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Review of 1938

Railroad Hour · 1938 · 29 min · 1,974 words

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Ladies and gentlemen, the Railroad Hour. And here comes the Summer Show Trains! The Association of American Railroads, the same railroads that bring you most of the food you eat, the clothes you wear, the fuel you burn, and all the other things you use in your daily life.

brings you the Railroad Summer Show Train and Strive, starring Gordon MacRae and featuring Lucille Norman with the music of Carmen Dragon and the Orchestra script by Gene Holloway and the choir under the direction of Norman Lubach.

And now here is our star Gordon MacRae. Well thank you Marvin Miller and good evening ladies and gentlemen. Tonight we're going to ride the Summer Show Train back through time and memory to another year that you lived yesterday. Tonight's destination, The year 1938.

A pledge for the memory Of ring-speaking arms and dunes And more in fits and fannin' lips And many fucks and friends all around 1938 The year that you lived yesterday It was the year of the bingo craze And California had an influx of people from the mid-west Fleeing from the dust boat The most delightful thing in pictures was Walt Disney's full-length picture in color,

Snow White and the Seven Wars. It wasn't long after its opening that almost every child in the adult in America could sing that gay and delightful song of the dwarfs. Hi-ho! I hold, I hold, to make troubles go.

Just keep on singing all day long. I hold, I hold, I hold, I hold, I hold. For if you're alone, you positively can't go wrong. Just keep on singing all day long, high ho, high ho, high ho, high ho, high ho,

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