Takes a Fall
Joan Davis · December 24, 1945 · 24 min · 3,525 words
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For its own ain't got nobody She's nobody sweetheart now Featuring the romantic singing of Andy Russell With a great comedy cast including Bernath Elden, Shirley Mitchell, the music of Paul Weston and his orchestra his orchestra and your swan, Sir Lee Harry Bonzel.
And here's the star of our show, America's Queen of Comedy, Joan Davis! Oh no, I'll stop at Joan. Uh oh. Joan, listen, stop chasing the band around the studio with that piece of mistletoe. They won't kiss you.
They've got a strong union. No, no, Joan, please. Hey, go away. Joan, come here now, will you? I want to talk to you. Why would you want to know, Harry? Well, listen, looky here. How I have a saw it's fun.
A Christmas card just came for you. A Christmas card? I'm hot and it's for you and it's the funniest looking card I ever saw. Look, it's got a picture of a cow on it. Let me see it.
Oh, it's from my milk name. What does it say? Oh, it's very beautiful. Listen, oh pity not the lonely cow who wallows in the gutter, for she has got what you ain't got a day supply of butter.
Oh, man. Swanville, USA, December 24th, tonight. Tonight is Christmas Eve. In Swanville, as throughout the rest of the world, there is a spirit of happiness and expectancy in the air. Stocking is a hung from thousands of metal pieces waiting to be filled. But no more in Swanville can you find a pair of stockings that need filling more than in.
Yawnies, tea room, don't ever speak. Oh hello Mrs. Titus, Merry Christmas. Yeah, that's right, we're giving a special Christmas party in my tea room for the kids from the county settlement house. And Mr. Weatherby the banker is going to play Santa Claus.
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