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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 The Hat, The Bed, and John J. Catherine. When I talk to you about John J. Catherine, I am talking about me. I've got into more battles about my last name. I have had to make it clear to at least four million people that Catherine is my last name, not my first. And in the…

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Cast›

A

Albert Buhrman

E

Ernest Chappell

N

Nancy Sheridan

Network›

A

ABC net

Network

Every actor knows that a hat left on a bed is a sure sign of death!

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Quiet, Please, Episode 104

The Hat, the Bed, and John J Catherine

Saturday, June 11, 1949 · 27:53

Quiet, Please, Episode 104

The Hat, the Bed, and John J Catherine

Saturday, June 11, 1949 · 27:53

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