 I'm the comic weekly man the jolly comic weekly man, and I'm here to read the funnies to you happy boys and honey Yes boys and girls. It's comic weekly time and here I come right into your house to bring a little fun and happiness right out of the pages of Puck the comic weekly Straight into your living room your friend the comic weekly man the jolly comic weekly man Little miss honey, how are you today? Beautiful time we had last week telling the Kathy Beaumont the girl who's the voice of Alice in Walt Disney's movie of Alice in Wonderland Oh, you love that did you? Yes, I should say so and I've been saving every one of the pictures of Alice in Wonderland from the comics And I read them over and over again, and I'm so anxious to see what's going to happen today when she's the cookie Well, that's wasted any time then. All right. Let's not waste any time Please hurry and read the funny Puck the comic weekly very well. I will in just a moment But before I do let's listen to this nice man Here we go with Puck the comic weekly and on page one of the first section of a long casualty Very well my lady six guns blazing as he thunders along give us music for hop along After his fight with black John at the old stockade Hoppy had sent Ken back to the telegraph camp with the news that the Mountaineers had agreed to let the workmen continue With their job of putting through the telegraph line Hoppy had gone into black John's quarters for a talk with black John today. He wakes up in a dungeon his head aching Hoppy looks around the dungeon first picture and he sees an old man with a white beard and hair sitting in front of him Hoppy exclaims why rocky ridges. How did you get here rocky ridges replies? No, I have been here for weeks. I'll be near the newcomer Black John kicked you into this dungeon last picture top row hoppy says why he said you'd left these parts I remember following him into his quarters to talk it over Hey, someone must have slugged me rocky says That would be glint I first picture next row rocky goes on Me and black John locked me in here for a green to let a new telegraph line cross our land Hoppy answers so that's why I never heard from you How he begins to look around the walls of the dungeon saying They're up to something rocky. We got a force our way out of here Rocky shakes his head saying to him No, don't waste your time hoppy. This dungeon's old But escape I've gone over every inch of it a dozen times There's no way out set them through that upper door and it's locked from the outside Meanwhile last picture middle row black John and glint I are sitting beside one of the cannon at the old fort Black John is saying this cannon was mounted here by the military So is to command that pass case of attack Glint I replies yeah, and it's a natural route that telegraph crowd will use and spring in your wire through here And begin to see why you gave them to go ahead sign black John First picture bottom row black John picking up the keg of powder says now We load the cannon and post a watch for him as soon as that outfit moves up within range We'll be ready for Meanwhile the nearby hills echo to the sounds of hammer and saw as the telegraph line slowly advances through the virgin wilderness Last picture Ken looks at the line of telegraph poles going up swiftly and says cheerfully At this rate we'll soon be through the past hoppy spell California not just head and says Yeah, too bad hoppy ain't here. She is a watchkeeper in here many way He gets really worried because if he gets worried enough then maybe he'll go looking for hoppy Yes, if only he'd suspect that something is wrong because hoppy hasn't shown up He might get a searching party out. I wish he would because hoppy certainly needs some help I don't know how he can never get out of that dungeon Oh someone doesn't doesn't do some scouting around they'll never discover the trick that black John is up to and I know what you're gonna Tell me you're gonna tell me that I'll have to wait till next week to find out I'm sorry, but that's true, but now we might just as well continue with Prince valiant. Oh, yes, please very well Then let's go over the page There he is on page three and you remember last week that Prince valiant and his friend sir Gawain and young are for on the way to Val's home Yes And when they came to a river which they have to cross and they saw two knights blocking their way Do you think they'll be fighting? Let's read and find out here We go with Prince valiant to the days of King Arthur Eckhart Breckett Graham Alton and quince music romantic for a fair fair prince Prince valiant has been ordered back to Thule and is riding to sir Gawain's home in Orkney to take ship at Harley's Ford two armed and mounted knights bar the way Second picture Gawain says my hurt shoulder will not permit me to bear a shield Val replies No one with my strained arm. I can barely lift a lance That's picture top row without a word the true strange knight set Lance and shield in charge Val is about time to whisper a plan of attack at the very moment of contact Gawain swerves aside from his opponent first picture next row and both he and Val throw their weight upon Val's adversary He topples from his horse Quickly they wheel around and ride at the other enemy night Val solid shield and Gawain strong Lance again work together And the other night is thrown from his horse First picture bottom roll they reach the river and as they ride across Gawain looks back at the two knights slowly getting to their feet and Gawain accuses Val Very unnightly tactics Val. Why do you pick up these scurvy tricks Val answers with a smile? By keeping bad company Second picture bottom roll in fair weather and foul They travel the length of Britain and their injuries of heel there. They read Hadrian's wall the huge stone wall that was built by the Romans to keep the enemy out Beyond is the land of the war like picks which they must cross before reaching Scotland and the Yorkies They are damp and cold from their ride in the rain So here they rest in one of the old Roman mile castles last picture Making plans around a cozy fire for the continuation of their journey the next day Valian had to go through there and you remember he had terrible battles with those pics those pics So we're very wild savage looking little man. That's right. You remember very well. Yes. I do. Do I you do? Do you think Val will have that kind of trouble this time? Well, you never can tell we'll find that out next week Now let's turn over the page and there on top of page five is flash Gordon Shall we read him? Oh, yes, please because remember last week flash captured talk So the leader of the motion. Yes, and then dr. Ruff was worried because the oxygen which is in the air They breathe is running short and if they don't get oxygen they will die Well, let's read right now and find out what they do. So here we go with flash Gordon Rega rega dune dunes has come attach. Let's have music for heroic flash While flash and his co-workers were busy fighting the Martians They failed to notice that their space platform was running short of oxygen a hurried SOS to the earth by radar phone gets no answer Atmospheric disturbances prevent the signals from getting through Meanwhile, toxo the captured pirate gulps the waning air greedily Although as a Martian he can live without breathing the air He enjoys the luxurious feel of air in his lungs and he gloats over the fact that he is consuming precious oxygen His human enemies need to live last picture top row flash orders his companions Why still got to make the air last till rescue arrives While flash continues his frantic efforts to reach the earth with his calls for oxygen Toxo manages to wiggle free from his bonds and creep toward the hatchway of the cabin First picture bottom row jamming the safety controls the evil genius of Mars opens both inner and outer airlock doors and the ship's air supply Hisses swiftly out into empty space the rocket cabin will soon be evacuated The damage done coxo escapes in the maze of corridors on the space platform Gasping for breath flash hurls himself against the airlock last picture while Dale and the others scrambled it on their space helmets With his last ounce of strength flash swing shut the founder is locked Yes, now there's real danger again and just when it looked as though everything was going to be all right Yes now talk so the leader of the Martians is free again, too Well, maybe next week flash will do something. It'll save this terrible situation. I hope so. Yes Now I do believe it's time for Dagwood and blondie. Oh, yes Very well, then here we go with Dagwood and blondie Ramaphoo Ramaphom Zim Zim zombie conjure me music for Dagwood and blondie Dagwood's neighbor mr. Nuttles has come over to Dagwood's place and complains Bumstead your dogs chased our cat up on our roof Dagwood replies Don't get so upset about it mr. Nuttles. He picks up a ladder standing nearby and goes over to Nuttles place saying These things happen occasionally Relax, oh boy. I'll rescue your cat for you Dagwood goes to Nuttles backyard last picture top row gets the ladder tangled up in Mrs. Nuttles laundry hanging on the line Mrs. Nuttles yells First picture next row Dagwood sets up the ladder and starts to climb up to the roof Mrs. Nuttles sees the ladder standing in a flower bed and exclaims Mr. Nuttles who is jotting all these things down on a piece of paper tells her don't worry dear I'm making a list of all the damage. He's done In a moment Dagwood is on top of the roof next picture trying to coax the cat to come off the roof Come kitty. Nice kitty. Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on. Come kitty come to Dagwood The cat spits at him and then suddenly makes a leap at Dagwood last picture second row and scratches Dagwood on the head Hey Dagwood struggles to get free the ladder falls of a backward Dagwood struggles he falls off the ladder through a window first picture third row into a cake Mrs. Nuttles is baked Dagwood picks himself up all covered with bruises and scratches Mr. Nuttles hands him a sheet of paper listing the damage. He's done middle picture third row Dagwood says Okay, okay. I'll pay for everything. Just keep that wild beast away from me Last picture third row Dagwood's at home surrounded by his dogs and telling Blondie Nuttles is an unreasonable old crank kicking up all that fuss over nothing He goes on first picture bottom row. He claims our dogs changed his cat up He's interrupted by Nuttles cat who goes dashing after his dogs who run away in fear A moment later Dagwood is at Nuttles house he knocks on the door The door opens Dagwood hollers Your cat chased my dogs up last picture Nuttles looks up on top of the Bumpstead's house and sees Dagwood's five puppies sitting on the roof looking as angry as a March hair in November Dagwood shout Nuttles says timidly Okay, okay, where's the ladder and the dog snarl I Hope so after all the trouble Dagwood got into yes Yes, well look there's Roy Rogers underneath Dagwood and Blondie I will in just a minute, but first here's that nice man with something interesting to say Now here we go again with Puck the comic weekly and on the bottom of the first page of the second section Roy Rogers King of the Cowboys magic words for the music, please very well my lady. Hi. Yep. I owe now here We go with Roy and trigger. Hi. Yep. I owe Roy has been captured by the outlaws and it discovered that the banker Michaels who he thought was his friend is their leader Roy's now being taken by Michaels and his henchmen back to flat top beaut where the gold dust has been hidden on the top of the Steep rock when they arrive at the rock they find that Roy's friend Cube root is on top of the rock with a gold and that beetle the outlaw left behind a guarded is now down on the ground Michael says just untie Roger's hands, but don't show yourselves We'll use Rogers to get root to lower the strong box from the boot As the covered wagon stops third picture top row beatle exclaims that he was tricked by cube root Michaels is furious last picture top row. He climbs out of the wagon ordering Roy to follow it says You and ballast keep your guns on Rogers from inside the wagon if he tries to warn root up above First picture bottom row when cube sees Roy and Michaels down below He immediately lowers the box of gold thinking the outlaws are captured Michaels tells Roy next picture All right, grab the box Rogers. There's no funny stuff. Remember my man. Have you covered from the wagon Roy answers? Your scheme won't work Michaels Hey, somebody's coming they look up and see a lovely girl on horseback who gallops up to them She rains in third picture bottom row and tells them that she's Sally Norton Let her father owns the stage line and that she's been sent out to find why it's so late getting back to Prescott Roy warns her get back lady. Michael says nervously quiet Rogers Now don't mind this road agent miss Norton your stage drivers from the wagon yonder Wounded suddenly last picture Roy grabs Michaels who has his back to him saying it's a trick get behind me, ma'am quick Hell firmly in Roy's grasp Michaels faces ballast and jut who stand their guns in hand Michael's wine jet ballast. Don't shoot. Don't shoot. You might hit me Jut says coldly too bad banker Michaels with that'll mean one less split in the goal Let him have it ballast The bullet might go right through him and kill Roy. Yes. There's always that possibility and look Roy Yes, he's really in a tough spot again. Oh, yes, I'm afraid we will but you don't have to wait for Alice in Wonderland Oh goody. I just love Alice in Wonderland quick quick. Where is she turn over the page and there? She is on page three of the second section. Oh, yes And you remember what happened to me and she fell down down down into a room Yes, and the rabbit skittered through a tiny door in the room and Alice was too big to go through So first she drank something out of a bottle and she became so small that she could go through the door But she couldn't reach the key then because it was up on top of the table And then the doorknob told her to eat a little cookie that was in a box to make her grow big again So Alice took a bite. It's a quick read. I want to see if she gets big enough to get the key Very well. Here we go with Alice in Wonderland. Say the magic words with me And now for a story that gets curiouser and curiouser Alice in Wonderland. So music sir music sir The eat me cookie magically makes Alice grow up and up She rises till her head bumps against the ceiling of the chamber And now she's so big she fills the room the doorknob laughs second picture Ha ha ha ha little of that cookie went long way Suddenly Alice begins to cry And of course she's so huge now that her tears fall like a waterfall and the tears begin to cover the floor The doorknob says oh I say now. Hey, this won't do it all The bottle quick before you're drowning with your tears Quickly Alice reaches down picks up the bottle which is floating and takes a big big gulp suddenly she begins to shrink again She becomes so tiny that she thinks she'll drown in the pool of tears so to save herself from drowning. She climbs in the bottle and Last picture top row she begins to float away on a sea of tears and she calls She floats for a while and then a wave tumbles her up on a beach First picture bottom row a strange parade is going on She sees a dodo bird on top of a little hummock who says Now enjoying the chase Nothing could be drier than a jelly caucus race Fascinated Alice watches the dodo and the caucus race next picture Round and around and backward and forward the funny little seed things go as the dodo bird says forward And join the chase Then suddenly the white rabbit appears again, and then the way he runs Alice runs after him third picture bottom row calling The white rabbit answers. I'm late. I'm late. I'm late Alice chases after him over the hill down the valley and into the forest Where he disappears Last picture Alice looks through an avenue of trees and exclaims While unknown to Alice two odd little men who are exactly alike are watching her as she searches for the white rabbit Yes, imagine shrinking so small she could use a bottle for a boat I should say so Well next week you're going to find out about that Now let's turn over the page and here on the top of page four is Dick's adventures Oh, yes, and Dick always has wonderful dreams about the early days of America That's interesting and true things about our country. I wonder what's going to be today Well, let's read right now and find out here we go with Dick's adventures say the magic words with me Riggity pack is acting. Let's have music for this dick On a blustery December day 1799 dick finds himself on Washington's plantation at Mount Vernon riding beside the general With an uneasy premonition of trouble he glances at the general now in his late 60s, and he says first picture You look tired, sir There is trouble for as they rain up before the general's house He sways in the saddle dick quickly calls. He helped somebody help help Servants run to help last picture top row for the general that giant of strength is stricken a Short time later first picture second row the saddened household learns from the doctor that only a few hours remain to a great man The household is hushed as dick stands with bowed head and a soldier joins the ranks of his beloved Countrymen who have gone before him through the years of hardship and struggle a Shocked nation learns the news last picture second row both houses of Congress meet and Dixie's general light horse Harry Lee father of Robert E. Lee rise to speak a last tribute He here spoken for the first time the memorable words that Washington was first in war first in peace and First to the hearts of his countrymen But America is not alone in her bereavement in France first picture bottom row a former corporal stands silent The heart of Napoleon France's greatest general becomes heavy with the news that the great American general has passed away And next picture great England dips her flag to honor the old fox who outwitted her And then the years roll forward Dick is mumbling First in war first in peace and that last picture. He sits up He looks around and sees that he's in his own room in the year 1951 and dick exclaims. Oh gee. I've been dreaming Washington didn't as everybody was sad when he died Well, I should think they would be when you think of all the things he did for this country Yes, it just makes me sad now to think about it. Well next week Maybe we'll have another interesting story about the early days of America goody cuz I just love them. So do I And you remember last week Texan rusty discovered the little girl Queenie's father was not to blame for that accident That happened in the horse shape. No and rusty has learned that the owner of grassy acres Mr. Crumb had hired a crook to cause the accident and in that accident the wrong driver A man named corny bus was crippled for life and Texan rusty have told corny bots who works at grassy acres farm what they've learned Corny bus believed rusty and I want to see if he's gonna help rusty and text to show up those crooks over there Well, let's read now and find out Gallup and run till the road is dusty. Give us music for his horse and rusty Texas to corny first picture a considering what rusty overheard there ain't much doubt in my mind That nick done the sabotaging on your selfie thinking of course that it was Kendall's corner replies Yeah, and under crumbs orders. Just let me get to him. He was supposed to be so big-hearted giving me a job at grassy acres I'll fix him. Oh, whoa, they're now take it easy corny. He just denied you'd be fired But if you help us we'll get proof Yeah, I guess wouldn't get me nowhere to blow my top. Well, how can I help Tex? Tex goes on last picture top row Well for the time being corny maybe the best thing you can do is to spread the word around grassy acres that milestone farm Is out to beat him at the county fair Meanwhile, Rusty will get in a lot of practice. Hey, don't see quite what you got in your mind But well, it'll help put crumb where he belongs. I'll do it lads a natural driver takes First picture bottom row Rusty goes out to the pasture where he finds Queenie with the famous trotting horse She and Rusty had saved from being sold Rusty says, oh hi a Queenie. Oh boy. I got news come on with me And I'll tell you Texas hatching some kind of a plan He wants me to take snowflake to the blacksmith shop that means he's gonna put racing plates on her Queenie is surprised That Tex is going to put snowflake in a race. She says she thought they'd have to have a salt key Which is a little racing cart to hitch on to the horse Rusty says well Tex has got that fix too all Sam who works at the Lexington Trotters track is gonna lend us one and Rusty takes Snowflake by the halter and leads it to the barn a Little later Rusty finds Tex in the yard working on a racing sulky and he says third picture bottom row But she willacans the sulky's here Tex replies. Yep, you're gonna put in a lot of time with it Rusty, you don't know it yet. Well, you're gonna ride this year chariot at the county fair Meanwhile at grassy acres farm corny bots who has returned has gone into mr. Crumb's office and last picture is saying Hey, boss, did you know milestones going in for Trotters? They're saying they're gonna make your entry look sick at the county fair Mr. Crumb leans back in his chair puffs on a cigar and grins. Oh, yeah Well, they must still be leaving Santa Claus if they think I'm gonna let any horse beat poop off He must have some scheme in mind by which he hopes he can trick mr. Crumb, but I wonder what it is I'm sure I don't know but that's something that Tex isn't going to tell us until next week Well, I wish he'd tell me now. Oh, he won't though You'll be here next week and we'll find out a lot more interesting things about the comics and there'll be another exciting chapter of Alice in Wonderland Now that's all the time I have but before I go. Here's that nice fellow with some more interesting information Well, honey and all your boys and girls I've got to go now all right. Okay, that's the date and the date with all your boys and girls Be sure to meet me with a little friend miss honey next week when I read Puck the comic weekly Or I'm the comic weekly man the jolly comic weekly man. I'll be back to read the funnies. Do you happy boys? Don't forget boys and girls see you all next week your friend the comic weekly man The jolly comic weekly man