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Dangerous Assignment: Operation Hot Foot
Dangerous Assignment · May 18, 1951 · 29 min · 4,781 words
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The transcript of “Operation Hot Foot”, an episode of Dangerous Assignment first broadcast May 18, 1951. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Search inside this transcript.
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DANGEROUS ASSIGNMENT STARNING, BRYAN DON LEVI IS STEVE MICHEL DANGER IS MY ASSIGNMENT. I GET SEND TO A LOT OF PLACES. I CAN'T EVEN CRONOUNCED. They all spell the same thing, though trouble. But when I walk into the Commissioner's office, I don't realize that this assignment is going to wind up with my giving our defensive injuries, a shot in the arm, by falling into a hole in the ground.
around. Morning, Commissioner. Ruth said you wanted to see me. Steve, how long has it been since you've had a vacation? Exactly a month longer than the last time I mentioned it to you. I've been thinking about it, Steve.
You've been working pretty hard lately. OK, take your vacation. Well, if that's all you called me, innit? Wait a minute. What did you say? You heard me. I said take your vacation. You know, if I had time, I'd faint from shock, but I've got too much packing to do.
New York City, here I come. No. The Caribbean. Well, yeah, I might go down there. At that quite a few places down there alike, Havana. No, Trinidad. Trinidad? Hey, no, look, it gets pretty hot down there this time of year.
Here, up once you get there, it'll be a lot hotter. Trinidad, it is. The New Dominion Hotel. Oh, just a minute, Commissioner. What's the matter? You're sure this is a vacation, of course. Of course.
Of course. That's the little matter of Operation Hotfoot. Okay, okay, I might have known. So, what pray tell is Operation Hotfoot this? this. Lighting a match? You're just chock full of whimsy this morning, aren't you?
It isn't whimsy, Steve. It's sulfur. Okay, so you're chock full of sulfur. All joking aside, here's a setup. You know how important sulfur is in industry. The manufacture of rubber, munitions, synthetic fabrics, the list is a long one. But right now, there's a serious shortage developing, unless we lick it, we're in trouble.
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