WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:09.320 I'm the comic weekly man, the jolly comic weekly man, and I'm here to read the 00:09.320 --> 00:14.760 funnies to you happy boys and honeys. Yes boys and girls it's comic weekly time 00:14.760 --> 00:18.360 and here I come right into your house to bring a little fun and happiness. Right 00:18.360 --> 00:21.540 out of the pages of Puck the comic weekly straight into your living room 00:21.540 --> 00:34.480 your friend the comic weekly man the jolly comic weekly man. little miss honey 00:34.480 --> 00:38.940 did you have a wonderful Christmas? Oh, yes, it was the most wonderful Christmas I ever had. 00:38.940 --> 00:44.440 I got a new doll and I got a doll's house, and I got six dresses for the doll and 00:44.440 --> 00:49.080 three dresses for myself and six pairs of shoes for the doll and three pairs of 00:49.080 --> 00:53.520 shoes for myself and a hat for myself and a hat for the doll and a machine gun. 00:53.520 --> 00:58.920 For yourself or for the doll? For me, of course. Oh, excuse me. And did you make good 00:58.920 --> 01:02.720 resolutions for the new year? You mean like trying to be good and kind and 01:02.720 --> 01:08.440 honest and loyal like Prince Valiant? Yes. Yes, I did. Well, that'll make a very happy 01:08.440 --> 01:12.060 new year for me. And just for that I'll read you Puck the Comic Weekly. But 01:12.060 --> 01:24.300 before I do, let's listen to this nice man. Now here we go with Puck the Comic 01:24.300 --> 01:28.440 Weekly. And please could we go over to Plush Gordon right away? Because Plush and Dale 01:28.440 --> 01:33.060 are on a strange planet with a very beautiful queen. Her name is Suni. And as 01:33.060 --> 01:36.160 the three of them were riding to the palace with Goro, captain of the Queen's 01:36.160 --> 01:40.160 Guard, they were attacked by a huge monster. And the wizard won't let them 01:40.160 --> 01:44.400 have guns or anything made of metal, so they have no weapons to defend themselves. 01:44.400 --> 01:48.200 And I'm anxious to find out whether Flash or Dale gets hurt. Well, let's turn over 01:48.200 --> 01:52.400 to page two. And here we go with Flash Gordon. Magic words for the music, please. 01:52.400 --> 01:57.200 Very well, my lady. Riga-riga-doon-doons, ask him atash. Let's have music for 01:57.200 --> 02:08.120 heroic Flash. As the huge dragon sweeps captain Goro and his mount to the 02:08.120 --> 02:12.320 ground, Flash snatches up Goro's broken lance and tries to distract the monster 02:12.320 --> 02:17.620 from Goro. As the monster turns to Flash, Goro escapes last picture top row, seizing 02:17.620 --> 02:21.560 a sudden chance. Flash darts in close and catches the dragon at its only 02:21.560 --> 02:26.240 vulnerable point. The monster's evil eye and tiny brain, and the monster slowly 02:26.240 --> 02:29.840 sinks to the ground, dying. 02:32.360 --> 02:37.900 First picture bottom row, captain Goro says gratefully, thank you for saving my 02:37.900 --> 02:43.680 queen's life and my own. Flash warns, we're not saved yet. Those birds don't 02:43.680 --> 02:47.760 look friendly. They see coming toward them a flock of huge three-headed birds, 02:47.760 --> 02:52.480 birds big enough to kill a man. Queen Suni looks at them in horror. She tells 02:52.480 --> 02:56.200 Flash they're Hydra vultures and says they better take cover in the dragon's 02:56.200 --> 03:01.440 cave. But Goro protests, no, no, it's against the wizard's metal laws. We can't go 03:01.440 --> 03:06.360 underground, even into a cave. Flash orders last picture. Your duty is to your 03:06.360 --> 03:10.080 queen, not the wizards, you idiot. Get into the cave. It's the only place where 03:10.080 --> 03:14.280 we have a fighting chance against these birds. As Dale, Suni, and Goro run for the 03:14.280 --> 03:18.160 inside of the cave, Flash beats off the first of the three-headed vultures who 03:18.160 --> 03:20.840 tries to kill him. 03:25.240 --> 03:30.600 Oh, isn't that dreadful? As soon as he gets through fighting one horrible creature, 03:30.600 --> 03:35.840 why 20 more try to kill him. Yes. Dale and the others will be safe, all right, but 03:35.840 --> 03:39.960 what's gonna happen to Flash? He's all alone fighting the vulture. Well, next 03:39.960 --> 03:44.080 week we'll find out whether they're all safe. All right. Now can we go across the 03:44.080 --> 03:47.940 page with Dick's adventures? Because Dick is dreaming he's in the early days of 03:47.940 --> 03:51.480 America when George Washington lived. And there's trouble between the English and 03:51.480 --> 03:55.480 the Americans, and the Declaration of Independence has just been written. And 03:55.480 --> 03:58.840 that's when the Americans told the British that they were going to be free 03:58.840 --> 04:02.800 and they were going to rule themselves. That's right, and Dick is now on his way 04:02.800 --> 04:07.320 with the Declaration of Independence to George Washington. And here we go to find 04:07.320 --> 04:10.600 out what happens next with Dick's adventures. Say the magic words with me. 04:10.600 --> 04:16.720 Riggity-pack-a-zack-a-zick. Let's have music for Adventurous Dick. 04:24.640 --> 04:31.640 It's a rainy summer day in 1776. Dick finds himself on a tired horse, jogging 04:31.640 --> 04:36.080 down a muddy, troop-clog street called Broadway. At length he sees what he's 04:36.080 --> 04:39.240 been looking for. Washington's headquarters in New York. 04:39.240 --> 04:46.720 Dick dismounts and goes into the building. In his hand, Dick has the first copy of 04:46.720 --> 04:50.280 the Declaration of Independence just accepted by the Continental Congress in 04:50.280 --> 04:55.560 Philadelphia. As yet, no one in New York has seen it. Last picture top row, Dick 04:55.560 --> 05:00.080 gives it to Washington, who instantly orders it read to all his officers and 05:00.080 --> 05:02.080 men. 05:07.320 --> 05:12.680 First picture next row, the Declaration of Independence is read to Washington's 05:12.680 --> 05:18.120 army. It's a solemn moment. Dick studies the faces of the first American soldiers, 05:18.120 --> 05:24.680 farmer boys, frontiersmen, merchants, clerks, artisans. Many of them have never 05:24.680 --> 05:30.760 held a rifle, and it's read to the officers. Washington is a Virginia planter. 05:30.760 --> 05:36.800 General Israel Putnam is an innkeeper. General Knox a bookseller, and General 05:36.800 --> 05:42.320 Nathaniel Green a blacksmith. Dick glows with admiration for their fantastic 05:42.320 --> 05:47.920 courage in daring to defy the staggering power of England. 05:47.920 --> 05:56.800 Meanwhile, last picture of the row from reports of trappers and Indians friendly 05:56.800 --> 06:01.320 to the American cause, it's known to Washington that a vast force of British 06:01.320 --> 06:06.160 regulars and Hessian mercenaries is being massed in Halifax, Nova Scotia under 06:06.160 --> 06:10.720 General Howe for the attack on New York. And we see the ships of the British and 06:10.720 --> 06:21.040 the soldiers preparing for the attack. Powerly the enemy is expected. Dick on 06:21.040 --> 06:25.640 watch duty, first picture bottom row on Long Island, sights a long line of sails 06:25.640 --> 06:29.840 far out at sea, and he cries out, the British transports, you can see them 06:29.840 --> 06:34.920 coming. As Dick and Washington's officers watch, the British ships loaded with 06:34.920 --> 06:39.880 soldiers come closer and closer. With no Navy to oppose them, the ships stream 06:39.880 --> 06:44.400 arrogantly into New York Bay, and Dick wonders what General Washington's little 06:44.400 --> 06:47.600 army can do now. 06:52.640 --> 07:01.120 Oh, now this is terrible, because if there are no Americans there to stop them, the soldiers can come right up on the shore and fight the Americans. 07:01.120 --> 07:05.200 Yes, it's a dangerous moment. What's going to happen? Well, that's something I don't want to spoil by 07:05.200 --> 07:09.640 telling you now. Next week we'll find out. Oh, I can hardly wait. Well, let's make the waiting easier by 07:09.640 --> 07:17.720 reading Rusty Riley right now. Oh, yes, because a very strange thing has happened. Do you remember, Rusty heard one of the smugglers talking about black light? 07:17.720 --> 07:21.800 Yes, last week we found out that a black light is something that's invisible, 07:21.800 --> 07:25.720 except when it shines in a certain chemical. Then the chemical will light up 07:25.720 --> 07:30.080 like an electric sign. And Rusty had painted a name on his boat with some paint 07:30.080 --> 07:33.640 that he found in Squire Bogg's boathouse. And then he said he needed a light, and 07:33.640 --> 07:37.240 Patty found something that looked like a lantern. When they turned it on, they 07:37.240 --> 07:43.320 found it was black light. And the letter is painted on that boat all lit up. So now let's find out more about that. 07:43.320 --> 07:47.440 Very well. Here we go with Rusty Riley. Gallop and run till the road is dusty. 07:47.440 --> 07:49.640 Give us music for his horse and Rusty. 07:49.640 --> 08:04.440 As Patty and Rusty stare at the letters that shine brightly on the boat, Rusty exclaims, 08:04.440 --> 08:10.440 Well, according to that article in the magazine, that means the paint I used for the name has that special chemical in it. 08:10.440 --> 08:14.840 There's something queer about this. Those men on that boat talking about black light, 08:14.840 --> 08:20.440 and then finding one of these gadgets in our boathouse. So immediately they go in to tell Tex. 08:20.440 --> 08:30.840 Meanwhile, at the barn, Mr. Kilgore, the treasury agent, is talking to Tex too. 08:30.840 --> 08:36.040 Just as Kilgore is about to leave, Rusty comes in, last picture top row. He says, 08:36.040 --> 08:41.840 Gee, Willikens, Tex, we found one of those black light gadgets and the special paint they use with it in our boathouse. 08:41.840 --> 08:49.240 Tex exclaims, Suffering horned toads. You mean it? Rusty goes on first picture bottom row. 08:49.240 --> 08:52.840 I wouldn't have known what it was if you hadn't given me that magazine article. 08:52.840 --> 08:58.040 We painted a name on the skiff, and when you aim that gadget at it, it shines real bright. 08:58.040 --> 09:06.840 Mr. Kilgore listens intently and says, Wait a minute, Rusty, take it slow. This is something I want to know all about. 09:06.840 --> 09:20.640 A little later, after hearing Rusty's story, Tex finally says, 09:20.640 --> 09:26.640 Hey, it's getting real late. Time for you youngsters to turn in. Scram now. 09:26.640 --> 09:33.440 Rusty replies, Well, I'll go in a couple of minutes, Tex, but I got to go back to the boathouse. I left my knife and my flashlight. 09:33.440 --> 09:41.640 As Patty goes to the house, Rusty heads toward the boathouse. As he nears it, he stops, listens, and then says, 09:41.640 --> 09:45.240 Gee, Willikens, I believe I heard voices down there. 09:45.240 --> 09:49.440 In last picture, we see Captain Clune beside a boat in front of the boathouse. 09:49.440 --> 09:52.840 He seems to be waiting for something, and then he calls, 09:52.840 --> 09:59.040 Hurry up, Boggs. Get that black light projector. I got the boat ready. 09:59.040 --> 10:05.840 From inside the boathouse, Squire Boggs, at whose place Rusty and the rest are staying, calls back, 10:05.840 --> 10:10.640 I'm trying to find it, Clune, but somebody must have moved it. It's not where I left it. 10:10.640 --> 10:21.640 Oh, we were right. That Squire of Squire Boggs, he's just as bad as the smugglers. 10:21.640 --> 10:26.640 I believe so. He wouldn't be fiddling around with a black light like the smugglers did if he weren't. 10:26.640 --> 10:29.840 Oh, I hope they don't see Rusty there, though, and catch him. 10:29.840 --> 10:33.440 I hope not, too. Hey, this is really becoming something, isn't it? 10:33.440 --> 10:34.640 Yes, it is. 10:34.640 --> 10:36.640 Well, now I think it's time for... 10:36.640 --> 10:37.440 Donald Duck. 10:37.440 --> 10:44.040 Very well. If you're so anxious, let's turn over the page. And there on page five is Donald Duck. 10:44.040 --> 10:45.640 Say the magic words for me. 10:45.640 --> 11:00.640 Squeegeum, squeegeum, squirrely chicka-chack. Let's have music to fit a quack-quack. 11:00.640 --> 11:05.640 While Donald comes out on the porch with an angry look on his face, he yells to one of his nephews, 11:05.640 --> 11:11.640 Louis, hey, just a minute. Come in here, young man. 11:11.640 --> 11:17.640 And he leads Louis into the boys' room, which is a mess, toys scattered all around. And he says, 11:17.640 --> 11:21.640 Pick up your toys. This place is a shambles. 11:21.640 --> 11:24.640 Louis takes one look at the floor and says, 11:24.640 --> 11:28.640 Oh, they must be Hueys and Deweys. Me. I'm neat. 11:28.640 --> 11:31.640 And he trots out to play. 11:31.640 --> 11:36.640 Last picture top row, Donald sticks his head out of the window when yells, 11:36.640 --> 11:40.640 Huey, come in here. 11:40.640 --> 11:46.640 First picture bottom row, Donald has Huey in the boys' room. He points to all the trash on the floor and says, 11:46.640 --> 11:52.640 Huey, get busy. Put your toys away. This room's a disgrace. 11:52.640 --> 11:54.640 Huey replies, 11:54.640 --> 12:01.640 You got the wrong guy. I always keep my stuff tidy. Louis and Dewey are the guys you want. 12:01.640 --> 12:04.640 And he trots back to play. 12:04.640 --> 12:08.640 Next picture, Donald sticks his head out the back door and yells, 12:08.640 --> 12:13.640 Go away. Come on. 12:13.640 --> 12:20.640 Next picture, he's showing Dewey the room covered with messy toys. And Dewey smiles cheerfully and says, 12:20.640 --> 12:24.640 Yuck, yuck. It must be Hueys and Louis. I'm awful neat. 12:24.640 --> 12:27.640 And trots out to play. 12:27.640 --> 12:31.640 Donald gets so angry he begins to steam. 12:31.640 --> 12:34.640 He gets hotter. And hotter. 12:34.640 --> 12:38.640 And he's so angry he's about to bust. And then... 12:43.640 --> 12:48.640 And a little later, last picture, Donald is in the house reading his newspaper. 12:48.640 --> 12:53.640 While his three nephews, last picture, stand at the window looking as though their hearts will break 12:53.640 --> 13:04.640 as they stare unhappily at all their toys which are out in the backyard in the ash can. 13:04.640 --> 13:06.640 Well, what do you think of that? 13:06.640 --> 13:11.640 Well, I think it was very mean of Donald to throw all those beautiful toys away. 13:11.640 --> 13:17.640 Well, I'm sure that Donald wouldn't have thrown the toys away if the boys loved their toys enough to pick them up and take care of them. 13:17.640 --> 13:18.640 Yes, but... 13:18.640 --> 13:21.640 Not a single one of the boys was willing to pick those toys up. 13:21.640 --> 13:23.640 Yes, I know, but... 13:23.640 --> 13:24.640 Yes, but what? 13:24.640 --> 13:27.640 I guess you're right. The boys should have picked up their toys. 13:27.640 --> 13:30.640 Yes, and if they promise Donald they'll take care of them again, 13:30.640 --> 13:33.640 maybe Donald will let them bring the toys back before the junkman hauls them away. 13:33.640 --> 13:36.640 And now, here's something special. 13:36.640 --> 13:37.640 Oh, tell me quick. 13:37.640 --> 13:40.640 Well, I've got a wonderful big surprise for you. 13:40.640 --> 13:45.640 A surprise? Oh, I love surprises. I just love surprises. What is it? 13:45.640 --> 13:49.640 Well, if you'll just hang on to yourself for just a moment, you'll know what it is. 13:49.640 --> 13:53.640 But first, here's that man again with something interesting to say. 13:57.640 --> 14:00.640 Now, here we go again with Puck the Comic Weekly. 14:00.640 --> 14:03.640 But wait, before I read any more, I have a surprise for everyone. 14:03.640 --> 14:07.640 Oh, goody, goody. I love surprises. Tell me what it is. 14:07.640 --> 14:12.640 Well, starting next week, the next issue of Puck the Comic Weekly is going to have a new comic star. 14:12.640 --> 14:16.640 Oh, that's wonderful. Tell me quick. Who's it going to be? 14:16.640 --> 14:20.640 A favorite of yours, little Miss Honey, and a favorite of all you boys and girls. 14:20.640 --> 14:23.640 Hello, Mr. Comic Weekly man. Hi, Miss Honey. 14:23.640 --> 14:27.640 Well, here he is in person. Hop along, Cassidy. 14:27.640 --> 14:29.640 Hoppy, it's nice to have you with us. 14:29.640 --> 14:34.640 I was just telling Miss Honey that we'll be able to follow your new adventures in Puck the Comic Weekly soon. 14:34.640 --> 14:36.640 How about giving us a preview? 14:36.640 --> 14:41.640 Yeah, that's right. I'm proud to have Hop along join the many great stars in Puck, 14:41.640 --> 14:44.640 and I hope my friends will enjoy our adventures. 14:44.640 --> 14:49.640 My pal's California, and lucky, of course, my great horse Topper will be with me. 14:49.640 --> 14:51.640 We tango with some pretty tough characters. 14:51.640 --> 14:57.640 Right now, we're trying to bring to justice a bunch of scoundrels led by, of all things, a beautiful girl named Calico. 14:57.640 --> 14:59.640 It's quite a story, and I think you'll like it. 14:59.640 --> 15:00.640 I'm sure we will. 15:00.640 --> 15:02.640 And I know we will. 15:02.640 --> 15:07.640 Tell me, Mr. Cassidy, are children of other countries fans of yours, too? 15:07.640 --> 15:11.640 Yeah, a great deal of mail comes to me from my little friends in countries all over the world. 15:11.640 --> 15:19.640 I receive many nice letters from Australia, England, Ireland, Africa, Japan, South America, and, well, just about everywhere. 15:19.640 --> 15:25.640 I'm proud of these faraway friends, and I hope that sometime soon I might visit their lands and meet them personally. 15:25.640 --> 15:30.640 Yes, I'm sure that would be as big a thrill for them as for the children here in America. 15:30.640 --> 15:37.640 Say, you certainly deserve a lot of credit, Hoppy, for the time you spend making personal appearances to make all these children so happy. 15:37.640 --> 15:40.640 I imagine all the traveling's a pretty tiring job. 15:40.640 --> 15:44.640 Well, we do travel around a lot and keep pretty busy, but it's certainly not tiring. 15:44.640 --> 15:47.640 As a matter of fact, the more I do, the better I feel. 15:47.640 --> 15:50.640 You see, just about everything I do is connected with kids. 15:50.640 --> 15:54.640 They're so full of pep and enthusiasm, I can't help but feel the same way. 15:54.640 --> 15:58.640 Since I have so much fun doing it, it never seems like work at all. 15:58.640 --> 16:00.640 Yes, I know just what you mean. 16:00.640 --> 16:06.640 Well, Hoppy, you can certainly expect Miss Honey here next Sunday when we start your adventures in Puck the Comic Weekly. 16:06.640 --> 16:08.640 Oh, yes, I can highly wait. 16:08.640 --> 16:12.640 Well, that's just fine, and I hope that goes for all you boys and girls who are listening, 16:12.640 --> 16:16.640 because I've got some exciting adventures coming up and I wouldn't want you to miss any of them. 16:16.640 --> 16:18.640 And especially next week. 16:18.640 --> 16:20.640 Well, I hope no one misses next week. 16:20.640 --> 16:23.640 I know I'll be here when you read my adventures for the first time. 16:23.640 --> 16:29.640 Say, I've got to be leaving now, Mr. Comic Weekly man and Miss Honey, but I'll be back in person next week. 16:29.640 --> 16:30.640 So long till then. 16:30.640 --> 16:31.640 So long, Hoppy. 16:31.640 --> 16:32.640 So long. 16:32.640 --> 16:33.640 See you next week. 16:33.640 --> 16:40.640 Gee, hop along, Cassidy, in person, and he'll be back next week. 16:40.640 --> 16:42.640 Well, this is certainly quite an event. 16:42.640 --> 16:45.640 Say, do you think you can recover from all this excitement? 16:45.640 --> 16:47.640 You know, we still have some funnies to read. 16:47.640 --> 16:49.640 Now would you like to see what Roy Rogers is doing? 16:49.640 --> 16:55.640 Oh, yes, please, because last week Roy jumped in the river to save a boy who was caught in the wild water. 16:55.640 --> 17:01.640 And up on top of the bluff above the river, an old pioneer character wearing a fur cap was shooting at Roy. 17:01.640 --> 17:08.640 And just at the moment when it looked like the old man was going to shoot Roy and the boy dead, another man rode up and stopped him from shooting. 17:08.640 --> 17:11.640 And I would like to find out who this man is. 17:11.640 --> 17:15.640 Very well. Turn to the last page of the first section of Puck the Comic Weekly. 17:15.640 --> 17:18.640 And here we go with Roy Rogers, king of the cowboys. 17:18.640 --> 17:23.640 Hi-yip-hi-o. Now here we go with Roy and Trigger. Hi-yip-hi-o. 17:23.640 --> 17:36.640 A mysterious stranger who stopped the old man from shooting exclaimed, 17:36.640 --> 17:39.640 What's the idea of shooting at my son, Furhead? 17:39.640 --> 17:41.640 Furhead replies, 17:41.640 --> 17:45.640 Knuckles Hardy. Oh, honest Mr. Hardy, I didn't know he was here, boy. 17:45.640 --> 17:49.640 Well, you know it now. That's his pony Clover there. 17:49.640 --> 17:54.640 Yeah, but the lad was snooping around the old fort and I was only looking out for your interests. 17:54.640 --> 17:59.640 Last picture top row, Hardy looks in the river. He sees that Roy is saving his son. 17:59.640 --> 18:12.640 And he exclaims, Well, the young scamp's safe out of the river. And a good thing for you that he is, Furhead. 18:12.640 --> 18:15.640 First picture next row, Roy helps the boy out of the river saying, 18:15.640 --> 18:20.640 Come on, sonny, I got a score to settle with that hombre who's been shooting at us from above. 18:20.640 --> 18:26.640 The boy replies, And I want to get even with him too. He chased me out of Fort Havelock. 18:26.640 --> 18:30.640 Roy and the boy see that Furhead and the man who had stopped the shooting have disappeared. 18:30.640 --> 18:35.640 So they start back to where they left their horses. Roy asks, Where do you live, sonny? 18:35.640 --> 18:41.640 The boy replies, In the Box H. My dad owns the biggest spread in these parts. 18:41.640 --> 18:47.640 As they come up on the top of the plateau, last picture of the row, Roy exclaims, Hey, he's gone. 18:47.640 --> 18:52.640 Well, I aim to find out what's going on at old Fort Havelock that invites bullets for trespassing. 18:52.640 --> 19:00.640 The boy says, Well, you're not going without me. 19:00.640 --> 19:06.640 Meanwhile, first picture bottom row, Hardy and Furhead are riding at a dead gallop. Hardy says, 19:06.640 --> 19:12.640 Move along, Furhead. I want to find out when Nitro Kane will be ready to do the job I hired him for. 19:12.640 --> 19:18.640 Furhead replies, Well, he ain't the hurrying kind. You can't be when you're handling explosives. 19:18.640 --> 19:25.640 They gallop into the fort. Last picture, Hardy calls out, Nitro, Nitro Kane, where are you? 19:25.640 --> 19:31.640 What the? As the horses rear up at the explosion at their feet, a voice within the fort calls out, 19:31.640 --> 19:36.640 Greetings, Mr. Knuckles Hardy. 19:43.640 --> 19:51.640 Oh, this is very strange. The man who saved Roy and the boy from being shot is the boy's father, isn't he? 19:51.640 --> 19:58.640 Yes. And yet, now he's with Furhead, the man who's doing the shooting, just as like as if he's a partner with him in something. 19:58.640 --> 20:05.640 And I suspect that this partnership isn't a very good one. And the man's son is with Roy Rogers, and Roy is going to investigate. 20:05.640 --> 20:12.640 Yes, it looks like the boy and Roy will be against the boy's father. Oh, this is really very unusual. 20:12.640 --> 20:19.640 Mm-hmm. Next week, we'll find out more about it. But now? Oh, now, of course, it's time for Dagwood and Blondie. 20:19.640 --> 20:24.640 Of course it is. And of course, here they are on the first page of the second section of Puck the Comic Weekly. 20:24.640 --> 20:28.640 And of course, you're going to read that now. Of course. So here we go with Dagwood and Blondie. 20:28.640 --> 20:33.640 Ramaphoo, ramaphum, zim zam zombie, conjume music for Dagwood and Blondie. 20:38.640 --> 20:43.640 Dagwood's neighbor, Herb Woodley, has stopped in to ask Dagwood a favor. He tells Dagwood, 20:43.640 --> 20:47.640 I've got a package come and collect, and I have to go out, Dagwood. 20:47.640 --> 20:52.640 So Dagwood tells Herb to leave a note at his house to have the package delivered at the Bumsteads. 20:52.640 --> 20:57.640 Herb tells Dagwood he doesn't remember exactly how much he's supposed to pay for it. So Dagwood says, 20:57.640 --> 21:00.640 Well, just sign one of your checks and leave it with me. 21:00.640 --> 21:03.640 So Herb signs the check, last picture, top row, saying, 21:03.640 --> 21:10.640 Oh, yes, yeah, good idea. Now here it is, Dagwood. Now you just fill in the proper amount when the delivery man arrives. 21:10.640 --> 21:18.640 First picture, next row. Herb walks off saying, 21:18.640 --> 21:23.640 Ah, it's wonderful to have a friend so honest you can trust him with one of your signed checks. 21:23.640 --> 21:27.640 But Dagwood puts the check beside the phone, then goes to take a nap. 21:32.640 --> 21:38.640 Last picture of the row, the doorbell rings, and Cookie, Dagwood's daughter and a little neighbor girl answer the door. 21:38.640 --> 21:41.640 They find a beggar dressed in ragged clothes who asks, 21:41.640 --> 21:46.640 Could you spare a poor old man a dime? Cookie exclaims, 21:46.640 --> 21:48.640 But my daddy's taking a nap. 21:48.640 --> 21:53.640 First picture, next row. The neighbor girl picks up the check with Herb Woodley's signature on it and says, 21:53.640 --> 21:57.640 Well, if you don't want to wake your daddy, why don't you just give the poor old man this check? 21:57.640 --> 21:58.640 So Cookie replies, 21:58.640 --> 22:02.640 I'll write a million dollars on it, and that'll make him rich. 22:02.640 --> 22:08.640 Now this means that if Cookie writes a million dollars on it, that because Herb Woodley's signature is already on the check, 22:08.640 --> 22:13.640 the bank will think that Herb Woodley has written the check and wants the bank to give the hobo a million dollars, 22:13.640 --> 22:16.640 which is very unusual. 22:19.640 --> 22:23.640 Next picture, the hobo's at the bank where he hands the check to the bank clerk. 22:23.640 --> 22:25.640 The clerk looks at it and exclaims, 22:25.640 --> 22:27.640 A million dollars? 22:27.640 --> 22:28.640 The hobo replies, 22:28.640 --> 22:32.640 Yep, and give it to me in one dollar bills. 22:32.640 --> 22:33.640 There's a... 22:35.640 --> 22:38.640 And the clerk has gone to the office of the president of the bank. 22:38.640 --> 22:41.640 The clerk and the president and all of them are jabbering wildly. 22:41.640 --> 22:43.640 As the president looks at the check, he exclaims, 22:43.640 --> 22:45.640 A million dollars? 22:45.640 --> 22:46.640 And the clerk exclaims, 22:46.640 --> 22:48.640 And that's Herb Woodley's signature, all right. 22:48.640 --> 22:50.640 And the vice president exclaims, 22:50.640 --> 22:54.640 Why, he's never had over two hundred dollars in his account. 22:55.640 --> 23:01.640 That means that Herb is in trouble for writing a check for a million dollars when he doesn't have more than two hundred dollars in the bank. 23:01.640 --> 23:07.640 First picture, bottom row, the doorbell at the Bumstead house rings, awakening Dagwood. 23:07.640 --> 23:08.640 Dagwood exclaims, 23:08.640 --> 23:10.640 Oh, that's probably the delivery boy. 23:10.640 --> 23:13.640 But why is he ringing the doorbell so violently? 23:13.640 --> 23:15.640 So Dagwood opens the door, 23:15.640 --> 23:18.640 and five policemen grab Dagwood, 23:18.640 --> 23:21.640 and without asking him any questions, take him down to jail. 23:23.640 --> 23:27.640 And last picture, Dagwood finds himself locked in jail with the hobo, 23:27.640 --> 23:31.640 and Herb. Dagwood asks innocently, 23:31.640 --> 23:33.640 Why are we here, Herb? 23:33.640 --> 23:36.640 Herb just looks at Dagwood and growls like a dog. 23:41.640 --> 23:44.640 Poor Dagwood, you look scared. 23:44.640 --> 23:49.640 He certainly does, and no wonder being jerked out of his house and being taken to jail without knowing why. 23:49.640 --> 23:52.640 Won't he be angry with Cookie when he learns what she did? 23:52.640 --> 23:55.640 Oh, I'm afraid she's going to be very angry. 23:55.640 --> 23:58.640 Oh, I'm afraid she's going to be in trouble tonight. 23:58.640 --> 24:00.640 Well, now it's time for Prince Valiant. 24:00.640 --> 24:05.640 Oh, that's really exciting, because Prince Valiant is staying at a castle, 24:05.640 --> 24:10.640 and the castle is being attacked, and last week you said that the most feared thing was happening, 24:10.640 --> 24:12.640 and I want to find out what it is. 24:12.640 --> 24:17.640 Well, let's go over to the last page, and we'll find out right now with Prince Valiant in the days of King Arthur. 24:17.640 --> 24:25.640 Eckerd Brackett, Graham Olken, and Quince, music romantic for a fair, fair prince. 24:30.640 --> 24:33.640 Black Robert, who's attacking the castle of Sir Re-Fook, 24:33.640 --> 24:38.640 has put his men to work building a tower that will rise above the walls of the castle. 24:38.640 --> 24:44.640 From the tower, he expects to be able to shoot down the soldiers within the castle and thus win the battle. 24:44.640 --> 24:49.640 But in order to prevent this, Sir Re-Fook builds the wall of the castle higher, 24:49.640 --> 24:52.640 so Black Robert can't shoot into the castle. 24:52.640 --> 24:59.640 But last picture top row, Sir Re-Fook is telling Prince Valiant that Black Robert has unlimited material with which to build, 24:59.640 --> 25:02.640 while Sir Re-Fook only has the supply within the castle. 25:02.640 --> 25:08.640 Then Prince Valiant remembers that the tower that Black Robert is building is without solid foundation, 25:08.640 --> 25:11.640 and he suggests that they dig a tunnel from within the castle, 25:11.640 --> 25:14.640 underneath the tower, and set the tower on fire. 25:14.640 --> 25:21.640 And so this work is done. For weeks the work continues, until in the big picture in the middle of the page, 25:21.640 --> 25:25.640 we see that the tunnel runs directly underneath the corner of Black Robert's tower. 25:25.640 --> 25:30.640 Then this place is packed with wood and charcoal and set ablaze. 25:32.640 --> 25:37.640 First picture bottom row, the smithy within the castle and the armory are stripped of their bellows, 25:37.640 --> 25:42.640 and the men force air into the tunnel like blacksmiths, so that the fire will burn. 25:42.640 --> 25:47.640 All night they pump until the very ground under their feet glows with the great heat from the chamber, 25:47.640 --> 25:52.640 and then the supporting timbers burn through when the tower thunders down. 25:56.640 --> 26:02.640 Last picture, Black Robert stands very still as the labor of weeks crumbles to ruins. 26:02.640 --> 26:07.640 Then he turns to his task again, for this resolute man will never give up. 26:15.640 --> 26:19.640 Oh, wasn't that a wonderful idea of Prince Valiant? 26:19.640 --> 26:25.640 Indeed it was, and now maybe it'll be safe within the castle until the messenger has a chance to bring back help. 26:25.640 --> 26:28.640 Oh, I certainly hope so. We'll find out next week, won't we? 26:28.640 --> 26:35.640 I hope so. Now that's all the time I have, but before I go, here's that fellow with some more interesting information. 26:44.640 --> 26:46.640 Well, honey, and all you boys and girls, I gotta go now. 26:46.640 --> 26:50.640 All right, Mr. Comic Weekly man, but I'll be waiting for you next week. 26:50.640 --> 26:55.640 Okay, that's a date. 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