The Glass Bottom Boat

You're looking at the undersea

gardens of Catalina lsland. . .

. . .a paradise of exotic fish

and giant kelp.

Largest of these

is the great bladder kelp.

That's what l said, madam,

bladder kelp.

Note the gentle, swaying motion

of the kelp plants, like a lovely ballet.

And if a mermaid should happen

to join our ballet. . .

. . .remember, anything can happen

in the mysterious depths of the ocean.

-Any time, Jenny.

-Okay, Pop.

Hey!

What in heaven's name

do you think you're doing?

-You talking to me?

-Yes, l'm talking to you.

-That's my suit on your line.

-Oh, l'm sorry.

-That's a pretty funny-looking suit.

-My mermaid tail.

Would you please throw it back?

That's difficult. lt's all tangled.

Come aboard, and l'll untangle it.

Well, that's a little difficult too,

since l'm bottomless.

Oh, yeah, l see what you mean.

Here. Get into this.

And another thing,

don't you believe in signs?

-Now what are you talking about?

-That sign over there that says:

''No fishing. ''

-l wasn't exactly fishing.

-Well, then what were you doing?

Maybe l was hunting for mermaids.

l'm gonna have you arrested.

They're gonna have you arrested,

going around without your bottom.

Mr. Templeton,

your company's new device. . .

-. . .overcomes weightlessness in space?

-Yes.

-lt actually simulates gravity?

-Electronically, yeah.

-Mr. Templeton, could you explain?

-Gentlemen. Gentlemen. One at a time.

What do you call this thing we saw?

Technically, this thing is referred to as. . .

. . .Gravity lnertial Stabilized

Manned Observatory.

The initials are G-l-S-M-O, and that

spells Gismo, and that's what we call it.

-Bruce.

-Yeah, Paul.

-I got a little problem. Can I come up?

-l'll come down to you.

-Do the Russians have Gismo?

-No, they'd like it.

-Can you give us the equation?

-No, l'm sure they'd like that even better.

Excuse me, l have to leave. My partner,

Mr. Molloy, will answer any questions.

-You can handle that, can't you, Einstein?

-l'll fake it, old buddy.

All right, fellas and little lady.

Fire away. But remember, Templeton's

the brains. l just move the merchandise.

How did he arrive at this equation?

Well. . . .

This building is called the M-1 Building.

All this specially designed

for testing spacecraft and subsystems.

The laboratory is fully equipped

with a thermal vacuum chamber. . .

-. . .a superclean room and a space--

-Mrs. Nelson, may l see you a moment?

Oh, yes, Mr. Goodwin.

Would you excuse me, please?

-Yes, sir?

-When you finish with the tour. . .

-. . .come to my office.

-Yes.

l'd like to mobilize Public Relations.

The press are clamoring for Gismo data. . .

-. . .and you might be equipped to write it.

-Yes, sir.

Did you say that l should write it, sir?

Oh, l'd like that very much, Mr. Goodwin.

l really would.

But you must understand that l'm just

a beginner, no experience whatsoever.

-l have every confidence in your work.

-Oh, thank you, Mr. Goodwin.

Besides, l've taken

a special interest in you.

Oh, that's very kind of you, sir.

The tour, l'd bet--

Hi, Jen. How do you like your first week

in a think factory?

lt's like being at college.

l even had an offer to stay after school.

l noticed. Remember, the campus widow

can't just brush off the dean of women.

Campus wido--?

How does everybody

know so much about me?

That badge you're wearing,

it represents a tight security check.

Sex, female. Marital status, widow.

Widow, that's like catnip.

Well, not for that cat.

Donna, may l borrow a dime, please?

l have to call my dog, thanks.

-Did you say you were calling your dog?

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