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Gasoline Alley 48-08-06 04 Stung By The Stork
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Gasoline Alley 48-08-06 04 Stung By The Stork
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Hello. I'm here during the lunch rush with Janice, who owns her own food truck. Best cheesesteaks in town. Janice traded up to Geico Commercial Auto Insurance for her food truck business. We're here where she needs us most. They sure are. We make it so easy for her to save with customised coverage that grows with her business. Sorry, I just get so emotional talking about saving folks money. Not this onion I'm chopping. It's just so beautiful. Oh yeah, nice. The onion. Get a commercial auto insurance quote today@geico.com and see how much you could save. It feels good. To Geico, your auto light dealer presents your favorite friends from Gasoline Alley. Hold it, Wilmer. Hold it till I get this phone. Okay, Skeezy. While at MBABLO Garage, Skeezix Wallet speaking. What's that? Well, yes sir, we can fix anything on four wheels. Sure, we'll be waiting right here in Gasoline Alley. Yes, it's Gasoline Alley, the comic strip that's a favorite of more than a hundred great newspapers from coast to coast. In this episode, Skeezix and Wilmer get stung by the stork. But first, a word from the friendly autolife dealer in your own hometown. And now, gasoline alley. On this bright and sunny day, the Wallet and Bobble Garage is receiving quite an honor. Rufus, Fix and Sarge are busy on auto repair jobs and Wilmer has driven out to fix a truck that broke down on the south highway. As for Skeezix, well, right now Skeezix is receiving a visit from J. Barker Ransom. His honor, the Mayor himself. And the Mayor is saying, and I tell you, Skeezix, with the help of a few forward looking young businessmen like yourself, we can drive every petty chisel out of this city. Well, I'll be glad to help, Mayor Ransom. Only what can I do? This sounds like a job for me, for the police. And exactly where you're wrong seated. I am? Absolutely. And I'll show you why. Now, you're one of the finest types of young businessmen in this city. Well, Wilmer and I do our best here with the garage. Wilma. Yes, yes. Well, as I was saying, you're a businessman who's proud of his business ability. So a petty chiseler comes along and skins you in a deal. Oh, oh no. It's Wilmer who goes in for the big deals, Wilma. Yes, Wilmer means well, Mayor Anson. My whole point, when the businessman is fleeced by a petty crook, he doesn't like to report it. It reflects on his business ability and so the cook goes on and fleeces somebody else. Sure, your Honor. Only I still don't see what I can do. Excuse me. Sooner or later, almost everybody drives in at a garage. You do get a lot of people here. Yes, and most of those people tell you things. Now, when you hear of somebody getting hooked in a sharp deal I want you to urge that person to come to see me, to take action. Oh, I'll be glad to do that, Mayor Ransom. Good for you. Now, if I can get enough people like you we'll have the cleanest city in this country. Well, I'll do my best, Mr. Mayor. I'm Skeetix. Fine. I'll be counting on you. Hi, Ski Six. Wasn't that the mayor? Yeah. Wilmer. He. He wants us to help him. I know. Wants us to help him get his picture in a paper. What? A lens line? Oh, no, no. He. He wants us to. Wilmer. Huh? Oh. You see what I've got on the tow truck? A box all covered with canvas. But what is it, Skeezix? Oh, pal, you and I have just made the biggest deal of our entire career. Now, wait a minute, Wilmer. I tell you, we're gonna be rich. Yep. And Nine and Jessica are gonna be tickled to death when they hear what we've got in that cage. Cage? Under the canvas there on the tow truck. You say that's a cage? A cage, Skeezix, old pal. And you'd never guess what's in that cage. All right, Boomer, what have you done now? In that cage, skeezix, we've got 20 pairs of chinchillas. No, Wilmer, no. After all, I bought him for the firm, didn't I? Go on, Wilmer. Tell me the whole thing. I'll be most happy to tell you, old pal. Well, I went out and fixed this truck on the south high which he put on two new front tires. Yeah, yeah, go on. Well, the man didn't have the money to pay me, so I agreed to take his chinchillas inside. Dad. Wilmer, whether you know it or not, chinchilla fur is the most valuable fur in all the world. That's why Nine and Jessica be so happy. When we raise enough chinchillas, we give them a chinchilla coat a piece. And whether you know it or not, Wilmer, a chinchilla coat sells for about $25,000. Seems I got a better bargain than even I suspected. All right, let's have a look at your chinchillas. Oh, sure. I'll pull back the canvas. There There you are, old pal. 20 pairs. Wilmer, you call those chinchillas? Cute. Are they sort of a cross between a rabbit and a guinea pig? Well, how could you do this to us? Well, I just talked after the man. And do what? These little animals are hamsters. Oh, sure, they're that too. Wait a minute. You mean they're not chinchillas? They are not chinchillas. They're hamsters. Wilmer, Weep and Ro. Now, wait a minute. When I see a bargain nobody can pull a roll over your own. Uncle Wilmer, what are hamsters? Hamsters, Wilmer, are the fastest breeding animals in all the world. They're smart. In one year, one pair of hamsters can become the parent stock of a thousand other hamsters. And we've got 20 pairs of. Wait a minute. We don't want 20,000 of these. I'll say we don't. And I'm going to get rid of them right now. I'm going to call Mayor Ransom and tell him we've been swindling. No, no, wait, Ski, it's. Wait, wait, wait. You can't do that. Why can'? You know Mayor Ransom. He'll figure some way to get his picture in the paper and ours, too. We'll be the laughingstock of the town. Do you want 20,000 hamsters? No, Skeeter, No. But let me handle it. I promise you I'll get rid of them. All right, Wilmer. But how? I don't know. But in a city as big as this one, there's bound to be somebody else as dumb as I am. All right, Wilmer, but you'd better hurry. Hurry? Yes. Take a look at this cage. The stork just flew over and left this. 40 brand new baby hand hamsters. Now back to Gasoline Alley. Skeezix is in the office of Mayor Ransom. Of course, by this time, Skeezix, the man who sold Wilmer the hamsters, is in Canada or Mexico. I should have reported it earlier, but Wilmer knew he'd be laughed at for getting in this mess. And how many hamsters have you got now? 188 a half hour ago. It's probably more now. And you say nobody will take them? We can't even give them away. We've tried the zoo, the pound, the schools, the churches. Ah, yes. And nobody will take them. Nobody. I know Wilmer wouldn't like it if he knew I told anyone. But we've got to do something. You did the right thing, Skeezy. In fact, I know where you can get rid of the Hamsters? Oh, thank heavens. We'll be glad to pay somebody to take them. Oh, no, that won't be necessary. You see, there's a big nutrition institute opening up. Science is trying to learn about new food values and they need hamsters. You mean they're going to eat the hamsters? Oh, no. The hamsters will be used as pest animals for new food. Oh, gee, it's awful swell of you to do this, Mayor Ransom. Well, boys, one attached to it, I mean. Yes, Mayor Ransom. I mean, a man in my position, public office and all, you know. Well, publicity doesn't hurt. Oh, a rumor. Wouldn't like people knowing how we got stuck. You want to get rid of the hamsters, don't you? Yeah. If we don't get rid of them soon, they're going to crowd us out of the garage business. Good. Then just leave everything to me, Skeezix. I'll be out to the garage in half an hour with the gentlemen of the press. Not rabbits, Chipper. Hamsters. And. And Daddy and your Uncle Wilmer are going to get rid of them, aren't you, boy? We certainly are, Nina. I still don't know how we're going to get rid of them skeezics. You'll find out, Wilmer. Boy, I'm sure grateful for you. Only be careful, Chipper. Don't touch the cane. Here we are back here, Mayor Ransom. Oh, Mayor Skee, you didn't. The whole town will laugh at us. I've got the reporters. Reporters? And the photographers with me, Susan. Photographers. Also the museum boys. All right, Come in, Mayor Ransom. Thank you. Now, gentlemen, you can set up your cameras anyway. Thank you. Oh, Chipper. Chipper, no. Jeezix, the cage door is open. Grappling someone. Cora. The police. The national gun. Someone do something crazy. Holy mackerel. The place is crawling with hamsters. Oh, gosh. The garage is an awful nice place without those hamsters, woman. Yeah, but I've had nightmares about it for three nights. Running the town out helping us catch hamsters. Of course, it did cost us money, Wilmer. Feeding the hamsters and then giving them away. I don't rob it in skin. Oh, I'm not. I just hope it'll teach you to stay out of big deals. I am sorry about one thing. Watch that. Those pictures in the paper of Mayor Ransom with hamsters crawling all over him. Yeah, he's a publicity hound. But he blew his top about that picture. Oh, gosh, the mayor's probably gonna is the greatest thing. Yes, Mayor Anson. Since the pictures and newsreels came out. City hall is being stocked with letters about you boys. Let it spot us, Mayor Ran. The whole country is furious because you boys two xgis were splintered in trying to get fur coats for your wives. Then when you gave your hamsters to the healthiest, we were glad to get rid of them. And Nina knows we can't afford a fur coat anyway. And the fur. The fur coats. So far, people have sent you nine fur coats, and they're still coming in. You boys are heroes. You hear that, Skazix? We're heroes. Gosh, Mayor Ransom, I'm sorry about that picture of you. The one with the hamsters crawling all over you. Sorry. Because of you two heroes, that picture was picked up by a national syndicate. And when a man's picture is printed in every paper in the country, he's a figure of prominence. In fact, gentlemen, I have announced my candidacy for Congress. Your Gasoline Alley friends will be back in just a moment. But now, a word from your own auto light dealer. And now, worried about the next adventure in Gasoline Alley? Here's Feasix Wilmer. Are you sure we aren't headed for trouble again? Absolutely not. Skeez it. Why, with that Hollywood scout in town, you and I will end up as movie stars. I'm here on a job site with Tim, who owns his own electrical contracting business. Three employees and two work trucks. Tim traded up to Geico Commercial Auto Insurance. We're positively here where he needs us most. They sure are. With step by step help on all his insurance needs. All for shockingly low rates. Shockingly low, huh? Just a little bit of electrician humor. Do you get it? I got it. 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