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Well, it's a nut through I'm here three years and how the only goal I'm a see is what a pasquale is to put his teeth in a glass You see right now in America. They got to what's it called in inflation Which is got to do with a dollar to explain to you short the mom Amir in inflation means money is a good But a lamb chops is a better In America today if you walk in a market with one dollar even a potatoes is a laugh at you About the milk if I was to bring Uncle Pietro's a goat to America She would get so rich she could give milk only on a Monday's and sleep for late for the rest of the week Meanwhile, I'm happy with my antique of business and and I make just enough money to keep the wolf away from at the door Oh, I'm a talk too quick. Here comes the wolf and now We do you're looking fire beautiful fact, I never saw you look at it's a good Scali something is wrong. Why cuz I say you look so good. When are you gracing me up like that? I know you're getting ready to put to me in a panel Which I really mean it today you look like a nice and fresh a garden Your cheeks are like two rosy apples that your mouth is like a red cherries your eyes like two black and great Luigi you face. It looks such a nice fresh garden. I feel like dumping a bag of vigor over your head Stop for you making me blush Why are you suddenly so nice to me today, huh? Because I love you a little banana. No Luigi couldn't you take the love that you got it for me in a transparent to my nearest to live in a relative You mean a rush I don't mean X's avi a kugatz That's why I'm in America over three years and now all I'm a keeper here now every day is a rush a rush a rush and a more Rush, I'm a startin not to like it. You're right. The Luigi. I'm gonna change your name at the Sam Now look, we all want to something out of life everybody. We all have got our price You tell me what do you want out of life and I go to listen. Hi. Thank you, my squali Well, I want the peace and enough for money to eat to pay my rent to buy fuel of the things In other words the past colleague. I want everything you get free in this democratic country That's a fine a rose who wants to the same of things. So why don't you two Democrats get a married and have a little I What do you say little cabbage pussy Maybe someday Pascale, but is it no rush show show isn't no rush Luigi, and there isn't no hard the feelings up. Oh, no hard feelings Luigi. That's a good Now get ready to move out of the store tomorrow and leave a town of a good I hate to face the ungrateful Luigi. I'm gonna once and for all a jackal up for your hide What are you talking about the biggest get that's free is ever hitting you Luigi That's why you landlady's getting ready to sell this a whole building the next week to a furniture dealer, but I never missed a month my How possible are you gonna sell it the antique shop? That's all right the money for me $20,000 for this to build it and I just decided to take it You know, but it was quality of this a monthly buys the building is it gonna throw me out? I'm gonna have a no business and I'm I'm gonna style it to that Luigi. You see this ear. I'm a point to the tool Yes, that's my deaf ear. Now if you want to get a quick action to talk into the right ear That's the one I keep a list of the future son-in-law I didn't hear a word. You said I'm gonna write I'm gonna not to my night to school up a squali I'm better say goodbye to all of my friends in there So long so long And the good riddance I'm gonna teach that a pup squeak once and for all you can lead a horse with the water But if you don't marry you're true with a pasquale On the one back at school Quiet class. How's all the roll? Mr. Vasco here. Mr. Howard. Yeah, Mr. Olson. Hey, Mr. Schult. Last stop everybody Be happy Please mr. Schult now class today. I asked you to learn some new spelling words So let's see how smart you are who will volunteer to spell the word in subordination Well, who will volunteer? Mr. Schultz if you're volunteering just raise one hand not two who's volunteering I'm giving up Come now class won't somebody try in subordination Remember what I once told you if a word seems too difficult try breaking it up. That's what you can't break up You gotta smash it to pieces Mr. Schultz since you insist on talking out of turn, we'll let you spell the words all right W-o-r-t what I? meant in subordination In support the nation this I I Oh, that's very good, Mr. Schultz. Don't be so modest now mr. Vasco Wake up mr. Vasco the spell the word receive please Come now. What is this spelling rule involved in that word? Mr. Olson you tell him I would be happy to In such words the general rule is I before eexcept after C Now I could give a few dozen exceptions to the rule miss balding or Do you think that may confuse them? Olson, I get for sure just listening to you Quiet please mr. Vasco now that you've heard the rule spell the word receive Mr. Schultz mr. Vasco, you're not even trying the correct spelling is re ceiv e. Do you know the word now? Yeah, the word is a Murphy Miss balding something's wrong with Luigi. What's the matter mr. Vasco a headache? No, no, it's it's a bus quality He's he's gonna sell a whole a building with the antique a shopper to some furniture man. Mr. Mr. Murphy Jiminy that first call is your son on mitigated 14 karat yurk Baskerv why is he doing this? Do you know Russia? I thought so that first call is got a real single-track mind Yeah, and he's gonna keep on having that single-track mind till he marries off his caboose Mr. Baskerv you do have a serious problem. I wish there was some way I could help you My Lou Viji you got nothing to worry about you just go into another business That's all. Yeah, but like like like what this year's well, you could be a butcher. You got a nice fat Tom Luigi Well, there's a dismissal bell. Mr. Baskerv would you mind staying after class perhaps? I can help you with your problem. All right, and thank you miss buzzing good night Lou Viji And if there's anything I can do, please call on me me to love each account on me for anything Thanks. Thanks. Awesome. How do which that's good and any verse comes to us Luigi You could always work with me in my delicatessen sure you could stand and watch my cash register. I don't trust myself lately Mr. Baskerv you should be heartened at the way your classmates were so eager to help you out I'm appreciate the very much miss Pauling but but for me it's too big a problem when I'm losing take a shop But what I'm gonna do for a living is to basket. Oh, you're in America now You can be anything you want to be and do anything you want to do Yeah, but but where I'm gonna go to find another business. Well, I've been thinking mr. Baskerv I know a man who might be able to find you some other business His name is Duffy Lane and he's a business broker. Well, I'm gonna need a hammer for my business is already broke Understand a business broker is a man who can offer you a large variety of businesses and you can make your selection. Oh, well Hat the sounds are good at miss Pauling. Hey, you give him a big hope You must learn to have more confidence in yourself. Mr. Baskerv whenever you feel discouraged I want you to repeat to yourself these lines from a famous poem. I am the master of my fate I am the captain of my soul. I am the master of my fate. I'm the captain of my soul I'm a feel about it already. There you see. I'm a spotting. I'm gonna see there's a business a broker, mr. Lane I'm gonna find a new business and if that's no good. I'm gonna try try and it's right again Hello, Pascalee. Yes Hey, Pascalee, I am a the master of my fate. I'm with the captain of my soul Well, what do you know? Mr. Shrimp boats are nineteen or fifty Hello, it's about to lose his business and be kicked out of the street. Do you sound pretty happy? Oh, no, I'm not a Pascalee. I'm a got a big confidence in myself a Pascalee. I'm with the captain ever All right. All right a captain to stop you get me say say Come on, Luigi get a sensible Mario Rosa before it's too late. Pascalee, I'm the master of my fate. Not the fact You want to know money here look at this account. Let me see Duffy Lane a business a broker Austin 4 6 5 5 7 That's right. I'm just I had to talk with him and he's gonna find me new business Yeah, to talk with him. He's gonna find you new business. I said I go out to sell it in popsicles at the Eskimos Maybe you're gonna go in a vegetable a business renting out of your cab at your head to the housewives Go ahead Pascalee make a fun, but now I'm no more Fredio I'm with the master of my fate. I'm with the captain of my soul. Well, watch out. You don't get a shipwreck One of these are going on a shipbuilding a business In a way, I'd better put a stop to this before my little pigeon flies out of the coop. Let me see that broke is a card I'm a rookie girl brother. He's a rookie girl. He's before for this report for this report Hello, hello out to the Duffy Lane a business a broker. Hey good I'm a very good friend of a new customer yours and Luigi Bosco I'm surprised you promise him you're gonna find him a new business Well, you see he's had a ten different business in the last three years always a fall apart Why I'm glad you asked me that it's because of his a hobby Yeah, what's his hobby? 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I'm a candidate a good denuzza because something bad is a happen I don't know why but what I'm going to see my business a broker is a push me out the lock of the door and a spray me with the DDT Just me where he says he's gonna want to see me But worst part of all mr. Murphy the furniture manager coming to buy this a building tonight and and I'm gonna be thrown out They're here, too Everything is a look of black till the Schultz is walking Luigi my fellow cooper. Ah, look at that long puss Schultz Let's go. He's a he's a chest in me out tonight. So what smile Luigi remember what they say in the clothing business behind every gray suit There's a silver lining Yeah, but but it shows One you know how bad I'm a feel about the losing the antique business well Well, is it just impossible to smile Luigi sometimes we got to smile to keep from crying. Yeah, but it shows what I'm gonna do I'm I'm all mixed up. Well, Luigi the way I see it. You got two choices one you could borrow money for a while No, no, no, no, I'm never gonna borrow money and nothing is ever gonna make me borrow money What's the number two choice Mary Rosa? Oh You know what I'm gonna buy a hundred There is a turn choice you could find yourself a job job for sure You know that thing people do in their spare time between nine and five just to keep alive Great Luigi into my head an idea just pooped Well, what one of my best customers Mrs. Charlie car is the wife of the personnel manager of the atmosphere place I'm gonna talk to missus car right away and in one hour you got a job Yeah, but it shows how you know missus car is it gonna try listen a woman's got to be nice to two men in her life her husband and her butcher Missus car there still if use me the next time she orders me in a schnitzel's she gets less wiener and more What what a big factory Still Americans are they very smart who else you could have figured out how to get a bigger things like a stealer from a little things You like a planting Any country that can have figured out how to push you the salmon in the can without opening it up, but can I do anything? I'm getting nervous I Wish you could have been with me my mommy like like one of you as it took me to school for the first time Well, what a big but I believe you're a master of your faith to the captain of your soul Mr. Basko, I'm sure we can find a place for you in our plan. Thank you. Thank you, mr. Personnel a manager. He's a little present. I'm a brother you from from mr. Schultz. Thank you Hmm must be about 20 Frank fritters in this bag. No, I say it's 18 because I'm I had lunch I Just put them in my desk one of the cold drawers now then let me fill out a card for you your name Address anyone or not the honest that is great zone safety Yeah, sure right outside of my son is a safety zone. Oh Well, we can fill the rest in later now, mr. Basko Steel would like to fit you into the job you're best suited for now What have you had the most experience in most experience and I had an antics Oh, mr. Basko when you're not around antiques. What do you do? I'm a like to sit and read Good. Good. Then what do you read about antics? Mr. Basko the type of work we offer is arc welding spot welding high pressure metal plating operating a drill press and handling a Bessemer type foundry ever do any work with your hands? Oh sure in Italy. I'm a milk at the cow All you did. Oh, no, no, no, I'm I'm also milk at the gut Oh, mr. Basko is is is a nice in Italy. I'm milk at the cow. I'm milk at the gut I'm afraid the pigs and and take care of the little chickens You know, I'm gonna one the favorite the chicken. Her name is Josephine And you're not gonna believe this but she's used to lay 10 eggs in a one day Can a yeah, yeah, we used to sing her little song And every time she's a everything she's a drop everything Oh, well for sure in a bigger place like this must have at least the one the cow we have a coke machine We have a coke machine. I mean how you squeeze the cow in that Well, mr. Basko fortunately, we have a lot of war contract work and we do need help I'll give you a note to one of our foreman. He'll put you somewhere. Oh, thank you, mr. Cat and thank you so much. I'm gonna plant the so much you steal it. You're gonna be very proud of me Basko, gotta be careful around those swinging cranes. Well, there's a plenty hot in here to have mr. Farman. Well, what'd you expect? At Bessemer furnace over there throws three tons of white hot coal into that burning cauldron Out of which pours thousands of ton of molten steel and this is pressured to 5000 degrees Fahrenheit Think you can handle it Basko. Please where do you keep the cow? What Look, do you think you can handle at Bessemer furnace? And I don't know you think I can it's easy just don't get too close or it's curtains for you Please remember you put me in a curtain apartment now Come here Basko, I want to show you the next step That red hot steel you see over there is cooled down from 5000 degrees to 40 below zero by the super cooling action Of 500 icy drafts blowing jets of freezing air up and down Mama, that reminds me what I'm gonna forget to defrost my icebox And now over here is the end product of the whole operation. We call it pig iron Pig iron I'm gonna let the cows you give a milk about as the first time I'm found out that the pigs they give iron Basko, you might have to handle some of these machines pretty soon. So let's know what I tell you Now this here is a four ton jig press These here are turret lathe Uh-huh Those are nut and bolt forges and that over there is a combination Clyde binder and Latina pusher Think you can learn to handle them You sure there's no cow in the factory? No Now come on with me. I'll turn you over to the superintendent Mama me. I'm going down. He's just turning me over to the janitor Hey, Basko move we got to get started. Yeah, sure. Sure. What am I doing faster? Punch that time clock. Huh? You hear me punch the time clock I'll punch it for you I'll stand over here. You're gonna operate this drill press ever handle a press before No, I'm never what gonna tell a shop Oh, what kind of men are they sending down these days? Look this drill press punches 300 holes every hour. You see you just slip this metal sheet in the press like this Go ahead do it. I had to push a little shorter. Show me. All right. Okay. Now tighten the bolt. Yeah, come on stupid Now step on this button and hold tight Basko get up off that floor All right Now step on it get to work. All right, man. Don't stand on a watch. Let's go Let's get this whistle Basko Okay, boys take 30. Hey, Basko. What are you doing so close to that blast furnace? What? What are you doing so close to that blast furnace? I'm just gonna touch a little bit of bread Get away from there Okay, boys get back on the job. Let's go I'm not even it's a make a little sandwich I'm not can do this. I'm all mixed up. Look out Basko watch out for that swinging crane Yeah, you're right. I'm not gonna run for it and I'm not gonna stop because I'm gonna be on Hello, Basko. Is that a Yulu agent? Face all the scratched up overalls all tall in the black a hair stand and unedged What'd you do stick your head in an electrical fan? That's why it's a long story. I'm I'm I had a job of making iron in the pigs First I'm I'm I'm almost a cook to buy hot the furnace And I'm a pushing in the freezer almost a freezer that that the noises are hitting me and I had all the time Like a thousand hammers. I'm I'm almost a fall in the drill press and I get to kill the four times And I know ways they call the gravy out the shift So the little pops quick is a try to be a wicked man, huh? Tell me my big away Jonah. How much money you make it today? I don't know First that they got a social security state of tax and come a tax unemployment insurance accident insurance a union of those I think I owe them a 10 cents I'm a look at that. What a big stoop for the green hall to move. Let's go ahead. Be careful. What are you calling me? I'm a protected by John L. Lewis Talking a very brave before a little man was just about to be kicked out on the street Let's go honey. Yes, Luigi I'm gonna marry Russian I'm gonna give up Luigi, you said it you said the words are one hair Now you can be a good a captain. You marry my ship Oh, wait a minute. I'm gonna call into the bloodshed of bride Rosa Rosa little right, Kristen Rosa fellow to Luigi Hello How you decided to be my son-in-law you've got nothing to worry about I'm gonna make a lot of money selling this house So you're gonna live off for the profits I'm looking for oh, uh, there you are, mr. Besqually Oh, hello, mr. Bifer you coming to close the deal for the furniture store, right? No, the deal is off, mr. Besqually off for why what's up? I saw my business broken mr. Lane today And he told me someone gave him a tip over the telephone that this building is unsafe I'm the same. That's right. It's got termites. I'm sorry, mr Hey, wait, mr. Besqually, I don't want to call it up. I'm a bigger liar Hey, Besqually, Besqually, shine a light Hey, so you told my brother. I'm a good termites, Luigi. You heard of what I told him. I say I'm a bigger liar Don't believe me Luigi where you going? You promised to marry Rosa. Don't believe me, Besqually. 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