Magic Town

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Morning, Joe. Another one, huh?	0:01:10	0:01:12
In or out?	0:01:12	0:01:13
Out. Rip Smith.	0:01:13	0:01:15
Institute of Public Opinion. Going out of business.	0:01:15	0:01:17
Rip Smith...18th floor, inside office,	0:01:17	0:01:19
tall man, brown shoes,	0:01:19	0:01:21
dark polish three times a week,	0:01:21	0:01:24
25 cent tip.	0:01:24	0:01:27
Too bad. Nice man.	0:01:27	0:01:29
No wonder he's going out of business,	0:01:31	0:01:34
getting opinions from the public.	0:01:34	0:01:36
That's a screwy way to make a living.	0:01:36	0:01:39
There's nothing screwy about it.	0:01:39	0:01:41
Look at Gallup.	0:01:41	0:01:42
Big corporations pay a lot of money	0:01:42	0:01:45
to find out what you and I think.	0:01:45	0:01:48
Now, you take this cigar, for instance.	0:01:48	0:01:50
People stop buying it, sales fall off,	0:01:50	0:01:53
manufacturer wants to know why.	0:01:53	0:01:55
I can tell them why in one word.	0:01:57	0:02:00
Hey, George, is it true about Rip Smith?	0:02:03	0:02:06
Yes. I saw them moving the furniture out.	0:02:06	0:02:09
Isn't that swell?	0:02:09	0:02:11
Did you hear about Rip?	0:02:12	0:02:13
Mack cancelled his contract.	0:02:13	0:02:15
They're moving the furniture out of his office.	0:02:15	0:02:18
He talked to me about jobs	0:02:18	0:02:21
for some of his people.	0:02:21	0:02:23
What about himself? Let's grab him.	0:02:23	0:02:25
We've been discussing it.	0:02:25	0:02:26
What is there to discuss?	0:02:26	0:02:28
Henry thinks we'd be foolish.	0:02:28	0:02:30
Why, Henry, that's the hottest piece of manpower...	0:02:30	0:02:33
Yes, I know. Brilliant.	0:02:33	0:02:35
But too much of a dreamer for me.	0:02:35	0:02:38
To hear him talk, we're all idiots.	0:02:38	0:02:41
Our method of polling public opinion	0:02:41	0:02:43
is apparently ridiculous.	0:02:43	0:02:45
Thinks we're wasting money	0:02:45	0:02:47
questioning people all over the country.	0:02:47	0:02:49
He's going to find	0:02:49	0:02:51
some miraculous shortcut.	0:02:51	0:02:53
Maybe he can.	0:02:53	0:02:54
It's called his mathematical miracle -	0:02:54	0:02:56
how to question 50 or 100 people	0:02:56	0:02:59
and find out how the whole country's thinking.	0:02:59	0:03:04
If it could be done, he'd make a fortune.	0:03:04	0:03:07
If, if, if. He was forced out of business.	0:03:07	0:03:10
Henry, that's because he operated on a shoestring.	0:03:10	0:03:13
What makes you think he'll come with us?	0:03:13	0:03:16
Rip's burning with ambition. He'll go it alone.	0:03:16	0:03:19
We'll get him. Don't worry.	0:03:19	0:03:21
In his present condition,	0:03:21	0:03:23
he's a cinch.	0:03:23	0:03:24
Yes, sir.	0:03:24	0:03:26
Like I said to my wife,	0:03:26	0:03:29
sometimes asking too many questions don't pay off.	0:03:29	0:03:32
"When I got your letter,	0:03:32	0:03:33
"I tested public opinion in my hometown	0:03:33	0:03:36
"on the subject you suggested,	0:03:36	0:03:38
"and here's the result.	0:03:38	0:03:40
"In favour, 69.1 Not in favour, 22.6	0:03:40	0:03:43
"Don't-knows, 8.3..."	0:03:43	0:03:45
We just laid one egg.	0:03:45	0:03:47
What are you hatching now?	0:03:47	0:03:49
What are those letters about?	0:03:49	0:03:51
Who's that one from, Mr Twiddle?	0:03:51	0:03:53
You're awake. It's from Frederick Hoopendecker.	0:03:53	0:03:56
He's a schoolteacher. Shall I go on?	0:03:56	0:03:59
Sergeant Hoopendecker. What a man.	0:03:59	0:04:01
He could handle a bazooka like a toy pistol.	0:04:01	0:04:04
Shall I go on?	0:04:04	0:04:05
Getting a bunch of ex-dullfeet	0:04:05	0:04:08
to canvass their hometowns.	0:04:08	0:04:10
What for?	0:04:10	0:04:12
Well, I'm still hunting for that shortcut, Ike.	0:04:12	0:04:15
Mathematical miracle.	0:04:16	0:04:17
My goodness, shall I go on?	0:04:17	0:04:20
No. No. No.	0:04:20	0:04:21
I thought I had an idea.	0:04:21	0:04:24
Just file that with the rest of them, Mr Twiddle.	0:04:24	0:04:28
Everybody get paid off?	0:04:28	0:04:31
Uh-huh.	0:04:31	0:04:32
Good.	0:04:32	0:04:33
Why don't you give up, Rip?	0:04:49	0:04:51
Stop chasing rainbows. Go to work for somebody.	0:04:51	0:04:54
I could put a bowling alley in here.	0:04:54	0:04:57
A lot of good guys got kicked around.	0:04:57	0:05:00
They're not out to capture the world.	0:05:00	0:05:02
Dancing academy, maybe.	0:05:02	0:05:05
May I?	0:05:05	0:05:06
Stop it, Rip! This is no time...	0:05:06	0:05:09
It's good for the soul!	0:05:09	0:05:11
RIP WHISTLES A TUNE	0:05:11	0:05:13
What do you think you're doing?	0:05:17	0:05:20
It's Mr Stringer.	0:05:20	0:05:21
HE WHISTLES AGAIN	0:05:21	0:05:23
Thank you.	0:05:24	0:05:25
Hello, Charlie.	0:05:25	0:05:27
I've got a proposition, Rip.	0:05:27	0:05:28
We might have an opening.	0:05:28	0:05:30
If you'll accept a reasonable salary	0:05:30	0:05:33
against 10% of the profits,	0:05:33	0:05:34
you can take Ike and Mr What's-his-name?	0:05:34	0:05:37
Twiddle.	0:05:37	0:05:39
Yeah, Twiddle.	0:05:39	0:05:40
Thanks, Charlie. I'll think about it.	0:05:40	0:05:43
Don't be a fool, Rip. You can't be fussy.	0:05:43	0:05:47
You and your mathematical miracles.	0:05:47	0:05:50
No wonder Mack cancelled your contract.	0:05:50	0:05:52
We released our figures today on the same subject.	0:05:52	0:05:56
Look at it.	0:05:56	0:05:58
You weren't even close.	0:05:58	0:06:00
You can't do polls without national coverage.	0:06:00	0:06:02
And that takes lots of money.	0:06:02	0:06:04
Make up your mind, there are no shortcuts.	0:06:04	0:06:07
What are you grinning about?	0:06:07	0:06:09
Charlie, I love you.	0:06:09	0:06:12
With all my heart, I love you!	0:06:12	0:06:14
The answer's no. See you around. Come here.	0:06:14	0:06:17
Give me that.	0:06:19	0:06:21
Get off that desk!	0:06:21	0:06:23
What hit you?	0:06:23	0:06:25
Lock that door!	0:06:25	0:06:26
Now if I can just find this letter.	0:06:26	0:06:29
There it is.	0:06:29	0:06:30
This might be it, Ike!	0:06:30	0:06:32
The shortcut I've been searching for.	0:06:32	0:06:35
Now, look at Hoopendecker's letter!	0:06:35	0:06:37
Look at Stringer's figures!	0:06:37	0:06:39
Stringer canvassed thousands of people.	0:06:39	0:06:41
Hoopendecker canvassed a handful in a small town!	0:06:41	0:06:44
Look at the results!	0:06:44	0:06:46
69.1, 69... They're just the same!	0:06:46	0:06:49
I tell you, this might be it!	0:06:49	0:06:51
One small town that thinks exactly the way the nation does.	0:06:51	0:06:55
You're talking about Utopia.	0:06:55	0:06:57
Utopia. We'll find out right now.	0:06:57	0:06:59
Mr Twiddle, get the almanac.	0:06:59	0:07:01
Call the Census Bureau,	0:07:01	0:07:03
and get Hoopendecker on the phone!	0:07:03	0:07:05
Never mind that!	0:07:12	0:07:13
I'll get the national figures out of the almanac.	0:07:13	0:07:17
What about the last election?	0:07:17	0:07:19
I want the figures, the percentages.	0:07:19	0:07:21
Now prohibition.	0:07:21	0:07:23
What about the last time?	0:07:23	0:07:24
Democrats?	0:07:24	0:07:26
All right. Republicans?	0:07:26	0:07:28
I knew someplace somewhere there was a town like this!	0:07:28	0:07:32
Even the population breaks down right!	0:07:32	0:07:35
Just like the country!	0:07:35	0:07:36
The same percentage of males, females,	0:07:36	0:07:39
farmers, labour, Democrats, Republicans, everything!	0:07:39	0:07:42
Hello. Yeah, I'm still here.	0:07:42	0:07:43
Look, here's the setup.	0:07:43	0:07:45
We'll have to poll the same people repeatedly.	0:07:45	0:07:48
This might be good for years.	0:07:48	0:07:50
Eventually they'll get self-conscious.	0:07:50	0:07:52
Those townspeople can't know what we're doing.	0:07:52	0:07:55
We got to have a cover.	0:07:55	0:07:57
We're three insurance salesmen from Hartford.	0:07:57	0:08:00
Insurance? Oh, my goodness.	0:08:00	0:08:02
To talk to a man about when he's going to die...	0:08:02	0:08:06
Hello.	0:08:06	0:08:07
Yeah, that's what I said, Mack,	0:08:07	0:08:10
and I can deliver, too.	0:08:10	0:08:11
Stringer's been doing a poll for you for months	0:08:11	0:08:15
on progressive education in the public schools.	0:08:15	0:08:18
Suppose I start now and finish before him?	0:08:18	0:08:21
I tell you, it is possible!	0:08:21	0:08:23
W-Well...	0:08:23	0:08:25
Within one percent, that's how close!	0:08:25	0:08:28
I won't tell you how I do it.	0:08:28	0:08:31
No other polling outfit will find out about this.	0:08:31	0:08:34
I'm going to make a million bucks on this!	0:08:34	0:08:38
What? Yeah. Let me understand this.	0:08:38	0:08:40
You'll put me on trial, huh?	0:08:40	0:08:42
If this goes over, you'll renew my contract?	0:08:42	0:08:45
That's all I want to know.	0:08:45	0:08:47
OK, Mack. Thanks.	0:08:47	0:08:49
Grandview, you good old mathematical miracle,	0:08:49	0:08:51
here we come!	0:08:51	0:08:53
Thank you, Grandview.	0:09:10	0:09:12
Gee, the moment Columbus first sighted land	0:09:15	0:09:17
must have been just like this.	0:09:17	0:09:20
Would you mind moving, please?	0:09:20	0:09:21
Excuse me.	0:09:21	0:09:23
< Moody's Mansion House!	0:09:23	0:09:24
Bus for Moody's Mansion House leaving right away!	0:09:24	0:09:28
Moody's Mansion House?	0:09:28	0:09:29
That's the name of the hotel.	0:09:29	0:09:32
That's a perfect name for the hotel.	0:09:32	0:09:34
Maybe it is, and maybe it ain't.	0:09:34	0:09:37
You want to go there?	0:09:37	0:09:39
Yeah, and see that fellow	0:09:39	0:09:41
who looks like he popped out of Dickens?	0:09:41	0:09:44
Tell him to check us in. We're going for a walk.	0:09:44	0:09:47
"Moody's Mansion House."	0:09:47	0:09:49
How do you do?	0:10:01	0:10:02
Ike, it's wonderful to be around a town	0:10:10	0:10:13
you know like you know an old family album.	0:10:13	0:10:17
Look at that fellow.	0:10:17	0:10:19
He's married. He has 1.7 children.	0:10:19	0:10:21
Out of his income, he spends 11.2 for rent,	0:10:21	0:10:25
23.5 for food, and 17.2 for clothing...	0:10:25	0:10:28
Poor guy. He's just a series of fractions.	0:10:28	0:10:30
He ought to stop acting like a human being.	0:10:30	0:10:34
Hello there.	0:10:39	0:10:41
Glad to see you again.	0:10:43	0:10:45
Well, glad to see you.	0:10:45	0:10:47
How have you been?	0:10:47	0:10:49
Fine. How have you been?	0:10:49	0:10:51
Can't complain. You're looking well.	0:10:51	0:10:52
You seem fit yourself.	0:10:52	0:10:54
Not bad for an old man.	0:10:54	0:10:57
Well...	0:10:57	0:11:00
Well... How have you been?	0:11:02	0:11:05
Can't complain. And you?	0:11:05	0:11:07
Fine. Fine. Ha, ha.	0:11:07	0:11:10
Glad to have seen you again.	0:11:10	0:11:12
I'm very glad to have seen you.	0:11:12	0:11:15
Who's that?	0:11:17	0:11:21
Who's that man? I don't know.	0:11:21	0:11:23
Sure you don't know him?	0:11:23	0:11:25
No, I don't know him.	0:11:25	0:11:27
If he knows you, we're sunk.	0:11:27	0:11:29
He was just being friendly.	0:11:29	0:11:31
Get it higher! > Higher!	0:11:34	0:11:36
Hey, where can I find Professor Hoopendecker?	0:11:36	0:11:39
I don't know. He ain't down here.	0:11:39	0:11:41
Wise guy.	0:11:41	0:11:43
Thanks.	0:11:43	0:11:44
Wow!	0:12:09	0:12:10
< Did you see that?	0:12:10	0:12:13
All the way from there to there.	0:12:13	0:12:16
That was really something.	0:12:16	0:12:18
< Pass it here!	0:12:18	0:12:20
Hide me. Hide me.	0:12:22	0:12:24
Company, ten-hut!	0:12:26	0:12:29
Hit the dirt!	0:12:29	0:12:30
Rip!	0:12:42	0:12:43
Rip Smith!	0:12:43	0:12:45
Good old Sergeant Hoopendecker.	0:12:45	0:12:47
Hiya, dirty face.	0:12:47	0:12:49
Mon capitaine. Je vous aime.	0:12:49	0:12:51
You rat. It took me years to build dignity.	0:12:53	0:12:56
Rip Smith! That's who it is.	0:12:56	0:12:58
Sorry I couldn't meet you at the train.	0:12:58	0:13:01
How's it going?	0:13:01	0:13:03
The survey I did was good, huh?	0:13:03	0:13:05
Right on the nose for the whole nation.	0:13:05	0:13:08
Isn't this insurance thing risky?	0:13:08	0:13:10
We'll sell some insurance if we have to.	0:13:10	0:13:13
Is that him, Mr Hoopendecker?	0:13:13	0:13:15
That's he, all right.	0:13:15	0:13:17
Rip Smith. That's plush.	0:13:17	0:13:19
Mr Hoopendecker said you were coming.	0:13:19	0:13:21
We read about you in the basketball guide.	0:13:21	0:13:25
I'm coaching. Here's my assistant.	0:13:25	0:13:27
Mascot of the team.	0:13:27	0:13:29
Hi, Rip.	0:13:29	0:13:31
Hey. Hey!	0:13:31	0:13:32
What's going on?	0:13:32	0:13:34
That's a nickel a look.	0:13:34	0:13:36
SCHOOL BELL RINGS	0:13:36	0:13:37
Boys, move along.	0:13:37	0:13:38
So long.	0:13:38	0:13:40
Have you seen anybody yet?	0:13:40	0:13:42
No. I'm going to see the mayor now.	0:13:42	0:13:45
Meet me after school at the town meeting hall.	0:13:45	0:13:48
I'll introduce you to folks.	0:13:48	0:13:50
How do you do?	0:13:57	0:13:59
Why, the very idea!	0:13:59	0:14:01
Imagine a grown man doing such a thing.	0:14:01	0:14:03
No, I can't.	0:14:03	0:14:05
Wait right here, please.	0:14:07	0:14:09
Thank you. Thank you.	0:14:09	0:14:11
Where did you disappear to?	0:14:18	0:14:20
Dropped in on my old pal Hoopendecker.	0:14:20	0:14:23
What's this? What goes on here?	0:14:23	0:14:25
His Honour the mayor is in conference.	0:14:25	0:14:28
We just have to put the decimal points in the right place,	0:14:28	0:14:32
and we're home.	0:14:32	0:14:34
Let's pray these good people stay average,	0:14:34	0:14:37
that they don't change.	0:14:37	0:14:39
They haven't changed in 50 years. Forget it.	0:14:39	0:14:43
Yes, these changes will make this town.	0:14:43	0:14:45
The park and the playground	0:14:45	0:14:47
will be placed right here,	0:14:47	0:14:49
the hospital and the nursery here,	0:14:49	0:14:52
the library here, the high school here.	0:14:52	0:14:54
As mayor, I'm neutral, a servant of the people,	0:14:54	0:14:57
but I still insist this plan is preposterous.	0:14:57	0:15:00
Richard, isn't it preposterous?	0:15:00	0:15:02
I'm tired of hearing about it.	0:15:02	0:15:05
She's been coming before this council for years.	0:15:05	0:15:07
It's like a filibuster.	0:15:07	0:15:09
There ought to be a law...	0:15:09	0:15:11
Now, now, Lou. This is a free country.	0:15:11	0:15:14
All right. All right.	0:15:14	0:15:16
Thank you, Mr Nickleby.	0:15:16	0:15:18
I'll continue to exercise that right	0:15:18	0:15:20
until you're convinced that Grandview needs	0:15:20	0:15:23
this new civic centre.	0:15:23	0:15:24
It's all right, Mr Mayor. You're excused.	0:15:24	0:15:27
Yes. Excuse me. Of course.	0:15:27	0:15:29
What is it?	0:15:35	0:15:36
You said it was important.	0:15:36	0:15:38
I'm Lawrence Smith.	0:15:38	0:15:40
This is my associate Mr Sloan.	0:15:40	0:15:42
We just arrived in town and thought you could help us.	0:15:42	0:15:46
Just a moment.	0:15:46	0:15:49
Notes for visitors' diary.	0:15:49	0:15:51
At, er, 9.46,	0:15:51	0:15:53
a gentleman named Lawrence Smith came in.	0:15:53	0:15:55
"Visitors are always welcome", I said.	0:15:55	0:15:58
"What can I do for you?"	0:15:58	0:16:01
Visitors are welcome. What can I do for you?	0:16:01	0:16:04
We want to open an insurance office.	0:16:04	0:16:07
We thought you could recommend a real estate agent.	0:16:07	0:16:11
Mr Smith requested that I recommend a real estate agent.	0:16:11	0:16:14
"I'm in a difficult position", I said.	0:16:14	0:16:17
"The mayor cannot show partiality".	0:16:17	0:16:19
Just a moment. I'll get Lou Dicketts.	0:16:19	0:16:22
Best real estate man in town.	0:16:22	0:16:25
Rest of them ain't worth a hoot and a holler.	0:16:25	0:16:29
What about the whoosis - the upkeep?	0:16:29	0:16:32
That means more what-you-call-it...	0:16:32	0:16:35
Uh, taxes.	0:16:35	0:16:36
Excuse me.	0:16:36	0:16:37
Why not let the voters decide?	0:16:37	0:16:41
Mr Nickleby's being very unselfish about this.	0:16:41	0:16:45
As the leading contractor, he'd naturally benefit.	0:16:45	0:16:48
We can't afford it.	0:16:48	0:16:49
Did it occur to you, Richard Nickleby,	0:16:49	0:16:52
social improvements would attract new people, new wealth,	0:16:52	0:16:55
so we could afford it?	0:16:55	0:16:57
Glad to be of... what-you-call-it...service.	0:16:57	0:17:00
Like a fella says, thank you.	0:17:00	0:17:03
FEMALE VOICE: All you want is changes! >	0:17:07	0:17:09
Change this. Change that. >	0:17:09	0:17:11
Of course I want changes. >	0:17:11	0:17:13
It's about time we grew up >	0:17:13	0:17:16
and made it a decent place. >	0:17:16	0:17:18
Changes. There goes your mathematical miracle.	0:17:18	0:17:21
< When it comes to community planning,	0:17:21	0:17:24
< I'll trust Mr Nickleby.	0:17:24	0:17:27
This is a very fine community!	0:17:27	0:17:30
It's a beautiful community!	0:17:30	0:17:32
I'm sorry. I didn't mean to butt in.	0:17:32	0:17:34
That's all right. Come in.	0:17:34	0:17:36
What do you think of Grandview?	0:17:36	0:17:39
Think of it? I've been searching	0:17:39	0:17:41
for a town like this for years!	0:17:41	0:17:44
You like it, do you? Speak up!	0:17:44	0:17:47
When I got off that train,	0:17:47	0:17:50
I said, "This is it".	0:17:50	0:17:52
I've just walked through your town,	0:17:52	0:17:54
with its shade trees and its lovely parks.	0:17:54	0:17:58
I stood before your impressive buildings	0:17:58	0:18:00
and said, "Here's a sturdy challenge	0:18:00	0:18:02
"to the evils of the modern era."	0:18:02	0:18:05
I felt your people's vitality and security...	0:18:05	0:18:09
All in less than one hour.	0:18:09	0:18:12
Hmm?	0:18:12	0:18:13
Your children are happy...happy.	0:18:13	0:18:16
You can see it in their dear little faces	0:18:16	0:18:19
and hear it in their wholesome talk.	0:18:19	0:18:22
Oh, I...	0:18:23	0:18:24
There's beauty here.	0:18:24	0:18:26
It's almost indescribable.	0:18:26	0:18:29
You're used to it. You're all a part of it.	0:18:29	0:18:32
You take it for granted.	0:18:32	0:18:34
But to me,	0:18:34	0:18:36
it's a hope and a dream of a lifetime.	0:18:36	0:18:39
And I...	0:18:39	0:18:41
I, too, want to become a part of it.	0:18:43	0:18:46
Please don't change it.	0:18:46	0:18:48
Well, I-I'm very sorry.	0:18:52	0:18:54
I didn't mean to intrude.	0:18:54	0:18:56
He's right.	0:19:05	0:19:07
Absolutely right.	0:19:07	0:19:08
That makes me what-you-call-it?	0:19:08	0:19:11
Proud.	0:19:11	0:19:12
That's the kind > of young man	0:19:12	0:19:15
this town needs. >	0:19:15	0:19:16
Let's forget this nonsense about high schools! >	0:19:16	0:19:19
All those in favour? >	0:19:19	0:19:21
Meeting's adjourned. >	0:19:21	0:19:22
It took a stranger to pound sense into us. >	0:19:22	0:19:25
You fascinate me.	0:19:25	0:19:29
I nearly fell for that scheme of Mary's.	0:19:29	0:19:32
..Get to know him better.	0:19:32	0:19:34
Ed Schwartz, meet my friend Lawrence Smith.	0:19:37	0:19:40
How do you do?	0:19:40	0:19:41
Mel Handler.	0:19:41	0:19:43
Pleased to know you.	0:19:43	0:19:45
Hey, fellas!	0:19:45	0:19:47
I want you to meet my friend Lawrence Smith...	0:19:47	0:19:50
insurance.	0:19:50	0:19:51
Mr Hoopendecker's friends are welcome here.	0:19:51	0:19:54
Thank you very much, gentlemen.	0:19:54	0:19:56
Everything takes place here...	0:19:56	0:19:58
political rallies, concerts, dances.	0:19:58	0:20:00
Hey, there it is.	0:20:00	0:20:02
Look at it.	0:20:06	0:20:08
The great American institution -	0:20:08	0:20:10
the potbellied stove.	0:20:10	0:20:12
That one's been there for over 100 years.	0:20:12	0:20:15
Sit around that stove,	0:20:15	0:20:17
and you'll find out what Grandview's thinking.	0:20:17	0:20:20
Find out what the country's thinking, too.	0:20:20	0:20:22
Yeah.	0:20:22	0:20:23
If you want to find out where our senators hide...	0:20:23	0:20:28
Senator Wilton, I want you to meet	0:20:28	0:20:31
my friend Lawrence Smith.	0:20:31	0:20:33
Glad to see you.	0:20:33	0:20:35
Glad to see you.	0:20:35	0:20:36
Oh, yes.	0:20:36	0:20:38
THEY LAUGH	0:20:38	0:20:40
Well, this is Senator Wilton.	0:20:40	0:20:42
You're United States Senator Wilton!	0:20:42	0:20:44
Well, of course!	0:20:44	0:20:45
No wonder your face was familiar.	0:20:45	0:20:48
The Senator was brought up here in Grandview.	0:20:48	0:20:51
He comes back to visit.	0:20:51	0:20:53
The pressure in Washington gets pretty strong sometimes.	0:20:53	0:20:56
Easy to lose your perspective.	0:20:56	0:20:57
Issues become very simple in this room.	0:20:57	0:21:00
I imagine so.	0:21:00	0:21:02
There's something in the local paper about you.	0:21:02	0:21:05
I have it here, Senator.	0:21:05	0:21:07
Oh, thanks. They don't...	0:21:07	0:21:09
they don't seem to like you.	0:21:09	0:21:11
There, under "Town Titbits".	0:21:11	0:21:14
"The incident at the council meeting	0:21:14	0:21:16
"that was reported to this paper	0:21:16	0:21:19
"indicates a complete lack of grace."	0:21:19	0:21:22
Well...	0:21:22	0:21:23
"This is his first day in town,	0:21:23	0:21:26
"yet Mr Smith managed to poke	0:21:26	0:21:28
"his unwelcome proboscis	0:21:28	0:21:30
"into local affairs." Um, pretty cute.	0:21:30	0:21:32
"If you are really here	0:21:32	0:21:34
"to sell insurance, Mr Smith,	0:21:34	0:21:36
"you would do well to start building	0:21:36	0:21:39
"good will and confidence."	0:21:39	0:21:40
Where's the slaughterhouse that turns this out?	0:21:40	0:21:43
Down the street. I'll go with you.	0:21:43	0:21:46
I'll handle it. Excuse me, Senator.	0:21:46	0:21:48
They're a tough crew.	0:21:48	0:21:50
I can be tough myself!	0:21:50	0:21:52
I want to see the editor	0:22:06	0:22:08
of this imitation newspaper!	0:22:08	0:22:10
Please say that again.	0:22:32	0:22:34
I want to know...	0:22:34	0:22:36
No. The same words, in the same way.	0:22:36	0:22:39
You can bang the counter if you wish.	0:22:39	0:22:42
Please.	0:22:42	0:22:44
Where's the editor?	0:22:46	0:22:47
I want to see the editor	0:22:47	0:22:50
of this imitation newspaper!	0:22:50	0:22:51
Thank you.	0:22:51	0:22:53
Hey, what is this?	0:23:04	0:23:06
What's this all about?	0:23:06	0:23:08
Your voice, it's the spitting image of his.	0:23:08	0:23:11
Never heard the likes of it.	0:23:11	0:23:14
Never.	0:23:14	0:23:15
Spitting image of who?	0:23:15	0:23:16
He used to say the same thing	0:23:16	0:23:19
and bang on the counter.	0:23:19	0:23:22
That was his little joke.	0:23:22	0:23:24
Whose joke?	0:23:24	0:23:25
Who's he?	0:23:33	0:23:35
Lou Peterman.	0:23:35	0:23:36
Her husband.	0:23:36	0:23:37
The editor.	0:23:37	0:23:39
OK. Where's he?	0:23:39	0:23:41
Lou got a little tired about 10 years ago...	0:23:41	0:23:44
almost 11 now.	0:23:44	0:23:45
The year I got my new office.	0:23:45	0:23:48
Went out the porch to take a nap...	0:23:48	0:23:51
Guess he was more tired than he thought.	0:23:51	0:23:54
Never saw such a wonderful funeral.	0:23:54	0:23:56
Everybody in town came.	0:23:56	0:23:59
Lem Simpson was a pallbearer.	0:23:59	0:24:01
Stayed sober all day.	0:24:01	0:24:03
Just out of respect.	0:24:03	0:24:06
Yes, sir. Your voice is the spitting image.	0:24:06	0:24:09
DOOR OPENS	0:24:09	0:24:11
Well, young man, what is it?	0:24:12	0:24:15
You came to make a complaint, I believe.	0:24:15	0:24:18
Well, it's this story about me!	0:24:20	0:24:22
What's the idea?	0:24:22	0:24:24
Are the facts incorrect?	0:24:24	0:24:26
No, but...	0:24:26	0:24:28
Is your name spelled wrong?	0:24:28	0:24:29
No.	0:24:29	0:24:31
Well, it's snide. That's what it is.	0:24:31	0:24:33
Taking advantage of an innocent stranger.	0:24:33	0:24:36
What kind of hospitality is that?	0:24:36	0:24:39
Those nasty little digs. No decent newspaper...	0:24:39	0:24:42
If you want to attack the policy of this newspaper,	0:24:42	0:24:45
write a letter.	0:24:45	0:24:46
Meantime, you can do your complaining	0:24:46	0:24:49
to the acting editor	0:24:49	0:24:51
who wrote the story.	0:24:51	0:24:53
I'll talk to the acting editor!	0:24:53	0:24:55
I've got a three-position signal!	0:24:55	0:24:58
Ouch-a-magouch.	0:24:58	0:25:00
CLICKING	0:25:11	0:25:13
CLICKING	0:25:16	0:25:17
Jiggle it. Try jiggling it.	0:25:18	0:25:21
Sometimes they start when you jiggle them.	0:25:26	0:25:29
TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS	0:25:32	0:25:33
See. What did I tell you?	0:25:36	0:25:39
Ah, ah!	0:25:40	0:25:41
Nice?	0:25:45	0:25:46
Very nice.	0:25:46	0:25:48
Lovely.	0:25:48	0:25:49
Pass me Panther.	0:25:49	0:25:50
Come on, sweetie.	0:25:51	0:25:53
KITTEN MEOWS	0:25:59	0:26:00
You wish to see me?	0:26:09	0:26:11
I want to thank you	0:26:11	0:26:13
for that nice story you wrote about me.	0:26:13	0:26:16
I thought you came to complain.	0:26:16	0:26:18
Me. Not at all!	0:26:18	0:26:20
There's just one thing worse	0:26:20	0:26:22
than being talked about, and that's...	0:26:22	0:26:24
Not being talked about at all.	0:26:24	0:26:27
In that case, you won't mind	0:26:27	0:26:29
the second story I'm writing about you.	0:26:29	0:26:32
Not at all. Not at all.	0:26:32	0:26:34
No use looking over my shoulder.	0:26:34	0:26:36
This isn't it.	0:26:36	0:26:38
As a matter of fact, I was just admiring	0:26:39	0:26:42
how your hair sweeps up from your neck.	0:26:42	0:26:46
My, my. Real sharpy.	0:26:50	0:26:53
Hey, now, look.	0:26:54	0:26:55
Look at this story you wrote about me.	0:26:55	0:26:59
Now, look, it says here...	0:26:59	0:27:01
KITTEN MEOWS	0:27:03	0:27:05
"If you're really here to sell insurance,	0:27:08	0:27:11
"Mr Smith,	0:27:11	0:27:12
"you'd do well..." And so on.	0:27:12	0:27:15
Why that? That creates suspicion.	0:27:15	0:27:17
Mr Smith, Grandview is already overcrowded	0:27:17	0:27:20
with insurance agents, most of them starving.	0:27:20	0:27:23
A clever man like you would stay away.	0:27:23	0:27:26
A clever man doesn't mind competition.	0:27:26	0:27:29
He has ideas.	0:27:29	0:27:30
He sees insurance as a long-range community service.	0:27:30	0:27:33
He doesn't care about policies	0:27:33	0:27:35
for six months or a year.	0:27:35	0:27:38
Now, wouldn't you like to write	0:27:38	0:27:40
a little retraction of that?	0:27:40	0:27:42
"On further examination,	0:27:42	0:27:44
"this fellow Smith is very charming"?	0:27:44	0:27:46
Wouldn't you like to do that?	0:27:46	0:27:49
No, I guess you wouldn't.	0:27:51	0:27:53
Getting sticky in here.	0:27:56	0:27:58
I think I'll get a soda.	0:27:58	0:28:00
Hey, Sis, I got a great scoop.	0:28:00	0:28:03
Who do you think is in town?	0:28:03	0:28:06
Rip Smith.	0:28:06	0:28:07
Hi, Todd.	0:28:07	0:28:09
Oh, hello, Mr Smith.	0:28:09	0:28:10
The committee was just going over to see you.	0:28:10	0:28:14
Oh, yeah.	0:28:14	0:28:16
Mr Hoopendecker	0:28:16	0:28:17
said you're the greatest.	0:28:17	0:28:19
Well, he exaggerates a little.	0:28:19	0:28:21
He said you'd do it.	0:28:21	0:28:23
What?	0:28:23	0:28:24
Coach the basketball team.	0:28:24	0:28:26
Would you?	0:28:26	0:28:27
I'll leave you two to discuss business.	0:28:27	0:28:29
Would you, Mr Smith? Sure.	0:28:29	0:28:31
I want to straighten out some things first.	0:28:31	0:28:34
Make that two, will you?	0:28:40	0:28:42
I ordered a headache powder.	0:28:42	0:28:44
That's just what I need.	0:28:44	0:28:45
Oh, no, don't go.	0:28:45	0:28:47
I expect to be around for quite a spell.	0:28:47	0:28:51
You'll have to get used to me.	0:28:51	0:28:54
Perhaps you're right.	0:28:54	0:28:55
I've gotten used to other weird goblins.	0:28:55	0:28:58
Goblin, huh?	0:28:58	0:29:00
Let me see. How's that go?	0:29:00	0:29:02
"Well, you better mind your parents	0:29:02	0:29:04
"and your teachers, fond and dear.	0:29:04	0:29:06
"Cherish them that loves you.	0:29:06	0:29:08
"Dry the orphan's tear.	0:29:08	0:29:10
"Help the poor and needy ones	0:29:10	0:29:11
"that's clustered all about,	0:29:11	0:29:13
"or the goblins will get you	0:29:13	0:29:15
"if you don't watch out."	0:29:15	0:29:17
That's from a poem... "Goblins Will Get You".	0:29:17	0:29:20
That's from Little Orphan Annie.	0:29:20	0:29:22
By golly, that's right.	0:29:22	0:29:24
Oh, headache powder - chocolate flavour, huh?	0:29:25	0:29:29
Say, tell me about this new civic centre of yours.	0:29:39	0:29:42
Why?	0:29:42	0:29:44
Well, I'm just interested.	0:29:44	0:29:46
After the way you shot your mouth off?	0:29:46	0:29:48
Wasn't that stupid?	0:29:48	0:29:50
And not knowing anything, either.	0:29:50	0:29:52
I hope it didn't do any harm.	0:29:52	0:29:54
Only set progress back a few years.	0:29:54	0:29:57
It did? I'm sorry.	0:29:57	0:29:59
Maybe I can make up for it,	0:29:59	0:30:02
help in some way.	0:30:02	0:30:04
Go on. Tell me about it.	0:30:04	0:30:07
Why did you do it?	0:30:09	0:30:11
What?	0:30:11	0:30:12
Butt into the meeting.	0:30:12	0:30:14
Well, I was just busting with good spirits.	0:30:14	0:30:17
The town looked perfect to me.	0:30:17	0:30:19
I couldn't imagine changing it.	0:30:19	0:30:21
Sure there wasn't some other reason?	0:30:21	0:30:24
If there was, it escapes me at the moment.	0:30:24	0:30:28
Some of the fellas have got to go,	0:30:32	0:30:34
and we figured you could explain	0:30:34	0:30:37
the "back-pass dilemma".	0:30:37	0:30:39
It says that Rip Smith used it to perfection.	0:30:39	0:30:42
It does, huh?	0:30:42	0:30:44
The what dilemma?	0:30:44	0:30:46
Quiet, please. This is technical talk.	0:30:46	0:30:48
Sure, I can show you.	0:30:48	0:30:50
Anybody got a pencil?	0:30:50	0:30:52
There we are.	0:30:52	0:30:54
Get up around here, now.	0:30:54	0:30:56
We're on the attacking team. I have the ball.	0:30:56	0:30:59
Here I am, right there.	0:30:59	0:31:01
There's my guard. Here you are.	0:31:01	0:31:04
There's your guard over there.	0:31:04	0:31:06
I pass to you and move at you.	0:31:06	0:31:09
My guard crosses.	0:31:09	0:31:10
Then I suddenly fall in behind you.	0:31:10	0:31:13
That brings the two guards close together.	0:31:13	0:31:16
You back-pass to me and cut,	0:31:16	0:31:19
and your guard crosses and bumps his own man.	0:31:19	0:31:22
I feed you a loop pass. You got an easy lay-up.	0:31:22	0:31:27
See?	0:31:27	0:31:29
Well, look, there's nothing to it.	0:31:37	0:31:39
Give me the ball. I'll demonstrate.	0:31:39	0:31:42
That's the best part, I think.	0:31:42	0:31:44
Here.	0:31:44	0:31:45
You be his guard.	0:31:45	0:31:48
Now, we...	0:31:48	0:31:49
Follow me, men,	0:31:52	0:31:54
right out here.	0:31:54	0:31:56
Now, we'll use that tree for a basket.	0:31:56	0:31:59
Line up for an offensive spread.	0:31:59	0:32:01
You be his guard, see?	0:32:01	0:32:04
You be his guard, right?	0:32:04	0:32:06
Now, remember - pass, follow the pass,	0:32:06	0:32:09
back pass, loop pass, boomeroo!	0:32:09	0:32:11
You check on this. See there's no mistake.	0:32:11	0:32:14
Over here, Shorty.	0:32:14	0:32:16
Come on. Pass it.	0:32:16	0:32:18
Pass it. Let me have it.	0:32:18	0:32:21
That wasn't bad, all but the boomeroo.	0:32:25	0:32:28
OK, let's try some baskets.	0:32:28	0:32:30
Uh-oh.	0:32:32	0:32:34
Looks like somebody has to climb a tree.	0:32:38	0:32:43
Shorty, come here.	0:32:43	0:32:45
Ollie-up.	0:32:45	0:32:47
There.	0:32:47	0:32:49
Can you reach it?	0:32:50	0:32:52
DOG BARKS	0:32:59	0:33:01
It's easy, Ike.	0:33:07	0:33:09
You start gabbing about insurance.	0:33:09	0:33:12
Then you sneak up on your subject, see?	0:33:12	0:33:15
Yeah. Talk to a man about his life expectancy,	0:33:15	0:33:18
but find out what he thinks of progressive education.	0:33:18	0:33:21
Right. Here we go.	0:33:21	0:33:23
Here we go.	0:33:23	0:33:25
Phew!	0:34:16	0:34:17
Well, here it is. What did I tell you?	0:34:17	0:34:20
Isn't this beautiful?	0:34:20	0:34:22
If I ever get to New York, I'll show YOU the sights(!)	0:34:22	0:34:27
I brought the kids up here yesterday.	0:34:27	0:34:30
I don't expect to make the basketball team.	0:34:30	0:34:32
Don't be such an old whiny-worm.	0:34:32	0:34:35
A what?	0:34:35	0:34:37
Whiny-worm.	0:34:37	0:34:38
You're always whining about something.	0:34:38	0:34:40
Just relax.	0:34:40	0:34:42
Come face to face with sheer beauty.	0:34:42	0:34:45
Just...	0:34:45	0:34:47
Let go.	0:34:47	0:34:49
Whose idea was it. Yours?	0:34:54	0:34:56
What?	0:34:56	0:34:57
The plan. You know, the civic centre.	0:34:57	0:35:00
Oh, that was a legacy from my father.	0:35:00	0:35:03
He worked on it for years.	0:35:03	0:35:05
Never could put it over.	0:35:05	0:35:07
But YOU will, won't you?	0:35:07	0:35:09
You bet.	0:35:09	0:35:11
You set me back a bit,	0:35:11	0:35:13
but I'll put it over.	0:35:13	0:35:15
It's the only thing my father left when he died.	0:35:15	0:35:19
"It's my one possession", he said.	0:35:19	0:35:22
"A worthwhile job to do.	0:35:22	0:35:23
"It's yours. Consider yourself rich."	0:35:23	0:35:26
I thought he left you the newspaper.	0:35:29	0:35:32
No. We just work there.	0:35:32	0:35:34
Ben Moody owns it.	0:35:34	0:35:36
Oh, Moody's Mansion House, huh?	0:35:36	0:35:39
Well, you call yourself acting editor.	0:35:41	0:35:43
What's the...who's the editor? Mr Moody?	0:35:43	0:35:46
No. Papa.	0:35:46	0:35:48
There can only be one editor for that paper.	0:35:48	0:35:51
He still runs it, sort of.	0:35:51	0:35:54
I like that.	0:35:54	0:35:56
You sound like him.	0:35:56	0:35:58
Sometimes, you even look like him...	0:35:58	0:36:01
But you're not like him at all.	0:36:02	0:36:05
Papa wasn't so desperate.	0:36:05	0:36:07
What are you desperate for?	0:36:07	0:36:09
Money?	0:36:09	0:36:10
Power?	0:36:10	0:36:12
Are you reading the bumps on my head?	0:36:12	0:36:15
The air becomes charged with electricity	0:36:17	0:36:19
around desperate men.	0:36:19	0:36:21
I always feel it when I'm near Nickleby.	0:36:21	0:36:24
I feel it now...	0:36:24	0:36:26
strong.	0:36:26	0:36:28
Are you having fun?	0:36:28	0:36:30
Mm-hmm. Do you mind?	0:36:30	0:36:33
No. No. No.	0:36:33	0:36:35
What is that? What's that?	0:36:35	0:36:37
Let me see it.	0:36:37	0:36:39
MT14 rheostat, controls the speed	0:36:39	0:36:42
of that little train you saw in the window.	0:36:42	0:36:45
Was your childhood terribly ugly?	0:36:47	0:36:49
You know, that little model train you have,	0:36:49	0:36:52
it's a very professional job.	0:36:52	0:36:54
A girl mechanic, huh?	0:36:54	0:36:56
Was it?	0:36:56	0:36:57
Well, it was cloistered,	0:36:57	0:36:59
Swiss governess, Lord Fauntleroy suits,	0:36:59	0:37:01
that type of thing.	0:37:01	0:37:04
There's only one thing that doesn't add up -	0:37:04	0:37:06
the electric currents,	0:37:06	0:37:08
and selling insurance in Grandview.	0:37:08	0:37:11
Well, maybe you need a new crystal ball.	0:37:11	0:37:14
My old one's all right.	0:37:14	0:37:17
Want to know what I see in it?	0:37:17	0:37:20
Before you're through,	0:37:22	0:37:24
you'll run for mayor of this town...	0:37:24	0:37:27
..and the awful part of it is	0:37:29	0:37:32
I'll probably vote for you.	0:37:32	0:37:34
They were river rats, he and his brother.	0:37:52	0:37:55
People on excursion boats would throw coins,	0:37:55	0:37:58
and the kids would dive for them.	0:37:58	0:38:01
It meant food for the family.	0:38:01	0:38:03
He wants security, sure, in his fist.	0:38:03	0:38:06
Yes, of course.	0:38:06	0:38:07
Sis, are you going to watch us practice?	0:38:07	0:38:10
No, darling. I have a meeting.	0:38:10	0:38:13
So long.	0:38:13	0:38:14
What else, Hoop?	0:38:18	0:38:20
That's all I know.	0:38:20	0:38:22
I've got to get home and mark papers.	0:38:22	0:38:25
Good night, Mary. Thanks for dinner.	0:38:25	0:38:27
Is the ladies' meeting over?	0:38:30	0:38:32
Just about.	0:38:32	0:38:34
Yep. Just about.	0:38:34	0:38:36
Good night, Mary...	0:38:36	0:38:37
Goodbye.	0:38:37	0:38:39
Good night.	0:38:39	0:38:40
The basketball dance will be held	0:38:40	0:38:42
a week from Saturday night	0:38:42	0:38:44
at the town meeting hall.	0:38:44	0:38:46
That's sure plush.	0:38:46	0:38:48
That's the night we play the Waverly game.	0:38:48	0:38:51
Good night.	0:38:51	0:38:52
So long, Rip.	0:38:52	0:38:53
Hi.	0:38:55	0:38:56
Hi.	0:38:56	0:38:58
How did it go tonight?	0:38:58	0:39:00
Good. Good.	0:39:00	0:39:02
Good. Good. Good.	0:39:02	0:39:04
Did you go to school here?	0:39:04	0:39:07
Uh-huh.	0:39:07	0:39:09
These are graduation pictures, aren't they?	0:39:09	0:39:11
I'll be darned. Look there.	0:39:11	0:39:13
Isn't that wonderful? Are you here?	0:39:13	0:39:16
Yeah.	0:39:16	0:39:17
Wait a minute. Don't show me.	0:39:17	0:39:19
There. There you are. I knew you right off.	0:39:19	0:39:23
Oh, go on. I showed you.	0:39:23	0:39:25
No. I picked it out myself.	0:39:25	0:39:28
It's simple. You've got the same...	0:39:28	0:39:30
the same this,	0:39:30	0:39:32
the same firecracker eyes.	0:39:32	0:39:34
You were pretty then, too, huh?	0:39:34	0:39:39
You think so?	0:39:39	0:39:41
Yeah...	0:39:41	0:39:42
You're very pretty.	0:39:44	0:39:45
Well, that's Helen Kleinspiegel.	0:39:47	0:39:49
That's me over here.	0:39:49	0:39:52
Wise guy, huh?	0:39:57	0:39:59
Hey, that's amazing.	0:40:01	0:40:03
That grew up to be you, hmm?	0:40:05	0:40:08
Huh.	0:40:11	0:40:12
What an age we're living in.	0:40:13	0:40:17
There's something about the smell of a classroom	0:40:20	0:40:23
that kind of gets me.	0:40:23	0:40:25
You went to school here, huh?	0:40:25	0:40:27
Well, what do you know?	0:40:27	0:40:29
In this very classroom?	0:40:29	0:40:31
Mm-hmm.	0:40:31	0:40:32
I'll be darned.	0:40:32	0:40:34
Where'd you sit?	0:40:34	0:40:35
Over there.	0:40:35	0:40:37
Oh, in the front row?	0:40:37	0:40:39
You had to stay awake all the time.	0:40:39	0:40:42
You know, I always had trouble with these legs of mine.	0:40:42	0:40:48
I always stuck out in the aisle, like this.	0:40:48	0:40:51
People kept tripping over them.	0:40:51	0:40:53
One day the teacher was walking by,	0:40:53	0:40:56
and she and I - kerplunk!	0:40:56	0:40:58
Uh-oh.	0:40:58	0:40:59
She accused me	0:40:59	0:41:01
of doing it deliberately, too.	0:41:01	0:41:03
You didn't(?)	0:41:03	0:41:04
I might have helped some.	0:41:04	0:41:06
And you sat there, huh?	0:41:06	0:41:08
This seat had an awful squeak.	0:41:08	0:41:10
IT SQUEAKS	0:41:10	0:41:11
Yep.	0:41:11	0:41:13
This is where I sat.	0:41:13	0:41:15
Did you have any pigtails?	0:41:17	0:41:19
Mm-hmm.	0:41:19	0:41:21
Anybody special to pull them?	0:41:21	0:41:23
Birdy, Senator Wilton's son.	0:41:24	0:41:26
He was a terror.	0:41:26	0:41:29
Then they moved to Washington,	0:41:29	0:41:31
and I was heartbroken.	0:41:31	0:41:34
Oh, you were, huh?	0:41:34	0:41:36
Well, for how long?	0:41:36	0:41:38
Oh, ages...	0:41:38	0:41:40
Almost a week.	0:41:40	0:41:42
Oh, look, Hiawatha.	0:41:44	0:41:47
"By the shores of gitche gumee..."	0:41:49	0:41:51
Always thought it was "gitche gooey".	0:41:51	0:41:54
Well, it is gooey.	0:41:54	0:41:56
Me, I was always exclusively	0:41:56	0:41:58
a Charge Of The Light Brigade fella.	0:41:58	0:42:01
Oh, I loved Hiawatha.	0:42:01	0:42:03
"Half a league, half a league,	0:42:03	0:42:05
"half a league onward, SHE READS OUT LOUD	0:42:05	0:42:07
"all in the valley of death	0:42:07	0:42:09
"rode the 600.	0:42:09	0:42:11
"Forward the light brigade!	0:42:11	0:42:12
"Charge for the guns, he said,	0:42:12	0:42:14
"into the valley of death..."	0:42:14	0:42:16
"Rose the black and gloomy pine trees,	0:42:16	0:42:17
"rose the firs with cones upon them.	0:42:17	0:42:21
"Before them beat the water,	0:42:21	0:42:22
"beat the clear and sunny water,	0:42:22	0:42:24
"beat the shining big sea water..."	0:42:24	0:42:26
"..Theirs was to do or die.	0:42:26	0:42:27
"Into the valley of death rode the 600.	0:42:27	0:42:30
"Cannon to the right of them,	0:42:30	0:42:31
"cannon to the left of them..."	0:42:31	0:42:33
"..Hush! The naked bear will hear thee!	0:42:33	0:42:35
"Ewa-yea! My little owlet.	0:42:35	0:42:37
"Who is it that lights the wigwam..."	0:42:37	0:42:39
"Into the jaws of death!	0:42:39	0:42:41
"Into the mouth of hell!"	0:42:41	0:42:43
"Ewa-yea! My little owlet..."	0:42:43	0:42:44
"Rode the 600!	0:42:44	0:42:46
"Flashed all their sabres bare,	0:42:46	0:42:48
"flashed as they turned in air..."	0:42:48	0:42:50
"Many things Nokomis taught him	0:42:50	0:42:51
"of the stars that shine in heaven,	0:42:51	0:42:53
"showed him Ishkoodah, the comet..."	0:42:53	0:42:54
"..Plunged in the battery smoke,	0:42:54	0:42:56
"..right through the line they broke,	0:42:56	0:42:58
"Cossacks and Russians reeling from the sabre's stroke.	0:42:58	0:43:02
"Shattered and sundered..."	0:43:02	0:43:03
"In the frosty nights of winter,	0:43:03	0:43:05
"showed the broad white road in heaven,	0:43:05	0:43:06
"crowded with the ghosts, the shadows,	0:43:06	0:43:08
"at the door on summer evenings	0:43:08	0:43:09
"sat the little Hiawatha..."	0:43:09	0:43:10
"Forward, the light brigade!	0:43:10	0:43:12
"Was there a man dismayed?	0:43:12	0:43:13
"Not, though the soldier knew	0:43:13	0:43:15
"someone had blundered.	0:43:15	0:43:16
"Theirs not to make reply,	0:43:16	0:43:18
"theirs not to reason why..."	0:43:18	0:43:19
"But soft. What light through yonder window breaks?	0:43:19	0:43:23
"It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.	0:43:23	0:43:27
"Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon,	0:43:27	0:43:32
"who is already pale and sick with grief..."	0:43:32	0:43:36
Open up, Twiddle.	0:43:45	0:43:47
It's me.	0:43:47	0:43:48
Not in yet, huh?	0:43:52	0:43:55
Did you get them?	0:43:55	0:43:57
Yeah...	0:43:57	0:43:58
Three yeses and one don't-know.	0:43:58	0:44:02
Good. That completes the list.	0:44:02	0:44:04
If he figures to make that plane,	0:44:04	0:44:06
he'll have to be here soon.	0:44:06	0:44:08
He told Mack he'd have the results tomorrow.	0:44:08	0:44:11
They're playing Preston tonight.	0:44:11	0:44:13
Very important game. Some soda?	0:44:13	0:44:15
No!	0:44:15	0:44:16
KNOCK ON DOOR	0:44:16	0:44:18
Hi, boys. How's it going?	0:44:19	0:44:21
Sorry I'm late.	0:44:21	0:44:22
What's it look like, Mr Twiddle?	0:44:22	0:44:25
Just give me the basic figures.	0:44:25	0:44:27
It'll take one second. Who won?	0:44:27	0:44:30
Who won? Don't be comical.	0:44:30	0:44:32
46 to 12.	0:44:32	0:44:33
We slaughtered them.	0:44:33	0:44:34
That's peachy.	0:44:34	0:44:36
It would also be peachy	0:44:36	0:44:38
if you'd get that finished.	0:44:38	0:44:39
Yeah, Mr Twiddle. Stop stalling.	0:44:39	0:44:41
Stalling! I said one second.	0:44:41	0:44:43
I only hope these figures	0:44:43	0:44:45
will be close to Stringer's.	0:44:45	0:44:47
Don't worry. All you have to do is...	0:44:47	0:44:50
Put the decimal points in their proper places.	0:44:50	0:44:54
There. I've done it.	0:44:54	0:44:56
Give me that. There she is, boys.	0:44:56	0:44:59
You realise what this means?	0:44:59	0:45:01
This was done in two weeks.	0:45:01	0:45:03
From now on, we can do them in 24 hours.	0:45:03	0:45:07
All right, Ike. Here you are.	0:45:07	0:45:09
If old Mack starts asking you questions,	0:45:09	0:45:12
you just turn your baby-blues.	0:45:12	0:45:14
I'd like to see his face.	0:45:14	0:45:17
You can accomplish that with alacrity and dispatch.	0:45:17	0:45:20
Why don't you go yourself?	0:45:20	0:45:22
Don't be silly. We play Waverly tomorrow.	0:45:22	0:45:24
Oh?	0:45:24	0:45:26
Got sort of a dance after it.	0:45:26	0:45:29
My handling this team	0:45:29	0:45:31
has just worked beautifully for us.	0:45:31	0:45:33
It would look funny if I disappeared.	0:45:33	0:45:37
You lucky stiff.	0:45:37	0:45:38
Beautiful job, Mr Twiddle.	0:45:38	0:45:40
Rip, how'd you like to kick this whole deal over?	0:45:40	0:45:44
Kick it over?	0:45:44	0:45:45
It's all right with us.	0:45:45	0:45:47
What are you talking about?	0:45:47	0:45:49
You don't have to keep going on our account.	0:45:49	0:45:52
Oh, save it, will you?	0:45:52	0:45:55
"Kick it over." Yackety-yackety-yak.	0:45:55	0:45:58
What are you talking about?	0:45:58	0:46:00
I've been working all my life for this.	0:46:00	0:46:03
It's all wrapped up. Kick it over. What for?	0:46:03	0:46:06
What kind of a lame-brain do you think I am?	0:46:06	0:46:10
OK. OK. I guess I was way off the beam.	0:46:10	0:46:14
I guess you certainly were!	0:46:14	0:46:16
HORN HONKS	0:46:16	0:46:18
Well, I've got to go.	0:46:18	0:46:20
Now, er...	0:46:20	0:46:22
Ike, you tell Mack	0:46:23	0:46:25
we can take three or four jobs,	0:46:25	0:46:28
maybe more than that.	0:46:28	0:46:30
Call me tomorrow night, huh?	0:46:30	0:46:32
Ike, you call me.	0:46:37	0:46:41
HORN HONKS	0:46:42	0:46:44
You ever do the samba?	0:46:52	0:46:54
No. I can't say I did.	0:46:54	0:46:57
Don't ever. I had a two-hour demonstration.	0:46:57	0:46:59
Know what a "back-pass dilemma" is?	0:46:59	0:47:02
No.	0:47:02	0:47:03
Well, I'm getting a demonstration.	0:47:03	0:47:05
"Back-pass dilemma"?	0:47:10	0:47:11
This I got to see.	0:47:13	0:47:15
OK. Cut over quick. I'll pass to you.	0:47:16	0:47:19
Uh!	0:47:19	0:47:20
Well, throw it.	0:47:20	0:47:21
Go on. Throw the ball.	0:47:21	0:47:23
Don't make love to it.	0:47:23	0:47:25
That's no way to throw a ball.	0:47:27	0:47:30
It's more of a snap forward.	0:47:30	0:47:33
No. Suppose there's a wolf on the make for you.	0:47:33	0:47:37
What do you...	0:47:37	0:47:39
You mean, like this?	0:47:39	0:47:41
Yeah, like that.	0:47:48	0:47:50
Let's try something else, shall we?	0:47:52	0:47:54
We'll try the lay-up shot.	0:47:54	0:47:56
Stand over here. No rough stuff, now.	0:47:56	0:47:59
The principle of this shot	0:47:59	0:48:01
is you try and stretch yourself out	0:48:01	0:48:04
and just lay the ball up in the basket.	0:48:04	0:48:08
Just lay the ball right in there.	0:48:08	0:48:10
You try. Get over there.	0:48:10	0:48:12
Remember, you got to stretch yourself.	0:48:12	0:48:15
Just lay the ball right up there.	0:48:15	0:48:18
I'll help you.	0:48:18	0:48:19
Look. It got stuck.	0:48:22	0:48:24
"Back-pass dilemma", huh?	0:48:36	0:48:39
< CROWD APPLAUDS	0:49:16	0:49:19
You ever ask yourself why they call me Rip?	0:49:45	0:49:49
It has something to do with Rip van Winkle.	0:49:49	0:49:52
I fall asleep at the drop of an eyelid,	0:49:52	0:49:55
and I think I'm going to drop an eyelid	0:49:55	0:49:58
on that lovely shoulder of yours and never leave.	0:49:58	0:50:02
Oh, no, Rip.	0:50:02	0:50:03
Ooh!	0:50:03	0:50:04
Oh, I'm sorry.	0:50:04	0:50:06
I'm so sorry.	0:50:07	0:50:08
Well, I guess you live and learn.	0:50:08	0:50:11
Sorry to cut in, but you promised.	0:50:18	0:50:21
Certainly, darling. You mind, Rip?	0:50:21	0:50:22
No, no.	0:50:22	0:50:24
You're making a mistake, Bob.	0:50:24	0:50:26
She's carrying a concealed weapon.	0:50:26	0:50:29
Good work, son.	0:50:29	0:50:30
You whipped those kids into a fighting machine.	0:50:30	0:50:33
It's the first time we've beat Waverly in 10 years.	0:50:33	0:50:36
Hi, Sergeant.	0:50:36	0:50:38
You must be having an awful tussle	0:50:48	0:50:51
with that conscience of yours.	0:50:51	0:50:52
Don't worry about my conscience.	0:50:52	0:50:54
Bob,	0:50:54	0:50:56
stay far away from her.	0:50:56	0:50:58
It'll be hard to drop her in a bracket.	0:50:58	0:51:00
She won't stay there.	0:51:00	0:51:02
# I keep... #	0:51:03	0:51:05
Our school song.	0:51:05	0:51:09
# Where all my fondest memories are	0:51:09	0:51:14
# The chapel bells on Christmas Eve	0:51:14	0:51:19
# The wishes on a falling star	0:51:19	0:51:25
# The lonely sound across the night	0:51:25	0:51:31
# Our friends that always hurry through	0:51:31	0:51:37
# The patterns on the frosted pane	0:51:37	0:51:42
# The magic lands they took me to	0:51:42	0:51:48
# These are not only idle dreams	0:51:48	0:51:54
# That time will someday dim for me	0:51:54	0:51:59
# They are pages that I put away	0:51:59	0:52:06
# Into my book of memories	0:52:06	0:52:14
# The crowd around the swimming hole	0:52:14	0:52:20
# The gang around the campus green	0:52:20	0:52:25
# The laughter of an April Fool	0:52:25	0:52:31
# The ghost that walks on Hallowe'en	0:52:31	0:52:36
# The timid hand I held in mine	0:52:36	0:52:42
# While walking through a secret lane	0:52:42	0:52:47
# The rainbow on a neighbour's lawn	0:52:47	0:52:53
# That sparkles after summer rain	0:52:53	0:53:00
# These are not only idle dreams	0:53:00	0:53:06
# That time will someday dim for me	0:53:06	0:53:13
# They're pages that I put away	0:53:13	0:53:19
# Into my book of memories. #	0:53:19	0:53:30
< Attention, please.	0:53:37	0:53:40
Thank you.	0:53:40	0:53:41
Folks, Mrs Peterman	0:53:41	0:53:43
wishes to say a few words.	0:53:43	0:53:46
The Dispatch, you know, rarely retracts a story.	0:53:55	0:53:58
Well, that's obviously	0:53:58	0:54:00
because The Dispatch rarely makes mistakes.	0:54:00	0:54:03
LAUGHTER	0:54:03	0:54:05
Tomorrow, however,	0:54:05	0:54:06
you will read the retraction of a recent item	0:54:06	0:54:09
about Mr Lawrence Smith.	0:54:09	0:54:12
The Dispatch wants to erase any doubt it created	0:54:13	0:54:18
as to Mr Smith's integrity.	0:54:18	0:54:20
Mary and I have seen a lot of Rip since he came here.	0:54:20	0:54:25
It's only been a short time,	0:54:25	0:54:27
yet already he seems an old friend,	0:54:27	0:54:30
and that's a good sign.	0:54:30	0:54:33
He's taken an interest in our civic affairs,	0:54:33	0:54:36
and his devotion to the basketball team...	0:54:36	0:54:39
well...	0:54:39	0:54:40
Everybody must admit he performed a miracle.	0:54:40	0:54:43
APPLAUSE	0:54:43	0:54:45
But...	0:54:45	0:54:47
Now, it took hard work	0:54:47	0:54:49
at all hours,	0:54:49	0:54:51
and I'm sure he must have neglected	0:54:51	0:54:54
his own business to do it.	0:54:54	0:54:56
We're lucky to acquire such a fine citizen.	0:54:56	0:55:00
I thought this a good occasion	0:55:00	0:55:02
to apologise and tell him how we feel.	0:55:02	0:55:05
Rip...	0:55:06	0:55:08
We're all very happy and grateful	0:55:08	0:55:10
that in your search for a permanent anchorage,	0:55:10	0:55:13
you chose to throw in your lot with us	0:55:13	0:55:17
and to grow with Grandview.	0:55:17	0:55:19
APPLAUSE	0:55:19	0:55:21
< Speech! Speech! >	0:55:21	0:55:23
I, er...	0:55:39	0:55:41
I wish Mrs Peterman hadn't said	0:55:43	0:55:45
all those nice things about me.	0:55:45	0:55:48
I doubt whether I can live up to them.	0:55:48	0:55:51
I'd...	0:55:51	0:55:52
I'd prefer that you...	0:55:53	0:55:55
reserve judgment until you, well...	0:55:55	0:55:59
until you got to know me better...	0:55:59	0:56:02
much better.	0:56:02	0:56:04
Thank you.	0:56:04	0:56:05
People going around making speeches.	0:56:40	0:56:42
I remember once in Italy,	0:56:42	0:56:44
a bunch of us got to talking.	0:56:44	0:56:47
Funny place to be talking about home and ma.	0:56:47	0:56:50
The pip-squeak started.	0:56:50	0:56:52
Then the other fellas got going.	0:56:52	0:56:55
It turned out they were all from small towns.	0:56:55	0:56:58
You were the only city slicker there.	0:56:58	0:57:01
You let your guard down that night, Rip.	0:57:01	0:57:04
< DISTANT APPLAUSE	0:57:05	0:57:07
You envy those guys. You said that yourself.	0:57:09	0:57:12
You never knew what it was to have neighbours,	0:57:12	0:57:15
to have a sense of belonging.	0:57:15	0:57:18
What Ma said goes for all of them.	0:57:18	0:57:21
Just...just give me one year.	0:57:22	0:57:25
Just one year.	0:57:25	0:57:27
You've made a lot of friends here.	0:57:27	0:57:30
That's security, Rip - the surest kind.	0:57:30	0:57:34
No.	0:57:34	0:57:35
No. Look up there!	0:57:35	0:57:37
That light's in MY office	0:57:37	0:57:39
because a call's coming in telling me	0:57:39	0:57:42
I got the world by the tail!	0:57:42	0:57:44
It's a rat race, but I'm out in front!	0:57:44	0:57:47
He hasn't come back yet?	0:57:55	0:57:57
I can't imagine anything I said could have...	0:57:57	0:58:00
Ma...	0:58:00	0:58:01
When Papa acted like a ghoul,	0:58:01	0:58:04
you didn't let him go hide in a corner	0:58:04	0:58:07
and lick his wounds, did you?	0:58:07	0:58:09
Of course I didn't.	0:58:09	0:58:11
I promised Ben Moody I'd dance with him.	0:58:14	0:58:16
I hope he's in the groove. I'm not.	0:58:16	0:58:20
'It was a perfect job.'	0:58:30	0:58:31
What did I tell you? How close was it?	0:58:31	0:58:35
'What?'	0:58:35	0:58:36
How close to the Stringer poll?	0:58:36	0:58:38
'On the nose.'	0:58:38	0:58:40
No kidding!	0:58:40	0:58:41
MUFFLED TALKING	0:58:44	0:58:46
What did old Mack say?	0:59:00	0:59:02
'Said he was flabbergasted - plain flabbergasted.'	0:59:02	0:59:05
Well, this is it, Ike.	0:59:05	0:59:07
Henricks. Yeah.	1:00:12	1:00:14
Yeah, tell him we'll take that Henricks deal.	1:00:14	1:00:17
And Keely sounds pretty good.	1:00:17	1:00:19
'We're home, Ike.'	1:00:34	1:00:36
'Yeah, if that Peterman gal doesn't crab it.'	1:00:36	1:00:39
'She's not going to crab anything.'	1:00:39	1:00:42
'She's hepped on changing the town.	1:00:42	1:00:44
'If she puts that civic centre over...'	1:00:44	1:00:47
'I'll handle the Peterman girl.'	1:00:47	1:00:49
'I guess you will. You're an artist.'	1:00:49	1:00:52
'Cut it out! We came to do a job,	1:00:52	1:00:55
'and nothing's going to interfere!	1:00:55	1:00:57
'I'll see you in a couple of days.'	1:00:57	1:01:00
Yes, sir.	1:01:03	1:01:04
We came here to do a job.	1:01:06	1:01:09
Anything else is just a blind alley.	1:01:09	1:01:13
The trouble with having a newspaper background -	1:01:30	1:01:33
it develops an instinct for snooping.	1:01:33	1:01:35
You must have found Ma's speech tonight very funny.	1:01:40	1:01:43
We had to work secretly.	1:01:43	1:01:45
Nobody's been hurt by it, have they?	1:01:47	1:01:51
That's right...	1:01:56	1:01:57
..Nobody.	1:01:57	1:01:59
What are you going to do?	1:01:59	1:02:01
You couldn't stand any changes...	1:02:01	1:02:04
..could you?	1:02:06	1:02:08
By all means, hold back progress.	1:02:08	1:02:11
Mr Smith has to make an extra dollar for himself.	1:02:11	1:02:16
I certainly think that's stooping very low.	1:02:16	1:02:19
TYPEWRITER CLACKS	1:02:28	1:02:31
I want to make a deal with you.	1:02:50	1:02:53
Kill that story you're writing,	1:02:55	1:02:57
I'll never show my face around here again.	1:02:57	1:03:01
This isn't for myself, Mary.	1:03:04	1:03:06
It's for the people here.	1:03:06	1:03:08
I wouldn't like to see them get confused.	1:03:08	1:03:11
What I was doing couldn't do them any harm,	1:03:11	1:03:15
but they read that, and they...	1:03:15	1:03:17
I don't know. They're human.	1:03:17	1:03:19
You can't go around telling people they're special -	1:03:19	1:03:22
not even these people. That's deadly.	1:03:22	1:03:25
If you love them, Mary, don't do it.	1:03:25	1:03:28
If you'd stop pounding that machine	1:03:30	1:03:32
and listen to me...	1:03:32	1:03:34
I suppose you think	1:03:36	1:03:38
I got some sort of angle.	1:03:38	1:03:40
I don't know how to convince you, Mary.	1:03:40	1:03:43
You just have to take my word.	1:03:43	1:03:46
Set this story up, Mr Dingle.	1:03:56	1:03:59
Say, this looks hot.	1:04:46	1:04:48
Send Harry down.	1:04:48	1:04:50
Cover this - make a swell picture layout.	1:04:50	1:04:53
Right.	1:04:53	1:04:54
So that's it!	1:04:54	1:04:55
What a guy!	1:04:55	1:04:56
We want sound.	1:04:56	1:04:58
Find out what the typical American woman wears.	1:04:58	1:05:01
We want daily sidewalk interviews.	1:05:01	1:05:02
According to Smith, it's the barometer of national opinion.	1:05:02	1:05:06
This story was given to the world	1:05:06	1:05:09
by Mary Peterman of the Grandview Dispatch.	1:05:09	1:05:11
In one week's time,	1:05:11	1:05:13
I wouldn't give the wart off my nose	1:05:13	1:05:16
for anybody's opinion in this town.	1:05:16	1:05:19
LOUDSPEAKER: 'OK, now.	1:05:23	1:05:24
'You're the typical American.	1:05:24	1:05:26
'Act like it.'	1:05:26	1:05:28
We've opened a keg of dynamite.	1:05:28	1:05:30
I hadn't counted on arousing the whole world.	1:05:30	1:05:33
< Hey, Sis.	1:05:34	1:05:36
Big-shot reporters to see you.	1:05:36	1:05:38
Sorry to barge in.	1:05:38	1:05:40
It's all right.	1:05:40	1:05:41
We thought you'd have information.	1:05:41	1:05:43
How did you find out about the survey?	1:05:43	1:05:46
When Mr Smith completed his poll,	1:05:46	1:05:48
he handed me the story.	1:05:48	1:05:50
Do you know > his plans?	1:05:50	1:05:52
He won't talk to anybody.	1:05:52	1:05:54
He left word he's leaving	1:05:54	1:05:56
for New York this afternoon.	1:05:56	1:05:58
BOB: I don't believe it!	1:05:58	1:06:00
Rip wouldn't walk out on us now,	1:06:00	1:06:03
not with the Freehall game coming up!	1:06:03	1:06:06
Must have had 50 calls already -	1:06:06	1:06:08
families want to move to Grandview.	1:06:08	1:06:11
Kids!	1:06:11	1:06:13
All right, Mary. We're ready.	1:06:13	1:06:15
Bob said if we talked to you, you would.	1:06:16	1:06:19
You wouldn't leave before the Freehall game.	1:06:19	1:06:22
Nothing's more important.	1:06:22	1:06:23
You betcha!	1:06:23	1:06:25
< Lived here all my life...	1:06:25	1:06:27
never knew we were so terrific.	1:06:27	1:06:30
< It's a landslide!	1:06:30	1:06:31
< There's Rip, our great discoverer!	1:06:31	1:06:33
Insurance business, huh? >	1:06:33	1:06:34
That was slick. Sure was slick.	1:06:34	1:06:37
Rip's staying to coach us.	1:06:37	1:06:40
Watch us grow. >	1:06:40	1:06:41
We got to take advantage > of the opportunity.	1:06:41	1:06:44
You will. It's in the air, those electric currents.	1:06:44	1:06:48
Come on.	1:06:48	1:06:49
Electric currents? What's he talking about?	1:06:49	1:06:51
It looks like a nice, clear day.	1:06:51	1:06:54
We're already known from coast to coast.	1:06:54	1:06:57
People coming on every train!	1:06:57	1:06:59
They're coming by car, bus,	1:06:59	1:07:01
even on foot.	1:07:01	1:07:02
Who wouldn't want to live in the perfect town?	1:07:02	1:07:06
I'll just build another hotel.	1:07:06	1:07:08
Shouldn't we start planning?	1:07:08	1:07:10
Things are moving so fast.	1:07:10	1:07:12
That's why we wanted you to handle publicity.	1:07:12	1:07:15
Spread the slogan "Grow with Grandview".	1:07:15	1:07:18
Another manufacturer wants to build,	1:07:18	1:07:20
so he can advertise, "Made in the typical American city."	1:07:20	1:07:23
They'll be looking for whatcha-call-its...	1:07:23	1:07:26
building sites.	1:07:26	1:07:27
Just watch real estate values go up!	1:07:27	1:07:31
Say, um...	1:07:34	1:07:36
I've got a lunch date. I almost forgot.	1:07:36	1:07:39
Wait, Dick.	1:07:39	1:07:40
Drop me at the hotel.	1:07:40	1:07:42
See you later.	1:07:42	1:07:44
I'm getting back to the office.	1:07:44	1:07:46
< Call from Chicago, Mr Mayor.	1:07:46	1:07:48
It's travelling like prairie fire.	1:07:48	1:07:50
Leaving in five minutes!	1:07:50	1:07:52
See what the people think!	1:07:52	1:07:54
Get an opinion on any subject!	1:07:54	1:07:56
"The Typical Tour Of The Typical Town."	1:07:56	1:07:59
A first-class look...	1:07:59	1:08:01
ROUSING MUSIC PLAYS	1:08:01	1:08:03
Railroad front's the stuff to buy.	1:08:09	1:08:12
Cost him 20 thousand. > I offered him 30.	1:08:12	1:08:15
'A boom has hit this town with a boom.'	1:08:15	1:08:18
Why, the shoeshine man himself is making money hand-over-fist.	1:08:18	1:08:23
'If you need a home, he'll supply that.	1:08:23	1:08:26
'Uh-oh. Here's something.	1:08:26	1:08:28
'Grandview sells its opinions.'	1:08:28	1:08:30
'They're putting up polling booths.	1:08:30	1:08:32
'Well, maybe I'm crazy.'	1:08:32	1:08:34
20 of these are already spread around the city.	1:08:34	1:08:37
You will each occupy one.	1:08:37	1:08:39
A reference library goes with every booth.	1:08:39	1:08:42
We want to make sure folks are thinking right.	1:08:42	1:08:45
Now, don't forget - take plenty of blank forms.	1:08:45	1:08:48
Wait a minute! >	1:08:48	1:08:50
What's this about? Who's the idiot that dreamed this up?	1:08:50	1:08:54
I am - I mean, er...	1:08:54	1:08:56
What's the matter? It was duly approved by the Board.	1:08:56	1:09:00
You're going to conduct your own polls?	1:09:00	1:09:03
That's our chief export - our opinions.	1:09:03	1:09:05
We're through giving them away.	1:09:05	1:09:07
We're selling them.	1:09:07	1:09:08
I've seen everything.	1:09:08	1:09:10
Everybody is instructed	1:09:10	1:09:11
not to give opinions to outsiders,	1:09:11	1:09:14
only to our official polltakers.	1:09:14	1:09:15
Excuse me.	1:09:15	1:09:17
Folks, you all know your station.	1:09:17	1:09:20
May the best man or woman bring back the best answers.	1:09:20	1:09:24
'Let's take our microphone here.	1:09:24	1:09:26
'I'd like to give you some sidewalk interviews.	1:09:26	1:09:29
'Here. This couple just arrived.'	1:09:29	1:09:31
Why did you come here?	1:09:31	1:09:33
Would you tell our audience?	1:09:33	1:09:35
On account of my wife.	1:09:35	1:09:37
Her sister -	1:09:37	1:09:38
her sister in New York	1:09:38	1:09:40
kids her about being a hick.	1:09:40	1:09:42
Now we can say we live in Grandview.	1:09:42	1:09:45
That will shut her mouth.	1:09:45	1:09:47
I'm sure it will, sir.	1:09:47	1:09:49
Here's a gentleman. Would you say a few...	1:09:49	1:09:52
HE SLURS: I'll say something.	1:09:52	1:09:54
Give me that microphone!	1:09:54	1:09:56
The gentleman is too shy.	1:09:56	1:09:58
Here's an attractive little lady...	1:09:58	1:10:00
I want to talk to the radio guy.	1:10:00	1:10:03
Come on, Rip. I told Stringer I'd phone	1:10:03	1:10:05
as soon as I talked with you.	1:10:05	1:10:08
Waiter!	1:10:08	1:10:10
He says his proposition's still open.	1:10:10	1:10:13
Hey, this isn't a bad seat.	1:10:13	1:10:16
Ringside!	1:10:16	1:10:17
No use hanging around.	1:10:17	1:10:18
You can't do this town	1:10:18	1:10:20
any good... Not now.	1:10:20	1:10:22
A couple of ringside seats for a three-ring circus.	1:10:22	1:10:26
Bring on your baboons!	1:10:26	1:10:28
IKE: Take it easy, son!	1:10:28	1:10:30
Yeah. Better be quiet.	1:10:30	1:10:32
You know, Ike, I helped put on this show here.	1:10:32	1:10:36
You did, too, you know!	1:10:36	1:10:38
You helped put on this show.	1:10:38	1:10:40
Old Ike. Ha ha!	1:10:40	1:10:42
Mr Ike Sloan,	1:10:42	1:10:44
the great inseprario - an impresario.	1:10:44	1:10:48
Come on. Take a bow!	1:10:48	1:10:50
Oh...	1:10:50	1:10:51
Come on. Come on. All right!	1:10:51	1:10:53
Ladies and gentlemen, introducing Mr Impresario,	1:10:53	1:10:56
the famous Ike!	1:10:56	1:10:58
Come on, take a bow.	1:10:58	1:10:59
Cut it! Sit down.	1:10:59	1:11:01
Cut it. Sit down.	1:11:01	1:11:03
Sit down(!) Shh(!)	1:11:03	1:11:05
Quiet(!)	1:11:05	1:11:06
Shh(!)	1:11:06	1:11:08
Shh(!)	1:11:08	1:11:10
Shh!	1:11:12	1:11:14
WAITER!	1:11:19	1:11:21
Business property. >	1:11:28	1:11:30
Give me > business property.	1:11:30	1:11:32
Mary, this is terrific!	1:11:32	1:11:34
Made 15,000. We'll get those new printing presses yet!	1:11:34	1:11:37
It's paper profit. Please be careful.	1:11:37	1:11:39
Don't worry about me.	1:11:39	1:11:41
I wasn't born yesterday, you know.	1:11:41	1:11:44
Let's get some black coffee,	1:11:46	1:11:48
then phone Stringer.	1:11:48	1:11:50
Good idea.	1:11:50	1:11:51
And what do you think?	1:11:51	1:11:53
Should husbands bring pay-envelopes home...	1:11:53	1:11:55
Who do you represent?	1:11:55	1:11:57
Oh, nobody. I'm just naturally nosy.	1:11:57	1:12:01
Isn't all this just too, too divine?	1:12:01	1:12:04
That's me - just naturally nosy.	1:12:04	1:12:06
Sure. I know. Come on, son.	1:12:06	1:12:09
RIP: How do you like your town now?	1:12:17	1:12:20
How do you like your fancy,	1:12:22	1:12:24
beautiful circus of a town now, huh?	1:12:24	1:12:27
# I keep a book within my heart	1:12:52	1:12:59
# Where all my fondest memories are... #	1:12:59	1:13:06
Mr Twiddle took the earlier train.	1:13:14	1:13:17
All aboard! >	1:13:17	1:13:19
'But we were not satisfied. No, sir!	1:13:19	1:13:22
'We've added one half million dollars!'	1:13:22	1:13:26
Yes, sir...	1:13:26	1:13:27
One half million!	1:13:27	1:13:29
Pretty good for little old Grandview, huh?	1:13:29	1:13:32
I still think we're bats.	1:13:35	1:13:37
Why, the size of this thing!	1:13:37	1:13:39
At least Mary's plan made sense!	1:13:39	1:13:42
We're moving with the tide.	1:13:42	1:13:43
This is no time for penny-pinching.	1:13:43	1:13:46
The high school, for instance.	1:13:46	1:13:48
Her plan called for 40 classrooms.	1:13:48	1:13:50
Not enough, we say!	1:13:50	1:13:52
150!	1:13:52	1:13:54
150 is what we'll have!	1:13:54	1:13:57
The bond issue hasn't been underwritten...	1:13:57	1:14:00
..What if something goes wrong?	1:14:00	1:14:02
Listen, my friend.	1:14:02	1:14:03
You're one of our new citizens, aren't you?	1:14:03	1:14:06
Well, you don't know us.	1:14:06	1:14:08
In 1890, our grandparents built our city hall	1:14:08	1:14:12
with their own hands.	1:14:12	1:14:14
Yes, sir!	1:14:14	1:14:15
If it comes to it, we'll do the same.	1:14:15	1:14:18
That's the kind of people we are!	1:14:18	1:14:22
Look, Mary. Isn't it wonderful?	1:14:25	1:14:28
Kill it.	1:14:28	1:14:30
Set up a new front page with news.	1:14:30	1:14:32
But, Mary, this...	1:14:32	1:14:34
I gave instructions	1:14:34	1:14:35
that none of this madness be printed.	1:14:35	1:14:38
The centre - it's something you've wanted.	1:14:38	1:14:41
It's something Papa wanted.	1:14:41	1:14:42
Yes, I know.	1:14:42	1:14:44
'Last day! Cast your opinion today.	1:14:45	1:14:48
'Would you vote a woman for United States President?	1:14:48	1:14:51
'Don't get shut out, now.	1:14:51	1:14:53
'Cast your opinion right away!'	1:14:53	1:14:56
IKE: They're cockeyed!	1:15:03	1:15:05
Where are the don't-knows?	1:15:05	1:15:07
Ask people if they still beat their grandmothers	1:15:07	1:15:10
and you'll get some don't-knows.	1:15:10	1:15:13
Please, Mr Stringer.	1:15:13	1:15:14
He'd rather be alone. He's thinking.	1:15:14	1:15:17
You mean sleeping.	1:15:17	1:15:19
How long is this going on?	1:15:19	1:15:21
He slept through the conference,	1:15:21	1:15:23
then woke and said, "I hope they use the back-pass dilemma".	1:15:23	1:15:27
What's the matter with him?	1:15:27	1:15:29
He makes a lot of noise.	1:15:32	1:15:34
I've been waiting to see you.	1:15:34	1:15:37
Uh, the...	1:15:37	1:15:38
First Grandview poll is out.	1:15:38	1:15:40
Gallup released their results...	1:15:45	1:15:48
Almost opposite.	1:15:48	1:15:50
They'll be laughed out of existence.	1:15:51	1:15:54
The radio and newspapers	1:15:54	1:15:56
have been at it all day.	1:15:56	1:15:58
What are they saying?	1:15:58	1:16:00
IKE: Plenty. They're getting their teeth kicked in.	1:16:00	1:16:03
What that boy needs is a good dose	1:16:07	1:16:10
of sulphur and molasses...	1:16:10	1:16:12
GRANDVIEW sulphur and molasses!	1:16:12	1:16:14
Yes.	1:16:14	1:16:15
BIG BAND MUSIC PLAYS ON RADIO	1:16:15	1:16:19
MUSIC STOPS	1:16:19	1:16:20
RADIO: 'This town that's always been right	1:16:20	1:16:23
'turned out to be ridiculously wrong.	1:16:23	1:16:25
'They were so out of tune with the country,	1:16:25	1:16:29
'people are beginning to wonder where Grandview is.	1:16:29	1:16:32
'Certainly, it can't be in the United States.	1:16:32	1:16:35
'There should be a moral in this.	1:16:35	1:16:37
'No-one should assume they know it all.	1:16:37	1:16:40
'What this little town of Grandview lost was humility,	1:16:40	1:16:45
'and when you've lost that, my friends,	1:16:45	1:16:47
'you've lost everything.	1:16:47	1:16:49
'Poor Grandview.	1:16:49	1:16:51
'They're the subject of ridicule throughout the country.'	1:16:51	1:16:54
Bet you had to study hard to become a moron.	1:16:54	1:16:57
Oh, no. I lived in Grandview.	1:16:57	1:17:00
'Ha, ha, ha!'	1:17:00	1:17:02
'RAUCOUS LAUGHTER'	1:17:11	1:17:13
'This is my last broadcast from this ghost town,	1:17:48	1:17:52
'and ghost town it is.	1:17:52	1:17:54
'The people have even locked themselves in their homes,	1:17:54	1:17:56
'ashamed of their ludicrous behaviour.	1:17:56	1:17:58
'No community action is being taken.'	1:17:58	1:18:01
Excuse me, here comes a gentleman.	1:18:01	1:18:04
May I have your opinion?	1:18:04	1:18:06
I have no opinion.	1:18:06	1:18:08
DOOR CLOSES	1:19:14	1:19:15
It's kind of deserted, isn't it?	1:19:32	1:19:35
They don't come here anymore.	1:19:36	1:19:38
They won't even talk to each other anymore.	1:19:38	1:19:41
Gee, that's no good.	1:19:45	1:19:47
People ought to talk to each other.	1:19:47	1:19:50
How's Ma?	1:19:51	1:19:53
Oh, Ma's the same.	1:19:53	1:19:55
Senator Wilton dropped in on me the other day.	1:19:55	1:19:59
Just came down from Washington.	1:19:59	1:20:01
Walked out on the Foreign Affairs Committee.	1:20:01	1:20:04
He said the pressure was on again.	1:20:04	1:20:07
He seemed restless, kind of lost.	1:20:07	1:20:09
He used to come here.	1:20:09	1:20:11
Yeah.	1:20:11	1:20:13
Oh, Mary, I had to come back.	1:20:16	1:20:19
I had to.	1:20:19	1:20:20
I couldn't work. I couldn't think.	1:20:20	1:20:23
I couldn't...	1:20:23	1:20:25
I love you, Mary.	1:20:25	1:20:27
The nights I lay awake...	1:20:34	1:20:37
..hearing you say that.	1:20:39	1:20:41
The hinge on that door's been broken for years.	1:21:00	1:21:04
Nobody seems to want to fix it.	1:21:04	1:21:07
I love you, Mary.	1:21:07	1:21:10
There was a story.	1:21:18	1:21:20
We ran a news story the other day.	1:21:22	1:21:25
The usual one...	1:21:25	1:21:27
"Married woman who fell in love with another man."	1:21:27	1:21:30
Her husband stood in their way,	1:21:30	1:21:33
so finally, they killed him.	1:21:33	1:21:35
They thought they were free...	1:21:35	1:21:38
..but their crime created	1:21:40	1:21:42
a vicious war between them...	1:21:42	1:21:44
Until they destroyed each other.	1:21:45	1:21:47
We murdered a town, Rip - you and I.	1:21:49	1:21:52
We killed an idea	1:21:53	1:21:55
my father devoted a lifetime to.	1:21:55	1:21:57
DOOR OPENS	1:22:01	1:22:02
Oh, Miss Mary.	1:22:02	1:22:04
I've looked every place.	1:22:04	1:22:06
Your telephone don't answer, and your mama wants you.	1:22:06	1:22:09
Your mama heard Mr Birch got a plan	1:22:09	1:22:12
for Freehall to run things here...	1:22:12	1:22:14
..I guess that means Grandview is finished...	1:22:14	1:22:18
..It's a shame, and nobody cares.	1:22:18	1:22:21
..Your mama says come right away!	1:22:21	1:22:24
Glad to see you, Mr Smith.	1:22:24	1:22:27
Goodbye, Rip.	1:22:27	1:22:29
Been all over town talking to everybody,	1:22:48	1:22:50
trying to get them together.	1:22:50	1:22:52
Old man Harkins practically slammed	1:22:52	1:22:54
the door in his face.	1:22:54	1:22:56
Morning, Rip. How's it going?	1:22:56	1:22:58
Oh, fine. Fine.	1:22:58	1:23:00
Well, snow or rain, boom or bust,	1:23:03	1:23:06
the mail's still got to be delivered.	1:23:06	1:23:09
They need a leader, Mr Nickleby.	1:23:10	1:23:12
They've always followed you.	1:23:12	1:23:14
Get them to do something startling,	1:23:14	1:23:16
something that'll arouse the admiration of the whole country,	1:23:16	1:23:20
something to bolster up their confidence.	1:23:20	1:23:22
Go through with that civic centre.	1:23:22	1:23:24
Start building the high school again.	1:23:24	1:23:27
With what? This town's broke.	1:23:27	1:23:29
Tax yourselves at such a fantastic rate,	1:23:29	1:23:32
it'll be the talk of the country.	1:23:32	1:23:34
People who sacrifice everything	1:23:34	1:23:36
for the sake of the community.	1:23:36	1:23:38
You're crazy.	1:23:38	1:23:39
I figured it'd take something crazy to wake them up!	1:23:39	1:23:43
Look, Senator Wilton is in town.	1:23:43	1:23:46
He's willing to do anything to help.	1:23:46	1:23:49
Suppose we get a group to do the initial financing.	1:23:49	1:23:53
Will you go along with it?	1:23:53	1:23:55
Try anything like that, and I'll stop it.	1:23:55	1:23:58
Now if you'll excuse me,	1:23:58	1:24:00
I have my own problems to work out.	1:24:00	1:24:03
Mr Nickleby, I realise your problems are serious,	1:24:06	1:24:09
but what about this town?	1:24:09	1:24:11
This was once a great team,	1:24:11	1:24:14
and you were an important member.	1:24:14	1:24:16
You're walking out!	1:24:16	1:24:17
The team's through.	1:24:17	1:24:19
Anybody with an ounce of brains would know that.	1:24:19	1:24:22
But, Mr Nickleby...	1:24:22	1:24:24
Do you mind?	1:24:24	1:24:25
No, I don't mind.	1:24:27	1:24:29
By all means, attend to your personal affairs.	1:24:29	1:24:33
So long, Hank.	1:24:34	1:24:36
So long.	1:24:37	1:24:39
Mr Birch, please.	1:24:40	1:24:42
Ben is signing the contract this afternoon.	1:24:43	1:24:46
Tomorrow Mary and I will be out of jobs.	1:24:46	1:24:49
Have a muffin. Go on.	1:24:49	1:24:51
It's my own recipe.	1:24:51	1:24:53
I know. I think I'll take toast.	1:24:53	1:24:56
It's Mr Smith, Ma'am.	1:24:56	1:24:58
Oh, come in, Rip.	1:24:58	1:25:00
Sorry I'm late, Mrs Wilton.	1:25:00	1:25:02
We didn't wait for you.	1:25:02	1:25:03
Hello, Ma.	1:25:03	1:25:05
We missed you terribly.	1:25:05	1:25:07
I missed you, too.	1:25:07	1:25:10
Stop that fiddle-faddle and let the boy eat.	1:25:10	1:25:12
Stop that fiddle-faddle(!)	1:25:12	1:25:15
< What happened, Rip? Any luck?	1:25:17	1:25:19
Senator, you ever find yourself	1:25:19	1:25:21
swinging at windmills?	1:25:21	1:25:24
That sums up his career. Take a muffin.	1:25:24	1:25:27
Yes. I've heard about your muffins.	1:25:27	1:25:30
Take one anyway.	1:25:30	1:25:31
Thank you.	1:25:31	1:25:33
Did you talk to them about the high school?	1:25:36	1:25:39
Yeah. They thought I was crazy.	1:25:39	1:25:42
I remember all those big statements	1:25:42	1:25:45
at the dedication.	1:25:45	1:25:46
"We'll build it with our own hands if necessary."	1:25:46	1:25:49
Huh! Inflated with their puny success.	1:25:49	1:25:52
I must admit, I believed them.	1:25:52	1:25:54
Splashed it all over the front page.	1:25:54	1:25:57
Mary took one look and killed the story.	1:25:57	1:26:00
Excuse me. Mr Nickleby's boy.	1:26:00	1:26:02
He wants to see Mr Smith.	1:26:02	1:26:05
Excuse me, Mrs. Wilton. I heard Rip was here...	1:26:05	1:26:08
Hank, did you want to see me?	1:26:08	1:26:10
Is it private?	1:26:10	1:26:12
Private? No, I guess not.	1:26:12	1:26:14
When you were talking to my father,	1:26:14	1:26:17
he wasn't square with you.	1:26:17	1:26:19
He should have told you	1:26:19	1:26:21
he's selling the civic centre.	1:26:21	1:26:23
He's selling it?	1:26:23	1:26:24
Yes, Ma'am. The council gave him a mortgage.	1:26:24	1:26:28
Right after you left, he called up Mr Birch,	1:26:28	1:26:31
told him to hurry if he wanted the property.	1:26:31	1:26:35
Why tell me?	1:26:35	1:26:36
I don't know. I figured maybe you could...	1:26:36	1:26:39
I don't know what I figured.	1:26:41	1:26:44
I guess I shouldn't be doing this.	1:26:46	1:26:49
I guess it's all wrong.	1:26:49	1:26:52
I love my father, Rip.	1:26:52	1:26:54
He's a swell guy, but...	1:26:54	1:26:56
You see, it's not the high school that matters.	1:26:56	1:27:00
What you said is right.	1:27:01	1:27:03
A guy shouldn't be walking out on the team.	1:27:03	1:27:06
I don't like to see Pop doing it.	1:27:06	1:27:08
I begged him not to.	1:27:08	1:27:11
This certainly turned out to be a dopey town.	1:27:11	1:27:15
SENATOR: It took a lot to make that boy do that.	1:27:18	1:27:23
This town better start un-doping itself.	1:27:23	1:27:26
What are we going to do, Rip?	1:27:26	1:27:29
Hey, Ma. That front page...	1:27:31	1:27:32
the one with the story about the high school,	1:27:32	1:27:36
the one Mary killed. Is there a copy of that?	1:27:36	1:27:40
Yes.	1:27:40	1:27:41
What time do you go to press?	1:27:41	1:27:44
About 1.30.	1:27:44	1:27:45
1.30.	1:27:45	1:27:47
Senator, could I use your telephone?	1:27:47	1:27:50
There's one right there.	1:27:50	1:27:52
What are you going to do?	1:27:53	1:27:55
We're going to get Nickleby	1:27:55	1:27:57
back on that team...	1:27:57	1:27:59
Nickleby and everybody else.	1:27:59	1:28:02
We're going to print this story in today's issue.	1:28:02	1:28:05
Quote that big talk and fancy statements.	1:28:05	1:28:08
As if they were just made?	1:28:08	1:28:10
Yes.	1:28:10	1:28:12
But that happened weeks ago, Rip.	1:28:12	1:28:14
Mislaid the story. Let them sue us.	1:28:14	1:28:18
That's what I call ramming it down their gullets!	1:28:18	1:28:21
Let me speak to Miss Peterman, please.	1:28:21	1:28:24
What'll all this accomplish?	1:28:24	1:28:26
It'll wake these people up!	1:28:26	1:28:28
It may even get them around that stove again,	1:28:28	1:28:30
talking, arguing, choosing sides!	1:28:30	1:28:32
This sounds wonderful!	1:28:32	1:28:34
That's just part of it.	1:28:34	1:28:36
There's more?	1:28:36	1:28:38
We'll make sure this gets national publicity.	1:28:38	1:28:41
We'll contact the wire services, the radio!	1:28:41	1:28:43
They'll HAVE to do something.	1:28:43	1:28:45
They'll string us up to the nearest pole.	1:28:45	1:28:48
So they string us up to the nearest pole!	1:28:48	1:28:51
At least they'll be doing something together.	1:28:51	1:28:54
Hello?	1:28:54	1:28:55
Hello, Mary?	1:28:57	1:28:58
Has the paper gone to press?	1:28:58	1:29:01
Good. Ma and I will be right over.	1:29:01	1:29:04
I want to try something that...	1:29:04	1:29:06
Mary, this town isn't dead yet.	1:29:06	1:29:08
We have a good chance of saving it.	1:29:08	1:29:11
That is, if you're crazy enough	1:29:11	1:29:14
to go along with the guy that...	1:29:14	1:29:16
Huh?	1:29:16	1:29:17
That's swell.	1:29:17	1:29:19
That's all I wanted to know.	1:29:21	1:29:24
Mary...	1:29:25	1:29:26
Thank you, Mary. We'll be right over.	1:29:31	1:29:34
Come on, gorgeous. We got to get moving!	1:29:38	1:29:42
Good heavens! I'm so excited,	1:29:42	1:29:44
I nearly ate one of my own muffins.	1:29:44	1:29:47
It's your story, GH	1:29:48	1:29:50
A normal town pulls a prize boner.	1:29:50	1:29:53
They're left broke and humiliated.	1:29:53	1:29:54
These wonderful people won't fold up!	1:29:54	1:29:57
Instead, they hitch up their britches,	1:29:57	1:29:59
spit in their hands, and start swinging!	1:29:59	1:30:02
Thank you, Nickleby.	1:30:16	1:30:17
Look at this, boss.	1:30:17	1:30:19
You just sold me that property!	1:30:19	1:30:22
RIP: Here comes another bunch!	1:30:25	1:30:27
It's working like a charm.	1:30:27	1:30:29
We'll have the whole town around that stove.	1:30:29	1:30:32
..OK. Now do your stuff.	1:30:32	1:30:34
Where's Mrs Peterman?	1:30:37	1:30:39
Mary's the one I want!	1:30:39	1:30:40
They're not in.	1:30:40	1:30:42
Playing checkers.	1:30:42	1:30:44
Down to the meeting hall.	1:30:44	1:30:46
They can't do this!	1:30:46	1:30:48
OK, boys.	1:30:49	1:30:50
< You can't get away with this!	1:30:54	1:30:56
We demand the story > be retracted!	1:30:56	1:30:59
It's a pack of lies! >	1:30:59	1:31:01
We're going to sue for libel or something!	1:31:01	1:31:04
< That's what we should do.	1:31:04	1:31:05
Anybody claim they haven't been properly quoted?	1:31:05	1:31:09
That was under different circumstances!	1:31:09	1:31:11
What insolence! >	1:31:15	1:31:16
Somebody get > Mr Nickleby!	1:31:16	1:31:18
< Yes!	1:31:18	1:31:19
These people are cuckoo.	1:31:21	1:31:24
Can't find him.	1:31:24	1:31:25
Can't find Rip anywhere.	1:31:25	1:31:27
< Here comes Mr Nickleby now!	1:31:27	1:31:30
I always thought you were sensible, Mary.	1:31:39	1:31:42
Is this your idea of a practical joke?	1:31:42	1:31:45
If you're interested in practical jokes, Mr Nickleby,	1:31:45	1:31:48
read some of your own statements.	1:31:48	1:31:50
Funny. Very funny.	1:31:50	1:31:51
All of us have a case against you	1:31:51	1:31:54
and against Smith.	1:31:54	1:31:56
RADIO: 'These magnificent people are plunging into a project	1:31:56	1:31:59
'that will arouse the envy of every community planner...'	1:31:59	1:32:02
Shut that off!	1:32:02	1:32:04
Richard, I want to hear that.	1:32:04	1:32:07
'They're going to build a civic centre,	1:32:07	1:32:10
'even though it may mean sacrifice	1:32:10	1:32:12
'for everyone in the entire community.	1:32:12	1:32:15
'Before I sign off, I want to say...	1:32:15	1:32:18
'more power to you, Grandview.	1:32:18	1:32:20
'In your circumstances, it takes great courage	1:32:20	1:32:23
'to tackle a programme of such magnitude.'	1:32:23	1:32:26
It certainly does.	1:32:26	1:32:27
Some of you may go crazy, but not me!	1:32:29	1:32:32
No radio commentator will sweet-talk me into bankruptcy.	1:32:32	1:32:35
If you've got sense, you'll forget this.	1:32:35	1:32:38
We'll see you in court!	1:32:38	1:32:40
< It's Rip!	1:32:53	1:32:54
What's this all about, son?	1:33:14	1:33:15
We were promised a whatcha-call-it... a new high school -	1:33:15	1:33:19
and we want it.	1:33:19	1:33:21
Hank, come home this minute!	1:33:21	1:33:23
..Do you hear me?	1:33:23	1:33:25
Yes, sir.	1:33:25	1:33:27
We decided if you quit the team,	1:33:35	1:33:38
we're going to quit, too.	1:33:38	1:33:40
We don't want to be ashamed of our town.	1:33:40	1:33:44
If you don't go through with the high school,	1:33:44	1:33:47
we'll be laughed at worse than ever.	1:33:47	1:33:49
We don't want to always be razzed.	1:33:49	1:33:52
Are we going to let these brats	1:33:52	1:33:55
tell us how to run our affairs?	1:33:55	1:33:58
We're trying to get you to stick by the team -	1:33:58	1:34:01
you and everybody else.	1:34:01	1:34:04
Rip says you're all wonderful people,	1:34:04	1:34:06
but you just lost your nerve.	1:34:06	1:34:09
Listen, folks!	1:34:09	1:34:11
Why can't we do it?	1:34:11	1:34:13
Your fathers and grandfathers	1:34:13	1:34:15
fought when they were in a jam!	1:34:15	1:34:17
What they did is part of our beautiful history!	1:34:17	1:34:21
What's wrong with us?	1:34:21	1:34:22
Where's the money coming from?	1:34:22	1:34:24
I'll read your statement, Mr Mayor.	1:34:24	1:34:26
"If necessary, we'll use our own two hands."	1:34:26	1:34:30
What about that, Mr Mayor?	1:34:30	1:34:32
Mary, are you suggesting that we do that?	1:34:32	1:34:35
Actually build it with our own hands?	1:34:35	1:34:38
Certainly!	1:34:38	1:34:40
If everybody helped, Ed...	1:34:42	1:34:44
This is idiotic! >	1:34:44	1:34:46
..The council approved the sale of the property!	1:34:46	1:34:49
Approved it?	1:34:49	1:34:51
First I hear of it.	1:34:51	1:34:52
Hey. Hey, Mike.	1:34:52	1:34:55
Mom, you're on the council.	1:34:57	1:35:00
Rip says you had no right to approve it.	1:35:00	1:35:04
Rip says it's got to be put up to the voters.	1:35:04	1:35:08
It should be up to the voters. That's city property.	1:35:08	1:35:12
What about that, > Mr Nickleby?	1:35:12	1:35:14
We were going to do that.	1:35:14	1:35:17
We intended to have a vote.	1:35:17	1:35:19
We assumed you wouldn't care.	1:35:19	1:35:21
< Wouldn't care!?	1:35:21	1:35:23
Ed, this is terrible.	1:35:26	1:35:28
< Rip Smith is right. We lost our nerve.	1:35:28	1:35:31
Listen, everybody.	1:35:31	1:35:33
I don't know about you,	1:35:33	1:35:35
but I don't like this.	1:35:35	1:35:37
It's tough to admit you've been a fool,	1:35:37	1:35:40
but, well, look at us.	1:35:40	1:35:42
Mr Nickleby assumed we wouldn't care,	1:35:42	1:35:45
wouldn't care if we didn't get a chance to vote.	1:35:45	1:35:49
When I get to that point,	1:35:49	1:35:51
I'll find myself a nice hole and crawl in.	1:35:51	1:35:55
But I'm not ready for that, in spite of Mr Nickleby.	1:35:55	1:35:59
..Maybe whether a town lives or dies	1:35:59	1:36:02
isn't important to some people,	1:36:02	1:36:05
but it is to me.	1:36:05	1:36:07
I feel as if my own family is breaking up,	1:36:07	1:36:10
and I don't like it.	1:36:10	1:36:12
If building a high school can save it, I'm for it.	1:36:12	1:36:17
I'll organise everyone that can handle a tool	1:36:17	1:36:20
and guarantee a first-class plumbing job.	1:36:20	1:36:24
Good for you, Pop! >	1:36:24	1:36:25
I'll do the same with the carpenters.	1:36:25	1:36:28
I'll handle lighting.	1:36:28	1:36:29
Count on my boys!	1:36:29	1:36:31
< I'll get painters!	1:36:31	1:36:32
I'll close my office and supervise the job!	1:36:32	1:36:36
That's whatcha-call-it... swell, Pop!	1:36:36	1:36:38
Is everybody willing to help?	1:36:38	1:36:41
ALL: YES!	1:36:41	1:36:42
Wonderful, huh?	1:36:54	1:36:56
Hand me the paintbrush and stand back.	1:36:56	1:36:59
This will take years.	1:36:59	1:37:01
Suppose it does. What's the hurry?	1:37:01	1:37:03
Rip!	1:37:19	1:37:20
Rip!	1:37:24	1:37:25
Hey. Hey, there's Senator Wilton!	1:37:33	1:37:36

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