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Making Each Other Jealous
The Life of Riley · September 24, 1944 · 28 min · 4,589 words
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Here he is folks, you howled at him when he played the Marine in Wake Island, you cried with him in lifeboats, Hollywood's magnificent mug. Looks ain't everything, brains is important too. Now take me, I got more brains in my little finger than I got in my whole head.
William Bendix ends a life of Riley. Tonight and every Sunday night the American Meet Institute on behalf of all those engaged in supplying me to the nation, present a life of Riley with William Bendix as Riley.
The meat people of America providing a great food for a great nation. This year your meat packing industry will probably process about 90 million hogs, the greatest number in the history. That's a lot of pork America.
But our fighting forces and our folks at home will need it all. And now the life of Riley. After a month of living in a little rented houseboat, the Riley's are back in their little bungalow in town.
It's Sunday, war worker Riley's day off. Brilliant California sunshine is dreaming into the living room of their bungalow, where we find Riley, sprawled out on a mohair couch. Riley! Riley! Oh, uh, jumpling. How you going to waste the whole day just lying around here?
Oh, no, no, of course not. I got lots to do. I'm going, please. Well, for instance. Well, first time going out in the backyard and sit around for a while, and then I'm going next door to a little Waldo-Binnies, and sit around there for a while, and then I'm going over to the PPLA Club House and sit around there for a while.
I'm going over to the VPLA clubhouse and sit around there for a while and by that time I'll be pretty tired out so I'll come home here and sit around for a while. Well that's a fine way to spend your day off.
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