 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, I've parked the comic weekly straight into your living room. Your friend, the Comic Weekly Man, the Jolly Comic Weekly Man! Hello, hello, hello. Hello. A little miss, honey. How are you today? I'm just fine. That's wonderful. You know, I read about a most unusual thing this week. What? I read about a dog that got a diploma in school. A dog? Yes, the dog had gone to school every day for 10 years. First with the oldest brother, then with the second brother, and finally with the youngest brother who graduated this year. And they gave the dog a diploma? Uh-huh. This time, when the youngest brother got his diploma, they gave the dog one, too, because he never missed a day of school in 10 years. My, isn't that sweet? Mm-hmm. Well, I'm not going to read the funny things, because we have dogs there, too, you know? Puck for 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 Puck for Comic Weekly. And on the first page, hop along Cassidy. Oh, happy thing. Very well, then we shall read happy. Magic words for the music, please. Very well, my lady. Six guns blazing as he thunders along. Give us music for hop along. Hoppy is returning to the bar 20 ranch after tracking down Calico, the leader of the counterfeiting gang. His pal, Duke, is surprised to see Hoppy carrying somebody on his horse. And he says, well, glad to have you back, Hoppy. Who's a stranger? Hoppy replies, my young Mexican lad, Duke, we found him spread eagle on the desert, delirious from the sun. A couple of the hands lift the boy off the horse. And Hoppy says, better take him into the house and see that he's made comfortable. When he's better, we learn who did this to him. A little later, first picture, second row, three horsemen gallop up to the ranch. They rain up in front of Hoppy. One says, we're looking for a slippery young fellow escaped the law. Maybe you run across him. Hoppy says, maybe. What's he done? The man replies, he's wanted real horse stealing. Now, if you gents will just turn him over to us. Hoppy holds up a knife, saying, one moment. We three gents had this knife with a warning note attached thrown at us back in the desert. Judging from the alkali dust on your clothes, you've just come that way. Then Hoppy thrust the knife into the empty sheet the man's wearing, saying, and the knife seems to match your empty sheet. Last picture, the row of the stranger snarls. Why, you glib tongue maverick. I'll teach you to accuse me. Hoppy trips him. And first picture, bottom row falls against the ladder, and a pail of paint drops on his head. His two pals reach for the guns. Swiftly, California lucky flip lassoes over them, pinning their arms to their sides. And Hoppy says, now, mount that chaos. And the three of you hide tailing out of here. Last picture, California says, where a bucket of paint ought to cool him off for a spill? And Hoppy comments, we better keep a close watch over our young guest. I'm afraid we haven't seen the last of that threesome. Yes, that ought to change the color of his thinking. Oh, yes, but I'm afraid his thoughts will all be black ones. That'd mean no good for Hoppy. Well, we'll find out more about that next week. Now? Oh, it's Prince Val. Well, let's turn over to page three and see. Oh, there, across the mountains. And he came to the monastery. Yes, and the abbot there told Val he'd help him. So he called for a guide who could show Val away. And then the guide told Val that they'd have to wear very warm clothes crossing the mountains. And then when they were making clothes for Val, they had to use all the warm skins that they had. Yes, chamois skins. And Val said he'd go hunting for the chamois to get more skins for the monks in the monastery. So now let's read Prince Valient in the Days of King Arthur. Eckett, Breckett, Cremulcan, and Quince. Music romantic for a fair, fair prince. Prince Valient sends off for the hunt, leaving his companions to secure the equipment they'll need on their perilous journey over the pass. The mountain man, who's to be their guide, goes with Val to show him the way and to tell him how to hunt the wily chamois, an animal that lives among the higher peaks of the mountains. They're a very nimble footed animal and can leap and climb from crag to crag like a mountain goat. Up, up, up, Val climbs. Until last picture top row, the vast snow fields seem to tower over his head. But all day long, he plods upward, and they seem no nearer. But by this time, it's dark and night falls. Val builds a campfire first picture next row, and his campfire is a tiny glow of warmth amid the lonely silent peace. Next morning, Val is up early. And last picture of the row, before sunrise, he finds a spot overlooking an alpine meadow. And here he waits, still as any stone. When the morning sun breaks, Val sees in the distance animals coming into sight. First picture bottom row, down from the lofty cliffs come the chamois, leaping gracefully from ledge to ledge in the morning sunlight, trusting the sentinels that precede the herd. Slowly, the herd follows the leaders who move forward closer and closer toward Val. Last picture, Val waits, poised. The slightest alarm, and they'll vanish like mist among the crags. Closer and closer they come as Val waits with arrow to his bow. Yes. And look at the ball if I did that. So would I. Isn't it wonderful what some animals can do? Yes. And next week, we'll find out more about them. Now, if you're interested. Oh, if it's bear rabbit, I am. Well, that's just what I was coming to. So let's turn over the page and go past jungle gym and buzz sawyer. Turn over the next page. And in the middle of page seven, is Uncle Remus and his tales of bear rabbits. Say the magic words with me. Hippity hoppy, make it a habit to give us music for a bear rabbit. Uncle Remus says, bear weasel is all the time looking for something for nothing. And he usually finds both. Yes, this day, bear weasel is rummaging around in a garbage can. And he finds a book. He looks at it and exclaims, well, look at here. This year, book tells how to hypnotize folks. If he stands there reading the book, bear rabbit comes down the road. When bear weasel hears bear rabbit whistling, he says to himself, I'm going to just try some of this hypnotizing stuff on bear rabbit into the works of skin and clean. As bear rabbit comes up to him, bear weasel turns around suddenly and waves his finger in front of bear rabbit's eyes. Who could have poke it as you would have seen? You was now under my mystic spell and you does everything I say. Bear rabbit trembles. His arms drop to a side and he stands as in a trance. His eyes closed and a happy smile on his face. Bear weasel tells him last picture, you're always leading me to your secret go-man, bear rabbit. Bear rabbit holds his arms out before him and starts walking down the road with bear weasel behind him. Over the hill they go, down the dale and up another hill. And first picture bottom row, bear rabbit leads bear weasel straight to an old hollow log on a high cliff above the river. And then bear rabbit gets down on his hands and knees and starts to crawl into the hollow log. Bear weasel exclaims, well, butter my biscuits. He done that me straight to his go-man. And bear weasel gets on his hands and knees and crawls in after bear rabbit who has just come out of the other end and bear weasel exclaims, hey, bear rabbit, where's you at? He's docking here. Bear rabbit opens his eyes and with a cheerful smile gives the log a push and it rolls over the cliff into the river. Last picture as one end of the log sticks up out of the water, bear weasel pokes his head out of the log groggily. And bear rabbit up in the cliff says with a giggle, if that hypnotizing book was any good, I'd never throw it away. How dumb does weasel's get? And uncle Rima says, the book teaches, but it's still learning what counts. Well, it's funny how he's hypnotized. Hypnotized. He was too. Oh, I know he was. I did not say he was not tized. You did. Oh, I mispronounced it in trying to correct your pronunciation. You see, it's hypnotized. Oh, well, he's very clever. Yes, he is. And so are you. Oh, thank you. Mm-hmm. And now? Oh, yandy. Well, it is indeed. And then the section of Puck the Connie quickly. So if you're already, let's shuffle off with Dagwit and Blondie. Ram-a-foo, ram-a-fum, zim-zam-zombie. Conjury music for Dagwit and Blondie. One of Blondie's neighbors stops in today and says to her, well, Blondie, did you hear that Mrs. McNuff was ill? Blondie exclaims in sorrow. What a pity. So a little later, after the neighbor lady is gone, Blondie comes into the living room with her coat on, carrying a casserole. And she says, this is McNuff, and take her some soup. Blondie goes out the door and Dagwit says, oh, boy, that'll give me a chance to take a leisurely bath and not be disturbed. A little later, first picture next row, the front door opens, and a dozen women come in the house, chattering happily. And one of the women says, oh, Edna, that was such a cute way to get Blondie out of the house. And Edna replies, well, now we prepare things for the surprise party. Upstairs in the bathroom, Dagwit, who is in the bathtub, reading a magazine says, hey, I hear women's voices. I hear people milling around. So he gets out of the bathtub, wraps a towel around his waist, and trots downstairs. Last picture of the row, he comes into the living room, where the women are working quietly. As he appears in the door, they all go, Dagwit dashes upstairs, first picture next row, yelling to his dog, quick, Daisy, back in the tub, we'll rock the door. He dashes into the bathroom, and he finds two women there. Dagwit, seeing his hiding place is gone, yells, who let my bathwater run out? And one of the women answers an embarrassment, we're cleaning up the house for Blondie's surprise party. Dagwit suddenly remembers he's not wearing clothes and runs into the bedroom. He finds three women in there straightening up the room, and when they see Dagwit naked, except for the towel, they all go, Dagwit dashes out of the bedroom, down the hall. He sees another woman coming out of Cookie's room, first picture, bottom row, he says, quick, Daisy, down the clothes shoot, and leaps into the clothes shoot, and lands in the laundry basket in the basement. At this moment, Blondie enters the house, and the women all yell, surprise! And last picture, Dagwit lying in the laundry basket in the basement, still wearing the towel, pants with exhaustion. She'll never be as surprised as I was. It wasn't that funny. No matter what it is. This is just a pair of shorts. Yes, I think people are just plain silly. I think so too, but I love it when they make me laugh like Dagwit. So do I, that's why I like the funny pictures. They're so funny. And I'll read that in just a moment, 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 with Roy Rogers, King of the Cowboys. Roy had met his friend Jay Lucian Dangerfield, owner of the Wild West show, as he was driving along a road in a wagon. Yes, and when Roy, a bad man named, jumped up from under a blanket and ordered Roy to give him his clothes. And then Roy, under pretense of giving Baldwin his clothes, suddenly flipped his hat in Baldwin's face, and so got the drop on him, tied him up, and put him in the wagon. But then Baldwin kicked the horses and made them run away, his hands still tied behind him. Yes, and when they came, a wagon rolled over the cliff and Handel's Baldwin was still in the wagon. So let's find out today what happens to Baldwin. Here we go with Roy Rogers, King of the Cowboys. Magic words for the music, please. Ah, yip-a-yo. Now here we go with Roy and Trigger. Ah, yip-a-yo. Roy looks at the spot where the wagon went over the cliff. Dangerfield runs up and says, Roy, Roy, Roy, what happened to the neighborhood trying to get away in my vehicle? Roy replies, Well, I can't see him when the wreck danger field is too much dust. Oh, thank goodness my sturdy team didn't share the fate of my wagon. Well, Handel's Baldwin must have got busted the bits though, Dangerfield. Let's take a look for a safe trail to the bottom. Dangerfield climbs down to one of his horses and he and Roy ride down the cliff. When they get to the bottom, they find the wagon broken to bits by no trace of Baldwin. Then Roy finds a rope in the bushes, exclaims. Now look, the rope I tied his hands with. Handel's must have landed in these bushes. Dangerfield exclaims, Hey, Gad, Roy. Then the rascal may have escaped unhurt. He may be lurking nearby. The last picture of the row, a horrible thought comes to Dangerfield. Roy, if he's alive, we're doomed. The scoundrel made a threat to avenge himself on us for trying to deliver him to the sheriff. At this very moment, first picture bottom row, Baldwin halfway up the cliff above Roy in Dangerfield is prying a huge boulder loose, hoping it'll roll down and kill Roy. Baldwin says to himself, The Rogers will spot me any second from below. What if I can get this rock rolling? He won't catch me. He's starting to move. And he gives the boulder a final push and it rolls down the mountainside. Roy looks up and exclaims, Look out, Dangerfield, boulder coming down. Dangerfield trips as he tries to get away. Roy grabs hold of him. He falls. Ah, he had missed us. Are you hurt? Then Roy hears a galloping horse and he looks up to see Baldwin and exclaims, It's Baldwin. He's getting away on the other horse. And from up above, Baldwin yells down, I miss you with that boulder, Rogers. Are you and that local show money hurt the last of me? Handles Baldwin's, don't forget. That means that Roy has a bitter enemy vowing to get even with him. Oh, that means this adventure is getting us. It certainly is. Oh, but I'm anxious to find out what happens next week. So am I. Well, now let's go over the cave. Oh, and there's plenty more about this right now. Flesh disguised himself as the wizard and got into the wizard's cave. And after he and Prince Fino had succeeded in tricking the workers in the wizard's cave to open the door, they overpowered them and then flash quickly put on the clothes of one of the wizards. Now they're headed for the inner part of the caves hoping to find a way to free themselves. I'm anxious to see whether the guards inside the cave really believe that Flash is one of the wizards. Let's read right now and find out with Flash Gordon. Rega rega dune dunes, hasca matash. Let's have music for heroic Flash. This guy's is one of the wizards. Flash gains entry into their underground fortress. He bluffs, make way, guards. I've captured Dale and Queen Sunni. The startled guards fall back obediently and Flash goes on safely. But as the doors to another entrance open Flash has the bad luck to run into the chief wizard, Curzo himself. Curzo snarls. You scheming imposter! You shall die for this! Flash's reply is to spring to attack the tyrant. One of the guards leaps at Flash. Curzo has no taste for hand-to-hand fighting and Prince Fitch about a row flees shouting to the guards at the entrance. Ah, the doors! Splash the caves with liquid fire! The fight with the guard has delayed Flash just long enough and the doors slide shut, trapping Flash and his friends. Suddenly from cracks in the walls burning oil spurts out in spreading streams. As the burning oil covers the floor Flash shouts to his terrified friends, climb up the walls! Don't give up! And up the walls of the cavern they climb. Flash picks through the rows and the bee who suddenly calls out. Hey! This way, Flash! There's a trap door up here! Maybe we can force it open? Yes, this is one of the toughest spots Flash has ever been in. Oh, stop, Flash. Flash would have gotten that mean wizard and just fixed him good. Well, maybe he still has a chance if they can get that trap door open. Well, just save your fingernails for later. Stop chewing on them now. And let's skip over to the very last page and read Dick's adventures. You know, last week Dick began another adventure and he dreamed he was in the early days of America and he met Lafayette, a very handsome man in a three-cornered hat. Yes, American or a Frenchman who came to America to help the Americans in their fight against the English. Yes, but when they got to Philadelphia the guard wouldn't let them go inside to see General Washington and Dick couldn't understand why. Well, let's read and find out. Here we go with Dick's adventures with Dick's words with me. Rickety pat, kazak, kazik. Let's have music for adventurous Dick. As the sentry at the door of Independence Hall in Philadelphia refuses to let Lafayette or his friend Baron DeKalb enter, Dick exclaims, Oh, gosh, something is wacky. He can't understand that no one knows who they are. Last picture of the row he says to Lafayette, Oh, there must be some mistake. I know we need you. And then he walks determinedly into Independence Hall where the Continental Congress is in war session. First picture, second row, he tells one of the orderlies about his friends. The orderly replies, General Washington needs men, claimed soldiers, not titled officers. Dick exclaims, But sir, it's Lafayette, Baron DeKalb, plain fighters, Jeepers, Lafayette's going to be one of the greatest soldiers in our country's history. And Baron DeKalb is going to die like a hero fighting for us. Oh, I got to get to General Washington. But unfortunately, Dick can't get to General Washington right away. So after explaining to the puzzled and disappointed officers why they are not immediately sent into the fighting, Dick bids them have patience. And last picture of the row, installs them in lodgings. He finds Lafayette and DeKalb a place to live in Philadelphia and a nice home fit for men of their good taste and breeding. First picture, bottom row, packing their bags and their new lodgings. Lafayette, who has been disappointed up to now, suddenly smiles and says, Oh, naturally your countrymen are acting with reason, Dick. Who am I? A stranger. But perhaps they will permit me two humble favors. Dick looks up with a hopeful expression. Lafayette goes on. One is to serve at my own expense. And the other is to commence serving, not as an officer, but as a volunteer, as an ordinary soldier in the ranks. Dick has to go back to Washington's headquarters with these offers. So he leaves the house immediately. As he comes out of the house to go to Independence Hall, a breathless soldier from Washington's militia comes galloping up. His face shows the importance of the news he carries. And that he's going to start at the bottom and just be another soldier? That's exactly what he's going to do. He was because he believed in the cause of liberty. And he was willing to do anything to help men gain freedom and justice and fair play. It's too bad everybody can't be like him. Yes, I should say so. It is too bad. But I wonder what news that man has that's on the horse. Well, that's something we'll have to find out next week. But I can tell you something about Rusty Raleigh right now. Oh, and I want to read that too, because last week Mr. Kilgore had come in just in the nick of time to take Squire Bugs and Captain Cleen away when Rusty had captured them. That's right. And then the Coast Guard men caught the other smugglers out on a boat at sea. So the whole ring has been caught. And all these martins break. Now they want to talk to Tony, Squire Bugs' nephew. So let's read and find out what they learn from him now with Rusty Raleigh. Gallop and run until the road is dusty. Give us music for his horse and Rusty. Mr. Miles has brought Tony to Mr. Kilgore for questioning. The detective says, your uncle Squire Bugs and Captain Cleen are under arrest with smuggling. You are apparently involved. What have you to say? Tony replies, He's smuggling? Well, good night. I don't know anything about any smuggling. He told me that we're just pirating some lobsters. You'll make things a lot easier for yourself by coming clean. Now, what was your part in this? Oh, sure, sure. I'll tell you all I know. Well, they got me this job as teacher for the kids so I could tip them off when the coast was clear. Well, how about that black light gadget? You had something to do with that, didn't you? Oh, sure. I did. I studied electronics in college. You see, it was my idea to use it on their lobster pot markers so they could take them in at night. Tony goes on, last picture, top roll. You see, the way it works is like this. You mix a fluorescent chemical with the paint and then when you shine ultraviolet light, which is practically invisible on it, the paint becomes luminous. Mr. Kilgore nods his head, first picture, bottom roll. All right, Tony, if you're telling the truth, it'll go fairly easy with you. I want you as a witness so don't try to skip. Now, let me go back to bed. Tony replies, Yes, sir. Thank you. Good night, sir. Next morning, Patty and Rusty are having breakfast together. Patty is unhappy she missed all the fun by going to bed early. She asks Rusty if it's really true that Captain Klune and Squire Boggs are smugglers. And Rusty replies, Sure they are. They put out certain lobster pot markers with that special paint on them, and then the watertight cylinders with the smuggle goods were attached to them. And then they would go out with their black light gadget and the markers with the cylinders would shine so they could pick them out. Patty tells Rusty that Tex had said there were thousands of dollars worth of silks in the old hawks. At this moment, Tex comes into the room and says, Good morning, Rusty. Patty, you want to take a little ride? I heard about a junk dealer on the post road who has some pretty fair sales for sale cheap. You want to go? Last picture, bottom roll, Rusty replies with enthusiasm. Oh, yes, indeed, Tex, we sure do. Rusty, thousands of dollars worth of silk and Rusty was the one who found it all and he was the one who figured out about that black light all by himself. Yes, it just goes to show if young people would use their heads and think when they see things, they'd get much more out of life. Yes, and from now on, harder. I'm sure you are. And next week we'll find out more about those saddles. Well, I just love saddles and horses and I love to ride. Then I'm sure you'll be here next week. Oh, yes, I will. Good, that's all the time I have, but before I go, here's that nice man with some interesting information. Well, honey, and all you boys and girls, I've got to go now. All right, Miss Tweak. 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.