1 00:00:27,320 --> 00:00:30,430 Good evening, before we begin our play 2 00:00:30,460 --> 00:00:33,160 I would like to demonstrate the training method 3 00:00:33,190 --> 00:00:37,170 we use here, at the Hitchcock Actor’s Studio. 4 00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:39,570 You see, we give the students symbols, 5 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:41,770 or certain images to assist them 6 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:44,040 in portraying character. 7 00:00:44,070 --> 00:00:45,470 Because of the type of character 8 00:00:45,510 --> 00:00:47,910 our Miss Schmells was to portray, 9 00:00:47,940 --> 00:00:50,850 we suggested that she think of herself 10 00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:52,550 as a tree. 11 00:00:56,220 --> 00:00:58,620 I think she projected very well. 12 00:00:58,650 --> 00:01:01,060 Thank you, Miss Schmells. 13 00:01:01,090 --> 00:01:03,590 Our next student, Mr. Blackwood, 14 00:01:03,630 --> 00:01:05,760 was asked to portray a large 15 00:01:05,790 --> 00:01:09,730 jolly captain of industry, and to help him, 16 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:13,970 we suggested that he think of himself as an elephant. 17 00:01:16,910 --> 00:01:19,440 Excellent. 18 00:01:19,470 --> 00:01:21,110 In all honesty, 19 00:01:21,140 --> 00:01:23,550 I must admit that Mr. Blackwood 20 00:01:23,580 --> 00:01:26,480 has been with us longer than Miss Schmells. 21 00:01:26,510 --> 00:01:29,250 And now, after this brief acting demonstration, 22 00:01:29,280 --> 00:01:31,090 we bring you tonight’s story 23 00:01:31,120 --> 00:01:33,620 proceeded by tonight’s commercial. 24 00:01:33,660 --> 00:01:35,420 -Thank you, Mr. Blackwood. -[hoofs] 25 00:01:35,460 --> 00:01:38,190 That will be all, Mr. Blackwood. 26 00:01:38,230 --> 00:01:41,600 I said that will be all, Mr. Blackwood! 27 00:01:41,630 --> 00:01:43,570 Mr. Blackwood! 28 00:02:06,890 --> 00:02:08,220 -[knocking on the door] -[jazz music] 29 00:02:08,260 --> 00:02:10,890 [man] Bart... Bart, are you there? 30 00:02:10,930 --> 00:02:13,160 [knocks on the door] 31 00:02:13,190 --> 00:02:16,770 Hey, Bart! Open up, it’s me, Ed. 32 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:19,130 [fidgeting with doorknob] 33 00:02:20,900 --> 00:02:22,670 Hey, Bart. 34 00:02:24,310 --> 00:02:25,910 Oh, brother. 35 00:02:26,980 --> 00:02:28,080 Not again. 36 00:02:33,820 --> 00:02:35,420 I’ve just about had it. 37 00:02:35,450 --> 00:02:36,380 [music stops] 38 00:02:38,090 --> 00:02:39,990 Bart, 39 00:02:40,090 --> 00:02:44,090 come on, Bart, wake up. Bart! 40 00:02:44,130 --> 00:02:45,530 [sighs] 41 00:02:56,270 --> 00:02:58,310 Hey! Cut it out! 42 00:02:58,340 --> 00:02:59,540 [exhales] 43 00:03:01,340 --> 00:03:04,180 What is this? The Johnstown flood? 44 00:03:04,210 --> 00:03:06,110 Looks like a disaster area to me. 45 00:03:06,150 --> 00:03:08,820 Well, I had a little, uh... 46 00:03:08,850 --> 00:03:11,190 bash up here last night, I was 47 00:03:11,220 --> 00:03:13,390 entertaining a couple of old buddies. 48 00:03:17,430 --> 00:03:19,130 So I see. 49 00:03:20,730 --> 00:03:23,060 You won’t tell Marge, will you? 50 00:03:23,060 --> 00:03:25,100 I’m your agent, not your bodyguard. 51 00:03:26,430 --> 00:03:27,740 Sure, my agent. 52 00:03:27,770 --> 00:03:30,070 So, what do you want? 10% of my hangover? 53 00:03:31,140 --> 00:03:32,240 All I want is you 54 00:03:32,270 --> 00:03:34,080 dressed and sober for that audition. 55 00:03:35,580 --> 00:03:37,950 Audition? 56 00:03:37,980 --> 00:03:39,950 So help me, Ed. It went clean out of my mind. 57 00:03:39,980 --> 00:03:42,680 And I’ve been out of my skull trying to get hold of you. 58 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:45,350 [grunts] 59 00:03:45,390 --> 00:03:46,590 So, how did you get in? 60 00:03:46,620 --> 00:03:48,320 Marge gave me her key. 61 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:50,630 -Good girl. -Yeah? 62 00:03:50,660 --> 00:03:51,830 Why don’t you marry her? 63 00:03:53,500 --> 00:03:55,760 About the audition, uh, 64 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:57,970 -how much time we got, Ed? -We’re an hour late already! 65 00:03:58,000 --> 00:03:59,630 I’ll shave and shower in ten minutes. 66 00:03:59,670 --> 00:04:01,300 You sure you feel all right? 67 00:04:01,340 --> 00:04:03,940 There’s nothing wrong with me a good embalmer couldn’t fix. 68 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:06,470 Bart, listen up. An audition with Wellman is important. 69 00:04:06,510 --> 00:04:08,380 Believe me, you can use a part in a hit play. 70 00:04:08,410 --> 00:04:11,080 Yeah, I know it. My landlord told me. 71 00:04:11,110 --> 00:04:12,610 Don’t worry, pal. We’ll be sitting 72 00:04:12,650 --> 00:04:15,050 in Wellman’s lap in half an hour. 73 00:04:17,950 --> 00:04:20,320 Yes, Mr. Robinson, I do realize 74 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:22,220 you’ve called several times. 75 00:04:22,260 --> 00:04:24,460 But you must understand, he’s terribly busy. 76 00:04:24,490 --> 00:04:25,830 45 minutes we’ve been hanging. 77 00:04:25,860 --> 00:04:27,800 -Where’s the action? -Relax, baby. 78 00:04:27,830 --> 00:04:30,530 You kept him waiting, he keeps you waiting. 79 00:04:30,570 --> 00:04:32,970 -You wanna bet? -...209. 80 00:04:33,070 --> 00:04:34,600 Excuse me, Cleopatra. 81 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:36,170 Thought I heard your boss calling. 82 00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:37,640 Oh, he didn’t ring. 83 00:04:37,670 --> 00:04:40,210 Well, of course not, he’s too impatient, 84 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:42,140 just can’t wait to see his old friend Bart Collins 85 00:04:42,180 --> 00:04:43,810 all the way from Hollywood. [laughs] 86 00:04:43,850 --> 00:04:45,780 But he doesn’t like to be disturbed. 87 00:04:45,810 --> 00:04:47,750 -Oh,sure, he does. Now you go ahead... -[man] ...Can see my people. 88 00:04:47,780 --> 00:04:49,350 Yes sir, I certainly do. 89 00:04:49,380 --> 00:04:51,350 Bart, boy! Good to see you! 90 00:04:51,390 --> 00:04:52,920 -Hello, Ed. -Mr. Wellman. 91 00:04:52,950 --> 00:04:54,920 Please forgive us, I’m sorry we were late. 92 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:57,090 You both know Jerry Lane, don’t you? 93 00:04:57,090 --> 00:05:00,060 Know him, Jerry was the life of my party last night, 94 00:05:00,100 --> 00:05:01,700 weren’t you, Jer? 95 00:05:01,730 --> 00:05:05,400 Oh, this guy drinks straight orange juice like it was water, 96 00:05:05,430 --> 00:05:08,300 -He’s wild. [laughs] -Well, many thanks, Mr. Wellman. 97 00:05:08,340 --> 00:05:10,210 I’ll contact your agent tomorrow. 98 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:12,040 -It was nice reading, Jerry. -Thank you sir. 99 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:13,310 Very nice. 100 00:05:15,880 --> 00:05:18,510 That boy’s an interesting actor. 101 00:05:18,550 --> 00:05:21,080 Too bad there isn’t something in the play for him. 102 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:23,450 Well, I’m not so sure. 103 00:05:23,490 --> 00:05:25,720 -Well there’s only one part open. -That’s right. 104 00:05:25,750 --> 00:05:27,420 The lead, my part. Now, wait a minute... 105 00:05:27,460 --> 00:05:30,930 Now, hold it, Bart. You’ll get your chance. 106 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:33,090 Mr. Wellman, this boy went to the expense 107 00:05:33,130 --> 00:05:34,700 of flying all the way back from California, 108 00:05:34,730 --> 00:05:36,360 just to audition for you. 109 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:37,770 I appreciate that, Ed. 110 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:39,300 And I want very much to hear him. 111 00:05:39,330 --> 00:05:42,700 But that doesn’t mean I can’t consider other actors. 112 00:05:42,740 --> 00:05:44,710 Let’s go inside, shall we? 113 00:05:46,070 --> 00:05:48,140 Bart, come on. 114 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:56,920 [chattering] 115 00:05:56,950 --> 00:05:59,790 I think you’ve had enough. 116 00:05:59,820 --> 00:06:02,020 Yeah, I’ve had it all right, all the way up to here. 117 00:06:02,060 --> 00:06:03,660 [drums] 118 00:06:03,690 --> 00:06:05,690 Let’s face it, Marge, things are getting rough. 119 00:06:05,730 --> 00:06:08,760 I bombed on the television. I goofed on the movie, 120 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:11,300 and now I’m fouling up on the play. 121 00:06:11,330 --> 00:06:14,370 Come on, Bart. Is not the end of the world. 122 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:16,370 Now, you’ll get another chance. 123 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:17,710 I had my chance today, 124 00:06:17,740 --> 00:06:19,770 until Jerry Lane got into the act. 125 00:06:19,810 --> 00:06:23,110 But didn’t you tell me Wellman hasn’t decided yet? 126 00:06:23,140 --> 00:06:26,510 And Jerry has a perfect right to try, he’s a good actor. 127 00:06:26,550 --> 00:06:28,480 What are you? His lawyer or something? 128 00:06:28,520 --> 00:06:31,390 [drums] 129 00:06:31,420 --> 00:06:33,790 Hey, wait a minute. 130 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:38,330 Don’t tell me that you and ol’ Jerry have been swinging 131 00:06:38,360 --> 00:06:41,060 while I’ve been out on the coast. 132 00:06:41,060 --> 00:06:43,330 [huffs] Of course not. 133 00:06:44,900 --> 00:06:46,800 We just had a few dates together. 134 00:06:46,840 --> 00:06:49,800 -Fun things. -Fun things? 135 00:06:49,840 --> 00:06:52,870 Huh? you and ol’ Jerr-o? 136 00:06:52,910 --> 00:06:56,080 Hey, Lady Chatterley, why don’t you give us another jolt, huh? 137 00:06:56,110 --> 00:06:59,210 Not for me, thank you. Please, Bart. 138 00:06:59,250 --> 00:07:01,050 Yeah, well I’m celebrating. 139 00:07:01,080 --> 00:07:03,790 There’s nothing to celebrate, yet. 140 00:07:03,820 --> 00:07:05,590 Oh, yes there is, chick. 141 00:07:05,620 --> 00:07:07,360 [sneers] There’s lots to celebrate. 142 00:07:10,790 --> 00:07:13,230 Here’s to you, and my good friend Jerry Lane. 143 00:07:13,260 --> 00:07:15,700 He’s just the guy for the part. 144 00:07:18,570 --> 00:07:20,770 Thank you, Lolita. Hey, why don’t you drop back after 145 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:23,140 you knock off and maybe we can work out... 146 00:07:23,170 --> 00:07:25,870 a fun thing together, huh? 147 00:07:47,630 --> 00:07:49,660 Hello, Bart. 148 00:07:49,700 --> 00:07:53,740 -Hello, creep. -Mind if we, uh, sit down? 149 00:07:53,770 --> 00:07:55,700 I don’t care if you drop dead. 150 00:07:57,540 --> 00:08:01,140 I, uh, I wanna explain about the audition. 151 00:08:01,180 --> 00:08:03,010 You mentioned the part last night, but I never 152 00:08:03,010 --> 00:08:04,650 gave it another thought, and this morning, 153 00:08:04,680 --> 00:08:07,020 my agent called, and said he’d set up an audition 154 00:08:07,050 --> 00:08:09,220 with Wellman. That’s how it happened. 155 00:08:09,250 --> 00:08:11,250 Sure. 156 00:08:11,290 --> 00:08:13,860 Say, uh, not to change the subject 157 00:08:13,890 --> 00:08:16,830 but you owe me ten bucks. 158 00:08:16,860 --> 00:08:18,790 -Ten bucks? -Yeah, don’t you remember 159 00:08:18,830 --> 00:08:20,230 the other night at the party 160 00:08:20,260 --> 00:08:23,030 you borrowed it for the dice game? 161 00:08:23,030 --> 00:08:25,530 Oh, yeah. And I got totaled. 162 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:28,570 Sorry, chum. No bread today. 163 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:31,570 -[drums] -[chattering] 164 00:08:31,610 --> 00:08:33,040 Come on, let’s get outta here. Let’s go some place 165 00:08:33,040 --> 00:08:34,810 where it’s quiet. 166 00:08:34,840 --> 00:08:36,310 We’ll go to my place. 167 00:08:36,340 --> 00:08:39,250 -[drums] - Can’t stand these crazy drums. 168 00:08:42,380 --> 00:08:45,520 [orchestra music] 169 00:08:45,550 --> 00:08:47,360 [Bart drumming] 170 00:08:54,160 --> 00:08:56,300 -[music stops] -[Bart drumming] 171 00:08:57,870 --> 00:09:00,470 Come on, Bart. Knock it off. 172 00:09:00,500 --> 00:09:01,870 Hey, Bart! 173 00:09:03,710 --> 00:09:06,010 What’s the matter? Don’t you dig the classics? 174 00:09:07,780 --> 00:09:10,650 It’s Beethoven’s Fifth. 175 00:09:10,680 --> 00:09:14,920 -And speaking of fifths... -Hey, c’mon, lay off, Bart. 176 00:09:15,020 --> 00:09:17,150 What’s the matter? Don’t you think I’m couth enough? 177 00:09:20,820 --> 00:09:22,660 You see these ’cyclopedias? 178 00:09:24,760 --> 00:09:28,400 Marge gave ’em to me for my birthday last year. 179 00:09:28,430 --> 00:09:30,130 Never opened. 180 00:09:30,170 --> 00:09:32,730 I don’t have to, because I got it all right up here. 181 00:09:32,770 --> 00:09:34,540 [Jerry] Marge is a wonderful girl. 182 00:09:34,570 --> 00:09:36,500 Yeah, she’s a real swinger. 183 00:09:38,270 --> 00:09:40,780 [sighs] 184 00:09:40,810 --> 00:09:43,450 When I got back last week, she gave me that. 185 00:09:43,480 --> 00:09:45,810 It’s the best ice bucket in the world. 186 00:09:48,050 --> 00:09:50,750 That’s what I call a really useful gift. 187 00:09:53,390 --> 00:09:56,960 "Alas, poor Yorick! 188 00:09:57,060 --> 00:09:59,230 I knew him, Horatio. 189 00:09:59,260 --> 00:10:01,130 A fellow of infinite jest!" 190 00:10:01,160 --> 00:10:03,030 Come on, Bart. Let’s cut out all this jazz-- 191 00:10:03,060 --> 00:10:05,930 What’s the matter? Don’t you appreciate all my acting? 192 00:10:05,970 --> 00:10:07,900 What do you know about acting anyway? 193 00:10:07,940 --> 00:10:09,470 I’m learning. 194 00:10:09,500 --> 00:10:11,470 Learning what? How to steal somebody else’s part? 195 00:10:11,510 --> 00:10:13,680 Now, look, let’s not start that again. 196 00:10:13,710 --> 00:10:16,280 I told you it was my agent who sent me up there. 197 00:10:16,310 --> 00:10:18,210 Look, you had no right to read for Wellman, 198 00:10:18,250 --> 00:10:21,780 because you’re rotten actor, Jerry... you’re rotten! 199 00:10:21,820 --> 00:10:23,690 -Look who’s talking! -Yeah, 200 00:10:23,720 --> 00:10:25,520 well, at least I know what I’m doing. 201 00:10:25,550 --> 00:10:27,060 I live my roles! 202 00:10:27,090 --> 00:10:29,560 That’s the big secret, you gotta feel the part! 203 00:10:29,590 --> 00:10:31,090 With all that booze floating in you 204 00:10:31,130 --> 00:10:33,060 you’re too numb to feel anything. 205 00:10:33,090 --> 00:10:35,060 Yeah-- That’s a lie. Look, you’ve seen my pictures, 206 00:10:35,100 --> 00:10:36,560 you know that I can project. 207 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:39,800 Sure, so do the critics. That’s why you’re here. 208 00:10:52,780 --> 00:10:55,950 I’m here because I’m right for that part. Wellman knows it. 209 00:10:57,350 --> 00:10:59,750 You couldn’t play that part in a million years. 210 00:10:59,790 --> 00:11:01,760 Yeah? Why not? 211 00:11:01,790 --> 00:11:03,690 Because you haven’t got the guts. 212 00:11:05,660 --> 00:11:08,300 It takes guts, feeling, and emotion. 213 00:11:09,800 --> 00:11:12,170 Now, listen Jerry. This, uh, 214 00:11:12,200 --> 00:11:15,070 this character’s got a temper, hasn’t he? 215 00:11:15,070 --> 00:11:17,870 -Huh? -I visualize him as 216 00:11:17,910 --> 00:11:19,610 an emotional type, yes. 217 00:11:19,640 --> 00:11:22,940 Well, never mind the... never mind the visualize bit, 218 00:11:22,980 --> 00:11:25,080 you gotta live it. 219 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:27,180 Now, take the scene where he flips his wig. 220 00:11:27,220 --> 00:11:29,980 You mean the one where he chokes his father-in-law? 221 00:11:30,090 --> 00:11:34,120 Yeah, he really means it. He wants to strangle him. 222 00:11:34,160 --> 00:11:35,990 -Here, let me show you. -I’m not up on the lines. 223 00:11:36,090 --> 00:11:37,630 -Bart, come on. -Who needs the lines? 224 00:11:37,660 --> 00:11:40,930 It’s the feeling that counts. You play for real. 225 00:11:40,960 --> 00:11:42,660 You wanna show hate, then you think hate. 226 00:11:42,700 --> 00:11:44,200 That’s-That’s the secret. 227 00:11:44,230 --> 00:11:46,430 -Here, I’ll demonstrate you. -Jesus! 228 00:11:46,470 --> 00:11:48,500 Now I’m not thinking about any lines now. 229 00:11:48,540 --> 00:11:51,140 -Because I’ve got the real hate. -Hey, come on! Let go! 230 00:11:51,170 --> 00:11:53,340 Now you feel it Jerry? The real hate? 231 00:11:53,380 --> 00:11:54,780 -Come on. -Not because you drink your orange juice 232 00:11:54,810 --> 00:11:56,340 just like a good boy, 233 00:11:56,380 --> 00:11:59,180 and you wake up young and fresh for the audition! 234 00:11:59,210 --> 00:12:03,050 Because you’re taking my part, Jerry, my last chance! 235 00:12:03,050 --> 00:12:04,650 Huh? 236 00:12:04,690 --> 00:12:07,520 ’Cause I hate you, Jerry. You feel it, Jerry? 237 00:12:07,560 --> 00:12:10,190 You feel it? 238 00:12:10,230 --> 00:12:12,060 Jerry? 239 00:12:16,770 --> 00:12:18,100 Jerry? 240 00:12:21,440 --> 00:12:22,870 Jerry? 241 00:12:25,770 --> 00:12:27,410 Jerry? 242 00:14:01,270 --> 00:14:04,040 -[knocking on the door] -Mr. Collins? 243 00:14:04,040 --> 00:14:06,340 Maid service, Mr. Collins. 244 00:14:06,370 --> 00:14:10,280 -I don’t need you, go away. -But it’s Friday. 245 00:14:10,310 --> 00:14:13,250 Well, so let it go until Monday. 246 00:14:13,280 --> 00:14:15,050 Don’t you even want your beds made 247 00:14:15,050 --> 00:14:17,420 and fresh towels for the bathroom? 248 00:14:17,450 --> 00:14:19,190 Don’t worry about the bathroom! I’ll clean up the mess 249 00:14:19,220 --> 00:14:20,890 in there myself! 250 00:14:54,920 --> 00:14:56,930 [phone rings] 251 00:15:01,030 --> 00:15:02,830 [phone rings] 252 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:12,270 Hello? Oh, yeah, Marge, 253 00:15:12,310 --> 00:15:15,080 I know you couldn’t reach me. I had the phone shut off. 254 00:15:15,110 --> 00:15:16,950 I told you I’ll be busy for a couple of days. 255 00:15:17,050 --> 00:15:19,710 Maybe I could see you this afternoon. 256 00:15:19,750 --> 00:15:21,280 Where are you now? 257 00:15:22,750 --> 00:15:24,420 Downstairs in the lobby? 258 00:15:25,690 --> 00:15:28,690 Now, Marge, wait... wait! 259 00:16:23,880 --> 00:16:25,110 [knocks on the door] 260 00:16:25,150 --> 00:16:26,450 Bart? 261 00:16:29,880 --> 00:16:31,920 Bart, are you there? 262 00:16:43,670 --> 00:16:45,530 -[running water] -Bart? 263 00:16:48,970 --> 00:16:50,270 Bart? 264 00:16:56,240 --> 00:16:59,810 -[knocking on the door] -Bart? 265 00:16:59,850 --> 00:17:02,450 -Bart? -Just a minute! 266 00:17:13,700 --> 00:17:15,800 Sorry, I was, uh, just... 267 00:17:15,830 --> 00:17:18,030 straightening up. 268 00:17:18,030 --> 00:17:19,900 Sure you weren’t hiding another woman? 269 00:17:19,930 --> 00:17:22,040 Now where would I hide anyone around here? 270 00:17:22,070 --> 00:17:24,370 Well, you managed to hide yourself pretty good. 271 00:17:24,410 --> 00:17:26,070 Hello, Ed. I didn’t expect to see you. 272 00:17:26,110 --> 00:17:27,940 He came with me. 273 00:17:31,180 --> 00:17:33,080 What gives here? Are you two ganging up on me? 274 00:17:33,110 --> 00:17:35,280 I couldn’t reach you by phone, so I thought of get in touch 275 00:17:35,320 --> 00:17:37,620 -through Marge. -Hey! Where you going? 276 00:17:37,650 --> 00:17:40,060 Powder my nose, if that’s all right with you. 277 00:17:40,060 --> 00:17:41,060 Not in there. 278 00:17:43,060 --> 00:17:44,930 Why not? 279 00:17:44,960 --> 00:17:46,360 Bart, have you got somebody hidden? 280 00:17:48,530 --> 00:17:50,970 Nobody, go ahead. 281 00:17:51,070 --> 00:17:52,400 Thanks. 282 00:17:57,870 --> 00:17:59,810 Hey, level with me. 283 00:17:59,840 --> 00:18:02,240 What’s been happening? 284 00:18:02,280 --> 00:18:05,080 I’ve just been straightening out, that’s all. [sighs] 285 00:18:05,110 --> 00:18:07,220 By straightening out, you mean, uh... 286 00:18:07,250 --> 00:18:08,820 getting stiff? 287 00:18:08,850 --> 00:18:11,420 No, Ed, that’s finished. I’ve sworn off. 288 00:18:12,590 --> 00:18:14,590 Well, fine. 289 00:18:14,620 --> 00:18:17,490 That’s the only thing I was worried about. 290 00:18:17,530 --> 00:18:19,930 Bart, I’ve got some good news for you. 291 00:18:20,030 --> 00:18:21,730 Let me tell him. 292 00:18:23,900 --> 00:18:26,300 Wellman’s changed his mind, darling, he’s giving you the part. 293 00:18:32,140 --> 00:18:33,810 We’re gonna celebrate. 294 00:18:34,910 --> 00:18:36,480 Thank you, it’s heavy. 295 00:18:36,510 --> 00:18:38,880 It’s full of ice cubes. 296 00:18:38,910 --> 00:18:41,050 Bart, you don’t seem too excited by the news. 297 00:18:41,050 --> 00:18:43,550 No, I am. I am, I’m... 298 00:18:43,590 --> 00:18:45,050 just stunned, sort of. 299 00:18:45,090 --> 00:18:47,320 [knocks on the door] 300 00:18:47,360 --> 00:18:49,490 This Grand Central Station? 301 00:18:58,230 --> 00:18:59,830 Lieutenant Gunderson. Special detail. 302 00:18:59,870 --> 00:19:02,200 I’d like to talk to you, for a moment. 303 00:19:02,240 --> 00:19:03,670 Sure, come in. 304 00:19:03,710 --> 00:19:05,610 Oh, didn’t realize you had company. 305 00:19:07,280 --> 00:19:09,740 It’s quite all right, lieutenant. This is, uh, 306 00:19:09,780 --> 00:19:11,280 my fiancé, Miss Ridgeway... 307 00:19:17,220 --> 00:19:20,860 and my... agent Ed Bolling. 308 00:19:22,020 --> 00:19:25,660 -Lieutenant. -Hot day, isn’t it? 309 00:19:25,690 --> 00:19:28,030 Uh, I’ll tell you why I’m here. 310 00:19:28,060 --> 00:19:30,270 We’re checking up on a friend of yours, 311 00:19:30,300 --> 00:19:31,770 named Jerry Lane. 312 00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:34,070 [Marge] Jerry? What’s the matter? 313 00:19:34,100 --> 00:19:35,770 Is he in trouble? 314 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:38,840 Well, that’s just it, miss. We don’t really know. 315 00:19:38,870 --> 00:19:40,780 He seems to have drop out of sight, 316 00:19:40,810 --> 00:19:42,610 since last Thursday evening. 317 00:19:42,640 --> 00:19:44,810 His agent’s asked us to try to locate him. 318 00:19:46,510 --> 00:19:48,780 Well, I wish we could help you, lieutenant. 319 00:19:48,820 --> 00:19:51,120 Well, maybe you can. 320 00:19:51,150 --> 00:19:52,920 According to reports, you were the last person 321 00:19:52,950 --> 00:19:54,220 he was seen with. 322 00:19:54,260 --> 00:19:56,260 [sighs] Me? 323 00:19:56,290 --> 00:19:59,060 Thursday evening, at the Empty Room Café. 324 00:19:59,060 --> 00:20:01,600 You and he left together at around 11 o’clock. 325 00:20:01,630 --> 00:20:03,970 That’s right. 326 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:06,870 Poor guy was so loaded, I had to help him into a cab. 327 00:20:08,670 --> 00:20:10,940 Go on. 328 00:20:10,970 --> 00:20:13,410 That’s all. He climbed into a cab, and I came home. 329 00:20:15,710 --> 00:20:18,950 You sure Jerry Lane didn’t come home with you? 330 00:20:18,980 --> 00:20:21,620 -Why should he? -Now, you tell me. 331 00:20:21,650 --> 00:20:23,950 I have the night clerk’s word for it. 332 00:20:23,990 --> 00:20:25,950 He saw you and another man coming downstairs 333 00:20:25,990 --> 00:20:27,990 around midnight last Thursday. 334 00:20:28,020 --> 00:20:30,030 The other man answers Jerry Lane’s description, 335 00:20:30,060 --> 00:20:31,360 but nobody seen Lane come out. 336 00:20:33,860 --> 00:20:36,260 Well, in that case, lieutenant, he still must be here. 337 00:20:36,300 --> 00:20:38,400 Why don’t you take a look around? 338 00:20:39,570 --> 00:20:41,700 Well, thanks. If you don’t mind. 339 00:20:41,740 --> 00:20:44,070 Be my guest. 340 00:20:44,110 --> 00:20:46,780 Bedroom through the alcove. 341 00:20:46,810 --> 00:20:50,310 The bath, and the kitchen. 342 00:20:54,020 --> 00:20:57,650 Bart, Jerry wasn’t up here, was he? 343 00:20:57,690 --> 00:20:59,920 Of course not. 344 00:20:59,950 --> 00:21:01,720 Oh, I’ve been so worried about you lately I just 345 00:21:01,760 --> 00:21:04,090 don’t know what to think. 346 00:21:04,130 --> 00:21:05,830 Well, now you know. I was fighting off 347 00:21:05,860 --> 00:21:08,200 the temptation of that demon rum. 348 00:21:08,230 --> 00:21:09,930 Just as simple as that. 349 00:21:09,960 --> 00:21:11,270 I’m glad! 350 00:21:14,070 --> 00:21:16,200 Funny, isn’t it? 351 00:21:16,240 --> 00:21:17,670 Here I spent all my hard earned money 352 00:21:17,710 --> 00:21:19,640 to buy you this beautiful ice bucket and then 353 00:21:19,670 --> 00:21:22,280 you swear off drinking. 354 00:21:22,310 --> 00:21:24,450 -Maybe I better take it home with me. -No! 355 00:21:25,510 --> 00:21:26,780 I was only kidding. 356 00:21:30,720 --> 00:21:32,550 I want it for sentimental reasons. 357 00:21:35,390 --> 00:21:38,460 -Bart, is something wrong? -Bart, 358 00:21:38,490 --> 00:21:40,260 I’m worried about Jerry. 359 00:21:41,500 --> 00:21:43,530 Where do you think he disappeared to? 360 00:21:43,570 --> 00:21:46,530 Well, there doesn’t seem to be anything here, 361 00:21:46,570 --> 00:21:48,300 thanks for letting me look around. 362 00:21:48,340 --> 00:21:49,940 All right, any time, lieutenant. 363 00:21:49,970 --> 00:21:52,840 Guess I’ll have to have another talk with that night clerk. 364 00:21:52,870 --> 00:21:55,940 Don’t lean on him too much, you know, we all make mistakes. 365 00:21:55,980 --> 00:21:57,580 -Hm. -Would you care for a drink 366 00:21:57,610 --> 00:22:00,120 before you go, lieutenant? We’re celebrating getting a job. 367 00:22:00,150 --> 00:22:02,520 Yeah, well, thanks. But I’m on duty. 368 00:22:02,550 --> 00:22:04,890 You see? Nobody wants a drink. 369 00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:06,490 Well, I do. 370 00:22:06,520 --> 00:22:08,190 Bart, If you’ve really sworn off, 371 00:22:08,220 --> 00:22:11,560 you’ll just have to get used to watching other people drink. 372 00:22:11,590 --> 00:22:13,460 Sure you won’t change your mind, lieutenant? 373 00:22:13,500 --> 00:22:15,230 After all, it is a celebration. 374 00:22:15,260 --> 00:22:17,900 [Ed] Just one, lieutenant. 375 00:22:17,930 --> 00:22:21,540 Well, maybe I will have a glass of ice water. 376 00:22:21,570 --> 00:22:24,310 If that isn’t too much trouble. 377 00:22:24,340 --> 00:22:26,070 Oh, what are you doing? 378 00:22:26,070 --> 00:22:28,210 Just getting some ice, for the lieutenant. 379 00:22:28,240 --> 00:22:30,280 Well, I’ll get some ice cubes out of the refrigerator. 380 00:22:30,310 --> 00:22:33,080 But darling, don’t you remember you told me this was full of-- 381 00:22:33,080 --> 00:22:35,080 I told you to keep your hands off! 382 00:23:15,560 --> 00:23:17,330 [drops lid] 383 00:23:26,430 --> 00:23:30,940 How did you dispose of the rest of the body? 384 00:23:48,520 --> 00:23:51,090 Mr. Blackwood, Mr. Blackwood, 385 00:23:51,090 --> 00:23:52,760 this is most upsetting. 386 00:23:52,790 --> 00:23:54,500 Especially to Miss Schmells. 387 00:23:54,530 --> 00:23:57,330 He had a date to take her to dinner after class. 388 00:23:57,370 --> 00:23:59,770 Perhaps you should give me another minute. 389 00:23:59,800 --> 00:24:01,900 Mr. Blackwood... 390 00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:06,170 Next week, we shall be back with another story. 391 00:24:06,210 --> 00:24:08,080 As for this incident, 392 00:24:08,110 --> 00:24:10,750 I have become philosophical about it. 393 00:24:10,780 --> 00:24:14,380 After all, we may have lost a student, 394 00:24:14,420 --> 00:24:16,620 but we have gained a mascot. 395 00:24:16,650 --> 00:24:18,050 Goodnight.