Life with Luigi · November 30, 1948 · 29 min · 4,271 words
The transcript of “Luigi Joins Hospital Plan”, an episode of Life with Luigi first broadcast November 30, 1948. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Life with Luigi plays Life with Luigi free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.
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From Chicago, we invite you to enjoy life. Life with Luigi, a new comedy show created by Sigh Howard, and starring Jay Carol Nash with Alan Reid. A year ago, when Luigi Vasco left Italy to start his new life in America, he promised his mother that he would write her and tell her about his adventures.
So now, we look over Luigi's shoulder as he writes another letter to Mama Vasco in Italy. Dear Mamma Mia is now big shopping season in America. Everywhere I sign, news and papers and radio, they tell people there is only 24 shopping a day till Christmas.
Mamma Mia, with the money I got, I can do all my Christmas shopping in the 24 minutes. Laughter Streets is filled with excited people rushing to buy things. In Chicago, mainly shopping section is called the Loop.
I guess that's because everybody run around in a circle. The apartment stores even have a door which you run around in a circle. It's called revolving door. People walk in and the door walk in with them.
There's also many other wonderful things like an old country when a man wants to go to second floor. He walks upstairs. In a department store, Man who stands still and stares a walk up. Yes, ma'am, ma'am, everybody here getting ready to celebrate the Christmas.
Except for Squally, my countryman, who bring me to America. Only celebration he wants is for me to marry as a daughter Rosa. And, ma'am, that Rosa is so fat. If she ever stand on the street for five minutes, a minute's policeman give her ticket for double parking. Anyway, this morning I open up my antique store and I'm talking with my 12-year-old general manager Jimmy
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