1940s CONVERTIBLE CAR PULLS UP TO HOUSE, DRUNK
MAN CLIMBS OUT OF CAR, FALLING, LAUGHING,
TEETERING, TALKING TO THE WIND. LOUD, TELLS
HIMSELF TO SSSHHH. DRUNK STAGGERS UP TO FRONT
DOOR, CAN'T GET THE DOOR OPEN. DRUNK SEARCHING
HIS POCKETS FOR HOUSE KEY

DRUNK GOES TO SIT ON FLOWER BOX LEDGE,
MISCALCULATES & FALLS ON THE GROUND STILL
CLUTCHING HIS JACKET. PULLS OUT LIGHTER, SETS
JACKET ON FIRE. DRUNK BURNING HIS JACKET

DRUNK DOUSING BURNING JACKET WITH SPRINKLER CAN
FINDS HOUSE KEY, STUMBLES TO FRONT DOOR

SON COMES HOME IN TAXI, DRUNK FATHER STUMBLES
INTO TAXI DRIVER, THINKS HE FORGOT TO PAY CAB
FARE, SON LAUGHING AT FATHER. DRUNK FATHER
TRYING TO BE THE DISCIPLINARY, CHANGES HIS MIND
BECAUSE SON HAS A KEY TO THE HOUSE

CU DOOR TO ERROL HOSIERY COMPANY AD DEPT.

SON READING GOSSIP COLUMN WITH WOMAN HE WAS SEEN
WITH IN NIGHTCLUB. COUPLE KISSES JUST AS
OFFICE WORKER WALKS IN, EYES POPPING. MAKES
THROAT CLEARING SOUND TO ALERT THEM OF HIS
PRESENCE

CU MAN WITH A HANGOVER, HOT WATER BOTTLE ON HIS
HEAD. FLANKED BY TWO MANNEQUIN LEGS. HANGOVER
CLICHE "NEVER AGAIN". RUBS HIS TEMPLES

AD MAN LOOKING OVER MODELS PHOTOGRAPHS. PLACES
PHOTOGRAPH OF WOMAN'S LEGS ON AD BOARD. LEANS OVER
DESK LOOKING AT PHOTOGRAPHS

HUSBAND UPSET AT CONVERSATION WALKS INTO WALL

WOMAN EAVESDROPPING ON CONVERSATION, TURNS &
WRITES SON NOTE ON HER PHOTOGRAPH & LEAVES

REPORTER INTERVIEWING ANGRY FATHER WHO DENIES
ANY AFFAIR. TELLS REPORTER TO GET OUT WITH SWEEP
OF HIS HAND JUST AS WIFE ENTERS OFFICE, SLAPS
HER IN THE FACE. WIFE MAKE INCRIMINATING
STATEMENT, REPORTER WRITES IT DOWN IN NOTEBOOK

WIFE IN HUSBAND'S OFFICE SEES PHOTOGRAPH WITH
LOVE NOTE TO HER SON THINKS LOVE NOTE IS TO HER
HUSBAND. HE TRIES TO EXPLAIN, WIFE WALKS OUT
ON HUSBAND

1940s NIGHTCLUB, COUPLES DANCING, TORCH SINGER

CUSTOMER CHECKING HIS HAT AT COAT CHECK IN NIGHT
CLUB. HAT CHECK GIRL. COAT CHECK GIRL.

MAN ACTING NERVOUS IN NIGHTCLUB, WHISPERS IN
WAITER'S EAR. WAITER WITH WRONG IMPRESSION
THINKS OLD MAN IS A LECH

SINGER CONFRONTS BOYFRIEND'S FATHER, PLAYING
COY, DOESN'T LET ON SHE'S THE GIRLFRIEND. MAKES
BLANKET STATEMENT "NO ENTERTAINER COULD BE NICE"

REPORTER TAKES PHOTOGRAPH OF TORCH SINGER & OLD
MAN, MAN GETS UP TO HIT REPORTER WITH A CHAIR
PUTS CHAIR OVER HIS OWN HEAD, REPORTER RUNS OUT

MAN IN PHOTOGRAPH READING ARTICLE ABOUT HIMSELF,
SIGHS, PUTS DOWN PAPER, RUBS HIS HEAD

WIFE PRETENDING TO BE ANGRY AT HUSBAND SAYS
SHE'S DIVORCING HIM "THIS IS THE LAST STRAW,
GOODBYE". HUSBAND BEGGING WIFE. WIFE SLAMS DOOR
IN HIS FACE

TELEPHONE RINGS, MAN'S VOICE RISES IN FRIGHT,
SON DISGUISING HIS VOICE PLAYING TRICK ON HIS
FATHER

MOTHER & SON SPYING EAVESDROPPING AT DOOR, EAR
TO THE DOOR

SON BRINGS HIS MOTHER & GIRLFRIEND IN, REVEAL
TRICK THEY PLAYED ON HIM, FATHER BECOMES ANGRY,
GOES TO PUNCH SON, REPORTER WALKS IN. MAN GOES TO
PUNCH REPORTER, REPORTER DUCKS, MAN SLAPS HIS
WIFE IN THE FACE, SHE SCREAMS, HE GRABS HIS WIFE
APOLOGIZING PROFUSELY