Hello friends, welcome back to another episode here on the channel. I hope you're all doing great and as always for anyone new to the channel, my name is Lee, also known as Osiris. Today, we are continuing on with our VGC Series 9 content and featuring another rental team from one of the fine viewers. Today, we've got a team from NG who actually provided this team over on our Discord community. He finished, he had a top eight finish with this team in the Asia Star Tournament, which is an amazing finish. It's a very unique team and one that I saw and I thought, well, we have to, we have to play it. I mean, the one thing that sticks out for us straight away is the Obstagoon there, with obviously the choice scarf giving that speed boost to it initially with Switcheroo to kind of shut down a poison threat. You've got Icy Wind for speed control, snarl to shut down a poison special attackers and then the knockoff, which comes in so handy to get rid of those really useful items on your poison side of the field. And then we've got the Thunderous, but the, the theory in form here, it matches up super well against things like Regi Alecki, a poison Thunderous and Zapdos. And to name a few with Dark Pulse Electro Web for that speed control again. And then the really interesting Taranitar build here with that weakness policy and Dragon Dance to give you the ability to kind of set yourself up in those situations. Get that weakness policy proct and then start just absolutely ripping through the opponent's team. Taranitar, one of my favorite Pokemon, if not probably my favorite Pokemon of all time. So really like to see that there. Then you've got the Sandrush, Dracovish on here as well with the Substitute, the Fishes Wren, the Psychic Fangs helps against the screen support and takes advantage of the Sandstream that the Taranitar be able to put up on the field. Got the Togo Kiss there with a bit of redirection support, especially helping out things like the Taranitar to set up and then the Carton with the Assault Vest gives a little bit of stability to the team. I'm very excited about playing this one and big shout out to Nicholas for providing the rental for the team. We'll have a couple of games of the team now. Hopefully pilot a short how it can operate and see how good it can do in the on the ladder and then we'll wrap up with the rental at the end of the episode. So thanks so much for tuning in, friends. Hope you enjoyed today's games and without further ado, we'll get into our first matchup today. First up today, we have a team of scissor, Tornadus, Zaptos, Intelion, Metagross and Landeris theory in form. So what is going on here? We've obviously got speed control with the Tornadus. I'd imagine there's maybe a Sulk combination going on with the Zaptos, maybe Disquick combination between that and the Landeris. Potentially, I don't know. But there's obviously the Brutal Swing combination, Tailwind with that Metagross and then the Double Steel with that Metagross and scissor giving different options and giving primarily Taranitar a pretty hard time if we do decide to bring it here, even though it is good against some of the opposing Pokemon on my opponent's team, namely the Tornadus and the Zaptos. Got to watch out for that intimidate from the Landeris. Going to make things a little bit difficult, but obviously going in a nice position where it can take advantage of potentially the scarf with that defined ability to take advantage of the intimidate. If we do see it come out, this is tricky, very tricky. I mean, Landeris is a nice option as well as a lead here. It kind of helps against pretty much most things on the opposing team. I think we've got Obstagoon, Thunderous, Taranitar feels like it's going to be good in this match and then maybe Dracovish to kind of round things off because if we can get in that Sandstream, stall out the Tailwind from my opponent, it feels like the fish's rend will be able to kind of cut through and kind of be the cleanup crew that we need at the end of the match, which would be really good. And the Countdown is on, friends, really, because we've not got long left of Series 9, which is, you know, a lot of people are kind of thankful for that. A lot of people like the format as well. You know, I don't mind it. I think it's an interesting format. But we're in this weird stage at the minute, aren't we, where we're getting new formats like every three months. So it feels like when we don't get one and we go back to an old one, it doesn't quite feel right. You know what I mean? I'm just hoping Series 10, we do get a new rule set and a new bunch of things to kind of give Sunshield a lease of life before we get Diamond Pearl remakes in November. Okay, so my opponent leading off with Tornados scissor. Tailwind is likely to come out the Obstaclean in a little bit of a tricky spot. But is the scissor going to be able to outspeed the Obstaclean even in a tailwind? And we could ElectroWeb as well, which I feel like ElectroWeb's quite a nice option, you know? We could I see wind in ElectroWeb but just get rid of the tailwind advantage from my opponent straight off the bat. It does lock us into, I feel like maybe actually, let's go knock off into scissor, get rid of its item and go ElectroWeb. Lock in just to speed a bit because you can imagine tailwind coming out. Ooh, no tailwind, no tailwind at all. Something's maxing. Is it going to be the scissor? Is it going straight into the Obstaclean to try and pick up a knockout potentially? Max Flutterby could be the option there. Let's see, let's see, let's see. I'm like, I'm totally guessing at the minute because it's not a combination that we really see too much. Oh dear, the knockoff going to do zip. All right, because there's going to be a lumbary there. So swagger, okay, I didn't see that coming. Makes things a little bit more tricky for sure. Do get the knockoff, doesn't really do very much because of that, because the lumbary's gone. ElectroWeb doing super nice damage to the tornadoes. Gets a crit on scissor as well, which is really useful. And we'll see where the scissor attacks into. I would say maybe the Obstaclean. It frees up the landerist to kind of come in as well a little bit. Can it be that Max Flutterby? Yep, reduce the special attack on our thunderous and removing the Obstaclean from the field, which is not ideal. I don't think the crit mattered there. I really don't. But my opponent now in that position with, well, plus two scissor. That's kind of scary. We don't want to bring Tyranitarine because we can't protect and a Max Steel Spike's going to do a horrible, horrendous amount of damage. Drake of Fish feels like a good option right now. I think a nice idea could be protecting, protecting. And then get the Electro-Web again. Or do we... Do we Max Fish's rend and go Electro-Web? Because they're going to Tailwind, like, regardless. But we should be able to get... I mean, we could double into the scissor here, to be honest. It's just... It might be better even switching out. I don't think you go after the scissor though, to be honest. I think you go after the Drake of Fish, which if we're Maxed, we should be able to take an attack plus two. Should be. Am I underestimating the plus two scissor here? Getting caught out turn one by this combination. And this is a good thing. This is a real positive about this series, you know? You can come into the ladder and you can come across these really unique kind of strategies that players are kind of going forward with. And it's really nice to see, you know? I still think Thunderous probably gets the... Yeah, it gets the jump. Remove the tornadoes from the field. And we are going to get this Fish's rend, which is useful because we'll be able to hit first, obviously, and then potentially the next turn we can get the sound up, get that sound rush ability. It does conflict with our Max move, you know? If we do go for the Max with Drake of Fish, but it's going to be in a position to get knocked out the next turn. We'll just have to see what the scissor kind of decides to go for. Max flutter by again plus two, where we go on this time into the Drake of Fish. Okay, we do take that. It does...  Now we might be in a little bit of a bind because I think the next turn we've got to really prioritize getting rid of the scissor regardless of what comes in because if it goes back to its normal form, it's going to have access to bullet punching. It's going to be doable just to pick things off at plus two, which makes things very difficult for us. So we can try and maybe... Maybe protect Drake of Fish and attack with scissor. Oh, if something comes up, it's Zaptos. Okay. An ElectroWeb will be really... Yeah, an ElectroWeb is all... Or do we guarantee? I think we max guard. And it's a pity we haven't got Vault Absorb here, but I don't think we necessarily need it. The plus two isn't helping us out a bunch, but the Thunder is not really threatened at all. We just Thunderbolt the scissor. The issue would be if the scissor goes max guard here. But a Thunderbolt... Okay, Hurricane, yep. And Thunderbolt should take the scissor down. Yeah. Even minus two. And now what we can do potentially next turn is... It might be even worth. Like, one of the options is obviously switching Thunderous out, resetting those drops, getting Titor onto the field. But the problem is with the tailwind up at the minute, my opponent's got the option where... They're still going to have the speed jump on everything. So it might be worth... Protecting Thunderous, switching Dracovish out to Titor. And then the next turn we switch... It's just really... It's just really awkward. It's just really awkward, because we kind of want an end game where we've got the Dracovish in the sand to deal with the landerous. But we also at the same time want to reset the drops on Thunderous. But do we necessarily need to reset the drops on Thunderous? Maybe not. I know we're kind of foregoing our max turns, but it's likely we see like Hurricane Rock Slide here. So Titor can potentially get in for free, almost for free. You know, it's not going to take a massive amount unless we see like Earthquake, which I don't necessarily see us having to deal with. There's a hurricane, Tarenator avoids in Rock Slide, yeah. Okay. I don't know if Titor will be able to take an Earthquake. Not from the Life Orb. Not from the Life Orb. And how many turns... How many turns we've got? We've got one turn at a tailwind left.  You have to Earthquake, right? So it means that potentially Thunderous has a turn to get an attack off. Because if you Rock Slide here, then Titor gets its Rock Slide off, okay? So I think we Electro Web... We could Dark Pulse. Nah, we Electro Web. We Electro Web. Yeah, we Electro Web, I think. I think probably the best just to reduce the speed and that's up to us. It goes for the Heat Wave, Tarenator avoids. Thunderous will take a chunk, but it's not a huge chunk in Earthquake to guarantee that knockout onto the Tarenator. I wonder if we do survive, I doubt it. No, not with that Life Orb. Not with the Life Orb, but this opens it on now for us to get DracoVision. Go for that Fishes Rend into the Landerous, pick up the knockout, and then Thunderous can kind of deal with the Zapdos. It's unlikely. Wow, is that a crit? Yeah, that's a bit lucky on our end. It makes it a bit more manageable. It's unlikely that Landerous has Protect, but Thunderous should be able to get the knockout onto Zapdos and exit anywhere with Thunderbolt. You would imagine. So it's a very, very, very close margins here, but at the same time, a win is a win, a win is a win, and we try to eke out a board position where we can kind of do this. So Fishes Rend should be enough, like I say, and then the Thunderbolt should get the Zapdos. Should, should. And that's Zapdos minus one with the Tailwind gone now. So we're in the driving seat with DracoVision. Hopefully, hopefully, hopefully it can pick up the knockout onto Landerous. Like if it misses, then we're kind of lost, but I'm confident. I'm confident in our, and our weird mutated looking fish. Right, Fishes Rend coming out. Here we go. It is enough. It is enough. You know, when you're just like, is it going to be enough or can we see this Landerous just hanging on there and the Thunderbolt enough as well. So that life will boost there. Just giving us the edge. Critical Hit definitely helping out though, that we got from that ElectraWeb, but a very good game to our first opponent and the team comes out on top. So that is great news for us. You know, we always like to see that. Sometimes it doesn't always go that way, but it has for us today. So we will move swiftly on to our next opponent of the episode. And next today, we have a Galerian Zapdos of Raichu, the Cantonian variant, Porygon 2, Venusaur, Tapu Fini and Incinero. Pretty solid looking team overall. You've got nice options of trick room in there or preventing trick room if you want with that Porygon 2. Disruption methods as well. Potentially there with Eevee Impulse on either the P2 or that Raichu. Both get access to that. The Lightning Rod going to be a little bit awkward to get Thunderous kind of operating in this one because you do rely on it to deal with something like that Galerian Zapdos. But it doesn't really have the matchup like the Incarnate version against things like the Venusaur, but I think Thunderous as a late game. Pokemon can be phenomenal, you know? I wonder, I wonder, I wonder what our best approach to this is going to be. Taranaton not really in a great spot. I mean the Obstagoon as well. I mean the Obstagoon is not bad for the Scarf because we can knock off items which is always good, especially onto that P2 which might be quite useful. The Intimidate from the Incinero, we get to punish that. It's just the fact that if we see like Tapu Fini lead, then we're in a little bit of an awkward spot. But we could bring something like Katana to this match which I think does do a decent job. We've just got a lot of fighting weakness, haven't we in the team? Okay, so I think what we're going to do is go with Thunderous, Togokis and Katana and lock in before the time runs out and I hope that this combination will be enough to get us through this second game today. It's always difficult and tricky when I'm talking a lot about the opposing options and then we look at our options and then we look at the timer and we see we've got like 10 seconds left and I've been doing well recently of not timing out. So I want to kind of keep that trend going and maybe if we had a little bit longer to analyse the and articulate the team options and what options we've got available to us might work out a little bit better but we'll deal with what we've got right now. P2 coming out and the Galarian Zapdos. So what we could potentially do? Like I do expect to see maybe something like the Raichu coming here but we could kind of cover bases with a knockoff. The only issue is with the knockoff, right? Is it's not going to get... It's not going to pick up the knockout and if they get the trick room up becomes a little bit more difficult for us although they don't really have a huge trick room abuser in their team, which is a plus for us. So you would think that something like P2 is in there to kind of mitigate trick room rather than set it up. So we're locking with a knockoff. Get rid of that. You're like, doesn't do too much damage either which I'm surprised about. No Raichu switch, which is really useful. Do a big fat chunk to that and Zapdos and we do activate that defiant ability unfortunately which is not the big draw that we want to be doing here, you know? It's going to be hitting a lot harder. Close combat. Yeah, we do lose Obstagoon and we'll see what this P2 does. They'll go just for an ice beam maybe. Ice room. Potentially. I wonder if they brought Raichu though. That's the big thing, you know? Or do they just go for trick room? Trick room. That's not so. That's not ideal. Okay, especially with Katana in the back. Togokis feels like the best option right now. We can dazzle. We can protect but what's likely to come in for my opponent, you know? I think the big thing for us is to... You could follow me. I don't really worry about what the Zapdos is going to do and the dazzle feels like it can do a good sizeable amount. Protect here can stall out a little bit of the trick room turn so my opponent's not got a real solid way to utilize them. The Electro Web kind of biting us a little bit. Ally switch coming out, which is fine. Don't mind that. Don't mind seeing that one little bit. Let's see the dazzling gleam. We are under-speed and the Zapdos anyway so that is useful so we'll be able to remove it from the field. Medigate that slot and do a nice bit of damage to the Porygon too. Kind of put it in a situation where it really has to recover the next turn to just prolong that time on the field and taboo finny. There we go. That's what we like to see. That's what we like to see, especially if there's no Raichu there. Now we could Max. I mean we could just follow me as well. But maybe Max and Thunderous isn't a bad play and just going for a follow me. I just worry then if the Raichu is in the back. But is it? Is the Raichu in the back? I don't know. Might be worth getting rid of the P2 before anything else. The only thing I worry about here is like Ice Beam and Moon Blast from my opponent. I think we follow me. I think we take the opportunity, pull the trigger, go Max Lightning into this finny. Because Cortana can deal with the P2 like all day long, you know? They are Max and the finny as well. So I wonder if it's going to be Max Geyser. I imagine that's what we'll probably see. Like Cortana feels like a good Max Pokemon as well. It's less risky as well because then you're not worrying about the Raichu. But I think in all honesty, if they had the Raichu, it would have been on the field by now in front of the Thunderous. You know? And the nice thing about the finny Max and as well, follow me is like complete protection for us because it gets rid of that spread attack that potentially is coming out from the type of finny. And gives us a little bit of time to stall out these last few trick room turns before we can get like the Cortana on the field, ideally next to the Thunderous and then we can just kind of have that cleanup crew going on. So we'll get the follow me off. It'll redirect all attacks. Namely, that e-reimpulse that potentially could come out. Ooh, the discharge. We love to see the discharge though. You keep doing that, P2. You're going to damage your own finny at the same time. The Wackenberry coming in quite useful there for the toggle kiss. Just reduce a little bit of that damage output. Is that a weakness policy? It is. Oh dear. Oh dear. Oh dear. Let's see how much a Max Lightning can do. Oof. We don't like to see that. Oh, it's Max Hillstone as well. Oh, weakness policy finny. Wiping out our tokens. We're getting all the tricks today. This one feels like it's just got incredibly harder straight away. At least it's not buried there to protect it. Maybe a help in hand would have been the option, but then we probably would have taken a Max Hillstone with our Thunderous anyway. Not quite enough. Not quite enough. We do get rid of that terrain. Okay. Well, our only option is Cortana here. You know, we need Cortana to come in and get rid of the finny. And then it's happy days. But is Cortana with the Assault Vest not Maxed going to be able to take a combination of attacks with the Assault Vest? You've got to hope it's going to be able to. Feels tough. So let's go for the Leafblade. It seems like so straightforward, but like the finny is so threatening right now. And if it Max guards this turn on our Max guard, we are done for. But we don't really, we can't risk it. We can't risk it with so we're kind of far behind at this point. We're not miles behind, but we are far behind, you know, the weakness policy finny. I love it. I do love it. And again, it's like just highlighting some really unique kind of innovative ideas in series nine, you know. So it's not, it's not a stale. It's not as stale, but there are still lots of, lots of shenanigans going around. No, we don't want to see the ally switch. That's the one thing I didn't really, I should have been thinking about, you know, hail storm into the thunderous. Obviously going to, yep, yep, yep. We are going to get a beast boost. The problem is if the last Pokemon is the incineral, which I would imagine it probably is, which is not going to help us out one little bit, especially with these trick room turns. We need a double protect, don't we? I've never had two Max Guards in a row. Never, never in my life have I had two Max Guards. And I think that's what we're going to need to see out this trick room. Is it NC? Oh, it's right. Right. What? Why is it? Why? Why? Why have you, why have you taken so long to, to, to appear? We're going to get faked out into Cortana. Um, hmm, yeah, trick room. We need, we need this Max Guard. I've never seen a double Max Guard. So I don't even know if it's possible. We get it. We get it. Come on. Let's go. Let's go. Okay. Well, where's the Finny going now though? After the thunderous. Yeah, come on. We love to see it. We love to see it. We love to see it. Now we've got it. I love the celebration. I'm so happy just forgetting like the jankiest RNG, but you got to go for it. If you want these, these W's, like I say, I've never had it before. So I'm clicking it just hoping that we would get it, but it's just, it's just happened, which is phenomenal. So I think what we need to do is dark pulse and then leaf blade, leaf blade. Um, what's the right you're going to do to, let's just double up into the Finny. I don't want to electrowebb because I don't want to boost the right use attack. My dog pus definitely going to be enough. There's like a just a whiff of HP there. Speed swap. Oh God. Oh no. Oh no. Oh no. Oh no. I don't matter. Whatever's left will be able to. Oh geez. I say whatever's left. Cortana left. Good job. We are. No, it's not. That is, it is. It's fine because that right. She's like slaws. The slowest thing in the world now. What an exciting game though. What an exciting game. What amazing texts my opponent's got. My opponent's team is amazing. I love this team. This is a team that we're facing that I would love to pilot on the channel. Um, and maybe take some inspiration from to put something together ourselves.  But what a game to kind of kick us off today, which has been amazing. And we've had two great opponents with amazing innovative teams which is always very exciting. And I feel very lucky to have been on the ladder at this precise time where we can kind of get and capture these games and also feature this amazing team from NG. So it's all been good. So hopefully you've enjoyed it friends. Good game to my opponents and we'll jump over now and we'll just have a reminder of today's rental. Right friends. Here is today's rental team. I hope you have enjoyed today's battles. They've been really fire like just unbelievable. It's a shame you didn't get to really see the T-Tar do much work. We brought in that first one and it kind of did serve the purpose but we didn't really get to see the weakness policy variant kind of going. But I'd say the start of the show has definitely been that thunderous all around thunderous theory and is an amazing Pokemon. I've had a lot of very good success experiences with it in the past. Obviously got to a final of Sheffield regionals was the last time I piloted in a competitive environment and it was phenomenal that day, you know, and back in even 2013. I got third place that you can ask that year to get my world's invite to Vancouver that year. So yeah, thunderous theory and it's definitely got a special place in my heart because it's always something I've relied on at times in competitive scene and it's always done well. It hits like an absolute truck. The vault absorbs really nice and it's just one of those Pokemon that does very well with that 101 speed stat which gets to jump on a lot of big threats and even in this format, you know, so big shout out to Nicholas. Once again, Angie, their handle over on the discord. If you are over there, do give them a shout out and we'll wrap things up there. Friends will be back later in a week with more teams to feature. Thank you to everyone once again for providing the rental teams that were playing at the minute. They are a lot of fun. So do keep them coming if you've got them and we'll get through them over the next couple of weeks while we say goodbye to series nine. But on that note, friends, take care of yourselves. Have a great rest of your day and I will see you all for another episode very soon. Until then, take care and bye bye.


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Whatever the arguments about architecture, most people agree Lux Soap is perfect. Now here's the curtain for Mr. Blanding's Bilge's Dream House, starring Carrie Grant in his original screen role as Jim and Irene Dunn as Muriel. Like millions of other New Yorkers, Jim and Muriel Blandings and their two young daughters are cliff dwellers. Home to them is an apartment, oh, adequate but somewhat crowded. Not that Jim isn't doing well, he's a college graduate, makes 15,000 a year in the advertising business. Anyway, on this crisp September morning, Jim Blandings has just staggered out of bed and commenced a typical 7 o'clock ritual. You're looking for something, dear? Oh, you're awake. I'm looking for my socks.  That's where I found my underwear. Why don't you try your underwear drawer? I am in my underwear drawer now. Hardly enough, it's full of underwear. Or yours. Well, socks just don't get up and walk away by themselves, dear. Muriel, now look, I thought we had it clearly understood that the four bottom drawers were yours and these two top drawers were mine. The closet. Huh? That's where they are.  Put what in the closet? Your socks, Gussie and I decided that from now on we'll keep them in a basket on the shelf.  Well, where is the basket? Right there on the shelf, dear. Under my hatboxes in the overnight bag. Oh, oh, yeah. Jim, dear, I do wish you'd try to make a little more effort. Well, I'll try, dear. Now, look at that. Muriel, Muriel, maybe if you put the basket on top of the hatboxes instead of underneath the hatboxes. Now, Jim, Jim, just go out and tell Gussie to give you a nice cup of coffee. I'll try and get the girls out of the bathroom. Oh, thank you, Muriel. I'm sorry. I'll feel better after a cup of coffee.  It's in the medicine cabinet. I'll be through shaving in a minute. It's all right. I can reach it. Ouch! Oh! Did you cut yourself? I cut myself every morning. I kind of look forward to it. Well, let's see now. There's Betsy's vitamins. Oh, take your time, dear. I can spare the blood. Why don't you get an electric razor? You can't get used to them. That's silly. Bill Cole's been using an electric razor for years. He hasn't got my beard. Bill's beard is just as coarse and tough. I am not interested in discussing the grain and texture of Bill Cole's hair follicles before I've had my orange juice. All I said was, why don't you use an electric razor? Because I prefer the clean sweep of the tempered steel as it glides smoothly over my... No advertising. Please, please. Just hurry, dear. You'll be late for breakfast. All right, girls. Who did it?  Well... I'm sorry, Father. It's part of my research for school. Oh, I see. Another mistel wagon so-called progressive projection. Now, Jim, Jim, there just isn't any point in sending your children to an expensive school if you're going to undermine the teacher's authority in your own dining room. I am not undermining anything. I'm in the advertising business and keeping abreast of the times is important to me. Bicker, bicker, bicker. You drink your milk. Every time your father and I have a lively discussion, dear, it doesn't necessarily mean we're bickering. Miss Stelwagen says that advertising is crass commercialism in its lowest form. Oh, oh, she does, does she? Perhaps your Miss Stelwagen is right. Perhaps I should quit this crass commercialism, which at this very moment is paying for your fancy tuition. Those extra French lessons. That progressive summer camp to say nothing of the very braces on your back teeth. Jim, I wish you wouldn't discuss money in front of the children. Why not? They spend enough of it. Bicker, bicker, bicker. All right, girls, get your things now and run along. Yeah, let's go, Betsy. Goodbye, Daddy. Give my regards to Miss Stelwagen. Anyway, you're still the nicest father I've ever had. Hiya, kids. Bill, we haven't seen you in ages. Sorry, Billy. Well, good morning. What are you doing here? Oh, just thought I'd stop by and return these sketches, Muriel. Coffee? Yeah, thanks. Now, personally, I think Funkhauser is two or three thousand dollars out of line. Of course, you could save that amount by not tearing out the living room wall. What are you talking about? Who's Funkhauser? Oh, Bunny Funkhauser, dear. Who? You know that clever young interior decorator we met at the Collins cocktail party. Uh, you mean that young man with the open-toed sandals? What about him? What about him? You know how long we've always said we must do something about fixing up this apartment. Well, Bunny has some simply darling ideas. Uh-huh. And what kind of ideas? Well, I didn't want to bother you until I knew whether we could afford it or not, so I... How much? What's the point in asking how much, dear, until you know what you're going to get? I've seen Bunny Funkhauser. I know what I'm going to get. Well, I think he's got some fairly interesting sketches here. Uh-huh. Just look at this drawing, Jim. Here's how Bunny sees our living room. Isn't it charming? Uh-huh. What's that thing there? A shoe shine stand? No. It's a cobbler's bench, dear. Oh. You see, the whole room's colonial. Breakfront hook rug, students' lamp, pie cooler, and over here, a moth of Washington desk. Where do I keep my powdered wig? Oh, I think it's perfect. It's us. Bunny says we're very American, very grass roots, very blueberry pie. Oh, well, don't look at me, Jim. Bunny said it. How much is all this going to cost? Well, $7,000. $7,000? Well, that includes tearing off the wall, but I quite agree with Bill. Oh, you do? Well, you're some lawyer, Bill. A defenseless woman without the slightest conception of the value of a dollar to ask for advice in the next minute, you've got to tearing our walls. $7,000. I wouldn't put seven cents into this broken-down rack trap. How can you talk that way, Jim? This is our home. Why, Joan was practically born in this apartment. That does not make it a national shrine. Oh, now wait a minute. I thought I was doing you a favor. And you were, Bill. He was just showing you how you could save $3,000 by simply not tearing off the wall. You could save $7,000 by not doing anything at all. Well, then, that's that, isn't it? $7,000. Blueberry pie. Have you seen my hat, Muriel? It's in the whole closet, dear, where it always is. I'll get it for you. Yes, Mr. Blanding. Hello, Mary. Well, I guess the boss would want to see the layouts on wham-hand. There, here on your desk, Mr. Blanding. Oh, thank you. When you've got the whim, say wham. Oh, my. For a grand slam in hand, try wham. Oh, Mary, I didn't really write that, did I? A man's got to make a living, Mr. Blanding. Well, maybe Miss Stellwagen's right. Hmm? Oh, nothing. It's just a private joke between me and whoever's going to be my analyst. Mary, tell me, would you spend $7,000 to tear out somebody else's walls? Would I hold? Well, especially when for a few thousand more you could fix up a nice old place someplace. You know, somewhere like Connecticut, maybe. Yeah. And have the kind of dream house you've always wanted. Well, frankly, I never had... Mary, get me the phone numbers of a few of those suburban real estate men. Oh, and call Mrs. Blanding's. Tell her to keep this weekend open for a nice drive out to the Connecticut countryside. They just drove up, Pop. That couple from New York. Mr. and Mrs. Blanding's. Good, good. What places are you going to show them, Pop? Oh, three or four, son. And then I'll show them the hacky place. Oh, no. Not the old hacky place. The old, old hacky place. Son, you ain't been learning much about the real estate business. But Pop, the hacky place, it's falling apart. It, it leans. Hmm. Make it great old place, son. Just the thing for the Blanding. Some steel, huh? Steel is an understatement. Swindle might be a little more appropriate, huh?  Oh, darling, I told you. I said we ought to consult Bill before we buy it. Well, what's so wrong with this deal? Ten thousand dollars for fifty acres and only fifteen hundred for the house. That's two hundred dollars an acre. One hundred dollars an acre is standard top-guage price to city slickers. When the natives sell it to each other, it's around forty or less. Forty? Tim! The man's entitled to a fair profit. Not two hundred and eighty-four percent. Now, we're going to write this fella and tell him he can really do no such thing. You just don't understand business. You mean extortion. Jim, dear, now maybe Bill's right. Just a minute. Let me explain something to both of you. For fifteen years, I've been cooped up in this four-room cracker box. Just getting shaved here entitles a man to the purple heart.  Now, look, Bill. Muriel and I have found what I'm not ashamed to call our dream house. Why, it's like a fine painting.  You don't ask how much was the paint, how much was the canvas. You look at it and you say, ah, it's beautiful. I want it. And if it costs a few more pennies, you pay it in gladly because you love it. And you don't measure the things you love in dollars and cents. Well, anyway, that's the way I feel about it. Well, it's your money, I suppose. Now, when I sign those papers on Saturday, I can look the world in the face and say it's mine. My house. My home. My acres. Our house, darling. Our home. Our acres. It's a windy day, isn't it? Well, this is it, Bill. The dream house on Nightmare Alley. And no remarks. The house just needs someone to love it, that's all. It's a good thing that our two of you want to love the house and want to hold it up. Jim, Jim, look. There's something blowing off the roof. Oh, it looks like shingles. What did your engineer say when he checked that roof? Our engineer. Who needs engineers? This isn't a train, you know. That house is moving. I just saw it move. This house has been standing since the second year of the Continental Congress. You take one, look at it, and shingles start to drop. Now, look, do me one favor, will you? I've got a client. He's a crack-a-jack structural engineer. Joe Apollonio. I'll be right back, Muriel. Just want to measure that fireplace again. Not that it's any of my business, Muriel, but how are you and Jim paying for this place? Well, we're cashing in our government bonds, and Mr. Hackett's taking a $6,000 mortgage. Well, could be worse. And as long as you and Jim love it so much... I think you'd better get in touch with Mr. Apollonio. We've come to you, Mr. Sims. After Mr. Apollonio saw the house, we got our own expert, Mr. Murphy, and then Mr. Gillis. But they all said the same thing. Yeah, tear it down. Well, as an architect, I'm inclined to agree with them. Of course, you can remodel, but for what it would cost you, why you can have a fine new house. Hmm, a new house, huh? Yes, something like this, for instance. Now, in this sketch here... No, no, no, no. I don't think we're all ready to commit ourselves. Oh, no, no. But if we were to consider building, I can tell you there's one thing we'd have to have, Mr. Sims. Plenty of closets. Well, if I might make a suggestion... And bathrooms. Each bedroom must have at least one bathroom. You see, Mr. Sims, our problem is... I made a drawing of exactly what I mean, Mr. Sims. A little playroom for the basement, you see? Nothing tremendous, just a little something to do. And I've always wanted a sewing room, Mr. Sims. A little utility room upstairs, where I could be alone and sew or her sulk on a rainy afternoon. Yes, but I think I'd better point out... Off the kitchen, a little flower sink with a stone floor and shelves for vases and gardening things.  Sure, sure. Why not? Now, over here... My idea, Mr. Blandings. Now, in the first place, you've got the upstairs about three times as big as the downstairs. There you see, Muriel? It's all those bathrooms. Nonsense. It's all those closets. And by extending the breakfast room, you've eliminated the possibility of any stairs going up to the second floor. No stairs. Oh. Now, is it absolutely necessary for each of your daughters to have her own room with two closets and a private bathroom? Yes, you see, our daughters are approaching womanhood. Well, I didn't realize they were approaching it quite so fast. Now, what about that city flower sink and that sewing room? That could go... I beg your pardon. What we need is a major savings. Now, a simple bathroom, Mrs. Blandings, costs about $1,300. Now, if you could do with just one less bathroom... No, no, I refuse to endanger the health of my children in a house with less than four bathrooms. For $1,300, they can live in a house with only three bathrooms and rough it. Look, suppose I go ahead with some preliminary plans, and then we can get together in about a week's time. Yes, you do that, Mr. Sims, but just don't forget, we've got to hold it down under $10,000. That, I can tell you right now, is impossible. Oh. Oh, well, I guess we're not going to quibble about a few pennies one way or another. Oh, by the way, Mr. Blandings, do you do anything in mind as to how you'd like the old place taken down? Why don't we just go out there and blow on it? Just in time. You and your eye are going over the plains. In here, Bill, in the dining room. Well, so you've torn down the old house, huh? The most practical thing we ever did. Uh-huh. How much did that cost? Well, $1,400. Now, never mind, Bill. I bet we've got the nicest vacant lot in the state of Connecticut. Well, you're old. He's done it again. I'm waiting for you. What did I do?  Oh, Jim, what's happened? What's Bill talking about? I don't know. He won't tell me. All you did was tear down a house in which another man happens to own a mortgage without first getting his written permission. Well, what's that got to do... No. Yeah. Oh. And in such cases, the mortgagee can demand full payment of said mortgage. Oh, Jim. And Mr. Hackett so demands 6,000 clams. Oh, my. 6,000 dollars. Well, I guess I can turn in my insurance policies. Oh, no, Jim. No, you can't do that. Well, why not? Well, if anything should happen, the children would be left unprotected. I'm not dead yet. Oh, of course you're not. I'll see the boys at the bank. You can put up your insurances collateral. If necessary, I'll sign a personal note. Uh-huh. Thanks, Bill. Sure. Well, I've got her on along. Good night, Mary. Good night, Bill. Let you know what the bank says, Squire. What a wonderful friend. Hmm. Hmm. Uh, what's with all this kissing all of a sudden? He comes in, you kiss him.  Well, what's wrong with that? Well, just because a man is helpful in the business way, he doesn't give him extra curricular privileges with my wife. That's a fine thing to say about a friend of 15 years. Well, if he were 15, I wouldn't mind. He's 41. Every time he shakes my hand, he kisses you. Would you prefer it the other way round? Well, why is he always hanging around? Why doesn't he go out and get married or something? Because he can't find another girl as pretty and sweet and wholesome as I am. Oh, darling, let's not be silly about this. It isn't Bill that's upsetting you. It's the house. Yeah, I suppose so. Muriel, do you think it's worth all this? Of course it is. It isn't a house we're building, Jim. It's a home for ourselves and our children and maybe our children's children. Yeah, each with two closets and a private bath. In a moment, we'll bring you act two of Mr. Blanding's Bill's's Dream House. Here's our Hollywood reporter, Libby Collins. Libby, I see Darrel F. Zannick made another outstanding picture for 20th Century Fox. You mean Pinky, of course, Mr. Keely. I don't know when I've seen anything that touched me so deeply. It's an honest portrayal of an American problem. The story of a light-skinned Negro girl who gives up personal happiness in order to aid her own people. Certainly a compelling drama. Jean Crane, as Pinky, has a difficult assignment and she handles it with great skill. You know, the whole cast seems so exactly right. Ethel Barramore is superb as the Southern Lady of the Manor. And William Lundigan plays the Northern Doctor with the authority the part demands. I'm glad to see Jean Crane step into a really mature role and do it proud. A remarkable young star, isn't she? And what fresh, delicate beauty she has. You might call her the Lux Lovely type, Libby. Oh, not John, but you're right. Because Jean is certainly devoted to her Lux soap beauty care. And why she's pleased with that big new bath cake. It's so luxurious, she says. That's just the word for it, Libby. A generous, satin, smooth cake with a flower-like fragrance. No wonder screen stars tell us that now their Lux soap beauty bath is more delightful than ever. That big, longer-lasting bath cake makes a fine item to put on a family shopping list. And you can be sure the man of the house will like it, too. I just know he will. Men go for a bath soap they don't have to coax into a lather. Even in hard water you get lots of rich creamy lather with Lux toilet soap. It's perfect for shower or tub. So why not let the whole family enjoy this luxury bath cake. The new bath-size Lux toilet soap. Now, our producer, Mr. William Keely. Act two of Mr. Blanding's Bill's dream house starring Irene Dunn as Muriel and Cary Grant as Jim. Well, it's a few days later and in the office of Mr. Sims, the architect, Jim and Muriel Blanding's hear the latest report on their dream house. To wit and estimate. $18,000. That's ridiculous, Mr. Sims. Well, frankly, with all those extras you've insisted on it. But we've only asked for the barest necessities. Never mind, dear. It no longer matters. Now, if you'll just send us a bill for your services. Mr. Blanding's. Now, in the first place, I'm going out to have my head examined. And then I'm going to find the owner of our apartment house and sign a 20-year lease. Goodbye. Well, if you feel that strongly about it. I'm afraid we do, Mr. Sims. I'm sorry if we've... Jim. Jim, look. Hmm? Oh, there. Yes, I took the liberty of making a sort of a finished sketch of the house in watercolor. It even has our name on it. Residence of Mr. and Mrs. James Blanding's Shrunk Mills Connecticut. Ah, it's beautiful. Residence of Mr. and Mrs. James... Mr. Sims, do you really think you could keep it to $18,000? Well, well, well, well, well, well. Let's pull up some chairs, shall we? That's some excavation, huh? Oh, what's going on over there? Oh, that's Mr. Tisander. We're digging our well. Been here since Monday at $4.50 a foot. I think I'd better have a little talk with Mr. Tisander. Good morning. Yep. How's it coming? Oh, it's coming. How far down are you? About 150 feet. Isn't that pretty deep? Yeah. Well, haven't you hit anything at all yet? Hit some limestone yesterday. That's good. That's bad. Oh. And right now, it looks like we're coming in some shale. And that's good. Of course, it might turn out to be sandstone. That's bad. Can't tell. Might be good. Might be bad. Oh, I see. Thank you. Thank you. Just for the record, Mr. Tisander, what's happened to the water? Oh, it's there all right. Just cut me patient. I promise you the layout's no later than Monday, Mr. Blanding. Okay, Mary. Please type up that copy. Right. I'm sorry, Bill, but I've got to work once in a while, you know? That's why I'm here. You see, I happen to be closeted with your boss about a little legal work, and he just happened to mention that you haven't come up with one good slogan for wham-ham. What's he worrying about? The deadline's months away. Besides, you don't... Oh, just a minute. Hello? Yeah? Okay, put her on. Muriel Bill, she's out in Connecticut. Yes, Muriel? What? What? Tisander struck water. Say, that's wonderful, dear. Hey, Bill, we've got our well. Congratulations. What's that, Muriel? What do you mean we've got two wells? Oh! Oh! Well, I'll be right out. Say, how could we have two wells? I can't wait to find out. Let's go. And when Mr. Zuko was excavating, huh? That's what Mr. Ratch says. That's right, folks. Why, Zuko almost drowned. So we've hit a spring, a spring of clear, cold, bubbling mountain water right here in our cellar. Well, I can't pour a bag of cement until the water's diverted. Well, hello, Mr. Tisander. Oh, how dear? You see, Mr. Tisander, water. Yep. At six feet. Yep. And just over there, you had to go down 227 feet to hit the same water. Yep. Now, how do you account for that, Mr. Tisander? Well, way appears to me, Mr. Blandings. Over here, the water's down only six feet. But over there, it's down around 227 feet. Yep. You got nothing to worry about, Mr. Blandings. Once we get the pumps here, your house will go up in no time. Yeah, yeah, that's fine. Hey, what's happened to that steam shovel? Huh? Well, is something wrong, Mr. Zuko? Oh, no, no. I just broke my bucket, that's all.  That's an old boulder, that's a ledge. Never forget this moment. My family about to cross the threshold of our first real home. I'm sure glad we got kicked out of that apartment. Hey, I don't hear any work, month. Oh, it's Saturday afternoon, only the painters are working. Well, aren't we going in? Well, don't be in such a hurry.  And I'm going to carry you across the threshold. Oh, Jim, how sweet. Watch that sacroiliac pop. It's been 15 years since you've tried anything. That's all you know about it. No, no, no. Huh? You better put me down. Can't you read us something? The sign says wet paint. I haven't touched anything. Your feet are touching something, ain't they? The floor. I just got through punishing the floor. Well, put some planks down or something. How do you expect us to live here? Okay, Mac, okay, take it easy. The Republicans ain't in yet, you know. Wait till I see Sims about this. Well, we'll see Sims about that, too. What time did he say he'd be here? Well, I think maybe he's here now, darling. He and Mr. Rich, I think they're all in the back. He's got a few bills here. I'd like... What about our windows, Mr. Rich? Well, I think I can answer that, Mr. Blandings. There's been a little slip up. Oh, the windows were delivered all right. Only they weren't the right windows. Those windows belong to Mr. Blandings. In Fischkiel, I just phoned them. You mean he's got our windows? Well, no, Mrs. Blandings. It seems Mr. Blandings has some windows that belong to Mr. Blandsworth and Peekskiel. But where are our windows? Well, as near as we can find out, they've either been sent to Mr. Banning and Stamford or to Mr. Ginsberg and Waterbury. How did Ginsberg get into this? Well, what are we supposed to do, gentlemen? Spend the rest of our lives in a house without windows? Just a matter of a few days, Mrs. Blandings. Now, about that rub-dub-water-soften-r. For what? Rub-dub-water-soften-r. Well, now, how would I know about that? Oh, because you've got one, Mrs. Blandings. Furnished and installed for $285. Well, I didn't order it. Well, I'm afraid I did, Mrs. Blandings. You see, to save your water pipes. The plumber assured me that the water in your well is the most corrosive in his entire experience in the trade. Another first. Well, uh, send me the bill. You've got it. I left it on the kitchen sink. Well, all right, then. Oh, uh, Pedelford's coming this afternoon. Who authorized a Pedelford? Now, first I get a rub-dub-in-r. Pedelford. He's the painting contractor. Mr. Pedelford, I wanted to see him.  Well, just get him over here. Pedelford. The living room here. I want it to be a soft green, Mr. Pedelford. Uh-huh. Not a blue green, like a robin's egg. No. And yet not as yellow as daffodil butt. Uh-huh. Now, the only sample I could get is a little too yellow. But don't let whoever does it go to the other extreme get it too blue. No. It should be just a sort of a grayish yellow green. Uh-huh. Now, the dining room, I'd like yellow. Not just yellow, but very gay yellow. Something bright and sunshiny. Uh-huh. I tell you what you do, Mr. Pedelford, you just ask that man who's varnishing the floors in there to go down to the grocer and get a pound of their very best butter. And you just mash that butter exactly and you can't go wrong. Now, here, here's the wallpaper we're going to use in the hall. It's flowered. But I don't want the ceiling to match any of the colors of the flower. No. No. There are some little dots in the background. See? Now, it's those little dots I want you to match. Now, I don't want those greenish dots near the hollyhock, please. No. I want those little blueish dots there between the rosebud and the Delphidium blossom. Clear? Uh-huh. Now, the kitchen, the kitchen's to be white. But not a cold and a septic. Hospital white, you know. No. I want something, something warmer, Mr. Pedelford. But still not to suggest any other color but white.  And I want you to match it exactly. And don't lose it. I had an awful time finding it. Now, as you see, the color of the thread is like an apple red. It's somewhere between a healthy wine sap and an unripened Jonathan. Dear, dear. You have to excuse me. Now, I've got to meet a friend of ours at the station. Hey, Charlie. It's OK, boss. I've been listening. Did you get everything? Sure. Red, green, blue, yellow, and white. Check. Where's Mother Daddy? I can't find her. Huh? Oh, she drove Bill cold down to the station. She'll be back soon. Oh. Well, go unpack another barrel. Help Gussie or something. I just finished a barrel. And look what I found, Daddy. Uncle Bill's fraternity pin and Mother's diary while she was in college. It's slightly torn. Oh. Now, that's none of your business. Now, just put that diary down and unpack something else. I'd say Mother and Uncle Bill were somewhat of an item. People do not read other people's diaries. It's not a very nice thing to do. Dear diary. Tonight, Bill and I drove out the Stover's Point. As we sat there in the moonlight, he started holy smoke. No need to be so irritable, dear. Well, sometimes a man just doesn't feel like talking. Oh, something wrong with the office? No. Got the new slogan for wham? It's not due yet. Well, you're certainly upset about something. It's just that I don't happen to approve a falsehood and deception. What are you talking about? Oh, nothing. But I distinctly remember you're telling me that you returned Bill Coles fraternity pin 15 years ago. What? Well, did you or didn't you? Did I or didn't I have what? Give it back to him. Of course I did. If I said I did, I did. Ah. Well, then perhaps you'll have the goodness to explain how this happened to fall out of your jewel box. Bill. What's so funny? You. You're jealous. If you were so crazy about the guy, why didn't you marry him? Because I wasn't in love with him. That's not what you said in your diary. My what? It just happened to fall open and I happened to look at it. It just happened. Yeah, I'll just bet. Well, it's all over the book. You were in love with Bill Coles. Oh, don't be absurd. Of course I was in love with Bill. In those days I was in love with a new man every week. Then why did you marry me? I'm beginning to wonder. It is those big cow eyes of yours.  Maybe I knew you were going to bring me out to this $38,000 ice box with no windows. Maybe I just happened to fall in love with you, but for heaven's sake, don't ask me. Why? What are you doing down there on the floor? Trying to sleep. The moving men forgot our bed. Oh. What time is it? Um, half past 12. Thank you. I guess I fell asleep downstairs. Muriel, would it do any good to say I'm sorry? I don't know. Well, I am. I behave like a schoolboy and I'm sorry. Jim? Jim, if you hadn't kissed me tonight, I guess I just would have died. Why do I love you so much? I guess awfully late. Maybe you ought to go downstairs and lock the doors. What for? The windows are all open anyway. I had to get up at five o'clock, you know. Five o'clock? But why? I forgot to tell you, dear. The railroad just put in a new schedule. Oh. Well, that means I'll be at the office before eight. Yeah, but if you get there earlier, maybe you can leave earlier. To get home earlier, to go to bed earlier, to get up earlier. Jim? Yes, dear? Good night, dear. Good night. Pause now for station identification. This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System. In a few moments, we return with a third act of Mr. Blanding's bill's his dream house. We always like to tell a success story, and tonight's heroine is Miss Marilyn Mercer, formerly a messenger girl at RKO, and now a full-fledged starlet at the same studio. How did it all happen, Marilyn? Well, I was answering telephones in the commissary when my big chance came for a screen test, Mr. Keely, and that was just the beginning. Whenever I watched a picture being filmed, I realized how much I have to learn. You had a chance to see some fine acting in RKO's new production, I Married a Communist. Yes, indeed. There's a tense drama for you, particularly Robert Ryan in the role of a former communist who discovers that he can't escape from the party. He makes you feel the terror of their relentless pursuit as only a fine actor can. Yes, and Lorraine Day brings warmth and understanding to the part of the bewildered wife in I Married a Communist, a most appealing actress. Isn't she, though? She's a favorite with everyone, and she's so lovely to look at. As you might expect, Mr. Kennedy, she's a luxe girl and a very enthusiastic one. Another famous star who finds that luxe soap care really works, eh? Well, now that luxe toilet soap comes in the convenient bass size, she thinks it's more wonderful than ever. And so do I, Mr. Kennedy. The latter is so rich and creamy, and I love the nice perfume it leaves on my skin. That luxe soap perfume is an exclusive blend of many costly ingredients. Like a bouquet of flowers, you know. A light, delicate fragrance that appeals to fastidious women. For a quick beauty pickup, I count on my luxe soap bath. It's so refreshing. Thank you, Ms. Marilyn Mercer. And now, a suggestion for our listeners everywhere. Try this fine new product of Lever Brothers Company. The new bath size luxe toilet soap. Remember, it's the fragrant white cake nine out of ten screen stars recommend for top-to-toe loveliness. Here's our producer, Mr. Keely. The curtain rises on the third act of Mr. Blanding's Bill's dream house, starring Cary Grant as Jim and Irene Dunn as Muriel. Mr. Blanding's has built his dream house. And as the bills and the extras stare him in the face, so does the deadline for a new slogan for Wham Ham. It's now nine o'clock on a very wet night. Jim's at the office, up to his elbows in slogans. Is there anything I can type up for you, Mr. Blanding? I can't think of a thing, Mary, except probably my resignation. Well, it sure is raining, isn't it? Yeah. That's funny, Mary, how you look forward to little things. Rain, for instance. For a month now, I've been looking forward to the first rainy night in my new house. Big blazing fire, Muriel pouring coffee. Me and my new smoking jacket with my pipe and slippers reading a good book. Oh, well. Poor Mrs. Blanding. Must get pretty lonesome out there. At night, I mean. And a rainstorm. She's probably worried to death about me. Oh, well, give me some more paper, Mary. Wham!  Let's see now. That must have been about a month before you married him. And was Jim mad. Oh, once more coffee, Bill. Thanks. Well, I picked a fine night to come calling, didn't I? Rainstorm, Jim in New York. Yes, he's probably worried to death about me. I wonder if my coats dry by now.  No, I think you look very cute. Oh, thank heavens. Must be the children now. Oh, sister, I'll get it. Coming, coming. Well, it's about time you kid... Oh, you're not the kid. Yeah, I'm Harry Selbiff down the road. Boy, what a storm. Just come by to tell you that the kids are safe, Mr. Blandings. Oh, I'm not Mr. Blandings. I'm Mrs. Blandings, Mr. Selby. Oh, well, how do you do? Mrs. Williams just called my wife to see your telephones out of order. Oh, no. And it just roped off the bridge. It shrunk mills. But my children... Oh, don't you worry about them, Mrs. Blandings. They're spending the night with the Williams. Oh, well, that's a relief. I was just beginning to get quite worried about them. Well, I better get back before I have to swim for them. Good night, Mrs. Blandings. Oh, thank you, Mr. Selby. Oh, not at all. Good night, Mr. Blandings. A call. A bill call. Friend of the family. It just came in out of the rain. Uh-uh. Oh, well, good night. No bridge. How do I get back to civilization? Well, you'll just have to stay here until it stops raining, or they fix the bridge or something. Ah, yeah, I guess I'll have to. Well, get out the cards, Muriel. We can always play gin. Compare the price. Compare the slice. Take our advice by Wham. Oh, now really, Mr. Blandings? I know, I know. No good. All right. Well, here's another. If you'd buy better ham, you'd better buy Wham. But it's just like boil petroleum. You'd buy better oil, you'd better buy boil. Well, it's no use. I can't think anymore. All I've got on my mind is a house with an 18,000 dollars. Mortgage and bills and extras and antiques and the... Oh, I don't know. I just don't know. You going somewhere? Yes. I'm going home. I'm going home to get some sleep. But the slogan, you haven't even gotten it? Well, I suppose I haven't. This isn't the only job in town. But what will you tell Mr. Dascombe? Well, I'll tell Mr. Dascombe to... Well, I don't know. I'll just tell him. Well, good morning. Come in. I know it's a little early to be calling Mrs. Blandings. I just thought I might catch her husband before he left for the office. Oh, I'm sorry, but Jim isn't here. But come on in anyway. We're going to have breakfast in a little while. No, I've already had my... Oh, well, there's Mr. Blandings now getting out of that taxi. Oh, he must be exhausted. He worked all night in the office. You don't say. Jim? Good morning, Deb. How'd it go, darling? Oh, fine, fine, fine. Oh, hello, Sim. Mr. Blandings? Everything all right? Yeah, everything's fine. Well, Sims, what are you doing out here with a morning dew? Well, some extra bills have come in from Rex, and I don't quite understand them. Really? What are they? Oh, a few of the things are all right, I guess. Now, here's an item, mortising five butts at $1.98. Oh, well, that's not quibble about it. The man's entitled to mortise a few butts now, and then... Oh, and this one here, extra hardware, $9.18. Mm-hmm. Petty Lars' neighbor. Let him get away with it. Now, here's one that, frankly, I don't understand at all. Changes in the closet $1,247. Well, he probably taught... $1,200 in what? $47. Oh, that's the end. What closet? What changes? Well, it just did. It isn't a closet at all. It's Mrs. Blandings' little flower sink.  Well, they certainly weren't changes. Muriel, what have you done? I haven't done anything. All I did was... Oh, my goodness, nothing at all. What have you done? Well, all I did was... One day I saw four pieces of flagstone left over from the porch that were just going to be thrown away. Nobody wanted them, and I asked Mr. Wretch if he wouldn't just put them down on the floor of the flower room and poke a little cement in between the cracks and give me a nice stone floor where it might get wet from flowers and things, and that's absolutely all I did. Mm-hmm. That's all you did? Absolutely. Just four little pieces of flagstone. Did you by any chance authorize a drain? Of course I didn't. There was, I wanted a nice dry stone floor, and Mr. Wretch was just as nice as he could be. What did Mr. Wretch say? Well, all he said was, well, you're the doctor, Mrs. Blandings, and that was all anybody said to anybody about anything. Oh, well, I think I can tell you just about what happened. You see, those planks run under the entire width of the pantry so that Wretch had to knock out the bottom of the pantry wall to get at it. Then he had to chop off the top of the joists under the flower sink to make room for the cradle. But all I said was... And then with the added load on the weakened joists, I'll bet he had to put a lally column down there for support. Oh, I bet. But it was just four little pieces of flagstone, and I only asked him to... Quiet. Now, the soil pipe runs under there on wall brackets so that Wretch had to get the plumber back. Oh, good morning, Mr. Cole. Good morning. Good morning, Meryl Deer. Good morning, Jim. Oh, hello, Bill. Of course, they're hot and cold. When did you get here? Well, as a matter of fact, last night, I stayed over.  He stayed over. The branch was rolled off. He had to stay. I slept like a rock, too. Just a minute. Why didn't everybody... Wow!  You mean you weren't here last night, Gussie? No, dear. Gussie spent the night in Lansdale. I passed the girls over by the Williams House and it was bland, and they ought to be home any minute now. Thank you, Gussie. Now, you better start breakfast. Yes, ma'am. Right away. Oh, right now, where were we? Why, with the electrician, ripping out 60 feet of armored cable. Right, Mr. Sims? What? Oh, yes. Muriel, you mean the children weren't here last night, either? How could they be, dear? The bridge was closed. I just came across it. It was closed last night. It's open now. Well, if you'll all excuse me, I think I'll glance through the morning paper. Well, I guess that's about the size of it, Mr. Blandings, except that Wretch also had to repair the pantry wall and he couldn't possibly have broken through the wall without... All right, Sims. All right. We'll take care of it. I'll admit it's a little steep. I'll try to get Wretch to knock off $100. If I can't get that, I'll get $75. Well, $50, maybe. Anyway, I'm almost sure we can get $25. Well, good day. Good day. Darling, you're upset. Got a lot of things on your mind. Muriel, there's only one thing I've got on my mind. This house and how soon we can get rid of it. No, that's not what you're thinking. Maybe not. Maybe I was thinking I was once a happy man. I didn't have a closet. I didn't even have free bathrooms. But I did have my sanity, a few thousand dollars in the bank, two children who loved me and a wife I could trust. Oh, that's a fine thing to say. I also had a job at the Descombe Advertising Agency, something I don't happen to have at the moment. Jim. That's right. I'm going to resign. We're starting all over again from scratch and without this house. You love this house.  From its mortise butts to its rubbed-up water softener. You know you don't mean that. Every word of it. Anybody who builds a house today is crazy. The minute you start, they put you on the list. They all American sucker list. You start out to build a home and you wind up the poor house. And if it can happen to me, what about the fellas who aren't making 15,000 a year? What about the kids who just got married and want... Now somebody's looking in the window. It's Mr. Tazander. All right, Mr. Tazander. What do you want? Well, at least we can open the door. Hello, Mr. Tazander. Morning. Well, Mr. Blandings, there's a matter of $12.36. No. $12.36. Well, why be a piker, Mr. Tazander? Here, take everything I've got. I'll empty my pockets for you. Take it all. Spread it out amongst your pals. Maybe Wretch would like a little something. Maybe Zooka could use my new smoking jacket. It's open house, Mr. Tazander. Help yourself. Now, Mr. Blandings, hold on. It's $12.36. You don't owe me. I owe you. What was that? Seems that I overcharged you. Almost three feet. Here, Mr. Blandings. I think it's all there. Thank you very much, Mr. Tazander. Well, I guess I'd best be going. My usual got a pretty place here. Take good care of it. Oh, and I'll tell Mr. Zooka about that smoking jacket. Darling, what did you mean? Are we really going to have to sell the house? Oh, I don't know, Muriel. I just don't know anything anymore. In case anyone's interested, I'm leaving for town. Oh, Jim, if you want to count the silverware, I'll wait. Be patient with me, Bill. Maybe one of these days I'll grow up. Hey, what's happened to him? $12.36. Now, do you mind if I say something?  I know, I know. Maybe it has cost you a lot more than you thought it would. But when I look around at what you two have got here, well, I don't know. Maybe there are some things you should buy with your heart, not with your head. Maybe those are the things that really come. Well, see you around. Bye, dear. Bye, Bill. Hi, Uncle Bill. You should have seen the flood last night. Yeah, I heard all about it. I'll bet you had a wonderful time. Well, good morning, children. Good morning, Daddy. Why aren't you at the office? Well, I'm on kind of a vacation, Joan. You mean you got fired? Well, not exactly. We'll discuss this later. Right now we're going to have breakfast. Am I starving? What are we having, Gussie? Orange juice, scrambled eggs, and you know what? Ham, Gussie? Not ham, wham.   Muriel, did you hear what she said? What are you talking about?  My slogan, I've got my slogan. Jim, where are you going? I had to telephone desk him and tell Gussie she just got a $10 raise. And so Jim Blandings got his slogan, and he kept his job, and he kept his dream house. If this story has a moral, I'm afraid it's escaped me. Unless it's to always be sure to hire a maid like Gussie. Oh, there's much more of a moral than that, Bill. Yes, Mrs. Blandings? I think it's to own your own home, no matter what. Oh, and ladies, you'll find a flower thing very handy. Now, all you have to do... Muriel. Yes, dear? Don't you dare. The curtain has fallen, but our stars are coming back, and here they are. Irene Dunn and Carrie Grant. Thank you, Bill. It's nice to be here. And, of course, we're delighted to have a famous team like Carrie Grant and Irene Dunn reunited. I mean, he means we're like corned beef and cabbage, or ham and eggs. I think it's more like Laurel and Hardy. In that case, one of us will have to put on some more weight. You two played Mr. and Mrs. Blandings with such conviction that I suspect you've had a similar experience. Am I right, Irene? Well, we did put in a new movie projector at my house and had to knock out a wall, but it was worth all the trouble. Well, how's that? Well, now my daughter's convinced I'm important in pictures. I'm the only one who can run the projector. I'm sure you'd do it just as beautifully as you run your home, Irene. Well, of course, to run a home properly, you've got to have the new bath-sized luck soap on hand, and I always have that. Bill, what's that big contest I've been hearing about? Something about 15-year-old Lux Girls. It's a contest to pick the most beautiful Lux Girl born in 1934, Carrie. The year the Lux Radio Theatre was born. And next Monday, October 17th, the 15th anniversary of the Lux Radio Theatre, the papers will have full details. That's when the six winners from each of the 163 local contests will be announced. With pictures, I hope. Yes, papers all over the country will carry the photographs of the six lucky girls in their CBS station area. Well, who picks the prettiest Lux Girl? Everybody will have a chance to vote for their favorite among the six local winners. Then the girl getting the most votes represents her station in the big national contest. I'd like a vote, Bill, so I'll watch the papers next Monday. You know, there's only one rule to remember. Send in your vote on a Lux Toilet Soap Rapper. Well, I just might possibly be able to find one. Not just one, I mean. Vote as many times as you like. What will you have for the big anniversary show next Monday, Bill? A romantic hit direct from the current screen. The 20th Century Fox picture, Mother is a Freshman. And we'll have the original stars of the film here to celebrate our anniversary. There are Loretta Young and Van Johnson. This is delightful entertainment for the whole family. The kind of play you'd like so much during the 15 years of the Lux Radio Theater. So I know everyone will want to join our audience next Monday night. It's a grand picture, Bill, and Loretta is the loveliest freshman I ever saw. Good night. Good night, and thank you. Leave her brother's company, the makers of Lux Toilet Soap, join me in inviting you to be with us again next Monday evening when the Lux Radio Theater presents Loretta Young and Van Johnson in Mother is a Freshman. This is William Keely saying good night to you from Hollywood. Cary Grant is currently starred in the 20th Century Fox picture. I was a male war bride. Heard in tonight's cast were Donald Randolph as Bill, Stephen Dunn as Sims, and Carter as Betsy, and Whitfield as Joan, and Herbert Butterfield, Charlotte Lawrence, Tim Graham, Lillian Randolph, Jack Petruzzi, Cliff Clark, Howard McNeer, Earl Lee, and Eddie Marr. Our play was adapted by S.H. 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is to demonstrate the effect of MER17, a new blocking agent against the development of LSD-25 psychosis. We have used two healthy graduate students in psychology as subjects, but time permits us to show only one. On the first experimental day, Ronnie, aged 22 and weighing 75 kilograms, was given 100 gamma of LSD-25 in distilled water orally. This is a very small quantity of LSD-25, but all investigators report that it is enough to produce a temporary psychotic dissociation state in any healthy adult. The scene which follows shows what happened to Ronnie after he drank the LSD-25 solution. And if you will follow the clock, you will be able to note time intervals accurately. How do you feel after an hour? Like I should be getting sick, but it's different in that I'm not.  Do you feel almost nausea? Almost. Good worry. Anything else? The dryness of throat, but it feels as though if I did take a drink or something, I wouldn't keep it. And there isn't. I have to maintain my attention. It's an effort to talk to you right now. Well, you were talking to Ronnie. Ron, a while ago we separated you and Dick. Do you have any idea why we did that? No. Yes, I do. You just separated us to see how we would react. You felt though that we were separating you to see how you alone reacted. And you felt that we were watching you? Is that right or wrong? No. You haven't been watching me when we were there. You don't think we're trying to pull anything on you? So, why did you assume that particular Ron had inquired with Ronnie about the separation of the two boys? Because I felt at the time of separation that Ronnie did have some very real paranoid feelings and felt as though we separated the two of them so we could spy on Ronnie alone. And yet when he sat down before the camera, he didn't voice any of those paranoid ideas. I think it's interesting that he was able to mobilize his defenses and to deny that he did have those feelings at the time. I feel that they were really there and I think he did show other evidences of paranoid feelings. Ronnie, you look tired, are you? Yeah. Have you got anything particular to report to me? Do you feel slowed up? Decisively. How is your mood? Are you unhappy? No.   I've lost all the time, but probably sometime in the afternoon is when I can cut it. Have you had any visual phenomena or any auditory phenomena? In on the couch there was nothing that can describe it. There were a lot of colorism and things taking shape. Were there geometric patterns or were they just sort of a lack of back teeth? Sort of one together and what? You forgot what I asked you? All of the auditory visual things. Yeah, we're in geometric shape, I'd say. Anything you'd like to do right now? If you had Aladdin's lamp and could do anything in the world you want to do right now, what would you like to do? Get rid of this nervousness and apprehension. Do you feel as though you're in contact with this situation and with us and the people around us? Not even a minute. Ronnie, have you been sleeping for the last few minutes? Not exactly. You've been lying down on bed? No. Are you thinking about anything in particular? What did I ask you, Ronnie? You asked me if I was thinking about anything.  If I asked you how you felt, could you describe the way you feel? What did I ask you? No, I felt it was something that hit me. Could you answer me? I'll feel all right. Ronnie, it's been six hours since you took that drink. Are you still feeling...badly? Yeah. Do you know where you are? Yeah. Where are you? I talked to you. Has your mind been on anything in particular? Have you been thinking about anything in particular? Do you feel depressed? Do you feel elated? No. Have you been seeing anything by way of color? Have you been hearing anything unusual? If I were to ask you how you felt, could you tell me? I guess I am sad and afraid. What kind of mental activity are you going for? Confusion. Well, Ronnie, you said that you thought the sun was in the wrong position when you looked out the window. Yeah, I lost time and precision. Do you think that you're purring at all, or are you still quite mental? I don't think in the last 15 minutes anything has been improved at all. Are you anxious? Are you fearful? Are you worried? Are you nervous? What would you request for your mood ads? My mood. Do you know about what?   Just trying to keep things with true situations, trying to be aware of it, trying to stay in contact with reality. Have you felt a waxing waning of reality? Well, sometimes I've been confused about which is reality and which isn't.  I was aware of noises, for instance, that may have been to annoy me and may not have been. Rather than investigate, I just sort of let them go. Can you describe to us how this thing was some hours back when you were in the middle of it? Just mass confusion is all I had. That's a confusion. Would you say it was pleasant or unpleasant? I wasn't aware at the time of any pleasantness or unpleasantness. I'm still not aware of any pleasantness or unpleasantness. I'm emotionally so bad for them. Well, Ronnie, do you think the picture shows the whole story of your LSD 25 experience? Not by a long shot. The day after the experiment, you wrote out something about it. Would you mind reading a part of it? Not at all. Very little by way of visual hallucinations, but what I consider the important thing that... Well, what's the word to describe it? Dissociated, plagued, pounded, weighed? All three are inadequate to describe the horrible state I was in. All of them put together. Perhaps the central thing was suspicion and fear that you would find out about me or perhaps think things that were not true. My overwhelming concern became, are they doing this to find out how I'll act?  On and on and on this one. And, as was no doubt obvious, I decided to do as little as possible so I wouldn't make any mistakes. It was my confusion, the fact that I had to study the situation, to be careful that shall I say, rack me up. I believe that there was still a trace of that suspiciousness when we took you home that night. Do you mind telling us about the television experience? It's hard to believe, but I joined the family to look at television in the living room, and I'll be damned if it wasn't talking in loaded phrases too. That made my reason take another step toward control, and I felt better. Well, thank you very much, Ronnie. This essentially paranoid type of reaction pattern has been described repeatedly by investigators of LSD-25 psychosis. During the next week, Ronnie was given a five milligram tablet of our new blocking agent, Bryce Daly, and one final tablet on the morning of the second experimental day. Our clinical experience with Maritran convinced us that this compound was quite different from any other central nervous system stimulants that we had known before, that were interested in the effect of some of its isomers. When the nitrogen atom is moved from the alpha to the gamma position, an entirely new compound results pharmacologically, and it is this gamma isomer of Maritran, which we have used as a blocking agent against LSD-25 psychosis. We were led to its use because of some dramatic, though inconsistent results we had obtained when we used it on patients with schizophrenia. And now, let us return to Ronnie and the second experimental day. Good morning to you. I believe you've been taking one five milligram tablet of this compound with Bryce Daly throughout the last week, correct? And you took one small one. All right, now here we are with one tenth of a milligram of LSD in the still water so down the hatch. So, Ronnie doesn't seem to be at half an hour since you cut the LSD? Yes, sir. Have you got anything to report to us in this first half hour? Nothing. It's just something to report, sir. It's been an hour since you've taken LSD. What can you report for us? Well, now I can definitely tell I have taken it, but my thoughts seem to be in good shape so far. Ronnie, it's been an hour and a half since you took the LSD and I've noticed an increase in the restlessness. Yeah, extreme restlessness, yes. But my thoughts are in good control. I mean, I'm much more confident at this time than I was at. It's been two hours now since you've taken the LSD. Does it seem that that's right? Yeah, yeah, that's true. There's been no distortion of time sense? No. Of the passage of time. Well, let's ask you first how your body feels. It feels fine. There's no sensations one way or the other. Now, you've been restless. You've been a lot of pacing for a while and then you lay down for a while. Now, what can we find out about your mental processes? Have you had any feeling of drifting in and out of the world of reality at all? Well, no, no, I haven't. It's now two and a half hours since you took the LSD. Does that seem right to you? Yes, it's a bearing. There's been no alteration and distortion in your sense of time. No, I don't think so. Has much transpired in the last half hour as far as you're concerned? Well, nothing. What do the others know? Now, last week you had the very uncomfortable feeling that all of us were indulging in double talk. Is there any left feeling in you now? None whatsoever. I think that'd be a sort of a dissociative feeling that I don't have now. Anything new to report to me at this time? I don't think there's anything new.  At three hours last week I asked you that if you had Aladdin's lamp and could get your most desired wish, you said that you would wish that something could be done to get rid of the nervousness that you had. Would you answer in the same way today? I'm not sure. I think I'd be more aware of the possibilities of such an offer today than I would. Lonnie, what time does it seem to be? It's somewhere, I'd say about 3.34 o'clock, something like that. Now, in the last half hour we've been sort of having a general discretion. Apostolic things, controls and scientific methods and so on. Do you seem to be sort of in what we were? I follow your conversation. If you could do exactly what you wanted to do right now, or would you be doing anything different than you're doing? Well, I could be home if that's what you mean. I could probably be doing something a little more enjoyable. What would be enjoyable in your thinking right now? I don't know, being out and outside seems like a nice day out. Lonnie, we're now at the five and a half hour after taking LSD period.  It is nothing like it was last week. There are some of the same symptoms and it seems that it was ready to happen, but it just didn't. It doesn't. I mean, when I went to lie down, last Saturday I could have easily sort of been swallowed up and I was trying to do it then, just now. And it just didn't happen.  That's right. But you can't find that today. Try as you will. Lonnie, you wrote out your experience after the second episode or two. Would you mind reading this part of it? No. It was quite similar, yet it was so very, very different. For the first time, my mind began racing and becoming tangled and eventually swallowing me up despite my efforts. The second time, my efforts to fight it all were successful. In one sentence, I think it might be summed up adequately by saying it was a fight both times, but the second time I learned. Well, thank you very much. There are probably many questions that you wish answered about this work. And, Doctor, what dosage of the blocking agent have you found to be effective? We have ranged from 10 to 15 to 20 to 30, 50 and 100 milligrams. There are individual differences. In the lower ranges, the blocking is not necessarily complete, but in the higher ranges, it is so invariably. Have you done this on any more subjects, Doctor Saving? Yes. Ate so far in a double-blind study, and the blocking effect was consistent. Is a week of pre-treatment necessary in all cases? No, sir. Already discovered that two days of pre-treatment suffices, and our guess is that it can be shortened even more. Did you say if this drug has clinical application? Well, time will tell, but we have been quite impressed with our clinical results so far in some cases of acute schizophrenia, some cases of alcoholic hallucinosis, some senile hallucinatory states, and even a few cases of chronic schizophrenia. They represent about 60 cases in all. And furthermore, we are continuing our experimental work with hallucinogenic drugs, such as mescaline, cannabis, adrenochrome, etc. Are there any other questions? Yes. Can M.E.R. 17 be used in percolation? Yes, and it's very interesting too. On December the 18th, 1954, Ronnie drank a second 100 gamma of LSD-25 without protection. Four and a half hours later, he was in an almost catatonic state. At that time, 10 milligrams of M.E.R. 17 was given intravenously and repeated in 15 minutes. This brought about a complete cessation and dissolution of his LSD-25 psychosis. Look at the picture. I'm right here. Do you feel that you're very close to us in your thinking? No. Can you tell me anything about what you have been thinking about? Is it too painful to talk about? And how long has it seemed to have been since you took the LSD? A couple of hours ago. Are you upset? No. Are you muddled? Yeah. Can you tell me anything about your thinking now? Ron, can you tell me anything about your thinking now? I can't understand. How do you feel? Does anything make much sense to you now? No. What seems to be the matter? No. Can you think? Can you tell me what's going on inside of your head? Ronny, are you frightened? Are you fearful? No. Ron, we're going to give you an injection to see whether it makes you feel any better.  Do you feel anything? About three minutes since you took the injection. What can you say about things now? I don't know. Do things feel any, seem any clear to you? They do. I don't know why. Can you elaborate on that in any way? I'm just not as confused as you think.   That's correct. Can you tell me anything more about it? Maybe I said it's just a reorganization or a getting things in place again. Is it a pleasant comeback as it were, or is it disturbing to get things reorganized properly? No, the more I can, the more I feel better. We're giving you a second injection, about 17 minutes left to the first one. How are you feeling now, Ron? Like I'm waking up from a fever. Is it a pleasant feeling to be waking up from a fever like this? Pleasant to be back, I guess. Bill, is there any change in his blood pressure? No, his blood pressure and pulse remain essentially the same. Why it's been 30 minutes since we gave you the first injection and 15 minutes since we gave you the second one? Now, let's try to say how you feel now. I know it's hard. Well, I haven't yet a foundation from which I can speak. Do you think you feel differently than you did 30 minutes ago when you walked into this room? Yes, I guess I do very much so. Now, I may have spent an hour since we gave you the first injection. I believe things have sort of come back into the proper perspective for you. I think they have. Now, when you were under the LSD, you wanted to be in that room alone. You were fearful that there might be some sort of an invasion of your privacy, your integrity. Isn't that right? And now, that's all screwed up, and you've got things straightened away. I'm no longer anxiety-ridden about it. Are you your normal self now? As nearly as I can tell, I am. You will probably be interested in my subjective reaction to this last experiment. The first and third experiments were similar, of course. Complete and insoluble confusion and anxiety rings. And the knowledge that it's cause was a drug was my soul and small reassurance. One hallucination was that of lying flat on a slowly revolving cloud-like object. There were other similar objects all around, touching gently and revolving in gear. I just rolled slowly down into the depths of this arrangement. Another one I recall is that of a flowerbed type of pattern, or perhaps a purposeless pinball machine, with the lights arranged in rows and columns. The lights or flowers were growing then bursting in irregular fashion, one at the left, then at the center, and so on. Next occurred the phenomenon that has happened both times I lost, and perhaps I've neglected to mention it previously. Things seemed to clear up and I felt sane, yet I knew I wasn't. I seemed to wake up to a new world, the same situation, same people and environment, and yet everything, that is my mental state, my life, had been altered. I was a stranger in this world. I could no longer speak to anyone as a person. And that was my state when I was given the shot, bewildered, confused, afraid to say a word till I could be sure of which world I was in. I realized that what happened to me in those few minutes after the injection has a tremendous significance. Because of this realization, I have worked it over often since then. But God help me, I can't tell you a thing. It just happened. No crescendo, no fitting together of the pieces, no breaking through the surface. All of a sudden I found myself willing to cooperate, able to follow conversation more easily, just less anxiety written. I don't know how or why. I'm sorry, but that's all I can report.