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00:00:00Pretty face, funny hat, that's what my Blondie is.
00:00:24Lovable feet, both flat, that's what my Dagwood is.
00:00:28Blondie's not always right, I let her think she is.
00:00:33All of my thoughts are bright, long as he thinks they're his.
00:00:37Life of us is fun and crazy, baby doubling, us and Daisy, what a family.
00:00:43Incredible, bumsteadable, hurry you'll miss your butt.
00:00:48Watch out, you'll burn your stew, nothing's too much for us.
00:00:52As long as with me there's you, Dagwood and Blondie.
00:00:56Blondie and Dagwood, always with me, there's you.
00:00:58Blondie and Dagwood
00:01:00No, no, no, no.
00:01:31Now, children, don't boulter lunch.
00:01:33You have plenty of time before you do that at school.
00:01:36Gee, Mommy, you've sure been happy lately.
00:01:39Oh, I have every reason to be.
00:01:41Starting this week, Daddy's boss, Mr. Radcliffe, has promised him a $15 raise.
00:01:45I wonder why.
00:01:48Because he deserves it, that's why.
00:01:50Daddy hasn't been late to the office in weeks.
00:01:53Poor dear.
00:01:54He's been constantly keeping his nose to the grindstone.
00:02:00Fork!
00:02:17Fork!
00:02:19Take it easy, Mac.
00:02:29That's a third bottle you've broken this morning.
00:02:34When will the cookies be done, Mommy?
00:02:51Well, I'd say...
00:02:52Mommy!
00:02:54Hi, everybody.
00:02:56Hi, Daisy.
00:02:57Dagwood!
00:02:57What are you doing home this time, Daddy?
00:03:01Well, what happened to the grindstone, Pop?
00:03:04Huh?
00:03:05The one you'll keep their nose on.
00:03:07Does Mr. Radcliffe know you've come home?
00:03:09He sent me home.
00:03:11Oh, Dagwood, you haven't been fired.
00:03:13Oh, no, Blondie.
00:03:14I'm going to play golf this afternoon.
00:03:17Golf?
00:03:17Uh-huh.
00:03:18You see, Mr. Radcliffe and I are teeing off with a very important client,
00:03:21and he wants me along to kind of help cinch the deal.
00:03:24Oh, excuse me, dear.
00:03:29Hello?
00:03:31Oh, yes, Mr. Radcliffe.
00:03:32He's right here.
00:03:32Just a minute.
00:03:33Yes.
00:03:33Mr. Radcliffe.
00:03:35Hello?
00:03:36Dagwood, our date with Mr. Thorpe has been changed.
00:03:38We're going to meet him at 1 o'clock instead of 2.
00:03:40Oh, and be sure and bring those plans with you.
00:03:43You can rely on me, Mr. Radcliffe.
00:03:44I won't forget them.
00:03:46Goodbye.
00:03:46Goodbye.
00:03:46Now I've got to hurry and get dressed because our appointment with Mr. Thorpe
00:03:50has been pushed up an hour.
00:03:51But who's this Mr. Thorpe?
00:03:53Oh, he's the important client we're playing golf with this afternoon.
00:03:56He's going to build a new radio station, and we are going to try to get the contracts.
00:04:00Oh!
00:04:04Where did you get these?
00:04:06I bought them.
00:04:07And what's in all those packages?
00:04:09Well, a man in my position has to dress the part.
00:04:12But where did you get the money to buy all these things?
00:04:14Oh, I didn't spend any money, Blondie.
00:04:17I charged them.
00:04:20Dagwood, don't you think you're being a little extravagant?
00:04:22Oh, no, Blondie.
00:04:23I got a $15 raise starting this week.
00:04:26And if I cinch the deal this afternoon, I'll probably get a nice bonus.
00:04:30I know, dear, but...
00:04:31But, Rob, something's burning!
00:04:34Oh, dear.
00:04:38Oh, my cookies!
00:04:40Oh, dear, dear.
00:04:43Oh, look at them.
00:04:45Well, maybe you left them in too long.
00:04:47Oh, dear.
00:04:49Well, I only put them in a few minutes ago.
00:04:51You just can't trust this old stove.
00:04:53One day it takes hours to bake something,
00:04:55and the next day it burns everything to a crisp, including me, in just a few minutes.
00:05:00Well, I'm sorry, children, but there won't be any cookies for after school.
00:05:03Oh, yes, there will.
00:05:05I'm going to call Archers right now and get that stove you've been admiring.
00:05:08But, Dagwood, that stove costs over $300.
00:05:13Ouch!
00:05:14Ouch!
00:05:15Well, we can afford it.
00:05:17With my raise and the bonus I hope to get, we can afford it.
00:05:22Oh, hello, Archers?
00:05:25Archers, this is Dagwood Brumstead of Shady Lane Avenue.
00:05:28Ah, well, Mr. Archer, you know that stove that you have in your window?
00:05:32Well, I'd like to have you install that in my kitchen this afternoon.
00:05:38You can.
00:05:39Oh, you can.
00:05:40Well, that's fine.
00:05:41Okay, goodbye.
00:05:43Honey, you shouldn't have done that.
00:05:45No, nothing's too good for the wife of Dagwood Brumstead.
00:05:48Now, dear, while I change clothes, would you mind fixing me a little bite, a little snack?
00:05:53Of course I will.
00:05:56Do you really think we can afford that stove?
00:05:59Blondie, I always believe in looking ahead.
00:06:02Never behind.
00:06:04Ooh, no.
00:06:05Whatever.
00:06:11Dagwood, lunch is ready.
00:06:12You better hurry.
00:06:14All right, Blondie.
00:06:29Well, how do I look?
00:06:43I like you better in men's clothes.
00:06:45Huh?
00:06:46Cookie.
00:06:47Well, dear, if that's what they wear when they play golf, I think you look very nice.
00:06:53Well, Mr. Alvin said it was the latest thing.
00:06:57Did he say latest or loudest?
00:07:00Hey, hey, hey.
00:07:01Alexander, your father will probably be the best-dressed man on the diamond.
00:07:06No, not diamond, Blondie.
00:07:08Links.
00:07:08Oh, links.
00:07:09Yeah.
00:07:09Well, wherever it is you play that silly game.
00:07:12Silly or not, Blondie, there are more big deals put over on a golf course than there are in a conference room.
00:07:18Now, for instance, this is Mr. Thorpe.
00:07:19Say, isn't there a Mr. Thorpe in this town who already owns a radio station?
00:07:24It's the same one, but he's going to build a bigger one.
00:07:26It's going to be one of the biggest in the country.
00:07:28Big enough to broadcast coast to coast.
00:07:31And they're going to get some more kilowatts or cycles or something from the government.
00:07:35Oh, I see.
00:07:36Yeah.
00:07:38Good morning, Alvin.
00:07:39What do you mean morning?
00:07:40It's afternoon.
00:07:41How come you're so late delivering the mail today?
00:07:43I finally got smart, Alvin.
00:07:45Yeah?
00:07:46Yeah.
00:07:46I always deliver the mail on this street at a quarter of nine every morning, right?
00:07:51Right.
00:07:51And every morning, Bumstead charged out of the house on his way to the office and knocked me down, right?
00:07:56Right.
00:07:57Well, I finally got permission to make this the last street that I deliver on.
00:08:01And I know that Bumstead is not going to knock me down at 12.30 in the afternoon, right?
00:08:08Right.
00:08:09You know, Blondie, I have a feeling I'm going to play a terrific game today.
00:08:12I'll probably make a hole in one.
00:08:14Dagwood, I don't think it would be very nice if you beat Mr. Radcliffe and Mr. Thorpe too badly.
00:08:20Oh, I'll let them win a couple of holes.
00:08:22In fact, I'm...
00:08:24I'm late.
00:08:25I'm late.
00:08:26I'll open the door.
00:08:31I'll get the door.
00:08:32Hurry, hurry, hurry.
00:08:33Hurry, hurry.
00:08:33Hurry, hurry.
00:08:33Hurry, hurry.
00:08:33Hurry, hurry.
00:09:03Look, Radcliffe, I have an appointment later this afternoon with one of my biggest clients,
00:09:22the Premier Biscuit Company.
00:09:24If that man of yours doesn't show up pretty soon, we'll only be able to play nine holes.
00:09:27I'm sorry, Mr. Thorpe.
00:09:28Say, look, perhaps while we're waiting, we can discuss the building of your new radio station.
00:09:32I told you, we discussed that after the game.
00:09:35When I play golf, I concentrate on golf.
00:09:38And when I do business, I'm all business.
00:09:40Is that clear?
00:09:41Yes, Mr. Thorpe.
00:09:43If he doesn't show up pretty soon, I'll be too old to play.
00:09:48Woo-hoo! Mr. Radcliffe!
00:09:50Hey!
00:09:51Here he goes.
00:09:56Oh, my.
00:09:58Well, I'm sorry I'm late, Mr. Radcliffe.
00:10:02Yes, Dagwood, meet Mr. Thorpe.
00:10:04Mr. Thorpe, this is Dagwood Bumpston.
00:10:06Oh, I'm very glad to...
00:10:07Oh.
00:10:09Well, bang one out, Mr. Thorpe.
00:10:15You go next, and I'll go last.
00:10:17You're not playing, Dagwood.
00:10:19Huh?
00:10:19You're so late, all the caddies are out.
00:10:21You're caddying for us.
00:10:22I mean, caddy?
00:10:23But, but, but, but, but, but, but, but...
00:10:26Thorpe!
00:10:28And stop that hissing, too.
00:10:38You didn't keep your head down.
00:10:40We won't count that one, Mr. Thorpe.
00:10:41That was just a practice shot.
00:10:44Caddy, tee up my ball.
00:10:46Well?
00:10:47Well, then.
00:10:53Here, hold it.
00:11:20Here.
00:11:20Here.
00:11:20Here.
00:11:21Here.
00:11:22Cady, take out that pin.
00:11:34Well?
00:11:35Oh, yes, sir.
00:11:46For heaven's sake, stop walking around,
00:11:49or else take off those musical shoes.
00:11:51Yes, sir.
00:11:57Take that shadow out of there.
00:11:59Get off of the green.
00:12:21Cady, come here and help me find my ball.
00:12:30Oh, Mr. Thorpe, here it is.
00:12:44Oh, Mr. Thorpe, here it is, right there.
00:12:59Here.
00:13:00Here.
00:13:01I do like that.
00:13:02Give me my nibble.
00:13:03Here.
00:13:04Here.
00:13:05Here.
00:13:06Here.
00:13:07Here.
00:13:08That's not my club.
00:13:09Yeah.
00:13:10Haven't you got the right clubs and the right bags by now?
00:13:12No.
00:13:13I'm sorry.
00:13:14Here.
00:13:15Here.
00:13:16Here.
00:13:17Here.
00:13:18Huh?
00:13:19Oh, just a minute.
00:13:20Huh?
00:13:21Nice shot, Mr. Thorpe.
00:13:22Here.
00:13:23Here.
00:13:24Nice shot, Mr. Thorpe.
00:13:26Here.
00:13:27Here.
00:13:28Here.
00:13:29Here.
00:13:30Here.
00:13:31Here.
00:13:32Nice shot, Mr. Thorpe.
00:13:33Here.
00:13:35Here.
00:13:35Oh, I found it, Mr. Thorpe.
00:13:54Well, it's about time.
00:13:55It's right here under the water.
00:13:57I know it's under the water. Fish it out.
00:13:59Oh, yeah.
00:14:05I got it.
00:14:11It is.
00:14:25You got me stymied.
00:14:26We're not playing for money.
00:14:27Is it all right if I remove your ball until I put out?
00:14:30Oh, certainly, Mr. Thorpe.
00:14:31Well, Caddy, pick up that ball.
00:14:33Oh, yes, sir.
00:14:35Oh, my.
00:14:39That does it.
00:14:45Oh, wait, Mr. Thorpe.
00:14:47Let's finish the last nine without the Caddy.
00:14:49Nothing doing.
00:14:50In the first place, I have an appointment with the Premier Biscuit Company.
00:14:53In the second place, I wouldn't play another hole with you and that moron in the first place.
00:15:00Is he mad about something?
00:15:02Dagwood.
00:15:03You know that raise I promised you this week?
00:15:07Oh, yeah.
00:15:10Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.
00:15:14So, it is agreed, gentlemen, that the Premier Biscuit Company, for the time being, will continue with the same radio program.
00:15:25Absolutely, Mr. Dixon.
00:15:26I think we're all in accord with that, Bob.
00:15:28Of course, when Thorpe has his station enlarged and we go on a coast-to-coast hookup, we'll have to spend more money on our show.
00:15:34Well, that's several months off, Bob.
00:15:36We can take that up at a later meeting.
00:15:38Yes?
00:15:41Send him right in.
00:15:46I'm sorry I'm late, gentlemen.
00:15:47Sit right there, Thorpe.
00:15:53Gentlemen, I'm afraid I have some bad news for you.
00:15:56Bad news?
00:15:58There will probably be a slight delay in the building of my radio station.
00:16:02Why?
00:16:03Well, I hate to admit this, but it appears that I have wasted four weeks with the Radcliffe Construction Company.
00:16:09I always thought they were a reputable firm.
00:16:11Radcliffe may be all right, but he hires Netwitch to work for him.
00:16:16Mr. Thorpe, we're not interested in what firm builds your station.
00:16:19All we know is we have a contract to go on a coast-to-coast hookup through your station beginning October 15th.
00:16:25If your station isn't ready by that time, we'll have to give her account to someone else.
00:16:28Am I right, gentlemen?
00:16:33I'll get busy immediately with another contractor.
00:16:36That's entirely up to you, Mr. Thorpe.
00:16:40Good day, gentlemen.
00:16:45Now, if there's nothing else to be taken up at this time, I propose that the meeting be adjourned.
00:16:49Well, Bob, don't you think we should tell Llewellyn about our decision regarding the radio show?
00:16:53After all, he is the president.
00:16:55We can tell him any time.
00:16:57Oh, well.
00:16:58Well, I heard there was a meeting going on or something like that.
00:17:00Now, what's cooking?
00:17:01What's cooking?
00:17:02It's nothing important, Llewellyn.
00:17:03Nothing important, important or not.
00:17:04I'm the president.
00:17:05I'm the president.
00:17:06Let me see.
00:17:07My chair.
00:17:08My chair.
00:17:09Let me see my chair.
00:17:10I'm the president.
00:17:11I want to know all about what's cooking.
00:17:12What's cooking?
00:17:13What's going on?
00:17:14We're just discussing our radio program.
00:17:15Oh, the new program?
00:17:16Oh, good.
00:17:17I hope you have a lot of comedians and laughs like the one I heard last night.
00:17:21Very funny.
00:17:22Very funny.
00:17:23Well, maybe we'll take your suggestion for the new one, but that isn't until fall, and
00:17:26there's plenty of time for that.
00:17:27Until the fall?
00:17:31Llewellyn.
00:17:32Yes.
00:17:33You're breaking your promise, Llewellyn.
00:17:35I am?
00:17:36You gave us your word you'd stay out of the kitchen for a whole year.
00:17:39Oh, well, I just can't help it.
00:17:41I'm never happy unless I'm from mixing up a batter or mixing up some dough or something
00:17:45like that.
00:17:46A promise is a promise, Llewellyn.
00:17:47Isn't it, gentlemen?
00:17:48It definitely is.
00:17:49But I'm on the verge of discovering a new cookie.
00:17:51Remember, gentlemen, it was my recipe to give birth to the first cookie.
00:17:55We all realize and appreciate that, Llewellyn, but the head baker will quit if you don't
00:17:58stay out of the kitchen.
00:17:59He says you disrupt the whole staff.
00:18:01So will you please stay out of the kitchen?
00:18:04So you have another recipe, eh, Llewellyn?
00:18:07Oh, yeah, yeah.
00:18:08But I'm having more trouble with this recipe than I've ever had before in my life.
00:18:10It seems the more butter I put in my batter doesn't get any better.
00:18:13If I don't put any butter in, the batter gets bitter.
00:18:15The batter gets bitter.
00:18:16It's no better than the batter with the butter in there.
00:18:17The batter than butter is better.
00:18:18But the batter without the butter is better than the bitter with the...
00:18:21All those in favor say aye.
00:18:22Aye.
00:18:23Best.
00:18:24Nothing helps.
00:18:25Not even my new invention.
00:18:26New invention?
00:18:27Yeah, a rubber spoon.
00:18:28Doesn't even bruise the batter.
00:18:29Why?
00:18:30Because it's flexible.
00:18:31See?
00:18:32Oh, I beg your pardon.
00:18:35Sorry.
00:18:36But it won't burn your eye because I haven't put any vanilla in the batter yet.
00:18:39Oh, dear.
00:18:40Hi, Mom.
00:18:41Hi, Mommy.
00:18:42Oh, hello, darlings.
00:18:43How was school this afternoon?
00:18:44Oh, fine.
00:18:45Gee, what a spoiled-looking stone.
00:18:47Uh-huh.
00:18:48Oh, boy.
00:18:49Cookies.
00:18:50Can I have one?
00:18:51Not now, darlings.
00:18:52It'll spoil your dinner.
00:18:53What time are we gonna have dinner?
00:18:54Oh, as soon as your father comes home.
00:18:55Gee, I hope he gets here soon.
00:18:56I'm starved.
00:18:57Well, I don't mind what time he comes home.
00:18:58This is the first afternoon your father's had all for months.
00:19:09Oh, the fresh air will do him a world of good.
00:19:11It'll make a new man of it.
00:19:12Oh, no, no.
00:19:13No one.
00:19:14No one.
00:19:15How is it?
00:19:16Let's go.
00:19:17A lot of time.
00:19:18I don't know if you're going to have dinner soon.
00:19:19Oh, I'm starved.
00:19:20I'm starved.
00:19:21I'ma got to stay.
00:19:22I'll come here.
00:19:23The fresh air will do him a world of good.
00:19:25It'll make a new man of him.
00:19:35Your daddy will probably be famished after his nice day on the golf diving.
00:19:39Thanks, Mommy.
00:19:41Oh, you're right, dear.
00:19:43Links.
00:19:45Is that you, Dagwood?
00:19:47Yes, Blondie.
00:19:53Oh, my God!
00:20:01Daisy, it's only Daddy.
00:20:05It sure made a new man out of him.
00:20:08Dagwood, what on earth's happened?
00:20:12I stepped on a piece of barbara, Blondie, and it stuck right in my foot.
00:20:16Oh, poor darling. Did he go right through your shoes?
00:20:19No, I didn't wear any shoes, Blondie.
00:20:21Why not? Were they too tight?
00:20:23No, too squeaky. Mr. Thorpe couldn't concentrate on his game.
00:20:27Oh, it annoyed him.
00:20:29A little, but it wasn't until after I hit him on the head with a tree that...
00:20:33A tree?
00:20:34Oh, just a branch.
00:20:36Dagwood, that's terrible.
00:20:38Well, that wasn't the worst of it. The worst of it was when I drinked it with water.
00:20:42Water?
00:20:43Yeah, I fell in the lake.
00:20:45Lake?
00:20:46Yeah. You see, I was fishing.
00:20:48Fishing? I thought you went to play golf.
00:20:51Yeah, I did, Blondie, but I was fishing for Mr. Thorpe's ball.
00:20:55Well, why didn't you let him do his own fishing?
00:20:56Blondie, that's my job. I was caddying.
00:20:59Caddying? I thought you were golfing.
00:21:01I was golfing, Blondie, but I was caddying.
00:21:03When you're caddying, you're not golfing.
00:21:05Dagwood, you have me all confused.
00:21:09Now, dear, start over again from the beginning.
00:21:11All right, all right. You see, I went out to the golf course.
00:21:16Dagwood, you didn't need a bite of your dinner.
00:21:17Oh, Blondie, I couldn't eat anything. I'm too upset.
00:21:24What are you holding back, Dagwood?
00:21:27Well, I...
00:21:29I'm waiting, dear.
00:21:36Blondie, I don't know how to tell you.
00:21:38Especially after buying you the new stove.
00:21:41What's the new stove got to do with it?
00:21:48Well, Blondie, I'm not going to get the raise, so I guess we'll just have to send the stove back.
00:21:52We can't send the stove back, now that we've used it.
00:21:55Yeah. Yeah, but how are we going to pay for it?
00:21:58Well...
00:21:59Maybe I can get a job, a part-time job doing something.
00:22:05Oh, doing what?
00:22:06Well, I don't know.
00:22:13Dagwood, remember when Mr. Camel came here for dinner and ate up all my cookies?
00:22:17Huh?
00:22:18Well, maybe he was just joking, but he told me I could go to work for him in his pastry shop anytime I wanted.
00:22:25Who'd do the housework? Who'd take care of the children?
00:22:28Oh, with this new stove, maybe I could do the baking here.
00:22:31Huh?
00:22:31And if I, if I could do the baking here.
00:22:36Why do I have to bake for Mr. Camel? Why can't I bake for myself?
00:22:39Make cookies and sell them, old Dagwood.
00:22:41You know all my friends and neighbors would buy them.
00:22:43Blondie, I'm not going to have you work yourself to death just to pay for the mistakes I've made.
00:22:47Do you need money?
00:22:49You know very well we need money, Blondie.
00:22:51We need lots.
00:22:52Victor.
00:22:53Oh, yeah.
00:22:54Then learn to be a radio engineer in your spare time
00:22:56by taking a short correspondence course from the Talbot School of Radio Engineering.
00:23:00Jerry Thorndike of Scranton, Pennsylvania,
00:23:03after only four weeks of study under our method,
00:23:05earned in one year $750 repairing radios in his spare time.
00:23:09If Mr. Thorndike can do it, why can't you?
00:23:12Be independent. Be your own boss.
00:23:14To obtain this marvelous course,
00:23:15send a penny postal card to the Talbot Correspondent School of Radio Engineering,
00:23:19Box 5200, Chicago, Illinois.
00:23:22No.
00:23:23Dagwood, maybe you should take that course.
00:23:25Oh, Blondie, I'm not mechanically inclined.
00:23:28Well, didn't you fix the vacuum cleaner?
00:23:29Oh, I just put a blowout patch on the bank.
00:23:32And didn't you fix the radio?
00:23:34I did put a new tube in it, that's all right.
00:23:36But you made it work.
00:23:37There are hundreds of radios in this neighborhood alone that need repairing.
00:23:40Oh, but, but, but, but...
00:23:41Oh, Dagwood, you can do anything if you'll only try.
00:23:44Yes.
00:23:45Now, just think of it.
00:23:46In four weeks' time,
00:23:47you'll be making more money than Mr. Radcliffe pays you at the office.
00:23:50I will.
00:23:52Didn't the man on the radio just say so?
00:23:55Yeah.
00:23:56Dagwood Bumstead.
00:23:57Radio engineer.
00:23:59Your own boss at last.
00:24:01Yeah, my own boss.
00:24:02It's a good idea.
00:24:04I'll send a penny postcard right away.
00:24:06After I fix myself a sandwich.
00:24:08Ha, ha, ha.
00:24:09If you have carefully followed the simple instructions in lesson three,
00:24:21your easy-to-build crystal set is now complete and in working order.
00:24:25Hello, Marconi.
00:24:26How you doing?
00:24:27Yeah, hello, Alvin.
00:24:28Hello.
00:24:29I understand you're doing some research in the field of electronics and radio technology.
00:24:33Oh, I am?
00:24:35Yes, I am.
00:24:36I'm, uh, I'm learning how to be a radio engineer.
00:24:39Going to be my own boss.
00:24:40Tell me, Mr. Bumstead.
00:24:42Ah?
00:24:43The three-tube receiver modified for use with the two-volt tubes.
00:24:46How do you prevent battery discharge through the voltage dividers when the receiver is not in use?
00:24:51Oh, uh, well, it's...
00:24:55Where does it say there?
00:24:57It doesn't.
00:24:57I asked it.
00:24:59Oh, yes.
00:24:59Well, to tell you the truth, Alvin, I'm not exactly familiar with that type of set.
00:25:07That must be in lesson five.
00:25:08Now, this is lesson four, and it says you are now qualified for better things.
00:25:15Start unpacking the short-made parts.
00:25:18There, short-made parts.
00:25:20There you are.
00:25:23There's the receiver.
00:25:24That's the transmitter.
00:25:25Yeah, I know, I know.
00:25:26Thank you very much.
00:25:27This is the transmitter.
00:25:29Yeah, this is the receiver.
00:25:30Yeah.
00:25:32When a man is going to be a radio engineer, he has to learn how to fix all kinds of radios, even short-wave.
00:25:39What short-wave, Betty?
00:25:41Well, uh, oh, uh, well, uh, short-wave is just like long-wave, uh, only it's shorter.
00:25:49You understand?
00:25:51Yes, I don't understand.
00:25:55Yeah.
00:25:55Yeah.
00:25:55Hmm.
00:25:58Uh, let's see.
00:25:59Hey, where's the book?
00:26:01Where's the book, huh?
00:26:03Thanks, Alvin.
00:26:04Hmm.
00:26:06Let's see the instruction.
00:26:07Oh, instruction for assembling six-tube regenerative SS receiver and 100-watt radio telephone transmitter will be found on diagram A.
00:26:18Yeah, let's see.
00:26:22Oh, ha-ha.
00:26:23There's nothing to worry about now, Alvin.
00:26:25With this diagram, I'll have this radio set together.
00:26:28I'll have this radio set together in no time.
00:26:34No time?
00:26:35I think I'll be going now, Mr. Bumstead.
00:26:38Yes, well, uh, I mean, goodbye, Alvin.
00:26:40I'll see you when?
00:26:42When?
00:26:43When your high-frequency oscillations start backfiring.
00:26:48Uh, uh, oh, ha-ha.
00:26:50Yeah.
00:26:51Hmm, hmm.
00:26:52Well, let's see.
00:26:54Well, I guess the first thing to do now is to set up the aerial.
00:26:57Well, hey, see, uh, oh, there he is.
00:27:01There he is.
00:27:02There he is.
00:27:13Can I help, Pop?
00:27:15Oh, he sure can.
00:27:20Yeah, that's it.
00:27:21That's it.
00:27:23What are you doing, Pop?
00:27:25Oh, you'll find out, and you're better to be safe than sorry.
00:27:31Here, now.
00:27:32Come here, Alexander.
00:27:33Now, look.
00:27:34Now, you just hang on to that end of the rope.
00:27:36Okay, Pop.
00:27:36And whatever you do, don't let go of your end.
00:27:39Okay.
00:27:40Of the rope.
00:27:40Now, here we go.
00:27:44Now, don't forget, Alexander.
00:27:46You're exactly what I tell you to do now.
00:27:49Because I don't want to have any arguments when I'm out there on that roof.
00:27:52Now, let's see.
00:27:59Let's try it now.
00:28:00Hang on now.
00:28:01Oh, boy, that's it.
00:28:02Let's go.
00:28:32Let's go.
00:29:02Let's go.
00:29:08Don't let it out, Alexander.
00:29:10I won't.
00:29:12I made it.
00:29:22I made it.
00:29:28I made it.
00:29:36Don't let go, Alexander.
00:29:42Don't let go, Alexander.
00:29:46Okay, Tom.
00:29:48Don't let go.
00:29:52Hi there.
00:29:53Oh, hello, Alvin.
00:29:54Gee, you sure look sharp today.
00:29:56Gee, how do you like it? Brand new outfit.
00:29:58Just got it yesterday, huh?
00:29:59You can at least take the price tag off.
00:30:01Huh?
00:30:02Oh?
00:30:04What are you doing out this way today?
00:30:06Well, in the first place, it's Sunday, and I know that Bumstead isn't going to the office.
00:30:09Right?
00:30:10Right.
00:30:11And I don't get knocked down.
00:30:12Right?
00:30:13Right.
00:30:14And secondly, I'm gonna have it out with that Bumstead once and for all.
00:30:16We've got to get together on the time that he leaves for the office, whether it's eight
00:30:19o'clock, nine o'clock, or whatever it is.
00:30:22I'll adjust my time to fit his.
00:30:24Good idea?
00:30:25Right.
00:30:26Right.
00:30:31Don't let go, Alexander.
00:30:33No!
00:30:34Alexander?
00:30:35Yes, Mom?
00:30:36Alexander, I want you to run an errand for me.
00:30:39Oh, I can't come right now, Mom.
00:30:41Alexander, I said I have an errand for you to do.
00:30:44But if I come now, something might happen.
00:30:47Something will happen if you don't come down here immediately.
00:30:50Well?
00:30:51Alexander, are you coming?
00:30:53Alexander!
00:30:55Okay, if you say so.
00:31:10What on earth was that?
00:31:12I have a faint idea.
00:31:36Hey!
00:31:37Hey!
00:31:38Oh, my.
00:31:53Good morning, KCKR.
00:31:55Oh, I'm sorry, sir.
00:31:56Mr. Thorpe can't be disturbed right now.
00:31:58He's in conference.
00:31:59Yes?
00:32:04Yes?
00:32:05Mr. Green just called Mr. Thorpe.
00:32:06He said he'll be able to play golf after all.
00:32:08All right, Miss Marsh.
00:32:09All right, Miss Marsh.
00:32:10All right, Miss Marsh.
00:32:11Never mind.
00:32:12I know.
00:32:13I've heard of it, sir.
00:32:14I can't hear it.
00:32:15You're lying.
00:32:16Yes, Mr. Thorpe?
00:32:24I've heard of it, Mr. Thorpe, but I've heard of it.
00:32:26To be very last.
00:32:27The city will be alive.
00:32:28I've heard of it.
00:32:29I've heard of it.
00:32:30It's gonna be very soon.
00:32:31It's gonna be quite strange.
00:32:32Yes, sir.
00:32:33Yes, Mr.
00:32:36Get me the Rattrip Construction Company right away.
00:32:40Why, in a few weeks, I'll probably be making more money on the side than I make here.
00:32:44As soon as I finish assembling my 6-2 regenerative SS receiver
00:32:49and my 100-watt radio telephone transmitter.
00:32:52I'll get my diploma, and with this set, I'll be able to, well, I'll be able to get any place.
00:32:57India, Siam, China.
00:32:59What good will it do? You won't understand them.
00:33:00Why, in time, I'll be able to quit here and be my own boss.
00:33:06No more of this. I will give you a raise. I won't give you a raise.
00:33:09Bumstick!
00:33:12Dagwood, that was a great move on your part.
00:33:14That was a master stroke of strategy.
00:33:16What was?
00:33:17Putting those plans in that golf bag.
00:33:19The plans in the golf bag?
00:33:20Yes, putting those plans in Thorpe's golf bag.
00:33:22Dagwood, that was a great idea.
00:33:23Oh, yes, yes. Oh, yes. I thought that would work.
00:33:27Work? I'll say it did. Thorpe just phoned.
00:33:28He's delighted with the plans and wants you and me to come over to his office right away.
00:33:31Now, you get your hat and let's get going.
00:33:37Ten pounds of sugar, five pounds of flour, four pounds of butter.
00:33:42There, and a bottle of vanilla.
00:33:44Yeah, looks like you're going to have a party.
00:33:46No, I'm going into the cookie business.
00:33:48Oh, indeed.
00:33:49Mr. Taylor, would you be interested in taking some of my cookies to sell?
00:33:55Well, to tell you the truth, we've got a tie-up with the Premier Biscuit Company.
00:34:00Of course, if you care to bring some of your cookies in, I'll be glad to display them.
00:34:04As strange as it may seem, we have very few customers for cookies.
00:34:08In fact, the best customer we have is that gentleman standing over there.
00:34:12Once a week, just like Clockwork, he comes in and buys one package of every type of cookie we have on the shelves.
00:34:29He must be crazy about cookies.
00:34:32Why don't you approach him about your cookies?
00:34:34And the next time you come in, put some on the counter, and undoubtedly, you'll buy some of those, too.
00:34:38You like cookies, don't you?
00:34:59Oh, yes, yes, yes, yes.
00:35:01I'm going in the cookie business.
00:35:03Well, it's a good business to go into.
00:35:04Well, these are fortunate cookies.
00:35:05That's if they're good cookies.
00:35:06Well, my friends all tell me that my cookies are the best they've ever tasted.
00:35:10Yeah, I like to taste one sometime.
00:35:13Pardon me, but why do you just eat one out of each package?
00:35:16Well, if I take one and that's good in the package, well, the rest of the package must be good, too.
00:35:20That's right.
00:35:22But why do you...
00:35:23Oh, Mrs. Brumstead, I won't be able to deliver your order till late this afternoon.
00:35:27Oh, dear.
00:35:30I wanted to have them delivered right away.
00:35:32I intended to start baking this morning.
00:35:34Oh, you're going to make your cookies right away?
00:35:36Uh-huh.
00:35:36Oh, well, my car's outside.
00:35:38I'll be very happy to deliver you or whatever packages you have to your home.
00:35:41Oh, that's awfully nice of you.
00:35:42Oh, I think nothing of it.
00:35:43We'll take it right away.
00:35:44Oh, here.
00:35:46Can I help you?
00:35:47You'll find him at Studio A.
00:35:50Mr. Radcliffe to see Mr. Thorpe, please.
00:35:52Go right in, Mr. Radcliffe.
00:35:53Mr. Thorpe is expecting you.
00:35:58Now that we're in good again, for heaven's sake, don't do anything to gum things up.
00:36:01Okay.
00:36:04Good morning, Radcliffe.
00:36:06Good morning, Mr. Thorpe.
00:36:09Well, good morning, Mr. Thorpe.
00:36:12Oh, hello.
00:36:13Radcliffe, I got a hander to you.
00:36:16Sneaking those plans in my golf bag was a pretty wise move.
00:36:19Well, I have to admit, that wasn't my idea, Mr. Thorpe, but it was Mr. Brumstead's.
00:36:22And I think these plans are perfect.
00:36:26Well, I'm glad to hear that.
00:36:29With the exception of one small change.
00:36:33Well, uh, what change did you have in mind?
00:36:35I'd like to have a shower installed in my private office.
00:36:42Oh, that's no problem, Mr. Thorpe.
00:36:45We can convert one of these large closets into a shower.
00:36:48Closet?
00:36:49That's an excellent idea.
00:36:50Oh, yes, that's an excellent idea.
00:36:53Oh, uh-huh.
00:36:54How long will it take you to indicate that change on these plans?
00:36:57Oh, very few minutes.
00:36:59Have you got a ruler?
00:36:59Right here.
00:37:00Swell.
00:37:02While your young man is making this change,
00:37:05I want to show you why our control room has to be enlarged for our remote pickups.
00:37:09Hey, say, I'd like to see that.
00:37:11What kind of amplifier is it?
00:37:12No, you stay here and make the changes on those plans.
00:37:15Oh, yeah.
00:37:16Oh, okay, gentlemen.
00:37:18By the time you get back, I'll have it all done.
00:38:07Uh, pardon me, miss.
00:38:36May I borrow your nail file?
00:38:38Sure.
00:38:38Oh, thanks.
00:38:41Oh, I'm just going to tighten a little screw on Mr. Thorpe's radio.
00:38:45Oh, you better not touch that radio.
00:38:46Mr. Thorpe only bought it yesterday.
00:38:48Oh, yeah, but it's got a lot of static in it, and I can fix it in a jiffy.
00:38:51Oh, now, really?
00:38:52Oh, now, don't worry about it.
00:38:54I'm a radio engineer.
00:39:00I can see now why you need more space,
00:39:02especially when my station joins the Coast to Coast Network.
00:39:05Incidentally, the premier biscuit company goes on the air tomorrow night,
00:39:09not with their big show, but the same as they had last year.
00:39:12And I'm giving a little party in my office.
00:39:14Would you like to join us?
00:39:15I'd be delighted.
00:39:16All their executives will be there,
00:39:18and seeing that you're going to build my station,
00:39:20I think you should meet them.
00:39:21And besides, it'll give you a better perspective
00:39:24listening to it over my radio than watching the broadcast.
00:39:26My radio.
00:39:40Huh?
00:39:41Oh, hello.
00:39:45There was a little loose screw.
00:39:47The only loose screw around here is you.
00:39:50Edward, how could you do such a stupid thing?
00:39:52You an income.
00:39:56Now, wait a minute, Mr. Thornton.
00:39:56You idiot.
00:39:57Now, wait a minute.
00:39:58You nitwit.
00:40:00Now, wait a minute.
00:40:00You blackhead.
00:40:01Mr. Thornton.
00:40:03I've paid $1,500 for this radio.
00:40:06My biggest client coming tomorrow night.
00:40:08What am I going to do?
00:40:09Now, wait a minute.
00:40:10What do I...
00:40:10Radcliffe, if you want the contract to build my radio station,
00:40:14fire this idiot.
00:40:15Oh, no.
00:40:17Yes.
00:40:18No.
00:40:19Yes.
00:40:19No.
00:40:20Yes.
00:40:20No.
00:40:20Yes.
00:40:21No.
00:40:21Yes.
00:40:21Yes.
00:40:22Yes.
00:40:22Yes.
00:40:22Yes.
00:40:22Yes.
00:40:27It's awfully nice of you to help me, Mr. Simmons.
00:40:29Oh, it's awfully nice of you to let me come.
00:40:32How come you know so much about pastries?
00:40:34Oh, I was practically born in the flour bin.
00:40:36My father was a baker.
00:40:37My mother was a baker.
00:40:38My grandfather was all bakers.
00:40:40Sort of a hobby with me.
00:40:41Oh, that accounts for it.
00:40:42Baking was bread in you.
00:40:44Yeah, baking was bread.
00:40:44Oh, that's very funny.
00:40:46You made a joke.
00:40:47Baking was bread.
00:40:48Bread, baking, baking, bread.
00:40:49Well, I assure you, I didn't mean it as a joke.
00:40:53Oh, Mr. Simmons, you must be a great help to your wife.
00:40:56Yeah, a great help to my wife.
00:40:57My wife?
00:40:58I'm not married.
00:40:59No.
00:41:00The nearest time I ever came to getting married
00:41:01occurred when I baked a wedding cake for a friend of mine.
00:41:04Oh.
00:41:04Yeah.
00:41:05Well, you're married, aren't you?
00:41:07I have two lovely children.
00:41:08Oh.
00:41:08Oh, yes, yes.
00:41:09All right.
00:41:10Has your husband any culinary leanings at all?
00:41:13Oh, well, he does make a delicious sandwich.
00:41:16Sandwich?
00:41:16Oh, I love sandwiches, especially with bread.
00:41:21What does your husband do for a living?
00:41:23Oh, he has a very responsible position
00:41:24with a big construction company.
00:41:26Oh.
00:41:26And just lately, he's taken out radio engineering on the side.
00:41:29Radio?
00:41:30Mm-hmm.
00:41:30Oh, I love radio.
00:41:31I love radio, especially the funny part
00:41:33where the comedians make the last go.
00:41:34Oh, yeah.
00:41:35I like that part.
00:41:37You're a idiot.
00:41:37Oh, Blondie.
00:41:42Oh, will you excuse me, Mr. Simmons?
00:41:45Oh, yeah, you go ahead.
00:41:46I'll take care of everything.
00:41:47Oh, all right.
00:41:48Fine.
00:41:48I'll fix everything up for you.
00:41:50Dagwood, what are you doing home this time of day?
00:41:53Now, don't tell me you're going to play golf again.
00:41:55You got into enough trouble last time.
00:41:57No, Blondie, I'm not going to play golf.
00:41:59Then why are you home?
00:42:01Mr. Radcliffe sent me home for good.
00:42:03What do you mean, for good?
00:42:11I'm fired.
00:42:12You're fired?
00:42:15You're fired?
00:42:16Yes, but what are we whispering for?
00:42:19There's a man out in the kitchen.
00:42:20A man?
00:42:21Shh, a man.
00:42:23Who is he?
00:42:24I don't know.
00:42:25He just picked me up in the grocery store.
00:42:28Well, I'll be leaving, Mrs. Bumsteading.
00:42:30Oh, this is your husband, I presume.
00:42:31How do you do?
00:42:32Yes, but who?
00:42:33Yeah, you don't mind if I come back again tomorrow, do you?
00:42:35Oh, no, Mr. Simmons.
00:42:36I'd love to have you.
00:42:38I'll bring my rubber spoon so I won't bruise the batter.
00:42:40I think we ought to put more butter in the batter.
00:42:42It makes it much better.
00:42:43More butter in it, the better the batter is.
00:42:45If the batter gets any worse, it'll be better.
00:42:46If I have better, I have better than it is.
00:42:49Well, who is he?
00:42:50Well, what does he do?
00:42:51Oh, he's just some nice old gentleman.
00:42:53He helped me home with my packages.
00:42:55And Dagwood, he gave me some very good suggestions
00:42:57on how to improve my cookies.
00:42:59Blondie, I won't stand for having a man visiting you while I work.
00:43:02Or while I'm fired, either.
00:43:05Why were you fired, Dagwood?
00:43:07Well, I started to tighten a little screw on Mr. Thorpe's radio and...
00:43:10Oh, Dagwood!
00:43:13Yes, but Mr. Thorpe is so impatient.
00:43:15If he would have just waited a few minutes,
00:43:16I would have had the radio all put back together again.
00:43:19But no, he had to insist that Mr. Radcliffe fire me.
00:43:22And he did.
00:43:23Well, Dagwood, there's no sense crying over spilled milk.
00:43:27We'll both just have to pitch in.
00:43:29You with your radio repairing and me with my cookies.
00:43:31Oh, no, Blondie, I'm not ready yet to repair radios.
00:43:35And if just your friends and neighbors buy cookies,
00:43:37why, that wouldn't bring in enough money to...
00:43:40I'm not going to sell my cookies just to my friends and neighbors.
00:43:43Mr. Simmons says I should advertise, and I'm going to.
00:43:46Oh, no, Blondie.
00:43:48Advertising costs an awful lot of money.
00:43:50Oh, not the way I'm going to advertise.
00:43:52I'm going to have circulars printed, and I'm going to mail them all out.
00:43:55To whom?
00:43:56To everybody in the phone book.
00:43:58What are you going to say on the circular, huh?
00:44:08In bold type, it's going to read,
00:44:10Blondie's cookies hit the spot.
00:44:23Blondie's cookies may be obtained at 4227 Shady Lane Avenue.
00:44:28Blondie's cookies may beporter every Friday night.
00:44:35Blondie's cookies may be
00:44:55I said it was a swell dinner.
00:45:19I sure was hungry.
00:45:20Well, no wonder you've been in the kitchen baking all day.
00:45:23You didn't even stop for lunch.
00:45:25You certainly baked a lot of cookies.
00:45:27Oh, you think I baked a lot today?
00:45:29Wait till tomorrow.
00:45:29Wait till tomorrow.
00:45:30Have plenty, huh?
00:45:31Well, I'm afraid that we're going to have to get some more butter and eggs and...
00:45:35Oh, don't worry about that.
00:45:36We'll get more tomorrow.
00:45:37More tomorrow.
00:45:37Don't worry.
00:45:38But you don't understand.
00:45:40You see, Mr. Simmons...
00:45:40Oh, Llewellyn.
00:45:41Llewellyn.
00:45:42Llewellyn.
00:45:42Oh.
00:45:43Well, you see, Llewellyn, we have to sell the ones we've already made to get money to buy
00:45:48the ingredients to make more.
00:45:49Don't worry about that.
00:45:50Everything will take care of itself.
00:45:51Everything will come out all right.
00:45:53Now, don't worry.
00:45:54You have a cigar?
00:45:55Have a cigar?
00:45:56Oh, thanks.
00:45:57Well, children, you better go upstairs and get ready for bed.
00:46:00Good night, Mom.
00:46:00Good night, Mommy.
00:46:01Good night, Teddy.
00:46:02Good night, kids.
00:46:04Good night, Uncle Llewellyn.
00:46:07Uncle Llewellyn.
00:46:08Kind of cute.
00:46:08Good night, lovely children, and well-behaved.
00:46:11Well-behaved.
00:46:13Well, if you'll pardon me, I have a little more work to do on my radio.
00:46:16Oh, Blondie, tell me you're a wonderful radio engineer.
00:46:19Well, I wouldn't say an expert, but I just built one of the most powerful sets in the
00:46:23country, I think.
00:46:25Well, I'd like to see it sometime.
00:46:27You would?
00:46:27Yeah.
00:46:27Well, come right ahead.
00:46:29That's right.
00:46:30Llewellyn.
00:46:34There.
00:46:35Now, don't be surprised at what you hear.
00:46:37This set is so powerful that we might get India, China, or Timbuktu.
00:46:41Good evening, Mrs. Taylor.
00:46:44Good evening.
00:46:45Oh, dearly, boy.
00:46:46Good evening, Mrs. Dixon.
00:46:48Oh, yes.
00:46:49Hello, Dixon.
00:46:49No, thank you.
00:46:50Later.
00:46:50That's it, yeah.
00:46:51No, thank you.
00:46:55Radcliffe.
00:46:56Glad to see you.
00:46:57Oh, I hope I'm not late.
00:46:58We have several minutes before the program starts.
00:47:00It moves?
00:47:01Not now.
00:47:02After the broadcast.
00:47:09Do you know Mr. Barnum, Mr. Radcliffe?
00:47:11No, you are.
00:47:11Mr. Radcliffe, Mr. Radcliffe, are you?
00:47:14There.
00:47:14There it is.
00:47:15All finished.
00:47:17But I can't understand having these parts left over.
00:47:20Oh, maybe they're spare parts.
00:47:24Well, shall we warm it up?
00:47:27Yeah, warm it up.
00:47:28Get some funny comedians.
00:47:29Get something, laugh, and things like that.
00:47:30Okay.
00:47:31Not at all.
00:47:31Yeah.
00:47:37Oh, dear.
00:47:39Those are not comedians.
00:47:40It's almost time for the program, folks.
00:47:44Quiet, everybody.
00:47:46This is it.
00:47:48The Overland Broadcasting Company is proud to present the first in a series of 30-minute
00:47:53broadcasts sponsored by the Premier Biscuit Company.
00:47:56The Premier Biscuit Company, makers of the world's finest cakes and cookies, presents their
00:48:01string ensemble, whose smooth, creamy music is in keeping with Premier's smooth, creamy
00:48:07cookies.
00:48:08I would like to say a few more words about Premier cookies before we hear from the spring
00:48:12ensemble.
00:48:13Another commercial?
00:48:15The cookies like Mother used to make.
00:48:17Only better cookies with a personality all their own.
00:48:21Drop in at your neighborhood grocer and ask for Premier cookies.
00:48:25There are 18 different varieties to choose from.
00:48:27And now, our spring ensemble will play The Ringing in the Sheeds.
00:48:32Isn't it beautiful?
00:48:47Mrs. Dixon likes this type of music.
00:48:50Oh.
00:48:51If it works, Dagwood, you'll graduate next week and get your diploma, too.
00:49:00With you selling cookies and him fixing radios, your troubles will soon be over.
00:49:04Did you get that circular made up, as I told you?
00:49:06Oh, yes, I did, Llewellyn.
00:49:07And last night, we mailed hundreds of them out.
00:49:09Wait, I'll show you one.
00:49:10Oh, yes, there's only one thing.
00:49:11When you're starting off with a new product, I advertise it.
00:49:13You've got to start off modestly with little pamphlets or little circulars or something like
00:49:17that.
00:49:18And then, as business increases, you advertise the newspapers and finally the radio.
00:49:22Here you are, Llewellyn.
00:49:23Oh, I can't read it without my glasses.
00:49:25You read it.
00:49:25Oh, come to think, I don't even use glasses.
00:49:27But you read it anyway.
00:49:28You read it.
00:49:28Oh.
00:49:29We shall now hear what a housewife thinks of Premier Cookies.
00:49:34Try Blondie's butternut cookies.
00:49:36They're delicious.
00:49:37They melt in your mouth.
00:49:38What is this, dear?
00:49:40Blondie's cookies do not stay on your grocer's shelf for days.
00:49:44They come direct from the oven to you.
00:49:46No other cookie can make that statement.
00:49:49Blondie's cookies may be obtained at 4227 Shady Bane Avenue.
00:49:54Oh, thank you, dear.
00:49:55And that's what I like about Premier Cookies.
00:49:59I spend thousands of dollars putting Premier Cookies on the air.
00:50:03And what happens?
00:50:04You let some cheap huckster horn in on my radio time with some blasted Blondie cookie commercial.
00:50:09I can't understand it, Mr. Dixon.
00:50:11Well, understand this.
00:50:12If you let a thing like this happen on a small broadcast, what's liable to happen when I go
00:50:17on coast to coast?
00:50:18The deal is off.
00:50:19When this contract expires, I'm going to give my account to some other network.
00:50:23Don't go, Mr. Dixon.
00:50:24I'll check with the control room and see what happens.
00:50:26It already happened.
00:50:28Come, dear.
00:50:29If I could get my hands on whoever cut in on that show, I'd...
00:50:42I'd...
00:50:43What was the address she said those cookies could be obtained at?
00:50:46Why, it's...
00:50:47I forget.
00:50:49Now that I've lost my best account, you can forget about enlarging my radio station.
00:50:52The deal is off.
00:50:53Come on, dear.
00:50:54Calm yourself, dear.
00:50:55I don't think Blondie would do a thing like this to me.
00:50:58What did you say?
00:50:59I said...
00:51:00Nothing.
00:51:02Adieu.
00:51:03Now!
00:51:03Adieu.
00:51:03Now...
00:51:04Did these air thieves pirate a pickle show?
00:51:16No.
00:51:17No.
00:51:17Did they steal from some soap show?
00:51:20No.
00:51:21They deliberately cut in on a show where they knew they'd do the most good for themselves.
00:51:25A cookie show.
00:51:26Advertising the same sort of product as we are.
00:51:29And, gentlemen, I insist that Mr. Thorpe prosecutes this woman and whoever else is connected with her to the fullest extent of the law.
00:51:36And I second that.
00:51:37You're absolutely right.
00:51:39You can rely on me, gentlemen, to go the limit.
00:51:41Have your secretary call my office for me.
00:51:44Miss Barton, call Mr. Thorpe's office.
00:51:47Your account means everything to me.
00:51:49And I won't leave a stone unturned.
00:51:54Hello, Miss Marsh.
00:51:56Connect me with Fuller.
00:51:58Fuller, about that incident last night.
00:52:00Get hold of the mutual detective agency.
00:52:02Have them put two of their best men on the case right away.
00:52:06Don't worry, gentlemen.
00:52:08We'll have these people picked up in no time.
00:52:10Bob, don't you think on a matter as important as this, Llewellyn should be here?
00:52:16Oh, what does Llewellyn know about these things?
00:52:18Llewellyn, Llewellyn, I heard my name, man.
00:52:19What's going on here?
00:52:20Listen, I'm president here, yourself.
00:52:22Over there, over there.
00:52:24Now, what's cooking?
00:52:25What's cooking?
00:52:25What's cooking?
00:52:26Didn't you listen to our radio program last night?
00:52:29No, no.
00:52:30Who wants to hear those long-headed musicians play?
00:52:32No, no.
00:52:32I'm waiting for our new show with the comedians, the laughs.
00:52:35What's what I'm waiting for?
00:52:36Some other company cut in on our program last night.
00:52:39So what?
00:52:40So what?
00:52:40It was another cookie company.
00:52:42I don't care.
00:52:43Another cookie company?
00:52:44Well, what are we waiting for?
00:52:45Oh, what are we waiting for?
00:52:47Arrest them.
00:52:47Put them all in jail.
00:52:48Listen, I'm president.
00:52:49The principal stockholder of this company, and I demand them all be put in jail.
00:52:51And the key thrown away.
00:52:52Every one of them.
00:52:53I've got to leave now.
00:52:54I've got to leave now.
00:52:54Got to go away.
00:52:56Remember what I said?
00:52:57Get them all.
00:52:58Put them all in jail.
00:52:58Each and every one of them in jail.
00:53:00And business is slack, and we needed that contract for that radio station.
00:53:05We certainly did.
00:53:06I fired Bumpster, didn't I?
00:53:07You certainly did.
00:53:08He's no longer connected with this firm, is he?
00:53:10He certainly isn't.
00:53:11And still that Bumpster jinx hovers over me, doesn't it?
00:53:14It certainly does.
00:53:15When I bought this firm for Mr. Dithers, he warned me about Bumpster, didn't he?
00:53:19He certainly did.
00:53:19But I, being soft-hearted, paid no attention to him, did I?
00:53:23You certainly didn't.
00:53:24You call Bumpster and tell him I want to see him in my office immediately.
00:53:27I certainly will.
00:53:28What a sap, what a fool I've been.
00:53:30You certainly have.
00:53:35I'll take two, please.
00:53:37Oh, all righty.
00:53:38Now, here we are.
00:53:40You're welcome.
00:53:41I'll take two also.
00:53:42Oh, yes.
00:53:43Oh, I hope you can change the $10 bill.
00:53:45Oh, yes, of course I can.
00:53:46My goodness, business has been so wonderful this morning.
00:53:52Listen, don't you fellas tell Dixon I swiped all this butter from the Premier Biscuit Company,
00:53:56and I'll give you all a nice little cookie.
00:53:58What am I talking about?
00:53:59They don't even know Dixon.
00:54:01I'll give them a cookie anyway.
00:54:02Yeah.
00:54:03Good old dogies.
00:54:04Yeah.
00:54:10Now I can pay for all that butter you bought.
00:54:12Oh, forget it.
00:54:13Forget it.
00:54:13Forget it.
00:54:13Forget it.
00:54:13Well, no, Llewellyn.
00:54:15I won't forget it.
00:54:16I'm not going to allow you to help me bake these cookies and spend your money, too.
00:54:19What do you mean, spend my money?
00:54:20Some of my best friends are cows.
00:54:24Oh, Llewellyn, those circulars were a great idea, of course.
00:54:27Just think of all the business we've done this morning.
00:54:29Look, over $30.
00:54:30I told you it pays advertised.
00:54:32Now, if we could only get a spot on the radio.
00:54:34Oh, it'll be some time before we can afford that.
00:54:37Speaking of radio, by the way, is your husband working upstairs?
00:54:40Uh-uh.
00:54:40His ex-boss telephoned him to come down to the office.
00:54:43Maybe he wants to give him his job back.
00:54:45Well, if he does, Dagwood won't take it.
00:54:47He won't take it.
00:54:47Especially after he saw that long line of customers outside.
00:54:53This is it.
00:54:56Did you get a load of that antenna on the roof?
00:54:58Yeah.
00:54:59Ah, more customers.
00:55:01Walk up.
00:55:01Oh, look at it.
00:55:02Walk up.
00:55:03Right away.
00:55:06Well, gentlemen, how many do you want?
00:55:08How many do you want?
00:55:08How many are there?
00:55:09Oh, there's just a few now, but you come back later, there'll be a lot more.
00:55:12Later, there'll be a lot more.
00:55:13How many?
00:55:14Oh, dozens and dozens, dozens.
00:55:16Oh, look, mister, we're only interested in your radio.
00:55:18The radio?
00:55:19Oh, in that case, I'll have to call Blondie.
00:55:20Excuse me.
00:55:21Call me.
00:55:23Blondie.
00:55:25Oh, Blondie.
00:55:26Mm-hmm?
00:55:26There's two gentlemen outside want to see you about having some radio work done or something.
00:55:29I don't know what it is, some radio work done or something.
00:55:31Radio?
00:55:31Yeah.
00:55:32Oh, thank you.
00:55:33Good morning, gentlemen.
00:55:39We'd like to see your radio.
00:55:41Oh, well, I didn't think anyone knew my husband was a radio engineer.
00:55:44Oh, things get around.
00:55:46Oh, I'll show it to you.
00:55:48It's right upstairs.
00:55:49Well, you guys see my rubber spoon?
00:56:05No?
00:56:09Well, how do you like it?
00:56:11Okay, Harry.
00:56:14Oh, oh, you can't do that.
00:56:16Oh, yes, we can, lady.
00:56:19Well, what's this all about?
00:56:20You'll find out.
00:56:22But my husband just built it.
00:56:24Yeah, yeah, we know, we know.
00:56:25But, but...
00:56:26Your name's Blondie, isn't it?
00:56:27Yes.
00:56:27Oh, come on, lady, you're going with us.
00:56:29Oh, why?
00:56:30You'll find out when you get there.
00:56:32Well...
00:56:32Where's my rubber spoon?
00:56:35I don't want to bruise the batter.
00:56:37That spoon, here's spoon.
00:56:42How long will I be going to wherever it is I'm going for whatever I want?
00:56:46Well, that all depends.
00:56:49Well, do you mind if I get my hat and coat?
00:56:51Okay.
00:56:55Now, let's grab the guy.
00:57:01Oh, that's cold.
00:57:16Where's that fellow that answered the door?
00:57:19Oh, he doesn't live here.
00:57:21He's just a visitor, and I...
00:57:22Well, I...
00:57:23I can...
00:57:24If you'll...
00:57:25Jump...
00:57:26Oh, that's a spoon.
00:57:29That's a spoon.
00:57:30Oh.
00:57:34Maybe he sneaked upstairs.
00:57:36Oh, I'm sure he doesn't have anything to do with whatever we've done.
00:57:38Oh, sure.
00:57:39Well...
00:57:39Well...
00:57:46Oh, I've been up there.
00:57:55Well, he's got to be around here somewhere.
00:57:56He must have gone out the back door.
00:58:12Well, with that face, he won't be hard to pick up.
00:58:14Let's get the stuff, Harry, and get out of here.
00:58:15Where did it go?
00:58:19What would I do about it?
00:58:21Hmm, let's see.
00:58:22If I was a rubber spoon and I was lost, where would I go?
00:58:25Where would I go?
00:58:26That's it.
00:58:26Where would I go?
00:58:27Of course, I'd go where other spoons go.
00:58:29Oh!
00:58:30That's right, where other spoons go.
00:58:35I know I'd find you.
00:58:36I know I'd find you.
00:58:41Where are you going, Mom?
00:58:43Well, I can't leave my children home alone.
00:58:45May I take them along?
00:58:47All right.
00:58:53I want you to give me a breakdown on this millwork in here.
00:58:56Good morning, boys.
00:58:57Hey, Dag.
00:58:57Good morning, Dag.
00:58:58Have you graduated from your radio engineering school yet?
00:59:01Oh, not yet.
00:59:01But I've finished my set, and I expect to graduate any minute.
00:59:05Be sure to have your cap and gown on when the mailman hands you that diploma.
00:59:09Well, never mind the sarcasm.
00:59:11Is your boss in?
00:59:13Yeah, genius, and he's waiting for you.
00:59:16Oh, well, Mary, don't bother announcing me.
00:59:19I'm expected.
00:59:25You want to see me, GM?
00:59:27Dagwood, I want to ask you just one question, and all you have to answer is yes or no.
00:59:31The answer is no.
00:59:32Mr. Radcliffe, I'm never coming back here to work anymore.
00:59:35I'm my own boss now.
00:59:36You've fired me, and I'm going to stay fired.
00:59:39Now, listen, Dagwood.
00:59:40This is my day, and you listen to me.
00:59:43Ever since I can remember, you've been firing me, hiring me, raising me, docking me, bonusing me, and unbonusing me, and I don't stand for it any longer.
00:59:50Now, just a minute, Dagwood.
00:59:51Blondie's been making money hand over fist, and if the business continues to improve, it'll give me great pleasure to give myself a raise.
00:59:58Listen, you lunkhead.
00:59:59All I wanted to ask you was just one thing.
01:00:03Yes?
01:00:04Oh.
01:00:06Oh, hello, Blondie.
01:00:08What's that?
01:00:09Two men came to your house and did what?
01:00:12They arrested you?
01:00:15Yes, Blondie, he's here.
01:00:17All right, we'll be right down.
01:00:19Wait, wait, wait.
01:00:21What happened?
01:00:22Just exactly what I thought would happen.
01:00:24That's why I got you down here.
01:00:25You and that radio engineering have Blondie in plenty of trouble.
01:00:28Oh, no, no, no.
01:00:30You're just trying to frighten me.
01:00:32Blondie's home because I just left her there.
01:00:34Blondie has been arrested, and they're hauling her down at the radio station.
01:00:37Hello, hello, Blondie.
01:00:40Oh, Llewellyn.
01:00:41Oh, well, let me talk to Blondie, please.
01:00:44Blondie's not here, Dagwood.
01:00:45She went away somewhere with a couple of gentlemen.
01:00:48I don't know where she went.
01:00:49Well, they arrested Blondie, and they're hauling her down at the radio station.
01:00:53Yeah.
01:00:54What would they arrest her for?
01:00:57If it wasn't for Blondie and the kids, I'd let you take your own medicine.
01:01:01What have I done?
01:01:02Well, if I can penetrate that thick skull of yours, I'll try to explain it to you.
01:01:07But I tell you, gentlemen, I had no idea I was broadcasting.
01:01:11All you had to do was to flip this key down, and you're on the air.
01:01:14But I was nowhere near that key.
01:01:16And if anyone did flip it down, it was an accident.
01:01:18Accent?
01:01:19Why, just as our announcer said, we will now hear what a housewife has to say about premier cookies, you came right in on cue and said, try Blondie's cookies.
01:01:29Don't tell me that was an accident.
01:01:31It was too perfectly timed.
01:01:32Well, as soon as my husband comes, he'll be able to explain everything, because he's almost a radio engineer.
01:01:39Was that your husband who ducked out the back door?
01:01:41Oh, no.
01:01:41No, that was just some nice old gentleman who was helping me with my cookies.
01:01:45Oh, nice old gentleman.
01:01:46I've been known to blow up bridges, wreck trains.
01:01:49Who was this nice old gentleman?
01:01:50Well, I can assure you that he had nothing at all to do with the radio.
01:01:54We'll have him picked up inside of a couple of hours, Mr. Dixon.
01:01:57Good.
01:01:57Now, now, gentlemen, let's not jump at conclusions.
01:02:01Maybe this was an accident.
01:02:02Oh, no, it's all very clear to me.
01:02:05Her husband built the radio, she did the broadcasting, and this kindly old gentleman is evidently the brains of the outfit.
01:02:11And I'm going to see that they're prosecuted to the fullest extent.
01:02:14And if you want to keep my account, you'll cooperate in this matter.
01:02:17And another thing, if that husband of yours is innocent, why doesn't he get here?
01:02:28Mrs. Bumpster telephoned me from here.
01:02:30Oh, well, she's in with Mr. Thorpe, but you can't...
01:02:31Oh, thank you.
01:02:32No, no.
01:02:32You can't go in there.
01:02:34Yeah, but, Blondie, I mean, my wife's in there.
01:02:36She's married to you?
01:02:37Yeah, but she had nothing to do with the radio.
01:02:39I built it.
01:02:40Well, you can't go in until they get through grilling her.
01:02:43Grilling?
01:02:43I mean, they're only asking her a few questions.
01:02:47And do you realize that you're liable to a $10,000 fine and two years in jail?
01:02:52Oh, dear.
01:02:53You've been lying to me long enough.
01:02:55Take that.
01:02:56Ow!
01:02:57And that.
01:02:58Ow!
01:02:59And that.
01:02:59Ow!
01:03:00And that.
01:03:02Ow!
01:03:02And that.
01:03:04They're not questioning her.
01:03:05They're torturing her.
01:03:08Blondie!
01:03:11Blondie.
01:03:13Who slapped you?
01:03:14Yeah, just point him out and I'll tear him from him.
01:03:16Dagwood, nobody slapped me.
01:03:18Huh?
01:03:19No.
01:03:21You.
01:03:22It can't be.
01:03:25Are you married to that?
01:03:28I certainly am.
01:03:30I can't believe it.
01:03:31I felt sorry for this little lady.
01:03:34Now I feel doubly sorry that she's married to this, this nemesis.
01:03:38Now, listen.
01:03:39I never nemesis in anything in my life.
01:03:41What did you say the penalty was?
01:03:43$10,000 fine and two years in jail.
01:03:46If they'd give him his two years and her two years making four altogether, I'd give $10,000
01:03:51out of my own pocket.
01:03:52I'm glad to see you're in favor of prosecuting these two.
01:03:55Not her.
01:03:56Him.
01:03:56Call the chief of police.
01:03:57Call somebody.
01:03:58But put him away where he can't do any more damage.
01:04:01Well, I tell you, if Dagwood did anything wrong, he did it unconsciously.
01:04:05He's always unconscious.
01:04:07Get on the phone, Dixon.
01:04:08You bet I will.
01:04:10Wait till we get hold of that kindly old gentleman.
01:04:13We'll throw the book at him.
01:04:18Yes?
01:04:20So, you decided to hold yourself up.
01:04:24I got him.
01:04:28I got him.
01:04:32Oh, Llewellyn.
01:04:33Oh, you should have stayed at home.
01:04:35Who's this?
01:04:36He's the guy who gave us the slip.
01:04:38He's the kindly old gentleman?
01:04:40That's him.
01:04:41Well, now that we got all three of them, get on that phone.
01:04:43Call the police.
01:04:44Oh, gentlemen, let's not jump at conclusions.
01:04:46Maybe it all was an accident.
01:04:48What do you mean, accident?
01:04:49Shaw clear to me.
01:04:50She did the broadcasting.
01:04:52He built the set.
01:04:52And that old coot is the brains of the outfit.
01:04:55Coot?
01:04:55Who?
01:04:56Who's a coot?
01:04:57What are my friends doing here?
01:04:58Well, we're going to prosecute them for cutting in on our radio show last night.
01:05:01What do you mean?
01:05:01When the show went on the air last night, I was with Dagwood up in his room.
01:05:04He was fooling around with the radio.
01:05:05You were there when she went on the air and said,
01:05:08Try Blondie's butternut cookies.
01:05:09They're delicious.
01:05:10She didn't go on the air.
01:05:11She read from a circle advertising her cookies.
01:05:13Didn't you, Blondie?
01:05:13Oh, yeah.
01:05:15I'm standing right like this.
01:05:17Yes, and I was trying to get something on the radio.
01:05:19And I was sitting here just like this.
01:05:20Now, that's the whole thing.
01:05:22That's it.
01:05:22That's what?
01:05:23You've got your elbow on that switch.
01:05:24That's what sent it out over the air.
01:05:26Did you do that last night?
01:05:28Yes, I did.
01:05:28Well, what are we waiting for?
01:05:30They've all admitted their guilt.
01:05:32Miss Marsh, get me.
01:05:34What's the idea?
01:05:35This happens to be Llewellyn Simmons, the president of the Premier Biscuit Company.
01:05:42I don't care who...
01:05:44It seems to me, gentlemen, that if you're going to prosecute Dagwood and Blondie,
01:05:50you'll have to do the same to Mr. Simmons.
01:05:53Who is this?
01:05:53Who is this?
01:05:54He's Bunkstead's ex-boss.
01:05:57You've got lots of air around here.
01:05:58Who are you?
01:05:59Who are you?
01:06:00I'm Thorpe, the owner of this radio station.
01:06:03Llewellyn, answer me one thing.
01:06:06How long have you known these people?
01:06:07Oh, Llewellyn's been helping me to bake my cookies.
01:06:10You mean he's been making cookies for you?
01:06:12Yes, and very good cookies they are, too.
01:06:14Here, you're never such a cookie you can like.
01:06:16Well, thank you.
01:06:17Very good cookie.
01:06:18Have a cookie.
01:06:19Here, have one of those.
01:06:20That's beautiful.
01:06:21Don't you realize you're in competition with yourself?
01:06:24Yeah, but you would like me in my own kitchen.
01:06:26I like to bake.
01:06:26I like to bake sometimes.
01:06:28Oh, these are good.
01:06:31Sure.
01:06:31But what's been added to give them this superb flavor?
01:06:34Oh, we're not telling anybody that.
01:06:36That's Blondie's secret.
01:06:37Mrs. Bumstead, the Premier Biscuit Company will be glad to pay you well for this recipe.
01:06:42Hey, gentlemen, that recipe is not to sell.
01:06:45Go ahead and sell it, Blondie.
01:06:46Then we can pay for this stone.
01:06:48These are mighty good.
01:06:50Mrs. Bumstead, name your price.
01:06:52No, I will not sell the recipe.
01:06:54Atta girl, atta girl.
01:06:56Mr. Dixon, your cookie program is going on a coast-to-coast network in a few weeks, isn't it?
01:07:01Yes.
01:07:02And you, Mr. Thorpe, were going to build a bigger radio station to handle Mr. Dixon's
01:07:06account, weren't you?
01:07:08And you, Mr. Radcliffe, were going to build that station for, Mr. Thorpe?
01:07:12Well, it looked that way.
01:07:14You liked the Radcliffe plans, didn't you?
01:07:16I thought they were very good.
01:07:19Who drew up those plans, Mr. Radcliffe?
01:07:21Well, uh, Dagwood.
01:07:23Dagwood.
01:07:24Well, if you'll agree that Mr. Thorpe continues with your account, and you, Mr. Thorpe, have
01:07:28the Radcliffe Construction Company build your new radio station, then, Mr. Radcliffe, I
01:07:33will allow Dagwood to go back to work for you.
01:07:35On my terms.
01:07:36On your terms?
01:07:37Oh, yes.
01:07:39Dagwood gets the raise first.
01:07:40Second, he gets a big bonus.
01:07:42Oh, no.
01:07:43And no maybe.
01:07:43Is that clear, Mr. Radcliffe?
01:07:45Well, I, uh...
01:07:46Oh, no, no, no, no.
01:07:48Yes, yes, yes.
01:07:50Huh?
01:07:52Well, now it's all settled.
01:07:56Oh, except one more thing.
01:07:58Llewellyn must be allowed to do whatever he wants in his own kitchen.
01:08:02Oh, well, uh...
01:08:04Oh, yes.
01:08:05Of course, of course.
01:08:08Woo!
01:08:10In that case, Mr. Dixon, the Premier Biscuit Company can have my resume.
01:08:15For nothing.
01:08:16Oh, thank you, Mrs. Bumstead.
01:08:19All right.
01:08:19All right.
01:08:22Excuse me.
01:08:23It certainly is.
01:08:28Thanks, Miss Mark.
01:08:30Oops, excuse me for a moment.
01:08:32I have to listen to a new announcer.
01:08:34Oh, maybe this is too?
01:08:35Oh, I want to hear that for selling.
01:08:36Oh, you may.
01:08:37Well, yes.
01:08:39Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.
01:08:41The following broadcast is the first of the series, sponsored by the...
01:08:44Oh, goodness.
01:08:46I can't understand it.
01:08:47Something's wrong.
01:08:48Oh, it's only a little loose screw somewhere.
01:08:51Has anybody got a nail file?
01:08:53Goodbye.
01:08:54Yeah, but I'll see you at 9 o'clock in the morning.
01:08:56Come on.
01:08:56Pretty doggy.
01:08:57Yeah, goodbye, everybody.
01:08:58I'll get you a little bit of a car.
01:08:59I'll get you a little bit of a car.
01:09:00Okay.
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