Alka Seltzer, Speedy Alka Seltzer.
The Alka Seltzer Show, transcribed in Hollywood, featuring radio's favorite singing stars,
Kurt Massey and Martha Filton, with the music of Country Washington.
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.
Get out those old records, those old phonograph records, the ones we used to play so long ago.
What if they sound scratchy, the tunes really were catchy, and especially those that said
I love you so.
That's just what we're going to do.
We're going to get out our favorite old records and build a show of musical memories, especially
for you folks who started your platter collection, oh, say, 20 years ago.
What's on top of your stack, Kurt?
Well, this is one that called to our attention a talented fellow named Ray Noble.
The very thought of you and I forget to do.
The little ordinary things that everyone ought to do.
I'm living in a kind of daydream.
I'm happy as a king.
And foolish though it may seem, to me that's everything.
Golly, Kurt, can anyone believe it's been 15 years since the Andrews Sisters rocked
the nation with this one?
By mere Mr. Shane, please let me explain.
By mere Mr. Shane means that you're grand.
By mere Mr. Shane, again I'll explain.
It means you're the fairest in the land.
I could say Bella, Bella, even say wunderbar.
Each language only helps me tell how grand you are.
I've tried to explain.
By mere Mr. Shane, so kiss me and say you understand.
So kiss me and say you understand.
Oh, we all love Alka Seltzer, yes we do.
Yes we do.
Oh, we all love Alka Seltzer, yes we do.
Yes we do.
You just buy it and you try it.
You will know exactly why it is a favorite from here to Timbuktu.
And all over the world, wherever Alka Seltzer is sold,
it is a favorite for fast relief from acid indigestion.
Just buy it, try it, you'll see why.
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whenever acid upsets stomach or heartburn makes you uncomfortable.
And see those cheerful Alka Seltzer bubbles.
They help soothe and settle an unsettled stomach and bring gentle, effective relief.
And Alka Seltzer is really refreshing, not like taking medicine at all.
So whenever your stomach feels upset from acid indigestion,
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Just try speedy Alka Seltzer once and make it your favorite from then on.
Try Alka Seltzer by the glass at any drug store or soda fountain
and get a package or two at the counter to keep handy at home.
Get out those old records, those old phonograph records,
the ones we used to play so long ago.
Believe me, one of the greatest old records in anybody's collection is a Benny Goodman platter.
With Harry James, Ziggy Elman, Gene Kruper, Lionel Helmton, Teddy Wilson,
and a terrific and talented little girl named Martha Tilton.
And the angels sing. Martha?
We meet
And the angels sing
The angels sing the sweetest song I ever heard
You speak
And the angels sing
Or am I breathing music into every word?
Suddenly the setting is strange
I can see water and moonlight beaming
Silver waves that break on some undiscovered chore
Then suddenly I see it all change
Long winter nights with the candles gleaming
Through it all your face that I adore
You smile
And the angels sing
And though it's just a gentle murmur at the start
We kiss
And the angels sing
And leave their music bringing in my heart
Oh, real great, Martha, real wonderful.
Looking over these old records, it seems to me that the 30s had more than their share of nonsense platters.
For instance, that Farley and Riley hassle that threatened the nation's sanity.
I blow through here and the music goes around and around
Oh, and it comes up here
But likewise, Saxie Dowell's little classic of baby talk that Hal Kemp recorded.
Down in the meadow in the itty bitty boo fam
Fee itty fitty and the mama fitty too
Fem said the mama fitty femmy foo ten
Andy fam, Andy fam all over the dam
And as though that weren't enough, they gave us double talk as well as baby talk.
There was that big, big record by the Mary Max.
Hutz hutz brawls another little rye and a brawler brawler suet
Hutz hutz brawls another little rye and a brawler suet
And then came a welcome reaction.
We all went sentimental with the sentimental gentleman.
Frank Sinatra made his debut with Tommy Dorsey
and they both made recording history with this tender and touching ballad.
I'll never smile again
Until I smile at you
I'll never laugh again
What good would it do
For tears would fill my eyes
My heart would realize
That our romance is true
I'll never love again
I'm so in love with you
I'll never thrill again
To somebody new
Within my heart
I know I will never start
To smile again
Until I smile at you
Well that certainly was one of TD's greatest.
And brother Jimmy was doing all right too with Helen O'Connell and Bob Eberly.
Jay Dorsey was on the best seller list with Green Eyes.
Your green eyes with their soft lights
Your eyes that promise sweet nights
Bring to my soul a longing
A thirst for love divine
And Martha, the music fans would never forgive us if we left the great Glenn Miller out of our platter session.
With the help of my violin and Country Weishman's gang we'll try to recall a little of his wonderful Moonlight Serenade.
Oh and the Mills Brothers, Kurt, let's not forget them.
Now sir, the song that they made their very own
I'm gonna buy a paper doll that I can call my own
A doll that other fellas cannot steal
Oh that'll bring back a million memories I betcha.
Friends, any time you want to recall the good times and the good friends of yesterday
Well just do what Martha and I did today
Let out those old records, those old phonograph tokens
The ones we used to play so long ago
On the old windup, but if they sound scratchy
The tunes really were catchy
And especially those vets that said I love you so
Hickey to the honey, Dardanelle and Sonny
Meet me on the black porch songs, I bring my portable
To melt your heart away with all those old records
Those old phonograph records
The ones we used to play so long ago
Alka Seltzer, Speedy Alka Seltzer
Speedy is the word for Alka Seltzer
The way it brings fast relief from a headache or muscular aches and pains
Yes and it brings speedy relief from cold discomforts
Alka Seltzer relieves the headache and the ache all over, feverish feeling of a cold
Alka Seltzer contains sodium acetyl salicylate
One of the most useful pain relievers known to medical science
And tests prove the system absorbs more of this pain reliever faster from Alka Seltzer
So if you have a cold right now, try Speedy Alka Seltzer for fast relief
That's Alka Seltzer to relieve cold discomforts
Alka Seltzer, Speedy Alka Seltzer
Quick relief from misery of a cold
Gives relief that's very fast, cold as gone
Comfort cannot last, Alka Seltzer
Golly Kurt, someday we'll just have to buy a whole extra hour on the network
And finish up this old record session
We didn't get in Harry James or Artie Shaw or any of Bing's
Oh no, you know when you get to talking about old records you lose all track of time
We'll just have to do it on the installment plan Martha, but right now we'd better say goodbye to our friends
And ask everybody to come back and see us tomorrow
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 too
For you, for you, for you
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Music
This is Monday for the Alka Seltzer Show starring Kurt Massey and Martha Tilton
With the music of Country Washburn and his orchestra
Today's program was transcribed in Hollywood and this is Fort Pearson speaking
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