 I'm the Comic Weekly Man, the Jolly Comic Weekly Man. And I'm here to read the funnies 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! Well, little Miss Honey, how are you today? I'm just doing... What have you been doing? Well, if some of my cereal and I threw it in the snow and fed them. Well, that was very kind of you. Yeah, and they're done. And you know how to throw the same kind of a bird? Well, you know the pony a few look like sometimes. Yes, that's the interesting thing about pigeons. If you have 40 pigeons, you're apt to have 40 different patterns of pigeon clothes. Yes, but interesting things are in the funnies today. Puck the Comic Weekly? Very well, I'll read that in just a moment. But before I do, let's listen to this nice man with Puck the Comic Weekly. And on the first page, Hop along Cassidy. Magic words for the music, please. Very well, my lady. Six guns blazing as he thunders along. Give us music for Hop along. After sending the steamboat with Hoppy locked below into the rapids, Maker had escaped and headed for show in a rowboat, sure that Hoppy would be killed. But Hoppy fooled Maker. He escaped when an engine crashed through the side of the steamer, opening a door to freedom. Maker rode straight to shore, into the hands of California lucky and the Marshal, who heard the sound of his oarlocks approaching. A little later, they saw Hoppy swimming to shore. And now Hoppy is safe, and Maker is caught. Last picture top row, they mount their horses, as the Marshal says. There's a cell waiting for him back at Frank's Landon. Better start, it's a long ride. As they head for Pike's Landing, they pass through a thick part of the woods. Suddenly, Maker, who is riding on the same horse as the Marshal, seated behind him, grabs hold of a low-hanging branch, pulls himself up, kicks the Marshal in the back of the head, and drops to the ground and disappears into the brush before the others have time to act. Last picture second row, Hoppy shouts, Maker's escaping! Stop him! Stop him! First picture bottom row, short time later, Maker stumbles out of the underbrush into an opening, where he sees Ironclaw, the Indian chief, and some of his braves. They have fled here after the battle at Pike's Landing. Only a few are left, and these are wounded and sick at heart. Maker gasps, Ironclaw, Marshal and Cassidy's crowd are after me. You've got to help me. Shoot them down! Ironclaw replies, That not bring back dead braves. Cavalry come to Pike Landing, destroy Ironclaw tribe, because Maker is false brother who gave evil counsel. Rifles, bad medicine. Well, you agree to the bargain? What more do you want of me? Hours later, Hoppy and the others come out of the woods. They see a body lying in the clearing. California says, Yeah, Chief, all right. Marshal, seeing an arrow in the body says, Hey, why the arrow instead of a rifle? Hoppy says, last picture, you'll never find them, Marshal. They left that arrow as a symbol of another kind of justice that finally caught up with Maker. Glad that Hoppy escaped from the rough waters of the rapids, and now he's safe and sound. Yes, he didn't drown in the river as you thought he would. No, and now, the end of the long trail, and they've got Maker at last. Yes. I wonder what'll happen next. Well, maybe this story isn't over yet, and if you're here next week, you'll find out for sure. Oh, I'll be here. Fine, now? Oh, now, let's turn over the page, because I'm sure Prince Valiant's on page three. All right, over the page we go. A battle between the Danes who were attacking the kingdom of Prince Valiant. Yes, and things are beginning to look bad for Valiant's father. And then, And then the horn sounded retreat. I wonder who's next. Well, let's find out right now. Here we go with Prince Valiant to the days of King Arthur. Eckert, Breckert, Gray Malkin, and Quince. Music romantic for a fair, fair prince. King Agua, Valiant's father, has tied his ships together, forming a wall of ships. The sails are set, and the wind has been blowing their ships toward the shore. The Danes have been slowly forced backwards during the fight until the rocky shore is now at their backs. Big picture, top roll. King Agua's strategy is working. The Danes see their ships will be forced on the rocks where they'll be crushed, and first picture next row, horns sound the retreat. One by one, the Danish ships leave the battle and race for the shelter of the nearest fjord. Next morning, first picture, bottom roll. When dawn comes, Val looks to the fjord where the Danish fleet had gone. It's empty. During the night, the Danes have slipped away. The fight is over. But though they have been stopped this time, the Danes are undefeated and will return stronger than ever. Last picture, King Agua gathers his household together on the deck of his great dragonship. Then he calls for the outlawed boltar. As Tilikum and Alita watch, Boltar steps forward, a defiant look on his fierce face. Yes, will he punish or reward him for helping in this fierce battle? Oh, I'm sure you'll do something nice. I'm going to play cute little tricks on people before. Well, I hope you're right. Next week, we'll find out. Now? Oh, now, let's just turn over the page and see who's there. Right over the page we go. Oh, oh, look there's Donald Duck. Yes, and look across the page. There's Uncle Remus. Oh, look there. Well, Donald's in his car on his way to see his girlfriend Daisy. And he gets lost and can't find the right street. And when he thinks he's found the right place, he comes to a dead end street. Finally, he tells a taxi driver to take him to the house. And the driver says, Chick, six, two, six, two, eight. Muddy Lane. Okay, hop in. And Donald replies last picture. Oh, I don't want to ride. Just leave the way. And I'll follow. And the driver goes... That's funny. He pays the taxi driver to go ahead and join the way. Yes, no wonder the driver was surprised. Now please read me Uncle Remus. Very well, across the page to page five we go with Uncle Remus and his tales of Brer Rabbit. Say the magic words with me. Hippity hoppity make it a habit to give us music for old Brer Rabbit. Uncle Remus says... Yes, sir. Brer Rabbit has got the neck of skinning folk who tries to skin him. As Brer Rabbit has decided, he's so tired of the tricks that Brer Fox has been playing on him that it's time to play a trick on Brer Fox. He sees Brer Fox and Brer Bar lurking in the bushes outside his window. So Brer Rabbit holds up a box of diamonds for Brer Fox to see and says loud enough for him to hear. I scared to keep all my diamonds around the house. I think I'll hide them out in the cornfield when nobody will suspect. At this, Brer Fox's eyes spin around in his head. A little later, Brer Rabbit is out in his cornfield, still holding the box of diamonds and he says loud enough for Brer Fox and Brer Bar to hear. I'll put the diamond in different ears all over the field and nobody will ever find them. And Brer Fox's eyes spin around again at sight of the diamonds. And he says softly to Brer Bar, Yeah, nobody but us. That night when the moonlight comes up, last picture, top row, Brer Fox and Brer Bar are in Brer Rabbit's cornfield jerking the corn ears off the stalks and husking them, looking for the diamonds. Finally, Brer Bar says, I ain't found nothing yet. Is you? Brer Fox replies, Hey, keep looking. First picture, bottom row, hours later, Brer Bar nears the end of his row and he exclaims angrily, They're what you suppose has done happen to them diamonds. Brer Fox snarls, keep them pulling. Finally, they've picked all the corn, cleaned the ears and thrown them to the ground and they're all worn out, but they haven't found one diamond. And Brer Bar moans, But we both see them put the stuff in the corn and Brer Fox answers, And now he's all out of here. After a while in town, Brer Fox and Brer Bar, in front of the general store, all tired out from the night's work, see Brer Rabbit coming down the street pulling a load of corn. Brer Rabbit greets everyone. Morning, gentlemen. Nice day we've got. Brer Coon, who had seen Brer Rabbit's corn, unpicked the day before, asks, Hey, how'd you get all your corn picked so soon, Brer Rabbit? And Brer Rabbit replies, last picture, Oh, Brer Rabbit says, And Brer Rabbit replies, last picture, Oh, I've got secret agents working for me. Whereupon Brer Fox and Brer Bar stalk angrily out of town, because they realize Rabbit had tricked them into picking the corn for him. And Uncle Remus says, There's more than one way to skin a cat if you've got the cat. And instead learns that Brer Rabbit has tricked him into picking his corn for him, which is a lot of hard work. Yes, and I think he's mad at himself for being fooled than he is at Brer Rabbit. Yes. Well now, Well then, let's pick up the first page of the second section. And here we go with Blondie and Dagward. Rammafoo, Rammafum, Zim Zim Zombie, conjure me music for Dagward and Blondie. It's raining. Dagward says, I love a rainy day. It creates the mood. He settles down on the sofa in size. I like to just lie on my back and listen to the pitter-patter of the raindrops and meditate. Then the door opens. And Herb Woodley, his neighbor, steps in. Last picture, top row. And Herb shout, Hey, Bumstead, I want the umbrella you borrowed from me last August. I returned that umbrella months ago. You did not. Whereupon? I said I did not. You did not. Blondie dashes in. She stops the fight and gives Herb his umbrella. And as he goes to the door with a smile in his face, he tells Dagward, We'll just put those idle hands to work so they won't have time to get in trouble. Last picture, second row. Dagward's on the ladder with a pail and a mop and a frown on his face. Blondie tells him, You can listen to the pitter-patter of the raindrops while you wash the woodwork. Showtime later, the door opens. Then come all the kids in the neighborhood. They rush into the room, knock over Dagward's ladder, and as he falls to the floor, first picture bottom row, he shouts. His kids shout, Hey, let's play. He's the bad guy. Time up with the rope. Okay, huh? Yeah, let's play the bad guy. Time up. Okay. A moment later, there's a... It's Dagward dashing out of the house, pulling on his coat. And last picture, he sits in a parked bench between two hobos, an umbrella over his head in the pouring rain. And he snarls. I hate rain. And the hobo answers, Make tall. Well, he's right about one thing. What's that? He said that rain creates a mood, and it sure did. You bet he is. Now? 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 with Puck the Comic Weekly. And on the first page of the second section, Roy Rogers, King of the Cowboys. Magical words for the music, please. Very well, my lady. Hi-yip-yo. Now here we go with Roy and Trigger. Hi-yip-yo. Roy and Dolfel Hawkins had been locked in the caboose with the rustlers, Dude and Rocky, had sent plunging down the tracks. But Roy and Dolfel escaped as it went over the cliff. And then were met by Judd Meeker, leader of the rustlers, who had come riding along. Meeker, who had never met Dude and Rocky, thought Roy and Dolfel were the unknown rustlers. He had paid them off, and then told them to be at his ranch that afternoon. Later, Roy and Dolfel came upon Dude and Rocky's camp when they were trying to get their horses back again. And they were captured by Dude and Rocky. But now, their hands bound behind them, they are being taken to Meeker's ranch. As the horses come on to a wooden bridge, suddenly Roy shouts, Now, Dolfel! And Roy and Dolfel turn the horses on Dude and Rocky and crowd them off the bridge into the water below. And they gallop for Meeker's ranch. First picture next row, they come to Meeker's ranch and see the corral below with a stolen cattle inside. As they ride into the camp, they are greeted by Meeker's second picture bottom row. Well, great Scott, it's my new employees, Dude and Rocky. Uh, what happened, gentlemen? Roy replies, Untie us quick, will you boss? We just escaped from two law dogs. Hey, how many steers you got here? As Meeker unties them, Roy looks at the cattle whose original brands have been covered by Meekers. Roy exclaims, Hey, what kind of brand blotting you call that? Meeker replies, You're asking a lot of questions, Dude Dawson. You should know I use stencils and acid, instead of irons. Hey, who's this coming? It's Dude and Rocky, the real rustlers. Dude says, That creek Duncan ruined this new set of duds. I'd like to get my hands on Rogers. Last picture, Rocky replies, Well, you're gonna get your wish, Dude. I see both Rogers and Hawkins down there with a boy. Well, that really is something that we'll find out next week. I am positive and sure. Well, I can highly wait to find out because you need your viewers. Yes, you bet they'll be in danger, but we'll know about that next week. Now? Now, let's turn over the page. All right, over we go. Oh, and look, here's Flash Gordon. Oh, yes, everybody. But by quick thinking, and using the powerful machines of the Martians, Flash had saved the city by first setting the sandstorm a fire, then freezing the flames into huge walls that the hurricane couldn't blow through. But then they left it. Well, let's see whether Flash could get this new danger. Here we go with Flash Gordon. Grigoryga-doon-doon, Sasuke Matash. Let's have music for heroic Flash. In the Martian Queen's bubble-like scout ship, propelled by electron beams, Flash surveys the flood that is engulfing the planet's capital. The canal is hopelessly damp by miles of storm-drifted frozen desert dunes. It appears that the great city is doomed to complete destruction. Flash picks your top row. Suddenly, Flash gets an idea for a bold plan that may turn the dread floodwaters into a boon for Mars. With a spur, with a super-bomb blast, we can form a crater that'll serve as a huge reservoir on the edge of the city. First picture next row, as the scout ship poises on its repulsor beams near the levee. Flash dives into the storm-tossed canal with his small but deadly load, a directional hydrocarbon torpedo bomb. He disappears under the water. With the anxious dale, it seems that Flash has been under the turbulent water for hours. Finally, she utters a cry of joy. As she sees Flash emerge after having planted the mighty chimes. He shouts, The time fuse is set to go off in five minutes. But now, Queen Menta shows herself to be cruel and ruthless. She refuses to risk her life for Flash, even though he saved her city. She orders the pilot to move away at full speed, saying the tiny fuse might explode while they are picking Flash up, that even if Flash may be killed, the Queen of Mars will not. And Flash, last picture, is horrified to see the ship moving away. She's worse than terrible. She's cruel. How old? Well, that's something I couldn't figure out. I hope they... We'll discover that next week. Now I think it's time for Dick's adventures. Oh, yes. Let's turn to the last page, the very last page. And there he is. And this is so exciting, too, because Dick is in it with Captain Lewis and Captain Flash on a thrilling expedition into the Wild West. Yes, last week they escaped from the Indians, and now they're making their way up the Missouri River, which has been frozen over. And they're big. And there's another danger. The Indians on shore, silently waiting. But now let's see what happens with Dick's adventures. Say the magic words with me. Riggity-pack-a-zack-a-zick. Let's have music for Dennis Dick. Captain Lewis stands in the prowl of the boat, watching the huge ice chunks grind away. He says, It's a devil's choice, Dick, between being crowned up by the icy Missouri or attacked by the strange Indians. Dick replies, Well, I'd rather face the Indians, sir. And so it's decided to move into shore where the Indians stand silently watching. Tied to shore, last picture top row, they meet the Indians who prove friendly. More than that, the gigantic chief known to the French trappers as Le Bourne, the one-eyed, provides a winter campsite under the high bluffs by the river's ends. The men go to work at once, building log cabins which will be home to them during the coming winter. And then the completed block house is christened Fort Mandon. The Indians come bringing gifts of deer, wild fowl and buffalo meat, and a joyful party is held in the wilderness. And the Indians and the white men teach one another dance steps. But then, a few weeks later, without reason, the Indian friendship ceases. They refuse to accept the gifts that Dick offers to Le Bourne and his people. And last picture, to find out the cause of this dissatisfaction, Lewis and Clark call a consul of the chiefs, and they come through the snow, silent and sullen, led by the Indians, silent and sullen, led by Le Bourne. Over for the winter anyway. Yes, I felt the very same way too. I want more. Or maybe we'll learn the reason next week at the consul that Captain Lewis has called. Oh, I hope so. So do I. But now... Oh, look, I... Yes. And you're making Mr. Miles farm? And Mr. Miles trusts them. He doesn't know that they're crooks. And what's more, he's taken Sir Percival to dinner at the country club. He's pretending to be Sir Percival's chauffeur, and he has driven them there, and then when they went inside to eat, he came back to the Miles Stone farm and Rusty and Pete had heard him in the driveway. Yes, so the boys have decided to investigate. And I was so worried, those two little boys going to investigate when a cruel crook is around. Well, let's read right now and find out what they discover. Here we go with Rusty Riley. Gallop and run till the road is dusty. Give us music for his horse and Rusty. The boys peek through the window and they see that the window to Mr. Miles' study is open. So they decide to go down into the driveway where they can see better. A few minutes later, as they hide behind some bushes, they see a man coming out of the window carrying a bundle. They see him go down the driveway, last picture top row, Rusty explains. Hey, golly, Pete, he looks like Sir Percival's man. Pete whispers. Yeah, he's going out to the main road. Hey, let's tell Tex. First picture bottom row, they discover that Tex isn't there. And no one else is around either. Pete exclaims. Hey, good night, Rusty. We gotta do something. And as I see, there's only one thing left. Get out my jalopy and follow him. Rusty exclaims. Well, golly, Pete, we can't do that. You gave your word that you wouldn't drive it At the country club, last picture, Mr. Miles and Sir Percival have finished their dinner. As they leave their table, Sir Percival is saying, I say, Mr. Miles, been really topping of you to have me as a guest in my cell. But now I really must be on my way. No, it's my luggage, so I won't go back to the farm. Mr. Miles replies. Well, I'm sorry to have you leave us, Sir Percival, but I trust that you'll pay us a return visit in the near future. Just think that Knobbs has already stolen the valuable cups and is already on his way there to the place, and if he gets in the car and Mr. Miles lets them get away, you'll never know, maybe they'll never be caught. No. There's only one chance. And that chance is, as Pete and Rusty come to the country club and tell Mr. Miles what's happened. Oh, that would be a good thing at night time. 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. Honey and all you boys and girls, I gotta go now. All right, Mr. Comic Weekly Man, but I'll be waiting for you next week. Okay, that's a date. And the date with all you boys and girls, be sure to meet me with a little friend, 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.