November 29, 2025 • 30 mins
The Jimmy Durante Show was a popular comedy/variety program featuring legendary performer Jimmy Durante.
Originally a co-host, Durante took over solo after the departure of Garry Moore. The half hour program feaurtred comedy, music, and guest stars such as Lucille Ball, Bing Crosby, and Frank Morgan.
This Christmas episode aired on December 24, 1948 and featured guest star Rose Marie.
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Originally a co-host, Durante took over solo after the departure of Garry Moore. The half hour program feaurtred comedy, music, and guest stars such as Lucille Ball, Bing Crosby, and Frank Morgan.
This Christmas episode aired on December 24, 1948 and featured guest star Rose Marie.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
M e l S from Hollywood.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Camel's Cigarettes Present The Jimmy Duranty Show, Hunting Kenny Hunting,
Canoe Hunting, Canny, Oh what a.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
I means? The Jimmy Duranty Show with Alan Young, Roy Bargey.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
And his Orchestra, The Crew, Chies Quartet, Candy Candido and
Yours Truly Burnsmith. Brought to you by Camel's Cigarettes. The
makers of Camel Cigarettes wish all their friends are very
merry Christmas. Light up a camel and let Jimmy Duranty
in his company make your Christmas Eve a pleasant one.
And now here to start things off with his pal,
a talented young comedian, Alan Young is the Wizard of
(00:48):
Jag himself, the one and only Jimmy Duranty in person.
Speaker 1 (00:59):
You gotta shout off escape with a song. Now, even
when things go wrong. Now you feel better, you even
look better.
Speaker 3 (01:15):
Attention listeners, if you've got a new radio for Christmas,
don't throw it away.
Speaker 1 (01:20):
That was me and now at mypal Allen Young. I'll hey, Alan,
where are you? I'm up here in the roof Jimmy
Santa Claus is supposed to be our program, but he's
stuck in the Chimney.
Speaker 3 (01:31):
Well push him through, all right, Shanna, after falling fourteen
stories into the fireplace, are you feeling all right?
Speaker 4 (01:43):
I'm feeling night.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
Jimmy, Simmy, we saved your Santa Claus. Now I want
to wish you are very merry Christmas.
Speaker 3 (01:54):
Handy you Allan, But I'm kind of glad the excitement
is over. I didn't mail my Christmas cards in time?
So what happens at the last minute? I had to
seal five hundred envelopes and lick five hundred stamps.
Speaker 1 (02:05):
Shimmy, how did you do it? Does anybody want to
buy a cocker Spaniel with a dry tongue? Well, Jimmy, Jimmy,
I guess. I guess now's as good a time as any.
Here's my Christmas present to you.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
Oh, Allan, you shouldn't have done it. It's a beautiful gift.
I'll lift the cover. Just what I wanted, a musical
garbage can.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
Well, jim with all your important friends, I'll bet you
forgot about poor little me, Allan, he said that kind
of shigne Alan, your labor under a miss for apprehension,
see me, I'm afraid your laboring on her mispronunciation? Wait
a minute, Wait a minute, but that's neither Chris nor Kringle.
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Here's my present. Don't spread this around, but I knitted
at my sup. Well, that's a lovely tie. And what's
this lump hanging on the side of it. That's the
big toe. It started out to be a pair of shocks. Oh, Jimmy,
you know what's flattering. You should remember me after the
busy week you've had. I understand you flew to Washington
to deliver Christmas gifts to some of your influential friends.
Speaker 3 (03:20):
Yes, Alan m Foist stop in Washington was the British
Embassy where I dropped off my present for little Prince
Charles England's hair apparent, who at the moment has more
apparent hair than I have.
Speaker 1 (03:36):
I hope you gave a little prince an appropriate gift,
I hear for Christmas. He's already got diamonds from Africa,
rubies from India and gold from Australia. Because you see
that little boy represents the British Empire. What did you
give him, Jimmy? A safety pin? A safety pin? Yeah?
Speaker 3 (03:51):
Can you think of a better way to hold the
British Empire together?
Speaker 1 (04:02):
A joke I got from Noel coward, and that he
wasn't such a coward he show up for Noel. I
don't know what Noel means. But Jimmy, who was the
next notable figure on your list? Alan, Generalizing? How was
the next notary public? Unmolished? And when I heard that
he was in Washington for the holidays, I went over
to his hotel sweet to see it. And when I
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rushed in the door, Generalizing Hower and up rushed up
to me and said, hurry, Jimmy, run out and get
general General Marshall, No General Clay, no General Bradley.
Speaker 3 (04:33):
No General Electric A pub was out on his Christmas period.
Speaker 1 (04:39):
But Alan, the big.
Speaker 3 (04:40):
Moment in our innt of view came when we exchanged
our biographies, autographed and Latin. He wrote in his book
artist Grattius atist. And then I inscribed the Latin phrase in.
Speaker 1 (04:51):
My book, Jimmy, what did you write? E purbers unim
or six himper fidels no, the greatest Latin phrase of
all quant de lu booster, Jimmy, there's only one do Randy? Yes?
Speaker 3 (05:03):
Allen modesty forces me to agree there's only one duranty.
Speaker 5 (05:07):
What do you mean there's only one Duranty. I got
a million of them, a million of them. Everybody wants
to get into the act.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
It's it's a girl. Are you like that?
Speaker 3 (05:18):
I've been transcribed to a more convenient body.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
But look, I don't know what your game is. But
I'm Jimmy Duranty.
Speaker 5 (05:32):
I'm Jimmy Duranty.
Speaker 1 (05:33):
I'm Jimmy Durany. Take a good look, folks, can you
tell which twin is the phony? It's humiliating, it's excesstory. Gosh,
Jimmy Duranty's voice in a beautiful figure like yours. But
about it, well, it's like opening a jewel box and
finding a salami sandwich Alan.
Speaker 3 (05:53):
After that remark, I refuse to speak to you any further.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
Consider yourself first, the charge. Sorry, Jimmy, I'll see you later. Now, look, lady,
what's your trouble? Well?
Speaker 5 (06:07):
Jack, you see, I've got myself jump as a lemon
saw all day long. I have to put the big
lemons in the big boxes, the medium lemons and the
medium boxes, the small lemons and the small boxes.
Speaker 1 (06:18):
But I quit. Why too many decisions.
Speaker 3 (06:28):
I'm making Duranty's in mass production so everybody can have
one for Christmas. Wait, a minute, I'm beginning to recognize
the imposition. Why it's my old pair whos been knocking
them dead in the night.
Speaker 1 (06:38):
Clubs around the country.
Speaker 6 (06:40):
Rose Marie, Hi, Jimmy, I mean hi Jimmy.
Speaker 1 (06:52):
It's great to see you again, Rose Marie. What brings
you here tonight?
Speaker 7 (06:55):
Well, Jimmy, I just stopped by to get my Christmas
present from you, and it's something very personal.
Speaker 1 (07:01):
I hope it's not a lock of my hair. I'm
already down the scout.
Speaker 7 (07:05):
No, Jimmy, I'm afraid all I want for Christmas is
to hear you play the piano again.
Speaker 3 (07:09):
Why, I'd love to Rosemarine just sit next to me
here on the piano pensil at the center of my
taboo tickets too.
Speaker 7 (07:21):
Oh Jimmy, what a lovely arpeggio. Where did you ever
learn such a haunting phrase?
Speaker 3 (07:27):
Passage inscribed by the gurgle of a plugged up water pipe.
Speaker 7 (07:34):
Oh Jimmy, you know when you play like that, it
does something to me. It's just as though you were
playing on my heartstrings.
Speaker 1 (07:43):
If you're listening, mister Steinwy, I think I found something
to replace the baby grand.
Speaker 8 (07:49):
I love that, man.
Speaker 9 (07:53):
I don't claim that he's a petal roostie. Thought you
must admit, got his points. He's never played the President's
Ball our concert over Carnegie.
Speaker 1 (08:08):
Hall, but I've been cheered at some of the berries
better joint.
Speaker 9 (08:14):
I know that I'm a fool to have offer.
Speaker 1 (08:18):
It couldn't help yourself if you.
Speaker 8 (08:20):
Are his type.
Speaker 7 (08:22):
I want to want you all.
Speaker 6 (08:30):
It's not as mine, it's as music.
Speaker 1 (08:35):
That makes me mad.
Speaker 7 (08:37):
What that man.
Speaker 9 (08:39):
Him makes him milk that met Then there's pre all.
Speaker 4 (08:46):
As part of his fine.
Speaker 1 (08:50):
It's an intentional he's done conventional. I wished how I've felt.
I say my melody upon the ivory like this. Look
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at that girn melt. It's not as mine, but it's
as muz. He's charming. And to boot, I put some
guys composed potatoes that make your spine shiver. You know
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that's not chopped liver.
Speaker 9 (09:37):
It's not as mine, but it's a music.
Speaker 6 (09:44):
That makes me mad for that mout take me.
Speaker 8 (09:55):
The musical genius.
Speaker 9 (09:58):
Jimmy stop stop, please please, Jimmy stop stop.
Speaker 1 (10:03):
I'm only human. I show no mushy.
Speaker 8 (10:15):
It's not a lie.
Speaker 9 (10:18):
It is true that she's mad for that man.
Speaker 10 (10:26):
Man.
Speaker 1 (10:39):
We hope you're enjoying this Christmas Eve program.
Speaker 11 (10:42):
We also hope.
Speaker 2 (10:42):
You're enjoying camels, rich and full flavored, cool and mild.
Speaker 11 (10:48):
Camel's Choice Tobaccos.
Speaker 2 (10:49):
Are properly aged and expertly blended for your smoking enjoyment.
Light up the camel, seem el s. Alan, Why did
you drag me away from the studio just to come
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outside and look at the Christmas tree lights?
Speaker 1 (11:12):
Yes, Jimmy, just the sight of them brings back memories
of home and childhood, nostalgic memories, Jim. I guess you're right, Younger.
It puts me in a nostalgic mood too. They kind
of get you, Yes, Jimmy, You see this is my
first Christmas away from home and mother. Oh, I see
see every Christmas, even my life, I used to get
into my long woolies and Mama touched me in a
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pin and Mama plays along cool, kissing my forehead. She
just isn't here to do it tonight. Alan, Yes, juvens,
if you listen, missus young it may be your little bird,
but I'm feeding at Williams tonight. I feel much better now, Jim.
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I can't help thinking when I was a kid around
Christmas Santa Claus never visited our house, and to make
up for it, my dad told us the family cow
was rained here. He told you that cow was arranged here. Yeah,
for years I thought that ankler's antlers hung underneath. Oh
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well that's a logical Misdemeana.
Speaker 3 (12:22):
Anyway, I know how you feel, young gee, I'd love
to be a kid against tonight.
Speaker 1 (12:26):
Look, Jimmy, that's not both be carried away. You could
ever be a kid again? Who couldn't be a kid?
Speaker 3 (12:30):
Why I remember, just like it was yesterday, sixteen years old,
and another student.
Speaker 1 (12:34):
In three b alan tonight.
Speaker 3 (12:38):
Why don't we pretend that you and me are a
couple of little kids that live in the same block
spending Christmas together.
Speaker 1 (12:43):
Okay, Jimmy, with kids have all got to have nicknames.
There's big ear, freckles, buck tooth dimples. What's your nickname?
Speaker 3 (12:49):
I ain't got when I have no outstanding features.
Speaker 1 (12:56):
I loved those Christmas fantastics.
Speaker 3 (13:00):
And you go ahead and now go slip them a
short pants and beanie and join you later.
Speaker 1 (13:09):
Memories. The youngs were very poor. There were twenty two
kids in our family, only twenty one pairs of socks.
Mom called me Blackfoot. Yeah, twenty two kids. The only
thrill we ever got was the year we played ourselves
in the Rose Bowl, played ourselves there. I'll never forget that.
One Christmas Eve, I wrote a letter to Santa Claus.
I said, Dear Santa, I on a bicycle. I needed
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a stalking to put it in, so I made my
brother take off his long stalking, strong elastic. Then I
sneak downstairs and overheard Mama and Papa talking. Papa said, Mabel,
this year, I think we can buy a little al
in the bicycle. After all, we only have twenty two children. John, Yes, Mabel,
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there's something I want to tell you.
Speaker 10 (13:56):
You see I Oh no, no, no, not again, not a.
Speaker 1 (14:04):
So after Papa took a slow boat to China, I
realized I wouldn't get that bicycle I wanted for Christmas.
I was beginning to doubt whether there was a Santa Claus.
So in my darkest hour, I turned to my only friend,
seven year old Jimmy, who was the leader of the
gang and the roughest, toughest kid on the block.
Speaker 3 (14:21):
I knew he was ready for action when I heard
him say, Hopscotch anyone.
Speaker 1 (14:27):
Hey, Jimmy, hay, how come you look so worried? Hey, oh,
we have to move.
Speaker 3 (14:31):
I think the people upstairs from us got a bad
leak and the water pipe.
Speaker 1 (14:34):
I think, what makes you think?
Speaker 11 (14:36):
So?
Speaker 1 (14:36):
Last night? I finished my shoe treat times. Well, let's
do something. Let's go feel for nickels and payphones. Hey,
look who's coming down a street? Hey it's a rich
boy in is funtleroy shuiting long curls. Yeah, yeah, he
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thinks he's good. He thinks he's good just because he
wears socks. Hey, Algerman? Hey, yeah, why do you wear
them long golden curls? How many fifty years old?
Speaker 8 (15:08):
My mother?
Speaker 1 (15:09):
Don't tell me if I'm a girl?
Speaker 4 (15:10):
Oh boy?
Speaker 1 (15:21):
You mean you don't know whether you're a girl or
a boy.
Speaker 4 (15:24):
Now and the suspense is killing me.
Speaker 1 (15:29):
Well, I think i'll see you later, Jimmy. I think
I'll go look for a woman with a bustle and
hits a ride into town. How can you go into town?
It's almost Christmas? Eve? Ain't you going home and wait
for Santa Claus? What's the use? I don't think there
is a Santa Claus. I'm wanting a bike. I know
I ain't gonna cat it. What's the matter? You crazy
or something? Why?
Speaker 3 (15:49):
I notice a Santy Claus last year brought me a beautiful.
Speaker 1 (15:53):
Bike with a bell on it. Yeah, I bet you
didn't see him. Nobody sees Santa Claus. He sneaks into
a house one night and then he goes away for
a year. That ain't Santa Claus. That's the old man.
You know. This must been the toughest sitting up block.
Now I find out you believe in Santa Claus.
Speaker 3 (16:10):
Alan, just because just because you're tough, don't mean you
don't believe in Santa Claus. Santa Claus is really. He
ain't a fig Newton of the imagination.
Speaker 1 (16:21):
Whoop, He's real. How come I ain't getting any bicycles?
Speaker 3 (16:24):
Look, Alan, you go on home and wait and I'll
be by leader. I'm gonna convince you there's a Santy Claus.
Speaker 1 (16:39):
See Jimmy, I told you won't get that bight. Here,
there's twelve o'clock. I'm no Santa Claus.
Speaker 3 (16:43):
Alan, you gotta believe in Santa Claus. If you believe
there's a Santa Claus, there'll be one.
Speaker 1 (16:49):
Listen, someone's on the roof. He's flighting down the chimney. Hey,
it's Santa Claus. Jimmy, look at Santa Claus. No eight Christmas. Everybody,
look close, Alan, I think he's got something for you. Geez,
it's a beautiful pike with a pillaut. Santa Claus didn't
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forget me after all. Well, I gotta be running along now,
up dancer, up plants, up under up petrolo patrol. Yeah,
he's there to see that anything with a horn joins
the union. Gosh, a real pike at last. I'm gonna
take it off for a ride right now, so long, Jimmy, gosh,
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there is a Santa Claus. Well, I hope no other
kid comes up to me and shay, they don't believe
in Santa Claus. That was the only bicycle I had.
Speaker 2 (17:51):
If you've still some last minute gifts to give, why
not get some cartoons of camels. Yes, those camel cartoons
are all dressed up for the Christmas season, bright and
color full, with a space for your personal greeting.
Speaker 11 (18:02):
A garton of camels.
Speaker 2 (18:03):
Is so easy to get and such a pleasure to receive.
Speaker 1 (18:07):
And I'd like to add I ripped off the Salla fane,
opened the pack. Take the little pump pan. Just ship back.
Speaker 3 (18:15):
Going from jokes to the greatest of smokes, folks, won't
you try a camel.
Speaker 1 (18:33):
Gee? Jimmy, was a great idea to invite the whole
cast to your Christmas party.
Speaker 3 (18:37):
Oh, the very thought of having the whole gang with
me warns the cocktails of my heart.
Speaker 1 (18:42):
Wait you see the freighty pound taking my cook. Maggie
is preparing in. Look through the window. The whole bunch
is around the piano. How do you like that? They
didn't even wait for me, the hostess. Let's go in
and journey. Yeah, very Christmas. Everybody get me the food,
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perhaps some take you. Don't be bashful, it's very nice. Besides, tonight,
I'm only charging ten cents of slice.
Speaker 3 (19:20):
Enjoy yourself, folks, enjoy yourself. But nobody needs to advocatage.
I just wanted them to make the table look clashy.
Speaker 1 (19:27):
God give me all your friends from the shore here
want that turnout. There's the everybody listens to these attention, folks.
My good friend, Professor Nut Biger wants to flow. Thank you.
I have just composed a little Christmas poem to my wife,
which she taught me. Pleasure to eat my wife wanted
a new meat coat to get it with quite a production,
so I just bought her two little minks and gave
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him an introduction to Hey, Jimmy, I'm getting hungry. Take
it easy, young ee. The tyke it will be ready soon.
While I'm waiting, I'll try one of these olives. Tight pmento.
Speaker 3 (20:06):
It looks like everybody is getting hungry. It okay, everybody,
let's see to the dining room.
Speaker 1 (20:13):
Let's mot smart, smash to the table. Here's the turkey,
so let's get our share.
Speaker 10 (20:21):
Let's most fast to the table.
Speaker 1 (20:25):
Let's hope he's got bike harbon at despair. Wait, wait, wait,
wait a minute, Jimmy, I don't see the turkey on
the table. I'm sorry, folks, I'm sorry. I'll talk to
the cook. Maggie, Maggie. Where's that cook, Maggie? Why don't
chance it?
Speaker 8 (20:39):
Did Kloy answer the first time?
Speaker 1 (20:45):
It's humiliating. What's taking so long to get the turkey ready?
Speaker 9 (20:50):
Well, mister smart, I call the turkey was grave and
made out of Brandon, scotch, buff and rum and gin,
and I.
Speaker 1 (20:56):
Put him in the oven. Well what happened?
Speaker 11 (20:58):
Well, in two hours later, I opened the oven door
and the tiker was going a tin horn.
Speaker 1 (21:02):
And shouting happen. Look, Jimmy didn't tell me what a
great cook you are, Maggie. What do we have him
besides a turkey?
Speaker 8 (21:13):
Well, so I've been preparing a special recipe that's been
handed down from my grandmother to my mother and filamony.
Speaker 1 (21:20):
What is it? Masaball super? What a cook? What a cook? Boy?
What a cook? She can fry a crape better than shirtette. Jimmy,
somebody else is coming to your party. I wonder who
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it is. Well, why don't you open the door and
find out?
Speaker 8 (21:44):
Oh King, relax boy, it's hot breadth hella hand.
Speaker 1 (21:50):
I'm pleasure.
Speaker 3 (21:51):
I'm pleadre came this hot breath. If the oven breaks down,
you can finish roast from the tyker.
Speaker 1 (21:57):
Come on in hot bread.
Speaker 8 (21:59):
Well, don't just stand there, big blonde and boneless. Can't
you see I'm standing under the mistletoe? And uh, what
about you banana beat? Ain't no one gonna take advantage?
Speaker 1 (22:23):
Go ahead, Alan kishing now, Jimmy, you go ahead and kissing?
No you kish kissing? No? You kish it? All right,
I'll kiss it. Can we take that trip again? I
think I know the road now, But go ahead and
mingle with the guest, Miss Hotbrip. Would you like a
warm Tom and Jerry?
Speaker 8 (22:39):
Just send over Tom and Jerry and I'll warm them
up myself.
Speaker 12 (22:45):
I love this kind of carryings on. All right, all
right to the tiny room. The table we weren't Boo.
Speaker 10 (22:58):
Boo's much much table on your markets, ready, sat row,
Wait a minute, this is a fasta kicken.
Speaker 1 (23:09):
Still no turkey on the table, Maggie, Maggie, where's the turkey? Well?
Speaker 9 (23:15):
He took another drinking that happy grave and I he's
making passionate love to a.
Speaker 11 (23:19):
Can of chicken.
Speaker 1 (23:20):
Su This is a crisis.
Speaker 3 (23:24):
She's laughing, and I'm being rubbed out of the social register.
I don't know how I'm gonna keep the party going.
Speaker 8 (23:30):
Just leave it to me, flute snooze, I'll living up
the party. Let's turn out the lights and play some
party games.
Speaker 1 (23:42):
I don't want any games.
Speaker 8 (23:44):
With the lights out. You ought to be able to
think up a few.
Speaker 1 (23:52):
I wonder if she has a luminous checker boy. Well, well,
what do you say, boys?
Speaker 3 (23:59):
I think the food is already now let's see, okay, everybody,
let's see.
Speaker 1 (24:03):
Come on, let's march, march, march him the table. We'll
rip that piggy hair him right, uplong, let's march much.
Watch them matter now, Maggie.
Speaker 6 (24:17):
Well, this man into the kitchen while the pine was
going on.
Speaker 9 (24:20):
It ate all the time.
Speaker 1 (24:21):
What a cold pasta stroke? Candy, candy?
Speaker 3 (24:25):
Isn't there anything left of that thirty pounds taking for
our Christmas dinner?
Speaker 4 (24:29):
Oh? That's left for Christmas is too fronteeth.
Speaker 1 (24:36):
I felt like a fallow for that boyd. I even
spent two weeks with him in the deep freeze.
Speaker 3 (24:41):
But never mind, Gang, I got ten pounds of jelly
beans hidden under the mattress while Maggie's roasting them. Gather
around the tree and pick up your presents.
Speaker 1 (24:50):
Jimmy, you really took care of the gang tonight. Ash
Now you are real Santa Claus. Oh I wouldn't say that.
Maybe not Jimmy, but you're the closest thing to it.
Come on, gang, lest he's Jimmy the Red cla. Thank you.
I'm the partner of Santa Clau. His toy bag isn't
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on his back as he goes through the snows. He's
got a better place in front.
Speaker 8 (25:15):
He hooks it on his nose.
Speaker 1 (25:16):
I'm Jimmy durant to Claw. I'm the partner of Santa Claw.
Speaker 8 (25:25):
Gee, you got me puzzle. I recognize that brain deal.
Speaker 1 (25:29):
I'm not sure, but somehow he looks like the leading
of India, the partner of Santa Claw.
Speaker 5 (25:36):
He's Jimmy around car.
Speaker 8 (25:41):
Jingle bells, jingle bell there's the way we call Christmas.
Speaker 4 (25:46):
But I'm feel the mighty snow jingle bell, single bell
santas on who can have port a car today?
Speaker 1 (25:54):
I ran an openly Jimmy the I'm the partner of
sand the law. Tonight it's Christmas Eve, we know, so
up and down the hall, no creature stirring, and before
old Tanta comes to cost we'd like to wish a
merry Christmas to you one at all. From hot bread,
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my watch.
Speaker 4 (26:19):
Zip aproaches, Handy, Candido.
Speaker 6 (26:22):
Rosemary, Al, I'm young and Jimmie.
Speaker 11 (26:50):
Christmas Eve symbolizes for all of us the joy of giving.
This week, as every week of the year, the camel
people are.
Speaker 2 (26:57):
Happy to send free camels to servicemen hospitals all over America.
Speaker 13 (27:01):
This week, among other hospitals, free camels are being sent
to Veterans Hospital Hines, Illinois, US Marine Hospital, vineyard Haven, Massachusetts,
Veterans Hospital Outwood, Kentucky.
Speaker 11 (27:14):
That makes a total of more than one hundred and
eighty million cigarettes that the Camel people are sent to servicemen,
service women, and veterans.
Speaker 1 (27:25):
Well, Jimmy, it's Christmas even just about time to hang
up your stocking. Alan, that's what everyone's doing. And folks,
this is one night. I don't have to be clever
to know what's going on in your living room.
Speaker 3 (27:37):
The Christmas tree is all lit up, there's a bit
of missile toe hanging somewhere. The little folks are getting
ready for a very long night, and the time for
the real Santa to arrive is getting closer and closer.
But more important, tonight, our hearts are full of Christmas.
We shake hands a little bit stronger, we say hello,
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a little bit warmer, we walk a little bit lighter,
and tonight the world is at a whole lot better.
But does it make sense for all these things to
last only twenty four hours? When our Christmas tree and
our missiletoe disappear, should that be the signal for us
to act any different than.
Speaker 8 (28:16):
We do now?
Speaker 3 (28:17):
I don't think so, you know, what's a long year
to every Christmas. Let's make it a long Christmas to
every year.
Speaker 1 (28:45):
Merry Christmas, mister Young, Merry Christmas for you, mister Duranta.
Merry Christmas. Coach, Merry Christmas, Missus Caliban, wherever you are.
Speaker 2 (29:12):
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in his company make your Christmas Eve a pleasant one.
And now here to start things off with his pal,
a talented young comedian, Alan Young is the Wizard of
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Jag himself, the one and only Jimmy Duranty in person.
Speaker 1 (00:59):
You gotta shout off escape with a song. Now, even
when things go wrong. Now you feel better, you even
look better.
Speaker 3 (01:15):
Attention listeners, if you've got a new radio for Christmas,
don't throw it away.
Speaker 1 (01:20):
That was me and now at mypal Allen Young. I'll hey, Alan,
where are you? I'm up here in the roof Jimmy
Santa Claus is supposed to be our program, but he's
stuck in the Chimney.
Speaker 3 (01:31):
Well push him through, all right, Shanna, after falling fourteen
stories into the fireplace, are you feeling all right?
Speaker 4 (01:43):
I'm feeling night.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
Jimmy, Simmy, we saved your Santa Claus. Now I want
to wish you are very merry Christmas.
Speaker 3 (01:54):
Handy you Allan, But I'm kind of glad the excitement
is over. I didn't mail my Christmas cards in time?
So what happens at the last minute? I had to
seal five hundred envelopes and lick five hundred stamps.
Speaker 1 (02:05):
Shimmy, how did you do it? Does anybody want to
buy a cocker Spaniel with a dry tongue? Well, Jimmy, Jimmy,
I guess. I guess now's as good a time as any.
Here's my Christmas present to you.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
Oh, Allan, you shouldn't have done it. It's a beautiful gift.
I'll lift the cover. Just what I wanted, a musical
garbage can.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
Well, jim with all your important friends, I'll bet you
forgot about poor little me, Allan, he said that kind
of shigne Alan, your labor under a miss for apprehension,
see me, I'm afraid your laboring on her mispronunciation? Wait
a minute, Wait a minute, but that's neither Chris nor Kringle.
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Here's my present. Don't spread this around, but I knitted
at my sup. Well, that's a lovely tie. And what's
this lump hanging on the side of it. That's the
big toe. It started out to be a pair of shocks. Oh, Jimmy,
you know what's flattering. You should remember me after the
busy week you've had. I understand you flew to Washington
to deliver Christmas gifts to some of your influential friends.
Speaker 3 (03:20):
Yes, Alan m Foist stop in Washington was the British
Embassy where I dropped off my present for little Prince
Charles England's hair apparent, who at the moment has more
apparent hair than I have.
Speaker 1 (03:36):
I hope you gave a little prince an appropriate gift,
I hear for Christmas. He's already got diamonds from Africa,
rubies from India and gold from Australia. Because you see
that little boy represents the British Empire. What did you
give him, Jimmy? A safety pin? A safety pin? Yeah?
Speaker 3 (03:51):
Can you think of a better way to hold the
British Empire together?
Speaker 1 (04:02):
A joke I got from Noel coward, and that he
wasn't such a coward he show up for Noel. I
don't know what Noel means. But Jimmy, who was the
next notable figure on your list? Alan, Generalizing? How was
the next notary public? Unmolished? And when I heard that
he was in Washington for the holidays, I went over
to his hotel sweet to see it. And when I
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rushed in the door, Generalizing Hower and up rushed up
to me and said, hurry, Jimmy, run out and get
general General Marshall, No General Clay, no General Bradley.
Speaker 3 (04:33):
No General Electric A pub was out on his Christmas period.
Speaker 1 (04:39):
But Alan, the big.
Speaker 3 (04:40):
Moment in our innt of view came when we exchanged
our biographies, autographed and Latin. He wrote in his book
artist Grattius atist. And then I inscribed the Latin phrase in.
Speaker 1 (04:51):
My book, Jimmy, what did you write? E purbers unim
or six himper fidels no, the greatest Latin phrase of
all quant de lu booster, Jimmy, there's only one do Randy? Yes?
Speaker 3 (05:03):
Allen modesty forces me to agree there's only one duranty.
Speaker 5 (05:07):
What do you mean there's only one Duranty. I got
a million of them, a million of them. Everybody wants
to get into the act.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
It's it's a girl. Are you like that?
Speaker 3 (05:18):
I've been transcribed to a more convenient body.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
But look, I don't know what your game is. But
I'm Jimmy Duranty.
Speaker 5 (05:32):
I'm Jimmy Duranty.
Speaker 1 (05:33):
I'm Jimmy Durany. Take a good look, folks, can you
tell which twin is the phony? It's humiliating, it's excesstory. Gosh,
Jimmy Duranty's voice in a beautiful figure like yours. But
about it, well, it's like opening a jewel box and
finding a salami sandwich Alan.
Speaker 3 (05:53):
After that remark, I refuse to speak to you any further.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
Consider yourself first, the charge. Sorry, Jimmy, I'll see you later. Now, look, lady,
what's your trouble? Well?
Speaker 5 (06:07):
Jack, you see, I've got myself jump as a lemon
saw all day long. I have to put the big
lemons in the big boxes, the medium lemons and the
medium boxes, the small lemons and the small boxes.
Speaker 1 (06:18):
But I quit. Why too many decisions.
Speaker 3 (06:28):
I'm making Duranty's in mass production so everybody can have
one for Christmas. Wait, a minute, I'm beginning to recognize
the imposition. Why it's my old pair whos been knocking
them dead in the night.
Speaker 1 (06:38):
Clubs around the country.
Speaker 6 (06:40):
Rose Marie, Hi, Jimmy, I mean hi Jimmy.
Speaker 1 (06:52):
It's great to see you again, Rose Marie. What brings
you here tonight?
Speaker 7 (06:55):
Well, Jimmy, I just stopped by to get my Christmas
present from you, and it's something very personal.
Speaker 1 (07:01):
I hope it's not a lock of my hair. I'm
already down the scout.
Speaker 7 (07:05):
No, Jimmy, I'm afraid all I want for Christmas is
to hear you play the piano again.
Speaker 3 (07:09):
Why, I'd love to Rosemarine just sit next to me
here on the piano pensil at the center of my
taboo tickets too.
Speaker 7 (07:21):
Oh Jimmy, what a lovely arpeggio. Where did you ever
learn such a haunting phrase?
Speaker 3 (07:27):
Passage inscribed by the gurgle of a plugged up water pipe.
Speaker 7 (07:34):
Oh Jimmy, you know when you play like that, it
does something to me. It's just as though you were
playing on my heartstrings.
Speaker 1 (07:43):
If you're listening, mister Steinwy, I think I found something
to replace the baby grand.
Speaker 8 (07:49):
I love that, man.
Speaker 9 (07:53):
I don't claim that he's a petal roostie. Thought you
must admit, got his points. He's never played the President's
Ball our concert over Carnegie.
Speaker 1 (08:08):
Hall, but I've been cheered at some of the berries
better joint.
Speaker 9 (08:14):
I know that I'm a fool to have offer.
Speaker 1 (08:18):
It couldn't help yourself if you.
Speaker 8 (08:20):
Are his type.
Speaker 7 (08:22):
I want to want you all.
Speaker 6 (08:30):
It's not as mine, it's as music.
Speaker 1 (08:35):
That makes me mad.
Speaker 7 (08:37):
What that man.
Speaker 9 (08:39):
Him makes him milk that met Then there's pre all.
Speaker 4 (08:46):
As part of his fine.
Speaker 1 (08:50):
It's an intentional he's done conventional. I wished how I've felt.
I say my melody upon the ivory like this. Look
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at that girn melt. It's not as mine, but it's
as muz. He's charming. And to boot, I put some
guys composed potatoes that make your spine shiver. You know
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that's not chopped liver.
Speaker 9 (09:37):
It's not as mine, but it's a music.
Speaker 6 (09:44):
That makes me mad for that mout take me.
Speaker 8 (09:55):
The musical genius.
Speaker 9 (09:58):
Jimmy stop stop, please please, Jimmy stop stop.
Speaker 1 (10:03):
I'm only human. I show no mushy.
Speaker 8 (10:15):
It's not a lie.
Speaker 9 (10:18):
It is true that she's mad for that man.
Speaker 10 (10:26):
Man.
Speaker 1 (10:39):
We hope you're enjoying this Christmas Eve program.
Speaker 11 (10:42):
We also hope.
Speaker 2 (10:42):
You're enjoying camels, rich and full flavored, cool and mild.
Speaker 11 (10:48):
Camel's Choice Tobaccos.
Speaker 2 (10:49):
Are properly aged and expertly blended for your smoking enjoyment.
Light up the camel, seem el s. Alan, Why did
you drag me away from the studio just to come
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outside and look at the Christmas tree lights?
Speaker 1 (11:12):
Yes, Jimmy, just the sight of them brings back memories
of home and childhood, nostalgic memories, Jim. I guess you're right, Younger.
It puts me in a nostalgic mood too. They kind
of get you, Yes, Jimmy, You see this is my
first Christmas away from home and mother. Oh, I see
see every Christmas, even my life, I used to get
into my long woolies and Mama touched me in a
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pin and Mama plays along cool, kissing my forehead. She
just isn't here to do it tonight. Alan, Yes, juvens,
if you listen, missus young it may be your little bird,
but I'm feeding at Williams tonight. I feel much better now, Jim.
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I can't help thinking when I was a kid around
Christmas Santa Claus never visited our house, and to make
up for it, my dad told us the family cow
was rained here. He told you that cow was arranged here. Yeah,
for years I thought that ankler's antlers hung underneath. Oh
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well that's a logical Misdemeana.
Speaker 3 (12:22):
Anyway, I know how you feel, young gee, I'd love
to be a kid against tonight.
Speaker 1 (12:26):
Look, Jimmy, that's not both be carried away. You could
ever be a kid again? Who couldn't be a kid?
Speaker 3 (12:30):
Why I remember, just like it was yesterday, sixteen years old,
and another student.
Speaker 1 (12:34):
In three b alan tonight.
Speaker 3 (12:38):
Why don't we pretend that you and me are a
couple of little kids that live in the same block
spending Christmas together.
Speaker 1 (12:43):
Okay, Jimmy, with kids have all got to have nicknames.
There's big ear, freckles, buck tooth dimples. What's your nickname?
Speaker 3 (12:49):
I ain't got when I have no outstanding features.
Speaker 1 (12:56):
I loved those Christmas fantastics.
Speaker 3 (13:00):
And you go ahead and now go slip them a
short pants and beanie and join you later.
Speaker 1 (13:09):
Memories. The youngs were very poor. There were twenty two
kids in our family, only twenty one pairs of socks.
Mom called me Blackfoot. Yeah, twenty two kids. The only
thrill we ever got was the year we played ourselves
in the Rose Bowl, played ourselves there. I'll never forget that.
One Christmas Eve, I wrote a letter to Santa Claus.
I said, Dear Santa, I on a bicycle. I needed
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a stalking to put it in, so I made my
brother take off his long stalking, strong elastic. Then I
sneak downstairs and overheard Mama and Papa talking. Papa said, Mabel,
this year, I think we can buy a little al
in the bicycle. After all, we only have twenty two children. John, Yes, Mabel,
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there's something I want to tell you.
Speaker 10 (13:56):
You see I Oh no, no, no, not again, not a.
Speaker 1 (14:04):
So after Papa took a slow boat to China, I
realized I wouldn't get that bicycle I wanted for Christmas.
I was beginning to doubt whether there was a Santa Claus.
So in my darkest hour, I turned to my only friend,
seven year old Jimmy, who was the leader of the
gang and the roughest, toughest kid on the block.
Speaker 3 (14:21):
I knew he was ready for action when I heard
him say, Hopscotch anyone.
Speaker 1 (14:27):
Hey, Jimmy, hay, how come you look so worried? Hey, oh,
we have to move.
Speaker 3 (14:31):
I think the people upstairs from us got a bad
leak and the water pipe.
Speaker 1 (14:34):
I think, what makes you think?
Speaker 11 (14:36):
So?
Speaker 1 (14:36):
Last night? I finished my shoe treat times. Well, let's
do something. Let's go feel for nickels and payphones. Hey,
look who's coming down a street? Hey it's a rich
boy in is funtleroy shuiting long curls. Yeah, yeah, he
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thinks he's good. He thinks he's good just because he
wears socks. Hey, Algerman? Hey, yeah, why do you wear
them long golden curls? How many fifty years old?
Speaker 8 (15:08):
My mother?
Speaker 1 (15:09):
Don't tell me if I'm a girl?
Speaker 4 (15:10):
Oh boy?
Speaker 1 (15:21):
You mean you don't know whether you're a girl or
a boy.
Speaker 4 (15:24):
Now and the suspense is killing me.
Speaker 1 (15:29):
Well, I think i'll see you later, Jimmy. I think
I'll go look for a woman with a bustle and
hits a ride into town. How can you go into town?
It's almost Christmas? Eve? Ain't you going home and wait
for Santa Claus? What's the use? I don't think there
is a Santa Claus. I'm wanting a bike. I know
I ain't gonna cat it. What's the matter? You crazy
or something? Why?
Speaker 3 (15:49):
I notice a Santy Claus last year brought me a beautiful.
Speaker 1 (15:53):
Bike with a bell on it. Yeah, I bet you
didn't see him. Nobody sees Santa Claus. He sneaks into
a house one night and then he goes away for
a year. That ain't Santa Claus. That's the old man.
You know. This must been the toughest sitting up block.
Now I find out you believe in Santa Claus.
Speaker 3 (16:10):
Alan, just because just because you're tough, don't mean you
don't believe in Santa Claus. Santa Claus is really. He
ain't a fig Newton of the imagination.
Speaker 1 (16:21):
Whoop, He's real. How come I ain't getting any bicycles?
Speaker 3 (16:24):
Look, Alan, you go on home and wait and I'll
be by leader. I'm gonna convince you there's a Santy Claus.
Speaker 1 (16:39):
See Jimmy, I told you won't get that bight. Here,
there's twelve o'clock. I'm no Santa Claus.
Speaker 3 (16:43):
Alan, you gotta believe in Santa Claus. If you believe
there's a Santa Claus, there'll be one.
Speaker 1 (16:49):
Listen, someone's on the roof. He's flighting down the chimney. Hey,
it's Santa Claus. Jimmy, look at Santa Claus. No eight Christmas. Everybody,
look close, Alan, I think he's got something for you. Geez,
it's a beautiful pike with a pillaut. Santa Claus didn't
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forget me after all. Well, I gotta be running along now,
up dancer, up plants, up under up petrolo patrol. Yeah,
he's there to see that anything with a horn joins
the union. Gosh, a real pike at last. I'm gonna
take it off for a ride right now, so long, Jimmy, gosh,
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there is a Santa Claus. Well, I hope no other
kid comes up to me and shay, they don't believe
in Santa Claus. That was the only bicycle I had.
Speaker 2 (17:51):
If you've still some last minute gifts to give, why
not get some cartoons of camels. Yes, those camel cartoons
are all dressed up for the Christmas season, bright and
color full, with a space for your personal greeting.
Speaker 11 (18:02):
A garton of camels.
Speaker 2 (18:03):
Is so easy to get and such a pleasure to receive.
Speaker 1 (18:07):
And I'd like to add I ripped off the Salla fane,
opened the pack. Take the little pump pan. Just ship back.
Speaker 3 (18:15):
Going from jokes to the greatest of smokes, folks, won't
you try a camel.
Speaker 1 (18:33):
Gee? Jimmy, was a great idea to invite the whole
cast to your Christmas party.
Speaker 3 (18:37):
Oh, the very thought of having the whole gang with
me warns the cocktails of my heart.
Speaker 1 (18:42):
Wait you see the freighty pound taking my cook. Maggie
is preparing in. Look through the window. The whole bunch
is around the piano. How do you like that? They
didn't even wait for me, the hostess. Let's go in
and journey. Yeah, very Christmas. Everybody get me the food,
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perhaps some take you. Don't be bashful, it's very nice. Besides, tonight,
I'm only charging ten cents of slice.
Speaker 3 (19:20):
Enjoy yourself, folks, enjoy yourself. But nobody needs to advocatage.
I just wanted them to make the table look clashy.
Speaker 1 (19:27):
God give me all your friends from the shore here
want that turnout. There's the everybody listens to these attention, folks.
My good friend, Professor Nut Biger wants to flow. Thank you.
I have just composed a little Christmas poem to my wife,
which she taught me. Pleasure to eat my wife wanted
a new meat coat to get it with quite a production,
so I just bought her two little minks and gave
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him an introduction to Hey, Jimmy, I'm getting hungry. Take
it easy, young ee. The tyke it will be ready soon.
While I'm waiting, I'll try one of these olives. Tight pmento.
Speaker 3 (20:06):
It looks like everybody is getting hungry. It okay, everybody,
let's see to the dining room.
Speaker 1 (20:13):
Let's mot smart, smash to the table. Here's the turkey,
so let's get our share.
Speaker 10 (20:21):
Let's most fast to the table.
Speaker 1 (20:25):
Let's hope he's got bike harbon at despair. Wait, wait, wait,
wait a minute, Jimmy, I don't see the turkey on
the table. I'm sorry, folks, I'm sorry. I'll talk to
the cook. Maggie, Maggie. Where's that cook, Maggie? Why don't
chance it?
Speaker 8 (20:39):
Did Kloy answer the first time?
Speaker 1 (20:45):
It's humiliating. What's taking so long to get the turkey ready?
Speaker 9 (20:50):
Well, mister smart, I call the turkey was grave and
made out of Brandon, scotch, buff and rum and gin,
and I.
Speaker 1 (20:56):
Put him in the oven. Well what happened?
Speaker 11 (20:58):
Well, in two hours later, I opened the oven door
and the tiker was going a tin horn.
Speaker 1 (21:02):
And shouting happen. Look, Jimmy didn't tell me what a
great cook you are, Maggie. What do we have him
besides a turkey?
Speaker 8 (21:13):
Well, so I've been preparing a special recipe that's been
handed down from my grandmother to my mother and filamony.
Speaker 1 (21:20):
What is it? Masaball super? What a cook? What a cook? Boy?
What a cook? She can fry a crape better than shirtette. Jimmy,
somebody else is coming to your party. I wonder who
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it is. Well, why don't you open the door and
find out?
Speaker 8 (21:44):
Oh King, relax boy, it's hot breadth hella hand.
Speaker 1 (21:50):
I'm pleasure.
Speaker 3 (21:51):
I'm pleadre came this hot breath. If the oven breaks down,
you can finish roast from the tyker.
Speaker 1 (21:57):
Come on in hot bread.
Speaker 8 (21:59):
Well, don't just stand there, big blonde and boneless. Can't
you see I'm standing under the mistletoe? And uh, what
about you banana beat? Ain't no one gonna take advantage?
Speaker 1 (22:23):
Go ahead, Alan kishing now, Jimmy, you go ahead and kissing?
No you kish kissing? No? You kish it? All right,
I'll kiss it. Can we take that trip again? I
think I know the road now, But go ahead and
mingle with the guest, Miss Hotbrip. Would you like a
warm Tom and Jerry?
Speaker 8 (22:39):
Just send over Tom and Jerry and I'll warm them
up myself.
Speaker 12 (22:45):
I love this kind of carryings on. All right, all
right to the tiny room. The table we weren't Boo.
Speaker 10 (22:58):
Boo's much much table on your markets, ready, sat row,
Wait a minute, this is a fasta kicken.
Speaker 1 (23:09):
Still no turkey on the table, Maggie, Maggie, where's the turkey? Well?
Speaker 9 (23:15):
He took another drinking that happy grave and I he's
making passionate love to a.
Speaker 11 (23:19):
Can of chicken.
Speaker 1 (23:20):
Su This is a crisis.
Speaker 3 (23:24):
She's laughing, and I'm being rubbed out of the social register.
I don't know how I'm gonna keep the party going.
Speaker 8 (23:30):
Just leave it to me, flute snooze, I'll living up
the party. Let's turn out the lights and play some
party games.
Speaker 1 (23:42):
I don't want any games.
Speaker 8 (23:44):
With the lights out. You ought to be able to
think up a few.
Speaker 1 (23:52):
I wonder if she has a luminous checker boy. Well, well,
what do you say, boys?
Speaker 3 (23:59):
I think the food is already now let's see, okay, everybody,
let's see.
Speaker 1 (24:03):
Come on, let's march, march, march him the table. We'll
rip that piggy hair him right, uplong, let's march much.
Watch them matter now, Maggie.
Speaker 6 (24:17):
Well, this man into the kitchen while the pine was
going on.
Speaker 9 (24:20):
It ate all the time.
Speaker 1 (24:21):
What a cold pasta stroke? Candy, candy?
Speaker 3 (24:25):
Isn't there anything left of that thirty pounds taking for
our Christmas dinner?
Speaker 4 (24:29):
Oh? That's left for Christmas is too fronteeth.
Speaker 1 (24:36):
I felt like a fallow for that boyd. I even
spent two weeks with him in the deep freeze.
Speaker 3 (24:41):
But never mind, Gang, I got ten pounds of jelly
beans hidden under the mattress while Maggie's roasting them. Gather
around the tree and pick up your presents.
Speaker 1 (24:50):
Jimmy, you really took care of the gang tonight. Ash
Now you are real Santa Claus. Oh I wouldn't say that.
Maybe not Jimmy, but you're the closest thing to it.
Come on, gang, lest he's Jimmy the Red cla. Thank you.
I'm the partner of Santa Clau. His toy bag isn't
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on his back as he goes through the snows. He's
got a better place in front.
Speaker 8 (25:15):
He hooks it on his nose.
Speaker 1 (25:16):
I'm Jimmy durant to Claw. I'm the partner of Santa Claw.
Speaker 8 (25:25):
Gee, you got me puzzle. I recognize that brain deal.
Speaker 1 (25:29):
I'm not sure, but somehow he looks like the leading
of India, the partner of Santa Claw.
Speaker 5 (25:36):
He's Jimmy around car.
Speaker 8 (25:41):
Jingle bells, jingle bell there's the way we call Christmas.
Speaker 4 (25:46):
But I'm feel the mighty snow jingle bell, single bell
santas on who can have port a car today?
Speaker 1 (25:54):
I ran an openly Jimmy the I'm the partner of
sand the law. Tonight it's Christmas Eve, we know, so
up and down the hall, no creature stirring, and before
old Tanta comes to cost we'd like to wish a
merry Christmas to you one at all. From hot bread,
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my watch.
Speaker 4 (26:19):
Zip aproaches, Handy, Candido.
Speaker 6 (26:22):
Rosemary, Al, I'm young and Jimmie.
Speaker 11 (26:50):
Christmas Eve symbolizes for all of us the joy of giving.
This week, as every week of the year, the camel
people are.
Speaker 2 (26:57):
Happy to send free camels to servicemen hospitals all over America.
Speaker 13 (27:01):
This week, among other hospitals, free camels are being sent
to Veterans Hospital Hines, Illinois, US Marine Hospital, vineyard Haven, Massachusetts,
Veterans Hospital Outwood, Kentucky.
Speaker 11 (27:14):
That makes a total of more than one hundred and
eighty million cigarettes that the Camel people are sent to servicemen,
service women, and veterans.
Speaker 1 (27:25):
Well, Jimmy, it's Christmas even just about time to hang
up your stocking. Alan, that's what everyone's doing. And folks,
this is one night. I don't have to be clever
to know what's going on in your living room.
Speaker 3 (27:37):
The Christmas tree is all lit up, there's a bit
of missile toe hanging somewhere. The little folks are getting
ready for a very long night, and the time for
the real Santa to arrive is getting closer and closer.
But more important, tonight, our hearts are full of Christmas.
We shake hands a little bit stronger, we say hello,
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a little bit warmer, we walk a little bit lighter,
and tonight the world is at a whole lot better.
But does it make sense for all these things to
last only twenty four hours? When our Christmas tree and
our missiletoe disappear, should that be the signal for us
to act any different than.
Speaker 8 (28:16):
We do now?
Speaker 3 (28:17):
I don't think so, you know, what's a long year
to every Christmas. Let's make it a long Christmas to
every year.
Speaker 1 (28:45):
Merry Christmas, mister Young, Merry Christmas for you, mister Duranta.
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