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00:00You look very distinguished smoking a cigar.
00:14Thank you, Dorothy.
00:16You should do it more often.
00:17Well, that could get rather expensive.
00:19You see, when I feel like having a cigar, I buy the very best.
00:22Do you know how much that one cost?
00:24No.
00:24One dollar.
00:26That's why it has such a pleasant aroma.
00:30Mr. B, will you help me close the window?
00:33Somebody's burning some awful smelling trash.
01:00The B, will you help me close the window?
01:03The B, will you help me close the window?
01:09Hazel!
01:22I'll get her.
01:24She knows what time it is.
01:26She doesn't want to watch me on TV?
01:28Okay.
01:29Oh, of course she does.
01:30She's just calling the neighbors to be sure they're watching too.
01:32Come on, Hazel, it's going to start.
01:34Yeah, that's right, Mr. Griffin, on the news roundup.
01:36Bye.
01:37Oh, we've got plenty of time.
01:39The commercial hasn't even gone on.
01:41You run in and save me a place on the sofa.
01:43Okay.
01:45Miss Johnson?
01:47Hazel.
01:48I just wanted to make sure you had your set tuned in the right station.
01:52Yeah, that's right.
01:54Sure, Mr. B's going to be on any minute now.
01:56I've got to run.
01:57Bye.
01:59That was Hazel reminding us it's time to watch George.
02:02Oh, nice of her, but quite unnecessary.
02:05Isn'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.
02:12Makes one feel like a part of the world again.
02:15Yes.
02:16We have kept ourselves rather aloof, haven't we, Herbert, 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.
02:26We might be invited out more often.
02:28Well, it bears thinking about.
02:33Herbert?
02:34Yes, Harriet?
02:35Do you hear a slight hum?
02:36No, I can't say that I do.
02:38I 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 hum.
02:48My dear, you're right.
02:49There should be a hum.
02:52You'd better ring for Agnes.
02:54All the dear girls at her mother's today.
02:56Oh, so she is.
02:58Well, perhaps it'll begin to hum 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.
03:13There's only one drawback.
03:15What's that, Harriet?
03:16Well, except for the Baxters and a few others, we don't know anyone.
03:20Oh, that does pose a problem, doesn't it?
03:24I still don't hear anything, do you, Herbert?
03:27Not a thing.
03:33I'm afraid, Harriet, the set isn't functioning properly.
03:37Shall I telephone Hazel?
03:39Oh, no, no, no.
03:40I know Hazel could fix it, no doubt, but I wouldn't telephone Hazel.
03:45She's probably watching George on television herself.
03:51Are you about to suggest something, Herbert?
03:54I wonder if this could be the source of our difficulty.
03:57It does 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...
04:09...attached it to the wall.
04:15Oh, but it's humming.
04:16Oh, I'm clever of you.
04:18You fixed the television set.
04:20Oh, I'm so proud of you.
04:22One does pick up a few tricks living next door to Hazel.
04:27The future of the nation depends on our children and the quality of their schooling.
04:33So I urge you to go to the polls and vote yes on Proposition A.
04:39Darling, you were wonderful.
04:41Oh, say.
04:42Mr. B, I couldn't have done better myself.
04:44Well, I hope it did some good.
04:46Getting out the vote in a 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.
04:53And 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.
05:00Oh, hi, Mr. Griffin.
05:02Was you listening?
05:03How nice. He called to congratulate you, George.
05:06Well, what did you think of Mr. B's speech? Wasn't it a doozy?
05:09Hazel, if you just...
05:11Oh, sure, it was bound to be good, because what he has to say makes sense, you know?
05:15Hazel!
05:16Dude, but everybody knows we gotta raise money if we're gonna pay for good teachers.
05:19Let me talk.
05:20Like Mr. B was saying, you know, we're in a fight to the death.
05:23I was just telling him...
05:24Well, if he listened to me, he heard it all.
05:26Well, it won't hurt him to hear it twice.
05:29Hello, Mr. Griffin.
05:30Nice of you to call.
05:36Now, just a minute, Mr. Griffin.
05:38Oh, dear, he would be on the other side.
05:40Is Mr. Griffin gonna take his business somewhere else again?
05:45Sometimes I wish he would.
05:47No, Mr. Griffin, I do not believe an attorney should keep out of politics.
05:50Particularly on a nonpartisan 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.
06:02We just dropped over to congratulate George on his splendid oration.
06:06He'll be so pleased.
06:07Oh, sure, it'll do him good to hear something nice when he gets off the telephone.
06:11Now, just a minute.
06:12Anybody care to join me in a cup of coffee?
06:14We'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.
06:21George 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.
06:31Plus, I had to call him and remind him.
06:36Come on, Howard, you got homework to do. Come on.
06:38Yes, I'll be busy getting out the vote.
06:40And if you think I won't have time to represent you properly, you're at perfect liberty to take your legal business somewhere else.
06:50Congratulations, my boy.
06:51You were splendid. Vote yes on Proposition A.
06:55Hear, hear.
06:56Thanks a lot, folks. We're gonna need all the votes we can get.
06:59Anything we can do to help, anything at all.
07:01You mean that?
07:02My great-grandfather was active in politics. Why shouldn't I be?
07:06Herbert and I were saying only this evening, it's time we integrated ourselves into the community.
07:12We've been sitting on the sidelines ever since we left West Bradbury.
07:15Getting away from the hurly-burly of society is all very well, but one shouldn't cut oneself off from one's fellow creatures entirely, not should one.
07:24From now on, Harriet and I intend to participate in life. Put down roots.
07:28Split our wings. So if there's anything at all that we can do to help in the election, please call on us.
07:35There's your polling place.
07:38It would be great if you would.
07:39It'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.
07:49Might be the answer to our problem. What do you say, Harriet?
07:53Herbert and I'll be delighted.
07:55I can't tell you how much we appreciate that.
07:57It would be wonderful of you. It's a great pleasure, really.
08:00It's you who are doing us a favor.
08:02Herbert and I are going to a dog giving the election at our house.
08:09Mr. Griffin is waiting for you in the den. He's kind of mad.
08:14Isn't he always?
08:16Mr. B, this ought to soften them up chocolate fudge cake with pettomoneicin.
08:20Is 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. Your invitation's here in my pocket. You want to fish it out?
08:31Later, Hazel.
08:32I told them there wasn't any sense in sending us an invitation because we always go to the polls to vote anyway.
08:37What are you talking about? What invitation?
08:39It's the same thing that has Mr. Griffin blowing a gasket.
08:44And great. Not ordinary printing. When the Johnsons entertain, they really do it right.
08:49Well, they entertain.
08:51The Herbert Johnsons cordially invite you to attend an election at...
08:54An election?
08:56At their home in honor of the vote on Proposition A.
09:00Hazel, was this your idea?
09:01No, the Johnsons thought it all by themselves.
09:05Hours 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. informal.
09:10They 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 as they would in ordinary reception.
09:19Refreshments, voting, music, door prizes.
09:22Door prizes?
09:24Baxter, is that you? Come on in here. I want to talk to you.
09:28Come on, Mr. B.
09:31We better be at the lion than your den.
09:37Good evening, Mr. Griffin.
09:39You can't get away with this, Baxter. Political trickery, that's what it is. I won't stand for it.
09:43Sit down and eat your cake, Mr. Griffin.
09:45The voters aren't going to fall for this.
09:47I might just bring a few extra voters to the polls.
09:49Now, that's what we all want, isn't it?
09:50Well, you can't buy votes in this precinct.
09:52Now, 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 beg your pardon, Dorothy or Hazel.
10:03Well, what do you call it?
10:04Door prizes.
10:06Out and out bribery, that's what it looks like to me.
10:08There ain't anything illegal in door prizes.
10:10We ain't paying people to vote our way.
10:12We simply want a good turnout.
10:14Anything that'll get people to the polls is a good thing.
10:16No matter how unconventional it might be.
10:18Sure. Now, eat your cake, Mr. Griffin.
10:20And then you show us one thing on this invitation that's illegal.
10:24Yeah, show us.
10:25I got a book here that says everything about it.
10:28Now, you show us one thing in there that says anything about door prizes.
10:32Well, eh, well, all your tricks won't do you any good, Baxter.
10:44You don't know these people the way I do.
10:46You won't get out 30% of the vote.
10:48Well, I can't guarantee the rest of the city, Mr. Griffin.
10:51But I do know I've been working very hard in this precinct,
10:54and I think we're gonna have a fairly good turnout.
10:56I've got $100 says you won't get 50%.
10:58I'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% of the vote in this precinct.
11:10Done.
11:11I hate to take your money, ladies, but it'll teach you to pick the right side.
11:16I'm warning you, Mr. Griffin, we're all going to work very hard.
11:19Yes, and we gotta get a good turnout.
11:21Not only to get Proposition A passed,
11:23but the Johnsons are gonna feel pretty bad if nobody comes to their potty.
11:27Come to think of it, Mr. B,
11:29this 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,
11:40according to the best of your ability?
11:42I will.
11:43The polls are now officially open.
11:45Now?
11:46Now.
11:47Oh, Mr. Griffin, you're our first guest.
11:59Awfully glad to have you.
12:00We are so pleased you could come.
12:02Now, will you follow me, please?
12:04Good morning.
12:05My name is Johnson.
12:06Very good, Johnson.
12:07Now, Mr. Griffin, if you'll just sign our guest book.
12:11It's the register, Mr. Griffin.
12:13Right here.
12:14Now, if you'll excuse me, dear Mr. Griffin, I'll take care of our other guests.
12:19Hello.
12:20You're all in favor of Proposition A.
12:27What 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.
12:40But a situation like this makes it pretty easy for a mistake to happen.
12:44So I'll just stick around and see that it doesn't.
12:47Well, we'll be delighted to have you.
12:49Sure.
12:50I'll swear you in just as soon as you voted.
12:52Okay.
13:07And this is Mr. Ferguson.
13:12Sign right here, please.
13:14Nice year to come, Mr. Ferguson.
13:16Dorothy, can you get along all right for a while?
13:18Or Mrs. Wilkerson needs a ride.
13:19Sure, we'll manage.
13:26Hang on to your 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.
13:34Henry, just look at that buffet.
13:38I told you not to eat such a big breakfast.
13:41Want me to fix your plate, Mr. Griffin?
13:43You look kind of puny.
13:44Thanks, Hazel.
13:45Maybe later.
13:46Hey, Baxter!
13:47Come here.
13:53You forgot to swear me in.
13:55Raise your right hand.
14:04Sixth Precinct.
14:05How are things going?
14:06Well, I'd say very slow.
14:07The polls have been open for three hours, and we've only had 23 voters.
14:10Yes, we'll keep in touch.
14:11Mrs. Margaret Molenski.
14:12Robert Andrews.
14:13And I'm afraid that's all, Herbert.
14:15You've forgotten us.
14:16Herbert Johnson.
14:17Herbert Johnson.
14:18And Mrs. Harriet Seed.
14:19And I'm afraid that's all, Herbert.
14:21You've forgotten us.
14:23Herbert Johnson.
14:24And Mrs. Harriet Seed.
14:26Got to keep pe 너무 세.
14:27And I told the caterers to prepare for over 200.
14:28And the Baxters.
14:29George Baxter.
14:31And Mrs. pesadolier, I'm afraid just look lastig.
14:32Mr. Fleming.
14:33Miss.
14:34Miss Suske echoed.
14:35Justmetro wise.
14:36Miss.
14:37Miss.
14:38MAGETT.
14:39Yes, always.
14:40Mr. King.
14:41Miss.
14:42Mr. Margaret Molenski.
14:47Is that your person hanging?
14:48Finally, Will you forget?
14:49Oh, yes, people are out here, sir.
14:52All right.
14:53Miss.
14:54living body.
14:55Miss.
14:56Dorothy and Hazel Miss Hazel Burke I just don't understand it Herbert
15:04perhaps if we'd added RSVP to our invitations it's a charming party my
15:10dear and you look lovely as always thank you Herbert but in West Bradbury
15:16everybody came to our little affairs well you must bear in mind Harriet in
15:20West Bradbury you were a Carlton and I was a Johnson we still have to make
15:25names for ourselves here just a minute my dear against the rules do you mean
15:32against the mr. Baxter warned us we have to be so careful what's the trouble well
15:38two persons can't go in the booth together it isn't regulation privacy of
15:42the ballot you know now you go to the nice man darling
15:55you needn't worry about mr. Griffin my dear he's a member of the election board
16:00now if you'll excuse me other guests you know
16:03what more we can do I've called everyone I could think of we can't just drag in people off the street we can if we got it and we got it why don't you call it
16:08what more we can do I've called everyone I could think of we can't just drag in people off the street we can if we got it and we got it why don't you call the beauty
16:31partner why don't you call the beauty parlor and see what appointment they got for the day
16:34that's a good idea
16:35that's a good idea
16:36uh oh Bill Connors hasn't voted yet
16:40just a minute neither has Carl Brackman or Sweeney or Mr. Spelman I'll bet they're all at the golf club why don't you go get them mr. B
16:46or Sweeney or Mr. Spellman.
16:49I bet they're all at the golf club.
16:50Why 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.
16:54You want Proposition A to pass, don't you?
16:56Well, I'm not even sure they're for it.
16:58You want to have a good turnout, don't you?
16:59Yes.
17:00Don't you want the Johnsons to feel good?
17:02Yes.
17:02Well, then persuade them.
17:03Go on.
17:04Give them the same spiel you gave them on television.
17:06No, but I can't.
17:07Now, Mr. B, no one could turn you down.
17:09When you start wagging that silver tongue of yours,
17:12I'll bet you could talk a fish into climbing a tree.
17:14I'll bet you...
17:15All right, all right, Hazel.
17:17I'm going.
17:24Oh, thank you very much.
17:29I told you folks wouldn't turn out for a local issue.
17:38Sure looks that way, don't it?
17:40I warned you not to bet, Hazel.
17:42Well, a bet's a bet.
17:43No matter how hard I have to work to earn my wages.
17:46But give me a chance to break even, will you, Mr. Griffin?
17:50Sure, Hazel.
17:51I don't want to take your money.
17:52Double or nothing, Proposition A carries.
17:54Oh, you'd just be throwing good money after bad.
17:58It's people who are against raising taxes who get out and vote.
18:02Suppose I give you odds.
18:04Odds?
18:04Six to five.
18:05Well, I'll admit you know these people better than I do.
18:08Seven to five.
18:09All right, eight to five.
18:11It's a deal.
18:13Where are you going?
18:14To round up some more no votes.
18:16Two more for my side.
18:33All right, fellas, right in here.
18:36And four for ours.
18:42Five.
18:43Five.
18:43Five.
18:43Five.
18:47I'll be back.
18:54What's with him?
18:55Oh, nothing like a little competition to speed up the action.
18:58Down here.
18:58Down to the right.
18:59Would you poke yourselves, please?
19:01Just round to the right.
19:05Like this way, ladies?
19:10Harry Jensen, please.
19:11Chief Dispatcher's office.
19:12Well, he'll talk to me.
19:15Just tell him it's Hazel Burke on the phone.
19:17Try the supermarket, Missy.
19:19Good idea.
19:22Right over here, gentlemen.
19:24Right here.
19:25Harry?
19:26Hazel?
19:27Yeah.
19:28Long time no see.
19:30Not since your wife was sick and you with all them kids to take care of.
19:34Just a second.
19:34Oh, we got two light ones down at the barbershop.
19:37Dino's keeping them on the hot towels till you get there.
19:41Oh, I was glad to.
19:42I was glad to do you the favor, Harry.
19:44What's friends for?
19:46Say, you know that commuter's bus that leaves the station at 615?
19:51Yeah.
19:51Well, now, I got a favor to ask you.
20:02Special bus stop just to vote.
20:03Step inside, folks.
20:05Don't take a minute.
20:08Special bus stop just to vote.
20:10Just step right inside.
20:11We did do well, didn't we, Herbert?
20:31Most successfully.
20:32We must make it a biannual event.
20:34Not if we'll have the time, Herbert.
20:36You see, we agreed to join the garden club.
20:39And then Thursday morning, there's the book review.
20:42And if you're going to sit in on the art commission...
20:44Nonsense, Harriet.
20:45Where there's a will, there's a way.
20:46We'll make the time.
20:48What do you know about that?
20:49Every single name crossed off.
20:51Every name?
20:52Isn't that wonderful?
20:53Why, even in West Bradbury, we had a few refusals.
20:58A hundred percent.
20:59Who could refuse you, the perfect hostess?
21:02Oh, Herbert.
21:03Oh, Harriet, I'm so proud of you.
21:05A hundred percent.
21:07How do you like that?
21:08I 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.
21:23If it hadn't been for me, you wouldn't...
21:26I was betting against myself.
21:30Oh, well, it's all in a good cause.
21:38Don't let him forget to give you your cut, Hazel.
21:40I won't.
21:43I bet there ain't another precinct this size in the whole country that came even close to it.
21:48We can be mighty proud of ourselves, and of our neighbors, too.
21:51Sure.
21:52Let's count the ballots.
21:53What do you say, Mr. Griffin?
21:56Five dollars of this, even money, that Proposition A carries.
22:00You already offered me eight to five.
22:03Well, six.
22:04Seven.
22:05Okay.
22:05Eight.
22:11No.
22:13No.
22:15Another yes.
22:16As was expected, the vote throughout the city has been light.
22:20Not in this precinct, it wasn't.
22:22No.
22:22Most of the precinct's reporting, it looks like a close race.
22:24No.
22:25With Proposition A passing by a margin of 1,486 votes.
22:31Well, we're ahead, but not by much.
22:34It's going to be close here, too.
22:35Yes.
22:37Yes.
22:40No.
22:42Yes.
22:44Yes.
22:46Yes.
22:48And yes.
22:50That's it.
22:52156 yes.
22:54154 no.
22:55We did it by two votes.
22:57Yay!
23:00100% turn off, and we carried the precinct.
23:04Wait a minute.
23:05314 votes in this precinct, right?
23:11Right.
23:13156 yes.
23:15154 no.
23:16Right?
23:16Right.
23:17Uh-oh.
23:18Whoa.
23:18Wait, let me see that.
23:19156 and 154, that's holy cow.
23:24310.
23:24310.
23:254 votes short.
23:26I demand a recount.
23:29Uh-oh.
23:31Oh, George.
23:32I was so busy all day, I forgot to vote.
23:35Well, your name's crossed off the sheet.
23:38Oh, I'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.
23:50Who else didn't vote?
23:51I don't remember, but if I had voted, I'm sure I would have remembered.
23:56I'm so sorry.
23:58I do, I'm afraid.
23:59It was terribly remiss of us, George.
24:02Well, that accounts for three of the missing votes.
24:05We could check through the register again.
24:07Never mind.
24:09I've never missed going to the polls in my whole life before.
24:17In my whole life.
24:18Don't feel so bad, Baxter.
24:20It wouldn't have changed the outcome.
24:22You won.
24:23That's the important thing.
24:25Here you are, Hazel.
24:26Ten bucks.
24:27Not even on my honeymoon.
24:29It's a shame.
24:31Oh, poor Mr. B.
24:42Oh, Mr. Griffith, you're right.
24:45Our side won.
24:46And it was a great party.
24:47It was a doozy.
24:48Yes.
24:49Ha ha ha!
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