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You unlock this door
with the key of imagination.

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Beyond it is another dimension-

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a dimension of sound,

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a dimension of sight,

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a dimension of mind.

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You're moving into a land
of both shadow and substance,

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of things and ideas.

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You've just crossed over
into the twilight zone.

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Good evening, happy
family members and stockholders

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of the w.v. Whipple
manufacturing corporation.

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This year, as you've
already perceived,

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we are bringing you the story
of your company's progress

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via the motion picture screen.

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This is our main operating plant
in the midwest.

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You will note
the number of employees

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attending the assembly line.

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In this one plant,
your company employs 34,827 men.

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Added to 13 other major
whipple plants

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across the country,

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we employ a total
of close to 283,000 personnel.

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And now, to the stunning
and exciting news

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which i believe you'll agree
shows, once again,

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that at whipple's,
we only take forward steps.

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Now, family members,
and stockholders

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of the whipple corporation,

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thisis the x109b14

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modified transistorized
totally automatic

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assembly machine
which eliminates

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61,000 jobs,

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73 bulky, inefficient machines,

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81,000 needless man hours
per 11 working days

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and $4 million
in expenditures each year

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for employee hospitalization,
employee insurance,

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employee welfare and
employee profit participation.

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Even as you stockholders
are watching this film,

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the first model of the x109b14
modified transistorized machine

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is being placed into operations

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here in our midwestern
main plant.

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Within six months,
our entire production facilities

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will be totally automated.

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Ladies and gentlemen,
from now on

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whipple will operate
from a brain center

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with machines such as this one.

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Ladies and gentlemen
of the whipple family,

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this ends
our 1967 year-end report.

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Well, hanley,

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will that bring
the stockholders

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to their feet
cheering?

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Not that i need
encouragement.

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The movie speaks
for itself.

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It does, indeed.

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You didn't
like it, hanley?

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I'm a chief engineer,
mr. Whipple.

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My duties consist
of plant management.

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I'm not a film critic.

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Look, i didn't expect
four stars, hanley.

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But as plant manager,
i wanted your point of view

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on the film's content.

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I thought you'd have
some enthusiasm

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for the changes
we're planning.

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Doesn't it give you
the lay of the land?

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Can't you answer that?

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Oh, yes.

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It gives me
the lay of the land.

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Tell me

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do you really expect
to automate in six months?

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Four months is
a better guess.

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Lots of things
are going

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in the trash heap.

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Time clocks,
for instance.

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There won't be anybody
to punch in or out.

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I'll donate them
to a museum.

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Something,
hanley?

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Yes, something.

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Something like

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a lot of men out of work!

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That, unfortunately,
is progress, hanley.

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You're a solid man
on assembly line planning.

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But when it comes to progress

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you're a foot-dragger.

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Sweetheart, you and i
are going to spend

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a lot of time together.

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Indeed, we are.

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Indeed, indeed, indeed we are.

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These are the players,
with or without a scorecard:

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In one corner, a machine;

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in the other,
one wallace v. Whipple, man.

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And the game?

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It happens to be
the historical battle

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between flesh and steel,

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between the brain of man

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and the product of man's brain.

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We don't make book on this one,
and predict no winner

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but we can tell you that
for this particular contest,

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there is standing room only

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in the twilight zone.

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You know what
your trouble is?

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You're holding on tight
to this 19th century.

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I'm holding tight
to some principles-

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principles that have
to do with firing.

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The regret for
the wholesale firings

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of men who've worked here
from 20 to 30 years.

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Regret, indeed,
it's come to regret?

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I'll let you
handle the regrets.

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That'll be your
responsibility.

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Have a sign made
for your desk.

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"Mr. Walter hanley,

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plant manager
in charge of regrets."

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Tell me,
why are you so eager

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to replace men
with machines?

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Did it ever
occur to you

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that you're trading
efficiency for pride?

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Pride?

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Yes, pride!

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Craftsmanship.

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What a man feels
when he makes something.

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What does your
machine feel?

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Anything?

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Anything at all?

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What the devil
can i do with pride?

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Can it, bottle it,
wrap it, produce it?

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I'm not selling pride,
i'm selling product.

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Your father...
what about
my father?

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He ran this plant
for 40 years.

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He had an eye
for profit.

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He was never
inefficient, but...

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but what?

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He had something else
on his mind.

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What else did my father
have on his mind?

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Good will.

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And the welfare
of the people
who worked for him.

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Good will and the welfare
of the people

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that worked for him, indeed.

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In 40 years, my father doubled
the size of his plant

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while his competitors
quadrupled theirs.

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His competitors,
who were less concerned

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with the good will
and welfare

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of the people
that worked for them.

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They paid a fair wage
and got a fair day's work.

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But, if they could find
a machine to replace a man

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they did it.

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But they
didn't have

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plant managers
like yourself

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who went off
into a crying jag

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every time
a pink slip

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was attached
to a time clock.

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What's the name
of the plant foreman?

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Dickerson, dickerson,
that's his name.

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Get him up here for me,
will you?

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I'm going
to indulge in

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that heartfelt compassion
you hunger for.

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I'm going to give him and
his staff four months' notice.

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Now, hanley, is that
compassionate or isn't it?

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Now, go get him, please,
get him up here

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hold his hand, dry his eyes,
pat him on the head

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but get him up here.

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So that's about the size
of it, mr. Dickerson,

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you may tell
the entire day shift

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that they'll be pink-slipped
as of the first of july.

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We're here to set
it up, mr. Whipple.

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Oh, fine, i've checked
the machine over.

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Just put it downstairs,
but treat it gently.

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Handle it with care.

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Now, you realize that this
somewhat wholesale discharge

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has nothing to do
with dissatisfaction

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on your part
or that of the men.

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It's merely progress,
mr. Dickerson.

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Out with the old,
in with the new-
automation.

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That'll be all.

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Yes, mr. Whipple.

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That will be all.

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Did you ever notice,
mr. Hanley,

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ever notice how it looks
like it had a face?

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An ugly face.

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A miserable, ugly face.

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Whipple, he thinks
it's a machine.

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It's not a machine,
it's an enemy.

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It's an opponent.

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I swear, we've got to hate
a thing like this.

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Getting awful late, dick.

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Should have closed
half an hour ago.

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You know what
these are?

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Pair of hands?

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Yeah, pair of hands.

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You know what
else they are?

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They're obsolete,
they're off the market.

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They're like wooden wagons
trying to roll down a freeway.

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Flesh and bone
and muscle and nerve

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but that don't cut
mustard anymore.

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I want to tell
you some...

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i'm going
to tell you something.

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There isn't amachine made

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that can beat a man.

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Isn't one...

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i'll prove it
to you!

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I'm going over there right now

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and i'm going
to prove it to you.

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I'm going to take
that new machine of whipple's

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and i'm going to turn it

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into nuts and bolts.

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And if that slob with
the key chain gets in my way

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i'm going
to strangle him with it.

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Dickerson!

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The watchman
called.

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He said
you're drunk

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and barged right
past him.

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And he's right,
mr. Whipple.

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Iamdrunk.

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And i did barge
right in.

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I've worked here for 30 years!

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And i've been foreman
for 17 of them.

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In my book, that gives me
some rights, mr. Whipple.

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Well, you've got
the wrong book, dickerson.

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You're drunk, disorderly

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and trespassing
on private property

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and subject to arrest.

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Tell me something,
mr. Whipple.

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When you're dead and buried,
who will mourn for you?

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Shall i tell you
the difference, mr. Dickerson,

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between you and it?

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That machine costs
two cents an hour for current.

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It lasts indefinitely.

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It gets no wrinkles,
no arthritis,

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no hardening of the arteries.

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That one machine is a lathe
operator, a press operator.

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Two machines replace 114 men

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that take no coffee breaks,
no sick leaves,

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no vacations with pay.

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And that, in my book,

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is worth considerably more
than you are.

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They should have stopped you
a year ago!

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Somebody ought to held you down

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and put a bit in your head

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and poured in some reminders

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that men have to eat and work.

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And you can't pack them
in cosmoline

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like surplus tanks!

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Or put them out to pasture
like old bulls!

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I'm a man,
mr. Whipple!

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You hear me?
I'm a man!

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And that makes me better
than that...

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hunk of metal, you hear me?!

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Better!

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What should i do?

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Stop him,
stop him!

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He has a crow bar!

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I don't care!

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No, you can't
do that!

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You see, machine?

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It... took more than...
you to beat me.

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It... it took a man.

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Oh, hanley, i've
been expecting you.

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No doubt.

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They told me
you were at the hospital.

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I just came from
the hospital.

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Fortunately for you,
mr. Whipple,

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dickerson's
going to live.

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00:13:53,918 --> 00:13:57,019
Fortunately, other than
protecting my property

261
00:13:57,054 --> 00:13:58,888
i have no
involvement in that.

262
00:13:58,923 --> 00:14:00,773
Are the technicians
downstairs?

263
00:14:02,024 --> 00:14:03,893
I asked you a question.

264
00:14:03,928 --> 00:14:06,395
Are the technicians
repairing that machine?

265
00:14:06,430 --> 00:14:08,280
It appears so.

266
00:14:08,315 --> 00:14:08,898
Ah, good.

267
00:14:08,933 --> 00:14:12,034
Oh, hanley,
this should interest you.

268
00:14:12,069 --> 00:14:15,154
This is a tape-controlled
seven axis.

269
00:14:15,189 --> 00:14:16,405
It's called a sentry.

270
00:14:16,440 --> 00:14:18,290
Know what it does?

271
00:14:18,325 --> 00:14:20,793
It keeps an eye
on every operation

272
00:14:20,828 --> 00:14:22,044
in the entire plant.

273
00:14:22,079 --> 00:14:24,547
It keeps absolutely
accurate data

274
00:14:24,582 --> 00:14:27,666
on man hours, cost
hours, product rejects,

275
00:14:27,701 --> 00:14:28,918
just everything!

276
00:14:28,953 --> 00:14:31,420
The most sophisticated
machine i've ever seen.

277
00:14:31,455 --> 00:14:33,923
I just bought it.

278
00:14:37,309 --> 00:14:40,429
How many men
doesitreplace?

279
00:14:40,464 --> 00:14:41,680
This should
please you-

280
00:14:41,715 --> 00:14:44,183
only one,
just one!

281
00:14:44,218 --> 00:14:47,937
As a matter of fact,
it replaces you.

282
00:14:50,439 --> 00:14:53,576
That's only
right, mr. Whipple,

283
00:14:53,611 --> 00:14:56,078
since the point
of my coming today

284
00:14:56,113 --> 00:14:57,947
was to give you
my notice.

285
00:14:57,982 --> 00:14:59,198
Oh, good,
good.

286
00:14:59,233 --> 00:15:01,700
I suspected
as much.

287
00:15:01,735 --> 00:15:03,586
You're a
sensible man

288
00:15:03,621 --> 00:15:06,705
and i'm sure you know
that an industrial team

289
00:15:07,339 --> 00:15:10,459
has to be a
compatible team.

290
00:15:10,494 --> 00:15:12,962
And when two men rub
each other the wrong way,

291
00:15:12,997 --> 00:15:14,847
well, it's unrealistic
and impractical

292
00:15:14,882 --> 00:15:16,715
that they try to stay
on the same team.

293
00:15:16,750 --> 00:15:19,852
In spite of the fact you
think i'm kind of an ogre,

294
00:15:19,887 --> 00:15:21,720
some sort of a
heartless scrooge,

295
00:15:21,755 --> 00:15:24,223
i'm not going to
forget the many years

296
00:15:24,258 --> 00:15:26,108
of hard work you put in
for me and my father.

297
00:15:26,725 --> 00:15:29,862
I'm going to see that you get an
extremely liberal severance pay

298
00:15:29,897 --> 00:15:31,113
and what i'm sure
you'll agree

299
00:15:31,148 --> 00:15:32,982
is a far better
than average pension.

300
00:15:33,616 --> 00:15:35,484
That's very generous
of you.

301
00:15:35,519 --> 00:15:37,987
There's something
i'd like to give you,

302
00:15:38,022 --> 00:15:38,621
if you don't mind.

303
00:15:38,656 --> 00:15:39,872
No, what is that?

304
00:15:40,489 --> 00:15:43,626
That's for you
from me.

305
00:15:43,661 --> 00:15:46,745
For your lack of
sensitivity, compassion.

306
00:15:46,780 --> 00:15:49,248
Your heartless manipulation
of men and metals.

307
00:15:49,283 --> 00:15:51,133
You can take
my severance pay,

308
00:15:51,168 --> 00:15:53,636
my pension, and
your good-bye speeches

309
00:15:54,253 --> 00:15:55,504
and feed them
into your machine.

310
00:15:55,539 --> 00:15:57,756
Because when i walk away
from you,

311
00:15:57,791 --> 00:15:59,008
i walk awayclean.

312
00:15:59,043 --> 00:16:02,144
And that, mr. Whipple,
is one hell of a trick!

313
00:16:08,767 --> 00:16:10,019
A new watchman device.

314
00:16:10,054 --> 00:16:11,020
Take out your i.d. Card

315
00:16:11,055 --> 00:16:12,905
and hold it
in front of the door.

316
00:16:12,940 --> 00:16:14,773
There are built-in
electric eyes.

317
00:16:46,055 --> 00:16:47,556
Yes,
mr. Whipple?

318
00:16:47,591 --> 00:16:50,693
Oh, run a control
check, please.

319
00:16:50,728 --> 00:16:53,195
I already have,
two hours ago.

320
00:16:53,230 --> 00:16:54,446
I did it right
after lunch, too.

321
00:16:54,481 --> 00:16:55,698
And if you
recall, sir,

322
00:16:55,733 --> 00:16:58,200
i did it this
morning, as well.

323
00:16:58,235 --> 00:17:00,703
Ever heard
of preventative
maintenance?

324
00:17:00,738 --> 00:17:01,954
It's my job,
mr. Whipple.

325
00:17:01,989 --> 00:17:05,074
What you're asking of
me isn't maintenance.

326
00:17:05,109 --> 00:17:06,959
It's not
preventing a thing.

327
00:17:06,994 --> 00:17:08,577
Oh, indeed, and i suppose

328
00:17:08,612 --> 00:17:10,462
you know what's needed in this
plant and what isn't needed.

329
00:17:10,497 --> 00:17:12,715
I know that running
equipment checks

330
00:17:12,750 --> 00:17:14,583
ten times a day
is a waste of time,

331
00:17:14,618 --> 00:17:15,834
a waste of effort,

332
00:17:15,869 --> 00:17:17,720
and it's becoming
an idiotic ritual around here.

333
00:17:18,337 --> 00:17:20,339
Young man, your presence is

334
00:17:20,374 --> 00:17:22,224
a necessity of the moment.

335
00:17:22,259 --> 00:17:24,093
Notice i stress "of the moment."

336
00:17:24,128 --> 00:17:25,728
Uh, a case in point.

337
00:17:25,763 --> 00:17:26,979
Case in point.

338
00:17:27,014 --> 00:17:28,847
Now, stay here,
observe this.

339
00:17:33,852 --> 00:17:35,104
Dear sir

340
00:17:35,139 --> 00:17:37,606
yours of the 14th
received and acknowledged.

341
00:17:37,641 --> 00:17:40,109
Now is the time
for all good men

342
00:17:40,144 --> 00:17:41,360
to come to the aid
of their country

343
00:17:41,395 --> 00:17:43,245
etc., etc., etc., etc.

344
00:17:52,621 --> 00:17:53,872
A perfect letter.

345
00:17:53,907 --> 00:17:56,375
Not one error
or erasure.

346
00:17:56,410 --> 00:17:57,626
Typed at conception.

347
00:17:57,661 --> 00:17:58,877
Am i getting through,
young man?

348
00:17:58,912 --> 00:18:01,380
You mean secretaries
are obsolete now.

349
00:18:01,415 --> 00:18:03,766
Precisely, obsolete.

350
00:18:03,801 --> 00:18:05,017
And do you know
what else it means?

351
00:18:05,052 --> 00:18:08,137
It means no more powder rooms,
no more coffee breaks.

352
00:18:08,172 --> 00:18:10,022
No more work stoppages

353
00:18:10,057 --> 00:18:11,890
due to sundry inconveniences

354
00:18:11,925 --> 00:18:13,776
such as maternity and all that.

355
00:18:13,811 --> 00:18:17,146
Inconveniences like maternity?

356
00:18:17,181 --> 00:18:19,031
You'll have
to forgive me, mr. Whipple.

357
00:18:19,066 --> 00:18:20,899
But if we keep this up

358
00:18:20,934 --> 00:18:22,151
we'll have wonderful products

359
00:18:22,186 --> 00:18:23,402
but mighty few people
to buy them.

360
00:18:23,437 --> 00:18:26,538
Happily that is not my concern.

361
00:18:26,573 --> 00:18:29,658
Providing efficiency-
that is my only concern.

362
00:18:32,911 --> 00:18:35,414
Mr. Whipple?

363
00:18:35,449 --> 00:18:37,049
Have you looked

364
00:18:37,084 --> 00:18:38,300
around this place,
lately?

365
00:18:38,335 --> 00:18:39,551
Looked around?

366
00:18:39,586 --> 00:18:41,804
The cafeteria, for example.

367
00:18:41,839 --> 00:18:43,055
It's like a cave.

368
00:18:43,090 --> 00:18:44,923
Not a soul in there.

369
00:18:44,958 --> 00:18:46,809
Just a few vending machines

370
00:18:46,844 --> 00:18:49,311
and music through
a loudspeaker.

371
00:18:49,346 --> 00:18:51,313
Have you seen
the parking lot?

372
00:18:51,348 --> 00:18:51,930
It's a desert.

373
00:18:51,965 --> 00:18:54,433
No cars, no people.

374
00:18:54,468 --> 00:18:56,185
How very enlightening.

375
00:18:56,220 --> 00:18:58,070
This place has
everything now

376
00:18:58,105 --> 00:18:58,687
for efficiency.

377
00:18:58,722 --> 00:19:00,572
Do you know
what it lacks?

378
00:19:00,607 --> 00:19:01,190
No, tell me.

379
00:19:01,225 --> 00:19:02,441
Voices.

380
00:19:02,476 --> 00:19:03,692
Laughter.

381
00:19:03,727 --> 00:19:06,195
Whatever makes people
feel for people.

382
00:19:06,230 --> 00:19:08,697
That's what it lacks.

383
00:19:08,732 --> 00:19:10,582
This is a lousy
place to work.

384
00:19:10,617 --> 00:19:13,085
Then i'll spare you
further suffering.

385
00:19:13,120 --> 00:19:14,336
You're discharged.

386
00:19:14,371 --> 00:19:16,205
I've been expecting that.

387
00:19:16,240 --> 00:19:18,090
Actually, i've been wanting it.

388
00:19:18,125 --> 00:19:19,958
I can't work here anymore.

389
00:19:19,993 --> 00:19:21,844
It's too darn lonely.

390
00:19:27,466 --> 00:19:29,351
And another thing, mr. Whipple,

391
00:19:29,386 --> 00:19:31,603
to do with
equipment checks

392
00:19:31,638 --> 00:19:32,855
and preventative
maintenance?

393
00:19:32,890 --> 00:19:35,724
It might be a
good idea if you ran

394
00:19:35,759 --> 00:19:38,227
an equipment
check on yourself!

395
00:19:45,117 --> 00:19:47,619
Equipment check on myself!

396
00:19:47,654 --> 00:19:48,871
What insufferable rot!

397
00:19:49,488 --> 00:19:51,373
Equipment check on myself!

398
00:19:55,744 --> 00:19:58,247
Did it occur to you

399
00:19:58,282 --> 00:20:00,632
that you're trading efficiency
for pride?

400
00:20:00,667 --> 00:20:04,002
When you're dead and buried

401
00:20:04,037 --> 00:20:07,389
who will mourn for you?

402
00:20:07,424 --> 00:20:10,893
I think it might be a good idea

403
00:20:10,928 --> 00:20:13,645
if you ran an equipment check...
on yourself!

404
00:20:21,270 --> 00:20:24,022
Did it occur to you that you're
trading efficiency for pride?

405
00:20:24,057 --> 00:20:29,027
When you're dead and buried
who will mourn for you?

406
00:20:29,062 --> 00:20:31,530
I think it might be a good idea

407
00:20:31,565 --> 00:20:34,666
if you ran an equipment check...
on yourself!

408
00:20:34,701 --> 00:20:36,168
I think it might be a good idea

409
00:20:36,203 --> 00:20:38,036
if you ran an equipment check...
on yourself!

410
00:20:38,071 --> 00:20:40,539
Did it occur to you that you're
trading efficiency for pride?

411
00:20:40,574 --> 00:20:43,675
When you're dead and buried
who will mourn for you?

412
00:21:25,584 --> 00:21:26,835
What'll it be
mr. Whipple?

413
00:21:26,870 --> 00:21:28,086
Beer, please.

414
00:21:41,850 --> 00:21:43,101
To other days,
mr. Hanley.

415
00:21:43,136 --> 00:21:45,604
And to other toasts.

416
00:21:46,238 --> 00:21:48,106
I'll drink to that,
mr. Whipple.

417
00:21:53,862 --> 00:21:56,365
How are you finding retirement?

418
00:21:56,400 --> 00:21:59,501
Oh, tolerable,
mr. Whipple, tolerable.

419
00:21:59,536 --> 00:22:02,004
I manage to...
i manage to keep busy

420
00:22:02,039 --> 00:22:04,506
not as much as i'd like...

421
00:22:04,541 --> 00:22:08,877
my wife says i'm underfoot,
but i do all right.

422
00:22:08,912 --> 00:22:12,631
But you know, it's kind of nice
to sleep late in the mornings.

423
00:22:12,666 --> 00:22:18,887
It's important.
Uh... this retirement, i mean.

424
00:22:18,922 --> 00:22:20,772
Very important.

425
00:22:20,807 --> 00:22:24,526
A man should have time
for leisure when he grows older.

426
00:22:24,561 --> 00:22:28,897
It's important
he have time for leisure.

427
00:22:29,147 --> 00:22:31,033
That's so, mr. Whipple.

428
00:22:32,901 --> 00:22:36,655
You know, when the
board of directors

429
00:22:36,690 --> 00:22:38,540
first indicated to me

430
00:22:38,575 --> 00:22:40,409
that they thought i was
somewhat overtired,

431
00:22:40,444 --> 00:22:43,545
should relinquish some
of my responsibilities,

432
00:22:43,580 --> 00:22:46,665
well, if the truth
were known, mr. Hanley,

433
00:22:46,700 --> 00:22:49,167
i did feel some sort
of antipathy for them,

434
00:22:49,202 --> 00:22:51,670
but, uh, they were right.

435
00:22:51,705 --> 00:22:54,172
They were quite
right, you know.

436
00:22:54,207 --> 00:22:57,309
But with the perspective
of time,

437
00:22:57,344 --> 00:23:00,429
i realized they'd moved me
out of there.

438
00:23:00,464 --> 00:23:04,816
I'm not married, you know,

439
00:23:04,851 --> 00:23:07,319
and things get a little dull.

440
00:23:07,354 --> 00:23:11,073
Well, no, not, not dull, really.

441
00:23:11,690 --> 00:23:12,324
I, uh, i manage
to keep myself busy

442
00:23:12,359 --> 00:23:13,575
but there are times

443
00:23:13,610 --> 00:23:16,695
when i wish... when i...

444
00:23:16,730 --> 00:23:19,831
it's not right, hanley.

445
00:23:19,866 --> 00:23:21,083
It's-it's not right.

446
00:23:21,700 --> 00:23:23,585
Cold, dispassionate,
impersonal...

447
00:23:23,620 --> 00:23:26,705
they-they chuck a man out
right in his prime.

448
00:23:26,740 --> 00:23:30,459
Chuck him out
like he was some kind of a part.

449
00:23:30,494 --> 00:23:32,961
Said i was neurotic
about things.

450
00:23:32,996 --> 00:23:35,464
Said that being alone

451
00:23:35,499 --> 00:23:36,715
with the machines
had warped me.

452
00:23:36,750 --> 00:23:39,217
That was the expression
they used- "warped."

453
00:23:39,252 --> 00:23:41,103
It's not fair, hanley.

454
00:23:41,138 --> 00:23:42,354
It's not fair.

455
00:23:42,389 --> 00:23:43,605
A man has value.

456
00:23:44,222 --> 00:23:46,108
A man has worth.

457
00:23:48,360 --> 00:23:52,731
They just snap their fingers,
and they bring in a replacement.

458
00:23:52,766 --> 00:23:54,616
They just bring in
a replacement.

459
00:23:54,651 --> 00:23:56,485
It, it isn't fair, hanley.

460
00:23:56,520 --> 00:24:00,238
It, it isn't fair,
the way they diminish us.

461
00:24:00,273 --> 00:24:02,741
There are many bromides
applicable here-

462
00:24:02,776 --> 00:24:03,992
too much of a good thing,

463
00:24:04,027 --> 00:24:05,243
tiger by the tail,

464
00:24:05,278 --> 00:24:08,380
as you sow, so shall ye reap.

465
00:24:08,415 --> 00:24:09,631
The point is that too often

466
00:24:09,666 --> 00:24:12,134
man becomes clever
instead of becoming wise,

467
00:24:12,169 --> 00:24:15,137
he becomes inventive,
but not thoughtful.

468
00:24:15,172 --> 00:24:17,639
And sometimes, as in the case
of mr. Whipple,

469
00:24:17,674 --> 00:24:20,142
he can create himself
right out of existence.

470
00:24:20,177 --> 00:24:22,644
Tonight's tale of oddness
and obsolescence

471
00:24:22,679 --> 00:24:25,147
from the twilight zone.

472
00:24:28,633 --> 00:24:30,402
And now, mr. Serling.

473
00:24:30,437 --> 00:24:32,270
Onthe twilight zonenext trip,

474
00:24:32,305 --> 00:24:35,407
we move into the area
of authentic folk singing.

475
00:24:35,442 --> 00:24:36,658
But this is folk singing

476
00:24:36,693 --> 00:24:38,527
like you've probably
never heard before.

477
00:24:38,562 --> 00:24:41,663
The words and the music
in this item are haunting indeed

478
00:24:41,698 --> 00:24:44,166
and this one provides
one of the more odd excursions

479
00:24:44,201 --> 00:24:46,034
into the places of shadow.

480
00:24:46,069 --> 00:24:47,285
Gary crosby and bonnie beecher

481
00:24:47,320 --> 00:24:49,788
star in a most unusual tale
by anthony wilson.

482
00:24:49,823 --> 00:24:52,924
It's called
"come wander with me."

483
00:24:53,924 --> 00:25:03,924
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