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The Life of Riley · May 4, 1951 · 29 min · 4,486 words
The transcript of “Riley and the Marriage Certificate”, an episode of The Life of Riley first broadcast May 4, 1951. 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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Hey Riley, yeah, what do you have? Paps Blue Ribbon, what else? Tastes that flavor smooth and light, the beer that leaves no after bite, the beer that always tastes just right is Paps Blue Ribbon beer.
What do you have? Paps Blue Ribbon. International famous Paps Blue Ribbon, finest beer served anywhere proudly presents the life of Riley, starring William Bendix as Riley. Deep down with Inchester a Riley's breast there has always been the lust for adventure in foreign climbs Which is every man's birthright?
But like most men Riley sold his birthright for a wife and two children His dream of adventure was all but dead until it was revived the other day by no less a prosaic character than his co-worker James Madison Gillis Who with Riley as a riveter in a California aircraft company?
Hey Gillis. Oh hi there, Riley there. What were you doing in a superintendent's office? What do you think I was doing? D-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d But I got other ideas.
That, that, that, that. That, that, that. Then you go to Arabia. The plant is standing me. Don't you never eat no bulletin board. I wanted to find out when the next holiday is. Well, the plant is standing volunteers.
Something to do with the army. They need mechanics. Double pay! I signed up like that. Oh, your kid in your house. No, no, I'm all set. All I need is a passport and a visa, and I'm all.
Cheer, Arabia. Well, that's pretty far to drag the wife and kids in it. Who's taking them? You're going along without your wife? Rayleigh, would you take a monkey to the zoo? Would you take a cow to a dairy?
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