Government Jobs
Burns and Allen · February 28, 1940 · 29 min · 4,470 words
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Elotion, my friends, the Heinz Honey and Omen Cream Program. Hooray! Darling, George Burns and Gracie Allen with Frank Parker, Ray Noble and his orchestra and Truman Bradley speaking. And now for those two friendly hands, George Burns and Heinz Honey, Gracie Allen.
Thank you. Thank you very much. Hello. Hello, Gracie. Coming down to the studio tonight, I saw a big band of St. Bill for Gracie. Yeah, I know. All over town, I see Bill Baugh saying, It's in the newspapers.
Science right here on the stage saying, send Gracie to Washington. What does this mean? Well, George, I'll let you in on a secret. I'm running for president. You're running for president? Yeah. Gracie, how long has this been going on?
Well, 450 years. George Washington started it. Gracie, why are you running for president? Well, because that's the only way you can get to the White House. You can't just walk in and sit down. down. The idea is for plastic. Not only that, but it pays good money.
Well, you don't stand a chance. President's a born. Well, what do you think I was, Hatch? There's nobody who'd be any happier about your success than I'd be. But in the entire history of the United States, there's never been a woman president. Yeah, isn't that exciting?
I'll be the first one. Well, I tell you. Hello, George. Hello, Gracie. Hello, Frank. I tell you, you haven't got a Chinaman's chance. Well, I don't know about that. Confucius I'm a good day. Lady who has eye on presidential chair pretty soon gets seat on it.
And George Burnesay, girl who talked nutty Wednesday, made good nut Sunday. Oh, that's good. How do you like that, your friend? Egyptian Monument. Egyptian Monument? Sphinx. It does, darling. Gracie, have you any idea what a person has to be before they can become president?
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