom.'

1:08:18 > 1:08:23Why, the shoeshine man himself is making money hand-over-fist.

1:08:23 > 1:08:26'If you need a home, he'll supply that.

1:08:26 > 1:08:28'Uh-oh. Here's something.

1:08:28 > 1:08:30'Grandview sells its opinions.'

1:08:30 > 1:08:32'They're putting up polling booths.

1:08:32 > 1:08:34'Well, maybe I'm crazy.'

1:08:34 > 1:08:3720 of these are already spread around the city.

1:08:37 > 1:08:39You will each occupy one.

1:08:39 > 1:08:42A reference library goes with every booth.

1:08:42 > 1:08:45We want to make sure folks are thinking right.

1:08:45 > 1:08:48Now, don't forget - take plenty of blank forms.

1:08:48 > 1:08:50Wait a minute! >

1:08:50 > 1:08:54What's this about? Who's the idiot that dreamed this up?

1:08:54 > 1:08:56I am - I mean, er...

1:08:56 > 1:09:00What's the matter? It was duly approved by the Board.

1:09:00 > 1:09:03You're going to conduct your own polls?

1:09:03 > 1:09:05That's our chief export - our opinions.

1:09:05 > 1:09:07We're through giving them away.

1:09:07 > 1:09:08We're selling them.

1:09:08 > 1:09:10I've seen everything.

1:09:10 > 1:09:11Everybody is instructed

1:09:11 > 1:09:14not to give opinions to outsiders,

1:09:14 > 1:09:15only to our official polltakers.

1:09:15 > 1:09:17Excuse me.

1:09:17 > 1:09:20Folks, you all know your station.

1:09:20 > 1:09:24May the best man or woman bring back the best answers.

1:09:24 > 1:09:26'Let's take our microphone here.

1:09:26 > 1:09:29'I'd like to give you some sidewalk interviews.

1:09:29 > 1:09:31'Here. This couple just arrived.'

1:09:31 > 1:09:33Why did you come here?

1:09:33 > 1:09:35Would you tell our audience?

1:09:35 > 1:09:37On account of my wife.

1:09:37 > 1:09:38Her sister -

1:09:38 > 1:09:40her sister in New York

1:09:40 > 1:09:42kids her about being a hick.

1:09:42 > 1:09:45Now we can say we live in Grandview.

1:09:45 > 1:09:47That will shut her mouth.

1:09:47 > 1:09:49I'm sure it will, sir.

1:09:49 > 1:09:52Here's a gentleman. Would you say a few...

1:09:52 > 1:09:54HE SLURS: I'll say something.

1:09:54 > 1:09:56Give me that microphone!

1:09:56 > 1:09:58The gentleman is too shy.

1:09:58 > 1:10:00Here's an attractive little lady...

1:10:00 > 1:10:03I want to talk to the radio guy.

1:10:03 > 1:10:05Come on, Rip. I told Stringer I'd phone

1:10:05 > 1:10:08as soon as I talked with you.

1:10:08 > 1:10:10Waiter!

1:10:10 > 1:10:13He says his proposition's still open.

1:10:13 > 1:10:16Hey, this isn't a bad seat.

1:10:16 > 1:10:17Ringside!

1:10:17 > 1:10:18No use hanging around.

1:10:18 > 1:10:20You can't do this town

1:10:20 > 1:10:22any good... Not now.

1:10:22 > 1:10:26A couple of ringside seats for a three-ring circus.

1:10:26 > 1:10:28Bring on your baboons!

1:10:28 > 1:10:30IKE: Take it easy, son!

1:10:30 > 1:10:32Yeah. Better be quiet.

1:10:32 > 1:10:36You know, Ike, I helped put on this show here.

1:10:36 > 1:10:38You did, too, you know!

1:10:38 > 1:10:40You helped put on this show.

1:10:40 > 1:10:42Old Ike. Ha ha!

1:10:42 > 1:10:44Mr Ike Sloan,

1:10:44 > 1:10:48the great inseprario - an impresario.

1:10:48 > 1:10:50Come on. Take a bow!

1:10:50 > 1:10:51Oh...

1:10:51 > 1:10:53Come on. Come on. All right!

1:10:53 > 1:10:56Ladies and gentlemen, introducing Mr Impresario,

1:10:56 > 1:10:58the famous Ike!

1:10:58 > 1:10:59Come on, take a bow.

1:10:59 > 1:11:01Cut it! Sit down.

1:11:01 > 1:11:03Cut it. Sit down.

1:11:03 > 1:11:05Sit down(!) Shh(!)

1:11:05 > 1:11:06Quiet(!)

1:11:06 > 1:11:08Shh(!)

1:11:08 > 1:11:10Shh(!)

1:11:12 > 1:11:14Shh!

1:11:19 > 1:11:21WAITER!

1:11:28 > 1:11:30Business property. >

1:11:30 > 1:11:32Give me > business property.

1:11:32 > 1:11:34Mary, this is terrific!

1:11:34 > 1:11:37Made 15,000. We'll get those new printing presses yet!

1:11:37 > 1:11:39It's paper profit. Please be careful.

1:11:39 > 1:11:41Don't worry about me.

1:11:41 > 1:11:44I wasn't born yesterday, you know.

1:11:46 > 1:11:48Let's get some black coffee,

1:11:48 > 1:11:50then phone Stringer.

1:11:50 > 1:11:51Good idea.

1:11:51 > 1:11:53And what do you think?

1:11:53 > 1:11:55Should husbands bring pay-envelopes home...

1:11:55 > 1:11:57Who do you represent?

1:11:57 > 1:12:01Oh, nobody. I'm just naturally nosy.

1:12:01 > 1:12:04Isn't all this just too, too divine?

1:12:04 > 1:12:06That's me - just naturally nosy.

1:12:06 > 1:12:09Sure. I know. Come on, son.

1:12:17 > 1:12:20RIP: How do you like your town now?

1:12:22 > 1:12:24How do you like your fancy,

1:12:24 > 1:12:27beautiful circus of a town now, huh?

1:12:52 > 1:12:59# I keep a book within my heart

1:12:59 > 1:13:06# Where all my fondest memories are... #

1:13:14 > 1:13:17Mr Twiddle took the earlier train.

1:13:17 > 1:13:19All aboard! >

1:13:19 > 1:13:22'But we were not satisfied. No, sir!

1:13:22 > 1:13:26'We've added one half million dollars!'

1:13:26 > 1:13:27Yes, sir...

1:13:27 > 1:13:29One half million!

1:13:29 > 1:13:32Pretty good for little old Grandview, huh?

1:13:35 > 1:13:37I still think we're bats.

1:13:37 > 1:13:39Why, the size of this thing!

1:13:39 > 1:13:42At least Mary's plan made sense!

1:13:42 > 1:13:43We're moving with the tide.

1:13:43 > 1:13:46This is no time for penny-pinching.

1:13:46 > 1:13:48The high school, for instance.

1:13:48 > 1:13:50Her plan called for 40 classrooms.

1:13:50 > 1:13:52Not enough, we say!

1:13:52 > 1:13:54150!

1:13:54 > 1:13:57150 is what we'll have!

1:13:57 > 1:14:00The bond issue hasn't been underwritten...

1:14:00 > 1:14:02..What if something goes wrong?

1:14:02 > 1:14:03Listen, my friend.

1:14:03 > 1:14:06You're one of our new citizens, aren't you?

1:14:06 > 1:14:08Well, you don't know us.

1:14:08 > 1:14:12In 1890, our grandparents built our city hall

1:14:12 > 1:14:14with their own hands.

1:14:14 > 1:14:15Yes, sir!

1:14:15 > 1:14:18If it comes to it, we'll do the same.

1:14:18 > 1:14:22That's the kind of people we are!

1:14:25 > 1:14:28Look, Mary. Isn't it wonderful?

1:14:28 > 1:14:30Kill it.

1:14:30 > 1:14:32Set up a new front page with news.

1:14:32 > 1:14:34But, Mary, this...

1:14:34 > 1:14:35I gave instructions

1:14:35 > 1:14:38that none of this madness be printed.

1:14:38 > 1:14:41The centre - it's something you've wanted.

1:14:41 > 1:14:42It's something Papa wanted.

1:14:42 > 1:14:44Yes, I know.

1:14:45 > 1:14:48'Last day! Cast your opinion today.

1:14:48 > 1:14:51'Would you vote a woman for United States President?

1:14:51 > 1:14:53'Don't get shut out, now.

1:14:53 > 1:14:56'Cast your opinion right away!'

1:15:03 > 1:15:05IKE: They're cockeyed!

1:15:05 > 1:15:07Where are the don't-knows?

1:15:07 > 1:15:10Ask people if they still beat their grandmothers

1:15:10 > 1:15:13and you'll get some don't-knows.

1:15:13 > 1:15:14Please, Mr Stringer.

1:15:14 > 1:15:17He'd rather be alone. He's thinking.

1:15:17 > 1:15:19You mean sleeping.

1:15:19 > 1:15:21How long is this going on?

1:15:21 > 1:15:23He slept through the conference,

1:15:23 > 1:15:27then woke and said, "I hope they use the back-pass dilemma".

1:15:27 > 1:15:29What's the matter with him?

1:15:32 > 1:15:34He makes a lot of noise.

1:15:34 > 1:15:37I've been waiting to see you.

1:15:37 > 1:15:38Uh, the...

1:15:38 > 1:15:40First Grandview poll is out.

1:15:45 > 1:15:48Gallup released their results...

1:15:48 > 1:15:50Almost opposite.

1:15:51 > 1:15:54They'll be laughed out of existence.

1:15:54 > 1:15:56The radio and newspapers

1:15:56 > 1:15:58have been at it all day.

1:15:58 > 1:16:00What are they saying?

1:16:00 > 1:16:03IKE: Plenty. They're getting their teeth kicked in.

1:16:07 > 1:16:10What that boy needs is a good dose

1:16:10 > 1:16:12of sulphur and molasses...

1:16:12 > 1:16:14GRANDVIEW sulphur and molasses!

1:16:14 > 1:16:15Yes.

1:16:15 > 1:16:19BIG BAND MUSIC PLAYS ON RADIO

1:16:19 > 1:16:20MUSIC STOPS

1:16:20 > 1:16:23RADIO: 'This town that's always been right

1:16:23 > 1:16:25'turned out to be ridiculously wrong.

1:16:25 > 1:16:29'They were so out of tune with the country,

1:16:29 > 1:16:32'people are beginning to wonder where Grandview is.

1:16:32 > 1:16:35'Certainly, it can't be in the United States.

1:16:35 > 1:16:37'There should be a moral in this.

1:16:37 > 1:16:40'No-one should assume they know it all.

1:16:40 > 1:16:45'What this little town of Grandview lost was humility,

1:16:45 > 1:16:47'and when you've lost that, my friends,

1:16:47 > 1:16:49'you've lost everything.

1:16:49 > 1:16:51'Poor Grandview.

1:16:51 > 1:16:54'They're the subject of ridicule throughout the country.'

1:16:54 > 1:16:57Bet you had to study hard to become a moron.

1:16:57 > 1:17:00Oh, no. I lived in Grandview.

1:17:00 > 1:17:02'Ha, ha, ha!'

1:17:11 > 1:17:13'RAUCOUS LAUGHTER'

1:17:48 > 1:17:52'This is my last broadcast from this ghost town,

1:17:52 > 1:17:54'and ghost town it is.

1:17:54 > 1:17:56'The people have even locked themselves in their homes,

1:17:56 > 1:17:58'ashamed of their ludicrous behaviour.

1:17:58 > 1:18:01'No community action is being taken.'

1:18:01 > 1:18:04Excuse me, here comes a gentleman.

1:18:04 > 1:18:06May I have your opinion?

1:18:06 > 1:18:08I have no opinion.

1:19:14 > 1:19:15DOOR CLOSES

1:19:32 > 1:19:35It's kind of deserted, isn't it?

1:19:36 > 1:19:38They don't come here anymore.

1:19:38 > 1:19:41They won't even talk to each other anymore.

1:19:45 > 1:19:47Gee, that's no good.

1:19:47 > 1:19:50People ought to talk to each other.

1:19:51 > 1:19:53How's Ma?

1:19:53 > 1:19:55Oh, Ma's the same.

1:19:55 > 1:19:59Senator Wilton dropped in on me the other day.

1:19:59 > 1:20:01Just came down from Washington.

1:20:01 > 1:20:04Walked out on the Foreign Affairs Committee.

1:20:04 > 1:20:07He said the pressure was on again.

1:20:07 > 1:20:09He seemed restless, kind of lost.

1:20:09 > 1:20:11He used to come here.

1:20:11 > 1:20:13Yeah.

1:20:16 > 1:20:19Oh, Mary, I had to come back.

1:20:19 > 1:20:20I had to.

1:20:20 > 1:20:23I couldn't work. I couldn't think.

1:20:23 > 1:20:25I couldn't...

1:20:25 > 1:20:27I love you, Mary.

1:20:34 > 1:20:37The nights I lay awake...

1:20:39 > 1:20:41..hearing you say that.

1:21:00 > 1:21:04The hinge on that door's been broken for years.

1:21:04 > 1:21:07Nobody seems to want to fix it.

1:21:07 > 1:21:10I love you, Mary.

1:21:18 > 1:21:20There was a story.

1:21:22 > 1:21:25We ran a news story the other day.

1:21:25 > 1:21:27The usual one...

1:21:27 > 1:21:30"Married woman who fell in love with another man."

1:21:30 > 1:21:33Her husband stood in their way,

1:21:33 > 1:21:35so finally, they killed him.

1:21:35 > 1:21:38They thought they were free...

1:21:40 > 1:21:42..but their crime created

1:21:42 > 1:21:44a vicious war between them...

1:21:45 > 1:21:47Until they destroyed each other.

1:21:49 > 1:21:52We murdered a town, Rip - you and I.

1:21:53 > 1:21:55We killed an idea

1:21:55 > 1:21:57my father devoted a lifetime to.

1:22:01 > 1:22:02DOOR OPENS

1:22:02 > 1:22:04Oh, Miss Mary.

1:22:04 > 1:22:06I've looked every place.

1:22:06 > 1:22:09Your telephone don't answer, and your mama wants you.

1:22:09 > 1:22:12Your mama heard Mr Birch got a plan

1:22:12 > 1:22:14for Freehall to run things here...

1:22:14 > 1:22:18..I guess that means Grandview is finished...

1:22:18 > 1:22:21..It's a shame, and nobody cares.

1:22:21 > 1:22:24..Your mama says come right away!

1:22:24 > 1:22:27Glad to see you, Mr Smith.

1:22:27 > 1:22:29Goodbye, Rip.

1:22:48 > 1:22:50Been all over town talking to everybody,

1:22:50 > 1:22:52trying to get them together.

1:22:52 > 1:22:54Old man Harkins practically slammed

1:22:54 > 1:22:56the door in his face.

1:22:56 > 1:22:58Morning, Rip. How's it going?

1:22:58 > 1:23:00Oh, fine. Fine.

1:23:03 > 1:23:06Well, snow or rain, boom or bust,

1:23:06 > 1:23:09the mail's still got to be delivered.

1:23:10 > 1:23:12They need a leader, Mr Nickleby.

1:23:12 > 1:23:14They've always followed you.

1:23:14 > 1:23:16Get them to do something startling,

1:23:16 > 1:23:20something that'll arouse the admiration of the whole country,

1:23:20 > 1:23:22something to bolster up their confidence.

1:23:22 > 1:23:24Go through with that civic centre.

1:23:24 > 1:23:27Start building the high school again.

1:23:27 > 1:23:29With what? This town's broke.

1:23:29 > 1:23:32Tax yourselves at such a fantastic rate,

1:23:32 > 1:23:34it'll be the talk of the country.

1:23:34 > 1:23:36People who sacrifice everything

1:23:36 > 1:23:38for the sake of the community.

1:23:38 > 1:23:39You're crazy.

1:23:39 > 1:23:43I figured it'd take something crazy to wake them up!

1:23:43 > 1:23:46Look, Senator Wilton is in town.

1:23:46 > 1:23:49He's willing to do anything to help.

1:23:49 > 1:23:53Suppose we get a group to do the initial financing.

1:23:53 > 1:23:55Will you go along with it?

1:23:55 > 1:23:58Try anything like that, and I'll stop it.

1:23:58 > 1:24:00Now if you'll excuse me,

1:24:00 > 1:24:03I have my own problems to work out.

1:24:06 > 1:24:09Mr Nickleby, I realise your problems are serious,

1:24:09 > 1:24:11but what about this town?

1:24:11 > 1:24:14This was once a great team,

1:24:14 > 1:24:16and you were an important member.

1:24:16 > 1:24:17You're walking out!

1:24:17 > 1:24:19The team's through.

1:24:19 > 1:24:22Anybody with an ounce of brains would know that.

1:24:22 > 1:24:24But, Mr Nickleby...

1:24:24 > 1:24:25Do you mind?

1:24:27 > 1:24:29No, I don't mind.

1:24:29 > 1:24:33By all means, attend to your personal affairs.

1:24:34 > 1:24:36So long, Hank.

1:24:37 > 1:24:39So long.

1:24:40 > 1:24:42Mr Birch, please.

1:24:43 > 1:24:46Ben is signing the contract this afternoon.

1:24:46 > 1:24:49Tomorrow Mary and I will be out of jobs.

1:24:49 > 1:24:51Have a muffin. Go on.

1:24:51 > 1:24:53It's my own recipe.

1:24:53 > 1:24:56I know. I think I'll take toast.

1:24:56 > 1:24:58It's Mr Smith, Ma'am.

1:24:58 > 1:25:00Oh, come in, Rip.

1:25:00 > 1:25:02Sorry I'm late, Mrs Wilton.

1:25:02 > 1:25:03We didn't wait for you.

1:25:03 > 1:25:05Hello, Ma.

1:25:05 > 1:25:07We missed you terribly.

1:25:07 > 1:25:10I missed you, too.

1:25:10 > 1:25:12Stop that fiddle-faddle and let the boy eat.

1:25:12 > 1:25:15Stop that fiddle-faddle(!)

1:25:17 > 1:25:19< What happened, Rip? Any luck?

1:25:19 > 1:25:21Senator, you ever find yourself

1:25:21 > 1:25:24swinging at windmills?

1:25:24 > 1:25:27That sums up his career. Take a muffin.

1:25:27 > 1:25:30Yes. I've heard about your muffins.

1:25:30 > 1:25:31Take one anyway.

1:25:31 > 1:25:33Thank you.

1:25:36 > 1:25:39Did you talk to them about the high school?

1:25:39 > 1:25:42Yeah. They thought I was crazy.

1:25:42 > 1:25:45I remember all those big statements

1:25:45 > 1:25:46at the dedication.

1:25:46 > 1:25:49"We'll build it with our own hands if necessary."

1:25:49 > 1:25:52Huh! Inflated with their puny success.

1:25:52 > 1:25:54I must admit, I believed them.

1:25:54 > 1:25:57Splashed it all over the front page.

1:25:57 > 1:26:00Mary took one look and killed the story.

1:26:00 > 1:26:02Excuse me. Mr Nickleby's boy.

1:26:02 > 1:26:05He wants to see Mr Smith.

1:26:05 > 1:26:08Excuse me, Mrs. Wilton. I heard Rip was here...

1:26:08 > 1:26:10Hank, did you want to see me?

1:26:10 > 1:26:12Is it private?

1:26:12 > 1:26:14Private? No, I guess not.

1:26:14 > 1:26:17When you were talking to my father,

1:26:17 > 1:26:19he wasn't square with you.

1:26:19 > 1:26:21He should have told you

1:26:21 > 1:26:23he's selling the civic centre.

1:26:23 > 1:26:24He's selling it?

1:26:24 > 1:26:28Yes, Ma'am. The council gave him a mortgage.

1:26:28 > 1:26:31Right after you left, he called up Mr Birch,

1:26:31 > 1:26:35told him to hurry if he wanted the property.

1:26:35 > 1:26:36Why tell me?

1:26:36 > 1:26:39I don't know. I figured maybe you could...

1:26:41 > 1:26:44I don't know what I figured.

1:26:46 > 1:26:49I guess I shouldn't be doing this.

1:26:49 > 1:26:52I guess it's all wrong.

1:26:52 > 1:26:54I love my father, Rip.

1:26:54 > 1:26:56He's a swell guy, but...

1:26:56 > 1:27:00You see, it's not the high school that matters.

1:27:01 > 1:27:03What you said is right.

1:27:03 > 1:27:06A guy shouldn't be walking out on the team.

1:27:06 > 1:27:08I don't like to see Pop doing it.

1:27:08 > 1:27:11I begged him not to.

1:27:11 > 1:27:15This certainly turned out to be a dopey town.

1:27:18 > 1:27:23SENATOR: It took a lot to make that boy do that.

1:27:23 > 1:27:26This town better start un-doping itself.

1:27:26 > 1:27:29What are we going to do, Rip?

1:27:31 > 1:27:32Hey, Ma. That front page...

1:27:32 > 1:27:36the one with the story about the high school,

1:27:36 > 1:27:40the one Mary killed. Is there a copy of that?

1:27:40 > 1:27:41Yes.

1:27:41 > 1:27:44What time do you go to press?

1:27:44 > 1:27:45About 1.30.

1:27:45 > 1:27:471.30.

1:27:47 > 1:27:50Senator, could I use your telephone?

1:27:50 > 1:27:52There's one right there.

1:27:53 > 1:27:55What are you going to do?

1:27:55 > 1:27:57We're going to get Nickleby

1:27:57 > 1:27:59back on that team...

1:27:59 > 1:28:02Nickleby and everybody else.

1:28:02 > 1:28:05We're going to print this story in today's issue.

1:28:05 > 1:28:08Quote that big talk and fancy statements.

1:28:08 > 1:28:10As if they were just made?

1:28:10 > 1:28:12Yes.

1:28:12 > 1:28:14But that happened weeks ago, Rip.

1:28:14 > 1:28:18Mislaid the story. Let them sue us.

1:28:18 > 1:28:21That's what I call ramming it down their gullets!

1:28:21 > 1:28:24Let me speak to Miss Peterman, please.

1:28:24 > 1:28:26What'll all this accomplish?

1:28:26 > 1:28:28It'll wake these people up!

1:28:28 > 1:28:30It may even get them around that stove again,

1:28:30 > 1:28:32talking, arguing, choosing sides!

1:28:32 > 1:28:34This sounds wonderful!

1:28:34 > 1:28:36That's just part of it.

1:28:36 > 1:28:38There's more?

1:28:38 > 1:28:41We'll make sure this gets national publicity.

1:28:41 > 1:28:43We'll contact the wire services, the radio!

1:28:43 > 1:28:45They'll HAVE to do something.

1:28:45 > 1:28:48They'll string us up to the nearest pole.

1:28:48 > 1:28:51So they string us up to the nearest pole!

1:28:51 > 1:28:54At least they'll be doing something together.

1:28:54 > 1:28:55Hello?

1:28:57 > 1:28:58Hello, Mary?

1:28:58 > 1:29:01Has the paper gone to press?

1:29:01 > 1:29:04Good. Ma and I will be right over.

1:29:04 > 1:29:06I want to try something that...

1:29:06 > 1:29:08Mary, this town isn't dead yet.

1:29:08 > 1:29:11We have a good chance of saving it.

1:29:11 > 1:29:14That is, if you're crazy enough

1:29:14 > 1:29:16to go along with the guy that...

1:29:16 > 1:29:17Huh?

1:29:17 > 1:29:19That's swell.

1:29:21 > 1:29:24That's all I wanted to know.

1:29:25 > 1:29:26Mary...

1:29:31 > 1:29:34Thank you, Mary. We'll be right over.

1:29:38 > 1:29:42Come on, gorgeous. We got to get moving!

1:29:42 > 1:29:44Good heavens! I'm so excited,

1:29:44 > 1:29:47I nearly ate one of my own muffins.

1:29:48 > 1:29:50It's your story, GH

1:29:50 > 1:29:53A normal town pulls a prize boner.

1:29:53 > 1:29:54They're left broke and humiliated.

1:29:54 > 1:29:57These wonderful people won't fold up!

1:29:57 > 1:29:59Instead, they hitch up their britches,

1:29:59 > 1:30:02spit in their hands, and start swinging!

1:30:16 > 1:30:17Thank you, Nickleby.

1:30:17 > 1:30:19Look at this, boss.

1:30:19 > 1:30:22You just sold me that property!

1:30:25 > 1:30:27RIP: Here comes another bunch!

1:30:27 > 1:30:29It's working like a charm.

1:30:29 > 1:30:32We'll have the whole town around that stove.

1:30:32 > 1:30:34..OK. Now do your stuff.

1:30:37 > 1:30:39Where's Mrs Peterman?

1:30:39 > 1:30:40Mary's the one I want!

1:30:40 > 1:30:42They're not in.

1:30:42 > 1:30:44Playing checkers.

1:30:44 > 1:30:46Down to the meeting hall.

1:30:46 > 1:30:48They can't do this!

1:30:49 > 1:30:50OK, boys.

1:30:54 > 1:30:56< You can't get away with this!

1:30:56 > 1:30:59We demand the story > be retracted!

1:30:59 > 1:31:01It's a pack of lies! >

1:31:01 > 1:31:04­ We're going to sue for libel or something!

1:31:04 > 1:31:05< That's what we should do.

1:31:05 > 1:31:09Anybody claim they haven't been properly quoted?

1:31:09 > 1:31:11That was under different circumstances!

1:31:15 > 1:31:16What insolence! >

1:31:16 > 1:31:18Somebody get > Mr Nickleby!

1:31:18 > 1:31:19< Yes!

1:31:21 > 1:31:24These people are cuckoo.

1:31:24 > 1:31:25Can't find him.

1:31:25 > 1:31:27Can't find Rip anywhere.

1:31:27 > 1:31:30< Here comes Mr Nickleby now!

1:31:39 > 1:31:42I always thought you were sensible, Mary.

1:31:42 > 1:31:45Is this your idea of a practical joke?

1:31:45 > 1:31:48If you're interested in practical jokes, Mr Nickleby,

1:31:48 > 1:31:50read some of your own statements.

1:31:50 > 1:31:51Funny. Very funny.

1:31:51 > 1:31:54All of us have a case against you

1:31:54 > 1:31:56and against Smith.

1:31:56 > 1:31:59RADIO: 'These magnificent people are plunging into a project

1:31:59 > 1:32:02'that will arouse the envy of every community planner...'

1:32:02 > 1:32:04­ Shut that off!

1:32:04 > 1:32:07Richard, I want to hear that.

1:32:07 > 1:32:10'They're going to build a civic centre,

1:32:10 > 1:32:12'even though it may mean sacrifice

1:32:12 > 1:32:15'for everyone in the entire community.

1:32:15 > 1:32:18'Before I sign off, I want to say...

1:32:18 > 1:32:20'more power to you, Grandview.

1:32:20 > 1:32:23'In your circumstances, it takes great courage

1:32:23 > 1:32:26'to tackle a programme of such magnitude.'

1:32:26 > 1:32:27It certainly does.

1:32:29 > 1:32:32Some of you may go crazy, but not me!

1:32:32 > 1:32:35No radio commentator will sweet-talk me into bankruptcy.

1:32:35 > 1:32:38If you've got sense, you'll forget this.

1:32:38 > 1:32:40We'll see you in court!

1:32:53 > 1:32:54< It's Rip!

1:33:14 > 1:33:15What's this all about, son?

1:33:15 > 1:33:19We were promised a whatcha-call-it... a new high school -

1:33:19 > 1:33:21and we want it.

1:33:21 > 1:33:23Hank, come home this minute!

1:33:23 > 1:33:25..Do you hear me?

1:33:25 > 1:33:27Yes, sir.

1:33:35 > 1:33:38We decided if you quit the team,

1:33:38 > 1:33:40we're going to quit, too.

1:33:40 > 1:33:44We don't want to be ashamed of our town.

1:33:44 > 1:33:47If you don't go through with the high school,

1:33:47 > 1:33:49we'll be laughed at worse than ever.

1:33:49 > 1:33:52We don't want to always be razzed.

1:33:52 > 1:33:55Are we going to let these brats

1:33:55 > 1:33:58tell us how to run our affairs?

1:33:58 > 1:34:01We're trying to get you to stick by the team -

1:34:01 > 1:34:04you and everybody else.

1:34:04 > 1:34:06Rip says you're all wonderful people,

1:34:06 > 1:34:09but you just lost your nerve.

1:34:09 > 1:34:11Listen, folks!

1:34:11 > 1:34:13Why can't we do it?

1:34:13 > 1:34:15Your fathers and grandfathers

1:34:15 > 1:34:17fought when they were in a jam!

1:34:17 > 1:34:21What they did is part of our beautiful history!

1:34:21 > 1:34:22What's wrong with us?

1:34:22 > 1:34:24Where's the money coming from?

1:34:24 > 1:34:26I'll read your statement, Mr Mayor.

1:34:26 > 1:34:30"If necessary, we'll use our own two hands."

1:34:30 > 1:34:32What about that, Mr Mayor?

1:34:32 > 1:34:35Mary, are you suggesting that we do that?

1:34:35 > 1:34:38Actually build it with our own hands?

1:34:38 > 1:34:40Certainly!

1:34:42 > 1:34:44If everybody helped, Ed...

1:34:44 > 1:34:46This is idiotic! >

1:34:46 > 1:34:49..The council approved the sale of the property!

1:34:49 > 1:34:51Approved it?

1:34:51 > 1:34:52First I hear of it.

1:34:52 > 1:34:55Hey. Hey, Mike.

1:34:57 > 1:35:00Mom, you're on the council.

1:35:00 > 1:35:04Rip says you had no right to approve it.

1:35:04 > 1:35:08Rip says it's got to be put up to the voters.

1:35:08 > 1:35:12It should be up to the voters. That's city property.

1:35:12 > 1:35:14What about that, > Mr Nickleby?

1:35:14 > 1:35:17We were going to do that.

1:35:17 > 1:35:19We intended to have a vote.

1:35:19 > 1:35:21We assumed you wouldn't care.

1:35:21 > 1:35:23< Wouldn't care!?

1:35:26 > 1:35:28Ed, this is terrible.

1:35:28 > 1:35:31< Rip Smith is right. We lost our nerve.

1:35:31 > 1:35:33Listen, everybody.

1:35:33 > 1:35:35I don't know about you,

1:35:35 > 1:35:37but I don't like this.

1:35:37 > 1:35:40It's tough to admit you've been a fool,

1:35:40 > 1:35:42but, well, look at us.

1:35:42 > 1:35:45Mr Nickleby assumed we wouldn't care,

1:35:45 > 1:35:49wouldn't care if we didn't get a chance to vote.

1:35:49 > 1:35:51When I get to that point,

1:35:51 > 1:35:55I'll find myself a nice hole and crawl in.

1:35:55 > 1:35:59But I'm not ready for that, in spite of Mr Nickleby.

1:35:59 > 1:36:02..Maybe whether a town lives or dies

1:36:02 > 1:36:05isn't important to some people,

1:36:05 > 1:36:07but it is to me.

1:36:07 > 1:36:10I feel as if my own family is breaking up,

1:36:10 > 1:36:12and I don't like it.

1:36:12 > 1:36:17If building a high school can save it, I'm for it.

1:36:17 > 1:36:20I'll organise everyone that can handle a tool

1:36:20 > 1:36:24and guarantee a first-class plumbing job.

1:36:24 > 1:36:25Good for you, Pop! >

1:36:25 > 1:36:28I'll do the same with the carpenters.

1:36:28 > 1:36:29I'll handle lighting.

1:36:29 > 1:36:31Count on my boys!

1:36:31 > 1:36:32< I'll get painters!

1:36:32 > 1:36:36I'll close my office and supervise the job!

1:36:36 > 1:36:38That's whatcha-call-it... swell, Pop!

1:36:38 > 1:36:41Is everybody willing to help?

1:36:41 > 1:36:42ALL: YES!

1:36:54 > 1:36:56Wonderful, huh?

1:36:56 > 1:36:59Hand me the paintbrush and stand back.

1:36:59 > 1:37:01This will take years.

1:37:01 > 1:37:03Suppose it does. What's the hurry?

1:37:19 > 1:37:20Rip!

1:37:24 > 1:37:25Rip!

1:37:33 > 1:37:36Hey. Hey, there's Senator Wilton!