Perry Mason1957

Hamilton Burger:
Well, Perry, what's the occasion? To the best of my knowledge there's nothing pending between us.

Perry Mason:
No.

Hamilton Burger:
Social call?

Perry Mason:
I don't know exactly what kind of a call it is, Hamilton.

Hamilton Burger:
Well, maybe between us we can figure it out. Sit down.

Perry Mason:
I am... in a very curious predicament.

Hamilton Burger:
That's a switch... traffic ticket?

Perry Mason:
No, a problem of ethics. If I tell you about it, would you be willing to regard it as privileged, so to speak - not to be acted upon?

Hamilton Burger:
Why, Perry, you know as district attorney I can't buy a pig in a poke like that.

Perry Mason:
All right, I'll present it hypothetically instead, so you won't have to promise anything - agreed?

Hamilton Burger:
Well, I don't know how the taxpayers will react to my spending time listening to hypothetical problems, but - go ahead.