 I'm the Comic Weekly Man, the Jolly Comic Weekly Man. And I'm here to read the funnies to you, happy boys and honey. Yes, boys and girls, it's Comic Weekly Time. And here I come right into your house to bring a little fun and happiness. Right out of the pages of Pucks the Comic Weekly, straight into your living room, your friend the Comic Weekly Man, the Jolly Comic Weekly Man. Little Miss Honey, how are you today? I'm just looking for telling me to tell him about the new ways America and America is being printed. Oh, has he seen it already? He looked at the first thing this morning when he opened the paper. And what did he say? He said it told me it was going to be. Oh, fine. Did he like the new color process? Yes, and so do I. The pictures are clearer and brighter and so colorful. That's what my father said. And what do you think? I think it's beautiful. And did your father find it more enjoyable to read? Yes, good because it was easier on his eyes just like he said it would be. Well, I'm delighted to hear that. I was sure he'd like to change in the print and the paper as well as the color. Well, he certainly did. And I know that everyone else will enjoy it as much as your father and you do. So be sure to tell all your friends. Oh, I will. Pucks the Comic Weekly, you bet. I'll read it right away. But before I do, let's listen to this nice man. Now, here we go with Pucks the Comic Weekly. And on the first page, pop along Tassidy. Might be great for the music, please. Very well, my lady. Six guns blazing as he thunders along. Give us music for hop along. Hoppy and California were moving the furniture and other things for Buck Peters to the Wyoming Ranch he had just bought. Just a short distance away from the ranch, Hoppy and his friends are attacked by strangers. They took safety in a cave. Their unknown assailants built a fire at the entrance of the cave to smoke Hoppy and his friends out. When they burst out of this cave, the strangers scattered and disappeared into the hill. Hoppy and the others had ridden on and found Buck Peters' new homestead. But instead of fine buildings and good grazing land, they find a deserted run-down place with ramshackled buildings that look like they're ready to fall down. They shop in front of the ranch house. They see smoke drifting from the chimney. First picture bottom row. Hello! Anybody home? But everything is silent. Hoppy said, no answer, let's try the door. They go up to the door and find it's unlocked. But they go into the cabin. Lucky exclaimed, why, the place is deserted. Hoppy says, hey, you and Mesquite search upstairs, Lucky. California, check the bunkhouse and stable. I look around in this floor. The men quickly search the house. Hoppy sees some papers burning in the fireplace. Mesquite and California report to Hoppy. Not a soul upstairs, Hoppy. Sure, any place else. Hoppy, who was kneeling before the fireplace, third picture bottom row answers, well, this mess of papers didn't catch fire by themselves. Hoppy tries to get the papers out of the fire. Ganged if those charred edges don't look like legal documents. Last picture, as he holds a few pieces of them, he says, why they're destroying property deeds and all seem to be made out for the sale of this ranch. That's those same people who tried to shoot Hoppy and his friends have chased away Buck Peters in the summer. Maybe they did. But there's something very strange about all this. Why should this ranch house look run down all of a sudden? Yes, that's strange, because Buck Peters said that it was a nice, shiny ranch for good building. Yes, there's something mysterious about this. Very mysterious. Well, I know who's behind it. Those two crooks have Hoppy caught when they were trying to steal the deed. Yes, I'm sure of that. And I'm sure we'll find out more about it next week. Now? Now can we turn over the page? Because I know we'll find Prince Valiant there. Very well, over the page we go. See? I was right. You were right. There's Prince Valiant on page three. Lastly, after their long journey to launch. That's right. They brought the missionaries back with them. Missionaries who had bring the word of God to these wild northern people. And now they're coming to baptize the two little twin babies to please be quick and I can see what they're going to call them. All right, we'll find out right away. Here we go to the baptism ceremony with Prince Valiant from the days of King Arthur. Bracket, bracket, grimulkin and quince. Music romantic for a fair, fair prince. On the great day a brilliant profession leaves the castle of Vikingsholm and winds its way to the new church. All the noble warriors of Thule leave off fighting one another to attend the ceremony. But it's considered bad for the health to disobey the king's invitation. Last picture top row, all who can find room and crowd into the church. But many of the Vikings prefer to stay outside lest their war like God be offended. They don't trust this prince of peace who places love above anger. And then big picture middle of the page. They gather around the bishop with a long white hair and long white beard. All is silent as the bishop dips his hand to the holy water for the chrysalis. Golden sunlight pours through the unfinished roof. Raw walls are covered with bright rugs and tapestries. The twins are delighted with the bishop's flowing white beard and one of the babies stick here as a handful of it. They are given many names but they will ever be known by those that Alita had promised. One for the graceful south, one for the robust north. They're named Valita and Karen. So do I. And the two little babies seem to like them too because they look very happy. Yes, it is. And maybe we'll find out more about the missionaries next week. Now let's turn over the page. Yes, Donald Duck, and I know what you want me to do. Very well, here we go with Donald Duck. Say the magic words with me. Let's have music to fit a quack quack. Today Donald's nephew has come home from school. They come in the house where Donald is reading a book and Dewey says... but Donald says nothing. Second picture, Dewey says... Mr. Tyler says time and space are the same thing. But Donald says nothing. Third picture, Dewey says... He says light travels faster than sound. And Donald says... Nothing. Dewey very angrily shouts fourth picture. He says all things false are the center of the earth. Donald says less than nothing. And then a tricky gleam comes in Dewey's eyes and he whispers to Dewey... Dewey nods his head and says last picture, top row. I think I guess carbon after the proper equal pressure. Donald pricks up his ears. And first picture, bottom row, Dewey's reaches... And goal is carbon. Donald snaps. Okay, okay, okay, so what? You can't go on out and play. The boys march to the door. Soon as they're gone, Donald leaps out of his chair. Dashes out the back way. Dashes to the garage and picks up a lump of coal, lights a torch, and with a bright smile on his face, last picture puts heat and pressure on the lump of coal, sure that it will turn into a diamond. And Dewey... And Dewey... And Dewey. Peek in the door with a big smile on their faces because they know Donald's pin feathers will turn gray before the coal turns into a diamond. I'm afraid they did. That's a good idea. All fathers should do that. Yes, all fathers should do that. And since we're talking about science, I'm sure you'd like to see Flash Gordon. Oh, yes, please. Very well, let's turn over to the very last page of the first section. And there he captured by the giants on the planet Ria. And they were in a rocket ship, and Flash had just captured the Rian crew. And he's ordered the crew to take him back to the Earth. But I hope today we'll see Flash get home again, sir. Well, let's find out if he does. Here we go with Flash Gordon. Rego rego doon doon, Fasca Matasse. Let's have music for heroic flash. Overcoming his giant guard by a judo trick, Flash sees his command of the Rian spaceship, turning to the surprise pilot he barks. Full atom power ahead. Then moving to the control panel, Flash sets the course on an orbit that will take the ship to Earth. The guard doesn't give up easily. Picking up a huge wrench, he hurls it at the control panel, short circuiting the power. And last picture, top row, the crippled spaceship veers crazily in the bleak sky. From his command post, the chief of the rocket fleet spots the erratic course of Flash's craft and orders his men to give chase at the pathetically unequal race. First picture bottom row, as the Rian armada draws close, powerful magnet beams are trained on Flash's ship, holding it as if in a colossal vice. Flash tries to fire his guns, but the magnet beams have made them useless. He can only watch and despair as his ship is towed back to Ria. Flash is brought before the king. Captain Ruge of the Rian giants pleads for the right to punish Flash himself, saying, He cast a spell of spotted sickness on my son Sami. Then suddenly Ruge topples over, lad, take care. They see that his fate is strangely blotched. The king leaps to his feet, and he cries, It is the fever! I'll destroy you myself, sorcerer! Needless of his own danger for the moment, Flash stares bravely at Ruge. Another victim of a smallpox epidemic that may wipe out every Rian. It's from the fever that Flash is causing it by magic something. Yes, that's why the king called Flash a sorcerer. Oh, and now Flash is executed? Well, that's something we'll find out next week. No, I can hardly wait. Well, to help you wait, let's pick up the second section of the comic weekly. Oh, look, there's a diamond and a diamond. And I'll read that in just a moment, but first use that nice man again for something interesting to say. Now, here we go with Puck the Comic Weekly, and on the first page of the second section, Dagwood and Blondie. Magic words for the music, please. Very well, my lady. Ram-a-foo, ram-a-fum, zim-zam-zombie, come to me music for Dagwood and Blondie. Blondie and Mrs. Dithers have bought a set of dishes at an auction today. In first picture, second row, they're waiting for their husbands to come and carry the dishes home for them. Blondie says, Dagwood is very prompt. I'm sure he'll be here right away. At this moment, Dagwood and Mr. Dithers are sitting at a soda fountain. Dithers is philosophizing about wives. Our wives are delicate little souls. They should be treasured and nurtured like precious little flowers. Dagwood answers, Yeah, you're right. We promised to cherish them when we married them. The men go out the door, and they see the next to a pool hall. This is too much of a temptation, so the men stop in on the pool. Second picture, third row, about an hour later at the auction house, Blondie says to Mrs. Dithers, It doesn't look like they're coming. We'll have to carry the dishes ourselves. And they begin to stack the dishes in their arms. And Mrs. Dithers says, The last picture, third row, Dagwood looks at his watch. Hey, great scott, look at the time. And Dithers remembers what they started out to do. Oh, our wives are dear, dear wives. They grab their coats and out the door they go. Down the street they dash. First picture, bottom row. They turn the corner of both feet and see two women carrying thousands of dishes in front of them. But it's too late to stop. Last picture, Mr. Dithers and Dagwood are sweeping up the mess off the sidewalk, as two policemen stand behind them and two women lean against each other waiting. Finally, one of the women speaks. It's Mrs. Dithers. When you get through with them, officer, turn them over to us. Yes. And when a woman is unhappy about a thing like that, she never forgets. Well, now look, there's Roy Rogers. Oh, the girl who said she was looking for a job as a school teacher beside the waterhole out there in the desert. And then when Roy went to get her wagon, which was broken, he saw two men running away with it. And they said that they were just going to take it to town and report that it was lost. Yes. And then the three of them came back to the girl at the waterhole with her suitcase. And just as Roy was holding it out to her... It opened up accidentally and some burglar tools fell out. Let's see what she says to that. Yes, let's see what she says to that. Here we go with Roy Rogers, king of the cowboy. Hi-yip-fio. Now here we go with Roy and Trigger. Hi-yip-fio! When the girl sees the burglar tools, she pretends innocent and says she must have picked up the wrong bag at the people. Her friend Don says, hey, let's stop the fell on you soon. Case looks like burglar tools. Come here, ma'am. I doubt you and says, hey, I doubt you. Find the dean's police and fetch it to Walden's place. Well, yeah. Well, listen, head straight for his ranch now and hide to dark. Oh, see-see, senior Derby. A little later, Roy and Chubby riding one horse and Don and Miss Drake on the other arrive at Chubby's desert mansion. As they rain in last-picture top row, they're greeted by a tall, husky ranch hen. Chubby says, this is Tenpenny Tompkins, my blacksmith. Tenpenny replies, hey, Chubby, I just captured a stranger snooping around. I tied him up on the stable. Roy and Chubby dismount and go up to the stable to see who the stranger is. First picture bottom row, the girl dismounts, saying to Don that she doesn't like the way things are turning out. Don answers, come up, Nathan, it's your job to find where Walden hides his gold. I'll do the rest. Roy and Chubby and Tenpenny come into the stable. Tenpenny explains, hey, the poke had escaped. I left him tied to the post. Roy sees the cut rope in the post and at the foot, lying on the ground, Goucho's weapon, the bowler, the leather cord with the three weights on the end. Roy says, hey, cut away the rope but left his calling card. That bowler, it was Goucho, Derby, Don's sidekick. Don walks in at this moment and he says, hey, come, come, Mr. Rogers, don't be hasty. Goucho isn't the only man who owns the bowler. Roy answers last picture. Maybe not, Don, but we got to find whoever it was. I'll search the hail off upstairs. You look outside. Upstairs in the hail off, Croft is Goucho, gun in hand. He says to himself, seeing your Rogers will take a bullet in the gizzard first. Roy doesn't try to go upstairs because Goucho has a gun and he's hiding. Roy won't have a chance. Well, now, don't get too worried. Maybe Roy won't go up there right away. But now let's turn over the page and look, there's Uncle Remus and his tales of Brer Rabbit. So do I, so say the magic words with me. Hippity hoppity, make it a habit to give us music for old Brer Rabbit. Uncle Remus says, Brer Rabbit always has more ways than one or doing two things at the same time. Brer Rabbit is busy loading some kegs and a wheelbarrow. Brer Bar looks around the fence and sees his five favorite letters written on the barrels. And these five letters spell honey. Brer Bar explains, there are two kegs of honey. He comes up to Brer Rabbit and says, there hold up Brer Rabbit, you need some assistance. Brer Bar pushes Brer Rabbit away from the wheelbarrow saying, let me help you with this, Lord. Brer Rabbit giggles to himself and follows behind Brer Rabbit, who pushes the wheelbarrow down the road. Up the hill and up the hill and up the hill they go. Brer Bar grunts first picture bottom rope. This hill is pushing back harder than dying. It's pushing. Brer Rabbit says, you was winning Brer Bar. And over the top they go. In another minute they're at Brer Rabbit's house. Brer Rabbit says, you sure helped a lot, Brer Bar. I just opened up one of these kegs. Yeah, go open it up. Brer Rabbit can show you some of that stuff. Brer Rabbit opens the keg and pours out nails. Brer Bar goes, the nails. No, honey. Brer Rabbit answers, honey, oh you mean the kegs, Brer Bar. Oh, I just bought them kegs to tote the nails in. Brer Bar stalks off last picture. And Brer Rabbit picks up a hammer and nails says, Brer Bar is all the time thinking about something wet ink. And Uncle Rima says, don't push your luck too far up the wrong road. And it just turned out to be nails. And I'm sure no one eats nails, not even goats. Not even dogs. Now I know you want to read Dick's adventure, so let's go over to the very last page. And he's on the ship Constitution, a famous American ship which had met up with six British ships. And when the wind died down on the ocean, there they were, one American ship facing the six British ships. But then American ship had a good idea and tied ropes from the boats to the big ship and they started to roll and pull the ship away from the British. I wonder if they'll accept this. Well, let's find out now. Here we go with Dick's adventures and say the magic words with me. Rickety pack, kazack, kazick. Ready for adventure, Dick. The British captain sees the Yankee sailor slowly drawing the American ship away from him. He roars second picture. Man the boats, more than one can play at this game. All day and all night the race goes on. The British oarsmen who are being whipped trying to draw their ship close enough to the Americans to be within gun range. First picture, second row, at dawn, Dick sees the British ships gaining on them the American sailors. They're not stronger. They're free to the king's cat or nine tails if they slow up. So pull, man, pull! Later the day, the wind brings up once more as a mad scramble back to the ships. Then dodging, evading, using every trick in the book of navigation, the Constitution takes off its pursuers and that evening disappears in the covering darkness. Safe. The voice is calling. Hey, Dick, wake up, wake up, wake up! Last picture, Dick looks around and sees he's in the little sailboat on a lake near his home with his cousin, Dan, who's saying, hey, you've been fighting a whale of a battle in your sleep. Either did I, but they don't do that anymore today. What? Yes, it is. Now look below, Dick's adventures. There's Rusty Riley. Oh, yeah. And Peter, safe from those mean old men. Yes, you bet. And I think we'll start something new and interesting today. Yes, we could be. Well, let's find out what this is all about. Here we go with Rusty Riley. Y'all up and run till the road is dusty. Give us music for his horse and Rusty. We all head back to the farm today. Last picture, top row. And when they come into the house, they see a man waiting for Mr. Miles. Mr. Miles says, Oh, you're Mr. Kobe, I presume. I apologize for being late. I was quite unavoidably detained. Kobe replies, Oh, don't fret over that, Mr. Miles. You minutes more or less ain't gonna make no difference to me. Glad to meet up with you. First picture, bottom row, they sit down. And Mr. Kobe says, Well, now, I'll get right down to cases, gents. I'm a dealer in riding horses. I sell them to dude ranchers, riding schools, carnival circus, and the movies. But to sell them, I first have to buy them, right? Yes, yes, of course. So I understand from your letters. Of course, out of all the horses we breed, Mr. Kobe, we keep only a few for training. The others, we send to the yearling sale. Sure, sure, of course. But I save you a lot of time, Mr. Miles. A lot of headaches too by taking them all off your hands at one crack. Now, what do you say? Well, uh, suppose you call this evening, Mr. Kobe. I'll consider it and give you my answer then. Several hours later, Mr. Miles and Tex are out in the paddock looking at some of the horses. Tex, I've just about decided to sell some horses to Kobe, but I want to know just what happened to them. So I'm going to send you and the boys along with them. Oh, good, boys. The deal seems to be in the up and up, but you never know. Meanwhile, last picture on a farm near the seacoast. Two men are talking. One, a man wearing the yachting cap is shaking his head saying, I don't know, Blackie. I'd admit it's a slick setup, but, uh, ain't it risky? How about your partner, Kobe, uh, Colorado Kobe, you know? He ain't in on this, is he? The man named Blackie answers, Well, of course Kobe isn't in on it. That's what I'm going to say. Up to now, you and I are the only ones in on it. So what do you say, Captain? Something is a slick setup, and that's super twisty. I don't think he's up to anything else without the bad business. And I think you're right. But the man named Blackie says that Colorado is in on it. I wonder, I wonder what that means. Well, maybe we'll find the answer to that next week. I think we're beginning a new adventure that'll mean excitement for everyone. And now don't forget about the colorful, new American weekly available at all newsstands. You'll certainly want to see that. Now that's all the time I have today. But before I go, here's that nice fellow with some more interesting information. Well, honey, and all you boys and girls, I gotta go now. All right, Missy. Okay, that's a date, and a date with all you boys and girls. Be sure to meet me with a little friend, Miss Honey, next week when I read Pock the Comic Weekly. For I'm the Comic Weekly Man, the jolly Comic Weekly Man. I'll be back to read the funnies to you happy boys and honey. Don't forget, boys and girls, I'll see you all next week. Your friend the Comic Weekly Man, the jolly Comic Weekly Man.