Dr Pepper Parade xx-xx-xx (16) First Song - The Bulldog And The Bullfrog

Summary

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Harold's Old Time Radio - Dr Pepper Parade (Episode 16):

First Song: The Bulldog And The Bullfrog
Date: September 12, 2025
Host: Jack Arthur (announcer), with “Pretty Peggy Pepper”, The Pepper Uppers, Peter Van Steeden & His Orchestra, and comedy duo Molasses and January

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Episode Overview

This episode of "Harold's Old Time Radio" brings listeners back to the golden age of radio—before television, when families gathered to enjoy variety performances filled with music, comedy sketches, and lively advertisements. The "Dr Pepper Parade" is structured as a cheerful variety show, interweaving musical performances, recurring comedic routines (especially with Molasses and January), and prominent mid-century Dr Pepper advertisements. This episode particularly centers on light-hearted comedy, energetic orchestral numbers, and the infectious optimism that was characteristic of 1940s radio.

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Key Discussion Points and Segments

1. Opening and Themed Introduction (00:30–01:12)

• Grand Opening Parade: The show is introduced as the "Dr Pepper Parade," led by the fictional Pretty Peggy Pepper. The host, Jack Arthur, welcomes listeners and introduces the cast.
  • Quote: “This is Jack Arthur asking you all to step up and step out in the Dr. Pepper parade. Right along with pretty Peggy Pepper...” (01:12)

2. Musical Number: "The Bulldog and the Bullfrog" (01:13–02:41)

• Modern Rendition: The ensemble sings a playful, rhythmic adaptation of the folk tune, complete with “tra la la” refrains and slapstick lyrics about animals on a riverbank.
  • Quote: “Oh, the bulldog on the bank and the bullfrog in the pool... the bulldog stooped to catch him and the snapper caught his paw…” (01:41–02:27)

3. Comedy Routine: Molasses and January’s Fan Mail & Animal Antics (02:41–04:22)

• Recurring Characters: Comedy duo Molasses and January banter about their (dubiously) large fan mail, sing suggestive animal verses, and weave in Dr Pepper plugs.

  • Quote:
    • “Here’s the postcard right here.” (03:05)
    • “What you mean drinking ink, huh? You working for Dr. Pepper? If you drink anything, you gotta drink Dr. Pepper. Six bottles for a two bit piece.” (03:28)

• Comic Beverage: Banter about “drinking ink” leads to the refrain—drink Dr Pepper for energy.

4. Comic Recollections: Dining Out and Family Gags (04:22–07:02)

• Tall Tales & Family Lore: Molasses tells stories about his voracious girlfriend Ducky Pugh, poor table manners, awkward marriage proposals, and a cousin’s new job.
  • Quote:
    • “Everything she eats seems to leave the table.” (04:44)
    • “That wasn’t no lavalier. That was her lip.” (06:02)
    • “No, he’s just one of the underdrawers.” (06:52)

5. Song: "Just a Little Bit South of North Carolina" (07:11–09:25)

• Nostalgic Duet: Peggy Pepper and ensemble sing a heartwarming ballad about longing for home in South Carolina, full of period charm.
  • Quote: “Just a little bit south of North Carolina, that’s where I long to be, in the little brown shack... someone waits for me...” (07:20–08:45)

6. Sports & Dr Pepper Promotion (09:38–10:52)

• Sports Calls Segment: Jack Arthur quizzes the cast on famous American sport “calls” (baseball, golf, horse racing) and links the energy needed for sports to drinking Dr Pepper.
  • Quote:
    • “There’s another mighty cheerful call you’ll hear... ‘Come on everybody, it’s time for a cold bottle of Dr. Pepper!’” (10:07)
    • “Six full bottles for only 25 cents. You’ll like Dr. Pepper.” (10:30)

7. Sketch: At the Town Jail/Workhouse (10:52–15:17)

• Mistaken Identity & Hotel Mix-Up: Molasses confuses the workhouse for a hotel, leading to gags about small rooms, “long sentences,” and a recurring joke about wanting a comfortable chair (which turns out to be the electric chair).
  • Quote:
    • “At this hotel? Yes, I see the sign outside say Workhouse. I stopped at the Ritz House, the Waldorf House...” (11:18–11:27)
    • “No, no, just for long sentences.” (13:02)
    • “Can I have that chair please, sir? The one with all them little wires hooked on it.” (14:12)

8. Song: "The Rose of Tralee" (17:39–19:42)

• Orchestral Ballad: Peter Van Steeden and his orchestra perform the classic Irish tune, bringing a touch of romance and nostalgia.
  • Quote:
    • “The pale moon was rising above the green mountain, the sun was declining beneath the blue sea…” (17:39–18:19)

9. Dr Pepper Songs and Jingles (20:16–20:59)

• Energetic Promotion: Cast sings about the virtues of Dr Pepper, urging all to “lead the band” at work, school, or play by drinking Dr Pepper at “10, 2, and 4.”
  • Quote:
    • “If you would like to lead the band at work or school or play, buy Dr. Pepper, try that drink, you’ll holler hip hooray!” (20:16)
    • “Ring the chai, ring the chai, it’s Dr. Pepper time, your energy picks up, you’ll enjoy life more at 10 and 2 and 4.” (20:33)

10. Comedy: Army Life - KP Duty and Mule Trouble (21:04–26:43)

• Kitchen Chaos: Molasses on KP duty brags about the “variety” he brings (it’s beans), attempts to make angel cake with explosives, jokes about blue milk (“the cow was disappointed in love”), and bungles mule care.
  • Quotes:
    • “How do you make your angel cake? Well, you mix together a barrel of dough, two barrels of gunpowder, three barrels of dynamite and a quarter nitroglycerin...” (22:34)
    • “The milk…for breakfast was blue. Well, doggone it. Can I help it if the cow was disappointed in love?” (23:28)
    • “Take this big old E flat mule right here... get over a little bit there.” (25:43–25:45)
    • “Lift up your crazy big fan foot. Lift up your foot, brother...” (26:25–26:38)

11. Uplifting Finale: "Thumbs Up" and Closing Banter (27:58–31:06)

• Patriotic Song: In wartime spirit, cast and orchestra perform “Thumbs Up,” encouraging resilience, unity, and the signature “Yankee Doodle way.”

  • Quotes:
    • “‘Thumbs up, Peter!’ ‘Thumbs up! Don’t you let that spirit in.’” (28:07–28:14)
    • “How can we go wrong when we’re a hundred million strong to holla? Thumbs up!” (28:33–28:35)
    • “…Remember Valley Forge? A real American guy named George he kept his thumbs out in that good American way...” (29:03–29:14)

• Final Molasses and January Gag: Bravery in War

  • “My papa though, he was the bravest man in the war... there laid my poor papa over in the ditch with his whole head shot off and he didn’t say a word.” (30:04–30:18)

• Farewells and Signature Dr. Pepper Jingle

  • “Bringing joy across the land. Dr. Pepper…” (30:46–31:06)

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Memorable Quotes & Moments

• On Dr Pepper:

  • “If you drink anything, you gotta drink Dr. Pepper. Six bottles for a two bit piece.” (03:28)
  • “Remember Dr. Pepper time. 10 and 2 and 4.” (00:04, 30:58)

• Comedy - Fast Banter:

  • “No, he’s just one of the underdrawers.” (06:52)
  • “Every time I shut the door, the knob gets in bed with me.” (12:01)
  • “How do you make your angel cake? Well, you mix together a barrel of dough, two barrels of gunpowder...” (22:34)
  • “The milk…for breakfast was blue. Well, doggone it. Can I help it if the cow was disappointed in love?” (23:31)
  • “There laid my poor papa over in the ditch with his whole head shot off and he didn’t say a word.” (30:16)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• [00:30] – Dr Pepper Parade opening, introductions
• [01:13] – “The Bulldog and the Bullfrog” song
• [02:41] – Molasses & January comic routine: fan mail/animal songs
• [04:22] – Family and dining gags
• [07:11] – “Just a Little Bit South of North Carolina”
• [09:38] – Sports calls & Dr Pepper in sports
• [10:52] – Workhouse sketch (“hotel” confusion)
• [17:39] – “The Rose of Tralee” song
• [20:16] – Dr Pepper jingle
• [21:04] – Army kitchen sketches (KP duty, beans, explosive cake, blue milk)
• [25:45] – Mule curry combing gags
• [27:58] – “Thumbs Up” finale, closing banter
• [30:46] – “Dr Pepper Parade” closing jingle

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Overall Tone and Takeaways

• Optimistic, Patriotic, and Energetic: The show radiates the up-tempo, feel-good energy of radio’s golden years, encouraging listeners to keep spirits high—punctuated, of course, with plugs for Dr Pepper as the drink for energy and sociability.
• Family-friendly Comedy: The recurring characters Molasses and January deliver slapstick comedy rooted in absurdist logic, wordplay, and tall tales, contributing to the "all-ages" entertainment appeal.
• Singalong Spirit: Memorable songs, often segued by live orchestra, invite the audience to join in. The music is catchy, nostalgic, and vividly performed.
• Marketing as Community: Dr Pepper advertisements are interwoven with humor and charm, making the product part of the culture of “enjoyment” and vitality.

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In summary:
This episode exemplifies the vibrant mix of comedic sketches, catchy music, and jovial sponsorship that defined American radio in the pre-TV era, serving as both entertainment and a cultural artifact—complete with memorable characters, hearty laughs, and the ever-present suggestion to drink Dr Pepper “at 10, 2, and 4.”

Transcript

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[Wayfair Announcer]

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[Jack Arthur]

The Dr. Pe parade. Yes, friends, the Dr. Pepper parade. Led by that lovely, lively little majorette, pretty Peggy Pepper.

[Peter Van Steeden]

And here she is bringing joy across the land.

[Wayfair Announcer]

Dr. Pepper, if you want to lead the band, drink it every day. Energy picks up and you'll enjoy life.

[Jack Arthur]

Remember, Dr. Pepper time.

[January]

10 and 2 and 4.

[Jack Arthur]

Thank you. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. This is Jack Arthur asking you all to step up and step out in the Dr. Pepper parade. Right along with pretty Peggy Pepper. The Pepper Uppers, Peter Van Steeden and his orchestra. And starring Molasses and January. All brought together each week at this time by Dr. Pepper, the swell drink that's inviting, delighting and exciting. Now let's all get together with a modern version of an old American song. The Bulldog and the bullfrog.

[January]

Oh, the.

[Peter Van Steeden]

Bulldog on the bay and the bullfrog in the pool oh, the bulldog on the bay and the bullfrog in the.

[Wayfair Announcer]

Pool or the bulldog on the bank and the bullfrog in the pool the.

[Peter Van Steeden]

Bulldog or the bullfrog A green old.

[January]

Waterfall Singing tra la la la la la Singing tra la la la la, Singing tra la la la la Tra la la la Tra la la la tra la la la la oh, the.

[Peter Van Steeden]

Bulldog stooped to catch him and the snapper caught his paw oh, the bulldog stooped to catch him and the snapper caught his paw all the bulldog stooped.

[Wayfair Announcer]

To catch him and the snapper caught.

[Peter Van Steeden]

His paw the follywog died a laughing to see him wag his jaw Singing.

[January]

TRA la la la la la la Singing TRA la la la la la la Singing TRA la la la la la Singing TRA la la la la la TRA la la la TRA la la la TRA la la la la.

[Sergeant January]

La yeah, hold on here. Wait a minute there, Mr. Jack.

[Jack Arthur]

Now what's the matter?

[Sergeant January]

What's going on out here?

[Jack Arthur]

Would you sing a little song, that's all.

[Sergeant January]

Yeah, with Pino Molasses meat chirp a little warbler this here thing.

[Molasses]

Yes, us. Us is worse to sing. Cause we got 10,000 fan mail letters. People asking us to sing more.

[Jack Arthur]

Wait a minute. 10,000 fan mail letters. Well, that's wonderful. Let me see them.

[Molasses]

Here's the postcard right here.

[Jack Arthur]

Oh, come on and sing says the.

[Sergeant January]

Monkey to the owl.

[Molasses]

Oh, what'll you have to drink?

[Sergeant January]

Says the monkey to the owl oh.

[Molasses]

What'Ll you have to drink?

[Sergeant January]

Says the monkey to the owl. Oh, what'll you have to drink?

[Molasses]

Well, since you are so very kind, I'll take a bottle of ink. Oh, he'll take a bottle of ink.

[Sergeant January]

Yeah. Wait a minute, wait a minute.

[Molasses]

APIs, what's the matter?

[Sergeant January]

What you mean drinking ink?

[Molasses]

Huh?

[Sergeant January]

You working for Dr. Pepper? If you drink anything, you gotta drink Dr. Pepper. Six bottles for a two bit piece.

[Molasses]

Ye, I couldn't get that too, bitch to rhyme with your drink.

[Sergeant January]

Keep quiet. Go ahead, Ms. Peggy Pepper. Don't play no mind to him.

[Peter Van Steeden]

Pharaoh's daughter on the bank Little Moses in the pool Pharaoh's daughter on the bank Little Moses in the pool Pharaoh's.

[January]

Daughter on the bank Little Moses in the pool she fished him up with a telegraph pole and sent him off to school.

[Molasses]

Singing TRA la la la.

[Sergeant January]

La la la la la Singing TRA.

[Molasses]

La la la Sing tralala tralala tralala.

[January]

Singing tralala Singing tralalala TRA la la.

[Sergeant January]

Tral la TRA la la la say.

[Jack Arthur]

Boys, here's another postcard. Just came collect.

[Molasses]

Yeah.

[Sergeant January]

Malazi, you boo. Sonny. Boss, didn't I see you at the Eat Em and Beat Em restaurant this evening with your gal Ducky?

[Molasses]

Yeah, and boy, can dat gal eat up some teat.

[Sergeant January]

Oh, she absorbs nutrition, huh?

[Molasses]

Yeah. Everything she eats seems to leave the table. Yeah, boy, I say too. I said, Ducky Pugh, you eating too doggone much. I say if you eat anything more, you gonna bust.

[Sergeant January]

You say if she eats any more, she gonna bust.

[Molasses]

Yeah.

[Sergeant January]

What she say?

[Molasses]

Pass that cake and get out the way, boy.

[Sergeant January]

You mean she can't eat?

[Molasses]

Oh, man, she can devour food.

[Sergeant January]

Yeah.

[Molasses]

You know, the first time I ever. That's the did I ever saw sparks come out of a knife and fork.

[Sergeant January]

Well, I say one thing. I can't say much for your table manners.

[Molasses]

How come?

[Sergeant January]

Imagine you reaching clear across that table there for a piece of bread when it was right next to Ducky Pugh.

[Molasses]

What's wrong with that?

[Sergeant January]

What's wrong? Where's your tongue? You have one hasn't you?

[Molasses]

Yeah, but my arm is the longest.

[Sergeant January]

Huh? Wait, tell me this. Have you opened your ruby lips yet and asked Ducky Pugh's papa for his permission so you could marry that gal?

[Molasses]

Boy, I hauled off with my bare face hanging out and dis big mouth of mine got me.

[Sergeant January]

Yeah. Now, how's that?

[Molasses]

Well, last night I said to him, I said, Mr. Pugh.

[Sergeant January]

Yeah?

[Molasses]

I said, can I marry your daughter, Ducky? Then he say, first shut your mouth so I can see who you is.

[Sergeant January]

Well, you know one thing, Melazis. I will say, you know, that certainly was a beautiful lavalier that Ducky Pugh was wearing.

[Molasses]

Crazy fool. That wasn't no lavalier. That was her lip.

[Sergeant January]

Well, never mind. Enough of this chin chat. You know, I think you have another little letter in your hand now.

[Molasses]

Yeah.

[Sergeant January]

Now don't you tell me that's from the folks down in Chitternswich, boy.

[Molasses]

And it's plumb full of news too.

[Sergeant January]

It is, huh?

[Molasses]

Yeah. The letter says right here at the beginning of the commencement of the rotin said that my brother Adno, as his cow, had a bad case of synvitis Danes.

[Sergeant January]

Your brother cow had the synovitis Dane?

[Molasses]

Yeah.

[Sergeant January]

What's he doing about it?

[Molasses]

Boy, just let her have it. She whoops her own cream that way.

[Sergeant January]

How unreconstructed.

[Molasses]

Yeah. Then I got a very good news here about my third cousin, Gibraltar.

[Sergeant January]

Oh, you mean the fellow who's always out of work?

[Molasses]

Yeah, he was, but he got a brand new good job now as a draftsman in a builder's office.

[Sergeant January]

Yeah, but tell me, is he the head draftsman?

[Molasses]

No, he's just one of the underdrawers.

[Sergeant January]

I see.

[Jack Arthur]

Well, molasses in January are coming back in spite of anything we can do. So if you'll just prance up here front and say, here I am, Jack. What's your song to be, Peggy?

[Peggy Pepper]

Just a little bit south of North.

[Jack Arthur]

Carolina Head south, Peter.

[Wayfair Announcer]

Just a little bit south of North Carolina that's where I long to be in the little brown shack in South Carolina Someone waits for me in each letter he says the weather's fine the folks are feeling great and the garden looks gr. The red rose vine is clinging to the gate Just a little bit south of North Carolina that's where my thoughts all stray to the one I love best In South Carolina I'm going back someday I can hardly wait to see the face of the one I idolize Just a little bit south of North Carolina I'll find Parad.

[January]

Can't figure out why we ever wanted to roam do do do do do.

[Wayfair Announcer]

Can'T figure out why I went away from home.

[January]

Gee, how we miss all the friends we used to know we.

[Wayfair Announcer]

Used to know can't wait till I return to the place that I love.

[January]

So just a little bit south of North Carolina that's where.

[Wayfair Announcer]

In the little brown shack in South Carolina Someone waits.

[January]

For me Minnie's Clattery says the weather's fine and the folks are feeling great.

[Wayfair Announcer]

Oh, the garden looks grand the red rose vine is clinging to the gate.

[January]

Just a little bit south of North Carolina that's where our thoughts all stray.

[Wayfair Announcer]

To the one I love best in South Carolina I'm going back some.

[January]

We can hardly wait to see the face of the one we idolize Just.

[Wayfair Announcer]

A little bit south of North Carolina.

[January]

We all find paradise.

[Jack Arthur]

Friends, and you sport fans especially. Can you identify all these famous American calls used in sports? First, strike, second, four, third, they're off. Yes, those are easy. Baseball, golf and horse racing. And you know folks, there's another mighty cheerful call you'll hear nowadays wherever the young sports crowd gathers. And the way it goes is.

[Peggy Pepper]

Come on everybody, it's time for a cold bottle of Dr. Pepper.

[Jack Arthur]

Absolutely right, pretty Peggy Pepper. This year more than ever before, all America is voting Dr. Pepper the new favorite drink to enjoy with out of door sports for a cold bottle of Dr. Pepper. Every day at 10 o', clock, 2 o' clock and 4 o' clock is a great way to help swing energy up. You enjoy life more.

[Peggy Pepper]

Friends, if you haven't yet tried Dr. Pepper, drink a cold bottle tomorrow. Sure. Then when you find out how good it tastes, take a six bottle carton home to the family. Six full bottles for only 25 cents. You'll like Dr. Pepper.

[Jack Arthur]

And now, ladies and gentlemen, we take you to the town jail or workhouse where January is warden. The scene is the warden's office. January is seated behind a desk. Run him on, Peter.

[Molasses]

I enters the building. Hey, clerk. I wanted to register here at this hotel.

[Sergeant January]

At this hotel?

[Molasses]

Yes. I see the sign outside say Workhouse. I stopped at the Ritz House. Hotel. The Waldorf House. I figured this workhouse was a good hotel.

[Sergeant January]

We'll curl my whiskers and call me a catfish. He thinks the jail here is a hotel. I swear, boy, you was the dumbest man I ever saw.

[Molasses]

Is that so? Yeah. When I was only 14 years old, I could recititate the Gettysburg Address.

[Sergeant January]

We're now what's so bright about Arrest the Titan? Gettysburg addressed at the age of 14.

[Molasses]

Well, could Lincoln do it?

[Sergeant January]

Now, look here, old man, this ain't no place for you.

[Molasses]

No, sir.

[Sergeant January]

Why don't you stop at the other hotel down the other end of town? Down there?

[Molasses]

Well, the room's down there, sir. Doggone terribly small.

[Sergeant January]

Oh, really?

[Molasses]

Certainly. Every time I shut the door, the knob gets in bed with me. Yeah, even the mice walk hunchback. And every time I swallow, my Adam's apple opens and shuts the window. Besides, I can't stay here.

[Sergeant January]

You can't stay there? Why not?

[Molasses]

You see something defective? He raided the crap game at the hotel and I was the only person to get away with the money. Yeah. Now, I want to hide in this here workhouse till the police forgets all about me. Me ain't that smart.

[Sergeant January]

Yeah. How queen. But ain't you afraid the G men will get you?

[Molasses]

Oh, my Uncle Pete, he's a G man.

[Sergeant January]

Government garbage. So they ready the dice game, huh?

[Molasses]

Huh?

[Sergeant January]

Well, you know, I'm a second thought. I think I'm gonna let you stay around here for a little while.

[Molasses]

Well, that's good. Now, before I register, I hope your guest ain't snooty.

[Sergeant January]

Snooty?

[Molasses]

They don't go in for long words, do they?

[Sergeant January]

No, no, just for long sentences.

[Molasses]

Oh, well, anyhow, I like this place. Course, I wants to get exercise here. I like to play that game that my old uncle likes to play on the grass.

[Sergeant January]

The game your uncle plays on the grass?

[Molasses]

Yeah.

[Sergeant January]

Croquette.

[Molasses]

No, he's still alive. It's a game where he uses a mallet in the ball and hits it through a little hook. Yeah, well, that's all right.

[Sergeant January]

But we don't use mallets in the ball. No, no, we use a hammer and a rock. We call the game rock pile.

[Molasses]

Oh, my goodness. Rock pile. How unconcerned. Now. Now will you please show me to my room?

[Sergeant January]

Yeah. Well, right this way, please.

[Molasses]

Who's that fellow what just went by the man with the sound effect?

[Sergeant January]

You mean the man with the bowling chain?

[Molasses]

Yeah.

[Sergeant January]

Oh, that's just a hobby of his.

[Molasses]

Can I have one too, please? It clanks pretty well.

[Sergeant January]

You can have one if you're good. Now, here. Here's your room right here.

[Molasses]

Hey, clerk, there ain't no comfortable chair in this room. Oh, wait a minute. There's one in that room across the way over there. Can I have that chair, please, sir?

[Sergeant January]

What chair?

[Molasses]

The one with all them little wires hooked on it.

[Sergeant January]

My gosh. This man wants to borrow the electric chair. How shocking. Say, listen, Here, Huh?

[Molasses]

You too.

[Sergeant January]

You too stupid to keep around here, boy. You corrupt this place. Now you get out of here before I hit you on top of the head with this blackjack. Now get out of here. You hear me? Get out.

[Molasses]

Well, here I'm is on the outside looking in. So he throwed me out. I'm gonna get even by throwing a brick through the window of this workhouse. Uh oh, here comes another one of them bellboys dressed like the fellow inside with a great big old club in his hand.

[Peter Van Steeden]

Hey there you.

[Molasses]

Yeah.

[Jack Arthur]

You felt that brick through that window.

[Molasses]

Well, I should smother to reflect I did. I'm so at the fellow inside for not letting me stay.

[Peter Van Steeden]

Now you come along with me, huh?

[Jack Arthur]

You'll stay inside there for a long time.

[Molasses]

Are you sure you ain't gonna let nobody take me out of here? Not even the police?

[Jack Arthur]

Not even the police.

[Molasses]

Well, all I gotta say is if the police can't take me out of there, they certainly gon be sore.

[Peter Van Steeden]

Yeah.

[Molasses]

Why? Why?

[Nicole Byer]

Hey everybody, it's Nicole Byer here with some hot takes from Wayfair. A cozy corduroy sectional from Wayfair. Um, yeah, that's a hot take. And add it to your cart and take it. A pink glam night stand from Wayfair. Scalding hot take. Take it before I do. A mid century modern cabinet from Wayfair that doubles as a wine bar. Do I have to say it? It's a hot take. Get [e-mail] and enjoy that free shipping too.

[Wayfair Announcer]

Wayfair. Every style, every home.

[Hers Weight Loss Announcer]

What does possibility mean to you?

[Molasses]

Um, that's a hard question. Something that you can strive for.

[Nicole Byer]

I'm able to do anything I set my mind to.

[Molasses]

You're confident in yourself and you believe in stuff that you could achieve.

[Nicole Byer]

I feel at Saira, anything is possible.

[Molasses]

When you're more confident. Shoes are a huge part of that.

[January]

They are the most important part of my style.

[Molasses]

You can like express yourself in the.

[Nicole Byer]

Right shoes, anything is possible.

[Sergeant January]

Dsw.

[Nicole Byer]

Countless shoes at brag worthy prices.

[Sergeant January]

Imagine the possibilities.

[Molasses]

They want to put me in jail.

[Jack Arthur]

We are likely to hear more of molasses in January before many minutes go by. Now Peter Van Steden and his boys will say, Peter, what's that baseball bat.

[Molasses]

For sure it isn't a bald bat. It's a shillelagh. It is.

[Jack Arthur]

Came from the same place that accent did.

[Sergeant January]

Eh, I'm just trying to get in the mood, Jack.

[Jack Arthur]

All right. Peter Van Steven in his old Scalara hat will give us a Shillelagh. Downbeat. Now. I'll do my best to follow along, Peter. Sure, and I will. Rose Itraline. A beautiful Irish song it is.

[Peter Van Steeden]

The pale moon was rising above the green mountain the sun was declining beneath the blue sea I strayed with my love to the pure crystal fountain that stands in the beautiful veil of truly she was lovely and fair as the rose of the summer yet was not her beauty alone not one me I know. Twas the truth in her eyes ever dawning that made me love Mary the rose of the leaf.

[January]

Shades of evening the mantle were spreading and Mary all.

[Peter Van Steeden]

Smiling and listening to me the moon.

[January]

Through the valley her pale ray was.

[Peter Van Steeden]

Shedding When I won the heart of the rose out valley Though lovely and.

[January]

Fair as the rose of the summer it was not her beauty alone that won thee oh, no. Twas the truth in her eye ever.

[Peter Van Steeden]

Dawning that made me love Mary.

[January]

Lovely.

[Peter Van Steeden]

Mary the rose of Tr.

[Molasses]

Peggy.

[Jack Arthur]

The other day I stopped my car at a store and bought myself a cold bottle of Dr. Pepper. And say, guess whose picture I saw on the wall when I went in?

[Peggy Pepper]

Mine, I bet, jack. Because wherever Dr. Pepper sold, you'll find me close at hand reminding you that energy picks up. You enjoy life more when you drink Dr. Pepper at 10.

[Jack Arthur]

You bet. And you'll see Peggy all dressed up in a cute costume. Because to step out in front at the head of the parade, you need lots of vim and vigor.

[Peggy Pepper]

We've got a song about that, Jack. Remember, here's how it goes.

[Wayfair Announcer]

If you would like to lead the.

[Peter Van Steeden]

Band at work or school or play.

[Wayfair Announcer]

By Dr. Pepper, try that drink.

[Jack Arthur]

You'll holler. Hip hooray.

[Wayfair Announcer]

Get six full bottles for two bit piece.

[Jack Arthur]

It's the best drink in the land.

[Wayfair Announcer]

You know, that Dr. Pepper flavor certainly tastes grand. Ring the chime, ring the chime.

[Jack Arthur]

It's Dr. Pepp at the time.

[Wayfair Announcer]

If your energy picks up, you'll enjoy.

[Jack Arthur]

Life more at 10 and 2 and 4. As we told you last week, Molasses in January are now in the army, at least for part of our show. At the moment, we found Molasses in the camp kitchen where he has been assigned to KP duty as assistant to the. As the scene opens, Sergeant January enters the kitchen.

[Sergeant January]

Here, here. What's the matter with you, Private Molasses? You look sort of as if you was in trouble.

[Molasses]

Oh, Sergeant, I feel so auxiliary tonight.

[Sergeant January]

You do?

[Molasses]

Yeah. I decided to make some bread for the first time. So I put a barrel of yeast in the dough. A barrel of yeast? Yes. Sir.

[Sergeant January]

I see. And right now you having trouble keeping the bread in the oven?

[Molasses]

In the oven? I can't even keep it in the kitchen. Never mind. Now leave that bread alone. Oh, I'm through with it.

[Sergeant January]

I noticed one thing, that since you've been helping to cook here in the kitchen, the food has been all the same. No variety.

[Molasses]

Yeah, well you ain't got that to worry about no more, Sergey. You know we gonna have a hundred things for lunch today. A hundred things for knowing. Yeah.

[Sergeant January]

Boy, that's good.

[Molasses]

What is? Beans. Beans. Then we gonna have some bloodshot celery.

[Sergeant January]

What's that?

[Molasses]

Rhubarb. Then I'm working on something to give the boys variety in their meals.

[Sergeant January]

Yeah, what's that?

[Molasses]

Gonna give em some meat for a change. Some meat? You know, I put some meat on the table day before yesterday.

[Sergeant January]

You did?

[Molasses]

One little ochreous boy run out there and started counting the mules.

[Sergeant January]

Oh stop that.

[Molasses]

I just happened to thought of a good restiff ticket for angel cake.

[Sergeant January]

Oh, is that so? Say, how do you make your angel cake?

[Molasses]

Well, you mix together a barrel of dough, two barrels of gunpowder.

[Sergeant January]

Yeah.

[Molasses]

Three barrels of dynamite and a quart of nitroglycerin. What then you put them in the oven, grab your hearth and rise with the cake.

[Sergeant January]

You crazy apes, you. What's the matter you?

[Molasses]

You know, what are you complaining about? Didn't us give you something special for yourself last night?

[Sergeant January]

Oh, you mean the mushroom?

[Molasses]

Certainly. Nobody else at the table got none of them, did they? No, but them was special for you. How did you like them?

[Sergeant January]

Oh, fine.

[Molasses]

How you feel this morning?

[Sergeant January]

Oh, I feel grand.

[Molasses]

Hey, cook. What? You can serve them to the rest of the boys. They ain't toadstools. Your private, my lady.

[Sergeant January]

You know I have another complaint to make about the milk that you've been serving around here.

[Molasses]

Yes, sir.

[Sergeant January]

Do you know that the milk this morning for breakfast was blue?

[Molasses]

Well, doggone it. Can I help it if the cow was disappointed in love?

[Sergeant January]

Well boy, you should have her psychoanalyzed.

[Molasses]

I am. I'm gonna put some in her oats tonight. I think I'll mix a little gravy in there with it.

[Sergeant January]

Yeah.

[Molasses]

You know, I didn't come in here to Bandy woods without no.

[Sergeant January]

And I didn't want to bandy with you.

[Molasses]

Excuse me for reading your.

[Sergeant January]

And look, Captain Van Steeden, he wants me to take you out of the kitchen right now.

[Molasses]

Oh, goody, goody. I hates working here. Goodbye kitchen.

[Sergeant January]

Yeah, and he wants you to work over on the mule.

[Molasses]

Hello kitchen.

[Sergeant January]

Now Wait a minute. Wait a minute, boy.

[Molasses]

You gotta do it. How come?

[Sergeant January]

I'm gonna do it as a soldier. You gotta take orders, that's how come. Yeah, sir. But then you're not much of a soldier anyway.

[Molasses]

Oh, neither am I. But I. I remember when I was in the army years ago. And I never will forget it as long as I can remember. Yeah, there I was out on the battlefield. My ruby lips was a flipping and flopping.

[Sergeant January]

Yeah, I see.

[Molasses]

And I always used to fight laying right down on my stomach.

[Sergeant January]

Why did you fight laying on your stomach?

[Molasses]

So I wouldn't interfere with the bullets. I didn't want to get down. Never mind that now.

[Sergeant January]

Come on over here to the stable.

[Molasses]

Come on over the stable. Yeah. Home sweet home, huh?

[Sergeant January]

And listen.

[Molasses]

I'll be there in a minute, honey.

[Sergeant January]

I tell you one thing. Now, look, Manazis, you gotta be careful handling these mules, huh? You know, you gotta be careful with these mules.

[Molasses]

Sound like my wife was calling me back there.

[Sergeant January]

Yeah, but you know, one fellow, he used to be a chauffeur. And one time he got under one of these mules to see why he didn't go.

[Molasses]

He got underneath the mule to see why he didn't go. What happened?

[Sergeant January]

His widow still laughs about it.

[Molasses]

Hello, Kitchen.

[Sergeant January]

You come back. Boy, how protoplasmic.

[Molasses]

I'm gonna try that on the cow too.

[Sergeant January]

Never mind. Now, here, come here. Here's a curry comb. Now, you go there and curry that mule.

[Molasses]

Yeah.

[Sergeant January]

Take this big old E flat mule right here, the big one.

[Molasses]

Okay. Get over a little bit there.

[Sergeant January]

Now, just sort of stroke him along the side there with the cone.

[Molasses]

Whoa, Stuff. See?

[Sergeant January]

Ain't nothing to be afraid of, is there?

[Molasses]

No.

[Sergeant January]

Now. Now stroke him back there a little bit in the flank, like right back there.

[Molasses]

Scoot over a little bit.

[Sergeant January]

See, Ain't nothing to be afraid of, is there?

[Molasses]

No.

[Sergeant January]

Now, then, sort of stroke him up and down in the back. Back there.

[Molasses]

Move over there. Mute.

[Sergeant January]

See? Ain't nothing to be afraid of. Is that.

[Molasses]

Hello, Kitchen.

[Sergeant January]

Hello, mine. You get up from there and come on back here. Now get to work on that mule.

[Molasses]

Yeah.

[Sergeant January]

Sir, you know, I think there's something wrong with that mule's hind foot.

[Molasses]

Go ahead, there.

[Sergeant January]

Lift up your mule's foot.

[Molasses]

Okay. Hey, mule, lift up your crazy big fan foot. Lift up your foot, brother. Go on, mule. Lift up your foot, brother. Look what I'm calling brother.

[Sergeant January]

How orthopedic.

[Molasses]

I should repress to inflation. Lift your foot, mule. Lift your foot, mule. I said lift your foot, mule. Hello, Kitchen.

[Jack Arthur]

Friends, Just as you enjoy the songs and smiles of our big Dr. Pepper parade every week at this time, so you'll enjoy the zestful flavor of a cold bottle of Dr. Pepper. Millions of folks who have tried them all are discovering that wonderful Dr. Pepper flavor is in a class by itself. At the head of the parade, you'll Enjoy drinking a Dr. Pepper at work, at play and in your leisure hours at home. So get a six bottle carton tomorrow. Sure, it costs only 25 cents.

[Peggy Pepper]

And to all the girls, I'd like to say a good recipe for summertime popularity is to keep a smile on your face always and have lots of energy. Dr. Pepper is a drink that makes you feel like smiling. It's exciting, it's inviting, it's delighting.

[Jack Arthur]

Oh, Peggy.

[Peggy Pepper]

Yes, Jack?

[Jack Arthur]

You know what they say in Piccadilly when the going gets rough?

[Peggy Pepper]

Why, thumbs up, Jack. Thumbs up.

[Jack Arthur]

And that's what they say in America too.

[Molasses]

Thumbs up.

[Peter Van Steeden]

Peter.

[Molasses]

Thumbs up.

[Peter Van Steeden]

Don't you let that spirit in.

[Wayfair Announcer]

Thumbs up. Stiffen up that upper lip. If there's a job to do we're.

[Peter Van Steeden]

Gonna do it right when the job.

[Jack Arthur]

Is done we know each American son.

[Peter Van Steeden]

Of a gun will have is thumbs up Just to show that we're okay.

[Wayfair Announcer]

Thumbs up that's the Yankee Doodle way.

[Jack Arthur]

How can we go wrong when we're.

[Peter Van Steeden]

100 million strong to holla Thumbs up We can take your thumbs up we can make your thumbs up today.

[Molasses]

When.

[January]

There'S work to do it's true that we have always done our share so.

[Peter Van Steeden]

Once more from shore to shore Today we stand together Sing Thumbs up for.

[Wayfair Announcer]

A flag that's flying high Thumbs up For that spirit do or die We've.

[January]

Got a heritage of which we're mighty proud Remember Valley Forge? A real American guy in George he.

[Peter Van Steeden]

Kept his tongue out in a good American way Thumbs up.

[Wayfair Announcer]

So today we proudly say Dylamo and.

[January]

Howie Spark and wheel are turning now.

[Peter Van Steeden]

To show our thumbs we can take.

[Jack Arthur]

A thumbs up we can make a.

[January]

Thumbs up today.

[Sergeant January]

Yeah. My Natalie.

[Molasses]

Yeah, what? Come here, you leather headed rascal. What's the matter?

[Sergeant January]

You scared of a little old e Fat flat mule like that been running around yet telling me what a braved up man say he was the bravest man in the war.

[Molasses]

Certainly I was. My whole family's all braved up. My papa though, he was the bravest man in the war.

[Sergeant January]

What you talking about? About the bravest mans in the war was some of the big generals.

[Molasses]

Boy, you talk like a streamlined fool.

[Sergeant January]

What do you mean boy.

[Molasses]

The bravest man in the war was my papa and I can prove it.

[Sergeant January]

Yeah, well go ahead and prove it.

[Molasses]

One of them big generals you say was so brave got the tip end of his finger shot off and he was running hind behind the trenches there crying like a little baby. Well there laid my po papa over in the ditch with his whole head shot off and he didn't say a word.

[Sergeant January]

Oh get out.

[Jack Arthur]

Next week Molasses in January will be in the army again, so don't forget to tune your dial this way again for Molasses in January. Peter Van Steven and his orchestra, the Pepper Uppers, yours truly, Jack Arthur, and of course pretty Peggy Pepper, who'll sing.

[Wayfair Announcer]

Bringing Joy across the land.

[January]

Dr. Pepper.

[Wayfair Announcer]

If you want to lead the band, drink it every day. Energy picks up and you'll enjoy life more.

[Peter Van Steeden]

Remember Dr. Pepper time 10 and 2 and 4.

[Peggy Pepper]

Good night all.

[Jack Arthur]

And don't think it hasn't been charming.

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