1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:37,399 M coddown for Blackstop X minus fire or create two X minus one fire from 2 00:00:37,439 --> 00:00:41,600 the far horizons of the unknown, come transcribe tales of new dimensions in time 3 00:00:41,679 --> 00:00:46,119 and space. These are stories of the future adventures in which you'll live in 4 00:00:46,159 --> 00:01:00,159 a million, could be years on a thousand, maybe worlds x minus one. 5 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:23,680 Tonight's story the Parade by George Leopards. You are, mister Sid Ryan 6 00:01:23,959 --> 00:01:29,319 the same. My name is Lucia. I am a Martian. Pleased to 7 00:01:29,359 --> 00:01:34,519 meet you, mister what was that again? A Martian? A Martian as 8 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:42,920 an Austin Wells precisely. I'm a roll Terry and myself Helm. Thank you. 9 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:47,560 And now that we've had our little joke, mister Lucia, what can 10 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:53,120 publicly associates the boy of it? Has been my observation. It's advertising and 11 00:01:53,239 --> 00:01:59,159 publicity of the very backbone of earthly civilization. Spoken like a true martian, 12 00:01:59,159 --> 00:02:01,400 Miss Lucia. Now if you'll tell me the name of the client, the 13 00:02:01,519 --> 00:02:07,640 client, of course will be the Martian. You don't give up the give 14 00:02:07,760 --> 00:02:10,800 up the gag I mean Oliver. Oh, yes, mister Ryan, this 15 00:02:10,879 --> 00:02:15,360 is miss Lucia claims to be a Martian. Take him outside, will you 16 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:16,960 all I get the name of the sanatorium you escape from and tell them to 17 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:23,199 bring the butterfly net waiter. I'm happy to see, mister Ryan, that 18 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:28,120 my telling you I am a marsh and has approximately the effect I supposed it 19 00:02:28,199 --> 00:02:34,280 would have. I believe we can do business. I have here Casher Tener 20 00:02:34,879 --> 00:02:44,360 for five thousand dollars. By the sit, mister Lujah, all of us, 21 00:02:44,439 --> 00:02:46,159 get the clients. The go sir, no nothing no, no, 22 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:53,520 the other lass the otherwise, thank you? No. Well, now what 23 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:55,560 can I do for your Then? I wish you to manage a publicity campaign 24 00:02:57,080 --> 00:03:00,159 very large, a very important campaign. Is the part established or is it 25 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:07,000 something brand new? Oh? Something quite new? Now what would you judge 26 00:03:07,199 --> 00:03:10,000 to be the most effective type of campaign? Well, if the client has 27 00:03:10,039 --> 00:03:14,879 a lot of dole to throw around, a suspense campaign is best. Virtue 28 00:03:14,879 --> 00:03:17,159 place ads on the paper saying watch this space. Then about a week lady, 29 00:03:17,159 --> 00:03:20,719 you run an ads saying X, y Z A PDQ, and you 30 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:23,479 get people guessing what it means. Then finally, when you've teased them up, 31 00:03:23,479 --> 00:03:30,400 you bust loose and unveil about X. Very well, sir, we 32 00:03:30,439 --> 00:03:36,400 shall conduct a suspense campaign. Of course, in this kind of campaign. 33 00:03:36,439 --> 00:03:39,000 Secrecy is very important. Once the name of the product leaks out, its 34 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:46,199 spread like wildfire, and the whole campaign is flopole. Yes, quite so, 35 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:52,159 quite so, utmost secrecy. That's right. You realize, of course 36 00:03:52,199 --> 00:03:55,919 these things cost like crazy. Would say one million dollars cover the expense? 37 00:03:57,919 --> 00:04:01,479 Come again, I said, with one million dollars coverage? Yes, I 38 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:09,439 imagined you did say one million dollars. I understood that you had handled some 39 00:04:09,599 --> 00:04:13,319 very larger counts. Of course, if this is too big, a tall 40 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:15,680 tall. As a matter of fact, I seldom touch anything less at the 41 00:04:15,920 --> 00:04:19,199 right all the oh oh oh, of course that's right, mister Ryan, 42 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:25,560 Absolutely right good. You will begin then by saturating the newspapers, radio, 43 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:30,360 see cars. The very simplest statement, what's that? I should write it 44 00:04:30,399 --> 00:04:40,120 for you. The Martians are coming. Say that's not a bad teaser, 45 00:04:40,519 --> 00:04:43,199 got that all? Yes, sir? The next dad, we'll read, 46 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:47,959 June first is Martian Day? June first is Martian Day? What happens on 47 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:53,279 June first? The parade takes place? What parade? I wish you to 48 00:04:53,399 --> 00:04:58,279 arrange a parade up Fifth Avenue? You mean might be a macy point exactly, 49 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:02,800 except that the theme will the world of tomorrow, the Martian world. 50 00:05:03,879 --> 00:05:10,279 My client would like it to be a gay air balloons, clowns, tenants, 51 00:05:10,920 --> 00:05:15,480 pretty drum majurette Hey, that sounds terrific. I might be able to 52 00:05:15,519 --> 00:05:20,800 interest the department stores and a tie in the parade will climate the campaign. 53 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:28,040 On June's first, the product will be unveiled good enough. By the way, 54 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:30,959 miss Chard, just what is the product? What are we selling? 55 00:05:32,079 --> 00:05:38,879 Oh no, mister Ryan, secrecy. Remember all will be revealed to you 56 00:05:38,920 --> 00:05:44,240 in good time. Mister Ryan. For the moment, let me say we 57 00:05:44,279 --> 00:06:06,439 are selling a concept, a concept precisely the concept of invasion from Mars. 58 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:15,000 Benny Marcus, Please, Benny, this is Sid Ryan over publicity associates. 59 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:17,800 Listen, Benny, how you fixed for midgets? I got midgets, fine. 60 00:06:17,879 --> 00:06:21,639 I need forty midgets for a parade forty June first, And listen, 61 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:27,600 Benny. I want him dressed in little spacesuits, you know, like men 62 00:06:27,759 --> 00:06:31,800 from Mars. Okay, and I want some movie extras, maybe fifty of 63 00:06:31,839 --> 00:06:35,079 them, also raked up like men from Mars. Make them look gruesome, 64 00:06:35,279 --> 00:06:40,399 go back. Also, I need some horses with the pretty girls on top 65 00:06:40,439 --> 00:06:43,519 of them. Maybe you get that much from Maroney's traveling circus, the ones 66 00:06:43,560 --> 00:06:46,879 we booked for the Fireman's Parade in Albany last year. And never mind the 67 00:06:46,959 --> 00:06:53,040 expense, Just get me the talent. Okay, I gotta hang up now, 68 00:06:53,040 --> 00:06:55,920 I'll call me back, Benny. I don't all the whole fine, 69 00:06:55,920 --> 00:06:58,959 mister Ryan, just fine. We got full page ads and all the dailies 70 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:02,279 and ten seconds spot on anouncements on every local station. It's costing a fortune 71 00:07:02,319 --> 00:07:05,839 of all. It costs the bigger off percentage spend, like you are going 72 00:07:05,879 --> 00:07:09,680 to the electric chair, Oliver. Yes, sir, how are you making 73 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:11,839 out on the parade. If it comes off, it will be the biggest 74 00:07:11,839 --> 00:07:15,519 thing since Barham invented the midget. I've got Macy's gimbals and sacks to contribute 75 00:07:15,560 --> 00:07:19,319 floats. Everything is built around the Martian thing. See. Even horses will 76 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:26,160 have long feelers attached to them and funny looking extra lakes. It'll be sensational. 77 00:07:26,199 --> 00:07:29,600 Oh yeah, yeah, it sounds fine. Only only one, Oh, 78 00:07:29,639 --> 00:07:31,959 mister Ryan, we don't even know what we're selling all of my boy, 79 00:07:32,040 --> 00:07:35,800 You think old Sid Ryan has been sitting here spending all this mula and 80 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:40,560 not putting two and two together. You mean you know who Lusha represents. 81 00:07:40,759 --> 00:07:44,680 Just by accident, understand, I have learned that Century Pictures is making a 82 00:07:44,720 --> 00:07:50,040 big new epic, a space offera entitled Invasion from Mars. Get up. 83 00:07:50,360 --> 00:07:55,680 Oh oh, I begin to see. Also, by mere coincidence, it 84 00:07:55,720 --> 00:07:59,319 happens to be the premiere sometime around June. First you follow me. But 85 00:07:59,399 --> 00:08:03,920 mister Ryan, Century has an exclusive contract with New Features Syndicate for all that 86 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:07,839 publicity. Suppose Century Pictures doesn't like the way New Features is handling their stuff. 87 00:08:09,079 --> 00:08:11,399 They want to get out of the contract. A New Feature says no, 88 00:08:11,879 --> 00:08:16,040 so they have to get around the contract. A man named Lusha client 89 00:08:16,199 --> 00:08:20,800 unknowns start publicizing the Martian Invasion. Need I go further? I get it, 90 00:08:20,839 --> 00:08:24,360 mister Ryan, Gee, I suppose I should have thought of that. 91 00:08:24,560 --> 00:08:28,759 No, all of that. That's what I like about you. You're so 92 00:08:28,879 --> 00:08:43,279 innocent. Let me talk to you. Commissioner Patrick Leese said Ryan. Hello. 93 00:08:43,720 --> 00:08:46,679 Commission said Ryan, Oh, it's you. Well, what is it 94 00:08:46,759 --> 00:08:50,080 this time? If you want to goup a man off the Empire State Building 95 00:08:50,120 --> 00:08:54,879 into a tea cup full of water? The answer is no. Oh, 96 00:08:54,960 --> 00:08:58,320 so we are not arresting any fan dancer. You know. I don't handle 97 00:08:58,360 --> 00:09:01,679 fan answers. I want a permit for parade June first, Fifth Avenue. 98 00:09:01,679 --> 00:09:05,600 It's a Sunday, there's no frin. Macy's gets a permit, Gimbals gets 99 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:07,759 a permit, The American Legion gets a permit. The sons of Aaron marsh 100 00:09:07,799 --> 00:09:11,600 every time Morton Downey Sings are wearing the green. Don't give me a hard 101 00:09:11,799 --> 00:09:16,960 time, Patrick, this is too big. I have the Fifth Avenue Merchants 102 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:22,720 Association behind me. I'll pass him along with the license comissioner. That's my 103 00:09:22,799 --> 00:09:26,480 boy. By the way, what's the occasion? Don't you read the papers? 104 00:09:26,519 --> 00:09:41,639 Patrick? June first is Martian Day? Here, mister Ryan, how 105 00:09:41,759 --> 00:09:46,200 is the campaign very like fire? Lusha likes fire. Everybody and his blug 106 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:50,279 is going along with the game. Yesterday we decided the fifty thousand Martian hats 107 00:09:50,279 --> 00:09:52,679 the fool kids. I even arranged the commission of Patrick, who accept the 108 00:09:52,679 --> 00:10:01,639 fifty thousand dollars check for the Policeman's Benevolent Fund from the man from Mars. 109 00:10:01,519 --> 00:10:07,440 I understand Century Pictures spend over a million bucks, making that step upper a 110 00:10:07,519 --> 00:10:13,000 big brother fall com car Miss Lusha. Sid Ryan wasn't born yesterday. You 111 00:10:13,080 --> 00:10:16,879 know I know who our client is, even if you don't admitutes you do 112 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:20,879 always thinking that's me. Well, as long as you know, let's keep 113 00:10:20,879 --> 00:10:24,399 it to ourselves, shadowy, mister Ryan, because you once remarked when these 114 00:10:24,440 --> 00:10:30,200 things we count, it destroys. This a crime in us, the effectuous 115 00:10:30,200 --> 00:10:46,600 campaign, the ver minutes gone higher them speaking to you from our portable pensmitt 116 00:10:46,759 --> 00:10:50,159 top of the hewing stamp for a much heralded Martian parade on Fifth Avenue. 117 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:54,200 The beautiful summer day here in New York, perfect day for parade, and 118 00:10:54,360 --> 00:10:58,840 the treats are packed with thousands of spectators all you can to find out what 119 00:10:58,840 --> 00:11:09,039 this is all about. There's an air of real expectancy. Okay, all 120 00:11:09,080 --> 00:11:13,480 right, I've just had words from Salgoon at the Pstal Park Mall that the 121 00:11:13,519 --> 00:11:16,399 Martians have landed from big pink balloons. And while we're waiting here for the 122 00:11:16,480 --> 00:11:20,200 arrival of the parade, we've brought some people up on microphone and had you 123 00:11:20,279 --> 00:11:26,519 their reactions to the spectacular affairs. What's your name now? A little lot 124 00:11:26,519 --> 00:11:28,879 of please, miss Shacklin, And where are you from, missus Jacqueline? 125 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:35,039 I see and I see you have your family with your two little kelly headed 126 00:11:35,080 --> 00:11:37,120 boys. Are you in New York for your vacation? Yeah, we came 127 00:11:37,159 --> 00:11:41,159 for the Shiners convention with their dad. Well what do you think of Martin 128 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:45,159 Day, Missus Shacklin. Well, it all seems very safe to me, 129 00:11:45,279 --> 00:11:48,000 but the boys have been testing me to watch it, so we've been standing 130 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:50,000 here for two hours. I can't they hear her tail. We're neithering a 131 00:11:50,039 --> 00:11:52,919 lot of other people, Missus Shackley. But judging by the thousands here already, 132 00:11:52,960 --> 00:11:58,039 there's a lot of curiosity. Curiosity here the cat. Let's hope not 133 00:11:58,200 --> 00:12:03,919 thank you, Usa jack La. Here's yeah, they come, ladies and 134 00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:07,480 gentlemen. The first unit is a big unching today when he un a famine, 135 00:12:07,559 --> 00:12:13,559 the tan fair colored streamers, music and petty cloaks and all the tapmodica. 136 00:12:13,559 --> 00:12:22,799 Let's put to the vanthems. You're in the vanguard. The host who 137 00:12:22,960 --> 00:12:26,759 little nidget and weird looking. He can lease spaceship carrying weird gold bug weapons. 138 00:12:26,799 --> 00:12:31,320 The spurning fainted on them. I can read one which says a tonic 139 00:12:31,399 --> 00:12:37,159 blaster. I never had the flack or greeting. We're marching through Georgia and 140 00:12:37,279 --> 00:12:43,159 here come the clown laughing and for all over time they're getting free sugar candy. 141 00:12:43,240 --> 00:12:46,759 They gets a long way lass, ladies and gentlemen. There's a happy, 142 00:12:46,879 --> 00:12:50,919 laughing crowd along sit Famiue today, a poor reflection of a great pink 143 00:12:50,960 --> 00:12:54,240 of humor and good nature that makes America the paper. There, I only 144 00:12:56,399 --> 00:13:00,320 what's this? It dogs mummery. Now they've owned somewhat silent, some coming. 145 00:13:00,320 --> 00:13:03,559 I'll try to get it for you, Oh, ladies and gentlemen. 146 00:13:03,559 --> 00:13:09,639 Here the Martians and compen This is per the climax of the show. And 147 00:13:09,679 --> 00:13:13,279 oh it's great push has fallen over the crowd. Quite a sight to see 148 00:13:13,279 --> 00:13:18,879 these thousands of people standing here expectantly, hearing only the great regular sigh of 149 00:13:18,919 --> 00:13:26,000 their mass breathing. Now here they come, ladies and gentlemen, the Martians 150 00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:31,279 marching in booted helmeted ranks row after the road. This is an impressive sight, 151 00:13:31,360 --> 00:13:33,440 ladies and gentlemen, and around a serious contract for the rest of the 152 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:39,240 the joyous slashtick Blady's been wokenessing up and mouth. So that's over two hundred 153 00:13:39,279 --> 00:13:43,639 broad chested men dressed in metallic race spaces with fixed glass prices drown across their 154 00:13:43,639 --> 00:13:48,559 faces. Each one's holding an ominous looking ray gun at the ready position and 155 00:13:48,679 --> 00:13:54,639 launching an absolute silence. He steps perfectly, as though some unspoken commands and 156 00:13:54,679 --> 00:13:58,720 marking guide booms. Even the children are bored by the unexpected warlike realism. 157 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:05,519 Martian legions and all the first ranks of the Martians moved past this down for 158 00:14:05,559 --> 00:14:13,240 this sabue towards the reviewing stands at the square, No one moves. A 159 00:14:13,279 --> 00:14:15,840 woman, A woman, ladies and gentlemen, just dashed out into the streets 160 00:14:15,840 --> 00:14:18,840 for what reason, I don't know. She just whip through the police cordon 161 00:14:18,879 --> 00:14:22,720 comes out after and now but she's already reached the ranks of the marches, 162 00:14:22,720 --> 00:14:24,000 and she's trying to lift the visor of one of the martians. Face here 163 00:14:26,080 --> 00:14:28,919 wait wait the fourth he screamed, and then fell forward in a dead faint. 164 00:14:30,559 --> 00:14:33,559 A Martian column keeps right on coming unless they break ranks. They got 165 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:35,799 the tramplers, No, no, no, the policeman a daughter, now 166 00:14:35,840 --> 00:14:39,240 that they're dragging her away out of the way, trying to revive her. 167 00:14:39,279 --> 00:14:43,840 Now, what is that? Also at the rooms be I'm filtering back through 168 00:14:43,919 --> 00:14:48,679 the crowd some reason whispering is a woman's death? We don't know yet, 169 00:14:48,759 --> 00:14:52,480 but whatever has happened, the incident seems have passed a slight shadow over the 170 00:14:52,559 --> 00:14:54,759 mood of the crowd. There, free holiday as ms to have vanished. 171 00:14:54,799 --> 00:14:58,799 The crowd is stirring uneasily, a little disturbed what we've We've just seen. 172 00:15:00,720 --> 00:15:03,399 Nothing to be alarmed that, however, It's just just Thing's a shame that 173 00:15:03,519 --> 00:15:16,000 anything like this should happen to spoil our enjoyment of the Martian parade. Mister 174 00:15:16,080 --> 00:15:18,399 Ryan, did you see that a woman painted? She ran out into the 175 00:15:18,399 --> 00:15:22,000 street to get a close look at the Martians. Then then she screamed and 176 00:15:22,080 --> 00:15:24,279 painted dead away. I am well aware of that, all of us, 177 00:15:24,279 --> 00:15:28,000 since I paid her fifty bucks to do it. What the dramatic moment, 178 00:15:28,120 --> 00:15:33,039 Oliver the start and trade of the good publicity man Reli hags, Holy smoke, 179 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:35,159 she should think of everything. For my share this view roughly one hundred 180 00:15:35,159 --> 00:15:39,399 thousand dollars, I can afford to think of everything. Shut the window, 181 00:15:39,639 --> 00:15:41,600 okay, but don't you want to see the finish you'll get out of the 182 00:15:41,639 --> 00:15:43,840 reviewings Dan A little finished right now? On make a phone gold And by 183 00:15:43,840 --> 00:15:46,879 the way, Wislusha, I haven't seen it, spose the window, all 184 00:15:46,879 --> 00:16:03,000 of it. Okay, mister Ryan, Marka's talent agency. Benny, this 185 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:06,440 is said Ryan. Oh, I say, listen, said I was gonna 186 00:16:06,480 --> 00:16:08,120 call you. I'm offul sigh About those Martians? What do you mean? 187 00:16:08,360 --> 00:16:15,080 Sorry? That terrific? I mean the two that grade grade? Do you 188 00:16:15,120 --> 00:16:18,960 want to pack? Never felt better? Of course I mean it? What 189 00:16:19,200 --> 00:16:22,799 is this? The Martians in the Korea? About one hundred and fifty? 190 00:16:22,879 --> 00:16:26,320 Of course I only ordered fifty. But under the circumstance, what is it? 191 00:16:26,480 --> 00:16:29,399 Did that? You know? I couldn't get you a single movie? 192 00:16:29,440 --> 00:16:33,919 Actually there's a studio striker who York. Huh wait a minute, where these 193 00:16:33,919 --> 00:16:37,639 guys come from? If you didn't hire them? Hold on albah oh, 194 00:16:37,720 --> 00:16:38,840 yes, mister Ryan, did you hire those Martians? Well, no, 195 00:16:40,080 --> 00:16:44,440 sir, I did any This is on the level of Okay, Benny, 196 00:16:44,559 --> 00:16:48,399 I'll call you back. What's the matter, mister Ryan, I don't know, 197 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:56,639 so I don't know. Wonder flu shot. What's the century picture numbers? 198 00:16:56,759 --> 00:17:06,759 Which remain four one thousand m Sentury Pictures? Is study UK Star? 199 00:17:07,160 --> 00:17:11,759 Give me Marty Sandford your publicity directed, Mardi, This is said Ryan. 200 00:17:14,079 --> 00:17:15,680 By fine, listen, Marty, this is dead serious on the level. 201 00:17:15,720 --> 00:17:21,880 Get it. I've got to locate lu Sha Lusha. Come man now, 202 00:17:21,960 --> 00:17:23,519 Mardy, this is life and death. The guy you sent over to higher 203 00:17:23,559 --> 00:17:30,640 meed for the invasion picture? And what invasion picture? Invasion from Mars the 204 00:17:30,759 --> 00:17:36,759 space opera? You a shell last month? What sure? Back in the 205 00:17:36,880 --> 00:17:41,119 can the big shots decided you can't sell a Martian invade into the American public. 206 00:17:41,200 --> 00:17:44,279 It's two incredible, said, who never believed that could really happen. 207 00:17:44,440 --> 00:17:48,559 I won't agree, mother. What is it? Mister Ryan? You look 208 00:17:48,680 --> 00:17:55,920 terrible. It's too fantastic, And mister Ryan, is something wrong? Open 209 00:17:55,960 --> 00:18:03,799 that window? I want not to look at those Martians. Look at it, 210 00:18:06,920 --> 00:18:11,039 Oliver. You are in the army butt one hundred and fifty movie extras 211 00:18:11,119 --> 00:18:15,720 learned to march like that and say if twenty four hours, no, not 212 00:18:15,880 --> 00:18:21,119 in twenty four days, mister Ryan. That second hesitation not one of a 213 00:18:21,160 --> 00:18:26,400 step, but the way they carry those ray guns at the wreck. On 214 00:18:26,559 --> 00:18:29,000 the other time, I've seen troops much like that. Was a film with 215 00:18:29,079 --> 00:18:33,440 the Nazi s troops marching through the streets of Paris. Mister Ryan, Oliver, 216 00:18:33,839 --> 00:18:34,920 get down there. Find that woman painted. Her name's Gloria montees. 217 00:18:34,960 --> 00:18:48,920 Get her up here and make it fast. Ryan, I can't get much 218 00:18:48,960 --> 00:18:53,559 sense. Okay, Gloria, you need cannot be acting the lights. It's 219 00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:57,680 me, said Ryan. Gloria said it down, baby, it's me, 220 00:19:00,920 --> 00:19:04,119 some big green eyes and see it's like a baby. Snap out of it. 221 00:19:04,559 --> 00:19:07,519 Listen what happened on me? You ran out the screen like I told 222 00:19:07,519 --> 00:19:11,200 you, for the fainting that wasn't in the act. Please go away. 223 00:19:12,119 --> 00:19:22,519 Just one question, be inside that helmet. What did you see? Okay, 224 00:19:22,519 --> 00:19:25,400 I've written up any other you take care of Gloria. You got a 225 00:19:25,480 --> 00:19:27,400 drinks? Why are you going see the commissioner. You gotta stop the correct 226 00:19:27,440 --> 00:19:38,240 All things are going to happen, Okay, Ryan, what's the b Listen, 227 00:19:38,319 --> 00:19:41,200 Patrick, I don't know what it is, see, but something's wrong. 228 00:19:41,240 --> 00:19:42,880 You've got to stop that parade. I suppose you drig the rad squad. 229 00:19:44,119 --> 00:19:45,680 That would get you a front page spread in every paper in town. 230 00:19:45,799 --> 00:19:48,519 Now, look, Ryan, I've got no time to your achieve publicity. 231 00:19:48,559 --> 00:19:51,240 Guys, you're a busy man. Listen. I'm trying to tell you. 232 00:19:51,319 --> 00:19:52,799 I don't know where those Martians came from, who they are, anything about 233 00:19:52,839 --> 00:19:56,000 them? Oh, Ryan, I'm wise to your tricks. Now if you 234 00:19:56,119 --> 00:19:59,640 let the sergeant show you you won't do it, an honor citizen appears for 235 00:19:59,680 --> 00:20:03,039 protection and you refuse, I'm most emphatically to now be all right, Patrick, 236 00:20:03,119 --> 00:20:04,680 I'll go right to the Mayor's office. I'll have you busted flat on 237 00:20:04,759 --> 00:20:07,680 the Friday. Oh ahead, I'm sure it's honah. We'll be glad to 238 00:20:07,759 --> 00:20:18,920 toss you out on that phony nickel plated skull of yours. You heard me 239 00:20:19,039 --> 00:20:22,440 rying, you can't see the man hate off. Please, this isn't a 240 00:20:22,480 --> 00:20:23,599 gag. I don't want publicity. All I want to do is maybe prevent 241 00:20:23,680 --> 00:20:26,440 something horrible from that pha. Don't no it wise, guys, something horrible 242 00:20:26,519 --> 00:20:30,599 is already happening. A couple of hundred little kids are in the hospital which 243 00:20:30,599 --> 00:20:33,000 remained poisoning from that phony march in Candy. You passed out? What but 244 00:20:33,119 --> 00:20:37,880 didn't you know? I just we've got to start that park. Sure, 245 00:20:38,119 --> 00:20:41,359 you'd like nothing better than start a planet. Now, maybe a few hundred 246 00:20:41,359 --> 00:20:45,599 people get time for to death. Think of the newspaper, Stace stand it, 247 00:20:45,680 --> 00:20:47,960 get you and your phoney frot. I won't stand for this eight off. 248 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:48,599 This may be a matter of life and death. Get out of here, 249 00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:51,599 for you'll be your death. Go on, beat you, get out. 250 00:20:51,920 --> 00:21:07,720 You're and your publicity sons makes me sick to my stomach. Oh where 251 00:21:07,759 --> 00:21:12,359 are you? Oliver? Oliver, Oliver? It is useless to scream at 252 00:21:12,440 --> 00:21:18,000 him, mister Ryan, your friend is quite dead. Flo. He wanted 253 00:21:18,039 --> 00:21:19,680 to render the police with some story about a Martian invasion. I found it 254 00:21:19,799 --> 00:21:25,599 necessary to restrain him. Restrain him. You were speaking moderan, now, 255 00:21:25,759 --> 00:21:29,319 mister right, collect yourself. After all our penning, it wouldn't do to 256 00:21:29,359 --> 00:21:32,880 have everything spoiled. Now, shall start talking, and talk fast, because 257 00:21:32,920 --> 00:21:34,759 when you get through, I'm gonna take you apart piece by peace. What's 258 00:21:34,759 --> 00:21:37,279 it's all about, Truller, you know, mister Ryan, after all, 259 00:21:37,319 --> 00:21:41,319 you've been publicizing it for months. You see, before colonizing your pen at, 260 00:21:41,359 --> 00:21:45,720 the Martian government sent some of us to Scouts in advance, disguised dessertmen, 261 00:21:45,799 --> 00:21:49,640 of course, to study your habits, your weaknesses. We found that 262 00:21:49,720 --> 00:21:56,839 the people on earth are predominantly conditioned by advertising and publicity, and so we 263 00:21:56,960 --> 00:22:03,799 conceived the idea of tweaking our entire invasion is a vast problicity. Stand clever, 264 00:22:03,319 --> 00:22:07,519 yes, after all, mister Ryan, who would suspect an invader who 265 00:22:07,559 --> 00:22:11,240 advertised his invasion in the newspaper, invited the public to a surprise attack, 266 00:22:11,599 --> 00:22:15,319 and spent millions publicizing his plan. Oh, chump, you've done very well. 267 00:22:15,519 --> 00:22:19,759 You see. Then there was no product, but there is a product. 268 00:22:21,519 --> 00:22:26,119 The product is dead. What are you trying, Lucia. We Martians 269 00:22:26,160 --> 00:22:30,400 are as humane people, mister Ryan. We do not like to destroy thousands 270 00:22:30,480 --> 00:22:34,640 with a few hundred office in expected two minutes. Our troops will treat the 271 00:22:34,680 --> 00:22:37,640 world or a spectacle of death, which will bring the rest of your planet 272 00:22:37,680 --> 00:22:41,720 to its knees in horror. Nations will clever to surrender, perhaps, mister 273 00:22:41,799 --> 00:22:56,640 Lusha, But not a finger operator is mister Ryan. Give me to Biel 274 00:22:56,640 --> 00:23:03,119 telephone on the reviewing stand of the Martian Day Parade. Hurry because sorry real 275 00:23:03,359 --> 00:23:07,640 stamp. Hello, yeah, me coming to Patrick. Hello, I want 276 00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:15,119 coming to Patrick patnic Patrick where recording? Now? What was that you wanted? 277 00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:15,920 This is why? And I have to talk to the commissioner no matter 278 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:19,119 why and death. I can't talk to him now. The Chief marsh is 279 00:23:19,160 --> 00:23:22,400 presenting the BBA chick to him. The marshes a kind of fire at the 280 00:23:22,680 --> 00:23:26,400 Listen, you're gonna stop him stop. I'm gonna I can't you already have 281 00:23:26,480 --> 00:23:45,279 the worst stop? I heard? He's something? The matter doesn't matter, 282 00:23:48,960 --> 00:24:07,480 nothing mat the Night. By transcription X minus one has Brought You the Parade, 283 00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:14,240 written by George Lefferts. Featured in the cast where Joseph Curtain as Ryan, 284 00:24:14,799 --> 00:24:21,039 Barry Kroger as Lushar, Alexander Scourby as Ron Heilman. Music by Albert 285 00:24:21,079 --> 00:24:26,119 Berman. X minus one was produced by Van Woodward and directed by Edward King, 286 00:24:26,319 --> 00:24:32,799 Fred Collin speaking. X minus one is an NBC radio network for US 287 00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:52,640 and now next week The Cave of the Night, the gripping story of the 288 00:24:52,720 --> 00:24:57,799 first man to pilot an Earth satellite beyond the reach of gravitational pulls, and 289 00:24:57,920 --> 00:25:03,039 of what happened when a watch World learned that something had gone wrong but he 290 00:25:03,119 --> 00:25:07,319 could never return, that he was doomed to die a lingering death in the 291 00:25:07,599 --> 00:25:14,640 arching blackness of the sky The Cave of Night. Hear it next week at 292 00:25:15,960 --> 00:25:22,720 X minus one. Did you ever stop to realize that four American coins show 293 00:25:22,799 --> 00:25:27,799 us the importance of elections? The first one is the Washington Quarter. It 294 00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:33,079 was George Washington who reminded us that on the unity of our government depends our 295 00:25:33,160 --> 00:25:37,640 independence, our peace at home and abroad, our safety, prosperity, and 296 00:25:37,039 --> 00:25:42,279 our freedom. The second coin is the Jefferson nicol. It was Thomas Jefferson 297 00:25:42,319 --> 00:25:47,759 who said, no government can continue good but under the control of the people. 298 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:52,039 The third coin is a penny bearing the likeness of Abraham Lincoln, who 299 00:25:52,119 --> 00:25:57,720 said, among free men there can be no successful appeal from the ballot to 300 00:25:57,839 --> 00:26:03,680 the bullet. And finally, the Roosevelt dime reminds us of something Franklin D. 301 00:26:03,880 --> 00:26:07,599 Roosevelt once said. Every man and every woman in this nation, regardless 302 00:26:07,599 --> 00:26:11,920 of party, who have the right to register and to vote, and the 303 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:17,839 opportunity to register and to vote, have also the sacred obligation to register and 304 00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:22,559 to vote. These four Americans, by recognizing the importance of elections, added 305 00:26:22,599 --> 00:26:25,720 another page to your political history.