 I'm the comic weekly man, the jolly comic weekly man, and I'm here to read the funnies to you, happy boys and the 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 that pop the comic weekly straight into your living room, your friend the comic weekly man, the jolly comic weekly Well little honey, how are you today? I'm just fine thank you, how are you? Oh I'm fine too. Oh tell me, have your father and mother been enjoying ex-president Harry Truman's story in the American weekly? Oh yes, they've been telling me all about it too, about how Mr. Truman left the White House and went home and moved back into his house on the same... And all his friends welcomed him back? Anything. Yes, so do I, and you know you'll learn when you study your history in school that that's one of the wonderful things about the American democratic way of life that the people elect a man to the presidency, and then when he's through being president he goes right back again to become one of the people living among the people who had elected him. Well I'll enjoy studying that, you know my sister since she's talking about presidents and things. Oh what's that? Well, King Henry's been very cruel to Charles Bandon who was in love with his sister Mary. Oh yes, that's right. Governments in those days were quite different than they are now. Yes, they were. Now for instance, the king had put Charles Bandon in prison and Charles Bandon finally just had to escape and I'm worried about whether he gets away without being killed. Well if you're worried I'll promise you I'll read the sword and the rose first. I couldn't. Now could you start reading the funny... Puts 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 Puts the comic weekly and since you're so anxious to read the sword and the rose let's turn over the first page and go past little iodine and Prince Valiant, turn over page three, go past the Lone Ranger, and here on page five is Walt Disney's The Sword and the Rose. Magic words for the music please. Very well my lady. It's Merry Merry England when knighthood was in flower, music to bewitch our story hours. In an attempt to escape from the tower where King Henry had been in prison, Charles Bandon has been stabbed in the back by assassins hired by the Duke of Buckingham. He's thrown overboard and disappears in the murky waters of the Thames River. Three months later, Brandon's friend Sir Edwin Caskedon arrives at Buckingham Castle with a message from King Henry. He tells Buckingham that King Louis of France has died and that the Princess Mary is now free to marry Brandon and has sent a message to Brandon who she believes to be free. Buckingham, who had arranged for the killers to kill Brandon, tells Caskedon the twisted account of Brandon's ill-fated escape attempt. Caskedon says, Hey but my lady, Merry, she's the virtual captain of the Dufan. Francis will scarce be crowned before he'll force her to wed him. The Duke answers, I go at once to France. When Henry returns, tell him his sister's flight was such that I took it upon myself to serve as his ambassador. Last picture, top row, Caskedon leaves the Duke's quarters. As he crosses the courtyard, a man lurking in the tower shadows whispers, Sir Edwin. Yes, the same. First picture, bottom row, the stranger hands a piece of paper to Caskedon. Sir Edwin, die after die, I've looked and asked and whited for you with this message. Caskedon recognizes the handwriting. Swiftly he reads the note. Can you take me to the man who wrote this? Aye, I can, Master. A week later, the treacherous Duke of Buckingham reaches Paris, pretending to be King Henry's ambassador, he bluffs the newly crowned Francis into releasing Merry Tudor. And a short time later, last picture, Buckingham, with Merry at his side, is on the way to his ship to return Merry to England. He cunningly explains to her, So you see, Your Highness, Brandon, the man you love, was killed in an unfortunate attempt to escape. Therefore, I have come to save you from the cruel King of France, and shall always remain at your service. Buckingham, he lies about everything, doesn't he? Yes, he does. Well, don't marry Duke now that Charles Brandon isn't alive. I wonder. I wonder what it is about that the man gave to Sir Edwin that mammy was Charles Brandon's friend. I wonder myself. Maybe we can find out more about that next week. But now, let's go to the very last page of the first section and see if Flash Gordon begins a new adventure today. Oh, yes, please. All right, here we are on the last page of the first section. And remember that last week, Flash's friend showed him a beautiful new airship. And Flash just loved the ship, and he said he wanted to be the first one to try it out. Yes, and Dale said that he could. I wonder if that means that Flash is going to start a new adventure on another planet. Well, let's start reading right now and find out. Here we go with Flash Gordon's rig-a-rig-a-doon-doon Sasuke Matash. Let's set music for heroic Flash. The new ship is all ready for flight. And at dawn, Zarkov and Dale are saying goodbye to Flash, who is to make the first solo flight into outer space. Destination, the planet Callisto. Zarkov says, remember now, Flash, you're all alone on this one. Get your data and get out. No landings. Yes, I know. I know you can't trust ranged planets. There are to get you. Well, don't worry, Zarkov. I'll bring this baby back. And a moment later, Flash is in the ship with a thunderous roar. The first single-seater rocket ever built races down the runway. Well, Dale, there he goes. Man's first solo flight into outer space. Flash picked her top row. Flash is on his way alone, heading into the mysterious space. The long voyage through space requires nerves of steel for a lone man to endure. To fortify himself against the loneliness that comes from being by himself day after day, Flash is supplied with music, a built-in moving-picture machine, and plenty of good books, miles of time. And then, first picture bottom row, Flash looks ahead, and he sees a giant planet's space speeding toward it. Ah, there she is. Calisto, Jupiter's fourth moon. Well, now let's get in close for some reconnaissance work. Fact reading shows no methane in atmosphere. Well, so far so good, Calisto. Now, soon find out if you're out to get me. Last picture, he heads the rocket ship for the surface of Calisto. All right, Calisto. I'm coming down to get acquainted. Weeks and weeks. Neither do I. It's quite an ordeal being by yourself with only your own thoughts and no one to talk to. Well, I hope so. No, do I, but remember that every other planet Flash has landed on had mysterious things that greeted him. Yes, sir. Maybe next week we'll find that out. Now, let's pick up the first page of the second section. Oh, yes, sir. All right, here we go. On the first page of the second section with Dagwood and Blondie, Ramaphore, Ramaphams, M-Z-M-Zombie, Conjury Music for Dagwood, and Blondie. Today, Dagwood is busy raking up the leaves in his yard. I love a quiet day like this. I can get all my yard work done. Last picture, top row, Blondie rushes out into the yard. Dagwood, the nuffies will be here in one hour. Oh, my goodness. Look at me up to my neck in tin cans. Forget the tin cans and come in the house with me. Blondie. Blondie. Blondie. Blondie. Blondie. Blondie. Blondie. Blondie. Blondie. First picture, second row, they dash in the house. The house will have to be cleaned from top to bottom. Well, first, we'll have to give that to all the kids. And in a moment, Dagwood has chased all the neighbor kids out of the house. Last picture, second row, Blondie is giving orders to the family. Alexander, start in the kitchen. Yes, Mother. Cookie, you take the hall. Yes, Mother. Dagwood, you do the windows. Yes, Mother. I mean, dear. Ten minutes later, first picture, third row, Blondie has dusted the house. Alexander is dumping junk in the ash can. And 20 minutes later, Alexander is vacuuming the rug. Dagwood dashes around the room with a carpet sweeper. Last picture, third row, Cookie announces. My room's clean. Yeah, and I've finished, too. And I'll be through as soon as they sort out the toothbrushes. Oh, oh, the phone. I'll get it. First picture, bottom row, Blondie answers the phone. Hello? Bumstead residents. Blondie Bumstead speaking. Told everything, if they're not late. Yeah? And Alexander goes. And Cookie goes. And Daisy the dog goes. Hey, about it. And last picture, Blondie says cheerfully. Just think I got all this. Too, if I thought I'd done all the women's work for them. Well, yes, they should help, but not do it all. Well, I kind of see what you mean. Well, thank you. Poor Dagwood. I really feel sorry for you. He certainly is funny. I just love Dagwood. Well, now let's turn over the page and see who's there. Oh, look, Roy Rogers. Yes, and remember, Roy and the boy, Chilly, had trailed the outlaws to their mountain hideout. And they trapped Roy and they tied him up. And Marge Preston, whose uncle was killed, had found the trail and followed Cash Baxter, the leader of the outlaws there. But he was a boy that named Chilly, was trying to help Roy escape, but he dropped a bottle and a chance to cut Roy loose. Well, let's read now and find out. Here we go with Roy Rogers, King of the Cowboys. Hi, yippie-yo. Now here we go with Roy and Trigger. Hi, yippie-yo. Chilly takes a piece of the broken bottle and cuts at the ropes that are tying Roy's wrists. Broken glass, fatty sharp, senior Roy. You'll be free, pronto. Good work, Chilly. Lucky the etch and acid in that bottle didn't splatter on my face and you dropped it. And then the door opens. Roy holds his hands behind him as though he's still tied. Gaffer enters. He sees the boy. So this is where you've been hiding, Chilly. Don't touch the boy, Gaffer. He's done no harm. Yeah, well, I'll take care of you. And Roy has hit him. Right, get out of here, Chilly. Roy starts to tie Gaffer up. Chilly runs out of the room. Last picture, top row, he runs through the room where a cashbackster is holding Marge Preston prisoner. Seniorita Marge, senior Roy, he's in the secret room. I go for help. Yeah, well, not if I can help it. First picture, bottom row, Gaffer rushes into the other room. Roy, hurry. Cashbackster went after the boy. Grab Gaffer's gun, Marge. This is the home where you dry ghost your uncle. Why did he do it, Roy? Baxter and Gaffer are counterfeiters. Your uncle tried to skip with some engraved place they forced him to make. Keep your eye on him. While outside the cabin, Baxter is searching for the boy, gun in hand. He stops, looks around. And where did that blasted kid get to? And directly above Baxter, the boy, Chilly, is hiding in the camouflage net. He looks down on Baxter and thinks to himself, I have fools, senior Baxter. He never looked for me up here. And then, last picture, Roy comes out of the cabin. Baxter standing behind a tree season and says to himself, Yeah, Roger's got loose, but he hasn't seen me. I've still got a chance to get him when he comes a few steps closer. Yeah, but look what's happening. He's walked out of the cabin straight for Baxter. Oh, and you will? Well, I hope not, because if Roy is shot, everybody will be captured. Oh, do you think that will happen? Well, we'll find out more about that next week. But now look across the page. There's little Donald Duckle. Oh, yeah. I will in just a moment, but first here's that nice man again with something interesting to say. Now, here we go again with Puck the Comic Weekly and on page three of the second section, Donald Duckle. Magic words for the music, please. Very well, my lady. Say them with me, please. Squeeze them, squeeze them, squiddly-pick-a-chack. Let's add music to fit it. Quack, quack. It's late at night, and the Duck family is in bed. Suddenly, Donald is awakened by his nephew, Louis. Okay, Donald, wake up. Burglars. What? Donald slips out of bed, tip close to the door, and sticks his head out into the hallway. And he hears, I can't get it open. And do we whispers? Hey, listen. They're trying to get in the window. Donald tiptoes down the hallway, and he hears voices coming out of the living room. It won't open, Dippy. It's stuck. It's got to open. There's a bucket of diamonds in there. Uh-oh. Donald tiptoes back to the bedroom. Last picture top row he exclaims. It's Burglars for sure. Quick, get my shirt done. First picture bottom row, Donald gun in hand is peering into the living room. He sees two crooks looking in the window. He aims his gun. He dashes to the phone. Police, police. And then his nephew, Huey, taps him on the shoulder. Say, Uncle Donald, did you happen to notice if I forgot to shut off the television set in there? What? And last picture, Donald turns on the lights in the living room and sees his television set blasted to pieces. And he looks at his nephew, Huey, and goes... And instead it was the television set which they had left on. Yes, and we're trying to rob the house. Oh, that, Donald. The craziest things happened to him. Well, now let's turn over the page and see who's there. And we'll read Uncle Remus right now. Say the magic words with me. Hip at the hop and he'll make it a habit to give us music for Old Robert. Uncle Remus says, Burr Rabbit and his cousin Jack Rabbit look so much alike that he got the double-jointed idea to outfox Burr Fox. Yep, Burr Rabbit has a scheme to outfox Burr Fox. He's telling Jack Rabbit to put on clothes exactly like the ones he's wearing. Yeah, you see, us look so much alike that Burr Fox won't know which is who. Jack Rabbit answers. Yeah, I sure do look t'winnish. A few minutes later, they're going down the road. Jack Rabbit and Burr Rabbit dressed alike, looking exactly alike, and with voices that sound alike. Burr Rabbit says, Now Burr Fox will be seeing double trouble. Then they see Burr Fox coming over the hill. Hey quick, Jack, you hide behind that tree on that side of the road and I'll get over on this side of the road. And Jack Rabbit is hiding behind a tree. Burr Fox approaches. Burr Rabbit greets him. Howdy, Burr Fox. You look smarty-mean this mornin'. Burr Fox howls, What do you want? At last picture top row, Burr Rabbit is behind a bush on the left side of the road. And Jack Rabbit steps out from a tree on the right side of the road. As I was saying, Burr Fox, your head is showing signs of booby hatching. First picture bottom row. Burr Rabbit calls from the left side of the road. Yes, sir, Burr Fox, you is getting the loony pickles. Burr Fox swings his head around. He doesn't split up. And Jack Rabbit calls from the right side. Who me? Burr Fox's eyes roll around his head. My eyeballs are getting out of your joint. What joint? And Burr Fox swings his head back and forth. I said, what joint? All I see is rabbit echoes. And last picture Burr Fox dashes down the road. Help! Help! Why is this contaminated? Help! And Burr Rabbit giggles. You see? I told you two heads was better than one. And Uncle Remus says, the eye can run the mind. Crazy. Burr Rabbit certainly did fool Burr Fox that time. You bet they fooled him. Burr Fox thought he was seeing two Burr Rats. And almost made him go crazy. He won't sleep well tonight. No, he won't sleep well tonight. Well, now let's go to the last page of the comic weekly. All right. Oh, look, here's Dick's invention. And remember that Dick is in the early days of America and California when gold had been discovered. And Dick and his friend Mr. Campbell had gone looking for gold and they had found it. You bet they did. But thieves attacked them in the middle of the night and stole their gold. So Mr. Campbell, that's Dick's friend, called the meeting of all the honest gold diggers. Yes, and he was urging them to join together to fight against the crooks. And now they're on their way to catch the crooks. Do you think they'll catch them? Well, let's read now and find out. Here we go with Dick's adventures. Say the magic words with me. Let's have music for adventure to stick. First picture, second row, Dick and the others are on the trail of the killers. The chase leads ever deeper into the wild soyares. And then Dick cites their quarry in the ravine below. There they are. There they are, down there in that valley by those rocks. Watch yourself, they've seen us. And sure enough, the outlaws have seen their pursuers. They whip their rifles to their shoulders. Come on, men, get behind covered. Hey, wait, wait, I got an idea. Yeah, what is it, kid? Hey, let somebody keep shooting from here and then some of us could climb up to that big rock right above us. And then we can get at them. Hey, the kid's got an idea. And a moment later, last picture, middle row. While the shooting continues, Dick and two of the party reach a ledge directly above the two killers. OK, now, push these rocks down on them. And ought to stop them. Yeah, sure, here goes. And first picture, bottom row of the rocks thunder down onto the two crack criminals. Guns are knocked out of their hands and they stand helpless. You hold your fire or we give up! We give up! And a few minutes later, last picture, the two crooks are captured. And what are you going to do with us? We're taking you into town and giving you what you got coming to you. Yes, it was. It had just proved that editor Campbell was right in telling the others that they must stick together. What will they do to those killers now? Put them in jail? Well, we'll find out about that next week. Now look below Dick's adventures. There's Rusty Riley. Oh, yes. The theater coming near the milestone farm and Rusty was going to play a jockey. Yes, in the play. And also in the company, there was a rich local girl who had some very expensive pearls. And also in the play, there is a man named Shorty and he dressed up in Rusty's jacket and cap and stole the pearls. And he makes it look like Rusty is the one who stole the pearls. Yes, but Rusty was miles away dressed in his jockeys costume helping a man whose truck was stuck in the mud. Oh, what happened? Well, let's read now and find out. Here we go with Rusty Riley. Gallop and run till the road is dusty. Give us music for his horse and Rusty. Standing beside the truck that is stuck in the mud, Rusty hitches Dawn to the car and then says to the driver, Okay, mister. I got a sort of a harness on Dawn. You get in the car and then we'll pull up to you and I think it'll get that wheel out of the mud. Okay, boy. Can't do any harm to try it. Okay, let's try it. Driver throws the car in gear. Dawn throws her shoulders against the rope and begins to pull. Come on, Dawn. Come on now. Come on. And then the truck begins to pull loose. A couple of feet more and it pulls up onto the road. Hey, hurry! We did it! Hold on, wound up. Well, boy, you sure did me a big favor. I'll be able to make my carnival date with my dogs now. Wish you'd let me do something for you. Oh, forget it, mister. I'm glad to be of help. I got to go now, though. Good luck. Last picture top roll. Rusty, back at the farm, goes in the house. Hey, Patty! Hey, Patty! Tex! Yoo-hoo! Oh, jeepers. I remember now. They all went to a movie. There's nobody home. First picture bottom roll, he says to himself. Oh, well, I saw the button on myself and I better put on some old clothes. After all, this costume isn't mine. Meanwhile, at the playhouse where the actors have been rehearsing, our rest period has been called. And then a moment later, Tweety, the rich girl, rushes out of her dressing room. Hector, my pearls. They're gone. They've been taken to my dressing room. Your pearls? Holy smoke. They were the real McCoy, weren't they? Yes, they were. Last picture the director says. Our folks, this is pretty serious. I think all of us, everybody in this theater, for our own protection, should submit to a search. No, Tweety, where are you going? To telephone the police. My parents will insist on Lenny House, so the sooner the better. Yes, and the director is calling a meeting of all the members in the company, so they can all be searched. Well, we'll find out about that next week. Now, that's all the time I have, but before I go, here's that nice fellow with some more interesting information. Hey, and all you boys and girls, I gotta go now. 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 honeys. Don't forget, boys and girls, see you all next week. Your friend the Comic Weekly Man, the Jolly Comic Weekly Man.