The Whistler · March 10, 1948 · 29 min · 4,739 words
The transcript of “Return Engagement”, an episode of The Whistler first broadcast March 10, 1948. 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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You're about to hear the Whistler, but first a special announcement for California listeners only. Beginning next week with California daylight saving time, the Whistler will be heard in California only one hour later at 8.30.
Remember this time change to 8.30 is for California listeners only. And how? The Signal Oil program. The Whistler. Whistler is your signal for the signal oil program. The Whistler. And the Whistler. And I know many things for 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 tops in popularity for a longer period of time than any other West Coast program in radio history. And signal gasoline is tops too, tops in quality.
It takes extra quality, you know, to give you extra mileage. And signal is the famous go-farther gasoline. So look for the signal circle sign in yellow and black that identifies friendly dealer-owned signal stations from Canada to Mexico.
And now the Whisper Strange story. Return engagement. There was nothing left now. A crumbling profile. A book of press clippings that were yellower than they ought to be. A few pats on the back from people who wanted to be kind.
That was all. Yes, Elliot Dawn was dead, as an actor at least. His career murdered in cold blood with ten inches of newsprint. And there was nothing left for Elliot now that the play had closed.
He had closed, but a burning hatred for the man who had done it, a drama critic named Sheldon Cray. Two days of brooding alone in a hotel room can do things to a man's mind.
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