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Scan 180
Variety radio directory (1937-1938), 1937
70 lines. Read by computer on 17 September 2026. Printed page 174. See the scan on archive.org.
1SAMPLE SCRIPTS—Continued
3JACK: Sit down, Schlep, Mary's going to sing . . . Come on Mary . . . Would you folks like to hear her sing?
5CROWD: (APPLAUSE)
7JACK: You see? Now you'll have to . . . Hit it, Abe.
9(SEGUE INTO NUMBER)
113. (YOU DO THE DARNEST THINGS, BABY—ORCHESTRA AND MARY LIVING-STONE)
13(MARY'S SONG: You do the darndest things, baby,
14But oh, you're so doggone cute with it all,
15I'd like to clip your wings, baby,
16You're flying so high, you're due for a fall,
17Your attitude slays me, I'm almost afraid
18You're driving me crazy
19I must be tetched in the haid . . . la de da!
20You do the darndest things, baby
21But oh, you're so doggone cute with it all.
23(THIRD ROUTINE)
25JACK: Mary, that was swell. And you weren't nervous or anything.
27MARY: No, now it's your turn, Jack.
29JACK: All right. Now I'll sing my chorus, and I dedicate it to Don Wilson. Hit it, boys.
31(ORCHESTRA PLAYS A FOUR-BAR INTRODUCTION)
33JACK: You say the darndest things, Wilson,
34But oh, you're so dawgone cute with it all,
35You're always out to see Jell-O,
36In Winter, Spring, or Summer or Fall . . .
37You always say Strawberry,
38You always say Razz,
39You always say Cherry, Orange, Lemon and Li—ime!
40You nearly drive me nuts, Wilson.
41But Oh, you're so doggone cute with it all.
43(ORCHESTRA PLAYS FIRST ENDING FORTE, AS JACK CONTINUES SONG—)
44(ON CUE: "DRIVING ME NUTS" LOUD KNOCK ON DOOR)
46MARY: Come in!
47(DOOR OPENS)
49ALLEN: Hey, what's going on here, what's going on here? Whoever's blowing that foghorn . . . has gotta cut it out.
51ALL: FRED ALLEN!
53CROWD: (APPLAUSE)
55JACK: Well as I live and regret there are no locks on Studio doors . . . if it isn't Boo Allen! . . . Now listen Allen, what's the idea of breaking in here in the middle of my singing?
57ALLEN: Singing? Well, I didn't mind when you scraped that over my night bag and called it "The Bee" . . . but when you set that croup to music and call it singing . . . Benny, you've gone too far!
59JACK: Oh, so you didn't like it, huh?
61ALLEN: Like it! . . . Why you make Andy Devine sound like Lawrence Tibbett.
63JACK: Now look here Allen, I don't care what you say about my singing or my violin playing on your own program, but when you come up here . . . be careful. After all, I've got listeners!
65ALLEN: Keep your family out of this.
67JACK: Well my family likes my singing . . . and my violin playing, too.
69ALLEN: Your violin playing! Why I just heard that a horse committed suicide when he found out your violin bow was made from his tail.
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