36-05-02 Rush Charts His Future to The Year 2000 (re-used script)

STARRING: ART VAN HARVEY, BERNARDINE FLYNN AND BILL IDELSON

Rush charts out his life some 74 years into the future.

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Rush says he will name his future children: Henrietta, Bernardine, Clinton, Webster, Peggy and Cecil.

First, note that Rush wants to name one of his future kids, "Bernardine"- obviously this is a Paul Rhymer homage to Bernadine [or perhaps 'Bernardine' - see comments] Flynn (Sade.)

Rhymer often used names of people he knew in his sketches (Norris Goff, Urquhardt, Homer Heck, etc.)

We learn that as of this date Mr. Chinbunny was not yet the principal of the school; he was only the Superintendent.  Mr. Robertson was the High School's Superintendent before Chinbunny. Chinbunny though is described as "an up and comer."

Miss Kinney, Rush's Latin teacher, was mentioned once again.

Mis' Kilgore, who wasn't mentioned in the audio episodes until the very last episode of "Series One", was mentioned in this episode. She lives on Elder Street.

Lawrence Kirby has a sister that has a job that uses the typewriter at Edwards' Junior High School.

42-06-08 A Letter from Bess (Sleepy)

STARRING: ART VAN HARVEY,  BERNARDINE FLYNN AND BILL IDELSON

Sade pressures Vic into reading another boring letter from her sister Bess. He doesn't want to do it.  To make things worse, he fall asleep.

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Seems as though every other week there is a letter or postal card from Bess. It wouldn't be so bad if there was some exciting news in there but the best that Bess can do is tell stories of Euncie's piano practicing and tidbits about her neighbors.

Trivia:

+ Euncie is learning to play a new song - Little Redskin Comanche Sweetheart of Mine. During the song she gets to hammer on top of the piano with her fists and also lets out an Indian war hoot. When she does this, it scares Walter.

+ Euncie's piano teacher is now Mis' Snell; in the letter from 1937 that Vic has stashed away in his checkred suit, Euncie's teacher was Agnes Peterson.

+ Mrs. Guffer is mentioned in the letter from Bess. She lives across the street from the Helfer family. She wore/broke in Bess' shoes over a weekend in Freeport.

+ Mis' Frostscum is mentioned. She's another neighbor of the Helfer's who thought Vic was distinguished-looking when she saw him on the Gook's last visit through Carberry.

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