1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,000 Now, the Roma Wine Company of Fresno, California presents... 2 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Suspense! 3 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:20,000 Tonight, Roma Wines bring you Short Order, 4 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:30,000 a suspense play produced, edited and directed for Roma Wines by William Spear. 5 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:37,000 Suspense! Radio's outstanding theater of thrills is presented for your enjoyment by Roma Wines. 6 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:47,000 That's R-O-M-A. Roma Wines, those excellent California wines that can add so much pleasantness to the way you live. 7 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:52,000 To your happiness in entertaining guests, to your enjoyment of everyday meals. 8 00:00:52,000 --> 00:01:01,000 Yes, right now a glass full would be very pleasant, as Roma Wines bring you Short Order, a remarkable tale of... 9 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:03,000 Suspense! 10 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:13,000 Thank you very much. Come back. 11 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:22,000 Bailey's Diner. Well, this is Mr. Bailey speaking. 12 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:29,000 Oh, I'm sorry you're just a little late on that. I hired a fry cook day before yesterday. 13 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:34,000 I'm sorry I forgot to tell the newspaper to stop running that ad until this morning. I got a good man. 14 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:42,000 No, no, one man's all I need. Just got a small place here. That's all right. Bye. 15 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:48,000 See there, Johnson, you better keep on your toes. Plenty of people after your job. You're not careful, you know. Something might... 16 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:57,000 Well, what's the matter? Don't you want to take my money? 17 00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:02,000 Oh, sure. Yes, yes, of course, sir. 75 out of one. 18 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:05,000 Five, one. Thank you. 19 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:07,000 Okay. 20 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:13,000 Hey, Johnson. Johnson, good Lord, did you see that man's face? 21 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:14,000 Yeah, you're telling me. 22 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:16,000 That's enough to haunt your dreams. 23 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:18,000 Kind of made you nervous, didn't he, Mr. Bailey? 24 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:21,000 Well, after all, it's kind of a shock to look up and see you. 25 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:25,000 Yeah, I noticed you hung kind of close to that gun you keep under the cash register. 26 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:31,000 Did I? Automatic reflex, I guess. Oh, poor guy. I ought to be ashamed. 27 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:34,000 Probably got that way in an explosion accident or something, you know. 28 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:39,000 Yeah, looks like a plastic surgery job. Only some doctor like Frankenstein must have done the surgery. 29 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:40,000 Yeah. 30 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:42,000 Well, here you are. Enjoy it. 31 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:44,000 Oh, thank you. Come back. 32 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:52,000 Yes, sir. He liked your cooking too, Johnson. Two deluxe sandwiches, two coffees. You know, that's not bad. 33 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:53,000 Right. 34 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:58,000 Seems to me business has been picking up ever since you started working here. Just thought you'd like to know. 35 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:00,000 Thanks a lot. 36 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:01,000 You like this work, Johnson? 37 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:10,000 Yeah, it'll do. The hours kind of get me sometimes, and when the rush hour starts in half an hour, I can't pretend I'll be liking it, but it's all right. 38 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:16,000 Sure. Well, someday you'll have a place of your own, be your own boss. Never get anywhere working for someone else, you know. 39 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:19,000 Well, I'm doing okay now, Mr. Bailey. 40 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:24,000 Yeah, you never go hungry for lack of a job. You're too good a cook. But your own business. 41 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:32,000 Now, you take me. I'm doing well, even if I do say so. People come here to eat all right. I see that they get them. 42 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:37,000 Yeah, makes you feel pretty good having your own place. Makes the saving and the scraping seem sort of worthwhile. 43 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:40,000 You seem to get the business. Well, of course you got a terrific location. 44 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:47,000 Well, this place has a name that means something. At least I think it has. As a matter of fact, there was a man in here trying to buy it just last week. 45 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:48,000 That's all? 46 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:51,000 That's right. Real estate agent. The name is Sloan. He had a customer. 47 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:52,000 Who's this customer? 48 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:58,000 Oh, I don't know. I told him I didn't want to sell. Oh, here, how about opening that refrigerator door for me, will you? 49 00:03:58,000 --> 00:03:59,000 Okay. 50 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:05,000 Thanks. No, I'm not going to sell. Couldn't afford to. I'm not in a position to retire. 51 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:11,000 The way things are, it'd be too hard to start up somewhere else. Uh-oh. Well, here we go again. 52 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:13,000 Good evening. Evening. 53 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:15,000 Yes, sir. What'll it be? 54 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:17,000 Special, I reckon. 55 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:19,000 Right. 56 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:23,000 Oh, good evening, sir. Is it still chilly out? 57 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:26,000 Oh, yeah, a little. Thought some of your chili would warm me up. 58 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:28,000 Get it? I get it. 59 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:30,000 Chili coming up. 60 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:37,000 Bailey's Place. Oh, Virginia, what's... 61 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:43,000 What? What? All the windows? 62 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:47,000 Well, who could possibly... Well, where were you? 63 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:54,000 Well, now, why would anyone want... Oh, no, no. None of those kids would do a thing like that. They're nice kids. 64 00:04:54,000 --> 00:05:01,000 Yeah, hoodlums, I guess. Well, I don't know what you can do. Got no witnesses or anything? 65 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:04,000 You sure it was rocks, huh? 66 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:11,000 Well, I guess there's nothing you can do. Well, I wish I could, too, but I got to stay here. 67 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:14,000 All right, dear. Yes. All right. Goodbye. 68 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:16,000 Bad news, Mr. Bailey? 69 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:20,000 Darn this thing. Hoodlums or something. It just broke every window in my house. 70 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:22,000 I don't know what to think of it. 71 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:25,000 Hey, Bailey, is this the new kind of bread you got here? Better than usual. 72 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:28,000 Oh, you like it? Well, it costs a little more. 73 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:32,000 Oh, good evening. Good evening. 74 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:34,000 Hello. 75 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:35,000 Good Lord. 76 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:38,000 Yes. Yes, sir. What'll it be? 77 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:43,000 Hamburger and coffee. Right. How do you have the hamburger? 78 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:45,000 Well done. Cream in the coffee? 79 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:49,000 No. Black. Yeah, right. 80 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:52,000 Hey. Hey, Bailey, come here a minute. 81 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:55,000 Oh, yes. Pardon me, will you, please? 82 00:05:55,000 --> 00:06:00,000 Hey. Did you see the face on that fella that came in a minute ago? 83 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:02,000 Yes, I did. It's pretty bad, isn't it? 84 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:06,000 Bad? I'll say. Boy, I can stand a lot of things, but that gets me. 85 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:08,000 Well, I've left half my meal on my plate. 86 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:11,000 I was enjoying myself until that came in and sat over there. 87 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:13,000 Then I didn't want anything more. That's too bad. 88 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:16,000 Oh, look, don't pay. No, no, no. It's not your fault. 89 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:20,000 Maybe mine. Gee, how do you suppose he got that way? 90 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:24,000 Oh, a burn perhaps or maybe some other kind of accident. I wouldn't know. 91 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:27,000 Boy, that's the worst I ever saw. It's too bad. Whatever happened. 92 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:32,000 Sure. Well, yes. Too bad. Yes, it is. Ketchup. 93 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:34,000 Okay. Here you are. 94 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:37,000 What? This little paper cup, where's the bottle? 95 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:41,000 Sorry, but ketchup's hard to get, and that's all we can serve anybody. 96 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:44,000 Oh, profits his. Will there be anything more? 97 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:48,000 No. Okay. You check and pay at the desk. Thank you. 98 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:53,000 Hey, Mr. Bailey. Yes, Jocelyn. 99 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:58,000 How's your luck? Sometimes good, sometimes bad. Why? 100 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:02,000 The way I figure, somebody around here is sure going to need plenty of luck. 101 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:05,000 Why? I don't know. I just got a feeling. 102 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:09,000 If that isn't bad luck for somebody sitting back there at the counter, 103 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:11,000 I'll eat this grill here. 104 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:15,000 And I never saw a recipe for making a steel grill tender. 105 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:31,000 We'd better order some more pork tomorrow, Mr. Bailey. 106 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:33,000 Running low, are we, Johnson? Yeah, a little. 107 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:36,000 They keep hitting our barbecues the way they have so far this evening. 108 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:39,000 I'm sure we'll be needing it. All right. I'll make a note of it. 109 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:43,000 Lucky we got any unspoiled meat left after that guy was in here twice yesterday. 110 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:47,000 I thought the milk was sour. Bingo. Just like that when he looked at it. 111 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:50,000 Yeah, but it didn't. Johnson, you shouldn't talk like that. 112 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:52,000 He can't help it. You know he can't. 113 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:54,000 We should feel sorry for him, not joke about it like that. 114 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:59,000 Yeah, I'm sorry. Yeah, sure. You got to have sympathy for a guy like that. 115 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:01,000 Just the same. I hate to look at it. 116 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:04,000 Uh, I guess we'll have to look at it some more. 117 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:06,000 I think he's coming up to the door now. 118 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:08,000 Uh... 119 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:12,000 Uh, good evening. 120 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:14,000 Hello? 121 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:16,000 Yes, sir. What'll it be? 122 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:19,000 Hamburger and coffee. Make the coffee black. 123 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:21,000 Yeah, right. 124 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:23,000 Make that hamburger well done. Okay. 125 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:25,000 Okay. 126 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:31,000 Oh, good evening. 127 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:33,000 Good evening. Yes, sir. What for you? 128 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:36,000 Why, uh, I'll have, uh... 129 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:38,000 Holy... 130 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:40,000 How's that? Huh? Nothing. 131 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:43,000 Nothing at all. I... In fact, I don't think I want anything. 132 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:47,000 I just remembered an appointment. Just forget it. 133 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:51,000 Oh, what do you know? 134 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:54,000 Uh, your hamburger, mister, and your coffee. 135 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:56,000 Ketchup, please. Okay. 136 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:59,000 Still no bottle? No bottle. Sorry. 137 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:02,000 Here. You go buy an extra bottle. 138 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:04,000 Put it back on the shelf just for me. 139 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:07,000 You gonna eat here some more? 140 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:10,000 Yeah. I like this place. 141 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:13,000 Go on, take that and see that you get some good ketchup, too. 142 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:16,000 Oh, it ain't that, mister. It ain't the money. 143 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:18,000 You can't buy the stuff when they don't stock it. 144 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:21,000 Uh, you better ask Mr. Bailey. 145 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:23,000 Uh, Mr. Bailey! Oh, yes, Johnson? 146 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:25,000 Oh, you tell him. 147 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:29,000 I just gave your man some money to buy a bottle of ketchup. 148 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:31,000 But he doesn't want to take it. 149 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:33,000 Well, you see, sir, it's not that we can't afford to buy ketchup. 150 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:35,000 No, indeed, we want to please the customer. 151 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:38,000 Something a lot of people seem to have forgotten how to do nowadays, 152 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:40,000 but ketchup's very hard to get just now, 153 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:43,000 and we have to ask our customers to bear with us. 154 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:45,000 You, uh, you keep your money. 155 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:47,000 I like plenty of ketchup. 156 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:49,000 Nothing like ketchup, I always say. 157 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:52,000 There ought to be enough in that paper cup. Won't that do you? 158 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:54,000 Well, not quite. 159 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:56,000 Any chance of a refill? 160 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:58,000 I'm afraid that's all we can allow. 161 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:00,000 Gentleman says he's gonna eat here regular. 162 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:02,000 What? I said that... 163 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:04,000 Oh, yes, sir. Good evening. 164 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:06,000 Hello there. Could I do something for you? 165 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:08,000 Well, I sort of thought I... 166 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:11,000 Oh, no. No, thanks. No, no. 167 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:15,000 Well, we hadn't finished our discussion. 168 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:18,000 Yeah. As I was saying, Mr. Bailey, 169 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:22,000 it looks like we got ourselves a regular customer. 170 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:37,000 Three evenings now that he's been eating here, Johnson, 171 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:39,000 and I wish you'd take a look at the figures. 172 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:41,000 Take last night. 173 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:43,000 Ordinarily, there'd be $10 to $20 worth of business 174 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:45,000 just between 6 to 6.30 alone. 175 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:49,000 From 6 to 10, how much? $1.35. 176 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:52,000 Yeah, I know. Some of them won't even order. 177 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:54,000 Some of them take a few bites and quit. 178 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:57,000 At least it's not the food. We can be thankful for that. 179 00:10:57,000 --> 00:11:00,000 Hey, tell me, Johnson, how can you stand it over there 180 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:02,000 in front of him all the time? 181 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:05,000 Oh, mostly I keep looking someplace else. 182 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:07,000 That's why I took down the mirror. 183 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:11,000 For a while I thought I'd just work along and not look at him. 184 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:14,000 But I couldn't help looking in the mirror every now and then. 185 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:17,000 So I think maybe the customers could stand it better 186 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:18,000 without the glass, too. 187 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:20,000 If they get to the sitting down stage. 188 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:22,000 Yeah, if they do. 189 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:24,000 Well, anyway, I took it down. 190 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:26,000 Might help if you didn't get up every now and then 191 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:28,000 and walk over to the door to look out. 192 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:30,000 People can't help seeing him then. 193 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:32,000 Takes him a long time to eat, doesn't it? 194 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:33,000 Yes, it does. 195 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:35,000 Hey, say, I've got an idea. 196 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:37,000 What's that? 197 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:38,000 Look, when he comes in... 198 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:39,000 Oh. 199 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:43,000 Evening. 200 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:45,000 Hello. 201 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:46,000 Yes, sir? 202 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:47,000 The usual. 203 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:48,000 Right. 204 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:51,000 Oh, by the way, Mr... 205 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:54,000 What's your name? 206 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:59,000 Well, as I was saying, neighbor, we make a practice here 207 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:01,000 for our special customers, not just anybody, mind you, 208 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:04,000 but for our special customers of sending meals out. 209 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:08,000 Now, I was thinking, since you've become one of our regular customers, 210 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:11,000 that perhaps you'd appreciate it if I'd send your evening meal 211 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:13,000 over to you every day at your room. 212 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:14,000 How does that strike you? 213 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:16,000 No. Thanks. 214 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:17,000 I'd rather eat here. 215 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:19,000 But we don't have any comfortable chairs, 216 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:21,000 there's no jukebox, no radio. 217 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:22,000 That's okay. 218 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:24,000 Don't miss him anyway. 219 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:27,000 That's not very comfortable, a lot of food odor in the air. 220 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:29,000 You know, sometimes I get sick of it myself. 221 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:30,000 I like it. 222 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:33,000 Not too many people around. 223 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:36,000 Nice place. Suits me. 224 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:38,000 Then you're not interested. 225 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:40,000 That's the idea. 226 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:42,000 Hamburger and coffee. 227 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:43,000 How about... 228 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:45,000 Yeah, the ketchup. Here it is. 229 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:47,000 Good. 230 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:49,000 Nothing like ketchup, I always say. 231 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:50,000 By the way... 232 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:51,000 Yeah? 233 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:53,000 Look for me about noon tomorrow. 234 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:59,000 I think I'll be taking lunch with you from now on. 235 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:02,000 Every day. 236 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:33,000 Between the acts of suspense, this is Ted Meyers for Roma Wines. 237 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:36,000 Elsa Maxwell is an acknowledged expert 238 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:39,000 on the niceties of dining and entertaining. 239 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:41,000 Recently she said, 240 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:43,000 Gracious little touches can do so much 241 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:45,000 to make meals more enjoyable. 242 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:47,000 Dine by subdued light. 243 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:51,000 If possible, adjust radio or phonograph for soft, mellow music. 244 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:48,280 The 245 00:13:48,280 --> 00:13:52,280 As the crowning touch, serve well chilled Roma California Sauternes. 246 00:13:52,280 --> 00:13:55,280 A most excellent idea from Miss Maxwell. 247 00:13:55,280 --> 00:13:59,280 Good Roma Sauternes is pale gold, delightful in bouquet, 248 00:13:59,280 --> 00:14:02,280 and even more important, exquisite in taste. 249 00:14:02,280 --> 00:14:04,280 Created in the Roma tradition, 250 00:14:04,280 --> 00:14:16,360 Roma Sauternes is a 251 00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:21,360 Roma tradition, Roma Sauternes is always unvaryingly good. 252 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:25,360 The goodness of luscious grapes selected at peak of flavor richness 253 00:14:25,360 --> 00:14:29,360 in sunny California's choicest vineyards, carefully pressed, 254 00:14:29,360 --> 00:14:34,360 then unhurriedly guided to perfection by the ancient wine skill 255 00:14:34,360 --> 00:14:37,360 of Roma's famed wineries. 256 00:14:37,360 --> 00:14:43,360 Good Roma wines are always delicious, yet cost only pennies a glass. 257 00:14:43,360 --> 00:14:49,360 Remember, because of uniformly fine quality at reasonable cost, 258 00:14:49,360 --> 00:14:54,360 more Americans enjoy Roma than any other wine. 259 00:14:54,360 --> 00:14:58,360 R-O-M-A, Roma wines. 260 00:14:58,360 --> 00:15:02,360 And now, Roma wines bring back to our Hollywood sound stage, 261 00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:06,360 Joseph Kearns as Bailey, Conrad Binyon as his assistant Johnson, 262 00:15:06,360 --> 00:15:09,360 and Gerald Moore as the Stranger. 263 00:15:09,360 --> 00:15:15,360 In short order, a play well calculated to keep you in suspense. 264 00:15:29,360 --> 00:15:32,360 Johnson, l'm at my wit's end. What are we going to do? 265 00:15:32,360 --> 00:15:34,360 l don't know. l got no more ideas. 266 00:15:34,360 --> 00:15:36,360 Two weeks now, and we're losing money every day. 267 00:15:36,360 --> 00:15:38,360 l could cook it so l wouldn't want to eat it. 268 00:15:38,360 --> 00:15:40,360 You've tried that, haven't you? 269 00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:41,360 Yeah, twice. 270 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:42,360 And it didn't work. 271 00:15:42,360 --> 00:15:43,360 Yeah, that's right. 272 00:15:43,360 --> 00:15:44,360 l don't know what we're going... 273 00:15:44,360 --> 00:15:45,360 Just a minute, Johnson. 274 00:15:45,360 --> 00:15:47,360 Okay. l'll check on the bunse. 275 00:15:47,360 --> 00:15:50,360 All right. Hello, Bailey's place. 276 00:15:50,360 --> 00:15:55,360 Oh, yeah. Yeah, dear. Huh? Oh, no. 277 00:15:55,360 --> 00:15:58,360 Well, you must have misplaced it, honey. 278 00:15:58,360 --> 00:16:02,360 Every place? Well, how much was in it? 279 00:16:02,360 --> 00:16:04,360 Oh, no. 280 00:16:04,360 --> 00:16:07,360 Well, what are we going to do for the rest of the week? 281 00:16:07,360 --> 00:16:09,360 But l can't, honey. l really can't. 282 00:16:09,360 --> 00:16:12,360 Why, about three bucks or something? l don't know. 283 00:16:12,360 --> 00:16:17,360 Well, l don't... You know, it's just dropped off during the last week. 284 00:16:17,360 --> 00:16:19,360 Oh, no, no. He's fine. Now, don't say that, honey. 285 00:16:19,360 --> 00:16:21,360 There's nothing the matter with Johnson. 286 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:23,360 And l'm not going to get a new cook. 287 00:16:23,360 --> 00:16:26,360 What? Well, l haven't told you, but... 288 00:16:26,360 --> 00:16:30,360 Well, why don't you cut down on a few things once in a while? 289 00:16:30,360 --> 00:16:33,360 Oh, Johnson, is there any aspirin back there? 290 00:16:33,360 --> 00:16:34,360 Yeah. You want the bottle? 291 00:16:34,360 --> 00:16:36,360 Yeah, my head's splitting. 292 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:38,360 Here it is. Oh, thanks. 293 00:16:38,360 --> 00:16:41,360 Here he is. Now, look, l've got an idea. 294 00:16:41,360 --> 00:16:43,360 You back me up? What is it? 295 00:16:43,360 --> 00:16:46,360 Well, l'll try it, and if you don't like it, don't say nothing. 296 00:16:50,360 --> 00:16:52,360 Hello? 297 00:16:52,360 --> 00:16:55,360 Like l say, Mr. Bailey, this kid was a pretty game fighter. 298 00:16:55,360 --> 00:16:57,360 He didn't have a thing but a hard left. 299 00:16:57,360 --> 00:16:59,360 Mind if l butt in? l'd like to eat. 300 00:16:59,360 --> 00:17:02,360 You bring your lunch with you? What's that? 301 00:17:02,360 --> 00:17:05,360 lf you brought your lunch, okay. Lay it on the counter and eat it. 302 00:17:05,360 --> 00:17:07,360 Don't be funny, Johnson. Bring me the usual. 303 00:17:07,360 --> 00:17:10,360 l've got other things to do. What other things? 304 00:17:10,360 --> 00:17:12,360 l don't see any other customers. 305 00:17:12,360 --> 00:17:14,360 Want me to call the boss? 306 00:17:14,360 --> 00:17:16,360 Look, mister, l don't like you, see? 307 00:17:16,360 --> 00:17:19,360 l'm tired of seeing you around. You go someplace else and eat. 308 00:17:19,360 --> 00:17:21,360 We'll see about that. 309 00:17:21,360 --> 00:17:23,360 Hey, Bailey. 310 00:17:23,360 --> 00:17:25,360 Yes, sir? What can l do for you? 311 00:17:25,360 --> 00:17:27,360 This moron you call a cook says he won't serve me. 312 00:17:27,360 --> 00:17:29,360 Yes? 313 00:17:29,360 --> 00:17:31,360 Well, do something about it. 314 00:17:31,360 --> 00:17:33,360 What do you want me to do? Tell him to serve me. 315 00:17:33,360 --> 00:17:36,360 What else have l fired? Johnson's a good cook. Good cooks are scarce nowadays. 316 00:17:36,360 --> 00:17:38,360 What is this? Are you standing up for him? 317 00:17:38,360 --> 00:17:40,360 l just told you good cooks are hard to get. 318 00:17:40,360 --> 00:17:42,360 What about customers? Well, it's too bad, but... 319 00:17:42,360 --> 00:17:44,360 l see. Well, look, both of you. 320 00:17:44,360 --> 00:17:46,360 l came in here to get something to eat. 321 00:17:46,360 --> 00:17:50,360 And l'm gonna get it if l have to sit here all night. 322 00:17:50,360 --> 00:17:52,360 Suit yourself. Yes. 323 00:17:52,360 --> 00:17:54,360 Oh, l'll get it. 324 00:17:56,360 --> 00:17:58,360 Bailey's place? 325 00:17:58,360 --> 00:18:00,360 Yes, yes, dear, l am, but... 326 00:18:00,360 --> 00:18:02,360 What? 327 00:18:02,360 --> 00:18:04,360 Wrecked? 328 00:18:04,360 --> 00:18:06,360 Where? Were you in it? 329 00:18:06,360 --> 00:18:08,360 Were you hurt? 330 00:18:08,360 --> 00:18:10,360 Oh, in front of the house. 331 00:18:10,360 --> 00:18:12,360 Oh, l don't know what's happening, Virginia. 332 00:18:12,360 --> 00:18:14,360 lt just seems every time... 333 00:18:14,360 --> 00:18:17,360 Well, l... Of course, l'm glad you were in the house one. 334 00:18:17,360 --> 00:18:19,360 Well, how bad was it? 335 00:18:19,360 --> 00:18:21,360 Almost a complete wreck. 336 00:18:22,360 --> 00:18:26,360 Well, could they find out anything from the driver of the other car? 337 00:18:26,360 --> 00:18:28,360 Did he have any insurance? 338 00:18:28,360 --> 00:18:31,360 Well, they never do, do they? 339 00:18:31,360 --> 00:18:33,360 Well, no, l'm all right, dear. 340 00:18:33,360 --> 00:18:35,360 lt's almost out of my mind, is all. 341 00:18:35,360 --> 00:18:38,360 lt's getting so l'm afraid to answer the phone. 342 00:18:38,360 --> 00:18:41,360 Well, we'll just have to do without a car, that's all. 343 00:18:41,360 --> 00:18:44,360 Oh, l'm... l'm sorry, dear. 344 00:18:44,360 --> 00:18:48,360 Yeah, yeah, uh, well, l'll talk to you later. Bye. 345 00:18:48,360 --> 00:18:50,360 Mr. Bailey. Yes? 346 00:18:50,360 --> 00:18:52,360 Whoa, what's the matter, Mr. Bailey? Bad news? 347 00:18:52,360 --> 00:18:54,360 Oh, wrecked my car right in front of my own house. 348 00:18:54,360 --> 00:18:57,360 Had no insurance, of course. No money to pay. 349 00:18:57,360 --> 00:19:00,360 Oh, that's tough. Yeah, sir, that's tough. 350 00:19:00,360 --> 00:19:02,360 Him, him. Look at him. 351 00:19:02,360 --> 00:19:03,360 Still sitting there, waiting. 352 00:19:03,360 --> 00:19:05,360 l'll have to think of something. 353 00:19:05,360 --> 00:19:07,360 So now l can't seem to think at all. 354 00:19:07,360 --> 00:19:09,360 Yeah, l'm stopped, too. 355 00:19:09,360 --> 00:19:11,360 Boy, you sure get the luck, don't you? 356 00:19:11,360 --> 00:19:13,360 Oh, it's the matter. l never used to have luck like this. 357 00:19:13,360 --> 00:19:14,360 Just... Just lately. 358 00:19:14,360 --> 00:19:18,360 Just... Just since he started coming in here. 359 00:19:18,360 --> 00:19:19,360 Yeah, could be. 360 00:19:19,360 --> 00:19:21,360 Looked like bad news right from the start to me. 361 00:19:21,360 --> 00:19:23,360 And there he sits. 362 00:19:23,360 --> 00:19:25,360 We could get him out of here once and for all. 363 00:19:25,360 --> 00:19:28,360 Hey, wait a minute. You go to the door and see if Ryan's inside. 364 00:19:28,360 --> 00:19:29,360 If he is, call him in, will you? 365 00:19:29,360 --> 00:19:32,360 All right. l wouldn't. Oh, okay. 366 00:19:32,360 --> 00:19:34,360 Right outside. 367 00:19:34,360 --> 00:19:37,360 Oh, Ryan, would you come here a minute? 368 00:19:37,360 --> 00:19:38,360 Okay. 369 00:19:38,360 --> 00:19:41,360 Oh, Mr. Bailey wants to see you. 370 00:19:41,360 --> 00:19:43,360 What can l do for you, Mr. Bailey? 371 00:19:43,360 --> 00:19:45,360 See that man sitting at the counter, Ryan? 372 00:19:45,360 --> 00:19:47,360 l want him either arrested or thrown out of here. 373 00:19:47,360 --> 00:19:48,360 l don't care which. 374 00:19:48,360 --> 00:19:50,360 ls that so? Giving you trouble, is he? 375 00:19:50,360 --> 00:19:52,360 Hey, you. 376 00:19:52,360 --> 00:19:53,360 You talking to me? 377 00:19:53,360 --> 00:19:56,360 Nobody else. Come here. 378 00:19:56,360 --> 00:19:58,360 What do you want? 379 00:19:58,360 --> 00:20:00,360 Oh, Mr. Bailey, what's the charge? 380 00:20:00,360 --> 00:20:02,360 Well, he... 381 00:20:02,360 --> 00:20:03,360 l'm making a nuisance of himself. 382 00:20:03,360 --> 00:20:04,360 What's this? 383 00:20:04,360 --> 00:20:06,360 All l do is come in here to eat. 384 00:20:06,360 --> 00:20:09,360 l'm making a nuisance of myself. 385 00:20:09,360 --> 00:20:10,360 l don't get it. 386 00:20:10,360 --> 00:20:11,360 Look at him, Ryan. 387 00:20:11,360 --> 00:20:13,360 l am. 388 00:20:13,360 --> 00:20:15,360 Not very pretty, is he? 389 00:20:15,360 --> 00:20:16,360 Officer. 390 00:20:16,360 --> 00:20:19,360 The law doesn't give you the right to criticize a man's face. 391 00:20:19,360 --> 00:20:21,360 l'm sorry, mister. 392 00:20:21,360 --> 00:20:22,360 Hello, Mr. Bailey. 393 00:20:22,360 --> 00:20:24,360 Every day he comes in here, two or three times. 394 00:20:24,360 --> 00:20:26,360 l can't get anybody else to come near the place while he's here. 395 00:20:26,360 --> 00:20:29,360 He stays and stays. He drives most of my business away. 396 00:20:29,360 --> 00:20:32,360 l have to eat? Same as anybody else? 397 00:20:32,360 --> 00:20:33,360 You doing anything bad? 398 00:20:33,360 --> 00:20:35,360 Get tough, insult people, disturb the peace? 399 00:20:35,360 --> 00:20:36,360 Well, no. 400 00:20:36,360 --> 00:20:37,360 All l do is come in and eat. 401 00:20:37,360 --> 00:20:40,360 Look, we reserve the right to refuse service to any customer. 402 00:20:40,360 --> 00:20:42,360 Well, l don't know now, Mr. Bailey. 403 00:20:42,360 --> 00:20:44,360 lt's all very well, but technically speaking... 404 00:20:44,360 --> 00:20:45,360 What do you mean? 405 00:20:45,360 --> 00:20:47,360 He means that even if you don't like it, 406 00:20:47,360 --> 00:20:50,360 you can't run me out if l run mine my own business. 407 00:20:50,360 --> 00:20:52,360 He means you can't run me out if l ask you to serve me. 408 00:20:52,360 --> 00:20:54,360 Well, how about that? 409 00:20:54,360 --> 00:20:57,360 And if l ask for something to eat and offer you money for it, 410 00:20:57,360 --> 00:20:58,360 you've got to sell it. 411 00:20:58,360 --> 00:20:59,360 Oh, no, l don't. 412 00:20:59,360 --> 00:21:00,360 Oh, you'd better. 413 00:21:00,360 --> 00:21:02,360 Or l'll have you in court before you know it. 414 00:21:02,360 --> 00:21:05,360 l'm afraid he's right about that, Mr. Bailey. 415 00:21:05,360 --> 00:21:07,360 Well, all right. 416 00:21:07,360 --> 00:21:08,360 Sorry l can't help you, Mr. Bailey. 417 00:21:08,360 --> 00:21:09,360 ls there anything else? 418 00:21:09,360 --> 00:21:10,360 Oh, no. 419 00:21:10,360 --> 00:21:12,360 l'll be getting on then. 420 00:21:12,360 --> 00:21:13,360 Good night. 421 00:21:15,360 --> 00:21:17,360 Well, how about it? 422 00:21:17,360 --> 00:21:19,360 All right, all right, all right. Go sit down. 423 00:21:19,360 --> 00:21:21,360 Johnson, get him whatever he wants. 424 00:21:21,360 --> 00:21:22,360 Okay. 425 00:21:24,360 --> 00:21:27,360 l'm not going to answer it. l'm not... 426 00:21:28,360 --> 00:21:30,360 Mr. Bailey, the phone, you busted it. 427 00:21:30,360 --> 00:21:31,360 l don't care. 428 00:21:31,360 --> 00:21:34,360 Mr. Bailey, put my gun down. What are you going to do? 429 00:21:34,360 --> 00:21:35,360 Excuse me. 430 00:21:35,360 --> 00:21:38,360 Now, look here, you. l can be pushed just so far. 431 00:21:38,360 --> 00:21:40,360 Now, either you get out of this place and don't come back, 432 00:21:40,360 --> 00:21:43,360 or as sure as l'm standing here, l'm going to pull this trigger. 433 00:21:43,360 --> 00:21:44,360 Go away. l'm hungry. 434 00:21:44,360 --> 00:21:45,360 Did you hear what l said? 435 00:21:45,360 --> 00:21:46,360 l hear you. Now, go away. 436 00:21:46,360 --> 00:21:48,360 Now, look, l'm going to count three. 437 00:21:48,360 --> 00:21:49,360 One. 438 00:21:49,360 --> 00:21:50,360 Go away. 439 00:21:50,360 --> 00:21:51,360 Two. 440 00:21:51,360 --> 00:21:52,360 Three. 441 00:21:59,360 --> 00:22:01,360 Coffee. Black. 442 00:22:01,360 --> 00:22:04,360 l can't believe it. l shot you point blank. 443 00:22:05,360 --> 00:22:06,360 Good Lord. 444 00:22:06,360 --> 00:22:08,360 Don't forget the ketchup, you. 445 00:22:08,360 --> 00:22:18,360 No. 446 00:22:24,360 --> 00:22:27,360 Well, you got the lay of the place now, Mr. Tanner. 447 00:22:27,360 --> 00:22:29,360 You figure on making any changes? 448 00:22:29,360 --> 00:22:31,360 No, no. Bailey had a good thing here. 449 00:22:31,360 --> 00:22:33,360 That'll leave it just the way it was. 450 00:22:33,360 --> 00:22:35,360 We'll hold the trade easier if we do. 451 00:22:35,360 --> 00:22:37,360 How did he seem when the deal was closed? 452 00:22:37,360 --> 00:22:39,360 l'll tell you. l let the lawyers handle everything. 453 00:22:39,360 --> 00:22:41,360 He took a beating on the deal, or l don't know you. 454 00:22:41,360 --> 00:22:42,360 No, not too much. 455 00:22:42,360 --> 00:22:45,360 l figure he recovered about 70% of his investment. 456 00:22:45,360 --> 00:22:47,360 He was lucky. l felt sorry for him. 457 00:22:47,360 --> 00:22:48,360 You didn't talk to him at all, huh? 458 00:22:48,360 --> 00:22:50,360 No, no, no. Didn't even see him. 459 00:22:50,360 --> 00:22:52,360 You think he'd know you even without the makeup? 460 00:22:52,360 --> 00:22:55,360 Maybe. lf he was taking any chances, huh? 461 00:22:55,360 --> 00:22:57,360 Lucky l changed the bullets in that gun for blanks, 462 00:22:57,360 --> 00:22:59,360 or you'd be a dead pigeon. 463 00:22:59,360 --> 00:23:02,360 Yeah. Yeah, l'm glad l foresaw that possibility. 464 00:23:02,360 --> 00:23:05,360 You might say l saved your life, huh? 465 00:23:05,360 --> 00:23:08,360 You might. Don't worry, Johnson. You'll be taken care of. 466 00:23:08,360 --> 00:23:11,360 l'm not worrying. l never had reason to yet, have l? 467 00:23:11,360 --> 00:23:15,360 No. But just for your information, Johnson, 468 00:23:15,360 --> 00:23:17,360 we haven't committed any crime. 469 00:23:17,360 --> 00:23:20,360 We didn't take this place away from Bailey by force. 470 00:23:20,360 --> 00:23:22,360 We didn't swindle him. 471 00:23:22,360 --> 00:23:24,360 l paid money right on the line for it. Just remember that. 472 00:23:24,360 --> 00:23:27,360 Oh, l will. Customers. 473 00:23:27,360 --> 00:23:31,360 Why, it's Mr. Bailey. Come right in. 474 00:23:31,360 --> 00:23:33,360 Hello, Johnson. 475 00:23:33,360 --> 00:23:35,360 Come on, have a seat. 476 00:23:35,360 --> 00:23:37,360 By the way, you know Mr. Tanner, don't you? 477 00:23:37,360 --> 00:23:38,360 He bought the place. 478 00:23:38,360 --> 00:23:41,360 Oh, l never met him. Glad to know you. 479 00:23:41,360 --> 00:23:43,360 A pleasure, Mr. Bailey. 480 00:23:43,360 --> 00:23:47,360 You know, there's something familiar about you. 481 00:23:47,360 --> 00:23:49,360 Maybe l did meet you someplace. 482 00:23:49,360 --> 00:23:51,360 l was in once or twice. 483 00:23:51,360 --> 00:23:53,360 Looked the place over before l had Sloan talk to you. 484 00:23:53,360 --> 00:23:56,360 Oh, that's it. Well, how are you making out? 485 00:23:56,360 --> 00:23:58,360 Oh, just getting started. 486 00:23:58,360 --> 00:24:01,360 l'm sort of breaking Mr. Tanner in, you might say. 487 00:24:01,360 --> 00:24:03,360 Hope you had better luck than l did. 488 00:24:03,360 --> 00:24:07,360 l was doing fine until this man started coming in. 489 00:24:07,360 --> 00:24:09,360 Johnson knows the man, l mean. 490 00:24:09,360 --> 00:24:11,360 Bad luck in person. 491 00:24:11,360 --> 00:24:14,360 lf he ever comes back, you'd just better close up and go home. 492 00:24:14,360 --> 00:24:15,360 That's so. 493 00:24:15,360 --> 00:24:17,360 Yes, that's right. 494 00:24:17,360 --> 00:24:19,360 Well, it's a wonder l have any mind left. 495 00:24:19,360 --> 00:24:21,360 To tell the truth, l'm not even sure l do. 496 00:24:21,360 --> 00:24:24,360 Mr. Bailey, would you let me fix you something while you're in here? 497 00:24:24,360 --> 00:24:26,360 Oh, no, thanks. l'm not hungry. 498 00:24:26,360 --> 00:24:28,360 We got some good steak. 499 00:24:28,360 --> 00:24:30,360 No, thanks, Johnson. Not even steak now. 500 00:24:30,360 --> 00:24:31,360 You're the boss. 501 00:24:31,360 --> 00:24:34,360 Boss? Well, not anymore. 502 00:24:34,360 --> 00:24:37,360 But l would like to step behind the counter one last time 503 00:24:37,360 --> 00:24:39,360 just to sort of look around. 504 00:24:39,360 --> 00:24:41,360 Do you mind, Mr. Tanner? 505 00:24:41,360 --> 00:24:42,360 Oh, come ahead. 506 00:24:42,360 --> 00:24:43,360 Thanks. 507 00:24:43,360 --> 00:24:47,360 Well, you haven't changed anything, l see. 508 00:24:47,360 --> 00:24:48,360 Not a thing. 509 00:24:48,360 --> 00:24:50,360 We intend to operate the same way you did. 510 00:24:50,360 --> 00:24:51,360 l think it'll pay. 511 00:24:51,360 --> 00:24:53,360 Thanks for the compliment. 512 00:24:53,360 --> 00:24:55,360 But l hope you don't draw my luck. 513 00:24:55,360 --> 00:24:58,360 How about some coffee, Mr. Bailey? You look tired. 514 00:24:58,360 --> 00:25:01,360 Coffee? That sounds like a good idea. l don't mind if l do. 515 00:25:01,360 --> 00:25:03,360 Yours is cream and sugar, right? 516 00:25:03,360 --> 00:25:05,360 No, thanks. Black this time. 517 00:25:08,360 --> 00:25:11,360 Hey, this coffee is hot. 518 00:25:11,360 --> 00:25:13,360 Yeah, l forgot to cut the burner back, 519 00:25:13,360 --> 00:25:15,360 and the whole tankful is plenty hot. 520 00:25:15,360 --> 00:25:17,360 l'll have to let it cool. It's too hot for me. 521 00:25:17,360 --> 00:25:20,360 Just one last look. 522 00:25:20,360 --> 00:25:23,360 Things l won't be seeing for a while, l guess. 523 00:25:23,360 --> 00:25:26,360 Buns, butterpats, coffee cream. 524 00:25:26,360 --> 00:25:28,360 lt's funny how you miss things like these. 525 00:25:28,360 --> 00:25:30,360 Mustard, ketchup. 526 00:25:30,360 --> 00:25:32,360 Ketchup? 527 00:25:32,360 --> 00:25:34,360 Where did you get all this ketchup, Johnson? 528 00:25:34,360 --> 00:25:35,360 Why, l... 529 00:25:35,360 --> 00:25:36,360 l ordered those. 530 00:25:36,360 --> 00:25:37,360 Ordered them? So did l, 531 00:25:37,360 --> 00:25:39,360 but l never even got a look at a bottle of ketchup. 532 00:25:39,360 --> 00:25:40,360 You're lucky. 533 00:25:40,360 --> 00:25:42,360 All in knowing how, l guess. 534 00:25:42,360 --> 00:25:43,360 Yeah, l guess you're right. 535 00:25:43,360 --> 00:25:45,360 l rather like it myself, you know. 536 00:25:45,360 --> 00:25:47,360 Nothing like ketchup, l always say. 537 00:25:47,360 --> 00:25:48,360 What was that? 538 00:25:48,360 --> 00:25:52,360 l said l'm rather fond of ketchup. 539 00:25:52,360 --> 00:25:55,360 Fond of ketchup? Ketchup? 540 00:25:55,360 --> 00:25:57,360 l think l know who you are now, Tanner. 541 00:25:57,360 --> 00:26:00,360 l think l know who you are. That face. 542 00:26:00,360 --> 00:26:01,360 Sure, that face. 543 00:26:01,360 --> 00:26:03,360 Make-up, wasn't it? That face. 544 00:26:03,360 --> 00:26:05,360 And Johnson had to be in on it with you too, didn't he? 545 00:26:05,360 --> 00:26:07,360 Johnson helped you, didn't he, Tanner? 546 00:26:07,360 --> 00:26:08,360 He fixed the gun, didn't he? 547 00:26:08,360 --> 00:26:09,360 Well, didn't he, Tanner? 548 00:26:09,360 --> 00:26:10,360 Bailey, wait a minute. l can explain. 549 00:26:10,360 --> 00:26:12,360 You admit it. l'm telling the truth. 550 00:26:12,360 --> 00:26:13,360 Isn't that so, Tanner? 551 00:26:13,360 --> 00:26:14,360 Isn't that so? 552 00:26:14,360 --> 00:26:15,360 Bailey, stop! 553 00:26:15,360 --> 00:26:18,360 Pull him off, Tanner, or l'll get a clock! 554 00:26:18,360 --> 00:26:20,360 Police! Ryan! Help! 555 00:26:20,360 --> 00:26:21,360 Please! 556 00:26:21,360 --> 00:26:23,360 Coffee! You always take it black! 557 00:26:23,360 --> 00:26:25,360 Don't! 558 00:26:25,360 --> 00:26:28,360 Quick! Mr. Tanner! 559 00:26:28,360 --> 00:26:31,360 Good Lord, the coffee! His face! 560 00:26:31,360 --> 00:26:33,360 And what is this? 561 00:26:33,360 --> 00:26:36,360 Oh, it's all right, Ryan. There's nothing wrong, Ryan. 562 00:26:36,360 --> 00:26:38,360 Nothing really wrong. That's not his real face, Ryan. 563 00:26:38,360 --> 00:26:41,360 He likes it that way. Don't let him fool you. 564 00:26:41,360 --> 00:26:43,360 What else do you want? Oh, yes, ketchup! 565 00:26:43,360 --> 00:26:46,360 Plenty of ketchup! 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