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All the day long, they skate and they run and they swim and they throw the baseball, chase each other in the streets and over the fences. Mamma Mia, I think if I was born in America I would be too tired to grow up. And I got such a wonderful, such a wonderful school for these kids. First there's a kindergarten where you study with a little of blocks. Then there's a grammar school where you study with a grammar. Then you study somewhere in a high school and if you're lucky enough, you'll have a college where you stop studying and begin to play football. The reason I'm writing all this about American kids is because I'm a belong to what they call Big Brothers of America. And I'm a Big Brother to Lily Sandy. He's a Noose Boy. And I tell you, Mamma Mia, it would make you a bigger heart to feel good to see what a change has been in this little boy. All I'ma give him is a one-a-thing and that's very cheap. In fact, it's a cost to nothing. Love. All little children should have that. Oh, it's making me feel very proud of the way Sandy is a look up to me. Only yesterday I was a walker into my night school class and Sandy was just saying... Boy, Mr. Bosco, I sure have the papers today. Hustler, what's that? Oh, it's just slangs. Lots of us kids use slangs. Well, it's like, like rag them up. What's that? That new song of rag them up? Oh, no. You see, in pool rooms... Sandy, you don't go to the pool room no more, do you? Oh, no, Mr. Bosco. Honest, I cut it out. You want me to swear? Sandy is not the nice little boy she should have sweared. I would have stopped you long a time ago if you wasn't telling me pool room is the way the people are going swimming. Well, you don't have to worry any more, Mr. Bosco. I don't lie to you, and I don't do any of the things I used to. But... But what? Mr. Bosco, you've got to help me some more. There's something I've got to get off my chair. Sure, what do you got? A mustard or plaster? Oh, I'm not. This is something I did that was very wrong. Sandy. But it was a long time ago. Oh, a long time ago. Sandy, I'ma tell you before what surpasses a forgot. Like Uncle Pietro has always said, what's a here is a here, what's a common is going to be and what surpasses are not going to happen. What do you mean by that? Huh? What do you mean by that? I don't know. You see, Uncle Pietro has only said the smart things, and he's never explained them. But this is something... I'ma know what I hear. Remember what I'm first to tell you, Sandy, isn't never too late to start the fresh. That's what's happened to you. Is it turned out to good? Real good. Well, here's to my night school, Sandy. I'ma see you tomorrow. Goodbye, little brother. Goodbye, big brother. That's all I saw. Quiet class, please. That's fine. Now I'll call the roll. Mr. Basco? Present. Mr. Howard? Present. Mr. Olsen? Present. Mr. Schultz? I'll tell him when he comes in. Oh, thank you, fellow pooper. Mr. Schultz, stop acting silly. Just say present. Who knows if I'm present? Does anybody really know anything? Life is just a dream. And what seems real one minute is a shadow the next minute. The most real thing is life. If you look at it closely... Mr. Schultz, how long do you intend to keep up that speech? Until the bell rings. I didn't do my homework. Thank you, fellow sufferers. Mr. Schultz, you may stop bowing and take your seats. Now, class, today we are taking up the... Mr. Howard, what are you whispering to Mr. Basco? Oh, I was just telling them I read there was going to be a meeting of the big brothers in the school toilet, and that Luigi was going to have been a silver pin from the big brothers of America. Is that true, Mr. Basco? Oh, I saw the bulletin board, too. Congratulations, Luigi. Congratulations, Mr. Basco. Well, thank you, thank you. Who has the biggest surprise for me, too? Think of it. Luigi was voted the best big brother in the neighborhood. Luigi... He has to be a big brother and lend me ten dollars. Mr. Basco, we're all very proud of you. How's little Sandy coming along? Oh, he's the finest pudding. I'm gonna go with him on a long walk so we go to the museums and the libraries. And at some times, we're just a walk in a park and we need the pigeons. Himmel, what a way to waste a child towards it. You know that's not true. Your little Sandy was on the wrong road until Luigi made friends with him. No, he's becoming a genuine gentleman. Ah, smile, everybody. I was only joking. Luigi, don't partially complain that you are spending too much time with the boy and not enough time with Rosa. Well, he's not too happy, Schultz. Don't you like you should be a big brother? No, he wants I should be a little husband. Don't you listen to Basco, Luigi. If you enjoy being a big brother, then you'll stick to it. Yeah, yeah, Olsen, that's right. Because I got three children, Luigi, and believe me, the greater satisfaction a man can have. The biggest pleasure you can ever enjoy is to come home at night after a hard day's work, open up the door and find the little monsters fast asleep. Oh, Mr. Schultz, be serious. This big brother idea is wonderful. Yes. Many a young boy needs a mature friendship, some affection and guidance. And furthermore, you never know, but one kind word or one good deed from an older man might change a little boy's entire life. Ah, of course, of course. You know, I remember the first day I came to America. It was bitter winter. I was cold and hungry and alone. I walked in the streets with empty pockets. I thought I didn't have a friend in the world. And then as I crossed the street to get over to the other sidewalk, a cop touched me gently on the shoulder. He looked at me, and then he reached into his pocket. And he said, give me your money to eat. Give me a ticket for jaywalk. Hey, gee, my friend. Oh, Luigi, hello, hello. Hello, Pascuali. Hey, Pascuali, guess what? How am I getting a prize for being the best big brother in the neighborhood? Well, well, well. Look who's getting the prize in my own little banana nose. How much money? It's no money, Pascuali. How am I getting a pin? Oh, to hold up your pants? Find a reward after wasting so much time with that sandy, that jovial delinquent. No, but, Pascuali, it's not that so much of a pin. It's a reward enough for me how sandy is a chain. What a chain? Luigi, let me tell you something. Once a crook, always a crook. That's the nature. I don't have to tell you, everybody knows a camel doesn't ever change its stripes. And are you wrong? I'm always to say it's never too late to start afresh. Sandy's a good boy. Ouch, you're so talky. Here, this letter came for you this morning. I think it's important. Oh, how you know it's important? Because I read it. Pascuali, did you open up this letter? Who? Me? Open up a email, Luigi. Don't be insulted. Well, who's opening it up? The United States Government. And income tax people, they get no worries. Maybe they won't collect enough taxes the regular way. So every March of 14th that they have what they call grab bag day. Open up all the letters and take out of whatever they find. Pascuali, stop it, stop it. Let me read this letter. Mr. Luigi Bascua, 21 and 0, to Hollister Street today, sir. A book you borrowed, autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, has been overdue since August of 2030, 1949. You are notified that two weeks is the customary period for landing the books. After that, the cost and the fines are a croon. Please return the book immediately to the public library. Oh, that's a bad, Luigi, bad. Looks like I'm going to have to visit this big brother in the big house. I don't know, but Pascuali, I'm not mean anything wrong. I'm just a forgot about the book. For God, how come? I've been a foot along a time ago. If there was a missing, I didn't find it and it slipped in my mind. Slipped to your mind, eh? Well, it didn't slip with theirs. Luigi, your cases are now in the hands of the FBI. The FBI? Yes, a federal book investigation. Luigi, when the worst trouble of your life, you know what they call a fellow who's getting in trouble with a public library? What? A bookie. I'm not going to scare you, but I wouldn't be surprised if instead of an LB for Luigi Bosco, police is going to change your initials to LP for Leavenworth the Penitentiary. Oh, Pascuali, that's the worst thing that's ever happened to me. And to Sandy, just think what's to happen to Sandy and the other bigger brothers will they find out. Luigi, it's going to be a catastrophe. No, Pascuali. Pascuali, you mustn't, you mustn't he's trusting me so much at the word, he would Stop a choppin' of wood. Luigi, only a miracle can save you from this grace or any grace. What a miracle, what a miracle. I'm thinking, don't you smell smoke? Luigi, when you got your library card I was assigned a few characters to prove you had one. Well, if I go to the library as a citizen in the big shots from the neighborhood, I could redeem you face by giving them money. This they keep as a hostage and hadn't type as you to use your lawful name and library card again. Pascuali, you would have do this for me. Well, it's a big sacrifice to Luigi, but for you I'd do it. Oh, Pascuali, you must a wonderful man in the whole world. Now I'm going to do you a little favor. Make me do me a little favor. Why, sure, Pascuali, what's the favor? Marry my daughter, Rosa. Oh, Pascuali, until you got any other favor. All right, don't marry, Rosa. Good. Let her marry you. Oh, no. Oh, yes. Listen, you pupsqueak, a beggar's can to be choosers. I'll give you three hours before I turn you in. It's 9 o'clock now. I want your decision by 12 o'clock to hide. Pascuali. You know, but the immigrants to take advantage of a public library is the lowest thing there is. A bookworm. Goodbye. For me, the trouble, I mean, I'm worse off than all the countries in the whole world. They worried about the atom of Obama, the ex-Obama, the hydrogen of Obama, but I'm got the biggest Obama of all, the Roger Obama. Before we return to life with Luigi, here's a little idea you find useful at home or at your job. Occasionally, during the day, slip a stick of delicious Wrigley's Spearmint Chewing gum into your mouth. Grite along working and chewing at the same time. You'll find that the smooth, pleasant chewing relieves the monotony, helps keep you from getting restless or tense. As a result, you naturally feel better and work better. Always keep a package of refreshing Wrigley's Spearmint gum handy so that you can chew and enjoy a stick whenever you want. Now let's turn to page two of Luigi Spearmint. And so, Mamma Mia, is a terrible trouble for me. Today I'm supposed to get the beautiful opinion from the big brothers of America, but in a state of Pascuality, he's going to send me to jail. He's the same today as the last day to make up for my mind. Either up the river or rosa. Up the river, Mamma Mia, up the river is a slang expression, means I'm in a jail. But if I marry roses, another slang expression means I'm in the soup. What am I going to do? If a Sunday finds out, is it going to break my heart? So I'm going to talk to, maybe I go find the book. First the thing I'm going to do is go to Schultz as a delicatessen. Maybe that's where I left it. And another pound of potato salad, Mr. Schultz. Schultz, I'm going to buy the book. Oh, Luigi, my fellow Hoover. You know when you first came in I didn't give a good look. I thought you were just a crummy customer. Schultz, I'm in a terrible trouble. What? Pardon me, Mr. Schultz. You were in the middle of my potato salad. No, please, Mrs. Pastor, this is a friend of mine. And don't say I was in the middle of your potato salad. But my store should be condemned by the health department. What is it, Luigi? Schultz, have you seen a book of mine here? The biography of Benjamin Franklin. What's the name again? The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. After that, Schultz, how stupid I am, Luigi. I didn't even know they had autos in Franklin's day. Schultz, Schultz, I'm in a terrible trouble with the library. What's the matter, Luigi? Did you try to take out the librarian instead of a book? Schultz, but Schultz says the library is a set of me letter because the police are cracking it down on the bookies. So I'm going to have to get a new station only because my name is going to be Luigi Levenworth. Oh, not steaming, Poshkibali, as he got you for shemmels. Mr. Schultz, if you are going to continue talking, I shall have to take my business elsewhere. But go, Schultz, please. How many of you should have lost a customer? I'm a go. Excuse the lady. I'm a sure Schultz. It doesn't mean no harm when he's a stepper Goodbye, Schultz. Goodbye, Luigi. And don't worry, Schumail will be like me happy, always laughing. My aromatism is killing me. So it's close. You know where he is? Got no idea. Hey, come here a minute. I want to talk to you. You like Luigi, don't you? I'll say he's my big brother, you know. Yeah, he's like you so much he's not got a time for nobody else. Big brother, huh? Sandy, you old enough to know children has got to come from the same a mom and a papa. Don't you know that? Yeah. That's a simple chemistry. Brothers that come from papa's, the sisters that come from mama's. Now look, kid. The wage is a total stranger. You only raise any hangs around you. He hopes you go to sell him a newspaper at a half price. Oh, no. I always want to give him a paper for free, but he always pays for it. That's a proof he don't love you. He's just a pity to you. What? He knows how much you need the money. One's got nothing to do with the other. You're a big fat liar. That's a final way to talk if you're grown up. So you're a little gangster. You've got no right to say that. You've been a swiper of things ever since you were ever to tan. Mr. Baskill said it's never too late to start fresh. You're just mad because you won't marry your daughter and everybody knows it. Listen, you've got a swiper. I wouldn't want him for a son-in-law. He's a crook like you. He's no crook. No. Just to go to the public library and see if he didn't steal out of Benjamin Franklin's autopsy. Something like that. Benjamin Franklin. Sure. I don't think I ain't going to let the big brothers know all about you, too. I fix him good. You won't fix anybody. You won't hurt a weedie. Hey, where you running? I think I heard the kids' feelings. Well, he heard a minor with that erosive talk. But I heard a hymn with that newspaper talk. But he called me a big fat liar. But I told the hymn there was no doubts about it. I'm a rat. You've got a few hours left. As soon as you've got to go get your pin. Yeah, I know, Pascuale. Luigi, believe me, I'm doing everything what's best for you. Roses are going to make you a wonderful wife. She's a real fine girl. When you take a rose out of my loss that you gave me. You're so right, Pascuale. When I take a rose out of my loss that she's gone again. Oh, Luigi. Look on me. Right, I'm looking. Study the character in my face. You think I'm a bitter, mean old man. You think I've got no feelings for you. You think I've made a rock and a steel and I would do anything just to get rid of my daughter. So what do you think? Well, are you wrong? I would. Luigi, face the facts. I didn't bring you to America just for the boat ride. And I didn't bring you here to big assist the private. Don't keep me waiting. Say you marry Rosa and I keep her my mouth shut with a sander you get her your pin. Say no and the police will crack down on you in 10 minutes. All right, Pascuale. I'll marry Rosa. Good. I'm going to call Rosa now to hear the good news. Rosa! I mean the Buttercup. Why don't you forget about it being a big brother to a little a ten year old dumbbell when you can marry Rosa and have a dozen of your own. Rosa, go back in the store. What? Hey Rosa, when was he here? About ten minutes ago. You'll be quite a Pascuale. You said Rosa carries very intelligent conversation. I'm a woman. You didn't. Everything is a lost. Pascuale, you tore down everything. I wait for Luigi. No, it's no use. I'm a run to the library to tell everything. I'm a run to the library to tell this library. Yes, what can I do? I'm a give up. What? I'm a give up myself up. I'm a miss everything. I'm a bookie. You're a what? I'm a bookie. Well, that hardly affects me. I'd never bet on a horse in my life. So please, there's another horse. There's a Benjamin Franklin. Oh, I see. Now suppose you relax and tell me what it's all about. Benjamin Franklin and how he lived when he was a little boy. He was the bookie. I mean, are you looking for or returning a book? No. I'm going to see a letter from you because I'm going to return a book. Believe me, I'm going to mean it wrong. The library is a wonderful thing. Well, what's your name? Luigi Basko 21 and not the whole steady state of Chicago for Illinois. Well, I'll just check through the file. All right. Luigi Basko, Luigi Basko, Luigi Basko. You got somebody, Luigi Basko? No. Oh, here. Well, yes, you took out a book, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin on August 23rd, 1949. That's right. I'm going to return it so I'm going to give it myself up. Oh, wait a minute. What's this? Well, that book was returned today. You mean it's to come home by itself? For a day today? Well, that's odd. Here's a note on the card. Someone paid up all the fines for the request that there may not be mentioned. Somebody, no mention of it. Could it be Pasquale? Well, anyway, the book is here and the fine was paid so whatever was worrying you before, needn't anymore. Come on, Mamiya. Pasquale's not going to tell a big of brothers and I'm going to get that to pin. I'm going to hurry up. I'm late for the meeting. What? Thank you, Mr. Library. Thank you. Goodbye. Goodbye. Oh, Mr. Basko. If you didn't finish that Franklin book, you may take it out again. Once in a year, I think you'd better watch him a little bit. The Big Brothers of America, Chicago, chapter number 42, takes place in awarding this pin to Mr. Luigi Basko. Thank you. Thank you, my girls, for his excellent advancement. Boy, some beautiful appenza, Sandy. Sure. Boy, it was a lucky day for me when I met you, Mr. Basko. I was going from bed to work. Sandy, some of the times you think it was a bad and you could never change it. That's not the truth. Nobody's a born a perfect. Let me tell you something about the me that's happened right now. Mr. Basko, before you tell me something, I want to tell you something. What? Remember I told you I wanted to get something off my chest? Sure. And I thought it was a must-have plan. That's right. Mr. Basko is about to your book. It's the library book. You're still when you first got it. You told me all about the big brothers. I just listened. I thought it was a lot of bunk. When I was so used to taking something, I took your book. Then I never got the courage to tell you about it. Uh-huh. What was it you wanted to tell me, Mr. Basko? Nothing, Sandy. Nothing. You know, for a little boy, you got a lot of courage. You know what you say? You start fresh. You still like me, Mr. Basko? I like you. I'm a love you. Well, here's your house, Sandy. Good night. Good night, big brother. Good night, little brother. And so, my money, everything has turned out to fine after all. Isn't that the wonderful thing there's the big brothers where one helps out to the other? Maybe someday this idea's to go around the world for one another. Anyway, I was sitting in front of my store the next day, and it's sure enough a Pascuali has come to me and asked me to marry Rosse. So, I said to Pascuali, you ask me a thousand times. How can you ask me again? And he just said, Luigi, I'm using your words. It's never too late to start fresh. You're loving us, son Luigi Basko, little immigrant. Well, that was a briggly experiment, and I hope you enjoyed tonight's episode of Life with Luigi, and they'd like to remind you of the enjoyment you can give and receive by passing Wrigley's Spearmint Gum around to your family and your friends. Offering a person a stick of delicious Wrigley's Spearmint is a typical American gesture of friendliness. Folks enjoy its refreshing real mint flavor and the pleasant chewing. So, always keep a few packages of Wrigley's Spearmint Chewing Gum handy. Enjoy this good tasting treat often yourself and win a lot of thank yous The makers of Wrigley's Spearmint Chewing Gum invite you to listen next week at this time when Luigi Basko writes another letter to his mama Basko in Italy. Wife with Luigi is a Psi Howard production and is written by Mack Benhoff and Lou Dermond and directed by Mack Benhoff. The match is starred as Luigi Basko with Alan Reed as Fasqually, Hans Conrad as Schultz, Jody Gilbert as Rosa, Mary Shippen as Faulding, Joel Forte as Horowitz and Ken P. as DeVolk. Music is under the direction of Life Club. Friends with Wrigley Company invite you to listen to their other program The Gene Offery Show every Saturday night over most of these same CBS stations. Bob Stephenson speaking, this is CBS The Columbia Broadcasting System.