Alien Trespass

- At Cape Canaveral, another probe into space.

Target: the Moon.

A 52-ton multistage rocket

combining elements of the Thor lCBM and the Vanguard

is ready for firing.

On the planned course, the 83-pound Pioneer space probe

would closely approach the Moon

and would be swung into orbit by the Moon's own gravity.

Two...

One...

Zero.

- The vehicle roars aloft at too steep an angle,

working more directly against gravity than planned,

reaching over 23,000 miles an hour.

lt carries to nearly 80,000 miles,

30 times as far as ever before.

The Pioneer remains

man's most resoundingly successful probe into space.

At last, the truth about flying saucers.

They're real,

just as real as Santa Claus, that's what,

and we've got 1 0,000 Allentown youngsters to back us up.

They greeted old St. Nick as he made his first 1 957 appearance.

Santa greets his greeters with gifts and a gala party,

as is his custom.

A flying saucer carries

lots more Christmas cargo than reindeer.

Where are the reindeer?

Why, they're back at the North Pole, honey.

But don't you cry.

Santa is still Santa.

Christmas is still Christmas.

And kids are still kids.

Right up to the minute both in transportation and in dress,

the first ski birds of the season migrate

to the Bear Mountain lnn, hopeful of snow.

There is no snow in New York, but that's no never mind,

because the emphasis right now is on fashions.

They're all dressed up for snow

in their White Stag ensembles for winter sportswear,

colorful outfits that will light up any festive occasion.

Hollywood, California.

Two titans of the movie industry go head-to-head,

and no one wins.

World-famous movie star M. Eric McCormack,

known affectionately by his fans as "Meric,"

has reached an impasse in a contract dispute

with his long-time boss, Louis Q. Goldstone,

head of Goldstone lnternational Pictures.

With production complete on Alien Trespass,

rumored to be the greatest science fiction movie ever made,

it appears a legal showdown will deprive the world

of ever seeing it.

Louis Q. made the announcement

at his Hollywood studio this week.

- lt saddens me deeply to announce

that Goldstone lnternational is shelving the release

of its epic sci-fi picture Alien Trespass.

l'm ordering today that all prints

and the negative of the film be destroyed.

- Mr. Goldstone! Mr. Goldstone!

- Meric, seen here in a recent interview with Edwin R. Burrows

days before he and Goldstone parted ways,

has described the movie as his best acting work ever.

Tell me about the movie.

l'll tell you a little,

because Goldy would have my you know what.

- And that's the news from around the world.

- Earlier today, l met with Dr. Ted Lewis.

He's the director of the Bald Mountain Observatory.

And one big gumdrop.

Welcome, Dr. Lewis.

Tonight is the height of the meteor showers.

The Perseid meteor showers, is that right?

Right.

- Doctor, would you please tell our audience exactly

what are meteors, and where do they come from?

- Well, they could be the debris from comet tails,

like the Perseids,

or simply the rocks and dust of worlds

that were destroyed long ago.

Destroyed worlds?

You-you mean like our Earth?

Well...

yes.

But don't worry; that's not likely to happen to us

anytime soon.

- Well, that certainly is good news, Doctor.

What happens when meteorites-

Stardust.

Oh, Ted, darling, another one.

You really must see this.

lt's breathtaking.

ln a minute, dear.

lt doesn't peak till 2:00 in the morning anyway.

Oh, Ted, another.

Nutmeg?

- l'm the chef around here tonight, remember?

Of course you are, darling.

Happy anniversary.

Happy anniversary, Lana.

Coals ready?

Look good.

Oh, Ted, look at the big bright one.

Dick.

Dick, you promised.

- Penny, please, just be reasonable.

Now, look, we-we couldn't possibly love each other

any more on our honeymoon, could we?

Right?

Nice try, Mr. Perkins.

Dick, look, a shooting star.

Quick, make a wish.

So what was your wish?

Well.

What is it with you guys?

Whoa, Penny, what is that?

lt's shaking around like it's crazy.

Oh, gosh.

That's 'cause it's coming straight at us.

Oh!

- Dick, it's gonna hit us. - Oh, boy.

- Hurry, Dick, it's getting closer.

Come on, you piece ofjunk!

Oh, God!

What on Earth was that?

Ted?

- Darn, l'm trying to reach the observatory,

but there's no dial tone.

The crash must have knocked out the lines.

What was it, an asteroid?

- No, dear, more like an immense meteoroid.

And right in our own backyard.

l'm going up there.

Whoa.

- Lana, this is a once-in-a-lifetime event.

lt's molten iron, right?

Won't it be a little too hot up there,

like 2,700 degrees?

Why don't you let it cool down until morning?

l'll keep you plenty warm until then.

- Since when did you become an expert on meteoroids?

l learned something

in those silly classes of yours, remember?

Silly, huh?

Now, get out there and check on those steaks, hmm?

Oh, no, Ted.

Merlin.

Hey, wake up, you old bag of bones.

Do you see that?

That's a spaceship, old boy.

A real, live, honest-to-goodness spaceship

from outer space, it is.

l knew it.

l knew they'd finally show up.

Yeah, l told them, the fools.

l knew they were gonna come.

l knew it.

Come here, boy.

Come here. Come on.

Yeah, we got a spaceship to get, huh?

Come on, come on.

Yeah, we're gonna be famous, you and me.

There it is.

There it is, old boy.

Okay, Merlin.

Now, how does this sound?

Greetings, space brothers from a distant star.

Welcome to our planet.

Ted?

Out here, dear.

Time for your present.

Oh, l got it, dear.

The binoculars are wonderful.

Your other present, darling.

Oh, my.

No, no, no, pinhead.

PPP is Proper Police Procedure.

PPD is an unknown DOA.

- Well, l thought that was a PPK.

- No, PPK is what you do behind a tree after you see a stiff.

How'd you pass the exam, anyway,

promise to fix the teacher's parking tickets?

- Hey, easy on him, Vern. The kid's okay.

Ain't that right, Bubba?

Huh?

Thank you, come again.

Sorry, Darlene.

- Number five, number two, dry and deadly.

ls that you, Tammy?