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This episode explores personal responsibility, trust,
and the challenges people face in professional and private life.
A thoughtful discussion with real emotions.
and the challenges people face in professional and private life.
A thoughtful discussion with real emotions.
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00:00You're a model, secretary, you don't leave me in a mess.
00:30I get my satisfaction sharing your success.
00:34Take a letter, Mr. Jones.
00:36Feel a letter, Mr. Jones.
00:38You have my appreciation, you always save my life.
00:42I'm a perfect combination, a computer and a wife.
00:45You're a wonder.
00:47Yes.
00:47You're a model.
00:49Well.
00:49You're a treasure.
00:51Ha ha.
00:51Mr. Jones.
00:53End of letter, Mr. Jones.
00:56How kind.
00:57Right, a memo to all our northern sales managers.
01:00Following your...
01:01I'm increasing your sales targets by 10%.
01:10Right, have you got that?
01:11Yes.
01:11Right, now a letter to Mr. McPhee, the Scottish general manager.
01:14Following our recent conversation...
01:15Morning, Joe.
01:16Good morning, Mr. Lewis.
01:17Morning, Graham.
01:18Rod Newton has arrived from Australia.
01:20Got in last night.
01:21Yes, I know.
01:21He was on the phone at 9-2 precisely.
01:24So very partial to pretty women.
01:25That's why I'm letting you deal with him.
01:27He said he's looking forward to having dinner with you tonight.
01:30Well, I have changed it to lunch, actually.
01:32Oh.
01:33Well, OK, but remember, the Australian market is very valuable to us.
01:36I'm counting on you to keep him sweet.
01:38I'll keep him sweet, Mr. Lewis.
01:39Great stuff.
01:40Great stuff.
01:42Oh, thank you, Graham.
01:46Why don't you want to have dinner with Mr. Newton?
01:48Oh, come on, Graham.
01:49You know what these randy Australian businessmen are like.
01:51If I go and have dinner with him, he'll expect me to jump into bed with him as well.
01:55These Australians are rather athletic.
01:57I suppose it's with watching those kangaroos jumping up and down.
02:02That's one of the perils of being a woman executive, especially if you're divorced.
02:06Working with all these high-powered young men, they always think you're fair game.
02:09Does Mrs. Thatcher have that trouble?
02:11No.
02:12She isn't divorced.
02:13She has Dennis.
02:14Oh, of course.
02:14It's nice to know she's got one friend left.
02:17Mr. Warner, these flowers have just arrived.
02:20Oh, thank you, Brenda.
02:24There you are, you see?
02:25He asks me out to dinner, sends me an extravagant bouquet of flowers.
02:29He expects me to give my all.
02:30Well, he's wasting his time.
02:32Is he, really?
02:33He could have got all he wanted from Brenda for a bunch of dafts and a cheeseburger.
02:39I'm sure that's not true.
02:41No.
02:41I always get chips as well.
02:44Take these into the other room and you and the girls put them in some vases.
02:47Of course, Rod Newton is our agent for all our produce in Australia.
02:50Yes, and we can't upset him.
02:52No, so I shall just have to keep him at arm's length.
02:54Right, let's get organised.
02:55I won't have time to finish those memos now.
02:57I'll just sign the urgent letters.
02:58Thank goodness for that.
02:59Oh, and Graham, as he's coming before lunch,
03:01you'd better check the drinks cabinet.
03:03That's another Australian weakness.
03:05Yeah, I don't know how you're going to make lunch.
03:06I see you've got something pencilled in for Lucy here between 11 and 12.
03:10Oh, yes, I forgot to tell you.
03:11I'm trying to get her into one of the best schools,
03:13St. Mary's,
03:14and I've made an appointment to see the headmistress.
03:16St. Mary's in Knightsbridge?
03:17Yes, well, it's very convenient.
03:19It means I could drop Lucy off on my way to the office.
03:22I told Maria to be here before 11.
03:24I do hope she's on time.
03:25This is one appointment I must not be late for.
03:27I won't bank on that mad Italian maid of yours being on time for anything.
03:31I'm asking Mrs. Waller.
03:32Please, I have Lucy with me.
03:34She must not know me, I'm late.
03:35I don't like to mention this, but I think she's arrived.
03:39Lucy!
03:40Mummy!
03:41Hello, my darling.
03:43Don't you look lovely?
03:45Doesn't she look pretty great?
03:46She does.
03:47What a lovely dress.
03:48Please, you don't touch.
03:51It take me one hour to get the dress perfect.
03:55It must not be made dirty.
03:56I shall walk about like this.
03:58I take all morning to prepare Lucy.
04:01I don't even have time to prepare myself.
04:03I don't think anybody will notice.
04:07Excuse me.
04:07I do not even eat breakfast, signora.
04:10It doesn't show.
04:11Listen, Maria, as you're early,
04:14why don't you go up to the canteen and have something to eat?
04:16I'll just nip down and see the financial controller.
04:18Would you look after Lucy for me for a moment?
04:20Of course I will.
04:20Come on, Lucy.
04:20All right, all right.
04:22Come on, Lucy, you can sit in your mummy's big chair.
04:25Please, I must have some food.
04:26I'm starving.
04:27Canteen's on the top floor.
04:28The girls will show you where it is.
04:30Ciao.
04:30Go.
04:32Can I have a glass of your O'Bin, Mr. Graham?
04:35Of course you can, darling.
04:36I'll make some for you.
04:38Can I play with your typewriter?
04:39Not my big one, no.
04:41It's a bit delicate today.
04:43I'll tell you what you can do.
04:44You can play with your mummy's portable.
04:46Here we are.
04:49Just the size for little fingers, this, isn't it?
04:54Now, then, you can play with that.
04:56You can find out how it works.
04:57When your mummy comes back from the school,
04:59she's going to meet a very important man from Australia.
05:03Do you know where that is?
05:03Yes, down there.
05:07What, under the desk?
05:08Oh, you are silly.
05:10It's in the Southern Hemisphere.
05:12Oh, is it?
05:13Oh, the Southern Hemisphere.
05:14Oh, all right.
05:17Oh, they look nice.
05:18Brenda, make me up some Ribena, will you?
05:20Oh, listen, do you know where the Southern Hemisphere is?
05:23No.
05:24I don't think we've got one of them in Liverpool.
05:27Of course she knows.
05:28Well, of course she gets a superior education.
05:31I understand she's going to St Mary's, that expensive school.
05:34£300 a term.
05:36Scandalous.
05:37My mum and dad sent me to my comprehensive for nothing.
05:39Just goes to show you get what you pay for.
05:43I don't believe in these privileged schools.
05:45The girls come out of their stuck-up, insufferable, superior know-alls.
05:49Which one did you go, Tim?
05:50All of that money spent on Lucy's education,
05:54she's fast becoming a very spoilt child.
05:57Lucy?
05:58Rubbish.
05:58She's a sweet, angelic little thing.
06:01I'd better take her that before she starts screaming for it.
06:04Not too full.
06:05I don't want this spilt down the dress,
06:06otherwise I'll never hear the end of it.
06:08Right, that's done.
06:09I'm all ready to go now.
06:10Where's Lucy?
06:11I left her in your offer.
06:12There's you, darling.
06:12Come on, we're ready to go.
06:15Lucy!
06:17What have you done?
06:18The ribbon fell off the typewriter and rolled under the desk.
06:23You're a naughty girl.
06:24Who said you could touch that ribbon?
06:26Mr Graham told me to.
06:31You told me to find out how it worked,
06:35so I did.
06:36I worked with this ribbon.
06:37Don't touch it, darling.
06:38I think I was worried about just spilling the Ribena.
06:40The food here is terrible.
06:44Well, that's the least of her problems.
06:47Santa Maria!
06:51What have you done to the dress, my Lucy?
06:54Maria, calmate, calmate.
06:55I take all morning to get her ready.
07:03Why, right?
07:12I didn't know you spoke Italian.
07:14I don't.
07:14She's in such a mood, it's as well to agree with her.
07:18Oh, it's no good.
07:19These marks aren't going to come out.
07:22Maria, you take Lucy into the cloakroom,
07:23wash her face and hands,
07:24and we'll just have to buy a new dress on the way to the school.
07:26I'm sorry, Mama.
07:28It's all right, my darling.
07:29It's not your fault.
07:33Right, girls, would you leave the office, please?
07:34Yes, come on.
07:35Graham, stay here.
07:38Santa Maria.
07:42I don't believe it.
07:43I leave Lucy with you for five minutes,
07:45and you let her get into that state.
07:47What's the matter with you?
07:47Well, I didn't know she was going to take the typewriter to pieces.
07:50Brenda's been here for three years.
07:51She can't even change a ribbon.
07:54I keep telling you that Lucy is very bright,
07:56and if you give her something new to play with,
07:58she likes to find out how it works.
08:00You watch her when she takes her first boyfriend.
08:03Graham, there is no need to be funny.
08:05I really thought you'd know how to look after Lucy.
08:08Well, I'm not the child's father.
08:09I'm very well aware of that.
08:11I do know who her father is.
08:12I'm very pleased to hear it.
08:13Now, Graham, listen, would you cut out the back chat?
08:15I'm going to be late for this appointment,
08:17so I won't be here when the Australian arrives.
08:20Shall I give him a ring and try and put him off?
08:21No, because then he'll insist on having dinner with me,
08:23and that's the last thing I want.
08:24You'll just have to keep him here until I get back.
08:29Well, what shall I say?
08:30Oh, Graham, surely you know how to entertain
08:32one of our business contacts.
08:33Oh, yes, but in this case,
08:34he's a beer-swilling Randy Australian.
08:36I mean, you know what he's interested in.
08:39Exactly, which is why I'm having lunch with him
08:41instead of dinner.
08:43Mr. Newton's here.
08:45Well, hello, ladies.
08:47How lovely to see you.
08:48Graham Jones, Mrs. Warner's personal secretary.
09:01So you're the famous male secretary.
09:05Lovely to meet you too, Jonesy.
09:15Mrs. Warner has been delayed,
09:16but she did ask me if I would look after you.
09:18Can I get you a drink?
09:19Thought you'd never ask.
09:22I'll never understand your attitudes
09:23to drinking in this country, you know.
09:25I had the devil's own job
09:27getting a beer with my breakfast this morning.
09:29Really?
09:29Yeah.
09:30How do they expect you to enjoy a T-bone steak
09:32and a couple of chops without a beer to wash it down?
09:35I don't have that problem.
09:36I just have cornflakes and milk for breakfast.
09:40Nothing stronger?
09:41Well, occasionally a little double cream.
09:43Yeah.
09:44Can I offer you something?
09:45Scotch, thanks, yeah.
09:47This is a special blend.
09:49I hope you like it.
09:50I'm sure I shall, Jonesy.
09:52Yeah.
09:57Mmm.
09:58Great.
09:59I'll have one.
10:06That's fine.
10:08Well, if you like it.
10:08What are you having?
10:09Oh, I don't drink during business hours.
10:11Come on, now, Jonesy.
10:13You wouldn't have me drinking on my own, would you?
10:16Well, just, you know, just a little...
10:17Just a little, uh...
10:19Uh-huh.
10:20There we are.
10:22Here's to your delightful, delicious,
10:25delectable and gorgeous boss.
10:27Cheers.
10:29Cheers.
10:29Cheers.
10:29I'd like a word with you before she gets back, Jonesy.
10:36Yes, well, I've prepared the statistic analysis of our Australian sales,
10:40and Mrs. Warner thought you might like to look at her plans for next year.
10:42Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
10:43No, it's her plans for tonight I'm more interested in.
10:47Now, tell me, Jonesy, uh, working with such a sexy lady, uh, I'll bet you've chanced your arm there, eh?
10:52I beg your pardon?
10:53Come on, now.
10:56Come on, we're men of the world.
10:59I'll bet you've tried a little nibble, eh?
11:02Certainly not.
11:04She's a very sexy lady and divorced.
11:07I'll bet she tries the occasional side salad, eh?
11:10As far as I know, Mrs. Warner has had nothing to do with any other men.
11:14Cheers.
11:14Oh, cheers.
11:15I really, I really do think you ought to have a look at this.
11:21Now, now, Jonesy, there's more important things to hand.
11:26So with that, he turned to the nun sitting beside him and said,
11:29Excuse me, sister, but do you mind if I smoke now?
11:31No.
11:38Cheers, Jonesy.
11:39Cheers, cheers.
11:40You know, I can't think what's keeping Mrs. Warner.
11:43Well, I can't wait here for, uh, been here 40 minutes already.
11:48No, no, no.
11:48Anyway, the scotch is finished.
11:50Well, there's plenty in the cupboard.
11:51Help yourself.
11:52Great.
11:54You can get me one as well.
12:03All right, for the phone, Jonesy.
12:05Ooh, yes.
12:05Mrs. Warner's office.
12:19You'll have to speak up.
12:20I can't hear you.
12:27She always runs the ring one.
12:30Oh, my God.
12:35Mrs. Warner.
12:37Good morning.
12:38Mr. Warner.
12:39Graham.
12:40Hello.
12:41Graham.
12:41Oh, hello, Mrs. Warner.
12:43Hello.
12:43Listen, I'm still at the school.
12:45I'll be at least another 20 minutes.
12:47Is Mr. Newton there?
12:48Yes, yes, yes, yes.
12:49Good.
12:50Well done.
12:50Are you keeping him occupied?
12:51Oh, yes, yes.
12:52I've shown him the...
12:54I've shown him the...
12:55I've shown him the...
12:57Graham, I'm afraid you'll have to speak up.
12:59I can't hear what you're saying.
13:00I've shown him the statistics before.
13:03An...
13:04Annalysis is.
13:06What?
13:06There's something wrong with his phone, ain't there?
13:13Hello.
13:13Graham.
13:14Yes.
13:14Have you shown him the proposed new items for next year's range?
13:17No.
13:17Well, would you do so now, please?
13:25Graham.
13:25I'm still here.
13:26Yes.
13:27No, I dropped it.
13:29Would you like to speak to me?
13:31No, no, no.
13:32Otherwise, he'll insist on seeing me tonight.
13:34Look, just say, I'm sorry I'm tied up.
13:37And keep him there until I get back.
13:38Yes.
13:39Understand?
13:40All right.
13:41Goodbye.
13:42Yes, bye.
13:42Bye, bye, bye, bye.
13:45This is Mrs. Warner.
13:46Was it?
13:48She wants me to keep you here tied up until she gets back.
13:53Cheeky.
13:53You know, Josie, I think your boss fancies me.
14:00No.
14:01I can always tell.
14:02But I got a better idea.
14:03I'll tell you what.
14:04Tell her I couldn't wait.
14:06Tell her that I'll meet her for dinner tonight.
14:08No.
14:08And, uh, tell her we'll discuss business over breakfast.
14:12Hey, listen, you're supposed to...
14:13Ah!
14:23Mr. Newham's gone.
14:24I thought you were meant to keep him here until Mrs. Warner came back.
14:27She's not going to be very pleased with you.
14:29He was an awful man.
14:30Do you know, when we came up on the lift, he pinched my bottom.
14:32Oh, lecherous swine.
14:34If any man did that to me, I think I'd leave.
14:37My dear.
14:39Really?
14:43How?
14:46Day.
14:47Well, Poppy, did you do that?
14:49Six scotches, but it wasn't worth it.
14:53Mr. Jones, you're drunk.
14:56Well, you don't think I'd do that if I was sober?
14:57But it's Daisy, Daisy.
15:06Take a letter, Mr. Jones.
15:12Take a letter, Mr. Jones.
15:17Mr. Jones, I suppose you realise that when you watched me, it was very painful.
15:21I've had to go to the medical centre.
15:22I ought to go there.
15:25It was so tough, I think I've sprayed my thumb.
15:27It isn't funny.
15:31I shall have a very nasty bruise there by the time I go to bed.
15:33Don't worry, there won't be anybody there to see it.
15:39Graham?
15:40Oh, Daisy, I wish you wouldn't do.
15:43Graham.
15:49Yes, Mrs. Warner.
15:50Graham, where's Mr. Newton?
15:51He's gone.
15:52But I rang you only 20 minutes ago, asking you to keep him here.
15:55I couldn't.
15:56He was bigger than me.
15:57Well, in some way, so as I don't have to have dinner with him.
16:01I think the best thing is to send a personal letter around to the hotel, apologising for
16:04this morning and suggesting he comes in this afternoon for a group discussion.
16:07I think that's a very good idea.
16:09Right, would you take it down, please, Graham?
16:11Certainly.
16:11I think it would be a good idea if you came into the office this afternoon where we could
16:28have a good group discussion, and I'm sure you would enjoy making personal contact with
16:32some of my best friends.
16:33following our recent meeting in Paris, I can confirm that I had a board meeting, and that because
16:41of your efforts, I'm now expecting Eight Star to increase their investment in Australia.
16:46Right, would you read that back to me, please?
16:47Dear Rod, dear Rod, sorry about this morning.
17:02Regarding our mating...
17:04Meeting, Graham?
17:07Sorry.
17:07I'm not a panda.
17:08Sorry about this morning.
17:11Regarding our meeting, I would much prefer if you were to come in the office and you
17:16could...
17:17Have?
17:18Have, yes.
17:19I'd much prefer you to come in the office and you could have a good group.
17:24Are you meeting, Graham?
17:25Are you trying to be funny?
17:26I got me swiggled upside down.
17:29Well, go on, then.
17:30That's right, yes.
17:31Now, then.
17:31I know how you would like to make personal contact with my boss.
17:36Best!
17:38Graham, would you concentrate?
17:39Best, please.
17:40Best managers.
17:41Make my personal contact with my best managers.
17:43That's right.
17:43After our meeting in Paris, it is all down to your efforts that I am expecting.
17:47What?
17:50Expecting Eight Star.
17:52Eight Star.
18:01Yes, Mr Newton.
18:02Oh, no.
18:04Hello, Rod.
18:05Yes, I'm terribly sorry about this morning.
18:06Look, I think it would be a good idea if you came into the office this afternoon and we
18:10could have a group discussion.
18:12No, you can't.
18:14How about drinks early this evening?
18:18Quite out of the question.
18:19Yes, all right, I'll have dinner with you at eight o'clock.
18:24Fine, I'll see you there.
18:26Goodbye.
18:34Can't get out of it.
18:36I'm going to have to have dinner with him.
18:37He keeps insisting it's purely business.
18:44Well, I shall make sure it is.
18:47I'll take you along with me.
18:48Coffee's on the side.
18:54Thanks, Louie.
18:55Lovely oysters.
18:59Yes, for Mrs Warren.
19:02Oh, I don't mind Graham having my oysters.
19:04They don't agree with me this late at night.
19:05You shouldn't have had them.
19:06Do you know, I felt quite sleepy before dinner, but what with the oysters and the champagne,
19:10I'm...
19:10Are you joking?
19:11That's why I wanted her to have them.
19:16Coffee, Ron?
19:17No, yes, yes, a moment later.
19:20But I'm going to book a cab and then we can duck back to my hotel for a nightcap, okay?
19:23No, actually, I'd rather go home.
19:25Fine.
19:26I'll see you home.
19:27We'll have a nightcap there.
19:28I can go on my own, Rod.
19:29I'm quite capable of looking after myself, you know.
19:32No way.
19:33You wouldn't be safe anywhere, not even in a cab at this hour.
19:35I'll book one.
19:37He's right, you know.
19:38He wouldn't be safe in a cab, especially if he was in it with you.
19:41He'd be on to you before the driver got his meter ticking.
19:46Graham, shall I book a cab for you two or do you travel by bus?
19:50Oh, no, no, I'll go in a taxi.
19:51Actually, I go right past Mrs. Warner's.
19:53I could drop you off.
19:55What a good idea, Graham.
19:56Fine.
19:57It's on its way.
19:58And while we're waiting, Paul, three large cognacs.
20:01Oh, no, I couldn't.
20:05But, my dear Mrs. Warner, you've convinced me.
20:08We should dispose of business as soon as possible.
20:12Hey, what a great pair.
20:15Mind if I lose my jacket?
20:16It is getting awfully late, Rod.
20:18Don't you think we should wait until the morning?
20:19No time like the present.
20:23Besides, we don't have to concentrate exclusively on business, do we?
20:27Right, well, let's get down to these files then.
20:29I'd like to show you some things I thought of the next year.
20:32Come on, come on.
20:32It's lovely to have you to myself at last.
20:37Come on, don't you?
20:42My pleasure.
20:46It's only me.
20:46I thought you'd gone off in the taxi.
20:51I was just outside paying the driver.
20:54Graham will be very useful in keeping us along bright lines.
20:57Will he?
20:57Why don't you make yourself at home, Rod?
20:59Pour yourself a drink.
21:01Can I take your coat, Graham?
21:02He's being extremely persistent.
21:09He didn't want to know when I said he should take the agreement home and sleep on it.
21:11The only way you'll get him to sleep on that is to put it under your mattress.
21:15I'm going to have to think of some very drastic action to get him out of here.
21:18That's not going to be easy after him having all those oysters.
21:22By the look of the twinkle in his eye, I think they're beginning to work.
21:25Well, there is one certain way that I can get him out of here without actually being rude.
21:31I see you've made yourself comfortable.
21:33Thank you very much, I have.
21:39Cheers.
21:40Cheers.
21:41You're looking awfully tired, Graham.
21:43Am I?
21:46Isn't he, Rod?
21:47Yes.
21:48Yes, I think you should be in bed, old man.
21:51Yes, why don't you go off to bed, Graham?
21:53I thought you said you wanted me to stay.
21:57I'm sure Rod will understand.
21:59Certainly, certainly.
22:00Why don't you run upstairs and jump into bed?
22:07I'll join you later.
22:09I like getting into a warm bed, you know that, Graham.
22:17You mean that you two are...
22:20Yes, I'm sure we can count on you to be discreet.
22:23We do like to be discreet.
22:26Don't we, Graham?
22:27Darling?
22:28Hmm?
22:30Yes, you'll be amazed who doesn't know.
22:33Look, I'm sorry.
22:34I had no idea.
22:37I feel a total idiot.
22:39I'd better be going.
22:40If you insist, I'll get your coat.
22:42I'll drop by the office tomorrow morning
22:46and we can finalise the agreements then, John.
22:48Fine.
22:49Amazing.
22:52You can never figure women, can you?
22:54Never know what they're going to be up to next.
22:55You can say that again.
22:58I never would have thought that a little guy like you...
23:01Tell me, do you take a lot of extra vitamins?
23:05A glass of Horlicks at bedtime.
23:11Amazing.
23:14Amazing.
23:14Still, it's always you small guys that spring the surprises, eh?
23:18And get the sexiest women.
23:20Look at Dudley Moore, Woody Allen, Napoleon.
23:23Napoleon?
23:24Mm-hmm.
23:25Napoleon.
23:26Well, I'll see you at the office tomorrow morning, eh?
23:29There you are, Rod.
23:31Thank you, John.
23:32Thank you, John.
23:32You're a lovely one.
23:35Are you sure you look like it?
23:36Thank you, sir.
23:47Well, it worked.
23:53He really believed me.
23:55And there's a lot in what he says about little fellas, you know?
23:58You know, he said I was like Napoleon.
24:00Yes, I know.
24:01I heard him.
24:02Oh, well, I suppose he could be right.
24:04Never really looked at you that way.
24:06Don't start getting any ideas.
24:09Definitely not tonight, Josephine.
24:11LAUGHTER
24:12APPLAUSE
24:14Take a look to Mr. Jobs, ignore the telephone.
24:32He's a model, secretary, never leaves a river, miss.
24:36He gets his satisfaction, sharing her success.
24:40Take a look to Mr. Jobs, feel better, Mr. Jobs.
24:44He has our appreciation, always makes her life.
24:48He's a perfect combination, a computer and a wife.
24:52You're a wonder.
24:53No.
24:54You're a model.
24:55Well.
24:56You're a treasure.
24:57Perhaps.
24:57Mr. Jones.
24:59End of luck to Mr. Jones.
25:01How kind.
25:02God.
25:02God.
25:03God.
25:04God.
25:04God.
25:04God.
25:05God.
25:05God.
25:06God.
25:07You
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