Passed | 1h 9min | Comedy, Family | 16 October 1947 (USA)
Blondie's sudden windfall causes noting but trouble for the Bumstead family.
Director: Abby Berlin
Writers: Arthur Marx (screenplay), Jack Henley (screenplay)
Stars: Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms
Blondie's sudden windfall causes noting but trouble for the Bumstead family.
Director: Abby Berlin
Writers: Arthur Marx (screenplay), Jack Henley (screenplay)
Stars: Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms
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00:00:00That's what my Blondie is.
00:00:24Lovable feet, both flat.
00:00:26That's what my Dagwood is.
00:00:28Blondie's not always right.
00:00:30I let her think she is.
00:00:32All of my thoughts are bright.
00:00:34Long as he thinks they're his.
00:00:37Life of us is fun and crazy.
00:00:39Baby duffling.
00:00:40Us and Daisy.
00:00:41What a family.
00:00:43Incredible.
00:00:44Bumsteadable.
00:00:45Hurry, you'll miss your butt.
00:00:48Watch out, you'll burn your stew.
00:00:50Nothing's too much for us.
00:00:52As long as with me there's you.
00:00:54Dagwood and Blondie.
00:00:56Blondie and Dagwood.
00:00:57Always with me there's you.
00:01:27La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la.
00:01:31Now, children, don't go to lunch.
00:01:33You have plenty of time before you do that in school.
00:01:36Gee, Mommy, you sure have 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.
00:01:54Poor dear.
00:01:55He's been constantly keeping his nose to the grindstone.
00:02:19What?
00:02:23What?
00:02:44Take it easy, Mac.
00:02:45That's the third bottle you've broken this morning.
00:02:49When will the cookies be done, Mommy?
00:02:51Well, I'd say...
00:02:52Blondie!
00:02:54Hi, everybody.
00:02:56Hi, Daisy.
00:02:57Dagwood!
00:02:59What are you doing home this time of day?
00:03:01Well...
00:03:02What happened to the grindstone, Pop?
00:03:04Huh?
00:03:05The one you keep your nose on.
00:03:07Does Mr. Radcliffe know you've come home?
00:03:10He 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.
00:03:16Golf?
00:03:17Uh-huh.
00:03:18You see, Mr. Radcliffe and I are teeing off...
00:03:20with a very important client.
00:03:22And he wants me along to kind of help fix the deal.
00:03:24Oh.
00:03:26Excuse me, dear.
00:03:30Hello?
00:03:31Oh, yes, Mr. Radcliffe.
00:03:32He's right here.
00:03:33Just a minute.
00:03:34Yes, Mr. Radcliffe.
00:03:36Hello?
00:03:37Dagwood, our date with Mr. Thorpe has been changed.
00:03:39We're going to meet him at 1 o'clock instead of 2.
00:03:41Oh, and be sure and bring those fans with you.
00:03:43You can rely on me, Mr. Radcliffe.
00:03:45I won't forget them.
00:03:46Goodbye.
00:03:48Now, I've got to hurry and get dressed...
00:03:49because our appointment with Mr. Thorpe...
00:03:51has been pushed up an hour.
00:03:52But who's this Mr. Thorpe?
00:03:53Oh, he's the important client...
00:03:55we're playing golf with this afternoon.
00:03:57He's going to build a new radio station...
00:03:59and we're going to try to get the contracts.
00:04:01Oh.
00:04:05Where did you get these?
00:04:07I bought them.
00:04:08And what's in all those packages?
00:04:10Well, a man in my position has to dress the part.
00:04:13But where did you get the money to buy all these things?
00:04:15Oh, I didn't spend any money, Blondie.
00:04:18I disguised them.
00:04:20Dagwood, don't you think you're being a little extravagant?
00:04:23Oh, no, Blondie.
00:04:24I got a $15 raise starting this week...
00:04:26and if I cinch the deal this afternoon...
00:04:28I'll probably get a nice bonus.
00:04:30I know, dear, but...
00:04:32But, Mom, something's burning!
00:04:34Oh, dear.
00:04:38Oh, my cookies!
00:04:42Oh, my.
00:04:43Oh, dear, dear.
00:04:44Oh, look at them.
00:04:46Maybe you left them in too long.
00:04:48Oh.
00:04:49Well, I only put them in a few minutes ago.
00:04:51You just can't trust this old stove.
00:04:54One day it takes hours to bake something...
00:04:56and the next day it burns everything to a crisp...
00:04:58including me, in just a few minutes.
00:05:00Well, I'm sorry, children...
00:05:02but there won't be any cookies for after school.
00:05:04Oh, yes, there will.
00:05:05I'm going to call Archer's right now...
00:05:07and get that stove you've been admiring.
00:05:10But, Dagwood, that stove costs over $300!
00:05:14Ouch!
00:05:15Well, we can afford it.
00:05:17With my raise and the bonus...
00:05:20I hope to get...
00:05:21we can afford it.
00:05:22We...
00:05:23Oh, hello?
00:05:24Archer's?
00:05:26Archer's?
00:05:27This is Dagwood Bromstead of Shady Lane Avenue.
00:05:29Aha.
00:05:30Well, Miss Archer, you know that stove that you have in your window?
00:05:34Well, I'd like to have you install that in my kitchen this afternoon.
00:05:38You can?
00:05:39Oh, you can!
00:05:41Well, that's fine.
00:05:42Okay, goodbye.
00:05:43Honey, you shouldn't have done that.
00:05:45No, nothing's too good for the wife of Dagwood Bromstead.
00:05:49Now, dear, while I change clothes...
00:05:51would you mind fixing me a little bite, a little snack?
00:05:53Of course I will.
00:05:57Do you really think we can afford that stove?
00:06:00Blondie, I always believe in looking ahead...
00:06:02never behind.
00:06:05Whatever.
00:06:06Come on.
00:06:11Dagwood, lunch is ready. You'd better hurry.
00:06:14All right, Blondie.
00:06:36Look.
00:06:42Well, how do I look?
00:06:43I like you better in men's clothes.
00:06:46Huh?
00:06:47Cookie.
00:06:48Well, dear, if that's what they wear when they play golf...
00:06:50I think you look...
00:06:52very nice.
00:06:55Mr. Edmund said it was the latest thing.
00:06:58Did he say latest or loudest?
00:07:01Hey, hey, hey.
00:07:02Andrew, your father will probably be...
00:07:04the best dressed man on the diamond.
00:07:06No, not diamond, Blondie. Links.
00:07:09Oh, links.
00:07:10Well, wherever it is you play that silly game.
00:07:12Silly or not, Blondie...
00:07:14there are more big deals put over on a golf course...
00:07:16than there are in a conference room.
00:07:18Now, for instance, this Mr. Thorpe.
00:07:20Say, isn't there a Mr. Thorpe in this town...
00:07:22who already owns a radio station?
00:07:24It's the same one, but he's going to build a bigger one.
00:07:27It's going to be one of the biggest in the country.
00:07:29Big enough to broadcast coast to coast.
00:07:31And they're going to get some more kilowatts...
00:07:33or 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? It'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.
00:07:47I always deliver the mail on this street...
00:07:48at a quarter of nine every morning.
00:07:50Right?
00:07:51Right.
00:07:52And every morning Bumstead charged out of the house...
00:07:54on his way to the office and knocked me down.
00:07:56Right?
00:07:57Right.
00:07:58Well, I finally got permission to make this...
00:08:00the last street that I deliver on.
00:08:02And I...
00:08:03I know that Bumstead is not going to knock me down...
00:08:06at 12.30 in the afternoon.
00:08:08Right?
00:08:09Right.
00:08:10You know, Blondie, I have a feeling...
00:08:11I'm going to play a terrific game today.
00:08:13I'll probably make a hole in one.
00:08:15Dagwood, I don't think it would be very nice...
00:08:17if you beat Mr. Radcliffe and Mr. Thorpe too badly.
00:08:20Oh, I'll let them win a couple of holes.
00:08:23In fact, I'm...
00:08:25I'm late.
00:08:26I'm late.
00:08:27I'm late.
00:08:28Come on, hurry up.
00:08:30I'll open the door.
00:08:31I'll get the door.
00:08:32Come on, hurry up.
00:08:33Hurry, hurry.
00:08:42No.
00:08:58No.
00:09:19Look, Radcliffe.
00:09:20I have an appointment later this afternoon...
00:09:22with one of my biggest clients...
00:09:23the Premier Biscuit Company.
00:09:25If that man of yours doesn't show up pretty soon...
00:09:27I'll have to play nine holes.
00:09:28I'm sorry, Mr. Thorpe.
00:09:29Say, look, perhaps while we're waiting...
00:09:30we could discuss the building of your new radio station.
00:09:32I told you we'd discuss 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...
00:09:45I'll be too old to play.
00:09:48Woo-hoo!
00:09:49Mr. Radcliffe!
00:09:50Hey!
00:09:52Here he comes.
00:09:58Oh, my.
00:10:01Well, sorry I'm late, Mr. Radcliffe.
00:10:03Yes, Dagwood, meet Mr. Thorpe.
00:10:04Mr. Thorpe, this is Dagwood Bumstead.
00:10:06Oh, I'm very glad to...
00:10:10Well, bang one out, Mr. Thorpe.
00:10:16You go next, and I'll go last.
00:10:18You're not playing, Dagwood.
00:10:19Huh?
00:10:20You're so late, all the caddies are out.
00:10:22You're caddying for us.
00:10:23Caddying?
00:10:24But, but, but, but...
00:10:27Thorpe!
00:10:29And 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.
00:10:45Caddy, tee up my ball.
00:10:47Well...
00:10:57Here.
00:11:07Here.
00:11:26Here.
00:11:32Caddy, take out that pin.
00:11:35Well...
00:11:36Oh, yes, sir.
00:11:47For heaven's sake, stop walking around,
00:11:49or else take off those musical shoes.
00:11:52Yes, sir.
00:11:57Take that shadow out of there.
00:11:59Get off of the green.
00:12:26Caddy, come here and help me find my ball.
00:12:57Oh, Mr. Thorpe, here it is, right there.
00:13:02Give me my niblet.
00:13:03Here.
00:13:08That's not my club.
00:13:09Haven't you got the right clubs in the right bags by now?
00:13:13I'm sorry.
00:13:18Oh, just a minute.
00:13:24There.
00:13:27There.
00:13:34Nice shot, Mr. Thorpe.
00:13:52Oh, I found it, Mr. Thorpe.
00:13:54Well, it's about time.
00:13:56It's right here under the water.
00:13:58I know it's under the water. Fish it out.
00:14:00Oh, yes.
00:14:10I got it.
00:14:12Here it is.
00:14:25You got me stymied.
00:14:27We're not playing for money.
00:14:28Is it all right if I remove your ball until I put out?
00:14:31Oh, certainly, Mr. Thorpe.
00:14:32Well, Caddy, pick up that ball.
00:14:34Oh, yes, sir.
00:14:40That does it.
00:14:46Oh, 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.
00:15:01Is he mad about something?
00:15:02Dagwood, you know that raise I promised you this evening?
00:15:07Oh, yes.
00:15:10Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.
00:15:14Yes.
00:15:20So it is agreed, gentlemen, that the Premier Biscuit Company, for the time being, will continue with the same radio program.
00:15:25Well, absolutely, Mr. Dixon.
00:15:27I think we're all in accord with that, Bob.
00:15:29Of 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.
00:15:35Well, that's several months off, Bob.
00:15:36We can take that up at a later meeting.
00:15:39Yes?
00:15:42Send him right in.
00:15:45I'm sorry I'm late, gentlemen.
00:15:47Sit right there, Thorpe.
00:15:52Gentlemen, I'm afraid I have some bad news for you.
00:15:55Bad news?
00:15:57There'll probably be a slight delay in the building of my radio station.
00:16:01Why?
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.
00:16:13But he hires nitwits to work for him.
00:16:15Mr. 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.
00:16:24If your station isn't ready by that time, we'll have to give our account to someone else.
00:16:28Am I right, gentlemen?
00:16:32I'll get busy immediately with another contractor.
00:16:35That's entirely up to you, Mr. Thorpe.
00:16:39Good day, gentlemen.
00:16:44Well, if there's nothing else to be taken up at this time, I propose that the meeting be adjourned.
00:16:48Well, Bob, don't you think we should tell Llewellyn about our decision regarding the radio show?
00:16:52After all, he is the president.
00:16:54We could tell him any time.
00:16:56Oh, well.
00:16:57Well, I heard there was a meeting going on or something like that.
00:17:00Now, what's cooking? What's cooking?
00:17:01It's nothing important, Llewellyn.
00:17:02Nothing important? Important or not?
00:17:03I'm the president here. I'm the president.
00:17:05Let me see.
00:17:06Let me see. Let me see.
00:17:07Let me see. Let me see.
00:17:08I'm the president.
00:17:09I want to know all about it.
00:17:10What's cooking? What's cooking?
00:17:11What's cooking?
00:17:12What's cooking? What's cooking?
00:17:13It's nothing, Llewellyn.
00:17:14We were just discussing our radio program.
00:17:16Oh, the new program?
00:17:17Oh, good.
00:17:18I hope you have a lot of comedians and laughs like the one I heard last night.
00:17:21Very funny. Very funny.
00:17:23Oh, maybe we'll take your suggestion for the new one, but that isn't until fall, and there's plenty of time for that.
00:17:28Until 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.
00:17:41I'm never happy unless I'm mixing up a batter or mixing up some dough or something like that.
00:17:46A promise is a promise, Llewellyn, isn't it, gentlemen?
00:17:48Certainly is.
00:17:49But I'm on the verge of discovering a new cookie.
00:17:51Remember, gentlemen, it was my recipe that gave birth to the first cookie.
00:17:55We all realize and appreciate that, Llewellyn, but the head baker will quit if you don't stay out of the kitchen.
00:18:00He says you disrupt the whole staff.
00:18:02So will you please stay out of the kitchen?
00:18:05So you have another recipe, eh, Llewellyn?
00:18:08Oh, yeah, yeah, but I'm having more trouble with this recipe than I've ever had before in my life.
00:18:12It seems the more butter I put in my batter, it doesn't get any better.
00:18:14If I don't put any butter in, the batter gets bitter.
00:18:16If the batter gets bitter, it's no better than the batter with the butter in it.
00:18:18The batter with the butter in it is better, but the batter without the butter is better than the batter with the...
00:18:22All those in favor say aye.
00:18:23Aye.
00:18:24Pass.
00:18:25Nothing helps, not even my new invention.
00:18:26New invention?
00:18:27Yeah, a rubber spoon.
00:18:28It doesn't even bruise the batter.
00:18:29Why?
00:18:30Because it's flexible, see?
00:18:31It goes...
00:18:34Oh, I beg your pardon.
00:18:36I'm sorry, but it won't burn your eye because I haven't put any vanilla in the batter yet.
00:18:51Oh, dear.
00:18:56Hi, Mom.
00:18:57Hi, Mommy.
00:18:58Oh, hello, darlings.
00:18:59How was school this afternoon?
00:19:00Oh, fine.
00:19:01Gee, what a swell-looking stall.
00:19:06Oh, boy.
00:19:07Cookies.
00:19:08Can I have one?
00:19:10Not now, darling.
00:19:11It'll spoil your dinner.
00:19:12What time are we going to have dinner?
00:19:14Oh, as soon as your father comes home.
00:19:15Gee, I hope he gets here soon.
00:19:17I'm starved.
00:19:18Well, I don't mind what time he comes home.
00:19:20This is the first afternoon your father's had all for months.
00:19:23Oh, the fresh air will do him a world of good.
00:19:26It'll make a new man of him.
00:19:28Your daddy will probably be famished after his nice day on the golf diner.
00:19:32Thanks, Mommy.
00:19:33Hm?
00:19:34Oh, you're right, dear.
00:19:35Thanks.
00:19:38Is that you, Dagwood?
00:19:40Yes, Blondie.
00:19:49Oh, dear.
00:19:50Oh, dear.
00:19:51Oh, dear.
00:19:52Oh, dear.
00:19:53Oh, dear.
00:19:54Oh, dear.
00:19:55Oh, dear.
00:19:56Oh, dear.
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 barbed wire, Blondie, and it stuck right in my foot.
00:20:16Oh, poor darling.
00:20:17Did it go right through your shoes?
00:20:19No, I didn't wear any shoes, Blondie.
00:20:21Why not?
00:20:22Were they too tight?
00:20:23No, too squeaky.
00:20:25Mr. Thorpe couldn't concentrate on his game.
00:20:27Oh, it annoyed him.
00:20:29A little, but it wasn't till 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.
00:20:39The worst of it was when I drenched it with water.
00:20:42Water?
00:20:43Yeah, I fell in the lake.
00:20:45Lake?
00:20:46Yeah.
00:20:47You see, I was fishing, and...
00:20:49Fishing?
00:20:50I thought you went to play golf.
00:20:51Yeah, I did, Blondie, but I was fishing for Mr. Thorpe's ball.
00:20:54Well, why didn't you let him do his own fishing?
00:20:56Blondie, that's my job.
00:20:58I was caddying.
00:20:59Caddying?
00:21:00I 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.
00:21:06Huh?
00:21:07You have me all confused.
00:21:09Now, dear, start over again from the beginning.
00:21:11All right, all right.
00:21:12You see, I went out to the golf course...
00:21:15Dagwood, you didn't eat a bite of your dinner.
00:21:17Oh, Blondie, I couldn't eat anything.
00:21:19I'm too upset.
00:21:20I'm too upset.
00:21:25What are you holding back, Dagwood?
00:21:27Well, I...
00:21:33I'm waiting, dear.
00:21:37Blondie, I don't know how to tell you.
00:21:39Especially after buying you the new stove.
00:21:45What's the new stove got to do with it?
00:21:48Well, Blondie, I'm not going to get the raise,
00:21:50so 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?
00:21:56Yeah, but how are we going to pay for it?
00:21:58Well...
00:22:02Maybe I can get a job, a part-time job doing something.
00:22:05Oh, doing what?
00:22:07Well, I don't know.
00:22:13Dagwood, remember when Mr. Camel came here for dinner
00:22:16and ate up all my cookies?
00:22:17Uh-huh.
00:22:18Well, maybe he was just joking,
00:22:20but he told me I could go to work for him
00:22:22in his pastry shop any time I wanted.
00:22:25Who'd do the housework?
00:22:26Who'd take care of the children?
00:22:28Well, with this new stove, maybe I could do the baking here.
00:22:31Huh?
00:22:32And if I...
00:22:33If I could do the baking here...
00:22:36Why do I have to bake for Mr. Camel?
00:22:38Why 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
00:22:45just to pay for the mistakes I've made.
00:22:47Do you need money?
00:22:48You know very well we need money, Blondie.
00:22:51We need lots...
00:22:52Oh, oh, yeah.
00:22:54Then learn to be a radio engineer in your spare time
00:22:56by taking a short correspondence course
00:22:58from the Talbot School of Radio Engineering.
00:23:00Jerry Thorndyke of Scranton, Pennsylvania,
00:23:02after only four weeks of study under our method,
00:23:04earned in one year $750 repairing radios in his spare time.
00:23:09If Mr. Thorndyke can do it, why can't you?
00:23:11Be independent, be your own boss.
00:23:13Be your own boss.
00:23:14To obtain this marvelous course, send a penny postal card
00:23:17to the Talbot Correspondence 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?
00:23:30Oh, I just put a blowout patch on the bag.
00:23:32And didn't you fix the radio?
00:23:34Yeah, I just put a new tube in it, that's all.
00:23:36But you made it work.
00:23:37There are hundreds of radios in this neighborhood alone
00:23:39that need repairing.
00:23:40Oh, but, but, but...
00:23:41Oh, Dagwood, you can do anything if you only try.
00:23:45Now, just think of it.
00:23:46In four weeks' time, you'll be making more money
00:23:49than Mr. Radcliffe pays you at the office.
00:23:51I will?
00:23:52Didn't the man on the radio just say so?
00:23:55Yeah.
00:23:56Dagwood Bumstead, radio engineer.
00:24:00Your own boss at last.
00:24:02Yeah, my own boss.
00:24:03It's a good idea.
00:24:04I'll send a penny postcard right away,
00:24:07after I fix myself a sandwich.
00:24:12If you have carefully followed the simple instructions
00:24:20in lesson three, your easy-to-build crystal set
00:24:23is now complete and in working order.
00:24:25Hello, Marconi.
00:24:26How are you doing?
00:24:27Yeah, hello, Alvin.
00:24:28Hello.
00:24:29I understand you're doing some research
00:24:30in 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.
00:24:42Uh?
00:24:43In the three-tube receiver modified for use
00:24:45with the two-volt tubes,
00:24:46how do you prevent battery discharge
00:24:48through the voltage dividers
00:24:49when the receiver is not in use?
00:24:51It, oh, well, it's,
00:24:55where does that say that?
00:24:57It doesn't.
00:24:58I asked it.
00:24:59Oh, yes, well,
00:25:01to tell you the truth, Alvin,
00:25:03I'm not exactly familiar with that type of set.
00:25:07That must be in lesson five.
00:25:09Now, this is, uh, lesson four,
00:25:11and it says, uh,
00:25:12you are now qualified for better things.
00:25:16Start unpacking the shortwave parts.
00:25:19Shortwave parts.
00:25:22There you are.
00:25:23There's the receiver.
00:25:25That's the transmitter.
00:25:26Yeah, I know, I know.
00:25:27Thank you very much.
00:25:28Uh, this is the trans, uh, no, no,
00:25:30yeah, this is the receiver, yeah.
00:25:33When a man is going to be a radio engineer,
00:25:36he has to learn how to fix all kinds of radios,
00:25:38including shortwave.
00:25:39What shortwave, Daddy?
00:25:41Well, uh, oh, uh,
00:25:44well, a shortwave is just like longwave,
00:25:47only it's shorter.
00:25:49Understand?
00:25:51Yes.
00:25:52I don't understand.
00:25:55Yeah.
00:25:56Hmm.
00:25:59Let's see.
00:26:00Hey, where's the book?
00:26:01Where's the book, huh?
00:26:03Hey, thanks, Alvin.
00:26:06Let's see the instruction.
00:26:08Oh, instruction for assembling
00:26:10six-tube regenerative SS receiver
00:26:13and 100-watt radio telephone transmitter
00:26:16will be found on diagram A.
00:26:19Yeah, let's see.
00:26:22Oh, ha-ha, there's nothing to worry about now, Alvin.
00:26:25With this diagram, I'll have this radio set together...
00:26:30I'll have this radio set together in no time.
00:26:34No time?
00:26:35I think I'll be going now, Mr. Bromstead.
00:26:38Yes, well, uh, I mean, goodbye, Alvin.
00:26:41I'll see you when.
00:26:42When?
00:26:43When your high-frequency oscillations start backfiring.
00:26:48Uh, oh, ha-ha, yeah.
00:26:51Hmm, well, let's see.
00:26:54Well, I guess the first thing to do now is to set up the aerial.
00:26:58Let's see, uh, oh, the aerial.
00:27:01There you are.
00:27:03Lum-bum-bum.
00:27:04Lum-bum-bum.
00:27:06Lum-bum-bum-bum.
00:27:07Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dum-bum.
00:27:09Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee.
00:27:11Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dum-bum.
00:27:14Can I help, Pop?
00:27:16Oh, boy, you sure can.
00:27:18Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee.
00:27:20Yeah, that's it, that's it.
00:27:22Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee.
00:27:24What are you doing, Pop?
00:27:25Oh, you'll find out.
00:27:27Better to be safe than sorry.
00:27:29Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee.
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.
00:27:37And whatever you do, don't let go of your end.
00:27:39Okay.
00:27:40Of the rope.
00:27:41Now, here we go.
00:27:42Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee.
00:27:44Now, don't forget, Alexander.
00:27:46Do 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.
00:27:53Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee.
00:27:56Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee.
00:27:59Now, let's see, let's try it now.
00:28:00Hang on now.
00:28:01Oh, boy, that's it.
00:28:03Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee.
00:28:05Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee.
00:28:07Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee.
00:28:10Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee.
00:28:12Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee.
00:28:14Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee.
00:28:16Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee.
00:28:18Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee.
00:28:20Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee.
00:28:22Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee.
00:28:24Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee.
00:28:26Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee.
00:28:28Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee.
00:28:30Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee.
00:28:32Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee.
00:28:34Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee.
00:28:36Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee.
00:29:07Now, now, don't let it out, Alexander.
00:29:10I won't.
00:29:24Oh, my.
00:29:28I made it, ha.
00:29:36Ha.
00:29:45Don't let go, Alexander.
00:29:47Okay, Pop.
00:29:53Hi, there.
00:29:54Oh, hello, Alvin.
00:29:55Gee, you sure look sharp today.
00:29:57Gee, how do you like it? A brand new outfit.
00:29:59Just got it yesterday, huh?
00:30:00You can at least take the price tag off.
00:30:02Huh? No.
00:30:04What are you doing out this way today?
00:30:06Well, in the first place, it's Sunday,
00:30:08and I know that Bumstead isn't going to the office, right?
00:30:10Right.
00:30:11And I don't get knocked down, right?
00:30:13Right.
00:30:14And secondly, I'm going to have it out with that Bumstead once and for all.
00:30:17We've got to get together on the time that he leaves for the office,
00:30:19whether it's 8 o'clock, 9 o'clock, or whatever it is.
00:30:23I'll adjust my time to fit his.
00:30:25Good idea?
00:30:26Right.
00:30:27Right.
00:30:29Oh!
00:30:32Don't let go, Alexander, no!
00:30:34Alexander!
00:30:36Yes, Mom?
00:30:37Alexander, I want you to run an errand for me.
00:30:40I can't come right now, Mom.
00:30:42Alexander, I said I have an errand for you to do.
00:30:45But if I come now, something might happen.
00:30:48Something will happen if you don't come down here immediately.
00:30:51Well?
00:30:52Alexander, are you coming?
00:30:54Alexander!
00:30:56Okay, if you say so.
00:31:11What on earth was that?
00:31:13I have a faint idea.
00:31:27Oh!
00:31:38Hey!
00:31:39Hey, oh, my!
00:31:41Good morning, K.C.K.R.
00:31:56Oh, I'm sorry, sir. Mr. Thorpe can't be disturbed right now. He's in conference.
00:32:05Yes?
00:32:06Mr. Green just called Mr. Thorpe. He said he won't be able to play golf after all.
00:32:09All right, Miss Marsh.
00:32:35Yes, Mr. Thorpe?
00:32:36Get me the Rat Trip 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 S.S. receiver and 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.
00:33:02Why, in time, I'll be able to quit here and be my own boss. No more of this.
00:33:07I will give you a raise. I won't give you a raise.
00:33:09Bumstick!
00:33:13Dagwood, that was a great move on your part. That was a master stroke of strategy.
00:33:17What was?
00:33:18Putting 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. Dagwood, that was a great idea.
00:33:24Oh, yes, yes. Oh, yes. I thought that would work.
00:33:27I'll say it did. Thorpe just phoned. He's delighted with the plans and wants you immediately 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.
00:33:42Oh, yes, and a bottle of vanilla.
00:33:44Looks like you're going to have a party.
00:33:46No, I'm going into the cookie business.
00:33:48Oh, indeed.
00:33:51Mr. 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 a premier biscuit company.
00:33:59Of course, if you care to bring some of your cookies in, I'll be glad to display them.
00:34:03As strange as it may seem, we have very few customers for cookies.
00:34:07In fact, the best customer we have is that gentleman standing over there.
00:34:13Once a week, just like clockwork, he comes in and buys one package of every type of cookie we have on the shelves.
00:34:19Oh, he must be crazy about cookies.
00:34:23Why don't you approach him about your cookies?
00:34:26The next time you come in, put some on the counter, and undoubtedly you'll buy some of those, too.
00:34:32You like cookies, don't you?
00:34:34Oh yes, yes, yes.
00:34:36You put some on the counter, and undoubtedly you buy some of those, too.
00:34:57You like cookies, don't you?
00:34:59Oh, yes, yes, yes, yes.
00:35:02I'm going in the cookie business.
00:35:03Why, it's a good business to go into.
00:35:05There's a fortune in cookies. That's if they're good cookies.
00:35:07Well, my friends all tell me that my cookies are the best they've ever tasted.
00:35:10Really? I'd 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 a package,
00:35:18why, the rest of the package must be good, too.
00:35:20That's right.
00:35:22But why do you...
00:35:23Oh, Mrs. Bromstead, 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 the 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, think nothing of it. We'll take them right away.
00:35:46Here, can I help you?
00:35:48You'll find him at Studio A.
00:35:50Mr. Radcliffe to see Mr. Thorpe, please.
00:35:52We're right in, Mr. Radcliffe. Mr. 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.
00:36:05Good morning, Radcliffe.
00:36:06Good morning, Mr. Thorpe.
00:36:09Well, good morning, Mr. Thorpe.
00:36:12Oh, hello.
00:36:13Radcliffe, I gotta hand it 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. It was Mr. Bromstead's.
00:36:24And I think these plans are perfect.
00:36:26Well, I'm glad to hear that.
00:36:29With the exception of one small change.
00:36:31Well, what change did you have in mind?
00:36:33I'd like to have a shower installed in my private office.
00:36:41Oh, that's no problem, Mr. Thorpe.
00:36:43We can convert one of these large closets into a shower.
00:36:45Closet?
00:36:47That's an excellent idea.
00:36:49Oh, yes, that's an excellent idea.
00:36:53How long will it take you to indicate that change on these plans?
00:36:56Oh, very few minutes. Have you got a ruler?
00:36:58Right here.
00:36:59While your young man is making this change,
00:37:02I want to show you why our control room has to be enlarged for our remote pickups.
00:37:07Say, I'd like to see that. What kind of amplifier is it?
00:37:10No, you stay here and make the changes on those plans.
00:37:13Oh, yeah.
00:37:14Okay, gentlemen. By the time you get back, I'll have it all done.
00:38:30Pardon me, miss. May I borrow your nail file?
00:38:33Sure.
00:38:34Oh, thanks.
00:38:37Oh, I'm just going to tighten a little screw on Mr. Thorpe's radio.
00:38:40Oh, you better not touch that radio.
00:38:42Mr. Thorpe only bought it yesterday.
00:38:44Oh, yeah, but it's got a lot of static in it, and I can fix it in a jiffy.
00:38:47Oh, now, really, you're really...
00:38:48Oh, now, don't worry about it.
00:38:50I'm a radio engineer.
00:38:53I can see now why you need more space,
00:38:55especially when my station joins the coast-to-coast network.
00:38:58Incidentally, the Premier Biscuit Company goes on the air tomorrow night,
00:39:02not with their big show, but the same as they had last year.
00:39:05And I'm giving a little party in my office.
00:39:07Would you like to join us?
00:39:08I'd be delighted.
00:39:09All their executives will be there,
00:39:11and seeing that you're going to build my station, I think you should meet them.
00:39:14And besides, I'm sure you'll have a good time.
00:39:16I'm sure I will.
00:39:17I'm sure I will.
00:39:18I'm sure I will.
00:39:19I'm sure I will.
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.
00:39:37My radio.
00:39:42Hello.
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?
00:39:54You nincompoop.
00:39:56You idiot.
00:39:58You nitwit.
00:40:00You blockhead.
00:40:03I paid $1,500 for this radio,
00:40:05my biggest client coming tomorrow night.
00:40:08What am I going to do?
00:40:09What do I...
00:40:10Bradcliffe, if you want the contract to build my radio station,
00:40:14fire this idiot.
00:40:15Oh, no.
00:40:16Yes.
00:40:17No.
00:40:18Yes.
00:40:19No.
00:40:20Yes.
00:40:21No.
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.
00:40:31How come you know so much about pastry?
00:40:33Oh, I was practically born in a flour bin.
00:40:36My father was a baker, my mother was a baker,
00:40:38my grandfather...
00:40:39They're all bakers.
00:40:40Sort of a hobby with me.
00:40:41Oh, that accounts for it.
00:40:42Baking was bred in you.
00:40:43Yeah, baking was bred...
00:40:45That's very funny.
00:40:46You made a joke.
00:40:47Baking was bred.
00:40:48Bread, baking...
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 big help to my wife.
00:40:57My wife?
00:40:58I'm not married.
00:40:59No.
00:41:00Nearest time I ever came to getting married, of course,
00:41:02was when I baked a wedding cake for a friend of mine.
00:41:04Oh.
00:41:05But you're married, aren't you?
00:41:07I have two lovely children.
00:41:08Oh.
00:41:09Oh, yes, yes.
00:41:10All right.
00:41:11Has your husband any culinary leanings at all?
00:41:13Well, he does make a delicious sandwich.
00:41:15Sandwich?
00:41:16Oh, I love sandwiches, especially with bread.
00:41:20What does your husband do for a living?
00:41:22Oh, he has a very responsible position
00:41:24with a big construction company.
00:41:26And just lately, he's taken up radio engineering on the side.
00:41:29Radio?
00:41:30Oh, I love radio.
00:41:31I love radio, especially the funny part
00:41:32where the comedians make the laughs go...
00:41:35I like that part.
00:41:38Blondie.
00:41:39Blondie.
00:41:43Oh.
00:41:44Will you excuse me, Mr. Simmons?
00:41:45Oh, yeah, you go ahead.
00:41:46I'll take care of everything.
00:41:47Oh.
00:41:48All right, fine.
00:41:49I'll fix everything, of course.
00:41:50Dagwood.
00:41:51What 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.
00:41:58I'm not going to play golf.
00:42:00Then why are you home?
00:42:01Mr. Radcliffe sent me home.
00:42:03For good.
00:42:06Huh?
00:42:07What?
00:42:09What 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?
00:42:18There's a man out in the kitchen.
00:42:20A man?
00:42:21Shh.
00:42:22A man.
00:42:23Who is he?
00:42:24I don't know.
00:42:25He just picked me up in the grocery store.
00:42:27Huh?
00:42:28Well, I'll be leaving, Mrs. Bumstead.
00:42:30Oh, this is your husband, I presume.
00:42:31How do you do?
00:42:32Yes, but who...
00:42:33You 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'm going to make 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.
00:42:43Uh-huh.
00:42:44The more butter it is, the better the batter is.
00:42:45If the batter gets any worse, it'll be better.
00:42:47The better the batter is, the better.
00:42:49Well, who is he?
00:42:50What 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.
00:43:04Or 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.
00:43:12Yes, but Mr. Thorpe is so impatient.
00:43:14If 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.
00:43:24Well, Dagwood, there's no sense crying over spilled milk.
00:43:27We'll both just have to pitch in,
00:43:28you with your radio repairing and me with my cookies.
00:43:31Oh, no, Blondie.
00:43:32I'm not ready yet to repair radios.
00:43:34And if just your friends and neighbors buy cookies,
00:43:37why, that wouldn't bring in enough money to...
00:43:39I'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.
00:43:47Advertising costs an awful lot of money.
00:43:49Oh, not the way I'm going to advertise.
00:43:51I'm going to have circulars printed,
00:43:53and 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?
00:44:05In bold type it's going to read,
00:44:07Blondie's cookies hit the spot.
00:44:21Blondie's cookies may be obtained at 4227 Shady Lane Avenue.
00:44:344227 Shady Lane Avenue
00:45:054227 Shady Lane Avenue
00:45:17I 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, wait till tomorrow.
00:45:30Huh, Blondie? Huh?
00:45:31Well, I'm afraid that we're going to have to get some more butter and eggs and...
00:45:34Oh, don't worry about that.
00:45:35We'll get more tomorrow, more tomorrow.
00:45:37Don't worry.
00:45:38But you don't understand.
00:45:39You see, Mr. Simmons...
00:45:40Oh, Llewellyn, Llewellyn, Llewellyn.
00:45:42Oh.
00:45:43Well, you see, Llewellyn,
00:45:44we have to sell the ones we've already made
00:45:46to get money to buy the 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.
00:45:52Now, don't worry.
00:45:53Do you have a cigar?
00:45:54Have a cigar?
00:45:56Oh, thanks.
00:45:57Well, children, you better go upstairs and get ready for bed.
00:45:59Good night, Mom and Dad.
00:46:00Good night, Mommy.
00:46:01Good night, Daddy.
00:46:02Good night, kids.
00:46:04Good night, Uncle Llewellyn.
00:46:07Uncle Llewellyn.
00:46:08Isn't he cute?
00:46:09Good night.
00:46:10Lovely children and well behaved, well behaved.
00:46:13Well, if you'll pardon me,
00:46:14I have a little more work to do on my radio.
00:46:16Oh, Blondie tells me you're a wonderful radio engineer.
00:46:19Well, I wouldn't say an expert,
00:46:21but I just built one of the most powerful sets in the country.
00:46:24I think.
00:46:25Well, I'd like to see it sometime.
00:46:27You would?
00:46:28Go on ahead, Llewellyn.
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.
00:46:43Good evening, Mrs. Taylor.
00:46:44Good evening.
00:46:45How are you?
00:46:46Good evening, Mrs. Dixon.
00:46:49No, thank you.
00:46:54Radcliffe.
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.
00:47:01Thank you. Not now. After the broadcast.
00:47:14There it is.
00:47:15All finished.
00:47:17But I can't understand having these parts left over.
00:47:20Maybe they're spare parts.
00:47:21Yes.
00:47:25Well, shall we warm it up?
00:47:27Yeah, warm it up.
00:47:28Get some funny comedians.
00:47:29Get some big laughs and things like that.
00:47:31Start it off.
00:47:39Those are not comedians.
00:47:41It's almost time for the program, folks.
00:47:45Quiet, everybody. This is it.
00:47:48The Overland Broadcasting Company is proud to present the first in a series of 30-minute broadcasts
00:47:53sponsored by the Premier Biscuit Company.
00:47:56The Premier Biscuit Company, makers of the world's finest cakes and cookies,
00:48:00presents their Spring Ensemble,
00:48:02whose smooth, dreamy music is in keeping with Premier's smooth, creamy cookies.
00:48:08I would like to say a few more words about Premier Cookies.
00:48:11Before we hear from the Spring Ensemble...
00:48:13Another commercial?
00:48:14The cookies like Mother used to make.
00:48:16Only better. Cookies with a personality all their own.
00:48:20Drop in at your neighborhood grocer and ask for Premier Cookies.
00:48:24There are 18 different varieties to choose from.
00:48:27And now, our Spring Ensemble will play The Ringing in the Sheaves.
00:48:41Isn't it beautiful?
00:48:45Mrs. Dixon likes this type of music.
00:48:53If it works, Dagwood, you'll graduate next week and get your diploma, too.
00:48:58With you selling cookies and him fixing radios, your troubles will soon be over.
00:49:02Did you get that circular made up, as I told you?
00:49:04Oh, yes, I did, Llewellyn. And last night, we mailed hundreds of them out.
00:49:07Wait, I'll show you one.
00:49:08Oh, well, there's only one thing when you're starting off with a new product to advertise.
00:49:11If you got out, start off modestly with little pamphlets or little circulars or something like that.
00:49:15And then as business increases, you advertise the newspapers and finally the radio.
00:49:19Here you are, Llewellyn.
00:49:21Oh, I can't read it without my glasses. You read it.
00:49:23Oh, come to think of it, I don't even use glasses.
00:49:25But you read it anyway. You read it.
00:49:28We shall now hear what a housewife thinks of Premier Cookies.
00:49:32Try Blondie's Butternut Cookies.
00:49:34They're delicious. They melt in your mouth.
00:49:36What is this, dear?
00:49:38Blondie's Cookies do not stay on your grocery shelf for days.
00:49:41They come direct from the oven to you.
00:49:43No other cookie can make that statement.
00:49:45Blondie's Cookies may be obtained at 4227 Shady Lane Avenue.
00:49:51Oh, thank you, dear.
00:49:52And that's what I like about Premier Cookies.
00:49:56I spend thousands of dollars putting Premier Cookies on the air.
00:49:59And what happens?
00:50:00You let some cheap huckster horn in on my radio time with some blasted Blondie.
00:50:05I can't understand it, Mr. Dixon.
00:50:07Well, understand this.
00:50:08If you let a thing like this happen on a small broadcast,
00:50:11what's liable to happen when I go on coast to coast?
00:50:14The deal is off.
00:50:15When this contract expires, I'm going to give my account to some other network.
00:50:19Don't go, Mr. Dixon.
00:50:20I'll check with the control room and see what happens.
00:50:22It already happened.
00:50:24Come, dear.
00:50:26If I could get my hands on whoever cut in on that show, I'd...
00:50:30I'd...
00:50:31What was the address she said those cookies could be obtained at?
00:50:34Why, it's...
00:50:35I forget.
00:50:36Now that I've lost my best account, you can forget about enlarging my radio station.
00:50:40The deal is off.
00:50:41Come on, dear.
00:50:42Calm yourself, dear.
00:50:43I'll get it.
00:50:44I'll get it.
00:50:45I'll get it.
00:50:46I'll get it.
00:50:47I'll get it.
00:50:48I'll get it.
00:50:49I'll get it.
00:50:50I'll get it.
00:50:51I'll get it.
00:50:52I'll get it.
00:50:53I'll get it.
00:50:54Calm yourself, dear.
00:50:56I didn't think Blondie would do a thing like this to me.
00:50:58What did you say?
00:50:59I said...
00:51:00Nothing.
00:51:02Now!
00:51:14Did these air thieves pirate a pickle show?
00:51:16No.
00:51:17Did they steal from some soap show?
00:51:19No.
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.
00:51:36I second that.
00:51:37You're absolutely right.
00:51:38You 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.
00:51:46Your account means everything to me.
00:51:48And I won't leave a stone unturned.
00:51:54Hello, Miss Marsh.
00:51:55Connect me with Fuller.
00:51:57Fuller, about that incident last night.
00:51:59Get 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.
00:52:07We'll have these people picked up in no time.
00:52:12Bob, don't you think on a matter as important as this, Llewellyn should be here?
00:52:15Oh, what does Llewellyn know about these things?
00:52:17Llewellyn, Llewellyn, I heard my name.
00:52:18Hey, what's going on here?
00:52:19Listen, I'm president here yet.
00:52:20Now, take a look.
00:52:21Over there, over there.
00:52:23Now, what's cooking?
00:52:24What's cooking?
00:52:25What's cooking?
00:52:26Didn't you listen to our radio program last night?
00:52:28No, no.
00:52:29Who wants to hear those long-haired musicians play?
00:52:31No, no.
00:52:32I'm waiting for our new show with the comedians and the laughs.
00:52:33Ha, ha, ha, ha.
00:52:34That's what I'm waiting for.
00:52:35Look, some other company cut in on our program last night.
00:52:38So what?
00:52:39So what?
00:52:40It was another cookie company.
00:52:41I don't care.
00:52:42Another cookie company?
00:52:43Well, what are we waiting for?
00:52:44Well, what are we waiting for?
00:52:45Oh, what are we waiting for?
00:52:46Arrest them.
00:52:47Put them all in jail.
00:52:48Listen, I'm president and principal stockholder of this company,
00:52:50and I demand them all be put in jail,
00:52:51and the keys thrown away, every one of them.
00:52:53I've got to leave now.
00:52:54I've got to leave now.
00:52:55I've got to go away.
00:52:56Remember what I said?
00:52:57Get them all, put them all in jail,
00:52:58each and every one of them in jail.
00:53:01And business is slack,
00:53:02and we needed that contract for that radio station.
00:53:04We certainly did.
00:53:05I fired Bumstead, 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 Bumstead jinx hovers over me, doesn't it?
00:53:14It certainly does.
00:53:15When I bought this firm from Mr. Dithers,
00:53:17he warned me about Bumstead, didn't he?
00:53:18He certainly did.
00:53:19But I, being soft-hearted, paid no attention to him, did I?
00:53:22You certainly didn't.
00:53:24You call Bumstead and tell him I want to see him in my office immediately.
00:53:26I certainly will.
00:53:27What a sap.
00:53:28What a fool I've been.
00:53:30You certainly have.
00:53:35I'll take two of these.
00:53:36Oh, all righty.
00:53:38Now, here we are.
00:53:40Here, Parker.
00:53:41I'll take two of these.
00:53:42Oh, I hope you can change the $10 bill.
00:53:44Oh, yes, of course I can.
00:53:46My goodness, business has been so wonderful this morning.
00:53:51Listen, don't you fellas tell Dixon I swiped all this product from the Premier Biscuit Company
00:53:55and 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 a cookie anyway.
00:54:03Good old dog, he said.
00:54:10Now I can pay for all that butter you bought.
00:54:12Oh, forget it, forget it, forget it, forget it.
00:54:13Well, no, Llewellyn, I won't forget it.
00:54:15I'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 for us.
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 to advertise.
00:54:32Now, if we could only get a spot on the radio.
00:54:35It'll be some time before we can afford that.
00:54:37Speaking of radio, by the way, is your husband working upstairs?
00:54:39Uh-uh. His ex-boss telephoned him to come down to the office.
00:54:42Maybe he wants to give him his job back.
00:54:44Well, if he does, Dagwood won't take it.
00:54:46He won't take it.
00:54:47Especially after he saw that long line of customers outside.
00:54:52This is it.
00:54:55Did you get a load of that antenna on the roof?
00:54:57Yep.
00:54:59Ah, more customers, more customers.
00:55:01Oh, good.
00:55:02More customers, by the way.
00:55:06Well, gentlemen, how many do you want?
00:55:07How 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. Oh, in that case, I'll have to call Blondie.
00:55:20Excuse me.
00:55:22Blondie.
00:55:25Oh, Blondie.
00:55:26There's two gentlemen outside who want to see you about having some radio work done or something.
00:55:29I don't know what it is.
00:55:30Radio work?
00:55:31Here.
00:55:32Oh, thank you.
00:55:34Good morning, gentlemen.
00:55:35We'd like to see your radio.
00:55:37Oh, well, I didn't think anyone knew my husband was a radio engineer.
00:55:41Oh, things get around.
00:55:43Oh, I'll show it to you.
00:55:45It's right upstairs.
00:56:03Have you guys seen my rubber spoon? No?
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 this.
00:56:24Yeah, yeah, we know, we know.
00:56:25But...
00:56:26Your name's Blondie, isn't it?
00:56:27Yes.
00:56:28Oh, come on, lady, you're going with us.
00:56:29Why?
00:56:30You'll find out when you get there.
00:56:31Well...
00:56:33My rubber spoon.
00:56:34I don't want to bruise the platter.
00:56:42How long will I be going to wherever it is I'm going for whatever I'm going for?
00:56:46Well, that all depends.
00:56:48Well, do you mind if I get my hat and coat?
00:56:50Okay.
00:56:55Now, let's grab the guy.
00:57:04Let's go.
00:57:18Where's that fellow that answered the door?
00:57:19Oh, he doesn't live here.
00:57:20He's just a visitor, and I...
00:57:22Well, I...
00:57:23I can...
00:57:24If you'll just...
00:57:28Where is that spoon?
00:57:29Where is that spoon?
00:57:34Maybe he sneaked upstairs.
00:57:35Oh, I'm sure he doesn't have anything to do with whatever we've done.
00:57:38Oh, sure.
00:57:39Well...
00:57:46Oh, I've been up there.
00:57:55Well, he's got to be around here somewhere.
00:58:04He must have gone out the back door.
00:58:06Oh, with that face, he won't be hard to pick up.
00:58:08Let's get the stuff, Harry, and get out of here.
00:58:13Where did it go?
00:58:14Where did it go?
00:58:15What would I do about it?
00:58:16Hmm, let's see.
00:58:18I was a rubber spoon and now it's lost.
00:58:19Where would I go?
00:58:20Where would I go?
00:58:21That's it.
00:58:22Where would I go?
00:58:23Of course, I'd go where other spoons go.
00:58:25That's right.
00:58:26Where other spoons go.
00:58:28Oh!
00:58:29Oh!
00:58:30Oh!
00:58:31Oh!
00:58:32Oh!
00:58:35I knew I'd find you.
00:58:36I knew I'd find...
00:58:41Where are you going, Mom?
00:58:43I 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.
00:58:57Good morning.
00:58:58Have you graduated from your radio engineering school yet?
00:59:00Oh, not yet, but I finished my set and I expect to graduate any minute.
00:59:04Be 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?
00:59:26Dagwood, I want to ask you just one question, and all you have to answer is yes or no.
00:59:30The 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 fired me, and I'm going to stay fired.
00:59:38Now, listen, Dagwood.
00:59:40This is my day, and you listen to me.
00:59:42Ever since I can remember, you've been firing me, hiring me, raising me, docking me,
00:59:46bonusing me and unbonusing me, and I won't stand for it any longer.
00:59:49Now, just a minute, Dagwood.
00:59:51Barty's been making money hand over fist, and if the business continues to improve,
00:59:54it'll give me great pleasure to give myself a raise.
00:59:57Listen, you lunkhead.
00:59:59All I wanted to ask you was just one thing.
01:00:02Yes?
01:00:04Oh.
01:00:06Oh, hello, Blondie.
01:00:08What's that?
01:00:10Two men came to your house and did what?
01:00:12They arrested you?
01:00:14Yes, Blondie, he's here.
01:00:16All right, we'll be right down.
01:00:20What happened?
01:00:21Just exactly what I thought would happen.
01:00:23That's why I got you down here.
01:00:25You and that radio engineering had Blondie in plenty of trouble.
01:00:27Oh, no, no, no.
01:00:29Now, you're just trying to frighten me.
01:00:31Blondie's home because I just left her there.
01:00:33Blondie has been arrested, and they're holding her down at the radio station.
01:00:36Hello, oh, hello, Blondie.
01:00:39Oh, Lou Ellen?
01:00:41Oh, well, let me talk to Blondie, please.
01:00:43Blondie's not here, Dagwood.
01:00:45She went away somewhere with a couple of gentlemen.
01:00:47I don't know where she went.
01:00:49Well, they arrested Blondie, and they're holding her down.
01:00:51Down at the radio station.
01:00:53Yeah.
01:00:55What'd they arrest her for?
01:00:57If it wasn't for Blondie and the kids,
01:00:59I'd let you take your own medicine.
01:01:01What have I done?
01:01:03Well, if I can penetrate that skull of yours,
01:01:05I'll try to explain it to you.
01:01:07But I tell you, gentlemen,
01:01:09I had no idea I was broadcasting.
01:01:11All you had to do was to flip this key down,
01:01:13and you're on the air.
01:01:15But I was nowhere near that key.
01:01:17And if anyone did flip it down, it was an accident.
01:01:19Accident?
01:01:21We will now hear what a housewife has to say
01:01:23about premier cookies.
01:01:25You came right in on cue and said,
01:01:27try Blondie's cookies.
01:01:29Don't tell me that was an accident.
01:01:31It was too perfectly timed.
01:01:33Well, as soon as my husband comes,
01:01:35he'll be able to explain everything,
01:01:37because he's almost a radio engineer.
01:01:39Was that your husband who ducked out the back door?
01:01:41Oh, no, no, that was just some nice old gentleman
01:01:43who was helping me with my cookies.
01:01:45Oh, nice old gentleman.
01:01:47I've been known to blow up bridges, wreck trains.
01:01:49Who was this nice old gentleman?
01:01:51Well, I can assure you that he had
01:01:53nothing at all to do with the radio.
01:01:55We'll have him picked up inside of a couple of hours,
01:01:57Mr. Dixon.
01:01:59Good.
01:02:01Now, now, gentlemen, let's not jump at conclusions.
01:02:03Maybe this was an accident.
01:02:05Oh, no, it's all very clear to me.
01:02:07Her husband built the radio, she did the broadcasting,
01:02:09and this kindly old gentleman
01:02:11is evidently the brains of the outfit.
01:02:13And I'm going to see that they're prosecuted
01:02:15to the fullest extent.
01:02:17And if you want to keep my account,
01:02:19you'll cooperate in this matter.
01:02:21Right here.
01:02:28Mrs. Bumstead, telephone me from here.
01:02:30Oh, well, she's in with Mr. Thorpe, but you can't...
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?
01:02:38Yeah, but she had nothing to do with the radio.
01:02:40I built it.
01:02:42Well, you can't go in until they get through grilling her.
01:02:44Grilling?
01:02:46Now, Dagwood, they're only asking her a few questions.
01:02:48And do you realize that you're liable
01:02:49to a $10,000 fine and two years in jail?
01:02:51Oh, dear.
01:02:53You've been lying to me long enough.
01:02:55Take that.
01:02:57And that.
01:02:59And that.
01:03:01And that.
01:03:03And that.
01:03:05They're not questioning her, they're torturing her.
01:03:07Blondie!
01:03:11Blondie.
01:03:13Who slapped you?
01:03:15Yeah, just point him out and I'll tear him limb from limb.
01:03:17Dagwood, nobody slapped me.
01:03:19No.
01:03:21You.
01:03:23It can't be.
01:03:25Are you married to that?
01:03:28I certainly am.
01:03:30I can't believe it.
01:03:32I felt sorry for this little lady.
01:03:34Now I feel doubly sorry that she's married to this...
01:03:36This nemesis.
01:03:38Now, listen.
01:03:40I never nemesised anything in my life.
01:03:42What did you say the penalty was?
01:03:44$10,000 fine and two years in jail.
01:03:46If they'd give him his two years and her two years
01:03:47making four all together,
01:03:49I'd give $10,000 out of my own pocket.
01:03:51I'm glad to see you're in favor of prosecuting these two.
01:03:54Not her, him.
01:03:56Call the chief of police, call somebody.
01:03:58But put him away where he can't do any more damage.
01:04:00But I tell you, if Dagwood did anything wrong,
01:04:02he did it unconsciously.
01:04:04He's always unconscious.
01:04:06Get on the phone, Dixon.
01:04:08You bet I will.
01:04:10Wait till we get hold of that kindly old gentleman.
01:04:12We'll throw the book at him.
01:04:14I don't believe it!
01:04:15I don't believe it!
01:04:17Yes?
01:04:19Well, I was looking for you.
01:04:21So, you decided to give yourself up.
01:04:26I got him, I got him.
01:04:31Hello, Ellen.
01:04:33Oh, you should have stayed at home.
01:04:35Who's this?
01:04:37He's the guy who gave us the slip.
01:04:39He's the kindly old gentleman?
01:04:41That's him.
01:04:43Well, now that we got all three of them,
01:04:45let's not jump at conclusions.
01:04:47Maybe it all was an accident.
01:04:49What do you mean, an accident?
01:04:51Shaw clear to me.
01:04:53She did the broadcasting, he built the set,
01:04:55and that old coot is the brains of the outfit.
01:04:57Coot, who?
01:04:59Who's a coot?
01:05:01What are my friends doing here?
01:05:03Well, we're going to prosecute them
01:05:05for cutting in on our radio show last night.
01:05:07What do you mean?
01:05:09When the show went on the air last night,
01:05:11I was with Dagwood up in his room.
01:05:13He was fooling around with the radio.
01:05:15I was 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.
01:05:21Now, that's the whole thing.
01:05:23That's it.
01:05:25That's what?
01:05:27You've got your elbow on that switch.
01:05:29That's what set it out over the air.
01:05:31Did you do that last night?
01:05:33Well, what are we waiting for?
01:05:35They've all admitted their guilt.
01:05:37Miss Marsh, get me...
01:05:39What's the idea?
01:05:41This happens to be Lou Ellen Simmons,
01:05:43the president of the Premier Biscuit Company.
01:05:46It seems to me, gentlemen,
01:05:48that if you're going to prosecute Dagwood and Blondie,
01:05:50you'll have to do the same to Mr. Simmons.
01:05:52Who is this? Who is this?
01:05:54He's Bunkstead's ex-boss.
01:05:56You got lots of air on you.
01:05:58Who are you? Who are you?
01:06:00I'm Thorpe, the owner of this radio station.
01:06:02Lou Ellen, answer me one thing.
01:06:04How long have you known these people?
01:06:06Oh, Lou Ellen's been helping me to bake my cookies.
01:06:09You mean he's been making cookies for you?
01:06:12And very good cookies they are, too, here.
01:06:13You never saw such a cookie in your life.
01:06:15Well, thank you.
01:06:17Have a cookie. Here, have one of those.
01:06:19That's beautiful.
01:06:21Don't you realize you're in competition with yourself?
01:06:23Yeah, but you would let me in my own kitchen.
01:06:25I like to bake. I like to bake sometimes.
01:06:28These are good.
01:06:30Sure.
01:06:32But 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.
01:06:38Mrs. Bunkstead, the Premier Biscuit Company
01:06:40will be glad to pay you well for this recipe.
01:06:41Gentlemen, that recipe is not for sale.
01:06:43Go ahead and sell it, Blondie.
01:06:45Then we can pay for this stove.
01:06:47These are mighty good.
01:06:49Mrs. Bunkstead, name your price.
01:06:51No, I will not sell the recipe.
01:06:53Attagirl, attagirl.
01:06:55Mr. Dixon, your cookie program
01:06:57is going on a coast-to-coast network
01:06:59in a few weeks, isn't it?
01:07:01Yes.
01:07:03And you, Mr. Thorpe, were going to build
01:07:05a bigger radio station to handle Mr. Dixon's account,
01:07:07weren't you?
01:07:09And you, Mr. Radcliffe, were going to build
01:07:11a radio station for Mr. Thorpe?
01:07:13Well, it looked that way.
01:07:15You liked the Radcliffe plans, didn't you?
01:07:17Well, I thought they were very good.
01:07:19Who drew up those plans, Mr. Radcliffe?
01:07:21Well, Dagwood.
01:07:23Thank you. Dagwood.
01:07:25Well, if you'll agree that Mr. Thorpe
01:07:27continues with your account,
01:07:29and you, Mr. Thorpe, have the Radcliffe
01:07:31Construction Company build your new radio station,
01:07:33then, Mr. Radcliffe, I will allow Dagwood
01:07:35to go back to work for you, on my terms.
01:07:37On your terms?
01:07:39Oh, yes.
01:07:41That's a big bonus.
01:07:43And no maybe. Is that clear, Mr. Radcliffe?
01:07:45Well, I...
01:07:48Yes, yes, yes.
01:07:53Well, now it's all settled.
01:07:56Oh, except one more thing.
01:07:58Llewellyn must be allowed to do whatever he wants
01:08:00in his own kitchen.
01:08:02Well...
01:08:04Oh, yes.
01:08:06Of course, of course.
01:08:08Whoo!
01:08:10In that case, Mr. Dixon,
01:08:12the Premier Biscuit Company
01:08:14can have my recipe.
01:08:16For nothing.
01:08:18Thank you, Mrs. Bumstead.
01:08:22Excuse me.
01:08:28Thanks, Miss Marshall.
01:08:30Oops, excuse me for a moment.
01:08:32I have to listen to a new announcer.
01:08:34Oh, may we listen, too?
01:08:36Well, yes.
01:08:38Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.
01:08:40The following broadcast is the first of a series
01:08:42sponsored by the...
01:08:44Oh, goodness.
01:08:46I can't understand it. Something's wrong.
01:08:48Oh, it's only a little loose screw somewhere.
01:08:50Has anybody got a nail file?
01:08:52Goodbye.
01:08:54Dagwood, I'll see you at 9 o'clock in the morning.
01:08:56Come on.
01:08:58I'll get you a butterfly.
01:09:00Okay, bye.