Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955

[introduction]

Alfred Hitchcock:
Good evening. Most of you have doubtless read how Anne Boleyn lost her head. King Henry VIII, no longer fascinated, said, "Let her be decapitated." Thereupon the legend goes, her ghost roamed about each night with utmost dignity and charm, with her head tucked underneath her arm. [camera pulls back to reveal Hitchcock holding his own extra head] Now with two heads it occurs to me, I can think more clearly than with three. However, if the worst should come, one head's a basic minimum. Therefore, in my work, I hardly dare to roam about without one spare. Tonight's legend tells of modern life and how to solve a problem: wife.