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Hello, I'm Mr. Red.
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A horse is a horse, of course, of course, and no one can talk to a horse, of course,
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that is, of course, unless the horse is the famous Mr. Red.
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Go right to the source and ask the horse, he'll give you the answer that you endorse.
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He's always on a steady course, talk to Mr. Red.
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Three quarters of a mile and eleven.
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Morning, Ed.
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Morning.
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What happened to the sports section?
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I'm reading it.
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Hey, wait, I'm not through yet.
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You know I like to read it with my coffee.
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Well, I like to read it with my hay.
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Well, I'm sorry.
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Why did you mark the horse racing?
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Why did you mark the horse racing?
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Don't worry, I'm not betting.
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Hello, Roger. Want me to get you a cup of coffee?
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No, thanks.
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Oh, what's this?
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Are you playing the horses?
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No, I even think the merry-go-round is fixed.
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Well, then who made these selections?
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Would you believe it if I told you it was Mr. Red?
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Well, I'll tell you the truth.
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The little boy who delivers the paper is a tout.
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Wilbur, you surprised me.
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I thought you had more sense than to play the races.
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If you must throw your money away, give it to your wife.
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Believe me, I never gamble.
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You know, I had a good friend who lost a fortune on the races.
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Then he started drinking.
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First one bottle a day, and then two.
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Finally, he was buying it by the case.
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You know what happened to that man?
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Owns his own liquor store?
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It wasn't funny to my friend.
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He lost his family, his business, his home.
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They darn near kicked him out of the Harvard Club.
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Look, Roger, I appreciate your concern,
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but believe me, it isn't necessary.
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Well, girls, how's the charity drive coming along?
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We've never had no said to us in so many different ways.
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I never thought it would be so hard to collect money for a milk fund.
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How much did you get?
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Uh, $40.
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Does that include the 20 I gave you this morning?
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Mm-hmm.
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Does that include the 20 I gave you this morning?
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I guess we didn't have such a good day.
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Hey, I have a thought.
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Why not let Wilbur run your $40 into a few thousand at the charity drive?
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Why not let Wilbur run your $40 into a few thousand at the charity drive?
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Race track?
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Wilbur, you don't...
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Wilbur, have you been betting on the horses?
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Of course not, honey.
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Oh, no.
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He just marked off these horses' names because it's their birthday
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and he wants to send them some presents.
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Come, dear.
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Wilbur, take my advice. Forget the races.
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And just to remove any temptation, I'll take this along with me.
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And incidentally, you're saving a dime.
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Oh, yeah?
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Well, how about Mabel?
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Well, if you deduct what we spent for gas, stationary, phone, and circulars,
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our charity drive has already lost $15.
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Okay, kid. Talk to you later.
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May I come in?
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Oh, hi, Roger.
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Is Wilbur here?
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He's upstairs.
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Wilbur!
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You must be excited about his luck today.
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What luck?
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Why, your husband picked eight winners.
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Eight winners?
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At the race track.
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Well, here, look for yourself.
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Here are Wilbur's selections, and here are the winners.
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Hi, Roger. I'll be right back.
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Honey, you... you picked eight winners.
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Winners?
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Yes, at the race track.
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Oh, that's nice.
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I picked eight winners?
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Yes, you did.
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They are.
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What do you know? Eight in a row. Not bad.
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I didn't bet.
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Sure, kid.
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I didn't.
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Will you excuse me, Roger? I've got to feed Ed.
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Is it possible he didn't bet?
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Oh, I'm sure he didn't.
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You say that so calmly.
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If I picked eight winners and didn't bet,
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my wife would be on her way to Reno.
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Ed, you picked eight winners.
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Well, there were only eight races.
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Ed, how did you get so lucky?
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Not luck. Just horse sense.
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You mean you can actually pick the horses?
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Better than you can pick people.
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What's the secret? How do you do it?
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Simple. I see who's running, and I pick the best.
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How do you know so much about horses?
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Isn't that a stupid question?
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Yes, yes. Eight winners. That's amazing.
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Look, I've got a reward for you.
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Hey, neighbor, let me give you a hand with that.
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Thanks. I think I can manage from here.
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Well, if a man can't help a friend, what good is he?
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It's true.
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Oh, by the way, Wilbur, you know, you were just lucky today.
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You could never pick eight winners in a row again.
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Yes, I could. But what's the difference? You don't play the races.
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No, no, no, no. Of course not.
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I'm just interested from the scientific point of view.
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Oh, is that why you're being so helpful this evening?
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Oh, Wilbur, please.
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Now, just to satisfy me,
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would you make some selections for tomorrow?
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I'd rather not, Rog.
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Oh, admit it. You were just lucky.
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Once they get on the track,
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nobody can tell what these stupid animals are liable to do.
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Look, Roger, I don't...
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Okay, Roger.
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You call out the list of tomorrow's entries,
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and I'll give you the winners.
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Good. First race. Eskibam.
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No.
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Bleak Lady.
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No.
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Sunny Boy.
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Sunny Boy?
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Uh, Sunny Boy.
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Yeah, that's the winner. Sunny Boy.
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Sunny Boy?
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Well, he's 80 to 1.
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According to this handicapper, he's never beaten any of these other nags.
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Well, tomorrow, he's... he's running for revenge.
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I can hardly wait to check the paper tonight.
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Then we'll see how good you really are.
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Now, the second race.
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Maybe the boy didn't deliver the paper yet.
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It could be up on the roof.
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Kid's got a great pitching arm. Lots of speed, but no control.
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Oh, here it is.
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Yeah.
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Now we'll cut you down to size, my boy.
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Roger, are you a sporting man?
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What do you have in mind?
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If I picked eight winners again, you carry me into the house.
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If I didn't, I carry you.
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You're on.
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You can put me down here, driver.
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What on earth is going on?
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You never carried me over the threshold.
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My dear, you never picked eight horses in a row.
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Again?
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Again?
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Yes. Eight yesterday, eight today.
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It's only 16 winners. That's all the fuss about.
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Kay, how much money do we have in the bank?
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Oh, how fabulous. We'll all be rich.
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My mink will be wearing sable.
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A laden hatter's lamp. We have our Wilbur.
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I wonder when the new model yachts come up.
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How do you pick them?
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Yes, when did you find out you had this power?
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Tell us, Swami.
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It all happened a few days ago.
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I was on the phone with my mom, concentrating on some sketches.
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All of a sudden, I had a strange sensation.
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And I found myself circling horses on the sports page.
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Too sour, too sour.
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May I touch you?
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Wilbur, what time do we leave for the track tomorrow?
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Why wait for tomorrow? Aren't there any night races?
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I'll milk-drive.
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We'll have all the money we need.
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Milk-drive? Why, with Wilbur on our side,
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those kids are going to be drinking champagne.
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Look, Roger, I don't bet, and I thought you were opposed to gambling.
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My boy backing you is not gambling, it's hoarding.
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Now get busy. Take him. Go ahead.
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Get him a pencil.
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Pencil? Here, Wilbur, take my pen. Keep it. Go on.
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I don't like to bet.
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You bet for matchsticks, we'll bet for money.
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Honey, for the charity drive, please.
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Well, if it's for charity,
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I'd better go in the barn and concentrate.
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You want me to carry you?
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I'll help you.
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Please.
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What a brilliant man I married.
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Oh, he's not just yours now, Carol.
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He belongs to the world.
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Hollywood Park, five million.
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Hialeah, five million.
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Ed, what do you mean you can't pick any more winners?
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I don't like betting for money.
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It's against my principles.
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You got me into this.
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They think I have the power. What can I tell them?
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Tell them you blew a fuse.
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Aqueduct. Short season, three million.
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Come up.
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Twenty-five million.
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Give the government 24 million.
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Oh, well. Easy come, easy go.
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Oh, back so soon?
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Where are your selections?
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I don't have them.
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Oh, you left them in your office, huh?
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I'll go get them. Here, sit down, my boy.
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Sit right here. Relax.
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Roger, I haven't got any.
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You haven't?
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Oh, you don't like the horses today, huh?
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Well, that's all right. We'll pick them some other day.
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You know, nothing lost except the interest on the money.
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Roger, I'm afraid I'm never going to pick the horses again.
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Roger, I must have lost the knack.
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I tried, but it just wouldn't come.
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Sorry, Roger.
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Why, darling, what's wrong?
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We've been wiped out.
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What? What happened?
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Now I know how Benedict Arnold's wife must have felt.
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Come, dear.
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You're not in the house of a friend.
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Please, my dear.
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I'm not worth it.
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Please, my dear. I'm not well.
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Just look at them.
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I wish Roger would start talking to Wilbur.
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If only Wilbur would let him win a few races.
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Oh, it's not Wilbur's fault he lost the knack of picking horses.
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Does he ever talk in his sleep?
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Sometimes.
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Well, if he ever mumbles a long shot, jot it down.
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I just read about a wonderful new spray for roses.
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It's a homemade dust.
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You mix nine parts of dusting sulfur with one part of arsenate of lead.
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Who's going to win the first race?
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I don't know.
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Go play with your arsenate.
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Uh-uh.
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Uh-uh.
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Ed, just one winner?
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Just the seventh race. The big one?
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No, I couldn't live with myself.
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Ed, please.
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May I quote you from Oscar Wilde?
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Oscar Wilde?
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He does not win who plays with sin.
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Well, I've got one for you.
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He gets no dinner who picks no winner.
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What fool said that?
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I did.
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I mean...
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Oh, I don't need your help.
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I'll pick the seventh race myself.
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That's easy.
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Devil's tail.
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Is it going to win?
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Is it going to lose?
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Is it a horse?
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I think we need some fresh air.
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Oh, I guess I shouldn't have volunteered to head our charity drive.
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Maybe one of the other girls could do a better job.
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Oh, don't blame yourself, sweetie.
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It's the kids I'm thinking about.
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That milk fund's very important to them.
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I didn't make some bets yesterday when Wilbur picked all those winners.
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Do you really think he's lost his touch?
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Oh, he must have.
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He certainly wouldn't refuse to pick winners to help a cause like this.
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Say, Wilbur.
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Yeah?
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You should have told me it was for the milk fund.
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You mean you're going to pick today's winners?
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Only for today.
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Oh, thanks, Ed.
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Imagine picking Devil's tail.
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That horse will finish two lengths behind his own tail.
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Thanks, Ed.
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Stop it.
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What do I tell them?
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There must be some other way to make money.
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Wow.
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Carol, hey, I've got the touch again.
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I'm going to pick the winners today.
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Oh, darling.
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Oh, I'll tell Addison.
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Addison!
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Thank heaven you've come home to us.
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Aren't you angry at me anymore?
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Golden boy, was I ever angry with you?
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I'll need a few minutes alone to make my selection.
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Of course, of course.
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Everybody out of the yard.
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My friend wants privacy.
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Out, out, out.
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Adol!
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Shh.
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Do you think I'd look better in a blue yacht or a pink one?
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Don't be chintzy, dear.
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Why, both.
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In the eighth race, who will be blue?
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Five pounds over at 118 pounds.
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Uh, king's ransom to win.
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That's number three.
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Thank you.
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Number three, of course.
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Buddy boy.
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The horses are approaching the starting gate.
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Let's go, honey.
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Oh, I hope we win.
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Oh, I can see those mink sails on my yacht now.
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The starting gate.
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The flag is up.
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And coming around the turn, it's Clyver in front,
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followed by blue boy, windstorm is up.
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Where are you going, honey?
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I want to be first in line to collect my money.
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But we've got king's ransom.
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And he's dead last.
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Oh, I knew we couldn't do it three days in a row.
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And at the top of the stretch, it's Clyver.
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Clyver moving along the rail.
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Oh, here comes king's ransom.
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It's king's ransom.
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Oh, and underhand with the boat.
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Coming down the line, it's king's ransom.
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Wait for me, golden boy.
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Four winners in a row on all long shots.
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You're a genius.
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Four long shots in a row?
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What's he got in this one?
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Lady's choice.
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Can't lose.
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Can I have a look at it, please?
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Follow my friend's advice.
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It's like stealing money.
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Lady's choice.
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Likewise.
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Wilbur, aren't you going to watch the race?
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Why bother walking back to the box?
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Let's just wait here for our money.
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He sure is confident, ain't he?
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My friend, a bank would lend you any amount on his predictions.
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Lady's choice.
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Number four, please.
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Thank you.
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Number four.
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Likewise.
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Likewise.
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Well, who's going to win the next race?
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Oh, why is one...
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My selection is Bluebell.
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Bluebell.
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Bluebell.
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Come along with me, please.
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Mr. Post, according to Detective Weems, you picked six long shots in a row.
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Is that against the law?
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Of course not.
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But as steward of this track, I am naturally curious about your good fortune.
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Naturally.
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Have you been getting advice from any of the jockeys?
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No, sir.
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The owners?
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The trainers?
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Then who has been advising you?
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My horse.
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Mr. Post, you promised to cooperate.
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Now, you please tell us who has been giving you these tips.
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Ed.
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Ed who?
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My horse doesn't have a last name.
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He must have a last name.
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I can see that you're not getting anywhere.
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Gentlemen, I can clear this whole thing up with one phone call.
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May I use your phone?
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Go ahead, Ed.
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Thank you.
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Post residence.
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Oh, Ed, it's me.
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I'm at the racetrack.
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Ed, isn't it true that you've been giving me all the winners today?
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Sure, I gave you all the winners.
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Hello, this is Mr. Gray, the steward.
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Who is this?
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Mr. Ed, the horse.
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I don't know what you're doing, Post, but whatever it is, stop it.
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Yes.
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Oh, if either of you gentlemen want to bet the seventh race, the winner will be Prince Charming.
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Prince Charming?
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Yes, my horse just told me that Mrs. Prince Charming had a baby last week, so he'll be trying to win for the kid.
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What happened to your friend?
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Yeah, who are we going to bet on the seventh race?
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I don't know.
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Oh, yes, I do.
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Here he is.
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Wait.
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Wait, wait, wait.
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Quiet, quiet, please.
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Quiet, everyone, please.
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Ah, it is Prince Charming.
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Prince Charming!
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Prince Charming!
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Prince Charming!
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Attention, Prince Charming, number seven, has been declared.
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Hey, did you hear that?
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Prince Charming is back.
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What's your next choice?
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Come on, what is your next choice?
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Please, please.
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Don't panic.
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My goodness, there's plenty of money for everybody.
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Well, Wilbur?
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I don't know.
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Prince Charming was my only choice.
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Oh, come on, you've got to have some other one you like.
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Look at all the horses that are running.
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Oh, please, come on.
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Gentlemen, he has circled Devil's Tail.
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Devil's Tail!
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The horses are at the starting gate.
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The big race is going to start pretty soon.
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The girls had better hurry back.
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What's the rush?
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We didn't bet this race.
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Well, all I'm winning is on Devil's Tail.
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Oh, that's right.
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I may sell my house and move into my bank.
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What did you do?
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Who told you to bet on Devil's Tail?
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I did.
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I borrowed your newspaper from your pocket.
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That horse can't win.
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I picked it myself this morning.
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You picked all of them, darling.
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They're off to that running.
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He shouldn't have bet on Devil's Tail.
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He hasn't got a chance.
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Out in front, it's Devil's Tail on top by a break.
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Six winners.
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How greedy can you be?
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It's Devil's Tail by a break.
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Remember, I picked him all by myself.
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It's Devil's Tail on top by a break.
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I was just sitting in the office, you know.
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Nobody yelled at me.
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Just by sheer logic, I decided to pick on Devil's Tail.
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And the deer's hopper still fighting on the outside.
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He's holding it on Devil's Tail.
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The winner of the third prize is Snowflake,
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Snowflake,
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and the winner of the second prize is Milk Flake.
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Well, you can't win them all.
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I can't bear to think of it.
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My pretty blue yacht sank in the seventh race.
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My twelve apartment building.
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I think of all that money we could have had for that milk fund.
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Oh, wait a minute, honey.
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Here's some money for your milk fund.
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Where did you get all this money?
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I didn't bet on the seventh race.
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You didn't?
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My mother didn't raise me to be a gambler.
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My mother didn't raise me to be a gambler.
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Oh, you know where?
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Right there, right there.
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A horse is a horse, of course, of course.
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And no one can talk to a horse, of course.
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That is, of course, unless the horse is the famous Mr. A.
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Go right to the source and ask the horse.
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He'll give you the answer that you endorse.
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He's always on a steady course.
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Talk to Mr. A.
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He'll booyakity yak the streak and waste your time a day.
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But Mr. A will never speak unless he has something to say.
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A horse is a horse, of course, of course.
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And this one will talk to his voice, his voice.
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You never heard of a talking horse?
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Well, listen to this.
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I am Mr. A.
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