
A Date With Judy 45-04-03 (104) Judy's Singing Debut
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A date with Judy. Ladies and gentlemen, we have a very special treat for you this evening. Here to keep his date with Judy is the celebrated motion picture star, Charles Boyer. And now to keep our date with Judy, that lovable teenage girl who is close to all our hearts. And now, let's see what's happening at the Foster house. Judy's parents and her kid brother, Randolph are in the living room when Judy bursts excitedly into the house.
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Hello, everybody. Mother, may I use some of your perfume? Well, now, Father, I've got to borrow your car. Mother, I can use your perfume, can't I? For heaven's sakes, Judy, what's going on? Just everything, that's all. Just everything. Oh, if this were only evening instead of day, I could wear a long, slinky black evening gown if I had one. But on account of its.
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Now, wait a minute. Wait a minute, young lady. Calm down. I'd like to know what to do.
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I wonder if I ought to wear my false eyelashes.
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Huh?
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Of course, he's the type who, on account of his knowledge of makeup and everything, would know they were false. But still, eyelashes would be so nice to have on to flutter up and down at him. Flutter up and down at who? By Charles Boyer, of course.
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Ask a silly question, you get a silly answer.
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Randolph, find me my French book, please. On account of I thought it'd be nice when I enter languorously into the room, if I said something appropriate like bonjour, mon bon, monsieur, comme and tally vous and everything.
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Appropriate for what?
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That sounds like it's appropriate for almost anything. Or do you think I ought to come in and say, ah, Monsieur Boyer, vous et terrifique, in a kind of a low Lauren Bacall voice?
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In a minute, I am going to say something in a kind of a low Humphrey Bogart voice. Something terrifique.
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Judy, what is this all about? Don't you know?
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No, we do not know.
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I thought I told you. I'm going to interview Charles Boyer this afternoon for the high school magazine. He's in town to make speeches for the Red Cross.
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Oh, is that all?
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Oh, I was chosen over every other girl in the school to do the interview. Why, it's a terrific honor.
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Well, just how did you get this honor?
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Probably by kicking every other girl in the teeth. Randolph, that isn't true. I merely talked louder than anybody else, that's all. No hair pulling, just Tootsie Whitemans. Well, she'll look better without those bangs of hers anyhow. Oh, Randolph, I didn't actually pull her hair physically, just mentally. Tell us the truth. Is she totally bald? Randolph. Oh, isn't it wonderful that I've had two semesters of French? What if I'd taken Spanish instead? Oh, I shudder to think of it. But I'm so lucky to have taken French. Otherwise, Mr. Boyer might not be able to understand me when we chatter francaise at each other. He's lucky to have a little trouble as it is. Well, I've got to hurry and get ready. I want to put it right down in my date book. Oh, this is the most exciting thing that ever happened to me. Just imagine, me, Judy Foster, going to be face to face with the great Charles Boyer in less than an hour. I can hardly believe it.
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In less than an hour? Well, then, will you tell me why you have to put it down in your date book?
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Oh, Father, don't you understand? When I'm old and gray, I'll always be able to look back in my date book and say, well, I had a date with Charles Boyer.
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Well, that'll be nice.
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Well, I think I will wear my eyelashes. They're so luxurious. If they're as luxurious as the last time you had them on, Mr. Boyer won't be able to see your face through the foliage.
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Mr. Boyer? Yes? Yes. Max, there's a gentleman here to see you. Says he knows you from Paris. From Paris? Really? Who is he? Oh, he just says he knows you. He was the proprietor at the theater. The prompter. At the theater where you used to act. The prompter. Oh, Dubois. Jacques Dubois. Show him in, please, Max. Right away. This way, sir. Mercy. Mercy. Monsieur Boyer. Monsieur Boyer. Jacques. Bon voyage. Oh, mon ami man. No, no, no, no. We must speak in English. This is America. Yes. Yes, this is America. How on earth did you get here? Ah, mon Dieu. It is a long story. I escaped from France three days before the Nazis arrived. Just three short days. Oh, I'm so glad, Jack, you don't know how. It does my heart good to look at you. But what are you doing here? I mean, here in this town? Oh, I am a war worker. Clack, clack, clack, clack, clack. I push the object like a gun at the factory. I am a riveter. A riveter. And what has become of the play scrapes over which you used to sh. Head sadly no, no, Monsieur Bouilly, no. You have forgotten your lines. Those were beautiful days, were they not? Beautiful? I was so cruel when you would make the mistake, Monsieur Poirier, I would say so sharply. You have made the fluff alarm. She does not read, as you have said. Not at all of you have said. And always you were so kind to me. So very, very kind. Well, you were the best prompter in all France. And now you are the best riveter in all America. Modestly, I must say so. Yes, you are an angel of an angel of a man. You know, when I saw in the newspaper this morning Mr. Charles Boyer will be here to speak for the Red Cross. I said to myself, jacques, you will go to see Mr. Boyer. You will display yourself to him at once and let him hear your beautiful English that you have learned since coming to America. She is beautiful. My English. Is she now? Amazing. I've heard nothing like it in all America. Thank you. You are always so good to me, so very kind. Tell me, tell me, how is little Nanette? Oh, Nanette. Oh, she is wonderful. But she is now a young lady. Nanette, grown up. The little baby I bounced up and down on my knee when I came to your house for supper after the play. Remember how you cooked the supper? You were the greatest cook in all France. Oh, now Nanette has superseded me. She's still a greater cook. What? Your baby. She's old enough to cook. Oh, yes. But how long ago was it since I came to your house? Oh, a long time. I remember I would wake the baby, no matter what the hour. She would open her eyes, always laughing. I would say, uncle Charles here. Yes. And she would run to me and I would pick her up in my arms, and she would laugh, and it was like music. She was a beautiful child even then. You would say, this baby, she has the talent. She will be a great actress someday. It is. So. She's an actress? Well, no, but she is a singer. Oh, she has the voice from heaven. Opera. She knows them all. A golden soprano. Someday there will be those who will listen. Someday. But she is still very young. She's just 16. Jacques, if I could do something for her. I mean, perhaps with my little influence. Oh, no, no, Monsieur Boyer, do not come to ask the favor. Oh, I know. I know that. But still, send her to me. I would like to see the little Nanette now. A young lady. Oh, very well. I will. I will send her to see you this afternoon. I will say, charles Boyer, the great cinema star, would like to see you. No, no, you say, Uncle Charles, your old friend would like to see you. Very well, I will, I will. Oh, but now I must go. This is my lunch hour from the factory. I must be back with my rivet at one o'. Clock. I cannot thank you enough for coming here. And I must see you tonight. Yes. Come to the Civic Auditorium, where I will speak for the Red Car. I will be there. Au revoir. Au revoir, Jacques. Oh, Max. Yes, sir? There will be a young lady who will come to see me here this afternoon. Please admit her. I'm most anxious to see her. Yes, sir.
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Oh, Randolph will be there in a minute. Maybe you better not say you're my brother. He might think it's funny, me having my brother with me. Yeah. I'll just say I'm your baggage, madam. Randolph, aren't you excited? Aren't you palpitating?
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Nope.
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Charles Boyer doesn't do thing to me. He doesn't? I think he's divine in the movie Gaslight when he said to Ingrid Bergman, get me the little picture. I just quivered all over. That's funny. Not even my hand shook. Doesn't any movie star make you palpitate, Randolph? Only Margaret o'. Brien. Really? Yeah, she's my dream woman. I wonder how Charles Boyer will react to me. I wonder if he'll think I'm attractive. I wonder if I ought to flutter my eyelashes at him. I wonder if they'll fall off. Maybe I ought to take him off. Maybe I ought to appear in front of him just as a simple, untarnished country girl. Perhaps he prefers the simple, unsophisticated type. He must get so tired of looking at beautiful, perfectly groomed women of the world like Hedy Lamarr.
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Oh, I bet he's sick and tired.
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Of looking at Hedy Lamar. I should have that pleasure. Oh, here we are, Randolph. This is the place. Ah, here we are at the Casbah.
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It was so far to the Casbah, but we took a streetcar and here we are.
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Oh, Randolph, I'm nervous enough as it is. Well, take off your eyelashes and let's go.
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Mr. Boyer, the young lady to see you. Oh, wonderful. Surely. Right in here, miss.
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Oh, thank you. You Mr. Boyer? Yes, yes, it is I. I mean, ces vous. Monsieur Boyer.
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Oh, it's so good of you to come to see me, Montishot. Me? I'm so happy you are here.
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Jeepers, you are.
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Come here. Come here. When I can look at you more closely.
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It's a good thing you took those eyelashes off. Oh, this is my friend Randolph.
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Oh, how'd you do?
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Garcon, you know.
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Oh, yes, I see.
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Glad to meet you.
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Won't you sit down, both of you?
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Thank you.
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So, the little baby.
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Are you speaking to me?
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You know, you are prettier than ever, my dear. I am still so graceful in every motion. And still with the curly blonde hair.
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Oh, she touches it up a little, Randall. I do not. I merely put a little lemon juice in the water once in a while.
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I cannot tell you how happy it makes me to see you.
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Really? Oh, thanks. I mean, merci. Je suis charme de beauvoir. Aussie.
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Merci.
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I might even add that you're even more handsome Don La Flesche than you are sirla. Screen. Well, what do you know?
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I'm very impressed, you know.
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You are?
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Oh, yes. What wonderful English. You speak English? Yes. You are really an American now, my dear.
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Yes, I know. I guess I'll try Spanish next semester.
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Oh, yes. Yes, indeed. To be a linguist is necessary in your career.
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Oh, you're absolutely right. Now here I am talking to a Frenchman and sometime I may interview an Italian or a Latin or almost anybody.
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Language is so important if you hope for the Metropolitan Met.
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Pardon?
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I heard you are a wonderful singer.
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You did?
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With a voice from heaven.
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Oh, my goodness. When I sang at the sorority's Jitterbug Jamboree, everybody said I sang beautifully. But I had no idea that people would go around talking about it.
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You see, your reputation has preceded you.
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Well, that's wonderful.
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I've been thinking. Tonight at the editorium, I will speak for the red cause, as you may know.
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Yes, I do. I think it's marvelous, all you've done for the cause. All the money you raised and everything.
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Oh, well, it's a smart thing to do for such an important cause. But I was about to say there will be entertainment tonight. Music, little acts performed and. What I've been thinking is that I will speak to the man in charge and perhaps he may find a little place for you on the program.
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You mean you want me to sing?
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Why not?
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Well, personally, I could think of a few good reasons. Quiet, Randall. Oh, Mr. Boyer, I. I just love to sing. Tonight, I'd be just. Oh, I think it's just simply ecstatic.
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So American, it's remarkable.
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What would you like me to sing, Mr. Boyer?
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Oh, you shall choose yourself. A bit of Lucia. La Mermer, perhaps?
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Perhaps. But probably no. Lucia de. Well, I don't know.
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Mignon, perhaps. Olive Bohem.
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How about accentuate the positive?
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I'll leave the selection to you?
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Yes, I. I think that would be the best idea.
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Oh, by the way, you have an arrangement, of course.
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An arrangement?
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Well, that I may get the orchestra.
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Oh, yes, I'm sure I could bring an arrangement.
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Good.
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In fact, she could bring the orchestra.
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Yes.
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Would you like me to do that? I'm sure Oogie Pringle and his high school hot licks would be glad to come.
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Oogie Pringle? Oogie, yes.
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He's a terribly bonamy of mine.
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I see. Well, suppose we trust the orchestra we have.
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All right. Vid can trust Judy. We can trust it.
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Oh. How shall I introduce you?
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Introduce me? Why is Ms. Judy Foster.
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Judy. Oh, you use that as your professional name?
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Why, yes, I do. She uses it for a lot of things.
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Good. Well, now everything's settled.
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Oh, yes.
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You're happy?
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Delirious. You know, this is just about. Well, the last thing I expected.
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What is?
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You asking me all these questions. I came here to interview you. And now here you are practically interviewing me. Sa.
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My reverie and so the loneliness deep in my heart close to you all to you all to you.
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I.
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Live in the memory of many dreams.
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Ago when the stars were bright and you were mine alone you were all mine alone My love for you cannot.
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Die.
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Though the oceans run bright or heaven falls in the sky.
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You are mine for you. Can you hear my lonely fall? My loved one make my life complete again oh, you must know I pray.
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For the day when I'll see your smile and my heart will beat again.
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Someone that I long to see once again is calling and calling real.
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All.
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I'd like to see Mr. Boyer, please.
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Did you have an appointment?
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Not exactly an appointment, but I was told I could take see him this afternoon.
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I'm sorry. He has a very strenuous schedule. He's made two speeches already today. Got four more to go.
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Oh, I quite understand.
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You see, so many girls want to see him and he's so obliging. Why, he just tries to see everyone. And he would if I didn't try and protect him from his admirers. Naturally, he'd be really be sore if he knew I was protecting him. But. Well, what he doesn't know won't hurt him, right?
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Yes.
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He spent half an hour with one young lady this morning. She was someone he knew from France. He'd never get a moment to himself if I didn't turn some people away.
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I understand perfectly.
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Tell you what. You come back tomorrow. Maybe he'll still be in town until noon.
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I'll do that. Thank you so much. Goodbye.
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Girls, Girls, Girls. Wish I was a movie star.
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Father. Father. Yes, dear? What?
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Where's Randolph?
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Trailing her all the way home, 50 yards behind. Boy, has that girl got speed. Oh, it was so wonderful. He called me his petit shoe.
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Petit shoe? What's that?
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Cabbage?
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Oh, for Pete's sake.
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He said the nicest things. Nobody was ever so sweet to me as long as I've lived. Oh, he was just scintillating.
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Are you by any strange chance referring to a certain Charles Boyer?
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Naturally. He asked me to sing tonight.
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Now, wait just a minute, Judy.
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He asked you to sing? Yes, Mother. At the Red Cross rally in the auditorium.
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He asked you to sing at the auditorium? Randolph, is there any truth in that statement?
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Yeah, that's what he said. That's what the man said.
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Well, I'll be done.
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Yeah. Looks like she's gonna be his guest star.
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I don't get it.
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Neither do I, but that's what I think occurred. Suffice it to say, Charles Boyer thinks I'm very charming.
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Suffice it to sing.
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Father, I'm serious. Mr. Boyer really asked me to sing at the Red Cross rally tonight. Now, I want your honest opinion. What do you think I sing best? How about Northeast High School? I love you. No, no, Randolph. Somehow I don't think that would be appropriate for the occasion. You see, Father, Mr. Boyer wanted her to sing opera.
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Opera? Now I've heard everything I know.
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I'll sing Bobby Socks Blues. Well, that'll be a nice change from La Vie to Boheme. Excuse me, everybody. I've got a million things to do.
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Dora, do you think Judy is more attractive than we may have noticed?
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Well, he must have seen something in her.
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Frankly, all I can see is her bobby socks drooling. Melvin, we've just got to go to.
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That Red Cross rally tonight.
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Why, Dora, I wouldn't miss it for all the tea in China. So give as much as you can. Every dollar and every penny you can. The Red Cross depends on you. Millions of hungry, wounded, homeless, sick and weary men, women and children depend on you. Now, now, I am very happy to. To introduce to you a little French girl I knew. She is neither old nor a veteran of the Metropolitan, but she has a magnificent operatic voice. And she is Parisian. Here she is, Ms. Judy Foster.
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Merci beaucoup and everything. Monsieur Boyer, I've got the Bobby Socks.
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Blues.
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I'm just a girl who's got.
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The Bobby sucks blues Bobby sucks blues Mr. Boye, what's the matter? Bobby sucks blues. Yeah. What opera is that from? I don't know what I've done, but I know I shouldn't have done it. She's Parisian. I'm a Fiji Islander. I don't understand it. Now, take it easy, Mr. Boyer, and I'll get you a chair.
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They say.
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Oh, it was a fine program, Charles. Jacques, I have been watching it from the other side of the stage. I'm so glad you're here. We'll get away and have a bite to it together. Oh, yes. And we will talk. Yes, yes, we will talk. Your daughter sang very well tonight. I thought. Jack. My daughter. She's a very pretty girl. My daughter did not sing tonight. Your daughter did not sing? No, she has been here with me. Nanette, come here. Oui, Papa, this is my daughter. Oh, Jacques, what have I done?
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I'm very happy to see you again, Uncle Charles, after so many years.
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Oh, Nanette, my dear. Oh, Jacques, I've made the most unforgivable mistake.
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Did I sing all right? Was it all right?
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Yes, it was lovely, Judy. A little on the unexpected side, but very nice.
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Oh, hello, Nanette. How are you? Hello, Judy.
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You two know each other?
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Oh, yes. We're in the same class in high school. I think Nanette's wonderful. Oh, Judy. Well, you are. She's at the top of the class and studies, Mr. Boyer, and she works afternoons in a Bookshop. And at night she studies music. I don't know how she does it all. Oh, Judy, you make it sound so difficult.
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And it isn't, Jacques. To tell you the truth, I thought Judy was your daughter. You thought she was Nanette? Yes. She came to see me this morning and. Well, you know, you. You said you were sending Nanette to me.
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And I did come this afternoon.
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But you were resting and they did not admit you. Oh, Jacques, what must you think of me? No very natural mistake. It is of no consequence. We enjoyed the program from beginning to end. Did we not, Nanette?
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We loved it. And Bobby Socks Blues. Judy, it was charming. Jeepers. Oh, Mr. Boyer, did you mean to give Nanette the chance to sing tonight and by mistake? Give it to me.
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It's all right, Judy. You mustn't worry. It's not your fault.
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Oh, but it is. I. I just feel terrible.
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No, you mustn't. Your sweet little song made us all very happy.
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Oh, but that was just blues singing. And Nanette has studied so hard. She knows all the opera. She deserved the chance, and I didn't. And I took it away from her. I just feel awful. Oh, Mr. Boyer, I'll do anything to make it up to her. Anything. I never felt so terrible about it.
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Judy. Judy, I have a good idea. Come to see me tomorrow morning. We'll think of ways and means. We'll put our heads together.
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Oh, Mr. Moyer, that'll be wonderful. Judy, it's getting awfully late.
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You better go to bed.
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Now.
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Wait a minute. Let her stay and study a little longer. I wanted to keep at that French. Any girl who with two semesters of high school French can make a Frenchman think she's a Parisian. Well, that girl ought to keep right on studying.
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Father, I'm not studying.
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You aren't?
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No, I'm writing an editorial for the high school papers.
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You go to bed right away. Judy Foster. It's a quarter to 12.
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I want to know how this sounds. I'm going to show it to Mr. Boyer in the morning. Listen to it and let me know. All right, then. Last night at the Red Cross rally at the Civic Auditorium, Judy Foster sang Bobby Socks Blues. But she wasn't the one who should have sung there. The girl whose place she took deserved that honor far more than she. The girl who was meant to be and who should have been in the spotlight last night has worked very hard under great adversity. She has paid her music teachers with the money she earned herself and bought her scores. And her voice is of Such beauty that it should be heard throughout the land.
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The girl who sang Baby Shots Blues thought she was singing a lament from the bottom of her heart. But she does not really have any troubles. She doesn't know what trouble and courage mean. Nanette Dubois had trouble, and she has courage. And the Northeast High School Daily Blue and Gold wishes to go on record as asking Boogie Pringle and his high school Hot Licks to give up some of its swing music and get some opera into its repertoire, so that at the spring dance next week, Nanette Dubois can be the girl chanteuse instead of Judy Foster.
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Do you think it's all right, Mr. Boyer?
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Judy, it's one of the most beautiful and touching things I've ever read.
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Of course, the audience at the spring dance won't be anything like the illustriousness of the audience that was at the auditorium last night.
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Judy, I'd like you to do something for me.
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You would, Mr. Boyer?
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Yes. I have here a scholarship to a very good school of music. A scholarship for a certain young lady we know.
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Nanette. How did you get it?
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Oh, it was none of my doing. The head of the school had already heard Nanette sing, and it took very little persuasion on my part.
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Oh, Mr. Boyer, that's wonderful. Nanette will be thrilled to pieces. I can't wait until you tell her.
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Oh, I want you to be the one to tell her.
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Me?
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Yes. You are such a very nice little girl, Judy. You certainly deserve the pleasure.
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Oh, thank you, Mr. Boyer. I'll do it charmingly.
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I'm sure you will. Oh, Judy, will you do me a favor, please?
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Oh, anything, Mr. Boyer.
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Would you. Would you teach me the words of the. The Bobby Socks Blues? We are very grateful. Grateful to Charles Boyer for being with us this evening. A Date with Judy is written by Aline Leslie and stars Louise Erickson and Dick Davis. Mr. And Mrs. Foster were played by John Brown and Myra Marsh. Music was composed by Paul Sawtel and conducted by Konstantin Bakalinikov. The program was produced and directed by Helen Mack. Sam.
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This is the Armed Forces Radio Service. Sam.
Podcast: Harold's Old Time Radio
Host: Harold's Old Time Radio
Episode Air Date: August 28, 2025
Original Broadcast Date: April 3, 1945
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A charming slice-of-life comedy from the golden age of radio, this episode revolves around Judy Foster’s whirlwind day when she’s chosen to interview film star Charles Boyer for her school magazine. The episode is full of adolescent excitement, misunderstandings, and a heartwarming resolution about generosity and dreams.
Judy Foster is ecstatic after being chosen to interview the renowned actor Charles Boyer. Hoping to make a grand impression, she consults her family about attire and French phrases. Meanwhile, Boyer reconnects with an old friend, Jacques Dubois, an émigré from France. The plot takes a twist when, through a mix-up, Boyer mistakes Judy for Jacques’s daughter Nanette, a talented aspiring singer, and invites in the wrong girl to sing at the Red Cross rally that evening. The episode explores themes of youthful ambition, mistaken identity, humility, and friendship.
The episode has a lighthearted, jovial tone with sparkling teenage banter, affectionate family teasing, and moments of sincere emotion. Judy’s exuberance and naiveté contrast with the adults’ bemusement and kindness, while the ending imparts a sweet message of fairness, humility, and generosity.
This episode is a delightful comedic snapshot of mid-20th-century American life, highlighting the universal themes of youthful aspiration, misunderstanding, and redemption. Even if you’re unfamiliar with the series, Judy’s warmth and the story’s gentle humor make this a feel-good listen from radio’s golden age.