:50:00
- Why not?
- Because it's a question I don't want to answer.
:50:03
Oh, go ahead, dear. I'm sure your opinion
is a very valuable one.
:50:07
- Well, if you're sure you want me to.
- Not if you feel you shouldn't.
:50:10
Stating it as kindly as I can,
Mrs. Manleigh...
:50:13
none of that bilge has the remotest connection
with good writing.
:50:16
Do you realize that Linda Gray
has been written for eight years...
:50:19
no summer layoff,
by Myrtle Tippet?
:50:21
- Who?
- You can't be much of an authority, Mr. Phipps...
:50:24
if you don't know Myrtle Tippet.
:50:26
Linda Gray has made her an immortal,
and she's only 32.
:50:29
Well, Keats, Shelley and Marlowe beat her
by a couple of years anyway.
:50:33
They were immortal
before they were 30.
:50:35
- Classroom stuff.
- Radio writing is the literature of today.
:50:38
- The literature of the masses!
- Then heaven help the masses.
:50:41
Well, it just serves
a different purpose, that's all.
:50:43
The purpose of radio writing,
as far as I can see...
:50:46
is to prove to the masses
that a deodorant can bring happiness...
:50:49
a mouthwash guarantee success
and a laxative attract romance.
:50:52
- Well!
- Take it easy, George.
:50:55
Let him alone.
He'll run longer than Linda Gray.
:50:58
"Don't think," says the radio,
"and we'll pay you for it.
:51:00
"Can't spell 'cat'?
Too bad.
:51:02
"But a yacht and a million dollars
to the gentleman...
:51:04
for being in our audience tonight."
:51:06
"Worry," says the radio.
"Will your best friends not tell you?
:51:09
"Will you lose your teeth?
Will your cigarettes give you cancer?
:51:11
"Will your body function
after you're 35?
:51:13
"If you don't use our product,
you lose your husband, your job and die!
:51:17
Use our product and we'll make you rich,
we'll make you famous!"
:51:19
That's just about enough, George.
:51:21
Don't let it upset you, my dear.
Don't you feel badly.
:51:24
"Bad," not "badly"!
You feel badly this way!
:51:27
I have more confidence than ever
in your understanding of domestic problems.
:51:32
- Look. I got my coat on and I catch cold easy.
- "Easily," not "easy."
:51:37
We're leaving now, Mr. Hollingsway.
:51:39
- Good night again, my dear.
- Good night.
:51:42
Of course you understand
that under the circumstances...
:51:44
your little project
is quite, quite impossible.
:51:46
- Uh, of course.
- Good night, Mr. Phipps.
:51:48
Good night.
:51:53
- Good night, Rita. So long, George.
- Good night.
:51:55
- Good night, kids.
- Good night, Lora Mae.
:51:59
What little project of yours turned out
to be quite, quite impossible?