Duffy's Tavern · February 23, 1951 · 29 min · 4,050 words
The transcript of “Arthur Treacher Fashion Lecture”, an episode of Duffy's Tavern first broadcast February 23, 1951. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Duffy's Tavern plays Duffy's Tavern free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.
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It's Duffy's Tavern, the Friday Night transcribed feature on NBC's All-Star Festival of Comedy, Music, Mystery and Drama, brought to you by RCA Victor, World Leader in Radio, First in Recorded Music, First in Television, by Chesterfield, the cigarette that has for you, Myleness, with no unpleasant aftertaste, the cigarette that brings you Bing Crosby and Bob Hope, and by
the makers of Aniston for fast relief from pain of headache, Neuritis, Neuralza. And now here we go friends to Duffy's Tavern with our guest, Arthur Treeture, and starring Archie himself, Ed Gardner. Oh, look, Duffy, tonight I ought to treat you the distinguished aristocratic English thespian.
Yeah, that's right, the sour puss. Well, you know how some guys go around looking as though they smelled something bad? Treacher looks like he found it. I've seen him in pictures, Duffy. He's the tall, thin, silent type, sort of an English-gary cooper.
I mean, he says, right ho instead of yep. Yeah, he usually takes the part of the putler at a valet, you know. The valet, the guy whose profession is putting on clothes, sort of a reverse gypsy rose leaf.
Yeah, terrific guy, Duffy, very, very suave. Your wife says, you're suave? Duffy, she means you're a big fat suave. Well, the creature is different. He's very stiff and cold and a little foa is where his former clothes, you know.
He sort of gives you the impression he's looking at you from a coffin. Well, look, I got it going. I'm expecting Clancy to cop. The policeman is having a meeting here. They're annual footbath and discussion club.
And I'm arranging for Arthur Treacher to give him a lecture on men's clothes. You think they'd rather have gypsy rose Lee, huh? Oh, it's a years of talkin' to you. Archie, how come you're all dressed up tonight?
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