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It's refreshing and the good easy chewing gives you comfort and satisfaction So chewers take a Wrigley's Spearman gum from time to time every day Millions enjoy it and you will too Now Wrigley's Spearman chewing gum brings you Luigi as he writes another letter describing his adventures in America to his mama Basko in Italy mommy In America everybody's got everything Everybody's a savings of money so he cannot buy a refrigerator washing a machine dish washing a vacuum or clean Seems like everybody here is a god these are things People who can afford it they buy people who know can afford they go on a quiz a program Has another big American a thing Everybody's a good car. They got all the kinds of here. There's a sit down a trailer trucks and America's are so rich They even they got a car for chickens. That's a color coupe Car is a wonderful thing Remember mama me in the older country don't know water how American a boy is it taking me for driving is a car Well, it wasn't exactly car. It was something like a Samantha mixer. He's a color the Jeep How that the car is a shaker Remember once how we go for a ride the me uncle pietra and his a goat And I want to we come back. I'm a loser my watch uncle pietro's loses a teeth The goat is a refuse to give a milker for three days Well, after one a year, I'm save a hundred dollars and now I'm gonna make it through my dream Course with a hundred dollars. I'm not gonna afford the new 1952 car I'm I'm gonna have to be satisfied with them. Maybe 51 But right now is the time is the time for my night school a class I'm gonna go to my school asking my teacher miss balding for a device about to buy the new car I'll call the roll mr. Basko Mr. Olson mr. Schultz absent Mr. Schultz you're present. Why do you say absent? I just want to create a sensation All right, mr. Schultz you can stop bowing now class our lessons Yes, mr. Basko, what is it? Well, I'm a spotting today is a big good day in my life And I'm a like is so much if the classes are gonna help me certainly mr. Basko, what is it? Oh, well, I'm I'm I'm a like it to buy a car very much and I'm a one car Me to you to be shot big shot is an explosion Mr.. Basko, why don't you wait until after the bell? I'm sure one of your classmates can help you in the selection of a car now class our lesson for today is Spelling and we're going to study words which contain letters that we don't pronounce now Mr.. Basko, will you volunteer to spell the word knife? I write the knife K and I f and the ears is silent Well, not exactly mr. Schultz will you try? Well, I try but I don't give a guarantee knife be Just a moment mr. Schultz. There's no be in knife. This is a boy scout knife Class I will spell the word K and I fe Kniffy No, the word is nice K is the silent letter K is always silent in front of N. Oh, is that so what about Knackwurst? Now will someone in the class give us an example of another word with a silent letter. Yes, mr. Olson in the sentence I'm Nash my teeth the Nash is well ye and a s a And the ye is silent preceding the N What the show off? I was so smart. I'd shoot myself Please mr. Schultz. That was excellent mr. Olson. Excuse me miss, but I'm I'm always you know that the Nash has a silent a motor, but this is silent a G That's in the 1952 model only No, no mr. Basko, I can see you can't get your mind off cars Can anyone here tell mr. Basko where to get a car Luigi? Why don't you go down to automobile? Oh, I'm catching straight catch him a straight Yeah, but be careful with those dealers on account of them My brother Ludwig got the best buy in his life in three years He's never had a flat never had to change a spark plug never uses any oil no trouble at all But I should say what did he buy a horse is very good Mr. Schultz, I'm getting a little tired of Sometimes they act like a lot of little school children cannot burst Excuse me, mr. I'm I'm I like it to buy a car here. Yes, sir. You picked the right lot Got just what you want 2,300 dollars 2,700 dollars 3,500 dollars anything you like drive it right out How much you want to spend 100 dollars is Well, come on around here on the back. We might find something for you. All right Now there we are here's a fine selection of cars around the hundred dollar class Nice, huh? Oh, yeah, looks just like a museum Well, let's see Just what kind of car did you have in mind now? How about a convertible? Do you like to ride with the top down? No, I'm always aware of my hat Oh, well, how about uh, how about this car here? Do you like it? It's an old No, it's a tools Mr. Did you ever drive a car before? Well, how long the time ago in the other country? I see Buddy, I got just the car for you. Here it is A studs hardly been used in the last 32 years Is it good? Oh, it's sensational. And it's not like any ordinary car. This car is different No windshield, no bumpers, no radio, no heater, no spare tire, no fuel pump Just a good honest set of used parts Oh, wait a minute. I'm not sure you've got the money if you've got it put up or shut up That's the American way. American way. Sure. Sure. I'm a guy that's the way Oh, that's the ticket. Well, here's the bill of sales signed right here You got a driver's license? No No, but I'm a kind of driver. Okay, then drive right down to the city hall and get a learner's permit hop in Hop in your car. That's right We stand behind every car we sell Only way we can push them off the lot Goodbye Hey, mama me, I'm a gonna faster Three, four, five of my heels and all What do you think? What's the happen all the way? Do you got a job in a circus? What are you talking about? I'm just to buy myself a car. What is it to look like? How many gases do you give me? Ah, you're just saying that because because I'm a didn't need any help from you Ah, no help from me, huh? Hey Hey, why are you putting those two blocks under the front wheels? That's an invention is emergency brakes That's why I know he's not the best the car, but but at least this is all mine Now I can drive down the street everybody's gonna say look Luigi. He's looking like a real American That's all right. That car you look like a real american a buffalo bell Tell me something Luigi. You've got all the insurance Insurance or what's that? Well, is it like a life insurance only you don't get paid until the car dies Look at on your car. I think somebody's already collected Then I don't need the insurance. Oh, but these insurances are much more important. That's for accidents And they got a single of them that he that's if you hit a one person then there's a double in deadly That's if you hit twins I'm not they're gonna hit to nobody. What are you talking about? You've got a car use it The best guy I'm I'm a justice spender all of my money out of my car. I'm I'm a I'm a no kind of ford this in insurance Oh, Luigi. That's bad bad. That's a cat. That's a free Tell me little cabbage pussy You gotta operate as a license. Oh, what for I'm in it operate as a license I'm not gonna work for the telephone accompanies That's a show how stupid you are operator license is a meaner when you hit somebody you've got a license to operate on them right away Man, you ain't got that either All I'm got is a line is a permit and and a book of the rules to study what am I gonna do, huh? Maybe I'm I'm I'm I should have never bought this a car without asking you advice Ah, that's the first the smart thing I heard since we started talking Luigi when I see you look so sad and my heart is a melty like a parmesan cheese and a hot spaghetti You know what I'm gonna do for you I'm gonna pay you auto insurance I see through it you get an operator license your driver license and instead of this old gelafi I'm gonna buy you a brand new car But you're gonna do all of this for me, but but but but away Well, because maybe you do me a little favor In the favor, what the what what a kind of favor you want? I'm sure do you know the favor you got a mario rosa That's all now. Please. Please just over a little while Marry rosa you'd be surprised at how my little flowers. She's gonna grow out of you But the way you do this if I'm gonna want to be a flower, but the past All right, all right, you big stupor now I'm gonna tell you something They never give you a driver's license for that old wreck you bought You're lucky if you stay out of jail. You know Well, I'm jelly. What if I'm right when you start driving through the streets like a crazy man To chase some people down the cellars up the roof to run them for their lives You know what's going to happen in a newspaper headline? Chicago is a hit to buy a new atom bomb We return to life with luigi Here's a suggestion that may be a relayed to your success and popularity Chew a few sticks of refreshing delicious wriggly spearmint gum every day Here's why that's such a good idea. You see besides giving you enjoyment chewing wriggly spearmint gum helps keep your mouth fresh and your breath sweet And that's important Then to the chewing action helps keep your teeth clean and bright and your smile attractive And that's a help in making a good impression on other people So chew a few sticks of wriggly spearmint gum every day as millions of people do Wriggly spearmint chewing gum is refreshing Delicious and you'll really enjoy it Now let's turn to page two of luigi basco's letter to his mother in italy Some of them I'm here though. I'm realizing my big ambition tonic. I like a real american I'm afraid this is gonna bring me a lot of trouble Three times of today's street cleaning department is a threat to take it away But the biggest trouble I'm gonna have but the biggest of all is In the region the ruler book and trying to learn the trafficker rules for my drive in the test Mummy what the rules Put a hand out of a left turn a hand out of a right to turn a hand out of a stop a hand out of a go Mummy this is a book. It must be for men with a forehand In another hour, I gotta go take on my drive in a lesson Hello luigi my little friend my countryman. What's new with you? Asqually you you know mad at me no more me mad on you Oh shame on you luigi. You should have known me better than that. You know, there's two sides to my face One side is mad on you the other side is a glare. Are you you know that? Are you sure right basqually? That's why everybody's calling you too fast That's a funny thing when I say it, it's a come out of differ What's that pamphlet are you reading? I'm gonna go for a drive as a test in an hour and I'm starting the rules So that I'm sure to pass luigi. I'm gonna help you out There's nobody knows more about the drive as a test than me. I took her 10 times Call her dinner. Maybe you tell me basqually all through this the book is this the word the vehicular That's a v e h i c l e You're lucky you gotta me to explain to you that's a vehicle That's to me the car. What's a drunk? And that's what they call auto intoxication There's a lot of things I can teach you say say you drive on your car and you hit a man inside of his home What's that called? What? Home in the side Big punishment that goes up for that they stamp on your license must to wear glasses Thank you Now maybe I'm gonna have a chance to pass the test tell me basqually what what they mean by by zones Oh, that's a simple drive in a car luigi's like a game. There's a three kinds of zones T zone free zone and end zone If you hit a man in the t zone he's not gonna smoke no more And and if you're hitting the end of zone they push you car back five yards And watch it a free zone that means you can park for nothing And I look for luigi's taking the traffic lights. There's a green light. That's a for go red light That's a for stop and what's the yellow light before that's if a woman to drive is if they could do whatever they want Thanks, so thanks so much for your help. Don't mention it luigi You just to give these answers like I'ma tell you And you're gonna be fixed up for good Stafflicans, uh, pardon me, mister. You've been sitting there for two hours. Uh, what are you waiting for? Well, you've been calling for people who's who want apple of cancer I'm waiting till you call the people who's who want to drive as a license All right Take your learner's permit to boot seven over there and the inspector will give you your test Well, thank you very much you miss it miss the lady Put the sevener Oh, that is Mama me harm are going to drive in my car and that's a little about it Oh Excuse me, mister. Yeah, have a seat. You got your car outside. Yeah, I'm gonna. Yes. All right I'll ask you a few routine questions. First explain your hand signal. Oh, sure To make a signal you got to stick out of your left the hand there first. You got to left of the window down Left the hand is a signal to right to turn the left turn in the past. That's so what are the palm and down a palm down When do you stick your hand out with the palm up? That's only when you want to see if it's a rain Sure, you can drive a car. I sure I'm sure it. Well, let's go on outside for the road test. All right That's my car. Look the seas over there Is that your car? Uh-huh. I think we have a law covering that Let me look in my book under the seas Condemned They must have overlooked this model. Well, let's get in. All right Does this car always sag like this? No, no, it's only when the people is except in it Okay, start it up. All right It's okay. Choke it. Choke it. Well, I'm gonna grab it. Now. Well, I'm gonna put it It's step on the gas And never mind This is like going through d-day again And it says no you turn. What does that mean? Well, if it's a mean no, you turn it. That's a mean It's a my turn right on the corner of first street first street. All right. I hate to miss the word Well, I watch me on a signal. Who's it behind me? I'm gonna look like a this and I'm gonna But inspector, here's a keep of gun. I'm gonna walk. I'm gonna be so happy to drive you back into my car What are you a sadist? It's a nice day. The sun is shining. I got a wife and four kids. I'll walk All right. All right. If you want to you walk it. I'm a driver When you get there wait for me Too bad and he was doing so. How much is to take on my driver's attest? Look, honey, your hair all of my stuff clothes are dirty and torn a face all of banged up walking with a limp You don't look like a driver. You look like a pedestrian What's the happen is all of mixed up All I know is that when I was a driver in a back at the licensee bureau myself Carries that come out of me Pascale. I'm a I'm a signaler for stop. I'm gonna put out the boat to my hands But it's a major major crash That's terrible, Luigi. It's all of my fault. I'm gonna put my left hand out to the left window But on my right the handle wasn't long enough to reach out of the right Tell me something. Did you got your driver's license? Pascale Not only I'm a no get to my driver license, but they take away my learners of permit They say I'm a no kind of driver for at least one year and I'm not allowed to walk on a street for two days Hey, Luigi How could one man get himself into so much trouble? Believe me Pascale is not easy But what am I gonna do Men who's a car on my head. They just say he's assuming for everything. I'm a guy worse than that, Luigi Man has probably got a 20 years of life for insurance. That means you lively get the 20 years of the life Pascale is clever me, please. I'm pleased. Don't beg I'm gonna help you out of everything even buy a new car. So you're still be proud like american Just to do me one favor Pascale, I'm a marry your daughter. Well, say it like you mean it to go on. She's awakened the call to yourself All right Put some feeling in it You lovers that call you himself Rosa salo to luigi luigi was adjusted a terrible auto accident. What do you say to him? Luigi When I give you my blessing, are we gonna tell everybody basco, I'm so glad I found you in That's the man who's a cat on my head. I gotta fix everything. Oh, are you his attorney? Well, look, I admit everything It was all my fault. I'm willing to make amends. I had no right to be driving that car I have no driver's license. No permit nothing. This has taught me a terrible lesson Mr. Basko, I'm prepared to pay for my mistake if you promise not to press suit. I'm never pressed a certain Thank you. I'm always a giver to the teller Now mr. Basko, let's settle the whole thing right here. I willing to pay you whatever your car was worth say 500 dollars No, a thousand dollars. No, no, okay. You've got me against the wall. How much do you want for the hundred dollars? Oh A hundred dollars here take it. Thank you very much. No, not the net is so fast as it's something else What's the matter? Will you hurt? I'm gonna get a hole into my pants if I'm a accident is it gonna cost a 40 cents or for the patch Dear mr. Basko, thank you. Good night Oh, you dope for you Well, I've got it. Thank you for teaching me about the traffic rules of your system But Luigi what for you sticking out of your hand and now I'm making a right to turn it back to my But what about a rosa but a luigi? 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