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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Quiet Please, Quiet Please, M M M. The American Broadcasting
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Company presents Quiet Please, which is written and directed by
Willis Cooper and which features Ernest Chaplin. Quiet Please for
Today is called Portrait of a Character. Mister, you suppose
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you can fix this home for me? I don't know.
The mouthpieces kind of worn. I guess there's some dents
in it. See here on the bell now, I dropped
it one day. No, no, I don't want a new one.
This old horn is good enough for me. I've had
a long time. It's got sentimental value, you know. Huh No,
I don't care what it costs, but I need a
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pretty quick gotta play a big job, see me, fell
I haven't exactly played for some time. Huh. Well, that's
why my horns throw out of shape. I stuff. I'm
mut into it once in a while and give it
a too, you know, uh, real soft, so it's not
to disturb folks said, I get complaints just the same. Noise. Noise, noise,
people say, you know how it is. But this job
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I'm gonna play there, This is the thing. Believe me.
How soon can you get a fixed No, don't don't
do it. Excuse me, but you know how it is.
A fella doesn't like to have an other people blow
his horn. You a musician, I see, I thought you
might be got all these instiments hanging around here. Uh nice,
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HAPs he got there so many hats, don't huh. I
like hap music, swell instruments to hop. But now I
give me the old brass thing. I'm a trumpet boy,
that's me. Nothing like the trumpet. I always say, old fashion. Well,
sure I had it a long time. No, no, you
can have those fancy new jobs. I'll stick to the
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old fashioned one. Nice balance, beautiful tone, even with the mute. No, no,
you can't sell me a new one. Thanks to the boss.
Gave me this and he'd well, I don't know he
he wouldn't like it if I swapped it for a
new one. He's got old fashioned ideas and he's so.
I I got a lot of respect for the boss,
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and he's got a tough job, but he handles it.
The only thing is these characters. Well, I suppose I'm
a character too. Frankly, all sure you got people working
for you, well you know how to You can take
this so much and then boom, that's all brother. I
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admire the Boss's patience. He stands for a lot, even
for me. Why, for instance, I don't know if I
got an lip anymore, But the boss he doesn't care.
I got a job as long as I want it,
good job to practically nothing to do. And now I'm
gonna get to play a big date. I mean I
think I am. I'm pretty sure anyway. So that's why
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I want to get the horns fixed, so it's will
be already for it, you know. Huh oh, something the
boss said the other day. Sure, I hope my hunch
is right. Anyway, I want to be prepared a week.
Oh can't you fix it sooner than that? Oh? Oh,
I do your best for a broken down old trumpet
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player that's got a big job coming up, that thinks
and you know, might be ben in your ear while
you work there. You've got anything more important to say?
So I like to talk to people. Bosses. I go
yat at the yadada all day long. He shuts me up.
But people, Yeah, most people give me a pain. And yeah,
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like last Sunday, Oh, you run across a lot of
odd characters in this racket. I overheard the fell in
this gal. No, I wasn't what you call it the eavesdrop?
And I just heard it. I was sitting on the
back porch polishing up the horn there, pretty near polished
right through it, haven't I U waiting for the boss
to give me a chance to play a job. I'm
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just sitting there with a can of brass, polishing the rag.
Pretty soon I hear voices. They couldn't see me on
the porch. Boy, give me a kiss, man, she said,
give me a kiss. Man. You love me, hun, I'm
sure do man? I love you woman. He just scared. Man,
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scared of what scared? I mean, it's scared of what?
Well she comes back and finds your kisses. You gonna
give your lumps on your head?
Speaker 2 (05:14):
You ain't gonna give me no lumps on my head.
Speaker 1 (05:18):
He's awful hearty man.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
Oh, man, I wish you'd come marry me.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
Can't marry you? I'm married already? Said you loved me? Mm?
Speaker 2 (05:29):
Sure, Well, if you never had no husband, would you
come and marry me?
Speaker 1 (05:34):
Yeah? I might, man, But I got a husband you have?
Now what you mean?
Speaker 2 (05:45):
I said, if you hadn't got no husband, would you
marry me?
Speaker 1 (05:48):
I said, yes? Well, alright, what you talking?
Speaker 2 (05:53):
Man?
Speaker 1 (05:53):
I ain't just talking? Women, And you knew rding to
cover at your neighbors? Why why not good books is
not to does? Huh? Sure? Do well? I sutcovered you.
I hadn't know it to. Ah, that's for the birds.
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Oh talk that way all right? Oh let me see
you ain't got no answers. See if my husband comes back.
Speaker 2 (06:25):
If I hit him on the head with limb off
a element tree, what you're talking? Man, I said, I
wasn't just talking. You hit him on the head awful hard, well,
pretty hard?
Speaker 1 (06:39):
Kill him? Kind of sure? That what for? You know what?
For a woman? You tell me? What for? You know
what for? You tell me? Man? Well for you woman?
The marrying me? Sure him? Man? Med dog? Would you
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come marry me?
Speaker 2 (07:05):
If I hit him on the head with limo for
the elm tree?
Speaker 1 (07:08):
Woman? If you killed him dead?
Speaker 2 (07:12):
Man?
Speaker 1 (07:13):
My sure? A woman? What do you know about that? Huh? Yeah?
Just the way I heard it whilst I was polishing
this little old horn out there on the back porch. Hey,
I forgot the little valve sticks a little bit dry maybe,
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huh yeah, that's the way I heard it. Nice Sunday, dude,
I thought i'd better tell a boss. You know, people
plotting the murder somebody. People running away with each other's wife,
and that's not good. I said to myself, what sure
I knew where they were? Ye, a couple of bosses people. Well,
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I recognize their voices. So I went to the boss
and I told him. I said, Boss, this going's on here.
You don't know about it. I said, I say that boss.
Mine is smarter, though. Get out he heard them too. Well,
what are you gonna do? Boss? I said, what are
you gonna do? Look out, you put in your drop
the horn? I said, what are you gonna do? Was there?
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He just kind of sighed. He said, son, I don't
know what I'm gonna do. I just can't figure it out.
I've been a good boss to all these folks, haven't
I said. I said, sure, you're the best boss anybody
you ever had? Your too good boss? I said, they
take advantage of you. I said, look, you keep me
saying that I'm doing nothing. I ain't played the job
since I don't know when, So why do I don't
get high someday and blow my snack? I said, you're
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so good to everybody. I said, they take advantage of you.
My son, he said, where would you get reefers? Why?
I said, they're telling them all over the place. They're
just a bunch of money. Grateful. Well, I said a
word I wouldn't repeat, and he just sided again. He said,
I got a lot of work to do. Then I
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come away. Huh busy, Oh excuse me, Well, I'll be
back a week, he said, thanks.
Speaker 3 (09:16):
Take good care of a horn at the kids say,
are you got my horn ready yet?
Speaker 1 (09:36):
Oh? Take another week? Huh. Oh that's a shame. Can
I take a look at it? I feel funny without it. Thanks,
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that feels good. Oh boy, will I make a big
old noise with you? Okay, thanks mister, but uh, hurry
it up with you busy? Oh, I got time. Besides,
I can watch you working on a horny. Thanks somebody maid?
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Uh remember I told you about that couple I heard
from the back porch. Yeah, and I was sitting alongside
the window last night. I heard him again. Oh man,
I heard her first, just whispering to him. What did
he do with him?
Speaker 2 (10:34):
You don't need to whisper, oh noise asleep? Sure hit
him over the head, man, Sure I did didn't.
Speaker 1 (10:42):
I can hit pretty hard. I'm sure dead one.
Speaker 2 (10:47):
Man, I said to him, Hey, when he turned around
and hit.
Speaker 1 (10:51):
Him over the head, is what we gonna do with him?
Speaker 4 (10:54):
Now?
Speaker 2 (10:55):
Hide him somewhere, good man. Sure when they find him there,
I think he just start hit with something.
Speaker 1 (11:04):
Nobody will know. We done it. We done it for sure.
You got him to come out here, didn't you? Woman?
But you hit him over the head.
Speaker 5 (11:13):
Sure, I hit him over the head, but I hit.
Speaker 1 (11:16):
Him for you. How stood was gonna get him married? Students?
We'll find him where, don't that be right soon?
Speaker 4 (11:25):
I hope you wanna kiss.
Speaker 1 (11:28):
You man, I sure do.
Speaker 4 (11:30):
Woman, m Now you don't he stiff cost me anymore?
Speaker 1 (11:40):
I sure don't. Woman, how you feel? I mean, how
I kill?
Speaker 2 (11:46):
How you feel since you got no husband?
Speaker 1 (11:49):
No more? How you speck I steal? Now? Tell me
how do you steal? No difference? Don't they sho don't
order steal difference. I don't know you feel different since
you went and.
Speaker 4 (12:03):
Busted him on the head.
Speaker 1 (12:04):
He uh, I never feel different that he does. He
don't feel anything, not him, not g now. But he
sure look different. When your dad, your dad reckon, he
run a heaven a handbasket. Mm reckon, he didn't go
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no place. No, take a place me, he stalk, foolish woman,
yell shut any high flood anyhow we gonna get him there? White?
Sure you know any preacher preacher he get married with? Oh? Oh,
I don't know no preachers. Who you was gonna tell
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a preacher on me go getting married? If we don't
tell him nothing, I still tell him something. He don't
marry her? Like what hm like? Wool you mean you no?
That was we married before and stuff? Ain't you never
told no FIBs? Woman?
Speaker 2 (13:07):
Ohib I told whoppers?
Speaker 1 (13:11):
Well, we tell the preachers some wasping. You're rawful smart,
ain't you? Man? I guess there ain't nobody no smarter.
I guess no, sir, No, sir, say.
Speaker 6 (13:26):
You was telling whoppers when you say you lovely man,
there wasn't no whopper that'll not be.
Speaker 2 (13:33):
I wouldn't have hit him over the head if I
was telling whoppers to you.
Speaker 1 (13:36):
Woman, m that's so. Ain't sure you wanna keep me?
Dun oh man? Awaiting you sure you love me? Up
to buska dud well, don't what are you waiting for?
Speaker 2 (13:53):
I ain't waiting, Jimmy, thank you kindly?
Speaker 1 (14:04):
Hey, who's that there sticking? His head out of that wind. Well, oh, Paul,
par y'all fall you stop sticking along, noting iut fast
and had me. Is that the way to talk to
your paw? Got no fool? You had nor to talk
that way to your paw. Woman, No, I'm gonna do me,
but I'm wanna take it so much. Poor my old
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lady out this year house? Now? What for this? She
is my house? Now? No, that's gess dear. No, I'm
bosting my own house, not a pet of old fools
like my paw and my old lady.
Speaker 2 (14:42):
You had no to do that, woman, Oh hurt my
man seems like to said something in the good book
about honor and the old.
Speaker 1 (14:50):
Lady and the old man.
Speaker 6 (14:52):
Well, there ain't no worse than killing man, just about
the same as killing her.
Speaker 1 (14:57):
Figure.
Speaker 2 (14:57):
H that's a horse of face, man, I bust one
from manly, you bust another of the horse.
Speaker 1 (15:03):
And teeth kids me, I said, the boss, bossed, that
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fella killed that other fell. I said, he murdered him.
I said, I heard him talking about it. He just
shook his head. He sighed again. I said, Boss, what
are you gonna do about him? And he shook his
head well, I said, I I guess we ain't really
got evidence that you stand up in the court. I said,
I just heard him talking about it. I can't prove anything,
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but I said, boss, don't you think we got to
have him rested or something? Man? He just shook his head,
I said, boss, and he looked up at me. He
looked at me, and I could see he was mad.
You get out of here, he said. And I never
saw him look cement right, I took a pot it.
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But so I don't want to buy anyone. If you
fix this one up, that's the best turn you ever saw.
Believe me. It's not so fast and I told you that,
but it's mine. I want to fix. Yeah, I'll be back. People.
What's the world coming? Haven't you got to fix? Yip? Well?
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What are you doing to that horn? It'sen? I got
a job to play coming up, and I need it. Well,
you said a week is spending there? A week right
now and you still haven't got the desk out of it. Well,
I need it. I tell you, what are you wanting
to do? Play a b bora bazoon or something. I
haven't got the m mateur for that. I'm a trumpeter. Well,
I used to be. Anyway, my lip's all right, I think, well,
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could you let me a mouth piece? So it's I
can practice on up my room and keep my leving
shape till that job comes up. Pap, Oh, he won't
hear me. He's gone. I don't know. Uh, vacation, he said,
but he's coming back. Certainly I get paid whilst he's away.
What kind of a boss do you think I got? What? People? Oh? Damn, mister,
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there's something. H I don't know whether I gotta tell you? Uh,
you'll think I run around listen to keyholes et such,
I don't. I just hear things once in a while. Boy,
do I hear things like yesterday where you folks cool
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girls gonna kicking? Then? Did huh?
Speaker 2 (17:47):
Pap bowled a lord?
Speaker 4 (17:48):
My old lady Bell was too, But I just said
I wasn't going to have any useless school folks standing
around eating up my food, getting my roob hm, pushing.
Speaker 1 (18:00):
Outside whilst it was raining. I sure get man, give
me a kiss, woman, I won't need you, come on,
give me a kiss? What first? Well, you're married to
a woman. When you gonna bring home some money? Then
I ain't got no job. Well, you get one, I
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won't neither. Well you won't get none of my money?
Speaker 2 (18:24):
Man, Well U will how you gonna get it? Uh
might hit you over the head where the limb off
on a elm tree.
Speaker 4 (18:32):
Yeah, and when the boss things out, he'll have you
strung up.
Speaker 1 (18:38):
That's what he'll do. Uh boss, Yes, they won't do
that to me. Well you look out. I'm not afraid
of a boss. You good as being man.
Speaker 2 (18:52):
You hit me over the head. Ah, hit you over
the head, and the boss won't do nothing tall about it.
Speaker 1 (18:58):
Woman, I hear you talking. Man, Well then kiss me, man,
you come here and kiss me. Listene, But you ain't
scared of the boss. I ain't scared of nobody. He
jeu he's going sure is he don't do nothing about nobody? No,
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he don't. You never done anything about us killing your man?
Speaker 2 (19:27):
Maybe he didn't know though everybody says he knows everything,
But he don't.
Speaker 1 (19:34):
He's sure. Don't listen what you want money? Why? Sure? Boy?
It's God, all kinds of things, valuables. He don't send
no guard over things. Were you talking to? Woman? I
ain't just talking man.
Speaker 4 (19:53):
You take it there.
Speaker 1 (19:54):
I don't take no dabs woman.
Speaker 4 (19:57):
Man I dare you, ma'am.
Speaker 1 (20:00):
Darn it?
Speaker 4 (20:00):
What still robbing and stealing in the night and nobody's looking.
Speaker 1 (20:07):
I don't mind the bossman, of course he won't. He's rich,
right night man.
Speaker 6 (20:16):
Coming along, woman, Sure, I'm coming alone, he's being I'm
the pay of the ball, am.
Speaker 1 (20:34):
I born you? Okay? Why he set up all night
waiting for him to show up? Yeah, I'm a smarty
I was gonna catch him redhanded, you see. You know
I was gonna drag him into the Boss and say, here, boss,
look what I found. Yeah, and there they'd be with
their hands full of stuff they stole the Boss. I
figured he'd cloud up and rain all over us. But
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I guess I must have fell asleep. I wolf copping.
It was morning. I look, the safe was wide open.
What they took me? You know, I was scared. Stick. Well,
here I am watching for him, and I robbed the
boss right under my nose. Huh. Well, I expected the
Boss acquire me anyway, So the best thing I could
do is go to him and tell him. Sure, I
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told him, you know what he said? And he just
shook his head. I know what he said. I know
it sucked, I said, Boss, Look how long is you
going to let this go on? I said, lying and
herd her and Boss and kicking their poor old folks
out in the street, and Covet and other people's wives
and everything. Boss. I said, you know about it, Boss,
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I told you all the things I know it about. Boss.
Do you let them get away with murder? Boss? He
just sat there and looked at me. He looked at
me a long time, and I said yes. And Boss,
on top of everything else, here they come and rob you.
He said, that's our boss when they rob you. And besides, Boss,
I said, you know me, the clepper god. Besides, they
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said they said they're not afraid of you. I don't
think I have said that. He looked at me and
he said, son, you're not afraid of me either, right,
And I busted right out crying. I know it sounds
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like I'm a sissy or something, but I said, no,
said Boss, I'm not afraid of you. I love your boss. Well,
I said, Boss, that's the trouble. It makes me so
mad these people, and you sit there and you take
it and you know that guilty, and they go right
on them. Man. After a minute, I kind of run down,
I guess so he waits a while and he says, well, son,
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one of these days, I'm going to lose my patience.
I'm afraid. Man. You should have seen his face. Huh oh,
I'm sorry. I didn't realize it was closing time here,
I said. I made you out of the yacht of him,
kept you from working on my horn. Okay, okay, I'm sorry. Tomorrow,
maybe I do need that old horn, you know, fucking
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I already yet? Ah well then I wait. It sure
looks nice, doesn't it. Yeah, you got the you got
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the dance out all right, it's a nice job. Oh sure,
there's still at it. Since the boss went away on vacation.
It's been something brout me that I was going to
tell you about the other day. Today. You told me
about the job I'm going to play. You're you're not
a musician, you said. Now, you haven't got an idea.
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How good it feels that, after you've been on the
chefs so long, How it feels when you got a
job to play coming up? Man's wonderful? Huh oh them man,
kay uh. I was asleep under the apple tree you're seeing.
They woke me up talking. Yeah, if I had my
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way I yeah, but I just worked there. That woman neighbors,
I say, neighbors.
Speaker 2 (24:22):
Man, I'm gonna pop that fella any day now.
Speaker 1 (24:25):
Up with his.
Speaker 4 (24:25):
Ways, says she ain't along with street as if she
olds it.
Speaker 1 (24:29):
And him he's got three suits of clothes the way
she talks me, missus up with his lord? Did door him?
And he's horse and buggy. We've got no horse and
buggy man. And she invited me to tea, don't you know?
Cheese wall deep hood tea? You know what i'd done?
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Woman who know that their dog is in the news?
Me he's dead? How he's good?
Speaker 6 (25:07):
Boys thinks them riding man.
Speaker 1 (25:15):
Hate him? Nice hate him too, and they hate us.
Speaker 5 (25:20):
They sure do one thing.
Speaker 1 (25:23):
They don't like the boss though. The boss. You're sure
making a fool out of him, ain't we You know
what I think? Man? What do you think? Women? I
don't think there is no boss. Don't do never see
do never hear him. You just hear about him. Never
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does nothing. We bust along. They don't do nothing. Oh
don't see Lama's phil the bird woman wish we had
a new boss. We ain't got no boss. Call sweet hair,
who's this bro? Reckon?
Speaker 6 (26:07):
We're the bulls ourselves.
Speaker 5 (26:12):
Your woman widom, do like we please, man, do like
we please.
Speaker 1 (26:26):
The storm coming up, I said, I got up to
the ground, I went into the house. I can tell you, mister,
that was a bit to be kind mad. I went
into the house and I said, Boss, listen, Boss, listen,
list has got to stop right now. I said. Murder
and coveting and lying and stealing and kicking the old
foots out my that's bad enough. But when they get
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to talking like this, bluff box, I said, what are
you gonna do about it? I couldn't see any clouds,
and I said, what are you gonna do about it?
Boss was there? He looked at me. I could see
tears rolling down his cheeks. But at the same time
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I could see he was mad too. He don't get
mad often, but when he does. Then he got up
and he said, son, I want you to take a
little gift out of those people. I said gift. He said, yes,
take them this for a gift. The place harder. He
had to me this thing. He said, what is it? Boss,
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What is it? I said, well? He said, well, I
tell you I've been awful patience. If I do say
it myself. Then I said, sure you have, boss. So
if I'm going on a vacation, he said to me,
then before I go, I want you to give this
thing to the people. Well, what is it, boss, I said,
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with my mouth hanging open. Well, son, he said, this
sad a little old adam adam. I said, I got
him an eve. No, quite the opposite, he said. Then
he wasn't smiling at all. This one spelled at o
M so I said, but I don't get it for
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I said, but what you say? Ghost? And I started out.
Then he says, wait a minute, I said, yessie. He says,
if I were you, Gabriel, I get that old horney
ers fixed up. I have a hunchter, there'll be a
big job for you to play any day now. So
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how's about it? Okay? Can I have it now? The
title of today's Quiet Face story his portrait of a character.
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It was written and directed by Willis Cooper. And the
man who was spoked you with Ernest Chapel, and the
woman was a thing. The lord. The man was Charles Legoste.
Music for Quiet Please was played by Albert Burma. Not
to worry about next week, all right? A director with A.
S Cooper, Thank you for listening to Chliet. Please have
a story play you next week cause is this murder?
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And so on until next week. At the same time,
I am criblely or Ernest Chapel
Quiet Please, Quiet Please, M M M. The American Broadcasting
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Company presents Quiet Please, which is written and directed by
Willis Cooper and which features Ernest Chaplin. Quiet Please for
Today is called Portrait of a Character. Mister, you suppose
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you can fix this home for me? I don't know.
The mouthpieces kind of worn. I guess there's some dents
in it. See here on the bell now, I dropped
it one day. No, no, I don't want a new one.
This old horn is good enough for me. I've had
a long time. It's got sentimental value, you know. Huh No,
I don't care what it costs, but I need a
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pretty quick gotta play a big job, see me, fell
I haven't exactly played for some time. Huh. Well, that's
why my horns throw out of shape. I stuff. I'm
mut into it once in a while and give it
a too, you know, uh, real soft, so it's not
to disturb folks said, I get complaints just the same. Noise. Noise, noise,
people say, you know how it is. But this job
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I'm gonna play there, This is the thing. Believe me.
How soon can you get a fixed No, don't don't
do it. Excuse me, but you know how it is.
A fella doesn't like to have an other people blow
his horn. You a musician, I see, I thought you
might be got all these instiments hanging around here. Uh nice,
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HAPs he got there so many hats, don't huh. I
like hap music, swell instruments to hop. But now I
give me the old brass thing. I'm a trumpet boy,
that's me. Nothing like the trumpet. I always say, old fashion. Well,
sure I had it a long time. No, no, you
can have those fancy new jobs. I'll stick to the
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old fashioned one. Nice balance, beautiful tone, even with the mute. No, no,
you can't sell me a new one. Thanks to the boss.
Gave me this and he'd well, I don't know he
he wouldn't like it if I swapped it for a
new one. He's got old fashioned ideas and he's so.
I I got a lot of respect for the boss,
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and he's got a tough job, but he handles it.
The only thing is these characters. Well, I suppose I'm
a character too. Frankly, all sure you got people working
for you, well you know how to You can take
this so much and then boom, that's all brother. I
(03:05):
admire the Boss's patience. He stands for a lot, even
for me. Why, for instance, I don't know if I
got an lip anymore, But the boss he doesn't care.
I got a job as long as I want it,
good job to practically nothing to do. And now I'm
gonna get to play a big date. I mean I
think I am. I'm pretty sure anyway. So that's why
(03:26):
I want to get the horns fixed, so it's will
be already for it, you know. Huh oh, something the
boss said the other day. Sure, I hope my hunch
is right. Anyway, I want to be prepared a week.
Oh can't you fix it sooner than that? Oh? Oh,
I do your best for a broken down old trumpet
(03:49):
player that's got a big job coming up, that thinks
and you know, might be ben in your ear while
you work there. You've got anything more important to say?
So I like to talk to people. Bosses. I go
yat at the yadada all day long. He shuts me up.
But people, Yeah, most people give me a pain. And yeah,
(04:15):
like last Sunday, Oh, you run across a lot of
odd characters in this racket. I overheard the fell in
this gal. No, I wasn't what you call it the eavesdrop?
And I just heard it. I was sitting on the
back porch polishing up the horn there, pretty near polished
right through it, haven't I U waiting for the boss
to give me a chance to play a job. I'm
(04:36):
just sitting there with a can of brass, polishing the rag.
Pretty soon I hear voices. They couldn't see me on
the porch. Boy, give me a kiss, man, she said,
give me a kiss. Man. You love me, hun, I'm
sure do man? I love you woman. He just scared. Man,
(05:04):
scared of what scared? I mean, it's scared of what?
Well she comes back and finds your kisses. You gonna
give your lumps on your head?
Speaker 2 (05:14):
You ain't gonna give me no lumps on my head.
Speaker 1 (05:18):
He's awful hearty man.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
Oh, man, I wish you'd come marry me.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
Can't marry you? I'm married already? Said you loved me? Mm?
Speaker 2 (05:29):
Sure, Well, if you never had no husband, would you
come and marry me?
Speaker 1 (05:34):
Yeah? I might, man, But I got a husband you have?
Now what you mean?
Speaker 2 (05:45):
I said, if you hadn't got no husband, would you
marry me?
Speaker 1 (05:48):
I said, yes? Well, alright, what you talking?
Speaker 2 (05:53):
Man?
Speaker 1 (05:53):
I ain't just talking? Women, And you knew rding to
cover at your neighbors? Why why not good books is
not to does? Huh? Sure? Do well? I sutcovered you.
I hadn't know it to. Ah, that's for the birds.
(06:14):
Oh talk that way all right? Oh let me see
you ain't got no answers. See if my husband comes back.
Speaker 2 (06:25):
If I hit him on the head with limb off
a element tree, what you're talking? Man, I said, I
wasn't just talking. You hit him on the head awful hard, well,
pretty hard?
Speaker 1 (06:39):
Kill him? Kind of sure? That what for? You know what?
For a woman? You tell me? What for? You know
what for? You tell me? Man? Well for you woman?
The marrying me? Sure him? Man? Med dog? Would you
(07:04):
come marry me?
Speaker 2 (07:05):
If I hit him on the head with limo for
the elm tree?
Speaker 1 (07:08):
Woman? If you killed him dead?
Speaker 2 (07:12):
Man?
Speaker 1 (07:13):
My sure? A woman? What do you know about that? Huh? Yeah?
Just the way I heard it whilst I was polishing
this little old horn out there on the back porch. Hey,
I forgot the little valve sticks a little bit dry maybe,
(07:36):
huh yeah, that's the way I heard it. Nice Sunday, dude,
I thought i'd better tell a boss. You know, people
plotting the murder somebody. People running away with each other's wife,
and that's not good. I said to myself, what sure
I knew where they were? Ye, a couple of bosses people. Well,
(07:57):
I recognize their voices. So I went to the boss
and I told him. I said, Boss, this going's on here.
You don't know about it. I said, I say that boss.
Mine is smarter, though. Get out he heard them too. Well,
what are you gonna do? Boss? I said, what are
you gonna do? Look out, you put in your drop
the horn? I said, what are you gonna do? Was there?
(08:20):
He just kind of sighed. He said, son, I don't
know what I'm gonna do. I just can't figure it out.
I've been a good boss to all these folks, haven't
I said. I said, sure, you're the best boss anybody
you ever had? Your too good boss? I said, they
take advantage of you. I said, look, you keep me
saying that I'm doing nothing. I ain't played the job
since I don't know when, So why do I don't
get high someday and blow my snack? I said, you're
(08:42):
so good to everybody. I said, they take advantage of you.
My son, he said, where would you get reefers? Why?
I said, they're telling them all over the place. They're
just a bunch of money. Grateful. Well, I said a
word I wouldn't repeat, and he just sided again. He said,
I got a lot of work to do. Then I
(09:03):
come away. Huh busy, Oh excuse me, Well, I'll be
back a week, he said, thanks.
Speaker 3 (09:16):
Take good care of a horn at the kids say,
are you got my horn ready yet?
Speaker 1 (09:36):
Oh? Take another week? Huh. Oh that's a shame. Can
I take a look at it? I feel funny without it. Thanks,
(09:56):
that feels good. Oh boy, will I make a big
old noise with you? Okay, thanks mister, but uh, hurry
it up with you busy? Oh, I got time. Besides,
I can watch you working on a horny. Thanks somebody maid?
(10:17):
Uh remember I told you about that couple I heard
from the back porch. Yeah, and I was sitting alongside
the window last night. I heard him again. Oh man,
I heard her first, just whispering to him. What did
he do with him?
Speaker 2 (10:34):
You don't need to whisper, oh noise asleep? Sure hit
him over the head, man, Sure I did didn't.
Speaker 1 (10:42):
I can hit pretty hard. I'm sure dead one.
Speaker 2 (10:47):
Man, I said to him, Hey, when he turned around
and hit.
Speaker 1 (10:51):
Him over the head, is what we gonna do with him?
Speaker 4 (10:54):
Now?
Speaker 2 (10:55):
Hide him somewhere, good man. Sure when they find him there,
I think he just start hit with something.
Speaker 1 (11:04):
Nobody will know. We done it. We done it for sure.
You got him to come out here, didn't you? Woman?
But you hit him over the head.
Speaker 5 (11:13):
Sure, I hit him over the head, but I hit.
Speaker 1 (11:16):
Him for you. How stood was gonna get him married? Students?
We'll find him where, don't that be right soon?
Speaker 4 (11:25):
I hope you wanna kiss.
Speaker 1 (11:28):
You man, I sure do.
Speaker 4 (11:30):
Woman, m Now you don't he stiff cost me anymore?
Speaker 1 (11:40):
I sure don't. Woman, how you feel? I mean, how
I kill?
Speaker 2 (11:46):
How you feel since you got no husband?
Speaker 1 (11:49):
No more? How you speck I steal? Now? Tell me
how do you steal? No difference? Don't they sho don't
order steal difference. I don't know you feel different since
you went and.
Speaker 4 (12:03):
Busted him on the head.
Speaker 1 (12:04):
He uh, I never feel different that he does. He
don't feel anything, not him, not g now. But he
sure look different. When your dad, your dad reckon, he
run a heaven a handbasket. Mm reckon, he didn't go
(12:25):
no place. No, take a place me, he stalk, foolish woman,
yell shut any high flood anyhow we gonna get him there? White?
Sure you know any preacher preacher he get married with? Oh? Oh,
I don't know no preachers. Who you was gonna tell
(12:48):
a preacher on me go getting married? If we don't
tell him nothing, I still tell him something. He don't
marry her? Like what hm like? Wool you mean you no?
That was we married before and stuff? Ain't you never
told no FIBs? Woman?
Speaker 2 (13:07):
Ohib I told whoppers?
Speaker 1 (13:11):
Well, we tell the preachers some wasping. You're rawful smart,
ain't you? Man? I guess there ain't nobody no smarter.
I guess no, sir, No, sir, say.
Speaker 6 (13:26):
You was telling whoppers when you say you lovely man,
there wasn't no whopper that'll not be.
Speaker 2 (13:33):
I wouldn't have hit him over the head if I
was telling whoppers to you.
Speaker 1 (13:36):
Woman, m that's so. Ain't sure you wanna keep me?
Dun oh man? Awaiting you sure you love me? Up
to buska dud well, don't what are you waiting for?
Speaker 2 (13:53):
I ain't waiting, Jimmy, thank you kindly?
Speaker 1 (14:04):
Hey, who's that there sticking? His head out of that wind. Well, oh, Paul,
par y'all fall you stop sticking along, noting iut fast
and had me. Is that the way to talk to
your paw? Got no fool? You had nor to talk
that way to your paw. Woman, No, I'm gonna do me,
but I'm wanna take it so much. Poor my old
(14:26):
lady out this year house? Now? What for this? She
is my house? Now? No, that's gess dear. No, I'm
bosting my own house, not a pet of old fools
like my paw and my old lady.
Speaker 2 (14:42):
You had no to do that, woman, Oh hurt my
man seems like to said something in the good book
about honor and the old.
Speaker 1 (14:50):
Lady and the old man.
Speaker 6 (14:52):
Well, there ain't no worse than killing man, just about
the same as killing her.
Speaker 1 (14:57):
Figure.
Speaker 2 (14:57):
H that's a horse of face, man, I bust one
from manly, you bust another of the horse.
Speaker 1 (15:03):
And teeth kids me, I said, the boss, bossed, that
(15:24):
fella killed that other fell. I said, he murdered him.
I said, I heard him talking about it. He just
shook his head. He sighed again. I said, Boss, what
are you gonna do about him? And he shook his
head well, I said, I I guess we ain't really
got evidence that you stand up in the court. I said,
I just heard him talking about it. I can't prove anything,
(15:45):
but I said, boss, don't you think we got to
have him rested or something? Man? He just shook his head,
I said, boss, and he looked up at me. He
looked at me, and I could see he was mad.
You get out of here, he said. And I never
saw him look cement right, I took a pot it.
(16:07):
But so I don't want to buy anyone. If you
fix this one up, that's the best turn you ever saw.
Believe me. It's not so fast and I told you that,
but it's mine. I want to fix. Yeah, I'll be back. People.
What's the world coming? Haven't you got to fix? Yip? Well?
(16:38):
What are you doing to that horn? It'sen? I got
a job to play coming up, and I need it. Well,
you said a week is spending there? A week right
now and you still haven't got the desk out of it. Well,
I need it. I tell you, what are you wanting
to do? Play a b bora bazoon or something. I
haven't got the m mateur for that. I'm a trumpeter. Well,
I used to be. Anyway, my lip's all right, I think, well,
(17:00):
could you let me a mouth piece? So it's I
can practice on up my room and keep my leving
shape till that job comes up. Pap, Oh, he won't
hear me. He's gone. I don't know. Uh, vacation, he said,
but he's coming back. Certainly I get paid whilst he's away.
What kind of a boss do you think I got? What? People? Oh? Damn, mister,
(17:24):
there's something. H I don't know whether I gotta tell you? Uh,
you'll think I run around listen to keyholes et such,
I don't. I just hear things once in a while. Boy,
do I hear things like yesterday where you folks cool
(17:44):
girls gonna kicking? Then? Did huh?
Speaker 2 (17:47):
Pap bowled a lord?
Speaker 4 (17:48):
My old lady Bell was too, But I just said
I wasn't going to have any useless school folks standing
around eating up my food, getting my roob hm, pushing.
Speaker 1 (18:00):
Outside whilst it was raining. I sure get man, give
me a kiss, woman, I won't need you, come on,
give me a kiss? What first? Well, you're married to
a woman. When you gonna bring home some money? Then
I ain't got no job. Well, you get one, I
(18:21):
won't neither. Well you won't get none of my money?
Speaker 2 (18:24):
Man, Well U will how you gonna get it? Uh
might hit you over the head where the limb off
on a elm tree.
Speaker 4 (18:32):
Yeah, and when the boss things out, he'll have you
strung up.
Speaker 1 (18:38):
That's what he'll do. Uh boss, Yes, they won't do
that to me. Well you look out. I'm not afraid
of a boss. You good as being man.
Speaker 2 (18:52):
You hit me over the head. Ah, hit you over
the head, and the boss won't do nothing tall about it.
Speaker 1 (18:58):
Woman, I hear you talking. Man, Well then kiss me, man,
you come here and kiss me. Listene, But you ain't
scared of the boss. I ain't scared of nobody. He
jeu he's going sure is he don't do nothing about nobody? No,
(19:21):
he don't. You never done anything about us killing your man?
Speaker 2 (19:27):
Maybe he didn't know though everybody says he knows everything,
But he don't.
Speaker 1 (19:34):
He's sure. Don't listen what you want money? Why? Sure? Boy?
It's God, all kinds of things, valuables. He don't send
no guard over things. Were you talking to? Woman? I
ain't just talking man.
Speaker 4 (19:53):
You take it there.
Speaker 1 (19:54):
I don't take no dabs woman.
Speaker 4 (19:57):
Man I dare you, ma'am.
Speaker 1 (20:00):
Darn it?
Speaker 4 (20:00):
What still robbing and stealing in the night and nobody's looking.
Speaker 1 (20:07):
I don't mind the bossman, of course he won't. He's rich,
right night man.
Speaker 6 (20:16):
Coming along, woman, Sure, I'm coming alone, he's being I'm
the pay of the ball, am.
Speaker 1 (20:34):
I born you? Okay? Why he set up all night
waiting for him to show up? Yeah, I'm a smarty
I was gonna catch him redhanded, you see. You know
I was gonna drag him into the Boss and say, here, boss,
look what I found. Yeah, and there they'd be with
their hands full of stuff they stole the Boss. I
figured he'd cloud up and rain all over us. But
(20:57):
I guess I must have fell asleep. I wolf copping.
It was morning. I look, the safe was wide open.
What they took me? You know, I was scared. Stick. Well,
here I am watching for him, and I robbed the
boss right under my nose. Huh. Well, I expected the
Boss acquire me anyway, So the best thing I could
do is go to him and tell him. Sure, I
(21:18):
told him, you know what he said? And he just
shook his head. I know what he said. I know
it sucked, I said, Boss, Look how long is you
going to let this go on? I said, lying and
herd her and Boss and kicking their poor old folks
out in the street, and Covet and other people's wives
and everything. Boss. I said, you know about it, Boss,
(21:38):
I told you all the things I know it about. Boss.
Do you let them get away with murder? Boss? He
just sat there and looked at me. He looked at
me a long time, and I said yes. And Boss,
on top of everything else, here they come and rob you.
He said, that's our boss when they rob you. And besides, Boss,
I said, you know me, the clepper god. Besides, they
(22:00):
said they said they're not afraid of you. I don't
think I have said that. He looked at me and
he said, son, you're not afraid of me either, right,
And I busted right out crying. I know it sounds
(22:21):
like I'm a sissy or something, but I said, no,
said Boss, I'm not afraid of you. I love your boss. Well,
I said, Boss, that's the trouble. It makes me so
mad these people, and you sit there and you take
it and you know that guilty, and they go right
on them. Man. After a minute, I kind of run down,
I guess so he waits a while and he says, well, son,
(22:46):
one of these days, I'm going to lose my patience.
I'm afraid. Man. You should have seen his face. Huh oh,
I'm sorry. I didn't realize it was closing time here,
I said. I made you out of the yacht of him,
kept you from working on my horn. Okay, okay, I'm sorry. Tomorrow,
maybe I do need that old horn, you know, fucking
(23:10):
I already yet? Ah well then I wait. It sure
looks nice, doesn't it. Yeah, you got the you got
(23:31):
the dance out all right, it's a nice job. Oh sure,
there's still at it. Since the boss went away on vacation.
It's been something brout me that I was going to
tell you about the other day. Today. You told me
about the job I'm going to play. You're you're not
a musician, you said. Now, you haven't got an idea.
(23:52):
How good it feels that, after you've been on the
chefs so long, How it feels when you got a
job to play coming up? Man's wonderful? Huh oh them man,
kay uh. I was asleep under the apple tree you're seeing.
They woke me up talking. Yeah, if I had my
(24:13):
way I yeah, but I just worked there. That woman neighbors,
I say, neighbors.
Speaker 2 (24:22):
Man, I'm gonna pop that fella any day now.
Speaker 1 (24:25):
Up with his.
Speaker 4 (24:25):
Ways, says she ain't along with street as if she
olds it.
Speaker 1 (24:29):
And him he's got three suits of clothes the way
she talks me, missus up with his lord? Did door him?
And he's horse and buggy. We've got no horse and
buggy man. And she invited me to tea, don't you know?
Cheese wall deep hood tea? You know what i'd done?
(24:54):
Woman who know that their dog is in the news?
Me he's dead? How he's good?
Speaker 6 (25:07):
Boys thinks them riding man.
Speaker 1 (25:15):
Hate him? Nice hate him too, and they hate us.
Speaker 5 (25:20):
They sure do one thing.
Speaker 1 (25:23):
They don't like the boss though. The boss. You're sure
making a fool out of him, ain't we You know
what I think? Man? What do you think? Women? I
don't think there is no boss. Don't do never see
do never hear him. You just hear about him. Never
(25:46):
does nothing. We bust along. They don't do nothing. Oh
don't see Lama's phil the bird woman wish we had
a new boss. We ain't got no boss. Call sweet hair,
who's this bro? Reckon?
Speaker 6 (26:07):
We're the bulls ourselves.
Speaker 5 (26:12):
Your woman widom, do like we please, man, do like
we please.
Speaker 1 (26:26):
The storm coming up, I said, I got up to
the ground, I went into the house. I can tell you, mister,
that was a bit to be kind mad. I went
into the house and I said, Boss, listen, Boss, listen,
list has got to stop right now. I said. Murder
and coveting and lying and stealing and kicking the old
foots out my that's bad enough. But when they get
(26:48):
to talking like this, bluff box, I said, what are
you gonna do about it? I couldn't see any clouds,
and I said, what are you gonna do about it?
Boss was there? He looked at me. I could see
tears rolling down his cheeks. But at the same time
(27:08):
I could see he was mad too. He don't get
mad often, but when he does. Then he got up
and he said, son, I want you to take a
little gift out of those people. I said gift. He said, yes,
take them this for a gift. The place harder. He
had to me this thing. He said, what is it? Boss,
(27:30):
What is it? I said, well? He said, well, I
tell you I've been awful patience. If I do say
it myself. Then I said, sure you have, boss. So
if I'm going on a vacation, he said to me,
then before I go, I want you to give this
thing to the people. Well, what is it, boss, I said,
(27:52):
with my mouth hanging open. Well, son, he said, this
sad a little old adam adam. I said, I got
him an eve. No, quite the opposite, he said. Then
he wasn't smiling at all. This one spelled at o
M so I said, but I don't get it for
(28:14):
I said, but what you say? Ghost? And I started out.
Then he says, wait a minute, I said, yessie. He says,
if I were you, Gabriel, I get that old horney
ers fixed up. I have a hunchter, there'll be a
big job for you to play any day now. So
(28:36):
how's about it? Okay? Can I have it now? The
title of today's Quiet Face story his portrait of a character.
(28:56):
It was written and directed by Willis Cooper. And the
man who was spoked you with Ernest Chapel, and the
woman was a thing. The lord. The man was Charles Legoste.
Music for Quiet Please was played by Albert Burma. Not
to worry about next week, all right? A director with A.
S Cooper, Thank you for listening to Chliet. Please have
a story play you next week cause is this murder?
(29:21):
And so on until next week. At the same time,
I am criblely or Ernest Chapel
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