The Shadow · December 22, 1940 · 29 min · 4,761 words
The transcript of “Joey's Christmas Story”, an episode of The Shadow first broadcast December 22, 1940. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Orson Welles on the Air plays The Shadow free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.
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Gentlemen, as we near the start of the happy holiday season, the Blue Call dealers of America wish you the members of their vast unseen audience the merriest Christmas ever, and they present as their special Christmas gift to you, a heartwarming, you-laught adventure of the shadow.
The Vorta shadow starts its adventure. I'd like to add my Christmas greetings to those of the Blue Call dealers of America. You know that product Blue Coles is the modern equivalent of the old-fashioned Yule Log.
You can depend upon Blue Coles to bring warmth, good cheer and comfort to your home 24 hours of the day. And with each order of Blue Coles is included the free extra home heating service of your friendly Blue Col dealer.
Is your bin well filled for the holidays? If not, phone your neighborhood Blue Coles dealer first thing in the morning. The Shadow, the serious character who aids the forces of law and order, is in reality the month Cranston wealthy young man about town.
As the Shadow, Cranston is gifted with a hypnotic power to cloud men's minds so that they cannot see him. Cranston's friend and companion, the lovely Margot Lane, is the only person who knows to whom the voice of the invisible Shadow belongs.
Today's drama, Joy is Christmas Story. Was there any particular destination you would want me to drive you to Mr. Cranston, hey? I'm looking for little Joy the newsboy. Oh, well, if it's a pleasure you want, I could stop and I don't know.
We're looking for Joy, sweetie. We have a special date with him that we see every Christmas season. Oh, you mean like a London School, huh? Merry Christmas, really. Every year for the past three seasons, we've taken Joy on a tour of the toy sections of all the department stores.
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