The Monolith Monsters - The Earth’s Endless Cosmic Invasion
Narrator:
From time immemorial the Earth has been bombarded by objects from outer space. Bits and pieces of the Universe piercing our atmosphere in an invasion that never ends. Meteor, the shooting stars on which so many earthly wishes have been born! Of the thousands that plummet toward us, the greater part are destroyed in a firey flash as they strike the layers of the air that encircle us. Only a small percentage survives. Most of those fall into the water which covers two-thirds of our world. But from time to time from the beginning of time a very few meteors have struck the crust of the Earth and formed craters - craters of all sizes sought after, poured over by scientists of all nations for the priceless knowledge buried within them. In every moment of every day they come from planets belonging to stars whose dying light is too far away to be seen. From infinity they come. Meteors! Another strange calling card from the limitless regions of space - its substance unknown, its secrets unexplored. The meteor lies dormant in the night - waiting!
Martin Cochrane:
The desert's full of things that don't belong. Take the salt here. Used to be an ocean bed. Now that ocean knew that the middle of a desert was a pretty silly place for it to be, so it just dried up and went away.
Joe Higgins:
Look at the dog - it's as hard as a piece of granite!
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The Fortune Cookie - A Meeting of Important Characters
William H. "Whiplash Willie" Gingrich:
Gentlemen.
O'Brien:
Ah, Mr. Gingrich. I've heard a lot about you. Sit down, sit down.
William H. "Whiplash Willie" Gingrich:
Say! You each have an office like this, or do you all bunk together?
O'Brien:
The reason we called you up here, Mr. Gingrich is because -
William H. "Whiplash Willie" Gingrich:
Lemme guess. You want to settle.
O'Brien:
Settle?
William H. "Whiplash Willie" Gingrich:
You don't want to settle.
O'Brien:
Certainly not.
William H. "Whiplash Willie" Gingrich:
That settles that.
Thompson:
You got no case, Gingrich. It's a simple matter of workmen's compensation.
William H. "Whiplash Willie" Gingrich:
It's a simple matter of negligence. That tarpaulin should have been rolled back 50 feet, and it's gonna cost you $20,000 per foot!
O'Brien:
Rubbish! All the legal precedents are on our side.
William H. "Whiplash Willie" Gingrich:
That so? What about Fishbein v. the Empire State Building?
O'Brien:
What about it?
William H. "Whiplash Willie" Gingrich:
You'll find it in Volume 16, New York Supplement Two, Page 45, 1900 and 39. A window washer, 61st floor. The safety belt broke and -
Thompson:
As a window washer, Mr. Fishbein was taking a normal occupational risk.
William H. "Whiplash Willie" Gingrich:
The window washer's name was Jones. Mr. Fishbein was a pedestrian walking innocently down 34th Street, and the next thing he knew, he was splattered all over the sidewalk. The widow sued, was awarded $85,000. Case appealed, judgement upheld. Volume 259, Appellate Division, page 56. Also Volume 24, New York Supplement Two, page 168, 1900 and 40.
O'Brien:
Maybe in New York, they throw money around like that.
William H. "Whiplash Willie" Gingrich:
All right, what about Mrs. Cunningham v. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad? US District Court, Eastern District of Ohio, Number eighty-nine twenty-seven. Mrs. Cunningham, en route to Cincinnati to visit dying uncle, gets trapped in the toilet on account of a faulty lock. The car is hitched to another train. Mrs. Cunningham winds up in San Bernardino, California. By this time, the uncle is dead, and she's cut of the will. So, she sues the railroad for damages. Does this ring a bell?
Thompson:
Never heard of it.
William H. "Whiplash Willie" Gingrich:
You mean, none of you has? Because you gentlemen represented the railroad.
O'Brien:
We did?
William H. "Whiplash Willie" Gingrich:
And lost the case.
O'Brien:
Suppose we get back to the Hinkle case?
William H. "Whiplash Willie" Gingrich:
You guys should really bone up on negligence.
O'Brien:
We've been going over the hospital report.
William H. "Whiplash Willie" Gingrich:
Discouraging, isn't it?
O'Brien:
Naturally, we don't accept it at face value.
William H. "Whiplash Willie" Gingrich:
I wouldn't either.
Thompson:
Look, Gingrich. Let's stop horsing around. We demand the right to have our own doctors examine Hinkle.
William H. "Whiplash Willie" Gingrich:
You got it.
Kincaid:
Unless you agree to it, we'll get a court order and force you.
William H. "Whiplash Willie" Gingrich:
I agree to it.
O'Brien:
Now, don't give us any trouble, Gingrich. We know you're reputation. We - What do you mean, you agree to it?
William H. "Whiplash Willie" Gingrich:
Permission granted.
Thompson:
You have no objections?
William H. "Whiplash Willie" Gingrich:
As a matter of fact, I insist on it. To you gentlemen, it's just a question of money. But to me, it's a personal tragedy. My kid brother-in-law, possibly disabled for life. I'm sure you gentlemen'll bring him the best doctors, the kind of specialists we could never afford. Maybe you'll even send him to the Mayo Clinic.
O'Brien:
Don't worry. Mr. Hinkle will get a thorough going-over.
William H. "Whiplash Willie" Gingrich:
Good. We'll there be anything else, gentlemen?
O'Brien:
I can't think of anything.
William H. "Whiplash Willie" Gingrich:
Well, I can. If you're to examine my client, you'll need written consent.
O'Brien: [to Thompson]
Yes, of course. Get Miss Heffelfinger in here.
William H. "Whiplash Willie" Gingrich:
Don't bother. I have the authorizations right here.
William H. "Whiplash Willie" Gingrich:
Three copies, all signed and notarized. Thank you very much, gentlemen. If you'll excuse me, I have somebody waiting in my office. Interesting case. I'm considering suing the United Fruit Company. There should be a printed warning on every banana peel. Those things can be hazardous to your health. Carry on, gentlemen.
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The Fortune Cookie - Trust and Deception in Unexpected Encounters
Thompson: [on William H. "Whiplash Willie" Gingrich]
This guy is so full of angles and gimmicks and twists, he starts to describe a doughnut, and it comes out a pretzel.
O'Brien:
Nevertheless, when he gets here, I suggest we try the friendly approach.
Thompson:
Okay. But after you shake hands with him, I suggest you count your fingers.
Chester Purkey:
I'd better get out of here.
O'Brien:
Purkey, I want you to keep digging away.
Chester Purkey:
My pleasure. I'd like to dig a nice, deep hole for our friend Gingrich.
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The War of the Worlds - Understanding the Skeleton Beam's Destructive Power
General Mann:
That skeleton beam must be what they used to wipe out the French cities!
Forrester:
It neutralizes mesons somehow! They're the atomic glue holding matter together! Cut across their lines of magnetic force, and any object will simply cease to exist! Take my word for it, General, this type of defense is useless against that kind of power! You'd better let Washington know...fast!
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The War of the Worlds - Ineffectiveness of Weapons Against Powerful Foes
General Mann:
Guns, tanks, bombs - they're like toys against them!
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The War of the Worlds - Uncertainty Surrounds Global Military Plans
General Mann:
According to intelligence from other nations, they're working toward some kind of plan. Now, what it may be isn't clear yet, simply because once they begin to move, no more news comes out of that area.
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The War of the Worlds - Anticipating the Enemy's Next Move
General Mann:
They'll probably move at dawn.
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