1. The Chaser
First Aired: 13 May 1960
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2. There is a fifth dimension.
Beyond that which is known to man.
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3. It is a dimension as vast as space.
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4. And as timeless as infinity.
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5. It is the middle ground
between light and shadow...
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6. between science and superstition.
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7. And it lies between
the pit of man's fears...
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8. and the summit of his knowledge.
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9. This is the dimension
of imagination.
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10. It is an area which we call:
The Twilight Zone.
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11. Telephone. You have a telephone?
Thank you.
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12. This is madness. It's impossible
to make a call in New York.
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13. An outrage. He's making another call.
- It's only his fifth.
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14. He doesn't even talk.
He just dials.
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15. Maybe he's got a dialect, huh?
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16. Mr Roger Shackleforth.
Age, youthful twenties.
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17. Occupation, being in love. Not just
in love, but madly, passionately.
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18. Illogically, miserably,
all-consumingly in love.
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19. With a young woman named Leila who
has a vague recollection of his face.
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20. In a moment you'll see a switch.
Because Mr Roger Shackleforth...
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21. will take a short, but meaningful
journey into the Twilight Zone.
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22. Oh, I simply can't stand this.
I will buy your place. $1.
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23. Oh. Sold.
- Thank you. Sir. $1 for your place.
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24. Madame. A dollar for your place.
- A first place is more expansive. $2.
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25. $2? Very good.
There you are. Thank you.
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26. Hello.
- Hello, Leila darling, it's Roger.
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27. Hello, Roger.
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28. What is it?
- May I come to see you?
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29. No, no, I can't. I couldn't bear
to see anybody. I'm a mess.
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30. Oh, you could never be a mess.
- Listen, darling, I have to see you.
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31. Roger, it's impossible.
- I must see you, darling, must.
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32. Furiously, fiercely must.
I love you.
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33. Roger, you've got to stop this.
You're acting like a baby.
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34. I can't see you now, and that's that.
- Then, talk to me. say anything.
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35. Say something?
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36. All right, Roger,
I'll say something.
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37. Why don't you take a
flying jump at the moon?
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38. You've finished, haven't you?
- No, she hung up on me.
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39. I've got to call her back.
- No, I have an emergency.
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40. It won't do any good to call.
I understand your problem.
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41. Here's the way to solve your problem.
Go and see this man right now.
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42. Believe me, there is no other way.
That man will help you.
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43. No, excuse me. Go and see him now
And your problems will be solved.
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44. It's an emergency.
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45. All right. Stop skulking around.
- I wasn't skulking. I didn't know...
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46. Common disease, not knowing if.
Sit down on that pile of books.
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47. Do I know you?
- No, sir. As a matter of fact...
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48. Then you haven't come for a
bottle of the glove cleaner?
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49. Glove cleaner?
No. As a matter of fact...
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50. Perhaps another time. You keep
saying that. Come to the point.
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51. I don't know why I came at all. A
man gave me your card, a stranger.
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52. O, yes. Satisfied former customer.
- But I don't know why I came...
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53. Of course you know why you came.
You want what I've got.
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54. But I don't know what you've got.
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55. Ointments, salves, powders, remedies,
nectars, lotus blossoms...
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56. anti-toxins, decoctions, concoctions
and potions. All guaranteed.
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57. I don't need anything like that.
- Well, you must, you're here.
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58. Yes, but I don't need any medicine.
- Yes, you do. You look feverish.
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59. Well, it's sort of,
you know, nothing.
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60. Nothing I don't supply.
Something is my specialty.
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61. Anything is what you can get here.
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62. You're ambitious, is that it?
You want success, money, admirers?
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63. No, that's not it at all.
- Power. You want power.
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64. No, you don't understand.
All I want is Leila.
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65. Yes, if I have Leila I can do
all the rest myself.
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66. He wants Leila. I offer him almost
anything and all he wants is Leila.
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67. You can't do anything about that?
- That's the simplest of all.
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68. The elementary parlor trick of
my science. You disappoint me.
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69. No, you don't understand. I'm in
love with somebody named Leila.
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70. But she's not in love with me...
Why I'm telling you this?
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71. I do. I can arrange it
so she'll love you.
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72. I promise you she'll
never leave your side.
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73. When she isn't telling you she loves
you, she'll be gazing at you lovingly.
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74. She won't even eat before you do.
She'll do anything for you.
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75. She'll worship you, she'll beg for
kisses and weep for joy at your touch.
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76. If in passing time you should look
at another girl she'll feel hurt.
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77. But she'll forgive you
and love you just the same.
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78. Frankly, you'd get the same
shake from a cocker spaniel.
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79. But that's wonderful. That's all in
the world I want. My Leila's love.
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80. If it isn't his Leila's love, it's
his Rhea's love, or his Gwen's love.
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81. Are you sure you wouldn't be
interested in the glove cleaner?
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82. There are many names for it
including 'The Eradicator.'
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83. But 'Glove cleaner' is a nice,
non-descriptive title.
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84. Clean, colorless, tasteless
unidentifiable and sure.
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85. I'm not interested in glove cleaners.
- Why not?
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86. It's sure, it's swift, leaves no
traces. It's perfect for its purpose.
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87. You're making any sense.
- My boy, that's all I make.
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88. Which is why I'm such a lonely man.
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89. You're sure you don't want to try the
glove cleaner? It's very expensive.
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90. For instance this little
bottle costs $1,000.
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91. Are all your prices like that?
- Some are, some aren't.
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92. Yeah, but that thing that's
gonna make Leila love me.
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93. Oh, that. That's only $1.
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94. Love potions are my cheapest item.
And they're overpriced at that.
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95. A dollar for my Leila's love?
It won't hurt her?
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96. If anybody gets hurt, it'll be you.
But I don't expect you to believe me.
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97. Put it in her drink, juice, soup,
coffee, water, anything.
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98. You'll get exactly what you want.
- I don't believe this but I'll try it.
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99. Why, I'll try anything.
Thanks, professor.
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100. You know, if this works, I'll be
the happiest man in the world.
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101. Hello, Leila.
- I told you I was busy tonight.
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102. Just a minute, just a little minute.
Flowers, see?
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103. That's very nice, Roger, thank you.
Now if you'll just run along.
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104. I have to see you. You don't know
what it's like to love somebody.
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105. To love anybody so much and
so desperately. Look...
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106. Champagne. Just spare me five
minutes and have one drink with me.
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107. Roger, you are acting like a clod.
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108. A silly, stupid, sophomoric clod.
- I love you.
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109. Stop saying that. I...
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110. All right. One drink.
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111. Five minutes, and then you go.
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112. I've got to put on my dress.
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113. It's like...
It's like millennium.
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114. Well, let's get this over with.
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115. Your time's up. Thank you very much
for the flowers and the champagne.
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116. Now, goodbye, Roger.
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117. Excellent champagne, wasn't it?
- It'll pass.
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118. What are you looking
at me like that for?
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119. Well, perhaps it's my last look.
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120. All right, you've had it.
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121. One last little kiss?
- Let's not prolong this any longer.
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122. I haven't the time.
Now please go. Now.
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123. I don't love you.
I don't want you here.
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124. I don't even like you at the moment.
Now please go.
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125. Here.
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126. That's the best I can do.
And that took all my strength.
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127. Roger, wait a minute.
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128. Perhaps I am being cruel.
I don't mean to be.
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129. I know.
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130. Roger.
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131. Let me make it a little nicer.
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132. What's happening?
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133. What difference?
Come here, baby.
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134. Couldn't you please sit in a chair?
- Oh, yes, my darling husband.
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135. I'm sorry if it bothers you,
I just love to kneel at your feet.
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136. Well, kneel in a chair.
- Okay.
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137. Which chair, darling?
- Any chair, it doesn't matter.
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138. You want your slippers now, darling?
- No, they make my feet hot.
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139. If they are hot now I could soak my
hands in ice water and caress them.
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140. No, no, my feet are fine.
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141. All right.
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142. Don't you want to smoke your pipe?
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143. No, it bites my tongue.
It's not broken in very well.
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144. I'd be happy to break it in for you.
I could smoke it all day...
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145. and then when you came home...
- Thanks, Leila, but no thanks.
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146. You're welcome.
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147. Oh, darling, I'm sorry.
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148. I'll get a cigarette for you
in just a minute.
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149. There. I should have put cigarettes
in that box by your chair. Here.
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150. There we go.
- Thank you.
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151. Shall I rub your back, darling?
- You just finished rubbing my back.
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152. I know, but I adore touching you
and I'd be glad to rub it again.
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153. Am I disturbing your reading?
- No, no.
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154. Did I disturb you by asking
you if I was disturbing you?
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155. No, no, dearest, not at all.
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156. Oh, Roger.
I love you, Roger.
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157. I'm so happy you're you.
You're just perfect.
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158. I love to say 'I love you.'
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159. I love to love you.
- Leila, I've got to go out.
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160. Out. I've got an appointment.
I almost forgot.
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161. Darling, will you be long?
- I don't know. I may be late.
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162. Would you like me to go, too?
- No.
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163. Why don't you stay here and hug
my jacket or something?
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164. Is anything wrong, Roger, darling?
- No, I've got an appointment.
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165. While you're gone, my love will grow
and grow and when you get back...
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166. Hi, there, professor.
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167. Ah, yes, I've been expecting you.
- You have?
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168. Yes, I rather thought you'd like
to hear how things turned out.
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169. I know how things turned out.
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170. That potion sure works.
- I know, I know.
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171. How are things with you?
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172. Things haven't changed
with me in years.
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173. Ugly situation we've got with China.
- You don't look so good, either.
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174. Me? I'm fine. I just dropped around
to tell you that things are fine.
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175. I'm glad to hear it.
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176. Ah, glove cleaner, huh?
Do you sell much of that stuff?
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177. Now and again.
- By the way, what's in it?
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178. No trace, no odor, no taste. No way to
detect its presence. And it's sure.
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179. $1,000. That's what you came for.
- Me? No, not at all.
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180. Painless?
- It's perfect for its purpose.
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181. Interesting.
- She loves you as I said she would.
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182. A constant love. And nothing you
can do to her will change it.
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183. She worships and adores you and
hangs on your every word. $1,000.
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184. I am going out of my ever loving mind.
I can't stand it anymore.
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185. Isn't there some way we
can quiet it down?
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186. Can't we transfer this love?
To like a cocker spaniel?
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187. Not a chance.
She's yours.
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188. She's so nice to me.
She's so very good.
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189. The glove cleaner is the only way.
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190. Well, I can't do that.
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191. There must be another way.
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192. This is the way. The only way.
$1,000.
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193. You have no idea. All the time love.
- I do know what it's like.
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194. How do you think I came to
invent the glove cleaner?
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195. But that's all my savings.
- I know. It's always that way.
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196. No trace, no odor, no taste.
No way to detect.
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197. All right.
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198. Ah, all made out, eh? One thing
I must caution you about.
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199. You must use it immediately, hear me?
And you must use it all.
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200. Why, will it spoil?
- No, but you will.
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201. Once you delay, you're lost.
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202. If you fail the first time you'll
never have courage to use it again.
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203. Goodbye, professor.
- Farewell.
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204. Always the same way.
First the stimulant...
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205. then the chaser.
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206. My darling.
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207. I thought we ought to have a party.
We're married six months like this.
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208. Darling, what a lovely surprise.
You went out and might be late...
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209. instead you come back with
champagne and flowers.
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210. Can't have a party without glasses.
- It's just like the first time.
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211. Only this time you don't
have to beg to stay.
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212. Listen, why don't you sit over
there and I'll bring it to you.
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213. Darling, would you like to have
candlelight? It's so romantic.
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214. Sure. Sure. Candlelight,
Shmandlelight, anything.
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215. Darling, it's so wonderful
being married to you.
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216. I've never been so completely
happy in my whole life.
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217. I've lived just to love you.
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218. That's nice.
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219. Sweetest, how did you happen
to think of the champagne?
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220. It just came to me.
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221. I remember the first time you brought
me champagne. How you looked.
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222. Your eyes were filled with love.
And you watched me drink.
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223. And so sadly because you thought
it was going to be our last drink.
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224. Remember?
- I remember.
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225. Lover, marshmallow, come here. Come
sit next to your Leila. Come on.
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226. There you go.
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227. Baby bunny.
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228. I've got news for you,
sweet little rabbit.
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229. Darling, we won't worry about it.
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230. We don't need champagne.
We've got each other.
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231. It's all right. I couldn't have
gone through with it.
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232. Just think of it, darling.
This is only the beginning.
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233. We'll be like this for the rest
of our lives. Won't we?
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234. The rest of our lives.
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235. Mr Roger Shackleforth, who has
discovered that love can be as...
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236. sticky as a vat of molasses, and as
all-consuming as a fire in a haystack.
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237. Case history of a lover boy, who
should never have entered...
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238. the Twilight Zone.
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