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Quiet, please. Quiet, please. The American Broadcasting Company presents Quiet, Please, which is written and directed by Willis Cooper, and which features Ernest Chappell. Quiet, Please for today is called Meet John Smith, John. I'm funny about snow, I guess. Yeah, I get sentimental about it. I get, I get silly about it. The way some people get about pussy willows and persiphia in the springtime, or the way you get about kids or dogs or Siamese cats, you know. I was looking…

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Cast›

A

Albert Buhrman

E

Ernest Chappell

G

G. Swain Gordon

N

Nancy Sheridan

Network›

A

ABC net

Network

An interesting story about a man who meets another man with the same name, however, he's ten years older.

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Quiet, Please, Episode 68

Meet John Smith, John

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Quiet, Please, Episode 68

Meet John Smith, John

Sunday, October 3, 1948 · 28:51

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