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Sears Radio Theatre and Strange Dr. Weird
This week's Relic Radio Show begins with The Sears Radio Theatre, and The Lone Voyager, from May 25, 1979. (51:16) Our second story is The Tiger Cat, the January 2, 1945, episode of The Strange Dr. Weird. https://traffic.libsyn.com/forcedn/e55e1c7a-e213-4a20-8701-21862bdf1f8a/RelicRadio933.mp3 Download RelicRadio933 | Subscribe | Spotify | Support The Relic Radio Show If you’d like to support Relic Radio, please consider a [...]
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- [00:11]
Richard Widmark
This is the Relic Radio show. Old time radio entertainment still standing the test of time from relicradio.com with another hour of radio drama. This is the relic radio show. Thanks for joining me. This Tuesday will begin this week with the Sears Radio Theater and the Lone Voyager. Their story from May 25, 1979. After that, it's the Strange, Dr. Weird and the Tiger Cat. That story aired January 2, 1945. I'm Charles Scott King, WNEW News. At nine minutes past ten, time for Sears Radio Theater. That's the theme from the Sears radio Theater. Tonight, a program of adventure with Richard Whitman as your host. Here's a preview. Is it true that You've lost over 20 pounds on this first part of your voice?
- [01:07]
Jessica Janis
I've lost weight. I don't think it's that much.
- [01:10]
Richard Widmark
But even so, do you think that you'll have the strength to continue on?
- [01:14]
Jessica Janis
I will go on. There's no question of that.
- [01:17]
Richard Widmark
The Sears radio theater will begin after this message from your local station. If I want to make sure I buy the right thing, then I look at a magazine. I look at the consumer magazine.
- [01:28]
Jessica Janis
I do a lot of price comparing before I buy.
- [01:31]
Richard Widmark
If I'm thinking of buying a certain refrigerator or air conditioner, I ask around. I see what experiences people I know have had with that manufacturer. I found it best to check with my friends who have the product I want to buy.
- [01:43]
Jessica Janis
When I have to make a decision between two items, I just toss the coin.
- [01:47]
Richard Widmark
I just let my wife decide.
- [01:49]
Jessica Janis
I always buy things on Wednesday. I think that's my lucky day.
- [01:52]
Richard Widmark
People have lots of ways to buy things. Some are good and some are not so good. But one way that really helps is to read and compare warranties, just as you would price or quality. The law says on purchases of $15 or more, warranties must be available for you to see before you buy. You'll find that some are full and some are limited. So compare A tip from the Federal Trade Commission. It's good to read warranties before you buy. And don't be bashful because it's your money. This is Richard Widmark. There she is even at dockside still and without sale, there's something in her sleek line that suggest motion and speed. The 54 foot white yacht is called Adventure, named for a ship of Captain James Cook, the great Pacific explorer. It's late afternoon and the fog is beginning to roll in. Adventure stands ready and waiting, but deserted. Only an hour ago, her owner, her captain Ian Janis, was carried from her shining teak deck to an ambulance, unconscious, unaware that his dream had been snatched from him on the very eve of its fulfillment. In a small white hospital room, Jessica Janice looks out of place. She's too strong, too young and healthy to belong here. She stares down at her father's comatose figure. The doctors can't explain to her what's happened. They suspect a stroke that they can't be sure yet. All she wants is for her father to be returned to her as he had been this morning. A vibrant, vital man. She wants him to make his voyage around the world in his boat, adventure as he had always dreamed of doing. She leans close to him.
- [03:53]
Jessica Janis
Dad? Dad, can you hear me? Dad, I can't stand this. I can't see you like this. Please, won't you open your eyes, look at me with that look of yours, make me believe that this hasn't happened to you. Dad. I'm not going to let your dream go. Dad. I can't do anything for you here. I can only stand around and try not to cry. But there is something that I can do. I know I'm not the sailor that you are, but I'm gonna make the voyage. Try to hear me, dad. I'm going. And I'm going to make it for you.
- [04:55]
Richard Widmark
Early the next morning, without fanfare, Jessica sails adventure down the channel, past the breakwater and away from land. Her plan, as her father's had been, is to sa non stop to Australia, then continue on across the Indian Ocean, past Africa, into the South Atlantic, around Cape Horn and up the Pacific to this spot. She was so quietly departing. There were very few other boats out and the girl alone on the beautiful white boat went unnoticed. And that's only the beginning of our story. Sears Radio Theater a new adventure in radio listening. Five nights of exceptional entertainment every week. Brought to you in Elliot Lewis production of the Sears Radio Theater. Our story the Lone Voyager by Pamela Russell. Our stars Janet Waldo and Len Berman. The Sears Radio Theater is brought to you you by Sears, Roebuck & Co. Sears where America shops for value. I love to eat, but it takes.
- [06:13]
Jessica Janis
So long to cook.
- [06:14]
Richard Widmark
That's why we both love our new Kenmore microwave oven from Sears.
- [06:18]
Jessica Janis
I can cook a five pound roast, medium rare in just 30 minutes or three strips of bacon in three and a half minutes on a paper plate. Bake two potatoes in eight minutes and cook vegetables faster than boiling them in water.
- [06:29]
Richard Widmark
That means less time in the kitchen.
- [06:31]
Jessica Janis
And more with you.
- [06:32]
Richard Widmark
Fast, clean, cool cooking with Sears Kenmore microwave ovens all with automatic defrost. Choose the right model for your kitchen from the many styles available at most Sears retail stores. Sears National Automotive Sale get big national savings on the Sears Die Hard only 49.99 with trade in you save $8 on the maintenance free battery that starts nearly every car in me and save on Sears dyna glass belt and 28 tires. They're on sale now at 40 off spring 1979 general catalog prices plus federal excise tax. Dyna glass belted 28 tires. Save 40 at most Sears tire and auto centers. Prices May in Alaska and Hawaii. Honey, I can't sleep.
- [07:14]
Jessica Janis
Maybe you should try counting sheets.
- [07:16]
Richard Widmark
You mean sheep?
- [07:18]
Jessica Janis
No, Medley sheets from Sears in so many great colors from light to dark.
- [07:24]
Richard Widmark
Rest easy knowing your bed looks fantastic because Medley solids come in up to 24 colors like Indian copper, royal blue, lemon yellow and jungle green. But don't just count them. Mix and match them with medley pattern sheets and cases for a designer effect. Then dream in color tonight. Available at most larger Sears retail stores in the catalog. Out on the dark open sea, the boat Adventure moves along silently. On a staff. At the stem of the yacht hang two red lights set several feet apart. These out of control lights glow like unblinking red eyes staring out into the blackness, warning other vessels that the occupant of Adventure is asleep. But Jessica Janice is not asleep. She lies awake on the narrow bunk in the forward cabin, wondering, thinking and questioning.
- [08:26]
Jessica Janis
It's so quiet, so unbelievably quiet. I feel as if I'm the only person on earth. I wonder if this is how dad feels. Is this what it's like to be in a coma? Such enormous, all encompassing quiet. I wish I could know if he'd heard me when I. I told him that I was going. I hope he knows. Somehow I feel that he does. It should be. It should be dad out here instead of me. It was his dream to sail around the world alone. And he's in that hospital with that awful machine beside him, whining, breathing. For him it seems so strange and wrong. Dad never wanted anyone to do anything for him. That's what Mother always said, her voice so sad, so defeated. I guess that's why they divorced. He'd never let her do anything for him. And now I'm doing this. Now he has to have everything done for him. How he must hate it. Maybe it's wrong that I'm here, but who better than I? I've been helping him plan this trip for over a year. I know every chart. I know every inch of Adventure. And I love her almost as much as he does. One of the first things I remember is the smell of the oce and going to sleep in a swaying bunk like this one, but with pillows propped all around me so I wouldn't fall out Before I could even read or ride a bicycle. I'd sailed with him a hundred times. If only I'd been able to eat some dinner. I feel so queasy. I've never been seasick before. Maybe I'm afraid it's so quiet I could play one of the tapes. But I should go to sleep. It's going to be a big day tomorrow. I need the rest. I made over 130 miles today. So many miles of ocean to Australia. It's so vast. It's hard to even imagine, isn't it? I'm out here in the midst of it all, and what is there between me and so much deep, black water? A hull 7, 8 of an inch thick. I keep feeling there should be more exhilaration, more excitement. But I can't quite make myself believe where I am and what I'm doing, what I'm attempting to do. I've begun a solo voyage around the world. Very few have ever embarked on such a trip, and fewer still have completed it. And yet, that's what I'm doing. Maybe when I convince myself of it, I'll feel excited and exhilarated. Or maybe the excitement and exhilaration should rightfully be saved until the end. I'm so tired, but I. I can't make my thoughts stop. I feel very close to something. Perhaps it's just sleep, but I think it's myself. I've never been quite so alone in my life. The wind is blowing up. I love the sound of it. It's lulling, reassuring. My arms and legs feel so heavy. I'm tired. Very tired. My eyes are finally closing. One more deep breath and I'll be asle. I'll be asleep. And when I open my eyes again, it will be light. And my first night alone on the ocean will be passed.
- [12:47]
Richard Widmark
Honey, we've been on the road all day and you still look cool and crisp.
- [12:50]
Jessica Janis
Wearing these Sears shorts and T shirt help.
- [12:52]
Richard Widmark
They're so cool and packable.
- [12:54]
Jessica Janis
On trips, I brought along several of each. The T shirts come in solid shades, color keyed to the solid or patterned walking shorts so I can affordably mix and match a vacation's worth of easy care sportswear. A summer's worth of looks. Mm, Smart lady Summer T shirts and shorts from Sears. Cool, neat and practical, available in Mrs.
- [13:14]
Richard Widmark
Sizes and now for men, a Sears super value on a vested four piece suit. Just 89.97 is the special purchase price that buys a coat, two slacks and a reversible vest that combine for a wardrobe of six different outfits. Come see for yourself that this special purchase, though not reduced, is an exceptional value. Sears vested four piece suit only 89.97 while quantities last, it's a value that's worth a special trip. Prices may vary in Alaska and Hawaii.
- [13:44]
Jessica Janis
Yes, no, maybe so It's a Sunny Bunch summer for girls on the go. Summer starts for your daughter with easy care, halters, tanks, tees and jogger shorts in colorful teams to switch around all summer. And each Sunny Bunch piece has a sunny saying and character. Screen print tops, shorts and play sets that pack a pretty punch. When it comes to packing sportswear, the choice is Sunny Bunch. Jump into summer with Sunny Bunch Funwear for your Girls in sizes 7 to 14.
- [14:12]
Richard Widmark
All items available at most larger Sears retail stores Adventure Sail swiftly In the fast approaching darkness. There's little twilight. It is bright blue white day and then black night. The second long night out on the sea is just beginning. Jessica, after a day of strenuous single handed sailing, sits below exhausted, muscles aching, hunched over her journal. She is writing of the previous night when wrenched from sleep by the sound of a terrible crash. She had feared that her voyage, just begun, was at an end and even possibly her life.
- [15:05]
Jessica Janis
I ran up on deck, not knowing what I'd find there. I was confused, disoriented, still groggy with sleep and frightened, terrified, my heart thudding in my chest. I couldn't believe what I saw. I had visions in my mind of disaster and destruction, but instead I found everything in order. I ran crazily from stem to stern, thinking perhaps I had dreamt that horrible sound. But I knew that it was no dream. The boat was going beautifully. I checked the self steering gear and the tiller. It was functioning properly. I looked at the mast and the main boom. I'd feared finding them broken in a drift, but there was nothing but peaceful blind motion. I stood at the stern and tried to think what could have happened. And then, in the rushing white wake so near, so very close to me, I thought that I saw a huge shadowy form. My heart, which had calmed and started to go evenly, jumped and began to race once again. The form was too big to be anything but what I feared most. It had to be a killer whale. I knew that was what adventure had come up against. I tried to remember all that I knew about killer whales the one fact that kept playing over and over in my mind was how they did battle. They. They would jump upon their opponent until it grew exhausted and finally died. I tried to put from my mind the vision of a killer whale jumping on adventure. I bent down closer to the water to see, but it was impossible. I went below. I couldn't sleep again this morning. I replaced the cutlery in cans that had been thrown about and scattered across the cabin. They were my only proof that the night before had not been a nightmare. I was glad for that proof. Nightmares frighten me far more than any reality. I made my 140 miles today. It was good sailing. But through the tiredness, I can only feel a twinge of accomplishment. I thought that I was in better shape than this. I'm only 27, after all. But I think that more than any physical exertion, the idea that everything rests totally on my shoulders wears me out. I begin to understand dad and his great love of independence. The sea fosters that love for its cruel and its ability to destroy the weak and dependent. I'm going to try and reach Los Angeles on the radio telephone tonight. I suppose that I'm not yet so independent that I don't long to hear the sound of a human voice other than my own. Hello? Hello, Los Angeles. This is Adventure. Hello.
- [18:06]
Richard Widmark
This is Angeles. Los Angeles, could you.
- [18:12]
Jessica Janis
Los Angeles. I. I'm not receiving you. Hello, Los Angeles.
- [18:20]
Richard Widmark
We have report.
- [18:24]
Jessica Janis
I'm. I'm not reading. Los Angeles. Los Angeles.
- [18:30]
Richard Widmark
Wind up to 80 knots. Hurricane.
- [18:36]
Jessica Janis
I'm not receiving you. Los Angeles, do you hear me? I'll try another transmission later.
- [18:43]
Richard Widmark
Hurric warnings Hurricane off Baja. Hurricane.
- [18:53]
Jessica Janis
Hurricane off Baja. I'm headed straight into it. 20 days and nearly 3,000 miles traveled. I've survived killer whales and hurricanes, becalmed seas and impossible radio communications. But today was the most disturbing of all. A tanker was coming up fast to the windward of me. I. I tried to contact them with a signaling lamp, but they didn't see me. The tanker took all the wind, and for a time I lost control of Adventure. Luckily, the rigging was not damaged. But the incident troubled me greatly. And still does. I felt as they passed me that I didn't ex. I was invisible. Lost somewhere between heaven and earth. And the tanker disappeared on the horizon. And I was alone on the sea once again.
- [20:09]
Richard Widmark
Sears Radio Theater will return after this message from your local state. This is Becky Dunn of the New York Yankees. I'm proud to be a member of a great team. And I'm equally proud of My family storming. My wife and our two children. They're both healthy, normal kids. But you know, there are some children in this world, in your neighborhood, who are not so lucky. They were born with handicaps, injured in accidents or disabled by illness. All they want is an equal chance with other children. To work, to play, to learn, and to feel they will have a place in the world when they grow up. The Easter Seals Society is preparing both children and adults for tomorrow. Rehabilitating them, giving them a chance to become self respecting citizens. That's why I support the work of Easter Seals. As a member of the National Easter Seals Sports Council, we hope you support your local Easter Seals program. It's a great way to help handicapped people.
- [21:15]
Jessica Janis
You've changed, Bernard. You're not the man I married.
- [21:19]
Richard Widmark
What do you mean, Francine?
- [21:20]
Jessica Janis
Remember the way you were vulnerable, you made mistakes, but now look. You're confident. Everything you do turns out right. It's that book you sent away for.
- [21:31]
Richard Widmark
It's just a catalog from the Consumer Information Center. It lists more than 200 federal publications you can send for on building, fixing.
- [21:39]
Jessica Janis
Eating, buying, selling, working, playing, living.
- [21:43]
Richard Widmark
And more than half of them are. Yes, Francine, the man you married is gone for good.
- [21:48]
Jessica Janis
All right, Bernard. But would you make just one more mistake for old time's sake?
- [21:53]
Richard Widmark
All right. For you, I'll just replace that window glass like I used to. Whatever you do, learn to do it better. Send for your free catalog. Just write Consumer Catalog. Pueblo, CO 81009. Francine. Send for their publication on first aid.
- [22:10]
Jessica Janis
What was that address?
- [22:11]
Richard Widmark
Pueblo, Colorado 81009. That tanker would be the last ship Jessica Janis would see until she came into Melbourne. Across the wild and killing Tasman Sea she sailed adventure to the Australian port that many an old clipper ship had sought in vain and never reached. Now Jessica sits on the deck of Adventure in the bright Melbourne sunlight, haltingly answering the rapid fire questions of a report. A young man lounges nearby, within earshot, and listens. But listens with an interest that belies his casual stance. Was there ever a time when you thought you might not make it here, Ms. Jonas?
- [23:00]
Jessica Janis
Not just one time. There. There were many, many times.
- [23:03]
Richard Widmark
And you thought of giving it up? Quitting?
- [23:06]
Jessica Janis
I thought I might die.
- [23:08]
Richard Widmark
Are you actually willing to give your life to make this voyage round the world alone?
- [23:13]
Jessica Janis
I. I suppose that I am.
- [23:15]
Richard Widmark
What's your motivation? Or what drives you? Why are you doing it, Ms. Janice? What are you trying to prove?
- [23:22]
Jessica Janis
Well, I. I just want to do it. I don't really think I'm. I'm trying to prove anything.
- [23:27]
Richard Widmark
Oh, you're not trying to prove that a woman is capable of doing anything that a man can?
- [23:31]
Jessica Janis
No, I'm definitely not trying to prove that. This began as my father's dream. When he was unable to make the voyage, I took over for him. If there's any reason that can be given for what I'm doing, I suppose that's it.
- [23:45]
Richard Widmark
Then you mean you're making this trip to your father?
- [23:48]
Jessica Janis
Yes. Not completely, though. That's. That's simply how it began.
- [23:52]
Richard Widmark
But you do have your own reasons now?
- [23:55]
Jessica Janis
I do.
- [23:56]
Richard Widmark
Then what are they, Miss Janice?
- [23:58]
Jessica Janis
I'm not sure. All I know is that I have to say I must do this. It's difficult for me to explain. I. I've been alone for a long time. Main concern has been with surviving. Your questions are difficult for me to answer. Not that they aren't valid, but they don't have that much meaning for me right now. They're hard for me to understand. Sailing alone for an extended period of time changes your perspective, your. Your perception of things. What's important and what isn't. I wonder if we could do this interview at another time, perhaps. What? But I'm better adjusted to the world again. Out there. Where I've been is a. Is a very different world from this one.
- [24:44]
Richard Widmark
Oh, then you're planning on being in Melbourne for a time?
- [24:47]
Jessica Janis
Yes. Through the month, anyway. There's some repairs that need to be made on the boat, some adjustments made.
- [24:53]
Richard Widmark
Yes. Just one last question, Ms. Jonas.
- [24:55]
Jessica Janis
Yes?
- [24:56]
Richard Widmark
Is it true that you've lost over 20 pounds on this first part of your voyage?
- [25:02]
Jessica Janis
I've. I've lost weight. I. I'm not exactly sure how much. 20 pounds sounds an awful lot. I. I don't think it's that much.
- [25:08]
Richard Widmark
But do you think that you'll have the strength to continue on?
- [25:12]
Jessica Janis
I will go on. There's no question of that.
- [25:16]
Richard Widmark
I'd like to come back in a week or so and ask you a few more questions, Miss Janice.
- [25:20]
Jessica Janis
Oh, yes. Yes, all right. Come again. Maybe then I won't be quite so vague. So. So slow on the uptake.
- [25:27]
Richard Widmark
I'll be back, Miss Joiners.
- [25:28]
Jessica Janis
Goodbye.
- [25:36]
Richard Widmark
Hello.
- [25:37]
Jessica Janis
Hi.
- [25:38]
Richard Widmark
I'm David Flynn, the architect. Yes.
- [25:42]
Jessica Janis
Oh, I've been expecting you. Come on board. I've gotten glowing reports about you from my friends here. Are you as good as they say?
- [25:51]
Richard Widmark
Yes. Probably better.
- [25:53]
Jessica Janis
And modest too.
- [25:55]
Richard Widmark
I never counted modesty as a virtue. Usually it's just a lie, I suppose.
- [26:02]
Jessica Janis
I think I just Missed seeing you about 10 years ago.
- [26:06]
Richard Widmark
That's right. You were crewing on your father's boat.
- [26:08]
Jessica Janis
We won that year.
- [26:10]
Richard Widmark
Barely. You just beat my father.
- [26:12]
Jessica Janis
And I suppose you think if you'd been with him, he would have won.
- [26:15]
Richard Widmark
I do. Oh, I remember how angry I was when I couldn't go on that rice. I had to return to Oxford. It was my first year up there, and it wasn't easy. I was angry when I missed that rice. Then the anger turned. That was my father's last race, and I didn't have it with him.
- [26:33]
Jessica Janis
I'm sorry. He was a wonderful man. We were all very friendly adversaries on that race. I think it was one of the best times of my life.
- [26:42]
Richard Widmark
Oh. How is your father doing?
- [26:44]
Jessica Janis
He's the same. I was on the phone last night. He's still in a coma.
- [26:48]
Richard Widmark
I'm very sorry, Jessica. I was listening when you were talking with the reporter just now. You have absolutely no business attempting this. You now, that reporter went away thinking the same thing, and he'll probably print it.
- [27:02]
Jessica Janis
You don't think I can do it.
- [27:04]
Richard Widmark
Your father was equipped to make this voyage. He was probably one of the few people on earth who was. But you're not.
- [27:09]
Jessica Janis
I've made it thus far.
- [27:10]
Richard Widmark
You haven't gone around the Horn yet.
- [27:13]
Jessica Janis
I've just been through the Tasman Sea. I think that says something about my abilities.
- [27:18]
Richard Widmark
I think it says something about your luck. And now you're pushing it.
- [27:22]
Jessica Janis
Listen, I asked you to come and look over adventure because I've had some problems with her, and I thought you might be able to help. You're supposed to be a good neighbor, but obviously you don't want to help me, so why don't you just go now?
- [27:33]
Richard Widmark
I didn't say I wasn't going to help you.
- [27:35]
Jessica Janis
But I'm saying I don't want your help. I think you're arrogant and egotistical. I. I don't think we could work together. There are lots of good naval architects.
- [27:43]
Richard Widmark
Ah, but you're going to need the best. Do you want to know what I think, Jessica?
- [27:49]
Jessica Janis
No, not particularly.
- [27:50]
Richard Widmark
I think you're stubborn. Stupidly stubborn.
- [27:53]
Jessica Janis
I don't care what you think.
- [27:55]
Richard Widmark
And I think you're the skinniest and the most beautiful girl I've ever seen in my. But I don't like the shape of your hull.
- [28:05]
Jessica Janis
I beg your pardon?
- [28:06]
Richard Widmark
Right over here. This hull, it's all wrong. Especially for Cape Horn.
- [28:12]
Jessica Janis
There's nothing wrong with the hull.
- [28:14]
Richard Widmark
It makes it very easy to capsize. You Might not come back up.
- [28:17]
Jessica Janis
Well, I don't believe it, but that's a risk I'll have to take. I haven't the time to change the hull now. I want to be out of here within the month.
- [28:23]
Richard Widmark
That's impossible. It'll take at least two months for me to refit this boat properly. I may be able to brace that hull.
- [28:29]
Jessica Janis
Who said you were going to do it?
- [28:31]
Richard Widmark
I did, and I'm going to. Did you mean what you told that reporter?
- [28:38]
Jessica Janis
What?
- [28:38]
Richard Widmark
That you were willing to give your life to make this voice?
- [28:41]
Jessica Janis
Did I say that? I suppose I meant it.
- [28:45]
Richard Widmark
You'd better, because you're liable to do just that. Have you considered how your father would feel about this?
- [28:52]
Jessica Janis
I haven't thought of much else, but I. I really don't want to talk about it.
- [28:57]
Richard Widmark
All right. Jessica, how did your boyfriend feel about you? Gary?
- [29:03]
Jessica Janis
How do you know if I have a boyfriend or not?
- [29:05]
Richard Widmark
You do, don't you?
- [29:07]
Jessica Janis
Yes, I did.
- [29:09]
Richard Widmark
Well, what did he think?
- [29:10]
Jessica Janis
I don't know. I left him a note telling him.
- [29:14]
Richard Widmark
A note? That was big of you. What did this warm little note say? Hi. I'm sailing round the world alone. See you in a year or so. Best regards, Jess.
- [29:24]
Jessica Janis
It was the best I could do.
- [29:26]
Richard Widmark
Do you think he'll be waiting for you?
- [29:28]
Jessica Janis
I doubt it. He's not the patient type. I really don't want to talk about it.
- [29:34]
Richard Widmark
What do you want to talk about?
- [29:36]
Jessica Janis
Adventure. And what it's going to take to get her ready so I can leave here as soon as possible. Do you think we'd be able to work together?
- [29:46]
Richard Widmark
Yes.
- [29:47]
Jessica Janis
I want to say this now. I have no intention of becoming personally involved with you. David. All I want is to make this voyage. I'm going to do it. That's all that matters to me.
- [30:02]
Richard Widmark
And afterwards, if and when you done it, what then?
- [30:06]
Jessica Janis
I'll think about that then. Are you leaving?
- [30:11]
Richard Widmark
I'm going up to check the rigging. I don't believe in keeping ladies waiting. You want out of here? I'll get you out of here in a hurry. And with pleasure.
- [30:18]
Jessica Janis
Thank you.
- [30:18]
Richard Widmark
You're welcome. Jessica, close that book. I want to talk to you about the self steering.
- [30:32]
Jessica Janis
Is there something wrong, David?
- [30:34]
Richard Widmark
No, it works properly.
- [30:35]
Jessica Janis
What then?
- [30:36]
Richard Widmark
You shouldn't rely on it when you're rounding the horn.
- [30:39]
Jessica Janis
Oh, I can't stay awake 24 hours a day for days on end.
- [30:42]
Richard Widmark
Exactly my point. In those seas, you have to be constantly alert, aware of your course and paying close attention to the sails at all times. Jessica, you shouldn't Be sleeping below, depending on that self steering gear.
- [30:53]
Jessica Janis
In other words, I shouldn't go. And this is just one more in a long line of your lectures.
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Richard Widmark
I know we've both been working very hard these last two months getting you ready to go. But I've never wanted you to. Not from the first day. I don't know why I wanted to work on adventure. Call it perversity, or maybe I just wanted to be with you.
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Jessica Janis
David. You remember what I said. I don't want to get involved. That was the rule. No involvement.
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Richard Widmark
So I broke it.
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Jessica Janis
I didn't.
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Richard Widmark
Are you sure of that?
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Jessica Janis
No. No, I'm not. You're a hazard. You should be listed in the Admiralty's sailing directions along with all the other treacherous currents.
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Richard Widmark
Are you feeling a little off course?
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Jessica Janis
Maybe.
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Richard Widmark
Will you put aside the sailing directions and the pilot charts for a little while and come for a swim with me?
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Jessica Janis
I really should.
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Richard Widmark
Come on. I'm all finished here. I've checked and rechecked everything on Adventure. She's ready. The sails have just come back.
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Jessica Janis
Oh, they're. How do they look?
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Richard Widmark
Good.
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Jessica Janis
Oh, then I can leave Anytime.
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Richard Widmark
Jessica. Come for a last swim with me. I'll race you out to the raft.
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Jessica Janis
All right. David. I won. I won.
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Richard Widmark
You cheated. You should have at least said 1, 2, 3, go.
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Jessica Janis
I never cheat. I am not a cheat, merely an opportunist. You gave me the opportunity to begin before, so I took it.
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Richard Widmark
Cheat.
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Jessica Janis
Opportunist.
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Richard Widmark
Is it so important that you always win, Jessica?
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Jessica Janis
I suppose that winning is as important to me as it is to you. You love to win, David, and you know it. You're in no position to blame me for loving it too.
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Richard Widmark
Jessica, don't go.
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Jessica Janis
David, please don't start. I'm going. Nothing you can say will stop me.
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Richard Widmark
Nothing.
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Jessica Janis
Nothing.
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Richard Widmark
I remember the first day I saw you. You were sitting cross legged on the deck of Adventure. And that reporter was standing over you, asking you questions a mile a minute. You are so skinny.
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Jessica Janis
Well, I've. I've gained some weight.
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Richard Widmark
You're still the most beautiful girl I've ever seen.
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Jessica Janis
David.
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Richard Widmark
Don't ask me not to say it. It's true. Did the reporter ever come back?
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Jessica Janis
Yes. And he asked me a lot of questions I still couldn't answer. I don't know why I have to do it, but I do. It's. It's all tangled up with my father and his dream. Only now it's become my dream too. I couldn't explain it to the reporter and I can't explain it to you, David.
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Richard Widmark
Jessica, Would you. Would you let me go with you?
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Jessica Janis
Oh, don't think I don't know how hard it was for you to ask me that. But no, you can't go with me. It wouldn't be the same.
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Richard Widmark
You wouldn't be allowed.
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Jessica Janis
That's right.
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Richard Widmark
And you have to do it alone.
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Jessica Janis
Yes.
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Richard Widmark
It's crazy. I've worked like a slave getting you ready to go. Your going is the last thing in the world that I want. Why did I do it?
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Jessica Janis
Because I needed you.
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Richard Widmark
You're going to need me when you go around the horn, too.
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Jessica Janis
Probably. But I won't have you, so I'll have to do it myself. And I will. David.
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Richard Widmark
Jessica, I love you. And that's crazy, too. I know it.
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Jessica Janis
My. My parents were divorced when I was 13. David. It tore me apart. I didn't understand. I. I truly believed that they loved each other. And they. They did. But that wasn't enough. Dad had this need, this obsession to be his own man, to go his own way. Not to be answerable to anyone or anything. To be alone. And love couldn't counterbalance that need. He never should have married. In fact, he doesn't even belong in this century. He should have been with Captain Cook and the others. All the others who never really arrived. Searched all of their lives.
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Richard Widmark
Searched for what?
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Jessica Janis
A place to stop. Peace.
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Richard Widmark
Are you trying to tell me that you're like your father?
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Jessica Janis
Yes. I didn't even know it myself until I began this voyage. I have to do it. Maybe I'll feel differently after it's over. I know that right now it would be. It would be very easy for me to stay here with you. But I can't.
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Richard Widmark
I don't know if I'll be there when you finish your voyage.
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Jessica Janis
I wouldn't expect that. I wouldn't. I wouldn't ask it of you.
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Richard Widmark
Damn it. I know. And that's just the reason that I'll probably be there waiting for you.
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Jessica Janis
Come on, David. I'll race you to the beach.
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Richard Widmark
No. I don't want to race with you anymore. Jessica. When are you planning to leave?
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Jessica Janis
Tomorrow morning. Are you coming? David? I'd like to have you take a look at that wind direction. It is?
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Richard Widmark
Yes. Jessica, I'm right behind you.
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Jessica Janis
I'm out of control. Be cool. Be natural. Take it light. But where do I start? With the basics. Like the new Pretty Natural Light Shaper from Sears. The Pretty Natural Light helps keep you smooth all day under your clothes, giving you a shape that's soft and natural. Thanks to the shimmery lightweight power net. Never intimidates because its control is moderate with a front panel that helps keep your tummy where you want it. Great. I'll ease into control with a pretty natural light. It's new at larger Sears retail stores all across America.
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Richard Widmark
Folks are saving at the Sears pre Memorial Day sale.
- [36:43]
Jessica Janis
We picked up Sears Easy Living flat and ceiling paints for only 8.99 and save $4 per gallon.
- [36:49]
Richard Widmark
And on Easy Living semi gloss paints too.
- [36:51]
Jessica Janis
These are Sears best quality paints at a great price.
- [36:54]
Richard Widmark
I got rugged Sears weather beater paint for only 9.99 and saved $5 a gallon. That's a 30% savings on durable Sears weather. It's a Sears pre Memorial Day sale available at most Sears retail stores. Prices may vary in Alaska and Hawaii.
- [37:10]
Jessica Janis
Who has short shorts? Sears has short shorts and pre washed denim at the budget shop. The Budget shop? Yeah, but I thought that's known for value. It is. You know how rock teams with roll? Well, price teams with active fun styling at the budget shop. Like easy Care polyester terry tee tops and short shorts. The look and feeling. That's cool, man.
- [37:29]
Richard Widmark
Cool.
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Jessica Janis
Pre washed too. In navy or white polyester and cotton with all the jean sty, terry and denim are ready to bop in Sears.
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Richard Widmark
Budget shop at most larger Sears retail stores. Richard Widmark again. And here's the concluding act of the lone voyager. Jessica. Jessica.
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Jessica Janis
David. Oh, David. What are you doing here? I thought we said goodbye yesterday.
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Richard Widmark
I know. Jessica, haven't you gotten the current weather effect?
- [38:06]
Jessica Janis
Yes, I have.
- [38:07]
Richard Widmark
There's a big storm blowing up from the south.
- [38:08]
Jessica Janis
Yes, I know all about it, but I'm not waiting.
- [38:11]
Richard Widmark
Don't be an idiot. You can postpone leaving for one day. What possible difference would one day make?
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Jessica Janis
I can't wait, David. Not for a day, not for anything. I. I have to go now.
- [38:19]
Richard Widmark
Why?
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Jessica Janis
Because I'm afraid if I don't go right now, I won't go at all. I'm afraid, David. Are you satisfied? I've said it. I'm scared to death.
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Richard Widmark
Of sailing round the Horn?
- [38:30]
Jessica Janis
Yes, of the Horn and the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic and the Pacific. And of you. These last two months with you have been wonderful. And that scares me. Now please get off my boat. David, I have to go.
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Richard Widmark
All right, Jessica, you're free. Jessica, goodbye.
- [38:57]
Jessica Janis
Goodbye, David. I love you. I have survived this voyage alone. All of the perils, the storms, the calms, everything. And now I have a companion. Poor little bird. How did you happen to find yourself out in the middle of all of this, my friend. And are you wondering the same thing about me? You look very young. Is your wing hurt? Let me see. Oh, easy. Easy now. I'm not going to hurt you. Help you? Let me look at that wing. He must have been blown up against my mast. The wind is nearly 46 out there. Poor little bird. You stay right there. I'm gonna see if I can't rig up some kind of splint for your wing. This is supposed to be a first aid kit for people. But let's see if we can't find something for you. Bird. This should work. Don't be afraid of me. This will help you, I promise. You won't like it much now, but it'll make your wing better. And when you're all better, you can fly again. But not into another storm like this one, I hope.
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Richard Widmark
There.
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Jessica Janis
Now, I'm gonna put you in this carton and I want you to stay there. It seems to be calming down a little. I'm gonna try and reach Melbourne on the radio now. Will you stay in the box for me? There's a good bird. You'll be better in no time. Hello, Melbourne? Hello? Hello? This is Adventure. Hello.
- [40:51]
Richard Widmark
This is Melbourne. We're receiving you, Adventure. There's someone here who's been waiting to speak with you. Jessica?
- [40:58]
Jessica Janis
David?
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Richard Widmark
Hello, Jessica. I wanted to tell you that just after you left this morning, I spoke. Spoke with someone.
- [41:04]
Jessica Janis
Who?
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Richard Widmark
Your father.
- [41:06]
Jessica Janis
Dad?
- [41:07]
Richard Widmark
Yes, I. On the telephone, he said.
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Jessica Janis
Wait. Wait. I can't hear you, David. I'm. I'm losing you. What did he say? Is he all right? David? David?
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Richard Widmark
He's very proud of you, Jessica. Of what you're doing.
- [41:25]
Jessica Janis
How is he? How is dad?
- [41:27]
Richard Widmark
There's still some paralysis, but the doctors are very, very hopeful.
- [41:31]
Jessica Janis
And he said that he was proud of me. He's glad then, David?
- [41:35]
Richard Widmark
Yes. And Jessica?
- [41:37]
Jessica Janis
Yes, David.
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Richard Widmark
I am, too. I was wrong to try and stop you. Now, don't get cocky. You're not home yet. There's still the Horn. You're sailing into the most dangerous.
- [41:46]
Jessica Janis
David. David. Oh, bird. How can you just sit there? This water feels good. It's so hot. But if I douse myself with seawater, I don't seem to get so thirsty. Have to watch that water supply. There's a long way to go yet. But we're getting nearer to the Horn every day. Speaking of we, Bird, just how long are you going to tag along with me? How's the wing? The splint's been off for days, and you haven't even Tried to fly. Look what a beautiful day it is, Bird. Don't you just ache to fly up into that blue sky? Well, don't you, Bird? Or are you scared? Well, you can stay with me for as long as you like. I understand all about being afraid. I'm afraid too, Bird. Maybe you'll still be with me when we get to the Horn and you'll see. One of the things I'm scared of. I hadn't planned on sailing quite so close to the Horn, but suddenly it was there. That black island looming far too near. By my estimation, some of the waves I encountered today must have been nearly 100ft high. It's awesome beyond words to be out in such a sea. And I'm not through it yet. Only now it's night, and the waves are huge and black instead of their enormous daytime green. That's the only difference. Their fatal force appears to be the same now as today. And I appear to be my same fragile self, alone. Yet somehow, after living through today, I'm not the same as I was. And I never will be again.
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Richard Widmark
I'm standing here with this excited crowd that has gathered here today to welcome home Jessica Janice after her successful solo voyage around the world. She's coming up the channel now. Our cameras are on her. A Coast Guard escort and hundreds of small pleasure craft are surrounding her. Her courage and daring are being wildly applauded and acclaimed throughout the world, but nowhere so much as here. This spot where she quietly slipped away alone so many months ago. Now she's returning for this tumultuous greeting. Jessica Janis and her boat, most appropriately named Adventure, after circumnavigating the glob, coming quite close to us now, the crowd is pressing forward, eagerly anticipating the moment when Jessica Janice steps ashore among them.
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Jessica Janis
Well, Bird, this is it. It's over. I did it. Do you believe it? I'm not sure that I do. Would you look at all those people, Bird? Just look at them. I. I think I. Yes, it is dad. And David. David's with him. You know what, Bird? Now, for the first time, I really know I've done it. I can do it alone. I know that I can. And now I don't have to anymore. What about you? What am I gonna do with you? Are you still afraid, bird? Oh, come on. Fly for me. End it perfectly for me. Fly, bird. Fly for your. Goodbye, bird. Goodbye.
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Richard Widmark
Adventure. Adventure is slowly, very slowly, edging toward the dock. A single gull flies in the rising spiral of home. And there she is. Jessica Janis. Her hand Raised in greeting. The lone voyager home at Sears National Automotive sale. Get big national savings on the Sears Die Hard only 49.99 with Trade In. You save $8 on the maintenance free battery that starts nearly every car in Indy. And save on Sears dyna glass belted 28 tires. They're on sale now at 40 off spring 1979 general catalog prices plus federal excise tax. Dyna glass belted 28 tires. Save 40 at most Sears tire auto centers. Prices may vary in Alaska and Hawaii.
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Jessica Janis
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Richard Widmark
What's in the bag? A package deal from Sears that lets me put my best foot forward. How's that? I saved 20 on this five pair bag of all pro sports socks. What? Great looks, great fit and the savings really stack up. 20 off. You saved the bundle all right. But are there other socks on sale? Choose from casual, sporty and support styles too. In 3 or 5 pair package deals from Sears, all at 20 off. Sale ends May 26th. Dates may vary in Alaska. In Hawaii, available at most larger Sears retail stores. The Sears Radio Theater has been brought to you by Sears, Roebuck and Company. Where our policy is satisfaction, guarantee or your money back. Sears. Where America shops for value. The Lone Voyager was written by Pamela Russell, produced and directed by Elliot Lewis. Your host was Richard. Richard Widmar. Our stars were Janet Waldo and Lynn Berman. Featured in the cast were William Woodson, Ben Wright and Lee Millar. The music for Sears Radio Theater was composed and conducted by Nelson Riddle. This is Art Gilmore speaking. Associate director of Sears Radio theater is Ken McManus. Sound effects were created by Bud Tollefson. Mark Trella is production supervisor. And the recording engineers are Joe Wachter and Hal McDonald. The Elliot Lew newest production of Sears Radio Theater is a presentation of cvi. Blanche and Tony are deeply in love. It was their perfect night. A beautiful night with all the proper ingredients for murder. Honey, pass the whipped cream.
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Jessica Janis
I will not.
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Richard Widmark
Blanche. I love whipped cream.
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Jessica Janis
Do you love me?
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Richard Widmark
Of course I do.
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Jessica Janis
More than whipped cream. Tony, you're overweight as it is now.
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Richard Widmark
Thelma. Thelma.
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Jessica Janis
Thelma's doing volunteer work for the American Heart Association.
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Richard Widmark
And she was telling me a lot, knowing Thelma.
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Jessica Janis
Tony, I'm serious. A fatty diet is no good for your heart. I don't want you having a heart attack. But, honey, Tony, you could use a lot less honey. You've been living on sugar alone.
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Richard Widmark
Now we're going to get the American.
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Jessica Janis
Heart Association's cookbook and make our diets heart healthy so we can be together for a long time.
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Richard Widmark
You're sweet.
- [49:33]
Jessica Janis
Sweet. Yeah, I know.
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Richard Widmark
Contact your American Heart association for information about a heart healthy diet. We're fighting for your life. In the south, volunteers work on cooperatives where poor farmers are shown a more productive way to farm their land. In Appalachia, volunteers have started nutrition programs and adult literacy classes. And in Northern cities, volunteers are working long hours to convince ghetto residents there are new ways to bring life to a dying neighborhood. Their VISTA volunteers. Volunteers in service to America who devote a year working to give poor people a greater capacity to help themselves. Because it's not only a lack of money that makes people poor. It's a lack of knowledge and resources within their community. Thanks to vista, there are now programs that will carry on long after a volunteer leaves. People are now finding out they can have a voice in solving the problems that affect their lives. America needs more VISTA volunteers. It often means the difference between help and no help at all. Put yourself where you're needed. Call toll free 800-442-48580 or right. Vista, Washington, DC 20525. A public service of this station and the Ad Council. Next Monday, Sears Radio Theater will be a Story of the west with Lauren Green as your host. Let's listen. We're estranged. Estranged? You ain't even been consummated. I couldn't believe it. She raised her voice to me. That's a wonder it took so long. I deserve it. I've been a fool, and a slow fool at that. So be sure and tune in next Monday to the Sears Radio Theater on WNEW Metromedia Radio New York. THE STRANGE DOCTOR WEIRD Good evening. Come in, won't you? Why? What's the matter? Surely you're not nervous. You are. Then perhaps a story might help calm you. I think I know just the one. It's about a cat, among other things. That's why I call the story the TAT Tiger Cat. My story, the Tiger Cat, begins in a little homemade laboratory in a great gloomy old house in the suburbs. Young Professor Carl Emory is bending over a cage containing a huge rabbit when the laboratory door opens.
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Jessica Janis
Carl, have you seen Ron and that Imela's cat. She's disappeared. And that Amel is worried.
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Richard Widmark
What? Oh, it's you, Laura. No, I haven't seen Rana.
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Jessica Janis
Carl, how are your experiments coming? I get so little chance to see you, to ask you about them.
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Richard Widmark
I'm getting close, Laura. Look in this cage. That's a rabbit. Why, it's as big as a dog, weighs 40 pounds. And it's still growing. My vitamin injections have done that.
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Jessica Janis
Then your growth serums will fix?
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Richard Widmark
No, not quite. But I will succeed. Yet, if I can keep my experiments a secret from Madame Elsa. She knew what I was doing. She'd throw me out of the house.
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Jessica Janis
Oh, that crazy idea of hers that when people die, their souls go into animals. It's insane.
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Richard Widmark
It's the gauge old theory of reincarnation. But she believes it? Absolutely.
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Jessica Janis
Then she mustn't find out. That's all.
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Richard Widmark
Because once your growth term is perfected, it'll revolutionize farming. Rabbits as big as horses, chickens as big as ostriches. Why, think how the world's food supplies supply will be increased. And I'll be famous, rich.
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Jessica Janis
Then we can admit we're married. Oh, Carl, it's so hard pretending to Madame Elsewhere that I'm just a maid. That I have no interest in you, her brilliant protege.
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Richard Widmark
I know, darling. And it may take months, even years, before my experiments are finished. I know. She's left me this house and some money in her will. All our problems would be solved if she'd only died.
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Jessica Janis
Oh, that's how you repay my generosity and wishing me dead.
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Richard Widmark
Madame Elsa. Yes, Karl?
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Jessica Janis
I came in looking for Rana. So you've been deceiving me all these months.
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Richard Widmark
Madame Elsa, listen.
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Jessica Janis
Get out of this house at once, do you hear?
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Richard Widmark
Both of you leave this instant. But my animals. My experimenter.
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Jessica Janis
Get out.
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Richard Widmark
You disobeyed me.
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Jessica Janis
Nothing here is yours. I paid for it all. Took it out.
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Richard Widmark
Get out.
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Jessica Janis
Get out.
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Richard Widmark
Doctor.
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Jessica Janis
Laura, my medicine. She's having a heart attack. Carl, get her medicine in a room.
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Richard Widmark
No, I won't.
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Jessica Janis
But Carl, she'll die unless you do.
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Richard Widmark
Yes, she must die. Solve our problems. It's the perfect answer. But love it down gently.
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Jessica Janis
My medicine. You're trying to kill me.
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Richard Widmark
Your murderers.
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Jessica Janis
Both of you.
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Richard Widmark
Another few seconds and it'll be all over. Yes, yes.
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Jessica Janis
But you won't escape. You hear?
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Richard Widmark
I'll return.
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Jessica Janis
I'll return. And car.
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Richard Widmark
She's dead and all our problems are solved.
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Jessica Janis
What's that?
- [54:48]
Richard Widmark
It's Rana, her cat. She's been hiding in the cupboard. There.
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Jessica Janis
She knows we've killed Madame Elsa.
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Richard Widmark
Nonsense. She doesn't. Oh, so that's a what, Carl? Why, the stork has just visited Rana. She's just given birth to a kitten.
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Jessica Janis
That's a peculiar coincidence, isn't it? Madame Elsa dies just as Rana's kitten is born.
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Richard Widmark
Our story will continue in a moment. At this part of the program, I generally have a little talk with Dr. Weird. But tonight I'd like to speak with you. Men, 1944 is over. 45 is here. Even though the sixth warlord drive is ended, your first New Year's resolution should be to keep buying barn. After that, one of the best resolutions for any man is to decide to improve his personal appearance. Many men are keeping that resolution by getting a new Adam hat. An atom just naturally does something for a man because its style is as tough to the minute as one minute after New Year's. And quality, mister. There's no beating the quality on an Adam with a genuine all for felt and careful workmanship. Step into one of the thousands of atom hat stores all over the nation and ask to see the famous Adam 5. Handsomely styled in the smartest shade, expertly shaped to fit your head and priced at only $5, the Adam 5 is truly a great half value. Others priced from 345 to $10. But remember, no matter what the price, every atom is right this year or any year. Now, Dr. Weir. And now, to complete my story, the tiger cat. Carl and Laura were completely exonerated of responsibility for Else's death. And so he was able to continue his strange experiments unhampered, with Laura, his wife, assisting him.
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Jessica Janis
Oh, Carl. Every serum so far has been a failure. The rabbits, the guinea pigs, they grow tremendously big and we think we've won.
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Richard Widmark
And suddenly they shrink back to their former size as if to mock us. But we will succeed. We must, of course.
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Jessica Janis
Carl. I guess I'm just a little tired. Oh, that kitten again. Why can't we get. Get rid of it, Carl? It's always behind me, always yowling like that, as if it's trying to startle me.
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Richard Widmark
Now, Lara.
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Jessica Janis
Carl. Madame Elsa believed that when she died, her soul would go into the body of some animal just being born. And that kitten was born at the exact instant Madame Elsa died. Suppose. Suppose her soul is reincarnated.
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Richard Widmark
Laura, you mustn't be silly.
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Jessica Janis
Look at her eyes. They're the same peculiar green Madame Elsa's were. And her fur. It's the exact reddish brown color of Madame Elsa's hair. It can't be a coincidence.
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Richard Widmark
Laura, you're being ridiculous. We didn't have to take good care of Rana ii. By the terms of Madame Elsa's will, I'd use her in one of my experiments. But as we can't touch her, I'm going to get hold of another kitten, the same age to experiment on. Then, by comparing Rana's weight with the other kittens, I'll know how much faster than normal my serum is making the other one grow.
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Jessica Janis
Cara must get rid of her.
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Richard Widmark
I have a feeling my decision is final. Rana II must not be harmed. Laura, look. It's only a month since I injected my serum into this kitten and she's already twice as big as Rana. I'm gonna call it Tigress the Right. She's growing. She'll soon be one.
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Jessica Janis
It's wonderful, Carl. But can't we get rid of Rana now, please?
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Richard Widmark
For heaven's sake, Laura, are you still harping on Rana? Why, she's just a kitten. Perfectly harmless, I tell you.
- [58:33]
Jessica Janis
She sits and watches me as if she hated me. As if she were just waiting for the right moment to be revenge on both of us. See? She knows we're talking about her.
- [58:41]
Richard Widmark
Laura, if your nerves don't improve soon, I'll have to send you to Bermuda for a rest.
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Jessica Janis
I'm sorry, Carl. I'll try not to be upset.
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Richard Widmark
That's better. I'm going to give Tigris here another injection. And I predict that in one more month, Tigris will be bigger than any house cat ever seen before on this earth. Carl finally had to do as he had threatened and send Laura to Bermuda to get over her, her nervousness. Well, in her absence, he carried on his experiments alone and was overjoyed to see the kitten he had named Tigress gain in size at an astounding rate. In fact, when Laura returned at the end of three months, Carl had an astonishing sight to show off. Now, Lara. Now be prepared for a surprise when I turn on the light.
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Jessica Janis
Then you really succeeded at last, Carl.
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Richard Widmark
Succeeded. Look. Look there, Carl.
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Jessica Janis
But that can't be Tigress. Oh, you're playing a joke on me.
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Richard Widmark
No, I'm not, Laura. In that special cage is the kitten we named Tigress only four months ago. Now, she weighs 200 pounds and looks and sounds just as fierce as any wild tiger in the jungles of India.
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Jessica Janis
I can't believe it.
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Richard Widmark
Look. You see how small Rana looks standing there beside Tigress Cage?
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Jessica Janis
She's trying to get out.
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Richard Widmark
No, she's not. She's Just playing with Rana. She and Rana have become great friends. Rana spends most of the time beside that cage, but I believe that they really talk together.
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Jessica Janis
Listen, they are talking to each other. And Carl, look. Rana is pawing at the bolt that keeps the cage shut. So she's trying to open it.
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Richard Widmark
Oh, now, Lara, Rana's just playing the way cat will. Why, I've seen her pawing at that boat dozens of times.
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Jessica Janis
But suppose she did slide us back and the cage came open. Tigris to kill his bro.
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Richard Widmark
I tell you, Rama's just playing.
- [60:33]
Jessica Janis
Oh, no. Ra is trying to slide that bow back.
- [60:36]
Richard Widmark
Laura, am I going to have to send you away? Oh, look, he's got it.
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Jessica Janis
CL where's the ball?
- [60:40]
Richard Widmark
Back.
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Jessica Janis
Dargis's cage is unlocked and dark is coming out.
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Richard Widmark
Quick, I have a revolver in the library. Come on. An instant later, Carl and Laura had slammed and locked the heavy door of the library. And outside it, Tigress roared in baffle grave.
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Jessica Janis
She's trying to get in. She's going to kill her. Ron, deliberately open that case so Tigress could kill us. She had a plan all along.
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Richard Widmark
I'll shoot through the door. That'll drive her away.
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Jessica Janis
Oh, you just made her more angry. Oh, he's getting it. He's going to kill us.
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Richard Widmark
When Carl and Laura were found some hours later, they were quite dead. Ripped to pieces by the strange tiger like animal the police found in the room. Killed by revolver bullets. In fact, the only living creature anywhere about was a reddish brown kitten with green eyes like Madame Elsa's. She was calmly sitting beside Carl's body and purring to herself. Have you been unkind to some cat lately? You better be careful. There's no telling. Oh, you're leaving? Drop in again soon. Just look for the house on the other side of the cemetery. The house of Dr. Weir. That's it for the Relic Radio show for this week. There's more from the Sears Radio theater, the strange Dr. Weird, this podcast and all of the other Relic Radio shows at Relic Radio. You'll find our shoutcast stream there as well with even more Old Time Radio and a donate button. If you'd like to help support this and all of the shows, visit donate. Relicradio.com or give one of those buttons a click. We've got some downloadable sets for certain donation amounts. Those donations are what keep this show going and all of the Relic Radio shows. Thanks as always to those who have helped out. Thanks for joining me this week. I'll be back tomorrow with another hour of mystery on Case Closed. And next Tuesday, their next episode of the Relic Radio Show.