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Stores are having sales for the post holiday season. Red jokes about exchanging Christmas giftts. Being a rehearsal, there’s plenty of stumbling over lines, and steps out of character. There’s also extra jokes that are sure to leave plenty on the editing floor before the final production. Red admits that some of the jokes are so bad, they keep him from saying his lines with a straight face. There’s a letter from the now Corporal Wonderful Smith. His antics in military life include donkeys, MP’s, hiking, digging ditches, and more. A piano interlude fills in for Ozzie and Harriets number.
A rodeo contest gives Deadeye troublv with his stubborn horse. Cactus Annie joins the fun for jokes on Christmas gift returns, kissing on New Years, and even changing the shoes on Deadeye’s horse. What are his chances in the rodeo compititions? There’s also a side show peep show for Deadeye to enjoy. Will he ever get to compete? Is there some nefarious activity going down with the promoter, Justice Joe?
Clem Kadiddlehopper meets up with Daisy June to joke about the Rose Bowl, dating, bill collectorsand more. To raise money for the rent, Clem goes to enter an amateur contest. Can he sing? Can he act, olr do immitations? An act as a lion tamer could be the thing, or a vaudeville style comedy or magic show? Another piano interlude moves the show along. There’s even a commercial to rehearse.
Junior the mean little kid wants to enter a model airplane contest. He tells why he doesn’t get along well with the boy down the street. Materials for his plane are swiped from household items. Secrets about life in the home are shared. Flight tests only cause destruction as mom leaves Junior alone. Telling secrets on his mom only get him a whipping. The man next door visits for some abuse, then Junior is back to his flight test.
