The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds

00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:31,483 Would you like some Sunday morning church music, Nanny? 530 00:34:31,570 --> 00:34:33,436 <i>Hey, how about The Guiding Light?</i> 531 00:34:33,530 --> 00:34:35,396 <i>Would you</i> like <i>The Guiding Light, hmm?</i> 532 00:34:42,872 --> 00:34:45,739 (Children Chattering Outside) 533 00:34:45,834 --> 00:34:46,824 Well... 534 00:34:59,889 --> 00:35:01,254 Good-bye, Mother. 535 00:35:28,877 --> 00:35:31,414 Her complexion's better today than it's been. 536 00:35:32,922 --> 00:35:35,414 Yeah, I bet it gets just better and better. 537 00:35:41,389 --> 00:35:42,595 (Door Closes) 538 00:35:45,602 --> 00:35:49,596 (R & B Playing) 539 00:36:06,498 --> 00:36:09,456 “John, I know where you are. Mary.” 540 00:36:11,461 --> 00:36:15,250 Anybody knowing the whereabouts of Beatrice Hunsdorfer, please notify. 541 00:36:16,257 --> 00:36:17,247 What? 542 00:36:18,468 --> 00:36:22,132 Just look at these pages. Filled with lives, Matilda. 543 00:36:24,265 --> 00:36:25,801 Would you scratch my back please? 544 00:36:26,726 --> 00:36:29,058 “Brad and Lucille, you are needed at home. 545 00:36:29,145 --> 00:36:30,977 All is forgotten. William.” 546 00:36:31,064 --> 00:36:32,520 My ass, it's forgotten. 547 00:36:33,942 --> 00:36:35,103 Yeah. Right there. 548 00:36:37,028 --> 00:36:39,611 “Robin, Esther, Jane, and Earl, 549 00:36:39,698 --> 00:36:41,689 please call your Uncle Don.” 550 00:36:42,534 --> 00:36:44,400 Uncle Don. Ho ho. 551 00:36:47,122 --> 00:36:48,453 Mmm. 552 00:36:48,540 --> 00:36:50,156 “Four-family house. 553 00:36:50,250 --> 00:36:53,709 <i>“6 U2 and 6 U2 over 5 and 5.</i> 554 00:36:53,795 --> 00:36:55,411 Eight garages?' 555 00:36:56,506 --> 00:36:58,918 Now, I could do something with that. 556 00:36:59,008 --> 00:37:00,749 Some kind of little restaurant. 557 00:37:01,511 --> 00:37:02,967 Some good home cooking. 558 00:37:04,931 --> 00:37:06,046 (Sighs) 559 00:37:09,310 --> 00:37:12,223 You know, you have to understand, Matilda, 560 00:37:12,313 --> 00:37:15,101 that there are opportunities in this life. 561 00:37:16,776 --> 00:37:20,110 I could kick myself for not finishing that real estate course. 562 00:37:20,196 --> 00:37:21,982 I should have finished beauty school too. 563 00:37:22,073 --> 00:37:24,233 You know, beauty school wouldn't be a bad idea for you. 564 00:37:27,620 --> 00:37:29,577 What kind of plants you got there anyway? 565 00:37:29,664 --> 00:37:30,745 Marigolds. 566 00:37:30,832 --> 00:37:32,368 Marigolds. Hmm. 567 00:37:34,961 --> 00:37:36,998 They're man in the moon marigolds. 568 00:37:37,088 --> 00:37:39,329 Must be some hell of a marigold. 569 00:37:39,424 --> 00:37:41,586 They've been exposed to cobalt-60. 570 00:37:42,594 --> 00:37:44,050 That's what I've always wanted 571 00:37:44,137 --> 00:37:45,798 was a house planted with marigolds 572 00:37:45,889 --> 00:37:48,221 that have been exposed to cobalt-60. 573 00:37:48,308 --> 00:37:51,346 While you're at it, why don't you throw a tomato patch in the bathroom? 574 00:37:51,436 --> 00:37:52,892 (Feet Shuffling) 575 00:38:41,319 --> 00:38:42,901 (Door Closes) 576 00:38:42,987 --> 00:38:44,443 What's cobalt-60? 577 00:38:46,032 --> 00:38:48,399 It's something that makes seeds change. 578 00:38:49,702 --> 00:38:52,285 Mr. Goodman, he set up the cloud chamber, 579 00:38:52,372 --> 00:38:53,407 and he told me... 580 00:38:53,498 --> 00:38:55,739 And he told me about radioactivity and half-life. 581 00:38:55,834 --> 00:38:58,326 And I found out where to get some seeds. 582 00:38:58,419 --> 00:38:59,580 What's half-life? 583 00:39:02,006 --> 00:39:04,122 Well, it's hard to explain. 584 00:39:06,052 --> 00:39:09,215 It has to do with... disintegration... 585 00:39:10,515 --> 00:39:13,428 because it's possible to figure out the probability per second 586 00:39:13,518 --> 00:39:15,509 for a nucleus to decay. 587 00:39:15,603 --> 00:39:17,810 Forget it, Matilda. You're giving me a headache. 588 00:39:20,400 --> 00:39:22,937 Oh, what I could do with eight garages. 589 00:39:28,449 --> 00:39:30,690 (Sipping Loudly) 590 00:39:31,452 --> 00:39:33,409 If anybody had ever told me when I was young 591 00:39:33,496 --> 00:39:35,032 I'd end up feeding honey to a zombie, 592 00:39:35,123 --> 00:39:36,955 I'd have told them they were crazy. 593 00:39:39,377 --> 00:39:41,618 I'd be better off driving a cab. 594 00:39:46,593 --> 00:39:48,925 The only competition you have to worry about 595 00:39:49,012 --> 00:39:51,219 is Janice Vickery. 596 00:39:51,306 --> 00:39:52,796 Chris Burns knows her brother, 597 00:39:52,891 --> 00:39:54,973 and her brother said that Janet caught a cat 598 00:39:55,059 --> 00:39:57,471 near Chestnut Street, and it was still alive 599 00:39:57,562 --> 00:39:59,052 when she took