Hey, Josh. Hey there. Little quiet today. Honk. Yep. Okay. Well, I will go ahead and get started regardless. So, oh, looks like we're already recording. So, welcome everybody to, I don't know, whatever this is, the fourth meeting of CNCF, SIG contributor strategy. As always, we are under the CNCF code of conduct, so please be excellent to each other. We don't have anybody new on this call, so I will skip the introductions and move straight into mailing list items per the agenda. So. Actually, let me see if I can share the screen. Sharing on Linux, on Zoom. Yeah, Zoom's been good about that. That's why despite other security issues. It's been pretty bad for me the last few, the last few meetings with the new Zoom update are with whatever version I'm on currently. Yeah, the new one's the one that has like the hella security, excuse my French recording. Oh, so, so you're saying I shouldn't update my Zoom this week.  Okay, anyway, can you see the mailing list stuff there? Yes. Okay, cool. So, okay. So, let's see what do we have here? New meeting. Yeah, new meeting, which is further down on the agenda, so I'm not going to discuss it right now. We have since last meeting, pretty much just the starter pack. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Okay, so we have a whole bunch. Paris, actually, do you want to talk about this? This is mostly your work? No, it's fine. This is just TLDR and update. This is pretty much where we get a TOC update as well. We had a TOC update on Tuesday. Many folks here that are on the line right now were there, but this is just kind of like what we should be using when folks ask us what we're up to. So obviously, many of us are in like 45 other communities. So I'm going to get into a good habit of regularly at least once a month doing updates kind of like this, especially for TOC. I felt like it was super helpful just for me to include this link to TOC kind of thing. So expect more of that. And that's really all I wanted to say on this. Okay. Can somebody else take notes on the agenda? Because if I'm screen sharing, I can't really do it. I will. I will. Cool. Okay, that's actually all for mailing list items. So very briefly, whoops, that was not what I wanted to do. Very briefly for governance working group next steps. April's not on this call right now, but we're going to have our first meeting of the governance working group on Monday, May 11 in the afternoon Pacific time. Because right now there are only two members of the working group and that works for both of us. The main thing of this is going to be to kind of organize the working group and also start work on our actual stuff, which falls into two main areas. Preparing our recommendations on governance requirements to go to the TOC who have indicated that they want to increase governance requirements at the various graduation levels. I end as well, you know, outline all of the things that we need in our guide for helping projects develop governance. So there's an invitation to that on the mailing list. If anybody is interested in participating in that working group. If you know somebody who's not currently in contributor strategy who you know has an interest in governance, please pass them along. And that's it for governance. I have a question. I think and I just put contributor growth. That's what that was me typing violently contributor growth on the agenda. From the contributor growth working group. We're definitely going to have some probably project. Remember that like that's what the section is called in the graduate project. Probably going to have some project recommendations that necessarily aren't like governance related so I feel like is that okay if we're just like. Pushing a TOC multiple recommendations or should we like package them up into a bow and send them together. I don't carry their way I'm just curious as to what your thoughts are. So you're talking about recommendations to the TOC for requirements or something else. Right so for instance example. All projects have to have a contributing markdown file. Right. Right. So like I feel like that's something that would come out of like the contributor growth and like some other stuff. So I'm curious as to like, or like I'm just I guess trying to set expectations to TOC to like should they expect other, you know, other requirements changes to come from us or is this like it. I think we should maybe in that case bubble up the requirements through this meeting. So that when more than one working group has separate requirements recommendations at the same time we can send them to the TOC together. I agree. Okay. And particularly with contributor growth and governance in particular. A lot of those recommendations are going to be directly related to each other. Cool. Because like governance is going to have say the requirement that you have to have. You know that you have to have contributors from more than one company. Yeah. Okay. But I am contributor growth to say how do you get contributors from more than one company. Right. Cool. We're just iterating here live. Yep. Yep. That's awesome. I just wanted to make sure this wasn't like the, the packaged bow thing, you know, that we're like telling to see this is it kind of thing. So, all right, cool. Next. I mean, one of the things I haven't worked out and that we'll be discussing on Monday and that sort of thing is how we do this thing is because, you know, the TOC will have some moving set of standards for projects. Yep. And we're basically making change recommendations to those. But their documents are also changing in the process. Haven't quite figured that out yet. The Because of course their stuff is going to be in a different repository. The. And I really do not want to use GitHub sub repository things. Please. Please. Really, I've had some nightmarish personal experiences with that. So no, thanks. The. Okay. So then on to maintainer circle read me. So let me actually bring that up. I'm in the middle of getting the link as well, by the way. Okay, that's presumably an open PR. Yep. Yep. Um, this definitely needs. Stevens review as co-partner. And, uh, I wanted to get other takes as well. Uh, this is literally the skeleton, right? So I feel like a lot of this stuff, especially planning, I would like to come from other major that join us to tell, you know, to tell us how they would like to do this. So I feel like. From a skeleton perspective. Um, this is what I was thinking. So obviously there's a ton of to-dos. So, um, So, um, I'm not trying to put you on the spot by the way. I don't, I don't know if you've had time to review. So. Uh, yeah, I haven't had time to review. We've, uh, Basically just putting the SIG release. Uh, 119 schedule. I don't know if you've had time to review. So. Yeah. I haven't had time to review. We've, uh, Basically just putting the SIG release. 119 schedule things to bed. Um, so I'm freeing up now. Um, but yeah, I'll get to review this. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. No worries. Yeah. So anyway, that's the, that's just the TLDR of what's in here, which is our goals. What we're trying to define as a maintainer. And again, that's a, uh, A wider net of contributor than what the CNCF technically describes as maintainer for purposes of TOC election. Um, and we can argue about that at another time. Side, you know, side, side argue. Um, But for the purpose of this, um, Casting a wider net for people who make like official reviews. Uh, and who are building that trust. Uh, within their projects. And really talking about project structure and organization and things like that. So. Uh, That's it. So it sounds like the next step is. To contact a bunch of maintainers. So see you projects. Yep. And that's on, and I've got that on the agenda. That's honestly, I feel like I, I, we, us should be like. Have some kind of nice. Uh, they get sent to all the project maintainers and introduces us says, Hey, look at this. We're planning this thing. I included the link in the, um, in the agenda to the hack MD as well. I think I did. It's just, um, And it's just a skeleton of what I'm thinking about. Um, So it's just us coming out of the gate saying, Hey, we're doing this thing. We'd love to have you. Um, Also adding in like a survey and a focus group option, which, um, I started a GitHub issue about as well. So we can really start to get some information back from other projects as to like, even what's working for them because we want to collect that information too. Um, so that's kind of where I feel like we should go as far as next steps for maintainer circle. Excuse me. Maintain your circle as well as some other things. Okay. Anything else on that? No, no, just reviews. And I wanted to bring it to everybody's attention that, um, I feel like we're in a good spot there. Cool. Um, speaking of good spots, um, apparently. Contributor growth working group is started launching something. Um, I guess we will. Wait for Carolyn to say something on slack of the mailing list. Yeah, I put that in there. I think there was just, um, There was just like some small things, but I say it's worth it. Because it's pretty much ready to go. So, um, we'll also include that. The mailing list too. Actually, here's an important thing. The PR is not merged. Yeah. No, I know. It's almost ready to go. It's kind of, it's got a couple of small things. Um, but I still wanted to put it on there. Okay. Does it still have a couple of small things? I, as far as I can tell, the only thing we're waiting on is Carolyn wanted Karen chewed away in. Yeah. And she has not. Yep. Um, the, um, because otherwise, I mean, there aren't, there aren't any actual, like, you know, line item comments or anything that are unaddressed. So, um, I think for, like, Karen, is from response back to, and that's what I'm talking about. It was kind of like a small. To be addressed. Okay. But yeah, no, we're pretty much ready to go after that. So that's why I'm like, we're at this, like, good state where we, we can have like a nice email to project engineers. Once they get some of these things merged. Okay. Okay. Next up open into questions. This is like one of yours, Paris. Um, the other projects have a contributor experience community group, something similar. Um, I can tell you off the top of my head that Prometheus does not. I don't know of any. I was just curious. Yeah. Your PC doesn't. I bet Helm does. I don't know. I'll have to look. Um, I feel like, you know, they have a dedicated community manager. Um, Are you looking for just C and CF projects or? Yeah. Yeah. In this case, just C and CF projects. Okay. Yeah. All right. Yeah. No, no, no, no. Okay. There we go. There we go. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Um, oh, okay. There we go. There's your draft email. So this is to contact the maintainers. Presumably. Yep. Before that loads, it looks like skeleton for. Yeah. And so also next, the next time we meet is technically our fourth Thursday, which we've designated that would be cool for them to come. Instead of them coming to like a meta planning meeting. Um, kind of like this one. So, um, also introducing that concept to them as well. Okay. I have to admit, I'm confused about fourth Thursday because. It'll actually be the third week of the month. Time has no meaning anymore. Yeah, I know.  So it's really the 16th Thursday of March. That's what you're saying. Exactly. Exactly. We're supposed to meet on the second and the fourth. I did the emoji thing. I was like, so maybe we just make it the first and the third. Yeah. Yeah. Well, for meeting the problem is that if we're meeting every two weeks, twice a month, it's always going to move. Yeah. Yeah. The, um, so. So what are we saying? We're saying then come to the last meet. We're saying come. Well, we'd have to do one of two things. Like change the calendar invites, right? To say there should be like two separate ones where one is the planning meeting. One is like the same planning meeting that you're welcome to come to. Um, but the, the, the second one for the month, which is the third or the fourth Thursday is the AMA. Maintainer circle. Shindig. I mean, would it really be a problem if they came to all the meetings? Meaning, and we had a designated. Thing it's in the agenda every time that said AMA, and then obviously meta planning or something like that. Um, Yeah, not at all. I think that, um, I think I was just concerned about just like opening up a gate and it's just like everybody. I think if we keep it structured and well time bounded, then it should be fine. Um, but I agree that, that like, Like having people to send on the meeting without having, um, like clear time balance for things would be, would be problematic. Yeah. I mean, I'm open to that and just keeping it simple and saying, come to a meeting period. I mean, it would mean that we would need to get all of our other business out of the way between 1030 and 11, which I don't think is necessarily impossible. Um, the, um, and would only be able to spill over if there weren't any, um, Visitors joining us. But again, I think that's acceptable. You're on Pacific time. Hmm. I said, assuming that you're on us Pacific time. I'm in Eastern and yours. Oh yeah, that's true. The, um, Well, in the first half hour of the meeting. Yeah, we'd have to get all of our stuff done. The, um, which also brings up something for maintainer participation that, um, we can start out this way, but eventually you're going to need to move that around the clock. Because for maintainers who are in China or, um, Finland, um, that 11 a.m. Pacific is a very bad time. I really hate time zones. Yes. 11 a.m. Pacific is not a bad time for Finland. If you're curious. Really? Okay. It's the same time as Ukraine. And it's not terribly bad here in Ukraine. What, so what time is it? It's 9 p.m. Okay. I mean, like it's not so good, but not so terrible as 2 a.m. for example. Yeah. Yeah. All right. I think we do actually. Yeah. I think we do have a little bit of an issue there with. Well, maybe it would make sense to get a sense for. Who all maintainer wise is interested. In taking part and then scheduling around that because. Yeah, let's add that. I'll add that too. As the, uh, you know, representative for a project that has some seriously grumpy maintainers. Um, not every maintainer is going to want to get involved. So. No, and I get that too. And that's totally fine. I think that like, I mean, because we are technically asking them for other things for the maintainer circle. So that's, I think a good ask too. Yeah. I mean, I kind of, it's almost like creating a little working group of like, um, Sorry, I made the mistake of looking at the news.  So you kind of want to figure out who's going to be in the group before you, you know, find out who's going to be in the group. And then you kind of want to determine when it's best for them to meet. Yeah. So it sounds like for interested people that we want to actually direct them to a form or something. Where we can ask them. You know, name project time zone. Oh, and then here I also want to get your advice on. Hold on. I'm getting the life. Sorry for the pause. Um, Also third on the agenda. Oh, and the heck this is the issue I opened for the survey slash focus group. And what I mean by that is obviously include a form. It'll say it's under 10 minutes, hopefully. Um, and then if you have survey fatigue. And would rather have us come to you, I will, like, I will, I mean, I'll personally say that that's fine. Like I know, and I know that like 45 groups aren't going to say that. Like I just know. So, um, if they would rather talk about it, sure, I'll come for 15 minutes and we can talk about it. Uh, if they have survey fatigue. So, um, but I want to know from the other working groups, um, Um, specifically governance, what are things that you want to know from some of these other projects? And again, it doesn't necessarily mean bad things that can mean good things. So you can. Like compile best practices or whatever. Um, but this is also especially relevant for contributor growth, uh, and maintainer circle and things like that. So trying to keep the survey as late as possible. So think of like some umbrella questions that. I already put like some general, um, On there. So again, I'm trying to keep this as light as possible. Also built some trust. Um, people can see kind of like what we're trying to do, uh, through the questions that we're asking. So. Okay. Let me add that to our agenda for Monday. Okay. I will say the grubby maintainers are just going to tell you to read the documentation. And that's the two. The, um, which means that maybe we should just ask questions about where the documentation is. Just have questions where people can put links. The, um, what I really love about the whole RTFM thing is that. I will tell you. 80% of the projects where a maintainer has told me RTFM. The manual did not in fact exist. Oh yeah, totally. Yeah. Well, and that's why, and that's another, that's why I'm saying some of the questions are like, so what, you know, what works for you? Like, you know, sure. Yeah. I've got, you know, we've got plenty of docs on things that don't work. Yeah. Yeah. Well, and it also gives you a chance to kind of figure out like. If someone fills out the form saying, well, this is how we make decisions. And it's like, Oh, that's interesting. Cause that's not what your documentation says. Um, you know, that's a good opportunity to identify those things. I mean, it gives you an idea of like general, general maintainer personas as well. When you're dealing with the projects. So. And if that's useful information to have in the pocket. Yeah, I guess. I have to, I have to do some hard thinking about how we make questions that are general enough. That all projects could potentially answer them. But still get useful information out of. Um, it's a little bit challenging because projects can have some pretty, you know, some of them are going to have documentation for governance and some will not. Um, you know, I, some of them are going to be like, Oh, we only do the code type projects and others are going to be more. Um, holistic. Agreed. Yes. But that, honestly, that to me is also going to paint the story, right? Like picture of. Wow. Like everybody does do something different. Yeah, it's just, if I start with just sort of a free form blank, like, how do you make decisions? Then for example, some projects, you know, whoever fills it out may answer it on the basis of, Oh, this is how we review code. Does everyone use owner's not talk about any other kind of decisions. Does everyone in CNCF use owner's files or do they, some use code owners or. It depends, but they're all listed on the public CNCF maintainer stack. Yep. I'm just curious. Yeah. Some people have like a maintainers that empty or something like that instead. They're not necessarily using it for code ownership, but for project ownership. Yeah. Yeah, I saw that with a couple of the other day as well. Okay. All right. I'm going to wait for the governance meeting then before shipping any kind of email. But I would like to for as far as like where we are, I mean, we should definitely at least give a week's notice to invite them to the next meeting. So I'm thinking we should definitely try to mail something off by mid next week. So is that, is that like a cool deadline with everybody as far as getting this out. Sure. Whatever you want Paris. The, although. Well, no, I guess we don't need an actual. We're doing the, is the email going to have a link to the survey? It should. So that's what I'm saying. Right. So there's going to be the question of how long it's going to take to physically set up the survey. Because presumably we need to use CNCF survey monkey. Yeah. And there's always some hurdles for that just because of the restrictive access to the account. Could you just use a Google form or does it have to be. Not if we want to potentially include Chinese containers. Yeah. Right. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. The. A constant annoyance. Yeah. No. And it's my bias to GRPC doesn't have any. So that's why I, it escapes me. Sorry. Yeah. It's just, I mean, for some of them like at CD, for example, absolutely. Both of the maintainers are Chinese. So. Yeah, absolutely. The. Yeah. And last I checked this may have changed, but. The CNCF survey monkey, there's only two people can log into it, which always creates a bit of a delay to get things created. Is it. Amy, is it possible to, she's gone. I'm still here. You can ask me. Oh, right. Yes. But I'm more than in one minute. So be fast. Okay. So the same way we have the, the curve already is kind of like shared account is a possible to carve one out for contributor strategy. Like I feel like this is not the only. We need to be doing a survey. Probably we have to create a different account just for the community purposes. Because we use the, the CNCF account for all the things if related service. Right. So like if we, if we're kind of segmented, then we, then there are less issues with giving us access to. I think it's possible, but it's better to ask Amy who have left and I'm living now as well, so Survey monkey's free and Like why don't we just create our own say it one more time? I think it's the legal terms that like Linux foundation puts in there Well, I mean you can just create an account and then like they could pay us back But whatever I'm being too simplistic, I guess. Oh, hey April. Do they have free accounts? They do you don't get all the functionality But we don't unless you're doing a lot of like conditional questions but Yeah, that's just my thought would be like spin up your own and okay Yeah, I didn't know that they had free accounts in which case yes that we could totally do that if the CNCF will let us do that so Which would be easier right because also I mean I will tell you as somebody who has designed some of the CNCF Surveys like actually done the physical design of it Well, this is on recording the They the only having two accounts that can log into Survey monkey is a pain for everyone I mean and it totally makes sense given the fact that they use it for other stuff that shouldn't be seen by the broader community so I think it totally makes sense to just have one for like The assorted working groups or just create one for the specific working group or say sorry If it's a free account, I don't see why we wouldn't have our own So let's I'll find out for me me whether or not there's any any blockers to us just using a free account for that Thank you I would I would check in to see if they already have a team So maybe they have an account But it's a team account and they can chart off like sub accounts or something like that Like I'm not sure exactly what the Survey monkey structure is but They there aren't I will least the last time I touched the CNCF Survey monkey, which was about three Actually longer than that like November There were not teams in that sort of thing Survey monkeys for their paid accounts. They have a pretty steep tier structure And and CNCF is not at the upper tiers. Okay. Yeah, it's So that's a business plan and then there's a personal plan they bill per user So they don't have it kind of like zoom where you can create Sub stuff. Yeah, because I know for the the Kubernetes when we just have a single user. Yeah, yeah One one good thing is that it's monthly. So like you could always Spend it up Exactly. Yeah scale to zero survey monkey the Okay, oh That was all I had today. What did y'all want to talk about? I'd like to actually just take a quick look at issues Yeah, to make sure that we don't have anything pending that we need the full Meeting and anything anything that's stuck that we need this meeting to move along I did want to actually talk about something that came up in the TOC Okay So it seems like the other some of the other SIGs do this approach where they Look at projects when they come in and things like that and I that's why I was painting Jared offline because I know Sandbox projects and stuff like that and I was like I wonder if like every meeting here We should talk about some of the specific projects that are coming in And see like kind of a consultative approach that we can give to them Sort of like what the other SIGs are doing at the TOC level The Yeah, I'm Go go for it. I'm gonna say I'm reluctant to embrace that because I can tell you that Certain SIGs and CNCF members would be happy to offload a lot of work on to us And right now we don't actually have a lot of volunteers in the SIG The I mean so far I've kept all of our language in terms of recommendations and stuff in that We are actually providing recommendations to the COC the TOC Like what we have in our initial read me and stuff is that we're providing recommendations to the other SIGs in the TOC And only directly getting involved in reviewing stuff on request the And also the sandbox procedure is going to be changing pretty soon Yeah, so I would I would say the reverse I guess No, sorry, no Exactly what Jeff said I would be reluctant to open up that possibility. I think that's Yeah, exactly what you said people are going to be willing to offload that work I think what we should do is maybe you read out of what has been like what's new with the TOC kind of situation right where we understand what's been floating around the mailing list and Provide recommendations based on that stuff. Okay, that's feasible. Yeah Yeah, we just need I feel I need a TOC Like Connection now because now we're past this like meta stage so like the last update I gave this week and TOC was like, all right We're off and so now I'm just like, all right now we need to I guess make those connections with TOC In some way, so I guess we'll also have the governance requirements and things like that. So All right Yeah, I mean they also want when so the other thing that's actually been Informally requested and I'm not sure who this would fall under is a review of the non-governance project maturity requirements Right. Well, that's the contributor growth stuff. Yeah, I was gonna say that may be a contributor growth Yeah, yeah, that's right. And that's why that's why I was going with the when I asked earlier about though Like should we all you know package this up as our Like our one shot of You know recommendations or are we are we're just gonna constantly iterate we're just constantly pushing recommendations to them kind of thing I Would expect us to do that for at least the next year because There isn't a lot of precedent even outside the CNCF for the sort of thing And as a result what will happen is we'll make some recommendations You know, they will adopt some or all of those recommendations Projects will get reviewed that sort of thing Either there will be you know An open question for them for about a project where it's really not clear Or alternatively The you know CNCF and TOC will decide that they want to change things, right? Like maybe they'll decide hey sandbox incubating and graduated isn't enough. We want to have another tier At which point we need to prepare a whole nother set of recommendations I have to yes, I agree I'm going to drop for the Sega architecture meeting Y'all could have like a little mini governance meeting now No, sorry, you're right except we haven't scheduled for Monday. Yeah, Paris.  Yeah It's getting there. Okay. You need some coloring conditioner. Josh. I like I don't want to care about Yeah The um and and yeah, and I am so far ahead He is the graying department Yeah, but you do it well You know, it's it's turning white which I'm thankful for because if it had turned medium gray I think I would have needed to cut my hair short I just think long hair looks terrible if it's medium gray Okay Hello to whoever watches these meetings Hair Tributor strategy for hair color and talk about the right shade of Kubernetes blue Sorry, right we talked about spitting off a hair color W working group and Kubernetes from Fashion No, we should we need to see fashion for real. Yeah Your piece for GRPC We briefly had like a working group for nail polish colors because we were looking for like the perfect GRPC teal shade. Oh, yeah, these are important things that go on. Yes We should we should list us under swag best practices Not that we'll ever be in a place to give anyone swag ever again But yeah, I was gonna say right if if we you know if coupon Boston happens I really do want to get some fake beards for sick beard Because we don't want we don't want We don't want membership to be restricted just to people with natural beards. That's not fair Well, that could be the mask like you could get you know, oh my god What if somebody does not have a hip, oh, I'm sure yeah respirator by now that's got to happen


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Kate, Kate, don't go there. Hey, wait. Stop. Come here, officer, both of you. Get back. A ball in the dump door is risking our lives. Who asked you to follow me? That stops me. Maybe that thing is locked. Well, if you'd stopped shouting at me for a minute, I might be able to open it. Yeah, please get what you're after, and let's get out of here. Here it is. Thanks. That must be a very important document. It is. Don't be afraid. Come on. Let's go this way. We'll be out of here in a jiffy. Whoa, whoa. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. I'm all right. How are we going to get down? Let's go this way. Come on. Can you jump? Jump? Oh, yes, I think so. There you are. You all right? Yes, thanks. I'd have been down there yet if it went for you.  Oh, now you're not going to try to make a hero of me, are you? Hello there. That's where I live. So you told me. Oh, lady, you haven't heard anything yet. Do you know I have a confession to make to you. I've been sitting in that window for months, looking right into your life. Oh, a peeping tongue. Yeah, isn't it awful? I could tell when you were high, and I could also tell when you were blue. And many's the time you made my mouth water when you were poaching eggs over that electric iron. Let's go. Don't get back. Come on. You can't push me. I can't, but get back. Get your hands. My name's McCarthy. I don't care what your name is. Get back. I'd rather he did. Thank goodness you're safe. Officer, will we be able to go in there? No one can go in there. The places are wrecked. Gee, that's kind of tough. Burn out on New Year's Eve. Burned out or thrown out? What's the difference? Well, what are you fellas going to do? Oh, we'll curl up with a nice book somewhere. Say, I've got an idea. Why don't you come up to my place? We're having a little party. I think I can go to care for you. Uh-huh. Three flights to heaven. Hope you don't mind. You're lucky to have stairs. We're fresh out. Looks like just another fire cabin. They asked me. I didn't ask you. My mansion in the hill. He is very nice. The fire is out. Ladies and gentlemen, I've brought you back a couple of refugees. Miss Kay Martin, Mr. Edgar Bergen. Meet the Bushelites of Broadway. Oh, my God! Oh, my God! May I take your coat? Who are the Bushelites? I'll ask their artists who hide their lights under Bushel. The place certainly looks lived and quiet. You see the juggling Jacobuses? Do they get on all night? I hope so. I didn't see them. My name is Honey, honey. Hope you didn't lose anything. I don't think so. We'll know in the morning. Beer? Thank you. Beer? I'll bug it. Quiet, Kay. Do you see I'm trying to drink? Yes, but honey, honey, didn't give Charlie Charlie anything. I beg your pardon. I'll give you some. Honey's my partner. She's a swell kid. Do you like her? What do you do? We dance. Just at the moment, according to our raisins, we're resting after a long and arduous tour. And what do you do? Well, I'm a Bushelite too. I'm resting after a long and arduous tour. And what do you do? Well, I'm a Bushelite, too. I'm resting after a long and arduous tour. And what do you do? Well, I'm a Bushelite, too. I'm resting after a long run and Schubert's on her off. Oh, congratulations. You are, Charlie, dear. Oh, last but not least, I thank you.  Too much beer? No. Uh-huh. Well, you certainly took care of that. Oh, that's fine. Yeah? Yes. Oh, yeah. I won. I won. I won. I won. I won. It's good. Yeah. Well, I wouldn't know about that. No. A ventriloquist. Can you beat that? I didn't think that existed anymore. When a house burns, you never know what's coming out. I don't think I'm going to like her. Greetings, fellow hails. How are you? How are you? Good. How are you this year? Oh, well, Cora, this is Miss K. Martin. How do you do? Oh. And that's Edgar Bergen. How do you do? How do you do? How do you do? This is Cora Felms. She's working. I do tell. Well, you needn't look jealous. It's only a walk-on. I appear in the third act and say, I'm Jack for his wife. He's killed himself. Can you blame him? We're into a shame. The great big dummy like you making fun of my acting. He's my face red. I didn't know you were acting. Oh, isn't he wonderful? I really ought to be thinking of a place to sleep. Oh, leave that to honey. She'll figure it out. She and the landlady are just like that. She is nice. Ladies and gentlemen, we speak to you from the rainbow room at Rockefeller Center. It is now 15 seconds before midnight. Charlie, you too. That nasty old year has gone down. I hope the new one's much more fun. I hope so. Happy New Year. Happy New Year. Oh, excuse me. Barry, Happy New Year. Looks like a good game. We ought to get in a bargain. Happy New Year, Barry. And a Happy New Year to you, Kay. Shall we dance? What is this? You wouldn't know what to call that would do. Love on a dime. Good night, Clark. Good night. Ooh, it's beginning to snow. You'd better come inside where it's warm and close the window. Oh, wait a minute. A little fresh air is good for you. Not me. Good night, dear. I'll lay a night guard out in the couch for you. Thanks. I'll be right down. Good night, Barry. Good night, honey. Good night. I feel terribly guilty letting Honey do all this for me. Oh, don't worry about her. She likes it. Honey's got the biggest heart in the world. That must be the dawn. See where it's getting light over there on the top of that building? The dawn of the new year. Does it mean that much to her? Everything. You said you were going to tell me what was in that letter. Did I? Sure. Don't you remember? You said it was a passport to fame and fortune and happiness. It might easily be. Are you thinking of getting married? No. Nothing like that. Well, then I can't imagine what it could be. It's a letter of introduction to John Manning. John Manning. They're great lovers. Is he? Well, so they say. On the screen and in private life, too. He's also a very great actor. Oh, he's a great actor. All right. All the mannerings are good actors. Well, I hope it brings you good luck. Thanks. Oh, it's getting cold. I think I'd better go. I guess that ought to be comfortable. Thanks. Have you and Barry been together long? For five years. For five long hard years. But I don't regret your day of it. Barry's been swell. He's taught me and I've helped him. And all we needed to break to get right up on top with Roger's in a stair. And we'll get there. Nothing can stop us. Of course. No, I'll throw a slipper at him. I'll be all right. Good night. Good night. John Manning, celebrated stage and screen star, and Lydia Hoyt, his pretty 22-year-old bride-to-be, were greeted by a throng of eager, well-wishing fans as they stepped off the gang plank yesterday afternoon. Miss Hoyt will be the fourth Mrs. Manning. They love him, but divorce him. I ought to be like that. How about it, Bergen? Couldn't we afford a wife or two? You listen to the young turkey. What time is it, Barry? It's two o'clock. Oh, I'd better hurry. Are you going to wear that hat? I guess I'll have to. My only nice one was stuck to the fire. Okay. Yes? Don't you think you'd better phone Manning first and ask for an appointment? I've been carrying this letter around for months. I'm not going to give him a chance to put me off. Aren't you putting too much faith in that letter? Mm-mm. Well, if he doesn't do anything for you, I hope you won't be too disappointed. But he will, Barry. This is the beginning of everything for me. A man like Manning can do a lot for you, on God right here, Travis. Oh, honey. Oh, you're an angel. Hey, bring out the sables. Sables? I wouldn't dare. Oh, they came out of a hawk shop on 6th Avenue. Sables, get that. Well, won't they call rabbits next? You can have a third interest for $4. Oh, they're lovely. How do I look? You look swell. Well, I don't know how I'm going to thank you. Have you got your letter? Yes. Well, I'll come back as soon as I've seen him. And if it's good news, the party's on me. Goodbye. Goodbye. Goodbye. Goodbye. Goodbye. Good luck. I wonder if she'll see him. I wonder if he'll see her. Wonder what'll happen if they see each other. Might be better if they didn't see each other. Might be better if you shut up. Yes. Well, that's another way of looking at it. Yes. I'd like to see Mr. Manoring, please. Mr. Manoring is occupied. He's seeing no one. Well, I'm sure he'll see me. I have a letter of introduction. From whom? Well, if you let me come inside, I'll tell you. You would say you had a letter? Yes. If you give it to me, I'll see that it reaches Mr. Manoring in due course, and perhaps an appointment to be arranged. Oh, I couldn't do that. I'll have to see him personally. Utterly out of the question. This gentleman here has been waiting since a half after one. You see how it is? I have a great deal of patience. Very well, I'm sure I've done my duty to warn you. This happens to be a superb example of a Bachara prayer rug. It is not intended to be used as an ash tray. It was a cloudy day. The cemetery of Pérez-Lachens was the slate gray of a Joseph Penel skyscrapers. I walked down the path past the tomb of Eloise and Abelard, and I stopped in reverence before it. Before the memory of their love that no man could put us under. I went on in the mist until I came to where your sated grandmother lay. And there, one by one, as you directed, I let drop the springs if you drop them. It was kind of you to remember, Monsieur. For a friend, it was nothing.  You aimless hoe! I told you not to darken it too much. I wanted a bit of gray kept off of the temple, and you made it look like a toupee. On the contrary, sir, such a gray would look infinitely more studied.  Tell me what you want. There are a number of important matters, sir. Tell me all, Jules. This letter from Lou Woodstock. Well, what does he say? You old horse thief. Just a salutation of the letter, sir. You old horse thief. I sent you a play three months ago. You needn't read it. Just say you'll do it, and get back in the theater where you belong, affectionately Lou. Take a letter, Andrews. My dear old friend. Nothing on earth could ever induce me to return to the theater. You rat. Is this it? Yes, sir. I shall keep the manuscript as a souvenir affectionately, John. Anything else? Yes, sir. There's a lady with a letter of introduction, sir. Well, tell her to leave it. I'm much too busy. With pleasure, sir. And a newspaper reporter. A journalist? Well, we mustn't be ungracious to the press. Has he a photographer with him? No, sir. But he's a journalist. Is he? No, sir. But he may have a candid camera. They hide him in the most extraordinary places, sir. I'll get in five minutes. No more. Very good, sir. My coat, Andrews. Yes, sir. I do miss old Rover. What's this one's name? Blitzen, sir. He's German. Blitzen, does he bite? Oh, no, sir. He's very tame. I'm sure he won't bite, sir. Well, I'm not. Sitzen. Blitzen. Sitzen. Why do you talk to him in a foreign language? He doesn't understand English, sir. But he's beautifully mannered. Sitzen. Sitzen. Lie down, Blitzen. Lie down. What a picture, sir. You may come in now. Not you, him. Good afternoon, my friend. I'm afraid that I can make no statement on my forthcoming plans until after the wedding. Well, that's too bad. But you wore a John Manoring, aren't you, sir? What's this? Just a summons, Mr. Manoring, for non-payment of alimony. Sorry to trouble you. Reporter... ...Shariton. Blitzen, nice. Blitzen. Blitzen. Blitzen. Blitzen. Blitzen. Blitzen. Blitzen. Blitzen. Blitzen. Blitzen. Blitzen. Blitzen. Blitzen. Mr. Manoring. Yes. I have a letter of introduction. Oh, yes. The letter of introduction. I hope I didn't frighten you. Oh, that's quite all right. It's safe to come in now, sir. Why don't you come inside? Thank you. handwriting is familiar. Count is very easy. I don't believe you can guess. I think you have to read it. Please say something. Where have you been, my dear? Why haven't I known? I didn't know myself until recently.  No, don't touch it. Let me see you just as you are. Yes, I see it now. Same forehead. Same lovely hair. Only your mother's I imagine is turning gray. It turned very fast toward the end. She's dead. A few months ago, I was in New York trying to get a job. Someone wired me. When I got there, she gave me the letter. It was the first time I knew. She felt she owed it to me and perhaps to you. And made me promise that forgive me. Forgive you. I don't want to be any bother. Bother? My dear girl. Let me look at you again. That takes me back. There were tears in her eyes too the last time I saw her. To all these years. To things that I found you. The first thing I remember was mother cutting out your clippings and pasting them in a big yellow scrapbook. Later I used to read the notices and pretend they were mine. Let's see, I played Ophelia with you and Rosalind and Roxanne. Oh, I was wonderful in that. And of course we went to all your pictures. I don't think mother ever missed any. Sometimes halfway through the story I'd see tears in her eyes. I asked her why she'd say the scene was sad. Once I teased her about it. Said she was too old to have a crush on a movie star. She didn't answer but I saw it hurt her so I never mentioned it again. How little one really knows. Why do you say that? I had only realized, but how could I? I was so young at the time, excitable, ambitious without experience and a famous name to live up to. When she refused to leave Nashville and take to the road with me, I thought she didn't care. I called. I meant to go back but somehow the time never came. There was always a new season, a new play. Oh, I'm so sorry. Lydia! I had no idea. Please don't let me disturb you. Lydia, darling, what a surprise. Is that new? Yes. Come here, I want you to meet my... My protege, Miss... Kmart. Miss Martin. How do you do, Miss Martin? How do you do? I'm afraid I've stayed too long. Will you excuse me? Thank you for being so kind and... I won't bother you again until I hear from you. I'll see you to the elevator. Goodbye. Goodbye. I haven't even your address.  I'll write it down. I feel the worst kind of black-eyed. Why? I started to tell her. I had the intention of telling her. But the word daughter seemed to have stick in my throat. I guess meeting your father so suddenly has upset me. I understand. You can't suddenly spring a daughter on an unsuspecting world.  No, you're not. You're famous.  Please believe me, I don't want to complicate your life. If anything, I'd like to add a little happiness to it. I'd like to feel that you can count on me. For anything. As a father should. For the first time in my life, I... I can't find words. Let's not bother about telling it now. It's been our secret for so long. Let's keep it that way. Will you kiss me? Goodbye. And I'll call you soon. Goodbye. Why do you lie to me?  Well, now count on yourself, Lydia. I didn't lie to you. You did. I didn't. You said she was a barber. Well, she was a barber. I mean, there was a barber. And now she's a protege. Whose name? You couldn't even remember. Lies, lies, lies. She came to me with a letter of introduction from a very dear friend. Oh! Well, all right. If you don't believe me, here it is. No, no. I'm not going to show it to you. This is no way to begin a marriage. You ought to know you've had enough experience. Distrust heals not with fools. If you quote anything, I'll scream. Go ahead. It's good for you. I warn you, John. I'm not going to be long-suffering like some of your other wives.  Lydia, you my adored one. How can you be so unfair to yourself? Don't you be unfair. That's all I ask. So lovely. So charming. But I would no more... Go on. I can feel the cameras grinding. What you feel is the beat of my heart pounding for love of you. I must be out of my mind to think of marrying you. Just plain mad. I'd do it some more. To put those steps in the end, you'd be halfway to Benton, half of Michigan by now. Say, when do we eat? I'm starving. I wonder what you could be. It's after six o'clock. I don't know, but I wish you'd hurry. I'm dying to find out what happened. Why make you think you're gonna...  Now wait a minute now. Now let's reconstruct this scene from a scientific point of view. Attractive girl goes to great lover's apartment to ask a favor to see. Now let me see if I was a great lover and a girl came to my apartment. Oh boy, there's your answer. Barry, where are you going? Oh? He's really got us bad. Okay. Oh, Barry, I'm so happy I'm going to burry you. What kept you so late? Oh, he was wonderful. Or if I could only tell you... Tell me what? He's the kindest, sweetest, dearest man I've ever known. No wonder all the women are crazy about him. Yeah, that's just what I was afraid of. He's thrilling if you could just see him or hear him talk. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. You haven't forgotten me. Have you? Barry? Remember Barry Page, the fellow that's crazy about you? Oh, Barry, I love you. I love you. I love you. Oh, I love everybody. Just a second. Are you by any chance making love to me and thinking about him?  That guy must be a wizard. Well, the dinner's on me. Any luck? Did you get in? Honestly, I don't know where to begin. He's wonderful. I can tell you that much. Did he show you his etching? Oh, people are all wrong to talk about him the way they do. He's a darling. He wouldn't harm a flea. Well, it's nice to know he draws a line somewhere. Oh, Charlie, keep quiet. Tell me, Kay, what's he going to do for you? Anything? Well, we didn't have time to talk about it, but I'm sure he will. You didn't have time. You've been gone four hours. Well, I was late in getting there, and then I had to wait to see him, and we had tea in the front. Look, I'm famished. Let's hear the rest about him at dinner. All right. Where shall we go? Will Charlie go, too? Of course. If you take that, dummy, you'll upset the whole restaurant again. I know hiding me under a shawl. Either I go as an American citizen, or I'll stay at home in a trunk. I don't blame you, Charlie. Come in. Telephone, Miss Martin. For me? Who is it? He says it's John Manoring, but I have my doubts. Excuse me, please. Hello? Tonight? He hasn't lost much time, has he? She must have made a hit. Yeah. Oh, of course I'll come. Where and when? Apart Plaza. Meet me there at eight. All right? Look, you're prettiest. All right. I'll be there at eight. Goodbye. Barry. Yeah? He wants me to have dinner with him. Do you mind? Me? Mind? No, certainly not. Go right ahead. Oh, don't be that way. Well, how would you expect me to be happy because you're broken a date with me to go out with another guy, especially after you've been with him all afternoon? It isn't like that. Or if you only knew, oh, please be sensible. Manoring isn't another guy, as you put it. He's a man who's going to be married in a week. He's in love with Lydia Hoyt. She has a headache and he's free for this evening. There won't be another chance and he's kind enough to give this evening to me in my worries. Oh, it means a great deal to me, Barry. You know that. Doesn't that make any sense at all to you? Well, sure it makes sense. I haven't got a comeback. I can't find a flaw in your argument anywhere. It's logical, it's convincing, it's reasonable, and it's sound. But just the same, and nevertheless, I'm sore as a poison pup. That's masculine logic for you. Well, logic or no logic, if that guy in manoring makes a pass at you. Good evening, Miss Manoring. Good evening, Madame. You're very pleased that I didn't. Thank you. Excuse me. May I suggest a pump under, sir? Waste pump on beach by plane this morning. I'm going to leave it to you in time. But remember, this is a very special occasion. Thank you, sir. Come on in here. What are you smiling at? Not at anything, just about everything. To be perfectly frank, I'm not altogether sorry that Lydia had a headache this evening. What would Lydia do to you if she heard that? Oh, I should have just think, but don't misunderstand me. I don't. It's just that it's so nice to have this evening while alone with you, Kay. It's John Manoring and Lydia. What's Lydia you're wearing? That isn't Lydia.  Tell me all about yourself.  I'm not broke. The money's holding out terribly budgeted. The only trouble is, the money and the budget don't seem to come out together at the end of the month. Well, no Manoring ever made a budget. Let alone live up to it. You won't have to worry about that anymore, my dear. It's praying your neck if you're not careful. I don't care. I think it's terrible. Three weeks until the wedding and he's out with another girl. You wouldn't be calling Lydia, would you? Don't be upset. The nearest telephone is right out there. Oh, dear. Maude Raleigh. Oh, hello. Why don't you well? John and I have both worn out. We've been going so hard. I'll be glad when the wedding's over. Oh, then everything is all right. Oh, I'm so relieved. When I saw John come in with someone else and someone so attractive, my dear, I got positively jittery. Why, where are you calling from? The Park Plaza. But I did want to call up and find out if everything was all right. Of course, John was a sensation when he walked in as you. Sarah, I'm going out. Yes. We've been very lucky. We've skipped all the bad parts. You've never had to lecture me because I flaunt algebra. You've never had to decide about school and report cards and tap-drip party dresses. Whether I should bob my hair or the joke blots was a proper boyfriend for me. What is he, Catherine? He was the butcher's son. Oh, most unsuitable. I haven't seen him since I was 13. And there hasn't been anyone since? Oh, one or two. One or two? One or two. Well, one. One at a time is enough. I found it that way with my wives. You're very frank about this. Well, I never take my wives too personally.  You see, I know so well in advance that the time is coming when they can't stand it any longer. They'll have to divorce me. It's self-protection. Didn't it ever strike you to be so nice and faithful that they wouldn't want to divorce you? I always think I am. Then something happens. But, Lydia, it's going to be different. Good evening, Mother. Good evening. Is, Mother, I'm looking for someone? Well, yes, sir. Never mind. I've found you. Shall we dance? I'd love to. Catherine, will you excuse me alone, my dear? I fear that I'm in a slight predicament. Why, of course. Nothing for you, Father. I've been to you for the last time. You're not going to make a fool out of me. Lady, this is why. Come, you're being foolish. I told you this afternoon I wouldn't tolerate your two-timing. That goes the door. Lydia, you're making the scene. Let go of that door. I was great. May I have your law for granted? Oh, don't bother me. Oh, please, make that your mind. It's one side of the other. I'm trying to get out. What just happened? A two-meter hotel is going for the night, Madam. I am only a waiter. I couldn't take the responsibility. Twenty-one dollars. For chicken? Poulet, tetrazini, garnis, sou cloche is not exactly chicken, Madam. Could I use your phone? I certainly would, Madam. This way, please. Come here. All right, all right. So I forgot the list. What's the matter with you tonight? Oh, it's eleven o'clock. Generally gets to be around this time. Will we finally get a chance for a job? But it was only a chance. Let's drop the whole thing for tonight, huh? You know, she ought to be home by now. Oh, that's it, huh? Still worried about Kay and the big bad wolf? You acted as though she were made of whipped cream. Believe it or not, the big city's a lot kinder than a little girl from the country than it used to be. Especially if they've got letters to the right people. Oh, it's easy enough for you to talk like that. You've been around, but Kay is different. So was I once. I had hay in my hair, too, but it took out fast after two seasons in the course. And no casualties either.  I guess I do sound like that. But every time I think of her having dinner with that guy, I could kick the ceiling off. Well, that's the way it is, huh? I guess I'm silly, but I've never been in love before. No? I don't know whether I like it or not. Who is it? Mr. Page, you wanted on the phone. Thanks. Mr. Manoring was called away suddenly, and I'm stuck with a check. It's $21. $21? What did you have? Platinum pheasant stuffed with pearl? Oh, Barry, please be serious. Do you think you could raise it? Yes, I guess so. I may have to touch the landlady. What'll I tell her? All right, honey. You sit tight. I'll be right over. Oh, Mrs. Megs. Yes, Mr. Page. Can you let me have $20? I cannot, Mr. Page. Well, it's for Kay. She's been in an accident. I'm very sorry, Mr. Page. I trust it won't be fatal. What's the matter, Barry? Kay's in a jam. She needs 20 bucks. Is she in jail? No, in the Park Plaza. She's stuck with a check. I thought you went out with mannering. The great picture star. She did. How much money do your girls got? Well, of all the nerves. See what Bergen's got? It won't be money. I can tell you that much. Bergen, open up the penny bank. Snow White's in trouble again. Good evening, Miss Martin. Well, fancy meeting you here. Did you get it? Oh, yes. I finally got it. I had to take up a collection to do it, though. Won't you join me in a cup of tea? I understand it's only $10 apart at this place. Oh, Barry, please get me out. I've been sitting here for hours. Waiter. Yes, sir. Right away, sir. 5, 10, 15, 20, 21. There you are. I deeply regret this inconvenience, sir. Of course, Miss Martin will never die in here again. You know that, don't you? Never, sir. I was in hopes. Never under any circumstances. Come, dear. Oh, it was like a nightmare sitting in there. Well, look, what do you suppose happened to his royal nibs? I'd rather not talk about it, Barry. Thanks, sir. It was sweet of you to rest with me. I'll pay you back in the morning. And where will you get the money in the morning? Oh, I have a little in the bank. No. So the lady has money in the bank. The lady has money in the bank. Barry, what did he say? He said the lady has money in the bank. Oh, Billy.  Well, you have money in the bank. Shall we dance? What will people say? People? Are there any other people in the world besides us? Just a minute. I have some unfinished business. All right, dear. Jesus of God, come on. I'll pay you. Come on. Oh, he wasn't coming. Oh, then why? I thought you liked to run.  Oh, okay, darling. I need money. We don't need fame. We don't need anything except a world for our shooting gallery. Will you marry me? You really want me to. I may not be able to eat a $20 chicken dinner at the plaza, but a hot dog in Central Park is a lot more fun. Come on and talk to me, Charlie. I can't sleep. I never sleep. I can't even close my eyes. I know. I haven't been able to work that out yet. Oh, there's a lot you haven't been able to work out yet. Such as, for instance? Well, Kay and Barry. Yes. She's in love with him, Charlie. Why, tonight, when she couldn't pay her check, he was the one she thought of. Well, it could have been you if you weren't so tongue-tied. Oh, I know, but I never can think of the right words. I could. You should let me tell her.  What's that? Where is number 217? Over there. Who says that? Smart fella, huh? Are you making noise? Is it me by any chance? Yeah, what are you going to do about it? He gots a talking horse. Hey, you're making too much noise down there. You're waking up the whole neighborhood. Will you keep quiet? Yeah, will you get along, mister? Oh, ventriloquist. I'm looking for Miss Kay Martin. Kay Martin? I believe she lives in this house. Wait a minute. I'll be right down. Yeah, we'll be right down. Don't look now, Bergen, but I think I picked up the splinter. Wonder what he wants. Well, well. He's wonderful. This is a strange time to be making a call, but I'm not making you a call. I wouldn't come at this hour if it wasn't important. You better wait until later. No, I want to see you now. Well, all right. If you come up to my room, I'll see if I can get Miss Martin for you.  You're quite a nuisance, young man. Do you know that? Shall I take a bow to him? Certainly not. The gentleman is paying you a compliment. Tell me, how does he work? Well, he doesn't. I do it all. That's why neither of us would... What's he laughing at? Why did you get so cocked? I beg your pardon. No way to talk to a stranger. Oh, well, let me put it another way. If it isn't too embarrassing a question, where pay did you get the snooze for? Cute little fellow. If he's that cute, I'll mow him down. Easy, Charlie. I'll play bins or help me. What do you suppose that is? Sounds like Bergen. I hope it's not the termites whittling at Charlie. Well, the love of Pete was all a racket. What's going on here? Oh, this gentleman wants to see Kate. Gentleman? Where's any gentleman? Allow me to introduce myself, ladies. My name is Manning. John Manning. It's him all right, and is he Boyle? Sorry if I've disturbed you, ladies. Kate. Yes? It's Edgar. John Manning is downstairs, and he wants to see you. What did you say? John Manning is downstairs, and he wants to see you. John Manning? Are you sure? Positive. Oh, Mr. Manning, I happened my album, but would you autograph my wall? Oh, Catherine, dear. I didn't just tell you. Edgar, may I use your room for a moment? Certainly. Well, there he is. You know, Catherine, this is a great talent. I thought that I'd seen everything in my life, but this is too extraordinary. Mr. Manning, may I speak to you alone? Would you excuse us, please? You're an apology. You're disappointed in me, aren't you? I don't know what to think. Would you like a cup of coffee? No, no, I'll be all right. I shouldn't have come here like this tonight, but I wanted to explain. Lydia saw us at the plaza. That is seen. It's all over, Catherine. Over? Because of me? Yes. And you didn't tell her even then? I couldn't. But why? She wouldn't let me. She wouldn't even listen to me. Now that it's over, I don't care. Well, someday you're going to hate me for this. You wish I'd never come. Don't say that. Well, that's a sign of prosperity.  Come in. Good morning, lady. Hi, Aunt Sally. We can have that booking in Pippsbury. Oh, Swell. Is Kay here? No, she isn't. I'll say she isn't. Where is she? She had to go out. I'll say she had to go out. Out? Out where? I don't know. She didn't tell me. Say what's going on here? Oh, don't mind us, old boy. We didn't get much sleep last night. The traffic was terrible. Come on, come on, Cora. What's on your mind? Mind? Not a thing, old boy. Not a thing. Honey, what's she talking about? Manoring dropped in to see Kay. Manoring? When? At 4 a.m. as the crow flies. He was a little tight. Clustered. He probably just wanted to apologize to Kay for leaving her at the Park Plaza. At least that's what we think. Of course we couldn't hear much after they closed the door. Kay took him home? Oh, she did. It was the only thing she could do, Barry. This is the way the idle rich live, huh? Charlie. You see, Bergen, if you were only a dramatic actor, we could have all this junk. I mean, father-own. Oh, Charlie, I work very hard for all this. Oh, come, come. All you do is mug a little and have a popular reading lady. Andrews, some more coffee, please, for Mr. Bergen and Mr. MacArthur. Yes, yes. Just put a head on a sauce. Ah. Ah.  Oh, oh, excuse me. That's quite all right, old fellow. I do it myself sometimes. Ha, ha, ha. Ha, ha, ha. No sense of humor at all. Ha, ha, ha. You know, Bergen is an outrage that the public doesn't know Charlie. He ought to be working constantly. That's what I say. Well, we haven't worked for months. I'm afraid ventriloquism is a thing of the past. Well, I don't be... Andrews, get Mr. Cummings at the land stuff on his telephone. Very good, sir. Make it snappy, Andrews, will you? What are you going to do? I'm going to try to get Charlie the chance he deserves. That'll be wonderful. Did you hear that, Bergen? I don't want you to try to horn in on this thing either. Mr. Cummings, please. Mr. Cummings. Andrews, let me talk to you, please. Hello, Tony. This is John Manning talking. Hey, Tony, what is our next gamble? Sunday week. Oh, well, that's splendid. I've got a specialty act that I want you to put in. The name is Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy. That's all I'm going to tell you. I'll let them talk to themselves. When can you see them? Oh, my God. Well, how long will you be there? All right, I'll send them over. Thanks very much, Tony. Goodbye. Right away? Oh, there's no hurry. Oh, that's what you think. Mr. Manning, I can't begin to express.  I mean, well, I hope that... Why don't you let Charlie say it? Yeah, what he's trying to say is thanks. And they call me a dummy. I wonder if I could have some paper to wrap Charlie in. Andrew's a paper blade. What's the idea of ranting me up? Are you ashamed of me? Always playing cello Andrew and others. Can't go out and draw daylight in the full dress. There's nothing pushed around. I think we'd better wrap him up on the floor. On the floor, in the alley. Oh, that's nice. Thank you. I'm sorry. Easy, easy, Andrew. You're going to bust something out of that.  No, no, you don't. No, you don't, Bergen. Will you take his hat? Yes. Well, give me a check on it. It's a hip joint, aren't you? You move down here. Yeah. Oh, will you give me a pillow, Bergen? Oh, I'm sorry. I thought you'd better wrap up his head first. Yes. Good ideas. Pleasure idea. I'll take it with me. All right, all right. What's this, Bergen? Judge refuses alimony. Oh, no. Oh, that's nice. Easy with my legs. Oh, you and your tippy. Cut it out with your hand. Go, Charlie. Just use the clippers and back. Yes. I don't know how to wrap him up. I suppose you'll get down here now. Wrap you up. No. Oh, you're tickling me. I feel so silly. I'll have him tied up in a bit, sir. You're terribly sweet to do this. I appreciate it. Am I forgiven? For what? For last night. Of course. Hey, you're pinching me, Ligol. I can't breathe. You ouch. Dirty double crossing, good for nothing. Well, I better run along before the re-language starts. Yeah, you haven't heard anything yet. Goodbye, old Tara. Good luck. Thanks. Goodbye, Kate. All right, well, Mr. Manning, I'll give you a ring tonight so I can get away from Bergen. Thank you. Goodbye. Goodbye. Goodbye. Who am I saying goodbye to? Andrews. Oh, Andrews. Remind me next time I come here, just sobbing hard. All right. Why are we waiting for it? We're waiting for the elevator.  Well, how am I supposed to go? I can't see. Hello, Bergen. Will you get down there? Kiss me. All right. Down? Down, yes, yes. Yeah, down and out. Biggie, you buddy, I got a weak heart. Which is Manning's apartment? Right across the hall, sir. Yes, sir? I want to see Mr. Manning. Are you expected? No. Mr. Manning sees no one except by appointment. I'm sorry, sir. Well, you tell him it's very important. I've got to see him right away. I beg your pardon, sir. Here. If you will be good enough to sit down, sir, I'll see what I can do. I beg your pardon, sir. There's a gentleman who insists on seeing you. Will you pardon me, dear? Of course. What's his name? I didn't quite get it, sir. Andrews, if you let in another process server, I'll have your hide. Good morning. Mr. Manning. Yes, what can I do for you? Where is she? She? Who? Mr. John Manning. The great movie actor. The guy that's so marvelous that all the women fall in love with so easily. Well, I'm glad that I finally got a good look at you. What is this?  Oh! Oh, let go! Oh! I'll hit the police! Don't you look great. Help! You're ruining my face! Poor darling. Oh, Barry, how could you? So you know this, Ruffian. I'll have you in jail for this. Get out of my apartment! Oh! Oh, Barry, what have you done? Spoiled the old Peacock's face for him, I hope.  So that's how it is.  So sorry. Let me again. No, no, no, no. Don't touch it. Well, does it hurt? It hurt. I shall consider myself very fortunate if I'm not this figure for life.  Tell me, who was that gangster? Well, he's not a gangster. He's Barry Page, the boy I told you about last night. We're going to be married. Married? Yes. Well, things are happening. Yesterday, I discovered I was a father. Today, I'm to be a father-in-law. And in a year, all things being equal will be a grandfather. If you'll excuse me, I'll try to catch Barry and explain. Explain what? That you're my father. Well, I couldn't let him go on thinking what he does about me, could I? Yes. I'll be back in a little while. I'm finished, Andrews. It's all over. I couldn't stop her. She's going to tell. Tell what, sir? You're not soon enough. Read the morning papers. Read Winchville, read Skosky, and see how they laugh at me. But what have you done, sir? I don't understand. Don't you know that it's a crime to stay young? How old am I, Andrews? How old do I look? Not a day over 35, sir. Liar. I'm 52. And tomorrow every housewife in America is going to read it over her morning coffee. Get me a cup and make it strong. Yes, sir. All right, honey. Oh, hello, Barry. Where are you going? Up to the corner for a cup of coffee. Come on, I'll go with you. Anything wrong, Barry? No, nothing. You think we can still get that booking? Maybe if we can make Pittsburgh by tomorrow. We can make it. You pack and I'll run down, pick up the tickets and sign the contract. Why in the world do you sign it? Don't ask a lot of questions. I just want to get out of this town as quickly as possible. You haven't killed anyone, have you? What's the matter? Don't you want to go? Sure, if you want to. Anything you want is okay with me. It's always been like that, hasn't it? Kay was right. She said you were... I thought I was what? She said you were in love with me. What if I were? I suppose I told you that I thought the same way about you.   Would you marry me?  That was last night. I realize now what a class A sap I've been. Looking for something real when I had it all the time. Maybe I needed a good swift kick to find it out. Barry, do you really mean it? What do you want me to do? Stand on my head, honey. From now on, it's you and me. Remember that. Nobody else. Get your coffee. Where are you going? I'm going to get us booked before you change your mind. Honey, have you seen Barry? Yes, I just left him. I've got to see him. Where is he? Got to see an agent about a job. We're going on the road. I'm packing now for both of us. Just like old times. Zoom me back. Kay, do me a favor. William, drag that suitcase out from under the bed. Kay. Kay, what do you think? He asked me to marry him. After being together five years, suddenly he asked me. Just like that. You could have knocked me over. When did this happen? Just now. I wonder what Korra did with that clean laundry. I don't mind telling you. I was pretty scared when you came along. I thought he was nuts about you. Funny how things turn out.  Oh, you must think I'm crazy carrying on like this, but I think it's swell when two people are married and work together. I'd give my life to put Barry up where he belongs. I think I dream, I pray for success. It's all I care about. Now, of course, with you with something else again, you've got your own career, not to mention Lannery. You don't have to explain, honey. I wish you all the happiness in the world. Both of you. Shall we go inside? I'd love to. Vic, how are you? John, how are you?  We know everybody. All right, I'll see you later. Catherine, I want you to meet Mr. Tucker. This is my protege, Miss Catherine Martin. Simply everybody in New York is here. Everybody wants to see what she looks like. You can still pick them. I wish you all the luck in the world. Oh, thank you. And he means it, too. Indeed I do. Excuse me a moment, please.  I thought you deserted it. Not me. Korra, you're looking lovelier than ever. Thank you. What's going on in there? Charlie McCarty is causing a riot among the guests. Say, find a thing not allowing women at the Lamb's gamble. I'd have given anything to have seen Charlie moan down. Listen, I'm going to tell you a secret. Rudy Valley was there, and he was so impressed with Morgan that he's invited him to appear as guest artist on his radio program. Good heavens. What's it done? What are you going to do on the air? Never you mind. I have complete faith in Charlie. That's funny. Oh, people, people, people. I've never seen so many faces. Such a distinguished-looking mob. We're mingling with the cream of society today. The cream? Yes, indeed. What do you mean? Well, you know, the cream floats on top. Oh, yeah, yeah. It's so disgusting. Excuse me, please. Of course. Isn't this something? Not much like the old boarding house in 45th Street, is it? Oh, I'd miss 45th Street if I weren't so busy. You're lucky to be away from it. It's like a morgue since you and Honey and Barry left. I expect Bergen will be checking out next. Heard from Honey lately? Had a letter yesterday. They've been held over in Buffalo. Oh, I'm glad. Have they been married yet? No. Honey wants to wait until they play her hometown. I fell in the punch bowl.  She's sober. Tell me some more. I want to be your friend. Well, you could be my friend if you'd do me a little favor. Oh, I'd love to. What is it? Would you loan me 50 cents until Wednesday? No. No, I couldn't do that. Tuesday until Monday? No. What's going on here? You don't mean to tell me that you're trying to borrow money from this lady? I didn't mean to tell you. No. No, worse than that, I didn't get it also. Well, I'm glad you didn't give it to him. Yeah. And that reminds me, young man. I left a quarter on my dresser this morning. Yeah? Yes. And when I came back, the quarter was gone. It was? Yes. And we are the only two people up there. Well, there's always a... Mr. Berg. Do you realize what you've said? Yes, I do. Do you realize what you've done? I do. Well, that's the last straw. The man has called me a common thief. If I've made a mistake, oh, there's nothing you can do. I want to apologize. There's nothing you can do, Mr. Berg. The wrong is done. Now, listen. No, no, no, no. Listen, Charlie. I'd be glad to apologize. No, no, no, no, no. There's nothing you can do. All right. I'm sorry. I want to apologize. You do? Yes. I really don't think you took it. Don't you think I took it? I don't think so. And I want to apologize. You do? Yes. Will you forgive me? Well, you won't mention it again? I'll never mention it again. All right. I'll forgive you. Thank you. Yes. Now that it's all settled, is it all right for me to keep the quarter? Well, I don't think that's very funny. You don't? No. Well, then why did you make me say it? Oh, I see. Well, that kills him, yes. You're not so clever either, Mr. Berg. Oh, I'm not. No. I can see your lips move. Oh, you can. Well, that burns him up, yes. I'll hear about this when I get home. Yes, you will. Well, I'm sorry about that. Will you watch it, please? I will watch it, yes. It's far as the illusion, yes. After all, there's no use of us both being done. He's no one. Well, he's still got them living, hasn't he? The great Mr. Durgens. The ventriloquist, yes. Why you went out with the bustle? All right. I can do that stuff myself. What are you doing down there, George? Oh, something cold. I'll hit top of it. All right, all right. Well, where would you be without me? Yeah, well, where would you be without me? Yeah, well, you got me there. Yeah. Well, I'll show you where I would be. Yeah, you'd be selling papers. Oh, no, I wouldn't. I'd sit right over there. Oh, that's right. Kick me in the face, all right. More to more. More to more. More to more. Come right up here. I don't know. Wouldn't you like to meet these people? There's some very charming girls here. This is Charlie. Isn't he funny? Disgusting. More to more. Yeah, what is your last name? Well, I see what is your last name? Who, me? Yes, you. More to more. More to more. Yes, that's your first name. More to more. All right. The last name. More to more. More to more. Yeah, well, that's the first name. Oh, yeah, that's the first name. More to more. Well, come on.  Well, I'm working on it. Come on. I know his last name. More to more. Snurred. More to more snurred. More to more. That's me all right, all right. That's me all right, all right, all right. Well, are you a city boy? Well, I'm a country boy. A country boy. You work on a farm. Well, what do you raise? All corn, potatoes, and stuff like that. Well, then you must have rich soil. I say you must have rich soil. Where? On the farm. Rich soil? Yes. Well, if you raise all those products. Yeah. Yes. Yes, what? I don't know.  No, I know more than what just call me do again I I'm not a farmer, but I'm a student of Palmer Street. Are you really? Yes. Yes You know I can look into your hand here and I can read your past in your future Now you have a very interesting hand Yeah, you'll notice that your fingers are all the same shape You know five of a kind. Yeah, that's and now your index finger you'll notice the nail on your index finger is very broad There's a lesson there. Yeah, I'll never stick it in the ringer again Now this is your heartline. Yeah That's the love line. Yes. You were in love last summer weren't you? You mean till it yeah, were you in love with tillie? Oh, well, we fool around Oh Well, now I'm very happy to tell you more to more yeah that you're going to inherit two thousand dollars Oh boy boy. Yes, but through legal proceedings. You're going to lose it. Oh, but oh, yeah, I went through that in a hurry, didn't I? Are you making much money?  Yeah, well you're making good money now Yeah, two dollars a load for fertile dirt Great man, Roosevelt. Yeah Yeah, it's the same old stuff What wasn't that funny Charlie? Oh, come on. I wasn't that funny. Don't talk to me. Don't touch me. Don't touch me All right, did you enjoy more tomorrow more tomorrow?   That's all that's all That's all now. Let's try to don't touch me. All right. No, I'm going to let go the lamp. Oh, all right I'll clip you so help me. I'll move. Oh, you will. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, you're not mad at me. Yes. I am. No, you're not Yes, I am. No, you're not. Oh, yes. I am That's a lovely suit you have on. Oh, you like it. Yeah, I have a new tailor.  You sure you're mad at me. Huh? Are you mad at me? Well, I just say it was a dirty trick I know, but are you mad at me? Well, I just I guess blood is thicker than water. How you Come smile my dear that's better You know, I'm doing all this just to make you happy I'd be terribly disappointed if I thought I'd failed You haven't I came all this way hoping you'd asked me to marry you I couldn't But why not? There's nothing to prevent it now. How can you say that?  Wherever we'd go, there'd be glances whispers I wouldn't mind for myself, but for you I couldn't have you pitted because of me. I love you too much Then there's nothing else in the whole world I care about It's no use, Mary You're in the world I'm out of it. Don't say that Good good. She's fine nice quality. Thank you. I knew you'd think so John, I can't tell you what a kick I got when I heard your voice I'd give anything to see you do it. Why Lou, I haven't done a play in 12 years You know that I couldn't even remember the lines. I'd risk it However, I suppose it's useless to argue Hollywood's got you Miss Martin, I regret to say that I'm not doing anything more this year Perhaps next season you're still available I know you didn't mean to say you're not going to do this play I've got to have a star in the man's part, John. If you won't do it I can't think of anyone else. Couldn't you persuade him? Oh, no, I couldn't Well, too bad for my end for you too But goodbye, Miss Martin. It was very nice And I'm sure you'll have no trouble on Broadway Thank you very much John, why don't you stick around a while?  You know, you two would be very good together Bye, Miss Martin. Bye, Commander Bye, Joe. Would you like to do this play with me, Catherine? Oh, I'd love to But you must not if you think it's wrong Wrong? How can it be wrong? It's the least I can do for you If you're going on the stage at all, it ought to be here with me You see up there The second row on the balcony, the end seat That's where I sat when I was 10 years old Saw my mother for the last time.  Sensational I mean, as an actor Well, that's what I mean I thought she was mandaring a discovery Why did you look lovely? Oh, thank you. I'm so excited. I can't help it, Troy And who is it? Good to see you, Johnny Oh, Johnny, you better call half-hour Half-hour, please Half-hour, please High-pitched glasses, cocktail glasses, cards And we'll have the table about four feet downstage Hello, Catherine Hello, Joe Take a look at that house So loud Half-hour, please Where shall I put these? Out in the hall Is that the court he rehearsed with? Yes Andrews Yes, sir How's Mr. Manning? Is he here yet? No, miss What? I've been here since 5.30 You know how he dreads a New York opening He's always the last one in Well, even so, half-hour has been called You better go and check on him Very good, sir Half-hour, please Yes, Joe Come here I think we've had the pleasure of meeting before I wouldn't call it a pleasure You're seeing the show? Do you think I'm a sucker? Still a blundering, hot-headed fool, aren't you? For my part, I'd be very happy if I never had to see you again I think I'll be able to arrange that all right Oh, it isn't as easy as all that You're still in love with her Otherwise, you wouldn't be here Go on in, maybe you'll learn something From you? Oh, don't argue Do as I say And when you hear my curtain speech, come back I can offer your apologies Please, please, please, please, please You're late, Mr. Man No, I'm sorry We've got loads of time, Andrew Loads of time My cane, Andrew My gloves My shop, old Are you all right, sir?  No, I don't need any coffee I only had a couple of high bowls just to steady my nerves Important night, Andrews House is sold out Yes, sir Miss Martin in her dressing room Yes, sir Andrews, that's my first line I waited for you in the garden Oh, yes, of course I waited for you when we got here You know, Andrews, it's the strangest thing That I can never remember my first lines on opening night Until I get on the stage and then it all comes back to me Mr. Man, oh, Andrews Too much time, sir Andrews, are you treating me like a child? The answer in six minutes before I make my entrance And in six minutes I can make up for Dr. Jack with Mr. Hyde I wonder if Barry's here He said he wasn't coming No, that was for honey's benefit He isn't fooling her either May I have Charlie's autograph? This is forgery, you know Charlie may sue me Thank you, thank you, Mrs. Bergen Oh, I'm not Mrs. Bergen I'm Mrs. McCarthy The scene is the drawing room of Richard Storm's Long Island estate An evening in late spring See where that is Yes May I come in? Not just now, Miss Martin Mr. Manorings dressing I just wanted to thank him for the flowers And tell him I'm going to do my best Thanks, my dear, and good luck Same to you Bottlesnatcher My dear, it's too ghastly I never even suspected anything until he brought her here But who here shall?  Nothing, Joe Wait and see I don't see why you need any help to wreck this one Oh, Janet I'm going home The idea of you dragging me here away from my own guests Simply because you choose him Miss Draper Mrs. Capitance, my aunt How do you do? Richard has told me a great deal about you Charlotte has told me a great deal about you Forgive me for leaving you now I've guests waiting I'd like to have a cup of tea with you if you're still here tomorrow I should love that thing Goodbye, Janet Goodbye, Charlotte Sorry I can't help Oh, why, Miss Draper? Goodbye Where is everybody? At supper Richard, too Miss Draper, I'd like to have a talk with you I'm going to be very frank I wish you would You're staying here Mr. Manor, I'm on stage Just a moment I can't do it, Andrews I can do it Ten years of those christened pictures have done something to me It isn't like carrying a plane to New York But they're ready to terrify anybody who has the tomato to come back from Hollywood But you were excellent in cleaning, sir Mr. Manor, please hurry Give me that first line again, Andrews I waited for you in the garden Yes, I've got it I waited for you in the garden I hated to leave because I wanted to see your face in the moonlight What's next, Andrews? Wait, it's quiet And we can be alone Richard is an artist It's important that his family look out to his interests When he chooses to ignore them I'm sorry you don't like me, Miss Draper Because I'm leaving here tonight I'm never coming back And Richard is coming with me Good luck, Mr. Manor You'll regret that all your life You're much too young for Richard You're not suited to each other That may be But he loves me And I love him And there's nothing you can do or say that can change that You'll be too sure of that Things are confusing I waited for you in the garden I hated to leave because I wanted to see your face in the moonlight Richard, can't we go away from here where it's quiet And we can be alone? We can be alone here? Please, Richard I'm not comfortable here But Mary, this is my home Mary, this is my home I want you to love it as I do Soon it will be all yours We've a lot to talk over before that Please, Richard, let's go Whatever you say, my dear I'll get my things and meet you in the car What's the matter with him, Andrews? Just nervous, that's all You were very nice, Miss Thank you, Andrews Well, Richard, I didn't know you were down The others have all gone to supper Have they? What's happening? Did you ring, sir? Oh, yes, sir Bring me my hat and coat, please And have my car waiting Yes, sir Richard, you're not going out anywhere this evening, are you?   That's my next line I'm even going to town without consulting you You start benefiting in my life Don't go on like this I sit as long as I intend to This girl's presence in this place is... Yes, it's an intolerable humiliation Never seem to enjoy yourself as much, Charlotte That's when you're making it all in the wrong Never seem to enjoy yourself as much as... Sudden illness of Mr. Manoring I regret to announce that we were unable to continue the performance this evening Your money would be refunded at the box office Why don't you say that I failed you? Or don't you say that I'm a drunken husband? Stay here for a little while, if I will Sir, I would try to go out Was that Manoring? I didn't see his face It looked like him Well, you're the best to congratulate me What did you think of my night of triumph? Back himself, I like what I saw before He smashed his arm It would have been funny if it went so tragic Yes, certainly it was Manoring I saw him myself He was hit by a taxi, I tell you, and badly injured Is K. Marken with him? Well, stick there Call me if anything happens Hey, Susie Find out where K. Marken lives Get her on the phone How should I know? In the dressing room How anywhere, Edgar? Just leave it there Shall I answer? Please Porters Ms. Marken has nothing to say She won't talk to any reporters It's nearly 11, Edgar I know, I've got to beat it I'm on the air in a half hour Good luck, Edgar Thanks a lot for everything Okay, if I could only tell you how sorry All right, Lancelot You've said your piece get going You know what Charlie'll do if you're late What? He'll clip your burgund He'll mow you down Do what we can It's useless to operate Opiates to relieve his pain Is about all we can do for the present Have you notified his family? Mr. Mannering has no family, sir He keeps calling for someone named Catherine Oh, yes, I do think he might see her, sir Well, there's no reason why Mr. Mannering Shouldn't do anything he wants to now Thank you, sir Well, Doctor You know the old things He used to do all this stuff Listen, operator, I told you Ms. Marken isn't talking to anybody No, not anybody She has no statement to make Piss Oh, let them say anything they like Everything that's nasty and mean Has already been printed in all those gossip columns How can they do me now? Oh, you mustn't feel like that, Kay Oh, it's time for Edgar, do you mind? Of course not He'd never forgive us If we didn't listen and tell him how bad he is And now, ladies and gentlemen, the boys Who have New York at their feet Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCartney Before we continue with another broadcast I want you to answer me one question Do I get an increase in my allowance? After all, 75 cents a week isn't enough What's that? I'm afraid we're not going to be very funny tonight Mr. Bergen I'm afraid not, Charlie Ladies and gentlemen, will you forgive us For not being at our best this evening Because a dear friend of ours, a great actor Met with a disaster He opened in a new play tonight His first appearance on Broadway in 12 years Because he was nervous, he went up in his lines And for the first time in a long and brilliant career The curtain had to be rung down on John Manning Must have been a terrible blow to his pride If only we could tell him that it didn't matter That every man isn't titled to one month But we can't Because 20 minutes after the curtain came down John Manning was struck by a taxi And is now lying close to death Call her If any of his friends are listening in, they ought to go to him He's at the Midtown Hospital Midtown Hospital, where's the extra code? I'll take you Andrews, he's going to be all right, isn't he? The reports are exaggerating I'm afraid not, Miss He wants to see you It will make him very happy to know you're here I'll wait for you here Manning, you were asking for Miss Martin I'm here Think I could be so selfish and cruel Cruel, darling You've made me happy yet And all the people I've ever known It doesn't matter The reporters They're downstairs, if you want them to come up now Yes, yes Oh, darling, you haven't Never done anything for you But a father should Just one moment, please Mr. Manning has just passed away Catherine, I'm very sorry you're going away Why don't you stay here and do another play for me Right away I can't Not while I'm... I'm still a Roman holiday for all the gossip columns I'd feel I were capitalizing on his death But he would have wanted you to go on Well, maybe next year when they've forgotten all about me I'll come back and try again Well, whenever you do decide, let me know Thanks You've been very kind You want to make that change, you better hurry All set, Kate I think I have everything Shall I take this? Please, will you? Very good, hello, Andrew Stuart Sanders Excuse me Hello, Andrew Miss Cora Miss Marvin, I was so afraid I'd missed you You know I wouldn't go without seeing you In going through Mr. Manning's effects I came across this letter of yours I thought perhaps you'd like to keep it My letter of introduction Thank you, Andrews You... you won't Not if you don't want me to, Miss But don't you think it might be better for you? No, Andrews No one would understand my waiting until now to announce it If he had told it would have been different But if I were to tell him out It would only cause a lot more unpleasant publicity about him I don't want that I understand Allow me, sir Thank you Who is this battery? Miss Marvin Miss Marvin, could we have a statement, please? Please, gentlemen, I have nothing to say What do you plan on? You want to go out with Cora? Hey, what do you plan on? What are you going to make of this?   Okay, darling Yes, Barry? I love you I always have and I always will I was a fool, jealous and suspicious I tried to forget you I nearly wrecked honey's life It doesn't seem possible so many things could happen in so short a time And all because of this letter The letter that was to open the doors of fame, success and happiness And now, now he's dead Did he mean so much to you? More than anyone will ever know Then I guess there's nothing else to say Very dear Will you please read this? Edgar, tell him to hurry We'll never get to the station, then, Tara Yes, step on it Oh, let's not bother They'll never go there You're pretty sure, aren't you?  How do you like that? This is my car Bergen bought it for me so I wouldn't have to be wrapped up in newspapers every time I went out Oh, I'm sorry, Charlie, but you are in the way Yeah Mr. Bergen and I have things to discuss Oh, sure I suppose you want to sit on his lap, huh? Charlie, huh? Would you be good enough to? No, I wouldn't All right, don't be a sap As long as I'm between you, you're safe Why, if I leave, she'll take you like Grant Talk Richmond Join hands and chorus, we will sing Through the odd time in the old town Tonight, my baby


Good evening. My name is Barbara Thornton, Precinct 16, 223 Park Avenue. I'm here this evening to talk about Article 81, the Design Competition Resolution. The Select Board recently voted favorable action for Article 81, a resolution intended to arrange a design competition in the East Arlington area, building on the work done in 2019 by the MIT Broadway Corridor Study and enhanced by the governor's recent law, stipulating rewards for greater density in areas near transit stations such as AOI station. This design competition effort, called on the voluntary participation of architects, designers and planners in the region, can help give the residents of Arlington alternative visions of what that neighborhood might look like in 20 years with attributes fostering open space, greenery, sustainability, density, walkability and transit alternatives. The concept builds on the community's interest in sustainability and energy efficiency in housing diversity and in affordability and in preservation of open space and natural features, all in the face of climate change and population growth. Key attributes for success in creating a strong neighborhood include economic opportunities, such as proximity to work opportunities, including access to AOI station and nearby Cambridge and Route 2 offices. High quality living, including daylight, access for buildings, walkable streets and pathways, mixed use, micro units, vibrant public spaces, organic food and fitness opportunities, all contribute to a healthy living environment for the neighborhood. Sustainability is another key goal for success. That includes comfortable work and play, living spaces, resource efficiency, micro grids, net zero building, preservation of the natural environment and geological features. The Green Street project developed in Queens captured 30,000 gallons of stormwater runoff after Hurricane Irene. Much smaller street tree swales absorb 3,000 gallons of stormwater at a time. Studies show that people living in neighborhoods with higher walkability scores weigh 6 to 10 pounds less than those in more sprawling neighborhoods. We need to spend less attention on cars and more on people. Please do vote for and support the development of this design competition. Let's make East Arlington an innovation district for good design ideas that can be used across the town. Thank you.


Item number SCP-289 Object Class Safe Special Containment Procedures Currently located at Site-17 under the supervision of Dr. W. SCP-289 is to be suspended on a 10 centimeter by 10 centimeter platform in the exact center of a 5 meter by 5 meter by 5 meter concrete room. It is to be monitored at all times by no fewer than two mounted cameras, whose video feeds will be recorded and archived if deemed necessary upon review. Every 30 days SCP-289 is to be moved to an identical housing facility on the other side of Site-17 to avoid unnecessary inertial buildup. No personnel are allowed to approach closer than a 1.6 meter radius of SCP-289 unless they have prior authorization from two level three supervisors attached to this project. Additionally, any personnel interacting with SCP-289 are to have read all authorized documents relating to SCP-289 and to have a thorough understanding of its capabilities and the time limits involved. Description SCP-289 is an irregularly shaped mass of hematite with analysis showing trace amounts of aluminum, phosphorus, data expunged, and water. SCP-289 has the unique property of intensifying the effects of inertia over objects in a 1.6 meter radius over time. Objects that remain immobile will become more and more difficult to move, while objects maintaining a constant speed will become very difficult to stop. At best estimate, close proximity to SCP-289 increases an object's inertia by 17 percent. Every 160 seconds, with a slightly slower reduction of inertia over time to base levels after being removed from SCP-289's active radius. SCP-289 was retrieved in 1983 after a series of odd traffic accidents in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. On World War II, 1983, a small car sped uncontrollably through the city for 17 minutes until it finally impacted with the sight of a butcher's shop and was stopped. All objects located inside the vehicle either exited through the front windshield or were forcibly pressed as far towards the front of the car as they could go. The driver, who remains unidentified, was announced dead at the scene and eventually loaded into an ambulance with some difficulty. On the way to the hospital, the ambulance shared a similar fate as the previous car, with the driver reporting sluggish turning and braking at first, followed by an inability to turn or stop at all, and an intense feeling of being drawn forwards. The ambulance came to a stop after plunging into the North Saskatchewan River. The driver managed to escape from the vehicle and found himself propelled across the river and into the surrounding woods at an estimated 30 kilometers an hour, where he remained pinned to a tree for nearly 45 minutes before his inertia stabilized and he fell to the ground. SCP agents arrived within the week to retrieve the ambulance's contents and were able to identify SCP-289 as the source of the disturbances. SCP-289 was eventually airlifted to Site-17 by being attached to the end of a long tether held below a helicopter to avoid any inertial buildup on the part of the vehicle. Addendum Document number 289-01 Testing Safety Procedures The radius of SCP-289's action is precisely 1.6 meters. There is never to be more than one person inside this radius at any time. Human interaction with SCP-289 is not necessarily dangerous, but stringent time restraints are in order. No Foundation personnel are to be inside the active radius for more than 90 seconds. During this time of exposure, personnel are advised to alter their speed, acceleration, and position as often as possible to avoid inertial buildup. Objects to be subjected to SCP-289's active field should ideally be introduced to the field by automated means. Long handheld manipulating devices are also acceptable and for particularly delicate objects are precise adjustments. Human interaction is allowed so long as time restraints are not violated. Retrieval of stationary objects that remain inside SCP-289's active field for more than 800 seconds is nearly impossible. Objects that maintain a constant speed inside the active field for a similar time are nearly impossible to slow or stop. Thus, all experiments should conclude before this threshold time is reached. In the event that an object becomes irretrievable, researchers may petition Dr. Wirtab the object returned after SCP-289 has moved to its new enclosure during monthly transfer protocol and the requested objects in inertia has returned to standard levels. Transfer of SCP-289 from holding area alpha to holding area beta or back is to be performed every 30 days. During this procedure, hallway 121 is to be completely evacuated and all adjoining doors are to be locked at security level 3. SCP-289 is to be removed from its suspended platform and placed inside one of the rubber spheres located in the adjoining storage area. The sphere is to be rolled down the hallway towards the opposite holding area at a speed of no greater than 0.5 kilometers an hour which should remain steady for the duration of the relocation. Once the sphere comes to a stop, SCP-289 is to be removed and placed on the new suspended platform. Lesson complete. If you miss the previous orientation, go watch SCP-288, The Stepford Marriage Rings, right now. Or for the complete course, watch this playlist.