Radio Days: Mark Schneiter

In Radio Days, a movie by Woody Allen, it's the 1940s and Aunt Bea has developed a crush on Mr. Manulis on their first date. Afterwards, while driving home, a harrowing announcement comes on the radio:

"We interrupt this program... to bring you a special news bulletin. A state of emergency has been declared... by the President of the United States. We're switching live to Wilson's Glen, New Jersey... where the landing of hundreds of unidentified spacecraft... has now been officially confirmed... as a full-scale invasion of the Earth by Martians.

Despite his bravado all evening... Mr. Manulis panicked and bolted out of the car. He was so frightened by the reports... of interplanetary invasion that he ran off... leaving Aunt Bea to contend with the slimy green monsters... he expected to drop from the sky at any moment.

She walked home 6 miles.

When Mr. Manulis called for a date the next week...she told my mother to tell him she couldn't see him anymore. She had married a Martian."