Late_For_School

Archie Andrews was a teenage sitcom directly adapted from the very popular comic strip of Bob Montana. It began to be heard on NBC Blue on May 31, 1943 and lasted on-air until September 5, 1943—the period during which radio adaptations of comic characters were trending. The show was also broadcasted on Mutual from 1944 to 1945.

Kenneth Banghart served as the announcer, while Bob Hastings played the lead character Archie during the show's NBC times. Other actors that took over the main role include Burt Boyar, Jack Grimes, and Charles Mullen. The other important character role, Jughead, was given to Cameron Andrews and Hal Stone. Up to now, Archie Comics is still popular and loved by many fans.

Episode Transcript

(00:03):
So your purposes, Archie, comeover right away from out of life,
from that relax aunty last. They'rejuring this again. The young divisions of
readers of Archie Comics Magazine know andlove so well Archie Andrews and all the
day half your weekly visits to Riverdale. It's morning as we look in on

(00:26):
the Andrews home, morning of thatmost exciting day in the lives of youngsters
everywhere, the day when vacation endsin school begins, and our boy Archie,
true to form, is Yeah,still sound asleep, Archie? Ah?

(00:51):
Did he say he's still asleep?Archie? Welcome le wacome Andrew.
Do you hear me? I gotto get to sleep. Tomorrow's school.
If you get day in school tooloud, I want to get a good,
nice sleep. You've had a goodnight sleep. It's morning, and
it's ten after rain, Dear Mama, No, it's what time can't after

(01:15):
rain? In the morning, Yes, in the morning, Monday morning.
The day I go back to schoolis Monday morning, the day you go
back to school. Tell I'm late, I'm late, mom, Mom?
How did it get to be tenafter? Right? Well, that's what
I want to know. I thoughtyou were going to set your alarm at
seven o'clock so you'd be up goodand early. But it's just the trouble.
Mom, I did you died?I remember now, del arm did

(01:36):
ring at seven, and I getup to shut it off. But it
was so early, and I wasso tired. I figured I could lie
down for just another five minutes.I guess I felt sound asleep again.
Now look, Mom, it's tenafter rate, and I had to get
up at eight o'clock. It's avery late. Well, I'm sure I'll
never get to school on time.Now I'm working per day of school and
I'm going to be late after school. I'm at a resolute it's never to

(01:57):
be latest year, mom, AndI'll look I'm late already. If you
want me late, your father willdrive you to school. How can I
ever get to school on time?When it's all righty, drive me to
school, dad, Yes, driveyou to school, dad, Tah boy.
It usually takes me fifteen minutes towalk up home. But if Dad
drove me there, I might evenbe early. You ask, you would
even be early? Oh boy,do you think that'll do it? Well?

(02:20):
I'm sure he will. Let metell him how important it is.
I'll come on. He's in theshower. It's okay, boy. I'm
sure glad you thought of that.You saved my life. I'm sure hate
to be late on the very firstthing. If well, you won't be
so realized, Afred. Somebody calledme? Yes, I called you less

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you marry? Yes, it's meFred. Come out of there? Why
I did come out of there?You have to drive Archie to school.
Nkey's late for school. Did youcall me a fool for him and say
he can't hear me? Let metry Mom, I got a stronger voice.
He'll hear me. All right,Dad, come on out of there.

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I'm nice for good. I wantyou to drive me there. I
will be Oh dear. He didn'thear you either. He wish mama'll make
him hear me. God, Dadback? Can you hear me? Dad?
Say that party hardy? Are yougood morning? Dad? Dad?

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Can you drive me to school?School? Oh? Good? Gray?
ECU you go back to school today. It's not unless you come out of
there. Did you say come outof here? Yes? I did that.
I can't like out. I'm coveredwith soap over pity. Say,
friend, you've got to drive Hoarchyto school with soap A hold of me

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awful after you're into so fall.Oh yeah, it's important. He's late.
Oh okay, I'm right, don'thurry up. Well, we finally
got the message through here, soI think it would have been easy to
send them a telegram. I thinkmaybe. Oh boy, there's drug head

(04:20):
calling to me. Mom. I'mgonna go shut him up. Archie.
I'll attended, Dughead. Now yougo get red. I came. I'm
okay, which tells quit screaming.I will dear Yead when you please stop

(04:43):
that screaming. I wasn't calling you, I was calling key. Yes,
dug Yead. I know in factthe whole neighborhood knows. But Urkey isn't
ready yet. So stop yelling likethat and come on up. How we
overslept a little. He's just startingto get dressed. Just shorty late jug

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yet Art. He won't be latewith rams. He's just going to drive
into school. Oh yes, Jugget, there's room for you. I'll good
chudge Hid. He's just about themost impossible child I've ever seen of the
Archie Juggets coming up here. Okay, I'm sink. Now do you have

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everything you need in the clean hirt, clean hacket to shoo mom. I
laid out all my clothes last nightto save her. All right, I'll
go remind your father. You're waitingto get that bathroom now. He'll never
come out of here. Hi,Hi, Judge, come on him.
He was stealing your underwear and yetstill in my underwear. I'll be dressed
in two second shirts because I gotall my clothes laid out right here.
Put you better, h Yeah,we don't have too much time. Yeah,

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I know, Jug, I know, I I. Oh boy,
what's the matter. Where's my othershoe? What of a shoe? The
one that coldes with this one?I have the right, but where's the
left? I thought you had audioclothes laid out. I thought I did
too, And don't argue with menow, Judge, help me find that
other shoe. Well, where didyou put it? Judge? If I

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knew where I put it, Iwouldn't have to look for it. I
must to hear someplace. Oh boy, that's well, Judge, that's great.
That's the same shoe. Un,that's the same shoe I had,
jug, the right one. Wewere looking for the left. She was,
Are you sure, Chuckie? Don'tyou think I can tell a right
shoe from a left shoe? Sure, but maybe this pair of shoes,

(06:31):
they're both right here. Judge,you don't be funny and help me look
for the other shoe a left shoe. Okay, okay, why don't you
put your shoes where you can findthem? I did. I put those
shoes right where I would see themin the morning, as soon as here.
It is on top of my dresser. That's a nice sensible place.

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Why didn't you put it in oneof the drawers, Judge had never mind,
massa kad And the main thing isI have got shoes now, and
I can go get washed and dressed. We just don't break any shoe lathes
now, don't worry. Here weare for all time. I'll shoes cannot
be bad already, sounds like it. Archie, where are don't tell you

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is bad? How did you playso fast? Didn't bother with shoes?
Probably deckid, don't be funny.Look you just go tell Dad that I
have to wash, and I'll beready in half a minute. Okay,
mis st angels juget, where's Archie? He's just watching Joe washing? I
thought it was not hurry he is, but he had a few problems.

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How did you get down there sofast? I dressed up down trousers and
the shirt to take into school.I'll shave and said it's bessy when I
get back. That is the wayverleaves. Oh, he'll be ready in
a few seconds. Mister urn up, I'm all set to go. Okay,
Hey, are you positive to hurryup? Okay, John, I'm
o watch now already. Huhs Wow, that must have been one so over

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lightly, Joe can I didn't havetime to stop for beauty treatments. Come
on, I gotta get the restof my clothes on. We gotta get
on here, Kangie. I cando to help? Yeah, yeah,
Look, you hand me the thingsI need while I put them on.
You give me my shirt first,jot either sure, good thing that dad's
driving me to school. Hi,thank you. I'd be fifteen minutes late
the school at least if a warn'tfor dad. Hey, Jackie, thanks

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yours. You know it's time pliceesus. That makes me understand why they invented
bothered cage and handkerchiefing in a while, thanks kiss, sir. I don't
know what I do without good olddad to help me out. Yes,
sir, but I'm all sent now, Joe. Let's go. But I
feel that I don't want to belate to school on my first thing.
But how I'm going, mom?Why better skip it? Mom? And

(08:41):
just to make sure I'm on time, I'll eat a big lunch, all
right, thanks, Mom, Iwill unch. I heard you. We're
off the school of last fee.Will you listen to me for a minute,
we'll touch it. What is it? You forgot your pants? Dog?
I know that, and I don'tneed any time, Jess, Why
didn't you tell me? I haven'ttrying to Holy Town. I'll run up

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and get them. Do you tellmy father. I'll be right down here,
but don't forget anything else there.What are you know? His pants?
Want his pants? He forgot him? For shot him? You got
she came all the way downstairs.Well I'll just pat uh huh, I
said. If I hadn't told him, I think he'd have gone all the

(09:26):
way to school before he realized.Ah. That kid be a wonder they
ever get to school because all today well, and he's even worrying him
too. I have a little troublegetting dressed on I'm off now. That
was about time I get out him. We're going goodness? Okay, Dad,
okay, we're off there. Ohand I sure appreciate your taking me

(09:48):
to school like this, Dad.It's the only way I'd have been on
time. Yeah, you'll be ontime, all right. Nothing can stop
it now, well almost nothing.That What would that an? It like
a blowout to me? No,not a blowout. We'll shook up.
God? Well is it? Dad? Is it hurt yeshchie? It is

(10:11):
a blowout and a rear tire Ohno, oh boy, Yeah, I'm
tires flat as a pancake. We'renot going to any place where that just
when I'm late to school. Well, it's much too late to walk now,
and it didn't take it for goodfifteen minutes to change that tire tb
me futes late and leaves and talkingabout it for a waking out of my
thirty percent is too much. You'reclean, Bob down. You know,

(10:35):
we gotta blow out and it lookslike you'll be late. But raising her
rumpus about it isn't going to helpany nothing's going to help now. Well,
if you'll just stop getting hystererichal fora minute, maybe we can take
it some other way to get youto school? What other way is their?
Dad? What you know? Who'sthat Betty? She's over in the
porch. Fine, how why yougo tell him? I'm too late to

(10:56):
stop and talk to her about aright? So did she say ride?
Uh? Huh? Betty? Doyou mean to ride to school? She
was sure? Okay? Oh myfather, okay, Betty? Fine?
Well, oh boy, dad,how do you like that? Just when
we're stuck and don't know what todo, along comes Betty and offers us
a ride. Yeah, I thinkI just proves that nothing is as bad

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as it looks. I guess you'reright, dad, I guess you're right.
And things sure look bad there fora minute. You got plenty of
time now, but I haven't.I'd better call the gut and come out
and change this tire. I'll neverget to the office. Okay, Dad,
I'll see you tonight. Oh right, you can have a good day
school. Thanks? Bad finest things? Well, Jeff, was that lucky
or not having Betty offer us aride? Just them? Yeah? You're

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us? And how God that Bettyis a sweetheart? Yes, sir,
I always said she was a swellkid. She's what you call us a
real friend? Yes, sir,Oh well come on, let's go over
there and get that ride. Wellhere, I am Archie. Oh hi
you, Betty, We were justcoming over to here, you Betty?
What do you mean here? Youare here? I am ready for that

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ride to school? Ready for theYou mean you want to ride to school?
Uh? Huh? Said I could? Didn't you? Who shaid you
could? I thought you were invitingme to ride with you. Oh no,
Rchie, I couldn't do that.Day left his car in the garage
yesterday to take out the dense motherput an offenders. But Betty, what

(12:26):
was it? You just went totell your father I was getting a ride
to school with you. He's beentrying to get me a taxi all morning
because I overslept. But there areany taxis to be had. That's just
great, that's just fine. Nowwe're all stuck. Start. I mean,
your father isn't driving you to school. He was, but we got
to blow out. Oh, forheaven's sake, when I saw you all

(12:46):
standing here, I thought you werejust leaving. Well we were, but
we're not unless you know some wayto change his higher In half a minute,
I don't. But I do knowthis. If we stand here talking
much longer, we're really gonna belate for school. We better get started,
Betty. If we walk, we'llbe freteen minutes late at least.
Well, if you stay here,you'll be even later. Well not if
we can think of somewhere you're gettinga ride. Oh see, there is
no way, and you know it. I'm gonna start walking right now,

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better right than ever. Maybe she'sright on she we better go with it.
No, no nothing doing jugs.I want to get to school on
time. He is sure. Buthow there's no taxis, no buses,
no nothing. Jug, that's it. Let's say we could go over to
fifth Street and take the bus fifthstreet. Huh, the schools in the
other direction on third Street, judgehead, I know that, But third

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street, we will take the bus. See, I'll explain the street.
If we walk one block out ofthe way to fifth Street and take the
bus ten blocks across town, wecan then walk back two blocks to third
Street and be right at the school. I think, And that stays almost
all the walking. Well, maybeit would be faster. There's a bus
at eight third. You oughta bealong any minute. Yeah, then let's
go, Judge, come on,we better run if we miss that buck

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where they'd don't pay. I'm runningout cheap after I'm running, but I've
been so foil las I had forbreakfast. Ever thought they'd wind up Chuck
had Never mind the jokes. Nowwe gotta catch that buck. Chuck head
looked, Sarah comes, now,come on, we gotta get to the
corner. Bore in the box.We're living after jumping after that? What's
right with the practical joker? Heloves to make people in the corner and

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then leave him standing there, junk. We're talking him on fast. We're
almost there. I come on,Chuck, right on the fleet right?
What hi way miss me? Jug? He's yeah that for this is a
thing. I couldn't have run anotherstep. We don't have to run anymore.

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Just go ahead, get on,hands on him, boy ride to
school had last year? Please?Yeah, we'll just huh when the colon
box right there? Fair? Ohboy, mister, how much is it?

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Seven cents? Like it said?Oh boy, jug you got any
money? Sure? Two cents?Final, I got it the nickels you've
only got seven cents between? Thefair is fourteen cents for both of it.
So what do we do now?Maybe he'll let us go halfway for
seven got it? Don't be chilly. We've got to pay the full fare.

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If you fellas don't have the fair, you're gonna have to get off,
juggle. Maybe we ought to pullour money so at least one of
us could ride nothing doing archie.We're in this together, all for one
and one for all and none forall and off or none and none for
all? And listen, do youtwo have fourteen cents or not? Well?
We thought we did well. Idon't care. What's your thoughts?

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Do you well? I guess not. That's all I wanted to know.
All. Oh, mister, couldn'tyou just let us ride for nothing?
Now? And tomorrow morning we'll payyour double hurt all? We won't even
sit down all we're going to beawfully late for school, mister. And
if it's funny, look, Idon't own it bus, I do only

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drive it. And the man whodoes all it, he's southern. He
insists people pay him for rioting onit. In fact, he pays me
to see that people pay him.So we either put fourteen cents in that
fair about or get off? Howabout a pack of bubble gum. Yeah,
okay, looks like we get allthought. You can't look that way,

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Come on, Jo, just wellthat was the shortest specs, right,
I ever had worse than that.We're now one block further away from
school than ever run five minutes later, and we had to run like the
Dickens to do it. No,never mind the running. The point is

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that now we'll be twenty minutes latefor school and there's nothing we can do
about it, not a single thingwe can do. A Who's that?
She was his? Veronica? VeronicasVeronica? Oh, jud get, you're
crazy. That isn't Veronica. That'san angel from heaven. Cheez? Not

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today. We don't have time.That's right, Ronica. You're going to
school, aren't you. Aren't yousure who we are? If you'll give
us a list? Hunt Collors hoppIs. But my goodness, I you
wouldn't you doing way over here onfifth Street? Don't you usually go down
third Street? Well? Usually,but we decided to take the bus today
because it's so late. But afterwe got on the bus, we discovered

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we had no money. Money.Oh my goodness, Oh it wasn't that
bad. Bronica if the driver justmade a stood off. No, I
don't mean that. It just remindedme. I forgot my money. Your
money? What do you need moneyfor? Well, I don't need money,
but I do need my purse.Your purse, what colors? I
can't go to school without my purse. I got my lipstick in it,
and powder and rout and call andBobby Benn's and selling chat and case something

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next and safe to bend in casemy cell, and there's lots of things.
Why don't are you going to schoolor a wrestling match? Going to
school? Pilly? But I wouldthink of going without my purse. I'm
going home for it right now.Arca's getting late. I'm getting with only
five blocks in my house, andif I hurry, we'll still get to
school on time. But that's awfullyrisky, Vronica. I see, I'm

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not going to do without my person. That's final. Oh boy, Jaid,
what do we do? Well?I take it like this. If
we walk with Shure, they're gonnabe late, and if we sit with
Veronica it we'll probably be late.Anyway, we're gonna be late anyway,
we might as well be late incomfort. Yeah, I guess you're right.
Oh okay, Veronica, we'll goback to your house with you.

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You know something, Judge, ifwe get any more rights to school,
we may not get that till theend of the turn. Yeah. No,

(18:52):
it didn't take so long to getback to my house, did it.
No, Veronica, we may findtime, but we still have to
get to school. So you'll pleasego find that person in a Hurryman,
I am, I don't worry.It will be at school five minutes back.
I'll find my No, sure,jug, sure, only five minutes
from here. All the way toschool, the way that girl drives,
I can believe it. Well,I still don't like cutting it so close.

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I like to be there on time. She will? You sound like
you've never been to school before,jug Never mind whether I've ever been there
before. The question is will Iever get there again? What's taking her
so long? Anyway? It's abig house and a small person, Judge,
we can't wait all day. Comeon, you're going to school without
it? No, I'm going inthere and hurry her up. But I

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team my father says there are threethings you can't hurry turtles, my uncle,
herman, and women. Maybe sojudge it, but I'm still gonna
cry, Veronica, where are youright? He's the dining room. Veronica,
Look, it's getting awfully late.We gotta get going now. Why
don't you just forget about that person. You can borrow whatever money you need
from one of the other girls inschool. We really can't wait any longer,

(19:59):
Veronica j to Sidy. We justgot Huh, I found my house.
See was he there? Uh huh, I was right on the table.
Were elected? You mean we cango now? You're all sack?
Uh huh, Jackie. Didn't Itell you Veronica wouldn't take long? Didn't
I tell you if she'd get usto school right on time? I told
him? Oh my goodness, oldVeronica, don't tell me if I got

(20:19):
something else. No, but daddy'staking my car. Who cares? As
long as we get the school yourcar, don mister large, Come daddy,
it's a lie, Daddy, Oh, mister larche steady. No point
like getting a store so too hedoes? Boy? Oh boy, sure
is Veronica? What the dickens?Was that all about her? I don't

(20:42):
know he unless Daddy came out andsaw my car. He hadn't thought I
decided to walk to school after all, So he took Mink out of the
office with him. Who wears hiscar? Mother took it downtown to go
shopping, to go shopping. Doyou mean we're friends? Way out here,
further away from school than ever?Oh boy, been making progress back
when, and it's getting light.We better stat running and walking and something.

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Aren't you do whatever you like?Roonica, I'm not gonna bother,
not gonna bump. That's right,that's right. I give up. I
just plain give up. You meanyou're not going to school, that's right,
Joe, that's right. Evidently it'sjust not in the cards or the
stars, aren't right something I cansee. I'm just not destined to get
the school today. But you can'tjust stay home. And I might just

(21:26):
as well we start walking now.By the time we get there, all
the program will be given out,and we will go where to go and
watch to do, and all thegood seats will be gone, and the
new books will be given out,and well, it'll be such a mix
up. We might just as wellforget about the whole thing and just not
go to school today. Ain't startfresh tomorrow, Nope, I know when
I'm left I just plain give upshe is. Look at the milk quaque,

(21:49):
mil quack chucke. Who wants abottle of milk at a time like
that? No? Look at whothe milkman is? My uncle Harmon?
Who my uncle Herman? What positionsis your uncle Herman doing working as a
milkman? I don't even know whatmy uncle Herman is doing working, judge,
even your uncle Herman couldn't estapboards forever? I get not. Hey,

(22:11):
what hockey? This is a luckygreat for us, for us? Jokid?
What's your uncle job got to dowith us? Well, don't you
see what? He's driving? Amilk wagon? What about it? He's
he's chuck it. You don't meanwhy not? What are you two talking
about? You'll find out for mea com chuck comb okay, herman j

(22:32):
give me, oh my nine don'tknow, jer he'll know. I cheek
hell over? What are you kidsdoing over here? Well we were trying
to get the fool, mister Jones. But what are you doing with that
milk wagon? Helping out a friendof mine, a queen of yours year.
He's a regular milkman on this road. But he got stick and asks

(22:53):
me to take his place with today. I got three dollars in all the
leftover punches. Pretty easy way too, or is mister Joselos? Look,
I'm sure it's pretty easy work.But could you possibly do us a favorite?
Well? I had organ tang onwhat it is, But we're like
the school, awfully like. Theonly way I can think of getting there
anywhere near on time would be inyour milk wagon, in my mil You

(23:15):
mean you got a uncle herring?It just got as well? I guess
I could. I just made myman's delivery anywhere? Do you mean your
will? Why not? An emoyagency's an amoigen? Oh my holy you
think we can get downturn you believeit to me and all homogenized here,
we'll get this gool on time andmake a lot of risk green doing it?

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Idiot? How much idiot? Howmuch denied? Yeah? Oh my

(24:00):
god? Oh whoa, here's theschool kids, here's the school. Well
that was a pretty good time atthat, wasn't it good? Mister Jones?
I was a wow, it's rightas Paul? Are there? Yeah?
But we're here anyway? Yeah.Now the question is are we later
or not? Oh boy, thislake so oh my goodness, we're late.

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After all, it doesn't matter ofRonica. If we run for our
classrooms now, the teacher will sayanything about our being a few seconds late.
Come on, let's urry up andwith Hey, look at all those
kids. Oh my goodness, everyone'scoming out of school. He went,
Were we that late? Sala,We couldn't be more than a few minutes
late. But then, why iseveryone coming out of school? I don't
know, I don't he was,there's Betty, Hey, Betty, what's

(24:47):
going on? Why is everyone comingout of school? It's not try ronic
as the polis to Jones. We'reall going home, Artie going home?
Uh huh. We all gathered inthe auditorium and mister Weatherby told us that
all the books are stationary is life'sbeen delayed well here to tomorrow. So
there's nothing much we could do todayexcept get our schedules and programs. So
he gave out the programs and sendus all home. Since Chaun I picked

(25:08):
up your program for you, hedidn't really have to come to school all
the day. Didn't have to dothat. Uncle Herman, quick, get
a bottle of milk. Why heshouldn't have skip breakfast today? And now

(25:44):
back to the Andrews. It's thatevening and Archie is relating the hectic experiences
of the mornings with father. Thenyou all went to school in a milk
wagon. Uh huh, the wildestride I ever had, that, Archie.
That's the most testy thing you everheard of, the three of you
going to school in them note quagons. Yeah till he was. I think

(26:08):
it's hilarious, the mony thing Iever heard of. I'm glad you feel
that way about it. Had becauseUncle Herman says, you and missed the
lodge. To mister Jones, ohthe milk company ten dollars and fifty eight
sent ten dollars, he s,what's the biggest far? No, Dad,
we got to school, but fortysix doules of milk didn't make it.

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They kept falling off the way.Archias unas to me, I'm lucky.
One years from O give us thingsAnother chuck of the Adventures of Archi
Andrews written by Carl jam Pellen,based on the copyrighted feature appearing an Archie
Comics magazine. Archie is played byBob Hastings, Juughhead by Harlan Thone.

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Mom and Dad Andrews are played byAlex Jerman and off the cole Ronic and
Betty by Jane webinarars Mary Wright.This has been an NBC Radio Network production
and what was produced and directed byKenneth McGregor. Incidentally, those of you
who'd like to see our show canobtain tickets by writing to Archie Andrews,
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demand with heavy. Meanwhile, listennext week at the same time before the
merry Adventures of Archie Andrews. Andnow this is Dick Sudly wishing you all
a wonderful week till we meet again. Flow everybody,