As the newscast finishes, a scene depicting a 1929 gas station appears on stage. Four men are shown listening to the radio. A banjo player can be heard signing Brother Can you Spare a Dime?, singing:
'''Quotation | ♫ Once I built a tower to the sun,'''<br
'''brick and rivet and vine.'''<br>
'''Once I built a tower, now it's done.'''<br>
'''Brother, can you spare a dime? ♫ '''}}
As the song finishes, the men discuss how thing seem to be getting better, before one of the explains that Franklin Delanor Roosevelt has been inaugurated.