Escape - The Second Class Passenger (national broadcast)
Oct 10, 2026 · 34 min · 18 segments
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Oct 10, 2026 · 34 min · 18 segments
[Instrumental music] That's me, Ronald A. Dawson, second class passenger.
Oh, I could have afforded first class by pinching a little here and there, but nobody back at Ralston's Department Store in Cedar Rapids will ever know.
The important thing is they're saying, "Ronald Dawson in drapery is taking a cruise around the world." And then there's really very little difference in the accommodations, and the second class passengers are every bit as interesting as the first class crowd.
Look, take Miss Patterson, for instance.
You'd look far to find a more charming, likable, altogether, uh, desirable young lady.
Just the life of the party.
[Laughs]
We'd gotten to be quite good friends-
[laughs]
Although the competition was always stiff, I can tell you.
There were times I wished those other two, Jones and Twitchell, had missed the boat somewhere along the line.
[laughs]
Well, we've still a good couple of hours before we sail.
Oh, how about a ride in one of these native carriages, Miss Patterson?
Oh dear, do you think they'd be clean?
Personally, I doubt it.
Although I don't know as I should care too much now.
That woozo made me so woozy.
[laughs]
[laughs] Ah, great stuff, woozo.
It would take a Greek to think up a drink like that.
Or to drink it.
[laughs]
[laughs]
[Instrumental music] That's me, Ronald A. Dawson, second class passenger.
Oh, I could have afforded first class by pinching a little here and there, but nobody back at Ralston's Department Store in Cedar Rapids will ever know.
The important thing is they're saying, "Ronald Dawson in drapery is taking a cruise around the world." And then there's really very little difference in the accommodations, and the second class passengers are every bit as interesting as the first class crowd.
Look, take Miss Patterson, for instance.
You'd look far to find a more charming, likable, altogether, uh, desirable young lady.
Just the life of the party.
[Laughs]
We'd gotten to be quite good friends-
[laughs]
Although the competition was always stiff, I can tell you.
There were times I wished those other two, Jones and Twitchell, had missed the boat somewhere along the line.
[laughs]
Well, we've still a good couple of hours before we sail.
Oh, how about a ride in one of these native carriages, Miss Patterson?
Oh dear, do you think they'd be clean?
Personally, I doubt it.
Although I don't know as I should care too much now.
That woozo made me so woozy.
[laughs]
[laughs] Ah, great stuff, woozo.
It would take a Greek to think up a drink like that.
Or to drink it.
[laughs]
[laughs]
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