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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 tonight is called Tanglefoot. Back in the old days, when G.I. didn't mean general issue, it just meant galvanized iron. I used to be a plumber. There are no cracks about leaving tools in the shop when you go out on a job. Because if a plumber took along all the tools he's liable to need o…

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Cast›

A

Albert Buhrman

E

Ernest Chappell

J

Jack Lescoulie

W

William J. McClintock

Network›

A

ABC net

Network

A fly for a pet? It's not such a bad idea, even though he's eight or nine inches long! Watch out though, when he gets hungry...and don't step on the man-paper! An excellent horror yarn.

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Ep 70 · Sunday, October 17, 1948 · 29:16

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Ep 69 · Sunday, October 10, 1948 · 29:15

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Quiet, Please, Episode 103

Tanglefoot

Saturday, June 4, 1949 · 28:39

Quiet, Please, Episode 103

Tanglefoot

Saturday, June 4, 1949 · 28:39

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That night in history

Headlines

  • 1949 — Thailand elects Orapin Chaiyakan, the first female member of Thailand's Parliament.

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