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Men and women volunteers are now being accepted. If you're between the ages of 18 and 34, stop in at your nearest United States Army and United States Air Force Recruiting Station and ask about your place in the United States Army. And now, Harold Perry as Honest Harold the Homemaker. Well, let's see what's going on in the little town of Melrose Springs. There's been a big change in the life of Honest Harold, the town's popular radio crooner. His romantic interest, Theodora, has left town for an indefinite visit to New York. This is Harold's first evening as an unattached young man about town. We find him home in the living room, sitting in his leatherette easy chair, thinking about life. Ah, so my little dancing teacher's gone away. We had fun together, nothing serious, but we did have a lot of laughs. I'll kind of miss her though. Well, better get back to my reading. Hmm, haven't looked through this little old date book for quite a while. Let's see here. Maisie Parchman. No, she's out. She got married and settled down on a mink farm. Looky here, Flora Belle Breckenridge, my old high school sweetheart. Ah, she was wonderful. Wonder if she's still engaged to that big grain merchant over in Charleyville. Probably not. She's pretty flighty. Sure, it'd be nice to see her again though. We could go to a movie like we used to and take a ride, park up at the... Say, maybe I ought to call her. Oh, Harold. Yes, Mother? Look at this article in the evening paper. Hmm? It's about your old sweetheart, Flora Belle Breckenridge. Flora Belle? Just thinking about her. Yes. She's going to get married. Oh. Here's the article right here. Let's see, Mother. Your society editor, Spy in Charleyville, tells him that the lovely Flora Belle Breckenridge will soon be mid-liling it with Willis Cider, prominent feed and grain man. Hey, hey. Well, so little Flora Belle is finally getting married. Yeah. I remember when you two were pretty sweet on each other in high school. Oh, we conjugated a few verbs together. That's all. Well, I suppose her wedding makes you feel a little sad. Sad? Not at all, Mother. Doesn't mean a thing to me. I'm just a happy bachelor. That's good. I thought maybe the Theodore are gone and Flora Belle going. Don't worry about me, Mother. I'll have a wonderful time. I can relax at home nights or go out with the boys. There's old Doc Yak Yak, Pete the Marshal. I'm glad you feel that way, Harold. I was afraid it might bother you. Your girl's leaving you one by one. No. What the heck? Who needs women? Let them go, Mother. It's just like that old song, Harold. Two by two, they go marching through. What? Sweetheart's on parade. Mother. You can say farewell to your Flora Belle. Sweetheart's on parade. I feel blue, Mother, to the loo. I think I'll take a walk. Oh, horse doctor, just thought I'd come over and spend an evening with my old friend. Oh, I guess you're kind of on the loose now. Theodore is gone and your old sweetheart Flora Belle is getting married, I see. Yeah, but who cares? It's more fun being a bachelor anyway. Well, what'll we do tonight, Doc? Oh, we'll have a real exciting evening. We'll play checkers. Checkers? Ah, good. I got the board right here. Here we are, Harold. You take the red, I'll take the black. Yeah, all right. Yes, sir, we'll have more fun than a Belle. Oh, my goodness. What's that goat doing in here, Doc? Oh, Arthur loves to watch checker games. Don't you, Arthur? Ah! Oh, you have to watch him, though. He likes to eat your kings. All right, Doc. Let's get started. You move first, Harold. Okay. Well, let's see. I think I'll move this one over here. No! No! Doc, does that goat have to breathe down my neck while I play? Stop kibbaging, Arthur. Oh, come on, Harold. Now, I've moved. All right. Let's see. I think I'll move this one right here. Bah, bah, bah! Heaven's sake, will you please mind your own business, Arthur? You better listen to him, Harold. He knows the right moves. He just seems to smell them. He certainly does. Not so close, Arthur. You'll move again, Harold. This time, I'm going to move this man over... Bah, bah, bah! I don't care what you say, Arthur. There. Ha, ha, ha! You asked for it, Harold. Now watch this. Oop, oop, oop! A triple jump. I warned you, Harold. You should have listened to Arthur. Bah, bah, bah! Doc, if Arthur's so smart, why don't you play checkers with him? Oh, that's no fun, Harold. He always beats me. Oh, goodbye. Bah, bah, bah! Meh, yourself! Fuckin' that goat playing checkers. Glad I didn't stay there. Might have had to play the winner. Well, I think I'll see what Pete the Marshall's doing tonight. Hello, Pete, old pal. Howdy, Harold. Pete, how about us two happy bachelors spending the evening together? Oh, I'm sorry, but I just can't tonight, Harold. Oh? Why not? Well, I'm in love, boy. Pete, when did this happen? 2 p.m. yesterday afternoon. That's when I met Eloise Zygonfuss. Oh, my goodness. It all began when I gave her a traffic ticket. Ticket? Oh, for heaven's sake. I declare love's doin' funny things to me, Harold. This afternoon, I could hear bells ringing. Well, so could I. There was a fire at the Lumbiard. See? There they go again. That's the telephone. Oh, excuse me, boy. Melrose Springs Police Station, Pete the Marshall's speaking. What happened? Oh, hello, Eloise. Oh, Brian. He's Mrs. Zygonfuss, Harold. You certainly could have fooled me. What's that, Eloise? What's that, Eloise? Oh, sure you didn't. Harold, Eloise put that traffic ticket I gave her under a pillow last night. Ain't that sweet? Very sweet. What should we do tonight, Eloise? What's that? Go to a movie, and then have a soda. Then what? Oh, Eloise. Harold, you know what she wants to do after the movie? No, I'd go to her house and make raspberry jello. Isn't that a duty? It certainly is. Good night. Agent K's JP, I'll connect you. Good morning, Glory. Oh, good morning, Harold. What? You must feel kind of sad with your old sweetheart, Flora Belle, getting married. Sad? I do not. Why, it doesn't mean a thing to me. Oh, I thought you two used to be real sweet on each other. Well, we were in a way, Gloria. We were ready to make a down payment on a ring once. Flora Belle changed her mind. Decided she'd rather have a mahjong set. Yeah, but that's all over, Gloria. Flora Belle is just a memory to me. Something in the past that will never come back. By ground-round steak at 39 cents a pound. Oh, well, I'm glad that you're not unhappy about her wedding, Harold. Unhappy poo doesn't bother me a bit. Oh, I forgot. There's a letter here for you. A letter? Let me see it, Gloria. Probably from one of my fans. Wants me to... It's from Flora Belle. What? She's coming in on the bus from Charleyville. She wants me to meet her. She does? Yes. She must have broken her engagement. See you later, Gloria. I'm going down to the bus station to meet Charleyville. I mean, Flora Belle and Charley Belle. Oh, goodbye. Flora Belle's bus will be in any minute. I guess she's got to thinking about me again. Just couldn't go through with her engagement. Oh, the irresistible, Harold. That's me. Well, I'll just play a little hard to get. Time to keep regressing. Oh, there's the bus. A lot of people getting off. I wonder what... There she is. Don't forget, Harold, be nonchalant. Wish I had a murad. Hello, you sweet little buttercup. Hello, Flora Belle. Fancy meeting you here. Well, Harold, didn't you get my letter? Letter? Oh, yes, yes, I believe I did. Did you have a pleasant trip? Oh, aren't you just a teensy-winsy bit glad to see your Flora Belle? Be firm, Harold. Well, Flora Belle, it's always nice to see an old friend. Old friend? Silly boy. Harold, I'm so glad to see you. What the heck? I guess I've held out long enough. I give in. Kiss me, Flora Belle. Harold, aren't you ashamed, trying to kiss a woman who's about to be married? You're still going to get married? Of course. I just came here to shop for my trousseau. Your trousseau? But just because we're not sweethearts anymore, that doesn't mean we can't see each other. After all, we are adults. We are? Oh, sure. I know. We can be brother and sister. Won't that be nice? Oh, swell. And, Harold, what do a brother and sister do when they meet after a long time? Shake hands. No, they kiss. They do? Well, of course, Silly. It's all in the family. But... Here's a little old kiss from your little old sister for her little old brother. Hee, oh, brother. Turn for the second act of our story, honest, Harold, in just a moment. Your United States Army needs men. Men capable of doing a man's job in a great outfit. Men who take a special pride in being a part of a man's army. If you're a veteran, your skills are needed now and you're growing United States Army. 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Flora Belle and Harold have decided that they'll maintain a brother and sister relationship while she's in Melrose Springs. It's afternoon now and we find brother Harold walking home from the radio station. Didn't get much work done this afternoon. Kept thinking about sister Flora Belle. This is ridiculous. I'll just put her out of my mind, that's all. I'll think of something horrible. My paycheck. Hello Harold. Hello Doc. Howdy boy. Pete, how are you today? Howdy brother. Yeah, you sure got a cute sister Harold. Things certainly get around in this town. Look here fellas, Flora Belle just came over here to find her trousseau. Where'd she lose it? This is no time for jokes Doc and believe me that wasn't one. Now I'd like to remind you both that Flora Belle is engaged to be married. She's been engaged before Harold. She sure has. That's how they formed the Moose Lodge here. Ten fellas got together with a common interest. They'd all been engaged to Flora Belle. You needn't explain it, very funny. Just a friendly warning though Harold. I'll tell you, I'd watch my step. Fellas, I appreciate your concern but you don't have to worry about me. It's all over between Flora Belle and me, she's just an old flame. Yeah, but all it takes to rekindle an old flame is a little spark in me. Hey Doc, that was a doozy. Why thank you Pete. He God's Abbott and Costello. Well, all I can say is Harold, when you see Flora Belle, beware. Yes, sir. Pete's right here. Yes sir, just beware. Okay Pete. Beware boy. Hey, where are you off to? I'm gonna beware you'll never find me. Hope mother's got dinner ready. Pete and his beware, nothing to worry about. Maybe I hadn't better see Flora Belle too much though. Maybe I won't call her tonight. I'll just stay home. Hello, Tutty Ro. Flora Belle, what are you doing here? Well, I dropped over to talk about my truce with your mother. Just thought I'd wait until you got home to say hello. Oh, hello. Glad mother's home. And how's my big brother? Fine. Glad to see your little sister. Yeah. Mother. Flora Belle and I had such a nice visit this afternoon. That's good mother. Well, Flora Belle, it's been nice seeing you. Here's your purse, dropping again sometime. Well Harold, Flora Belle is staying for dinner. Oh, well, we'll just have a jolly little dinner then, the three of us. The two of us Harold. The two of us? Yes, son. I'm going to the ladies aid supper. And Flora Belle offered to stay so you wouldn't be lonesome. Now, it wasn't that sweet of her. Mother, why don't you stay too? Oh, I have to go to the ladies aid supper, Harold. I'm chairman of the potato salad committee. Isn't this nice? You and I being here all alone. Well, shall we have dinner? Well, it isn't quite ready. Oh, I think I'll go upstairs and clean my BB gun. Talk? Well, you're my big brother. I'd like to discuss my fiancee, Willis, with you. Willis? Oh, all right. Just think before long, Willis and I will be married. Yeah, keep that in mind, sister. Oh, Harold, when I cook that first dinner for my hubby, I just know I'm going to be so nervous. I'll probably do everything all wrong. Well, he'll probably have a good stomach. Not if I just had a little practice. Huh? Harold, I just got an idea. Oh, what's that? Why don't you be Willis? Huh? We'll play like we're married, and I'm cooking our first dinner at home. Oh, beware. We'll ask the whole thing out. Now, you've just come home from work. You come in the door. What? Willis, darling, you come home to your little wife. I have. Big hug. Mmm. Willis is coming in again. Now, supper's almost ready. You just sit down on your easy chair, Willis. All right. You just lean back, and I'll sit on the arm of your chair here. Now, let me run my cool hand across your tired brow zone. I could grow into this part. Do that again, Flora Belle. Oh. Howdy, boy. Hello, fellas. You sure look cozy. You sure do, brother. He's not my brother anymore. He's my husband. What? You sure work fast, boy. Don't you think we make cute newlyweds? Harold, I told you to beware. Yeah, but I didn't expect you to be here. Oh, and I was just pretending we were married. Yes, yes. And I was just going to serve hubby his dinner. Well, in that case, we'll be running along. Yes. Oh, now, now, just a minute, gentlemen. Won't you stay for dinner, too? Zoop. Why, thank you. We'd be glad to. But, Flora Belle, we've only got three chops. Oh, now, let me pie. Three chops, that's enough for us. Yeah, you can live on love, Lambie Pie. Oh, Lambie Pie, do you? Oh, mother. I had a wonderful time at the ladies' aid. How was your dinner with Flora Belle? Must have been a pleasant little twosome. Well, it was twosome till Doc and Pete came. And it was gruesome. Oh, were they here, too? They sure were. They played Parcheesy with Flora Belle while I did the dishes. Well, it was awfully sweet of Flora Belle to visit this before she got married. Uh, yes. Mother, I've been thinking over it. And I don't think I should see Flora Belle again. You don't. No, I was pretty sweet on her once. And since she's engaged now, I don't want to start thinking about her that way again. Oh, well, I understand, son. And maybe you're right. Good night, Harold. Good night, mother. Now, don't stay up too late. Okay. Uh, this is the best way, all right? Sure. Out of sight, out of mind. Oop. There's a phone. Flora Belle. Well, I'll just say I can't see her. I'll be polite but firm. Hey, George, I've made up my mind and nothing is going to change it. Hello? Hello, Harold. Flora Belle? I've decided that we should... Harold, I'm calling. Uh, goodbye? I guess we won't see each other again. No, I guess not. Flora, that is unless you want to drive me to the bus station and tell me goodbye. Flora Belle, I don't think I've made my mind up. When I say no, it means... Yes. I'll... I'll pick you up in five minutes. Yeah. I hope you didn't mind coming up here to Love's Point just once more before I leave. No. Of course not. Oh, Harold, remember when we used to come up here after the high school dances? Yeah. We'd sit here close together and watch the twinkling lights down below. Mm-hmm. That light on the left is the bus station. Don't you think we'd better get down there? Oh, we've got lots of time. Let's turn on the radio like we used to. All right. Isn't that beautiful? Mm-hmm. How about singing for me just once more so I can carry the memory home on the bus? On the bus? Of love and say goodbye. Kiss me goodbye. Well, I don't think I should, Flora Belle. After all, you're engaged. Wouldn't be fair to Willis. This evening, he'd heard about me seeing you when he started laying down the law. So I told him if he was going to be unreasonably jealous, our engagement was off. He did? But I thought you were taking the bus back to Charlieville. Well, I was. But I won't if you want me to stay till zero. Pucker up, Flora Belle. Yeah, yeah, yeah. All right. Oh, by the way, Harold, don't you worry about Willis. Why? Why, that big old meanie said he was coming right over here and break you in two. Zoink. Harold. I'm tuckered. Let's go home. Here's some news for high school graduates, especially the young men and women who are graduating this year. Let's talk about the United States Army's technical schools available to recruits in these times. Your United States Army today is a highly specialized team dependent on many technical skills. The opportunities are unlimited for young men and women who can think and act, men and women who can be trained to support, maintain, and supply. Yes, your army needs specialists in radar, radio, diesel-electric equipment, automotive maintenance, photography, and many other essential skills. As an Army enlistee, you may be selected for one of the many kinds of technical training given in the finest schools available. And if you can qualify, you will be ready for the kind of technical schooling that makes the United States Army the best trained Army in the world. Your Army is constantly looking for men who can handle man-sized jobs, and for women too, for the Women's Army Corps. Drop in at your nearest United States Army and United States Air Force recruiting station tomorrow and get the interesting details. Be sure to listen next week to the Harold Perry Show, Honest Harold, when Harold meets his jealous rival, Willis. The supporting players tonight included Jane Morgan, Parley Bayer, Shirley Mitchell, and David Light. Who did the goat? And featured Gloria Holiday as Gloria, and Joseph Kearns as Old Doc Yack Yack. Yeah, what a character. Norman McDonnell directed, and music was composed and conducted by Jack Meakin. Yasha. Honest Harold, created by Harold Perry, was written by Jean Stone, Jack Robinson, and Dick Powell. Fine fellas. 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