Office Follies

Sitcom zaps boardroom bozos

Some funny business is going on at Empire Industries. When Chairman Calvin Cromwell schedules an emergency board meeting, the vice presidents fly into a paranoid panic. The terrified executives are certain he has discovered their illicit affairs, embezzlement and Government bribes. A secretary prepares for the meeting by putting airsickness bags around the board table and supplying Valium and smelling salts. A ranting Cromwell finally tells his subordinates, "Someone on this board is responsible, and they're going to hang for it!"

Fortunately for the future of the U.S.

economy, Empire Industries is make-believe. The company's boardroom bozos, behaving like rejects...

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