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00:01:32Hiya
00:01:34Hi, Emmett
00:01:35Sally
00:01:36Hello, Sally
00:01:39Hello, Emmett
00:01:41Hiya, Mr. Blair
00:01:44Oh, good, good
00:01:46I came over to take you and Sally for a ride
00:01:48Well, I'd like to, Emmett, but Alexander Botts is in town and we're expecting him
00:01:53Do you still get letters from that guy?
00:01:54Oh, yes
00:01:55And what letters?
00:01:57What's he doing now?
00:01:59Oh, well, he wrote me he's selling some absolutely sensational product
00:02:02You know, he's a wonderful salesman
00:02:04Oh, he's a salesman
00:02:06Well, don't laugh
00:02:08From what he says in his letters, he's a natural-born salesman
00:02:11Well, I'll just take the pie
00:02:13How about it?
00:02:14Well, I was gonna call on a prospect
00:02:15But I guess I can always take time out for a piece of one of Ma's pies
00:02:18Look!
00:02:19Hiya, folks
00:02:39Hiya, Sally
00:02:40Hiya, Mr. Blair
00:02:41Hiya, Emmett
00:02:43Hello, Botts
00:02:43Gosh, it's great to see you, Sally
00:02:46Oh, it's good to see you, Alexander
00:02:48Yeah
00:02:48Did you get my letter?
00:02:50Letter?
00:02:51Two a day
00:02:52Come on, Pop, let's go get that pie
00:02:54Pie?
00:02:57What kind of pie?
00:02:59Green apple pie
00:03:00Green apple?
00:03:02That's my favorite color
00:03:04You talk about salesmanship
00:03:07Say, I had a letter from the factory this morning telling me that I was outselling every man on the sales force
00:03:11If I wasn't a natural-born salesman, I wouldn't have been able to sell the Pleep Tool Company
00:03:15Gosh, you must have had a fine commission
00:03:16Why, that Pleep Tool Company is one of the biggest tool concerns in the country
00:03:20I guess I did get a pretty big commission at that
00:03:22I haven't figured it out yet
00:03:23I guess I better
00:03:24Let me see
00:03:27Six times six is thirty-six
00:03:29And four
00:03:30F.O.B. plus the insurance
00:03:33Six
00:03:34Almost forgot the zoning rates
00:03:36Plus seventeen
00:03:38And six
00:03:40Plus four
00:03:43Six and eight
00:03:44Times seven
00:03:46There you are
00:03:48There it is
00:03:49What is it?
00:03:50Three dollars and five cents
00:03:52Three dollars and five cents?
00:03:54Oh, Alexander, I thought you were selling something worthwhile
00:03:57Oh, what are you doing, Butt? Selling birdseed?
00:04:00Birdseed?
00:04:01Birdseed? Nothing
00:04:03Now, folks, undoubtedly you want to know what this is
00:04:06The idea of this little novelty is to bring you health
00:04:09It opens the pores, clears the eyes
00:04:11Takes your mind off business worries
00:04:13And last but not least
00:04:14Brings laughter back into the life of the working man
00:04:17All you do, folks
00:04:18Is just to blow through the little pipe
00:04:20And attach the cork onto the hook
00:04:21It's simple
00:04:22Watch
00:04:23There you are, folks
00:04:32But don't take my word for it
00:04:33Here, try it yourself
00:04:34So this is what you sell
00:04:36Well, Butt, you're nothing but a peddler
00:04:38Well, is that so?
00:04:39Let me tell you something
00:04:40It takes real salesmanship to sell a thing like that
00:04:43I'll tell you right now, Butt
00:04:45I don't want my daughter to have anything to do with a peddler
00:04:47And I'll appreciate it if you don't bother selling anymore
00:04:49Until you become a more respectable citizen
00:04:51Come on, Emmett, let you and I go get a piece of mouse pie
00:04:54Goodbye, Mr. Botts
00:04:56I hope
00:04:56Sally
00:05:05You don't think I'm a peddler, do you?
00:05:08Of course not, Alexander
00:05:09Only, selling little gadgets like that
00:05:12Well, it's not dignified
00:05:14Oh
00:05:15I see
00:05:17Oh, gosh
00:05:19I just happened to think I've got an appointment out at the hotel
00:05:21Oh, I'm sorry, Alexander
00:05:24But you really ought to get out and do something important
00:05:26If you're going to be a salesman
00:05:28Well, sell something big
00:05:30Something worthwhile
00:05:31Say, you don't have to feel sorry for me
00:05:33I won't always be selling little gadgets
00:05:34A natural-born salesman like me can sell anything
00:05:37Steamship
00:05:44That's it
00:05:45That's what I'll sell
00:05:47Say, that ought to be big enough for anyone
00:05:49But you can't sell steamships
00:05:51Be practical
00:05:52No
00:05:53Bridges
00:05:57What about bridges?
00:05:58Bridges?
00:05:59Yeah, sure
00:06:00Some people buy bridges
00:06:02Oh, no
00:06:03No
00:06:04Well, then
00:06:06Tractors
00:06:08Earth-worm tractors
00:06:11That's it
00:06:12That's it
00:06:12That's big
00:06:13That's important
00:06:13That's worthwhile
00:06:14Well, that's right
00:06:15Now you're talking
00:06:16Can I have this?
00:06:18Oh, sure
00:06:18Look, Sally
00:06:19I've got to be running along
00:06:20But I'll write to you
00:06:21The next time you hear from me
00:06:22I'll be selling earth-worm tractors
00:06:24I'm going to make a big success of this
00:06:26And when I do
00:06:27I'm going to come back for you
00:06:28Will you be waiting for me?
00:06:29Why, certainly, Alexander
00:06:31Yeah
00:06:31Goodbye, Sally
00:06:33Alexander Botts listening
00:06:57You want to laugh, H.J.?
00:07:03Read that
00:07:04Earth-worm tractor company
00:07:08Earth-worm city, Illinois
00:07:09Gentlemen
00:07:09I am a natural-born salesman
00:07:11Have a very quick mind
00:07:13I'm honest and reliable
00:07:14In fact, I am a positive genius
00:07:16For ferreting out sales
00:07:17I became acquainted with your earth-worms
00:07:19As a member of the motorized field artillery
00:07:21In the army
00:07:21I am an expert on tractors
00:07:23As well as a super salesman
00:07:25And I might add
00:07:26That I am also a master mechanic
00:07:28When do I start to work?
00:07:29Very truly yours, Alexander Botts
00:07:31Have you ever heard of this
00:07:33Alexander Botts, Henderson?
00:07:34No, sir, never
00:07:34And I think I know
00:07:35Every tractor salesman of the country
00:07:37This man's either a phony or a nut
00:07:38Maybe you're right
00:07:39But I like his letter
00:07:40It shows the kind of nerve
00:07:42It takes to make sales
00:07:43Let's give him a chance
00:07:44And see what he can do
00:07:44Oh, now, please, Mr. Russell
00:07:46Not as a salesman
00:07:47Now, let's see
00:07:47He has been asking me for a mechanic
00:07:50And Botts says he's a master mechanic, doesn't he?
00:07:52According to his letter
00:07:53He's a master of everything
00:07:54Personally, I like a man
00:07:55Who knows his own abilities
00:07:56And isn't afraid to tell them
00:07:57I'm going to give him a trial
00:07:59Okay, you're the boss
00:08:00Miss Hunt
00:08:01Take a letter
00:08:02Alexander Botts
00:08:03I'm going to have him meet Healy
00:08:04At the Robert E. Lee Hotel
00:08:06In Cypress City, Mississippi
00:08:07Alexander Botts, coming
00:08:24How do you do, sir?
00:08:27Are you Alexander Botts?
00:08:28That's me, brother
00:08:29Well, I'm George Healy
00:08:30Of the Earthworm Tractor Company
00:08:31Well, Mr. Healy
00:08:33How do you do, sir?
00:08:34Come right in and sit down
00:08:35Thank you
00:08:35I was just writing another letter
00:08:38To the home office
00:08:39I understand, Mr. Healy
00:08:40That you need a lot of help down here
00:08:42Oh, you do, do you?
00:08:43Mm-hmm
00:08:43And with me on the job, Mr. Healy
00:08:45Your troubles are over
00:08:47Now, wait a minute
00:08:47I think there's a slight misunderstanding
00:08:48I've been getting along very, very well
00:08:50I merely sent to the home office
00:08:51For a man to demonstrate a tractor for me
00:08:53Well, I can do that
00:08:54And more
00:08:55You're, uh, new in the tractor line, aren't you?
00:08:59Well, in a sense, yes
00:09:00And in a sense, no
00:09:01But in any sense, selling is my meat
00:09:03Mr. Healy
00:09:04You see in me a natural-born salesman
00:09:07That's very interesting, Mr. Botts
00:09:09But I understood I was getting a mechanic
00:09:10That's right, you are
00:09:12You're not only getting a mechanic, Mr. Healy
00:09:14You're getting a master mechanic
00:09:15And think how much better it'll be
00:09:17To get a master mechanic
00:09:18Who also is a super salesman
00:09:20Now, where are those tractors?
00:09:22Let's get right to work on this
00:09:24The tractor is down at the freight depot
00:09:25But let's drop that for a moment
00:09:26All I want to know is
00:09:27Can you operate an earthworm tractor?
00:09:29Ha, ha
00:09:30Can I operate an earthworm tractor?
00:09:32That's what I said
00:09:33Well, generally speaking
00:09:35Yes and no
00:09:36It says here
00:09:38That you were in the motorized field artillery
00:09:40Which used earthworms exclusively
00:09:41Is that right?
00:09:43Yes, sir, that's right
00:09:44That's right
00:09:45Mr. Botts
00:09:46I don't like to doubt your veracity
00:09:48But I don't believe you've ever seen the army
00:09:50Oh, oh, you don't, huh?
00:09:53Well, just maintain your predicament
00:09:55Let's take a look at that
00:10:02I was company cook
00:10:05Battery, 127 field artillery
00:10:07A cook
00:10:10Have you ever handled any kind of machinery?
00:10:13I certainly have
00:10:14For two years
00:10:15I sold the Jiffy razor blade sharpener
00:10:17Well, this is grand
00:10:19Fine
00:10:19Splendid
00:10:20Here I've got a tractor down at the depot
00:10:22Only waiting for a man to drive it for me
00:10:23I've got a deal all set with Jackson
00:10:25The biggest lumber dealer in town
00:10:26And then I draw a blank like you
00:10:28Calling me names won't do you any good, Mr. Healy
00:10:30Just think how lucky you are to have me here to work shoulder to shoulder with you
00:10:34With me on the job
00:10:35This fellow Johnson is practically sold
00:10:38The man's name isn't Johnson, it's Jackson
00:10:39Well, Johnson or Jackson, they're all the same to me
00:10:42I sell anybody
00:10:43Excuse me
00:10:45Just want to tell them at the home office that you've reported
00:10:48Oh
00:10:49What's in that bottle?
00:11:03Oh, shoe polish
00:11:04Shoe polish in a Scots bottle?
00:11:07Oh, you poisoned me, you lunatic
00:11:10You killed me and killed my sail
00:11:12Say, I'll put your sail through better than you could have done it yourself
00:11:15You stay away from my prospect
00:11:18Just relax, Mr. Healy
00:11:20I'll go right down there now
00:11:21Get the tractor, find Johnson
00:11:23And sell him quicker than you can say Jack Robinson
00:11:25It isn't Johnson, it's Jackson
00:11:26Don't you dare go near my prospect
00:11:28Mr. Healy, I'm an independent sailman
00:11:31I take orders from no one
00:11:33You come back here, come back
00:11:34Cabinister?
00:11:40No, thanks
00:11:41Just breaking in a new pair of shoes
00:11:42Hey, hey, hey
00:11:57Hey
00:11:59Whoa
00:12:02Cease, firing
00:12:04Oh, I'm terribly sorry
00:12:06Oh, that's all right
00:12:07What's the matter, stuck in the mud?
00:12:10What do you think?
00:12:10Well, I think that just the right young man came along to help you out
00:12:14Oh, I don't think anything short of a derrick is going to get me out of here
00:12:17You got a tow rope?
00:12:19No, I'm afraid I haven't
00:12:21No tow rope
00:12:21Well, stay right where you are
00:12:26I'll be right back
00:12:28Go, I don't know
00:12:31What are you doing?
00:12:33No, I don't know
00:12:34No, I don't know
00:12:35But you get to my own
00:12:37No, I don't know
00:12:38I don't know
00:12:39You get to my own
00:12:40You get to my own
00:13:12Busy?
00:13:12No. Change your mind?
00:13:14Yeah, I forgot my rubbers.
00:13:16Where to?
00:13:17Oh, I'll drive me to the Elks.
00:13:31Come on, can we go in faster?
00:13:33I guess I should have put on my chains, but I'll make out all right.
00:13:41I say faster!
00:13:44Yeah!
00:13:44Yeah!
00:13:53Wait a minute!
00:13:55Wait a minute!
00:13:57Wait a minute!
00:14:01Wait a minute, wait a minute.
00:14:10You'll pay for that glass, or you'll see what our jail looks like.
00:14:14Listen, smart guy, you'll pay for my rent, or I'll lay one on your chin.
00:14:18Quiet, Louise, quiet.
00:14:20Friends, there's nothing to get excited about.
00:14:23After all, if any damage has been done, it'll be paid for gladly.
00:14:26Money talks louder than words.
00:14:27Who are you?
00:14:28Why, my name is Botts, Alexander Botts.
00:14:31My card, please.
00:14:32I represent the Earthworm Tractor Company, Earthworm City, Illinois.
00:14:35My company will take care of everything.
00:14:38Fully take care of everything.
00:14:39How do we know that?
00:14:40Well, Alexander Botts' word is his bond, sir.
00:14:43Do you doubt my veracity?
00:14:49Get going.
00:14:50Where can I take you?
00:14:56I'm calling on a man named Johnson, who owns a lumberyard down near the railroad station.
00:15:01I'm going to sell him a tractor.
00:15:03Johnson?
00:15:04He's not interested in the tractor.
00:15:06How do you know?
00:15:07Because I know him.
00:15:08He happens to be my father.
00:15:10Your father?
00:15:12Well, that's great.
00:15:14This is a break.
00:15:16I'm afraid you're wasting your time, Mr. Botts.
00:15:18That won't be time wasted, Miss Johnson.
00:15:20The harder they come, the easier I crack them.
00:15:22That's salesmanship.
00:15:23Oh, wait a minute.
00:15:27I'll see if he's busy.
00:15:35Can't go in now.
00:15:36The doctor's there.
00:15:37Doctor?
00:15:38Is your father sick?
00:15:39Get out of here.
00:15:40I'm a sick man.
00:15:43How is he today, doctor?
00:15:45He hasn't shaved a bit.
00:15:46Well, I guess we can go in now.
00:15:53Oh, by the way, I forgot to tell you.
00:15:55You'll have to talk rather loud.
00:15:56Father's a little hard of hearing.
00:16:04Dad, I want you to...
00:16:06Young lady, why are you late for work?
00:16:08It's that car of mine.
00:16:09It got stuck in the mud again.
00:16:10You shouldn't allow for accidents like that.
00:16:13Who's this?
00:16:14Mr. Johnson, I am Alexander Botts of the Earthworm Tractor Company, Earthworm City, Illinois.
00:16:18My company, manufacturers...
00:16:20What are you shouting at me for?
00:16:22Well, I...
00:16:24Mr. Johnson, I am Alexander Botts of the Earthworm Tractor Company, Earthworm City, Illinois.
00:16:28My company, manufacturers...
00:16:29Speak up, speak up.
00:16:32What'll I do now?
00:16:33Come up closer and raise your voice just a little.
00:16:35Mr. Botts, I am Alexander Johnson of the...
00:16:39Sir, I mean...
00:16:40I mean, Mr. Johnson, I am Alexander Botts of the Earthworm Tractor Company, Earthworm City, Illinois.
00:16:45I answered your...
00:16:46You got...
00:16:46You came...
00:16:47I...
00:16:48I came and answered your letter.
00:16:50Letter?
00:16:51What letter?
00:16:52I haven't written a letter in 15 years.
00:16:54Well, I...
00:16:55Well, Mr. Johnson, the Earthworm is the finest tractor on the market today.
00:16:59Earthworm tractor?
00:17:00Never heard of it.
00:17:02Stop watching that clock.
00:17:03I was just going to remind you to take your pink pills.
00:17:08Oh.
00:17:09Mr. Johnson, as I was saying, the Earthworm is...
00:17:12Young man, I have no use for any newfangled inventions.
00:17:15So save your breath.
00:17:17Well, but Mr. Johnson, the Earthworm is no newfangled invention.
00:17:21Why, way back as far as the war.
00:17:23War?
00:17:24What war?
00:17:27What?
00:17:28Well...
00:17:29Well, Mr. Johnson, the Earthworm tractor has the most powerful motor in the world.
00:17:33Young man, if you were selling mules, I'd like to listen to you.
00:17:36But motors...
00:17:37Huh?
00:17:38Two months ago, someone finally talked me into buying a truck.
00:17:41And do you know where it is now?
00:17:43Do you?
00:17:43No, you don't.
00:17:45Well, I'll tell you where it is.
00:17:46It's buried up to its axles in mud down in Chippewa Swamp.
00:17:49Yes?
00:17:49Well, Mr. Johnson, may I make a little suggestion?
00:17:51No.
00:17:52What is it?
00:17:53Well, I have an Earthworm tractor down at the freight station to get your truck out of
00:17:56that swamp just like that.
00:17:58You come along with me and I'll show you.
00:17:59And if I don't get that truck out of that swamp, you can chase me out of town.
00:18:04No.
00:18:04I haven't got time to run you out of town.
00:18:06Why don't you let him try it?
00:18:08That truck isn't doing any good stuff in the swamp.
00:18:10Why should I waste my time?
00:18:12There's no machine ever built that could stay on top of Chippewa Swamp.
00:18:15Mr. Johnson, the Earthworm tractor can stay on top of a cup of coffee.
00:18:19And not a strong cup of coffee at that.
00:18:20Now, if you want your truck back in the service, I am the young man that can help you.
00:18:25Oh, go on, Dad.
00:18:26It won't cost you anything and you might get the truck back.
00:18:29Well, it's only a waste of time.
00:18:31But I'll go.
00:18:32You stay here.
00:18:33Somebody's got to watch that clock watcher.
00:18:35Come on.
00:18:36Let's see that machine of yours, young man.
00:18:39Good luck.
00:18:45Hey.
00:18:46Don't look now, but your clock has stopped.
00:18:50There she is, Mr. Johnson.
00:18:56Whoa.
00:18:59Here we are.
00:19:05Isn't she a beauty?
00:19:07I don't see anything beautiful about it.
00:19:08Well, hop in and we'll take a little spin.
00:19:10Put me right in that lopsided merry-go-round?
00:19:13No, sir.
00:19:14Why, she's just as safe as your own front porch.
00:19:17Speak up.
00:19:17Speak up.
00:19:18I say she's just as safe as on your own front porch.
00:19:22Well, let's go over there and talk it over.
00:19:23No, no, no, no.
00:19:24Mr. Johnson, up you go.
00:19:25And up-see-daisy.
00:19:26Up you go, sir.
00:19:27There you are.
00:19:29No trouble at all.
00:19:30I know I'm not going to like this.
00:19:31Oh, you'll love it, Mr. Johnson.
00:19:33Go right over there and sit down.
00:19:34Now.
00:19:35Well, now, here we are.
00:19:39Now, let's see.
00:19:41That is the choke, I think.
00:19:44This is the ignition, I believe.
00:19:47And there is the clutch.
00:19:50I imagine.
00:19:51You think.
00:19:51You believe.
00:19:52You imagine.
00:19:53Don't you know?
00:19:54Well, yes and no.
00:19:56Now, oh, yes.
00:19:58There is the starter.
00:19:59There.
00:20:05Listen to that motor purr.
00:20:08Purr.
00:20:09Sounds like the battle of bull run to me.
00:20:11Now, come on, you folks.
00:20:13Stay out of the way there.
00:20:35This is the key.
00:20:35See you next episode.
00:20:42Bye.
00:20:53Bye.
00:20:55Bye.
00:20:56Bye.
00:21:00Bye.
00:21:01Bye.
00:21:03Bye.
00:21:03Bye.
00:21:04Bye.
00:21:34Get me out of here.
00:22:03Do you want to drown me?
00:22:04Just relax, Mr. Johnson.
00:22:08Just relax.
00:22:10We'll have your truck out of here in just a minute.
00:22:13Just as simple as ABCs.
00:22:24Now!
00:22:30Are you going to start guessing again?
00:22:42You pulled the radiator off.
00:22:58Well, I just got to show you, Mr. Johnson, the earthworm don't know its own strength.
00:23:04You've ruined my truck.
00:23:22Let me out of here.
00:23:23No, no, no, no.
00:23:24Hot, hot, Mr. Johnson.
00:23:25Hot, hot.
00:23:35Stop it.
00:23:35This thing's going.
00:23:36Stop it.
00:23:37Help me.
00:23:38Somebody help me.
00:23:39Quick.
00:23:39Hey, Mr. Johnson.
00:23:45Just take it easy.
00:23:46How do you work this thing?
00:23:52Hey, Johnson!
00:24:06Hey, Johnson!
00:24:06Help!
00:24:10Just take it easy.
00:24:27Take it easy.
00:24:28Just take it easy, Johnson!
00:24:39Hey, Mr., can you tell me where the other end of this swamp is?
00:24:55That tractor of yours will come out of the south road if it don't sink.
00:24:58Don't worry.
00:24:59The earthworm never sinks.
00:25:00Hop in and I'll drive you over there.
00:25:02All right.
00:25:25There we are, safe and sound.
00:25:35Come on, can I help you?
00:25:38Come, come, come.
00:25:39There you are.
00:25:42Now, what did I tell you?
00:25:43Just the safest on your own front porch.
00:25:46H.J., H.J., well, you said that Alexander Botts would boost business all right.
00:25:59And he has.
00:26:00He's been a one-man recovery in Cypress City.
00:26:03What did I tell you?
00:26:04You told me all right.
00:26:05He's boosted business for the taxi company, for the hardware company, for the city power and light company, for the Johnson lumber company.
00:26:12Why, he's even built them a new freight depot.
00:26:15Look at the money he's poured into that town, and we're paying the bills.
00:26:19Why, this is outrageous.
00:26:20What can we do about it?
00:26:21We can't do anything about the bills.
00:26:23But there's one thing I can do.
00:26:25I can fire Butts and Healy, too.
00:26:27Wire them to that effect at once.
00:26:29With pleasure.
00:26:29Alexander Botts approaching.
00:26:45Ah, Mr. Healy, well, how do you do, sir?
00:26:49Come right in.
00:26:51You half-witted four-flusher, you.
00:26:53Why, what's the matter?
00:26:54This is what's the matter.
00:26:55You got me fired.
00:26:56Well, that's nothing.
00:26:58I got fired also.
00:26:59But don't you worry, Mr. Healy.
00:27:01Everything is going to be all right.
00:27:02I was just writing another letter to the home office, explaining everything.
00:27:06Why, you idiot.
00:27:07You don't think I'm worried about the job, do you?
00:27:09I wasn't going to stay with Earthworm anyway.
00:27:10I've got a better proposition with the elephant tractor company.
00:27:13Yeah?
00:27:14How about taking me with you as your mechanic?
00:27:16You?
00:27:16If I ever catch you in the same town with me again, I...
00:27:20Excuse me, Mr. Healy.
00:27:23Seems to be my busy day.
00:27:25How do you do, sir?
00:27:26Oh, wait a minute, wait a minute.
00:27:27I can explain everything.
00:27:29Explain everything about what?
00:27:30About your car, Mr. Jackson.
00:27:32Jackson?
00:27:33Well, you see, my company will pay for everything.
00:27:36My card.
00:27:37Oh, forget it.
00:27:38I'm insured.
00:27:39I came here to congratulate you.
00:27:41Congratulate me for what?
00:27:42That's the finest demonstration I ever saw.
00:27:45Yes, I guess it was.
00:27:46But just the same, I'm fired.
00:27:48Fired?
00:27:49Well, I just wired an order in for six tractors.
00:27:52Is that so?
00:27:54Well, whether you did or not, I'm still fired, Mr. Johnson.
00:27:57Not Johnson.
00:27:59Jackson.
00:27:59Are you Tom Jackson of the Jackson Lumber Company?
00:28:02That's me.
00:28:03I don't know why you went to see Johnson first.
00:28:05You can't sell him anything.
00:28:07You're telling me.
00:28:08Well, anyway, you've got commission coming on six tractors.
00:28:12There.
00:28:12What did I tell you, Mr. Healy?
00:28:14Just as I promised you, everything turns out right.
00:28:16We've got commission coming on six tractors.
00:28:19Here's looking at you.
00:28:21Hey, Johnson.
00:28:22Mr. Johnson.
00:28:23Er, er, er, Jackson.
00:28:26Oh, don't drink that.
00:28:28Why, but you don't begrudge a six tractor customer a little drink, do you?
00:28:31No, but...
00:28:32Well, so long, and thanks again for the demonstration.
00:28:37That's the finest liquor I ever tasted.
00:28:41Wait, Mr. Healy, you're not going to drink that.
00:28:50Excuse me, Mr. Healy.
00:28:54Just send the bill to Earthworm Tractor Company.
00:28:58Oh, hello, Miss Johnson.
00:28:59Could you come down to the lobby for a moment?
00:29:01I'll be right down.
00:29:03You poisoned me again.
00:29:12You big sissy.
00:29:13You knew all the time that was shoe polish.
00:29:16Well, here I am.
00:29:22I thought I'd drop by for a few seconds and tell you how sorry I am the way things turned out.
00:29:27I should have warned you that Dad has a ferocious temper.
00:29:29Oh, forget it.
00:29:31He didn't hurt me.
00:29:33Hmm, much.
00:29:35What really hurts is I lost my job.
00:29:38Oh, I'm so sorry.
00:29:40I wish there was something I could do for you.
00:29:42Oh, that's all right.
00:29:45Well, now that you've lost your job, what are you going to do?
00:29:47I don't have to worry.
00:29:48A natural-born salesman like me can always find something to sell.
00:29:52The thing is, I hate to leave this town now.
00:29:55Why?
00:29:56Oh, I don't know.
00:29:58Well, this is the same as any other town, isn't it?
00:30:01Well, in a way, yes.
00:30:02And in a way, no.
00:30:06There's more no than yes, I guess.
00:30:09What's your first name?
00:30:12Mabel.
00:30:13Mabel.
00:30:15Gosh, there's something about the name of Mabel.
00:30:18Telegram for Mr. Botts.
00:30:20Telegram for Mr. Botts.
00:30:21A telegram for Mr. Botts.
00:30:23Oh, boy.
00:30:25Excuse me.
00:30:28How do you spell that?
00:30:29With a B.
00:30:30With a B?
00:30:32I guess that's for me.
00:30:35There you are.
00:30:36Gee, thanks.
00:30:37Don't give it a thought.
00:30:39I wonder who this can be from.
00:30:46Why don't you open it?
00:30:50That's a pretty good idea, that.
00:30:58Listen to this.
00:30:59We have reconsidered our decision.
00:31:01Re your discharge.
00:31:02Stop.
00:31:03You are back on the payroll as a full-fledged salesman.
00:31:06Stop.
00:31:06Proceed to Smedleyville.
00:31:08Instructions to follow.
00:31:09Gilbert C. Henderson.
00:31:11Wow.
00:31:12Oh, gee, I'm glad.
00:31:14Well, I guess they know a natural-born salesman when they see one.
00:31:18Wait till I get to Smedleyville.
00:31:20I'll knock them dead.
00:31:21Say, I'll sell trackers to people in that town that don't even need them.
00:31:30Why go to that trouble when there's someone right here in this town who needs them?
00:31:33Oh, leave me to them.
00:31:34Is there someone that I overlooked?
00:31:36Say, I'll sell them before I catch the train.
00:31:38Who is it?
00:31:38My father.
00:31:40Oh, well, I don't think I'll have time on this trip, but someday I'll come back and sell him, too.
00:31:45I'm afraid it might be too late then.
00:31:47You know, someday some real live wire salesman is going to come in and show Dad where he's losing money
00:31:52by not having tractors to work his timberlands.
00:31:54What do you mean, live wire salesman?
00:31:57I mean someone who won't run away the first time he's turned down.
00:32:00Turned down?
00:32:01Oh, I was knocked down.
00:32:04Dad owns half the timberland around here.
00:32:06Dad, if he ever decides to buy tractors, he'll have to buy an awful lot of them.
00:32:10It'll be a big feather in the cap of the salesman who finally sells him.
00:32:14I could sell him.
00:32:16I wonder if I ought to take the time.
00:32:18No.
00:32:19You'd better go on to Smedleyville.
00:32:21It'd probably be too big a job for you.
00:32:23Too big?
00:32:23Say, no job is too big for Alexander Botts.
00:32:26And just to prove it to you, I'm going to stay right here and sell your father, Mabel Jackson.
00:32:30Not Jackson.
00:32:32Johnson.
00:32:32We are pleased that our earthworm, our D-8, has lived up entirely to your satisfaction.
00:32:38We trust that...
00:32:38H.J.
00:32:40H.J.
00:32:41What's the trouble now?
00:32:42The only trouble we've ever had around here.
00:32:44But, read that.
00:32:48Yes, sir.
00:32:49The greatest tractor prospect in the country, Sam Johnson, is right here in Cypress City.
00:32:53I've decided not to go to Smedleyville.
00:32:55I think it best that I stay here and make this sale.
00:32:58We'll let you know how many I sell.
00:33:00Very truly yours, Alexander Botts.
00:33:02Sam Johnson, the one man that every tractor salesman of the country gave up trying to sell ten years ago.
00:33:07I'll wire Botts to proceed to Smedleyville at once.
00:33:09Now, wait a minute, Henderson.
00:33:11This fellow Botts sold Jackson.
00:33:12Maybe he can sell Johnson.
00:33:13Give him a chance and see what he can do.
00:33:15I think it's a waste of time, but you're the boss, H.J.
00:33:18I don't think it's a waste of time.
00:33:19I'll bet you right now, at this moment, Botts is selling Johnson.
00:33:22Now, you get out of here.
00:33:41Now, don't come back.
00:33:42Now, stay out.
00:34:06Now, stay out.
00:34:06Oh, I know if you'll only keep at it, you'll eventually sell him some tractors.
00:34:21Oh, what's the use if I'm not alive to spend the commissions?
00:34:24Oh, you're not going to stop trying now, are you?
00:34:26Oh, I don't know.
00:34:27I got a wire from the factory this morning.
00:34:30I think I'd better get down to Smedleyville.
00:34:32I was afraid the job might be too big for you.
00:34:35The first few times he threw me out, I didn't mind,
00:34:37but I'm beginning to think that he don't want any tractors.
00:34:42Of course, a master salesman would find some way to show Dad
00:34:45how necessary tractors are to his business.
00:34:47Say, listen, I'm a natural-born salesman.
00:34:50That's even better than a master salesman.
00:34:53If a master salesman can sell them, so can I.
00:34:56Say, I'm going right down there now and come out with an order for 72 tractors.
00:35:00Oh, no, Alexander, not today.
00:35:02No?
00:35:03Why not today?
00:35:04Well, you see, we're moving.
00:35:05Our house is up on rollers and ready to be moved to the other side of town.
00:35:08Oh, is that so?
00:35:10What's the new address?
00:35:11352 Spruce Street.
00:35:13I can remember that.
00:35:16Dad's more upset than ever.
00:35:17I think the $500 it's costing is the real reason he feels so badly.
00:35:21$500?
00:35:23Say, excuse me, with an earthworm tractor.
00:35:28What?
00:35:30Oh, nothing.
00:35:30When are you moving the house?
00:35:33Tomorrow morning.
00:35:34Dad and I are going to stay at the hotel tonight.
00:35:43Close that door!
00:35:44You want me to catch my dad in the cold?
00:35:49Mabel!
00:35:51Yes, Dad?
00:35:52I've decided not to go to the hotel tonight.
00:35:54Oh, but we've arranged to have all the utilities cut off.
00:35:57We can't stay in the house without any light, gas, or water.
00:35:59I'll arrange to have them put back on again.
00:36:01I'm a sick man.
00:36:02I just cut cold from that door being open.
00:36:04I'm nearly dying.
00:36:05You wouldn't want a dying man to go to the hotel, would you?
00:36:07Of course not, Dad.
00:36:08I'll call them.
00:36:09But they won't be able to move the house tomorrow.
00:36:11That's all right.
00:36:12Let them move it the next day.
00:36:16Stop watching that clock.
00:36:24Mabel!
00:36:24Time for my pill!
00:36:30There they are, Dad.
00:36:35How are you feeling now?
00:36:36Why do you ask me that for?
00:36:38You know I feel terrible.
00:36:39I told you not to eat that steak tonight.
00:36:41At least not the whole two pounds.
00:36:43That had nothing to do with it.
00:36:45I would have felt terrible anyway.
00:36:54Anything else, Dad?
00:37:07No!
00:37:12Earthquake rocks Tibbet.
00:37:14Mabel!
00:37:15Where's Tibbet?
00:37:17In Asia, Dad.
00:37:19That's right.
00:37:20I didn't think you knew.
00:37:24It's here!
00:37:28It's here!
00:37:32Mabel!
00:37:33Don't you realize what's happening?
00:37:34It's an earthquake!
00:37:35Quick, Dad!
00:37:36Get onto an arch!
00:37:37An arch!
00:37:38Where do I find one?
00:37:40Help!
00:37:41Help!
00:37:41Help!
00:37:48Help!
00:37:49Move!
00:37:54Help!
00:38:11Like it!
00:38:12The worst I ever saw!
00:38:14Help!
00:38:14Help!
00:38:15Mabel!
00:38:16Help!
00:38:20Help!
00:38:20Help!
00:38:24Oh, my head!
00:38:27Oh!
00:38:31Ow!
00:38:32My boy!
00:38:36I'm dizzy!
00:38:42Ellie!
00:38:43Bender!
00:38:45Just relax, Mabel!
00:38:47Everything is going to be all right!
00:38:52Oh!
00:38:52Mabel!
00:38:54Mabel!
00:38:57Help!
00:38:58Earthquake!
00:38:59Lightning!
00:38:59Blood!
00:39:00Oh, the world has been wicked!
00:39:03Mabel!
00:39:04Mabel!
00:39:10Oh, it's freezing!
00:39:12Come on!
00:39:13Let's get out of here!
00:39:14Oh, no, Dad!
00:39:15The only safe place is under this arch!
00:39:21Oh!
00:39:22Oh, this is terrible!
00:39:24Listen to that thunder!
00:39:32Oh, my back!
00:39:42This will go down as the greatest earthquake in history!
00:39:45If anyone has to tell us...
00:39:47Oh, I hope it's over!
00:39:55Oh, I hope it's over!
00:40:08Oh, I hope it's over!
00:40:10Oh, I hope it!
00:40:19This will go down as far as me!
00:40:20It's time for my bill!
00:40:21Till I'm talking, it's time for my bill.
00:40:51Good evening.
00:41:17Well, Mr. Johnson, I saved you $500 and the earthworm tractor did it all.
00:41:24There you are, all moved to 352 Pine Street.
00:41:27You idiot! It wasn't Pine Street, it was Spruce.
00:41:38But Alexander, you know it was all your fault.
00:41:40You should never have tried to move our house without saying something about it.
00:41:44I bet if I hadn't moved the house to the wrong end of town, I'd have sold him.
00:41:49Mr. Henderson is beginning to think that your father isn't a very good prospect.
00:41:53Oh, but he is. You'll sell him if you'll only keep trying.
00:41:56Something tells me he's weakening.
00:41:59Oh, it didn't feel like it.
00:42:02Gosh, this is awful good apple pie.
00:42:05Almost as good as Ma Blair's.
00:42:07Who is Ma Blair?
00:42:08Oh, she's...
00:42:10She's Sally's mother.
00:42:12And just who is Sally?
00:42:15She's a girl in Frozen Falls that I promised to marry.
00:42:18What?
00:42:19You see, when I left Frozen Falls to make my way in the world,
00:42:22I promised Sally that someday I'd come back and marry her.
00:42:26Alexander Botts never goes back on his word.
00:42:29Well, I hope you two will be very happy.
00:42:32I won't be able to see you tonight.
00:42:34Or any other night.
00:42:36Boys, these advance sales reports indicate that this is going to be one of the biggest years
00:42:47that the earthworm tractor company has ever had.
00:42:50Telegram, Mr. Henderson.
00:42:51Oh, thanks.
00:42:57Listen to this.
00:42:59I agree with you that Johnson is not a good prospect.
00:43:02I'm proceeding to Smedleyville by way of Frozen Falls,
00:43:04where I am going to marry a girl by the name of Sally.
00:43:08Stop.
00:43:09Congratulate me.
00:43:10Alexander Botts.
00:43:12I certainly feel sorry for Sally.
00:43:23You can wait right there, if you will.
00:43:34You can wait right there.
00:43:35No.
00:43:36No.
00:43:38No.
00:43:44No.
00:43:55Boo.
00:44:00Sally, I came back for you
00:44:03You mustn't do that, Alexander
00:44:06The same old bashful Sally
00:44:09Look, look what I brought you
00:44:12Oh, well, these are beautiful, Alexander
00:44:16Oh, I don't know
00:44:17Not any more beautiful than
00:44:19Than the smell of that pie
00:44:22Well, won't you come in?
00:44:24Will I? Sure
00:44:26I can smell it better inside
00:44:28Hey, Pop, look who's here
00:44:32Hi
00:44:33Hi, I'm Mr. Blair
00:44:35Well, Alexander, what kind of a do-jigger are you selling now?
00:44:40The little do-jigger that I am now selling weighs 16 tons
00:44:43Have a card
00:44:44Well, I always told you had it in you
00:44:54You did
00:44:55Oh, yes, yes, yes, I remember
00:44:58Well, Sally, I told you I'd make a success and sell big things
00:45:02Didn't I?
00:45:04And I promised that I'd come back for you
00:45:05Well, here I am
00:45:08And what I said about your father not coming to live with us
00:45:10Forget it
00:45:11Oh, hello, Emmett
00:45:13How are you?
00:45:14I'm all right, I guess
00:45:15Well, Emmett, congratulate me
00:45:17Gonna get married
00:45:18Who's the lucky girl?
00:45:21Sally
00:45:22That's fine, I'd like to go to a wedding
00:45:25I haven't been to one in three months
00:45:27Is that so?
00:45:28Who got married then?
00:45:29I did
00:45:30You got married?
00:45:32Well, congratulations, Emmett
00:45:34Who'd you marry?
00:45:35Sally
00:45:36Sally?
00:45:37Well...
00:45:39Sally
00:45:41Right, Ellie
00:45:54You're slow for a marriage the minute you left here
00:45:56And he hasn't had a job since
00:45:58Congratulations, Emmett
00:46:00I wanted Sally, but
00:46:02But I guess the best man won
00:46:05Thanks
00:46:06Goodbye, Sally
00:46:12Forever
00:46:14Oh, Alexander
00:46:15Don't take it too hard
00:46:18You know, I'm not the only girl in the world
00:46:20Oh, I know
00:46:21That's easy enough for you to say, Sally
00:46:23But there's an old saying in the true one
00:46:26It's better to have loved and lost
00:46:28Than...
00:46:29Than...
00:46:30Than never to have loved at all
00:46:32Yes
00:46:34Goodbye
00:46:37Alexander
00:46:37Try not to go to pieces
00:46:40I'll try, Sally
00:46:41But...
00:46:43After all, there's...
00:46:45There's always the river
00:46:46Goodbye
00:46:50Poor Alex
00:46:55And he can't swim a stroke
00:46:58Mr. Henderson
00:47:13Telegram, Mr. Henderson
00:47:15I disagree with you
00:47:25I think Johnson is still a fine prospect
00:47:27I'm proceeding back to Cypress City
00:47:30Where I'm going to marry a girl named Mabel
00:47:32Stop
00:47:33Congratulate me
00:47:35Alexander Butz
00:47:37Mabel
00:47:38Is that man crazy or am I?
00:47:41I wouldn't know
00:47:42Look
00:47:50I've been trying to get in touch with Mabel
00:47:52And her father won't tell me where she is
00:47:54Do you know?
00:47:55Well, I know she bought a ticket for Chicago
00:47:57Chicago?
00:47:58Yes
00:47:59Where's she going in Chicago?
00:48:00Well, she didn't say
00:48:01But she's got an uncle there
00:48:02And I imagine that's where she's bound for
00:48:04Yeah, what's her uncle's name?
00:48:06As far as I remember, it's Johnson, too
00:48:09Johnson?
00:48:10Well, that's easy
00:48:11Thank you very much
00:48:12Good evening, sir
00:48:20How do you do, sir?
00:48:22My card
00:48:23Well, I'm glad to know you, Mr. Butz
00:48:25You expect to be in Chicago alone?
00:48:27Well, maybe yes and maybe no
00:48:29I see
00:48:30It all depends
00:48:32Yes, sir
00:48:32Boy, take Mr. Butz's bag to 502
00:48:36Where's the nearest telephone?
00:48:38Just around the corner, Mr. Butz
00:48:40Thank you
00:48:40You're welcome, sir
00:48:41I'm sorry, madam
00:48:46He doesn't answer
00:48:47Excuse me
00:48:48I'm looking for a man named Johnson
00:48:50Can you tell me how I can find him?
00:48:52Well
00:48:53The Johnsons in Chicago
00:48:54Are as thick as the Smiths in New York
00:48:56And you know how thick the Smiths are in New York
00:48:58Which particular Johnson you're looking for?
00:49:00Well, he's got a niece in Cypress City
00:49:03By the name of Mabel
00:49:04Well, now, ain't that nice?
00:49:06I've got a knuckle in Topeka, Kansas
00:49:07Named Oscar
00:49:08Well, was that so?
00:49:09Don't you know this Johnson's first name?
00:49:11No, I...
00:49:12Do you mind if I look at your book?
00:49:15Why not?
00:49:17I'll bet there's a whole page full of them
00:49:19I'm sorry, it doesn't answer
00:49:22Johnson
00:49:23Johnson, Johnson
00:49:25Raymond House
00:49:26Johnson, Johnson, Johnson
00:49:28Johnson, Johnson
00:49:30Do you mind if I use your telephone?
00:49:33Go ahead, you're paying for it
00:49:35I'm sorry, you've been missing a day
00:49:41I'm all right
00:49:41Get me Oswebo 3412, please
00:49:48Oswebo 3412?
00:49:50Just a minute
00:49:51Hello
00:49:56Is this Mr. Aaron A. Johnson?
00:49:59Hello, Mr. Johnson
00:50:00This is Alexander Botts calling
00:50:01Frank, have you a very beautiful, charming niece
00:50:04by the name of Mabel?
00:50:06This is the aquarium
00:50:07Well, then you have no niece
00:50:10Okay, I got it
00:50:34Bay 1420
00:50:36Hello
00:50:36Hello
00:50:45Is this the home of Thomas Johnson?
00:50:50Is Mabel Johnson there?
00:50:53She is
00:50:54Hello, is this you, Mabel?
00:50:58This is Mabel
00:50:59Mabel, this is Alexander
00:51:01Alexander
00:51:02Bots, Bots
00:51:04Bots to you, mister
00:51:06I'll run
00:51:17Crystal 5952
00:51:19Is this the home of Ulysses Johnson?
00:51:30Have you got a niece
00:51:34By the name of Mabel?
00:51:38You haven't
00:51:39Well, thank heavens
00:51:42You're here
00:51:43What a night
00:51:44I'm exhausted
00:51:46Zebula Zachary Johnson
00:51:49Get me Crest 4436
00:51:54Sorry, the phone's been disconnected
00:52:07Well, I guess I'm through
00:52:10That was the last Johnson in Chicago
00:52:14No, not the very last Johnson
00:52:19Oh, yes, it was
00:52:21Oh, yes, it was
00:52:21No, there's one more, Ness
00:52:22One more?
00:52:24Who's that?
00:52:25Mabel Johnson
00:52:26Mabel?
00:52:28Mabel!
00:52:29Gosh, I've called every Johnson in Chicago
00:52:31Trying to find you
00:52:32Where are you?
00:52:33I'll come to you wherever you are
00:52:35Well, just a minute
00:52:36What about Sally?
00:52:38Oh, that's all a thing of the past
00:52:40She don't mean a thing in the world to me
00:52:43What made you change your mind?
00:52:44Why didn't you marry her?
00:52:45Well, when I got there
00:52:47She was already married to another fella
00:52:49Oh
00:52:51Oh, so Sally was already married
00:52:54Yeah, wasn't that funny?
00:52:56And then you decided to look for me
00:52:57Yes, Mabel, I could hardly wait till I found you
00:53:01Alexander Botts, I hate you
00:53:04Mabel!
00:53:09Operator!
00:53:10Gosh
00:53:14I don't know what she got mad at
00:53:16Mabel!
00:53:25That new starter has played an improvement, eh, Hank?
00:53:27H.J.
00:53:28H.J.
00:53:30What's the trouble now?
00:53:31Listen to this
00:53:32Trace Botts to Cremo Hotel Chicago
00:53:34Where he reserved room, then disappeared
00:53:36Stop
00:53:36One last scene, he was going into a telephone booth
00:53:39Wells' detective agency
00:53:40If they can't find him in a telephone booth
00:53:42They might as well give up
00:53:43If I ever get my hands on him
00:53:45I'll...
00:53:45Telegram, Mr.
00:53:46Botts
00:53:47You're right
00:53:49My girl, Mabel, left for Cypress City, I hope
00:53:52And following
00:53:53Stop
00:53:53Understand Cypress County
00:53:55In market for tractors
00:53:57Stop
00:53:57Wire
00:53:58Cremo Hotel
00:53:59$162 telephone bill
00:54:02Stop
00:54:02Keep in touch with me
00:54:04Alexander Botts
00:54:05Now that we finally found him
00:54:07We can fire him
00:54:07Oh, well, I
00:54:08Henderson
00:54:09You better send another man down
00:54:10To get that order
00:54:11I haven't a man available right now
00:54:12But don't worry
00:54:13I'll go down there myself
00:54:14I wish I could have seen him
00:54:15Just once before we fired him
00:54:17I wish I could have seen him
00:54:19Just once before you hired him
00:54:21Tractors
00:54:22Ha
00:54:22Ha
00:54:29Gotcha
00:54:30Stop watching me
00:54:31I just wanted to tell you, Mr. Johnson
00:54:36That those two tractor salesmen
00:54:38That those two tractor salesmen
00:54:38Are still waiting
00:54:39Well, send one of them in here
00:54:40Well, Botts
00:54:42I'm glad I was here first
00:54:43I've got a luncheon date
00:54:44With an old friend of yours
00:54:45Yeah, who's that?
00:54:46Miss Johnson
00:54:47Miss Johnson?
00:54:50Is she back in...
00:54:51Mr. Healy
00:54:51You can come in now
00:54:52Thank you
00:54:53She's back
00:54:55Well, good morning, Mr. Johnson
00:54:59My name is George Healy
00:55:01Of the Elephant Tractor Company
00:55:02Talk louder
00:55:03How do you expect me to hear you
00:55:04When you whisper?
00:55:05I said my name is George Healy
00:55:07Of the Elephant Tractor Company
00:55:08Tractors, huh?
00:55:09I hate tractors
00:55:10But I represent the taxpayers
00:55:12Of this county
00:55:12And I've got to listen to you
00:55:13How much is your tractor?
00:55:15Well, now
00:55:16The kind that your community needs
00:55:18Costs only $4,750 FOB
00:55:21I asked you the price of your tractor
00:55:23I said it costs $4,750
00:55:27Ah, fine salesman
00:55:29Don't even know the price
00:55:30Of your own product
00:55:31I said the price is $4
00:55:33Never mind the price
00:55:34Have your tractor ready
00:55:36For a demonstration this afternoon
00:55:37Now get out of here
00:55:38And send another fellow in
00:55:39Crab
00:55:44I ain't neither
00:55:45Fine fellow, that Johnson
00:55:50Speak up, speak up
00:55:52Aha
00:55:59Good morning, Mr. Johnson
00:56:01Good morning
00:56:01What, you?
00:56:02Ah, tut tut, Mr. Johnson
00:56:04Come now
00:56:05Let's let bygones be bygones
00:56:07After what you did to me
00:56:08I don't see how you've got the nerve
00:56:09To come in here
00:56:10All right, Mr. Johnson
00:56:11I apologize
00:56:12I demand you apologize to me
00:56:15All right, then I apologize
00:56:17So you won't apologize, huh?
00:56:20All right, don't
00:56:21I ought to kick you out of here
00:56:22But as road commissioner
00:56:24Of this county
00:56:24I can't be prejudiced
00:56:26What's the price of your tractor?
00:56:28Is your tractor any good for road building?
00:56:37Ha, ha, ha
00:56:38What kind of an engine's it got in it?
00:56:43What's the horsepower?
00:56:50All right, all right
00:56:56I'm a sick man
00:56:58I've got to have my lunch
00:56:59You know where to bring the tractor for demonstration
00:57:01Be there on time
00:57:02Lunch?
00:57:06You mind if I use your telephone?
00:57:07No, go right ahead
00:57:09It'd be the Robert E. Lee Hotel, please
00:57:18Robert E. Lee Hotel
00:57:23Alexander Botts inquiring
00:57:24Have there been any telephone messages for me?
00:57:27No, sir
00:57:27You're sure Mabel Johnson hasn't called?
00:57:31Yes, sir, I'm sure
00:57:31But there's a telegram for you
00:57:33Oh, yes, will you read it?
00:57:37You are absolutely, completely and finally fired
00:57:43Stop
00:57:43Kindly don't annoy our customers
00:57:45Stop
00:57:46Another man is taking over your territory
00:57:48Gilbert Henderson
00:57:49Thank you
00:57:58How do you do, Mr. Johnson?
00:58:01My name is Henderson
00:58:02I represent the Earthworm Tractor Company
00:58:04Mr. Johnson, I'm very, very happy to find you alone, sir
00:58:06I won't take up in a minute of your time
00:58:08I just want to tell you a few facts about our product
00:58:10Speak up, speak up!
00:58:13I understand that you've been ill
00:58:14How do you feel today?
00:58:17Oh, I feel terrible
00:58:20I always feel terrible
00:58:22Oh, that's too bad
00:58:24Mr. Henderson
00:58:25Whatever happened to that young salesman
00:58:27Alexander Botts that used to work for you?
00:58:30Salesman?
00:58:31He was the world's worst
00:58:32They fired him
00:58:34Well, I think you made a mistake there, Mr. Henderson
00:58:37Alexander Botts impressed me as being a natural-born salesman
00:58:42Yeah, that's what he thought
00:58:44Well, let's not dandy words
00:58:47I'm a man that judges by results
00:58:49What I'm interested in is your small tractor
00:58:52Where will the demonstration take place?
00:58:54Where?
00:58:55Oh, oh yeah, where?
00:58:57Well, now let's see
00:58:58Here we are
00:59:00Here
00:59:00Here's Cypress City
00:59:03There is the railroad station
00:59:05Now, you take your small tractor and runner right down over the ramp
00:59:09Continue right straight ahead due west
00:59:12For four and a half miles
00:59:14You'll come to a large sycamore tree with a hornet's nest
00:59:18I don't think you'll stop there
00:59:21But you'll go right straight ahead
00:59:23Till you come to a big stump
00:59:25There you are
00:59:26There's the stump
00:59:27And that's where you stop
00:59:28You mean that's where the demonstration will take place?
00:59:31Oh, no
00:59:32No
00:59:32No, but that's where we're going to meet you
00:59:34Now, do you know how to find the place?
00:59:37Oh, surely, surely
00:59:38Well, that's good
00:59:39And I'll keep this map so we'll be able to find you
00:59:43Thank you, Mr. Johnson
00:59:44I'll be there
00:59:45All right, do it
00:59:46And so, fellow citizens
00:59:55As chairman of the board of road commissioners
00:59:58I have been chosen to make the final decision
01:00:01As to which tractors we will buy for Cypress County
01:00:04I have mapped out a very difficult course
01:00:11For these tractors to give us a demonstration
01:00:14Just one more thing
01:00:20I have practically made up my mind
01:00:23Which tractor it will be
01:00:25But, in all fairness
01:00:31We will go on with this demonstration
01:00:33How about a picture, Mr. Johnson?
01:00:37Picture?
01:00:37One of the finest speeches I've ever heard
01:00:42Hello, Mabel
01:00:56Gosh, I don't see why you want to be mad at me
01:00:59If you'll just let me explain
01:01:01I know we can patch this up
01:01:02Gosh, Mabel
01:01:05I can't eat
01:01:06I can't sleep
01:01:07I can't even think
01:01:08Well, that's not unusual, is it?
01:01:11Well, you just wait
01:01:12Till I get your father on my tractor
01:01:13Seems to me you had him on your tractor once before
01:01:16Oh, all right
01:01:17If that's the way you want to act
01:01:19Go on
01:01:19But I'm going to sell your father
01:01:21And after I sell him
01:01:21You know what I'm going to do?
01:01:23No, you don't know
01:01:24Well, I'm going on to Smedleyville
01:01:26And sell some more tractors
01:01:27And that's one of the reasons it has so much power
01:01:33Well, young man
01:01:35It looks like you've got something here
01:01:36Yes, Mr. Johnson
01:01:37And you'll never regret your decision
01:01:38Mr. Johnson
01:01:39Will you pose on the earthworm?
01:01:41Well, I don't want to
01:01:42But I guess I will
01:01:43And you
01:01:46None of your monkey business
01:01:48Hey, what are you doing?
01:01:58Nothing
01:01:58What are you doing?
01:02:28Stop
01:02:29Don't you see that sign?
01:02:30The road's closed
01:02:31Your sperm don't believe in signs, Mr. Johnson
01:02:36Come back
01:02:39Don't go up there
01:02:40Mr. Johnson
01:02:41Come back
01:02:41Where the way did that tractor go?
01:02:47Straight up the mountain, Mr. Johnson
01:02:48They'll both be blowed up
01:02:50That hill's full of dynamite
01:02:51Well, somebody has to warn them
01:02:52I wouldn't go up there
01:02:53Mr. Johnson, if I have you
01:02:54Don't go up there
01:02:56You can kill
01:02:56Don't move that
01:02:57Stop, don't try to climb that mountain
01:03:03No
01:03:05The earthworm
01:03:06That's only a molehill
01:03:08No
01:03:08The earthworm can climb the mountains of Tibbet
01:03:13Tibbet
01:03:15Let me out of here
01:03:16No
01:03:17Put on that brake
01:03:21Oh
01:03:22Be careful
01:03:25Careful
01:03:26That's my middle name
01:03:29Alexander Seedbox
01:03:32Seed for careful
01:03:33Stop, you're gonna kill me
01:03:37Dynamite
01:03:44What?
01:03:45I say
01:03:47Can I spill a glass
01:03:48And can I get some of the right?
01:03:50Oh
01:03:51I wouldn't buy a tractor
01:04:03That made so much noise
01:04:04Well, we have them with mufflers, Mr. Johnson
01:04:08What?
01:04:09Mufflers
01:04:10Mufflers
01:04:11Oh, I thought you said mufflers
01:04:13Turn back
01:04:21Turn back
01:04:22They're dynamiting for the new rope
01:04:24They're dynamiting to the left of us
01:04:26They're dynamiting to the right of us
01:04:28They're dynamiting behind us
01:04:33Retreat
01:04:36Retreat
01:04:37Alexander Botts
01:04:39Never retreat
01:04:40Take me home
01:04:44Take me home
01:04:45Home
01:04:46Where do you live now?
01:04:48Spruce, street, or pine?
01:04:55Turn to the right
01:04:56Oh
01:04:57Make a
01:04:59Make a
01:05:03Oh
01:05:17Oh
01:05:18Make a
01:05:19Quiet
01:05:19Quiet
01:05:20Make a
01:05:21Oh
01:05:21No
01:05:24No
01:05:24No
01:05:25Get us all
01:05:26That's going
01:05:27Oh
01:05:28We're about to see you
01:05:29Get over
01:05:29You can't go over that bridge
01:05:41It's unsafe
01:05:42Johnson
01:05:43Don't worry
01:05:44The earthworm is safe anyplace
01:05:46Stop
01:05:57Stop
01:05:57Stop
01:05:58Stop
01:05:58Well, all right
01:06:05If you're afraid, Mr. Johnson
01:06:06We'll back up
01:06:07No, no, no, no
01:06:08Don't back up
01:06:09Keep on going
01:06:10Go ahead
01:06:10Well, make up your mind
01:06:12What you want
01:06:12Go ahead
01:06:13Go ahead
01:06:14All right
01:06:14Away we go
01:06:16What are you stopping for?
01:06:43Looks pretty wobbly
01:06:44Up ahead there, Mr. Johnson
01:06:45I think we better go back
01:06:47No, no, no
01:06:47Don't go back
01:06:48Keep on going
01:06:49Ahead
01:06:49Ahead
01:06:50Ahead
01:06:51Anything you say, Mr. Johnson
01:06:53Good
01:06:54Put on those brakes
01:07:06Make a shot
01:07:07Fellow citizens, as chairman of the board of road commissioners of Cyprus, California, I'll be right back to you
01:07:25fellow citizens as chairman of the board of road commissioners of cypress calia
01:07:38alexander butz you're gonna pay for this you hear what i'm saying what i say you're gonna
01:07:47pay for this speak up speak up i can't hear you i can hear you i'm cured i'm cured i say i can't
01:07:58hear you speak up i'm cured i can hear you stop whispering my boy this is the greatest tractor
01:08:04in the world i'm gonna buy six of them for the county and eight of them for my lumber company
01:08:08what did you say alexander are you all right all right i just bought 14 tractors from this young
01:08:15man i always knew you were a master salesman darling what darling louder darling louder
01:08:23darling louder darling oh darling i can hear that
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