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The Johnson Wax Program with Fibber McGee and

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Molly. The makers of Johnson's wax products for

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home and industry present Fibber McGee and Molly.

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Histrionically helped by Bill Thompson, Gail

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Gordon, Bea Benadert, Arthur Q. Bryan, Jimmy

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Jordan, and the man with the stuff that polishes

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your things, me, Harlow Wilcox. The scripts can

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be blamed on Don Quinn and Phil Leslie, and the

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music department is managed by the King's Men

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and Billy Mills and his all -boy -but -one orchestra.

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Millions of housewives know that Johnson's wax

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is unbeatable for beautifying your floors. But

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I have heard that in some homes, Johnson's wax

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is used on the floors only. Well, what about

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the rest of your home? Perhaps you have a table

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you're especially proud of. Try waxing that,

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too. You'll be delighted to see how much more

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handsome it looks, how it glows with a smooth

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satin machine, how the wax brings out the beautiful

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natural grain. Notice how even the very first

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protective coat of Johnson's wax on your radio

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cabinet, your sideboard, your ornaments and picture

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frames gives them a wonderful richness, a mellow

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glow that adds immeasurably to their beauty.

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You will find of course that these things grow

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even lovelier with each wax application. They

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become better and better protected too against

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dirt, wear and spill things. So by all means

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Johnson wax your floors for greater beauty and

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protection, but also make the rest of your home

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sparkling clean and beautiful. with Johnson's

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wax, face liquid, or cream. It's all very well

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for a man to laugh at the stuffed cuffs, the

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draped shape, and the replete. But when he begins

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to look like he dressed himself onto the war

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relief clothing barrel at the firehouse It's

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time something was said about it according to

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Mrs. McGee Our favorite McGee and Molly! What's

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the matter with the way I dress, Molly? Well,

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frankly pet, it's that tired old suit Who made

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it, George Pullman? What do you mean, George

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Pullman? Looks like it had been slept in That

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Blue Surge monstrosity has more bags in it than

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the Grand Central Checkbox. The seat and elbow

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is glared like an acre of broken bottles. When

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the fabric is so thin it takes you ten minutes

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to sit down. And it fits like it had been made

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for a jockey and let out for Paul Whiteman. Oh,

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it isn't so bad, Mommy. A Blue Surge suit always

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lasts a long time because they pick up so much

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lint. I've had as much wear out of the lint as

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I have out of the suit. Well now you simply got

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to buy a new one, McGee Oh, Molly, you know how

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I hate to stay And that's why I called this tailor

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He said he'd be over with some samples I still

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say that this... Who? Who said who'd be over

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with what samples? The tailor! He just opened

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a new shop next to the bomb town and you need

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a new suit right now Oh, for the love of... I'm

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simply tired of walking around with a man whose

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suit looks like the back wall of a headlight

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And this Mr. Gusset Who? Mr. Gusset, the tailor

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He said... Oh, I'll get that to him right now

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Come in! Is this the residence of the McGee?

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Oh, hello there, Miss McGee. Good day, Mr. Gussett.

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McGee, this is Mr. Gussett. This is the husband

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I was telling you about, Mr. Gussett. Now look

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here, you two. I don't know what you've cooked

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up between you, but if you think I'm gonna be

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jacked into buying a new suit that I don't want

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and don't need, buy George a - Amazing, that's

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what it is. Amazing. What's amazing, Mr. Gussett?

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The resemblance, Mrs. McGee. He has shoulders

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exactly like Herbert Marshall. Oh, it's gonna

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be a distinct pleasure to fit him. Flattery will

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get you no place, bud. This whole thing is a

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frame up and I won't be... Herbert Marshall is

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taller than I am, ain't he? Yes, slightly, Mr.

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McGee, but actual height is not important. It's

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the bill that counts. You know, the athletic

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type, the military posture, broad shoulders tapering

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down to slim hips. Who we talking about now?

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Had a guess, Mr. McGee. I'd say you'd been...

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Well, a colonel, military intelligence? Ah ha

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ha ha, that's kinda hush hush bud. Ah, but let's

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see your samples, Gusset, old man. What have

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you got? I'll tell you what. Suppose I look over

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your entire wardrobe, Mr. McGee, and then I can

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tell you better what you need. That's a good

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idea, bud. Take a good look at it. Is it upstairs?

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And no, no, it's right here. He's wearing it.

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What? He never worried much about his clothes,

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Mr. Gusset. Just as long as he can keep warm

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in the winter and not get arrested in the summer,

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he's convinced. Well then, I would suggest a

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good tweed suit, Mrs. McGee. You could wear the

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jacket with odd trousers for informal occasions.

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Good idea, Gus. Have I got some odd trousers,

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Molly? Odd is hardly the word, dear. Terrifying,

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it'd be more accurate. Why, those green flannels

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you wear to take out the ashes are... How about

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this sample right here, Mr. McGee? This is a

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genuine English tweed. I'd make it up in a single

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-breasted patch pocketed style. Splendid utility

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garment. We'll take that. Hey now, wait a minute,

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wait a minute. I can make my own selections.

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I ain't gonna be railroaded into something that

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I... I understand that it's Mr. Herbert Marshall's

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favorite material. But he's taller, you said.

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He also said the height wasn't important, Molly.

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It's the bill that counts. You heard him say

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that. I'll take this one, bud. You don't think

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Herbert Marshall will mind? I won't mention it

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to him, Mr. McGee. Besides, I'm sure you and

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he never attend the same... What? Now for the

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measurements. Let's see, where is my tape measure

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anyway, oh? oh yes here we are now let's see

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chest 35 take a deep breath please mr mcgee chest

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expanded hmm 35 very interesting waist 41 take

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another deep breath please mr mcgee waist expanded

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46 Deep breather, aren't you, Mr. McGee? Yeah,

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yeah. I got low lungs. That's why I don't catch

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cold when I leave my shirt collar open at the

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front. Now then, let's see. Shoulders. Yep. Arms.

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Trousers length. Well, that does it. Good. Now

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then, would you like to make a deposit on this

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suit, Mr. McGee? You want an honest answer? Yes.

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No. How much will it be, Mr. Gutted? $110, Mrs.

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McGee. My usual price is $150, but in as much

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as you're my first customers in Whistler Bistro...

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Now, just a darn minute, Bud. Did I hear you

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say 110 bucks? You did. Seems a little high to

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me. High? Why, for 110 bucks, I could buy me

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a set of threads that would make Adolf Mons you

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look like a bouncer at a barn dance. A hundred

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and ten bucks, why, of all the... May I make

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a suggestion, Mr. McGee? Certainly, Mr. Gussett.

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Better make one quick, Bud, before I make one.

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As you know, I'm new here in Whistler, Mr. McGee.

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Yeah, and at these prices, you ain't gonna get

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very old, too, either. Let the man talk, dearie.

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Go on, Mr. Gussett. I was about to suggest that

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should Mr. McGee, as my representative unannounced,

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of course, send me, say, ten customers, well,

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I shall be glad to make a suit for your charge.

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What? If I send you ten customers for a suit,

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you'll... It's a deal. Good. Shake. Right. Music.

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You know what? Know what? I already got four

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customers for new suits. Maury Needham, Jeff

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Lewis, Mel Brorby, and Willie Connolly. Mm -hmm.

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I didn't know you knew that many people with

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$110. Well, I've been putting on quite a telephone

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campaign. I got a sales clock worked up to get

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some... Get out the breadcrumbs, McGee. Here

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comes a pigeon. Watch me sell him a suit. Come

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in. Oh, hello there, Dr. Gamble. Come right in.

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Hello, my dear. And good afternoon, knuckle noodle.

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Hi, I'm Edison Chess. What's new on the German

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side of the world? Nothing startling, Beaver

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knows. What's cooking in your dull little life?

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Well, you know, I've just talked him into getting

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a new suit, Doctor. No. Yes, sir. And if I may

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make a suggestion to our kindly old family physician,

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in at about time you shook yourself loose from

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that bundle of burlap you're wearing, you look

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like a delegate to the hobo's convention. I don't

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know where that suit hides during the branding

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season, but it sure ain't ever felt a hot iron.

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Oh, I don't think the doctor looks so bad, McGee

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Not that any man couldn't choose a new suit now

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and then Well thanks, Molly But who is little

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Jasbo Brummel to talk? He always looks like an

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unmade bed in a 50 cent flop house That blue

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surge of his shines like a good deed in a naughty

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world Well I'm doing something about my appearance,

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Ether Drum I'm getting a new suit But you'll

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go on wearing that sideshow canvas of yours for

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the next 18 years, I suppose. Frankly, Doctor,

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I imagine you're so busy these days you haven't

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much time to give to your parents, huh? I've

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got just as much time as this little bloater,

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my dear. And when I get a new suit, I won't get

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one of his $18 walk upstairs and save $3 two

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-pants affairs with a Daisy Air Rifle premium.

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I'll go to a decent tailor and lay it on the

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line for a quality product. Oh yeah, if you ever

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had to shell out $110 for a suit, you couldn't

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see the checkbook through your tears. Now, wait

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a minute, jughead. Are you getting a $110 suit?

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Yes, he is, Doctor. The tailor was just here

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measuring him up. Guy by the name of Gusset,

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next to the Bontan, Doc. Well, I'm going right

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down there and order two suits. Anything you

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can do, McGee, I can do better, quicker, oftener,

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and at higher prices. See you later, Molly. Fine,

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Doctor. Now remember the name Gusset next to

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the Bontan. Yeah, and if you want extra pants,

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Doc, mention my name and get a good seat. Ha!

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McGee, your name wouldn't be good for credit

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for a hot rock in Death Valley. It'll be interesting

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to see the reaction. So long, now. Hot dog, that's

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five customers. Five more and I get a suit free.

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No, it's... Six McGee. Dr. Gamble says he's getting

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two suits. Oh, wonderful. Six down and four to

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go. Now let me see. Who else could I talk to?

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Well, there's no use talking to Mr. Wilcox. Huh?

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He's got enough clothes now to take the heart

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out of Schaffner and Marx. And he's just the

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guy to sell a new suit to. Yeah. A dude like

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him won't be able to resist the... Come in. Come

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on in, kids. Oh, hi, old timer. Hello, Mr. Blazingame.

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You look like you'd had a chill. You're shaking

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like a loose fender. Where have you been? Hey!

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She says, where have you... Under the river,

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kids! In a diver's helmet! Under the river? Yep!

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Believe me, it's colder in a witch's broom handle

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down there! What were you looking for under the

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river? Lose your dentures off the bridge or something?

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Hey! He said - Nope! Nope! Just writing a letter

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to my mother, kids! She lives back in Turkey,

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around Indiana, and I - Now wait a minute, wait

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a minute. That don't make sense, old -timer.

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Diving into the river to write a letter. Why

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don't it, Johnny? I got one of them pens for

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Christmas that writes underwater. Thought I'd

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try it out! He could have written a much longer

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letter, too. They don't have to be refilled for

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two years. Say, did you do any deep sea diving

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while you were in the sea bees, Mr. Oldtimer?

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Hey! Did you do any? Lots of it! Lots of it,

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kid! Spent so much time under the water, I got

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gills on my neck! Gills on your neck? Yep, gills.

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He was our skipper. Old Lieutenant Commander

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Gill. He was on my neck all the time for spending

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so much time under the water. What do you want

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to spend so much time down there for, he says.

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And I says, Well, sir? I says... I've been playing

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cribbage with a mermaid and just won a couple

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of fins. Well, sir, he laughs fit to bust and

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slaps me in the brig on bread and water for insub

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- for insub - but he says I was impudent. Hey,

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you want to buy a swell suit of civvies? Hey!

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Good work, kid! Gusset, next to the bomb town.

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110 bucks. Tell him I sent ya. Okay! After the

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way these calls fit, it'll be nice to get a miner's

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suit on again. A miner's suit? Yep! One with

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a little slack in the pants! Well, there's seven,

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McGee. You only need three more. I got Wilcox

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checked off. I can talk Wilcox into one. Flattery.

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Flattery'll do it. I'll butter him like a pre

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-war waffle. Then if I can get Latrivia and Wimple,

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I'm all set. I got a suit. You better you better

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make it mrs. Wimple. She wears the trousers in

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that family Hello No, Mr. Wilcox, do come in.

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Hi, Junior. I had a feeling you'd drop in sometime

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today. That's like having a hunch that Easter

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will come on a Sunday. Did you want to see me

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about something, pal? Yeah, how you fix pursuits?

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See, I'm glad you asked me that. I've noticed

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you were looking pretty seedy lately, but I didn't

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want to say anything. Come over sometime and

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pick out a couple, pal. They can easily be cut

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down to fix you. Oh! No, no, Mr. Wilcox. He didn't

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mean for himself. He didn't? Certainly not. I

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want to know if you need any. That's a silly

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question. Yours wouldn't fit me. Oh, I... Look,

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Mr. Wilcox. Nobody's talking about giving anybody

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any old clothes. McGee wants to know if you're

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thinking of buying any new suits. Yeah. Well,

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I'll tell you how it is, Molly. I'm always buying

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new clothes. Partly because I like them, and

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partly because I think it's a good business to

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dress well. Yeah, well, the reason I ask... You

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see, when I go into people's homes and offices

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as a representative of Johnson's Wax... I want

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especially to appear like I have a quality product

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to offer, which I have. Yes, but we were - You

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see, one of the finest homes in America used

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Johnson's wax on their floors and furniture and

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woodwork, window sills and luggage and a hundred

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other things. Well, it just doesn't behoove me

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to dress like an itinerant peddler. Yeah, but

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what that got to do with... See whiz pal, Johnson's

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Wax is known the world over as the answer to

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protective housekeeping. A wax surface is a surface

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protected against dampness and dust and wear.

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And it represents fine hospitality too. That

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film of Johnson's Wax is the largest welcome

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mat in the world. Yes, we know but... That's

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why I always like to look my best. You judge

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a home by its appearance and you judge a man

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by his appearance. That's why I'm always buying

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you clothes. If you think you've nailed down

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your paycheck for this week, Waxie, may I say

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a word? Just why, please do. Ah, look, Mr. Wilcox,

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there's a new tailor in town, a Mr. Gusset, next

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door to the Bontown. Makes wonderful men's suits

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for $110. And you're a wonderful man. You go

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in there and mention my name, Junior, and you'll

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get treated right. How about it? Just opened

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up, did he? Just this week. Right next to the

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Bontown, eh? Right next door. Gusset's the name.

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You gonna go see him? Bet I am, pal. Be there

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in half an hour. Any suits do you think you'll

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buy, Mr. Wilcox? Oh, I don't need any suits,

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but he'll need some Johnson's wax for that new

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shop of his. Thanks for the gift, Val. Well,

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ring up one, no sale, McGee. Oh, I think Wilcox

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will buy one. He's an actor at heart, and when

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he smells a bolt of flannel, it'll look like

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smoke to a firehose. And did I say that right?

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Yeah. Did you hear about him wiring Hollywood?

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No, about what? He wanted to try out for that

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new picture, the robe. Yeah? He thought it was

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going to be called the wardrobe and wanted the

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title roll. Oh. Yeah, but they said that... Come

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in. Well, for goodness sakes, if it isn't Mrs.

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Carstairs. Hello, Millicent. How do you do, my

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dear? Good day, Mr. McGee. Hi, Carsey. I understand

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you had the flu. You feel better now? Yes, thank

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you. My household has had quite a siege of it,

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you know. First Marie, my upstairs maid, had

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it, and then Mr. Carstairs, and then I. Well,

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it's hard to keep germs on one floor of a house,

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Millicent. Yes. Oh, Mr. Carstairs. Who took care

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of you, Millicent? Dr. Gamble? Oh, yes. He's

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a splendid physician. He treated my husband for

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a horse, Charlie. You mean Charlie horse? No.

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A horse Charlie Adams gave him that had the heave.

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Wait a minute, who was sick? Your husband, the

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horse, or Charlie Adams? I was, of the whole

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thing! Speaking of heaves, were you awfully sick

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with the flu, Millie? Oh, indeed I was, Mr. McGee

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The first day Mr. Costes took my temperature,

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I knew I was ill Oh, what did it read, Millie,

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since? Three degrees above freezing Three degrees

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above freezing? Yes Mr. Costes took my temperature,

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but he had to walk down to Kramer's drugstore

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to have the thermometer read Well, I must be

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going today The Kingsman and old rockin chair

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got me Let me here grab him at the flyers round

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my rocking chair. My dear old Aunt Harriet, I

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know that way up in heaven she be. Oh, send me

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down, sweet chariot, for the end of my trouble

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I see. Oh, rocking chair gets it. I do believe

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that Judgment Day is here. from this cabin, can't

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go nowhere. Just set me here to gravin' at the

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flies around my rockin' chair. My dear, I'm Harriet.

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In heaven she be. Send me down, sweet chariot.

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Good for the end of my trouble, the end of my

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trouble, I say. Well, how many more suits do

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you have to sell before you get one free for

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yourself, dearie? Well, let me look at my list.

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There's one, two, three, four, five, six, seven,

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eight, eight and a half. Eight and a half? Yeah.

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Mortoops only wanted a pair of pants. So if I

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can find one, who's that man or woman? Man. Bring

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him in quick. Come in. Oh, good day, Mayor Latrivia.

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Good day, Mrs. McGee. Hello, McGee. Hi, Latrivia.

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You're just the guy I wanted to see. If it's

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about our date to go bowling tonight, McGee,

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I can't make it. I just dropped by to tell you.

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Pressure of business, Mr. Mayor? Oh, you might

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call it that, Mrs. McGee. I am attending a Boy

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Scout meeting at the Eastside High School tonight.

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Oh. trying for your merit badge and ballot box

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stuffing material? McGee, it doesn't matter a

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jot nor a tittle to me what you think of my political

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activities, but I resent any inference that the

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Boy Scout movement tolerates anything unethical.

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I consider the Scout movement one of the greatest

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forces for good citizenship in the world today.

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And on this, their 36th anniversary, I think

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they're entitled to the respect and goodwill

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of everyone as boys who will grow into our leaders

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of tomorrow. Oh, well McGee was just kidding,

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Mr. Mayor. Sure, sure. Great bunch of kids, little

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trivia. You gonna make a speech to them tonight?

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Well, I'm giving them a little demonstration

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of the things I learned in the Coast Guard, McGee.

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Such as what, Mr. Mayor? Well, for instance,

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not tying. Not tying what? Just not tying. Well

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then, what's the use of going at all if you're

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not tying anything? But I am tying anything.

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Eh, something. What? Knots! Oh! Please, Mr. Meade.

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You're addressing a lady, La Trivia. Thank you,

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dearie. Well, I said nothing that would offend

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a lady, Meade. I merely stated that I was giving

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a demonstration of knot tying. You mean you're

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not giving a demonstration of tying? Yes. No!

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Don't be silly. Look, in the Coast Guard, I learned

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a great deal about tying knots. Square knots,

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bowlands, berries, hitches, sheep shanks, turks

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heads, monkey fists, grannies. Who's? Grannies.

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My gosh, was she in the Coast Guard too? I used

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to think that'd be a pretty hard life for an

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old lady. I was speaking of a granny knot. Oh,

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yeah, I see. Knot was your mother's maiden name.

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It was not. That's what she said, it was not.

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I mean it was not, not. Who's there? Uh, Arthur

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Arthur who? Arthur, any more routines like this

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coming up? If so, include me out! Oh, you forgot

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to ask him about getting fitted for a new suit,

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didn't you? The only fit he was ready for was

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to be tied Now I can get another couple of customers

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someplace. Hand me that phone. I'll resume my

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campaign. Here. Thanks. Hello, operator. Give

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me a whistle, Mr. 7654, the love of Mike. Is

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that you, Mert? How's every little thing, Mert?

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Fizzy. What's that, Mert? He did? Oh, gee, I'm

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sorry, Mert. Cut his tail right off, huh? Oh,

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how awful. Her dog, McGee? No, no, her uncle.

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He was telling her a story over the phone and

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got disconnected. What's the name, Ernst? Okay,

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connect me. Hello, is this Eddie? This is River

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McGee, Eddie. Look, I got a great idea if you

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need a new suit, Eddie. There's a new tailor...

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Okay. Okay, Bert. You just go in and tell Gus

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that I sent you. Don't mention it, Bert. Goodbye.

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Oh boy, am I tired. This is my arm ache. I must

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have made 40 calls. But I done it, Molly. I done

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it. I got ten guys to buy new suits. Well, that's

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fine, dearie. Yeah. But why are you sitting around

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in your bathrobe? Oh, I sent my old suit to the

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relief collection. It was looking so shabby,

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I hated even to talk to people over the phone

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in it. I got nothing to do for a couple of days

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anyway, and by that time I'll have my new suit.

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Oh, will he deliver it? Oh my gosh, he better

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after me sending him all that business, spending

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all that time. I'll call him up and see. I'll

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do it, McGee. You've been on the phone all afternoon.

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You just sit down and relax. Yeah, I am tired.

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Thanks. Hello, operator. Whistle Vista 1247,

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please. Yeah, that's a number. Hello, Mr. Gusset.

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Mrs. McGee speaking. Ah, he's there. Mr. McGee

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wants to know how soon his suit will be ready.

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Yeah. Yeah? Huh? What? Oh, that's all right,

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Mr. Gusset. He was glad to do it. He said to

00:26:04.549 --> 00:26:06.069
thank you for sending him all those customers,

00:26:06.230 --> 00:26:07.910
dear. When did he say mine would be ready? When

00:26:07.910 --> 00:26:09.609
did you say Mr. McGee's suit would be ready,

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Mr. Gusset? March 1st. March 1st? Yes, he said

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you'd send him so much business, he was terribly

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busy. Oh. And naturally, the paying customers

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come first. Yeah, well, I guess that's reasonable

00:26:21.789 --> 00:26:28.490
too. March 1st, eh? Yes. 1947. What? Oh boy,

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oh boy, a whole year. Now I can finish Anthony

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Adverse. I'll bet you can think of many products

00:26:40.430 --> 00:26:42.730
you insist on using just because they are superior.

00:26:43.089 --> 00:26:44.750
Johnson's glow coat, for example. More women

00:26:44.750 --> 00:26:46.630
use glow coat on their kitchen linoleum floors

00:26:46.630 --> 00:26:49.150
than any other self -polishing wax. They agree

00:26:49.150 --> 00:26:51.329
that its extra toughness guards linoleum better

00:26:51.329 --> 00:26:53.680
against wear, dirt, and spill things. so that

00:26:53.680 --> 00:26:55.519
its bright colors and attractive patterns stay

00:26:55.519 --> 00:26:57.980
new looking longer. If you've never tried this

00:26:57.980 --> 00:27:00.660
most popular of all wax floor polishes, you'll

00:27:00.660 --> 00:27:03.259
find Glow Coat astonishingly easy to use. There's

00:27:03.259 --> 00:27:05.099
no rubbing or buffing at all. Just spread it

00:27:05.099 --> 00:27:06.839
around on the floor, let it dry, and your work

00:27:06.839 --> 00:27:09.660
is done. Glow Coat shines as it dries. In only

00:27:09.660 --> 00:27:11.460
20 minutes, your floors are ready to use and

00:27:11.460 --> 00:27:13.700
amazingly clean and sparkling, never streaked

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or uneven. For greater floor beauty and greater

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floor protection, be sure to ask for Glow Coat.

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Johnson Self -Polishing Glow Coat. Did you hear

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a call for an ambulance? Oh, yeah, I did, Bud.

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Take me down to Gussett's tailor shop, will you?

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Next door to the bond town. What is this, Mickey?

00:27:38.180 --> 00:27:39.980
Why the ambulance? Well, all I got to wear is

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a bathrobe. I'd look kind of funny on the streetcar.

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I thought you said somebody was going to the

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hospital. Somebody is. A guy by the name of Gussett.

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I'll see you later, Molly. Good night. Good night.

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This is Harlow Wilcox, speaking for the makers

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of Johnson's Watch Products for Home and Industry,

00:27:56.359 --> 00:27:58.059
inviting you all to be with us again next Tuesday

00:27:58.059 --> 00:28:01.039
night. Good night. This is NBC, the national

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broadcasting company. Oh