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There's one thing I'm proud of in America, Mamma Mia. It's the friends I made in my night of school. I remember once when a Schultz got sick, so I watched his delicatessen. Meanwhile, the Horowitz has come to watch my antique shop. Olsen has watched the Horowitz as a tailor's daughter, and when a Schultz has found this out, he's a jump out of bed to drive Olsen's a milk truck for him. Today, four people almost went out of business. Oh, we have lots of fun together, Mamma Mia. Every night after school when we go for coffee, I am going to pay the check. Horowitz says it's his turn. Schultz says he's not going to let us. Then Olsen takes care of everything. He's a toaster coin to see if it's going to be me, Schultz, or a Horowitz. The reason I'm going to write to you about my night school of friends of Mamma Mia is because of today I got invitation from a Horowitz invited me to his 25th wedding anniversary party that he's going to have in his home this Sunday. Isn't that the wonderful Mamma Mia, 25 years married. Luigi, my friend. Hello, Luigi. Hello, hello. Hey, how come your head is all crinkled up with little banana nose? Well, I'm a thinker, Pascale. That's nice. You mind if I jump in your head and join you? No, Pascale, tell me something. What would you give somebody who's married in 25 years? All of my sympathy. No, Pascale, I'm serious. Horowitz has got his 25th to wedding anniversary. This is Sunday. We'll house the party. And I'm going to like it to give him something. Fine. Why don't you bring him closer along? Oh, my God, he's stopping joking. All right, all right. Tell me how much money you've got to spend, Luigi. Three dollars. Three dollars. Well, you could buy him a lazy Susie. A lazy Susie? Yeah. Who's that? That's another who's. That's a what. A lazy Susie is five to six little plates on a merry-go-round. You spin them around and see what you eat. You play the roulette with the food. That's not the one I want. I want something that's going to be really big surprise for Horowitz. All right, I got it. Bring him a pair of Coro earrings. That's a surprise, eh? I see you're going to be no helper to me, Pascale, because, well, I'm going to my old school and all of my friends are there. They're going to help me. Luigi, wait. Tell me, I'll come. You never want to marry Marosi. Well, because of Pascale, that's the big nobody is a believer. Oh, you're a boob. Don't you know a wife is a wife no matter who you marry? What's the difference if you marry a Marilyn Monroe today and she's going to be fat the 25 years later? You marry Marosi, you got it today. It's the time now for me to go to my night to school. Hey, wait, Luigi, I've got a good idea. You really want to surprise Horowitz. Hey, everyone, give him that new batch of me song. That's all about kissing. After 25 years, people forget those things. A batch of me, a batch of you. A batch of me, everything. A batch of me, a batch of you. Well, it sure means a kiss of me, a kiss of you. Hey, that's a nice one, Pascale. I think I'm going to learn that song. Good. Well, goodbye, Pascale, and thanks so much for that idea. Yo, I want to be the first to congratulate Horowitz when he comes in tonight. Well, me too, Horowitz. How much to be a big thing to marry 25 years, huh? So what big? All you need is a wife and a tremendous capacity for absorbing punishment. My, I'm only joking. I read in the newspaper about one couple who celebrated their 75th wedding anniversary by him. 75 years of marriage. He will not even one year off for good behavior. Yes, sure, sir. I wonder where Horowitz is so late tonight. Hello. I'm Mr. Horowitz's son. Mr. Horowitz's son? Mr. Horowitz's son. Look what a big fellow he is. That's enough. What's your name? Arnold. Well, why are you coming? Something is wrong with you, Papa. No, it's not that. It's because my mother's detaining him. But you can't for very long. He loves his night school. Tell us, Arnold, what's the story? Well, the whole family is getting together to make my parents a big surprise banquet in Holiday Hall. That's a couple of blocks from our house. A surprise party? Oh, that's beautiful. Then what's going to happen with the nice little house party? Oh, we forget about that. Forget it. It's a big celebration, and you are worrying about a coffee clash. Good evening, gentlemen. I'm Mr. Miss Barling. I wonder who should have made the Mr. Horowitz's son another. How do you do, Mr. Horowitz? I'm very pleased to meet you, Miss Barling. Gosh. Now you know why your father loves night school so much. I love only fooling. Miss Barling, have you already received the invitation to our house party in the mail? Yes. Well, we decided to surprise my parents with a catered banquet for 100 people. Oh, I think that's wonderful. And they know nothing about it? No. I was hoping you'd all help out a little. Oh, we'd love to. Well, we need somebody to keep father and mother out of the house till 4.30 p.m. while we get things ready. In as much as they're expecting a party on this Sunday. Oh, that is easy. I'm going to take him to a movie on my block. That movie shows three features on four Donald Duck cartoons. Once you get inside, you need an army discharge to get out. Schultz, please. I think we can easily take care of that, Mr. Horowitz. Thank you very much. Well, I'd better go before my dad gets here. Goodbye. Goodbye. All right, I'm in the classes field, and we ain't taking in any more girls tonight. Oh, my, my. Hats are going to be beautiful and surprising for the Horowitz's, eh? Don't you want to be? Well, we'll dispense with the lesson for a few minutes. Him will trust when I did my homework. Schultz, Horowitz will be here any second. Well, I see one problem. Now, Mr. Horowitz might get suspicious if all four of us suddenly ask him out. You're right, Miss Borthing. I'm not going to do it. No, it was my idea. Well, then both of you. All right. Now, I assume we'll all chip in to buy them a gift. I would suggest, if you don't mind, that I buy the gift. And what am I going to do? But instead of shipping in, you put up all the money for the gift. Mr. Olsen, you be the supervisor and make sure I get all the money. The time is right. Mr. and Mrs. Horowitz meet Mr. Basko and Mr. Schultz and... Wait with that. Wait with that. Now, be careful. Not a word of this to Mr. Horowitz. Well, the way we plotted this out we could render ourselves out as a spy network. I'm glad, Miss Borthing. Don't mark me absent. Well, just take your seat, Mr. Horowitz. Thank you. Schultz, fellas, why are you all grinning at me like that? Horowitz, how would you like to go with me on Luigi to the movies this Sunday? Yeah, yeah, Horowitz. You come with us. We're going in the afternoon. I can't go, fellas. Don't you remember, you're all invited to my silver anniversary party this Sunday in my house? Remember? Oh, that's right. Well, sure, sure. Horowitz, how could we forget this? Fellas, Miss Borthing, I'm counting on you all to come. Please don't disappoint me. It would be a terrible shock to me if any of you should forget. I'll talk to you if you remember. Ah! Miss Borthing, please, start the class before Ozen opens up his big mouth again, and I put my foot into it. Before we return to life with Luigi, here's a suggestion that'll help carry you through the day feeling more relaxed and satisfied. From time to time, especially when you're tense or under pressure, chew a stick of refreshing, delicious, wriggly spearmint gum. You see, chewing on a good, smooth piece of gum just naturally gives you comfort and satisfaction. It sort of relaxes you without slowing you down or interfering with what you're doing. Besides, wriggly spearmint chewing gum tastes good. You get real taste enjoyment out of its delicious, long-lasting spearmint flavor. So do as millions do. Enjoy chewing wriggly spearmint gum every day. And if you go through the day feeling more relaxed and satisfied, that's wriggly spearmint chewing gum. Healthful, refreshing, delicious. Now, let's turn to page 2 of Luigi Basco's letter to his mother in Italy. Today, me and the Schultz we're taking the Horowitz to the movies so the Sundays are going to have time to fix up a big surprise banquet in the hall. First, the Horowitz said they didn't want to go to the movies. But Mr. Horowitz is a crazy for eat the Horowitz. And Mrs. Horowitz is a crazy for popcorn so he found the movie where they got a boat. Stop with that letter. We got a million things to do today. What things it shows, sir? I just got a call from the supervisor. You know, he says that the movie will end at 3.45 p.m. which means we got to find a way to kill another 45 minutes Mr. Horowitz. That's a big problem but where are we going to take them after the movies, Schultz? Luigi, tell me, do you know if Mrs. Horowitz shoots pool? Schultz, what do you think about the zoo? I think it's a wonderful place for keeping animals. Oh, sure, the zoo, the zoo! Yeah, yeah, we're going to buy the Horowitz a dollar's worth of peanuts. They stuffed the monkeys. Then we take them to the banquet and we stuff ourselves. Schultz, how are we going to make the Horowitz go to this holiday hall? You mind repeating that, please? How are the Horowitz going to go to the holiday hall when they want to go straight home to the house party? Himmler Luigi, why do you think of the harder things laugh? Maybe we better call the supervisor also for some advice. Well, well, look what we got here. The string of bane and the cabbage you had. Pascuali, it was a little chilly before you came in. Now, thank goodness, we got plenty of hot air. Listen, you knuckle-washed the cutter. I'm going to turn it off. No, no, no, no, Pascuali, Pascuali, no. Schultz, Schultz had that idea. Well, we can use a Pascuali. Huh? Use me for what? Who knows? Maybe to test out electric chairs. No, no, no, Schultz, listen. Listen, that's a good idea. Because of Pascuali, he can stand out to side the holiday hall. Then we pass it by after the movie with the horror witches. Then Pascuali says, here's a friend. He's having a big party on the first floor and we all are sure to go upstairs and have a quick little bite. Well, I don't know. Then you come up to the hall. You're going to hear me singing the Kiss and the Song to the horror witches. You know the Bachemi song. Luigi, you are going to sing? Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's going to be a surprise, Schultz. Well, I'm going to sing it pretty good. Go ahead and tell him, Pascuali. Good. Next to him are Woody the Water Packers like the Corusso. But please, come on, Pascuali, be a sport. What do you say? Well, Luigi, if I come, I'm going to bring you to Rosa for the party. Mama, mama. And no jokes. All right, all right. You're going to bring it up. I'm sure Horowitz would love to have her. You promise? I promise it. Mama, ma'am, with Rosa there, Horowitz is going to order for another 25 people. What a Horowitz is it. How did you like the picture? Wonderful, Luigi. Wonderful. You know, I was surprised that her and Trinidad I thought it was going to be about a bazaar. How would I like this? And you, Mr. Schild? Well, I'll tell you, Mrs. Horowitz, for me it's very hard to be critical because, you see, with Rita Haver's pictures I always got to see those twice. Yeah, the first time around I watched only her legs. The second time I watched the acting. Schild, so that's why you wanted to see half the picture over again. And he told me it was because they were making up a fresh batch of popcorn. Wait a minute. Mr. Horowitz, I think we'd better walk faster, you know. It's already almost 4.30. Right, Luigi. My son now must have the household fixed up by the party for now. He's a wonderful boy, Mariano. Everything is taken care of. Even the food is bringing in cater so I shouldn't have to wash the dishes. Mrs. Horowitz, when you first got married, was it a big, big wedding? Big. We had a ceremony in her mother's house. All day long, Esther was busy cooking, baking, and cleaning. That's right, Nathan. And even if I was saying I do, I was worried if the Blintzes were burning. You made a beautiful bride, Esther. A beautiful, blushing bride. What blushing? My face was flushed from standing over the hot stove all day. Hey, hey, wait, look, look, look. And that was quality over there. Sure, that's what quality. Outside of holiday hall, you see him? Hey, sure, it's a holiday hall. I just go upstairs. Hey, Horowitz, one of my customers is giving a big party upstairs. I was about to come up a few minutes. I have a drink. Come on upstairs, Mr. Mrs. Horowitz. You all are invited. Please, you're embarrassing us that we can't accept Pasquale's hospitality. No, no, no, Horowitz. Just for one minute. Look in her quarter of pies. They must be worried wherever you are. Come on. Sure, it's Lovici. Come on, we better hurry up. Sure, so what are we going to do? Pasquale, you wait here. We figure out the way to get them back. What about Rosa? She's hiding behind the steps. Should I let her walk up? Don't let her smell the food or she'll fly off. Listen, Horowitz, isn't there used to go up a two-day apartment? Don't be foolish, Lovici. Yeah, why shouldn't they go up? Because the whole neighborhood has got the measles. And your house is quarantined. What? Show service with his jokes. Sounds very quiet in the apartment, Esther. Oh, go ahead, Nathan. Ring the bell and it'll get noisy. No answer. That's funny. Maybe they think we should be surprised. All right, open the door and act surprised. It's dark inside. Yeah, I wonder if everybody forgot us on our 25th anniversary. Do you think so, Nathan? I don't know, Esther. I'll put on the lights and see. Where's everybody? Lovici, I can't understand. No, no, no, please, don't get excited, the Horowitz isn't... Don't get excited, his pet. Nathan, something terrible happened. Arnold had an accident. Maybe his appendix busted. No, no, we took it out when he was 12 years older. Remember, Esther? So it grew back. No, please, don't be worried. Oh, Nathan, something happened. Somebody would be here. Call the hospital. Esther, please, let me think a minute. No, wait, wait, into my head. An idea just pooped. And the bleed days. What are you saying? Believe me, Luigi, that's the best idea yet. Nathan, calm. They'll go straight to the police station. No, no, I'm going to tell them the truth. What are you standing around? Come, Nathan, they'll go to the police station. But our family doesn't fight. I'm sorry, Nathan. Luigi, holiday hall is on the way to the bleed days. Well, Luigi, are you coming? Well, sure, every family's got to have a fight at some time. The station is this way, Mr. Shaw. Sure, certainly, every other week I'm there. You are? Sure, I play pinocchio with the lieutenant. Funny how after I lose a few games, he lets me keep the store open on Sundays. No, no, how do I, how do I to believe in me? How do I to you, what in it for Nathan? I just don't understand it, Luigi. Hey, wait, wait, shoot, sir. Shoot, sir, look. Oh, here's the holiday hall. Shoot, sir, where's the Pascuali? I think he smelled the food, too, and they both flew up. Sir, come on, come on, everybody. We all are gonna go upstairs a few minutes and join up Pascuali's friends apart. Yeah, sure. Luigi, are you crazy? No, no, come on, Mrs. Horowitz. I'll do a Charleston that will make South Carolina the zee from the Union. I think you're both crazy. My son is in the police station and who knows what happens in the fight and you want to go to a party. Luigi, I'm surprised. Mr. and Mr. Horowitz, you both are very stubborn. You don't know if anything is wrong and I can't insult a friend of a friend of mine who's having a party upstairs. That's all Italian custom. If you pass on to the hall, then you gotta go up. Yeah, sure, that's all Ausrein custom, too. I don't know. Horowitz, listen, we're all the friends, but if you don't come upstairs with me, then I'm never gonna speak to you no more. What? All right, just for a minute. Come on, Esther, just for a friend. I don't like such strong friendships. Yeah. I can live in what a party they got going on there. Yeah, Dennis and the wonderful Horowitz. Yeah, sounds wonderful. Well, come on, let's go in. I wanna tell the kids of myself. Wait, wait, wait, everybody. I'm gonna get another surprise for Horowitz. I'm gonna sing an Italian Kiss & Me song by Jimmy. Hey, Luigi, I got another big surprise. Are you gonna sing it with me, by Stanley? Not only me, but a rose isn't gonna sing it, too. Mommy, that's a surprise. That's a bigger than a box, if I say it. 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Remember that's wriggly spearmint chewing gum. Healthful, refreshing, delicious. The makers of wriggly spearmint chewing gum invite you to be sure to listen next week at this time when Luigi Basco writes another letter to his mama Basco in Italy. Life with Luigi is a Cy Howard production. Pat Burton is associate producer. The script is written by Mack Benhoff and Lou Derman and directed by Mr. Benhoff. Jay Carol Nash is starred as Luigi Basco with Alan Reed as Pasquale, Hans Connery as Schultz, Jota Gilbert as Rosa, Mary Schipp as Miss Faulding, Joe Forte as Borowicz, Ken Peters as Olson and Sarah Burner as Mrs. Borowicz. The music is under the direction of Lud Bluston. This is the CBS Radio Network.