The High and the Mighty

I've always felt your brain would fit nicely 759 00:45:28,930 --> 00:45:30,466 in a demitasse. 760 00:45:33,869 --> 00:45:35,237 Hey, fella. 761 00:45:35,271 --> 00:45:36,631 You got nothing but trouble, right? 762 00:45:38,374 --> 00:45:40,476 I assure you... I know what you're going to say, 763 00:45:40,509 --> 00:45:42,644 everything with you is hunky-dory. 764 00:45:42,678 --> 00:45:45,247 That's the first thing a fella in trouble always says. 765 00:45:46,182 --> 00:45:48,083 The booby hatches are full of people 766 00:45:48,116 --> 00:45:50,252 that keep things to themselves, 767 00:45:50,286 --> 00:45:52,354 either because they're scared of tellin' the truth, 768 00:45:52,388 --> 00:45:54,456 thinkin' that they'll make a monkey out of themselves 769 00:45:54,490 --> 00:45:55,757 or they figure that 770 00:45:55,791 --> 00:45:59,628 no one else can appreciate the situation they're in. Okay? 771 00:45:59,661 --> 00:46:02,464 Well, the Good Neighbors believe that ain't so. 772 00:46:03,131 --> 00:46:04,166 And just who... 773 00:46:04,200 --> 00:46:05,934 A club I belong to back home. 774 00:46:10,365 --> 00:46:12,600 Their luncheons are a riot. 775 00:46:12,633 --> 00:46:15,936 Over the speaker's desk, they've got a great big towel 776 00:46:15,970 --> 00:46:18,273 with the letters "For crying out loud" 777 00:46:18,306 --> 00:46:20,141 embroidered on it. 778 00:46:20,175 --> 00:46:22,410 And every member has his own crying towel, 779 00:46:22,443 --> 00:46:23,578 get it? 780 00:46:23,611 --> 00:46:25,780 Now, when they bring in a bad case, 781 00:46:25,813 --> 00:46:27,548 a couple of the Good Neighbors 782 00:46:27,582 --> 00:46:28,883 hold the towel for the fella 783 00:46:28,916 --> 00:46:31,119 so he can concentrate on weeping, 784 00:46:31,152 --> 00:46:34,389 and then don't have to exert himself in any other way. 785 00:46:34,422 --> 00:46:36,191 Well, it turns out to be 786 00:46:36,224 --> 00:46:39,794 a good old-fashioned revival meeting 787 00:46:39,827 --> 00:46:43,398 and the fella who has no particular worries at the time, 788 00:46:43,431 --> 00:46:45,566 he sort of feels left out of things. 789 00:46:47,635 --> 00:46:51,306 And if this fella don't actually wind up laughing at himself, 790 00:46:51,339 --> 00:46:53,274 at least he feels better. 791 00:46:53,308 --> 00:46:56,043 And the main thing is, everybody does, 792 00:46:56,077 --> 00:46:58,213 because nine times out of 10, 793 00:46:58,246 --> 00:47:01,416 they think they're better off than the other fella. 794 00:47:03,184 --> 00:47:05,019 What do you sing at the end of your meetings? 795 00:47:05,052 --> 00:47:06,987 Pack Up Your Troubles In Your Old Kit Bag? 796 00:47:07,722 --> 00:47:09,357 How'd you guess? 797 00:47:09,390 --> 00:47:11,992 Now, when a fella comes in with real trouble, 798 00:47:12,026 --> 00:47:14,061 like he can't pay his income taxes, 799 00:47:14,095 --> 00:47:17,398 or his wife just smashed up the car, 800 00:47:17,432 --> 00:47:22,170 or, uh, his new house shows cracks along the foundation. 801 00:47:22,670 --> 00:47:23,971 (LAUGHS) 802 00:47:24,004 --> 00:47:27,875 They've got an organ that plays real sad music. 803 00:47:28,676 --> 00:47:30,478 It's a kick. 804 00:47:30,511 --> 00:47:32,413 Yeah, I can see how it might be. 805 00:47:32,447 --> 00:47:35,015 Of course, a fella never comes in 806 00:47:35,049 --> 00:47:38,219 with real troubles. 807 00:47:38,253 --> 00:47:41,088 You know, like the guy's wife dying, 808 00:47:41,122 --> 00:47:44,759 or his business really going broke. 809 00:47:45,626 --> 00:47:48,129 They just confess little problems, 810 00:47:48,163 --> 00:47:50,931 like who are they gonna get to mow the lawn, 811 00:47:50,965 --> 00:47:55,136 or will they ever break 100 on the golf course? 812 00:47:55,170 --> 00:47:57,438 It's all relative, see? 813 00:47:57,472 --> 00:48:01,309 You get the habit of laughing at little problems 814 00:48:01,342 --> 00:48:03,010 when they come along, 815 00:48:03,043 --> 00:48:05,213 and then you don't blow your top 816 00:48:05,246 --> 00:48:08,082 when the genuine, serious things happen. 817 00:48:08,403 --> 00:48:10,105 Get it? 818 00:48:10,139 --> 00:48:13,042 Yes, I'm beginning to follow you, uh, Mr... 819 00:48:13,075 --> 00:48:15,977 Ed Joseph. I sell furniture. 820 00:48:16,011 --> 00:48:18,913 Um, getting back to your case, 821 00:48:18,947 --> 00:48:20,715 maybe it'd make you feel better 822 00:48:20,749 --> 00:48:23,585 if, uh, if I cried some. 823 00:48:23,618 --> 00:48:27,022 Then you'd understand what the Good Neighbor means. 824 00:48:27,956 --> 00:48:29,024 Uh, 825 00:48:30,359 --> 00:48:32,027 imagine yourself with a towel. 826 00:48:38,333 --> 00:48:39,601 Ready? 827 00:48:40,735 --> 00:48:43,572 The wife and I scrimped for over four years 828 00:48:43,605 --> 00:48:45,474 to take a trip to Hawaii. 829 00:48:45,507 --> 00:48:49,878 You know, palm trees, sunshine, sand, 830 00:48:51,513 --> 00:48:53,082 things we ain't got at home. 831 0