On November 1st, 1959, the population of New York City was 8,042,783. If you laid all...
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C.C. Baxter:
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On November 1st, 1959, the population of New York City was 8,042,783. If you laid all these people end to end, figuring an average height of five feet six and a half inches, they would reach from Times Square to the outskirts of Karachi, Pakistan. I know facts like this because I work for an insurance company - Consolidated Life of New York. We're one of the top five companies in the country. Our home office has 31,259 employees, which is more than the entire population of uhh... Natchez, Mississippi. I work on the 19th floor. Ordinary Policy Department, Premium Accounting Division, Section W, desk number 861.
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'On November 1, 1959, the population
of New York City was 8,042,783.
'If you laid them all end to end, figuring
an average height of 5 feet 6½ inches...
'they would reach from Times Square
to the outskirts of Karachi, Pakistan.
'I know facts like this because I work for
an insurance company, Consolidated Life.
'We're one of the top five companies
in the country.
'Our home office has 31,259 employees...
'which is more than the entire population
of, uh... Natchez, Mississippi.
'I work on the 19th floor.
Ordinary Policy Department...
'Premium Accounting Division,
Section W, desk number 861.
C for Calvin, C
for Clifford. But most people call me Bud.
'I've worked here three years, ten months,
and my take-home pay is $94.70 a week.
'The hours in our department
are 8.50 to 5.20.'
'They're staggered by floor so 16 elevators
can handle the 31,259 employees...
'without a serious traffic jam.
'As for myself, I very often stay on at the
office and work for an extra hour or two...
'especially when the weather is bad.
'It's not that I'm overly ambitious.
It's just a way of killing time...
'until it's all right for me to go home.
'You see, I have this little problem
with my apartment.
'I live in the West 60s,
just half a block from Central Park.
'My rent is $85 a month.
It used to be $80 until last July...
'when Mrs. Lieberman, the landlady,
put in a second-hand air conditioner.
'It's a real nice apartment. Nothing fancy,
but kind of cozy. Just right for a bachelor.
'The only problem is
I can't always get in when I want to.'
Clip duration: 118 seconds
Views: 242
Timestamp in movie: 00h 00m 00s
Uploaded: 12 December, 2020
Genres: comedy, drama, romance
Summary: A Manhattan insurance clerk tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but complications and a romance of his own ensue.
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