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  Speaker 1: In Glenville, mild-mannered office worker Wilbur Todd finds himself pushed
• 0:04
  Speaker 1: toward public life after an unusual chain of events brings
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  Speaker 1: him unexpected attention. On April 8, 1940, Lux Radio Theater
• 0:12
  Speaker 1: presented episode 258, Mama Loves Papa, adapted from the.
• 0:14
  Speaker 2: 1933 Paramount comedy film.
• 0:22
  Speaker 1: Jim and Marion Jordan, familiar to radio audiences as Fibber
• 0:27
  Speaker 1: McGee and Molly, appear as Wilbur and his ambitious wife, Jessie,
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  Speaker 1: with Cecil B. DeMille as host. As Wilbur faces the
• 0:36
  Speaker 1: pressures of local politics and a powerful playground equipment interest,
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  Speaker 1: an ordinary household is drawn into civic affairs. And now
• 0:46
  Speaker 1: we return to the original broadcast.
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  Speaker 2: The Hollywood Radio Theater. The Hollywood Radio Theater. Presenting Jim
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  Speaker 2: and Marion Jordan, starring as Fiddler McGee and Molly in
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  Speaker 2: a radio adaptation of the Paramount Picture, Mama Loved Papa.
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  Speaker 2: Here's your host, Frank Brzee. Greetings again, ladies and gentlemen.
• 1:26
  Speaker 2: Certain elements just naturally go together. Corned beef and cabbage,
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  Speaker 2: April and showers, Fibber McGee and Molly. For many years,
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  Speaker 2: the irresistible Mr. McGee and the immovable Molly helped to
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  Speaker 2: make it a more cheerful world, and their weekly broadcast
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  Speaker 2: was a national habit. Now, for the first time, they
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  Speaker 2: assume the role of the legitimate actor and star for
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  Speaker 2: us in the play Mama Loves Papa. Our play takes
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  Speaker 2: Fibber and Molly into new territory, when Fibber, as William Todd,
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  Speaker 2: quite accidentally gets involved in politics.
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  Speaker 3: As Mrs. Todd, Molly is still his chief counselor and
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  Speaker 3: does her part to get him out of trouble after
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  Speaker 3: she's gotten him in. Our part for the moment is
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  Speaker 3: to see that the curtain goes up right away on
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  Speaker 3: the first act of Mama Loves Papa, starring Fibber McGee
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  Speaker 3: as Wilbur Todd and Molly as Jessie Todd.
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  Speaker 2: If the locale of our story didn't have to have
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  Speaker 2: a name, we'd call it Average City, USA. If our
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  Speaker 2: characters didn't have to be called something distinctive, we'd refer
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  Speaker 2: to them as Mr. and Mrs.
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  Speaker 3: Everybody. As it is, our.
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  Speaker 2: Story takes place in Glenville and our people are the Todd.
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  Speaker 2: Like most of us, they're an average, everyday, perfectly normal.
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  Speaker 3: And happy family.
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  Speaker 2: Also like most of us, they have ham and eggs
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  Speaker 2: for breakfast, slightly burned toast, and a mild domestic spat.
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  Speaker 2: They've reached the last course, the spat.
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  Speaker 4: All right, all right. Now what's the trouble?
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  Speaker 3: I didn't say anything was the trouble. Did I say anything?
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  Speaker 4: Well, then why give me that black look?
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  Speaker 3: I'm just passing it on, Mama. This toast has been
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  Speaker 3: giving me a black look. See?
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  Speaker 5: Now, listen, there's nothing wrong with that toast, Wilbur. Just
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  Speaker 5: a little burnt on the edges. That's good for you.
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  Speaker 4: It's... Why, that's charcoal.
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  Speaker 3: I don't like charcoal, even with butter on it. Besides, Mama,
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  Speaker 3: it worries me. I know where to go to get
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  Speaker 3: cinders out of my eye, but when I get them
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  Speaker 3: in my throat.
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  Speaker 5: Now, now, you listen here, Wilbur. I've told you time
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  Speaker 5: and time again we need a new toaster. If you
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  Speaker 5: hadn't been so selfish and given up smoking, we'd have
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  Speaker 5: enough coupons by now to get a.
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  Speaker 4: Really decent one.
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  Speaker 3: All right, Mama, all right.
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  Speaker 4: I can't get you off to.
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  Speaker 5: Work every morning and straighten your suspenders and shave the
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  Speaker 5: back of your neck and find your other sleeve garter
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  Speaker 5: and watch the toaster all at the.
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  Speaker 4: Same time, Wilbur. But, Mama, I didn't... What we need
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  Speaker 4: is a maid.
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  Speaker 3: Wilbur.
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  Speaker 4: Stop scraping that toast whilst I'm speaking to you.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, excuse me, Mama. What were you saying?
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  Speaker 5: I said what we need is a maid. And we
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  Speaker 5: could have one, too, if you just had a little
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  Speaker 5: more gumption.
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  Speaker 3: How's gumption going to get a maid?
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  Speaker 5: You know what I'm talking about. They don't appreciate you
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  Speaker 5: down at that office.
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  Speaker 4: You know they don't.
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  Speaker 3: Uh-huh.
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  Speaker 5: You're worth twice the money you're getting now.
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  Speaker 3: Uh-huh.
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  Speaker 4: More than twice the money. And if I were you,
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  Speaker 4: I'd certainly ask for it.
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  Speaker 3: Uh-huh.
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  Speaker 4: How long have you been working for Mr.
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  Speaker 3: Kirkwood? Uh-huh.
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  Speaker 2: Oh!
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  Speaker 3: Ten years.
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  Speaker 4: Ten years. And not one raise in all that time.
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  Speaker 4: Not one raise. Who does he think you are?
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  Speaker 2: I got a bonus once.
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  Speaker 5: You know what's the trouble with you, Wilbur? You're afraid
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  Speaker 5: of yourself. You haven't got any confidence in.
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  Speaker 4: Your own abilities.
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  Speaker 5: Your thoughts are all focused inside of you.
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  Speaker 4: You're always scared of what people are thinking. You're, uh, you're, uh, uh, inventors, Wilbur.
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  Speaker 3: Introvert. Hmm? You mean introvert.
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  Speaker 4: How do you know?
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  Speaker 2: I read the same magazine article.
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  Speaker 5: Well, anyway, that's what you are. What you've got to
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  Speaker 5: do is show off a little, crack jokes with people,
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  Speaker 5: act big. Then they think you are somebody, like that Mr.
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  Speaker 5: Phillips next door.
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  Speaker 4: He's no inviter.
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  Speaker 3: Introvert.
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  Speaker 4: Well, he isn't.
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  Speaker 2: Besides, I don't know any jokes.
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  Speaker 4: Well, you could make some up, couldn't you?
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  Speaker 3: I don't know, maybe. You really think that would help, huh?
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  Speaker 4: Well, it certainly couldn't do any harm.
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  Speaker 5: Oh, Wilbur, I don't mean to be always picking on you,
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  Speaker 5: but we're just not getting anywhere.
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  Speaker 4: You see that, don't you?
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  Speaker 5: We're right where we were the day we got married.
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  Speaker 5: I hate to think of where we might be ten
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  Speaker 5: years from now.
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  Speaker 4: It's only for your own good, Wilbur.
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  Speaker 3: I know. You're right, Mama. But don't worry. Things will
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  Speaker 3: be okay, and I'll... Well, I'll crack jokes with the
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  Speaker 3: best of them. You wait and see.
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  Speaker 4: Oh, it's not just cracking jokes.
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  Speaker 3: Well, you said it would help. Oh, Wilbur. Oh, gosh.
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  Speaker 2: There's the 810.
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  Speaker 3: I've got to run.
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  Speaker 4: Finish your coffee.
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  Speaker 3: No time, Mama. Where's your hat?
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  Speaker 2: I got it.
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  Speaker 3: So long, Mama. Be back on the 6-5.
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  Speaker 4: Aren't you going to kiss me?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, sure.
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  Speaker 3: Goodbye. Be a good girl and don't take any wooden nickels.
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  Speaker 4: Don't you get it, Mom? It ain't funny, Wilbur.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, well.
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  Speaker 3: I do better on Tuesdays. Now, let's see, Miss Baedeker,
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  Speaker 3: where were we in that letter?
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  Speaker 4: And you may expect this order as soon as possible.
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  Speaker 2: That's right.
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  Speaker 3: Now, take this. Uh, let me see, uh... Mr.
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  Speaker 4: Todd, I wish you'd hurry. I ain't got to take
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  Speaker 4: eight letters from Mr. Johnson yet.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks, familiar.
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  Speaker 3: But don't rush me, Miss Baedeker. Oh, here it is.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, uh, uh, the, uh.
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  Speaker 3: The shipment will include the additional furniture for the sanctuary...
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  Speaker 3: Yours very truly, Kirkwood Furniture Company, Pearl Wilbertox. That'll be all,
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  Speaker 3: Miss Bedecker.
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  Speaker 4: And that last sentence, is that word sanctuary?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, sanctuary. Thank you very much.
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  Speaker 3: Huh?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, never mind, never mind.
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  Speaker 3: Hey, hey, Todd. Yes, Mr. Burke, what is it? The
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  Speaker 3: boss wants to see you. Better get in there. Oh, sure. Hey, Burke,
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  Speaker 3: a rather amusing thing just happened here. I was dictating... Yeah, yeah,
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  Speaker 3: all right. See me later, will you? And don't forget
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  Speaker 3: about Mr. Kirkwood. Oh, sure, sure. Good morning, Mr. Kirkwood.
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  Speaker 3: Come in, Todd. What took you so long? Well, I
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  Speaker 3: was just... Todd, I want to speak to you about
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  Speaker 3: that Chicago consignment. We're way behind in our shipment. And
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  Speaker 3: if we don't put our shoulders to the wheel, we'll
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  Speaker 3: lose the whole order. Now, I want you to bear
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  Speaker 3: down on the factory. Make them jump, hear? Jump? Yes, sir.
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  Speaker 3: I want action, and lots of action. Oh, you'll get it, Mr. Kirkwood. Yes, sir. Ha!
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  Speaker 3: What's the matter with you? Oh, pardon me, Mr. Kirkwood,
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  Speaker 3: but a rather amusing thing happened this morning. Huh? Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: I said a rather amusing little thing happened this morning.
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  Speaker 3: Miss Baedeker said to me, I was dictating, you know,
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  Speaker 3: and she said to me, Mr. Todd, was that last
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  Speaker 3: word sanctuary? And I said, yes, sanctuary much.
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  Speaker 4: Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
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  Speaker 3: It was sort of a.
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  Speaker 2: Joke, you know, comical.
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  Speaker 3: Todd, are you crazy? Huh? I'm just through talking myself
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  Speaker 3: hoarse to you, and you stand there and tell me jokes. But, Mr. Kirkwood,
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  Speaker 3: I don't... That's the whole trouble with business today. Everybody
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  Speaker 3: thinks it's funny.
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  Speaker 4: But, Mr.
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  Speaker 3: You don't see me laughing, do you? I'll say so. Well,
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  Speaker 3: remember that.
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  Speaker 2: And if you can't remember it, let me remind you
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  Speaker 2: that there are always ten men waiting to take over
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  Speaker 2: your desk.
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  Speaker 3: Now get out! Yes, sir. Yes, sir.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, Mr.
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  Speaker 6: Todd, I was just thinking over what you said.
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  Speaker 4: Sanctuary must.
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  Speaker 6: That's very funny, Mr.
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  Speaker 3: Todd.
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  Speaker 7: It is, huh?
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  Speaker 4: It means by saying thank you very much.
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  Speaker 3: Doesn't it?
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  Speaker 6: Oh, I didn't get it before.
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  Speaker 7: Hmm.
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  Speaker 4: Oh, I almost forgot. Your wife's on the phone, Mr.
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  Speaker 3: Todd.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, thanks.
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  Speaker 3: Hello, Mama.
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  Speaker 4: Hello, Wilbur. How's everything going, dearie?
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  Speaker 3: Oh, fine, fine. Just dandy.
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  Speaker 4: I just wanted to remind you that I'm going to...
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  Speaker 4: to the ladies' club meeting this afternoon.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, you want me to pick up the hamburger on
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  Speaker 2: my way home?
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  Speaker 4: Uh, will you, Papa?
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  Speaker 5: We're going to have a pretty important speaker today.
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  Speaker 4: Dr.
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  Speaker 3: Basil Kane on Marriage With Her Bounce.
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  Speaker 4: I wouldn't want to miss that.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, no, no.
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  Speaker 2: Of course not.
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  Speaker 3: Well, you run along and have a good time, Mama.
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  Speaker 4: All right.
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  Speaker 8: Goodbye, dearie.
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  Speaker 3: Goodbye. Marriage wither bound. I'd like to hear that one myself.
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  Speaker 2: And so, in conclusion, let me leave one thought with
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  Speaker 2: you ladies. That behind every man's success in this world,
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  Speaker 2: there is a woman. Who was behind Napoleon? Why, Josephine,
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  Speaker 2: of course.
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  Speaker 3: And who was behind George Washington? Martha. Martha. And who
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  Speaker 3: was behind King Solomon? King Solomon had a great deal
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  Speaker 3: behind him. Oh, but seriously, though, in every.
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  Speaker 2: Man's heart, ladies, is the seed of success. Waiting, waiting
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  Speaker 2: in the darkness for the sunshine of a woman's encouragement
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  Speaker 2: to make it flower.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you. Now, are there any questions, ladies?
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  Speaker 4: Well, Dr.
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  Speaker 3: Payne... Yes, madam?
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  Speaker 5: What I want to know is, well, how exactly can
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  Speaker 5: I shine on my husband?
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  Speaker 3: Well, may I see you after the meeting, madam? Now,
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  Speaker 3: are there any more general questions?
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  Speaker 5: I want to help, Wilbur, but I just don't know
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  Speaker 5: how to go about it. I thought maybe you could
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  Speaker 5: suggest something.
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  Speaker 3: Well, Mrs. Todd, just what seems to be the trouble
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  Speaker 3: with your husband?
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  Speaker 4: Well, now I'll tell you.
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  Speaker 3: In the first place... Just a moment. I haven't had
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  Speaker 3: too much time. My train, you know.
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  Speaker 4: Oh, well.
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  Speaker 3: Mrs. Todd, have you ever thought of the value of clothes? Clothes?
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  Speaker 3: As an expression of personality. Oh. As an advertisement, so
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  Speaker 3: to speak.
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  Speaker 7: Oh, yes.
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  Speaker 2: To tell the world exactly what we are or what
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  Speaker 2: we would like to be.
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  Speaker 3: Does your husband dress well?
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  Speaker 4: No, just warm.
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  Speaker 3: I thought so.
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  Speaker 2: He looks like an unsuccessful man, and so he is
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  Speaker 2: an unsuccessful man.
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  Speaker 3: Oh.
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  Speaker 2: He tells the world beforehand that no one is to
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  Speaker 2: take him too seriously, that his opinion on any matter
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  Speaker 2: of importance is not worth knowing.
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  Speaker 4: Oh, you mean if Wilbur would dress up a little,
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  Speaker 4: he'd get along, huh?
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  Speaker 2: But of course, my dear lady. There's something about clothes,
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  Speaker 2: the right kind of clothes, that keeps the man on
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  Speaker 2: his toes. Spiritually alert, as it were.
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  Speaker 3: You try it. Make him dress well. Look important. And
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  Speaker 3: then watch him take his place in the world.
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  Speaker 4: Dr. Payne, I think you've got it. Mama, I won't
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  Speaker 4: do it.
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  Speaker 3: I won't wear a high hat for anybody.
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  Speaker 2: No, sir.
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  Speaker 5: Now, now, Wilbur, I don't want any nonsense. You try
• 13:03
  Speaker 5: that hat on again and see how it looks.
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  Speaker 2: But a high silk hat, Mama. What will people think
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  Speaker 2: of me? How can I face my friends in a
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  Speaker 2: high silk hat?
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  Speaker 4: You haven't got any friends.
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  Speaker 3: Well, I can hope, can't I? Oh, gosh, Mama, listen.
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  Speaker 3: Have you decided, sir, what hat will it be, please?
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  Speaker 4: This one here, the silk one.
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  Speaker 3: No, sir, I won't wear it.
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  Speaker 4: Wrap it up, please.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, but, Mama, will you listen a minute?
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  Speaker 4: Keep quiet.
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  Speaker 3: Anything else, sir? No. Oh, yes, there is.
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  Speaker 5: He wants what goes with it. You know, with the
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  Speaker 5: high silk hat.
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  Speaker 4: Oh, yes, yes, of course.
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  Speaker 3: The morning coat.
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  Speaker 4: Yes, the morning coat. And striped pants and a pair
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  Speaker 4: of spats.
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  Speaker 7: But.
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  Speaker 3: For me?
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  Speaker 4: And I want everything to be an expression of his personality.
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  Speaker 3: I'll try, madam. Emil, here. Mama, you're making a terrible mistake.
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  Speaker 4: This is a waste of money.
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  Speaker 6: Measure the gentleman for a morning coat and tell him, Emil,
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  Speaker 6: we meet here.
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  Speaker 3: Mama, will you just be reasonable?
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  Speaker 4: Stand still, Wilbur.
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  Speaker 2: When am I going to wear this? I haven't been
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  Speaker 2: to a wedding in ten years.
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  Speaker 4: You're not going to a wedding.
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  Speaker 3: Well, what started this anyway? I....
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  Speaker 4: What's the matter?
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  Speaker 3: He tickles. Oh, cut it out, bud.
• 14:13
  Speaker 4: Cut it out.
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  Speaker 3: Now listen, Mama. Now, sir, if you just step over this.
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  Speaker 4: Way, we'll see what you've got to do.
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  Speaker 3: Mama. Mama, please don't let them do this to me.
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  Speaker 4: Wilbur, it's no use. You've got to advertise yourself, Wilbur.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, Dr. Payne. So I've got him to thank for this, huh? Dr.
• 14:34
  Speaker 4: Payne is a very successful man.
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  Speaker 3: Well, whatever. I'll bet he wasn't all dressed up in
• 14:38
  Speaker 3: a high hat and spat, was he? No, he wasn't. Well,
• 14:40
  Speaker 3: there you are.
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  Speaker 4: But he probably is dressed up when he goes to business.
• 14:44
  Speaker 3: Yeah, when he goes to.
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  Speaker 4: Mama.
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  Speaker 3: Mama, you don't mean that you expect me... You can't
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  Speaker 3: mean in the office? That high hat?
• 14:54
  Speaker 4: Oh, no, Mama.
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  Speaker 3: No.
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  Speaker 5: Oh, now, someday, Wilbur, you'll thank.
• 14:59
  Speaker 4: Me for this.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, Mama. Mama.
• 15:14
  Speaker 4: Gwennie, Gwennie, did you see Mr. Todd this morning? Yeah,
• 15:19
  Speaker 4: I saw him come in. He had on a silk hat. Yeah,
• 15:23
  Speaker 4: and sat and sat. Gee, he looked awful pale, didn't he?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, it's too bad, all right.
• 15:31
  Speaker 4: I sure feel sorry for him.
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  Speaker 3: Good morning, Todd. Oh, hello, Burke. I'm awfully sorry, Todd.
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  Speaker 2: Was it anyone close?
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  Speaker 3: Huh? Well, when's the funeral today?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, the funeral.
• 15:54
  Speaker 3: Yes, the funeral. We couldn't help but notice, Todd, the
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  Speaker 3: clothes and all. Oh, yes. Yes, of course. And the
• 16:02
  Speaker 3: whole force wants me to express their regret. Now, if
• 16:05
  Speaker 3: there's anything we can do, don't hesitate, will you? Oh, yes. Sure. Morning, Mr. Badeger. Morning, Mr.
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  Speaker 4: Kirkwood.
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  Speaker 3: Morning, Bert. Good morning, sir. Good morning, Tom.
• 16:17
  Speaker 7: Oh.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, I'm sorry, Tom. The immediate family? Well, uh.
• 16:26
  Speaker 2: Good morning, Mr.
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  Speaker 3: Kirkwood. No, not very immediate. Mrs. Todd's uncle. Oh, now,
• 16:35
  Speaker 3: that's too bad. That's too bad. Well, now, listen, you
• 16:38
  Speaker 3: needn't hang around, Todd. You just take the day off.
• 16:41
  Speaker 4: Oh, but, Mr.
• 16:42
  Speaker 3: Kirkwood, that won't be necessary.
• 16:43
  Speaker 4: Huh?
• 16:44
  Speaker 3: Well, I mean, the noon hour will be sufficient. Nonsense. Nonsense.
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  Speaker 3: You ought to be home consoling Mrs. Todd. Now, go on.
• 16:52
  Speaker 3: Run along. Run along, Todd.
• 16:54
  Speaker 2: Oh, but, Mr.
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  Speaker 3: Kirkwood. Now, you do as I say. Well, all right.
• 16:58
  Speaker 3: Thank you. Not at all. And, oh, Todd. Yes, sir?
• 17:02
  Speaker 3: I'm sorry, Todd. Fine state of how you do. Get
• 17:16
  Speaker 3: all dressed up to go to work and they think
• 17:18
  Speaker 3: I'm going to a funeral.
• 17:19
  Speaker 2: Got to walk in the park all day because I'm
• 17:21
  Speaker 2: all dressed up.
• 17:22
  Speaker 3: No place to go. Got to go walking in the park. Mama, Mama,
• 17:28
  Speaker 3: look at the funny man.
• 17:29
  Speaker 9: Look at the funny man's clothes.
• 17:33
  Speaker 3: Oh, cut it out, sis.
• 17:35
  Speaker 4: Here, you mustn't laugh at him, dear. He's earning his living.
• 17:39
  Speaker 2: How does he earn his living, Mama?
• 17:41
  Speaker 4: Why, his chest lights up with a sign, dear. That's
• 17:46
  Speaker 4: a lie.
• 17:46
  Speaker 3: My chest does not light up, madam. Mama, he's mad.
• 17:50
  Speaker 4: Come, dear. Don't pay any attention to him.
• 17:53
  Speaker 6: I think he's crazy.
• 17:56
  Speaker 3: Chest lights up with a sign.
• 17:58
  Speaker 4: Mama, he's mad.
• 18:01
  Speaker 3: Well, who wouldn't be mad? Walking around in a park
• 18:03
  Speaker 3: all dressed up like you're going to... What's the matter
• 18:05
  Speaker 3: with the world today?
• 18:07
  Speaker 2: I'll tell you what's the matter with the world today, gentlemen.
• 18:11
  Speaker 3: It's the idle rich, that's what.
• 18:13
  Speaker 2: The idle rich who walk around in high hats and
• 18:17
  Speaker 2: spats and long-tailed... Oh, well, look who's coming. Now, get
• 18:25
  Speaker 2: a load of that, gentlemen. Hey, you. You talking to me?
• 18:30
  Speaker 2: Certainly I'm talking to you.
• 18:33
  Speaker 3: Come here, buddy. Are you awake, man, buddy? Are you
• 18:37
  Speaker 3: awake today, buddy?
• 18:39
  Speaker 2: Well, no, not today. Not today, he said.
• 18:42
  Speaker 8: Not today, huh?
• 18:47
  Speaker 3: What day, then, buddy? Well, I just was out. No day.
• 18:50
  Speaker 2: That's what day is. Take a good look at him, folks.
• 18:54
  Speaker 3: The idle rich. Bloated with food. Reeking with champagne. Now, listen,
• 19:00
  Speaker 3: I never bloated with champagne. Who do you think you are, buddy?
• 19:03
  Speaker 2: Walking around here, flaunting your wealth in our face.
• 19:07
  Speaker 4: I'm not flaunting.
• 19:08
  Speaker 3: Come on, get back to your limousine.
• 19:10
  Speaker 7: This here park is for the common people, not for
• 19:13
  Speaker 7: the elites.
• 19:14
  Speaker 3: Now you wait a minute, my fine-feathered friend. You can't
• 19:17
  Speaker 3: talk to me like that. Folks, are we going to
• 19:19
  Speaker 3: stand for this? Get him out of here. He's a
• 19:22
  Speaker 3: blood on the lips.
• 19:23
  Speaker 7: No, sir.
• 19:24
  Speaker 3: Be it, mister. What for? I haven't done anything.
• 19:27
  Speaker 4: I got my rights.
• 19:28
  Speaker 3: Come on, folks. Give them the weight. Oh, cut it
• 19:30
  Speaker 3: out now. Cut it out. I mean it all. Get
• 19:34
  Speaker 3: the idle weight. Give them the weight. Are we going to.
• 19:38
  Speaker 4: Stand for this sort of thing? Give it to them, folks.
• 19:42
  Speaker 3: I think now I've got a pack of hoodlums after me. Police! Police! Help! Help! Police!
• 19:52
  Speaker 3: Right over here, sir. Right over here. Oh, officer, I'm
• 19:55
  Speaker 3: certainly glad to see you. I need your help, officer. Yes, sir, commissioner. Yes, sir.
• 19:59
  Speaker 3: I know all about it. And I'll get you there
• 20:01
  Speaker 3: right away, commissioner. Commissioner? Who's the commissioner? Just get right
• 20:05
  Speaker 3: on the motorcycle, commissioner. Now, wait a minute, officer.
• 20:07
  Speaker 2: I'm waiting for you, sir. The call went out a
• 20:09
  Speaker 2: half an hour ago. Be on the lookout for the
• 20:11
  Speaker 2: commissioner of parks.
• 20:12
  Speaker 3: He's late. Get on the handlebars, commissioner. Now, wait.
• 20:15
  Speaker 2: This has gone far enough, officer. Commissioner, do you want
• 20:17
  Speaker 2: me to lose my job? Now, please, please get on
• 20:20
  Speaker 2: the motorcycle. But where are you taking me?
• 20:21
  Speaker 3: To the dedication exercises of the new playground. That's where
• 20:24
  Speaker 3: you want to go, isn't it? What new playground? I
• 20:27
  Speaker 3: don't know anything about a new playground.
• 20:28
  Speaker 2: Well, you're supposed to be there, sir. They've been waiting
• 20:31
  Speaker 2: for you. They can't dedicate the playground without.
• 20:33
  Speaker 3: The commissioner of parks, you know.
• 20:34
  Speaker 2: Listen, I am not the commissioner.
• 20:36
  Speaker 3: Hang on, commissioner.
• 20:37
  Speaker 8: Take it easy.
• 20:38
  Speaker 3: Take it easy. Don't worry, commissioner. I'll have you there
• 20:41
  Speaker 3: in no time at all. You playground, ladies and gentlemen.
• 20:54
  Speaker 7: This monument to the youth of our city will stand
• 20:58
  Speaker 7: as a great reminder that the growing boys and girls
• 21:02
  Speaker 7: of today are the future voters of tomorrow. We must
• 21:07
  Speaker 7: remember that this playground is a.
• 21:09
  Speaker 3: Mrs.
• 21:09
  Speaker 2: McIntosh, are you sure the commissioner was notified to be here?
• 21:13
  Speaker 4: Of course he was.
• 21:14
  Speaker 6: My husband telephoned him this morning to remind him.
• 21:16
  Speaker 3: Well, is he always this late?
• 21:18
  Speaker 6: Well, how should I know?
• 21:19
  Speaker 4: I've never seen him in my life.
• 21:21
  Speaker 3: Nobody has.
• 21:22
  Speaker 2: But it was your husband who had him appointed, wasn't it?
• 21:24
  Speaker 4: Now, just a minute, Mr.
• 21:26
  Speaker 3: Thomas.
• 21:27
  Speaker 4: It was my husband that had you appointed, too. And
• 21:29
  Speaker 4: if you have any complaints, make them.
• 21:31
  Speaker 8: To him and not to me.
• 21:32
  Speaker 3: Well, I'm sorry, Mrs. McIntosh. Thomas, he's here. The commissioner
• 21:36
  Speaker 3: will get him up here. Well, here he is, Mr. Thomas. Now, listen, officer,
• 21:40
  Speaker 3: this is a terrible mistake. Commissioner, you're late. Have you
• 21:44
  Speaker 3: got your speech ready? Speech? What? speech. Well, then you'll
• 21:47
  Speaker 3: have to make it up as you go along. Ladies
• 21:49
  Speaker 3: and gentlemen, he has just arrived, the Commissioner Park. Go ahead, Commissioner.
• 21:57
  Speaker 3: I don't know. Go ahead. Well, all right then. Ladies
• 22:01
  Speaker 3: and gentlemen. Ladies and gentlemen.
• 22:03
  Speaker 4: Ladies and gentlemen.
• 22:05
  Speaker 3: Oh, listen, I'm not going to make a speech in
• 22:07
  Speaker 3: this rain, mister. Everybody's leaving anyway. All right, forget it. Uh,
• 22:11
  Speaker 3: just a minute, commissioner.
• 22:12
  Speaker 2: Can we get just one picture, please?
• 22:13
  Speaker 3: Look this way, commissioner. I wish somebody'd listen to me.
• 22:16
  Speaker 3: I'm not the commissioner. Oh, Mrs.
• 22:17
  Speaker 2: McIntosh, would you get in this, please?
• 22:19
  Speaker 3: Oh, of course. Right here? That's it. Get in the
• 22:21
  Speaker 3: swing there. Oh, commissioner, you give Mrs. McIntosh a push, commissioner.
• 22:25
  Speaker 3: But I'm not the... There we are. Thank you. Thanks, commissioner. Now, wait, wait.
• 22:29
  Speaker 3: My name is Todd. I'm Wilbur Todd. Is that one
• 22:32
  Speaker 3: D or two, sir? Todd. T-O-D-D.
• 22:36
  Speaker 4: That's my name.
• 22:37
  Speaker 3: Yes, sir. Thank you, Commissioner Todd. We'll get the name right.
• 22:40
  Speaker 3: Don't worry. So long, Commissioner. Inside.
• 22:43
  Speaker 8: Oh.
• 22:44
  Speaker 4: Just a second.
• 22:45
  Speaker 6: What did you say your name was?
• 22:47
  Speaker 3: Todd? Todd. With two Ds.
• 22:51
  Speaker 4: Then you're not Mr.
• 22:52
  Speaker 6: Roberts, the park commissioner?
• 22:54
  Speaker 3: Todd, lady, with two Ds.
• 22:57
  Speaker 6: Well, if you're not the commissioner, what are you doing here?
• 23:00
  Speaker 3: Well, that's what I'd like to know. I'm going home.
• 23:02
  Speaker 3: And I just dare anybody to stop me. I just
• 23:05
  Speaker 3: dare them, that's all. Good afternoon, Todd. Oh, why, Mr. Kirkwood. Yes,
• 23:11
  Speaker 3: very strange I should happen to be at this dedication,
• 23:14
  Speaker 3: isn't it? Yes, sir.
• 23:16
  Speaker 2: I mean.
• 23:16
  Speaker 3: And it's also very strange that you should be here, Todd. Mr.
• 23:19
  Speaker 2: Kirkwood, I can explain it.
• 23:21
  Speaker 3: I can explain everything. I'm sure you can. For shame, Todd. Why, Mr. Kirkwood...
• 23:26
  Speaker 3: If you wanted a day off, why didn't you ask?
• 23:29
  Speaker 3: but to use the death of a dear relation as
• 23:32
  Speaker 3: an excuse to... Oh, for shame. But my dear relation
• 23:37
  Speaker 3: didn't die, Mr. Kirkwood. Then you lied. Yes, sir. No, sir.
• 23:40
  Speaker 2: If there's one thing I can't abide, it's a fibber.
• 23:43
  Speaker 3: Todd, you're fired. Oh, sure.
• 24:00
  Speaker 2: In just a moment, Pippa McGee and Molly will return
• 24:03
  Speaker 2: in Act Two of Mama Loves Papa.
• 24:06
  Speaker 9: One of the real problems of family abuse is that
• 24:09
  Speaker 9: the ones who need help the most are the most
• 24:11
  Speaker 9: afraid to get it. I'm talking about the abusers. They're
• 24:15
  Speaker 9: afraid if they go for help, their children will be
• 24:18
  Speaker 9: taken away from them. Let me tell you something. Help
• 24:22
  Speaker 9: is designed to keep families together. It's doing nothing about
• 24:26
  Speaker 9: the abuse that tears families apart. They're also afraid careers
• 24:31
  Speaker 9: will be ruined. In fact, that's not the case. It's
• 24:34
  Speaker 9: those who continue abusing that risk everything. The military goes
• 24:39
  Speaker 9: to great lengths to help people solve their family abuse problems.
• 24:43
  Speaker 9: Each medical treatment facility has its own family advocacy representative,
• 24:48
  Speaker 9: backed by a team of doctors, lawyers, nurses, social workers,
• 24:51
  Speaker 9: and psychiatrists. They work together to arrange the best program
• 24:56
  Speaker 9: to deal with each individual problem. They're more than help.
• 25:00
  Speaker 9: They're a whole new chance. If you or someone you
• 25:04
  Speaker 9: know has an abuse problem, contact the family advocacy representative
• 25:08
  Speaker 9: at your medical treatment facility. And now, your host returns
• 25:13
  Speaker 9: to the microphone.
• 25:14
  Speaker 3: Act II of Mama Loves Papa, starring Fibber McGee as
• 25:18
  Speaker 3: Wilbur Todd and Molly as Jessie Todd.
• 25:33
  Speaker 2: Bright and early the following morning, the newspapers appear on
• 25:36
  Speaker 2: the streets of Glenville. On page one, under the title
• 25:40
  Speaker 2: Upsy Daisy, is a photograph of one Wilbur Todd, attired
• 25:45
  Speaker 2: in silk hat and spats, engaged in pushing a swing.
• 25:50
  Speaker 2: On the swing is pictured Mrs. Franklin Avery McIntosh. The
• 25:55
  Speaker 2: photograph and the story make very interesting reading, especially for Mr.
• 26:00
  Speaker 3: McIntosh. Up the daisy. Park Commissioner Wilbur Todd makes merry
• 26:06
  Speaker 3: with Mrs. Franklin Avery McIntosh at opening of new playground. Mr.
• 26:12
  Speaker 3: Wilbur Todd, unknown before yesterday afternoon, popped up suddenly as
• 26:16
  Speaker 3: our new commissioner of public parks. Who is this rabbit, anyway?
• 26:20
  Speaker 3: I never saw him before. Now, don't get all excited.
• 26:23
  Speaker 4: His name is Todd.
• 26:24
  Speaker 3: Yes, yes, I can see that. But who is he?
• 26:26
  Speaker 3: Who is he? Where was Roberts?
• 26:28
  Speaker 6: Your very obedient commissioner Roberts, darling, never showed up.
• 26:31
  Speaker 3: Oh, he didn't show up, huh? No word, no excuse.
• 26:34
  Speaker 6: And suddenly, there was Todd.
• 26:37
  Speaker 3: Just popped out of nowhere to give you a push
• 26:39
  Speaker 3: in the swing, huh?
• 26:40
  Speaker 4: Oh, don't be ridiculous.
• 26:42
  Speaker 6: I hope you're not going to be jealous of a
• 26:44
  Speaker 6: simpleton like that.
• 26:45
  Speaker 3: Jealous? Now listen, Gladys, there's more than jealousy involved here.
• 26:49
  Speaker 3: Don't you realize what this story does?
• 26:51
  Speaker 7: No, I don't.
• 26:52
  Speaker 3: All right, then let me explain. Do you know those
• 26:55
  Speaker 3: pretty gowns and fur coats that you're so fond of?
• 26:57
  Speaker 3: Do you know how I get them, my sweet? I
• 27:00
  Speaker 3: sell furniture and playground equipment to our fair city. And
• 27:03
  Speaker 3: the only reason I can tell to our fair city
• 27:05
  Speaker 3: is that I have enough influence at the city hall
• 27:07
  Speaker 3: to appoint my own commissioner. Oh, shut up! Shut up,
• 27:10
  Speaker 3: shut up. That's all you can say.
• 27:11
  Speaker 4: Talk to me as if I was a child.
• 27:12
  Speaker 3: Well, maybe you are.
• 27:13
  Speaker 6: If you're such a wizard at politics, why don't you
• 27:15
  Speaker 6: appoint a commissioner with brains?
• 27:16
  Speaker 3: Because I don't want anybody with brains. Brains are a
• 27:19
  Speaker 3: drug on the market. What I want is a moron.
• 27:22
  Speaker 6: Well, you've certainly got one in Robert.
• 27:24
  Speaker 3: Oh, Robert. Robert is through. I couldn't keep him in
• 27:26
  Speaker 3: the job now if I wanted to. Not after this, miss.
• 27:29
  Speaker 6: Well, then, appoint a new one.
• 27:31
  Speaker 3: Sure, sure, appoint a new one. Just like that. Well,
• 27:34
  Speaker 3: the newspapers have done that for me. Wilbur Todd, our
• 27:37
  Speaker 3: new commissioner of public parts. Wilbur Todd makes merry with Mrs.
• 27:41
  Speaker 3: Franklin Avery... Avery. Hey, wait a minute. Gladys, this Todd person,
• 27:47
  Speaker 3: what was he like?
• 27:48
  Speaker 6: I told you. He looked like a radio comedian.
• 27:51
  Speaker 3: A dyed-in-the-wool dope. Yes, yes, yes. But what does he do?
• 27:56
  Speaker 6: Well, from what I could understand from the guy who
• 27:58
  Speaker 6: was bawling him out, he's now unemployed.
• 28:01
  Speaker 3: Oh, he is, huh? Well, well. Hello? And a reed?
• 28:08
  Speaker 3: Get me the city hall.
• 28:16
  Speaker 4: Upsy-daisy.
• 28:18
  Speaker 5: Commissioner Wilbert Todd makes Mary with Mrs. Franklin Avery McIntosh
• 28:23
  Speaker 5: at opening.
• 28:24
  Speaker 3: Oh, Mama, stop it, will you?
• 28:26
  Speaker 5: You've read that thing 20 times. And I'm still trying
• 28:28
  Speaker 5: to understand it. And I'm still trying to understand why
• 28:31
  Speaker 5: you're not going to work this morning.
• 28:33
  Speaker 3: I told you, Mama. I... I was fired. Why? Look, Mama,
• 28:39
  Speaker 3: it all started yesterday morning when I... Well, when I
• 28:43
  Speaker 3: left the office to go to the funeral. Whose funeral? Well,
• 28:48
  Speaker 3: your uncle's funeral.
• 28:51
  Speaker 4: My uncle's funeral?
• 28:52
  Speaker 5: That man never had a sick day in his life,
• 28:54
  Speaker 5: and yesterday you went to his funeral.
• 28:57
  Speaker 3: But I didn't go.
• 28:58
  Speaker 4: Well, how could you if he isn't dead?
• 29:01
  Speaker 3: Oh, Mama, let's start all over again. You got me
• 29:04
  Speaker 3: all dressed up yesterday morning.
• 29:06
  Speaker 4: Not to go to a funeral.
• 29:08
  Speaker 3: That's what you think.
• 29:09
  Speaker 5: I never mentioned my uncle, not a word. Did I
• 29:13
  Speaker 5: tell you my uncle was dead?
• 29:14
  Speaker 4: Did I?
• 29:15
  Speaker 3: No, Mama.
• 29:17
  Speaker 4: Well, heavenly days, who did tell you?
• 29:20
  Speaker 3: The boss. The boss.
• 29:22
  Speaker 4: The boss told you that my uncle was dead.
• 29:25
  Speaker 3: Oh, Mama, skip it, skip it. Nobody died. I didn't
• 29:28
  Speaker 3: go to a funeral. I went out in the park
• 29:31
  Speaker 3: to take a walk.
• 29:33
  Speaker 4: Now we're getting someplace.
• 29:34
  Speaker 2: Go on.
• 29:35
  Speaker 3: And the next thing you know, that woman said my
• 29:37
  Speaker 3: chest lit up. Ah.
• 29:40
  Speaker 4: Chest lit up.
• 29:41
  Speaker 3: Mm-hmm.
• 29:42
  Speaker 4: Go on, Wilbur.
• 29:43
  Speaker 2: Well, then there was that other fellow I had to
• 29:46
  Speaker 2: run away from because he told everybody I was loaded
• 29:49
  Speaker 2: with food and drinking with champagne.
• 29:51
  Speaker 4: Ah, champagne.
• 29:53
  Speaker 2: Mm-hmm.
• 29:54
  Speaker 3: Then when the cop put me on the handlebars, well,
• 29:57
  Speaker 3: I didn't know what to say.
• 29:58
  Speaker 8: Mm-hmm.
• 30:00
  Speaker 4: Wilbur, it's all very plain.
• 30:02
  Speaker 3: Well, that's good.
• 30:04
  Speaker 5: I got you all dressed up yesterday to try to
• 30:06
  Speaker 5: make a success out of you. And you went out
• 30:09
  Speaker 5: and got drunk. Mama, I didn't get drunk.
• 30:16
  Speaker 3: I didn't.
• 30:16
  Speaker 4: Oh, it's no use, Wilbur. I can smell it on
• 30:19
  Speaker 4: you right now.
• 30:21
  Speaker 3: Mama, how can I prove it to you? Tell me how, Mama.
• 30:25
  Speaker 5: I'm sorry, Wilbur, but you're a great disappointment to me.
• 30:28
  Speaker 3: There's the door.
• 30:29
  Speaker 2: I'll answer it, Mama.
• 30:30
  Speaker 4: No, don't try to get up. I'll do it myself.
• 30:32
  Speaker 3: Huh?
• 30:33
  Speaker 4: You'd probably fall flat on your face.
• 30:37
  Speaker 3: What is it, please? Good morning. Mr. Todd here.
• 30:40
  Speaker 4: Yes, he is. Who wants him?
• 30:42
  Speaker 3: Well, we're from the city hall.
• 30:43
  Speaker 4: The city hall.
• 30:45
  Speaker 3: Come right in, gentlemen.
• 30:47
  Speaker 5: Wilbur!
• 30:48
  Speaker 4: Wilbur, the city hall is here.
• 30:50
  Speaker 3: There you are, ma'am. There. I guess this will prove
• 30:54
  Speaker 3: it to you. They want me for impersonating a commissioner.
• 30:57
  Speaker 7: Mr.
• 30:57
  Speaker 3: Todd. All right, bud. I'll go quietly.
• 31:00
  Speaker 4: Oh, Wilbur.
• 31:02
  Speaker 3: Just a moment, Mr.
• 31:03
  Speaker 7: Todd.
• 31:04
  Speaker 3: I have a little paper here... Ah, yes. Know all
• 31:08
  Speaker 3: men by these presents. Now, that won't be necessary. Just
• 31:12
  Speaker 3: don't put the cuffs on me, that's all. Oh, Winford.
• 31:17
  Speaker 3: One moment, please. By these presents that by the power
• 31:21
  Speaker 3: invested in me with the people of Glenville, I do
• 31:23
  Speaker 3: hereby decree, as of this date written, that Wilbur Todd
• 31:26
  Speaker 3: be appointed Commissioner of Public Park.
• 31:29
  Speaker 4: Commissioner of.
• 31:30
  Speaker 3: Mama! No, of Public Park.
• 31:32
  Speaker 4: Oh, Wilbur, a public man.
• 31:35
  Speaker 3: Congratulations, Mr.
• 31:36
  Speaker 7: Todd.
• 31:37
  Speaker 3: Mama, what you said about me falling on my... Yes, Wilbur?
• 31:42
  Speaker 3: It looks like you were right. Well.
• 31:53
  Speaker 3: Step right in the office, Mr. Todd. Boys, boys. I
• 31:59
  Speaker 3: want you to meet our new commissioner. Commissioner Todd, the boy. Hi, boys.
• 32:04
  Speaker 3: How do you do? How do you do? Have a cigar, commissioner. Well, thanks,
• 32:08
  Speaker 3: but I don't... Oh, go on. Take two. And here's
• 32:11
  Speaker 3: our good friend Frank McIntosh, the man that you and
• 32:14
  Speaker 3: the city have to thank for your appointment. How are you, commissioner? Hi, bud.
• 32:19
  Speaker 3: I hope I'll be able to justify the faith you've
• 32:21
  Speaker 3: placed in me. Why, of course you will. Well, boys,
• 32:26
  Speaker 3: suppose we run along. Oh, wait. Don't let me put
• 32:29
  Speaker 3: you out of your office. My office? Commissioner, this is
• 32:33
  Speaker 3: your office.
• 32:34
  Speaker 2: It is?
• 32:34
  Speaker 3: Gee. Leather chairs and everything. Well, say, I.
• 32:39
  Speaker 2: Well, look, anytime any of you fellas want to use.
• 32:42
  Speaker 3: A phone, just come in here. I seem to have
• 32:46
  Speaker 3: three of them. So long, Commissioner. Well, Todd, how are
• 32:54
  Speaker 3: you going to like public life? Well, I... I don't
• 32:57
  Speaker 3: know what to say about all this. I've never been
• 32:59
  Speaker 3: a big shot before. You'll get used to it. Oh,
• 33:03
  Speaker 3: have a cigar? Well, thanks, but I... Oh, go ahead.
• 33:05
  Speaker 3: Go ahead. Well, Todd, if you're the smart man I
• 33:09
  Speaker 3: think you are, you'll go far down here. I'll see
• 33:12
  Speaker 3: to that. You know, you look like a man interested
• 33:14
  Speaker 3: in little kiddies. Oh, yes, yes, I am. I'm very
• 33:18
  Speaker 3: fond of kiddies. They're so, so full of youth, I guess. Well,
• 33:26
  Speaker 3: I'm fond of them myself. Like to see them get
• 33:28
  Speaker 3: lots of fresh air, lots of play. You know, build
• 33:31
  Speaker 3: young America. Yes, indeed. You see, I manufacture playground equipment. Oh,
• 33:35
  Speaker 3: is that so? Yes, been filling the city's orders for years. Oh,
• 33:38
  Speaker 3: by the way, did you know Robert? Robert? Yes, he
• 33:41
  Speaker 3: had this job before you, but he bought equipment from
• 33:44
  Speaker 3: another company. He got it cheaper, but the stuff's no good. Now,
• 33:47
  Speaker 3: my price is high, but so is my quality. You understand? Oh,
• 33:51
  Speaker 3: high quality. Sure, sure. I understand, Mr.
• 33:55
  Speaker 2: McIntosh.
• 33:56
  Speaker 3: Be frank.
• 33:58
  Speaker 2: Okay, Frank.
• 33:59
  Speaker 3: My name's Wilbur. Call me Todd. Ha ha! Well, Todd,
• 34:06
  Speaker 3: anytime I can be of any help to you, just
• 34:08
  Speaker 3: call on me. Oh, by the way, here's a little
• 34:12
  Speaker 3: paper you might sign. An order for some new equipment.
• 34:15
  Speaker 3: Nothing important, just a few thousand dollars. Oh, a few thousand, eh?
• 34:19
  Speaker 3: Sounds reasonable. I'll look it over. You'll look it over. Oh, yes. Yes,
• 34:26
  Speaker 3: of course. Well, so long, Todd. So long, Frank. I
• 34:29
  Speaker 3: don't know how to thank you for all this. Thank Mrs. McIntosh.
• 34:32
  Speaker 3: She's the one. Mrs.
• 34:34
  Speaker 2: McIntosh?
• 34:34
  Speaker 3: Yes. She says you sure push a mean swing.
• 34:38
  Speaker 2: Oh, gosh. Say, that was funny, wasn't it?
• 34:40
  Speaker 7: Yes.
• 34:43
  Speaker 3: Oh, by the way, are you married, Todd? Yes, sir,
• 34:45
  Speaker 3: I certainly am. To the sweetest little woman in the world. Fine. Well,
• 34:49
  Speaker 3: why don't you two come over to my place this weekend?
• 34:51
  Speaker 3: We've got some people coming, the right people. You know,
• 34:54
  Speaker 3: nothing like meeting the right people. Oh, that'd be wonderful. Good,
• 34:57
  Speaker 3: we'll look for you. Well, so long, Todd. So long, Frank.
• 35:00
  Speaker 9: Oh, wait.
• 35:01
  Speaker 3: Yeah? Have a cigar. Hello? Hello, is this you, Mama? Listen, Mama,
• 35:13
  Speaker 3: I don't think I'll be able to get home for
• 35:15
  Speaker 3: dinner tonight.
• 35:16
  Speaker 2: Do you mind?
• 35:18
  Speaker 3: I got to see the boys about something. I'm awfully sorry, Mama.
• 35:23
  Speaker 9: Hello?
• 35:23
  Speaker 3: Is this you, Mama? Well, this is Wilbur. Won't be
• 35:26
  Speaker 3: able to make it for dinner tonight, Mom. I got
• 35:27
  Speaker 3: to see the mayor. Pretty important. Don't wait up.
• 35:35
  Speaker 4: Oh, yes, I know. You've got to see the governor
• 35:38
  Speaker 4: this time, I suppose. Oh, all right, Wilbur. No, I'm
• 35:43
  Speaker 4: not mad.
• 35:43
  Speaker 3: I'm just.
• 35:45
  Speaker 4: All right, Wilbur.
• 35:46
  Speaker 3: Goodbye.
• 35:53
  Speaker 2: There you are, Mama.
• 35:55
  Speaker 3: The West Side Playground. And it's all mine.
• 35:58
  Speaker 4: I always had an idea it belonged to the city.
• 36:01
  Speaker 3: Oh, well, you know what I mean. Me being the
• 36:04
  Speaker 3: commissioner and all, it's like a dream, isn't it?
• 36:07
  Speaker 4: Well, it has its point.
• 36:09
  Speaker 5: It's nice you being a public official and all and plenty.
• 36:12
  Speaker 3: Of money for a change.
• 36:14
  Speaker 2: You mean plenty of money instead of change.
• 36:18
  Speaker 3: How am I doing, Mama? You're improving, Wilbur.
• 36:22
  Speaker 2: Slow but sure.
• 36:23
  Speaker 3: All right, son.
• 36:24
  Speaker 2: All right.
• 36:25
  Speaker 3: We'll send you home and have it fixed. It hurts.
• 36:29
  Speaker 4: It hurts.
• 36:30
  Speaker 2: Hey, something must have happened.
• 36:32
  Speaker 4: Oh, that little lad has a cut knee.
• 36:33
  Speaker 3: No, no, no. Go ahead, Johnny. You take him home,
• 36:36
  Speaker 3: will you?
• 36:37
  Speaker 4: Oh, attendant.
• 36:38
  Speaker 3: Attendant. Oh, good morning, Commissioner.
• 36:41
  Speaker 2: Something happen to that kid?
• 36:42
  Speaker 3: Oh, yes, sir. A seesaw broke and cut his leg open.
• 36:45
  Speaker 2: Oh, say, that's bad. Does that kind of thing happen often? Well,
• 36:49
  Speaker 2: not here, but over in East Park last month, there
• 36:52
  Speaker 2: were four accidents, one pretty serious. It's faulty material, Commissioner. Oh, no, no, no,
• 36:58
  Speaker 2: that's impossible.
• 36:59
  Speaker 3: Why, his stuff has quality.
• 37:01
  Speaker 2: He said so himself. Well, it might have had quality once, sir,
• 37:05
  Speaker 2: but it's getting awful old.
• 37:07
  Speaker 3: Well, good morning, sir. Mama. Who is she? Oh....
• 37:40
  Speaker 6: If you can call it that. Well, don't laugh, but
• 37:43
  Speaker 6: that's the park commissioner's wife.
• 37:46
  Speaker 3: No. Careful.
• 37:47
  Speaker 5: Excuse me, but have you seen my husband?
• 37:51
  Speaker 4: No, I'm afraid I haven't. Come on, Janet.
• 37:54
  Speaker 3: Nice friendly people around here.
• 37:58
  Speaker 4: Oh, I beg your pardon, madam.
• 38:00
  Speaker 3: Yes?
• 38:01
  Speaker 4: I'm looking for my husband.
• 38:03
  Speaker 3: Well, I'm sure.
• 38:04
  Speaker 4: I'm not hiding him.
• 38:05
  Speaker 3: Isn't it wonderful.
• 38:07
  Speaker 4: How men can hide away and talk business all night? Yes,
• 38:11
  Speaker 4: isn't it?
• 38:11
  Speaker 5: Of course, I guess my husband's pretty busy with Mr.
• 38:14
  Speaker 2: McIntosh.
• 38:15
  Speaker 4: My husband's a public official. Hmm, how interesting. What does
• 38:19
  Speaker 4: your husband do?
• 38:21
  Speaker 3: Oh? He's still governor of the state. Good night.
• 38:26
  Speaker 4: Good night.
• 38:32
  Speaker 3: Gladys. Gladys. Well? Come over here. Listen, I'm having trouble
• 38:37
  Speaker 3: with that Todd person. Again? Yes, he's been asking a
• 38:39
  Speaker 3: lot of fool questions about the equipment we delivered months ago,
• 38:43
  Speaker 3: and I don't like it. And he's got an order
• 38:45
  Speaker 3: in his pocket he's been carrying around ever since I
• 38:46
  Speaker 3: had him appointed. Now, I want that order signed. Tonight. Oh,
• 38:50
  Speaker 3: what's the big rush?
• 38:51
  Speaker 2: Oh.
• 38:51
  Speaker 3: Oh, darling, do as I say. Get him to sign
• 38:54
  Speaker 3: that thing and I'll have him where I want him.
• 38:56
  Speaker 3: He won't be able to open his mouth then. Well,
• 38:58
  Speaker 3: what am I, a magician?
• 38:59
  Speaker 6: How can I make him sign anything?
• 39:01
  Speaker 3: Gladys, please, for the sake of that new bracelet you've
• 39:05
  Speaker 3: been asking for.
• 39:06
  Speaker 4: Oh, all right.
• 39:07
  Speaker 3: Well, thank heaven. Oh, there he is. Go ahead and
• 39:09
  Speaker 3: good luck.
• 39:11
  Speaker 2: Oh, Mr.
• 39:11
  Speaker 3: Todd.
• 39:13
  Speaker 7: Mr. Todd.
• 39:13
  Speaker 3: Good evening, Mrs. McIntosh. All alone, Mr. Todd? No, I'm
• 39:18
  Speaker 3: just looking for Mama. I mean, my wife.
• 39:20
  Speaker 6: Oh, I'm sure she's all right. Come and have some champagne.
• 39:24
  Speaker 2: Champagne?
• 39:25
  Speaker 3: Oh, I don't usually indulge in.
• 39:27
  Speaker 6: Oh, but you will with me, won't you?
• 39:30
  Speaker 3: Well, I... I guess. Well... Come.
• 39:33
  Speaker 7: On, Mr.
• 39:34
  Speaker 3: Todd.
• 39:34
  Speaker 6: We'll find a nice quiet spot all by ourselves.
• 39:45
  Speaker 5: Excuse me, has anybody seen my husband?
• 39:49
  Speaker 4: I'm looking for Commissioner Todd. Have you seen my husband?
• 39:54
  Speaker 5: Has anybody seen my husband?
• 40:02
  Speaker 1: Go on, Mr.
• 40:03
  Speaker 4: Todd, tell some more.
• 40:05
  Speaker 2: No, no more, no more.
• 40:08
  Speaker 3: Oh, it's awful good. It certainly is, isn't it? But
• 40:13
  Speaker 3: it's no more.
• 40:14
  Speaker 6: Then what about that paper thing?
• 40:19
  Speaker 3: You know. Paper thing?
• 40:22
  Speaker 6: Oh, you know, the thing you were going to sign.
• 40:25
  Speaker 3: Oh, the thing I was, oh. Let's talk some more
• 40:29
  Speaker 3: about that. Oh, no, no, no. No more talk, Mrs.
• 40:36
  Speaker 4: McIntosh? Oh, call me Gladys.
• 40:39
  Speaker 3: Call me Todd. Todd! What?
• 40:44
  Speaker 6: Oh, that's a cute name.
• 40:46
  Speaker 3: Yeah. Hey, I'm getting sleepy. How do you spell it?
• 40:52
  Speaker 4: Sleepy?
• 40:53
  Speaker 3: No, Todd. How do you spell it?
• 40:55
  Speaker 7: Oh.
• 40:56
  Speaker 3: It's T-O-D.
• 41:02
  Speaker 6: Write it down and let me see.
• 41:06
  Speaker 2: No pen.
• 41:06
  Speaker 4: Well, I got one.
• 41:08
  Speaker 3: Here. No paper.
• 41:11
  Speaker 2: Oh.
• 41:12
  Speaker 6: Maybe you got some in your pocket.
• 41:14
  Speaker 3: Pocket? Oh, yeah. What's that? Paper.
• 41:20
  Speaker 6: Now write. Spell out your name and let me see.
• 41:23
  Speaker 3: Huh? Where? Right there. Down there.
• 41:28
  Speaker 7: Okay.
• 41:30
  Speaker 2: Won a medal for thermoship once.
• 41:32
  Speaker 3: No. Sure. Palmer Method.
• 41:36
  Speaker 7: Oh.
• 41:38
  Speaker 2: Watch this.
• 41:39
  Speaker 3: I got curlicues on the end.
• 41:41
  Speaker 8: W-I-L-D-U-R.
• 41:42
  Speaker 3: Curlicues. Curlicues. Capital T-O-D-D. Thank you. How's that? Oh, Todd,
• 42:05
  Speaker 3: it's beautiful.
• 42:06
  Speaker 6: Can I keep it?
• 42:07
  Speaker 3: Sure.
• 42:09
  Speaker 2: Hey, you know what?
• 42:09
  Speaker 3: I'm sleepy. Oh.
• 42:19
  Speaker 4: Excuse me, I didn't... Oh.
• 42:21
  Speaker 3: Oh, come in, Mrs.
• 42:23
  Speaker 4: Todd.
• 42:24
  Speaker 3: I'm afraid your husband is rather tired.
• 42:27
  Speaker 4: Yes, he certainly looks it.
• 42:28
  Speaker 6: He's a charming man.
• 42:31
  Speaker 4: You ought to take better care of him.
• 42:33
  Speaker 8: Oh, Mama.
• 42:44
  Speaker 3: Oh, Mama, my head.
• 42:46
  Speaker 4: Put this ice bag on.
• 42:47
  Speaker 7: Oh, oh, oh.
• 42:50
  Speaker 2: What time is it?
• 42:51
  Speaker 4: Three o'clock in the morning.
• 42:53
  Speaker 3: Three o'clock? How'd we get home?
• 42:55
  Speaker 4: We didn't hitchhike.
• 42:56
  Speaker 3: I wouldn't know. I could only remember what happened. Isn't
• 43:03
  Speaker 3: it terrible, Mama?
• 43:05
  Speaker 2: I can't remember.
• 43:05
  Speaker 4: Oh, it doesn't matter. Nothing matters anymore.
• 43:09
  Speaker 3: What do you mean by that?
• 43:10
  Speaker 4: It's not your fault, Wilbur. It's mine. I just don't
• 43:13
  Speaker 4: fit into your high sphere.
• 43:14
  Speaker 2: What are you talking about, Mama?
• 43:16
  Speaker 3: Oh, well, Dr.
• 43:17
  Speaker 5: Payne says that a wife has got to be a
• 43:19
  Speaker 5: help to her husband. If she isn't that, then she
• 43:21
  Speaker 5: isn't anything. I thought I was doing such a wonderful
• 43:24
  Speaker 5: thing when I tried to make you over. Well, I've
• 43:27
  Speaker 5: made you over and I've put you out of my class.
• 43:30
  Speaker 5: I can't help you now, Wilbur, so I'm just getting out.
• 43:34
  Speaker 3: Oh, no. You can't.
• 43:36
  Speaker 2: You can't do that.
• 43:37
  Speaker 4: I won't make any fuss or scandal. I'll just leave.
• 43:40
  Speaker 3: Oh, but Mama.
• 43:41
  Speaker 4: Then you can go on and be a success without
• 43:43
  Speaker 4: me hampering you.
• 43:44
  Speaker 2: But Mama, I wouldn't know what to do without you
• 43:47
  Speaker 2: hampering me, Mama.
• 43:49
  Speaker 4: I'm sorry, Wilbur. My mind's made up and you know
• 43:52
  Speaker 4: me when I make up my mind. Does your head
• 43:56
  Speaker 4: feel any better, dearie?
• 43:58
  Speaker 3: I don't know.
• 43:59
  Speaker 4: It'll be all right in the morning. Good night, Wilbur.
• 44:03
  Speaker 3: All right.
• 44:20
  Speaker 2: In just a few moments, our stars, Pippa McGee and Molly,
• 44:23
  Speaker 2: will return in Act 3 of Mama Loves Papa. Be someone,
• 44:28
  Speaker 2: be someone special.
• 44:31
  Speaker 4: It's time for you to choose.
• 44:33
  Speaker 3: The college right for you.
• 44:36
  Speaker 7: To help you do the best that you can do.
• 44:41
  Speaker 3: Mama!
• 44:43
  Speaker 10: For a free booklet about small colleges, write to Council
• 44:50
  Speaker 10: of Independent Colleges, 11501 Washington.
• 44:54
  Speaker 3: D.C., 2008.
• 44:58
  Speaker 9: The next time you get a letter, a package, or
• 45:00
  Speaker 9: your favorite magazine in the mail, stop and consider for
• 45:03
  Speaker 9: a moment how far it had to travel and how
• 45:05
  Speaker 9: many people were involved in the process. Your military postal service,
• 45:10
  Speaker 9: in cooperation with the U.S. Postal Service, moves mail from
• 45:13
  Speaker 9: the United States all over the world, serving the four
• 45:16
  Speaker 9: branches of the armed forces in over 70 countries, guiding
• 45:20
  Speaker 9: your mail through the most economical and efficient system possible.
• 45:24
  Speaker 9: No matter how far your mail travels, it costs the
• 45:27
  Speaker 9: same as domestic U.S.
• 45:28
  Speaker 3: Postal rates.
• 45:29
  Speaker 9: Your mail is transported in the most expeditious means possible,
• 45:33
  Speaker 9: including ship, commercial and military airlift, train, truck, helicopter, and jeep.
• 45:38
  Speaker 9: If you have good ideas on how to move it,
• 45:40
  Speaker 9: route it, or process it faster, the Military Postal Service
• 45:44
  Speaker 9: wants to hear your suggestion because it's your mail. The
• 45:47
  Speaker 9: people in the Military Postal Service know their job is
• 45:50
  Speaker 9: important because they know your mail is important to you
• 45:53
  Speaker 9: wherever you are stationed. The Military Postal Service, bringing the
• 45:58
  Speaker 9: whole world closer to you.
• 46:28
  Speaker 3: And now, your host, Frank Brzee, returns to the microphone.
• 46:32
  Speaker 3: Act Three of Mama Loves Papa, starring Fever McGee and Molly.
• 46:44
  Speaker 2: It's said that troubles never come singly, but in series
• 46:47
  Speaker 2: of three, Wilbur Todd has become involved with Mr. McIntosh,
• 46:51
  Speaker 2: number one. His good wife, Jessie, is on the verge
• 46:54
  Speaker 2: of leaving him, number two. And now to the mayor's
• 46:58
  Speaker 2: office comes misfortune number three in the person of the
• 47:02
  Speaker 2: Citizens Committee.
• 47:04
  Speaker 3: I tell you, Mr.
• 47:04
  Speaker 2: Mayor, the graft in this city must end. We have
• 47:07
  Speaker 2: the press behind us, the voters, and the majority of
• 47:09
  Speaker 2: our public officials.
• 47:10
  Speaker 3: But nothing can be done unless we attack the evil
• 47:13
  Speaker 3: at its source, a mere handful of grasping politicians who
• 47:17
  Speaker 3: have a stranglehold on our city's finances. Gentlemen, gentlemen, please.
• 47:22
  Speaker 2: I needn't tell you that you have my whole heart
• 47:24
  Speaker 2: at support. But you can't expect me to take action
• 47:27
  Speaker 2: on every city official in the hopes of punishing the
• 47:29
  Speaker 2: few guilty ones.
• 47:31
  Speaker 3: I must have names. Mr.
• 47:32
  Speaker 2: Mayor, we have the names. Just look at this list.
• 47:35
  Speaker 2: At the top stands Mr. Franklin McIntosh. And here below
• 47:38
  Speaker 2: are the men in his pay. Men he's had appointed
• 47:41
  Speaker 2: to influential positions in order to milk the budget down
• 47:44
  Speaker 2: to the last dollar.
• 47:45
  Speaker 3: Mr.
• 47:45
  Speaker 2: Mayor, this committee demands the immediate arrest of every person
• 47:49
  Speaker 2: on this list. Gentlemen, we'll take action at once.
• 48:03
  Speaker 3: Won't you think it over?
• 48:05
  Speaker 2: Please, Mama, you can't walk out on me like this.
• 48:07
  Speaker 5: What's the use of talking, Wilbur? We went all over
• 48:10
  Speaker 5: this last night.
• 48:11
  Speaker 3: Look, Mama, I'll give up my job as commissioner. I'll
• 48:14
  Speaker 3: find something else. I never wanted to be a big
• 48:16
  Speaker 3: shot anyway.
• 48:17
  Speaker 4: You can't do that. I won't let you.
• 48:19
  Speaker 5: I always knew you had it in you, Wilbur. It
• 48:22
  Speaker 5: just took a little coaxing to bring it out, that's all.
• 48:25
  Speaker 5: And someday, Wilbur, you're going to be a big man
• 48:27
  Speaker 5: in this town. I can feel it coming now, and
• 48:30
  Speaker 5: I'm not going to interfere.
• 48:32
  Speaker 4: Hand me that grip, dearie.
• 48:34
  Speaker 3: Mama, you wouldn't interfere. You could be a big woman.
• 48:38
  Speaker 5: No, no, not me. I'd only hold you back. And
• 48:42
  Speaker 5: I want you to get everything that's coming to you.
• 48:45
  Speaker 4: I'll get it.
• 48:47
  Speaker 3: Yes?
• 48:48
  Speaker 2: Good morning. We're from the city hall.
• 48:51
  Speaker 4: Come in, please.
• 48:52
  Speaker 7: Thanks.
• 48:53
  Speaker 4: Wilbur, they're from the city hall.
• 48:55
  Speaker 2: Oh, I can't bother with that now. I'm not coming
• 48:57
  Speaker 2: down this morning, boys.
• 48:59
  Speaker 3: Oh, no? No. Well, I'm sorry, Mr. Todd.
• 49:02
  Speaker 2: Well, so am I.
• 49:03
  Speaker 3: Just let me alone, boys. I'm in trouble. Well, he
• 49:05
  Speaker 3: says he's in trouble, Joe. Yeah.
• 49:08
  Speaker 2: Yeah, and I'll beat it, boys.
• 49:09
  Speaker 3: Scram. Sure, sure.
• 49:11
  Speaker 2: You better get the cuffs, Joe.
• 49:12
  Speaker 3: All set. Hey, what do you mean, cuffs? What is this? Oh,
• 49:15
  Speaker 3: it's very simple, Mr.
• 49:16
  Speaker 2: Todd.
• 49:17
  Speaker 3: You're under arrest. Arrest?
• 49:19
  Speaker 4: Wilbur. what have you done?
• 49:21
  Speaker 3: Got a Mac?
• 49:21
  Speaker 2: Hey, let me alone.
• 49:22
  Speaker 3: Come on, Todd. Oh, Wilbur. Oh, Wilbur. Listen, what is this?
• 49:30
  Speaker 3: I haven't done anything. Of course not. Of course not. Oh, Mama,
• 49:33
  Speaker 3: don't cry. This is a mistake, that's all.
• 49:35
  Speaker 4: Oh, Wilbur.
• 49:38
  Speaker 3: They can't put me in jail. They can't do it, Mama.
• 49:41
  Speaker 3: They don't dare put me in jail.
• 49:44
  Speaker 4: Let me out of here! Let me out of here!
• 49:51
  Speaker 4: Shut up down there! Let me out of here!
• 49:54
  Speaker 3: You can't do this to me! If I got right,
• 49:56
  Speaker 3: I'll have the law on you! Ah, shut up! Pipe down! Okay, Sid,
• 50:00
  Speaker 3: here's your man. Hello, Commissioner. Who are you? Sid, the name.
• 50:04
  Speaker 3: Just call me Sid. Open up here, officer. What do
• 50:09
  Speaker 3: you want? I come down to get you out. You're
• 50:12
  Speaker 3: a free man, Commissioner.
• 50:13
  Speaker 4: Oh, I am, huh?
• 50:14
  Speaker 3: Why, sure.
• 50:16
  Speaker 2: You don't think Mr. McIntosh will let you stay in jail. No, sir.
• 50:22
  Speaker 3: I got a writ for you. Oh, boy. That's quick work.
• 50:26
  Speaker 2: Hey, when you're one of the boys, it's always quick work.
• 50:30
  Speaker 3: Come on, Commissioner.
• 50:31
  Speaker 9: Mr.
• 50:32
  Speaker 2: McIntosh wants to see you.
• 50:33
  Speaker 3: Oh, he does, eh? Well, that's fine, because I want
• 50:35
  Speaker 3: to see Mr.
• 50:36
  Speaker 2: McIntosh.
• 50:49
  Speaker 3: Well, well, gentlemen. No casualties, I hope? Area one, Mr. McIntosh.
• 50:55
  Speaker 3: Just a little mistake, boys, that's all. The Citizens Committee
• 50:58
  Speaker 3: got a little overambitious. These things happen every once in
• 51:03
  Speaker 3: a while, but it'll all blow over. As long as
• 51:06
  Speaker 3: we all stick together, gentlemen, they can't prove a thing. No, sir.
• 51:09
  Speaker 3: Here's the last one, Mr. McIntosh. The commission self. Well,
• 51:14
  Speaker 3: come in, Todd. Come in. I'm glad to see you.
• 51:17
  Speaker 2: I want to speak to you, Mr. McIntosh.
• 51:19
  Speaker 3: Sure, sure. Have a cigar? I don't smoke. Listen, do
• 51:22
  Speaker 3: you know where I was? I was just in jail. No. Well,
• 51:26
  Speaker 3: that happens to the best of us, Todd. It happened
• 51:29
  Speaker 3: to most of us this morning. Sure, but here we
• 51:33
  Speaker 3: all are. Oh, have a drink? I don't drink either,
• 51:36
  Speaker 3: and I want to know what this is all about. Now, look, Todd,
• 51:38
  Speaker 3: you're a big boy now. There isn't really any Santa Claus,
• 51:41
  Speaker 3: you know, except me. I've been Saint Nick to the
• 51:45
  Speaker 3: boys here for a long time. Oh, I get it. Why,
• 51:51
  Speaker 3: you're nothing but a bunch of crooks. Now, you take
• 51:53
  Speaker 3: it easy, Todd. You got me this commissioner's job so
• 51:55
  Speaker 3: you could put over some more funny deals. What are
• 51:57
  Speaker 3: you talking about, more funny deals? Oh, I know. I
• 52:00
  Speaker 3: may look pretty dumb, but I know how to read.
• 52:02
  Speaker 3: You've been selling a lot of playground stuff to the city,
• 52:05
  Speaker 3: and all they've got to show for it is bills.
• 52:07
  Speaker 3: The equipment in the playgrounds is just the same. Has
• 52:09
  Speaker 3: been the same for the last seven years. Not one
• 52:12
  Speaker 3: piece of that new equipment was ever delivered.
• 52:14
  Speaker 2: So what?
• 52:15
  Speaker 3: Well, you're not going to get away with it. That's
• 52:16
  Speaker 3: so what. I'll expose you and your friends, and they'll
• 52:19
  Speaker 3: run you out of town.
• 52:20
  Speaker 4: On a rail.
• 52:21
  Speaker 3: That's what. Fine. And you'll be right there with us, Todd.
• 52:25
  Speaker 3: You know that, I suppose.
• 52:26
  Speaker 2: I haven't done anything.
• 52:27
  Speaker 3: You gave me an order, Commissioner. Or don't you remember
• 52:31
  Speaker 3: last night? Last night?
• 52:34
  Speaker 2: I don't remember anything about last night.
• 52:36
  Speaker 3: All right, then just take my word for it. You're
• 52:39
  Speaker 3: all sewed up in this deal, Commissioner, and you'll string
• 52:41
  Speaker 3: along or land in jail. And this time, I'll forget
• 52:45
  Speaker 3: to send Sid down with a writ. All right, Mr. McIntosh.
• 52:50
  Speaker 3: I guess you've got me where you want me. Well.
• 52:53
  Speaker 2: So maybe I'll just have to land in that jail.
• 52:55
  Speaker 3: What? Now, don't be a fool, Todd. Mr. McIntosh, I'm
• 52:58
  Speaker 3: not cut out for this, and I can't argue with you.
• 53:01
  Speaker 3: I'm just an ordinary small-timer without too much brain. But
• 53:04
  Speaker 3: I've got what you might call a conscience.
• 53:06
  Speaker 9: Now, look.
• 53:06
  Speaker 2: You're not just fooling around with politics. You're fooling around.
• 53:09
  Speaker 3: With the health and the safety of little kids. Well, you.
• 53:12
  Speaker 2: Now, maybe I can stay out of jail all right
• 53:14
  Speaker 2: by stringing along with you, but I'm not going to
• 53:16
  Speaker 2: stay out of jail if it means sending some kid.
• 53:18
  Speaker 3: To the hospital. Now, you just go ahead and do
• 53:20
  Speaker 3: your worst to me, because that's what I'm going to
• 53:22
  Speaker 3: do to you. Paper, paper, read all about it.
• 53:27
  Speaker 2: Commissioner Todd exposes her.
• 53:31
  Speaker 3: Commissioner Todd tells all.
• 53:32
  Speaker 2: Commissioner Todd and Kraft bring in a couple days.
• 53:36
  Speaker 3: Mama.
• 53:37
  Speaker 2: Mama, are you home?
• 53:39
  Speaker 4: Mama.
• 53:40
  Speaker 3: Mama. I guess she's gone.
• 53:55
  Speaker 4: No, I'm not, Wilbur.
• 53:57
  Speaker 3: Oh, you're still here, huh?
• 53:59
  Speaker 5: I've been waiting for you. I couldn't leave without... Well,
• 54:02
  Speaker 5: while you were in jail. You got out all right, huh?
• 54:06
  Speaker 3: Well, I'm out now, but... something tells me it's just
• 54:10
  Speaker 3: a temporary arrangement.
• 54:14
  Speaker 4: What happened, Wilbur?
• 54:15
  Speaker 2: I gave that Mr. McIntosh a piece of my mind.
• 54:18
  Speaker 3: I told him off, all right. Him and his whole crowd.
• 54:21
  Speaker 3: They're crooks, Mama. No. Sure. There it is in the paper. See?
• 54:27
  Speaker 2: Oh.
• 54:28
  Speaker 4: But why, you're here, too.
• 54:31
  Speaker 3: Oh, yeah. I'm all over it.
• 54:34
  Speaker 4: Wilbur, what's going to happen now?
• 54:36
  Speaker 2: Well, first of all, I resigned.
• 54:38
  Speaker 4: You mean you have no job?
• 54:40
  Speaker 3: I haven't got anything. Well, I guess I was born
• 54:43
  Speaker 3: to be a failure. You'll be better off without me, Mama.
• 54:46
  Speaker 4: Oh, now wait. You just sit down there and rest.
• 54:49
  Speaker 4: What you need is a nice hot cup of coffee.
• 54:52
  Speaker 3: But, Mama, don't you have to catch a train or something?
• 54:54
  Speaker 4: What train?
• 54:55
  Speaker 3: But you said you.
• 54:56
  Speaker 4: Now, don't argue. You're just tired and hungry. I'll go
• 55:00
  Speaker 4: see what's in the icebox.
• 55:04
  Speaker 3: Mama. What? They're here, Mama. They've come to get me.
• 55:11
  Speaker 2: Oh, don't worry.
• 55:12
  Speaker 4: I'll wait for you, Wilbur, if it's 20 years.
• 55:15
  Speaker 3: Open up here.
• 55:17
  Speaker 2: Open up here.
• 55:17
  Speaker 3: Open up. Goodbye, Mama.
• 55:20
  Speaker 4: Goodbye, Wilbur.
• 55:22
  Speaker 3: Come to see me in jail, will you?
• 55:24
  Speaker 4: Yes, Wilbur. I'll bring you some nice cigars.
• 55:28
  Speaker 3: I don't smoke, Mama.
• 55:32
  Speaker 2: Is Mr.
• 55:32
  Speaker 3: Todd here? Yes, he is. All right, gentlemen, give it. Hey. Say, what?
• 55:43
  Speaker 7: Mr.
• 55:43
  Speaker 3: Mayor. Evening, Mr. Todd. Just a little.
• 55:45
  Speaker 2: Expression of appreciation from the Citizen Club of Glendale.
• 55:48
  Speaker 3: You've done a fine job, Mr. Todd.
• 55:51
  Speaker 2: We'll have every one of those crooks in jail by morning.
• 55:53
  Speaker 4: But what about Wilbur?
• 55:54
  Speaker 9: Mr.
• 55:54
  Speaker 2: Todd, your husband is public-spirited citizen number one.
• 55:58
  Speaker 3: Oh! Mama, it's a dream. Wake me up.
• 56:02
  Speaker 4: Oh, God.
• 56:03
  Speaker 3: Why, you rascal, you.
• 56:04
  Speaker 9: Mr.
• 56:04
  Speaker 3: Todd. Wonderful work, Todd. Wonderful. That was a brilliant idea
• 56:11
  Speaker 3: of yours.
• 56:11
  Speaker 4: What idea, Mr.
• 56:12
  Speaker 3: Kirkwood? Why, getting in with those crooks just so we
• 56:15
  Speaker 3: could expose them. A regular undercover man, eh, Todd? Undercover man? Sure, sure.
• 56:21
  Speaker 8: Oh!
• 56:24
  Speaker 3: Oh, yeah. Yeah, sure. And listen, Todd, if you're not
• 56:27
  Speaker 3: going to be too busy, I've got a job waiting
• 56:30
  Speaker 3: for you. The managership of the Kirkwood Furniture Company. Manager? Mama,
• 56:35
  Speaker 3: did you hear?
• 56:35
  Speaker 4: Oh, I always knew you'd be a big man, Wilbur.
• 56:38
  Speaker 3: Oh, wait. Mr.
• 56:40
  Speaker 2: Kirkwood, I don't want it.
• 56:41
  Speaker 3: Huh? Just give me back my desk and my old job.
• 56:45
  Speaker 3: That's all. Anything you say, Todd. Beep!
• 56:49
  Speaker 7: Beep!
• 56:49
  Speaker 8: Beep!
• 56:50
  Speaker 3: Beep!
• 56:50
  Speaker 7: Beep!
• 56:51
  Speaker 3: Beep! Beep! Beep!
• 56:52
  Speaker 6: Beep!
• 56:53
  Speaker 3: Beep!
• 56:53
  Speaker 7: Beep!
• 56:53
  Speaker 8: Beep!
• 56:53
  Speaker 2: Beep!
• 56:54
  Speaker 7: Beep!
• 56:54
  Speaker 3: Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep! Ladies and gentlemen,
• 57:23
  Speaker 3: and Jim, I'd like to join everybody in the entertainment
• 57:27
  Speaker 3: world in congratulating you on your birthday last month and
• 57:31
  Speaker 3: your 65th year in show business.
• 57:33
  Speaker 8: Thank you.
• 57:47
  Speaker 3: I hope you go on for another 65 years. Oh, thanks.
• 57:51
  Speaker 2: It's awful nice to old.
• 57:52
  Speaker 3: People, but I can't do that. Ain't that many new jokes.
• 57:59
  Speaker 3: Good night. Thank you for joining me for another production
• 58:13
  Speaker 3: of the Radio Theater. This is Frank Rizzi saying goodnight
• 58:18
  Speaker 3: to you from Hollywood.
• 59:33
  Speaker 1: Our evening with Lux Radio Theater's Mama Loves Papa is complete.
• 59:37
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