All Promises Are Fictitious
Burns and Allen · April 17, 1940 · 29 min · 4,159 words
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Hello, my friends, the Hines Honey and Almond Cream Program. We're crazy! We're crazy! We're the best little skipper in the land! We're crazy! We're crazy! We'll be pleased to give this little girl a hand!
Starring George Burns and Hines Honey, Gracie Allen, with Frank Parker, Ray Noble, and his orchestra, and Truman Bradley speaking. We're crazy! We'll bring the friends and actually, A hundred million pounds, that's right, you can't go wrong.
Thank you. Thank you very much. Oh. What the... What are you laughing at? The Comedy Program, isn't it? That's right. Well... What's great, Tracy? The audience is supposed to laugh. Oh. Oh, they're going to do me a favor, laugh, folks.
They're a little louder. Wait a minute, wait a minute. No, we can only find a joke that says that lab will have something. You said it. Come in. Burns an Allen program? Yes. What the... what are you laughing at?
Oh, there's a little light dead in here. Well, that takes care of the first joke. Yeah, my God! You look like a breath of spring. It's a beautiful search suit you have on. Oh, thanks.
You look like a picture. Really? Yes, the shining hour. Well, I get compliments on this suit wherever I go, and I've worn it out in a lot of places. Yeah, I can see the places.
You can even ask Frank Parker. I'm considered a very smart dresser. Isn't that right, Frank? That's right. There you are. To dress on $10 a year, you've got to be smart. How did I get into this mess?
I was acting up too tight. Let me tell you something. Hey George, what do you do with your old clothes? You wear them. This happens to be an English import. Say it does look a little like an eating jacket.
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