Amos & Andy - Amos Is In The Hospital

Summary

Podcast Summary: Harold's Old Time Radio

Episode: Amos & Andy - Amos Is In The Hospital
Date: March 26, 2026
Host: Harold’s Old Time Radio
Main Segment Focus: The episode features a vintage “Amos & Andy” broadcast centered on the mystery of Amos’s absence, with humorous crossovers, classic running gags, and a heartwarming finale as the cast reconnects.

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Overview

This episode revisits an iconic installment of "Amos & Andy," a comedy staple from the Golden Age of Radio. The story unfolds on-air as Andy and friends scramble to find Amos, leading them through NBC's radio studios and memorable encounters with other legendary radio personalities (Fibber McGee & Molly, Bob Hope, Red Skelton). The episode weaves in musical numbers, tongue-in-cheek banter, and ultimately resolves with Amos’s update from the hospital—delivering both laughs and a dose of sentimentality.

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Key Discussion Points & Highlights

1. The Mystery of Amos's Disappearance

• [01:46] Andy realizes Amos is missing:
  Andy Brown wonders why Amos hasn't shown up for the broadcast and voices concern to the announcer.
  • Quote:
    • Andy Brown: "Amos is missing. He ain't here." [01:52]
• The group splits up to search NBC’s studios, meeting various radio stars along the way.
• Notable comedic asides about NBC's packed schedule:
  • Andy Brown: “Fiddle McGee and Molly come on next, Then Bob Oath and then Red Skelton right after each other...” [01:58]

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2. Cross-Studio Hijinks and Comedic Mix-Ups

• [03:06] Meeting Fibber McGee & Molly:
  A charming crossover as Andy tries to explain his predicament to Fibber and Molly, who don't initially realize he's the “Andy” of Amos & Andy.
  • Quotes & Banter:
    • Fibber McGee: "Were you ever in Peoria ill?"
      Andy Brown: "Yes, sir, and I was sick in Rock island once." [04:36]
    • Molly McGee: “Now, what does Amos look like, Andy?” [05:54]
    • Andy Brown: “Well, he’s a little bit shorter than me, a little bit thinner, a little bit more bald on top... But outside of that, you couldn’t tell us apart.” [06:01]
• Running gag about lost items and confusion over words like “monocle,” “manacle,” “binnacle,” and “pinnacle.”
• Physical comedy when Andy is buried under Fibber’s closet junk ([07:59]).

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3. Musical Interlude: Zippity Doo Dah

• [08:49] Andy and friends fill time with a song:
  As the search continues, the stage is set for a spirited performance of “Zippity Doo Dah” with ensemble singing and lively back-and-forths.
  • Clem Kadiddlehopper: “That’s that song called Zippity doo dah Zippity. My oh my, what a wonderful day...” [08:57]
  • Andy Brown: “Plenty of fun time in my way.” [09:01]
• The medley serves both as comic relief and a nod to radio’s variety-show roots.

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4. Guest Stars and More Comedic Vignettes

• [15:10] Andy and Shorty search for Amos:
  More physical comedy, in-jokes about radio experience and references to other programs (e.g., Bob Hope, Phil Spitali’s all-girl orchestra).
  • Red Skelton (as Shorty): “I lied about my age.” [14:55]
• [16:03] Bob Hope Monologue:
  Hope delivers a string of topical gags about post-war shortages, Santa Anita racetrack, and Palm Springs, full of his trademark rapid-fire wit.
  • Bob Hope: “I went out to sad Anita Saturday and I spent the bitter part of the afternoon out there…” [16:45]

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5. Encounter with Clem Kadiddlehopper

• [23:33] Introduction of Clem Qadiddlehofer (Red Skelton): An extended bit with Clem—featuring country-bumpkin logic and puns about his clothing, shoe money, and why he avoids dating.
  • Clem Kadiddlehopper: "Who's wearing shoes?" [24:37]
  • Clem: "I used to wear shoes...kept all my money in them, add 3 or 4 inches to my height..." [24:44]
  • Gabby Gibson: “Well, how old are you now?”
    Clem Kadiddlehopper: “He won’t tell me.” [26:20]
• The team grows impatient and tries to shake Clem—resulting in a quick-witted exchange about intelligence:
  • Clem Kadiddlehopper: “Oh yes I am.”
    Red Skelton: “Oh no you’re not.” [26:57]

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6. Resolution: Amos Found in the Hospital

• [28:07] News finally arrives about Amos:
  • Red Skelton: “I just saw Amos’s wife Ruby on the street and she told me where Amos is.”
    Molly McGee: “He’s in the hospital.” [28:12]
• [29:10] Phone call with Amos:
  • Andy Brown: “Hello, Amos.”
    Amos Jones: “Hello, Andy.” [29:15]
• Amos reassures everyone from his hospital bed, having enjoyed listening to the broadcast and thanking the crew for their help.
  • Amos: “I hope to be back with you fellas next Tuesday. I've been listening to the show here on the radio. Sure was nice of civil McGee and Molly and Bob Hope and Red Skelton to offer to help us out like that.” [29:20]
  • Amos adds, “My roommate is full of flowers. Oh, I really got a lot of flowers here, Andy.” [29:40]
• Final running gag: Whenever Amos is ill, the Kingfish and Lightning conveniently get sick too.
  • Amos: “Every time I get sick, that Kingfish and Lightning always gets sick with me.” [30:02]

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7. Closing Sentiments and Sponsor Message

• [31:15] Andy wraps up:
  Andy affirms the importance of taking care of what we have, referencing the episode's sponsor, Rinso, and giving a subtle real-world message about rationing and conserving during wartime and postwar shortages.
  • Andy Brown: “Even in prosperous times, seems to me it's important to take care of what we got the best we can.” [31:25]
  • Announcer: “Friends, if you can't always get Rinso, it's because there’s a worldwide shortage of fats and oils needed for making soap…” [31:28]
• A warm farewell as Amos thanks the group, and Andy promises to see everyone next Tuesday.
  • Amos Jones: “Tell everybody I said good night folks.” [32:44]

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Notable Quotes

• Andy Brown: “Amos is missing. He ain't here.” [01:52]
• Andy Brown: “Well, he’s a little bit shorter than me, a little bit thinner, a little bit more bald on top... But outside of that, you couldn’t tell us apart.” [06:01]
• Clem Kadiddlehopper: "Who's wearing shoes?" [24:37]
• Amos Jones: “I hope to be back with you fellas next Tuesday... Sure was nice of civil McGee and Molly and Bob Hope and Red Skelton to offer to help us out like that." [29:20]
• Amos Jones: “Every time I get sick, that Kingfish and Lightning always gets sick with me.” [30:02]

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Episode Flow & Timestamps

• [01:46] Main plot begins: Andy and friends realize Amos is missing.
• [03:06] Crossover: Fibber McGee & Molly encounter.
• [08:49] Musical number: “Zippity Doo Dah.”
• [16:03] Bob Hope monologue.
• [23:33] Comedy segment: Clem Kadiddlehopper joins the search.
• [28:07] News: Amos is in the hospital.
• [29:10] Phone call: Emotional reunion with Amos.
• [30:00] Signature running gag/joke about group illnesses.
• [31:15] Andy's reflective closing and sponsor message.
• [32:44] Amos’s final good night to the audience.

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Overall Tone and Style

• Light-hearted, vaudeville-style humor with fast-paced dialogue and running gags.
• The energy is buoyant and improvisational, full of radio-era camaraderie.
• Underlying warmth: Even amidst the jokes, there’s genuine affection among the characters, culminating in Amos’s heartfelt thanks from the hospital.

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Recommended For

This episode is a delightful showcase of classic radio comedy, suitable for fans of radio history, comedy enthusiasts, and anyone interested in the evolution of American entertainment. It captures a unique moment from “Amos & Andy,” offering a time capsule of humor, celebrity cameos, and pre-television storytelling.

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Note: Advertisements, sponsor pitches, and non-content segments have been omitted. For the full vintage audio experience, listen to the episode as broadcast on Harold’s Old Time Radio.

Transcript

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[Gabby Gibson]

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[Gabby Gibson]

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[Narrator]

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[Gabby Gibson]

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[Clem Kadiddlehopper]

They're here.

[Andy Brown]

Well, I wonder where Amos is. He's supposed to ask me what day it is. Well, anyway, it's Tuesday and that means we is on the air for triple action. Rinso.

[Clem Kadiddlehopper]

Yes, sir.

[Narrator/Announcer]

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[Gabby Gibson]

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[Andy Brown]

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[Red Skelton]

famous

[Clem Kadiddlehopper]

rhythm Bonnell Lever Brothers Company, the

[Narrator/Announcer]

makers of Rinso, invite you to sit back, relax and enjoy the story of Amos and Andy. Our old friend Andy Brown had dinner with Henry Van Porter. And Andy wants his friend Amos.

[Andy Brown]

Mr. Cadell. Mr. Goodell.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Andy. Andy, you know we're on the air.

[Andy Brown]

Yeah, but we can't go on with the show.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Amos is missing. He ain't here.

[Andy Brown]

And I can't find the Kingfisher Lightning neither.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Where do you think they could be?

[Andy Brown]

Well, I don't know. You know, there's a lot of studios around NBC here. Fiddle McGee and Molly come on next, Then Bob Oath and then Red Skelton right after each other. Maybe Amos is around talking to some of them people. We all gotta start looking for him.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Okay, Andy, I'll see what I can do.

[Andy Brown]

Oh me, I wonder where to look.

[Clem Kadiddlehopper]

Andy.

[Andy Brown]

What is it, Gabby?

[Red Skelton]

I got some news about Amos.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Yeah? Well, what is it, Gabby?

[Andy Brown]

Tell me.

[Red Skelton]

I started looking for him in some of the studios around here, but he

[Clem Kadiddlehopper]

wasn't in none of them. Then I looked in all the halls,

[Narrator/Announcer]

but he wasn't there neither.

[Clem Kadiddlehopper]

But that didn't stop me. You know that big room across the hall?

[Andy Brown]

Yeah.

[Clem Kadiddlehopper]

Well, I opened the door very quietly,

[Gabby Gibson]

very quietly, and when I got the

[Red Skelton]

door open, I switched on the light

[Andy Brown]

and there he was.

[Clem Kadiddlehopper]

Huh?

[Narrator/Announcer]

Nope, he's still missing.

[Andy Brown]

Gary, what is we going to do? We got to find Amos.

[Red Skelton]

Well, he must be around NBC, around here someplace.

[Gabby Gibson]

I tell you what, you go down

[Red Skelton]

that way and look and I go

[Clem Kadiddlehopper]

down this way just Remember that old

[Narrator/Announcer]

saying of the French police?

[Clem Kadiddlehopper]

Chay la fermi.

[Gabby Gibson]

That means find a woman, cherche la fermi.

[Andy Brown]

Yeah. Well, you sure say la femi and

[Narrator/Announcer]

I'll sure say lamma.

[Andy Brown]

Come on me. Now let me see. I wonder what's in this place here.

[Narrator/Announcer]

I wonder if Amos could be in here.

[Fibber McGee]

Hey, Molly, how many tubes we got in this dad?

[Andy Brown]

Rare radio.

[Molly McGee]

Well, it's supposed to be a six tube set, McGee.

[Fibber McGee]

Well, if it's a six tuber, three

[Andy Brown]

tubes of blew out.

[Molly McGee]

Blown out, Blew out, blown out.

[Clem Kadiddlehopper]

Three tubes are busted.

[Narrator/Announcer]

They're out like a jitterbug shirt tails

[Fibber McGee]

in a lindy contest.

[Molly McGee]

Well, how do you know, dearie?

[Fibber McGee]

For five minutes now I've been trying to tune in on Amos and Andy and all I can get is Andy.

[Andy Brown]

Well, excuse me, Mr. McGee. Oh, hi, Bud. I hate to bulge in on you like this, Mr. McGee, but I. As a man with trouble. You think you've got troubles?

[Fibber McGee]

Look at me, no cufflinks.

[Andy Brown]

Well, I'll lend you my. I ain't even got no cuffs. But that ain't my main trouble, Ms. McGee. Something is worse than that.

[Fibber McGee]

Now, what is it? No shirt. Oh, this is my wife, Mrs. McGee, known to her friends as Molly.

[Andy Brown]

Oh, howdy, ma'.

[Molly McGee]

Am. How do you do? I'm sure.

[Narrator/Announcer]

I'm sure too.

[Molly McGee]

And this is my husband, Mr. McGee, known to his friends as Fibber far and wide.

[Fibber McGee]

Yeah, I'm far whiter now than when I was married to her.

[Andy Brown]

Yes, my name is Andrew H. Brown.

[Fibber McGee]

Brown? That's an odd name.

[Andy Brown]

But your face is familiar, Brown.

[Fibber McGee]

Were you ever in Peoria ill?

[Andy Brown]

Yes, sir, and I was sick in Rock island once.

[Red Skelton]

Just what is your trouble, Mr. Brown?

[Andy Brown]

Well, I can't find my best friend, Amos Jones, and I thought maybe you folks had seen him around here somewh.

[Fibber McGee]

Amos Jones. Jones. That's another odd name. Funny thing, you can't find your pal Amos. Buddy, I just tuned in the radio a while ago to try and get Amos and Andy, and Amos was missing. Hey, did you say you were Andrew Brown?

[Narrator/Announcer]

Andrew H. H?

[Molly McGee]

That's an odd name.

[Fibber McGee]

Holy smoke, you're not the Andy of Amos and Andy, are you?

[Narrator/Announcer]

I ain't the Jolson of Olson.

[Fibber McGee]

Well, if Amos is really missing, you took a big load off my mind, boy.

[Andy Brown]

I have?

[Fibber McGee]

Yes, sir. Eh, them three tubes ain't bad after all.

[Andy Brown]

Well, I'm glad to hear that all right. But the reason I cheer, Mr. McGee, is to ask you if you see anything, Amos?

[Fibber McGee]

No, but don't you worry, Andy. I'll find him for you. I'll use my influence with the local police.

[Molly McGee]

McGee, you haven't enough influence to get a cop to arrest a thief for stealing a squad car.

[Andy Brown]

Oh, is that so?

[Fibber McGee]

Is that.

[Red Skelton]

I'll go right to the top and

[Fibber McGee]

speak to Mayor Latruvi himself and see that he gets on Amos's trail and finds him.

[Molly McGee]

Now, what does Amos look like, Andy?

[Andy Brown]

Well, he's a little bit shorter than me, a little bit thinner, a little bit more bald on top.

[Narrator/Announcer]

And he's younger than me too.

[Andy Brown]

But outside of that, you couldn't tell us a part.

[Red Skelton]

Hey, maybe he was the fellow I

[Fibber McGee]

saw wandering around the NBC studio this afternoon. Is he about 6ft tall with wavy blond hair?

[Andy Brown]

He wasn't the last time I seen him.

[Fibber McGee]

Well, then it could have been him. Because the fellow I saw was only about 58 in bald.

[Red Skelton]

Oh, yeah, he was wearing one of

[Fibber McGee]

those eyeglasses on the half shelf. I think they call them manacles.

[Molly McGee]

You mean monocle, dearie. A manacle is a chain the Romans used to handcuff their galley plates to

[Gabby Gibson]

the bottom of the boat.

[Fibber McGee]

That's barnacle, Molly. A monocle is something you scrape off

[Gabby Gibson]

the bottom of the boat.

[Andy Brown]

Yeah, well, I don't think that was Amos.

[Molly McGee]

You mean binnacle, deary, a monocle is something they keep a ship's compass in.

[Andy Brown]

Yeah, well, if Amos had a compass, he couldn't get lost.

[Fibber McGee]

Molly, that's a pinnacle.

[Andy Brown]

Well, now I know that it wasn't Amos.

[Narrator/Announcer]

He don't ever play cards.

[Andy Brown]

Special finish.

[Fibber McGee]

Well, then that wasn't Amos I saw. Andy, this fellow was playing Jose. I got an idea where he might be.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Yeah?

[Andy Brown]

Where's that?

[Red Skelton]

Mr. McGee, I think I saw a

[Fibber McGee]

fellow answering the description of Amos going

[Narrator/Announcer]

through that door over there a while ago.

[Andy Brown]

Okay, and Thanks a lot, Mr. McGee. Let me take a look in here. Now.

[Clem Kadiddlehopper]

No, no, no.

[Molly McGee]

Not that door, Andy.

[Red Skelton]

That.

[Fibber McGee]

Gotta straighten out that closet one of these days.

[Molly McGee]

Heavenly days. McGee, where's Andy?

[Fibber McGee]

Oh, my gosh. He's buried under that pile of junk.

[Molly McGee]

Well, then let's get him out before they report him missing too.

[Red Skelton]

Andy, I've been looking all over and

[Clem Kadiddlehopper]

I can't find anything from no place. Say, you look terrible.

[Gabby Gibson]

Horrible.

[Red Skelton]

What happened to you?

[Andy Brown]

Well, Clause just jumped at me. Gabby.

[Clem Kadiddlehopper]

But.

[Andy Brown]

Gabby, listen, the thing is, we gotta put on a show here tonight. Now, it's gonna be hard to do that. What are we gonna do without Amos

[Narrator/Announcer]

and the King version of Lightning?

[Andy Brown]

They ain't here neither.

[Gabby Gibson]

Well, I tell you, Andy, I'll be

[Clem Kadiddlehopper]

glad to help you out. I'll be glad to help you out.

[Andy Brown]

Oh, what could you do?

[Red Skelton]

Well, don't you remember when you loaned me to Mr. Walt Disney play Uncle Remus the Song of the South?

[Clem Kadiddlehopper]

Yeah, I sung a song in that too.

[Andy Brown]

We don't need you to sing. We got the Delta Rhythm Boys here.

[Clem Kadiddlehopper]

Yeah, I learned to sing the same song with me. Oh, yeah, I remember.

[Andy Brown]

That's that song called Zippity doo dah Zippity. My oh my, what a wonderful day. Plenty of fun time in my way.

[Clem Kadiddlehopper]

Bippity.it's the truth, it's actual.

[Andy Brown]

Everything is satisfactual.

[Clem Kadiddlehopper]

Bippity do dippity Wonderful feeling, wonderful day. Hippodooda doo. There's a guy on the radio plays Gabby's a Lawyer and he's on our show. He's always talking and running his mouth. So they made him a movie star

[Andy Brown]

in Song of the South.

[Clem Kadiddlehopper]

Now he can be heard as well as seen because he plays Rocky much on the screen. Ocarina ocarimer call for alkarem Come along now, Sing a song now Zippity we're in your key. Zippity do da Zippity a my O my, what a wonderful day. Plant hill sunshine hit my lips. Zippity do d Zippity A Mr. Bluebird's on my shoulder. It's the truth, it's actual.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Everything is satisfactual.

[Clem Kadiddlehopper]

Zippity doo do Sip a D A wonderful feeling, Wonderful day. You heard what Okarimus said. That's what Uncare said. You can tell he feels okay.

[Andy Brown]

He's his body doodah's on his way.

[Clem Kadiddlehopper]

Sippity doodah Zip al Yay. My oh my, what a wonderful day. There were plenty of sunshine heading my way. Symphony do dah Symphony A. How does it feel to be in pictures? Well, boys, since you ask me, it's lovely. Lovely if we do die. Gripper D A wonderful feeling. It's got me reeling. It's satisfactual. Boys, this really actual. And again I say what a wonderful day.

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[Clem Kadiddlehopper]

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[Andy Brown]

Hey Shorty, come here.

[Red Skelton]

Well, I was dog, I. I didn't but. Hello Andy.

[Andy Brown]

Hey Shorty, I don't know what to do. I don't know what we're gonna do without Amos the Kingfish. We gotta put on a show here.

[Red Skelton]

Yeah, if you want any acting done, you can call me.

[Andy Brown]

I'm sorry Shorty, cause you ain't had no radio experience.

[Red Skelton]

Oh, what you talking about? I was all the radio program was. I was with Phil Spitali's old girl orchestra.

[Andy Brown]

Wait a minute Shorty, wait a minute. How could you ever get with an all girl orchestra?

[Red Skelton]

I lied about my a.

[Andy Brown]

Well listen Shorty, the important thing we got to do is to find Amos and the Kingfisher Lightning. Say look here, let's win this studio here. Maybe we can find somebody that seat him.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Hey, wait a minute Shorty, wait a minute.

[Andy Brown]

There's something going on in here.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Look at that big officer.

[Red Skelton]

Yeah, this has all reading books.

[Andy Brown]

Yeah, and all them books exactly alike too. Let me see if I can see

[Narrator/Announcer]

the name of it. So this is Peace by Bob Hope.

[Red Skelton]

Who's that fellow standing in front of with that big whip in his Hand.

[Andy Brown]

That's Bob Hope.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Hey, wait a minute, wait a minute.

[Andy Brown]

They're putting down the books. They're gonna.

[Red Skelton]

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[Red Skelton]

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[Clem Kadiddlehopper]

Hope telling all you girls that are

[Gabby Gibson]

looking for the end of shortages in 1947 that when they start to dish out the Kleenex, don't worry if they

[Narrator/Announcer]

miss you, just use Pepsi and the boys will always tissue. Yes, we're laying them in baby Talk tonight.

[Red Skelton]

Well, 1947 looks like a great year. Everybody's buying luxury things and a lot

[Gabby Gibson]

of people are even wearing silk shorts.

[Narrator/Announcer]

I know they are.

[Gabby Gibson]

I saw them coming home from Santa Anita today.

[Red Skelton]

Santa Anita?

[Gabby Gibson]

That's a vacuum cleaner with nags for bags. I went out to sad Anita Saturday and I spent the bitter part of

[Andy Brown]

the afternoon out there.

[Red Skelton]

And I wouldn't say it was crowded,

[Gabby Gibson]

but a pickpocket reached into my pocket and after two hours he offered me $10 to give him back his hand.

[Clem Kadiddlehopper]

And the pickpockets are bolder than ever this year.

[Gabby Gibson]

I had a winning and one of them said, hurry up and cash it. I gotta get home in time for gangbusters. The track was really crowded and jammed. In fact, when they came down the home stretch, the horses had to keep tapping people on the shoulders saying, pardon me, can I get through? Ray Milan has a fine 3 year old out there, but he's having trouble with him ever since last weekend. Every time the horse gets near the rail, he stops, puts his foot on it and says, make mine a double and see what the jockey will have.

[Red Skelton]

You should have been the horse I finally bet on.

[Gabby Gibson]

He was so slow, his saddle made up into a Murphy bed.

[Red Skelton]

Everybody shouted, they're off.

[Gabby Gibson]

Of course my horse thought it was just a rumor.

[Red Skelton]

Daddy really ran a heads up race.

[Gabby Gibson]

He had to to keep the other horses tails out of his face. He was a front runner and he

[Red Skelton]

would have won the race.

[Gabby Gibson]

But he had a little trouble getting the other part going.

[Red Skelton]

He was so weak looking, you could

[Gabby Gibson]

bet him to win place or live.

[Narrator/Announcer]

What a horse.

[Gabby Gibson]

The jockey kept jabbing him with his

[Red Skelton]

spurs and finally the horse turned around

[Gabby Gibson]

and said, stop that, you'll rip my girdle. They told me the horse was a mutter. Of course, I didn't expect you to stop on the far turn and have

[Narrator/Announcer]

a colt, you know.

[Red Skelton]

He finally came in when the moon was out singing.

[Gabby Gibson]

Open the stable, Richard.

[Red Skelton]

After Santa neat, I went down to

[Gabby Gibson]

Palm Springs to recuperate. Palm Springs is really wonderful, isn't it in one week you get healthy enough to go back to work and poor enough to have to.

[Red Skelton]

And it's so risky. The snakes in that part of the

[Gabby Gibson]

desert don't have rattles in the back. They have bill and recorders that play nothing but Castellanas.

[Narrator/Announcer]

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[Red Skelton]

You should have seen the hotel I stopped at. What a place.

[Gabby Gibson]

There was a sign in the room. Don't turn off the electric fan. It's holding up the wall. And it's so hot down there.

[Red Skelton]

One lens fell out of my smoked

[Gabby Gibson]

glasses and my right eye got burned black. For a week I walked around looking like an overgrown panda. A panda. You know, they have one white eye, one black eye.

[Red Skelton]

See, the lens fell out and said it wasn't.

[Molly McGee]

It's all right.

[Red Skelton]

That's the last bag I buy from the Griffith Park Zoo.

[Clem Kadiddlehopper]

O.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Hey, hey, look.

[Andy Brown]

Mr. Hope is coming over this way. Shorty. Hey, Mr. Hope, did you see the Amos from the Kingfisher any place? No, boys. Well,

[Red Skelton]

I'm rehearsing.

[Gabby Gibson]

I may need this stuff someday.

[Andy Brown]

You know,

[Clem Kadiddlehopper]

I want to know one thing. What's that?

[Andy Brown]

Yeah, come back next week, too.

[Red Skelton]

But listen, I know one place where

[Gabby Gibson]

you could find almost anything.

[Andy Brown]

What is that?

[Clem Kadiddlehopper]

Colona's mustache.

[Fibber McGee]

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[Clem Kadiddlehopper]

See you tomorrow.

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[Andy Brown]

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[Red Skelton]

Sandy.

[Clem Kadiddlehopper]

Look at the studio.

[Red Skelton]

Let's go and ask if they'll see

[Gabby Gibson]

the Amos of the King's face.

[Andy Brown]

Okay.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Hey, wait a minute.

[Andy Brown]

Wait a minute. Look at that man coming out of that studio there. That looks like Red Skelton. He's heading this way. Let's ask him.

[Clem Kadiddlehopper]

Him?

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[Andy Brown]

My name is Andrew Brown. This here is my friend, Gabby Gibson.

[Clem Kadiddlehopper]

Howdy doody. I'm pleased to meet you. I'm Clem Cadittlehoffer. Clem Qadidlehofer to be exact. Yeah.

[Andy Brown]

What is the Q for?

[Narrator/Announcer]

Q?

[Clem Kadiddlehopper]

Cool whisper. You see, Mr. Kadiddlehopper, we looking for Amos in the Kingfish.

[Andy Brown]

Mr. Cadittlehopper, where would you start looking for them first?

[Clem Kadiddlehopper]

Well, that'd be hard for to say. You see, I'm sort of a stranger around here. You boys look like you could keep a secret, so I think I'll let

[Narrator/Announcer]

you in on one.

[Andy Brown]

Oh, good.

[Narrator/Announcer]

What's that?

[Clem Kadiddlehopper]

Well, now, I know you won't believe this, but I'm from the country.

[Andy Brown]

Yes, sir.

[Clem Kadiddlehopper]

Yes, you're a.

[Andy Brown]

So I was afraid that your clothes is a dead giveaway, Mr. Kittlehopper. Yeah, them pants you was wearing are so big and baggy at the bottom that they covers your shoes.

[Clem Kadiddlehopper]

Who's wearing shoes?

[Red Skelton]

You mean you ain't got no shoes on? No, I used to wear.

[Clem Kadiddlehopper]

This stuff is better than that panda joke, ain't. I? Used to wear shoes. I used to keep all the money I made right in my shoes and add 3 or 4 inches to my height.

[Andy Brown]

Well, what made you give that up?

[Clem Kadiddlehopper]

Well, I didn't like the bad publicity it gave me. See, every time I was under 6ft tall, people knew I was broke.

[Andy Brown]

Yeah, well, this has been very interested, Mr. Kittle.

[Red Skelton]

Appa.

[Clem Kadiddlehopper]

Yeah.

[Andy Brown]

Yeah.

[Clem Kadiddlehopper]

Well, if I'd have known that, I would have listened to what I was saying. Look. Yeah.

[Red Skelton]

How'd you happen to come up here to city, Mr. Kittle Hopper?

[Clem Kadiddlehopper]

Well, I thought I would drive. Some fella told me if I sell my car up to the top with Jack, I could come to the city, see? So I'll never make that trip again? No, I. I never been so hot in all my born days.

[Andy Brown]

Well, why didn't you open the car windows?

[Clem Kadiddlehopper]

Fortunately, all the Gas fill up.

[Andy Brown]

Yeah. Well, I guess now that you was here in the city, you gonna buy your girls something nice, huh?

[Clem Kadiddlehopper]

Well, no, I ain't got no girls. You see, I promised my mother that I wouldn't go with until I was 21.

[Gabby Gibson]

Well, how old are you now?

[Clem Kadiddlehopper]

He won't tell me. Excuse me a minute, Mr. Hopper.

[Gabby Gibson]

I want to speak with Andy here.

[Narrator/Announcer]

What you want, Jerry?

[Gabby Gibson]

Listen Andy, if we gonna find Amos

[Narrator/Announcer]

and the Kingfish, we better shake this guy.

[Clem Kadiddlehopper]

He don't sound very smart. I heard that. And I am so shamoya but I won't be impolite but you really ain't very smart. Oh yes I am. Oh no you're not.

[Red Skelton]

Well, I am.

[Clem Kadiddlehopper]

No, you're not. Well, there a white shaded on him. All right then, so you're smart.

[Red Skelton]

Oh no.

[Andy Brown]

Yeah, well, we better be getting along now anyway, Mr. Kittle Hopper.

[Clem Kadiddlehopper]

Well, don't worry about Amos the Kingfish and Lightning Boy because I'll find them real fast. You know I've got good reasons for not letting grass grow under my feet.

[Andy Brown]

Yeah, what's that?

[Narrator/Announcer]

It's Hickles.

[Clem Kadiddlehopper]

Another Griffith park joke. Sell over.

[Andy Brown]

Say Gabby, that Clem Cadillhopper show looks

[Narrator/Announcer]

a lot like Red Skelton, don't he?

[Clem Kadiddlehopper]

Yeah, yeah, but come on Andy, we

[Gabby Gibson]

ain't find Amos this way.

[Red Skelton]

Hey fellas. Hey fellas.

[Andy Brown]

Yeah, what is it, Jordy?

[Narrator/Announcer]

What is it?

[Red Skelton]

I, I, I just saw Amos's wife Ruby on the street and she told

[Clem Kadiddlehopper]

me where Amos is. Well, quick, where is he?

[Molly McGee]

He's in the hospital.

[Red Skelton]

He had an operation.

[Andy Brown]

Yeah, well wait a minute here, wait a minute. Let's call him right away. Look, where's the telephone? Here, here, here's the telephone right over here. Gabby, has you got a nickel?

[Clem Kadiddlehopper]

Charlie, you got nickel?

[Red Skelton]

Andy, you got nickel? You have.

[Andy Brown]

Wait a minute, wait a minute. Here's something.

[Narrator/Announcer]

We'll ask that fellow standing there getting ready to play the violin.

[Red Skelton]

You think he'll earn you a nickel?

[Andy Brown]

Well, I'll ask him.

[Clem Kadiddlehopper]

You never get a nickel out of that fellow.

[Red Skelton]

I got a nickel, Andy. I found in the slot.

[Andy Brown]

Oh, good, good. Timmy, this you know what hospital he's at?

[Red Skelton]

Yeah, I'll get him on the phone for you.

[Narrator/Announcer]

All right, go ahead, you get him there.

[Andy Brown]

Call me.

[Narrator/Announcer]

I sure hope we get him. And I sure hope the name is well enough to answer the phone too.

[Clem Kadiddlehopper]

He probably got a phone right there in his room there.

[Red Skelton]

Andy, I got Amos on the phone here.

[Andy Brown]

Yeah, well give me that.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Give me that.

[Andy Brown]

Hello, Amos.

[Amos Jones]

Hello, Andy.

[Andy Brown]

Well, how you feel Oh, I come

[Amos Jones]

along pretty good, Andy. And I hope to be back with you fellas next Tuesday. I've been listening to the show here on the radio. Sure was nice of civil McGee and Molly and Bob Hoop and Red Skelton

[Narrator/Announcer]

to offer to help us out like that.

[Andy Brown]

Oh, yeah, they were something, wasn't he?

[Narrator/Announcer]

They is really great people and it was all sweet. All right.

[Amos Jones]

Please tell them thanks for me, will you? Everybody been so nice. My roommate is full of flowers. Oh, I really got a lot of flowers here, Andy.

[Andy Brown]

Oh, well, that's great. Yeah, I'm glad to hear that.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Say, by the way, Amos, we can't

[Andy Brown]

find a Kingfish or Lightning neither. You know what he is.

[Amos Jones]

Well, funny thing about this thing here, Andy.

[Clem Kadiddlehopper]

It always was and always will be

[Amos Jones]

that every time I get sick, that Kingfish and Lightning always gets sick with me.

[Andy Brown]

Yes, that is right, ain't it? Let me speak to him, will you?

[Clem Kadiddlehopper]

Hear you.

[Red Skelton]

Hello, Miss Andy.

[Clem Kadiddlehopper]

I hope Amos hurry up and gets out of here so I can whizz away from this house though. Yeah, well, I hope so too.

[Andy Brown]

Lightning, put on to Kingfish there, will you?

[Clem Kadiddlehopper]

Yeah, yeah. Well, hello there, brother. And how is you?

[Andy Brown]

Okay, Kingfish. How's everything up there, darling?

[Red Skelton]

Oh, just fine.

[Clem Kadiddlehopper]

By the way, is you coming up

[Amos Jones]

here to see Amos?

[Andy Brown]

Oh, yeah, I'm going to come up there right away.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Well, tell you what. Meet me outside Amos's door.

[Amos Jones]

I gone into the flower business and

[Narrator/Announcer]

I can let you have some slightly

[Clem Kadiddlehopper]

used flowers at half sight.

[Andy Brown]

Well, Amos actually did his broadcast from the hospital tonight and we hope that he'll be back with us next Tuesday. And you know friends, I've been thinking. Even in prosperous times, seems to me

[Narrator/Announcer]

it's important to take care of what

[Andy Brown]

we got the best we can.

[Narrator/Announcer]

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[Andy Brown]

Hello? Amos, is you still on the phone?

[Amos Jones]

Yeah, Andy. Well, Andy, I sure was nice of you to call me like this. And I appreciate it. And kid, you did a swell job. Tell everybody I said good night folks.

[Andy Brown]

See you next Tuesday.

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