Luigi Vasco, a newly arrived Italian immigrant in America, tries to return a black silk nightgown he has bought as a gift for his mother in Italy. Written in letters to his mother, the story follows his attempts at a department store, where he is persuaded to exchange items and is mistaken for a shoplifter. Pasquale, his talkative friend, keeps urging him into trouble, and the store's rules and staff add to the confusion. The episode is part of the Life with Luigi comedy series, which was broadcast on April 3, 1949, with J. Carrol Naish starring as Luigi and Alan Reed as Pasquale.
Characters: Luigi Vasco, Pasquale, Miss Spalding, Mrs. Schultz, Mr. Brown
The transcript of “Luigi Tries to Return a Nightgown”, an episode of Life with Luigi first broadcast April 3, 1949. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Search inside this transcript.
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We invite you to enjoy life, like with Luigi, a new comedy show created by Sigh Howard and starring that celebrated actor Mr. J. Carol Nash with Alan Reed as for Squally. So when Luigi Vasco left Italy to start his new life in America, he promised his mother that he would write and tell her about his adventure.
So now let's read Luigi's letter as he writes to Mama Vasco in Italy. Erm, I'm a Mia. If he was it to come with to America. You wouldn't like it very much because of the people that is so nice and wonderful All also is a heart to believe how healthy and strong they are
Last week I'm reading a paper that the three men is a hold up a train But even this is not so wonderful here because of this the same a paper is tell her how used to be a fellow Jesse James Who's a whole upper trainer all by himself Besides, there's not too much more to write this off.
Hello, Luigi. I got a letter for you from Italy in a package. Oh, for my mama, Mia. I thank you, Mr. Mailman. Well, I wonder what's the end of the package. But first I read this letter.
My dear son, Luigi, we're all fine here and I miss you very much. you very much. Last week we have some excitement in our little town. Cousin Mario, he's a fall-off at the barn and he killed a cow. Yesterday our prize of chicken at Josephina is a late 14 eggs. This is morning, she's a so
tireder, she's a sleep late. She's asleep so late that she's a no-wake-up for a husband and you set me. He's an omekakadur ladu. And this morning the whole town is a two hours later for work. We receive you presence in my son and we thank you very much.
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Mike with Lily G. is a spy Howard production and is written by Max Van Hough and Lou Dernan and directed by Max Van Hough. Dave Caronnack is starred as Lily G. Vasco with Alan Reed as the swelling.
Hans Henry, the Shultz and Mary Ship as Miss Pauling. Music is under the direction of Lynn Murray. More than that will be in the fire tomorrow night when my friend Irma, CBS lovable but dumb Monday night blonde, tries to woo her boyfriend Al with some home cooking. After all these years Irma has now become convinced that Al has not
popped the question because he doubts her popovers. Tomorrow night Irma depends on romance coming by way of the skillet but will it? You can hear the results on most of the same CBS stations. Now stay tuned for a special half-hour broadcast celebrating the first anniversary of the establishment of the ECA which follows a
immediately over most of these stations. This is CBS, the Columbia Broad gas station. You
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