MADISON ON THE AIR: “LET GEORGE DO IT: LADY IN DISTRESS”
ADAPTED BY CHRISI TALYN SAJE: NOV 2020
SCENE ONE
GEORGE
Personal Notice: Danger is my stock in trade. If the job’s too tough for you to handle, you’ve got a job for me, George Valentine. Write full details.
MADISON
Ooo… love that organ music. Okay, so George here is an ex-cop- turned-private-eye and posts that ad in the classifieds for people to come to him for assistance with stuff. Usually his wannabe girlfriend, Claire Brooks, helps him out, but today, it looks like it’s all me.
VIVIAN
“Dear Mr. Valentine. What I’m up against is something you can’t put in so many words but you gotta believe me it’s got me scared out of my skin. I’m just another show girl getting her first real break, but I’m afraid it’s going to be my neck. Maybe you can help me…”
VIVIAN/MADISON
“…But I’ve got to see you today.”
MADISON
“After that it may be too late to do any good. Signed, Vivian Drake.” Nice penmanship. And I like the play on words with “break.”
VIVIAN
Yeah, yeah. That’s my letter. But you’re not Mr. Valentine.
MADISON
For someone dressed almost entirely in feathers, you’re pretty astute.
VIVIAN
I gotta talk to him. And it’s something that can’t wait.
MADISON
Well, I’m Madison Standish and I’m like… temping for him this week, but I have no idea where he is. I even showed up a couple hours late this morning because I cannot figure out these analog clocks you people have. And he wasn’t there. Hadn’t even been in.
VIVIAN
I guess that washes me up.
MADISON
Hey, I dragged myself all the way to your place to see if I could help. So, whatcha got?
VIVIAN
Well you see… I happen to have a crazy kid brother. He’s got himself into a mess and me along with him.
MADISON
I know what that’s like. ‘Course, I’m usually the crazy one getting my siblings in trouble. Ohmahgod, this one summer, we were at Six Flags–
VIVIAN
This is rather urgent. May I go on?
MADISON
Oh, sure. Suffice to say, not allowed back on the log ride.
VIVIAN
You see, I’m not a very good singer. Not too good a dancer, either. It was only my looks that got me a job.
MADISON
You are not the only one. Everybody on the CW are lucky they’re pretty.
VIVIAN
I started working in Julia’s Nightclub in Des Moines. It didn’t matter whether I could sing or dance because it’s really just a racketeer’s joint with a floor show as a cover up.
MADISON
Des Moines… That’s in one of those “I” states in the middle, right?
VIVIAN
Uh… y-yes.
MADISON
So what brings you to… wait, what city is this show set in?
VIVIAN
That’s my whole point. I don’t understand it. I was offered the top spot in the show at the Peacock Lounge.
MADISON
I’m gonna say… congrats?
VIVIAN
But there’s something else… Julia, who runs the place in Des Moines, got a grand to see that I came here to take this job.
MADISON
A grand is a lot of money in the 40s. That can buy you like, a mansion or five cars or an island. Maybe not a big island but one of those little guys, ya know, with turtles on it.
VIVIAN
Can’t you see? I’m being worked into some kind of a deal where I’m gonna end up as a patsy, I know it! But there’s nothin’ I can do.
MADISON
Where’s the bad boy brother come in?
VIVIAN
If I said no to the job, some heel said that he can send my brother to jail, so I’m his pay off. It’s as simple as that.
MADISON
Gotcha. Okay. So… whatd’ya know about the Peacock Lounge? Good buffalo wings?
VIVIAN
Nothing yet. I’ve been sitting around trying to get up enough courage to go there to find out what they’ve got lined up for me. But my one hope is that Mr. Valentine might find out what this is all about.
MADISON
Well, the dude’s a no-show, so let’s think. Hmmm…. Do you know anything about the guys who run the Peacock Lounge?
VIVIAN
They’re named Phillip Geary and Glen Cooley. They never laid eyes on me before. That’s why I can’t believe all this sudden interest in my talents.
MADISON
O.M.G.! Major idea here. What if I went down there and pretended to be you. They totally wouldn’t know the difference!
VIVIAN
Yeah, I suppose. But do you think it could work?
MADISON
Hey, if Disney can use that plot line like, a thousand times, it can work for us.
VIVIAN
But you don’t know what you’re walking into. I can’t let you.
MADISON
Sure you can. Are those feathers a size six?
VIVIAN
It’s about time you came to the phone… Yeah, yeah. She fell for it. The frame is on.
SCENE TWO
STATION MASTER
BOARD!
GEORGE
Hey, wait, wait a minute! There goes my train! Hey, Station Master!
STATION MASTER
Yes, sir?
GEORGE
When is there gonna another train out of here heading South?
STATION MASTER
Eight-ten tomorrow morning.
GEORGE
Oh, great. You got a phone around here?
STATION MASTER
Next to the ticketing office.
GEORGE
Thanks. This is just unbelievable. Come on… Answer…
RILEY
Riley speakin’.
GEORGE
Hello, Lieutenant, this is Valentine.
RILEY
Well, well. There you are. I met your new girl. She’s cutting capers out of school. She took some nightclub thrush under her wing.
GEORGE
Wait a minute, let’s have that again, Riley, and translate it as you go along.
RILEY
Well, it seems Miss Vivian Drake imagined she’s in some kind of a mess and the letter was urgent and you were out of town and… there you are.
GEORGE
Yeah. Someone was anxious to get me out of town and then they made sure I got stranded here.
RILEY
Okay, pal. Let’s play it straight. How do you figure it? You think this new girl was sucked into some kind of phony deal?
GEORGE
If I can find a cab in this place I’ll be back in town to find out for myself.
SCENE THREE
MADISON
Hey there! Pfft… ugh, sorry. Feathers. I think I have allergies. Um, I’m looking for a Geary or Cooley. They around?
ARTIE
Sure, honey, that table other side of the room.
MADISON
Thanks… sweet cakes.
ARTIE
Don’t mention it, doll face.
MADISON
Appreciate it, guy who is going to get a stiletto up his ass if he keeps condescending to me.
CHICKY
Artie, you gettin’ into trouble again?
ARTIE
Some broads are just too sensitive.
CHICKY
Don’t pay any attention to that mook. He’s all muscle where his brain’s supposed ta be.
MADISON
That’s why I stopped dating football players.
CHICKY
You picked the worst night if you want to see they boys. They’re expecting someone. They’re gonna be terribly busy.
MADISON
Yeah, well, they’re going to be terribly busy with me because I’m the one they’re expecting. Tah-dah!
CHICKY
Vivian Drake? Oh, no, you couldn’t be. Just couldn’t be.
MADISON
Yeah, why not? I’m totally rocking these feathers. Come to think of it, I was allergic to my down pillow.
CHICKY
But I’m Chicky Larson!
MADISON
“Chicky Larson?” Did you do the whole stripper name game where you take the name of your first pet and the street you grew up on? Mine is Misty Williams.
CHICKY
I danced for a whole year right next to Vivian at the Yukai Club in Kansas City.
MADISON
I thought I was supposed to be from Indiana. Or… Iowa?
CHICKY
When I heard the boys were going to give you the top spot in the show, I was so happy for you. And now you aren’t you, are you?
MADISON
Busted. Okay, okay. Vivian is… um… sick. Like, head in the toilet, puking up her guts, comin’ out both ends, sick. She told me to hold her place.
CHICKY
But–
MADISON
We’re like, BFFs. I’m just covering until she can be here. My real name is… uh… Misty Williams.
CHICKY
Now I’m mixed up.
MADISON
Well, we show girls gotta stick together, am I right? The bonds of sisterhood and… traveling pants and stuff.
CHICKY
Yeah. Okay.
MADISON
So you’re not gonna blab about this to the guys, right? For Vivian’s sake?
CHICKY
If you say so.
MADISON
You are a queen. Do you think they have this feather costume in hypoallergenic?
SCENE FOUR
GLEN COOLEY
You certainly know how to pick ’em, Geary. How do you do it, man?
PHILLIP GEARY
Oh, let’s say I have an eye for talent, Glen, and that you’re the money man.
GLEN COOLEY
She’s gonna go over great in the show. One look at her and you can see that.
MADISON
Okay, I am literally standing right here. You’re pulling a mean girl “ignore and explore” tactic — talking about someone while actively ignoring that they’re right in front of you. Like, I invented that.
GLEN COOLEY
Heh, heh. Smart as a whip, too.
CHICKY
Sure! You should hear Vivian sometimes, Glen, she says things I don’t even understand.
PHILLIP GEARY
Chicky, darling, I’m very fond of you, don’t make me wonder why.
GLEN COOLEY
I think I’m pretty found of Vivian, here. I can name at least two reasons why.
MADISON
Ohhh-kay. Are we gonna talk business or do I gotta give you a lap dance first?
PHILLIP GEARY
You mustn’t mind Glen, Vivian, he just naturally admires talent, but he likes to do it up close.
MADISON
Yeah, well no touching. So, what about this job? When do I start?
PHILLIP GEARY
Oh, we got a wonderful routine all set for you, honey, but we won’t start working on the new show until next week.
GLEN COOLEY
But you got nothin’ to worry about. We rented an elegant suite for you at the Wellington Arms as of today.
CHICKY
And it’s perfectly gorgeous. The dressing room has mirrors on the ceiling.
MADISON
Okay, that… that wouldn’t be a dressing room.
GLEN COOLEY
I’m all for rounding up some of the crowd and goin’ over there right now. A celebration in your honor, Vivian.
MADISON
Yay!!!… This doesn’t feel at all like it’s gonna end in gang rape. Woo-hoo! Party!
SCENE FIVE
GEORGE
All right, Miss Drake, maybe it was a coincidence that your letter happened to come in while I was out of town, but don’t you think it was sort of a dirty trick to play on another girl?
VIVIAN
I’ll explain–
GEORGE
And let her walk into a shuffle like that?
VIVIAN
She seemed to know what she was doing. And I… I didn’t know where to turn.
GEORGE
Okay, okay. You just stay put. I’ll see what the score is with Geary and Cooley at the Peacock Lounge.
VIVIAN
Artie!
ARTIE
Quick, gimme a hand with him. Close the door.
VIVIAN
Boy, you’re a life saver, Artie. He was headed for the Peacock Lounge.
ARTIE
Lucky I ran into Valentine like that. There was nobody in the hall.
VIVIAN
What’ll we do with him?
ARTIE
He’s gotta stay put ’til this deal’s over. It’s on the griddle right this minute. We’ll dump him in the closet and let him sleep through it.
GEORGE
You heard me… Riley, put Riley on the phone… What?… Say that again. I’m not my usual bright self at the moment… What are you talking about? What happened?… Alright, Wellington Arms, that’s me knockin’ on the door.
SCENE SIX
DOC
I’ll have those fingerprints in a minute, Lieutenant.
RILEY
What do you say, Doc? When did it happen?
GEORGE
May I come in?
RILEY
Hey, there, Valentine.
MADISON
Ohmygod, finally! Where the hell have you been?
GEORGE
You’re my temp… um… Madison?
MADISON
Yes, I’m Madison. Thank you so much for showing up!
RILEY
Please, Miss Standish, please try to control yourself, will ya, you’re not helping things any.
GEORGE
What’s going on here?
MADISON
No matter what they say, it is not my fault!
GEORGE
Well, what happened?
MADISON
I don’t know! The last time I got blackout drunk was rush week. And with all those boilermakers from Gamma Pi, I mean, that was unavoidable.
GEORGE
All right, shut up. You’re not making sense. Riley, let’s have it.
RILEY
Well, the guy on the floor there with the letter opener in his back. That’s Glen Cooley.
DOC
Fingerprints belong to Miss Standish, all right, Lieutenant.
RILEY
Thanks, Doc.
MADISON
He was like that when I woke up! I don’t remember doing that! I’m a happy drunk! Not a stabby, stabby drunk!
GEORGE
What’s the rest of it?
MADISON
Well, we were having a party. Like top shelf. None of that watered down stuff. This was primo. I tried to get some karaoke goin’
but I realized I don’t know the words to your old timey music. And with the drinks being so strong, I musta… I dunno… passed out. I saw him there just like that when I woke up. I called the cops!
RILEY
Sorry, Valentine, the next edition hits the streets at 6 o’clock. It’s gonna have to read we’re holding Miss Standish on suspicion of murder.
MADISON
Aw, c’mon!
GEORGE
I understand, Lieutenant.
MADISON
“I understand?!” Aren’t you gonna do something?
GEORGE
Not until I piece this together, Angel.
MADISON
I always wanted to do one of those true crime podcasts, but this is not what I meant!
SCENE SEVEN
GEORGE
Okay, the reason you didn’t know when the party broke up is that somebody slipped you a man sized mickey while you were makin’ like Vivian Drake.
MADISON
The last thing I remember is trying to teach everybody “Pour Some Sugar On Me.”
GEORGE
Riley’s gonna put Geary and the Chicky girl under the lamp the first thing in the morning and sweat ’em. But suppose they tell the same story.
MADISON
Whatd’ya mean? What story?
GEORGE
That Cooley had been making a play for you all evening and you were straight arming him.
MADISON
I don’t know what that means. Do you have a Noir to English dictionary?
GEORGE
He was making advances and you were putting him off.
MADISON
Yeah, that’s true. And then he drugged me? OHMAHGOD, he pulled a Cosby!
GEORGE
Which makes it bad, Angel, bad. Because, people being people, they’ll think just one thing. When he hung around after everybody left, slapping his wrist wasn’t enough, they’ll think. You had to let him have it.
MADISON
Oh, come on! One time I was in a hot tub with five drunk guys trying to get my bikini top off. I was able to protect the girls without having to stab anybody!
GEORGE
But let’s look a few more of these unpleasant facts in the face. Vivian Drake’s taken a powder, if she hasn’t been taken for a ride.
MADISON
Ya lost me again.
GEORGE
She’s gone. And there no such place as Julia’s in Des Moines.
MADISON
It did seem pretty far fetched that Iowa would have a nightlife.
GEORGE
It’s almost 5 a.m. I’d better get busy. So long, Angel.
MADISON
Wait! Aren’t you gonna get me out on bail or something?
GEORGE
Last I checked, I wasn’t made of money.
MADISON
Here! Use my debit card.
GEORGE
Sit tight. I’ll be back.
MADISON
If this is to teach me a lesson, it didn’t work for my parents prom weekend and it won’t work for you, either!
SCENE EIGHT
GEORGE
Having fun?
CHICKY
What? Who are you?
GEORGE
My name’s Valentine.
CHICKY
Valentine? I know you! You’re a holiday when everybody loves everybody else. Will you be my valentine, Valentine?
GEORGE
You must have pull around here. A whole night club to yourself. Five-thirty in the morning, bar and all.
CHICKY
I’m Chicky Larson, fiancee of Mr. Phillip Geary!
GEORGE
Where is he?
CHICKY
At home at the Wellington Arms… and Legs! HA!
GEORGE
Clever.
CHICKY
Yeah, he was pretty sore.
GEORGE
Sore? What’s he sore about?
CHICKY
That girl Vivian Drake who wasn’t Vivian Drake because I know Vivian Drake and I didn’t tell Phil that she wasn’t Vivian Drake and then she went and killed Mr. Cooley.
GEORGE
How do you know that?
CHICKY
Police called Phil and told him. Oh, I bet Phil will never trust me again, after me not telling him about Vivian. I bet he’ll even make me take out all the money he gave me to put in my safe deposit box.
GEORGE
Money? What money? How much?
CHICKY
Thirty thousand dollars. That’s how much he trusts me.
GEORGE
That’s quite a lot of trust.
CHICKY
I just hope that nothing happens to that nice Miss Madison. That a weird name for a girl, huh? Madison?
GEORGE
Your name is Chicky.
CHICKY
Yeah! That fat dodo Cooley called me that. He had it comin’.
GEORGE
Not nearly as nice as your fiancee, I’m sure.
CHICKY
That man’s a cow, too. I hate all men.
GEORGE
Great talking with you. It’s almost sun up. Maybe add some orange juice to that vodka, huh?
SCENE NINE
PHILLIP GEARY
Who’s there?
MADISON
Remember me, Phil?
PHILLIP GEARY
You killed my partner. Get out of here or I’ll call the police!
GEORGE
Go ahead, call the police.
MADISON
Well, look who decided to join us. My employer who made me pay my own bail even though I got arrested in the line of duty. Thank you, very much.
GEORGE
No one told you to take this case on your own.
MADISON
Well, it’s not like you were around!
PHILLIP GEARY
Wait, you’re–
GEORGE
Valentine. You arranged that little trip North for me, didn’t you, Geary?
PHILLIP GEARY
Never heard of you.
GEORGE
What’re you doing? Straightening out your accounts after what happened to Cooley last night?
MADISON
I get it now. You wanted to get your partner out of the way and then frame me for it! Douche-nozzle!
GEORGE
Now you won’t have to explain about the thirty grand you gyped him out of, will you?
MADISON
Thirty grand?! That’s like, thirty mansions!
GEORGE
You had me slugged so I couldn’t barge in on the little party you had all set to frame Madison.
PHILLIP GEARY
You’re crazy. Who is “Madison”? What are you talking about?
MADISON
I’m Madison! Also known as Vivian Drake, also known as Misty Williams!
GEORGE
Misty?
MADISON
My mom named the dog.
GEORGE
When the others left the Wellington Arms, you stayed behind, Geary. Come on now, what’s the fix? You’re going to answer my questions if I have to stay here and change the shape of your face.
PHILLIP GEARY
Get out of here! Both of you!
GEORGE
All right, you asked for it!
MADISON
I’m not gonna lie. That was pretty hot.
SCENE TEN
RILEY
Valentine‚ what are you trying to do? I’m working my head off trying to help you and Madison and you go and nearly massacre Geary. If I didn’t know a few unsavory things about him, he could have you thrown in the clink for assault and battery.
MADISON
C’mon! It totes makes more sense that Phil killed his partner. Not me!
RILEY
You know, it’s not recommended to be adjacent to crimes when you’re out on bail, Madison.
MADISON
Well, I shouldn’t’ve been in jail in the first place, Lieutenant. Go arrest Phil!
RILEY
Not without proof, Miss Standish.
MADISON
Why was there even a letter opener in my room? I have never used a letter opener in my life! I don’t think I’ve even received a letter since my grandmother died and I stopped getting her birthday cards!
RILEY
It was a weapon of convenience.
MADISON
Convenient for framing me, you mean.
GEORGE
I tried to help the only way I know how, it seems… with my fists. I can’t use my head. I can’t think beyond Geary. Everything stops right there.
RILEY
And now he’s clammed up.
GEORGE
I couldn’t get a thing out of him. Oh, it may take months to get ahold of that so called “Vivian Drake.”
RILEY
Meanwhile, Madison, here, will go on trial for murder. She’s already been convicted in the court of the free press. See?
MADISON
What?! Let me see that! Okay, I never thought I’d say this but… “Fake News!”
GEORGE
Hand that over, Angel.
MADISON
This is how rumors get started. You just need one person to say you hooked up with Andrew Corbett at the Freshman Mixer and suddenly his girlfriend is sending you death threats on Instagram.
GEORGE
Oh no, but it’s a wonderful paper, Angel. Wonderful!
MADISON
Well, then you’re clearly not looking at the photo they used of me. I look better in color. Who told them to use the Inkwell filter?
GEORGE
This beautiful blessed paper! People don’t realize the miracle of journalism, what you can learn by reading a daily newspaper intelligently, carefully.
MADISON
Are you high? What are you talking about?
GEORGE
Riley, are Geary and Chicky still in the interrogation room?
RILEY
Yeah, why?
GEORGE
I think I’ve found the answer to get Madison off the hook.
MADISON
Well, I hope so. I really wasn’t looking forward to doing “Orange is the New Black: The Podcast.”
SCENE ELEVEN
GEORGE
What I’m trying to tell you, Geary, is that you’re yellow.
PHILLIP GEARY
Lieutenant, did you have me brought down here just so Valentine could tell me that?
MADISON
No, he brought you down here so I could personally kick you in the nads but that comes later so shut up.
CHICKY
Gee, have I got a head. I had a little too much last night.
MADISON
I was given knockout pills and you’re gonna complain about your hangover?
GEORGE
You’ll live, Chicky. Geary, your scheme to get rid of Cooley was a thing of beauty, and in a way it worked.
MADISON
Well, yeah it worked, the guy is dead.
GEORGE
Now get the picture. A show girl from out of town who means nothing to anybody kills a notorious wolf. Chances are she’ll get off on
a plea of self defense–
MADISON
I didn’t know I could plead self defense!
GEORGE
–And Geary is in the clear with everything he filched from his partner.
PHILLIP GEARY
How are you going to prove anything like that?
GEORGE
I’m not going to bother, because the whole thing happens to be immaterial, irrelevant, and has nothing to do with the flowers that bloom in the spring, tra-la.
RILEY
Get to the point, will ya?
CHICKY
Not so loud, Lieutenant, my head!
MADISON
Oh! Are we being too loud for you Chicky?! We are so sorry!
GEORGE
You see, Geary, after all your master minding, the human factor crept in. You lost your nerve and couldn’t kill Cooley.
PHILLIP GEARY
Well, thank you. That leaves Madison on the spot, doesn’t it?
MADISON
Dude! George! Not helping!
GEORGE
Let me go on with the character analysis. You’re not only yellow, Geary, but you’re a patsy, a fall guy, a grade A Schnookle.
MADISON
Schnookle? I can’t tell if you’re insulting him or giving him a cute pet name.
GEORGE
Somebody’s making you jump through the hoop without you even knowing it, and using your own little maneuver to do it. Oh, that takes real brains, friend.
RILEY
Okay, okay. Who is this genius?
GEORGE
Come on, Chicky, stop holding your head and take a bow.
MADISON
Chicky?! This “Dancing with the Stars” reject? Are you kidding?
CHICKY
You talking to me, Mr. Valentine?
GEORGE
You tracked down Vivian Drake for your boyfriend all right, but you got a brighter notion.
CHICKY
Did I?
GEORGE
Why not get somebody like Madison to pose as Vivian Drake. Then when Cooley met with his reward, it wouldn’t be just another one of those things. There’d be all that extra publicity. And you knew I’d be more than a little interested. You knew I couldn’t rest with a self defense plea.
MADISON
Still can’t believe I didn’t know about this self defense thing.
GEORGE
You knew I could’t rest until I traced it down to Geary.
PHILLIP GEARY
Sure, then that thirty grand in your safe deposit box, Chicky, that would be yours for keeps.
GEORGE
You can hold that innocent stare sister, but you were far from innocent when you decided to go through with it anyway when Geary lost his nerve. You sneaked back and did things with that letter opener.
MADISON
I told you I never touched any letter opener!
GEORGE
Not when you were conscious, at any rate.
RILEY
Come on, Miss Larson, say something.
GEORGE
Trust me, Lieutenant, she’s already said plenty. Five-thirty this morning when we were alone at the bar. She did everything she could to put me on the trail of Geary. But she also talked too much. She said she just hoped nothing happened to that nice Madison.
MADISON
Awww… you think I’m nice?
GEORGE
She’s the one who framed you for murder.
MADISON
Oh, is that where you were going with this.
RILEY
What’s the point, Valentine?
GEORGE
Chicky couldn’t have known her name was Madison.
MADISON
Yeah! I told her my name was Misty Williams!
RILEY
Misty?
MADISON
Well, it was better than our cat, Mr. Peanut.
GEORGE
You see, Lieutenant, the first edition here identifies her as Madison. The edition you had with you this morning that didn’t come out ’til six o’clock.
RILEY
So how’d she know her name was Madison before the paper came out.
CHICKY
All right. Ever since I can remember, I’ve played the wide-eyed simpering idiot to please men. This once I almost fooled all of you. Men, I hate ’em!
MADISON
That’s the trouble, isn’t it? We women want justice against asshole men, but instead lash out against each other. We’ll never have unity, or sisterhood, or traveling pants until we come together as one supportive group!
CHICKY
Does that mean you’ll support me through my trial?
MADISON
Hell no, you tried to frame me for murder, bitch.
SCENE TWELVE
GEORGE
Go on, Angel, let’s see what’s in the morning mail. I’ll let you use the letter opener.
MADISON
Sure. I’ll use it and claim self defense.
GEORGE
Aw, no hard feelings.
MADISON
Besides, I’m giving my notice.
GEORGE
Well, I’m sorry to see you go.
MADISON
Still, not the worst temp job I’ve ever had. I once did inventory at Payless Shoes. I swore off flip-flops for a year.
GEORGE
Too bad we couldn’t nail the real Vivian Drake and that Artie for their role in all of this. Guess they’ll be pretty disappointed when they don’t get their payoff from Chicky.
MADISON
Well, nows really the time to start a show girl career in Vegas, before it gets all slutty and prostitute-y and stuff.
GEORGE
So long, Angel.
MADISON
Oh, I’ll be back. Not only do you owe me a week’s pay, but you’re reimbursing me for my bail. I don’t take checks, but I will take a little island in the South Pacific. Bye!
PROLOGUE
MADISON
The phrase “Let George Do It” was a popular saying in the 1940s meaning, let someone else take responsibility when you don’t want to. So, basically, the title was an old timey pun. The show, sponsored by Standard Oil of California, which is Chevron, was only broadcast on the West Coast. Radio shows were not necessarily carried nationally. It wasn’t until it’s final season in 1954 that the show was actually heard on the East Coast.