The Goldbergs on the Radio: Ep. 1520

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The Goldbergs: Episode 1520. Date: July 23, 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: "Now that George has confessed to the Goldbergs that he and Grace had tried to swindle them, Molly isn't finding her role of judge easy to play. There is something so infinitely tender in Molly's nature that hurting someone else always hurts Molly more. Now that Jake has called the Constable, Molly's heart is beginning to soften... her determination to punish the two, is slowly weakening... Listen..."

Announcer close: "Poor George stares wildly about and then he sits still, because he feels, he knows that there is nothing left for him to say, nothing left to choose... while upstairs, ignorant of all these developments, the girl who exploited the feelings of the Goldbergs lies in what she thinks is a secure bed."

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 1520. Date: July 23, 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: "Now that George has confessed to the Goldbergs that he and Grace had tried to swindle them, Molly isn't finding her role of judge easy to play. There is something so infinitely tender in Molly's nature that hurting someone else always hurts Molly more. Now that Jake has called the Constable, Molly's heart is beginning to soften... her determination to punish the two, is slowly weakening... Listen..." Announcer close: "Poor George stares wildly about and then he sits still, because he feels, he knows that there is nothing left for him to say, nothing left to choose... while upstairs, ignorant of all these developments, the girl who exploited the feelings of the Goldbergs lies in what she thinks is a secure bed." 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 brought to you by doz the new kind of soap for everything in your wash first let's drop in on the doam family well there's that flutter head cousin doam she just sent a present to her boyfriend at camp listen she's telling Daisy doesn't I send my picture in a box of do he can put them up together beside his bed now look cousin does is a swell kind of soap and it does everything in our wash from work shirts and towels to my rayon undies but why should your boyfriend put do alongside your picture well you see Daisy does brought us together oh it was so romantic I was hanging out M was one day when he came along delivering milk and he said nice clean work Church got there and I said sure it does did them no soap gets clothes clean easier and there's no hard scrubbing oh it was so thrilling what a way to talk to your dream man I suppose you told him you didn't need a bar soap anymore cuz does get stirred out all by itself oh sure Daisy and he said he bet every lady on his milk route would be jealous of me in those snowy white towels I was hanging up and I told him does it get anybody's towels dazzling white I'd never seen wher washes I says oh he was so interested M he must be romantic oh he is you know he asked if that pink flower dress I was wearing was knew it looked so pretty and bright and I said oh no I does it lots of times I told him doz it safer for the pretty colors I worh yet it can't be beat for the tough jobs and that's when he pops the question you mean he proposed not exactly he asked if I do his wash with Dad well cousin does I hope you said yes you know lady compared to other leading granulated wash day soaps does gives longer life to Colors plus unsurpassed whiteness and real cleaning power for tough dirt does Duz does everything better try it and now the Goldbergs well now that George has confessed to The Goldbergs that he and Grace had tried to Swindle them Molly Isn't finding her role of Judge easy to play no there's something so infinitely tender in Molly's nature that hurting someone else always hurts Molly more now that Jake has called the Constable Molly's heart is beginning to soften her determination to punish the two is slowly weakening listen go upstairs George if if you've want to see grace before the Constable comes yes going go up if you she want to see grace Mrs Goldberg can I talk you a minute David all right all right you you you you don't have to ask me I'm exiting where's Jake where outside on the porch he's guarding the house so I won't run away he's waiting for the Constable all right I'll be on the porch if you want me Molly Molly yes if you want me I'll be on the porch yes David I don't know keepable Mrs ber like I said before whatever you do is all right with me I've got a coming to me I could use a little time to do some tall thinking but I don't want Grace to know right now the doctor says she's going to be all right but I I ain't so sure and I don't want you to tell her I don't want her to know where I am for a while I'm going upstairs to tell her I found a job and when I get enough money I'll write to her they can't hold me for more than just Petty larsy or something maybe about a year it it's all right with you isn't it Mrs Goldberg after all if if one of us gets punished that ought to satisfy you I'll tell Grace I tore up that check and that you and Mr Goldberg think she just came back and everything is just as it was maybe maybe that's asking too much you mean that with what I know now and what Mr goldber knows we should make believe that we want Grace to stay here with us as was do you think that's possible for human nature George do you think people can hide their feelings so much I'm not asking for Grace or me I don't think we deserve anything but there's more than the two of us there's someone who's innocent of everything someone who be made to pay for our mistakes I didn't said I thought the child should pay for the sins of the parents I said I I don't see how Grace can stay here when our eyes no longer are blind and our feelings are no longer loving well if you have to have a scapegoat use me I I don't care what happens to me go up George the Constable will be here shortly remember I was the one who brought Grace back if I listen to her would be Miles Away by now the check would have been cashed and that would have been the last we had ever seen of us but we came back even for that even because we saved you that much heartache couldn't you just let Grace out of this mess now lugy Grace wants to speak to you m you go up George please can I count on you Mrs Goldberg I don't know please what does George want you to do M have to tell Grace that we know everything and if she asks for George to tell her we found a job but she's the guilty One MA it's easy to see that she's the one who planned everything and he's only in love with her he just does what she says he tried to stop her we know that so so why should George have to pay for everything there's going to be a baby M maybe talk to Papa H I don't want to see them taken away ma me need M there must be some reason why people turn out bad people aren't born B I I I can't believe that what happens to them that's what I'm going to find out if I ever go to college ma College you won't find out LLY why not ma because in college you don't find answers you find questions in college you learn the most important questions the questions which haven't been answered and you learn about the past and the questions which are answered but the questions which we need to answer for today and tomorrow can't be found with their answers in college they have to be lived through and then your children will go to college and your children will study the answers we discovered only by living rly and suffering monkey all right Jake all right M yes baby judge you went upstairs yes ring go out and talk to Papa gently say to him what what you said to me m and You Go Darling Papa won't try try try before the Constable comes Come Go Mama you go I'll try try mom cry back Molly what good will it be if George is arrested it's a lesson Molly it's an example all right David if you could spend as much time and energy preventing crime as we do punishing crime the world would have a Kinder face and a happier face after what they did to you m you can he confessed so right maybe that was enough punishment not for what they did M I know two people get together and and make him business out of stealing and coming into a house and no I know it be don't go out B it if Jake is hollering maybe Rosal is talking good Jake is Right Marly and and how is right and tell your mother not to stop well you heard M papa is Right Crime and Punishment like the left hand is the made to the right hand I'll go out Mama daring you won't do any good I'll try but Papa won't change his mind try M don't stop Uncle David what good will it do to put them in prison crime has to be punished no no punishment is to prevent crimes not just for renge that's the way it should be every sensible person knows that punishment for the sake of Revenge is is Savage it's it's just as bad as being a criminal you're an expert on Crime and Punishment No but if you can prevent crime without punishment you don't punish people we're not living in the Middle Ages you don't change the world by hitting it with a stick as if it were a stupid donkey nevertheless oh how could you understand Uncle David never you never had anything to do with the kind of people who committed crimes nevertheless R only one thing I want to know yes just tell me one thing are they or are they not what is Grace legally married to Sammy George thanks Rosie I'm glad you didn't say anything to Grace you asked me not to enough Mar know all right I'm sitting right here until he comes it's all right Mrs Goldberg I'm willing to pay for what I did maybe maybe you're hungry George no no thanks a little a little tea hot rosly Bill George lemon of cream anything can can I ask you a question George Dave one question Dave go ahead H how could the nice men like you with such a nice face to speak to you is is like is to like you the world was open for you to be what you wanted to be I never knew before now what I what I wanted to be so I was nothing you you let them woman just one more question David please if you don't want to know Molly I want to know and if you know I want to know too is Grace married to Sammy huh the Constable is here never never mind the te is Grace married to Sammy ask Mrs Goldberg she knows poor George stares wildly about then he sits still because he feels he knows that there's nothing left for him to say nothing left to choose while upstairs ignorant of all these developments the girl who exploited the feelings of the Goldbergs eyes and what she thinks is a secure bed you know trying to be helpful can lead to trouble then again things seem to work out okay for instance take young Dicky doesen yesterday he rushed out of the house with a box of doz and said I got to get this do over to Billy why we're playing hide and seek Billy hides in the cin and gets his slacks all black then he hides in his M's Clothes Closet that gets cold dust all over her pretty house dresses uhoh but I said does it fix dresses slacks and all does does everything that's right this new kind of soap does everything in the wash it's the only leading granulated wash day soap that gives longer life to the pretty colors you wash plus unsurpassed whiteness for towels and real cleaning power for grimy workclothes even in the toughest wash does does everything and when you doz your wash remember all soaps contain vital War materials so make your doz go further wash several loads of clothes and the same do Suds see to what every bit of Doh you use does more be sure to listen to the next episode of The Goldbergs written for you by Gertrude Berg Crime and Punishment are not easy things for plain people to handle this is what Jake discovers this is Clayton ker speaking and reminding you to do as the dohms do let doz the new kind of soap do everything in your wash


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