You shocked me...
You know that?
THE TWILIGHT ZONE.
A HONEY FROM HUNNICUT!
DRIVE IT IN GOOD HEALTH!
( car backfires loudly)
TOO MUCH POWER, EH?
WE'RE JUST LOOKING.
WELL, THAT'S WHAT
WE WANT YOU TO DO.
NOBODY PUSHES YOU AROUND HERE.
NO, SIR, YOUNG MAN.
AROUND HERE, YOU CAN
PAUSE, EXHALE, CHECK, RECHECK,
THINK, PERUSE, CONTEMPLATE,
WADE THROUGH,
THUMB OVER, DIP INTO.
BE MY GUEST, FOLKS.
WE WERE THINKING OF
MAYBE A LITTLE COUPE...
SOMETHING AROUND $500...
BUT AS LATE A MODEL
AS WE CAN... LATE?
YOU SHOCK ME, YOU KNOW THAT?
YOU KNOW YOUR HUSBAND
SHOCKED ME JUST THEN?
WELL, HE WAS ONLY...
DO YOU KNOW WHY YOU SHOCKED ME?
I'LL TELL YOU WHY
YOU SHOCKED ME.
IT'S BECAUSE YOU'VE SUCCUMBED
TO THE PROPAGANDA OF
EVERY CEMENT-HEADED CLOD
UP AND DOWN THIS STREET.
I SAID PROPAGANDA.
( grunts)
THEY LIKE TO PUSH
THE LATE MODELS,
DON'T THEY?
THEY DO, DON'T THEY?
YOU KNOW WHY THEY
PUSH THE LATE MODELS?
YOU THINK IT'S BECAUSE
THEY'RE HONEST,
LAW-ABIDING, RIGIDLY
MORAL CHURCHGOERS?
LET ME TELL YOU
SOMETHING, YOUNG MAN.
THEY PUSH... THEY
PUSH THE LATE MODELS
BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE
THE PROFIT MARGIN IS.
THEY'LL CRAM THOSE
POST-'54s DOWN YOUR GULLET
BECAUSE THEY WOULD RATHER
MAKE A BUCK THAN A FRIEND.
THEY WOULD RATHER MAKE A PROFIT
THAN A RELATIONSHIP.
THEY WOULD RATHER
CRAM THEIR WALLETS
FULL OF CASH
THAN FILL THEIR HEARTS
WITH THE FELLOWSHIP
OF MEN TO MEN.
WE'RE REALLY JUST LOOKING
FOR A GOOD TRANSPORTATION CAR,
AND WE THOUGHT
THE NEWER THE CAR...
NEW? THAT'S WHERE YOU'VE
COMPLETELY GONE WRONG.
THAT'S WHERE YOU'VE
SUDDENLY GONE AMISS.
THAT'S THE JUNCTURE THAT'S
HEADED YOU INTO A BLIND ALLEY.
YOU DON'T WANT A NEW CAR.
YOU DON'T WANT ONE
OF THOSE RINKY-DINK,
SLAPPED-TOGETHER
ON AN ASSEMBLY LINE,
COVERED WITH CHINTZY CHROME,
FIN TAILS, IDIOTIC NAMES
AND NO MORE WORKMANSHIP
THAN YOU CAN
STICK INTO A THIMBLE.
NO.
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT YOU WANT.
YOU WANT THE CRAFTSMANSHIP
THAT COMES WITH AGE
THE DEPENDABILITY OF
PROVEN PERFORMERS
THE DIGNITY OF TRADITIONAL
TRANSPORTATION.
THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT.
A '38 COUPE.
IT'LL GET YOU WHERE
YOU WANT TO GO.
IT'LL GET YOU BACK.


