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ROMAN-GREEK GOD NAGGED BY WIFE. JUNO, UP ON MT.
OLYMPUS, ROMAN GODDESS AKA HERA, COMPLAINING TO GOD JUPITER THAT BASICALLY HE'S NOT BEING VERY USEFUL. SHE WANTS HIM TO STOP RAIN SO SHE CAN HANG LAUNDRY. CLICHE SOUND BYTES. HE SAYS NO ONE BELIEVES IN HIM. SAYS SOME MAGIC WORDS. ABRACADABRA. |
| 00:24:17 118 |
RAIN DOES STOP, SUN COMES OUT. MIRACLE. GODS
LOOK DOWN TO EARTH. LYRE |
| 00:24:38 139 |
GLOBE OF EARTH SPINNING.
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| 00:24:51 152 |
AERIAL OF TRAIN. MAN ON COMMUTER TRAIN. VERY
UNHAPPY. THINKING TO HIMSELF ABOUT WHAT A BAD DAY HE HAD. MAN CRAMMED IN BETWEEN TWO COMMUTERS RUBBING HIS TEMPLES. |
| 00:25:36 197 |
RUDE MAN WAITS IN LINE AT TICKET WINDOW.
TYPICAL NEW YORKER RESPONDS WITH CLICHE "WELL AIN'T THAT JUST TOO BAD" MISSES HIS TRAIN. LATE FOR WORK. SNOTTY MAN CIGAR |
| 00:25:46 207 |
GETS IN CROWDED ELEVATOR. BIG WOMAN HOLDING LOTS
OF PACKAGES SQUISHES AGAINST HIM. HE BAD-MOUTHS HER UNDER HIS BREATH. WOMAN INSULTED "I BEG YOUR PARDON" |
| 00:26:06 227 |
COMMUTERS ON TRAIN, MAN FALLING ASLEEP ON OTHER
MAN'S SHOULDER, HE NUDGES HIM AWAKE |
| 00:26:27 248 |
AT RESTAURANT AT LUNCH. WAITRESS RUDE. DOESN'T
HAVE ANYTHING HE WANTS. BOILED BEEF. FIN & HADDY. TOO LATE IN LUNCH HOUR. WAITRESS GIVES HIM A PIECE OF HER MIND. MUMBLES "I DON'T WANT ANYTHING TO EAT IN THIS HASH HOUSE" |
| 00:27:10 291 |
WAITRESS COMPLAINS ABOUT HER ACHING FEET.
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| 00:27:20 301 |
COMMUTERS ON TRAIN, MAN SQUISHED BETWEEN WOMAN
READING & MAN SLEEPING THINKING ABOUT WHAT A BAD DAY HE HAD. SOUND BYTE "READY FOR THE BOBBY HATCH" |
| 00:27:38 319 |
GOES TO BANK FOR LOAN. RUDE LOAN OFFICER. THEY
ARGUE. LOAN GETS DENIED. THIRD ASSISTANT VICE-PRESIDENT OF BANK. |
| 00:28:45 386 |
MEN ON TRAIN YAWN.
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| 00:28:53 394 |
JUPITER WITH LYRE. ANTAGONIZE.
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| 00:30:05 466 |
MAN TALKS TO JUPITER, LOOKS LIKE HIS IS TALKING
TO HIMSELF ON THE TRAIN. WOMAN THINKS HE IS CRAZY. KINDNESS GOES A LONG WAY. YOU CATCH MORE FLIES WITH SUGAR THAN VINEGAR. COURTESY IS CONTAGIOUS. GET SELFISH. IRRITATED. |
| 00:34:24 725 |
MAN DISAPPEARS. OTHER MAN DOES DOUBLE-TAKE.
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| 00:34:43 744 |
BOY ON BICYCLE RIDING ON SIDEWALK RINGS BELL,
ALMOST RUNS MAN DOWN. BOY FALLS. NERD BOY. WHINING VOICE. HICK. MAN ABOUT TO BE ANGRY, BUT ACTS NICE. SYMPATHIZE. |
| 00:36:23 844 |
NEWS-STAND ON CORNER. NEWMAN VENDOR DOESN'T HAVE
CHANGE. AT TRAIN STATION. HEARS ABOUT NEWSMAN'S SICK WIFE. GIVES HIM THE NUMBER OF A DOCTOR. |
| 00:37:45 926 |
SOUND BYTE, "DON'T STRUM THAT LYRE SO HARD THIS
TIME", SEXUAL INNUENDO. |
| 00:37:59 940 |
NASTY CUSTOMER IN FRONT OF LINE BLOWS SMOKE IN
MAN'S FACE. MAN SNAPS HIS FINGERS. "BY JUPITER". WAIT YOUR TURN. WANTS TO GET QUICK TICKET. ASKED NICELY, THE MEAN COMMUTER IN FRONT OF THE LINE ALLOWS HIM TO GO FIRST. RUNS TO TRAIN. |
| 00:39:18 1019 |
MAN ON CRAMMED ELEVATOR OFFERS TO HOLD LADY'S
PACKAGES. DOESN'T GET ANGRY. SOCIETY WOMAN BRINGING DONATIONS TO CRIPPLED CHILDREN. |
| 00:40:30 1091 |
MAN IN RESTAURANT WITH RUDE WAITRESS, HE DOESN'T
ALLOW HER TO GET HIM UPSET. KEEPS ORDERING MEALS SOLD OUT. MAN SNAPS FINGERS. IS NICE TO WAITRESS |
| 00:41:44 1165 |
MAN COMES OUT OF BANK. HAPPY MAN. TALKING UP
AT THE SKY. LOOKS AT HIS WRISTWATCH. |
| 00:42:21 1202 |
BACK AT OFFICE. WORKER COMPLAINS. "I GOT A
GRIPE, I'M MAD". ANGRY. TELLS MAN ABOUT BEING COURTEOUS. ADVICE. WISELY SELFISH |
| 00:44:14 1315 |
SILHOUETTES OF MEN IN OFFICE TALKING.
MAN LEANING ON OFFICE DOOR EAVESDROPPING. |
| 00:45:46 1407 |
THUNDERSTORM STARTS AGAIN.
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| 00:46:05 1426 |
TAPE ENDS
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Year: 1947
Color: Black & White
Genre: 1940s INDUSTRIALS
Description: APPROACHES THE UNIVERSAL PROBLEM OF IMPROVING THE ATTITUDE OF MAN TOWARD MAN (HOW TO TREAT PEOPLE RIGHT). STRESSES THE THEME "COURTESY IS CONTAGIOUS" THROUGH A BLEND OF FANTASY & REALITY. REVEALS THE EVERYDAY EXPERIENCES OF AN ORDINARY MAN WHO LEARNS HOW TO BECOME "WISELY SELFISH" THROUGH MIRACLE WORKED BY A BENIGN JUPITER AND HIS WIFE JUNO. LIFE LESSONS. MYTHOLOGY. SOCIAL ETHICS. CHICK CHANDLER.
