The Goldbergs on the Radio: Ep. 1691

you is anybody there's Molly folks that means your friends The Goldbergs are here brought to you by doz the new kind of soap for everything in your wash first let's drop in on the doam family well there's Daisy doam and her Bo Donald sitting in the living room they've just been listening to Daisy's favorite swooner singing on the radio oh didn't he sing divinely tonight Donald who oh the voice yeah gee I'd give anything to have him sing a song just for me oh gosh dream cake I wish you felt like that about me wish you could sing like he does Sunday Monday and always oh Donald honestly I'd even do his washing Sunday Monday and always yeah with does I suppose what else would I use everybody knows this new kind of soap does everything in the wash from overalls towels to rayon slits I'll bet you're a great swooner doesn't know about does don't be silly Donald gee doesn't I could he keep his shirt so dazzling white ma says no soap get shirts and towels whiter than does see I wear white shirts too Daisy then I does all the slacks keep them nice and clean the way ma does Paw's work clothes and overalls does does them easy you know without any hard scrubbing at all and I suppose you does his pretty rayon slips too honestly Donald I does my slips does as safer for the nice colors in the wash helps them stay pretty longer here listen to this dream cake Daisy Daisy be my wife will you does my clothes for Life Donald you're sweet even if you can't sing Oh Daisy oh boy does sure does everything in the wash anyway why ladies do you know does is the only leading wash day soap that gives longer life to the colors you wash plus unsurpassed whiteness for towels and linens and real cleaning power for the dirtiest work clothes does does everything why not start dozing at next wash day and now the Goldbergs worry grows and spreads just like a fog it begins as a tiny puff of rising vapor and then swells until it envelops you and every corner of your being is penetrated with it and then it becomes f fear an uneasy troubled kind of fear when Samy's letter arrived from a hospital in Florida at first Molly was puzzled by its wording then she began to read between the lines imagining all sorts of things and as her questions multiplied so did her fears what was the matter with Samy just what did his letter mean listen Ros Rosal yes Mom come in D mom why don't you try to sleep I will D I will go darling you go to sleep it's in the middle of the night what did Papa go down at the kitchen for he's warming himself some milk I Disturbed him even Papa thinks that there's nothing to worry about I'm not worrying rosley darling but you should be happy that Sam is home he's not home he's in Florida he's in a hital but he's all right he he wrote the letter himself I know I know Ros where's the letter Ma I have it well read it again and and don't read things into it that aren't there where is it wait I'll get out of bit give me m cimona it's hanging all right I'll get your slippers too I got my slippers right here on M bed just my C do somebody's downstairs in the kitchen with Papa I think Mr Mayor m they shouldn't wake everybody Dora is sleeping on top of the kitchen here I thank you put a light on where's Sammy's letter wait tell me Mom I'll get it and do you pillow why not why not Rosalie M Mama darling will you just sit down please and and let me read Samy's letter to you please didn't I read it let me read it I know how you read it with your fears and your feelings and all right all right so you read it so let me hear and listen to me all right I'm listening dear folks mom and pop and Rosie this is my new address a hospital even Sammy knew that you jump for conclusions M please M let me read it exactly as he has it here please dear folks dear Mom and Pop and Rosie this is my new dress and don't jump to conclusions there's nothing to be worried about and look he has that underline see I saw the underlining I all so read further I'm just sending you this quick note because phone connections are very difficult and I couldn't get you why is phone connections very difficult why was the telephone so hard to get well you know that phone connections are not easy now all right all right put away the letter I know the letter please he's coming home soon to stay for a while why in a hospital Mr Mayor thinks Mr Mayor Mr Mayor has a daughter Rosie and his thinking can M thinking cannot C and Cent my if you just wait R darling please please D it's enough already please go to bed in the morning we'll see you're not going to Florida M go to the DAR please who is that n King who is it it's Uncle David come in David David you're not sleeping m mly j Jake is besides himself you you got the letter from Sammy he'll be home soon on a f so so why are you so he's in the hospital David so he's in the hospital in the hospital Samy wasn't in the hospital when you took him with the tanil no wasn't here in the hospital when you when you took him with the with the rers huh and and when he fell down from the bicycle he he didn't broke his ankle and he didn't had to go to to the hospital hospital hospital when when when he had his pend decides he had to go not only to the hospital but but in an amulance Hospital you you see yourself mly he writes in his own handwriting personally nobody had to write for him Sur why you so all right if you would get a letter and you would see maybe a noise Ro dep penmanship so right worry but like this he writes the person to person dear m p and the rosary and that he didn't say Uncle David I excuse him on the bottom you wrote Uncle David I want to be in the top not in the botom I want to be David how long does it take to go to Florida where's the letter I know he says he's coming home soon so so why should you Mama darling first of all you have to get permission to visit an Army hospital so I'll get well that takes time and and Sammy said he'll be home soon did you see this sentence David give me real I know what you mean well listen Uncle David before I write anymore I want you to understand that I'm all right I'm not wound did not even a scar at least none that you can see so at least none that you can see what is the at least David the at least is that he's glad he's if it's Mrs mayor darling kind of want anybody it's Dora M Dora Dora is not sleeping not nether come in Dora d Mrs Goldberg please Samy's going to be home soon soon isn't that wonderful that's what I say it's wonderful but Molly daugh did you see Samy's letter Dora yes Dora read it you did D yes and you were you saw the sentence that uh there's the sentence no scars at least none you can see m m so so daughter dear darling what do you think Sammy means I think he means a different kind of Scar do you think that any of us will come out of this without scars of some kind they don't have to be from bullet wounds or from shrep nail or bayonets it don't have to be M do you think Sammy could go through such an experience and not be affected by it there are memories that leave scars Mrs Goldberg that's what Sammy means they aren't the kind of SCS you can see not not the scars you can see M door is Right Ma and now Mrs Goldberg you go to bed please go to bed M just remember what you yourself said this afternoon remember while the world is the way it is and things are the way they are you wouldn't want Sammy any place but where he is helping to make things right helping you make things better you thought Sammy was far away in Africa when you said that now he's right here and he'll be right here in this house soon m d m no not my all right all right but I want to go to Florida M please you go to bed and sleep and in the morning we'll see I want to go to Florida we'll see you in the morning good night night door come on Rosie good night Mama doll give me the little where you got give me yeah good night Mom good night good night good night dor good night good night David and mly remember p m remember well perhaps that's what Sammy means in his letter but whatever the truth really is Molly can understand one thing and that is there are memories that leave scars after all the one that Sami is going to war left is still not really healed but all that can be done now is to wait and try to sleep yes that's the hard part try to sleep