 I'm the comic weekly man the jolly comic weekly man, and I'm here to read the funnest 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 Hello hello Hello, hello, hello Honey, did you have a wonderful Christmas? Three dresses for myself and six pairs of shoes for the doll and three pairs of shoes for myself and a hat for myself For yourself or for the doll? For me, of course. Oh, excuse me, and did you make good resolutions for the new year? Yes. Yes, I did. Well, that'll make a very happy new year for me And just for that I'll read you Puck the comic weekly, but before I do let's listen to this nice man Now here we go with Puck the comic weekly and because flash and Dale are on a strange planet with a very beautiful queen Her name is Sunni and as the three of them were riding to the palace with Goro captain of the Queen's Guard They were attacked by a huge monster and the wizard so they have no weapons to defend themselves And I'm not just to find out whether flash or Dale gets hurt Well, let's turn over to page two and here we go with flash Gordon magic words for the music, please very well my lady Rega rega dune dunes ask him a tash. Let's have music for heroic flash As the huge dragon sweeps captain Goro and his mount to the ground flash snatches up Goro's broken lance and tries to distract the monster from Goro As the monster turns to flash Goro escapes last picture top row Seizing a sudden chance Flash darts in close and catches the dragon at his only vulnerable point the monsters evil eye and tiny brain And the monster slowly sinks to the ground die First picture bottom row captain Goro says gratefully Thank you for saving my queen's life and my own Flash warns we're not saved yet. Those birds don't look friendly They see coming toward them a flock of huge three-headed birds birds big enough to kill a man Queen Sunni looks at them in horror She tells flash their hydra vultures and says they'd better take cover in the dragon's cave, but Goro protests Oh, no, it's against the wizard's metal laws. We can't go underground even into a cave Flash orders last picture your duty is to your queen not the wizards you idiot get into the cave It's the only place where we have a fighting chance against these birds As Dale Sunni and Goro run for the inside of the cave flash beats off the first of the three-headed vultures who tries to kill him Yes Well next week we'll find out whether they're all safe All right Now can we go across the page to Dick's adventures because dick is dreaming He's in the early days of America when George Washington lives and there's trouble between the English and the Americans and the Declaration of Independence has just been written and that's when the Americans told the British that they were going to be free and they were going to Rule themselves. That's right And dick is now on his way with the Declaration of Independence to George Washington and here We go to find out what happens next with dick's adventures say the magic words with me Music It's a rainy summer day in 1776 dick finds himself on a tired horse jogging down a muddy troop clogged street called Broadway at length He sees what he's been looking for Washington's headquarters in New York Dick dismounts and goes into the building in his hand dick has the first copy of the Declaration of Independence Just accepted by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia as yet. No one in New York has seen it last picture top row Dick gives it to Washington who instantly orders it read to all his officers and men Music First picture next row the Declaration of Independence is read to Washington's army It's a solemn moment. Dick studies the faces of the first American soldiers farmer boys, frontiersmen, merchants, clerks, artisans Many of them have never held a rightful and it's read to the officers Washington is a Virginia planter General Israel Putnam is an innkeeper General Knox a bookseller and general Nathaniel Green a blacksmith Dick glows with admiration for their fantastic courage in daring to defy the staggering power of England Music Meanwhile last picture of the row from reports of trappers and Indians friendly to the American cause It's known to Washington that a vast force of British regulars and Hessian mercenaries is being massed in Halifax, Nova Scotia Under general how for the attack on New York and we see the ships of the British and the soldiers preparing for the attack How early the enemy is expected dick on watch duty first picture bottom row on Long Island Sights a long line of sales far out at sea and he cries out the British transports. You can see him coming As dick and Washington's officers watch the British ships loaded with soldiers come closer and closer With no Navy to oppose them the ships stream Arrogantly into New York Bay and dick wonders what general Washington's little army can do now Yes, it's a dangerous moment. What's going to happen? Well, that's something I don't want to spoil by telling you now next week. We'll find out Let's make the waiting easier by reading rusty Riley right now Oh, yes, because the various talking about black light Yes, last week we found out that a black light is something that's invisible Except when it shines in a certain chemical then the chemical will light up like an electric sign and rusty With some paint that he found in square bags boat house And then he said he needed a light and Patty found something that looked like a lantern when they turned it on They found it was black white and the letters painted on that boat all lit up. So now let's find out more about that Very well, here we go with rusty Riley galloping run till the road is dusty. Give us music for his horse and rusty As Patty and rusty stare at the letters that shine brightly on the boat rusty exclaims According to that article in the magazine that means the paint I use for the name has that special chemical in it There's something queer about this who's men on that boat talking about black light and then finding one of these gadgets in our Boat house Immediately they go in to tell text Meanwhile at the bar and mr. Kilgore the treasury agent is talking to takes two Justice Kilgore is about to leave rusty comes in last picture top row. He says she will it can sex We found one of those black light gadgets and the special paint they use with it in our boat house Tex exclaims suffering horn toes You mean it rusty goes on first picture bottom row I wouldn't have known what it was if you hadn't given me that magazine article We painted a name on the skiff and when you aim that gadget at it it shines real bright Mr. Kilgore listens intently and says Wait a minute rusty and take it slow. This is something I want to know all about A little later after hearing rusty story Tex finally says Hey, it's getting real late time for you youngsters to turn in scram now Rusty replies. Well, I'll go in a couple of minutes Tex When I got to go back to the boat house I left my knife in my flashlight as Patty goes to the house Rusty heads toward the boat house as he nears it He stops listens then says Gee willikens, I believe I heard voices down there The last picture we see captain clone beside a boat in front of the boat house He seems to be waiting for something and then he calls Hurry up bogs get that black light projector. I got the boat ready From inside the boat house squire bogs At whose place Rusty and the rest are staying calls back I'm trying to find it clone, but somebody must have moved it. It's not where I left it. I Believe so he wouldn't be fiddling around with a black light like the smugglers did if he weren't Oh, I hope they don't see rusty there though and catch him. I hope not to hey This is really becoming something isn't it Well now I think it's time for Very well, if you're so anxious, let's turn over the page and there on page five is Donald Duck Say the magic words with me Squeegee jump squeegee jump squeegee checker check. Let's have music to fit a quack quack Oh Donald comes out on the porch with an angry look on his face he yells to one of his nephews And he leads Louie into the boys room which is a mess toys scattered all around and he says Pick up your toys this place is a shambles Louie takes one look at the floor and says well, they must be Huey's and do is me. I'm neat And he trots out to play Last picture top row Donald sticks his head out of the window when yells First picture bottom row Donald has Huey in the boys room He points to all the trash on the floor and says Get busy with your toys away. This room that this way Huey replies. Hey, you're not the wrong guy. I always keep my stuff tidy Louie and do we are the guys you want And he trots back to play Next picture Donald sticks his head out the back door and yells Oh Next picture he's showing Dewey the room covered with messy toys and Dewey smiles cheerfully and said Yuck yuck. It must be Huey's and Louie's. I'm awful neat and trots out to play Donald gets so angry he begins to steam he gets hotter and hotter And he's so angry. He's about to bust and then And a little later last picture Donald is in the house reading his newspaper While his three nephews last picture stand at the window looking as though their hearts will break as they stare Unhappily at all their toys which are out in the backyard in the ash can Well, what do you think of that? Well, I'm sure that Donald wouldn't have thrown the toys away if the boys loved their toys enough to pick them up And take care of them. Yes, but not a single one of the boys was willing to pick those toys up Yes, but what I guess you're right the boys should have picked up their toys Yes, and if they promised Donald, they'll take care of them again Maybe Donald will let them bring the toys back before the junkman hauls them away and now here's something special Well, I've got a wonderful big surprise for you Well, if you just hang on to yourself for just a moment, you'll know what it is But first here's that man again with something interesting to say Now here we go again with Puck the comic weekly, but wait before I read any more I have a surprise for everyone. Oh goody goody. I love surprises. Tell me what it is Well starting next week the next issue of Puck the comic weekly is going to have a new comic star A favorite of yours little miss honey and a favorite of all you boys and girls Hello, mr. Comic weekly man. Hi miss honey. Well here he is in person hop along Cassidy Hoppy, it's nice to have you with us I was just telling miss honey that we'll be able to follow your new adventures and Puck the comic weekly soon How about giving us a preview? Yeah, that's right. I'm proud to have hop along join the many great stars and Puck and I hope my friends will enjoy our adventures My pals California and lucky of course my great horse topper will be with me We tango with some pretty tough characters right now We're trying to bring the justice a bunch of scoundrels led by of all things a beautiful girl named Calico It's quite a story and I think you'll like it. I'm sure we will Yeah, great deal of mail comes to me from my little friends and countries all over the world I received many nice letters from Australia England Ireland Africa and Japan South American Well just about everywhere I'm proud of you far away friends and I hope that sometime soon I might visit their lands and meet them personally Yes, I'm sure that would be as big a thrill for them as for the children here in America So you certainly deserve a lot of credit hoppy for the time you spend making personal appearances to make all these children So happy I imagine all the traveling's a pretty tiring job Well, we do travel around a lot and keep pretty busy, but it's certainly not tiring as a matter of fact The more I do the better I feel You see just about everything I do is connected with kids. There's a full of pep and enthusiasm. I can't help but feel the same way Since I have so much fun doing it. It never seems like work at all. Yes. I know just what you mean Well hoppy you can certainly expect Miss honey here next Sunday when we start your adventures in Puck the comic weekly Well, that's just fine And I hope that goes for all you boys and girls who are listening because I've got some exciting adventures coming up And I wouldn't want you to miss any of them and especially next week. Well, I hope no one misses next week I know I'll be here when you read my adventures for the first time say I got to be leaving now mr. Comic weekly man and miss honey, but I'll be back in person next week So long to lend so long hoppy See you next week And you'll be back next week. Well, this is certainly quite an event say Do you think you can recover from all this excitement? You know, we still have some funnies to read Now would you like to see what Roy Rogers is doing? Oh, yes, please because last week Roy jumped in the river to save a boy who was caught in the wild water And up on top of the bluff above the river and old pioneer character wearing a fur cap was shooting at Roy And just at the moment when it looked like the old man was going to shoot right on the boy dad Another man rode up and stopped him from shooting and I would like to find out who this man is very well Turned to the last page of the first section of Puck the comic weekly and here We go with Roy Rogers king of the cowboys. Hi. Yep. Hi. Oh now here we go with Roy and trigger. Hi. Yep. Hi. Oh The mysterious stranger who stopped the old man from shooting exclaimed What's the idea shooting at my son for head her head replies Knuckles hardy. Oh harness. Mr. Hardy. I didn't know he was here boy Well, you know it now that's his pony clover there Yeah, but the lad was snooping around the old fort and I was only looking out for your interests Last picture top row hardy looks in the river He sees that Roy is saving his son and he exclaims Well, the young scamps safe out of the river and a good thing for you that he is for head First picture next row Roy helps the boy out of the river saying come on, sonny I got a score to settle with that hombre who's been shooting at us from above the boy replies And I want to get even with him too. He chased me out of Fort Havoc Roy and the boy see that fur head and the man who had stopped the shooting have disappeared So they start back to where they left their horses Roy asks Where do you live sonny the boy replies It's a box each my dad owns the biggest spread in these parts as they come up on the top of the plateau last picture The row Roy exclaims Hey, he's gone Well, I aim to find out what's going on at all Fort Havoc that invites bullets for trespassing The boy says well, you're not going without me Meanwhile first picture bottom row hardy and fur head are riding at a dead gallop hardy says over long for head I want to find out when nitro cane will be ready to do the job. I hired him for Her head replies. Well, he ain't the hurrying kind. You can't be when you're handling explosives They gallop into the port last picture hardy calls out Nitro Where are you? As the horses rare up at the explosion at their feet a voice within the fort calls out And I suspect that this partnership isn't a very good one and the man's son is with Roy Rogers Yes, it looks like the boy and Roy will be against the boys father Mm-hmm next week. We'll find out more about it But now of course it is and of course here they are on the first page of the second section of pock the comic weekly Of course, so here we go with Dagwin and Blondie Ramaphoo Ramaphamsim Zem zombie conjure me music for Dagwin and Blondie Dagwood's neighbor Herb Woodley has stopped in to ask Dagwood a favor. He tells Dagwood I've got a package come and collect and I have to go out Dagwood So Dagwood tells Herb to leave a note at his house to have the package delivered at the bumpsteads Herb tells Dagwood. He doesn't remember exactly how much he's supposed to pay for it So Dagwood says well just sign one of your checks and leave it with me So Herb signs the check last picture top row saying oh, yes. Yeah, good idea. I hear it is Dagwood Now you just fill in the proper amount when the delivery man arrives First picture next row Herb walks off saying That's wonderful to have a friend so honest you can trust him with one of your sign checks But Agwood puts the check beside the phone then goes to take a nap Last picture of the row the doorbell rings and Cookie Dagwood's daughter and a little neighbor girl answer the door They find a beggar dressed in ragged clothes who asks could you spare a poor old man a dime? Cookie exclaims well my daddy's taken a nap first picture next row the neighbor girl picks up the check with Herb Woodley's Signature on it and says well if you don't want to wake your daddy Why don't you just give the poor old man this check so cookie replies all right Now this means that if cookie writes a million dollars on it that because Herb Woodley's signature is already on the check The bank will think that Herb Woodley has written the check and wants the bank to give the hobo a million dollars Which is very unusual Next picture the hobo's at the bank where he hands the check to the bank clerk the clerk looks at it and exclaims A million dollars the hobo replies yep, and I give it to me in one dollar bills there's a And the clerk has gone to the office of the president of the bank the clerk and the president and all of them are jabbering Widely as the president looks at the check he exclaims a million dollars and the clerk exclaims And that's Herb Woodley's signature all right and the vice president exclaims why he's never had over That means that Herb is in trouble for writing a check for a million dollars when he doesn't have more than two hundred dollars in the bank First picture bottom row the doorbell at the bumpstead house rings awakening Dagwood Dagwood exclaims Well, that's probably the delivery boy, but why is he ringing the doorbell so violently? So Dagwood opens the door and Five policemen grab Dagwood and without asking him any questions take him down to jail And last picture Dagwood finds himself locked in jail with a hobo and herb Dagwood asks innocently Why are we here Herb? Herb just looks at Dagwood and growls like a dog He certainly does and no wonder being jerked out of his house and being taken to jail without knowing why He learns what she did. Oh, I'm afraid she's going to be in trouble tonight Well now it's time for Prince Valiant Oh, that's really exciting because Prince Valiant is staying at a castle and the castle is being Attacked and last week you said that the most feared thing was happening and I want to find out what it is Well, let's go over to the last page and we'll find out right now with Prince Valiant in the days of King Arthur Eckhart Breckett, Gray Malkin and Quince music romantic for a fair fair Prince Black Robert who is attacking the castle of Sir Reef Wook has put his men to work building a tower that will rise above the walls of the Castle from the tower He expects to be able to shoot down the soldiers within the castle and thus win the battle But in order to prevent this Sir Reef builds the wall of the castle higher so black Robert can't shoot into the castle But last picture top row Sir Reef is telling Prince Valiant that black Robert has unlimited material with which to build While Sir Reef only has the supply within the castle Then Prince Valiant remembers that the tower that black Robert is building is without solid foundation And he suggests that they dig a tunnel from within the castle underneath the tower and set the tower on fire And so this work is done for weeks the work continues Until in the big picture in the middle of the page We see that the tunnel runs directly underneath the corner of black Robert's tower Then this place is packed with wood and charcoal and set a blaze First picture bottom row the smithy within the castle and the armory are stripped of their bellows And the men force air into the tunnel like blacksmiths so that the fire will burn All night they pump until the very ground under their feet close with the great heat from the chamber And then the supporting timbers burn through when the tower thunders down Last picture black Robert stands very still as the labor of weeks crumbles to ruins Then he turns to his task again for this resolute man will never give up Indeed it was and now maybe it'll be safe within the castle until a messenger has a chance to bring back help Oh, I certainly don't I hope so now that's all the time I have but before I go Here's that fellow with some more interesting information Honey and all your boys and girls. I gotta go now. All right, okay, that's the date and remember that next week Hop along Cassidy will be here in person to help us start his adventures in Puck the comic weekly Yes, sir next week and every week thereafter hop along Cassidy appears in Puck the comic weekly meet us all next week Oh, I'm the comic weekly man the jolly comic weekly man I'll be back to read the funnies. Do 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