foreign
company makers of fine American watches
for over 80 years presents its seventh
annual Thanksgiving Day greeting to
America two hours of stars broadcast
throughout the United States for our
veterans hospitals and servicemen
overseas by Armed Forces Radio and
shortwave around the world in the next
two hours the Elgin watch company brings
you Don amichi Mario Lanza Gary Moore
Jimmy Durante The Mills Brothers
veravaged Andre Previn Bob Hopkins Jack
Benny Francis Langford Dean Martin and
Jerry Lewis the vickersons and Red
Skelton for the elephant Orchestra and
chorus under the direction of Robert
Armbruster I'm Ken Carpenter and here is
your host for the full two hours Don
amichi
there's an old and wonderful word of
welcome for this day ladies and
gentlemen it's Happy Thanksgiving and on
behalf of the Elgin Watch Company the
Elgin Jewelers and all the stars
gathered together here in Hollywood may
I say Happy Thanksgiving and well
welcome to two hours of stars originally
conceived and shortwaved overseas seven
years ago as elgin's way of bringing a
little bit of home to our men and women
in the service during the holidays its
presentation every Thanksgiving
Christmas day has been continued through
the
symbolizing the Goodwill and fellowship
Americans share together during the
holidays and here to start the
festivities of the young Metro golden
mayor star Discovery regarded by many as
the greatest tenor since Caruso Mario
Lanza
there's an old Italian friends
foreign
does it means
oh God
right about now on the LG watch
company's two hours of stars it's become
accustomed to go calling on Two
Gentlemen We for you go together like
turkey and cranberry sauce it was
Thanksgiving day just five years ago
that Elgin First presented a famed and
fabulous comedy team known as the nose
and the haircut jimin or Abby at Gary
Moore for the past two seasons each of
these pleasantly demented gentlemen has
had a show of his own but every
Thanksgiving finds them reunited again
at the Elgin Watch company's request so
all let's start as usual with a junior
member of the firm America's most
unpredictable quiz Master the star of
take it or leave it Gary Moore
thank you
thank you thank you very much Don Amici
ingredient greetings ladies and
gentlemen well who is our first
contestant for tonight you said this
gentleman the front row would you like
to win thirty two thousand dollars worth
of basketball sneakers
don't forget don't forget to stick
around for the giant jackpot race folks
tonight we are giving away 47 Acres of
vigorol
all you have to do all you have to do to
win this magnificent prize is identify
the breath of the mystery sponsor
Gary just a minute please but uh what's
the matter Don I hate to tell you this
but we don't have any contestants on
this program no uh no contestants no
well then who do you give all the prizes
to we don't give any prizes Glenn what
are all these people doing here
to be entertained that's all
it's entertained
oh you fools you
did a sweet lovable fools
don don hadn't you heard entertainment
on the radio nowadays is passe giveaway
programs are the big thing well it's
gotten so nowadays Don and when a person
answers the telephone he no longer says
who is it he just says how much
let me see a bit old-fashioned Gary but
we still believe in entertainment as a
matter of fact I went to a lot of
trouble to cook up some jokes for you to
tell today jokes Don yeah you mean like
why doesn't Indian wear feathers in his
hat it's to keep his Wigwam that's that
sort of thing oh say even better than
that one I got some real Wing diggers
for you oh I'll just bet you ding dong
right up there at the top of the page oh
oh I see Oh you mean where it says a
funny thing happened to me on my way to
the studio today yeah
I'll play anything
I'll try anything once here we go say
Don a funny thing happened to me on my
way to the studio today I walked into a
bakery and I saw a sign on the wall that
said policeman cookies for sale and I
said to the lady behind the counter for
heaven's sakes what are policemen
cookies and she said cupcakes
yeah the sort of thing that could bring
back silent radio
here we go say Don I once knew a boy
named Abe and a girl named Anna who fell
in love and got married but two years
later they separated and you know
something Don that's the first time I've
ever seen a banana split
well who is our first contestant for
tonight
around for the jackpot question folks
yeah I don't know maybe you're right
Gary tell me more about these quiz shows
do they all give away money oh it
happens to Elizabeth no Don no no you
see on some of the shows they give away
merchandise I heard a show the other
night where they not only gave a lady a
free garbage disposal unit they also
gave her a five-year supply of garbage
that that's true and not only that they
also have special quiz programs for
every different age group on the on the
quiz kid program the other day they had
one kid who was only a year and a half
old a year and a half they had to
transcribe the program so the kid could
be birthed at a more convenient time
they think of everything yeah well that
takes care of the kitties but what about
the old folks there's an old special
quiz program for them well uh no no no
not yet but I'm working on it Don I'm
developing a new quiz show with four
experts one is 95 years old another is
102 another is 112 and the other is 117
years old and I'm calling this program
can you stand up
got to be a great thing but look at Don
don't let me talk you out of
entertainment as a matter of fact I'm
expecting a very dear friend of mine any
minute now one of the great entertainers
of our time and sure enough here he
comes now the small man with a large
nose and the heart to match the one and
only Jimmy Durante
now even when things go wrong
wow you feel better you even look better
wait a minute wait a minute how do you
like that one turkey survives
Thanksgiving and already he's making a
guest appearance
while he was alive my job was in
jeopardy
ah you haven't
it's my older Randy in the
Face In the Flesh don't tell me I forgot
to put on a suit
but greetings Gary and Capital Turkey to
you thank you James and another of the
day I would like to read a poem of
Thanksgiving greetings for the president
in Washington D.C that sounds special
how does this how does this poem Go
Happy Thanksgiving Mr Truman in November
you're still blooming though outside the
Snows May flurry eat that better than
Missouri
folks no coward don't write this junk
for nothing you know
may I say James at that point was truly
a beautiful sentiment thank you Junior
what do you think Mr Truman can get
elected twice uh look you don't say
twice the word is just twice that's what
I said twice
no no Jimmy see there is no tea on the
end of twice hey look just just say
twice then clap your hand over your
mouth okay twice
what happened was the league down
through my nose
I know it took a long time but that's
quite a trip it's the scenic route
Jimmy look since since turkeys are so
high this year did you have any trouble
getting one for Thanksgiving Daddy I
avoided that dilemia three months ago
that's the time they didn't stick me
laughs
I can repeat that so I had a Dirty Harry
I avoided yeah three months ago I bought
three months ago I bought a turkey and
put them in the backyard the fat number
yesterday I wanted the chicken is having
a booze so I took the trophy down of the
drugstore away I completely underscale
dropped the penny in the now came a
card that said you weighed 22 pounds and
have no future
let's take it must have seen that
hardcore shortly thereafter he escaped
you to shout with a police full of
cranberry sauce
and how would you go about getting
another turkey for Thanksgiving James
well The Butchers were sold out so I
went to a turkey wrestle and what a
fiasco you see I had number eight four
five seven three eight four nine five
eight six seven and the fellow next to
me has number eight four eight five
seven four six three five two nine so
just for luck I said you have a kind
face I'll treasure for my eight four
five seven three eight four nine five
eight six seven for your eight four five
eight seven five four six three five two
nine
so he gave me the eight four eight five
seven four six three five two nine for
my eight four seven three eight four
eight five eight six seven
a lucky number
so who won the judge's brother-in-law at
number six
A peculiar coincidence
but in spite of everything Junior what a
grand tradition Thanksgiving is yeah and
how a few of us James appreciate the
pilgrims those wonderful people who
inaugurated Thanksgiving say nothing of
the custom of bundling bundling and
whatever might that be well bubbling is
a custom whereby two pilgrims would
Nestle close together to keep warm how
do you like that every time I've been in
that Paramount balcony I've been
surrounded by pilgrims and I didn't know
it
but Junior Thanksgiving is an unhappy
time of the year for me it reminds me my
first girlfriend Brenda minestrone
Jim this is the side of your life I
didn't know about were you serious for
this girl Brendan minestrone they're
serious as two people can be we even
considered matrimony but our parents
objected so one night we decided to
elope but halfway down the ladder her
father caught me he caught you on the
ladder well gee whiz Jim what did you do
what could I do I painted the side of
the house
you know I'll bet you're having real
girl trouble now with that handsome Alan
Young on your camel show oh I don't know
when it comes to say saying the Femmes I
can compete with them anytime oh cut it
up Jimmy Allen Young has kissed girls it
wouldn't even look at you shall what
I've kissed girls that wouldn't look at
me either
but enough for this father L Junior it's
time for us to go to work and entertain
the people what have you cooked up for
us this year well James this year I'm
answering a little request of my own I'm
sure the folks out there would enjoy
hearing you do in its entirety your
famous composition incident a flattering
request Mr Moore
if you please
foreign
ladies and gentlemen on this number I
shall accompany myself at the piano
no applause please
and I'm also hoping that this year Mr
Moore will not attempt to accompany me
on the drum
wait a minute wait a minute
Mr Moore you may be taken to leave it
but please leave it I can't take it
but uh where's my place
now we shall continue halfway
I always do when I miss it butter
now we shall continue halfway between
the Pichu and Dakota
now once upon a time they sang the photo
but that was long ago my darling Mr
Moore would you mind turning your head
the other way you're throwing my piano
attitude
Look Who's Talking is there any truth to
the rumor James that before every
performance you gargle with Chanel's
Drano number five
and outright slander I use nothing but
Gorgeous George number six
but let's continue can everybody started
they got tired of that you know
real bleep I'll give you fifty dollars
if you show me blue bleep for the music
show me Bruce
right now
too bad I can't read
stand by for the chorus Miss Don Buster
but the truth or you and me is that
swinging Symphony
identity
I'll get the telephone hello hello what
you say you've been listening to Mr
Durante sing on your radio
oh I'll certainly tell him that goodbye
Junior who is that calling princess
Elizabeth she says you have just curdled
the baby's milk
no I've made an international profile
but nevertheless
but nevertheless Miss Dom blister we
shall carry on kanmoto Petrillo s
stumble bells up in Iceland our ringing
they've made their own Paradise plans
surprising all your boys Thrills me so
you're so wonderful you're just one of
them I love your voice
Jim to be honest with you I agree with
that girl your voice combines all the
mellifluous attributes of Cathedral
chimes in the quiet noon of a Winter's
day and in comparison I feel that you
are far superior to Lawrence melchior
Lawrence Tibbetts and John Charles Town
how do you like that Thanksgiving isn't
even over and already this boy is
angling first Christmas presents
but I shall ignore him and continue
Eskimo balance up an Iceland our ringing
they've made their own Paradise lands
I didn't clean I didn't can do I think
he's laughing folks I lost my music
I wish I could see Mr more folks that
got his head right in the pan miss the
more if I was you I'd pick up your bass
drum and beat it
Jimmy look I hate to interrupt but it
didn't make any difference the messenger
just came in from the sponsor Mr Elgin
he's been listening to us out there in
Elgin Illinois a message from the
sponsor well don't just stand there
messenger what does the sponsor have to
say about our performance I'm feeling my
final humiliation
now here's another friend of yours who's
always around on Thanksgiving Ken
Carpenter starring in the Velvet Touch
Independent Artists picture released by
RK already oh it's a lovely Rosalind
Russell Miss Russ was noted for her good
taste in clothes and accessories in fact
she's been voted one of the best dressed
women in America Saul when Rosalind
Russell exclaims over the beauty of owls
and watches that's style News Miss
Russell commented enthusiastically
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elgin's exclusive durapower mainspring
the durapower mainspring eliminates 99
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co-starring in the picture of the Saxon
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eliminates 99 percent of all repairs due
to Steel mainspring failures Gertrude
Lawrence was another thrilled by their
beauty when this Idol of theater Gores
was told of the europower mainspring she
exclaimed that I would surely want in a
Christmas watch and an interesting
comment came from Mrs Lawrence Tibbett
the Charming wife of the famous
Metropolitan Opera star and one of
America's Best Dressed women when she
saw the beautiful new albums and watches
and learned of their durapower
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foreign
song are as traditional a part of
Thanksgiving as well the Elgin watch
companies two hours of stars and when
Elgin Was preparing its guest list it
was only natural when it came to songs
that they should thank the four boys who
have been burnishing ballads so long and
so artfully that they become a show
business fixture they play The Command
Performance for the king and queen of
England they've sung in Europe and
Australia but they couldn't be more
welcome anywhere than they are right
here this Thanksgiving Day The Mills
Brothers
it is
keep waiting for a tender word from you
the sweetest rules are spinning when the
sunshine more comes
please don't make me guess
if you really care for me the land
darling confess
princess confess confess why don't you
confess
why don't you reveal to me for the way
that you feel
confess
confess it is
if you really care for me
then darling can say
if you could care
you know I have it on hand for the Elgin
Watch company's two hour stars now for
six out of its seven years and yet every
time Thanksgiving day comes around I get
the same old thrill of anticipation to
me it always recalls Boyhood days back
in Kenosha Wisconsin the air was filled
with a sharp sweet scent of wood smoke
the first soft falling snow seemed to
wrap the land and still enchantment and
you could hear the wind softly calling
thank you
ah Miss big back to celebrate
Thanksgiving with me just like a field
room yes but I'm still not making any
progress
I don't know if it's big last night I
dreamed about you you did oh if there's
anything I admire it's a man who lives
dangerously
tell me all about it well I dreamed we
were sitting together in front of a fire
and you moved closer and closer toward
me as the Flames mounted Higher and
Higher and then suddenly the fire
flickered off I woke up well throw
another dog on the fire let's start over
wake up at that moment oh just lucky I
guess
after all Miss Meg I'm what you call the
Latin type so I really prefer the Latin
type of woman firing higher and evacious
with red blood in their veins what do
you think I have in mind tomato juice
sometimes I think I'm the Chinese type
though the Chinese type yeah so many men
tell me to take a slow boat to China
oh it's big you haven't changed a bit
you're just the same as ever utterly and
completely shall we put a Charming yes
let's put it there and don't you dare
move it
I really have changed yes I
am Mr Michi I'm devoting myself to music
oh you love music no just musicians
I don't mind telling you Mr Michi that
I'm looking for some likely young
Prospect to take under my ring right now
oh really miss very well then I'm sure
you want to meet the young man whose
album Previn plays the piano is at the
top of the best seller list may I
present Andre Previn
thank you
Mr Nietzsche he's just a boy I'm
observing of course not complaining
hi
how old are you dear Andre started
playing the piano when he was five back
in Germany he was regarded as a boy
wonder I was very little you know when I
was a girl I used to wonder what I was
too
oh how often I wished when I was a child
I had the chance to play the piano oh I
wouldn't feel too bad Miss veg after all
when you were a girl they didn't have
pianos
yeah
blessed every little white brittle in
your mustache
well I think you'd make an excellent
pianist Miss veg I couldn't help
noticing the shape of your hands oh
really yes
yes they're so long and tapering how did
your fingers get so strong and yet so
soft and pliant well I'm on the night
shift at the dairy farm
he's also a composer conductor and works
for Metro golden mayor the producers of
hills of Home starring Lassie Edmund
Gwen and Donald Crisp that's right I'm
composing a song for Lassie oh is that
so what are you calling it come to me my
melancholy
foreign
yes you really haven't lived mistake
until you've had a taste of Beethoven's
5th
my goodness a boy his age drinking hard
liquor
my goodness a boy his age drinking hard
liquor
Beethoven is one of the great Masters oh
then yes of course what am I thinking of
for a moment his name slipped my mind
well it's easy to slip up there
pretty wet neighborhood that's very
funny
very funny and assuming she has thousand
heard about those tasks you use for tea
I really found the viewers and I want
you to know that I am familiar with the
Mastiff yes I mastered Mozart I dug into
Schumann and right now I'm going into
Haydn yes do that Miss babe
wonderful idea
and how do you go into Highview suppose
Andre Brevin makes himself comfortable
with the balls in and slips into his own
treatment of lover Andre predom
thank you
too much
I was going to thank you Andre Brothers
they say imitation is the sincerest form
of flattery Bob Hopkins imitations are
not only flattering they're highly
authentic
thought it must be quite a strain to be
the wife of an imitator like Bob she
never knows whether she'll be having
breakfast with Charlie McCarthy Bing
Crosby the great Gildersleeve I'll see
here Danny
you know I'm always happy to have
breakfast with any little lady that of
course I don't want to get in any
trouble around here well bless my soul
if it isn't you Herbert you Herbert
where oh where where is he where is he
right here right here
well you seem to be enjoying yourself
you are having terrible time travel time
I can't stay around very busy baby I
promise to meet Frank Morgan oh Frank
can wait
oh my goodness
really Frank what have you been waiting
for oh well I I want to get some of that
goose we were having for dinner but
Frank this is Thanksgiving what makes
you so sure you're having Goose well I I
was out all last night celebrating
unfortunately I forgot to invite my wife
yeah I'm home this morning they may
agree to me at the door and she says Mr
Morgan is your Goose Club
and was it I didn't say to find out you
see my my wife has a surplus of good
qualities when she gets excited she's
amazingly short on points but why is
that well it's your point is your
Stadium identification
yes and the ultimate's company will
continue two hours of stars right after
a short Poise for station identification
oh ken this is too much oh no this is
NBC The National Broadcasting Company oh
yeah
two hours of stars the Elgin Watch
Company 7th annual two-hour Thanksgiving
Day greetings of the nation continues
with Don Amici Jack Benny Francis
Langford Vera veg Mario Lanza Dean
Martin Jerry Lewis Red Skelton the
bickersons The Mills Brothers Andre
Previn and the Elgin orchesten chorus on
the direction of Robert Armbruster and
here again is your host donovichi
it's with good reason that America gives
thanks today thanks not only for our
fields and Farms our forests and
Fisheries but for the native ability and
creative genius of our signs our artists
those who make the clothes we wear and
and the food we eat
and let's not forget the American
housewife she it was who had to plan
today's dinner to worry about the budget
to shop wisely and save a few pennies
here and there
it is in her honor that the Elgin Watch
Company in the Elgin Jewelers now
present a guest who is intimately
familiar with the problems of the
housewife and knows from first-hand
experience her bitter struggle to keep
her table nutritious and plentiful in
the face of rising prices I refer to Mr
Jack Benny
about three days ago I was in my car
driving down Sunset Boulevard when I
noticed a hitchhiker standing on the
corner he was waving his thumb at me
hey mister
hey mister how about a lift going
downtown Mr get off of my running board
your bum before I go why it's Jack Benny
yes I oh Don Amici oh gee I'm glad you
drove by Don can I ride down a few
blocks with you oh certainly Jack glad
to have you
it's a great help Don I'm doing my
Thanksgiving shopping for a turkey and
it's hard to get around without a car
you know without a car what happened to
yours well it's in the shop I had a
terrible accident you know some young
kid crashed into me from behind and
crumpled up the whole back of my car oh
must have hit you pretty hard what was
he driving a bicycle
but it was one of those three wheelers
and they're heavy you know
lucky nobody was hurt
whoops watch it Don you came awfully
close to that truck you know like you're
not nervous are you jack well no but uh
don is it all right if I get off this
running board and sit inside
I I feel a lot safer oh I'm sorry Jack I
should have suggested it sooner come on
hop in
uh what do you want me to drop you off
Jake oh down here a few blocks there you
know that Swanky Market where all the
movie stars shop I think it's called The
Ritz of course I know the place is very
expensive well I do my shopping just
around the corner from there
it's called Max's Thrifty low price Cut
Rate Market
it's uh it's three flights out there
how did you ever find a place like that
well there's an old clothes dealer in
the same building and every now and then
I pick up a bargain
you can stop at this corner
well here you are Jack
oh darn it I ripped my sleeve
there's luck for you they don't mind you
wore the suit for 10 years nothing ever
happened
well thanks a lot Don you're welcome
Jake oh by the way down I'll be finished
with my shopping in 20 minutes so if
you're coming back this way I won't have
to call for a taxi no it takes so long
to get one well I'm sorry Jack but I
won't be coming back for at least three
hours oh good then I'll wait for you
I'll see you later Don so long Jack
well I better hurry upstairs before the
turkeys are all sold out
well this is the second floor
there's a new dentist here where the
plumber used to be
same office good morning sir good
morning but you can't have any teeth
pulled no no thank you any leaks fixed
no
no no I'm just going upstairs to the
market
well this is the third floor see there's
a taxidermist here now H.D Smith
taxidermist good morning sir
oh good morning have you any birds
reptiles or animals that you care to
have preserved no no thank you I'm just
going upstairs to the market I'm getting
my Thanksgiving turkey well bring it
down we'll stuff it for you
no no I'll stop it myself I just want it
to look good for a couple of days you
know
sure
there's a seat Well I guess the man
loses some of his death when he's
Nearing 40.
well here's another floor see a lot of
new people have moved in here Meredith
Grimes mortician good bowling sir would
you like keep your bony hands off of me
I'm going upstairs to get a turkey
vegetable to go with the turkey
maybe I'll get a can of peas
but I won't get the tiger brand this
time they're only 327 peas to the can
every other brand has 334
he only has 330 but they're the giant
size
well At Last the poultry Department
looks pretty crowded I better get in
here before there's nothing left
well hello Mr kittel what are you doing
here I'm doing my Thanksgiving shopping
did I just buy a turkey oh did you get a
real big one well who do you think this
is standing next to me my wife
I'm sorry that comb had me fooled there
say what what is a that is a good sized
turkey how are you going to stop it well
I'll put in some herrings some
matchables chaplain bar a couple of
bagels and I'll cover the whole thing
with sour cream
well well Mr kitsel won't that spoil the
turkey who eats the turkey
oh then then then why did you buy it
what's Thanksgiving without a turkey
well I've got to do my shopping now go
buy Mr kitzel and a Happy Thanksgiving
feeling is identical thank you
well I might as well go in and get it
over with hey Sam look who just came in
here oh no you take him Joe I had him
last time he bought a half a pound of
round steak and followed it all the way
through the grinder
if I hadn't pulled his nose out in time
it would have been a pound
but the other day and the way he cried
when I trimmed that you'd take a
picture
I tell you that guy Benny watches every
move you make last week I was waiting on
Mrs Watson and he made me so nervous I
gave her the right change
oh Sam hi Joe I'd like to look at a nice
turkey well they are hanging up look at
him
oh yeah hey that third one from the end
is cute she has nice legs that's a Tom
oh oh what are you getting for him well
the Washington turkeys are 90 cents a
pound the Oregon turkeys are 80 cents a
pound the California turkeys are 70
cents
if you got anything a little further
south
running for about 60 or 40 cents have
you got any Mexican turkeys
a Mexican turkey wait a minute how's
this how much is it 60 centavos a pound
centavos now cut that off
look I want a nice plump one about six
pounds six pounds
listen Benny I don't know where you got
your information but the only way you
can get a six pound turkey is to hatch
the egg and kill it as it steps out of
the shell
well then get the smallest one you have
let me see what it weighs okay
here's a scrawny one
there wait a minute take that heavy
brown paper off the scale
you think you got a sucker here
you're trying to pull I'm not trying to
pull anything that paper is just to keep
the scale clean keep it clean at your
own expense
some off of there too that's better well
that's a little over seven pounds
that'll be 4 30. I'll take it you better
clean it for me
I suppose you want the feet Yes I use
them for back scratchers
they really dig in you know hey wait a
minute don't throw don't throw that head
away you want the head certainly I'm
paying for
now I've heard everything what can you
possibly want with a turkey head well if
any of your business I have a badminton
court and it makes a very good shuttle
car
I want the heart the liver and the
gizzard too well this is going to be a
shock to you Benny but we threw away the
feathers well don't be funny I'll wrap
it up and here's your money say wait a
minute wait am I missing a dollar
it's gone I must have dropped this a
dollar it's got to be here somewhere I
had it when I came in and I'll take it
easy you'll find it I hear something
that's a dollar bill that's it that's it
give me a give me give me just a second
how do we know this is your dollar bill
it was lying on the floor behind the
counter it's my dollar I tell you I can
prove it the serial number is
e66259-3471 E series one nine three five
C
let me get out of here
hey Don oh Don Amici
hello Don Jack are you still here sure
I've been waiting for you you said you'd
be back you know but I was delayed I
thought sure you'd take a taxi home how
long you been waiting since 10 30 this
morning but jackets after midnight
it is yes
you must have been Lonesome Lolo I had
the turkey with me we didn't
I'll drive you home oh thanks
well did you get a nice turkey Jack oh
Beauty it's important you know it comes
from Mexico and they're the very best a
Mexican turkey yes instead of chestnuts
you suffered with chili con carne there
it's very tasty
say how come you know so much about
turkeys what
what'd you say Don I said how come you
know so much about turkeys
did you ever see the horn blows at
midnight
drive on Mr Amisha drive on
Well Jack certainly has this little
difficulties dots so isn't that Jack's
telephone operator Mabel flap saddle
walking in yeah she's another one of his
little difficulties let's get out of
here before she chews our ear off oh Mr
Nietzsche Mr Carpenter uh well maybe
that gentleman sweeping up the stage can
help me hey you're with the brewery
I thought you might be able to help me I
saw you standing there with that room
well I'm sorry but I'm not giving any
rides today
and what happened to your old room did
you lose it Halloween oh don't be silly
I want to buy a Lady Elgin Watch and I
thought you could tell me where I could
find the nearest jeweler you know all
over America intelligent women are
wearing Elgin then I have just a thing
for you an elephant no let's move
yes you'd be amazed the way the schmoo
Watchers catch attention when people see
you wearing mud on the street they'll
come up and say what is it they do that
now and I'm not even wearing one
I suppose you've heard of his wonderful
new features four push buttons a
pedometer a built-in radio and it lights
up at night I wear a schmoo and
everywhere I go I glow yeah well if you
ask me you just blew a fuse
wanna schmoo I want a Lady Elgin with
one of those new rust proofs durapower
mainsprings they eliminate 99 of repairs
through the steel mainspring stages and
put my dear matters I happen to be a
myth you certainly are
as I was about to say the new schmoo
even contains a compass have you ever
boxed a compass no but I wrestled with
the Palladium
I'm a regular europower mainstream the
way I hold my springiness yes but with a
schmoo you can tell what time it is in
the Sandwich Islands and go bad and do
or did it it's a dial for everything
well how do you tell what time it is
here dial the telephone company
but you might as well give up right now
old man miss clap silence
this lapside was like thousands of other
smart holiday Shoppers he knows it's
appearance and time keeping performance
that counts in a watch when you buy an
Allison you're getting the smartest in
styling and the last word and accuracy
oh you're so right and confidently I
hate the new schmooze that's why I've
been trying to sell one to miss clap sir
I don't understand if you hate him what
about the one you're wearing that's the
one I've been trying to sell Miss plant
Saddles oh I'm a devil
oh
thank you Sarah burner and Frank Nelson
Longfellow wrote music is the universal
language of mankind
and here is a girl who really speaks
that language a familiar faced GIS all
over the world during the War years and
a familiar voice to all of us lovely
Francis Langford
it was just one of those things
just one of those crazy things one of
those bells that now and then Rings just
one of those things
just one of those fabulous flies a trip
to the moon I've got some aways just one
of those things if we'd thought a bit of
the end of it when we started painting
the town wait a bit of where that our
love affair was too hot not to cool down
so goodbye dear and amen
here's hoping we need nine then it was
great fun but it was just one of those
things
if we'd bought a bit of the end of it
when we started dating the town
and it was great fun
foreign
music how would you like to take Francis
Langford under your wing I think she's
Far and Away one of the country's best
singers oh yeah that's just where I like
her best Far and Away
it's vague do I detect a note of
jealousy creeping into your voice is
that green-eyed monster coming into view
again yes she is and you can blame the
Elgin watch company they invited her
here
think how nice to see you again I hope
I'm not intruding oh no of course not
there but right in
we were just talking about your voice
Francis I'm always amazed at so many
beautiful notes can come out of that
mouth no I'm not there's room in there
for Fred Waring in his choir
just a little joke you know oh that's
quite all right you're all gussied up
this afternoon Miss vague is that a new
dress no no this thing no it's just
something I reached in and grabbed out
of the closet oh you poor thing you got
the moth bag didn't you
oh you're so clever darling you know I
do admire your little salad you have you
have much Poise and personality
yeah is that you poison personality
oh girls girls please now miss big not
in front of Mario Lanza you mean the
handsome opera singer yes I was waiting
for the wind to die down so I can
introduce them to you Miss big marry
olanza I do I mean how do you do
I thought I was on the bride and room
program
has had a very interesting career oh yes
Mario is just a GI visiting Hollywood
when he was invited to a party given by
some Stars he made such a hit singing it
led to his debut in Hollywood Bowl oh
well I shouldn't Wonder Mr Lancer the
moment that I told you I got Goose
pimples and I'd like to take you under
my wings now I've got Goose pimples
how in the world do you get those
Exquisite pear-shaped tones well it's
very simple Miss veg I have what is
known as an elliptical esophagus oh you
poor boy could I get you a pillow
uh you must have you must have just worn
yourself out studying before you arrived
in Hollywood didn't you no I really
didn't study at all I picked up
everything myself oh I see I don't
suppose you're in the mood to pick
anything up today
I don't mind telling you that that I'm a
patron of the Arts I discovered Lawrence
milky or an Arturo tossawini
well you're a little late with Mario
Miss big mgm's already signed him to a
seven year contract they even got him to
lose weight used to weigh 270 pounds
yeah I lost 100 pounds there's hardly
anything left of me well I'm glad you
kept the best part
you know
I'm quite a student of the Opera myself
you know oh really well how do you like
Puccini and birdie oh love it love it
are composers of the Opera yes you know
a few weeks ago I went to see El
trovatore oh really what hospital is he
in this page your trovatory is not a man
named robotori who is ill oh well I'm
glad to hear he's feeling better you
know Opera can be so upsetting the night
I went to see Siegfried I went home and
dreamed the dragon that the attack
Siegfried was squeezing the breath out
of me what do you suppose that meant it
means I'll have to stop sleeping with my
girl
every Monday you know I'm seriously
considering putting on my own after Mr
Richie I went to the heads of the
Metropolitan and I think they're going
to let me use The Magic Flute the
Metropolitan is going to let you use The
Magic Flute what makes you think so but
they told me to blow
and did you yes I did well here's your
chance to do it again miss vague while
Mario goes ahead with that Encore Elgin
is Promised out
from the cheese pasta here's the
thrilling area
sung by Mario Lanza
foreign
come on
thank you
foreign
this afternoon a scene like this may
take place in your home dinner is over a
wonderful dinner that mother prepared
and she bless her heart is impatient to
get the dishes done so that she puts it
so we can talk
Come On Son let's get out these dishes
what happened to Mary who's there oh
Mary and Dad have disappeared upstairs
for a very important conference
whatever's on your mind dad here's a
place to discuss it smile room well I
used to tell you all my problems
remember when I thought that Robert's
boy had broken my heart
yes I recall that sad experience very
vividly but I didn't come up here to
talk over broken hearts you know Mary
your mother and I have been married for
30 years this will be our 30th Christmas
together and I want to give her
something very special for all the
things she's done for all of us and well
you know what I mean Mary of course I do
dad and I have an idea for you you know
mother has never had a really good watch
Dad the kind that a fellow would give
his best girl well say she's my best
girl sure and this is the perfect
present for a watch a Lady Elgin watch
Dad they're simply Exquisite the most
beautiful watches I've ever seen mother
will be thrilled with an Elgin I thought
them just yesterday when I was at the
Jewelers looking for a gift for John
honey you hit it the very thing I'll go
down to the Jewelers and pick out an
Elgin Watch come on now let's skip back
downstairs before she gets suspicious
that we're up to something or mother for
any loved one and Allison will surely
say what's in your heart or allergens
are something extra special outside and
in you can see that they're the most
beautiful watches ever to Grace a wrist
what there's an inside story equally
thrilling and housing and only in Elgin
is powered by a miracle mainspring this
europower mainspring eliminates 99 of
all repairs due to Steel mainspring
failures it gives you a permanency of
time keeping performance never before
possible in any watch no name on the
dial of a watch has brought so much
Christmas joy as Elgin
time
two hours of stars will continue after a
short pause for a station identification
this is NBC The National Broadcasting
Company
the housing launch company is 7th annual
two-hour Thanksgiving Day greeting to
America our hospitalized veterans and
servicemen overseas and neighbors around
the world continues with Don Amici Dean
Martin Jerry Lewis Vera vague Red
Skelton Francis Langford the bakersens
The Mills Brothers Andre Previn Mario
Lanza and the Elgin Orchestra and chorus
under the direction of Robert on
Brewster and here again is your host for
these two hours of stars Don amichi
thank you
once again may I say to those of you
who've just joined us Happy Thanksgiving
and welcome to two hours of stars this
is the seventh straight year the Elgin
Watch Company in the Elgin Jewelers have
invited your favorite stars to join us
in our holiday open house and each year
it has been our custom to invite several
young newcomers stars of Tomorrow Who We
Believe are worthy of inclusion on our
guest list
just such a newcomer is that tall tan
good-looking young fellow who's been
attracting attention as a singer half of
a nightclub combination known as Dean
Martin and Jerry Lewis Elgin presents
Dean Martin
everyone knows she's a Ramblin Rose
She's a Beauty grown wild birds in their
nest seem to whistle their best Mother
Nature's favorite child
he's got kind of affection that just
winds around your heart
you better run for protection or she
might upset your flower card hate to
disclose that my ramble and Rose is
gonna meet her Waterloo I'll let her
play but she can't get away cause I know
just what to do
anyone knows you can't explain a roles
to be a clinging Vine so from this day
hence there'll be a Big
Adventures
who's got the kind of affection that
just winds around your heart
you better run for protection or she
might upset your flower card here to
disclose it and ramble and Rose is gonna
meet her Waterloo I'll let her play but
she can't get away cause I know does
what to do
anyone knows you can train a rose to be
your clinging Vine so from this day
hands to be a picket fans round at a
rambling Rose
thank you
oh that is fine Dean and I can tell by
Miss virabeg's expression that she
agrees with me what do you think of Miss
Me Oh wonderful just wonderful oh I have
plenty to be thankful for this
Thanksgiving day you really like my
singing Miss B Oh you mean you sing too
oh
yes of course in fact I was surprised
how much you sounded like Bing Crosby
well Bing's always happy to give a boy
start because he must be he started four
of them
you know Mr Martin after looking at you
closely I'd say you were definitely a
cross between Terry Grant
Terry Grant and who else who cares don't
be a pig
ah you're quite a study Miss Vegas oh
yes I'd be glad to help you with your
homework anytime you know Mr Martin I
can assist you up the road to Fame and
Fortune thanks Miss Vegas the Jerry
Lewis is my partner he's got to go up
that road too well if he looks anything
like you I'd be glad to carry him
piggyback
well here he is
Miss Jerry Lewis
hey what's going on here
well don't just stand there looking at
me say something are you for real
may seem a little strange at first Miss
bank but he's really very clever he and
Dean were on Bob Hope's program Tuesday
night and Hal Wallace a star in them in
the picture of my friend Irma yes I'm
really lovely you know of course they
want me back exactly Macy
but if you ask me Maxie slapped you once
too often
no well I think it's only fair that you
should give credit where credit is doing
Miss babe it so happens I saw a demon
everything he knows why did you teach
him Jerry I got him a Rats rap and sort
him to catch Rats the same way I do I
got a big yellow right about 104 feet
and a little pink eye and gotten with
the hand and hangs over here
Jerry you keep that up and I'll have to
cut off your Pablo oh no no Dean you
couldn't do that anything with that
anything you're here sure I'm here how
you like it here
you would make a perfect mate for an
idiot thank you but you'll have to ask
my father
foreign
with intelligence as a partner Mr Martin
I do yes you do and I well I've taken
part in so many discussion groups uh I
can discuss everything yeah well I can
be just as disgusting as you can
I don't mind telling you young men when
men look at me they think of Rita
Hayworth when men look at you they think
of Rita Hayworth can you blame them
Mr Martin come here just look at all the
famous Partnerships of history there was
always a woman it was Anthony and
Cleopatra Romeo and Julius Martin and
Lewis
yes but you're a boy I am how do you
like that my fans never told me nothing
well
whatever I may be mistakes I want you to
know you'll never be able to break us up
Dean and I will always stick together
like glue but what takes you so sure
I'll use glue
consider yourself stuck I wouldn't help
you in any shape or form with that shape
and form you need more help than we do
I tell you to go soak your head if I had
a pointed bucket handy
now see what you did Jerry Miss vague
left covered with confusion so why she
looks bad cover you
what is she she's a plump bump
I think she'd talk to me stop you think
I'm an imbecile
so you're beginning to wonder too huh
Jerry don't you realize the only way you
can make an impression on people's by
being Debonair sophisticated and Suave I
don't want to be a Debonair
sophisticated slob
that the trouble with you is you're too
sure of yourself you're conceited
seeing you know that is not true I used
to be conceited but I went to a
psychiatrist and got myself cured and
now I'm one of the nicest guys I know
so um you went to psychiatrist yes he
said I was a mousy type so I showed him
my right he got down out of caught me
and thought a little blue one that I had
to eat and hung over the eye at a busted
claws
if you expect to be my partner you've
got to change entirely bye bye where you
going up to the hotel a changing Pilots
I tried to be worthy of You Dean I went
to the May Company to try to get a job
in a long underwear department but all
the man would say was sorry no opening
for you
I can't understand that Jerry I really
think you've always been the epitome of
perspicacity
oh there you go insulting me again well
all I can tell you is that I'm sick of
it do you hear 666
or you can laugh if you want to not
still you think it's very puny funny
it is in you see you don't know the
circumstances it just so happens that I
haven't been too well
what's the matter with you you got a
cold yes you know I Almost sure people
are born in trunks yeah I didn't have
anything on at all
speaking to myself when I object your
insulting I'm thinking of my sister you
don't know how my sister suffers
if I were your brother I wouldn't feel
so good either no I haven't been trying
to insult you Jerry I'm your friend
we've been Pals together standing side
by side hand in hand you're right Dean
when we walk hand-to-man the world
becomes a Wonderland it's magic
this guy the song begins you speak and I
hear violence it's magic
how else can I explain those rainbows
when there is no rain it's magic
I'm serious Jerry
you remember the time you got locked in
our closet we couldn't get out
yeah who fed the goldfish for three
weeks you did my friend and when you
disappeared nobody heard from you nobody
knew where you were and nobody had the
slightest idea where to locate you who
finally found you my dressboard
if you really like me then you'll try
and help me you'll soothe me and you'll
hold my head my chair of course I'll
hold your hand thank you I'll pick it up
in the morning
Jerry you've got to get a grip on
yourself we're making a picture together
we're making records remember the record
we made for Capital no but I remember
the record I made catching racks 191 at
one time
step one grows across my path and I got
him babe and I grabbed us one of them
and I said come to me
well you all right now yeah but my
eyeballs busted
keep calling I'll uh I'll help you
remember the record remember it starts
has she got naughty eyes yes she has got
naughty eyes that's certain that certain
party
you know the one I mean
that certain party your mind
naughty eyes turn up nose rosy cheeks
and pretty clothes no
not the smartest
has she got love and wishes she has got
love and ways that certain party of mine
I sure do with those corny jokes like
can you stand on your head no it's too
high nothing we better sing
hey she loved you know what yes she has
got you know us
of mine
that's certain that certain party
can't see my costumes
that certain party of mine
you know what I forgot this and that and
quite a lot
of Smarties
that certain part is
thank you Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
you know Ken we've been on the air near
nearly two hours now without giving away
things this is life London mine radio
well we don't want to be too
revolutionary Don that's why right now
is a Goodwill gesture we're going to
give a brand new Elson watch to the
person in our audience holding the lucky
number and the lucky number
3672 will the person holding a number
3672 please come forward number 367
foreign
672 from our audience hi from San
Quentin
I came here with my half Brothers you're
a half brother yeah the stork got hungry
the boy that wrote that is no longer
with us
can can that's red skelton's character
is always causing trouble Willy Lump
Lump Ah that's enough with a view of the
teeth there
she didn't loaded that head every time
he smiles it looked like a crowded
graveyard
I'm up here to answer some questions now
go ahead ask me something so I can mess
you up but we're not gonna ask any
questions we're going to give you an
elephant watch why do you want to mess
me up because I don't like radio
so like radio
I get sick of hearing those people
asking silly questions or something
flying around here getting them
I don't like those people ask silly
questions on the radio and then they
they give silly answers that's why I
don't like radios I want to get out and
mess them up and uh did you yeah I did
boy I went on people are funny and I
wasn't funny
I went on ladies
just to be nasty I stood up
I went on bright and groom and got into
a void
and I don't let anybody call me stupid
unless they know me real well
come on give me a question so I can mess
up Billy I'm trying to tell you this is
not a quiz program we only want to
present you with an Allison watch oh no
you don't
expect me to stand here while you tell
me that Elgin watches are the smartest
to wear and the smartest to find but I
do you want to tell me about the Elgin
dual power mainspring that never rushed
and it's rough it's the greatest cause
of mainstream breaking but I only want
to wait till I finish
you're going to tell me that elgin's
dual power mainspring eliminates 99 of
all repairs due to Steel mainstream no
that's not what I want to do and look
don't tell me you're just staying there
for nothing to say since you ain't
selling tide I don't know no really I'm
just trying to present you with a
masterpiece of America's watchmaking
genius a lord else and it's all yours
Willy take it and wear it wherever you
go well thanks a lot let's just show
those people how wrong it can be what
people those people have been going
around saying that my mainsprings busted
don't like where you are
we'll be hearing more from Red Skelton
and the mean with a kid joins two hours
of stars a little while later meanwhile
red thanks for helping Ken sell those
wonderful Elgin watches
but when it comes to selling a song our
thoughts and actually turn to Francis
language
foreign
there ain't no reason why I should love
it
it must be something that the angels
Don't Last
loving that Man of Mine
tell me he's lazy
tell me he's slow
tell me I'm crazy
when he goes away
there's a rainy day
but when he comes back
he can come home as late as can be home
without him
ain't no home to me
loving that man
foreign
you know it's like old times have you on
elgin's two hours of stars again last
time was three years ago wasn't it
that's right Don seems almost like that
long since we last saw each other six
months I remember distinctly we just
completed a year of the Year together as
Mr and Mrs bickerson probably the most
strenuous relationship that ever existed
between any married couple yes Don but I
think anything that holds a mirror up to
people serves a purpose when you hear a
couple like the biggest ones bubbling
about trivialities it makes you realize
how laughable your own little
disagreements can be well in Francis and
as much as this is something of a
reunion for the two of us suppose we
take up where we left off and look in on
the bickersons on Thanksgiving and so
without any further Ado here are
Dominican Francis Langford as John and
Blanche vickerson in the honeymoon is
over written and directed by Phil
rappers have retired Mrs vickerson lies
tense and anxious in the darkness as
poor husband John victim of undulance
insomnia or blasters reflex reaches the
crisis during an acute attack of his
rare ailment listen
ing
turn over on your side go on
John's coming out
you can stop that snoring if you want to
I know you can no other man snores like
you how do you know I talk to my women
friends
their husbands are so quiet they have to
keep waking them to see if they're dead
what I wouldn't give to be able to sleep
through the night just once not to hear
that snarling and rasping and whining
and roaring Honest John who else carries
on like that Honest John
if you're trying to be funny John
Dickerson you're not amusing me I'm not
trying to be funny Blanche I just want
to I deliberately went to bed three
hours before you did and you started
puttering around in the kitchen anything
to keep me awake I wasn't pottering you
asked me to fix the electric orange
juicer didn't you when I fixed it how
could you fix it it needed a new motor I
hooked it up to the vacuum cleaner
this is squeeze oranges ways is fine
except it sucks up the juice and spits
the pits in your face
I left it a bag in the morning
I can just imagine the mess you left in
that kitchen No Mess did you lock the
porch door are the windows closed no
well get up and close them what for it's
cold outside if I close the windows will
it be warmer outside
you want the canary to freeze to death
it won't freeze the last two care if he
did that you didn't even feed the poor
little bird I fed in my bathe in my
combed his hair and gave him clean
sheets
okay
did you feed the cat that's the cat
what'd you feed the cat the canary
thanks must have gone through this
questioning routine every night let me
sleep will you no I don't see why I
should you never let me sleep I
constantly walk around in a daze my eyes
half closed I swear sometimes I feel as
though I'll shrivel into nothingness any
minute I'll dry up you say it but you
won't do it
don't yell at me you're giving me that
Dreadful pain again what pain no nothing
are you sick again what pain what are
you talking about it's my head I've had
it off and on for the last three weeks
take it off now and go to sleep
you wouldn't be so unconcerned if Gloria
Gusty got me no don't start with Gloria
ghost he knows how to train a husband
every time Gloria has a headache Leo
hugs her and kisses her and Bombs Over
why don't you do that Leo might get sore
I mean why don't you fuss over me oh
listen flash you're not sick and you
know it well I'm depressed you're going
out of town tomorrow and I'll be so
lonesome I'll die I'll die I'm only gone
overnight I'll be back on Saturday you
cared for me you wouldn't leave me I'm
not leaving you I have to fly to San
Francisco on business I won't be gone
over 24 hours suppose a burglar breaks
in the house and finds me it'll serve
him right
let me sleep please Blanche I have to
make an early claim no more sleep a wink
all the time you're away are you going
on a safe airplane there's no danger
just go to sleep and don't worry I've
got a headache get me an aspirin please
John all right I'll get you an aspirin
you can really cause more
what happened
who tied my leg to the best pose
if I could start walking in your sleep
again
post I never heard of such a thing put
on the lights
John I thought you said that plane was
safe it is safe and why are you wearing
that parachute these are the shorts you
gave me for my birthday
I still and I'll get you an aspirin no I
don't want it now I've lost my headache
it is lost Banks now I've got it I could
just go to sleep for us to use so
nervous I won't be able to sleep well
it's your own fault for letting every
little thing excite you you should take
it easier Blanche when a woman reaches
your age she should slow down my age I'm
only 26. I said slow down not back up
keep it up John keep insomnia and
running away to San Francisco every day
every day find Thanksgiving Mrs Ben
spent the whole day in the kitchen
saving over a holiday dinner and you
don't even appreciate it I appreciate it
you do not you never even touched the
turkey I roasted well I didn't like the
way it looked why don't you stuff it
with didn't stop it with anything it
wasn't Hollow
let's go to sleep she says torments me
for two hours close the windows beat the
cats up the canary now she told me you
could go to sleep never sleep another
wink
he says Paul amends me for two hours
close the windows feed the cat stop the
canary now she told me you could go to
sleep never sleep another
went as long
John the telephone answer hello
I wish that darn thing had never been
invented Look Who's Talking
Now what's happening I'm still tied to
the best mode
all right
hello it's the biggest and thieves this
is the airline oh just a minute here
John it's the airline Airline hello Mr
vickerson did you have a reservation on
flight 501 to San Francisco at 4 35 a.m
no I'm leaving on the 7 10. yes well the
710 is still in Kansas City it won't
take off until 12 15. however the 12 15
which usually leaves at 8 30 it's late
and that price been switched to 3 30 A.M
well is that the only plane yes I'll be
right down you're too late Mr biggest in
the 330 left at two o'clock good night I
never heard of such a thing
you angry John no I'm not angry I'm just
sleeping sleepy good night I'm glad the
trip is canceled
John
yeah
are you sure you love me
yes I'm sure
how much do you love me how much do you
need
oh
I don't need anything I want to be done
I bought a mink coat a mink coat
how much was it lie down John
something you're going to spend money on
a mint corn we can't afford to make
calls don't scream at me what how can
you squander my money like that I deny
myself everything I've installed collars
on your own bloomers and wearing them
for shirts
I've been setting fire to my hair to
save on Barbour bills I can't even
afford to buy a pair of pants I wear a
long jacket and walk on my knees
many of myself you bought a cow I felt
last week what felt that was my lunch
paper beef jerky and I've been gnawing
on it all week where is that coat let me
see it oh you love it John it's not
nearly as expensive as you think either
only twelve hundred dollars twelve
hundred dollars yeah isn't it gorgeous
well take it out of that burlap bag
in his bag that's the coat what kind of
a mint coat is that it hasn't got any
fur on it that's the latest style silly
bold mink
call me you'll take that cook back you
hear me I'm not putting out twelve
hundred dollars for any ball here it
makes
take it back please John no please John
it's Thanksgiving blanch I tell you I
can't afford it I'll go to work and pay
for it you out of your mind I wouldn't
let you go to work
keep the coastlines you're the most
wonderful and generous husband in the
world I know it
you do jobs don't bother
remember how you used to kiss me good
night and let me tuck you in bed like a
baby every night
go to sleep Blanche John would you mind
if I just tucked you in bed tonight
okay tuck me in bed all right dear I'll
lift your head so I can straighten the
pillow
stretch your feet out
let me get these covers under
there
all tucked in
thanks
are you comfortable
perfectly
are you sure
never felt more comfortable in my life
five now you get up and tuck me in
Blanche good night John
Francis many thanks for joining us all
right smart guy never mind a fancy chat
an up against the wall I'm putting you
on it away for a while all right all
right all right I won't argue with
Humphrey Bogart or should we say Bob
Hopkins never mind saying anything
because any talking be done around here
Sydney Greensheet is here to talk to the
whole audience all right Sydney tell
them what's on your mind spill it this
is of course my boy and they have been
indeed family to say today
what did he say he said the engine watch
company will continue two hours of stars
run after a short pause for station
identification well then this isn't the
sticker oh no no of course not my boy
this is NBC the National Broadcasting
Company
two hours of stars the hills and watch
company seventh annual two-hour
Thanksgiving Day greeting to the nation
continues with Don amichi The Mills
Brothers Red Skelton Andre Previn Vero
Bay Mario Lanza and the Elgin Orchestra
in chorus under the direction of Robert
Armbruster and now back to your host for
the two hours Don amichi
right around the time the Elgin watch
company started its two hours of stars
the middles Brothers recorded a tune
that was destined to have GIS all the
way from New Guinea to Nome Alaska jump
into the thump of the nearest shortway
Radio it was called paper doll I know it
was a favor request wherever you go how
am I doing for some boys we'll be glad
to Don we still have the same
Arrangement but just for today we
brought the words a little more up to
date
and over
I just
and that's why I'm blue she's gone away
and left me just like all dogs do I'll
tempted you boys it's tough to be alone
this is what I'll do
I'm gonna find an Elgin watch that I can
call my hope that Elgin isn't that you
can trust
that positively never never will run
safe and face I'll always love to look
at
no one can beat my time it always works
I'd rather have an Elgin watch
they're certainly right about one thing
anyone would surely like to have an
Allison watch to call their own in fact
more people want elgins than any other
watch and the reasons are pretty clear
thrilling Beauty acclaimed by America's
Best Dressed men and women and that
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stopping at your Jeweler something from
your Jewelers you know is always
something special and see the
brilliantly styled new elgins elgins
with the durapower mainspray
as the sun sinks lower in the sky and
the wind spins the leaves dizzly about
in the streets in the yard outside
most of you at this moment are probably
relaxing in the warm quiet comfort of
your easy chair
for this in homes throughout the country
is a day of peace and quiet
except
in the home of the mean witty kid Elgin
is proud to present one of the nation's
favorite comedians Red Skelton
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brings us another page from the mean
witty kids diary
with the help of his grandmother Verna
Felton and his mother Lorraine tubbo
we're about to put more light on a dim
subject
here is someone to make you grateful
that he isn't yours Junior the mean with
a kid
where is everybody boy these places is
deserted as Wallace's campaign
headquarters
well I get finished what I started to do
while I go now let's see what else did I
put in the basket for the old Indians I
got your turkey leg yo we're having
turkey you see steak was so high this
year why a butcher won't talk to you
unless you're selling your credit
reference and pilot's license you know
junior is that you in the kitchen oh
here comes Nemo the vampire of the
Mayflower
I better hide this dude I'll hide it
behind the curtain here
now I hide the curtains see if I can get
it off my head I can't see where I'm
going you're curtained on me Junior
my head oh how did you hurt your head I
was trying to see if I could walk around
with my eyes closed and I bump into
Michelle's oh now how could you bump
into yourself you remember the
full-length mirror that used to be in
the hole oh no you didn't break that
mirror
you're kidding me you keep laughing
kiddo that dog
but when you stand in front of that
mirror and both legs look like they're
broken don't get excited you know well
you better go and get cleaned up before
the company gets here for Thanksgiving
dinner
hey will you take me handcuffs off so I
can wash my elbows too oh wherever you
get such ideas in my spare time I make
notes you know
oh well worry won't help now I'll speak
English
who is that in my Mommy's bed you look
like a clown he's got grease all over
her face and she's wearing a mask maybe
it's the Lone Ranger's wife
here wake up you wake up get out of here
get out and wake up wake up get down
what do you want you got to go home
Halloween is over come on now don't get
smart Junior when I didn't know it was
you what's that you got on your face
beauty cream beauty cream I got news for
you kiddo don't look now but I think
it's curdled your face
oh dear at times I'm sorry we kept your
incubator warm yeah
well then why is it every time you look
at me you get up walk across the room
and punch me pop right in the nose
come down here oh she discovered some of
her Thanksgiving dinner admission now
but what's wrong mother you'll come down
here and bring
me it must be important we slide down
the banister get off that status
hey let me in
are you all right Junior no hey Mommy I
think I'll hurt Michelle that's a good
boy
I want you to look at that turkey one
leg is missing oh that poor bird
maybe he lost you playing hopsca oh well
he came here to be eaten not to dance
for us
and look a portion of everything I
cooked is gone and I think I know who
took it and I think I know who took it
too and I think I know who took it too
but I'm thankful that none of us are
Squealers
well buddy suppose I told who took it
well you go ahead and embarrass me and
I'll embarrass you when the company
arrives I'll tell the preacher all about
you well I have nothing to hide oh oh
then it's okay for me to tell him that
you used to be a fan dancer oh now
that's ridiculous
hey Spinners we're ready for your dance
well turn on the purple lights and hand
me my quills
you didn't eat that pumpkin pie did you
I know how you love sweets well what's
wrong with you now you won't be able to
Eat Your Spinach your cauliflower for
your casserole please you're waking me
hard please
Junior it seems for a spanking you'll
bend over back oh no you're not gonna
try another Josh on me
if you wanted food why didn't you ask
for it well because I said with my
chances you get it would be better this
way now you tell me how much is a
Thanksgiving dinner did you eat nothing
I ate nothing you mean to stand there
and tell me that you haven't had
anything to eat since breakfast I only
ate that little bowl of eggs that was in
the ice box
oh dear um
that was dog food dog
shots
could you tell the difference when you
tasted this didn't it taste different
from what I made
look you want to hit me go ahead and hit
me don't leave me
I am not seeing what are the highest
Pace different from yours or not but I
noticed from now on I'm eating with the
dog
I like it better if you don't break that
boy of eating everything someday he's
going to get something that's poisonous
oh no I won't I cast everything before I
tried to you how well I eat it if I
don't die then I know it wasn't poisoned
scientifically
now he's just trying to make you forget
that he's ruined my Thanksgiving dinner
now you come here junior no I'm sorry
but I'm a teacher not to take things
but he didn't Hood
now what did you do with the food you
took it's behind the Shelf in the living
room
he deserved a nice Thanksgiving dinner
too well if he's an Indian doesn't he
know how to go out in the woods and get
food oh you dreamer you why if an Indian
without a shot of ductile game warden
would get him they can't borrow money
from the bank because he ain't got any
security did you know he didn't even get
to go to school well in that case
Thanksgiving isn't important to it oh
yes it is too because he's an American
and besides it was his folks that made
it responsible for us to be able to
celebrate this day of thanks in such
enough of the uppity way
you seem to know a lot about the Indians
I most certainly does Grandpa told me
the whole story and if you ask me it's
pretty disgraceful freaking disgraceful
it is so this is your grandfather's I
had nothing to do nothing what else do
you know about the Indians well I know
that they taught us how to farm how to
hunt and prepare Wild game and birds and
how to survive in the cold of the winner
do you know Mommy and Neymar and in
spite of all the things that we've done
to the Indian he's not mad at his
neighbors because he loves America
and those he don't have much left to
give
we Americans are still taken from him
do you know that he gave three sons in
the last war
and in return why we don't even give him
proper medical attention
but that ending don't hold a grudge
instead he's worried
he's worried about a foreign power
that's using the treatment that we give
the Indians his propaganda to be little
democracy
he once told me something that made us
kids really thankful that we are here
what did the Indians say dear for one
thing he said we kids should be thankful
that we as the children of today because
we can apologize with good deeds for the
mistakes that the children of yesterday
made and if we'll remember to keep our
hearts closed if fear greed and hate and
lust for power we'll only have love and
understanding for the children of
tomorrow oh Junior that's very beautiful
very wise man I'm sorry I spanked you so
hard well you thank me nice you didn't
do nothing either you hit me well I'm
sorry Junior well we let that count for
the next time I catch you doing
something bad
thank you
you won't catch me well in that case
this banking is for not telling me is
there a lawyer in the house
come on Junior we'll get the car and
drive you out to the old Indians
ah that is Grand red
The Genius of 19 year old Andre Previn
is not confined to breathtaking piano
variations on the Jazz Classics his
thorough musical background is no more
evident than in This brilliant
interpretation of rachmaninoff's second
piano concerto
accompanied by Robert arm Brewster and
the Elgin Orchestra here is Andre Previn
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thank you
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thank you
327 years ago America celebrated its
first Thanksgiving
in a clearing in a Massachusetts Forest
the pilgrims undaunted by hardships that
killed half their number gave thanks for
the meager fruits of their first harvest
today a cluster of cabins in the
wilderness has become a nation covering
three million square miles
and sustaining 140 million people
the wind ripples across vast Acres of
Wheat and oats and Tasman corn that have
blossomed under the Magic Touch of great
machines
our land has become a Land of Plenty
the blessings for which we give thanks
this Thanksgiving
have been multiplied a million fold
but man cannot take without giving
the mere fact that we as individuals are
able to accept these god-given gifts
incurs a responsibility
it is not enough to give thanks that we
have our homes as long as there are
Americans who live in shacks and slums
the breeding ground of crime and
delinquency
it is not enough to give thanks for our
schools the hospitals we share with our
children
if others are raised in ignorance and
neglect
it is not enough to give thanks that our
dreams can be of tomorrow
While others dream of bread
as we gather together this Thanksgiving
in our homes throughout the country
let us not forget that the spirit of
those who pioneered our nation was a
community spirit
and that the privileged have a
responsibility to the underprivileged
let us dedicate ourselves to the
Improvement of conditions within our
communities
so that others less fortunate may join
us in giving thanks on other
thanksgivings and by our renewed
Devotion to American ideals and
traditions
make our way of life a symbol to which
all Humanity May aspire
gathered in there
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songs
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but Thanksgiving is only the beginning
of the holiday season and so on behalf
of the Elgin Watch Company and all the
elves and Jewelers may I invite you to
join us again on December 25th when
Elgin presents two hours of stars on
Christmas day with Bob Hope Edgar Bergen
Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer snerd
Lloyd smelke or Al Jolson cast Bailey
Ozzy and Harriet Danny Thomas Joe
Stafford and many others this is
donovichi saying good night and happy
holidays
responsible for the ocean watch company
of ours in Illinois to bring you the
seventh annual to our Thanksgiving Day
greeting the Elgin Watch Company would
like to wear but Jimmy Durante can be
heard on the camel show on this same
station every Friday night Red Skelton
joined us to the courtesy of Procter and
Gamble's tired and kamay and Master
Goldman mayor producers of the Three
Musketeers the Lana Turner Gene Kelly
and June Allison Gary Moore can be heard
on every Shop's take it or leave it
every Sunday night on this same station
and Don Amici can be heard regularly on
the Charlie McCarthy program two hours
of stars was produced by Earl Evie and
John Chris and written under the
supervision of Ed Helwig this is Ken
Carpenter saying good night
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this is NBC The National Broadcasting
Company