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BPLA Initiates a New Member

The Life of Riley · February 4, 1945 · 27 min · 3,741 words

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Movie stars like Clark Gable and Bing Crosby have put their footprints in wet cement in front of Gromman's Chinese theater But here's the only man who has the honor of having his face print in wet cement That's right. I chipped when I stepped off the bus The American Meat Institute presents William Vendix in the life of Riley

The meat people of America providing a great food for a great nation 5 million farmers and ranchers raising fine meat animals, 600,000 men and women in more than 3,500 meat packing plants, 400,000 meat retailers all doing their level best in face of the enormous demands of war to put meat on your table.

On behalf of all these, the American Meat Institute brings you the life of Riley. Tonight we find Chester A. Riley officiating on the initiation team of his lodge. Helping in the somber ritual, our brothers Mule Durkin, Jim Gillis, and President Ike Shanahan.

As they initiate little Benny Fenjok into the mysteries of their secret order. Listen. See if the blindfold is tight enough on him, brother Riley. It's okay, brother Gillis. I can't get it no tighter without pushing his eyeballs behind his brain.

Yeah, sure you can't see nothing, Fenjok. I can't even feel nothing. No, that's what I mean. Let's have fellows. Don't forget now. I gotta be able to go to work tomorrow. Silence. You wanna be a member of the BPL, don't you?

Yeah. I remember it ain't easy to get into the book on Patriots of Los Angeles. Yeah, I know that. Uh, can I put back all my shoes on socks now? My feet are freezing. We'll warm them up for ya.

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