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At this time from Radio City,New York, the National Broadcasting Company makes
its traditional observance of Parmistice Day withthe playing of taps the Adventures of Archie
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Andrews. Here is again the readersof Archie Comics magazine Noe Loves so Well
Archie Andrews, and now for ourweekly visit to Riverdale. It's evening as
we look in on the Andrews home, late evening, and we find the
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Andrews in the living room but gettingready to go upstairs to sleep. Missus
Andrews has just put out the emptymilk bottles, closed the windows, and
turned out the lights. Mister Andrews, however, is still asleep in his
armchair, buried beneath his newspaper.Fred, I guess you might as well
go up now and go to sleep. Bet I said you might as well
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go up and go to sleep.It's almost ten thirty. Fred Andrew's give
me that newspaper and answer me.Oh it's her kitty. Think he's falling
asleep right in that chair, Fred, Wake up, Fred Andrews, wake
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up? What time is it?Am I late for work? Where's my
shoes? Why is it the dark? Pity say Fred, calm down.
It isn't morning. It isn't Ohwhat did you wake me up for?
I woke you up because it's timeto go to sleep. You woke me
up because it's time to go tosleep. I'm married. What kind of
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sense does that make? You're notin Bedfred? You fell asleep in your
arm chair in the living room.Well, whoever heard of waking people up?
So he did? Huh? Iguess I did, didn't I?
You certainly did. I couldn't thatyou sleep there in that chair all night?
Could I know? Yeah? Iguess done. I guess done?
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What Almost ten thirty? Oh?Good grief? Time sureflies? Where is
aren't you? Oh? He wentto bed an hour ago. Let just
go up here? Did you lockup? Yes? Dear? Everything?
Oh, dear, I left thekitchen light on? Huh, I left
the light on in the kitchen.I'll go turn it out, all right,
dear, shoe out by getting tobed tonight. No, sure,
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I'm so tired. Mary, Whatis it? Marry? I don't just
marry marry for Pete's sake? Willyou calm down long enough to tell me
what it is that's in there thatI should do something about? Befor it's
too late for a wh red.Don't be silly. There's a mouse in
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there, a mouse. I wentin to turn off the kitchen light,
and the mouse ran right across thefloor. Oh is that all? Is
that all? Red? That mousewas as big as a cat? How
big? Well as big as arat? How big as big as a
mouse? That's more like it?Now, Mary, look, will you
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put not tell you? Mary?Will you please to scream a horrible scream?
All right, Mary, will youplease? He's just streaming it.
But then I realized it was mystarchy all right, So you heard her
scream and it wasn't a dream.I'm trying to talk to your mother.
Do you mind? Gee, Idon't mind. Thank you. You're welcome,
Bartie. Okay, that okay,okay. Now there's nothing for you
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to get so excited about. Yourmother just saw a mouse, that's all.
She was a mouse, A reallive mouse, yes, a real
live bouse. Evidently the cold weatheris bringing the mice indoors. The first
thing tomorrow, I'll buy some mousetraps and then i'll try to find out
where they're getting in tomorrow tomorrow,Fred, what about tonight? There's nothing
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we can do tonight. There it'slate, Fred, and do you think
has nothing to do tonight? Iwill not get a minute sleep all night
knowing there's the mouse running loose inthe house. Meet you, Dad,
But Mary, I can, I, god id, I'll do something?
Well do you wish, Dad?What are you gonna do? Well?
I suppose the only thing I cando is go get a broom and find
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the mouse and kill it. Killit. Yeah, Mary, a minute
ago you were screaming I didn't wanta mouse running loose in this house.
Now you're suddenly the local chatter ofthe SPCA. Well, friend, I
don't want the mouse in the house. But isn't there some other way?
Couldn't we get a mouse trap?And just where are we going to get
a mouse trap at this hour?Well? Now, the only way is
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would be to get a broom andtry to find the mouse, even have
a I don't kill it. Ican probably scare it away all right here.
But be careful, careful of whatI don't know. Just be careful.
Oh dear, why did this haveto happen? Now? Yeah?
Dad will never catch that mouse.What we need is a mouse trap.
I know what, Archie, Butwhere can we get them at this hour?
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Well, I bet if I calledJuckhead they'd have a mouse trap.
We could borrow Archie. They probablywould. But you can't call them at
this hour. Why not? Mom? This is an emergency, isn't it?
And how many times has Judge hadcome over here in the middle of
the night and gotten us all outof bed? Yes, I know we
gotta do something about that mouse.I'm gonna call Judge. Well, operator,
get me Riverdale six seven four Please. I hope we don't wake up
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everyone over there. Oh it's notso awfully late, Mom, they may
still be up, hope. Sohello, Archie, did I wake you?
Oh? Gee, I'm sorry.Jug I just wonderful. Oh that's
a shame, Judge, that wasthe only boy. Yes, Andy windows
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will chase me, of course,Jug of diamonds, money and hand.
Jug I justn and just when Idecided to let them catch me, you'll
call the jug Head. Look,I'm sorry to have interrupted your dream,
but it's very important. There's amouse in the house and we don't know
what to do about it. Giveit some jes tell it to go away.
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Jug This is no time to befunny. Do you have a mousetrap
we could borrow. Sure, couldyou bring it over? I might as
well. The thing's gone now anyway, But I hope that mouse appreciates the
jug. I'll explain it to himwhen we catch it. Now, hurry
up and get over here. Takethe short time. Okay, okay,
bye bye? Is he bringing itover? Yes? Mom? Right away?
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Has the Has Dad seen the mouseyet? Well? I don't know.
He's been awfully quiet out. IBetty got the mouse stray? Did
you get it? Did you killit? Dad? Did you kill it?
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What happened? I haven't even seenthe mouse yet. I just couldn't
get the broom out of the broomcloset over a pity's sake? You mean
you made all that noise just gettingthe broom. Yes, the confounded thing
was stuck in there with a dustband, the ironing board, the scrub
bucket, and six thousand other things. Finally lost my temper and he yanked
it out. Sheez. I betthat mouse is gone now, sure is
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anything? I'm sure it is,and a good thing too. Now we
can just forget about catching mice tonightand go to bed. But Fred and
might come back later marry with theracket I just made. That mouse is
halfway the mouse bill by this time. He probably warn all his friends to
stay away from the Andrews because theyscare you to death over there. Well,
Fred, this is no time forjokes. That mouse came into the
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house while we were both walking arounddown here, and if that didn't scare
him away, then that noise won'teither. Yeah, Dad, And besides,
juck Head's on his way over here. Well that's fine, I'll be
glad to see him. And jugHead is on his way over here.
What the dick is for? Fred? Don't we have enough trouble now without
jug Head running around here. Oh, he won't be any trouble, Dad,
he's bringing a mouse trap bringing him. You meant you called him up
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on the telephone. Huh, Oh, good grief, What on earth did
you do that for. You can'tgo around wake up half the town just
because there's one little mouse in here, like apartment of the United States Marines.
Maybe we ought to get an atombomb for that poor little mouse.
Fred, stop getting dramatic. Jughad a friend of ours, and I'm
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sure it's no trouble for him tobring a mouse trap over here. And
then when all we have to dois send it and get to bed.
I'm sure I'll sleep better if Iknow we have a trap set. Oh
Mary, sometimes I bet that's jugHead already. Oh fine, Mary,
Why must you make such a bigfuss over nothing? But I'm sorry,
but I just can't stand with thoughtthe mice and don't think about it.
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Fred, don't be funny and openthe door. All right, I'm not
being funny. I'm simple. Goodgraef Jughead. Would you expect Cinderella now?
Jughead? I unfortunately expected you comeon in kyat jug Kai's lot for
coming over here so quick? Yes, jug Yeah, it was very sweet
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of you, and we wouldn't havetroubled you America. Look, we can
pay Jughead our deep debt of gratitudesome other time. Right now, I
want to catch that mouse and getthe bid. Did you bring a mouse
trap? Jug Head? Huh?An automatic mouse tap that my uncle Herman
invented, chuck Head, What areyou talking about? What's a great invention,
misterans? And it works well?Here? See, chug Head,
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this is nothing but an old cigarbox. Sure, that's what makes it
such a great invention. What makesthis an automatic mouse trap. It's simple,
I'll show you. So you openthe box like this. Yeah,
and when the mouse goes in here, yes, you close the box and
the mouse was automatically trapped. OhI see that's pretty cool. Automatically trapped.
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Drug head? Do you mean it? Don't lose your temper? Tempermary,
don't tell you that trapp is nogood at all. That's what everybody
says. I put over another oneanother what mouse trap? The regular kind?
Yeah, well that's better. Fora minute, I was afraid you
wanted us to use that cigar boxnon sense. Well this is more like
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it. See how does this gadgetwork? Well you pull that wi spring
way back and hold it in placewith this little hook. All right,
well yeah we are. Now wecan get some cheese, and that mouse
is as good as out of businessright now. Yeah, thanks a lot
for bringing this over. John.That's okay. We never use. Oh
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pull the finger. The finger,that's why we never used. You know,
we slipped. So he tells me, oh, finger, get it
off, get it off me.He's still. That hole's still, and
I'll open the trowel right here,hurry up, Just lift this gadget up
and there take your finger out.Oh thank you heavens for that. Oh
Mary, that done. They nearlykilled me. Imagine what it would do
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to a mouse. That's not veryfunny, and it wouldn't do a thing
to a mouse. But won't stayopen for two seconds? What's the idea
of bringing it? There's no timeto argue. Run upstairs and filk your
finger in cold water before it getsall swollen. All right, Mary,
all right, but you listen tome. You get that jug heading,
that trap out of this hospital beforeI come down here again. They're both
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and men. It's to life andlimb. She was. I'm sorry about
that, missus Andrew's jug head.It wasn't your fault. Mister Andrews is
just being unreasonable. But Mom,now, what are we going to do
about that mouse? Archie? Idon't know. Maybe I better call Betty
and wake her too. Oh Bettywon't mind, Mom, it's just next
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door. But I hate Oh chiewis Mom. We gotta do something.
Operator get me Riverdale four or five? Two? Please tomorrow we better go
out and buy a dozen mouse trapsand keep him in the house. Yes,
Mom, we sure should. HelloBetty, this is Archie. Archie
Archie Andrews, what do you want? We got a mouse? Congratulate Betty.
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You don't understand. There's a mousein the kitchen. Understand, a
real live mouse. What's his name? Well he didn't tell me, Betty,
it's a mouse. He hasn't gota name. Oh, poor little
mouse with no name. Betty,would you please wake up? We gotta
catch a mouse. You'll never doit. Mice trunk faster than you do.
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She's half asleep. Mom, I'llfix that. Hello, Betty.
Would you like to go to thedance Saturday night? Oh, Archie,
I'd love to. Yeah, Ithought that would wake her up. Betty.
Look, I'll be glad to takeyou to that dance. All you
have to do is lend us amouse trap, a mouse track. Why
is there a mouse in your house? Oh no, Betty, Yes there's
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a mouse in our house. Golly, why didn't you say so. I'll
find a mouse trap to bring itright over. That'll be fine, Betty,
thanks a lot. You're welcome bynow goodbye. Well she finally understood
what I was talking about. Isshe bring a trap over? Yeah?
Right away? Well that's good.Oh Fred, How did they feel now?
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Oh? Just like it's been caughtin a mouse trap. Now,
Mary, will you please send jughead home and forget all this mouse nonsense
for the night. Fred, tomorrowmorning, I promised to buy all the
mouse paths you need, and I'llfind the mousehold. Now stuck them all
up and we'll have no more troublewith Mike said, you don't understand Betty's
bringing over a mouse trap. Betty'sbringing a mouse trap? Betry? How
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did she hear about this? Icalled her? Dad? You call her?
Oh no, Archie? How manytimes must I tell you? You
can't go calling half the town atthis hour just because of a mouse?
It just so happens. I'd liketo get to sleep tonight, so with
the mice, don't be funny.Oh, Fred, that's probably Betty already,
so stop making such a fush.She answered that, Oh came on,
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Oh me, hello, Archie,Hi you Betty? Betty? What's
that? I couldn't find a mousetrap, arn't you? So? I
just brought my cat? Oh no, oh, dear, she was a
walking mouse trap. Chuck Head.For the last time, to quiet Betty,
what the dickens you're doing here withthat cat? I just told you,
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mister Andrews. If you have amouse here, Tommy, you'll catch
it for you in no time.Say hey, Betty, you may have
something there. Does this cat liketo catch mice? Oh sure, mister
Andrews. He's the best mouse catcheryou ever saw, aren't you, Tomy?
Fred? Do you think we should? Well? Why not marry?
After all, a cat's the bestthing in the world for a mouse.
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Bet the mouse doesn't think so,I'll chuck. Be quiet, all right,
Betty, we'll try your cat.Sure, Dad, I bet Tommy
catches that mouse in a minute.Sure, unless the mouse catches him.
Hug, Yu'll be quiet, allright, Betty. Turned the beast loose,
and let's see what he does,all right, mister, and as
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you watch, he'll go right afterthat mouse. Now, go ahead,
Tommy, catch the naughty mouse.Go on, Tommy. Oh fine,
he doesn't even budge mouse, Tommy, mouse. Maybe he doesn't speak English.
Shut the choir, can you gage? Go ahead, Tommy, find
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the mouse. Find the mouse.Go ahead, Tommy, find the mouse.
Go on, Tommy, find themouse. It's just a nitsy,
bitchy mouse. Tommy. Shut.I thought I told you trying to help.
You've been enough help already, Betty. Evidently Tommy is uninterested in the
subject of mice. Well maybe hejust hasn't got the smell of the mouse
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yet. Yeah, maybe this mouseuses mom friend. Maybe we should give
this up. The cat doesn't seemto want to marry. Don't jump to
conclusions. The poor cat doesn't knowwhat this is all about. After all,
the mouse wasn't even in this room. It was out in the kitchen.
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Oh no, wonder then we bettertake him out there. Of course.
What's more, we'll lock him inthere for the night, for the
night. Well, yes, Betty, if you don't mind. After all,
you can't catch a mouse in twominutes, you know. We just
have to leave the cat in there. Then we could all go to sleep,
and that mouse shows up anytime duringthe night, he'll wish he hadn't.
Well, Fred, do you thinkthat's wise? Can you think of
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a better plan? Well? No, all right, then the cat stays
here. Come on, you go, Tommy archie? Okay that Hey,
hey, look where's he running through? Go? Maybe he sees the mouse?
Why don't see any mouse? Tommyjumps up to that open window.
Oh, good, greet, he'sjumping out. Cat cad. He's gone,
Betty, I can You'll never comeback home again. Please don't start
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crying over an old cat. Hey, that's her pitcat. You gotta go
look for it. Yes, Iknow, Darren, I'll look for him.
Who's gotta look for him? Youand Jughead and Betty. You can't
let the cat get lost. Butafter all, the poor child was nice
enough to bring the cat over herejust for us. But who we can
do is to help her find itnow. But who if that cat gets
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lost, I'd never feel the same. You never feel the same. Mary.
How do you think I'm going tofeel running around in the middle of
the night looking for a cat.That cat could be any place by now.
I don't want to go running alloh oh oh, all right,
Mary, all right, there's nosense arguing with you when you get that
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look in your eye. Come on, kids, we'll go cat going.
I'm awfully sorry to put you toall this trouble, mister Andrews, but
I just die if anything happened toTom. All right, Betty, we'll
find him. I know why,but we'll find him. Yeah, don't
worry, Betty, We'll get him, aren't she You stay here? But
Mom I want to go running aroundtown to bare feet and pajamas. I'm
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sure your father and Betty and judgeadcan find the cat themselves. She was,
okay, Mom, you look downthat way, all right, mister
Andrews. Yeah, juckhead, yougo look down that way, okay,
and I'll go to bed. Wow, I'll go over that way. But
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I don't know why. And man, be careful. I don't know,
but be careful. Never in allmy days seen anything like this. I
knew that cat idea wouldn't work.And we still haven't caught that mouse.
No, and I don't know howwe're going to now. Well, I
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could call Veronica and see if shehas a mouse track. Oh, now,
aren't you. We can't go botheringher too, But Mom, we
gotta do something. That cat ideadidn't help us at all. Yeah.
Besides, Veronica stays up pretty late. Maybe we wouldn't even be waking her.
Well, Operator get me Riverdale threeone eight. Please, I hope
she's not asleep. Oh even ifshe is, Mom, she don't mind.
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Hello, Hello, Veronica, thisis Archie. Oh, hello Archie.
Hire your Archie cans. It's afulnot to hear your voice, Archie,
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he Archie, for pity's sake,stop that giggling and tell her about
the mouse. Okame on, hello, Veronica, have you got a mouse
trap? A mouse trap? Aren'tyou? What are you talking about?
A mouse trap? We got amouse running around the kitchen and we need
something to catch him with. Mygoodness, did you call up at this
time of night? Just ask methat? Uh huh, my goodness.
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Well, I don't know if wehave a mouse trap or not, but
I'll look around and see. Gee. I'd appreciate it if you would,
Veronica. Hright, bye bye.I think she was just a little annoyed
mom. You see, I toldyou not to call her. Oh it's
okay, she'll get older it Mary, I give up. Gray. Did
you find the cat? I certainlydid not, and I'm not looking for
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it anymore. I went all upand down the block and looked in every
driveway, in every backyard, andthere wasn't a sign of that cat.
Oh dear, But what we do? Betty'll be heartbroken? Mary? What
can we do? I can't gosearching the whole city for a cat.
If Betty so upset, I'll buya new one. That's all up I
found him. He was Look,it's Betty's cat, Betty, that's wonderful.
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Where was he on our front porch? When he jumped out the window?
He ran right home, didn't youpushy? Wo Oh? Fine,
Well, Betty, evidently that catdoesn't like to go visiting at this time
of the night, so we mightjust as well forget the whole scheme.
And thanks for bringing him over here. Well all right, mister Anders,
I'm sorry it didn't work. Youfound what is about three blocks away under
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your car, and did I havea tough time getting them out? And
all the way back he kept tryingto jump out of my arm. I
wouldn't let him go. Now bringhim back alive, jug hit they call
me hi. There were a fewother things I could call you. Cat
That is not the cat. Whatisn't a cat? Don't you think I
know a cat when I see one? A cat is paul legs and a
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tamphet that is a cat, butnot the cat. Judge. Do you
see what Betty is holding? Surea cat, and she better a cat
she was, Betty. I meanthe cat I have, isn't it looks
just like it? This jugget it? Does it? Certainly? Does.
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But that's not Betty's cat. Andif you know what's good for you,
you will get rid of that strangeanimal as fast as you can before.
I don't lose your temper, Marry. I'm not losing my temper. I've
just had all the wildlife I couldstand at the moment, and I who
the dickens are that? Well?That must be Veronica. Veronica. What's
she doing here? You don't getexcited, but hello, Archie, hire
you Veronica, Veronica? What's that? Well? That's grand. I was
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afraid to come way over here allalone at this time night, so I
brought Prince along for the rock.Oh dear, Oh goodness, chucking?
What's that you have? They somebody'scat? Veronica, you get that dog
out of here before there's trouble.I don't think this cat like Prince.
Sam. I'm chugging that cat totake that dog out of here. We
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can't right away. We got away, Pray do something. Prince is chasing
bold cats. Come back here,Come back here? You catching cart up
the tree? Oh weird guy.I'm disturbing everybody. Who threw that shoe?
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I think it came from over there. Now, just a minute you're
just one minute and you do.Now listen to the all of you.
Please take that hound of yours homebefore we're all arrested for disturbing the peace,
causing a riot, and obstructing traffic. Yes, mister Andrews, not
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everyone. Come on, Oh goodnight now, Betty, that that that
miniature tiger of yours down out ofthat tree? All right, mister Andrews,
Come on, Tommy, come ondown. Bad dog went away.
That's a good kid, all right, Betty. Now you've got your cat,
so thanks again, but just gohome and go to sleep. Yes,
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mister Andrews, not everyone very much. Well what about that other cat
up in the tree? Bag usedyou with that dog on the cattle?
Come down out of that tree byitself and go back to wherever you belong
to that now I want to hearno more about mouse, bats and cats
or dog? Now? Is thatclear? That mouse? I don't want
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to hear another word about it.If he's still in this house, I
hope he hands a good time.Well what is it, jughead? I
caught the mouse? Yes, Iknow, and I hope you do.
You caught what I caught the mouse? Quite a few people ran out here.
I saw him, and I caughthim with my bed head. You
want to see him? Please curethis little mouse here, yes, jug
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heead, I'm sure he's just aniful. If you like him that much,
take him home and put him inthe cage and raise him to be a
very happy, old white haired mouse. Jeez. Thanks, I will good
and you can go home right now. Okay, night everyone, and thanks
for the mouse, dughead. You'rewelcome, oh jughead. And now I'm
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marry. That closes the incident ofthe mouse. So if you don't mind,
I'd like to go inside and goto sleep once and for all.
Oh me too, Dad, I'mdead tired. I am too, dear.
This has been quite a nice certainly, I'm going straight up to bed
and make believe this whole thing neverhappened. Yes, dear, I know
how you feel. Closed that door. Yes, all right, now let's
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go upstairs. Oh dear, whatnow the light's still on in the kitchen.
We'll go turn it off when Ilock the door. Yeah, yeah,
now, young man, we'll goupstairs and get some sleep at long
lass. Oh yes, dad,Marys will be back in just a minute.
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But first i'd like to remind youour listeners that if you'd like to
see our show as part of ourstudio audience, just write a card a
letter to Archie Andrews, NBC RadioCity, twenty New York. Now please
allow time for a reply since thedemand is heavy. We'll get the tickets
to you just as fast as wecan. That address again is Archie Andrews,
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NBC Radio City, twenty New York. And now back to the Andrews.
It's an hour later. Mister Andrewshas convinced missus Andrews that the matter
of the second mouse should be leftuntil morning, and the family has finally
gotten to sleep. Such Jet thephone can be calling at this hour,
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she wis telephone, Archie, willyou answered? Please? Hello, this
is Jet Chug. What the dickensdo you want? You know that mouse?
I took? Yes, like putit in a box, put it
got out and my mother doesn't likeit running around the house and I need
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my mouse trap back. We're goinglistening to another chapter The Adventures of Archie
Andrews, written my Car's hand Heeland based on the copywriter teacher of Cary
an Archie Comics magazine. Arty isplayed by Bob Hastings, jug Head by
Harlan Stone. Mom and Dad Andrewsare played by Alice Yrman and off the
cole Ronic and Betty by Gloria Mannand Rosemary Rice. Also in today's cast
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was animal imitator Donald Bain. Thisprogram is produced and directed by Kenneth McGregor.
Listen next Saturday at the same timebefore Mary's present Bom Three Times Mean
Good Times on NBC. Herbert Marshall'sOurs Tonight is The Man Called X and
another story of danger and intrigue inA Far Corner of the Earth. Tomorrow
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Night on NBC, Tulula Backhead isMistress of Ceremonies once again on The Big
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