Alfred Hitchcock credited as playing...
Self - Host
- [introduction - Hitchcock has horseshoeing equipment and a horse in the background]
- Self - Host: Good evening, fellow villagers. I've been promised a chestnut tree, but it hasn't been delivered yet. The job came as a result of my answering an ad. Sure I've got it here somewhere.
- [searches his pockets]
- Self - Host: Let's see. Oh, here we are.
- [takes out ad and reads it]
- Self - Host: "Wanted: Man with large and sinewy hands. The muscles of his brawny arms strong as iron bands. Hair must be crisp, black and long. His face must be quite tan. No salary guaranteed. He earns what air he can." I found the job very interesting and not difficult at all. This case, for example.
- [gestures to horse]
- Self - Host: He doesn't need new shoes. He needs arch supports. From this bucolic scene, we move to an urban setting for tonight's drama. Lest the contrast be too jarring for your sensibilities, we present the following pleasantly incongruous transition.
- [afterword]
- Self - Host: There is a group of men in this country, members of a noble profession who, each day, go about their work quietly and efficiently. Merely because this program shows one of these men blundering is not meant as a condemnation of the whole group. What Charlie did was inexcusable, but we certainly do not imply that all criminals would make the same mistake. And now a brief advertisement, after which I shall return.
- [commercial]
- Self - Host: I must say horseshoes are very chic yet sensible this year. Open-toed flats.
- [hammers a horseshoe on the anvil and places it in the hot water]
- Self - Host: Now, until next week, good night.