Robert Benchley credited as playing...
Joe Doakes
- [first lines]
- Joe Doakes: Oh - hello! Well... This being the day of rest, I can think of no better way of celebrating it than by resting. One of the troubles with this country is that nobody rests on Sunday.
- Joe Doakes: [narrating] Working in the so-called garden is another form of so-called relaxation on Sunday. This man is going to strain the muscles of his back permanently. He'll find himself walking around tomorrow, all bent over like old black Joe.
- Joe Doakes: [narrating] He plays badminton, and plays it badly. And in one game, undoes all the good physical effects that a week in the office has given him. Just think of that nice, cool office, where he works during the week. In a comfortable swivel chair, with an electric fan going. A nice water cooler in the corner.
- Joe Doakes: [narrating] This idea that Sunday is the day for strenuous exercise is undermining the health of our nation. It is tearing down the heart tissues of our manhood, and is probably propaganda started by the fascists of communist nations, to make our men unfit for military service in case of war. Besides, you look so silly doing it.
- Joe Doakes: [narrating] The idea of a picnic in the country is alright as Sunday relaxation, but the trouble comes in getting *to* the country, even if you live in it. These people get into their automobile with all the confidence in the world, forgetting that ten thousand other people are getting into *their* automobiles at the same time, all headed to the same thing - Sunday in the country. The result does not come under the head of relaxation.
- [last lines]
- Joe Doakes: And so we see that, in order to make Sunday a day of rest, it is necessary really to rest and to seek solitude. Now, solitude - there is the key to a restful Sunday. Get perfectly at ease, in comfort, and alone by yourself.