- Title: V-8219
- Summary: SO YOU THINK YOU'RE A NERVOUS WRECK: STARRING GEORGE O'HANLON. WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY RICHARD BARE.
- Description:23:24:43 - BUSINESS MEN'S LUNCHEON 23:24:49 - MAN TRIES TO EAT HIS FOOD WHILE PASSING OTHER FOOD 23:25:04 - KEYNOTE SPEAKER 23:25:17 - JOE GAGS ON FOOD 23:25:22 - MEN GLARE AT JOE 23:25:25 - JOE STANDS AND CHOKES ON FOOD, MAKES SPEECH. VERY NERVOUS. 23:26:02 - BUSINESS MEN BEING RUDE BY EATING DURING SPEECH 23:26:05 - JOE 23:26:33 - CU HAND IN MASHED POTATOES 23:26:34 - JOE (WITH POTATOES ON HAND) SHAKES ANOTHER MAN'S HAND 23:26:40 - JOE AT DESK IN OFFICE, POPS PILLS 23:27:01 - JOE TALKS WITH MAN WITH LOUD TIE 23:27:06 - OLD BALD BOOKKEEPER, VISOR AND INKWELL, STARES AT THEM 23:27:09 - JOE LOOKS MILDLY SURPRISED 23:27:12 - MAN WITH LOUD TIE PERFORMS LIKE SLEAZY SALESMAN 23:27:30 - MAN PATS JOE ON BACK 23:27:35 - JOE ADMIRES LOUD NECKTIE, GIVES SALESMAN MONEY. JOE LOOKS PERPLEXED AT CAMERA SECRETARY LEANS OVER JOE'S SHOULDER, HE'S UNCOMFORTABLE, TRIES TO IGNORE HER BEAUTY. LISTENS TO THE NARRATION WHILE LOOKING AT CAMERA, FLUBS PICK UP LINE. SALESMAN RETURNS, VERIFIES DATE WITH SECRETARY, PATS JOE ON BACK. JOE SCOLDS NARRATOR. 23:29:32 - BOSS ENTERS WORKPLACE, SAYS GOOD MORNING TO ALL BUT JOE. BOSS ASKS JOE TO COME INTO OFFICE. JOE QUIVERS, A BUNDLE OF NERVES. PULLS AT HAIR, PUNCHES ON DESK. NARRATOR TELLS HIM TO SEE A DOCTOR FOR HIS NERVES. JOE BABBLES NERVOUSLY OUT LOUD AND LEAVES. 23:30:26 - BOSS LOOKS CONFUSED. WAS GOING TO OFFER JOE A VACATION 23:30:28 - DOCTOR'S OFFICE. DOCTOR BABBLES ON ABOUT JOE?S NEUROTIC SYMPTOMS WITHOUT LETTING HIM GET A WORD IN 23:31:09 - DOCTOR HANGS JOE OUT OF WINDOW TESTING FOR ACROPHOBIA 23:31:30 - DOCTOR PUTS JOE IN DREAM ANALYZER 23:31:50 - DOCTOR LAUGHS MANIACALLY 23:32:03 - JOE DREAMS ABOUT HIMSELF AS A WESTERN HERO. ENTERS SALOON, FIRES SIX SHOOTER IN THE AIR. APPROACHES BAR AND ORDERS A WHISKEY. HE ACTS TOUGH. TAKES WHISKEY BOTTLE IN MOUTH, SPITS OUT CORK, TAKES A DRINK, SPITS OUT MORE CORK. OFFERS DRINK TO EVERYONE. GIVES A HARSH STARE DOWN THE BAR. EVERYONE ELSE BACKS AWAY. CHALLENGES THE SALESMAN FROM HIS OFFICE OBVIOUSLY PLAYING THE VILLAIN. THE SALESMAN STILL WEARS THE BAD TIE. ACTS TOUGH. THEY PREPARE TO DRAW. 23:32:55 - JOE DRAWS HIS PISTOL AND FIRES 23:32:57 - GLASS FROM THE BAR FLIES INTO THE SALESMAN'S MOUTH. JOE KNOCKS THE GLASS OUT OF THE SALESMAN'S MOUTH, PICKS HIM UP AND SLAPS HIM AROUND. THE SALESMAN LANDS ON THE FLOOR. THE DREAM ENDS. 23:33:12 - DOCTOR TELLS JOE TO BE THE HERO THE DREAM WANTS HIM TO BE. JOE AGREES, HE IS LIVELY AND ENERGETIC 23:33:33 - JOE STUFFS A FIVE DOLLAR BILL IN DOCTOR'S MOUTH, DOCTOR TURNS TO CAMERA WITH MONEY IN MOUTH 23:33:35 - JOE ENTERS OFFICE. HIS FEAR IS GONE, WALKS TALL, REACHING FOR INVISIBLE PISTOLS. THROWS PAPERS OFF DESK. SALESMAN APPROACHES HIM, ASKS IF HE'S OKAY. JOE RESPONDS BY CUTTING OFF HIS TIE. SALESMAN STARES IN WONDER. JOE'S EYES START TO BUG OUT. JOE GRABS SECRETARY AND KISSES HER. JOE WALKS AWAY SMILING. CRUNCH ON GLASS. 23:34:12 - GLASS OUTLINE OF JOE'S BODY IN BOSS' DOOR 23:34:14 - JOE SITS AT BOSS' DESK LIKE A NEW LEADER, FEET UP, SMOKING CIGAR, MAKING DEMANDS FOR A RAISE AND AN OFFICE 23:34:23 - JOE'S BOSS HANGING FROM CHANDELIER IN FEAR 23:34:28 - JOE CALLING ORDERS FROM HIS NEW OFFICE. A JAIL CELL. HOWEVER, HIS NERVOUSNESS IS COMPLETELY GONE
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1947
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: V-8219