It'll be kinda hard to face that... gang, tomorrow morning from behind a desk. It would be...
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Jimmy MacDonald:
It'll be kinda hard to face that... gang, tomorrow morning from behind a desk.
Mr. J.B. Baxter:
It would be just as hard to face them from in here, if you didn't *belong* here - uneasy lies the head...
Betty Casey:
He *does* belong in here, Mr. Baxter.
Mr. J.B. Baxter:
Now what is the joke this time?
Betty Casey:
He belongs in here because he thinks he belongs in here, because he thinks he...
Mr. J.B. Baxter:
Oh, that's all very deep dish and high fallutin', but from a practical...
Betty Casey:
It is practical, Mr. Baxter. It's the most practical idea you ever had. He belongs in here because he thinks he has ideas. He belongs in here until he proves himself or fails and... then... someone else belongs in here until he prove himself or fails and somebody else after that and somebody else after him and so on and so on for always. Oh... I don't know how to... put it into words like Jimmy could, but... all he wanted, all any of them want is a - is a chance to show - to find out what got while they're still young and burning like a short cut or a stepping stone. Oh, I know they're not gonna succeed, at least most of them won't, they'll all be like Mr. Waterbury soon enough, most of them, anyway. But they won't mind it. They'll find something else, and they'll be happy, because they had their chance. Because it's one thing to muff a chance once you've had it... it's another thing never to have had a chance. His name's already on the door.
Mr. J.B. Baxter:
[looking to the door]
Well, if anything decided me. That would be it.
Betty Casey:
Mr. Baxter
[smiling joyously]
Mr. J.B. Baxter:
Now you've talked enough. Desks have already been moved and the name is painted on as you so skillfully pointed out, so we'll try it for a *very* short time, you understand? At no advance in salary, you understand?
Jimmy MacDonald:
Yes, sir.
Mr. J.B. Baxter:
And for a *very* short time.
Jimmy MacDonald:
Yes, sir.
Mr. J.B. Baxter:
After all, this is a business institution, not a cultural... project.
Jimmy MacDonald:
You'll never be sorry, Mr. Baxter.
Mr. J.B. Baxter:
Yes, well I'm a little bit sorry already, so just let it go at that. Good night and be on time in the morning.
[Betty smothers him in kisses]
Mr. J.B. Baxter:
Oh, psshaw!
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- Yes, sir.
- Yes, sir.
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It's gonna be hard to face that gang
tomorrow if I'm back at that desk.
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It would be just as hard to face them
from in here if you didn't belong here.
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- He does belong in here.
- What is the joke this time?
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He belongs in here
because he thinks he does.
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That's very high-falutin'
but from a practical...
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It is practical, Mr Baxter.
The most practical idea you ever had.
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He belongs in here
because he thinks he has ideas.
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He belongs in here
until he proves himself or fails
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and then somebody else
until he proves himself or fails
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and so on and so on for always.
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I don't know how to put it into words
like Jimmy could but...
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all he wants, all any of them want,
is a... is a chance to show...
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To find out what they've got
while they're still young
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and... and burning like
a short cut or a stepping stone.
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I know they're not gonna succeed,
at least most of them aren't.
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Most of them will be
like Mr Waterbury soon enough.
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But they won't mind it, they'll be happy
because they had their chance.
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Because it's one thing
to muff a chance when you get it but...
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it's another thing
never to have had a chance.
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And his name's already on the door.
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Well, if anything decided me
that would be it.
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- Oh, Mr Baxter...
- You've talked enough.
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The desks have already been moved
and the name is painted on, as you said.
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So we'll try it for a very short time,
at no advance in salary, you understand.
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- Yes, sir.
- And for a very short time.
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- Yes, sir.
- This is a business, not a cultural project.
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- You'll never be sorry.
- I'm sorry already, so let it go at that.
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Good night and try to be on time
in the morning.
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Oh... pshaw!
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- Isn't it wonderful?
- You were wonderful.
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- But I'm a bit leery about me.
- Don't talk like a fathead.
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This is the chance of a lifetime
and you know you've got what it takes.
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I didn't until I got that telegram
and now I don't know any more.
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I'm like Mr Baxter, that's why I didn't speak.
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Well, it brought us together
and that's something.
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I got the ring to prove it,
and you can't back out now or I'd sue you.
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Oh, you poor kid.
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You'll see we have plenty to be thankful for.
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Sure.
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- There's that cat again.
- Hello.
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- Good night!
- Good night, Sam.
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Look.
Yeah.
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- Sure looked funny this afternoon.
- Ah, the old buzzard.
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- Were you to a fish fry, Dr Maxford?
- No, I wasn't.
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- Smells like a seven-course banquet.
- I wasn't to a banquet!
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- Dr Maxford!
- What do you want?
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I got some good news. It took some doing
but I won those clerks over.
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The way I feel, Bildocker,
it just doesn't matter any more.
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This is the stupidest, the most asinine...!
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- Listen to the slogan!
- I don't wish to hear the slogan!
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I don't wish to hear any more
about the whole mess!
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Pick your winner, send him a cheque
and tell him to go...
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Listen to this, will ya? Is this good!
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"If you don't sleep at night,
it isn't the coffee, it's the bunk."
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Is that a slogan? It's what you call a pun.
Believe me, it's some pun!
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We just sent the winner a telegram,
a guy called James MacDon...
Clip duration: 268 seconds
Views: 338
Timestamp in movie: 00h 59m 06s
Uploaded: 04 October, 2021
Genres: comedy, romance
Summary: When the co-workers of an ambitious clerk trick him into thinking he has won $25,000 in a slogan contest, he begins to use the money to fulfill his dreams. What will happen when the ruse is discovered?
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