WEBVTT 00:00:03.129 --> 00:00:06.089 The Johnson's Wax Program with Fibber McGee and 00:00:06.089 --> 00:00:16.370 Molly. Makers of Johnson's Wax and Johnson's 00:00:16.370 --> 00:00:18.329 Self -Polishing Goldcoat present Fibber McGee 00:00:18.329 --> 00:00:20.250 and Molly with Bill Thompson, Gail Gordon, Arthur 00:00:20.250 --> 00:00:22.989 Q. Bryan, Dick LeGrand, and me, Harlow Wilcox. 00:00:23.269 --> 00:00:25.670 The script is by Don Quinn and Phil Leslie. Music 00:00:25.670 --> 00:00:35.789 by the Kingsmen and Billy Mills Orchestra. Look 00:00:35.789 --> 00:00:38.549 at your piano tonight or your dining room table. 00:00:38.670 --> 00:00:40.810 You'll see smudges or fingerprints that weren't 00:00:40.810 --> 00:00:43.770 there yesterday and no dust cloth can take those 00:00:43.770 --> 00:00:46.649 smudges off. But there is a cream wax that will 00:00:46.649 --> 00:00:48.750 not only clean your furniture, it will polish 00:00:48.750 --> 00:00:51.689 it to a high luster and quickly. The fact is 00:00:51.689 --> 00:00:54.250 Johnson's cream wax cleans so quickly, dries 00:00:54.250 --> 00:00:56.890 so quickly, polishes so quickly that using it 00:00:56.890 --> 00:01:00.109 is practically as easy as dusting. With Johnson's 00:01:00.109 --> 00:01:02.109 cream wax you can clean and then beautifully 00:01:02.109 --> 00:01:04.469 polish a dining room table in less than two minutes. 00:01:04.700 --> 00:01:06.920 That's because Johnson's Cream Wax cleans and 00:01:06.920 --> 00:01:09.379 dries so rapidly. It's immediately ready for 00:01:09.379 --> 00:01:11.799 polishing. And remember, Johnson's Cream Wax 00:01:11.799 --> 00:01:15.299 contains no sticky oil to trap dust. So starting 00:01:15.299 --> 00:01:18.200 tomorrow, use Johnson's, the cream wax that cleans 00:01:18.200 --> 00:01:21.299 so quickly, dries so quickly, polishes so quickly. 00:01:21.719 --> 00:01:23.659 The cream wax that makes cleaning and polishing 00:01:23.659 --> 00:01:27.019 furniture practically as easy as dusting. That's 00:01:27.019 --> 00:01:29.739 Johnson's Cream Wax, the fastest wax furniture 00:01:29.739 --> 00:01:39.489 polish you can buy. In these days of mass production 00:01:39.489 --> 00:01:42.609 and bargain dress shops, lots of women have never 00:01:42.609 --> 00:01:45.750 learned how to sew a seam. Or so it would seem. 00:01:46.409 --> 00:01:49.109 But there's a gal at 79 West for Vista who was 00:01:49.109 --> 00:01:51.950 brought up to see eye to eye with a needle and 00:01:51.950 --> 00:01:53.989 who always knows where the bodice is buried. 00:01:54.810 --> 00:01:57.290 Yes, it's Molly McGee of Viva McGee and Molly! 00:02:08.590 --> 00:02:14.550 Hey, kiddo. What are you making? Hey, tootsie. 00:02:15.530 --> 00:02:20.710 What goes with the throbbing -bobbing? Hey. Speaking 00:02:20.710 --> 00:02:24.310 to me, dearie? Yeah. Let the sewing machine cool 00:02:24.310 --> 00:02:27.270 off for a minute. My gosh. I haven't heard a 00:02:27.270 --> 00:02:29.069 singer take so much abuse since Hope started 00:02:29.069 --> 00:02:33.189 ribbing Crosby. What are you making? I'm making 00:02:33.189 --> 00:02:36.169 a new dress. Watch those patterns, dearie. Don't 00:02:36.169 --> 00:02:37.810 mess them up. I have them all laid out the way 00:02:37.810 --> 00:02:41.330 I want them. Oh, okay. If you change them around, 00:02:41.330 --> 00:02:43.110 I'm liable to wind up with a gauntless evening 00:02:43.110 --> 00:02:45.349 strap with a drooping placket and five sleeves. 00:02:47.469 --> 00:02:49.189 Look, dreamboat, why do you have to stab your 00:02:49.189 --> 00:02:51.009 pretty little lunch hooks full of needle holes? 00:02:51.370 --> 00:02:54.430 The Bontown still sells dresses. I want to make 00:02:54.430 --> 00:02:56.810 a dress for you. Besides at the Bontown, I'd 00:02:56.810 --> 00:02:58.590 have to wait for a fitting and I need a new dress 00:02:58.590 --> 00:03:01.810 this afternoon. This afternoon? What for? Is 00:03:01.810 --> 00:03:05.379 the fleet in or something? No, the new president 00:03:05.379 --> 00:03:07.780 is dropping in. Harry Truman? Dropping in here? 00:03:08.539 --> 00:03:14.099 My gosh, we've got to get the piano tuned. Is, 00:03:14.099 --> 00:03:16.379 uh, is Margaret coming too? I never thought we'd 00:03:16.379 --> 00:03:20.240 be... No, no, no. Not President Truman. The new 00:03:20.240 --> 00:03:23.159 president of Our Lady's Club. Mrs. Armadale. 00:03:24.120 --> 00:03:27.039 Mrs. Armadale? Mm -hmm. Ain't that the haughty 00:03:27.039 --> 00:03:28.960 old potato sack that always looks like she was 00:03:28.960 --> 00:03:30.780 bluffing her way through a reception with a busted 00:03:30.780 --> 00:03:36.349 garter? I don't think that's a very fair description, 00:03:36.550 --> 00:03:38.870 McGee. I've never met her myself, but Mrs. Armadale 00:03:38.870 --> 00:03:41.189 is very important socially in Whistle Vista. 00:03:41.270 --> 00:03:43.629 Is that a fact? Yes. Well, curl my pinky and 00:03:43.629 --> 00:03:46.969 dunk me a crumpet. What's so important about 00:03:46.969 --> 00:03:48.969 her stopping in here? Well, because, dearie, 00:03:49.050 --> 00:03:51.110 Mrs. Armadale is about to appoint somebody to 00:03:51.110 --> 00:03:53.310 be a delegate to the Ladies Club Convention in 00:03:53.310 --> 00:03:59.069 Chicago. And... it might be me. You? Go to Chicago? 00:03:59.430 --> 00:04:02.710 Without me? Oh, no. Oh, it's just for three days. 00:04:02.939 --> 00:04:05.180 Personally, I don't care too much about going, 00:04:05.240 --> 00:04:07.300 but it's considered quite an honor to be selected 00:04:07.300 --> 00:04:10.620 as a delegate. Now then, will you do something 00:04:10.620 --> 00:04:14.360 for me? Sure, I'll go with you. I didn't mean 00:04:14.360 --> 00:04:15.879 that. I want you to go up in the attic and get 00:04:15.879 --> 00:04:20.319 my dress form. Your, uh, your dress form? Yes. 00:04:20.879 --> 00:04:22.620 I'm about ready to start fitting this dress. 00:04:22.759 --> 00:04:25.120 Well, the dress form is, well, it ain't in very 00:04:25.120 --> 00:04:27.899 good shape, kiddo. It's kind of chopped up. It's 00:04:27.899 --> 00:04:31.699 full of holes. Coming all apart. My dress form? 00:04:31.939 --> 00:04:34.180 What's wrong with it? Why should it be all chopped 00:04:34.180 --> 00:04:36.279 up? Well, you know that last rainy spell we had? 00:04:36.379 --> 00:04:39.259 Yeah? Well, I got kind of bored, see, so I thought 00:04:39.259 --> 00:04:41.339 I'd brush up on the old knife -throwing act I 00:04:41.339 --> 00:04:46.759 had in Vaudeville. Me and Trez and Whitney. So 00:04:46.759 --> 00:04:48.620 the best target I could think of for my knife 00:04:48.620 --> 00:04:50.480 -throwing act was the... Heavenly days. I hope 00:04:50.480 --> 00:04:53.100 that isn't Mrs. Armadale already. Peek out the 00:04:53.100 --> 00:04:56.079 winter McGee and see who it is. Okay. Hey, has 00:04:56.079 --> 00:04:59.449 Mrs. Armadale got gray whiskers? Does she wear 00:04:59.449 --> 00:05:02.370 a navy button in her buttonhole? Not that I know 00:05:02.370 --> 00:05:05.410 of. Then it's the old timer. Come on in, old 00:05:05.410 --> 00:05:08.430 timer. Oh, hello there, Mr. Old Timer. Hello, 00:05:08.730 --> 00:05:11.430 daughter! Hello, Johnny! Hey, what's going on 00:05:11.430 --> 00:05:13.870 here? Looks like you're having a tap in a pool. 00:05:16.230 --> 00:05:18.149 No, Molly's running up a new dress, old timer. 00:05:18.269 --> 00:05:20.670 Well, good for you, daughter. Sure like to see 00:05:20.670 --> 00:05:23.329 a woman make her own clothes. Mama made all us 00:05:23.329 --> 00:05:26.389 kids' clothes. My sister wore made -over flower 00:05:26.389 --> 00:05:28.949 sacks all through high school, even. Flower sacks? 00:05:29.110 --> 00:05:31.389 Yep. Come a windy day once, and from then on, 00:05:31.430 --> 00:05:41.870 my sister was known as Madame XXX. I take it 00:05:41.870 --> 00:05:44.110 all back. She makes your clothes, too? No, I 00:05:44.110 --> 00:05:46.670 inherited mine from Papa. Oh? Peculiar thing 00:05:46.670 --> 00:05:49.410 about them pants are Papa's, too. I had to bust 00:05:49.410 --> 00:05:54.079 into a run to get them past a saloon. It kind 00:05:54.079 --> 00:05:59.199 of turned me in automatic. I'm kind of tired 00:05:59.199 --> 00:06:01.639 today though, kids. I've been babysitting all 00:06:01.639 --> 00:06:05.199 morning. Aw, who's baby? My sister's. He's 11 00:06:05.199 --> 00:06:08.439 years old and honoring as a bee stung mule. Sister's 00:06:08.439 --> 00:06:10.139 too little to handle him and his old man is on 00:06:10.139 --> 00:06:11.959 the road, so I have to go over now and then and 00:06:11.959 --> 00:06:16.240 sit on him. Yes sir, sit on him. I'm the best 00:06:16.240 --> 00:06:19.779 babysitter they ever had. And I can't help I 00:06:19.779 --> 00:06:24.230 got such sharp hips, you know. He finally decided 00:06:24.230 --> 00:06:26.769 to behave himself, eh? Well, I finally rocked 00:06:26.769 --> 00:06:29.370 him to sleep, Johnny. Took a rock as big as my 00:06:29.370 --> 00:06:34.689 head, but I'd done it. Now I'm almost too tired 00:06:34.689 --> 00:06:38.209 to take my piano lesson. Piano? Do you play the 00:06:38.209 --> 00:06:41.089 piano? Well, not yet, daughter. Got off to a 00:06:41.089 --> 00:06:43.029 wrong start with my lessons, and I'm just now 00:06:43.029 --> 00:06:44.649 beginning to get the hang of it. What were you 00:06:44.649 --> 00:06:47.029 doing wrong? I was trying to play by ear, but 00:06:47.029 --> 00:06:48.810 to give me such a headache, I had to start using 00:06:48.810 --> 00:07:03.279 my head. McGee, about that dress form, you say 00:07:03.279 --> 00:07:05.040 it's no good because you used it to practice 00:07:05.040 --> 00:07:06.839 your knife -throwing act? Yeah, gee, I'm sorry, 00:07:06.959 --> 00:07:08.060 baby. If I'd known you were ever gonna... Well, 00:07:08.060 --> 00:07:10.680 that's all right, dearie. You'll do just as well. 00:07:12.040 --> 00:07:15.439 You're just about my height. Just about my height, 00:07:15.439 --> 00:07:17.540 and I can correct the measurements as I go along. 00:07:17.639 --> 00:07:20.579 You mean me? I gotta stand here and wear a dress 00:07:20.579 --> 00:07:23.819 while you... Hush! You demonstrated your knife 00:07:23.819 --> 00:07:25.939 -throwing. Now I'm going to show you my pin -throwing 00:07:25.939 --> 00:07:32.550 act. Yeah, but my gosh, Mommy, what... Take off 00:07:32.550 --> 00:07:57.290 your coat and hold up your arms. And look what 00:07:57.290 --> 00:08:00.529 you've done to my verbs If you were to ask me 00:08:00.529 --> 00:08:04.709 who the sweetest one of you was I'd say you was 00:08:04.709 --> 00:08:08.490 If you were to ask me who my favorite point of 00:08:08.490 --> 00:08:14.649 you was I'd say you was When you're not near 00:08:14.649 --> 00:08:21.050 my heart is Inclined to waste away But when you're 00:08:21.050 --> 00:08:24.389 here the funny part is My heart is a spherical 00:08:24.389 --> 00:08:27.250 lyrical miracle all the day If you were to ask 00:08:27.250 --> 00:08:31.509 me who the apple of your eye was I'd say I was 00:08:31.509 --> 00:08:35.669 If you were to ask me who your sweet potato pie 00:08:35.669 --> 00:08:41.320 was I'd say I was Supposing you pay the visit 00:08:41.320 --> 00:08:44.600 to a certain creature Supposing you overheard 00:08:44.600 --> 00:08:47.980 me practice and I do And you were to ask me who 00:08:47.980 --> 00:08:51.440 the bride and groom to be was I'd say we was 00:08:51.440 --> 00:08:57.480 Me and you I've got a heart that hollers When 00:08:57.480 --> 00:09:02.139 you're not close to me But when you're near, 00:09:02.340 --> 00:09:05.559 it sort of follows There isn't a lovelier heaven, 00:09:05.700 --> 00:09:08.240 a bubblier place to be If you were to ask me 00:09:08.240 --> 00:09:11.740 who your extra special guy was I would say, indubitably, 00:09:12.000 --> 00:09:15.200 irrevocably, I was And if I were to ask you who 00:09:15.200 --> 00:09:18.480 your rainbow in the sky was Please say, permanently, 00:09:18.879 --> 00:09:22.080 indefinitely, I was Suppose they heard that you 00:09:22.080 --> 00:09:25.039 were shopping for a true soul Supposing I bought 00:09:25.039 --> 00:09:28.009 you something old and something new and then 00:09:28.009 --> 00:09:29.970 you borrowed something blue and they were to 00:09:29.970 --> 00:09:32.950 ask you who the bride and groom to be was. We 00:09:32.950 --> 00:09:49.090 say we was me and you. Gee whiz, Molly, you got 00:09:49.090 --> 00:09:51.230 this material pinned around me so tight I can't 00:09:51.230 --> 00:09:54.059 breathe. You got me gasping like a fresh -caught 00:09:54.059 --> 00:09:55.919 flounder. Well, I have to pin it tight, dear. 00:09:55.960 --> 00:09:57.700 You're a lot thicker around the waist than I 00:09:57.700 --> 00:10:00.320 am, you know. Yeah, I know. I should ought to 00:10:00.320 --> 00:10:01.779 have put on a girdle. That's what I should ought 00:10:01.779 --> 00:10:04.100 to have done. Couple of guys at the Elks wear 00:10:04.100 --> 00:10:08.639 them. Hold still. Do they? Yeah, only they don't 00:10:08.639 --> 00:10:11.279 call them girdles. They call them potholders. 00:10:17.519 --> 00:10:19.539 I asked one guy why he wore a girdle, and he 00:10:19.539 --> 00:10:22.039 says it was for morale. Says it helped him keep 00:10:22.039 --> 00:10:27.139 a stiff upper lap. Close your arms up. I want 00:10:27.139 --> 00:10:29.919 to pin the sides higher. That's it. Oh, Gunnar, 00:10:29.980 --> 00:10:31.460 I wish you weren't going to that convention, 00:10:31.659 --> 00:10:34.340 kiddo. I suppose you'll have a nice trip, but 00:10:34.340 --> 00:10:36.899 gee, you know how I am with you gone, Molly. 00:10:37.980 --> 00:10:45.759 Miserable. How's that again? I says I'm miserable 00:10:45.759 --> 00:10:47.779 when you're away someplace having fun and... 00:10:47.789 --> 00:10:53.090 I'm home by myself. Makes me unhappy just thinking 00:10:53.090 --> 00:10:56.590 about it. You certainly don't sound very happy. 00:10:56.730 --> 00:11:01.990 You're tickling me. Come in. Oh, McGee, it's 00:11:01.990 --> 00:11:05.190 Dr. Gamble. Nice to see you, Doctor. Well, if 00:11:05.190 --> 00:11:08.230 it ain't the Prince of Splints. Hi, Fatso. Hello, 00:11:08.409 --> 00:11:12.509 Molly. And good day to... Oh, no. What are you 00:11:12.509 --> 00:11:16.299 made up for, sack shape? A masquerade Miss Gruesome 00:11:16.299 --> 00:11:20.799 of 1949? I'm working on a dress for myself, Doctor. 00:11:21.320 --> 00:11:25.539 He's my dummy. You never spoke a truer word, 00:11:25.659 --> 00:11:29.019 my dear. Although how you can use McGee for a 00:11:29.019 --> 00:11:31.700 model for a dress for you is beyond me. If you 00:11:31.700 --> 00:11:34.600 fit that thing to his misshapen contours, it'll 00:11:34.600 --> 00:11:37.039 come off looking like a pillowcase full of basketball. 00:11:38.440 --> 00:11:41.259 Oh, stop trying, Bustle Bucket, stop trying. 00:11:42.039 --> 00:11:44.399 My contours are just as shaping as yours any 00:11:44.399 --> 00:11:46.740 day. Hey, incidentally, what are you doing walking 00:11:46.740 --> 00:11:48.899 around, measlebate? I thought you were supposed 00:11:48.899 --> 00:11:51.200 to be sick. Yes, how do you feel, Doctor? Are 00:11:51.200 --> 00:11:53.259 you all well now? Oh, I feel wonderful, Molly. 00:11:53.419 --> 00:11:55.519 A week's rest in bed was just what I needed. 00:11:55.779 --> 00:11:59.909 Yeah? I, uh... I managed to drop a little weight 00:11:59.909 --> 00:12:04.029 while I was sick, if you'll notice, kid. Yeah, 00:12:04.210 --> 00:12:06.149 that's swell, Doc. I could tell it right away, 00:12:06.289 --> 00:12:08.110 too. Could you? Could you really? Sure, I could. 00:12:08.610 --> 00:12:10.549 You must have dropped about 40 pounds. Uh -huh. 00:12:10.850 --> 00:12:15.669 From your chest down onto your stomach. Now, 00:12:15.730 --> 00:12:18.450 McGee, stop it. Oh, he makes me talk. See, if 00:12:18.450 --> 00:12:20.210 you don't mind, Doctor, I wish you'd keep an 00:12:20.210 --> 00:12:23.220 eye on himself here next week. I'm going to Chicago 00:12:23.220 --> 00:12:25.460 for a few days to a ladies club convention. Yeah, 00:12:25.480 --> 00:12:27.600 how do you like that, Fatso? Leaving me all alone 00:12:27.600 --> 00:12:30.019 for three whole days. What'll I do? Set fire 00:12:30.019 --> 00:12:32.879 to the house, probably. Don't you worry, Molly. 00:12:32.899 --> 00:12:34.879 I'll keep him busy. In fact, he can help me with 00:12:34.879 --> 00:12:37.600 an operation tomorrow. I'm to demonstrate a new 00:12:37.600 --> 00:12:40.019 surgery technique at the hospital. Oh, gee, and 00:12:40.019 --> 00:12:42.000 I can help you, Doc? Of course. Well, what can 00:12:42.000 --> 00:12:43.940 I do? Hand you the tool? No, all you have to 00:12:43.940 --> 00:12:49.539 do is just lie still. I'll do the rest. Go on, 00:12:49.759 --> 00:12:58.789 kid. Isn't he a sweet old character, dearie? 00:12:58.889 --> 00:13:02.309 Yeah. And nobody's fool either. No, he's everybody's. 00:13:03.289 --> 00:13:05.470 Nothing exclusive about Doc. Hey, well let's 00:13:05.470 --> 00:13:07.549 get on with this dress. Yes, let's see now. Yeah, 00:13:07.669 --> 00:13:09.529 I wish you weren't going away. I guess a dad 00:13:09.529 --> 00:13:11.210 ratted lonesome when you and I are separated. 00:13:11.929 --> 00:13:13.730 Unless I'm the one that's out of town, of course. 00:13:14.370 --> 00:13:17.009 In that case, what's the matter? Oh, I can't 00:13:17.009 --> 00:13:19.769 get this neckline right, McGee. I'm trying for 00:13:19.769 --> 00:13:22.009 a sort of dreamy drape, but so far it's more 00:13:22.009 --> 00:13:24.929 of a drop -stitched droop. Turn around, let's 00:13:24.929 --> 00:13:27.440 see the back of it. Like this? Yes, it looks 00:13:27.440 --> 00:13:32.340 sort of... That's strange. I don't remember pinning 00:13:32.340 --> 00:13:37.580 a bustle into this dress, McGee. Well... Pardon 00:13:37.580 --> 00:13:42.840 me for a minute, I thought that... Come in! Hello, 00:13:42.940 --> 00:13:46.100 Molly. Oh, Mr. Wilcox, come in. Hi, pal, how's... 00:13:46.190 --> 00:13:48.769 Hey, that a dress you've got on, pal? It ain't 00:13:48.769 --> 00:13:51.090 a Max Senate bathing suit, Junior. He's just 00:13:51.090 --> 00:13:53.009 modeling it for me, Mr. Wilcock. Molly's leaving 00:13:53.009 --> 00:13:55.450 for Chicago. Well, I don't blame her. One look 00:13:55.450 --> 00:13:58.009 at you in that outfit, pal, and I'd scram, too. 00:13:58.269 --> 00:14:00.250 What's the gag, kid? Well, I'm making myself 00:14:00.250 --> 00:14:02.870 a new dress, Mr. Wilcock. I expect to go to the 00:14:02.870 --> 00:14:05.049 Ladies Club Convention in Chicago next week to 00:14:05.049 --> 00:14:07.330 represent the Whistful Vista branch. They're 00:14:07.330 --> 00:14:09.389 quite a nice family. Well, that's wonderful, 00:14:09.590 --> 00:14:11.710 Molly. You were no doubt selected because you're 00:14:11.710 --> 00:14:13.490 the type of woman that Whistful Vista is proud 00:14:13.490 --> 00:14:15.720 of. Yep. The type of woman for which the women's 00:14:15.720 --> 00:14:17.360 clubs of this country have become famous. Yep. 00:14:17.639 --> 00:14:19.980 Your charming, industrious, intelligent... Oh, 00:14:20.080 --> 00:14:22.620 now Mr. Wilcox. The type of woman who always 00:14:22.620 --> 00:14:24.639 knows all the answers. Sure, she knows all the 00:14:24.639 --> 00:14:26.120 answers. She's heard most of them from me at 00:14:26.120 --> 00:14:29.519 one time or another. Molly is a perfect example 00:14:29.519 --> 00:14:31.600 of the type of woman who'd never think of trying 00:14:31.600 --> 00:14:33.860 to run a household without Johnson's Cream Wax, 00:14:33.860 --> 00:14:36.090 for instance. because she knows how cream wax 00:14:36.090 --> 00:14:37.850 helps her keep her home beautiful. She knows 00:14:37.850 --> 00:14:40.549 how cream wax cleans as it wax polishes her light 00:14:40.549 --> 00:14:42.070 colored woodwork and white kitchen equipment. 00:14:42.269 --> 00:14:45.009 How did we get way out there? Molly knows that 00:14:45.009 --> 00:14:47.409 cream wax is different because it polishes with 00:14:47.409 --> 00:14:49.970 wax instead of oil and consequently dust can't 00:14:49.970 --> 00:14:52.490 cling to it. With just a light dusting, a Johnson 00:14:52.490 --> 00:14:54.870 cream wax finish stays bright for months. Just 00:14:54.870 --> 00:14:57.950 like thousands of others. Smart American housewives, 00:14:58.269 --> 00:15:00.450 Molly has learned how cream wax gives a rich 00:15:00.450 --> 00:15:02.549 mellow luster to her furniture and woodwork. 00:15:02.860 --> 00:15:05.179 Now it keeps the refrigerator gleaming and all 00:15:05.179 --> 00:15:06.980 the stuff around it. Hey, hey, hey, look, look, 00:15:07.220 --> 00:15:10.659 waxy. Yes, pal. You know Chicago, Jr. What do 00:15:10.659 --> 00:15:12.840 you think makes that town so popular? Well, that's 00:15:12.840 --> 00:15:15.440 simple, pal. The location. People flock there 00:15:15.440 --> 00:15:17.779 because it's located in such a great spot. Oh, 00:15:17.779 --> 00:15:21.059 you mean on the lake, Mr. Wilcox? Lake? I never 00:15:21.059 --> 00:15:23.120 noticed a lake, Molly, but just think, Chicago's 00:15:23.120 --> 00:15:27.639 only 60 miles from Racine. Oh. What a spot! Have 00:15:27.639 --> 00:15:37.899 fun, Molly. Go on, Molly. Happy Carefree Chuckle 00:15:37.899 --> 00:15:40.120 and he's on his merry way. Why shouldn't he be 00:15:40.120 --> 00:15:42.980 happy? His wife is staying home with him. Let 00:15:42.980 --> 00:15:46.220 me move this pen here a little. The hem is sagging 00:15:46.220 --> 00:15:48.980 again. What about me? Three dreary days all by 00:15:48.980 --> 00:15:51.779 myself. Three days of lonely wandering. From 00:15:51.779 --> 00:15:54.080 the Elks to the bowling alley and back to the 00:15:54.080 --> 00:15:57.679 Elks. I wish you wouldn't feel so bad me about 00:15:57.679 --> 00:15:59.940 this thing, McGee, but it is an honor and I really 00:15:59.940 --> 00:16:02.703 should go if Mrs. Armadale asks me to because... 00:16:02.700 --> 00:16:05.120 Oh, dear, another interruption. Don't sit down 00:16:05.120 --> 00:16:06.840 now, McGee. You're full of tin. Dad, Rad, why 00:16:06.840 --> 00:16:09.080 don't people leave us alone? If I have to stand 00:16:09.080 --> 00:16:11.399 here in this tap at a toga much longer, I'll... 00:16:11.399 --> 00:16:15.220 Come in. Oh, it's the janitor from the Elks, 00:16:15.279 --> 00:16:17.700 McGee. Come in, Olly. I should have got this 00:16:17.700 --> 00:16:19.299 dressed off first. Dog -gun it. I don't want 00:16:19.299 --> 00:16:22.059 to... Oh, hi, Olly. Hello, McGee. Hello, Mrs. 00:16:22.200 --> 00:16:24.000 Sire. You used to come by on my lunch hour. You 00:16:24.000 --> 00:16:26.019 see, I'm helping Mrs. McGee make a dress, Olly. 00:16:26.440 --> 00:16:29.200 This dress here, see? That's how come I got a 00:16:29.200 --> 00:16:31.360 dress on, see? I'm helping her make it, see? 00:16:33.340 --> 00:16:35.779 You ever help your wife make a dress, Olly? I'm 00:16:35.779 --> 00:16:37.740 no color guard, McGee. You're the Yannicker. 00:16:39.139 --> 00:16:41.360 I come by to bring you a message. I don't have 00:16:41.360 --> 00:16:43.600 to come, you know. I'm on my own time, McGee. 00:16:44.399 --> 00:16:46.259 Well, that's very nice of you, Olly. I'm sure 00:16:46.259 --> 00:16:48.580 Mr. McGee will pay you for your time. I don't 00:16:48.580 --> 00:16:51.500 expect pay when I do errands for McGee. I know 00:16:51.500 --> 00:16:57.000 when I start I'm just donating my time. Good. 00:16:57.000 --> 00:16:58.659 What's the message? Let's have it. Well, you 00:16:58.659 --> 00:17:00.259 asked me to tell you when the last numbers was 00:17:00.259 --> 00:17:02.240 coming up on the Elf's punch board. I watched 00:17:02.240 --> 00:17:04.400 the punch board. Yeah, it's coming up, huh? Oh, 00:17:04.460 --> 00:17:06.019 hey, help me get this dress off, Molly. I gotta 00:17:06.019 --> 00:17:08.200 rush down there. The last punch was a radio. 00:17:08.500 --> 00:17:09.960 You should have phoned me, Olly. Somebody will 00:17:09.960 --> 00:17:11.500 punch it before I can get a - Now, don't bust 00:17:11.500 --> 00:17:13.440 your buttons, McGee. Nobody's gonna punch it. 00:17:13.539 --> 00:17:15.700 Are you sure they won't, Olly? Sure, I'm sure. 00:17:15.779 --> 00:17:17.480 I watched the board. I punched the last number 00:17:17.480 --> 00:17:21.740 myself. What? You won the radio? Sure, but don't 00:17:21.740 --> 00:17:24.470 get excited, McGee. The Elks had that punch board 00:17:24.470 --> 00:17:30.970 so long, the radio was used to crystal set. Well, 00:17:30.970 --> 00:17:32.829 thanks for coming over to tell McGee, Ollie. 00:17:32.910 --> 00:17:34.829 It was very thoughtful of you. Thoughtful my 00:17:34.829 --> 00:17:37.269 clavicle. He stole my idea and took the last 00:17:37.269 --> 00:17:39.849 punch himself. Anybody steal ideas from you, 00:17:39.910 --> 00:17:42.190 McGee, it's only Perry Lawson -y. And I apologize 00:17:42.190 --> 00:17:47.039 to the Lawson's for saying so. Well, I still 00:17:47.039 --> 00:17:48.900 think it was a dirty trick I don't have to come 00:17:48.900 --> 00:17:50.779 over and tell you McGee, you know and making 00:17:50.779 --> 00:17:53.480 no money on my lunch hour and just donating my 00:17:53.480 --> 00:17:56.880 time Yes, he is McGee and you should never out 00:17:56.880 --> 00:18:21.950 the side door missus. I say That was the Aubergine 00:18:21.950 --> 00:20:26.339 Sunflower. or do I have to keep this dress on? 00:20:26.980 --> 00:20:29.700 I sure feel silly standing here with my pants, 00:20:29.720 --> 00:20:31.319 legs rolled up in this dress. Not much longer 00:20:31.319 --> 00:20:33.259 now, dearie. I've got the hem just about right 00:20:33.259 --> 00:20:35.079 now, but the sleeves still need a little something. 00:20:35.619 --> 00:20:38.299 They must be like a mutton sleeves. I never felt 00:20:38.299 --> 00:20:42.359 so sheepish in my life. McGee, stop dropping 00:20:42.359 --> 00:20:44.960 cigar ashes on me. Here, use an ashtray. Okay. 00:20:45.359 --> 00:20:47.420 Besides, Mrs. Armadale will be here any time 00:20:47.420 --> 00:20:50.200 now. Heavenly days, maybe that's... Oh, well. 00:20:50.640 --> 00:20:54.329 Come in. Relax, kiddo. It's just Latrivia. Hi, 00:20:54.410 --> 00:20:56.450 Elizabeth. Hello, Mr. Mayor. Hello, Molly. Hello, 00:20:56.710 --> 00:21:00.390 Mc... Well, that's a very pretty dress you have 00:21:00.390 --> 00:21:03.430 on, McGee. Did the Elks run out of women for 00:21:03.430 --> 00:21:07.289 their Wednesday Square dance? Oh, cut it out, 00:21:07.349 --> 00:21:09.430 will you? I'm just modeling this thing for Molly 00:21:09.430 --> 00:21:11.849 because her dressmaker's form is no good. It's 00:21:11.849 --> 00:21:14.349 a wreck. Well, I've never met Molly's dressmaker, 00:21:14.509 --> 00:21:16.869 but if her form is any more of a wreck than you... 00:21:17.659 --> 00:21:21.319 Oh! Oh, you mean her dress form. Her dummy. Yes, 00:21:21.460 --> 00:21:23.880 I may go to Chicago for a few days, Mr. Mayor, 00:21:23.920 --> 00:21:26.559 and I'm whipping myself up a new prop. Yeah. 00:21:26.880 --> 00:21:29.200 And see, does Miss Tremaine ever make any of 00:21:29.200 --> 00:21:31.859 her own clothes? She always looks so nice. Oh, 00:21:31.859 --> 00:21:33.839 yes. Yes, in fact, she used to make all her own 00:21:33.839 --> 00:21:35.819 clothes when she was just starting out on stage. 00:21:36.299 --> 00:21:38.220 Oh? A young actress has to save money wherever 00:21:38.220 --> 00:21:40.599 she can, of course. You said it. Where did Pee 00:21:40.599 --> 00:21:42.839 Pee save her money, La Treve? In a makeup box, 00:21:43.039 --> 00:21:46.519 piggy bank, top for stocking her. I knew a juvenile 00:21:46.519 --> 00:21:48.900 one time who used to paste $20 bills under his 00:21:48.900 --> 00:21:52.799 toupee. He got so rich playing romantic league 00:21:52.799 --> 00:21:57.420 that he wore a size 12 hat. Now McGee hold still. 00:21:57.500 --> 00:22:00.539 I want to put another pin in. Anyway, as I was 00:22:00.539 --> 00:22:02.880 saying, Pee -Pee had rather hard going in those 00:22:02.880 --> 00:22:05.960 early days. She really had to economize and everything. 00:22:08.000 --> 00:22:10.339 On trains, for instance, she usually took an 00:22:10.339 --> 00:22:18.160 upper berth because it was lower. Well, is that 00:22:18.160 --> 00:22:20.980 again the truth? I said Peepee often bought an 00:22:20.980 --> 00:22:23.160 upper because it was lower. You mean the lower 00:22:23.160 --> 00:22:29.960 berth was higher? Higher than the upper berth, 00:22:30.519 --> 00:22:36.579 yes. Now wait a minute. I ain't any Einstein 00:22:36.579 --> 00:22:38.200 in arithmetic so you better break this thing 00:22:38.200 --> 00:22:40.680 down for me. Which was lower, the lower or the 00:22:40.680 --> 00:22:45.569 upper? The upper was lower. Well, if the uppers 00:22:45.569 --> 00:22:47.509 are lower, why do they use those little ladders 00:22:47.509 --> 00:22:50.609 to get into the uppers? Why? Because they're 00:22:50.609 --> 00:22:54.710 higher than the lowers. You said the lowers were 00:22:54.710 --> 00:22:57.549 higher. No, no, not higher. No, I meant they 00:22:57.549 --> 00:23:03.190 were more. More what? More higher, Amy. How much 00:23:03.190 --> 00:23:05.190 more higher than the uppers are the lowers, LeFed? 00:23:05.589 --> 00:23:09.009 Because the lowers are all - Oh, stop it. You're 00:23:09.009 --> 00:23:11.109 deliberately trying to confuse the issue. What? 00:23:11.259 --> 00:23:13.640 I merely stated that Mr. Mayor... Now, now, now, 00:23:14.119 --> 00:23:19.380 relax, Mr. Mayor. Leave us not shriek at each 00:23:19.380 --> 00:23:24.599 other. Let's argue this out quietly. Very well. 00:23:27.140 --> 00:23:29.779 Why, certainly. We've all traveled on trains. 00:23:29.859 --> 00:23:32.160 Why, sure. We all know we got two kinds of berths 00:23:32.160 --> 00:23:35.259 in a train. Uppers and lowers. People who are 00:23:35.259 --> 00:23:37.019 on their uppers can't ride on the lowers because 00:23:37.019 --> 00:23:38.720 the lowers are higher than the uppers, right? 00:23:41.679 --> 00:23:44.259 Yes. So Mr. Maine could just as well have had 00:23:44.259 --> 00:23:48.859 a lower. Good. Because if the uppers were lower 00:23:48.859 --> 00:23:50.660 than the lowers, then the lowers would be higher 00:23:50.660 --> 00:23:53.140 than the uppers. And the upper would then be 00:23:53.140 --> 00:23:55.799 the lower. Good. I didn't say Pee -pee -loo had 00:23:55.799 --> 00:23:58.819 a higher upper. I had a lower heeper. I mean, 00:23:59.240 --> 00:24:00.660 when I said the hoopers were in the lip when 00:24:00.660 --> 00:24:03.180 the lower Pee -pee -loo, you keep climbing to 00:24:03.180 --> 00:24:06.019 an upper ladder on a lower dipper, you hop into 00:24:06.019 --> 00:24:40.589 a loper when the lipper was... La -gee? Yes, 00:24:40.750 --> 00:24:45.130 boy? Can you move around all right in that skirt? 00:24:45.869 --> 00:24:48.450 Oh, sure, why? Well, I just wanted to know if 00:24:48.450 --> 00:24:51.190 you could circulate all right. You know that 00:24:51.190 --> 00:24:53.970 yesterday was the first day of spring. Oh, it 00:24:53.970 --> 00:24:56.650 was at that, wasn't it? So what, Ladrake? Well, 00:24:57.049 --> 00:25:00.150 it affects me like it does a tree. If the sap 00:25:00.150 --> 00:25:03.960 can circulate sufficiently... the tree leaves. 00:25:04.720 --> 00:25:18.900 Did they? I'll bet he meant something by that. 00:25:20.440 --> 00:25:23.039 I bet he did too. Now look, dearie, I'm almost 00:25:23.039 --> 00:25:25.470 through. Okay. Will you promise to stand still 00:25:25.470 --> 00:25:27.309 and not burn a hole in that dress with your cigar 00:25:27.309 --> 00:25:29.210 if I run upstairs and get my pinking, Sherry? 00:25:29.329 --> 00:25:31.009 Sure, sure, sure. Anything you say, if you'll 00:25:31.009 --> 00:25:32.849 just get me out of this thing. Well, it's almost 00:25:32.849 --> 00:25:34.589 finished, Sherry, and you've been awful good 00:25:34.589 --> 00:25:36.990 about it. Now don't jump around and I'll be right 00:25:36.990 --> 00:25:38.549 back. Now take your time, kiddo, and hurry up. 00:25:39.230 --> 00:25:42.470 Ah, there goes a good kid. I sure hope she don't 00:25:42.470 --> 00:25:45.369 go to that convention in Chicago. When she's 00:25:45.369 --> 00:25:48.609 away, all I ever eat is coffee and donuts. I 00:25:48.609 --> 00:25:50.650 get the heartburn so bad you could fry an egg 00:25:50.650 --> 00:25:54.859 on my chest. But if she wants to go and I don't 00:25:54.859 --> 00:26:00.440 think she does Come in How do you do mrs. McGee? 00:26:00.519 --> 00:26:03.940 I am mrs. Armadale Oh, hi mrs. Armadale, but 00:26:03.940 --> 00:26:06.519 you're a trifle mistake. I have come mrs. McGee 00:26:06.519 --> 00:26:11.279 to ask you to represent our ladies club Oh Is 00:26:11.279 --> 00:26:13.900 that a cigar you're smoking? Well, what does 00:26:13.900 --> 00:26:19.279 it smell like a cinnamon stick? Smoking cigars, 00:26:19.599 --> 00:26:21.640 a short haircut, summer shoes. Yeah, but look 00:26:22.839 --> 00:26:25.200 Oh, please, just forget that I called, Mrs. McGee. 00:26:25.299 --> 00:26:30.819 Good day. You... Well, how do you know? She thought 00:26:30.819 --> 00:26:34.619 I was my wife. Hey, Molly! I just fixed things 00:26:34.619 --> 00:26:36.819 for you, kiddo. You don't have to go to Chicago 00:26:36.819 --> 00:26:47.369 after all. 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