People are Funny xx-xx-xx Woman told to be bad dept store customer, husband told to be detective

Summary

Harold's Old Time Radio — "People are Funny": Woman Told to Be Bad Dept Store Customer, Husband Told to Be Detective

Date: December 4, 2025
Host: Art Linkletter
Featured Contestants: Mrs. Mary Esther Lindsay & Dr. Lindsay, Mr. & Mrs. Cannon, Raymond Wiles

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Overview

This episode of "People are Funny" dives into psychological pranks and social experiments, capturing the quirky, unpredictable behavior of everyday people. Art Linkletter orchestrates elaborate public challenges, aiming to prove: people really are funny—whether tempted into mischief, embarrassed on stage, or unwittingly caught up in convoluted schemes involving family members and store detectives.

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Segment 1: The Department Store Triple Cross

Mrs. Lindsay Must Be a Difficult Customer; Her Husband Becomes a "Detective"

[01:00–05:54, 19:29–23:44]

• Stunt Introduction:
  Art Linkletter introduces Mrs. Mary Esther Lindsay, whose challenge is to act as an irascible, demanding customer at the Broadway Hollywood department store. She is instructed to request outlandish items (like "two left-handed orange gloves," [02:14]) and to "chisel" prices, all while maintaining a convincing act.

  • Quote:
    “See if you can be a real bad irascible customer and see if you can make them lose their tempers…” — Art Linkletter [01:38]

• Rules:
  She must not reveal she's on "People are Funny" and is accompanied to the store by Irv Atkins.

• Twist #1:
  After Mrs. Lindsay departs, her unsuspecting husband is called on stage. He’s told he must act as a private detective hired to "catch a kleptomaniac"—and the target is his wife.

  • Quote:
    “Tell him you’re a private detective hired by a wealthy Southern California family, among whom is numbered a kleptomaniac.” — Art Linkletter [04:14]

• Surprise Setup - Twist #2:
  Unknown to both Lindsays, the show staff has slipped a compact and new gloves (with a price tag) into Mrs. Lindsay’s purse before she left, intending even further confusion ([06:00-06:18]).

• Climax & De-brief:
  At the show’s close, Mrs. Lindsay recounts her experience:

  • She made strange demands (“orange and black striped gloves,” [20:33]), causing one clerk to cry and another to freeze in disbelief.
  • Then a "detective" confronts her, accuses her of theft, and finds the planted items in her purse ([21:13]).
    • Quote:
      “And there was a compact, a gold [compact] I’d never seen in my life.” — Mrs. Lindsay [21:13]
  • She insists on her innocence, speculates someone sneaked the items in, and gives out her personal information to store staff ([21:43]),
    • Quote: “The only thing I can think of is that I laid my purse on the counter and… someone just put them in…” — Mrs. Lindsay [22:21]
  • The punchline: Her own husband, at the show's behest, was the one who fingered her to the store staff ([22:41]).
    • Quote:
      “I’d like to have you turn around and see the guy who did it… Your husband. He’s the guy who did it.” — Art Linkletter [22:41]
    • Mrs. Lindsay’s game response: “I probably use a little jiu jitsu.” [22:33]

• Prize:
  For her ordeal and good spirit, Mrs. Lindsay receives a large home freezer ([23:27]).

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Segment 2: The Newlywed Wardrobe Swap

Mr. and Mrs. George Cannon from Fairbanks, Alaska

[06:18–12:40]

• Setup:
  Mrs. Cannon earns additions to her wardrobe with each correct quiz answer—each time, her husband loses a piece of clothing!

  • Quote:
    “Every time we add to her wardrobe, we subtract from yours.” — Art Linkletter [07:21]

• Key Questions:

  • Address in Fairbanks — Mrs. Cannon wins shoes, Mr. Cannon loses his shoes ([07:39]).
  • “Do you know who is the second assistant secretary of the Navy?”
    She answers “I don’t know”, which is correct given the sneaky phrasing. She wins a cashmere sweater, he loses his coat ([08:21]).
  • Train track riddle — She correctly says rails are the same width, wins a blouse, and Mr. Cannon loses his shirt ([09:05]).
  • Capital of Illinois — She answers “Chicago”; it’s Springfield. Husband keeps his pants ([10:18]).
  • Next: If she answers about the first US President, she wins a $60 dress but he loses his pants. She dodges the answer—and the embarrassment.
    • Quote:
      “This was really a test to see whether or not you would, for a prize, let your husband be this embarrassed.” — Art Linkletter [12:12]

• Resolution:
  Art Linkletter rewards Mrs. Cannon’s modesty and spares her husband’s dignity, surprising the couple with a gas range for their home ([12:40]).

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Segment 3: The Pickpocket Public Opinion Test

Raymond Wiles and the Psychology of Bystanders

[13:33–19:29]

• Setup:
  Raymond Wiles, a Ford salesman, claims he would have a pickpocket arrested if caught in the act. Art proposes an experiment to determine if most people would do the same.

• Public Test:
  A staged pickpocketing occurs in the studio patio via hidden microphones. Observers react:

  • Several witnesses urge leniency, voicing sympathy for the “thief” ([17:14]).
    • Quote:
      “I don’t want to be inhuman. But, lady, you gave him a dollar. Let him go.” — Unnamed bystander [17:42]
  • Ultimately, most would not call the police, contrary to Ray’s expectation.

• Forfeiture & Consolation Prize: Because Ray guessed wrong, his coat pocket is filled with ice water as a playful punishment—a throwback to “an old fraternity trick.”
  Nevertheless, he is awarded a new automatic home dryer for his family ([18:52–19:01]).

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Segment 4: Recap & Conclusion

[19:29–23:44]

• Segment Recap:
  Art recaps the triple-cross department store stunt, brings Mrs. Lindsay and her husband back out for laughs, and surprises Mrs. Lindsay with her prize.

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Notable Quotes by Timestamp

• On the customer challenge:
  “See if you can be a real bad irascible customer… Demand them. You saw them there last week… ask for two left handed ones.” — Art Linkletter [01:38]

• On fairness in married life:
  “Every time we add to her wardrobe, we subtract from yours.” — Art Linkletter [07:21]

• On bystander psychology:
  “I don’t want to be inhuman. But, lady, you gave him a dollar. Let him go.” — Anonymous bystander [17:42]

• On the department store prank reveal:
  “I’d like to have you turn around and see the guy who did it… Your husband. He’s the guy who did it.” — Art Linkletter [22:41]

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Memorable Moments

• Mrs. Lindsay causing a clerk to cry with her fake rudeness ([20:24])
• Audience laughter and tension as Mr. Cannon is almost left in his underwear ([09:24], [11:02])
• Public’s surprising leniency towards a (fake) pickpocket in the patio ([17:14])
• Mrs. Lindsay’s surprise at learning her husband “accused” her ([22:41])

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Mrs. Lindsay's challenge introduced: [01:00–05:54]
• Triple-cross setup revealed: [06:00–06:18]
• Mrs. Lindsay recounts department store stunt: [19:29–23:44]
• The Cannons’ wardrobe quiz: [06:18–12:40]
• Raymond Wiles' pickpocket segment: [13:33–19:29]

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Final Thoughts

This episode is a textbook example of Art Linkletter’s cheerful, mischievous style. The show peels back the layers of social psychology, marriage, and stranger interactions — all in the warm, communal setting of a classic Golden Age radio audience.

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End of Summary

Transcript

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[Art Linkletter]

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Hello there everybody. Well, you all look happy down there in the audience, but I wonder about the contestants here on stage. None of them know what they're in for yet, but they'll find out soon enough. Roy Rowan, who's first to risk everything to prove that people are funny. Mrs. Mary Esther Lindsay from Loma Linda, California, meet Art Link Letter. How do you do, Mrs. Lindsay?

[Contestants/Guests]

Hello, Mr. Allen.

[Art Linkletter]

Mrs. Lindsay, what's your husband do for a living?

[Contestants/Guests]

He's a sophomore medical student in Loma Linda.

[Art Linkletter]

Going to be a doctor?

[Contestants/Guests]

Yes.

[Art Linkletter]

In other words, who makes the living for the family?

[Contestants/Guests]

Well, I do now.

[Art Linkletter]

They grow on him as a habit. Look at him grinning down there. He knows he's got something good going for him. What do you do for a living?

[Contestants/Guests]

I'm a secretary at the college.

[Art Linkletter]

Uh huh. Now Mrs. Lindsay, you are going to perform an interesting psychological stunt tonight as a shopper. You're going up to the Broadway Hollywood department store tonight and it's a store noted for the courtesy of its customers. It's a great big wonderful store here in Hollywood. But we want to see if you can be a real bad irascible customer and see if you can make them at least lose their tempers first. For instance, go up and ask for some weird thing like a pair of orange gloves. Bright orange gloves. Demand them. You saw them there last week. If they happen to have them. We don't know whether they do or not. Ask for two left handed ones. That's what you always get.

[Contestants/Guests]

You want me to actually ask for two left handed ones?

[Art Linkletter]

Yes. Or any other weird thing that you can think of that you might think they wouldn't have. Now if after you've tried that for a time or two, try this tag approach a few of the clerks and price some standard merchandise. A compact or something. If the compact is $5, you say I'll give you $4 for it.

You got that?

[Contestants/Guests]

Yes.

[Art Linkletter]

Or I'd like to have two for seven.

[Contestants/Guests]

Okay.

[Art Linkletter]

Yeah. And then test their reaction. If they won't sell, you cut Right the. Why argue with him? Say that you always chisel this way everywhere you go. How do you think you'll get along?

[Contestants/Guests]

Oh, I think I'll succeed.

[Art Linkletter]

But now, Irv. Irv Atkins, will you take this lady up? And the rest is up to you. He'll take you up to the store. Where'd you leave your coat and purse? Right over there. Get her for her because she's going to need it. Put them on, grab the purse and away you go. Good luck to you and report back in 20. Oh, one more thing, Ms. Lindsay. To win the prize, you must not mention that you are from. People are Funny. You remember that. Well, there she goes. Say goodbye to her audience.

Now, where. There she go. Where is that husband? Would you come up, sir? You didn't know you were going to be on the show tonight. He was looking so relaxed down there. Come right up, doctor.

Now, this won't hurt. You're Dr. Lindsay? Well, trying to be. Well, that's fine. I'm. Now, we have a little business for you, Doctor. You may think you're going to be a doctor, but tonight you're going to play the part of a detective. Are you willing to go along with a little gag? Very much so. Very much so. Before we say any further, you have been married one year. One year. And your wife loves you. She loves me very much.

Well, it was nice to have had that happy year, Mr. Lindsay.

John, do you have the private detective's badge? The genuine detective badge? Right there. Mm. There it is. Now, pin it under the lapel. Right there. Now what? Here's the plot. You are going to be sent up to the same store we sent your wife to. The Broadway Hollywood. And when you get there, you go up to the floor walker and flash your badge and tell him that you're a private detective hired by a wealthy Southern California family, among whom is numbered a kleptomaniac.

You know what a kleptomaniac is? Yes, sir, I do. What is it? One who steals. How do they steal? Incessantly. They can't get it out of their mind. They have to get. Get something to get their hands on. Yeah. Whether they need it or not. Whether they need it or not. Whether they can pay for it or not. That's right. They just have a mania to pick up things. That's right. Now you're going to go to the floor walker and tell him you remember that you're working for a family. And that this woman is in the store. And that you've already seen her pick up some gloves and a compact and various things. And that you don't want her arrested, but you want her scared. You want her to have a good lecture. And that when he goes up and looks in her purse and finds her stuff. That he's going to give her a good lecture. Now you understand that, right? All right. Now, of course. Do you have any idea who you're going to point out when he asks you who it is? Why, my wife, of course.

This boy reacts normally. We figured that you'd jump to some sort of a horrible conclusion. And you're right. Now actually, the joke is on both her and the floor walker. Because we want to see how she reacts when she's accused of being a kleptomaniac. And we want to see how he reacts when he opens her purse. And none of the stuff is in there. Now, the important thing is this will teach her not to be mean to store clerks. You got that right. Now hurry back when you finish your dirty work. And we'll see you and report back. There he goes. Say goodbye, audience.

Well, that's kind of a dirty double cross, wouldn't you say?

How many of you know the triple cross we have in mind?

Yes, that's right. While I was talking to his wife up here at this microphone. One of our men was slipping into his wife's purse that was back there on that chair. A pair of new gloves with a price tag on them.

And a new compact.

Anyhow, we'll find out what happens at the end of the program. Who's next, Roy? Mr. And Mrs. George Cannon from Fairbanks, Alaska. Arthur. Oh, hello. How do you do, George? Haven't met you yet. I'm Art linkletter. And you're Mrs. Cannon. Mrs. Lee Cannon. Couple of big shots, huh? Where are you from, George? Fairbanks, Alaska. Oh, the ice is broken up early this winter. What do you do up there? I have a photo finishing concession at Ladd Air Force Base. And photography. Uh huh. And Mrs. Cannon?

[Contestants/Guests]

I work for the Ladd Air Force Base with controller's office.

[Art Linkletter]

Aha. Well, now I feel sentimental when I talk to newlyweds. I'd like to do something Nice for you, Mrs. Cannon.

[Contestants/Guests]

Thank you.

[Art Linkletter]

How would you like a few nice additions to your wardrobe? For instance?

[Contestants/Guests]

I'd love that.

[Art Linkletter]

All right, I'm gonna make it easy for you. You're just gonna answer a few simple questions and a little quiz. And for every correct answer you give me, I'll add something nice to your wardrobe. How does that sound?

[Contestants/Guests]

Well, thank you.

[Art Linkletter]

That's wonderful, Mr. Cannon, does this sound like a good deal to you? Sounds fine. Well, I'm glad you agree, because the other part of the game goes this way.

Every time we add to her wardrobe, we subtract from yours.

How does that sound? Not so good. You may think you're back in Alaska here in a couple of minutes. Now, you remember that, Mrs. Cannon. Well, I'll show you how it works out. For instance, what's your address up there?

[Contestants/Guests]

821 Northwood Building, Fairbanks, Alaska.

[Art Linkletter]

That is absolutely right. And you have just one for yourself. A pair of. Of lovely lady shoes. Isn't that nice? Oh, by the way, Mr. Cannon, the other half of the game. Would you take your shoes off, please?

Oh, get a load of those socks. Let's see if a newlywed has holes in his socks.

[Contestants/Guests]

I think they're brand new. I hope they are.

[Art Linkletter]

Did you buy them for him?

[Contestants/Guests]

No, I didn't.

[Art Linkletter]

Yeah, pull up your pants. Let's see those socks.

All right, now, that's the first part of the game. Now, Mrs. Cannon, here's your next question. Do you know who is the second assistant secretary of the Navy?

I don't know. That is correct. I asked you, do you know? You do not know. That is right.

For that, you get a lovely cashmere sweater.

Well, Mr. Cannon, you don't have a cashmere sweater on, but you have a coat on. We're paralleling here, so we'll take his coat off. That's fine. She's a pretty smart wife, huh? Yes, she is.

Now, Mrs. Cannon, for a new blouse, listen carefully. If railroad A is 4157 miles long and railroad B is 2237 miles long, which one is wider?

[Contestants/Guests]

Well, they're the same width.

[Art Linkletter]

That is right. They are the same width. And you have just won a beautiful blouse. We'd like to have your shirt, please, if you don't mind.

La dee dee dee.

That's it. Leave the buttons on, fellas.

Now we'll know if he has clean underwear on.

This is rather interesting, isn't it, Mrs. Cannon? You're winning. You know, you're winning all the time. You're getting more and more.

Look, the tattooed sailor. That's wonderful. All right, now we come to a very important question, Mrs. Cannon. Your next prize.

Your next prize is a beautiful pair of slacks.

How are you today, Mr. Cannon? Fine art.

What is the capital city of Illinois?

[Contestants/Guests]

Chicago.

[Art Linkletter]

You know something? Chicago is not the capital of Illinois. The capital of Illinois happened. Does anybody know Springfield? Now, Mrs. Cannon, were you deliberately. Did you know that what was going on? I don't know whether you're deliberately trying to avoid winning these new slacks or whether you're not.

Well, I tell you, you've only been married 17 days. Your husband is standing here with his pants on at the moment.

But he will lose them here in front of a thousand people if you answer this question correctly. Also, you'll get a $60 dress for yourself.

Now, think these two alternatives over. You got a $60 dress or a husband without pants.

Who was the first president of the United States?

[Contestants/Guests]

I don't know.

[Art Linkletter]

Now, folks, just a minute. We don't want to make this too. I'm going to give you a hint.

He was connected with a hatchet and a cherry tree.

You don't want to say. All right. Do you have any ideas? Go ahead, honey. Say Washington.

You want her to get the dress. You don't care about your pants. You let hers answer the question. You don't want to say.

[Contestants/Guests]

I don't know.

[Art Linkletter]

Look at the dress. Look at the dress. Very beautiful dress.

Feel it. She's looking over at her husband. Has a nice feel to it. Silky. What do you think?

[Contestants/Guests]

I don't remember.

[Art Linkletter]

Talk to her doctor her.

Mrs. Cannon, this was really a test to see whether or not you would for a prize, let your husband be this embarrassed. Now, how about reversing the game? Now, would you like to have some new clothes? Yes, I would, Art.

Now we're gonna save that for television, ladies and gentlemen. I'm just kidding. And I'm not kidding about this, Mrs. Cannon, because you were a real nice, modest bride and you did save your.

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[Art Linkletter]

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Who's next, Roy? Mr. Raymond Wiles from Temple City, California, meet Art Link Letter. How do you do, Mr. Wiles? I know you, Miss Link Letter. Mr. Wiles. Where. What do you do for a living? I'm a Ford salesman. Huh. And you're a young man, about 30, 28, 29. Mm. Married probably? Yes, I am. Three children. That's right. Didn't know how I knew, did you? You were reading my mind. I just guessed. Now, let's jump away from the family life For a minute, Mr. Wilds, have you ever had any dangerous experiences? For instance, you ever been held up by a robber or anything like that? No. Ever had your pocket picked in a crowd any place? No. As a matter of fact, I haven't. Ever had anything stolen out of your house or from your car, leaving it in a car seat? Yes. I would take it out of my car. The reason I ask you about this is that a lot of people have had these things happen to them. They don't know how they'd react if they actually caught the fella doing it. For instance, Ray, if you were to catch a pickpocket with his hand right in your pocket, with your hand on the wallet, do you think if you grabbed him and held him that you should have him arrested? I think so, yes. Yes. Certainly you would turn him over to the cops. Yeah. Do you think most people agree with you? Most people? Well, that's an interesting thing. People are funny about sympathy for somebody, even if he's a thief. People are soft hearted when it comes to actually turning them into the police. If the police is not right there. I'll tell you what we'll do, Raymond. We're gonna make a test tonight, and if most people agree with you, we're gonna give you for your family something that a new father can certainly use. Of course, if most people don't think that a pickpocket should be turned over to the cops at the scene of the crime, we're going to fill your pockets instead of picking them. How does that sound? Well, what are you gonna put in them? Well, that is kind of an interesting thought, isn't it? I'll show you. I'll show you. I'm not keeping anything back. Fellows, would you bring out the funnel and the pitcher of ice water? Now, we'll take his coat off. And would you put the funnel in this front coat pocket right there? Yeah, that's fine. Now, would you take the pitcher of Water and just hold it right up above. Get it ready. Because if our test proves wrong, we're going to fill your pockets with the ice water. And of course, that won't matter if they don't leak. Now, folks, here's how we're going to run our test. And I think this should be very interesting. We are going to discover what the average person thinks about arresting a pickpocket. Out in the patio, there's a line of visitors waiting to get in to see another one of our radio shows. Here we have hidden microphones up and down the shrubbery along the side. And in that line are two actors who've been out there now for some little time. They just look like ordinary fellows. One's big guy, another's little guy. Little fellow will play the part of the thief. Now, the thief is going to lift the wallet from the big guy's back pocket and get caught at it right there. Then you'll hear how we're going to settle this bet. All right, engineer Harry, switch on the microphones and let's hear the fake robbery. I'm wondering, are you from Cincinnati? No, no, I'm from Kansas City. Cincinnati is my hometown. There was a guy who went to school with. I looked a huck lockyou. I thought while I was talking to here I'd ask. You know, you never can tell her. Hey, what's going. Come here. What are you doing? Hudson. Hudson. This guy in my pocket. What's going on here? I never done anything. What do you think you are? Wait a minute here. What's he got? Your wallet. It's all there. I didn't take anything. Usher, get it. Get a place. I think I better get a policeman. Please don't. Don't call a cops.

I got a family at home and I. I've got done many debts. I don't know. I've never taken. If you're broke, why don't you ask a guy for some money instead of ask a guy for some money? Hey, look, I don't think this is right. We ought to. You haven't lost your wallet. You saw him. He said this guy ought to go to jail. I saw him pick your pocket. Sure. Well, gee whiz. A man took my money.

[Contestants/Guests]

All right, so you caught him. Leave it all now.

[Art Linkletter]

He won't believe.

It's up to you. Whatever you say. How about the rest of these people? What do they think?

[Contestants/Guests]

I think you should lay them, bro.

[Art Linkletter]

How about you, sailor, take him in? I don't think the sailor said do it again. What do you think?

No, I didn't get it. I grabbed him. I felt him in my pocket. What the heck.

Well, I know, but he took my wallet. I had my railroad tickets on my. You said he didn't take it. Well, supposing I hadn't fell him, what would have happened then? I'd have been out of luck. I think you'd be very unfair. Well, he hadn't done and he. I don't want to be inhuman. I don't want to be inhuman. But, lady, you gave him a dollar. Let him go. Now, look, get out of here. I don't want to see anymore.

Let's go inside here and talk.

All right. Thanks a lot. Folks, don't be alarmed. It's a people are funny stuff. We want to see how you'd react to it. Well, that was it. Did you notice, folks? They let him go. They let him go in other wor. This may come as a surprise to you. People are funny. This was not a fixed stunt. They wanted to let the pickpocket go and not call a policeman. So, Mr. Wild, you see, your guess about public opinion is wrong. You lose the bet. Is the funnel ready, Mr. Goodell?

Does it.

Mr. Wiles, we. This. This is an old fraternity trick that we thought we'd revive. It's the kind of an interesting experience for a grown man. And you. You didn't win. But since you're so wet, we're going to give you something you need and you can certainly use around your house. And that's a beautiful big new automatic home dryer that gives clothes sunshine, freshness and enables you to throw away your clothesline. And thanks for people are funny. Go on, Mr. Al.

At the beginning of the program, we sent a married woman up to the Broadway Hollywood department store in one of the dirtiest triple crosses we've played on this program in some little time. Now, we told her that her job was to try to try the patience and the courtesy of the clerks by being an irritable customer. And then after she went, we sent, unknown to her, her husband up there playing the part of a detective to tell the floor walker that his wife was a kleptomaniac and to search her purse. Now, of course, he thought it was a joke on his wife and the floor walker. But what neither of them knew was that we had previously hidden in her purse a pair of gloves and a compact with the store tag still on them. Well, let's find out what went on up there because that's something over which we have no Control. The lady's been kept off stage, and she's just walking in now. Her name is Mrs. Lindsay. A very pretty little brunette. Mrs. Lindsay. How do you do? Did you make the store clerks mad up there?

[Contestants/Guests]

I guess I did. She started crying.

[Art Linkletter]

She started crying.

[Contestants/Guests]

She tried to hand me over to another clerk. And the other clerk just stood there and looked at me with her mouth open.

[Art Linkletter]

You mean you were so irascible?

[Contestants/Guests]

I said, I want a pair of the largest size you have in orange and black stripes. And she says, orange and black stripes. And she says, well, I guess we had them at one time. She said, but we don't have them now. And I said, well, if you had them at one time, why don't you have them now? While I was arguing with her and the other girl just stood there looking at me, Some guy walked up to me and he tapped me on the shoulder and said, I've talked to you. And I said, what for? And he said, well, come over here. I said, well, what do you want me for? And he says, well, come over here and I'll talk to you where there won't be any noise and so on. So I went over there, and he said, do you have anything in your purse that doesn't belong to you? And I said, in my purse? I said, well, no. And I said, I'll open it and show you. And he said, do you want me to? And he said, sure. And so I opened my purse and. And there was a compact. A gold cop I'd never seen in my life.

[Art Linkletter]

Oh, now, wait a minute, Ms. Lindsay. We didn't ask you to do that. We just asked you to be mean. What did you say to him then?

[Contestants/Guests]

And he said, well, someone saw you take these. And I said, where is this person? Well, they're gone now. And I said, well, usually if a person accuses somebody, they should hang around to make it positive. And he said, well, they've gone. I said, well, that's poor business. And he said, well, do you have the same salespeop? And I said, no. And I. And he took my name and my address and my parents and everything. And I said, I have personal references. And he said, well, that's not necessary. He said.

[Art Linkletter]

You gave him all those addresses and things?

[Contestants/Guests]

Yes. Not my phone number.

[Art Linkletter]

Well, did he see him? Was he. He was a floor walker.

[Contestants/Guests]

No, I think he was a detective. The store detective. He was very polite, and the girl was very polite in the store, and.

[Art Linkletter]

But the floor walker insisted, of course, that you.

[Contestants/Guests]

Oh, yes, yes.

[Art Linkletter]

Do you think Somebody. Somebody put this in your purse.

[Contestants/Guests]

He, well, someone saw you pick it up. And he says, the compact is from the middle of the store. And I said, well, I didn't stop anywhere. When I came in, the first department I came to was the glove department. I said, then I had to stand around and wait.

[Art Linkletter]

What do you think did happen, for goodness sakes?

[Contestants/Guests]

Well, the only thing I can think of is that I laid my purse on the counter and when I moved away, someone just put them in. I don't know what the object would be unless they thought they'd knock me down afterwards and get them out of my purse after I walked out.

[Art Linkletter]

How would you like to get your hands on a guy who'd do a thing like that?

[Contestants/Guests]

I probably use a little jiu jitsu.

[Art Linkletter]

Well, I'd like to have you turn around and see the guy who did it.

Your husband. He's the guy who did it. Are you a little surprised?

[Contestants/Guests]

Yes.

[Art Linkletter]

Did she didn't see you up there? No, she didn't see me. You stayed behind one of the pillars. I stayed behind, huh?

[Contestants/Guests]

You mean he was at the store?

[Art Linkletter]

Yeah, he was up there. He's the guy who blabbed on you to the store. Detective.

You see, what we wanted to find out was whether or not you in that kind. You know where we put that stuff? In your purse. While you were talking to me here at the start of the show, you left your purse on the chair.

[Contestants/Guests]

Well, I couldn't understand. I told the girl, I said, I'll give the purse to my husband. He can hold. He said, oh, no, it'll be all right up here. I kept trying to get his eyes to watch the purse.

[Art Linkletter]

That's a fine thing. She's suspicious of us all the time.

We have for you something, Mrs. Lindsay, that you won't be able to squeeze into your purse for your home. It's a great big 12 cubic foot home freezer. The freezer guaranteed to outperform all others. And thanks from people are funny.

[Contestants/Guests]

Thank you so much.

[Art Linkletter]

Goodbye, Ms. Lindsay.

Good night.

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