Tasty Mystery Baskets of Clips

I'm a journalism student.

You're out? This is it?

I sensed you were falling in love. I escaped again.

I was wondering if we could just ask you a couple of questions.

but don't try and bring it through customs.

Well, wherever you are now, Joe, it won't be the same without you, mate.

Now put it in your pocketbook. Put the card...

Right. We gave her piano lessons when she was a little girl,

Have you ever had an experience

She had steady clients?

How can we see what we're dealing with here?

is dinner without heartburn after it.

Go ahead, take any card you want.

But Mr. Lyman is the only person to have the combination to that room.

And since you like Chinese food,

I should be home, working on my magic.

Fine, it's her birthday.

Take a seat right over there.

You know, I don't know how to break this to you, honey, but you were adopted. Okay?

Now exactly what are we looking for in here? This is all...

You really want to know? Yes.

Everyone called her Betty. That was her name.

That's okay. She gave me this number to call. May I speak with her?

and smoking cigarettes with the hat back. Now, what kind of...

I'm a journalist, he's a journalist.

Kid, you're in over your head.

I haven't been swimming in so long.

I always get a sincere sensation,

and break this case wide open!

I can't keep obsessing over tantalizing conspiracy theories.

Now I want you to take a card.

Oh, I was just about to pull some quarters out of Mrs. Quincy's nose.

Well, I just can't seem to get the vision of you in your swimsuit out of my mind.

STROMBEL: I only have a minute. Would you hurry?

Come on, open it.

If we put our heads together, you'll hear a hollow noise.

Do me a favor, put two and two together someplace else,

totally understand if you never want to speak to me again

I'll be right back. I'm just gonna use the bathroom.

A blonde? But in the paper... The pictures in the paper...

I know. I understand. ...and he's innocent and we can't make the story...

I don't like the whole process.

so let me know if anything happens,

You gotta have the com... I got to get in there. No, no.

You are a cynical crapehanger

although it's a tantalizing thought.

Sondra Pransky.

It didn't matter how high up the political scandal went,

You know, I must find out who does the hedges here.

That's how you follow a guy? It's not even Peter Lyman!

Now that I've seen how good you are at cards, can we trust you?

(STUTTERING) Me, I was born into the Hebrew persuasion,

There's no knowing where he'll strike next,

Look, these guys never use their real names, okay?

Then he realizes that you're, you know,

What about a fly who speaks?

I mean, all of a sudden you're ready to dump the whole story.

because they'll take away your driver's license.

(AUDIENCE LAUGHING) God bless you, sweetheart.

It's... You take after your father. Mmm-hmm. Great.

I'm sure he's smart enough to have an alibi.

You can only cheat death so many times,

I do occasional bar mitzvahs and kids' parties.

Difficult? How?

You don't understand! It would kill his reputation!

Henry Banks confessed to all the murders.

No wine, but it's rodent free.

he would certainly have pursued it himself,

Oh, right, Jack Fulton. Yes, lovely chap.

Ah. PETER: There you are.

Oh, hello, Sidney. It's Peter Lyman.

but more women will be murdered until he is stopped.

and I'd love you to come.

I mean, in my own defense, there really was no other way out.

And if it turns out to be Lyman,

There's also a possibility that he poisoned his secretary

Like a lead weight, she sinks to the bottom all the time.

Yeah. Unfortunately, where you're headed there is no first.

ALL: To Joe. Joe Strombel.

Oh, great. Sunday? What's Sunday? Not a fox hunt?

typically, Joe found someone to bribe

The point is, I told the whole school

He'll be obliged to save you that way.

Just how ironic life is, and tragic.

Right. (CHUCKLES) I love that. I love the moat line.

A great credit to the fourth estate.

Yes, Strombel's in there! I got a tremendous hand from the audience.

And I'm gonna be driving up there later and she asked me

Well, this upright chap certainly enjoyed patronizing some dodgy women.

Hey, Mandelbaum! From the school newspaper, am I right?

I mean, what kind of a reporter am I?

I mean, what, he was late for a poker game?

It's not gonna hurt. I just ate. Is this gonna make me...

What are you putting in your Metamucil?

No newspaper should or would ever run this story.

No, no, no, it's fine. I'm glad.

(CHUCKLING) Yes, of course, of course, blessed offspring.

I'll do the jokes, Sondra.

What color bathing suit does he have on?

Look, I'm sure you've been wrong plenty of times.

Now, I checked all the girls that were murdered.

I think he likes that or something.

You're gonna phone one in on Peter Lyman!

known to the police as the Tarot Card Killer.

Lord Lyman's son. Yes, impressive young man.

This could be very big for my career.

No. No, wait! I got an instinct for what a person is studying.

(MUFFLED SCREAMING)