Monkey Business

Not yet, Cary.

Not yet, Cary.

Hmm.

- Barnaby, you have the key.

- Ah?

Well, look for it, darling.

Hmm.

Look in this first pocket.

That's usually where you hide it.

Oh, yeah.

Oh, but I didn't hide it.

I put it there so I could find it.

Here it is.

Would you turn on the porch light

and turn off that hall light?

Close the door and

be sure that it's locked...

and I'll start the car.

I understand.

Oh, it's you.

Come on in.

- Barnaby.

- Huh?

- We're going to a dance.

- Oh, yes.

And we're going to be late

if we don't hurry.

Oh, yeah.

Now, let's start all over again.

You've got your key.

- Mm-hmm.

- No, it's in that pocket.

Oh, that's right.

I put it there on purpose.

And you're going

to turn the porch light on...

and the hall light off...

and then you're going

to lock the door.

- Right.

- Now, come along, darling.

- Barnaby, are you thinking?

- Hmm? Hmm?

Oh, yeah, yeah.

It's pretty dark in here,

isn't it?

That's better.

What are you thinking about?

Oh, it's the test

we made in the lab today.

They proved that only

23% of the formula...

is being assimilated.

Oh, the formula.

Yeah. Well, you know

what that means.

That-That means that

73% is absolute waste.

Seventy-three?

What happened to the rest of it?

No, no. Not 73, 77.

What did I say?

- Seventy-seven.

- Well.

I guess that's why

it's having so little effect...

on those chimpanzees

we're experimenting with.

We've been giving it to them

for over two months now.

Well, it certainly hasn't done

what it should have done.

I thought

it was doing rather well.

No, no.

No, that's the trouble.

It isn't doing well at all.

What about that one monkey

you told me about?

- Oh, you mean Rudolph.

- He's pretty old, isn't he?

Well, Rudolph's about...

Well, he's about the equivalent

of 84 years old in a human.

Well, didn't the formula

cure his rheumatism?

Didn't it make his coat

much glossier?

- Didn't you say he felt a lot better?

- Well, in a way.

Well, then,

what do you expect?

Well, it isn't what

it should be, Edwina.

What must it be before

you're satisfied with it?

Theoretically, it should have

a much greater effect.

I've just got to find a way

to make it more easily assimilable.

- Huh?

- Assimilable? Assi...

- More easily assimilated.

- Oh, yeah.

I thought I had a good idea

at the front door just now.

I guess I just thought I had it.

Anyway, it's gone.

- Well, it'll come back to you.

- I doubt it.

It'll come back to you.

That's the trouble

about being a chemist.

You know,

you can't actually think.

Every now and then...

you feel compelled to sit

and stare at a sheet of paper...

hoping it'll speak to you,

but it never does.

Oh. Is that a new dress?

Mm-hmm.

Oh, I like that.

Let me see it.

I like the way it sticks out.

- Or is that you?

- Well, you ought to know.

It isn't you.

You ought to be going

somewhere in a dress like that.

Yeah. Well,

I'm glad you like it.

Holy smokes.

We forgot all about the party.

Why didn't you remind me?

- We're not going.

- Why not?

Well, we're not going

for a number of reasons.

Oh?

One:
When I dance with you,

I want to dance with all of you.

I don't want your brain

to be somewhere else.

I know.

You're not very often

the absent-minded professor...

but, darling, when you are,

you're a real zombie.

Yeah, I admit it.

And I don't want people

to see you like that.

Now, go on.

Sit down and relax

and be brilliant.

Hey.

- You know, you're all right.

- How do you like your eggs?

How did eggs get in

to the conversation?

You're hungry, aren't you?

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