Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series)

The West Warlock Time Capsule (1957)

Alfred Hitchcock: Self - Host

Quotes 

• [introduction] 

  Alfred Hitchcock : [Hitchcock is standing next to the mounted head of a stag]  Good evening, television watchers. Tonight's masque is entitled, "The West Warlock Time Capsule": the tale of a timid taxidermist. This gives me the excuse to exhibit this prize of mine

  [nods his head to the stag briefly] 

  Alfred Hitchcock : and to discuss taxidermy. I feel I know quite a bit about stuffed animals. After all, it takes one to know one.

  [turns to the stag briefly] 

  Alfred Hitchcock : This, I shot myself. You see, deer poaching is one of my hobbies. It took only two shots. The first one hit a bearded old man wearing a ridiculous red suit and riding in a sleigh. I'm having him stuffed, too. It probably sounds silly to you, but I'm sentimental that way. But enough of this. Here in a moment is "The West Warlock Time Capsule."

• [afterword] 

  Alfred Hitchcock : [Hitchcock is still next to the stag]  Honesty demands that I reveal that all did not go as Mr. Tiffany had planned. The weight of Waldren's pudgy body proved too much for Napoleon and within a few months the time capsule was opened by a caesarian section. Waldren, of course, was quite dead. And Napoleon hasn't been the same since. As for Mr. Tiffany, the jury proved quite lenient. Next time we plan a return trip to your living rooms. I hope you will join us then. Good night.