Hey, what's up guys, welcome to a new video. So today then I'm going to show you eight different things that everybody should be doing before they start selling on Shopify. Probably because then a lot of these points, they're going to save you some heart rate down the line.   So if you haven't started selling on Shopify before, make sure you stay tuned for every single point. Even if you have started selling, I can guarantee there's going to be at least one point on this list that you haven't considered before. So make sure you stay tuned because there's something for everyone in this video. Before we jump into it, though, I just want to very quickly mention, as always, I am giving away a free one-to-one consultation call in this video. So chats for me and you then to have a chat one-on-one on Skype or however you choose. And you can ask me whatever you want then about your dropshipping business. So for example, then yesterday's one-to-one winner, all we did was go through his store one-on-one and I just gave him half a dozen points to work on. So if that is the kind of thing you want the chance to win, it's dead easy to do. All you simply have to do is like the video and leave a comment down below. Tune into tomorrow's video where the winner will be announced. And with that being said then guys, let's get straight into today's video. So point number one then is set up a company or at the very least, I recommend setting up a separate bank account. So one of the most popular questions I get asked is, do I need to set up a company before I actually start selling? And in short, the answer is no, you don't have to. However, depending on what your circumstances are, setting up a company may be the best thing to do. And then the reason being for this then or at least certainly in my circumstances and my situation, there's two main advantages for me doing so. Number one is financial. So currently in the UK now, corporation tax is 20% and I believe it's about to be reduced very soon or at least next year. And at the moment as well for what the current tax rate is for dividends, then for how much I pay myself, it actually turns out financially better to pay myself through a company like I do. Now everybody's circumstances are going to be individual. I'm not given financial advice in this video. Ultimately, the advice I give in recommendation to this point is to seek your own financial advice as everybody's circumstances are going to be different. Now the second main reason for me setting up a company every time I open a new store is purely because when you set up a new company, essentially you're setting up a new legal entity, which then separates you from that. So should that company become liable for a significant amount of money it has to pay, then the company is liable and not me myself. Whereas if I was operating as a sole trader or I believe it's called a sole proprietor in the US, then any debts or any monies that have to be paid would be have to be paid by me. So any assets, any cars I own, any property I own, I could be forced to sell those in order to pay that money if I can't afford to do so. So they're kind of like the two main reasons. But like I mentioned earlier, whatever you do, the best thing to do is seek advice from an accountant, which you can usually pick up for free. Certainly in my local area, there are a couple of different firms that are willing to do free 20 minute consultations over the phone. So whatever questions you have, you can put to them. So anyway, that's point number one then moving swiftly on to point number two. I don't want to make these videos too long. I just want to make them to the point and as much information as possible. Number two then so is have money or a credit card for fulfillment of orders only. So make sure you set aside X amount of money or have a credit card that you have available to yourself so you can afford to fulfill orders. If you do go down the route of getting a credit card, make sure you stay strict with it and only use it for covering the cost of your orders because at least then that way you know there's enough money coming in the door to then pay off that debt, which you're going to be accruing on your card. Now the reason I've put this in there is just because I've spoken to a few people before who have started drop shipping businesses. One of the attractions to doing so is you don't need a lot of money to start it, which is great. But you need to have money to fulfill your orders. There's no good having orders come in the door than having to wait for the payouts before you can actually process them orders. The delivery times aren't great as they are having to wait a week, which is what the strike payouts are before you can actually place the order itself with a supplier is only going to result in having upset customers. So just make sure you have X amount set aside to pay for those orders when they initially come in. Number three then, which is one of the most important points I'm going to mention in this video, which is get feedback on your store before you start spending on Facebook. Purely because it doesn't matter how good your product is, how good your ads are. If you've got a dodgy looking store, a rubbish, poor quality, unprofessional looking store, it doesn't matter how much traffic you drive to it. Nobody's going to buy your product. To give you an example then, I had a one to one with somebody either last week or the week before and they'd spent six grand on ads and they'd seen, I think it was something like 10% of what they'd spent on ads they'd seen in sales, which is just a crazy, crazy loss. So rather than actually focus on Facebook ads, which they wanted to do so, we went right back to the beginning, had a look at his store and he made some fundamental mistakes that he wasn't aware of and we were able to correct those mistakes. So he has a better foundation for moving forward. I can't stress this point enough before you start spending money on Facebook, post your, ask people in Facebook groups if they'd be kind enough to do it. Certainly, you can join my group. It's 100% free and you're bound to get some feedback in there. The people are pretty active. They're more than willing to help each other out. So just make sure you get some kind of feedback before you start spending money on Facebook. Number four then, also an extremely important point, certainly one to consider if you don't want to get sued. I see it time and time again within the fashion industry, within the fashion niches where Chinese suppliers being in China, if somebody tries to sue them, there's no chance in hell they're going to get hold of them.  Whereas, if you're in the UK, if you're in the US, then it's going to be more difficult to dodge and you shouldn't even attempt to dodge it because there's just so many different legal, legal, pre-percussions that you just want to avoid that whole situation to begin with. So avoid any product images with models. So just to give you an example then, all I've done was go to women's clothing and you can see now if it's a Chinese model, then there's a slimmer chance, the chances are they've just got one of the girls in the factory or in the office to do so, but you'll clearly see some of these products have the chance that could be some sort of Instagram influencer.  People do this as a full-time living. They will take pictures like this, distribute them across the internet and literally just spend the majority of their time trying to find the people who have used their images, sending them pre-written emails or pre-written letters, asking them for money basically. I saw it in a Facebook group recently. Somebody had received one of these letters saying from a company saying you used our images, we want to pursue legal action, but to make this go away and to resolve the issue, then just send us $4,000 and it's quite a frightening thing to receive. So just make sure you cover yourself, be safe and if needs be, just ask your supplier where they got their images from. It's a dead easy thing to avoid and yet something that could potentially save you a lot of stress and a lot of money. Moving on to the next point then, number five is check if you're working with a manufacturer or a trade company and this can be difficult to do on AliExpress. On Alibaba, it's really easy because they have to say so, but on AliExpress they don't. So one of the easiest ways to do it, I've got a couple examples to show you guys, is look at the products on the store. So for example then taking this store as an example, they're called Dear Beauty Store. So to me that doesn't really strike some kind of branded name. If we look at the products, the products are all random. There's no branding to them. If there is a product that's branded, it's not universal through the store. So what that would tell me is these guys are buying tons of different beauty products from different manufacturers and then advertising them as a store on AliExpress. Now it's not the end of the world if you do work with a trade company. All it means is just bear in mind that they aren't the manufacturers. So if they run out of stock, they then have to go back to the manufacturer and if their manufacturer is busy and this trade company is a small time company, they might have to wait four to six weeks. So if it's a product you can't easily source somewhere else, then you're going to be in trouble. Also you have to keep in mind is that with these companies, they're obviously having to put on their margins as well. So they may be more expensive than if you can actually find a manufacturer of the same product. When it comes to spine and manufacturer then generally it's a lot easier to do. For example then if we have a look at this store here, we can see it's called Raise Me Up Official Store. The fact they've stated and called themselves an official store is a good sign. But then if we just take a look at the kind of products they're selling, you can see all the images are branded with their logo and all of their products are called Raise Me Up and then the name of the product or at least Raise Me Up and then they've put the keywords in there to try and rank in the search ranking. So to me this would hint the fact that they're all kind of similar styles, similar shapes etc. It would hint to me that these guys are actually manufacturers. So number one you'll probably struggle to find the exact same shoe on another store and number two if you did then you probably won't be able to compete with these guys prices because they're probably the manufacturer. Moving on to number six then guys, which is having a domain and an email to match. So if you're still if you're trying to advertise a store that finishes with .myshopify.com I think you're really going to struggle. At the same time if in your contact us page you're having it at gmail.com or anything that doesn't match your domain then to a customer it hints that you're not very professional and that could be enough to put people off. So my solution to this problem then is get a G Suite account. Now setting up a G Suite account it can be a bit tricky however if it's something you might want a video on make sure you leave a comment down below and if there's enough people voting for the same thing I'm more than happy to produce a video on it.  So just to give you an example then here we are inside my ad manager account if you just choose engagement as the marketing objective and then down here you've got these different options you can see you can choose page likes which is essentially going to tell Facebook I want you to go out there show my ad to people who are most likely to actually click on my Facebook page and like it because I can't stress the importance of this enough really because the more likes you have then the more likely people are to trust you if you think about all the big companies all the big celebrities why do people trust them why do people like them it's because so many people follow them so many people endorse them so many people buy into them so the more likes and engagement you can have on your page then the better and then just to finish off this point as an optional extra however I do recommend it certainly if you've got the time to do so is create some decent content to put on your social media pages before you start running ads if a customer comes across your ad and they want to check you out to make sure you're legit and trustworthy if they go into your Facebook page and the last post on your Facebook page was so-and-so change their profile picture or so-and-so change their cover photo in my opinion it doesn't look very professional so put some decent content on there like running a certain competition for a free product it could be linked to a blog post it could be some sort of funny meme just something that looks professional and is going to entice a customer to like your page yourself and actually trust you moving into the final point then guys one of the most important in fact which is mindset and expectations so I'm only going to quickly mention on this because I could do a whole video on the topic but all I want to say then is just don't be unrealistic with your expectations just try not to get wrapped up in the hype of social media and believing everything you see you've got to have realistic expectations and you've got to have a strong mindset there will be failures there will be things that you wear you don't know what to do that you'll just have to go through and it'll be a painful learning experience where it'll cost you money it'll cost you time it'll probably cost you many sleepless nights it happens to me it's going to happen to you just stay strong-willed and just remember why you're starting a dropshipping business in the first place and have those ultimate and bigger goals at hand in terms of expectations if some if you what you see online is not always going to be the truth so don't be dishand if you don't replicate their results again it comes back to mindset have a strong mindset have realistic expectations and try not to rush things have three month goals six month goal 12 month goal if you have those long-term goals then it will force you not to rush into throwing up a store in day one coming up with some products in day one running Facebook ads in day one take your time do it properly and trust me when you achieve those goals you want to achieve it will be worth it that's one thing I can guarantee from this video is that when you get to that point that you've always wanted to get to from the very beginning then it will 100% be worth it no matter how much money it's cost you how many sleepless nights how much time it's cost you it will always be worth it and with that being said then guys with that little motivational speech at the end I hope you enjoyed it I hope it motivates you to go out there now put some more hours into your business don't get dishand just keep doing what you're doing and if you want more information more detail make sure you check out the links in the video description below I've put together like five free ebooks 100% free they've got some really good feedback as well so make sure you head down there and check them out otherwise if you commented on my previous video let's get into 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Good morning, cyber traders. Happy Friday. Hopefully everyone's excited about the weekend. I am, and I'm actually kind of excited. We got this nice little runner in this CSTL.  Big buyer got executed on this trade. Look at this order right here. Look at this nice big iceberg order right here. Just got filled, and when he got done, this thing just broke out at this $17.90 and shot all the way up to $19.40. Then it was just happened about 10 minutes ago. So I know we had a bunch of traders in here that logged in a little bit early and jumped in some of these trades, but what a nice little trade right there. We'll talk a little bit more about it and everything else, but I want to get everyone to get ready for the weekend. Usually we have some new traders here. So some of you are kind of veterans and know exactly what to expect, but what we usually do on days like today is we don't want to get too crazy. It's Friday. Let me tell you, it is absolutely gorgeous here and in Northeast. We're getting probably hit with a heat wave. Summer came late. I know a lot of people are planning on leaving and enjoying the weekend and stuff like that. So I would be a little just, you can see what's happening in the market. It actually is down right now. It was actually flat until the job numbers came out and now we're down about 98 points, about 100 points. So there are some things that are moving. Listen, we had some really good moves yesterday and certain stocks also. So let's go over those really quick, but just remember it is Friday. You know, we're going to be here in the afternoon. You see something moving. We'll share it with you. Make sure you have the app. You can always log on your phone. You can always log into the trading room whatever you want to do, but just be very, very careful and get into these positions, all right? So we're not going to get too cocky today, like on a Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. All right, so let's go through the, let's go talk about what happened yesterday because yesterday was quite an exciting day. We had this stock right here just did phenomenal. The CRBU, I mean, oh my God, this thing was just probably, everyone was done with this trade this in the morning. You could see that it just popped early around 8.30, actually eight o'clock in the morning. It was right around 4.13, shot all the way to about 4.80. Then around this, then we had our shake right there right around nine o'clock. You could see it, great pre-market. And then right at the open, right around, it did a little shake right here at 9.30. So if you missed this run pre-market, no problem. It shot up right here from like 5.50, all the way to about 6.60, and then it kind of died. I thought it was going to probably break a couple of times, but it obviously didn't, but that was probably one of the, I think that was probably the best trade we had for a lot of us that were not here in pre-market and then showed up when the market did open up. Remember what I told you, and I want to share this because we have a lot of people here that are logged in on social media, plus we have some new traders here in the trading room. If you listened to me yesterday, what I was trying to explain to you regarding how day traders work, there wasn't a lot moving, okay? And a lot of these traders probably didn't know about this stock until probably 10, 20 minutes later, because a lot of them follow indicators. That's what they usually do. They're using all these crazy indicators. By the time those indicators kick in, then they're like, oh, wait a minute, their alerts start kicking in, and then they find them. That's why you'll notice when we trade certain stocks out there, you'll see some stocks that will like, kind of like pick up and move and move and move and all of a sudden, boom, they start taking off. So that's kind of usually what we have going on here with these kind of stocks right here. But the CRBU was phenomenal.  I know they said, I know some of us talked about yesterday that they're starting to launch their trucks up in Europe right now, but that thing has just been unbelievable. It's almost up about 100% in less than two weeks. You can see it here from $13, it's already at 22, already broke 52 week highs. This stock, don't let it fool you though, it was a hundred dollar stock last year. Pretty scary when you really think about it that it was only down to the 11s, but this stock is obviously doing really well. It looks like it's gonna be testing these big, big support levels back here of last year, right around 25. Listen, what was on yesterday could be on today and it could be on for the week. Remember, these stocks, like Raven, were day trades. And you wanna learn how to day trade, maybe you don't wanna day trade, maybe you wanna swing trade, but these stocks are what turn into swing trades and how they become a very good option trade. But it all starts with what we do here every day and that is day trade, because that's how you find them. CCC was also a nice moving stock yesterday, went from $3 up to about 380, a little cheap, not expensive. Gene was one in the middle of the day that made a big move, 940, I mean, 640 all the way to 740, not a huge runner. AI did a big, big bounce yesterday. Let me tell you what happened with AI with me yesterday. So I was like this close, I actually sold shares of it.  I was doing great. Got out, sold half my position and then it, because it started holding here and I'm like, and it was that a major support, I wanna get out of it. Unfortunately, I only have half a half what I have but the damn thing came back. This stock is so frustrating, this AI stock right here. So very, very difficult stock to day trade.  You've been there, you've done it. It's like sometimes you feel you can't do anything right. That's how I felt yesterday with AI yesterday when it came down. So it was really, really ticked off. I sold it. I'm like, damn, these guys shook me out and I held the first shake, but good thing is I kept a little bit half of it. All right, so let's go see what's going on this morning because there are a couple of stocks that are moving. So we know about this CSTL and for some of you here that had the morning watch list, you could see here, we had the pre-market morning watch list. We had a GRR, Raven, TOPS and PMW. This one, the CSTL just showed up a little bit later. You could see it just popped out, probably right around here, I would say, right around 8.30, 8 o'clock. Well, remember, we post up that list before 8 a.m., so this kind of showed up a little late, but this stock, just be very, very careful.  Okay, right, it's three tees, tradable trend and trap. The first tee is very, very critical. So this stock is probably, I would say, and Josh would probably agree with me. It's probably, and most of the traders been here for a while, the stock is probably in a category, maybe three at minimum. So it means it's a very volatile stock, so be very careful with it. Now we had this PWM. Now PWM just took off just now.  Now I'm gonna bring up the level four and just show you what just happened. So you could see right here, there were big, big orders. This guy got filled, he got executed. You could see there on the bottom and then it took a little bit of dive. That resistance now becomes support, kind of hubbed right there and then started building a ladder effect. And now this bad boy is really, really looking pretty strong. He weighed up to about $15 is the next biggest seller. Tier size is also very, very small. I'm automatically putting this in a category three. It could even be a four, okay? So what do we know about trading stocks that are in those categories? Some of you are beginner traders and what that means that probably too volatile for you to be to trade it, which is okay. Don't worry because there's a stock like GRR, something very big spread, big volume. So listen, as you get comfortable with these trades, you'll know exactly which one to get and get out of it. But just as in volatility goes, because that's about 50% of why people like you and everyone here will fail in trading and what you don't wanna be part of is on that alone. So the GRRR will put it on the watch list. I'm not super sold on the stock as orders go because I'm seeing a lot of orders come out there on the offer right now. You can see it right here, like if you're looking at the side view, I mean, I got two cameras running right now, but right here, I could see some big orders out here to show it up a little bit later. So we can keep an eye on that. We'll see how that one works out. What else that we have right here that also, yeah, this one right here at the CSTL. Now this is another one you can see right here, he got executed, let me bring it back on the big screen. This guy right here got executed right here. You can see that big bowl right there at 18, that was where he's getting out. That's where it's getting big pop. There was another seller right here, he got filled. So the stock is pretty strong. Once again, look at the tier sizes right here. 100, 300, 500, very, very small, probably a category five, four. I would probably say a four, but not a big fan of that, you know what I mean? Not a big fan of that. A lot of stocks are pretty on the volatile side. This one's a little cheap, moving up pretty nicely. Tops was one of them that we found this morning, 900,000 shares. Everybody remembers this stocks. Look at this thing, this was awesome, 27 to 250, remember that? We'll put that down on a watch list, right? Why not? It was there this morning, why not throw it back in there? All right, so we're down to 8%, we're pretty much done. We don't want to trade anything, at least at 5%. I mean, 10% or higher. New York stock has changed, typical, nothing. Biggest percentage gainer, 3%, what the hell's that? That's garbage. Remember HKD? Oh my God, remember this stock right here? This thing ran from $6 away to 2600. No, that really did happen. For some of you that are watching on social media and our new traders, we traded this stock. And then short of, this was also a nice day right here, back here when it went from six, went to almost like 400. No, it wasn't six, what was that? That was like 20, I think, 40 to 287, that's what it was. So, and then it had another one, not too long on January, did the same thing here. It went from 16 to 30. It's funny, it's like it does it, and it's smaller and smaller and smaller. Great, great short squeeze on the stock, pretty volatile though. I'll throw it on the watch list because, hell, you never know, that could be one of those long shots, you know what I mean? All right, so I think we're pretty much done. I think we got the good list here. Grant, you did pretty well on that Raven trade. Nice stock of that 2256, yeah. That was pretty good, I liked that one too also. And what else do we have here? At least you're here on the watch list. Yep, I think we, anything else I'm missing? I think we pretty much got them all, as always. Yep, all right, I don't see anything else out there. All right, guys, so let's get ready for the market open. Now remember, today is Friday. You don't want to get too cocky. The list, it's a lot bigger than yesterday. We had a better show up of stocks that moved pretty well. What's going on with that stock? Yeah, let's keep an eye on that one. This one obviously looks like probably the nicest one that's moving so far. It's just, depending on your experience as a trader, gotta be careful, you know, if it's in your tradable rules that we taught you. And like I said, if we see something, we'll say something, we'll share it with you. So let's get ready for the market opened up. Be careful, it takes Friday. If I don't see you, if you did well already and you can take the rest of the week off, that's why you love being here. If you're watching this video later, listen, we're live every morning at 9 a.m. at 2.30. Cyber Group members, you know, we're gonna be here all day. And then if you're watching the social media right here, I'll just put the, just click, I wanna put that little QR code, just take your phone. If you're new here, just take it, scan that. And when you'd be happy to join our trading room, you can be part of this whole group right here of traders and you can be trading with us, you know, all day long and we'll do commentary. All right guys, so let's get ready for the market open up. Good luck, enjoy your weekend. If I don't see you here this afternoon or 9.30, I'll see you back on Monday. Happy trading everyone.


Lipton Tea and Lipton Soup presents Inner Sanctum Mysteries, starring Lee Bowman. This is your host, Raymond. Welcome to the Inner Sanctum. Come in, won't you? What are you staring at? The walls. Well, you know that old saying about walls having ears. Well, these walls have eyes and a nice assortment of fingers and hands. One of them has a heart, but you can't beat that. Don't mind me, friends. In my old age, I'm getting to be a bit of a gore. You're getting to be a crotchety old bachelor, that's what. Who said that? Oh, Mary Bennett. Hello. Tell me, Mary. Do you think I should get married? You know, I used to have a girlfriend, but she threw me over. She was a vampire.  More and more, I'm convinced that what you need is a wife. I'd just love to see the way a wife would handle you. Would you send me a wedding present, Mary? I sure would. I'd send you a big supply of Lipton's noodle soup. You know, I'll bet your wife would appreciate that. My goodness, in the old days, it took a woman all day to make a pot of noodle soup. Whereas nowadays, it only takes a jiffy. That is, when you use Lipton's noodle soup mix. But Lipton's has got the same homemade taste, believe you me. It's got the same chickeny flavor. Yes, sir, a hot plate of Lipton's noodle soup is a grand welcome home for the whole family. One whiff of that savory Lipton's noodle soup, and folks feel relaxed and ready for dinner with a rousing good appetite. Well, now that's a very pretty picture, Mary, which reminds me, our story tonight is about one of the fine arts, murder. It's called Death is an Artist, an original tale by Frederick Motho, and our star is from Hollywood, Lee Bowman, soon to appear with Rita Hayworth in the Columbia Technicolor picture tonight and every night. So, hurdle close to the fire, and turn the lights down real low. By the way, if you have a little spook or two in your home, looking behind your shower curtains before turning on the water is the courteous thing to do. Otherwise, you might be dampening your spirits. Now, let's get on with our story. I'm Stevie, a reporter. I'm what's called a police reporter because I hang around police stations for my stories. But tonight, I'm the best reporter in the world because I've got that kind of a story that's only given to one writer in a thousand, once in a lifetime. This story begins with the end of a man's life. Yesterday, an old man living alone with his five cats on an abandoned barge under the Brooklyn Bridge cut off the heads of four of his cats, then expertly slit his own throat from ear to ear. At six o'clock on the morning we got the flash about this old man, I was playing cribbage with Mike, my police pal at the station house squad room.  Okay, Mike, there it is. Go 121 points. That last run made it.  We're both lucky. Not a call the whole night. Sure hate to drive out to anything in this blizzard. Praise 84th Precinct, Brooklyn. What? Yeah. Wait, say that slower. You haven't seen him in a week. His cat's seen around. Oh, but lady, huh? Blood in the snow. Well, that's different, sure, sure. Yeah, okay, thanks. What's up, captain? Some dame passes an old barge down the foot of the bridge on a way to work every day. He says an old bum lives there with his cats. Don't tell me I got a rescuer cat now. No, this coot talks to a real polite every morning, but she ain't seen him in a week. You know, she goes to look close like and finds blood in the snow near the door. So... So we go see. Probably went south for the winter. Coming along, Stevie? Yeah, but I don't like it.   Well, this is it, I guess. Come on, Stevie. Hey. Hey, look, Mike. This is snowman. Oh, so what? Haven't you ever seen a snowman? Yeah, but look, that's not an ordinary snowman. It's a beautifully sculptured head of a woman made out of snow. Ah, come on, it's cool. Let's get inside this scowl here. Hey, open up. Open up there. Open up inside. There is blood out here, Mike. Look. See? Here's where the woman's footprints stop. Okay, Sherlock. Help me bust this door. Oh, what's the matter with you? Look on the floor.  And another one alive. Hey, where are you going? I told you I can't stand them dead or alive. One of them clawed me when I was a kid. I... Stevie, get low to this over here on the bed. He did a good job from ear to ear. He had done a good job.  His head laid on one side and was nearly severed at the throat. His mouth, a strangely sensitive mouth, unfoolishly open in the middle of a matted mass of beard. But it was his eyes that stirred something inside me. They were cold black agates that smoldered with defiance, even in death. They seemed to carry a message only I was meant to see. I turned away and stumbled over a small wooden box that contained clay fragments. An impulse seized me, and I carried the box outside. What do you want that box at trace for? I'm not sure. I just feel I ought to take it along. Mind? Just junk. These bums collect the screwiest stuff.  You'll get a news beat on this anyhow. Okay, Mike. Thanks. I'll call you later to see if you identify the old bird. All right, Stevie. Hey, here's that box of junk. You want it? Oh, yeah. Yeah, thanks, Mike. I wrote the item. All we could learn was that he was Ivan. No fingerprints on record, no relatives, just Ivan. So he stayed, just Ivan, to a quarter of a million readers and to the police. But to me, he was a man who had not yet died. I poked through the rubble of clay in the box, and I was about to throw the whole mess out when a time blackened metal tag caught my eye. It was the kind of tag used to mark paintings or statues. It read Agatha, January 2nd, 1924, 20 years ago, today. And below that was a name, Ivan Thorn. The name jangled a bell in my memory. It frightened me. It fascinated me. I rummaged in the box some more. A hunch grew to certainty. Ivan Thorn had been a sculptor. He was a fragment of clay, a nose, ear part of a chin, ear and an ear, a woman's ear. And the snow image of a woman's head came to mind. Why did Ivan Thorn, a sculptor of obvious talent, do a head of a woman named Agatha in clay, then on the same date, 20 years later, as a bum, reproduce it in snow, and slit his throat? I found the answer in the yellow clippings of the newsroom morgue. The story of Ivan Thorn was filed under murders unsolved. After I'd read the story, I marched into G.C.'s office. Hey, what's up, Stevie? They're selling the Brooklyn Bridge again? No. You, uh, you read the item on the old guy I found with his throat cut? Sure, sure. Cut off his cat's heads, then his own, unidentified. Good item. I, I know who he is. Was. Yeah. Story? Story. You got time to listen? Shoot. Well, this begins in a sculptor's studio off Washington Square on a stormy night long ago. Ivan Thorn and Agatha, his wife, were having work. For the last time, Agatha, are you really going through with this divorce foolishness? For the last time, yes. I'm tired of living from hand to mouth.   I'm tired of you. All right. I'll give you the divorce. You can marry Greg Stevens. He'll give you everything you want. But Horace stays with me. I want custody of a boy. The court will decide that. Agatha, I've been working on that head of you for a year. It, it's good. I think the museum. Oh, that thing? It doesn't even come close to looking like me. Course that head isn't you. It's what I remember you as when I first met you. Ivan, let go of me. You're hurting me. All right. I'll let go of you. But I'm going to finish that head, Agatha. And you're going to help me. I will not. You'll get your divorce. Only if you agree in writing to pose me one day each month for six months. I must finish it. Six months? And what about Horace? He's away at school all the time. We'll let the court decide a decent arrangement. All right, Ivan. I'll do that. Give me that pen. Here. I, Agatha Thorne, agree to pose for a sculptured head by Ivan Thorne on the first day of each month for six months, signed Agatha Thorne. There you are. Now get out.  She's gone, but I'll see her again six more times. That's all I need. Six more times.  Mr. Raymond. Oh, yes, Mary. I got to thinking about that snowman they found. Did you ever make a snowman? Oh, sure.  Kept it in the icebox over the summer. And you're teasing me, Mr. Raymond. But you know when I was a child, we used to spend all afternoon making a snowman. And then we'd go in the house for supper with our cheeks red as a frost apple, and with a real country appetite. The house was so warm and cozy.  You know how children are.  And I've got a grand suggestion for these winter night suppers. Lipton's noodle soup mix. It's such a heartening dish, thrifty too. Costs a lot less than canned soups. Yes, Lipton's noodle soup just seems to belong to folks young and old who've got a healthy appetite and a yen for homemade chickeny tasting soup. Uh, Mary. Yes, Mr. Raymond. And Mr. Bowman is waiting to resume his part of the young police reporter, Stevie. That's right. Uh, you remember Stevie told his editor that Ivan was divorced by his wife, Agatha, 20 years ago. And how the events that followed turned the sculptor into the tired old bum he was when he slit his throat under the Brooklyn bridge. Well, Stevie, did Agatha get her divorce? Yes. And the court gave her custody of their six-year-old kid, Horace. She married Greg Stevens and, according to these clippings, she kept her agreement with Thorne. She posed for the head he was doing of her so that he could finish it. The first day of each month for six months, huh? Yeah. How'd he take the divorce and losing his kid and all? Beautifully. So everybody thought it got to be the talk of the town. The three of them, Agatha, Greg and Ivan, seemed to get along fine together. The Stevenses were frequent callers at Thorne's studio. Oh, I say, Thorne, why won't you show me the head you're making of Agatha? That isn't fair, you know. Not till it's finished, Greg. You wouldn't appreciate it as it is now. It really is good, Ivan. When will you finish it? Yes, Ivan, when? I want to finish it on New Year's Day. That will be the last time you need pose, Agatha. Can you make it that day? Well, I'll just have to, won't I? Yes. At three o'clock? At three o'clock. Come on, Greg, darling. Good night, Ivan. Good night, Ivan. My goodness, six months goes by so fast, doesn't it? Six months. I gave them six months. One day it's over. One day is the last day she poses for me. One day I'll finish that head. I love her.  She took my son from me. You can't hear me, Agatha. Can you? This is you and Clay. You can't hear me. Everybody thinks it's wonderful that I haven't thought of such a good sport about it. I fooled them all. I fooled you. Yes. He really was out of his mind, Stevie, this Ivan guy. Sure, but with a madman's cunning he disguised it well. At that point, only his cats knew it, I guess. New Year's Day, 1924, was a howling, wintry day. Neighbors later testified to seeing Ivan's massive frame, coat flailing open in the wind, eyes staring, unblinking, as he turned into his building. It was the last time they saw him.  I'll set the table by the fire, Agatha, just as we always did. You like that.  Oh, I know you don't want him to come here, but we'll just make believe. Must pull myself together. Have a new year, Agatha. Come in. Come in.  Oh, let me get to that fire quickly. I'm frozen up. Why are you bolting the door? The draft rattles the door. Here, give me a coat. Now, how about a bite? By the fire? Why, Ivan, how quaint, just like old times. This is the last time you'll come to pause. Have you minded living up to our agreement? No, Ivan. You've been very decent about it. But tell me, why are you so set on finishing the head you're doing of me? Have you ever seen a human skull, Agatha? Ugly thing.  That's why I'm so anxious to finish this work. I see. Well, shall we start, Ivan? You're not working. You're just staring at me. I'm studying the lion of your neck, darling. It alludes me. Well, hurry, please. I've sat here for two hours now. I'm tired. I'll be finished soon. Then you can rest, darling. Then you can rest. Ivan, you're looking at me as though you're Ivan. You've moved your head again, darling. Here, let me show you. There. So, just like this. Don't move, Agatha. I think it's a loose sign on the throat. But in a split second, I can sink them into you tight, like this. I've loved you more in these few months. You've been away from me than I ever did before. I'll always love you. But if I can't have you, no one else can. Ivan, you're mad. You can't keep me. I gave you six months with that fool because I wasn't sure. I thought I could get over losing you and the boy, but I... I can't. We all thought you were... Resigned. No.  I... I'm not sure. No. No, you don't. You know you don't. Think of her. Your son...  Oh, Greg! Greg, help me! Greg! Greg! You've got the nerve to speak his name here. No! No! I did it. But you, you made me do it. Look at this clay head. Agatha, see, I was wrong. You're much more beautiful. I've changed my mind. I don't want fame. I don't want a statue. I want you. Agatha, I'd broken it smashed it.  He did all this to us. I'll... I'll go see Greg. I must make Greg suffer. He must know that he, too, has lost. Oh, that's some yarn, Stevie. He actually strangled Agatha, huh? What happened then? He left his studio and called at the Stevens' house a little after six. Greg Stevens and young Horace were the only ones there, except for the butler. He testified that Ivan quietly asked to see Stevens alone. He had a bundle in his arms covered with a piece of black velvet when Gregory greeted him. Well, glad to see you and happy new year to you. But where's Agatha? She was supposed to be with you. She'll turn up shortly. Said something about a girlfriend she had to stop by for. Oh, I see. Well, come on in, Ivan. We can have a glass of sherry while we wait. Thanks. Uh, put your package down somewhere. I'll have the table here. Thank you. Uh, did you, um, get a lot done today on the head, I mean? Yes. I've, uh, finished it. Oh, good. See, that wouldn't be it in that box, would it? Yes, as a matter of fact, it is. Well, good heavens, man. Let me see it. I've been kept from all this long enough. Now, there's better wait. Till Agatha gets here. I'm going away for a while, Stevens. Before I go, I want you to tell me something. Do you love Agatha? A lot, I mean. A lot? I worship her. I adore her. You know what you did to me when you took Agatha and my boy from me? Well, the choice was hers. I'm glad for my sake. I'm sorry for you. But I thought you were resigned by now. Resigned?  I've lived the life of raging hate for you. Hive and sit down. You don't have to be sorry for me anymore, Greg. You can start feeling sorry for yourself. Corn, what are you driving at? Everything comes out even, Greg. What's in that box? Come closer, Greg. Here. I'll take the cloth off. See for yourself. Agatha. You, you fiend.  Hey, Stunner. Hey, Greg. Hey, Stalood, Agatha. Stunner.   Get away from me.   We'll both live. To remember. Thorn didn't kill Stevens? No, GC. He knocked him out. They found his footprints in the snow along with the kids. He must have stopped to say goodbye. What a story. He slid his throat this morning as a bum on a barge. Yeah. Took his cats with him. The clay fragments I found in that box on the barge were all that was left of the clay head of Agatha. Nobody even found out how he got away or managed to stay hidden for 20 years? No. That's his secret.  I can't. I won't, GC. You can't print that story. Devil, I can't. Where's Greg Stevens? Where's Horace, the kid? Find him. Greg Stevens died penniless and insane a year later. His kid was raised in an orphan asylum. Well, find the kid. Now, let's see. He'd be about 26 today. Maybe he doesn't know any of these things. Why does a scoop get busy? Look, you can't print this story. Why do you think I didn't write it up and hand it in? I feel sorry for the kid. I was raised in an asylum. A story's a story. What do I have to do? Draw you a diagram, GC? Why do you call me Stevie? Well, because your name is Stevens, I guess. Good heavens. You don't mean it. Yes. My name is Stevens. I never used my first name. I don't like it. It's Horace. That's right. You're Horace Stevens. Yes. My father was Ivan Thorn. Ivan Thorn. You have a little sculptor in your home. Better take his modeling away from him. Might grow up to be a bust. That's enough to give anybody the creeps. It certainly is, Mr. Raymond. Oh, Mary Bennett. Say, didn't you like our story tonight? Well, it was exciting, all right, but why don't you tell stories about normal, happy people? Of course, folks like that never get murdered or anything, but interesting things happen to them. Nice things, too. I like discovering Lipton's noodle soup, Mary. Why not? Lipton's noodle soup is a good way to brighten up a meal, and good meals are a mighty important part of life. So, folks, maybe you've tried other envelope soups. But if you've never tried Lipton's noodle soup, you've got something real nice ahead of you, because Lipton's is the favorite noodle soup of them all. Our moral for tonight is don't drive alone. If you have a car, lucky you, form a carpool. Then, if you should have a flat tire, you'll be among friends on that cold, cold highway. Fun. And Uncle Sam says join a carpool, too. He's not kidding. He says your carpool will help save gas and tires, so look to it, Max. Uh, yes, the, um, this month's Inner Sanctum Mystery Novel is Net of Cobwebs by Elizabeth Sanxay Holding. Oh, yes, and you won't forget to look for Leigh Bowman with Rita Hayworth and the Columbia Technicolor picture tonight and every night. Well, now it's time to say goodnight until next week at the same time when Lipton Tea and Lipton Soup again presents another Inner Sanctum Mystery directed by Hyman Brown. Good night. Pleasant dreams. I got to thinking about wintertime, about snowmen and frost pictures on the windows, and about how cozy a house can be when there's a gale blowing outside. And then I got to thinking about Lipton Tea, because a cup of Lipton's, the tea with that brisk flavor really hits the spot. It's so cheerful and warming. You know, the word brisk, B-R-I-S-K, means that Lipton Tea has a fresh, lively flavor. It's never thin or wishy-washy. That's why Lipton's is America's favorite tea. So don't forget to ask for it when you go to the grocery store. And don't forget to tune in next Tuesday night for another Inner Sanctum Mystery. This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System.


Clark welcome to Brathressed city Three Year Deal signed, how does it feel to be here? I am excited, obviously there is a massive fanbase and it is a massive club so I'm excited to get going. What was it that attracted you mention the size of the club, the potential and the fanbase was that major factor for you? Definitely I think it is like I said it is a massive club and I feel like it really shouldn't be in this league I'm here to hopefully help over this season to get us back up the leagues. Like we say, a three-year contract for you as well, I think with the stage of your career that you're at now as well, that represents quite a long-term contribution and a significant part of your career to come, I guess. Yeah, definitely. It's a bit secure for me but at the same time I'm looking to kick on here and like just help with the future. Talk to us about your career so far, you've obviously come from Barnsley but spent a little bit of time at Hartlepool as well, so plenty of experience across the year fell at a fairly young age? Yeah, obviously signed for Barnsley four years ago and played a few games. It's not gone exactly how I wanted it to go but you learn over the time period and then obviously had a lot of spell at Hartlepool, also in League 2 and there were good parts and there were not so good parts but yeah, it was all decent to the firm. What did you take from Hartlepool in particular this year and I guess getting to know this level League 2 and the standard of football and a little bit more about the division and to have gone there and contributed the way you did, I guess that's kind of put standing good stuff for what's to come here? Yeah, it was definitely good to go out on loan and to find out what the league's about but there's a lot of talent in this league and there's a lot of good players and a lot of good team so I think I'll enjoy my time here. And at Barnsley as well, a fair few appearances in the championship, like we say, a fair bit of experience at a young age, you'll take confidence from that I imagine? Yeah definitely take confidence, I did play a few games in championship and I did enjoy it and I felt like I was an out of place so it'll be nice to bring that here and obviously give to the boys some and then they'll obviously help me as well.  Excitement, you know, I like to be on the ball a lot and I like to make things happen coming in off the wing and being in central and getting in pockets and just making things happen, creating chances for myself and teammates, that's what I'm about. I think it seems like the fans here expect that in a way and really thrive off that excitement and want to be put on the edge of their seats, you're confident that with the crowds here, with the fan base and the expectation you're going to be able to come in and shoulder that and really impress everyone forward on the pitch. Yes that's the fun, that's just me into a team, that's my game, I love being on the ball and making things happen and once I hit the ground running here I feel like that's what I'll be doing, I know if I can get them off the seats. You'll be back in pre-season very soon, how much are you looking forward to meeting your new teammates, being in the dressing room for the first time at and getting started? Yeah I'm very excited obviously, it's a fresh start, something new and it feels right and it feels good and yeah I'm excited to meet the lads and just get going.


I'm the comic weekly man, the jolly comic weekly man. And I'm here to read the funnies to you happy boys and honeys. Yes, boys and girls, it's comic weekly time.  Right out of the pages of part the comic weekly, straight into your living room, your friend, the comic weekly man, the jolly comic weekly man. Well, little Miss Honey, how are you today? Oh, I'm just fine. Thank you. How are you? I'm fine, too. Oh, thank you for your valentine. Oh, and thank you very much for the one you sent me. Did you like it? Like the one I sent you? Oh, no, it was different. Oh, you mean did I like the one... You mean like the one I sent you? Yes, yes. Oh, yes, yes, yes. I loved it. I loved it. I loved it. It was very clever. Cupid sliding down the cloud under toboggan, aiming the arrow straight at me. I'm glad you liked it because I made it myself. You did? Yes. Why, I thought it was a famous artist who had made it. You did? Oh, yes. It looks that good. It certainly did. Well, thank you. You're welcome. Now what can I do for you? Now would you please read me the funny? Poct the Comic Weekly? Very well, I'll read that in just a moment. But before I do, let's listen to this nice man. Now here we go with Poct the Comic Weekly and on the first page, under bringing up Father, Beatle Bailey. Magic words for the music, please. Very well, my lady. Tilt me a toot and tweet me a tweetle. Squeeze out music for Bailey the Beatle. Today, Beatle is hard at work stacking bags of laundry at the army post where he's stationed. One of his officers shouts at him. After you stack those laundry bags, you can sweep out the supply room. Beatle grumbles. He's drunk with power. The officer walks out of the room.  A short time later, the laundry truck pulls up to the back door. The truckman jumps out and starts tossing the laundry bags into the truck.  He tosses it into the truck. This last one's heavy, Joe. It hits the guy in the truck, knocking him over. First picture bottom row, the truck drives along. Beatle, still in one of the laundry bags, sound asleep, snoring and whistling.  The driver answers, all these GIs where they're close so long the stuff can probably talk. They pull up to the laundry. The launderman looks at the load and says, hey, it looks like they sent everything but the kitchen sink. They start to empty the sacks of laundry into a cart. Then they untie the sack that Beatle is sleeping in, turn it upside down, and out tumbles Beatle, still snoring. The launderman takes one look at Beatle and says, back it back and tell him to send the kitchen sink. A few minutes later, fourth picture bottom row, the truck pulls up at the army post again. The driver picks up the laundry sack containing Beatle and says to Beatle's officer, we're returning this one. It didn't have a ticket. And last picture, he dumps Beatle out onto the ground. The officer looks at Beatle who still snores. Too bad. He needs a good wash and the truck driver says, he could use a little starch, too. And Beatle goes, snoring. That fellow sleeps. He really sleeps, doesn't he? Yes, but that's dangerous. Yes, it is sleeping that soundly. Because at the house? You've raised a very good point. Now, if your house ever catches on fire, be sure to yell loud as you can so that you wake everybody up and get help right away. Oh, I would do. What's that? I would never play with matches or try to light the stove. Unless my mother or someone growing up was right close beside me. Well, that pleases me very much. Because when you play with fire, you're playing with danger. And we don't want any child to be in danger, do we? No, no we don't. Well, since you're so good and sensible about fire and matches, I'll do something nice for you right now. Would you like to read Peter Pan? Oh, I certainly would. Very well then. Let's go over the page. Past little iodine. Cross the page. Past Prince Valiant. Turn over that page. And there on page four is Peter Pan. And you remember that Peter had taught the darling children how to fly and they were all on their way to Neverland. Yes, and down below on a ship in a cove, Captain Hook, the ferocious one-armed pirate, has looked through his spyglass and seen Peter approaching. And Captain Hook hates Peter Pan. I wonder what he's going to do. Do you think he'll try to shoot Peter out of the sky? Well, let's read now and find out. Here we go. With Peter Pan. Pirates, crocodiles, Peter Pie Pan. Whisk up music for Never, Neverland. Peter, who's flying through the air, heads for a little cloud and settles down on it. A second later, he's joined by Wendy, Michael and John. Peter points ahead and the darling children look down and see a little island which is Neverland. Peter says, Well, there it is, Wendy. Wendy exclaims, Oh, Peter, it's just as I've dreamed it would be. Yep. There's Mermaid Lagoon and the Indian Camp. Now down below on the ship, Captain Hook looks through his spyglass. He says to his man, Smee, Ah, pretty sight, Mr. Smee. We'll put him like sitting ducks. Last picture top row, Hook's cutthroat crew gathers about him. They aim one of the ship's guns toward the cloud. Hook orders, double the powder and shorter the fuse. Range 42, elevation 65, steady down, fire! Straight for the cloud, the shot goes. First picture bottom row, Peter shouts, Hey, look out! The children jump aside just in time. The shot passes by. Peter turns to Tinkerbell. Hey, quick, Tinkerbell. Take Wendy and the boys to the island.  And away goes Tinkerbell, followed by the children. Wendy shouts, Hey, Tinkerbell, not so fast. But Tinkerbell goes faster and faster toward Neverland. And last picture, the children are left far behind. Wendy shouts, Hey, wait, Tinkerbell, we can't keep up with you. But the spiteful Pixie has whizzed away, leaving Wendy and the boys to struggle helplessly in the sky above Neverland. Tinkerbell will leave the children behind. No, especially not in time of danger. I don't like that Tinkerbell. Why does she act like that? Tinkerbell is jealous because Peter likes Wendy. Well, that isn't nice of Tinkerbell at all because after all Wendy and Peter are just friends. That's right. I wonder whether the children will find their way down to Neverland. Will Peter be safe from Captain Hocken's crook? Well, next week we'll find that out.  Oh yes, they did. They followed Roy and Doleful Hawkins to town.  Yes, yes. And then the leader of the crooks, Fancy Farrow, had sent a phony message to Doleful to trick him into coming to the mine office. That's the office Doleful works for. Yes, but no one at that office is there. And Fancy plans to capture Doleful and do away with him. You think Roy will be able to stop him from doing all these cruel things? Well, let's read now and find out. Now, first, let's go across the page, turn over that page, then go past the long ranger on page six. And there on page seven, under Bonnie Google is Roy Rogers, king of the cowboys. Hi-yip-yo. Now, here we go with Roy and Trigger. Hi-yip-yo.  Fancy Pharaoh gallops up. Seeing the boy, he exclaims, Blast it, what's Doleful Hawkins' nephew doing here? You two loco? Creaky answers. Well, we had to grab him, boys. He's seen us sneaking out of the Bratton Freight office. If he blabs, they'll know we killed Hank Bratton. What? Last picture, Topper, O'Farrow snaps. Lock the kid in the shack that we take care of Hawkins. I'm deploying the old coot to the Tomahawk line with a phony message. When we drag Gulch him, now Bratton Freight line is finished. First picture, bottom row, Roy is trailing the outlaws. Suddenly, he sees something appear in the sky. He exclaims, Hey, something just shot up in the air by those trees. Let's go, Trigger. In a few minutes, Roy is approaching the shack where the outlaws hideaway is. He sees an arrow shoot out of the chimney. Hey, what's this? An arrow with a string and cloth tied to it. In a second, Roy is out of the saddle and running to the shack. Last picture, he breaks in the door. Tim Hawkins. Say, shooting those arrows out of the chimney was a smart way to attract attention, son. Hey, Fancy Farrow and his pole cats locked me in here, Roy. They're gonna bush-wake Uncle Doful. We gotta save him. Well, let's hope so. Wasn't all of them neat? Yes, you bet it was. And it's good that Roy saw them before the outlaws did, too. Yes. And now Tim can tell Roy what the outlaws are up to. But do you think that Roy will catch up to Uncle Doful? Well, we'll have to wait until next week to find that out. But now let's hop over to Dagwit and Blondie. Oh, and here's the section. All right. And here we go on the first page of the second section of Puck the Comic Weekly with Dagwit and Blondie. Ram-a-foo, Ram-a-fum, Zim-Zam-Zombie. Conjimi music for Dagwit and Blondie. Dagwit wakes up early in the morning, lifts his head, and then lets it fall back on the pillow.  In a second, Blondie's in the bedroom beside him. I've got every ache known to science. I got sharp pains and dull pains. I think I'm a goner.  Last picture, top row, she puts her arms around Dagwit. We'll make a hospital room out of this bedroom. First, we'll move the bed out of the draft.  Now, push the bed across the room. Blondie. Dagwit, do you want to die of pneumonia? No. Then push the bed across the room. All right. First picture, second row, Blondie says.  All right. Five minutes later, Dagwit's at the Woodley door. Herb Woodley is handing him the heating pad, sick bed tray, and the vaporizer.  Dagwit stares at Herb in amazement. Really? Last picture, second row, Dagwit enters the house. Blondie hands him a piece of paper. Now, Dagwit, run to the drugstore and get this list of things and hurry, we've got to get you back in bed. Am I that sick? Ten minutes later, first picture, third row, Dagwit is in the drugstore. The drugst reads the list that Blondie has made out, then turns to Dagwit sympathetically. Well, be seated while I get these things for you. Oh, you'll need every ounce of strength you have to pull through this. Dagwit sits down weekly. The girl behind the counter says, ten minutes later, Dagwit at home comes upstairs. He heads for his bedroom, followed by Blondie, her arms full of medicine. Now, Dagwit, get back in bed quickly. While I prepare a hot mustard bath for you. Last picture, third row, Dagwit is in bed again. Blondie enters carrying a big tub. Here's your hot foot bath, dear. Suddenly, Dagwit sits up. I've had enough of this. He leaps out of bed. First picture, bottom row, dashes are on the room. I'm the healthiest man on this street. I can whip my weight in Wildcats. And ten minutes later, all dressed up, Dagwit turns to Blondie as he fixes his tie. Cool up the boss and tell him I'll be down to work after all. Blondie folds her hands demurely and bats her pretty eyelashes. Oh, Dagwit, I have a confession. I didn't call him in the first place. I knew you'd go in.  And he says proudly, Nobody's going to make an invalid out of me. Yes, and then when everybody tells him how awful he looks, he gets mad because they think he looks terribly sick. And then he gets up out of bed and says he's not going to be sick and he goes to work. Oh, what a man. What a man. Well, now let's turn over the page and see who's there. Yes, your friend Donald Duckle, and I'll read him in just a moment. But first, here's that nice man again with something interesting to say. Now here we go again with Puck the Comic Weekly and on the second page of the second section, Donald Duck. Magic words for the music, please. Very well, my lady. Say them with me, please. Squeeze them, squeeze them, squeeze the ticket check. Let's have music to fit a quack-quack. It's breakfast time in the Donald Duck household. Donald looks so exhausted that his eyelids droop, his hair droops and his ears droop. His nephew Dewey says, Gee, what's the matter, Uncle Donald? Oh, I walked in my sleep again seven nights in a row. Gee, that's tough. The boys tell Donald they've got a scheme to stop him from sleepwalking, so that night they tuck Donald into bed. Dewey says, Well, good night, Uncle Donald. Just relax. We'll take care of everything. Donald yawns. Good night. No sooner has he gone to sleep than the boys see him sit up, hold out his arms, and begin to mumble for his picture-bottom row. What nice walk in the park. The boys see he's about to walk in his sleep, so Dewey says, Let's go. He's on his way. Second picture-bottom row, the boys are outside the house. The door opens and out walks Donald in his sleep. Dewey says, Okay, man, this is it. Come on. Third picture-bottom row, Louis aims a garden hose at Donald, and turns on the water. They soak Donald.  They turn off the water. Dewey says, I did it. And Huey exclaims, Yeah, he's going back to- All of a sudden, the last picture out of the house comes Donald still in his sleep, carrying an umbrella. Down the steps, he comes, heading for a walk in the park. And the boys go, Oh, isn't that funny? Yes, the boys thought they could cure Donald of his sleepwalking habit by squirting water out. Instead, yes. He's some fellow there, Donald. Yes, he's some fellow there, Donald. Now look across the page. There's another nice fellow. Oh, yes, America was a famous pirate. Yes, the famous pirate, Jean Lafitte. And the British and the Americans are at war, and the British are trying to get Jean Lafitte to help fight the Americans. They even offered him lots of money. Yes, and Dick and the Major, his friend, were captured by the pirates and taken to their city in the swamp lands. But Dick and the Major managed to escape from the place in a little boat. Well, I wonder if they'll be able to get away because Dick and the Major do not know that country at all. I wonder if they'll be able to find their way out. Well, let's read now and find out. Here we go with Dick's adventures. Say the magic words with me. We'll make it a pack-a-zack-a-zick. Let's have music for adventure this Dick. Dick and the Major make their way through the dense swamps in one small boat seeking to find a way out of the swamp, hoping to get to General Jackson and inform him of the meeting between the English and the pirates. They find that they're lost. Triers, they will. Dick and Ville find themselves only plunging deeper into the bewildering maze of bayous. First picture, second row. At nightfall, they find themselves in an impenetrable forest of reeds and swamps.  They build a pyre and, for supper, prepare a wild fowl which Major Ville has been lucky enough to trap. Last picture, second row, they've made themselves a crude bed and have fallen asleep for the night. So soundly do they sleep. They don't hear a boat grow up to the bank or figures moving toward them, and then they are rudely awakened. Hey, what's the matter? Hey, let me go, will ya? Oh, they try to find a way out Hey, let me go, will ya? Oh, they try to struggle to find themselves captured by pirates and Jean Lafitte himself faces them first picture, bottom row. Ah, good morning, my friends. They are led to a boat-class picture. Lafitte gets into the boat and then says to them, so you are going to General Jackson to tell him that I, Jean Lafitte, amitretheur who has promised to help the British attack New Orleans? Very well, mes amis. I shall go with you and tell him myself even though he has been foolish enough to threaten to hang me if I come. Yes, the pirates caught up with Dick and the major and have captured them. Oh, it's too bad. That is kind of mysterious, isn't it? Yes, it is. Well, I don't know. I can't figure this out myself. I'm afraid we'll have to wait until next week to find this out. But now look below Dick's adventures. There's Rusty Riley. Oh, yes. Helping a man who says he's a magician. Yes, a man who calls himself the Great Necro. And Rusty thinks that Necro might be one of the crooks who's planning to do something bad to Mr. Dooley. And Stovepipe, Rusty's friend, has told him to keep the job with the Great Necro so Rusty can keep his eye on the crook. Now let's see what happens. Here we go with Rusty Riley. Gallop and run till the road is dusty. Give us music for his horse and Rusty. As the sideshow is being set up where Rusty is to work, he watches the workman. His friend Stovepipe gives him a final bit of advice. Life under carnival art is not exactly a bed of roses, Rusty.  Rusty goes into the tent. Good morning, Mr. Necro. Oh, here's the pair of cufflinks you asked me to buy. There's 20 cents change. Oh, thanks, kid. Keep the change. Now get into your uniform. Last picture top row, Rusty is all dressed up in a pages uniform. He says, Hot dog, this is some outfit. I wonder what a magician's assistant's supposed to do. Meanwhile, first picture bottom row, outside another tent, Necro is talking to his friend who is a fortune teller with a carnival and whose partner respects in his crooked scheme. Now look, Beagle. Dooley fancies himself as a poker player and he's superstitious. Now sooner or later, he'll bone a free reading from you. Make him think his fortune's so good he can't lose. Beagle answers. Yeah, I get it. And then you get him into a nice friendly game. Right. And when my cards plus my tricks specs, we'll own this carnival in a week. Okay. Now you better get into your show, duds. It's nearly open in time. Meanwhile, inside the dressing room, Rusty is looking at Necro's dressing table. Gee whiz, Mr. Necro must have forgot his glasses. Oh, no, no. These are different. These must be sunglasses. Rusty tries the glasses on. Hey, these don't seem like regular sunglasses. They're kind of purplish. Last picture, Necro comes into the tent. Well, kid, we'll have to hurry a bit. Hey, what are you doing to those glasses? Give them here. And don't touch them again. Rusty tried on. They must have something to do with Necro's evil scheme. Necro said something about trick specs. But specs is another name for glasses, isn't it? Yes, it is. And he said that by using them, he might be able to own the pair. And by using them, he might be able to own the carnival in a week. I wonder if that could happen. That's something we'll have to wait to find out. We'll learn more about that next week. But now it's time for Flash Gordon. Oh, yes, and I need to flash. Very well. Let's turn over the page. Go past Buzz Sawyer on page four, turn over to page five, and look, on page six, there's Flash Gordon. And you remember that flash is on the planet Venus, and he had overcome that tyrant King Stang before the planet. That's right, but in the midst of the big elections, Stang slipped away when he saw his man couldn't be elected. And Flash and Dale have gone after him in a rocket ship. I wonder whether they'll catch him. Well, let's read now and find out. Here we go with Flash Gordon. Trigarigadoondoon, Sascha Matash. Let's set music for heroic flash. Flash and Dale are hot on the trail of Stang and Kaga, who are seeking to escape. Flash sees the rocket ship ahead of him, disappear into the cavern world inside Venus. Boldly, Flash follows Stang into the forbidden cavern world. The guards think Flash is with the ruler rather than pursuing him, and hold their fire. And then they discover their mistake. But it's too late to stop the thundering jet car. Last picture top roll, the burst of fire from the guards is Kaga's first warning that Flash has followed him into his underground domain. Kaga swings his ship around, then loses a volley of flame blasts. But Flash's skillful maneuvers make his speed run faster and Flash's skillful maneuvers make his speeding craft an elusive target. First picture bottom roll, Flash sees that Kaga's shots are coming closer. Quickly, Flash adjusts his ship's exhaust to make it pour out a heavy screen of smoke. His course hidden for the moment, Flash makes a sharp turn into one of the vast uncharted caverns. As the sound of pursuit dies, Flash spots a glimmer of light ahead, approaching closer, they are amazed to see below them a weird crystal city of light. They decide to take a chance and land.  The leader of them, a beautiful woman approaches. Thrill welcomes you to her city. But Flash is wary as he steps from his jet car. Are these people enemies of the tyrant Kaga? Or allies? The smoke come out of his rocket ship? Yes, that way no one could see where he was going. Yes, and I hope that these people that he meets in this unusual city will be friendly to them. You think they will? Well, that's something we'll have to find out next week. Now, that's all the time I have. But before I go, here's a nice fellow with interesting information. In all your boys and girls, I've got to go now. All right, Mr. Comic Weekly Man, but next week... Okay, that's a date.  Be sure to meet me with a little friend, Miss Honey, next week when I read Puck the Comic Weekly. For I'm the Comic Weekly Man, the Jolly Comic Weekly Man. I'll be back to read the funnies to you happy boys and honeys. Don't forget, boys and girls, see you all next week. Your friend the Comic Weekly Man, the Jolly Comic Weekly Man.


Welcome to Longmont Public Media's conversation with the candidates. I'm Richard Lyons and I'm here today with Greg Harris, one of the three candidates for mayor. Welcome, Greg. Hello, Dick. How are you? I'm doing well. Thank you. Greg, tell us a little bit about yourself so Longmont voters can get to know you a little better. Sure. I've lived in Longmont over 50 years. I've been married over 32 years. I have two sons. They both graduated from CU. They went to Front Range Community College, which is a wonderful college in Longmont. And then they went to CU for their bachelors. So they had associates and bachelors. The oldest one is married. He graduated two years ago, got married, moved to Seattle. The youngest one just graduated a couple months ago from CU. So he's planning on either teaching Japanese in Japan or maybe moving to Canada. Really? Yeah. They're anchored in Longmont, which is a wonderful, wonderful town, as you know. But you know, it's time to grow up and be their own man.  But anybody with a family knows that's how it has to be. So I'm 60 years old, just turned 60. I was a maintenance man recently, you know, the last few years. But mostly I grew up doing construction like everybody else. I moved here in 1970 with my family. I have five brothers, two sisters. My father died years ago. Mother's still alive, was just outside of Boulder. I have had many jobs, which is when you finally get to the end of your construction career, you turn into a maintenance man. So I've been serving the last 20 years, the public, you know, the church. I do many things. I still, you know, we take meals to seniors, you know, every other day or so, you know, help out. Snowplow the neighborhood when it snows, you know. Help take care of their house when a fixture or something breaks. You know, I go over there and take care of that, you know, help them with their cars, stuff like that. Just things you help around the neighborhood to keep your neighborhoods functioning good and take care of our seniors. Yeah, that's great. What is the one thing that you want the voters to know about you? That I love Longmont so much. I think that we can really fix it. I think it's going in the wrong direction right now. And I think it's had a great leader, but it needs another great leader to get things done. There's so many things that need to be fixed. We have no, let's see, there's no mid-income family housing, you know, and you know, we all know that the upper higher end jobs are created by tech companies and stuff like that. And the middle income families have no housing, attainable housing in the, let's see, inventory or development. So how do you get these people into town to take care of that while they're all commuting from out of town, which creates a great deal of pollution. You know, if they were living here, you get that tax base. So I see things like that that need to be changed. And, you know, I want to change it. So being someone who fixes things and gets things done very quickly, I think I can add to the Longmont, you know, political scene. Very good. I think you explained this, but when I ask you again, what brought you to Longmont in 1970? Was it with your family move here? Well, we were in Chicago and it was getting bad, which is kind of funny when you say that now with the way it is. But it was getting bad in 1970. So my father, who worked at IBM at the time, moved this all to Colorado. So, very good. And what do you especially like and don't like about Longmont? I love the small town feel. And even though it's grown, you know, jeez, back in 1970, there was maybe less than half of us here. You know, now it's almost 99,000. And it still has that wonderful small time feel. And I think Longmont can still build. Longmont is going to grow no matter what anybody else does. It's a great town and people want to live here. It just needs help, you know, growing responsibly. You know, our infrastructure hasn't grown at all. But you know, we're tons of affordable housing, but you don't see any middle income housing. So how do you get the workforce in here? And if you train them and they live outside of town, you know, what are they going to do? They're going to keep commuting for three hours on the road, bumper to bumper, or they're going to find a job closer to home once you've trained them. And that then is a detriment to the businesses because businesses can't find employees, let alone if you train them, you can't keep them. Yeah, that's a good point. Let's assume that you are elected to City Council. The mayor is part of the City Council. Let's assume that the city received a million-dollar grant with no strings attached to use in any way that the council so choose. What would you do with it and why? Well, I would like to... Well, the million-dollar grant, that's... I want to get my hands on that infrastructure if it comes through. And I would like to expand on Highway 66. You know, back in 57, they moved the fences back to expand that road. And it was never done, and probably that money's gone. Just like the train in 2004 when, you know, taxpayers gave it like $150 million or so for the train that never came, and that money's gone. So if I could, I'd like to expand 66 so we don't have bumper-to-bumper traffic that would take care of many problems. One, the commuting.  I would like to see the city needs to... It's expanding greatly, but it needs to start maybe growing up upwards. You know, when you see a little parking lot maybe over there by the Civic Center, you know, maybe that thing could be raised to a three or four level. So, you know, when we have gatherings, people can actually park in town instead of, you know, fighting for parking spaces and stuff.  Because like I said, we have none.  So that's where I'd start. Okay. Greg, did you have a person that was your mentor or someone that influenced you and helped you along your way? I take every employer I ever worked for. They were the best influences in the world. You know, serving the Catholic Church for many years. I have many priests that are deacons of wonderful men, all the businesses in construction.   I think construction is underrated, you know, a lot of realtors. I have so many friends, professionals, I think each and every one added to it. Very good. Are you paying it forward? Are you mentoring or influencing some young person's career or life? Whenever I get a chance to, yeah. I say every day is a mentorship for people and stuff. If you're kind to someone and help them, I think that does a great deal reaching out. Like I said, I do a lot of volunteer work. And when you do that, other people see that. So you lead by example. Colorado and Longmont have many recreational opportunities. Which do you enjoy and how do you spend your leisure time? I love spending it with family. You know, I always say God family work and everything else after that.  That's one way to really take care of your neighborhood. If everybody knows everybody else, you can kind of keep the crime out in the riffraff. Vandalism, you know, you're always going to have that. I see it popping up everywhere. Graffiti is popping up more and more lately.  I walk in my dog. I used to train service dogs and give them away because those are, they're very expensive. I mean, just the basic service dog is $14,000. Really? And you don't meet very many, yeah, the more expensive are around $40,000 or above. So, and you don't meet very many handicapped people that just, you know, have big bat wallets. So, you know, anytime, anytime you can do something in kind and have fun while you're doing it, you can't beat that. That's true. Looks like Longmont, at least from the latest map, will switch from the fourth U.S. congressional district to the second. What impact, if any, do you think that will have on Longmont? I wish I could answer that. I don't have enough information on that to give you an intelligent answer on that. Okay. Fair enough. So, how do you learn and stay informed about local, state and national issues? Well, like most people, I watch many news channels. You pick up a paper here and there, you know, the main times call, the Denver Post, I think it is, and the Daily Camera. They're all owned by the same conglomerate. So, you know, you pick up one, you can pretty much get the gist of all three and stuff. So, that and, you know, staying in tune, you know, I'm a people person. I like to talk to people, and, you know, you can always hear different things from everyone else. So, serious radio, you can get every channel in the world on that, so you can listen to a lot of things in public television, of course. So, Greg, national politics, as you know, are very divisive in our federal and now our state governments. Although the city council is supposed to be nonpartisan, some say it's becoming more political. What would you do to keep the divisiveness from occurring at Longmont City Council? Well, I definitely would favor some of the new people running for city council. There's Tallas, there's Jeremy, there's Diane Christ. There's three really good balances that should go into the council, I think. I think they're wonderful people, and I think they do a good job for it. Also, I think with a good leadership, which is what is something I'd like to provide as mayor, I think we could bring this into balance more. I mean, they just passed an ordinance last night that I didn't think was in the best interest of Longmont. It takes itself and it shirts itself between parents and the children, and I think that's the wrong direction right off the bat. So, if you were elected, how do you plan on involving residents more in the decision making for our city? Well, I think reaching out before they do things. Last night at the city council meeting, it seemed like they didn't reach out to any of the restaurants. They named merely a couple, and I know Longmont has a great deal of restaurants in it, and a great deal of business owners, and none of them knew what was going on from talking to a lot of them over the last few months. No one had an idea what was going on, so I didn't think they reached out to anybody. I think it was a left block, you know, just stopping everybody from hearing about it, trying to push it through quickly. I mean, you could hear the answer from the city council, half of them, before they even listened to the public speak, and I didn't think that was right. So, if you could change one thing in the current Longmont municipal code, what would it be and why? I would change whatever keeps attainable housing. Something's blocking it. I don't know what it is. They asked for a report. There was a motion passed to ask for a report, an annual report on all projects that were under development, and it ended up being just affordable. They wanted a report on affordable housing instead of everything. I'm requiring a quarterly report from the staff on what's going on with the projects in development. So, things aren't in a standstill, you know, static. Well, Greg, I think I heard you mentioned attainable housing several times in our review. Correct. Between affordable housing and attainable housing, which do you prioritize as being the greater need facing the city of Longmont now? Definitely attainable housing. Like I said, there's nothing in inventory, nothing in development. So, where do you move? How does anyone move up? I mean, we have plenty of affordable. I'm lower income. I love affordable housing. You know, I think it's a great thing, and we're totally focused on just that. You cannot have a well-rounded city unless you include all three, you know, upper, middle, and lower classes. Thank you. Greg, that concludes our conversation. I thank you for your participation here today and wish you luck in your campaign. Thank you very much. Nice meeting you.