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And I'm writing this letter to you straight from the hospital. It's a funny thing, mummy. In Italy, my tonsils was a fit to me perfect, but in America they're wrong size. But anyway, they're gonna come out and you're gonna be very happy to know that Pasquale was a put up of money for me to pay for the best doctor in the hospital in Chicago. So I'm a fine. Right now I'm in a little white room, white bed with a white sheet, and I'm even a way along the way to night the gun. Anyway, I'm in a bed here and I was a little nervous to be in the hospital. So someone started reading the newspaper. It was all about the murders, the killings, the shootings, the drownings and accidents and the bombs. Before I was a step to have a pity for myself, but now I'm a found out I'm a better off in the hospital. I'm a read this paper four times and I'm not too worried because later on, nobody's got to kill them from a tonsil operation. Mum and me are from you later. I can see you. You was afraid about me, but don't worry. Everybody's very nice here. Oh, yes, was a little boy. They just put him in the next room. So while I'm okay to walk around, I think I'm going to visit him right now. The boy. I'm not a little boy. All right, then a bigger boy. My name is Luigi. What's your name? Richard. Richard. That's a nice name. Big boy's a name, all right. Are they going to take up your tonsils are too rich? No, I had them out when I was two years old. Oh, what are they going to take out now? My appendix. Oh, oh, that's good. Then you're going to be able to breathe better. This appendix is, uh, is a heart to your bed. And they put a nice bag on it. Good. That's it to keep the appendix a nice and a fresh. You're not, uh, not afraid of the operation, are you, Richard? Oh, I'm not afraid of anything. My mummy and daddy are going to be here with me. That's the way to talk. But don't be afraid of nothing. Not enough. They take your tonsils out. Was your tonsils. It was a little girl robbing down a hauler. She was, I have a tonsils taken out of too. Kind of used to feel a finer. Mr. Vasco, you mustn't be visiting all the time. Come on back. I've got to get some information. All right. Good bye, Richard. I'll see you later. Take care of yourself and don't forget to change the ice in the bag. You're mine, Mr. Luigi. Mr. Vasco, before your operation, Dr. Rubin wants me to take down your history. Take down my history? Yes. Well, that's the sound of funny to me, but all right. You want to start the Whittaker lumbus, you? Your medical history is what we want. Are you allergic to ethers, stimulants, narcotics, or barbiturates? Huh? I said, are you allergic to ethers, stimulants, narcotics, or barbiturates? Please. I'm an understand English too much, but you ain't even speaking that. All I'm trying to get at is, does gas have a bad effect on you? No. Only when a company sends me too big a bill. Is this your first operation, Mr. Vasco? That's right. I see. Well, we'll check your childhood diseases. Have you ever had pneumonia, diphtheria, measles? I haven't had a measles, that's all it is. Scarlet fever? Did you ever have scarlet fever, Mr. Vasco? Well, I once had a fever. I said, but I'm a doctor. I remember the color. I think I'd better let Dr. Rubin. Unless you prefer it otherwise, we give you a local anesthetic. Local anesthetic? What's that? That's to put you to sleep. Well, if you're going to put me to sleep, I'm more likely to should go fast. Yes? So please, instead of local, maybe you give me the express. Well, we'll see. Anyway, it's visiting time now, so I'll leave you for a while. I said, visit in an hour. Wonder if anybody's are going to come. There's a lot of people are coming. I'm a glad little boy rich. He doesn't got his mother and a father. Luigi, my fellow boob. Oh, hello, sir. I'm so glad to see you. I'm going to serve ice. Not only did I come, but look. Come on in, gang. Hello, Luigi. Hello, Luigi. Luigi, how do you do? Marcin, and where's the Miss Barling? Hello, Mr. Vasco. Hello, Miss Barling. That's enough. You can go now, Miss Barling. Luigi will die in pain. I thought we might bring you a little school right here in the hospital. Oh, that's very nice of you, Miss Barling. You got, you got no idea how good it's to make them a feeling. Here, Luigi, it shows to me we chipped in and we brought you a box of gas. Oh, yeah, yeah. One riff and you won't need the ease, sir. And you'll come, come in very handy when you hand them out later, you know. Everybody's going to ask you, was it a boy or a girl? And you'll say, neither. It was a dancer. Thank you very much. I had a word to the show. And Luigi, me and Miss Barling, we have brought you a chef. Chef. Oh, well, thank you, Austin. Thank you, Miss Barling. I know I miss you, but you, you're classy. You miss me, Lillie? Oh, yes, Mr. Baskov, very much. Without you, Luigi, the class ain't the same. Ah, yeah, last night, even I was different. A different? Yeah, you should have been there, Luigi. I answered so many questions right. My intelligence got obnoxious. I thought I saw Luigi smile. It happened that it was Lincoln's birthday, so we studied all about Lincoln. What a go-in for them. In my judgment, Luigi, Abraham Lincoln... Mr. Olson, it really doesn't matter about... It was the only thing I was merely trying to tell Luigi that in my opinion, Lincoln was the greatest American that ever lived. Just think, Lincoln was born in a log cabin, poor and with no influence. He became a rail splitter, a storekeeper, a surveyor, a lawyer, and then he became president. The employment agency certainly gave wonderful service. I think we've heard enough now, Olson. After all, we came here to talk about Luigi. When are your chances being taken out, Mr. Baskov? You don't mind, I'm ready to talk about the Lincoln. Yo-ho, the greatest thing Lincoln ever did. Somebody else a chance, will you? You would think they fought the Civil War, especially for Olson. Personally, I think Lincoln's greatest achievement was the freed the slaves. That emancipation proclamation. January 1st, 1863. A mind like a steel trap can't let go. Miss Berling, that was a speech where Mr. Lincoln is afraid the slaves, huh? Yes, that's right, Mr. Baskov. I'm glad you recognize that very important document. Ah, that emancipation was great, but for sheer genius, give me the Gettysburg Address, November 19th, 1863. Who asked you, Olson? We don't go to school just to know what the dates are. Some of us like to know what it was that happened. If so happens, I know very well what happened. I can recite the Gettysburg Address by heart. That wouldn't be necessary. Last night in class was enough. And he did it very well, too. Stand back, everybody, it's coming out again. Four score and seven years ago, our father's thought fought upon this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. How can a man be so right and sound so wrong? Oh, Mr. Olson, that was very good. How do you feel now, Mr. Baskov? I'm a feeler, wonderful. Friends, you don't know how good you're making me feel by coming here today. Now maybe somebody's a like to play in the chess or something. I'm sorry, folks. Visiting time is up. Well, I got to go, darling. Well, my man, the time has applied too fast to Dari. Well, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on. Take care. I'll go buy friends and miss Barling, Hutterwood, Olson, and Schultz. Thank you for coming. Nice. Maybe you stay a few minutes here, huh? Sorry, Mr. Baskov. I've got to get the little boy ready. The little boy. Wait, wait. I'm going to go with you. No, no, don't stop me. I'm going to put to the bathroom. We're ready for you. I'll be back in a minute with the table to take you upstairs. Upstairs? Now, don't get frightened. Why isn't that the frightened? How are you, Richard? Mr. Luigi, I feel terrible. I'm not going to talk like that, Richard. You big boy, you silly yourself, you bigger boy. How old are you? Seven. Oh, you should have bigger mustache, and a lot of beard and a face, you know. No, no, no, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Wait, don't cry. Look, Richard, I go bring you my present. I got a wonderful thing, guys. I'm going to give it to you. I don't want it. Put the smoke in them. Listen, Ricky, you know what you do, Richard? You take all the cigars out of the box, and you build a little house, and the little gold bands, you put on your fingers for the rings. Then you're going to have enough rings to get them married to 50,000. I don't want it. Feel of the same way myself. How you like to chess the second? That's funny. I don't know myself. Pleasure, Richard. Pleasure. Don't cry. I'm going to say the terrible thing if you cry. Wait a minute. Here, look, look it. I'm not going to make a life for the chicken. Cock-a-do-la-do. Cock-a-do-la-do. Cock-a-do-na-clock-a-clock-a. That's Italian a chicken. Okay, listen. Oh, it's going, going, going through the cow. That's a moo, moo. Everything is a funny. Nothing is a bad day. Nothing is going to hurt you. Don't be afraid. A penis operation acts a nothing. Sure it's a nothing. It's going to be just as easy as your tonsil operation. Get him up on here now. Yeah, don't, don't, don't cry Richard. You, you bit the boy. I'll hold your hand, huh? For good luck. Luigi. Goodbye. Just for a little while. All right. I'll close the window now so the noise won't bother you. I'll put out the light. Luigi, we'd like to mention Wrigley's Spearmint Chewing Gum and the daily enjoyment it can give you. You see, Wrigley's Spearmint is a delicious treat you can chew and enjoy right while you're doing other things. The smooth, good chewing goes along with your work, helps relieve pent-up tension and makes your job seem easier and pleasanter. What's more, the lively, long-lasting flavor of Wrigley's Spearmint freshens your taste and helps sweeten your breath. So enjoy chewing Wrigley's Spearmint Gum while you work, hand it other times too. Get a few packages and always keep some handy. And now let's turn to page two of Luigi Vasco's letter to his mother in it. Well, Mamma Mia, soon I'm gonna go upstairs and the doctor is gonna take him out to my tenses. I know it's a small operation. It was a funny thing. I'm feeling nervous. I don't know how to explain it. But remember when I was a little boy, and Uncle Pietro is chopping up his scissors to give me my first haircut. I remember how I'm a kid. I'm a scrimmaged and a tree. People would hold me down. Then after the haircut, I was fine. But Uncle Pietro, he's a go-away for two weeks of vacation. Well, there was a brat, the little boy reached it down a few hours ago, so I went in the same. Well, Richard, you look all fine. Your penises don't heighten them anymore, huh? No, I just feel the stitches. The stitches? Do you think I'm gonna sew up on my tenses? That's funny. Yes, it's funny. What do you see? Wasn't I used to cry anyway, huh? You feel fine now, huh? Yeah. I felt real good when I came out of the ether. My parents were by my bed. Oh. Your parents said that was by your bed, huh? Yes. The nurse said they shouldn't be there, but they didn't listen to her. Boy, was I glad. Yeah, that's nice. All right, who about it? I'll see you again, huh? All right. Oh, Mr. Vasco, I meant to tell you, some visitors are waiting for you in your room. Oh, man. God, so wonderful. I wonder who is it? Louis, dear my friend. Regie, hello, hello. Oh, best girlie, I'm so glad to see you. You thought it maybe I wouldn't come, my little banana nose? Yeah. Well, you didn't have to worry about that here. Look at what I brought you. Bits. Show me, look at what else. A big plate of hot spaghetti, plenty of bread, a nice bottle of red wine. Louis, if that operation don't kill you, this food will. Yeah, but, Vasco, do you think it's a good idea for me to eat this now? Sure. You don't want to suddenly get hungry in the middle of the operation. The doctors are going to stop and send the nurse out to get you a ham and sandwich. Go ahead, eat. All right, for sure, Vasco. Here, give me that, huh? Very nice. What's a big idea grabbing away the food? Go out and buy your own dinner if you're hungry. What's the matter with you? Don't you know he's not allowed to eat a thing before the operation? Nice. I'm not trying to teach you the nicer business, but tell me one thing. When you eat a food, it goes to your stomach, right? Of course. And his operation is upstairs by the neck, right? Yes. Well, don't tell me the doctor's going to reach his utensils by going up through the stomach. I'll take this food away, Mr. Vasco. And for your own good, don't you dare take a bite of anything. All right, then I should. Think she's the big shot, sir. If I ever grow any tonsils at this place, say they're getting into my business. Graddle would forget about that. How you feeling, little punk in the head? Well, I'm a, I'm a feel all right to push, Graddle. A little nervous in the, in the lunchroom. I suspected that. And guess what, Luigi? I brought somebody with me. I know you're dying to see. What's the matter, Pascale? My daughter Rosa. Ain't he just dying to see us? Yeah, I'm a diner. Wait, now I call her in. Rosa. Rosa. I see my little Florence nightingales. Just a look on a poor Luigi and not a wife, the hospital, a bad cell out to him. She's, she's laughing at a client. Oh, you're bold. She's a cry. Yeah, but Pascale, why she's dressed all in a black. Kind of why she's a client like this. That's a true love for you, Luigi. You ain't dead yet already. She's a cry and feel like she was your widow. Pascale, please tell the doctor I'm gonna go home. All right. You'll have to leave now. We're ready to take you upstairs and give you the ether, Mr. Basto. All right. Come on, Rosa. Goodbye, Luigi. Let me kiss you goodbye. He ate the five minutes ago. And take my advice. What's it like to push Pascale? When they give you the gas, it just breathed in enough to put yourself to sleep but then stop breathing. Goodbye. Oh, that's better, better, better. Come on, mommy. And I'm... And I'm... I'm all alone. Up on the table. Huh? Oh, all right. I help with myself when I summon. All right. I'm ready. Fine. And I said, what? Why are you taking me in a richard's room? He asked me to. Wanted to talk to you. Oh. How do I say that? How do you feel? To tell you the truth, they're not that so good. Well, don't worry. It's nothing. I was frightened, too. Yeah. I... I know. Mr. Luigi, you want your boxes of gas? I just used the bands. Oh, that's all right. I'm a too nervous to use smoke them. I didn't even touch the chest, sir. No, no, thanks. No, no, no. I got a whole box of lollipops. My uncle Joe said that. Lollipops? Yeah. All flavors. Chocolate, wine, cherry, and butterscotch. Best. All right, Chitty. You're wonderful, boy. You ever hear of chicken? Chocolate all done! We have to go, Richard. Luigi? Oh, my sugar. I hold your hand. Yes, Dr. Ruben. Oh, you're... you're stuck in there, aren't you? Nothing to it, Mr. Baskin. Oh, no, I'm... I'm a... Positivity, not to me. Are you ready with the eat the corn? All set. All right. Yes? You wasn't set to eat the corn? Yes. Would it turn to say that I'm supposed to get ice cream or corn? Well, that comes later. Now, Mr. Baskin, when I say ready, you begin coughing slowly. One to a hundred, please. One to a hundred? And the chances that they're going to be out there? That's right. Quite easy. All right. Begin counting, Mr. Baskin. And then he ate the 99, 100. Where's the chances of that? No, no, no, no, Mr. Baskin. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, fifteen, six, seven, eight. You're practically out. Mom, mommy. Mom, mommy. Mom, mommy. The crow has got to cut off your hair. Hold me, mom. Don't worry. I got you. Don't worry, mom, mommy. I'm big enough now. I know, Luigi. I know. I'm going to take a good care of myself in America. My tantrum. Sure, I'm sure. I let you do it out of you. I let you curl your mom and your papa. What are you? I'm white the whole. He's just so long and alone. Alone, alone. Look at the way he's tossing in his bed. And look at that wild look in his eyes. Simmel, does he look for Simmel? No, he's coming out of it. And he's looking at me. Rosa, go away before he passes out. Take it easy, Mr. Basko. Don't try to say anything. Yes, Luigi, take easy. We all are here. The nurse told us to wait outside, but we thought it would be better if you woke up and saw us, Luigi. Look. Look at that smile on his face. He's looking at you, Mr. Olsen. Oh, I think he wanted something. Huh? This pencil? You want to write something? Here's a piece of paper, Mr. Basko. Now take it easy, me. Let me read it. Oh, Luigi. It's to say thank you, my family. It's been five days now since the tan season. They come out and I'm going to feel fine. Come on, me. Isn't it just so bad to go to the hospital? It's only bad when, well, when you feel alone. And it's, he's lucky. And his parents are not that. And I'm lucky too, mommy. Because with all of my friends, I'm a fond, my little family in America. Yeah, and the Schultz's are telling me I'm real American enough because I'm not going to start off any kind of a session with the famous American Awards. Do you want to see my operation? Here's a wife and a man here. You're loving a son, Luigi Basko, a little immigrant. 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Jay Carroll-Mash is starred as Luigi Basko with Alan Lee, Mr. Swally. Jody Gilbert is closer. Hans Connery is short. Mary Shipp is Miss Balding. Joel Forteus Horowitz and Ken Peters is open. Music is under the direction of Lodz Weston. Bob Stevenson speaking. This is CBS, The Columbia Broadcasting System.