Alfred Hitchcock credited as playing...
Self - Host
- [afterword]
- Self - Host: Perhaps it was something she ate. And now our sponsor would like to tick off a few of the reasons why he feels he deserves your steadfast support. I shall again be available after the customary interval. But don't bother to call me. I'll call you.
- [commercial]
- Self - Host: My problems have been solved. I had a workman over and he removed that awful cuckoo sound. I won't be needing these anymore.
- [tosses away earmuffs]
- Self - Host: That's all for tonight. Next week, we shall be back with another story. Until then, good night.
- [clock chimes with a ringing sound]
- [introduction - Hitchcock steps out of a chiming cuckoo clock]
- Self - Host: Present company excepted. Good evening, fellow clock watchers. And welcome to "Alfred Hitchcock Presents". I shall never again lease an apartment on the strength of an advertisement. This one read "Quarters for rent for a very slim gentleman who loves animals." The animals are that infernal bird you just heard and an idiotic mouse that runs up the pendulum every now and then. You know the nursery rhyme that goes "when the clock struck one." Unfortunately, I'm the one it strikes. But enough of my problems. Now, as is customary on this program, we shall have a word or two from a dear friend. Listen.