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00:00:14 Blondie!
00:00:16 [music]
00:00:20 Pretty face, funny hat, that's what my Blondie is.
00:00:24 Lovable feet, both flat, that's what my Dagwood is.
00:00:28 Blondie's not always right, I let her think she is.
00:00:32 All of my thoughts are bright, long as he thinks they're his.
00:00:37 Life of us is fun and crazy, baby duffling, us and Daisy, part of family.
00:00:43 Incredible, bumsteadable, hurry you'll miss your butt.
00:00:48 Watch out, you'll burn your stew.
00:00:50 Nothing's too much for us, as long as with me there's you.
00:00:54 Dagwood and Blondie, Blondie and Dagwood, always with me there's you.
00:01:00 [music]
00:01:28 [singing]
00:01:31 Now children, don't falter, lunch is plenty of time before you do that in school.
00:01:36 Gee, Mommy, you sure have been happy lately.
00:01:39 Oh, I have every reason to be.
00:01:41 Starting this week, Daddy's boss, Mr. Radcliffe, has promised him a $15 raise.
00:01:46 I wonder why.
00:01:48 Because he deserves it, that's why.
00:01:51 Daddy hasn't been late to the office in weeks.
00:01:54 Poor dear, he's been constantly keeping his nose to the grindstone.
00:01:59 [whistling]
00:02:01 [music]
00:02:08 [dog barking]
00:02:11 [music]
00:02:19 Bark!
00:02:21 [music]
00:02:44 Take it easy, Mac, that's the third pot you've broken this morning.
00:02:49 When will the cookies be done, Mommy?
00:02:51 Well, I'd say...
00:02:53 Blondie!
00:02:55 Hi, everybody. Hi, Daisy.
00:02:57 Dagwood!
00:02:59 What are you doing home this time of day?
00:03:01 Well...
00:03:02 What happened to the grindstone, Pop?
00:03:04 Huh?
00:03:05 The one you keep your nose on.
00:03:08 Does Mr. Radcliffe know you've come home?
00:03:10 He sent me home.
00:03:11 Oh, Dagwood, you haven't been fired.
00:03:13 Oh, no, Blondie. I'm going to play golf this afternoon.
00:03:17 Golf?
00:03:18 You see, Mr. Radcliffe and I are teeing off with a very important client,
00:03:22 and he wants me along to kind of help cinch the deal.
00:03:25 [phone ringing]
00:03:26 Excuse me, dear.
00:03:30 Hello?
00:03:31 Oh, yes, Mr. Radcliffe. He's right here. Just a minute.
00:03:34 Yes, Mr. Radcliffe.
00:03:36 Hello?
00:03:37 Dagwood, our date with Mr. Thorpe has been changed.
00:03:39 We're going to meet him at one o'clock instead of two.
00:03:41 Oh, and be sure and bring those fans with you.
00:03:43 You can rely on me, Mr. Radcliffe. I won't forget them.
00:03:46 Goodbye.
00:03:48 Now I've got to hurry and get dressed because our appointment with Mr. Thorpe has been pushed up an hour.
00:03:52 But who's this Mr. Thorpe?
00:03:53 Oh, he's the important client we're playing golf with this afternoon.
00:03:56 He's going to build a new radio station, and we're going to try to get the contracts.
00:04:01 Oh!
00:04:05 Where did you get these?
00:04:07 I bought them.
00:04:08 And what's in all those packages?
00:04:10 Well, a man in my position has to dress the part.
00:04:13 But where did you get the money to buy all these things?
00:04:15 Oh, I didn't spend any money, Blondie.
00:04:17 I charged them.
00:04:20 Dagwood, don't you think you're being a little extravagant?
00:04:23 Oh, no, Blondie. I got a $15 raise starting this week.
00:04:26 And if I cinch the deal this afternoon, I'll probably get a nice bonus.
00:04:30 I know, dear, but...
00:04:32 Mom, something's burning!
00:04:34 Oh, dear.
00:04:38 Oh, my cookies!
00:04:40 Oh!
00:04:42 Oh, dear.
00:04:44 Oh, look at them.
00:04:46 Maybe you left them in too long.
00:04:48 Oh, I only put them in a few minutes ago.
00:04:51 You just can't trust this old stove.
00:04:54 One day it takes hours to bake something,
00:04:56 and the next day it burns everything to a crisp, including me, in just a few minutes.
00:05:00 Well, I'm sorry, children, but there won't be any cookies for after school.
00:05:04 Oh, yes, there will.
00:05:05 I'm going to call Archer's right now and get that stove you've been admiring.
00:05:10 But, Dagwood, that stove costs over $300.
00:05:14 Ouch!
00:05:15 Well, we can afford it.
00:05:18 With my raise and the bonus I hope to get, we can afford it.
00:05:23 Oh, hello, Archer's?
00:05:26 Archer's, this is Dagwood Bromstead of Shady Lane Avenue.
00:05:30 Well, Mr. Archer, you know that stove that you have in your window?
00:05:34 Well, I'd like to have you install that in my kitchen this afternoon.
00:05:38 You can? Oh, you can!
00:05:40 Well, that's fine. Okay, goodbye.
00:05:43 Honey, you shouldn't have done that.
00:05:45 No, nothing's too good for the wife of Dagwood Bromstead.
00:05:49 Now, dear, while I change clothes, would you mind fixing me a little bite, a little snack?
00:05:53 Of course I will.
00:05:57 Do you really think we can afford that stove?
00:06:00 Blondie, I always believe in looking ahead, never behind.
00:06:04 Oh! What happened?
00:06:08 Ah!
00:06:11 Dagwood, lunch is ready. You'd better hurry.
00:06:14 All right, Blondie!
00:06:18 [music]
00:06:42 Well, how do I look?
00:06:44 You look better in men's clothes.
00:06:46 Huh?
00:06:47 Cookie.
00:06:48 Well, dear, if that's what they wear when they play golf, I think you look very nice.
00:06:54 Well, as they often said, it was the latest thing.
00:06:58 Did he say latest or loudest?
00:07:01 Hey, hey, hey.
00:07:02 Alexander, your father will probably be the best dressed man on the diamond.
00:07:06 No, not diamond, Blondie, links.
00:07:09 Oh, links.
00:07:10 Yeah.
00:07:11 Well, wherever it is you play that silly game.
00:07:13 No, not Blondie.
00:07:14 There are more big deals put over on a golf course than there are in a conference room.
00:07:18 Now, for instance, this Mr. Thorpe.
00:07:20 Say, isn't there a Mr. Thorpe in this town who already owns a radio station?
00:07:24 It's the same one, but he's going to build a bigger one.
00:07:27 It's going to be one of the biggest in the country, big enough to broadcast coast to coast.
00:07:31 And they're going to get some more kilowatts or cycles or something from the government.
00:07:35 I see.
00:07:36 Yeah.
00:07:39 Good morning, Elvin.
00:07:40 What do you mean morning? It's afternoon.
00:07:42 How come you're so late delivering the mail today?
00:07:44 I finally got smart, Elvin.
00:07:45 Yeah?
00:07:46 Yeah.
00:07:47 I always deliver the mail on this street at a quarter of nine every morning, right?
00:07:51 Right.
00:07:52 And every morning, Bumstead charged out of the house on his way to the office and knocked me down, right?
00:07:57 Right.
00:07:58 Well, I finally got permission to make this the last street that I deliver on.
00:08:02 And I know that Bumstead is not going to knock me down at 1230 in the afternoon, right?
00:08:08 Right.
00:08:09 You know, Blondie, I have a feeling I'm going to play a terrific game today.
00:08:12 I'll probably make a hole in one.
00:08:14 Dagwood, I don't think it would be very nice if you beat Mr. Radcliffe and Mr. Thorpe too badly.
00:08:20 Oh, I'll let them win a couple of holes.
00:08:22 In fact, I'm, I'm going to...
00:08:24 I'm late! I'm late!
00:08:26 Come on, I'll get you out!
00:08:28 Come on, hurry up!
00:08:29 I'll open the door!
00:08:31 I'll get the door.
00:08:32 Come on, hurry, hurry, hurry!
00:08:34 No!
00:08:44 [gunshot]
00:08:47 [tires screeching]
00:08:49 [coughing]
00:09:07 [whistles]
00:09:09 Look, Radcliffe, I have an appointment later this afternoon with one of my biggest clients, the Premier Biscuit Company.
00:09:25 If that man of yours doesn't show up pretty soon, we'll only be able to play nine holes.
00:09:28 I'm sorry, Mr. Thorpe.
00:09:29 Say, look, perhaps while we're waiting we could discuss the building of your new radio station.
00:09:33 I told you we'd discuss that after the game.
00:09:35 When I play golf, I concentrate on golf.
00:09:38 And when I do business, I'm all business.
00:09:40 Is that clear?
00:09:41 Yes, Mr. Thorpe.
00:09:43 If he doesn't show up pretty soon, I'll be too old to play.
00:09:46 Woo-hoo! Mr. Radcliffe! Hey!
00:09:51 Here he comes!
00:09:53 Oh, my!
00:09:59 Well, I'm sorry I'm late, Mr. Radcliffe.
00:10:02 Yes, Dagwood, meet Mr. Thorpe.
00:10:04 Mr. Thorpe, this is Dagwood Bumstead.
00:10:06 Oh, I'm very glad to...
00:10:08 Well, bang one out, Mr. Thorpe.
00:10:11 You go next and I'll go last.
00:10:17 You're not playing, Dagwood.
00:10:19 You're so late, all the caddies are out.
00:10:21 You're caddying four.
00:10:23 Caddy? But, but, but, but...
00:10:26 Four!
00:10:27 And stop that hissing, too.
00:10:32 You didn't keep your head down.
00:10:34 We won't count that one, Mr. Thorpe. That was just a practice shot.
00:10:37 Caddy, tee up my ball!
00:10:41 Well, I...
00:10:43 Here.
00:10:45 Caddy, tee up my ball!
00:10:47 Well, I...
00:10:49 Oh, my!
00:10:50 Here, hold it.
00:11:08 Here, hold it.
00:11:09 Caddy, take out that pin.
00:11:34 Well?
00:11:36 Oh, yes, sir.
00:11:37 Caddy, take out that pin.
00:11:39 Well, yes, sir.
00:11:40 Caddy, take out that pin.
00:11:42 Well, yes, sir.
00:11:43 Caddy, take out that pin.
00:11:45 Well, yes, sir.
00:11:46 Caddy, take out that pin.
00:11:48 Well, yes, sir.
00:11:49 Caddy, take out that pin.
00:11:51 Well, yes, sir.
00:11:52 Caddy, take out that pin.
00:11:54 Well, yes, sir.
00:11:55 Caddy, take out that pin.
00:11:57 Well, yes, sir.
00:11:58 Caddy, take out that pin.
00:12:00 Well, yes, sir.
00:12:01 Caddy, take out that pin.
00:12:03 Well, yes, sir.
00:12:04 Caddy, take out that pin.
00:12:06 Well, yes, sir.
00:12:07 Caddy, take out that pin.
00:12:09 Well, yes, sir.
00:12:10 Caddy, take out that pin.
00:12:12 Well, yes, sir.
00:12:13 Caddy, take out that pin.
00:12:15 Well, yes, sir.
00:12:16 Caddy, take out that pin.
00:12:18 Well, yes, sir.
00:12:19 Caddy, take out that pin.
00:12:21 Well, yes, sir.
00:12:22 Caddy, take out that pin.
00:12:24 Well, yes, sir.
00:12:25 Caddy, take out that pin.
00:12:27 Well, yes, sir.
00:12:28 Caddy, take out that pin.
00:12:30 Well, yes, sir.
00:12:31 Caddy, take out that pin.
00:12:33 Well, yes, sir.
00:12:34 Caddy, take out that pin.
00:12:36 Well, yes, sir.
00:12:37 Caddy, take out that pin.
00:12:39 Well, yes, sir.
00:12:40 Caddy, take out that pin.
00:12:42 Well, yes, sir.
00:12:43 Caddy, take out that pin.
00:12:45 Well, yes, sir.
00:12:46 Caddy, take out that pin.
00:12:48 Well, yes, sir.
00:12:49 Caddy, take out that pin.
00:12:51 Well, yes, sir.
00:12:52 Caddy, take out that pin.
00:12:54 Well, yes, sir.
00:12:55 Caddy, take out that pin.
00:12:57 Well, yes, sir.
00:12:58 Caddy, take out that pin.
00:13:00 Well, yes, sir.
00:13:01 Caddy, take out that pin.
00:13:03 Well, yes, sir.
00:13:04 Caddy, take out that pin.
00:13:06 Well, yes, sir.
00:13:07 Caddy, take out that pin.
00:13:09 Well, yes, sir.
00:13:10 Caddy, take out that pin.
00:13:12 Well, yes, sir.
00:13:13 Caddy, take out that pin.
00:13:15 Well, yes, sir.
00:13:16 Caddy, take out that pin.
00:13:18 Well, yes, sir.
00:13:19 Caddy, take out that pin.
00:13:21 Well, yes, sir.
00:13:22 Caddy, take out that pin.
00:13:24 Well, yes, sir.
00:13:25 Caddy, take out that pin.
00:13:27 Well, yes, sir.
00:13:28 Caddy, take out that pin.
00:13:30 Well, yes, sir.
00:13:32 Nice shot, Mr. Thorpe.
00:13:35 Oh, I found it, Mr. Thorpe.
00:13:54 Well, it's about time.
00:13:56 It's right here under the water.
00:13:58 I know it's under the water. Fish it out.
00:14:00 Oh, yeah.
00:14:01 Ha-ha, I got it.
00:14:11 Here it is.
00:14:13 You got me stymied.
00:14:27 We're not playing for money.
00:14:28 Is it all right if I remove your ball until I put out?
00:14:30 Oh, certainly, Mr. Thorpe.
00:14:32 Well, Caddy, pick up that ball.
00:14:34 Oh, yes, sir.
00:14:35 That does it.
00:14:42 All right, Mr. Thorpe.
00:14:47 Let's finish the last nine without the caddy.
00:14:49 Nothing doing.
00:14:50 In the first place, I have an appointment with the Premier Biscuit Company.
00:14:53 In the second place, I wouldn't play another hole with you and that moron in the first place!
00:14:58 - Is he mad about something? - Jaguar...
00:15:03 You know that raise I promised you this evening?
00:15:07 Oh, yeah!
00:15:08 - No, no, no, no, no, no! - Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!
00:15:14 So it is agreed, gentlemen, that the Premier Biscuit Company,
00:15:22 for the time being, will continue with the same radio program.
00:15:25 Absolutely, Mr. Dixon.
00:15:26 I think we're all in accord with that, Bob.
00:15:29 Of course, when Thorpe has his station enlarged and we go on a coast-to-coast hookup,
00:15:32 we'll have to spend more money on our show.
00:15:34 Well, that's several months off, Bob. We can take that up at a later meeting.
00:15:37 - Yes? - Yes, Bob?
00:15:40 Send him right in.
00:15:43 - I'm sorry I'm late, gentlemen. - Sit right there, Thorpe.
00:15:50 Gentlemen, I'm afraid I have some bad news for you.
00:15:53 Bad news?
00:15:54 There'll probably be a slight delay in the building of my radio station.
00:15:59 Why?
00:16:01 Well, I hate to admit this,
00:16:03 but it appears that I have wasted four weeks with the Radcliffe Construction Company.
00:16:07 I always thought they were a reputable firm.
00:16:09 Radcliffe may be all right,
00:16:11 but he hires nitwits to work for him.
00:16:14 Mr. Thorpe, we're not interested in what firm bills your station.
00:16:17 All we know is we have a contract to go on a coast-to-coast hookup
00:16:20 through your station beginning October 15th.
00:16:22 If your station isn't ready by that time, we'll have to give our account to someone else.
00:16:26 Am I right, gentlemen?
00:16:28 I'll get busy immediately with another contract.
00:16:33 That's entirely up to you, Mr. Thorpe.
00:16:35 Good day, gentlemen.
00:16:38 Well, if there's nothing else to be taken up,
00:16:44 at this time I propose that the meeting be adjourned.
00:16:47 Bob, don't you think we should tell Llewellyn about our decision regarding the radio show?
00:16:51 After all, he is the president.
00:16:53 We can tell him any time.
00:16:55 Oh, well.
00:16:56 I heard there was a meeting going on or something like that.
00:16:59 - Now, what's cooking? - It's nothing important, Llewellyn.
00:17:01 Nothing important? Important or not, I'm the president here.
00:17:04 Let me see. My chair.
00:17:06 Let me see my chair. I'm the president.
00:17:08 I want to know all about it. What's cooking?
00:17:10 It's nothing, Llewellyn. I'm the president.
00:17:12 - What's cooking? What's going on? - It's nothing, Llewellyn.
00:17:14 - We were just discussing our radio program. - Oh, the new program?
00:17:17 Oh, good.
00:17:18 I hope you have a lot of comedians and laughs, like the one I heard last night.
00:17:21 Very funny. Very funny.
00:17:23 Oh, maybe we'll take your suggestion for the new one,
00:17:26 but that isn't until fall, and there's plenty of time for that.
00:17:28 Until the fall?
00:17:30 - Llewellyn? - Yes?
00:17:34 - You're breaking your promise, Llewellyn. - I am?
00:17:37 You gave us your word you'd stay out of the kitchen for a whole year.
00:17:39 Oh, well, I just can't, Toppenite.
00:17:41 I'm never happy unless I'm mixing up a batter or mixing up some dough or something like that.
00:17:46 A promise is a promise, Llewellyn, isn't it, gentlemen?
00:17:48 Certainly is.
00:17:49 But I'm on the verge of discovering a new cookie.
00:17:51 Remember, gentlemen, it was my recipe that gave birth to the first cookie.
00:17:55 We all realize and appreciate that, Llewellyn,
00:17:58 but the head baker will quit if you don't stay out of the kitchen.
00:18:00 He says you disrupt the whole staff.
00:18:02 So will you please stay out of the kitchen?
00:18:05 So you have another recipe, eh, Llewellyn?
00:18:08 Oh, yeah, yeah, but I'm having more trouble with this recipe than I've ever had before in my life.
00:18:11 It seems the more butter I put in my batter, it doesn't get any better.
00:18:14 If I don't put any butter in, the batter gets bitter.
00:18:15 If the batter gets bitter, it's no better than the batter with the butter in it.
00:18:18 The batter with the butter in it is better,
00:18:19 but the batter without the butter is better than the batter with the...
00:18:21 All those in favor say aye.
00:18:23 - Aye. - Aye.
00:18:24 - Nothing helps, not even my new invention. - New invention?
00:18:26 Yeah, a rubber spoon. It doesn't even bruise the batter.
00:18:29 Why? Because it's flexible, see? It goes...
00:18:31 Oh, I beg your pardon.
00:18:35 I'm sorry, but it won't burn your eye because I haven't put any vanilla in the batter yet.
00:18:39 Oh, dear.
00:18:52 - Hi, Mom. - Hi, Mommy.
00:18:57 Oh, hello, darlings. How was school this afternoon?
00:18:59 Oh, fine.
00:19:01 Gee, what a swell-looking stove.
00:19:04 Oh, boy, cookies. Can I have one?
00:19:08 Not now, darling. It'll spoil your dinner.
00:19:11 What time are we gonna have dinner?
00:19:12 Oh, as soon as your father comes home.
00:19:14 Gee, I hope he gets here soon. I'm starved.
00:19:17 Well, I don't mind what time he comes home.
00:19:19 This is the first afternoon your father's had off for months.
00:19:22 Oh, the fresh air will do him a world of good.
00:19:24 It'll make a new man of him.
00:19:27 Your daddy will probably be famished after his nice day on the golf dive.
00:19:31 Thanks, Mommy.
00:19:33 Oh, you're right, dear. Thanks.
00:19:36 - Is that you, Derek Wood? - Yes, Blondie.
00:19:41 - I'm so glad you're here. - I'm glad you're here.
00:19:54 [barking]
00:19:56 Deezy, it's only Daddy.
00:20:03 It sure made a new man out of him.
00:20:07 Dagwood, what on earth's happened?
00:20:10 I stepped on a piece of barbed wire, Blondie, and it stuck right in my foot.
00:20:16 Oh, poor darling. Did it go right through your shoes?
00:20:19 No, I didn't wear any shoes, Blondie.
00:20:21 Why not? Were they too tight?
00:20:23 No, too squeaky. Mr. Thorpe couldn't concentrate on his game.
00:20:27 - Oh, it annoyed him. - A little, but...
00:20:30 It wasn't till after I hit him on the head with a tree that...
00:20:33 - A tree? - Oh, just a branch.
00:20:36 Dagwood, that's terrible.
00:20:38 Well, that wasn't the worst of it. The worst of it was when I drenched him with water.
00:20:42 - Water? - Yeah, I fell in the lake.
00:20:45 - Lake? - Yeah. You see, I was fishing.
00:20:48 Fishing? I thought you went to play golf.
00:20:51 Yeah, I did, Blondie, but I was fishing for Mr. Thorpe's ball.
00:20:54 Well, why didn't you let him do his own fishing?
00:20:56 Blondie, that's my job. I was caddying.
00:20:59 Caddying? I thought you were golfing.
00:21:01 I was golfing, Blondie, but I was caddying.
00:21:03 When you're caddying, you're not golfing.
00:21:05 Dagwood, you have me all confused.
00:21:09 Now, dear, start over again from the beginning.
00:21:11 All right, all right. You see, I went out to the golf course...
00:21:14 Dagwood, you didn't eat a bite of your dinner.
00:21:18 Oh, Blondie, I couldn't eat anything. I'm too upset.
00:21:21 What are you holding that, Dagwood?
00:21:27 Well, I...
00:21:29 I'm waiting, dear.
00:21:34 Blondie, I don't know how to tell you, especially after buying you the new stove.
00:21:42 What's the new stove got to do with it?
00:21:48 Well, Blondie, I'm not going to get the raise, so I guess we'll just have to send the stove back.
00:21:52 We can't send the stove back now that we've used it.
00:21:55 Yeah? Yeah, but how are we going to pay for it?
00:21:58 Well...
00:22:00 Maybe I can get a job, a part-time job doing something.
00:22:05 Oh, doing what?
00:22:07 Well, I don't know.
00:22:13 Dagwood, remember when Mr. Camel came here for dinner and ate up all my cookies?
00:22:17 Huh?
00:22:18 Well, maybe he was just joking, but he told me I could go to work for him in his pastry shop any time I wanted.
00:22:24 Who'd do the housework? Who'd take care of the children?
00:22:28 Well, with this new stove, maybe I could do the baking here.
00:22:32 And if I... if I could do the baking here...
00:22:36 Why do I have to bake for Mr. Camel? Why can't I bake for myself?
00:22:39 Make cookies and sell them, old Dagwood. You know all my friends and neighbors would buy them.
00:22:43 Blondie, I'm not going to have you work yourself to death just to pay for the mistakes I've made.
00:22:47 Do you need money?
00:22:49 You know very well we need money, Blondie. We need lots.
00:22:52 Victor. Oh, oh yeah.
00:22:54 Then learn to be a radio engineer in your spare time by taking a short correspondence course from the Talbot School of Radio Engineering.
00:23:00 Jerry Thorndike of Scranton, Pennsylvania, after only four weeks of study under our method,
00:23:05 earned in one year $750 repairing radios in his spare time.
00:23:09 If Mr. Thorndike can do it, why can't you?
00:23:12 Be independent. Be your own boss.
00:23:14 To obtain this marvelous course, send a penny postal card to the Talbot Correspondence School of Radio Engineering,
00:23:19 Box 5200, Chicago, Illinois.
00:23:22 No.
00:23:23 Dagwood, maybe you should take that course.
00:23:25 Oh, Blondie, I'm not mechanically inclined.
00:23:28 Well, didn't you fix the vacuum cleaner?
00:23:30 Oh, I just put a blowout patch on the bag.
00:23:32 And didn't you fix the radio?
00:23:34 I did put a new tube in it, that's all.
00:23:36 But you made it work.
00:23:37 Dag, there are hundreds of radios in this neighborhood alone that need repairing.
00:23:40 But, but, but, but...
00:23:41 Oh, Dagwood, you can do anything if you'll only try.
00:23:44 Yeah, but...
00:23:45 Now just think of it.
00:23:46 In four weeks' time, you'll be making more money than Mr. Radcliffe pays you at the office.
00:23:51 I will?
00:23:52 Didn't the man on the radio just say so?
00:23:55 Yeah.
00:23:56 Dagwood Bumstead, radio engineer.
00:23:59 Your own boss at last.
00:24:01 Yeah, my own boss.
00:24:03 Good idea.
00:24:04 I'll send a penny-poo spies right away.
00:24:06 After I fix myself a sandwich.
00:24:09 If you have carefully followed the simple instructions in lesson three,
00:24:21 your easy-to-build crystal set is now complete and in working order.
00:24:25 Hello, Marconi.
00:24:26 How are you doing?
00:24:27 Yeah, hello, Alvin.
00:24:28 Hello.
00:24:29 I understand you're doing some research in the field of electronics and radio technology.
00:24:34 Oh, I am?
00:24:35 Yes, I am.
00:24:36 I'm, uh, I'm learning how to be a radio engineer.
00:24:39 Going to be my own boss.
00:24:40 Tell me, Mr. Bumstead.
00:24:42 Uh?
00:24:43 The three-tube receiver modified for use with the two-volt tubes,
00:24:46 how do you prevent battery discharge through the voltage dividers when the receiver is not in use?
00:24:52 It, oh, well, it's...
00:24:55 Where does that say that?
00:24:57 It doesn't. I asked you.
00:24:59 Oh, yes, well...
00:25:01 Uh, to tell you the truth, Alvin, uh, I'm not exactly familiar with that type of set.
00:25:07 Uh, that must be in lesson five.
00:25:09 Now, this is, uh, lesson four, and it says, uh, you are now qualified for better things.
00:25:15 Start unpacking the short-blade parts.
00:25:18 There.
00:25:19 Short-blade parts.
00:25:21 There you are.
00:25:23 There's the receiver.
00:25:24 That's the transmitter.
00:25:25 Yeah, I know, I know.
00:25:26 Thank you very much.
00:25:27 Uh, this is the trans...
00:25:29 No, no, yeah, this is the receiver, yeah.
00:25:32 When a man is going to be a radio engineer, he has to learn how to fix all kinds of radios, even short-wave.
00:25:39 What short-wave, Daddy?
00:25:41 Well, uh, oh, uh, well, a short-wave is just like long-wave, only it's shorter.
00:25:49 Understand?
00:25:51 Yes, I don't understand.
00:25:55 Yeah, here.
00:25:59 Let's see.
00:26:00 Hey, where's the book?
00:26:01 Where's the book, huh?
00:26:03 Hey, thanks, Alvin.
00:26:06 Let's see the instruction.
00:26:08 Oh, instruction for assembling six-tube regenerative SS receiver and 100-watt radio telephone transmitter will be found on diagram A.
00:26:19 Yeah, let's see.
00:26:22 Oh, there's nothing to worry about now, Alvin.
00:26:25 With this diagram, I'll have this radio set together...
00:26:30 I'll have this radio set together in no time.
00:26:34 No time?
00:26:35 I think I'll be going now, Mr. Bumstead.
00:26:38 Yes, well, I mean, goodbye, Alvin.
00:26:41 I'll see you when?
00:26:42 When?
00:26:43 When your high-frequency oscillations start backfiring.
00:26:49 Oh, yeah.
00:26:52 Well, let's see.
00:26:54 Well, I guess the first thing to do now is to set up the aerial.
00:26:59 Let's see.
00:27:00 Oh, the aerial.
00:27:01 Here we are.
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00:27:14 Can I help, Pop?
00:27:16 Oh, you sure can.
00:27:20 Yeah, that's it.
00:27:21 That's it.
00:27:24 What are you doing, Pop?
00:27:25 Oh, you'll find out.
00:27:27 Better to be safe than sorry.
00:27:31 Here now.
00:27:32 Come here, Alexander.
00:27:34 Now look.
00:27:35 Now you just hang on to that end of the rope.
00:27:36 Okay, Pop.
00:27:37 And whatever you do, don't let go of your end of the rope.
00:27:40 Okay.
00:27:41 Now, here we go.
00:27:44 And don't forget, Alexander, do exactly what I tell you to do now.
00:27:49 Because I don't want to have any arguments when I'm out there on that roof.
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00:27:59 Now, listen.
00:28:00 Try it now.
00:28:01 Hang on now.
00:28:02 Oh, boy, that's it.
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00:38:40 Oh, I'm just going to tighten a little screw on Mr. Thorpe's radio.
00:38:44 Oh, you better not touch that radio. Mr. Thorpe only bought it yesterday.
00:38:48 Oh, yeah, but it's got a lot of static in it, and I can fix it in a jiffy.
00:38:51 Oh, now really, you're being that... Oh, now, don't worry about it.
00:38:54 I'm a radio engineer.
00:38:56 I can see now why you need more space, especially when my station joins the Coast to Coast Network.
00:39:05 Incidentally, the Premier Biscuit Company goes on the air tomorrow night.
00:39:09 Not with their big show, but the same as they had last year.
00:39:12 I'm giving a little party in my office. Would you like to join us?
00:39:15 I'd be delighted.
00:39:16 All their executives will be there, and seeing that you're going to build my station, I think you should meet them.
00:39:21 And besides, it'll give you a better perspective listening to it over my radio than watching the broadcast.
00:39:37 My radio.
00:39:39 Hello.
00:39:43 There was a little loose screw.
00:39:47 The only loose screw around here is you.
00:39:50 Egbert, how could you do such a stupid thing?
00:39:54 You're an incompetent...
00:39:56 Now, now, wait a minute, mister.
00:39:56 You idiot.
00:39:58 You nitwit.
00:40:00 You blockhead.
00:40:01 Mr. Thorpe, you...
00:40:03 I paid $1,500 for this radio.
00:40:06 My biggest client coming tomorrow night.
00:40:08 What am I going to do?
00:40:10 What do I...
00:40:10 Ratcliffe, if you want the contract to build my radio station, fire this idiot.
00:40:16 Oh, no.
00:40:17 Yes.
00:40:18 No.
00:40:19 Yes.
00:40:19 No.
00:40:20 Yes.
00:40:20 No.
00:40:21 Yes.
00:40:21 No.
00:40:22 Yes.
00:40:22 Yes.
00:40:23 Yes.
00:40:23 It's awfully nice of you to help me, Mr. Simmons.
00:40:29 Oh, it's awfully nice of you to let me come.
00:40:32 How come you know so much about pastry?
00:40:34 Oh, I was practically born in a flour bin.
00:40:36 My father was a baker.
00:40:37 My mother was a baker.
00:40:38 My grandfather...
00:40:39 They're all bakers.
00:40:40 Sort of a hobby with me.
00:40:41 Oh, that accounts for it.
00:40:42 Baking was bread in you.
00:40:44 Yeah, baking was bread...
00:40:45 That's very funny.
00:40:46 You made a joke.
00:40:47 Baking was bread.
00:40:48 Bread, baking, baking, bread.
00:40:49 Well, I assure you, I didn't mean it as a joke.
00:40:53 Oh, Mr. Simmons, you must be a great help to your wife.
00:40:56 Yeah, a big help to my wife.
00:40:57 My wife?
00:40:58 I'm not married.
00:40:59 No.
00:41:00 Nearest time I ever came to getting married occurred when I baked a wedding cake for a friend of mine.
00:41:04 Oh.
00:41:04 Yeah.
00:41:05 But you're married, aren't you?
00:41:07 I have two lovely children.
00:41:08 Oh.
00:41:08 Oh, yes, yes.
00:41:10 Fine.
00:41:10 Has your husband any culinary leanings at all?
00:41:13 Well, he does make a delicious sandwich.
00:41:16 Sandwich? Oh, I love sandwiches, especially with bread.
00:41:18 What does your husband do for a living?
00:41:23 Oh, he has a very responsible position with a big construction company.
00:41:26 And just lately, he's taken up radio engineering on the side.
00:41:29 Radio? Oh, I love radio.
00:41:31 I love radio, especially the funny part where the comedians make the laughs go, "Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha."
00:41:36 I like that part.
00:41:37 Here they are.
00:41:39 Blondie.
00:41:40 Oh, will you excuse me, Mr. Simmons?
00:41:45 Oh, yeah, you go ahead. I'll take care of everything.
00:41:47 Oh, all right, fine.
00:41:48 I'll fix everything up for her.
00:41:50 Dagwood, what are you doing home this time of day?
00:41:53 Now, don't tell me you're going to play golf again.
00:41:55 You got into enough trouble last time.
00:41:57 No, Blondie, I'm not going to play golf.
00:41:59 Then why are you home?
00:42:01 Mr. Radcliffe sent me home, for good.
00:42:03 Huh?
00:42:07 What?
00:42:09 What do you mean, for good?
00:42:11 I'm fired.
00:42:12 You're fired?
00:42:15 You're fired?
00:42:16 Yes, but what are we whispering for?
00:42:19 There's a man out in the kitchen.
00:42:20 A man?
00:42:21 Shh, a man.
00:42:23 Who is he?
00:42:24 I don't know.
00:42:25 He just picked me up in the grocery store.
00:42:27 Huh?
00:42:28 Well, I'll be leaving, Mrs. Bumsteig.
00:42:30 Oh, this is your husband, I presume.
00:42:31 How do you do?
00:42:32 Yes, but who...
00:42:33 Yeah, you don't mind if I come back again tomorrow, do you?
00:42:35 Oh, no, Mr. Simmons.
00:42:36 I'd love to have you.
00:42:37 Thank you.
00:42:38 I'll bring my rubber spoon so I won't bruise the batter.
00:42:40 I think we ought to put more butter in the batter.
00:42:42 It makes it much better.
00:42:43 More butter in it, the better the batter.
00:42:45 If the batter gets any worse, it'll be better.
00:42:47 The better the batter, the better...
00:42:49 Well, who is he?
00:42:50 What does he do?
00:42:51 Oh, he's just some nice old gentleman.
00:42:53 He helped me home with my packages.
00:42:55 And Dagwood, he gave me some very good suggestions
00:42:57 on how to improve my cookies.
00:42:59 Blondie, I won't stand for having a man visiting you
00:43:01 while I work.
00:43:03 Or while I'm fired, either.
00:43:05 Why were you fired, Dagwood?
00:43:07 Well, I started to tighten a little screw
00:43:09 on Mr. Thorpe's radio and...
00:43:10 Oh, Dagwood.
00:43:12 Huh?
00:43:12 Yes, but Mr. Thorpe is so impatient.
00:43:15 If he would have just waited a few minutes,
00:43:16 I would have had the radio all put back together again.
00:43:19 But no, he had to insist that Mr. Radcliffe fire me.
00:43:22 And he did.
00:43:24 Well, Dagwood, there's no sense crying over spilled milk.
00:43:27 We'll both just have to pitch in.
00:43:28 You with your radio repairing and me with my cookies.
00:43:31 Oh, no, Blondie.
00:43:32 I'm not ready yet to repair radios.
00:43:34 And if just your friends and neighbors buy cookies,
00:43:37 why, that wouldn't bring in enough money to...
00:43:39 I'm not going to sell my cookies
00:43:41 just to my friends and neighbors.
00:43:43 Mr. Simmons says I should advertise, and I'm going to.
00:43:46 Oh, no, Blondie.
00:43:47 Advertising costs an awful lot of money.
00:43:49 Oh, not the way I'm going to advertise.
00:43:51 I'm going to have circulars printed,
00:43:53 and I'm going to mail them all out.
00:43:54 To whom?
00:43:55 To everybody in the phone book.
00:43:57 What are you going to say on the circular, huh?
00:44:00 In bold type, it's going to read,
00:44:09 "Blondie's cookies hit the spot."
00:44:12 [music playing]
00:44:15 Blondie's cookies may be obtained at 4227 Shady Lane Avenue.
00:44:27 [music playing]
00:44:31 [typing]
00:44:33 [music playing]
00:44:35 [tires screeching]
00:45:01 [music playing]
00:45:04 Ah.
00:45:17 I said it was a swell dinner.
00:45:18 I sure was hungry.
00:45:20 Well, no wonder you've been in the kitchen baking all day.
00:45:23 You didn't even stop for lunch.
00:45:25 You certainly baked a lot of cookies.
00:45:27 Oh, you think I baked a lot today?
00:45:28 Wait till tomorrow.
00:45:29 Wait till tomorrow.
00:45:30 Huh?
00:45:31 Well, I'm afraid that we're going to have
00:45:33 to get some more butter and eggs and--
00:45:34 Oh, don't worry about that.
00:45:36 We'll get more tomorrow.
00:45:37 More tomorrow.
00:45:37 Don't worry.
00:45:38 But you don't understand.
00:45:39 You see, Mr. Simmons--
00:45:40 Oh, Llewellyn.
00:45:41 Llewellyn.
00:45:42 Llewellyn.
00:45:42 Oh.
00:45:43 Well, you see, Llewellyn, we have
00:45:45 to sell the ones we've already made to get money to buy
00:45:48 the ingredients to make more.
00:45:49 Don't worry about that.
00:45:50 Everything will take care of itself.
00:45:51 Everything will come out all right.
00:45:53 Now, don't worry.
00:45:54 You have a cigar?
00:45:55 You have a cigar?
00:45:56 Oh, thanks.
00:45:57 Well, children, you better go upstairs and get ready for bed.
00:46:00 Good night, Mommy.
00:46:01 Good night, Daddy.
00:46:02 Good night, kids.
00:46:04 Good night, Uncle Llewellyn.
00:46:07 Uncle Llewellyn.
00:46:08 Isn't he cute?
00:46:09 Good night.
00:46:10 Lovely children, and well behaved.
00:46:11 Well behaved.
00:46:13 Well, if you'll pardon me, I have a little more work
00:46:15 to do on my radio.
00:46:16 Oh, Blondie tells me you're a wonderful radio engineer.
00:46:19 Well, I wouldn't say an expert, but I just
00:46:21 built one of the most powerful sets in the country, I think.
00:46:25 I'd like to see it sometime.
00:46:26 You would?
00:46:27 Yes.
00:46:27 Well, come on ahead.
00:46:29 Llewellyn?
00:46:30 There.
00:46:35 Now, don't be surprised at what you hear.
00:46:36 This set is so powerful that we might get India, China,
00:46:40 or Timbuktu.
00:46:43 Good evening, Mrs. Taylor.
00:46:44 Good evening.
00:46:45 How do you do?
00:46:46 Good evening, Mrs. Dixon.
00:46:48 Oh, no, thank you.
00:46:49 Later.
00:46:50 That's it, yeah.
00:46:51 No, thank you.
00:46:54 Radcliffe.
00:46:56 Glad to see you.
00:46:57 Oh, I hope I'm not late.
00:46:58 We have several minutes before the program starts.
00:47:00 Edward?
00:47:00 Thank you.
00:47:01 Not now.
00:47:01 After the broadcast.
00:47:02 There it is.
00:47:15 All finished.
00:47:16 But I can't understand having these parts left over.
00:47:19 Well, maybe they're spare parts.
00:47:21 Well, shall we warm it up?
00:47:26 Yeah, warm it up.
00:47:27 Get some funny comedians.
00:47:28 Get something laughable.
00:47:29 OK.
00:47:30 Start it off.
00:47:31 Those are not comedians.
00:47:40 It's almost time for the program, folks.
00:47:44 Quiet, everybody.
00:47:45 This is it.
00:47:48 The Llewellyn Broadcasting Company is proud to present the first in a series
00:47:52 of 30-minute broadcasts sponsored by the Premier Biscuit Company.
00:47:56 The Premier Biscuit Company, makers of the world's finest cakes and cookies,
00:48:00 presents their string ensemble, whose smooth, dreamy music is in keeping with
00:48:05 Premier's smooth, creamy cookies.
00:48:08 I would like to say a few more words about Premier Cookies.
00:48:11 Before we hear from the string ensemble--
00:48:13 Another commercial?
00:48:14 --the cookies like mother used to make.
00:48:17 Only better.
00:48:18 Cookies with a personality all their own.
00:48:20 Drop in at your neighborhood grocer and ask for Premier Cookies.
00:48:24 There are 18 different varieties to choose from.
00:48:27 And now, our string ensemble will play "Ringing in the Sheaves."
00:48:32 Isn't it beautiful?
00:48:43 Mrs. Dixon likes this type of music.
00:48:50 Oh.
00:48:52 If it works, Dagwood, you'll graduate next week and get your diploma, too.
00:48:56 With you selling cookies and mfixing radios, your troubles will soon be over.
00:49:00 Did you get that circular made up, as I told you?
00:49:03 Oh, yes, I did, Llewellyn.
00:49:04 And last night, we mailed hundreds of them out.
00:49:06 Wait, I'll show you one.
00:49:07 Oh, well, there's only one thing.
00:49:08 When you're starting off with a new product to advertise it,
00:49:10 you've got to start off modestly with little pamphlets or little circulars
00:49:14 or something like that.
00:49:15 And then as business increases, you advertise the newspapers.
00:49:17 And finally, the ring.
00:49:18 And as business increases, you advertise the newspapers.
00:49:21 And finally, the radio.
00:49:22 Here you are, Llewellyn.
00:49:23 Oh, I can't read it without my glasses.
00:49:25 You read it.
00:49:26 Oh, come to think of it, I don't even use glasses.
00:49:28 But you read it anyway.
00:49:29 You read it.
00:49:30 We shall now hear what a housewife thinks of premier cookies.
00:49:34 Try Blondie's butternut cookies.
00:49:36 They're delicious.
00:49:37 They melt in your mouth.
00:49:39 What is this, dear?
00:49:40 Blondie's cookies do not stay on your grocery shelf for days.
00:49:44 They come direct from the oven to you.
00:49:47 A cookie can make that statement.
00:49:48 Blondie's cookies may be obtained at 4227 Shady Lane Avenue.
00:49:53 Well, thank you, dear.
00:49:55 And that's what I like about premier cookies.
00:49:58 I spend thousands of dollars putting premier cookies on the air.
00:50:03 And what happens?
00:50:04 You let some cheap huckster horn in on my radio time
00:50:07 with some blasted Blondie cookie commercial.
00:50:09 I can't understand it, Mr. Dixon.
00:50:11 Well, understand this.
00:50:12 If you let a thing like this happen on a small broadcast,
00:50:16 it's liable to happen when I go on coast to coast.
00:50:18 The deal is off.
00:50:19 When this contract expires,
00:50:21 I'm going to give my account to some other network.
00:50:23 Don't go, Mr. Dixon.
00:50:24 I'll check with the control room and see what happens.
00:50:26 It already happened.
00:50:28 Come, dear.
00:50:29 Figures?
00:50:33 There's nothing like that in my life.
00:50:35 Figures?
00:50:36 Figures?
00:50:38 If I could get my hands on whoever cut in on that show, I'd...
00:50:42 I'd...
00:50:43 What was the address she said those cookies could be obtained at?
00:50:46 Why, it's...
00:50:47 I forget.
00:50:48 Now that I've lost my best account,
00:50:50 you can forget about enlarging my radio station.
00:50:52 The deal is off.
00:50:53 Come on, dear.
00:50:54 Calm yourself, dear.
00:50:55 I didn't think Blondie would do a thing like this to me.
00:50:58 What did you say?
00:50:59 I said...
00:51:00 nothing.
00:51:02 -Otter. -Now!
00:51:03 Otter.
00:51:08 Did these air thieves pirate a pickle show?
00:51:10 No.
00:51:11 Did they steal from some soap show?
00:51:13 No.
00:51:14 They deliberately cut in on a show where they knew they'd do the most good for themselves.
00:51:19 A cookie show.
00:51:20 Advertising the same sort of product as we are.
00:51:23 And, gentlemen, I insist that Mr. Thorpe prosecutes this woman
00:51:27 and whoever else is connected with her to the fullest extent of the law.
00:51:30 And I say, Mr. Thorpe,
00:51:32 I insist that Mr. Thorpe prosecutes this woman
00:51:34 and whoever else is connected with her to the fullest extent of the law.
00:51:37 And I second that. You're absolutely right.
00:51:39 You can rely on me, gentlemen, to go the limit.
00:51:42 Have your secretary call my office for me.
00:51:44 Miss Barton, call Mr. Thorpe's office.
00:51:47 Your account means everything to me,
00:51:49 and I won't leave a stone unturned.
00:51:52 Hello, Miss Marsh.
00:51:56 Connect me with Fuller.
00:51:58 Fuller, about that incident last night.
00:52:00 Get hold of the Mutual Detective Agency.
00:52:03 Put two of their best men on the case right away.
00:52:06 Don't worry, gentlemen.
00:52:08 We'll have these people picked up in no time.
00:52:11 Bob, don't you think on a matter as important as this, Llewellyn should be here?
00:52:16 Oh, what does Llewellyn know about these things?
00:52:18 Llewellyn, Llewellyn, I heard my name. Hey, what's going on here?
00:52:20 I'm president here.
00:52:22 Over there, over there.
00:52:24 Now, what's cooking? What's cooking? What's cooking?
00:52:26 Didn't you listen to our radio program last night?
00:52:29 No, no. Who wants to hear those long-haired musicians play?
00:52:31 No, no, I'm waiting for our new show with the comedians and the laughs.
00:52:34 Ha, ha, ha, ha. That's what I'm waiting for.
00:52:36 Some other company cut in on our program last night.
00:52:39 So what? So what? So what?
00:52:40 It was another cookie company.
00:52:41 I don't care.
00:52:43 Another cookie company? Well, what are we waiting for?
00:52:45 Oh, what are we waiting for? Arrest them. Put them all in jail.
00:52:48 Listen, I'm president, principal, stockholder of this company,
00:52:50 and I demand them all be put in jail and the keys thrown away, every one of them.
00:52:53 I've got to leave now. I've got to leave now. I've got to go away.
00:52:56 Remember what I said? Get them all, put them all in jail.
00:52:58 Each and every one of them in jail.
00:53:01 And business is slack, and we needed that contract for that radio station.
00:53:04 We certainly did.
00:53:05 I fired Bumstead, didn't I?
00:53:07 You certainly did.
00:53:08 He's no longer connected with this firm, is he?
00:53:10 He certainly isn't.
00:53:11 And still that Bumstead jinx hovers over me, doesn't it?
00:53:14 It certainly does.
00:53:15 When I bought this firm from Mr. Dithers, he warned me about Bumstead, didn't he?
00:53:18 He certainly did.
00:53:19 But I, being soft-hearted, paid no attention to him, did I?
00:53:22 You certainly didn't.
00:53:24 You call Bumstead and tell him I want to see him in my office immediately.
00:53:26 I certainly will.
00:53:27 What a sap. What a fool I've been.
00:53:30 You certainly have.
00:53:31 I'll take two of these.
00:53:36 Oh, all righty.
00:53:38 Now, here we are.
00:53:39 Thank you.
00:53:40 You're welcome.
00:53:41 I'll take two of those.
00:53:42 Oh, I hope you can change the ten-dollar bill.
00:53:44 Oh, yes, of course I can.
00:53:46 My goodness, business has been so wonderful this morning.
00:53:49 Listen, don't you fellas tell Dixon I swiped all this product from the Premier Biscuit Company,
00:53:55 and I'll give you all a nice little cookie.
00:53:57 What am I talking about? They don't even know Dixon.
00:54:00 I'll give a cookie anyway.
00:54:02 Here.
00:54:03 Good old doggy. Here.
00:54:05 Now I can pay for all that butter you bought.
00:54:12 Oh, forget it, forget it, forget it, forget it.
00:54:13 Oh, no, Llewellyn, I won't forget it.
00:54:15 I'm not going to allow you to help me bake these cookies and spend your money, too.
00:54:19 What do you mean spend my money? Some of my best friends are cows.
00:54:22 Oh, Llewellyn, those circulars were a great idea of yours.
00:54:26 Just think of all the business we've done this morning.
00:54:29 Look, over $30.
00:54:30 I told you it pays appetites.
00:54:32 Now, if we could only get a spot on the radio.
00:54:34 Oh, it'll be some time before we can afford that.
00:54:37 Speaking of radio, by the way, is your husband working upstairs?
00:54:39 Uh-uh. His ex-boss telephoned him to come down to the office.
00:54:42 Hmm, maybe he wants to give him his job back.
00:54:44 Well, if he does, Dagwood won't take it.
00:54:46 He won't take it.
00:54:47 Especially after he saw that long line of customers outside.
00:54:50 This is it.
00:54:56 Did you get a load of that antenna on the roof?
00:54:57 Yep.
00:54:58 Ah, more customers, more customers.
00:55:01 Oh, look at it.
00:55:02 More customers. Right away.
00:55:04 Well, gentlemen, how many do you want? How many do you want?
00:55:08 How many are there?
00:55:09 Oh, there's just a few now, but you'll come back later, there'll be a lot more.
00:55:12 Later, there'll be a lot more? How many?
00:55:14 Oh, dozens and dozens, dozens.
00:55:16 Oh, look, mister, we're only interested in your radio.
00:55:18 The radio. Oh, in that case, I'll have to call Blondie.
00:55:20 Excuse me. Call Blondie.
00:55:22 Blondie.
00:55:25 Oh, Blondie.
00:55:26 There's two gentlemen outside who want to see you about having some radio work done or something.
00:55:29 I don't know what it is.
00:55:30 Radio work?
00:55:31 Here.
00:55:32 Oh, thank you.
00:55:33 Good morning, gentlemen.
00:55:38 We'd like to see your radio.
00:55:40 Oh, well, I didn't think anyone knew my husband was a radio engineer.
00:55:44 Oh, things get around.
00:55:45 Oh, I'll show it to you. It's right upstairs.
00:55:50 Oh, I'll show it to you. It's right upstairs.
00:55:53 Oh, I'll show it to you. It's right upstairs.
00:55:55 Oh, I'll show it to you. It's right upstairs.
00:55:57 Oh, I'll show it to you. It's right upstairs.
00:55:59 Oh, I'll show it to you. It's right upstairs.
00:56:01 Oh, I'll show it to you. It's right upstairs.
00:56:03 Oh, I'll show it to you. It's right upstairs.
00:56:05 Oh, I'll show it to you. It's right upstairs.
00:56:07 Oh, I'll show it to you. It's right upstairs.
00:56:09 Oh, I'll show it to you. It's right upstairs.
00:56:11 Oh, I'll show it to you. It's right upstairs.
00:56:13 Oh, I'll show it to you. It's right upstairs.
00:56:15 Oh, I'll show it to you. It's right upstairs.
00:56:17 Oh, I'll show it to you. It's right upstairs.
00:56:19 Oh, I'll show it to you. It's right upstairs.
00:56:21 Oh, I'll show it to you. It's right upstairs.
00:56:23 Oh, I'll show it to you. It's right upstairs.
00:56:25 Oh, I'll show it to you. It's right upstairs.
00:56:27 Oh, I'll show it to you. It's right upstairs.
00:56:29 Oh, I'll show it to you. It's right upstairs.
00:56:31 Oh, I'll show it to you. It's right upstairs.
00:56:33 Oh, I'll show it to you. It's right upstairs.
00:56:35 Oh, I'll show it to you. It's right upstairs.
00:56:37 Oh, I'll show it to you. It's right upstairs.
00:56:39 Oh, I'll show it to you. It's right upstairs.
00:56:41 Oh, I'll show it to you. It's right upstairs.
00:56:43 Oh, I'll show it to you. It's right upstairs.
00:56:45 Oh, I'll show it to you. It's right upstairs.
00:56:47 Oh, I'll show it to you. It's right upstairs.
00:56:49 Oh, I'll show it to you. It's right upstairs.
00:56:51 Oh, I'll show it to you. It's right upstairs.
00:56:53 Oh, I'll show it to you. It's right upstairs.
00:56:55 Oh, I'll show it to you. It's right upstairs.
00:56:57 Oh, I'll show it to you. It's right upstairs.
00:56:59 Oh, I'll show it to you. It's right upstairs.
00:57:01 Oh, I'll show it to you. It's right upstairs.
00:57:03 Oh, I'll show it to you. It's right upstairs.
00:57:05 Oh, I'll show it to you. It's right upstairs.
00:57:07 Oh, I'll show it to you. It's right upstairs.
00:57:09 Oh, I'll show it to you. It's right upstairs.
00:57:11 Oh, I'll show it to you. It's right upstairs.
00:57:13 Oh, I'll show it to you. It's right upstairs.
00:57:15 Oh, I'll show it to you. It's right upstairs.
00:57:17 Oh, I'll show it to you. It's right upstairs.
00:57:19 Oh, I'll show it to you. It's right upstairs.
00:57:21 Oh, I'll show it to you. It's right upstairs.
00:57:23 Oh, I'll show it to you. It's right upstairs.
00:57:25 Oh, I'll show it to you. It's right upstairs.
00:57:27 Oh, I'll show it to you. It's right upstairs.
00:57:29 Oh, I'll show it to you. It's right upstairs.
00:57:31 Oh, I'll show it to you. It's right upstairs.
00:57:33 Oh, I'll show it to you. It's right upstairs.
00:57:35 Oh, I'm sure he doesn't have anything to do with whatever we've done.
00:57:37 Oh, sure.
00:57:39 Well...
00:57:41 I've been up there.
00:57:48 Well, he's got to be around here somewhere.
00:57:58 Well, he's got to be around here somewhere.
00:58:00 He must have gone out the back door.
00:58:11 Well, with that face, he won't be hard to pick up.
00:58:13 Let's get the stuff, Harry, and get out of here.
00:58:15 Let's get the stuff, Harry, and get out of here.
00:58:17 Where did it go? Where did it go?
00:58:19 What would I do about it?
00:58:21 Let's see. I was a rubber spoon and I was lost.
00:58:23 Where would I go? Where would I go?
00:58:25 That's it. Where would I go?
00:58:27 Of course, I'd go where other spoons go.
00:58:29 That's right, where other spoons go.
00:58:31 I know I'd find you. I know I'd find...
00:58:37 Where are you going, Mom?
00:58:43 I can't leave my children home alone.
00:58:45 May I take them along?
00:58:47 All right.
00:58:53 I want you to give me a breakdown on this millwork in here.
00:58:55 Good morning, boys.
00:58:57 Have you graduated from your radio engineering school yet?
00:59:00 Oh, not yet, but I finished my set and I expect to graduate any minute.
00:59:04 You sure have your cap and gown on when the mailman hands you that diploma.
00:59:08 Well, never mind the sarcasm.
00:59:11 Is your boss in?
00:59:13 Yeah, genius, and he's waiting for you.
00:59:15 Thank you.
00:59:16 Oh, well, Mary, don't bother announcing me. I'm expected.
00:59:21 You want to see me, GM?
00:59:23 Dagwood, I want to ask you just one question, and all you have to answer is yes or no.
00:59:27 The answer is no.
00:59:29 Mr. Radcliffe, I'm never coming back here to work anymore.
00:59:32 I'm my own boss now. You fired me, and I'm gonna stay fired.
00:59:35 Now listen, Dagwood.
00:59:37 This is my day, and you listen to me.
00:59:39 Ever since I can remember, you've been firing me, hiring me, raising me, docking me,
00:59:43 bonusing me and unbonusing me, and I won't stand for it any longer.
00:59:46 Now, just a minute. I'm not done.
00:59:48 I won't stand for it any longer.
00:59:50 Now, just a minute, Dagwood.
00:59:51 Blondie's been making money hand over fist, and if the business continues to improve,
00:59:54 it'll give me great pleasure to give myself a raise.
00:59:57 Listen, you lunkhead. All I wanted to ask you was just one thing.
01:00:01 Yes?
01:00:04 Oh.
01:00:05 Oh, hello, Blondie.
01:00:07 What's that?
01:00:09 Two men came to your house and did what?
01:00:12 They arrested you?
01:00:14 Yes, Blondie, he's here.
01:00:16 All right, we'll be right down.
01:00:18 Amplin, just exactly what I thought would happen.
01:00:23 That's why I got you down here.
01:00:25 You and that radio engineering has Blondie in plenty of trouble.
01:00:28 Oh, no, no, no.
01:00:30 You're just trying to frighten me.
01:00:32 Blondie's home because I just left her there.
01:00:34 Blondie has been arrested, and they're holding her down at the radio station.
01:00:37 Hello, hello, Blondie.
01:00:39 Llewellyn?
01:00:42 Let me talk to Blondie, please.
01:00:44 Blondie's not here, Dagwood.
01:00:45 She went away somewhere with a couple of gentlemen.
01:00:47 I don't know where she went.
01:00:49 Well, they arrested Blondie, and they're holding her down at the radio station.
01:00:52 Yeah.
01:00:54 But what'd they arrest her for?
01:00:57 If it wasn't for Blondie and the kids, I'd let you take your own medicine.
01:01:00 What have I done?
01:01:02 Well, if I can penetrate that skull of yours, I'll try to explain it to you.
01:01:06 But I tell you, gentlemen, I had no idea I was broadcasting.
01:01:11 All you had to do was to flip this key down, and you're on the air.
01:01:14 But I was nowhere near that key.
01:01:15 And if anyone did flip it down, it was an accident.
01:01:18 Accident?
01:01:19 Why, just as our announcer said, "We will now hear what a housewife has to say about premier cookies,"
01:01:24 you came right in on cue and said, "Try Blondie's cookies."
01:01:29 Don't tell me that was an accident.
01:01:31 It was too perfectly timed.
01:01:33 Well, as soon as my husband comes, he'll be able to explain everything,
01:01:37 because he's almost a radio engineer.
01:01:39 Was that your husband who ducked out the back door?
01:01:41 No, that was just some nice old gentleman who was helping me with my cookies.
01:01:44 Oh, nice old gentleman.
01:01:46 I've been known to blow up bridges, wreck trains.
01:01:49 Who was this nice old gentleman?
01:01:50 Well, I can assure you that he had nothing at all to do with the radio.
01:01:54 We'll have him picked up inside of a couple of hours, Mr. Dixon.
01:01:56 Good.
01:01:57 Now, now, gentlemen, let's not jump at conclusions.
01:02:00 Maybe this was an accident.
01:02:02 Oh, no, it's all very clear to me.
01:02:04 Her husband built the radio, she did the broadcasting,
01:02:07 and this kindly old gentleman is evidently the brains of the outfit.
01:02:10 And I'm going to see that they're prosecuted to the fullest extent.
01:02:13 And if you want to keep my account, you'll cooperate in this matter.
01:02:16 And another thing, if that husband of yours is innocent, why doesn't he get here?
01:02:21 Mrs. Bumstead, telephone me from here.
01:02:29 Oh, she's in with Mr. Thorpe, but you can't--
01:02:31 Thank you.
01:02:32 You can't go in there.
01:02:33 Yeah, but, Blondie, I mean my wife's in there.
01:02:35 She's married to you?
01:02:36 Yeah, but she had nothing to do with the radio. I built it.
01:02:39 Well, you can't go in until I get through grilling her.
01:02:42 Grilling?
01:02:43 Now, Dagwood, they're only asking her a few questions.
01:02:47 And do you realize that you're liable to a $10,000 fine and two years in jail?
01:02:52 Oh, dear.
01:02:53 You've been lying to me long enough.
01:02:55 Take that.
01:02:56 And that.
01:02:58 And that.
01:03:00 And that.
01:03:02 And that.
01:03:03 They're not questioning her, they're torturing her.
01:03:07 Blondie!
01:03:10 Blondie.
01:03:12 Who slapped you?
01:03:13 Yeah, just point 'em out and I'll tear 'em limb from limb.
01:03:16 Dagwood, nobody slapped me.
01:03:18 No.
01:03:20 You.
01:03:21 It can't be.
01:03:24 Are you married to that?
01:03:27 I certainly am.
01:03:29 I can't believe it.
01:03:31 I felt sorry for this little lady.
01:03:33 Now I feel doubly sorry that she's married to this... this nemesis.
01:03:38 Now, listen, I never nemesis'd in anything in my life.
01:03:41 What did you say the penalty was?
01:03:43 $10,000 fine and two years in jail.
01:03:46 If they'd give him his two years and her two years, making four altogether, I'd give $10,000 out of my own pocket.
01:03:52 I'm glad to see you're in favor of prosecuting these two.
01:03:55 Not her, him.
01:03:56 Call the chief of police, call somebody.
01:03:58 But put him away where he can't do any more damage.
01:04:01 I tell you, if Dagwood did anything wrong, he did it unconsciously.
01:04:05 He's always unconscious.
01:04:06 Get on the phone, Dixon.
01:04:08 You bet I will.
01:04:10 Wait till we get hold of that kindly old gentleman.
01:04:13 We'll throw the book at him.
01:04:18 Yes?
01:04:19 Well, I... I was looking for...
01:04:20 So, you decided to give yourself up.
01:04:27 I got him, I got him.
01:04:32 Oh, well.
01:04:33 Oh, you should have stayed at home.
01:04:35 Who's this?
01:04:36 He's the guy who gave us the slip.
01:04:37 He's the... the kindly old gentleman?
01:04:39 That's him.
01:04:40 Well, now that we got all three of them, get on that phone, call the police.
01:04:43 Oh, gentlemen, let's not jump at conclusions.
01:04:46 Maybe it all was an accident.
01:04:47 What do you mean, accident?
01:04:48 It's all clear to me.
01:04:50 She did the broadcasting, he built the set, and that old coot is the brains of the outfit.
01:04:54 Coot, who?
01:04:55 Who's a coot?
01:04:56 What are my friends doing here?
01:04:57 Well, we're going to prosecute them for cutting in on our radio show last night.
01:05:00 What do you mean?
01:05:01 When the show went on the air last night, I was with Dagwood up in his room.
01:05:03 He was fooling around with the radio.
01:05:05 You were there when she went on the air and said, "Try Blondie's butternut cookies, they're delicious"?
01:05:09 She didn't go on the air.
01:05:10 She went from a circle advertising her cookies, didn't you, Blondie?
01:05:13 Oh, yes.
01:05:14 I was standing right back there.
01:05:16 Yes, and I was trying to get something on your radio.
01:05:18 And I was sitting here just like this.
01:05:20 Now, that's the whole thing.
01:05:21 That's it.
01:05:22 That's what?
01:05:23 You've got your elbow on that switch.
01:05:24 That's what set it out over the air.
01:05:25 Did you do that last night?
01:05:27 Yes, I did.
01:05:28 Well, what are we waiting for?
01:05:30 They've all admitted their guilt.
01:05:31 Miss Marsh, get me...
01:05:33 What's the idea?
01:05:34 This happens to be Llewellyn Simmons, the president of the Premier Biscuit Company.
01:05:39 I don't care who...
01:05:43 It seems to me, gentlemen, that if you're going to prosecute Dagwood and Blondie, you'll have to do the same to Mr. Simmons.
01:05:52 Who is this? Who is this?
01:05:53 He's Bunkstead's ex-boss.
01:05:56 You've got a lot to say around here.
01:05:57 Who are you? Who are you?
01:05:58 I'm Thorpe, the owner of this radio station.
01:06:01 Llewellyn, answer me one thing.
01:06:04 How long have you known these people?
01:06:06 Oh, Llewellyn's been helping me to bake my cookies.
01:06:09 You mean he's been making cookies for you?
01:06:11 Yes, and very good cookies they are, too.
01:06:13 Here, you never thought your cookies were like this.
01:06:15 Well, thank you.
01:06:16 Very good cookies.
01:06:17 Have a cookie.
01:06:18 Here, have one of those.
01:06:19 That's beautiful.
01:06:20 Don't you realize you're in competition with yourself?
01:06:23 Yeah, but you would let me in my own kitchen.
01:06:25 I like to bake. I like to make some fun.
01:06:27 These are good.
01:06:30 But what's been added to give them this superb flavor?
01:06:34 Oh, we're not telling anybody that. That's Blondie's secret.
01:06:36 Mrs. Bunkstead, the Premier Biscuit Company will be glad to pay you well for this recipe.
01:06:41 Gentlemen, that recipe is not for sale.
01:06:44 Go ahead and sell it, Blondie. Then we can pay for this stove.
01:06:47 These are mighty good.
01:06:49 Mrs. Bunkstead, name your price.
01:06:51 No, I will not sell the recipe.
01:06:53 Attagirl, attagirl.
01:06:55 Mr. Dixon, your cookie program is going on a coast-to-coast network in a few weeks, isn't it?
01:07:00 Yes.
01:07:01 And you, Mr. Thorpe, were going to build a bigger radio station to handle Mr. Dixon's account, weren't you?
01:07:06 And you, Mr. Radcliffe, were going to build that station for Mr. Thorpe?
01:07:11 Well, it looked that way.
01:07:12 You liked the Radcliffe plans, didn't you?
01:07:15 I thought they were very good.
01:07:17 Who drew up those plans, Mr. Radcliffe?
01:07:20 Well, Dagwood.
01:07:21 Thank you. Dagwood.
01:07:23 Well, if you'll agree that Mr. Thorpe continues with your account,
01:07:26 and you, Mr. Thorpe, have the Radcliffe Construction Company build your new radio station,
01:07:30 then, Mr. Radcliffe, I will allow Dagwood to go back to work for you.
01:07:34 On my terms.
01:07:35 On your terms?
01:07:36 Oh, yes.
01:07:37 Dagwood gets the raise first.
01:07:39 Second, he gets a big bonus.
01:07:41 Oh, no.
01:07:42 And no maybe. Is that clear, Mr. Radcliffe?
01:07:44 Well, I...
01:07:45 Oh, no, no, no.
01:07:47 Yes, yes, yes.
01:07:49 Well, now it's all settled.
01:07:55 Oh, except one more thing.
01:07:58 Llewellyn must be allowed to do whatever he wants in his own kitchen.
01:08:01 Oh, well, uh...
01:08:03 Oh, yes.
01:08:04 Of course, of course.
01:08:09 In that case, Mr. Dixon, the Premier Biscuit Company can have my recipe.
01:08:15 For nothing.
01:08:16 Oh, thank you, Mrs. Bumstead.
01:08:18 Oh, all right.
01:08:19 Excuse me.
01:08:23 Thanks, Miss Marshall.
01:08:29 Folks, excuse me for a moment.
01:08:31 I have to listen to a new announcer.
01:08:33 Oh, may we listen, too?
01:08:35 Oh, yes.
01:08:37 Well, yes.
01:08:38 Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.
01:08:40 The following broadcast is the first of a series sponsored by the...
01:08:43 Oh, goodness.
01:08:45 I can't understand it. Something's wrong.
01:08:47 Oh, it's only a little loose screw somewhere.
01:08:50 Has anybody got a nail file?
01:08:52 Goodbye.
01:08:53 Jackwood, I'll see you at 9 o'clock in the morning.
01:08:55 Come on, bring the doggie.
01:08:56 Yeah, goodbye, everybody.
01:08:58 I'll get your butterfly and fix it. It won't matter.