Darling & Dearie 48-05-12 (Audition) Honeymoon In NY

Summary

Podcast Summary: Darling & Dearie 48-05-12 (Audition) – Honeymoon In NY

Podcast Information:

• Title: Harold's Old Time Radio
• Host/Author: Harolds Old Time Radio
• Episode: Darling & Dearie 48-05-12 (Audition) – Honeymoon In NY
• Release Date: March 11, 2025
• Description: Relive the Golden Age of Radio with classic shows that captivated families before the advent of television. Featuring beloved programs like The Shadow, Abbott & Costello, Amos & Andy, and Dragnet.

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Episode Overview: Darling & Dearie 48-05-12 (Audition) – Honeymoon In NY marks the debut of a delightful new series within Harold's Old Time Radio lineup. This episode introduces listeners to Alonzo Dean Cole (Darren) and Marie O'Flynn (Derry), a charming newlywed couple embarking on their first adventure together—their honeymoon in the bustling metropolis of New York City.

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1. Departure from Goose Creek and Arrival in New York City

The episode opens with the excited couple disembarking from a train at New York City's Pennsylvania Station. Their anticipation is palpable as they envision the grandeur of the city they've long dreamed of visiting.

• Darren: “[00:53] ...I can see this depot through the car window. It sure beats the one we have in Goose Creek. Oh, God. When I take a girl on a wedding trip, I show her something.”

• Derry: “[00:59] I’m so excited. All my life I dreamed of coming to New York, and now. Oh, it's just too wonderful.”

Their enthusiasm sets a lively tone, contrasting the more subdued environment of their hometown, Goose Creek.

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2. Navigating the Train Station

As Darren and Derry navigate the station, their personalities begin to shine. Darren, confident and slightly boastful, reassures Derry of his knowledge about the city, while Derry's excitement is mirrored by her observations and playful banter.

• Darren: “[01:05] Well, I can see this depot through the car window. It sure beats the one we have in Goose Creek. Oh, God. When I take a girl on a wedding trip, I show her something.”

• Derry: “[01:24] Oh, my goodness.”

Their interactions are filled with humor, especially when Darren inadvertently makes a mess, showing his endearing, albeit clumsy, side.

• Darren: “[01:25] Oh, gee, if I only had a few raisins, I'd feel just like a rice pudding.”

• Derry: “[01:31] That's a fact. Oh, you simply kill me with the things you say.”

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3. Choosing Their First Destination: The Mills Hotel

The couple discusses their lodging options, with Darren expressing a preference for a more subdued neighborhood, while Derry is eager to immerse themselves in the city's vibrant nightlife. Their differing desires set up the first minor conflict, highlighting the dynamics of their relationship.

• Darren: “[03:24] I'm coming.”

• Derry: “[03:37] She. Where's garlic? Sure different from goose crepe.”

Darren suggests the Mills Hotel, a reputable establishment they hope will accommodate their needs.

• Darren: “[05:45] The taxi ticket to the best hotel in town. See, I've heard there's a swell place here called the Mills Hotel. We're gonna have a look at that.”

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4. The Nighttime Adventure and Financial Foibles

Derry's adventurous spirit leads her to insist on exploring the city's sights at night, much to Darren’s concern for her well-being. This segment introduces comedic tension when the couple realizes they might have overextended their finances.

• Derry: “[06:07] I want to see the night light.”

• Darren: “[06:20] Well, you can see it much better in the daytime.”

A humorous twist ensues when Derry forgets her pocketbook, leaving them momentarily penniless. Darren reveals his foresight by having money sewn into his shirt—a classic trope of old-time radio humor.

• Darren: “[11:22] Cause I got $187 sewed in this new blue shirt Aunt Pansy made me.”

• Derry: “[11:28] New blue shirt? Not what you have on your old pink shirt.”

• Darren: “[11:45] Not what you have on your old pink shirt.”

Their resourcefulness and quick thinking save the day, reinforcing their compatibility despite the hiccups.

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5. Building Future Expectations

The episode concludes with Darren and Derry reaffirming their commitment to each other, emphasizing the strength and understanding that defines their marriage. Darren’s paternalistic attitude is gently mocked by Derry, showcasing a balanced and loving relationship.

• Darren: “[07:14] Yeah, you’re only a woman. You had just experienced the greatest event of your life. You’ve married me.”

• Derry: “[08:16] Stronger, darling, stronger. Don't forget stronger.”

This closing dialogue sets the stage for future adventures, promising listeners more heartfelt and humorous escapades from Darling and Dearie.

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Notable Quotes:

• Darren on City Planning: “[03:53] Gosh, what a mob. Say, there must be a convention going on here.”

• Derry’s Playful Dreaming: “[08:39] In the nightclub where we're going. Oh, I just dreamed of going to a New York in nightclub. But I'm so glad you decided to take me there first.”

• Darren’s Practicality: “[10:04] Now, you wouldn't have me break my word to your mother, would you?”

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Conclusion:

Darling & Dearie – Honeymoon In NY is a charming portrayal of newlyweds navigating the excitement and challenges of their first trip together. Through witty dialogue, endearing character interactions, and classic radio humor, the episode captures the essence of the Golden Age of Radio. Listeners are left eager to follow Darren and Derry's adventures as they explore the Big Apple, promising a delightful blend of romance, comedy, and timeless storytelling.

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Stay Tuned: Join us tomorrow at the same time to continue the adventures of Darling and Dearie as they face the vibrant and sometimes chaotic life in New York City.

Transcript

[Narrator]

The Blank Company brings you Darling and Dearie, the first of a series featuring Alonzo Dean Cole and Marie O'Flynn. In this spot, we will present the advertiser's message. And now let us meet Darling and Dearie, a very newly married young couple from Goose Creek who are arriving in New York City begin their honeymoon.

[Darren]

Have you done everything? I think so.

[Derry]

My umbrella and the tan shoe and my coat and the box and the package in the magazine.

[Darren]

Uhhuh. In my belief.

[Derry]

Well, then, let's get off this train. Oh, I just can't realize we're really there.

[Darren]

When you're with me, Darren, you'll always get there.

[Derry]

I'm so excited. All my life I dreamed of coming to New York, and now. Oh, it's just too wonderful.

[Darren]

Well, I can see this depot through the car window. It sure beats the one we have in Goose Creek. Oh, God. When I take a girl on a wedding trip, I show her something.

[Derry]

Darling, people will hear you.

[Darren]

Huh? Oh. Oh, gee. Don't worry. Nobody will ever suspect wearing newlyweds from anything I do. Come on, dear.

[Derry]

What's going. Darling. Well, darling, wait. What's the matter? There's still some rice on your hand.

[Darren]

Oh, my goodness.

[Derry]

Brush it off quick.

[Darren]

Oh, gee, if I only had a few raisins, I'd feel just like a rice pudding.

[Derry]

That's a fact. Oh, you simply kill me with the things you say. There. I got a whole town. Let's get out this train up on the street. I can hardly wait. I just want to see everything.

[Darren]

I'll show you the ropes. You know, I've been reading up on this town, so I bet I know more about it than people who were born here.

[Derry]

Come on, darling.

[Darren]

I'm coming. Derry, you want a red cab?

[Derry]

He's talking to you, darling.

[Darren]

Do I want a red cab? Well, certainly not. I'm too conservative. The very idea of selling hats from the depot. Derry. Derry. Derry. Derry, where are you? Here I am.

[Derry]

Up these stairs.

[Darren]

Oh, say, you want to be careful. You'll get lost running away from me like that.

[Derry]

Hurry, darling. Oh, there's more stairs. Won't we ever reach the street?

[Darren]

Gee, there's plenty of stairs, all right. Gosh, wouldn't you think they'd have a porter here to help with people's luggage.

[Derry]

Oh, I hope my bags aren't too heavy for you. I just couldn't leave all our lovely wedding presents behind. But only pack a new electric toaster and the waffle iron and the chafing dish Mama gave us. And the silverware From Grandpa. And those lovely books from Cousin Abbott.

[Darren]

That's all right, Derry. Your bags couldn't be heavy even if.

[Derry]

If.

[Darren]

Even if Grandpa and Cousin Emmy was in them too.

[Derry]

Oh, Dolly, I can hardly realize that we've been married now for five whole hours.

[Darren]

Gee, guys, ain't it just swell?

[Derry]

Dog Joy. Don't look at me like that, huh?

[Darren]

Keep.

[Derry]

Hello, sis.

[Darren]

Piss. Was I looking at you like that?

[Derry]

Yes, you were.

[Darren]

Well, it won't happen again. From now on, I'm gonna act cold and distant so they'll think we've been married a long time.

[Derry]

Oh, is that how you're gonna act when we've been married a long time?

[Darren]

Oh, I mean the way ordinary people act.

[Derry]

Oh, we're gonna be different.

[Darren]

We are different.

[Derry]

Darling dearest. Oh, gee my gosh, darling. There's the street outside those doors. New York at last. Come on.

[Darren]

I'm coming.

[Derry]

I'll hold the door. Oh. Oh, look at that street, darling. Just look at that street.

[Darren]

She. Where's garlic? Sure different from goose crepe.

[Derry]

There's the skyscrapers. Just look at those skyscrapers.

[Darren]

They certainly spray.

[Derry]

And the people, darling. Oh, there's millions of people.

[Darren]

Gosh, what a mob. Say, there must be a convention going on here.

[Derry]

Oh, if I thought I could always come to on my wedding trip. I get married every day in the week.

[Darren]

Well, maybe I could stand it after I got used to it. But one thing they'd have to cut out is that custom of throwing old shoes at the groom.

[Derry]

Oh, that's for luck.

[Darren]

Well, the luck part can be overdone. Some little person threw a horseshoe at me. Oh, well, it's no use wasting any more time standing here.

[Derry]

Oh, my goodness, no. We want to go places.

[Darren]

We gotta find ourselves a good place to live.

[Derry]

Isn't it thrilling? And I used to say I was never going to get married.

[Darren]

Just cause you were born single, wasn't any reason to stay that way. Oh, that's a fast one. I'm going to get a taxi.

[Derry]

A taxi?

[Darren]

Well, you don't think I permit my wife to walk on her honeymoon?

[Derry]

Oh, I'm just floating away.

[Darren]

This is a big day for you, Derry.

[Derry]

Oh, do you think we ought to be so extravagant as to pay a taxi fare?

[Darren]

Extravagant? Why, when I take a girl on a honeymoon, money means nothing. Oh, my wife is going to live at the rate of 5,000 a year for a couple of weeks. Besides. Well, these bags are a little heavy.

[Derry]

Oh, be very careful. You mustn't let the taxi driver suspect.

[Darren]

We'Re in New Jerry. You're always saying that. Gee, I fooled him on the train, didn't I?

[Derry]

Did you?

[Darren]

Oh, I forgot to tell you. Remember when I went into the next car to get you a drink of water? Well, I talked to the conductor. Oh, gee, you should have been there.

[Derry]

What did you tell him?

[Darren]

I told him we had a couple of children.

[Derry]

You did?

[Darren]

And he swallowed it hook, line and sinker. And you tell me to be careful.

[Derry]

I talked to the conductor too.

[Darren]

You did what?

[Derry]

You tell him that you were just a friend of mine, huh?

[Darren]

I'll get a taxi.

[Derry]

I'll help you.

[Darren]

No, no, no. Never mind, Darry. You helped with a conductor.

[Derry]

Well, where are you going to have.

[Darren]

The taxi ticket to the best hotel in town. See, I've heard there's a swell place here called the Mills Hotel. We're gonna have a look at that.

[Derry]

Is it in the roaring 40s? I gotta live in the roaring 40s.

[Darren]

Well, don't you think we'd better pick a quieter neighborhood? Gee, if they roared all night, you wouldn't get any sleep.

[Derry]

Well, I don't wanna sleep. I wanna see the sights. We'll just toss those bags in the hotel and start right off. Walk up Broadway and down Fifth Avenue. Oh, I can just keep going all night.

[Darren]

Derry, don't you think we better start in on our sightseeing sometime tomorrow?

[Derry]

No, I want to see the night light.

[Darren]

Well, you can see it much better in the daytime.

[Derry]

Oh, we'll look at it then too. I never want to sleep, Derry.

[Darren]

I've got to take care of your health.

[Derry]

Oh, I feel fine.

[Darren]

Yeah, but after you get a good night's rest.

[Derry]

I know I'm not a bit tired.

[Darren]

Well, you can be tired without knowing it. The very last words I said to your mother. Your mother, that noble woman whom I am proud to call by the sacred name of Ma. The very last words I said to your mother were. Mrs. O'Flynn, you can depend on me to look after your daughter's health and see that she gets plenty of rest and sleep. Now, you wouldn't have me break my word to your mother, would you?

[Derry]

Certainly not. But I'm a married woman now.

[Darren]

That's just the point. What, little girl? Yeah, you're only a woman. You had just experienced the greatest event of your life. You've married me. Now, after all the excitement you've been through today, what kind of a husband would I be if I let you walk up Broadway and down Fifth Avenue all night and get pneumonia and the damp night air?

[Derry]

Damp night air?

[Darren]

Yeah.

[Derry]

Well, you never thought of the damp night air when you used to keep me sitting on our front porch until Papa told you it was time to the milkman.

[Darren]

Now, that was different.

[Derry]

Is the damp night air here any different from the damp night air on our front porch?

[Darren]

No.

[Derry]

Well, then what is the difference in the damp night air?

[Darren]

Well, say, dearie, we're never going to have any disagreements, are we?

[Derry]

Disagreements?

[Darren]

We're going to be different from other married people.

[Derry]

Oh, I should say we are. You know how easy I have to get along with.

[Darren]

Sure I do. And I've got a swell disposition too.

[Derry]

Oh, we'll never have a bit of trouble.

[Darren]

The idea is ridiculous.

[Derry]

It's absurd. What's that got to do with the daphnite air?

[Darren]

Well, I was thinking that the best way for us to avoid all possibility of any difficulty is for me to decide what we're going to do. Because I'm a man and. And older than you are and. And more experienced.

[Derry]

Stronger, darling, stronger. Don't forget stronger.

[Darren]

That's right.

[Derry]

You sound just like Papa when he talks to Mama. And everything you decide will be for my own good.

[Darren]

Oh, exactly.

[Derry]

And you don't think I ought to be out in the dark night air?

[Darren]

No, Siri, I don't.

[Derry]

All right, darling. We'll stay in guys.

[Darren]

Gary, I knew this.

[Derry]

We'll say n words, Papa. Comfortable and warm and cozy where you can hold my hand without anybody seeing me.

[Darren]

Double doggone.

[Derry]

Except the waiter.

[Darren]

Waiter? What waiter?

[Derry]

In the nightclub where we're going. Oh, I just dreamed of going to a New York in nightclub. But I'm so glad you decided to take me there first. Oh, come on, darling. If we're lucky, we may see a murder. I'd love to see a New York murder. Oh, the best ones happen in nightclub.

[Darren]

No, no, no, Gary, wait a minute.

[Derry]

Well, Floyd, you haven't changed your mind.

[Darren]

No. I mean, it's all subtle.

[Derry]

That's what I like about you, darling. When you decide on a thing you stick to. I adore a man of character. And you have it, darling. You have it. Oh, this can happen to anyone.

[Darren]

I just remember I gave my lap on that train your last nickel of my chain. You don't think I carry all the money I've been saving to give you this place like my pocket, do you not? Gangsters.

[Derry]

Where do you carry your money in a good.

[Darren]

You. You don't see your gunman, do you?

[Derry]

No, no one who looks very much like one.

[Darren]

Come real close so I can whisper a good, slick New York gunman. May not look like a New York gunman at all.

[Derry]

Where is your money, darling, dear?

[Darren]

My Aunt Pansy sewed it inside my shirt.

[Derry]

Inside your shirt?

[Darren]

Shh. Yeah, inside my shirt. You married a careful man.

[Derry]

Well, isn't that a kind of unhandy place to get up money when you need it?

[Darren]

Yes, but church as la femme. As them old Latins used to. That means safety first, last and always, dearie. You know, I've studied up on Latin. And that's my motto. Churches la femme. What kind of a man would I be if I brought you to New York on a honeymoon. And a racketeer or something stole all my money? There aren't many men who think in advance like that.

[Derry]

No.

[Darren]

Especially on their wedding day.

[Derry]

No, darling.

[Darren]

Most men get nervous and excited when they get married. Yes, darling, but not the man you marry.

[Derry]

Oh, darling.

[Darren]

Keep cool, think ahead. That's another of my motto.

[Derry]

Oh, no, darling. I mean, yes, darling.

[Darren]

I guess we'll have to forget about taking a taxi. See, I won't be able to dig my money out till we get to our hotel.

[Derry]

We can still take a taxi. I have the money you gave me before we left home.

[Darren]

Money I gave you?

[Derry]

Of course. I know you weren't nervous or excited. You were probably thinking ahead. When after the ceremony, you kissed the minister and handed me $10.

[Darren]

I. Well, if I did that, Mary, it was on purpose. Because I knew we'd need money for a case like this. Well, I'll. I'll get that taxi.

[Derry]

I put the money in my pocketbook.

[Darren]

Get it out.

[Derry]

Where's my pocket?

[Darren]

Where.

[Derry]

Where's my. What did I do with my pocketbook?

[Darren]

What did you do with it?

[Derry]

Yeah. I don't remember. I. I'd forgotten.

[Darren]

You forgot?

[Derry]

I was so nervous and excited about getting married that I guess I just forgot to bring it.

[Darren]

Well, it's a good thing I didn't let a little thing like a wedding upset me. We'd been in a fine predicament if I forgot to wear my shirt.

[Derry]

Darling, I've never been married before.

[Darren]

Now, don't let it worry ya. Never mind, dearie. You learn to stay calm under any circumstances after living with me a while. And there's no harm done. Cause I got $187 sewed in this new blue shirt Aunt Pansy made me.

[Derry]

New blue shirt?

[Darren]

Yes. I had to sew it in this. This one particular. Because blue's the color of forget me.

[Derry]

Not what you have on your old pink shirt.

[Darren]

Huh? Oh, my gosh, darling, I changed my shirt.

[Derry]

Where is your money?

[Darren]

Home in goose green in the laundry. Don't worry, Mary. Don't worry. I'm with you.

[Derry]

What are we going to do?

[Darren]

Just remember that we're different from other married people. Remember, we made up our minds to never disappear.

[Derry]

I never heard of such carelessness. Changing your shirt.

[Darren]

Oh, gee, I've never done such a thing before.

[Narrator]

And so begins the honeymoon of darling and dearie. That dizzy little couple from Goose Creek. Whom we shall find tomorrow at this same hour precisely as we left them, penniless and woe begone. Outside of New York City's Pennsylvania Station, the commercial credits would be given here. This is the Mutual Broadcasting System.