 And now tonight's presentation of radio's outstanding theater of thrills Suspense tonight We bring you a story of Christmas shopping and a present that went astray We call it a present for Benny So now starring Jack Krushen here is tonight's suspense play a present for Benny Honey lamb they got a gorgeous airman on sale at Halgrim just gorgeous Look later later. Give me the rest of the mail and not the bills. Sure, baby. Oh Honey pot. It's gorgeous like the stuff you got in that big job last month Something wrong lover shut up You call me boss who called you you want to get thrown out the window He's all upset with the on a kind of a letter. Sure. I'm upset You listen to this Dear Ricky I'm sending you this letter like kind of X misgrading. I got a holiday feeling to me So I'm gonna give you the new straight Me and my boys is the ones who hijacked that load of firsts from you last month Because you were a dirty no good fake I'm stating to you that there ain't no room for the two of us in this town So me and the boys is moving you out You were a big chiseler and if you don't drop dead when you read this me and the boys will pump you full of lead next time we See you Yours truly and a merry X-mas machine gun Benny He's a dirty rat Baby, honey, you could give it to me for Christmas It's only two G's and it's just gorgeous. Will you shut your trap? I got enough trouble boss What are you gonna do? What do you think? What do you think? Go call the boys sure. No wait a minute. We got to do this careful You don't want no open war. You know what I mean. Yeah. Yeah, I know what you mean boss just a couple of us see Two good heads and you and me and that's the best. Yeah. Yeah, sure. That's the best Artie the grunt. Yeah. Yeah, Artie and No, no, it's five. That's it. Just them Artie the grunt and no, no, it's five wish. Okay, Rick That's small time thing sure is room for only one of us and he's gonna find out which one it is you tell him honey lamb Didn't I tell you to make me a drink? No, you calling me a liar Honey lamb, I'm calling you a liar. You never told me to make you a drink. Did he swifty? I told you make me a drink a minute ago. I got ears. You never I'm telling you again. Go make me a drink Okay, okay Give an order like a general or something and don't get so smart dumb dame Okay, swifty you get the boys over here. We got to have us a conference Right now the way I see it. It's machine gun Benny or me see and it's gonna be me He wants trouble he found a right party You want you want we should go over and rub them out boss What's the matter with you? No knows he may be stupid, but he ain't dumb Yeah, that's what he figures who will go gunning on and that's what he figures see yeah, so we ain't gonna We're gonna play it smart All right. Hmm. You got any ideas? No nose cheap boys. You don't want to use no choppers How about a good old ride? Don't how you're gonna get at him for a ride. What a dope What don't bother me. I got just the present. I'm gonna buy good good. That's good. No shut up boss I got a thought maybe we could send this bum a bomb maybe, huh? You can't send no bomb true to mail. You know that it's against the law Ain't you guys got any? Whoa wait a minute Yeah, I got something what boss How's about we could send them a little present, huh? What do you want you should send them a present for our ex must presence? He all wrapped up with paper and ribbon and everything icebox about though about this big and this wide and when he opens it Boom, but boss you just said we couldn't not through the mail from the store from Hey mill mill. What's the name of that store? You always buying that? Hey, you're gonna buy me that I'm gonna go make me a drink make for the boys too. Oh gee whiz Okay, how grums. Yeah, that's a place real high class. Yeah, I like it. I like that Merry Christmas, Benny Boss you figure you're far for this you figure sure he would we get this door to deliver it How's he gonna suspect? Well, how are we gonna get them to deliver it boss? We don't worry about now. It gets delivered Otty mm-hmm. You got to make us for a bomb The old-fashioned kind, you know a lot of broken glass and nails. They're cool. Sure. What do you say? Yeah, yeah, he says you can make it. Oh, okay Now you take care of that and I want a day after tomorrow. All right, you make it a ticker see but don't set nothing till we're ready Yeah, yeah, Rick. I got a hand up here. You're a genius. Yeah, you are a gym boys. Any of genius? Yeah, yeah, you got the Christmas spirit tool. It's better to give and to receive Okay, okay now shut up. We got to figure out a plan for the store to deliver it. Yeah, we got a figure You're coming to bed. No, I ain't coming to bed, but it's 2 o'clock a.m. I'm tired Go make some coffee honey sandwiches to I'm hungry. Why don't you finish thinking tomorrow so I can get some sleep? Don't you never think about nothing else but sleeping? Sure I've been thinking all day about that airmen and how grooms. I was telling y'all baby. Oh Baby, I love you baby. I love you to honey lamb. So why don't hey snap out of her boys? Follies I got it. What what mill is gonna get an omen from halberds Now listen boys here's how we do it. Oh just simply gorgeous feel the pelt sir notice the she I felt that I seen it through Jesus too much. I'll give you 1500. Oh, I'm sorry, sir It's been marked down from 32. We positively cannot sell it for under 2,000 now We have a nice mink for 1500 Ricky honey. Don't be chancey. It's Christmas Will you shut your mouth and go buy your old lady something? I'll see you at the house. Ain't you gonna buy it? It's so gorgeous for 1500. I'll buy it for two. I ain't interested now beat it. Oh gee Okay But don't go buying me no lousy mink, you know, it gives me the high She'll never doubt Okay, wrap it up. You'll you'll take the airmen sir. Sure. I'm taking I want to surprise it here one Two G. Oh, yes, sir. Thank you, sir. Would you like it wrapped as a gift for the lady? Yeah, I want it in the box with lots of ribbon and experts junk all over you know And I want you should give me another box the same size see your ribbons and everything It's gonna be kind of an ex-mist. Joe kind of pal you get what I mean at the box You know, oh and give me a couple of cards to write out. Yes, sir. Will you have them sent? No, I'll take them both with me. Well, it'll just take a few minutes, sir. So I'll wait Hey arty when you got the timer set for it to go off I What do you say? He says he got it set for 23 hours. It'll go off at 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon What happens if he opens it before? What do you say he says it'll go off anywhere. Oh, that's good. Nice work arty nice work Hey, I bet she opens it. Don't worry. I've been he ain't got no patience For instance, he gets a big tree beginning of December all the trimmings as piles around him a couple of cases old stag Christmas presents mean something to a guy like that. It is going through this year. That is for sure All right now you carry it swiftly and I'll take the airman home sure boys Now you know what you got to do. I am to take the bomb back to the store there I'm a finer guy. What sold you to Erma. Yeah, I missed a Minci Minci Yeah, and I give him the bomb and I tell him that he's to send it on to Benny and you tell him It's the gag that I was talking about you give him a C note for doing you the favor. I got it Okay, arty when you get through cleaning up come over to my place. We'll play some poker tonight. Okay. Yeah, I see arty He's a good boy that arty. You know, I'm gonna get him one of the new 45s rexpers Hey, that'd be nice boss. You sure like me. I like a 38 better Don't make as big a hole, but it don't weigh you down so much. You know what I mean? Yeah, I know what you mean Yeah, will you hold my box a minute. I want to get a cigarette Listening to a present for Benny tonight's presentation in radio's outstanding theater of thrills Suspense Let's look ahead to 1966 and there you are in your beautiful new home. You've got automatic gadgets everywhere There's a sparkling new dream car in your garage. The youngsters aren't a fine college all's right with the world Is this just an idle dream? No, this is a real future that you can start building right now a Secure carefree prosperous future built with the United States savings bonds in 10 years You will get back $4 for every $3 you've invested Join the payroll savings plan where you work or buy bonds where you bank start in 1956 to make 1966 the beginning of the golden years And now we bring back to our Hollywood soundstage Jack Krushen starring in tonight's production a present for Benny a tale well-calculated to keep you in Suspense Boss that was close Oh, that's no good dirty. No a penny. He was not kidding about his kidding and me. I Wasn't kidding about getting him. I wait five minutes and you take the bomb down the stall like I said My boss Which one of you got you got the bomb or mills omen Oh, should I know you will hold them when we hit the dirt. I just picked one up. We come back in here They sure do look alike Listen you stupid dope. You've got a mixed up the packages. What would a chopper going? I just didn't notice I'll give you such a hit What are we gonna do now? You got me bar. I guess they were about the same. So We cannot tell that way Boss, maybe we should have put different colored ribbons on him So as we could tell no now you're getting smart. No. No, he thinks of it Come on We're going back up to Artie's. Yeah, he'll open them up find them home with the bomb and then we'll wrap them up again Oh, sure I should have rubbed him out a long time ago You know boss, I sure wish I could be there and see his face when he opens up the farm Yeah, you know, it's too bad. He will not get time to read the guard. It's the whole of his problem Artie open up it's Rick Yeah, we had some trouble Benny and some of his boys as we was walking out they missed we ain't gonna Jerky here got the packages mixed up though. You gotta open up see which is which Well, come on, come on So open it up so it don't blow up What do you mean you can't what are your nuts? How am I gonna know which one you send that rat? Boss Boss, maybe we could have thrown a bomb in a river then it would be okay Oh, sure. Oh boy. What a schnook. We throw the airman in the river to what you know, which is the bomb I Forgot that on a count of you I'm gonna be out two G's and you know what it comes out of your cutter the next job We do we got to send boat boxes to Betty now Boss, maybe the airman won't blow up when he does and then we can take it back from his tomato after he is buried Swiftie do me a favor stop making me feel so good before I kick your brains in Look you take them boxes back to the store get them sent out right away. You're here I don't want no innocent people hurt when it goes off. You just leave it to me boss What do you say he says you're really got a heart boss And don't need her you say nothing about the airman a mill to see her. I'll have to get her another one I won't say nothing Okay, Swiftie. I'll get going. I'll see you both back in my place You know, I was having a game and I couldn't wait for you to get back to you. I love you. Did you get it? What say I'm and no go make me a drink. Oh, baby lamp It didn't really. Oh You're kidding. You're gonna make it a surprise. It ain't gonna be no surprise on the counter I didn't get it and I go make me a drink Hey, no nose. Yeah, boss. I bought you a pretty oh Well, you're sure gonna look like something in it. Oh, well, you see okay. Okay. Yes, what I got you get look I don't feel like no games. It's been a tough day. I'm tired. Do me a favor make me a drink Then go to a movie or something will you? Hey Rick Where was I oh? Yeah, look, you better call a rest of the boys and tell them that Benny's our gunner for us Tell them to stay hit out until they hear from me seeing out of one. No trouble with the da. He's up for re-election You got Benny's presence and off okay, huh? Yeah Boy when he croaks you'll die laughing if he opens the other box first the other box Yeah, I'll tell you about it when mill's gone out Oh Yeah boss is a swiftie Yeah, you've got nothing to worry about Everything is taken care of the stuff goes off the first thing in the morning. Okay. Come on back. Sure, Rick I just thought that you should like to know so long What do you call these? Oh like what I asked for three minute boil these ain't even born yet Ain't you never gonna learn how to boil a make I'll fix you some more. I ain't hungry forget it party What time is it? No, it ain't arty. It's 1 30 boss Then he should have got the bomb by now What you want? I should call him and kind of ask after his help. No, no if he ain't got a jetty might get suspicious Oh boy is waiting. You know, it's making a nervous wretch out of me. Let's take it easy It'll go off if you don't want eggs honey. How about some nice hot coffee lover? Okay, okay, you'll feel better when when you see what I've got for you. They're sending it today. Yeah Should I open a boss? Yeah, I'll cover you. Oh you're so nervous all of a sudden this morning, honey. All right. All right. I'm nervous So, who is it? No nose I'll let him in. What do you say boss? What's in a package? Hmm? Oh This would have just come up for your from Hargram's elevator was bringing it up on I don't just boil it honey Lamb that's my present to you. You can take the wrapping paper off, but you can't open the box We got to put it under the tree when we get the tree Hey boss, that box looks awful familiar Yeah Mill you sure you bought this yesterday sure. I'm sure looks just like the ones we sent to Benny don't it Same size same ribbon Same everything Kind of makes you wonder don't be silly. They got millions of boxes like this. Oh It happens. There's something very Special in there for my sweetie. What's in it? Go ahead and open it. Go ahead. No, no, I'll wait I ain't like Benny. I can wait. Oh honey. You open it. It's okay. I'll get you something else to open on Christmas I'm sure why not boss. You need something to make you feel good. I feel good now I don't want to feel no better and I thought you'd like it so much. You'd go with me and maybe buy it chinchilla They got on sale at Hargram's. It's only 1,500. Just what you wanted to pay for the omen. I like chinchilla Come on boss. Open it up. All right. All right. I'll open it Hey Swiftie go get it. Oh, I can't wait for the lid to come off Yeah, yeah Yeah Yeah, well wait a minute. What a minute boss? No, it's that guy at the store Hargrams. Oh, Minci Yeah, you want me to open it for you honey? No Yeah, mr. McQueen. Yeah, this is mr. Minci in the third apartment at Hargrams. So Mr. McQueen, I'm terribly sorry, but I think there's been a mistake. Well, what kind of a steak? What do you mean a little confusion, but I'm sure it can be easily rectified your wife bought something for you yesterday Which was to be delivered this morning. Yeah. Yeah, it's already come. Yes Well There seems to have been an error made in the shipping department a matter of mislaid dress slips Now I wonder if you'd mind opening the package which you just received Perhaps since it's a Christmas parcel and surprise for you. No doubt your wife would rather do it. Well Why what's wrong with it? Well, you see those two boxes which your your man Brought in yesterday afternoon haven't gone out yet. They were to be sent to mr. Benjamin mollusk. I believe it is. Yeah I think the gift what you have is one of those and Well, yours is his and that is if you follow me now if you'd open it, I'm sure Boss there's something wrong. Hey, you're pale you sick What's the time? That's a Quarter to two ain't you gonna open your present. Don't nobody touch that box is loaded The bomb yeah the bomb Well, of course it could have been this you shut up. Swiftie. I got enough trouble without her hair on that. Oh, oh, yeah Yeah, I get you're talking about me. Oh you get that thing out of here get it down in the store I gotta send a special messenger let him send all three boxes to that punk Benny. Well, what do I care? Maybe I should send him a Cadillac to go with it. You know what? I think I think it'd be cheaper to kill myself I'm kind of for a baby. Where's that Swiftie? Don't worry. You'll be here. Maybe Benny got him Yeah, maybe I should have sent you an arty with him Get it out. He's no nose a meal cover. Yeah, honey. Swiftie open up. I have got it all straightened out everything It's okay boy some dope. So this guy's done at the store. What's that? This? Oh This is your present the mill got for you. I told you they have got it all straightened out. Okay now You know how it's Christmas rush everybody's Meshuga, you know So now they have found a right slips wrapped up the boxes again and Benny's presents have been delivered right now and this one This is yours. You're sure this time. I sure what I make a lie out of myself this box You can open I guarantee it. Yeah, cuz you might not like the color I got you so I wish you would open it and if it ain't right We can take it back this afternoon and you can change it and maybe take a look at chinchillas I was telling you about this time. I'm gonna wait when Benny blows up. I open it What's the time that's uh? Two minutes to four you should is your what's right? Boss, I just call a tomato on a telephone. It gives you the time honey pot. You're too nervous It seemed like you're here. I'll open it for you. I'm ill you quit that. Oh, boy Sure take it easy for sure Oh, I bet you're just gonna love it. I just bet About Benny you open it. What do you bet? Yeah Benny Listen pal, I feel like a dirty rat. That's what I feel like a dirty rat When I think what I try to do to you yes, T And all the time you was making never minds with the presence which I am my girl are right now wearing I think I could eat mud Yeah Such a ointment and the robot the greatest. Oh, pal. I am a hill But it ain't too late to change. Hey, what do you say we buried a hatchet? Yeah, I'll split with you on her first. I hijack from you and we're partners you and me run the town together What do you say? Yeah? So you and mill and your boys come on over and partake of some Ex-missed here. You hear me boy You're great guy Rick the greatest so long pal Mary X So long Benny, huh? Yeah This one's the bomb. Yeah Too bad. What's the time? It's three minutes after four three F Howdy the time has come and gone. How come it didn't go off? What do you say he says he did not want to blow nobody up son there to Christmas Then what's in the box? Huh, it's gonna show it Spence In which Jack Krushen starred in tonight's presentation of a present for Benny Next week a charming fantasy about a small boy who discovered a new world and live forever after in its enchantment We call it the cave That's next week on Suspense produced and directed by Anthony Ellis who also wrote tonight's script The music was composed by Renee Garaghan and conducted by Wilbur Hatch Featured in the cast were Stacy Harris Eve McVeigh Benny Rubin Junius Matthews and Joseph Kearns Times growing short for the youngsters to write to Bing Crosby the deadline for postmark letters is Thursday December 15th Midnight all your youngster has to do is write a letter to Bing telling what Christmas means to me Then mail it to Bing Crosby CBS Radio Hollywood 28, California The winner will read his letter in person when America sings with Bing Christmas Eve on CBS radio All youngsters 12 years of age and under are eligible that address once again Bing Crosby CBS Radio Hollywood 28, California Be sure the young letter writer puts his name and address on the letter Stay tuned now for five minutes of CBS radio news to be followed on most of these same stations by the Jack Carson show Every Saturday and Sunday on the CBS radio network