Harvey Page #5

You can come and see her

whenever you like.

I think you better

have Veta do this.

She always does all the signing and

managing for our family. She's good at it.

I'll have your family lawyer

take care of it. Judge Gaffney.

He's already telephoned us in

connection with this matter.

Is that so?

Yes.

I like you, Dowd. Well,

I like you too, Doctor.

And Miss Kelly here.

I certainly do like you.

Why, thank you,

Mr. Dowd.

You two have been so pleasant,

why don't we keep on going?

I'd like to invite you

to come downtown with me...

and we'll go to this charming little place

called Charlie's and we'll have a drink.

Oh, I'm sorry,

but we're on duty now.

Give us a rain check. Some

other time, we'd be glad to.

When? Well, I can't say offhand.

Miss Kelly and I are

on duty until 10:00 tonight.

for you. It's at Twelfth and Main.

If we can make it.

I'll be waiting.

The four of us will spend a

very pleasant evening together.

I want both of you to become friends

with a very dear friend of mine.

But you said later on,

didn't you? Yes, yes.

Later on it'll be.

Good-bye. Good-bye, Mr. Dowd.

Boy, that was

a close shave!

But he seemed like a

reasonable sort of a fellow.

You handled him beautifully,

Doctor. You were wonderful.

Psychology. Specialized

training. Takes years of it.

Good afternoon, Mrs. Chumley.

Good afternoon, Herman.

Oh, stop the car

a moment, Wesley.

Yoo-hoo!

Yoo-hoo!

Is there something I can do for

you? What did you have in mind?

You were walking on my husband's

prized dahlias. I'm Dr. Chumley's wife.

Oh, Dowd's my name. Elwood

P. Let me give you...

Looking for someone over

there? Yes. My friend Harvey.

I turned my back for an instant

and he seems to have wandered off.

I wish you could meet him,

Mrs. Chumley.

I'm sure he'd be quite taken

with you. Oh, thank you!

You're very nice to say so. Oh, not at all.

Mrs. Chumley, would you care to come downtown

with me? I'd be happy to buy you a drink.

Oh, I can't. My husband and I

are going to a cocktail party.

Dr. McClure is giving a party

for his sister from Wichita.

Oh! I didn't know Dr. McClure

had a sister in Wichita.

You know Dr. McClure?

No.

But you... But are you sure you wouldn't

have time to come with me and have a drink?

No, I can't. I'll tell

you what I'll do, however.

What will you do, however?

I'm interested.

If I meet your friend inside, I'll

be glad to give him a message for you.

Would you do that for me? I

certainly would appreciate that.

Just tell him to meet me

downtown if he has no other plans.

Any particular place

downtown? No, he knows where.

Harvey knows this town like a book.

How will I recognize your friend?

Oh, you can't miss him,

Mrs. Chumley. He's a "pooka."

A pooka?

Is that something new?

No, no. As I understand it,

that's something very old.

But Harvey's not only a pooka,

he's also my best friend.

Oh, if Harvey's said to me once, I'll

bet he's said probably a million times.

He said, "Mr. Dowd,

I would do anything for you."

How sweet.

Yeah. He's also very fond

of my sister Veta.

But Veta doesn't seem

to care for Harvey.

Don't you think that's rather

too bad, Mrs. Chumley?

I don't know. I gave up long ago

expecting my family to like my friends.

It's useless! We must

keep on trying, mustn't we?

Oh, yes.

Well, good-bye.

Good-bye.

Leslie, did he say

"pooka"?

Yes, ma'am.

That's what the man said.

Your pass? Oh! Yes, sir.

There you are.

Dowd.

Elwood P.

Isn't that interesting! Yes,

I constructed this myself.

Is that so? Well, I'll

declare! It's very simple. See?

Closed.

Opened.

You're a very brilliant man. Thank you.

My name is Herman Shimelplatzer,

but everybody calls me Herman.

You're to be congratulated,

Mr. Shimelplatzer. Thank you.

Would you care to come over to my

house for dinner tomorrow night?

I'm having a few friends in,

just informally.

I certainly would. That's

very nice of you, Mr. Dowd.

Let me give you one

of my cards.

If you should want to call me,

call me at this number.

Don't call me at that one.

That's the old one. Good-bye.

That's remarkable.

I hate to take you away, Willie, but we

did promise Dr. McClure we'd be there early.

One moment, angel. My hat and

coat, Miss Kelly. Yes, Dr. Chumley.

Dr. Sanderson. I'm leaving

for the day. Yes, Doctor?

About the difficulty of this woman with the

big white rabbit. Has it been smoothed over?

Yes, Doctor.

Good.

I've had many patients out here with

animals, but never an animal that large.

Yes, Doctor. She called him

Harvey. Unusual name for an animal.

I want her to have a hypo at

Willie... Yes, I'm

coming. My formula 9-7-7.

Listen, Willie...

Somebody's gonna have to give me a hand

with that Simmons dame. She's terrible!

I had to take her corset off

all by myself!

Hiya, Dr. Chumley.

How's every little...

Hey, what's with you and that hat? Hat?

Here's your hat.

I'm wearing my hat.

There was something... This

isn't my hat. Must be yours.

No, mine is... Of course it's not yours.

I'd like to say... No, dear,

of course it's not yours.

But whose hat is it?

He won't let me talk.

Look at this!

Two holes cut in the crown.

It's probably some new fad.

Perhaps Mr. Dowd left it here, sir. Dowd?

Yes, that's what I was... That's Mrs.

Simmons' brother. I gave him a pass.

I've been trying to tell you. I met a

gentleman at the gate. His name was Dowd.

He said he was looking for

a friend of his named Harvey.

Harvey?

Yes! Yes, Harvey.

Holy smoke! I left the water running

on that Simmons dame in a hydro tub!

Why are you looking at me like that,

Willie? He was a nice, polite man.

He said his friend was a

pooka. Whatever that is.

Gimme Upper West "R."

Where did he go, Mrs.

Chumley? He went downtown.

Dunphy, I left that

Simmons dame soakin' in 13.

Do me a favor.

Turn off thejuice.

So you gave him a pass!

Perhaps they neglected to tell you at

medical school that a rabbit has pointed ears!

Do you know what

you've done?

You've allowed a psychopathic case to

roam around with an overgrown white rabbit!

You've laid me open

to a lawsuit!

I shall have to do something

I haven't done for 15 years.

I'll have to go after this

man, Dowd, and bring him back!

But when I do, Dr. Sanderson, your connection

with this institution will have ended.

Wilson, get the car. You'll have

to go to the McClure's without me.

Take a cab. You two, get

that woman out of the tub!

Willie? I'm going to call my attorney.

Willie? I'm going to call my attorney.

Wilson, what's a pooka? What's a what?

A pooka.

A pooka?

You could search me,

Mrs. Chumley!

"P." "O."

Poo... Pooka!

Oh dear, I'm already late

for the McClure's.

I did promise them

I'd be on time.

P-O-O-K-A.

"Pooka.

From old Celtic mythology.

"A fairy spirit

in animal form.

"Always very large.

"The pooka appears

here and there,

"now and then,

"to this one and that one.

"A benign but

mischievous creature.

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