I'd better fill in some of the details for those of you who were careless enough to miss the first episode. On the contrary, since we were unable to finish the story last time, we shall have another stab at it tonight. Last week's play was also called "I Killed the Count." And you think tonight's is just a revival. Tonight's play is called "I Killed the Count." Now, I know what you're thinking. Well, it's really hard to explain to anyone who hasn't experienced it. I don't suppose any of you are familiar with that word. Tonight's play is entitled "Fog Closing In." Fog. That's very gratifying for a television performer. Unfortunately, tonight happens to be the maid's night out. On the theory that what was good enough for Shakespeare is good enough for us, we planned to open tonight's play with a maid soliloquizing as she dusts. Madam, some of our audience are having difficulty in seeing. You'll see it after the sponsor's story, which like ours, also strive to teach a little lesson or point a little moral. Tonight's story tells about a business tycoon and will give you something to ponder - if you have ever given an employee the sack or if you intend to. "Walt softly but carry a big stick." "Strike first and ask questions later." That sort of thing. In each of our stories, we strive to teach a lesson or point a little moral. I think you will find it properly terrifying, but like the other plays of our series, it is more than mere entertainment. Tonight's story by Louis Pollock is one that appeared in this collection. They're just as good for reading, but they make very poor doorstops. Of course, they can never replace hardcover books. If you haven't already guessed, here is the way it begins. I deliberately cut that number short because it was the music for tonight's story, "Alibi Me," and I didn't want you to know how it comes out. How fortissimo can you get? I trust this has been educational. Let me show you what one of our stories sounds like before it is written. And we arrange them in a manner designed to titillate and confuse. Finally, we garnish this potpourri with a title composed of from one to four words, selected because they are eye-catching and provocative. After it is written, we sprinkle the score liberally with sound effects, and then hire an author to write appropriate scenes to accompany the music, quiet scenes to coincide with the somber passages, and scenes of violence to synchronize with the noisier sections. One of the commonest questions that people ask of a producer of mystery motion pictures is, "Which is written first, the words or the music?" In our case, the background music always comes first.
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