The Goldbergs on the Radio: Ep. 1535
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The Goldbergs: Episode 1535. Date: August 13, 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: "The die seems to be cast against Molly going on with her experiment to change Grace's character... because yesterday a letter arrived from Sammy... and Grace, who is still posing as Sammy's wife, knows of it. She has no idea what's in the letter, but she does know that it's the end of her subterfuge... Grace, however, doesn't realize that her fraud is already known to the Goldbergs, and that Molly has been trying, against her family's advice and wishes, to give Grace a chance to make something of her life. But now that chance is gone... Listen..."
Announcer close: "So Molly is going on with her experiment... despite the vote of lack of confidence on the part of her family... and Grace is being given a last chance..."
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 1535. Date: August 13, 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: "The die seems to be cast against Molly going on with her experiment to change Grace's character... because yesterday a letter arrived from Sammy... and Grace, who is still posing as Sammy's wife, knows of it. She has no idea what's in the letter, but she does know that it's the end of her subterfuge... Grace, however, doesn't realize that her fraud is already known to the Goldbergs, and that Molly has been trying, against her family's advice and wishes, to give Grace a chance to make something of her life. But now that chance is gone... Listen..." Announcer close: "So Molly is going on with her experiment... despite the vote of lack of confidence on the part of her family... and Grace is being given a last chance..." 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 Does the new kind of soap for everything in your watch. First, let's drop in on the Dozen family. Well, Paw Dozen's out in the backyard. Uh-oh, there's that henpeck Mr. Witherspoon from down the street. Pardon me, Mr. Desm, but my wife, Gwendalyn, now Mr. Witherspoon, I don't want to mix in any private affairs. I know, but you see, Gwendalyn and I wash dishes together. And so do mine and me. We does dishes together lots of times. Well, that's what I wanted to ask. How you do it? Because if anything goes wrong while we're washing dishes, well, Bing, Gwendalin hits me. Say, you need Does. It's a new kind of soap. And I bet it'll keep even happy doing dishes. You see, does does everything in the wash and has everything for dishes, too. What do you mean everything? I mean, does make suds that stand up till the last dish is done. Cuts grease like 60. Yet, it's kinder to hand. You say, does Suds stand up? Sure. Gee, our suds always fall flat. And Gwendalin gets so mad. Well, does Suds stand up even through the greasy pans?Wendalin won't have to keep adding soap. Yeah, but that's not all. If she has to scour and scour our frying pan. Gosh. Tell her does cuts tough grease in less than half a minute without any hard scouring. That almost solves everything. What do you mean everything? Well, after we finish, Gwendelyn looks at her hands, sees how red and rough they look, then she looks at me and Z. Listen, brother. Ma says is kinder to hands. It leaves them soft and smooth. I know Gwindelyn will like the gentle way does treats her hands. How can I ever thank you? M thank does. It does everything. That's right. Why? Compared to other leading granulated wash day soaps, does is the only one of them that gives you all this. Makes suds that stand up till the last dish is done. Cuts grease like 60, yet it's kind of to hand. Why not change to does d. It has everything for dishes. And now the goldbergs. Well, the dye seems to be cast against Molly going on with her experiment to change Grace's character because yesterday a letter arrived from Sammy. And Grace, who is still posing as Sammy's wife, knows of it, for she has no idea what's in the letter, but she does know that it's the end of her subtrifuge. Grace, however, doesn't realize that her fraud is already known to the Goldbergs and that Molly has been trying against her family's advice and wishes to give Grace a chance to make something of her life. But now that chance is gone. Listen, Rosie, wait. Call mama and the telephone boy. Go, Kitty. Go, please. Hello, Mash Farm. Please, once and for all. Once and for all. Nor and for once had a talk. Hello, Masha. Oh, George. Mrs. Goldberg. Huh? Where? When? Oh, thank you. A letter from Sammy. Grace is upstairs. Maybe she'll jump out of the window yet. I don't know. All right, George. She's here. Goodbye. There there is a letter. There's a letter David Rosley told me. Wait, Rosalie, let me quickly. David, let let me give me or let me sit down and bring me glass of water. Give me the letter. Sit down, Marley. Please. David, there's great. Oh, she knows. She knows the letter came from Sam. Here's your water, Marley. Let me open Rose. Let me open. Don't fall to pieces. David. My David. No, not with a typewriter. Dave, no. I'm glad. Shh. Quiet. Quiet. Let me No. Quiet. Quiet. Quiet. Quiet. M. Oh my lovely bait. What is it? M here. Here is Molly. Here. Drink. Drink. All right. Mish. Here. Darling. The first page. Dave. Something about anything about grace or sh Ros. Are you reading it? You read it. My reading glasses. Quick. Quick. Totally. Quick. Get out of the I'll get them. Where? I left them in the fruit bowl. In the fruit bowl. All right. I'll get them. Sit down, Jake. Darling. How How is it here? Jake, darling. Here. The front page. The first page. Get your glasses, Jake. Sh. Sit down, Jake. A little border. Border. Read Jake. Jake. Read. Read Jake. Quiet. I'm reading. Why does this It's so deligible. I I can read it. So read slowly now. Read slowly. Look. Look. What's this way? Which this? Here. Here. Here. Let me see. That's arrived. Arrived. That's arrived. Give papa the second page. Don't rush me. Don't rush, ma'am. Where is she? Upstairs. She knows. She read. Uhhuh. Now the jig is up. You got to the point where? Sh. Wonderful. Now, Molly, you kindly call Grace Stand and read a letter to her. Tell her we are going to put her where she belongs. But let her know we know. See that she hands over the money. And I can't know who who's going to read it to me. I I I don't know. I'll s give me give me sit down, David. I'll I'll I'll read to you. Slow. Huh? Sure. Quiet. Quiet. Quiet. New marriage. Christ. Rosie, not on my shoulder, Rosie, please. Not on my shoulder. No. Dear folks, dear folks. Dear folks, Ma P Roselly and Uncle David. Says Uncle David. You just put it in here. Is that David? Yeah. Oh my. Yeah, it's David. D capital who loves Sammy like I love Sammy. So listen David, listen if you want to hear. Sure. Dear folks, this is the first letter that you're going to get since I walked aboard ship. Ship. Um it was a long voyage and a hard one. Hard one. And we never saw a sub. A sub. Never saw a sub. Sup? That's a very sub. It was like sailing in Central Park as far as the enemy was concerned. Central Park. Central Park. Hitler. Hitler. Let me tell you the things you want to hear first. I want to hear first. I'm healthy. Happy, hungry, and wellfed. Hungry and wellfed and wellfed. The outfit is swell. And we all know what we're doing here. I don't know what we're doing here. I could give you long descriptions of nature and the scenery, but I know that the war correspondents must be doing that and getting paid for it. They're doing it and getting paid for it. Getting paid for it. How are all of you and the town? I keep thinking of the town all the time and how wonderful it will be to to get back Molly Molly back to it. But don't think I'm homesick after this journey into the war. The town will have to change and me with it. The world isn't the same anymore. By the way, I had the funniest Listen, listen carefully. I'm listen. This is the part. This is the part. By the way, I had the funniest experience the other day. My commanding officer called me in and said, "I just received word from the Red Cross." David, shut up. Yes. No. That your wife is having a baby. You could have knocked me down with a feather. Bless you. You've got the wrong goal. I told him I told him he's got the wrong goal. Yeah, sure. This one doesn't even have a wife. Now it's out. And uh that's Oh, and and and that's that spirit. That's that. There must be as many Goldbergs as Joneses in the army. Well, I've got to go off on a on a what? On a patrol patrol patrol patrol yes patrol patrol and I'll write you a nice long letter right after this one. I want this one to catch the next shipment. Love Sammy. No, Marley. Call her down. You read a letter to us. So I want you to read right in front of of Grace. I want that pleasure. I I want that pleasure. Jake, maybe Jake maybe. Jake, me and Marley. Grace. Jake. Jake. Molly. David. Grace. Gra. David. Maybe. Molly. I want you to sit here and grace to sit there opposite me. I want the pleasure of seeing her face when you read a letter. I I want also the pleasure to see her face. I I want to sit opposite it, too. Grace. Grace. Now, Grace, you can hear the letter. I I don't Sit down, Grace. Right there in that chair. Sit down, Grace. Do you want me to read it, Molly, or uh will you read it? I'll read it. A very enlightening letter, Grace. A very enlightening letter, Grace. I I I I can read it myself. No. Mrs. Goldwig wants the pleasure of reading it aloud, as we all do. No, Mie. Yes. Um yes. Um dear folks, I I I can't write much. I want to catch the plane. But I am safe and happy and thinking of all of you. This is for all of you. The buns I love. I'll write a long letter tomorrow. Kisses. Where is the bicarbonate? Where is the bicarbonate? In my chest. As much as you need. So Molly is going on with her experiment despite the vote of lack of confidence on the part of her family. And Grace is being given a last chance. Ladies, you've got a war to fight. Yes, you've got to fight and win the battle to hold down prices and control the cost of living, just as the soldier fights to win the battle at the front. Here's how you can win that fight. Just listen to your victory voice each time you start to buy something you don't need. When you see a darling new hat in a shop window, listen to your victory voice. It'll say, "Can't I do without it?" When you see a lovely rug or lamp you'd like, listen to your victory voice. Do I really need it? And when your husband hands you his overtime paycheck saying, "Spend it on yourself." Listen when your victory voice asks, "Who needs it most? Me or my country?" And buy war bonds. And remember, this is a job only you can do. Do it well, no matter what the sacrifice. That's what the soldiers do. Stop unnecessary spending. And when you're tempted, listen to the voice of victory. If I don't need it, I won't buy it. This is Clayton Collier speaking for Proctor and Gamble and saying, "Do as the dozens do. Let does the new kind of soap do everything in your wash.
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