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The Life of Riley · April 19, 1947 · 29 min · 4,591 words
The transcript of “Riley, the Boxer - Junior, the Coward”, an episode of The Life of Riley first broadcast April 19, 1947. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). The Life of Riley plays The Life of Riley free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.
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Frankly, every father thinks his son is the finest boy in the world. Tester Ray Riley and his neighbor Jim Gillis are no exceptions to this law of paternal pride. Right now Riley and Gillis are discussing their offspring as they lounge on the front porch of the Riley's California bungalow.
Ah, you give me a pain, Riley. Always bragging about your junior. Who's bragging Gillis? All I'm saying is that my son Juniors are fine boy, charm and handsome, smart, and even if I am his father I like him personally.
Okay, so you like him. You're entitled to a hobby. But face the facts. Every time there's an examination in school, my egg boy's got a higher grade. So what? Just because a boy gets low marks in school, I don't mean he won't turn out to be a brilliant man.
Take me. I got very low marks in school. Oh, and you're brilliant, huh? I'm too modest to answer that, Gillis. All I know is that I go to night school, and whenever I open my mouth, the teacher says, The teacher says Riley should be in a class by himself.
I agree, but in night school they don't have solitary confinement. Ha ha ha ha ha! Okay, killers, you can joke about me. Only don't go knock on my boy Junior. I know how to bring him up.
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