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The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd

EPISODE #SE004 "The Gift!" - The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd

The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd

Saturday Morning Media

History, Stories For Kids, Learning, Comedy, Radio, Fun, Educational, Family, Science, Kids & Family

4.4974 Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2005

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

In This Episode...

A retelling of O. Henry's classic GIFT OF THE MAGI starring Fidgert.

©2007, 2017 Saturday Morning Media - www.DoctorFloyd.com

Transcript

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The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd and Dr. Floyd

0:02.0

dot com proudly present the gift with narration and music by Phil Van T.

0:06.6

One dollar and twenty seven cents.

0:09.6

That was all he had and most of it was in pennies. Fidget had counted it three times.

0:14.8

He had saved for months and this was all he had to show for it.

0:22.0

Tomorrow was Christmas, $1.27.

0:26.8

There was nothing the little sock-shaped assistant could do,

0:29.4

but throw himself down on the couch

0:31.6

and have a good cry.

0:35.0

Times were hard and becoming increasingly harder.

0:39.0

For the past few months, Fijert had been traveling through time and space as the assistant to evil mastermind

0:45.2

Dr Steve whose goal was to plunder famous historical artifacts and sell them on eBay.

0:50.5

This scheme had to date not worked out as planned as they were thwarted at every turn by the world's most brilliant scientist Dr. Floyd.

0:59.0

Being thwarted meant no items to sell on eBay, which meant no money coming into the Dr. Steve Incorporation of Eville,

1:06.0

which meant no paycheck for Fidget. Fidget finished his cry and walked over and stood next to the window to watch the time and space stream float by.

1:15.0

Tomorrow would be Christmas and he had only $1.27 to buy Dr. Steve a Christmas present, a present that he hoped would soften Dr. Steve's heart and possibly make him a little less evil.

1:31.0

Just then, Fidget Wirled from the window and ran to his room.

1:34.7

He pulled his stool across to his bureau and scrambling up it, looked into the mirror.

1:39.2

Gently, he ran his hand across the bright orange plume feather that adorned his head.

1:44.6

In the dank dinginess of Dr. Steve's time and spaceship, there were two possessions in which

1:49.0

Dr. Steve and Fidget took great pride.

1:51.9

One was Dr. Steve's 56-inch flat screen digital cable ready

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