[introduction - Hitchcock is in a chicken coop]
Alfred Hitchcock - Host: Good evening, ladies and gentlemen and brooders. I decided to go into the egg business. Like any other business, it needs fresh ideas. Here is our latest design.
[picks up an egg out of a nest]
Alfred Hitchcock - Host: Its advantages are obvious.
[close-up of the egg, which is in the shape of a polyhedron]
Alfred Hitchcock - Host: No more eggs rolling off the table.
[pull back]
Alfred Hitchcock - Host: Valuable storage space saved in the refrigerator. Unfortunately, this particular innovation has not filtered down below the management level. Our executives quickly saw its possibilities, but the hens seem rather slow at grasping new ideas. This is one of our plastic models. We have a large number of them scattered about to demonstrate to the hens what can be done if they put their minds to it.
[puts egg back in the nest]
Alfred Hitchcock - Host: As you can see,
[walks over to sign that reads 'THINK SQUARE']
Alfred Hitchcock - Host: ...we are using every psychological weapon at man's disposal. And now perhaps this slogan will give you strength to bridge the gap between this vignette and tonight's story.