The Ghost Breakers Page #3

The man who sees all, hears all, knows

all and tells all, Lawrence Lawrence.

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen,

and good evening to my friends too.

I've just finished breakfast and I

wanna tell you that Cronin Coffee...

is the only coffee that lets you sleep

and keeps you awake at the same time.

There's no chicory in it.

No caffeine, no mocha, nothing.

Ah, nothing can change the

peculiar flavor of Cronin Coffee.

So our advice is, keep it in

the can... uh, with confidence.

Now I'm gonna tell you a story

filled with sunshine and shadow,

laughter and tears,

corn and hokum.

A true story of how a baby's innocent hands

have softened the heart of a racketeer.

Say, you've all heard of Frenchy

Duval, the number-one big shot...

of our busy, bustling underworld?

Hey, Frenchy, you're on.

Frenchy was out in the tall grass

for his health a few weeks ago...

when his landlady

was called away from home,

leaving Frenchy with the care

of her four-month old baby.

She came back three days

later, and by that time...

Frenchy used everything in the house

for didies down to his last sock.

So now, Frenchy has a nice,

new racket, baby laundries.

The kind with the slogan, "we

wash everything but the brat."

Frenchy discovered there were about 2,000

baby laundries in the state, all making money.

So, without telling even his

closest pals what he was doing,

Frenchy moved in and three-cornered

the market. Ha, ha, ha.

Today, the hard-boiled king of the underworld

is really cleaning up in a big way.

Frenchy is a modest fellow, so this

will be news to the public, the police...

and, oh, yes, the Federal

Income Tax Bureau.

Get that guy on the phone.

We're gonna have a little talk.

And now, ladies and gentlemen,

you jive hounds of the java,

I bid you good night and good-bye

as I leave tonight on my vacation.

For the next four weeks

I'll be off the air,

off the payroll,

off my nut...

And off of Cronin Coffee.

So this is Larry Lawrence signing off,

sounding the keynote of Cronin Coffee.

Good-bye. You've

just heard Lawrence Lawrence,

the man who knows all the

rackets and all the racketeers.

Phone call for you,

Mr. Lawrence.

For me? How'd you

like the program?

Oh, you were wonderful,

if you're any judge.

I'll think

of something.

Hello.

Oh, hello, Frenchy.

How'd you like the ad?

Okay, Larry, but you had

the story a little wrong.

Yeah. Come on over

to the hotel.

- You're not sore, are you?

- No, I'm not sore. Why should I be?

I'm just asking you to come over to the

hotel so I can give it to you straight.

Ye... yeah, well, sure, Frenchy.

I'll be right over. Yeah.

Wants to give it to me straight. Uh-oh.

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