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Nicole Byer
We interrupt this program to bring you an important Wayfair message. Wayfair's got style tips for every home. This is Nicole Byer helping you make those rooms Flyer today's style tip. When it comes to making a statement, treat bold patterns like neutrals. Go wild like an untamed animal. Print area rug under a rustic farmhouse table. From wayfair.com. ooh, fierce. This has been your Wayfarer style tip to keep those interiors superior.
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Jack Barry
Wayfair. Every style, every home. Ladies and gentlemen, meet the Better half. Just a minute, ladies and gentlemen, may I interject a question here? Thus one, who is the better half, the husband or the wife? Well, let's not argue. Let's find out. As we get underway with another stormy session of the Better Half, the comedy quiz that spotlights the home life of Mr. And Mrs. America. Married couples are up here tonight to match their wits in a battle of brains, brawn and beauty for the title of the Better Half of the Family. And here's the little man who knows all, sees all and says Tiny Roughner. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you very much. Thank you. Jack Berry. Well, Jack, who was our first couple tonight to toe the mark in the Better Half race for top honors here on their toes and waiting for the word go. Tiny, are Mr. And Ms. Mrs. Ehrlich of Brooklyn, New York. No, you don't tell me. Good old Brooklyn. Well, welcome to the family prize right here, folks. How are you feeling, Mr. And Mrs. Ehrlich? Fine. I knew. Mr. Ehrlich. How are you feeling? Little shaky. Little nervous, huh? Don't forget now to talk right into that microphone. How long you folks been married? Nine. Nine. Ten months. Ten months. Ten months? Yes, ten months. How many children have you? None. Well, wonderful. None, I say. Oh, none. Oh, well, let's. And oversights of Joan, no doubt, will be remedied later on. Just freshmen, eh? Okay, now, before we start the fire flying here, let me see first how I can set you straight. As the cards stack up for this better half business, we're going to give you a series of tests with cash awards for each. And the one winding up with the more money at the end is, without doubt, the better half of the family. Does that sound fair to you, Mr. Elliot? Oh, he didn't answer. You are the better half at this juncture, there's no question. Okay, suppose you put your brains to work first. Here's an easy question to start you off for. $2, both of you go after it. First one to answer it correctly is the winner. Think Of a popular old song. Now, and tell me, what would you be doing while I hitched old Dobbin to the shay? No help from the audience, please. Blue bonnet. No, no la la. Riding in a carriage. No, the bonnet you'd be putting on your bonnet. That's right. You'd be putting on your old gray bonnet with the blue ribbon Sonnet. That's correct. It really gets the two down. Nice going, little LA. And now for $3. And this one is not so easy. It's a two syllable word we're looking for this time. Let's see who can figure it out first. The first syllable is a vehicle. New York's full of them. The second is a prep position. The whole word is a part of a ship. What is the word? Remember that the first syllable is a vehicle. New York is full of them. They're usually painted yellow or orange. What is that? Bus. No, no, no, no, no. You're not a bus. But you're close. You're close. It's a means of transportation. It's a vehicle. It's got four wheels. It's yellow. Sometimes it has checkers on it, fellows with little caps on it. Now, what's the second syllable? It's a preposition. It's a part of a ship. The whole word preposition. What cabin is correct, Mr. Ehrlich? Nice going. And that gets you $3. Nice going. Now let's turn our attention this time to geography. For this quiz, four parts to the question, each worth a dollar. I want you to tell me what color is associated with the following. For instance, if I should happen to say mountains, you could answer green, white, Blue ridge, green mountains, white mountains or so forth. You got the idea? All right, here we go. What color is suggested by a C, S, E, a blue. Green. No, that isn't correct. Neither of those are right. There's no blue C. There is no green C. But there are other colors. Red sea. Red sea is correct. That gets you it. Olla. Now, what color is suggested by a famous English clip? White. That's right. What cliffs are they? White cliffs. Over. That is correct. That's right. Now, what color is suggested by a natural park? Yellowstone. Absolute yellow is the word. Gets you another dollar. All right. She's been around, hasn't she? All right, now here's another one. What color is suggested by a city in New Jersey? It's the one word that you cannot rhyme. I don't care how hard you try. It's a city of New Jersey. There's an east, there's A West Orange. That is correct. Mr. Early can get you another dollar. Okay, now, $5 at stake this time. And we'll deal with rivers. There are 10 large rivers in the United States that bear the names of states. Let's see who can get three of them. First, $5 a state. Now Ohio. One. Mississippi. Mississippi. That's one a piece. Go right ahead. Now, I need three from one of you. What is the Mississippi? What comes away from the Mississippi? What makes it the longest river in the world? Stretches way up into Canada. No help from the audience. What? St. Lawrence. St. Lawrence is not in the United States. I'm sorry? It's on the border. These are within the United States. Precisely. Let us go on. We have one apiece. You've overlooked a lot of what? That is correct. That's two for you, Mrs. Ehrlich. Nebraska. Omaha, Wyoming. Now, wait a minute. Now you're guessing. Now, one of them makes a very famous canyon. Makes a very famous canyon. What river is that? It's in the state of Arizona. Makes a very famous canyon. Colorado. Colorado is correct. And Mrs. Ehrlich wins. And that gets you $5, Mrs. Ehrlich. Now, let's take a look at how you folks made out in the mental department. We find that Mrs. Ehrlich has a grand total of $9, while her husband has but five. So, Mr. Ehrlich, you are trailing at the moment. But for your last test, we're going to put $10 at stake and we will be able to decide the issue. Do you recall everything you did for the past nine months? Let us say ten months. Practically everything. You think that's not too. I suppose so. Well, I think you, too. Suppose you both go off stage to a nice quiet room with Jack Berry and see how much you can actually remember. And we'll bring you back here in just a moment. And by that time we will be able to ask you some questions during those nine months which will display very cleanly how much you have remembered in those past nine months. Now, ladies and gentlemen, tonight we want to try something. We want to see whether a husband or a wife will give the more logical answers when they don't know what the heck they're talking about. For instance, we're going to take the subject of eating. And I'm going to put some questions to the two of them about eating. And the one who gives us the more logical answers will win 10 more dollars. But so that they don't know what we're talking about, we're going to twist that word right back around. And call it tay tae. See? And I'm going to call. Every time I should be saying eat, I'll be saying take. All right, EB Signal Jack to bring him back in again. And we'll get into this thing here and we'll see how logical the Ehrlichs are, whether it's the Mrs. Or the Mr. Who makes the best sense here, right up to our microphone. Now, Mrs. Ehrlich and Mr. Ehrlich, do you think you recall most of the things you did for the past? Do you? Yep. You do? Well, that's good. Fine. Now, I'd like to ask you some questions, if you don't mind. These questions may sound silly. I can't explain them. But you just give logical answers to something you don't understand. If you can, you simply answer the best you can. Whether you're right or wrong, you'll find out later. Mr. Ehrlich, suppose we start with you. When did you tail last? When did I what? I said, I'm sorry, Mr. Ehrlich. I said I can't explain. I simply want to know. When. When did you tail last? Take a guess and see. If you don't know. About a year ago. Remarkable fellow. Holds his physique well, too. You wouldn't think it. Now, Mrs. Erlich, when did you tell you last? Let me see. Yeah, when did you tell you last? Never. Never? I don't believe it. Well, neither of you came very close that time. But Mr. Ehrlich has a slight edge. At least he does taste sometimes. Let' well, let's see how your answer ties in this time. Mrs. Ehrlich, if you did tay, what would you use? Well, if my husband tayed a year ago. Yeah, yeah, yeah. What would he use? A fish pole. A fish's pole. Very novel. Very novel. Particularly if you were a fish. Very novel. Well, all right. Now, let's see about Mr. Ehrlich. It's quite possible you could do that, but I've never seen it done. Mr. Ehrlich, what would you use to tay with? A rake and a shovel. A rake and a shovel. Not exactly good manners? Not precisely. Once again, we've got to admit you're doing better than your wife here, believe it or not. Now, just one more question, Mrs. Ehrlich, and I'll tell you this much. You actually do tape. You have to. Everybody does. Now, bearing that in mind, tell me, the last time you tated home, did you do it in the cellar, the attic, the bathtub, the sink or the dining room? I did it in the bathroom. You did it in the bathroom. You had fruit from the bowl in the bathro.
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Nicole Byer
I don't know.
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Jack Barry
Ever heard of. Maybe an Indian found a spring in there and you, you sampled the same spring? I don't know. Most peculiar woman. Tell me, Mr. Mr. Ehrlich, where do you usually tay? At home, in the dining room. Wonderful. Absolute Alphabet. Wonderful. Now, now, I'll explain these shenanigans to you folks. The word tay, when you turn it around, is eat. Is. Gave us the more logical answers. Mr. Ehrlich, the $10 go to you. And here's Mr. Barry to give us the final score in the Ehrlich family. Well, whether it's hay or eat, it looks like Mr. Ehrlich has come out ahead because Mrs. Erlich wound up with $9 and her husband wound up with 15. Well, gentlemen, who's the better half of the Ehrlich family? The husband. Congratulations, sir. The better half honors of the family go to you. And along with it this grand prize. A beautiful 17 jewel, world famous full of a flight commander. And may the rest of your married life sparkle as brightly as that brand new beautiful boulevard you have just won. And Mrs. Ehrlich, well, I guess you know what's coming to you. A little seat in our second Raiders row where you can observe the rest of our show in chagrined silence. And now, Jack, is our next couple all set to brave the wrath of the better half? Sure thing. Up here to battle it out for the front place on their domestic scene are Mr. And Mrs. Camp of Astoria, Long Island. I never heard of a better location. Now, try not to answer at the same time. Both right now, Mr. And Mrs. Camp. But which of you is without a doubt the better half of your family into the next one? Oh, I see. That's good. I always like to have people both convinced that they're the better half. Because somebody always quite gets surprised and really turns out to be that. Now let's go to work and see who walks off with the honors. Both of you say a right into these questions. Remember, the payoff is for speedy replies. We'll start you off with $2 and an easy question that goes like this. What famous group of men in fiction had for their slogan these words, one for all and all for one? D'Artagnan, the Three Musketeers. Three Musketeers is correct. Who said it first? You said it for George Washington was three men. I knew he threw a dollar across the river, but I never heard of him dividing himself like an amoeba. Okay, that Gets you the first two dollar payoff. Here. Now here's one for three dollars. Let's see which of you can do the better with this. I want you to tell me what animals are associated with the following. $1 for each animal the movie Dracula brings to mind. What creature or animal? The movie Dracula. That's absolutely correct, Mr. Camp. That gets you another dollar. Now the stage success, Harvey brings to mind what particular? A rabbit. That is correct. Another dollar. How about the opera Carmen? What animal does that bring to mind? A bull. A fool is correct. A man's just awful good folks. Congratulations, Mr. Camp. I've got one here now that'll stop for Mrs. Camp. Don't you worry. Now you get in and get the $4 this time. What city and state are mentioned in this sentence? And this is for $4. Take home a hatchet for Washington's birthday. What city and state? I mean, Palmer Washington. Correct, Mr. Camp. And that's another $4. Holy suffering cast. How did information, please ever pass you up, I wonder. Now there's mystery in the air. $5 to the one who can guess from the numerous clues. I'll give you what I am. And listen carefully now. There's nothing glamorous about me. I am as silent as the ancient sphinx. My job is of a humanitarian nature, saving lives. But alas, my wise judgment not only goes unheeded at times by fools, but they actually beat me when I warn them of danger. Any guesses so far? No blank looks. Life around me revolves at a terrific pace. From east and west and north and south they come. I feel like a maypole, but with the twinkling of my eye they stop and cuss me. What am I? A traffic cop? A traffic cop? That's close, but it isn't it. It's inanimate. I speak in colors of only two words. Some folks call me a silent policeman because I say stop and go. What happened? What am I, a traffic light? A traffic light is correct, Mr. Camp. That's practically a clean sweep. By George, it is a clean sweep, isn't it, Bill? Oh, shame, shame, Mrs. Camp. Oh, it's bad. That's the biggest goose egg ever. Did I get any bonus for shutting her out? Well, you haven't shut her out yet. We got another test coming up here for you, but you do lead by a score of $16 to zero. Not for your last test, Mr. And Mrs. Camp. We want to see if a woman can really out talk a man when we limit your vocabulary. I'm going to put some questions to the Two of you, you can only answer them with words beginning with the letter B. Ab, the second letter of the Alphabet. Five questions in all. Two dollars rather, to the first one to come up with an answer each time. Remember, though, you must answer with only one word each time, and that word must start with the letter B. I'm going to ask you five questions. There'll be $2 riding on each one of the questions. Now, here is the first one. What was the first thing you said to each other the first time you met? Starts with a B. Now. Must have a B. B, B. Oh, baby, that's very good. And what did you say, Mrs. Camp? Do you remember? Baloney, baloney. Ah, the man had a conquest in mind. He had.
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Nicole Byer
We interrupt this program to bring you an important Wayfarer message. Wayfair's got style tips for every home. This is Stiles Mackenzie helping you make those rooms sing. Today's style tip. When it comes to making a statement, treat bold patterns like neutrals. Go wild like an untamed animal. Print area rug under a rustic farmhouse table. From wayfair.com Fierce, this has been your Wayfair style tip to keep those interiors superior.
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Jack Barry
Wayfair, every style, every home.
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Nicole Byer
We interrupt this program to bring you an important Wayfair message. Wayfair's got style tips for every home. This is Nicole Byer helping you make those rooms flyer. Today's style tip when it comes to making a statement, treat bold patterns like neutrals. Go wild like an untamed animal. Print area rug under a rustic farmhouse table. From wayfair.com Ooh. Fierce, this has been your Wayfarer style tip to keep those interiors superior.
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Jack Barry
Wayfare, every style, Every home. To go after that girl. She wasn't giving in easily. All right, here's your second one. What do you talk about mostly now? Babies. Babies. Have you got any ideas on what are you talking about? Boy, that's really coming down far on the scale of humanity. From a baby to a bedbug. Well, what do you know? Here's your bedroom. What do you think of married life? B. No. Starts with a B. Beautiful. Beautiful. That's better. Mr. Camp. Bunk. Bunk. A little late, but good. Now here's your fourth one. A. Favorite breakfast food would be what starts with a B? Now, remember, B. Favorite breakfast food starts with a B. Got to be a B. Must be a bean. Can't be anything bean. Beans. Okay. Bor. Be and borscht. Well, I guess we'll have to accept those. Although it's very odd to sit down to a plate, of course. Particularly if it's cold early in the morning. Here's your next one. Where is a good place to be alone? Bathtub. Bathtubs. Boy, are you right? Absolutely right, Mr. Camp. And that gets you two more dollars. And now I'm going to ask our good friend here, Mr. Jack Berry to step up here and read the total additions on the board over there and tell us what the final is in the Camp family. Well, I'm afraid, tiny, that Mrs. Camp is going to have to camp out tonight because she wound up with $5 and her husband wound up with 21. So again gentlemen, who's the better half of the camp? Congratulations, Mr. Camp. Along with the family honors, may we present you with a grand prize to remind you for the rest of your life that you are indeed the better half of your family. This lovely Bulova 17 jewel. Gift of a lifetime. A flight, Commander. Hope you enjoyed it. And Mrs. Camp, you were an awfully good sport. You tried awfully hard. But still there is only one fate in store for those who lose on the better half. And that is to be relegated to our second Raiders row where you may sit quietly and watch to the best approach. But just to make a second rater feel good, let's give her a little applause, shall we, huh? That's fine. That makes her feel better. I know. And now is couple number three on tap, Jack. That they are a courageous couple rushing in where others fear to tread. Meet Mr. And Mrs. Pizer, who. Get. Get this, Tiny. Who live between Martinsville and Liberty Quarters, N.J. can't make up their minds, huh? Well, that's fine. Glad to have you here, Mr. And Mrs. Kleiser. Step right on that trap door there in front of the m. Microphone. Make yourselves at home. How are you feeling, Mrs. Pizer? Oh, fine. And how long have you been married to Mrs. Pizer, Mr. Pizer? 30 years. 30 years, I see. And how long have you. You've been married at the same length of time, I presume? Yes, indeed. 30 years. How many months? You remember that. When was your. What's the date of your anniversary? Next Tuesday. Next Tuesday. Well, I'm so happy that you're here so close to your anniversary. That will be your 30th or 31st. Be your 30th anniversary. What does that mean in the. In ways of. Of anniversary? What does that get you? China or what? Pearl. Pearl? Pearls. Is that right? I'm not sure about that. Well, there's no money on that answer, so nobody's gonna Worry about it, Mr. Pizer. You know, they say when a woman goes up in the air, she usually lands on her husband. So watch out here tonight, will you? Okay, now let's open our bag of tricks and see what happens. Here's a question right on top. And it's marked $2. When Daylight Saving time goes into effect, do we turn our clocks upside down, inside out, forward or backwards? Backwards. What? Forward? Forward is correct. A Good second guess, Mr. Miser. Turn them forward. One R is correct. And we'll be doing that April 28th, I believe, or somewhere along about that time. Now, for $3, I want you to name all the foods you can think of and. Oh, I'll give you an unlimited length of time here. All the foods you can think of that are eaten from the inside out now, like a pumpkin or a grape. And I'm going to let you alternate this time, giving first you, Mrs. Pizer, then Mr. Pizer, then Mrs. Pizer. And the first one who runs out of things that you can eat from the inside out loses. Go right ahead, Mrs. Pizer. Orange. Correct. Grapefruit. That is correct. Watermelon. Watermelon. Very good. Egg. Egg. Yes. Yes, indeed. Only way. Cantaloupe is also good. Now, Mrs. Pizer. Cantaloupe. Eggplant. Eggplant, yes. You couldn't eat it from the outside and has to be cut open. Now, Mrs. Piser. Banana. Banana, yes. You have to eat it from the end. You have to take the skin off it, Mr. Pizer. Potato. Potato. I'm going to question that. I'm going to question. Potato. Go right ahead. Now, give me another if you can. But I'm going to question potatoes, and I'm going to count to 10. If you don't come up with an, she wins on you. One, two, three. What? Pineapple. She said pineapple. Sheep said pineapple. But it's still your turn. Is she helping you a little bit. She wants you to be the better half. Well, let's all go home. What's the sense of this whole thing here? Now, now, come on, get in and fight. One, two, three. Pumpkin. Pumpkin. That's all right. I'll accept that. I don't remember any of you saying that. Go right ahead. Now, I said that in the thing at the beginning. Go ahead. Pineapple. You said it. That's all right. Now, Mr. Pizer. One squash. Very good. You see, you can go right on once you get started. Come on, Mrs. Pizer. 1, 2, 3, 4. She's slipping. 5, 6. She's falling. 7, 8, 9. She's practically flat. 9 and a half. 9 and 3 quarters. 9 and 7, 8. Cucumber. Cucumber. Well, all right. Go on. Come on, Mr. Pizer. 1, 2', 3. Gherkin. Gherkin. Oh, no. Now, I. I always eat my gherkins straightforward. I don't sneak up on them and pour in at them. I eat them right back. Come on, give us another one here. Gotta do better than Gherkin. One, two, a three, four, five. Fine for her. Frankfurter. That's all right. You can't. You gotta take the skin off of a frankfurter. If it's cellophane, I'll accept that. Come on, Mrs. Spicer. A pomegranate. A what? Pomegranate. Pomegranate is very good. Now, let's not neglect the citrus fruits. A lot we haven't mentioned. Go right ahead. What do you put in a. In. What do you put in a Bacardi? Guava. Guava. That's all right. What do you put in a Bacardi? Little round thing, sometimes green with a touch of yellow. Cherry? No, Olive. You're thinking of Manhattan. I'm surprised. Plain to see. You've never been a bartender. Olive, you have to eat to get at the seed. How are you going to eat the seed first and then come outside? What are you, a worm? That's a fine thing, huh? Cannabine. Cannabis. Ah. That's the end. When a woman can get down to taking the can and eating it from the inside out, I quit. Chalk her up. With the money over there, that's $2. I'm glad to see you. Get. Now, for $3, I want. Oh, no, that's. Oh, she got $3 that time. Now we're going on to $4 and four parts. The answers in each case must start with the word jack, like jack of all trades. Jack in the pulpit and so on. Here we go. These are definitions. You tell me what they are. It's got to have a jack in it. A graceful diver can do what? A jackknife. Very good, sir. A tortoise once beat a what in a race? A hare. No, it's got to have a jack in it. Jackrabbit. That is correct. Ah, very lucky day here. Now, on a lucky day, you might hit what kind of a pot. Jackpot. That is correct. Children get a big kick out of a what? Gotta have a jack in it. Jack, Jack, Jack. Jack's would be all right. Jack says okay, I'll accept that. And the $3 goes to you, I believe, sir. And $1 to Mrs. Pliser. Well, Mrs. Pliser, we're losing ground here a little bit, but here's one for $5. This is your last one. You really gotta think about this. It's a compound word that we're looking for. Two words compounded and used as one. Let's see who can figure out what it is. The second part of the word is practically made of the same material as the first. The first has the same name as a rabbit. The whole word is actually used to keep the first word in order. What is the word? Now, if I haven't confused you, I certainly haven't done a good job yet. Excuse me. I'll go right through it again. The second part of the word is practically made of the same material as the first. The first part of the word has the same name as a rabbit, only it's not a rabbit, it's the other name for it. The whole word is actually used to keep the first word in order. All right, now. Help. Hair. Hair is the first part. Now what's the rest part? The last part. Hairbrush. Hairbrush is correct, Mr. Pizer. Nice going. That gets you five more dollars on our congratulations. Okay, let's take a look at that mental department. Well, it's a little closer this time. Mr. Pizer leads only by a score of 8 to 6, with the final round coming up. And Mrs. Pizer, I want you to get in here now and do your best. Because we want to get at least one man in that second Raiders row tonight, see? So for this last test, and before we go on with it, I'd like to speak Mr. Pizer, to your wife alone, if I may. So. Take him away, Mr. Barry. And while he's out there, slip a raincoat and a hat on the man. You can never tell when it's going to rain these days. In fact, you can never tell from now when it's going to come through the top of the theater the way that's raining outside. And now, Mrs. Pfizer, he's away. We want to see how helpful a wife can really be after 30 years. You've probably learned of a number of ways to help your husband. But none, I am sure which will satisfy you so much as this way that you're going to help him. Tonight, when your husband comes back here, I'm going to read a little poem now and then I'll pause and ask your husband to fill in the missing words. To help him do that, Mrs. Pizer, we'll let you stand directly in back of him. Now you can't talk to him. Can't talk, understand? But by insinuations only. You're to help him when you think he's stuck. Your insinuations will be on a table there right next to you, four in all, corresponding to the four words that he's got to fill in from left to right. On that table, I think you'll notice a cup of flour, a frying pan, a pitcher of water and a nice, fresh raw egg. Now, remember, if he doesn't come right out with the answer, you toss him a gentle little hint by bouncing any one of those things there off his noggin, see? Each one is associated with one of the missing words. And be sure that you get the right one that's associated, see? Otherwise, the hint's no good. If he answers right away, your help will not be needed. But if he's stuck, you help him out. If he gets three out of four without your help, the $10 goes to him. If he needs your help, the money goes to you. And you will be the better half of the Pizer family. That's how important it is to you. Now, you go right over there and stand behind that chair, and we'll bring Mr. Pizer right back onto our stage here. Let's get him back now, shall we? Him. Here he comes. Fella doesn't know what he's in for. He's got a hunch, though, right up to the microphone. Mr. Pizer, come on. Hey. All right. All right there. Well, well, well, Mr. Pizer. What's the big idea of all the rubber goods, why don't you tell me? Well, if you like it, you can wear it. In the meantime, I'd like you to sit down and make yourself comfortable. You're making yourself comfortable. I'm so happy to hear that. I want you to be comfortable above all other things. Now, I'm going to be poetical here tonight. I'm going to read you a lovely bit of poetry, Mr. Fizer. And I'd simply like you to supply the missing words. You're good at limericks. Oh, very good. Oh, you'll have no trouble at all. Remember, it's a poem, so the words have got to rhyme limerick style. Your wife is standing in back of you. She can't talk to you, but she'll help you all she can with some gentle hints. Remember, she can't talk to you, but she'll give you the idea, I'm sure, because she promised us that she would help you all through this test with hints. If you get Stunned. Okay, now, here we go. Listen carefully. Now. Here's the point. Tis spring and each passing hour brings out a new. A new. Brings out a new flower. Yeah, a little late. A little late. A little late. Now here that you wouldn't have needed that hint. But she gave it to you at the same time that you got it, so you got it. All right, now let's go on with this next little bit of poetry. Oh, Mr. Pizer, she'll help you. Don't worry. She'll help you if you need it. Of the roses, the lilacs and trees will soon be joined by the little pansies. Pansies. That's right. I'm so sorry you had to have Those hints though, Mr. Pantry. That was unfortunate. Unfortunate because you see, she had to help you. But see if you can get this one without any help. Now, the beautiful trees that cover the lane make it a shelter when it starts to rain. Mrs. Pizer. Mrs. Pizer. He did not need that pit. He was right on the beat. And I was so bad I asked him. That's a fine thing. We apologize for Mrs. Pizer. Mrs. Pizer, I tell you what you've got to do. Take that water right back. Take it back. Take the water back, Mr. Pizer. That doesn't count, see? Now let's go on to this last one. And I'm sure you won't need any help with this, Mr. Pizer. Here we go. The farmers are busy with hoes, plows and rakes. The hen house is chock full of chickens and we got the hint that time. Oh, this poor boy is really dripping. Oh, was he reading too much help. So let's add 10 more dollars his score. And here's Jack Barry to give us the final score. 10 more dollars to Mrs. Pizer's score. All right, here's the final. Mr. Pizer wound up with $8. Mrs. Pizer has 26. So ladies, who's the better half of the pizer family? Congratulations, Mrs. Pizer. You walked off to the honors entitling you to an extra special grand prize for the better half of your family. May we present you with this beautiful world famous 17, Jewish of a goddess of time. I earned it. You earned it. And she got it. You're right. Well, if you look at the results of the night, we find husbands and wives to wound up in our second reader's row. But there are two wives and only one husband. So tonight the gentlemen are the better halves of the family. Join us again next week at the same time, ladies and gentlemen, for another stormy session of the Better Half. Until then, this is your old friend Tiny Ruffner bidding you good night all. The Better Half is a Jack Byrne production and originates from the Mutual Playhouse in New York. Jack Barry speaking. And this is the Mutual Broadcasting System.