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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 The Time of the Big Snow. We were so small, and it was such a big snow, wasn't it, dear? My, wasn't it? I remember. Remember it, it was the day after New Year's. It started on New Year's night. I remember. We hadn't had much snow that year, only a little Thanksgiving Day. No, the day before Thanksgivin…

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Cast›

A

Abby Lewis

A

Albert Buhrman

C

Cecile Roy

E

Ernest Chappell

S

Sarah Fussell

V

Vicki Vola

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ABC net

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