Phil Harris, after being voted a stockholder in a fish company, goes on a spending spree, ordering fur coats, cars, jewelry and an oversized barrel of perfume. His wife Alice confronts him about the reckless purchases and the household disorder they cause. Phil later discovers that an advertisement has listed the family home for sale, and a parade of would-be buyers begins arriving at the house. The Phil Harris series, originally broadcast on NBC on October 19, 1947, features Phil Harris and Alice Faye in the lead roles.
Characters: Phil Harris, Alice Faye, Elliott Lewis, Gale Gordon
The transcript of “Selling The House”, an episode of The Phil Harris from 1947. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Search inside this transcript.
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The new pitch company makers of the Pitch shampoo presents the Pitch bandwagon with Elliott Lewis, Walter Tetley, Janine Ruth, and Whitfield, Robert North, Walter Charff and his music and starring Alice Sey and Phil Harris.
42 prizes each week for you. Just tell why you like Pitch shampoo. You introduce pictures new cream shampoo and for those of you who use dendroflimoper shampoo, we're sponsoring our third big weekly contest. The prizes include...
One new Fraser Manhattan four-door sedan, one new Kaiser sedan, five universal electric lenses, three-a-man-a-home freezers, two-voss electric washing machines, thirty universal electric blankets. Easy to enter, easy to win. Get paper and pencil ready, we'll give contest rules on the address now and repeat them again later in the program.
Here's all you do. In twenty-five additional words or less, complete one of these statements. I like bitches dandruff remover shampoo because, or I like bitches cream shampoo because, that's all. To each entry, attach the round paper disc from top of bitches cream shampoo jar, or carton top from bitches dandruff remover shampoo or facsimile.
Mail with your name and address to bit shampoo box 1723 Chicago, Illinois. There's plenty to write about. Bitches cream shampoo leave payer far softer. It's made with both Lanelan and Olive Oil. Lanelan to soften, Olive Oil to bring out those sparkling highlights.
Forty-two prizes each week for you. Just tell why you like Fitzjamboos. Week Phil Harris was voted a stockholder in the fish company. However, unbeknownst to Phil, he was voted only one share. Thinking he had a large flock, he went on a spending spree.
And now, as we look in on the Harris home, we find Alice, the rating Phil, the rating bill for his reckless family but you didn't have that money you didn't have you could have waited until the fifth company sent you the thought well how did i know they were going to hold it and trust for me so i couldn't get my hands
on it besides what did i do that was so terrible all i did was go out by it you will think for you baby you little thing you ordered six fur coats two cars all kinds of jewelry and i want to ask within that barrel that came yesterday and gallant the channel number five
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