1:28:00
They're masters, or should I say
mistresses, of the fancied slight.
1:28:05
Some little, teeny thing goes wrong, and...
1:28:09
...off they go, home to mother.
1:28:11
And that's probably where your wife is now.
With her mother.
1:28:14
Somewhere in Italy!
1:28:16
Thank you.
1:29:00
...which concludes our report from Washington.
1:29:03
In a lighter vein, readers of 463 newspapers...
1:29:07
...from Bangor, Maine, to Honolulu
are asking this question:
1:29:12
''Will Bash Brannigan,
hero of America's favorite comic strip...
1:29:15
''...The Brannigans, really murder his wife?''
1:29:17
If the answer is yes,
is this, then, the beginning of a trend?
1:29:20
Will Dagwood murder Blondie?
Will Li'I Abner knock off Daisy Mae?
1:29:25
The answer remains the secret
of cartoonist Stanley Ford.
1:29:28
And Mrs. Ford, said to be
the real-life prototype of Mrs. Brannigan...
1:29:32
...is unavailable for comment.
1:29:34
On the weather picture, in New York tonight....