 Family Theater presents Donald O'Connor and Deborah Padgett from Hollywood the mutual network in cooperation with Family Theater Presents the thinking machine starring Donald O'Connor to introduce the drama. Here is your hostess Deborah Padgett Thank You Tony Lafranco Family Theater's only purpose is to bring to everyone's attention a practice that must become an important part of our lives If we are to win peace for ourselves peace for our families and peace for the world Family Theater urges you to pray pray together as a family And now to our comedy the thinking machine starring Donald O'Connor as Hector Hector would you mind checking this account for me the gentleman's here asking about alone I'd like to know a little about his background. Oh, yes, mr. Chambers. I'll have it for you in a jiffy. Thank you Hello Mildred got enough to keep you busy. Oh my yes, mr. Chambers Golly, I didn't know there could be so much to do in a bank. Oh, you certainly know how to run that adding machine Thank you. I go as fast as I can without making mistakes. That's a good girl. You just keep at it And you'll go far with this organization. I've always got an eye out for industrious workers, you know Yes, sir. Thank you, mr. Chambers Well, well here you are sir. The guy looks okay to me. Thank you Hector Uh You can go to work now Hector. Well, I'm all caught up caught up, sir caught up at two in the afternoon Are you sure? Oh, yes, sir. Everything ship shape in my department. Well, let's see here Well, you do seem to be you sure your figures are correct. Oh, yes, sir imzac never makes a mistake Who imzac And who pray is imzac? Well, that's my thinking machine. He does all my work for me now Oh, oh, that's right. You are an amateur inventor, aren't you? Yes, sir And uh, you say you've come up with the thinking machine. You mean an electric calculator. Yeah, that's right He's terrific, too. He did all my work in half an hour last night. You took your work home with you Yes, sir. I know it's against the rules, but well, well, it's so easy when imzac does it and it's so hard when I do it Hmm Well, let's just have another look at these figures. Oh the examiner examiner has already been here and he's checking, sir They're okay. And this machine did it in half an hour, you say? Yeah, it was a snap for him But this is unbelievable Mildred there our fastest worker has been at it all day and she's not nearly finished yet Well, the heck with Mildred let her invent her own machine But Hector, this is amazing to think that you've actually made a calculating machine. It's astounding. I'll say I thought I was making a television set Hmm Hector, I'd like to see this invention of yours sometime. Uh, why do you keep it? Well, it's home in the basement. I make all kinds of things down there Yes, yes, I'm familiar with some of your inventions. Well, do I remember that incinerator waste basket you brought in the bank that day? Well, you've got to admit it was a good idea Putting that cigarette lighter in the bottom to burn the trash as it came in Yes, yes, I'm still trying to explain to the board of directors why the entire personnel had to wear gas masks for the balance of the day Yeah, yeah, I guess I forgot about the smoke, but I've got that lick now all we have to do Let's just forget the waste basket Hector as a matter of fact in reflecting upon your past successes in the field of science Let's just forget about your adding machine too. Okay, but I'll give him Zach your regard. So Hmm. Oh, yes, yes do that In the meantime give motor to hand there. We don't oh glad too But it seems silly to do all that figuring by hand when him Zach could zip through it in a few minutes Well for the time being we'll just have to struggle along with the primitive methods. We have I'll give him Zach your regard And mr. Chamber sends his regards in Zach Well, he's sort of an old blue nose, but I suppose he's okay Oh, hi Helen come on down Hello, dear Your dinner's in the oven whenever you're ready. Uh, you mean you're going out again. Oh, you forget. This is wednesday It's my bridge night. Well. I thought last night was your bridge night. Oh, that was the tuesday bridge club Gosh, you sure belong to a mess of them. Oh, not so many dear 15 Well, well, may all meet twice a week I'll drop out of some if you want me to oh, no, no, no, no if not if you really enjoy it You know, maybe I am being selfish about it. I don't get to spend much time with you anymore Well, no, no, look if you really enjoy it honey, you go ahead. I've always got my inventions to keep me busy And how is my Edison coming along these days? Well, what's this big thing your latest contribution to humanity? Yeah, isn't it a dilly? Yes, it's very interesting, dear What is it? I don't know You don't know? Well, not exactly Too bad you weren't a doctor Hector. You'd be just the one to discover a cure for which there is no disease Yeah Well, but you must have some idea. Didn't you work for many plans? Well, that's just it I sent away for a whole bunch of plans and they all came at once and well, I got them all mixed up Well, um, what did you think you were building? Well, I was going to make us a television set, but I think I got the plans mixed in with the ones for an electric calculator and a radio Oh goodness, you are in a pickle. Yeah, and now I can't find the waffle iron either Oh Hector, you're the limit. Yeah, but Imzak works all right. Oh Imzak. Is that its name? Yeah, where'd you get that? Oh, I don't know it sounds sort of mysterious though, doesn't it? Well, um, just what sort of work does your Imzak do? Oh, he does a lot of things. He's a wizard figures Here, I'll show you. All right Imzak, what's two and two? See four He's not exactly a super mentality. Is he for sure he is now you watch this Imzak add five to four Plus eight seven six plus nine nine oh Plus three five eight go See That's the right answer too But Hector you you didn't punch any keys or anything How does the machine know what numbers to add? I tell him What? Are you sure? See see this this is as well. Well, I call it his ear I talk in here and he takes the numbers by the sound of my voice. It's pretty slick, huh? Darling, it's terrific. If it really works as you say. Well, that's nothing now Imzak can do all kinds of things Watch I'll show you something else. Oh, there's dars calling for me dear. I'll have to run You can show me tomorrow Bye sweetie. Goodbye. Have a good time. I'll be home by 10 All right Well, let's see now Well, we've got nothing to do tonight Imzak. Mr. Chambers was watching me so close. I couldn't bring any work home from the bank today If you weren't so heavy, I'd take you into the bank and we could show them You said it Well, let's see. What can we add to you tonight? Hey, how about a pair of arms? Yeah, that's it. Then you'll be able to do a lot more things Well, I'll I'll build you a set of real powerful arms I'll make them out of this scrap iron or something and and so strong you can crush a tree Crack a solid block of cement twist an anvil and two Hey, that's swell. Then you can crack the walnuts when Helen makes cookies Now Imzak, Imzak don't get so excited. Now wait a minute. Give me a chance You know Imzak you may come in handy around the house Gosh and with your brains it'd be like having Einstein for a maid Well another day another dollar Good morning Hector. I'm glad you're on time. Take off your hat and get right to work. We're in trouble No, I'm always on time. I know. I know. I just passed the remark except for that one time when I wore those sunglasses I made and got lost Yes, yes, I know now forget it say mr. Chambers I rented a trailer and haul Imzak in to give you a demonstration today. Shall I go get him Imzak? Oh, that machine yours. No, no, not now Hector. We're in trouble. I haven't any time for foolishness Trouble what happened? We got robbed? Now if you'd let me put in that burger roll I made the one with the water pistol It squirts red ink. Please Hector When I say trouble I don't mean trouble. I mean well Well, it's just that the board has discovered a serious error in one of the branch's book So all the rest of us have to bring our accounts up to date by noon today so the auditors can check them Oh, is that all? Is that all? Well, we're short-handed as it is and Just look at that mountain of figures to be tabulated and checked Well shucks if you'd just let me bring Imzak in here. He'd zip through him in no time. Please Let's forget that crazy machine of yours for now. I've got the Hello, hey, that's my phone I'm the president of this bank. Do you mind terribly? Oh, no, go ahead help yourself. Thank you Hello Oh, hello, mr. Janks. Oh, yes, sir. Yes, sir. We're hard at it right now But well, I just don't see how we can get through but What but that's impossible But sir, I but but Well, I'm short-handed Yes, sir 10 30 it is Oh More trouble. We've got to be ready for the examiners by 10 30. Oh, we'll never make it never But mr. Chambers, I tell you Imzak could do it by 9 30. Oh, not that machine again. Okay, but I still think it's worth a try 10 30 Oh Hector You say your machine is here. Yeah, it's open the parking lot. I rented a trailer Well, a drowning man will grasp at a razor take a couple of the boys and bring it in I guess it's worth a try at that Your work's been so accurate that if it's been doing it as you say then maybe it can at least help out Uh every second counts. Gee. Thanks, mr. Chambers. You won't be sorry. You'll see. I hope so What are you ready Hector? We're all setting rare in the go. It's certainly a weird looking contraption Oh, it'll do the job though I'll give him the figures and you can have one of the girls sit over here and take the answers off the typewriter Typewriter. Oh, sure. Imzak. Imzak can't talk so he replies by this electric typewriter. Oh, he doesn't talk That's too bad save a lot of time Well, I'm working on that. I believe you too But I don't see any tabulator keys. Where do we run up the figures? Well, we don't need keys I'll dictate the figures to Imzak. You'll dictate you what? Well, sure, you see I talk in here and he takes the numbers down and that does it talking to a machine Forget the whole thing and get busy with that pencil. No wait now wait, mr. Chambers. I'll give it a chance a watch Very well. Okay. Imzak. Oh boy. This is your big chance. No mistakes now. You ready? Oh, here we go then five nine seven three four six two four eight Well, there we are mr. Chambers all finished with 45 minutes to spare If I hadn't have seen it, I wouldn't have believed it. I'm in checking some of the results as we went along and they're all correct, too Imzak never makes a mistake Hector at long last. I believe you finally concocted something really useful That was nothing. Oh, but it is why this machine almost seems to think for itself Oh, sure. I know that Imzak can think about a lot of things Well, now I didn't mean for you to take me so literally a work so fast It does seem to think on its own But no one will ever invent a machine capable of independent thought I have Yes Yes, I can understand that you've been so close to it. You could come to believe it Okay, you will see now Hector my boy. I'm not trying to belittle your accomplishment. You've done a magnificent job In fact, I'm going to make a full report of this to the board We just might find a permanent place for your machine right here in the bank Oh gee that'd be swell. Imzak would like that too. I'll bet Fine and he'll work cheap too. Money is no object to Imzak Yeah, but just don't ever try to slip any dc current on him though. Boy, does that make him mad After this remarkable demonstration, I'm nearly as convinced as you are in the possibilities. It's amazing. Simply amazing I knew you'd think so sir and the young man who's been running it. You say he's the inventor Yes, sir. This is my dear friend and trusted employee Hector Casey the inventor. Congratulations, Casey You've done a splendid job with it. Oh, thank you, sir But I'm just a little disappointed in it myself Disappointed whatever do you mean? Well, I can't I can't tune in Milton burl on it. You can't What was that? Oh Hector is just having a little joke, sir Oh, I tell you sir, this machine has limitless possibilities with a swipe We'll be able to operate with half our present staff chambers. You do have a head on your shoulders I hadn't thought of that the machine is twice as efficient and 20 times as fast exactly Suppose I pair my staff down by about eight girls and we'll try it out. Good and what about Casey here? Well, I'll almost have to keep him on since he's the only one that knows how to run the machine Oh, no, no, no. I was thinking of perhaps a small raise for his efforts Oh, yes. Yes. Well, maybe later on sir after all he had a raise just 18 months ago. Oh, yeah Don't uh, don't want to spoil the boy, you know, oh, no Oh, well very well chambers. I'll leave that up to you by George. What a year this is going to be. Yes, sir Why with our reduced operating budget? We'll be able to double our investors to coin a phrase, sir We'll clean up. You may be right chambers. I certainly hope so at any rate, it's worth a good try Yes, sir, it is indeed. Do you want any anything else from imzac today, sir? No, no, that'll be all for today Hector But uh be here bright and early tomorrow morning for we're about to launch your friend imzac on a brilliant career Chambers, perhaps you'd better notify the personnel who are involved in the change. Oh, yes, sir. I'll do it right now Ah, well imzac you did it. They're really sold and mr. Jenks is usually a tough cookie to convince Don't worry. You were sensational Gosh, what more could you ask for here? You got a steady job at the bank holidays off Oh, so long. I'll see you tomorrow. I'm afraid not the boss just can't date of us girls You got fired But why you're the best bookkeeper where we ever had but your machine there is better. So he let us go So long but build it wait. I oh gosh. This is terrible. Oh, and mr. Chambers. Mr. Chambers Yes, what is it Hector my boy? Is it true that you just let some of the girls go? Well Yes, I hated to do it, of course But well with your machine able to do the work so much faster and efficiently Gee if I'd known anything like this would have happened. I I'd never would have brought them in I think I'll take them home and dismantle. Oh, no. No. No, don't do that Hector Now listen my boy. Let's be realistic about this. I know how you feel, but well progress is not without its price After all this is a rough old world, you know, it's dog eat dog and all that Yeah, but I now now now you go on home. We'll talk about it tomorrow. It's early, but go on take the extra 10 minutes and enjoy yourself somewhere Oh, okay, that's more like it and thank you for your contribution Hector Thanks to mzak. You'll soon be working for the greatest banking organization in the country Yeah, yeah, that's well mr. Chambers Well, good night. Good night. Good night Hector. See you bright and early tomorrow Oh, what an invention. What an opportunity Hello chambers. How's our machine this beautiful day? Oh busy as a little beaver, mr. Janks. Well, sir. I never would have thought it possible today mark six months since we put the machine into active operation Just think in six months time it has taken over the entire book work for all 23 branch banks It's astounding and profitable. We've been able to reduce our personnel by 80 percent. Yes, we're operating so far on the black We need never worry about that again. Uh, mr. Janks I have another little surprise Yes, I have made quite a discovery on my own. Well, what is it? Just this I've learned that by giving the machine all available information on the markets It can predict with uncanny accuracy the ups and downs of those markets I've already made uh quite a nice little piece of change experimenting. You've what using my own money, of course Oh, I tell you sir. It's foolproof. Are you absolutely certain positive? I just thought you might like to get in on it Well, if it's all that you say it is and uh, there's no risk None at all and wait there's more I've had Hector wire the machine to our special teletypes So we'll not only be able to uh Do business with the domestic markets. We'll be in touch with the financial heartbeat of the world I tell you there's no limit london paris singapore But can the machine handle all this in addition to its other duties? Oh, don't worry. It hasn't nearly reached its capacity yet Come on over and watch it for a while. I'll join you in a moment. I jove. I'll do just that God what a scheme Mr. Chambers, I'm all caught up again. Is it is there anything else you'd like me to do? I've noticed that you've been rather at loose ends for some time now, Hector Yeah, ymzak's got the hang of it now and he can pretty well handle things by himself Which leaves you with virtually nothing to do um You're ashamed to have to let you go too, but Where to place you? Gosh, mr. Chambers. You just can't fire me. I mean, I've got certain responsibilities at home now Oh, you mean there's another mouth to feed there's 12 the tuesday bridge club meets at my house now Well Let's see. There's obviously no place for you on this floor Uh, maybe you wouldn't mind keeping an eye on the vault downstairs Well, I was sure anything at all, but I I kind of like to be near ymzak. Oh now, don't you worry about ymzaki and I are doing just fine I'll see that he's well taken care of here. Well, okay, but there's just one thing mr. Chambers Yes, well, I I don't know what it is, but there's something going on with ymzak that he doesn't like I think he's worried Now now hector a machine can't worry ymzak can and he's doing it Just don't try to put anything over on him mr. Chambers. He's no dummy, you know All right, hector. I'll watch it. Oh, there's just one more thing before you go downstairs The vault guard position doesn't pay as much as you've been making, you know Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'll have to take a cut. I'm afraid so Got to abide by the rules, you know Of course, if you'd rather go elsewhere. No, no, no, no, I'll take it jobs are hard to get good. Good. I knew you'd listen to reason Now go on downstairs. Get into your sam brown belt. Yeah, okay. Okay, but don't forget what I told you about ymzak I won't hector. I won't Ymzak are you awake? It's me hector remember And I don't blame you for not recognizing me in this uniform Look at it. Gosh, there's room in this belt for two people That sam brown must be a big guy Look, I just had to sneak back and talk to you ymzak. I I've been worried mr. Chambers won't I become near you anymore? Yeah, yeah, I know. Well, now what kind of funny business is going on here anyway? Hey, what are all these figures here? This doesn't look like bank work looks more like market reports of some kind No, I don't know gosh ymzak. I'm sorry. I ever got you into this. I'm afraid they're working you too hard Oh, you've got a plan Well, good boy. I should have known you wouldn't let him pull the wool over your tubes Well, look you just hop to it and I'll stay out of the way and watch the fun Okay, but I better go now ymzak. I'll see you later and good luck Same to you Yes Chambers you greedy idiots. What have you done done? I've done nothing nothing. Have you seen the morning papers? No, I just got in look at these headlines market crash threatens What have you been up to? But I can't imagine what don't you realize you damaged the financial structure of the entire nation And in critical times like these way I ought to take no no no no wait just a minute If you've been in here fooling with the machine and it's backfired on you You're not going to blame me. I haven't touched that machine since yesterday. Well, neither have I let's have a look Well, look it's running on zone Great scott. It's buying and selling like a madman Oh, and look at the foreign market why wars have been started for less than this Well, don't just stand there stop the blaspheming. Oh, there's no switches or anything. I wouldn't know where to begin Peters call for everybody. Come here. We've got to stop this thing get that casey fellow up here. Oh, yes. Yes, Hector He'll know he'll know Hector What's what's the matter mr. Chambers? You're all red in the face. Oh Hector Hector. It's a machine. It's gone crazy You've got to stop it. We'll be ruined. Oh Don't just stand there man. Come on. You've got to stop it. I don't think I will mr. Chambers What? No, this is imzak's way of getting even with you for whatever you've been doing with him Hector either you shut that thing off of your Fired you can't fire me now as guards. I've got a union. You're gonna Hector I oh, what's the use Will he do it no no he refuses to fight it can't any of the rest of you men figure it out Oh, no, but something has got to be done The FBI has just called they trace things to here and are threatening to throw us all into alcatran And here's a wire from stuff from yard chambers. You got me into this but I haven't done anything It's this con part of the scene. It must be doing it. What kind of nonsense is that surely you don't believe that a machine can It's not nonsense, mr. Jenks. I told you a long time ago that imzak could think for himself Casey you've got to stop this thing before it plunges the nation into bankruptcy into a war I promised imzak. I wouldn't interfere. All right All right, then I'll do it myself. I wouldn't get too close, mr. Jenks. Those steel arms of imzak can be pretty rough Oh Hector Hector listen, maybe I have been at fault. I'll make it all up to you if you'll just sorry But you don't realize the seriousness of all this. Casey this calls to you. This is the white house But I don't know anybody in a white house. Well, he's heard about you believe me, but I'm a republican All right. Hello. Hello. Oh, oh, yes, sir. Yes, sir. How are you? Oh, yes. Yes, sir. It's my invention Yeah, I make all kinds of things right Oh, no, no, I've never fooled around with piano as much Why why yes, that would be nice I can play the top part of chopsticks and you can play Uh-huh. Oh, it's that bad, huh? Well, if you really think I should Yeah, yes, sir. Yes, sir. I'll think it over. Yes. Thanks for calling Well, I'm still not so sure I should but hector surely you wouldn't turn down the yeah Yeah, he did seem kind of anxious Hey, I'll tell you what mr. Chambers if you give me my old job back Yeah, sure as anything and hire back all our old girls again. It's done. It's done Just stop that machine if you can okay, you got yourself a deal At last, but Casey, how will you do it? I've called Caltech MIT even Einstein. They don't know what to do Oh, it's simple. I'll just go over to the wall socket And pull out the plug This is double pageant again This is double pageant again Do you have a favorite time to pray? One friend of mine a woman thinks that the best time to pray is in the morning Particularly a morning bright with sunshine when the skies are blue and the birds are singing Prayers in the morning. She says our prayers of hope Now another friend a man says that he prays best by the little reminders of the day The sounding of a church bell the sight of a poor beggar on the street Or the shock of a narrow escape at a busy intersection Seeing the inspiration on the face of a nun Watching a policeman helping an old lady across the street Or the feeling of hunger appeased after a good meal He says prayers like this are mostly prayers of thankfulness And still another friend a woman Insists that the best time to pray is when the dark comes and gently unfolds this garish gaudy world of ours Prayers at night are inclined to be prayers of love both of god and neighbor Well, what i'm doing is proving that it doesn't matter much when you pray as long as you do pray But pray especially as a family for there's great joy in praying with others Who of us still hasn't heard that the family that prays together stays together More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of From hollywood family theater has brought you donald o'connor in the thinking machine Debra pageant was your hostess others in our cast were ken christy cliff clark joy terry and patty chapman The script was written by william lutz with music composed and conducted by harry zimmerman And was directed for family theater by joseph f mensfield This series of family theater broadcasts is made possible by the thousands of you who feel the need for this type of program By the mutual network which has responded to this need and by the hundreds of stars of stage screen and radio Who have given so unselfishly of their time and talent to appear on our family theater stage To them and to you our humble thanks This is tony lafrano expressing the wish of family theater that the blessing of god may be upon you and your home And inviting you to join us next week at this same time when family theater will present tyrone power billy burke and betty lin in curtain call for genesis Join us won't you Family theater is broadcast throughout the world and originates in the hollywood studios of the world's largest network This is the mutual broadcasting system