Monday
but
happened
tonight well tomorrow
lot unique
starring william redfield
with edgar staley
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the first act of
you need
when
A.
Good evening what can I do for you. Maybe you can tell me what I need.
Pardon your sign says I have what you need well.
I'm sorry Mr Carmichael Tom Carmichael I'm a freelance writer I've been watching
your store for a couple of days now. I think there's
a story here where you're welcome to look around if you like.
A beat up looking joint your customers seem to be pretty well healed.
I know. I know it's
a bit early to tell you really well I couldn't wait. Have you the time to get what
I mean if you're like just a moment I'll get it you know I'd like to get one of
those too. What are you talking about well the gimmick the gizmo what we all need.
It. Oh I couldn't do this much to take it take it.
I can't seem to wait.
I.
Five thousand dollars for
a gun and I've taken everything but you mind telling me what business you're in
yes I would I could check you through the better business bureau and you wish the
past two days I have seen people walk out of here with let me see an egg a pair of
rubber gloves a test to and now gone. Out of a weird assortment wouldn't you say I
would indeed and now if you'll excuse me price always five thousand it varies.
I'm beginning to get the point you're not interested in talking to me very clever
of you I could go to the police the gun is there a permit for it and what makes it
worth five thousand dollars do you think the police could be interested in your
business that sounds like a threat no that's my duty as a citizen your business
might be blackmailed so it might. Better tell the police you have my blessing
not to try to put up some teeth that would be nice perhaps the young man would
like to come Oh no no he has
an appointment with the police not know it can wait now I just love a cup of tea
I would want to keep you oh you win hands down I had no intention of going to the
police and I think you knew it would make a difference either way frankly all I'm
interested in is the story. Or let's put it another way I see a sign which says I
have what you need I'm
a poor struggling writer but am I less in need than the wealthy looking people that
you serve Peter I think the young man has
a point you come to me then as
a customer Oh yes as
a customer you excuse me a moment I'll put up.
A.
This was to come back to. Is what you need. Carry it on your place and thank you
you know I think I'm beginning to get your racket now extremely intelligent young
man some kind of phony medium you spent a few dials and tell the future and then
you sell it at five thousand per quite
a deal today was to come back on you can whistle for the five thousand I had no
intention of charging you that the I know you couldn't afford it and what do I owe
you. Pay me after you're satisfied when will I know soon enough. There's one thing
I must tell you very frankly I'm not very happy with you as
a customer I must ask you to promise that you'll never come near my shop again no
mention to anyone. In exchange for what. In exchange for what I've given you. Might
this be in the nature of
a bride day Mr Carmichael the young man will not be staying. Probably be back no
Mr Carmichael I've done your service let's leave it at that depends on the worth of
your service it will be worth much to you keep it on your place.
And.
It's. Right for
a time from Michael the wizard journalist he with
a nose when you I think the old who's right you're probably in the wrong racket
right. You were probably born to be
a dressmaker OK OK cut it out you cut it out you gave you the
fear I'm not through with the old buzzard yet I'll get something out of this. Maybe
not appear. I said stop it don't push me around I don't go for.
The job in
a mobile not you may as well take me home I got to figure it there's an angle
somewhere it's always an angle and you're always thinking. Getting a little tired
waiting around to come up with
a right answer I tell you I saw it a check for five thousand dollars six backer
types walk in and walk out with packages what if they all pay five thousand that's
when you're telling from numbers. But we always wind up eating in the. Very
least I get out of this is
a story that I promise you won't even get that you want to bet on drink up. Make
up night on Fred's magazine and maybe I can imagine him and to give them a little
advance on this yard. You want to. What's in sunny boy just watch an operator
operate five will get you ten he OK is the story a way to check.
It. Take it easy.
It. It.
I must. Keep those two. Oh wait
a minute. You better give them to me. I.
Think I can turn those off
a minute so we can talk. I can sell it to Coleman. I like to give you
first crack at my stuff you like to come in here when I'm up to my ears and work
and try to talk me into giving you
a go ahead on something I'll be sorry for in the morning.
You call yourself an editor. That nasty that always help.
I get that natural it's a strike right down your alley and old guy trying to please
millionaires out of dough all right so we expose him a good yard in
a public service you're always yapping about your magazine doing a public service.
Then you get interested in public service my friend that will be the day.
That's easy. Give me one just one objection just one the last year on your soul
because very traction and down here a lot of. Time I can't trust you smell
a couple of bucks and you sit at home we get the whole story about your own.
Picture of the place I don't deny that the place exists but I want to know what
game the old man is playing. You told me go out and prove it. To me I'm black and
white show me where the old man is
a fraud get me back. Going to make. My little.
Item for. That so hot.
You're right or enough to go out and smell it out right through to the end.
Read something in here on paper, and I'll listen.
Okay, you know what? First crack at it. When I do get the facts, you can whip on it.
Hey! Hey, Fred! Fred!
Sonic, a car!
Shut it off! Shut it off!
There's a knife on the table there.
There's no knife in here.
There's one in my pocket.
Fred!
Hold on for a minute!
What's wrong, honey? Are you all right?
Well, that was close.
You can do tell.
It wasn't my fault you got your scarf caught in the machine there.
All right, all right. Take it easy.
I ain't liable to sue.
I owe you my life for these shears.
It's a lucky thing.
It's a darn lucky thing.
You owe your life to these shears.
Yeah.
About that story, Tom.
Oh.
You'll listen now, huh?
Yeah, look, I think we can all use a drink.
I got a bottle right here in the drawer.
Go get it, and then you can talk your head off.
Okay?
Let's go, honey.
A bottle is what you need.
Carry it on your person.
Tom?
Get your coat, baby.
We're getting out of here.
Tom! Tom, what about that story?
Forget it!
It's mine now.
It's all mine.
We'll return to the second act of what you need in just a minute.
Meanwhile...
Oh, are you a fishing fan?
If you're not, you will be after I show you this outfit.
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and it's made of specially woven Zeeland-treated poplin.
See these pockets?
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for any kind of fishing that you ever want to do at any time.
See, they're bellows pockets, and there's enough room in them
to hold all your lure boxes, all your other gear.
Yes, even all that gear that you carry.
Over here, we have some more pockets.
This one for cigarettes.
This one for sunglasses or glasses, depending on which kind you need.
Here's a ring to hold your snippers.
All you fishermen know what those are for, and here's a wonderful idea.
These loops can put your rod in if you want to free your hands.
The butt down here, the rest of it here, so that you can change flies,
light a cigarette, do anything you want to with your hands free.
Now, that's just the front.
In the back, we have a ring back here, of course, for your landing net.
Notice that this loop is 6 inches long
and you can reach it more easily either from the right or the left-hand side.
Then we have here a great big mammoth pocket
that goes all the way across the back.
Zips open so you can store your lunch, rain jacket, or anything like that in there.
Now get this, all this coat, all those features,
and it costs only $18.50.
Now, when it gets a little warm, well, Maslin has the answer to that, too.
And that is the famous Maslin Tackle Pack fishing vest
designed by Lee Wolf, who was one of America's foremost fishermen.
Here you'll notice that everything is carried high and dry to make for easier weighting.
As you can see, you have all the features that you have in a Klamath coat.
At $15.75, it's no wonder that the Tackle Pack
is just about the most popular single fishing garment in the country.
See these two wonderful Maslin garments now at the store
where you see this new display with a Tackle Pack over here,
and on this side, the winter weather hunting coat,
just to remind you that Maslin also makes fine clothes for hunting.
Now, if you want the name of your local Maslin dealer,
what you have to do is write your name and address on a postcard
and mail it to Maslin Sportswear, Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
Maslin Sportswear, Carlisle, Pennsylvania,
and we'll notify you where you can see all these fine Maslin clothes.
And now back to Act 2 of What You Need,
William Redfield and Edgar Staley.
[♪ music playing ♪♪ and bell ringing ♪♪
That young man again, I was hoping he wouldn't come back.
Perhaps he wants to thank you.
No, no, I'm afraid he wants much more than that.
There's one way to find out, get confirmation from his own lips of what I already know.
Oh, good evening. I'm afraid this is all I have.
Then keep it.
Oh, no, no, no, I want you to have it.
Your service was hardly repayable.
Cheers came in handy.
You know what happened?
Yes.
How?
I asked you not to come back.
I had to come back. You saved my life.
Then we'll say that I accept your thanks and let's be done with it.
Those men, the ones who come here to get what they need, they're clients, they keep returning.
What if they are?
Well, if you're willing to help them when they're in trouble, why not me?
Is it the money? I'll get the money.
It's not the money. I help those who are worthy of help.
Why is it so important that you should see into your future?
All right. I'll be honest with you.
That would be wise.
A knowledge of the future would help me over hurdles, hurdles that have blocked me in the past.
I want to get married, Mr. Talley.
My girl thinks I'm a flop. She's not the kind who would marry a flop.
If I can find out what's in store for me, for us...
You labor under misapprehension. I cannot map out your future.
Every man has several possible futures.
The specific future that's to be yours must be your own free choice.
I don't understand that.
When you come in here, you're in the beam of my scanner.
In my back room, I have a machine.
By turning a calibrated dial, I can check on your possible futures.
In one of these futures last night, I saw you killed by a printing press.
And in my other futures, I saw...
Well, let's say that I saw various possibilities,
depending upon how you react to different crises that arise.
Well, tell me what they are.
I can't do that.
Why do you do it for others?
It must be my own free choice. I stumbled on this power quite by accident.
I don't care about that.
But I do.
I was a scientist. I...
I worked with electronics, and I... At night, I dabbled with astrology.
The pure science and the abstract hobby led me to this.
And I'm beginning to wonder if I can cope with it.
Oh, now, come off it. I'm not a child.
This thing, whatever it is, no matter how you came across it, it could be worth millions.
I give every penny above my living expenses to charity.
Tell it to Sweeney.
Get out of here. I'm sorry I saved you.
It's too late for that, old man, and much, much beside the point.
Then come to your point, Mr. Carmichael.
If you're not interested in money, that's your business.
Well, frankly, money interests me. It always has.
And in the end, money will kill you.
Oh, no, not so long as you can turn the dial on that machine.
And what if I refuse?
If something tells me you know the answer to that as well as I do.
You claim you're not interested in money, you're not interested in playing God,
you're just doing it for mankind, you're saving the needy.
Well, I won't gamble that you love this little game of yours,
and we'll get rid of anything that stands in the way, and I'm in the way.
Sure you are.
Publicity will ruin you, and I'm just the guy to do it.
I subscribe to your service. My price for silence is the future.
I want to know what tomorrow will bring. I want what I need.
I just want to wreck my machine.
Go on ahead.
Peter!
He's done so much good.
One of those men you saw, the one who gave me the check for $5,000,
in two years he'll develop a serum to combat polio.
Without the gun I gave him today, he'd have been killed by a thief who was ransacking his apartment.
I'm not asking you to stop helping others, just help me.
Peter, perhaps it's best to do as he says.
Where can I reach you?
With what I need?
With what you need.
I'm meeting my girl in a bar on the corner of Greenwich and 4th.
I'll be there all evening.
I'll send a messenger boy over with what you need.
Sorry I had to, well, use persuasion.
It's quite all right, I anticipated it.
I was wrong about him, he's evil.
I must check this at once.
I must be certain, absolutely certain.
Peter, what was that?
What was that noise?
Peter, what is it?
You look as if you've seen a ghost.
A ghost?
Yes, I have seen a ghost.
Take it easy, that's not ginger ale.
I'm fine, I feel just great.
You're higher than a kite.
The world's a kite, I got it by the tail.
Up in the clouds, it's a long way down.
No, no, we're not coming down, baby, not this time.
Dream, dream, dream.
The old man is worth a million bucks, a walking mint.
You know, just one little machine, but in the hands of the right guy, you could own the world.
Yeah, but it's his machine and he's got other plans for it.
No, I'm not interested in his plans, not in the slightest.
I don't know, I always thought I was pretty tough, but this, I don't know.
Now what goes through that beautiful blonde head of yours?
The old man saved your life, maybe you ought to be grateful.
I told him thanks, what else?
You're going to steal that machine, is that it?
I don't know, I haven't exactly figured out the mechanics of it yet, but I get the machine.
I get it, or I break a leg trying.
If you don't quit drinking, you're liable to break a leg, period.
It's slippery outside.
That's how we got to celebrate, don't we?
We don't make a million every day, or at least we didn't.
You Mr. Carmichael?
Oh yeah, yeah, in the flesh.
Here, don't spend it all in one place.
Joke?
No, I don't think the old goat has a sense of humor.
Yeah, well just not the thing for a night like this.
Yeah?
But if it's what I need.
Hey, what do you think you're doing?
Are you crazy?
Yeah, like a fox.
You remember I almost threw away the shears?
Well, little Tommy boy does not make the same mistake twice.
All right, that's got it.
Let's blow.
If you'll blow flat on your face, it'll serve you right.
Is that my sweet little baby talking?
Take it easy, it's wet outside.
I never had a chance.
I swear he slipped right in front of me, like he was pushed.
You know, Martha, please don't, I'd rather you didn't.
I just thought perhaps the news...
No, no, we'd be interrupted by the news and I'd have to hear the consequences of my action.
Martha, I can't cope with...
Darling, I don't understand.
The boy, I killed him.
I can't believe that.
You couldn't do such a thing.
And now for the local news.
Just a half hour ago, the snowstorm claimed its first casualty.
A man identified as Tom Carmichael was instantly killed when he slipped beneath the wheels of a truck.
You... you could have saved him!
Worse. I sent him to his death.
He was evil, but...
death is for God to decide. You had no right.
And had I the right to step into the fate of all those others?
To play God on Earth?
No mortal man has that right.
Oh, Peter, you've done so much good.
And tonight...
I killed a man.
There must have been a cause.
Yes, a cause. I saw it in a machine.
A life for life. Tom Carmichael's for mine.
In two weeks, he would have killed me
and stolen the machine for his own evil gain.
But even so, you had no right.
I didn't ask for this terrible power.
Oh, God, why was it granted me?
It's not for man on Earth.
Peter! Peter! Peter!
Oh, Peter!
Peter! Peter! Peter!
THE END
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