1. Mr. Bevis
First Aired: 3 June 1960
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2. You're about to enter
another dimension.
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3. A dimension not only of sight
and sound, but of mind.
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4. A journey into a wondrous land
of imagination.
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5. Next stop: The Twilight Zone
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6. In the parlance of the 20th century,
this is an oddball.
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7. His name is James B.W. Bevis. His
tastes lean toward stuffed animals...
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8. zither music, Charles Dickens,
carnivals, dogs, and young ladies.
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9. Mr Bevis is accident-prone, a little
vague, a little discombooberated.
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10. With a life that possesses all the
security of a floating crap game.
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11. But this can be said
of our Mr Bevis:
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12. Without him, his warmth, his kindness,
the world would be a poorer place.
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13. Albeit perhaps a little saner.
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14. Hi, Michelle.
- Good morning, Mr Bevis.
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15. Why not, Mr Bevis?
- Why not?
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16. Okay.
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17. Hey, Tony.
- Lovely morning, ain't it?
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18. Should it not be obvious by now,
James B.W. Bevis is a fixture...
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19. in his own private, optimistic,
hopeful little world.
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20. A world which has long ceased
being surprised by him.
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21. Hey, come on.
Come on.
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22. James B.W. Bevis on whom Dame
Fortune will shortly turn her back.
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23. Mr James B.W. Bevis,
just one block away...
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24. from the Twilight Zone.
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25. Tell the gentleman who occupies this
museum I should like to see him...
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26. when he finally deigns
to report for work.
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27. Hi, Earl. Hi, Dwayne.
Hi, Maude. Hi, Margaret.
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28. Mr Bevis,
Mr Peckinpaugh wants to see you.
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29. Thanks.
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30. I'll be brief, Bevis. Your desk is
an affront to any orderly symmetry.
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31. Your eccentricities are
beyond any understanding.
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32. Your bringing zither music
to play during the afternoon.
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33. Your hiring Christmas carolers to
serenade during our busiest hour.
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34. Thanks.
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35. The sack, Mr Bevis?
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36. This is the sixth job
I've lost this year, Margaret.
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37. Well, the best-laid plans of
mice and men and Bevis.
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38. I'll help you pack.
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39. I was building this for one of
the kids. It's 'Old Ironsides'
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40. Well, she won't get launched today.
- Old Ironsides will get launched.
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41. You'll get another job.
You always have.
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42. The only job I've held was during the
last war, when I was in the Navy.
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43. Here. This is me next
to the fantail.
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44. Oh, he's fat, isn't he?
- That's the Bosun's mate.
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45. This is the Fantail.
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46. Yours?
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47. Does it do this often?
- Well, it never has before.
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48. It's always been kind of like
an old friend to me.
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49. I'll phone for the tow truck.
- Do that.
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50. Would you be interested in purchasing
a Rickenbacker? It's a late '24.
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51. No, thanks.
I kinda got my eye on a '27 Maxwell.
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52. I'm gonna wait until the new models
come out. Then you get a better deal.
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53. Did you ever have one of those days?
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54. Not like this.
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55. Hi, Bud.
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56. Hello, Mrs Chetfield.
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57. That's right, Bevis.
You're being evicted.
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58. Six weeks in arrears on
your rent and that's it.
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59. You wanted something to fortify a man
in the darkest hour. Are them it?
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60. 'Those' are it. You can't use
'Them' in the nominative case.
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61. Live and learn, huh?
- Yep, live and learn.
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62. Bartender.
- You all right, bud?
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63. Would you kindly tell me what are
the ingredients of this drink?
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64. You wanted to get fortified. It has
everything but atomic energy.
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65. Does that explain why I can see him
in the mirror but not in the booth?
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66. See who?
- 'Whom.' Objective case.
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67. Quite right, Mr Bevis.
Whom. Objective case.
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68. Well, Mr Bevis, we meet at last, eh?
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69. That's very nice. Who might you be?
- Whom. Objective case.
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70. The name is J. Hardy Hempstead.
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71. I'm your guardian angel.
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72. My friend, Mr J. Hardy Hempstead.
See what he's having.
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73. Him?
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74. And a happy Thanksgiving to you.
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75. Cheers, Mr Hempstead.
To better days.
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76. Oh, aren't you drinking?
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77. You were saying you were my...?
- Guardian angel.
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78. Here's the way the cookie crumbles.
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79. Ages ago one of your ancestors
performed an act of great courage.
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80. His reward was to have a guardian
angel assigned to his descendants.
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81. In each generation.
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82. Current subject: James B.W. Bevis.
That's you.
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83. In the past generations I've handled
solid citizens among your progenitors.
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84. For instance, Magellan Bevis.
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85. An intrepid explorer
of the 16th century.
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86. Parnell Bevis, a member of
the British parliament.
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87. Who fought for home rule against
insurmountable odds.
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88. And more recently, gunner Lou Bevis.
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89. The first marine in Nicaragua.
- That's Uncle Louie.
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90. I tell you what, I'll close my eyes
real tight and you disappear.
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91. And go away and haunt somebody else.
- I am not a figment.
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92. As of now, you are being watched
over by the same guardian angel.
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93. J. Hardy Hempstead, your servant.
- Watched over?
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94. Assisted by minor miracles.
When the situation calls for them.
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95. Getting it, Mr Bevis?
Watched over.
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96. Now today you were fired from what
was your 11th job in 18 months.
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97. Peckinpaugh didn't like zither music.
- I can't say I blame him for that.
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98. I can reconstitute the whole day,
exactly opposite to what it was.
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99. So let's go back to this morning
and start all over again?
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100. I can have the day to live over again
and it won't be the way it was?
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101. We'd change some aspects.
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102. Inevitably, we'd have to change
certain characteristics of your own.
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103. Your clothes, for instance.
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104. Are you serious?
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105. I look like an undertaker.
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106. If you want the day to end differently
you have to change yourself.
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107. Let's go. There isn't much time.
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108. I want to thank you for taking this
trouble with me, Mr Hempstead.
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109. Hi, Michelle.
- Good morning.
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110. That nonsense is for the old Bevis.
You are the new Bevis.
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111. Coming, Mr Hempstead?
- Yes, I'm coming, Mr Bevis.
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112. Mrs Chetfield...
Look, about the rent...
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113. I found it in the box.
Three weeks in advance.
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114. You're a wonderful,
wonderful roomer.
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115. Okay there, boys.
Let's go.
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116. Hey, Tony.
How are you, Tony?
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117. Well, where's my apple?
- For free, I give-a nobody nothing.
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118. Bananas.
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119. What are you looking for?
- My car, my Rickenbacker.
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120. Correction. You don't drive a
Rickenbacker. That's your car.
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121. That little thing?
Gee, do you think it fits?
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122. Live it up, will you?
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123. But have you ever driven a
1924 Rickenbacker?
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124. I've driven a chariot with 11 horses.
I'm responsible for Ben Hur winning.
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125. The old car went out with the old
Bevis. You're a different person now.
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126. No more bow ties, zither music and
Christmas carolers in the office.
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127. Though the latter idiosyncrasy met
approval from the organization.
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128. Shall we, Mr Bevis?
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129. Sorry, pal.
- You'll get on to it.
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130. Look, somebody cleared off my desk.
- Nothing of the kind.
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131. You'll see.
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132. 'morning. Maude.
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133. 'morning. Margaret.
- Good morning, Mr Bevis.
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134. What happened to the clock I won?
Where's the ship I was building?
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135. What ship? I don't know what
you're talking about.
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136. Good morning, Bevis.
Associates, one moment.
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137. I want you all to share
this bit of good news.
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138. As of this moment, Mr James Bevis
has been given a raise in salary.
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139. $10 a week,
starting from this very moment.
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140. And I might add,
your work has been admirable.
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141. Since you've been here for 11 months
I think it's time you got a raise.
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142. A raise, Mr Peckinpaugh?
- Quite right, Bevis.
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143. Well, Mr Peckinpaugh...
- Yes, Bevis?
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144. What about the zither music?
What about the Christmas carols?
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145. I don't know what you're
talking about.
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146. You no longer have an interest in
zither music or Christmas carolers.
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147. 'Oh,' what, Bevis?
- Nothing, Mr Peckinpaugh.
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148. It looks nude.
It doesn't look decent.
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149. I'm going to go get a little air.
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150. I got a raise.
- Things are looking up for you.
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151. Yeah, I guess they are.
- Where are you going?
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152. Oh, I'm going get a little air.
Or I may go over to my place.
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153. And play football with
the kids in the street.
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154. They won't play with you.
Not anymore.
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155. You're not the same Bevis.
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156. I see.
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157. What do you say we level, hmm?
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158. What is it that you really want?
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159. For a fellow like you A $10 raise is
the most that I can get for you.
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160. To use the vernacular.
Frankly, I don't dig you.
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161. I'm used to Bevises with big dreams,
fantastic aspirations.
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162. Magellan Bevis,
sailing around the Horn.
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163. Parnell Bevis, standing
alone in parliament.
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164. Gunner Lou Bevis, 'Semper Fidelis.
Over the top, boys.'
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165. 'Nobody lives forever.
Let's go.'
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166. I don't like to appear ungracious,
but...
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167. the things I like, and I believe in,
they're odd, but...
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168. they are worth considerably
more than $10 a week.
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169. So I'm to take it that you prefer
the bow tie and Old Ironsides?
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170. I'm afraid that seems
to be the case.
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171. Then it's going to be the way it was:
No job, no car, no place to live?
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172. It's been that way before.
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173. It's complicated, is it?
- Hardly.
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174. Take a good look.
Won't be around very long.
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175. The cars will hook bumpers just
as it was ordained they should.
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176. Better get it over with. Here comes
Peckinpaugh. And not for a raise.
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177. It doesn't make a bit of difference.
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178. Tell the gentleman who occupies this
museum I should like to see him...
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179. when he finally deigns
to report for work.
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180. Hi, Earl. Hi, Dwayne.
Hi, Maude. Hi, Margaret.
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181. Mr Bevis,
Mr Peckinpaugh wants to see you.
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182. Thanks.
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183. You feel fortified now, pal?
- I certainly do.
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184. You know, I lost my job today.
And my car, and I was evicted.
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185. But you know what? I love zither
music and model shipbuilding.
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186. If you can't bring kids into an office
at Christmastime to sing carols...
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187. then what's the point of being alive?
- Beats me.
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188. Well, there is no point.
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189. I'm gonna go out and try to find
myself another job, and an apartment.
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190. And then I'm gonna start
finishing Old Ironsides.
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191. For an eight years old kid,
who loves model shipbuilding too.
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192. $5.00, pal.
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193. Still with me, Mr Hempstead?
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194. Officer, officer...
- Your car, mister?
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195. We take a dim view of parking
in front of a hydrant.
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196. Still with me, huh, Mr Hempstead?
- Still with you, Mr Bevis.
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197. Mr James B.W. Bevis, who believes
in a magic all his own.
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198. The magic of a child's smile.
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199. The magic of liking and being liked.
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200. The strange and wondrous mysticism
that is a simple act of living.
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201. Mr James B.W. Bevis,
specie of 20th century male...
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202. who has his own private
and special...
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203. Twilight Zone.
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