🤣 Get ready to laugh out loud with Joe E. Brown in this slapstick comedy full of mechanical mayhem and small-town salesmanship. Earthworm Tractors delivers charm, chaos, and cranked-up comedy from start to finish!
📽️ Plot Summary:
Joe, an overly enthusiastic tractor salesman, fumbles his way through the countryside trying to sell “Earthworm Tractors” while causing unintentional havoc. With his signature big grin and boundless energy, Joe’s antics are unforgettable.
🕰️ Year Released: 1936
🎭 Genre: Comedy
🎥 Directed by: Ray Enright
🎬 Starring: Joe E. Brown, June Travis, Guy Kibbee
🎞️ #EarthwormTractors #JoeEBrown #ClassicComedy #OldHollywood #1930sMovies #Slapstick #VintageCinema #RetroLaughs #PublicDomainComedy #TractorMadness #FeelGoodFilm #FreeClassicMovies
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📽️ Plot Summary:
Joe, an overly enthusiastic tractor salesman, fumbles his way through the countryside trying to sell “Earthworm Tractors” while causing unintentional havoc. With his signature big grin and boundless energy, Joe’s antics are unforgettable.
🕰️ Year Released: 1936
🎭 Genre: Comedy
🎥 Directed by: Ray Enright
🎬 Starring: Joe E. Brown, June Travis, Guy Kibbee
🎞️ #EarthwormTractors #JoeEBrown #ClassicComedy #OldHollywood #1930sMovies #Slapstick #VintageCinema #RetroLaughs #PublicDomainComedy #TractorMadness #FeelGoodFilm #FreeClassicMovies
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00:02:29How are ya, folks?
00:02:30How are ya, Sally?
00:02:31How are ya, Mr. Blair?
00:02:32How are ya, Emmett?
00:02:33Hello, Pop.
00:02:34Gosh, it's great to see you, Sally.
00:02:36Oh, it's good to see you, Alexander.
00:02:38Yeah.
00:02:39Ha, ha, ha.
00:02:40Did you get my letter?
00:02:41Letter?
00:02:42Today?
00:02:43Come on, Pop, let's go get that pie.
00:02:46Pie?
00:02:47Ha!
00:02:48What kind of pie?
00:02:49Green apple pie.
00:02:50Green apple?
00:02:51Ha, ha.
00:02:52That's my favorite color.
00:02:55You talk about salesmanship.
00:02:56Say, I had a letter from the factory this morning
00:02:58telling me that I was out selling every man on the sales force.
00:03:00Ha, ha.
00:03:01If I wasn't a natural born salesman,
00:03:02I wouldn't have been able to sell the Pleap Tool Company.
00:03:04Gosh, you must have had a fine commission.
00:03:06Why, that Pleap Tool Company is one of the biggest
00:03:08tool concerns in the country.
00:03:10I guess I did get a pretty big commission at that.
00:03:12I haven't figured it out yet.
00:03:13Guess I better.
00:03:15Let me see.
00:03:16Let me see.
00:03:176 times 6 is 36 and 4.
00:03:21FOB plus the insurance.
00:03:236, 12.
00:03:25Almost forgot the zoning rates.
00:03:27Plus 17 and 6.
00:03:32Plus 4, 6, and 8 times 7.
00:03:37There you are.
00:03:38There it is.
00:03:39What is it?
00:03:40$3.05.
00:03:42$3.05?
00:03:44Oh, Alexander.
00:03:45I thought you were selling something worthwhile.
00:03:47Oh, what are you doing, butts?
00:03:49Selling bird seed?
00:03:51Bird seed nothing.
00:03:53Now, folks, undoubtedly you want to know what this is.
00:03:57The idea of this little novelty is to bring you health.
00:03:59It opens the pores, clears the eyes,
00:04:01takes your mind off business worries,
00:04:03and last but not least,
00:04:04brings laughter back into the life of the working man.
00:04:07All you do, folks,
00:04:08is just to blow through the little pipe
00:04:10and attach the cork onto the hook.
00:04:12It's simple.
00:04:13Watch.
00:04:21There you are, folks.
00:04:22But don't take my word for it.
00:04:24Here, try it yourself.
00:04:25So this is what you sell.
00:04:27But butts, you're nothing but a peddler.
00:04:29Well, is that so?
00:04:30Let me tell you something.
00:04:31It takes real salesmanship to sell a thing like that.
00:04:34I'll tell you right now, butts,
00:04:35I don't want my daughter to have anything to do with a peddler.
00:04:38And I'll appreciate it if you don't bother Sally anymore
00:04:40until you become a more respectable citizen.
00:04:42Come on, Emmett, let you and I go get a piece of Miles' pie.
00:04:44Goodbye, Mr. Butts.
00:04:46Aho!
00:04:54Sally.
00:04:56You don't think I'm a peddler, do you?
00:04:58Of course not, Alexander.
00:05:00Selling little gadgets like that,
00:05:02well, it's not dignified.
00:05:05Oh.
00:05:07I see.
00:05:09Oh, gosh, I just happened to think
00:05:10I've got an appointment down at the hotel.
00:05:13Oh, I'm sorry, Alexander,
00:05:14but you really ought to get out and do something important.
00:05:17If you're going to be a salesman,
00:05:18well, sell something big, something worthwhile.
00:05:21Say, you don't have to feel sorry for me.
00:05:23I won't always be selling little gadgets.
00:05:25A natural-born salesman like me can sell anything.
00:05:33Steamship.
00:05:35That's it.
00:05:36That's what I'll sell.
00:05:37Say, that ought to be big enough for anyone.
00:05:39You can't sell steamships.
00:05:41Be practical.
00:05:42No?
00:05:46Bridges.
00:05:47What about bridges?
00:05:48Bridges?
00:05:49Yeah, sure.
00:05:50Some people buy bridges.
00:05:51Oh, no.
00:05:52No?
00:05:54Well, then...
00:05:57Tractors.
00:05:58Earthworm tractors.
00:06:00That's it.
00:06:01That's big.
00:06:02That's important.
00:06:03That's worthwhile.
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00:06:05Now you're talking.
00:06:06Can I have this?
00:06:07Oh, sure.
00:06:08Look, Sally, I got to be running along,
00:06:10but I'll write to you.
00:06:11The next time you hear from me,
00:06:12I'll be selling earthworm tractors.
00:06:14I'm going to make a big success of this.
00:06:16And when I do, I'm going to come back for you.
00:06:18Will you be waiting for me?
00:06:19Why, certainly, Alexander.
00:06:21Yeah?
00:06:22Well, bye, Sally.
00:06:39Alexander Botts, listening.
00:06:45If you want to laugh, H.J.,
00:06:47read that.
00:06:50Earthworm Tractor Company,
00:06:51Earthworm City, Illinois, gentlemen.
00:06:53I am a natural-born salesman,
00:06:55have a very quick mind,
00:06:56am honest and reliable.
00:06:57In fact, I am a positive genius
00:06:59for ferreting out sales.
00:07:00I became a salesman
00:07:01when I was a young man.
00:07:03I was a salesman
00:07:04when I was a young man.
00:07:07I became acquainted with your earthworms
00:07:09as a member of the motorized field artillery in the Army.
00:07:12I am an expert on tractors,
00:07:14as well as a super salesman.
00:07:15And I might add
00:07:16that I am also a master mechanic.
00:07:18When do I start to work?
00:07:19Very truly yours, Alexander Botts.
00:07:22Have you ever heard of this Alexander Botts, Henderson?
00:07:24No, sir, never.
00:07:25And I think I know every tractor salesman in the country.
00:07:27This man's either a phony or a nut.
00:07:29Maybe you're right, but I like his letter.
00:07:31It shows the kind of nerve it takes to make sales.
00:07:33Let's give him a chance and see what he can do.
00:07:35Oh, now, please, Mr. Russell, not as a salesman.
00:07:37Well, now, let's see.
00:07:38Healy has been asking me for a mechanic,
00:07:40and Botts says he's a master mechanic, doesn't he?
00:07:42According to his letter, he's a master of everything.
00:07:44Personally, I like a man who knows his own abilities
00:07:46and isn't afraid to tell them.
00:07:48I'm going to give him a trial.
00:07:49OK, you're the boss.
00:07:50Listen, take a letter, Alexander Botts.
00:07:53I'm going to have you meet Healy
00:07:55at the Robert E. Lee Hotel in Cypress City, Mississippi.
00:08:06Alexander Botts, come in.
00:08:09How do you do, sir?
00:08:10Are you Alexander Botts?
00:08:11That's me, brother.
00:08:12Well, I'm George Healy of the Earthworm Tractor Company.
00:08:14Well, Mr. Healy, how do you do, sir?
00:08:16Come right in.
00:08:17Sit down.
00:08:19I was just writing another letter to the home office.
00:08:21I understand, Mr. Healy, that you need a lot of help down there.
00:08:24Oh, you do, do you?
00:08:25Mm-hmm.
00:08:26And with me on the job, I'm sure you'll be able to do it.
00:08:29I'm sure I will.
00:08:30I'm sure I will.
00:08:31I'm sure I will.
00:08:32I'm sure I will.
00:08:33Mm-hmm.
00:08:34And with me on the job, Mr. Healy, your troubles are over.
00:08:37Now, wait a minute.
00:08:38I think there's a slight misunderstanding.
00:08:39I've been getting along very, very well.
00:08:41I merely sent to the home office for a man
00:08:42to demonstrate a tractor for me.
00:08:44Well, I can do that and more.
00:08:46You're new in the tractor line, aren't you?
00:08:49Well, in a sense, yes.
00:08:51And in a sense, no.
00:08:52But in any sense, selling is my meat.
00:08:54Mr. Healy, you see in me a natural-born salesman.
00:08:57That's very interesting, Mr. Botts.
00:08:59But I understood I was getting a mechanic.
00:09:01That's right, you are.
00:09:02You're not only getting a mechanic, Mr. Healy,
00:09:04you're getting a master mechanic.
00:09:06And think how much better it'll be to get a master mechanic
00:09:08who also is a super salesman.
00:09:10Now, where are those tractors?
00:09:12Let's get right to work on this.
00:09:13The tractor is down at the freight depot.
00:09:15But let's drop that for a moment.
00:09:16All I want to know is, can you operate an earthworm tractor?
00:09:19Can I operate an earthworm tractor?
00:09:22That's what I said.
00:09:23Well, generally speaking, yes and no.
00:09:27It says here that you were in the motorized field artillery,
00:09:30which used earthworms exclusively.
00:09:31Is that right?
00:09:33Yes, sir, that's right.
00:09:34That's right.
00:09:35Mr. Botts, I don't like to doubt your veracity,
00:09:38but I don't believe you've ever seen the army.
00:09:41Oh, oh, you don't, huh?
00:09:43Well, just maintain your predicament.
00:09:52Let's take a look at that.
00:09:54I was company cook, battery 127th field artillery.
00:09:59A cook?
00:10:01Have you ever handled any kind of machinery?
00:10:03I certainly have.
00:10:04For two years, I sold a jiffy razor blade sharpener.
00:10:07Well, this is grand, fine, splendid.
00:10:10Here I've got a tractor down in the depot,
00:10:12only waiting for a man to drive it for me.
00:10:14I've got a deal all set with Jackson,
00:10:15the biggest lumber dealer in town,
00:10:16and then I draw a blank like you.
00:10:18Calling me names won't do you any good, Mr. Healy.
00:10:20Just think how lucky you are to have me here
00:10:22to work shoulder to shoulder with you.
00:10:24With me on the job,
00:10:25this fellow Johnson is practically sold.
00:10:28The man's name isn't Johnson, it's Jackson.
00:10:30Well, Johnson or Jackson, they're all the same to me.
00:10:32I sell anybody.
00:10:34Excuse me.
00:10:36Just want to tell them at the home office
00:10:38that you've reported.
00:10:39Oh.
00:10:52What's in that bottle?
00:10:53Oh, shoe polish.
00:10:55Shoe polish in a scotch bottle?
00:10:57Oh.
00:10:58You poisoned me, you lunatic.
00:11:00You killed me and killed my sales.
00:11:03Say, I'll put your sales through
00:11:04better than you could have done it yourself.
00:11:06You stay away from my prospects.
00:11:08Just relax, Mr. Healy.
00:11:10I'll go right down there now,
00:11:11get the tractor, find Johnson,
00:11:13and sell him quicker than you can say Jack Robinson.
00:11:15It isn't Johnson, it's Jackson.
00:11:16Don't you dare go near my prospects.
00:11:19Mr. Healy, I'm an independent salesman.
00:11:21I take orders from no one.
00:11:23You come back here.
00:11:24Come back.
00:11:28Can I help you, sir?
00:11:29No, thanks.
00:11:30Just breaking out a new pair of shoes.
00:11:43Hey!
00:11:45Hey!
00:11:46Hey!
00:11:47Hey!
00:11:48Hey!
00:11:50Whoa.
00:11:52She's firing.
00:11:53Oh, I'm terribly sorry.
00:11:55Oh, that's all right.
00:11:56What's the matter?
00:11:57Stuck in the mud?
00:11:58What do you think?
00:11:59Well, I think that just the right young man
00:12:01came along to help you out.
00:12:03Well, I don't think anything short of a Derek
00:12:05is going to get me out of here.
00:12:06You got a tow rope?
00:12:07No, I'm afraid I haven't.
00:12:09No tow rope.
00:12:13Well, stay right where you are.
00:12:15I'll be right back.
00:12:26Whoa.
00:12:56Busy?
00:12:57No.
00:12:58Changing the reins?
00:12:59Yeah, I forgot my rubbers.
00:13:01Where to?
00:13:02Oh, drive me to the Elks.
00:13:18Come on, you have to go a little faster.
00:13:20I guess I should have put on my chains,
00:13:22but I'll make out all right.
00:13:25I say faster.
00:13:26Yeah.
00:13:55Wait a minute.
00:13:56Wait a minute.
00:13:57Wait a minute.
00:13:58You'll pay for that glass, or you'll
00:14:00see what our jail looks like.
00:14:02Listen, smart guy, you'll pay for my hand,
00:14:04or I'll lay one on your chin.
00:14:07Quiet, please.
00:14:08Quiet.
00:14:09Friends, there's nothing to get excited about.
00:14:11After all, if any damage has been done,
00:14:13it'll be paid for gladly.
00:14:14Money talks louder than words.
00:14:16Who are you?
00:14:17My name is Botts.
00:14:18Alexander Botts.
00:14:19My card, please.
00:14:20I represent the Earthworm Factory.
00:14:22My company will take care of everything.
00:14:24Fully take care of everything.
00:14:26How do we know that?
00:14:27Well, Alexander Botts' word is his bond, sir.
00:14:30Do you doubt my veracity?
00:14:31No.
00:14:36The door.
00:14:42Where can I take you?
00:14:43I'm calling on a man named Johnson
00:14:45who owns a lumberyard down near the railroad station.
00:14:47I'm going to send him to you.
00:14:49Johnson?
00:14:50He's not interested in the tractor.
00:14:52How do you know?
00:14:53Because I know him.
00:14:54He happens to be my father.
00:14:56Your father?
00:14:58Well, that's great.
00:15:00This is a break.
00:15:02I'm afraid you're wasting your time, Mr. Botts.
00:15:04That won't be time wasted, Miss Johnson.
00:15:06The harder they come, the easier I crack them.
00:15:09That's salesmanship.
00:15:13Wait a minute.
00:15:14I'll see if he's busy.
00:15:17Can't go in now.
00:15:18The doctor's there.
00:15:19Doctor?
00:15:20Is your father sick?
00:15:21Get out of here.
00:15:22I'm a sick man.
00:15:26How is he today, Doctor?
00:15:27He hasn't changed a bit.
00:15:31Well, I guess we can go in now.
00:15:35Oh, by the way, I forgot to tell you.
00:15:37You'll have to talk rather than talk.
00:15:39I'm sorry.
00:15:40I'm sorry.
00:15:41I'm sorry.
00:15:42I'm sorry.
00:15:43I'm sorry.
00:15:44I'm sorry.
00:15:45I'm sorry.
00:15:46We can't hear you.
00:15:47You'll have to talk rather loud.
00:15:49Oh, there's a little hard of hearing.
00:15:56Dad, I want you to meet...
00:15:58Young lady, why are you late for work?
00:16:00It's that car of mine.
00:16:01It got stuck in the mud again.
00:16:03You shouldn't allow for accidents like that.
00:16:05Who's this?
00:16:06Mr. Johnson, I am Alexander Botts,
00:16:08of the Earthworm Factory Company,
00:16:09Earthworm, City of Illinois.
00:16:10My company manufactures...
00:16:12What are you shouting at me for?
00:16:14Mr. Johnson? I am Alexander Botts of the Earthworm Tractor Company, Earthworm City, Illinois.
00:16:18My company manufactures...
00:16:19Speak up! Speak up!
00:16:22What'll I do now?
00:16:23Come up closer and raise your voice just a little.
00:16:26Mr. Botts? I am Alexander Johnson of the...
00:16:29Sir, I mean...
00:16:30I mean, Mr. Johnson?
00:16:31I am Alexander Botts of the Earthworm Tractor Company, Earthworm City, Illinois.
00:16:35I answered your... You got... You came to...
00:16:37I... I came and answered your letter.
00:16:40Letter? What letter?
00:16:42I haven't written a letter in 15 years.
00:16:44Well, I...
00:16:45Oh, Mr. Johnson?
00:16:46The earthworm is the finest tractor on the market today.
00:16:49Earthworm tractor? Never heard of it.
00:16:51Stop watching that clock.
00:16:54I was just going to remind you to take your pink pills.
00:16:58Oh.
00:16:59Mr. Johnson, as I was saying, the earthworm is...
00:17:02Young man, I have no use for any newfangled inventions.
00:17:05They'll save your breath.
00:17:07Well, but Mr. Johnson, the earthworm is no newfangled invention.
00:17:11Why, way back as far as the war.
00:17:13War? What war?
00:17:16What?
00:17:19Well, Mr. Johnson, the earthworm tractor has the most powerful motor in the world.
00:17:23Young man, if you were selling mules, I might listen to you.
00:17:26But motors?
00:17:27Two months ago, someone finally talked me into buying a truck.
00:17:30And do you know where it is now?
00:17:32Do you?
00:17:33No, you don't.
00:17:34Well, I'll tell you where it is.
00:17:36It's buried up to its axles in mud down in Chippewa Swamp.
00:17:39Well, Mr. Johnson, may I make a little suggestion?
00:17:41No.
00:17:42What is it?
00:17:43Well, I have an earthworm tractor down at the freight station.
00:17:45It'll get your truck out of that swamp just like that.
00:17:47You come along with me and I'll show you.
00:17:49And if I don't get that truck out of that swamp,
00:17:51you can chase me out of town.
00:17:53No.
00:17:54I haven't got time to run you out of town.
00:17:56Oh, why don't you let him try it?
00:17:58That truck isn't doing any good stuck in a swamp.
00:18:00Why should I waste my time?
00:18:02There's no machine ever built that can stay on top of Chippewa Swamp.
00:18:05Mr. Johnson, the earthworm tractor can stay on top of a cup of coffee.
00:18:09Not a strong cup of coffee at that.
00:18:11Now, if you want your truck back in the service,
00:18:13I'm the young man that can help you.
00:18:15Oh, go on, Dad.
00:18:16It won't cost you anything and you might get the truck back.
00:18:19Well, it's only a waste of time.
00:18:21But I'll go.
00:18:22You stay here.
00:18:23Somebody's got to watch that clock watcher.
00:18:25Come on.
00:18:26Let's see that machine of yours, young man.
00:18:29Good luck.
00:18:31Hey.
00:18:32Don't look now, but your clock has stopped.
00:18:40There she is, Mr. Johnson.
00:18:42Whoa.
00:18:45There we are.
00:18:50There.
00:18:51Isn't she a beauty?
00:18:53I don't see anything beautiful about it.
00:18:55Well, hop in and we'll take a little spin.
00:18:57Let me run you out of town.
00:18:59Hop in and we'll take a little spin.
00:19:01Put me right in that lopsided merry-go-round?
00:19:03No, sir.
00:19:04Why, she's just as safe as your own front porch.
00:19:07Speak up.
00:19:08Speak up.
00:19:09I say, she's just as safe as on your own front porch.
00:19:12Well, let's go over there and talk it over.
00:19:14No, no, no, Mr. Johnson.
00:19:15Up you go.
00:19:16Upsy-daisy.
00:19:17Up you go, sir.
00:19:18There you are.
00:19:19No trouble at all.
00:19:20I know I'm not going to like this.
00:19:22Oh, you'll love it, Mr. Johnson.
00:19:23Go right over there and sit down.
00:19:25Well, now, here we are.
00:19:27Now, let's see.
00:19:29That is the choke, I think.
00:19:32This is the ignition, I believe.
00:19:35And there is the clutch, I imagine.
00:19:39You think.
00:19:40You believe.
00:19:41You imagine.
00:19:42Don't you know?
00:19:43Well, yes and no.
00:19:45Now, oh, yes.
00:19:47There is the starter.
00:19:49Listen to that motor purr, purr.
00:19:53Sounds like the bell to pull around to me.
00:19:55Now, come on, you folks.
00:19:57Stay out of the way there.
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00:22:46Let me out of here!
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00:22:54This is the way we go.
00:22:55Watch out for us.
00:22:56Oh, no.
00:22:57Stop!
00:22:58Stop!
00:22:59Like, sure!
00:23:00You fool.
00:23:01Well, nothing coming.
00:23:02Ha ha.
00:23:03Ha ha.
00:23:04You'll pull the radiator off.
00:23:05Well, I just built this Unbelievable Commercial Multi-kiriminalized
00:23:06Earthworm the earthquake worm don't know its own strength.
00:23:09You ruined my truck.
00:23:12Let me out of here.
00:23:14No, no, no! Hot, hot, Mr. Johnson! Hot, hot!
00:23:25Stop it! This thing's gone! Stop it! Help me! Somebody! Help me! Quick!
00:23:32Hey! Mr. Johnson! Just take it easy!
00:23:41How do you work this thing?
00:23:44I don't know.
00:23:55Hey, Johnson!
00:24:05Help!
00:24:06Help!
00:24:14Hey, Johnson! Hey! Just take it easy! Take it easy!
00:24:28Just take it easy, Johnson!
00:24:36Help!
00:24:42Hey, mister, can you tell me where the other end of this swamp is?
00:24:45That tractor of yours will come out of the south road if it don't sink.
00:24:48Don't worry. The earthworm never sinks.
00:24:50Hop in and I'll drive you over there.
00:25:06There we are, safe and sound. Come on, can I help you?
00:25:26Come, come, come. There you are.
00:25:32Now, what did I tell you? Just as safe as on your own front porch.
00:25:43H.J.! H.J.! Well, you said that Alexander Barton boosted business all right, and he has.
00:25:50He's been a one-man recovery in Cypher City. What did I tell you?
00:25:54You told me all right. He's boosted business for the taxi company, for the hardware company,
00:25:59for the city power and light company, for the Johnson Lumber Company.
00:26:02Why, he's even built them a new freight depot.
00:26:05Look at the money he's poured into that town, and we're paying the bills.
00:26:08Why, this is outrageous. What can we do about it?
00:26:11We can't do anything about the bills, but there's one thing I can do.
00:26:15I can fire Butts and Healy, too.
00:26:17Wire them to that effect at once.
00:26:19With pleasure.
00:26:30Alexander Butts approaching.
00:26:35Ah, Mr. Healy. Well, how do you do, sir?
00:26:39Come right in.
00:26:41You half-witted foreclutcher, you.
00:26:43Why, what's the matter?
00:26:44This is what's the matter. You've got me fired.
00:26:46Well, that's nothing. I got fired also.
00:26:49But don't you worry, Mr. Healy. Everything is going to be all right.
00:26:52I was just writing another letter to the home office, explaining everything.
00:26:55Why, you idiot. You don't think I'm worried about the job, do you?
00:26:58I wasn't going to stay with her for him anyway.
00:27:00I've got a better proposition with the Elephant Tractor Company.
00:27:03Yeah? How about taking me with you as your mechanic?
00:27:06You? If I ever catch you in the same town with me again, I...
00:27:10Excuse me, Mr. Healy.
00:27:13Seems to be my busy day.
00:27:15How do you do, sir?
00:27:16Oh, wait a minute, wait a minute. I can explain everything.
00:27:19Explain everything about what?
00:27:20About your car, Mr. Jackson.
00:27:22Jackson?
00:27:23You see, my company will pay for everything.
00:27:26My card.
00:27:27Oh, forget it. I'm insured. I came here to congratulate you.
00:27:30Congratulate me for what?
00:27:32That's the finest demonstration I ever saw.
00:27:34Yes, I guess it was.
00:27:36But just the same, I'm fired.
00:27:38Fired?
00:27:39Well, I just wired an order in for six tractors.
00:27:42Is that so?
00:27:44Well, whether you did or not, I'm still fired, Mr. Johnson.
00:27:47Not Johnson. Jackson.
00:27:49Are you Tom Jackson of the Jackson Lumber Company?
00:27:52That's me.
00:27:53I don't know why you went to see Johnson first.
00:27:55You can't sell him anything.
00:27:57You're telling me.
00:27:59Well, anyway, you've got commission coming on six tractors.
00:28:02There.
00:28:03What did I tell you, Mr. Healy?
00:28:04Just as I promised you.
00:28:05Everything turns out right.
00:28:07We've got commission coming on six tractors.
00:28:09Here's looking at you.
00:28:11Hey, Johnson.
00:28:12Mr. Johnson.
00:28:13Our, our, uh...
00:28:15Jackson.
00:28:17Oh, don't drink that.
00:28:18Why, Bob, you don't regret your six tractor customer a little drink, do you?
00:28:22Oh, but...
00:28:23Well, so long, and thanks again for the demonstration.
00:28:28That's the finest liquor I ever tasted.
00:28:37Wait, Mr. Healy.
00:28:38You're not going to drink that.
00:28:41Excuse me, Mr. Healy.
00:28:45Just send the bill to Earthworm Tractor Company.
00:28:49Hello, Miss Johnson.
00:28:50Could you come down to the lobby for a moment?
00:28:52I'll be right down.
00:28:57You poisoned me again.
00:29:02You big sissy.
00:29:04You knew all the time that was shoe polish.
00:29:12Well, here I am.
00:29:13I thought I'd drop by for a few seconds and tell you how sorry I am the way things turned out.
00:29:17I should have warned you that Dad has a ferocious temper.
00:29:19Oh, forget it.
00:29:21He didn't hurt me.
00:29:23Hmm, much.
00:29:25What really hurts is...
00:29:27I lost my job.
00:29:28Oh, I'm so sorry.
00:29:30I wish there was something I could do for you.
00:29:32Oh, that's all right.
00:29:35Well, now that you've lost your job, what are you going to do?
00:29:37I don't have to worry.
00:29:38A natural born salesman like me can always find something to sell.
00:29:42The thing is, I...
00:29:43I hate to leave this town now.
00:29:45Why?
00:29:46Oh, I...
00:29:47I don't know.
00:29:48Well, this is the same as any other town, isn't it?
00:29:50Well, in a way, yes.
00:29:52And in a way, no.
00:29:55But it's more no than yes, I guess.
00:30:00What's your first name?
00:30:02Mabel.
00:30:03Mabel.
00:30:04Gosh, there's something about the name of Mabel that...
00:30:07Telegram for Mr. Botts.
00:30:09Telegram for Mr. Botts.
00:30:11A telegram for Mr. Botts.
00:30:13Oh, boy.
00:30:14Excuse me.
00:30:19How do you spell that?
00:30:20With a B.
00:30:21With a B.
00:30:23I guess that's for me.
00:30:26There you are.
00:30:27Gee, thanks.
00:30:28I'll give it a thought.
00:30:35I wonder who this can be from.
00:30:37Why don't you open it?
00:30:40That's a pretty good idea, Pat.
00:30:48Listen to this.
00:30:49We have reconsidered our decision.
00:30:51Re your discharge.
00:30:52Stop.
00:30:53You are back on the payroll as a full-fledged salesman.
00:30:56Stop.
00:30:57Proceed to Smedleyville.
00:30:58Instructions to follow.
00:30:59Gilbert C. Henderson.
00:31:01Wow!
00:31:02Gee, I'm glad.
00:31:04Well, I guess they know a natural-born salesman when they see one.
00:31:08Wait till I get to Smedleyville.
00:31:10I'll knock them dead.
00:31:14Say, I'll sell crackers to people in that town that don't even need them.
00:31:18Why go to that trouble when there's someone right here in this town who needs them?
00:31:21Oh, lead me to them.
00:31:22Is there someone that I overlooked?
00:31:24Say, I'll sell them before I catch the train.
00:31:26Who is it?
00:31:27My father.
00:31:28Oh, well, I don't think I'll have time on this trip,
00:31:31but someday I'll come back and sell him, too.
00:31:33I'm afraid it might be too late then.
00:31:35You know, someday some real live wire salesman is going to come in
00:31:38and show Dad where he's losing money.
00:31:40Why not having tractors to work his timberlands?
00:31:42What do you mean, live wire salesman?
00:31:44I mean someone who won't run away the first time he's turned down.
00:31:47Turned down?
00:31:48Oh, I was knocked down.
00:31:51Dad owns half the timberland around here.
00:31:53If he ever decides to buy tractors, he'll have to buy an awful lot of them.
00:31:57It'll be a big feather in the cap of the salesman who finally sells him.
00:32:01I could sell him.
00:32:03I wonder if I ought to take the time.
00:32:05No.
00:32:06You'd better go on to Smedleyville.
00:32:08It'll probably be too big a job for you.
00:32:10Too big?
00:32:11Say, no job is too big for Alexander Butz.
00:32:13And just to prove it to you,
00:32:14I'm going to stay right here and sell your father, Mabel Jackson.
00:32:18Not Jackson.
00:32:19Johnson.
00:32:21We are pleased that our earthworm, RD-8,
00:32:23has lived up entirely to your satisfaction.
00:32:25We trust that...
00:32:26H.J.!
00:32:28H.J.
00:32:29What's the trouble now?
00:32:30The only trouble we've ever had around here, Butz.
00:32:33Read that.
00:32:36Yes, sir.
00:32:38The greatest tractor prospect in the country, Sam Johnson,
00:32:40is right here in Cypress City.
00:32:42I've decided not to go to Smedleyville.
00:32:44I think it best that I stay here and make the sale.
00:32:46We'll let you know how many I sell.
00:32:48Very truly yours, Alexander Butz.
00:32:50Sam Johnson.
00:32:51The one man that every tractor salesman in the country
00:32:53gave up trying to sell ten years ago.
00:32:55I'll wire Butz to proceed to Smedleyville at once.
00:32:57Now, wait a minute, Henderson.
00:32:58This fellow Butz sold Jackson.
00:33:00Maybe he can sell Johnson.
00:33:01Give him a chance and see what he can do.
00:33:03I think it's a waste of time.
00:33:04But you're the boss, H.J.
00:33:05I don't think it's a waste of time.
00:33:07I'll bet you right now, at this moment,
00:33:09Butz is selling Johnson.
00:33:17Now, you get out of here.
00:33:29And don't come back.
00:33:34Don't come back.
00:33:56And stay out.
00:34:05Oh, I know if you'll only keep at it,
00:34:07you'll eventually sell him some tractors.
00:34:09Oh, what's the use?
00:34:10If I'm not alive to spend the commissions.
00:34:12Oh, you're not going to stop trying now, are you?
00:34:14Oh, I don't know.
00:34:16I got a wire from the factory this morning.
00:34:18I think I'd better get down to Smedleyville.
00:34:21I was afraid the job might be too big for you.
00:34:23The first few times he threw me out, I didn't mind.
00:34:26But I'm beginning to think that he don't want any tractors.
00:34:30Of course, a master salesman will find some way
00:34:32to show Dad how necessary tractors are to his business.
00:34:35Say, listen.
00:34:36I'm a natural born salesman.
00:34:38That's even better than a master salesman.
00:34:40If a master salesman can sell them, so can I.
00:34:43Say, I'm going right down there now
00:34:45and come out with an order for 72 tractors.
00:34:47Oh, no, Alexander.
00:34:48Not today.
00:34:49No?
00:34:50Why not today?
00:34:51Well, you see, we're moving.
00:34:52Our house is up on rollers and ready to be moved
00:34:54to the other side of town.
00:34:55Oh, is that so?
00:34:57What's the new address?
00:34:58352 Spruce Street.
00:35:01I can remember that.
00:35:03Dad's more upset than ever.
00:35:05I think the $500 it's costing is the real reason
00:35:07he feels so badly.
00:35:08$500?
00:35:10Say, excuse me.
00:35:13With an earthworm tractor.
00:35:15What?
00:35:17Oh, nothing.
00:35:19When are you moving the house?
00:35:21Tomorrow morning.
00:35:22Dad and I are going to stay at the hotel tonight.
00:35:25Close that door!
00:35:27You want me to catch my death of cold?
00:35:31Mabel.
00:35:34Yes, Dad?
00:35:35I've decided not to go to the hotel tonight.
00:35:37But we've arranged to have all the utilities cut off.
00:35:39We can't stay in the house without any light, gas, or water.
00:35:42I've arranged to have them put back on again.
00:35:44I'm a sick man.
00:35:45I just caught a cold from that door being open.
00:35:47I'm not going to stay in the house.
00:35:49I'm not going to stay in the house.
00:35:51I'm not going to stay in the house.
00:35:53I just caught a cold from that door being open.
00:35:55I'm nearly dying.
00:35:56You wouldn't want a dying man to go to the hotel, would you?
00:35:58Of course not, Dad.
00:35:59I'll call them.
00:36:00But they won't be able to move the house tomorrow.
00:36:02That's all right.
00:36:03Let them move it the next day.
00:36:07Stop watching that clock!
00:36:15Mabel!
00:36:16Time for my pill!
00:36:20Here they are, Dad.
00:36:24How are you feeling now?
00:36:26What do you ask me that for?
00:36:28You know I feel terrible.
00:36:29I told you not to eat that steak tonight.
00:36:31At least not the whole two pounds.
00:36:33That had nothing to do with it.
00:36:35I would have felt terrible anyway.
00:36:54Anything else, Dad?
00:36:55No!
00:37:01Earthquake rocks Tibet.
00:37:03Mabel, where's Tibet?
00:37:06In Asia, Dad.
00:37:08That's right.
00:37:09I didn't think you knew.
00:37:15Mabel!
00:37:16It's here!
00:37:17It's here!
00:37:21Mabel!
00:37:22Mabel!
00:37:23Don't you realize what's happening?
00:37:25It's an earthquake!
00:37:26Quick, Dad!
00:37:27Get onto an arch!
00:37:28An arch!
00:37:29We're going to ride in one!
00:37:30Mabel!
00:37:31Mabel!
00:37:32Mabel!
00:37:38Mabel!
00:37:39Move!
00:37:52Light it!
00:37:53The worst ever saw!
00:37:54Help!
00:37:55Help!
00:37:56Mabel!
00:37:57Help!
00:38:01Help!
00:38:05Oh, my head!
00:38:07Oh.
00:38:14It's coming!
00:38:15It's coming!
00:38:16It's coming!
00:38:17It's coming!
00:38:18It's coming!
00:38:19It's coming!
00:38:20It's coming!
00:38:21Oh, my God!
00:38:26I'm dizzy.
00:38:33Alexander!
00:38:36Just relax, Mabel. Everything is going to be all right.
00:38:45Mabel!
00:38:47Hell! Earthquake! Lightning! Flood!
00:38:50All over the world has been weakened!
00:38:53Mabel! Mabel!
00:39:00I'm freezing!
00:39:02Come on! Let's get out of here!
00:39:04Oh, no, Dad! The only safe place is under this arch!
00:39:11Oh! Oh, this is terrible!
00:39:14Look at that thunder!
00:39:22Oh, my back!
00:39:32This will go down as the greatest earthquake in history,
00:39:35if anyone lives to tell of it.
00:39:44Oh, I hope it's over.
00:40:14Come on, Zombie. It's time for my pill.
00:40:44Good evening.
00:41:09Well, Mr. Johnson, I saved you $500 and the Earthworm tractor did it all.
00:41:13tractor did at all. There you are, all moved to 352 Pine Street. You idiot! It wasn't
00:41:19Pine Street, it was Spruce!
00:41:27But Alexander, you know it was all your fault. You should never have tried to move
00:41:32our house without saying something about it. I bet if I hadn't moved the house to
00:41:36the wrong end of town, I'd have sold them. Mr. Henderson is beginning to think that
00:41:41your father isn't a very good prospect. Oh, but he is. You'll sell him if you'll
00:41:45only keep trying. Something tells me he's weakening. It didn't feel like it.
00:41:52Nice, this is awful good apple pie. Almost as good as Ma Blair's. Who's Ma Blair?
00:41:58Oh, she's Sally's mother. And just who is Sally? She's a girl in
00:42:06Frozen Falls that I promised to marry. What? You see, when I left Frozen Falls to
00:42:11make my way in the world, I promised Sally that someday I'd come back and
00:42:15marry her. Alexander Botts never goes back on his word.
00:42:19Well, I hope you two will be very happy. I won't be able to see you tonight, or any
00:42:24other night.
00:42:27Boys, these advanced sales reports indicate that this is going to be one of
00:42:36the biggest years that the Earthworm Tractor Company has ever had.
00:42:40Telegram, Mr. Henderson. Oh, thanks.
00:42:47Listen to this. I agree with you that Johnson is not a good prospect. I'm
00:42:52proceeding to Smedleyville by way of Frozen Falls, where I am going to marry
00:42:56a girl by the name of Sally. Stop. Congratulate me. Alexander Botts.
00:43:02I certainly feel sorry for Sally.
00:43:13You can wait right there, if you will.
00:43:26Sally, I came back for you.
00:43:54You mustn't do that, Alexander. The same old bashful Sally. Look what I brought you.
00:44:02Oh, these are beautiful, Alexander. Oh, I don't know. Not any more beautiful than
00:44:10the smell of that pie. Won't you come in? Will I, sure. I can smell it better inside.
00:44:21Hey, Pop, look who's here. Pop! Hiya, Mr. Blair. Alexander Botts. What kind of a
00:44:28do-jigger are you selling now? The little do-jigger that I am now selling weighs 16
00:44:32tons. Have a card.
00:44:41Well, I always told you had it in you. You did. Oh, yes, yes, yes. I remember.
00:44:48Well, Sally, I told you I'd make a success and sell big things. Didn't I? And I promised
00:44:54that I'd come back for you. Well, here I am. And what I said about your father not coming
00:44:59to live with us? Forget it. Oh, hello, Emmett. How are you? I'm all right, I guess. Well,
00:45:05Emmett, congratulate me. I'm going to get married. Who's the lucky girl? Sally. Oh,
00:45:13that's fine. I'd like to go to a wedding. I haven't been to one in three months. Is
00:45:17that so? Who got married then? I did. You got married? Well, congratulations, Emmett.
00:45:24Would you marry her? Sally. Sally, well...
00:45:29Sally.
00:45:43Hi, Emmett. This loafer married her the minute you left here. He hasn't had a job since.
00:45:49Congratulations, Emmett. I wanted Sally, but I guess the best man won.
00:45:56Thanks.
00:46:01Goodbye, Sally. Forever. Well, Alexander, don't take it too hard. You know, I'm not
00:46:09the only girl in the world. Oh, I know. That's easy enough for you to say, Sally, but there's
00:46:14an old saying and a true one. It's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved
00:46:22at all. Yes. Goodbye. Alexander, try not to go to pieces. I'll try, Sally, but after
00:46:33all, there's always the river. Goodbye. Oh, poor Alex. And he can't swim a stroke.
00:46:49Telegram, Mr. Henderson. I disagree with you. I think Johnson is still a fine prospect
00:47:18and proceeding back to Cypress City where I'm going to marry a girl named Mabel. Stop.
00:47:24Congratulate me. Alexander Butts. Mabel. Is that man crazy or am I? I wouldn't know.
00:47:40Look, I've been trying to get in touch with Mabel, and her father won't tell me where
00:47:44she is. Do you know? Well, I know she bought a ticket for Chicago. Chicago? Yes. Where's
00:47:49she going in Chicago? Well, she didn't say, but she's got an uncle there, and I imagine
00:47:53that's where she's bound for. Yeah, what's her uncle's name? As far as I remember, it's
00:47:58Johnson, too. Johnson? Well, that's easy. Thank you very much. Good evening, sir. How
00:48:11do you do, sir? My card. Oh, I'm glad to know you, Mr. Butts. Do you expect to be in
00:48:16Chicago long? Well, maybe yes and maybe no. I see. It all depends. Yes, sir. Boy, take
00:48:25Mr. Butts' bag to 502. Where's the nearest telephone? Just around the corner, Mr. Butts.
00:48:30Thank you. You're welcome, sir. I'm sorry, ma'am, he doesn't answer. Excuse me. I'm looking
00:48:39for a man named Johnson. Can you tell me how I can find him? Well, the Johnsons in
00:48:44Chicago are as thick as the smiths in New York, and you know how thick the smiths are
00:48:47in New York. Which particular Johnson you looking for? Well, he's got a niece in Cypress
00:48:53City by the name of Mabel. Well, now, ain't that nice? I've got an uncle in Topeka, Kansas
00:48:57named Oscar. Oh, is that so? Don't you know this Johnson's first name? No, I... Do you
00:49:03mind if I look at your book? Why not? I'll bet there's a whole page full of them. I'm
00:49:11sorry, he doesn't answer. Johnson. Johnson. Johnson. Same amount. Johnson. Johnson. Johnson.
00:49:18Johnson. Do you mind if I use your telephone? Go ahead, you're paying for it. I'm sorry
00:49:30you're doing this to me. Get me Oswebo 3412, please. Oswebo 3412? Just a minute. Hello,
00:49:47is this Mr. Aaron A. Johnson? Hello, Mr. Johnson, this is Alexander Botts calling. Have you
00:49:52a very beautiful, charming niece by the name of Mabel? This is the aquarium. Well, then
00:49:59you have no niece.
00:50:02Okay, I got it. Bay 1420.
00:50:33Hello, is this the home of Thomas Johnson? Is Mabel Johnson there? She is. Hello, is
00:50:46this you, Mabel? This is Mabel. Mabel, this is Alexander. Alexander. Botts. Botts. Botts
00:50:55to you, mister. All right, Crisdale 5952. Is this the home of Ulysses Johnson? Have you
00:51:23got a niece by the name of Mabel? You haven't. Well, thank heavens you're here. What a night.
00:51:35I'm exhausted. Zebula Zachary Johnson. Get me Crest 4436. Sorry, the phone's been disconnected.
00:51:58Well, I guess I'm through. That was the last Johnson in Chicago. No, not the very last
00:52:09Johnson. Oh, yes, it was. No, there's one more left. One more? Who's that? Mabel Johnson.
00:52:16Mabel? Mabel! Gosh, I've called every Johnson in Chicago trying to find you. Where are you?
00:52:23I'll come to you wherever you are. Well, just a minute. What about Sally? Oh, that's all
00:52:29a thing of the past. She don't mean a thing in the world to me. What made you change your
00:52:34mind? Why didn't you marry her? Well, when I got there, she was already married to another
00:52:39fella. Oh. Oh, so Sally was already married. Yeah, wasn't that funny? And then you decided
00:52:47to look for me. Yes, Mabel, I could hardly wait till I found you. Alexander Bob, I hate
00:52:54you. Mabel! Operator. Gosh, I don't know what she got mad at. Mabel! That new starter has
00:53:16made an improvement, eh? H-K! H-J! What's the trouble now? Listen to this. Trace Botts
00:53:23to Cramer Hotel, Chicago, where he reserved room, then disappeared. Stop. On the last
00:53:27scene, he was going into a telephone booth. Wells Detective Agency. If they can't find
00:53:31him in a telephone booth, they might as well give up. If I ever get my hands on him, I'll
00:53:35find him. Botts. You're right. My girl Mabel left for Cypress City, I hope. I'm following.
00:53:43Stop. Understand, Cypress County in market for tractors. Stop. Wire Cramer Hotel $162
00:53:51telephone bill. Stop. Keep in touch with me. Alexander Botts. Now that we finally found
00:53:57him, we can fire him. Oh, will I? Henderson, let us send another man down to get that order.
00:54:01I haven't a man available right now, but don't worry, I'll go down there myself. I wish I
00:54:05could have seen him just once before we fired him. I wish I could have seen him just once
00:54:09before you hired him. Tractors. Ha! Caught ya. Stop watching me. I just wanted to tell
00:54:25you, Mr. Johnson, that those two tractor salesmen are still waiting. Well, send one up in here.
00:54:31Well, Botts, I'm glad I was here first. I've got a luncheon date with an old friend of
00:54:35yours. Yeah, who's that? Miss Johnson. Miss Johnson? Is she back in... Mr. Healy, you
00:54:41can come in now. Thank you. She's back. Well, good morning, Mr. Johnson. My name is George
00:54:51Healy of the Elephant Tractor Company. Talk louder. How do you expect me to hear you when
00:54:55you whisper? I said my name is George Healy of the Elephant Tractor Company. Tractors,
00:54:59huh? I hate tractors. But I represent the taxpayers of this county and I've got to listen
00:55:03to you. How much is your tractor? Well, now, the kind that your community needs costs only
00:55:09$4,750 FOB. I asked you the price of your tractor. I said it costs $4,750. Ah, fine
00:55:19salesman. Don't even know the price of your own product. I said the price is $4,000. Never
00:55:23mind the price. Have your tractor ready for demonstration this afternoon. Now get out
00:55:28of here and send another fellow in. Crab. I ain't either. Fine fellow, that Johnson.
00:55:40Speak up! Speak up! Aha! Good morning, Mr. Johnson. Good morning. What, you? Ah, tut,
00:55:53tut, Mr. Johnson. Come now. Let's let bygones be bygones. After what you did to me, I don't
00:55:58see how you got the nerve to come in here. All right, Mr. Johnson, I apologize. I demand
00:56:03you apologize to me. All right, then I apologize. So you won't apologize, huh? All right, don't.
00:56:11I ought to kick you out of here. But as road commissioner of this county, I can't be prejudiced.
00:56:17What's the price of your tractor? Is your tractor any good for road building? What kind
00:56:32of an engine's it got in it? What's the horsepower? All right, all right. I'm a sick man. I've
00:56:48got to have my lunch. You know where to bring the tractor for demonstration. Be there on
00:56:52time. Lunch! Do you mind if I use your telephone? No, go right ahead. Get me the Robert E. Lee
00:57:07Hotel, please. Robert E. Lee Hotel. Alexander Botts inquiring. Have there been any telephone
00:57:12messages for me? No, sir. You're sure Mabel Johnson hasn't called? Yes, sir, I'm sure.
00:57:18But there's a telegram for you. Oh, yes? Will you read it? You are absolutely, completely
00:57:28and finally fired. Stop. Kindly don't annoy our customers. Stop. Another man is taking
00:57:34over your territory. Gilbert Henderson. Thank you. How do you do, Mr. Johnson? My name is
00:57:48Henderson. I represent the Earthworm Tractor Company. Mr. Johnson, I'm very, very happy
00:57:52to find you alone, sir. I won't take up a minute of your time. I just want to tell you
00:57:56a few facts about our product. Speak up! Speak up! I understand that you've been ill. How
00:58:02do you feel today? Oh, I feel terrible. I always feel terrible. Oh, that's too bad.
00:58:11Mr. Henderson, whatever happened to that young salesman, Alexander Botts, that used to work
00:58:16for you? Salesman? He was the world's worst. They fired him. Well, I think you made a mistake
00:58:23there, Mr. Henderson. Alexander Botts impressed me as being a natural-born salesman. Yeah,
00:58:30that's what he thought. Well, let's not bandy words. I'm a man that judges by results. What
00:58:36I'm interested in is your small tractor. Where would the demonstration take place? Where?
00:58:42Oh, oh, yeah, where? Well, now let's see. Here we are. Here. Here's Cypress City. There
00:58:50is the railroad station. Now, you take your small tractor and run it right down over the
00:58:56dam. Continue right straight ahead due west for four and a half miles. You'll come to
00:59:02a large sycamore tree with a hornet's nest. I don't think you'll stop there, but you'll
00:59:08go right straight ahead till you come to a big stump. There you are. There's the stump,
00:59:14and that's where you stop. You mean that's where the demonstration will take place? Oh,
00:59:18no. No. No, but that's where we're going to meet you. Now, do you know how to find the
00:59:23place? Oh, surely, surely. Well, that's good. And I'll keep this map so we'll be able to
00:59:28find you. Thank you, Mr. Johnson. I'll be there. All right, do it. And so, fellow citizens,
00:59:42as chairman of the Board of Road Commissioners, I have been chosen to make the final decision
00:59:47as to which tractors we will buy by Cypress County. I have mapped out a very difficult
00:59:56course for these tractors to give us a demonstration. Just one more thing. I have practically made
01:00:08up my mind which tractor it will be. But, in all fairness, we will go on with this demonstration.
01:00:20Hello, Mabel. Gosh, I don't see why you want to be mad at me. If you'll just let me explain,
01:00:47I know we can patch this up. Gosh, Mabel, I can't eat, I can't sleep, I can't even think.
01:00:54Well, that's not unusual, is it? Well, you just wait till I get your father on my tractor.
01:00:59But you had him on your tractor once before. No. All right, if that's the way you want
01:01:04to act, go on. But I'm going to sell your father, and after I sell him, you know what
01:01:08I'm going to do? No, you don't know. Well, I'm going on to Smedleyville and sell some
01:01:13more tractors. And that's one of the reasons it has so much power. Well, young man, it
01:01:21looks like you've got company here. Yes, Mr. Johnson, and you'll never regret your decision.
01:01:25Mr. Johnson, will you pose on the earth for him? No, I don't want to, but I guess I will.
01:01:32And you, none of your monkey business.
01:01:43Hey, where are you going? Not that way!
01:02:02Stop! Don't you see that sign? We're all closed!
01:02:20Just where no filly even signs, Mr. Johnson!
01:02:24Come back! Don't go like that! Mr. Johnson, come back!
01:02:32What way did that tractor go? Straight up a mountain, Mr. Johnson! The boat's been blown
01:02:36up! That hill's full of dynamite! Well, somebody ought to warn them! I wouldn't go up there
01:02:39if it wasn't for you! But don't go up there! You'll get killed!
01:02:47Stop! Don't try to climb that mountain!
01:02:51Nope! The earthworm's not only a molehill! No!
01:02:56The earthworm can climb the mountains of Tibet! Tibet! Let me out of here!
01:03:10Be careful! Careful? That's my middle name! Alexander T. Fox!
01:03:19Dean Fitzpatrick! Stop! You're going to kill me!
01:03:29Dynamite! What? I said I got a third vessel! You better get some of the light!
01:03:35Oh!
01:03:36Oh!
01:03:47I wouldn't fire a tractor that made so much noise!
01:03:51Well, we have them with mufflers, Mr. Johnson! What? Mufflers! Mufflers!
01:03:57Oh, I thought you said mufflers!
01:04:06Turn back! Turn back! There's dynamite! We're going to move home!
01:04:10There's dynamite to the left of us! There's dynamite to the right of us!
01:04:16There's dynamite behind us!
01:04:21Retreat! Retreat! Alexander Fox never retreats!
01:04:28Take me home! Take me home! Home!
01:04:32Where do you live now? Spruce Street or Pine?
01:04:40Turn to the right!
01:04:43Make a...
01:04:47Make a...
01:05:02Whoa! Whoa! Right now! Quiet! Quiet! Wake up!
01:05:12Whoa! We're about to tip over!
01:05:24You can't go over that bridge! It's unsafe!
01:05:27Johnson, don't worry! The Earthquake will save any place!
01:05:41Stop! Stop! Stop!
01:05:49Well, all right, if you're afraid, Mr. Johnson, we'll back up!
01:05:52No, no, no! Don't back up! Keep on going!
01:05:54Keep on going! Go ahead! Make up your mind what you want! Go ahead! Go ahead!
01:05:59All right! Away we go!
01:06:25What are you stopping for?
01:06:27Looks pretty wobbly up ahead there, Mr. Johnson! I think we'd better go back!
01:06:30No, no, no! Don't go back! Keep on going! Ahead! Ahead! Go ahead!
01:06:35Anything you say, Mr. Johnson!
01:06:37Yes!
01:06:54Whoa!
01:07:04We're almost right!
01:07:06Quick, stop!
01:07:09Whoa!
01:07:10Hello, citizens! As Chairman of the Board of Road Commissioners of Cypress County, I...
01:07:16Alexander Butz! You're going to pay for this!
01:07:19You hear what I'm saying?
01:07:21What?
01:07:22I say you're going to pay for this!
01:07:24Speak up! Speak up! I can't hear you!
01:07:29Why, I can hear you!
01:07:31You're going to pay for this!
01:07:33Speak up! Speak up! I can't hear you!
01:07:37Why, I can hear you!
01:07:40I'm cured! I'm cured!
01:07:42I say I can't hear you! Speak up!
01:07:44I'm cured! I can hear you!
01:07:46Stop whispering!
01:07:48Boy, this is the greatest tractor in the world!
01:07:50I'm going to buy six of them for the county, and eight of them for my lumber company!
01:07:54What did you say?
01:07:55Sam! Alexander! Are you all right?
01:07:57All right! I just bought 14 tractors from this young man!
01:08:01Oh, I always knew you were a master salesman, darling!
01:08:04What?
01:08:05Darling!
01:08:06Louder!
01:08:07Darling!
01:08:08Louder!
01:08:09Darling!
01:08:10Louder!
01:08:11Darling!
01:08:15Oh, darling!
01:08:17I can hear that!
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