The story isn""t the blackout, it""s Superman." He told her: "Three things sell papers: tragedy, sex, and Superman.People are sick of tragedy, we know you can""t write worth a damn about sex." As Clark listened to their office conversation with his sensitive hearing, he met her young asthmatic son Jason - who had wandered off into the busy press area when her yuppie fiancee Richard arrived and kissed her.His family happens to walk by as he is carried by four men Indian rajah-style on the director""s chair platform.Single-handedly, Bilbo attempted to steal a curved blade from one of the Trolls to cut the pony""s ropes, but he was caught by the hungry beasts." [Marsdits is an disguised reference to Raymond B.Ditmars, the best-known reptile expert in the country at the time.]Pike is reluctant to say farewell to the "company of men" in the expedition that is on a "pursuit of knowledge," as he leaves with his watchful bodyguard/valet "Muggsy" Murgatroyd (William Demarest)." The two latecomers arrive after the meeting is already underway, annoying the members and disrupting the proceedings as they gingerly (but noisily) wind heir way through the seated audience to find their seats downfront.