🚜😂 Earthworm Tractors (1936) | Slapstick Sales & Bulldozing Laughs | Joe E. Brown Comedy Classic 🌪️🛠️ - video Dailymotion

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💼🎯🚧 In Earthworm Tractors (1936), Joe E. Brown stars as an overzealous tractor salesman whose wild enthusiasm is matched only by his catastrophic sales techniques. A fast-paced comedy filled with stunts, gags, and big laughs from the golden age of screwball films!  📽️ Plot Summary: Alexander Botts lands a job selling Earthworm Tractors, but what he lacks in experience he makes up for in wild optimism. As he bulldozes through mishaps and misunderstandings, Botts proves that persistence (and chaos) can move mountains—and machinery!  🕰️ Year Released: 1936 🎭 Genre: Comedy, Slapstick, Romance 🎬 Directed by: Ray Enright 🎞️ Starring: Joe E. Brown, June Travis, Guy Kibbee  🎯 Why Watch It? ✔️ Joe E. Brown's signature physical comedy and charm ✔️ Classic 1930s workplace humor and romantic subplot ✔️ Hilarious stunts with tractors and heavy equipment ✔️ Great for fans of vintage slapstick and situational comedy  🔔 Don’t forget to LIKE 👍 | COMMENT 💬 | SUBSCRIBE 🔔 for more vintage comedies and public domain film gems!  👇 Explore More Classic Films and Public Domain Comedies Here: 📺  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYSxyPafGbnT7hNTlq29mZQJKn7wrNglY  🎞️ #EarthwormTractors #JoeEBrown #1930sComedy #ClassicFilm #ScrewballComedy #VintageMovies #PublicDomainFilm #TractorComedy #GoldenAgeHollywood ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🚧😄 When ambition meets absurdity, expect demolition! *Earthworm Tractors* (1936) delivers classic laughs with horsepower!

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00:00:00Satsang with Mooji

00:00:30The End

00:01:00The End

00:01:30Hello, Emmett

00:01:31How are you, Mr. Blair?

00:01:35Oh, good, good

00:01:36I came over to take you and Sally for a ride

00:01:38Well, I'd like to, Emmett

00:01:39But Alexander Botts is in town

00:01:41And we're expecting him

00:01:43You still get letters from that guy?

00:01:44Oh, yes

00:01:45What letters?

00:01:47What's he doing now?

00:01:49Oh, he wrote me

00:01:50He's selling some absolutely sensational products

00:01:52You know, he's a wonderful salesman

00:01:54Oh, he's a salesman?

00:01:56Well, don't laugh

00:01:57From what he says in his letters

00:01:59He's a natural born salesman

00:02:01Huh

00:02:01I'll just take the pie

00:02:03I'll go to it

00:02:03Well, I was going to call on a prospect

00:02:05But I guess I can always take time out

00:02:07For a piece of one of Ma's pies

00:02:08Look

00:02:09Hiya, folks

00:02:29Hiya, Sally

00:02:30Hiya, Mr. Blair

00:02:31Hiya, Emmett

00:02:32Hello, Botts

00:02:33Gosh, it's great to see you, Sally

00:02:36Oh, it's good to see you, Alexander

00:02:38Yeah

00:02:38Did you get my letter?

00:02:40Letter?

00:02:41Two a day

00:02:42Come on, Pop

00:02:43Let's go get that pie

00:02:44Pie?

00:02:47What kind of pie?

00:02:49Green apple pie

00:02:50Green apple?

00:02:52That's my favorite color

00:02:54You talk about salesmanship

00:02:56Say, I had a letter from the factory this morning

00:02:58Telling me that I was outselling every man on the sales force

00:03:01If I wasn't a natural born salesman, I wouldn't have been able to sell the Pleap Tool Company

00:03:05Gosh, you must have had a fine commission

00:03:06Why, that Pleap Tool Company is one of the biggest tool concerns in the country

00:03:10I guess I did get a pretty big commission at that

00:03:12I haven't figured it out yet

00:03:13Guess I better

00:03:14Let me see

00:03:17Six times six is thirty-six

00:03:19And four

00:03:20FOB plus the insurance

00:03:23Six

00:03:24Almost forgot the zoning rates

00:03:26Plus seventeen

00:03:28And six

00:03:30Plus four

00:03:33Six and eight

00:03:34Times seven

00:03:36There you are

00:03:38There it is

00:03:39What is it?

00:03:40Three dollars and five cents

00:03:42Three dollars and five cents?

00:03:44Oh, Alexander

00:03:45I thought you were selling something worthwhile

00:03:47Oh, what are you doing, butt

00:03:49Selling birdseed?

00:03:51Birdseed nothing

00:03:52Now, folks

00:03:54Undoubtedly, you want to know what this is

00:03:56The idea of this little novelty is to bring you help

00:03:59It opens the pores

00:04:00Clears the eyes

00:04:01Takes your mind off business worries

00:04:03And last but not least

00:04:04Brings laughter back into the life of the working man

00:04:06All you do, folks

00:04:08Is just to blow through the little pipe

00:04:09And attach the cork onto the hook

00:04:11It's simple

00:04:12Watch

00:04:13There you are, folks

00:04:22But don't take my word for it

00:04:23Here, try it yourself

00:04:24So this is what you sell

00:04:26But, but you're nothing but a peddler

00:04:28Well, is that so?

00:04:29Let me tell you something

00:04:30It takes real salesmanship to sell a thing like that

00:04:33I'll tell you right now, boss

00:04:35I don't want my daughter to have anything to do with a peddler

00:04:37And I'll appreciate it if you don't bother selling anymore

00:04:39Until you become a more respectable citizen

00:04:41Come on, Emmett

00:04:42Let you and I go get a piece of mouse pie

00:04:44Goodbye, Mr. Botts

00:04:46Ahold

00:04:46Sally

00:04:55You don't think I'm a peddler, do you?

00:04:58Of course not, Alexander

00:04:59I mean, selling little gadgets like that

00:05:02Well, it's not dignified

00:05:04Oh

00:05:05I see

00:05:07Oh, gosh

00:05:09I just happened to think

00:05:09I've got an appointment out at the hotel

00:05:11I'm sorry, Alexander

00:05:14But you really ought to get out

00:05:15And do something important

00:05:16If you're going to be a salesman

00:05:18Well, sell something big

00:05:19Something worthwhile

00:05:21Say, you don't have to feel sorry for me

00:05:23I won't always be selling little gadgets

00:05:24A natural-born salesman like me

00:05:26Can sell anything

00:05:27Steak chip

00:05:34That's it

00:05:35That's what I'll sell

00:05:36Say, that ought to be big enough for anyone

00:05:39You can't sell steamships

00:05:41Be practical

00:05:42No

00:05:43Bridges?

00:05:47What about bridges?

00:05:48Bridges?

00:05:49Yeah, sure

00:05:50Some people buy bridges

00:05:52Oh, no

00:05:53No

00:05:54Well, then

00:05:56Tractors

00:05:58Earthworm tractors

00:06:00That's it

00:06:02That's big

00:06:02That's important

00:06:03That's worthwhile

00:06:04Oh, that's right

00:06:05Now you're talking

00:06:06Can I have this?

00:06:08Oh, sure

00:06:08Look, Sally

00:06:09I've got to be running along

00:06:10But I'll write to you

00:06:11The next time you hear from me

00:06:12I'll be selling earthworm tractors

00:06:14I'm going to make a big success of this

00:06:16And when I do

00:06:17I'm going to come back for you

00:06:17Will you be waiting for me?

00:06:19Oh, certainly, Alexander

00:06:21Yeah

00:06:21Goodbye, Sally

00:06:23Alexander Botts listening

00:06:51If you want to laugh, H.J., read that

00:06:54Earthworm tractor company

00:06:58Earthworm city, Illinois

00:06:59Gentlemen

00:06:59I am a natural-born salesman

00:07:01I have a very quick mind

00:07:02I'm honest and reliable

00:07:03In fact, I am a positive genius

00:07:05For ferreting out sales

00:07:07I became acquainted with your earthworms

00:07:09As a member of the motorized field artillery

00:07:11In the army

00:07:11I am an expert on tractors

00:07:13As well as a super salesman

00:07:15And I might add

00:07:16That I am also a master mechanic

00:07:18When do I start to work?

00:07:19Very truly yours, Alexander Botts

00:07:21Have you ever heard of this, Alexander Botts, Anderson?

00:07:24No, sir, never

00:07:24And I think I know every tractor salesman of the country

00:07:27This man's either a phony or a nut

00:07:28Well, you're right

00:07:29But I like his letter

00:07:30It shows the kind of nerve it takes to make sales

00:07:32Let's give him a chance

00:07:34And see what he can do

00:07:34Oh, now, please, Mr. Russell

00:07:36Not as a salesman

00:07:36Oh, now, let's see

00:07:37Healy has been asking me for a mechanic

00:07:40And Botts says he's a master mechanic, doesn't he?

00:07:42According to his letter

00:07:43He's a master of everything

00:07:44Personally, I like a man

00:07:45Who knows his own abilities

00:07:46And isn't afraid to tell them

00:07:47I'm going to give him a trial

00:07:49Okay, you're the boss

00:07:50The son

00:07:51Take a letter

00:07:52Alexander Botts

00:07:53I'm going to have him meet Healy

00:07:54At the Robert E. Lee Hotel

00:07:56In Cypress City, Mississippi

00:07:57Alexander Botts, coming

00:08:14How do you do, sir?

00:08:17Are you Alexander Botts?

00:08:18That's me, brother

00:08:19Well, I'm George Healy

00:08:20Of the Earthworm Tractor Company

00:08:21Well, Mr. Healy

00:08:22How do you do, sir?

00:08:24Come right in and sit down

00:08:25Thank you

00:08:25I was just writing another letter

00:08:28To the home office

00:08:29I understand, Mr. Healy

00:08:30That you need a lot of help down there

00:08:32Oh, you do, do you?

00:08:33Mm-hmm

00:08:33And with me on the job, Mr. Healy

00:08:35You're a trouble grower

00:08:36Now, wait a minute

00:08:37I think there's a slight misunderstanding

00:08:38I've been getting along very, very well

00:08:40I merely sent to the home office

00:08:41For a man to demonstrate a tractor for me

00:08:43Well, I can do that

00:08:44And more

00:08:45You're new in the tractor line, aren't you?

00:08:49Well, in a sense, yes

00:08:50And in a sense, no

00:08:51But in any sense, selling is my meat

00:08:53Mr. Healy

00:08:54You see in me a natural-born salesman

00:08:57That's very interesting, Mr. Botts

00:08:59But I understood I was getting a mechanic

00:09:00That's right, you are

00:09:02You're not only getting a mechanic, Mr. Healy

00:09:04You're getting a master mechanic

00:09:05And think how much better it'll be

00:09:07To get a master mechanic

00:09:08Who also is a super salesman

00:09:10Now, where are those tractors?

00:09:12Let's get right to work on this

00:09:14The tractor is down at the freight depot

00:09:15But let's drop that for a moment

00:09:16All I want to know is

00:09:17Can you operate an earthworm tractor?

00:09:20Can I operate an earthworm tractor?

00:09:22That's what I said

00:09:23Well, generally speaking

00:09:25Yes and no

00:09:26It says here

00:09:28That you were in the motorized field artillery

00:09:30Which used earthworms exclusively

00:09:31Is that right?

00:09:33Yes, sir

00:09:33That's right

00:09:34That's right

00:09:35Mr. Botts

00:09:36I don't like to doubt your veracity

00:09:38But I don't believe you've ever seen the army

00:09:40Oh

00:09:41Oh, you don't, huh?

00:09:43Well

00:09:43Just maintain your predicament

00:09:45Let's take a look at that

00:09:52I was company cook

00:09:55Battery 127th field artillery

00:09:57Now, cook

00:10:00Have you ever handled any kind of machinery?

00:10:03I certainly have

00:10:04For two years I sold the Jiffy razor blade sharpener

00:10:07Well, this is grand

00:10:09Fine

00:10:09Spended

00:10:10Here I've got it

00:10:11Tractor down to the depot

00:10:12Only waiting for a man to drive it for me

00:10:13I've got a deal all set with Jackson

00:10:15The biggest slumber dealer in town

00:10:16And then I draw a blank like you

00:10:18All of me names won't do you any good, Mr. Healy

00:10:20Just think how lucky you are

00:10:22To have me here to work shoulder to shoulder with you

00:10:24With me on the job

00:10:25This fellow Johnson is practically sold

00:10:27The man's name isn't Johnson

00:10:29It's Jackson

00:10:29Well, Johnson or Jackson

00:10:31They're all the same to me

00:10:32I sell anybody

00:10:33Excuse me

00:10:34Just want to tell him at the home office that you've reported

00:10:38Oh

00:10:39What's in that bottle?

00:10:53Oh, shoe polish

00:10:54Shoe polish in a Scots bottle?

00:10:57Oh

00:10:58You poisoned me, you lunatic

00:11:00You killed me

00:11:01You killed my sail

00:11:02Say, I'll put your sail through better than you could have done it yourself

00:11:05You stay away from my prospect

00:11:08Just relax, Mr. Healy

00:11:09I'll go right down there now

00:11:11Get the tractor, find Johnson

00:11:13And sell him quicker than you can say Jack Robinson

00:11:15It isn't Johnson, it's Jackson

00:11:16Don't you die going to be my prospect

00:11:18Mr. Healy

00:11:19I'm an independent sailman

00:11:21I take orders from no one

00:11:23You come back here

00:11:24Come back

00:11:24Cabinister?

00:11:30No, thanks

00:11:31Just breaking in a new pair of shoes

00:11:32Hey

00:11:44Hey, hey, hey

00:11:47Hey

00:11:49Oh

00:11:52Cease, firing

00:11:54Oh

00:11:54Oh, I'm terribly sorry

00:11:56Oh, that's all right

00:11:57What's the matter?

00:11:59Stuck in the mud?

00:11:59What do you think?

00:12:01Well, I think that just the right young man came along to help you out

00:12:04Well, I don't think anything short of a derrick is going to get me out of here

00:12:07Have you got a tow rope?

00:12:09No, I'm afraid I haven't

00:12:10No tow rope

00:12:11Well, stay right where you are

00:12:16I'll be right back

00:12:18Thank you

00:12:31How do you think?

00:12:42Busy?

00:13:02No.

00:13:03Change of marine?

00:13:04Yeah, I forgot my rubbers.

00:13:06Where to?

00:13:07Oh, drive me to the Elks.

00:13:12I guess I should have put it on my chain, but I think I'm all right.

00:13:32I say faster!

00:13:33Yeah!

00:13:42Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute!

00:14:00You'll pay for that glass, or you'll see what our jail looks like.

00:14:04Listen, smart guy, you pay for my hand, or I'll lay one on your chin!

00:14:08Quiet, please, quiet!

00:14:09Friends, there's nothing to get excited about.

00:14:13After all, if any damage has been done, it'll be paid for gladly.

00:14:16Money talks louder than word.

00:14:17Yeah!

00:14:18Who are you?

00:14:18My name is Botts.

00:14:20Alexander Botts.

00:14:21My card, please.

00:14:22I represent the Earthworm Tractor Company, Earthworm City, Illinois.

00:14:25My company will take care of everything.

00:14:27Fully take care of everything.

00:14:29How do we know that?

00:14:30Well, Alexander Botts' word is his bond, sir.

00:14:33Do you doubt my veracity?

00:14:34No.

00:14:38Get going.

00:14:39Where can I take you?

00:14:47I'm calling on a man named Johnson who owns a lumberyard down near the railroad station.

00:14:51I'm going to sell him a tractor.

00:14:53Johnson?

00:14:54He's not interested in the tractor.

00:14:56How do you know?

00:14:57Because I know him.

00:14:58He happens to be my father.

00:15:00Your father?

00:15:02Well, that's great.

00:15:04This is a break.

00:15:06I'm afraid you're wasting your time, Mr. Botts.

00:15:08That won't be time wasted, Ms. Johnson.

00:15:10The harder they come, the easier I crack them.

00:15:12That's salesmanship.

00:15:16Oh, wait a minute.

00:15:17I'll see if he's busy.

00:15:18Can't go in now.

00:15:26The doctor's there.

00:15:27Doctor?

00:15:28Is your father sick?

00:15:29Get out of here.

00:15:30I'm a sick man.

00:15:33How is he today, doctor?

00:15:35He hasn't changed a bit.

00:15:36Well, I guess we can go in now.

00:15:43Oh, by the way, I forgot to tell you.

00:15:45You'll have to talk rather loud.

00:15:46Oh, there's a little hard of hearing.

00:15:54Dad, I want you to...

00:15:56Young lady, why are you late for work?

00:15:58It's that car of mine.

00:15:59It got stuck in the mud again.

00:16:00You shouldn't allow for accidents like that.

00:16:03Who's this?

00:16:04Mr. Johnson, I am Alexander Botts of the Earthworm Tractor Company, Earthworm City, Illinois.

00:16:08My company, manufacturers...

00:16:10What are you shouting at me for?

00:16:12Well, I...

00:16:13Mr. Johnson, I am Alexander Botts of the Earthworm Tractor Company, Earthworm City, Illinois.

00:16:18My company, manufacturers...

00:16:19Speak up, speak up.

00:16:21What will I do now?

00:16:23Come up closer and raise your voice just a little.

00:16:26Mr. Botts, I am Alexander Johnson of the...

00:16:29Sir, I mean...

00:16:30I mean, Mr. Johnson, I am Alexander Botts of the Earthworm Tractor Company, Earthworm City, Illinois.

00:16:35I answered your...

00:16:36You got...

00:16:36You came to...

00:16:37I...

00:16:38I came in answer to your letter.

00:16:40Letter?

00:16:41What letter?

00:16:42I haven't written a letter in 15 years.

00:16:44Well, I...

00:16:45Well, Mr. Johnson, the Earthworm is the finest tractor on the market today.

00:16:49Earthworm tractor?

00:16:50Never heard of it.

00:16:52Stop watching that clock.

00:16:54I was just going to remind you to take your pink peels.

00:16:58Oh.

00:16:58Mr. Johnson, if I was saying, the Earthworm is...

00:17:02Young man, I have no use for any newfangled inventions.

00:17:05We'll save your breath.

00:17:07Well, but Mr. Johnson, the Earthworm is no newfangled invention.

00:17:11Why, way back as far as the war.

00:17:13War?

00:17:14What war?

00:17:17What?

00:17:18Well, Mr. Johnson, the Earthworm tractor has the most powerful motor in the world.

00:17:23Young man, if you were selling mules, I'd have listened to you.

00:17:26But motors?

00:17:27Huh.

00:17:28Two months ago, someone finally talked me into buying a truck.

00:17:31And do you know where it is now?

00:17:32Do you?

00:17:33No, you don't.

00:17:35Well, I'll tell you where it is.

00:17:36It's buried up to his axles in mud down in Chippewa Swamp.

00:17:39Yes?

00:17:39Well, Mr. Johnson, may I make a little suggestion?

00:17:41No.

00:17:42What is it?

00:17:43Well, I have an earthworm tractor down at the freight station to get your truck out

00:17:46of that swamp just like that.

00:17:48You come along with me and I'll show you.

00:17:49And if I don't get that truck out of that swamp, you can chase me out of town.

00:17:53No.

00:17:54I haven't got time to run you out of town.

00:17:56Why don't you let him try it?

00:17:58That truck isn't doing any good stuff in the swamp.

00:18:00Why should I waste my time?

00:18:02There's no machine ever built that could stay on top of Chippewa Swamp.

00:18:05Mr. Johnson, the earthworm tractor can stay on top of a cup of coffee.

00:18:09And not a strong cup of coffee at that.

00:18:11Now, if you want your truck back in the service, I am the young man that can help you.

00:18:15Oh, go on, Dad.

00:18:16It won't cost you anything and you might get the truck back.

00:18:19Well, it's only a waste of time.

00:18:21But I'll go.

00:18:22You stay here.

00:18:23Somebody's got to watch that clock watcher.

00:18:25Come on.

00:18:26Let's see that machine of yours, young man.

00:18:29Good luck.

00:18:35Hey, don't look now, but your clock has stopped.

00:18:40There she is, Mr. Johnson.

00:18:46Whoa.

00:18:49There we are.

00:18:55Isn't she a beauty?

00:18:57I don't see anything beautiful about it.

00:18:58Well, hop in and we'll take a little spin.

00:19:00Put me right in that lup-sided merry-go-round?

00:19:02No, sir.

00:19:03Why, she's just as safe as your own front porch.

00:19:07Speak up.

00:19:08I say she's just as safe as on your own front porch.

00:19:12Well, let's go over there and talk it over.

00:19:13No, no, no.

00:19:14Mr. Johnson, up you go.

00:19:15And up-see-daisy.

00:19:16Up you go, sir.

00:19:17There you are.

00:19:18No trouble at all.

00:19:20I know I'm not going to like this.

00:19:21Oh, you'll love it, Mr. Johnson.

00:19:23Go right over there and sit down.

00:19:24Well, now, here we are.

00:19:29Now, let's see.

00:19:31That is the choke, I think.

00:19:34This is the ignition, I believe.

00:19:37And there is the clutch.

00:19:40I imagine.

00:19:41You think.

00:19:41You believe.

00:19:42You imagine.

00:19:43Don't you know?

00:19:44Well, yes and no.

00:19:46Now, oh, yes.

00:19:48There is the starter.

00:19:49There.

00:19:54Listen to that motor purr.

00:19:58Purr.

00:19:59Sounds like the battle of more love to me.

00:20:01Now, come on, you folks.

00:20:03Stay on the way there.

00:20:04Come on, you folks.

00:20:34Come on, you folks.

00:20:43Come on, you folks.

00:20:45Come on, you folks.

00:20:46Come on, you folks.

00:20:47Come on, you folks.

00:20:48Come on, you folks.

00:20:49Come on, you folks.

00:20:50Come on, you folks.

00:20:51Come on, you folks.

00:20:52Come on, you folks.

00:20:53Come on, you folks.

00:20:54Come on, you folks.

00:20:55Come on, you folks.

00:20:56Come on, you folks.

00:20:57Come on, you folks.

00:20:58Come on, you folks.

00:20:59Come on, you folks.

00:21:00Come on, you folks.

00:21:01Come on, you folks.

00:21:02Come on, you folks.

00:21:03Come on, you folks.

00:21:34Get me out of here.

00:21:53Do you want to drown me?

00:21:56Just relax, Mr. Johnson.

00:21:58Just relax.

00:22:00We'll have your truck out of here in just a minute.

00:22:04Just as simple as ABCs.

00:22:19Now.

00:22:20Are you going to start guessing again?

00:22:32Hold the radiator off.

00:22:48Well, I just told you, Mr. Johnson, the earthworm don't know its own strength.

00:22:54You've ruined my truck.

00:23:12Let me out of here.

00:23:13No, no, no, no, no, hot cut, Mr. Johnson, hot cut.

00:23:25Stop it.

00:23:25This thing's going.

00:23:26Stop it.

00:23:27Help me.

00:23:28Somebody help me.

00:23:29Quick.

00:23:32Hey.

00:23:33Mr. Johnson.

00:23:35Just take it easy.

00:23:36How do you work, Mr. Johnson?

00:23:55I got you.

00:23:56Hey, Johnson.

00:24:15Hey.

00:24:16Just take it easy.

00:24:17Take it easy.

00:24:18Take it easy.

00:24:26Just take it easy, Johnson.

00:24:42Hey, mister, can you tell me where the other end of this swamp is?

00:24:45That tractor of yours will come out of the south road if it don't sink.

00:24:48Don't worry.

00:24:48The earthworm never sinks.

00:24:50Hop in and I'll drive you over there.

00:24:52All right.

00:25:12All right.

00:25:19There we are, safe from the sound.

00:25:25Come on, can I help you?

00:25:27Come, come, come.

00:25:29There you are.

00:25:32Now, what did I tell you?

00:25:33Just as safe as on your own front porch.

00:25:43H.J., H.J., well, you said that Alexander Fox would boost business all right.

00:25:49And he has.

00:25:50He's been a one-man recovery in Cypress City.

00:25:52What did I tell you?

00:25:53You told me all right.

00:25:55He's boosted business for the taxi company, for the hardware company, for the city power and light company, for the Johnson Lumber Company.

00:26:03Why, he's even built them a new fake depot.

00:26:05Look at the money he's poured into that town, and we're paying the bills.

00:26:08Why, this is outrageous.

00:26:10What can we do about it?

00:26:11We can't do anything about the bills.

00:26:13But there's one thing I can do.

00:26:15I can fire Butts and Healy, too.

00:26:17Wire them to that effect at once.

00:26:19With pleasure.

00:26:31Alexander Fox approaching.

00:26:32Ah, Mr. Healy, well, how do you do, sir?

00:26:39Come right in.

00:26:41You half-witted, far-flusher, you.

00:26:43Why, what's the matter?

00:26:44This is what's the matter.

00:26:45You've got me fired.

00:26:46Well, that's nothing.

00:26:48I got fired also.

00:26:49But don't you worry, Mr. Healy, everything is going to be all right.

00:26:52I was just writing another letter to the home office, explaining everything.

00:26:55Why, you idiot.

00:26:57You don't think I'm worried about the job, do you?

00:26:58I wasn't going to stay with her for him anyway.

00:27:00I've got a better proposition with the Elephant Tractor Company.

00:27:03Yeah?

00:27:04How about taking me with you as your mechanic?

00:27:06You?

00:27:06If I ever catch you in the same town with me again, I'll...

00:27:10Excuse me, Mr. Healy.

00:27:13Seems to be my busy day.

00:27:15How do you do, sir?

00:27:16Oh, wait a minute, wait a minute.

00:27:17I can explain everything.

00:27:19Explain everything about what?

00:27:20About your car, Mr. Jackson.

00:27:22Jackson?

00:27:23Well, you see, my company will pay for everything.

00:27:26My card.

00:27:27Oh, forget it.

00:27:28I'm insured.

00:27:29I came here to congratulate you.

00:27:31Congratulate me for what?

00:27:32That's the finest demonstration I ever saw.

00:27:35Yes, I guess it was.

00:27:36But just the same, I'm fired.

00:27:38Fired?

00:27:39Well, I just wired an order in for six tractors.

00:27:42Is that so?

00:27:44Well, whether you did or not, I'm still fired, Mr. Johnson.

00:27:47Not Johnson.

00:27:48Jackson.

00:27:49Are you Tom Jackson of the Jackson Lumber Company?

00:27:52That's me.

00:27:53I don't know why you went to see Johnson first.

00:27:55You can't sell him anything.

00:27:56You're telling me.

00:27:58Well, anyway, you've got commission coming on six tractors.

00:28:02There.

00:28:02What did I tell you, Mr. Healy?

00:28:04Just as I promised you, everything turns out right.

00:28:06We've got commission coming on six tractors.

00:28:09Here's looking at you.

00:28:11Hey, Johnson.

00:28:12Mr. Johnson.

00:28:13Or, uh, Jackson.

00:28:16Oh, don't drink that.

00:28:18Why, buts, you don't begrudge a six-tractor customer a little drink, do you?

00:28:21No, but...

00:28:22Well, so long.

00:28:23And thanks again for the demonstration.

00:28:26That's the finest liquor I ever tasted.

00:28:37Wait, Mr. Healy, you're not going to drink that.

00:28:40Excuse me, Mr. Healy.

00:28:44Just send the bill to Earthworm Tractor Company.

00:28:48Oh, hello, Miss Johnson.

00:28:49Could you come down to the lobby for a moment?

00:28:52I'll be right down.

00:28:53Oh!

00:28:57You poisoned me again!

00:29:02You big sissy!

00:29:03You knew all the time that was shoe polish!

00:29:11Well, here I am.

00:29:13I thought I'd drop by for a few seconds and tell you how sorry I am the way things turned out.

00:29:16Well, I should have warned you that Dad has a ferocious temper.

00:29:19Oh, forget it.

00:29:21He didn't hurt me.

00:29:23Hmm.

00:29:24Much.

00:29:25What really hurts is...

00:29:27I lost my job.

00:29:28Oh, I'm so sorry.

00:29:30I wish there was something I could do for you.

00:29:32Oh.

00:29:34That's all right.

00:29:35Well, now that you've lost your job, what are you going to do?

00:29:37I don't have to worry.

00:29:38A natural-born salesman like me can always find something to sell.

00:29:42The thing is, I hate to leave this town now.

00:29:45Why?

00:29:46Oh, I don't know.

00:29:48Well, this is the same as any other town, isn't it?

00:29:51Well, in a way, yes.

00:29:52And in a way, no.

00:29:56There's more no than yes, I guess.

00:30:01What's your first name?

00:30:02Mabel.

00:30:03Mabel.

00:30:05Gosh, there's something about the name of Mabel.

00:30:08Telegram for Mr. Botts.

00:30:10Telegram for Mr. Botts.

00:30:11A telegram for Mr. Botts.

00:30:13Oh, boy.

00:30:15Excuse me.

00:30:18How do you spell that?

00:30:19With a B.

00:30:20With a B.

00:30:22I guess that's for me.

00:30:25There you are.

00:30:26Gee, thanks.

00:30:27I'll give it a thought.

00:30:31Hmm.

00:30:34I wonder who this can be from.

00:30:36Why don't you open it?

00:30:40That's a pretty good idea, that.

00:30:48Listen to this.

00:30:49We have reconsidered our decision.

00:30:51Re your discharge.

00:30:52Stop.

00:30:53You are back on the payroll as a full-fledged salesman.

00:30:56Stop.

00:30:56Proceed to Smedleyville.

00:30:58Instructions to follow.

00:30:59Gilbert C. Henderson.

00:31:01Wow.

00:31:02Oh, gee, I'm glad.

00:31:04Well, I guess they know a natural-born sale from when they see one.

00:31:08Wait till I get to Smedleyville.

00:31:10I'll knock them dead.

00:31:16Say, I'll sell trackers to people in that town that don't even need them.

00:31:20Why go to that trouble when there's someone right here in this town who needs them?

00:31:23Oh, lead me to them.

00:31:24Is there someone that I overlooked?

00:31:26Say, I'll sell them before I catch the train.

00:31:28Who is it?

00:31:28My father.

00:31:30Oh, well, I don't think I'll have time on this trip, but someday I'll come back and sell him, too.

00:31:35I'm afraid it might be too late, then.

00:31:37You know, someday some real live wire salesman is going to come in and show Dad where he's losing money.

00:31:42By not having tractors to work his timberlands.

00:31:44What do you mean, live wire salesman?

00:31:47Well, I mean someone who won't run away the first time he's turned down.

00:31:50Turned down?

00:31:51Oh, I was knocked down.

00:31:54Dad owns half the timberland around here.

00:31:56If he ever decides to buy tractors, he'll have to buy an awful lot of them.

00:32:00There'll be a big feather in the cap of the salesman who finally sells him.

00:32:04I could sell him.

00:32:06I wonder if I ought to take the time.

00:32:08No.

00:32:09You'd better go on to Smedleyville.

00:32:11It'll probably be too big a job for you.

00:32:13Too big?

00:32:13Say, no job is too big for Alexander Butts.

00:32:16And just to prove it to you, I'm going to stay right here and sell your father, Mabel Jackson.

00:32:21Not Jackson.

00:32:22Johnson.

00:32:23We are pleased that our earthworm, our D-8, has lived up entirely to your satisfaction.

00:32:28We trust that...

00:32:28H.J.

00:32:30H.J.

00:32:31What's the trouble now?

00:32:32The only trouble we've ever had around here, Butts.

00:32:35Read that.

00:32:38Yes, sir.

00:32:39The greatest tractor prospect in the country, Sam Johnson, is right here in Cypress City.

00:32:44I've decided not to go to Smedleyville.

00:32:46I think it best that I stay here and make this sale.

00:32:48We'll let you know how many I sell.

00:32:50Very truly yours, Alexander Butts.

00:32:52Sam Johnson, the one man that every tractor salesman in the country gave up trying to

00:32:56sell ten years ago.

00:32:57I'll wire Butts to proceed to Smedleyville at once.

00:33:00Now, wait a minute, Henderson.

00:33:01This fellow Butts sold Jackson.

00:33:02Maybe he can sell Johnson.

00:33:03Give him a chance and see what he can do.

00:33:05I think it's a waste of time, but you're the boss, H.J.

00:33:08I don't think it's a waste of time.

00:33:09I'll bet you right now, at this moment, Butts is selling Johnson.

00:33:19Now you get out of here.

00:33:22I don't come back.

00:33:32And stay out.

00:33:56Oh, I know if you'll only keep at it, you'll eventually sell him some tractors.

00:34:11Oh, what's the use if I'm not alive to spend the commissions?

00:34:14Oh, you're not going to stop trying now, are you?

00:34:16Oh, I don't know.

00:34:17I got a wire from the factory this morning.

00:34:20I think I'd better get down to Smedleyville.

00:34:23I was afraid the job might be too big for you.

00:34:25The first few times he threw me out, I didn't mind, but I'm beginning to think that he don't want any tractors.

00:34:32Of course, a master salesman would find some way to show Dad how necessary tractors are to his business.

00:34:37Say, listen, I'm a natural-born salesman.

00:34:40That's even better than a master salesman.

00:34:43If a master salesman can sell him, so can I.

00:34:46Say, I'm going right down there now and come out with an order for 72 tractors.

00:34:50Oh, no, Alexander, not today.

00:34:52No? Why not today?

00:34:54Well, you see, we're moving.

00:34:55Our house is up on rollers and ready to be moved to the other side of town.

00:34:58Oh, is that so?

00:35:00What's the new address?

00:35:01352 Spruce Street.

00:35:04I can remember that.

00:35:06Dad's more upset than ever.

00:35:08I think the $500 it's costing is the real reason he feels so badly.

00:35:11$500?

00:35:13Say, excuse me, with an earthworm tractor.

00:35:18What?

00:35:18No, nothing.

00:35:22When are you moving the house?

00:35:23Tomorrow morning.

00:35:24Dad and I are going to stay at the hotel tonight.

00:35:33Close that door!

00:35:35You want me to catch my death a cold?

00:35:36Mabel!

00:35:41Yes, Dad?

00:35:42I've decided not to go to the hotel tonight.

00:35:44Oh, but we've arranged to have all your utilities cut off.

00:35:47We can't stay in the house without any light, gas, or water.

00:35:49I've arranged to have them put back on again.

00:35:51I'm a sick man.

00:35:52I just cut a cold from that door being opened.

00:35:54I'm nearly dying.

00:35:55You wouldn't want a dying man to go to the hotel, would you?

00:35:57Of course not, Dad.

00:35:58I'll call them.

00:35:59But they won't be able to move the house tomorrow.

00:36:01That's all right.

00:36:02Let them move it the next day.

00:36:03Hey, stop watching that cloud.

00:36:14Mabel!

00:36:16Time for my pill!

00:36:20Here they are, Dad.

00:36:25How are you feeling now?

00:36:27Why do you ask me that for?

00:36:28You know I feel terrible.

00:36:29I told you not to eat that steak tonight.

00:36:31At least not the whole two pounds.

00:36:33That had nothing to do with it.

00:36:35I would have felt terrible anyway.

00:36:36Anything else, Dad?

00:36:57No!

00:36:57Earthquake rocks, Tibbet.

00:37:04Mabel!

00:37:05Where's Tibbet?

00:37:08In Asia, Dad.

00:37:09That's right.

00:37:10I didn't think you knew.

00:37:16Mabel!

00:37:17It's here!

00:37:18It's here!

00:37:22Mabel!

00:37:23Don't look at my eyes.

00:37:24What's happening?

00:37:24It's a marequake.

00:37:25Quick, Dad.

00:37:26Get onto an arch.

00:37:27An arch!

00:37:28It's where I will find one.

00:37:30Mabel!

00:37:31Mabel!

00:37:32Down!

00:37:38Move!

00:37:39Move!

00:38:01Light it! The worst I ever saw! Help! Help! Help! Help!

00:38:09Help!

00:38:14Oh, my head!

00:38:16Oh, my boy!

00:38:26I'm dizzy!

00:38:32Alexander!

00:38:35Just relax, Mabel! Everything is going to be all right!

00:38:44Mabel!

00:38:47Ow! Earthquakes! Lightning! Flood!

00:38:50Oh, the world has been wicked!

00:38:53Mabel! Mabel!

00:39:02Come on! Let's get out of here!

00:39:04Oh, no, Dad! The only safe place is under this arch!

00:39:07Oh!

00:39:11Oh, this is terrible!

00:39:14Listen to that thunder!

00:39:20Oh, my God!

00:39:22Oh, my God!

00:39:31This will go down as the greatest earthquake in history!

00:39:34Yeah!

00:39:35If anyone lives to tell him, you'll...

00:39:40Oh, I hope it's over!

00:39:43Oh, my God!

00:39:59Oh, I hope it's over!

00:40:00It's time for my bill.

00:40:30It's time for my bill.

00:41:00Good evening.

00:41:09Well, Mr. Johnson, I saved you $500, and the earthworm tractor did it all.

00:41:14There you are, all moved to 352 Pine Street.

00:41:17You idiot!

00:41:18It wasn't Pine Street.

00:41:20It was Spruce.

00:41:21But, Alexander, you know it was all your fault.

00:41:31You should never have tried to move our house without saying something about it.

00:41:35I'll bet if I hadn't moved the house to the wrong end of town, I'd have sold him.

00:41:39Mr. Henderson is beginning to think that your father isn't a very good prospect.

00:41:43Oh, but he is.

00:41:44You'll sell him if you'll only keep trying.

00:41:47Something tells me he's weakening.

00:41:50It didn't feel like it.

00:41:53That's just an awful good apple pie.

00:41:55Almost as good as Ma Blair's.

00:41:57Who's Ma Blair?

00:41:59Oh, she's...

00:42:00She's Sally's mother.

00:42:03And just who is Sally?

00:42:05She's a girl in Frozen Falls that I promised to marry.

00:42:08What?

00:42:09You see, when I left Frozen Falls to make my way in the world,

00:42:12I promised Sally that someday I'd come back and marry her.

00:42:16Alexander Botts never goes back on his word.

00:42:19Well, I hope you two will be very happy.

00:42:22I won't be able to see you tonight or any other night.

00:42:32Boys, these advance sales reports indicate

00:42:35that this is going to be one of the biggest years

00:42:37that the Earthworm Tractor Company has ever had.

00:42:40Telegram, Mr. Henderson.

00:42:41Oh, thanks.

00:42:47Listen to this.

00:42:49I agree with you that Johnson is not a good prospect.

00:42:52I'm proceeding to Smedleyville by way of Frozen Falls

00:42:54where I am going to marry a girl by the name of Sally.

00:42:58Stop.

00:42:59Congratulate me.

00:43:00Alexander Botts.

00:43:02I certainly feel sorry for Sally.

00:43:13You'll wait right there, if you will.

00:43:19You'll wait right there.

00:43:24You'll wait.

00:43:38Oh, my God.

00:43:38I guess you'll look at him.

00:43:39I can't get a good place.

00:43:40You'll wait.

00:43:40What the...

00:43:41Hey, Alexander.

00:43:42Alexander Botts.

00:43:42I don't want to try.

00:43:43I don't want to try.

00:43:43You'll wait.

00:43:44Oh, my God.

00:43:45Why, Alexander!

00:43:47Sally!

00:43:49Sally, I came back for you.

00:43:53You mustn't do that, Alexander.

00:43:55The same old bashful Sally.

00:43:59Look what I brought you.

00:44:01Oh, these are beautiful, Alexander.

00:44:05Oh, I don't know.

00:44:07Not any more beautiful than the smell of that pie.

00:44:11Won't you come in?

00:44:13Will I? Sure.

00:44:15I can smell it better inside.

00:44:19Hey, Pop, look who's here.

00:44:21Hi.

00:44:23Hi, Mr. Blair.

00:44:25Alexander, Pop.

00:44:27What kind of a do-jigger are you selling now?

00:44:29The little do-jigger that I am now selling weighs 16 tons.

00:44:33Have a card.

00:44:35Well, I always told you had it in you.

00:44:41You did?

00:44:43Oh, yes, yes, yes.

00:44:45I remember.

00:44:47Well, Sally, I told you I'd make a success and sell big things.

00:44:51Didn't I?

00:44:53And I promised that I'd come back for you.

00:44:55Well, here I am.

00:44:57And what I said about your father not coming to live with us?

00:44:59Forget it.

00:45:01Oh, hello, Emmett.

00:45:03How are you?

00:45:04I'm all right, I guess.

00:45:05Well, Emmett, congratulate me.

00:45:07I'm going to get married.

00:45:09Who's the lucky girl?

00:45:11Sally.

00:45:13Oh, that's fine.

00:45:14I'd like to go to a wedding.

00:45:15I haven't been to one in three months.

00:45:17Is that so?

00:45:18Who got married then?

00:45:19I did.

00:45:20You got married?

00:45:21Well, congratulations, Emmett.

00:45:23I wanted Sally, but...

00:45:29Let's go for a marriage the minute you left here.

00:45:46He hasn't had a job since.

00:45:48Congratulations, Emmett.

00:45:51I wanted Sally, but I guess the best man won.

00:45:56Thanks.

00:46:01Goodbye, Sally.

00:46:03Forever.

00:46:05Well, Alexander, don't take it too hard.

00:46:09You know, I'm not the only girl in the world.

00:46:11Oh, I know.

00:46:11That's easy enough for you to say, Sally,

00:46:13but there's an old saying and a true one.

00:46:16And it's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

00:46:23Yes.

00:46:26Goodbye.

00:46:27Alexander, try not to go to pieces.

00:46:31I'll try, Sally, but after all, there's always the river.

00:46:40Goodbye.

00:46:44Poor Alex.

00:46:46And he can't swim a stroke.

00:46:57Ah!

00:46:58Woo!

00:46:59The telegram, I want to let you go!

00:47:02Mr. Henderson!

00:47:04Telegram, Mr. Henderson!

00:47:05I disagree with you.

00:47:15I think Johnson is still a fine prospect.

00:47:18I'm proceeding back to Cypress City,

00:47:20where I'm going to marry a girl named Mabel.

00:47:23Stop!

00:47:24Congratulate me!

00:47:26Alexander Botts!

00:47:28Mabel!

00:47:28Is that man crazy or am I?

00:47:32I wouldn't know.

00:47:39Hey!

00:47:40Look, I've been trying to get in touch with Mabel,

00:47:43and her father won't tell me where she is.

00:47:45Do you know?

00:47:45Well, I know she bought a ticket for Chicago.

00:47:48Chicago?

00:47:48Yes.

00:47:49Where's she going in Chicago?

00:47:50Well, she didn't say, but she's got an uncle there,

00:47:52and I imagine that's where she's bound for.

00:47:55Yeah, what's her uncle's name?

00:47:56As far as I remember, it's Johnson, too.

00:47:59Johnson?

00:48:00Well, that's easy.

00:48:01Thank you very much.

00:48:09Good evening, sir.

00:48:11How do you do, sir?

00:48:12My card.

00:48:14Boy, I'm glad to know you, Mr. Botts.

00:48:15Do you expect to be in Chicago alone?

00:48:17Well, maybe yes and maybe no.

00:48:19I see.

00:48:21It all depends.

00:48:22Yes, sir.

00:48:24Boy, take Mr. Botts' bag to 502.

00:48:27Where's the nearest telephone?

00:48:29Just around the corner, Mr. Botts.

00:48:31You're welcome, sir.

00:48:36I'm sorry, man.

00:48:36He doesn't answer.

00:48:38Excuse me.

00:48:39I'm looking for a man named Johnson.

00:48:41Can you tell me how I can find him?

00:48:42Well, the Johnsons in Chicago are as thick as a smith in New York.

00:48:46And you know how thick the smiths are in New York.

00:48:48Which particular Johnson are you looking for?

00:48:50Well, he's got a niece in Cypress City by the name of Nabel.

00:48:55Well, now, ain't that nice?

00:48:56I've got an uncle in Topeka, Kansas, named Oscar.

00:48:58Well, is that so?

00:48:59Don't you know this Johnson's first name?

00:49:01No, I...

00:49:02Do you mind if I look at your book?

00:49:05Well, why not?

00:49:07I'll bet there's a whole page full of them.

00:49:09I'm sorry, he doesn't answer.

00:49:12Johnson.

00:49:14Johnson, Johnson.

00:49:15Same enough.

00:49:16Johnson, Johnson, Johnson.

00:49:19Johnson, Johnson.

00:49:21Do you mind if I use your telephone?

00:49:23Go ahead.

00:49:24You'll pay for it.

00:49:25Get me Oswebo 3412, please.

00:49:38Oswebo 3412?

00:49:40Just a minute.

00:49:41Oh, is this Mr. Aaron A. Johnson?

00:49:49Hello, Mr. Johnson.

00:49:50This is Alexander Botts calling.

00:49:52Have you a very beautiful, charming niece by the name of Nabel?

00:49:56This is the aquarium.

00:49:58Well, then you have no niece.

00:50:00Yes.

00:50:01Yes.

00:50:02Yes.

00:50:03Yes.

00:50:04Yes.

00:50:05Yes.

00:50:06Yes.

00:50:07Yes.

00:50:08Yes.

00:50:09Yes.

00:50:11Yes.

00:50:12Yes.

00:50:23Okay.

00:50:23I got it.

00:50:24There, one, four, two, all.

00:50:35Hello.

00:50:35Is this the home of Thomas Johnson?

00:50:38Yes.

00:50:39Yes.

00:50:40Is Mabel Johnson there?

00:50:44She is.

00:50:46Hello, is this you, Mabel?

00:50:48This is Mabel.

00:50:50Mabel, this is Alexander.

00:50:52Alexander, bots, bots.

00:50:55Bots to you, mister.

00:51:06All right, Crystal 5952.

00:51:10Is this the home of Ulysses Johnson?

00:51:21Have you got a niece by the name of Mabel?

00:51:25You haven't.

00:51:29Well, thank heavens you're here.

00:51:32What a night.

00:51:34I'm exhausted.

00:51:36Zebula Zachary Johnson.

00:51:39Get me crashed 4436.

00:51:42Sorry, the phone's been disconnected.

00:51:54Well, I guess I'm through.

00:51:55That was the last Johnson in Chicago.

00:51:57No, not the very last Johnson.

00:51:58Oh, yes it was.

00:51:59No, not the very last Johnson.

00:52:00Oh, yes it was.

00:52:01No, there's one more.

00:52:02One more.

00:52:03Who's that?

00:52:04Mabel Johnson.

00:52:05Mabel?

00:52:06Mabel!

00:52:07Gosh, I've called every Johnson in Chicago trying to find you.

00:52:10Where are you?

00:52:11I'll come to you wherever you are.

00:52:13Well, just a minute, what about Sally?

00:52:14Oh, that's all a thing of the past.

00:52:15She don't mean a thing in the world to me.

00:52:16What made you change your mind?

00:52:17Why didn't you marry her?

00:52:18Well, when I got there she was already married to another fella.

00:52:19Oh.

00:52:20Oh, so Sally was already married.

00:52:21Yeah.

00:52:22Wasn't that funny?

00:52:23And then you decided to look for me.

00:52:24Mabel, I could hardly wait till I found you.

00:52:25Alexander Botth, I hate you.

00:52:26Well?

00:52:27Oh, you're right.

00:52:28And that's so funny.

00:52:29Why?

00:52:30And I didn't I don't remember.

00:52:31You know.

00:52:32I just wanted to go wherever you are.

00:52:33Well, just a minute.

00:52:34What about Sally?

00:52:35Oh, that's all a thing of the past.

00:52:36She don't mean a thing in the world to me.

00:52:37What made you change your mind?

00:52:39Why didn't you marry her?

00:52:40Well, when I got there she was already married to another fella.

00:52:43Oh.

00:52:44Oh, so Sally was already married.

00:52:46Yeah, wasn't that funny.

00:52:47And then you decided to look for me.

00:52:48Yes.

00:52:49But Mabel, I could hardly wait till I found you.

00:52:51Alexander, Bob, I hate you.

00:52:56Mabel.

00:52:59Operator.

00:53:03Gosh, I don't know what she got mad at.

00:53:09Mabel.

00:53:15That new starter is quite an improvement, eh?

00:53:17H-J.

00:53:19H-J.

00:53:20What's the trouble now?

00:53:21Listen to this.

00:53:22Trace Botz to Kramer Hotel Chicago, where he reserved room, then disappeared.

00:53:26Stop.

00:53:27On the last scene, he was going into a telephone booth.

00:53:29Wells' detective agency.

00:53:30If they can't find him in a telephone booth, they might as well give up.

00:53:33If I ever get my hands on him, I'll...

00:53:35Botz.

00:53:38You're right.

00:53:40My girl, Mabel, left for Cypress City, I hope.

00:53:42I'm following. Stop.

00:53:44Understand Cypress County in market for tractors. Stop.

00:53:48Wire Kramer Hotel $162 telephone bill.

00:53:52Stop.

00:53:53Keep in touch with me, Alexander Botz.

00:53:56Now that we've finally found him, we can fire him.

00:53:58Oh, will I?

00:53:59Henderson, you better send another man down to get that order.

00:54:01I haven't a man available right now, but don't worry.

00:54:03I'll go down there myself.

00:54:04I wish I could have seen him just once before we fired him.

00:54:07I wish I could have seen him just once before you hired him.

00:54:12Tractors.

00:54:19Ah!

00:54:20Caught you.

00:54:21Stop watching me.

00:54:24I just wanted to tell you, Mr. Johnson, that those two tractor salesmen are still waiting.

00:54:30Well, send one of them in here.

00:54:31Well, Botz, I'm glad I was here first.

00:54:33I've got a luncheon date with an old friend of yours.

00:54:36Yeah, who's that?

00:54:37Miss Johnson.

00:54:38Miss Johnson?

00:54:40Is she back in...

00:54:41Mr. Healy, you can come in now.

00:54:44She's back.

00:54:48Well, good morning, Mr. Johnson.

00:54:50My name is George Healy of the Elephant Tractor Company.

00:54:53Talk louder.

00:54:54How do you expect me to hear you when you whisper?

00:54:55I said my name is George Healy of the Elephant Tractor Company.

00:54:58Tractors, huh?

00:54:59I hate tractors.

00:55:00But I represent the taxpayers of this county, and I've got to listen to you.

00:55:04How much is your tractor?

00:55:05Well, now, the kind that your community needs costs only $4,750 FOB.

00:55:12I asked you the price of your tractor.

00:55:14I said it costs $4,750.

00:55:18Ah, fine salesman.

00:55:19Don't even know the price of your own product.

00:55:22I said the price is $4,750.

00:55:23Never mind the price.

00:55:25Have your tractor ready for a demonstration this afternoon.

00:55:28Now, get out of here and send another fellow in.

00:55:34Crab.

00:55:34I ain't neither.

00:55:38Fine fellow, that Johnson.

00:55:41Speak up, speak up!

00:55:49Ah-ha!

00:55:50Good morning, Mr. Johnson.

00:55:51Good morning.

00:55:51What, you?

00:55:53Ah, cut, cut, Mr. Johnson.

00:55:54Come now.

00:55:55Let's let bygones be bygones.

00:55:57After what you did to me, I don't see how you got the nerve to come in here.

00:56:00All right, Mr. Johnson.

00:56:02I apologize.

00:56:03I demand you apologize to me.

00:56:06All right, then I apologize.

00:56:08So you won't apologize, huh?

00:56:10All right, don't.

00:56:11I ought to kick you out of here.

00:56:13But as road commissioner of this county, I can't be prejudiced.

00:56:16What's the price of your tractor?

00:56:25Is your tractor any good for road building?

00:56:27Ha-ha-ha!

00:56:28Uh, what kind of an engine does it got in it?

00:56:39What's the horsepower?

00:56:45All right, all right.

00:56:47I'm a sick man.

00:56:48I've got to have my lunch.

00:56:49You know where to bring the tractor for a demonstration.

00:56:52Be there on time.

00:56:54Lunch!

00:56:56Do you mind if I use your telephone?

00:56:58No, go right ahead.

00:56:59Let me in the Robert E. Lee Hotel, please.

00:57:09Robert E. Lee Hotel.

00:57:10Alexander Botts inquiring.

00:57:12Have there been any telephone messages for me?

00:57:14No, sir.

00:57:15You're sure Mabel Johnson hasn't called?

00:57:17Yes, sir, I'm sure.

00:57:19But there's a telegram for you.

00:57:20Oh, yes?

00:57:21Will you read it?

00:57:21You are absolutely, completely, and finally fired.

00:57:30Stop.

00:57:31Kindly don't annoy our customers.

00:57:32Stop.

00:57:33Another man is taking over your territory.

00:57:35Gilbert Henderson.

00:57:45How do you do, Mr. Johnson?

00:57:47My name is Henderson.

00:57:49I represent the Earthworm Tractor Company.

00:57:51Yes?

00:57:51Mr. Johnson, I'm very, very happy to find you a launcher.

00:57:53I won't take up for a minute of your time.

00:57:55I just want to tell you a few facts about our product.

00:57:58Speak up!

00:57:59Speak up!

00:58:00I understand that you've been ill.

00:58:02How do you feel today?

00:58:04Oh, I feel terrible.

00:58:07I always feel terrible.

00:58:09Oh, that's too bad.

00:58:11Mr. Henderson, whatever happened to that young salesman,

00:58:14Alexander Botts, that used to work for you?

00:58:17Salesman?

00:58:17He was the world's worst.

00:58:20They fired him.

00:58:21Yeah?

00:58:22Well, I think you made a mistake there, Mr. Henderson.

00:58:25Alexander Botts impressed me as being a natural-born salesman.

00:58:29Yeah.

00:58:30That's what he thought.

00:58:32Well, let's not bandy words.

00:58:34I'm a man that judges by results.

00:58:36What I'm interested in is your small tractor.

00:58:38Where would the demonstration take place?

00:58:41Where?

00:58:42Oh.

00:58:43Oh, yeah.

00:58:43Where?

00:58:44Well, now let's see.

00:58:46Here we are.

00:58:47Here.

00:58:47Here's Cypress City.

00:58:50There is the railroad station.

00:58:52Now, you take your small tractor and runner right down over the ramp.

00:58:57Continue right straight ahead due west.

00:59:00For four and a half miles, you'll come to a large sycamore tree with a hornet's mast.

00:59:05I don't think you'll stop there, but you'll go right straight ahead until you come to a big stump.

00:59:12There you are.

00:59:13There's the stump.

00:59:14And that's where you stop.

00:59:15You mean that's where the demonstration will take place?

00:59:18Oh, no.

00:59:19No.

00:59:19No, but that's where we're going to meet you.

00:59:21Now, you know how to find the place?

00:59:23Oh, surely.

00:59:24Surely.

00:59:25Well, that's good.

00:59:26And I'll keep this map so we'll be able to find you.

00:59:30Thank you, Mr. Johnson.

00:59:31I'll be there.

00:59:32All right.

00:59:32Do it.

00:59:41And so, fellow citizens, as chairman of the Board of Road Commissioners,

00:59:45I have been chosen to make the final decision as to which tractors we will buy by Cypress County.

00:59:54I have mapped out a very difficult course for these tractors to give us a demonstration.

01:00:05Just one more thing.

01:00:07I have practically made up my mind which tractor it will be.

01:00:16But, in all fairness, we will go on with this demonstration.

01:00:20Oh, man.

01:00:22How about the pick of them, Mr. Johnson?

01:00:23Take this.

01:00:24There it is.

01:00:25I like it.

01:00:26One of the finest pieces I've ever heard.

01:00:28Hello, Mabel.

01:00:44Gosh, I don't see why you want to be mad at me.

01:00:46If you'll just let me explain, I know we can patch this up.

01:00:51Gosh, Mabel, I can't eat.

01:00:52I can't sleep.

01:00:53I can't even think.

01:00:55Well, that's not unusual, is it?

01:00:57Well, you just wait till I get your father on my tractor.

01:01:00You had him on your tractor once before.

01:01:03No.

01:01:03All right.

01:01:04If that's the way you want to act, go on.

01:01:06But I'm going to sell your father, and after I sell him, you know what I'm going to do?

01:01:09No, you don't know.

01:01:11Well, I'm going on to Smedleyville and sell some more tractors.

01:01:14And that's one of the reasons it has so much power.

01:01:20Well, young man, it looks like you've got something here.

01:01:22Yes, Mr. Johnson, and you'll never regret your decision.

01:01:25Mr. Johnson, will you pose on the earthworm?

01:01:28I don't know what I'm going to do, but I guess I will.

01:01:32And you, none of your monkey business.

01:01:34Hey, what are you doing?

01:01:44Not that way.

01:01:45Got it.

01:01:45I don't know what I'm doing.

01:02:15Don't you see that sign?

01:02:16We're all close.

01:02:20The earthworm don't believe in signs, Mr. Johnson.

01:02:24Come back.

01:02:25Don't go up there.

01:02:26Mr. Johnson, come back.

01:02:28Hey.

01:02:32What the way did that tractor go?

01:02:34Lay up the mountain, Mr. Johnson.

01:02:35The boat, he's blown up.

01:02:36That hill is full of dynamite.

01:02:37Well, somebody has to warn them.

01:02:39I wouldn't go up there, because if I were you,

01:02:41but don't go up there.

01:02:42Look at you.

01:02:45Well, don't try to climb that mountain.

01:02:52The earthworm, but only a molehill.

01:02:54Well, the earthworm can climb the mountain.

01:02:59Oh, pivot.

01:03:00Pivot.

01:03:01Let me out of here.

01:03:03Well.

01:03:06Oh, my face.

01:03:08Oh.

01:03:10Oh.

01:03:10That's my middle name.

01:03:16Alexander Dean Clark.

01:03:19Dean for Pops.

01:03:22Oh, you're going to kill me.

01:03:29Dynamite.

01:03:31What?

01:03:32I got to cut it back there, so you're going to get to the right.

01:03:36Oh.

01:03:40I wouldn't buy a tractor that made so much noise.

01:03:51Well, we have them with mufflers, Mr. Johnson.

01:03:54What?

01:03:55Mufflers.

01:03:56Oh, I thought you said mufflers.

01:04:06Hang back.

01:04:07Hang back.

01:04:08The dynamite is moving.

01:04:09There's dynamiting to the left of us.

01:04:11There's dynamiting to the right of us.

01:04:16There's dynamiting behind us.

01:04:21Wait.

01:04:21Retreat.

01:04:23Alexander Botts never retreats.

01:04:28Make me home.

01:04:29Make me home.

01:04:31Home.

01:04:32Where do you live now?

01:04:33Spruce, speed, or pine?

01:04:35Come on.

01:04:39Turn to the right.

01:04:42Hold on.

01:04:44Wake up.

01:04:47Wake up.

01:04:48Wake up.

01:05:01Whoa.

01:05:02Whoa.

01:05:03Whoa.

01:05:04Right now.

01:05:04Quiet.

01:05:05Go ahead.

01:05:05Wake up.

01:05:06Whoa.

01:05:07Whoa.

01:05:07You can't go over that bridge! It's unsafe!

01:05:12Can't you? Don't worry! The earthworm is safe any place!

01:05:37Stop! Stop! Stop!

01:05:49Well, all right, if you're afraid, Mr. Johnson, we'll back up!

01:05:52No, no, no, no! Don't back up! Keep on going!

01:05:55Go ahead! Make up your mind what you want!

01:05:57Go ahead! Go ahead!

01:05:59All right, away we go!

01:06:07What are you stopping for?

01:06:28Looks pretty wobbly up ahead there, Mr. Johnson. I think we'd better go back!

01:06:32No, no, no! Don't go back! Keep on going ahead!

01:06:34Ahead! Ahead!

01:06:36Anything you say, Mr. Johnson!

01:06:38Yeah.

01:07:04Come on, no, wait!

01:07:06Wait for God!

01:07:07What?

01:07:08Come on!

01:07:10Come on!

01:07:19Fellow citizens, as chairman of the Board of Road Commissioners of Cypress Gallia,

01:07:23Alexander Butts, you're gonna pay for this!

01:07:28Do you hear what I'm saying?

01:07:30What?

01:07:31I say you're gonna pay for this!

01:07:33Speak up! Speak up! I can't hear you!

01:07:38I can hear you!

01:07:40I'm cured! I'm cured!

01:07:42I say I can't hear you! Speak up!

01:07:44I'm cured! Now I can hear you!

01:07:46Stop whispering!

01:07:48Boy, this is the greatest fact in the world!

01:07:50I'm gonna buy six of them for the county and eight of them for my lumber company!

01:07:53What did you say?

01:07:54Matt! Alexander! Are you all right?

01:07:57All right! I just bought 14 tractors from this young man!

01:08:00Oh, I always knew you were a master salesman, darling!

01:08:03What?

01:08:04Darling!

01:08:05Louder!

01:08:06Darling!

01:08:07Louder!

01:08:08Darling!

01:08:09Louder!

01:08:10Darling!

01:08:11Darling!

01:08:12Oh, darling!

01:08:13I can hear that!

01:08:16I can hear that!

01:08:18Oh, darling!

01:08:20I can hear that!

01:08:38ู ah

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