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LEAD-IN: SCRIPT BREAK I

BOB LOWERY:

WELL, HERE’S THAT LITTLE HOUSE WITH THE GREEN SHUTTERS AND THE NEATLY TRIMMED LAWN. LET’S SEE IF MOLLY AND MIKE ARE UP YET.

SFX: FOOTSTEPS ON DRIVEWAY, DOORBELL RINGS, DOOR OPENS.

MOLLY MARTIN:

WHY, HELLO THERE, BOB. LOOK, MIKE, IT’S BOB LOWERY! BOB, YOU’RE JUST IN TIME TO JOIN US FOR BREAKFAST.

MIKE MARTIN:

SAY, BOB, WHY DON’T YOU SEE IF THE NEWSPAPER’S HERE YET. WE CAN START OUR DAY TOGETHER.

BOB:

RIGHT YOU ARE. (GRUNTS) SAY, THERE’S A PHOTO ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THAT BIG PREMIERE LAST NIGHT, RIGHT HERE IN THE QUEEN CITY OF THE OHIO

VALLEY. AND—WHY, MOLLY, ISN’T THAT YOUR HUBBY BUSSING A BLONDE

STARLET RIGHT THERE?

MOLLY:

(LAUGHS) THAT’S OUR LITTLE NIECE, BOB. HER NAME IS CATHY TAYLOR AND SHE MAKES HER SCREEN DEBUT IN THAT WONDERFUL NEW MGM MUSICAL, TOP HITS OF 1941.

BOB:

PHEW! THAT’S A RELIEF.

SFX: POURING COFFEE, CLICK OF CREAM PITCHER ON CUP, CHINA CLINKING, SPOON ON CHINA.

BOB:

THANKS, MOLLY. MY, THAT SMELLS TEMPTING!

MIKE:

YEP, WE’RE MIGHTY PROUD OF YOUNG CATHY, BOB. I KNOW THE

SHUTTER-BUGS WERE THERE TO SNAP THE BIG STARS, BUT YOU MARK MY WORD, CATHY TAYLOR IS GOING PLACES IN HOLLYWOOD! AND SHE’S A CINCINNATI GIRL, YOU KNOW, BORN AND BRED.

SFX: SIZZLING, HISS.

MOLLY:

OH, MY GOODNESS, I GOT SO

INTERESTED IN THE NEWSPAPER, I

FORGOT ALL ABOUT THE BACON AND EGGS.

SFX: METAL SPATULA ON IRON FRYING PAN.

MOLLY:

MM, JUST IN THE NICK OF TIME. JUST HOLD YOUR PLATES UP, BOB AND MIKE, AND WE’LL HAVE SOME BREAKFAST FOR YOU TWO BEFORE YOU KNOW IT.

BOB:

MY, THAT LOOKS DEE-LICIOUS. I’LL BET YOU FRIED THOSE EGGS IN PURE,

NUTRITIOUS ZAM! SHORTENING, THE HIGH-QUALITY, LOW-PRICE

HOUSEWIFE’S BEST FRIEND.

MIKE:

YOU BET SHE DID, BOB. WE WOULDN’T HAVE ANY OTHER BRAND HERE IN THE LITTLE HOUSE WITH THE GREEN

SHUTTERS. AND THAT BEAUTIFUL BACON, OF COURSE, IS FINEST STARS ’N’ STRIPES PREMIUM BRAND BACON.

SFX: CRUNCH, CHEWING.

BOB:

WHY, IT’S SCRUMPTIOUS.

MOLLY:

IT SURE IS, BOB!

MIKE:

SAY, OVER HERE ON THIS OTHER PAGE, I SEE WHERE PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT SAYS WE’D BETTER KEEP OUR HANDS OFF THOSE WARS GOING ON IN EUROPE AND ASIA. I’LL GO ALONG WITH THAT, MOLLY AND BOB. WHAT DO YOU THINK?

MOLLY:

IF PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT SAYS SO, IT MAKES GOOD SENSE TO ME.

BOB:

IT SURE DOES MAKE SENSE, MOLLY AND MIKE. YOU KNOW, WE’VE PLENTY OF HARD WORK TO DO RIGHT HERE IN THE GOOD OLD U.S. OF A. THE LAST TIME WE GOT INVOLVED IN EUROPE A LOT OF AMERICAN BOYS MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE, AND HERE IT IS JUST A FEW YEARS LATER AND THEY’RE AT IT ALL OVER AGAIN. I SAY, LET THOSE

FOREIGNERS SETTLE THEIR OWN SQUABBLES. I’M AN AMERICAN!

[BREAKFAST WITH MOLLY AND MIKE, WQCY, CINCINNATI (1940)]