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Isn't it a wonderful country where everybody is a stopper working just to honor his mother? Of course, another reason they don't work is because of Mother's Day is to come out on a Sunday. Mama Mia, how am I to wish you wasn't here with me in America now? I'm a feel very lonesome for you. And your last letter you asked me if I'm a forget how you look. Mama Mia, that's never going to happen. I'm a looker just like you. So to remind me, all I'm going to do is look in the mirror every time I'm going to take a shave. Before I'm going to shave is me, after I'm going to shave is you. And then I'm also going to picture of you which I'm going to keep on the wall, right next to George Washington. Mama Mia is a beautiful couple. The papa of the country and the mama of Luigi Basko. But anyway, Mama Mia, I'm sending you something that's going to make us feel close for Mother's Day. I'm only got two dollars. So I'm going to think it would be nice, a nicer present if I give you a pair of bedroom slippers. Of course, you're going to wear them in the kitchen too. Right now I'm going to my night school class, so after I'm going to buy the slippers, I'm going to finish this letter. America, I love you. You like a papa to me, from ocean to ocean. All right class, quiet please, please. Now I'll curl the roll. Mr. Basko. Here. Mr. Harwick. Mr. Olson. Mr. Schultz. Likewise. Mr. Schultz, just say present. I will not have Tom Fulery in my class. All right, mishballing. Next time Tom wants to come, I tell him he couldn't. Smile everybody. There's nothing like a big smile to let the dentist see your teeth. Oh please, Mr. Schultz. Now class, today we're reviewing our spelling and who will volunteer to spell the words bad man. Mr. Schultz did I see your hand? Impossible, I'm sitting on it. Mr. Harwick. If you don't mind, first I would like to see how Olson makes out with it. Well, I know Mr. Olson can spell it. Thank you, mishballing. Mishballing, I would like to try now. Good for you, Mr. Harwick. Go on. G-O-O-N. No, no, no. Spell bad man. Oh, B-A-D-M-A. Well, almost. You just forgot something at the end. Now, what comes after bad man? The detectives. Oh, no, no. Mr. Schultz, will you finish bad man for us? Certainly. Get me a gun and stand back. Mr. Harwick. Mr. Basko? B-A-D-M-A-N. Well, thank you for helping me, Mr. Basko. You're welcome, Mr. Spaulding. Now, maybe you'll help me. Well, certainly. What is it? You think bedroom slippers is a nicer present for Mother's Day? Well, Mr. Basko, I'm sure your mother will appreciate anything you send her. You're so right, Mr. Spaulding. To her mother, you could send even a postcard, just so she sees you remember her. You're the young peniemini Horowitz is right, Luigi. Certainly, Luigi. Every Mother's Day, I show my mother how much I love her. I take me, my wife, my three children, my uncle Hugo, my brother Wolfgang, my aunt Katie, grandpa Max, and we all eat together, and then we go to the movies. That's the nice thing. You take your mama to the movies? No, no, no. Not mama. After cooking all day, she's too tired for the movies. Oh, smile, Luigi. It ain't the present so much it's the feeling. Uh, how much money have you got to spend the video? Totalis. Your present is certainly going to have a lot of feeling. Mr. Schultz, that's not nice. Mr. Basko, I'm sure your mother will like slippers. No, I'm thinking maybe Schultz is right. Is it not enough for Mother's Day? Maybe I send a lamp or a dress or... But where will you get the money, Luigi? I'm asking Pascuali to lend me some. What if he don't? Then, Luigi, maybe you better save up your own money and send her a present on Father's Day. She my friend. Hello, hello. Hello, Pascuali. I'm coming to ask you a big favor. Sure little banana nose. I've brought you to this country. I'm a lover. You're like a son. There's nothing I wouldn't do for you, not to mention the money. Good. I'm gonna need a ten dollars. I told you not to mention the money. What do you want a ten dollars for anyway? Pascuali, this Sunday is a Mother's Day. Go ahead, I'm a listener. I'm a liker to send a present to Italy. Go ahead, I'm a listener. I'm a liker to buy about a ten dollars. Can't hear a word. Luigi, I'm of no interest to the Mother's Day and I don't care about a father's a day or sister's a day or brother's a day. Only one day I'm interested in sudden laws a day. Is it a sudden laws a day? Yes. So Mary, my rose said let's celebrate it, eh? Well, Pascuali, I can see I'm not gonna get a ten dollars from you. I'm not gonna buy my mom and me a summer slippers for a two dollars I'm a god. Oh, two dollars you got. All right, go. Just a minute, Luigi. Don't you know that in America the only thing people send their mothers is a flowers? Sure, they got a big organizations that take care of letting people know all about it. You ever hear of the air for bells? Sure, I'm a heard of the air for bells. That's to mean American flower lovers. I'm surprised you didn't know about this flower side. Do you want to do things the American way, don't you? Well, you know I'm a do. Pascuali, you say I'm gonna have to send my mama some flowers? That's all right. Now sit down, I'm gonna pick out flowers for your mama. You think she's a wanton for wearing, or looking, or just to play the smelling? Well, maybe you got a something that's a good for all the three. Right away you're looking for values, you're not dope. Well, let me see. For all the three, there's trulips, mangolias, rodendrips, spittoonias. And then there's the flowers that they make atom bombs from, uraniums. Oh Pascuali, you're so smart. Now please tell me what the flowers, I'm gonna get them for Mother's Day. For Mother's Day you send only one kind of flower, present the mamas. Oh, I'm understanding now Pascuali. And for Father's Day, he's a puppy, huh? That's all right, little bitch. Only he's a pronounced a puppy. Now Luigi, the worst of news of all, or why you should get married, you know what they send on a bachelor's a day? No Pascuali, what do they send on a bachelor's a day? Poison Ivy. Well, that's all right, Pascuali, as long as they don't send the roses. Luigi, I can't... No, no, please, please, Pascuali, thanks for your information. Now I'm gonna take my two dollars and then... Two dollars, oh Luigi, I'm gonna forget you only had two dollars. Isn't that enough? Of course not. Only flowers you could buy with a little money like two dollars is orchids. Orchids? Of course, orchids is really for children, but after all you mamas and childs who is all right to send. Orchids, they're nice flowers of Pascuali. Oh, beautiful, Luigi. And the best part of all is they're so cheap. You probably can get about two dozen for your money. Now look, Luigi, you get down to Romeo's flower shop, just to tell him I'm a son of you and he's gonna take the best to carry you. Oh, that's good. Pascuali, I'm so glad I'm gonna talk to you before I'm gonna buy my mamma Mia something if I'm not as a dad. I'm always glad to let you benefit from my experience, little cabbage pussy. It's the true way I'm willing to arguments now and then, but when the chips is it down, I'm gonna give you and take Luigi into my business. That's right, Pascuali. Are you always ready to give me the business? That's a funny thing, Luigi. When I'm saying it, it's a come out of different. Well, go, go, go, Luigi. Don't forget the orchids and happy Mother's Day, my son. Happy Mother's Day, Papa. Now where's the telephone? As long as they don't send the roses. We're gonna see. Hello, Romeo's a flower shop. Hello, Romeo, that's you. This is a Pascuali. That's me. And listen, I'm sending my countryman Luigi down your place. He's picking out orchids for his mother. Give him anything he wants and don't charge him anything. I'm gonna pay for everything. And listen, Romeo, don't mention it to him. Yeah, I take care of everything. Goodbye. That's gonna fix him. After Luigi's sent those flowers, he's into my debt. Then it's gonna be curtains for him. Kitchener curtains with a Luigi in my rose as a kitchen. To life with Luigi, here's a suggestion that millions of people find helpful and enjoyable during a busy day. Keep a package of wriggly, spearmint chewing gum handy in your purse or pocket. Every time you need a refreshing little pickup, chew a stick of wriggly spearmint. Chewing on a good piece of gum really does something for you. This smooth, easy chewing helps relieve that feeling of strain and tension, gives you a bit of comfort and satisfaction that helps you feel better and work better. Then, too, the refreshing real mint flavor of wriggly spearmint leaves a fresh, clean taste in your mouth. So always keep delicious wriggly spearmint chewing gum handy and enjoy it often. And now it's turned to page two of Luigi Basko's letter to his mother in Italy. Well, Mamma Mia, I've got a big surprise for you. I'm not sending you to slippers, but I'm sending you real American Mother's Day present at the beginner with F and the end with S. No, it's not the francophones. And it's not the fishes or the photo stores. So don't look in the back of my letter and spoil it as a surprise. Excuse me now, Mamma Mia. I'm going to the place to buy this beginner with F and the end with S. And I'm going to finish this a little later. Oh, here it is, Romero's flower shop. Oh, Pascuali was right. The sign even says remember your mother with the flowers this Sunday. Send her a corset. Corset, C-O-R-S-E-G-E. Corsage. Huh, that must be for mothers whose old age. Well, I'm going in. Hello, can I help you, sir? Yes, sir, please. I'd like to buy something for my Mamma Mia. Certainly, we have some lovely sweet peas. No, I'm going to send her a care of packages. She's got plenty cans of sweet peas. How about some flowers? I want some orchids. Orchids? Oh, are you... Hey, you're looking at me funny. Don't you like to sell orchids? Oh, I love to. Who recommended you to me? My country, Mother Pascuali. Well, why didn't you say so? We have some lovely orchids right here in the refrigerator. See, Mamma Mia, they got her so cold they turned a purple. I'm going to want the dos. Well, I can let you have white orchids, but they cost twice as much. They do, huh? Yes. How much does it cost to the purple ones? Five a piece. Five? Uh-huh. The white ones are ten. Excuse me, I'm going to figure out the sumptuous. Yes. Ten a cents and one orchid. That's a ten for one dollar. I'm going to get a two dollars. Mr. I'm going to take a twenty white orchid. Twenty? Well... What's the matter? Don't you sell less than a gross at a time? Now, we'll wrap them up beautifully and ship them oh so well, with bows and all the nice little card, which I'll fill out right now. Two mother from... Luigi. Luigi what? Oh, she knows her the second name. Here, now here's the money. Oh, that's quite all right. No charge. No charge? Uh-huh. But the way, don't you think I'm a kind of for it? Oh, hardly not. Let's just say someone else is paying for you. Say your fairy godfather. Am I fairy godfather? Who? Oh, I'm not supposed to tell you. Now, there's nothing to don't. I'm going to take those flowers and let's summon up. Well, I shouldn't, but I guess it won't hurt. Your fairy godfather is your friend Pasquale. Huh? Now, shall I wrap them up? Oh, no, he's not the pen. Why? Because the fairy godfather's got a fairy godmother and she's a two-factor for me. Here's my money, two dollars. Two dollars? Why, these orchids cost two hundred dollars. Two hundred dollars are for two hundred dollars. I'm not going to buy a piano. Oh, you can, when you try putting a piano in water and see what it looks like. Now, if you don't mind, I'm busy. But I'm going to send my mom and me some flowers for the money today. For two dollars? Yeah. And Pasquale has told me orchids are the cheapest of all. Oh, he did. Well, the cheapest flowers I have are a dollar fifty, chrysanthemums. Oh, chrysanthemums? Yes, and for Mother's Day, even there, three dollars. Now, good day, sir. What's so good about it? Two hundred dollars are for orchids. Mommy, what a wonderful country is America where even a flower can grow up to be a millionaire. Well, I'm going to send a flower to my mom and me. I'm going to try some other flower shops and see what's happening. The L'Oreal is seven dollars. Remember, Mother with a flower pot? Ten dollars. Mother loves the flowers. Five dollars and up. What a beautiful park. Reminds me of an orchid. Reminds me of an apple when my mom used to take me to hear the music. I think I'm going to sit here a little. What am I going to get a flower for my mom and me? Hey, bud. Huh? Oh, you're asking me something? Yeah, I want to smoke. You got a match? You smoke a match? No, I want a light. I got my own bud. But what? I bought the cigarette away, the dragon, to understand English. You sure don't want somebody to speak it? The smoke, the cigarette. The cigarette's a way in our say so. You got one? No, I'm a donor smoke. Subscriber to the Reedy's Digest. Well, you see, it's because of my mom and me. Once when I was 14 years old, she used to catch me smoking a cigarette in a band with Uncle Pietro as a goat. Huh? A goat smoking cigarettes? Oh, my mom and me, she didn't mind that. The goat was older than a 14. What is this? Next thing you'll be telling me, the goat smoked a pipe. No, he's never smoked a pipe. He's eat them. Oh, my mom was a plenty angry then. But she was right. Mom was always right. Isn't that true? Oh, it's true, buddy. So, so true. I remember when I was a little kid, about eight or nine. Oh, I was just a little shaver. He was a shaver at that age. No, I was Mother's Day. Oh, you're just the one that'll look nice. I guess I was Mother's Day. Oh, I'll never forget it. I brought her flowers. Daisy. Daisy? Yeah. Daisy's that I picked with my own little hensies in the park. In the park? I come home with the flowers. And there we was. Just Mother and me. I only had one Mother, you know. Hey, I'm a figure doctor. She began to cry. And I began to sing. I can just hear it now. I can just hear it now. I love my cry. I love my cry. Everyone else can hear it now, too. Everyone else can hear it now, too. I needed you. That's just so true. Since I was a baby. My mama, my mommy, I'm not going to get new flowers. See you. Thank you. Bye. It's a pleasure you're breaking up my heart. Sing it, partner. Sing it. I want to cry. I ain't had a good cry since yesterday. All right. All right. I'm a try. It's a pile of my creditors' day. How many of you all the time when I was a bum being nothing at that time beneath? He was merely rehearsing some lines for Mother's Day, officer. Well, if it ain't Busted Louis on your way, Louis, beat it. You've got no right to talk to me this way. I'm a citizen. All right, can it. Please, Mr. Officer, I'm a no citizen, but I'm a mean and no harm. He was a gentleman. All right, beat it, beat it. Don't let me catch you again or I'll run you in. My mommy, everything that's happening to me today is going from a batter to worst to the worst. I'm going to get a flower for Mother's Day. Oh, look at these beautiful flowers. These are daisies and daisies. That's an idea like the man has told me. I'm going to pick them and send them to my mom and me. How wonderful. I'm just going to climb over this little fence and I'm going to pick them. Oh, how beautiful they look. That's one. That's two. Three. Four. Five. Six. Seven. Eight. Nine. Ten. Come on. You've been picking flowers, haven't you? Uh-huh. I just stand in front of the bench in front of the lieutenant. Vasco, you've violated ordinance 483J picking flowers in the park. Gilly or not gilly? Guilty. Finally, it's ten days or ten dollars. What would you rather have? To be really honest, the lieutenant, neither. Why would you be picking flowers? That's what I'm going to tell the policeman. Who was it for my mom and me? My mom and me? Yeah. It was for a mother's day. Believe me, lieutenant, you and I'm going to know what's against of the law. Always I'm going to try to be a good citizen. Always I'm going to obey the law. Once I'm a sign in the movies, there's a say smoking in a lobby. Right away I'm going to turn in a fire alarm. Then it was a sign in a zoo. It says, don't feed the monkeys the peanuts. I'm going to never feed them. I'm going to throw in a whole bag and I'll let them feed them themselves. And I once a man on the radio was going to say, buy a box of a cereal and tear off the top half and ascend to me. Believe me, I'm poor man myself. But right away I'm going to send a half a box of a cereal to that radio man. You say you picked those flowers for mother's day? Yes, you and... Where is your mother? In Italy. Right now, please, I'm only got my first peppers so I'm only half the citizen. But someday the rest of me is going to be a citizen of two. And I'm going to send for my mom and for me every day is going to be a mother's day. I don't think there's been much of a crime done. Listen, fella, it's against the law to pick flowers in the park for any reason. I've got to enforce that law. However, I'm off where you're getting flowers for your mother so I'll make it easy for you. There's something I know won't hurt you. Oh, thank you, your honor. You're wonderful. I'll just find you two dollars. What? Mamma mia, what's happening to me today? There's no word that's a meaner worse than a worse sister. All the day long, I'm going to try to get flowers for my mamma mia. And now I'm not to get the two dollars so I can't even buy the bedroom slippers. Well, I'm going to go back to my antique shop and try to forget it. Mamma mia, look at the crowd of people. I'm going to see what he's all about. Here comes the bride. Looks exactly like Elizabeth Taylor. Throw the flowers, Henrietta. Throw the flowers. She's going to throw that beautiful bouquet. Mamma mia, somebody's going to throw away such a beautiful flower. I've got to catch it. I'm going to call it. Look, everybody, I'm going to call the flowers. Oh, good luck, mister. And good luck to you beautiful bride. Goodbye, everybody. You hear better flowers than you. Kind of so, mamma mia, everything has come out to fine. But a funny thing is, I'm not sending you brides a bouquet. Post office, they don't accept it. When I go to the telegraph office, they say it's not possible at all. It's the same. They kind of push these big flowers through the little wires. So, mamma mia, come Sunday. What is the day? I'm going to get air mail one dozen orchids from Romeo Flower Shop. And I guess who's the pay? Fasquale. When he's found out what kind of bouquet I'm caught, and next wanted to have it, he's assured to become a bride. He's going to give me $60 for it. Yeah, that's right. He's bought it for his daughter, Rosa. Your loving son, Luigi Vasco, little immigrant. Folks, the makers of Wrigley's Spearmint Chewing Gum hope you enjoyed tonight's episode of Life with Luigi, and they'd like to remind you that Wrigley's Spearmint Gum not only tastes good, but is also good for you. For instance, chewing a stick of Wrigley's Spearmint after a meal aids digestion and helps seep the teeth bright and clean. At the same time, it freshens your taste and tops off the meal to perfection. 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