Air Raid Wardens - Decision to Discontinue Equipment Use
Dan Madison:
Boys, I hate to do this; but, I'll have to ask you to turn in your equipment.
Oliver:
Now, Mr. Madison, surely you don't believe we were drunk last night?
Dan Madison:
I'm sorry. The decision has been made. It's for the good of the service.
Stanley:
You mean, they're better without us?
J.P. Norton:
You men have caused nothing but trouble. First, you wrecked the gymnasium. Then you wrecked me. And now, drunk.
Stanley:
Well, you know best. When we couldn't get in the Army or the Navy, Mr. Madison told us that we could do this kind of work and - it made us happy. We tried hard. But, I guess we're not smart like other people. But, if we can do something for our country, by not doing this work, we'll do that too. We'll do anything that Uncle Sam wants us to do. Won't we Ollie?
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Air Raid Wardens - Striving for Improvement Amidst Imperfection
J.P. Norton:
With those men, we can never achieve perfection.
Dan Madison:
Oh, yes we can. We're getting better all the time. We won't make the same mistakes twice.
J.P. Norton:
I hope not.
Dan Madison:
Look, Mr. Norton, why are you doing this work?
J.P. Norton:
Why? Why? To serve my country.
Dan Madison:
Well, that's their idea too.
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Air Raid Wardens - Addressing Misfits in Challenging Situations
J.P. Norton:
Madison, you've got to get rid of those misfits!
Dan Madison:
I just talked to them, Mr. Norton. They're awfully broken up about this. I'm sure it was an accident.
J.P. Norton:
They are both accidents!
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Air Raid Wardens - Volunteer or Victim: A Frustrated Perspective
J.P. Norton:
I volunteered to be a victim. I certainly never thought I'd fall in the hands of those idiots! I'd rather fight Japs - bare handed.
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House of Horrors - Artistic Critique and Personal Struggles Unveiled
Hal Ormiston: [Reading his own review]
I devoted my stick of type today to a frank appraisal of the very doubtful talents of a young brush wielder named Steven Morrow.
Police Lt. Larry Brooks: [Scene change. Review continues being read]
You will note that I do not dignify young Morrow with the term artist. He definitely is not an artist in any sense of the word.
Steven Morrow: [Scene change. Review continues being read; pause. Slams newspaper to the table]
The empty face girls Morrow paints have no more artistic significance than the crazily conceived creations of that well known madman of scattering profession, Marcel De Lange. Another one. Harmon dies, and another persecute rises to hound me. Am I always to be beaten down by heartless ignorant critics who find strange delight in singling me out as a subject for their cruelty? Why am I not big and strong so I can throttle this man Ormiston? I can see him now, a drink at his elbow, chuckling over his cleverly turned phrases. He has money for food and drink while we must starve. It's unfair, I tell you.
The Creeper:
Where does he live?
Steven Morrow: [Raises head to look into Creeper's face. Pauses]
At the Bagley Terrace, on East 54th Street.
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The Blue Dahlia - Room Inquiry in San Francisco
Corelli:
You still want that room?
Johnny Morrison: [sarcastically]
If you're sure nobody's dead in it?
Corelli:
Right back this way. You live in San Francisco?
Johnny Morrison:
Yeah, when I'm there.
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