Best broadcasts of 1939-40 (1940)

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BEST BROADCASTS OF 1939-40 Woman. — ( Sighing . . . yawning off) All right, pa, we’re witnessin’. Justice. — Join hands. Do you, Christopher Morgan, take this woman to be your lawful wedded wife ? Chris. — I do. Justice. — Hm. And do you, Margaret Evelyn Turner, take this man to be your lawful wedded husband ? Peggy. — ( Matter of factly) I do not. Justice.— Then by the power vested in me . . . ( Double take) What’d you say ? Peggy. — {Very positively) I said “I do not”! Justice. — That’s what I thought you said. Well, certainly can’t marry you folks. ( Sighing ) Go back to bed, ma. Sound. — Door slams ... off. Chris. — Wait a minute! (To Peggy ) What’s the idea? Peggy. — ( Accusingly ) You would have done it! You actually would have gone through with the marriage ! Chris. — Certainly I would. Why not ? Peggy. — You weren’t joking? You really are everything you said you were! Chris. — Sure I am. Peggy. — (Almost speechless) Oh! Of all the arrogant, conceited, self-centered, weak-kneed excuses for a man! Marry you ? Why, I wouldn’t marry you, if . . . Chris. — If I were the last man on earth. I know the line. Now look! Cut out the dramatics. Peggy. — Let go of me! Chris. — Quit it, I said! Justice. — Look here, mister. You’re not gonna hit nobody in this house. I’ll . . . Chris. — Do I look like a guy who’d hit a woman before I was married to her ? Justice. — (Very slight pause) But, Mr. Morgan . . . 52