Alfred Hitchcock credited as playing...
Self - Host
- [introduction, Hitchcock is on a mountain with a rope]
- Alfred Hitchcock - Host: Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I thought I would cut this rope since it seems to be obstructing my path. I can't seem to find my partner. He was here a moment ago then let out a cry and disappeared.
- [the rope breaks and Hitchcock watches something fall to the ground]
- Alfred Hitchcock - Host: My, my. I seem to have made a faux pas. My friend was on the other end of that rope. Rotten luck. He was also my business partner, but the show must go on. Tonight, we are presenting a chilly little tale entitled "The Crystal Trench". It follows at a respectful distance.
- [afterword, Hitchcock is tying the rope around himself]
- Alfred Hitchcock - Host: So much for our version of "The Iceman Cometh". I shall return for a final word in a moment. First, we have come to one of those treacherous crevices that riddle the glacier of television.
- [commercial break]
- Alfred Hitchcock - Host: I think I should begin my descent before I become the source of a legend about an abdominal snowman. Next week, I shall once again return with another story spiced together by commercials. Until then, good night.
- [Hitchcock climbs down the mountain and another mountain climber, his business partner, cuts the rope as payback for Hitchcock's faux pas]