The Goldbergs on the Radio: Ep. 1458
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The Goldbergs: Episode 1458. Date: c. 1943. Cast: Gertrude Berg (Molly Goldberg); James R. Waters (Jake Goldberg); Roslyn Silber (Rosalie Goldberg); Alfred Ryder (Sammy Goldberg); Menasha Skulnik (Uncle David).
Announcer introduction: "Well, Rosie has a secret... while the Goldberg house bubbles with happiness as Molly and Jake discover whatever they can of the beauty and charm of their new daughter-in-law. While Molly's heart explodes momentarily with happiness. Rosie watches her sister-in-law and thinks of someone else... George, the farmhand on the neighboring farm who comes from the same town as Grace... but he claims he doesn't know her. And yet a neighbor told Rosie that she saw George on the same train with Grace... and that he got off a stop before Lastenbury. Now Rosie wonders what can be wrong there... what may be wrong... Listen..."
Announcer close: "And Rosie still holds the secret in her heart... the fact that George was on the train with Grace. But Grace sounds so sincere she... she seems so much a part of Sammy's life that... well, Rosie just can't believe what she should believe. What we know. That Grace does have a definite connection with George and with some other past."
A hallmark of the golden age of radio, The Goldbergs (1929-1946) was one of the earliest entertainment programs to authentically explore Jewish life in America. Learn more at cinema.ucla.edu.
Complete Record: The Goldbergs: Episode 1458. Date: c. 1943. Cast: Gertrude Berg (Molly Goldberg); James R. Waters (Jake Goldberg); Roslyn Silber (Rosalie Goldberg); Alfred Ryder (Sammy Goldberg); Menasha Skulnik (Uncle David). Announcer introduction: "Well, Rosie has a secret... while the Goldberg house bubbles with happiness as Molly and Jake discover whatever they can of the beauty and charm of their new daughter-in-law. While Molly's heart explodes momentarily with happiness. Rosie watches her sister-in-law and thinks of someone else... George, the farmhand on the neighboring farm who comes from the same town as Grace... but he claims he doesn't know her. And yet a neighbor told Rosie that she saw George on the same train with Grace... and that he got off a stop before Lastenbury. Now Rosie wonders what can be wrong there... what may be wrong... Listen..." Announcer close: "And Rosie still holds the secret in her heart... the fact that George was on the train with Grace. But Grace sounds so sincere she... she seems so much a part of Sammy's life that... well, Rosie just can't believe what she should believe. What we know. That Grace does have a definite connection with George and with some other past." A hallmark of the golden age of radio, The Goldbergs (1929-1946) was one of the earliest entertainment programs to authentically explore Jewish life in America. Learn more at cinema.ucla.edu.
Transcription
you is anybody there's Molly folks that means your friends The Goldbergs are here yes it's the doz program doz you know is the new kind of soap for everything in your [Music] wash now let's visit the doam family well there's P sitting in the living room reading uh-oh Here Comes uny does I'm all excited he's telling p PA the darest thing happened does just want a Ry game for me oh shocks the telephone hi shunky hello oh Mrs Reed no Ma's not home what oh I can tell you about does Ma's always talking about it tell does help me win a Ry game don't be silly oh no Mrs Reed I meant Hy uh like M tell you do is a new kind of soap yeah want a Ry game quiet not you Mrs Reed yes M says does does everything in the wash work shirts towels to to those fancy rayon dads hello Mrs Reed that's Hy what your husband gets his work shirts terribly dirty well ma says no soap gets mine clean easier and does there's no hard scrubbing she says you don't even need a bar soap anymore because do does the job all by itself it wins Ry games what Mrs Ry I mean Mrs Reed towels well does gets our towels whes a cloud ma says she's never seen whiter washes tell her about sure even with all that cleaning power does is really safer for the nice colors you wash oh fine Mrs Reed goodbye now uny what's eating you listen I was playing rummy with a Witter down the street suddenly I says yeah ever use does it does everything in the wash she was so flabbergasted she played the wrong card and and and I won well I'll be dog G done sure does everything well almost everything P you see compared to other leading granulated wash day soaps does gives longer life for colors plus unsurpassed whiteness and real cleaning power for the dirtiest clothes so let does Duz do everything in your wash and now the Goldbergs well Rosie has a secret while the Goldberg house bubbles with happiness as Molly and Jake discover whatever they can of the beauty and charm of their new daughter-in-law while Molly's heart explodes uh momentarily Al with happiness Rosie watches her sister-in-law and thinks of someone else George the farmand on the neighboring Farm who comes from the same town as Grace but who claims he doesn't know her and yet a neighbor told Rosie that she saw George on the same train with Grace and that he got off a stop before lenbury now Rosie wonders what can be wrong there what may be wrong listen who's taking up towels to Grace I am who's taking up soap I did M much excitement Uncle David so much excitement Uncle David I have to talk to somebody what's matter Uncle David I have to tell you something de Yes dear Yes dear why she called me mother David rosley did you hide she called me mother dad yeah she's calling Papa dad David she called me dad oh and she called me mother come coming coming coming Shake darling Shake darling darling sweetheart when was we ever happier never coming darling Jake com uncle's she don't know she's got an uncle Grace you you have an uncle Uncle David I all of a sudden the uncle yeah I'm your Uncle David Grace Uncle David please what matter you have to promise me that you won't say anything not until I'm absolutely sure what happened it's just that on the train you you was in the train no I I will I will there Rosie Rosie look David look look Sam's picture Sam's picture with his uniform yeah let me see let me see we have that picture mom yes I know this one we have this one the single one the individualized one with Sammy alone that was the snapshot we had but Sam sent us but this one look David look at this one it's Sam and Grace together took together that couple couple a couple he he's beautiful and she's beautiful beautiful magnificent gorgeous gorgeous she's got eyes SM eyes I I like eyes me too me to I don't care about nothing but look David look what what some pipe yeah a present a gift for my daughter-in-law Jak now Jak did you see how she hung herself up everything rosley every dress every coat neat like a pin David just what I like neat I like also neat clean I like also Tre did you saw how every shoe had a tree every shoe has a tree coming my child daddy's coming you have an uncle Uncle David roie what do you woring I don't know Uncle David but Jenny was on the train right de will I will David David de David you should see a dress you you should see a dress she made for herself with her own hands with her own hands she made the dress D it it was like like with a princess style she did it by herself handmade David every Stitch every Stitch handmade Ros with with with with with a princess style in in with it talks and and and and and the talks each talk David do I know how to make a dress do I know dress she did it by herself all by every Stitch every Stitch the with pats with plat and and in the shoulders you can make like that a dress maker High the shoulders but the pleats Molly Molly Molly did you see that dress oh am asking you J absolutely professional we because when it comes to dresses I can talk with authority I was in a dress business myself long enough Jake Dar Jake you love her huh Jake what do you mean love her she's a girl with [Music] qualifications Jenny was on the same train that Grace was on Uncle David and well when I was at the station wa she call me Uncle David Uncle David Uncle David I have something for you me huh David look David they look bedroom slippers hand crochet and for you Rosie a better rosle thank you Grace you're welcome thank you too you're welcome I I got your exact measurements from Sammy Rosie you did enough already Grace darling you did enough already we we're going to sit on the table soon we're going to eat you must be hungry oh I couldn't eat now I'm I'm too excited Jak darling go down to the cellar and take a picture and bring up some C no sooner spoke than did great de my child you'll excuse me I'm I'm just going to throw an eye into my supper and then we'll sit on the table excuse me why can't I help please darling you're tired you're tired you did enough for one day sit and rest yourself rosley daring come with me I want you to spill everybody here come Excuse me yes sit down my dear niece why don't you sit down you your Uncle David is asking you to sit down oh I just can't sit still there's so much to see so much to feel this is the house my Sammy lived in these are all the things he lived with he sat in that chair he read a book there he hung his coat up on those hangers he looked out of those windows I seem to feel that his eyes changed them in some way and that they're different for me than they are for you Gra I was just trying to imagine Samy here with me Sammy showing me all the things he loved here I was thinking how wonderful it would have been to have learned this house through his eyes I have decided I'm trying to make myself feel that I can learn what Sammy felt about every single thing here by looking at it by hoping that it will talk to me the way it did to him I know there's a broken step on the stairs forth from the top I know you can take the knob off his bed and there's a little hole there where he used to keep poems he wrote I know there's an apple tree by the pond that was once struck by lightning and that if you sit on a big gray stone to the right of it the shape of the tree looks like an old man bared down with age oh I know a million things about this house you don't mind if I just walk through the house no Grace Thank you new DAV is that sweet is that a child rosle Rosy you have a sister she sings Molly Molly we are blessed make me love [Music] youle David I [Music] must Uncle David Uncle David and Rosie still holds the secret in her heart the fact that George was on the train with Grace but Grace sounds so sincere she she seemed so much a part of Samy's life that Rosie just can't believe what she should believe what we know that Grace does have a definite connection with George and with some other past yeah you know it means a lot to me being here with the Goldbergs every day their story is so true to life I get a lot of laughs from our friends the Dozen family too take uny doam oh he's sure a card you know he tried doing the family washing yesterday and well here's how he explains it this is what I did I put a box of doz in the washing machine and started it up and nothing happened good gosh I forgot to open the box well Hy you do have to open the box before this new kind of soap can do it stuff but give does a chance and it'll do everything in the wash from the dirtiest workclothes and towels to pretty rayon slips you know it's really terrific what does does why it's the only leading wash day soap that combines so much safety for colors along with so much cleaning power for tough dirt and unsurpassed whiteness so next wash day remember uny doam open your box of doz first and then let do do everything in your wash be sure to listen to the next episode of The Goldbergs written for you by Gertrude Berg Rosie finds an ally and makes a test this is Clayton ker speaking for Proctor and Gamble and saying do as the dohms do let doz the new kind of soap do everything in your wash
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