STRICTLY G.I.

[Music] command performance usa the greatest entertainers in america is requested by you the fighting men of the united states armed forces throughout the world this weekly radio program is governed by your letters joel jeep commands and the war department of bays anything from a song by judy garland to the sizzling sound of a sirloin steak oh a master recording is made from which transcripts will be shipped to army and government operated stations all over the world strictly for you men overseas no matter how small your outfit and speaking of little things and trivia in general here's old general trivia in person your commanding officer of this command performance your old sidekick and chief scout of the wolf patrol bob hope [Music] thank you very much thank you how do you do fellas this is bob this is bob command performance hope telling each nazi that's in russia today that crimea doesn't pay [Laughter] i'm now getting my material from h.v colton born well i'm a little tired tonight i just got back from camp roberts drove down 200 miles in a jeep tomorrow i get the order of the purple callus but i had a swell time and i slept right in the barracks last night with the boys you know what barracks are that's 2 000 cots separated by individual crap games but anyway let's hit the harmony trail to all apo and fpo numbers for fletch alfie and dooley and for all of you everywhere the girl who can defuse a blockbuster with one kiss miss betty hutton thank you thank you hiya fellas and hello bob well hi betty and say i want to congratulate you on your big hit in our new picture it's nice to see a youngster coming up it's nice to see an ulster holding his own well that's fine and now betty is one of the three flying huttons will you answer a slew of command performance requests and strafes with that 50-caliber tune he says murder he says finally found a fella almost completely divine but his vocabulary is killing this romance of mine we get into an intimate situation and then begins this romeo's conversation he says murder says every time we kiss he says murder he says at a time like this he says murder he says is that the language of love he says solid he says takes me in his arms and says solid and says meaning normal charms he says solid says is that the language of love he says chick chick you torture me zoo are we living i'm thinking of leaving him flat he says dig dig to jump the old ticker that's given now he can talk cleaner than that he says murder he says every time we kiss he says murder he says keep it up like this and that murder he says and that a possible door will bring on nobody's murder but he's gone he says jackson he says and my name's marie says jackson he says shoot the snoop to me says jackson is that the language of love he says what he says when he likes my hattiesses he says what the heck is that he says he said he said the language of love he says helium now babe we're cooking and other expressions to it he says we're into group and then groove was good looking he sounds like his offers don't fit he [Music] says i've told him over and over and over again that it'll be nobody else's murder yes there a vitamin pill with legs how about that betty hutton and also the 370th army air force band of the san bernardino air service command well gang command performance has filled many in order for those sounds that remind you of home from the bleed of a billy goat to the fizz of a bourbon and soda and now comes the ordinance gang at 863 with a letter from sarge everett henke and corporal roland lipton and this little dilly says dear command and close please find peace off top of stuka die bomber for which you will please have lana turner come out and fry us a three-inch porterhouse steak smothered with onions and let's hear it sizzle just to prove there's no request too large fellas here she is lana turner hello fellas hi bob say have the fbi men found a stake yet yes it's backstage but lana this is dangerous if this audience sees steak they'll come right up here after it oh i don't know they've seen ham all evening and you're still here [Laughter] right now i'm vacant atlanta lana let's get out with this thing be a good girl and let's fry that steak huh okay bring on the porterhouse steak well look they got an armed guard around the stage [Applause] oh look at this well all right bob is your griddle heart yeah my i think my oh my oh that'll do bob now the steak please oh well here it is fellas a porterhouse steak three inches thick the only one in captivity gonna give that a hot foot into the frying pan oh no oh yes there you are fellas that's the sound of a steak sizzling fellas that's the steak that's not me sizzling that's the steak i wish i could cook a big steak for each and every one of you but now for the whole aef for the army nurses and red cross girls civilian workers on the fighting fronts and for the 512 gang who signed themselves square head bakowski cyclops sink body meeks stuka martin incendiary stasi wahi and sad sack jack here's one of your all-time sweethearts another command performance for that lovely sweater girl judy garland thanks bob hiya fellas sweater girls bob why are men so crazy about sweater girls i don't know judy that's one mystery i'd like to unravel fella's one of your favorite combinations judy garland singing over the rainbow [Music] somewhere over the rainbow [Music] once and the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true someday i'll wish upon a star and wake up where the clouds are far behind me [Applause] where troubles melt like lemon drops a way above the chili tops that's where you find me somewhere over the rainbows oh why can't if happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow why oh why [Music] can't [Music] thank you thanks from america to all our men in blue our boys and khaki too our tough marines our coast guard our army nurse is true we thank you so much and thanks to our brave allies the gallant russian bear the british everywhere the free french and the chinese and you latins way down there we thank you so much fellas this doesn't rhyme one of these days soon we'll be seeing you and meantime this is bob hope thanking you for those letters to command performance armed forces radio los angeles usa speaking for everybody on command performance and saying the best of the best in the usa so long [Applause] [Music] she's on our way man from us to you every week till it's over over there you