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Radio Detectives. Well, this is our one thousand, five hundred and fiftieth
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episode special and I've got a treat for you. Baseball season again just about
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a couple weeks ago, and so today's stories actually got a pretty uh interesting
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baseball related theme. This is a very rare program. It's from the anthology
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series The Wor Summer Theater. WR was the New York flagship station of the
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Mutual Network, where many programs, including The New Adventures of Neural Woolf,
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Father Brown and Can You Top This originated. And I'll talk a little bit
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more about this after the program, But now, in honor of the great
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Game of Baseball, bringing a most unusual and interesting half hour from August the
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thirteenth, nineteen forty two from the WR Summer Theater, The Mystery of the
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Perfect Throw from left Field and the Conga Dancers Aunt This is not Juba.
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Welcome you to the wl Last Summer Theater, where we do many different kinds
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of show suggested or written by the boys and girls of the War staff.
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Tonight it's the Mystery of the Perfect Throw from Left Field and the Conga Dancers
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Ant. That's the title, and you'll find all the promised elements in this
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cheerful offering that we extracted from the typewriter of Bob Simon, who looks after
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count Nuity is a worar. Among those present in the Mystery of the Perfect
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Throw from Left Field and the Conga Dancers ANT are Helen Clair, who plays
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Dolly Billion, a radio personality, and Peter Donald who is Dan Kitty the
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clown fire. This story starts with a station break, that's the few seconds
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between the two radio programs. In just a moment, will present Dolly Billion
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in her seventh program today, Dolly Billion, the million Dollar personality with thousands
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of friends. Well, this Dolly Vision, who apparently discusses a different subject
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on every one of the seven or more daily broadcast, is set for her
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sports program. So is the proprietor of the Amb's handby Bar, and so
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are as customers. Both of them Hello, fans for and wide all about
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the countryside. This is Dolly by Golly, and that fan fair was the
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play of the day, which happened just about an hour ago in the Twilight
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League game between the Nose Socks and the Moon. And that play fan wasn't
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a play at all, no surree, believe you me. It was a
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dissertation by an umpire or if he himself called himself a crown Pire Daniel Kitty
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by name. If you heard my play by play broadcast of the game earlier
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this evening, you remember I told you how he took over for Sam Slater,
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the regular umpire. It was getting late, Sam had to be somewhere
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else, and the Crown Pile volunteered. He had an umpire suit and everything.
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And then what I'm asking Fletch, our engineer, to put on a
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recording of that play exactly as I broadcasted, so as to bring it all
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back to your fans. All right, Flett, let's have that recording.
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You might turn him out a thanks nobody. She did tell you about that,
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Emmy, and you, yeah, that's what happens when you play a
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thirty three PM recording on the seventy eight A PM Turnting. Hi, sure,
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miss surfers. Maybe they got it fixed now or excuse me, Andy,
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but I do not want to hear about that play again. You don't
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want to hear what that dope did? That dope? That's clown fire.
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Oh that dope that's me, Dan Kitty? Well, what do you know?
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Glad to make some as the kid Kitty is correct from Dan Kitty,
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Well, brother Kitty, I wouldn't have known you without that umpire suit that's
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in my bag here. I don't wear it out to eat lime surface Joe
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surface. Well, as I was going to say, I was at that
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game, and I don't understand how you could call that man safe at home
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when the left fielder's throw hadn't beaten by ten feet a perfect throw, a
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clean tag, and you call the runners state. I suppose that's clown firing.
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Well out, clown firing. That's just hoking things up a little.
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See instead of just waving a man out, I holler ah, say people
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notice that that ah. And then on a close play at one of the
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bags, run a slide. All right, what do I do? I
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slide in with him and call it from the bag. When I hit my
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pitch ball. I don't just say take your base. I take him by
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the arm, walk down a feast with him, and just as I get
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there, I pull him a bottle of beer. I kept hitting with a
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sidle in my suit. That goes bige. That's so itself is a caution.
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Oh it's got more and bigger pocket scenario. The runner was still out.
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Sorry, Joseph. The throw was perfect, but remember it was getting
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dark and there was a lot of dew on the ground. The ball was
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hit a long way and it rolled. How was it when it came in
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dry? An old amateur trick, Joseph, throwing in a ball you got
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in your pocket when you can't get after the ball it was hit. We're
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observing, don't you. Yeah, that's important. You gotta want those things,
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Joseph. You know what it takes to be a detective. That's what
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it takes to be an umpire. You're not a detective too, are you?
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No? But I'm interested? And just what is your business? Chain
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stores? That's what I'm in town about. Well, I heard about this
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ball game, and I thought maybe they don't need an umpire. I always
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take my stuff with me, just in case, and sure, enough,
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doesn't Sam slide that have to get back to his store before the game is
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oven? Oh? Hello, Chief, while it be this time? Burgary
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Huggy here? Who are you? You haven't heard of him? Chief?
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Well that's Dan Kitty. The clown fires. You should have seen the one
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he tried the pull, Chief, you should have seen that probably. Yeah,
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how amby? You seen anybody strange here in the last half hour?
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So, oh, there's that clown fire. We know all about where he's
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been, but somebody cracked the safe of the drumming him. Hotel and a
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loop with a lot of cash, the manager says, inside job, Chief
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looks not it's funny. What's funny about it? I was just saying detecting
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was up my alley. Well, I think we'll be able to handle it
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out outside. Help an Joel. You've never failed, Chief, But he's
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very observant. This clown fire. Yeah, standing in town clown while overnight
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and tomorrow, you know, I think I'll check in at that hotel you
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mentioned. It's the only one we have, but pretty snazzy, real room
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dancing, Turkish baths, hilarium and after dinner concerts in the lobby by the
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ludvig Van Beethoven swing trio and miss hey you with a priority's teeth, I'd
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like to register. Oh just a moment, sir, room turk has been
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very busy. But mister Wesley, mister well, I'm sorry, sir,
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it's been a great deal of activity. Yeah, burglary, Oh no,
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I'm inside job? Or isn't it really all right? Do I sign here?
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Any old room with battel do? Yes? Mister? Is it?
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Mister yeah? What are you so jittery about? Mister Wepley? Is it?
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Wepley? What? You're not expecting the murder around here? Are you?
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I said you won't expect no murder? Wild never mind? Give me
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your key, but you have bet he's sure I left it on the rack
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as I came in, Well, not as I thought I did. It's
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not there now are you sure you had? Itch? Listen, son,
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if you call it a bank full of umpires tools around with you, you'll
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be sure that's very peculiars. That makes two? Do what so burglaries in
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this place tonight? So case I have a personal interest? Are you a
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detective? Well? Practically better known around here is an unplied Here's my business
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car way. This is nothing about detection or umpiring. No, I make
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my living by traveling for chain of chain stores a lot China stores that sells
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change. See each stowing. The chain sells change, and I travel around
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in trains keep track of changes in the chain, so when there's new change
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oratory, they get enough change to keep to the way the other chain chain
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stores. Trouble is the change change, so fashion don't know what range of
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change which chain is selling. Sometimes you see train change in your own chain.
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It's a brains trame rights to change change train. Mister Wepley. Now
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how about that burglary? Oh well, well it was like this. I
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opened the seave to count offication and found several large stacks and bills missing.
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That did you see you were a detective? Well, I think I could
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help you. Maybe turn on that radio there, Well, it helps me
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face very ways. Some people are too nosy to live. You'll find that
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out, wise guy. Could that be personal prying on the station? Mister
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Webbley, And you wish you may prefer this one up here. Some people
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are too nosy to live, too nosy to live, to knowsy to live,
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know to live? My friend, open up that machine radio phonograph.
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But switch it from this record over the radio. Huh hey, wait a
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minute, where did you get this record? I don't know. It isn't
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part of our regular collection. That's mostly cello. So now what does that's
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our drummer practicing in the grill. We have a famous conga band and the
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famous dancing team to entertain our guests. That's the picture up there, Bromba
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and Grempa. The lady is Grimpa. Oh now we prefer not to have
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our guests do that. What am I done? Conga dots small blessed appreciation?
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Yes, like this, but it doesn't know. Oh you mean this?
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Oh? How please? Somebody else coming and register her? Why?
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That's mister surface Daniel found the place all rot to see. Yeah, oh
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but my bag, I just flew out. I just don't understand it.
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Well, I can understand how things are here tonight. She person was telling
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me all about this burglary. I suppose has you with six is and seven?
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Yeah, I'm working on it, though I saw my unofficial course.
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I want to talk it over with me. Sure you see, I don't
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know this town the way you would live in here. Only let's go up
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to my room. Huh, I don't want to be disrespectful about that music.
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Very good son, after you. You know, Joe, I have
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my serious moments, especially when there's murder possible. What was that? M
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say? Nice room? Take there? Yes, I see what you see?
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Well, how did my bag get up here? All things a little
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mixed up? The old coming hand tonight. I suppose Weffy just forgot he
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had a set up before he gave me a room. A good point,
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Daniel. Of course it might not be your bag. That's mine. Everything
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in it there ought to me. Well, let's pick her up. Yeah,
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feels about us heavy as she did. You always strap it that tight,
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now, Joe, that's good observation. That's not how I strap it.
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Somebody's been poking around it. I guess thanks for calling it to my
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attention. You're not gonna check up now, I guess not. Or you
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think I should? Well, I would if it was my bag. Nothing
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extra valuable in it. See say, here's a real messer clan. So
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you mean those neck ties it's missing. Somebody's lifting my umpire suit, your
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monkey suit with a big part of yeah that one. Yeah, I'll tell
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you what I'll do I'll put this to the manager, not him, the
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manager. Managers obvious. Please you'll see we'll get the action. Hello,
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I'm calling for mister Kitty, room three o six. Where in places is
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mister Kinney's monkey suit? Where's his umpire suit? I cough with big pockets
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that pass pat, I said, Oh, the ballad? What do you
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think the ballad has it? They thought of me depressing it did, thanks
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Joe. Okay, that's okay with mister Kinney. Quick service they have here.
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Funny Wesley didn't know about it. Yeah, that Wesley name, odd
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little character, isn't he saw the leaves change around? Yeah? A couple
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of grand as much as answer a couple of grand in the fifty callous,
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I'd say, Oh, that doesn't seem like him. He's so correct.
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Oh, say you know that conger team they have here, Groomber and Grember.
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Well, apart from that, what about him? Oh, nice quat
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people, good dancers, la best. I think I'd like to look them
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over. I want to ask you a questions, Joseph, you have just
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a touch of the mind either about you. What makes you think they robbed
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the safe? Ah? Maybe a hunch. Look, I'm dropping the grill.
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Oh when they work an hour or so. Yeah, I'll be happy
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to introduce you. I'll be seeing you. Yeah, I'll be seeing you,
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Joseph. Hello, Hello, is it too late to talk to the
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ballot? Okay, I guess I'll have to wait. Hello, some people
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are too nosy to leave. You'll find that out. Why? Oh,
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now, what's this stuff again? What's the end? Let's hear that record
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again? That's no record? Hello? Hello, Mike party hung up here?
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You are? Hello? Mister Say what do you mean by that gag?
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What do you mean by playing? What you're talking about? But I
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do want to have an interview with you tomorrow morning. Provide the Leprety broadcast.
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Oh well, i'll tell you, sister, I'm working tomorrow. If
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you want an interview, make me the Drummingham Grill in an hour. Hey,
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wait a minute, I've never seen you. How will I know you
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by my voice? Hello? Say? Did you hang up? Hello?
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Hello? Hello? Hello? Hello? Hello? Hello? Hello? Hello
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Tom? Are you waiting for someone, mister Kitty? Oh yes, mister
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Webbie approximately for two thousand dollars. I'm not sure I understand you. Well,
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I am the exhibition Dancing the Grill start suorlie? Huh, very too?
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Thank you? That's grand too, brand I beg your pardon, no
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offense. Hello, it's the cloud pile. Why, miss brilliant? Why
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is that about clown fire? Oh? That's cute. Show. Are you
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take your decisions fast? Don't you fast and correct? How about going down
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the grill? Well it might be a little noisy down there, so let's
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say that. I'll tell me how did you get to be a clown fire?
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It's cute? So are you? We didn't put that record on again?
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Record that reminds me? Won't you tell me what it takes to be
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your compire? Let's stand down to the grill and I'll tell you. You
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see, that's something I began as a sideline. My all year around business
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is traveling for China chain stores. That's the changing stores. The sells change.
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Well, it's going the chain sells change, and I travel around in
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pains to keep track of change in the change. So when there's new change
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territory and it all started with a change you changed for a dangerous stranger.
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Natural enough, young lady, what do you need to tell one chain from
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another observation? What do you need to be an umpire observation? What do
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you need to be a detective? Who's a detective? At the moment you're
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sitting with one that's cute? So are you? Hey, that's why we
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came in, But you're still cute? Is that observation? Oh? Look,
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any dope would all that. But if you want observation, you broke
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off an engagement a little while ago. That's none of your business. Observation
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is so that is? Oh would you know anything about my engagement? I
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don't. I just no, you broke it off lately, probably enough for
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the temper here, my dear. Maybe one of the things you told him
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was he was a tight one. How long have you been hanging around this
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town? I got into day? Who's been telling you? Nobody? Look?
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Give me your left hand that's killed, so are you? While we
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settle that. Now, you see that line around the ring finger where a
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ring used to be. That line hasn't been there long. It wouldn't be
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there at all all. Right? Now, what kind of ring do you
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return? Not a wedding ring, an engagement ring not finished either, And
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there's that scratch along the knuckle. You throw that ring off when you're mad,
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didn't you yeah, yeah, yeah, you did, you did,
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you did, and it was hot to yank off, so you told him
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he was so cheap he got your ring that was too small? Right?
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Oh? You know what I like about you? You didn't call me Sherlock
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Holmes. You didn't say elementary, my dear Watson. Maybe I am,
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maybe you are? Oh, hello, Joseph. You know miss Billion.
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Don't you see miss Billy every day? Jase? That is a commendation to
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the station. If you don't come in, you're not a friend. That's
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the motto for artist that's cute? Well is or is not? Somebody going
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to say so are you? Huh? Oh? Dan, I promise to
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see that you met Grumble and remember if you just follow me to the table
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and you too miss oh yeah, thanks Joe for a member and that's well
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okay, Dan, you want get on those dances? Oh says I won't.
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There's tens as you won't. It's ten says I will. You can't
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pin any on them. Don't be a goop. I once got first prize
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for pinning. You couldn't pin a tail and a donkey and the kid's party.
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That's where I want first prize. Yeah, yeah, yeah, you
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gentlemen discussing. Oh were you? Hey, you hold the money? Good
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here, Dolly, take this money. Oh, thank you very much,
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good night, and don't get the right commendation to my safe. Hey wait,
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you're just supposed to hold that money. Yes, my dear, I
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made a bet with Dan, and when he loses it, you give the
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money to me. You hope both of them can doctor both of them.
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What one belongs to Dan and one belongs to you, Dolly? This one
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is mine? See car market for you? He okay? Does it mean
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I can keep it? It does not. You'll pay that one and the
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other one over to me when I win, like I told you. Uh,
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Miss Gremble, mister grumbley, I present Miss Pillion and mister Guinea.
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How you do Hello? I know, Dolly, excuse me. I have
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Laurent Titus and I must say my voice. Yes, save it. Mister
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g you are the clumpire Ah. Yes, but tonight he's a detective.
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Yes actually, mister Grumble tonight, I'm a conga dancer. Is this your
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partner, Dolly? Well, waiter maybe? But could I might I have
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the pleasure of a dance with Miss Gremble. What he asked me for she's
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old enough to make up her own mind. Miss Gremble, May I have
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the pleasure? Hey? What are you getting at? You know anything about
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congreen? Well? If you think I'm letting you down, just say the
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word and I'll put on the sock. Finished little save it? What did
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he say? You were an umpire? H gonna let it go with that?
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Didn't somebody say a detective? Uh? Huh? Well and I said
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I was a congo answer and let's go. Hey, Grumber, he can
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dance. Not bad so far. I thought he'd pop on his face.
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Maybe he will. Oh, he's wonderful. Who asked you? I'll tell
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my dance tomorrow. Out there he looks okay, But when he comes closer
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here go see he's a faker. Is she holding him up? Joe?
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She's holding him up? Look at that speed, and he's making the band
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play faster. You can't dance that fast. It'll kill him. It's phenomenal
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for an umpire. What this phenomenal means? It's something you take when you
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can't sleep. What's this time now? Joe? A muffet? Oh terrible,
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got a handle, But she's holding him up. Look at the grin
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on him. He's giving her some of his fancy talk out there. Hey,
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what happened to is Grandpa? I thought I was making that turn right?
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But oh, you're sure I'm not a professional. I told you anytime
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you didn't like to say so. When I do my back to Niagara Falls
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used to kill him at the Sportsman's Bank, would say, you might move
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your feet a bit. Oh, you're just gonna show me up from bump.
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Mean huh. You say the word and I do. Hey, what's
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the matter with you? What's the I'm gonna get you over to this chair
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right away and here sit down saying what's happened to you? Have I been
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dancing with a partner who's passed out on me? What you been doing?
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Funny guy? She just went out from having to hold you up the way
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I figured, and I've been holding her rope. Maybe you want to get
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a doctor in on this. Oh on you a doctor too, That's one
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of the three things I'm not. Come on, get a doctor, get
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into addressing room or what reading? I don't let me. I can't find
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it. What's happened to her? You haven't any idea? Why are you?
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I'm taking over mystic chief witness, we've math here. You do a
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man take home miss Grammar and sort of carry it to the dressing room.
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But a few fellas outside to see. Nobody leaves the grill. But this
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little party right here is going into session in the office right now. Wait
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a minute, Wait a minute, pal music starts again. We'll go along
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as if nothing happened. What did happen? You don't know what happened to
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your aunt? But use your place of course, of course, not large,
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but maybe that's good. Just step in, everybody, wef me,
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mister Servis, mister kiddy, mister say, I'll have to ask you what
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your real name is? Clink craddle? No good for a conga dancer?
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What clink rattle? Bill? All right, William clink Rattle alias Grumber,
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not alias no professionally has don't be so sensitive. I'm not I'm just horse
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Now. All right, here we are, if you'll all sit down.
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Oh you, miss Vigion Dolly Benyon. Now what's your real name? Nobody
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believed it, but that's what it is. Of course I expect to change
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it someday. Why do you park your prettyself somewhere? Oh no, no,
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here's the fact a dancing lady Grandpa, who can be identified as the
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aunt of Groomba Rumba's had she didn't walk it. Well, it's complicated,
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you see. She kept a figure and in the light in the grin.
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Well, what was her name? By the way, Jones? Mary Jo
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looks Chief. I'll save you some trouble. Miss Jones was killed by a
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quick chap from a needle. She was jabbed as we made that turn near
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your table, Grumber. It took effect in a few seconds. She went
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limping while you were there, Grumba, I don't know anything about that.
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I'm sure he doesn't. Chief. I was sitting near him all the time,
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and I would to see it a bet on that he did. That's
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right on the stakeholder. Now he's ten dollars and ten dollars for mister k
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You bet on a murder before it happened. Nah, the clwmpire wanted to
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bet on the burglary. He said the das did, and I said no,
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we didn't. All right, Clampile, pay up. It's not official
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yet. Well maybe maybe the two crimes are connected. Got any more to
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say on that, Wesley, No, must have been committed by somebody who
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knows way around this hotel. Oh that reminds me. Pardon the interruption,
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Chief, Have you a key to the valet's office? Wefley, I yes,
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Chief, Would you have one of your men go and get my empire
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suit, you know, the one with all the plates in the big pockets.
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Open the door, Wesley, but Toman, don go to the valet's
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office and wanted the boys show you where it is. Get out an empire
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suit with big pockets and bring it back here. Hey, hey, all
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of you sit down. Who know where the money was and how to get
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it out? Don't look at me? Yeah? Chief? And who knew
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how the dance routine worked? Who knew just when the conga turn would take
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place? But she wasn't dancing with her regular part? Well, it was
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the standard thing the congres she usually did. Yeah, and who knew that?
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Who knew how the lights would be when she danced? And here's another
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question for you? Who had any reason for wanting to kill it? She
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was a nice old lady and a good dancer. Maybe she knew something that's
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done with your suit? Kitty opened the door for Wefley. Will you yes?
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Wait? Get him on? Get him yeah? Left? We skip?
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Well you know you go after from surface. He can't get out of
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the place anyhow, And let go of my monkey. So Joe, will
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you give it to me? Don't hang on the surface, all hanging on
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the silkit. Why you pig epe, you'll bomb? I'm present, missus
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ape, missus, Donny do you want to marry me? I want to
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marry you. Okay, shake, this is so cute. You're cutting yourself
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now look to cheep. Here's my clown fire suit with a big pockets.
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Where's a better place for parking? A lot of bills? And for fellow
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knew his way around the hotel, it wouldn't be so hard to stow away
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at the ballots until he could get it back. And who looked there for
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the dough See still in the pockets, all nice and fresh from the bank.
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He's a ten I put up. I marked that d case. You
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know which one Joe put up? And look at his tent right in the
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same series as the other tens in that pocket. Hey wait, you wait,
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dam how'd you get on to Joe? Well, from the time we
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was together at Amby's, handy bar was almost always around me, and I
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said, Dan, this is not the usual behavior for people who don't like
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umpires. What is more, Dan, I said, this man has heard
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me say I'm a detective and what he's up to is trying to throw me
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off something. And he does I hear phony records? Oh, who knows
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about records? Joe? He was talking about seventy eight rpm whatever. That
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is just like an expert. So he could do that and those phone calls
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too, hah. He could do the funny business with a bag, take
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a call to the manager's office. Was he so anxious to make that call
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instead of waiting for me to do it? Was my bag? And then
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then who else knew how much money was stolen? Well we didn't, but
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Joe named it to the penny. You know that's that's good there, thanks
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Geeve. Well, seeing what was going on, I dreamed up a little
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something about the dancers being in on the robbery, and Joe needled me along
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with a bet so I'd be sure to work on them exclusively. And you
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might expect that from a guy who gets sore and an umpire for spotting that
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wrong ball trick I nailed this afternoon. You are through clown fire. You
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forgot something, didn't you? A little matter of murder. No, well,
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who wanted to kill that day? Me? No, Joseph, you
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didn't. It was Webley. Maybe. What do you run away for?
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Just a nervous type? I know that. I just want to see your
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tumble. You want the murderer, he's right here. Hey, get away
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from me? Yeah, sure, got away from him, Joe, Not
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unless you're figuring out doing away with him, same as you did with his
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hand. Me. Why would I want to kill her? She didn't knowhing
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about the money? Oh? Thanks, so you did? Oh all right,
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you got the money back. She didn't knowhing about it. That's right,
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she didn't. You had no motive, that's what they call it in
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the chief for killing her. You didn't have any idea killing her. That
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was an accident. You wanted to kill the umpire me or not to lie.
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I didn't want to kill anybody. I didn't kill anybody. I took
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the money. But you God, hang a murder rap on me. I
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tell you hang him down the headquarter. You can't give me for that.
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Attell you you can't give me for thatthing. Hey, say Dan, I
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don't talk much, but I want to thank you. And Mary was very
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good to me and I'll miss her a lot. Who says so sure?
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Miss it to man? I know you are. Oh what a poor fellow's
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gone and lost his voice, chief, And he was just being grateful for
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what? Because Dan brought a murder to justice as you were here on my
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program tomorrow. And then you did, didn't you? What you just imagine?
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Didn't build up a case? Sounded good to you? But did anybody
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say Mary Jones was dead? Well, you'll let me go on and helped
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nail Joe from burglary. Only Mary Jones isn't dead. She simply passed out
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from exhausting dancing to congo with you, my friend. I'm sorry, Grandma,
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I had to let you in for some bad minutes. But maybe you'll
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forgiveness. You can go to your aunt Mary now, oh yeah, good
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bye. Look Dan, this observation business as well, only when you go
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into fantasy that's not detection. So long, mister kitty, my h don't
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let him discourage you. You'll be a great detective and maybe you'll get him
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murder cerinick. Now that's not my game. Well, you can still be
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a clown tire. I don't know what does it get you really? After
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all, I travel for Chinese stores it self change. It's the change,
28:11
changing, the change, the character. They get enough change to keep up.
28:15
It's still going to be married to change. Would change, yeah,
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trengs changing your own change change change train. Yes, we could be married
28:26
immediately following station identifications. That would be cute. And this now, but
28:30
the train stranger, I said that would be you, wouldn't. I just
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thoughted to congratulate you. It's a wonderful miss Joe, missus Joe, Oh,
28:41
yes, too wonderful. And to think you are a professional detective at
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all, mister kitty. But in the train business, Oh no, no,
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not the train business, the chain business. I traveled for China.
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I'm sure we all understand. Don't wait. And I'm to be matron of
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honor at their wedding. Oh, I should say all of us are imaginary
29:15
people, sparing no intentional resemblance to anyone living or dead. But of course
29:19
that doesn't apply to our producer, mister Bauer, a very live young man,
29:23
mister Baller. And next week he has a review for you prepared by
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the press department of Station wor. I think that's cute, are you?
29:32
Thank you? The imaginary missus Jones was ethel Remi and her association. To
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night's production were our stars Helen claire and Peter Donald, supported by Jack McGregor,
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Jerry Macy, Junius Matthews and Sydney Sloan. This is Roger Bauer inviting
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you to hear the WR Press Department thread Barn on Broadway Review next first evening
29:48
at nine thirty Eastern War Times. Well, we hope you'll have our fifth
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WR Theater production. This is the mutual broadcasting, he says, Welcome back.
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I love this plan. In the very last couple minutes were maybe stretching
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a joke a little too far, but other than that, this was a
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very interesting story and it's one of the better comedy mysteries that we've encountered in
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the Golden Age Radio program because on one hand, there was a bunch of
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cute comedy stuff, particularly around our hero's main job being working for a chain
30:26
of chain stores, and I know I don't have that quite right, but
30:30
we only have a limited amount of time to record the commentary. But also
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they established the idea that he could legitimately use his reasoning and observational skills as
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a detective, albeit not perfectly this was just a lot of fun. Of
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course, they referenced Murder Clinic, which was a program that originated right from
30:52
the studios of wor And while I wouldn't put him in the same league as
30:59
the care characters from Murder Clining, it's a shame that there wasn't a radio
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character. It was a little bit like this. Obviously, some things about
31:07
the character Billy just combined him to this particular story. We've got a dearth
31:14
of good comedy mysteries, and of course the other thing that's interesting about him
31:18
is that he's an amateur slouth. And there aren't a whole lot of episodes
31:25
of radio programs that survive a featuring of that sort of sleuth who's not paid
31:32
or has any business solving crimes. It's either a police officer, a detective,
31:37
reporter, a photographer for a newspaper. Probably the main examples I can
31:42
think of are Box thirteen, and even then Nan Holiday is an extraporter,
31:48
though he's getting involved in these mysteries kind of for his own reasons. And
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mister and missus north Well, however you cut it, I just thoroughly enjoyed
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it, and I hope you liked it as well, and I hope you
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have a great week, a fabulous spray and we will continue on on Monday.
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