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Yeah, I know. What's going on here? Marjorie's gonna have a picture in the paper. We're picking one out. What's this? It's for the Summerfield Indicator announcing the engagement. Why do they have to put it in the paper just because she gets engaged to Bronco Thompson? Well, it's traditional, my boy, to announce events of this kind. Let's see these pictures. Kneel down here where I can see. How do I get my verse out of the way? Well, I kind of like this one. The profile. Oh, I think that's awful, Anki. There's too much light on my nose. Yeah. She looks like Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. Very good, Leroy. Which one do you like? Why don't you take this one, Marge? Well, I'm not crazy about that one either. Which one is that? The one where all her teeth are showing. Looking common. Two, four, six, eight, ten, twelve... All right, Leroy. Let's not overdo it. Birdie likes the one in the evening dress. I think they're all nice. On second thought, why don't we send the paper of this one of you arranging poinsettas on the piano? But, Anki, don't you like the close-up better? Well, Marge, they can squeeze a close-up into one column. But with you, the poinsettas in the piano, they'll have to give you three columns to get it all in. Where's the picture gonna be in, Miss Marge? Well, they want to run it tomorrow afternoon, Birdie, along with the announcement. By the way, Marge, what's the announcement gonna say? Oh, the usual thing the society editor writes about engagements. Usual thing? Well, seems to me it deserves more than that. After all, this is no ordinary engagement. No, sir. When Miss Marge gets engaged, that's something special. You said it, Birdie. You don't think I want to leave an important thing like this to the society editor? Think I'd better write it myself. Oh, would you, Anki? Certainly. The Bride's family is supposed to make the announcement. I'll do it right after dinner. Sure. Give it a big build-up, Anke. How about announcing it on the radio? What? Diddly-dick-diddly-diddly-diddly-diddly-diddly-diddly-diddly! Good evening, Mr. and Mrs. North America and all the ships and seas! Oh, be right! Flash! Water commissioners and these plants to Middle Island! Oh, my goodness. Don't worry, Mr. Gil's leave will lay it on. Hee hee hee hee! Now, Birdie. It'll be a short, simple, dignified announcement. Where's my typewriter and a big stack of paper. Here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here. Now we'll see here how out of the society page handle these things. Eh, here's a pretty bride to be. Miss Carolyn Elliot MacIntyre. Think I'll pattern my announcement after hers. It's the longest. Let's see. It'd go something like this. Miss Marjorie Forester's troth told. Wedding to Mr. Bronco Thompson set for late spring. Bronco doesn't sound right. Better use his real name. What is it? Oh yes, Walter J. Thompson. Well, here goes. Let's see what I have here so far. Ms. Forester is attending Summerfield City College, where a fiance, Mr. Thompson, graduates in June. We hope. Both young people are popular members of the younger set. Good. Let's see what I said about me. The bride-elect is the niece of Mr. Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve, City Water Commissionary. Not bad. A member of the Elks in 1724. Pretty long paragraph about me, but very interesting. Now, what can I say about Bronco's family? Never even met him. Have to go ask Bronco. Bronco! I asked Mr. Gildersleeve. May I disturb you and Marjorie a minute? Oh, sure, Mr. Gildersleeve. I was just waiting until you finished. I wanted to talk to you. Oh? My father and mother would like you and Marjorie and Leroy to drive over to Broadmoor and have dinner with us Saturday evening. Dinner? Well, fine. Isn't that wonderful, Anki? Yes, indeed. Tell them we'd be delighted, Bronco. Well, they thought it was about time the family of the bride met the family of the groom. Good idea. I was just wondering about them when I was writing this announcement. I said a few things about me, but I don't know what to say about your family. Oh, Bronco's mother is a darling, Uncle Mort, and you'll like Mr. Thompson. I'm sure I will. What does your father do, Bronco? He's in the book business, Mr. Gildersleeve. Oh. We've wanted to have you over sooner, but father's out of town a lot. Sells books, eh? Yes, sir. I guess you'd call it that. Well, I'll mention that. See you later, kiddies. All right, Mr. Gildersleeve. Bye, Anki. Hmm. Too bad there isn't as much to say about Bronco's father as there is about me. But after all, what can you say about a book salesman except to get your foot out of the door? Cold out here. Where is that paper boy? If you must know, Leroy, I'm waiting for the paper boy. That must be the boy coming around the corner. Sounds like his motor scooter. No, Judge Hooker's car. Why doesn't he get that old cement mixer fixed? Hello, Judge. Why are you standing out in the cold, Gilder, playing snowman? Watch it, Hooker. You'll get a snowball right through your eyes and glass curtain. I should think you'd be in toasting your toes with a fire. Waiting for the paper boy, Horace. Marjory's engagement is announced this afternoon. It is? Yeah. Picture Marjory in a nice little write-up about the families. Well, I'd like to wait and see it, Gilder, but I'm afraid to let my car stand too long. It's hard to start in cold weather. Yeah, I see that. Well, I've got a duplicate copy of the announcement right here, Judge. It just so happens. You have? Yeah, wrote it myself. Miss Marjory Forrester's trough told. Isn't that exciting, Gilder? No wonder you just can't wait for the paper. Yeah, go ahead and read it, Horace. Yeah. Oh, splendid. Well said about Bronco and Marjory. Keep reading, Judge. The bride elect is the niece of Mr. Throckmorton P. Gilder Sleeve, city water commissioner and prominent civic leader. What? Read, Judge. Among his many activities, Mr. Gilder Sleeve is a member of a downtown businessman's club. The Jolly Boys, I presume. Well? Member of the Elk's Club and an ex-member of the school board. Mr. Gilder Sleeve is also a patron of the opera when it comes to town. Gilder, this doesn't sound like an engagement announcement. People are always interested in the bride's family. Well, let's see what you said about the groom's family. Mr. Thompson's father is a well-known book salesman. Gilder, is that all you wrote about Bronco's father? Well, I said well-known. Can I help it if he's not as prominent as I am? We're going over to Broadmoor to have dinner with him tomorrow night. We want to be on good terms with the family. Might even buy a book from him. Dictionary or something. Oh, here's the paper boy now. Watch out, Judge. I caught it. Yeah, right in your nose. Open it up, Judge. Everybody in the summer field will be reading this tonight. It'll be on the society page, I suppose. Chances are, Judge. Yes, here's Marjorie's picture. Let me see. Beautiful girl, Gilder. Yeah, and three columns. Look at there. By George, I know how to handle these things. Well, they printed the article just as you wrote it, Gilder, except for a couple of changes. What changes? The bride-elect is the niece of Throckmorton P. Gilder Sleeve, local water commissioner. Period. Is that all? No, there's a lot more, but it isn't about you. Let me see that. The father of the groom is Mr. Edward C. Thompson of Broadmoor, widely known collector of first editions and noted art critic. Mr. Thompson recently returned from New York where he's highly regarded as an authority on modern art. It seems the editor added a few pertinent facts that you didn't know about, Gillette. Well, he didn't have to cut out the fact that I'm pretty well known, too. Sounds like a very important person. I know Mr. Thompson will be just tickled pink when you buy a dictionary from him. All right, Hooker. Well, good-bye, prominent civic leader. Yes, yes. Gilder, my car won't start. What'll I do? It's just tin and icing glass. Why don't you eat it? You old goat. Great Gilder Sleeve will be back very shortly. Now with the youngsters back at school, things are getting back on schedule. And many of you mothers find that a basketball game schedule has come up on your social calendar. Here's just the thing to serve that hungry gang when they come trooping in from the game. And it's easy if you have in the house some of those long Frankfurter rolls and a two pound loaf of Kraft's famous cheese food, Velvita. Here's what you do. Split the Frankfurter rolls and spread them with Kraft mayonnaise or Kraft mustard. Then fill them with good thick strips of Velvita with the rich yet mild cheddar flavor everybody likes. Brush the tops of the rolls with melted Parquet margarine and pop them into a moderate oven just long enough to melt that Velvita to a marvelous bubbling gold. Serve piping hot and listen to your teenagers call you a mighty sharp hostess. And mighty sharp is right because like milk, Velvita is rich in important food values growing youngsters especially need. And it's digestible as milk itself too. Velvita is a treat food that's good for the gang. So keep stocked with the two pound loaf that can help you so many ways. Tomorrow get wholesome helpful Velvita. Well it's beginning to look as though Marjorie's marrying into a family of rather important people which comes as something of a surprise to the great Gildersleeve. He and Marjorie and Leroy are invited to the Thompson's for dinner. But as the water commissioner worried, well. So Bronco's father is an art critic and collector of first editions eh? Well he won't bother me any. I guess I'd better stop in and get some better cigars though. Hello PV. Hello Mr. Gildersleeve. What can I do for you this morning? You give me a half dozen of your best cigars PV. I will. We're driving over to Broadmore tonight to see Marjorie's prospective in-laws. Well that should be an interesting experience. I see by the paper that this Mr. Thompson is quite a fellow. Well there are a lot of things they could have said about me but I don't go for that publicity stuff. Paper says he's a collector of first editions in an authority on modern night. Well what are you two going to talk about? I don't see any problem there PV. There's no reason why I can't carry on an intelligent conversation with an intellectual like Mr. Thompson. Well I wouldn't say that. What do you mean? Well if you're like most businessmen and don't follow the arts too closely conversation could be a problem. I know it would with me. Well PV he can talk about his work and I can talk about mine. I can talk about water for hours without running dry. Right yes. Naturally I'm no authority on the arts. I'm sure Mr. Thompson won't expect me to be. No I guess you won't. You'll naturally assume that I've been too busy with my own affairs to learn much about first editions. Yeah I guess you will. If I don't know anything about this modern art you'll understand. He couldn't expect it. There's a water commissioner. Oh he couldn't. What does he think I am? A dunderhead? I don't. What does he think he's going to do? Talk about art all evening and embarrass me in front of Marjorie? I wouldn't have that happen to my niece for anything. Oh no you wouldn't want that to happen. By George PV do you know what I'm going to do? Stay home. Yeah. No PV I'm going to borrow Marjorie's library card and bone up on first editions in modern art. What do you think of that? My mind. Oh you've got your model railroad running all over this house. Yeah. Marjorie. Here I am Anki. I'd like to borrow your library card my dear. Why do you want my library card? Well because I'm going to the library. You're going to the library Anki? That's what I said Leroy. Imagine a grown man going to the library. Nothing so unusual about that. For you? Are you kidding? Here's the card Uncle Mord. But can't you go some other time? There's a lot to do before we go to the Thompson's. Well I like to spend a couple of hours in the library before I have my first talk with your future father-in-law. Why Anki? Well I'd like to browse through some of the books on modern art. After all first impressions are important and I want our little family to make a good impression for your sake. But he won't expect you to know anything about art. That's what I resent. That's exactly why I'm going to the library. Oh but Anki their family is different from ours. Well even Bronco knew all about the modern painters by the time he was 10. He did? So what does it get him? Since he was 10 eh? Leroy. Get your over shoes and your little stocking cap. You're going to the library with me. Oh for corn shake. Keeping Uncle Mord and Leroy. It takes a couple of hours to get to Broadmore and we'll have to hurry. They just came into the driveway. Mr. Gil Sleeves sure is cute the way he wants to make the right impression on them in law. Oh yes Anki's a dear. We haven't much time Anki. You and Leroy will have to hurry and dress. Sorry we're a little late my dear but I feel the afternoon was well spent. It was spent all right. Now my boy we learned some very important things. I think Degas for example is best known for his ballet girls and Picasso was perhaps the most original of the modern school. Anki it's Picasso. Well he was very good though. When he painted a profile marjorie he put both eyes on the same side of the head like a halibut. That's the way Leroy used to draw. Both eyes on one side of the head. Now that's what they call impressionistic birdie. Yes. Leroy put that old train away. You have to get dragged. Come on Leroy we want to be late. You can take your bath while I shave. Another bath. And for heaven's sakes Leroy watch your table manners. I always do. Yes yes and when we leave the Thompson's my boy don't forget to tell him that you enjoyed the evening. Gosh if everybody's so worried about how I'm going to act maybe I'd better stay home and play with my train. Mr. Gildersleeve just anxious for you to make a good impression Leroy. He don't want to start off on the outs with the inlaws. Well run for the tub Leroy. I'm going to go. That boy it's a good thing Broncos folks can't see us now. Bury mother you're going to like Mr. Gildersleeve. Well I hope so. Oh he's a very nice fella. He's always been swell to me. Well he should be Bronco. You're an exceptional boy. Oh mother. Isn't he Edward. Oh yes. Who. I'm talking about our Bronco. Oh yes of course sir. What about it. Nothing father. Mother was asking me about Mr. Gildersleeve. Oh yes the Summerfield Water Commissioner. Well if he's anything like his charming niece I'm sure I should be delighted with him. Oh I'm afraid he isn't anything like Marjorie like I told you he's a little on the chubby side. Oh dear and Marjorie's so slender now I do hope excessive weight doesn't run in the family. You know mother it's a matter of some concern to me that we may not find a common ground for conversation this evening. Oh stop fretting Edward you know how fascinating you can be when the conversation gets around to art. I seriously doubt if art interests Mr. Gildersleeve after seeing that water department calendar he sent us. Oh I wonder if I should get it and hang it up. I put it out in the garage. Don't bother I put it in the ash can. See now what can we talk about that'll interest Mr. Gildersleeve. Water. Water. What's there to talk about. It's here and that's all there is to it. Yes I suppose so but perhaps I can think of some questions about it to keep the conversation going. After all we want to be cordial. Oh there they are. I'll go to the door mother. Water. Well we'll just make the rest of it. Hello Marge. Hello Bronco. Well good evening Mr. Gildersleeve Leroy. Hi. Good evening Bronco. Oh come in I want you to meet my mother and father. Well that's why we came over isn't it Leroy. Yeah that one for dinner. Hello Mrs. Thompson and Mr. Thompson Marjorie it's so nice to see you dear. Good evening my dear and now mother father I'd like to present Mr. Gildersleeve. How do you do Mr. Gildersleeve. We're delighted to meet you. Yes indeed welcome to our home Mr. Gildersleeve. Well thank you both I look forward to meeting you and this is Leroy. So this is Marjorie's little brother how are you Leroy. Hi. Hello Leroy. My what a splendid little man. Yeah thanks. Let me take your coat. Thank you Bronco. Marge you can help me and I want to show you a new record album I have in the library. All right. Mother will we have time to play a few records before dinner. I think so dear. You and Marjorie run along. Oh you'll excuse us won't you. Ta ta. Splendid looking couple A. Mr. Thompson. Oh Bronco and Marjorie yes yes to be sure. Not just like young people can't wait to get away from the old folks. Old folks. Well not that any of us are very old especially you Mrs. Thompson. I'm sure that gray hair is premature. She bad start. Please sit down Mr. Gildersleeve and Leroy. Thank you Mr. Thompson. Can I take the chair with all the birds tattooed on it. Leroy that's needle point. I should have left that boy at home. You just make yourself at home Leroy. Well here we are. Yes here we are. We really should have had your family over before Mr. Gildersleeve. Oh no we should have had you over it before. Well anyway here we are. Yes indeed. Mr. Thompson and I understand you're quite an art connoisseur. Well I dealt in the moderns impressionistic and a post impressionistic for a number of years but I imagine mine is a prosaic life compared to anything as exciting as your field. Yes Mr. Gildersleeve. Tell us about water. Well there isn't much to tell. Oh on the contrary there must be many fascinating facts about water. Strange thing really. Water water everywhere and we never give it a thought. Well getting it everywhere takes a little doing Mr. Thompson. Oh it must. It's been a dreadful problem in New York. Yeah they couldn't even take baths. Mr. Gildersleeve how long do you think we'll have all the water we want. Well I'd say as long as Mr. Thompson pays his bill I guess. Yes. Now about this modern art Mr. Thompson I think Degas ballet girls are wonderful. The paintings I mean. Have you seen many of Degas originals. Well it's interesting too about Picasso the way he paints both eyes on one side of the head. Yeah like a halibut. I know I should have left him home. Yes Picasso is quite imaginative. Quite. Yes indeed. Good old Picasso. Oh good heavens. Mr. Gildersleeve now take these water shortages. How large is our world supply. World supply. Well about this modern art. Yes Mr. Gildersleeve. Well I oh brother. What's that you were saying about water Mr. Thompson. Water. Oh Mr. Gildersleeve I'm afraid I interrupt you. You were about to say something about modern art. I was. Well. Is it too warm in here Mr. Gildersleeve. Yes. I mean oh no. Miroi what are you doing. Just running my model engine on the arm of the chair. Where did you get that thing. Just happened to find it in my pocket. Silly Roy. Isn't that a B&O dock side switch engine. Sure. How did you know. How did I know. My my dear boy. I've been a model railroad fan for years. You have. Gosh no kidding. Just a moment Leroy. Oh the pickup wire on your brass terminal needs a little solder. Don't you think so Mr. Gildersleeve. Solder. Oh yeah. Nothing like solder on the brass terminal. Hey let's all go down into the basement. I'd like to show you my model railroad. Well fine love model railroads. Now Edward dinner's almost ready. Oh we won't belong. Come on Gildersleeve. Leroy. Sure let's go. 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The swell builder upper food the whole family likes. Kraft's famous velvita. Did you have to sit and talk all the time after dinner? Well that's why Uncle Mort came over Leroy to get acquainted with the Thompson. Yes yes. Gee we could have played with the trains. All they did was talk about Bronco and all you did was talk about Marjorie. Holy smoke what are you going to talk about when they come to our house? I don't know Leroy. Maybe I'll have my appendix out and then we can talk about my operation. Good night folks. The Great Builder Sleeve is played by Harold Perry. The show was written by Paul West, John Elliott and Amy White with music by Jack Meakin. Included in the cast are Walter Tetley, Mary Lee Robb, Lillian Randolph, Earl Ross and Dick LeGrand. This is Jay Stewart saying good night for the Kraft Foods Company makers of the famous line of Kraft quality food products. 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