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Geiger Counter

The Life of Riley · October 14, 1949 · 28 min · 4,417 words

The transcript of “Geiger Counter”, an episode of The Life of Riley first broadcast October 14, 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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Oh, uh, waiter? Yes, sir. I'll have some Yankee pot roast with mashed potatoes and gravy, sliced tomatoes, and a bottle of cold, puffed blue ribbon. Yes, sir. Finest beer served. Anywhere. Enjoy the life of Riley with pam's blue ribbon beer. Whenever you take a taste of it, you give it a hearty cheer. Again and again and again and again is that's blue ribbon you buy. Again and again and

And again and again your taste will tell you why. So enjoy the life of Riley. With perhaps Blue Ribbon beer, with perhaps Blue Ribbon beer. Perhaps Blue Ribbon, finest beer served, anywhere. Probably present the life of Riley, starring William Bendix as Riley.

Cheers! Well, the weakest pass since we last looked in on the Riley's, a long week during which anything might have happened. In the space of a week, an obscure man could achieve worldwide fame. He could rise from humble surroundings to palatial halls.

He could invest in the market and make a million dollars. It could happen to anyone. And during this busy week, what do you think has happened to Riley? Absolutely nothing. He's still in the same old room.

So let's join our hero as he's homeward-bound after a hard day's work at the plant, swinging his lunch pail and gaily, singing his favorite song. I'm in love, I'm in love, I'm in love, I'm in love, I'm in love with the wonderful guy.

And he dand-dand-d, for Peg, is that you on the porch? Well, what do you know about that? When I came around the corner I saw a gorgeous brunette on the porch with a cutest little figure and I said to myself, can this gorgeous creature be my wife?

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