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Amos 'n' Andy - Photo of Jewelry Store Robbery

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1

Amos, it's Sunday again.

Yes, Sunday is right.

Speaker 2

And don't forget the we are doing the radio heav It's Sunday for Rinso.

Speaker 1

Yeah, and here comes Ken Copdon now with the biggest news in Rinso's history.

Let's listen to him.

Speaker 3

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Speaker 4

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Speaker 3

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Speaker 4

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Yes, Sir Leaver, her Brother's Company, the Makers of Wrenso brings you a full half arm entertainment with Luluvin, Eddie Green, Ernestine Wade, the Jubilera's Jeff Alexander's Orchestra and Chorus, and radio's all time favorites.

Speaker 5

Amos and Andy.

Speaker 4

It's Sunday morning at the home of George and Sapphire Stevens.

And as we join them now we find the King Fish and his wife in the parlor reading the morning paper.

Speaker 2

Oh say, honey, just looking at the head in the theatrical section of the Sunday paper.

Speaker 1

Here.

Speaker 2

Uh huh, oh, there's a new musical coming over to sit one hundred and twenty fifth Street that.

Speaker 1

We ought to see you.

Speaker 6

I've seen that ad, George, with all them pictures of the chorus girl, and I notice you've been looking at it for five minutes too.

Speaker 1

Yeah.

Speaker 2

What I tell you, though, Honey, they ain't one of these chorus girls that's got your style, your looks at your figure.

Speaker 5

There ain't, George.

Speaker 1

No, that's why I enjoy looking at him.

Speaker 7

George.

Speaker 6

After all, when a man gets to be your age, it's time to stop looking at young girl.

Speaker 1

Listen, honey, that's just like telling.

Speaker 2

An old bird dog not to quiver when he sees quail.

Speaker 1

George, look at this.

Speaker 6

News at him here?

Times is really getting bad.

It's say here that since the first of the year, over a million men's and joined the ranks of unemploying.

Speaker 2

You know, it's beginning to look like the eyes in the field is rapidly becoming overcrowded.

Speaker 3

And George, you ought to.

Speaker 6

Be ashamed that you ain't got no job.

Speaker 1

Why not doing holler at me?

Just because eyes out of work?

Speaker 2

I bet you don't find Marlotar's wife screaming and yelling at him.

Speaker 1

The horst Dollar is looking around too, George.

Speaker 6

Why don't you stop talking nonsense, say George, look here in the paper.

There was a robber in the neighborhood yesterday at Robinson's jewelry store.

A man robbed the place of five thousand dollars in jewels.

Speaker 1

Five thousand dollars.

Speaker 6

Yes, that happened right in broad daylight at four fifteen yesterday afternoon.

And it say here that they're offering a thousand dollars reward for the identification leading to criminals arrest.

George, what you're looking so funny about?

Speaker 2

Had full fifteen in in front of Robinson's jewel store is offering a reward?

Say, honey, I think our ship has just come in with a thousand dollars in the cargo.

Speaker 6

Well, now would you know the crew fit don't robbed the jewish store.

Speaker 1

Yeah, well, I gonna tell you about it, honey.

Speaker 2

You see it exactly full fifteen yesterday, Me and Andy was on the street in front of Robinson's jewelish store.

Well, now Andy had a camera with him and I had done took seven pictures of Andy, and there was one left on the rule.

Speaker 1

So Andy said to me, they, Kingfish, there's just one picture left on the roll of film here.

How about me thinking the last one of you?

Speaker 3

Will?

Speaker 2

Na I ain't very food of neem it myself, but go ahead, tell you what, and I'll get over by the jewlish store winding here and that'll make a good background.

Speaker 1

Yeah, and I can get your whole body in there too.

Yeah, all right, I'll get over here.

Okay, yeah, all right, Kingfish hole still here goes hey, mister Watchett, Well you're all right, buddy, don't get excited, King Fish.

That fella come out of the jewelish store there, walk right in front of you, just as I snapped the picture.

Speaker 2

Oh me, Andy, you goes to take a picture of me, and he gets one of another fella.

Speaker 1

Oh, I tell you.

Speaker 6

And you mean to say that Andy's got a picture of the fella that robbed the jeweler store.

Why that could mean a thousand dollars teams.

Speaker 2

Yeah, wait a minute, And to put that rule of film in his pocket, and he say he gonna get it developed tomorrow.

If I could think her some way to get that suit off and it and get that film out.

Speaker 1

Of his pocket.

I could.

Speaker 2

Yeah, I got a call in and get him right over to the lodge.

Speaker 6

Hall jard, You ain't thinking of getting that whole reward for yourself issue?

Speaker 1

Oh cool's not hunt cools nd.

That would be a dirty, low down trick to keep all of the money.

I gonna do the thing that's fair and square.

Speaker 2

Just as soon as I get the thousand dollars, I'll pay end it to thirty five cents he pays for the filmar hand is on his way over to the lodge here.

Now, if this scheme works, I'll get this suit off of him and get the film out of his pocket.

Speaker 1

Oh here's big feats flapping down the hall.

Now come in, Rollanda I King's Hire.

Say what is that sign he got outside your office?

There?

Steven's French dry cleaning Company.

Where as you ever learned about that business?

Speaker 3

Oh?

Speaker 1

Where did I learn?

Speaker 2

I studied it at the New York branch of the Great French dry Cleaning School, the Energy and Academy of Paris, France.

Speaker 1

Well this is really news, King Vase, You ungraduated as a French dry cleaner.

Speaker 2

Huh oh yeah, yeah, we just had our graduation ceremonies yesterday or really a big happy occasion.

The whole graduation class throw their berets in the air.

Speaker 1

And then the last thing.

Speaker 2

The professor said to the French cleaning and pressing class was those famous words Nest Paul said.

Speaker 1

Who played party?

Who sailor gear?

What did that mean?

Speaker 2

Never leave a hot iron on the seat of the pan?

Speaker 5

Yeah?

Speaker 1

Well, one thing I want to know, Kingvish, what is the big advantage it is French cleaning over the other kinds of clean Well, there's speed and it's the fastest dry cleaning in the world.

Speaker 3

It is.

Speaker 1

Oh yeah, you take that suit you got on there?

Now, how long do it usually take you to get that clean?

Brother in there, I don't know.

I ain't had a suit for four years.

He ain't had a cleaner.

Speaker 7

Uh, let me look at Janny.

Speaker 1

Yeah, they don't look too messy, do it.

Speaker 2

No, that dirt really holds a nice crease there, Betta tell you what?

Speaker 1

And there things being slow today?

Course of Sunday.

Speaker 2

I'll clean your suit for you for nothing, to show you what great work we.

Speaker 1

Do for nothing.

Well, that's okay with me, boy, Now take off your suit.

I'll take your coat here yeah, let me get my pants off here.

I'll slip them off too.

Speaker 2

Yeah, I get your pants off.

Hmm, got your long underwear on?

Hunh Yeah, you ain't wearing no socks.

Speaker 1

No, I've been kind of reconomizing here lately.

I just get my on to wear extra long and tuck it into my shoes.

The world with them bagging knees.

You got enough play in the legs, all right, say Andy?

And you got on two suits of heavy underwear.

Yeah, well, you say, Kingfish.

They're both a little ragged, so where one's got holes, the other's okay.

So by wearing them I get full covered.

Here's the pants, Kingfish.

Speaker 2

Yeah, give me the pants, okay, in and now i'll be back in new time.

You keep your derby on that so you won't catch.

Speaker 1

Cool, and don't forget to do a good job on that cleaning.

Oh, don't worry in it.

When I finished with this suit, you really know you've been to the cleaner.

Speaker 2

Yeah, well, I'll get on in the back room now and have my assistance go to work on it in the back room.

Oh yeah, that's where I uses the new secret cleaning process.

Speaker 1

Oh boy, you gotta hand it to that King finish.

If anything new comes out, he is always their first one.

Speaker 2

Well, here you is brother and his who's all done?

Glad to give it back to you?

Holy smoke, you show him us.

They had a couple of fast frenchmen back there.

Wait a minute, wait a minute, look at the suit here.

The spots are still in there.

Speaker 1

Yeah.

Well, then there after examining that I.

Speaker 2

Didn't dare take out the spots, I found out that they was the only thing that was holding the suit together anyway, and they were you can put on your suit.

Speaker 1

Now we got to get out of here anyway.

Yeah, well, I uh wait a minute, wait a minute, much matter.

I had a roll of film in my coat pocket when I walked in here, and it ain't here.

Now where is it?

Uh film?

Uh?

Well, Kingfish, you got a funny look on your face.

You better tell me what happened to that film.

I'm gonna punch you right in the note.

All right, then, wait a minute, I don't get mad.

You've gott man.

Now you've got man.

Speaker 2

I took the film.

I didn't want nothing that happened to it.

And I'm looking there.

This film is worth a thousand dollars to us if we takes it right down to the drug store and get it developed right.

Speaker 1

Away a thousand dollars, Kyfish, what is this all about?

Now?

Speaker 2

Listen, Nanda, we gotta take the film to the drug store right now.

I'll explain everything to you on the way over there.

Speaker 1

Okay, let's go.

Speaker 2

All right, and that the main thing is to get the role of film developed.

Speaker 1

That's the main thing.

Yeah, well, we'll take it to the nearest drugs.

Speaker 2

Ste come on now, yeah, no, wait a minutelet's see which way do we want to go?

Yeah, there's one in the next block.

See the sign down there.

Speaker 3

Come on.

Speaker 1

Yeah, hey, Kyfish, did you see them two gals smiling and giggling as they passed us?

Well, that's always the way there is when Gal sees me, they always kind of smile and giggle.

Speaker 2

And one thing we better do before you go any further was that go back and put on your pants.

Speaker 7

We're going to take you on a musical than Christ.

Speaker 8

And the Kanda's right time band on the counter because they're right on hands.

Speaker 7

Come on here, come on here, come on here.

Speaker 1

Come on here.

Speaker 7

It's the best band in the take.

Speaker 3

A play a bugle call I can never heard before so natural wanting to go to war.

Speaker 7

That's just the best band.

Speaker 1

But oh, come on along line, let me take you by the hand.

Who's the leader of the band?

Speaker 7

Funny river play?

Speaker 1

Come on a here.

Speaker 5

Man.

Speaker 7

You hear those trumpets axes?

Speaker 4

Morning lord, that's the time to pat your feet and tap your hands.

Speaker 7

Do you hear that drummer man knocking out that Dixieland.

Speaker 1

Then you don't.

Speaker 7

It's Alexander's ragdad.

Speaker 5

Come on here, let us do that rhythm of Caxander man.

Speaker 1

He's the best man in the land.

Speaker 7

And if you want to hear that wire saying, come on here on Alexander rag time.

Speaker 1

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Speaker 3

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Speaker 9

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Speaker 3

Now back to Amos and Andy.

Speaker 2

Well, I've been driving y'all all over town, fellas, but don't look like you getting nowhere.

Speaker 1

Yeah, well, we appreciate your driving, as Amos, but on comm of this being Sunday, don't look like there's no drug store that we can get the film develop for us before Wednesday.

Yeah.

Speaker 2

The thing here is if the police catch the thief before we developed the picture, were gonna lose the one thousand dollars reward.

Speaker 1

Yeah, that'd be a tough break, all right, Yeah, kan't fish, And we really gotta act fast too, because I just luk a something else.

What's that ending?

If the thief hears about the reward he labeled the surrender and get the thousand dollars for hisself, Well.

Speaker 2

We coming to the large hall now, boy, and I gotta let y'all.

Speaker 1

Off course, I gotta get on home.

Speaker 2

Rube's mama's coming over to see amos Andra, and I said i'd drive her home.

Speaker 1

Oh say, Amos, how is my little god child?

Uh?

Well, amos Ander's fine and there yeah, here we is.

Boy.

Well thanks for ever think Amo?

Yeah, thanks, Amo?

Are you welcome?

Speaker 2

Or say, by the way, King Fish your west sci fire was over to.

Speaker 1

See how baby, and she thinks the baby reminds her of you.

Well that's wonderful, amos.

Speaker 2

How come because all the baby does all day is eat in, sleep, So long, fella.

Speaker 1

You know I don't trust that Amos.

He's always getting nasty about something in there.

Yeah.

Hey, look who's coming out of the lodge hall Shorty the barber.

Shorty, you really doll love that.

You really look like a lady killed an angel.

Speaker 10

Oh no, I can't fleech the guy who don't play no text me.

Speaker 1

They don't even look at me.

Speaker 5

And lady cares what you talk you.

Speaker 1

Oh yeah, oh now look Shorty, Uh maybe you can help her.

Speaker 2

Don't you know any players that we can get a roll of film developed in a hurry.

Speaker 1

Not not on Sunday.

But you said, well, say wait, a minute.

Speaker 10

A friend of mine's got dog from in the basement of his apartment.

Speaker 1

He ain't got to go out of town.

Speaker 10

He lets you use it if he knows how to develop kill him yourself.

Speaker 1

Yeah, it was, that's great, Shorter.

Speaker 2

I used to work as a janitor in a photograph shop and I used to watch him do that stuff.

Speaker 1

I could handle the whole thing.

Okay, I'll tell what I'll do.

Speaker 10

I'll call up my friend and get the key and you Yeah, you can go right.

Speaker 1

Over there, you see.

Yeah, thanks a lot, shorty, Thank you tell you.

Speaker 10

Know, fellas, I I had a peculiar access I experienced with a photograph ones myself.

Speaker 1

Yeah.

Speaker 10

I was going with a girl and I found out that she was secretly gone with another flower.

Speaker 1

Oh.

I was heartbroken.

Speaker 10

I I went to said to my dear friend's Stonewall the lawyer.

Speaker 1

For a wave.

Oh you went to Stonewall, Huh.

Yeah.

Speaker 10

He he told me that I see what that kind of a girl that be things for me to do with go to forget, forget her her completely?

Speaker 1

Yes, come on, give me good advice.

Yeah, but I didn't take his advice though, I wanted to know where who that other fellow was.

Speaker 10

I wanted to know who would do a low down tick like that.

Speaker 1

Well, what'd you do?

Speaker 10

I got a photographer to hide outside the girl's house and snap a picture of my rival as he come out.

Speaker 1

Oh that's the stuff, shorty.

Who did it turn out to be?

Speaker 6

Oh?

Speaker 10

Was a fellow I got to live way over here and I it was a big dog that I used to way back at night.

People, it was a fella that comes to town.

Speaker 1

That I that I you.

Speaker 5

Stonewall the lawyer?

Speaker 1

Well, then the here he is.

This show was a nice dark room showing his friend's letting us shoes.

Yeah, look at all the stuff he got down here.

I got equipment for printing developer.

Look at the bottles and phrase for the acids.

Yeah, we'll close the door, and well, now turn out the light.

Is we got to put out the light to develop the film for certainty.

Speaker 2

And everybody knows that light is the enemy of filmism.

Speaker 1

Oh yeah, don't remember you learned that in school.

It's the law of eredity.

Speaker 3

You remember remember.

Speaker 1

How Sir Isaac Fake Newton was under the apple tree.

Speaker 2

And the light bulb come down, conquering them on the head and discovered the whole thing there.

Speaker 1

Oh yeah, I believe I remember that that happened in the year of fourteen ninety two, didn't.

Yeah that's right, PC.

Yeah you were.

Speaker 2

Now before it turns out the light, look around the room here and remember where everything is, so you know what to grab the stuff I need and.

Speaker 1

Handed to me.

Yeah, well, I was all said, I don't mess rize where everything is.

Switch off the light.

Boy, this is the darkest dark I ever been in.

I can't see nothing or hold it.

I think there's light leading in here, King Vish, I see the bright spot.

No, no, no, no, no, that's your eyes, my boy.

Uh, you always sees that after you just turn out the light.

It's an optical illusion.

Now let me get the film out here and unroll this roll of film.

Yeah, hey, King Vish, you've got both hands on that film.

Uh certain, then that's funny.

I feel a hand on my wallet.

Is Is that an optical allusion to must be?

And there's only two of us in here?

Yeah, something telling me the light ain't the only endemy.

Speaker 2

I gotta watch out, No, Hannah, I got the film rolled up, yeah, and laying down here somewhere so we can't turn on the light now and let the light hit the film, you know.

Speaker 1

Yeah, Well what must we do now?

Well?

Speaker 2

Now I got the developing tray right in front of me here.

Speaker 1

Now the first thing I need is the funnel.

Do you remember where that was in the dark?

You think it funny?

I think, Joel.

Let me see here, feel around us.

I found a fun Oh thanks Annah.

Speaker 2

Now I got to have a bottle of developing acid.

Remember where the bottles is up on the show.

Yeah, just a second, I'll feel around here.

I found the bottles.

Speaker 1

Let me handle this.

Speaker 2

I think I see the astra bottle of developing acid in the.

Speaker 1

Sink here when the light was on.

Speaker 7

Yeah, let me feel around here.

Speaker 1

Or the optical illusion that slapping of my wallet again?

Need to tell me?

I wish that after colusion, Know that I put my wallet in my other pocket.

Besides that, there ain't no money in it.

M L.

I don't think they have the collusion with party no more.

Uh.

Speaker 2

But what you're gonna do now?

Well, I don't found a jug ascid here.

Now I'm gonna start pouring it now.

Speaker 1

Yeah, go ahead, that's enough, asset hold it?

Why my pocket is full?

Speaker 2

Look, Anna, you was messing up to everything.

We ain't getting no place in the dark here.

Uh, let me roll the film up here so we can turn on the light and.

Speaker 1

Get out of here.

Speaker 2

Yeah, hurry up, cakes man, wait a minute, not okay, And now you can put the light on.

Speaker 1

Uh.

And the only thing for us to do is to wait till tomorrow.

Speaker 2

Get some photographer to develop the film force as fast as he can.

Speaker 1

Yeah, that's the thing to do.

Then way he could turn it over to the police and they can pick the fief up.

Speaker 6

Yeah.

Speaker 1

I wonder where that crook is right now.

Well, wherever he is, I better think he's in the clear, because he ain't got no idea that we got his picture.

Hah hah hah.

Speaker 3

Hello, I'll hire your boss.

Gladic calls.

Speaker 1

I just got on the grave.

Speaker 8

Find that somebody got my picture coming out of the jewelry store yesterday.

Yeah, a guy from the Mystic Nights of the Sea lodge Hall.

Yeah, he gets this.

Boss, tomorrow's gonna turn it over to the cops.

What am I gonna do.

I'm gonna drop up to that lodge hole and get that picture.

And if anybody gets hurt, it won't be me.

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Speaker 1

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Speaker 4

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Speaker 3

Now back to Amos and Andy.

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