Amos & Andy - Amos Is Missing

Summary

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Podcast Summary: Harold’s Old Time Radio

Episode: Amos & Andy – "Amos Is Missing"

Date: March 26, 2026
Host: Harold's Old Time Radio

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Episode Overview

This classic episode from the golden age of radio centers on the humorous predicament of Andy Brown and friends as they attempt to solve the mystery of Amos’s disappearance just as their regular show is about to begin. Their search leads them on a madcap journey through NBC studios, with appearances and gags featuring other radio luminaries such as Fibber McGee and Molly, Bob Hope, and Red Skelton. The show is filled with signature banter, musical interludes, commercials for Rinso detergent, and laugh-out-loud asides that showcase the spirit of old-time radio comedy.

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Key Discussion Points & Episode Breakdown

1. The Mystery: Where’s Amos?

• Opening Situation (00:31–02:13):

  • Andy Brown discovers Amos is missing right as the show is set to begin.
  • Neither the Kingfish nor Lightning can be found.
  • Andy speculates Amos may be interacting with other NBC stars.

  Andy Brown (01:50): “We can't go on with the show. Amos is missing. He ain't here. And I can't find the Kingfish or Lightning neither.”

• Searching the Studios (02:13–07:02):

  • Gabby Gibson joins Andy in the search, invoking the French phrase “Cherchez la femme,” to comedic effect.
  • Comic crossover with Fibber McGee and Molly—mix-ups about radio tubes and missing cast members ensue.
  • The segment is interrupted by comedic misunderstandings and a running gag about identifying Amos by increasingly absurd characteristics.

  Gabby Gibson (02:49): "Cherche and a femi. That means find a woman."

  Andy Brown (02:53): "Yeah, well, you sure say la femi and I'll sure say la ama. Come on me..."

  Bud McGee (05:09): “Holy smoke, you're not the Andy of Amos and Andy, are you?”

2. Accidental Mayhem & Slapstick

• Physical Comedy with the Closet (07:57–08:03):

  • Andy ends up buried under a pile of junk in Fibber McGee’s infamous closet—a direct nod to a radio running gag.
  • Gabby and Molly react in alarm and rush to help Andy.

  Molly McGee (07:59): “Oh, my gosh. He's buried under that pile of junk!”

3. The Show Must Go On (08:24–10:55)

• Filling in for Missing Friends:

  • Gabby volunteers to help, referencing his role in "Song of the South" and launching into a spirited rendition of "Zippity Doo Dah" with playful lyrics referencing being both onscreen and on radio.

  Gabby Gibson (09:11): "Zippity doo dah zippity a, My, oh my, what a wonderful day... Mr. Bluebird on my shoulder..."

4. Classic Radio Crossover & More Gags (14:14–18:47)

• Bob Hope Show Interlude (15:10–18:47):

  • Andy and friends visit Bob Hope’s studio, enjoying a mix of topical jokes about 1947, horse races, and Hollywood routines.
  • This section is peppered with classic one-liners and musical gags, continuing the theme of star-studded NBC antics.

  Female Singer (17:37): “He was so slow, his saddle made up into a murphy bed.”

  Molly McGee (17:46): "But he really ran a heads up race."

5. In and Out of Other Shows (21:54–29:03)

• Meeting Red Skelton/Clem Kadiddlehopper (21:54–28:13):

  • Andy and Gabby try to get help from Red Skelton’s character Clem Kadiddlehopper, leading to country-folk humor and wordplay about big pants, hiding money in shoes, and misadventures in the city.

  Gabby Gibson (24:07): "Well, that’d be hard to say. You see, I'm sort of a stranger around here..." Gabby Gibson (24:49): "Who's wearing shoes?"

• News: Amos Found! (28:16–31:27):

  • News arrives from Amos’s wife Ruby: Amos is in the hospital after an operation.
  • The friends scramble to find a nickel for a payphone to call him, another classic comedic scramble.

6. Reunited – Over the Phone (29:28–30:14)

• Heartfelt Update and Reunion:

  • Andy talks to Amos, who reassures the crew he’ll be back next Tuesday and expresses gratitude for the help from NBC stars and the many flowers in his hospital room.

  Andy Brown (29:30): “Well, how you feel?” Amos Jones (29:31): “Oh, I come along pretty good, Andy. And I hope to be back with you fellas next Tuesday... My room is full of flowers.” Andy Brown (30:00): “That's great. By the way, Amos, we can't find the Kingfish or Lightning neither. You know where he is?” Amos Jones (30:09): “Well, funny thing about this thing here, Andy. It always was and always will be that every time I get sick, that Kingfish and Lightning always gets sick with me.”

• Kingfish and Lightning Join the Call:

  • A quick round of greetings all around, with more jokes about slightly used flowers.

7. The Closing Message & Period Commercials (31:27–32:57)

• Sentimental Close:
  • Andy reflects on taking care of what you have, offering a message of thrift and care appropriate for the era.
  • Extended period commercials for Rinso detergent stress the importance of saving kitchen fats for soap production—a direct tie-in to 1940s wartime conservation efforts.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Amos’s Whereabouts:
  Andy Brown (01:50): “We can't go on with the show. Amos is missing. He ain't here. And I can't find the Kingfish or Lightning neither.”
• Classic Andy & Gabby Banter:
  Gabby Gibson (02:49): "Cherche and a femi. That means find a woman."
  Andy Brown (02:53): "Yeah, well, you sure say la femi and I'll sure say la ama. Come on me..."
• Hospital Update:
  Amos Jones (29:31): “Oh, I come along pretty good, Andy. And I hope to be back with you fellas next Tuesday.”
• Banter About the Cast’s Absences:
  Amos Jones (30:14): “It always was and always will be that every time I get sick, that Kingfish and Lightning always gets sick with me.”
• Gabby’s Shoes Joke:
  Gabby Gibson (24:49): "Who's wearing shoes?"

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Important Timestamps

• 00:31 – Andy opens the show and makes the shocking discovery that Amos is missing.
• 05:09 – McGee realizes Andy is “the Andy” of Amos and Andy.
• 07:59 – Andy’s brush with Fibber McGee’s notorious closet.
• 08:24 – Gabby offers musical relief: “Zippity Doo Dah.”
• 15:10 – Encounter with Bob Hope’s show and a burst of topical humor.
• 21:54 – Crosses over to Red Skelton’s Clem Kadiddlehopper.
• 28:19 – Amos’s location is revealed: he’s in the hospital.
• 29:28 – Heartwarming phone call with Amos from his hospital bed.
• 31:27 – Andy’s nostalgic closing thoughts and period advertising.

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Overall Tone & Style

The episode is characterized by rapid-fire gags, pun-filled wordplay, and vaudevillian routines, epitomizing the charm and communal spirit of old-time radio. Crossovers with other radio personalities (Fibber McGee and Molly, Bob Hope, Red Skelton) evoke a playful sense of live variety and improvisation. Emotional notes are struck with the gentle concern for Amos’s health and the joy of reunion.

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For New Listeners

This episode is a stellar example of "Amos & Andy’s" comedic style, blending slapstick, verbal comedy, musical numbers, and meta references to the golden age of radio. It’s packed with fun character moments, classic 1940s radio commercial breaks, and a sense of affectionate camaraderie among all the “cast”—real or imagined—within the NBC radio family.

(Skip to: 00:31 for show start, 05:09 for Fibber McGee fun, 08:24 for "Zippity Doo Dah," 15:10 for Bob Hope, 21:54 for Red Skelton, 28:19 for Amos’s revelation, 29:28 for phone reunion.)

Transcript

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[Andy Brown]

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

[Amos Jones]

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[Gabby Gibson]

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[Andy Brown]

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[Andy Brown]

Hey, Mr. Cadell. Mr. Cadell.

[Narrator]

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

[Andy Brown]

Yeah, but we can't go on with the show. Amos is missing. He ain't here. And I can't find the Kingfish or Lightning neither.

[Narrator]

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 Oak 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. Okay, Andy.

[Narrator]

I'll see what I can do.

[Andy Brown]

Oh, me, I wonder where to look at Andy. What is it, Gabby?

[Gabby Gibson]

I got some news about Amos.

[Andy Brown]

Yeah, well, what is it, Gabby? Tell me.

[Molly McGee]

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

[Gabby Gibson]

he wasn't in none of them. Then I looked in all the halls, but he wasn't there neither. But that didn't stop me. You know that big room across the hall?

[Andy Brown]

Yeah.

[Narrator]

Well, I opened the door very quietly, very quietly.

[Gabby Gibson]

And when I got the door open,

[Andy Brown]

I switched on the light and there he was. Huh?

[Narrator]

Nope, he's still missing.

[Andy Brown]

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

[Gabby Gibson]

Well, he must be around NBC, around here someplace. I tell you what, you go down that way and look. And I go down this way.

[Narrator]

Just remember that old saying of the French police.

[Gabby Gibson]

Cherche and a femi. That means find a woman.

[Narrator]

Cherche and a femi.

[Andy Brown]

Yeah, well, you sure say la femi and I'll sure say la ama. Come on me. Now, let me see. I wonder what's in this place here.

[Narrator]

I wonder if Amos could be in here.

[Bud McGee]

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

[Molly McGee]

Dad?

[Andy Brown]

Rare radio.

[Mrs. McGee]

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

[Bud McGee]

Well, if it's a six tuber, three tubes of blew out.

[Molly McGee]

Blown out. Blew out, Blown out.

[Gabby Gibson]

Three tubes are busted.

[Narrator]

They're out like a jitterbug shirt tails

[Bud McGee]

in a lindy contest.

[Mrs. McGee]

Well, how do you know, dearie?

[Bud 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.

[Bud McGee]

Oh, hi, Bud.

[Andy Brown]

I hate to bulge in on you like this, Mr. McGee, but I. As a man with trouble.

[Gabby Gibson]

You think you've got troubles?

[Bud 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.

[Bud McGee]

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

[Andy Brown]

Oh, howdy, ma'.

[Mrs. McGee]

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

[Andy Brown]

I'm sure too.

[Mrs. McGee]

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

[Bud McGee]

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

[Andy Brown]

Yes, my name is Andrew H. Brown. Brown.

[Bud McGee]

That's an odd name. But your face is familiar, Brown. Were you ever in Peoria ill?

[Andy Brown]

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

[Molly McGee]

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 would say Amos Jones.

[Bud McGee]

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 from. Hey, did you say you are Andrew Brown? Andrew H. H?

[Mrs. McGee]

That's an odd name.

[Bud McGee]

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

[Narrator]

I ain't the jolson of ol.

[Bud McGee]

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

[Gabby Gibson]

I have?

[Narrator]

Yes, sir.

[Bud McGee]

E. Them three tubes ain't bad after all.

[Andy Brown]

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

[Narrator]

Amos.

[Bud McGee]

Oh, but don't you worry, Andy. I'll find him for you. I'll use my influence with the local police.

[Mrs. McGee]

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

[Narrator]

Oh, is that so?

[Gabby Gibson]

Is that.

[Molly McGee]

I'll go right to the top and

[Bud McGee]

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

[Mrs. McGee]

And 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]

And he's younger than me too.

[Andy Brown]

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

[Molly McGee]

Hey, maybe he was a fellow I

[Bud McGee]

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

[Andy Brown]

He wasn't the last time I see them.

[Bud McGee]

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

[Molly McGee]

Oh, yeah, he was wearing one of

[Bud McGee]

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

[Mrs. McGee]

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

[Female Singer]

the bottom of the boat.

[Bud McGee]

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

[Female Singer]

the bottom of the boat.

[Andy Brown]

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

[Mrs. McGee]

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

[Andy Brown]

Yeah, well, if Amos had a compass,

[Narrator]

he couldn't get lost.

[Bud McGee]

Molly, that's a pinnacle.

[Andy Brown]

Well, now I know that it wasn't Amos. He don't ever play cards.

[Gabby Gibson]

Special finish.

[Bud McGee]

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

[Andy Brown]

Yeah? Where's that?

[Molly McGee]

Mr. McGee, I think I saw a

[Bud McGee]

fellow answering the description of Amos going

[Narrator]

through that door over there a while ago.

[Andy Brown]

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

[Molly McGee]

No, no, no. Not that door. Not.

[Bud McGee]

Gotta straighten out that closet one of these days.

[Mrs. McGee]

Heavenly days. McGee. Where's Andy?

[Bud McGee]

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

[Molly McGee]

Well, then let's get him out before

[Mrs. McGee]

they report him missing too.

[Molly McGee]

Andy, I've been looking all over and

[Gabby Gibson]

I can't find anything.

[Narrator]

No place.

[Gabby Gibson]

You look terrible.

[Female Singer]

Horrible.

[Molly McGee]

What happened to you?

[Andy Brown]

Well, Closet just jumped at me. Gabby. But Gabby, listen, the thing is, we gotta put on a show here tonight. Now, it's gonna be hard to do that. What's we gonna do without Amos and the King? For sure Lightning. They ain't here neither.

[Gabby Gibson]

Well, I Tell you, Andy, I'll be glad to help you out.

[Narrator]

I'll be glad to help you out.

[Andy Brown]

Oh, what could you do?

[Gabby Gibson]

Well, don't you remember when you loaned

[Molly McGee]

me to Mr. Walt Disney play Uncle Remus the Song of the South?

[Gabby Gibson]

Yeah, I sung a song in that, too.

[Andy Brown]

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

[Molly McGee]

They gotta learn to sing the same song.

[Gabby Gibson]

Whitley. Oh, yeah, I remember.

[Andy Brown]

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

[Gabby Gibson]

doo dah zippity a Mr. Bluebird on my shoulder.

[Narrator]

It's the truth, it's actual Everything is

[Gabby Gibson]

satisfactional Dippity do die Zippity a wonderful feeling, Wonderful day Trip or do not to the end. There's a guy on the radio plays Gabby the lawyer and he's on our show. He's always talking and running his mouth. So they made him a movie star in Song of the South. Now he can be heard as well as seen because he plays Ocarina on the screen. Ocarimus. Ocarimus. Call for Ocarina. Come along now, Sing your song now. Zippity we're in your key ride Zippity doo doo Zippity zippity a. My oh my, what a wonderful day. Plenty of sunshine hitting my whip Zippity do da zippity a Mr. Bluebird's on my shoulder. It's the truth, it's actual. Everything is satisfactual. Zippity do zippity a wonderful feeling, wonderful day.

[Molly McGee]

You heard it.

[Gabby Gibson]

Words Uncle Remus said. That's what Uncle Remus said. You can tell he feels okay. He's this body duda gone his way.

[Molly McGee]

My oh my, what a wonderful day.

[Gabby Gibson]

There were plenty of sunshine in my way. Sippity doo doll. Sippity a. How does it feel to be in pictures? Well, boys, since you ask me, Lovely, lovely. Sippy doo do die Sippity and wonderful feeling. It's got me reeling. It's satisfactual, boys. It's really actual. And again I say what a wonderful.

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[Andy Brown]

Hey, Shorty, come here.

[Molly McGee]

Well, 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.

[Molly McGee]

Yeah, look, if you want the acting done, you can count me.

[Andy Brown]

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

[Molly McGee]

I was all the radio program was. I was with old girl orchestra.

[Andy Brown]

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

[Molly McGee]

I lied about my age.

[Andy Brown]

Well, listen, Shorty, the important thing we gotta do is to find Amos in the Kingfisher Lightning.

[Narrator]

Say, look here.

[Andy Brown]

Let's win this studio here. Maybe we can find somebody to seat him.

[Narrator]

Hey, wait a minute, Shorty.

[Amos Jones]

Wait a minute.

[Andy Brown]

There's something going on in here.

[Narrator]

Look at that big orchestra.

[Molly McGee]

Yeah, this guy's all reading books.

[Andy Brown]

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

[Narrator]

So this is Peace by Bob Hope.

[Molly McGee]

Who's that fellow standing in front of with that big whip in his hand?

[Andy Brown]

That's Bob Hol. Hey, wait a minute, wait a minute. They're putting down the books. They're going to play.

[Molly McGee]

Thank you very much.

[Female Singer]

Thank you.

[Molly McGee]

How do you do ladies and gentlemen? This is Bob broadcasting from NBC in

[Female Singer]

Hollywood hall telling all you girls that are looking for the end of shortages in 1947 that when they start to dish out the Kleenex, don't worry if

[Gabby Gibson]

they miss you, just use Pepsi and

[Female Singer]

the boys will always tissue.

[Gabby Gibson]

Yes sir, we're laying him in baby Talk tonight.

[Molly McGee]

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

[Female Singer]

of people are even wearing silk shorts.

[Narrator]

I know they are.

[Female Singer]

I saw them coming home from Santa Anita today.

[Gabby Gibson]

Santa Anita? That the vacuum cleaner was nagged for bags.

[Female Singer]

I went out to Santa Anita Saturday and I spent the bitter part of the afternoon out there.

[Molly McGee]

And I wouldn't say it was crowded,

[Female Singer]

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

[Molly McGee]

They're better over here and the pickpockets

[Gabby Gibson]

are bolder than ever this year.

[Female Singer]

I had a winning ticket 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 Sloth 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.

[Molly McGee]

And you should have seen the horse

[Female Singer]

I finally bet on. He was so slow, his saddle made

[Narrator]

up into a murphy bed.

[Female Singer]

Everybody shouted the rope of. Of course my horse thought it was

[Narrator]

just a rumor,

[Molly McGee]

But he really ran a heads up race.

[Female Singer]

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

[Molly McGee]

would have won the race.

[Female Singer]

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

[Molly McGee]

He was so weak looking you would

[Female Singer]

bet him to win place or lift. What a horse. The jockey kept jagging, jabbing him with his spurs and finally the horse turned around, says stop that, you'll rip my girdle. They told me the horse was a mutter. Of course I didn't expect it to stop on the far turn and have

[Narrator]

a cold, you know,

[Female Singer]

He finally came

[Molly McGee]

in with the moon was out singing.

[Female Singer]

Open the stable, Richard.

[Molly McGee]

After Santa, neat.

[Female Singer]

I went down to 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.

[Molly McGee]

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

[Female Singer]

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

[Narrator]

That's just for the locals.

[Molly McGee]

Thank

[Gabby Gibson]

you.

[Female Singer]

Should have seen the hotel I stopped at.

[Molly McGee]

What a place.

[Female Singer]

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

[Molly McGee]

One lens fell out of my smoked

[Female Singer]

glasses and my right eye got burned black. For a week I walked around looking like an overgrown panda.

[Gabby Gibson]

A panda.

[Female Singer]

You know, they have one white eye

[Molly McGee]

and one black eye. See, the lens fell out. This didn't work.

[Mrs. McGee]

It's all right.

[Molly McGee]

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

[Andy Brown]

Hey, hey, look. Mr. Hope is coming over this way. Shorty. Hey, Mr. Hope. Did you see the Amos from the Kingfish around here any place? No, boys. Well,

[Molly McGee]

I'm rehearsing.

[Female Singer]

I may be good stuff someday, you know.

[Andy Brown]

Well, I. I want to know one thing.

[Gabby Gibson]

What's happen.

[Andy Brown]

Come back next week too, you.

[Molly McGee]

But listen, I know one place where

[Female Singer]

you could find almost anything.

[Andy Brown]

What is that?

[Molly McGee]

Colona's mustache.

[Gabby Gibson]

See you long. See you Char.

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[Andy Brown]

as well as for a wash that

[Narrator]

rinse o white and rinse o bright.

[Gabby Gibson]

Sandy look at a studio.

[Molly McGee]

Let's go and ask if they'll see

[Narrator]

the Emma for the Kingfish.

[Andy Brown]

Okay. Hey, wait a minute. Wait a minute. Look at that man coming out of that studio there. That looks Like Red Skull. He's heading this way. Let's ask him.

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[Andy Brown]

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

[Gabby Gibson]

Howdy Doody. I'm pleased to minci. I'm Clem Cajidlehoff. Slim Cue. Cadettlehopper to be exact.

[Andy Brown]

Yeah, what is the cue for a

[Gabby Gibson]

cute pool with you see, Mr. Kiddiddlehopper, we looking for Amos in the King's Head.

[Andy Brown]

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

[Gabby Gibson]

Well, that'd be hard 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]

you in on board.

[Andy Brown]

Oh, good. What's that?

[Gabby Gibson]

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

[Andy Brown]

Yes.

[Gabby Gibson]

You know, I was afraid that.

[Andy Brown]

Your clothes is a dead giveaway, Mr. Caddle Apple.

[Bud McGee]

You.

[Andy Brown]

Yeah, that's pants you was wearing are so big and baggy at the bottom that they covers your shoes.

[Gabby Gibson]

Who's wearing shoes?

[Molly McGee]

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

[Gabby Gibson]

This stuff is better than that panda joke anyway. You know, I. I used to wear shoes.

[Molly McGee]

I used to keep all the money

[Gabby Gibson]

I made right in my shoes and add 3 or 4 inches to my height.

[Andy Brown]

Well, what made you give that up?

[Gabby Gibson]

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 interesting. Mr. Goodell,

[Gabby Gibson]

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

[Molly McGee]

Look here, how'd you happen to come up here to the city, Mr. Goodilla Hopper?

[Gabby Gibson]

Well, I thought I would drive. Some fella told me if I sell my car up to the shop with Jack, I could come to the city, see. So I'll never make that trip again.

[Molly McGee]

Though I'll tell you, I never been

[Gabby Gibson]

so hot in all my boring days.

[Andy Brown]

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

[Gabby Gibson]

Let all the gas spill out.

[Andy Brown]

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

[Gabby Gibson]

Well, no, I ain't got no girl. You see, I promised my mother that I wouldn't go with girls until I was 21. Well, how old are you now?

[Andy Brown]

He won't tell me.

[Gabby Gibson]

Excuse me a minute, Mr. Hopper. I want to speak with Andy here.

[Andy Brown]

What you want, Jerry?

[Gabby Gibson]

Listen, Andy, if we going to find

[Narrator]

Amos and the Kingfish, we better shake this guy.

[Gabby Gibson]

He don't sound very smart.

[Molly McGee]

I heard that.

[Gabby Gibson]

And I am so smart.

[Molly McGee]

But I don't want to be impolite,

[Gabby Gibson]

but you really ain't very smart. Oh yes I am. Oh no you're not.

[Molly McGee]

Well, I am.

[Gabby Gibson]

No you're not.

[Molly McGee]

Well, there are white shaded on his. All right then, so you're smart. Oh no.

[Gabby Gibson]

Yeah, well, we better be getting along

[Andy Brown]

now anyway, Mr. Kiddle Hopper.

[Molly McGee]

Well, don't worry about Amos the Kingfish

[Gabby Gibson]

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.

[Narrator]

Yeah.

[Andy Brown]

What's that?

[Narrator]

It's Hickles.

[Gabby Gibson]

Another Griffin park joke.

[Andy Brown]

Say Gabby, that Clem Cadillhopper show looks a lot like Red Skelton, don't he?

[Gabby Gibson]

Yeah, but. Come on Andy, we ain't finding Amos this way.

[Molly McGee]

Hey fellas. Hey fellas.

[Andy Brown]

Yeah, what is it, Jordan?

[Amos Jones]

What is it?

[Molly McGee]

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

[Gabby Gibson]

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

[Mrs. McGee]

He's in the hospital.

[Molly McGee]

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?

[Gabby Gibson]

Charlie, have you got nickel?

[Molly McGee]

Andy, you got nickel?

[Andy Brown]

Wait a minute, wait a minute. Here's something. We'll ask that fellow standing there getting ready to play the violin.

[Molly McGee]

You think he'll earn you a nickel?

[Andy Brown]

Well, I'll ask him.

[Gabby Gibson]

You never get a Nickel out of that bell.

[Molly McGee]

I got a nickel, Randy. I found it in the sloth.

[Andy Brown]

Oh, good, good. Tell me this. You know what hospital he's at?

[Molly McGee]

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

[Narrator]

Okay.

[Andy Brown]

All right, go ahead. You get him there, Call me.

[Narrator]

I sure hope we get him. And I sure hope the name is

[Andy Brown]

well enough to answer the phone too.

[Gabby Gibson]

He probably got a phone right down his room there.

[Molly McGee]

Andy, I got Amos on the phone here.

[Andy Brown]

Yeah, well, give me that. Give me that. Hello, Amos.

[Amos Jones]

Hello, Andy.

[Andy Brown]

Well, how you feel?

[Amos Jones]

Oh, I come 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]

to offer to help us out like that.

[Andy Brown]

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

[Narrator]

They is really great people and it was all sweet.

[Andy Brown]

All right.

[Amos Jones]

Please tell them thanks for, will you? I sure everybody been so nice. My room 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. Say, by the way, Amos, we can't find a Kingfish or Lightning neither. You know what he is.

[Amos Jones]

Well, funny thing about this thing here, Andy.

[Gabby Gibson]

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?

[Gabby Gibson]

Hear you.

[Molly McGee]

Hello, Miss Andy.

[Gabby Gibson]

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

[Andy Brown]

Lightning, put on the Kingfish there, will you?

[Gabby Gibson]

Yes. Yeah. Well, hello there, brother.

[Andy Brown]

And how is you? Okay, Kingfish. How's everything up there at the house?

[Molly McGee]

Oh, just fine.

[Gabby Gibson]

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.

[Gabby Gibson]

Well, tell you what.

[Andy Brown]

Meet me outside Amos's door.

[Gabby Gibson]

I gone into the flower business and I can let you have some slightly 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]

it's important to take care of what

[Andy Brown]

we got the best we can.

[Narrator]

Don't you think so, Mr. Goodell? Indeed it is, Andy. And ladies, the way to take care of your cottons and linens is to wash them in rinse rinso. Saves the wear of boiling and hard rubbing And Rinso keeps washable colors fresh and bright for ages. You see, Rinso has a triple action formula that contains a special soapy, rich base, a marvelous suds booster, and an amazing grease chaser. Ask for Rinso for a wash that Rinso White and Rinso Bright. Friends, if you can't always get Rinsoe, it's because there's a worldwide shortage of fats and oils needed for making soap and other things we all want. This shortage is really worse now than

[Andy Brown]

it was last year.

[Narrator]

So it's vital that you save and turn in all waste kitchen fats. You know, saving waste fat actually helps you in two important ways. First, it helps get more soap to your grocer. Second, you'll be amazed at the high prices many meat dealers are paying for waste fat. It runs into real money.

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So.

[Narrator]

So save every drop of waste fat and get it to your meat dealer quickly.

[Andy Brown]

Hello? Em, is you still on the phone?

[Amos Jones]

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

[Andy Brown]

See you next Tuesday.

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