The Glass Bottom Boat Page #2

-Honey? Get me Goodwin.

-And Villanti. We'll work 24 hours a day.

-That's my boy, all work and no play.

-Push her back in your calendar.

-Right.

-l'll call her.

-No. She's special, l'll call her myself.

l know you with girls, forget it. l'll--

Wait, wait a minute.

You've done this before. Out.

-But l was only trying.

-Washington, go.

-She might like me.

-Go.

Honey.

-Oh, hi, Mabel. Hi, Norman.

-Hi.

What have you got there?

Well, this package came for you

while you were out.

-For me?

-Yeah.

-Really.

-Said it was from--

-Who'd he say?

-Mr. Templeton.

-Yeah.

-Mr.-- Oh, that must be my mermaid tail.

-Mermaid's tail, you been fishing?

-What?

No, it's a mermaid--

-lt's a long story. l'll tell you sometime.

-We have a lovely man coming tonight.

-An associate of Norman's.

-Mr. Mutnik.

-Yeah.

-He's older, but very well-to-do. . .

-. . .if you know what l mean.

-Oh, yes.

-Join us. Could you?

-Wish l could. l'd love to meet him. . .

. . .but l have to go to class.

But thanks for thinking of me.

l'll take a rain check. l'd better get in.

Vladimir's barking like crazy. Sorry.

-Oh, that's all right,

-Excuse me, thanks a lot.

Class! You can't tell me

she goes to class every night.

-You didn't talk about that idiotic dog.

-l didn't get a chance.

Barking, barking,

every time the phone rings.

Hello, my love. l missed you.

Hello there. Hello, sweetheart.

Call a cop. Call a cop.

Cop yourself. Hello. Hey, hello, fish.

You all there?

You hungry for your din-din? Okay.

Come on, eat hearty, kids, no hooks.

-Hello, sweetheart.

-Hello, my sweetheart.

Corky? Where's my boy?

Unit Four, Los Angeles.

This is 1 1-Q, 1 1-73, Unit Two...

...Santa Catalina calling.

Come in, please.

-Come in, Unit Two.

-Hi, Jenny.

Hi, Pop. Say, you'll be happy to hear

we got the mermaid outfit back.

-Yeah? How?

-lf l told you, you'd never believe it.

Tell me about it when you come over

on the weekend.

l don't think l can make it this weekend.

l've got a million things l have to do.

But, Jenny, you've gotta come over.

l've got to have a mermaid.

-Use Nina.

-l said, mermaid, not ''whale-maid. ''

''Couldn't find the tail.

Will this cover you?''

Hey, Jenny, you talking to yourself?

Yeah, l guess so.

That's what you get for living alone

with birds, dogs and tropical fish.

lf you'd said you couldn't come

because of a boyfriend. . .

-. . .that would be different.

-There you go again. Nag, nag, nag.

Okay. Talk to you tomorrow.

Oh, okay, Pop.

So long, Nina, no hard feelings.

What do you mean, ''whale-maid''?

Let's face it, baby doll.

You ain't no guppy.

-He's kidding.

-Oh, no.

Okay, try RP minus 27 over Y-squared.

-Okay?

-Right.

Sir, l happen to have a dossier

on the girl, if you care to hear it.

What? Oh, yeah. Go, Homer.

''Dossier. Jennifer Nelson:

married, widowed.

Husband, Randolph Nelson:

oceanographer. ''

-Oceanographer.

-Thank you, sir.

''He went down in a diving bell

off the Bahamas. End of husband.

Father, Axel Nordstrom,

operates glass-bottom boat in Catalina.

Girl lives alone with dog, two mynah birds

and tropical fish.

Hobbies:
boating and cooking.

Won first prize in baking contest

for banana-cream cake.

Holds navigator's license number 7256.

Currently taking night courses in--''

Now are you ready for this?

''Dramatic writing, ballet, sculpture. . .

. . .music appreciation, radio telegraphy,

ceramics and mapmaking. ''

-Mapmaking. And l thought l was busy.

-You got some problem with this girl, sir?

Yeah, the toughest kind, Homer.

Two bodies moving in different orbits.

There's an equation for everything.

You were quoted on that

in one of the magazines.

Yeah, you take Mars

and you take Venus.

-Yes, sir.

-Well, Mars is locked in his orbit. . .

-. . .because of extreme pressure.

-Pressure? Oh, right, right.

But if we can induce Venus to move out

of her orbit with the added factors. . .

-. . .of X plus Y and apply it to COD. . . .

-COD?

Yeah, ''contents of dossier. ''

-l'm lost.

-No, no, look.

COD plus X Y to the second power. . .

. . .plus OS, orbit shift, equals. . .

. . .Mars and Venus joined.

Amazing, sir. Do you think

the world's ready for this?

Like all great thinking, it's a wonder

nobody thought of it before.

-Mrs. Nelson.

-Oh, yes, sir?

Mr. Templeton wishes to see you

in his office.

Mr. Temp--? Oh, about what, sir?

You see, Mrs. Nelson,

in a very short time from now. . .

. . .a manned rocket will take off for some

far distant part of our solar system.

lf l'm not here to answer questions. . .

. . .your biography will anticipate anything

that might be asked about me.

Yes, sir.

To help you work more effectively,

l'll take you into my confidence.

All this is classified, of course.

Of course, sir.

Oh, and you know, Mr. Templeton,

our department uses a code name. . .

. . .for each assignment.

What shall l call this one, sir?

Oh, let's call it--

Let's call it Project Venus.

Project Ve--

You mean you're going to--?

Yes, sir.

-Mr. Templeton!

-Yeah?

We're ready for you in the tower.

Fine, we'll be right there.

-''We,'' that's you and l. Let's go.

-Oh, yes, sir.

Not flattering,

but you gotta wear it here.

Oh, thank you.

Actually, l'm a little old country boy

from Sioux City, lowa, and--

-Mrs. Nelson.

-Oh, okay.

-Sorry, Mr. Templeton.

-As l was saying. . .

. . .l was born in Sioux City, lowa,

and l like baseball, paperbacks, movies.

Oh, and l love a really good piece

of banana-cream cake.

-Banana-cream--?

-What's the matter?

l just-- l won a contest

for baking a banana-cream cake.

-No. What, with marshmallow or coconut?

-Both.

That's fantastic.

This is my very special favorite.

-ls it really?

-Yeah.

-Those are adjustable.

-Oh, are they really?

Thanks.

Thanks very much.

Mr. Taylor.

Mrs. Nelson?

Help.

-Here.

-Thanks. You're not getting tired, are you?

-You're the one who needs the sleep.

-Where the goddess of love is concerned?

Who could sleep when you're plotting

a rendezvous with Venus?

-Mr. Temple-- Oh, l'm sorry.

-No, no, it's all right.

Well, l just want you to know how proud

l am to be a part of this experiment.

And l know you'll make it.

l'm sure of it.

-Keep that thought.

-Ten....

-Here we go. Wanna watch this?

-Yes.

-There.

-Seven, six...

...five, four, three, two, one.

Fire.

Come in, l've been expecting you.

l heard your car drive up.

-l'm Mrs. Nelson.

-l know that, l'm Mrs. Miller.

How do you do? Oh, my, what a house.

ls that a cake?

Oh, yes. l baked it for Mr. Templeton.

-Well, here, it must be heavy.

-Oh, l hope not.

-Hello, Jenny.

-Hello, Mr. Templeton.

Jenny, Mrs. Nelson,

this is Edgar Hill of the ClA.

How do you do?

Why don't you start.

Anything you need, ask Anna.

-Okay.

-Come on.

Excuse me.

My biographer.

l'd better read it

and find out what l've been doing.

-And the other lady is Anna Miller?

-Yeah. Cook, housekeeper and treasure.

Been with me for 1 0 years.

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