Story Time Lagniappe - Teaching Snooks to Tell Time (Baby Snooks) - video Dailymotion

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The Baby Snooks Show was an American radio program starring comedian and Ziegfeld Follies alumna Fanny Brice as a mischievous young girl who was 40 years younger than the actress who played her when she first went on the air.

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00:00And speaking of children, brings me, of course, to that awful little girl who's become such a popular feature of our program.

00:06Here she is again with Hanley Stafford as her father, baby Snooks.

00:18Hello, Daddy.

00:19I'm Snooks. What are you doing up so early?

00:22What time is it?

00:23It's not 8 yet.

00:24Is it 7?

00:26No, it's after 7.

00:27Well, 8 comes after 7.

00:29I know it does, but it's different with telling time.

00:32Why?

00:34Because it is.

00:36You have to figure with hours and minutes.

00:38Where?

00:38On the clock.

00:40Here, look at it.

00:41What's those black things?

00:43Those, the hands.

00:45They point out the time.

00:46Where's the fingers?

00:48They don't have fingers.

00:49I got fingers.

00:50I know you have fingers, but those hands don't have any.

00:54Well, how can they point?

00:56Snooks, they just indicate the time.

00:58Now, look.

00:59Every time that big hand makes a complete revolution of the face...

01:02Oh, whose face?

01:04This face on the clock.

01:06That ain't a face.

01:07I tell you, it is a face.

01:08It ain't got a mouth.

01:10Of course not.

01:12Has it got eyes?

01:14No, and it hasn't got a nose, and it hasn't got ears either.

01:17And you call that a face?

01:20Yes.

01:22Do you feel all right, Daddy?

01:24I feel fine.

01:25Will you stop interrupting me?

01:27All right, Daddy.

01:28Well, now look at the clock.

01:29The big hand is the minute hand, and the little hand shows the hours.

01:32Now, these numbers all around the face each denote a different hour.

01:36Are you following me?

01:37Where are we going?

01:38We're not going anywhere.

01:40I'm trying to teach you to tell the time.

01:42Now, do you see these numbers on the clock?

01:44Uh-huh.

01:45The number at the top is 12.

01:46When both hands point to 12, it's 12 o'clock.

01:49Understand?

01:49Uh-huh.

01:50Good.

01:51Now, what is it when both hands point to 12?

01:54Oh.

01:55It's 12 o'clock.

01:56Is it?

01:57Yes.

01:58Oh.

01:59Now, I'm late for school.

02:01Oh, it's not 12 o'clock now.

02:03You just pay attention to what I'm telling you.

02:05All right, Daddy.

02:06Now, each time the big hand moves to another number, that's five minutes.

02:10And every time the little hand moves, an hour goes.

02:12Where does it go?

02:14Snooks, that has nothing to do with telling the time.

02:17All you have to understand is the movements of the hands.

02:20Now, let's see if you remember what I just explained.

02:22All right, Daddy.

02:23Here, now, look at this clock.

02:25Now, you see, the little hand is between the 7 and 8, and the big hand is on the 7.

02:29Uh-huh.

02:30All right.

02:31What does the clock say?

02:32Tick-tock.

02:33Oh, it says 20 minutes to 8.

02:37And good heavens, I've got to get dressed and get to the office.

02:40Look out, Snooks.

02:41Are you going to shave, Daddy?

02:43Yes, and don't trail after me.

02:44I want to watch it.

02:46Oh, all right, but don't pester me with questions.

02:48Why?

02:49Because I'll get nervous and cut myself with a razor.

02:52I just keep quiet now.

02:54All right.

02:55Daddy!

02:56Ow!

02:57Why do you yell like that?

02:58See, I cut my face.

03:00Boy, look at that slice.

03:01It's a beauty.

03:02You like it, Daddy?

03:04No, I don't like it.

03:06And I want you to let me finish, so don't make another sound.

03:10I won't.

03:11Remember now, Snooks, this razor's very sharp.

03:13Yes, Daddy.

03:14Will you be quiet?

03:16Uh-huh.

03:16Good.

03:17Now, just stand there and watch.

03:19All right.

03:20Daddy!

03:21Oh!

03:22Snooks, you made me cut myself again.

03:24Now, just get right out of here.

03:26I'll be quiet, Daddy.

03:27Well, you'd better.

03:28Hmm, this razor pulls.

03:30Hmm.

03:32What you doing now, Daddy?

03:34I'm stropping the razor.

03:35Why?

03:36Because it's not sharp.

03:38Yes, it is.

03:39How do you know?

03:40Because it's sharp and my pencil's all right.

03:43What?

03:44Now, listen.

03:45How many times have I told you not to take my razor from the box?

03:47I didn't take it from the box.

03:49I found it in the kitchen.

03:50In the kitchen?

03:52What was my razor doing in the kitchen?

03:53Mama was cutting an anoleum with it.

03:57Snooks, I don't believe you.

03:59Now you're going to get a spanking.

04:01Why?

04:01Didn't you promise never to touch my razor?

04:03Uh-huh.

04:04And didn't I promise to give you a spanking the next time you did?

04:06Uh-huh.

04:07Well?

04:08Well, I didn't keep my promise, so you don't have to keep yours.

04:12Oh, no.

04:13You're not getting away with it this time, young lady.

04:15Come over here.

04:16You simply must learn to behave.

04:22All right, that's all.

04:25Oh, stop it.

04:25I didn't hurt you.

04:28I'll come here and kiss, Debbie, and say you're sorry.

04:32There.

04:33That's better.

04:34Now, Snooks, I want you to tell me why I punished you.

04:38What's the matter now?

04:40That's just it.

04:41Just what?

04:42Please, you give me a listen, and you don't know why you did it.

04:46Now, here's Ted Kirsten with some advice on coffee.

Story Time Lagniappe - Teaching Snooks to Tell Time (Baby Snooks)

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