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It's refreshing and the good easy chewing gives you comfort and satisfaction Now Wrigley's Spear Mint chewing gum brings you Luigi as he writes another letter describing his adventures in America to his mama Basko in Italy Last week of past 12 years he did a terrible thing He's put his fat daughter Rossi in my night school a class just so she should be near to me Mamma Mia February American schools who was overcrowded before with the roles that they're gonna bust You should have seen her in a school 250 pounds is sitting on a little seat Is it like a Queen Mary trying to squeeze into the bathtub? No kind of stand is the way Pasquale is a teasing to me this morning He's a made up one of his a Pasquale poems of which he has a slip on to my daughter It's a say roses are red the violets are blue make me a grand part, and I'm a tank of you So right away. I'm sending my back to Pasquale poem. You should be a grand part anything it could be but don't expect any help from me It's a go between us a mama Mia I'm a thought I had a trouble before when when a Pasquale once made me take a roster to the dance Well, she's a step under my toe. I'm I had to throw away the shoe She didn't step a little hard. I would have had to throw away the foot I Still I'm I didn't mind it taking her to the dance or to a movie once in a while But the one a Pasquale got this big idea to put her in my night school a class like they say in America I knew I was up at the creek I'm a couldn't study all the week because I was a worry so much. Oh wait wait here comes a Pasquale That's the matter the cats are got you tongue a little banana nose the rat that shouldn't have talked about the cat I got the biggest the brainstorm of my life when I put a rose in you night school a class This year they should have watered me with the Putsul appraiser for smart Pasquale now I wouldn't marry Rossi even if she lost a hundred and fifty pounds who won a beauty contest and I had The million dollars Louise if all of that happened you'd be killed in the rush between Errol Flynn and the alley cab Come on a Luigi. Don't take it so hard about Rosa being in your class. That's a no-cut. That's a free Who knows you're from partners in a school you do my developing a life of partners. That's right Whoever marries a rooster ain't they got a partner. He's a good a corporation Not against the marriage anyway the most respectable people who do what I read once where even a Lincoln has said in a union There's a strength the way your daughter eats. I'm a never could afford to do the union do's I'm gonna want I'm gonna want to talk to you. I'm so mad. You had the no right to put the Rossi in a my night school That's a free country with a free education of a free people. Then why don't you let me stay free who's to stop on it? You I certainly am When I am poor at you from Italy, I didn't bring you here just to sit around with me in a play canazza I brought you here for my daughter strictly business. Yeah, but but you didn't tell me that Listener when the butcher invites it a turkey to come to the chopper block. He don't print the invitation on the accent What's the use of the talk it to you? I can see you worried because my plan is a work It's just a wait a few months to see an orosa and I can see you coming up to me and saying if you don't mind Sir, I like it to marry your daughter and it become a mr. Pascuali Mr. Pascuali that time I'm never gonna be goodbye. I wait wait wait away. You go I'm gonna see my friend the Schultz Schultz. So what for you think that's alarm the slices are gonna give you big advice How to outsmart to me Pascuali you started a something and I'm gonna finish sure and the finishes are gonna Be you and a rosa walking it down that a middle isle impossible a Pascuali roses. I got too much in middle for one island Oh, hello, hello Schultz. It's a good to see you. No, Luigi, my fellow fool Tell me what what about that private talk you came here about this Schultz. It's about the Rossi Oh, I thought so. She's bothering you being in class every night. That's all. I'm gonna think about it I can't the study we got to figure out the summer way to get a rosa out of our class. Oh, that's easy Luigi, we hold our class in the steam room of the YMCA I should've done it Joker, please. This is a very important it to me. I know I know Himal, you know you got to give that Pascuali credit He had a real stroke of genius the molehill didn't come to the mountain so he sends the mountain to the molehill That mountain something he hopes to see little molehill That was very clever, you know Yeah, I know What Luigi Pascuali declared war on you so you got a perfect right to declare guerrilla warfare on rosa What's it is all out attack? Dipper hair in the ink well use jet propelled spitballs Drop some packs on her chair come check on her chair. Oh, what a horrible death for some pack You could try these things Luigi. No, no sure. If I'm a did all those things the roses are gonna think I'm playing the games with it Then the Pascuali's are gonna think I'm ready to play the big game with her. What big day ring around the roster with a real ring Well, then you got to do just the opposite with Rosa ignore her You mean you meant mean I shouldn't even talk to her not a word when she says something to you Just give her a cold look and turn away the head No, no, I should say I'm I'm gonna do this to her Yeah, I know Luigi inside you got a heart that soft does and my chopped liver I don't know Luigi. I gave you enough ideas to think a battleship, but rosa is a bigger problem Yeah, but Hey, sure, sir Maybe if I wasn't to be absent from a school like like if I wasn't to suddenly get the sick Oh, sure. Luigi go out right now and get yourself a case of mobs You think this would work? No, I guess it wouldn't work once the truant officer says open the mouth and the marble strap out. You're dead Wait, wait Luigi wait into my head an idea just pooped What what should say go go to the mishbalding the teacher sure tell her everything after all She's a friend of ours. Yeah, tell her how the whole thing is making a nervous wreck out of you And would she oblige you by transferring Rosa to a different class? Yeah, put put it in another class I sure to miss budding isn't gonna do that before me sure I know that I don't forget the mishbalding before the class starts tonight and talk to her And she uh, I'll be like me always happy always laughing My rheumatism is killing me Mr. Basko your request is impossible I see no reason why rosa should be transferred out of this class But I miss budding pasquale is it just to put it in our class So so I'm I'm sure to get a used to her and marry her. I don't think mr. Pasquale would do such a thing I mean nobody's gonna believe me till I'm I have a six of kids with a rosa Miss budding, please Maybe you can tell her rosa her brain looks tired and she should have sent it to fly the full vacation Are you suggesting that I tell her to stop school? Yes, mr. Basko is a teacher It is my duty to encourage learning not to discourage You may consider the subject closed rosa sticks Then I'm stuck And get this clear as long as her work remains good rosa will stay in our class But i miss budding you you never call on her in the class I'm just giving her a chance to catch up to us in her work We'll find out soon enough how much she knows when I give the final test next week the final test Sure, and and and the waterfall rosa is is going to fail in that the test Then she won't be in our class next term. Come on mommy. I'm saved Roses to take after pasquale pasquale still thinks of Columbus to discover Ohio Now i'm i'm gonna have to not say the word about you miss budding because the roses are sure they're gonna fail in the test All right, mr. Basko the class is here. You may take your seat I'll call the roll mr. Basko. I'm here mr. Harwood. Yeah, mr. Olson rosa Please just say here here mr. Schultz I Just call me laughing boy Yes rosa. Oh, I see you brought an apple to class. Yes. Well, thank you. Oh, it's not for you. It's filibucci After class rosa not now All right class, uh, let's begin our grammar review mr. Basko. You may tell us the four forms of sentences The four forms of a sentences Rosa, please The four forms of a sentences are the declarative a sentence, uh, uh, they they I'm a forgot mr. Basko. It's easy to see your mind isn't on your work Mr. Harowitz go on with pleasure. There's the interrogative sentence the imperative sentence under life, then Mr. Schultz. So don't make me miss balding appear to the governor Please now who will tell us the fourth form of sentence? Nobody knows Oh, oh miss balding. You must be just yoking You know that I could recite every page in the grammar book correct to the last punctuation mark Olson, I live for the day when you're gonna slip on a comma and fracture your Schultz, let me remind you our final examination is less than a week away. Anybody who fails to pass will not be in this class next term Mr. Basko, what are you whispering to mr. Harrow? I remember what I was you miss balding. He just said it isn't fair You're calling on everybody today except the rosa. Yeah, maybe maybe she's gonna need to practice and otherwise She might fail Very well rosa tell us the fourth form of sentence the fourth form. Yes I think this is gonna do it Let's see declarative imperative interrogative An exclamatory sense good Rosa now that we know the four forms of sentences. Could you tell us the three kinds of sentences? Oh simple complex and compound perfect. Huh him and look at her Olson with makeup Rosa darling, how did you do it? Oh, it's easy I got a system for study. You got a system to teach me the system rosa and we got a clean out Santa Anita in two days All right class enough of that rosa. That was very good. Mr. Olson, I'm not worried about you in the examination Don't worry about me miss balding. I'm studying slow, but steady and I'm studying quick, but sloppy You're the only one I'm worried about judging from your work the last few days. I don't think you'll be with us next term That's terrible instead of rosa being dropped in the class. It's going to be louise. No, no, no, no Don't say that Mr. Vasco, where are you going? Oh, Mr. Steves. Luigi, can I go with you? No, you're the one who's making all of the trouble Yes, rosa Life with Luigi, here's a suggestion that will help carry you through a busy strenuous day feeling more relaxed and satisfied From time to time, especially when you're tense or under pressure chew a stick of wriggly spearmint gum You see the good easy chewing goes right along with what you're doing It helps relieve that feeling of strain and tension so that work goes smoother and time passes more pleasantly Wrigley spearmint chewing gum tastes good too It freshens your mouth sweetens your breath and gives you long lasting enjoyment and satisfaction So when you've got a job to do and you've got to keep going at your best chew refreshing delicious Wrigley spearmint gum millions find it helpful and you will too Let's turn to page two of luigi basco's letter to his mother in italy Well, mama me with a rose in the class. I'm I'm got a so worried. I'm a dinner study It looks like I'm gonna be the only one to fail in the bigger finals and test and and then when I fail in the test I'm gonna lose all of my friends in extra term I'm a set up till five o'clock this morning trying to push a lot of education into my head Then the roses are coming to my head. She's a pusher back and I'll go buy education So now I'm sitting here with my head in the books when in is a walker Here, you know, who Well, well, well, how's my little girl's a school chump studying Pascualy, why why did you put the rose in my class? Why why why why why I gotta tell you When a hunter wants to catch a little squirrel He puts his a trap where the squirrel is and I put a big one there. That's all He's so right the pasquale. You got the biggest trap I've ever seen That's a funny thing and when I say it it's a come out of different Pascualy, I once thought maybe I would marry rosey someday just to thank you for for giving me America But after you did this to me, I'm washed my hands. You really hate her so much, Luigi No, no pasquale. I I just said that because I'm mad with you and and you know why I'm mad with you Yes, because a rose turned out to be smarter than you. No, no, I'm smarter than her but I'm I'm I'm I can't think straight Good my plan is awakened by the time I'm a true with you. You're going to be taken like a pretzel Is a no use of Pascualy. I'm never going to marry the bakery All right, I just gonna wait to the sea and in my life I've seen lots of things that happen Roses allow me to get a smarter even than Olson and you allow me to marry her just for her big brain Olson Hey Pascualy, you just to get me a big idea. I'm gonna go to Olson And he's gonna teach me enough to pass the examination. Hey Luigi come back to my son My son only way is ever gonna be my son as if I adopt him But Olson if if I'm gonna pass this final as a test then I'm not gonna be in a class the next term Is it gonna be terrible? Yeah, I wish I had the time to tutor you but with all the sick Well, that's that's right Olson. You gotta take care of her However, if if I might make a suggestion of each what I know a real intelligent gentleman Mr. Hotchins and and he tutors a few of the the poorest students. Oh, that's a good I don't know his rates. Lovey. What's the difference? Olson? If he's a good a tutor. He's a what even a dollar a tooth You're not thinking bascal this history material is really very simple Well, please Please excuse me mr. Hapshin's My my my head. This is just so mixed up. All right. Now. Let's try again The first president of the united states judge of washington second president john adam third Madison no, no no Jefferson jefferson jefferson. He was a president at three times Oh once although he served two terms Maybe the server two terms of why you say he was a president the ones Because Well, yeah after his first four years. He was elected for another four years. Oh, he's he's needed the money, huh? I'm I'm I'm really thinking it's terrible. Mr. Hotchins. I always I know my history from my antique shop All right. All right. All right. All right, Tim. Incidentally, the name is hotchin. I'm not a hopper shins Tell me hotchins Would you like it if I called you back so I don't care what you're calling me making me smile All right Who was president from 1933 to 1945 1933 to 1945? Doesn't fd stand for anything to you. Oh sure a fire department I'll give you a hint. His name was rosa Rosa So you don't know anything I'm gonna know a lot. I'm gonna know a whole lot, but but I can't concentrate Please you gotta help me out. All right. All right. All right. Let's keep going. All right. Roosevelt was president from 1933 to 1945 Now repeat that Roosevelt was a president from 1933 to 1945 again Roosevelt was a president from 1933 to 1945. Who was president from 1933 to 1945? Mr. Hotchins, I don't know. You're here so good Hotchins Who was president during the civil war? Abraham Lincoln 1961 to 1965 Well, now we're getting someplace. Well, tell me some important things Lincoln did. Oh, well, he's he's made the garrison bug a dress and he's He's afraid of the slaves and What else what else it's a He's a put his aperture and the Lincoln a penny Uh Yes, basco, you'll only fail the examination now if they ask you just say Lincoln was our wartime president He united the country and he freed the slaves. I wish he was alive to free me from a past Oh, basco, you don't know anything. You will fail. I'm sure you will I'm not gonna fail. I'm not gonna Roosevelt in 1933 to 1949 1945 1945 the president who was a washington at jefferson at jefferson Jefferson was our third president, but he served two terms jefferson was a president twice, but he's a servant three times My future son-in-law mr. dumb scholar louis g I'm just I had a terrible time with a tour. He's a two to me by the president But I'm a didn't understand it. So so here's a holler. I'm gonna scared. Then he's asked for $10 or four one hour I'm a holler. No, here's a guy to scare Serves you right, louis g Rosa could teach you anything you want to know from columbus up to the time the pilgrims landed their Plymouth on that rock She's hence all her questions right in the school. She doesn't ever make a one a mistake Like a father like a daughter She gets all her brains are handed down from a me That's what they call a heresy I'll show you. I'm willing to help you pass the test. I gotta do the field. Yeah, who my daughter rosa No, never never. All right. All right get kicked out of the class This way I see to what she learns you her private assistant. How she gets a smile A private assistant. Uh-huh. Well, I'm I got no choice What am I gonna do louis g? What else can you do? But but I'm not gonna sit the closer to her Anywhere in the room is the closer to my rose Happy toothing myself Rosa that's That's a nice assistant. You got the photo member and the president's w a j m m a say them now louis g Washington Adams jafferson Madison and monorail adams By the way, do you say the sweetest things to me? What's the next to rosa geography Now, what's the biggest river in the united states louis g? Use my system. Remember? Yeah, biggest river Big is a larger Large is a missus So it's a missus ship Oh, louis g you're a genius All right. Thank you. That's it. What's the next? Now name the five great lakes. Sure I take it first letter each lake s h m o e put them both together. That's a spell of schmo Oh S is a superior etch is a hurrana m is a michigan or is anitario. He is a ity Oh What's the next come on ask him anything What are the two chief mountains now use my system mountainous system? The mountain is a got lucky apples Rocky mountains apple etch in the mountains My hero What are you gonna system you got today? I said you you couldn't remember anything. What are your systems? Uh-huh louis g huh I don't need any system to remember you Thank you guys You're so handsome So witty And so nice Oh, thank you. You know, I said, honey. You're so so so healthy Thank you, louis g. All right. I don't know. Come on. It also back into the books Louisa Louisa come I gotta speak with you What what's the matter should you know? I just found out this new rotten scheme pasquale is working on you So I came to pull you out when this game is yours for the sneaky business of getting rosa to do that you Oh What's the matter louis g? What a show it's it's a it's a worse than I've ever thought it's gonna be you mean her tutoring you know How do you system? R T M A I B T L I R T M A I B T L I Louis g what is that rosa is a tooting me and I'm a big unit to like it Past the finals of test and I'm gonna get the rosa to thank What's the party's a mama me? I'm I'm getting used to rosa and a pasquale says that this means I'm gonna wind up Who would have harassed the husband? But I'm gonna tell him no if you don't like a milk, but you get used to it that don't mean you got to marry the cow So right now I'm a made up of my mind. I'm a mere by next the week roses I've got to get out of the class Should she's a promise to help me also harrow it's an Olson and a vaccine or good Maybe I'm gonna try the United Nations Friends the makers of wriggly spearmint chewing gum hope you enjoyed tonight's episode of life with Luigi And they want to remind you that chewing wriggly spearmint gum Is the easy and enjoyable way to sweeten your breath and help keep your mouth feeling fresh and clean There's lots of lively full-bodied real spearmint flavor and wriggly spearmint chewing gum And you can chew and enjoy a stick of wriggly spearmint as long as you like any time any place So do as millions of people do keep a package of wriggly spearmint chewing gum with you all the time And whenever you want to taste treat or you want to freshen your mouth chew a stick Remember wriggly spearmint gum gives you chewing enjoyment plus refreshing long lasting flavor And it costs so little you can enjoy it often every day That's wriggly spearmint helpful refreshing delicious The makers of wriggly spearmint chewing gum invite you to be sure to listen next week at this same time When luigi basco writes another letter to his mama basco in italy Life with luigi is a sigh howard production pat burton is a associate producer The script is written by mac benhoff and lou derman and directed by mr. benhoff Jay carol gnash is starred as luigi basco with alan reed as fashuale hans tan reed as Schultz jody gilbert as rosa mary ship as miss falding joe forte as horror witch ken peter's as Olsons and hal marge as mr. hutchins music is on the direction of love bloodshed Is luigi actually going to get so used to rosa he proposes to her or will he find a way to Get her out of the class before the new term starts well tune in next week and find out This is charles lion. 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