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Nightfall - CBC 80-07-18 (03) Welcome to Homerville
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Nightfall - CBC 80-07-18 (03) Welcome to Homerville
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Limu Emu and Doug. Here we have the Limu Emu in its natural habitat, helping people customize their car insurance and save hundreds with Liberty Mutual. Fascinating. It's accompanied by his natural ally, Doug. Limu. Is that guy with the binoculars watching us? Cut the camera. They see us. Only pay for what you need@libertymutual.com Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Savings vary unwritten by Liberty Mutual Insurance Company and affiliates. Excludes Massachusetts. In the dream you are falling Lost in the listening distance as dark locks in nightfall. Good evening. Tonight's story has a definite destination. I hope you're still with us when we get there. The play is called welcome to Homerville. There's a long way to go and the road ahead is troubled but this old brig and me we're gonna make it through the wind and rain and thunder Till the stormy skies are blue and the sunrise lights the highway heading home It's a long mot some road through the lifetime of the trucker A little truck in me. We going to make it. Yeah. Me and this good old friend we're going to make it. Hey, my friendlies. That was good old country boy. CW look all just a movin and grooving on down that long lonesome road. Shaking the time to just 20 minutes on the shy side of midnight right here on wqrn, the big voice of country music in the Wolverine State. By the way, baby, if you are driving by a church, you just slow down here cause you just might see a bunch of folks building an ark. Cause we are in for a motherload of rain early this a.m. and while I'm warming up mother loads, here's a little mother I would just dearly love to get loaded with Ms. Tammy Wynette running us up to 18 minutes on the left hand side of the hour. Go do it. Do it, Tammy. Sometimes it's hard to be a woman Giving all your love to just one man. I need you. Love him. Are you still with us? The writers responsible for this latest excursion are Don Dickinson and Alan Gutman. Give him your heart, stand by your name and tell the world you love him. Breaker break one nine. Yeah, yeah. This is the one. Georgia Straight. I'm out the back door of an 18 wheeler with big Apple plates. You got your ears on there, good buddy? Come on. This is KXR 0461. I hear you back there, Georgia Straight. And I've got you in my mirrors. Yeah, that's four for sure there. Just wanted a job there, good buddy. What's your handle? Come on. This is Paper pusher. Georgia Strait. Where are you headed? Come back. I'm on the rebound from the Nichols City Holland. Stale air there left a load of Texas strawberries. Took a busted sidewalk to Motown. Rub eyeballs with a snuff dipper. First sergeant finds out. All big Reese's side up. Come on, Georgia. Straight you go, good buddy. What the hell are you talking about? Over. Damned if I know. I think I said I left my shoes in Kansas. Come on. I tell you what. Why don't we just talk? Straight. Over. I won't tell anyone if you won't. You been out long there? Come on. Yeah, it's my third day. You know this neck of the woods at all? I've never been up this way before. Over. Yeah, I've been known to cruise these boonies. Smoke can get pretty thick up here. Come on. Hey, I asked for a straight go. I do apologize, paper pusher, but what I mean is that the Smokies. I mean, the cops come down pretty hard on speeders hereabouts. Come on. No sweat. I'm in no hurry. I got a load of newsprint on it. Can't go bad. Listen, is there a stop hereabouts? Go. Why you gotta shake hands with Shorty? Come on. I hope you don't talk to your mother with that mouth. I'm trying to tell you I'm hungry. Come on. Yeah, that's definitely a for sure. There's a chewing choke in about 10 miles. Sorry I can't join you for a cup of road tar, but this is my exit coming up. Where'd you say you were headed? Come out. I didn't say. I'm headed for Homerville. Have I got the best route Over. Georgia Strait. Do you read me? Over. Did you say Homerville? Come on. Right. Homerville. Over. Homerville. You got a big crazy crazy. You heard them stories? Stories? Now, what stories? Go. Listen. Turn back right now before you get there. What you. You ain't never gonna get there in one piece. Come in, Georgia. Straight. Over. You gotta turn back now while you can. What the hell was all. Sure, that's what the police say, but it don't make sense to me. Well, somebody told me one of his front tires was bald as a baby's bum. Must have blown out. No way. I rode with Norm for two years. Nobody took better care of his rig than him. Ask me. Roy, did you have the stashel? No, that's me, Matt. Thanks. You get the cabbage rolls? Yeah. Sorry to keep you waiting. What'll it be? Well, what's he Having looks pretty good. Cabbage rolls. Yeah, Yeah, I guess as an ounce. Well, bring me a coffee, hun. Make it black. It's on its way. Say, Roy, ignore. Any family? A wife, no kids, Separated. Oh yeah, you know, too many hours on the road. Usual. Sounds familiar. I don't know, still doesn't add up. Here you go, one cabbage roll. Thanks. Say, buddy, sure you want to eat those things? I think I can handle them. Earl, just let the man eat. Oh, sorry. No, no problem. I seen you here before. No, never been up this way. Oh, by the way, my name is R.C. hi, I'm Roy. And the food expert here is Ear. Glad to know you. Which way you headed? I'm hauling news, friend. Up there. Homerville. Homerville? Wasn't that where they found Nord? Yeah, yeah. Homerville, huh? That's quite a ways from here. Bad road up there. Yeah. What do you mean? Well, there's been a lot of accidents up that way. Bad ones. Well, I'll take it easy. I'm in no rush. No one waiting back home? Well, yeah, yeah, my wife. But I've been driving a long time. She's used to waiting. Take it from me, I never get used to it. And it's Nel's here. No, no, that's fine. God, look at the time. You got a phone here? Said I'd call home hours ago. Yep, it's over in the corner. Oh, thanks. That'll be 2.95. Right. Well, listen, here's 10. I'll be right back. See you guys in a few minutes. Sure. There. You miss your cooker. Operator, I want to make a collect call to area code 555. The number is 486-7934. What is your name, sir? Just say it's RC one moment please. Learning your dream? I'm sorry, sir, I am not getting any. Hello? I don't know. It's one o' clock for God's sake. I have a collect call for anyone from rc Would you accept the charges? Rc? Sure, go ahead. Sir. Did I wake you, honey? Yeah. Oh, no, no, I was just watching Johnny Carson. Hey, why are you calling? Something wrong? No, no, I'm okay. I just thought I'd give you a call, see how you're doing. I'm fine. You on your way home? No. It's gonna take longer than I thought. Probably won't make it back till too bad. Yeah. I'll tell you what, why don't I pick you up after work and we'll go to a show or something. Won't you be too tired, honey. Last time you went to a show. No, no, really. I want to. Well, sure. That'll be just fine. So what'd you do today? What? Oh, not much. Slow day, you know. I knocked off early. Hey, Rosie, are you okay? You sound a little. I don't know, rc. I'm tired. It's late, you know. Sorry, I meant to phone you earlier, but I was making good time. Oh, damn it. What was that? Just something on tv. It didn't sound like it was the tv. Okay. Look, rc, it's late. I gotta get up early. Sure. Okay. See you Saturday. Yeah. I'll pick you up. Remember? Oh, yeah. Well, look, you. You have a good trip, okay? Rose. Miss me? Hey, mister, here's your chain. Oh, forget it. You keep it. Breaker one nine, breaker one nine. This is KXR 0461, the paper pusher. Anybody want to give me a shout? Come on. This is the paper Pusher. Anybody out there want to give me a nickel's worth? Go. Breaker, this is NSU2496, Grand Falls Beacon. I got you wall to wall. Paper pusher. Wanted you to fat. Over. Roger. Where you headed? Beacon. Go. Well, I was heading to the kitchen for a sandwich till I heard your call. Come on. That must be some kind of rig you're driving. Over. Yeah, it's a two story split level. Good on gas, though. Over. Base, that's great. I don't get much chance to talk to many of you desk jockeys. Just other high riders. You done any driving yourself, Go. Oh, sure have, but not lately. Where you headed, paper pusher? Over. I'm bound for Homerville. Over. Where? Throw that back at me again. Go. Homerville. Ever hear of it? Over. I'll never forget it. Listen, good buddy. How long you been on the road today? I guess I'm looking at 15, 16 hours. But traffic's light, so I've been trying to push through. Over. Where are you now, paper pusher? Over. Route 25, just past 113. Why come back? Well, you're. You're heading into a bad stretch of road. What do you mean? You got about 100 miles to go. What I mean is, it might be easier to take after night's sleep. The mind can do strange things when you're on a long hard or it's a lonely life. Sometimes we need someone riding beside us. Someone to talk to, Someone to turn to when danger threatens to find you're not alone. Breaker, breaker, Beacon, Are you reading me? Over. Jinx Bill. I put my life in God's hands, honey, don't weigh my sight. Here we have the Limu emu in its natural habitat helping people customize their car insurance and save hundreds with Liberty Mutual. Fascinating. It's accompanied by his natural ally, Doug. Uh, Limu is that guy with the binoculars watching us? Cut the camera. They see us. Only pay for what you need@libertymutual.com Liberty, Liberty, Liberty. Liberty Savings vary underwritten by Liberty Mutual Insurance Company and affiliates excludes Massachusetts. Time is precious and so are our pets. So time with our pets is extra precious. That's why we started Dutch. Dutch provides 24,7 access to licensed vets with unlimited virtual visits and follow ups for up to five pets. You can message a vet at any time and schedule a video visit the same day. Our vets can even prescribe medication for many ailments. And shipping is always free. With Dutch. You'll get more time with your pets and year round peace of mind when it comes to their vet care. Let me see. Breaker Beacon, I'm losing you. Over. Don't be led into temptation. Don't listen to that voice. Beacon didn't copy that. Please repeat. Over. Hey, is anybody out there? Hey, by golly, it's Miss Dolly Parton. Yeah, and her big tube doors down. Anybody don't like that little lady just don't like chicken on Sunday. It's coming on 3am right here on WQRN. The big boys country music in the Wolverine State. And time and time for one last look at the weather. I'll bet you just hoping for a nice day today. Oh, it better be. Yeah, warm and sunny with a big blue sky. Yeah, I'll take a dozen. Yeah, well, you better move it on down to Florida, my man, cuz the rain's gonna come down like a son of a gun with temperatures in the low 50s. Damn. You know, baby, I sit here, I sit here and wonder just who's out there listening to WQRN at this hour. Earthly can't sleep out on the road. Yeah, man. Hey, take a look at the car up ahead of you, baby. I'll bet you he's listening to WQRN too. You got something in common and you don't even know it. Tell you what, my man, why don't you just give him a little. Hon, you gotta be kidding. Come on, baby, don't be shy. I'm gonna give you a couple of seconds here. What the hell? Now don't that feel better? I feel like a fool. There's nobody out here. You are with wqrn top of the charts in country music. So play something, will ya? WQRN now concludes its broadcast day. Our studios are located at 1063 Lombard street and operated an assigned frequency. God damn it. Breaker 1 9. Breaker 1 9. Anybody out there? Come on. Anybody out there? Over. Nah. What's fake news? So good night until we say Good morning at 6:30. RC. RC, honey. What? It isn't much further now, RC. Why, you're almost there. Jesus. Hey, you okay? Huh? Yeah, Yeah, A bit shaky. Well, that's better. Fill her up? Yeah, should take about 40. You got it. You scared defenders off. That guy up there, huh? There wasn't enough daylight between you two to light a match. Yeah. Yeah, I guess it was kind of close. Close? You get that close to a woman, you could get her in trouble. Where'd you doze off? No, no. Listening to the radio. Yeah, that's how it usually happens. Well, it's a matter of. Yeah, I know, I know. I've heard it all before. It was the predamnest thing. Yeah, yeah. Trouble with your old lady. Too much time on the road and Maybe she's playing around and you wish you were. Hey, check your o. No, it's fine. How did you. Aren't you. Yeah, how did you know? Oh, newsprint. Yeah. Now, don't look at me. Cockeyed. Boy, you can smell that stuff a mile away. You got quite a drive ahead of you. 200 miles. There. There you go. Didn't think you got much after all. How much do I owe? Oh, yeah. Read it and weep. Now, hold it. Did you say 200 miles? Well, it been 200 miles to Homerville long as I can remember. Unless they moved it. You want a receipt? Yeah, okay. Seems kind of a waste to fill her up. 200 miles. How the hell does that go anyway? Two doors down. Getting drunk and having a party. Two doors down. Breaker, breaker. This is KXR 0461. Anybody home? Come on. Anybody there? Go stand by your man. And that was the. The paper pusher heading down that long, lonesome road. 25 minutes on the far side of 4 o' clock on KXR 0461. Voice of country music here in the Wolverine State. That is a Wolverine. It's request night here on Route 40, so give us a call and we'll play your favorite tune. Any requests, neighbors? Y' all come to me. Rc, it's really not much, much further now. What? Who the hell is that? Come on now, answer me. Oh, you're almost here. Hurry on now, R.C. just a little further. Who are you? What do you want? It's taken you so long to get here. And I'm waiting on you, sugar. I'm waiting. Waiting? What do you mean, waiting? For me? Where are you? I'm close. I see. Why, I'm almost close enough to touch. What are you trying to do to me? Oh, my God. What the hell am I doing? You want to step out of the camp, please? Are you there? Are you still there? Come on, pal. Get out of that cab. Sure, sure. Right away. Look, Officer, I know it looks like I've been drinking or something had crossed my mind. Guess I was moving at a pretty good clip. For a plane? No, for a truck, yes. Let's have a look at your license. Yeah. Well, here you go. Thanks. Now, Mr. O', Connor, would you mind standing with your legs apart and your arms out to the side, please? Oh, but you don't understand. Sure, o'. Connor. You'll make it easier on both of us if you just do it. Okay? Okay. You place your right index finger on your nose, please. Now your left. I. I wasn't good drinking. Is this your vehicle? Yeah, I lease it. You have the papers, please? They're in the cab. May I see them, please? Look, I'm trying to tell you. I was getting a signal on my cb. On your CB What. What kind of signal? What did you hear? Well, it was a woman's voice. Was it? Look, you look like you could use some sleep. Were you planning to take a break? No. I was trying to push on through tonight. Connor, I've seen a lot of guys in your condition. Take it from me, you'd be better off getting a little rest. You find a motel two miles up the road. If I were you, I'd stop there and. And get some sleep. You got more than 200 miles to go if you ever want to see Homerville. Homerville? Wait. How did you. If I ever want to see it. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Hey, are you okay? Her dad. My bag. Can you make it to the truck? Medical, get you to a doctor? But I can't. Can you hang on? I'll go get help. This is a spear. Right in the car. She was there. Someone with you? Where? Someone. Hang on. Hang on. I'll go get help. Break channel nine. We've got a 1034. Mayday. This is KXR 0461. Over. Mayday. Mayday at 1034. Can anybody hear me? Over. I hear you, RC. No, get off this channel. Oh, my. You're close, sugar. You're so close. Aren't they? Me. Stop it. Stop it. Leave me alone. You're almost here. Leave me alone. At last, here we are. Welcome to Homerville. Welcome home. You have just heard welcome to Homerville by Alan Gutman and Don Dickinson. Neil Denard was featured as RCO o' Connor with Jimmy Morris as the announcer, John Stalker as Georgia Street, Frank Perry and Robert Christie as Roy and Earl, Corinne Langston as Betty the waitress, Marion Waldman as the telephone operator, and Elva May Hoover as Rosie. You also heard Ron Hartman As Deacon, Arch McDonnell as the gas station attendant, Bud Knapp as the highway cop, Gordon Thompson as the injured motor, and Lynn Daragon as the siren. Our recording engineer is Ray Folsik with sound effects by Bill Robinson. The senior script editor is John Douglas, and our production assistant is Doris Buchanan. Nightfall is produced and directed for CBC Radio by Bill Howell. And now here's a final word from your host. Hello again. Glad to hear you made it. On next week's Nightfall. I'll be bringing you a special kind of trapped animal that'll hold them for a while. They can't get in, but I can't get out. It's a cage and a Next week on Nightfall. Until then, careful at the edge. Once for the distribution of this NPR player house presentation were provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. This is npr, National Public Radio. And Doug, here we have the Limu emu in its natural habitat helping people customize their car insurance and save hundreds with Liberty Mutual. Fascinating. It's accompanied by his natural ally, Dark Doug. Limu. Is that guy with the binoculars watching us? Cut the camera. They see us. Only pay for what you need@liberty mutual.com Liberty Liberty, Liberty. Liberty Savings Fairy, underwritten by Liberty Mutual Insurance Company and affiliates. Excludes Massachusetts.