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Women's Equal Rights - Wedding Ring

The Life of Riley · January 10, 1948 · 29 min · 4,252 words

The transcript of “Women's Equal Rights - Wedding Ring”, an episode of The Life of Riley first broadcast January 10, 1948. 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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With William Bendix as Riley. According to Chester A. Riley, there are two sides to every question. His side and the wrong side. At the moment, he's getting an earful of what he considers the wrong side as we find the Riley clan gathered around the radio listening to an interesting point of view.

And so, the decision rests with us. Uh, turn that off, what did you and you? Riley. Shall we continue as bearable slaves? Or shall we strike out for female independence and throw up the men they tie in our bondage?

Where shall we go? I can't take any more of this. Oh, Riley, now please leave that radio on. She makes sense. How can you say that? Did I ever tie you up with a bandage?

She said bondage, Daddy. Bondage? One of them Harvard girls. Oh, thank you. Turn it on, you know. No, it came out. Must decide our fate. We stand at the crossroads. We equality with men. The other only should complete domination by men.

Where shall we go? That voice has given me cauliflower ears. I'm turning it off. Oh, Daddy. Is that a shoot in her mouth off on the radio? A game like that ought to be home, taking care of her kids.

Well, it so happened she has no kid. She's not married. That's no excuse. I mean, she's got no business yapping on the radio, steaming up all her wives. I say, let sleep and dogs lie.

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