
Beulah - Beulah Finds a Wedding Ring
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Narrator/Announcer
tons famous quick relief for acid indigestion presents the Marlon Hurts and bill less show. With lovely Carol Stewart, the music of Albert sack and his orchestra and starring
Beulah
Marlon Hurt and got the world in a jet law just to stop in my. How silly.
Narrator/Announcer
Yes, sir, it's Beulah. Every week at this time, the makers of Tums presents the Marlon Hurt and Beulah show written by Phil Leslie. You know, friends, there's a time and place for everything, but with acid indigestion, you never know when or where it may strike. That's why it's best night and day at home or away to always carry tums. Then, as a first sign of acid indigestion, you just slip one or two tums in your mouth the same as you would candy mints. Nothing to mix or stir. You don't even need water. Almost instantly, tums neutralize the excess acid, soothe the heartburn and bring priceless peace and calm to acid upset. No soda in tuns to over alkalize. No acid rebound. So tonight, get tums yourself and try them out. Only 10 cents a roll. All drugstores ask for tums. T u m S Tums for the tubs. The housekeeper at the Marlon hurt home is a little bit excited at the moment. And I'll bet you'd be if you'd been coming home from the grocery store and you found a beautiful gold wedding r lying in the street. I bet you'd be excited, too. Anyhow, here she is now, bursting to tell someone about it as we look in on Marlon hurt and Beulah.
Beulah
A gold wedding ring right down the street, lynn. Right there, Mr. Marlon. Mr. Martin. You know what, Mr. Martin.
Marlon Hurt
Now, Beulah, take it easy. Take it easy. Don't get so excited.
Beulah
Yes, but Mr. Martin. You know what?
Marlon Hurt
Now look beautiful.
Beulah
Relax.
Marlon Hurt
Now go out and come in again.
Beulah
Yes.
Aunt Alice
Oh, Marlon, that's ridiculous.
Marlon Hurt
Well, she's got to learn to control herself, aunt Alice. This would be good for her. She'll cool off now and then she just smiling.
Beulah
May I speak with you, sir?
Marlon Hurt
Yes, Beulah. Now you see what I mean?
Aunt Alice
Yes, go ahead, Beulah.
Beulah
Well, will you hear what happened? I was down to the Grocery store. I've come home and I look in the street and you know what I saw laying in the gutter?
Aunt Alice
Nobody we know, I hope.
Beulah
No, ma'. Am. I found me this pretty little gold wed. Ring. Look.
Marlon Hurt
Wedding ring. Say, this is a pretty ring. Somebody be looking for that.
Beulah
I know. Gals has been looking for him for a long time. Not to mention any names, but there's one gal that starts with a bugle. We don't talk about that.
Aunt Alice
Well, is there any identification in the ring, Bueller?
Beulah
I didn't see none of that stuff, ma'. Am. It's got the man's name in it, though. It's got that. Yeah, it's got his name in his apartment number.
Aunt Alice
Oh, well, that just as good.
Beulah
See here, Mammy. Say, Warren, Ted. 24K, that's what it says.
Marlon Hurt
Oh, no, Bill. That says warranted 24 karats. That means it's gold.
Beulah
24 what, sir?
Marlon Hurt
Carats. That's what they measure gold with carats.
Beulah
Look at it. I know you, Mr. Martin. You're trying for a joke.
Marlon Hurt
All right.
Narrator/Announcer
Heaven.
Beulah
It sure is a pretty little ring, though. Look like the one my sister got for her wedding. Only Jefferson.
Aunt Alice
Oh, yes. Your sister just got married, didn't she?
Beulah
Just got married. Ain't that enough? Ain't nothing like a wedding ring to put some hope in a hope chest.
Aunt Alice
And you stood up for it, didn't you, Beulah?
Beulah
I sure did. With that dress I had on, I was afraid to sit down. Bill. Bill, Bill. That's my boy's friend, Bill. He said that dress fit me like the skin on a drum.
Marlon Hurt
Was Bill the wedding, too?
Beulah
Yes, sir. I think he ain't gonna do cause no harm to have him watching the wedding now and then. See how other folks do this, you know?
Aunt Alice
You still thinking you're marrying that boy, Beulah?
Beulah
Well, we have talked about it, man. Pro and con for an amateur. I'm strictly a pro. But that Bill is a great con man.
Marlon Hurt
Yes, you can say that again.
Beulah
All right, for an amateur, I'm strictly a pro. But that'd be. Never mind.
Narrator/Announcer
I didn't mean.
Beulah
Excuse me. Like I say, though, we have conversed about the subject. We talked about it.
Marlon Hurt
You disgusted?
Beulah
I certainly am. You see, to that, boy, walking down the middle aisle means going to a movie. And the only time he say I do is when I ask him do he want some more pie.
Marlon Hurt
Yeah, well, look, Beulah, I take good care of that wedding ring, if I were you. That's an expensive ring.
Aunt Alice
Yes, and watch the Newspapers. They'll probably advertise for it.
Beulah
No, I'll take good care of it. Well, what did I do with the ring I had here? Oh, yes, she is. How's about to change from the lost and found to the founding lost.
Marlon Hurt
I'll put it away somewhere.
Beulah
Yes, I better get out to my kitchen now. I'm fixing to do some canning today.
Aunt Alice
Oh, again, Beulah? I thought you just did some canning last week.
Beulah
Well, this time I'm putting up peaches. The man ever yet here with him that Mr. Frink is bringing? You know the man we get the eggs from.
Aunt Alice
I hope they're as good as his eggs.
Beulah
They gotta be that good to get past the boat of hell. I hope he gets there soon, that's what I hope. Safe all day to peeling them. Last pictures he brought had 5:00 clock shadow at 10:00am
Marlon Hurt
Sounds like a lot of trouble, Beulah.
Beulah
Oh, I don't mind. Beulah gonna keep us eating this winter, Mr. Marlon. Watch them lazy grasshopper folks is jumping around them empty store shelves. Beulah, the little ant is going to feed us out of the pantry.
Aunt Alice
That's right. You know, they tell me at the market, Marlon, that there's less canned goods right now than at any time since the war started.
Beulah
Well, that's what I mean when I say we're gonna eat what we can. I mean if we don't can, we don't eat.
Aunt Alice
Well, I'll start washing the jars.
Beulah
Beulah.
Aunt Alice
Did you bring them up out of the cellar?
Beulah
Yeah, some days in the kitchen I got all a hundred of them quartz fruit jars. Mr. Marlon.
Marlon Hurt
Mason, Beulah.
Beulah
No, I used to, but Bill's bosses. He belonged up.
Marlon Hurt
Oh, no, I didn't mean that. I mean the fruit jars.
Beulah
I'll get it. Where are Miss Carol? Hi, Miss Bula.
Carol Stewart
Hello, Marlon.
Marlon Hurt
Oh, hi, Carol. Come in, honey.
Carol Stewart
Well, I can't stay a minute. I was just passing and. Wait a minute, Marlon. Hold still a minute, huh? Turn your profile to me. Like it was. That's it.
Beulah
What's the matter?
Carol Stewart
Well, that's amazing. Yes, sir. George Raft.
Beulah
Who, me? I look like George Raft?
Carol Stewart
Exactly like him, Marlon. Now turn your head a little.
Marlon Hurt
Oh, Cal, I don't think I look like George Raft.
Beulah
Eh?
Marlon Hurt
Of course, I always did like to flip a half dollar. Let's see if I'd. Beulah, you got a half dollar?
Beulah
Please leave us not indulge in whimsy, sir.
Carol Stewart
Look at his profile, Beulah. Isn't he just the image of him?
Beulah
Well, the light's kind of bad in here. He got a profile, though. He got that all right.
Marlon Hurt
Oh, I don't see the resemblance, Carrie.
Narrator/Announcer
George is.
Marlon Hurt
Well, I'm a little husk for your build, of course, but. Bueller, you ought to dust this mirror.
Beulah
Yeah, I'll take a cloth. Oh, Ms. Call, I got something to show you. Where'd I put that little ring? Oh, yeah. There. Ain't it pretty?
Carol Stewart
A wedding ring. Why, Beulah, how wonderful. Aren't you lucky?
Beulah
Yes.
Carol Stewart
When did this happen?
Beulah
This morning, downtown.
Carol Stewart
This morning? Well, for heaven's sake, what are you doing here now?
Beulah
I'm just fixing to can some peaches.
Carol Stewart
What?
Marlon Hurt
Carol, maybe Raph and I do look a little like.
Carol Stewart
But I. Oh, Beaulie, you're silly, working on a day like this. Where's Bill?
Beulah
He's at the plant, Ms. Carol. He don't know nothing about it yet. He doesn't know.
Carol Stewart
He doesn't know about it. Oh, Beulah, don't tell me you gave Bill a brush after all these years.
Beulah
Oh, no, man. We got a date to go dancing tonight. I don't see no reason to brush him off now. He's just getting interesting.
Carol Stewart
Why, Beulah.
Marlon Hurt
Carol, you know, there is a certain resemblance.
Carol Stewart
Now, wait, Marlon. Beulah, you don't expect to keep going with Bill now that you're married?
Beulah
Well, I didn't think. Married.
Narrator/Announcer
Married? Who's married?
Marlon Hurt
Carol, you're not married?
Beulah
No, I am. I mean, no, not me. Oh, my God.
Carol Stewart
What is this?
Marlon Hurt
Oh, say, speaking of marriage, bill, let's show Ms. Carol the wedding ring you found downtown. Oh, you found a pretty little gold band, Carol, you know one of those circles that girls are always going around in.
Beulah
Oh, look at the circle.
Marlon Hurt
It again.
Beulah
Did you hear what he'd say to circles? Yes, and that's him. That's my fault.
Narrator/Announcer
On the track, in the orchestra. We have made it.
Beulah
I wish that man would get here with them peaches. Little old empty jaws is just itching to get scratched with a peach pit.
Aunt Alice
Oh, he'll be along, Beulah. You know he's always late. I'm going to buy that man a watch one of these days.
Beulah
Wouldn't help none, ma'. Am. I'll give him a calendar one time. But he's only up the last month on it. Hey, Beulah, I think this is the ad for that ring. Listen.
Marlon Hurt
Lost gold wedding ring. Vicinity of Fourth and Spruce.
Beulah
That's where I found it. Right around there.
Marlon Hurt
Small scratches on inside.
Beulah
I sure about that.
Marlon Hurt
Scratches on inside and it says $50 reward.
Beulah
That does it. If it ain't scratch, it will be. Yeah, so that's the man. That's the one I want to give it to.
Aunt Alice
What do you know about that? You are a Lucky Bueller.
Beulah
Mr. Mar, will you please call the man up? $50, tell him to bring it right over here. This little ring is ready. My goodness, you get here quiz, didn't you? Where's that ring? I had it right here. Oh, oh, yes it is. Stay with me. Little ring.
Aunt Alice
That's the man with the peaches.
Beulah
Marlon.
Aunt Alice
Let him in.
Mr. Frank (Eggman)
Well, here's your secret, folks. Howdy. I mean, howdy. Alcohol here does stitches.
Beulah
We're ready for them, Mr. Frink. Frank.
Mr. Frank (Eggman)
Frank. Is he on the box there?
Beulah
Frank, Frank, Frank. Sure is a wet name, ain't it?
Marlon Hurt
Hey, these look mighty nice, Mr. Frank. Freestones, are they?
Mr. Frank (Eggman)
Well, stones are free. The pizzas cost money. That's just a little joke of mine.
Aunt Alice
Yes, that's about as little a joke
Beulah
as I ever heard.
Carol Stewart
This isn't all you brought?
Mr. Frank (Eggman)
Oh, no, no. Six more boxes on the back torch.
Marlon Hurt
Hey, you girls got some peeling to do. These babies have got more fuzz than a sophomore's chin.
Beulah
Sophomore's chin? Can't even say it either. This is dangle man, ain't he, Scott?
Aunt Alice
Yes. I wish we could tan that for succotash this winter.
Mr. Frank (Eggman)
You know, I'd like to not. Almost didn't get it all today. I went to a meeting of the Egg Men's Association.
Marlon Hurt
Big business. Well, good. How is the egg business, by the way?
Mr. Frank (Eggman)
Oh, mighty good, mighty good.
Narrator/Announcer
Yes, sir.
Mr. Frank (Eggman)
Got my hands on an eight hour shift.
Marlon Hurt
Now.
Mr. Frank (Eggman)
Some of them give me three eggs a day.
Marlon Hurt
That a way. Well, that's some laying.
Beulah
That's some lion.
Marlon Hurt
Yeah. Had a big honor today though, at
Mr. Frank (Eggman)
the meeting they elected. They made me head of the Eggman's Association.
Marlon Hurt
Is that so?
Narrator/Announcer
Yep, yep.
Mr. Frank (Eggman)
Egghead of Frink they call me now.
Aunt Alice
I'm sure you live up to it, Mr. Frank.
Marlon Hurt
Well, if you'll just tell us how much we owe you, I'll get you the money.
Mr. Frank (Eggman)
Let me see now. Seven boxes, two bucks a bucks. Or I mean two bucks a box. That's two bucks a box. Four.
Marlon Hurt
Oh, make it $10. That seems fair enough. Here you are.
Mr. Frank (Eggman)
Say, you don't need any eggs, do you? I got some out in the car. I mean out in the truck there.
Aunt Alice
Yes, yes, we could use some if they're today's, eh?
Mr. Frank (Eggman)
Oh, sure, sure, they're nice. They're nice. Oh, you Wouldn't want me.
Narrator/Announcer
They're stale.
Marlon Hurt
Well, he's a happy fellow, isn't he?
Beulah
Nice speaking voice too.
Marlon Hurt
Well, I'll go call up about your rain, Bueller. This is sure to be the guy though. Are you lucky.
Aunt Alice
I'll be back in a minute, Beulah.
Beulah
You go ahead and start on the pizza. Yeah. My goodness, look on that back porch. Going to taste mighty good this winter though. And little Mr. Shakespeare, he must have been thinking of us when he say that line. What food these morsels be.
Narrator/Announcer
Hello, Beulah.
Beulah
Oh, come here, Mr. Knives. How are you?
Narrator/Announcer
Oh, I'm fine. Hey, you look like you got a job there.
Beulah
Well, there ain't no picnic, sir. But I. I don't mind.
Narrator/Announcer
Say, speaking of picnics, this is picnic weather. Bula, have you been on one yet?
Beulah
Nothing but me and Bill. You know my boss named Bill?
Narrator/Announcer
Sure.
Beulah
We going on one next Sunday. I expect the first jar. The peaches I'm about to put up today will be put down next Sunday.
Narrator/Announcer
Well, they'll look mighty good in a picnic basket. You right. What else do you usually take to eat? Deviled eggs?
Beulah
Well, yes, deviled eggs, sandwiches, pickles, olives and big sauce. And maybe a pie, Bill. Like these ones?
Narrator/Announcer
Yeah, well, who knows? That isn't all though.
Beulah
Well, we don't take our own ants if that's what you mean. They're already weak.
Narrator/Announcer
No, no, not ants. Beulah, the only thing you're missing, and you should never pack a picnic basket without it, is a few rolls of cums, that famous quick relief for acid indigestion.
Beulah
Oh, sure, I should remember that.
Narrator/Announcer
Ah, believe me, when you're out in the country having fun and you got a sudden stomach upset, a touch of heartburn, well, it's no picnic. That's why no picnic basket is complete without a few rolls of tongue. Because at the first sign of trouble, you simply pop a tum or two in your mouth and bingo, out goes the discomfort. And in no time at all you're feeling easy and comfortable again.
Beulah
Ain't that interesting?
Narrator/Announcer
And relief is so fast and so easy. You don't have to worry about mixing or stirring Tums. You simply eat them like a good after dinner mint. And as quick as a flash, the acid discomfort is gone and everybody's happy again.
Beulah
Oh, you sure must eat a lot of them, Mr. Nile. You're just happy all the time. You really are.
Narrator/Announcer
Well, don't forget, when you pack that picnic basket meal, the smart people always play safe. So always keep a roll of tum Sandy, remember, night and day, at home or away, always carry tum tums. Tums for the tummy. Well, see you later.
Beulah
Goodbye, Mr. Nile. Come back sometime next Monday. Ain't he the cheerfulest man? Always happy.
Marlon Hurt
Well, you're all set, Bully. You're in.
Beulah
I sure am, sir, to my elbows and feet.
Marlon Hurt
To. No, no, I. I mean about the ring. I called the man in the ad, a Mr. Ranger, and he's coming over to see me. It's his wife's ring, all right.
Beulah
That's $50. Lady Luck. I'm still your favorite child.
Marlon Hurt
Have you got the ring?
Beulah
Well, I. Oh, look out. Don't stall me like that, miss. I got it all right, right here in my apron pocket.
Marlon Hurt
Well, just be sure you.
Beulah
Hello, there. Anybody home?
Marlon Hurt
Who's that?
Beulah
Nobody I know. Where's Miss Aunt Alice?
Marlon Hurt
Upstairs. It's not her.
Narrator/Announcer
Well, hello there, neighbor.
Marlon Hurt
Neighbor? Hey, how'd you get in here?
Beulah
Look right in, neighbor. My door wasn't a lot. I'll take care of that.
Marlon Hurt
Do I walk right in?
Beulah
I'm your new neighbor. Neighbor? Where?
Narrator/Announcer
Where?
Beulah
Oh, oh, oh, you rescue. Just moved in next door. Always like to get acquainted with my neighbor. Like to see what I'm up against.
Marlon Hurt
Oh, yeah. Well, my name's hurt. Marlon Hurst. Glad to know you're hurt.
Beulah
And this, of course, is.
Marlon Hurt
No, it probably isn't. Oh, you're probably right. This is our housekeeper, Bueller. This is Mr. Jenkins.
Beulah
I'm due.
Marlon Hurt
You moved in yesterday, didn't you? I noticed a truck out there. Yes, yes, I know you did, but we're used to that.
Beulah
We don't mind people peeping out their upstairs windows.
Marlon Hurt
Not at all.
Beulah
Sometimes they lean too far and fall right on their heads.
Marlon Hurt
Well, I wasn't exactly peeping out. I happened to be raising the blind and I noticed your trip truck was parked in my flower,
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Podcast: Harold's Old Time Radio
Episode Date: April 4, 2026
Host: Harold’s Old Time Radio
Show Featured: The Beulah Show, "Beulah Finds a Wedding Ring"
Original Airdate: Golden Age of Radio (date not specified)
This episode features a classic installment of The Beulah Show, a beloved radio sitcom from the Golden Age of Radio. The central plot follows Beulah, the housekeeper for the Hurts family, as she finds a gold wedding ring in the street. The ensuing antics revolve around identifying the ring’s owner, the humorous misunderstandings that arise, and the warm domestic life surrounding Beulah, her friends, and employers.
The episode is packed with witty banter, sharp characterizations, and a slice-of-life depiction of mid-century American domesticity—all delivered in the show's signature jovial and conversational tone.
Beulah excitedly bursts into the Hurts’ home, eager to share her discovery of the ring.
Marlon Hurt tries to calm Beulah down, resulting in a playful moment where he asks her to “go out and come in again” so she can compose herself.
Aunt Alice inquires about identification in the ring. Beulah misreads the "24K" stamp as a name and apartment number before Marlon corrects her (“That means it’s gold, Beulah.”).
The conversation turns to Beulah’s personal life, specifically her ongoing relationship with Bill, laced with Beulah’s trademark humor.
"To that boy, walking down the middle aisle means going to a movie. And the only time he say I do is when I ask him do he want some more pie."
— Beulah (05:13)
Beulah and the family discover a newspaper ad that matches the lost ring: location, details, reward for return.
The promise of a $50 reward sets Beulah and Aunt Alice in motion to contact the owner.
"That does it. If it ain't scratched, it will be."
— Beulah, joking about making sure the ring meets the ad's description (11:31)
Beulah’s Excitement:
“A gold wedding ring right down the street… You know what, Mr. Martin!”
— Beulah (02:36)
Wartime Resourcefulness:
“If we don’t can, we don’t eat.”
— Beulah (06:33)
On Bill’s Reluctance:
“To that boy, walking down the middle aisle means going to a movie. And the only time he say I do is when I ask him do he want some more pie.”
— Beulah (05:13)
Finding the Reward:
“That does it. If it ain’t scratched, it will be.”
— Beulah, upon hearing about scratches on the ring in the ad (11:31)
Eggman’s Title:
“They made me head of the Eggman's Association… Egghead of Frink they call me now.”
— Mr. Frank (13:34–13:39)
Picnic Humor:
“We don’t take our own ants if that’s what you mean. They’re already weak.”
— Beulah, on picnic food (15:36–15:41)
This episode is a charming example of the sitcom style that delighted radio audiences in the 1940s and 1950s: gentle comedy, relatable situations, and memorable character interplay. Beulah’s hopeful nature, practicality, and quick wit shine as she maneuvers through small mysteries, friendly banter, and loyal domestic service—reminding listeners of a bygone era’s humor and heart.