Komedie Kapers - #4 Dreams

Summary

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Podcast Summary: Harold's Old Time Radio

Episode: Komedie Kapers - #4 Dreams

Date: May 23, 2026
Host: Tom Post (Comedy Capers section), ensemble cast
Theme: Exploring dreams—comic, literal, musical, and absurd—in classic radio style

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Episode Overview

This episode of "Komedie Kapers," under Harold's Old Time Radio, is a delightful tribute to the theme of “dreams.” The show meanders playfully from dreamy musical numbers to comic skits and parodies, presenting a whimsical, slightly surreal journey like those once shared by families around their radios in the pre-television era. The episode is a blend of gentle satire, vaudeville-inspired sketches, and classic vocal performances—all with a nostalgic nod to the power and humor of dreaming.

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Key Segments and Discussions

Welcome and Introduction to Dreams (01:57)

• Host Tom Post opens with:

  “Well, here we are with the good old Comedy Capers. A dream of a program. And since we've mentioned dreams, we may as well dedicate this edition of Comedy Capers to Sweet dreams…But what would the world be without dreams?" (01:57)

• Sets the tone: playful, reflective, inviting the audience to “dream a while.”

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Dreamy Musical Number: “Dream of Me” (02:26)

• Singer/Performer delivers a lush, sentimental song themed around dreaming of a loved one.
• Lyrics weave yearning and romance, layered with whimsical wordplay:

  “Dream of me while the moon of living till tomorrow…Take my heart and make it hard upon your schemes…” (02:26–03:42)

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Gene Cowan – “The Street of Dreams” (04:05)

• Tom Post introduces Gene Cowan as “the original sweet dream in person.”
• Gene Cowan’s number is jazzy and metaphorical, about trading old dreams for new and the universality of hope and longing:

  “I know where they're parked and I know where they're sold. Midnight… And you'll be met there by others like you... Dreams broken in two can be made like new on the street of the ring…” (04:05–05:36)

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Comic Skit: Clark and Cleary’s “Nightmare” – The Adam and Eve Saga (05:54)

• Clark and Cleary, comedy duo, deliver an absurdist, anachronistic take on Adam and Eve’s anniversary—with their sons, Cain and Abel, embroiled in comic rivalry.
• Keeps with vaudevillian banter and puns:

  Mother: “Yes, Adam seems like 50.”
  Narrator: “You’ve been raising Cain for 24 years.”
  Mother: “This sounds like a dirty crack to me.” (06:08–06:35)

• Escalates into a parody boxing match between Cain and Abel over a girl named Agatha:

  Announcer: “There goes the bell, folks. First round of the main event between Cyclone Cain and Battling Abel…” (08:04–08:27)

• Mock-tragedy as Abel appears dead—then protests:

  Mother: “I am not dead.”
  Performer: “You are too.” (08:33–08:34)

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The Three Stars – Vocal Dreaming (09:06)

• Reflective, bluesy trio performance about love, loss, and moving on:

  “What is love but a prelude to sorrow?... Now you know why I am leaving. O Lord, not the blues. What can I lose? So goodbye.” (09:06–10:56)

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Elvia Allman & Junior – “Mother Knows Best” Skit (11:07)

• Elvia Allman plays a comically overbearing mother trying to get “Junior” to take castor oil—complete with bartered marshmallows, household metaphors, and gentle coercion:

  “If you'll take your head out, Mother will give you a marshmallow. No, darling, not two. Just one marshmallow. No, dear. I'm giving you this castor oil because you've had so many marshmallows.” (11:21)

• Quick-witted exchanges and escalating logic:

  “Our bodies are just like automobiles. No, Mother's body isn't like a truck…” (11:38) “Mother always makes a face like that when she’s happy.” (12:51)

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Closing Reflections and Farewell (13:10)

• Tom Post closes the episode with a wry quip about Elvia Allman’s dream-deprived sleep due to snoring.
• Leaves listeners with a humorous yet thoughtful signoff:

  “And remember, be thankful for your dreams. Suppose you had insomnia?” (13:10)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Tom Post on Dreams:

  “What would the world be without dreams?” (01:57)

• Mother’s Sarcasm (on years of marriage):

  “Yes, Adam seems like 50.” (06:08)

• Sibling Rivalry Goes Wild:

  “There goes the bell, folks. First round of the main event between Cyclone Cain and Battling Abel.” (08:04)

• Mother’s Logic (castor oil comparison):

  “Our bodies are just like automobiles. No, Mother's body isn't like a truck.” (11:38)

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Episode Highlights with Timestamps

• 00:37 – Comedy Capers Narrator opens the show
• 01:57 – Host Tom Post introduces the “dreams” theme
• 02:26 – Opening musical performance: “Dream of Me”
• 04:05 – Gene Cowan’s “Street of Dreams” number
• 05:54–08:34 – Clark & Cleary's “Nightmare” (Adam, Eve, Cain, and Abel skit)
• 09:06 – The Three Stars’ bluesy number
• 11:07 – Elvia Allman’s castor oil skit with Junior
• 13:10 – Witty closing reflections from Tom Post

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Tone and Style

The episode delivers a classic, lighthearted comic radio experience, brimming with gentle satire, absurdity, and vaudeville-style performances. Jokes are delivered in a genial, deadpan tone, and skits are interspersed with warmth and wit.

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For Listeners

Whether you’re a fan of classic radio, nostalgic comedy, or imaginative sketches, this episode captures the imaginative spirit of the Golden Age of Radio—with dreams, giggles, and a touch of absurd wisdom.

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Transcript

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[Comedy Capers Narrator]

Comedy capers.

[Singer/Performer]

Sam.

[Tom Post]

And your host is Tom Post. Well, here we are with the good old Comedy Capers. A dream of a program. And since we've mentioned dreams, we may as well dedicate this edition of Comedy Capers to Sweet dreams. Of course, there are dreams and dreams. The kind of dreams you see in the follies and the kind you have after eating ice cream and pickles. But what would the world be without dreams? Anyway, let's dream a while. So here we go.

[Singer/Performer]

I'll be born and dream Dream of me while the moon of living till tomorrow when I hold you again Shake my heart and make it run upon your skin I reborn Blend and dream while the love light upon my deeply and should you dream of the law I don't repeat at all I'll reborn much more pleasantly I'll reborn pleasant dream Dream of me while the moon of me be here tomorrow When I hold you again Take my heart and make it hard upon your schemes I'll be born Let them dream while the love light above might be clean and dream of it all I know with me that song of reborn much more pleasantry.

[Tom Post]

Ah, the first dream to appear is Gene Cowan. And if this is a dream. Oh, please, Mr. Dreamland, don't wake me up. Gene Cowan, the original sweet dream in person.

[Gene Cowan]

Midnight, you heavy laden. It's midnight. Come on and trade in your old dreams for new. Your new dreams for old. I know where they're parked and I know where they're sold. Midnight. You've got to get there at midnight. And you'll be met there by others like you Brothers as blue smiling on the street of dream Love laughs at a king. King don't mean a thing in the street of dream Dreams broken in two can be made like new on the street of the ring Both silver and gold all you can hold is in the moonlight. Poor no one is poor Long as love is sure in the street of dream.

[Tom Post]

Thank you, Gene Cowan. That was a dream of a number. And now, from dreams to Nightmares. We have Clark and Cleary. Radio's outlaws with their Gilded Lily Guild players, the stock company from the stockyards. Clark and Cleary.

[Announcer/Commentator]

Take care. Take care.

[Tom Post]

Beware.

[Announcer/Commentator]

Beware.

[Clark and Cleary Performer]

Clark and Clary are on the air. Sweet dreams, Adam and Eve in the twilight of their lives. It is their silver wedding anniversary. They have prospered and are living on a ranch.

[Comedy Capers Narrator]

Well, Mother, we've been together now for 25 years.

[Mother Character]

Yes, Adam seems like 50.

[Comedy Capers Narrator]

Well, we started with nothing. And each year things are getting better.

[Mother Character]

Yes, Adam, everything has improved and gotten better. Seems as though you remember when our first baby came along.

[Comedy Capers Narrator]

Yes, yes, little mother.

[Mother Character]

I thought we'd never be able to raise Cane.

[Comedy Capers Narrator]

But you did, little Mother. You've been raising Cain for 24 years.

[Mother Character]

This sounds like a dirty crack to me.

[Comedy Capers Narrator]

Well, I didn't mean it like that. You've raised Cain just as well as you're able.

[Mother Character]

Well, I've done my duty just as I seen it. But I'm worried about that boy Cain.

[Clark and Cleary Performer]

Oh, he's all right.

[Mother Character]

Well, I dunno. Since you gave Abel them sheep to herd, he's been right steady. But Cane's a running around with bad company.

[Comedy Capers Narrator]

Oh, I don't think so, Little Mother.

[Mother Character]

Well, I always say if you lie down with the dogs, you'll get up with the fleas, you know. You know they're both in love with the same girl, don't they? No.

[Clark and Cleary Performer]

Yes.

[Comedy Capers Narrator]

Well, who is she?

[Mother Character]

Oh, some little hussy from up Nineveh way.

[Announcer/Commentator]

Well, well, well.

[Comedy Capers Narrator]

I'll put a stop to that now.

[Clark and Cleary Performer]

And so we turn to the pool hall where Kane is winning his third successive game with a three ball combination. Well boys, if I make this shot, I guess I take the dough. Well, there, I made it. Pay me, boys. And then I'm off to see my sweetheart, Agatha. I wouldn't go near Agatha if I was you, Cain. Well, Brother Abel, what you were doing downtown tonight? I thought you was out herding your sheep. I ain't a herdin no sheep today, Brother Kane.

[Singer/Performer]

No?

[Clark and Cleary Performer]

No. I come downtown to ride herd on a no good double crossing maverick that calls itself a man. Meaning just who. If the cap fits, you wear it where you dirty. Just a minute, Kane. Brother or no brother, there ain't room for us both. With Agatha, it's me or you. And it ain't gonna be you.

[Singer/Performer]

Says you.

[Clark and Cleary Performer]

Says me? Why, if I thought you meant that, I'd. You'd hoard. I'd lay among the sweet peas. All right, Popeye, take off your glasses and let's Go. And may the best man win.

[Announcer/Commentator]

There goes the bell, folks. There goes the bell. It's the first round of the main event between Cyclone Cain and Battling Abel. Cain leads with a right. Handel comes back with a left to the jaw. But there's no harm done. Kane lands a right to the body, a left to the jaw. Another right to the jaw. And Abel is weakening.

[Singer/Performer]

Uh oh.

[Announcer/Commentator]

Cain lands a terrific right to the head, a left to the body, a right to the jaw. A left to the face. Another terrific right to the jaw. And abel goes down. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10. He's out.

[Tom Post]

Just a minute, folks. They're trying to bring Abel around. There's something wrong. Why? Why? He's dead.

[Mother Character]

I am not dead.

[Clark and Cleary Performer]

You are too.

[Announcer/Commentator]

What do you want to do? Make a liar out of you now, Jeff.

[Tom Post]

Well, as Clark and Clary say, let's raise Cain as long as we're able. With which we introduce the three stars, three dreamers who will now dream vocally.

[Singer/Performer]

Let me sigh. Oh, let me cry. When I am blue. So blue. Let me go away from this low, lonely old town. O Lord. Won't be long till my song will be flue. No, no. Cause I know I'm on my last go around. O Lord. O, the love I could steal may go borrow. Oh, wow.

[Elvia Allman]

Wow.

[Singer/Performer]

Wouldn't he all his pain in my soul O Wo. What is love but a prelude to sorrow? To sorrow With a heart Break a hand for your gold. Here I go. Now you know why I am leaving. O Lord, not the blues. What can I lose? So goodbye.

[Announcer/Commentator]

Thank you, boys.

[Tom Post]

Thank you. That was the three stars doing a little dreaming out loud. And next to be awakened from a bad dream is Elvia Allman, who has little Junior with her as usual.

[Elvia Allman]

Take your head out from under the COVID darling. Come on. Take your head out, dear. Are you playing hide and seek with Mother? Would you wouldy. Would you Would you would. Come on, dear. Mother's got something for you. It's just castor oil, darling. Look, it's got peppermint in it.

[Singer/Performer]

Mmm.

[Elvia Allman]

It's so good. Yes, dear. If you'll take your head out, Mother will give you a marshmallow. No, darling, not two. Just one marshmallow. No, dear. I'm giving you this castor oil because you've had so many marshmallows. Now just take your head out. Junior, will you take. Take your head. You have to take it, darling.

[Comedy Capers Narrator]

Why?

[Elvia Allman]

Well, Daddy always took his when he was a little boy. That's why he's so tall and strong. No, Mother isn't bigger than Father. Perhaps Mother is a little bigger. But then. No, dear. Castor oil didn't make Daddy's feet so big and strong. Why are Daddy's feet so big? Well, God, just turn more of Father's legs under, that's all. Now, you might just as well stop talking because you have to take the castor oil. No, Mother didn't have to take castor oil when she was a little girl because she ate her spinach, darling. Now, I'm through arguing. You've seen your daddy put oil in the auto, haven't you? Of course you have. Well, the auto couldn't run without oil, dear. Our bodies are just like automobiles. No, Mother's body isn't like a truck. I'm going to call your father, young man. He's right. Next. No, Mother wasn't told in when she had her breakdown. Junior, you're getting too smart. You've been playing around with that little. You might just. All right, I'll take it and show you how good it is. Now watch. Mother. Mother always makes a face like that when she's happy.

[Singer/Performer]

Come on, dear.

[Elvia Allman]

Open up your mouth. There, Mother. Hold your nose there. Wider. Wider. Swallow, Junior.

[Gene Cowan]

There.

[Elvia Allman]

Wasn't that good, Junior?

[Comedy Capers Narrator]

Now we have to go through it all over again.

[Tom Post]

Elvia Allman says she never dreams. She can't dream because she snores so loud she wakes herself up. Next week she's going to try sleeping in separate rooms. We must wake up even from the most pleasant of dreams. And so our sweet dreams have ended and comedy capers bid you a fond farewell with a promise to return to you soon. And remember, be thankful for your dreams. Suppose you had insomnia?

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