Lux presents Hollywood. The Fox Radio Theatre brings you Hedy Lamar, Alan Ladd, and John Loder in Casablanca with Edgar Barrier. Ladies and gentlemen, your producer, Mr. Cecil B. DeMille. Greetings from Hollywood, ladies and gentlemen. One bright January morning, just a year ago, the city of Casablanca in French Morocco woke up and found itself famous. It had entertained many mysterious visitors from a world at war, but never before the President of the United States and the Prime Minister of Great Britain. Within a few days, Warner Brothers had rushed their screen drama, Casablanca, to the theaters of the nation, and people marveled at the Hollywood miracle. Actually, of course, the picture had been planned and filmed during the month's previous, because Casablanca had an exciting story to tell even before the President and Prime Minister arrived. It's a story of love and hate and a background of adventure and sudden death. Tonight, we bring you that drama with a cast that producers dream about, Hedy Lamar and Alan Ladd and John Loder. Hedy came back to town last week from Texas, with the applause of the soldiers at Camp Hood still ringing in her ears, and so we borrowed her from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, where she's just completed the picture, Heavenly Body. Alan Ladd, of course, came to us from Paramount. I'm hoping to have Alan for my next picture following the story of Dr. Wassell. Getting these players together in one drama is a talent scoop of the first magnitude in Hollywood, and it's unlikely that it would ever happen in a picture, because our stars are under contract at different studios, and are kept so busy on their home lots that they aren't loaned out as the phrase goes. We really should thank Lux Toilet soap for making this occasion possible. Every bit of work and artistry that has gone into our production from the first word of the script on paper to the final dress rehearsal has been designed for your enjoyment. We might call it a bonus that you get when you buy a Lux Toilet soap, above and beyond the bonus of beauty that you expect. And we'll pay that bonus right now, as the curtain rises on the first act of Casablanca, starring Alan Ladd as Rick, Hedy Lamar as Ilta Lund, and John Loda as Victor Laszlo, with Edgar Barrier as Renault. Everyone knows that name today, Casablanca. Before the war, Casablanca was just another small seaport with its face to the Mediterranean and its back to the North Atlantic. But then, as the Nazi Lash descended upon Europe, hordes of refugees, like the boiling waters of a burst dam, flooded into the sanctuary of its white walls. Those with money enough, or influence enough, obtained exit visas, bearing the seal of the Vichy government, and fled to Lisbon, and from Lisbon to the Americas. The others just waited, and waited. But all who came to Casablanca were not refugees. The German intelligence was always there when anything unusual occurred. As, for example, the murder of two Nazi couriers. May I present Captain Renault, police prefect of Casablanca. Unoccupied France welcomes you, Major. Thank you. You may find the climate of Casablanca a trifle warm. The Germans must get used to all climates, Captain, from Russian to the Sahara. But perhaps you were not referring to the vera. Oh, what else, my dear Major? The murder of the couriers. What has been done about it? Captain Renault already knows who the murderer is. Excellent. He is in custody? There is no hurry. Tonight he will come to Rix. That café, Major, I put it out to you. Everybody in Casablanca comes to Rix, but this one will not leave. Frankly, Captain, I did not journey here simply to find an assassin. The real reason for my visit is Victor Laszlo. I thought as much. Has he arrived yet? Yes, this afternoon, with a very beautiful young woman. I met them. Renault, Laszlo must not leave Casablanca. I have learned that he is prepared to offer a fabulous bribe for a visa to Lisbon. I am prepared to refuse it. Where is he staying, you know? Major, I even know the time he intends to bathe. I would like to talk with Laszlo. Can it be arranged? Undoubtedly, he too will be at Rix tonight. Everybody comes to Rix. Oh, what did I mention that before? Yes, Missy. I reserved a table. Victor Laszlo. Yes, Missy, please. Victor, are you sure we should have come here? So in public? There is often the greatest safety in what appears to be a risk. I see no one here. I forgot his description. Neither do I. You'll be here, though. Excuse me. I have a ring here. What? A ring. I'm forced to sell it at a great sacrifice. Well, I hardly think that perhaps the lady, the ring is quite unique. You see? That's it, Victor. Yes, it's a very interesting ring. What's your name? I recognize you from the newspaper Photographs. We read five times that you were killed in five different places. As you see, five different places? As you can see, it's true each time. Thank heaven we found you, beggar. I'm looking for a man by the name of Ugati. He's supposed to help us. He's here somewhere. You'll need all the help you can get. Yes, this time they mean to stop me. Oh, I'm so afraid for you, Victor. We've been in difficult places before. Why? Waiters coming back. That's all, beggar. Meet us at the bar later. I don't think we want to buy the ring, but thank you for showing it to us. It's Franz, Rick. Franz Ugarte. Oh, nothing much, Rick. Too bad about those German couriers, eh? Well, they got a break. Yesterday they were just two clerks. Today they're among the honored debt.  I forgive you. You despise me, don't you? Well, if I gave you any thought, I'd be very happy to have you. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Well, if I gave you any thought, I probably would. But think of the poor refugees who must rot in Casablanca if I did not help them. Is it so bad that through ways of my own I provide them with exit visas? For a price, Ugarte, for a price. Those poor wretches who cannot meet Renault's price, I get it for them at half. Is that so parasitic? Well, I don't mind a parasite. I just object to a cut rate one. Well, after tonight I'm through with the whole business. I'm leaving Casablanca. Rick, look. Look, Rick, look. Do you know what these papers are? Letters of transit signed by Marshal Vagon. With his signature they cannot be rescinded or questioned. Not even by Renault. So? So I'm selling these for more money than I ever dreamed of. And then, goodbye. What are you trying to say, Ugarte? Rick, I have many friends in Casablanca, but because you despise me, you are the only one I trust. Would you keep these letters for me? How long? For an hour, perhaps, until my client arrives. Okay. But I don't want them here overnight. Oh, thank you, thank you. No fear of that. Now, Rick, I hope you are more impressed with me. I'll go to share my luck now with your roulette wheeler. Hey, wait a minute. Yes? I heard a rumor that those Nazi couriers were carrying letters of transit. No. I heard that rumor too. You're right, Ugarte. I am a little more impressed with you. Good evening, Rick. Hello, Renault. Hear that plane, Ricky? It's going to Lisbon. You'd like to be on it? Why, what's in Lisbon? The clipper that goes to America. Rick, I have often speculated on why you do not return to America. There's a roulette table inside where Ugarte just went in. Yes, he'll come out poor. What was it, Rick? What ever brought you to Casablanca? Did you abscond with the church funds back home? Did you run off with somebody's wife? I should like to think that you killed a man. He's the romantic in me. Well, I'll tell you. It was a combination of all three. Someday I'll find out. Rick, before you came, I took the liberty of escorting a visitor to your best table. Major Strasser, I wanted him to be on hand for the excitement, because tonight we're making an arrest here. Again? This time a murderer. Please don't warn him, Rick. Now look, I stick my neck out for nobody. I'm staging the arrest here out of my high regard for you. It'll interest the customers. And perhaps Major Strasser? Perhaps. You will find Franz Ugarte inside at the roulette table. Yes, sir. Or he'll be carrying some letters of transit. Be sure you get them. Yes, sir. Louis, there's more than Ugarte on your mind tonight. You're very observant, Rick. There are many exit visas sold in this café, but we know that you have never sold them. That is why I permit you to remain open. No, I thought it was because I let you win a roulette. Oh, that's another reason. Rick, a man arrived today in Casablanca on his way to America. Right now he's at the bar. He'll offer a fortune to anyone who will furnish him with an exit visa. What man? Victor Laszloff. Who are Ricky? This is the first time I've ever seen you so interested. Laszloff has succeeded in interesting half the world. I wonder how he'll manage it. Manage what? His escape. He escaped from a concentration camp and the Nazis have chased him all over Europe. But this is the end of the chase, Rick. Ten thousand francs says it isn't. I'm only a poor corrupt official. No. No matter how clever he is, he still needs an exit visa. I should say two. He's traveling with a lady. He'll settle for one. Oh, I think not. I have seen the lady. Now, where did you get the idea that I might help Laszloff? Because I know all about you, Ricky. Enough at least to know you're more a sentimentalist than a cynic. I know that in 1935 I met with the loyalists in Spain and got well paid on both occasions. The winning side would have paid you much better. Maybe. Louis, why do you want to keep Laszloff here? Gestapo spanked? You overestimate the influence of the Gestapo. In Casablanca, I'm the boss. I do not interfere with them, nor them. Castle is a very noisy policeman. Mr. Laszloff, hello, mademoiselle Lund. Welcome to Rex. You welcomed us this afternoon at the airport, Captain. I welcome everyone everywhere. Oh, my profoundest apologies for the recent disturbance most unfortunate. Yes, for the poor man who was killed. Horrible. Horrible, mademoiselle? But then, may I ask, why did you remain? Permit me, Major Strasser, mademoiselle Lund, Mr. Laszloff. We've heard of you, Major. Good. Kilda, I think perhaps we should leave now. It might be wiser, Monsieur. I do not think your friend will come. They just removed the body of Franz Ugarte to the morgue. Franz Ugarte? Your friend? I'm sorry, Captain, but the name Franz Ugarte means absolutely nothing to me. Oh, come down, Monsieur. We know that you... That this is enough for tonight. Tomorrow at 10, Monsieur Laszloff in the Captain's office. Captain Leno, is it your order that we come to your office? Let her say it is my request. Very well. At 10 o'clock in the morning. Good night. Sleep well, Major? Now, my friends, after all this unpleasantness, a little relaxation, sit down, please. Waiter. Yes, Captain? A bottle of the best champagne, put it on my bill. Oh, now, please. Oh, they put it on my bill. No one's left. I'm afraid Ricky will be very cross with me, killing one customer and driving the others away. Oh, but there's no reason why you shouldn't be entertained. Sam. Sing something nice for my guest, Sam. Sure, boss. Mademoiselle, I had been informed you were the most beautiful woman ever to visit Casablanca. That is a gross, thunder statement. Thank you, you're very kind. Captain, that man's singing. He's been staring at you for the past five minutes, sir. I've seen him before somewhere. Oh, Sam? Oh, he came here from Paris with Rick. Rick? Who is he? Mademoiselle, you are in Rick's. And Rick is, well, is what? But he is the kind of a man that, well, if I were a woman and I were not around, I would be in love with Rick. No offence, Monsieur. If you go forth and think me terribly rude, will you excuse me a moment? I want to talk to Sam. To Sam? Of course, my dear. Hurry back, Mademoiselle. Hello, Sam. Hello, Miss Ilse. Never expected to see you again. It's been a long time. Yes, Miss. Where is he, Sam? Well, who, Miss? Rick. I don't know. I ain't seen him all night. Will he be back? Will he be home? Does he always leave so early after a shooting? Oh, Sam.  Leave him alone, Miss Ilse. You're bad luck to him. Sam, play it once. For old time's sake. Oh, I don't know what you mean. Play it, Sam, as time goes by. I can't remember it, Miss Ilse. Please. Sing it, Sam. Oh, Miss Ilse. Just remember this.  A sigh is just a sigh. The fond of little things apply. As time goes by. And we, too, lovers will. They still say... Sam, I told you never to play that. Now you've done it. All right, come here. I have some charming people. Well, hello, Elsa. Hello, Rick. Oh, you two know each other. Then you also know Mr. Victor Laszlo? No. Well, here's a great deal about Rick in Casablanca. And about you everywhere. Won't you join us for a drink? This is the most interesting café even without the gunplay. I congratulate you. And I congratulate you. What for? Oh, your work. You succeed. Well, I can't get over you two knowing each other. I wasn't sure you were the same. Let's see. The last time we met, wasn't it in Paris? Well, that shouldn't be too hard to remember. It was the day the Germans marched in. The Germans wore gray. You wore blue. Ilse, I don't wish to be the one to say it, but it is late. Yes, so it is. Carl the Bill. Forget it, Carl. It's my party. It's all almost unusual evening. We'll come again. Will you say good night to Sam for me? Sure. There's still nobody in the world who can sing as time goes by like Sam. He hasn't done it in a long time. Good night. I'd like just one word with Rick, Mr. Laszlo, and then if you wish, I'd be delighted to drive you to your hotel. Thank you. We'll wait outside. A very puzzling fellow, this Rick. Just what sort is he? I really can't say. I met him in Paris. We were once acquaintances. Just a few minutes, Mr. DeMille presents Hedy Lamar, Alan Ladd, and John Loader in act two of Casablanca. And now, here are two young workers in a busy office getting ready to leave for the day. Sue, if you look in that mirror or any harder, you'll break it. Why the anxious expression? No letter from Jim today. Yes, Jim wrote, and he may get a furlough next month. Say, Peggy. I know everyone used to say what a swell complexion I had. Guess it was my best feature. But lately it doesn't look like anything. Lost the old sparkly. And now you're worrying because Jim's coming home. You've been working all hours lately.  Well, it is easy and not to bother sometimes, I'll admit. Yes, and it's practically fatal to take that attitude about your looks. Listen to your Aunt Peggy, Sue-Z. She's got it prescribed for you. Every day without fail she's got active lather facial. With luxe toilet soap. The soap screen stars use. And believe me, it works. I know because luxe soap care helped my skin to look lots nicer. Now, here's what you do. And this is the luxe soap beauty facial Peggy told her friend to take. Cover your face generously with that nice creamy lather. Work it in gently, but thoroughly too.  Now on. And only a few weeks later, Sue said. Oh, Peggy, I owe you and luxe soap a world of thanks. What a thrill it was to have Jim tell me. Sue, darling, you look lovely. Prettier than ever. Many a girl has found daily luxe toilet soap facials really make skin lovelier. Recent tests show that actually three out of four complexions improved with this care. Grew softer, smoother. Why not let this fine white soap and if you find your dealer is temporarily out of stock due to wartime conditions, he should have more soon. Remember, luxe toilet soap, Hollywood's beauty soap is worth waiting for. And now, Mr. DeMille returns to the microphone. Act two of Casablanca, starring Alan Ladd as Rick, Hedy Lamar as Iltha, and John Loda as Victor, with Edgar Barrier as Renault. It's hours later, and in Rick's cafe, a solitary lamp still burns. Rick sits at the table staring into an empty highball glass and in the shadows, Sam fingers the keyboard quietly. Boz, aren't you going to bed? Not right now. Well, aren't you planning on going to bed in the near future? No. Go on, keep planning. Boz, let's get out of here. There ain't nothing but trouble for you here. She's coming back. I know she's coming back. Well, we could take the car, you and me, and drive till morning. We go fishing somewhere and stay until she leaves. The guy that dies and she walks in. One out, one in. Of all the joints and all the towns and all the world, she walks in a mine. Hey, what's that you're playing? Oh, just a little something on my own. I'll stop it. You know what I want to hear? No, I don't. Now you have played it for her, you can play it for me. Yes, Boz. Boz, listen. You got company. No, it's company. Rick, may I talk to you? So long, Boz. Miss Ilse, you shouldn't have come. I wouldn't have come if I'd known you were here. Believe me, Rick, it's true. Why about your voice? Still the same. Rick, dear, I'll go any place with you. We'll get on a train together and we'll never stop. Don't, Rick, please don't. I understand how you feel. How long did I know you, honey? I didn't count the days. I did. Here we want them. Most of them I remember the last one. Paris. A wild finish. A guy waiting at a station in the rain with a marriage license in his pocket.  Can I tell you a story, Rick? There's a wild finish. I don't know the finish yet myself. Okay. Maybe one will come to you as you go along. It's about a girl who met a man she's heard about all her life. A great and courageous man. And soon, everything this girl knew or ever became was because of this man. She looked up to him and worshipped him with a feeling she thought was love. Her best story's my time. Tell me, was he the guy you left me for? Was it Laszlo? Or were there a few others in between? Rick. A lot of people ran away from Paris that day. I wonder if they all left notes. You left a note, didn't you? Sam brought it to me at the railroad station. I guess it was a love light.  Yes, I wrote too. I know it was cowardly, but I just couldn't face you. I cannot go with you or ever see you again. Remember? I must not ask why. You just believe that I love you and God bless you. It's a literal translation, Elson. I thought, I thought if I came here tonight and spoke to you, I could make you understand. I'm sorry. Don't give up, honey. I'm just a slow study. Call again sometime and give it another word. We have searched to Gatté's apartment again, major. No luck. Someone else must have them. And I strongly suspect that someone is Rick. I suggest you continue the search in the café. If Rick has the letters of transit, he is much too smart to let you find them there. You give him too much credit. Just another blundering American. We must not underestimate American blundering, major. I was with them when they blundered into Berlin in 1918. Ask to Laszlo. We want him watched. Twenty-four hours a day. Yes, it's ten o'clock, major, and he and the girl are waiting now for us. Send them in. Send them in herself. I do not think we're going to get very far with Laszlo this morning. Nevertheless, there is no loss in making him the obvious offers. Only a loss of time. Oh, good morning. I'm delighted to see you both. Laszlo, madrasil. I want you to sit down. Thank you. Laszlo, we will not mince words. Good. Let's begin by saying that I'm an escaped prisoner of the Third Reich, from whom no one ever escapes. I do not deny you are an exceptional man. Monsieur, you say Third Reich, as if you expect that there will be others. I take what comes, major. So far, yes. You have been fortunate enough to elude us. You have reached Casablanca. I intend to make certain you stay here. Whether or not you succeed, major, it is not problematic. Not quite. On all exit visas issued here in Casablanca, Captain Renault's signature is necessary. Captain, would you think it possible that Laszlo will receive a visa? And I'm afraid not, monsieur. Well, perhaps I'll like it here. Do you, madrasil? You needn't be concerned about me. As a matter of fact, you could both be on your way to Lisbon this very night. But of course, under certain conditions. Well, major, what are your terms? As leader of the underground movement, in Paris, Athens, Prague, Amsterdam, and Berlin, furnish me their names and exact whereabouts and you will have your visa immediately. And the honor of serving the Third Reich. Major, what if it did give them to you? What if you did track them down and kill them? From every corner of Europe, hundreds, thousands would rise and take our places.  You make only one mistake. In the event anything unfortunate should occur to monsieur Laszlo, you take his place. Thank you. You wouldn't dare interfere with him here. This is still unoccupied France. Any violation of neutrality will reflect on you, captain. Monsieur, so far as it is in my power, that neutrality will be respected. Are you finished with us? For a moment, yes. Then good day. Come, Elsa. Your next step toward securing a visa is what, monsieur? I don't know.  Sooner or later, the man to see meets the blue parrot café across the street from your hotel. Good day, mademoiselle. Hello, Ferrari. I saw the supply truck come in. I thought I'd stop by for the American cigarettes. But why yourself? My boy will bring them over. Every time he does, he orders a little bit short. Carrying charges, my boy. Carrying charges. I'm glad you're here, Rick. I want to talk to you. The news about Oogatti upset me very much. Look, you don't feel any sorry that no one knows where those letters of transit are. Practically no one. If I could lay my hands on them, I could make a fortune. And so could I. And I'm a poor businessman. I have a proposition for whoever has those letters. I'll handle the entire transaction, get rid of the letters, and take all the risk for a small percentage. That's the proposition I have for whoever has those letters. Well, I'll tell him when he comes in. Rick, I think you know where they are. I'll tell you why I came over here. To give them a good chance to tear my place apart. Excuse me, senor. Yes? There's a man who wishes to see you.  I was rather expecting him. Send him in. Is he alone? There is a lady also. She said she would wait outside. But she will not wait alone. Hey, Rick? Well, suppose you just concentrate on last loan. Hey, Ferrari. Good morning. Hello, Rick. I'm sorry about last night. Doesn't matter. The story had me a little confused, or maybe it was the bourbon. Forget it. You can repeat it now. I'm reasonably sober. I don't think I will. Why not? After all, I got stuck with a railway ticket. All right. Victor Laszlo is my husband. I can't believe it. There seems to be so much you don't believe. What about it? It happened almost a year before I met you. He loved me, and I thought I loved him. Soon after we were married, he had to leave France. And this time he has to leave Casablanca. Yes, he must. Oh, you are so changed, Rick. The Rick I knew in Paris, I could tell him. But not you. I'll be leaving Casablanca soon, and I hope we'll never meet again. If we leave it that way, maybe we'll remember those old days and forget last night. Well, I'm not leaving Casablanca. I'm settled now. Above a saloon, you walk up one flight of stairs. I'll expect it. It will take a miracle to get you out of Casablanca, Monsieur Laszlo, and the Germans have outlawed miracles. I got tired of waiting, Victor, do you mind? Don't mind, Moselle, please. You see, as leader of all illegal activities in Casablanca, I am an influential and respected man, but I am helpless to do anything for Moselle Laszlo. You, however, are a different matter. He thinks it might just be possible to get an exit visa for you. To go alone? Yes. We are only interested in two visas, senor. Please, Ilza, you must get to America. And believe me, somehow, sometime I'll join you. What if things were different? What if I had to stay and there was only one visa? Would you take it? Yes, I would. Then why didn't you leave me in Lille? When I had trouble getting out of there or in Moselle when I was ill and you were in desperate danger every second. Why didn't you leave me then, Victor? I meant to. But something always held me up. I, too, am a very sensitive man, Monsieur. I know. I happen to love her very much. So, for the presence, senor, we'll go on looking for two visas. Thank you. I am moved to make a suggestion. Do you have a transit? Yes, slightly. I'll venture to guess that Ugati left those letters in the Rick's Cafe. He is a difficult customer. But it is worth the chance. You've been very patient, senor. Good day. Now, what's all this about? A near riot in your own cafe. You don't even bother to get up and see for yourself. I've got other things in my mind. What happened? Some German officers started the massayers. Oh, with my usual tact, I handled the situation perfectly. Now, Rick. My men gave this place a rather thorough going over this morning. Yeah, we just barely got it cleaned up and timed open. As I told my men to be especially destructive, you know how that impresses Germans. Where are the letters, Rick? You see, Captain, the situation is not as much under control as you believe. That song is for Bolton. How dare they sing it? You know all the feelings of these refugees. Captain, are you entirely certain which side you are on? Oh, I blow with the wind, major. And right now, the prevailing breeze is from Vichy. Well, I have been thinking it is too dangerous for us to let Laszlo leave Casablanca, but it may also be too dangerous to let him stay. We know all of North Africa is honeycombed with traders just waiting for someone to lead them. Yes, it poses an intricate problem. There's one man who could solve it. A very bright boy, Laszlo. I figured you came here to see me and I figured you preferred seeing me in my office alone. You do nothing but bewilder me. But you hope I may also be able to help you. You told me once you knew of my activities. Then you must know how important it is that I get out of here to help continue the work of a very great movement. The problems of the world are beyond me, Laszlo. I'm just a saloon keeper. My friends in the underground have told me differently. There's a strange tendency of yours to be always with the underdog. Well, I found it a very expensive hobby. But then I never was much of a businessman. Are you enough of a businessman to appreciate an offer of 100,000 francs? I appreciate it, but I don't accept. 200,000? Maybe a million francs or 10 francs, the answer is still no. There must be some reason why you refuse to sell the letters. There is. I suggest you ask your wife. I beg your pardon? Where are you going? Oh, I thought I mentioned it. There's a meeting of the underground. Oh, please don't go, Victor. I'm frightened. Look. Look out the window. I don't have to, darling. I'm used to being trailed. What's going to happen, Victor? Who knows, Ilza, dear? Strasser now threatens to find some excuse to put me quietly away in jail. All the more reason why you must stay here tonight? I'm frightened too, Ilza, but what can I do? Victor, why didn't you tell me about Rick? You saw him, didn't you? Apparently, he has the letters. But no intention of selling them. You'd think that if sentiment wouldn't persuade him that money would. Did he give you any reason? He suggested that I ask you. Ask me? Ilza, when I was in the concentration camp, were you lonely in Paris? Yes, Victor, I was. I know what it is to be lonely. Is there anything you wish to tell me? No. No, there isn't. My dear, I love you very much. Yes, I know. Victor, whatever I do, will you believe me that I... You don't even have to say it. I'll believe you. Good night, dear. Good night, Victor. Please be careful. This is the Columbia Broadcasting System. In a few minutes, Mr. DeMille and our stars, Alan Ladd, Hedy Lamar and John Loder, will return in act three of Casablanca. And now, here's our Hollywood reporter, Libby Collins. Greetings, Libby. What's new? Well, for one thing, Mr. Kennedy, my hat. What do you think of it? Your hat, Libby? Why, it's nice. Very nice, yes, I like it. Oh, come on now, stop hedging. What do you really think of it? It was the hat. I was looking at you. Well, Mr. Kennedy, that's a compliment. But just let me turn around. Now look. Oh, I see. It's really quite a hat. Libby, that must be very new. It is, but how would you know? Well, it's so sort of simple. Not one of those dizzy numbers that looks as though it might fly off into space any minute. Mr. Kennedy, you're an observant man. This is the newest thing. The profile cloche. It fits snugly on the head and it's meant to frame the face, not take attention away from it. I think I begin to see why you wore that little hat tonight, Libby. Of course. To show that it's more important than ever for a woman to have nice, smooth skin. Sure. Because with that kind of headgear, the emphasis is less on the hat than it is on the face underneath it. Well, Libby, I guess many a woman is going to be mighty happy about her Lux soap complexion care then. Yes, this hat seems designed to set off a lovely Lux complexion. And it's going to be a popular style this spring. Then daily Lux soap complexion care ought to be more popular than ever too. Because gentle Lux toilet soap really makes skin softer, smoother. Recent tests showed that Lux soap beauty facials improved actually three out of four complexions, you know. Well, Mr. Kennedy, nearly every famous star in Hollywood is devoted to this fine white soap. Screen stars say the creamy Lux soap lathers wonderfully kind of delicate skin. And that's why, Libby, I'm going to urge every woman in our audience who hasn't tried Lux toilet soap to get some of Hollywood's beauty soap and use it every day. Here's a thrift tip, too. It's patriotic not to waste soap and because Lux soap is hard milled, you can use it down to the last thin sliver. It will last even longer if you always put it in a soap dish that's dry. Moisten the thin leftover piece and press against your new cake of Lux toilet soap. Now our producer, Mr. DeMille. We'll report on the off-stage doings of our stars after the play. We'll report on the off-stage doings of our stars after the play, but now here's the curtain for act three of Casablanca, starring Hedy Lamar, Alan Ladd, and John Loda with Edgar Barrier. For nearly an hour after Victor Laszlo left for the meeting of the underground, Ilsa sat motionless in the grand hotel room. Suddenly her mind made up, she takes an object out of her husband's briefcase, walks through the dark quiet night to Rick's cafe and up the outside stairs that lead to the second floor.  Rick, I had to see you. That's what you said last night. All this has nothing to do with the letters of transit, hasn't it? It seems as long as I have those letters, I'll never be lonely. You can ask any price you want, but you must give them to me. I went through all that with your husband, it's no deal. I know how you feel about me, but I'm asking you to put your feelings aside for something more important. Do I have to hear again what a great man your husband is, what an important cause he's fighting for? It was your cause, too. In your own way, you fought for the same thing. Well, I'm not fighting for anything anymore except myself. Rick, once you loved me, if those days mean anything at all to you... I would bring up Paris if I were you. It's poor salesmanship. Listen, listen to me, Rick. If you only knew the truth... I wouldn't believe you no matter what you told me. You'd say anything now to get what you want. You want to feel sorry for yourself, don't you?  Rick, Rick, please help us.   It's a good spot for it. All right. I tried. I tried to reason with you, Rick. Now I want those letters. A gun, Ilson? Is that really a gun in your hand? Where are the letters? Right here, my pocket. Put them on the table. For the last time, put them on the table. All right, go ahead and shoot, Ilson. You'll be doing me a favor. I can't. You know I can. I've done nothing but make a fool of myself. Oh, I don't know what to do, what to say. I thought I would never see you again the day you left Paris if you knew what I went through.  All right, I'm crazy. I'm crazy, but I believe you. You win. Ilson, what happened? What was it? I've imagined everything in the world and none of it very pretty. I've tried to tell you. A few months after Victor left France, word came that he was in a concentration camp. And then, not long after, another message that he was dead, shot trying to escape. I had nothing, not even hope. Then I met you. Why weren't you honest with me then? Why didn't you tell me you'd been married, that he was dead or something? Victor wanted it that way. It was his way of protecting me. I knew too much about his work. The Gestapo fanata was his wife. It would be dangerous for me and for those working with us. When did he find out he was still alive? Just before you and I were going to leave, his friends came. They were hiding him in a freight car on the outskirts of Paris. He was almost dead. Well, that's it, Rick. Still a story without an ending. What about now? No, I don't know. Except that I'll never have the strength again to run away from you. And Lars, though? You'll help him, won't you? You'll see that he gets out. And then he'll leave as his work, all that he's been living for. All except you? Oh, I can't fight anymore. I don't know anymore what's right and what's wrong. You won't have to think for both of us, for all of us. OK. OK, I will. If only I didn't love you so. How else I? Wait a minute. What's the matter? Just heard a door close quiet. Hey, Sam. Is that you? Yeah, boss. What's the matter? That Mr. Lars knew I found him crawling through our cellar window. Victor. Come up here. Does he know you're here? No. There was a meeting of the underground tonight. They must have been following him. One of those men, Strass' men. So he picks my place to hide. That's fine. He's got some eye dine, boss. He cut his hand, breaking the window. Oh. Hello, Sam. Good evening, Miss Ilse. Sam, I want you to take Miss Lunder to her hotel. What about Victor? He got his hand, didn't he? I don't like blood on my floor.  And Sam? Yeah, boss. Miss Lunder will prefer going out the back stairs. I'm sorry about this, Rick. I've had a little trouble. I'll forget it. Well, I guess I'd ought to take care of your hand. Thanks. If it's all right with you, I'd like to stay here a few minutes longer. Yeah. Don't you sometimes wonder if it's worth all this, what you're fighting for? We might as well question why we breathe. If we stop breathing, we'll die.  What of it? You know how you sound, Rick. Like a man who is trying to convince himself of something he doesn't at all believe. Each of us has a destiny for good or evil. I get the point. I wonder if you do. I wonder if you know that you're trying to escape from yourself, and you will never succeed. You seem to know all about it. I know a good deal more about you than you suspect. I know, for instance, that you're in love with a woman. It's perhaps a strange circumstance that we should both be in love with her. No one's to blame, and I ask no explanation. I ask only one thing. You won't give me the letters of transit? All right. But I want Ilza to be safe. I ask you as a favor to use the letters to take her away from Casablanca. You love her that much. Apparently, you think of me only as the leader of a cause. Well, I'm also a human being. Yes, I love her that much. You should not leave your back doors unlocked, Machudy. Yeah, that's right, Cassel. No telling who might break in. Mr. Laszlo, you'll come with us. We have a warrant for your arrest. Ricky, I advise you not to be too interested in what happens to Laszlo. Oh, come on. Stop bluffing. All you can do is find him a few thousand. Frank, you might as well let him go now. Hey, what are you charging him with? I haven't quite decided. Meanwhile, if by any chance you are thinking of helping him to escape. And what makes you think I'd do that? Because, one, you bet 5,000 francs that he would. And two, you've got the letters of transit. Don't bother to deny it. All right, get ready for a shock, Louis. Yeah, I have the letters, but I intend to use them myself. I'm leaving Casablanca on the last plane tonight. What? And I'm taking a friend with me. One you would appreciate. What friend? Bill Zalun. And I'd rather put your mind at rest about my wanting to help Laszlo escape. He's the last man I'd want to see get out of here. You didn't come here to tell me this. Since you have the letters, you know very well you can fill in your names and leave anytime you wish. Yeah. We have a legal right to go, but people sometimes are held in Casablanca in spite of their legal rights. Laszlo, for instance. What makes you think I'd want to hold you? Else's Laszlo's wife. She knows things that would interest us tremendously. Louis, I'll make a deal with you. Go on. If you would get something really big against Laszlo, something that would chuck him in a concentration camp for years, that would be quite a haul for you, wouldn't it? Yes. Germany, a Vichy, would be very grateful. Then release Laszlo now. You'll be at my place half an hour before the plane leaves. I'll arrange to have Laszlo come there to pick up the letters of transit. That will give you criminal grounds to arrest him. You take him, and Ilson, I get away. There's something about this I don't quite understand. You were never before interested in any woman. Well, she just isn't any woman. I see. How do you know that I'll keep my end of the bargain, that you'll keep your end of the bargain? You've got Laszlo inside? Yes. Well, let me see him alone now. We'll make the arrangements. Open up your microphones, and you'll hear every word. You would anyway. Ricky. Ricky, I'm really going to miss you. Apparently, you're the only one in Casablanca who has even less scruples than I. Well, Rick, 40 minutes, and you'll be on your way to Lisbon. Yep. Rick's Cafe. Oh, this place will never be the same without you. I sold it to Ferrari. Oh, don't worry. He understands you're still the winner roulette. Oh, thanks. You have the letters, Rick? Yeah, right here. Tell me, when we searched the place, where were they? I dropped them in Sam's piano. Serves me right for not being musical. Oh, here they are. You better wait in my office. Yes, sir. Good idea. Hello, Ilson. Where's Laszlo? Oh, he'll be right in. He's just paying the driver. Rick. What? Haven't you told Victor yet that he's going alone? He thinks I'm leaving with him. I'll tell him later. But it's all right, isn't it? You were able to arrange everything. Oh, sure, sure, sure. But Victor? We'll tell him at the airport the last time to think the easier for all of us. Just trust me. Yes. Yes. I don't know how to thank you, Rick. Save it, there's still lots of things to do. I brought the money. It's in this briefcase. Forget it, you'll need it in America. But we made a deal. Never mind that. Here, I got the letters here. They're made out in blank and signed by General Vagon. All you have to do is fill in the blanks. And sorry, Laszlo. You're under arrest again. Accessory to the murder of the couriers from whom those letters were stolen. Oh, you're surprised about my friend Ricky. Well, the explanation is simple. Love, it seems, has triumphed over virtue. Oh, now take it easy, Louis. Nobody's going to be arrested. Not for a while yet. Have you taken leave of your senses? Yeah. Now sit down. Oh, Ricky, Ricky, put down that gun. Now, look, I wouldn't like to shoot you, Louis, but I will if you don't behave. Well, under the circumstances, then I will sit down. Yeah, and keep your hands on the table. I'm very unhappy, Ricky. There's a telephone right next to you, Louis. I'll pick it up and dial the airport. We don't want any trouble out there either. Remember, Louis, this gun is pointed right at your heart. That's my least vulnerable spot. You know? Hello, hello. Is this the airport? What are you talking about? This is Major Strasser. Captain Leno, I want to speak to the operations manager. What? Go ahead, Leno. Oh, Monsieur, a man and a woman will arrive shortly at the airport. They will go aboard the Lisbon plane. They carry two letters of transit. There is to be absolutely no trouble made for them. Understand? Be there, right away. Thank you. Thank you. We've been taking off in five minutes. This is the last call for passengers to please board the plane, Lisbon plane, five minutes. You've got to hurry now, Laszlo. Take care of your luggage. We'll wait here. Here's a fountain pen, Louis. I think it might look nicer if you've filled in the names on the letters. You think of everything, don't you? Yeah. And the names are Mr. and Mrs. Victor Laszlo. Rick, why my name? Because you're getting on the plane. But I don't understand. What about you? Yes, what about you? I'm staying here. No. No, Rick, what's happened? Last night, you said? Last night, I said I do the thinking for the both of us. Well, I've done a lot of it since then. It all adds up to just one thing. You're getting on that plane with Laszlo. I won't leave you again, Rick. I won't. Listen to me. Do you have any idea of what you would have to look forward to if you stay here? We'd both wind up in a concentration camp. I'm afraid Major Strussler might insist. You're saying this only to make me go. I'm saying it because it's true. Inside of us, we both know that you belong to Victor. And what happens to you? Well, I've got a job to do, Ilson. And where I'm going, you can't follow. I'm sounding noble now. I'm not very good at it. But it doesn't take much to see the problems of two little people.  Someday you'll understand that. Everything's in order. All except one thing. There's something you have to know before we leave. Please. You don't have to explain anything. But I'm going to, because it may make a difference to you later on. You know about Rick and me? Yes. But you didn't know I was with him last night at his place when you were there. No. She came to get the letters. She tried everything to get them and nothing worked. She did her best to convince me she was still in love with me, but that was over a long time ago.  Well, let her pretend. I understand. I hear the letters. Good luck. Welcome back to the fight, Rick. Are you ready, darling? Yes, I am. Goodbye, Rick. God bless you.  You better hurry. You'll miss that plane. Well, there they go, Rick. I was right.  I don't know what you're talking about. You know I'll have to arrest you, of course. Yeah, as soon as the plane takes off, Louie. Help me, Renault. Oh, I may still win my bet, Rick. Renault, what was the meaning of that phone call? Victor Roslow is on that plane. No, stop him. Stop him. What are you standing here for? Because Mr. Rick has a gun in my stomach. I was willing to shoot, Captain Renault. I'm willing to shoot you, too, mate.  Guards! Guards! Don't call anyone, Major. I'll shoot. I'll stop it myself. Wait! Wait! The plane must not take off. Oh, Captain Renault. Someone has just shot Major Sprasa. Oh, oh! Tell upon Lieutenant Cassell immediately and tell him to round up the usual suspects. Yes, Captain. Ricky, it might be a good idea for you to disappear from Casa Blanca for a while. As a free French garrison at Brazzaville, I could be induced to arrange your passage. Hey, look, you still owe me 5,000 francs. 5,000 francs for just about pay our expenses. Our expenses? Mm-hmm. Oh, Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship. In private life, Hedy Lamar is Mrs. John Loda. And so as we present our stars for a curtain call, I'll introduce them as Alan Ladd and Mr. and Mrs. John Loda. Although they've been married almost a year, it's our first chance to congratulate them. Thank you, Mr. DeMille. You know he beats me. What do you mean?  At Ginwami. You just saved me. We want your expert opinion on something, Mr. DeMille. For you, Hedy, anything. When a husband and wife are in one of your plays, do you recommend a little extra rehearsing at home? No, definitely, John. Offhand, I can't think of anything more pleasant than going over a love scene with Hedy. If Mrs. DeMille is listening, he's only kidding. We better drop this. Well, I'll change the subject, CB, because it's something I want to say to Humphrey Bogart's fans. It was a privilege for me to play a part that he made famous, but really, nobody could play it like Bogart. And I'd like to wish him all the luck in the world over there in the Mediterranean area for his entertaining American soldiers. Luck and a safe return. I suppose Alan has shown you the photographs of his new daughter, Hedy. Well, I know. Well, I miss you. It seems I just have a dozen or so around for something. Pure accident, pure accident. But a beauty reminds me of something that I must ask John as man to man. Straight answer? Yes, John. I want to know if Hedy sees that you get the right kind of soap at home. Why, Mr. DeMille? I'll answer that, Mr. DeMille.  I have luck soap in my dressing room at the studio and, naturally, at home too. I've used it for years. Lucky lucks to be on such good terms with you, Hedy. Now let me tell you what we've planned for next week. What's the show, CB? One of the big dramatic prizes of the past year. The Metro-Goldman Mayor hit Random Harvest. And that isn't all, because our stars will be Ronald Coleman and Greer Garson. They are the original stars of the picture. The next Monday night, we present them both in this powerful story of a soldier and the girl who loves him. A great drama made even greater by the artistry of Greer Garson and Ronald Coleman. It's a wonderful picture, Mr. DeMille. I'll be listening. Good night. Good night. Good night. Good night. And a ploy goes from coast to coast. Ladies and gentlemen, there's a tiny island in the mid-Pacific called Tarawa. That pronunciation, incidentally, is from the National Geographic Society. That island will never be important economically. It is no rich source of raw materials. But the name of Tarawa has been written indelibly into American memory in the blood of American sons. Out of the first group of Marines who landed on Tarawa, more than half will never fight again. Is there anyone listening who can truthfully say, I can't afford to buy any more war bonds? That was just a tiny island. The continent of Europe is yet to come. The tempo of invasion is moving ever faster. That's why we have a fourth war-lone drive. That's why every American who deserves that name will buy at least one extra war bond now. We must not only back the attack, we must help our boys to lead it. Our sponsors, the makers of Lux Toilets Oak, join me in inviting you to be with us again next Monday night. When the Lux Radio Theater presents Ronald Coleman and Greer Garson in Random Harvest. This is Cecil B. DeMille saying good night to you and good night from Hollywood. Alan Ladd appeared through the cooperation of Paramount Pictures, his current production is Miracle of Morgan's Creek. John Loeder is currently seen in the Warner Brothers picture, Old acquaintance, and is now making the Jules Levy production, The Harry Ape. Edgar Barrier is now seen in the universal picture, Flash and Fantasy. Our music was directed by Lewis Silvers. And this is your announcer, John M. 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Admitted, you've had a quiet feeling of respect for that lady who struts into the room, shoulders poised, and very confident strides. She isn't arrogant, but when she talks and works, you know she exudes self-confidence. Your natural reaction is to want to like her. Truthfully, we are naturally attracted to confident people. They may never be the loudest in the room. They may be the quietest during a meeting, but something about them attracts them to us. People with self-confidence always have an upper hand. They are naturally attractive no matter how beautiful or ugly they may appear. Confidence is not something you get directly. Too often, when we are overly anxious to be confident, we get pushed over to the other side of confidence will become insecure. Like most skills that put people above, most confident people are not born that way. Lots of confident people have struggled with insecurities, low self-esteem and fears. However, those people chose to overcome their fears, defeat their insecurities and rise above their low self-esteem to become better individuals. Confident people have learned to take steps towards changing the thoughts, behaviors and choices that try to stop them and keep them in a box for life. They have learned little known ways to overcome their insecurities to build self-confidence. As a result, confident people never do the following things most people do. One, they don't sabotage themselves. One of the ways we sabotage ourselves is with negative self-talk, which often starts with negative thoughts. Just because we are faced with a circumstance or situation so profound, we think we can't or are unable to do it. During interview sessions, an interview participant walks out of the room with a sullen face, looking defeated. This immediately gives an insecure person the impression that, well, since she was whipped, I will be whipped too. No, confident people never judge themselves by others' failures or losses. They do not disrespect or despise others, but they also do not attempt to believe they are less just because some failure is imminent. As a result, they never talk themselves down. They never say things like, I can't do it, I'm too ugly, or I can't win, I have always failed. Confident people have learned to take charge of their own thoughts no matter how bad the situation might be, and with that, they speak positively to themselves. 2. They believe in themselves The first rule of self-confident people is to believe in themselves. Because they understand the importance of people believing in them only when they have believed in themselves, confident people believe in themselves. We would naturally run away from a leader who doesn't believe in himself. A leader who doesn't have sense of direction or where he is going and he isn't sure about himself being able to get there. 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They are too busy pursuing something meaningful with their lives to be bothered about people, loving them or accepting them. They don't need anyone's reassurance to know they are beautiful, they are special just the way they are, and they are created for something special. 4. They don't reject themselves Confident people have accepted themselves, they appreciate their weight, their height, their quirkiness, their appearances, they are hardly moved by other people's negative opinion because they have learned to accept themselves. It doesn't matter if the entire crowd rejects them, they have learned to accept themselves just the way they are. The world rejected Galileo Galilei for his belief that the world was round, but he stood his ground. Eventually, it turned out Mr. Galileo was right, the world was not flat but round. People will always have opinions about you, people will always have something negative to say about you. Confident people have known and have learned to accept the facts for themselves and so never let it bother them. 5. They don't make excuses Excuses are self-defensive lies and confident people know this. Insecure people try to push the blame on others. They give reasons why it cannot be done because they do not believe in themselves. Confident people are not like this. Because the belief they are in control of their lives, confident people never make excuses. They do not complain about someone or something else being responsible for their failures. They do not blame their mistakes on something else. They own up to their responsibilities and they do all they can to make things work. When things go wrong, confident people accept responsibility and try to make things right. 6. They don't quit Confident people know quitters never achieve success so they don't quit. The recognized challenges are stepping stones to something bigger. 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They know not everyone can be pleased when you cannot be pleased with everyone so they don't bother trying to get along with everybody. They choose quality relationships and focus on it. 15. They don't blindly accept what they watch on YouTube as truth without thinking about it. Confident people don't just accept information on YouTube or on the Internet as truth. They think about it and try to investigate to be sure they are holding on the truth. They strive for what is true through thorough research and choose what to believe instead of expecting others to decide what they should believe. If this video inspired you, subscribe to the channel. We love you.


Hi everybody, Joe for JasperJasperakes.com coming at you with a brand new release, 2023 Topps Archives Baseball, 10 box. Pick your team number one from JasperJasperakes.com. Second, pick your team in the store right now. It's already halfway there, so get your teams before someone else does. Here's the final printout. We sold it out straight up, no fillers, which is nice. There on the 8th, Wednesday the 8th, hump day. Pick your team one. There's everybody right here. Thank you everyone for getting in. Appreciate you. And we've got Chris with Double Last Bomb Mojo with the Padres and the Rays and there's everybody else. Thank you, thank you, thank you. And away we go. This is about a 40-45 minute break, give or take. We've locked out an hour just to be safe. What are we looking for in archives this year? Collect the entire 300 base card set, pulling designs from 56, 65 and 03. And there's two on-card autographs per box. Was there always two? It's pretty good. I like that. There you go. Let's see what we got in here. Good luck everybody. We're going to use some really strong shrink wrap this year. Pretty powerful shrink wrap. Oh, we got 3D glasses in here as well. I guess we'll randomize that to one person in the break, to a person in the break. Is there 3D glasses in every box? We'll find out. If so, then we'll, however many there are, first person, name on top, we'll get one, second name we'll get one, third name we'll get one, so on and so forth. Will I need to use these 3D glasses at some point? A lot of blue in there. Is this some sort of hot box? I don't know. Anyone have any answers for me? In the chat? And crowdsource this information? Do we have a checklist up? No, Jason will say yes. Alright, easy note has answers. So yes, glasses in all. Nice. Alright, so we'll run a randomizer. Then there's 10 boxes right, so top 10 we'll get a pair of 3D glasses each. What about the blue? Are these hot boxes? Oh, maybe not. They just have the blue. Oh, that's the O3 Tox base, has that blue board. Okay, we have rainbow foil to $199, green foil to $99, aqua sparkle foil to $75, red hot foil to $50, blue foil boards to $25, hobby boxes only, orange to $15, hobby box only, and foil fractures are your one of ones. Alright, pretty cool. Alright, let's see what we got here. Good luck, everybody. And there's our first autograph and it's a baby boomer. That's what it is, baby boomers. Rookie autograph, Alec Burleson. That's pretty cool right there on the car. That's David and the Cardinals. One of the last teams picked up. Pretty fun little insert here. And we've got one of these. These are pretty cool. I'm going to go to the Yankees. It's Aaron Judd from Matt. And these are facsimile autographs obviously. Bobby Whit Jr. Jeremy Pena. And there's Adley Rushman baby boomers. That's a cool looking insert. And we've got Garreg to $199, foil. Let me set the other side over here. There's more inside baseball. We're looking for our second autograph. There's some green. Aaron Judd, $88 out of $99. And there it is. Our second autograph is Taj Bradley. Nice rookie auto for the Rays. Chris M. with the Rays. And Last Pod Mojo. I think one of the cheaper teams there. Won't take too much to get that value back. Those are our two autographs. Let's see if we can find any more parallels here. Here's our Henderson Inside Baseball. Number Crunchers, Jeff McNeil. Outman and Fredo. Alright, box one. Good start. There's some other pair of glasses that we'll give away. And another box. Good luck. Any other fun notes in here? Hobby SKUs offer a chance for exclusive autographs via the 1989 Double Headers Dual Autograph Variations in 1997 Topps Hobby Masters Autographs. Number to $23. Low number to be driving the 1969 Team History Image Variation Autographs. Hand number to $20. Topps original Buyback Autographs to $10. And 2022 Topps Astros World Series Champions Buyback Autographs to $22. And I guess there's a Hobby Collectors box that you can purchase. A Collectors Retro Lunchbox. I don't know if you have any of those in the store. Alright, well, some nice stuff. We can anticipate it. I like the two on-card autos. The box is always nice. A lot of injuries for the Lakers here at Lakers Rockets tonight. Anthony Davis is out. Vanderbilt is out. Gabe Vincen is out. But Hachimura is back. Let's go. There's a Jackie Robbins that looked a little different. But there it is. Nice Inside Baseball Jackie Robinson. There's a Christopher Morrell. And that is to $50. That'll be for the Cubs. That's for Sanford and the Cubbies. A Bleacher Reachers Willie Mays. Willie Mays Hayes. Michael Comforto. That's to $199. Shoho Tani Inside Baseball. Anyone have any Otani thoughts, Otani predictions? I mean, I guess probably end up being linked to every team one way or the other. There's our first autograph. It is Ted Simmons. Nice. Old school Cardinal going to David. Fisk. I guess... I guess that one has a black border. That's a gray border. Gold foil. Not numbered, but it might be a little bit different. Worth looking up on the checklist. I guess maybe it's just all different colors. And Will Brennan is our second on-card autograph. Cleveland! Eddie with the Guardians. And the rookie Otto. Eric, what's going on? How are you? So those are our two autos. I'll do an autograph recap at the end. Along with any cards that are... We find that happen to be notable. Or low numbered or something like that. Alright, another box. They really use some strong string craft this year. I'm doing well. Just ripping open some new releases. It's always nice. Thanks, everybody, for filling this up. Will I have use for those 3D glasses in this set, ladies and gentlemen? Are there 3D cards in here? Not inserts, baby boomers, season's best. We've got comics, hit stars, team and streamage variations, hobby masters. Going with the 3D glasses, the Hobby Exclusive Tops Baseball 3D series supplies some added depth to MLB stars. So I guess there are 3D cards in here. Are there... Is there a specific number of 3D cards on this checklist here? I don't see it, but I guess... Oh, there it is. I don't... The 1954 3D set checklist is one in every six packs. But it didn't look like any of those required the use of the 3D glasses. But there's 20 players on that checklist. I don't know, we'll see. We'll find out. I think it's those black border cards, but it doesn't look like it requires the use of the 3D glasses. Maybe we'll find something in this case. Yeah, maybe they are cases. I feel like they would say if there was a one-for-case-for-the-situation. We'll find out. There's the baby boomers inserts. Yeah, well, hey, help us fill up some more cases, and I guess we'll find out scientifically. We got Jacob de Grom Green to 99. Rangers, that'll be for Richard. And they managed to win the World Series without the services of Jacob de Grom. So these are the 3D cards, but it doesn't require 3D glasses. Maybe the ones that do. Because it looks like there's a picture of one in cardboardconnection.com, which makes it seem like I would need those 3D glasses. But maybe those are it. I don't know. And we'll figure this out together. We got Kings of the Swing, Peter Lanzo. I mean, where does Shoei Otani end up this off-season? He's going to sign a one-year extension with the angels, and then go full free agent when he can pitch his full lovin' of money. I've heard that before. There's Freddie Sanchez in the Pirates. That'll be Richard Miller. Yeah, I think that's definitely a possibility. We've been floating that idea here on the scene of that one-year deal. We're on Washington, too, so I bet you they consulted him before they hired Matt. Hmm. That's true. That's a good point. There's leading looters. Cedric Mullins to 99. That's for the Orioles. Matt. Do I have 3D glasses? I do. One per box. It doesn't look like you need 3D glasses for this, but maybe there's an actual one where you do. And a baby boomers autographed Bobby Wood Jr. Nice. Royals. That'll be for Matthew in Kansas City. And that's numbered 13 out of 50. I don't think that other baby boomers was numbered. No, it was not. All right, nice. So those are two autos. We'll save a Corbin Carroll or two. All card ship, Chris Parent with that one. We'll find some numbered cards of those rookie Corbin Carrolls. That would be nice, your presumptive NL rookie of the year. All right, next box. Two autos per box. I don't know how popular archives would be if it was only two autos a case. Well, I guess the rarity would increase the value of those autos, though. Pretty cool. They got 3D glasses in every box. So what are we doing with those? Randomizing them. Top 10. Each get a 3D glass. Now, I don't know if there's any reason for us to use those glasses. Because that's supposed to be like the 3D card, right? But it looks like there's actually a card that may require the use of 3D glasses. But I don't know. It just says hobby exclusive, top, baseball, 3D series, supply of some added depth down on these. I don't know if there's an actual one hiding in there somewhere. We'll see. Two on-card autos per box is nice, too. Were there always two autos per box? I think so. And a little on-card? Yeah, I think there were always one on-card for the most part. That's pretty nice. Maybe I'm mixing this up with Heritage, probably. I think I would... I think I would like... I think it's traditionally like archives a little bit better than Heritage. Heritage is fun, too. Does Heritage have writing products? I think that goes too mixed up. Chase is recycling this... We're going to recycle that Home Alone Kevin Hart commercial, huh? This holiday season we're going to see this a million times. I don't necessarily mind commercials first. Maybe companies just aren't making commercials as often these days in this economy. Commercial, but I just like sometimes you see the same ones as a million times. I don't need that. I need some different commercials. Make some different commercials. Alright, next box. Onwards. Got a Sean Murphy to $1.99. Inside baseball. Pretty fun to maybe build a set out of those inside baseball comic book cards. I think there's a parallel I haven't seen yet. There we go. The Joe and Manessus. Parallel. There it is. There's the number right there. 1975. 1975 going to Rick and the Nats. And there's Kevin Kiermeier. Blue Jays. That will be for Richard Miller and Toronto. One more auto in here. And Miguel Amaya, rookie auto for the Cubs. That's going to be for Sanford and the Cubbies. They've got a new manager, Craig Council. He's been reading some people thinking that Craig Council's contract could reset the contract market for managers. So thanks a lot, Cubs, for making manager's contract more expensive. Go on for it. Hey, no worries, Rick. Thanks for getting in. Appreciate you. Looks like Lakers Rockets have tipped off. Rockets have a fun young team to watch. I forgot they have Dillon Brooks on that team. Everyone gets a shot at those 3D glasses. We'll just randomize all of your names. And top ten, we'll get a pair each. Enjoy.  He's got hip spasms. Has anyone ever had a hip spasm? Back spasms, I've heard of. I've thankfully not suffered back spasms. Am I going to do a box with the 3D glasses on? No, because they're all going to go to you. But when you receive your hits, Rick, you can pop on... If you win one of those, you can pop on one of those 3D glasses and see if there's... These cards have a different vibe to them. Maybe. As the glasses wear, as some of you might be glasses wearer, could I get prescription 3D glasses? Is that a thing, you think? You think my vision coverage will cover that? I should call up my vision care provider and be like, I'm thinking of getting prescription 3D glasses. Talk to me here. How much are you guys going to cover for that? Hopefully all of it. Box, good luck. How are you, ladies and gentlemen? Buy a box of this at your local hobby shop because I feel like out of $1.99 drew waters. There's a lot of fun eye candy here. I know group breakwise, you can't really linger too much on all these fun cards, but it might be worth getting a box or two at your shop and then leisurely, you know, ripping through these packs and kind of admiring all the different inside baseball stuff, all the vintage designs. All on-card autographs. And there's an orange Hank Aaron to 15. Maybe find some low-numbered cards like this. That goes to Jeremy Port and the Braves. Hammer and Hank. I've seen those low numbers as well. Love that. Look at those stats. There's Hilltoppers, Nolan Ryan. Still need our two on-card autographs. Where are you? There's one. Jim Rice. Got a nice autograph. That's for D.Y. and a Boston. The Bow Sox, the Red Sox. It's a nice clean look there. Mark McGuire. Got green foil Mookie Betts. Oh, and behind him, Jagger Robinson. Nice. 6 out of 99. That's cool. I don't like that little dent right there, unfortunately, from the manufacturing process, but it's a sweet-looking card. Maybe we'll find another one of those for Richard Miller. And there's a Jeter Downs rookie autograph for the Nats. Rick Serrano. There you go. Rick S, another one. Another nice one going your way. There we go. There are your two autos. And a Prince Fielder. What's Prince Fielder doing these days? That's the 75. Patrick with the Brew Crew. Boxes down. Five boxes to go. You're welcome, right? Thanks for getting in. Yeah, Richard, all cards ship. These days, it's pretty rare where we don't ship everything. Oh, Prince Fielder's personal life Wikipedia, not very big. He was named after his grandfather. Got married in 05, filed for divorce in May of 2013, but reconciled by Mark of 2014. They reside in Florida. On a baseball note, Fielder was included on the ballot for the Hall of Fame Class of 2022. But after the ballot of county, he was ineligible for future balloting due to receiving less than 5% of the total vote. Which I think maybe if he was healthy, I wonder if he would have things would have been a little different for his career. Wow. As a result, the council's unexpected move to the Cubs, the sign for Cread Council Park, located in his hometown of Whitefish Bay, was vandalized. I mean, I suppose Cread Council could have said no. But, I mean, Milwaukee, he was a free aid.  I don't know what they're angry about.  I don't know if that's really a longstanding rivalry. Baby boomers, Julio Rodriguez, there's David Ortiz to 199 inside baseball Corbin Carroll. I mean, yeah, I don't know if it's that big, Rex. I feel like it's a one-way rivalry. Sort of like Dodger's Padres. The Padres thing gets a rivalry. The Dodgers fans don't. I think Milwaukee thinks there's a rivalry, but I don't think Cubs really consider the Brewer's a big rival. Yeah, Dodger's Giants, Cubs Cardinals. Those are long-standing classic rivalries. Fans claim they are betrayed by whom? I don't think the Brewer's worked very hard to retain Cread Council. I mean, I guess Cread Council made it seem like he wasn't going to return anyway. You know, maybe they're mad that he went to so-called rival. I don't know. I guess those cards have it. It's kind of cool, actually. Not all of them have that double back, right? And there's a David Wright. Metz legend David Wright going at David. David Yonenson. David Y with the David W. It's pretty sharp. I like that. Should it be one more auto? Man, that cheater downs just from the previous box, right? Oh, there it is. It's Masanori Murakami. Giants, my rivals. That's going to go to Walter in San Francisco. Is he one of the first Japanese players, or just let alone an Asian player, to be in Major League Baseball, maybe? All right, another box. I have no idea, Eric. So those double-sided cards are a few per box, Richard is saying. So there's an Adley and Gunner one. I want to look out for that one. That's pretty cool. Maybe there was one already. Matt has the Orioles, but I'll try to keep an eye out for one to sleep in top load. So I'm sure that I'm sure I did. Craig walked into their office to tell them? Yeah, I think they let Craig counsel interview for other jobs, too. So I mean, I don't know why they were so blindsided. I don't think I saw any celebrity autos on the checklist. Maybe that was just a... They don't often do that. Maybe this year, they didn't. Damn, I think they haven't for a little while. They let him talk to other places early on, but they had to wait for the Connors to come over to be at the meeting with the Cubs. Brewer's really wanted to retain him. I think they would have let him... I think they would have given him an extension before his walk here. Gunner Henderson. Baby Boomers. Paul Volchman. 41 out of 99. You read where everyone thought he was one of the Mets, yeah. That's what a lot of people were speculating, but as we know, in the silly season, in the off season, there'll be tons of speculation all over the place. No one really knows anything. I suppose you can make calculated guesses. You know, you can make some deductions based off of, you know, whatever information we have available. But at the end of the day, you know, you don't know if a general manager is going to be in secret negotiations with a potential manager. There's Anthony Rendon, red to 50. A little color match there for the Halos. Anthony for Mark. And there's Barry Zito. Barry Zito for the A's. John with Oakland. Do I think Otani will happen pretty early? Yeah, I have no idea. I mean, for the sake of the rest of free agency, you know, everyone will probably hope that the Otani domino falls early. That way, all these teams can put in some work, right? Aw, come on. Are you kidding me? All right, we'll do front-back randomizers on these. And there's Michael Massey, Rookie Audit for the Royals. So a couple in that 90s design there. That'll be for Matthew, Kansas City. All right, another box down. Another box to go. Not when they have two different teams on them, Eric. You know, just a little more work that the shipping team has to deal with. It's a little extra work. Every minute counts when you're trying to be, trying to ship stuff to you as quickly and as efficiently as possible. Rex doesn't like it because if you PC it's hard to display. I mainly don't like the two different team part. Randomizing. Randomizer. Run that. You have one happy, one sad, or one happy side, one sad side. Unless the same person has both teams. Time-back Chris Parent, Jeremy Port and Lana Briggs. So sport you're in on that one. Front and back autos. We haven't seen a front-back auto in a little while, right? Maybe the industry has also agreed. And that was not a good idea. I guess the last time I've seen was probably like a leaf product where there was like eight autos. And it'd be four on the front and four on the back. Good luck, everybody. Another box. We've got more of this in the store, folks. If you want to run another one of these back tonight, we can do it. We sold this one out straight up. I think we can sell another one out straight up. There's a Victor Robles to 25 for the Nationals. It'll be for Rick S. So you have this one. Both mix. That one I like. There's Seiya Suzuki to 199. That has Panini done with NT. Front-back. All right, next stack. See, that will also be subject to the front-back randomizer. And there is an autographed pudge. Yvonne Rodriguez for the Florida Marlins. That will be Rick S. There you go, Rick. I mean, that's that F with the Marlin on it. Bring that logo back. That's a great logo. That's 29 out of 50 on that one as well. I'm going to do a recap. I honestly don't remember. It's not keeping track of Angel's hits. Here's a Jackie Robinson to 69. 45 out of 69. It'll be for Richard M. And there's Sean Green. Sean Green Day. We saw him Sean Green Day. Sean Green Day. In a different break, we saw an autographed Sean Green to five. There's Sean Green from the brand new archives. Richard Miller with my Dodgers. And then there's Casey Meyes to 75 for the Tigers that will be for Richard M. All right, two boxes to go. Yeah, pudge is pretty great. Is this Sun still in baseball? It's on a relief picture. I think it was with the Giants for a little while. That would be cool. Alex is saying there are some super rare photos of the Nolan Ryan Ventura trying to pull Ventura off and all three have signed it. You think if any of those guys are at, I mean, I guess Pudge would, but if there's Nolan Ryan or Robin Ventura, if they're at a card show and a signing, I guess they have been autographed eight by tens of that, right? Of both players? I guess maybe they do sign them. I was wondering if maybe they don't. I don't know, if I'm Robin Ventura and you're getting your face pounded in by some old guy, what do you want? Would you want to be autographing those? Unless, I mean, he's had a nice career. Maybe it's water under the bridge. Come on, let me, Lakers. What are you guys doing? They got to start these first quarters a lot better. They're going to give up 31 points to the Rockets in the first quarter. Maybe they gave up, like, over 30, maybe 40 to the Orlando Magic in the first quarter last year. Come on, wake up, guys. Oh, there you go. So you've got one that's Nolan and Ventura both signed at different times. Ventura used to sign just to get the money now, but you've been told that he refuses now, so maybe he's over now. Or maybe he has a dual auto zone at home that he doesn't want to water down the valley. And there's an ultimate box. And there's this guy, E-Guy Rosario for the Padres. That'll be for Chris M, one of his Last Bot Mojo teams. Last Bot Mojo, 70% of the time. It's 100% of the time. You always like the Mookie Wilson-Bill Buckner dual autograph. Yeah, I feel like Buckner has handled that pretty admirably over the years. Everyone remember the I think it was Curb Your Enthusiasm, right? Had a Buckner episode? That was a pretty good one if you're into that show. If you want to revisit that. Paolo Lopez for the Twins. That's 2 out of 25. Nice. Minnesota, that's going to be for Eric. And there's Leading Looters, Ozzie Smith. I thought that might be numbered, but it's not. That's a fun insert, though. Nice. That's a redemption. That's Freddie Friedman. But don't we have his picture on our product page? Maybe that's a mock-up. So there's a 1957 Topps, Hits, Sars, Autograph variation. Freddie Friedman. Maybe he just didn't get around to those. And it looks like they waited as long as possible. I think that's generally what that is. They have to slap the sticker on there. They waited as long as possible for him to submit. They didn't even have time to print the redemption. Is Buckner not with us anymore? Hodgers, Richard Miller, by the way. Yeah, he passed away in 2019.  It's not that old. Buckner died May 27, 2019 of Lewy Body dementia. That's sad. It's just a form of dementia across the spectrum. A Bryce Touring looks like it's going to be numbered. It is to 199. Alright, final box coming up. We made it. We'll do a quick little recap and some randomizers at the end of this. And there's 14 left and pick your team 2. Nice. I see a lot of orders coming in. I'll be sure to go through some orders before I step away from my break. I did promise that if we have any of those like one box division breaks or something like that sells out, I'll do that before the break. Everything else. Still a little ways away. Is that what got Tom Sieber as well with dementia. Rex is wondering if anyone owns a dual auto of Odour and Bautista. They're in their little, I mean they're not signing those right? Final box. Good luck everybody. Thanks for watching. Thanks for getting in. Thanks for joining the break. Thanks for hanging out and chatting with me throughout the break. Keeping me company throughout a longer break. Appreciate it. You got more in the store. So check it out. I like that Josh Young Baby Boomers card. World champion already in his young career. Thanks for looking at that check. The Robinson card is pretty cool. For the Rockies. That's 83 out of 99. Do the Rangers win another one ladies and gentlemen. There are some of those dual headers signed by both. That would be interesting. Do the Rangers win another World Series? Like this, I guess this group of Rangers. Do they win another one in the next five seasons? A lot of those guys are on pretty long contracts. Boomers and rookie autograph Oscar Gonzalez. Nice. Cleveland. Eddie with the Cleveland Guardians. Rexing one of the best photos I want is a Nolan Bow dual auto. Simply known as the blood pouring on his face and bow signed with an arrow pointing to his lip. Nice. Rexing Rangers definitely could go to the postseason again. I don't know if that's a hot take. It better be going to the postseason with that roster, that lineup. Two World Series in a row is almost as possible. Yeah, these days I feel like that is a difficult task. But what about in the next like I know two is in a row, which is why I kind of framed it as what about the next five seasons? Do they knock out a World Series in the next three to five seasons? Does Alex call me maybe? Rick with the Nats, that's to 50. Richardson Rangers have a good chance. Pitches that were hurt will be back. They did it without Jacob DeGrom. And there's Mark Appel. Our final autograph for the fight in Fills. Let's be for Sean Aldinger with that one. Anything else? Espacial before? No? No. Just a bunch of nice stuff. All cart ship. A lot of great stuff here. Yeah, that was a fun break. Rick, we got more in the store ladies and gentlemen. If you want it, let's give away some stuff. We got another recap. Two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. All right, perfect. Got ten. We'll do front-back and then I'll do a recap. Let's go to random.org. There's a fresh list right there. We'll do front-back randomizers. And then everyone has a shot. A third of these spots will get a shot at those 3D glasses. The 3D glasses actually look pretty cool. Do they all have the same design on them? No, they all have different designs on them. So these will just be randomly given to you by the shipping team. Whoever's a winner of these. That's pretty nice. All right, so let's flip back over here. We'll use one dice roll for both lists. Good luck everybody. It's going to be four and a six. Ten times each. One, two, three, five, six, seven, eight, nine, and tenth and final time. So after ten, back sides will get these cards. Obviously you can tell by the backside because there's the serial number and all the other stuff on the back. So backside teams will get those. Top ten after ten will get some 3D glasses. Enjoy those. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, and ten. So after ten, we've got Eric, Richard, Richard, Matt, Jeremy, Sean, Rick, Matt, Eddie, and Michael. Top ten after ten. 3D glasses going away. Have fun with those. I'm Joe for Jaspies, oh recap. I'm Joe for JaspiesCaseRakes.com almost forgetting the recap. There's your autograph recap. That was Freeman, Sean Green, Pudge, Zito, Jim Rice. That was numbered to 15. Bobby with Junior. Got some nice stuff out of here. Started with the Alec Burlson Baby Boomers autograph. Nice stuff and a lot of numbered cards as well. A lot of nice color. There you go ladies and gentlemen. I'm Joe for JaspiesCaseRakes.com. Now we're done. We'll see you next time for the next archives. Have a nice break. Bye-bye.


Čakaj, začne. Tukaj bila roberto Guido. Počutno. Čakaj? Čakaj? Čakaj? Čakaj? Čakaj? Čakaj? Čakaj? Čakaj? Čakaj? Čakaj? Čakaj? Čakaj? Čakaj? Čakaj? Čakaj? Čakaj? Čakaj? Čakaj? Čakaj? Čakaj? Čakaj? Čakaj? Čakaj? Čakaj? Čakaj? for their needs. Then, the order is closed. The order is submitted to the producer and finally delivered. This is a very quick explanation of how it works. But this is the most common use case among the many use case existing. But the important thing is the target to close the gap between the people and the producer. These has many implications, a lot of implications. zašlo in počiči vzelo z sklepno, z vsej, vkorek in počiči začiči začiči in nabijš vzelo za naša zeloga, zeloga za predmojnje načinjaja naša deliljstva zeloga. Kaj je to? To je ino ekonomijne živosti, kaj ne boš v supermarkete, prišli po vse, da se pošli, da se pošli, da se pošli, da se pošli, da se pošli, da se pošli, da se pošli, da se pošli, da se pošli, da se pošli, Corporate and Humanity, so je, a after a year, became a mess completely imaginable, it was the first place developed with the Google toolkit, it appeared like a good idea at the time. Now in more recent year, I have computer implementator with PHP, It's mostly plain bootstrap and plain G query, but I'm studying for migrating part of the application with view. I am just a developer and then a pair of friends, which are more into the effective stuff, ask me to add or move or remove or change, I think. So there is a kind of collaborative work about what is required to implement it. Here a generic user screen with all the contacts and stuff, and in particular the roles management. There is a list of permissions with custom roles. It is useful when we have groups of different sites, there may be different permissions, different responsibilities within the group. So in particular usually there is given a group for each supplier, for each producer. There is a person, a single person, which is responsible to keep the contacts, start the orders, and the orders get format about deliveries. So you have to, a single person has to have the permission to start and order as one, so you have role management. Here a screen for a product, a particular product, with all of the many parameters that impact on the final price. A product may be priced by unit, by width. It may be available just a given quantity. Due to the fact that the group organizes itself with the producer, you have not a central entity that tries to ease the staff. You have to manage all the complex logistics by yourself. Of course the application tries to help the person, the reference to the responsible of the staff to manage all the numbers. And the accounting screen. Here all transactions are tracked and altered the balance, or one of the main balances that each entity has attached. The main group, the single user, the single producer, every time you know how much money you have to pay to the supplier, how much money a given user have to pay, so to handle all the economic staff or comic circle. It is, of course, freedom. And it is eventually also freezing beer. There is a free hosting service supported by some spare donation. You have to consider, of course, that the main target of the application are not native people, tech people able to install, deploy web application on their own server. So this is to keep it easy for them to use the application and start to use it with no tech staff to do, no database to deploy, so on. But, of course, you can also, and many group also, in which there is a more technical person inside, can download the application and deploy on their own server. Now, the point, the effective point of this talk is this. Given very quick explanation how our ethical purchasing group works, the point is if you are interested in this kind of model or you have some question about it, you can help to spread in your own country. Not application itself. If you like it, I am very, very happy, but the point is to spread the model, the purchasing model itself. Translation, of course. The application is now available in English and German, thanks to my translators. If you want to help the translation in French and Spanish, I hope it will be soon available in webplate.org to get more easy direction with the translations. And, of course, this application has been produced for the Italian very particular fiscal administrative legal panorama. But, eventually, if there is some particular requirement for, to adapt it for the legislation of fiscal requirements of your country, it is welcome some suggestions or guidance about adaptation and localization, not just of the language, but also of the economic flow of the application. So, if you are interested, please contact me. The website also is available in Italian and English. It explains how the application works. So, it will probably help also to understand how a group works. The application is done for a group, so you may understand how the model itself works. If you want, you can find me by mail on Twitter and GitHub. And that's it, if you have some question. So, the question is about if there is some way to share the information, the products between groups, different groups. Yes, there is, you are able to export import files. There is no central repository just because every producer may apply different prices for different group, larger, smaller, or according to quantity. So, the price is not always the same, but there are functions to export and import the product list and even eventually the order. It is quite common, the use case in which you have a giga group that collects the orders of all smaller groups to order oranges from Sicily, to deliver a single tier from Sicily to Piedmont for everyone. So, every group organizes its own order. In Sicily, the Sicily send the oranges and you have one single order to collect everyone. It is being implemented with bootstrap, so, sorry. The question is if it is available for mobile platform, it can be used by mobile devices. Yes, it is, the wall graphic framework is bootstrap, it is a responsible design. It is usable by mobile device. There is no native application app. I think it will never be, but among the many plans there is also an API. So, if someone would like to adopt, to develop a different client, mobile one, or with a different web interface it is possible. It will be possible to do. The question is, in French, there is a similar initiative, Larouk, sorry, my French, but I think it is the Uber of economic economy. They just supply the platform and the people have all the effort to organize the order and they take a cut, just doing nothing. So, it is like, you have the larger distribution that at least have the effort to take the products and move there and have the supermarket clean and so on. They just do nothing. There is a platform in which a single person takes the effort to organize the order and to contact the producer and the people buy on it and on the price, the people pay, there is a small cut that is delivered to the platform. They do absolutely nothing and they take the money, the money that are made to arrive to the producer. The point is, more money for the effective producer of the staff to impact on sustainable growth. So, if you take a cut of the price, doing absolutely nothing, there is the same problem of large distribution. Sorry, the timer is out, so cut at me here. There are more questions, I will ask me later. Thank you everybody.


Serving as a congressman was not even considered a career during the nation's first century and a half. Single terms were the norm. But by the mid-20th century, a seat in Congress became a highly sought-after position. Now, nearly all 435 House of Representatives members seek re-election every two years. And most often, they succeed. 80 to 90 percent of House elections are won by incumbents, candidates currently holding office. Even without party support, any candidate that had even moderate success during his or her first term can win 8 to 10 percent more votes in the following election. However, this sophomore surge, as it is called, is much more prevalent in the House than in the Senate. Senators face more obstacles to re-election. Constituents are spread throughout an entire state, rather than just a district, and there is less individual contact with voters, a problem that is heightened by six-year terms. Obstacles or not, incumbents still hold several advantages over new candidates. First, most American voters assume incumbents are going to be re-elected, so they go ahead and vote for them. Incumbents have a natural fundraising advantage as well, since groups are much more likely to back someone with a record of voting in their favor. In the 1997-1998 congressional races, for example, political action committees, or PACS and interest groups donated $158.3 million to incumbents, compared to just $21.4 million to challengers. Along with easier access to funding, incumbents also enjoy more free publicity in the form of press conferences, congressional speeches, the introduction of bills, and junkets in their home districts. Not to mention free postage privileges. Newsletters and information letters can point out achievements, stress policymaking records, and highlight any pork barrel legislation, federal projects, grants and contracts brought into their district. In certain circumstances, incumbents make personal appeals to voters through casework, directly handling an individual constituent's problem. Using political connections to help someone avoid bureaucratic red tape on a personal issue can lead to positive word-of-mouth publicity that a new candidate simply cannot match. Incumbent or not, all congressional candidates must focus their energy on motivated voters. Only 37% of the population vote in midterm or off-year elections. A lot of people don't vote, especially in the primary. Not only am I going to vote, I'm going to run for the U.S. Senate and spend a lot of my money. Karinjiv, Kathuria. February 3rd, 2004. Today, the will of the people is channeled through the 535 people who occupy the seats in the House of Representatives and Senate. Of these congressmen, 435 are representatives in the House, a number that is not fixed by the Constitution. Representatives shall be apportioned among the several states which may be included within this union, according to their respective numbers. The U.S. Constitution, Article 1, Section 2, Clause 3. In 1929, when the number of congressmen in the House had reached 435, Congress decided that number of representatives was large enough. So they fixed the number at 435 seats, and these seats are apportioned or proportionately distributed among the states. Apportionment is reassessed every 10 years to compensate for population shifts. Each congressman in the House represents one of 435 congressional districts for a two-year term. It is very important for them to live in the district he or she will represent and meet constituents' preferred gender, ethnicity, party identification, and political experience qualifications. How a candidate matches voter criteria often determines the relative safety of a district. Historically close districts are called marginal districts, meaning the winner typically wins less than 55% of the vote. In safe districts, the winner gains more than 55% of the vote. Although the number of representatives is not regulated by the Constitution, the number of senators is... The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two senators from each state chosen by the legislature thereof for six years. The U.S. Constitution, Article 1, Section 3, Clause 1. Every two years, one-third of the 100 Senate seats are up for reelection. Running for these seats requires deep pockets. Today's campaigns cost an average of $5 to $7 million. This cost heavily favors incumbents who can gain national campaign exposure while challengers must rely on local and state support. Senators typically receive more national recognition than members of the House as they often debate foreign affairs and ratified treaties. On the contrary, representing an entire state rather than a single district has its trade-offs. Diverse constituencies prevent them from personally interacting with as many constituents as House members, leading to a much less personal connection between senators and their voters. Every one of the 535 seats in Congress is critical to each political party and the balance of power. In the event of a seat opening up, competition becomes fiercely competitive. Each additional seat one can sway the nearly 50-50 split between the parties and whichever party controls the most seats also controls Congress.