Radio City Playhouse 48-07-31 (04) Whistle, Daughter, Whistle

Summary

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Podcast Summary

Harold's Old Time Radio

Episode: Radio City Playhouse 48-07-31 (04) Whistle, Daughter, Whistle
Date: December 7, 2025
Theme:
A witty, character-driven slice-of-life comedy from the Golden Age of radio; “Whistle, Daughter, Whistle” centers on Peggy Marks, her marriage-minded mother, and the subtle (and not-so-subtle) machinations to steer Peggy toward a “proper” husband, specifically the nice young dentist upstairs. The episode explores generational expectations, maternal meddling, and the resilient independence of a modern (for her time) working woman.

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Key Discussion Points & Episode Breakdown

1. Setting and Introduction (00:33–01:37)

• The episode opens with nostalgic narration about the classic Sunday society pages and mothers who cling to wedding announcements.
• Tone: Warm, tongue-in-cheek, and gently satirical.
• “Usually the pretty brides end up wrapped around salami sandwiches or spread out on the kitchen floor as the weekly wash drips water down their newsprint decolletes.” (01:19)

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2. Peggy vs. The Matrimonial Machine (01:37–05:15)

• Peggy Marks is introduced as an independent 26-year-old dental assistant.
• Her mother, Mrs. Marks, and neighbor Mrs. Kellett worry about Peggy’s “marriageability.”
• Lighthearted banter reveals the generational clash: Peggy’s content with her single status, but her mother is fixated on finding a husband for her.
• Peggy resists being compared to society brides and jokes about her mother’s tact:
  • Peggy: “Ma, you got the tact of a brewery truck.” (02:50)
• The mothers hatch a subtle, matchmaking scheme involving Dr. Alan Kellett, a soon-to-graduate dentist living upstairs.

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3. The Setup: Dance and Dresses (08:03–11:53)

• Mrs. Marks prepares Peggy for a graduation dance with Alan Kellett, orchestrated through persistent hints and social maneuvering.
• Peggy is suspicious, recognizing her mother’s scheming:
  • Peggy: “You’re not getting away with anything.” (08:13)
• Humorous complaints about a tight dress and social rituals.
• Mrs. Marks, with pride: “I want you should look your best. After all, you don’t go to a graduation dance every night.” (08:09)
• Alan arrives, clearly as nervous as Peggy.

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4. The Dance, the Aftermath, and Motherly Guilt (11:53–14:14)

• The dance itself is awkward but uneventful; Peggy and Alan share stilted, slightly sour impressions.
• Mothers debrief in parallel, each trying to ascertain whether the match might stick.
• Mrs. Marks' exasperation and Peggy’s stubbornness shine:
  • Peggy: “It’s not your business to pick out a husband for me. This isn’t the Middle Ages.” (12:46)
• Mild melodrama from the mothers:
  • “My daughter talks like a knife in my heart.” (13:29), Mrs. Kellet.

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5. Morning-After Gossip and Exaggeration (15:34–18:20)

• Mrs. Marks and Mrs. Kellett compare matchmaking notes, each exaggerating their own children’s interest:
  • “She never met a boy like your Ellen before…” (17:16)
• Real-time miscommunications and classic neighborly boasting.

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6. The Elevator Ordeal—Peggy and Alan Bond (18:20–21:18)

• Peggy and Alan get stuck together in the elevator, leading to genuine, candid conversation.
• Both reveal that their mothers have been masterminding their meeting.
• They bond over the absurdity of their predicament and the pressures of parental expectations.
• Peggy: “You should have heard my mother. He’s such a shy boy. Do a good deed for one.” (19:37)
• Alan: “Every time I go out with a girl, my mother wants to know her family tree down to the roots.” (20:02)
• It’s a moment of self-awareness and sympathy; the beginnings of real connection form in shared exasperation.

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7. Career Schemes and Generational Friction (21:18–23:12)

• After the dance and elevator incident, Mrs. Marks and Mrs. Kellet conspire to get Peggy a job in Alan’s dental office.
• Peggy insists on autonomy:
  • “Honestly, Ma, you act like this was China or something. … I’m not going to work in Alan’s office. You understand?” (22:39–23:09)
• Despite continual pressure, Peggy draws a line about making her own life decisions.

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8. Time Skip: Routine and Reluctant Progress (23:24–26:19)

• Time advances—Peggy and Alan wind up working together, and romance gradually blooms (despite Peggy’s earlier resistance).
• Mothers chat over cake, expressing satisfaction—and pride—at the slow but steady success of their plans.
• Mrs. Marks: “They look nice together, don’t they, Mrs. Kellett?” (24:34)

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9. The Wedding Day and Maternal Reflections (25:57–27:37)

• The episode culminates in the wedding preparations.
• Peggy teases her mother, acknowledging her mother’s pride but asserting her own agency:
  • “I’m marrying him in spite of you. Not because.” (26:08)
• Emotional closure for both mothers, each reflecting on their “subtle” involvement.
• Banter about motherly meddling and gratitude for a happy ending:
  • Mrs. Marks (to Mrs. Kellet): “Sometimes I put my Peggy would end up an old maid. Such a stubborn girl.” (27:02)

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10. Epilogue and Notable Quotes (27:37–28:37)

• The mothers admit (with comic self-deprecation) that while they may not interfere overtly, they certainly give fate a nudge.
• The play ends, curtain drawn (27:41), and the announcer provides cast and crew credits.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Peggy: "Ma, you got the tact of a brewery truck." (02:50)
• Mrs. Marks: "My mama fixed that. Your papa, rest his soul. You're better than me." (12:55)
• Peggy: "Honestly, Ma, you act like this was China or something." (22:39)
• Peggy (wryly): "Only remember, Ma, I’m marrying him in spite of you. Not because." (26:08)
• Mrs. Marks: "Sometimes I put my Peggy would end up an old maid. Such a stubborn girl..." (27:02)

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Important Segment Timestamps

• 01:37: Introduction to Peggy, her mother, and the marriage issue.
• 08:03: Dress-fitting and the rise of the matchmaking plot.
• 09:43: Meeting Alan; first awkward interaction.
• 11:52: Return from the dance; Peggy's blunt assessment.
• 18:20: Peggy and Alan trapped in the elevator—honest heart-to-heart.
• 25:57: Wedding day scene; closing reflections.
• 27:41: Curtain falls—maternal closure.

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Summary & Takeaway

“Whistle, Daughter, Whistle” delivers a clever, affectionate, and at times biting satire of postwar urban family life. Its punch comes from the spirited back-and-forth between Peggy, determined to live life on her own terms, and her loving but overbearing mother. The episode explores timeless themes—family expectations, generational change, the search for connection—wrapped in snappy, character-driven dialogue and just enough sentiment to warm the heart. The comedy shines with moments of sharp sarcasm, mutual misunderstandings, and a gentle acceptance that while mothers may scheme, daughters ultimately choose for themselves.

Transcript

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Tonight. From the deft and versatile pen of Mr. Ernest Knoy, a writer for whom our admiration grows with every passing week, we present Whistle, daughter, Whistle. Both Mr. Knoy and our fine director friend, Mr. Duncan have been giggling through most of the afternoon's rehearsal. It is their sincere hope, and ours too, that you will giggle for the rest of the evening. In any case, garbed in calico and armed with a broom. Radio City Playhouse presents Attraction four. Whistle, Daughter, Whistle.

Every Sunday morning the New York Times brings you four or five pages of sweet smiling pictures with little stories underneath. Ethel Glasgow Wed or Sue Potter Plans or Miss De la Vise betrothed. And sometimes Just Jones Hyphens Smith. Usually the pretty brides end up wrapped around salami sandwiches or spread out on the kitchen floor as the weekly wash drips water down their newsprint decolletes.

But in Peggy Mark's house, the Sunday society pages last well into the week.

Peggy's mother saves them carefully.

Every night she spreads them out on the dining room table after supper. Mrs. Marks loves wedding.

[Mrs. Marks]

Did you see this one, Peggy? Peggy, I'm talking to you. No. Did you read this one? Southampton. Mr. And Mrs. Alice Ted Allen of New York. Southampton, Miami. A nun cry. Graduate of the Spence School and Mount Holyoke.

[Mrs. Kellet]

Isn't that interesting?

[Peggy Marks]

Fascinating. Does it say what you got in freshman English?

[Mrs. Marks]

I don't see. It may be Freuder down.

[Peggy Marks]

Never mind, Ma.

[Mrs. Marks]

It says here she rides horse. I'll bet.

[Peggy Marks]

Ma, you got the tact of a brewery truck.

[Mrs. Marks]

Did you ever notice? Always the rich girls get the rich boys.

[Peggy Marks]

It's fun to scream.

[Mrs. Marks]

What's the matter with you tonight, Peggy? You don't feel well?

[Peggy Marks]

Why don't you lay off?

[Mrs. Marks]

What's the matter all that sudden? I'm just reading the newspaper, that's all.

[Peggy Marks]

Always the wedding announcement. Do you ever read movie reviews to me? Or maybe the sports section?

[Mrs. Marks]

How coincidence.

[Peggy Marks]

Yeah, yeah.

[Mrs. Marks]

They all look so happy in the picture.

[Peggy Marks]

Why don't you quit needling?

[Mrs. Marks]

Needling?

[Mrs. Kellett]

Who's needling?

[Mrs. Kellet]

Her mother has a right to worry the clock don't run back home.

[Peggy Marks]

All right, all right. So I'm practically brittle with age. I look like lost horizons. Ma, I'm only 26. What's the rush? There are a couple of guys I like and a couple of them like me. I'll get around to it.

[Mrs. Kellet]

It should only be soon.

[Peggy Marks]

Oh, there you go again, Mom. I put in a hard day down at the office. From 9 to 5, I look into wide open mouths while the doctor fills the teeth. Give me a rest when I get home, will you?

[Mrs. Marks]

See, that's what I mean.

[Mrs. Kellet]

If you had a nice husband, you wouldn't have to wake so hard.

[Peggy Marks]

I should have known. I can't win.

[Mrs. Marks]

You know, they say our dentist makes a pretty good living.

[Peggy Marks]

Hold it. Stop right there. Dr. Prentice is 45. He's got a wife, three children and flat feet. And on top of that, I don't think he likes me particularly.

[Mrs. Marks]

I didn't mean that dentist.

[Mrs. Kellett]

I meant the other dentist.

[Peggy Marks]

What other dentist?

[Mrs. Marks]

The boy upstairs. He's just getting out of school this month. I met his mother over the washing machine in the basement. She has crouton curtain.

[Peggy Marks]

Sort of crummy, huh?

[Mrs. Marks]

What?

[Peggy Marks]

It's creton. Mark Kriton. A crouton is bread.

[Mrs. Marks]

Crouton. Creton. It covers the windows. Where was I? I won't talk. Oh, yeah, the other dentist. He's a nice boy. I met him in the elevator.

[Peggy Marks]

Is that the curly headed one that.

[Mrs. Marks]

Gets out of the fifth floor, 5B? You know this, Tim?

[Peggy Marks]

Ma, cut it out. I can smell a plot a mile away.

[Mrs. Kellet]

I wouldn't say.

[Mrs. Marks]

I wouldn't.

[Peggy Marks]

Okay, then, that's settled.

[Mrs. Marks]

Okay, Ma.

[Peggy Marks]

I give up.

[Mrs. Marks]

What do you mean?

[Peggy Marks]

Come on, get your coat. We'll go to a movie, then have a soda. It's a murder picture with Humphrey Bogart by Louis. There's a corpse every two minutes. That ought to get your mind off orange blossoms.

[Mrs. Kellett]

Hello, Mrs. Max. Washing again?

[Mrs. Kellet]

Oh, hello, Mrs. Kellet.

[Mrs. Kellett]

Hi, Lieutenant. Having a washing machine in the basement. You remember the old days?

[Mrs. Kellet]

Do I? Don't talk. I still got a backache.

[Mrs. Marks]

There, it's done. I'll be out in a minute.

[Mrs. Kellett]

Don't hurry, Mrs. Marks. Rest yourself a while. That's what my boy always says.

[Mrs. Marks]

Ma.

[Mrs. Kellett]

Rest yourself.

[Mrs. Marks]

Your son is in college.

[Mrs. Kellett]

He graduates dental school next month.

[Mrs. Marks]

No. Isn't that nice? It's so nice to have a doctor in the family. I was telling my daughter, Peggy, it's. It's so nice to have a doctor in the family. A dentist, the same thing. You know, it's a real coincidence.

[Mrs. Kellett]

You got a dentist?

[Mrs. Marks]

No, Peggy works for one.

[Mrs. Kellett]

What do you know?

[Mrs. Marks]

Dr. Prentice Downtown. But he's married.

[Mrs. Kellett]

What?

[Mrs. Marks]

I mean she isn't happy working where she is. Oh, my Peggy likes her position with a dentist.

[Mrs. Kellett]

You know, Mrs. Marks, my boy Ellen gets out of school next month and I. No.

[Mrs. Marks]

What Mrs. Kellet?

[Mrs. Kellett]

Laugh? No, no silly.

[Mrs. Marks]

I haven't sex here.

[Mrs. Kellett]

Wouldn't it be interesting if.

[Mrs. Marks]

Yeah, yeah.

[Mrs. Kellett]

Well, he's going to start practicing right after.

And you'll need a nice in his office.

[Mrs. Marks]

Oh, now I see what you mean.

[Mrs. Kellett]

Would be real convenient.

[Mrs. Marks]

It certainly would. Maybe more.

[Mrs. Kellett]

Why not, Mrs. Marks? Why not? Your Peg is a fine sensible girl.

[Mrs. Marks]

She certainly is, Mrs. Kellet. I shouldn't say it about my none, but if she was a perfect strange, I couldn't say no different. Only fair and independent too. Honestly, the way some mothers would strangle a girl met aprons to a shame.

[Mrs. Kellett]

I always say live so you should let somebody else live too.

[Mrs. Marks]

Ah, that's so true, Mrs. Kelly.

[Mrs. Kellett]

Wait, Mrs. Max. I just thought of something. My aunt said something about a dance for graduation.

[Mrs. Marks]

So you know it isn't that he.

[Mrs. Kellett]

Hasn'T always got a lot of girls chasing after him. A dentist is quite a cat.

[Mrs. Marks]

Of course, naturally.

[Mrs. Kellett]

But I'm sure he'd just love to take your Peggy.

[Mrs. Marks]

Well, you know, Mrs. Kellett, my Peggy's a very popular girl. She could have three, four professional men just like that.

[Mrs. Kellett]

Naturally, Mrs. Of course. But maybe she would just happen to have a free evening.

[Mrs. Marks]

It wouldn't be so easy, Mrs. Carlett. Like I said, my Peg is awful independent.

[Mrs. Kellett]

I'm not telling you no secrets, Mrs. Marks. My yelling is like I'm you.

[Mrs. Marks]

When is the graduation then?

[Mrs. Kellett]

Next month.

[Mrs. Marks]

A month? Well that gives us plenty of time, don't it Mrs. Kellet?

[Mrs. Kellett]

It certainly does, Mrs. Marks.

[Mrs. Marks]

So stand still you wonder dress should fit or not.

[Peggy Marks]

5Th Ma, you're sewing me in so tight I'll have to dance sideways.

[Mrs. Marks]

I want you should look your best. After all, you don't go to a graduation dance every night.

[Peggy Marks]

If I could help it, I wouldn't go at all. Aggie, I just want you to know that you're not getting away with anything.

[Mrs. Marks]

What are you talking about? Live dumb tired.

[Peggy Marks]

I knew what you were doing. You've been laying a trap for me for a month.

[Mrs. Marks]

You should shame all of a sudden.

[Peggy Marks]

Peggy. Why don't you get a new dress then still. Peggy, why don't you get your hair done?

[Mrs. Marks]

Don't you want to look nice?

[Peggy Marks]

Sure you got me like a fly in a spider web. Like a rat in a trap.

[Mrs. Marks]

You could have said no after you.

[Peggy Marks]

Told him on the phone I was dying to go.

[Mrs. Marks]

That's what you say.

[Peggy Marks]

My, you know darn well that I said I'd die before I went.

[Mrs. Marks]

It's the same thing. Besides, you were in the shower. I couldn't hear.

[Peggy Marks]

Oh, really? Right, Ma. All right. You got me strapped into this banana peel you call a dress, and you got me roped into this collegiate bra. But I'm not going to like it.

[Mrs. Marks]

All right, don't like it. Breathe in.

[Peggy Marks]

If you zip that up the back, I'll never breathe out.

[Mrs. Marks]

Don't be silly.

[Peggy Marks]

There.

[Mrs. Marks]

Ha.

[Mrs. Kellet]

You look something like a Cinderella at midnight.

[Peggy Marks]

I'll turn into a second molar. Well, where's young Dr. Kildare?

[Mrs. Marks]

He'll be here.

[Peggy Marks]

Yankees might as well get it over with now. Like an extraction. What did you say the young hopeful's name is?

[Mrs. Marks]

Alan Kellett. Dr. Ellen Kellett.

[Peggy Marks]

Right on cue. Ma, you look like a cat that's been eating canary pie.

[Mrs. Marks]

Go on. There he is. Don't keep him waiting.

[Peggy Marks]

Don't answer it, Mom.

[Mrs. Marks]

I've got to put my face on him, honestly.

[Peggy Marks]

And Ma, so I'll dance with heaven's gift of the American bicuspid. But that's all, understand? That's all. Go already.

[Mrs. Kellett]

All right, all right.

[Peggy Marks]

Come in.

[Mrs. Marks]

Come in.

[Alan Kellett]

Mark, I came for Peggy.

[Mrs. Marks]

Come in. Come in. Sit down a while. She's inside with the face.

[Mrs. Kellet]

Ah, a regular full dress gentleman.

[Alan Kellett]

Between you and me, I rented it.

[Mrs. Marks]

It fits like a glove.

[Announcer]

Yeah, too bad it's a suit, huh?

[Mrs. Kellett]

Sit down. Oh.

[Alan Kellett]

What's the matter?

[Mrs. Marks]

You're squashing your tail.

[Alan Kellett]

Oh, thanks.

[Mrs. Marks]

So have a piece.

[Mrs. Kellet]

Fruit?

[Mrs. Marks]

Maybe a tangerine.

[Alan Kellett]

No, thanks. I just had supper.

[Mrs. Marks]

I know. Red cabbage. You could smell it all over the house.

[Alan Kellett]

Mom makes it sweet and sour.

[Mrs. Marks]

The best way she uses vinegar for sour lemon. Well, lemon is good too. My mama used to say. Oh, Peggy, this is Dr. Kellett. Dr. Kellett, this is my Peggy. Now go.

[Mrs. Kellet]

Go have.

[Mrs. Marks]

Well.

[Alan Kellett]

Huh?

[Peggy Marks]

I said, well.

[Alan Kellett]

Well, what?

[Mrs. Marks]

I don't know.

[Peggy Marks]

Just well.

[Announcer]

Oh.

[Alan Kellett]

Peggy, you want to dance?

[Peggy Marks]

Oh, sure, sure.

[Mrs. Kellet]

Something wrong?

[Peggy Marks]

You're standing on my dress.

[Alan Kellett]

I'm sorry.

[Peggy Marks]

Don't mention it.

[Alan Kellett]

I said I was sorry.

[Mrs. Kellet]

Okay.

[Alan Kellett]

Okay.

[Peggy Marks]

Let's dance.

[Alan Kellett]

Suits me.

[Mrs. Marks]

Oh.

[Alan Kellett]

Oh, I'm sorry. Hey, it's crowded here. Maybe we should have come earlier.

[Peggy Marks]

I don't know. Looks like a long evening the way it is.

[Mrs. Marks]

Peggy.

[Peggy Marks]

Yeah, Mom.

[Mrs. Marks]

So how was it?

[Peggy Marks]

I'll tell you tomorrow. Mom. Tomorrow.

[Mrs. Kellet]

All night I didn't close my eyes.

[Peggy Marks]

Come in here. Look, I'm tired.

[Mrs. Kellet]

Can I just. Night. I didn't slip a wink. Not a pussy nap.

[Mrs. Marks]

All right, Ma, turn on the light.

[Peggy Marks]

Where'd I get my coat off?

[Mrs. Marks]

Now what is it now? Sit down on the bed.

[Peggy Marks]

Oh, my feet.

[Mrs. Marks]

You dance?

[Peggy Marks]

I dance?

Five pieces. All you could hear was the drum.

[Mrs. Kellet]

A little fine up here. Did you go in a taxi?

[Announcer]

Yep.

[Peggy Marks]

Young Dr. Callett flinched every time the meter jumped.

[Mrs. Marks]

How did you like him?

[Peggy Marks]

In detail or a rough skit?

[Mrs. Marks]

Honestly, Peggy, sometimes I get so aggravated.

[Peggy Marks]

You get aggravated?

[Mrs. Kellet]

Peggy, before I bust, just tell me.

[Mrs. Marks]

I wouldn't ask anymore. Well, did you have a good time?

[Peggy Marks]

No. Let me put it this way. I don't care which way you put it.

[Mrs. Marks]

He's a nice boy.

[Peggy Marks]

I warned you before I went. Ma, why can't you grow up? It's not your business to pick out a husband for me. This isn't the Middle Ages.

[Mrs. Marks]

My mama fixed that.

[Mrs. Kellet]

So I should knit.

[Mrs. Marks]

Your papa, Rest your soul. You're better than me.

[Peggy Marks]

Oh, that isn't it and you know it.

[Mrs. Marks]

What more would you want?

[Mrs. Kellet]

Pat Talon is a nice boy.

[Mrs. Marks]

Even good looking. So what's glasses and a doctor? They look distinct.

[Peggy Marks]

I'm not gonna sit up all night to listen to this.

[Mrs. Marks]

Who's keeping you?

[Mrs. Kellet]

Only such a boy you should get.

[Peggy Marks]

Look, Ma, my feet hurt. The zipper's jammed on my dress. I gotta get up early tomorrow and I'm sick and tired of your nagging all the time. Peggy, get married.

[Mrs. Kellet]

So quit.

[Mrs. Kellett]

What did I say? Oh, no.

[Mrs. Kellet]

I keep quiet all the time. Like a clem. I keep still.

[Peggy Marks]

I'll never learn.

[Mrs. Kellet]

From my grave. I'll go without a word. No one should know. My daughter talks like a knife in my heart.

[Peggy Marks]

Please, Ma.

[Mrs. Kellet]

Her dentist isn't good enough. You want a millionaire? Maybe.

[Peggy Marks]

I'll let you know in the morning. Good night, Ma.

[Mrs. Kellet]

Peggy. What? Now?

[Mrs. Marks]

You're sure?

[Mrs. Kellet]

Maybe you didn't like him just a little bit.

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[Mrs. Marks]

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[Mrs. Kellett]

Broadway. You shall buy a.

[Mrs. Marks]

Supermarket. Since I got the grocery wagon.

[Mrs. Kellet]

Such an invention is almost a.

[Mrs. Kellett]

Pleasure. Such a big loan, Mr. Smart. More camels.

[Mrs. Marks]

Made. I didn't even know what it is.

[Mrs. Kellet]

Honest. In the supermarket I just can't keep my hand off the.

[Mrs. Kellett]

Shelves. Give me the same if it's self service. I buy like I'm moving to a desert.

[Mrs. Kellet]

Island. You're waiting for.

[Mrs. Kellett]

Somebody? I'm just standing. It's so nice out in my apartment. We get some 10 minutes between 5 and 5:30. It's a.

[Mrs. Marks]

Novelty. We got a sudden exposure in the living.

[Mrs. Kellett]

Room. You're.

[Mrs. Marks]

Lucky. Lucky. Hey listen, Mrs.

[Mrs. Kellet]

Kellogg. In the summit so hot you.

[Mrs. Marks]

Could fry an egg on the.

[Mrs. Kellett]

Carpet. You can't have your cake meat frosting too. I always.

[Mrs. Marks]

Say. You're right, you're.

[Mrs. Kellett]

Right. Like for example, Mrs.

[Mrs. Marks]

Winter. You.

[Mrs. Kellett]

Hide. If I hide, it isn't enough. How the son and daughter in law have to live with her. But that woman wouldn't even let them go by the movies.

[Mrs. Marks]

Alone. I saw always the mama could drive a couple crazy. Touching. Honest some people it shouldn't be you and me, Mrs.

[Mrs. Kellett]

Tell. Such an.

[Mrs. Marks]

Idea. I'm not.

[Mrs. Kellett]

Foolish. Pardon me Mrs. Max, but what is it Mrs. Tell? I suppose I shouldn't ask your Peggy. She had a good time last.

[Mrs. Marks]

Night. A good.

[Mrs. Kellett]

Time? Oh, Mrs. Skeleton. Did.

[Mrs. Kellet]

She? She woke me up when she came.

[Mrs. Kellett]

In.

[Mrs. Kellet]

Hannah's. Claire thought she was crazy. She had such A good time. She was laughing and singing like with her.

[Mrs. Kellett]

Voice. Father.

[Mrs. Marks]

Honest. Look, I shouldn't tell you. I promised it across my heart I.

[Mrs. Kellett]

Wouldn'T. Mrs. Mark, we are all friends. You wouldn't tell.

[Mrs. Marks]

Me. Did I say I would? So what was my Peggy told.

[Mrs. Kellett]

Me.

[Mrs. Marks]

Uhuh. We shouldn't breathe away my cartoon, she.

[Mrs. Kellet]

Said. Ah, I can't honestly miss his march, said she. She never met her boy like your Ellen.

[Mrs. Kellett]

Before. She.

[Mrs. Marks]

Thinks. Well, not in so many.

[Mrs. Kellett]

Ways. That's very interesting. That is, Ma. Very.

[Mrs. Marks]

Interesting. And your Ellen, how does he like pets as a dance? Well, he told.

[Mrs. Kellett]

You. My Ellen tells me.

[Mrs. Kellet]

Everything. Of course. Of.

[Mrs. Kellett]

Course. Naturally. A boy like Helen is very careful. So many girls keep playing themselves at a professional man. I don't mean your Peggy, Mrs.

[Mrs. Marks]

Mark. No offense, Mrs.

[Mrs. Kellett]

Kelly. So where was.

[Mrs. Marks]

I? About.

[Mrs. Kellett]

Helen. Oh, well, I wouldn't be surprised. Maybe it's a little soon, but I wouldn't be.

[Mrs. Marks]

Surprised.

[Mrs. Kellett]

No. Why not? Mrs. Marks, I got to go.

[Mrs. Marks]

Upstairs. Is the elevator fixed for out again? I had to walk downstairs. Honestly, I never feel safe since they put in that automatic.

[Mrs. Kellett]

Elevator. I get cold shivers every time that door closes. It's like a coffin standing.

[Mrs. Marks]

Up. Mark my words, Mrs.

[Mrs. Kellet]

Kellet. Somebody, somebody someday is going to.

[Mrs. Kellett]

Get caught in that elevator. It shouldn't only be us. Mrs. Max Knife can.

[Alan Kellett]

Hoot.

Hey, hold that.

[Peggy Marks]

Elevator. Well, hurry up. I'm dropping the.

[Alan Kellett]

Egg. Oh, it's.

[Peggy Marks]

You. Take your parcel.

Five. Right, five.

[Alan Kellett]

And.

Nice.

[Peggy Marks]

Out. It'll.

[Alan Kellett]

Do.

What's the matter.

[Mrs. Marks]

Now?

[Alan Kellett]

Duck?

[Peggy Marks]

No.

Well, that won't.

[Mrs. Kellet]

Help. What do you.

[Peggy Marks]

Do? You might push the emergency button. The red.

[Announcer]

One. Oh.

[Alan Kellett]

Yeah.

Now.

[Peggy Marks]

What? We wait till Mr. Hector comes back from his pinochle game and gets his.

[Alan Kellett]

House. Hey, I can't stay in here. I'll be late for the.

[Peggy Marks]

Clinic. Those unfilled incisors will just have to.

[Alan Kellett]

Wait. I can't figure you.

[Peggy Marks]

Out. You have.

[Announcer]

To. Here you go all around Robin.

[Alan Kellett]

Hood's barn trying to get me to take you to that dance. And then you keep needling me all the.

[Peggy Marks]

Time. Wait a minute. I tried to get you to take.

[Alan Kellett]

Me. Grandmother said that the very least thing I could.

[Peggy Marks]

Do. I begin to smell a maternal.

[Alan Kellett]

Wrath. I don't get.

[Peggy Marks]

It. Your mother told you I wanted a.

[Alan Kellett]

Date. She said I would be a blessing to take.

[Peggy Marks]

You. You should have heard my mother. He's such a shy boy. Do a good deed for one. Me shy? Like a violet, she said. Oh, I'll be doggone. I make two of them. Why? Well, I don't know about you, but my mother will walk the earth like the ghost of Hamlet's father until I.

Get married. Oh, what's the matter? You're turning.

[Alan Kellett]

Green. Every time I go out with a girl, my mother wants to know her family tree. Down to the.

[Peggy Marks]

Roots. Aaron, my boy, I feel the hounds closing.

[Mrs. Kellet]

In. That's what you were sore the.

[Peggy Marks]

Other night after the dancing. I had other.

[Alan Kellett]

Reasons. Yeah, I'm pretty bum at it. Two left.

[Peggy Marks]

Feet. I've seen.

[Alan Kellett]

Worse. You know, I was kind of mad myself last time my mother shanghaied me into one of those things. The girl outweighs me.

[Peggy Marks]

£50. The last one I had palmed off I'd meet her not to be married. Claimed his wife didn't understand him.

[Alan Kellett]

Huh. What.

[Peggy Marks]

Happened? I walked home from Fremont.

[Alan Kellett]

Avenue.

How long do you figure we'll be stuck in.

[Peggy Marks]

Here? Depends on the meld. What the meld. The score on Mr. Hector's pinochle.

[Alan Kellett]

Game. Well, I'm going to sit on the floor. You care to join me.

[Peggy Marks]

Peggy? Well, okay.

Read any good books.

[Mrs. Kellet]

Lately?

[Peggy Marks]

Hmm? Never.

[Alan Kellett]

Mind. Okay. Okay.

Funny, isn't it? I mean, after all that finagling to get us together, we end up stuck in the.

[Peggy Marks]

Elevator. My mother would call it real.

[Alan Kellett]

Romantic. You know, it is at.

[Mrs. Kellet]

That.

My wood do it. And that's that. Go ahead, bite your.

[Peggy Marks]

Nose. It's ridiculous. It was.

[Mrs. Kellet]

Ridiculous. You wait for a dentist now? You could wait for another dentist. But I don't. But, but, but, but.

[Mrs. Marks]

Nothing. Your Dr. Prentice is all the way.

[Peggy Marks]

Downtown. Oh, it's.

[Mrs. Kellet]

Really.

[Mrs. Kellett]

What?

[Mrs. Marks]

Really? The same morning and only four blocks.

[Mrs. Kellet]

Away. Besides, he's such a nice.

[Peggy Marks]

Boy. That's what I.

[Mrs. Marks]

Mean. Listen, I had.

[Mrs. Kellet]

Enough. I'm up to here. You're stuck in the elevator for two hours. Finally he asked me to waken his new office. And what.

[Peggy Marks]

Happened? I say.

[Mrs. Marks]

No. What did I do to deserve such a.

[Peggy Marks]

Daughter? I don't see what you're complaining.

[Mrs. Marks]

About. Please, Peggy, let's talk.

[Mrs. Kellet]

Calm. Don't get.

[Peggy Marks]

Excited. Excited? Who's.

[Mrs. Marks]

Excited? Look, the boy asks, you should wake in his office.

[Peggy Marks]

Right?

[Mrs. Marks]

Yeah. It's the same money and would save an hour every day from the subject. I suppose.

[Peggy Marks]

So. No. And you know.

[Mrs. Marks]

Why? Why? There's a reason.

[Mrs. Kellet]

Why. If I thought 100 years, I.

[Peggy Marks]

Couldn'T find the reason I could angled me into that graduation dance with Alan. You and.

[Mrs. Kellet]

Mrs.

[Peggy Marks]

Callous. Now you're trying to haul me into that kid's office. I wouldn't be surprised if you pulled the plugs on that.

[Mrs. Marks]

Elevator. Such A thing to.

[Peggy Marks]

Say. Why, you're subtle, like a bulldozer. Never mind. You don't fool me for a minute. I'll bet you got the silver pattern all picked.

[Mrs. Marks]

Out. Nah, you talk fool.

[Peggy Marks]

Maybe. Just remember, when I'm good and ready to get married, I'll pick myself out somebody. Then I'll let you know. Honestly, Ma, you act like this was China or.

[Mrs. Marks]

Something. All right, all.

[Mrs. Kellet]

Right. Forget I said.

[Mrs. Marks]

Anything. Go.

[Mrs. Kellet]

Ahead. Go downtown every morning, on the subway in the rush hour. Go ahead, get yourself smashed in like a sardine. Come home with a black eyes and somebody's elbow. Oh, Ma, please. All right, the adult. I wouldn't say another.

[Peggy Marks]

Way.

[Mrs. Marks]

Okay. God.

[Peggy Marks]

Why. Never mind, Ma. Only remember, I'm not going to work in Alan's office. You.

[Mrs. Kellett]

Understand?

[Mrs. Marks]

Never. Sure. Sure.

[Peggy Marks]

Never. Okay. Now, what's for.

[Mrs. Marks]

Dinner?

Another piece of cake with your tea, Mrs. Kellet. It's right in the bread.

[Mrs. Kellett]

Bag. Thanks. Now, Mrs. Max, I ate already.

[Mrs. Marks]

Too. You had four, but have.

[Mrs. Kellett]

Another. I wouldn't dare. I'd wash right out of my.

[Mrs. Marks]

Dress. I always figure I use a saccharine tablet in the tea so I can take all the cake I want. It's good. It's from o'.

[Mrs. Kellett]

Brien. I always used to bake my own.

[Mrs. Marks]

Cake. Me, too, but o' Brien's is.

[Mrs. Kellett]

Good. My Ellen always asks Ma, how come you don't bake no more when.

[Mrs. Marks]

You got a man in the house? There's a reason to cook. I don't.

[Mrs. Kellett]

Know. My Mr. Would be happy if I had only potholes and potatoes. Maybe a chicken once in a.

[Mrs. Marks]

While. You got.

[Mrs. Kellet]

Trouble. Every day my Peggy changes her.

[Mrs. Marks]

Diet. Monday she's eating cottage cheese to that walnut. Wednesday, maybe whole wheat.

[Mrs. Kellet]

Toast. It could drive up like some crazy cooking.

[Mrs. Kellett]

Lunch. Peggy comes home for lunch about.

[Mrs. Marks]

Two weeks now, since she's waking for your.

[Mrs. Kellett]

Ellen. Ellen doesn't even take off for lunch. She's working so.

[Mrs. Marks]

Hard. Mrs. Kellett, I got a TL for you. For mine.

[Mrs. Kellett]

Teggy. So tell.

[Mrs. Marks]

Me. She says your Ellen makes her.

[Mrs. Kellet]

Better off a plate than anybody she ever saw. Real.

[Mrs. Kellett]

Pretty. He's a good boy. He says your Peggy works real.

[Mrs. Marks]

Hard. They look nice together, don't they, Mrs.

[Mrs. Kellett]

Kelly? They certainly do, Mrs.

[Mrs. Marks]

Max. So, Mrs. Kellett, so what.

[Mrs. Kellet]

Next?

Such a day I thought I'd never.

[Peggy Marks]

Seen. Take it easy.

[Mrs. Kellet]

Ma. Are you ready? Did you pack the new.

[Mrs. Marks]

Shoes? Yes, Ma. And the fancy.

[Peggy Marks]

Hat? Everything's all in. Stop fussing, will.

[Mrs. Kellet]

You? Who's.

[Mrs. Marks]

Fussing? Let's see. Should be something borrowed and Something with the.

[Peggy Marks]

Bluing. Blue, Ma. Blue Bluing's for the.

[Mrs. Marks]

Laundry. So what's wrong? For our wedding. You shouldn't be.

[Peggy Marks]

Clean. For heaven's sake, will you sit down a.

[Mrs. Kellet]

While? Who can sit? Her daughter only gets married once in a.

[Peggy Marks]

While. This one nearly didn't. Minus Ma. The only reason I turned Alan down three times was because I knew you were hovering around like a buzzard waiting for a.

[Mrs. Kellet]

Car. A buzzard you called your own.

[Peggy Marks]

Mother. I'm not kidding. When I saw that triumphal grin of yours, I came close to calling the whole thing off.

I guess I could have loved the.

[Mrs. Marks]

Guy. Of course, I always knew my.

[Mrs. Kellet]

Peggy would pick up a good boy. Such a smart girl you were. I remember when you recited at the P. S.

[Peggy Marks]

Graduation. I'll cut it out, will you, Ma? You'll have time to cry.

[Mrs. Marks]

Later. Have Eddie, my David rest his.

[Mrs. Kellet]

Soul. Should be.

[Peggy Marks]

Here. Yeah, I guess it would be.

[Mrs. Marks]

Nice. I always say it's nice to have a doctor in the family. A dentist. Dentist.

[Mrs. Kellett]

Doctor. He wears a.

[Peggy Marks]

White. So does a barber. Only remember, Ma, I'm marrying him in spite of you. Not because.

[Mrs. Marks]

Naturally.

[Mrs. Kellet]

Naturally. Just how you're marrying him somewhere. That's enough for.

[Peggy Marks]

Me. Well, congratulations, Ma. You've earned them. Me, nobody else. Thank you, heaven. That's the last of it, Ma. You can rest.

[Mrs. Kellett]

Now.

A beautiful wedding, Mrs.

[Mrs. Kellet]

Mark. Lovely, Mrs. Kellett. Lovely.

[Mrs. Kellett]

Honey. Blessing to see a boy should.

[Mrs. Kellet]

Get a nice, smart girl like your Peggy. A match, Mrs.

[Mrs. Marks]

Kellett. A.

[Mrs. Kellet]

Match. Your Ellen will go far. Thank you. It's a load of my mind. Confidentially, I can tell you now a secret. Not that I'd be interfering with Peggy.

[Mrs. Kellett]

Never. I'm saying. Neither me, Mrs. Marx. Always with hell in his own.

[Mrs. Kellet]

Way. Protonist, Mrs. Kelly. Sometimes I put my Peggy would end up an old maid. Such a stubborn girl. Stubborn, Mrs.

[Mrs. Kellett]

Kell. You think Mabe was easy with Meinel and not interfering.

[Mrs. Kellet]

Ever? Nah.

[Mrs. Kellett]

Never. But honestly, I'm not forgetting times I wanted to shake that fine dentist like a mop out the.

[Mrs. Kellet]

Window. All right, Mrs. Kellogg. Yes. Don't I know. Well, it's done.

[Mrs. Kellett]

Now. Pull.

[Mrs. Marks]

Over. All of it? All of.

[Mrs. Kellet]

It. Wait, Mrs. Kellet, wait. It's just.

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