Junkyard
X Minus One · 1956 · 29 min · 4,410 words
The transcript of “Junkyard”, an episode of X Minus One from 1956. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). X Minus One plays X Minus One free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.
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In just a moment, X minus 1. But first, when you hear the hardy laugh and familiar voice of the Great Guller Sleeve tomorrow night, you know you're in for some hilarious adventures. Because wherever a gillie is around, why somehow things never seem to go as planned.
It might be as impulsive nature or maybe it's his incurable weakness for the fairer sex. But whatever it is, the Great Guller Sleeve is bound to keep you laughing for a full 30 minutes. Turn it tomorrow night, meet Judge Hooker, nephew Leroy, housekeeper Bertie, and all the rest of the friendly people from Somerville as they join the great Gilder
sleeve and I'll stay tuned for X minus one on NBC. Come down for blast off X minus five four three two X minus one fire from the far horizons of the unknown come transcribed tales of new dimensions in time and space.
These are stories of a future, adventures in which you'll live in a million could be years on a thousand maybe worlds. The National Broadcasting Company in cooperation with Galaxy's Science Fiction magazine presents Tonight's Story, Junk Yard by Clifford D. Simack.
The funny thing about the whole thing was the fact that we had never intended to land on Planet Nine. We circled it and decided it was strictly a low grade affair, it wouldn't amount to anything for a billion years or so.
As commander of the Galactic Survey team I couldn't waste my time on it. Then my exec saw this junkyard through the telescope. We landed. Took a look at a load of alien machine parts discarded by some other spaceship and then prepared to take off for Earth.
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