"Ranger Bill" is a classic Christian radio program from the 1950s, produced by Moody Radio.
The show features over 200 episodes and stars Miron Canaday as Ranger Bill, a forest ranger in the fictional town of Knotty Pine, located in the Rocky Mountains. Alongside his friends Stumpy Jenkins and Grey Wolf, Ranger Bill tackles various adventures and moral dilemmas, often with a strong Christian message.
The show remains a beloved piece of old-time radio history and is still enjoyed by many fans today.
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The show features over 200 episodes and stars Miron Canaday as Ranger Bill, a forest ranger in the fictional town of Knotty Pine, located in the Rocky Mountains. Alongside his friends Stumpy Jenkins and Grey Wolf, Ranger Bill tackles various adventures and moral dilemmas, often with a strong Christian message.
The show remains a beloved piece of old-time radio history and is still enjoyed by many fans today.
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Listen to other Shows at My Classic Radio https://www.myclassicradio.net/
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Remember that times have changed, and some shows might not reflect the standards of today’s politically correct society. The shows do not necessarily reflect the views, standards, or beliefs of Entertainment Radio
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00:00Ranger Bill, warrior of the woodland, struggling against extreme odds, traveling dangerous
00:19trails, showing rare courage in the face of disaster.
00:24In the air, on horseback, or in a screaming squad car.
00:50Ranger Bill, his mind alert, a ready smile, unswerving, loyal to his mission.
01:00And all this in exchange for the satisfaction and pride of a job well done.
01:06Ranger Bill, brought to you today by the folks at Gaiman's Feed Mill, Denver.
01:13I guess I'll turn in for the night, Grover.
01:23Want to be wide awake and alert early tomorrow.
01:25Well, that's a good idea.
01:26I could use a bit of shut-eye myself.
01:28We've hiked a good many miles today.
01:31I figure about twenty-five.
01:34At least.
01:35When you get to be our age, that's a good distance.
01:37Our age?
01:38That's far enough to walk no matter how old you are.
01:41Anyhow, we won't have to worry about bumping into other hunters this far from civilization.
01:45Coming this far was a good idea.
01:47Thanks, Ben.
01:48When we roll out tomorrow, we'll have to figure out some sort of route that will take us back
01:52to the land of the living.
01:54Still net us a good catch.
01:56What are we doing?
01:57Hunting or fishing?
01:58You know what I mean.
02:00Oh, right now, my tired old bones have had it.
02:06Me too.
02:07I'll just put a few more pieces of wood on our fire to keep the chill and the animals
02:11away.
02:12And I think I'll turn in myself.
02:13Good night, Grover.
02:14Good night, Ben.
02:15You about ready to shut off, huh?
02:31Oh, I'm sorry.
02:32Didn't know I was bothering you.
02:33That's all right.
02:34Good night.
02:35Good night.
02:36Did you see that?
02:37See it?
02:38How could I help it?
02:39It lit up the whole area.
02:40Well, what was that?
02:41I don't know.
02:42It was so bright and close.
02:43Look.
02:44It lit up the whole sky for a minute.
02:45It must have crashed just over that ridge of foothills.
02:46I don't hear anything anymore.
02:47I don't see anything either.
02:48You think it'll start a fire?
02:49I don't see any light in that direction.
02:50If it were going to, it would before this.
02:51It must be all snow up in that area.
02:52I don't see anything.
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03:56I don't see anything.
03:57I don't see anything.
03:58I don't see anything.
03:59It will make some great scientific find while we're at it.
04:02Sure thing no one else saw it.
04:04That sounds like a good idea, all right.
04:06Fine.
04:09Now, as I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted,
04:13I think I'll turn in.
04:15See you in the morning, Grover.
04:30We should be near the place where that thing landed by now.
04:33Yeah, not too far from it the way I figure.
04:38We should stop calling it that thing like it was something out of the ordinary.
04:41Well, isn't it?
04:42I know you don't see meteors just any time of the day or night,
04:46but it isn't a Mars spaceship.
04:48I didn't say it was.
04:50Just not convinced that it was a meteor.
04:53It's cold up here, isn't it?
04:54Yeah, I knew it would be.
04:56That's why the thing...
04:57There, you've got me doing it.
04:59That's why the meteor didn't start a fire.
05:01There's still plenty of snow up here.
05:03Strange, we haven't seen it yet.
05:05You'd think with the size of the explosion we saw,
05:07there'd be a big area all black and scorched.
05:10Maybe what we saw wasn't an explosion at all.
05:13Maybe it was a set of reverse landing rockets.
05:15Do you think that too?
05:17Oh, Grover, act your age.
05:19Well, these days you never know.
05:21It wouldn't necessarily have to be Mars or anything like that.
05:25Even on our own planet, we...
05:28Ben!
05:29Grover, what's the matter, man?
05:30You're white as a sheet.
05:32Look!
05:33Down there.
05:36Funny you...
05:38I see them.
05:40I see them too, Grover.
05:43What are they?
05:44Well, looks like men or something like men.
05:48Five of them.
05:50Walking along, real slowly.
05:52In single file.
05:54Yeah, and look at the way they're dressed.
05:57Grover, those are space suits, I think.
06:00Those big greenish bubbles for heads.
06:03They must be seven or eight feet tall.
06:05Ben!
06:06What?
06:07That path they're walking on.
06:09What about it?
06:10It winds around and comes up here.
06:13It's the one we're on.
06:15They're too close for us to make any noise.
06:17They'll be here in no time.
06:19What are we gonna do?
06:22Quick.
06:23Let's roll under these bushes along the path
06:25and cover ourselves with them.
06:27What if they see us?
06:28They'll be sure to see us if we run.
06:30They will if we stand here talking much longer.
06:32Come on.
06:33I'll let the pulley branch it right over.
06:37A little bit more over here.
06:39Like this?
06:40Yeah.
06:41That's good.
06:43Pull this branch over you a little more.
06:47Yeah, yeah.
06:49Right.
06:50Now quiet.
06:51They'll be here in no time at all.
07:20Shh.
07:41But they're gone, Ben.
07:42We don't know how far away they are.
07:46Ben.
07:47What?
07:48I have to sneeze.
07:49Don't you dare.
07:50I can't help it.
07:53Achoo!
07:57I'm sorry, Ben.
07:58I'm good.
07:59Well, I guess it's all right now anyway.
08:02They didn't seem to hear you.
08:04Look.
08:05There they go.
08:06Up the mountain.
08:07I know.
08:08I've been watching them.
08:09What are we gonna do?
08:10I don't know why you keep asking me that question.
08:12You're the one who knew they were men from Mars
08:14from the beginning.
08:15Don't say that.
08:16Okay, okay.
08:18I think the best thing to do is just sit tight
08:20until we're sure the coast is clear
08:22and then head back to town as fast as we can.
08:25Maybe the rangers will have some idea about what to do.
08:27I don't know.
08:28Bill and his rangers are smart fellas.
08:31But I don't think even they could figure out much to do
08:33with men from another planet.
08:46Yes, sir.
08:47So the sky fills with these here flying saucer things
08:50and they start landing all over the place.
08:52And these little fellas go about that high and get out.
08:55High?
08:56That's pretty small, old timer.
08:58Okay, about this high.
09:00Well, anyhow, these little fellas come running out of the flying saucers
09:04and turn all over the neighborhood.
09:06And finally, one of them runs up the front steps of this big house
09:09and bangs into the door.
09:11So the lady of the house opens the door
09:13and looks down at that little fella.
09:15She probably screams, huh?
09:16Nope.
09:17Well, what did she do?
09:19She just sort of smiled and says,
09:21I'm sorry, little boy, but we don't have any tricks or treats left.
09:27That's pretty good, old timer.
09:29I don't think it's so funny.
09:32It's the way you tell it.
09:37Hello, fellas.
09:39Been behaving yourselves?
09:42You've been telling us jokes about creatures from other planets and stuff.
09:45Well, even I must admit that some not bad.
09:48Well, I wish I'd been here.
09:49I haven't heard a good joke come out of you for a long time, Stumpy.
09:54Okay, okay, sonny.
09:56You can get that way if you want to, but hold it.
10:01I've got it.
10:02How do you like that?
10:04He just gets here and business picks up.
10:07Ranger headquarters, Bill Jefferson speaking.
10:11Sure, he's right here.
10:13It's for you, Henry.
10:14Oh, thanks.
10:16Hello?
10:18Hi, Milo.
10:20What?
10:22Oh, no.
10:24Sure, sure, I'll be right out.
10:27Just a minute, Milo.
10:29Bill?
10:30Yes, Bill.
10:32Do you need me around here for a while?
10:34I can't think why.
10:36Anything wrong?
10:37No, no.
10:39Just a little something a friend of mine and I were experimenting with.
10:43Nothing big or much.
10:46Milo, listen, I'll be there as soon as I can make it.
10:49Yeah, okay, so long.
10:53You look a little worried, sonny.
10:55Oh, it really isn't anything.
10:59Just a little experiment.
11:01I'll see you all later.
11:02Bye.
11:06It isn't like Henry.
11:08I think same thing.
11:09Well, I wouldn't worry about it.
11:11He'll tell us whatever it's about when he's ready.
11:16Hey, that tower 12.
11:17I'll get it.
11:20Hello, Tom.
11:21Where's the fire?
11:22Just a couple of guys who insist on talking to you.
11:25Well, that's not strictly according to regulations, Tom.
11:28Is it important?
11:29That's why I called, Bill.
11:31I can't figure them out.
11:33We should give a little listen to their story and see what you think.
11:37Okay, put them on.
11:39Okay, go ahead.
11:40Talk back in this thing here.
11:42Bill?
11:43Bill, can you hear me?
11:44This is Grover Cannon.
11:46Am I coming through all right, Bill?
11:48Fine, fine, what's up?
11:49You better let me talk to him, Grover.
11:51You're too nervous.
11:53Bill, this is Ben Adams.
11:55Listen, we'd appreciate it if you and some of your men would get out here on the double.
11:59Well, I'd appreciate it if one of you would tell me what the trouble is.
12:03Spaceman, Bill.
12:04Goodbye, walking spaceman.
12:18All right, we got here as fast as we could.
12:21Now, maybe you'd better go over that again.
12:24You say you saw some sort of spaceship land and strange men?
12:29That sounds unbelievable.
12:30Well, it wasn't exactly like that, Bill.
12:33Last night, this loud burning thing zoomed over our camp and crashed a few miles away, up in the mountain area.
12:39And this morning, out of curiosity, we went to see what it was.
12:42And we saw them.
12:43Grover, please.
12:44Well, we did.
12:45Big as life.
12:46Five of them, walking along the path, making strange sounds.
12:49They were just breathing.
12:51And it was strange breathing, too.
12:53Well, anyhow, that's about the gist of it, Bill.
12:56These strange men were wandering around in the same area where we saw that burning thing crash.
13:01They had green heads.
13:02I was just going to ask you for some sort of description.
13:05I guess that's as good a place to start as any.
13:09Green heads?
13:11Well, they were kind of a big green bubble.
13:15I couldn't make out any features.
13:17Uh-huh.
13:18And what color were their suits?
13:20Oh, kind of an aluminum color.
13:23Metallic.
13:24Their breathing tanks were the same.
13:26I see.
13:27About how far from them are we right now, would you say?
13:31Not far enough.
13:32Oh, I'd say about four or five miles.
13:35We almost ran the whole way.
13:37We sure were glad to spot this tower.
13:39Well, we'll walk back a little more leisurely.
13:42Walk back?
13:43To them?
13:44That's right.
13:45I think we ought to drop in on our space friends and see if they're enjoying their stay.
14:02Right up ahead.
14:04There's where we hid.
14:05This is where they passed right by us.
14:07These are the bushes we crawled under, Bill.
14:10Uh-huh.
14:11Well, story check out.
14:13They're a good sign to show what they say is true.
14:16Oh, I don't doubt that the story is true, Gray Wolf.
14:19I'm sure that everything they told us is true.
14:22You'd better believe it.
14:23We told you the truth.
14:25A story true, that makes Stumpy and I look foolish.
14:28Well, what's Stumpy got to do with this?
14:30By the way, where is he?
14:31Well, you see, Ben, when we heard your story over the ranger two-way radio,
14:35both Stumpy and Gray Wolf decided it was just a big joke.
14:39Stumpy figured he'd watch things at the station, and Gray Wolf came along only because I asked him.
14:44Bill, look at tracks and path.
14:46Funny footprints.
14:47They're almost square.
14:49Uh-huh.
14:50I thought we'd see some sooner or later.
14:54All right, now that we got a trail to follow, come on.
14:57You know what I can't figure out, Bill?
15:00What's that, Ben?
15:01Well, you seem to be so very calm about this whole thing.
15:05You're not at all excited or even afraid to follow these creatures.
15:08Yeah, I noticed the same thing.
15:10You know something we not know, Bill?
15:12Not really.
15:13And I suspect something you all don't seem to know about.
15:17We'll, uh, see when we meet the strangers.
15:20Bill, I, uh, I know this path.
15:22Oh?
15:23Yeah, we use it when inspecting fire lanes.
15:26It leads to old cave hills.
15:28We aren't far from there now.
15:30Caves, huh?
15:32Well, what do you make of that?
15:36I know what to make of it, and I don't like it.
15:39Those visitors landed near here because they knew they could hide out in one of the caves.
15:43That's what we're all thinking.
15:44That's not what I'm thinking.
15:46I just figured it out.
15:48What are you talking about?
15:49Well, you know how some people, when they're faced with trouble or a frightening situation, just snap?
15:54That's what's happened to Bill.
15:56No wonder he isn't bothered.
15:58See?
15:59Grover, that's ridiculous.
16:01Bill's been in more tense situations than this.
16:03His path ends just over a small rise ahead.
16:06And the caves are just a short distance beyond, right?
16:09Right, Bill.
16:10Maybe we better send a lookout on ahead.
16:13That's a good idea.
16:15Uh, who will we send?
16:19Okay, let's draw straws.
16:22I'll just pull up a few of these longer weeds here.
16:27And, uh, line up the tops like so.
16:32There we are.
16:33Now we'll all take one.
16:35Now, Gray Wolf?
16:37Ben?
16:38Grover?
16:40Uh, Grover?
16:42Well, there are only two left.
16:45Give me a chance to make up my mind.
16:48Um, this one.
16:51Which leaves me with this one.
16:53Okay, whose is the shortest?
16:57Ha ha ha ha ha ha!
17:00I don't see what's so funny.
17:03Well, you wanted to send someone ahead.
17:06If you hadn't said anything, we'd have all gone on together.
17:09Now, after that little draw, you have to go it alone.
17:13Uh, who shall we contact in case of trouble, Grover?
17:17All right.
17:18Kid, if you want to.
17:19But who knows?
17:21The whole world may someday thank me for what I'm about to do.
17:31You look like you walked the last mile.
17:34Bill, but, uh, what do you think you see over here, anyway?
17:38Yeah, Bill, what is it you've been keeping to yourself about all this?
17:42Let's just watch Grover, huh?
17:44Hey, look.
17:45He's down on his hands and knees, crawling to the top.
17:48Hey, he sees something.
17:49Yeah, he takes short look and he crawled back down as fast as possible.
17:53Here he comes.
17:57They're there.
17:58All five of them.
17:59They're there.
18:00I saw them.
18:01All sitting around a small fire.
18:05Well, Bill?
18:07Let's all go up there and take a look.
18:09All of us, come on.
18:10Yeah.
18:11Let's go.
18:12Hand me those binoculars, will you, Graywolf?
18:15Here, Bill.
18:16Thanks.
18:17You should be able to see them in just a few feet.
18:21Aren't you going to crawl like I did?
18:23No, but I could crawl the way you did.
18:25Let's see.
18:27Ah, yes.
18:29Uh-huh.
18:30There they are.
18:32Oh.
18:33I see them, too.
18:34Yeah, those are the ones, all right.
18:36Now, do you believe us?
18:37We weren't seeing things.
18:39You weren't seeing things, that's for sure.
18:41If you were, you would have noticed what's written all across the tanks of oxygen and other equipment they have.
18:47What's that?
18:48Let me see those glasses.
18:49Here you are, Ben.
18:53What is it, Ben?
18:55You and your men from Mars.
18:58Almost every piece of equipment they have down there has great big blue letters on it reading,
19:02United States Air Force.
19:12Ha, ha, ha.
19:15Well, that won't beat all.
19:17How do you like our planet, Sergeant?
19:20Well, it's worth writing home to mother about.
19:23This is about the best I've heard for a long time.
19:25Well, we thought as long as we were in the neighborhood, we'd drop in.
19:29I'm glad you did.
19:30It sort of brightened up a routine job.
19:33These fellas maybe never walked around in these monkey suits before,
19:37but I'd take a bunch of them out almost every week.
19:39Hey, that suit looked plenty warm.
19:41Ah, it's got a thermostat in it.
19:43Warm when you need it, not when you don't.
19:46Say, Engine, maybe you should teach me a little on watching the trail.
19:50What's that?
19:51Well, I'd like to know what to look for just in case we almost step on some more hunters.
19:56Ha, ha, ha.
19:58I feel pretty stupid, Ben.
20:00Oh, never mind. It's all taken care of now.
20:03It was just that flaming thing crashing in these high altitude suits.
20:07Hey, that reminds me. What was that thing that crashed last night?
20:10Were you fellas trying something else out?
20:12I don't know anything about a crash.
20:14It set out from trucks early in the morning.
20:17Now that I think of it, we didn't get any news on a meteor hitting this area either.
20:22I told you it sounded like a rocket.
20:24Yeah, and you said that those guys look like men from Mars too.
20:27Well, they do.
20:29That's right. I guess they do.
20:32What do you say we go looking for that thing, whatever it is, huh?
20:36I mean, we'd better go along.
20:39If it is a rocket, good idea.
20:42Okay, man. Let's break up camp.
20:45We'll look for that rocket.
20:47♪
21:04It should be somewhere in this general area.
21:08Well, if it made as big an explosion as you said, we shouldn't have too much trouble locating it.
21:14Now, you find anything over there?
21:16Not yet, Sergeant.
21:19Hey, I have an idea, Bill.
21:21What's that, Graywolf?
21:22If we get up higher than this, maybe we have a better chance of seeing it.
21:27That makes sense.
21:29How do you figure on doing it?
21:31This is kind of a plateau here.
21:33Well, downhill a bit.
21:35But you said you wanted to get up higher.
21:37Downhill, there are tall trees.
21:40I go and climb to a higher point than here.
21:42Okay, Graywolf.
21:44We'll watch you for directions in case you see it.
21:47I move fast.
21:49Hey, where's the engine going?
21:51Climb a tree and check this area.
21:54Come on over.
21:56Bill.
21:57Yes, Ben.
21:59I just thought of something.
22:01What's that?
22:02Well, Grover and I might have dreamed this whole thing.
22:08What?
22:09As I remember, we turned in for the night and I'm sure I dropped off.
22:13I can't understand why we can't find the thing.
22:16Grover, were you asleep when it flew over?
22:18Asleep?
22:19Who could sleep with all that noise and light?
22:21Well, I mean, had you fallen asleep before we saw it?
22:24I don't know.
22:26I was sort of getting comfortable, if you know what I mean.
22:29Say, Bill.
22:31There sure is a lot of small gullies and hills in this area.
22:35No wonder we can't find anything.
22:37Sergeant, Ben here thinks that he and Grover might have dreamed this whole thing.
22:43Is that so?
22:45Well, it's a pretty good trick if it's true.
22:48Yeah, exactly what I was thinking.
22:51Why do you say that?
22:52I never in my life heard of two fellas dreaming the exact same thing at the exact same time.
22:58Are you fellas brothers?
23:00No.
23:01Then chances are even slimmer.
23:03Well, we were both in the same place and in the same conditions.
23:09Mister, back at the barracks, there might be four or five hundred men in the same place in the same conditions.
23:15They even make pretty much the same noise when they sleep.
23:18But I don't think you'll find any two of them ever dreaming about the same thing.
23:22You see, Ben, there was something in the air last...
23:26Hey, look at Grey Wolf.
23:28Where?
23:29In that tree over there.
23:31You see?
23:32The tall one in that cluster.
23:34I see him.
23:35He's pointing over to our left and motioning farther back.
23:39Let's go. He's spotted the rocket.
23:55I never in all my life seen a rocket like this one.
23:58I haven't either.
24:00It's a radio smaller than any I've seen.
24:04No, it almost looks like a miniature.
24:06Of course, a lot of it has been blown away by the explosion.
24:11I think we better contact a few officials about this right away.
24:15My man and me will stand guard around this thing.
24:19If you'll head back for town and do the contacting...
24:22Good enough.
24:23We have horses at the tower.
24:25Make good time.
24:26Then you better get a little old move on, I'd think.
24:29There'll be some brass that'll be real interested in this little fella.
24:46No, Milo, he isn't back yet.
24:48Uh-huh.
24:49He sure is.
24:51Well, listen, as soon as he gets back, I'll ask him if he'll help us look for it.
24:56Yeah, okay, Milo. Right. Bye.
24:59Brother.
25:02Oh, Bill! There you are.
25:04Hi, pal.
25:06Uh, toss me that phone directory, will you?
25:08Sure. This one?
25:09No, uh, the black one.
25:11No, over there.
25:12Oh, the important numbers, huh?
25:14Mm-hmm.
25:15Here you are.
25:16Thanks.
25:17Uh, Bill?
25:19Um, yeah, pal?
25:21Did you ever have something really tremendous and exciting in your life?
25:26Really tremendous and exciting fall through for you?
25:30Uh, everyone has, Henry.
25:32Well, what did you do about it? How it made you feel?
25:34Uh, here it is.
25:36Uh, listen, pal, I'm in a kind of hurry.
25:39Could you talk about it later? This is important.
25:42Sure. I guess.
25:44You can wait.
25:45Attaboy.
25:46Uh, excuse me.
25:53Only four numbers?
25:54Is that one of those special defense code numbers?
25:56Yeah, that's right.
25:57What happened?
25:58Uh, I'll tell you about it in a minute, pal.
26:00Uh, hello?
26:01Uh, Colonel O'Reilly, please.
26:04Thank you.
26:05He's Air Force, isn't he?
26:07All right. Uh, hello, Colonel. Uh, Bill Jefferson.
26:11Uh, we've got something, uh, here we don't know quite what to make of.
26:17But, uh, you wanna take a look?
26:20Uh-huh.
26:21It's a small rocket ship of some sort.
26:24What? What?
26:25Hold it, pal.
26:26That's right, Colonel.
26:29Oh, maybe six or seven feet long.
26:32Hard to tell exactly because some of it was blown off when it hit.
26:35No, that rocket is what I want.
26:36Please, Henry.
26:37Uh, what's that, Colonel?
26:40Uh, sometime during the night, yeah.
26:43A couple of hunters spotted the thing as it came down.
26:45No, I know it. That rocket's all about...
26:47Let's talk about it later, pal. This...
26:49Uh, what's that, sir?
26:51Yes, uh, fortunately, we ran into one of your patrols and they're watching it.
26:56No, no sign of life anywhere near it.
26:59As far as we could tell, there wasn't anything in it at all.
27:02No life, no warheads or anything.
27:03Bill, listen. You've got to listen to me.
27:05You don't have to worry the Air Force about this.
27:07Hold on a minute, will you, Colonel?
27:09Thanks.
27:10Now, look, pal, this is important business.
27:12There's no telling how important.
27:14And whatever you have to say, we'll have to wait.
27:16It is not important.
27:17I know all about that rocket.
27:19I know where it came from and who made it.
27:22And it isn't a threat to peace or anything like that.
27:24You...
27:26You know?
27:27That's what I was so disappointed about.
27:30You see, Milo Armstrong and I were trying to make a working model of a rocket
27:35for a science class project.
27:37Well, we were going to send it up today.
27:39It wouldn't have gone very far, we thought.
27:42But last night, Milo was fooling around with it.
27:45Well, it went up.
27:47Just a minute, Henry. Tell me the rest later.
27:52Colonel Riley, I'm sorry I bothered you about this little rocket business.
27:56What's that?
27:58Well, it seems that Henry and one of his friends were...
28:01So, first of all, you two thought they were Mars men, eh?
28:17That's right.
28:18And then Bill got all in the tizzy about Henry and his friend's rocket ship.
28:23Good little ship.
28:24Looks like we all got a little carried away with our imaginations.
28:28They're shameful.
28:31Grown men letting their imaginations run away with them so much
28:35that almost a whole United States Air Force was brought out.
28:39I suppose you never get carried away.
28:41Sonny, when you live as long as I have, you will realize...
28:45Oh, my God!
28:49What you do under desk, anyway?
28:51What was it? What was it? It flew right by me.
28:54You mean this, old timer?
28:56What is it?
28:57I was just sitting there holding this paper up to make an airplane.
29:01I guess I tossed it too close to you, huh?
29:03A paper airplane.
29:07Did you see the way it dove under the table?
29:10I never let my imagination run away with me.
29:13Well, when you live as long as me.
29:22Well, boys and girls, we all get a little carried away at times, don't we?
29:26Even stomping.
29:27But it's no stretch of the imagination to say that
29:30we'll see you next week for more adventure with...
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