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November 21, 2023 28 mins
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.
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(00:05):
You come over right away, comeout of light from back. Why we
laugh? Monkey, we laugh,yeah, carrying it again, the young
submitting to readers of Archie Comics Magaswe know and love so well Archie Andrews
and all his dad no bra weeklyvisit to Riverdale at nighttime. As we're

(00:28):
looking on the Andrews home late atnight, and not a creature stirring,
not even the proverbial mouse, untilfrom out of the darkness we hear him
the Andrews day. This is awful, it's stressful. Very you awaken,

(00:51):
yes, said, I'm awake wideaway. I've been awake for an hour.
I don't think I ever got tosleep east your night, I mother
in the year, I what thegreat? Sure all as it can be

(01:11):
filler. Sure, there's the firstweek in September that feels like July July.
Well, we never should have comeback from the lake so early.
Well, stop grumbling and try toget the tree. Who can sleep?

(01:33):
I'm wide awak, well, andjust stop grumbling. There's nothing you can
do about it. And I'm notso sure about that? Meanwhy meaning,
why don't we go out of thefront porch for a while, go away
out in the front porch now inthe middle of the night, why not
we're just lying here, tossing andturning. Maybe there's a little breeze off

(01:53):
the porch and we can cool offa little and maybe then we can get
back to sleep. Well, maybeyou'll certainly isn't doing as any good as
lying here dasting for a breath ofair. We'll turn on the light.
No, huh, don't do thatany right, and don't make any noise.
We don't want to wait you.Oh, you're right, you're right

(02:15):
structin me. Don't want to wakeat you. I hope you'll find out
way downstairs in the dark, thoughwithout bumping into something, of course.
Again, just where you're going,well, you're always moving the furniture around
which dyke is sin and you'll beall right? Did I over there where
they always burn unless you move them? Since I went to bed. Now,

(02:38):
then don't be funny, and don'tmake so much noise because the wakeuchi
don't ever hear the end of it, all right, I'm not making a
sound bed. What happened? Idropped my teeth bread to fall down.

(03:00):
No, I rolled down head overhere the dickens. Did I strip over
anyway. Oh, the vacuum cleanerin the dust, and I forgot to
put him away. Oh that's great, that's fine. Not so loud,
you wake Archie? So why shouldhe sleep when I'm dying clinging? Stop?
It won't help me. I needto wake him up. Did you

(03:22):
hurt yourself? Ooh, go verynot at all. Go this elbow always
while it was too poorty. Anyway, my nose always did stick out too
far, and I always did whatan extra bump in my forehead? That's
a shreamouse. No, no,no, no, I'm not waiting.
I got a couple of nasty bumps, but I didn't break anything. So

(03:44):
let's not start playing doctor at thishour. Let's just get out of the
porch and sit down and cool off. I'll be all right. He sure
I'm positive to that way art you? Oh? I guess no. Somehow
he's left through all that racket.Evidently that kid can sleep through anything,
which is just as well. Igrief. It's darker out here there was

(04:10):
inside. Yes, there's no moon. It's the very dark night. You
haven't left any little vacuum cleaners lyingaround out here, have you? There's
nothing to triple around here, gotfind the glider I'm looking for. Oh,
here it is, Sit down andrelax. I am, Mary,
I am, and that Archie isthat you? Dad? Is that you?

(04:44):
What are you doing on here?Mom? Is that you? Ye?
Yes, it's me and that's yourmother the victims? Are you doing
out here? I was sleeping onthe glider. So you scared me half
to death by sitting on me?Yeah? Well, actually, have your
big eyes felt when I sat downon something underneath the a wig? I
lost ten years of my life?Well I did too, boy Dad,

(05:04):
when you sit you sit hard,my poor tell me my poor board,
tell me never mind, you're tellme right now? What on there you
doing sitting out here? We thoughtyou're in your room. Well I was
murmur It was so hot up thereI couldn't sleep. So I come out
here for a breath of fresh air. And I stretched out on the glider
and well, like if I dozedoff before I realized it, I didn't

(05:27):
think I'd be mistaken for an nchet. Why out there? What was
that she was? It sounded likemister Crockett, Oh dear, well,
we're making too much noise or shedon't talk to Judy won't be awfully late.
Oh no, Mary, is thatour phone was afraid? He is?
Do want earth to be calling it? This on? I'll get it
on, I'll get it home.Okay, okay, I'm comming hello.

(05:51):
How what that's going on over atyour house here? That I've turned them
off? Like mater? Oh thatOh, that wasn't anything, Betty.
That was just my father sitting onmy stomach. Sitting on my stomach.

(06:11):
You see, I was asleep andDad sat on me. What well,
he didn't have anything else but IHe didn't mean it, Betty. He
didn't know I was there. Hedidn't know you were. Weare sleeping on
the porch glider on the porch glider, uh huh. You see, it
was so hot in my room.I went out on the porch to cool
off, and before I knew it, I fell asleep, and then Dad

(06:33):
came out there to to to shewas gonna think of it? What the
heck was Dad doing out there inthe middle of the night, anyway,
same thing you were probably are youcalling off? Oh? Oh yeah,
I guess so. Anyway, hedidn't see me in the dark, and
he sat down on me, andit scared me and I yelled, that's
all she I hope we didn't wakeyou up, Betty? Oh no,

(06:53):
sheep for hours so awfully hot.Yeah, sure is not, as long
as everything's all right over her house, I'll pick okay, Beatty see tomorrow.
Okay, nice, okay, baby. She worries about everything just because
we made a little noise over here. She calls up in the middle of

(07:14):
the money, Mommy, No,that was on the phone. That was
got you quiet? Quiet? Huhdo you want mister crock at the start
yelling at us again? Be quiet? Oh? Okay, dad, Sorry,
that was Betty. Mam. Sheheard the rump us over here and
wanted to know if everything was okay. Oh dear, we didn't wait,
did we know they were up?Man, We didn't wake them. Okay,

(07:38):
let's not wake anyone else either.We came out here to relax and
cool off for a few minutes sowe can get back to sleep. Let's
do just that and quietly. Okay, bad here, you can sit with
your mother and me on the glider. Thanks dad, Oh boy, what
a nice Wait? What is that? What's quiet? That seems noise?

(08:00):
Keep hearing? That's Archie, Hebreathed through his mouth. No, not
Archie. It's a funny little twickingnoise, like someone throwing stones at the
windows. Throwing stones. I don'thear anyone throwing stones there? Bread there,
it is a game. Good grief, It did sound like someone throwing

(08:20):
stones at the window. Now whatis it? What throws stones at this
hour? Oh? Good, great, jug head? Jug head? He
was? Where is he? Sounds? He's around the side of the house
and our driveway. Well, whatthe dickens is he doing there? Oh?

(08:43):
Throwing stones up at Archie's window.I guess Archie stopped him before he
starts yelling and wakes the whole neighborhood. Okay, Dad, okay, hey,
jug head? Hip down, yes, mate, What the dickens are
you doing over here? Why?Jug I can't come down. I'm not

(09:11):
upwhere, not up in my room. I'm down here on the front porch.
Fine, how should I know?But I'm on the front porch with
my mother and father. Come onover, what do you this time of
night? Cooling off? Do youmind? Shut up? Grief with crocket

(09:39):
again? With you got to stopmaking so much noise? She is what
do you people wearing? You looklike a couple of goats, jug Head,
my wife was wearing a bathrobe andI'm in my night shirt. Oh
I got those skinny things up.You ain't go I thought you were on

(10:01):
stealt, chuck Head. I amnot on stialt, and I can do
without your comments on my night clothesor my legs right now. What the
trick is you're doing here anyway?Well, I'll tell you, mister Engel.
Yes, it's like this. Yes, here's out all begain. Yes,
and this is the honest killer chughad. Never mind the introduction to

(10:22):
the speech. Just get to thepoint. What are you doing here in
the middle of the night. I'mgetting to it, mister Angels. Just
a little while ago, I wasup in my room on dressed, all
on dress, jug Nobody cares howundressed you were. I care. It
was hot, yea, oh fine, go ahead, chug yet And even
though I was all on dressed.When I say oh, I mean all

(10:45):
jug heads, okay, okay,But it was just so hot I couldn't
sleep. So I got the ideathat maybe if I got dressed and walked
over to the drug store and gotme a nice cold ice cream soda,
it would cool me off. Howabout you sodas anyone, No, thank
you, jugg No sodas for anyone. She would not anyone at all,

(11:07):
not anyone. Jug. We arenot thirsty, we are tired and we
are going to sleep. But theymake awful good sodas. Down a cream,
Juget, I'm sure they do.You have a chocolate soda with vanilla
ice Queen, Jug, I don'tpanilla soda with chocolate ice cream. Judget
chocolate ice cream, Judget, Idon't want any kind of soda with any
ice cream. Avoid just inviting itto have a soda. Marry. I

(11:30):
know that, and I just refusedthe invitation forty three times. Well you
means there all right, so itmeans well, I mean well too.
Now, jug I'm sorry I yelledat you, but we don't want an
these sodas. We want to goback to sleep. Now, is that
clear? Go get yourself with soda, and thanks for asking us. Well,
okay, see you tomorrow. Yeah, I see you tomorrow, Judge,
not even a jug out toody,you marry that jug hitters without a

(12:00):
don't the man tom down? Howmany times you have to say no to
that? You have to call itgood grief it's Crockett again. But sure,
I'm sorry, mister Crockodd. I'msorry, Marry. We've got to
stop making so much noise. We'rewaking up the whole neighborhood. Now the
jug has gone, I'm sure there'llbe no more knowing, I hope.

(12:20):
So are you still? Oh no? What the dickens was that though?
Betty? Is that you? Andrews? Missus Andrews. I made a picture
of cold lemonade, and I thoughtmaybe you folks would like them. Mary,
what are we running here and allnight refreshment stands? Pay? Don't
be rude. I think it's verysweeted Betty to come over here to offer

(12:43):
some lemonade. Yes, you're thevery sweet of her. But I don't
want any lemonade. I don't wantany so does. I just want to
get to sleep. She was done, But we get to sleep a lot
faster after a nice cold glass offresh lemonade. It's the least we can
do after Betty went to all thattrouble. I'm read, Oh me,
drink lemonade. If you want lemonade, go buy some popcorn to go with

(13:03):
it, if you like. Idon't Fred, never mind the sarcasm.
Don't have any attention with Hender's Betty. This heat has him a little out
of sort. Oh, I understand, missus Andrews. My father is snapping
everybody's head off too too. Whatdo you mean, tool now, rad
forget it? Aren't you running insidethe glass and get bad gut some glasses
in the house. Okay, well, I'll get it. And I'm sure

(13:24):
you like the lemonade the strander.Yeah, Ben, I'm sure I like
the lemonade, and it was reallyvery nice for me to bring it over
here. But what's really bothering meis that I'm very tired and I don't
want this to turn into an allnight party waiting moon. We'll all have
a nice glass of lemonade, andBetty'll go back home and we'll all get
a good, nice sleep. Whatthe thickest is that, though, Juck

(13:50):
Pick, what are you doing backhere? Who calls that he got too
late? So the last time?People shore? Oh good Grave Crockett again,
Bye, I'm sorry, mister Krack. We won't make another sound.

(14:13):
Oh fine, Veronica stops shouting allover the place and come up here again
to ask silly questions. And yousee what I mean about an all night
party. Mary. I knew heshould have sent Betty home. I knew
could take a look in the stranger'sblank Aren't they just skinny thinking jump head?

(14:35):
Who asked you to conduct a guidethat tour of my anatomy? Okay,
okay, I was just missing it. Well, don't and Veronica listen,
aren't you will be out in aminute now. When you get there,
would you please say hello and goodbyeto him as briefly and as quietly
as you know how My wife andhe would just and Aranka was called cheez

(15:03):
oh high a loo chicken? Right, so fanatt you all wat cheese?

(15:28):
No, Archie, this is notime to stand here cackling like you were
sitting on a feather. She lookedat it was just saying hello to Veronica.
I know you were, And thisis neither the time or the place
for it. We are not inthe habit of receiving company in our pajamas
on the front porch in the middleof the night. I would appreciate it
if your assorted friends would go homewithout having any lemonade. Oh right now,

(15:50):
how did you find out about thelemonade? Well? I saw the
glasses. So I looked trund tosee what you might be planning to put
into them, and I found apicture standing here, and I just put
two into together, and I gotlemonade. When you had better do that
arithmetic over again, because you're notgonna have any lemonade. It wouldn't it
be a lot simpler to just givethe youngsters the glass of lemonade and let

(16:10):
them go home happy and quiet,and to stand here and argue about it.
I give you lemonaded. You cameover to my house on a hot
night. Get after all that theseare my friends lemonade and they're welcome to
hot Take half a minute. Ohalright, Mary, I can't argue with
a whole mob of lemonade drinkers.You all want the lemonade, have lemonade.

(16:34):
But remember right after that, Iwant this happy little clam baked to
end. He having plans too.We are. Oh I'm sorry, mister
Crockett. Sorry you won't hear anotherpeep out of us. Mary. Let's
get this over him done with beforewe wind up in jail. Serve the

(16:56):
lemonade, all right, Go getto Martin, all right, Yes,
dear, hand me the place ofDaddy, and I'll for the lemonade.
Well, that's the trouble, MissusAndrews. What's the truth. I don't
think there's enough lemonade for everyone.I didn't make that much oh for petty.
Well, I'm just going to makesome more lemonade now, yes,

(17:18):
didn't just take me a minute tohave another lemonas and chigar and water.
Do this and then there'll be enoughfor everyone. I'll be right out.
Don't make it too sweet, missusAndrews. I like grining, salar jug.
It all make a solid Why don'tyou set up the launch sprinkler,
set up the wine the sprinkler,the launch sprinkler. You mean turn it
on? Sure, turn it on. Everything good and work and really cool

(17:41):
things up. Hy We did thatat our house. Wasn't it work?
Fine? Sure? Cool off theair and you'll we get sweep better.
Oh might not be a bad idea, Judge. The sprinkler is right out
on the lawn there, or we'dhave to do it. Just turn it
on. Sounds like a good ideato me. I okay, judge,
we'll do it. You're going halfat the back of house and turn the
forestad on and I'll stay right hereuntil you want to sign and not.

(18:03):
Okay, it's that force near thecellar door, right, yeah, but
don't make any noise. I canfind it in the dark. Just look
for a chug. You'll find.But you better make sure the sprinkler isn't
too near the porch, aren't you. We don't want to get west.
That's a good idea, Betty.That sprinkler covers a lot of territory.
I'll move it over near the path. Here's the glass, you know,
missus Andy will be right out withdileminade. Actually, what the dickets are

(18:27):
you doing out there in the lawn. I'm just moving the lawn sprinkler.
Dad, Well, what horror?Well, chuck tid good grief, who's
that at this hour? She wentthat that looks like a police car.
But the police car the police,the police before, Yes, sir,
yes, mister trouble Well, there'sno trouble here. I don't think you

(18:51):
should stand. There was a worldparty party. Oh good, great.
That must have been mister Crockett whocomplained. He said, you're keeping a
whole neighborho No, how I mean, maybe we did make a little noise
for a minute. But there's nothinggoing on really with just serving a little
lemonade to some of our friends.Walking to yourself. You're not doing a

(19:14):
thing that cause and they trouble,not the thing. What did you get
that? No? Who turned thatdringer around? Turn that thing off?
It's sholly me turn it off.Get turn it off off. Somebody hockey
squeeze the hole, squeeze the whole. I can't get nearer that jumpet,

(19:36):
jump off, no more, nogood, no more off, marinkeep out
of it. Hokey, turned thatconfounded thing off. Sit on the cat
Well, okay, dad, justget my hand over another. I got

(19:59):
it, I got it. Well, thank Heaven for that pretty quick of
one. I can tell the turningoff. I can't hold it forever like
you. I can't begin to apologizebecause I can't begin to tell you how
sorry I am. I can't beginto and you can't begin to, so
don't even try. Besides, I'vebeen walking a nice cold shower on a

(20:23):
hot night like this. In fact, just to show my appreciation, I'm
going to give you my autograph youon some of these tickets. Tickets,
yes, tickets, I have tosign them all. What do you mean
tickets? I mean, if Icould think it's something to haul you in
for right now, I want,but I can't, So I just have

(20:47):
to content myself with giving you afew tickets. Did was a Cop'll be
going for wasting city water? Wastingcity water? There's a water shortage,
you know, Another for disturbing thepiece, another for inciting a riots holding
an officer of the law. ButI give another for drunk and disorderly conduct,

(21:07):
and another for indecent exposure. Exposure, yes, indecent. You don't
call walking around in public in anight shirt decent, do you? Well?
But I don't know much about it. It's gonna take me a while
to write all these tickets, sojust calm down. I hope that's end
rights underwater. If you know what'sgood for you? Did you say?

(21:30):
Uh? Not you? Not you? Is that's the kid name? Yeah?
I know. His last name isin Jones many chances? Wait,
yes you do. Don't tell mehe's Harry Jones, just kid. He
does my father a police record?No, he doesn't have a record.
Your old man and I were buddiesback in the First World War together?

(21:52):
Here were you? Sure were great? Bunny? I used to come around
to your house a lot when youwere just a little shaver. He's about
yod ninety. Yeah, I don'tremember. Sure. I got married.
I moved over the other side oftown, and so I never got to
see your old man much after that. How is he fine? Just fine?

(22:15):
It's still the same happy go luckyarea. Well he was up until
tonight. What do you mean tilltonight? Oh, I don't think he'll
be so happy go lucky. Ain'tfind out it was Mike wals Green has
got all those tech Well you meanyou're Paul. I was the one who
turned the water on you turns?You turn them now? Is your that

(22:41):
rich? Poor Harry kid chokes mewith a guard sprinkler. When I tell
you old man about that, willhe get a kick out of that?
Yeah, you don't have to worryAndrews. If you're a friend of the
Joneses, and if was jugg hadturned the water, yeah, I'll forget

(23:03):
about these tickets. You forget aboutyou. I guess I just lost my
temper there for a minute. Youreally didn't do anything anyway, Oh,
officer, I can't tell you howrelieved I am. That's awfully decent of
you really it, that's okay.I just go back to the station house
and get a drying the fort.Well, we'll woke have a cigar or
dressing them later for coming in Sada. For a minute, I better get

(23:26):
going, And if I give himregards to your old man jugghead, tell
him I'm coming over see him onmy next night off, Yes, and
tell him what happened to I.You really get a kick out of it.
Tell him what was big feeler Riley. I'll take it easy if he
would. Oh, no, Igetting there, My god, get there.

(23:48):
Oh that was the closest call Iever had. For a minute,
I was sure I'd spend the restof my life in jail. Yeah,
I get Judge had saved the dayI meet the night? Yeah, Jack,
Yeah, I guess you did.It's a good thing for all of
us. Your father was an oldbuddy of that policeman's and how I wish
I had known that years ago.Well, it sure saved us to night.

(24:10):
Now, look, good, kids, I think we've had about enough
trouble for one night. I amabsolutely exhausted, So now what do you
say you all go home so wecan get go to bed. And get
to sleep. You're right, Missta, it's getting awkaway. I'll have to
be home to me too, goody, good night, good night. Oh
no, Mary, let's get tobed. He don't know he, yes,
he is. I've never seen inmy life, just and all my

(24:33):
life either have I me too?But I gotta change my pajamas. I
got so cool that launch sprinkle.Yes, me too. Well that's best.
Pajama's in your drawer, Archie.And there's a fast night shirt in
your drawer too, Fred, youmaybe be cooler to sleep in the wet
one, Oh Fred, doctor nonsenseand go change? Yeah, I am
Mary, I am wow? WhatNow do you know where your pajamas?

(24:55):
Archy? Yeah? I can findthem up? All right, dear,
put him on and then go rightto sleep, and I sure will.
Mama, I'm dead tired, andMama, I'm awfully sorry if I caused
all that truck. Oh that's allright. Yeah, you didn't cause any
more trouble than anyone else, andI'm sure you didn't mean it. Just
go to sleep, dear, Okay, nice, good night, Dear.

(25:15):
Did you find a new night here? Then? Yes? Mary? What
do you think this? As Igot on a lace curtain. Now,
don't be ridiculous. Let's get tosleep. That's so sweet to a tea
and you know something, Maybe that'ssoaking I got from the garden spray.
But I feel much cooler now.No, but I think it has gotten
cooler. The night dreams all ofa sudden. Good, tell me can
forget about They eat and get thissleep. One? What was that so

(25:40):
thet it's out of my friend.Oh it couldn't be. It just couldn't.
What sad it was. Look,it's raining. In fact, it's
teeming. Oh Fred, get outof bed. The windows are open all
over the house, the cars still, and I think my laundry is still
on the line. Oh no,I give up, I jot give up.

(26:18):
Now back to the Androids. It'sa short while later, and the
Andrews are batten down the hatches forthe big storm when the rain is stop.
She was a hat stocked. Ohboy, but now it's gonna be
hotter than ever, Oh Mary,she look, I'm a very tired man.
I don't care if the rain stopsor stops are hot or cold.

(26:40):
All I want to just point yousome sleeps of plea to get about the
weather and go to sleep, okay, Dan, I'm pretty tired too.
Nightmare good night. Then open onewindow in here so we won't be too
hot there, Mary, let's let'sget to sleep. Huh, there is

(27:00):
absolutely nothing to stop it now,I'll get the Dickens that on your way
up ready looking at the crockett.They're all out on their front point to
cool off. The crocis the merry? Howe? How do I go to
get to sleep with all that noise? I called the cop now t hi
and not a bunch of nois oneof things. Another chapter, The Adventures

(27:33):
of Archie Andrew, has written byCarl Jampell and based on the copyrighted teacher
during an Archie comic magazine. Archieis played by Bob Hastings, jug Head
by Harland Stone, Mom and DadAndrews are played by Alex German and off
the cole Ronic and Betty by JaneWebbin Rosemary. This has been an NBC
Radio Network production, and what's producedand directed by Kenneth McGregor into that only

(27:56):
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The more the merry adventures of ArchieAndrews and now this is Dick got
me wishing you all a wonderful weekwhen we meet again. So long, everybody,
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