- Michael Anthony: [Anthony enters a Tipton laboratory where Tipton studies weather conditions. Tipton is standing behind a pillar, with only his left arm visible to the viewers] You sent for me, sir?
- John Beresford Tipton: Mike,
- [Pointing to a Swiss Chalet weather device]
- John Beresford Tipton: the little man says we're in for a storm.
- Michael Anthony: Oh?
- [Anthony walks over to the device and pokes the little figure]
- Michael Anthony: There's a very starry sky outside, sir. Can you depend on him?
- John Beresford Tipton: Well, that barometer agrees with him. And it's the most responsive instrument I know - except for man, whose responses to a change in pressure are so unpredictable that no instrument can measure them. Let's see what response there is to this.
- [Tipton hands over an envelope to Anthony]
- John Beresford Tipton: Here's our next millionaire.
- [Anthony bows and departs]
- Michael Anthony: [Responding to a visitor at his home, Ted McAllister opens the front door and sees Mr. Anthony] Mr. Ted McAllister?
- Ted McAllister: Yes.
- Michael Anthony: May I come in for a moment? My name is Michael Anthony.
- Ted McAllister: Oh, yeah. S'pose you're, um, Bill Anthony's father, aren't you?
- [McAllister motions for Anthony to enter]
- Ted McAllister: You know, we're doing all we can with your son. But if you'd given him a little more supervision yourself, this wouldn't have happened.
- Michael Anthony: [Confused] I'm afraid...
- [Stops and opens his briefcase to remove a check]
- Michael Anthony: I have a check here for you.
- [Holds up check]
- Ted McAllister: [Ignoring the check] Bill said he'd try to get you to come down here and throw your weight around.
- Michael Anthony: Why don't you take a look at the check?
- Ted McAllister: I don't accept bribes, Mr. Anthony.
- [Anthony literally holds the check in front of McAllister's eyes]
- Ted McAllister: It's a million dollars.
- Michael Anthony: Yes, a million dollars. And it's not a bribe. It's a gift from an anonymous benefactor.
- Ted McAllister: A gift? With no strings attached?
- Michael Anthony: Only one. You must tell no one where you got the money or the amount. No one but your wife.
- Ted McAllister: Who'd give me a million dollars?
- Michael Anthony: [Anthony withdraws a form from his briefcase] You'll never know. But it's yours, tax-free, as soon as you sign this paper.
- Ted McAllister: I could work ten lifetimes for money like that.
- [Signs the agreement, which Anthony reclaims and put into his briefcase]
- Michael Anthony: Good night, Mr. McAllister
- [Heads for the door]
- Ted McAllister: [Staring at check] Good night.
- Michael Anthony: [Reviewing a case history file, to the viewers] During the ten years he had been a parole officer, Ted McAllister had solved many problems for others. But at the moment, he had his own problem - his wife's young brother.
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- Michael Anthony: [to the viewers] My name is Michael Anthony. Until his death a few years ago, I was executive secretary to the fabulously wealthy John Beresford Tipton. This is Silverstone, Mr. Tipton's 60,000-acre estate. Here he had ample time to indulge his many hobbies. One of his hobbies was giving away a million dollars, tax-free, to people he didn't know. And another was collecting antique devices for foretelling the weather.