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Scoutmaster Riley - Housekeeping System

The Life of Riley · January 19, 1951 · 29 min · 4,600 words

The transcript of “Scoutmaster Riley - Housekeeping System”, an episode of The Life of Riley first broadcast January 19, 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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Thanks, Brian. Hey, Riley. Yeah, Harry. What do you have? Pab, Blue Ribbon? What else? You have a flavor, that's inside the millionth flavor. Take that food and chew the flavor. Pab, Blue Ribbon, Boo. What do you have? Pabs, Blue Ribbon.

Pabs, Pabs, Pabs, Pabs, Pabs, Pabs. Internationally famous Pabs, Blue Ribbon. Finest beer serves anywhere proudly presents the life of Riley, starring William Bendix as Riley. Sooner or later every married man who makes a modest salary will make the fatal error of saying to his wife, quote, for the life of me, take I don't know why your housework should

take up so much time. The trouble with you women is you ain't got a system. Why I can do your work in half the time. And from that point on he's a doomed man. You take the case of Chester A. Riley who made this statement shortly after 11 o'clock the other night. He

He had just arrived home after putting in a hard night of bowling and found his wife in the kitchen bending over an ironing board. Her hair just arranged, her face flushed, and beads of perspiration on her brow.

Hello, honey, have a nice evening. Oh, sure delightful. I earned Junior's things and I earned Bab's his things. Now I'm ironing your things. I've lifted this iron about a thousand times. I had a wonderful evening.

Well, that's nice. Say, where's Junior? Does something I have to ask you? Junior? You better be asleep if after 11. Oh, but I'll just take a peek. Maybe he's reading. Hey, come here quick. Huh?

What's the matter? Junior. He ain't in his room. He's not. No. Oh, that's funny. I could have sworn. He must have gone out. Where? I don't know. What do you mean you don't know? Do you realize this after 11 o'clock PM?

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