 Your neighborhood Chevron gas station invites you to Let George do it Brought to you by the makers of Chevron Supreme Gasoline and RPM Motor Oil George Valentine Yes, George Valentine, fresh out of uniform and eager to put his many talents to work As well as to earn a living, ran an ad in the local paper Do you have a crime that needs solving? Do you have a dog that needs walking? Have you a wife that needs spanking? Let George do it His ad attracted several clients Some who paid him a fee and some who paid him nothing His secretary, Claire Brooks, worries about the mounting pile of bills But George, as he sits in his office with his feet on his desk, is occupied with more important matters Claire, I wonder, do you think I could find any sardines? Oh, I'll send Sonny out, sardine on ride Oh, no, no, not a sandwich Fate Fate? What do you want to catch? A fish Mr. Valentine, you can't afford a fishing trip Yeah, but if I get a client before Friday, a nice simple case You know, somebody wants me to find their uncle or lose their mother-in-law Just a few quake bucks and I'm on my way You can't afford a fishing trip I'm sitting back in the robo I haven't a care in the world, just soaking up the sun All of a sudden, wham! Then another wham! Mr. Valentine, what is it, Sonny? Yes, Sonny, what is it? Halibut, swordfish, Yellowtail? Mrs. Harrington, Isabel Harrington, James Harrington's wife There you see, I did catch my fish I told you, sardines are best bait in the world Hey, sir, is he feeling all right? It's normal for him, send her in, Sonny Okay Now remember, Mr. Valentine, she's THE Mrs. Harrington Yeah, I got you Oh, Mr. Valentine Oh, come in, Mrs. Harrington Come right on in Oh, sit here, you'll be more comfortable Thank you This is my secretary, Claire Brooks But don't let her upset you, she knows all the skeletons Intimately Oh, how charming Mrs. Valentine, I've been trying to get up enough nerve to come here Well, you just go right ahead and open up and talk Nothing goes out of this office And nothing comes in I'm afraid it's someone, someone close to me They get into trouble Oh, Mrs. Valentine, I want you to watch that person every minute of the day Do you understand? Well, now, wait a minute, what kind of trouble? Well, you see, oh, it's so humiliating This person, a pick-up thing Pick-up thing? Oh, a kleptomaniac Oh, Mr. Valentine, I can't go on Oh, now, Mrs. Harrington Oh, no, no, no, please, later Have lunch with me, to a plop at the Savoy Oh, but Mrs. Harrington Please, be there A kleptomaniac, eh? Must be her husband Her husband? Mr. Valentine Yes? Don't look now, but your fountain pen is missing Well, look, Mrs. Harrington, the food is fine in the company Excellent What do you say we get down to cases? Give me back my fountain pen Your fountain pen? Look in your purse, Mrs. Harrington Oh, oh, then you'll know everything Well, I'll be quite frank I'm under a doctor's care He expects to cure me in a month or two But, meanwhile, my husband is running for Alderman Oh, I see Does your husband know that you, uh, pick-up thing? Oh, no, oh, no And you must never find out Oh, please, please promise me Oh, don't worry, Mrs. Harrington You see, Melvin Gordon is running against my husband You know Mr. Gordon Gordon's department store, Mr. Valentine Oh, yes, yes Well, just forget about it, Mrs. Harrington The election is tomorrow And I'll stay with you until your husband's elected Alderman Oh, Mr. Valentine If you'll protect me for myself, I'll pay you well I promise Oh, well, we'll discuss that later Now, suppose you run along home And I'll be there this afternoon Oh, that's wonderful I have a little shopping to attend to And then I'll go straight home Oh, good, that's fine See you later Goodbye Fine Well, how about that, Claire? I'm going home in fact, Maraud and Rio Mr. Valentine Oh, I can just taste those fish Mr. Valentine, she went shopping Yeah, I know she did Shopping! Claire, let's get out of here Why come here? What makes you think she shops in Gordon's department store? Because she'd be in most danger here You heard her Gordon is running against her husband for Alderman Still, I... Mr. Valentine Where? There Compact Compact Straight ahead What's she got in her hand? Gold compact Uh-huh With stone How much? About $50 Oh Did you see that? In her pocket Come on What are you going to do? Well, you look at compacts And stay close to me You got it? But Mr. Valentine Do as I say Oh, all right Well, hello there, Mrs. Harrington Mr. Valentine Yes, lovely store, isn't it? Oh, yes, I've often done Mr. Gordon He can be proud I beg your pardon, madam But may I have that compact? A compact, what compact? The one you were looking at, madam Oh Well, I decided against it, ma'am Well, that's quite all right, madam But where is it? Well, I put it back on the counter, of course It isn't on the counter Oh, well, now, young lady I distinctly saw Mrs. Harrington put it back on the counter Yes I said hello to her She put the compact down All I know is it isn't here I think I ought to call the store detective Oh, no, no, don't do that He'll take you upstairs to have a little talk with Mr. Gordon Mr. Gordon No, no, wait a minute The compact isn't here, mister Oh, well, why not search that young lady there? What? Who me? Yeah, look in her pocket Why, did you... Oh, it is in my pocket Well, come on, miss Mr. Gordon will want to talk to you Mrs. Harrington, go home, beat it Oh, yes, yes, yes, I will Come on, miss, this way and don't make any trouble No, no, miss, don't make any trouble Why, you, you... Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah No, no, no, you're wasting your time, young man But, mister Gordon There have been too many things disappearing from my store I'm going to make an example of this young woman and I can't be talked out of it Are you get that? Mr. Gordon, are you married? I certainly am Then you have a wife? I certainly do Mr. Gordon, do you love your wife? Is the door closed? Yes I love my wife Then you must know how I feel This girl is your wife? Mr. Gordon, don't listen to him It's all right, Claire In spite of everything you've done I'm not ashamed Oh Look, Mr. Gordon Here's $50 for the compact Is that covered? I guess so Oh, I promise you It'll never happen again All right, take her home Oh, thanks, Mr. Gordon Darling, thank him Let me out of here Yes, darling, of course Goodbye, Mr. Gordon Good luck, young man Oh, Claire, listen I hate you It was the dirtiest trick you've ever played on me And I hate you You'll never get a chance to play another trick Because I quit on the stand I definitely quit I definitely hate you Oh, Claire, honey Now look, you like your job I know you do Now forget it, darling It's just part of the game Now come on Wipe your eyes and pouty your nose Here, use the compact And just to show you the kind of a man I am You can keep it Now what? Now we go back to the office And then I'll go to the Harrington Don't think I'm going to forget this in a hurry, Mr. Valentine Oh, be a good girl I'll bring you back a halibut Someone's trying to attract your attention In that car Mr. Valentine Oh, it's Mrs. Harrington Mrs. Harrington, I told you to go home Well, I'm going now, Mr. Valentine I was worried about Miss Brooke Oh, well, everything's fine Oh, you were superb, Mr. Valentine And whatever my bill will be I want you to double it Well, thanks a lot Now go on home I'll be expecting you Goodbye Goodbye Don't laugh, Mr. Valentine Maybe you don't believe in a woman's instinct But I wish you'd dropped this case I have a feeling that Mr. Valentine, what are you doing with that first scar? She did it again A silver fox Claire, think Was she wearing a silver fox When we had lunch with her Or while she was shopping Oh, no, I couldn't have missed it I noticed it in the car just now While we were talking to her She must have picked it up When we were with Gordon A silver fox Oh, call her back, Mr. Valentine Make her take care of it Well, now, don't get excited Why should I worry a good client? But, Mr. Valentine, I have a feeling Will you forget that you're a woman And that you've got an instinct? Come on, we'll go back to the office With the silver fox? With the silver fox Come on Oh, all right, but I've got a feeling Feet are killing me The least you could have done was to hail a cab I just put out 50 bucks for that compact Only one more block Mr. Valentine It's sunny Well, why did you leave the office? I've been looking all over for you two What's up? Mrs. Harrington phoned Yeah? She says when you go out to her house this evening Don't worry if you bump into a cop A cop? That seems that last year on her birthday Her husband gave her an animal To drape around her neck And somebody stole it this afternoon Out of a car Say that again, Sonny And slowly Somebody stole her first scarf There was a silver fox black with Hey, hey, like that You've got it Yep, I've got it Mr. Valentine, what are you going to do with it? Take it to Mrs. Harrington Oh, but there might be a cop around her house Well, I'll sneak by him I'll find a cab and we'll go right out there Here, Claire What? Meanwhile, wear it around your neck No, thank you I'm not wearing any hot fox It's not fashionable this season Then here, Sonny, wind it around your head Huh? You know, like Daniel Boone I don't want to be Daniel Boone Then be Buffalo Bill I don't want to be Buffalo Bill Sonny I want to be Van Johnson Never mind, I'll stuff it inside my shirt Mr. Valentine, I've got a feeling All right, shut up, will you? Here comes the cab Hey, taxi, taxi Mr. Valentine, wait Taxi, come on It's a police car Uh-oh Cheapers Can I do something for you, sir? Oh I beg your pardon, officer I thought I was hailing a taxi All right, it's quite all right, sir Very understandable Can I give you a lift? Oh, no, no, no I wouldn't think of troubling you No trouble, no trouble at all Step right in, sir Oh, no, officer I just can't let you do it But thanks anyway, goodbye Uh, would you mind telling me your name? My name? Oh, Valentine George Valentine Mr. Valentine Pardon me for mentioning it But what is that sticking out of your shirt? My shirt? Oh, uh, you You mean my pet? Yeah, my pet I always carry him close to me Pet? Pet what? Well, it's you You know, gopher That's it, my pet gopher Strange First time I ever saw a gopher as polyphemous with a bushy tail Gopher is polyphemous Gopher Oh, oh, yes It's a gopher With a bushy tail? Oh, uh, well, you see This is a funny sort of gopher It's got a little squirrel in it I'm sorry to contradict you, sir Not squirrel Vulpis fulvis Vulpis fulvis Fox Silver fox Up in, Mr. Valentine But officer And there's plenty of room So bring your friends with you How will George talk himself out of this predicament? And while George is pondering his problem I'll take just a moment to tell you what occurred to me as I was driving to the studio this afternoon I was thinking that every chevron gas station should wear a sign reading Local boy makes good For these cream green and burgundy chevron stations, you know, are home-owned Generally, the chevron dealer is a fellow who worked hard and in many cases, learned the business from the ground up before he branched out for himself Now he runs his own chevron gas station and you can bet your bottom dollar he's going to hustle to make a tick That, of course, explains why the service is cheerful and willing and competent at chevron gas stations I'd like to see you get acquainted with the chevron dealer in your neighborhood You'll find that he's a nice fellow and mighty glad to help you out anytime He gives your car the best, too Climate-tailored chevron supreme gasoline and RPM-compounded motor oil Drop in at a chevron gas station this weekend and see Remember, your chevron credit card is good as gold with any chevron dealer Well, it looks as if George is really in a jam this time and with the law, too Right now, George, Clare, and Sonny are cruising along in a squad car The officer is their chauffeur I tell you, you're making a big mistake, officer Maybe so, sir but they told me at the station to be on the lookout for a bulbous fungus So, the fox May I congratulate you on your vocabulary, officer? Thank you very much And may I congratulate you on your punctitude Would you say she was? Cute Oh Now, take the glove compartment in my car Now, most people would keep cigarettes in there What would you keep in it? Map, lipstick Buy carbonated soda Well, I got it filled with books You know, books, pocket editions Oh, look, officer If you'll just take us to Mrs. Harrington She's very absent-minded She forgot that she asked me to take care of her silver fox I'm sorry, sir, but I'm taking you to the station Chiefers, officer, give us a break I'm sorry, son, I'm taking you to the station Officer Hmm Now, officer Okay, I'll take you to the Hamptons There doesn't seem to be anyone at home I know Mrs. Harrington is home I told her to stay home Wait a minute There's someone coming Now, if you don't mind I'll handle this in my own way Yeah Oh, what's wrong? Mrs. Harrington I said I'd handle it Mrs. Harrington, may we please come in? Yes, yes, of course Thank you Mrs. Harrington It's about your voluptuous focus Oh, there must be some mistake, officer There's no one here by that name He means your silver fox Oh, oh The servants are out I'll have to answer the phone Go right ahead, Mrs. Harrington And maybe I shouldn't mention this But she doesn't appear to be a close friend of yours, Mr. Valentine You didn't give her a chance to say anything There's a policeman in my house now, Captain Oh Captain, let me talk to him, Mrs. Harrington Hello? This is Flynn speaking Henry Wadsworth, Longfellow Flynn Mr. Valentine, what's wrong? Get this, Mrs. Harrington I have your scarf I took it out of your car Why? Well, I thought it was something you'd picked up Oh, good heavens Well, I captured somebody already, Captain Now, it'll be all right Just tell the officer that I'm a good friend of yours Yeah, he has it on him Only my husband stays upstairs What's he got to do with it? Well, I forgot to tell you You see, my husband is very jealous Oh, great Thank you, Captain Au revoir Now then, Mrs. Harrington Is this man a dear friend of yours? Well, you see, I... Please, Mrs. Harrington Just answer the question Oh Is this man a dear friend of yours? Is who a dear friend of hers? Oh, oh, James Officer, this is my husband, Mr. Harrington Isabel, the officer asked you a question I caught him with the silver fox, Mr. Harrington Here it is Just a moment, Officer Isabel, is this man a dear friend of yours? Why? Yes? Why? Yes? Well, I never saw him before in my life Oh jeep, is it? Take them away, Officer We'll be down later to prepare chargers Thank you, sir Sorry to have bothered you, Mrs. Harrington But, officer Come on Let's go Officer, will you please listen to me? Once and for all, Mr. Valentine I'm taking you to the station But if you just give me... Now, don't try to talk your way out of it, Mr. Valentine He's got you with the good Claire A compact or a first scarf, what's the difference? After all, we've got to protect our client, haven't we? So forget it, darling It's just part of the game Claire When do they allow visitors, Officer? Usually Monday Then I'll see you Monday, Mr. Valentine Oh, and I'll bring you a halibut Go ahead, robin' in Goodbye, Mr. Valentine Take care of him, Officer Sonny, say goodbye to him Just a minute, Miss I'm sorry to be disagreeable But I found all three of you together Therefore, I'm turning all three of you in together Now, come along, if you please Jailbirds Cut it out, will you, Sonny? Jailbirds, behind bars Well, we're just being detained until Mr. and Mrs. Harrington get here Yeah, then they'll put us away for good What do you suppose they did to my sister, poor Claire? Poor Claire, my eye, she was glad it happened Well, if she saw me now, she'd probably laugh out loud Claire Claire, where are you? I'm your next door neighbor Could I borrow a cup of sugar? Well, why didn't you tell us you were there? I wanted to listen to you, Mr. Valentine Call me George, this is no time to be formal I thought maybe I'd hear you say you were sorry It shows what a little fool I am Oh, well, Claire, listen I'd give my right arm to have avoided this I don't want your right arm Just once I'd like to hear you say it I'm sorry Well, Claire, I... Take your time, you've probably got five years Well, look, I'll tell him you two had nothing to do with this And when you're out of here, if you're smart you'll never see me again You'll have nothing more to do with me Would you promise? No Claire I'd miss you Oh, hey You do like me, don't you? Oh, I guess I do Then why didn't you smile at that copy to let us go? Oh, now it's my fault Everybody all right? Everybody healthy and happy? Oh, sure, just one big happy family Hey, please, I'm locking ourselves Uh, just a minute, Miss I'll have you out too Where are you gonna take us, Officer? Just follow me if you please Mr. Valentine, maybe it's an electric chair No, take it easy And Mrs. Harrington is here With Mr. Harrington? No, no, she's alone Most intelligent woman, Mrs. Harrington She's looking at my books She's very interested in them Then you better lock them up What? Just a chill Oh, uh, yeah, well, uh... Here they are, Mrs. Harrington Oh, Mr. Valentine, will you ever be able to forgive me? That depends I was just telling Officer Flynn how absent-minded I am I remember it all now I was standing on the street Yeah, yeah, well, you don't have to explain, Mrs. Harrington You're not going to prefer charges against these people, are you? Oh, no, no, of course not Preposterous Then they're discharged We're free Very sorry to have bothered you, Miss Oh, that's all right Goodbye, Officer Goodbye, Sir, see you again sometime I hope not Goodbye, Officer Goodbye, Miss You will always remember a glistening pearl in my treasure box of memory Fresh air Mr. Valentine, whatever my bill will be, I want you to double it What did you tell your husband? Just that I told the officer Okay, now you're going home And I'll stay there until the election is over tomorrow I know, we'll see to that We're going with you What? All of us? Yep, all of us That's the only way we can keep her out of trouble Come on, Mrs. Harrington, let's go home George I thought I told you to stay with Mrs. Harrington Sonny's with her, they're having breakfast George, I'm bored Oh, now forget it, it'll soon be over George, I'm bored Oh, now come on, Claire, cheer up Let's have a big smile I don't feel like smiling Well, put some lipstick on, you'll feel better I guess I could stand a little All this hanging around Oh What's the matter? She did it again, my lipstick's gone Well, never mind, I'll buy you another one Mr. Valentine? Okay, if I run out and buy a magazine Sonny, you were left in charge of Mrs. Harrington Yeah, but Mr. Valentine When you're left in charge, you're supposed to stay with her Understand? But Mr. Valentine Wherever she goes, you follow her But I can't follow her everywhere Oh, well, all right What time is it? My watch is always fast Oh, mine keeps perfect time, it's exactly Hey, hey Now what? I know I was wearing my watch Oh, never mind, I'll buy you another one Mr. Valentine Now take it easy, Mrs. Harrington, what's wrong? I was looking through my closet and I found this My Silver Fox Well, of course, don't you remember I had I don't mean that one, I mean this one This one? Oh, don't you understand, there are two Silver Foxes in my closet Suffering cat Mr. Valentine You were right all along Oh, I must have picked it up Well, now don't go to pieces, we haven't time for hysterics But that's not all Mr. Gordon just phoned He wants to see me immediately Oh, Mr. Valentine All right, Mrs. Harrington, give me that Silver Fox I'll handle Gordon I knew all along Mrs. Harrington was guilty After she shopped, something always disappeared Will you please calm down, Mr. Gordon, I brought back the Silver Fox You can keep it Now be reasonable Look, when things disappear, you charge them to Mrs. Harrington's account, don't you? What's that got to do with? Harrington's running against me for all of them There's still time to get a story in this afternoon's paper What do you think his chances will be then? That'd be a dirty trick, Mr. Gordon Look, Valentine, just between us Harrington's the best man He should be Alderman, but if I'm made Alderman My wife will think I'm wonderful You'd wreck Mr. Harrington just to make your wife think you're wonderful You bet I would Darling Milford Sweetheart, come in Oh, Sweetheart, this is Mr. Valentine And my wife, Miss Scott How do you do? Hello Well, darling Well, darling Is that all you have to say? Oh, you look wonderful, Sweetheart I knew it. I'll never forgive you Milted Of course, a great big executive like you So busy running a store and running for Alderman You haven't time to remember a little thing like a birthday, have you? Birthday? Oh, Milted. Now, Sweetheart Oh, I should have known Well, part of me for cutting in, Mrs. Gordon But I can't keep my mouth shut I know it's supposed to be a surprise, too A surprise? He didn't forget your birthday, Mrs. Gordon He didn't I didn't I mean, I do Here you are I just helped him select it for you A silver fox Oh, darling Oh, I'm going to give you a great big kiss Well, I'll run along That is, unless you have something else To discuss, Mr. Gordon Oh, no No, not a thing Good, good Happy birthday, Mrs. Gordon I hope you'll enjoy the Vulvis-Vulvis Why come back to the office, Mr. Valentine? Well, after hanging around with Mrs. Harrington for the last couple of days I just wanted to be sure the office was still here We ought to go out and celebrate After all, Mr. Harrington's an alderman Okay, sonny Run out and buy a bucket of black coffee And a box of aspirin Some celebration Come on, beat it Okay Well, I suppose I should congratulate you, Mr. Valentine Well, she hasn't paid me yet Hey, Mr. Valentine Mr. and Mrs. Harrington are here Oh, no All right, send them in Mr. Valentine, you're through with the case, understand? Either that or you're through with me See, Isabelle, I told you he'd be here You were right, James Mr. Valentine, my wife has told me everything Everything? Everything, yes I simply had to I'm glad you did, Mrs. Harrington We came to thank you for all that you've done for us, Mr. Valentine and whatever the bill will be I want you to double it Oh, wow Thanks a lot Send it to my office Oh, no need to bother you Oh, it's no bother Well, I mean, mailing and all that If you happen to have your checkbook with you Checkbook No hurry, understand But if you want to sit right here at my desk Oh, well, no Here you are Here's a pen Oh, thanks We just came for my doctor He thinks I'm cured Really, Mrs. Harrington? Oh, yes, my dear This last experience I mean, James' career at stake and all Oh, it was such a shock Well, it brought me back to Earth again Oh, I'm so happy for you Here you are, Mr. Valentine That's okay Oh, thank you Oh, thank you, Mr. Harrington Well, I'm the one who's indebted You'll come to see me, Miss Brooke Of course, Mrs. Harrington And you too, Mr. Valentine Yep, you bet Come, Mr. Valentine Yes, James, goodbye Goodbye, Mrs. Harrington Good night Good night, good night Well, Claire, I'm on my way I'll pick up a can of sardines And my fishing tack I'll see you Monday How much, Mr. Valentine? One thousand dollars What? One thousand dollars Oh, I don't believe it Well, then see for yourself The check's right there Where? I don't see it Well, I distinctly remember Put it right under that paperweight, you see No Well, go ahead and look It's right under this It's right Mr. Valentine Oh, no, she did it again George will be back in a moment Meanwhile, a friend of mine Owns the Chevron gas station down the street And he was telling me a story the other day It seems a chap he knew came in When they were putting my friend's name On the canopy of his home-owned station Looks pretty nice, commented the chap And it certainly shows folks that you're the boss here Not on your life, explained my friend It means that they are the boss here But the motorist didn't get it So the Chevron dealer went on The new sign and the cream green And burgundy color scheme, he said Are simply to make it plain That I run my own station Since I'm in business for myself How well I get along depends pretty much On how well I treat my customers And that makes the customers Strictly the boss at my Chevron gas station Well, my friend might have said At all Chevron gas stations Because the friendliness, the cheerful Expert service you run into at Chevron gas stations Is the best way any Chevron dealer has Of making his home-owned business Useful to you and to the community Well, next week George Valentine goes on a picnic But instead of being bothered with the usual Things like ants and rain He has a new experience You hear him saying something like this Wow, what was that? Who hit me? Somebody threw a shoe at you, Mr. Valentine It came from that house Wow, a lady's slipper They had a note with it Let me see, it says I am being held prisoner in this house Please save me Hey, it's written in lipstick Orange lipstick, must be a blonde See you later Chevron gas stations all through the west Invite you to be with us again next week For another chapter of Let George Do It Brought to you by the makers of Chevron Supreme Gasoline Let George Do It starring Robert Bailey As George with Francis Robinson as Claire And Eddie Firestone Jr. as Sonny Is written by Pauline Hopkins Produced and directed by Owen Vincent Others in the cast were Sarah Selby as Mrs. Harrington Stanley Waxman as Mr. Harrington Joel Gilbert as Meldred Herbert Butterfield as Mr. Gordon Ed Max as the officer Margaret Brayton as the sales girl The music was composed and conducted by Charles Dan Your announcer, John Heaston Lesson again next week Same time, same station to Let George Do It This is the Mutual Don Lee Broadcasting System