human
I will not deal with underlings. I demand to see Mr. Untz himself.
gpt
Well, said Harold,
human
Doubt if you'll understand it any better than Untz will. But it's no more complicated than television when you boil it right down. You're familiar, I take it, with the basic principle of television?
gpt
Oh, sure, said Harold, brightening.
human
Keep things moving. Have a master of ceremonies who keeps jumping in and out of the act. Give something away to the audience, if possible, to make them feel ashamed not to tune in.
gpt
No, no, no, no, _no_! said Mildume.
human
I mean the technical principles. A photo-electric beam scans the subject, translates light and dark into electrical impulses, which eventually alter a cathode ray played upon a fluorescent screen. Hence, the image. You grasp that roughly, I take it?
gpt
Roughly,