:53:05
You know, this is getting to be
like a good mystery story...
:53:07
where you think you got the murderer
picked out and it turns out to be somebody else.
:53:10
For just a minute,
I had your little project tied up with Porter.
:53:13
But now the clues
seem to point to me.
:53:15
In some weird, unimaginable way...
:53:17
I was to prove irresistible
to Mrs. Manleigh tonight.
:53:20
I was to impress her
and win her favor.
:53:22
Isn't that so?
:53:24
But why?
To what purpose?
:53:27
Well, if you must know,
there are editors leaving...
:53:29
and I thought you'd be
perfect for the job.
:53:31
$175 a week to start.
:53:39
Come here.
:53:42
Sit down for a minute.
:53:46
Look, Reet, let's put aside my nausea
at the idea of working for the Manleighs.
:53:50
Let's put aside my personal likes and dislikes.
They're not important.
:53:53
I'm willing to admit
that to a majority of my fellow citizens...
:53:56
I'm a slightly comic figure...
an educated man.
:53:59
Nobody's asking you not to be.
Think of the good you could do.
:54:02
- Maybe raise the standard.
- Of commercial radio?
:54:04
What's the phrase...
"Wait for your laugh"?
:54:08
I'm a schoolteacher.
That's even worse than being an intellectual.
:54:11
Schoolteachers are not only comic...
:54:13
they're often cold and hungry
in this richest land on Earth.
:54:16
And thousands are quitting every year
to take jobs that pay them a decent living.
:54:20
- That is unhappily true.
- Then why not you?
:54:22
Because I can't think of myself
doing anything else.
:54:27
What would happen,
do ya think, if we all quit?
:54:29
Who'll teach the kids?
Who'd open their minds and hearts...
:54:33
to the real glories of the human spirit
past and present.
:54:36
Who'd help them along to the future?
:54:38
Radio sponsors?
Comic strips?
:54:40
At that, I've been
luckier than most.
:54:42
Even without what you earn,
I've managed to keep our heads above water.
:54:45
It's quite a strain over a period of time
with the water lapping at your chin.
:54:49
That's where
you've been a great help.
:54:51
You've made it a lot easier
for both of us.
:54:53
I'll admit is has upset
my male ego from time to time.
:54:57
And your overdeveloped
sense of taste and discrimination...