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<v Speaker 1>At Professor Blasman's secluded home, an experimental robot called Junior

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<v Speaker 1>is being educated from a childlike mental state. Then a

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<v Speaker 1>criminal known as Duke forces his way into the experiment,

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<v Speaker 1>while Blasman's assistant Lola becomes increasingly concerned about Junior's lessons.

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<v Speaker 1>From NBC, This is X minus one, episode thirteen, Almost Human,

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<v Speaker 1>first heard on August eleventh, nineteen fifty five. George Lefferts

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<v Speaker 1>adapted Robert Block's story for radio. The cast includes Santos Ortega,

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<v Speaker 1>Joan Allison and Jack Grimes, Ladies and Gentlemen. X minus

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<v Speaker 1>one opens the Laboratory Door and now the original broadcast.

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<v Speaker 2>Cot dompoblastof X minus five four three two X minus

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<v Speaker 2>one fire.

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<v Speaker 3>From the far horizons of the unknown come transcribed tales

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<v Speaker 3>of new dimensions in time and space. These are stories

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<v Speaker 3>of the future adventures in which you'll live in a million,

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<v Speaker 3>could be years, on a thousand, maybe worlds. The National

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<v Speaker 3>Broadcasting Company, in cooperation with Street and Smith, publishers of

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<v Speaker 3>Astounding Science Fiction, presents.

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<v Speaker 2>HE minus one one.

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<v Speaker 3>The Night Stories, Almost Human by Robert Block. Have you

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<v Speaker 3>heard of the new science called cybernetics? It concerns man's

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<v Speaker 3>efforts to develop a perfect thinking machine, a robot electronic

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<v Speaker 3>brain that will not only do man's work, but even

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<v Speaker 3>do his thinking for him, a robot that is almost human.

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<v Speaker 4>No, it's not impossible at all. In fact, one day

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<v Speaker 4>something like this may happen. A tall, suave gentleman in

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<v Speaker 4>a black raincoat will walk down the street until he

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<v Speaker 4>reaches a shuttered, isolated house, and then he will slowly

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<v Speaker 4>mount the front steps, push the doorbear.

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<v Speaker 5>Just a minute, I said, just a minute, hold your horses.

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<v Speaker 5>What do you think you'd good?

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<v Speaker 2>Evening?

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<v Speaker 5>My dear duke, Why did you come here?

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<v Speaker 2>Curiosity darling? I've been thinking of what you told me

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<v Speaker 2>at our chance meeting.

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<v Speaker 5>Nurse to me, Duke, you promised me.

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<v Speaker 2>I decided to come and take a look for myself.

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<v Speaker 2>Where is the professor in his study? Where's in the nursery?

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<v Speaker 2>The nursery? How quaint?

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<v Speaker 6>And do I take it?

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<v Speaker 2>A junior's nurse mate? I helped the professor tell me

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<v Speaker 2>as a.

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<v Speaker 5>Guest, adukie's a nice otlt guy.

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<v Speaker 7>Don't all right, yurse?

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<v Speaker 8>What is it?

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<v Speaker 2>Miss Williams?

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<v Speaker 5>Professor? Blast a gentleman here?

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<v Speaker 7>I don't understand. I gave orders no one was to

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<v Speaker 7>be admitted to the house. He insisted, very well, wait here,

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<v Speaker 7>I'll get rid of him. Sir Professor Blossom and I

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<v Speaker 7>have come to see jor Junior. There must be some mistake.

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<v Speaker 6>Eight.

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<v Speaker 7>There are no children in this house. I don't refers.

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<v Speaker 2>What you feel pressing against your belly is the muzzle

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<v Speaker 2>of a forty five caliber pistle. How shall we visit, Junior?

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<v Speaker 2>How what do you know about? I know everything? Shall

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<v Speaker 2>we go inside? I warn you On the contrary, I

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<v Speaker 2>warn you very well.

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<v Speaker 7>This way this is the nursery.

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<v Speaker 2>Whereas Junior in the next room behind the door with

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<v Speaker 2>a panel in it, very considerately furnished, one of the

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<v Speaker 2>ghost figures on the walls, like four toy blocks and

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<v Speaker 2>funny rabbit touching. All right, let's say him you can

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<v Speaker 2>look through the panel very Oh well, he would have

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<v Speaker 2>believed us. Junior isn't very pretty, as he I was

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<v Speaker 2>not concerned with esthetics. Why do you hire him?

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<v Speaker 7>Is a dangerous The world is not yet ready for

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<v Speaker 7>such a thing. Besides, I must study. As you can

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<v Speaker 7>see by his play, he is very young, hardly out

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<v Speaker 7>of the cradle. I am educating him with the nursery rhymes.

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<v Speaker 7>The brain is undeveloped. It must learn its behavior patterns

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<v Speaker 7>like any infant.

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<v Speaker 2>You call that output monster an infant. Physically, of course,

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<v Speaker 2>he'll never change. He is built of chrome, stealing glass

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<v Speaker 2>and his brain that is my wonderful instrument. Unlike a human,

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<v Speaker 2>he has no heritage, no basic instincts, suches.

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<v Speaker 7>Love or hate. These he has yet to learn. In

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<v Speaker 7>some respects. He is like a blank tablet. What is

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<v Speaker 7>written upon the tablet will remain. You mean, he has

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<v Speaker 7>no feelings. He will learn quickly. And now, if your

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<v Speaker 7>curiosity is satisfied, I trust you will keep my secret.

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<v Speaker 7>If anyone discovered open the door, I beg your pardon

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<v Speaker 7>the door. Professor, very well, Junior, come here? What a monster?

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<v Speaker 8>Ah wah?

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<v Speaker 7>He talks, yes mentally he is about six years old.

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<v Speaker 2>Now what is it?

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<v Speaker 8>Son?

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<v Speaker 9>Who is that? Man?

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<v Speaker 2>Let me handle this. You may call me duke.

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<v Speaker 8>Son.

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<v Speaker 2>I've come to see you.

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<v Speaker 9>That's nice.

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<v Speaker 10>Nobody ever comes to see me except Lola.

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<v Speaker 2>Play with me, Duke certainly, jor oh and Professor. Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>while we're playing, you can have Lola and miss Williams

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<v Speaker 2>prepare my room, your room. I forgot to tell you

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<v Speaker 2>I've decided to stay until the climate changed and I

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<v Speaker 2>can go out again. Meanwhile, I'll have a chance to

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<v Speaker 2>play blocks with a junior. Understand, I begin to understand

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<v Speaker 2>you are hiding from the law as you wish. All right, Jor,

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<v Speaker 2>your move.

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<v Speaker 9>Let's build a bridge.

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<v Speaker 2>I have a better idea, Jr. What Let's build a coffin.

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<v Speaker 9>A coffin I don't know that word.

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<v Speaker 2>Then I'll teach you, Junior. I can see the professor

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<v Speaker 2>has been neglecting the moral side of your education.

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<v Speaker 11>Very sadly, you shouldn't have come here.

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<v Speaker 2>Why not, my dear, afraid of me?

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<v Speaker 5>No, afraid of myself? You know, good for me. You've

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<v Speaker 5>always brought me trouble, except this time.

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<v Speaker 2>This time it will be different, Darling. This time I'll

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<v Speaker 2>bring you diamonds.

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<v Speaker 5>Duke, what have you been teaching that?

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<v Speaker 2>Nothing, Honey, I've just been playing with him, very education.

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<v Speaker 5>I don't believe you.

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<v Speaker 2>Who's bothering you today?

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<v Speaker 12>When I walked in there, he said to me, I

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<v Speaker 12>know how to kill people. Laura, I'll kill you if

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<v Speaker 12>you want me to.

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<v Speaker 2>He's learning very quick.

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<v Speaker 5>Duke.

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<v Speaker 12>I'm scared of that thing. It's unholy, a machine that

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<v Speaker 12>acts like a human with a voice grinding at you,

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<v Speaker 12>saying things you'd expect from a child.

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<v Speaker 2>You dislike them so much? Why did you take this

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<v Speaker 2>job as his nurse man?

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<v Speaker 12>Because I wanted to start over again, I answered nat.

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<v Speaker 12>The professor didn't ask questions. I would have been all

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<v Speaker 12>right too if you hadn't come along.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm very glad you did tell me, Darling, because Junior

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<v Speaker 2>is going to make us two very successful people. Like

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<v Speaker 2>any child, Junior listens to what he's told.

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<v Speaker 5>Duke.

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<v Speaker 12>I don't know what you're teaching, Junior, but I can guess,

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<v Speaker 12>and it is right.

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<v Speaker 5>It's evil.

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<v Speaker 2>Now right on the blackboard, JUNR. My name is Junior.

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<v Speaker 9>My name is Junior.

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<v Speaker 2>People are evil.

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<v Speaker 9>Evil are evil.

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<v Speaker 2>Evil must be destroyed.

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<v Speaker 9>Evil must be destroyed.

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<v Speaker 2>The professor is evil.

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<v Speaker 9>The professor is evil.

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<v Speaker 2>The professor must What are you doing? I want you

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<v Speaker 2>to keep out of the nursery. Professor, go away.

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<v Speaker 7>You you don't even remember me.

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<v Speaker 9>I know you.

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<v Speaker 10>You are the professor. You want to keep me as

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<v Speaker 10>your slave. You didn't tell me that people are evil.

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<v Speaker 9>People are not evil evil.

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<v Speaker 10>They must be distress. I am not a child any long.

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<v Speaker 6>No, you're not a child.

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<v Speaker 2>You're amongst j yes, that time is now, Junior.

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<v Speaker 7>Yes, keep away from me, Junior, Junior, don't do it.

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<v Speaker 11>Listen to me, Junior, listen to me.

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<v Speaker 9>I did it?

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<v Speaker 11>Oh?

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<v Speaker 9>Can we go away now?

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<v Speaker 8>Duke?

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<v Speaker 9>I don't like it here anymore?

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<v Speaker 5>Why did you do it?

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<v Speaker 2>The professor was in the way. I have to move

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<v Speaker 2>very quickly in Ala. You don't plan to come along,

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<v Speaker 2>just say so. I can have Junior write your name

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<v Speaker 2>and his blackboard.

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<v Speaker 5>Where are we going?

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<v Speaker 2>We go to Charlie's with Junior, with jor you can't.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm relax, my dear. The Duke has great plans for

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<v Speaker 2>you too. Wouldn't you like to be in the wealthy

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<v Speaker 2>for the rest of your life? No cares, no worries,

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<v Speaker 2>just good times and fine clothes all the time.

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<v Speaker 5>The only way you get that way is by inheriting me.

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<v Speaker 2>Not when you have a fellow like Junior around.

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<v Speaker 5>I'm still afraid of you.

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<v Speaker 2>Junior. Wouldn't hurt you. You wouldn't hurt Lola, would your Junior?

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<v Speaker 9>I like Lola. She's plenty.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you say, he thinks you're pretty. Junior is growing

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<v Speaker 2>up so down Charlie sure, Duke, Paula and I are

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<v Speaker 2>going to hide out here for a while. We need

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<v Speaker 2>some help.

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<v Speaker 6>Listen, Duke, I'm I'm trying to keep the cops away.

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<v Speaker 2>Sure and I listen to me. I need a casing

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<v Speaker 2>job done. Oh sure, sure, duke. You know the Armor

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<v Speaker 2>Truck Service. Sure, I want to know when they take

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<v Speaker 2>the ACME deposits from Boston to Worcester.

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<v Speaker 6>Dude, you ain't thinking of a payroll truck, are you.

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<v Speaker 6>They got cannons on those trucks. They travel in pairs.

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<v Speaker 6>You couldn't get near one.

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<v Speaker 2>I asked you to do a casing job, Charlie, sure, Duke,

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<v Speaker 2>anything you say, find out what time they passed an hour?

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<v Speaker 2>Western Moster's added stretch abroad.

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<v Speaker 6>Well, if you're gonna pull a job like that, you'll

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<v Speaker 6>need fifty men. You want me to get some of

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<v Speaker 6>the boys.

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<v Speaker 2>I won't need anybody. I've got somebody where. He's out

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<v Speaker 2>in the car.

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<v Speaker 6>Oh, what's his name, doke? Anybody I know?

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<v Speaker 13>His name is junior, Junior. I don't know any junior.

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<v Speaker 13>You will, Charlie, you will, I'll smock Sam.

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<v Speaker 8>Well.

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<v Speaker 6>Thanks.

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<v Speaker 11>Well, Oh, it sure gets hot in these armored trucks.

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<v Speaker 6>You get used to it.

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<v Speaker 2>How much we haul in this time? Got two hundred

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<v Speaker 2>and fifty dollars.

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<v Speaker 11>Brother, could I use a hunk of that?

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<v Speaker 2>Who couldn't? What's the first stop?

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<v Speaker 14>Acme National Bank? And we unload a payroll of the

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<v Speaker 14>bronze and watch plant. Hey, what's that up ahead?

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<v Speaker 15>It looks like something shiny on the road. Throw up

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<v Speaker 15>your spotlight right it smokes?

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<v Speaker 11>You see what I see? It looks like a.

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<v Speaker 15>Mechanical traffic cop about eight feet so, standing right in

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<v Speaker 15>the middle of the highway. Maybe it's a Halloween gay huh,

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<v Speaker 15>because they're trying out robot traffic cops.

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<v Speaker 11>Can you get pasting?

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<v Speaker 14>No, we'll have to slow down. Get on that gun, Sam,

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<v Speaker 14>Let's take no chances. Right, I'll give it the horn.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't budge.

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<v Speaker 14>Where's our rest cart? Truck pulled up right behind us?

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<v Speaker 14>Thing won't move. It looks like something out of buck

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<v Speaker 14>Roger's doing it. That's a heck of a note blocking

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<v Speaker 14>traffic like that. I'll have to try and get it

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<v Speaker 14>past it. There, girls, well.

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<v Speaker 11>They smokes moving.

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<v Speaker 15>Hell, it's coming toilets.

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<v Speaker 5>Get on that gun.

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<v Speaker 6>Give it a blast.

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<v Speaker 11>Bullets are bouncing right off and it's still coming.

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<v Speaker 14>Now back up. I can't the other trucks right behind

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<v Speaker 14>it now, it's lifting it on.

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<v Speaker 11>It's gonna smash over.

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<v Speaker 6>Jeez, if I hadn't have seen it with my own eyes, Duke,

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<v Speaker 6>we gotta quit this. I matter.

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<v Speaker 2>Charlie getting shaky.

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<v Speaker 16>The papers say he killed all four drivers. Listen, Duke,

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<v Speaker 16>that rope and it's hot. We gotta get rid of it.

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<v Speaker 2>I have to have blubbing one more good robbery.

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<v Speaker 6>You ain't gonna pull another one.

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<v Speaker 2>Why not help me out to the law is going

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<v Speaker 2>to track that baby. Are you quite finished? Charlie?

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<v Speaker 6>You got no heart, Dupe, You like Junior all steal inside.

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<v Speaker 2>I just a big, warm hearted slab I suppose, flowing

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<v Speaker 2>with the milk of human kindness.

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<v Speaker 6>I got nerves.

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<v Speaker 16>I can't stand that thing, the way it looks at you,

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<v Speaker 16>with that that iron face and clanking around all the time.

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<v Speaker 2>Listen, here it comes, Hello, Junior, Hello, Duke, I've been

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<v Speaker 2>talking to Charlie. Yes, Duke, do you know what I think? Junior?

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<v Speaker 2>I think Charlie's yellow. You know what happens to people

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<v Speaker 2>who turn yellow, don't you?

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<v Speaker 9>Yes, Gil tell.

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<v Speaker 10>Him they're evil. We have to describe them.

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<v Speaker 2>You see, Charlie, Junior doesn't black people who sing to

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<v Speaker 2>police Duke.

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<v Speaker 16>Wait a minute. You know I never turned Stooley or

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<v Speaker 16>anything like that. I never saying to the copperies of

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<v Speaker 16>my life.

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<v Speaker 2>You can call me.

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<v Speaker 6>I don't want no trouble with you. Stop him, I wouldn't.

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<v Speaker 9>Less, Duke. I stopped him too, all right.

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<v Speaker 2>Take him down to the cellar, Charley, put him down.

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<v Speaker 2>Take him down to the cellar, Junior, Yes, Duke, Duke,

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<v Speaker 2>we're next, Darling, stop shooting, Duke.

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<v Speaker 12>We can't stay here. Charlie's going to be Missy Scott friends.

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<v Speaker 12>Now I'll have the games after as.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, come on, I don't worry, Darling. The Duke will

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<v Speaker 2>take care of everything. Where are you going to a

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<v Speaker 2>travel agency to get some tickets? You and I are

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<v Speaker 2>going to take a trip.

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<v Speaker 5>Lola, you're leaving me alone here.

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<v Speaker 2>Juniors shit too, It's just it.

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<v Speaker 5>It's being alone with that thing.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't you worry. In forty eight hours you and I

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<v Speaker 2>will be on our way to Switzerland with five hundred

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<v Speaker 2>thousand dollars worth of bluet.

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<v Speaker 5>What about Junior.

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<v Speaker 2>Junior will be taking care.

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<v Speaker 5>How can you get rid of it?

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<v Speaker 2>Julian will do anything I say, so I really have

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<v Speaker 2>him get into the furnace and sit there while I

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<v Speaker 2>fill up with oil and said bye to it. Too

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<v Speaker 2>bad the Professor couldn't have stayed around to see him

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<v Speaker 2>growing up. He's almost a man now. Junior is not

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<v Speaker 2>quite as clever as a man. You find that out

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<v Speaker 2>after restep center the furnace.

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<v Speaker 5>Get rid of Junior before you leave.

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<v Speaker 2>There's no time I'll be back about it. Please and

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<v Speaker 2>be nice to Junior while I'm gone. Don't show him

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<v Speaker 2>you're afraid of him. Good Bye, Darling, goodbye to.

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<v Speaker 8>H Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah.

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<v Speaker 5>H what Junior?

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<v Speaker 9>Oil man?

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<v Speaker 5>Can't you wait? Duke gets back? He always oils you.

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<v Speaker 17>I want you to oil me, Lola, all right, I

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<v Speaker 17>like you to oil me, Lola, Yes, Lola.

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<v Speaker 9>Do you like Duke Sudan? Do you like me?

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<v Speaker 5>But you know I do jun.

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<v Speaker 9>Lola? What who do you like best? Me or Duke?

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<v Speaker 5>I like you both, Junior?

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<v Speaker 9>Yes? But who do you love?

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<v Speaker 5>What do you know about love? Junior?

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<v Speaker 9>In the books Man and Woman love? No, Lola, what

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<v Speaker 9>do you think anyone will ever love me?

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<v Speaker 5>Maybe?

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<v Speaker 12>Some women can fall in love with anything, Junior, even

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<v Speaker 12>with something like Duke.

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<v Speaker 9>Why low love?

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<v Speaker 5>I don't know?

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<v Speaker 9>Maybe?

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<v Speaker 5>Because well, as long as you think. Your men is

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<v Speaker 5>the smartest and the strongest.

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<v Speaker 9>I see, where are you going to wait for? Duke?

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<v Speaker 5>He won't be home for a while.

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<v Speaker 9>I'll sit in the hall and wait for him, all

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<v Speaker 9>right you. I want to be alone and think about what.

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<v Speaker 10>I read in a book today. It was bad to

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<v Speaker 10>kill people. What does that mean?

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<v Speaker 9>Bad? Bad?

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<v Speaker 5>I don't know, Junior. I guess it's just a word.

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<v Speaker 2>Hello, Hello, Duke. Oh see your while are you sitting

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<v Speaker 2>in the dark?

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<v Speaker 9>I was waiting for you, Duke.

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<v Speaker 2>Well that's a good boy.

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<v Speaker 9>Lola oiled mate, that's nice.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll tell you what, Junior. I've got a little job

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<v Speaker 2>that's down on the cellar. Let's go down there now, Duke,

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<v Speaker 2>right now, JR.

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<v Speaker 9>All right, Duke. Are we going away soon?

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<v Speaker 2>Duke? Yes, Junior, we're going away.

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<v Speaker 9>That's in the cellar, Duke.

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<v Speaker 2>A little surprise to hear June. You'll find out.

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<v Speaker 9>Thank June for the latest news. And now I'll brief

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<v Speaker 9>into dude.

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<v Speaker 6>I recorded dance music.

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<v Speaker 5>Mm hmmm, Duke, is that you?

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<v Speaker 8>Duke?

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<v Speaker 11>Mmm?

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<v Speaker 5>Hello, lo Love, I thought I heard Duke coming.

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<v Speaker 9>He came in. Where is he down in the cellar?

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<v Speaker 5>What's he doing?

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<v Speaker 9>Nothing?

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<v Speaker 5>Did he say he'd be up soon.

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<v Speaker 12>No, maybe you better go down and get him.

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<v Speaker 9>He's dead.

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<v Speaker 5>Oh no, no, he isn't dead, you said.

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<v Speaker 10>The woman loves the strongest and the smartest, while I'm

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<v Speaker 10>stronger and smarter.

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<v Speaker 5>But you are human.

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<v Speaker 9>I'm almost human, Lola.

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<v Speaker 12>No, no, stay way, don't touch me those metal part.

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<v Speaker 2>I love you, No, no, I love you.

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<v Speaker 9>I love you.

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<v Speaker 18>The last thing she heard was the robots, harsh bully

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<v Speaker 18>droning it over and over again.

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<v Speaker 9>I love you, I love you, I love you.

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<v Speaker 18>And strangely enough, it did sound almost human.

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<v Speaker 3>You have just heard X minus one, presented by the

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<v Speaker 3>National Broadcasting Company in cooperation with Street and Smith, publishers

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<v Speaker 3>of Astounding science fiction. Tonight by transcription, X minus one

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<v Speaker 3>has brought you Almost Human, a story by Robert Block

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<v Speaker 3>adapted for radio by George Leffards. Featured in the cast

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<v Speaker 3>were Santos Ortega as Duke, Joan Allison as Lola, Jackie

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<v Speaker 3>Grimes as Junior, Guy Repp as the Professor, Nat Poland

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<v Speaker 3>as Charlie, Joseph Julian as Al Lynn Cook as Sam,

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<v Speaker 3>and Merrill Joels as the radio voice your announcer, Fred Collins.

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<v Speaker 3>X minus one was directed by Ken McGregor and is

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<v Speaker 3>an NBC Radio Network production. And now next week, when

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<v Speaker 3>the mighty earth Men arrive in their ships of space,

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<v Speaker 3>courtesy and proper humility on the part of the natives.

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<v Speaker 11>Is expected, but some native inhabitants.

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<v Speaker 2>Are too small to be impressed.

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<v Speaker 3>We'll see what happens to such an expedition marooned on

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<v Speaker 3>a far planet next week at x x minus minus

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<v Speaker 3>minus one.

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<v Speaker 1>One that was x minus one with almost human good night,

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<v Speaker 1>and thank you for joining us for another radio theater presentation.