Assignment: Champ

[Music] Jane Wyman presented tonight by new glean the toothpaste for people who can't brush after every meal and gentle Joy the new liquid that makes dishwashing almost nice and now Jane Wyman good evening did you ever run into something so simple or so obvious you couldn't recognize it well I did working on a crossword puzzle the other evening I got stumped on a nine-letter word for love and you know what it is I'll give you a clue it starts with H you give up it's happiness and tonight it makes us happy to bring you a very unusual story about a heavyweight champion of the world and a magazine writer who exch punches uh verbal punches that is because I'm the writer Leo Gordon and I hope you'll enjoy assignment champ we'll rejoin Jane Wyman in a moment oh Nancy time to do the dishes wait come back look what we've got new G joy to make your dishwashing almost nice try it almost most nice is the tiny capful that makes so many beautiful Suds Joy Suds that smell so nice M feel so nice are so very gentle to your hands did you know that Joy is actually the mildest liquid detergent you can buy well it is gentle gentle joy and at the end when you're through Joy leaves everything so sweet and clean and fresh fresh the water the dishes and you new gentle Joy makes dishwashing almost [Music] nice we've been through this a hundred times and the answer is still no but Susan no absolutely no be reasonable will you I am being reason able you're the one that's being unreasonable ridiculous is it unreasonable for a man a successful man to want his wife to quit working yes why why you heard me why well I've worked long and hard to get to the top you know that so why so I'm not quitting Give Me One Reason one well that's easy I can't let my boss down he depends upon me what would he say if I just upu and quit just like that you could probably say there goes the best darn reporter in the business hate to loser but after all there are some things in life even more important than a by line Barry makes sense I am making sense you are not how can you expect me to give up an exciting high-paying job just to stay home and darn your socks and dust and be an oldfashioned housewife as a matter of fact that's exactly what I do want for you to be an oldfashioned housewife well I'm not giving up my career to please some male whim this is no male whim I don't care what you choose this time I'm telling you what to do oh is that so well let me tell you that the answer is still no well Mrs Clark we'll see about that [Music] look baby no [Music] no more coffee Mrs clar no thank you Henrietta I have to beat the office early Mr the car sure why not goodbye Hena goodbye Henrietta well Goodbye [Music] Mr yes the boss want you I'm on my way you may a right in Mrs Clark he's waiting for you thank you yes boss come in Clark come in sit down cigarette no thanks I've got an assignment for you an assignment you look surprised oh I am I thought you were going to give it to me short and sweet like three words Clark your fired fire you not a chance I need you what's more important news events magazine need you but last night forget it that's home this is the office two different worlds well if you did fire me I'd go right next door to world news and probably get a very nice raise look Clark I didn't call you in here for a lot of chitchat let's get down to cases shall we all right this one is Big the new outbreak in the Middle East no h bomb in the Pacific no well come on give what is it you're covering next month's title fight for the heavyweight championship of the world you're kidding I most certainly am not well I don't know anything about prize fights and I couldn't care less exactly why I chose you for the job well suppose you explain it gladly a heavyweight title fight always has been and still is the most dramatic single event in sports however things have changed we're living in the era of the little electronic tube this fight will be seen on television by f 50 million people 50 million a figure to stagger the imagination all right I'm staggered but I still want to know why me why you I'll tell you why you because a large majority of that vast audience will be made up of women women like you who know absolutely nothing about prize fighting beginning to see the light Clark you know I think you're right you bet I'm right you haven't even heard the topper yet it wasn't easy cost news events plenty but I've bought you the rights to a pre-fight exclusive with the champ Joe such and to kick this thing off big the champ gets a cover spread with your story well that's great and with him on the cover your by line oh darling thank you all right Clark now get me a story I want to know what makes this fighting machine tick what such eats how he trains what he thinks everything get plenty of pictures complete coverage right news events is counting on you now get out to that training camp and don't don't come back until you got that story right boss goodbye for [Music] now were you able to followed the conversation Mr Gordon eh not too good now well it's a shame because even if I do say so I handle the situation brilliantly brilliantly sure pal sure now how about the check huh the check oh yes yes of course shall I make it out to the champ no no no you can just make it out to me you see a manager usually handles these Financial deals personally it's easier that way I'm sure of it to Harry Gordon $1,000 and no cents there you are everything in order you ain't going to stop payment on his check of course not a Deal's a deal okay but I still don't get it what's the trouble this 1,000 bucks for the rights to an exclusive interview that you ain't never going to get you're sure of that are you kidding the way that guy hates reporters why he wouldn't give an exclusive to his own mother and you know it ah but this particular reporter doesn't happen to be his mother she's a very beautiful and incidentally a very clever woman ah I see what you got in mind pal but it won't wait the champ also hates Dames and a Dame reporter oh murder that's excellent Mr Gordon excellent [Music] 300 pass 310 320 30 you're pushing so give it to me it's a 350 yours you'll help me get [Music] it how's you look at a waste a hit you over bid and so who asked you just shut up and deal how do you do I'm sorry I'm late I'm Clark from news events and this is Smitty hi uh which one of you gentlemen is Mr such I am Oh I thought Fighters weren't supposed to smoke they ain't well SMY why don't we just set up right here we'll get a few shots of the card game and would you mind taking the cigar out of your mouth hey shorty get that stuff out of here now you just leave this to me I'll pick the shots for the layout go ahead Smitty maybe you didn't hear me shorty I said get that stuff out of here how am I going to cover a story if you won't let my photographer set up you ain't I beg your pardon once more you ain't but I don't understand what somebody you got holes in your head or something I said you ain't you ain't covering any story here Well you certainly picked a fine time to change your mind news events has paid you a handsome stop stop yapping at me shut up how the devil did you get in here anyway well I just walked in yeah well you just walk out again and take shorty here with you but what about my exclusive exclus are you nuts or something well I'm not but you must be if you think you can get by with this news events can sue you okay okay Sue only get out of here get lost now you listen to me out I will not out my boss ordered me to tell a story to the millions of women in the living rooms of America about the truth and facts of the fighting game and you too unless exactly what I'm going to do whether you like it or not the truth huh right he guys get this this is a real twist the reporter and a Dame at that want to tell the truth about boxing well you wouldn't know the truth if it come up and hit you in the eye prove it okay okay I will hey Rocky Rocky what's it doing what's it doing come here this is a reporter Rock a real big shot I want you should give her an exclusive okay sure sure you got to play ball with the Press absolutely to start with tell the lady your name sir hand's Rocky green mean anything to you mean anything to you well no you really got a lot to learn Rocky green was one of the greats one of the alltime greats I see you do huh tell her how long you held the title Rocky title I have the title for 6 years 6 years I defended the crown 14 times how much money did you make money you heard me money about a million dollars a million dollars and how much you got left left how much nothing absolutely nothing and how do you live you know never mind how do you live who takes care of you who feeds you the fat promoters the evov fans the ra newspaper boys who you do you do champ [Music] you still in shapee oh sure sure I still in shape good move around a little show us some of the old style maybe the lady would like some pictures sure [Music] sure now you really got something to tell them millions of women in the living rooms of America [Music] on out in the kitchen get yourself another chunk of pie with ice cream with Ice Cream boy you really don't this D Shut Up and Deal yeah yeah for you CH yeah I got to use your car you what my car's in the garage look I ain't got time to argue my kid's been run over I got to get home quick why didn't you say so [Music] when you're hanging up your clothes do you ever wonder what do they say about your white wash what do they say about your white wash what do they say about your white wash [Music] what do they say about your white wash if you have any doubt you can be sure folks will say the nicest things when you use cheer you see cheer has a secret ingredient it's a new kind of Whitener cheer's exclusive Blue Magic Whitener in fact cheer washes clothes so clean so white you need no bluing No harsh bleaching and yet cheer is mild gentle for 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know better now enen what are you doing here why thought I might help thanks can I fix you some eggs no how about some coffee it's fresh no thanks thanks Joe may I take a tray up to your wife doctor finally gave her something she's asleep well that's good Joel yeah how's the boy don't know head injury still out what does the doctor say says we'll know before the night's over poor little guy wish it was me instead feel so helpless how do you fight something like this what now bet bye that's a very good idea good night Daddy good night Missy you sleep well now now you go to sleep fluffy who fluffy well you're welcome [Music] well yeah Missy Dynamite well she's convinced me of one thing and what's that your boy's going to be all right yeah how do you figure from what I've seen the suit check plan is just too tough to be stopped with a count of 10 even by an automobile I hope you're right hope to God you're right it's funny everything I did was a him for the family boxing you mean yeah I was just to plan every day bucking hour slob no education no brains nothing I wanted my wife and kids have a better shot at life than I had me getting my f push in and my brains beat out to do it while that was okay too is it that way with the others I don't know but one thing's for sure Fighters is Fighters because that's all they can be Mr such yeah do there's nothing to worry about but could you come up here just a minute [Music] please Mommy Mommy well Missy what's the matter honey mommy mommy oh sh Missy [Music] Miss Clark Miss Clark is the boy all right like you said our Su checks is tough I'm so grateful to you I'll never be able to thank you enough I was happy to do it really thank you I'm hungry uh Miss Clark you uh still want that exclusive with pictures [Applause] hey you're not paying any attention Yes dear Susan I have a confession I handed you a loaded assignment and it backfired I was trying to force you into quitting I thought maybe you might oh what's the use I know 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