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1941 • Baseball Clip • Dizzy Dean & Bob Hope - Radio Interview · Retro Sports Radio: Classic Games from History

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  It is my pleasure to present one of Baseball's outstanding pictures and personalities at
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  present in training with the Chicago Cubs at Catalina Island, Dizzy Dean.
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  Thanks Bob. Well, how are you Dizzy?
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  I'm fine, but don't call me Dizzy.
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  Why? I thought everybody called you Dizzy.
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  They do, but somehow in this program I resent it.
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  You see, it's only my bullpen name.
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  Well, if it isn't Dizzy Dean, what is your right name? You know, the name on your bank account on the check's your sign.
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  Oh, that's Mrs. Dizzy Dean.
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  Dizzy, you actually mean she wears the baseball pants in your family?
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  Yeah, and on her in this town they look good.
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  Hey, you're playing with the Chicago Cubs, aren't you? You know, Dizzy, I was just thinking, you with Mr. Wrigley and me with Pepsin, we're both living off gums, aren't we?
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  Tell me, does Mr. Wrigley make you work during the off season?
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  Does he? Bob, you know those three little green men that dance around advertising his gum?
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  Why yes.
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  Well, this winter there were four of us.
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  Say, Bob, you seemed to enjoy it when you were over watching our spraying training.
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  You ought to come over and visit me again on the island, maybe next Friday.
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  I can't, Dizzy. That's the day I visit my brother on his island.
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  By the way, do you know my brother? Daffy?
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  What do you do? Use your own punctuation?
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  Listen, when I see a coma I emphasize it.
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  What's that?
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  When I see a coma I emphasize it.
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  Coma? I don't like to get personal. Did you have a room with Maxi Rosenblum?
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  Only when I went to Harvard.
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  Let's get back to the dull stuff. Say, Dizzy, I was sorry to hear you had a little trouble with your arm.
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  What was the matter?
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  Well, my doctor thought it might be a bad tooth. He wanted to pull it, but forced me a friend of mine
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  who told me about Pepsident toothpaste.
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  Yes, yes. Go on.
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  Boy, on this program you have to sweat for your money.
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  Listen, I know a lot about baseball myself. When I was a kid I used to pitch for the Eagle Knob Skunks.
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  Remember that time I met you? I was with the Skunks then and you helped me quite a bit.
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  Shucks, Bob. That was nothing. Anybody could have told you about Lady Esther.
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  Well, when I played ball in those days I used to have trouble with my batting. I'd always swing and miss.
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  Did you ever connect?
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  Yeah, one day I hit a long drive to the outfield. I slid in the first, then I slid in the second, then I slid in the third, then I slid in the second.
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  What'd you go back to second for?
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  My pants.
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  I got to be a pretty good batter, though. One thing those pitchers couldn't do was scare me away from the plate.
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  I remember one fellow threw a ball straight up my head.
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  What happened, Bob?
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  I heard a rhapsody.
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  Say, Dizzy, while you're here in Hollywood, is there anything I can do for you?
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  There sure is, Bob. I'd really like to meet Hedy Lamar.
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  Hedy Lamar, huh? Well, take a train to Kansas City, Dizzy. The line starts there.
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  I've been meaning to ask you, Bob. What's all this I hear about Hollywood wolves?
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  Oh, that's just a guy that likes to walk down Hollywood Boulevard and look at all the pretty girls and wants to talk to them and get to know them.
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  Well, I'll be darned. I'm a wolf.
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  You know, Dizzy, you'd be pretty popular with the girls if you were as big and strong as I am.
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  Are you kidding?
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  Wait a minute, Dizzy. I think I'm as strong as you are. Let's shake hands and see who has the strongest grip.
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  All right. Put your hand in mine. Now squeeze.
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  Now will you put it in my pocket for me?
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  Thank you, Dizzy Dean. And Dizzy, we'll be back with us in a few minutes, folks.
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  How much longer must I wait, Dizzy? Tell me how long.
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  Well, folks, here we are in the ninth inning of this great baseball game.
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  Bob's Hope team is out there in the field. There's the hit. It's a high fly ball. Hope himself is out in the field.
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  He's going to try to get it. He's circling under it now. It's coming down.
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  Is there a doctor in the house?
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  Well, Bob Hope is forfeiting the game. He's going back to the locker room to see if he can sign up some better players for his ball club.
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  We take you now to the locker room where Bob is trying to sign his star holdout.
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  Pitching them are, Dizzy? Sure, Chief. Think you can win? Sure, Chief.
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  Know what will happen if you don't win? Sure, Super Chief.
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  Well, then we're ready to draw up your contract, Dizzy. Here's my lawyers, Blitz, Fitz, Mitz and Barney Dean.
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  Now, let Barney Dean get in there. He owns a fountain pen.
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  Now, Dizzy, if you'll just sign this. Now, wait a minute. I won't sign this baseball contract, Hope. I don't like it.
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  Why, there's nothing wrong with that contract. I copied it right from the one Paramount gave me.
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  That's what I don't like about it. Why should I have to carry out the garbage?
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  I don't carry out the garbage at Paramount. My nose turns up like this naturally.
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  I don't know whether I like this contract or not. Where's the part where it says how much money I get?
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  Right there, right there in the white print. Now, come on. Now, come on, Dizzy, sign up.
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  And remember, you'll have to abide by our training rules. You can't go out with girls, understand?
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  Listen here. If I want to go out with a girl, I'll go out with a girl. See?
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  Oh, yeah? Yeah. Oh, yeah? Yeah.
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  Because you got a friend? Never mind. Never mind. I ain't going to sign.
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  Listen, Dizzy, you better sign with me because right now my assistant is in New York trying to sign up one of the greatest baseball players of all time, Babe Ruth.
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  Hello?
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  Great news. This is your assistant, Kelona, and I'm in New York talking with a babe. She said no.
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  Professor, you're supposed to be signing up a baseball player.
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  Well, I have. I've just signed up for a trained bear to play second base.
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  A bear? Kelona, that's dangerous.
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  Well, I'm not such this bear as trained, and I've got a meeting out of my hand.
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  In fact, I'm going to feed him a little piece of candy now, and he'll eat it right out of my hand.
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  Here, nice bear. Eat this piece of candy.
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  Yes, boss. I've got a meeting right out of my shoulder.
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  Kelona, how do you always get in the foolish predicaments?
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  I got a season pass.
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  You know, Diz, I don't really don't need you. I'm negotiating with another great picture.
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  Pitchard, you ever hear about Skinny Ennis?
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  Sure, I know all about Skinny Ennis.
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  Isn't it a shame?
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  I'll get it, Diz. Hello? Hope's pepsidon pole cat. Our catcher's sly. Our picture's mysterious, and we expect to win the world's serious.
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  He's delirious.
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  Listen, Hope, great news. I just found a baseball pitcher who can pitch a curve, a spitball, a drop, and a fastball all at the same time.
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  Professor, in order to do that, a player would have to have four arms. That's impossible.
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  You hear that, Joe? Is it impossible?
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  Well, stop shaking one head, yes, or the other one, no.
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  Professor, you signed up a baseball player who has two heads and four arms?
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  Yes, two arms face one way, and two arms face the other way. It's wonderful.
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  What's so wonderful about it?
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  He can scratch himself anyplace.
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  Kelona, you work me.
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  No, you work me. You're a bigger urk.
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  Say, Diz, look out the window. Here come the pitcher and catcher. Kelona signed up for me yesterday. Let's listen to what they're saying.
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  Brenda, buddy, sit coping.
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  Well, I've been baseball player.
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  Yeah, but you take the game too seriously. What an argument you gave that umpire because you didn't like his decision.
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  Oh, I didn't mind his decision, but I got awful sore when he dusted home plate with my hair.
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  Yeah, at least he should have taken it off your head first.
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  Kelona, do you really like being a baseball player?
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  Sure. I've had so much fun since I was in Seattle during the blackout.
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  Oh, gosh, baseball players are so romantic. I was out with a baseball player once. He was with a Yankee.
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  With the Yankees? Would you meet him walking through Central Park?
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  No, marching through Georgia.
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  Say, you went out with a baseball player from the house of David, didn't you?
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  Yeah, he had a great big bushy beard all over his face.
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  Did you nick with him?
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  Yeah, it's the first time I ever kissed a guy and had two helpings of shredded wheat.
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  Oh, you know, every time I wanted to kiss him, every time I wanted to kiss him, he'd cry so hard tears rolled into his beard.
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  Well, what if you do when you wanted him to kiss you?
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  Oh, I just say shoot the shrubbery to the blubbery.
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  Oh, come on. Here's Bob's office. Let's go in.
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  Hello, Bob.
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  Oh, hello girls, and when I call you that, I'm spreading propaganda.
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  Hey, what is this?
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  Oh, Dizzy, let me introduce you formally. These are Brenda and Cabina.
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  Hello. Nice to meet all the DiMaggio boys.
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  Hey, Dizzy, just put your arms around my neck and show me how to play baseball.
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  Come on, put your arms around my neck.
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  Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. That's not baseball.
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  Every game I try to play, some wise guy's got an umpire.
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  When I get out of here, I've got to talk to Dizzy. Say Dizzy, now that I see what kind of baseball players Kelona sent me,
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  there's nothing I can do but hire you at whatever salary you want. It's my only chance.
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  Well, Bob, I'll sign, but only if you give me a salary of $50,000 and 10% of the gate on weekdays and 15% on Sundays.
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  Okay.
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  Gosh, Bob, how are you going to figure that out?
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  Oh, don't worry, Cabina, I've got this automatic adding, subtracting and multiplying machine here.
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  It'll add up those figures in the jiffy and I'll finally have Dizzy sign.
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  Here it goes. I press the button on the adding machine.
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  Anybody got a pencil?
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  Good night, ladies and gentlemen. Next week, we're going to have a big show because we're going to have the grown-er-old Bing back here
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  and we're really going to do a little role to some kind, I don't know, but Bing Crosby will be here next week and the regular gang. Good night.
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  Bye.