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How to Murder Your Wife
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- 1965
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Greetings, gentlemen.
I assume your wives are not with you,
as the title of our piece is sufficient
to strike terror in their hearts
and cause them to remain at home
in their kitchens, where they belong.
In any case, gentlemen,
you have come here tonight to learn.
And so you shall. So you shall.
We will begin by considering
the case of Mr Stanley Ford.
Unlike you poor souls,
Mr Ford has had the wisdom never to marry.
He is, therefore,
a completely happy man.
This is Mr Ford's town.
This is Mr Ford's town house.
This is the terrace
of Mr Ford's town house.
Look at us - the last stronghold
of gracious living in a world gone mad.
Mad!
Oh, by the way,
my name is Charles, Mr Ford's man.
I flatter myself that I am also
his confidant and friend.
Like everybody else in New York,
Mr Ford has a tiny bit of construction
going on net door.
Actually, it's not so bad, really.
We've almost come to like
the little cries of the workmen
and the gloppetta-gloppetta noises
which emanate
from the gloppetta-gloppetta machine.
Hmm?
Over there.
In any case,
the interior of the house is soundproof
and so life goes on.
This is Mr Ford's living room.
Notice if you will the complete absence
of a so-called woman's touch -
no gay little chintzes,
no big gunky lamps.
In fact, everything is masculine.
And perfect.
In fact, the sort of place
you could have had.
Ah, if only you'd had the sense
not to get married.
"Ah," but you say, "poor lonely man.
How does he spend his evenings?"
I should imagine the young lady, having, er,
danced all night,
literally left here walking on air.
And this is the nerve centre
of the entire establishment -
my quarters.
If you were fortunate enough
to have a room such as this,
your wife would undoubtedly
have taken it over
to house her aged
and disagreeable mother.
This is Mr Ford's martini glass.
Should be properly chilled
by seven o'clock this evening.
This is Mr Ford's shower.
Thermostatically controlled
at Mr Ford's body temperature -
98.7.
Now it is time to reveal Mr Ford himself.
Ol.
Mr Ford?
Mr Ford, sir,
it's 10:
30 and the sun is shining.- Oh...
- Please, Mr Ford.
Never try to speak
until you've had your shower. Upsy-daisy.
There.
Oh, very good, very good.
160, right on the button.
I don't know how you do it.
Of course, I do know how you do it.
Your calories are counted
very carefully.
Do you realise it's six months since an
ounce of butter has been used in this house?
- Charles, do you know what day it is?
- I do, sir.
At exactly 12:
22,the Faberg diamond will be ours.
It's been an exciting adventure,
but I shall be glad when it's over
so we can move on to the next caper.
Ah!
Wait a minute.
Hold it.
Go!
Ka-chow! Ka-chow!
Splunk!
Come in, Charles.
Pardon me, sir.
Mr Lampson did indeed telephone.
The Port Authority is livid.
The freighter people are furious.
- And Mr Lampson himself is terribly upset.
- He's a lawyer. He's paid to be upset.
At any rate, in one burst of brilliance,
Bash Brannigan has concluded
the case of the Faberg Navel.
Ha-ha!
Brilliant, sir. Absolutely brilliant.
I especially care for the "splunk".
And what is to be our net caper, sir?
I've got it all worked out.
It's the story of a man who gets murdered
while staring at top of
I think I'll call it the
"Skyscraper Gaper Caper".
Sounds really exciting, sir.
Oh... But you'll have to shoot most of it
from the helicopter
and it will involve closing off
Fifth Avenue from 34th to 59th.
It'd be great to blow up
one of those glass office buildings!
Ba-room! Tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, tinkle.
What's the matter, Charles? Don't like it?
Oh, I love it, sir!
But I was thinking of Mr Lampson.
Poor, poor Mr Lampson.
Stanley, can you stop for just a minute?
I'm speaking to you now as your friend!
You're a grown man, and grown men
cannot go around - repeat - cannot go around
spreading terror on the New York streets
at noon accompanied...
Will you stop just a minute, Stan.
By naked women!
She wasn't naked.
She had a diamond in her navel.
and criminals with knives!
You cannot continue comporting yourself
like an escaped lunatic!
Bash Brannigan is syndicated
in 463 newspapers. You know why?
Sure, I know.
Because it's hard-core pornography
softened slightly, ever so slightly,
by excessive violence and sadism!
Bash Brannigan is enjoyed by millions
because it's authentic.
I'd never ask Bash to do anything
I hadn't done myself.
And...
Stan? Stan? Uh...
that you're now 37 years old.
And, quite frankly,
it's time that you settled down.
Edna and I were discussing it last night
and Edna feels -
I agree -there's something almost immoral
about a man of your age who isn't married,
doesn't go to an office,
sits around drawing a comic strip
that appeals only to morons, Stanley!
Stanley? Stanley, are you listening?
- H-hey, Stan?
- Hmm?
I happened to mention to the kids that I was
gonna be meeting with you this afternoon,
and, well, we kind of have a little family
argument there that we want you to settle.
The point is that Hal and Tommy both think
that the microfilm is hidden
in the diamond in the girl's navel.
Of course, I told them they were crazy.
In fact, I went out on a limb.
I told them that I was your lawyer
and I knew damn well
that the microfilm wasn't hidden
in the diamond in the girl's navel.
By the way, uh...
they were really quite impressed.
I... I must say
I made quite a little character there,
being your lawyer and, you know, knowing
how the strip was coming out and all.
And, for a moment there,
they were actually...
well...
kind of proud of their old man.
Hey, Stan?
The girl doesn't have the microfilm
in the diamond in her navel, does she?
Honest to God, Stan,
you know you ought pull yourself together.
You've lost all touch with reality!
You know what you really should do? And Edna
and I were discussing this the other night.
What you should really do is settle down!
Find some nice girl and get married!
- Oh, ho-ho-ho.
- Yeah!
Then you'd know what it's all about!
Charles, you seem upset.
No, not at all, sir.
I'm sorry, sir.
I seem to be overcome
by a sense of foreboding.
- Foreboding?
- A feeling of...
How can I put it?
Impending disaster.
- Wait, I'll do that.
- Thank you.
I'm sure it's nothing.
It's my natural reaction to the unhappy
nature of the event you are attending.
To think of it.
A bachelor dinner for poor Mr Rawlins.
Is he really getting married tomorrow, sir?
Yes, I'm afraid so. Poor old Tobey...
You know, I never thought they'd nail him.
- I feel guilty about it, I introduced them.
- Mustn't blame yourself.
- He's a fully-grown man.
- That's true.
- And Miss James is a lovely lady.
- That's true.
Do you think she might need her gold shoes
for the wedding journey?
I think not.
Would you be good enough to extend
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