Join Potato Plus

Transcripts › My Friend Irma

Aunt Harriet to Visit

My Friend Irma · May 24, 1948 · 29 min · 4,528 words

The transcript of “Aunt Harriet to Visit”, an episode of My Friend Irma first broadcast May 24, 1948. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). My Friend Irma plays My Friend Irma free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

Machine transcript (may contain errors).

Transcript

Leber Brothers Company, makers of Swan, the soap with the exclusive super-creamed blend presents... Our friend Swan with my friend Irma. Starring Mary Wilson as Irma and Kathy Lewis as Jane. Friendship, friendship, just a perfect blend, when other friendships and men forgot the prepares will still be hot.

Wonderful spring day. Herman and I are at the window looking down below. On the sidewalk is an organ grinder with a monkey on a leash. Every time the monkey gets a penny, the organ grinder pulls on the leash and takes the penny from the monkey.

Every time the monkey gets a banana, the organ grinder peels it for him. Ermins, fascinated by this. Jane, yes, sweetie. Isn't that wonderful how the monkey has that organ grinder trained to do everything? I could answer Irma, but after living with her for over a year, the cost of aspirin is keeping me broke.

Telegram from the Stacy. Oh, I'll take it. Here you are, boy. Thanks, miss. Oh, Jane, don't open it. Why not? It's addressed to me. Oh, but telegrams get me so nervous they always bring bad news.

Honey, that's preposterous. Oh, it's not the last one I got told me my Uncle Henry just got married. What's bad about that? was from his wife who's already married. Arm of that's just an isolated example.

Believe me, anyone who's afraid of opening a telegram is a superstitious mid-Victorian nincompoop living in the Middle Ages. Arm of please open a telegram for me. Alright, Jane. Oh, Jane, I told you it's bad news.

Someone your family has executed. Executed. Let me see that. Arrived today by train excited to see you. Erma, that's excited. Honey, it's from my Aunt Harriet. She's coming to New York for a visit. Oh, isn't that nice?

Read the full transcript with Potato Plus

101 more paragraphs, about 27 more minutes of the episode. Potato Plus is every episode on demand from any moment, every transcript in full and unlimited transcript search, for $5 a month.

Potato Plus opens soon: join the list

All My Friend Irma transcripts · Search every transcript · The archive

The weekly note

New channels, the best find from the archive, and what is coming up. One email a week.

LIVE
Open