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Babs Elopement

The Life of Riley · November 3, 1950 · 29 min · 4,308 words

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Transcribed. International famous Pasp Blue Ribbon. Minus Beer Sirs. Anywhere proudly presents The Life of Riley, starring William Bendix as Riley. What do you have? Pasp Blue Ribbon. What do you have? Pasp Blue Ribbon. Poole, Poole, Poole, Blue their flavors.

Decent bar, ver. Min and favor. What do you have? Pasp Blue Ribbon. The Life of Riley. Strains of Mendelssohn's wedding march in one of Los Angeles more fashionable churches, just Ray Riley is leading his daughter Barbara to the altar.

Yes, at long last, our hero is about to give away his most carefully guarded treasure. How did this unexpected event come to pass? Well, it began about a month ago on a pleasant California evening which Riley was planning to spend quietly at home.

Huh? What's that, Paik? The phone in the phone. It says in the paper here. Riley, will you put that paper down the phone's rang in? Oh yeah, it's over there. Oh... Talking to you, I talked into a brick wall.

But you all thought about it, I'll get it probably for me. A little brag bag, I have a seat, but you don't have to tear it out of my hand. Hello? Hello, honey? Oh, hello.

Is the coast clear? Um, no, not yet. Your folks still there? When are they going? Well, pretty soon. Where are you? The drugstore in the corner, are you all packed? Yes. Look, I'll come over.

No, no, Bert. Tell them we're going to a movie or something. Oh, okay. Now, who is that then? Um, it's Bert, we're going out. You've been seeing a lot of this Bert lately. Oh, what's wrong with that?

Don't you think five dates were the same boy in one week's a little too much? Mother, please don't start that again. Oh, what's the matter with you, Babsy? But this last week you've been so tense and irritable.

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