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July 21, 2025 18 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
And our ladies and gentlemen I present to you are
a master of ceremonies, but a gentleman. Nevertheless, this is
Jack Finney. Hello again, this is a gentleman, Jack Doggie,
Americans representative youth. And unless I am mistaken the boldrummel
of the air and by my old consensus of opinion,

(00:23):
a swell guy, I must say you're a modist. Oh, yes,
the Lloyd. I'm not a bitty get difficult. In fact,
I'm much nicer than I think I am. I mean
nothing thee, but I certainly think you could be a
little more careful about your appearance on the Sunday night programs.
Why a lawyer, Chevrilla. Yeah, the first time I thought
of that. Well, you mean, I mean this that you

(00:47):
might at least wear a collar inside, But a lawys
I'm broadcasting. I mean, who can see me? So that
isn't the idea you must wear a collar on somedayes
listen Averril and New York State only dogs must wear collars.
Maybe that's what he meant. Well, I wish you fellows
had let me alone. I have so many clever things
for say tonight. Really, well, I didn't need to get

(01:08):
personal about your color and tire. Jack, No, but after all, Oh,
listening to audience imagine this is an elaborate studio. They
also imagine that's very immaculatesly dressed. You know, we'll let
them imagine that I'm wearing a tolerance sigh. You know
these right? Jack? What are that suits you've got on? Yeah?
What's the matter with it? Nothing? But you can get
a press for forty cents. I'll remember that. Where's your

(01:28):
other suit? Jack? This is it alloys? Is that the
only suit you got? No? Now I have two, of course.
The other one is a bathing suit. It's still pretty
cold out. You know, you know, you know this suit
I'm wearing now was made order, made no order, Yes,
for swim Summerville. That was playing blackline. Folks that I
beat him through it?

Speaker 2 (01:47):
You know who everybody?

Speaker 1 (01:49):
Jack? Hello, Mary?

Speaker 2 (01:50):
Say Jack? How did you get a shaved before you
come to the studio?

Speaker 1 (01:53):
None of your business.

Speaker 2 (01:54):
Well it's a barber's business. Yes, he too.

Speaker 1 (01:56):
Our friends. Don't let my gang get illude me. I'm
just a little eccentric, all fans, What does the center mean?

Speaker 2 (02:03):
Yeah, I'm not very attented.

Speaker 1 (02:07):
Thanks, Well, here I amal means anything. So ho Parker,
great partner, Do you see anything the matter with me?
He say, you're all right, but your shoes me to shine.
And I don't like that church. Well, as long as
I'm all right, why worry? You know? Is that a
first run church?

Speaker 3 (02:24):
To learn?

Speaker 1 (02:24):
What do you mean first run? Did it make its
first appearance on your back? And did somebody else break
it in? Listen? This shark that way, this hurd belongs
to me. Well it looks pretty bad. Yeah, you know,
when there is all as that church, you'll want bad too.
You didn't meet me to that one. Yeah, I was trying. Black.
Who gets your mileage out of a pair of socks? Well,

(02:47):
at least I wear them all. Well, I could say something,
but one of us have to give in, you know,
so you can't fight all night? Say?

Speaker 2 (02:55):
Why does he sounds me knocking on you?

Speaker 1 (02:57):
I'm checking on them. Thanks, Mary, You're welcome.

Speaker 2 (03:00):
For Heaven's sake, clumb you're here that doesn't.

Speaker 1 (03:02):
Crossed a Yeah, well I haven't got a call.

Speaker 2 (03:04):
Well I'll set a chalk line in the middle.

Speaker 1 (03:06):
Now listen, wait, I listen to all of you. I
had enough of this and I closed an appearance mean
nothing it's all bunk about clothes. Making the man the
Columbus wear a tuxedo when he discovered America, nor it
was an old Franny's costume. All right, wait, man, all right,
I'll grant you that guy. But when Lincoln posed for
the penny, did he worry about clothes? Yeah? Yeah, all right.
Then let's take Washington when he crossed the Delaware, did

(03:26):
he wear an evening suit? Now I crossed in the morning,
all life. Then let's take let's take your oh never
mind play Frank Frank Black and a tailor made men
playing going to Heaven on a mule from the motion
takes a wonderbar. Frank, He's going to put that new
in reverse, you know. And now I'm going to hear

(03:48):
from Frank Parker, our romantic tenor, who was saying, Uh, Frank,
what do you want to sing tonight? But the troll
in my heart? Who spring is here? What no smoke
gets in your life? But I cut out smoking. I'm
just trying to sing. All see, well, Parker, let them
before I forget it. I received a fan letter this morning,
the question that you sing a certain number. It's Mary
handing that letter with us.

Speaker 2 (04:08):
Oh, this job is this one thing?

Speaker 3 (04:10):
Ask another, no risk, no recreation, just twey half hour
of Colett Toyle.

Speaker 1 (04:14):
Give me that letter with us here it is Frank,
it says Jack Benny care front of Rich Carson Hotel,
New York, twenty hours twenty How people find out where
you're living, it says, we'll be listening to your program
Sunday night. Please ask Frank Parker to sing home again

(04:35):
and find John Billinger. John Billinger, Yeah, says John Billinger,
f r G seven, Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska. Or where do
you think? Just a man about town? I think we
better answer that. Mary take a letter, let's say, mister
John Billinger, Kay or Canada there, sir. If you will

(04:58):
find us a three pence stamp you'll address, we will
be glad to make you a copy of this song.
That's all sing John, I mean Parker. I helped you
like that, mister Dylan Parry. That was with a song

(05:19):
in my Heart sung by Frank Parker. Now, ladies and gentlemen,
for our weekly surprise. I know that many of you
have seen that very entertaining motion picture heny the eight.
Now the night we are going to offer, say Jack
Jess Alloy some of my friends listening to our program
last Sunday, and they were talking about that, Juli, your
fought was Frank Black. Well, Well, I hate to bring
this subject, but it's a general opinion among my friends

(05:41):
that you like courage to tell him to perish to
thought a Lloyd. I mean, in the first place, we
were only kidding, and personally, I think fighting a duel
is rather FOOLI you don't gain anything by it. You
know that's true. If you know a Lloyds. I'd like
to find some other way of showing Black that I'm
gamer than he is. So you say he's always ready
to find any Well, there will be some way of

(06:02):
settling this little feward between you two to find out
who is a gamer? I think.

Speaker 2 (06:05):
So.

Speaker 1 (06:07):
Why don't you fellows talk a coin and see which
one buys a drink? No, I think that's overdoing it
a little. You know, there must be some other way. Yeah,
I think so, A lot of what would be a
real sets of courage.

Speaker 2 (06:19):
Hey, boys, I've got a great idea.

Speaker 1 (06:21):
Whatever I know.

Speaker 3 (06:23):
There there's an old hearted house. The word is place
you've ever seen people? I even play the cast there?

Speaker 1 (06:28):
Where is it all about? Twelve?

Speaker 2 (06:30):
Miles out on Dunhill Road.

Speaker 3 (06:31):
Nobody's living there to reeler, and I only three people
who ever heard of that house? I've never seen again?
The Well, why don't you?

Speaker 1 (06:38):
Thanks? You?

Speaker 2 (06:39):
Pluming night there? And if someone comes out alive?

Speaker 1 (06:42):
When isn't any plates money? Now? Well? I hearted playing?
Are you games? Well? Well? I uh, how about you
get me to the deals? Come to you through the
court to see a Chevrolet, the most tendable car in

(07:02):
the low time? Well, I suggest we drop the whole thing,
and nothing in doing you will hurt the dignity of
this program, don't You'll say?

Speaker 2 (07:10):
Jack, I'll do with this?

Speaker 1 (07:11):
Is it all right if I take my orchestra along? No,
this is a test of courage between you two men. Now,
which one of you will volunteer to spend the first
night in the haunted house? I said? Which one of
you two will spend the first night there?

Speaker 3 (07:30):
Oh?

Speaker 1 (07:31):
This is a quiet program to night? How about you Black?
I love you, but I have some musical arrangements to
make the night, and I how about you Jack? Will
I have to help Frank? I know something about music too.
I'll tell you what I don't talk to Nickels and
the loser will have to spend the first night in
that haunted house alone. What do you say, head to tail? Yes,

(07:53):
it goes head tales it is, do you know? Jack? Congratulations? Okay,
I'll go well, so olay, go on, Jack, don't forget
to ride.

Speaker 2 (08:06):
Hey, let's all ride down. Jack and Peta get in,
get in the right house.

Speaker 1 (08:10):
Oh you don't have to come a long while to
find it and find it? Oh yeah, well we're going.
We're going here. You come on, everybody, I'll guy you
up there, okay with me?

Speaker 2 (08:21):
Hey too, Hey, boys will be right down you Now

(08:53):
this is a hot jog.

Speaker 1 (08:54):
Yeah, he said you were a lonely fun to thanks.
It's all right. Nothing about nothing bothers Jack.

Speaker 2 (09:05):
Stock and to us to get what's kind of it?
Oh that's the difference.

Speaker 1 (09:09):
This is not a bill hem Wendy, So that's a
wanna be We played? Shutters are off. I'll say, give
me the street us one. How many looks like rain do?

(09:31):
That's all I need is if somebody says do, I'll
die my pals and well, gang, I guess we might
as well get back song. Jack, please right the bar,
Mary as you gonna stick around now I'm about to cocking.
Oh I have had a good time. H but come on, boss,
stroll along. We get back. You're gonna get in the

(09:59):
house part where as dy well, well, sis, come on
the boy players have to walk up those sets like
a little major. M this is a hearted holiday? I

(10:22):
bet it's just an old jack with a bad replication.
Well one of there's a bell. Maybe there's someone home.
M don't at home? Nobody home? Well, might as well
go in and get to bed. It's it's right now.

(10:57):
Everything looks might be away from the parlor and I
played brisk boy. There was no Vie in the theater. Osay, oh,
just an old clock picking. See funny how these little
things up stretches a g what just you helped you down? Oh?

(11:22):
I love that all just the wind bowing the shutters.
See I really scared you. A little black gets here tomorrow?
Oh boy, say, I wonder if this is really a
hearted house? Nice I'm going home. Who's that? He's not

(11:48):
coming down the stairs. But then I can't see anyone.

Speaker 2 (11:55):
Did you z from the su did z for me?

Speaker 1 (11:59):
That's the train in a voice, And I don't see anybody.
Who are you? I'm the coach. That's a maid who
used to work for you. Yeah, but where where are you?
Right here beside? Because that's new to me? Need be afraid.

Speaker 2 (12:14):
I suppose you're humbley after your long trick to it?

Speaker 1 (12:17):
Yeah? What can I bring to eat? Funny? I don't
see you, but I'll have a hamm an egg samdwis.
It's good.

Speaker 3 (12:24):
I will bring you a handsome ham and egg stand and.

Speaker 1 (12:27):
Be a fantom egg. But I must see the ham.

Speaker 2 (12:32):
Let me show you around the house.

Speaker 1 (12:34):
I know me, but I can't see you.

Speaker 2 (12:37):
I heard you broadcast and I can't see you either.

Speaker 1 (12:42):
That's good.

Speaker 2 (12:44):
Come come with me.

Speaker 1 (12:47):
Oh, where where are you? Where are you? I say,
what jacket? What's your imagination? That was? No maid? It's
the matter with you? Or you're losing your nerves. Oh yeah,
I'm getting out of here. Where's that door? And that's funny.
I could have scorned there was a door here. Now
it's a fireplace. Oh maybe it's just my nerves. I

(13:09):
gotta sit down here and take it easy. I'm as
quiet myself right purchasing walk. That's clear. I've heard those
songs so much. Imagine I'm very like no shiver shiver, shiver,
shiver clean to say, who said that? Who said that? Tomyself? Yes,

(13:30):
that's Ruel. Let's all sit down, Emperor Joel's he was
all right, you're just you're not hearing things that sometime.
Wells come up, Come up? Where are you? May? I
can't see you.

Speaker 2 (13:44):
I'm not don't do any personal ter.

Speaker 1 (13:48):
Put down, dad. They're expecting too much from a full
hearted eyes shiver relationship. Lay shiver, you're we're doing it.
I'm gonna get out of here. I don't care if
Frank Black God's winning this bet? Who are you? Oh? Thanks?
That beat? Sheree's running around the groves of ma hatmy dandy, say, groos,

(14:10):
come here, I like to ask you, Sarah grows again.
Don't tell me you didn't hear that. I'm getting out
of here before I go mad. There must be a
nagg at someplace. Ah, there's a door. I wonder where
it's loose. I'll try it anyway. Hello, lor A Jain,
this is Jack Denny's aut. Hey wait a minute, who

(14:32):
are you? I'm the girls, says Jack Benny. But I'm
not dead yet, that's what you're think. I'm gonna get
out of here. There's a place mark tak it says,
walk throws run. There's a fine time for jokes. See,
I'm going to start. Who who are you?

Speaker 2 (14:52):
Sarah Livingston?

Speaker 3 (14:53):
Sarah Livingston, Mary Livingston's great great grandmother, look a day
older than married?

Speaker 1 (15:01):
What you were doing here? I'm looking for the ghosts
without a nose. You're telling me, I did you get
out of here? Please tell me?

Speaker 3 (15:09):
Walk up that flight of stairs.

Speaker 2 (15:10):
You know he's saying exit, Follow that exit to the bathroom.

Speaker 1 (15:14):
The bathroom? Can I get out that way? No? But
you can take a bath. Thank. I was getting someplace.
I'm'sa try something else? And why was the new nineteen
thirty more chivallets? I ain't s you in going upstairs.
I must be away out of this house and to
pool the chimney. Wait wait, I'm not alone on these stairs.
I hear lots of feet.

Speaker 2 (15:33):
I can't he go home now.

Speaker 1 (15:35):
Or the ghost of Garboy? So here I am a
stag silver place. I don't get out of here. I'm
go crazy. I hear the door, it's the feet of
the roof. How open it?

Speaker 2 (15:48):
How are friends?

Speaker 1 (15:53):
What? I tell? For Heaven's take? Are you're a ghost? Too? Bright?
A get out of my way. I can't. I'm haunting
get hot aunty.

Speaker 2 (16:05):
Of course I don't a hunt all my life.

Speaker 3 (16:07):
I used to hunt lions and tigre fanessicas.

Speaker 1 (16:09):
Well, so one day I do Ryan chase me? And
what happens that will kill? Oh? Here I am I
remember what one watch you to this house?

Speaker 2 (16:18):
Hey, run to hunter, always a hunter once you get
along from here. No, my life is yeah this man,
but thank you, thank you.

Speaker 1 (16:25):
Times baby. Yeah, I can sin listen mister uh, mister Grosbug,
mister Goldsberg Please tell me how I can get out
of this house with me? Boy, you're reading till food. Yes,
I'm going up. Well, I'll tell you what to do.
You do my good cheek and will hunt you that turd? Now,
why don't have to wear that cheet? Well? I wonder
what ghosts out of here?

Speaker 2 (16:45):
So remember the tenth way.

Speaker 1 (16:46):
If any other ghostops, you just say hell erro l
what I'm m yeah, just laying hair? Why would I
give you that? Chief? Is that the door there? Yes?
And remember hey is the first way? Good bye it
Gosbergen tanks home on stings hurt Harry hearing carrying, I

(17:06):
say herring herring by Frank Parker mayor, what are you
all doing here? You're some brave guy. What are you
doing with that? Shee hey? What's the idea of this anyway?

Speaker 2 (17:19):
I sank blast house.

Speaker 1 (17:21):
We're all here A joke on me. We were making
all those noises in the other room. Oh yeah, worry
you guys kill me. I do it all that time
playing Frank the rat plains Head program on the eleventh
of March. Let's leave you. I'm We're with you again
next Sunday night. I hope these folks didn't think I

(17:42):
was really fighting and let howard as if I didn't
know they were kitty, you know, still windy out, don't
marry come on, let's go all right?

Speaker 2 (17:53):
Yeah, to take that dead feet off first.

Speaker 1 (17:55):
Good night, Pope. This program has come to you through
the credity and the more the card deals in your community.
Who represents a nineteen thirty four Chevrolet six. This is

(18:24):
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