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Clips from Benson - Pilot (S01E01)

Short Films 1979 Season 1, Episode 1 464 clips

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Hi.
Hi.
I'm hiding.
I see.
There's a strange woman out there. She's after me.
Tall blonde?
That's Gretchen Kraus, the head housekeeper.
I didn't stop to get her name.
You! Who?
You are leaving muddy tracks all over the place.
Well, that's 'cause I got muddy feet.
I want your shoes.
They'll be too small.
Fine, I'll walk on my hands.
This is some place you got here.
I came here as a favor to Mrs. Tate.
And the dogs tried to kill me,
the gardener tried to drown me,
the security men searched me,
and now I got a storm trooper after my shoes.
You must be Benson.
Why must I be Benson?
Well, the only other black
the Governor has an appointment with
is tomorrow with the Reverend Jesse Jackson
and everyone knows what he looks like.
Well, that would make me Benson.
I'm Marcy Hill. Hello.
Nice meeting you, goodbye.
Oh, Benson, you can't leave.
Want to bet?
Well, what am I supposed to do?
Organize the place.
Nobody knows what anyone's doing
or spending on anything around here.
What we've got to do is cut back.
Get this place running efficiently.
Eliminate waste.
Then get rid of Miss Kraus.
We can't do that.
She's been here for four administrations.
She knows too much.
They're afraid she'll write a book.
The Governor will be done shortly.
Well, I'll just take a walk around. Okay.
Hey, Benson.
I'm really glad you're here.
Governor Gatling's office.
Well, I ain't cleaning this.
No way am I gonna clean this. This is a career.
Oh, well...
What am I doing here?
I keep asking myself the same question.
Well, who are you?
Who are you? I asked you first.
Pleased to meet you. I'm Willie Mays.
Who are you? Who are you?
How'd you do? I'm Winston Churchill.
Katie. Benson.
What are you doing here? What are you doing here?
Is this what our relationship is going to be like?
I hope not. It's exhausting.
I live here.
Oh, you must be the Governor's daughter.
Yes, but I'm trying to get out of it.
What happened?
He won't let you stay up late
or did he increase your property taxes?
This is serious. Okay.
The man is a murderer.
Are you a Republican?
I beg your pardon?
Beavers. You know, beavers?
Oh, you mean the animals that need an orthodontist.
Hi, Katie.
Hi. Katie?
I'm sorry. I don't speak to killers.
Wonderful. I need this today, a killer.
Look, Katie...
You work for him. You're an accessory.
Honey, he's relocating them.
It has to be done.
Some of them are gonna die.
Oh... Katie, try and understand.
And who knows, today beavers,
tomorrow secretaries.
That's some little girl.
I'll bet the dogs don't mess with her.
I don't believe this.
Governor, you can't worry about those animals.
Such adorable fellows. Building their little dams...
They don't know they're doing that.
Governor, please.
We can't expect industry to build
a billion-dollar complex if nobody can get to it.
The state needs the jobs and revenue
and you could use the contributions.
But we're killing beavers.
To Oregon.
They'll like it there. The trees are terrific.
Why can't they stay here, in a... in a preserve?
Wish I was handy with tools.
Governor, you have no choice.
If we move these beavers to Oregon,
in the process, some of them will die.
We're losing everything. Fish, trees, animals.
Radio City Music Hall.