The Whistler · January 7, 1946 · 29 min · 4,454 words
The transcript of “Thin Line”, an episode of The Whistler first broadcast January 7, 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 Whistler is your signal for the signal oil program 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 by independent research the most popular program on the West Coast. Remember, let every traffic signal remind you, with new signal gasoline you do go farther than ever. Look for the familiar big yellow and black circle sign that identifies
those popular signal service stations in seven Western states from Canada to Mexico. And now the Whistler strange story, the thin line. It's a thin line that separates infatuation from hate, so thin and fragile that one can change into the other in a split second. Mark Naylor would agree now that the line is a thin
one. If Mark were alive, but he didn't discover it until too late, that was the trouble with Mark, he always discovered things too late. When he discovered that marrying an old woman for her money doesn't lead to happiness, it was too late.
When he discovered he was in love with artist Mayo, her pretty companion, it was too late. Okay, there's too late, Mark. There's nothing you can do. Of all the places, people go for asthma. She has to pick this dried up jerkwater town in the desert.
Well, I'm going to put my foot down, Otter. I said it's too late. She's taken a lease on this place for six months and she's going to stay here. But why did you agree in the first place?
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