Speaker 1: Here's to Veterans from the Baby Snooks Show starring Fanny
Bryce's Baby Snokes with Henley Stafford, his Daddy, Palm and
Dragon and his Orchestra, and me Harlow Wilcos.
Speaker 2: Here's the Veterans.
Speaker 1: The fast moving quarter hour of entertainment and helpful information
brought to you transcribed by the top Flight Talent of
Radio in cooperation with the Veterans Administration. Dedicated to the
citizens who served in our armed forces, now working shoulder
to shoulder with their fellow Americans to make us stronger
and better.
Speaker 2: America for us all.
Speaker 1: Before we joined the Higgins at Sycamore Terrace. I'd like
to tell you a true story about one of the
world's great conquerors. In November nineteen forty four, he was
paralyzed by a bullet from an enemy sniper. At the
Veterans Administration Hospital, doctors told this man exactly what he
was up against. They explained what they do and what
he would have to do. He said, okay, it's a deal. Slowly, painfully,
he forced his body to obey his wills, trained healthy
muscles to do useful work, learned how to use braces,
and now he's home. In a house equipped with ramps
to make travel easy for his wheepshare. He built his
own typewriter desk, writes a weekly newspaper column. And he's
now ready to enter college. Yes, this veteran is one
of the world's mighty conquerors. He conquered himself, helped every
step of the way by the skill and know how
of the VA's top notch doctors and nurses. This veteran,
this conqueror, is fighting his way back inch by inch
to useful and self reliant citizenship. And that's the goal
of the Veterans Administration. And now to Sycamore Terrace. Well,
the Higgins home is in a more than usually hectic
state as money prepared for the arrival of Charles Harding Blair,
the eminent author, lecturer and traveler, much to Daddy's discussed
he's going to be their house guest.
Speaker 3: Well, come along, snoes, we'll try to make ourselves presentable
for the great Charles Harding Blair while you're at it.
Speaker 4: To my glance through those books on the table book, yes,
mister Blair's book he wrote them that at least you
can do a glance through them, so you'll have some
basis for dinner table conversation.
Speaker 5: Oh vera, this is going too far.
Speaker 6: It is not read me about China.
Speaker 3: Very well, I'll just read something at random. Traveling in
our little skip down the Yangte rivers, we suddenly came
upon a large building.
Speaker 5: The reader will never guess what it was.
Speaker 6: Maybe it was a Yankee stadium.
Speaker 3: It's very funny, Yeah funny.
Speaker 5: Do you mind if I continue reading? Please do very well.
Speaker 3: The reader will never guess what it was, although oolong
my number one boy made a feeble pun about the building,
saying it might be the Yanksee stadium.
Speaker 7: Very funny.
Speaker 2: Some more all right.
Speaker 3: Africa The Mysterious Chapter three. Although it was pitch dark out,
I suddenly called a halt as I instinctively realized we
had reached the.
Speaker 5: Banks of the Niaza River.
Speaker 3: We struck camp early the following day and made our
way down the Niyaza to Ungaggi in the Tata region.
Speaker 6: What's the matter day?
Speaker 2: Nothing?
Speaker 5: That's why it says here, Oh, I thought your teeth
were clipping.
Speaker 2: A listener.
Speaker 3: The third day out Greps my number one boy Knight
did the Ungaggy escarpments.
Speaker 4: That must be him lock look is mister Blair. Take
up this room. Hurry, here's the comlines lot comb your
hair one hare, Oh dear, I'm so should I don't
even know my own name.
Speaker 2: Well it's not Richard. Open the door.
Speaker 4: Be still my heart, mister Blair, I take it's so
nice to see you come in.
Speaker 8: Won't you you are?
Speaker 2: Missus Higgins?
Speaker 3: Yes, and who pray is this?
Speaker 6: This is my daughter.
Speaker 9: My advice to you, madam, is not to take her
to Africa in the open season. I've hunted things that
look better than that.
Speaker 4: Well, I know she's not pretty, but she's very.
Speaker 5: Bright and well mannered.
Speaker 4: And this and my husband, mister Higgins.
Speaker 2: M nature. Missus Higgins has indeed been unkind to you
that I love it. It is outside, mister Higgins, would you mind?
Speaker 4: That's not picking mister blair s luggage in? That's it, dear, Well,
don't stand there, Lon Slot. Hurry, mister bladder is tired.
It wants to change. Harry line flock.
Speaker 8: Just call me ooh long long, I mean.
Speaker 7: Call mister Blair.
Speaker 9: I brought you up and lunch takes it's good, of.
Speaker 6: Course I take it.
Speaker 2: And on the way up, yeah, that's just set it
on the table and leave.
Speaker 7: Mummy, Get you some boy and age whom I break
your pie?
Speaker 8: A pie? A pie?
Speaker 2: What kind of pie? A mud pie?
Speaker 9: Well take it away, take it away. I have no
mud pie, no mud pie at all.
Speaker 8: What are you staring at?
Speaker 7: What are you doing?
Speaker 3: I'm type right, That's what I'm staring at.
Speaker 2: Oh, please, child, run along. I have a lecture at
a little moro and I'm trying to finish it.
Speaker 8: No, what.
Speaker 2: That is a bee?
Speaker 5: Hire?
Speaker 9: No, it's a model I use in my lecture. Almost
impossible to tell it from the real thing.
Speaker 2: Isn't it.
Speaker 10: Yeah, I can promote those bees.
Speaker 9: Stinging me, Even those little bees in there that are
stinging you are perfect little models.
Speaker 2: Yeah, class, you'll break it. No, I don't touch it.
Speaker 8: This is Higgins.
Speaker 2: Is Higgins?
Speaker 11: Yes, I know, Blair.
Speaker 2: Get this human barnacle of yours away from me.
Speaker 4: Oh I'm sorry, leave me to Blelans.
Speaker 9: And what were you doing powling around outside my door?
Speaker 4: I just came up to tell you you're wanted on
the telephone.
Speaker 2: Oh well, certainly took you long enough.
Speaker 10: I came as fast as I coulde This is a
pretty make believe the house won't be a self cute
I wonder if we'd make it.
Speaker 7: If I just took one, I'll put.
Speaker 5: Ooh, I broke it.
Speaker 9: What'll I do?
Speaker 2: Oh?
Speaker 7: I know there's another beehive out in the apple tree.
I'll get it to him and say he won't.
Speaker 6: Know specific.
Speaker 5: Lo, God, what are you doing in that living room?
Speaker 4: I just finished cleaning it.
Speaker 2: It's all right, darling, I'm walking on my own.
Speaker 4: Oh, Landsot, isn't it thrilling? What Charles Harding Blair has
decided to say? Another week with it.
Speaker 3: That's the best news I've had since I got my
finger cut in the long coard.
Speaker 4: And guess what else, Landsaw, mister Blair is giving a preview.
Speaker 5: It's like you're right in our home this afternoon.
Speaker 4: Shoot, pen, I'm having a lunch and for all the
women in the ladies auxiliary, and you can help.
Speaker 3: I've got news view, Vera, I won't be here. I'm
leaving the house exactly. That's how you can help.
Speaker 2: Oh, I want you to.
Speaker 5: Take snooks and roast beer with you, was paw now, Vera.
Speaker 9: I was going over to my club for a little relaxation.
Speaker 4: Landlot is very seldom. I asked you to take the
children off my hands.
Speaker 3: But via it's a men's club. I was going to
play something small and take a steam. What do I
do with those kids?
Speaker 10: I don't care what.
Speaker 4: You do with them, Just get them out of the house.
Speaker 5: Men's castle.
Speaker 1: Veterans, when it comes to spending your money on life insurance,
you have the last word. What kind and how much
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is an asset to yourselves, your families, and your communities.
It's the badge of responsible citizenship. No veteran can afford
to plan a life insurance program without taking a careful
look at National Service Life insurance. It was provided especially
for you and your comrades in uniform by Congress and
a grateful nation. Now back to the Higgins home and
sycamore tear. Mommy's luncheon is over, the ladies who battle down,
and mister Charles Harding Blair, in the midst of his
lecture on the life of the bee.
Speaker 9: Let me illustrate ladies by making reference to this model beehive.
Here looks almost real, doesn't it.
Speaker 2: It has a hymn somewhere along here? Where is that thing?
Speaker 6: Can is the Blair?
Speaker 4: There's a bee crawling on your hat?
Speaker 9: Now now, now it's not been Our imaginations are the
way it is.
Speaker 2: These are just imitation bees.
Speaker 8: Ha ha.
Speaker 3: Well, I guess it's safe to go in now. I
don't see any cause the woman have gone home?
Speaker 2: Where my hera? Why are you crying?
Speaker 6: That's a man of mommy.
Speaker 11: Don't you want the matter?
Speaker 8: Mummy?
Speaker 2: Me?
Speaker 12: You yawing?
Speaker 1: What is it?
Speaker 5: What's happening?
Speaker 4: Let my Higgins, I've protected that child many times when
you wanted to give her a spake.
Speaker 11: No, I want you to give her the liking of
her life.
Speaker 2: Will somebody please tell me what's happened?
Speaker 4: My whole party ruin because that Choper mister Bleer's marvel
beehive and substituted a real It was awful.
Speaker 11: They were big all over the place.
Speaker 2: Well, where's Claire?
Speaker 11: He left in the rage.
Speaker 5: He's not staying with us any Moore, he's going to missus.
Speaker 6: Jackson, well Landlad, don't down there do something.
Speaker 9: That Strokes come here, Let's leave the room, Verra, this
is not going to be president.
Speaker 5: Not too hard, Landslod. Just teach her a good lesson.
I'll take care of it outside, Verra.
Speaker 2: This is man's work.
Speaker 4: Call me when it's over me in the next room.
Speaker 11: Shell wyat quiet.
Speaker 5: It's half a dollar. Yeah, now start balling.
Speaker 7: But you didn't hit me yet.
Speaker 5: I'm not going to.
Speaker 3: But I want your mother to think I am. I'll
go ahead, yell loud, I know I'm hitting you.
Speaker 5: Take this? How's this?
Speaker 11: I never need a daddy.
Speaker 2: I love.
Speaker 1: And that's the Here's the Veterans tribute from the Baby
Snook Shows Darring Fanny Bryce's Baby Snooks with Hanley Stafford,
his daddy, Arlene Harris, Alan Reid, the music of Carmen
Dragon and his Orchestra, and me Harlow Wilcox, who with
your sponsor and the American Federation of Musicians, the American
Federation of Radio Artists, the Advertising Consul and this station
have donated their services in time to the Veterans Administration
as a big service. Tune in again for another star
studded Here's to Veterans show. And remember Veterans for advice
and help with your insurance, education, loans, medical care and
other benefits. Write or visit your nearest Veterans Administration office.
Remember a well adjusted veteran means a happier and more
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a stockholder in America. Our guest today is one who's
been known to theater audiences since before the beginning of radio.
Here she is in her famous characterization of baby Snooks
assisted by Henley Stafford as Daddy's Miss Fanny Bryce Torriodoro Torridorzook.
Speaker 3: We're going to have a great adventure in music this evening.
I'm taking you to the opera. Ah, didn't know, nonsense.
Speaker 5: You love the opera. It's colorful and exciting. Well hurry,
well listen to what you're going to hear.
Speaker 9: Just listen atrriodor.
Speaker 5: Try good or.
Speaker 8: Well?
Speaker 5: Does that convince you?
Speaker 6: Yeah? I want to go get a movie.
Speaker 3: That's the attitude i'd expect from you. Don't you know
why I'm taking you to the opera?
Speaker 6: M cud you got two free tickets.
Speaker 3: I look quick, the opera and that's final. I'll go
put on your best dress and find my top hat.
But do you know butts about it? I want to
see you down here in ten minutes with your coat and.
Speaker 5: My top hat.
Speaker 6: Kill in my own.
Speaker 3: Very funny run along, Hi, daddy.
Speaker 7: Yet number please? I want to speak to alex and
the bumps kick.
Speaker 6: I beg your pardon.
Speaker 7: I want to ask you what to give him my
daddy's pop hap.
Speaker 6: I'm sorry. I'll connect you with information, all right? Information?
Speaker 5: Paul?
Speaker 6: Did you wish information?
Speaker 1: Yes?
Speaker 6: What did Alexander do with my daddy, Pap Pat. Sorry,
I do not have that information. Do you wish me
to look up a party for you?
Speaker 8: Oh?
Speaker 7: I haven't got time to go to a party cause
my daddy's.
Speaker 6: Taking me to Whom do you wish to seek? Charlie Jander?
Do you have his last name? It's Bumpstead and here's alive.
Speaker 7: I don't always addrest, but your phone number is name
two six ninety five.
Speaker 6: I'll connect you.
Speaker 7: Hello, how alexandday?
Speaker 8: Oh?
Speaker 7: Snow's what you're doing?
Speaker 6: Nothing?
Speaker 7: Do you want to come over to my house?
Speaker 6: Fie? No, dans I gotta look at the opera? What
you call me up for? Do you remember that hatch
wall when we got married?
Speaker 10: Yeah?
Speaker 6: Uh huh.
Speaker 7: Your father's sovepipe? Well I need it back he's getting
married again. No, my daddy want it? You know where
it is?
Speaker 6: Sure it's not my snowman? What's left of it?
Speaker 10: Uh?
Speaker 7: Uh? I guess you ain't gonna do your father any good.
I guess you ain't gonna do me any good either.
Speaker 6: Well, bye bye. Sorry, you can't fight with me today, snooks.
Speaker 7: Well, why don't you call up wondering?
Speaker 6: Maybe she's free? Nah, she can leg me byey may bye.
Speaker 7: Oh, I love that for it.
Speaker 5: Come here, young lady.
Speaker 3: Might as well know right off that I heard the
whole conversation, and I know all about what happened to
my top.
Speaker 6: Pat Shall I turn over Daddy?
Speaker 5: Nope, it's time. I won't spank you.
Speaker 6: Do you feel all right?
Speaker 5: Of course I do.
Speaker 3: But I want to prove to you the value of
telling the truth. You tell the truth, I don't spank you.
Speaker 7: Hm, this looks like a good turn to tay.
Speaker 4: Say you about the tickets, the opera tickets, h ropes.
Speaker 6: Be chewed up one of them?
Speaker 5: Whatever made him do that?
Speaker 6: He told me you up the other one? Yeah, I
told the truth again.
Speaker 5: Those were box seats you chewed up.
Speaker 7: Babby, you've taking off your broth. You're gonna thank.
Speaker 5: Me you told the truth again.
Speaker 6: Can't we find no tickets?
Speaker 3: Yes, but not in the same place, bend over snokes,
This is going to hurt.
Speaker 5: Me worse than it hurts you.
Speaker 6: Yes, but not in the same point.
Speaker 5: Thank you, baby, smokes and daddy.
Speaker 13: Now between the acts, here's Harry Sarsnik and the Security
of Barms Orchestra with a special Sarsenik arrangement of Irving
Berlin's cheek Tucci. And now back to Slickmore Terrace and
the opera house slip. Some daddy are making their way
to the seats that he has been forced to buy
with his own money.
Speaker 6: Eight nine.
Speaker 5: No, stop counting the steps.
Speaker 6: I'm not dead. He don't counting the balcony.
Speaker 5: Well, stop it, We've only got two more to go.
Speaker 6: Deck.
Speaker 5: No balconies.
Speaker 3: I don't like the opera dead you haven't seen it yet,
and stop complaining. Opera happens to be one of the
highest forms of art.
Speaker 6: Well I don't like it.
Speaker 5: Well, why it's gone.
Speaker 3: That's too bad. The orchestra seats were too expensive? Why, well,
there's always that way. The lower seats are higher.
Speaker 6: The lower car higher, yes, and.
Speaker 5: The highest seats are lower. The lowers all the higher
you go, but the higher is low.
Speaker 3: You see, the lower the seats, and the lower you go,
the higher the seats. For instance, the orchestra's always higher
than the balcony. Now do you understand, Yeah, you're digit
on the rope. No, the audience sits in the orchestra
where the ship. Listen, Costello, Let's drop the whole thing,
you know, dear, I've always had an affinity for five music.
The last time I was at the opera, I was single.
I brought you mother here.
Speaker 5: Oh what a beautiful memory. The ap no being single, consolers.
The curtain's going up. This is where our.
Speaker 3: Seats are, flity, I see, well they're not reserved. You said,
anyway you.
Speaker 5: Want to anywhere?
Speaker 6: I want to?
Speaker 5: Yes, get off that lady's lap.
Speaker 6: But you take care of the mine climb in.
Speaker 3: This simile plea the opera started him. Maybe we can
get a couple of single seats.
Speaker 6: Eaging empty one right there in front.
Speaker 7: Oh, yes, and there's another anty one way up behind
that post.
Speaker 5: A while looks as if one of us is going
to sit behind a pool.
Speaker 7: I wonder which one.
Speaker 3: You don't think I take advantage of you just because
you're a child, do you well?
Speaker 6: Do you down?
Speaker 8: All right?
Speaker 3: I'll leave it up to you. Sit in whichever seat
you want to get right down here. On the other hand, snookes,
you have better eyes than I have.
Speaker 6: You have a long neck.
Speaker 5: That remark. You can go sit behind the post.
Speaker 6: That's my daddy.
Speaker 5: Go ahead, I'll see you during the intermission.
Speaker 3: Excuse me, excuse me, Oh, thank heavens, I'm rid of her.
Speaker 5: Now I can enjoy the opera in peace. Oh no, not,
I'll ignore.
Speaker 2: That your daughter.
Speaker 5: No, please shut her up.
Speaker 3: You shut her up, You shut her up, or I'll
shut you up and miss him. Alt, ladies, whatever it is,
it can wait, No it did. I'll come on down
and sit.
Speaker 5: On my lap. Sorry I brought you here in the
first place.
Speaker 7: This is a wonderful aplagetty.
Speaker 1: What is it?
Speaker 5: That's how you did? Can't you hear? Don't you see?
That's part in setting. Yeah, the elephant's will appear any minute,
said one. Now that senior SCALLAPEDI he's the man you're
going to sing for later.
Speaker 3: Listen to that voice. Someday you might go up to
be just like that's good. Oh you'd like the idea.
Speaker 7: Yeah, I always wanted to get that thing with a pig.
Speaker 6: Be quiet, look, said let anything.
Speaker 3: That's the Primadama. They call her the canary of the West.
Why she sings like a canary. She looks like a canary.
She can do anything a canary can do.
Speaker 6: Can't she say?
Speaker 4: A little boy?
Speaker 3: That thing over there, that's an elephant, and keep quiet?
Why can't you sit still and listen to the opera,
you shut up, listen please,