Standing Room Only

Good evening ladies and gentlemen. Our play tonight is the radio version of the Paramount picture, Standing Room Only.

And our stars, well, to take the lady first, and who wouldn't when the lady happens to be Paulette Goddard. And here's one of her closest relations, Burgess Meredith. Well, here I am ready to do my best for dear old Rutgers.

Oh, gold. Oh, yeah, sorry, dear old gold. And a very fine best it is, Burgess, remembering your magnificent performances in Winter Set, Tom Dick and Harry spender my blushes. Sure. You don't have to believe me.

I hear you. What I want to know is where's Paulette? Paulette, Paulette, oh, Paulette got it yet. But she's out in the wings. See, she's a good wife. She always allows me to make the first entrance.

She does, huh? Better get her in here quick. Really want her? Paulette, I'm out here once. Tell me, Burgess! And put that whip away. Hello, howl. Hello, Paulitt. Hello, howl. Hello, Paulitt. I'm not in this conversation.

How about getting on with the play? Play? Oh, play, yeah. Oh, yeah. Standing room only, in which you, Burgess, take the part of Lee Stevens, general manager of the Todd Toy Works. You're engaged to Alice Todd.

Boss's daughter? That's right. made. And Paul Ed, your Jane Rogers, Lee Stevens is brand new secretary. You've never been a secretary before, but you wanted so much to work for Mr. Stevens that you took the job without any experience. You're flown ahead to Washington where Lee is following you. He's coming to Washington to see Mr. Richie, head of OPB about converting the

Todd Toyworks into small arms manufacture for the army. And as the play opens, we see See Lee Stevens enter the lobby of a Washington hotel. Clerk, clerk, clerk. Yes, sir. I have a reservation. My name's Lee Stevens.