Amos N Andy Daily
Amos n Andy - Engaged To Susan Bennett
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- Duration:
- 30m
- Broadcast on:
- 08 Jul 2024
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That's because Anapac contains antihistamine, together with time-tested pain relievers. So the next time you feel one of those annoying colds coming on, we suggest that you do as we do. Start taking Rexall's Anapac. You'll find the directions right on the bottle. That's Anapac, A-N-A-P-A-C. It's at Rexall drugstores everywhere. ♪♪♪ Well, Andrew H. Brown is engaged again. How did it happen? Well, it started about two weeks ago. It was a lovely Sunday here in New York, and Andrew H. Brown decided to take a bus ride to visit some friends uptown. He got on the bus at the corner of 124th Street and Lennox Avenue. ♪♪♪ And as the bus started up, the driver said, "Deposit 10 cents, please." Uh, do this bus go up as far as, uh, uh, could you tell me, uh, could I, could you, uh, hell, no? [laughter] Would you kindly move to the rear of the bus? No, I'm going to sit right here. [laughter] You know something? You was really pretty. You was about the only bus driver I ever seen that didn't need a shave. [laughter] Move to the rear of the bus, please. ♪♪♪ And when the bus got to 134th Street, Andy was still trying to break the ice. Would you please move to the rear of the bus? You was really sweet. [laughter] You know something? When you cut off that tactic here back there, there was a special on your face that reminded me of my mother. [laughter] Move to the rear of the bus, please. ♪♪♪ And then the bus rolled on and on and on. Please move to the rear of the bus. You know, you is so sweet and graceful. I could sit you all day and just watch you shift the gears. [laughter] Do you realize that you've ridden with me up and back to the Grand Concorde six times this afternoon? Yeah, I ain't going to study with a gal before without being engaged. Move to the rear of the bus, please. ♪♪♪ Well, I finally moved to the rear of the bus. Yes, but I don't think we should sit back here much longer. [laughter] The supervisor might come by. Well, now that we are holding hands like this, I'm going to introduce myself. My name is Andrew H. Brown Esquire. But my friend just called me Andrew. Oh, how do you do, Andy? My name is Susan Bennett. Susan Bennett? Say, hey, that's a pretty name. I bet a cute little gal like you has got a million boyfriends already, huh? No, not exactly. I'm new around here, you see. I haven't had a chance to make any friends. I guess I'm sort of a babe in the woods. Nave in the woods. Honey, shake hands with an old force ranger. [laughter] ♪♪♪ Well, that afternoon bus ride with Susan was the start of a beautiful romance. It's now two weeks later, and Andy is up in his room making the official announcement to the Kingfish. Yeah, Kingfish, me and Susan is official and engaged. We have decided to take the feudal step. Well, it's a sad thing, Andy, but I guess we all have to go sometime. [laughter] Now, wait a minute, here, Kingfish, this is different. This Susan is a beautiful young gal. Well, of course she is, Andy, but let me explain to you what happens with marriage. It's like going to a nursery and getting a potted plant in full bloom. You give this potted plant, tend to care and attention. Through the years you feed it, nurse it, and watch it grow. But then Andy, time and the aifice gets to it. [laughter] And he wakes up one morning to find out that you were stuck with nothing but an old pot. [laughter] Now, wait a minute, listen, Kingfish, I as a man of gal. I ain't walking down the aisle with no platoon yet. [laughter] Oh, no, and now I was speaking figuratively there. Just drawing what the cause analogy to the thing is he. Now, what's all that junk you got spread out on your bed, Deb? Oh, yeah, this. These are all old momentum of my bachelorhood day. Now that I'm getting married, I'm going to burn them all up. You sure got a pile of souvenirs there, Andy? Oh, press rules? A couple of ribbons, the legal handkerchiefs? Oh, yeah, different gals, give me all that stuff. Mm-hmm. Notice that happened there, Andy? Some gal give you that? Well, in the way she did, she jab me a minute one night in the hallway. [laughter] Hey, you got a lot of pictures there, too. Well, look, uh, say, who is this goofy-looking guy here, sitting on the beach with that old scarecrow? Let me see. Kingfish, that's you, and sapphire. [laughter] Yeah. I wonder what we ever saw in each other. Well, I'm getting rid of all this stuff. From here on in, I was a one-woman man. Well, Andy, I got it, Maya, for it, boy. You've been a lover, boy, but that's all over with now. And I want you to know that from the bottom of my heart, I was happy to know that you was at long last found the right girl. Well, thank you, Kingfish. I appreciate that. Yes, and, uh, tell you after being married to sapphire for 22 years, I has found out that the only thing that makes marriage worthwhile for a man is love, understanding, and affection. It is, huh? Yeah. I sure wish I could get a little love around my place. [music playing] Well, I'm certainly happy to see my dear friend Andy getting married. A nice girl, too. After all, him and me has been the greatest, uh, uh, come in. Well, how do you do? I'm looking for George Kingfish Stevens. George Stevens? He ain't no trouble, is he? No. Well, I was George Stevens. Oh, good. Mr. Stevens, I'll get right down to the facts. No. I happen to be the father of Susan Bennett. I understand your friend Andy Brown intends to marry her. Yeah, that's right. Well, frankly, I don't think Brown is the man for my daughter. But the more I try to influence her, the more determined she is. So I'm willing to pay you a hundred dollars to break up the marriage. Now, wait a minute. You was asking me to betray my best friend for a hundred dollars. You asking me to come between him and the gal he loves? Is you asking me to do a thing so low and underhanded? Is that a hundred in cash? That's it. Payable as soon as you break up the marriage. You got yourself a deal. You know, mister, you was really lucky you come to me. I don't know another one of Andy's dear friends that would have double-crossed him and a cheaper. ♪♪ Good evening. This is your X-All family drug. Speaking to you for the 10,000 independent drugists who have made the word "rex-All" part of our own store names. We've done that because we recommend and sell the 2,000 or more drug products made by the "rex-All" drug company. Like "rex-All" aspirin, for example, when swallowed with water, the five full grains of pure aspirin and every "rex-All" tablet are ready to go to work for you even before they reach your stomach. Yes, there's no faster-acting aspirin made. Proof again, you can depend on any drug product that bears the name "rex-All." ♪♪ This roast leg of lamb is particularly delicious tonight, ain't it, mama? Just perfect, daughter. Just perfect. That's looking leg. I have a seat in this family. ♪♪ What is that, darling? Oh, nothing, honey. Nothing. I just told them to serve you. Don't you hardly test your food. Is something wrong? No, no. Just something on my mind. The business deal will come up a day and I'm trying to figure it out. Say, George, I hear a round that Andy Brown and got himself engaged. Yeah, that's right. What are you getting engaged to? A pool table? ♪♪ You voted as funny as an elephant, which sign is trouble? ♪♪ No, no, mama. He's engaged to some girl named Susan Bennett. Bennett? Bennett? Seems I heard that name some place before? I guess it couldn't be the same one, though. Oh, she's such a lovely-looking girl. I can't imagine why she'd be attracted to a whole man like Andrew H. Brown. Yeah, well, he is just a big revenge, you know. After all, in the market, it's always the rapist melon that draws the most flies. Nice girl. Got her own job, too. Drives a bust. Hmm. Going for a working girl. I always thought a lazy lover like Andy Brown would hold out for some rich woman, so he could sponge off a hub for the rest of his life. Yeah, well, I guess he would. But, uh, an arrow's don't pop up everywhere, you know. I ask a fellow to marry her. They, uh, say, "Wait a minute, sir." How do you like that? I just give myself a idea here. Honey, what was the name of that girl that lived in the downstairs apartment here? You know the one that used to work in the circus. You mean Lula Fontaine? Yeah, I think I got a little job for her. But, George, she was a bad back rider. Well, one animal is like another, and if Andy can handle a horse he ought to be able to have no trouble with the stupid ox I got in mind here. Well, if just a little idea what Lula works, I shouldn't have no trouble breaking up Andy's engagement and making myself a hundred bucks richer. Oh, come in, brother, Andy, come in and just sit in here around the office here. Not thinking of a thing. Hi, King Vish. Well, I just been riding up and down Riverside Drive talking with my finance aide. You know, I've been thinking something here. It ain't going to be right for people to see the wife of Andrew H. Brown driving a bus. Well, uh, agrees with you there, ain't it? Yeah, so after we married, I'm going to see if I can't get her transferred inside to the grease pit. Ain't no sense in having her disagree with you. No. Andy, I know that she was noticing how tired I looked this morning, and I know she was just dying to know where I was last night. Oh, yes, huh? Oh, trying to drag it out of me, huh? Well, I guess I'll have to break down and tell you, seeing that she was so curious. I was out last night at a big society party. Society party? Who throwed the thing, King Vish? Oh, some society gathered me and Sapphire met up with her name as Lulu Fontaine. We run and tour into Labe over at the first national bank. She's a wealthy, rich woman who was also loaded with money. And she gave a big party, huh? Yeah, just as big as any affairs ever give by L.I. Coon and those fellas. Yeah, she served nothing but imported caviar. I must rank three full glasses of this stuff down. No, no, I always goes there, yeah. Hell yeah, eight and nine feetsmen are staying around, stuffing for meadows and olives there. Yeah, sounds like she'd really be loaded with money. Lulu, why, when we first saw her at the bank, she was wearing two fur coats. She had a mint coat over the chin chiller to keep it from getting dirty. I'll tell you, and therefore, single unmarried woman looking for a husband, she's really a prize. Of course, you wouldn't be interested in her and how that she was engaged, would you? Of course not. Me interested in another woman just because she got money? Ha, ha, ha. Where'd she live? Our lady is in there, you was engaged. Calm down, boys. We're going on point there like a bird dog. They're all in there, you can't. Hey, look out the window there, boy. What? Well, ain't this a coincidence. Coming across the street there, it's the rich Lulu Fontaine. I was just talking about her. Yeah, she must be going to pay her so he'll call them where. That's the rich gal, huh? Look at the heels of her shoes there. They show his wore down, ain't they? Well, now, wait a minute, unless you had a mid that way. You see, she has a little knock need, so by wearing the heels wore down on the outside, that springs her knees out a little bit. Oh, yeah. Uh, wait a minute, I'll tell her to come on in here. I'll, uh, like, have you meetin'? Oh, Ms. Fontaine, uh, Lulu. Hey, come on in here. Yeah, come on in here. I'd like to have you meet a friend of mine. Oh, and there. I'd like to have you meet the rich and cultured Ms. Fontaine. How do you do? My, what a charming, good-looking man. I feel like I've seen you someplace before. Have I seen you in the movies? Uh, no, I don't think so. Uh, I usually stay home at night and watch television. Oh, Ms. Fontaine, I noticed that you ain't wearing none of your big diamonds and ruby jewelry that you usually have on. You ain't jingle-jangling as loud as usual. Well, I've got to do a lot of rushing around today, and I'm travelin' light. Well, uh, make yourself comfortable. Let me help you off with your genuine mink coat, Ms. Fontaine. Oh, don't bother. Hey, Kingfish, could I see you over here a minute? Uh, well, I certainly, uh, excuse us, Ms. Fontaine. Certainly. Uh, what is it, Anna? Kingfish, did you say that was a mink coat? Certainly is mink. As long as you can get genuine, wild mink. Yeah, I figured it was wild, all right. Right there. Some of that mink's has been in some tough fights, I think. Yeah, I guess they have. That one on her elbow must have had a fight with the Indian. He'd been scalded. Yeah, come on, let's go back here. You must be to Mr. Browner. Mr. Stevens was telling me about. And I say that you is even more polished and charming than I expected. Oh, I as a dog. Well, I've got to be runnin' along now. I'm drawing a few thousand dollars out of the bank. I'd ask you to come with me, Mr. Brown, but I understand another woman already has you in her clutch. Yeah, but keep talkin', I think her clutch is slippin'. Well, if anything happens, my telephone number is Lehigh 569. Oh, oh. (audience laughs) Oh, goodbye, you handsome thing. Oh, I just can't resist pinching you on your little ol' jowl there. (squeaking) Oh, yeah, I had to catch it cool to you, too, you know. (audience laughs) Mm, me eye five, six, nine, oh, oh. Wow. (audience laughs) And, uh, you can see from the way you are, it's popping out that you were singing along the white line. Yeah, I got real players, ain't you? See the way she strutted out here? Yeah, I like everything about her. I even like the sound of her knees knocking together. (audience laughs) But wait a minute, though, King Fish, I has engaged the Susan. I was I gonna tell her. How is I gonna break the engagement with her? Well, there's only one way to do it, and, uh, tell her that you're doing it for her own good. Let me see here. I got it. Tell her something simple. Tell her that she was a gangster and a criminal, and it ain't fair for you to marry her, even though you love him. Yeah, yeah. Tell her what, King Fish. I gotta date with her at eight tonight and long about half past eight. I'm gonna break the engagement and tell her that I am never gonna see her no more. Yeah, well, that's fine, ain't it? But, uh, if you're going up there at eight, why is you waiting till half past eight to tell her? Well, I thought I might get in a little smooching first. (upbeat music) Well, George, I must say you're eating a lot better this evening. Yeah, well, that happens in law, gonna happen in law, guy. But over big deal, day, big deal. Hey, good cup of coffee I got here. Oh, by the way, Sapphire, it's been bothering me all day, and I just remembered who that student Bennett was. Oh, you did, Mama? Mm-hmm. A society girl. Her father is Thomas J. Bennett Demillionaire, and she's got $100,000 in her own name. (loud bang) (laughing) Oh, my God, you spent that hot coffee all over yourself. What's a couple of third-degree burns at a time like this? (laughing) I don't know what you mean, a society girl, though. What was you doing driving the bus? Well, the way I heard it, she's one of them modern girls. She decided that all the men in her set was trying to marry her for a money, so she left home and got this job driving the bus to try and find real, true love. Holy mackerel, holy mackerel. George, where is you carrying on like this? What's wrong with you? I done made a terrible mistake. I done stabbed myself in the back. Why didn't I know she was an heiress? I'll tell you there ought to be a lord. 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Plenemons at Rexall drugstores everywhere. (upbeat music) Hello, hello, hello, hello. Oh, me and the don't answer. It's quarter-pairs eight. He must be up with Susan right now, breaking off the engagement. Her papa's worth almost a million, too. No wonder he didn't want her to marry a deadbeat like Andy. I don't know, wouldn't it? Oh, how are you, Calhoun? Come in. Oh, what's wrong with you, Kingfizz? You really look sad. I ain't seem to face that long since my father got run over by a steamroller. (audience laughing) Calhoun, I'm glad you come in. I gotta talk to somebody quick. I mess myself up and I stay into my room. I did the stupidest thing I ever did. This time, I'm gonna throw in the sponge. I really gonna give up. Give up? Kingfizz don't ever take that attitude. You can't never give up. Why did I give up politics just 'cause it's told me over the party? Did I give up politics 'cause I never made no money at it? Did I give up politics just 'cause no one ever voted for me? No, I did not. That's why the bummer is today. (audience laughing) Well, here's my situation here. And they got their self-engaged to a gal. And the gal's falling off of me a hundred dollars to break up the marriage, so I did. Well, that's natural. Yeah, but I just discovered that the gal is an heiress and a man and a mariser. Think of the position I'd be to move in on his money. Yeah, you ought to be able to drain that boy like a crank kid. (audience laughing) Too late though, Calhoun, and is up at the gal's apartment right now telling the gal that he is a criminal and breaking off the engagement. Tell me what you gonna do. Well, now, wait a minute. Maybe you could bust in up there and tell her that Andy was breaking off the engagement for a noble reason. Tell her Andy doesn't find out she got money. He's too fine and noble to care to marry a gal with money. Yeah, that's a great idea. I'll rush up there right now. Yeah, I gotta be going too. I gotta get my glasses fixed. Well, having trouble with your glasses, huh? I'll say I is. The other day I've seen a barber pole and went into place and asked for a shave and a haircut and the manager of the bakery thought me out. (audience laughing) What about the barber pole? It turned out to be a skinny gal in a steppin' sweater. (dramatic music) So, there's a story, Susan. I has really a heart and criminal. Andy, you were criminal. I just can't believe it. You've always been so sweet. Well, you see, Susan. I has got two personality. I has a regular Dr. Jurgle and Mr. Hyde. (audience laughing) No, Susan, it's like I say. It'll never work out. Oh, I come to say farewell and goodbye. Well, Andy, if that's what, oh, after you it is. Watch your friend, Mr. Stevens. Oh, excuse me, you're a student. And, boy, I can't let you do it. Do what, gangface? Break off the marriage just because you know that Susan here ain't really a bus driver, but it's actually a society girl who has got $100,000 in her own name, Cash. I know it's that. (audience laughing) You know, stupid, I must badder. Andy here made up that story about being a criminal and for a very noble reason he made it up too. What reason was that? Yeah, what reason was that, King? (audience laughing) They called Andy a US-2 noble to marry a woman who has got money. But I can't let you do it, Andy. I know you love Susan and she is the gal for you. Yeah, I see what you mean, gangface, but what about Lehigh 56900? (audience laughing) Wrong number. Oh, Andy, Mr. Stevens is right. You're wonderful for feeling that way, but we can't let my money stand in the way of our marriage. Well, okay, honey, I'll marry you. It's just that I has always felt that marriage can't be a success where the wife has got a lot of money. Ain't that what I felt, gangface? You were said it a thousand times, yeah. Oh, Andy, we have been married. This is all so wonderful. Let's not wait any longer. Oh, yeah, get married right away. You know it's only hope, Susan, that you can be worthy of a man like Andy with his fine ideals. Yeah, and you know, honey, even though I hate your money, I'll be as kind to it as if it was my own. (upbeat music) Well, that's right, Amos. The wedding is gonna go ahead tomorrow. Yeah, well, Andy, this is the most honed-again, awful-again thing. I don't ever hear it up in my life. Well, Amos, I tell you, you know how Andy is. He decided to call it off. He's the fickle-type. Then he heard about a money, and well, I tell you, Amos, there's something about $100,000 that'll un-fickle a man in a hurry. (audience laughs) Well, I put on a wonderful act, Amos. Me saying I was so noble, I couldn't marry a woman with money. Ha, ha, ha. Well, you know, I kind of feel sorry for Susan. She's not like a pretty wonderful gal. A gal that would take a job driving a bus just so she could find real love. I don't think you're doing right by this gal, Andy. You don't love her. Listen, Amos, with $100,000 involved, it don't pay to be fussing. Yeah, you just keep out of this, Amos. Our gravy board has come in, and we are slapping around in the giblets. (audience laughs) (upbeat music) Andy, it was nice of you to ride with me tonight. My life's not on the bus. Yes, Susan, honey. If it wasn't for this bus, I would never met you. This is a wonderful bus company. Oh, just think Andy, we'll be married tomorrow, and I know we're gonna be happy. Oh, yeah, and I know we're gonna be happy too. Ha, ha, ha. Oh, I know we're gonna be double happy because we're both starting from scratch. Uh, what you mean from scratch? Well, Andy, honey, after what you told me, I couldn't bear to see you unhappy. So to make sure our marriage is a success, today I gave every nickel away. Stop the bus. Let me out. I'm gonna sew the way. 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