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00:00you look very distinguished smoking a cigar
00:13thank you dorothy you should do it more often well that could get rather expensive
00:18you see when i feel like having a cigar i buy the very best do you know how much that one cost
00:24no one dollar that's why it has such a pleasant aroma
00:28mr b will you help me close the window somebody's burning some awful smelling trash
00:36so
00:43so
00:51so
00:58hazel
01:05i'll get her
01:24she knows what time it is she doesn't want to watch me on tv
01:28okay oh of course she does she's just calling the neighbors to be sure they're watching too
01:32come on haze it's going to start yeah that's right mr griffin on the news roundup bye
01:37oh we got plenty of time the commercial hasn't even gone on you run in and save me a place
01:42on the sofa
01:43okay
01:44miss johnson hazel i just wanted to make sure you had your set tuned in the right station
01:51yeah that's right sure mr b is going to be on any minute now i gotta run bye
01:57that was hazel reminding us it's time to watch george
02:02oh nice of her but quite unnecessary it isn't every day one sees a person one knows on television
02:08this is the most exciting thing that's happened to us since we left west bradbury
02:13makes one feel like a part of the world again
02:15yes
02:15we have kept ourselves rather aloof haven't we her but these past few years
02:20and i'd hate to think we were losing the common touch
02:23perhaps if we entertained again the way we used to in west bradbury
02:27we might be invited out more often
02:29it bears thinking about
02:30yes harriet do you hear a slight hum
02:36no i can't say that i do
02:39i could be wrong of course but shouldn't there be
02:41it seems to me when agnes turns on the set there's a small but noticeable
02:46my dear you're right there should be a
02:51you'd better ring for agnes
02:54all the dear girls at her mother's today
02:57oh so she is well perhaps it'll begin to
03:01mmm in a moment
03:03it would be pleasant to be back in the social set again wouldn't it
03:10we must draw up a guest list as soon as the broadcast is over
03:14there's only one drawback
03:16what's that harriet
03:17well except for the baxters and a few others
03:19we don't know anyone
03:21oh that does pose a problem doesn't it
03:23i still don't hear anything do you herbert
03:28not a thing
03:30afraid harriet the set isn't functioning properly
03:37shall i telephone hazel
03:39oh no no no i know hazel could fix it no doubt
03:43but uh i wouldn't telephone hazel
03:45she's probably watching george on television herself
03:48are you about to suggest something herbert
03:53i wonder if this could be the source of our difficulty
03:57does look as though it belongs somewhere doesn't it
04:00i distinctly remember once when our vacuum cleaner wasn't operating
04:04hazel took a long piece of equipment like this and
04:08attached it to the wall
04:11oh but it's humming
04:17oh i'm clever of you
04:19you fixed the television set
04:21oh i'm so proud of you
04:23one does pick up a few tricks living next door to hazel
04:27the future of the nation depends on our children
04:31and the quality of their schooling
04:33so i urge you to go to the polls and vote yes on proposition a
04:37darling you were wonderful
04:41i'll say mr b i couldn't have done better myself
04:44well i hope it did some good
04:46getting out the vote in the special election is like pulling teeth on a hippopotamus
04:49oh i know it's so discouraging
04:51i've been trying to get people to serve on the election board
04:54and they all have some excuse
04:55do you know i don't even have a polling place lined up yet
04:58back to the residence
04:59oh hi mr griffin
05:02was you listening
05:04how nice he called to congratulate you george
05:07well what did you think of mr b's speech wasn't it a doozy
05:10hazel if you just
05:11oh sure it was bound to be good because what he has to say makes sense you know
05:15hazel
05:16but everybody knows we gotta raise money if we're gonna pay for good teachers
05:20let me talk
05:20like mr b was saying you know we're in a fight to the death
05:23i was just telling him
05:25well if he listened to me he heard it all
05:27well it won't hurt him to hear it twice
05:28hello mr griffin
05:31nice of you to call
05:32now just a minute mr griffin
05:38oh dear he would be on the other side
05:41is mr griffin gonna take his business somewhere else again
05:44sometimes i wish he would
05:47no mr griffin i do not believe an attorney should keep out of politics
05:50particularly on a non-partisan issue like this
05:53if they'd cut out all this falderal in the public schools we wouldn't have to raise taxes
05:58i don't like high taxes either
06:00mr and mrs johnson come in sit down
06:03we just dropped over to congratulate george on his splendid oration
06:06he'll be so pleased
06:08oh sure it'll do him good to hear something nice when he gets off the telephone
06:12anybody care to join me in a cup of coffee
06:15we'll all have some hazel thank you
06:16no man can tell me i can't advocate what i think is best for the future of my child in this nation
06:22george takes his civic duty seriously
06:24oh sure he's been voting ever since he turned 21
06:27even came home three days early from his honeymoon just for the primary
06:31because i had to call him and remind him
06:34come on howard you got homework to do come on
06:39yes i'll be busy getting out the vote
06:41and if you think i won't have time to represent you properly
06:44you're at perfect liberty to take your legal business somewhere else
06:47congratulations my boy
06:52you were splendid
06:53vote yes on proposition a
06:55here here
06:56thanks a lot folks
06:58we're gonna need all the votes we can get
07:00anything we can do to help anything at all
07:02you mean that
07:03my great-grandfather was active in politics
07:06why shouldn't i be
07:07herbert and i were saying only this evening
07:09it's time we integrated ourselves into the community
07:13we've been sitting on the sidelines ever since we left west bradbury
07:16getting away from the hurly-burly of society is all very well
07:20but one shouldn't cut oneself off from one's fellow creatures entirely
07:24not should one
07:24from now on harriet and i intend to participate in life
07:28put down roots
07:29spread our wings
07:31so if there's anything at all that we can do to help in the election
07:34please call on us
07:36there's your polling place
07:37it would be great if you would
07:40it's terribly inconvenient i know but if we could use your home as a polling place
07:44the splendid way to meet one's neighbors wouldn't it harriet
07:47well no one could possibly say we were pushy
07:50might be the answer to our problem
07:52what do you say harriet
07:53herbert and i'll be delighted
07:55i can't tell you how much we appreciate that
07:58it would be wonderful of you
07:59it's a great pleasure really
08:01it's you who are doing us a favor
08:03herbert and i going to adore giving the election at our house
08:07thank you
08:09thank you
08:10mr griffin is waiting for you in the dead he's kind of mad
08:15isn't he always
08:16mr b this ought to soften him up chocolate fudge cake with pedmanizing
08:22is there anything hazel and i can do at the johnsons to help them out
08:24no they've got everything over there shined up like they're giving a party
08:27oh that reminds me
08:29your invitation's here in my pocket
08:31you want to fish it out
08:31later hazel
08:32i told him there wasn't any sense in sending us an invitation
08:35because we always go to the polls to vote anyway
08:38what are you talking about what invitation
08:40it's the same thing that has mr griffin blowing a gasket
08:43engraved
08:45not ordinary printing
08:46when the johnsons entertain they really do it right
08:49well they entertain
08:50the herbert johnsons cordially invite you to attend an election at
08:54an election
08:55at their home in honor of the vote on proposition a
09:00hazel was this your idea
09:02no the johnsons sold it all by themselves
09:04they're cute
09:05hours 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. informal
09:09they wanted to send them out two weeks in advance
09:12i told them it wasn't necessary to give folks as much notice for an election
09:16as they would an ordinary reception
09:18refreshments voting music door prizes
09:22door prizes
09:24baxter is that you
09:26come on in here i want to talk to you
09:28come on mr b
09:29we better be at the lion than your den
09:34good evening mr griffin
09:39you can't get away with this baxter
09:41political trickery that's what it is
09:43i won't stand for it
09:44sit down and eat your cake mr griffin
09:45the voters aren't gonna fall for this
09:47i might just bring a few extra voters to the polls
09:49now that's what we all want
09:51well you can't buy votes in this precinct
09:53now wait a little minute
09:54buy votes
09:55why mr griffin that ain't a nice thing to say in front of ladies
09:58well i i beg your pardon dorothy or hazel
10:02well what do you call it
10:05uh door prizes
10:06out and out bribery that's what it looks like to me
10:09there ain't anything illegal in door prizes
10:11we ain't paying people to vote our way
10:13we simply want a good turnout
10:15anything to get people to the polls is a good thing
10:17no matter how unconventional it might be
10:19sure now eat your cake mr griffin
10:21and then you show us
10:22one thing on this invitation that's illegal
10:25yeah show us
10:26i got a book here
10:27it says everything about it
10:29now you show us
10:30one thing in there
10:31that says anything about door prizes
10:33well
10:36yeah
10:37well
10:41all your tricks won't do you any good baxter
10:45you don't know these people the way i do
10:46you won't get out 30 percent of the vote
10:49well i can't guarantee the rest of the city mr griffin
10:52but i do know i've been working very hard in this precinct
10:55and i think we're going to have a fairly good turnout
10:57i've got a hundred dollars says you won't get 50 percent
10:59i'll take part of that
11:00five bucks worth
11:01ten
11:02i'll take ten
11:03okay mr griffin you've got yourself a bet
11:06a hundred bucks even money says we'll get out more than 50 percent of the vote in this precinct
11:10done
11:11i hate to take your money ladies
11:13but it'll teach you to pick the right side
11:16i'm warning you mr griffin we're all going to work very hard
11:20yes then we got to get a good turnout
11:22not only to get proposition a pass
11:24but the johnsons are going to feel pretty bad if nobody comes to their party
11:28come to think of it mr b this is the first time you and me have ever bet on the same horse
11:36and will you safely discharge the duties of the office of clerk on this precinct board
11:41according to the best of your ability
11:43i will the polls are now officially open
11:45now
11:46now
11:47oh mr griffin you're our first guest
11:59awfully glad to have you we are so pleased you could come
12:01now will you follow me please
12:03good morning my name is johnson
12:05very good johnson
12:07now mr griffin if you'll just sign our guest book
12:09it's the register mr griffin
12:11right here
12:13now if you'll excuse me dear mr griffin i'll i'll take care of our other guests
12:17you're all in favor of proposition a what are you trying to do stack the deck
12:31just making a little joke
12:33if you'd like to join us mr griffin we could certainly use your help
12:37oh i'm not impugning anybody's honesty dorothy but a situation like this makes it pretty easy for a mistake to happen
12:43for a mistake to happen so i'll just stick around and see that it doesn't
12:47well we'll be delighted to have you
12:49sure i'll swear you in just as soon as you voted
12:51okay
12:53and uh this is mr ferguson
13:13sign right here please nice of you to come mr ferguson
13:15dorothy can you get along all right for a while or mrs wilkerson needs a ride
13:19sure we'll manage
13:27hang on you stub mr griffin for the door prize
13:29do we have to be here to win
13:31you don't have to be but they couldn't drag me away on a leash
13:35henry just look at that poofette
13:39i told you not to eat such a big breakfast
13:41want me to fix your plate mr griffin you look kind of puny
13:45thanks hazel uh maybe later uh hey baxter come here
13:53you forgot to swear me in
13:55raise your right hand
13:57six precinct
14:09how are things going
14:11well i'd say very slow
14:13the polls have been open for three hours and we've only had 23 voters
14:17yes we'll keep in touch
14:27mrs margaret malinsky
14:33robert andrews
14:35and i'm afraid that's all herbert
14:37you've forgotten us
14:39herbert johnson
14:43and mrs harriet c
14:45and i told the caterers to prepare for over 200
14:49and the baxters
14:51george baxter
14:53and mrs dorothy
14:57and hazel
14:59miss hazel burke
15:01i just don't understand it herbert
15:03perhaps if we'd added rsvp to our invitations
15:07oh it's a charming party my dear
15:09and you look lovely as always
15:11thank you herbert
15:13but in west bradbury
15:15everybody came to our little affairs
15:17well you must bear in mind harriet
15:19in west bradbury you were a carleton
15:21and i was a johnson
15:23we still have to make names for ourselves here
15:25just a minute my dear
15:27against the rules you know
15:29what do you mean against the rules
15:31mr baxter warned us
15:33we have to be so careful
15:35what's the trouble
15:37well two persons can't go in the booth together
15:39it isn't regulation
15:41privacy of the ballot you know
15:43now come darling
15:45oh there we are
15:47now you go to the nice man darling
15:49get your arms out
15:51gently now
15:53oh
15:55you needn't worry about mr griffin
15:57my dear he's a member of the election board
15:59now if you'll excuse me
16:01other guests you know
16:03i don't know what more we can do
16:13i've called everyone i could think of
16:15we can't just drag in people off the street
16:17we can if we gotta and we gotta
16:19why don't you call the beauty parlor and see what appointment they got for the day
16:35good idea
16:37uh-oh bill connors hasn't voted yet
16:39just a minute
16:41neither has car
16:45brackman or sweeney
16:47or mr spellman i bet they're all at the golf club
16:49why don't you go get them mr b
16:51well hazel i can't grab them by the scruff of the neck and drag them in
16:53you want proposition a to pass don't you
16:55well i'm not even sure they're for it
16:57you want to have a good turnout don't you
16:59yes don't you want the johnsons to feel good
17:01yeah well then persuade them go on
17:03give them the same spiel you gave them on television
17:05oh but i can't
17:07now mr b no one could turn you down
17:09when you start wagging that silver tongue of yours
17:11i'll bet you could talk a fish into climbing a tree
17:13i'll bet you
17:15all right all right hazel i'm going
17:23oh thank you very much
17:29i told you folks wouldn't turn out for a local issue
17:37sure looks that way don't it
17:39i warned you not to bet hazel
17:41well a bet's a bet
17:43no matter how hard i have to work to earn my wages
17:45but give me a chance to break even will you mr griffin
17:49sure hazel i don't want to take your money
17:51double or nothing proposition a carries
17:53oh you'd just be throwing good money after bad
17:57it's people who are against raising taxes who get out and vote
18:01suppose i give you odds
18:03odds
18:05six to five
18:07well i'll admit you know these people better than i do
18:09seven to five all right eight to five
18:11it's a deal
18:13where you going
18:15some more no votes
18:25hurry up hurry up
18:27right over there
18:29sit right down please
18:31two more for my side
18:33all right fellas right in here
18:35and four for ours
18:41five
18:43i'll be back
18:47i'll be back
18:53what's with him
18:55oh nothing like a little competition to speed up the action
18:57down to the right
18:59would you poke yourselves please
19:01just round to the right
19:05right this way ladies
19:09harry jensen please chief dispatcher's office
19:11well he'll talk to me just tell him it's hazel burke on the phone
19:15try the supermarket missy
19:17good idea
19:23right over here gentlemen
19:25harry hazel
19:27yeah long time no see
19:29not since your wife was sick and you with all them kids to take care of
19:33just a sec
19:35oh we got two light ones down at the barber shop
19:37dino's keeping them on the hot towels till you get there
19:41oh i was glad to i was glad to do you the favor harry
19:43what's friends for
19:45say
19:47uh you know that commuters bus that leaves the station at 6 15
19:51yeah
19:53well now i got a favor to ask you
19:55special bus stop just to vote step inside folks
20:05won't take a minute
20:07special bus stop just to vote just step right inside
20:25we did do well didn't we herbert
20:31most successfully we must make it a biannual event
20:34doubt if we'll have the time herbert
20:36you see we we agreed to join the garden club
20:39and then thursday morning there's the book review
20:41and if you're going to sit in on the art commission
20:43nonsense harriet where there's a will there's a way
20:46we'll make the time
20:47what do you know about that every single name crossed off
20:50every name
20:51isn't that wonderful
20:53why evening west bradbury we had a few refusals
20:57a hundred percent
20:59who can refuse you the perfect hostess
21:02oh herbert
21:03oh harriet i'm so proud of you
21:05a hundred percent how do you like that
21:07i like it
21:09it shows that people are taking an interest in what goes on in their government
21:12no matter how the vote goes i like it
21:15i'll take that hundred dollars whenever it's convenient
21:17oh yeah
21:19don't forget i brought in quite a few of those voters myself
21:22if it hadn't been for me you wouldn't
21:25i was betting against myself
21:29oh well it's all in a good cause
21:35don't let him forget to give you your cut hazel
21:37i won't
21:40i bet there ain't another precinct this size in the whole country that came even close to it
21:47we can be mighty proud of ourselves and of our neighbors too
21:51sure let's count the ballots
21:54what do you say mr griffin five dollars of this even money that proposition a carries
22:00you already offered me eight to five
22:02well six
22:03seven
22:04seven
22:05okay
22:11no
22:13no
22:14another yes
22:15another yes
22:16as was expected the vote throughout the city has been light
22:18yes
22:19not in this precinct it wasn't
22:21no
22:22most of the precincts reporting it looks like a close race
22:24no
22:25with proposition a passing by a margin of one thousand four hundred and eighty six votes
22:29well we're ahead but not by much
22:33gonna be close here too
22:36yes
22:39no
22:42yes
22:43yes
22:44yes
22:46yes
22:48and yes
22:49that's it
22:51a hundred and fifty six yes
22:53a hundred and fifty four no
22:55no
22:56we did it by two votes
22:57yeah
23:01a hundred percent turnoff
23:02and we carried the precinct
23:03wait a minute
23:08three hundred and fourteen votes in this precinct right
23:10right
23:11a hundred and fifty six yes
23:13a hundred and fifty four no right
23:15right
23:16uh oh
23:17whoa
23:18wait let me see that
23:19a hundred fifty six and a hundred and fifty four that's holy cow
23:23three hundred and ten
23:25four votes short
23:26i demand a recount
23:28uh oh
23:30oh
23:31george
23:32i was so busy all day i forgot to vote
23:35well your names crossed off the sheet
23:37oh
23:38i'm afraid i just took it for granted
23:40we were all here you know and i
23:42oh
23:43how could you do such a thing
23:45if we'd lost this precinct by the lack of my vote i'd have cut my throat
23:49who else didn't vote
23:50i don't remember
23:52but if i had voted i'm sure i would have remembered
23:55i'm so sorry
23:57i do i'm afraid
23:59it was terribly remiss of us george
24:01well that accounts for three of the missing votes
24:04we could check through the register again
24:06never mind
24:07never mind
24:14never missed going to the polls in my whole life before
24:17in my whole life
24:18don't feel so bad baxter it wouldn't have changed the outcome
24:21you won that's the important thing
24:24here you are hazel ten bucks
24:26not even on my honeymoon
24:28it's a shame
24:30oh poor mr b
24:31oh
24:43oh mr griffith you're right
24:44our side won
24:45and it was a great party
24:47it was a doozy
24:48music
24:49yeah
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