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2000 Plus was an American old-time radio series that ran on the Mutual Broadcasting System from March 15, 1950, to January 2, 1952, in various 30-minute time slots. A Dryer Weenolsen production, it was the first adult science fiction series on radio, airing one month prior to the better-known Dimension X.
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00:21Who can say what is impossible
00:23in the world of tomorrow?
00:25Let us go into the future,
00:27into the years beyond 2000 A.D.
00:30Science fiction adventures
00:32in the world of tomorrow.
00:36Two thousand plus.
00:45Today, the men from Mars.
00:59The 16th of May in the year of 2000 plus 40
01:02started off as a perfectly ordinary day.
01:05The school bus on the jet number four
01:07had picked up Mickey and Dink,
01:09as usual,
01:10had whizzed them off to another tussle
01:11with higher education.
01:13The class of elementary operation
01:14of mathematical calculators,
01:16plus the class in early history
01:18of the first atomic era
01:19from 1938 to 1972,
01:21plus the warm spring weather
01:23had the two boys in a dreamy, lazy mood
01:26by the time 10 hundred found them
01:27in the free research period
01:29in the school library.
01:31It was the voice
01:32on the intramural audio box
01:33that brought them out of their children
01:35with a sharp snap.
01:37Case notes for the temporary
01:39interim cause.
01:41The International League of Planetary Sciences
01:43has substituted a statement
01:45that an exploratory expedition to Mars
01:48is very likely at some time
01:50in the near future.
01:51Professor H.C. White,
01:53presiding chairman of the League,
01:54has made public a statement
01:56that the existence of intelligent life
01:58on Mars in a form more or less
02:00like our own
02:01is highly probable.
02:03That is all until 1200 recap.
02:07I guess you heard that,
02:09didn't you, Dink?
02:10Huh?
02:10I said, I guess you heard that.
02:12Yeah.
02:13Yeah, I did, Dink.
02:14Terrific, huh?
02:15Uh, I wish you'd please
02:17keep your voice down,
02:18Jane Clexton.
02:19This is study period.
02:20Ah, take a rocket, Maybel.
02:23And besides,
02:24there's nothing so terrific
02:25about that report.
02:26We all know they've been
02:27contemplating a trip to Mars
02:29in the near future
02:30for 150 years.
02:32What kind of a near future
02:33is 150 years?
02:35Oh, it's easy enough
02:36to sit back and be content.
02:38People like you
02:39left for Christopher Columbus.
02:41Who is Christopher Columbus?
02:42He sure don't know your history.
02:45Christopher Columbus
02:46was the name of
02:46the first rocket ship
02:48to get to the moon
02:49way back in 1980.
02:51And people like you
02:52say they never do that.
02:53Ah, the moon's real close.
02:55Oh, I'm in no hurry
02:56to get Mars explored.
02:58No, Maybel?
02:59Why not?
03:00Oh, I know what
03:01she means, Dink.
03:01It could be pretty scary,
03:03those Martians.
03:04Their ears could be
03:05in their feet,
03:05and the eyes could be
03:06in the tops of their heads,
03:07and the mouths.
03:08For all I know,
03:09the mouths might be
03:10in the back of their necks.
03:11Oh, it just terrifies me.
03:13Ah, nothing to be scared of.
03:15Well, if you'll excuse me,
03:17I've got to get
03:17to my aerolibics class.
03:20Boy, we sure kidded her,
03:21didn't we?
03:22Oh, I wasn't kidding, Dink.
03:24Did you think I was kidding?
03:25Sure, I thought you were...
03:27Huh?
03:28You worried, Kitty?
03:30No, I'd like to go to Mars.
03:32As a matter of fact,
03:33I'd like to go
03:33before the expedition does.
03:35I'd like to get there first.
03:37For what?
03:37For what?
03:38Wouldn't you like to be
03:39a hero, Dink?
03:40Wouldn't you like to go down
03:41in history?
03:42Yeah, yeah,
03:43I guess so, Mickey.
03:45I'm just as glad, though,
03:47that there isn't anything
03:47we can do about it.
03:49Who says there isn't anything
03:50we can do about it?
03:51But we couldn't go to Mars, Mickey.
03:54Why not?
03:55Well,
03:56we haven't got a spaceship.
03:58We can get one.
03:59Uh, here.
04:00Look at this
04:01in today's fact-simile paper.
04:03Bargains, values, miracles.
04:05Don't buy a second-hand spaceship
04:07until you see
04:08Tillman's terrific values.
04:10A 2020 BG Venus Voyager,
04:13eight-passenger,
04:14$900,
04:15like new.
04:16Huh,
04:17you see,
04:17we could just buy one.
04:18Except we haven't got $900.
04:21Thank goodness.
04:22Well,
04:23I got $60
04:23I made last summer
04:25doing our job.
04:25And you got $45.
04:27But I'm saving that.
04:28Wait a second.
04:29Listen to this.
04:311989 N2 Rocket Cat,
04:34free passengers,
04:35$87.50.
04:36What could you expect?
04:38That's our vote.
04:39But Mickey,
04:40Mickey,
04:41it's bound to be
04:42a pile of junk.
04:43We can do a little work on it
04:44and put it in shape
04:45in no time.
04:46Besides,
04:47we'll have $17.50
04:48to do it on.
04:49Mickey,
04:50do you want to go down
04:51in history's in Texan?
04:53Yeah,
04:54but I'm a little uneasy
04:55about going up
04:56in an $87.50 spaceship.
05:09See,
05:09I never thought
05:10we'd get the old
05:10crate home.
05:12How's it shaping up,
05:13Mickey?
05:13Oh,
05:14it's great.
05:14Did you get that atomic
05:15battery off the re-energizer
05:16down the fueling station?
05:18Oh,
05:18I got it right with me,
05:19Mick.
05:20Only,
05:21Mick?
05:21Yeah?
05:22I feel a little shaky
05:23about it.
05:24There's no sense
05:25pretending I don't.
05:26Oh,
05:26stop worrying.
05:27People have been doing
05:28this with old
05:29spacecraft ranges.
05:30Nah.
05:31Sure.
05:32Way back years ago,
05:33kids used to take
05:34second-hand rocket ships
05:35and do what they called
05:36the souping them up.
05:38I learned about it
05:39in History 5.
05:40You mean they made
05:41space mortars
05:42that long ago?
05:43Sure.
05:44Only they called them
05:45hot rods.
05:46That's funny.
05:47I didn't know
05:48they did any space
05:49traveling way back then.
05:50They did some kind
05:51of traveling.
05:52I saw a picture
05:53of one of their crafts.
05:54And I called it
05:55an aura bubble or...
05:56A what?
05:57A aura bibble
05:58or something like that.
06:00Oh,
06:00you mean an
06:01aura bibble.
06:02Yeah,
06:02that's it.
06:03Did they go through
06:04space and then?
06:05Well,
06:05what could they
06:06have gone in them?
06:07Oh,
06:07I thought maybe
06:08they just traveled
06:09on the ground.
06:10Don't be silly.
06:11You use jet cars
06:12for traveling
06:12on the ground.
06:13That's right.
06:14Gee,
06:15Mickey,
06:15you're smart.
06:16Oh,
06:16you gotta apply
06:17yourself,
06:18Mick.
06:18That's all.
06:19You gotta apply
06:19yourself.
06:21Now,
06:22we give this baby
06:23a little test.
06:24And it hits up
06:25that battery coil
06:26to the central
06:27explosion power.
06:28Right.
06:29There we are.
06:30Now,
06:30we throw the switch
06:31for a test.
06:32You ready?
06:33All set.
06:39How's that,
06:40James?
06:40See,
06:40that's terrific.
06:41Do I try
06:42the retarded
06:42rocket?
06:43Go ahead.
06:47Okay,
06:47cut it.
06:50Wow,
06:50Jake,
06:51it looks like
06:51we're in business.
06:52Yep.
06:53Well,
06:53maybe next summer
06:54sometime we can
06:55cut out and take
06:56a stab at reaching
06:56Mars and then...
06:58Yeah.
06:59We're gonna take
07:00that stab
07:00tomorrow night.
07:02Tomorrow night,
07:03maybe?
07:03Yes,
07:04sir,
07:04tomorrow night.
07:06But,
07:06gee,
07:06we could get
07:07in a lot of trouble.
07:08What trouble?
07:09We might get
07:10picked up by the
07:11space patrol.
07:12People ain't allowed
07:13to go sizzling
07:14around in space
07:15without a permit.
07:16And least of all
07:17in a second-hand
07:18job like this.
07:19Dink?
07:19Yeah?
07:20Remember what
07:21my old man
07:21does for a living?
07:23Sure,
07:23he's a space cop,
07:24which would make
07:25it all the worse
07:26for you
07:26if he caught you.
07:27It would be
07:27plenty bad for me.
07:29But he's gonna
07:30catch me.
07:31How can you
07:31keep him from it?
07:32I can find out
07:34where he's gonna be
07:35and use a planet
07:36channel as far
07:37from there as
07:37possible.
07:38Do you think
07:39he'll tell you
07:39where he's gonna be?
07:40Oh,
07:41he's going to,
07:42Dink.
07:42He just
07:43riddled tonight.
08:00I swear
08:01they'll put
08:02anything
08:02in the facsimile
08:03paper.
08:04You're right,
08:04Pop.
08:05Anything
08:05that sets up
08:06room.
08:07Pop,
08:07you're absolutely
08:08right.
08:08Here comes
08:09some high-frequency
08:10scientist
08:11with a single-cell
08:12brain
08:13sounding off
08:14about how
08:15we should
08:15build defenses
08:16against an attack
08:17from Mars.
08:18What a knock
08:19noodle.
08:20Always with
08:21the planets.
08:22Planets.
08:22Planets.
08:23You're right,
08:24Pop.
08:24They're all alike.
08:25Bunch of dreamers
08:26with loose
08:27bolts in their
08:27turrets.
08:29Planet travel.
08:30Planet war.
08:30Planet exploring.
08:32So you hear
08:33these days?
08:33Planets.
08:34You sure
08:35are right,
08:36Pop.
08:36Yep.
08:37Hey,
08:38how come
08:39I'm so right
08:39about everything
08:40tonight?
08:41Oh,
08:42I don't know,
08:43Pop.
08:43I just
08:44happen to
08:44agree with
08:45you.
08:45All right,
08:46well,
08:46stop agreeing
08:46with me
08:47and eat
08:47your egg
08:48planet.
08:48You mean
08:49my egg
08:49planet?
08:50I mean,
08:50leave me
08:50alone
08:51so I
08:51can read
08:51my paper.
08:54Uh,
08:54his dad,
08:56those
08:57scientists
08:57think they
08:57know
08:58everything,
08:58don't they?
09:00Now,
09:00you took
09:00Professor
09:01Leary at
09:02school,
09:02the one
09:02who teaches
09:03us astronomy.
09:05He's
09:05supposed to
09:06be the
09:06last word
09:07on how
09:07the
09:08interplanetary
09:08area is
09:08operated.
09:09And he
09:10says that
09:10the space
09:11patrol
09:11covers
09:12celestial
09:12channel
09:13seven
09:13every
09:13night
09:14in the
09:14week.
09:15Huh?
09:15That's what
09:16he said.
09:16Who?
09:17Professor
09:18Leary.
09:18What a
09:19wise
09:19figure.
09:20It just
09:20so happens
09:21we don't
09:21touch
09:22channel
09:22seven
09:22but once
09:23a week.
09:24On
09:24Sunday
09:25night,
09:25sir,
09:25right?
09:26No,
09:26Tuesday
09:26night.
09:27You'd
09:28think a
09:28professor
09:28of
09:29astronomy
09:29would
09:29know
09:30better
09:30than
09:30that.
09:30I
09:31guess
09:31he
09:31had
09:31his
09:31dates
09:32next.
09:32If
09:32a person
09:33don't
09:33know,
09:34they
09:34ought to
09:34ask.
09:35That's
09:35the way
09:36I
09:36figure,
09:36Pop.
09:37That's
09:37just
09:37the way
09:38I
09:38figure.
09:51We
09:51did it.
09:52We're
09:53on our
09:53way,
09:53then.
09:54You
09:54sure we
09:55won't
09:55run into
09:55the space
09:56patrol?
09:56Didn't
09:57I tell
09:57you I
09:57found out
09:58from my
09:58old man
09:58last
09:59night?
10:00Watch
10:01this baby
10:01go.
10:01I'm
10:02going to
10:02throw her
10:02into
10:02super
10:03explosion.
10:04Lower
10:04the
10:04pressure
10:04gauge
10:05jump.
10:05Yes.
10:08Wait
10:09and
10:09slap
10:09rock
10:09it.
10:10I'm
10:10letting
10:10around.
10:11Okay.
10:17Oh,
10:18man,
10:18oh,
10:18man,
10:18what a
10:19putter.
10:19I
10:19feel
10:20fast.
10:20Anything
10:20on the
10:21channels
10:21any day
10:22in the
10:22week.
10:22Is
10:22that
10:22top
10:23speed?
10:23Are
10:23you
10:24kidding?
10:24I
10:24haven't
10:25even
10:25touched
10:25the
10:25auxiliary
10:26charges.
10:26Let's
10:27have
10:27it
10:27wide
10:27open.
10:28We're
10:28doing
10:28about
10:292,400
10:30MPAs
10:30right
10:31now.
10:31Let's
10:31see if
10:32it
10:32hits
10:323,000.
10:33Okay,
10:33last
10:34foot.
10:38Hey,
10:39Mickey.
10:39Yeah?
10:40Where are we
10:40at?
10:41Channel 7.
10:42How far out
10:42in the
10:43stratosphere?
10:44Stratosphere?
10:44Oh,
10:45man,
10:45you're a bad
10:46number.
10:46We've been
10:46out of the
10:47stratosphere
10:47for a good
10:4810 minutes
10:48now.
10:49Look
10:49behind you.
10:50See?
10:51See you're
10:51just a
10:52pinpoint.
10:53Our
10:53sibling boy
10:54was
10:54checking
10:55with
10:55magnitude.
10:56Yay!
10:59Ha,
10:59ha,
10:59ha,
11:00do it
11:00again.
11:03This is
11:04a light.
11:04This is
11:05just
11:05sickly
11:05out of
11:06sight
11:06and on
11:06our own.
11:07Hey,
11:07Mitch.
11:07High and
11:08clear,
11:08free and
11:08high,
11:09sizzling,
11:10man.
11:10Middle
11:10land.
11:11What is
11:11it?
11:12Take a
11:13look.
11:13Off
11:13to the
11:14left there.
11:14Now,
11:15where?
11:15Where I'm
11:16point
11:16where you're
11:17pointing.
11:18Oh,
11:18oh,
11:19smoke.
11:20What is it?
11:21I don't
11:22know.
11:23Couldn't,
11:23couldn't be
11:24a comet,
11:25could it?
11:25No,
11:25no,
11:26comets have
11:26got tails.
11:27Besides,
11:28it's
11:28carrying its
11:28own course,
11:29you see?
11:30Mitch,
11:30it's heading
11:31straight into
11:31it.
11:32It's heading
11:32to
11:34throwing a
11:35static beam.
11:35What's
11:36going?
11:37Everything's
11:37come to a
11:38stop.
11:38I can't
11:39get a
11:39peep out
11:39of this
11:40thing.
11:40I can't.
11:40They're
11:41going to
11:41crash into
11:42us.
11:42Why
11:43don't
11:43they get
11:43back?
11:44Get
11:44back?
11:45Oh,
11:45big sound
11:45doesn't
11:46carry through
11:46space.
11:48There's
11:49nothing
11:49to yell
11:50get back.
11:50Get
11:51back.
11:54Maybe
11:54they
11:54didn't
11:54hear me.
11:56Anyhow,
11:56they
11:56stopped.
11:57That's
11:58some weird
11:58ship.
11:59That's
12:00the biggest,
12:00most deadly
12:00looking thing
12:01I ever
12:01saw.
12:02Look,
12:03what are
12:04they doing?
12:05They're
12:05opening up
12:05the whole
12:06front end
12:06like a
12:07huge
12:07mouth.
12:09Look,
12:10Dink,
12:11Mickey,
12:11we're
12:11moving.
12:12We're
12:12moving toward
12:13him.
12:13I thought
12:14the power
12:14was dead.
12:15No,
12:16we're
12:16not
12:16moving on
12:16power.
12:17We're
12:17getting drawn
12:18in.
12:18No,
12:19they're
12:19sucking
12:20us in
12:20like a
12:21whale
12:21sucks
12:21in
12:21little
12:22fishes.
12:22Mickey,
12:23we gotta
12:23do
12:23something.
12:24We gotta
12:25do
12:25something.
12:26What
12:26do we
12:26do?
12:27We're
12:27going in.
12:28We're
12:28going in.
12:30Mickey,
12:31Mickey.
12:39Where
12:40are you,
12:40Dink?
12:41Over
12:42here by
12:42the
12:42control
12:43panel.
12:44I
12:44can't
12:44see
12:44anything.
12:46Black
12:46is the
12:46inside
12:47of a
12:47vacuum.
12:47I
12:48don't
12:48understand
12:49this
12:49thing.
12:50I
12:50don't
12:50want
12:50to
12:51understand
12:51it.
12:51I'll
12:52settle
12:52for
12:52just
12:52getting
12:53out
12:53of
12:53it.
12:54We're
12:54swallowed
12:54up.
12:55What
12:55kind of a
12:56crack is
12:56it?
12:57It's like
12:57something from
12:58what's the
12:59matter?
13:00I thought a
13:00paper last
13:01night about
13:01it.
13:02About what?
13:02About how we
13:03could be
13:03attacked by
13:04them.
13:05By
13:05who?
13:06The
13:06Martians.
13:09Hey,
13:09the lights
13:10went on.
13:10In the
13:11doors.
13:11I'm
13:11blinded.
13:12I can't
13:12see it.
13:13open your
13:14hatch and
13:16come out.
13:17Who is
13:18that?
13:19I don't
13:20know, but I
13:21got a feeling
13:21we better do
13:22as we're
13:22told.
13:26come out.
13:29He
13:29listens.
13:31You heard
13:32me.
13:33Come
13:33out.
13:38Walk
13:39up on the
13:40platform in
13:41the light.
13:43Gosh,
13:44it's meant
13:44for Mars.
13:47Are
13:48you
13:48from
13:48Mars?
13:50Yes,
13:51we are
13:53from Mars.
13:55Dang,
13:55your rocket
13:55smoke.
13:56What are
13:57you doing
13:58out here
13:58in space,
14:00Earthmen?
14:01We just
14:02thought we'd
14:03take a
14:03trip to
14:04this.
14:04That means
14:05we just
14:06thought we'd
14:06do a little
14:07joyriding.
14:08There is
14:08little joy
14:09for Earthmen
14:11who cruise
14:12outside their
14:12stratosphere.
14:14This is
14:15no man's
14:16land,
14:17Mickey
14:17Turner.
14:18Mickey
14:19here?
14:19He knows
14:20your name.
14:21We know
14:22everything.
14:23Dink,
14:24Texan.
14:25Dink.
14:26We are
14:27smart.
14:28We are
14:28very smart.
14:29Our brains
14:30are ten
14:31times the
14:32size of
14:32any man's
14:33on Earth.
14:34Remember
14:34what I
14:35told you,
14:35Dink?
14:35They got
14:36telepathic
14:36intelligence.
14:37They know
14:38what's in
14:38your mind
14:38before you
14:39open your
14:39mouth.
14:40Look,
14:41look,
14:41if that's
14:42what they're
14:42like,
14:42the Earth
14:43is sunk.
14:43The Earth
14:44is sunk,
14:45boys.
14:46We have
14:47come to
14:47observe your
14:48planet before
14:49the
14:49Marshal
14:50expeditionary
14:50forces
14:51strike.
14:52It is
14:53too bad
14:53you have
14:54to cross
14:55our path.
14:56Well,
14:56what are
14:57you going
14:57to do
14:57to it?
14:58Wait.
14:59Uh-oh.
15:00They're
15:01going to
15:01kill it.
15:02I'll bet
15:02you my
15:02new
15:03spacesuit.
15:03What do
15:04I need
15:04with a
15:04new
15:04spacesuit
15:05if they're
15:05going to
15:05kill us?
15:06Oh,
15:06Nick,
15:07we never
15:07should have
15:07started this.
15:08Now,
15:08get hold
15:09of yourself,
15:09Dink.
15:10Don't
15:10let
15:10maximum
15:11panic
15:11anxiety
15:11create
15:12super
15:12ego
15:13tension.
15:13Who's
15:14letting
15:14maximum
15:15panic
15:15anxiety
15:16create
15:16super
15:17ego
15:17tension?
15:18Whatever
15:18happens,
15:19we only
15:20tried to
15:20make
15:20ourselves
15:21a place
15:21in
15:21history,
15:22Dink.
15:23I wish
15:24I had
15:24a place
15:24at home
15:25under
15:25the bed.
15:26Uh,
15:26ma'am.
15:28Yes,
15:28Mr.
15:29Marshal,
15:29Your Honor,
15:30sir?
15:31We have
15:31come to
15:32a decision.
15:33Yes,
15:34sir?
15:34You are
15:35too
15:35insignificant
15:36for us
15:37to kill,
15:37too
15:38unimportant,
15:39too puny,
15:40and worthless,
15:40and stupid.
15:42Gee,
15:43thank you,
15:44sir.
15:44That's the
15:45nicest thing
15:45anybody ever
15:46said,
15:46Marshal.
15:47This time
15:48we are
15:48going to
15:48let you
15:49go,
15:50but if
15:50we ever
15:50lay eyes
15:51on you
15:51again,
15:52if,
15:53for instance,
15:54we observe
15:54you tomorrow
15:55night trespassing
15:56in this
15:56channel,
15:58we shall
15:59destroy you.
16:00We'll be
16:01good,
16:01sir.
16:02You would
16:02better,
16:03or else
16:03we shall
16:04disintegrate
16:05you and
16:05use your
16:06energy to
16:07feed our
16:07rocket power.
16:08Oh,
16:09no,
16:09sir.
16:10Please,
16:10sir.
16:11Then watch
16:11your steps.
16:12Now get
16:13back in
16:14that obsolete
16:15spaceship of
16:16yours and
16:16close the
16:17hatch.
16:18Yes,
16:18sir.
16:19Come on,
16:19things.
16:20Hurry up.
16:20Come on,
16:21quick.
16:21It's where
16:21they think
16:21it over.
16:23Close the
16:23hatch,
16:24things.
16:29Burrow,
16:30open our
16:31hatch.
16:37Get down
16:38on your
16:39stomach.
16:40we will
16:42now blast
16:42you from
16:43our
16:43projector
16:44boat and
16:44send you
16:45back where
16:45you came
16:46from.
16:48Projecto
16:49boat.
16:59Good night,
17:01earthmen.
17:02Pleasant
17:03dreams.
17:11Jim,
17:12oh,
17:13gee,
17:13that was
17:13some
17:14trip down.
17:14You better
17:15close the
17:15hangar doors.
17:16We don't want
17:16anybody to see
17:17this space,
17:18Norder.
17:18No,
17:18I guess we
17:19don't.
17:22I was just
17:23thinking,
17:23Rick.
17:24Yeah,
17:24I know.
17:25Were you
17:26thinking too?
17:27Uh-huh.
17:28Same thing as
17:29me?
17:29I guess so.
17:31What are we
17:32going to do?
17:32I don't
17:33know yet.
17:34We know
17:34something that
17:35nobody else in
17:36the world knows.
17:37Yeah,
17:38we know
17:38they're up
17:39there.
17:39We know
17:39they're getting
17:40ready to
17:40smash up
17:41the smithereens.
17:42I wish we
17:43just stayed
17:43home.
17:44But we
17:44didn't.
17:45And now
17:45we've got to
17:45face the
17:46facts,
17:46Jim.
17:47I hate
17:48facts.
17:48Don't you,
17:49Mick?
17:49I never
17:50thought of it
17:50that way
17:51exactly.
17:51I guess I
17:52do.
17:53Gee,
17:54if we tell,
17:55we've got to
17:55also tell that
17:56we went up
17:56in the
17:56space,
17:57Norder.
17:57My old
17:58man's going
17:59to rain
17:59supersonic
17:59blazes
18:00with me.
18:01Mine's
18:01going to
18:01blow the
18:02roof off.
18:03But still,
18:03we've got to
18:04look at it
18:04like Earth
18:05said it.
18:05We can't
18:06just keep
18:06our mouths
18:07shut and
18:07let the
18:07Martians
18:08take everybody
18:08by surprise.
18:10I guess
18:11we can.
18:13Are you
18:13going to
18:14tell?
18:14I don't
18:15see any
18:15other way
18:16out.
18:17Maybe,
18:18maybe they
18:19won't have
18:19time to
18:19raise blazes
18:20with us.
18:21Maybe they'll
18:21be too busy
18:22getting ready
18:23to fight
18:23them off.
18:24Maybe so.
18:25But somehow
18:26or other,
18:26I think my
18:27old man
18:27will find
18:28time.
18:39Mickey,
18:40what are
18:40you giving me
18:41here?
18:41I tell you,
18:42we saw them.
18:42Oh, yeah?
18:43Yeah, Pop.
18:44Pop, you've
18:44got to believe
18:45me.
18:45Why do
18:45they look
18:46like,
18:46these Martians?
18:47Well, we
18:48didn't get a
18:48good look on
18:49account of
18:49the lights
18:50and all.
18:50Now, listen,
18:51you're trying
18:51to play on
18:52my sympathy
18:52with this
18:53tall story
18:53of yours.
18:54You think
18:55you could
18:55pull the
18:55wool over
18:56my eyes?
18:56Nah.
18:57I knew
18:58you bought
18:58that old
18:58crate.
18:59You did?
18:59Why, sure
19:00I did.
19:01Tillman told
19:01me just
19:01before I
19:02went on
19:02duty tonight.
19:03You think
19:04he's going
19:04to sell
19:04a jalopy
19:05like that
19:05to a
19:06space cop
19:06son without
19:07even reporting
19:08it?
19:08Oh, dear,
19:09I never
19:09even thought
19:09about it.
19:09Oh, yes,
19:10you did.
19:11Probably
19:11didn't hit
19:12you until
19:12you was
19:12on your
19:13way back.
19:13So you
19:14make up
19:14a yarn
19:15to steer
19:15me off
19:16from giving
19:17you what
19:17you deserve.
19:18No, no,
19:18Pop, it ain't
19:19like that.
19:19They're there,
19:20Pop.
19:20They're up
19:21their spine.
19:22They're getting
19:22ready to take
19:23over the
19:23world.
19:23Oh, you've
19:24got to believe
19:24him.
19:24You've got to.
19:25Look, you
19:25might as well
19:26stop garbling.
19:27You'll get
19:28no allowance
19:28for a solid
19:29month, Mickey,
19:29and if I was
19:30Duke's father,
19:31I'd give him
19:32the same treatment.
19:33Oh, stop.
19:33Okay, now
19:34will you just
19:34sit down and
19:35let me tell you
19:36about the
19:36Martians.
19:37Mickey?
19:37Gee, Dad,
19:38won't you just
19:38sit down for a
19:39minute?
19:39No.
19:40You mention
19:41those Martians
19:42to me one
19:42more time,
19:43I'll see to it
19:44that you won't
19:45sit down for a
19:46week.
19:52But police
19:53think, well,
19:54then I tell you
19:54they stopped us.
19:55They told us
19:56what they got in
19:56mind.
19:57Uh-huh.
19:59Well, now,
20:00look, Mick,
20:00I...
20:01You don't
20:01believe me,
20:01do you?
20:02You, uh,
20:03want an honest
20:05answer?
20:05No, I just
20:06want somebody
20:07to do something.
20:08To do
20:08something.
20:09Well, I'm
20:10going to do
20:10something.
20:11What?
20:11I'm going
20:12out to lunch.
20:18But, Professor
20:19Leary, nobody
20:20will listen to
20:20me.
20:21Of course I
20:21understand,
20:22boys.
20:23They were
20:23there.
20:23We talked
20:24to them.
20:24They told
20:25us.
20:25I'm sure
20:26you'll believe
20:26it implicitly,
20:27Mickey.
20:28Huh?
20:28This is a
20:29fairly commonplace
20:30symptom of the
20:31imaginative brain.
20:32You and
20:33Gink were all
20:34prepared to see
20:35Martians in
20:36Channel 7,
20:36and so you
20:37just projected
20:39them.
20:39But, Professor...
20:40This can happen
20:40to the best of
20:41mine, and I'm
20:43sure yours is
20:43perfect as
20:44sound and
20:45healthy.
20:46Where are
20:46you going?
20:47I'm getting
20:47out of here
20:48while I've
20:48still got a
20:48mind left
20:49at all.
20:57And then
20:58what do they
20:58do, Mickey?
20:59Oh, what
21:00difference does
21:00it make me,
21:01Bill?
21:01Well, I'm
21:01just asking,
21:02Mickey.
21:03You mean
21:04you believe
21:04us?
21:04Of course
21:05I do.
21:06Hey, couldn't
21:07you persuade
21:07your daddy to
21:08take the
21:08patrol up
21:09tonight?
21:09What good
21:10would that
21:10do?
21:11Well, don't
21:11you remember
21:11what you
21:12said?
21:12What?
21:13If they
21:13told you
21:14that if
21:14you dared
21:14to come
21:15back
21:15tonight,
21:15they'd
21:16destroy
21:16you.
21:17Yeah?
21:17Well, that
21:18means they're
21:18going to be
21:19there tonight,
21:19don't it?
21:20No, that
21:21won't work.
21:22Why not?
21:22He won't
21:23go, that's
21:24why not.
21:24As a matter
21:25of fact, he
21:25told me I
21:26better not
21:26even mention
21:27the Martians
21:27to him
21:28again.
21:28He sure
21:29makes me
21:29mad.
21:30And my
21:30pop makes
21:31me madder.
21:32They'll see.
21:33They'll start
21:34moving when
21:34it's too late,
21:35when the
21:35Martians have
21:36taken their
21:36homes and
21:37their wives and
21:38their kids.
21:38Now, listen,
21:39if we went
21:40up tonight,
21:40and after we
21:41were gone a
21:42half an hour
21:42or so,
21:43Maybel went
21:44to my
21:44pop and
21:45told on
21:45us.
21:45Oh, no.
21:46Oh, why
21:46not?
21:47Because your
21:48pop would
21:48call my
21:49pop, and
21:50they'd get
21:50the space
21:50patrol and
21:51come up,
21:51and you
21:52see, they'd
21:53spank
21:53coins on
21:54us.
21:54No, they'd
21:54be too
21:55busy
21:55rescuing
21:55us from
21:56the
21:56Martians.
21:57You mean
21:57we'd let
21:58them take
21:58us again?
21:59Exactly.
22:00It's the
22:00only chance
22:00we got.
22:01You want to
22:02go down in
22:03history, don't
22:03you?
22:03You want
22:04to be
22:04remembered
22:05in the
22:05future, don't
22:06you?
22:06I'm getting
22:07so I can
22:08take it or
22:08leave it
22:08alone, Nick.
22:09We can't
22:10afford to
22:10think of
22:10ourselves
22:11now, Dink.
22:12We've got
22:12to prove
22:13what we
22:13saw.
22:14Maybel?
22:15Yes, Nick?
22:16At 20.30
22:16tonight, I
22:17want you to
22:17go see my
22:18pop.
22:18Tell him
22:19we're up
22:19Channel 7
22:20in an
22:20old space
22:20snorter.
22:21Tell him
22:21it's against
22:22the law,
22:22and he
22:23ought to
22:23go and
22:23get us
22:24and bring
22:24us back
22:25and teach
22:25us a lesson.
22:26Will you
22:27do that?
22:27Yes, Nick.
22:28And Maybel?
22:29Yeah, Nick.
22:30Tell him
22:30to come
22:31in a hurry,
22:31or there
22:32may not
22:32be enough
22:33left of
22:33us to
22:33teach us
22:34a lesson
22:34on.
22:48How far
22:49up are we,
22:49then?
22:50Just about
22:51where we
22:51saw him
22:52last night,
22:52then.
22:53Oh, gee.
22:54Oh, gee.
22:56Listen,
22:56do you hear
22:56a knock in
22:57the motor?
22:57That's not
22:58a knock in
22:58your motor.
22:59That's a
22:59knock in
23:00my knee.
23:01Oh, you
23:01gotta be
23:02brave,
23:02then.
23:03You gotta
23:03realize that
23:04we gotta
23:04save the
23:04world.
23:05That's
23:05what I
23:05keep
23:06telling
23:06my
23:06knees.
23:07But they
23:07won't
23:07listen.
23:10Miss,
23:11they
23:11threw the
23:11static
23:12beam again.
23:13We
23:14stopped.
23:15Look,
23:15to the
23:15left.
23:16Here
23:16they
23:17come.
23:18Here
23:18they
23:18come,
23:19Dink.
23:19They
23:19seen
23:19it.
23:20Mickey?
23:22Yeah.
23:23They're
23:24opening up,
23:24Dink.
23:25We're
23:26gone
23:26in.
23:27We're
23:27gone
23:28in.
23:38Perfect.
23:39Oh, I
23:40wish we'd
23:40taken our
23:41money and
23:41bought a
23:41vacant lot.
23:42For what?
23:43We could've
23:44dug a hole and
23:45pulled the
23:45ground in
23:45after it.
23:46Oh, you
23:47have come
23:47back.
23:48Ah.
23:49We shall
23:49give you a
23:50welcome.
23:50You won't
23:51soon forget.
23:52Open your
23:53hats and
23:54come out.
24:04We, uh,
24:05come on.
24:05We just
24:06thought we'd
24:06come up and
24:07see it again.
24:07You're
24:08spiked.
24:09Oh, no,
24:10sir.
24:10Sure, that's
24:11fine.
24:11What else?
24:12You should've
24:12caught wise to
24:13listen to me.
24:14Quiet,
24:14Murrow.
24:15Hard to
24:15one.
24:16Why did we
24:16knock him
24:17off last night
24:17when we had
24:18the chance?
24:18That will
24:18do, Murrow.
24:19Give me a word,
24:20turn off the
24:21back.
24:21See?
24:21Oh, I
24:22never thought
24:23men from
24:23Mars talked
24:24like that.
24:24Murrow happens
24:25to come from
24:26South Mars.
24:27From South
24:28Mars is a
24:29place I
24:29wouldn't want
24:30to be.
24:30You don't
24:31have to
24:31worry,
24:32Earthman.
24:33You'll
24:33never be
24:34anywhere
24:34again.
24:35What?
24:36You're
24:36going to
24:37spend the
24:37rest of
24:38your lives
24:39nowhere.
24:40Please,
24:41mister,
24:41what do
24:42you mean?
24:43I mean
24:43we're going
24:44to wreck
24:44your rocket
24:45power and
24:46then shoot
24:46you out
24:47into space
24:48and you'll
24:49just hang
24:49up there
24:50from here
24:50on out.
24:51No.
24:52What's
24:52the
24:52matter?
24:53You'll
24:53like it.
24:54It'll
24:55be very
24:56quiet.
24:57I want
24:57my pop.
24:58You won't
24:58see your
24:59pop no
24:59more,
25:00but your
25:01pop will
25:01see you.
25:02How?
25:03Oh,
25:03here,
25:04look up
25:04in the
25:04sky and
25:05there you'll
25:06be a
25:07new star.
25:10Who
25:11knows?
25:11Maybe
25:12it'll make
25:12a wish
25:13like it.
25:14We're
25:14giving
25:14these
25:14creatures
25:15too much
25:15time.
25:16Disintegrate
25:17their
25:17rockets
25:17tomorrow.
25:18Sure
25:18thing.
25:24they're
25:25smashing
25:25our
25:25power.
25:26Your
25:26power is
25:27smashed.
25:29All right,
25:30Paul,
25:30we'll open
25:31our heads
25:31and then
25:32give them
25:33the
25:33projector
25:33post.
25:34Aim
25:35them away
25:36from Earth,
25:37out into
25:38nowhere,
25:39where they
25:39can stay
25:40for the rest
25:41of their
25:41lives,
25:42for the rest
25:43to be
25:43sure
25:44to
25:44death.
25:44That's
25:45Rocky.
25:47What's
25:47that?
25:48Perfect
25:48load for
25:49the
25:49audio
25:49mark.
25:50Who's
25:50got our
25:51wavelength?
25:51Bear up
25:52the speaker,
25:52let's
25:53see.
25:54Chief of
25:55police
25:56welders,
25:56rolling
25:57spaceship
25:57and
25:57channel
25:58driven.
25:58Help
25:58for
25:59telephorizer,
25:59they
26:00fire
26:00them.
26:00Do
26:00not
26:01attempt
26:01any
26:01movement
26:02of
26:02any
26:02time.
26:03We
26:03have
26:04you
26:04surrounded
26:04on a
26:0410,000
26:05mile
26:05radius.
26:06Cut
26:07your
26:07power
26:07before
26:08we
26:08smash
26:08it
26:08with
26:09a
26:09multiple
26:09charge.
26:10We
26:11will
26:11do
26:11with
26:1290
26:12seconds.
26:13Check
26:13out.
26:23Mick.
26:24Mick.
26:25Mick.
26:25Here we
26:26are,
26:26Pop.
26:26Here we
26:27are.
26:27Oh,
26:27thank
26:28heaven.
26:28Thank
26:28heaven.
26:29Are you
26:30okay?
26:31We're
26:31okay,
26:31Mr.
26:32Turner.
26:32Oh,
26:32good.
26:33Only
26:33if you
26:33hadn't
26:33come
26:33when you
26:34did,
26:34we
26:34would
26:34have
26:35been
26:35just
26:35one
26:35more
26:35star
26:36in
26:36the
26:36sky.
26:37You
26:37have
26:37no
26:38authority
26:38here.
26:39As
26:39men,
26:40we
26:40are
26:40subject
26:41of
26:41Mars.
26:42Go
26:42on,
26:42Vince
26:43Bucky.
26:43I
26:44know
26:44you
26:44and
26:44your
26:44one
26:45cylinder
26:45pal,
26:46Bugsy
26:46Mo.
26:47You're
26:47men
26:47from
26:48Mars
26:48like
26:48I'm
26:48a
26:49turbo
26:49jet
26:49transport.
26:50You're
26:51hijackers
26:52laying out
26:52here on
26:52this
26:53planetary
26:53route
26:54waiting
26:54to knock
26:55off a
26:55few
26:55uranium
26:56cargo
26:56ships
26:57as
26:57they
26:57come
26:57back
26:57from
26:57the
26:57lunar
26:58mines.
26:58There
26:58must
26:59be
26:59some
26:59mistake.
27:00I
27:00told you
27:00that
27:00enough
27:01of
27:01those
27:01brats
27:01one
27:02another
27:02was
27:02good.
27:03Just
27:03because
27:03you
27:03knew
27:04one
27:04was
27:04a
27:04space
27:04cop
27:05done
27:05and
27:05the
27:05other
27:05kid
27:06was
27:06in
27:06town.
27:06You're
27:06mighty
27:07lucky
27:07he
27:07didn't
27:07listen
27:08to
27:08you
27:08as
27:09it
27:09is
27:09you're
27:09in
27:10for
27:10plenty
27:10of
27:10trouble.
27:11But if
27:11you were to
27:12touch
27:12one of
27:12these
27:13kids
27:13you'd
27:14have
27:14had
27:14to
27:14lay
27:14him
27:15out
27:15for
27:15Mars
27:15and
27:16stay
27:16there.
27:17Everything
27:17all right
27:17off this
27:18turner?
27:18Right,
27:18Chief.
27:19Nothing
27:19left to
27:19do
27:20but
27:20commandeer
27:20these
27:20rats
27:21in
27:21their
27:21spaceships.
27:22I
27:22arrest
27:23you
27:23on
27:23my
27:23authority
27:24as
27:24Chief
27:24of
27:24the
27:25Space
27:25Patrol.
27:26Take
27:26a minute.
27:30And
27:31you
27:31two
27:31kids
27:32are
27:32coming
27:32back
27:33to
27:33Earth
27:34where
27:35you're
27:35gonna
27:35get
27:36exactly
27:37what
27:37you
27:37deserve.
27:50And
27:51who's
27:51the
27:51chocolate
27:51pie
27:52miss
27:52half
27:53the
27:53urine
27:53half
27:54the
27:54drink.
27:54Exactly.
27:55Only hurry
27:56up and
27:56eat it
27:56before the
27:57torchlight
27:57parade
27:58begins.
27:59They're
27:59gonna
27:59carry you
27:59on
28:00their
28:00shoulders
28:00to
28:00the
28:00square
28:01and
28:01the
28:01mayor's
28:02gonna
28:02make
28:02a
28:02speech
28:03and
28:03oh
28:04it's
28:04gonna
28:04be
28:04wonderful.
28:06Gee it
28:06sure is
28:06great.
28:07I
28:07didn't
28:08expect
28:08anything
28:08like
28:09this.
28:10Terrific
28:10huh
28:10miss?
28:12I
28:12said
28:12terrific
28:13huh?
28:14Oh
28:14I
28:15don't
28:15know.
28:16What's
28:16the
28:17matter
28:17with
28:17you?
28:18Well
28:18after
28:19all
28:19what
28:19we
28:19started
28:20out
28:20to
28:20do
28:21was
28:21to
28:21go
28:21to
28:21Mars.
28:22I
28:22guess
28:22you
28:22forgot
28:23that.
28:24Yeah
28:24I
28:24know
28:25miss.
28:25It
28:26turned
28:26out
28:26okay
28:27I
28:27guess.
28:27But
28:28what
28:28we
28:28did
28:28won't
28:29get
28:29us
28:29a
28:29place
28:29in
28:29history.
28:30We
28:31still
28:31ain't
28:31gonna
28:31be
28:31nobody
28:32to
28:32generations
28:33to
28:33come.
28:34Just
28:34this
28:34chocolate
28:35pie
28:35taste
28:36awful
28:36goods
28:36of a
28:37generation
28:37that's
28:38already
28:38here.
28:48next
28:49week
28:49another
28:49exciting
28:50story
28:50from
28:50the
28:51world
28:51of
28:51tomorrow
28:522000
28:52plus
28:53presents
28:53The
28:54Diamond
28:54Helmet.
28:572000
28:58plus
28:58is produced
28:59by Sherman
28:59H.
28:59Dreyer
29:00and Robert
29:00Wenholson.
29:01In today's
29:02story
29:02Ronnie
29:02List
29:02played
29:03Mickey.
29:03Lonnie
29:04Jacoby
29:04was
29:04Zink.
29:05Colette
29:05McMahon
29:05was
29:05Nabel.
29:06Ed
29:07Matimer
29:07was
29:07the
29:07father.
29:08John
29:08Greggs
29:09was
29:09Botchy
29:09and
29:10Sandy
29:10Bickert
29:11was
29:11Murrell.
29:12Script
29:12by
29:12Peter
29:13Berry.
29:13The
29:14officer
29:14was
29:14conducted
29:14by
29:15Emerson
29:15Buckley.
29:18Sound
29:18effects
29:18by
29:19Walt
29:19Saver
29:19and
29:19Adrian
29:20Penner.
29:20This
29:20is
29:20Bob
29:21Emerson
29:21speaking.
29:23This
29:23program
29:24came to
29:24you from
29:25New York.
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