Speaker 1: M coddown for Blackstop X minus fire or create two
X minus one fire from the far horizons of the unknown,
come transcribe tales of new dimensions in time and space.
These are stories of the future adventures in which you'll
live in a million, could be years on a thousand, maybe.
Speaker 2: Worlds x minus one.
Speaker 1: Tonight's story the Parade by George Leopards. You are, mister
Sid Ryan the same. My name is Lucia. I am
a Martian. Pleased to meet you, mister what was that again?
Speaker 3: A Martian?
Speaker 1: A Martian as an Austin Wells precisely. I'm a roll
Terry and myself Helm.
Speaker 4: Thank you.
Speaker 1: And now that we've had our little joke, mister Lucia,
what can publicly associates the boy of it? Has been
my observation. It's advertising and publicity of the very backbone
of earthly civilization. Spoken like a true martian, Miss Lucia.
Now if you'll tell me the name of the client,
the client, of course will be the Martian. You don't
give up the give up the gag I mean Oliver. Oh, yes,
mister Ryan, this is miss Lucia claims to be a Martian.
Take him outside, will you all I get the name
of the sanatorium you escape from and tell them to
bring the butterfly net waiter. I'm happy to see, mister Ryan,
that my telling you I am a marsh and has
approximately the effect I supposed it would have. I believe
we can do business. I have here Casher Tener for
five thousand dollars. By the sit, mister Lujah, all of us,
get the clients. The go sir, no nothing no, no,
the other lass the otherwise, thank you? No. Well, now
what can I do for your Then? I wish you
to manage a publicity campaign very large, a very important campaign.
Is the part established or is it something brand new?
Speaker 3: Oh?
Speaker 1: Something quite new? Now what would you judge to be.
Speaker 3: The most effective.
Speaker 1: Type of campaign? Well, if the client has a lot
of dole to throw around, a suspense campaign is best.
Virtue place ads on the paper saying watch this space.
Then about a week lady, you run an ads saying X,
y Z A PDQ, and you get people guessing what
it means. Then finally, when you've teased them up, you
bust loose and unveil about X. Very well, sir, we
shall conduct a suspense campaign. Of course, in this kind
of campaign. Secrecy is very important. Once the name of
the product leaks out, its spread like wildfire, and the
whole campaign is flopole. Yes, quite so, quite so, utmost secrecy.
That's right. You realize, of course these things cost like crazy.
Would say one million dollars cover the expense? Come again,
I said, with one million dollars coverage? Yes, I imagined
you did say one million dollars. I understood that you
had handled some very larger counts. Of course, if this
is too big, a tall tall. As a matter of fact,
I seldom touch anything less at the right all the
oh oh oh, of course that's right, mister Ryan, Absolutely
right good. You will begin then by saturating the newspapers, radio,
see cars. The very simplest statement, what's that? I should
write it for you. The Martians are coming. Say that's
not a bad teaser, got that all? Yes, sir? The
next dad, we'll read, June first is Martian Day? June
first is Martian Day? What happens on June first? The
parade takes place? What parade? I wish you to arrange
a parade.
Speaker 4: Up Fifth Avenue?
Speaker 1: You mean might be a macy point exactly, except that
the theme will.
Speaker 3: The world of tomorrow, the Martian world. My client would
like it to be.
Speaker 1: A gay air balloons, clowns, tenants, pretty drum majurette Hey,
that sounds terrific. I might be able to interest the.
Speaker 3: Department stores and a tie in.
Speaker 1: The parade will climate the campaign. On June's first, the
product will be unveiled good enough. By the way, miss Chard,
just what is the product? What are we selling? Oh no,
mister Ryan, secrecy. Remember all will be revealed to you
in good time. Mister Ryan. For the moment, let me
say we are selling a concept, a concept precisely the
concept of invasion from Mars. Benny Marcus, Please, Benny, this
is Sid Ryan over publicity associates. Listen, Benny, how you
fixed for midgets?
Speaker 3: I got midgets, fine.
Speaker 1: I need forty midgets for a parade forty June first,
And listen, Benny. I want him dressed in little spacesuits,
you know, like men from Mars. Okay, and I want
some movie extras, maybe fifty of them, also raked up
like men from Mars. Make them look gruesome, go back. Also,
I need some horses with the pretty girls on top
of them. Maybe you get that much from Maroney's traveling circus,
the ones we booked for the Fireman's Parade in Albany
last year. And never mind the expense, Just get me
the talent. Okay, I gotta hang up now, I'll call
me back, Benny. I don't all the whole fine, mister Ryan,
just fine. We got full page ads and all the
dailies and ten seconds spot on anouncements on every local station.
It's costing a fortune of all. It costs the bigger off.
Speaker 3: Percentage spend, like you are going.
Speaker 1: To the electric chair, Oliver.
Speaker 3: Yes, sir, how are you making out on the parade.
Speaker 1: If it comes off, it will be the biggest thing
since Barham invented the midget. I've got Macy's gimbals and
sacks to contribute floats. Everything is built around the Martian thing.
Speaker 5: See.
Speaker 1: Even horses will have long feelers attached to them and
funny looking extra lakes. It'll be sensational. Oh yeah, yeah,
it sounds fine. Only only one, Oh, mister Ryan, we
don't even know what we're selling all of my boy,
You think old Sid Ryan has been sitting here spending
all this mullah and not putting two and two together.
You mean you know who Lusha represents. Just by accident, understand,
I have learned that Century Pictures is making a big
new epic, a space offera entitled Invasion from Mars. Get up.
Oh oh, I begin to see. Also, by mere coincidence,
it happens to be the premiere sometime around June. First
you follow me. But mister Ryan, Century has an exclusive
contract with New Features Syndicate for all that publicity. Suppose
Century Pictures doesn't like the way New Features is handling
their stuff.
Speaker 3: They want to get out of the contract.
Speaker 1: A New Feature says no, so they have to get
around the contract. A man named Lusha client unknowns start
publicizing the Martian Invasion. Need I go further? I get it,
mister Ryan, Gee, I suppose I should have thought of that. No,
all of that. That's what I like about you. You're
so innocent. Let me talk to you. Commissioner Patrick Leese
said Ryan. Hello. Commission said Ryan, Oh, it's you. Well,
what is it this time?
Speaker 5: If you want to goup.
Speaker 1: A man off the Empire State Building into a tea
cup full of water? The answer is no.
Speaker 4: Oh, so we are not arresting any fan dancer.
Speaker 1: You know. I don't handle fan answers. I want a
permit for parade June first, Fifth Avenue. It's a Sunday,
there's no frin. Macy's gets a permit, Gimbals gets a permit,
The American Legion gets a permit. The sons of Aaron
marsh every time Morton Downey Sings are wearing the green.
Don't give me a hard time, Patrick, this is too big.
I have the Fifth Avenue Merchants Association behind me.
Speaker 4: I'll pass him along with the license comissioner.
Speaker 1: That's my boy. By the way, what's the occasion? Don't
you read the papers? Patrick?
Speaker 5: June first is Martian Day?
Speaker 1: Here, mister Ryan, how is the campaign very like fire?
Lusha likes fire.
Speaker 3: Everybody and his Bluther is going along with the game.
Speaker 1: Yesterday we decided the fifty thousand Martian.
Speaker 3: Hats the fool kids.
Speaker 1: I even arranged the commission of Patrick, who accept the
fifty thousand dollars check for the Policeman's Benevolent Fund from
the man from Mars. I understand Century Pictures spend over
a million bucks, making that step upper a big brother
fall com car Miss Lusha. Sid Ryan wasn't born yesterday.
You know I know who our client is, even if
you don't admitutes you do always thinking that's me. Well,
as long as you know, let's keep it to ourselves, shadowy,
mister Ryan, because you once remarked when these things we count,
it destroys. This a crime in us, the effectuous campaign,
the ver minutes gone higher them speaking to you from
our portable pensmitt top of the hewing stamp for a
much heralded Martian parade on Fifth Avenue. The beautiful summer
day here in New York, perfect day for parade, and
the treats are packed with thousands of spectators all you
can to find out what this is all about. There's
an air of real expectancy. Okay, all right, I've just
had words from Salboon at the Pstal Park Mall that
the Martians have landed from big pink balloons. And while
we're waiting here for the arrival of the parade, we've
brought some people up on microphone and had you their
reactions to the spectacular affairs.
Speaker 4: What's your name now?
Speaker 1: A little lot of please, miss Shacklin, And where are
you from.
Speaker 3: Missus Jacqueline?
Speaker 1: I see and I see you have your family with
your two little kelly headed boys. Are you in New
York for your vacation? Yeah, we came for the Shiners
convention with their dad.
Speaker 3: Well what do you think of Martin Day, Missus Shacklin.
Speaker 1: Well, it all seems very safe to me, but the
boys have been testing me to watch it, so we've
been standing here for two hours.
Speaker 3: I can't may hear her tail.
Speaker 1: We're neithering a lot of other people, Missus Shackley. But
judging by the thousands here already, there's a lot of curiosity.
Curiosity here the cat. Let's hope not thank you, Usa
jack La. Here's yeah, they come, ladies and gentlemen. The
first unit is a big unching today when he un
a famine, the tan fair colored streamers, music and petty
cloaks and all the tapmodica. Let's put to the vanthems.
You're in the vanguard. The host who little nidget and
weird looking. He can lease spaceship carrying weird gold bug weapons.
The spurning fainted on them. I can read one which
says a tonic blaster. I never had the flack or greeting.
We're marching through Georgia and here come the clown laughing,
and for all over time they're giving free sugar candy.
They gets a long way lass, ladies and gentlemen. There's
a happy, laughing crowd along sit Famiue today, a poor
reflection of a great pink of humor and good nature
that makes America the paper. There, why only what's this?
It dogs mummery. Now they've owned somewhat silent. Some coming.
I'll try to get it for you, Oh, ladies and gentlemen.
Here the Martians and cop This is funder of the
climax of the show. And oh it's great push has
fallen over the crowd. Quite a sight to see these
thousands of people standing here expectantly, hearing only the great
regular sigh of their mass breathing. Now here they come,
ladies and gentlemen, the Martians marching in booted helmeted ranks
row after the road.
Speaker 3: This is an impressive sight, ladies.
Speaker 1: And gentlemen, and around a serious contract for the rest
of the the joyous slashtick Blady's been wokenessing up and mouth.
So that's over two hundred broad chested men dressed in
metallic race spaces with fixed glass prices drown across their faces.
Each one's holding an ominous looking ray gun at the
ready position and launching an absolute silence. He steps perfectly,
as though some unspoken commands and marking guide booms. Even
the children are bored by the unexpected warlike realism.
Speaker 3: Martian legions.
Speaker 1: And all the first ranks of the Martians moved past
this down for this sabue towards the reviewing stands at
the square, No one moves. A woman, A woman, ladies
and gentlemen, just dashed out into the streets for what reason,
I don't know. She just whip through the police cordon
comes out after and now but she's already reached the
ranks of the marches, and she's trying to lift the
visor of one of the martians. Face here wait wait
the fourth he screamed, and then fell forward in a
dead faint. A Martian column keeps right on coming unless
they break ranks. They got the tramplers, No, no, no,
the policeman a daughter, now that they're dragging her away
out of the way, trying to revive her. Now, what
is that? Also at the rooms be.
Speaker 3: I'm filtering back through the crowd some reason whispering is.
Speaker 1: A woman's death we don't know yet, but whatever has happened,
the incident seems have passed a slight shadow over the
mood of the crowd. There, free holiday as ms to
have vanished. The crowd is stirring uneasily, a little disturbed
what we've We've just seen. Nothing to be alarmed that, however,
It's just just Thing's a shame that anything like this
should happen to spoil our enjoyment of the Martian parade.
Mister Ryan, did you see that a woman painted? She
ran out into the street to get a close look
at the Martians, Then then she screamed and painted dead away.
I am well aware of that, all of us, since
I paid her fifty bucks to do it. What the
dramatic moment, Oliver the start and trade of the good
publicity man Reli.
Speaker 3: Hags, Holy smoke, she should think of everything.
Speaker 1: For my share this view roughly one hundred thousand dollars,
I can afford to think of everything. Shut the window, okay,
but don't you want to see the finish you'll get
out of the reviewings Dan A little finished right now?
On make a phone gold And by the way, Wislusha,
I haven't seen it spose the window all of it.
Speaker 4: Okay, mister Ryan, Marka's Talent agency.
Speaker 1: Benny, this is said Ryan.
Speaker 4: Oh, I say, listen, said I was gonna call you.
Speaker 1: I'm offul sigh About those Martians? What do you mean? Sorry?
That terrific? I mean the two that grade grade?
Speaker 3: Do you want to pack?
Speaker 1: Never felt better? Of course I mean it? What is this?
Speaker 4: The Martians in the Korea about one hundred and fifty?
Speaker 1: Of course I only ordered fifty. But under the circumstance,
what is it?
Speaker 5: Did that?
Speaker 1: You know? I couldn't get you a single movie? Actually
there's a studio striker who York. Huh wait a minute,
where these guys come from?
Speaker 3: If you didn't hire them?
Speaker 1: Hold on albah oh, yes, mister Ryan, did you hire
those Martians? Well, no, sir, I did any This is
on the level of Okay, Benny, I'll call you back.
What's the matter, mister Ryan, I don't know, so I
don't know.
Speaker 3: Wonder flu shot.
Speaker 1: What's the century picture numbers? Which remain four one.
Speaker 3: Thousand m.
Speaker 4: Sentury Pictures? Is study UK Star?
Speaker 1: Give me Marty Sandford your publicity directed, Mardi, This is
said Ryan. By fine, listen, Marty, this is dead serious
on the level.
Speaker 5: Get it.
Speaker 1: I've got to locate lu Sha Lusha. Come man now, Mardy,
this is life and death. The guy you sent over
to higher meed for the invasion picture?
Speaker 4: And what invasion picture?
Speaker 1: Invasion from Mars the space opera? You a shell last month?
Speaker 5: What sure?
Speaker 1: Back in the can the big.
Speaker 4: Shots decided you can't sell a Martian invade into the
American public. It's two incredible, said.
Speaker 3: Who never believed that could really happen? I won't agree, mother.
Speaker 1: What is it? Mister Ryan?
Speaker 3: You look terrible.
Speaker 1: It's too fantastic, And mister Ryan, is something wrong? Open
that window? I want not to look at those Martians.
Look at it, Oliver. You are in the army butt
one hundred and fifty movie extras, learned to march like
that and say if twenty four hours, no, not in
twenty four days, mister Ryan. That second hesitation not one
of a step, but the way they carry those ray
guns at the wreck.
Speaker 3: On the other time, I've seen troops much like that.
Speaker 1: Was a film with the Nazi s troops marching through
the streets of Paris. Mister Ryan, Oliver, get down there,
find that woman painted. Her name's Gloria montees. Get her
up here and make it fast. Ryan, I can't get
much sense. Okay, Gloria, you need cannot be acting the lights.
It's me, said Ryan. Gloria said it down, baby, it's.
Speaker 3: Me some big green eyes and see it's like a cat.
Speaker 1: Baby, Snap out of it. Listen what happened on me?
You ran out the screen like I told you, for
the fainting that wasn't in the act. Please go away.
Just one question, be inside that helmet. What did you see? Okay,
I've written up any other you take care of Gloria.
You got a drinks? Why are you going see the commissioner?
You gotta stop the correct All things are going to happen, Okay, Ryan,
what's the b Listen, Patrick, I don't know what it is, see,
but something's wrong. You've got to stop that parade. I
suppose you drig the rad squad that would get you
a front page spread in every paper in town.
Speaker 3: Now, look, Ryan, I've got no.
Speaker 1: Time to your achieve publicity. Guys, you're a busy man. Listen.
I'm trying to tell you I don't know where those
Martians came from, who they are, anything about them? Oh, Ryan,
I'm wise to your tricks. Now if you let the
sergeant show you you won't do it. An honor citizen
appears for protection and you refuse, I'm most emphatically to
now be all right, Patrick, I'll go right to the
Mayor's office. I'll have you busted flat on the Friday.
Oh ahead, I'm sure it's honah. We'll be glad to
toss you out on that phony nickel plated skull of yours.
You heard me rying, you can't see the man hate off? Please,
this isn't a gag. I don't want publicity. All I
want to do is maybe prevent something horrible from that pha.
Don't no it wise, guys, Something horrible is already happening.
A couple of hundred little kids are in the hospital
which remained poisoning from that phony march in Candy. You
passed out? What but didn't you know? I just we've
got to start that park. Sure, you'd like nothing better
than start a planet. Now, maybe a few hundred people
get time for to death. Think of the newspaper, Stace,
stand it, get you and your phoney frot. I won't
stand for this eight off. This may be a matter
of life and death. Get out of here, for you'll
be your death. Go on, beat you, get out. You're
and your publicity sons makes me sick to my stomach.
Oh where are you? Oliver? Oliver, Oliver? It is useless
to scream at him, mister Ryan, Your friend is quite dead. Flo.
He wanted to render the police with some story about
a Martian invasion. I found it necessary to restrain him.
Restrain him. You were speaking moderan. Now, mister right, collect yourself.
After all our penning, it wouldn't do to have everything spoiled. Now,
shall start talking, and talk fast, because when you get through,
I'm gonna take you apart piece by peace. What's it's
all about, Truller, you know, mister Ryan, after all, you've
been publicizing it for months. You see, Before colonizing your
pen at, the Martian government sent some of us to
Scouts in advance, disguised dessertmen, of course, to study your habits,
your weaknesses. We found that the people on Earth are
predominantly conditioned by advertising and publicity, and so we conceived
the idea of tweaking Our entire invasion is a vast
publicity stand clever, Yes, after all, mister Ryan, who would
suspect an invader who advertised his invasion in the newspaper,
invited the public to a surprise attack, and spent millions
publicizing his plan. Oh, chump, you've done very well. You see.
Then there was no product, but there is a product.
The product is dead. What are you trying, Lucia. We
Martians are as humane people, mister Ryan. We do not
like to destroy thousands with a few hundred office in
expected two minutes. Our troops will treat the world or
a spectacle of death which will bring the rest of
your planet to its knees in horror. Nations will clever
to surrender, perhaps, mister Lusha, But not a finger operator
is mister Ryan. Give me to Biel telephone on the
reviewing stand of the Martian Day Parade. Hurry because sorry.
Speaker 4: Real stamp.
Speaker 1: Hello, Yeah, me coming to Patrick. Hello, I want coming
to Patrick patnic Patrick where recording? Now?
Speaker 4: What was that you wanted?
Speaker 1: This is why? And I have to talk to the
commissioner no matter why and death.
Speaker 5: I can't talk to him now.
Speaker 3: The Chief marsh is presenting the.
Speaker 5: BBA chick to him.
Speaker 1: The marshes a kind of fire at the listen, you're
gonna stop him. Stop, I'm gonna I can't you already
have the worst.
Speaker 4: Stop I heard He's something.
Speaker 2: The matter.
Speaker 1: Doesn't matter, Nothing mat the Night. By transcription X minus
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Featured in the cast where Joseph Curtain as Ryan, Barry
Kroger as Lushar, Alexander Scourby as Ron Heilman. Music by
Albert Berman. X minus one was produced by Van Woodward
and directed by Edward King, Fred Collin Speaking. X minus
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