Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series)

Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid (1955)

Alfred Hitchcock: Self - Host

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• [first lines] 

  [Bricking up fireplace] 

  Himself - Host : Oh, good evening. I thought I might as well brick this up. I don't expect I'll be using this fireplace anymore. I expect the chimney to be closed very soon. I've, uh, loosened the bricks so they'll fall in if anyone should brush against them on the way down. Santa Claus is always bringing surprises to others. I thought it would be interesting if someone surprised him for a change. I'm rather tired of his tracking soot in here every year. There. Let him "Ho ho ho" himself out of that. At the risk of overburdening our program with the spirit of the season, we have arranged to dramatize a very appropriate story for tonight's divertissement. It is called Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid.

• [last lines] 

  [Hearing sounds of Santa Claus falling heavily into the bricked-up fireplace] 

  Himself - Host : You know, he ain't such a bad chap after all. Perhaps his taste in ties has improved. I think I'll give him one more chance. Rest ye merry, we'll have you out of there in a jiffy. And rest ye merry, too. Good night.