Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series)

Design for Loving (1958)

Alfred Hitchcock: Self - Host

Quotes 

• [afterword - Hitchcock is holding a dog leash] 

  Self - Host : That story is a somewhat disturbing one, but only to people. Our next story is also disturbing and that is why I think I shall take this opportunity to walk my dog. I shall be back.

  [Hitchcock starts to pull the leash, but is met with resistance] 

  Self - Host : I hope.

  [commercial break, after which Hitchcock sits in the high chair next to the doghouse] 

  Self - Host : Fortunately for me, he slipped his collar and disappeared in a herd of percheron. This concludes our show. Next week, we shall be back with another. But before I go, there's something I would like you to consider. You keep me in this box all week and then allow me to peer out for only half an hour before closing me up again. I don't like it. You see, I keep running. There's no way to shut me off. After all, I have feelings, too. Think it over. Good night.

  [Hitchcock turns around to reveal a 'Made in England' sign on the back of his suit] 

• [introduction - Hitchcock steps out of a doghouse] 

  Self - Host : Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. A simple incident can change one's life with dazzling swiftness. In a single day, my pet caught a glimpse of his pedigree on my family tree. Now he won't sleep anywhere but in the house. He's rather large, as you can see. I shudder to think what he'll be like when he grows up. Tonight's narrative is called "Design for Loving" and, as the title suggests, it concerns marriage and its problems. But before our play, here is a message from a gentleman who has designs on your purse.