Son of Flubber Page #2

I make it my business

to know, Mrs. Brainard.

And now, little something

to keep the chill off. Oh!

Oh, you mustn't.

Y- You really mustn't.

Oh!

Well, you don't think it's a

little bit too fussy, do you?

Like you've been wearing it

all your life, Mrs. Brainard.

To the manor born.

And here, the finishing touch.

[ Gasps ]

oh, how chic!

I knew you'd like them, Mrs.

Brainard. You look like a queen.

A regular queen. An empress. A goddess.

I do, don't I?

This, as you can see, is a check for one million

dollars made out to the professor and yourself.

One million dollars! Oh,

but, Mr. Hurley, whatever for?

For a kind word, Mrs. Brainard.

Only a kind word.

You know, in a business deal, the

right word from the little woman...

I'm a great believer in the

power of a woman. How true.

You really got something

there, Mr. Hurley.

Well, I don't know what Neds

going to say about all this.

For a space-Age scientist,

he's a little bit old-Fa...

- oh, yoo-Hoo, Ned.

Guess who? - Betsy!

Professor Brainard, my name is Hurley. I've

spoken to you on the phone, from new York.

What Id like to do... yes, Mr. Hurley. Betsy,

what is all this, the dogs and that coat?

We can't afford that. Now why don't

we let the little lady enjoy herself?

But the p... professor, Id like

to talk some business with you.

I hope you won't think Im

presumptuous going ahead like this.

Mr. Hurley is a live wire. He likes to

act while other people are still talking.

Just a minute. Who are all

these people around here?

All part of your company:

flubber enterprises.

"Flubber enterprises"? Just a cozy little

company we're putting together, you and I,

To make things

out of flubber.

Professor, when you invented this stuff,

I don't think you dreamed what you had.

It'll touch the lives of every

man, woman and child in the world.

Just like Edison

and the electric light.

Now wait, I... I hardly consider myself

in the same class with Mr. Edison.

Don't be so modest, professor. That's

your trouble. That's where I come in.

Now Ive worked up a few product

sells here just to give you an idea:

...when you brush your

teeth with flubberdent.

And now Ive had our agency boys work up a little

TV campaign... show people what flubber can do.

- Hit them where they live.

- They'll wonder how they got along without it.

Now I don't want you to get the feeling

that we're rushing you. But the thing is...

Howie, roll the film.

Guess what this is.

A million dollars!

Quiet, professor.

But, Betsy...

[ fanfare ]

Hi there.

Rex Williams here.

You know, my friends, down

through the corridors of time,

As mankind has emerged

from the dark ages,

Toiling, ever striving upward,

there have been turning points,

Inspirational milestones, and we

remember the great names of science.

Newton...

and the law of gravity.

Watt...

and the steam engine.

[ Steam whistle

blowing ]

Edison...

and the electric light.

And, my friends,

Brainard... and flubber.

Yes, ladies and gentlemen,

"flubber. "

For it was not too long ago,

in a small american city,

That the discovery of flubber

burst upon a waiting world.

That was the beginning.

From those first crude

basketball shoes came more shoes,

Shoes for people

in every walk of life.

But it was not

to stop there.

True, now man had lifted himself

up by his own boot straps.

He could walk with his head

above the crowd.

But this was only

the springboard,

Not only to a vast

new line of products,

But to a happier,

safer way of life.

[ Announcer ] friends,

is your home a booby trap...

just waiting to snare you

the moment you set foot in it?

I'm home, dear.

[ Yells ]

[ Gasps ]

Is your kitchen a savage jungle

teeming with perils and pitfalls?

Dear, where's

the first-Aid k-I-It!

Stop clowning, George.

You'll frighten the b-A-A-By!

In short, is your family

accident prone?

Then, friends, the time has come

to "flubberize" your home.

Transform it from a booby trap

into a love nest.

Make it safe for you

and your loved ones.

Yes, flubberize your home with

hazard-Free flubberoleum floors.

"Flubberoleum," in 16

beautiful decorator colors.

The foamiest, friendliest floor

that ever fondled your family's feet.

I'm home, darling.

Hi.

- Darling!

- Sweetheart!

dum dum de dum dum

dum dum de dum

- Oh!

- I got him! Whee!

[ Laughing ]

[ Cooing ]

Yes, folks,

you'd coo too...

if you belonged

to this happy flubber family,

The family

who can say proudly...

they live in the house

with the flubberoleum floors.

[ Baby talk, laughing ]

That's just the start. There are hundreds

of products we haven't even thought of yet.

I'm very impressed, but... fine, fine. Now

if you'll just sign this letter of agreement.

That million-Dollar check is

the evidence of our good faith.

Well, there's just one little

hitch:
I have a prior commitment.

A prior commitment?

With who?

The government.

Our government?

That's right.

You just said the magic word. All right,

boys, pack up the gear. The party's over.

I can't tell you how badly I feel, Mr.

Hurley. I do have another idea you might be...

- Forget it.

- You've hurt Mr. Hurley very deeply.

Oh! Oh! He is terribly

disappointed in you, sir.

Oh! Now just a minute. This is

my dress. Oh! I beg your pardon.

If you'd just let me show you some

of the plans I have in my lab...

Mrs. Brainard, the

check, please. Oh, please.

- Do I have to give this back?

- If you don't mind.

- No.

- Betsy, give Mr. Hurley back his check.

I won't!

Betsy! This isn't like you.

Now give him his check.

No! Betsy, give me that check.

Betsy.

Give it to me.

Thank you.

Oh, Im sorry, dear.

I just lost my head

for a moment.

But when you've been fighting

with the grocer all month...

and you find a million

dollars in your hand...

I suppose this half

isn't any good?

Ohh, very nice. Beautiful quality. Yeah.

Professor Brainard?

Yes?

- How do you do? My name is Harker. I'm from Washington.

- From Washington?

- Well, am I glad to see you. Come right in.

- Thank you.

Darling, wonderful news. This is Mr.

Harker. He's here from Washington already.

How perfectly marvelous.

How do you do?

How do you do? It's very nice

to know you, Mrs. Brainard.

May I take your hat and coat,

Mr. Harker? Oh. Thank you.

You and your discovery have certainly created

quite a stir down in our nation's capital.

And you've come about the

payments, huh? You betcha.

You're quite a prize, you know. The boys in

my department drew straws to see who'd get ya.

I'm happy to say I won.

Well, thank you.

Now the thing is, Mr. Harker, we want most

of this money to go to Medfield college.

Oh, but first, of course, we'd like to

pinch off just a tiny bit for ourselves.

Just enough to take care of the household

bills that've been stacking up for months.

All right, dear?

Whatever you say, darling.

I'm afraid you folks

don't understand.

I'm from

the internal revenue service.

Well, if there's one thing we could

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