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Wedding Photograph - Wire Recorder

The Life of Riley · March 11, 1949 · 28 min · 4,299 words

The transcript of “Wedding Photograph - Wire Recorder”, an episode of The Life of Riley first broadcast March 11, 1949. 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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It's new, it's amazing, it's Prell, P-R-E-L-L, Prell shampoo. Yes, Proctor & Gamble's new radiant cream shampoo in the handy tube. It brings you the life of Riley. Well, the shampoo that removes unsightly dandruff leaves hair radially lovely presents the life of Riley with William Bendix as Riley.

Well, things are a bit quieter this week in the home of Chester A. Riley. The family has returned from Cincinnati where they attended the world premiere of a new motion picture, The Life of Riley.

And once more, things are serene. Particularly today, for its anniversary. Eighteen years ago today, a significant social event took place. The marriage of lovely Margaret Barker to Brooklyn's most eligible young bachelor, Chester A. Riley.

The ceremony was performed in the banquet room of the Waldorf cafeteria. And immediately following the ceremony, the bride and groom posed for the usual wedding picture. Alright now, I'm ready to take the wedding portrait.

Where's the bride? The bride please? Here I am. Now just stand over here. So, ah, lovely, lovely. Oh, this is going to be a sublime photograph. Now where's the groom? The groom? Here I am.

Oh. Must we have the groom in the picture? You bet I'm going to be in and I'm paying half, you know? Oh? Oh, very well if you insist. Alright now, watch the birdie. Mr. Riley, would you please close your mouth?

What's wrong? From here it looks as if the bride is at sea, standing next to a porthole. Now watch the birdie! That very same picture has been gathering dust in the Riley cellar. Until last week, when it was resurrected by the Riley children, Vabs and Junior, who had it enlarged, retouched, tinted, and put in a silver frame.

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