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Family Theater: The First Morning

Family Theater · December 12, 1956 · 28 min · 4,212 words

The transcript of “The First Morning”, an episode of Family Theater first broadcast December 12, 1956. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Thanksgiving Radio plays Family Theater free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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Family Theater presents Scott Brady and Raymond Burr. From Hollywood, the mutual network in cooperation with Family Theater presents the first morning starring Scott Brady. And now here is your host, Raymond Burr. 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, The First Morning by Adala Rajas and John, starring Scott Brady as Nick.

It had started very slowly, very naturally, because when you're waiting after midnight for a son or daughter, without too late, they're never out too late all at once. At first they're just overdue. Then after an hour or so when they really are late, you start making mental lectures to them until whether Second hour and then the third has passed all very slowly very naturally

You discover you stop delivering mental lectures because you aren't peeved or impatient any longer You're just scared Maybe Maybe he decided to spend the night with Walt Walt the Wilkins boy, then why didn't he call us?

I might have thought we'd gone to there. Sure, sure. We always go to bed when our fifteen-year-old son stays out until three in the morning. I'm just trying to think of possibilities. I know, honey.

I'm sorry. Rocks. What? What a great thing to collect. Couldn't be bottle caps or posted stamps. Now it's got to be rocks. Well, we encouraged him. We like him to be outdoors. It'll be gentle.

I encouraged him. Well, you were right, too. isn't a baby. I keep forgetting it. I just didn't want him to be molly coddled. I know. I know what started to be hiking in the hills, turned into climbing up mountains.

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