 That's the theme from the Sears Radio Theater. Tonight, a program of adventure with Richard Widmark as your host. Here's a preview. Feel the opening in the basket side like a screen window. Course so fast. Sears Radio Theater will begin after this message from your local station. Quality taste from a beer named after Milwaukee. The city that means beer and they get it from Old Milwaukee because Old Milwaukee beer tastes as great as its name. Bottled by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company, This is Howard Dove speaking for Richard Widmark. We're in a valley near the Sierra Madre Mountains in California. Although with storms expected over the mountains, the valley is waking up to an endless blue sky. It's Saturday morning, 5 a.m. and a chilly 45 degrees. Most people are at home asleep. But Gloria Travis isn't like most people, as she'd be the first to tell you. She's a hot air balloonist and adventurous. Hurry up, Sally. A brisk walk will warm you up. Gloria Travis owns a brand new hot air balloon called the Starbird and is the most enthusiastic member of the Eagle Rock Hot Air Balloon Club. An enthusiastic 16-year-old niece, Sally. Where's Mom and Dad? They said they'd follow. They know where the Starbird is. Come on, honey, right over here. At the Starbird is Chad Cahill, Gloria's 20-year-old instructor and son of the salesman who sold the Starbird to Gloria. Chad's an expert on hot air balloons, the winds that control their movements through the sky and weather conditions that can make or break a flight. Chad figures he knows it all and has little time for those who don't. Hey, come on over there. You're not inflating an entire fleet of balloons, you know. Give with the air pump already. Okay. The Starbird is going to win. I have a plan. Well, Gloria didn't like your plans. Well, that's just too bad. We're going to do this my way. My way is going to win it for us. You wait and see. Chad always has a plan. 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Well, whether you're a rodeo star or a city dude, firm-oppressed Robux help give that neat, rugged cowboy look. Robux, the men's jeans that won the Golden West at most larger Sears retail stores. 6 a.m. Flight crews are inflating their balloons and firing up the propane burners that heat the air inside. Brown crews are gassing up their cars to follow the balloons, then assisting their landings. The balloonists are discussing today's races past success and failure and ways to prevent problems. Chad never mixes in with these discussions. He figures he's playing too carefully for anything to go wrong. He's in complete control. He doesn't ask for this privilege, he simply takes it. And with good reason. He knows it all. The starbirds, Sally. Good morning, Chad. How's it going? Move off the ropes. Retangle them. Still, the chivalrous fellow we all know and love. Would Madam kindly remove herself from the launch area till we're ready to go? Can we launch first and win? We'll see. We will. I'll check the basket. Isn't it lovely out here? It's nice. Oh, what are those on the ground? It's okay, Sally. Just ropes we use to anchor the balloon. Hey, get your big clumsy feet off the ropes. What are you, anyway? Blind. As in blind as a bat. Oh, it's you, Sally. I thought Sally would like to visit the balloon for a bit. She's usually cooped up in her parents' truck as they follow us around the country. Yeah, well, there's lots to do. We're next for the air pump. Wait a minute. I have two questions. First, what is that disc around your neck? It's a medallion, part of my outfit. Well, at least it's useful if you ever need an extra dinner plate and a pinch. I checked the balloon and the basket. We're ready. Except for Assistant Judy, that's my second question. Where is she? We don't need Judy. She won't be coming along anymore. Since when? Well, since our phone call last night. An extra person weighs down the balloon. There's no reason for a third. I enjoy company up there, someone to talk to. Either you find a friendly third party or we do not launch today. No flight. But what about winning? What about having fun? Oh, come on. Chad, sooner or later, you'll learn that manipulation doesn't work with me. Happy hunting. Oh, check the weather forecast. Oh, and Sally, I'll tell your folks you're all right. Hey, Sally, could you get out of the way? Where is out of the way? Come on. Get in here. What? In the balloon basket? Not me. Sally, the balloon's not inflated yet. The basket's still on terra firma. It's very safe. We'll win today with my strategy if we have no delays. And I'm a delay. You don't understand, Sally. This competition is very important. To Aunt Gloria? And to me. Why do you? It's not your balloon. I'm the instructor. I'm in control. Hey, I know all there is to know about balloons. And I know how to win. Winning. That's important to you. It's a good reward for knowing how to take charge. And do you? So all the time, like now, we can stand around wasting time or you can get into the basket before you're Aunt Gloria. Well, okay, until Aunt Gloria gets back. That's a good girl. Here, take my hand. Up you go, and in. Okay, now, Sally, just don't touch anything. I've got a lot of thinking to do and no time at all. Thinking about somebody to go with you and Aunt Gloria? Yeah, who is there? Wow, your Aunt Gloria is really a... Marvelous! I mean, she sure is brave going up in this thing. She tells me all about it. Maybe if I... Sally. Sally, you get along well with your Aunt Gloria, don't you? Sure, we get along great. All right, I gotta find somebody. Be right back. Well, then get me out! Just hold the old fort down, kid. Intelligent, but blind, fully intelligent, and handsome, and admired. But he's also power hungry, and will try to manipulate anyone Sally with him. I had no idea just how dangerous he could be. 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It's all set. She wants to do you a favor. She said so. You asked her and she said it. It's all set. Okay, Mr. and Mrs. Travers? If Sally wants to go, that's fine with us. They want to go. All under control. It's still difficult to believe how well this con game worked to a point. Chad, what's that sound? Just the propane gas burner. I'm turning it on. The balloon's half full of cold air and now we heat it. Help me out, please. Wait a minute, Sally, old girl. Remember the favor to Aunt Gloria? I've done the favor and you're back, so get me out. Hey, get your sticky fingers off of that rope. You don't want to pull on that, kid. See, that's the ripcord. You pull that and the whole top of the balloon pops off. What for? Well, when you land, the balloon empties out and keeps you from dragging along the ground. Now this other rope... Feels different. Not as thick. Well, now that's the maneuvering line connecting to the maneuvering vent. A balloon panel that we open and close to go up and down or to level off. Wow, you do know all about it, don't you? I'm impressed. Look up there. The starbird's inflating. Doesn't that silver bird on the blue and red panels look great? See how the colors blend on the balloon? The way you describe it, I wish I could. Gee, I only meant to... Hey, I'm sorry. I gotta fix the drag rope. Hey, hey, hey. Look at home in there. What's that? That's me getting in. And this is me joining you. Wow, the three of us. Hands off the balloon, we're up. Sally, we're too high. Chad, you said she agreed. You've got company now. Somebody to talk to is what you wanted, right? You want us to overturn or crash? Chad, slow down. Got a good updraft, so it'll take a while. Feel the opening in the basket side like a screen window. On hot days, the screens keep us cool. Also, I can look out and see. The other balloons are traveling that way. We're too high. How can we be off course so fast? With Sally's extra weight, we don't have a chance to win the race going the regular route, so I decided on a shortcut. There's a storm over the mountains, Chad. I know what I'm doing. Go down, Sally. We're already over the foothills, so we can't go down until we're clear of the mountains. Don't worry, I can handle it. But he could handle the bumping and jostling around. But could Sally and I, and our chase crew below, didn't know what to make of it? Stuart. Stuart, what are they doing up there? I don't know how. You tell me. Gloria knows there's a storm brewing over those mountains. Where's Sally? Up there. Up there with Gloria and Chad? Yep. She decided to ride the airborne route this time. Well, she told me herself she'd never go up in a balloon. But Chad told us right before the race started. Chad told you. Chad told you. Well, Sally. She'll be okay, Gloria. They're really bouncing around up there. Not up into those clouds. We'll lose visibility. 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Well, according to my calculation. I can't wait to hear this. I don't understand this. I had it all figured out. Come off it, Chad. You've never had it all figured out. You can't control the weather, buddy boy. I can use the weather to do what I want. The winds, the updrafts, all you gotta know is where they are and how to manipulate them. Like today, like now. Hey, where are we anyway? Oh, shut up. We're in a cloud, Sally. But we don't know what we're over and that's why we can't go down. Only up. Until we clear the clouds. And you'll have to excuse Chad's lack of manners. I do believe he's experiencing a moment of uncertainty. Nothing is further from the truth. Okay, come on now. Here's what we're gonna do. Everything you'd be floating through a cloud today, Sally? No, never. What's it feel like to you? Now, just listen a minute. Now, here's my plan. Slimy fog. The breathing's like swallowing melted ice cream. Thick and gooey. That's an interesting reaction, Sally. And it feels like it's clinging to my clothes and my hair. Hey, you're right. You look like you're wearing halo. Perfect. We seem to be going right up to heaven. Will you listen to me? I'm the instructor. I'm in charge here. All decide what to do. Fine, buddy boy, then get us out of here. Can you do that? I'm working on it. Fine. If you have it all worked out, let us know. I'll just do that. The Chad could no more get us out of there than I could. Or anyone else could, for that matter. We were stuck. Eventually we'd have to move on, rise higher and higher to clear the clouds. But first we had to rest. For the clouds, however, our ground and chase crews were keeping busy. Kiosk began collecting some harrowing information. Okay. Yeah, got it. Hey, Stuart, Gail. Any word? Yeah, we got word from the weather bureau about the storm. Now what you do is go back over the mountains, same way you came, in case the balloon drops below the cloud covering. You can help land. Right. And I'll go... The coast. Yeah, according to the forecast, the storm of the mountains is traveling out to sea. Out to sea? The beaches are being alerted, but I figure an extra truck can't hurt. My boy Chad's up there, and this whole mess is probably his fault. So just keep in touch with Eagle Rock Clubhouse. We'll find them. Are they'll find them? How will they be when they're found? Collecting our wits and conserving our energies are finally not even the basket, the balloon or each other. Abort the blinded starbird. We could be anywhere. I can't see. I can't see. Neither can I. But you're blind. I'm not. Correction, Chad. You're all blind now. I can't even make out the instrument dials. But we don't know how high we are, how far we've traveled or in what direction. No. I can't see my hand or the balloon or the propane flame. Is it still on? Maybe it's out. It's on. How can you be sure? I hear it. Listen. And here's another fine mess you've gotten us into. I failed. Oh, it's arts and flowers time now. This never happened to me before. You don't understand. I understand, all right. Maybe I can't see, but I've been bumped into, tripped over and called poor little thing enough to know what it feels like not to be in control, buddy boy. Hey, what's with this buddy boy bit? It's supposed to shake you out of that self pity you're winding into. And buddy boy fits you perfectly until you start acting like an adult. Is that Sally talking? My meek and mild niece? I guess when danger is close at hand, the real me comes out. I see. So what does the real you think of me? I think you're a terrific woman, but an A number one jerk to have allowed this child to be your instructor. Since it's truth time chat, you got any reply? What went wrong? I can't figure it. You went wrong. You can't manipulate everything. You know the wind, the storm, people. What now? It just made sense. Something a teacher told me years ago. I didn't understand it then, but I do now that you aren't able to see. How's that again? You see the world as lots of people see me, Chad. They figure since I can't see, I can't think either. You figure you're the only one around who can see and think. So you put yourself in control, even if you don't deserve to be. Sometimes I'm afraid because I can't see. And I think I know now why you're afraid, because you can't stand the thought of being out of control. I guess in a way you're as blind as I am. Out of control? But I can't be. I never... Get used to it, buddy boy. Welcome to the world of the imperfect. Now let's just sit back and think about what to do here. I don't know what else to do. So sit there and think for a while, okay? I'll stand with you for a bit, all right? Sure. Looks like you're the guide now. You're more experienced at this no sight deal than I am. How about that? At last I'm an expert on something. At that moment, Sally began liking herself, respecting herself. And Chad was seeing his own imperfections, probably for the first time. Meanwhile, on the ground, Hal was patrolling the beaches. They were empty because of the approaching storm. Breaker, Breaker, this is Starbird Search and Rescue Truck calling LampTroll. LampTroll, come on. How's that you? Sure is, Stuart. I'm traveling the beaches. No tourists here at all. Lifeguards are on the alert though. They're watching for the Starbird. Still no sign of her yet? No, I'll keep going over the beaches until we hear something. And we'll keep checking the mountains. Okay, Stuart. You figure they'll be all right? Hope so, Stu. 10-4. From side to side. I think we'd all have been seasick. Have we not been near freezing? The freezing soon became the least of our worries. Can't be. The Saltimeter must be broken. Travel? What is it? The Saltimeter says we're 7,000 feet. And don't force. We'll suffocate up here. We're going down. You figured that disc around your neck would come in handy eventually, Chad. Is that what I grabbed onto? Sure was. All but strangled me. She stopped you from crashing into God knows what, Chad. Yeah, but we're down, aren't we? Considerably. But I can't see anything in all this cloud. Still can't breathe right. Medallion feels like a tear on my chest. I gotta take it off. My medallion, it went over the side. Oh, some poor schnoop down there is going to think a UFO dropped on him. Did you hear that? My goal-plated designer inscribed medallion. It could have been worse. It could have been you. We have other things to worry about, Chad. Gloria. Smell. What? Do you hear the medallion splash? And listen. Oh, my God, we're over the Pacific Ocean. Bucks jeans, old-timer. You mean genuine Robux jeans from Sears? Shacks. The Western way of life begins in a pair of authentic Western Robux jeans. Made out of hard-working denim? Roping calves, wrestling steers? 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Going over the mountains was a calculated risk and we lost. No, we won. We're still alive. See anybody on land? Not close enough yet. Good trailing truck. Looking for lifeguard station. Come on. It's about 100 yards from you. The hot air balloon we've been looking for. It's here. You boys better get your boat ready. Looks like they're sinking into the ocean. Right on. We copy. 10-4. Calling land patrol. Come on, land patrol. Yeah. We got them coming over the ocean. They all right? I don't know. Too far out. But head over. Move by temperatures at 7,000 feet. We're down to less than 100 feet. We'll never make land. Chad, your optimism is overwhelming. That isn't funny. Wouldn't you rather go down with a smile on your face? There is a God. We're hitting some updrafts. Stand near Chad in case he needs help with the maneuvering vent. I don't need help. I wouldn't push that point if I were you, Chad. Up to now you haven't exactly covered yourself with glory. I want to help, Chad. Okay, here. Hang on to this rope for me. While Chad's soaked on the basket floor, Sally and I maintained a level position as the updrafts tossed us about. I'm thinking. Okay, okay. There's some dictator you have. Yeah. How about that? Too bad your first balloon voyage had to be this one. First kidnapped and frozen. It's been okay. Scary, but not bad. It's a lot more interesting than riding in that pickup, chasing after you on the ground with Mom, trying to share with me the beauty of your balloon flight. Now I understand the beauty she was talking about. It is some feeling. Floating with the winds, lighter than air. Even better than being a bird. Birds have to fight to keep up in the air, flapping their wings like mad. We just... Okay, level. You maneuver this thing pretty well. Well, you don't have to see to do this. Just feel the basket going up and down. You know, some balloonists have brailed instruments. They always take an assistant with them to help landing, but they do all the work. How about that? You feeling better, Chad? I'm sick with joy. Yes, you're feeling better. Your sarcasm's coming back. I'll take the maneuvering rope, Sally. I thought you were taking the maneuvering rope. I have to warm my hands first. They're freezing. We need somebody on that line. Okay, okay. Here's Sally, since you do such a sterling job. Wait a minute. This isn't... Vance, open that vent. I can't. Add you dummy. I handed her the right rope. She dropped it and picked up the wrong one. I handed her the right one. Chad, you did not. You handed me the rip cord, which, by your definition, pups the top off the balloon upon landing. You didn't want us to land here, did you? I know I handed you the maneuvering line. You stupid blink. You're a stupid blink yourself. Can't tell the difference between a thin maneuvering line and a thick rip cord. Just get out of my way. Sit down. Yes, Chad, do sit down again out of the way. Stupid blink indeed. Chad, you should say thank you to Sally. And I will too. Thank you, Sally. For what? Sally stopped you from pulling the rip cord. She just saved our lives. Thanks. Anytime. We had a crowd waiting for us. And the lifeguard boat was approaching. At least we'd be safe. But I was worried about the starbird. In deep water, we'd lose her. I had paid $8,000 for her. And I was determined to save us all. You must be. You act so polite at a time like this. You want to bring it down here? I'm really sorry. I've been well. And Chad, I hope, has learned several lessons from all this. Oh, he's got plenty of free time to think about them now. He's grounded for a while. Oh, we were so worried, Sally. Oh, were you, Daddy? I knew you'd be okay with Gloria. But yes, I was worried. It was your first time up in a balloon. And I haven't even been up yet myself. Your turn next week. Uh-uh, not me. But, Daddy, you enjoyed it. It was interesting. And Aunt Gloria made it really fun. I'll probably go up again sometime, but not with Chad. Well, to tell you the truth, Chad's not going up for a long time. That you can count on. At least we've got something wonderful to celebrate. I earned my pilot certificate today. Here, Sally. Oh, but open another bottle of champagne. I'm getting good at this. Well, don't get too good. We can't afford it. I think I'll see if Chad wants some. After what that boy put her through, she's still willing to be friendly. That's our daughter. Next stop for her is the UN. You know, I got to check that altimeter in your basket. It's got to be broken. To reach 7,000 feet in your balloon. Not very likely. Hell's right. What about Sally hearing Chad's medallion drop into the ocean from wherever you drop to? It is possible to hear surface activity from a considerable altitude. And remember, because of Sally's blindness, her hearing is much better than ours. 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