![]() ![]() The other boarders are really non-entities, but the script gives them bits of business. There was the “Christ-mas Spirit” of not prosecuting Tritt for his first breakdown, the tunes whistled by Logan to irritate Tritt, the centerpiece and tree that come and go with the season, the heaping snow drifts outside the bank, Logan slipping on some ice. I liked the Christmas setting even though it seemed to last for months. It is stuffed full of throwaways in the background, yet has a complex story unwinding in the foreground. I’m starting to think that was the real reason behind his ruse. This guy is always about 5 seconds from taking his pants off. Rather than give a rote play-by-play, I’ll just say there are more shenanigans at Tritt’s expense and Logan gets another chance to drop his pants. It says, “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.” He tells the other boarders it is from his mother. Logan tells him he has a persecution complex and opens the envelope. Tritt tells the group that Logan is taunting him, that this is just part of a ruse to get him fired. He drives Tritt crazy by not opening it at the table because that would be rude. Logan looks magnanimous for not suing.Ī month later at dinner, another telegram is delivered, but this time to Logan. When no gun is found, Tritt looks like a boob. He takes the suspenders off his shoulders and offers to drop his pants, but the bank president stops him. Logan helpfully removes his overcoat, scarf, and jacket to be searched. Of course, the guard’s search comes up empty. Tritt is delighted at this turn of events and tells the guard to take Logan’s gun. Tritt manages to alert the guard who pulls a non-toy gun on Logan. When Tritt goes to get one of those canvas bags with the big $ on it, Logan stashes the gun in the secret drawer. When Tritt joins him at the desk, Logan furtively pulls the gun on him and demands $10,000. Logan’s next stop is at a toy store where he buys the most realistic toy gun in the shop. He says he will cash the bonds later and cheerfully exits the bank to Tritt’s befuddlement. When Tritt comes to his desk, Logan has a big smile. After fumbling the bonds as he waits, he notices that Tritt’s desk has an unusual drawer which actually opens on the customer’s side. It just so happens that Tritt now handles that function - say, he is moving up. Logan goes to the bank that day to cash in some bonds. Having risen to the position of teller at age 51, I’d say he has bigger problems. “I’m going a long way at that bank,” he says. Tritt tells him he cannot afford to make a mistake. If he works at Wells Fargo, it is probably a fake account if he works at HSBC, it probably belongs to a terrorist if he works at Bank of America, I’ll be surprised if he can find his way to work tomorrow. ![]() He suspects Tritt used the extra $200 to cover a screw-up on someone else’s account. Ten months ago, Logan deposited $324 but bank teller Tritt only credited him for $124. Logan again confronts Tritt as he is leaving for work. Logan smirks as Tritt reads the wire: “When are you going to pay me back the $200 you stole?” He tells Logan that if it is another telegram from him, “I shall slap your face.” It is indeed from Logan who is sitting within slapping distance. ![]() Norman Logan and William Tritt are two fairly odd balls having breakfast at Mrs. Or maybe it is just a dramatic device that enables AHP to assemble colorful oddballs in a scene like when an episode is set in England. Boarding houses were apparently much more popular in the 1950s than I ever realized. ![]()
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