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tsukasa-writes · 7 months ago

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It's me yume again! So recently my brother and his class play was a success and now the grade 10 and 9 were practicing together and I'm going to watch his play on a Friday and their teacher byakuya togami also sanka’s dad and Sonia nevermind the queen of novelist (or whatever it was called)been teaching and practicing with them non-stop some of their class were interrupted with their practice even yuki and these two twins named moonbow and sunbow asahina were with him practicing with him they were the “white knights” and they were the defenders of the kingdom the asahina twins were at our house to practice and their mom aoi asahina was their

“Now all you kids need to say is we are the knights of white!” Said my dad yume was considered handsome as a knight by moonbow while they were practicing. I saw a old photo album with kirir cause why not? We saw a picture of kirir’s mom(natsumi)as the white knight and even my dad hajime was a white knight and there was their king which there wasn't any other good king) and her butler was kirir’s sister sakyu and the advisor was manachi

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I was surprised to see tsukasa tenma a troupe performancer who still is he's a traveling actor and had a kid named suta who was just a middle schooler they were helping the kids practice as I…uh don't know…

(Yuki’s pov)

I was practicing waving my sword I got and it's pretty heavy you ask me I was with sanka and manachi there was the asahina twins and ,tsuki,our director and narrator he was super bossy about the play making sure everything was okay and good he wanted to impress tsukasa and I'll admit I want to impress him too as time flew by the last practice I was improving knowing all my moves my other classmates were doing good I was such a good leader fufu I'm such a good leader :) enough of that, at the end of the day me and manachi were cleaning up the theater room “okay breathe manachi…” he took a big sigh and started saying his lines “you're doing good mana you'll good don't worry!” I said as I headed out

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The next day my family and my aunt and uncle were there, I was excited my dad's and my lil sis wished me good lucked I saw tsukasa and suta talking to some of the parents

“Okay kids are you ready?” Mr. Togami said in a stern said we all said “yes!” As we did the play started and tsukasa and suta were there watching being excited

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As the play went by we were going good the whole plot that the kingdom of white has been in war with the kingdom of black, the king aka sanka asked for three bodyguards for her the advisor manachi got me,moonbow and sunbow as her guards but however the queen gets kidnapped by the knights of black “oh no! The queen!” I Said in a dramatic voice “we must save her!”

“Yea as we are the…” moonbow said raising her sword as we all said in unison “we are the knights of white!”

…(Narrator pov)

Tsuki was breathing heavily “everything is going by the script all and Mr tenma is pleased by the play…” as the scene where yuki saved sanka from the knights of black and had a nice moment together but the part where manachi and yuki were going to have a tension….

“Yuki…you need to understand…”

“What understand…?”

“You need to understand…”

Tsuki said his lines of the narrator “the knight stared at the queen’s advisor

“You need to protect the queen not fall in love with her

“Eh?! What do you mean?!”

Just as Manachi was about to talk he couldn't say anything at all (oh no oh no I think I forgot my lines!”

Hajime realized that he put his hand on his chin “dad do you know what's going on?” Yume said, shaking his hand, “Yes, it looks like the advisor needs to tell the lead knight he can't love the queen since y'know he's a knight?” He said manachi widen his eyes realizing what hajime said

“(Ah! yes!)You can't fall in love with the queen, you're a knight!��

“huh?!” yuki went back to talking

“I see the way you look at her! You can't fall in love with her”

“but… I love her…”

“If you truly love her…let her go”

The scene was finished as the next scene played out without manachi

“Manachi, did you forget your lines?!” Tsuki said looking a bit angry

“Yes…” he muttered a bit

“If it wasn't for Mr Hajime then the show could have flopped!”

“Ye-yea I'm sorry I'll do my best next scenes”

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The rest of the play went perfectly well,the last scene with manachi was the part where manachi talks with sunbow for the last time before the part where yuki gets kidnapped by the black knights

“shizu… listen…” manachi took a deep breath “I loved you since you arrived but…I know I couldn't”

Sunbow fixed manachi’s hair “I love you too my dear”

The part where manachi was going to talk but… then (what was the line again?!”) manachi dropped to floor stuttering”no no I forgot my lines!”

The crowd muttered in surprise “was this apart of the play?” Tsukasa and suta were worried about manachi,manachi's mom mikan was about to get manachi

“Ummm the knight and the advisor had a nice moment and uhh there's part two tomorrow good night!” Yuki stepped in and cut the curtains as the members of the play went out into the backstages as tsukasa,suta,hajime and fuyuhiko,yume, mahiru (tsuki’s mother)went to the backstage

“What was that all about?!” Tsuki said, putting his hand into a fist and yuki trying to calm things down “you just forgot your lines!”

“I'm sorry I'm sorry!” Manachi pleading

“You just ruined the play. I can't believe this! You made the play look weak!”

“Tsuki please calm down!” Sunbow said in a slightly panicking voice

“Shut up!” He said directly at him “I can't believe you said you practiced day and night but then you ruined everything for us!”

Byakuya ran to them

“Dad!” Sanka said running to him “so you practiced day and night just to ruin everything for us?!”

“Tsuki!” Said yuki angrily as Manachi ran away

“I can't believe you said that to him”

“So? He ruined everything for us”

“Everything? Mess up one scene and its ruined”

“The look on mister tenma’s face said so!” tsuki got closer to yuki,Yuki looked disappointed

“Listen tsuki you're not one to do this..”

“this is supposed to be a chance to impress my idol!”

“Impress? So you didn't care how manachi felt he was anxious and you know what happens when that happens,in your eyes you don't care if someone doesn't feel comfortable as long your satisfy” yuki turned around but said something “you'll never impress someone with that attitude” fuyuhiko and hajime saw yuki “dad,father let's go I don't think I want to continue the play” “oni-chan..”

Knights of white part 2

Yume's pov

Eek! Oh my god, my brother's play went terrible manachi got anxious and had a mini breakdown on stage. Not only that my brother and his classmates got into an argue,next day I couldn't find yuki. Where is he?

…(Narrator pov)

After the disaster at the theater room yuki and the others avoided tsuki for a while until today yuki found tsuki “you're lucky I don't hold grudges for too long..” yuki said kicking his legs in the water “y'know my dad use to have something similar to your situation” tsuki looked at him “really?” “Yea he told my little sister once and he told her that when he used to be in a play he got mad at uncle kazuichi simply because a robot of his malfunction”

“Yea I'm pretty sure he got mad because he didn't got to kiss my father”

“That's not true!” A voice was heard by them it was yuki’s parent hajime and fuyuhiko alongside yume

….(Yuki’s pov)

So tsuki had a talk with tsukasa tenma telling him he was impressed and he reminded him of himself which he was glad

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Manachi and tsuki had a talk. manachi wanted to make tsuki proud and sanka was holding a grudge slightly maybe because she wanted to smooch me fufu~ but other then that we redo the play with the help of the tenma family and our parents

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“My queen , me and my knights will swear to protect you!” Sanka was a bit nervous but smooch me on the cheek fufu after the whole thing tsukasa was impressed by us and tsuki wa happy hehe!

(I think I given up half way cause like I literally erased half of the stuff I was putting her)

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papermoonloveslucy · 4 years ago

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THE QUIZ SHOW

October 23, 1948

“The Quiz Show” is episode #14 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on October 23, 1948.

Synopsis ~ Liz and George need a new dishwasher, and Cory gets them a chance to win one on the radio quiz show, "His and Hers."

This script was used as the basis for the “I Love Lucy” episode "Lucy Gets Ricky On the Radio" (ILL S1;E32) first aired on May 19, 1952.

Note: This episode of “My Favorite Husband” was aired before the characters names were changed from Cugat to Cooper. It was also before Jell-O came aboard to sponsor the show and before the regular cast featured Bea Benadaret and Gale Gordon as the Atterburys.

“My Favorite Husband” was based on the novels Mr. and Mrs. Cugat, the Record of a Happy Marriage (1940) and Outside Eden (1945) by Isabel Scott Rorick, which had previously been adapted into the film Are Husbands Necessary? (1942). “My Favorite Husband” was first broadcast as a one-time special on July 5, 1948. Lucille Ball and Lee Bowman played the characters of Liz and George Cugat, and a positive response to this broadcast convinced CBS to launch “My Favorite Husband” as a series. Bowman was not available Richard Denning was cast as George. On January 7, 1949, confusion with bandleader Xavier Cugat prompted a name change to Cooper. On this same episode Jell-O became its sponsor. A total of 124 episodes of the program aired from July 23, 1948 through March 31, 1951. After about ten episodes had been written, writers Fox and Davenport departed and three new writers took over – Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Pugh, and head writer/producer Jess Oppenheimer. In March 1949 Gale Gordon took over the existing role of George’s boss, Rudolph Atterbury, and Bea Benaderet was added as his wife, Iris. CBS brought “My Favorite Husband” to television in 1953, starring Joan Caulfield and Barry Nelson as Liz and George Cooper. The television version ran two-and-a-half seasons, from September 1953 through December 1955, running concurrently with “I Love Lucy.” It was produced live at CBS Television City for most of its run, until switching to film for a truncated third season filmed (ironically) at Desilu and recasting Liz Cooper with Vanessa Brown.

MAIN CAST

Lucille Ball (Liz Cugat) was born on August 6, 1911 in Jamestown, New York. She began her screen career in 1933 and was known in Hollywood as ‘Queen of the B’s’ due to her many appearances in ‘B’ movies. “My Favorite Husband” eventually led to the creation of “I Love Lucy,” a television situation comedy in which she co-starred with her real-life husband, Latin bandleader Desi Arnaz. The program was phenomenally successful, allowing the couple to purchase what was once RKO Studios, re-naming it Desilu. When the show ended in 1960 (in an hour-long format known as “The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour”) so did Lucy and Desi’s marriage. In 1962, hoping to keep Desilu financially solvent, Lucy returned to the sitcom format with “The Lucy Show,” which lasted six seasons. She followed that with a similar sitcom “Here’s Lucy” co-starring with her real-life children, Lucie and Desi Jr., as well as Gale Gordon, who had joined the cast of “The Lucy Show” during season two. Before her death in 1989, Lucy made one more attempt at a sitcom with “Life With Lucy,” also with Gordon.

Richard Denning (George Cugat) was born Louis Albert Heindrich Denninger Jr., in Poughkeepsie, New York. When he was 18 months old, his family moved to Los Angeles. Plans called for him to take over his father’s garment manufacturing business, but he developed an interest in acting. Denning enlisted in the US Navy during World War II. He is best known for his roles in various science fiction and horror films of the 1950s. Although he teamed with Lucille Ball on radio in “My Favorite Husband,” the two never acted together on screen. While “I Love Lucy” was on the air, he was seen on another CBS TV series, “Mr. & Mrs. North.” From 1968 to 1980 he played the Governor on “Hawaii 5-0″, his final role. He died in 1998 at age 84.

Ruth Perrott (Katie, the Maid / Mrs. Van Tassle) was also later seen on “I Love Lucy.” She first played Mrs. Pomerantz, a member of the surprise investigating committee for the Society Matrons League in “Pioneer Women” (ILL S1;E25), as one of the member of the Wednesday Afternoon Fine Arts League in “Lucy and Ethel Buy the Same Dress” (ILL S3;E3), and also played a nurse when “Lucy Goes to the Hospital” (ILL S2;E16). She died in 1996 at the age of 96.

Mrs. Van Tassel only giggles. Since Perrott is the only other female in the show, the role would fall to her. In other episodes, Mrs. Marge Von Tassle is played by Elvia Allman.

Bob LeMond (Announcer) also served as the announcer for the pilot episode of “I Love Lucy”. When the long-lost pilot was finally discovered in 1990, a few moments of the opening narration were damaged and lost, so LeMond – fifty years later – recreated the narration for the CBS special and subsequent DVD release.

GUEST CAST

John Hiestand (Cory Cartwright) served as the announcer for the radio show “Let George Do It” from 1946 to 1950. In 1955 he did an episode of “Our Miss Brooks” opposite Gale Gordon.

Frank Nelson (Smiley Stembottom, Radio Host) was born on May 6, 1911 (three months before Lucille Ball) in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He started working as a radio announcer at the age of 15. He later appeared on such popular radio shows as “The Great Gildersleeve,” “Burns and Allen,” and “Fibber McGee & Molly”. Aside from Lucille Ball, Nelson is perhaps most associated with Jack Benny and was a fifteen-year regular on his radio and television programs. His trademark was playing clerks and other working stiffs, suddenly turning to Benny with a drawn out “Yeeeeeeeeees?” Nelson appeared in 11 episodes of “I Love Lucy”, including three as quiz master Freddy Fillmore, and two as Ralph Ramsey, plus appearance on “The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour” - making him the only actor to play two different recurring roles on “I Love Lucy.” Nelson returned to the role of the frazzled Train Conductor for an episode of “The Lucy Show” in 1963. This marked his final appearance on a Lucille Ball sitcom.

Hans Conried (Mr. Atterbury, George’s Boss) first co-starred with Lucille Ball in The Big Street (1942). He then appeared on “I Love Lucy” as used furniture man Dan Jenkins in “Redecorating” (ILL S2;E8) and later that same season as Percy Livermore in “Lucy Hires an English Tutor” (ILL S2;E13) – both in 1952. The following year he began an association with Disney by voicing Captain Hook in Peter Pan. On “The Lucy Show” he played Professor Gitterman in “Lucy’s Barbershop Quartet” (TLS S1;E19) and in “Lucy Plays Cleopatra” (TLS S2;E1). He was probably best known as Uncle Tonoose on “Make Room for Daddy” starring Danny Thomas, which was filmed on the Desilu lot. He joined Thomas on a season 6 episode of “Here’s Lucy” in 1973. He died in 1982 at age 64.

Hans Conried played Mr. Atterbury in several episodes until the role was assumed by Gale Gordon and became a series regular in 1949.

Herb Vigran (Harry, George’s Friend / Radio Announcer) made several appearances on “My Favorite Husband.” He would later play Jule, Ricky’s music union agent on two episodes of “I Love Lucy”. He would go on to play Joe (and Mrs. Trumbull’s nephew), the washing machine repairman in “Never Do Business With Friends” (S2;E31) and Al Sparks, the publicity man who hires Lucy and Ethel to play Martians on top of the Empire State Building in “Lucy is Envious” (S3;E23). Of his 350 screen roles, he also made six appearances on “The Lucy Show.”

Rolfe Sedan (Mr. Charles Van Tassle) first worked with Lucille Ball in the 1934 film Kid Millions. When Lucy Ricardo ate snails in “Paris at Last” (ILL S5;E18), Sedan played the Chef who was outraged that Lucy wants to put ketchup on his food. He is probably best remembered as Mr. Beasley the mailman on “The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show.”

Mr. Van Tassel is a lawyer who lives in Sheridan Falls. He is also competing on "Mr. & Mrs.”

THE EPISODE

ANNOUNCER: “It's morning and George Cugat is seated alone at the breakfast table. Liz is helping Katie the maid in the kitchen by fixing the toast.”

From the dining room, George hears Liz scraping the toast and knows that breakfast has been burned - again! George has tried to fix the faulty toaster. He tightened the spring to make the toast pop up better.

LIZ: “You’d better apologize to Katie. She fell into the sink running back to catch a high fly. And if it ever learns to throw a curve we’re really in trouble.” GEORGE: “Well, what do you do? Buy a new one?” LIZ: “Either that or buy Katie a fielder’s mitt.”

The toaster proved to be one of Lucille Ball’s favorite props on “I Love Lucy”. Many episodes began with the toast popping up into mid-air and Lucy (or Ricky) catching it (or not)!

Liz compares George’s morning kisses to coffee - they wake her up.

GEORGE: “I have a confession to make. My caffeine’s been removed.” (GEORGE and LIZ kiss) LIZ: “Mmmm. Sanka!” GEORGE: “You’re welcome!”

Sanka was one of the first caffeine-free brands of coffee. It came to the USA in 1910 as Dekafa, but was re-branded in 1914 as Sanka, a name derived from the French “sans caffeine”. Sanka was a sponsor of “I Love Lucy” after their relationship with Philip Morris ended. They were included on the animated sequences leading into commercial breaks.

A commotion in the kitchen finds Katie fighting off the automatic dishwasher run-amok! Liz pleads with George to buy a new dishwasher if only to insure that they don’t lose Katie.

George insists that women have it too easy, stating that pioneer women didn’t have a lot of electronic gadgets to do their housework.

LIZ: “Of course they didn’t. And where are those women today? Dead!”

A failed attempt at getting Ricky and Fred to buy them automatic dishwashers brings the same accusation from Ricky and response from Lucy in “Pioneer Women” (ILL S1;E25) in 1952. They agree to turn back the clock to see who can cope with life without electronic gadgets - the men or the women.

Liz says that without a new dishwasher, she’ll have to help Katie with the dishes and get dishpan hands - not very kissable. George still refuses. They argue who (or whom) will tell Katie that she isn’t getting a new dishwasher.

Later, Liz invites Cory Cartwright over to ask him if he knows of any radio give-away shows where she might win a dishwasher. She notices he has bottle of Tabu on a string - fishing for women!

Tabu is a perfume from Dana that started marketing in the US in the 1940s. The scent is primarily of patchouli oils. It was called the “forbidden” scent!

Cory has friend that produces radio giveaway shows and provides Liz a long list of the many items that are up for grabs, ending with “Arrowhead Springs”!

Arrowhead Springs is a mountainous neighborhood of San Bernardino, California. It is named for a geographical formation in the side of the mountain that resembles a large arrowhead. A resort and spa sprung up at the foot of the mountains. In 1948, Life Magazine brought attention to Arrowhead Springs with a photo shoot featuring 6 Hollywood fashion models, which is likely why it is on Cory’s list!

Cory phones his friend, Smiley Stembottom, host of “His & Hers” - a husband and wife game show. Liz is doubtful George will want to participate, but promises to get George to listen to the broadcast airing that night.

On “I Love Lucy,” the radio quiz show was known as “Mr. and Mrs. Quiz” and Frank Nelson’s host character was named Freddy Fillmore instead of Smiley Stembottom.

After dinner, Liz convinces Liz to stay home and listen to the radio, something she rarely does and George knows it. Liz spurts out several nonsensical titles of shows she says she listens to:

“Portia Faces John’s Other Wife” ~ a mash-up of “John’s Other Wife” (1936-42) and “Portia Faces Life” (1940-53).

“Ma Perkins Can Be Beautiful” ~ a mash-up of “Ma Perkins” (1933-60) and “Life Can Be Beautiful” (1940-56)

“When A Girl Marries It Pays To Be Ignorant” ~ a mash-up of “When A Girl Marries” (1939-57) and “It Pays To Be Ignorant” (1942-51), a comedy show sponsored by Philip Morris.

“Libbey Owens: Girl Glassblower” ~ Libbey-Owens-Ford was a North American glass manufacturer in business from 1930 to 1986.

Liz suggests a quiz show, but George is resistant. He calls them “horrible” and full of “a lot of silly characters making fools of themselves in front of a microphone.”

On the radio, host Smiley Stembottom (Frank Nelson) of “His & Hers” introduces Mr. and Mrs. Paul Roni. He asks them the jackpot question: “What is stored at Fort Knox?” Liz answers “gelatine”. The answer, as George knows, is gold.

Liz is thinking of Knox Gelatine, not the Kentucky military installations that are home to much of America’s gold supply. Charles Knox developed the world’s first pre-granulated gelatine. He packaged dried sheets of gelatin and then hired salesmen to travel door-to-door to show women how to add liquid to the sheets and use it to make aspics, molds, and desserts. Gelatin is also the prime ingredient of Jell-O, a dessert that will become the main sponsor of “My Favorite Husband” in 1949. Fort Knox, the gold depository, will be frequently mentioned by money-grubbing Mr. Mooney and Harry Carter (both played by Gale Gordon) on “The Lucy Show” and “Here’s Lucy,” respectively.

Smiley signs off by announcing the contestants for next week: Mr. and Mrs. Tom LeFevre, Dr. and Mrs. Charles Van Tassle, and Mr. and Mrs. George Cugat. Liz hasn’t had time to tell him and George is furious!

The phone rings and it is Harry (Herb Vigran), George’s friend, who ribs him about being on a quiz show, comparing it to “Queen for a Day”!

“Queen for a Day” had women competing for prizes by disclosing their hardships for an audience vote. It began as a radio program in 1945 and moved to television in 1947. Its final queen was crowned in 1964. The show was mentioned by Ethel Mertz as a way for Lucy to get Ricky’s name in the press on “The Publicity Agent” (ILL S1;E31) in 1952. Instead, she pretends to be the Maharincess of Franistan!

George’s boss Mr. Atterbury (Hans Conried) calls and instead of being angry, he thinks it is a great idea as it will give the bank publicity and prove how smart bankers can be.

Next day, George brings home a bunch of reference books to bone up for the quiz. He asks Liz a history questions to test her:

“What is the Monroe Doctrine?” ~ Liz doesn’t know for sure, but thinks it is about the guy who sang “Racing With the Moon.” Imitating Vaughn Monroe in a gravlley voice, she sings a few bars before George cuts her off.

It actually refers to President James Monroe. The Monroe Doctrine (1823) warns European nations that the United States will not tolerate further colonization or puppet monarchs.

They move on to Natural History:

“What is the name of and animal with long, sharp, fangs and a shaggy head who stalks his prey at night?” ~ This reminds Liz of Corey Cartwright!

The real answer is undoubtedly wolf. In parlance of the 1940s, it was also an analogous term for a womanizing man. Hence the term “wolf whistle”.

George resolves that on the show he will answer all the questions and Liz will just stand there smiling.

The day of the quiz, Cory consoles a worried Liz by telling her that he has the answer sheet, thanks to last night’s date with Adele, the producer’s secretary. Although Liz is sure it is wrong, she sneaks a peak at the answers anyway.

Al Jolson

The sap runs every two years.

“Life With Father”

To scrap the barnacles off of her hull.

Liz memorizes the answers, even though she doesn’t know the questions.

On “I Love Lucy” there were only three questions before the jackpot question, not four. Also, the prize was $500, not a new automatic dishwasher.

Before leaving for the studio, Liz is dressing and repeating the answers to herself. George reminds her that he will answer all the questions.

At the studio, the show begins with the announcer (Herb Vigran) introducing Smiley and three couples. Mr. Atterbury cheers from the audience when the Cugats are introduced. Smiley announces that because the men on the show are so intelligent (a lawyer, a doctor, and a banker) they have thrown out the easy questions they were going to use in favor of more difficult ones.

Attorney Mr. Van Tassle (Rolfe Sedan) is first up. Whatever Smiley says, Mrs. Van Tassel just giggles. His question is:

Q (Smiley): “Who discovered the Fountain of Youth and claimed he could live forever?”

A (Mr. Van Tassle): “Ponce de León.”

In “Desert Island” (ILL S6;E8) in 1956, Ricky announces that he’s going to be in a film about the history of the state of Florida. The state’s history begins in 1513 with its founding by Spanish explorer Ponce de León. Ricky says he will appear in the ‘modern’ scenes playing with his band in the hotel nightclub.

Meanwhile, just offstage, presumably while the LeFevre’s are answering their questions, Liz and George nervously review their procedure: George will do all the talking - or so he thinks! Liz and George are called to the stage.

Q (Smiley): “Who discovered the Fountain of Youth and claimed he could live forever?”

A (Liz): “Al Jolson.”

Al Jolson was the name of a popular jazz singer of the time. He was a rival of William Frawley (Fred Mertz) in vaudeville. A film of his life was released in 1946 and in early 1948 it was done for radio starring Jolson as himself.

On “I Love Lucy” the first question is different: “To whom do you make your federal tax check out on March 15?” but instead Fillmore asks “What is the name of the animal that fastens itself to you and drains you of your blood?” The answer Lucy memorized was “The collector of Internal Revenue.” when the real answer was “A vampire bat.” [Tax Day was first set on March 1st in 1913. It was moved to March 15th in 1918 before being finally set as April 15th in 1955.]

Smiley asks the Cugats his second question:

Q (Smiley): “What is your congressman’s term of office?”

A (Liz): “The sap runs every four years.”

Liz is wrong. The answer is every six years.

This is the same question that will be asked on “I Love Lucy”, although on radio we never hear the original question that Lucy / Liz is answering: “How do subfreezing temperatures in the arctic affect the growth of trees?”

George begs to be allowed to answer. Smiley asks question number three:

Q (Smiley): “What has caused America to have such a large increase in population?”

A (Liz): “Is it ‘Life With Father’?”

Life With Father holds the record for being the longest-running non-musical Broadway play in history. It opened in November 1939 and played until April 1947 amassing 3,224 performances. The play was written by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse, adapted from stories compiled in 1935 by Clarence Day. The play was adapted into a 1947 feature film and a 1953-55 CBS television series running concurrently with “I Love Lucy.”

Smiley asks his fourth and final question:

Q (Smiley): “Why did the French people put Marie Antoinette under the sharp blade of the guillotine?

A (Liz): “To scrape the barnacles off her hull!”

Liz is wrong again. George never got a chance to answer. They become the first couple never to get any of the answers right.

The real answer is not given on the show, but after the French monarchy was abolished in 1792, Marie Antoinette was convicted of treason and executed by having her head cut off in a public square.

Since the jackpot counts for 100 points, George and Liz could still win the electric dishwasher - plus the bonus prize of 300 dirty dishes. Liz finally realizes that they switched the questions after she memorized them!

Jackpot Q (Smiley): “At the last session of the big four foreign minsters in Paris, when Russia and the United States were in disagreement, what did Andrey Vyshinsky say to Secretary of State Marshall?”

A (Liz): “I give up, George. Let’s go home.”

A Big Four Conference of foreign ministers in June and July 1946 involved much haggling between the Soviet and Western ministers. However, the attendees managed to agree on final treaties with Italy, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and Finland. George C. Marshall was Secretary of State under Harry S. Truman between 1947 and 1949.

Liz gets it right. She has won the new dishwasher!

On “I Love Lucy” the bonus (aka jackpot) question was "What did George Washington say when crossing the Delaware?” Ricky is truly queasy at how poorly he’s doing on the show, so he blurts out to Lucy, “Please let me sit down. This is making me sick!” which was the correct answer!

LIZ: “I didn’t even know I spoke Russian!”

In the usual bedtime tag scene, Liz and George are in bed trying to sleep. She wonders if George ever pretends. George appeases her.

GEORGE: “I pretend I’m all alone on a deserted island and I see coming toward me a girl with flowers in her hair. Now what do you pretend?” LIZ: “I pretend she’s ugly. Goodnight, George!”

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pompadorkery · 7 years ago

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Hello friends! Last month's bnhaoc-positivity was so nice that I'm starting another round! Yay! Do you think you'd get along with your OC/s if you met them? Has your OC changed much since they were a little kid? Speaking of which tell us something about their childhood in general? And if your OC had a pet what would it be? Why? Remember spread the positivity or just ignore depending on how you feel! Have a nice day!

Oh boy, here we go. *rolls up sleeves*

Do I think I'd get along with my Ocs?

Sanka: Does this boy get along withanybody? Honestly, his personality is kinda like this kid I was inschool with from preschool-highschool. In preschool he gave me anasthma attack because he knocked over a tower of blocks I was playingwith, and all throughout highschool he got into constant fights.So,did I get along with this kid? Not really lol.

Lucy: PROBABLY. He has no shame, I haveno shame. Just a couple'a bitches.

Kieru: Yeah, I'd think so, for the mostpart. He's super ultra positive, so that might get annoying, but he'sa good guy. Plus he's just, real chill.

Reed: Lol no, probably not. He's asmartass and one of those guys who will fact check and correcteverything you say.

Have they changed much sincechildhood/random stuff about their childhood.

Sanka: He's changed a bit. He used tobe pretty clingy to his mom when he was little, and she'd tote himaround everywhere with her. He was just sort of that shy kind of kidwho would hide behind his mom when strangers would call him cute orwhatever. But, once he got to be around 6-7, he started to get reallybratty. And then when he was around 10 he started picking fights. Heactually used to be ALOT angrier and more temperamental when he waslike, 12-13, he had some problems at school with being picked on, butonce he sorta hit his growth spurt and filled out, he didn't havethat problem anymore because the other kids were afraid of him.

Lucy: He hasn't changed much. He'salways been a smart kid, sly, devious, conniving. When he was REALLYlittle, when his quirk manifested when he was 3, he kinda had thebratty toddler thing going on, buuut, after being abandoned by hismother, he definitely changed.

He HAD to be very smart and sneaky totrain his quirk and learn things when he was young, since he attendedschool at the seminary attached to the church he lived at. He'd studylanguages, heroics, 'forbidden texts', all in secret. Usually late atnight when all the priests went to sleep.

Kieru: Definitely. He was a VERY sad kid. His quirk was constantly acting up and he felt like a hugeburden to his parents. Even at a young age he felt this sort ofguilt. He couldn't really be left alone and his parents dished outtons of money for treatments. He felt kind of worthless and wishedhe'd never been born, so that his parents could have been happier.But once his little sister was born, he cheered up. He was eager tohelp out with her, and his quirk actually stabilized quite a bitbecause, well, he was happy. So, from then on, he started to look onthe bright side of life. Reed: Nah. He used to be more okaywith his feline-ness, but he's always been that annoying know-it-allkid. He'd be that kid who would always be the first one finished withtests(and totally ace them), and he'd also 100% be the “my uncleworks at nintendo” kid. He's always been totally confident, even ifhe's wrong. He DOES try to hide his family life a bit more as ateen though. He used to be super comfortable and close with his mom,but as he grew up and got teased so much about “being a cat”, hetried to distance himself from her, and the mannerisms he'd picked upfrom her.

If they had a pet, what would it be?

Sanka: A BIG OL' DOGGO. He worriesabout hurting small animals because of his lack of control over hisgrip strength occasionally, and just, miscalculating how forcefullyhe's moving his arms or hands. So he needs a big dog that's just asstrong as him.

Lucy: A cat. He loves cats. He'd loveto just adopt all the black cats of the world and have his own littlepile of kitties to roll around in. He loves all cats, but he onlywants to have black cats. That way all the cat hair won't show up onhis clothes.

Kieru: HE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A PET BUTHE CAN'T. His quirk is too unpredictable, and he wouldn't want toendanger an animal if he suddenly popped out of existence for morethan a day at a time. If he COULD have a pet though, something smallwould be nice. Like a rabbit, a cat, or a small dog.

Reed: He would get the weirdest sort ofpets. He's VERY good with animals, especially cats(he can basicallycommunicate with them in a way). But he wouldn't want a cat, cause hefeels like it would be super weird. Like, how with Disney, Pluto andGoofy are both dogs but one is humanoid and the other is just a dog.He'd get something like a big snake or a lizard or something.

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1 April - 100 questions

Thinking of a hundred questions took me quite some time so here it goes...

1. Who decides who’s popular and who isn’t? 2. When is enough enough? 3. Why do people communicate poorly even though they know it might cause trouble? 4. Why do we get to decide who is good enough or who isn’t? 5. Why do I like sweet things so much? 6. Why do different people see different things in the same situation? 7. Why do we stress when it does not help one bit? 8. Why are we so impatient but our life expectancy is almost double what it used to be in the past? 9. What is perfection really? 10. If you could have a super power what would it be? 11. Why do we procrastinate when it only makes things worse? 12. When do we decide to give up? 13. Marvel or DC? 14. What is my biggest challenge? 15. Do you really have friends? 16. How can you trust people? 17. What will you become? 18. Do you think this age is better than the previous ages? 19. Are you a part of the rat race? 20. Have you ever wondered why some people are better off than others? 21. Does hard work really pay off? 22. Who makes the rules? 23. Why is it so difficult for people to be honest with one another? 24. Is book knowledge better than common sense? 25. What is your opinion about love and where to find it? 26. Have you ever lied? 27. Do fish swim or do they walk in water? 28. Why are we afraid to communicate with our own kind? 29. How long ago have I eaten chocolate? 30. Looks or brains? 31. Have I ever smoked something funny? 32. Is lying down the best way of relaxing? 33. Does my dog like me? 34. Why are we able to imagine things we have never seen? 35. If we are born to die, what is the use of living? 36. Why be anyone ells when you can be the only one? 37. Are we really special? 38. Are you living or surviving? 39. If you were a dog and you could speak, what would you tell the people who pass you by? 40. If you could be someone for a day, who would it be? (Not the president...I hope.) 41. What would you do if you knew that tomorrow you would no longer be able to see? 42. Why do we judge people when we don’t know them? 43. What do you think people would see if they could look inside your head? 44. Is having kids still wise in this day and age? 45. Are you pollution? 46. Do you want a fish? 47. Why do we jump to conclusions when we can ask for the correct answer? 48. Why am I so mean? 49. If nothing is original why do we still want to create things? 50. If you commit suicide, were you a coward or incredibly brave? 51. If your mom was your dad and your dad was your mom, who would you be? 52. Why do some of us have talents we can make money off of and others of us can touch our noses with our tongues? 53. Where are you going? 54. Want to go fishing? 55. Sanka, you dead? (Ja man) 56. Have you ever dreamed about the future and it happened? 57. Does your mother know you wear her drapes? - Iron man 58. Who decided what words are swear words and what aren’t? 59. Can I be your friend? 60. What do you all a man who wears a wig? 62. Do you want a fancy car? 63. If I wanted to bribe you, what should I bribe you with? 64. Do you think a flying magic carpet ever needs to be vacuumed? 65. Do you really know somebody? 66. What is your friends uncles last name? 67. Do the smell of onions make you cry or looking at them? 68. Have you ever cheated in a game? If so why? 69. Do you want to be the best? 70. Have you ever suffered a loss so great that you were not able to recover? 71. If you can’t see yourself, is that person in the mirror really what you look like or what you think you look like? 72. Why do we admire celebrities when we don’t even know them? 73. Aren’t we all weird? 74. If you had three wishes what would they be? 75. If you had one day left to live what would you eat? 76. If you are unintelligent, would you know? 77. Why do we say we have heartache when the heart is merely an organ that pumps blood through your body? 78. Do I really care? (probably not) 79. Are you an alien? 80. If Happy is a blue cat, what is Carla? 81. If someone offered you immortality, would you take it? 82. Do you like it? If not why do you do it to others? 83. Have you ever been in love? 84. Do you have a pair of functional wings I can borrow? 85. Are you stupid or something? (Mamma always says, stupid is as stupid does.) 86. If there is no heaven or hell, where do you plan on going when you die? 87. Why can’t I remember? 88. Why do we cry when we are sad? 89. Am I ever going to find my place? 90. Are you a good person? 91. Have you ever eaten a bug? (Probably) 92. Do you like climbing trees? 93. Why do I know people’s names? 94. What makes you so special? 95. Do you have a job in live besides one that will give you money? 96. Have you ever had to do something unpleasant? 97. Will you ever kill someone? 98. Is justice right or wrong? 99. Is this my second to last question? 100. What is the first question I wrote?

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