Carol

Have a good evening.

Taxi!

Thank you, Jack.

Not much going on for a Friday.

Eh, it's early yet.

Say, Cal, make that a double, would you?

Sure.

What, are you in a hurry tonight?

And, uh, one for yourself, huh?

- I got to make a call. - Oh, thanks, pal.

Therese?

Is that you?

What do you know?

I'm saying to myself, I know that girl.

- Jack. - Gee, it's great to see you, Therese.

It's been... months.

Months.

- Jack, this is Carol Aird. - Ah.

- Pleased to meet you. - Likewise.

Well, uh, hey, uh, Ted Gray is meeting me here, and a bunch of us

are heading down to Phil's party.

You're going, aren't you?

Yes, I just planned to get there a little bit...

You two go ahead.

You coming along?

No.

I, uh, have to make a few calls before dinner anyway.

I really should run.

Are you sure?

Of course.

Well, then it would be great to catch a ride.

Yeah, sure.

You two have a wonderful night.

Nice meeting you, Jack.

Nice meeting you.

All right, well, uh, let me go make sure the loaf's on his way.

Back in a flash.

Come on, let's go!

Okay!

You see his face?

Wait up for me.

- Let's go, Joey. - Okay, I'm coming.

Want to get a cab?

I like your scribbles.

Yeah.

I've been busy.

I don't know how you do it.

What?

You look like a million bucks first thing in the morning.

I'll be down in a minute.

So I got the schedules in the mail.

You listening to me?

I'm listening.

You got the schedules.

There's two sailings to France in June and one in July.

Wow.

So what do you think?

I think...

I think it's too cold.

I can't think straight.

All right, let's get you warmed up.

Compliments of the season from the management.

Compliments of the season from the management.

Season's greetings from the management.

Anyway, she's just going crazy with no other girls in the family but Esther.

How is Esther?

She'll pull through.

Compliments of the season from the management.

Compliments of the season from the management.

I got to open the floor.

See you later.

Ms. Belivet, you're needed upstairs.

Make it snappy.

We got to rearrange this whole display.

Should we do it now or later?

Got to do it now before we open.

Good morning, happy holidays and welcome, shoppers,

to Frankenberg's.

Be sure to take advantage of our Congratulations, Ike and Mamie,

Inaugural Early Bird Special in our beds and bedding department

on the second floor.

And on your way there, you won't want to miss our brand-new General Electric

television stereophonic display on the first floor,

just past the haberdashery.

Oh, there are the trains.

- They're over there. - Oh, they are.

Mommy, please, please, please?

Would you like a ribbon?

- Hmm? - Would you?

Miss? Miss?

Where's the ladies' room, honey?

If you go back to the elevator and make a right, you can't miss it.

Thank you.

I wonder if you might help me find this doll

for my daughter.

Bright Betsy.

Oh, she cries and wets herself,

but I'm afraid we're all out of stock.

Oh.

I've left it too long.

Well, we have plenty of other dolls,

- um, all kinds, actually. - Right.

What was your favorite doll when you were four?

Me?

"I never"

Not many, to be honest.

I'm sorry, you're not allowed to smoke on the sales floor.

Of all the...

Forgive me. Shopping makes me nervous.

That's all right. Working here makes me nervous.

You're very kind.

Here she is.

Oh, she looks like you, around the eyes.

You think so?

What did you want when you were this age?

A train set.

Really?

Do you know much about train sets?

I do, actually, and we just got a new model in last week.

It's hand-built with hand-painted cars.

It's a limited edition of 5,000.

You might have seen it on the way in over by the elevators.

I would show you, but I'm sort of confined to this desk.

- Do you ship? - Special delivery.

You could have it in two or three days.

They'd even assemble it for you.

Well, that's that.

Sold.

Shall I pay now?

Oh, yes, of course.

Um...

We'll need your account details and your shipping address.

Of course.

I love Christmas.

Wrapping presents and all that.

And then, somehow you wind up overcooking

the turkey anyway.

Done.

Where'd you learn so much about train sets?

Oh, I read.

Too much, probably.

That's refreshing.

Thank you.

- Merry Christmas. - Merry Christmas.

I like the hat.

There's a gift for everybody in our accessories department on street level,

where you'll find the entire Parker pen line on sale,

including Parker's new smooth lining 51.

With only one moving part,

making writing as easy as conversation.

See what the sensation of the season is

in our toys department on the fourth floor.

You won't be able to resist the best-selling...

You look absolutely divine!

Turn around.

- Please. - Come on.

Perfect, wonderful shoulders.

Move over.

Nobody else can see the screen.

Nobody else is watching.

I'm watching.

I've seen it six times.

Hmm?

Right now, I'm charting the correlation

between what the characters say and how they really feel.

My kid brother, the movie jerk.

I'm strictly a beer man.

Everything else makes me want to vomit.

Well, wine makes me feel naughty, but in a good way.

I drink to forget I got to get up for work in the morning.

Oh, see, that's your problem, Semco.

You really ought to drink because you remember you have a job.

Employment's a curse.

You have a job, Phil.

You call that a job?

I call that an illusion.

You get paid.

Is money an illusion?

My kid brother, the jerk philosopher.

And where do you work?

- Mmm. - Didn't you know?

Dannie works at the New York Times.

No kidding.

It's a job.

What I really want to do is write.

That's why I watch movies.

Everybody's a writer.

Uh, say, Therese, before I get too drunk to remember...

You did it?

It's fixed?

He said it was a cinch, no sweat.

Oh, thank you, Phil.

I was missing it.

So you take pictures?

Well...

She's more excited about some chintzy camera

than she is about sailing with me to Europe.

- Women! - You said it, pal.

- I don't believe it! - Oh, look who's coming.

Does the House Un-American Activities know