The Curse of the Jade Scorpion Page #4

- Happy 50th, George.

- Thank you.

Everyone, I'd like to make

a toast to C.W. Briggs.

Thanks to you, the police now have

the stolen Picasso in their possession.

- Attaboy, C.W.

- C.W.!

By the way, where'd you come up with

the idea of looking in the telescope?

What I do is I put myself

in the criminal's position.

I try and anticipate what would he

do next, what his next move would be.

- I think like him.

- That's fantastic.

I would hate to have me after me.

- [ Group Laughing]

- [Woman ] Very good, very good.

What are you thinking, Mr. Magruder?

You look lost in reverie.

Sorry. I was thinking about

a column I read in the paper...

about all these Germans occupying Paris.

- Yeah, it doesn't look good.

- C.W., you ever been to Paris?

[ C.W. ]

I've never been out of the country.

Zero- dash-six, eight-dash-five,

eight, five, seven.

That's right. That's exactly correct.

And now for something I call

the power of the Jade Scorpion.

- For this I'll need a few victims--

- [Laughing]

I mean, volunteers from the audience

and help from a few nice people.

- Oh, yes.

- Go on.

- Sir?

- We got another one. C.W.!

- Go ahead.

- We got another one forya.

There's a sucker born every minute.

- Represent us well, Briggs.

- [Magician] Many years ago...

an emperor in China received as a gift

this precious pendant--

a Jade Scorpion.

It was said to possess

extraordinary powers--

the power to darken men's minds.

I can't get hypnotized.

I'm not a good subject.

[Magician ]

Eyes only on the scorpion, please.

Ears open only

to the sound of my voice.

Ears open only

to the sound of my voice.

Please, sir.

Sir, look at the scorpion.

The surrender of the mind-

The surrender

of the mind--

They resist and resist,

but the scorpion likes resistance.

[Magician ]

What is your name, sir?

C.W. Briggs.

What do you do, Mr. Briggs?

I'm an insurance investigator...

for North Coast Casualty

and Fidelity of New York.

- What is your name, miss?

- Betty Ann Fitzgerald.

I also work at North Coast.

- So you work together?

- I can't stand her.

- [Laughing]

- Oh, come now.

Don't pay attention to him.

He's a sleazy little megalomaniac

who's frightened of women.

- Enough. Sleep.

- [Laughing Continues]

Silence.

You are now at the

first level of trance,

but the Jade Scorpion wants you

to go to the deepest level.

When I say the word Constantinople,

you will instantly drop into

the deepest hypnotic trance.

All resistance will disappear.

When I say the word Madagascar,

you will go immediately to

the deepest level of hypnotic sleep,

and you will obey all my orders.

Ready now.

Constantinople. Madagascar.

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