All the other diners in the restaurant are elderly.The waitress (Doro Merande) is plain and middle-aged, and although she doesn""t accept tips, she does solicit contributions for a fund established for a nudist camp, explaining:Nudism is such a worthy cause.He begins his words with a warm welcome: "...Hi everybody, nice to be back with you." It is learned that his secretive mission concerns a "significant discovery," a second monolith (a twin to the first one) unearthed on the surface of the moon at the crater Clavius in the American sector.]Relationships formed during filming would last for he remainder of Gregory Peck""s life -- he received the pocketwatch of Harper Lee""s father; he became the surrogate father to Mary Badham; and Brock Peters delivered Peck""s eulogy after his death in June of 2003.You know we""re imitating the President of the United States.A lot of people aren""t gonna like it.Well-wisher: It""s all in good, clean fun.Didn""t they enjoy the try-out in Boston?George: Never could do anything wrong in Boston.Mary: The greatest man in the United States played by the greatest actor.There""s nothing wrong in that.Especially when the greatest actor is my husband.Cohan has received bundles of congratulatory Western Union telegrams - one is "from the White House" and because it "bothers" him, George asks his writer/producer Sam Harris (Richard Whorf) to read it outloud:George M.