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Junior Is in Love

The Life of Riley · January 27, 1950 · 24 min · 3,763 words

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Life of Riley, starring William Vendix as Riley. The kitchen at this moment presents a charming picture of domesticity. The dinner table has been cleared and Riley the ever thoughtful considerate and devoted husband is reading the evening paper to his wife while she does the dishes.

Well listen to this chike, Maurice headquarters believes the recent wave of burglaries in the Blue View terrorist district is the work of teenage hoodlums. The method of the gang is to select a prosperous looking house and post one of its members to keep a careful watch.

When they are certain, the occupants are out, the gang breaks in. Hmm, what do you think of that, Pye? No, what? Pye, you weren't listening. It says, says here... Oh, please don't bother me now. I got a sink full of dishes.

Come on, Mr. Fann, it'd be sociable. If you want to be sociable, help me with these dishes. Pye, you know how I hate doing dishes? So do I, but I do them. Oh, it's a woman's job.

Who says so? Everybody. But sure through the radio you never hear those and I should say husbands get rid of ugly dishpan hands You've left in your sink in your wife will adore your soft and lovely skin I think everybody knows that washing dishes is a woman's job and just what is a man's job?

Man brings all the payer whoopee he sees to what that the kids are brought up, right? Oh, I suppose I have nothing to do with that, huh? Oh, freedom, you buy them clothes, take them to the dentist, see that they take a bath.

But I look after that character, that's the most important thing. Now you take this gang of kids in the paper here. Who's to blame? The kids? No, the fathers. Well, oh, hi, Junior. Hi, Pop.

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