The Singing Critic - Richard Diamond | 11/05/1949 (Ep028)

Richard Diamond, Private Detective was an American detective drama, created by Blake Edwards, which aired on radio from 1949 to 1953. Dick Powell starred as Richard Diamond in the radio series as a wisecracking former police officer turned private detective. Episodes often had Diamond taking on a case at the behest of his friend and former partner, Lt. Walter Levinson. The plot remained relatively unchanged throughout the series, with the hard-boiled Diamond enduring physical confrontations while tackling a challenging murder investigation, aided by the police department. Notably, despite the numerous gun battles, Diamond was never injured by gunfire. Most episodes end with Diamond at the piano, singing a popular song to his girlfriend, Helen Asher. This radio program was later adapted successfully to television. 

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Speaker 1: Is Dick Powell as Richard Diamond, private detective.

Speaker 2: What he heard?

Speaker 3: Godard Lota, Hi, baby, when we're.

Speaker 4: You so happy about? Why aren't you at the office?

Speaker 2: Now, don't confuse me, dear, one question at a time.

Come on in the study and I'll tell you all

about it.

Speaker 5: Oh now, stop being so mysterious. You'll never come over

here at this time of the day.

Speaker 2: Read some of these what are they?

Speaker 5: Let us read them, all of them, but there must

be at least of half a.

Speaker 2: Hundred, well close fifty three, And those are only about

one tenths of the pilots in my office.

Speaker 4: Oh Rick, I bean, Yeah.

Speaker 2: The lovely dear sweet Tennis, and that gorgeous building right

next to this one.

Speaker 4: They like your singing.

Speaker 2: Read a couple me, Me, me, dear mister.

Speaker 4: Diamond, La la Laick.

Speaker 2: Go on, go on, go on.

Speaker 5: We'll stop sounding like a whole quartette, all right, dear

mister Diamond. I live in the building across the way

from Miss Asher's apartment right over there. At least once

a week I sit in my living room and listen

to the sounds of your melodious boy.

Speaker 2: I mean, for.

Speaker 4: Last week.

Speaker 5: However, I waited for seven straight days, but without result,

you did not singm Please, mister Diamond, for the sake

of my family, continue to sing at least once a week.

I'm beginning to nag my husband, and yesterday I took

the rubber bone away.

Speaker 4: From my French poodle.

Speaker 5: Ere you see, it's getting to be a real problem

with me. And if you want to save me the

twenty five dollars a day I would have to pay

my psychiatrist.

Speaker 4: Sing lo.

Speaker 5: Yours expectantly, missus Louise Cartwright. WI.

Speaker 2: Could they all like this? Well, certainly not. Some of

them are really desperate. And here's when I saved out.

Read this one. If you really want to get a charge.

Oh me, me, me, me, me, me me me, My dearest,

mister Diamond, go on.

Speaker 4: I have been listening to your beautiful singing.

Speaker 2: What what do you mean? What? Oh what you just read?

Speaker 4: I've been listening.

Speaker 2: No, no, no, the last part You're beautiful singing. I'm

gonna treaty show come on, fetish now finish it. Well.

Speaker 4: She's been listening to your beautiful singing.

Speaker 5: Oh yes, And many times I've seen you going into

Miss Asher's apartment and I think you are as beautiful

as your voice.

Speaker 2: Oh well, now you said that, turn off a steam

and read the last part.

Speaker 4: I wouldn't miss it. Last week, I waited and waited, but.

Speaker 2: You didn't sing, Exole.

Speaker 5: I know you were in miss Asher's apartment and you

certainly had the chance. If miss Asher is the one

that won, that won't let you sing. Come over to

my apartment. I have a piano and I just love it.

Nine seven seven Park, Apartment three oh three, signed your

most ardent fan.

Speaker 2: Ellen Mademoiselle from moment to you.

Speaker 4: Wait what are you doing?

Speaker 2: Window? But you think it's a little stuffy in here?

Speaker 4: The air conditioning's on. Now stay away from that piano.

Speaker 2: Knew I knew it. Ellen's right. You really don't want

me to sing.

Speaker 4: At eleven o'clock in the morning. No, I want you

to sing tonight, when it's more romantic on you me.

Speaker 2: Yes, you you want to deprive those poor, discouraged people

of a little, honest, simple pleasure. You want that woman

to take a dog's bone away again, you idiot. Oh

no telling what will happen. Those people might not leave

their apartments for days. It'll get to be like a

prison camp. Think of it. No food they won't leave

the building even to go out and get an orange.

You're a lime or something, and you know what, what scurvy? Ah,

it'll be dying like flies? Go on?

Speaker 4: What's the matter?

Speaker 2: Dying like flies? I wonder who thought of that? Bright

little smile. I've got a big green fly in my

office at Satafi carries a man swatter. Ah, Or you

think it's funny? Do you think what will happen if

those poor people stay in that building withering up? A

skir me? You fiend?

Speaker 4: I know it. Yes, it's just a I don't want

to share your tonsils with anyone.

Speaker 2: I'm selfish, me me me. You're more than that, you're

anti social.

Speaker 4: All right, all right?

Speaker 2: You mean yes? Sing start fellow.

Speaker 6: Ah, one hundred and one pounds of fun. That's my

little honey.

Speaker 2: Rick.

Speaker 4: Yes, did you hear something? I think so try it again, a.

Speaker 2: One hundred and one pound Rick?

Speaker 4: Yes, I heard it.

Speaker 2: It's that grouch Rick.

Speaker 4: Yes, there's an enemy in the camp.

Speaker 2: But what do we do? We can't just let those

people die over there?

Speaker 4: Sink him? You mean, yes, it's your duty.

Speaker 2: You're right, it's no longer not for personal pride. I

must defeat the grouch at all cost, while those thousand

starving tenants thousands big rooms stand back. Good luck, Thank you.

You are my sunshine. You are my sunshine.

Speaker 4: You are my sunshine. You are my sunshine. He's ring sunshine.

Speaker 2: You are my sunshine. You are my sunshine.

Speaker 4: Shin shine, he's nearly now.

Speaker 2: You are my sunshine. You are my sunshine. You are

my sunshine.

Speaker 3: You are money, You are my sun.

Speaker 2: Rick victory decidedly bull runners never like this.

Speaker 5: All right, now, sing honey bun and save those poor people.

Speaker 6: Ahe hundred and one pounds of fun.

Speaker 2: That's my little honey bun, honey bart bun rick. Good grief.

I don't know. I can talk all right, but the

minute I go up, something happens.

Speaker 4: I hope you didn't hurt it.

Speaker 2: Oh, now, isn't that ridiculous?

Speaker 5: I can't help laughing, But it isn't really funny.

Speaker 4: Come on, let's go get you some warm milk or something.

Speaker 2: Me Lord done, I'm off more.

Speaker 4: Stop that, give it a rest.

Speaker 7: Oh.

Speaker 2: If that grouch only knew, I may never bother him again.

Speaker 5: Well, he's the only one that doesn't like it. Poor guy,

Poor guy, Now that's a silly thing to say.

Speaker 2: Well, honey, he doesn't like it. Let's face it, he

probably gets desperate to have to move. Okay, I wonder

what he's doing right now.

Speaker 4: That he's planning something fiendish.

Speaker 2: You think he's going to start shooting burning arrows.

Speaker 5: I wouldn't put it past him. Now, let's take care

of that throat.

Speaker 2: Well, sometimes silly things like that happen. I come on

like a big baritone and lose my voice. Helen has

to feed me hot lemon juice and honey for about

three hours, and the grouds across the way in the

next apartment starts thinking up the ten best ways to

eliminate diamond. I think I'm kidding. Let me tell you.

I didn't know it then, but that fast course of

you are my Sunshine with my own lyrics started more

trouble than a hopped up mouse and a herd of elements.

While Helen fed me the tonsil cure, old grouch head

was dreaming of a cure of his own.

Speaker 8: What am I going to do? I work in the daytime,

try to sleep at night. He sings at night. I

switched to the night shift. He sings in the daytime. Oh,

I'll fix him. We'll fix that Diamond ohe book.

Speaker 2: Phone book detectives, private detail.

Speaker 7: Uh, look at the Richard Diamond private detective full pay jad.

Speaker 2: Wouldn't you know it? You look at that slogan.

Speaker 7: Whoever you are, whatever you do, if you're too dead

to walk, we'll come to you.

Speaker 9: Yeh.

Speaker 2: Must be other detectives in here. Oh, here's one Pat Cosack.

You are my son shiner?

Speaker 9: Oh Diamond, No.

Speaker 2: Fits you fix you? Good? Yeah? Is this Pat Cosack? Yeah?

For employment? Uh haven't I heard of you before? I doted?

Speaker 9: Probably that Shamus and Frisco. He's always dealing my stuff.

Speaker 2: Uh. Well, my name is Ernest.

Speaker 9: Lumpkin happy halloway, mister Pumpkin.

Speaker 2: No, no, no Lumpkin Lumbo.

Speaker 9: Okay, okay. What can I do for you?

Speaker 7: Well, I've got a problem. It concerns another person in

your line of work.

Speaker 9: I mean another Shamus.

Speaker 2: Yes, he sings.

Speaker 9: You mean Diamond?

Speaker 2: Oh? Is he a friend of yours?

Speaker 9: A competitor, isn't a friend?

Speaker 10: Diamond gets more clients than anyone in the business, so

he isn't even a competitor.

Speaker 9: He's a capitalist. Yeah, he can advertise. People go to

him instead of me. I hate him.

Speaker 2: Oh, mister Coslack, Hey, you're not alone.

Speaker 9: The name's Cosak. Mister dumpcin uh uh lumpkin, Lumpkin dumpkin.

Speaker 7: You want to hire me, but U you don't even

know what I want you to do?

Speaker 9: Can you pay me fifty bucks a day?

Speaker 2: If you can do the job one day?

Speaker 9: For fifty bucks, I'll steal a Chrysler building and bring

it over to on a motor scooter. What's your address?

Speaker 7: Nine to seventy seven Park Avenue, And hurry?

Speaker 4: How does your throat feel?

Speaker 11: No?

Speaker 2: Oh, scalded. I'll be eating exam old trokies for a week.

Oh no, it wasn't that hot, wasn't it, Honey? That

limewater was so hot Alabama could have boiled his forty

thieves in it.

Speaker 4: You're speaking voices all right, every.

Speaker 2: I think I've swallowed the bear rug.

Speaker 4: Where are you going?

Speaker 2: Well, I can't sing, and I'm going to see you

tonight anyway, So I think I'll drop down to the

fifth Precinct and drive Sergeant Otis out of his mind.

Speaker 5: Oh Rick, that poor man he called up last week

when Lieutenant Levinson was looking for you, when he sounded

like he was dying and you were responsible.

Speaker 2: Honey. When Otis dies, everybody will be running around in spaceships.

Got to the stone age, all right to me? Bye.

I left Helen headed for the fifth Precinct Police station.

It was one of those good afternoons. The sun was

leaning on three o'clock, and now and then a cool

breeze would sail through my signus and pump my lungs

full of that easy good to be walking around feeling.

I had just about everything. Good job, good girl, and

the four oh report from my insurance company. When I

reached the station, I hopped up the steps and bounced

into the squad room. Sergeant Notice was sitting sitting over

in the corner, making out the weekly report for the Commissioner. Hellotice,

Oh what do you want, Shamas? Well, really nothing. I

just came back to see if I could borrow one

of your shoes. I'm going sailing. Oh that's very funny.

Speaker 7: You know someday, gumshure you're gonna run out of gags.

Then what are you gonna do?

Speaker 2: Well? I could set you on fire. That's sure to

be a good chuckle. Oh yeah, Lieutenant in Yeah, Otis, sir,

you want to know how to catch a crook. Ah,

wise guys eat a lot of spaghetti. Oh, how can

I catch a crook that way? Just open that big

mouth and say, oh yeah, you'll lass on him. Hello,

Lieutenant Levinson. Lieutenant Levinson, Well how do you do, mister Diamond? Now?

What's with the formal routine? Oh? I can't help it.

Every time I leave Otis, I feel like I've just

stepped out of a gorilla cage. Oh why don't you

leave that poor guy alone? Wreck? I's used to it.

If I started treating him like a human being, he'd

get so confused he'd probably cut off his tail. Think

what would happened Walt when he wanted to go to

sleep at night? No more hanging upside down? Brother? What's

on your mind?

Speaker 5: Oh?

Speaker 2: I just thought i'd stop buying Choo the fat. We'll

go ahead already dead shoot a whole pound right off Otis?

Wal Are you sure he's a mammal? Now you listen

to me. Otis is a nice fella for a hammerhead.

He can't help it, So stop tearing him down and

tell me what you really want. Wald. I'm PRIs that you.

I just wanted to stop buy and say hello, Hello,

where's the body? Oh look, there's nobody. Just a nice chat.

That's all okay, But I want you. I won't stand

frond of routines. And if you're mixed up in something,

I have to find out the hard way. So help me.

I'll put you away so far I don't have to

pipe are India? Walt? You do? Do what? Love me?

Would you like to wear my sig alf Pin? Say?

What's the matter with you? You have been growing puppies in

your office? Wait a minute, yeah, what is it? Not this?

Speaker 9: It's that you're on the phone for Diamond.

Speaker 2: Okay, phone for you, Rick Helen, Oh, thanks, fifth precinct.

Remember Imato a corpse in the morgue is worth two

in your basement? Oh no, it's true, Wall, it's true.

Speaker 4: Just jumped out of the window.

Speaker 2: No, I mean there's a cast system around here. When

Walt feels like jumping out of a window, he throws

orders out first, as if it hurts Hi your baby, Hi, Rick.

Speaker 4: Mister Jones called and said it was very important that

he seen you at once. Said it was a matter

of life and death.

Speaker 2: Jones first name John, Well, he didn't say, just gave.

Speaker 4: Me an address and ask you to come over immediately

one three seven River Street.

Speaker 2: He called me at your apartment.

Speaker 11: Uh huh, hey, I never thought of that.

Speaker 4: How do you get the number?

Speaker 7: No?

Speaker 2: Tell him, well, I'll go on over. Maybe he will

turn out to be a good client. Tell you later, baby,

Lord done, I'm up, good dime. Hey you usually sound terrible. Uh,

I'll see you a little while. Huh oh, well, thanks

for the brilliant conversation, Squart. Just because I didn't have

a corpse hidden out someplace, you get mad, all right,

see if I care? Oh now wait a minute, No, no,

I understand. Well you could just get someone else to

play Jack's with. I'll send you Sam Spade and now Rick.

Oh oh, this yellow Why haven't you got that report

in here?

Speaker 7: I've been eaten spaghetti spaghetti, yeah, and that diamond's a liar.

I can't last you nothing. Maybe you have to be

a cowboy.

Speaker 2: Thanks, Kevy, keep the change, One thirty seven River Street.

The address Helen had given me over the phone was

an old, deserted warehouse. Now, I want to stop right

here and say, I admit it was pretty stupid to

wander into an empty warehouse like that. And I figured

that this Jones. Guy must be in some kind of

trouble to leave a message like that with Helen. The

place was as empty as a fair ground in the water.

I put my hand on my thirty eight and kept

moving toward the back of the building. And I saw

a door. A sign on it said John Jones Enter,

And wouldn't you know it, I did going off. Let

me out of her. Come on, mister lumpkin, let's get

out of here. Here.

Speaker 7: But I don't understand he's able to stay in there forever.

Speaker 10: I don't want him to stop singing like that. Somebody

will come along. I promise you that. I just want

him to stay in there for half an hour, that's all.

Speaker 2: And now wait a minute. I want to know just

what this is all about. You want him to lose

his voice, don't you? Oh? I love it? Well, when

he went through that door, he started losing it. How well,

watch behind that door an icebox. Come on, mister grummin Well,

that's exactly where I was in an icebox, not a

very big one, but a very cold one, the kind

of company might have the store fresh meat and drinks.

I tried breaking down the door, but there was a

foot thick I struck a match and looked around. Lots

of eyes. No way out, so I turned up my

collar and sat on the way. I don't know how

long I sat there, but I guessed it to be

about twenty minutes. I could tell because my feet had

frozen up. About twenty minutes. Where then I heard that

lovely sound ray wreck You in there? Yeah? Yeah, I

mean an ice pick. I want to get my feet uncrossed.

How on that devil did this happen?

Speaker 4: Well?

Speaker 2: I think one of the frozen food Compani's got a

new idea.

Speaker 7: Which a matter of diamond forget your sleigh shut up

over this.

Speaker 2: You think you can walk rick? Yeah, sure, but I

might squeak a little. We got a bunch and barr Handyes, okay,

how did you find me? We got a call from

a guy named Joanes. Yeah, said he was in danger

and that you were coming down to meet him at

the warehouse. Said he saw two guys lock you in

this ice box? Oh dandy? Did he say where he was? Yeah?

Here's the address. Thanks? Hey, where do you think you're going?

I feel better now I'm going over to find Jones. Well,

you might get in trouble if I can find the

two guys who locked me up. You can bet on it.

I'm going to send Otis along with you. Otis, I

thought you wanted me to keep out of trouble.

Speaker 7: Now wait a minute, I can keep you out of trouble.

Speaker 2: Diamond. Oh oh, this shoe couldn't find an elephant and

an elevator. But come on and bring your head with you.

This is the address for that Jones guy said he'd

meet you. I'm Mandelbaum Swedish massage. Hmm. This guy really

picks out some great places to hide out. Hello, let's

speak first to the rest of you. Never get out

of the car.

Speaker 7: Oh hey, Diamond, you think while you're talking with this

guy Jones, I might get me a rub down Otis

to rub.

Speaker 2: That stomach of yours, But take a gallon of baby

oil and an octopus to get anywhere.

Speaker 7: Hey smells kind of good, don't it like a pine tree?

Speaker 2: Maybe? Otis? How would you remember the last time you

smelled a pine tree? He was when you used to

run with the pack.

Speaker 7: Now listen here, Diamond, you gotta lay off.

Speaker 2: I don't go run. What can I do for you?

Holy cow, get the biceps. Oh, I'm looking for a

guy named Jones who wants him. Name's Diamond.

Speaker 12: Oh well, mister Jones is expecting you. I think he's

back in the steak. Which way is it straight back?

I'd show you is when I gotta give a guy

a rub. Come on, Otis, you must be at the

end of the hall.

Speaker 2: That's a pretty bright observation, seeing as how there's only

one door and it's at the end of the hall.

Speaker 7: Yeah, yeah, that's the steam room. How do you know

by this little window in the door? What do you

see steam?

Speaker 2: And? By golly, it must be the steam room.

Speaker 7: I can't see nothing, mister Jones. Hey eight, that's some

guy lying over there on the bench.

Speaker 2: It looks like mister Jones. He don't answer. No, oh

this look I'm going over there. I keep the door open.

I don't want anyone to lock me in this place.

Oh okay, mister Jones. Well, hey, Otis, it's just a

bunch of towels rolled up to look like somebody.

Speaker 7: Eh, hey, Otis, what's the matter?

Speaker 2: Diamond? Yeah? Yeah, you where are you right over here?

Speaker 7: Oh?

Speaker 2: What are you doing there? I told you to stay

by the door and keep it open. Well I did

stay by the door. Until I got pushed pushed. Oh no,

you know something? What I think? We're locked in?

Speaker 4: Oh?

Speaker 2: Shut up? Otis ah and I don't feel it's like good?

What are we going at? Doll?

Speaker 5: Oh?

Speaker 2: Why don't you be happy? It's the only chance you

would ever get to sort off some of that blubber.

Speaker 7: Yeah, you know one, I should look like one of

the atrocity pictures.

Speaker 2: ODIs you could lose three hundred pounds and still weigh

in with King Kong. There's no time to get nasty. Well, relax,

Read a magazine or something. Well, you mean just what

I said, read a magazine? There's not one right over there?

Speaker 7: Yeah? Oh, for Pete's sake, how can I read this thing?

Speaker 2: Shamas? That phages is all stuck together. You couldn't read

the first line of an eye chart anyway. Just look

at the pictures? Shut up?

Speaker 7: Oh see, hey, what's the matter this magazine?

Speaker 4: Take a look at this?

Speaker 2: What is it?

Speaker 7: It's one of the movie magazines? A movie stars parade?

So what we'll get a load of these pictures, ain't that?

Speaker 2: You let me see? Well? How about that some guy

acting like Richard Diamond private detective? Will it looks like you? Ah? No,

it's that power guy, that actor carry it out.

Speaker 4: Oh no, no, it's a good magazine.

Speaker 2: Give me that. Ah, Hey, what I do that for?

If I hadn't been for that juvenile, I could have

been in pictures myself. Now try kicking in that little

window again. Ah, it's no use. That glass must be bulletproop.

Oh swell first, an ice box in our steambath. I'm

gonna start thinking I'm in California.

Speaker 7: Well, don't just sit there sweating door shopping my uniform shrinking.

Speaker 2: Well maybe not, I'll match your head. I just can't

figure this. If someone wants to go, someone wants to

get rid of me, why did they do it the

old fashioned way? Oh, don't say that. How long do

you think we've been in here?

Speaker 7: I know, Hey, Diamond, Yah, my socks just disappeared.

Speaker 2: We'll go kick on the door again. It's your turn, and.

Speaker 4: I don't think I can make it.

Speaker 2: We've been in here for days. Hey, look at your watch.

It's all steamed up. I can't tell I think they'll

be anything left, just your shoes. Otis it'll take a

blast furnace to get rid of those. Wait a minute,

but it's the matter I thought I heard somebody outside. Yeah,

help hal shut up?

Speaker 7: Hey, what's going on in here?

Speaker 2: Who closed a ball on the door? We're saved? Would

you mind helping us out? Old man? We seem to

be a little limp. Hey, where's mister Jones? Hey? What

are you doing in here? With your clothes on? And

they get him steam cleaned? Oh fresh air? How would

you do? Guys? Mind telling me what this is all about?

Maybe you better tell us buster. I don't know what

you mean. Who locked the door on us?

Speaker 12: How do I know i'd give a guy a rub?

When I come back, I find the door boarded. Hey

where's mister Jones?

Speaker 2: You sure he was in the steam room? Sure?

Speaker 12: He comes in, says he wants a steam? You should

show up. I should send you back. I told him

I was going to give a rub to stay long.

Speaker 2: As he liked. Did he ask you how long the

rub would be? Uh? Yeah, As a matter of fact,

he did. I said it'd be about a half hour.

I don't get it. I don't get it. He wanted

me in that steam room for just half an hour.

He wanted me in that ice box for about the

same time. What's with this diamond? Look at this uniform. Oh,

I think it's lovely. Otis you should always wear Nickers, Rick,

This is stupid. Didn't the guy at the steam room

tell you what this Jones guy looked like? The description

could have been anyone. Look, I'm just as mixed up

as you are. We'll keep after it. Just don't worry,

that's all.

Speaker 7: Hey, Diamond, Miss Asher just called and I told her

what's been happening?

Speaker 2: You mean you know? No? But I told her anyway.

Speaker 7: She said you should come right over because she had

dinner for you.

Speaker 2: She wanted to take care of you. Yeah, a lovely walk.

Think what that head is going to look like in

a bottle? Oh, now, you got him sore. It's gonna

be horrible around here, isn't it always? Now I'm going

on over the helens. Keep after that Jones guy, and

let me know if you run across anything. Oh yeah,

mister clempkin lumpkin, Okay, how I come in commit? Well,

what happened to the steambat Diamond and a friend boiled

for a while? You think it did the trick?

Speaker 10: Look when pat uh coosack, yeah cossack. Well, when I

do anything, the results are guaranteed. I just tailed diamond

from the station. He went into his girlfriend's apartment across

the way.

Speaker 2: Oh goody, let's see what happened. It's tonight.

Speaker 7: I'm staying home from work just to hear him not sing.

Speaker 2: Yeah about my fifty bucks.

Speaker 7: I look, he's never in that apartment more than ten

minutes before he starts singing.

Speaker 2: If he goes over fifteen, you get your fifty Come on,

what are we gonna do? Raise the window.

Speaker 12: I don't want to miss the lovely silence when he

opens that big bazoo.

Speaker 2: Okay, that's funny.

Speaker 11: I'm sorry your clothes and so much.

Speaker 4: I'm sorry, Well.

Speaker 2: You should be. He's gonna what I've been through.

Speaker 4: Oh yes, I do, and Mommy's gonna make it better.

Here's a nice drink.

Speaker 2: I don't want a nice drink.

Speaker 4: Oh it's strong enough.

Speaker 2: We'll put it in a dirty glass.

Speaker 4: You just drink it.

Speaker 2: Okay. Oh wow, my throat.

Speaker 4: You hear something?

Speaker 2: No?

Speaker 4: Why nothing? Your throat's still pretty bad.

Speaker 2: Don't know me? Me me?

Speaker 6: Oh hey, it's pretty good Toime's green.

Speaker 4: Oh now I heard something, then, yeah.

Speaker 2: So did I. It's a grouch again.

Speaker 4: Give it to him?

Speaker 2: Oh you bet? I feel mean.

Speaker 6: A one hundred and one pounds of fun. That's my

little honey bun. Get a load of honeybun to nice.

I'm speaking of my sweetie pie, only sixteen inches high.

Every inch is packed with dynam mine. Her hair is

blonde and curly. Her curls are curly burly, her lips

are pips. I call her hips curly and whirly. He's

my baby, I'm her pep, I'm her booby, She's my trap.

I am caught, and I don't water roun because I'm

having so much fun with funny.

Speaker 2: For Hey, what's going on over there? You're okay, but

don't hit me again. If you keep the fifty bucks and.

Speaker 7: You went to sing again, take you fished it well.

Speaker 2: As you No, not that what down that chair? Go

get out of here. And I thought you're singing better

than ever. Okay, okay, only don't.

Speaker 3: Hit me again.

Speaker 2: Hell, yes, Mac, you know that ice box and that

steam bath were the best things in the world for

my throat.

Speaker 11: Yes, after you lost your voice this morning, I didn't

think anything was going to help, But that ice box

and that steam bath really did diamond.

Speaker 2: Oh hello, mister lumpkin, did I hear you say you

lost your voice this morning. That's right, mister Lumpkin. They

didn't think I was going to get it back either.

Speaker 1: Good night, you have just heard Richard Diamond Private Detective

starring Dick Powell. Helen was played by Virginia Gregg. Lieutenant

Levinson by Ed Begley.

Speaker 2: Also in our.

Speaker 1: Cast were Wilms, Herbert, Jack Kruschan and Stephen Dunn. Music

was under the direction of Frank Worth. Richard Diamond is

written and directed by Blake Edwards. Dick Powell soon will

be seen in the screen version of the best selling

novel Missus Mike.

Speaker 2: Now, this is every King inviting to.

Speaker 1: Be with us again at the same time next week,

when we will again bring you Dick Powell as Richard

Diamond Private Detective. Saturday Night brings some of the week's

best radio entertainment when you tune for the Stars on NBC.

Stay tuned every Saturday for a great lineup of programs

including Hollywood Star Theater, Ralph Edwards, Truth of Consequences, Your

Hit Parade, A Day in the Life of Dennis Day,

The Judy Canova Show, and Grand Old Opry.

Speaker 2: All the best on NBC