Harlem Hospitality Club 47xxxx 11 Guest - Little Miss Cornshucks, Amanda Randolph

Summary

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Harlem Hospitality Club – Guest Episode: Little Miss Cornshucks, Amanda Randolph

Podcast: Harold's Old Time Radio
Host: Uncle Willie Bryant
Date: September 25, 2025
Location (in-show): Savoy Ballroom, Harlem, NYC

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Episode Overview

This nostalgic episode of the Harlem Hospitality Club transports listeners back to the Golden Age of Radio, capturing the warmth, wit, and talent of Harlem of yesteryear. Hosted by the ever-charismatic Uncle Willie Bryant, the show blends musical performances, lighthearted banter, stories from community members, and vibrant personalities like Little Miss Cornshucks and Amanda Randolph. The episode is upbeat, community-centered, and filled with the everyday culture and dreams of Harlem residents, making space for laughs, heartfelt music, and the sharing of life experiences.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Warm Harlem Welcome and Musical Opener

• Uncle Willie Bryant opens the show from the Savoy Ballroom, welcoming club members and listeners to the “grand conclave.”
• The musical committee, with Lumel, Morgan, and the trio, serenades new members with “Linda,” setting a lively, neighborly tone.
  • [02:12] Song performance: “When I go to sleep I never count sheep...” – captures the romantic optimism of the era.

2. Member Introductions and Personal Stories

Zella Carter: From Tennessee to St. Paul

• Zella shares her journey from McKenzie, Tennessee, through Minnesota, with a charming story of how she met her husband—complete with humor about affairs, coal bins, and chance encounters.
  • [04:45] Zella Carter: “I was out looking for a room...I happened to go to the house where my husband was rooming...he whistled...then he decided he’d throw a lump of coal at me.”
  • Uncle Willie quips on unlikely romances: “Gee, what an interesting way to stop a lady—throwing coal at her.” [07:19]

3. Special Guest: Little Miss Cornshucks

• Returning by popular demand, Little Miss Cornshucks performs “Keep Your Hand on Your Heart,” accompanied by playful banter and audience encouragement.
  • [07:53] Little Miss Cornshucks (singing): “Keep your hand on your heart...I’d rather keep mine on my wallet.”
• Later in the show, she returns with the emotional “Have You Ever Loved Somebody?”
  • [20:18] “Have you ever loved somebody as you cried night and day? ...If you've ever been in love it’s the price love makes you pay...”

4. The Great Cooking Debate: Men vs. Women

• Applicants Andy Addison and Leroy Johnson (both professional cooks) spar over whether men or women cook better, full of spirited ribbing and boastful back-and-forth typical of Harlem camaraderie.
  • [12:16] Andy Addison: “I think a woman's a better cook.”
  • [12:28] Leroy Johnson: “Well, in my opinion, man is better cooked.”
  • Uncle Willie fuels the debate: “Well, I can understand why you think women are better cooks...” [12:23]
  • The conversation escalates humorously, with talk of who’s “streamlined,” who does the real cooking at hotels, and regional rivalry between Atlantic City and New York.

5. Comedy and Character: Amanda Randolph

• Amanda Randolph (as Aunt Amanda) delivers a rib-tickling performance of “All of Me,” and later the bluesy “Too Many Times.”
  • [15:26] Amanda (singing): “All of me, why not take all of me? Can’t you see I’m no good without you...”
  • Uncle Willie marvels: “Oh, it’s really amazing the energy Aunt Amanda has.” [16:57]
  • [26:35] Amanda (singing): “Too many times I believed you when you cried, honey, but you lied…”
  • Willie affectionately calls Amanda “that Amazon Amanda Randolph.” [28:16]

6. Harlem Community Voices

June Williams – The Psychology Student

• June studies child psychology at Fordham; wittily psychoanalyzes Uncle Willie, touching on topics like “paranoid,” “schizophrenic,” and “superiority complex.”
  • [18:21] June Williams: “I think you’re paranoid. Schizophreniac, psychoneurosis, and a minor depressor.”
  • [19:23] Uncle Willie Bryant: “I’m a maniac depressor. Yeah, well, maybe I am.”
  • June’s sharp wit shines through: “The next time you go to buy a suit, make sure you got a built-in straight jacket with it.” [19:34]

Mary Pierce – The 76-Year-Old “Aunt Mary”

• Mary reflects on growing up in Williamsburg, VA, discusses her fondness for children, dancing (preferring waltz and two-step over “Ziggy Zigga dances” like the Lindy Hop), and recites her first poem:
  • [25:51] Mary Pierce: “We are but minutes, little things, Each one furnished with 60 wings, with which we fly on our unseen track, And not a minute ever comes back.”
  • Her nurturing spirit: “All the children around there know me as Aunt Mary or Mom.” [25:04]

Elizabeth Singleton – The “Old Pig Cooker”

• Elizabeth shares a dream and detailed, colorful recipe for Southern barbecue, describing the use of oak wood, iron rods, and pepper-vinegar solution.
• Uncle Willie and the crowd affirm her “old pig cooker” status and laugh about waking up hungry from such dreams.
  • [29:11] Elizabeth Singleton: “Then the pig is all dressed, you got this oak with a nice red hot coal...you get your solution with hot pepper and vinegar...”
  • [30:03] Uncle Willie Bryant: “Is that right, members? Is that recipe right? Well, you are an old pig cooker, I assure you.”

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

| Timestamp | Quote | Speaker | |-----------|-------|---------| | 04:21 | “St. Paul, Minnesota? Laying all jokes aside, that's my mother's home. No kidding.” | Uncle Willie Bryant | | 06:21 | “He threw a lump of coal at me...so I went back and I was gonna bawl him out good.” | Zella Carter | | 10:58 | “Sing the song.” | Uncle Willie Bryant (egging on Little Miss Cornshucks) | | 12:16 | “I think a woman’s a better cook.” | Andy Addison | | 15:26 | “All of me, why not take all of me? Can’t you see I’m no good without you?” | Amanda Randolph | | 19:34 | “The next time you go to buy a suit, make sure you got a built-in straight jacket with it.” | June Williams | | 25:51 | “We are but minutes, little things...” | Mary Pierce (reciting) | | 28:16 | “I don’t know what we’re going to do with that Amazon Amanda Randolph.” | Uncle Willie Bryant |

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• [01:21] – Show opens in the Savoy Ballroom, music and greetings
• [03:43] – Zella Carter’s story from Tennessee to Minnesota
• [07:45] – Little Miss Cornshucks performs “Keep Your Hand on Your Heart”
• [11:42] – The cooking debate (Andy Addison vs. Leroy Johnson)
• [15:00] – Amanda Randolph (Aunt Amanda) sings “All of Me”
• [17:09] – June Williams’ psychoanalysis conversation
• [20:18] – Little Miss Cornshucks sings “Have You Ever Loved Somebody?”
• [23:12] – Mary Pierce (Aunt Mary) shares wisdom and recites a poem
• [28:32] – Elizabeth Singleton recounts Southern barbecue dream/recipe
• [26:35] – Amanda Randolph returns with the bluesy “Too Many Times”

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Conclusion

This episode is a rich tapestry of Harlem’s postwar community, full of music, humor, intimate stories, and sharp exchanges. Uncle Willie Bryant anchors the show with affectionate teasing and genuine warmth, giving club members and guests space to shine. Musical highlights from Little Miss Cornshucks and Amanda Randolph provide soulful interludes, while the lively debates and nostalgic recollections reveal the social fabric of the era. The blend of storytelling, song, and neighborly banter makes for a lively, heartwarming trip into radio history.

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Transcript

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[Uncle Willie Bryant]

From our sumptuous club rooms in the beautiful Savoy Ballroom, Lenox Avenue and 140th street in the heart of Harlem in New York City for the merry minutes of the Harlem Hospitality Club. Thank you and good afternoon members.

[Harlem Hospitality Club Announcer]

Good afternoon.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

That's right, it's your uncle Willie Bryant, grand mogul, high potentate, Proctor of the Procedure, Tutor of the Tribunal and non compass mentors welcoming you to another I'm everything, ain't I? Welcoming you to another grand conclave of the Harlem Hospitality Club. Before we proceed to new business, our musical committee consisting of Lumel, Morgan and the trio, welcome our guests, the new members, with their own arrangement of Linda. Let's hear.

[Applicant or Club Member (e.g., Andy Addison, Leroy Johnson)]

When I go to sleep I never count sheep I count all my charms about Linda and lately it seems in all of my dreams I walk with my arms about Len now But what can, what does it do me for? Linda doesn't know I exist can't help feeling gloomy Think of all the love and I miss we pass on the street My heart skips a beat I says to myself hello Linda Linda if only she smiled I'd stop for a while and then I would get to know Linda but miracles still happen and when my lucky star began to shine with my lucky break I make Linda.

[Harlem Hospitality Club Announcer]

Mine.

[Applicant or Club Member (e.g., Andy Addison, Leroy Johnson)]

Pass on the street My heart skips a beat I says to myself hello Linda if only she smiled not for a while and then I would get to know Linda but miracles still happen and when my lucky star begins to shine with my lucky break I make Glendale mind.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

Oh dear dear. Stepping up to the royal podium now is our first applicant for membership to the Harlem Hospital Club and Her name is Zella Carter and she's from McKenzie, Tennessee. Hello. Hello. How are you?

[Zella Carter]

Fine. And you?

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

You know Linda?

[Zella Carter]

No, I don't.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

You don't? I don't either. I just heard it, though.

[Zella Carter]

I just know this song.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

Oh, you like it?

[Zella Carter]

I heard this song.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

You like. You like songs?

[Zella Carter]

Sure.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

You like dancing?

[Zella Carter]

I like dancing. I like singing better.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

You like singing better. And are you married to Azella?

[Zella Carter]

Yes. Yes, I am.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

How long have you been married?

[Zella Carter]

Three years.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

Three years. And where'd you marry?

[Zella Carter]

I married in St. Paul, Minnesota.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

St. Paul, Minnesota? Laying all jokes aside, that's my mother's home. No kidding.

[June Williams / Elizabeth Singleton / Little Miss Cornchucks]

Really?

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

A lot of times I joke, but this is really the truth. And is that where you met your hubby?

[Zella Carter]

Yes, I did.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

What's his name?

[Zella Carter]

His name is William Carter.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

His name is what?

[Zella Carter]

William Carter.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

William Carter. Mine is William Bryant. Not that it matters to you, but it's funny. And you met him there?

[Zella Carter]

Yes, I met him there.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

What were you doing in St. Paul?

[Zella Carter]

Well, I went out there with a sister of mine. She went about a year before I went. And she left her little boy with us. And he was one year old, so she sent for the little boy. I took the little boy to my sister, and then I decided I wanted to stay, so I stayed.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

You stayed until you got married? Well, how did you happen to meet William?

[Zella Carter]

Well, I lived with my sister when I first went to St. Paul. Then my sister and her husband had a little fight, so.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

Oh, they did.

[Zella Carter]

I just thought I'd put my two cents in it. So the result, I got put out. So I went and spent the night with a girlfriend of mine and I had to stay a week or two until I could find someplace to stay. I was out looking for a room one day and I happened to go to the house where my husband was rooming. And there was another girl that was staying there. And she asked me if I would like to share the room with her. And so I told her I would think about it. And he happened to see me that day?

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

He did.

[Zella Carter]

So I passed a day or two later. And he was in the basement building a coal bin. I had an armful of groceries, and so when I passed, he whistled.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

He did a bad thing so I wouldn't look around. I don't blame you.

[Zella Carter]

And then he said, fair lady. So I still didn't look around. And he decided he'd throw a lump of coal at me. So he threw a lump of coal.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

He threw a lump of coal at you?

[Zella Carter]

He threw a lump of coal at me. And then I went back and I was gonna bawl him out good.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

Yes.

[Zella Carter]

So when I went back out, talk and he began telling me that, well, what a stress. So he told me, he said, you know, it's been several girls here this morning for that same room that you asked for and said, if you want it, you better put a deposit on it. So I thought he was serious. So I went and put a deposit on the room. I thought perhaps that the house was his. So when I moved there, I found he was living on the third floor and he was only a roomer himself. He wanted me to move there. And so I met him out in the kitchen one day. We had to share the kitchen and he asked me where I worked. I told him I found that he was working the same defense plant as I was. He was on the same shift that I was.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

What, so you thought it would be better that you and him just go ahead and get married so you could come home together, Is that it?

[Zella Carter]

No, it wasn't that easy.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

It wasn't that easy. Well, it's a very, very interesting story. It's a very interesting story. And here's your membership guard, Zella. All right. Bye bye, Zella. And there she go. Gee, what an interesting way to stop a lady throwing coal at her. All right, one of our visitors last week has received a notice to reappear before the high potentate for command Performance. And here she is again, that little sensational singer, Little Miss Corn Sharks. Hello there.

[Harlem Hospitality Club Announcer]

Hello, hello, hello.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

How are you feeling today? What are you going to sing for us today? Corn jugs.

[June Williams / Elizabeth Singleton / Little Miss Cornchucks]

Keep your hand on your heart Keep.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

Your hand on your heart I'd rather keep mine on my wallet.

[Harlem Hospitality Club Announcer]

Keep your.

[June Williams / Elizabeth Singleton / Little Miss Cornchucks]

Hand.

[Harlem Hospitality Club Announcer]

Right on your heart yes. And your mind on me well, you know I love you baby no matter where you bite me When I first met you it was a butt or two. Now you try to make a dream.

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[June Williams / Elizabeth Singleton / Little Miss Cornchucks]

Now.

[Harlem Hospitality Club Announcer]

You know, baby, you can do that to me. We, we used to love by the moonlight? When everything was quite a still? You told me that you love me? And you said that you always will? Keep your head right on your heart? Best friend on me where you know I love you, baby? No matter where you might be? We, we used to love by the moonlight? When everything was quiet and still.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

Sing the song.

[Harlem Hospitality Club Announcer]

You told me that you love me and you said that you always will. Keep your hands easy.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

Ah, thank you, little miss Corn Chucks.

[Harlem Hospitality Club Announcer]

Oh.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

Go. All right. Now let's consider the applications of Andy Addison of Atlantic City, New Jersey. Who's that? Oh, that's you. Hello, Andy. How are you? And Leroy Johnson from New York City. That must be you. Okay, now what. What do you do, Andy?

[Applicant or Club Member (e.g., Andy Addison, Leroy Johnson)]

I'm a cook.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

And what do you do, Leroy? I'm a cook also. Yeah, also. Yeah, Yeah. I do a little cooking myself, too. Yeah, I'm old cook. They used to call me cooking William years ago. And tell me now, do you think that women make better cooks than men or what? What do you think?

[Applicant or Club Member (e.g., Andy Addison, Leroy Johnson)]

I think a woman's a better cook.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

Oh, you do? You. And you're a cook, too?

[Applicant or Club Member (e.g., Andy Addison, Leroy Johnson)]

Yes, I am.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

You're making your living cooking?

[Applicant or Club Member (e.g., Andy Addison, Leroy Johnson)]

Yes, I am.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

How's living?

[June Williams / Elizabeth Singleton / Little Miss Cornchucks]

Poor.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

Yeah. Poor, huh? Well, I can understand why you think women are better cooks. And what about you, Leroy?

[Applicant or Club Member (e.g., Andy Addison, Leroy Johnson)]

Well, in my opinion, man is better cooked.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

Oh, yeah? Well, I.

[Applicant or Club Member (e.g., Andy Addison, Leroy Johnson)]

What makes you think so, man?

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

Here we go.

[Applicant or Club Member (e.g., Andy Addison, Leroy Johnson)]

Well, I.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

Look, I say.

[Applicant or Club Member (e.g., Andy Addison, Leroy Johnson)]

Now, you say you just said that a woman is the best cook. Well, I mean, look at your stomach. Look at mine. I'm streamlined. Man up on me. And I'm steam line. You don't see no. You don't see no women married, no men marrying men for cooks, do you? Well, I mean, that's. That's a different part. Now, you know, I work on a job, man. And do you know that some of the biggest hotels in Atlantic City employ a chef, cook. What does he do? Sit down and write it out? But who cooks that food? Women. Oh, man. Man, what you talking about? But I mean, now, that's the argument. It's pro and con. I mean, no man ain't no pro and no con. You trying to Con me.

[Harlem Hospitality Club Announcer]

I'm getting you.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

There they go. No, no, no, no. There they go. Go ahead, fellas.

[Applicant or Club Member (e.g., Andy Addison, Leroy Johnson)]

You take down. You talking about New York now? New York, what big. What do they do in Atlantic City? Don't do in New York? What do they do in New York they don't do in Atlantic City? Well, they eat different than Atlantic City. No, they don't. Your biggest conventions leave New York to go to Atlantic City. Seafood over there. No, no, no seafood. No sand or salt water.

[June Williams / Elizabeth Singleton / Little Miss Cornchucks]

I mean.

[Applicant or Club Member (e.g., Andy Addison, Leroy Johnson)]

But you say you make your living at cooking. Yeah, I do.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

All right.

[Applicant or Club Member (e.g., Andy Addison, Leroy Johnson)]

Do many women work where you cook at? Yes, they do. Where you work at? Where do I work at now? Yeah, I'm short order cook. Oh, you short cooking?

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

Short cooking.

[June Williams / Elizabeth Singleton / Little Miss Cornchucks]

I'm short cooking.

[Applicant or Club Member (e.g., Andy Addison, Leroy Johnson)]

Now we talking about long cooking. Well, I mean, I worked hard for so long. Well, I mean, see, I work on.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

The railroad, you understand. Oh, yeah. And.

[Applicant or Club Member (e.g., Andy Addison, Leroy Johnson)]

But we gonna get a woman to go out there and ride up and down some of.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

Wait, wait a minute. Wait, wait a minute, boys. Let me get my order in here, will you? I tell you, I just stood back on the sidelines and let you go, but it looks like you're going to wind up at the blows here, so we better stop this. But really, we just wanted to find out what you think of the different cook. Now, you all settle that cooking argument back there. Good luck to you. There you go.

[Harlem Hospitality Club Announcer]

Oh.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

All I had to do is just stand back and just keep nudging them on. I think we'd had a good fight there. All right. Our history committee informs us that every nation in the world. Every nation in the world is attempting to perfect an atomic bomb. Well, we in the Harlem hospitality Club have a bomb of our own likely to explode at any moment.

[June Williams / Elizabeth Singleton / Little Miss Cornchucks]

I can't read.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

Well, it's none other than Amanda.

[Harlem Hospitality Club Announcer]

Aunt Amanda.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

Random.

[Harlem Hospitality Club Announcer]

Oh, for goodness sake, Amanda.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

What you want on what? What are you going to do for us today? Now that you heard the cooking argument.

[Harlem Hospitality Club Announcer]

Man, I'm the one of the best cooks you ever seen.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

Oh, you are, huh?

[Harlem Hospitality Club Announcer]

Yeah.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

Cook up a song. What is it? All right there.

[Harlem Hospitality Club Announcer]

A little diddy. Just a little diddy dedicated to me to you Uhhuh.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

All of me all of you it's quite a lot too.

[Harlem Hospitality Club Announcer]

All of me why not take all of me? Can't you see I'm no good without you? Take my lip I want to lose them part of many Take my arms I'll never use them your goodbye left me with I. And how can I go on, dear without you for you took the part that once was my heart so why not take all of these? Look at that. Take all of these why not take all of these? Good without you Take my heart I never use them Take my lips I want to lose them I need your goodbye Left me with eyes and cry and how can I go on, dear without you that once it was my heart oh, why not take all of me?

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

Oh, it's really amazing the energy Aunt Amanda has. All right, let's have a chat with our next applicant for membership to the Harlem Hospitality Club, and she's June Williams of Newport, Vermont. Is that right?

[June Williams / Elizabeth Singleton / Little Miss Cornchucks]

Yeah.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

How are you doing?

[June Williams / Elizabeth Singleton / Little Miss Cornchucks]

Fine, thank you. How are you?

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

Oh, I'm pretty good. And according to your application, you are a student of psychology, is that right?

[June Williams / Elizabeth Singleton / Little Miss Cornchucks]

Yes.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

Yeah. And where are you studying psychology?

[June Williams / Elizabeth Singleton / Little Miss Cornchucks]

Fordham University.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

Fordham University. Oh, well, that's nice. You know, I'm. I'm an old psychology professor myself. Why, they used to call me old psycho and William years ago. Well, what. What. What subject in psychology are you studying now, dear?

[June Williams / Elizabeth Singleton / Little Miss Cornchucks]

Well, we're studying a child psychology. How to analyze them.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

How to analyze children.

[June Williams / Elizabeth Singleton / Little Miss Cornchucks]

Yeah.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

Yeah. Well, how are you making up? All right, I think that's all. I'd say. I think that's all a family really needs to do is to study a child. And I think it'll curb a lot of delinquency throughout the country. Don't you think so?

[June Williams / Elizabeth Singleton / Little Miss Cornchucks]

Yes. Also applies to adults. How's that also applies to adults?

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

Well, we didn't have that when I was studying psychology. I mean, they.

[June Williams / Elizabeth Singleton / Little Miss Cornchucks]

They didn't.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

They didn't give us that. Where I went. Yeah, I went to one of the finest schools in the country.

[June Williams / Elizabeth Singleton / Little Miss Cornchucks]

What school was that?

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

Well, you see, you were too young. You wouldn't remember the name of it. Well, tell me. Let's you and I talk some psychology. Let's use some of the psychological words. Is that right? Yes. Use some words for psychology. Name some of the big words. Some of the big things.

[June Williams / Elizabeth Singleton / Little Miss Cornchucks]

I think you're paranoid. Schizophreniac, psychoneurosis and a minor depressor.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

Yeah, well, I'm glad you think that much of me. Well, one. One. Yeah, I'm old paranoid.

[June Williams / Elizabeth Singleton / Little Miss Cornchucks]

That's. That's right. You might kidding.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

Say, now, maybe you're getting different studies than I got. What, What, What. What is the paranoid.

[June Williams / Elizabeth Singleton / Little Miss Cornchucks]

Well, you're really one. Thank you. You think you're a bitch. Just not just a lube.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

Oh, is that. Is that what a paranoid. Oh, I'm not a paranoid.

[June Williams / Elizabeth Singleton / Little Miss Cornchucks]

You have a superiority complex.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

You Think I have a superiority complex? All that's in what you just said? Yeah, yeah. Oh, in other words, you're going to psychoanalyze me. Well, suppose I give you some of my symptoms and maybe you can psychoanalyze me better. Now, I, I, my symptoms are. I, I like to sit on, on hot stoves and, and walk around with sardine cans in my shoes.

[June Williams / Elizabeth Singleton / Little Miss Cornchucks]

Maniac depressor.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

How's that?

[June Williams / Elizabeth Singleton / Little Miss Cornchucks]

You're a maniac depressive.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

I'm a what?

[June Williams / Elizabeth Singleton / Little Miss Cornchucks]

Maniac depressor.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

I'm a maniac depressor. Depressor. Yeah, well, maybe I am. Depressor. I mean, what would you suggest that I, I do now with those symptoms?

[June Williams / Elizabeth Singleton / Little Miss Cornchucks]

Well, the next time you go to buy a suit, make sure you got a built in straight jacket with it.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

A built a built in straight. Wait a minute. There one thing. I love to talk to these students because they really know what they're talking about. Wait a minute. No, you don't either. But really, that's really nice of you. And here's your membership card. Thank you and good luck and bye bye. Oh, dear, dear, dear. Gee, I'm something with that psychology. I think I better let that alone too. I didn't know I was so many things in one afternoon. Little Miss Cornchucks is back again with a problem. She wants to know, have you ever loved somebody? Is that right? Okay, let's hear it.

[Harlem Hospitality Club Announcer]

Have you ever loved somebody? Have you cried louder than death? Have you ever loved somebody as you cried night and day? If you've ever been in love it's the price love makes you pay where he made me his place but someday I'll be free yes, he made me his slave but someday I'll be free I fall alone in this city All I have seen is misery.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

Take it easy, Ms. Pollen. Shout. Why, polin shuck.

[Harlem Hospitality Club Announcer]

Don't you worry, baby I'll make it home someday don't you worry, baby I'll make it homeday if you've ever been.

[June Williams / Elizabeth Singleton / Little Miss Cornchucks]

In love.

[Harlem Hospitality Club Announcer]

Here'S the prize. Lovely to pay.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

Well, it's visiting time now as we stop for a look in with one of our older members and invite her for a brief journey down memory lane. And her name is Mary Pierce of Williamsburg, Virginia. Hello. How do you feel?

[Mary Pierce]

Fine. How are you feeling?

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

No need to kick unless you're swimming. Well, tell me, Mary, how old are you?

[Mary Pierce]

76.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

76.

[Mary Pierce]

76 years old.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

Married?

[Mary Pierce]

Yes. Mr. Ryan.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

Yes? I said, are you married?

[Mary Pierce]

Oh, no, no, no.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

76. Have you ever been married? No, never Been married?

[Mary Pierce]

Never.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

And why weren't you ever married?

[Mary Pierce]

Well, I couldn't find anybody to suitable.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

Well, tell me, can you remember the early days back in your home of Williamsburg, Virginia?

[Mary Pierce]

Well, I can remember a few. I lived on there old Colonel Ewell's estate.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

On the what?

[Mary Pierce]

Dear old Colonel Ewell's estate. Colonel Ewell's estate was the president of the College of William and Mary at the time. And I. I was reared really around him anyway.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

Oh, really? And can you remember, did you. Did you have any boyfriends when you were.

[Mary Pierce]

Oh, I had plenty of boyfriends.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

Plenty many. But you just never could find one.

[Mary Pierce]

That wouldn't find one that I thought.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

Would make a good husband.

[Mary Pierce]

Yes.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

Well, did you. Did you used to go to dances and do a lot of singing?

[Mary Pierce]

Very fond of dances.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

Yeah. What kind of dancing did you like?

[Mary Pierce]

Oh, waltz and two step.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

Waltzing and two step. Did you like to sing?

[Mary Pierce]

I didn't like these Ziggazia dangs.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

The what kind of dance?

[Mary Pierce]

Ziggy Zigga dances. Ziggy Ziggy, like they do now.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

In other words, you mean the. Like the Lindy Hop and.

[Mary Pierce]

Yes, them things. I didn't like them.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

You didn't like. A little too fast for you, huh?

[Mary Pierce]

Yeah.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

Excuse that.

[Mary Pierce]

More so graceful. I like.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

Oh, you like graceful waltzing. And what was your favorite dance you said when you were young? Waltzing. That was just. Just waltzing. It's just nice and very smooth. And tell me, do you like children?

[Mary Pierce]

Very fond of children.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

You are very fond of children.

[Mary Pierce]

Yeah.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

Yeah. And do you know many kids in your neighborhood?

[Mary Pierce]

Oh, I know all the children around there know me as Aunt Mary or Mom.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

Aunt Mary or Mom. And you, you just like a bunch of kids around you all the time.

[Mary Pierce]

All the time.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

And do they mind you? Very good.

[Mary Pierce]

A little bit scared. Shy of me sometimes, you know. Especially if they think you're doing wrong.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

Well, that's the way they should be. And what do you do to entertain the kids? Do you tell them?

[Mary Pierce]

Oh, just talk to them, you know, and try to make them live right and do right and not be fighting or anything like that.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

Well, that's very, very sweet. Now tell me, do you. Do you read little stories out of the books or recite poetry?

[Mary Pierce]

Well, I read little stories to the kid upstairs and they were upstairs with me.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

And do you recite poetry and whatnot to them?

[Zella Carter]

Sometimes.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

Can you remember any portrait that you.

[Mary Pierce]

Well, yes, I can speak. My first piece I ever spoke.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

Oh, you can? Well, we'd like to hear it.

[Mary Pierce]

We are but minutes, little things. Each one furnished with 60 wings with which we fly on our unseen track. And not a minute ever comes back.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

That's very lovely. Well, it's very, very lovely. Just think, you don't have any children of your own, but the whole neighborhood knows you as mom or Aunt Mary. Well, good luck to you. And the thing that you. You're teaching the kids, because I know that they're going to appreciate it as they grow older. There's your membership card. All right. Thank you. Goodbye and God bless you. Bye.

[Harlem Hospitality Club Announcer]

Bye, now.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

And there goes mother. All right. I have a note of warning for all our members. Open your cyclone cellars because here she comes again. Amanda Randolph. Amanda, get right into it. What is it going to be?

[Harlem Hospitality Club Announcer]

Oh, oh, oh, wait a minute.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

Let me see what it is.

[Applicant or Club Member (e.g., Andy Addison, Leroy Johnson)]

Oh.

[Harlem Hospitality Club Announcer]

Too many times everything has been actually here, honey. Till I get some breath together. Here. Oh, you filled my heart with pain left me in the rain too many times I believed you when you cried, honey but you lied too many times if you called me you could always find me waiting waiting righty old front door. I still love you but you're awfully angry and you ain't gonna hurt me no more I used to tell me that you say but you went away oh, man. Too many times should have learned my lesson once but I have to be a dance oh, boy Too many times though it's over and through I'll be thinking of you every time a wind bell chime cause you left me standing at the altar Will it to me many times oh, I got to get bluesy Too many times I believe you when you cry oh, honey, but you lied to me oh, if you call me you can always find me waiting waiting around your old T.R. do I still love you? But you're awfully aggravating and you ain't going to hurt me no more no more you tell me but you have to go away too many times I.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

Can'T get sexy on this.

[Harlem Hospitality Club Announcer]

But I have been a d too many times though it's over and through I'll be thinking of you every time when bell chimes cause you lift me standing at the altar maybe too many.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

Times oh, I don't know what we're going to do with that Amazon Amanda Randolph. All right. From snow Hill, South Carolina, now comes Elizabeth Singleton, whose application blank states she wants to become a member of the Harlem hospitality Club. Hello there, Elizabeth.

[June Williams / Elizabeth Singleton / Little Miss Cornchucks]

Hello, Uncle William.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

How are you? Oh, I'm fine. I understand that you have a problem.

[June Williams / Elizabeth Singleton / Little Miss Cornchucks]

Yes, I had a Dream last night how you cook Southern barbecue.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

Pig Southern bar.

[June Williams / Elizabeth Singleton / Little Miss Cornchucks]

So I'm wondering if I'm right.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

Well, let's hear it. We'll tell you. I'm old pig cooker.

[June Williams / Elizabeth Singleton / Little Miss Cornchucks]

Well, you get you some oak wood. The reason why I said get some oak wood because if you get pine wood, it might taste like pine.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

It might.

[June Williams / Elizabeth Singleton / Little Miss Cornchucks]

Then you dig a hole in the ground. You dig a hole in the ground about six feet wide and two feet deep.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

Yeah. For a big pig.

[Harlem Hospitality Club Announcer]

Yes.

[June Williams / Elizabeth Singleton / Little Miss Cornchucks]

And then you get yourself four iron rods on each side of the hole. And after you get the four iron rods, you take a piece of steel wire and hang over the hole.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

I'm listening. I have my turban on here. I'm listening.

[June Williams / Elizabeth Singleton / Little Miss Cornchucks]

Then the pig is all dressed. You got this oak with a nice red hot coal.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

Yes.

[June Williams / Elizabeth Singleton / Little Miss Cornchucks]

And then you get your solution with hot pepper and vinegar.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

Yes.

[June Williams / Elizabeth Singleton / Little Miss Cornchucks]

And a long stick with a white napkin. You wrap around the stick.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

You wrap around the stick.

[June Williams / Elizabeth Singleton / Little Miss Cornchucks]

Then after you got these coals and the pig is on with the belly side down first. With the belly side down first.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

Yeah.

[June Williams / Elizabeth Singleton / Little Miss Cornchucks]

And then you put the hot coals under the pig.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

You drink all this.

[June Williams / Elizabeth Singleton / Little Miss Cornchucks]

Yes.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

Keep on dreaming. I wake you up. Yeah. Huh.

[June Williams / Elizabeth Singleton / Little Miss Cornchucks]

So then you put the hot coals on the pig and let the butter side cook about two hours.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

Yes.

[June Williams / Elizabeth Singleton / Little Miss Cornchucks]

And baste it every so often with this solution.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

Yes. Then you turn the solution. Yes. Go ahead.

[June Williams / Elizabeth Singleton / Little Miss Cornchucks]

And then you turn it outside up and let that cook about two hours. Then the pig cook about four and a half hours and you got yourself a nice good Southern barbecue piece.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

Is that right, members? Is that recipe right? Well, you are an old pig cooker, I assure you. Now you can wake up. And when you woke up and found out that the pig wasn't there, weren't you hungry?

[June Williams / Elizabeth Singleton / Little Miss Cornchucks]

Yes, I was very hungry.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

Well, I am too now, if you want to know the truth. But I think hereafter you mustn't think about pigs when you go to sleep because you're going to dream about cooking them. Now, you have your special membership card. Ah, we hate to do it, but we've got to go because word comes from our recording secretary that our minutes for today are just about up.

[Applicant or Club Member (e.g., Andy Addison, Leroy Johnson)]

But don't forget.

[Harlem Hospitality Club Announcer]

Sam.

[Uncle Willie Bryant]

This is the United States Armed Forces Radio Service, the voice of information and education.

[Applicant or Club Member (e.g., Andy Addison, Leroy Johnson)]

It.