High Man

Roger Brisby arrives in bustling New York hoping for a break in his career, only to find himself caught in a storm of worried letters from his fiancée Anne. Their correspondence, filled with sharp accusations and desperate pleas, sets up a tense backdrop as Roger tries to explain his sudden disappearance. While navigating the city’s chaotic mix of tourists and eccentric “wealthy bohemians,” he bumps into the infamous Professor Burdinghaugh, a disgraced academic notorious for blowing up laboratories in his pursuit of radical physics.

The professor tempts Roger with an experimental anti‑gravity belt, promising fame and a ticket to the “Era of Space.” Over Scotch and nervous laughter, the professor straps the bulky device to Roger’s waist and prepares for a daring test that could lift him—literally—off the ground. As the belt hums to life, the story hovers between comic mishap and the tantalizing possibility of humanity’s first steps toward weightless travel, leaving listeners eager to see whether the experiment will soar or crash.