Tuesday, February 5, 2019

Episode 161

Latham's Department Store manager Joan Weatherly reports to her boss that the janitorial selection to play Santa Claus resulted in their lowest December sales ever, and she suggests a White Sale to boost profits in January.  Instead, the boss wants the employee fired and is willing to run a salesperson contest so that one with the most sales gets to do the firing.  Manager Weatherly says she hasn't seen the janitor, Mr. Smith, since Christmas, but to get along, the manager says the boss' idea is good, and they leave together.  Janitor Frankie, "janiting" unnoticed in the room, hears the plans for his pal Smitty and meets up with Jacobson, recently back from his elevator shaft injury, to spread the news and rile up the Union in support!

Meanwhile, two salespeople are in the Santa room cleaning up the mess left by Smitty.  One salesman, Harold, reveals that Smitty is his father, whom he equally hates and respects.  Harold wants their sales team to sell the most so they are the ones to fire his father.

In a romantic restaurant, a woman waits at a table for two with a rose in a book.  Finally, her blind date Jordan arrives.  The impatient waiter takes their orders and everyone learns she's not only desperate for this date, but she's also picky.  Jordan orders veal, taking his date aback that he would order "baby cow".  The waiter says they're out of veal, but offers lamb.  To her horror, Jordan asks for "the youngest one you've got".  To her even more extreme horror, the waiter brings a selection of live lambs.  She exclaims over the one with the biggest eyes, which becomes Jordan's dinner choice.
  • Will Frankie and Jacobson be able to whip up Union support for their fellow janitor? 
  • Where is Smitty, anyway?  (He was last seen in the clutches of a Red Hat lady who gave him her address.) 
  • What does Smitty's son Harold have against his father? 
  • Will the strange sales contest really save Latham's? 
  • How delicious was the lamb-bryo?
Find out the answers to these questions and more as we make it all up in, Solomon's River!