 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 pock the comic weekly Straight into your living room your friend the comic weekly man the jolly comic weekly Little Miss honey, how are you today? Oh, I'm just fine. Thank you, and I'm very anxious. I'll bet I can guess why you're right It's what you told me about last week about the new Walt Disney story. Hi, you didn't forget Yes, you bet they are and today we're going to begin another story in those wonderful Walt Disney colors a story called the sword and the rose Well, we'll start reading it pretty quick, but I'll give you a hint It's set in the early days of England about the year 1514 when King Henry was King of England. Is it about nights because it says so Yes, it's back in the days when knighthood was in flower and brave men fought for the hand of beautiful women Well, then we better get started right away Fuck the 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 pock the comic weekly and on the first page under bringing up father Beatle Bailey Very well my lady Toot me a toot and tweet me a tweedle squeeze out music for Bailey the beetle The boys at the army camp are really fed up with the way the army life is run They're tired of parades of having to be on duty all the time and of not having the kind of fun They'd like to have and so they've made up a list of protests and suggestions Which they intend to hand in to the sergeant beatle is writing up the list his friend killer says Yeah, I bet the signs won't even read our list of gripes and suggestions Beetle speaks up like a hero. We have a right to speak our minds and Private zero who always does whatever beetle does makes a long speech agreeing with beetle. He says Yeah Beetle stands up with the completed list of suggestions. There are some very level headed suggestions here Third picture top row Beetle enters the sergeant's office ready to shove the list of suggestions under the sergeant's nose But the place is empty. Oh darn it. He's not in Last picture top row beetle lays the sheets of suggestions on the desk I'll just leave the list here on his clipboard where he'll be sure to find it Oh As the men are being put through their drills the sergeant standing aside talking to the captain Do you have some orders for today, sir? The captain replies? Yes, yes, I left the list on your clipboard. Yes, sir. I'll have him carried out immediately, sir The sergeant goes into his office He picks up the sheet of paper attached to his clipboard and starts to read it No more Let the men Make sure they are served By this time the sergeant is practically rolly-eyed if I didn't have 15 years toward retirement I tear up these orders and go AWOL Last picture the captain hears music and the son of a party He looks across the parade ground and see something he's never seen in the army His soldiers are having a picnic. Their guns are dumped in the ass can Beetle is lying on the ground and over him stands a beautiful blonde dropping grapes in his mouth Zero and killer are being served ice cream sodas by another beautiful blonde And the sergeant is tied to a post his shirt ripped off and one of the soldiers stands behind him with a long whip Ready to give the sergeant ten lashes in the bare back The captain exclaims well What's going on here the sergeant exclaims you mean these aren't your orders, sir No, no, no, but don't stop. Don't stop. This is better than what I ordered. Oh Miss may I have a great Sergeant didn't take the trouble to look at the page underneath and so he went ahead and carried out all the beetle suggestions thinking he was carrying out the captain's orders I'll bet they were to all that beetle. He's some fellow Now we'll start that new Walt Disney story straight from the Treasury of classic tales turn over the page Go fast little iodine and Prince Val Turn over that page and here on page four is our new story The sword and the rose from the famous adventure novel when knighthood was in flower It's merry merry England when knighthood was in flower music to bewitch our story hour We're at Windsor Castle in the year 1514 almost 450 years ago This is the court of King Henry VIII one of the most famous kings of England a famous wrestling matches in progress King Henry has matched his best wrestlers against the champions of France This was the day when lords and ladies enjoyed sports and when the lords themselves Participated in them the way that a schoolboy does today the Duke of Buckingham one of King Henry's favorites is wrestling a Marquis from France The Duke sticks out his foot Seizes the wrist of the champion Expertly gives him a flip when the Frenchman spins over and falls to the ground defeated The Duke of Buckingham stands up in triumph over the fallen Frenchman last picture top row all eyes are on the victorious Duke All except those of Mary Tudor sister of the king Pergays is centered on the man at the Duke side Charles Brandon gentleman adventurer just returned from the foreign wars and now at her suggestion Henry issues a command Master Brandon, let's see how you would fare against the mighty Buckingham Brandon looks very surprised to hear the king ask him an ordinary soldier to wrestle the famous Duke But Brandon quickly strips down to his tights Then steps into the ring He approaches the Duke watching him carefully Suddenly the Duke leaps forward with a quick blow shoves his elbow into Brandon's throat And he sees as Brandon in an armlock Gets the Duke off balance lifts him on his shoulders spins him around and throws him to the ground As the crowd roars Brandon bows humbly to the Duke saying respectfully May it please your grace last picture King Henry applaud Well done fellow. You're a credit to England and then the king's sister Mary says softly to the king Master Brandon would make a handsome captain of the guards Yes, yes, and so he shall be And so Charles Brandon makes an auspicious entry into the court of Henry the eighth I Thought you'd like it. I do. Oh, yes, it was I think that Mary might be falling in love with Brandon Looks like it could be Going to be captain of the guards You will the next week. We'll probably see that happen Well neither can I but we're going to have to well now let's go across the page past the Lone Ranger Turn over that page go across page six and there on page seven is Roy Rogers And the sheriff had taken charge of the carnival because the railroad payroll had been stolen and the trail of the crooks Led straight to the carnival naturally because one of the crooks works at the carnival There's a man named my coal and he's one of the crooks and I'm worried because Roy has suspicions about my coal And he's going to go into my co's tent to talk to him and my co heard Roy talking to Wildwood through the tent wall And he's waiting for Roy with a gun. I wouldn't do what will happen. Well, let's read and find out here We go with Roy Rogers king of the cowboys. I yep. I oh now here. We go with Roy and trigger. I yep. I oh As danger field wonders what to do about this grave situation Roy is inside Mike Co's tent searching for the stolen payroll Third picture top row coast Norts. Yeah, you've got a nerve Rodgers going through my stuff I've been laid up ever since Nellie the tiger clawed me. I had nothing to do with stealing that railroad payroll All right, then you've got nothing to worry about then Mike Last picture top row Roy suddenly exclaims. Uh-huh my hunch paid off. Here's the stolen railroad strong box Well, that won't prove anything Rodgers first picture bottom row Roy turns to co holding up the empty box With the money's gone co You transferred it to one of the balloon ballast bags before you got hurt Suddenly co draws his gun from under the bandage that holds his injured arm. All right drop that box Rodgers You figured right But you won't leave the squeal on me Roy swiftly swings the metal box knocking the gun out of co's hand Now you'll do some squealing Mike Blast you and quickly Roy picks up the gun and standing over co says All right now talk co Who were the man out on the plane to grab the ballast bag with the money when the balloon landed layoff Rodgers play off I'll spill it At that moment outside of the tent third picture bottom row the other two crooks ham and smiley are standing listening They've heard everything that's happened smiley says hey I reckon we got here just in time him Last picture ham who is the leader points to the tiger cage? All right, come on smiley. We'll let Nellie the tiger take care of them too in the tent and it'll look like an accident Yes, and now they're going to turn the tiger loose hoping the tiger will kill both Mike co and Roy We'll find out about that next week now Let's turn over the page and here on the last page of the first section is flash Gordon Yes, you remember physicians to a new planet. Yes, the planet Titan a mysterious place that not very much is known about Was hiding on the ship so Dale is going along now because it's too late to turn back Well, let's read now and see if we can find out anything about this mysterious planet here we go with flash Gordon Regga regga dune dune saskum attach. Let's set music for heroic flag Dale looks at the equipment of the rocket ship the pistols rifles huge handcuffs and she wonders what they expect to find on Titan Clash thammers. We don't know honey. We've had some rather odd reports and well, we want to be prepared The pilot exclaims Don't know my eye Why we know enough to know we have no room for nosy females. All right. All right. Stowe at Midas Don't tell me to stowe at Gordon. I'll say what I please suddenly the observer exclaims Quickly everybody snaps to their stations the last picture top row the observer points at a large globe in space Look look there it is Titan dead on course Quickly flash orders Man your station Get ready to fire number one rocket you stand by A moment later they come in for a landing first picture bottom row switches a throne reverse rockets roar And the huge ship slowly settles flashes the first to emerge from the rocket ship Thank you Just like back on earth As flash starts to clamor down Midas starts to come down saying and I shall be the first earthman to set foot on it Hold it. Now listen Gordon. What's up? You just missed my head Last picture flash picks up an insect as large as a 10 pound lobster Yes, but I didn't miss this and that's the size of a healer monster We'll sleep inside this ship tonight I like that Midas. I'm not sure that I do either. He looks like a troublemaker. Yes, he does Yeah, and if that's so I wonder how big the people there are I wonder too Or maybe we'll find out more about that next week Now it's time to pick up the second section of the comic weekly And we'll find out what happens to that funny dagwit 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 Dagwit and blondie magic rich for the music, please very well my lady Ramaphore and the thumbs in sam zombie conjugal music for dagwit and blondie Blondie says to dagwood dagwood our ladies neighborhood club is having a meeting at mrs. McNuff's house tonight really Dagwood says oh boy all the wives of the meeting and all the husbands home alone. What an opportunity for a game And by the time you can go Dagwood's at herb woodley's door last picture top roll game starts at my house right away. Come on herb All right, I'll be there And down the street dagwood goes from one house to the other come on boys games at my house To the jones house to the louis's house to the allen's house to the snorkel's house Boy, I feel like Paul revere gathering the minutemen And last picture second row he's back home in the kitchen sawing away at a chunk of meat This will make me the most popular man in the neighborhood. I'll make up a stack of sandwiches First picture third row Herb and the rest of the men come into the living room There stands a table with chairs around it and cards and poker chips already out Find chairs boys everything's ready for the game Boy oh boy or once we can have a game without being caught by the women Over at the mcnuff house where all the women are gathered for their meeting Mrs. Mcnuff comes downstairs and exclaims Oh blondie bad news my little synthias come down with a month. Oh, how terrible mrs. Mcnuff What do we do? Well, uh, it could be gathered at your house. Why of course just being all the girls there First picture bottom row at the bumpstead house. The boys are playing poker. I'll bet 10 cents Um, I'll make it 15 cents Suddenly the door opened And it walked the women so sweet of you to invite us blondie the men take one look Hey our wives and out the window they go out of my way Last picture they dash down the street throwing things at daggers up front trying to get away from As the bricks hit daggers bones. Oh, I wish I had Paul Revere's horse How did he know that mrs. Mcnuff's baby would come down with the mumps? No, I guess they don't they certainly found that out. He has this or he found that out. Well, now let's turn over the page Yes, prayer rabbit. Please be there. I most certainly will so here we go with uncle remus and his tales of bruh rabbit Say the magic words with me Hippity hoppy make it a habit to give us music for old bruh rabbit Uncle remus says Sometimes bruh rabbit is a bigger goose and mr. Goose Today bruh rabbit is walking down the road when he hears a voice behind him. Oh, uh, bruh rabbit wait up wait up I's got a new trick to show you it's mr. Goose Bruh rabbit stops and mr. Goose wattles up Yep, yep, I just invented a brand new one. Uh, I want to show you first Well, uh, but what is it now you promise is if you won't tell nobody Yeah, I promise is what's the trick mr. Goose last picture top roll bruh goose announces solemnly The flying money trick Now is you got a two dollar bill A two dollar bill Yeah, we sure. Well, um, you give it to me and I'll show you Okay, uncle first picture bottom roll bruh goose takes the two dollar bill Now the first thing I does is fold the bill so it looks like a butterfly Oh, I see and then and then he's gonna make it fly, huh? Second picture bottom roll bruh goose holds it up saying hey, I see a butterfly Yeah, but it ain't flying bruh goose says Well now rubber rabbit I is making the money fly and he leaps in the air and flies off a bruh rabbit's money Hey, wait, wait, wait you And last picture bruh rabbit stands on the road watching bruh goose disappear in the distance Uh-oh, I is being outfoxed by goose And uncle remus says The fool spends a lot of time practicing Yeah, he thought that bruh goose was going to show him a trick that he could play on other people And instead the trick was played on bruh rabbit. Yeah, that was one time bruh rabbit got fooled Well, now I'm sure you'd like to see what's happening to dick and the early days of america Oh, yes, I would very well, then let's turn to the very last page of the comic weekly and here we are with dick's adventure And you remember that? Yes, the year 1807 and you remember that he and his friend sarah were going to a party at robert livingston's house And they were riot And this is something that no one had ever seen in those days because at that time all of the ships were sailing vessels And this boat was robert folton's new invention. It was the first steam boat That's right and dick and sarah hurry down to where the boat had pulled in at the dock All right, here we go with dick's adventures say the magic words with me A large crowd has gathered around the boat robert folton is all set to take the boat on a test run He looks at dick and says Well step aboard dick And in a second everybody's aboard and so begins for dick a never-to-be-forgotten voyage up the hudson river in the year 1807 They get underway last picture top row dick walks around the strange-looking craft It's powered by steam from a wood burning boiler Two big gears turn cumbersome side paddles with shower the deck with water An elegant company of ladies and gentlemen are aboard robert folton proudly points first picture second row at the most beautiful girl on the ship And then he says to dick Dick all goes well and we reach new york again Harriet livingston promises to be my bride. Oh gosh. I hope you make it Last picture second row that night the Clermont for that's the name of the boat Huffing fire and smoke reaches albany and half the voyage is done First picture bottom row Next morning the return voyage gets underway But almost immediately trouble starts In sight of the crowds lining both banks The monster as so many people call it comes to a dead stop Last picture robert folton's elegant passengers murmur Well, I told you so Yes, that's a holy scheme Oh, I wish we were out of it And dick looks uneasily at folton wondering what he's going to do Well, something went out of commission Well, let's hope that robert folton corrects. What's wrong and gets the ship underway again We'll find that out next week, but now look below dick's adventures. There's rusty riley Yes, he came there to buy a horse called silver lad for mr. Miles And was he surprised when he saw rusty was here on the farm Yes, and take rusty back to the milestone farm because that's really rusty's home Well, let's see if he does here we go with rusty riley gallop and run till the road is dusty give us music for his horse and rusty Tex gives rusty a big hug Why rusty you little maverick am I glad to see you cheaper's Tex had sure goes for me too Well, what and same hill you're doing here What will you see when denver dually closed his carnival? He sent me here to look after his two horses The detective who had found silver lad for mr. Miles smiles Well, I don't I see I don't have to introduce you to Oh, no, sir. Listen, mr My boss mr. Miles will be happier to get rusty back than to get 10 horses like silver lad Yeah, but Tex golly. I can't go back Tex looks at rusty and surprised last picture top row rusty exclaims I guess you're forgetting I left milestone farm an account of my crooked uncle rufus looking for me there No, I ain't forgetting son With that horn toad is a setting in a nice Kentucky jail and he won't be troubling anybody for some years Oh That's a relief Then first picture bottom row rusty points the horses out to Tex. Well, there the horses Tex They were half-starred and I first came but they're beginning to look much better Well, we'll have them in good shape in no time Mr. Miles wants to enter silver lead in the lexington junior league horse show And then Tex turns to the detective. Oh, we're clinton. Here's a certified chick You go to the bank and sew up a deal while rusty and I get the horses in the van Right, mr. Purdy. I'll be back when the paper is inside an hour Meanwhile at a small farm near lexington, Kentucky Third picture bottom row two men are talking Well, boss, it looks like quentin miles beat us to that nag silver lead I just got it by the grapevine that a private eye named clinton found him and miles of his trainer is going after him Here, wait a second. Slow up. Where is the horse? How'd you find out? Last picture the first man says I know a cutie who runs a switchboard in clinton's home office She did a little listening in Savage in pennsylvania called honey hollow the man who seems to be the boss says Hmm Get a pensy roadmap. You and porky got yourself a job Isn't it wonderful that rusty's crooked uncle can't cause rusty any more trouble It certainly is and now rusty can go back to milestone farm again where he belongs Yes, but it looks like those two men down there are planning something looks like trouble to me Yes, well, we'll find out about that next week. Now, that's all the time I have but before I go Here's that nice fellow with some more interesting information Well, honey and all you boys and girls. I've got to go now. All right, mr. Comic weekly man, but I'll be waiting for you next week 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 pot 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 honey Don't forget boys and girls. See you all next week your friend the comic weekly man The jolly comic weekly