Amos And Andy 47-11-25 Ep152 Rejuvenation Beauty Salon Of Paris

Summary

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Episode Overview

Podcast: Harold's Old Time Radio
Episode: Amos And Andy 47-11-25 Ep152 Rejuvenation Beauty Salon Of Paris
Date: August 19, 2025

This episode features a classic broadcast of the beloved radio comedy "Amos & Andy." The main storyline revolves around the Kingfish and Andy attempting to cash in on the beauty industry by creating their own rejuvenation beauty salon, “Rejuvenation Beauty Salon of Paris.” As is typical with the show, their scheme goes awry with plenty of comedic moments and witty banter, especially as their 'miracle' beauty treatment proves disastrous.

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Key Discussion Points & Episode Breakdown

1. The Beauty Salon Craze (00:35–02:11)

• Sapphire (Kingfish’s wife) reads about a new beauty salon and expresses her wish to undergo treatments to appear younger.
• Classic marital banter ensues as Kingfish cracks jokes about her appearance and wrinkles.
• Notable exchanges underline the pressures and expectations placed on women’s appearances, in a lighthearted, satirical manner.

Quote:

• Sapphire: “How would you like to have a real attractive wife?”
  Kingfish: “Well, it certainly would be nice. But I was married to you.” ([01:18])

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2. Arrival of Henry Van Porter – Skewering Beauty Fads (02:36–03:51)

• Henry Van Porter, a recurring character, visits and discusses his wife’s attempts at youthfulness through outdoor exercise and ballet.
• The segment parodies the sometimes futile efforts to stay young.

Quote:

• Henry: “In this version of the ballet, they plan to lower the curtain after the swan dies.”
  Kingfish: “Why is that?”
  Henry: “None of them women is able to get up off the floor.” ([04:01])

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3. Kingfish Schemes: The Fake Beauty Salon Plan (04:26–07:44)

• Mr. Livingston arrives, looking for the new salon. Kingfish seizes the opportunity, posing his own lodge office as a rival 'French' beauty salon.
• Andy is introduced as “Andre, the world's foremost French rejuvenator,” despite knowing neither French nor Swedish.
• Kingfish and Andy accept $50 from Livingston to treat his wife, firmly setting their fraudulent plan in motion.

Quote:

• Livingston: “Do you have a French hairdresser?”
  Kingfish: “He was born and raised right in France… always hung out with the Swedish crowd.” ([05:24–05:58])

• Kingfish (triumphantly): “We is in the money, boy. We better go out and get some equipment and stuff.” ([07:02])

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4. Gathering Supplies – At Shorty’s Barbershop (09:29–11:39)

• Kingfish and Andy visit Shorty to ask about beauty shop equipment.
• Shorty gives them a dubious concoction for women’s hair, warning that even a nearby fish market could not endure its smell.

Quote:

• Shorty: “The fish market couldn’t stand the smell of the salve.” ([11:39])

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5. The First (and Only) Customer: Mrs. Livingston (12:08–16:27)

• Mrs. Livingston comes for her $50 beauty treatment.
• Kingfish and Andy attempt a series of weight loss jokes at her expense while weighing her in a dentist chair.
• They smear Shorty's untested salve on her head, leading to immediate burning sensations.
• Mrs. Livingston is sent home with more jars of the mysterious hair treatment.

Quote:

• Mrs. Livingston: “Well, I can feel a burning sensation on my scalp already.”
  Andy: “I can feel it on my hands, too.” ([15:52–15:56])
• Andy: “This stuff might be a great brushless shaving cream.”
  Kingfish: “You might not even need a razor.” ([16:55–17:03])

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6. Everything Falls Apart (17:16–19:42)

• Mr. Livingston calls in a rage, declaring his wife is losing hair by the handful and threatening legal action.
• Kingfish tries to offload responsibility by faking hay fever and giving Andy full ownership via a sham contract.
• Mr. Livingston arrives, threatening court action and demanding a refund.

Quote:

• Mr. Livingston: “I’m coming over there at 4 o’clock and I want my money back.” ([17:47])
• Kingfish: “That was a man by the name of Mr. Hooper…making a radio survey.” (Kingfish quickly covers his panic) ([17:53])

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7. The Legal Consultation – Stonewall the Lawyer (23:00–24:44)

• At their lawyer’s office, Stonewall reassures them: the jars were labeled “use at your own risk,” clearing them of legal culpability.
• Multiple gags about Stonewall’s other (doomed) clients and legal practice.

Quote:

• Stonewall: “I put you in a bottle with some acid and they ate the acid right up.” ([24:18])
• Stonewall: “It says on the label here, it says, ‘use at your own risk.’ That puts you in the clear.” ([24:36])

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8. Final Irony – The Fallout at Home (25:20–26:37)

• Back at home, Sapphire tells Kingfish she received a jar of hair salve from Mrs. Livingston and has already used it—her hair is now falling out.
• The episode ends with Kingfish realizing the full scope of his actions' consequences.

Quote:

• Sapphire: “Look, George, I ain’t got a hat.” ([26:37])

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Kingfish’s quick-thinking but inept scheming:
  “It’s not our policy to knock our competitors, but we sometimes refer to them politely as that second rate joint down the block.” ([05:10])
• Satirical commentary on beauty fads:
  “My wife could [run the bridal path quickly] too, if she had a horse.” ([03:21])
• On the dangers of dubious ‘miracle cures’:
  “That salve … something did come out. The woman’s hair.” ([20:32])
• Stonewall’s legal advice:
  “That puts you in the clear.” ([24:36])

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Important Timestamps

| Time | Segment | |---------|-----------------------------------------------------| | 00:35 | Introduction of the beauty salon storyline | | 01:18 | Sapphire and Kingfish’s comedic marital exchange | | 02:36 | Arrival and banter with Henry Van Porter | | 04:26 | Mr. Livingston enters, Kingfish’s fraudulent plan | | 09:29 | Shorty’s barbershop – acquiring mysterious salve | | 12:08 | Mrs. Livingston's beauty treatment scene | | 15:52 | Mrs. Livingston reports a burning scalp | | 17:16 | Mr. Livingston threatens legal action | | 23:00 | Consult with lawyer Stonewall | | 24:36 | Stonewall declares “use at your own risk” is legal | | 26:37 | Sapphire reveals she used the salve herself |

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Episode Tone & Style

As with most "Amos & Andy" episodes, the tone is jovial, fast-paced, and laden with wordplay, puns, and rapid-fire exchanges. The satire is pointed at the beauty industry and the get-rich-quick mentality, but with a light, farcical touch.

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Summary

This episode encapsulates the classic humor and style of "Amos & Andy," highlighting the pitfalls of hasty entrepreneurship, the societal pressures of beauty standards, and the duo’s penchant for finding (and causing) trouble. The plot unraveling as both a send-up of beauty culture and a showcase of the show’s trademark banter remains as enjoyable today as during its original broadcast.

Listeners will find this episode a snapshot of the comedic zeitgeist of 1947 radio, rich with clever writing, comic mishaps, and a lampooning of American fads that feels timeless.

Transcript

[A]

I'm here on the job site with Dale, who's a framing contractor.

[B]

Hey, good morning.

[A]

Dale traded up to Geico Commercial Auto Insurance for all his business vehicles. We're here where he needs us most.

[C]

Yep, they sure are.

[A]

We make it easy for him to save on all his insurance needs all in one place with coverage that fits his business and bottom line. Oh, I shouldn't have looked down.

[B]

It's all right.

[A]

We're so far up here.

[B]

Look at me. Take a deep breath.

[A]

I'm good.

[B]

So good. Get a commercial auto insurance quote [e-mail] and see how much you could save. Get more with Geico.

[C]

Amos and Andy. Today, a very enticing ad appeared in.

[B]

The local paper telling about the new.

[C]

Rejuvenation Beauty Salon of Paris which is opening just a few doors from the lodge home. The kingfisher's wife, Sapphire, saw the ad and at this moment is on the phone discussing it with one of her friends.

[D]

Yes, Emily, the ads say they make you younger looking and more attractive too. I sure wish George would give me enough money to take the beauty treatments. Wait a minute. I hear him putting the key in the door now. Goodbye, Emily.

[B]

Well, hello there, honey. How is you?

[D]

Oh, fine. Say, George, tell me, how would you like to have a real attraction? Attractive wife?

[B]

Well, it certainly would be nice. But I was married to you.

[D]

George, I'm talking about myself. I know a new beauty shop that guarantees to make you look 15 years younger. What would you say if I come home someday looking like I did when I was 25?

[B]

Well, I'd say the same thing I said then. Honey, you gotta do something about that fear.

[D]

George, I ain't even got a job. Wrinkle cream.

[B]

Wrinkle cream? What you gonna put that on for? You loaded with wrinkles? No.

[D]

And another thing, George. When a woman gets along towards 40, she's got to help nature. For one thing, I gotta touch up my gray hair.

[B]

Gray hair? You wouldn't hear me complaining if a few gray hairs growed in.

[D]

From where I'm standing, you oughta be happy if any color hair growed in.

[B]

Well, I had my hair cut this way, special, see, When I get in to send you at the barbershop, I figure that if this side catches on fire, got a fire break in the middle here. Ain't going over there. Wait a minute, I'll answer the door. I'll answer. Well, Henry Van Porter. Come in.

[E]

Just passing by, folks. How are you, Sapphire?

[D]

Hello, Henry. Sit down. I'm going back in the kitchen and get Busy.

[E]

Well, it sounds like you and Sapphire just had a little Tiffany. I hope there was no slugging.

[B]

No, Henry, I'm away with throwing boat and looking old, but I think she.

[E]

Looks old enough as she is.

[B]

Well, my wife wants to go to some beauty parlor and get her gray hair fixed up. Haven't worked on affairs and all that stuff.

[E]

Yes, they all want to stay young looking. My wife feels that outdoor exercise is the way to do it. Every morning for the past two weeks she goes around to Bridle Path of Central park for a brisk cat. It takes her about three hours.

[B]

Three hours? I know somebody that made the complete loop on the bridal pair in about 20 minutes.

[E]

Well, my wife could too, if she had a horse.

[B]

Well, the whole business of women trying to keep young and beautiful are realists of me and Henry.

[E]

It sure is. And that reminds me, I've got to run along and pick up my wife at the dancing school. She's attending the class in the ballet.

[B]

Oh, your wife going in for ballet, huh?

[E]

Well, all the women go there to lose weight. I saw a rehearsal for one of their dance recitals and they're doing the dance of the dying swan.

[B]

Yeah, that ought to be pretty.

[E]

Well, the ballet shows how the swans die and fall to the floor and then come to life again. But in this version though, they plan to lower the curtain after the swan dies.

[B]

Why is that?

[E]

None of them women is able to get up off the floor.

[B]

Well, let me sit down here at the large hall desk here and see if I can't put a specimen or something on some of the members and get some money coming into place here. Who in the world could that be? Come in.

[F]

How do you do? My name is Livingston. I'm looking for the Rejuvenation Beauty Salon in Paris.

[B]

Yeah, yeah. Where is that place? I'll look it up in the phone book for you.

[F]

I have things around this neighborhood somewhere.

[B]

Rejuvenation. Rejuvenation. Let me get over to the rears here. Beauty salon, huh?

[F]

Yes, I'm planning to buy my wife a course of beauty treatments for $50.

[B]

$50, huh? Funny thing how you come in our beauty shop here looking for another beauty shop, ain't it?

[F]

Oh, is this a beauty shop too?

[B]

Oh, certainly. This is just the office here. Oh, now I recall that other place you was looking for.

[F]

Tell me, is that place any good?

[B]

Well, it's not our policy to knock our competitors, but we sometimes refer to them politely as that second rate joint down the block. You know what I mean?

[F]

Yes, yes, my Wife seemed to like the name of the other place because it was French. Do you have a French hairdresser?

[B]

Oh, yeah, yeah. Yeah. He was born and raised right in France. Yeah. Wait a minute. I see him coming down the hall now. His name is Andrew.

[F]

Oh, I'd like to talk to him. I'd really like to talk to him about doing my wife's work.

[B]

Yeah. Well, he only speaks two words of English. Come in, Andre.

[C]

Hi, Kingfish.

[B]

Send me the two words. Yeah. Ms. Livingston, I'd like to have you meet Andre, the world's foremost French rejuvenator.

[F]

How do you do, Andrew?

[B]

He don't speak English, you see.

[F]

Well, Paul, EZ vous France. Yes, Paul.

[B]

Well, he don't speak French neither. You see. Even though he lived in France, he always hung out with the Swedish crowd. Swedish. Didn't you, Andre?

[C]

Smorgasbord.

[B]

Pardon me. Pardon me, but Andre here is a little confused. You don't mind if I talk to him in Swedish, do you?

[G]

No, no.

[B]

Go right ahead. Say, Andre, this I gave will pay $55 for Udibe treatment. Smorgasbord.

[C]

Smorgasbord.

[B]

Well, now, mister, it's all settled. Just give me the $50 and you have your wife coming tomorrow when we officially open and we'll go to work on her. We opens at noon.

[F]

All right. Here's the money. I'll have her come in. May I have a receipt?

[B]

Oh, yeah. There's a receipt right out here. Received $50. I'll just initial debt.

[F]

Thank you. She be here tomorrow.

[B]

Goodbye, Andre.

[C]

Viva Louis Vogas. Boy.

[B]

Oh, did you hear that, Andy? We is in the money, boy. We better go out and get some equipment and stuff. Cause we gonna start working on that woman tomorrow.

[C]

Is we supposed to be running a beauty saloon here?

[B]

Yeah. Yeah. And who can tell, Andy? We might become a famous beauty and cosmetic place. Just like that fellow in Hollywood, Max Fracture.

[C]

Oh, yeah. This is great, you know.

[B]

Oh, look at that. 50 bucks, Andy.

[G]

You know we is in the money and it's gonna be a great.

[H]

Day.

[G]

When you're down and out Lift up your head and shout there's gonna be a great day Hallelujah, brother angels in the sky that by and by we gonna have a great day. You know that Gabriel will warn you some early morn you will hear his horn Rooty tooty, it's not far away hold up your hands and say there's gonna be a great day Hallelujah. When the skies were dark came Noah's ark Amen. When the lion roared Came Daniel'. Amen. Lord, help those who pray and on Judgment Day, if you believe he will receive Amen. Gabriel will warn you some early morning will hear his horn. It's a far away. Holder your hands and say there's going to be a great shouting by the congregation. Happiness and jubilation while anticipation on that morning. That's going to be a great, great, great.

[B]

Well, come on, Andy, let's go into Shorty's Barbershop here and see if we can get some information.

[C]

Yeah, we gotta find out what kind of stuff to use in our beauty shop.

[B]

Well, hi, Shorty.

[H]

Well, if it ain't my two pack hire, fellas.

[C]

Say, Shorty, we done gone into business. What is the main equipment you gotta have for a successful beauty parlor?

[H]

Well, the first thing you got to get is a big. What you got to have is one of the. What you really need is when you get women.

[B]

Jordy, one of the things we want specialize in is making the hair beautiful.

[H]

Yeah. Well, I read in the beauty magazine that egg shampoo was the best thing for the scalp and hair. So this morning I brought down some eggs and Mr. Van Porter come in and I gave him a wonderful egg shampoo. I used three eggs on his hair?

[C]

Yeah. How'd it work?

[H]

I thought it worked fine, but when Mr. Van Porter walked out, he said his hair felt a little lumpy. Next time I'm only going to boil there May sweat three minutes.

[B]

Well, we gonna try to make a lot of money, Shorty.

[H]

I'm trying to get more business myself. And I'll give a special combination. A shave, a haircut, a shampoo, a massage and shoe shine for 25 cents.

[C]

Well, how can you do that without losing money?

[H]

Well, I've been pretty lucky so far I ain't had no customers.

[B]

Tell me this. If you got any cream or something for a woman's gray hair. Gray hair?

[H]

Oh, say, wait a minute, fellas. I got a dozen jars of a concoction back here. I'm pretty sure that it's made for a woman's hair. Well, why don't you try it? It might be just a thing. It's got everything in it. You can have it for nothing.

[C]

Oh, that's great, Shorty. We'll take it and use it on the woman's head.

[H]

Here you is, boy. It's all yours.

[B]

Yeah. Now, suppose we want to get some more of this stuff. Where can we get it?

[H]

Well, the fella that makes the SAP, he used to mix it up in that building next to the fish. Market on the corner. But he had to move.

[C]

Why'd they have to move? Couldn't they stand the smell of the fish?

[H]

The fish market couldn't stand the smell of the salve.

[B]

Andy, this reading room here at the lodge hall really look like a beauty parlor, don't it? Yeah.

[C]

Where'd you get that barber's chair at?

[B]

Well, there's an old dentist chair that I borrowed from the junk man. And I got a looking glass on the wall there. Bathroom scales on the floor and these jars of salve all lined up for the hair.

[C]

How does this long white coat look on me?

[B]

Oh, you look like a French beautician. Just don't turn around at the back to the woman so she'll see that word Texaco. That's all you gotta watch. Wait a minute. Actually. Come now. Everything look all right? Come in. How do you do? Welcome to Mademoiselle's Beauty saloon.

[I]

I am Mrs. Livingston.

[B]

Oh, fine. Mrs. Livingston, I'd like to introduce Mademoiselle Andre. Oui, oui.

[I]

How do you do? I think I have an appointment.

[B]

Yeah, well now, let me look at my appointment book here. Let's see here. 12 o', clock, Duchess of Winchester. Nose jack up or just sagging jowls and general chassis work. Uh huh.

[C]

I gotta get lunch before I start.

[B]

On that one o' clock lady. Windows me a facial lubrication. 2,000 mile checkup. Uh huh.

[I]

Well, I'm sure my husband made an appointment for me.

[B]

Maria. My book is so jammed up here. You see, we is always busy between Yuletide and Christmas. Mademoiselle Andre here. Don't you think we could squeeze Ms. Livingston in while we're waiting for Lady Windersmere?

[C]

Well, we can squeeze her in for time, but from the size of her, we're going to have a lot of trouble squeezing her in that chair.

[B]

Well, now, what is your problem, Ms. Livingston?

[I]

Well, first of all, I've been putting on a little weight.

[B]

Well, I don't see how. If you get any more, I don't know where you're going to put it.

[C]

Yeah, how much do you weigh now?

[I]

Well, I guess it's somewhere between 125. And 150. I lost track of it.

[C]

Yeah, well, if you ever want to find it, look between 250 and 300.

[B]

Andre, maybe we could have Ms. Livingston step on the scales here and get her weight.

[C]

I don't think the scales go up that high.

[B]

Well, maybe we can weigh her one foot at a time.

[C]

Yeah, or get another scales. Let her Stand with one foot on each one.

[B]

Well, let's try it anyway, Livingston. Step right up on the scale.

[I]

Might small, but I'm anxious to see what the scales say.

[B]

Yeah, well, with your stomach, when you get up there, if you can't look around curves, you better not look down. You ain't going to see nothing.

[C]

Yeah, step right up there, Ms. Livingston.

[I]

All right.

[B]

Where did the hand stop, Andrew?

[C]

I think it flew out the window.

[I]

Well, I tell you, I'm very anxious to lose weight.

[B]

Well, now, the first thing I do, I would cut down on my starches.

[C]

Yeah. Don't eat but one box a day.

[B]

Well, do you think I ought to.

[I]

Cut down on my calories?

[B]

No, no. Eat all the calories you want just so you don't fry them. That's all you.

[C]

That's right. Calories ain't fattening. I had a half a dozen of them for supper last night.

[B]

Ms. Livingston, we'll give you some reducing tablets next time we see you.

[I]

Well, now, I'm especially anxious to have you work on my hair. You can see I'm getting prematurely gray.

[C]

Yeah, well, have a seat in the chair here and we'll give you a treatment.

[B]

Yeah, sit down there. That's it. Now, Andrew, let's. Let's look at a scalp here and see what the situation is. Hold still there, Ms. Livingston. Mm. Got a bunch of follicles. All right.

[C]

Is they moving around?

[B]

No, no, no. I mean hair follicles. Oh.

[I]

Say, do you think you could change my gray hair, Andrew?

[B]

Gonna work on it right now.

[C]

Yeah. Hand me that special hair stuff.

[B]

Yeah. Here he is, Andrew.

[C]

Now, I'll put a gob of it right here on the part there. Then I'll work it in all over your knob.

[B]

Yeah, that's it. Yeah, rub it in good there. Oh, this is really a secret formula you was getting. Andre here won't even tell me what's in it.

[I]

Well, I can feel a burning sensation on my scalp already.

[C]

I can feel it on my hands, too.

[B]

Oh, wonderful ointment. Ain't no fly in this stuff.

[I]

But do you think this will make my hair curly?

[C]

It might. I notice one of my fingernails is curling up here.

[B]

How's it coming, Andrew?

[C]

Well, there he is. I think that does it.

[I]

My scalp is really burning.

[B]

Well, now, that proves the follicles ain't dead. I would say the operation's a big success.

[I]

Do I leave this on tonight?

[C]

Oh, sure. I'd even put more on. Rub some on your pillow, too.

[B]

And by the way, Ms. Livingston, here's a couple of jars of the stuff. Take it along with you. Give it to some of your friends. Maybe they'd like to come down for some treatments too.

[I]

Oh, thank you so much. When should I come again?

[B]

Well, cool your head off and come back in three days. Just give the stuff time to work.

[I]

Thank you so much. Goodbye, gentlemen.

[B]

Goodbye.

[C]

Say, Kingfish.

[B]

What is that? Look here.

[C]

Look at the hair on the back of my hands where that stuff has been.

[B]

Mmm. That give me an idea. This stuff might be a great brushless shaving cream.

[C]

You might not even need a razor.

[B]

Well, and miss living since due back tomorrow. You know we told her to come back in three days.

[C]

Well, if we're gonna put that mess on her head again, I'm gonna a use stick.

[E]

I tell you that.

[B]

I'll get it.

[F]

Hello, this is Mr. Livingston speaking. Oh yeah, and I just want you to know that as a result of the treatment you gave my wife two days ago, she's losing a half of the handful. And I'm going down and talk to the District Attorney.

[B]

District Attorney?

[F]

I'm going to have the owner of your beauty salon put in jail. And I'm coming over there at 4 o' clock and I want my money back.

[G]

Goodbye.

[C]

Say, what is this thing about District attorney you said King?

[B]

That was a man by the name of Mr. Hooper. He said making a radio survey and wanted to know what my favorite program was. And I told him District Attorney. That's what I said.

[G]

On that greed, greed Come and get it deep. Great day coming my Johnna maybe tomorrow, maybe today. Home that grit come and get it day. Hallelujah. I want to be swell businesses well money is paid well that's the time when things will come your way. Glory to us on that great great come and get it. I'll get the mule that acre of crown Got to get the gal that calico beetle beetle Word has come from Gabriel's horn well the earth beneath your plows the burden is yawn. What Glory time is coming for to stay on that planet. Great day coming Mana maybe tomorrow, maybe today I'll get my gals that calico gown and we'll flip the light fantastic over this town. God's word has come from gator of horn Every powers the button is yawn for it high it's coming for to stay for today. Come and get it and keep it yeah, keep it great, great.

[B]

Shorty, I tell you why I asked you to drop over here.

[H]

Well you can. What's the stubble King Fridge?

[B]

That salve I got from you and them jaws. What in the world? Did you have anything?

[H]

That was a lot of stuff, King fridge.

[B]

A lot of what stuff?

[H]

Well, to tell you the truth, King fridge. I found a lot of different kind of salve and some jars that wasn't marked. And I got an idea that if I put them all together into one big salve, something might come out.

[B]

Something did come out. The woman's hair. Yeah, and I'm in trouble. The woman's husband is due here in five minutes. Wants his money back and go have the owner of this company put in jail.

[H]

Well, you, you. You and Andy are partners, ain't you?

[B]

Yeah, me and Andy. Andy. Andy. Say, just come to me. Maybe I could get out of this. Hey, here comes Andy. Down the hall now. Duck in the back door there right quick. So long, shorty. So long. Oh, gotta please sick and get out of this. Oh, me. Uh, come in, Andy. I got hay fever bad. Here, boy.

[C]

Uh, what?

[B]

You got hay fever?

[C]

Wait a minute. Where you get the hay fever from?

[B]

Well, where did anybody get hay fever from? Gray hair salve. That's where I got it.

[C]

Oh, sure enough.

[B]

Oh, sure. Went over to the doctor a while ago and I said, doctor, I in bad shape. He looked at me and he say, I see you allergic to something. He took my blood pressure. Well, I wasn't allergic to that.

[C]

Wasn't.

[B]

Huh? He looked at my tongue. That wasn't allergic. So then he said to me, I gonna give you the allergic test. He scratched me 35 times with different things. And the minute he scratched my arm with a cover from a jar of salve, my arms fold up like a baseball bat. Hmm.

[C]

That's too bad, boy.

[B]

Just unlucky, fella. Andy, the first time I runs into a money making things like this salve that you put on a woman's head, I gotta give it up. I gonna give you the whole business free gratis as a guilt.

[C]

Well, gee, that's nice of you, Kingfisher.

[B]

Now, if you'll sign this paper, I just draw it up here, give you complete ownership of the country and we'll close the deal.

[C]

What's on this paper I gotta sign?

[B]

Oh, just a legal document for your own protection, Andy. To keep you from squirming out or making a lot of money.

[C]

Okay, if you want to give it up, I'll sign it. You got a pen?

[B]

Oh, yeah, yeah. Here's a fountain pen right here.

[F]

All right, Mr. Livingston and I want to see you right away.

[B]

Just a minute, mister. Sign the thing right there. Andy will You.

[C]

Where do I sign?

[B]

Right there on the bottom line.

[C]

Ain't no ink in this panel.

[B]

Yeah, well, sign it with anything.

[F]

The treatment you gave my wife is gonna cost you plenty. And whoever put that stuff on her head is going to court.

[H]

I'm going to sue.

[C]

Say, Kingfisher, how about you signing this thing?

[B]

Just a minute, mister.

[F]

You should see my wife's head.

[C]

How is the frolicles coming?

[F]

Look here, Stevens, I'm going to sue you for damages. That sale you gave my wife to bring home is the most dangerous stuff I ever saw.

[B]

Oh, yeah?

[F]

I'll be back here in 30 minutes with the district attorney. Goodbye.

[B]

Come on, Andy. We're going over to see our lawyer, Stonewall, and fight this thing through together.

[C]

I can't stick with you in this deal, Kingfish.

[B]

Why ca choose a hay fever? Now, come on, Andy, let's get on in. Lawyer Stonewall's office here. Yeah, hello? Oh, excuse me, Stonewall. Didn't know you was on the phone.

[J]

Just a minute, boys. I'm talking to my client's brother here.

[B]

Hello?

[J]

What's that again? You said he just led your brother out of his cell, huh? Walked him down the long corridor out into the prison yard and marched him up 13 steps. And you say they just put a blindfold on your brother's eyes and there's a lot of people standing around? Well, all I can tell you is if they ain't playing blind man's buff, he's in trouble.

[H]

That was that.

[J]

So, so long. And say goodbye to your brother too.

[B]

Soon while we is in trouble here, too.

[C]

Yeah, did you get that jar of salve that we sent you over a half hour ago to analyze?

[J]

Yes, I did. Well, I gave it the acid test.

[B]

Oh, the acid test, huh?

[J]

Yeah, I put you in a bottle with some acid and they ate the acid right up.

[B]

Soon, Royal, the salve is done. Took the hair off the woman's head and we is in trouble Now. Now, wait.

[J]

Wait a minute, wait. Did the jars you gave her have a label on it just like this one?

[C]

Yeah, they was all alike.

[J]

You ain't got nothing to worry about. Cause it says on the label here, it says, use at your own risk. That puts you in the clear.

[B]

Good.

[J]

I'll call the man and tell him.

[B]

Oh, Stonewall, you has done saved our lives.

[C]

You sure is. Now he's in the clear. This'll learn people to come to beauty shops they don't know nothing about.

[J]

If you excuse me, I gotta go to court, see, to defend the client.

[B]

What's Wrong.

[J]

The man's wife is suing my client on account he's always bringing home samples from the place where he works.

[B]

What's wrong with bringing home samples?

[J]

He work in a burial s theater.

[B]

Yeah. Well, it was so nice of you to take me and Andy home tonight in the taxi cab. Yeah, well, I glad to do it, Kingfish. Cause from what you say, you two had a narrow escape.

[C]

Yeah, me and the Kingfish almost got into trouble.

[B]

Yeah, but. Ha, ha ha. Legally, we was in the clear. Yeah, yeah, you might be in the clear, but that was kind of a mean thing to do to the man's wife. Have a half all over. Just think how bad a husband must feel about that. Yeah, well, that's his word. Ain't mine now. Well, here's your house right here. Well, boys, will you come in? No, I'll drop Andy off and then I'll get on home. So long, Kingfish.

[G]

Yeah.

[B]

See you tomorrow. So long, boy, when you down and out lift up your head and show there's gonna be a great day. Dodio Dee. Well, hello there, top five. Hey, look like you're getting ready to go out. I see you got a scarf around your head.

[D]

Well, I ain't going out, George. I just came in.

[B]

Yeah, well, honey, I almost got in trouble today, but everything is fine and dandy now. I know one thing, though. There's a certain man in this town that's mighty embarrassed about the way his wife look. A man by the name of Mr. Livingston.

[D]

Livingston? Why, that's a coincidence. A Mrs. Livingston that I met at the Bridge Club two days ago gave me a jar of sal for my gray hair.

[B]

Sapphire. For heaven's sake. You didn't use it, did you?

[D]

I already used it. And look, George, I ain't got a hat.

[G]

You better hurry down. Just like a poor reveal Jesus coming into your hometown Inside that freedom train you'll find a precious spray Those words of liberty and the document that made us great gate wob you shot from steeple well, you can shoot the system full of poles. You can always question the people but you can get your answer from the poll that's how it's always been and ever will remain as long as all of us keep a riding on the freedom train. This song is a train song. It's a song about a train. Not the action that we got. Not the Chattanooga choo Choo, not the one at midnight for the state of Alabama. This song is the trade song where.

[B]

The engineer is Uncle Sam.

[G]

You can write the president a letter. Well, you can even tell him to his face. Now, if you think you'll do it, better get the vote and you can take his place. That's how it's always been and how it will remain as long as all of us keep right, keep fighting. Keep fighting on the Freedom Trail. SAM.

[C]

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