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[spoiler]Today's quote:
Ep #66 (1966) - Roger - 'Well, if you MUST know, she was going to TELL me about a dinner party she had with Sam Evans.'
From "#0065/0066: Robservations 07/03/01: Showdown!"
That means you had 40 minutes to kill, says Burke. Roger looks at him. I really should use that word, should I? asks Burke--you had 40 minutes with nothing to do--is that better? I had a great deal to do, says Roger--we're not all like you, some of us have to work for a living--Bill Malloy brought me some papers from the office to go over--I was interrupted at first by your friend, Miss Winters, then I went back to work studying the papers, and then I left the house at 10 of 11, so, you see, I didn't have any time at all, as you suggest, to KILL! You have never mentioned papers before, says Burke. They were no concern of yours, says Roger, they were business papers. I suppose you could produce these papers, challenges Burke. My dear fellow, I could produce reams of papers if I had to, says Roger. I bet you could, says Burke So you see, it's impossible that I had anything to do with Bill Malloy's death at 10:45 since I was right here in this room at the time. I see, says Burke, it's just too bad you don't have anyone to verify this time. Oh but I do, says Roger. Your sister--I'm sure Elizabeth would swear anything for you, says Burke. Roger grins and says not at all--your good friend Miss Winters can verify it. Vicki? asks Burke, puzzled and unhappy--she's mixed up in this? It isn't a question of being mixed up in anything, says Roger--it just so happens she came downstairs about that time to tell me something. Something important, guesses Burke--then she must know what time it was. If you must know, says Roger, she was telling me about a dinner party she was going to have with Sam Evans. Oh, yes, says Burke. Surely you'll take her word for it, says Roger. Maybe, if I heard her say it, agrees Burke. Would I tell you something like that if it wasn't true? asks Roger--it would be too easy to check on! Then suppose we check on it, says Burke--go get her and tell her to come down here and say what you just said.
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Once again Robservations doesn't include a direct quote as Robin put Roger's line in her own words...
I love this scene. I especially love the look on Roger's face when he tells Burke his alibi is Vicki, as well as the look on Burke's face when he learns that. Not at all what Burke was expecting.
And as a bit of trivia, this happens to be the second time a quote written by Francis Swann appears in this slideshow (the first (Vicki - 'You MUST have heard me TELL Joe it was seaweed.') was back on the 12th). He seems to get very little attention in fandom but he wrote some great scripts (including ones involving THE PEN, introducing Mrs. Johnson, and dealing with Josette's and Bill Malloy's ghosts, including their groundbreaking first eps in the ectoplasm, as it were). As we know Art Wallace single-handedly wrote the first 8 weeks of the show. Understandably, he said that nearly killed him, so they added another writer beginning with Ep #41. Interestingly enough, though, the last script Wallace wrote was for Ep #85 (he was replaced by Ron Sproat as scriptwriter but remained on as head writer) and Swann's last script was for Ep #113 (he was replaced by Malcolm Marmorstein). Swann only wrote 36 eps during his tenure on the show. It would be fascinating to know why he didn't last very long and if DC's notorious reputation for how he treated writers on the show had anything to do with Swann's departure. Unless I've missed it along the way somewhere, the reason(s) why he left has(have) not been revealed...