The Alka Seltzer Show, transcribed in Hollywood, featuring radio's favorite singing stars
Kurt Massey and Martha Dilton for the music of Country Washer.
It's Alka Seltzer Time, Alka Seltzer Time.
Morning, noon, and night, it's Alka Seltzer Time.
I'm Kurt.
I'm Martha.
And here we go with the Alka Seltzer Show.
Choo-choo train, chug-chugging at the station, choo-choo train, conductor pull the cord.
Choo-choo train, you know our destination, choo-choo train, choo-choo train, all aboard,
choo-choo train, chug-chugging out by chimney, engineer go choo-choo, choo-choo, smokey smoke
puff puffing up the chimney, choo-choo train, choo-choo train.
We're on route, say Porter fix a room and Porter bring us ice, Porter get a broom, sweep
out the shoes and rides, say Porter thanks a lot you've been so very nice, Porter tell
you what, here's a Porter, choo-choo Porter, choo-choo train, please pardon us for hiding,
we'll explain in case you didn't guess, choo-choo train, it's heaven to be right, choo-choo,
choo-choo.
Honeymoon Express, Honeymoon Express.
Hey Martha, every time you went choo-choo-foo, I wanted to say goes in time.
Oh no ad-libs please, Kurt.
We're lucky to get through it as is.
That really clips along at a gay and giddy pace.
Well at the other end of the emotional scale we have an easy going plaintive ballad that
might be a pleasant change here.
Title, Lonely.
Lonely, there are people all around me but I'm lonely.
Every dream and every memory makes me lonely.
So lonely since you went away I keep pretending and hoping you still care.
I just can't believe this is the ending of our love affair.
If only you would spare my broken heart, say you miss me.
That you miss me just as much as I miss you.
Darling, without you life is sad.
But I wouldn't be feeling half so bad if I knew that you were lonely too.
Now here's a song that you can sing when headaches spoils your day.
Our merry Alka-Seltzer tune can chase your blues away.
Alka-Seltzer, oh listen to it Fizz.
Whenever headache comes along the best relief there is.
Listen to it Fizz and you know relief is on its way.
In fact Alka-Seltzer is ready to go to work as soon as you drink it.
Ready to bring fast headache relief.
You see Alka-Seltzer contains sodium acetyl salicylate, a time tested pain reliever.
Now before any pain reliever can be effective it must first be absorbed by the system.
Well test prove, yes test prove, the system absorbs more of this pain reliever faster
from Alka-Seltzer and you get gentle relief as well.
Alka-Seltzer soothes the stomach with thousands of tiny bubbles that help speed the pain reliever
on its way and guard against stomach upset.
So next time you have a headache have a glass of Alka-Seltzer for fast effective relief.
And remember when you stop at your drug store why not get an extra package so you'll always
have Alka-Seltzer on hand.
Whose number's coming up Kurt, yours or mine?
Well it's for both of us Martha, Giuseppe Serenade.
He comes around at sundown to serenade his loved one.
Making love with his guitar beneath moonlit skies above.
Oh how the ladies loved him to every note they all cling.
They all come from miles around to hear Giuseppe sing.
Sing, sing, sing your serenade.
Sing, sing, sing your serenade.
Sing it again Giuseppe, sing it again Giuseppe.
Sing your serenade beneath your lover's balcony.
Come out and tell a me, come out oh caramie.
There's someone who is lonely beneath your balcony.
Come out and tell a me, come out oh caramie.
Sing it again Giuseppe, sing it again Giuseppe.
Sing your serenade beneath your lover's balcony.
You haven't had a solo Martha, have you?
Well no but I was waiting for the proper moment to break into the blues and I think this is
it.
Well good, that's fine.
I'm going to give the Indigo treatment to a ballad that was high on the bestseller list
just about ten years ago, When They Ask About You.
I'm so afraid of going out and I'm so tired of staying in.
My future doesn't look serene, cause every time that I go out, I wish that I'd stayed
in.
It's always the same routine when I go for a walk and meet old friends we knew.
We sit around and talk, then they ask about you.
What's the good if I say, well you and I are through.
I tell them you're okay when they ask about you.
They wonder where I've been and why we never call.
I take it on the chin until the teardrops fall.
They don't mean to be smart, but if they only knew.
They're stepping on my heart when they ask about you.
Because I love you true.
They're stepping on my heart when they ask about you.
Well that took us back ten years, Kurt.
Who will make it 25?
I will.
Well, the arithmetic is right, that means 1928.
That was the year Broadway presented the new moon.
Ten Pan Alley advised us to get out and get under.
When you're all alone any old night and you're feeling out of tune, just pick up your hat,
close up your flat, get out and get under the moon.
Many famous characters were born that year, Sadie Thompson, Diamond Lill and Mickey Mouse.
And also in 1928 a big percentage of the male population came out in favor of blue eyes.
He's got eyes of blue, I never cared for eyes of blue, but he's got eyes of blue and that's
my weakness now.
But all the songs of 28 weren't light and frivolous.
That year, Gene Austen put one in the memory book to stay, the haunting and lovely Lonesome
Road.
Look down, look down that lonesome road before you travel on.
Look up, look up and seek your maker or Gabriel blows his horn.
You may be weary, told and such alone.
But you're treading down that lonesome road, look down, look down that lonesome road before
you travel on.
Alka Seltzer, Speedy Alka Seltzer.
At the very first sign of a cold and at any stage of a cold, remember Speedy Alka Seltzer
to help you feel better.
Alka Seltzer brings fast relief from cold discomforts, relieves the headache, the aching
feverish feeling and the raw irritated throat.
Just drop one or two tablets into a glass of water and drink it for fast relief.
Then use Alka Seltzer as a soothing gargle.
Two tablets dissolved in a quarter glass of warm water make a soothing effective gargle.
You'll like Speedy Alka Seltzer.
Just four, Alka Seltzer at any drug store for fast relief from cold discomforts.
Alka Seltzer, Speedy Alka Seltzer.
Take it when your cold is on the way.
Alka Seltzer brings relief, makes your misery seem so brief.
Alka Seltzer.
Well, that's the tune total for today, friends.
And may we remind you that as we do every once in a while at your comments and requests,
you're very sincerely welcomed by Martha and me.
Letters, we love them.
Postcards, too.
So if you have a special song that has memories for you, please tell us.
We'll be happy to sing it for you.
That's right.
Tomorrow as we do five days a week, we'll put another batch of music on the piano and
hope that you'll be listening.
Same time, same station.
We'll sing the old song.
We'll sing the new.
We'll sing the bright songs.
And maybe we'll sing the blues on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday, Thursday, Thursday, Saturday, Saturday, Saturday, Sunday, Saturday, Saturday,
Saturday, Sunday, Saturday.
You can correct vitamin shortage, one of the common causes of that tired out feeling.
Every day, take one a day brand, multiple vitamin tablets.
They provide all you normally need to take of all the vitamins proved necessary.
And they're easy to take in tablet form.
Children like them, too, because there's no unpleasant aftertaste.
In addition, they now contain the much talked about vitamin B12.
Get one a day brand, multiple vitamin tablets in the blue box with the big red one.
Sold at all drugstores.
Listen tomorrow for the Alka Seltzer Show, starring Kurt Massey and Martha Tilton for
the music of Country Watch Burnettist Orchestra.
Today's program was transcribed in Hollywood, and this is Fort Pearson speaking.
Thank you.