ThinkTek Hawaii, civil engagement lives here. Okay, and welcome to another edition of Hawaiian Uniform. I'm your host Calvin Griffin, and for those of you who may have seen the program before, which I can't imagine who doesn't watch it, but anyhow. During the program we talk about a lot of issues concerning military and veterans, and today I have two special guests, one by phone and also one in the studio, Mr. Dennis Igay, the regional chapter of NAOS, and I'll let you say something in a moment. And also we have Ms. Deborah Buquette, who's with the Marketing Director for the U.S. Marine Corps Community Services. Is Buquette there? I'm here. Good morning. Okay, just in case if I screw up your title, if you can just tell me your position again, and how a little bit about yourself. My name is Debbie Buquette, as he said, and I'm the Marketing Director with Marine Corps Community Services here at Marine Corps Base Hawaii at Kaneohe Bay. And what I do is a promotion of events and programs for the Marine sailors and family members who are stationed with the Marine Corps here in Hawaii. So a lot of folks out in the public don't necessarily see it unless it's an air show or a bay fest. But what we do on a regular day-to-day basis is everything that covers from cradle to grave. We take care of childcare and new parenting all the way through education and counseling, recreation programs, leisure activities, you name it. If it touches morale well for a recreation, we do it. Great. Okay.  Yes, you may. Okay. But Debbie, I also have Dennis Igay in the studio and he's Dennis Huber in the Navy before, right? How many tours in Nam did you do? Two. Two? Okay. I know it's hard to have to one. You lose count. Okay. Debbie, what else? There's an event that's coming up, of course, this year or I think it started last year, the commemoration of certain events that happened in Vietnam and celebrating the service of the men and women that served over there. But could you tell us about the event that's coming up and how it's coming along? Absolutely. So March 29th was declared as National Vietnam War Veterans Day and this year the commission, the Vietnam War Commemoration Commission is partnering with all branches of armed forces and they're asking us to find unique ways to honor our Vietnam veterans between March 25th and 29th in honor of this special National Vietnam War Veterans Day. So here at K-Bay, what we've decided to do is to reach out to the Veterans Service Organizations and find out, you know, what would ring true for them? What would be something that they would like? And we were told a concert. So we are doing a concert event with information booths with service organizations to share with National, to share the information with all of our Vietnam Vets here at Marine Corps Base Hawaii on March 29th. It's from 4 to 8 p.m. And a lot of our Vietnam veterans, we realized they didn't serve their full 20 years so they may not have access to a military installation on a regular basis. So we are offering shuttle service to bring our Vets to the event to enjoy this free concert and to, we'll have some memorabilia booths where they can come out and kind of talk, enjoy some camaraderie. And what we'd like to do is, as our part of joining the nation and our veterans, we would like to offer them their veteran pins while they're here. We have some other collateral and bumper stickers that we'd like to share with them. So we're looking for ways to reach out to the veterans and let them know, hey, we can bring you to the base. Right, okay. I know that, of course, when people think about Vietnam and the people that served there, there were a lot of women who served over there. The groups that's going to be represented at the event, that mainly have women members. It's funny that you say that. My first contact that I reached out to was Miss Rona Adams who is the president of the Vietnam Veterans Oahu Chapter and she has been a whirlwind and a blessing in helping to get the word out. So she's definitely going to be there and has reached out to so many others and she herself is a veteran serving two terms, I believe, as a nurse during the war. Yeah. I've known her for quite a while. She's a very dynamic individual. I know with all the different things that's going to be going on at the event, again, showing the appreciation to the veterans, is there going to be anything in place where they can relive or not relive, but share some of their experiences with future generations? What we're hoping is that they will share their stories with our young audience. Our marine base tends to be a very young audience of new folks coming in every year. So our population is very much so those young marines who are E5 and below and to have an opportunity to be sharing their stories kind of helps to to build resiliency and readiness by just sharing what happened in past context and it's a learning experience and educational experience. So we would like to encourage that conversation between the generations. You mentioned of course this is as far as access to the base. If there's any civilians out there do they have the opportunity or is not available at this time? No, it's not open to the public. Unfortunately, this is a closed event for military only. We are offering shuttle service for Vietnam vets and their families. We need them to call us to reserve seats to be on the buses if I could give you that number. Yes, we can put that up. It is<PHONE_NUMBER>. And if you can repeat that one more time?<PHONE_NUMBER>. And then we'll be able to get reservations placed to be able to have these folks access the installation. Great. Being in the position that you are right now what do you find most enjoyable about your job? I think what I find most enjoyable here is every day there's something new that we're doing. It doesn't matter if it's three-on-three basketball or something for our single-marines and sailor it's interacting and being able to provide service. I enjoy being able to share everything that we have available. I grew up as a military brat in a Marine Corps family and there is so much that we offer now that didn't exist back in my day. So I find it to be a unique thing that I can say, hey, did you know you could spend your three years while you're here in Hawaii and you could learn how to surf or you could get your boating license. You could learn to golf. There's so many things we could do for you. It's so much more enjoyable. What are some of the other things that people don't know about what is offered as far as morale for the troops? For people who have come out to the base for our large events that have in the past been open to the public, we've done Kaneohe Bay Air Shows which draw 150,000 people to the base or a bass fest where we'd have concerts and draw maybe 30,000 or more people to the base. On a regular basis, we also offer counseling services. We offer childcare. We have three child development centers on the base because so many of our Marines are young and they're young family members. We have an elementary school so we have all their kids that are there. We have the day care that we take care of them in the CDCs. We have new parenting where if you're just now becoming a parent we send counselors to come help you prepare and check in on you if you need help. If parenting is not your thing we have education centers so we can help you to work towards your degree so that you can better your experience when you get out of the service. That's good that there's a lot of different issues that's going on that concern not only the troops in the Marine Corps or Navy and Marines but overall there's some systemic things that came up and it's good to hear that there are certain programs being put in place that really address these issues. Is there anything else as far as, you know, that we would like that we should know? You know, if you folks know any veterans who might want to come out and be a part of our event please do reach out to us. You can go to our website for more information also. It's mccfhawaii.com If we have veterans service organizations who would like to reach some of these veterans and have a table to Okay, I think we may have a technical problem. It seems like it. Okay, we're good. Inhale, soon we get Deborah back anyhow. What were some of your experiences when you were in Vietnam? What was available to you when you were for morale that you could talk about on the air? The thing we appreciated the most is the mail service. And we were pretty well taken care of. They worked us to death but we did it with pretty much of a great exuberance and otherwise I don't think we would have survived. So some of us come out of it stronger a few probably didn't do so well and maybe they're still suffering today. They may got, but being on a ship, unless you were hit, there wasn't really too much trauma and there wasn't a lot of drama after you got into what your mission was and what you're supposed to be doing. It was like being in a John Wayne movie except you had a part to play and it was vital that you did your best and that's my recollection for the first ship we arrived in time to celebrate and we did that by shooting 5.54 projectiles into their ice fields and wherever we were directed in opposition to Ochi Min and his crew who wanted us out of there and took them 10 years but they finally succeeded What was the name of the ship that you were on? I was on the USS Buchanan DDG-14 and the second tour was relatively safe on the USS Kiska ammunition ship hull number AE-35 I think we're still trying to get Deborah back, but in the meantime of course being the regional president for now, you're a part of other organizations also is there anything that's going on with some of the other groups that you may be involved with as far as connection with the commemoration ceremonies that's going on for the Vietnam vets? I do not but I am they do have the World War I commemoration 100th year they have a bill in Congress and we have our local chapter here has testified in support of that bill the issue of course is funding and we have the Memorial World War I Memorial down there at the Natatorium needs to be brought back to life after how many decades of neglect? I sat in on a couple of the conferences they had and for the life of me I can't understand why they're dragging their feet on this issue I don't know if it's political or economic or a combination of both but I think for the past 50 years they have been talking about what to do with this structure so I know there's still efforts going on but whatever is happening doesn't seem to be readily shared with the veterans or the community in general what to do with the structure is what hasn't been done for 50 years, maintaining and it would be a shining example of Hawaii's dedication they were only a territory at the time and we jumped in there and I thought we did pretty good but now are new times I think a lot of people will get the misunderstanding what I think is at the Natatorium and other structures that celebrate, I would say celebrate I got to find a dictionary to find the right word anyhow that marks the involvement of the troops not only in Hawaii but around the country it's not celebrating war but it's celebrating those who were willing to go ahead to support what our system stands for you did good that's exactly we're not glorifying war we're memorializing those who went so we didn't have to go it's important for the future because if you don't know your past you don't know what your future is heading as far as down certain past anyhow we're going to take a short break and we'll continue our conversation with Mr. Eggy those who love him and I think we may be having Deborah come back on but we'll check and see what that but we'll take a short break and stay tuned to Hawaii Hi, my name is Bill Shaw our host of Asian Review coming to you from Honolulu, Hawaii right here in the center of the Pacific Ocean Asian Review is the oldest of the 35 or so shows broadcast by Think Tech Hawaii we've been in production since 2009 our goal is to provide you the viewer with information breaking information about events in Asia Asia being anything from Hawaii west of Pakistan 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things that should be a big changer for Hawaii and we hope that you'll join us every Friday at noon on Stan Energyman and take a look with us at new technologies and new thoughts on how we can get clean and green in Hawaii Aloha Okay and you're back with Hawaii Uniform and again my name is Calvin Griffin and I'm one of the two special guests are Mr. Dennis Egan and Ms. Deborah Buketz who's with the UN Spring Corps during these services Debbie I'm sorry we got cut off anyhow was there anything that you of course we didn't touch on that you'd like to get out to the public Just to let us know if they'd like to be a part of offering a if you wanted to have a service organization table to share information with the vets that is good in their hands give us a call or go to our website I'm not sure if I got the website up before I got cut off or not but it's mccfhawaii.com mccfhawaii spelled out dot com and again the phone number<PHONE_NUMBER> give us a call if you have something that you think would be good to put in front of our veterans and to share with them for this event we're also we're bringing in a few commercial sponsors who make sense for the event so if you think that you have a business that would make sense to be a part of that give us a call I don't think you mentioned there's a shuttle that's available for those veterans who don't have ready access to the to the base but is there anything that's in place as far as for those who are severely handicapped that might want to be part of it is there any type of shuttle system or something that can be worked out with the some of the medical services we don't have anything like that set up at this time we did reach out to the handyman they weren't able to do anything on a chartered basis but I can certainly reach out again and see if that's something that we can make available okay yeah I just wanted to check and see because maybe some people out there might have that you know of course question about one of their relatives that may be in that position anyhow okay is there anything that we didn't share something right Debbie you are aware that we do have a Vietnam memorial on the state capital grounds ah yes yes too bad somebody didn't suggest that you do your concert there that would have been but you get another chance and the evening I think it's the day before Christmas Eve or the evening about 11 o'clock at night when the 23rd is it the 25th? 23rd in the evening is when the Vietnam vets just quietly converge on this place and they reflect and do whatever they do in view of all those from Hawaii who are memorialized there and who knows maybe a concert at that site all you'd have to do is bring the band I don't think you'd have to invite anybody they all can make their way here just a thought some of the talent you mentioned that maybe that will be at the event we are we're going to have a retired Marine who has his own band coming out and he's going to play us some rock and his name is Aaron Johnson but our main act is Anki Ray Fernandez who himself is a Vietnam veteran and he is bringing his tribute to Motown show to us so we're excited to have that here it's something that we can share with our past and present military I understand that Bob Hope of course is not available for the show he'll be there in spirit anyhow okay is there any anything else that we missed that you'd like to be of course in part to our audience about the event or again some of the things that might be available to our service members I think that that about covers it right now for this special event it's the first time we're doing something that kind of reaches outside of what our normal audience is so we're excited to welcome our Vietnam vets to the base and show them a little bit of love here we want to have everybody feel good and we certainly want to say thank you alright okay well I'd like to say thank you to you and your staff and for the Marine Corps I mean the way they're doing as far as trying to fill the needs and so many different ways for our service members that inadvertently or in the indirect way have an effect also just by setting the example about caring and sharing anyhow but again thank you very much for your service thank you so much Kevin okay we'll be in touch and we'll get the word out there a little bit more often before the event happens we certainly appreciate it thank you so much and have a great day thank you you did say okay and you're going to show up over there yeah in DC I'll be there anyhow hopefully in that way we get out there it should be a great event we'll segue into something else I know that you've been keeping an eye on what's happening legislatively what's new that's out there that's affecting our vets, military or all of us well many years ago when congresswoman Tammy Duckworth and she may be a senator by now I'm not sure if she transitioned or not and I had a conversation in her office at the veterans affairs department headquarters which is just a walk through the park to the white house can you imagine how many people know that a few but maybe not too many but anyway we discussed integrating the defense department and the veterans affairs department healthcare database okay and it took according to Tammy it took president Obama to bring the secretary of defense and the secretary of VA together to shake hands that they would do this and that's 10 years ago there wasn't any coordination before no and there still isn't now it's kind of interesting that now the VA has always used the VISTA program to record their healthcare events okay and it's been adopted and has accessible by private sector healthcare providers so there's but the military has always distanced itself and now they're asking the VA to spend billions of dollars maybe only millions okay I don't want to exaggerate too much to modify VISTA and get used to doing what the military wants them to do because if the VA is dependent on the military well I guess they are right if you're in the military and you get sick or you get injured then you go to the VA so it's like the VA is kind of like an auxiliary for the defense department what about the choice program how's it coming along have you heard anything new on that any major changes that's coming about or from what you hear is it pretty successful or is it working is the system working I'm not sure if the system is working or not because I haven't heard anybody really rave about it and I haven't heard anybody complain about it either but I do know that the VA has established an office in Ewa Beach off of Fort Weaver Road at the Queens West Hospital they have an office on the fifth floor in that building and everybody knows about it except nobody knows about it and there's no sign and I've asked the State Office of Veteran Services who are veterans advocates in this state why is this and I asked yesterday and the day before and now today but they're going to get back to me so maybe the next time we do a program here we'll know why there is no sign or we may I may drive by there I drive by on Thursdays and Sundays and I look right and I see the Queens Hospital and no VA so you're not doing a drive by you're just driving by well I'm doing a drive by because I have somewhere else to go beyond that point but I'm always interested to know when is the VA going to put their sign up and say we have an office here okay anyhow there's a lot of good programs out there it seems things are falling in place but still they disconnect about what services there who's implementing them and how to best advise our veterans about what is available anyhow we're getting down to the wire but is there anything that you want to go ahead and chair in and discuss Vietnam Warriors Bluewater Sailors Tonkin Gulf Warriors if you will why is the why are we still slow walking reinstatement of them has presumed exposed to age and orange I think we've got enough deaths and diseases now that we could say maybe we made a wrong decision when we included boots on the ground in that position and so now Bluewater they kind of have to find another way to get help from the VA when they become ill from their Vietnam experience when you get back from Washington give us an update and I'll be following through on a few things also in the future about Vietnam and some other issues that I think are a grave concern to our it's about time isn't it Vietnam 50 years ago 100 years ago World War I to where it was supposed to end all wars yeah I don't know anyhow I want to thank you Dennis I also thank Mitz Buquette for calling it and if you're available go down and check out the event on the 29th and we'll take it from there but in the meantime on the 23rd December especially if you're a Vietnam Vietnam warrior anyhow getting down to the wire again thank you very much for staying tuned and again this is Hawaii in uniform YouTube and also the other great programming here that has hosts that deal with a lot of the veterans issues but as I say God bless and until that time


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Quiet, both of you, and sit still while I back out. Tight squeeze backing out of here. Oh my goodness, I ran over the garden hose. Now who left that hose lying across the driveway? Answer me. What careless person did that? You did, uncle. Yeah. Remember when you watered the lawn? Yeah. All right, Leroy, don't rub it in. Marjorie, look and see if any cars are coming down the street. There's nobody coming, uncle. I know that. Oh, here we go. What's the matter? How do I know? Gonna be late for school. For goodness sake, I'm doing the best I can. Of course, Birdie, I'm just doing this for my health. Oh. Yeah, me too.  Leroy. What? Push the car? If you and Marjorie both.   Ridic? I wonder if... If you're gonna be right, my boy, you don't have a driver's license. Huh? Leroy. Here, I'm gonna walk to school. Yeah.  You and Marjorie. Deserted by my own flesh and blood. The last thing. Only 10 years old is falling apart already. There's bullet backing out across the street. Look at him. Nose up in the air. Him and his new de-soto. Thinks he's my... See? Wonderful, prissy pants would give me a push. Uh, Mr. Billard! What is it, Gilda Sleep? Yeah, I'm having a little trouble starting my car. I don't wonder. Pretty old model, 1937. Well, it's a late 37. Well, cars are like people, Gilda Sleep. When they get old, they wear out. Well, I was wondering if you'd give me a little push. I'm sorry, but I'm afraid I can't do that. Why not? I don't like to scratch up my bumper. It spoils the appearance of the car. I suggest you call a garage. Yeah, thank you very much. Not at all. Scratches bumper. That's still cat Harry. I'll try this thing once more. Wish I had a horse. I guess it was just flooded this morning. I've got the go. Lots of traffic tonight. Hope the darn thing gets me home all right. Look at all those cars on that used car lot. Some real beauties, all right. I just had one of those I'd make bullets. Sit up. It's acting up again. Better pull in here off the street. Everything happens to me. Someday I'll get rid of it. You want to sell your car, eh? What? Well, you came to the right place, friends. Smiling Sam, the auto man, that's me. You see, I just... Let's give it the once over and I'll give you an estimate. But let's see here, tires are shot. Stop kicking my tires. Can't you pealing off? I'll look here, you. And the sags to one side. That's the side I'm sitting on. Well, it's in pretty bad shape, friend. Best I can give you $300 and I'll be losing money. Look, I'm not interested. Okay, I'll make it free in a quarter, but that's as high as I'll go. If you'll listen a minute, I didn't stop here to sell my car. Oh, you want to buy a car? Why didn't you say so? Oh, I get that. Well, come right in and look them over. I don't want to buy a car either. Not right now, anyway. No, you could have bought one someday, aren't you? Well, yes. No charge for looking at it. Well... No obligation to buy? Well, won't hurt to look, I guess. Of course not. Come on, friend. Well, just a minute. Here, I'll right this way. What's your line of work, friend? I'm with the water department. Oh, you read meters? No. I happen to be Throckmorton P. Gillersleeve, head of the department. Oh, a city official. Well, yes. Oh, then what you want is something classy. After all, you've got the big front to keep up. Yes, I have. I've got just the car for you, friend. This big yellow convertible here. It's a custom-built Mercedes. Like it? Mercedes? It looks a little expensive. It's a steal, only $4,000. $4,000? Of course, that doesn't include the radio. Oh, of course not. Not for $4,000. Friend, I want you to sit behind that wheel. I don't think I'd better sit there. Step right in. Stop shoving it. Just a minute. Well, as long as I'm here. Isn't that comfortable? Kind of low, isn't it? Feels like I'm sitting on the ground. Cars room me, isn't it? Certainly is. You could put a bowling alley in here. That's very nice, but I should get home now. Just a minute, friend. Don't move. Sitting behind that wheel, you look like a millionaire playboy. I do? Yes, sir.  Well, I never tried polo. Of course, I played kick the can a lot. Friend, I want you to do me a favor. What's that? I want you to drive that car. But I can't afford that. Commissioner, I want you to take it home tonight and just see how you like it. You can bring it back tomorrow. What? Take it, friend. The courtesy of smiling Sam the Auto Man. Well, I don't think I should. Why? You drive that car down the street and every girl in town will want your phone number. They will? Give me the keys. Have you? Have you? Little kids come out and see this car. Will they be surprised? Like this, Lee Roy, I'm just trying it out for a day or two. Well, if you're not going to buy it, what are you trying it out for? Well, I might be able to buy it someday. A thousand years from now. Gee, it's a mile long. Oh, I love a low car like that. Look how close to the ground it is. Yeah. Hope you don't have to fix it, Uncle. You never could get under there with your stomach. Never mind, Lee Roy. Would you take us for a ride, Uncle? Of course. Oh, boy. We'll take a little spin right now while it's still light so people can see us.  I'm going to change my dress. I can't wear an old thing like this in that car. What an automobile. I guess I do look pretty good here behind the wheel. Millionaire Playboy. Wish I had a beret. There's Bullard. Look at him staring over here. That he thinks I own this car. Well, I'll just let him think so. He's coming over. Well, hello, Mr. Gildesley. Hello, Bullard. Hey, that's quite a car you've got there. Oh, it's transportation, I guess. A Mercedes. A Mercedes. Must have cost a lot of money. Oh, not so much. Only $4,000. $4,000. Of course, that doesn't include the radio. Oh. Uh... Mr. Bullard. Yes? Would you mind taking your hand off the fender? It leaves fingerprints, you know. Oh, sorry. It's all right. Well, Mr. Gildesley, if you must have come into a little money lately. Well... Inheritance or something? Oh, yes and no. I don't mean to pry. Must be pretty nice having a good car. Now you won't have to drive that old wreck. Huh? Oh, yes. I didn't want to tell you this before, Gildesley, but I'm glad you got rid of that horrible old rattle trap. It was at his grace to our street. Yes, it's a wonder they didn't take it away when they collected the cans. Ha ha ha! God, you're a good fortune, Mr. Gildesley. Thank you. And incidentally, if you ever decide to invest in any stocks or bonds, don't hesitate to call on me for advice. I dabble a little myself, you know. Yes, well, if I ever cared at dabble, I'll let you know. As a matter of fact, I just got a tip on something pretty good. Shenandoah Railroad. Common stock. Well, I don't know if I'd be interested in anything common. Oh. It's a good buy, Mr. Gildesley. I'll get the financial statements on it and show them to you. Yeah, do that sometime. Gildy. Oh, hello, Judge. Good evening. Hello, Mr. Bullard. Gildy, what are you doing in that car? Do you have a job as chauffeur now? Ha ha ha ha! I've a wide judge hooker, Mr. Gildesley, just bought this car. What? Well, Mr. Gildesley, I'll see you later. And don't forget, we'll talk over that stock deal real soon. All right, Bullard. Good bye. Stock deal. Throckmorton, Pete Gildersley, what's going on here? Bye. What do you mean, Judge? You know very well what I mean. Where did you get the money to buy this expensive... Okay, I'll be ready to go. Oh, hello, Judge. Hi, Judge. Neat car, isn't it? Yes, it is, but... Yeah. Too bad we have to take a bye. Hop in, Leroy. You'll take that little spin now and keep still. Huh? Well, good bye, Judge. Sorry you can't come with us. Just a moment, Gildy. There's something I want to know. How can a water commissioner afford to get a car like this? Well, the collections were good this month. Gildy, did you come into a fortune or something? You never can tell, Judge.  Let's go take a look at our polo ponies. Oh, lo ponies. Goodbye, you old goat. More from the great Gildersley than just a minute, folks. Leroy was in a big hurry when I saw him on the street yesterday. When I asked him where he was going, he said... I'm heading for home. Birdie's serving waffles tonight. And I'll bet she's serving parquet margarine with them. Oh, sure. Birdie always serves parquet. Birdie's a smart cook. Parquet is a perfect topping for waffles as well as bread and rolls and muffins. It's good on everything. Right, Leroy. Millions of women serve delicious parquet with every meal just because it tastes so good. That's not the only reason parquet is a favorite spread, however. Parquet is economical, a real money saver. That's mighty important today. Sure tastes good on Birdie's waffles. Parquet is always good, Leroy. Delicious parquet is the margarine of craft quality. It's made from choice farm products. Each fresh sweet pound contains 15,000 units of essential vitamin A. It tastes good. That's all I care about. Yes, that fine fresh flavor makes a favorite spread. Wholesome nourishment, money saving economy, delicious flavor. You'll like parquet for all three reasons. Parquet is the better buy for both bread and budget. That's P-A-R-K-A-Y, parquet margarine made by craft. Well, the great Gelder sleeve is still enjoying his role of king for a day. It's the following morning now, and he's proudly piloting his golden chariot down Main Street. Courtesy of smile and sound. He pulls up in front of PB's drugstore. Just drop in and kid PB for a minute. Got to take the car back this afternoon. Might as well have a little fun while I've got it. Better he'll think I'm wealthy too, like Bullard did. Good morning, PB. Hello, Mr. Gelder sleeve. I'd like a cigar, please. All right. The most expensive cigar in the house. There you are. That'll be 37 cents. Thank you. And call again. PB. Yes. Don't you notice anything different? No. They look about the same to me. A little fatter, perhaps. PB, look out the window. Okay.  Don't you see anything? Oh, yes. There's a hole in my awning. PB, I'm talking about the car. It's pretty big, isn't it? The hole in the awning? No, the car. The hole in the awning is pretty big too. PB, I'm driving that car. Doesn't that make you wonder? You wonder what? Well, if I saw you driving that car, I'd wonder where you got the money. What money? The money to buy the car. I'm not buying any car. I know that. Mrs. PB and I are quite satisfied with our essay. It's economical. It's reliable. PB, wait a minute. I thought it might occur to you seeing me with a car like that, that maybe I came into a little money. Aren't you impressed, PB?  Well, maybe you had, Mr. Kelly, see? But if I were you, I wouldn't go around putting on airs with my friends. What? Every customer is the same to me, rich or poor. I count out to no man. Of course you don't. PB, I...  PB, I... I can snap my fingers in any man's face. In fact, I'll snap them in yours. Yes, sir. Take that. PB, you're an old foof. Well, now I wouldn't say that. Well, I would. Good day. Good day and a poo poo to you too. Good morning, sir. Huh? Give me a haircut. Of course, sir. Sit right down, sir. Are you comfortable, sir? Floyd, what's the matter with you?  What? The judge told me of your good fortune. Oh, he did? It couldn't happen to a nicer fellow, sir. Stop calling me, sir, Floyd. Okay, I gotta hand it to you.  Big car and everything, and you're the same old commission. Yes, yes. Easy as an old shoe. Let's get on with a haircut, shall we? Right. Um, if you'll pardon the curiosity, commission. How'd you make all that dough? Stock market? Well, not exactly. Oh, I get it. You financial giants don't like to talk about them things. That's right. Say, Comish, I just happened to think of something. What's that? Now that you're in the chips, how'd you like to get in on a sure thing? What's that? Munson's magic hair restorer. Huh? We can be partners. You furnish the dough, I furnish the hair restorer. Look, Floyd, I... It's my own formula. Nothing but lemon juice and water and some dime store perfume to smell it up a bit. But... And we can sell it to the suckers for a buck of bottle. Floyd, I... We can bottle it in the back room here. All we gotta do is hire a couple of old dames to squeeze the lemon. Listen, Floyd, I...  I better get this thing straightened out right now, Floyd. The truth is, I don't have $200 cash. Oh. Dough is all tied up in stocks, huh? I'm not buying any stocks, either. In fact, I don't have any more money than you have. The whole thing is a mistake. No kidding? On your sacred word as a jolly boy? On my sacred word as a... Hello, Mr. Gildersleeve. Oh, Mr. Bullard. Hi, Mr. Bullard. Hello. I, uh, saw your car outside Gildersleeve. Thought this was a good time to give you those financial statements. Uh? You know, on the stock you wanted to buy? The stock? Looks like a good thing, all right.  Well, if that isn't enough, make it $10,000. After all, I guess that won't break you. Ha, ha, ha. Well, good day, Mr. Gildersleeve. Good day. Floyd, I want to explain. Don't bother. It's your dough. You got to write the spendin' any way you want it. But, Floyd...  Why should you help a fellow jolly boy with a measly $200? But, Floyd... If you're lyin' to me, that hurts, Commissioner. Don't you worry. Floydie Munson will never ask you for a nickel. He'll go out and sell pencils first. Floyd, old pal! Clippers on the side, sir. Oh! Office! Of course I'm alone. Bessie went to the dentist. Good. It's all right, Chief. He's alone. Hooker, what in the... Hello, Mr. Gildersleeve. Chief Gates. Close the door, Chief. What are you two acting so mysterious about? Yeah, they're there. Something we must tell you. What's that? Well, uh... Do you want to tell him, Chief? Well, I... I wish you'd tell him, Judge. No. I think you ought to tell him. No, I think you ought to tell him. No, I think that you ought to tell him because... Eee, God, somebody tell me! Gilder, I am the unhappy emissary of bad tidings. What? Just like the couriers of ancient Greece sending messages from battle camp to battle camp, trudging dusty roads, swimming rivers, climbing... Oh, get to the point, Judge. All right. It's my painful duty to tell you, Gilder, that at tonight's meeting, you will be voted out of the Jolly Boys. Judge, you're kidding. I wish he was, Commissioner. But he ain't. Kicking me out of the Jolly Boys? Fellows, what for? Well, the members feel that with your newfound wealth, your luxurious car and all, you're no longer really one of us. But, fellas, that's true. Yes, it's changed, you're Gilder. So it's better that from now on, we go our separate path. What? You'll take the high road... And we'll take the low road. Look, fellas. And while, while you're drinking champagne with your wealthy friends, we'll be lifting our coke bottles in a toast to a friend who's gone forever. I'm gonna miss you, Commissioner. Gee, Judge, listen to me. I haven't changed, and I haven't got any money. But, Gilder, then how did you buy that big car? I didn't buy it. I was just trying it out, and I thought I'd play a little joke on all of you. A joke? Sure. I was gonna take it back on the way home. Come on down to smiling, Sam's, and I'll prove it to you. Well, Gilder, I guess we ought to give you a chance to prove it. And I hope you can. Because if we lost you, I'd miss you, Commissioner. Okay, Chief, come on. All right. And blow your nose. Hey, smiling Sam. Well, hello, Mr. Gildersleeve. Sam, I want you to meet two friends of mine, Judge Hooker and Chief Gates. Howdy, friends. How do you do, Sam? Sam, these fellas don't believe you. Just a moment, Gilder. We'll do the talking. Young man, we're doing a little checking up. All right, friend. What we want to know is, did Mr. Gildersleeve buy that expensive car over there? Mr. Gildersleeve buy a car for $4,000? Of course not. You see, Judge, I told you... You're sure he didn't buy it? Well, absolutely. He wouldn't buy anything that cheap. A millionaire playboy like him. What? He was just driving that till a more expensive model came in. He ordered one for $6,000. Oh! Well, that's all we want to know. Come on, Chief. Goodbye, Mr. Gildersleeve. You're no longer a jolly ball. But, Judge... Well, we really put one over on him, didn't we, friend? Any time you want to impress your friends like that, just call on me. I'll be glad... Friend, what's the matter? Smiling, Sam. I'm going to punch you right on your smiling nose. But, friend, can't we talk this over? Friend, come back here. Friend, be reasonable. Come out from behind that Buick and fight like a man. Friend!   We've had such good times together. I can't believe that I'm not a jolly boy anymore. I'm not going to sit on these steps any longer. I'm going up there. They've just got to take me back. Hello, fellas. Well, if it ain't Mr. Money Bag. Floyd. Decide to go slumming, Gildersleeve. You're in the wrong place, aren't you, Commissioner? See, you two. Don't I have any friends anymore? Peavey. You're glad to see me, aren't you? I wouldn't say that. If that's the way you all feel, if you don't want me and the jolly boys anymore, it's all right. I'll go. Good night. Oh, fellas, let's tell him. I can't stand to see him suffer. What? I was only kidding, Commissioner. You were? That's right, Gildy.  You were? We just wanted to teach you a lesson. Remember, Gildy, it never pays to pretend to be something you're not. You're so right, Judge. I'll never do it again. I doubt that. Yeah, yeah. Then I'm still a jolly boy? Sure, Commissioner. Oh, gee, thanks, fellas. Who wants to play polo? Great Gildy Slee will be right back. It only takes four words to tell why millions of people prefer parquet. It tastes so good. So fresh, so rich, so delicious. It's the perfect topping for bread, rolls, or pancakes. Delicious on hot vegetables, too. Parquet is made from only the choice products of American farms, and every pound is enriched with 15,000 units of Vitamin A. And it's nice to know that parquet, the margarine of craft quality, saves you money. That's why it's your best buy for bread and budget. Tomorrow, when you shop ask for parquet margarine, see for yourself why it's the favorite spread of millions. That's P-A-R-K-A-Y, parquet made by craft. Well, here I am driving my old car again. Doesn't run like that convertible, but what the heck? It's good enough for me. Oh, my goodness. Stalled again. Here comes Bullard and his DeSoto. Hope he doesn't see me in this old car. How am I ever going to explain it? Hello, Mr. Gildy Slee. Hello, Mr. Belaide. I see you're driving your old car again. Well, yes, you see... I'm afraid it's all my fault. Huh? If I hadn't advised you to buy that railroad stock, you wouldn't have lost all that money. Lost that money? Yes. The bottom dropped right out yesterday. Oh, yes, it did, didn't it? I'm terribly sorry, Mr. Gildy Slee. If there's anything I can do for you... Well, right now, would you mind giving me a little push? The Great Gildy Slee was played by Harold Perry. It was written by Gene Stone and Jack Robinson with music by Jack Meatham. Included in the cast are Walter Kathleen, Louise Erickson, Lillian Randolph, Earl Ross, and Richard Legrand. Pardon me, John. Folks, several times during this season, we've spoken to the ladies in our audience about the need for nurses. We just want to remind you again that nursing is a respected and well-paying profession. Any of you who are high school graduates or college students that certainly look into nursing as a lifetime career, your nearest hospital can give you all the information you want. 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