United States Air Force Reserve, 1974
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| ("Popcorn" by Gershon Kingsley) | 0:01 | |
| Secretary | Good morning, Popcorn. | 0:03 |
| Well? Just a moment please. | 0:05 | |
| Good morning, Popcorn. Yes, I'll ring him for you now. | 0:07 | |
| Good morning, one moment please, I'll connect you. | 0:09 | |
| Good morning, Popcorn. | 0:12 | |
| Good morning, that line is busy, will you hold? | 0:13 | |
| Good morning, Popcorn. | 0:14 | |
| One moment, please. | 0:16 | |
| Good morning, Popcorn. | 0:19 | |
| That line is busy, will you hold? | 0:22 | |
| Man | Yes, dear. | 0:24 |
| Yes. Yes. I know. | 0:24 | |
| Yes. I made the reservations. | 0:26 | |
| All right, goodbye dear. | 0:28 | |
| Well Arthur. | 0:31 | |
| Welcome to our little place here. | 0:32 | |
| You know, I make it a point of personally | 0:34 | |
| having a chat with all of our new plant managers, | 0:36 | |
| sort of explain the philosophy behind "Popcorn". | 0:39 | |
| Team spirit! That sort of thing. | 0:42 | |
| - | Oh, well I... | 0:44 |
| (phone buzzes) | 0:45 | |
| - | Um, Popper here. | 0:46 |
| Okay, invoice six more carloads. Right? | 0:48 | |
| Get that order filled. | 0:50 | |
| Now, where were we? | 0:52 | |
| Oh yes, the team. | 0:54 | |
| Well, I want to welcome you aboard Arthur (beeping) | 0:56 | |
| and see if you have any questions about company policy. | 0:58 | |
| - | Thank you, sir. | 1:01 |
| Yes, there is one question. | 1:02 | |
| You see, you see. | 1:03 | |
| I'm a member of the Air Force Reserve, and I thought... | 1:05 | |
| - | The Air Force Reserve! | 1:07 |
| Fantastic. | 1:09 | |
| - | Yes... | 1:11 |
| - | You know, we have quite a few reservists working | 1:11 |
| at Popcorn. | 1:13 | |
| Oh! As a matter of fact, Joe mechanic. | 1:14 | |
| - | Oh. | 1:18 |
| - | Why, he'll be working in your section. | 1:18 |
| - | Oh. | 1:20 |
| - | Joe's a master Sergeant | 1:21 |
| of one of the top Reserve units in the nation. | 1:21 | |
| (phone buzzes) | 1:24 | |
| Popper here. | 1:25 | |
| Yes. | 1:26 | |
| Listen, I tell you what, get ahold of Joe mechanic. | 1:29 | |
| He'll take care of it, right? | 1:31 | |
| Oh, yes sir. | 1:33 | |
| That Joe, he can fix anything. (beeping) | 1:35 | |
| That reminds me... | 1:37 | |
| ("Popcorn" by Gershon Kingsley) | 1:39 | |
| Joe's leaving this afternoon for a couple of weeks | 1:42 | |
| of Air Reserve training. | 1:45 | |
| Maybe I better take you down there right now | 1:46 | |
| and introduce you. | 1:48 | |
| - | Oh, fine. | 1:49 |
| - | Yes. We're very proud of Joe. | 1:51 |
| Great guy. | 1:53 | |
| Remember when the Navajo Indians were snowed in? | 1:55 | |
| - | Oh, yes, I... | 1:58 |
| - | (Chuckles) Well Joe's unit was part | 1:58 |
| of the airlift that saved their lives. | 2:00 | |
| The Indians were the first ones to use corn, you know | 2:03 | |
| - | Well, actually I... | 2:06 |
| - | You're frightened without corn we'd be out of job, right? | 2:07 |
| - | Oh (laughs) | 2:09 |
| - | (laughs) Ah, yes. | |
| - | Yeah. | 2:12 |
| The Air Force Reserve is always doing things like that, | 2:13 | |
| you know. | 2:15 | |
| Like building playgrounds, working with Boy Scouts | 2:16 | |
| The Civil Air Patrol, helping kids keep out of trouble. | 2:19 | |
| - | You see, I'm a member, actually. | 2:23 |
| - | Mm. Mm. Mm. | 2:25 |
| It's not bad. | 2:28 | |
| That's not bad! | 2:29 | |
| Controller, control? Popper here, latest batch, not bad. | 2:32 | |
| Good as a matter of fact, but it could be better. | 2:38 | |
| I think you ought to check those drawing bins. | 2:42 | |
| And control, stop worrying! | 2:44 | |
| Now, oh yes, yes. | 2:48 | |
| Air force Reserve activity. | 2:50 | |
| - | Yes. You see, I'm... | 2:52 |
| - | Well I'm sure you know Arthur | 2:53 |
| about their medical units going | 2:55 | |
| into depressed areas to run clinics. | 2:57 | |
| Giving folks who otherwise couldn't afford it, | 2:59 | |
| pre-immunization, medical care. | 3:01 | |
| That's great work. | 3:03 | |
| Not only that, but in the unlikely event | 3:05 | |
| some country was stupid enough to attack the United States. | 3:07 | |
| You, Joe and the rest of the Air Force Reserve | 3:11 | |
| would be among the first to defend this great land of ours. | 3:14 | |
| - | We certainly would sir. | 3:18 |
| - | Hmm. Yeah, that's... that's the right shape. | 3:20 |
| Right shape? | 3:24 | |
| - | Yes, certainly looks it, I must say. | 3:25 |
| A little off on texture, a little off on texture. | 3:26 | |
| Just a touch more steam Bryan! | 3:30 | |
| (clears throat) | 3:32 | |
| Just a touch! | 3:33 | |
| Oh, Good old Joe. | 3:35 | |
| (chuckles) I remember the time | 3:37 | |
| the butter machine went crazy. | 3:39 | |
| No, no, it practically drowned us all | 3:41 | |
| in a sea and hot butter. | 3:44 | |
| And it was Joe's Air Force Reserve training | 3:47 | |
| that came through. | 3:50 | |
| If it weren't for Joe's expertise | 3:52 | |
| we might've been shut down for a week. | 3:53 | |
| Just think, kids all over America | 3:56 | |
| would have had to watch movies without popcorn. | 3:58 | |
| (laughs) | 4:01 | |
| But Joe fixed the butter machine | 4:02 | |
| and redesigned the transistor, self-regulator | 4:04 | |
| so it wouldn't happen again. | 4:07 | |
| Yeah. Joe learned a lot of those skills in the Reserves, | 4:09 | |
| Oh, but of course, you know that! | 4:14 | |
| - | Yes | 4:16 |
| - | Why... | |
| Secretary | Mr. Popper, telephone. | 4:17 |
| - | Popper here. | 4:18 |
| I see. Okay Susie, set up the sales meetings... | 4:19 | |
| at the 24th, right. | 4:22 | |
| And not only are we proud to have you Reserves pour popcorn, | 4:24 | |
| but the company's happy to see our employees | 4:27 | |
| get that extra money, | 4:29 | |
| And the retirement benefits, | 4:30 | |
| not to mention the satisfaction you must have | 4:32 | |
| knowing you're doing something great for your country. | 4:36 | |
| - | We certainly feel... | 4:38 |
| - | It adds up to a lot. | 4:39 |
| Ah, Joe. | 4:41 | |
| - | Hi, Mr. Popper. | 4:42 |
| Arthur meet Joe Joe. | 4:43 | |
| - | How are you, Joe? | 4:44 |
| - | Hi Art. | 4:45 |
| - | Well, Joe understands your off this afternoon. | 4:46 |
| for a few days of Reserve training. | 4:47 | |
| - | Yep. Yep. Yep. | 4:49 |
| - | Fine, fine, fine. | 4:50 |
| And listen, don't worry about our new manager here | 4:51 | |
| (chuckles) | 4:54 | |
| Arthur understands, right, Arthur? | 4:54 | |
| - | Mm hmm. | 4:56 |
| - | Well, see you Joe, and listen, have a good time. | 4:57 |
| - | So long Mr. Popper. See you 'round, Art. | 5:00 |
| Popper | You know, my father, old Jay Popper | 5:03 |
| started his firm more than 50 years ago. | 5:05 | |
| Great man, my dad, great innovator. | 5:08 | |
| He was probably one of the first employers | 5:11 | |
| in the nation to give his whole hearted support | 5:13 | |
| to the Air Force Reserve. | 5:15 | |
| Arthur | Is that a fact? | 5:16 |
| - | Yeah. He used to fly, you know? | 5:17 |
| - | No, I didn't know that. | 5:19 |
| - | Yes sir, Arthur. | 5:20 |
| Our policy has always been, and always will be, | 5:21 | |
| that anybody working for this company | 5:24 | |
| is encouraged to participate in Reserve programs. | 5:26 | |
| Arthur, my dad always said | 5:30 | |
| "What's good for the Air Force Reserve is good for America" | 5:33 | |
| and what's good for America, is good for Popcorn, | 5:37 | |
| (laughs) right? | 5:40 | |
| - | (chuckles) Right. | 5:41 |
| - | I haven't forgotten that one. | 5:42 |
| Listen, Arthur, I'm leaving myself today, | 5:43 | |
| International Popcorn Convention. | 5:46 | |
| - | Oh yes, yes. | 5:48 |
| - | But I'm sure Popcorn can manage without me for a few days. | 5:49 |
| Has before you know. | 5:52 | |
| (both laugh) | 5:54 | |
| (both clear throats) | 5:55 | |
| Well now listen, you feel free to use my office. | 5:57 | |
| - | Oh well, thank you. | 5:59 |
| - | And say, while I'm gone, quality control, | 5:59 |
| 30, 40 bags a day never hurt anyone. | 6:03 | |
| Oh. And take a couple of hundred pounds home | 6:06 | |
| for the wife and kids. | 6:08 | |
| - | Oh! | 6:09 |
| - | Kids are sharp these days, | |
| might spot a trend. | 6:11 | |
| See ya Arthur. | 6:13 | |
| - | Goodbye Mr. Popper. | 6:14 |
| - | Oh, Arthur, just one more thing. | 6:15 |
| Whatever you do... | 6:18 | |
| don't open that door. | 6:20 | |
| (door slams) | 6:22 | |
| (quiet upbeat synth music) | 6:27 | |
| (handle rattles) | 6:58 | |
| (loud crash) | 6:59 | |
| - | Oh my. | 7:03 |
| ("Popcorn" by Gershon Kingsley) | 7:05 |
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