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Five Buck Tip

Suspense · February 23, 1958 · 24 min · 3,302 words

The transcript of “Five Buck Tip”, an episode of Suspense first broadcast February 23, 1958. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Suspense plays Suspense free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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of radios of standing theatre of thrills, the master of mystery and adventure, William and Robeson. Am I my brother's keeper, has often been the agonized cry of mankind, when the troubles of his fellows have been heaped upon his shoulders.

Our story tells of a man who was not his brother's keeper, but who was designed to be his brother's corpse, and it requires one actor to play identical twins. Now dual identity roles are difficult enough in the visual medium, but they can be solved by technical tricks.

In radio, they depend completely on the vocal skill of the actor. That is why we have asked one of Radio's finest actors, Mr. Carl Swenson, to complete this assignment. Listen, listen then as Mr. Swenson stars in the five buck tip, which begins in exactly one minute.

Another visit with Joe and Daphne Forsyth. Joe? Oh, yeah, Daphne. You think I should go on a diet? No. But I'm adding weight. Only in the right places. Flatterer. Seriously, if I put on any more pound, I'll be out of style.

What style? The current one. It calls for that slim, chic look. The bean pole look you mean. Well, I don't get it. Here we are citizens of the healthiest country on earth, with hundreds of different kinds of good food.

And what are Americans doing? They're starving themselves. Well, it's fashionable. I don't want you to lose interest in my figure. Don't worry, I won't. Say, speak like that. Look at this. Here's a figure with real interest.

Oh. $45 billion. It says here in the paper that the investment in the United States savings bonds has reached more than $45 billion. What do you think of that figure? That's a lot of money.

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