Family Theater: Torkelson's Flying Circus

presents Walter Brennan and Don McNeil. From Hollywood, the mutual network in cooperation with Family Theater presents Torkelton's Flying Circus, starring Walter Brennan. And now here is your host, Don McNeil.

Family Theater's only purpose is to bring to everyone's attention a practice that must become an important part of our lives if we are to win Peace for ourselves. Peace for our families and peace for the world.

Family Theater urges you to pray. Pray together as a family. And now to our transcribed drama, Torkelson's Flying Circus, starring Walter Brennan as A.J. Torkelson. Yeah. Oh, good evening. My name is Howard Peterson.

I have an appointment with Mr. A.J. Torkelson. Oh, you're from the Internal Revenue people, huh? Yes. Matter of fact, I'm A.J. Torkelson. Come on in, Howie. How's that, Mr. Torkelson? Just call me A.J. Everybody does.

Come on in, Howie. We're letting all the heat out. Thank you. So I owe Uncle Sam a little cash, do I? Well, more than a little, I'm afraid. Actually Mr. Torkelson. Ah, AJ. Well, actually, AJ, you're what we down at the office call a very good taxpayer, but there's that little matter of the first humble skymaster.

Well, let's go into the library and talk about it over some hot Java. You look like you could stand something warm. Oh, indeed I could. It's a pretty nippy night out. Yeah, it's not good flying with it.

Hope you didn't have to take the bus. I could have sent a car for you. Oh, that's perfectly all right. This is quite a magnificent house you have here, AJ. I'm glad you like it.

You know, if anyone just told me three or four years ago I'd be living in a mansion like this, uh... This is the library, I think. I don't really spend too much time at home and...

But family theater is not selling the product. Its benefits are free to everyone. This program is on the air just to remind you of the benefits of prayer, and to encourage you when you pray to pray together as a family.

The reason? Well, there are two, both in slogan form. The family that prays together stays together. More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of. Tom Hollywood Family Theater has brought you transcribed, Torkelson's Flying Circus starring Walter Brennan, Don McNeil was your host, others nor cast were Gigi Pearson, Jay Novello, John

Larch and Howard Culver. The script was written and directed for Family Theater by Robert Hugo Sullivan with music composed and conducted by Henry Menzini. This series of Family Theater broadcasts is made possible by the thousands of you who feel the need for this type of program by the mutual network which is responded to this need and