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2. You unlock this door
with the key of imagination.Copy !req
3. Beyond it is another dimension-Copy !req
4. a dimension of sound,Copy !req
5. a dimension of sight,Copy !req
6. a dimension of mind.Copy !req
7. You're moving into a land
of both shadow and substance,Copy !req
8. of things and ideas.Copy !req
9. You've just crossed over
into the twilight zone.Copy !req
10. Good evening, happy
family members and stockholdersCopy !req
11. of the w.v. Whipple
manufacturing corporation.Copy !req
12. This year, as you've
already perceived,Copy !req
13. we are bringing you the story
of your company's progressCopy !req
14. via the motion picture screen.Copy !req
15. This is our main operating plant
in the midwest.Copy !req
16. You will note
the number of employeesCopy !req
17. attending the assembly line.Copy !req
18. In this one plant,
your company employs 34,827 men.Copy !req
19. Added to 13 other major
whipple plantsCopy !req
20. across the country,Copy !req
21. we employ a total
of close to 283,000 personnel.Copy !req
22. And now, to the stunning
and exciting newsCopy !req
23. which I believe you'll agree
shows, once again,Copy !req
24. that at whipple's,
we only take forward steps.Copy !req
25. Now, family members,
and stockholdersCopy !req
26. of the whipple corporation,Copy !req
27. thisis the x109b14Copy !req
28. modified transistorized
totally automaticCopy !req
29. assembly machine
which eliminatesCopy !req
30. 61,000 jobs,Copy !req
31. 73 bulky, inefficient machines,Copy !req
32. 81,000 needless man hours
per 11 working daysCopy !req
33. and $4 million
in expenditures each yearCopy !req
34. for employee hospitalization,
employee insurance,Copy !req
35. employee welfare and
employee profit participation.Copy !req
36. Even as you stockholders
are watching this film,Copy !req
37. the first model of the x109b14
modified transistorized machineCopy !req
38. is being placed into operationsCopy !req
39. here in our midwestern
main plant.Copy !req
40. Within six months,
our entire production facilitiesCopy !req
41. will be totally automated.Copy !req
42. Ladies and gentlemen,
from now onCopy !req
43. whipple will operate
from a brain centerCopy !req
44. with machines such as this one.Copy !req
45. Ladies and gentlemen
of the whipple family,Copy !req
46. this ends
our 1967 year-end report.Copy !req
47. Well, hanley,Copy !req
48. will that bring
the stockholdersCopy !req
49. to their feet
cheering?Copy !req
50. Not that I need
encouragement.Copy !req
51. The movie speaks
for itself.Copy !req
52. It does, indeed.Copy !req
53. You didn't
like it, hanley?Copy !req
54. I'm a chief engineer,
mr. Whipple.Copy !req
55. My duties consist
of plant management.Copy !req
56. I'm not a film critic.Copy !req
57. Look, I didn't expect
four stars, hanley.Copy !req
58. But as plant manager,
I wanted your point of viewCopy !req
59. on the film's content.Copy !req
60. I thought you'd have
some enthusiasmCopy !req
61. for the changes
we're planning.Copy !req
62. Doesn't it give you
the lay of the land?Copy !req
63. Can't you answer that?Copy !req
64. Oh, yes.Copy !req
65. It gives me
the lay of the land.Copy !req
66. Tell meCopy !req
67. do you really expect
to automate in six months?Copy !req
68. Four months is
a better guess.Copy !req
69. Lots of things
are goingCopy !req
70. in the trash heap.Copy !req
71. Time clocks,
for instance.Copy !req
72. There won't be anybody
to punch in or out.Copy !req
73. I'll donate them
to a museum.Copy !req
74. Something,
hanley?Copy !req
75. Yes, something.Copy !req
76. Something likeCopy !req
77. a lot of men out of work!Copy !req
78. That, unfortunately,
is progress, hanley.Copy !req
79. You're a solid man
on assembly line planning.Copy !req
80. But when it comes to progressCopy !req
81. you're a foot-dragger.Copy !req
82. Sweetheart, you and I
are going to spendCopy !req
83. a lot of time together.Copy !req
84. Indeed, we are.Copy !req
85. Indeed, indeed, indeed we are.Copy !req
86. These are the players,
with or without a scorecard:Copy !req
87. In one corner, a machine;Copy !req
88. in the other,
one wallace v. Whipple, man.Copy !req
89. And the game?Copy !req
90. It happens to be
the historical battleCopy !req
91. between flesh and steel,Copy !req
92. between the brain of manCopy !req
93. and the product of man's brain.Copy !req
94. We don't make book on this one,
and predict no winnerCopy !req
95. but we can tell you that
for this particular contest,Copy !req
96. there is standing room onlyCopy !req
97. in the twilight zone.Copy !req
98. You know what
your trouble is?Copy !req
99. You're holding on tight
to this 19th century.Copy !req
100. I'm holding tight
to some principles-Copy !req
101. principles that have
to do with firing.Copy !req
102. The regret for
the wholesale firingsCopy !req
103. of men who've worked here
from 20 to 30 years.Copy !req
104. Regret, indeed,
it's come to regret?Copy !req
105. I'll let you
handle the regrets.Copy !req
106. That'll be your
responsibility.Copy !req
107. Have a sign made
for your desk.Copy !req
108. "Mr. Walter hanley,Copy !req
109. plant manager
in charge of regrets."Copy !req
110. Tell me,
why are you so eagerCopy !req
111. to replace men
with machines?Copy !req
112. Did it ever
occur to youCopy !req
113. that you're trading
efficiency for pride?Copy !req
114. Pride?Copy !req
115. Yes, pride!Copy !req
116. Craftsmanship.Copy !req
117. What a man feels
when he makes something.Copy !req
118. What does your
machine feel?Copy !req
119. Anything?Copy !req
120. Anything at all?Copy !req
121. What the devil
can I do with pride?Copy !req
122. Can it, bottle it,
wrap it, produce it?Copy !req
123. I'm not selling pride,
I'm selling product.Copy !req
124. Your father...
what about
my father?Copy !req
125. He ran this plant
for 40 years.Copy !req
126. He had an eye
for profit.Copy !req
127. He was never
inefficient, but...Copy !req
128. but what?Copy !req
129. He had something else
on his mind.Copy !req
130. What else did my father
have on his mind?Copy !req
131. Good will.Copy !req
132. And the welfare
of the people
who worked for him.Copy !req
133. Good will and the welfare
of the peopleCopy !req
134. that worked for him, indeed.Copy !req
135. In 40 years, my father doubled
the size of his plantCopy !req
136. while his competitors
quadrupled theirs.Copy !req
137. His competitors,
who were less concernedCopy !req
138. with the good will
and welfareCopy !req
139. of the people
that worked for them.Copy !req
140. They paid a fair wage
and got a fair day's work.Copy !req
141. But, if they could find
a machine to replace a manCopy !req
142. they did it.Copy !req
143. But they
didn't haveCopy !req
144. plant managers
like yourselfCopy !req
145. who went off
into a crying jagCopy !req
146. every time
a pink slipCopy !req
147. was attached
to a time clock.Copy !req
148. What's the name
of the plant foreman?Copy !req
149. Dickerson, dickerson,
that's his name.Copy !req
150. Get him up here for me,
will you?Copy !req
151. I'm going
to indulge inCopy !req
152. that heartfelt compassion
you hunger for.Copy !req
153. I'm going to give him and
his staff four months' notice.Copy !req
154. Now, hanley, is that
compassionate or isn't it?Copy !req
155. Now, go get him, please,
get him up hereCopy !req
156. hold his hand, dry his eyes,
pat him on the headCopy !req
157. but get him up here.Copy !req
158. So that's about the size
of it, mr. Dickerson,Copy !req
159. you may tell
the entire day shiftCopy !req
160. that they'll be pink-slipped
as of the first of july.Copy !req
161. We're here to set
it up, mr. Whipple.Copy !req
162. Oh, fine, I've checked
the machine over.Copy !req
163. Just put it downstairs,
but treat it gently.Copy !req
164. Handle it with care.Copy !req
165. Now, you realize that this
somewhat wholesale dischargeCopy !req
166. has nothing to do
with dissatisfactionCopy !req
167. on your part
or that of the men.Copy !req
168. It's merely progress,
mr. Dickerson.Copy !req
169. Out with the old,
in with the new-
automation.Copy !req
170. That'll be all.Copy !req
171. Yes, mr. Whipple.Copy !req
172. That will be all.Copy !req
173. Did you ever notice,
mr. Hanley,Copy !req
174. ever notice how it looks
like it had a face?Copy !req
175. An ugly face.Copy !req
176. A miserable, ugly face.Copy !req
177. Whipple, he thinks
it's a machine.Copy !req
178. It's not a machine,
it's an enemy.Copy !req
179. It's an opponent.Copy !req
180. I swear, we've got to hate
a thing like this.Copy !req
181. Getting awful late, dick.Copy !req
182. Should have closed
half an hour ago.Copy !req
183. You know what
these are?Copy !req
184. Pair of hands?Copy !req
185. Yeah, pair of hands.Copy !req
186. You know what
else they are?Copy !req
187. They're obsolete,
they're off the market.Copy !req
188. They're like wooden wagons
trying to roll down a freeway.Copy !req
189. Flesh and bone
and muscle and nerveCopy !req
190. but that don't cut
mustard anymore.Copy !req
191. I want to tell
you some...Copy !req
192. I'm going
to tell you something.Copy !req
193. There isn't amachine madeCopy !req
194. that can beat a man.Copy !req
195. Isn't one...Copy !req
196. I'll prove it
to you!Copy !req
197. I'm going over there right nowCopy !req
198. and I'm going
to prove it to you.Copy !req
199. I'm going to take
that new machine of whipple'sCopy !req
200. and I'm going to turn itCopy !req
201. into nuts and bolts.Copy !req
202. And if that slob with
the key chain gets in my wayCopy !req
203. I'm going
to strangle him with it.Copy !req
204. Dickerson!Copy !req
205. The watchman
called.Copy !req
206. He said
you're drunkCopy !req
207. and barged right
past him.Copy !req
208. And he's right,
mr. Whipple.Copy !req
209. Iamdrunk.Copy !req
210. And I did barge
right in.Copy !req
211. I've worked here for 30 years!Copy !req
212. And I've been foreman
for 17 of them.Copy !req
213. In my book, that gives me
some rights, mr. Whipple.Copy !req
214. Well, you've got
the wrong book, dickerson.Copy !req
215. You're drunk, disorderlyCopy !req
216. and trespassing
on private propertyCopy !req
217. and subject to arrest.Copy !req
218. Tell me something,
mr. Whipple.Copy !req
219. When you're dead and buried,
who will mourn for you?Copy !req
220. Shall I tell you
the difference, mr. Dickerson,Copy !req
221. between you and it?Copy !req
222. That machine costs
two cents an hour for current.Copy !req
223. It lasts indefinitely.Copy !req
224. It gets no wrinkles,
no arthritis,Copy !req
225. no hardening of the arteries.Copy !req
226. That one machine is a lathe
operator, a press operator.Copy !req
227. Two machines replace 114 menCopy !req
228. that take no coffee breaks,
no sick leaves,Copy !req
229. no vacations with pay.Copy !req
230. And that, in my book,Copy !req
231. is worth considerably more
than you are.Copy !req
232. They should have stopped you
a year ago!Copy !req
233. Somebody ought to held you downCopy !req
234. and put a bit in your headCopy !req
235. and poured in some remindersCopy !req
236. that men have to eat and work.Copy !req
237. And you can't pack them
in cosmolineCopy !req
238. like surplus tanks!Copy !req
239. Or put them out to pasture
like old bulls!Copy !req
240. I'm a man,
mr. Whipple!Copy !req
241. You hear me?
I'm a man!Copy !req
242. And that makes me better
than that...Copy !req
243. hunk of metal, you hear me?Copy !req
244. Better!Copy !req
245. What should I do?Copy !req
246. Stop him,
stop him!Copy !req
247. He has a crow bar!Copy !req
248. I don't care!Copy !req
249. No, you can't
do that!Copy !req
250. You see, machine?Copy !req
251. It... took more than...
you to beat me.Copy !req
252. It... it took a man.Copy !req
253. Oh, hanley, I've
been expecting you.Copy !req
254. No doubt.Copy !req
255. They told me
you were at the hospital.Copy !req
256. I just came from
the hospital.Copy !req
257. Fortunately for you,
mr. Whipple,Copy !req
258. dickerson's
going to live.Copy !req
259. Fortunately, other than
protecting my propertyCopy !req
260. I have no
involvement in that.Copy !req
261. Are the technicians
downstairs?Copy !req
262. I asked you a question.Copy !req
263. Are the technicians
repairing that machine?Copy !req
264. It appears so.Copy !req
265. Ah, good.Copy !req
266. Oh, hanley,
this should interest you.Copy !req
267. This is a tape-controlled
seven axis.Copy !req
268. It's called a sentry.Copy !req
269. Know what it does?Copy !req
270. It keeps an eye
on every operationCopy !req
271. in the entire plant.Copy !req
272. It keeps absolutely
accurate dataCopy !req
273. on man hours, cost
hours, product rejects,Copy !req
274. just everything!Copy !req
275. The most sophisticated
machine I've ever seen.Copy !req
276. I just bought it.Copy !req
277. How many men
doesitreplace?Copy !req
278. This should
please you-Copy !req
279. only one,
just one!Copy !req
280. As a matter of fact,
it replaces you.Copy !req
281. That's only
right, mr. Whipple,Copy !req
282. since the point
of my coming todayCopy !req
283. was to give you
my notice.Copy !req
284. Oh, good,
good.Copy !req
285. I suspected
as much.Copy !req
286. You're a
sensible manCopy !req
287. and I'm sure you know
that an industrial teamCopy !req
288. has to be a
compatible team.Copy !req
289. And when two men rub
each other the wrong way,Copy !req
290. well, it's unrealistic
and impracticalCopy !req
291. that they try to stay
on the same team.Copy !req
292. In spite of the fact you
think I'm kind of an ogre,Copy !req
293. some sort of a
heartless scrooge,Copy !req
294. I'm not going to
forget the many yearsCopy !req
295. of hard work you put in
for me and my father.Copy !req
296. I'm going to see that you get an
extremely liberal severance payCopy !req
297. and what I'm sure
you'll agreeCopy !req
298. is a far better
than average pension.Copy !req
299. That's very generous
of you.Copy !req
300. There's something
I'd like to give you,Copy !req
301. if you don't mind.Copy !req
302. No, what is that?Copy !req
303. That's for you
from me.Copy !req
304. For your lack of
sensitivity, compassion.Copy !req
305. Your heartless manipulation
of men and metals.Copy !req
306. You can take
my severance pay,Copy !req
307. my pension, and
your good-bye speechesCopy !req
308. and feed them
into your machine.Copy !req
309. Because when I walk away
from you,Copy !req
310. I walk awayclean.Copy !req
311. And that, mr. Whipple,
is one hell of a trick!Copy !req
312. A new watchman device.Copy !req
313. Take out your I.d. CardCopy !req
314. and hold it
in front of the door.Copy !req
315. There are built-in
electric eyes.Copy !req
316. Yes,
mr. Whipple?Copy !req
317. Oh, run a control
check, please.Copy !req
318. I already have,
two hours ago.Copy !req
319. I did it right
after lunch, too.Copy !req
320. And if you
recall, sir,Copy !req
321. I did it this
morning, as well.Copy !req
322. Ever heard
of preventative
maintenance?Copy !req
323. It's my job,
mr. Whipple.Copy !req
324. What you're asking of
me isn't maintenance.Copy !req
325. It's not
preventing a thing.Copy !req
326. Oh, indeed, and I supposeCopy !req
327. you know what's needed in this
plant and what isn't needed.Copy !req
328. I know that running
equipment checksCopy !req
329. ten times a day
is a waste of time,Copy !req
330. a waste of effort,Copy !req
331. and it's becoming
an idiotic ritual around here.Copy !req
332. Young man, your presence isCopy !req
333. a necessity of the moment.Copy !req
334. Notice I stress "of the moment."Copy !req
335. Uh, a case in point.Copy !req
336. Case in point.Copy !req
337. Now, stay here,
observe this.Copy !req
338. Dear sirCopy !req
339. yours of the 14th
received and acknowledged.Copy !req
340. Now is the time
for all good menCopy !req
341. to come to the aid
of their countryCopy !req
342. etc., etc., etc., etc.Copy !req
343. A perfect letter.Copy !req
344. Not one error
or erasure.Copy !req
345. Typed at conception.Copy !req
346. Am I getting through,
young man?Copy !req
347. You mean secretaries
are obsolete now.Copy !req
348. Precisely, obsolete.Copy !req
349. And do you know
what else it means?Copy !req
350. It means no more powder rooms,
no more coffee breaks.Copy !req
351. No more work stoppagesCopy !req
352. due to sundry inconveniencesCopy !req
353. such as maternity and all that.Copy !req
354. Inconveniences like maternity?Copy !req
355. You'll have
to forgive me, mr. Whipple.Copy !req
356. But if we keep this upCopy !req
357. we'll have wonderful productsCopy !req
358. but mighty few people
to buy them.Copy !req
359. Happily that is not my concern.Copy !req
360. Providing efficiency-
that is my only concern.Copy !req
361. Mr. Whipple?Copy !req
362. Have you lookedCopy !req
363. around this place,
lately?Copy !req
364. Looked around?Copy !req
365. The cafeteria, for example.Copy !req
366. It's like a cave.Copy !req
367. Not a soul in there.Copy !req
368. Just a few vending machinesCopy !req
369. and music through
a loudspeaker.Copy !req
370. Have you seen
the parking lot?Copy !req
371. It's a desert.Copy !req
372. No cars, no people.Copy !req
373. How very enlightening.Copy !req
374. This place has
everything nowCopy !req
375. for efficiency.Copy !req
376. Do you know
what it lacks?Copy !req
377. No, tell me.Copy !req
378. Voices.Copy !req
379. Laughter.Copy !req
380. Whatever makes people
feel for people.Copy !req
381. That's what it lacks.Copy !req
382. This is a lousy
place to work.Copy !req
383. Then I'll spare you
further suffering.Copy !req
384. You're discharged.Copy !req
385. I've been expecting that.Copy !req
386. Actually, I've been wanting it.Copy !req
387. I can't work here anymore.Copy !req
388. It's too darn lonely.Copy !req
389. And another thing, mr. Whipple,Copy !req
390. to do with
equipment checksCopy !req
391. and preventative
maintenance?Copy !req
392. It might be a
good idea if you ranCopy !req
393. an equipment
check on yourself!Copy !req
394. Equipment check on myself!Copy !req
395. What insufferable rot!Copy !req
396. Equipment check on myself!Copy !req
397. Did it occur to youCopy !req
398. that you're trading efficiency
for pride?Copy !req
399. When you're dead and buriedCopy !req
400. who will mourn for you?Copy !req
401. I think it might be a good ideaCopy !req
402. if you ran an equipment check...
on yourself!Copy !req
403. Did it occur to you that you're
trading efficiency for pride?Copy !req
404. When you're dead and buried
who will mourn for you?Copy !req
405. I think it might be a good ideaCopy !req
406. if you ran an equipment check...
on yourself!Copy !req
407. I think it might be a good ideaCopy !req
408. if you ran an equipment check...
on yourself!Copy !req
409. Did it occur to you that you're
trading efficiency for pride?Copy !req
410. When you're dead and buried
who will mourn for you?Copy !req
411. What'll it be
mr. Whipple?Copy !req
412. Beer, please.Copy !req
413. To other days,
mr. Hanley.Copy !req
414. And to other toasts.Copy !req
415. I'll drink to that,
mr. Whipple.Copy !req
416. How are you finding retirement?Copy !req
417. Oh, tolerable,
mr. Whipple, tolerable.Copy !req
418. I manage to...
I manage to keep busyCopy !req
419. not as much as I'd like...Copy !req
420. my wife says I'm underfoot,
but I do all right.Copy !req
421. But you know, it's kind of nice
to sleep late in the mornings.Copy !req
422. It's important.
Uh... this retirement, I mean.Copy !req
423. Very important.Copy !req
424. A man should have time
for leisure when he grows older.Copy !req
425. It's important
he have time for leisure.Copy !req
426. That's so, mr. Whipple.Copy !req
427. You know, when the
board of directorsCopy !req
428. first indicated to meCopy !req
429. that they thought I was
somewhat overtired,Copy !req
430. should relinquish some
of my responsibilities,Copy !req
431. well, if the truth
were known, mr. Hanley,Copy !req
432. I did feel some sort
of antipathy for them,Copy !req
433. but, uh, they were right.Copy !req
434. They were quite
right, you know.Copy !req
435. But with the perspective
of time,Copy !req
436. I realized they'd moved me
out of there.Copy !req
437. I'm not married, you know,Copy !req
438. and things get a little dull.Copy !req
439. Well, no, not, not dull, really.Copy !req
440. I, uh, I manage
to keep myself busyCopy !req
441. but there are timesCopy !req
442. when I wish... when I...Copy !req
443. it's not right, hanley.Copy !req
444. It's-it's not right.Copy !req
445. Cold, dispassionate,
impersonal...Copy !req
446. they-they chuck a man out
right in his prime.Copy !req
447. Chuck him out
like he was some kind of a part.Copy !req
448. Said I was neurotic
about things.Copy !req
449. Said that being aloneCopy !req
450. with the machines
had warped me.Copy !req
451. That was the expression
they used- "warped."Copy !req
452. It's not fair, hanley.Copy !req
453. It's not fair.Copy !req
454. A man has value.Copy !req
455. A man has worth.Copy !req
456. They just snap their fingers,
and they bring in a replacement.Copy !req
457. They just bring in
a replacement.Copy !req
458. It, it isn't fair, hanley.Copy !req
459. It, it isn't fair,
the way they diminish us.Copy !req
460. There are many bromides
applicable here-Copy !req
461. too much of a good thing,Copy !req
462. tiger by the tail,Copy !req
463. as you sow, so shall ye reap.Copy !req
464. The point is that too oftenCopy !req
465. man becomes clever
instead of becoming wise,Copy !req
466. he becomes inventive,
but not thoughtful.Copy !req
467. And sometimes, as in the case
of mr. Whipple,Copy !req
468. he can create himself
right out of existence.Copy !req
469. Tonight's tale of oddness
and obsolescenceCopy !req
470. from the twilight zone.Copy !req
471. And now, mr. Serling.Copy !req
472. Onthe twilight zonenext trip,Copy !req
473. we move into the area
of authentic folk singing.Copy !req
474. But this is folk singingCopy !req
475. like you've probably
never heard before.Copy !req
476. The words and the music
in this item are haunting indeedCopy !req
477. and this one provides
one of the more odd excursionsCopy !req
478. into the places of shadow.Copy !req
479. Gary crosby and bonnie beecherCopy !req
480. star in a most unusual tale
by anthony wilson.Copy !req
481. It's called
"come wander with me."Copy !req