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Now with a new sponsor, RCAVictor, we learn about Phil’s recording contract, and why he hasn’t been asked to record lately. Frank Nelson plays McDevit, the wisecracking sponsor who lets the cliches fly as he criticizes Phil’s voice. In search of the next hit novelty tune, Frankie figures he and Phil should do their own writing.
Hours into it, all they have is a single note, and come up empty on lyrics. Will a song title inspire them? How about a home town memory that Frankie had at the fair? Determined to have faith in their ability, the two renew their efforts to write their song.
As Alice listens to their new, not quite original tune, she sings, If I Were a Bell. The two inventive geniuses compare themselves to other greats in science, just in time for Julius to get in his insults. Could Julius do any better in the writing department? Even Grogan shows up with a lyrical masterpiece for Phil.
