 I'm the comic weekly man, the jolly comic weekly man. And I'm here to read the funnies to you happy boys and honeys. 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 pop the comic weekly straight into your living room. Your friend, the comic weekly man. The jolly comic weekly man. Hello, hello, hello. Little Miss Honey, how are you today? I'm anxious because you know who's coming. Oh, I certainly do, that little fat man with a little fat belly, who when he laughs shakes just like jelly. Yes, thank you. And I suppose you have a list from here to tomorrow, a present you want for Christmas. No, I don't want to be selfish and get all the toys. Now that's the spirit. I like to see an unselfish child when Christmas comes around. Well, after all, you should be unselfish. Say, Nick wasn't born just to be nice to one person. He was born to take care of all the boys and girls in the world and make them happy and bring each of them some toys. Well, I hope that Santa Claus brings you all the things you want. So do I. And when I read the funnies to me, I'll see you next year. Oh, I certainly will. Now, now could we read the funnies today? Putt the comic weekly. Very well. I'll read that in just a moment. But before I do, let's listen to this nice man. Now here we go with Putt the comic weekly. Oh, I'm anxious to see what's happening to little Amon. The little mouse and Ben and me. Yes. Well, let's find out right away. Let's go past Beatle Bailey on the front page, who gets into trouble again, of course. Turn over that page. Go past little iodine on page two, past Prince Valiant on page three. Turn over page three. And here on page four is Walt Disney's Ben and me. Magic words for the music, please. Very well, my lady. Hickory dickory diddle-dee-dee. Doodle some music for Ben and me. Benjamin Franklin and Amos had broken up their friendship. Ben had played too many tricks on Amos while experimenting with electricity. Now, this was in the early days of America when the English king had been ruling the American colonies unfairly and unwisely. Ben Franklin, who had become a famous man, was chosen to go to England to lay the complaints of the colonists before King George. And then came the day when Ben returned from England to report to the colonies. But that little Amos tell the story. I returned from England. I saw him walk down the gangplank from the ship. People crowded the docks. All right. It was a failure. The king was unreasonable. He wouldn't even listen. Or is a terrible thing. Ben raised his hand. Oh, my gentlemen. There must be some other way. He said, Hey, what do we do, Ben? What do we do? If I only knew. If I only knew. Poor Ben. I knew I could help him. I had a couple of ideas as usual. And so I started after him. Help thinking of the mean tricks he'd played on me. Couldn't go back. After all, a mouse has a little pride to help him. So do I. Ben needs Amos right now. Do you think Amos will go and help him and forget his pride? Well, a mouse's pride is a teeny weeny little pride. So maybe he will forget it and help Ben. But we'll find out about that next week, maybe. Now look across the page. There's Roy Rogers. Oh, yes. And Roy is starting a new adventure. You'll bet he is. The last week a train was going through the country where Roy lives. And the train was carrying men who were being taken to a jail. And as the train passed under the limb of a tree, an outlaw jumped onto the train from the limb. And he has a gun in his hand. I wonder what he's going to do. Let's read now and find out. Here we go with Roy Rogers, king of the cowboys. Ah, yip-a-yo. Now here we go with Roy and Trigger. Ah, yip-a-yo. Working swiftly, the outlaw uncouples the last car from the rest of the train. The engine and the forward cars continue up the grade, and the last car, rolling free, begins to slow down. The outlaw climbs back onto the platform and flings open the door. Hey, what's going on here? The outlaw steps in the door. Here's my calling card, guard. And the guard pulls to the floor there. The outlaw walks to a convict, chained to one of the seats. Well, I got horses staked out near here, boss. Nice going, Grip. I knew you'd spring me. Hey, have fun taking us along. Yeah, hey, take us along, too. Bridge snatches the keys from the dead guard. Unlocks the handcuffs from his boss's wrist. Come on, be a sport, Grip, pal. The two hurry back to the rear platform. Last picture, top row. So long, pals. You'll all be free when his car jumps the tracks at switchback curve. Hey, come on, Sparrow. The engineer will be coming back to find his lost car. A few minutes later, a horseman comes around the bend. It's Roy Rogers. He sees the railroad car rolling back down the steep grade. Great Scott, Trigger. That's a runaway railroad car headed this way. Go, Trigger, go! Trigger darts across the ground, swift as a deer. In a second, he's beside the runaway car. Roy reaches over, pulls himself off onto the platform. Gotta stop it before it reaches switchback curve. Roy begins to apply the brakes. A short distance ahead lies the treacherous curve. If the car isn't stopped, over it'll go, killing all on board. Roy gives a final desperate wrench. And the car comes to a stop. And then, last picture, unseen by Roy, the main part of the train comes backing down the slope. On the rear platform are two guards, one with a rifle aimed at Roy. The other guard says, hey, look, there's the man who uncoupled the car. Let him have it. It looks that way. Roy doesn't even know. I don't know. And we can only hope that he'll be able to do it. Well, maybe we'll find that out next week. But now, let's go to the very last page of the first section. And here we are with Donald Buckle. Oh, my favorite favorite. And we'll read your favorite favorite right now. Say the magic words with me. Squeegeum, squeegeum, squeegee-chicka-chack. Let's serve music to fair quack-quack. Donald has a pet parakeet named Chip. Chip-skute, chip-skute. Donald opens the cage to feed Chip. Oh, boy. And out of the cage, Chip flies. Hi, Chip. But Chip is sitting on the lamp. Donald walks over. Come on, Chip. Hop on my finger. Uh-uh. The last picture-top roll, Chip goes out the window. Donald leaps out the window after him. First picture, second roll. Come, Chip. Kill, Chip. And Chip's on the mailbox. Of all the... Chip wanna quack-quack? Now, Chip, come. And Chip is in a tree. Last picture, second roll. Donald shinnies up the tree. Come to answer, Donald. And Chip is on the house-top. And Donald is on the house-top. And Chip leaps to the chimney with Donald after him. And down the chimney Chip goes with Donald after him. And last picture, there's Chip sitting in the birch cage. And there lies Donald in the fireplace. Chip-skute. All covered with soot. Chip-skute. And a bump on his head. Chip-skute. Kill, my aching head. Isn't that funny? Yes. Chasing the bird everywhere and ending up down the chimney. I'm getting a shave. But you know I do. Yes, so do I. But Donald doesn't think so. No, Donald doesn't ask. Now it's time to pick up the first page of the second section. Oh, yay. Well, let's find out right now. Here we go on the first page of the second section of Puck the Comic Weekly with Dagwit and Blondie. Ram-a-foo, Ram-a-fum, Zim-Zam-Zombie, Kanjima Music for Dagwit and Blondie. Dagwit has been thinking. And suddenly a bright idea bursts into his mind. Blondie, I've thought up a formula that will outstound the scientific world. He dashes into the kitchen where Blondie's making supper. If it works, it'll make the atomic and the hydrogen bombs obsolete. Yes, dear. But now let me finish getting supper ready. Last picture top row, Dagwit is coming out of the drugstore. His arms loaded with bottles of chemicals. Lives never seem to be enthusiastic when their husbands get these world-shattering ideas. First picture second row, he's in the bathroom, busy mixing up his chemicals. Visitors from all over the world will someday visit this laboratory I've set up in our bathroom. Meanwhile downstairs, Blondie's on the back porch trying to find her children. And again she hears. So last picture second row, Blondie is putting on her coat and going down the walk. It makes me so mad when they don't come when I call them. Now I'll have to go out and get them. First picture third row, she's found Cookie and Alexander playing in a vacant lot. Alexander, come this minute. I've called you ten times. And Blondie drags the kids home. I'm going to show you how quickly your daddy comes when I call him the supper. Last picture third row, upstairs in the bathroom, Dagwit is adding the final test to his experiment. Now for the big test. Everything depends on how these acids act when I mix them. At that moment, first picture bottom row, Blondie calls up the stairs. Dagwit. And from the bathroom. And out sails Dagwit. Last picture at Blondie's feet. Blondie turns to the two children. Now, here after I want you to come as quickly as that when I call you. Wasn't that funny? Yes, Dagwit working in the bathroom, building up to a big experiment. And then when Blondie calls him. And there he is in front of her on the floor. Yes, and Blondie thinks it's because she called it. That's funny. Yes, those bumpsters are funny. Well, now let's turn over the page. Oh, look, here's Flash Gordon. And I'll read that in just a moment, but first here's that nice man again with something interesting to say. Now here we go again on the second page of the second section of Puck the Comic Weekly with Flash Gordon. Magic words for the music, please. Very well, my lady. A rig-a-rig-a-doon-doon-sask-a-matash. Let's have music for heroic flash. Flash is on the strange planet Callisto, the only Earthman there. He's discovered that all of the people on the planet are ruled by a mysterious thing or person who has never seen him. With the aid of a hermit named Filo and Rosini, a clown, Flash has been trying to find this person called the Mine. While searching in the castle, Flash fell through a trap door into a dark dungeon where he heard loud laughing He turned on his spotlight to see where the laughter came from and suddenly a voice screams FOOT OUT! And up above in the throne room, the captives whose minds are controlled by the leader who think as he does begin to scream. The clown has his own reaction. Light, that's it. Flash has found the mind and his weakness. And he heads for the door last picture-top row. I must tell Filo about this. And down in the cavern again, first picture, bottom row, Flash moving his light about, thinks to himself, That was no voice screaming. It was a powerful mental message. The Mine. He's in this cavern somewhere. And then Flash moves forward. All right, Mr. Mine. I know you're nearby. And you can't stand this light. You're panicky. I can feel it. Maybe you know you're in real trouble. Closer and closer, Flash walks toward the opposite bank of the underground river. Then suddenly, last picture. Grab the light! Sorry, Mine. But you don't do so well when you're in panic. I'm still master of my own will. And I'm coming after you. Discover the secret of the Mine's weakness. Yes, he has. The Mine can't stand light. Do you think that Flash is good? Do you think that Flash is getting closer to the Mine now? I think so. And I'm sure we'll find that out next week. But now, let's go past the Lone Ranger on page three. Turn over that page. And here on page four, under the little king, is our old friend Uncle Remus. Oh, my other favorite page. And we'll read Uncle Remus right now. Here we go with Uncle Remus and his tales of Brure Rabbit. Say the magic words with me. Hippity hoppity. Hippity hoppity. Make it a habit to give us music for old Brure Rabbit. Uncle Remus says, Yes, sir? Old Brure Bar sees the bright and the dark side of everything. Yes, Brure Bar usually does, he thinks. And on one bright sunny day, as Brure Bar's out for a stroll, he passes Brure Rabbit's place. He sees Brure Rabbit wheeling a load of hay in his wheelbarrow. Brure Rabbit is wearing dark glasses like anybody does on a sunny day. Brure Rabbit, how come you is wearing them dark glasses? Brure Rabbit, so I'm used to such a silly question that he tees his Brure Bar. Oh, these glasses is made for seeing in the dark. The no-full huh? Yes, sir? Brure Rabbit, how come you is wearing them dark glasses? Brure Rabbit, so I'm used to such a silly question that he tees his Brure Bar. Brure Rabbit, how come you wants to see it dark? Well, because it helps me to get faster to where I was going. Last picture top row Brure Bar is really curious. How about letting me try out them dark glasses? Okay, if you can find some dark. First picture bottom row, Brure Bar looks into the barn. The door is open. And inside, of course, it's dark. Well, inside that barn is the full of dark. Suddenly, Brure Bar lowers his head and makes a lumbering rush. Hey, Brure Bar, not the bar. Hey, wait, stop. But it's too late from inside the barn. And a minute later, Brure Bar staggers out of the barn. I see them, Brure. I see them. You see what? Last picture, Brure Bar points all around him. I see stars. Well, there you is. Them dark glasses works. And now Karima says, It don't take much to please ignorance. Brure rabbit teases him a little by saying dark glasses are made to see in the dark. And Brure Bar wants to see what he can see in the dark. He found out. Yes, look at the bumps all over him where he bumped into everything. And he's still so dumb that he thinks the stars he sees from his pain are stars he can only see with the glasses. Oh, he's some fellow. Yes, he's some fellow. Well, now let's go to the very last page of the comic weekly. And here we go with Dick's adventures. Oh, yes, and Dick is in the early days of America. And you remember that he and his Uncle Derek have been captured by the Indians. Yes, they've been captured by the Indian chief named Osceola, who's been defying the United States government. I wonder what's going to happen to Dick now that he's the prisoner of the Indians. Well, let's read and find out. Here we go with Dick's adventures. Say the magic words with me. Regularly packed, backpacked, let's have music for adventurous Dick. Convinced that only by the utmost patience and luck can they hope to escape, Dick and Dr. Derek pretend complete obedience to Osceola. In the gathering dusk, the seminal raiding party has halted near a stockade which holds a gang of frontier bandits who were caught pillaging the Georgia countryside. Now it's time to attack. And last picture top row, a waiting nightfall. Osceola imposes absolute silence. Then heavily armed, he and his warriors greet through the darkness. As the others creep off in the darkness, first picture second row, Dick looks closely at the man left behind to guard them. He sees with astonishment... Why, you're no Indian at all. Indian? Not me. I was tossed into that stockade for, well, never mind for what. But Osceola set me free. Last picture second row, the bandit goes on. Maybe I'm guilty and maybe not. Osceola don't care nothing about that. He's fighting his own battle to keep from being pushed out of his land in Florida. And all of us from the stockade is gonna fight on his side. That's Osceola's price for free in us. And seeing the look on Dick's face, first picture bottom row, the bandit has a change of heart. And listen, I don't like these Indians any more than you do. But I gotta play along, at least until Osceola opens the gates of the stockade for my pals. And listen, there won't be long now. Last picture, Osceola, followed by his Indians and ragtag group of men come toward them. The sky is a light with flames from the burning force. A band of freed bandits is swarming around wild with joy. The guard whispers to Dick. You can trust me. My name's Jimmy. I'll get you out of this summer. Stay close to me. His uncle has found a friend. Yes, that can make all the difference. It's too bad he couldn't let Dick go now. But if he did, I'm sure that Dick couldn't get away with all those Indians around him. Oh, oh, no, I guess you're right. It might be better to wait until there's a better chance. Yes. We'll just have to trust this man who's promised to help. I'm looking from that fork or whatever you call it. Yes, they do. I wonder what they're all up to. We'll find out more next week. But now, look below Dick's adventures. There's Rusty Riley. Oh, you see how this is going to turn out, because you remember Rusty's been arrested for stealing some pearls that he didn't steal at all. That's right. And when the case came to trial, that lawyer against Rusty called two men to the witness stand, and they said that they saw Rusty coming out of the room where the pearls were stolen. But Rusty's lawyer did a very smart thing. He dressed two jockeys so they looked just like Rusty, and he had them stand with their backs to the door. And then the door was opened, and the lawyer asked the electrician and the carpenter, who had testified against Rusty, to point out which one was Rusty. And they pointed to the boy on the right. And when the lawyer had the boys turn around, they saw that neither of them was Rusty. Yes. Now I wonder what will happen. Will the judge believe that Rusty couldn't have stolen the pearls now? Well, we'll find that out in a minute. Here we go with Rusty Riley. Get up and run till the road is dusty. Give us music for his horse and Rusty. Now Mr. Tindall calls Rusty to the stand, and the moment has come to hear Rusty's story. Mr. Tindall sympathetically begins. Now Rusty, when did you leave the theater the day of the robbery? And what were you wearing? Well, I left just about three o'clock, sir, and I was wearing the stable boy costume Mr. Fidgley gave me. You see, I was going to get patty to sew on a missing button. I see. You were not wearing your regular jacket and red cap. No, sir. Where were they? I left them in Mr. Grant's dressing room, where I was supposed to dress. And Rusty was on last picture top roll. Then I started home with the horse, but when I reached the dirt road, there was a trailer that was stuck there in the mud. There's a strange interruption to the court trial, and the judge speaks up. One moment, Bayliff, see what that disturbance is. The bailiff goes to the door, and there stands Rusty's friend Stovepike with Jerry, the man from the carnival who has a dog act, the man that Rusty was helping at the time the pearls were being stolen. The bailiff tries to stop Stovepike from entering. That Stovepike brushes him aside. Gangway minion of the law. We are about to tip the scales of justice. Stand aside. Last picture, the judge rises. What is the meaning of this outrage? Rusty's lawyer, Mr. Tyndall, explains. I crave the court's indulgence, sir. This is my missing witness who can corroborate Rusty's testimony. Stovepike bows to the judge. I, esteemed friend here, has come at personal sacrifice to uphold the cause of justice. I got to keep flesh and plum with me in a kind of IQ. It's so high you have a nervous breakdown if I left him alone. It's Mr. Stovepike and the dog man. That's right, because Rusty was with Jerry when the pearls are being stolen. And now Rusty will be free. He will. Next week, we'll find out. And I wonder, will Texas' detective friend catch the real crook? Well, we'll find that out next week. 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 you boys and girls, I got to go now. All right, Mr. Stovepike. Okay, that's a date, and a date with all you boys and girls. Be sure to meet me with our little friend Miss Honey next week when I read Puck the Comic Weekly. For I'm the comic weekly man, the jolly comic weekly man. I'll be back to read the funnies to you happy boys and honey. Don't forget, boys and girls, see you all next week. Your friend the comic weekly man, the jolly comic weekly man.