X Minus One · 1957 · 22 min · 3,546 words
The transcript of “Venus Is A Mans World”, an episode of X Minus One from 1957. 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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Count down for Blastoff, X-5, 4, 3, 2, X-1, Fire. From the far horizons of the unknown, come tales of new dimensions in time and space.
These are stories of the 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 Heck! heck! heck, heck!
AD475 Tonight, the time, a hundred and fifty years from now, the place, a luxury spaceship enrought to Venus, the story, Venus is a man's world, by William Temps. Some fellows are lucky, they have brothers, but not me.
I have nothing but sisters. Two of them carry an Evelyn. Sometimes Carrie isn't too bad for a girl and anything, but Evelyn, boy, she's hopeless. It was Evelyn's idea to put me on that spaceship.
Jam packed with 300 females, and all of them aching to get themselves husbands. In the workplace, there's still to be had, the planet Venus. Well, anyway, 20 minutes after we took off from the spaceport, I was bored stiff.
Ferdinand, do stop fidgeting and sit down. I don't have anything to do. Well, I'll read to you and Carrie. Would you like that? No. I want to do something. What's the name of the book, Steve?
Well, it's titled Family Problems of the Frontier Woman. Doesn't it sound intriguing? P.C. That's enough out of you, young man. Why don't you take a walk around the ship? Can I go with Ferdinand, Steve?
Wouldn't you rather we start the book? You should, Carrie. Every girl should read about the family problems of the Frontier Woman. Keep quiet, you boy. Oh children, let's have enough of that. Now go ahead run long you two and carry look after Ferdinand.
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