The Harold Peary Show 1950-12-27 - New Years Dance

Summary

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Podcast Summary: The Harold Peary Show – "New Year’s Dance" (1950-12-27)

Podcast: Harold's Old Time Radio
Episode: The Harold Peary Show – "New Year’s Dance"
Air Date: December 27, 1950
Summary Date: December 29, 2025

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Episode Overview

This heartwarming episode of The Harold Peary Show ("Honest Harold") captures the spirit of small-town America during the holidays, as Honest Harold faces a dilemma between traditions with old friends and trying to impress his sweetheart, Theodora, for New Year’s Eve. The show is a comedic and affectionate portrait of community, nostalgia, and the enduring value of staying true to oneself and one’s friends.

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Key Discussion Points & Story Highlights

1. Opening Holiday Cheer and Romance (00:37–02:48)

• The show opens with Honest Harold in a holiday haze, bidding goodnight to his new love interest, Theodora.

• Theodora reminisces about the week, and Harold attempts to relive a cherished Christmas Eve moment.

  • Quote:
    Theodora: “Oh, this has been a wonderful week, Haroldy Warldy.” [01:26]
    Harold: “I'll never forget Christmas Eve. When I gave you that wristwatch. You threw yourself in my arms and kissed me. Remember?” [01:35]

• Playful banter sets the tone for Harold’s plans to surprise Theodora with a New Year’s Eve outing, teasing her about “kissing time” at midnight.

2. The Local Barn Dance Plan (03:11–05:43)

• Over breakfast, Harold discusses with his mother the simple joy of Melrose Springs' traditions, keen on taking Theodora to the annual New Year’s barn dance.

  • Quote:
    Harold: “We may have cider instead of champagne and play corny games like Pin the Tail on the Donkey, but it’s fun.” [03:36]

• Comedic recollection of previous year’s mishaps adds a nostalgic touch.

  • Quote:
    Harold: “Remember last year's party when Dr. Yancy was trying to pin the tail on the donkey and he jabbed the pin in one of the kids?” [03:45]

• Mother reminds Harold that perhaps Theodora might expect something fancier, given her Kansas City background.

3. Dance Preparations and Goofy Pageantry (05:43–08:08)

• At the barn with Doc and Pete, Harold helps decorate and learns they’ll be performing a New Year’s pageant—Doc as Father Time, Pete as "Baby New Year".

  • Quote:
    Pete: “Yeah, I come out dressed in a ribbon.” [06:49]

• Laugh-out-loud rehearsal reveals their enthusiasm outpaces their acting skills.

  • Harold: “Sounds like the noon whistle at the mattress factory.” [07:30]

4. Doubt Sets In – The Temptation of High Society (08:08–10:20)

• At work, Harold invites his boss, Stanley Peabody, to the barn dance. Stanley declines, attending the posh Moose Room at the Antler Hotel, and teases Harold for being a “hick”.

  • Quote:
    Peabody: “To her, New Year’s Eve means formal dress dinner. Imported champagne.” [10:10]

• Peabody’s words plant doubt: is Theodora longing for glamour over homey fun?

5. Harold's Test – Theodora’s Expectations (11:09–12:36)

• Harold tries to probe Theodora’s real wishes with a game of word association. It’s clear: she expects a swanky, sophisticated evening.

  • Theodora: “New Year’s Eve, swanky supper. Club. Oop. White tie and tails.” [12:18]

• To avoid disappointment, Harold lies that they're going to the formal Antler Hotel event.

6. Regret and Guilt – Choosing Between Friends and Impressing Theodora (13:46–18:26)

• Harold mournfully returns home, distressed about letting down Doc and Pete.

  • Quote:
    Harold: “How am I gonna tell Doc and Pete I'm not coming to the barn dance tonight? Fine friend I turned out to be. I'm a cad.” [13:46]

• Attempts to break the news to Pete and Doc are met with comic but genuine disappointment, underscored by Doc’s goat Arthur.

  • Doc (to goat): “Arthur, what would you think of a man who deserted his old friends on New Year's Eve?” [17:12]

7. The Antler Hotel – Out of Place and Unhappy (19:32–25:11)

• At the Moose Room, Harold feels alienated by the stiff, unfun crowd. Stanley and his date Abigail intrude, making things awkward and turning the evening into a dull, forced comedy.

  • Quote:
    Stanley: “May I present Ms. Abigail Turner... Just think, the four of us will spend the whole evening together.” [20:53]
  • Harold: “What a clam bake. What a way to spend New Year's Eve. With Stanley Peabody instead of my old friends.” [24:29]

• The humor is rich in awkward pleasantries, forced cheer, and failed attempts at revelry (including the classic “How do you get down from an elephant?” riddle [22:31]).

8. A Change of Heart – Back to the Barn Dance (25:11–27:07)

• Nostalgia hits as Harold sings about missing his old gang, realizing he belongs at the barn dance.

  • Quote:
    Harold (singing softly): “Goodbye forever, old fellows and gals... But I'd give the world to see that old gang of mine. Yeah, that's where I ought to be with my old gang.” [25:12]

• He confesses his mistake to Theodora, who surprises him with her sincerity.

  • Theodora: “Harold, why didn’t you ask me?... I’d love to go to your barn dance.” [26:08]

• The couple dashes to the barn, arriving as midnight strikes.

9. Resolution and Joyful Reunion (27:07–28:42)

• They reach the barn as the pageant concludes, warmly welcomed by Doc, Pete, and even Arthur the goat.

  • Quote:
    Harold: “I'm glad to see you. Why, it wouldn’t have been New Year’s without you, would it, Pete?” [27:17]

• The group sings “Auld Lang Syne” together, ending on a note that celebrates friendship, home, and genuine connections.

10. Closing Message and Real-Life Holiday Spirit (28:42–29:53)

• Harold Perry personally addresses listeners, sharing a heartfelt thank you for gifts sent to wounded Korean veterans at Travis Air Force Base.
  • Quote:
    Harold Perry (reading the colonel’s letter): “Your bright laughter and good cheer to the men who needed it most...was especially appreciated and will not soon be forgotten.” [28:42]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments (with Timestamps)

• “We may have cider instead of champagne and play corny games like Pin the Tail on the Donkey, but it’s fun.” — Harold [03:36]
• “I come out dressed in a ribbon.” — Pete, on playing Baby New Year [06:49]
• “Our cider’s imported from Charlieville.” — Harold (mocking champagne expectations) [10:10]
• “How am I gonna tell Doc and Pete I’m not coming to the barn dance tonight? Fine friend I turned out to be. I’m a cad.” — Harold [13:46]
• “Arthur, what would you think of a man who deserted his old friends on New Year’s Eve...?” — Doc (to his goat) [17:12]
• “He has mooed for an hour.” — Harold, realizing it’s a stuffed moose [20:07]
• "How do you get down from an elephant? You don't get down from an elephant. You get down from the... from the duck." — Abigail’s riddle [22:39]
• “What a clam bake. What a way to spend New Year's Eve. With Stanley Peabody instead of my old friends.” — Harold [24:29]
• “I'd give the world to see that old gang of mine. Yeah, that's where I ought to be with my old gang.” — Harold (singing) [25:12]
• "It wouldn’t have been New Year’s without you, would it, Pete?" — Doc [27:19]
• “Happy New Year, fellas. Happy New Year, Theodora. Happy New Year to you, Arthur. But I'm not gonna kiss you.” — Harold [27:32]

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Key Timestamps of Important Segments

• 00:37 – Episode narrative and opening scene with Harold & Theodora's romance
• 03:11 – Family breakfast, tradition talk
• 05:43 – Barn dance preparations, rehearsal of the New Year’s pageant
• 08:08 – Harold plans to invite his boss, gets mocked
• 11:09 – Word association game reveals Theodora’s expectations
• 13:46 – Harold’s regret and guilt
• 15:11 – Telling Pete about his decision
• 17:00 – Breaking the news to Doc (with Arthur the goat)
• 19:32–25:11 – At the Antler Hotel, awkward luxury
• 25:11 – Song of longing for “the old gang”
• 26:00 – Harold confesses to Theodora, they both want to go to the barn dance
• 27:07 – Joyful reunion and “Auld Lang Syne” sing-along
• 28:42 – Harold Perry's heartfelt real-life message about Operation Santa Claus

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Tone and Style

The episode is a blend of gentle wit, small-town warmth, slapstick humor, and touching nostalgia. Through Harold’s journey, the story affirms the simple values of friendship and sincerity, while poking fun at snobbishness and pretense.

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Final Notes

Listeners will enjoy a classic slice of mid-century American radio, brimming with heart, humor, and the gentle reminder that true happiness on New Year’s Eve (and beyond) is found where you are most at home—with the people you care about most.

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Transcript

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[Narrator / Harold Perry]

The harold perry show. And now Harold Perry as Honest Harold, the homemaker. Well, let's look in on the little town of Melrose Springs this crisp December evening. Honest Harold, like the rest of us, is in that pleasantly dazed holiday condition. He is just recovering from Christmas in time to build up his strength for New Year's. Right now he's bidding goodnight to his new romance, the lovely Theodora.

[Theodora]

Oh, this has been a wonderful week, Haroldy Warldy.

[Harold]

Sure has, Theodora. I've seen you every night.

[Theodora]

I just love the holiday season, don't you?

[Harold]

Yeah. I'll never forget Christmas Eve. When I gave you that wristwatch. You threw yourself in my arms and kissed me. Remember?

[Theodora]

Do I?

[Harold]

Let's try that again, shall we?

[Theodora]

But Harold, how could we ever recapture that special moment? Christmas. The wristwatch.

[Harold]

Well, you sing Jingle Bells and I'll start ticking. Oh, well, I guess I can wait. Tomorrow night's New Year's Eve. And you know what happens at 12 o'.

[Narrator / Harold Perry]

Clock.

[Harold]

Paul Lang Syne is kissing time.

[Theodora]

Harold.

[Harold]

Yeah?

[Theodora]

You haven't told me where we're going New Year's Eve.

[Harold]

I want to wait and surprise you. I won't tell you till tomorrow.

[Theodora]

All right, Teddy bear.

[Harold]

Theodora.

[Theodora]

Yes?

[Harold]

How about a little kiss?

[Theodora]

Now, Harold, you'll have to wait till New Year's Eve.

[Harold]

Isn't it strange, Theodora? New Year's Eve comes at different times all over the world. Why, right now, probably it's New Year's Eve in Honolulu. It is? Yeah. Pucker up, Theodora.

[Theodora]

Harold.

[Harold]

Yakka hoola hicky doola.

[Theodora]

You're not eating your breakfast, huh?

[Harold]

Well, Mother, I was just thinking about New Year's Eve party night and what a good time Theodora and I are gonna have.

[Theodora]

Oh, I think it's nice the way you and your old friends get together and have a party every New Year's Eve.

[Harold]

Yeah, they can have their big city swanky affairs. I bet we have a lot more fun right here in Melrose Springs at our New Year's barn dance.

[Theodora]

Yes, we love the dear hearts and gentle people that live in our hometown.

[Harold]

That's right, Mother. We may have cider instead of champagne and play corny games like Pin the Tail on the Donkey, but it's fun. Oh, yes.

[Theodora]

Remember last year's party when Dr. Yancy was trying to pin the tail on the donkey and he jabbed the pin in one of the kids?

[Harold]

Yeah, that was me. That's when I was bobbing for Apple's mother.

[Theodora]

I suppose Theodora thinks of barn dance is quite a novelty.

[Harold]

Well, I haven't told her yet. I thought I'd surprise her.

[Theodora]

Oh, Harold, don't you think you should tell her? She might expect something fancier. You know she's from Kansas City.

[Harold]

No, no, she'll love it, Mother.

[Theodora]

Well, I think.

[Harold]

Say, I told Doc and Pete I'd help them decorate the barn this morning. I better get over there.

[Theodora]

But you ought to drop by Theodora's and let her know what she's supposed to wear tonight.

[Harold]

Where? Oh, I'll see you later, Mother. I'll tell her to wear a gingham dress. She looked like Daisy May. And I'll be your little Abner.

[Theodora]

Shall I pass the Kickapoo joy juice, son?

[Harold]

What.

[Narrator / Harold Perry]

Mother?

[Harold]

Oh, brother. See you later. Yeah. Doc and Pete should be out here in the barn. Hello, Doc, old friend.

[Theodora]

Oh, hello, Har.

[Narrator / Harold Perry]

Where's Pete?

[Theodora]

Oh, he's downtown getting the bunting.

[Harold]

The bunting? Oh, say, the barn's starting to look fine, Doc. You must have done a lot of work this morning.

[Theodora]

Oh, not so much. All I did was tack up the streamers, make the sign.

[Harold]

Okay, Doc.

[Theodora]

Mix the potato salad by the side.

[Harold]

Yeah, that's great.

[Theodora]

Slice the hot dog rolls, tuned the musical chairs.

[Harold]

Yes, well, I bet we're gonna have a lot of fun tonight. And Theodora's just gonna love it. Apple bobbing square dancing, sack racing. Just think, maybe the two of us will be in the same sack.

[Theodora]

I didn't know you cared, Harold.

[Harold]

Not you, Doc. P.

[Narrator / Harold Perry]

1951, boy.

[Harold]

Well, hello, Pete, old pal. Did you bring the bunting?

[Narrator / Harold Perry]

Venting. Oh. Oh, Shaw, I knew I forgot something.

[Theodora]

Pete.

[Narrator / Harold Perry]

Well, I've been busy, boy. Don't forget I'm chairman of the door prize committee.

[Theodora]

Did you get some good prizes, Pete?

[Narrator / Harold Perry]

I sure did. I got the Elks to donate the grand prize. A free, all expense paid 90 day vacation to Charlieville.

[Harold]

A 90 day vacation? Won't that cost him a lot of money?

[Narrator / Harold Perry]

No, it's just a round trip bus ticket. You can return anytime within 90 days.

[Harold]

Very funny, Pete. But We've got to get this barn decorated. Why don't you run down now and get that Bundy?

[Narrator / Harold Perry]

All right. Oh, Harold, before I go, maybe you'd like to hear Doc and me rehearse.

[Harold]

Rehearse?

[Theodora]

Oh, I forgot to tell you, Harold. Pete and I are going to perform a little New Year's pageant at the party tonight.

[Harold]

A pageant? Yes.

[Theodora]

I'm going to be Fathered Time. And Pete will be the Baby New Year.

[Harold]

Oh, my goodness. Baby New Year?

[Narrator / Harold Perry]

Yeah, I come out dressed in a ribbon.

[Harold]

Look, fellas, how about decorating the barn?

[Theodora]

At the stroke of midnight, I come out as Father Time. It's a real character part. And I say, well, another 365 days have gone by. That makes another year.

[Harold]

No kidding.

[Theodora]

So ring out the old and ring in the new. Ringing the new. Okay, Pete.

[Narrator / Harold Perry]

Oh.

[Theodora]

Oh. What was that? Aha. Tis Baby New Year.

[Harold]

Sounds like the noon whistle at the mattress factory.

[Theodora]

How about greetings, everyone. I am Baby New Year. I was just born. Goo go goobye.

[Harold]

I'll see you. Probably. That Pete.

[Theodora]

Hi.

[Harold]

And Baby New Year. Horrible actors, but nice fellas though. Yeah, we're gonna have a swell time tonight.

[Theodora]

Station Quest, J.P. just a moment, I'll connect you.

[Harold]

Oh, good morning, glory.

[Theodora]

Good morning, Harold.

[Harold]

Is our dear boss, Stanley Peabody in?

[Theodora]

Yes, he is.

[Harold]

Thought maybe I'd ask him to our barn dance tonight. He's an old prissy pants, but what the heck, it's New Year's.

[Theodora]

Cause Raymond and I are going to a party night at my girlfriend's.

[Harold]

Oh, that's nice.

[Theodora]

Oh, here she goes with a fella in the navy. He's a chief petting officer.

[Harold]

Laurie, you got that wrong. He's not a petting officer.

[Theodora]

Well, according to my girlfriend, he is. Oh, good. And Harold, if you want, or you can use that joke on your radio program, there's no charge.

[Harold]

There's no joke either. See you later, Gloria. Everybody's a comic around here. I'll see if stuff Stanley wants to go to the party. Come in.

[Narrator / Harold Perry]

Oh, hello, Ham.

[Harold]

Well, happy New Year, Stanley, old friend.

[Narrator / Harold Perry]

Thank you, Hempy. New Year to you.

[Theodora]

Get it?

[Narrator / Harold Perry]

Hey, why don't we have a drink to that?

[Harold]

A drink?

[Narrator / Harold Perry]

Well, let me pour you a glass of yogurt.

[Harold]

No thanks, Stanley. I'll skip this round. Stanley, we're having our big New Year's party in Doc Yancey's barn tonight. Thought you might like to join us.

[Narrator / Harold Perry]

In Doc Yancey's barn?

[Harold]

Yeah.

[Narrator / Harold Perry]

Thank you, Hamp, but I've already made my plans for tonight. I'M going to the formal dance at the Antler Hotel in the Moose Room. Everyone will be wearing tails in the Moose Room.

[Harold]

I guess I.

[Narrator / Harold Perry]

It'll be quite swanky. Yeah, I'm taking Ms. Abigail Turner. She's one of the Turners. You know, her family came here over 100 years ago.

[Harold]

Yeah, she looks it. Well, sorry you can't make it, Stanley. I know Theodore and I will have a wonderful time.

[Narrator / Harold Perry]

You mean Theodora consented to go to this barn dance?

[Harold]

Well, I haven't told her yet, but I know she'll love it.

[Narrator / Harold Perry]

Oh, hemp, you fool, you. Huh? Theodore's a sophisticated girl. To her, New Year's Eve means formal dress dinner. Imported champagne.

[Harold]

Well, our cider's imported from Charlieville.

[Narrator / Harold Perry]

Taking Theodora to that hayseed affair. What? How can you be such a hick?

[Harold]

I hate him.

[Narrator / Harold Perry]

Cider imported from Charlieville. Are you kill me?

[Harold]

I better get out of here before I take him up on that. Old Peabody can't scare me. I'll bet Theodore will love that barn dance. What if it is corny? I'm a little corny myself. That's kind of a girl. I want one I can settle down with and raise little corn muffins. She's from a big town, though. Kansas City. They have storm drains there. Well, I'll kind of fish around and find out. Hope she's in.

[Theodora]

Who is it?

[Harold]

It's Harold.

[Theodora]

Have a chair. I'll be right there.

[Harold]

What am I worried about? She's corny, all right.

[Theodora]

Hello, curly lashes.

[Harold]

Curly lashes. Hello, Theodora.

[Theodora]

Oh, I bet you came over to tell me where you're taking me tonight.

[Harold]

Well, you see.

[Theodora]

Come on now. Tell Theodora.

[Harold]

Theodora, how about playing a little game first?

[Theodora]

We played spin the bottle the last time you were here.

[Harold]

That's when I brought the loaded bottle. This is award game and called association. Theodora, you find out what the other person is thinking. Oh, I mention a word to you and you say whatever it makes you think of. Are you ready?

[Theodora]

Well, all righty.

[Harold]

Good. New Year's Eve, Fagin undergrad.

[Narrator / Harold Perry]

Oop.

[Harold]

We're having hot dogs under relish. Let's try it again, huh? New Year's Eve.

[Theodora]

Champagne in a bucket.

[Harold]

We're having seven up in a tub. Try it once more.

[Theodora]

New Year's Eve, swanky supper. Club. Oop. White tie and tails.

[Harold]

Zef. Maybe I can trap her. And barn dance.

[Theodora]

Tennessee Ernie. Now, Harold, tell me, where are you taking me tonight?

[Harold]

Antler Room. I mean, Antler Hotel. Moose Room. I'll be the third Moose from the right.

[Narrator / Harold Perry]

We'll return for the second act of our story, Honest Herald in just a moment. Have you seen who's joining Bing Crosby on a show tonight? It's Dinah Shore, Louis Armstrong and Jack Teagarden. That's just a little later this evening over most of these same CBS stations. The Bing Crosby Show. And now back to Honest Harold, the homemaker. Well, it looks as though Honest Harold's happy New Year isn't going to be so happy. For the first time, he isn't going to see the new year end with his old friends. Instead, he has talked himself into stepping out at the Antler Hotel to make an impression on the lovely Theodora. It's afternoon now, and we find Harold dejectedly returning home.

[Harold]

How am I gonna tell Doc and Pete I'm not coming to the barn dance tonight? Fine friend I turned out to be. I'm a cad. Deserting him on New Year's Eve. Running around in moose tails.

[Theodora]

Is that you, Harold?

[Harold]

I don't know, Mother.

[Theodora]

Well, did you see Theodora?

[Harold]

Yeah, I did.

[Theodora]

Is she happy about where you're taking her tonight?

[Harold]

Oh, yeah, she's very happy.

[Theodora]

Oh, you two will have a wonderful time. And maybe Theodora will pin the tail on the donkey.

[Harold]

She did.

[Theodora]

Oh, Harold, you just got a phone call from Dr. Yancy.

[Harold]

From Doc? Yes.

[Theodora]

He thought your feelings might be hurt because you're not in the pageant tonight. Wasn't that sweet of him? I can just see the three of you at your New Year's party tonight. Your arms around each other, singing, Old Acquaintance. We forgot, Mother, and never brought to mind.

[Harold]

Mother, please, you're flat.

[Theodora]

Sure. Don't. Oh, Mother.

[Harold]

I guess I better drop in and tell Pete I can't come tonight. Might as well get it over with. He'll understand, I think. Hello, Pete.

[Narrator / Harold Perry]

Howdy, boy.

[Theodora]

Pete.

[Narrator / Harold Perry]

Harold, if you want to take my part in the pageant tonight it's okie dokie with me, old friend. Here's my ribbon.

[Harold]

Thanks, Pete.

[Narrator / Harold Perry]

You'd make an awful cute baby New Year. It's an easy part to learn. Boy, four lines and three goos.

[Harold]

That's nice of you, goo, Pete, but you see, I. I can't come tonight. I'm going to the formal dance at the Antler Hotel. What?

[Narrator / Harold Perry]

Oh, sure. You're going to the Antler Hotel. And I'm Margaret Truman.

[Harold]

Margaret and Pete like to hear me sing a cadenza. Pete, you don't understand.

[Narrator / Harold Perry]

You're going to the Antler Hotel tonight. Ain't that a doozy?

[Harold]

Pete, this is no Doozy. I'm really going there tonight. I'm taking Theodora. Oh, Pete, I'm really awfully sorry. I. I just couldn't help it.

[Narrator / Harold Perry]

Sure, boy.

[Harold]

You know, I really want to be with you fellas.

[Narrator / Harold Perry]

Sure, boy, Harold, it's a good thing I ain't Margaret Truman. I'd tell my father on you.

[Harold]

Yeah, I guess Doc's in the barn here. Certainly hate to tell him about tonight. Well, I got to do it. Oh, there he is. Oh, my goodness. He's got his pet goat with him. Wonder if Pete's told him I'm not coming. Hello, doc.

[Theodora]

Good afternoon, Mr. Amp.

[Harold]

Oop. Pete told him. All right, Doc, I'd like to explain.

[Theodora]

How does this bunting look up here?

[Harold]

Looks swell, Doc.

[Theodora]

I was speaking to Arthur, my goat.

[Harold]

Oh, excuse me.

[Theodora]

Arthur, what would you think of a man who deserted his old friends on New Year's Eve? You sure bleeded a bibful, Arthur.

[Harold]

Doc, will you listen to me?

[Theodora]

If you don't mind, I'm very busy right now. Arthur, do you like the way I've hung the bunting? That's very sweet out here.

[Harold]

Doc, I want to come.

[Theodora]

Arthur, I bet you wouldn't desert your fellow goats and try to horn into high society.

[Harold]

Horn in.

[Narrator / Harold Perry]

Now, wait a minute.

[Theodora]

No, sir, you wouldn't be off somewhere dining on caviar. You'd be right here with your old friend munching tin cans.

[Harold]

Doc, I'd munch tin cans. I mean, I'd like to be here with you fellas tonight. You know that, don't you, Doc? Old friend, don't you believe me? Say something. Not you, Arthur.

[Theodora]

That was me har there.

[Harold]

And that was me. Goodbye.

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[Theodora]

Are you having a good time, Harold?

[Harold]

Oh, sure. Moose Room is very nice. Wonder what the fellows are doing at the barn dance.

[Theodora]

You walked beautifully.

[Harold]

Yeah, thank you, Theodora. It's a good thing. Guess it's all that orchestra knows. They played three o' clock in the morning three times. It's only 9:15. What a finish. Well, should we go back to our table?

[Theodora]

All right.

[Harold]

Thank you. Sort of a quiet crowd for New Year's Eve, isn't it?

[Theodora]

Yes, it is.

[Harold]

Look at that fella in the corner there. With a big chin. He has mooed for an hour.

[Theodora]

Harold, that's a stuffed moose.

[Harold]

I thought he was sitting kind of high.

[Theodora]

Harold, are you sure you're having a good time?

[Harold]

Good time? Oh, sure. I'm having. Oh, my God. Goodness.

[Theodora]

What's the matter?

[Harold]

Stanley Peabody coming with his girl? I don't want to get stuck with prissy pants. I'll duck down so he won't see me.

[Theodora]

Oh, Harold.

[Narrator / Harold Perry]

Oh, hello, Theodora. What are you doing under the table?

[Harold]

Under the table? I was looking for the thing.

[Theodora]

Oh, how amusing.

[Harold]

Looks like Stanley brought the thing with him.

[Narrator / Harold Perry]

May I present Ms. Abigail Turner, Ms. Theodora and Mr. Harold Hemp.

[Theodora]

How do you do?

[Harold]

How do you do?

[Narrator / Harold Perry]

Oh, I have a wonderful idea. Why don't Abigail and I sit at your table?

[Harold]

Well, let me.

[Narrator / Harold Perry]

Yes, you sit here, Abby Dabby.

[Harold]

Abby Dabby. Sounds like a candy bar.

[Theodora]

Thank you.

[Narrator / Harold Perry]

And I'll sit here. Just think, the four of us will spend the whole evening together.

[Harold]

Yeah, I am thinking.

[Narrator / Harold Perry]

Well, shall we get into the festive mood? I think I'll blow my horn.

[Theodora]

Ha. Whoopee.

[Narrator / Harold Perry]

Come on, Theodora Hemp. Laugh and be gay. Oh, brother. Are you feeling Mary, Abigail?

[Theodora]

Oh, yes. I feel so New Year's easy. I feel like singing that new popular song. Oh, the music goes round and round.

[Narrator / Harold Perry]

You know, Abigail as a debutante.

[Harold]

Came out in 39, probably hasn't been out since. What is it?

[Theodora]

Don't look so glum. Say something to our guest.

[Harold]

Oh, yes. Having a good time, Abigail? I said, are you having a good time, Abigail?

[Theodora]

The music goes round and round.

[Narrator / Harold Perry]

I feel so exhilarated. Abby.

[Theodora]

Yes, Stanley?

[Narrator / Harold Perry]

Why don't you tell that uproarious riddle? Oh, Hemp, this will send you right out of the room.

[Harold]

Yeah, I hope so.

[Narrator / Harold Perry]

Go on, Abby. Dabby.

[Theodora]

Well, I asked the question how do you get down from an elephant?

[Narrator / Harold Perry]

I don't know. Abigail. How do you get down from an elephant?

[Theodora]

You don't get down from an elephant. You get down from the. From the duck.

[Harold]

Stanley, not in my face.

[Narrator / Harold Perry]

3 o' clock in the morning. I love that piece.

[Harold]

Yeah, the orchestra must love it, too. Well, Theodora, should we dance?

[Narrator / Harold Perry]

Ham. Suppose I have this dance with Theodora and you and Abacus can get better acquainted.

[Harold]

What?

[Narrator / Harold Perry]

Come on, Theodora.

[Theodora]

Well, all right.

[Harold]

What?

[Narrator / Harold Perry]

Excuse us, please. Theodora, do you like to twirl?

[Theodora]

I'll miss your hand. Is miss, Son.

[Harold]

Music goes round and round.

[Theodora]

Oh, is miss.

[Narrator / Harold Perry]

Well, it's almost midnight. Shall we unfold our paper hats?

[Harold]

I ate mine. It was better than the chicken. Did you say it was almost midnight?

[Narrator / Harold Perry]

Almost.

[Harold]

Wonder what the fellows are doing at the Vine Dance.

[Theodora]

Oh, the orchestra is getting ready to play.

[Narrator / Harold Perry]

Oh, good.

[Theodora]

Oh.

[Narrator / Harold Perry]

Abigail, shall we dance this one?

[Theodora]

Oh, I love him.

[Narrator / Harold Perry]

Excuse us, please.

[Harold]

Certainly.

[Theodora]

Harold.

[Harold]

Yes, Theodora?

[Theodora]

You don't seem very happy tonight.

[Narrator / Harold Perry]

Happy?

[Harold]

Oh, sure, I'm very happy. Music goes round and round oh, Harold.

[Theodora]

Will you excuse me for a moment? I want to speak to a friend over there.

[Harold]

Of course. Go right ahead, Theodora.

[Theodora]

I'd be right bag he.

[Harold]

What a clam bake. What a way to spend New Year's Eve With Stanley Peabody instead of my old friends. Should have told Theodore about the barn dance. Let's face it. Honest, Harold, you're a weakling. Well, they do know another song. Why does it have to be that one? Gee, what I'd give the world to see that old gang of mine.

[Narrator / Harold Perry]

I.

[Harold]

Can'T forget that old quartet that sang sweet adolescent line Goodbye forever old fellows and gals Goodbye forever Old sweethearts and pals God bless them she But I give the world to see that old gang of mine yeah, that's where I ought to be with my old gang With Pete and Doc and Arthur the goat. And that's where I'm going right now.

[Theodora]

Why, Harold, what's the matter?

[Harold]

Theodora, I'm sorry, but I'm going.

[Theodora]

Going where?

[Harold]

To the barn dance. Should have gone there in the first place, but I knew you wouldn't want to go to a corny party like that.

[Theodora]

Oh, Harold, why didn't you ask me?

[Narrator / Harold Perry]

Huh?

[Theodora]

I wondered why you wanted to come here instead of spending New Year's with your friends.

[Narrator / Harold Perry]

Friends? You did?

[Theodora]

And I'd love to go to your barn then.

[Harold]

You would?

[Narrator / Harold Perry]

Oh, him.

[Harold]

Oh, Stanley.

[Theodora]

Woby.

[Narrator / Harold Perry]

New Year's comes but once a year.

[Harold]

You said it. We're not going to spend it here. Come on, Theodora. Hope we're in time, Theodore. Must be almost 12 o'.

[Narrator / Harold Perry]

Clock.

[Theodora]

Yes.

[Harold]

Here's the barn. Sounds kind of quiet in there. Oh, they're doing the pageant. Come on.

[Narrator / Harold Perry]

Ah.

[Theodora]

What was that? His baby New Year.

[Harold]

Good old Doc.

[Theodora]

His baby New Year.

[Narrator / Harold Perry]

Pete. Oh, yeah.

[Harold]

Look at Pete in that ribbon.

[Theodora]

Isn't that cute? I have baby New Year. Go.

[Harold]

Go.

[Theodora]

Achoo.

[Harold]

No, he fits full on, that costume.

[Theodora]

I was. Yeah. Hi, Harold.

[Harold]

Hi, Pete, old friend.

[Theodora]

My hair. Hello, Doc. Oh, I'm glad to see you. Why, it wouldn't have been New Year's.

[Narrator / Harold Perry]

Without you, would it, Pete? It sure wouldn't, boy.

[Harold]

Thanks. I really missed you fellas.

[Theodora]

Hey, it's 12 o', clock, everybody. Happy New Year. Happy New Year, Harold.

[Narrator / Harold Perry]

Happy New Year, boy.

[Harold]

Happy New Year, fellas. Happy New Year, Theodora. Happy New Year to you, Arthur. But I'm not gonna kiss you.

[Theodora]

Well, it's time for old Lang Syne.

[Harold]

Okay, come on, fellas. You take the 10 apart, Arthur. Should old acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind. Should all acquaintance be forgot and d. I know that all of you listening in tonight are anxious to to hear about our Operation Santa Claus venture to Travis Air Force Base. And what happened to the thousands of gifts you sent in? I have a wire from Colonel Kelly, Commanding Officer, that I'd like to read to you. Quote. Your recent gratifying personal appearance at Travis Air Force Base will long be remembered by all who saw you. Your bright laughter and good cheer to the men who needed it most, wounded Korean veterans in the base hospital and combat ready servicemen bound overseas. Your huge store of gaily wrapped gifts which you personally distributed to the war wounded and the outbound troops, was especially appreciated and will not soon be forgotten. As commanding officer, I wish to take this opportunity of expressing through you my heartfelt gratitude to all the kindly people, your radio listeners, who made those thousands of gifts possible. Again, thanks to you and your troop, Harold Perry, for an appearance that brought the true spirit of Christmas to Travis Air Force Base. Joe W. Kelly, Colonel, United States Air Force, Commanding, unquote. I wish it were possible to thank all you personally for your gifts to the boys. Being able to make them a bit happier on Christmas was the most wonderful experience of my life. Thanks again from the bottom of my heart and a happy New Year to you.

[Narrator / Harold Perry]

You have just heard the Harold Perry Show. Honest, Harold. The supporting players tonight included Mari Alden, Jane Morgan, Parley Bear, Olin Soule and Mary Jane Cross and featured Gloria Holiday as Gloria and Joseph Kearns as old Doc yak yak. Norman MacDonald directed and the music was composed and conducted by Jack Meekin.

[Harold]

Pretty too, wasn't it?

[Narrator / Harold Perry]

Honest Harold, created by Harold Perry, was written by Gene Stone, Jack Robinson and Dick Powell.

[Harold]

Good writers, yes.

[Narrator / Harold Perry]

And remember, the Rose bowl game between Michigan and California will be broadcast next Monday, New Year's Day, exclusively over most of these same CBS stations. Stay tuned now for the Bing Crosby show, which follows immediately on most of these same CBS stations. This is Roy Rowan speaking. This is cbs, where you're thrilled to dispense on Thursday night, the Columbia Broadcasting System.

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