 The Kraft Foods Company presents Willard Waterman as the Great Gilded Sleeve. The Great Gilded Sleeve is brought to you partially transcribed by the Kraft Foods Company. And Kraft, you know, makes the famous pasteurized processed cheese food, Velvita. Velvita has a wonderful cheddar cheese flavor that's rich yet delightfully mild. It's delicious and it's the finest quality cheese food you can buy because it's made by Kraft. The name that for years has meant only the finest in cheese and cheese foods. Get a package or loaf of Velvita tomorrow and enjoy the cheese food of top quality Velvita made only by Kraft. While there's a nip in the air this morning, the shocks of yellowing corn or frosty in the fields, the pumpkins have been harvested and given faces with toothy grills for its Halloween. In the schools, the children are fidgeting at their desks with impish gleams in their eyes waiting for darkness to fall. In Floyd's barbershop, the Great Gilded Sleeve is getting himself a Halloween haircut. Careful with the scissors, Floyd. I'm watching, Commissioner. Floyd, what do we Jolly Boys do tonight? You don't hold your head still. The rest of us might be attending a wake. Well, it's Halloween. We should do something special. I mean, you ain't booked for tonight? What do you mean by that? Well, since that classy Mrs. Winthrop come to town, you ain't had time for us Jolly Boys. Oh, Floyd, you know the club comes first with me. Yeah, I thought sure you'd be stepping out. Well, she's busy. Yeah, I mean, she's going to a shindig at the country club. Ah, and you ain't invited, huh? You mean all my tonsorial skill has went for no avail? Well, I'm afraid so, Floyd. We fellas should be able to cook up something. Come down to the club and sing. You will be minus our base. Please, Chief Gates has to be on duty tonight. To keep an eye on the kids. Yeah. When we were kids, we used to give our constable a bad time. Yeah, I guess we all did. I remember one Halloween, we soaped the windshield of his old model T and dared him to catch us. You were asking for it, Floyd. Ah, we had an ace up our sleeve. He jumped in the car and took off, but we had his rear axle chain to a fire hydrant. Oh, my goodness. You should be glad you wasn't the water commissioner that night. Well, there you are, Commissioner. You want to look at yourself in the mirror or just go out happy? I mean, it looks fine. You know, Floyd, I have an idea. No kidding. You know, I know we jolly boys throw a party for the kids tonight. They'll enjoy it and we'll help keep them out of mischief. Ah, let them live, Commissioner. You know, Floyd, a lot of communities do things like this. We can stock the club with apples, noisemakers, candy and games. Well, I suppose the kids will have fun and we'll be doing Chief Gates a good turn. You bet. We'll notify the judge and PV and everybody will have a great time. You'll take some money out of the treasury and buy prizes for the best costumes. Hey, you can wrap some vines around your neck and win a prize. You got a head like a pumpkin. Floyd? You're only kidding, Commissioner. It's going to be quite a night. You know, all the jolly boys went for my idea. I don't know what they do without me. It's only five o'clock. Hardly dusk yet. Are the black cats out already? Yeah, but that's Leroy behind the hedge. I'll sneak around the other side, taking him by surprise. The kids can't wait until dark to scare somebody. You will, I'll turn the tables on him. Boo! Yipe! Leroy! Hi, Yank. Sorry I couldn't thought I'd scare you. Well, you didn't. What are you doing with those batteries behind the hedge? I got an electric wire running to the front door knob, but it isn't working. Yo, what's it supposed to do? It's a neat trick for tonight. I wire it to somebody's door knob, then ring the bell and run. When they open the door, they get a shock. Leroy, come in the house. Oh, what for? Well, I have a much better idea about how you should spend your evening. Yeah? Step inside, my boy. It's tricks like this I want to talk to you about. Sorry, Yank. Well, I'll overlook it this time. Leroy, rather than go running all over town tonight, I would like to come up to the Jolly Boys Club to a party. A party? Yep, we're throwing a party for all the kids. The judge, Phoebe and Floyd, we've all chipped into by apples and candy and soda pop. It's cheating, you may win the prize. Gee, that's keen. Can I play that corny piano, Anki? Sure. Anything you want to do, Leroy. It's kids' night tonight. Oh, boy. I'm going to the Jolly Boys, I'm going to take a bath. He wants to take a bath? Who's a better idea than I thought? Hello, Anki. Hello, my dreamy. What's Leroy so excited about? Well, the Jolly Boys decided to entertain the kitties this evening. Oh? Show them a good time and keep them out of trouble. What a wonderful idea. Mine. Anki, Mrs. Winthrop phoned a little while ago. She did? Mm-hmm. She's at the country club and wants you to call her there. Well, I'll call her right away. Well, that'll be a little awkward. And the Jolly Boy... Hello? Will you page Mrs. Winthrop, please? Thank you. Yeah, I wonder if she does want me to join her party. Well, she's too late. You just have to tell her I have other commitments. Just her hard luck. Hello, Paula. This is Drachmorton. Is that Halloween dinner dance? Thanks for inviting me, but... Well, it's like this, Paula. I... I... I... I... I'll be there. Come on, Jerry. You guys that, Paula? Oh, no. I was going to the Jolly Boys Club, but they'll understand. See you around eight-ish. Goodbye! What a woman. Uncle Mord, I know you'd rather be with Mrs. Winthrop, but what about your party? I'll marjorie the party. We'll go along just the same. I've arranged everything. Jolly Boys will have fun. The kids will have fun. I'm the only one who'll be missing out. All right, Anki. Sure. I'll run down to Pee-Pee's and explain that I'm needed elsewhere. After all, I've made my contribution. I sparked the idea. Your beard! May I disconnect the door now? Understand you can get on the sleeve? What can I do for you? It's Pee-Pee. About the Jolly Boys party tonight. Well, I'm ready for it. I'm here to tell you. Yes. Well, Pee-Pee... Look at this box of favors I have for the kids. Fault spaces, noise makers. Nice. Hmm, whorrings. Just listen to this. Oh, you'll have a lot of fun, Pee-Pee. Oh, I'm surely well. Greetings, gentlemen. Oh, hello, John. Oh, hello, Horace. Yeah, Lee, I saw you come in. I want to find out what costume you're wearing to our party tonight. Your costume? Is the water commissioner coming as a big fat mermaid? You're held in, John. I was about to tell Pee-Pee. I thought I'd fool everybody and come as a witch. A witch, Pee-Pee? Yes, but Mr. Pee-Pee... is using the broom this evening. Her garden club is having a party, too. Well, whatever we wear, we'll all have a wonderful time. Gildy, you did a splendid thing when you suggested our little party. I congratulate you. Mr. Gildy seems all right. Yeah, thank you, fellas. But as I've been trying to say, I mean, I hope you'll all have a good time. Unfortunately, I won't be able to attend. How's that? What's the trouble, Gildy? Yeah, no trouble, Judge. And I'm sure you men will understand the situation when I explain it. Well, start explaining. Well, it's nothing I have to apologize for, Pee-Pee. I've done my duty to the Jolly Boys party. I got it rolling. I'm sending food and favors. If I have to miss the party, it's my loss. Well, stop beating around a bush and tell us. Gildy, could it be that you've made a date with Mrs. Winthrop? Oh, Judge. Well, actually, she made it with me. Oh, Phil's taking it. She did be. She phoned and asked me to join her for the dance. I'm sorry, fellas. Well, you got to run. Goodbye. Goodbye. Pee-Pee, aren't you going to say goodbye to me? I'm not going to say anything to you, turncoat. Well, fellas, I can't go to both parties. Can I help it if I'm watered in two places at once? It just happens that I'm popular. Well, now I would not say that. George is eight o'clock. I'm doing Paula's party right now. You wonder why it's always so hard to get a collar button in. Oop, he's dropped it. You now heard it go. You must roll into the dress. Well, I... Uncle Morse? Yes, Marjorie? Bronco and I are leaving now. You're all right, my dear. You wish I was. Uncle, don't forget to lock the garage door. I won't. Everybody's off to their parties with me. You either leave everything for me to do. Yeah, here's my collar button. What happened to it? Oh, it's a dime. Doorbell, Bertie! I did it! Confusion. Yeah, here it is. Dizzy. Good thing I have one of those snap-on bow ties. I can fix it on the way down to the car. Here's my coat. I can't get my arm through this sleeve. My coat's not that tight. You're over. Bertie! I'm coming! Bertie, you sewed my sleeves together. I sewed in my needle and thread. Not going on. Coat sleeves. Yeah, what a boy. I'll rip it out, Mr. Gilson. Thanks, Bertie. Who was at the door? Another trick-or-treater. Good thing you stocked up with treats. Well, Halloween's for the youngsters, Bertie. Yes, and they're sure having fun tonight. Bertie's giving handouts to spooks, black cat skeletons, and to one boy dressed like a gorilla. I hope that was a boy dressed like a gorilla. Yeah, chances are it was, though. Yes, sir. Mr. Gilson, I have to get the scissors for this job. Well, please hurry, Bertie. I'm late for a very important date. Yeah. Never mind, Bertie. You get the scissors, I'll get the door. Hope the candy holds out. Well, hello. Hello. You're the smallest ghost we've seen. Why'd you bother to ring the bell? Why don't you just come in under the door? Lost? Oh, my goodness. You're awfully small to be out alone, aren't you? I wasn't alone when I started, but I couldn't keep up. Well, I guess it would be pretty hard to get around in that flower sack. What's your name, little boy? Mike. Mike who? Mike Smith. You, Smith. Well, there are a lot of those. Did you come, Mr. Gilson? Oh, who's that little fella? Your little lost ghost, Bertie. Lost? Yeah. Why'd you get lost, honey? They ran away from me. You couldn't keep up with the other kids, Bertie. Yeah, I wonder if I could find them. Oh, Mr. Gilson, you run onto your party. They'll come looking for him. Yeah, I guess so. What if they don't? I'll call you at the country club and I'll call the police. Gosh. Oh, Mr. Gilson, be scared. Look at the little fella grab you round the legs. Don't you run away from me, too. Oh, Mike, you don't need me. Bertie will take good care of you until your friends come back. If they don't find you, the police chief is a pal of mine. He'll get you home. You see, I have a date. You understand, don't you, Mike? Hmm? Oh, the date can wait. The Great Gilda Sleeve will be back in just a minute. There comes a time in the life of almost every homemaker when, for some reason or another, the food budget just won't stretch as far as it should. So let me suggest this. Next time you have budget trouble, let Velveeta be your handy helper. Cook with Kraft's famous pasteurized-processed cheese food. You can melt Velveeta for a wonderful, smooth, golden cheese sauce to add to leftover pieces of meat or seafood or to use in a macaroni or vegetable casserole or just to pour over plain toast. And this Velveeta sauce is so easy to make. All you do is melt a half pound of Velveeta in the top of your double boiler. Velveeta melts smoothly, perfectly. 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But he ducked out on that when he had a chance to have a date with the attractive Mrs. Winthrop. Then, a little lost boy attached himself to the water commissioner. Now, Mike, how long would you have been lost from your little friends when you stopped in here to trick a treat? I don't know. Well, we call all the smiths in the telephone directory. You don't belong to any of them. What's your father's first name? I don't know. What's your mother's name? Mama. How do you make about the skills, V? I haven't learned much, Bertie. What street do you live on, baby? I'm not a baby. Watch it, Bertie. Oh, excuse me. Where do you live, Mr. Mike? He doesn't know, Bertie. Well, I've only lived there a little while. I want to go home. Well, we're trying to get you there, Mike. Hi, Aunt. What's going on? Leroy, this is Mike. Hi. Hello. Mike was out for tricks or treats and got lost, Leroy. Yeah? Poor little fella. He doesn't know where he lives. What are we going to do with him? Raise him? We'll find out where he lives. How? I don't know. I'll call the police station. I haven't done anything. I'm just lost. Leroy, I called the chief half an hour ago. Nobody's reported a missing boy. Maybe he's a girl. Little ghost has a temper. Leroy, why aren't you down at the Jolly Boys Club with the other kids? Since you weren't going, I decided to go to Piggies. I just came home to get my electric doorknob buzzer. Oh, that. Why don't you take Mike down to the Jolly Boys Club? Maybe his crowd dropped him down there. Not a bad idea, Bertie. Practically every kid in the neighborhood will be there. Somebody'll know who he is. I know who I am. Where do I live? I'm doing the best I can. You wait till I get my hat out of the coat closet. Yikes! That's the Jolly Boys Club right upstairs there where you see the light. Is that a big bat in the window? No, that's Judge Hooker. There'll be a lot of kiddies up there. I'm sure some of them will know you. Mister, you're a nice man to help find me. I'm glad to do it, Mike. And after you, we get you home. Maybe you can help me sometime. Do you get lost? Well, I'm afraid I've lost out with my girl. Yeah, let me help you up on my shoulders. Whee! Yeah, that's it. I'll take you up the stairs to piggyback. Boy, this is fun. You bet. See, I don't hear any noise up there. I wonder what they're doing. Well, gang, look who's here. The big idea, man, himself. Hello, Floyd, P.V., Judge. Yeah, there, I thought you had a date. Well, Judge, I called it off. I thought I'd better bring this little fellow up to the party. It's time somebody came. Hello, young man. Hi, pal. Hello. You were all the kids. Well, they aren't here. You've straggled up for candy and stuff. Yeah, but we sang them a couple of songs and they left. You? Well, I thought the place would be jumping. You sure thought up a dud, Commiss. No, Floyd. Mr. Gildersleeve, do you know what I think of your idea? What's this, P.V.? No, fellows, the party was a good idea. And I guess I just thought of it too late. And I went to all this trouble to look like a bat. You didn't have to go to much trouble. Floyd? Well, let's give Mr. Gildersleeve's little friend an apple and a noise maker, and then I'll go home. Wait a minute, wait a minute. This little fellow is lost. Lost? You don't change. Yeah, I was hoping there'd be some children here who'd recognize him. His name's Mike. Mike who? Mike Smith. Yeah, Smith. You're lost, huh, Mike? Yeah, lost. Where do you live? I keep saying I don't know, and I don't. Well, he's new in town, Floyd. He came to my door just as I was leaving. Oh, broke up your date, huh? Well, it serves you right for two time in us jolly boys. Now, Floyd, Gildersleeve's trying to do the right thing. Well, are you hungry, Mike? I guess so. Well, here, have an apple. Thanks. And you can fill your pockets with candy. Thanks. That's what I do, fella. What are you going to do with him, Smith? I don't know. His family is enlisted in the phone book. Why don't you take the boy at the police station, Gildersleeve? Gosh. Judge, the police station ain't no place for a nice little gent like Mike. I checked with the chief fellows. Nobody's inquired about little boy. Well, it's too early for him to be missed. The kids won't be through soap and windows till about 10 o'clock. Soap and windows isn't nice. That's right, Mike. Gee, will somebody come up with something? What do we do with them? I want to go home. Okay, okay. We can take him to my house until we find out where his family is. Now, let's take him to my house. It's closer. I want to go home. You fellas, here ain't my doorbell. If we take him any place, we'll take him back to my house. Well, if I knew you were hashing that out, I'll put on a mask and amuse you, boy. Mike, look. Boor! How do you like that, Mike? I want to go home. Well, I thought that was pretty funny. Gentlemen, I suggest we take the boy back to Gildersleeve and conduct the search from there. Well, let's go. We have to figure out something. Yeah, I'll get it. Yeah, maybe it's Chief Gates. Hello? Yes, Chief? It is the police department. You're a quiet judge. You want that, Chief? Yeah, the little fellas here. You have! Great! You want that? 875 Adams Avenue. You will take him right over and see if he's the boy. Yeah, thanks, Chief. You bye. Fuck up, kid. Looks like you're home free. Well, Mike. The chances are you belong at 875 Adams Avenue. You think I do? You go down by it. Here I now. I'll take you home. I'm going along, too. Yeah, me, too. Well, I'm not going to stay here all by myself. Thank you, Miss. What are we going to do with all this Halloween stuff? We've got a barrel of it. That's right. We shouldn't leave it here. Well, throw it in the car, fellas. We'll divide it later. Okay. Your family, I'd be happy to see you, Mike. Do you have any little brothers or sisters? I don't think so. What does your father do? I don't... Mike's pretty close mouthed. He ain't tellin' nothin'. I don't know nothin' to tell. Well, we'll soon find out somethin'. Come on, man. Pick up the stuff and let's go. I'm sorry the party didn't work out, fellas. I guess we can call it a good Halloween if we get Mike home. Yeah, there's no fun bein' lost when you're hardly big enough to find. Judge, move over a little. Oh, sorry if I'm crowding, you gilded. It isn't that, you're sitting on the marshmallows. Is that it? I thought your cushions were unusually soft. What the heck? We got more candy than we know what to do with. Well, here's Adam's avenue. Isn't this exciting? If it turns out to be Mike's house, I'm gonna blow my horn again. Does this street look familiar, Mike? Mike? I believe he's fallen asleep. He has? Oh, isn't that a picture? Hey, Pete, let me hold him, would ya? I'm afraid he'll wake up crying. Look, he's got a diamond on my neck. Look for numbers, fellas. Here's 875, right on the corner. Are you sure that's 875? That's a children's home. A children's home? No kidding. Yes, it is, bud. Well, let's not just sit here and look at each other. Better see if this is where Mike lives. You wake up the little fella, Pete. Yeah, man. Mike? Mikey boy. You know where you are, Mike? We think so, my boy. Mike? Do you recognize this house? Yeah, sure. That's where I live. Mike, why didn't you tell us you lived with a lot of other little boys and girls? Nobody asked me. And by George we didn't. Never occurred to me. Can I go in now? Of course, Mike. Yeah, I'll take you up to the door. Okay. We'd better wait here in the car, Gelda. You're all right, Judge. Mike, there's a jack-o'-lantern in the window. Must be having a little party. Yeah, but they don't have very much. They don't. They'll buy George their going to... Judge, Pee-Ve, Floyd, unload the car. Hey, that's a great idea. Bring the candy and the noise-makers. Bring everything. 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