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Family Theater: It Can't Happen Here

Family Theater · August 21, 1957 · 24 min · 3,260 words

The transcript of “It Can't Happen Here”, an episode of Family Theater first broadcast August 21, 1957. 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 Danny Thomas and Gene Kagnie. From Hollywood, the mutual network in cooperation with Family Theater presents, It Can't Happen Here, Starring Gene Kagnie. And now here is your host, Danny Thomas. 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're 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, It Can't Happen Here, starring Gene Kagnie as Linda.

I talked to you! You went exploring again, didn't you?

Yes, ma'am. Come up here on the porch, Bob. I-I didn't really go far. Sit down. Now then. How far did you go? Not far. Beyond the mountains? Yes, ma'am. How far to the river? I don't see why you worry about me like you do.

I'm... Well, I'm almost a man. You... You went past the river. I went all the way to the desert. There was the most beautiful place. One of the most beautiful things I've ever seen in my whole life.

You ought to see it, Mom. It's... It's like the ocean otter look, but it isn't. Green glass. Yeah, glass. All green. As far as you can... You've seen it? Yes, Bob, I've seen it. Come into the house.

Wasn't it about the most beautiful thing you ever saw? Green glass. As far as the eye you see. Beautiful. I think it's the most hideous thing in the world. That's the way I feel about it. You didn't ride out onto it.

Old Chigger's getting pretty old. I didn't think he could keep his footing. Your father want to have a few words with you about this, Bob? Yeah. Do we have to tell him? Do you think he'd be right not to?

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