Show BROADWAY AND MAW MAIN STREET know lt A 11 louie comes vill up with willi a good suggestion U on by BILLY ROSE did anyone ever toll tell you tho the story of know it ail louie the east side tough guy who thought he know everything about everything well its been told retold and in the coffee houses of allen alien street for ablong as long as ai I 1 can remember and today in the interests of folklore id like to pass it along i As old timers tell it louie blouio had achieved quite a reputation as a know it all by the time ho he was kicked out dut of PS iSO after spending three years in the seventh grade and before lie he had worn out hSi first pairoh pai pair cf bellbottoms bell bottoms this reputation had carried over into the poolrooms pool rooms of the seldom played but never missed a chance to criticize an N I 1 t those who did on k the rare rare occasions when he ltd play he alwa alway ys I 1 had a haridy handy excuse tor for hla his ineptness the cus cushions hi ons w were e re to too 0 fast t h e balls bail rose true etc and to co on LOUIES LOUIE omniscience was it U anything even greater when it came to matters matt e r 3 mec mechanical ha n I 1 ca I 1 any time he saw a fellow tinkering with his car it was only a matter ot of seconds before the know lt it aua alls head was right under the hood with tho the owners and it if the guy took his advice lie he usually wound up with a face full of soot foot and a triple repair bill understandably the loud mouth got to be known around the east side as knowin all louie and just as understandably his brassiness finally attracted the attention of a I 1 local hoodlum known as nick the carp who hoat at the time lime was planning to burgle a wholesale furrier ano and rie needed aided a nervy kid to drive the getaway ai car when he be outlined the job to louie he said remember no guns da watchman izza ov oll guy and I 1 can handlo handle him easy I 1 aint lookin jer fer no more trouble than I 1 11 boult louts pt of course had Us bh awat ow uw ors on prop proper stick up dure andros and lost no time in fa pasting passing on en his expert exper opinion to one on of 01 henchmen heim bella pack a rod AS usa its n case eess hit hi advised suppose 4 01 suy guy spots ya an tints Ie the ol of she job fob lords 0 parked a aked the tar car down the block a 11 bit and began thinking a shout bool how hasp heit hed spend hit share ol 01 0 the 1001 bul a matter ol of min mh wes there wera shots and nick and the hoys boys taw came runn ans back ya lummox said nick to the henchmen who had takers taken louies advice aya ya put three slugs in da ol 01 wan man an now were in trouble drive slow loule louie in case any cops is aroun 11 dere littria aln ait tho tria cops around here hare dis time a night said the know it ft all passing through a red light suddenly a browl browl car scooted around a corner and forced them thein to the curb adi the cops had the bracelets on an the thieves before louie even hid had a chance to criticize their theira driving NICK THE CARP turned states state evidence and settled for 20 to life ilfe and louie might have done the same but he insisted he could win an acquittal quit tal 1 I know ida da law he said 1 I cuzzen atta scene a da crime I 1 auzza block away and when 1 I get inns inna witness chair ill tell lem cm a ong or two well as it turned out the know it all told oem cm to so many things that the th judge judg sentenced him to the electric chair 1 I b been e e n my own mouthpiece mout piece said louie dat s t offa lawyer couldn coulden hardly talk no english it in he alet acs ics to chr thal filial know lt 11 all louis ril ormed dunns daring she last mournful mourn lal mile 1 but bus I 1 hf be sticking to io ahe tolfe bouls arest tn he lec lecture il the warden on en how hots to so funa pro prison son complaint hentush the tooh look ens rubbed his hij lait smith sink with wit Z barlic and when bis tead head aind calves evirs ang shaved he h evers sat advised the me barber ors on how bow to ong 1 1 razor finally loule loula was led into th the e little room with the big chair and strapped inbur he through yet when the executioner t threw the switch all that happened was a cracking flash from the fuse box da fuse use aint blk big enough ta carry da load advised louie rom under his helmet ya need a bigga one A few minutes minute slater later he was very dead know it all louie had finally come coma up with a suggestion that 1 worked |