:01:04
Everybody hoping this ride round
be a little more giddy...
:01:08
...a little more gay.
:01:10
All over town, champagne corks
is a-popping.
:01:15
Over in the Waldorf, the big shots is
dancing to the strains of Guy Lombardo.
:01:21
In Times Square, the little folks is watching
and waiting for that big ball to drop.
:01:28
They're all trying to catch hold
of one moment of time...
:01:32
...to be able to say:
:01:34
"Right now! This is it!
:01:36
"I got it!"
:01:40
Of course, by then it'll be past.
:01:42
But they're all happy...
:01:45
...everybody having a good time.
:01:48
Well, almost everybody.
:01:51
There's a few lost souls
floating around out there.
:01:57
Now, if y'all ain't from the city...
:01:59
...we got something here
called "the rat race."
:02:03
Got a way of chewing folks up
so that they don't want no celebrating...
:02:08
...don't want no cheering up.
:02:10
Don't care nothing about no New Year's.
:02:13
Out of hope...
:02:15
...out of rope...
:02:16
...out of time.
:02:19
This here is Norville Barnes.
:02:23
That office he's stepping out of...
:02:25
...is the office of the president
of Hudsucker Industries.
:02:29
That's his office.
:02:32
How'd he get so high?
:02:35
And why's he feeling so low?
:02:38
Is he really going to do it?
:02:41
Is Norville really going
to jelly up the sidewalk?
:02:46
Well, the future...
:02:48
...that's something you can
never tell about.
:02:52
But the past...
:02:55
...that's another story.