Has Insomnia
Joan Davis · March 11, 1946 · 24 min · 3,746 words
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Jonny got nobody. They cheering the romantic singing of Anthony Russell. What a more, a more, a more. With a great comedy cast including Bernafalden, Shirley Mitchell, the music of Paul Weston and his orchestra and your sponsorly Harry Bonzel. And here's the star of our show, America's Queen of Comedy, Joan David.
Oh, no. Stop stopping that cake and swan under the piccolo now. Instead of blowing bubbles, you'll be blowing bubbles. Now come over here. I want to talk to you. What do you want, Harry? Well, Joni, I wanted to ask you...
Are you listening to me? Yes, I can hear you. I wanted to ask you if you were at the Academy Award of Fair Thursday night. The Academy Award of Fair Old? Yes, I was there, Harry, and it was very thrilling.
You know, the audience stood up and cheered when Ray Milan got his Oscar for the Lost Weekend. And then I stepped up to get my award. Your award? Who gave you an award? The Bartenders of America.
The Bartenders of America? Yeah, when people saw Lost Weekend and stopped them from drinking. But when they saw my last picture, it drove them to trade. Swamville, USA, March 11th this week. This week with the March 15 deadline only a few days off, the citizens of Swandill like citizens all over the nation are busy preparing their income tax returns.
Businessmen, workers, farmers, people in all walks of life are occupied with filling out their forms. But nowhere in Swandill will you find a form that needs filling out more than in. Johnny's Keyroom, John Davis speaking.
Oh hello Mrs. McHade. Now I don't feel so good today. I haven't been able to sleep lately. I've tried everything too. I even bought one of those new fangirl electric blankets. It was made by the same company that makes those automatic electric toasters.
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