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Scalping Baseball Tickets

Fred Allen (Version 2) · April 25, 1948 · 29 min · 4,366 words

The transcript of “Scalping Baseball Tickets”, an episode of Fred Allen (Version 2) first broadcast April 25, 1948. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Laugh Track plays Fred Allen (Version 2) free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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The Ford Dealers of America present the Fred Allen Show. The Ford Allen Show with Fred's guest Leo Derocha, a port-and-half of Minerva, Piers, Peter Donald, Parker, Penley, the DeMarco sisters, and Al Goodman in his orchestra.

And this is Kenny Delmar speaking for your friendly Ford dealer. He's the expert on Ford's and your neighborhood. He's the one who knows your Ford best. It stands to reason that he's the man to service your Ford.

He has special equipment to do the job right. His mechanics of Ford trained in factory-approved methods. He has genuine Ford parts. So for an expert job done promptly, it pays to bring your Ford back home for service.

After leaving time, today all clocks removed the head one hour. Tonight, we bring you the man of the hour, the hour the country lost. He's Fred, ours. Thank you, and good evening, ladies and gentlemen.

In Portland, I'm glad you mentioned that mildly amusing bit that you did about daylight saving time. When the clocks are moved ahead, does that make everybody an hour younger? An hour younger, yes it does. If you had a grandfather clock, and you moved it ahead enough hours, the grandfather clock would become a little boy clock with a small face and dirty hair.

You have to move it ahead an awful lot. Daylight. Wait, now, just because your lines don't get latched. Really? How? The cuckoo doesn't know what time it is. Really what makes you think so? Today, at 12 o'clock, the cuckoo came out and just shrugged its wings. If you think you're... I saw a man come out of the Audubon Society and do the same thing. If you, I think he was

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