Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955

[introduction]

Alfred Hitchcock:
Good evening.

Echo:
Good evening.

Alfred Hitchcock:
[whispering] Good evening. Certain parties have been objecting to my candid remarks. So, I'm doing tonight's show from this sealed chamber. It's as quiet as a tomb. Which is not surprising...

Echo:
Good evening.

Alfred Hitchcock:
... since it was the only type of structure available that suited our...

Echo:
Certain parties have been objecting to my candid remarks. So, I am doing tonight's show from this sealed chamber. Which is not surprising.

Alfred Hitchcock:
Are you quite finished?... Here, in a moment, is tonight's play. It is entitled "Crackpot."

Echo:
Are you quite finished?

[Hitchcock shrugs and sits down, defeated]