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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Quiet Please, Quiet Please m The mutual broadcasting system is
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then Quiet Please, which is written and directed by Willis
Cooper and features Ernie Chappel. Quire Please for tonight is
called take Me out to the Graveyard, which one I said,
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sweet graveyards. We got a lot of 'em, new one,
the old one, the Catholic one, the potter's see anyone
or do driving? I'm not particular you kidding missus nos
takes me out of the graveyard, that's all. Well, drive
a cab twelve fifteen years like, guy, don't you get
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them funny ones? Jumps that want to take you home
with them, Guys that tell you the tekenem of the
who's the hotel when you're a parked practically in front
of it? Dames that want to well, you get some
funny ones. But this is the first time I run
into this kind of character. Well, that's the one driving
his cat to make a buck, not to argue with
people about where they want to go. So I think
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they tried Tea and the fathers. I can rack up
a couple of bucks and maybe gonna be somebody out
there that wanted to take a ride back to town.
Get him at the nice day, I think. Yeah, I'm beautiful.
I always say you. This time of the year is
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the prettiest. Yes, don't know why. Good time of the
year to dive. Huh, I said, this is a good
time of the year to die. Yeah, so my dough.
No time of the year is a good time to die.
You gotta die though, Yeah, but the day good. I
don't know. I ain't know either. I ain't I gest
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I can't get very enthusiastic about it. That's why I
wanted to go to the graveyard. Why die? You ain't
nuts sell your misters? No, what's your name? Driver, George Peterson?
My name is food? Say submission the old foes? He ain't. Yeah,
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so you can tell people when they ask you tell
what people you know, Policemen, foreigners, whoever? I asked, I
already asked you. If your nuts and nuts, I'm not well,
you're better take down your time. No, I'm perfectly okay.
Speaker 2 (03:05):
You know something's wrong with you if you talk that
way now, you're hurting, like if you're not gonna something.
I never felt better in my life. If you want
to look out, you might really die.
Speaker 3 (03:16):
I know it.
Speaker 1 (03:18):
How do you know? Well, then I couldn't tell you, Julius.
I just know it, that's all, and I'm not particularly
upset about it, as gracious I am. Thanks nothing of it, Julius.
And you stop talking crazy, then I'm not going to
argue with you, Julie. And don't die, Julius. You stick
to your driving and let me worry about the dying,
will you? You are worrying here all the time, grinning.
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I can see you in the review mirror. I watched
the road. You're afraid to getting killed by you? No,
I'm not. I didn't like the way you said that there.
I'm sorry. Are you gonna do this, mister boot dime? Yeah?
I don't know. Yeah, well what if you don't, I will?
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Hey listen, why what about me? Oh? You'll be alright
to him? Sure? I do live. Yeah, that's something. Well,
it is a beautiful dang you changing your mind like
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catching my mind? How do you work on a radio
or something? Why? Probably just thought me if it was
one of them fellas to think up these mystery kind
of stories. You know, at night he was prancticing our me.
I ain't a disappointing to you. I don't get it.
You will, You'll live here in town. No stranger, huh,
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last rime, That stranger, honey, his last tax he got ride.
I'm beginning to get an idea about you, stranger. You
know why? I sure I am. What kind of idea
is getting to Youah, listen, mister, no suicide in my cabin.
I'm not going to commit suicide to you know you
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better not, but I am going to die. Listen, what
are you stopping for? This isn't the cemetery, No it ain't.
But this is as far as you're going. What do
you mean I hired you to get up? I'm not
here right, say get up, mister booth. I ain't riding
any loose, not any cemetery with suicide on my mind.
I told you I am not going to commit suicide.
I'll say you ain't. None of my cab at me.
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It's outside, mister, you do say so, But he's sing
The clock says forty cents. Okay, keep the rest of us.
You know you're not going to make it come out
any difference this way. I really wasn't going to die
in your cab.
Speaker 3 (05:56):
Look out.
Speaker 1 (06:04):
Yeah, yeah, he was right. He's one of us. So
the gasoline thoughts that hit him. How do you figure
that he called? Isn't he the s h oh? Yeah,
he right? No, like I said, putting on anything that
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happened to the cab driver only how he ever happened
white show. It's a couple of months later and I'm
bucking the line at the corner of Adams and Fulton.
This girl comes out of the store and walks towards me.
He's wearing black stocking. Don't see my calf wearing black
stick If you say she steps start with caps? And
when I reach out the window and buck the door,
and I say, where too, lady? After the grove? Give? Oh?
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What'd you say? Lady?
Speaker 3 (06:58):
Broad it right now?
Speaker 1 (06:59):
It's all okay, lady, you've kidded me.
Speaker 3 (07:02):
Why should I kid?
Speaker 1 (07:03):
You'd drive her? What sem time you wanna go to lady? Oh?
Was there more than one? Yes, ma'am?
Speaker 3 (07:10):
How you picked one?
Speaker 1 (07:11):
Night? I sent around the seat. You look at her,
she's as an ordinaut twenty six twenty seven. She had
his life stockings. I look at her a minute, I said, lady,
bless you? Yes, Are you sure you wanna go to
the graveyard? You certainly? A ah, I don't like to
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go to the graveyard, lady.
Speaker 3 (07:36):
You don't no, lady, now that oh very interesting, But
I want you to go to the graveyard. Sold your
please pull down your flag and stout.
Speaker 1 (07:47):
Now please to you. It never occurred to me for
the longest time that she called me too. How does
she know my thanks? So you have to figure this
uh huh oh. And I don't like any part of this.
One sip of the green and I started just like this.
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But what happened? Lad? I figure a lot of gases
this thing before? Would I had you? I want to
take you don't want to go. I just opened my
mouth to say it to her, and she says.
Speaker 3 (08:18):
Don't tell me a lot of joshure that because I
know that I can see that too, you rady, I
was just.
Speaker 1 (08:23):
Gonna turn you they What are you goin to do
with a thing like this, yead? I don't like any
little it's each part of it. I I try to
jump a red light with a cop standing right there
looking at me, and then it turns green in him.
So yeah, I was a black sucking take over from
last He was a cheerfulest woman I ever seen. See
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means a foks in my ear. I'm very good, and
I wanted to say why ladies don't know what it was? Yeah?
How she'd answer me? Up Adams, the name off names
and knocks still up knock still, I know whatever he
made now? And I said, well she said up. I
was thank you. I said, what'd you say? Lady?
Speaker 3 (09:09):
B say? How did you job posting?
Speaker 1 (09:11):
I thought, I understanding that the lady they got speed
art and make her time. That wasn't the way I
come out. Why it come out with different? I thought,
come out different because the way she answered me? How
how did that tack you? Thaid? I WoT frown. I'm
scared you you guess. I passed the street, come by
about six inches, followed my heart back down, and drove
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about half a block before I was supposed to again.
I said it very careful. I didn't understand your lady, right,
I didn't get you said what you said?
Speaker 3 (09:47):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (09:48):
I said, I thought worn. I thought that's what you said.
Speaker 4 (09:52):
Why we have to hang you?
Speaker 1 (09:56):
You don't wanna go to a hospital. Yeah, trying to
make myself what did you do? Ra rationalize and says
he said, you don't wanna go to it? I sattle, huh,
I m well, what's all this about? Want to dine?
Speaker 3 (10:13):
Then Wanda done?
Speaker 1 (10:14):
What's put out? It's gonna be a gang with it? Oh,
he wouldn't be as the wig now, No, you wouldn't
know about this guy. How do you talk to me about?
Speaker 3 (10:28):
That? Was uh?
Speaker 1 (10:29):
Yeallly? A couple of months ago. His name was mister
book who. Well he got Mike cap and he wanted
to go to great yard. Oh okay, he said he
was gonna die. Yeah boo, what it mean? Did he says? Over?
Did he die? Yeah? He done? Both?
Speaker 3 (10:43):
Lads? Why he see?
Speaker 1 (10:47):
Lady get out of my cat. You're not gonna die
in Mike cap?
Speaker 3 (10:52):
Now, well I was you don't get to the Grady's
pretty quick.
Speaker 1 (10:55):
He'll get out.
Speaker 3 (10:56):
I won't do it.
Speaker 1 (10:56):
I hired you take you did have played? Dob? You thought?
It's like I missed a book? There?
Speaker 4 (11:01):
Did you get your cap?
Speaker 1 (11:02):
They're done?
Speaker 3 (11:03):
Right?
Speaker 1 (11:03):
I did throw 'em out?
Speaker 3 (11:06):
Right?
Speaker 1 (11:06):
You can't throw a woman house, No, but I can
cause right here's to you get out. I won't get out.
You will too. No, I want right here yourself plenty?
Please don't you that you get along the play hi
to please, young lady. You gotta get my name? Why
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you know? So as I can tell about who you want?
Who I won't Okay, lady, but I wish it wouldn't
still say kilbird, m please getting a jam? Let's gill
got it? Why couldn't you take another cab? That's the
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right thing? Who do you meet? This thing looks like
I heard or something on the names like you? Okay,
I don't see what you're so careful about. Why shouldn't
I If you're.
Speaker 3 (12:05):
Gonna die that I can't help?
Speaker 1 (12:07):
So why sorry about her? Well? See, I turned around
and I looked at her. That was where I make
my mistake. I try and ride around again. And why
I speak I come from I'll never know. M oh fall,
I didn't miss that one. Oh she uh, she was kidding.
So I wasn't hurt at all. If you was cut
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on my far ocase hardly kids talk to twenty six
dollars to give my front acts taken my drill work?
Well then, and a stiff of the License Commissions office. Ye,
I shouldn't cut him, I caught. You shouldn't wanna lose
my license? I sent to the boofy house designs. You
you believe it thought, don't you you will. Oh yeah,
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you douse me though. A couple of weeks later it's
an old bank, he says, take me out the grave yard.
I said no. All the com on the way, he
asked me to stop at the guard stroom. Got changed
for a ten dollars doll When I come back, he's
laying on the floor. Yeah. Dead. I took three week
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off to stay home. The first night I took my
cab out of soldier in uniform stuff. You can see it.
You know what he said, didn't getting into the graveyard.
He I didn't know what it was and what happened
during the war. I just heard a funny noise. What
that time was kind of rough on its license. Inspect
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telling him rights, and you know you're in a jam, Julius.
I haven't done nothing to inspect you haven't. Anybody could
hang on you so long. I didn't do a thing.
Poor people have died in your cab? Is that nothing?
One of 'em didn't huh? He was outside a cab.
How up. Let's not get into any technicality. All right, Okay,
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I won't see your story. I already told it to you.
Inspect her, but you don't expect me to believe that Meloche.
Speaker 3 (14:10):
Who he is.
Speaker 1 (14:11):
I believe it, you do, h Well. I was there
when they all happened, and they all wanted to go
to the graveyard. I told you that, Yeah, I know
you did. And they all told you they was gonna die.
I told you that too. I don't how I want
you to tell me one North and Julius, how did
they know they was gonna die? Mmm? I don't know.
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Uh uh, I don't know. Didn't you ask him? I
never thought about it? Why didn't you? My gosh, inspected?
Would you think of that when somebody tells you something
like that? I don't know. Never happened. It's sure happened
to me. Why? Oh yeah, yeah that's what you say. Anyway,
it's true, Inspect. They're just as true as I'm standing
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stepping here. Joy this, sir. You didn't kill them? People didn't.
Oh I didn't, m sir, I just said move. I
ought to suspend your license. No, don't, please, don't. I mean, Inspect,
I gonna make a living. You don't have to kill people.
Speaker 3 (15:18):
I don't.
Speaker 1 (15:19):
Will they die? Everybody dies? Yeah, but not in your cat?
What I mean? They oughtn't to die in your cat?
Will not be all right with me, Inspector, you you
can't figure out any reason? Huh, But if I could,
would I be taking people to the graveyard? Hey, you've
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got something here? Who is? I know it? But of
course if people tell you to take them somewhere, you
have to take them City orders eight or ninety nineteen.
Speaker 3 (15:48):
I know it. I know it.
Speaker 1 (15:52):
I can't figure it out me. Neither must be something
in your cat. What maybe your CAB's horse all bea
I mean, but I don't think so. Sure you don't
say anything to him? Well, I deep about taking him
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the graveyard? I mean, besides that, no, you you don't
put no hex on him or anything. I wouldn't know
how m What am I gonna do? Inspector about what?
Speaker 3 (16:31):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (16:32):
Well, you can't do anything about these people that they're
oh tad anything, But don't do it anymore. Don't do
what or else suspends your life. But in fact, don't
give me an argument. Now inspect your Listen, I why more?
And I snacked your life? But I tell you that
I just enjoy this. Why there must be a reason
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for it. But what, inspect Where is your cab outside? Why?
I got an idea? Now, listen to inspector. Why I
thought you was was what I get James, though, Yes,
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I am no inspector, sir, sir, take me out to
the grave yard. Okay, so what could I do? Oh
he's a license inspector. Ay, okay, how do you feel, inspector?
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I feel okay, goodies. You can drive fast if you
want to. I'll square a pinch. No, inspector, where I
go fast. I'm bumping or something. You get your god busted.
That's all brother. You won't bump into anything now, you
ain't kidding. You head me for the cemetery. So you
call a cab inspector. I don't feel anything. Stay that
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way with it. When did these people tell you they
was gonna die different times? I'll tell you if I
feel like that, you do that and I'll stop. You'll
ever you are, and then I'll run. Well, I feel okay,
Just keep that way, inspected Oh I am this h
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this here's a nice cab. Is that juice? Yeah? It
used to be. Hey, Julius, what this hair cab smells
from me? Don't nothing what I do now? I'm listening back. No, no, no,
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it's nice. No wow, huh.
Speaker 4 (18:50):
Carnation you'll see all cans back to shore and ruses
that anouncer and and something else.
Speaker 1 (19:02):
But liliseful, my golly, that's rightful, Lilise. Oh boy, STOs,
how far are we from the graveyard? We're getting closer.
You still feel okay? I feel wonderful. Just know them lilies,
and I'm glad. I can't sell them, just like a
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green house or like a fud. Say, hey, that did
you say lilies? Inspector?
Speaker 2 (19:38):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (19:39):
Why I can smell m How much further you're asked them?
We're putting in that inspector? How do you feel elegant?
How do you feel?
Speaker 2 (20:00):
Pop?
Speaker 1 (20:01):
I can't get to the don't say that, Brica, say
what's the matter? Jis? You're sure you feel all right?
Speaker 3 (20:09):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (20:09):
I feel swell only them lilies, swell loud, nod, gonna dodge,
and I sure wish.
Speaker 3 (20:19):
I didn't look showing what there's the cemetary?
Speaker 1 (20:23):
Oh oh boy, may well don't start? But why not?
No sir, Now listen, Julius, I don't want to go in.
I hired you to take me to the cemetery on
the cub go in. Look, look, I don't like great
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guns on I don't want no wan. Oh well, now
we're here. Yeah, sure, we're here, So so let's go back. Yetta,
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Wait a minute, where you're going?
Speaker 3 (21:16):
Day?
Speaker 1 (21:18):
This is a pretty cemetery. Julia's well, come on, come
on and let's go back. Yeah, sure, let's put it.
I'm saying, pay, come on, let's back now. No oh
why not? Oh okay, you suck as time, jud I'm
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gonna stay here. What I'm going over here and go
to sleep? Hey that's a grave? Oh what's the matter
with that?
Speaker 3 (21:55):
But you ain't that?
Speaker 1 (21:58):
E secord? Oh yes, yeah, Julius. Who you sure I
should do there? Nobody in that kind of car house? Jo? Sure, Julius, Sure, Julius,
that's right?
Speaker 3 (22:17):
What well? I ain't that?
Speaker 1 (22:21):
H Yeah? They was right? I yes, I'm dead all right.
I took myself out of the great oh this time
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driving a cab. Sure I only make one. Crypto always
is out there. I would probably be taking you up
one of these days. Yeah, you be alright. You can't wait,
man out of time? What do you gotta do is same?
Take me out to the grave, jar see you later.
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You've listened to Quiet Please, which is written and directed
by Willis Cooper. The man who spoke to you was
Ernest Chappell, and mister Booth was played by Don greg
Miss Gilbert was Evil Ajuster. The inspector was at Latimer
Music for five pleaser Juju is composed and played by
Gen Farason. Not for a worry about next week's fire, Please,
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here's our writer, Director Willis Cooper. Three. That's next week's story.
I've always wanted to write a story with a number
instead of a tire. Three. If work hasn't ready yet,
but it might be interesting, listen next week to three,
and so until next week. At the same time, I
am quietly yours Gernese Chapel, quietly as comes to you
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from New York. This is the Mutual Broadcasting System.