Paul Frees: John Beresford Tipton

Quotes 

• Michael Anthony : [Anthony enters the study to see Tipton, seated in a high backed chair at his desk, with a phonograph record player and a miniature roulette wheel on his desk beside each other. Only Tipton's right arm is visible to viewers]  You sent for me, sir?

  John Beresford Tipton : [Indicating the roulette wheel]  What's your pleasure, Mike?

  Michael Anthony : [Thinking]  Eleven Black.

  John Beresford Tipton : [Tipton spins the wheel. It stops]  Nine Red. You lose, Mike.

  [Indicating the record player and the wheel] 

  John Beresford Tipton : These two have a lot in common, besides the fact that they both spin. People sometimes stake as much on the spin of a record as they do on the spin of the wheel.

  Michael Anthony : I'm not certain I follow you, sir.

  John Beresford Tipton : Some people gamble their hopes and their futures on the success of a record. As with the roulette wheel, sometimes they win, sometimes they lose.

  [Tipton hands an envelope to Anthony] 

  John Beresford Tipton : Our next millionaire.

  [Anthony accepts the envelope and bows]