 Kathy and Elliot Lewis on stage. Kathy Lewis, Elliot Lewis. Two of the most distinguished names in radio. A varying each week in their own theater. Starring in a repertory of transcribed stories of their own and your choosing. Radios for most players and radios for most plays. Drama, comedy, adventure, mystery, melodrama. Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Elliot Lewis. May I present my wife, Kathy? Good evening. Before we tell you about tonight's play, Elliot and I want to thank all of you for the lovely letters you've written to us. All of the letters. The complimentary ones and the critical ones. We do appreciate your taking the time to write and we thank you. And now for tonight. There are certain conditions under which it becomes necessary to call the police. Some people abuse the privilege and call Wolf constantly and on any pretext. And some people don't want any trouble. And in trying to prevent there being any trouble, they hesitate making a positive action like calling the police. And that very briefly is what is going to happen tonight. The story is called Eddie. And it was written by E. Jack Newman. Seen a street, a car parked at the curb in front of a cafeteria. In the car, a young man smoking a cigarette. As the clock on the dashboard of the car passes nine, the door to the cafeteria opens and a young lady walks out into the street. She looks around for a minute and then starts to walk towards the bus station at the corner. Hey Melva, over here. What? Here Melva, over here. Hiya. Do I know you? No. Sure you do Melva, my name's Eddie. Hey hop in. Come on. Oh. You. Little old me. Come on, get in, I'll drive you home. What's wrong? Think I'm crazy or something? I don't even know you. Well I just told you my name's Eddie. Come on. You're pretty sure of yourself aren't you? I'm still sitting here alone. Well. I'm harmless. Nothing to be afraid of at all. Now then, where to Melva? Home. H-O-M-E home. Get it? Home it is. It's on 6th Street, 500 block. Turn left to the next corner then straight ahead. Okay. You're the boss. 521 6th Street. Turn right. Yeah, okay. Is there a, anything, any little thing I can say or do that'll change your mind Melva? Change my mind about what? About taking you home. It's a swell night and a couple of friends of mine. Oh Lord. You do this all the time? Do what? What do you mean? Look, I've seen you in the cafeteria three or four times this week. Every time you came by my check stand, you had some remark to make. You found out my name. I don't know how. And now you waited for me to get off work tonight. You got me in your car and you think the whole thing settled. Let me tell you what you think is going to happen isn't going to happen at all. Not on your life. Oh, sir. Oh no, you got it all wrong. Don't think for one minute that I'd be sitting here in this car with you for any other reason than that I, I had a hard day and I can use a lift home. Well, I guess you got me squared away, huh? I still want to take you out. Where we go? What is it with you anyhow? Well, it's just that I got a surprise for you Melva. Oh no. Oh no, you haven't big boy. You may think you have, but you haven't. Not on your life. Honest. Oh no. No, sir. No, no, seriously. Today I told a couple of people that you were my girl. I told them you and me got along just fine and that we'd meet them later on this evening and have some fun. What do you think of that? I think you're crazy. What do you think of that? Well, I don't know you from that signboard over there and you don't know me. How do you know I'm not married? No rings. Are you? Let me see your hands. Keep driving. Melva. I found out your name by taking a table right near the railing and listening for that boss of yours when he talked to you. If I made cracks at you, I was only trying to get you to notice me. And I was out front waiting for you this evening because I asked a busboy and he told me you got off at nine. Now that's a little trouble to go to just to get a brush off. That's the way it goes. I even rented this car and put on my best suit. What's a guy supposed to do when he sees a girl he'd like to meet and know? What's he gonna do? Pass her up because nobody's around to introduce her? You don't look like the kind who ever passed anybody out. I wanted to know you Melva. I went at it the only way I could think of. Now that's the whole story. You're a pretty good talker Eddie. I try to be. I'm gonna tell you something. Yeah? I could probably like you. You look nice enough. You seem to get along okay. But I wouldn't let myself like you because I see something else. What's that? I don't think you're any good. I just don't think you're any good at all. I suppose you've used that on a few other guys in your time. I suppose I have. I always meant it when I said it. Slow down. Uh. Bronwyn right over there. Oh yeah, sure. Good night. Thanks for the ride. Oh wait Melva. For what? I want to talk to you. You certainly aren't going to try. No listen. Listen. I feel in your direction. I wanted to see you tonight and have you meet my friends because I've been in this town four weeks now and I don't know one girl. I'd like to know you. If you won't go out with me tonight that's okay. Maybe you'll go out with me some other night. That's up to you you know. Right now I'd. I'd like to have you kiss me like you meant it. Are you kidding? Thanks for the lift. Good night. Darn. Here for you. I don't want your flowers. What's the matter with you? I've said goodbye to you once tonight. Oh wait a minute Melva. It's eleven o'clock. I've got a lot of things to do tomorrow. Now you go. Oh Melva. Wait a minute. What? What for heaven's sakes do you want? Just to see you. Well take a look. That's all you get. Good night. You were sore when you left me tonight weren't you? Can't you get it through your head? It doesn't make any difference. No difference at all. Now will you please probably the manager complaining about the noise. Gosh I didn't mean to make any noise. Yes Mrs. Robin. Yes of course and I'm terribly sorry. That was the manager and she's had a couple of complaints already. Now will you get out of here and let me get some sleep. Go go meet your friends. Well I don't want to meet them without you. After all I told them about you and everything. Go please go go just go away go on. What do you want the flowers? Yeah thanks they're they're very nice setting up. Good night. I don't want to get thrown out of here on account of you. Goodbye. Can I see you tomorrow? We have nothing in common. You and I there's nothing for us to talk about or do together. We just aren't it. Why don't you find another girl somewhere? I want you. Not so loud. I want you Melva. Come here. Yeah. Now I'm going to tell you once and for all. No. I should never have let you drive me home tonight but I was so tired. I didn't like the idea of standing up on a bus all the way here. That's all there was to it. I'm sure there are eighteen hundred girls around this town are just dying for somebody like you to come along in a night like this. Why don't you go find a bar somewhere? Have yourself a drink and look things over. You'll find something and then you can meet your friends. This is a pretty nice apartment Melva. And I don't want you in it. Go home. Now good night. I don't suppose you have a bottle of beer or something around. I don't suppose I have. Go on now. I'm getting angry now. I haven't done anything. You've made a pest of yourself already. You've just. There's the man. Yes Mrs. Robbins. Yes he's leaving right now. I know the rules. Good night. Now you get out of here just as fast as you can. You really mean it. I really mean it. Now go on go on. How about tomorrow. No no not tomorrow or the next day or the day after that. Now listen I'll call the police if you don't leave right now. I'll leave Melva leave don't worry. You won't have to call him police. Well then go. When I get good and ready. That's what I'll go. I can't like it here. See about that. I want the police. They'll make an awful ruckus around here. You just wait. Gladstone 3962. Yes. You just wait. You don't want to do that. Don't I oh don't I. Manage is going to be kind of sore no matter who's right or who's wrong. Just wait. Now listen this is your last chance. Would you go now or do I have him come out and get you. Okay Melva I'll go. Hello. I'm sorry to bother you. No no there's nothing wrong. There's the door. Yeah. Melva what. Can't we be friends. No. I tell you I just left her. She said she had to change clothes is all. Didn't want to go out in the dress shoes working. Why did you wait there while she cheered. Well she always takes so long I thought I'd drop in here and meet you guys have a beer. Then you're going all the way back out to her place and take her up and bring her back here. What isn't so far it's just over at five twenty one sixth street five twenty one. Yeah. So. You said you had it all fixed with Melva you had a date with her and she was going to get a couple of friends for me in. Now it's almost twelve o'clock midnight you show up and no dates for us but without her to. You would give us a line about her ready. What I want to do that why I don't know that's what I'm trying to figure out Tony and I've been waiting here for an hour didn't she know she was going out with you tonight of course she knew. It's a man with you guys when I go back to pick her up we'll get the girl she has for you and then we can all go out you know what I think what I think you don't even know her I know her were you talking about you've handed me and Tony so much hot air since you've been working at the parking lot that we don't know whether to believe anything you say or not right Tony like we want action yeah how about it Melvis changing her clothes you've been here a half an hour she's had time to change why don't you go over and get her right now and bring those two girlfriends of hers along. Yeah she's had plenty of time. I want another beer doll let's leave this joke or Tony yeah no way we've had enough so long yet he guys don't save it save it. For Tony's bear in mind you can pop for your own come on Tony. You want another buddy what. Oh yeah sure Eddie Myers. Now you listen to me I'll be there in 15 minutes you better have some clothes on and be ready to go out with me so help me you're going out with me tonight. You are listening to Kathy and Elliott Lewis on stage tonight's play Eddie you won't want to be anywhere else but where you are now later this evening when CBS radio presents the Bing Crosby show with Bing special guests Dinah Shore and Fidlan Jovenuti it's Bing and Dinah in solos and duets that will capture your heart tonight at the stars address. I hear in the lobby I can only see a cigarette ready to go no I'm not ready to go. I've been trying to get ready to go to bed for the last hour I was going to phone the police after you phone but I decided to wait for you down here instead. Aren't you gonna go out with me no I am not going out with you tonight or any other night. Now you just turn right around to get on out of here and leave me alone I don't want you phoning or coming by or anything else and if I see you in the cafeteria again I'll complain to Mr Ross and he'll have you taken care of. You sure make it hard for a guy. I want you to go. Don't touch me don't put your hands on who's out there in the hole. Me Mrs Robbins. Melva everything all right yes everything's fine. It's past twelve Melva. I know Mrs Robbins. You've already disturbed some of the people in the building I'm sorry friend left yet. He's just leaving Mrs Robbins I'm not sure everything's all right. Everything's fine. I'm a friend of hers who are you. I'm the manager here are you the one who's been causing all of the trouble for trouble is leaving right now Mrs Robbins I'm caused any trouble I came to see Melva is there a law against that allow visitors in any of the apartments after ten o'clock at night didn't you see the sign what sign it's right there. People been drinking not a drop of you. Don't get smart with me young man my husband sleeping right inside that doorway and I wouldn't hesitate to call him if you can't keep a civil tongue in your head call him I'd like to meet him will you shut up call him know that we don't like people like this visiting here and breaking our rules. I didn't ask him to come and see me Mrs Robbins he just came uninvited. And why don't you go I guess because I want to meet your husband your voice down people are trying to sleep in this building they have to get up and go to work tomorrow morning why don't you go back to bed so we can finish talking about what we're talking about it'll be all right Mrs Robbins he's he's just leaving you go back to your apartment I'll talk to him I don't like this kind of thing going on around here I'm sorry I'm terribly sorry Mrs Robbins I can phone the police you know yeah I know and I'll do it too much I have to I want this young man out of here in two minutes if he hasn't left by then I'll phone the police and you'll have to find a new place to live all right Mrs Robbins now look what you've done I haven't done anything what's the matter with the old batch you pay your rent don't you what you got to be blowing her horn off about go just get out of here you want smoke no will you go I guess I'm out of matches I'll let her phone the police I swear I will and she'll do it too if I'm going to be thrown out I just don't have you thrown in now you go why didn't you go out with me tonight because I was tired I I didn't want to go out with you or anybody else if it had been another night maybe if you'd been rested up and not feeling so bad you might have gone out with me yes yes go please go I picked a bad night you picked a bad night we could still get in my car and go to a drive-in or something have a sandwich where you say no oh come on it's pretty warm out no I don't want to go anywhere with you can't you get that through your head why what's the matter with me she's going to call the police you just watch what your last name Melva I saw on the mailbox but forgot what differences make I might want to write your letter she's going to call them I tell you I'm hungry let's go up to your apartment right the ice I'm tired of fooling with you mister you can just stay here in the lobby just as long as you want to I don't care I'm going to go upstairs and I'm going to go to bed if she calls the police it's your funeral not mine you just stay right here as long as you like just as long as you like she'll call them believe me she will so you'll be as smart as you like with them they know how to handle people like you Melva Melva she's gone upstairs you're still here just leaving you should be why don't you mind your own business and go to bed I won't be talked to like that you get out of this lobby and don't let me ever see you here again oh go to bed Tony Walt hi where's Melva she's upstairs where's the girl she was going to get for us she got him but you guys ran out on me so in a big side here we are now it's all off. Well that's where she lived so we went out had a beer decided to come over here well she hasn't got any friends for you now not this late late only a quarter one shake good evening well you're out of luck looks like you're out of luck to why oh don't live in it this early you to have a fight we never fight we get along fine how long you say you know and already ever since I've been in town how'd you meet her just way I told you she works at the cafeteria and I walked up to her told him my name said I'd like to take her out we've been going steady ever since just like that yeah I wish I had your touch with the women that he gave me to what's matter but you believe me just pretty early to be leaving a girl you're going steady with who says I'm leaving I say you leave well you're wrong I'm not that so I just came down to get something out of the car like what some keys I left some keys in the car they must be in here somewhere look in the ignition this is my house key I guess I didn't leave him here at that well I got to get back upstairs fellas I'll I'll see you later huh yeah sure I'm sorry about your dates make it some other time huh oh sure by the way what was my girl's name Gloria yours was Betty Betty what I don't know her last name well I'll see fellas yeah if you try to sneak back here or not you turn around and get out of here go on get out shut up you shut up you old woman you shut up and you go back to bed let me in Melva you stupid undo this chain let me in I will listen my two friends are downstairs the ones I told all about you they don't think you know me that we go together they're right we don't go together we never did we never will come on open this crazy but that's what's the matter with you you're just crazy I'm gonna phone the police for sure this time open it come on come on why didn't you go out with me all I wanted you to do is go out with me and have a couple of laughs it wouldn't hurt you you got out with a lot of men don't come near me you work from one to nine every day sitting there on a stool behind a cash register six days a week a guy comes along and offers to take you to a movie or dancing or something like that and right away get healthy about it's more important for you to hang around here in this apartment and remember how good you were getting rid of them than it is to put on a dress and go out and have some fun get out of here they would have seen you with me and then everything would have been all right I tried to be nice to you to do things for you but no you had to be so smart no you stupid little dame why wouldn't you go out with me why when you go out with me why wouldn't you why that's all I asked you to do is go out with me why wouldn't you uh police department hello Sergeant who Sergeant my name is Eddie Myers yeah we listen to me a minute and then I'll tell you you know listen to me uh my name is Eddie Myers and I came here a month ago from Omaha I got job in a parking lot making 32 bucks a week I didn't know anybody except the guys I worked with and I told him I had a girl here I I had one in mind and I tried to get her to go out with me tonight but she wouldn't do it uh 521 6th Street apartment 22 listen though I bought a new suit and I rented a car I did everything to show her that I was a nice guy but but she wouldn't she wouldn't go out with me it's her place no mine doesn't matter Sergeant I kill her well I had to kill her no she wouldn't be my girl Sergeant Sergeant would you listen every guy has to have a girl don't you think well that's all I wanted I just want to have a girl I just want me to have a girl Eddie Starring Kathy and Elliott Lewis in a moment Mr. and Mrs. Lewis will tell you about next week's play tomorrow night CBS Radio's documentary production staff goes into action to bring you over most of these same stations an exciting challenging view of what's likely to happen if any or all our major cities in the United States came under atomic attack how effective is our present military defense network could we today if necessary successfully handle the frightful aftermath of atomic attack the answers to these and many other pressing questions should be clear tomorrow night when CBS Radio presents the special program bomb target USA merited by Arthur Godfrey now once again Kathy and Elliott Lewis that was the story of Eddie the author E Jack Newman was able to make the normal terrifying our thanks also this evening to the gentlemen who thought Eddie was getting a date for them Clayton Post and Jerry Housner and to Peggy Weber landlady at Melvin's apartment house away from all of this next week when we present a new comedy by Morton Fine and David Friedkin called dig the thief it's about a very old bunco trick and an amusing way of breaking it and we're going out west to prove our point until next week thank you for listening and good night good night music for tonight's story was composed by Fred Steiner and conducted by Ludd Glushkin the Kathy and Elliott theme is by Ray Noble and the program is transcribed and directed by Mr. Lewis George Wall speaking America's 45 million radio families listen most to the CBS radio network