Two Year Plan
The Whistler · November 25, 1946 · 29 min · 4,137 words
The transcript of “Two Year Plan”, an episode of The Whistler first broadcast November 25, 1946. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). The Whistler plays The Whistler free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.
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The signal oil program? The Whistler. That whistle is your signal for the signal oil program? The Whistler. I am the Whistler and I know many things before I walk by night I know many strange tales hidden in the hearts of men and women who have stepped into the shadows
Yes, I know the nameless terrors of which they dare not speak Yes friends, it's time for the Signal Oil program, the Whistler, rated by independent research the most popular West Coast program. In gasoline, you know, it takes extra quality to go farther, and Signal is the famous go farther gasoline.
So look for the Signal Circle sign in yellow and black that identifies Signal Service stations from Canada to Mexico. And now the Whistler's strange story. Two-year plan. It had taken Eddie Davis exactly two years to swing it, and two years was very good time, even for a smart lawyer like Eddie.
They'd all thought he was crazy when he left a promising job with the established law firm of Garden, Walker, and Reed to set up his own practice with just one client on the book, All Peter Jackson.
Now, Mr. Davis, as you know, my holdings run around five million dollars. I must have a man in whom I can place complete trust. I see. I think you'll discover you can trust me, Mr. Jackson.
That remains to be seen, Mr. Davis. That remains to be seen. Yes, you went to work for Peter Jackson, Eddie. Because he needed someone he could trust those five millions too. Only a few months later he was singing a different tune.
Eddie, that's wonderful. No, nothing to it, Pete. You say old Hamilton didn't know Columbia Storz wanted that cornrow of his? Well, you don't think he'd let a gopher forty thousand if he did, do you?
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