Welcome to the weather forecast for the week beginning Wednesday, July 6th 2022. I'm chief meteorologist John insworth for Longmont public media I'm going without camera this time. I'm up at the red feather lakes library Our lunar phase is a full moon Wednesday, July 13th So rising about nine o'clock at night setting about 5 a.m The current face of the sun shows some big sunspots coming around the eastern side So we could see some geomagnetic activity about a week from now for spending about a week after that We can't drop conditions across Colorado Since we skipped last week. This is going back two weeks You can see going forward. There's some relief down in the four corners area and then going to the current map We have worsening conditions out here on the northeast plains and a Good amount of relief in the southwest corner of the states or still a little weirdly imbalanced, but the northern central mountains here around Red Feather Lake are drought free Going nationally going from two weeks ago to this week You can see it the monsoonal flow here across Arizona and the Mexico into Colorado has Lessened to drop conditions there and new draw conditions are showing up or beginning to show up in the southeastern part of the nation Rainfall of the last week a pretty good coverage almost everywhere except the northeast plains the light green and is about a half inch of precipitation the darker greens to yellows take you from one to two inches and That is going to continue Just taking a look at the smoke forecast from the HRR model for Friday morning There's some fires on California and Nevada where things are still very dry But no smoke is affecting Colorado at this time Looking again at the animation of severe weather Climatology starting at the last week of March. We are moving through April You can see it expanding up and including eastern Colorado the first week of June now Continues to move up the plains by the first week of July. We're sort of at our peak chances of severe weather again, this is usually hail and Straight line damaging winds going into the second week of July. It's just beginning to decrease a little bit the Expected chance of severe weather The actual forecasters severe weather Wednesday was for high winds The long I-25 just east of Fort Collins and out on the plains with a slight risk including hail in the Northeast part of the Plains for Thursday It's hail and high winds right down I-25 and out on the eastern plains Then that moves a little further east on Friday on Saturday We just have a chance of convection in the mountains and southwest part of the state Look at the surface analysis We do have a bit of a cool front draped down across northeast Colorado chance of precipitation for much of the state Going for Thursday. We have Little less chances on the western slopes the rest of Colorado could get some thunderstorm activity for Friday. It really does move out And then for a Saturday, there's chances again Coming into the eastern plains Of the next 10 days our normal high temperature goes from 89 to 90 degrees normal low temperature 58 to 59 90 is the highest normal High temperature It will remain 90 for about three weeks and then begin to drop again The normal low temperature will still increase to about 60 61 I believe over the next couple weeks and then it will plateau it well The beginning of summer is June 21st, but the peak heat is about a month later See the good chances of rain here at the beginning for the weekend Friday and Saturday and kind of Sunday We have a very dry spell and then next week the African thunderstorms return All this is because we are getting an early Take on monsoon moisture. Some of that comes from the Gulf of California Some feeds in from the Gulf of Mexico gets brought in around high pressure that sets up in the eastern part of the nation Or even further out around the Bermuda Island. So it's a Bermuda high If there's general flow up out of the south you can see the grays and White coloration even these pink colors or clouds and blues or thunderstorms There's a lot of moisture in place So this is all coming around the high that is currently centered in eastern Texas in this situation and moisture is feeding up for Wednesday also This is the GFS version of Atmospheric moisture. This is precipitable water. So how much can you squeeze out of the atmosphere at best with thunderstorm activity? And it's pretty high. The greens are above normal amounts of moisture. The brown is below normal amounts of moisture By Saturday the high moves right into what the eastern plains of Colorado Diverting the moisture off to our east. You can see where we have below normal amounts of precipitate Precipitable water. So yeah, we're gonna be very dry and very hot on Saturday We don't get a return of this flow until about Tuesday You can see very rich moisture is back in the state allowing afternoon storms to happen. So for the next 10 days the 500 millibar map here is the airflow and ridges and troughs That in this summer this doesn't matter as much you can see this giant ridge is just kind of drifting back and forth This is a little more important map in the winter when you're looking for cold fronts coming down and then warm fronts returning But this high just keeps kind of dancing around out here looking at the two meter Temperature anomaly. So reds are above normal blues are below normal. You can see we get really hot over the next few days in the weekend There's a little cold front activity coming down here in the northern plains By Monday that cool air actually does come down on the eastern side of the state So there we are below normal by Wednesday the heat baking California and Washington, Oregon out west of us This is the real Telling map. This is the precipitable water animation. Here comes the weekend with the dry air There's Saturday into Sunday still dry. Moisture tries to make a comeback, but it really isn't until Monday night And then much better on Tuesday Moisture is Returning so here's Wednesday Into Thursday, there's some good moisture out in the western states as well We do dry out late next week Only to go into next weekend with another big river of moisture across the state So we kind of go back and forth. There's our Wednesday storms clearing out here the lesser Storm coverage on Thursday. There's nothing on set Friday and Saturday Sunday just up in the mountains Every day the afternoon and pulse of thunderstorms. It was Monday with another really happening then Tuesday the storms are back Wednesday lots of storm action. You can see some severe weather return there And then for Thursday it dries out a little bit more into that weekend So the next five days we can see Basically the higher elevations out to the eastern plains get the largest amount of rain over the next 10 days the northeast Plains where that drought is worse than does seem to get a good amount of rain So we're gonna might see the state balance out a little bit better And just for fun the next 10 days of snow in the state. Yeah, there's nothing All right, so Wednesday into Thursday around the 80s Friday We jump to the 90s and for the weekend we should break a hundred hundred 102 area You could even see a hundred and five out around Lyman Places in a lower elevation like that and then next week we're back to more seasonable weather with the 80s as highs And I think about being in Colorado is even if it's hot in the day You're down in the 60s at night for some good relief We do have before we go a hurricane to take a look at we have hurricane Bonnie It got up to a category three of the last few days But it's hitting colder water as it moves away from the Baja Peninsula out Generally towards Hawaii and it'll be a tropical depression in just a few days For more frequent weather updates and local news check out longmont leader calm room field leader calm This has been chief meteorologist John insworth Keep looking up


Morning everybody. I would say good morning, but this guy is here. My truck decided that it didn't want to start this morning. So it's not a very good morning. Now don't get me wrong. This guy's a really nice guy and I'm really glad he's here. But my truck has a warning system and it failed me. It's supposed to warn me when my battery levels are getting low so that I can start the truck before my batteries are dead. I had edited five vlogs yesterday, five, and I was rendering them overnight. Now it takes a lot of battery power to render a vlog, not to mention five. And I had my computer plugged in all night, not thinking anything of it, right? I didn't think it took that much power. Apparently it does. It drained my battery.  Your batteries are getting low. You might not be able to start this thing. By the time those alarms went off, it was already too late and I couldn't start this and the batteries were dead. So the guy here from Don's Toeing in Kamloops came to save the day. I'm glad he's here, but I'm not glad he's here at the same time. I'm glad he's here, but I'm not glad why he's here. Does that make sense to why I'm, I don't know what I'm trying to say. This is how my day started. So I'm not too sure how much this boost is going to cost yet. He just had to come here pretty much hook up his booster cables. I needed just this slightest little boost. Probably could have boosted it with like a smart car. That's how a little extra boost I needed. If only I had a booster pack. Now I'm going to have to invest into a booster pack that I can have with me just in case this happens again, so that I can boost myself next time, instead of having to pay someone to come out. Though, you know, this guy needs to put food on the table for his family too. So, you know, in the end, we all need to eat, so he needs work too. I just gave him work to do this morning. I didn't want to give him work to do though. But thank you to the people at Don's Toeing and this guy specifically here who came out to save the day. Otherwise, I'd be stuck here. I'll start to get cold already. My bunk heater was still working, but it was the fan was running pretty low already and wouldn't be long and that would shut off too. Anyways, what a way to start the day. One heavy boost. $88.20 after tax. There he goes. Thanks bud for saving the day. Can't believe I did. Can't believe this happened. This has never happened to me. I'm trying to save fuel. Now, all of the money that I was trying to save and fuel by not idling my truck through the night just got spent into boosting my truck because I didn't idle it through the night and my battery died. Oh, trucking. Trucking. Nothing ever goes right. Well, I'm going back to bed now that this thing is running. I'll be in a better mood when I wake up, I hope. Maybe I'll have some good dreams. So you guys want to get into trucking, do you? Have fun. Have fun. I'm having fun. Look at me. This is fun. This, this, this is fun. Buy a booster pack so that you can boost your truck if you need to. Make sure it's strong enough to boost a semi truck. You got to get a heavy duty one. They do make them.  Well, better get this day started. I slept a little while longer yet and now I'm a little further behind than I wanted to be a little more tired than I wanted to be but I learned one of the limits of this truck tonight.  Silly me. I'm just backing out of my spot right now and then I'm going to go and move a little closer to the building, go grab a coffee and we'll be on our way up to barrier BC. You got to go pick up that lumber yet and tarp it and go home. Apparently there's a big snow storm at home today. We'll talk about that later. For now I'm just moving across the parking lot. Hence why I know I'm going to get all the comments. Put your seatbelt on Trevor Jack.  Only half the lot. I'm going to park right here. I think this is a parking spot. It is now. Look at that. A parking spot. Another day. Another page. Book of life.  Strength training. I'm always tired. Tired the next day after that because my body recovers. But remember the first time I was telling you guys when I went and I first worked out my arms like in a long time that was in Michigan and my arms hurt for three days. Well now I can already lift a lot more weight and my arms don't hurt like that the next day. They're just tired and a little tense. They're a little stiff. I guess I've got to stretch them a little bit, but they don't hurt like they did, which is good, which means my body's gotten used to working, which is what it's meant to do. Oh we got a pedestrian here. Pedestrian. Didn't see you there buddy. It'd be nice if you'd put on a reflective vest, but it's okay. So that's a good thing I can report is that my body is now used to working out. And I don't have to worry about, you know, not being able to move the next day. I'm just a little more tired as I recover. But the next time we can make it to a gym is tomorrow I'm assuming in either Calgary or I think the next one after Calgary is all the way out in Moose Draw, Saskatchewan, the one we stopped at, that small one we stopped at on the way out here. I only have a membership at Snap Fitness because they're on both sides of the border that's why I picked them. But I can only go to the ones where I can get my truck close to so I can park my truck in trailer without getting a ticket. So far I'm enjoying it. I'm really enjoying it. It's giving me more energy, making me feel better about myself and my body is more prepared for, you know, challenges I throw at it here at work, right? Because I'm constantly lifting tarps up onto the load, strapping down loads, chaining loads. I haven't had the chain in a while, but you know, the loads will come. Eventually I'll have to use my chains again. They're pretty heavy chains.  Now I'm hoping that now that I'm training my body a little bit more that those tasks in my regular day to day work life will be a lot easier. Nosing in to parking spots, even if you have a clear, I want to quiet night, there are some risks to doing that. I was lucky that when the tow truck guy came to boost me that there was nobody right beside me. But when I called them, there was a guy there. And what they had said was, well, if they can't reach my batteries on my truck from behind me, because the closest thing you get to my truck is the back of my trailer then, right? Because I know it's in. They may have to actually disconnect all my brakes because, or if I couldn't release my brakes, but it didn't have enough air pressure, which I did.  Either that or they can try with a booster pack. But if the booster pack doesn't work, that's the only other option.  So that's a risk I'd never thought of before. So now I'm not sure if I'm never going to know is into a parking spot again. What if my batteries drain on me again by accident, like they did today?  It's, it'd be a lot more than $88. We'll say that. So it does give you a quiet night and I'm not against people nosing into spots as long as they can back out clearly into an open space. If that's what you want to do, go for it. But I don't know if I'm going to do that again. I was very lucky that the guy beside me left before the guy got there. So we didn't have to worry about that. Things to think about. Things to think about. Another lesson learned by Trucker Josh. Another lesson. I keep learning new things. I wonder what we're going to learn today. I've also been experimenting with adjusting my speed. Now my truck is limited to about 65 miles an hour, maybe just a little less. But I found if I go from 65 down to 55 miles an hour, so that's about 105 kilometers an hour down to 90 kilometers an hour. I save myself on average five liters per 100 kilometers. I'm not too sure how many miles per gallon that is. But what it translates to with current diesel prices, that translates to about $60 a day that I save. Estimate how many days approximately you drive, and I save myself around $900 a month just by slowing down. That's $900 that's just in my pocket that was just going to be burned away before. Technically it had been allocated just for fuel, for energy, right? But now it's in my pocket. Well this is beautiful here. Wow, look at this. Fancy. So I've been experimenting with that, just slowing down. I have a friend, John White. He used to be my roommate actually. You guys might remember him. I remember he drives a truck too, and I remember he was adamant that he would only drive 90 kilometers an hour, 55 miles an hour, every day all day. It's all he drove. Drove me nuts because we could never drive together because I didn't want to drive that slow.  So I don't know why it would annoy me so much, but look at me now. I'm starting to see the cost benefits of what he was doing. $900 a month just by slowing down. I mean yes, it does take you longer to get from point A to point B. That is one of the drawbacks.  But if there's a four-lane highway and I have extra time, and people can get around me, there's not a lot of traffic, I'm testing it out. Just to see what the difference will be actually at the end of the month. I'm keeping track of my fuel economy right now. Ever since my engine gave me little problems there the other day with the oil leak, I've been paying close attention to everything. I mean I was before, but now I'm like extra close attention. I want to know what this truck is doing, what it's thinking, what it's feeling. I know how to get every single nickel out of it. I think one of the best ways of making money is not spending it in the first place. Does that make sense? If you don't spend the money, you get to keep the money. If you don't burn the fuel, you don't have to pay for the fuel. It's a beautiful system we got going on here. If you think about it, if I reduced my idling, which I was spending a thousand dollars a month on, let's say let's reduce it by like 60 percent at least, maybe I'm only spending, let's a high ball of like 500 dollars a month idling, even if we just save like four or five hundred dollars. Plus, saving the fuel from just going a little slower when we have extra time, and I could have well over a thousand dollars extra. I could have like fifteen hundred dollars extra. I'm looped street, eh? We're just getting here to bury. I gotta pick up the load here. But yeah, I could have like fifteen hundred dollars extra a month. It adds up. Like fuel is expensive. If you find ways not to burn it, and still deliver your freight on time, you can almost make more money doing that than actually delivering the freight. Does that make sense? Sure is beautiful out here. Wow. Look at this. Beautiful. I wonder if people who live in V.C. know how lucky they are to live in V.C.? So here's my load. I don't know what's going on up there. Huh. I guess the wind will blow it over. I can't reach it. All the way to the back here. Well, pretty much maxed out for U.S. weights. Gotta take all this all the way to Wisconsin. A three-day drive, 3,000 kilometers. What does this sign say here? Overlanders of 1862. It had been an epic struggle against the wilderness for the gold seekers from eastern Canada. They had crossed the Rockies, trekked through the pathless forests, won the swift rapids of the North Thompson River. The open country now offered hope and safe passage. Ragged and starved, they reached Camelopes, where many became pioneer farmers. That's cool. Who's that Chevy? Who's that? I don't know. Oh, some dude. Looks pretty cool though. Probably my, probably would be my friend. I'd be his friend. We just made it to, uh, Sycamus, British Columbia last night and parked here. I'm just getting up in the morning. I was so tired at the end of the, I don't know what it was yesterday, but man, I was tired. We didn't get very far at all, but now we have the next three days to drive about 26-2700 kilometers, which is about 27 hours of driving. I'll be recapping hours, but I'll be able to make it. We'll deliver first thing Monday morning and we'll see what they have for us from there. Probably back for some more glass, I'm guessing, and probably coming back to BC. I don't know. All I know is I'm going to keep moving as long as this truck will let me. Thanks for watching today on this short little video, short little day. It's always beautiful coming through British Columbia. I say that over and over when I'm out here, but it just, I'm a prairie boy. It still blows me away every time.  Then I go home for a while into the prairies and then, you know, I kind of miss it and I come back and the whole thing starts all over again. It's all right. I'll see you guys tomorrow. Thanks for watching. Don't forget to subscribe. I make new video every day. Some are longer than others. Some are longer than this one. I promise, go take a look. There's like 2200 videos I've made on the internet already. I have a problem. I'm addicted to making videos.


Ecotourism in Rwanda, and I think in the whole region, because we share the gorillas, the mountain gorillas with Uganda and Congo, ecotourism has a long history, and ecotourism came as a way of trying to improve the loveliness of the people so that the people could understand the value of the forest and the mountain gorillas and its habitat. Ecotourism has gone a long way. They used to have ecotourism with all the income for the government, and since several years now, we include what we call a revenue sharing benefit, which means that all the income generated by the ecotourism should be brought back to the communities. So certain percentage were affected to the community to improve the loveliness, to build and to solve their problems so that the people could not have to rely on natural resources in a park. Actually, presently we are giving 5% of the total income of ecotourism, and the mountain gorillas visit are for about 97% of the total income of the revenue sharing by ecotourism and tourism in Rwanda. A workshop of exchanging with a different expert on mountain gorillas' behavior, tourism, ecotourism, the good part of it was the fact that we went in the field, talked with the people, lived realities and discussed about how appropriate we can probably do ecotourism according to the reality of each of the countries, each of the species. I really like very much the way that we share with not only ecotourism in Africa but the reality in Southeast Asia with the orangutans. And of course I learned a lot from how the challenges are different from what we have in Africa versus to what we have been hearing from our community here in Indonesia. I think that there is a way of improving what can be charged, and I think by the demand and by the quality of services there is a way of making it exclusive. Because what we can do is eventually make it a low volume with limited people that can visit it but putting the price at a high price. I think the wonderful thing is that I've seen orangutans in the zoo but for the first time seeing an orangutan in his natural habitat was something exceptional. And that's when I think that yes I can pay the price because even myself being in a zoo with orangutans, having worked with them in the zoos, finding them in a natural habitat is something exceptional. It's a unique experience and I used to hear from people coming to visit gorillas that you know mountain gorillas is the best experience in my life. Today I can say yes it's one of the most wonderful experiences that I can talk on a wildlife visit.


Welcome dear learners to second part of the video on job analysis. My name is Chainika Senapati and I am from Mahiram Devan School of Management and I am going to discuss about the various aspects related to job design and techniques of job design. So after going through this video you will be able to describe the concept and objectives of job design and also you will discuss about the techniques of job design. Let us first discuss about the meaning of job design. The human resource managers have realized that the design of a job has considerable influence on the productivity and job satisfaction. Poorly designed jobs often result in boredom to the employees and it may need to increase turnover, job dissatisfaction, low productivity and increase in overall cost of the organization as a whole. All these negative consequences can be avoided with the help of proper job design. It helps in developing appropriate design of job to improve efficiency and satisfaction. So job design can be defined as it is a deliberate and systematic attempt to structure the technical and social aspect of work so as to improve the technical efficiency and job satisfaction. When we talk about objectives of job design, the first objective of job design is to meet the requirements of the organization such as high productivity, technical efficiency and quality work. The second objective is to satisfy the needs of the individual employees such as job satisfaction in terms of interest, challenges and achievement. The next objective is to integrate the needs of the individual with the requirement of the organization. When we talk about techniques of job design, we have to mention about work simplification, job rotation, job enlargement, job enrichment, autonomous group working and high performance work design. These are some of the popular techniques of designing the job and let us discuss about this one by one. First, let us discuss about work simplification. In this technique, the job is simplified or specialized. A given job is broken down into small sub-parts and each part is assigned to one individual. To be more specific, work simplification involves, you know, mechanical pacing of work and repetitive work process such as those who are obviously lying, then working on only one part of a product, you know, free termining tools and techniques, then restricted interaction among the employee and few other model case requirements. Work simplification is done so that the less trained and less paid employees can do these jobs. And work simplification is adopted when job designers feel that the jobs are not specialized enough. Let us discuss about the second technique that is the job rotation. The job rotation which implies movement of employees from job, one job to other. With job rotation, a given employee performs different jobs, but more or less jobs of the same nature. On the positive side, it may be said that a job rotation is likely to increase intrinsic reward potential of a job because of different skis and abilities needed to perform it. The organization stands to benefit because workers become competent in several jobs, rather than a new one. And knowing a variety of jobs improves the worker's self-image, it provides personal growth and makes the worker more valuable to the organization. Now, periodic job change can also improve the inter-departmental cooperation, then employees become more, you know, understanding of each other's problem. So when we talk about the negative side, it may be stated that job rotation may not have much impact on employee enthusiasm and efficiency, so it depends on the employee's motivation. Let us discuss about job enlargement. So it involves expanding the number of tasks or duties assigned to a given job. Job enlargement is naturally opposite to the job's work simplification, adding more, you know, tasks or, you know, duties to a job does not mean that the new skis or abilities are needed to perform it. There is only a horizontal expansion. So even college teacher who, you know, who was teaching 12 hours a week has agreed to teach two more hours more. So it does not mean that any significant change is there in his or her career. Again, when we discuss about the job enrichment, job enrichment seeks to improve both, you know, task efficiency and human satisfaction by bringing greater scope for personal achievement and recognition, you know, more challenging and responsible work and more opportunity for individual advancement and growth. An enriched job will have more responsibility and also it has autonomy and more variety of tasks and more growth opportunities. When we compare job enlargement and job enrichment, job enlargement can be, you know, considered as horizontal loading and job enrichment can be considered as vertical loading. Now let us have a look on autonomous or self-directed teams. A self-directed or an autonomous team is an intact group of employees who are responsible for a whole work progress or a segment that delivers a product or service to an internal or external customers. To varying degree, team members work together to improve their operations, to handle day-to-day problems and plan and control their work. Highly effective teams are composed of groups of, you know, committed individuals who trust each other, have a clear sense of purpose about the work, are, you know, effective communication within and outside the team. They make sure that everyone in the team is involved in the decision-making process, affecting the group and they follow a process that helps and plan their decisions and ensure quality of their work. When we talk about a high performance work design technique, it is a means of improving performance in an environment where positive and demanding goals are set. It starts from, you know, principles of autonomous group working and developers and approach which enables groups to work effectively together in situations where the rate of innovation is very high and the operational flexibility is important and therefore the need of employees to gain and apply new skills quickly with minimum supervision is required. So, dear learners, those were the techniques of a job design. With this we have come to the second part of the video lesson on job analysis and in this second part of video we discuss about the concepts, the objectives of job design and also we get a fair idea on techniques of job design. In the third part of the video we will discuss about job evaluation and its process and also we get some idea on the concept of job enrichment. Thank you for watching this video and stay safe.


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Independent tobacco experts again name Lucky Strike First Choice. Lucky Strike First Choice over any other brand. From Palm Springs, California, the Lucky Strike program starring Jack Benny with Barry Livingston, Phil Harris, Rochester, Davis Day, and yours truly, Don Wilson.  Due to difficulties beyond our control, the American Tobacco Program, Jack Benny, is not coming through. As soon as service can be resumed with the national broadcasting company, we will bring you the Jack Benny show from Palm Springs. Pardon me, Don. Come in. Mr. Benny? Yes? On behalf of the Chamber of Commerce, I want to take this opportunity to welcome you to this desert paradise. Well, thank you very much. By the way, I don't want to get personal, but how did you happen to lose your hair? I left the call for seven o'clock.  He looks like a sundial. He also looks like the last of the Schmohike. What was that you were asking me, Don? Well, I asked you about the motel you're stopping at. Where is it located? Oh, the Gitchigumi? Yeah. Well, here's how you get there, Don. You know the street right back here, the one that leads to Cathedral City. Oh, it's this side of Cathedral City? No, no, Don. You go through Cathedral City. And then you know how the road curves out and goes on to Indio, there. Indio? Why, you're not living way over in Indio, are you? No, Don. You go through Indio.  You know, for planned inspection. Oh, my goodness, Jack. You mean to tell me that while we're all in Palm Springs, you're living way out in Arizona? Sand is sand. I'm still on the desert. Don, I told... Well, look who's here. Hello, everybody. Hello, Mary. Jack, what are you doing in town? I came in with a safari. What am I doing in town? Why did you stay in Beverly Hills? That's closer to Palm Springs than when you're living now. I couldn't stay in Beverly Hills because I sublet my house. Oh, fine. He's here for five days, and he sublets his house. I may be here for 14 days. Who knows? You even look for a tenant when you go out to lunch. Now you're reaching, sister.  Oh, do you like it, Don? I certainly do. What's it made of? $20 bills. $20 bills? What gave you that idea? I went into a store here to buy a dress, and it was cheaper to sew the money together. Everybody's got to make jokes about the high prices. By the way, Mary, where are you staying? At the racket club. You know, that's run by Charlie Ferrell. He used to be a big movie star. I know, I know. Gosh, Charles Ferrell. I'll never forget him in 7th Heaven. Neither will he. Anyway...  Oh, I'd love to, Don, but it's been so windy lately. It sure has, especially yesterday. What are you laughing at, Mary? Jack and I were walking down the street, and it was so windy. I put my hair in a bandana, and Jack put his in his pocket. Put in his pocket, put in his pocket. Now, you stop with the jokes. I came to Palm Springs for rest and relaxation. You came to Palm Springs because you can't face Ronald Coleman since you lost his Oscar. Oh, by the way, Jack, have you done anything about it? Don, I don't know what I'm going to do about Ronnie's Oscar, but at least while I'm down here, I want to relax and try to forget about it. You know, it isn't my fault that everybody... Hello, Mr. Benny. Hello, everybody. Dennis, you came in here, Justin. Dennis, where'd you get that cowboy suit? It used to belong to the roughest, toughest Bronco Buster in the West. What'd you say? I say it used to belong to the roughest, toughest Bronco Buster in the West. Who's that? My mother. Your mother? Yeah, she used to sing bass with the sons of the pioneers. Oh, she gave you that cowboy suit, eh? Yeah, and I'm glad I've got it too, because I've been doing a lot of horseback riding. Well, Dennis, I didn't know you could ride a horse. Oh, sure. The only trouble is when the horse is running along, the spurs make him nervous. Well, Dennis, maybe you didn't fasten the straps tight enough when you put the spurs on your ankles. Oh, my ankles! Oh, by the way, Dennis, where are you staying? Oh, I'm living with Mr. Benny over the hills and far away. That's right. He's with me at the Gitchy Gumi Motel. It's nice there, isn't it, Dennis? I'll say, we saw a swell movie in Phoenix last night. We made it in no time. Jack, I know the Gitchy Gumi's in Arizona, but why go all the way to Phoenix to see a movie? We were going there anyway. That's where the washroom is. Dennis, Jack, isn't it lonesome living so far from everybody? No, no, we like to rough it. We've even got Indian bellboys. Yeah. Gosh, am I lucky. I told him to wake me up at 7 o'clock this morning and I didn't even feel it. Well, Dennis, you're the only guy I know who sleeps with his hat on. Now, how about singing your song? Okay. Oh, hold it. Come in. Telegram for Jack Benny. Well, I'll take it. Say, buddy, you've got a little more hair than the other fellow that was here, haven't you? Yeah, I left a call for 7.30. He looks like Phil's piano player, doesn't he, sir? Amazing. He can't read music, but he can read lines. Their drummer looks like he left a call for 4 o'clock. Who's the wire from? It's from Fred Allen. Fred Allen, what does he say? He says, dear Jack, just heard you're in Palm Springs. But when I told you to go to a warmer climate, that's not what I meant. We probably meant banning. Go ahead and sing, Dennis. Dennis, you were in very good form. This dry desert air is marvelous for your tonsils. I haven't got any tonsils. Oh, I didn't know that, you know. And now, ladies and gentlemen... I didn't take them out about three years ago. Oh, you did? Oh, I see. And now, ladies and gentlemen... You're not mad, are you? No, you can have your tonsils out if you want. Oh, I had mine sniffed, too. And by a wonderful doctor... Doctor? Nothing. Rochester took them out. He did not. I finally wound up going to the doctor. You know that. Well, you were considering Rochester. Oh, considering. I asked him if he knew how. That was all. This is amazing, Don. All I said to Dennis was, this desert air is wonderful for your tonsils. So look at the routine I got into.  And Mr. Merrick, before we continue, I want to thank you for conducting the orchestra. You're welcome. And now, ladies and gentlemen... Jack, isn't Phil going to be on the show today? No, Mary. That's why Phil's musical arranger, Maylan Merrick, led the orchestra. And if I say so myself, he did a very good job. But Jack, why did he use such a long baton? You know, Mary, I thought it was peculiar, too. Oh, Mr. Merrick. Yes? When you conduct Phil Harris' boys, why do you use such a long stick? Well, in that way, I can lead the band and shoe the flies off of them at the same time. Oh, yes, the flies. But Mr. Merrick, why don't you do what Phil Harris does? You see, when he leads the band, he waves a horse's tail. On him, it looks good. Oh. He reads lines as well as the piano player. And now, ladies and gentlemen, as a tribute to Palm Springs for our feature attraction tonight, we are going to present an original mystery melodram entitled, Murder at the Racket Club. Or, he took his tennis racket to a psychiatrist because it was high strung. Now, I'll play the part... Oh, by the way, Jack, you come to Palm Springs quite often. Why don't you join the racket club? Well, Don, the only reason I haven't joined the racket club is because they don't take in actors. They don't take in actors? No. Don't tell me that all that hammer-on there is just for sandwiches. All right, all right. Now, look, kids, we have a very long play to do. Oh, John, nothing but interruption. Hello? This is a long-distance operator speaking. I have a call from Beverly Hills. I'll take it. Hello? Hello, Mr. Benny. This is Rod Chester. Chester, why did you call? An election next Tuesday, April 13th. I know. Not just a polling place. A polling place? They're paying $12, but it seemed to have a... Rod Chester, that's a disgraceful, that's disgraceful, dickering with the city officials. Why'd I have done it for nothing? Operator, operator, I have the wrong party. Now, Rod Chester, will there be room in the garage for all those voting booths? Yeah, I lined the vintage washing machines along one wall and the voting booths along the other, and I already thought of a great slogan. What is it? Uh, cast your boat and lock your undies at the same time. How's everything at home? What's night when Mr. Harris came over and threw a party?  Oh, it wasn't my fault. You see, I was cleaning the front windows with soil off when Mr. Harris and some of his friends dropped in. Uh-huh. I said, hello, gentlemen. They nodded, grabbed the bottle out of my hand and levity took place for me. First of all, that's all I drank the soil off. That's awful. Maybe so, but they've got the cleanest hangovers in town. I'll talk to Mr. Harris about it when I get home. Goodbye, Rochester. Goodbye. Oh, say, boss. Now what? There's a lot of activity over at Mr. Coleman's house, and I think he's going to sue you for losing his Oscar. Oh, my goodness. What makes you think he's going to sue me? Have you ever heard the law firm of Worthheimer, Donaldson, Fitzpatrick, Elroy, and MacArthur? Yes. Well, they're all here with MacArthur and he's flying in from Japan. Look, Rochester, see if you can install Mr. Coleman for a while and I'll try to think of something.  Oh, no. Oh, yes. He hit the jackpot and got Greg Gordon's knife down. Rochester, don't worry me now. I'll call you back later. Goodbye. Goodbye. Gee, I've just got to do something. Well, what's the matter, Jack? Ronald Coleman's really upset about my losing his Oscar. He might even sue me. Well, it's your own fault for borrowing it. I guess so. But, Mary, it's amazing how fate works. Rochester wanted to see an Oscar. I borrowed Ronald Coleman's. I got held up and lost the Oscar. And because of that, Greer Garson is going to be cold tonight. What are you talking about? Nothing, nothing. I'll tell you later. We got to get on with the show. All right, Don, introduce our play. Okay. The Racket Club. Mr. Merrick, that wasn't funny. A fly got in his trumpet. Oh, oh. Go ahead, Don. The scene opens at the Plom Springs police station. Captain O'Bennie is sitting at his desk tired on a sun helmet, tin badge, and shorts. Curtain music. I'm looking over an eight leaf clover that I overlooked before. Gosh, I'm glad I got these new bifocals. Yum-de-da-dum-dum-dum-de-da-dum. There's the phone, Chief. I'll get it, O'Day. Hello? Plom Springs police station and date shop. Captain O'Bennie speaking. Oh, it's you, Sergeant. What's that? You arrested two fellas. Well, let them loose. I know they're crooks, but this jail is for tourists. I'm getting $12 a cell, American plan. We can catch crooks during the summer. Goodbye. Morning, Chief. Morning, O'Wilson. How are things on your beat? Marvellous. I sold 40 pounds of dates. Good. Keep going like that. You'll soon be a lieutenant. Thank you, sir.  Yes. O'Day, where are you going with those lace curtains? Oh, I thought I'd make cell 9 and 10 into a bridal suite. That's a good idea. Put a canopy over the bunk. You know, business... I'll take it. Hello? Plom Springs police station and date shop. Captain O'Bennie speaking. What's that? What? Murder at the racquet club. Gee, that's the title of our play. Quiet. Yes, we'll be right over. What's up, Chief? Towns and Trueheart. A well-known playboy has been murdered. Oh, Wilson, get the police car. Yes, sir. We'd better take along with the strong arms squad. Oh, Shanice, oh, Mallory. Oh, Flannery. You know what a pal was married. He gets mad if I don't use his full name. Are you ready, boys? Good. Now come on, fellas. And I am going to find the murder of Towns and Trueheart. Or my name ain't... What a cigarette. What a cigarette. Lucky strike means fine tobacco. Take another puff. Round and firm and fully packed. Oh, Elizabeth Lee. Elizabeth Lee. All the men who know confessed that quality of product is essential to success. Woo! All right, all cars. Be on the lookout for newlyweds. Bridal suite now available at... I've got to mention the lace curtains, and I crocheted them myself. Step on the gas, Sarge. Lucky strike means fine tobacco. Round and firm and fully packed. Oh, Elizabeth Lee. Elizabeth Lee. All the men who know confessed that quality of product is essential to success. Hey! Okay, boys. Here we are. Woo! I'm sure this is the right place. Certainly. See that sign there? Racket Club. Owned by Charlie Ferrell, star of 7th Heaven. Members only. Open up. Open up. It's the police. I'm the doorman. What can I do for you? I'm the chief of police. I want to get in here. Are you a member of the club? No, I'm here to investigate a murder. I want to see the body. But if you're not a member, you can't come in. What? I'll have to throw the body over the fence to you. What are you talking about? A man has been murdered on these premises, and I'm going to find out who done it. That's who did it. No wonder you're not a member of this club. But please, we got to get in here. You can't come in here wearing that sun suit.  But where'll I pin my badge? I'll let us in. Hey, but you'll have to speak to the owner, Charlie Ferrell, star of 7th Heaven. Here he comes now. Oh, hello, Mr. Ferrell. What's going on here anyway? Thank you. Thank you very much. Stop bowing. Now listen, Ferrell. I'm Captain O'Benney of the Palm Springs Police Department. Glad to know you. I'm Charlie Ferrell, star of 7th Heaven. I know. Now listen, Townsend Trueheart has been murdered on these premises, and I'm going to find out who done it. Who done it? I warned him. All right, did it, did it. Now come on, men. Follow me. Lucky strike means fine tobacco, round and firm and fully packed and easy on the draw. Hey! I'm Mr. Ferrell. I want the names of everybody that lives here. Why don't you look in the register? I think I will. Nothing! What is peculiar that Washington and Lincoln should both be staying here? Captain O'Benney, here's the guest register. Good, good. Read me the names of all the people who are living here. There's Clark Gable, Pat O'Brien, Robert Taylor, James Dunn. James who? James Dunn. James Dunn. That's dead. Today we've been warned. Now tell me, Mr. Ferrell, was Townsend Trueheart alone when he was murdered? No, there were several people with him. I see. Well, the first thing I'm going to do is grill the suspects. I'm sorry, the grill doesn't open until noon. What? I had that line, but I wouldn't touch it. Would you like a box of stuffed dates, sir? Not him, that's the body. Oh, shall I... Shall I give him his money back? 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Paul Lucas, eh? What do you know about this murder? Nothing at all. I was just sitting here thinking how lucky I am to know Charles Ferrell, the star of Seventh Heaven. Just a second, you. How'd you get that continental accent? Oh, well, I wasn't born here, you see. I was born in Hungary in a little town called Novgorod, Germosnyk, except Bolachov. A likely story.  What does that mean in English? Du vaditi. Gee, they have one over there, too. Well, tell me, Mr. Lucas, what is your occupation? Oh, I'm a movie actor. Oh, you catch that cold in Naked City? No, I was watching April Shows in a bare midriff. Well, if you're having an alibi, hey, wait a minute. Aren't you the Paul Lucas who made Watch on the Rhine? Yeah, that's right. Oh, well, Paul, step in the other room a minute. I want to talk to you alone. Yes, Captain O'Benney. You can call me Jack. Yes, Jack. Look, Paul, didn't you once win an Academy Award Oscar? Yes, I did. It was in 1944, and the picture was Watch on the Rhine, which I made for Warner Brothers. Oh, yes, yes. They're still talking about it over there. Thank you. Now, look, Paul, I'll be honest with you. I'm in an awful jam, and you can help me out if you'll just lend me your Oscar for a couple of weeks. But why? Well, look, two weeks ago, I borrowed Ronald Coleman's Oscar and it was stolen from me. Now he wants it back. I tried everything. Last week, I even went over to Bing Crosby's house and tried to borrow his. Well, wouldn't Bing lend it to you? I don't know. They cut me off before the program was finished. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. They cut me off before the program was finished. Now come on, Paul. Help me out. Lend me your Oscar for just a little while. Now, Jack, please. Please don't ask me for my Oscar. It means the world to me. Everything. It's my good luck charm. Gee. Well, Paul, can't I at least see it? 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