Amos & Andy 43-11-05 The Locked Trunk's Secret

Summary

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Podcast Summary: Amos & Andy 43-11-05 "The Locked Trunk's Secret"

Podcast: Harold's Old Time Radio
Host: Harolds Old Time Radio
Episode Date: September 12, 2025
Original Air Date: November 5, 1943
Guest Star: Peter Lorre

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Episode Overview

This episode of Amos & Andy centers on Andy's impulsive purchase of a mysterious locked trunk at a railroad auction. The comedic misadventures that follow involve attempts to open the trunk, a visit from a mysterious man (voiced by guest Peter Lorre), a dubious partnership deal, escalating negotiations, and a surprising police intervention. The episode expertly blends sharp comedic dialogue with the suspense of an unfolding mystery.

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Key Discussion Points & Plot Breakdown

1. Andy's Auction Bungle and the Arrival of the Trunk (00:39–03:06)

• Andy attends a railway auction and unwittingly purchases an unclaimed, locked steamer trunk for $5 after dozing off and accidentally bidding.
  • Andy (01:43): “The auctioneer man put this thing up just as I was dozing off. He say, who'll bid $5? My head kind of dropped down. He'd say, you got it.”
• Amos and Kingfish react; Kingfish jokes Andy "dozed himself out of five bucks."
• Logistics: The trunk is too secure to open; it’s reinforced by steel bands and locked, with no key.

2. The Plan to Open the Trunk (03:06–05:05)

• The crew decides to take the trunk to Fluke Harris's basement, hoping the neighborhood inventor can help get it open.
• Flukie struggles but appears to be making progress with his "scientific equipment."

3. The Mysterious Visitor: Peter Lorre (05:05–07:01)

• Peter Lorre, playing himself (or a character), arrives at Andy's office looking for the trunk, describing it in detail.
  • Peter Lorre (06:05): “And it so happens that my whole future lies in that trunk, too.”
• He urges Amos to find Andy quickly, warning that the trunk "must not be opened" and suggesting "for the safety of all concerned."

4. The Higher Offer... and Kingfish's Fast-Talking (07:01–10:02)

• While Kingfish looks for a locksmith, Amos receives a message from Lorre: he'll pay Andy $50 for the unopened trunk.
• Kingfish intercepts Amos, insisting he deliver the message and address himself, rationalizing he's the faster talker.
  • Kingfish (09:02): “You is a slow talker, and that's the trouble. Yeah, I oughta be the one to tell him. Cause I is a fast talker. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.”

5. The Partnership Contract (10:02–15:02)

• Kingfish proposes they split the investment, and humorously negotiates the contract drafting with Andy.
  • Kingfish (12:00): “We'll take the next 2 inches for the ipso factors and the null and voids and all them things. And another two inches for the extra clauses and the loopholes.”
  • Andy (13:11): “Started the contract. See here. Andrew H. Brown and George Stevens both being party of the first part. That's what you mean?”
• Kingfish cleverly waits until after the contract is signed to reveal the $50 offer, ensuring his stake.

6. Raising the Stakes (15:08–21:01)

• Andy and Kingfish dress up and bring the trunk to Lorre’s apartment, attempting to act like rich men to drive up the price.
  • Kingfish (18:12): “We can't stay too long. We're going to a big cafe. Each one of us is going to have a two dollar supper with all the trimmings.”
  • Andy (18:32): “You don't mind if I smoke a big expensive 25 cent cigar, do you?”
• The negotiation escalates from $50 to $65, then Andy boldly demands $100.
• Lorre, growing irritated, warns: Peter Lorre (21:20): “I must ask you again not to bargain with me because it sometimes makes me do things that I'm very often sorry for.”
• The men accept the original $50, sensing danger.

7. The Shock Reveal: Police Intervention (22:07–24:18)

• Police burst in as the deal is about to close and arrest Peter Lorre.
• The mystery of the trunk is revealed: it contains $200,000 in stolen negotiable securities.
  • Police Officer (22:55): “We know there's $200,000 worth of stolen negotiable securities in there. We knew it was in there the day it was checked at the depot. And we've been waiting a year and a half for the owner to claim it.”
• Andy and Kingfish are cleared of any wrongdoing.

8. The Note on Friendship and Aftermath (24:18–25:18)

• Kingfish, guilt-ridden, returns his share of the partnership to Andy and dissolves the contract.
  • Kingfish (24:22): “Yeah, Andy, sometime I do believe that my conscience thinks more of you than it do of me.”
• Andy reimburses the $2.50.
• The men reflect on their friendship, just as the police wrap things up.

9. The Final Twist (25:18–27:24)

• At the police station, it’s revealed that Andy was called in to collect a reward for returning the trunk safely.
  • Andy (26:50): “Ex partner, dear, I am glad you mentioned that. But the reason I come down here was to collect this reward. It must have just slipped my mind.”

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Accidental Auction Win
  Andy (01:43): "The auctioneer man put this thing up just as I was dozing off. He say, who'll bid $5? My head kind of dropped down. He'd say, you got it."
• Peter Lorre’s Ominous Arrival
  Peter Lorre (06:05): "And it so happens that my whole future lies in that trunk, too." Amos (06:11): "It sure is a lot of futures in there, ain't it?"
• Kingfish’s Fast-Talking Justification
  Kingfish (09:02): "Yeah, I oughta be the one to tell him. Cause I is a fast talker. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Look at that. Yeah, I can rattle that stuff off. I really rattles it off."
• Contractal Comedy
  Kingfish (12:00): “We'll take the next 2 inches for the ipso factors and the null and voids and all them things. And another two inches for the extra clauses and the loopholes.”
• Bargaining With Lorre
  Peter Lorre (21:20): “I must ask you again not to bargain with me because it sometimes makes me do things that I'm very often sorry for.”
• Cops Reveal the Trunk's Secret
  Police Officer (22:55): “We know there's $200,000 worth of stolen negotiable securities in there.”

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Important Segment Timestamps

| Timestamp | Segment | |-----------|----------------------------------------------------------| | 01:27 | Andy explains the accidental purchase of the trunk | | 03:37 | Plan to open trunk at Fluke Harris' lab | | 05:05 | Peter Lorre arrives at the office | | 08:03 | Amos relays Lorre's warning and $50 offer | | 10:27 | Kingfish proposes a partnership | | 12:00 | Contract-writing comedy | | 17:19 | Andy & Kingfish bring the trunk to Lorre’s apartment | | 21:20 | Lorre’s warning during bargaining | | 22:37 | Police burst in and reveal the trunk's true contents | | 24:18 | Kingfish’s conscience prompts contract dissolution | | 26:50 | Andy reveals he's collecting a reward |

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Tone & Language

• Playful, sharp, and rapid-fire: Signature comedic banter, quick wit, and tongue-in-cheek metaphors.
• Peter Lorre’s guest role introduces a sinister, comic suspense that contrasts with Andy and Kingfish’s hapless scheming.

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Conclusion

This episode is a classic example of Amos & Andy's ability to fuse suspenseful twists with irresistible comedy. The cast’s chemistry, clever verbal duels, and guest star Peter Lorre’s memorable performance make “The Locked Trunk’s Secret” an enjoyable journey from start to finish—even if things don’t go as planned for Andy and Kingfish.

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Transcript

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[Kingfish]

Good evening.

[Narrator]

The makers of the new Rinso bring you the Amos and Andy show with their guest tonight, Peter Laur. To a lot of people, an auction sale is a very serious business. But to Andy, it's just another way of keeping himself occupied without resorting to that distasteful thing called work. Andy has just returned from one of these auctions now, and he's in his office talking to his friend Amos and the Kingfish.

[Amos]

So you've been at one of them auctions again, ain't you, son?

[Andy]

Yeah, but this time I done bought something.

[Kingfish]

What did you buy, Brother Anders?

[Andy]

I don't know, but I paid $5 for it.

[Kingfish]

Oh, $5?

[Andy]

Yeah.

[Amos]

How come you pay $5 for something.

[Kingfish]

That you don't know what to do?

[Andy]

Well, Amos, you know how they works it at these auctions. You bids. You know your bids by nodding your head. Well, the auctioneer man put this thing up just as I was dozing off. And he say, who'll bid $5? My head kind of dropped down. He'd say, you got it.

[Kingfish]

Yeah. And you done dozed yourself right out of five bucks there. That's what you done.

[Andy]

Yeah. Hey, Lightning. Lightning, bring it right in here.

[Kingfish]

Yeah. What has he got there?

[Amos]

I'll help you with it, Lightning.

[Andy]

Set it right down here.

[Amos]

Yes, just kind of steady it there for me, Ms. Amos, if you will.

[Andy]

Okay, Lightning, you can go now.

[Amos]

You promised to pay me 50 cents for this, Mr. Andrew.

[Andy]

Yeah, well, send me an item arise statement of the whole business.

[Amos]

But Ms. Andy, you can't. Item arise. One item. Andy, you mean to say you paid $5 for that old steamer trunk? What is in it?

[Andy]

Well, that's what I don't know. You see, fellas, instead of going to one of them regular auctions, I went to one of them railroad auctions where they sell what they call unclaimed baggage.

[Kingfish]

Oh, yeah, and I know what you mean where you don't know what's inside of nothing. And neither do the railroad company.

[Andy]

Yeah, that's right. I ain't been able to open it yet. Cause it's Got them steel bands around it. And on top of that, it's locked. And there ain't no key for it.

[Kingfish]

Mm.

[Amos]

Tell me this, Andy. Why did you buy something like that? You ain't got so much money. That $5 don't mean nothing to you.

[Kingfish]

Wait a minute, though, Amos. You can't tell nothing yet till he opens the trunk. His whole future might be inside there.

[Andy]

Yeah, that's right, Amos. My whole future might be right in that steamer trunk. Who knows what's in there?

[Amos]

Well, it seems to me the thing to do, then is to see what's inside the trunk.

[Andy]

Well, I don't know how we're gonna get them steel bands off there and all that. I ain't got no tools for it.

[Kingfish]

Wait a minute, sir. How about taking the thing over to Fluke Harris's basement? He got a laboratory down there, you know, and he's an inventor. And he can most likely invent a way to open the trunk.

[Andy]

Yeah. Come on, Kingfish. We'll carry it over there. Lightning, you stay here in the office and hold down the fort.

[Amos]

Yeah, sir. Ms. Andrews.

[Andy]

Cause I'm going to be busy with this thing for a while. So if anybody comes in with any business deals or anything. Why, Lightning, you tell them that you don't know where I is. How you coming there, Flukie?

[Flukie]

I coming along pretty good with the thing, Miss Andrew.

[Kingfish]

Listen, Flukey, we ain't paying, you know, for the time that you were spending on hammering your thumb there.

[Flukie]

Yeah. Well, I think I got it here, fellas. All I gotta do now is a little prying here. Yeah, There we is. That's got it.

[Andy]

Yeah. Boy, that was some job.

[Kingfish]

Now, what about the lock?

[Andy]

Yeah. Can you open that, Flukie?

[Flukie]

Yes. Well, I try. Kingfish, look at my scientific equipment there in the box and see if you can find me a hairpin.

[Peter Laurie]

Oh, please pardon me. I say. Please pardon me.

[Amos]

I answer. I asked.

[Peter Laurie]

Yes, is this Mr. Brown's office?

[Amos]

I answer. Did you want to see somebody?

[Peter Laurie]

Oh, I'm so sorry to have awakened you.

[Amos]

Oh, that's all right. I was gonna wake up later anyhow.

[Peter Laurie]

Is this Mr. Andrew Brown's office?

[Amos]

Yes. Yes, this is his office, but he ain't here right now.

[Peter Laurie]

My name is Peter Lore.

[Amos]

I didn't get the name. What is it again?

[Peter Laurie]

Well, it's unimportant, but I would like to see Mr. Brown about a steamer trunk. One that has metal bands around it.

[Amos]

Well, he wouldn't be interested in that. I sure. Cause he bought one just like that this morning. He don't want.

[Peter Laurie]

Yes, that's the one I wish to see him about.

[Amos]

Well, I don't think he'd be interested in selling it neither. Cause I hear him say that his whole future lies in that trunk.

[Peter Laurie]

And it so happens that my whole future lies in that trunk, too.

[Amos]

It sure is a lot of futures in there, ain't it?

[Peter Laurie]

Do you know where I can find Mr. Brown?

[Amos]

No, sir, I don't know where you can find Miss Brown. Left here a while ago with the trunk to see if he could get them bands off and see what was in the thing.

[Peter Laurie]

Young man, that trunk must not be opened. And for the safety of all concerned, it would pay you to find Mr. Brown. Oh, please. Pardon me, but I. I cannot stress too strongly the importance of finding him at once. And when you find him, I would suggest that you tell him that it would be advisable. And I'm willing.

[Andy]

Flukie, you ain't getting nowhere with that hairpin.

[Kingfish]

Oh, yeah, Flukey, ain't you got a skeleton hairpin around here that will fit any lock?

[Flukie]

Well, I tell you, fellas, I do the best I can. Don't forget that the whole principle of a lock is to keep people out. And it just so happens that this lock is making a good job of it.

[Andy]

Oh, look, Kingfish, maybe you better go out and get a locksmith somewhere.

[Kingfish]

All right, all right. And that's what I'll do. I'll go out and try to dig up one. See you in a little while, fellows. I'll get on up the steps.

[Andy]

Be sure to get a good locksmith too.

[Kingfish]

Well, Lightning, what you doing over here?

[Amos]

I was just going down the sea in fluke's basement. Is Mr. Andy down there with Flukey?

[Kingfish]

Yeah, he's down there. What you want to see him? Boat, Lightning?

[Amos]

Well, a man come to the office to see him about the trunk. There's some reporting stuff I gotta tell Mr. Andy about it right away.

[Kingfish]

Oh, there is, huh? Now, don't rush. Don't rush. Just take it easy. What you gotta tell him?

[Amos]

Well, the man said that the trunk belonged to him and he'd been away for a long time. And he went down to the railroad station to claim it. And he found out that Mr. Andy done bought it at auction. And he said that he'll give Mr. Andy $50 for the trunk. And Mr. Andy must not open up the trunk or he won't give him nothing. And he give me his address where Ms. Andy can take the trunk tonight and get $50. And I guess that's all they say.

[Kingfish]

Well, sure is interesting. Lightning want to give Andy $50 for the trunk, huh? What is the man's name and address?

[Amos]

Well, I didn't get his name, but here's his address written on a piece of paper right here.

[Kingfish]

Thank you, Leighton. I'll tell Andy about it.

[Amos]

Wait a minute, though. I suppose to find Miss and tell him right away he gotta be told fast.

[Kingfish]

Yeah, I know he's gotta be told fast, but you is a slow talker, and that's the trouble. Yeah, I oughta be the one to tell him. Cause I is a fast talker. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Look at that. Yeah, I can rattle that stuff off. I really rattles it off.

[Amos]

I asked her that. Sure was fast, all right.

[Kingfish]

Oh, yeah. Oh, I can talk even faster than that. But wouldn't be no point to it. You see, lady and I can talk 178 words a minute. But Andy can only listen 112.

[Amos]

Well, I sure would like to tell him myself.

[Kingfish]

No, Lightning, no. Don't do that. Listen, I got a better idea. Let me copy this down, that address there. Copy this down here. This address that you give me here. You see? Now, here, you take it too. Now, you go to the man's place here and tell the man that Andy will be up with the trunk tonight, unopened.

[Amos]

All right, brother King. See, I'll tell the man.

[Kingfish]

50 bucks, huh? Well, boys, no luck. Just down to the drugstore. Phoned five locksmiths. Couldn't find none of them in nowhere.

[Andy]

No luck, huh? That's great.

[Kingfish]

Say, Andy, I wonder if you'd mind going up the steps with me. I want to talk to you private and confidential and under your hat. Just take a second or two.

[Andy]

Yeah, well, I don't mind. Excuse us, Flukey, will you?

[Flukie]

Oh, yes, that's all right. I'll just put her around here in the basement and invent something. I'll be here when y' all come back.

[Andy]

What you want to speak to me about, King Creek?

[Kingfish]

Well, now, Andy, we has always been partners in just about everything. But about this trunk deal. Frankly, old pal, I kind of feel left out of things.

[Andy]

Yes?

[Kingfish]

Yeah. I don't have that partnership feeling that we usual have together. Now, why don't you let me put up two dollars and a half hand and let me buy half interest in this thing, would you?

[Andy]

Well, if you really.

[Kingfish]

It's a deal. It's a deal. It's a deal. It's a deal. Now, look, y', all. We'll draw up the agreement right now. Now, I got a fountain pen right here.

[Amos]

Yeah.

[Kingfish]

Here's some paper on this table right here. Sit down over. Come over here and sit down.

[Andy]

Come on. Yeah, yeah, do that.

[Kingfish]

Yeah, now sit right down. Now. Cools. We want to make this thing legal.

[Andy]

Oh, yeah, sure. We gotta do that.

[Kingfish]

Yeah. I'll just write at the top of the paper here. State of New York, November 5, 1943. Do that sound legal so far?

[Andy]

Yeah, yeah, that's. We is within the law there. Hey, what is you making all them lines on the paper there for?

[Kingfish]

Just drawing some lines on there now there. We'll now, at the top of the contract, for the first inch, we'll do that party of the first part stuff.

[Andy]

Check.

[Kingfish]

Then we'll take the next 2 inches for the ipso factors and the null and voids and all them things. And another two inches for the extra clauses and the loopholes. Now let me see here. Well, that leaves us about 3 inches for the sealing wax and the ribbon.

[Andy]

Yeah, yeah, that'll make a nice looking contract all right.

[Kingfish]

Yeah, you're right. Something to be proud of. Now, let's start writing the thing here. I say here at the beginning of it, I, George Stevens, be in the party of the first party.

[Andy]

Wait a minute, wait a minute. I ain't playing no second party to no party and no first party.

[Kingfish]

Well, Andy, I gotta be the party of the first part.

[Andy]

Hold it, hold it right there. I is going to be the party of the first party.

[Kingfish]

You will?

[Andy]

Yeah, I is.

[Kingfish]

Now wait a minute. Yeah. Well, Andy, I was very happy that these contracts is all drawed up and signed.

[Andy]

Yeah. Read me that stuff up in the beginning again, will you, Kingfish?

[Kingfish]

Oh, yeah. Started the contract. See here. Andrew H. Brown and George Stevens both being party of the first part. That's what you mean?

[Andy]

Yeah, that's what I wanted to hear right there.

[Kingfish]

All right, Andrew, now look here. I'll give you two dollars and a half here. Yours now, here.

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[Kingfish]

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[Kingfish]

Here's your signed copy. And here is mine.

[Andy]

Okay, now let's get back down in the basement and see what we can do about opening that trunk.

[Kingfish]

Oh brother Andy, I glad you mentioned that, partner. Dear, there's something I forgot to tell you. It just slipped my mind.

[Andy]

Uh huh.

[Kingfish]

Yeah.

[Andy]

I got a feeling that I just bought $2 and a half's worth of bad news.

[Kingfish]

Oh no, it's good news, Andy. Good news. Oh yeah, yeah. Now listen. The man that owns the trunk is done traced it to us and has done offered US$50 for it. Funny how those things like that can slip my mind.

[Andy]

Yeah, it did. Kept right on slipping too, till after the contract was signed. Kingfish, you done pulled a fast one on me.

[Kingfish]

Oh, now brother Andy, don't say that to me. Don't. Don't hurt my feelings. Oh, you know how senseless I is. How. Just tell me, how can a partnership last when one partner talks to do another one that way? And on top of that, you. You ain't never going to regret this, Andy. Cause I gonna tell you something. I done already figured out a way how we gonna get more than $50 for the trunk.

[Andy]

Yeah. Let me ask you one question, Kingfish.

[Kingfish]

What is it, partner?

[Andy]

Dear, how. How come that you remembered all this? When I say something about opening that trunk.

[Kingfish]

Oh, they another thing that I want to tell you. The man will only give us the money if he gets the trunk back unopened.

[Andy]

Unopened? That's a funny thing, ain't it?

[Kingfish]

Now listen. Listen to your partner. Look here. We gonna take the trunk up to the man tonight. But first we is going up to your room at the boarding house and get Dressed up?

[Andy]

Cause I is got an ide.

[Narrator]

The Kingfish and Andy have dressed up in their best clothes and are now taking the trunk to the man's apartment.

[Kingfish]

This is the apartment right here, Andy.

[Andy]

Yeah. You know, I was getting kind of nervous.

[Kingfish]

Now, just calm yourself, Andy. There's nothing to be worried about. Lightning say that this man is such a nice, polite, sweet gentleman. Yeah, Lightning say that. He would always say stuff like if you don't mind and pardon me and I sorry to trouble you. Oh, boy, we really gonna push him around.

[Andy]

Yeah. Well, I'll ring the doorbell.

[Kingfish]

Yeah. Now remember, when we go in here and see him, act like we as rich men. Like $50 don't mean nothing to us.

[Andy]

Okay, Kingpin, I got the idea.

[Kingfish]

And try not to laugh when I start making a sucker of the guy.

[Andy]

Yeah.

[Peter Laurie]

Oh, good evening, gentlemen. Won't you come in?

[Kingfish]

Oh, yes, yes. Get a hold of one end of the trunk there, will you? And it.

[Peter Laurie]

Yeah, you can put it right there, if you please. Won't you sit down?

[Kingfish]

Oh, well, we can't stay too long. We're going to a big cafe. Each one of us is going to have a two dollar supper with all the trimmings. And we always leave a big tip for them, too. Oh, yeah, we really kick money around.

[Andy]

Yeah. Yeah, we even check our hats with a hatchet gal.

[Peter Laurie]

Well, I'm sure our business won't take long.

[Andy]

Oh, yeah. Nice little apartment you got here. You don't mind if I smoke a big expensive 25 cent cigar, do you?

[Peter Laurie]

No, not at all.

[Kingfish]

Yeah, this is a nice room you got here. Nice decorations you got on the wall there, too. Tell me this muster, is them real guns hanging up there?

[Peter Laurie]

Well, they shoot bullets, if that is what you mean.

[Kingfish]

Do you ever shoot one of them guns?

[Peter Laurie]

Oh, occasionally.

[Kingfish]

What'd you shoot at? Them targets with the round circles on them. A little bit of hole in the middle.

[Peter Laurie]

No, no, no. I don't shoot at that kind of target.

[Kingfish]

What do you do then? Stick tin cans on the fence and pop them off, that kind of stuff?

[Peter Laurie]

No, I do not pop off cans.

[Kingfish]

Then maybe go out and shoot birds, huh?

[Peter Laurie]

No, I. I don't shoot birds. Birds have a right to live.

[Kingfish]

Well, what else is there to shoot?

[Peter Laurie]

Oh, there are things.

[Kingfish]

Wait a minute. We is in the right place here, ain't we? I just want to ask you, mister, you is the sweet manager, the one to say please all the time. Sorry to trouble important me and all. Esther.

[Andy]

Oh, you sure got a nice comfortable place here. All right. I can See that? You kind of take life easy, don't you, mister?

[Peter Laurie]

Yes, I take life very easy.

[Kingfish]

Yes. Just one more question I want to ask you. You know how peoples is always joking. You was kind of a kid, ain't you? I mean, I will. A lot of things you say don't mean. You joke a lot and all that stuff, don't you?

[Peter Laurie]

Well, I do have my lighter moments.

[Kingfish]

Yeah. Yeah, that's what I thought. Yeah. Now, let's get down to business.

[Peter Laurie]

Oh, that's an excellent idea. Of course, I assume you haven't opened the trunk.

[Andy]

No, sir. No, sir, we. We don't know what's in there.

[Peter Laurie]

Very good. Now, according to our agreement, I'll pay you $50 and you leave the trunk here.

[Kingfish]

Just a minute now, mister. Just a minute there.

[Andy]

Hold yourself there.

[Kingfish]

We has done seed by now and you has done seed that we as rich men now, after all, we is going to have the $2 supper after we leave here. Andy gonna smoke another 25 cent cigar.

[Peter Laurie]

What are you trying to say?

[Kingfish]

We just trying to tell you that $50 don't mean nothing to rich men like us.

[Peter Laurie]

Oh, I can see you want more money.

[Andy]

Yes, we want doll.

[Peter Laurie]

All right, I'll be very happy to pay you $65.

[Kingfish]

In that case, we want $75.

[Peter Laurie]

All right, let's make it 75.

[Kingfish]

No, no, no.

[Andy]

We want $100. We want $100.

[Peter Laurie]

I do not like bickering, disturbs me.

[Kingfish]

Well, now, wait just a minute here. This is a free country and we as American citizens and we got it ready to bicker if we want bicker.

[Andy]

Yeah, we want $100.

[Peter Laurie]

And I must ask you again not to bargain with me because it sometimes makes me do things that I'm very often sorry for.

[Andy]

Well, we is standing our ground. $65 or nothing.

[Peter Laurie]

Then it will be nothing, brother.

[Kingfish]

And I think we got a little ground to spare. We can back up there a little bit. Yeah, let's make it 50.

[Peter Laurie]

Well, that was our original agreement. If you'll pardon me a moment, I'll get the money out of my desk here.

[Andy]

Okay. Say, mister, you know, I got awful thirsty in the last five minutes. Can I get a drink of ice water around here? I kind of hot, too.

[Peter Laurie]

Oh, you may go back in the kitchen and you'll find ice cubes in the ice box.

[Andy]

Oh, yes, thank you a lot. Thank you a lot, sir.

[Kingfish]

That's $50 that you is getting there. Is that right, mister?

[Peter Laurie]

Yes, it is. And I know that you would rather have it here cash than A check?

[Kingfish]

Oh, Yasser Yassir cash. Don't keep bouncing back on you.

[Peter Laurie]

Yeah, that's very true, and it's very fortunate.

[Police Officer]

Don't make a move, anybody. We're police officers.

[Andy]

Keep them covered, boys.

[Peter Laurie]

What is the meaning of this intrusion?

[Police Officer]

Never mind the small talk, Laurie. We finally caught up with you in that trunk. Put the cops on him, Joe.

[Kingfish]

Oh, wait a minute now, gentlemen. Look here, now, don't try to revolve me in this thing. I give you my word, I don't know even know what's in the trunk.

[Police Officer]

But we know there's $200,000 worth of stolen negotiable securities in there. We knew it was in there the day it was checked at the depot. And we've been waiting a year and a half for the owner to claim it.

[Peter Laurie]

Year and a half for a policeman. Very clever.

[Police Officer]

When the trunk wasn't claimed, we let the auction go through, and we knew that the owner wouldn't be far away.

[Kingfish]

But, mister, I is innocent, I tell you. I. I didn't. I didn't know none of this stuff. I didn't even know what was in the trump.

[Andy]

We know that.

[Kingfish]

That's the truth, mister. The way the things stand Now, I got $2.50 invested in that trunk. Well, I guess you're just out two.

[Police Officer]

Dollars and a half.

[Kingfish]

Yes. Excuse me a minute. I just want to go back in the kitchen.

[Police Officer]

All right, come on, boys. Let's take a look around the room.

[Andy]

Here before we get going. Oh, what a pal of Mary oh.

[Kingfish]

What a pal was Mary Brother Andrew, ain't you got that glass of water yet?

[Andy]

Oh, I haven't trouble with these ice cubes. I done busted my fingernail and everything else. You want a glass?

[Kingfish]

No, thank you, partner. Dear, there's something that I want to talk to you about. My conscience has been gnawing at me. Oh, sure enough about what it's been saying to me. Kingfish, you ain't got no right to half interest in that $50. That money oughta all belong to Andy.

[Andy]

No fooling. Is that what your conscience has been saying to you?

[Kingfish]

Yeah, Andy, sometime I do believe that my conscience thinks more of you than it do of me.

[Andy]

Yeah, well, tell you the truth about this thing, you really is done pulled a fast one on me this afternoon.

[Kingfish]

Yeah, I know I done pulled one on you, Andy, and that's why I want to unpull it right now. Here, I got my contract. You got your contract with you?

[Andy]

Yeah, sure. I got it right here.

[Kingfish]

Give me that. We'll tear them both up. Yeah. Now, of course, you gotta Give me my $2 and a half back so everything be level and even and all that stuff. We won't be fair about the thing, you know.

[Andy]

Oh, sure. Yeah. Well, I'll give you that right now. Here it is. There's one, two and a half.

[Kingfish]

Thanks, Andy. I feel a lot better now.

[Andy]

Yeah, I do too. I ain't even thirsty no more. Come on, let's get back in the parlor.

[Kingfish]

Okay, ex partner, dear. You come right on here.

[Andy]

You know, Kingfish, you was a pretty good pal after all. I would say that you. Hey, what is those cops doing in there? Where's they going with the man and the trunk?

[Kingfish]

Brother Andy, I was glad you mentioned it. I forgot to tell you. It must have just slipped my mind. You say you ain't got no idea, Amos, why they wanted Andy to come down here to the police station, is you?

[Amos]

No, I ain't. They just told me to come down.

[Kingfish]

And told him to come.

[Amos]

And he asked me to come with him. And they said for him to come down as fast as he could. So I come down with him here. He's in the room there now with the police.

[Kingfish]

I think when I hear that y' all was down here, I figured I better come right over here too to make sure that Andy don't tell him that I know nothing about this trunk mess.

[Amos]

Oh, in other words, Kingfish, you wanna make sure that you as clear of.

[Kingfish]

The thing, don't you? Yeah. Yeah. I don't wanna be implicated with that trunk. Of course, if Andy go to jail on account of it, I'll be glad to visit him and bring him some hot soup and things like that, you know?

[Amos]

Yeah, I know. Look, here comes Andy out the room now.

[Kingfish]

Yeah. Maybe they gonna let him come out and say goodbye to us.

[Andy]

Well, hello, fellas. Hello there.

[Kingfish]

Listen, Brother Andy, you didn't revolve me in this thing, did you?

[Andy]

Oh, no, you was in the clear, Kingfish.

[Kingfish]

Oh, that's great. I knew that you would protect me. Say, wait a minute. What is that money you got there in your hand?

[Andy]

Ex partner, dear, I am glad you mentioned that. But the reason I come down here was to collect this reward. It must have just slipped my mind.

[Narrator]

Be sure to join us next Friday night at this same time when the makers of the new Rinseau will again present the Amos and Andy Show. And at which time Amos and Andy will have as their guest, Mr. Lionel Barrymore. Till then, this is Harlow Wilcox speaking for all of us. Thanking Peter Laurie for appearing with us tonight and bidding all of you a pleasant good night.