Perry Mason visits his college town and stops by the pharmacy to visit his good friends who operate it. The owners' son is now the pharmacist but he has aspirations of being a screenwriter. He's submitted a script to an unscrupulous producer, Charlie Corby. Corby sees the script's potential and passes it off as his own. But it needs some polishing.
Corby: I got the best writer in television to do a rewrite for me as a personal favor. Only the best, baby – Rod Serling himself. ... "Charlie boy," says Rod, "the third-act curtain's finished, typed." It's got to be great. He's the greatest.
After some brief interruptions, Charlie goes back to dictating his revisions.
Corby: Zi-zi crying her stupid little heart out. Mr. Nobody entering her dressing room, his face radiating a warm, loving smile.
Charlie has a director with a drinking problem.
Mike: You scrimped and cheated all the way down the line on talent, sets, music – everything. I thought this was my chance for a comeback – make a new reputation.
Corby: Mike, you're sounding like your old reputation. Anything you don’t like, your insecurity sends you to Juice Junction – the bottle.
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Mike: Cut it, print it, wrap it up and drown it.
Corby: I got the best writer in television to do a rewrite for me as a personal favor. Only the best, baby – Rod Serling himself. ... "Charlie boy," says Rod, "the third-act curtain's finished, typed." It's got to be great. He's the greatest.
After some brief interruptions, Charlie goes back to dictating his revisions.
Corby: Zi-zi crying her stupid little heart out. Mr. Nobody entering her dressing room, his face radiating a warm, loving smile.
Charlie has a director with a drinking problem.
Mike: You scrimped and cheated all the way down the line on talent, sets, music – everything. I thought this was my chance for a comeback – make a new reputation.
Corby: Mike, you're sounding like your old reputation. Anything you don’t like, your insecurity sends you to Juice Junction – the bottle.
....
Mike: Cut it, print it, wrap it up and drown it.