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Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar · December 7, 1948 · 29 min · 4,738 words
The transcript of “Milford Brooks III”, an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar first broadcast December 7, 1948. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar plays Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.
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The Columbia Broadcasting System presents a thrilling new adventure series starring Dick Powell. I'm an insurance investigator. My name is Johnny Dollar. What? You heard me, Johnny Dollar, and I can pad an expensive count with the best of them.
Yep, I'm a freelance insurance investigator and I live in Hartford, Connecticut. At least that's where I pay rent. I work sees to it that I really live anywhere except at home. I'm free, white, and 34 and so forth.
If you're interested in buying me Christmas presents, I take size 42 suit. Church 15 and a half callers leave length 33. My hat size is 7 and 8, except when I wind up a successful case, then it runs about 7 and 3 eights.
At insurance investigation, I'm just an expert. At making out my expense account, I'm an absolute genius. Expense account, submitted by investigator Johnny Daller, to Home Office, East Coast Underwriters, Terminal Building, Hartford, Connecticut, Attention, Austin Farnsworth, General Manager.
The following is an accounting of my expenditures and the investigation of Milford Brooks III for your company. Expense account item 1. Cab fare to your office in answer to your original call 75 cents. to driver one dollar expense account item two shoe shine 25 cents you'll remember I got my shoes scuffed when I unsuspecting me walked into your private office
Milford no you must buy my hands dollar yeah I always in that window don't you you know no no you don't go on me like call me home now no there better ways of making a big splash in life.
Get over here! Well, nice try, Sonny. Now pay attention to the teacher. Ah, I didn't know I had it at me. Oh, goodness gracious, Saller. Did you have to hit him so hard? I hope we haven't killed him.
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