Ace in the Hole Page #2
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- 1951
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Where's that big story
to get me out of here?
One year, and what's our hot news?
A soapbox derby.
A tornado that double-crossed
us and went to Texas.
An old goof who said he
was the real Jesse James,
until they found out he was
by the name of Schimmelmacher.
I'm stuck here, fans.
Stuck for good!
Unless, of course,
you, Miss Deverich,
Unless, of course,
you, Miss Deverich,
instead of writing household hints
about how to remove chilli
stains from blue jeans,
get yourself involved
in a trunk murder.
How about it, Miss Deverich?
your dismembered body.
Oh, Mr Tatum. Really.
Or you, Mr Wendel.
If you'd only toss that
cigar out of the window,
real far, all the
way to Los Alamos,
and boom!
I told you no liquor in the office.
What a suspicious nature
you have, Mr Boot.
Pretty, isn't it?
I make those things
every night when I go home out
of matches and toothpicks.
Calms my nerves.
Sorry, Tatum.
- Maybe you do need a change.
- Do I.
And I got news for you. You're going
out of town for a couple of days.
- How far and in what direction?
- Los Barrios county.
They're having a rattlesnake hunt,
and I want you to cover it.
- A rattlesnake hunt?
- That's right.
And take Herbie along.
Let's get some art.
A rattlesnake hunt. Well,
isn't that ginger-peachy?
A real "stop the press,
pull out the front page",
"get ready to re-plate" assignment.
Have a nice time, Chuck.
See the country.
And don't worry, I'll
put the paper to bed.
Well, it looks like we're starting
our second year with a real bang.
Okay, fan, pack up.
You know, this could be a
pretty good story, Chuck.
Don't sell it short.
It's quite a sight, 1,000
rattlers in the underbrush,
and a lot of men smoking them
Big deal, 1,000 rattlers
in the underbrush.
Give me just 50 of them
loose in Albuquerque.
Like that leopard in Oklahoma City.
The whole town in panic.
Deserted streets.
Barricaded houses.
They're evacuating the children.
Every man is armed.
Fifty killers on the prowl. Fifty.
One by one, they start
hunting them down.
They get 10, 20.
It's building. They get
40, 45. They get 49.
Where's the last rattler?
In a kindergarten? In a church?
In a crowded elevator? Where?
I give up. Where?
In my desk drawer, fan.
Stashed away, only
nobody knows it, see?
The story's good for
another three days.
Then when I'm good and ready,
we come out with a big extra.
"Sun-Bulletin snags number 50."
Where do you get those ideas?
Herbie, boy, how long did you go
to that school of journalism?
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