A Date With Judy 44-03-28 (048) Love In The Slums

Summary

Podcast Summary

Podcast: Harold's Old Time Radio
Episode: A Date With Judy 44-03-28 (048) Love In The Slums
Date: November 19, 2025
Host: Harold's Old Time Radio

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Episode Overview

This episode features a classic broadcast of A Date With Judy, originally aired on March 28, 1944. The comedic story follows Judy Foster, her brother Randolph, and their family as they become entangled in small-town theatrics after attending a melodramatic play called "Love in the Slums." Hijinks ensue when Judy schemes to get herself and her mother cast in the local stage production by fabricating a story of family misfortune, resulting in farcical misunderstandings and social faux pas.

Tone: The episode is lighthearted, filled with 1940s-style witty banter, family humor, and gentle satire of both amateur theatricals and community gossip.

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Key Discussion Points & Plot Highlights

1. Setting the Scene – The Foster Household (01:33–04:50)

• Judy and friend Barbara return home, raving about the matinee "Love in the Slums," describing it as “the most depressing, divine show.”
• Randolph distances himself from his sisters, embarrassed by their emotional reactions at the theater (“Their eyes leaked like faucets”—Randolph, 03:16), and mocks their giggling about the handsome lead.
• Family dynamics are comedic—Judy is dramatic and ambitious, Randolph is the sarcastic sibling, and their parents provide dry, gently exasperated commentary.

2. Aspirations and Rivalries (04:50–06:01)

• Judy is upset after losing a club election to Mrs. Whiteman, stoking her rivalry with the Whiteman family—especially Mrs. Whiteman's daughter, Tootsie (“You hate Mrs. Whiteman just as much as I hate her daughter, Tootsie”—Judy, 04:13).
• Aspiring for more, Judy and Barbara fantasize about being actresses, while Mrs. Foster reveals her own modest past as a high school and local festival stage star.

3. The Opportunity – Casting in “Love in the Slums” (06:01–13:21)

• Barbara excitedly announces the professional cast for "Love in the Slums" is ill, and the production needs local stand-ins.
• Judy hatches the idea to audition, with Randolph reluctantly agreeing to be her “agent” in exchange for 10% of her “earnings”—a recurring comedic motif.
• At the opera house, Mrs. Whiteman and Tootsie are revealed as Judy’s chief competition for the roles.
• Judy and Randolph spin a dramatic tale to the director, Mr. Mulligan, painting the Foster family as poverty-stricken and the father as a drunkard in order to fit the part—unbeknownst to Mrs. Foster.

“Well, you see, Mr. Mulligan, our father drinks.”
— Randolph Foster (12:58)

4. Mother and Daughter Win the Parts (13:57–15:56)

• Judy and Randolph rope Mrs. Foster into auditioning, playing on her rivalry with Mrs. Whiteman.
• The children insist she not change out of her disheveled house attire—“Mother, you look beautiful. And besides, there’s no time to change if you want to beat Mrs. Whiteman back to the theater.”—Judy (16:11).

5. The Big Night – On Stage and Off (21:28–24:28)

• The play within the play is performed; Judy’s and Mrs. Foster’s brief roles as desperate tenement-dwellers are a family triumph.
• The Whitemans bitterly observe from the audience, trading barbs and escalating the rumors about the Fosters’ supposed plight and Melvin Foster’s "drinking."
• Melvin, Judy and Randolph’s father, is flummoxed by the increasing gossip and misunderstood charity directed at the family due to Judy's lies.

“All I can say is that you ought to be ashamed of yourself. Making the women in your family work and slave to support you while you... you carouse in boxes.”
— Mrs. Whiteman confronting Melvin Foster (23:30)

6. The Fallout – Truth Revealed (24:28–28:16)

• Mr. Mulligan, meaning well, brings a bundle of old clothes for the “impoverished” Fosters, suggesting Melvin seek the “kitty cure” for his fictitious alcoholism.
• The Fosters are baffled by both the kindness and the rumor mill, as Melvin exclaims: “But I haven't touched a drop in 20 years either. Hardly.” (25:48)
• Judy finally confesses her deceit to her embarrassed father.
• Randolph deadpans, “After all, she could have said you were a dope fiend.” (26:56)

7. Restoration of Social Order – Reconciliation (28:16–End)

• Judy explains the truth to Mrs. Whiteman, who agrees to spread a retraction about the Fosters’ supposed destitution and Melvin’s reputation.
• The episode ends with a nod to the Girl Scouts’ birthday, extending good wishes, and a gentle wrap-up of the musical and cast details.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Judy’s ambition:
  “You act as if you don't have the slightest bit of confidence in my future.”
  —Judy Foster (09:44)

• On family theater drama:
  “Well, you certainly weren't very gallant, Randolph Foster.”—Judy (03:22)

• On amateur dramatics and community rivalry:
  “I hope you won't mind, but these clothes still have some wear in them. And I thought you might use them for yourself and your little girl.”—Wardrobe mistress’s note via Mr. Mulligan (24:58)

• Randolph’s deadpan humor:
  “After all, she could have said you were a dope fiend.”
  —Randolph Foster (26:56)

• Climactic confrontation:
  “Melvin Foster, All I can say is that you ought to be ashamed of yourself. Making the women in your family work and slave to support you...”
  —Mrs. Whiteman (23:30)

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Timeline of Key Segments

| Timestamp | Segment | |-----------|-----------------------------------------------------| | 01:33 | Return from the matinee / family banter | | 04:13 | Judy’s club rivalry with Mrs. Whiteman | | 06:01 | Local casting opportunity arises | | 09:11 | Judy and Randolph prepare for the audition | | 10:33 | Audition at the opera house / meeting Mr. Mulligan | | 13:57 | Recruiting Mrs. Foster for the role | | 15:56 | The “down-and-out” look and dash to beat rivals | | 21:28 | Opening night, performance, audience reactions | | 23:30 | Mrs. Whiteman’s public accusation | | 25:48 | Charity visit from Mr. Mulligan, confusion ensues | | 26:16 | Judy confesses to the deception | | 28:16 | Judy clears the air with Mrs. Whiteman |

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Conclusion

The episode is a warm, satirical romp, full of family dynamics and the complications of good intentions gone awry. Judy's ambition leads to wild exaggerations and town gossip, but everything is squared away with wit and goodwill. The Foster family’s foray into community theater brings laughter, a little chaos, and, ultimately, reconciliation with neighbors and each other.

Listeners are treated to a classic example of radio's golden age humor, sharp dialogue, and a glimpse into how small-town gossip could spiral thanks to just a little theatrical flair.

Transcript

[Judy Foster]

What do you think makes the perfect snack?

[AM PM Snack Spokesperson]

Hmm. It's gotta be when I'm really craving it and it's convenient.

[Judy Foster]

Could you be more specific?

[AM PM Snack Spokesperson]

When it's cravinient.

[Randolph Foster]

Okay.

[AM PM Snack Spokesperson]

Like a freshly baked cookie made with real butter, available right down the street at a.m. p.m. Or a savory breakfast sandwich I can grab in just a second at a.m. p.m.

[Judy Foster]

I'm seeing a pattern here.

[AM PM Snack Spokesperson]

Well, yeah, we're talking about what I.

[Judy Foster]

Crave, which is anything from AM PM.

[AM PM Snack Spokesperson]

What more could you want? Stop by AM PM where the snacks and drinks are perfectly craveable and convenient. That's cravenience AM PM Too much. Good stuff.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Chum's famous quick relief for acid indigestion presents A date with Judy.

[Randolph Foster]

Hello.

[Mr. Mulligan]

Hello, Judy. This is Mr. Pringle. How are you, Judy?

[Judy Foster]

My back hurts and I've got a splitting headache. And I got the most violent toothache. I feel simply dreadful.

[Mr. Mulligan]

Oh, that's a shame. My nephew's home on furlough and he wanted a date with you. But I'll tell him.

[Judy Foster]

Oh, Mr. Pringle, I feel simply marvelous.

[Narrator/Announcer]

That's Judy, folks. Judy Foster, the cutest date in town. Your date with her each Tuesday at the same time is arranged by the makers of Tums, famous quick relief for acid indigestion. Well, now, let's see what's doing at the Foster house. It seems that Father is home alone when suddenly the front door opens and Judy enters with her friend Barbara.

[Judy Foster]

Hello, Father.

[Melvin Foster]

Hello, Judy. Hi, Barbara.

[Judy Foster]

Hello, Mr. Foster. Oh, Father, we had the most scintillating afternoon. It was simply gorgeous. Oh, it was just devoon, Mr. Foster.

[Melvin Foster]

Davoon.

[Judy Foster]

Terrifically. And a leading man. Oh, he's so beautiful, even in those raggedy clothes he was wearing. Isn't he, Barbara? Oh, yes, he's divoon.

[Melvin Foster]

Oh, it's all coming back to me. You went to the matinee today?

[Judy Foster]

Yes, it was the most wonderful, wonderful show I ever saw.

[Melvin Foster]

What was it called?

[Judy Foster]

It was called Love in the Slums. It's about a tragedy in the tenement, all about the poor and oppressed. Oh, it was the most depressing, divine show I ever saw.

[Melvin Foster]

Sounds just like the kind of show I enjoy. Missing.

[Judy Foster]

Oh, Father, where's Randolph?

[Melvin Foster]

I thought he went with you.

[Judy Foster]

Yes, he went with us all right. But Father, do you know he refused to walk home with us?

[Narrator/Announcer]

Why?

[Judy Foster]

He said we were disgusting. He acted like he didn't know us and walked home 20 paces behind us the whole way.

[Melvin Foster]

He did.

[Randolph Foster]

Hiya, Father. Hiya, girls.

[Judy Foster]

Well, imagine he Spoke to us, Barbara. I'm certainly surprised you're deigning to notice us, Randolph, after the way you kept looking the other way every time we addressed you.

[Randolph Foster]

Oh, that's all right. On the street where everyone could see. I wouldn't want anyone to know I know you. But here in the house, it doesn't matter.

[Melvin Foster]

Well, do you have any reason for disowning your sister, Randolph, or are you just doing it for a whim?

[Randolph Foster]

Have I got a reason? Oh, Father, you should have seen the way she and Barbara carried on in the theater.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Why? What'd they do?

[Randolph Foster]

They started crying in the first act, and they didn't stop till 10 minutes after the final curtain came down.

[Judy Foster]

How would you know? You moved into another seat 10 rows back as soon as we started to cry.

[Randolph Foster]

You think I wanted to be seen with a couple of weeping women? Oh, you should have seen them, Father. Their eyes leaked like faucets.

[Judy Foster]

Well, you certainly weren't very gallant, Randolph Foster.

[Randolph Foster]

Drip, drip, drip all afternoon.

[Melvin Foster]

Well, what happened on the way home? They couldn't have still been weeping.

[Randolph Foster]

Oh, no, that was much worse. There they were walking along the street. Oh, didn't you adore it? Giggle, giggle, giggle. Wasn't the hero gorgeous? Giggle, giggle, giggle.

[Melvin Foster]

Well, Randolph, after all, all girls will be girls.

[Randolph Foster]

They certainly will. And I wouldn't be seen dead with them.

[Judy Foster]

Father, you make him stop talking about us like that.

[Melvin Foster]

Yeah, Randolph, stop talking about him like that.

[Randolph Foster]

Okay, but it's either drip, drip, drip or giggle, giggle, giggle all the time.

[Judy Foster]

Hello.

[Melvin Foster]

Hello, dear.

[Randolph Foster]

Hello.

[Judy Foster]

Mother, I'm furious.

[Melvin Foster]

You are? Why?

[Judy Foster]

I was not elected vice president this afternoon.

[Randolph Foster]

I thought Henry Wallace was pretty solid in the job.

[Judy Foster]

I'm talking about my club. To think that Mrs. Whiteman, of all people, beat me by four votes. You know, Mother, sometimes I think you hate Mrs. Whiteman just as much as I hate her daughter, Tootsie. Why, Judy, I don't hate Mrs. Whiteman a bit. I just think that she. Well, I. I just don't happen to admire her, that's all.

[Randolph Foster]

Mrs. Foster?

[Judy Foster]

Yes, Barbara? Have you ever wanted to be an actress? An actress? But why do you ask here? Oh, I don't know. I was just thinking I'd love to be an actress.

[Melvin Foster]

Oh, well, Mrs. Foster's already been an actress, Barbara. She's had her career. She went through the whole thing and then retired.

[Judy Foster]

You did, Mother? Well, sorta.

[Melvin Foster]

I personally saw her play the lead in several productions. There was 17 given by the Ashtabula High School. Camille at the Ashtabula Watermelon Festival and as yous like it by the Ashtabula Shakespearean Society.

[Randolph Foster]

I take it the mother was quite a celebrity in Ashtabula.

[Mr. Mulligan]

Well, who wouldn't be?

[Judy Foster]

Well, I wasn't so bad at that. Maybe I gave up a successful career to marry you, Melvin.

[Melvin Foster]

Oh, yeah. You forget that I saw you in all those plays, Dora.

[Judy Foster]

Well, I don't like your tone. If I remember correctly, several people suggested at the time that I make a career of acting.

[Melvin Foster]

They were your mother and your Aunt Mary, I believe.

[Judy Foster]

Well, anyhow, right now I'd better attend to my more immediate career. I'm going out to the kitchen and cook dinner.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Hooray.

[Judy Foster]

Dinner. Oh, I wouldn't be able to eat a thing. That play made me much too sad to eat. Took away my appetite.

[Randolph Foster]

The only thing that takes my appetite away is food.

[Judy Foster]

Sometimes I wish we lived in a tenement like those people in the play. Don't you, Barbara? Oh, yeah.

[Randolph Foster]

They had souls and bedbugs.

[Melvin Foster]

Oh, dear.

[Judy Foster]

Judy, I have the most exhilarating news you ever heard of. Guess what?

[Randolph Foster]

Tootsie Whiteman broke her leg.

[Judy Foster]

Be still, Randall. Oh, Judy, you'll never guess. Oh, Barbara, she's not, is she? Your mother's not gonna let you quit school and join the wac. No, it's even more wonderful than that. The Love in the Slums cast has been stricken with the flu.

[Randolph Foster]

Well, that is delightful news.

[Judy Foster]

Really, Barbara? All of them? Oh, Barbara, not the hero. No, not him. Only the lady whose husband drinks and the girl who plays her dog.

[Randolph Foster]

Just those two? Oh, dear me, that is a disappointment.

[Judy Foster]

But wait, you haven't heard the best part yet.

[Randolph Foster]

Don't tell me double pneumonia has set in.

[Judy Foster]

Randolph, if you don't keep still, I'm gonna bop you. Well, it seems that it's too late to send to New York for actors. The show's closing tomorrow night, so they're going to fill in the missing parts with local actors. They are? Why, we could. We could, uh. Oh, Barbara, I have the most terrific idea. We could go down and try out for the part. Yes, but. What's wrong, Barbara? You seem so. Well, unenthusiastic. Well, you see, Judy. Well, I already went down and applied for a part.

[Randolph Foster]

You did?

[Judy Foster]

Yes, I did. Barbara, you betrayed me. No, I didn't, Judy. The fact is, I got turned down.

[Randolph Foster]

Why?

[Judy Foster]

Well, a man said mainly because I'm too fat. Too fat? He said I didn't look down and out enough. But I'm not fat, and I could look terribly down and out if I tried. You know, I think the real reason I got turned down was because I don't have an agent. An agent? What's an agent, Barbara? It's a man who represents you in a business way. I read about it in a fan magazine. All the big stars have them. They do? Sure. They discuss all your business for you and get 10% of all the money you make.

[Randolph Foster]

Really? 10%, huh? Say, Judy, you know who would make a heck of an agent for you?

[Judy Foster]

No, who? Randall?

[Randolph Foster]

Me.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Before we find out whether or not Randolph is a heck of an agent, let's look into the pockets of thousands of men and women. You will find one thing always present. That's a roll of Tums. Thousands of people would no more be without Tums than they'd be without car fare home. Yes, literally millions of people now carry TUMS as ready relief for indigestion due to excess gastric acidity. They help keep your stomach and mouth in that fresh, sweet state that means so much to your state of feeling as a whole. Get TUMS today and try them out. See how much they do to relieve and prevent acid distress. See how much they do to ensure you a sweet and happy stomach. Tums may be had at any drugstore. Only 10 cents a roll or three rolls for a quarter. Ask for Tums for the tummy. T U M S and now back to a date with Judy. Well, Judy has made up her mind to try for a part in Love in the Slums. Her brother Randolph is going to act as her agent. We pick up the kids on the way to the local opera house.

[Randolph Foster]

Judy, I'm getting cold feet. I don't think I want to be an agent. I think I'm going to quit right now and go in the shoe shine business.

[Judy Foster]

Now, Randolph, you can't back out now. Not just the crucial moment. Well, remember, you get 10% of everything I make.

[Randolph Foster]

Which won't be a great deal if you don't make anything.

[Judy Foster]

Oh, don't be so mean. Come on, you should be very proud to have a sister who's going to make a success of herself. Besides, I've got to have an agent to handle my publicity.

[Randolph Foster]

What publicity?

[Judy Foster]

Well, after my debut tonight, somebody's got to go to the papers and give him a big story.

[Randolph Foster]

Well, don't look at me. I've got more clients than I can handle already.

[Judy Foster]

Randolph, honestly, you act as if you don't have the slightest bit of confidence in my future.

[Randolph Foster]

I don't.

[Judy Foster]

Randolph, dear, what if I should happen to advance you 50 cents?

[Randolph Foster]

Cash. Cash? Oh, that's a horse of a different color. Hand it over.

[Judy Foster]

Okay, but remember, Randolph, it comes out of your 10% when you get it.

[Randolph Foster]

If I get it.

[Judy Foster]

Tell me, do I look down and out enough?

[Randolph Foster]

Halsey, you look so down and out, you look positively icky.

[Judy Foster]

This dress I made out of a horse blanket was a wonderful idea, wasn't it?

[Randolph Foster]

Yeah. Only I feel so sorry for the iceman's horse. He must be freezing.

[Judy Foster]

Oh, don't be silly. The iceman was glad to give it to me. He said this one was getting all worn out. Anyhow, he has another blanket for the horse.

[Randolph Foster]

I thought not even a horse would wear what you have on.

[Judy Foster]

Well, here's the opera house. Come on, Randall.

[Randolph Foster]

Well, here we are.

[Mr. Mulligan]

Who is Anne?

[Randolph Foster]

It's the Randolph Foster Agency.

[Judy Foster]

And quiet.

[Randolph Foster]

And client.

[Mr. Mulligan]

Oh, and what can I do for you?

[Randolph Foster]

We heard you were looking for actresses, and I have a little client here I'd like to have you look at.

[Mr. Mulligan]

All right. I'll talk to you in a moment. You'll have to wait, though. I'm interviewing somebody else just now. I'll see you later.

[Randolph Foster]

Look, Judy.

[Judy Foster]

Look who he's talking to over there. It's Mrs. Whiteman.

[Randolph Foster]

Good.

[Judy Foster]

Really, Ms. Mulligan, I feel capable of handling the part.

[Mrs. Whiteman]

My background in the theater is quite.

[Randolph Foster]

What's her background in the theater?

[Judy Foster]

She sold the costumes for the school production of the Mikado.

[Randolph Foster]

Hey, Judy, let's get up closer and listen.

[Judy Foster]

Okay.

[Mr. Mulligan]

It isn't a question of background, Mrs. Whiteman. The scene calls for a mother and daughter. And I would like two people who resemble each other.

[Mrs. Whiteman]

Oh, but that's just it. My daughter Tootsie resembles me perfectly.

[Mr. Mulligan]

Really?

[Randolph Foster]

Poor Tootsie.

[Mrs. Whiteman]

Oh, and incidentally, she's quite a finished actress.

[Judy Foster]

I'll say she's finished.

[Mr. Mulligan]

In that case, I might consider you. But I'll have to see her first.

[Mrs. Whiteman]

Well, I'll be right back with her.

[Mr. Mulligan]

Would you mind going out through the theater entrance? I have somebody waiting backstage.

[Judy Foster]

No, of course not.

[Mrs. Whiteman]

But don't you dare give those parts to anybody that I get back with Tootsie.

[Mr. Mulligan]

I'll try and remember, no matter what.

[Judy Foster]

Happens, I'm not gonna let Tootsie get that part.

[Mr. Mulligan]

All right, kids, I'm ready for you. How do you do? My name is Mulligan.

[Randolph Foster]

Mr. Mulligan, I'd like you to meet my down and out client, Ms. Judy Foster.

[Mr. Mulligan]

Well, I must say you're certainly dressed for the barn.

[Judy Foster]

Why, what do you mean, Mr. Mulligan?

[Mr. Mulligan]

Well, you don't normally dress like that do you?

[Randolph Foster]

Oh, yes, she does. Sometimes even worse.

[Judy Foster]

Oh, my best dress. And the thing you don't like.

[Mr. Mulligan]

All right, all right, forget about the dress. It's very, very pretty. Well, I take it you want one of the parks that are open.

[Judy Foster]

Yes, Mr. Mulligan. And I can't tell you what it would mean to me to get the job.

[Mr. Mulligan]

Well, that's very unfortunate, but after all.

[Judy Foster]

Things haven't been going too well with my family lately. And it's just. Well, it's just odd jobs like these that keep us going.

[Mr. Mulligan]

Well, that's too bad. And who's this young man?

[Judy Foster]

He's my brother.

[Randolph Foster]

I'm her brother. Agent. We're too poor to afford a regular agent.

[Mr. Mulligan]

Well, your brother's pretty well dressed.

[Judy Foster]

Oh, he borrowed the clothes.

[Mr. Mulligan]

Oh. Well, I'd be very happy to give you the job. But you see, I'm looking for a mother and daughter.

[Judy Foster]

Oh, but I have a mother, Mr. Mulligan. And she used to be quite a well known actress until she gave it all up to support father.

[Mr. Mulligan]

Support him?

[Judy Foster]

He can't get a job.

[Mr. Mulligan]

But in times like these. Manpower shortage. I. Why, I thought anybody could get a job.

[Randolph Foster]

You see, Mr. Mulligan, our father drinks.

[Mr. Mulligan]

Oh, I see. Well, I'll tell you what I'll do. I can't promise you the part, but bring your mother around, little girl. And if she looks as bad as you do, er, I mean, not that you look so bad, but if she looks like you, the job's in the bag.

[Judy Foster]

Oh, Mr. Mulligan, I'll never forget you for this.

[Randolph Foster]

Neither will Mother when she hears about this.

[Judy Foster]

Oh, Mr. Mulligan, would you please not tell Mother anything we've told you about our. Our condition? I mean, she likes to pretend we're. Well, that we're not impoverished. Hates to take charity. She's so sensitive about it.

[Randolph Foster]

Oh, she's just a bundle of nerves about it.

[Mr. Mulligan]

Okay, okay. Now hurry along and get your mother. I'll. I'll have to rehearse you right away if you're going on tonight.

[Judy Foster]

We'll be right back. And. Oh, Mr. Mulligan.

[Mr. Mulligan]

Yes?

[Judy Foster]

You've made me so happy. I mean, those justice things. We'll be able to eat again.

[Randolph Foster]

Au revoir.

[Mr. Mulligan]

Au revoir. Oh, the poor little kids.

[Judy Foster]

Mother. Mother. What is it, Judy? I'm out in the kitchen. Oh, Mother, you'll never guess what's happening. Happened. You're going to have a career after all.

[Randolph Foster]

Yeah. Drop those potatoes and get out your false eyelashes.

[Judy Foster]

What on earth are you two talking about Mr. Mulligan, the director of Love in the Slums wants you for a party. He's heard all about you. He's heard all about me?

[Randolph Foster]

He must have seen you as Camille and Ashtabula.

[Judy Foster]

Mother, a couple of the members of the cast are sick, and he's replacing them with local people. Well, he's not replacing them with me, I assure you. But Mother's the chance of a lifetime. And you did say you were sorry you had to give up a career to marry Father. I said no such thing. Sometimes, Judy, I think you should try to control your imagination. Judy, what are you wearing? I'm dressed for my part. Well, if anybody thinks I dress up.

[Mrs. Whiteman]

Like that just to act, Mother, you're.

[Randolph Foster]

Going to break Mr. Mulligan's heart.

[Judy Foster]

Oh, and may I ask what you get out of this, Randolph?

[Randolph Foster]

10%.

[Judy Foster]

Oh, I thought so. Well, both of you can just run back and tell Mr. Mulligan that I have no intention of returning to the theatre. I have to make some potato pancake. But, Mother, if you don't come, Tootsie Whiteman's gonna get the part. Oh, I'm glad to hear that. Little Tootsie and I are the same type. Oh, you don't understand. They want a mother and daughter. Mother, would you want Mrs. Whiteman to get your part? Oh, I don't care who. What did you say about Ms. Whiteman? I said she'll get the part if you don't take it. Oh, she will, will she? Yes, but the man said he'd hold it open for you and me. Well, Judy, I. Oh, I realize I'm being very silly, but this is once when I'm going to get the best of Mrs. Whiteman. Oh, Mother, you'll do it. How surprising. I'd run right upstairs and change. Oh, no, Mother, don't do that. Oh, why not? You want me to look my best, don't you?

[Randolph Foster]

Well, not exactly.

[Judy Foster]

What do you mean, Randolph? Well, he means that. Well, you won't have time to change. Oh, but, Judy, you certainly don't want me to go in an apron. Oh, we have to hurry, Mother, before Mrs. Whiteman gets there. Well, all right, but I cleaned the attic this morning. My hair's all messed up.

[Randolph Foster]

I look a mess.

[Judy Foster]

Mother, you look beautiful. And besides, there's no time to change if you want to beat Mrs. Whiteman back to the theater.

[Randolph Foster]

Well, all right, dear. Ah, women. Women.

[Mr. Mulligan]

Misses Foster, I'm indeed happy to meet you. Won't you sit down?

[Judy Foster]

Well, thank you, Mr. Mulligan. My daughter Here tells me that you have a part for me in your play.

[Mr. Mulligan]

Well, in looking you over, I think I have. I understand that in more fortunate times, you too were of the theater.

[Judy Foster]

Well, yes, I played in quite a number of productions, but I gave it all up.

[Mr. Mulligan]

Yes, Mrs. Foster, I. I know how precarious a living in the theater can be. And now, about the part.

[Narrator/Announcer]

There.

[Mr. Mulligan]

There aren't many lines, but would you care to read them for me?

[Randolph Foster]

Of course.

[Judy Foster]

Would you mind telling me a little about the part?

[Mr. Mulligan]

Well, no woman is poor, down and out, forced to support her children.

[Judy Foster]

My, that sounds familiar. Mr. Mulligan, does this character have a husband?

[Mr. Mulligan]

Yes, yes, she does. But he's a drunkard who lets his wife and children support him. I. I think you'll have a natural feeling for the part. Well, I just have to make a phone call and then I'll be back and we'll run over the script. We'll have a lot to do before the performance tonight.

[Judy Foster]

Of course. I understand.

[Mr. Mulligan]

Oh, Mrs. Webster.

[Randolph Foster]

Yes?

[Mr. Mulligan]

Would you like me to advance your salary to you?

[Judy Foster]

Advance it?

[Mr. Mulligan]

Yes.

[Randolph Foster]

Oh.

[Judy Foster]

Oh, that won't be necessary.

[Mr. Mulligan]

Oh, now, now, don't be proud. It's perfectly all right. Go ahead and.

[Judy Foster]

Well, all right, if that's customary. You see, it's been so long since I had anything to do with this area. I just don't know how to act anymore.

[Randolph Foster]

Hello?

[Mr. Mulligan]

Mrs. Whiteman?

[Mrs. Whiteman]

Yes?

[Mr. Mulligan]

This is Mr. Mulligan from the Opera House.

[Mrs. Whiteman]

Oh, yes, Mr. Mulligan. I'm just getting to be ready and we'll be right down.

[Mr. Mulligan]

Well, that's what I called you about.

[Narrator/Announcer]

I.

[Mr. Mulligan]

Well, I just cast the parts.

[Judy Foster]

You did?

[Mr. Mulligan]

You see, this poor woman came in and, well, she needed the job desperately. Her little girl tells me at times they don't have enough to eat.

[Mrs. Whiteman]

Oh, I see.

[Mr. Mulligan]

And I felt compelled to help them. Poor things. The husband drinks. I hope you understand.

[Mrs. Whiteman]

Oh, well, of course, under those circumstances.

[Mr. Mulligan]

They seem to be quite desperate.

[Mrs. Whiteman]

Is that so? Well, maybe I could do something to help them myself.

[Mr. Mulligan]

How kind of you.

[Mrs. Whiteman]

You see, I desperately need a wash woman.

[Mr. Mulligan]

Well, that's very nice. I'm sure the woman will very grateful.

[Mrs. Whiteman]

Well, isn't this lucky. The fact is, I need a wash woman a lot more than I need.

[Judy Foster]

The part in the play.

[Narrator/Announcer]

We'll be back to listen in to the stage career of Judy and her mother. But first, ladies and gentlemen, here's your relief for acid indigestion. Here's your relief for those mean acid pains that stick stinging heartburn and that oppressive full feeling Take Tums. Tums spelled T U M S are made to order for the relief of acid indigestion. They quickly neutralize the excess acid in the stomach. They quickly relieve the feeling of pain and heartburn and heaviness. In a matter of seconds, your stomach is feeling serenely comfortable. Yes, Tums are swift in their relief. And they do it without the use of bicarbonate of soda or baking soda. Tums are entirely free from bicarbonate of soda. They do their work in another way entirely. In a way that you'll like and approve. Don't let acid indigestion spoil another hour for you. Carry Tums with you. At the first sign of any distress, put one or two in your mouth. Get Tums tonight at any drugstore. Only 10 cents a roll. And now back to a date with Judy. Well, Judy has pretended that she and her mother are extending extremely poverty stricken in order to get a part in a play that's running at the opera house. Mother, of course, doesn't know what Judy has led the manager to believe. Now we pick up Father just as he comes home from work.

[Melvin Foster]

Oh. Anybody home?

[Randolph Foster]

Only me, Father.

[Melvin Foster]

Where is everybody?

[Randolph Foster]

Everybody's acting.

[Mr. Mulligan]

Acting?

[Randolph Foster]

Yeah. Father, very shortly you will be pointed out on the streets as the husband of that famous Dora Foster.

[Melvin Foster]

What are you talking about?

[Randolph Foster]

Well, Mother and Judy are rehearsing Love in the Slums.

[Melvin Foster]

Are you kidding? No.

[Randolph Foster]

The two members of the cast got sick. Mother and Judy took over and I'm cooking dinner.

[Melvin Foster]

Well, I can't believe it. Judy. Yes, but your mother.

[Randolph Foster]

You don't know the half of it.

[Melvin Foster]

Well, it certainly is a new experience to have the women folk out earning a living for us. Well, Randolph, what say we go out someplace to dinner?

[Randolph Foster]

Why, Father, you sound as if you don't care for my cooking.

[Melvin Foster]

Well, I'm not going to take any chances on finding out if I care for it or not. I tell you what we do. Let's celebrate. We'll have dinner out and go to the theater afterwards.

[Randolph Foster]

But, Father, I have a pan full of biscuits. Our boy Scott in the oven.

[Melvin Foster]

They'll spoil if they haven't already spoiled. Go wash your face, son, and I'll call up the theater and order a box.

[Randolph Foster]

A box?

[Melvin Foster]

Well, sure. The best is none too good for the wealthy foster family.

[Mr. Mulligan]

Certain time. Quite a minute.

[Judy Foster]

Oh, I'm so excited. I hope I don't forget my line. Well, you have only two, Judy. I know, but what if I give the second line first and the first line second? Oh, calm down, calm down. You'll be fine. That's all right for you to say. You've had experience. But me? Oh, jeepers.

[Mrs. Whiteman]

Tootsie, do you see who that is up there on the stage? It's Mrs. Foster.

[Judy Foster]

Please do not evict. No, please don't, sir. My mother will earn me money for the rent somehow. And Judy.

[Mrs. Whiteman]

Tootsie. Can you believe it? So the Fosters got our parts.

[Judy Foster]

No, sir, not in the cold. I'll take in washing.

[Mrs. Whiteman]

Take in washing. Take in washing, tootsie. Either Mrs. Foster pulled a fast one on, well, to get the part away from me or Mr. Foster is a drunkard, and I never knew it.

[Melvin Foster]

Well, the first act was wonderful. Simply marvelous.

[Randolph Foster]

Don't fall out of the box, Father.

[Melvin Foster]

Well, I'm just leaning over to make sure your mother and sister hear my clapping.

[Randolph Foster]

Father, was Mother's acting any better in Ashtabula?

[Melvin Foster]

Why, Randolph, what do you mean? I thought your mother was simply splendid tonight, the way she read that line. Please do not evict us such feelings.

[Randolph Foster]

I am now able to understand what the theater goers of Ashtabula went through a few decades ago.

[Melvin Foster]

Oh, Donna, the applause has died down. I'm gonna start it up again.

[Randolph Foster]

Father, everybody's looking at you. Do you realize that you're the only one clapping?

[Melvin Foster]

Well, I'm the only one here related to two members of the cast.

[Mrs. Whiteman]

Well, Tootsie, it was a good show, wasn't it?

[Randolph Foster]

Fair.

[Mrs. Whiteman]

All except Mrs. Foster and Judy, whom I thought were terrible. Well, come on, let's go.

[Judy Foster]

All right, Mother.

[Mrs. Whiteman]

Tootsie, look who's coming toward us and weaving like a fool. Mr. Forster.

[Melvin Foster]

Hello, Mrs. Whiteburn.

[Mrs. Whiteman]

The way he's acting. Why, I think he does make up all the money he makes you, Mrs. Whiteburn. I'm just going to snub him. That's what I'm going to do. Snub him.

[Melvin Foster]

Well, how do you like it, Mrs. Whiteburn?

[Mrs. Whiteman]

Melvin Foster, All I can say is that you ought to be ashamed of yourself. Making the women in your family work and slave to support you while you. You carouse in boxes.

[Melvin Foster]

Why, Mrs. Whiteman.

[Mrs. Whiteman]

Don't you Mrs. Whiteman me?

[Melvin Foster]

You.

[Randolph Foster]

You.

[Judy Foster]

You drunkard. Oh, home again. Oh, it seems a thousand years since I left the house this afternoon, Dora.

[Melvin Foster]

I can't understand it. I simply can't understand it. The way Mrs. Whiteman spoke to me.

[Judy Foster]

Probably just sheer jealousy, dear.

[Randolph Foster]

Probably.

[Melvin Foster]

But do you realize what that woman called me? She called me a drunkard.

[Mr. Mulligan]

Now, who's that?

[Randolph Foster]

Probably your bootlegger.

[Judy Foster]

I'll answer it, father. Dear. Why, Mr. Mulligan. Good evening, Mr. Mulligan. How nice of you to call on us. I don't believe you've met my husband, Mr. Foster.

[Melvin Foster]

How do you do, Mr. Mulligan?

[Mr. Mulligan]

How do you do?

[Melvin Foster]

Great show tonight.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Great.

[Mr. Mulligan]

Well, thank you, Mrs. Foster. I just thought I'd. Well, this package wasn't quite ready by the time you left the theater, so I thought I'd bring it over.

[Judy Foster]

A package for me, mister?

[Mr. Mulligan]

Yes.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Yes, this.

[Judy Foster]

Oh, how nice.

[Mr. Mulligan]

Mighty nice house you have here.

[Judy Foster]

Of course, we can't afford it. How sweet of you to bring me flowers. Oh. Oh, it's not flowers.

[Mr. Mulligan]

No, no, it's just something the cast got together.

[Judy Foster]

Why, they're clothes. And here's a card.

[Melvin Foster]

Well, Rita, dear.

[Judy Foster]

For the courageous Mrs. Forster.

[Melvin Foster]

Now, isn't that sweet?

[Judy Foster]

I hope you won't mind, but these clothes still have some wear in them. And I thought you might use them for yourself and your little girl. Yours truly, the wardrobe mistress.

[Mr. Mulligan]

A very generous woman, Mrs. Duval.

[Judy Foster]

But I don't understand.

[Mr. Mulligan]

Well, I've got to be running along. Well, before I go, Mr. Foster, a word of advice. At one time, I, too, was what you might call. Well, not quite a teetotaler. But I took the kitty cure and it made a new man out of me.

[Melvin Foster]

The kitty cure?

[Narrator/Announcer]

Yes.

[Mr. Mulligan]

Just four months in a sanitarium. And now I can honestly say I haven't touched a drop in 20 years. Well, so long.

[Randolph Foster]

Well.

[Melvin Foster]

But I haven't touched a drop in 20 years either. Hardly.

[Randolph Foster]

Never mind, Father, he's gone.

[Melvin Foster]

Is everybody crazy? I don't get this at all.

[Judy Foster]

Well, I don't either. Now, these clothes he gave me. They're nearly worn out, Mrs. Whiteman.

[Melvin Foster]

Old clothes and. And now they're. The kitty cured. Judy.

[Judy Foster]

Father, there's a slight something I ought to explain to you.

[Melvin Foster]

I might have known. Well, Judy, talk fast.

[Judy Foster]

Well, in order to get the job for Mother and me, I found it necessary to imply that you.

[Melvin Foster]

That you. Go on.

[Judy Foster]

Well, that you drink.

[Melvin Foster]

Did I drink? Judy, how could you do this to me?

[Judy Foster]

I. Sorry, Father, but I did it for the theater. Mother said she hated giving up her career. Why, I love giving up my career. There's nothing in the world I wanted so much as a home and a family. Oh, and now Mrs. Whiteman's probably spread it all over town.

[Melvin Foster]

Drunkards and paupers.

[Randolph Foster]

Now, Father, don't be so mad at Judy.

[Judy Foster]

Young man, I.

[Randolph Foster]

Now, wait a minute, Father. After all, she could have said you were a dope fiend.

[Melvin Foster]

Oh, for the love of Heave.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Well, Judy certainly fixed things up this time. We'll see in a moment just how she straightens them out. In the meantime, ladies and gentlemen, were you ever sitting in the movies and suffered a spell of acid indigestion? You know the misery you went through if you didn't leave the theater altogether? You enjoyed very little of the show. Well, when you have Tums with you, you're always prepared for acid indigestion distress. All you need do is slip one or two Tums in your mouth. You don't have to go to any barber. You don't have to have any water. Just take one or two Tums as you would candy mints and relief is yours. Tums quickly relieve the indigestion due to excess gastric acidity. Yes, they give prompt and decisive relief and do it without the use of bicarbonate of soda. Tums contain no baking soda or bicarbonate of soda at all. Carry Tums with you as your first aid in case of acid indigestion to stretch. They're sold at all drugstores. 10 cents a roll or three rolls for a quarter. Ask definitely for Tums for the tummy. T U M S. There are many imitations of Tums, but no substitute for them. And here's Judy again.

[Judy Foster]

Mother.

[Randolph Foster]

Mother.

[Judy Foster]

Yes, dear? I just explained everything to Mrs. Whiteman. I confessed all.

[Randolph Foster]

You did?

[Judy Foster]

What would she say? That she was sorry she said such awful things about us to people, but that she'd go around among all her friends and make a retraction. She did? Oh, how wonderful. But she said not to worry if it took her a few weeks. She doesn't see how she'll be able to contact more than nine or ten people a day. This is Judy Foster again. I want to wish over 1 million Girl Scouts in the United States a very happy birthday this month. They're celebrating the 32nd year of that organization. From the youngest 7 year old, Brownie, to the most adult volunteer, the Girl Scouts are pledged to service for their country. They're doing a super job. So please, everybody, let's all back the Scouts.

[Narrator/Announcer]

A Date with Julie is written by Arlene Leslie and stars Louise Erickson and Dick Davis. The original music is composed and conducted by Tommy Peluso. The program produced and directed by Helen Mack. This is Art Baker inviting you to be with us again next Tuesday at the same time to keep your date with Judy. Chaperone by Tums. Quick relief from acid indigestion. Get a roll tonight. Only 10 cents at all. Drugstores. This is the National Broadcasting Company, Kfi, los angeles.