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San Diego I Love You

Screen Guild Theater · December 11, 1944 · 29 min · 4,664 words

The transcript of “San Diego I Love You”, an episode of Screen Guild Theater first broadcast December 11, 1944. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Screen Guild Theater plays Screen Guild Theater free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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Lady Esther presents the Screen Guild Players. The Lady Esther Screen Guild Play Tonight.

San Diego, I love you. The starring players. This is Edward Everett Horton. This is Louise All Britain. And this is John Hall. Tonight, Lady Esther presents the Screen Guild Players in Universal Pictures Delightful Madcap Comedy.

San Diego, I love you. It stars Louise All Britain as Virginia. as John and Edward Everett Horton as Papa Mccoolie. The Mccoolies live in Waterville. Three young boys, a grown daughter and Papa Mccoolie.

Just an average small-town American family that... I've got it, I've got it. This time I've got it. Well, I have it. An average family. You'll note I didn't say normal. I've got it again. Eureka, Eureka.

I'm a baker! At last I've got it. Bob, Bob, what is it? What's going on? It's the explosion pop, will you tap again? No, fellow citizens. The lessons of the McCoolie Republic, our little McCoolie family, will go down in history.

Or up with one of your booby trap inventions. I'll come closer, Virginia. You too. Joey, Bolder, I'll come over here. Larry. Now this time, your father has it. Oh, you have pop? That's wonderful! What is it?

But you know, I have at last perfected my one-man life raft. I have really down to the very last detail. Look. Oh, you mean that's it? In that little bag? Gee, it's awful. Small, Pa.

Well, that's the beauty of it. Small and compact. But like a lady's purse, it contains everything under the sun. But money. Now, look, look, look, now, attention. You just pull the zipper like this. Shh!

And it pops right up. What are you waiting for? See? Hey, look, it's blowing up. Yes, I know. That's right, Larry. automatic inflation. What's inflation pop? What is it? Oh, what questions? That's when you spend more to get less of something you really don't need in the first place. Oh, no, pop, that's a different kind of inflation. Virginia, please. There's no time for technicalities.

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