The End The End Well, that was the wrong one. Let's try this. The End You're listening to the Hour of the Time. I'm William Cooper. And I, too. Folks, tonight is going to be kind of a special program. Some of you who really aren't into this kind of stuff may not like it. But those of us who have families and understand what this fight is all about, probably will love every single second. Because, folks, this is what it's all about. And, you see, why would we be interested in a future world in which we're not going to live if we didn't love our children? And it all started, folks, like this. We're not going to live. She said he can't see it. She can do no wrong. Turn it back on his best friend if he put her down. And when I say I'm not going to, I'm not going to live. I'm not going to live. I'm not going to live. I'm not going to live. Keep him on calling, father. We find him a way. If he's there and a way, it ought to be. Well, it may be so hard. Oh, I gave you everything. We can't see it again. love here need is I have When I fall, he can do for no more, he can never fall for me. Yes, we'll have a little water, I'm going back on the sea, baby, baby, baby, oh my, the world will have a little water. Well, I bet this is just about the craziest radio broadcast that you've ever heard, folks, because you never know what you're going to hear on the hour of the time. But you can always be sure that it's from the heart and it's the product of something that we really care about, whether we're talking about our family life or whether we're talking about the research we've done or whether we're talking about the future. Poo has expressed a desire to be my co-host tonight. Good evening, Poo. Hi. Thank you for sitting in with me tonight to help me along with this. You're welcome. We've sort of had kind of an exciting last few days, haven't we? Yeah, pals forever. Pals forever. That's the way our relationship is, and I certainly believe that's the way my relationship is going to develop with the new addition to the family. And I know you're all eagerly waiting to find out what's happened with that little baby. Well, she's home. In fact, we brought her home. I believe it was Saturday. Was it? Yeah, Saturday morning. And but you see, folks, you have to understand that the medical profession sometimes gets in the mode that they believe that they're God. And they didn't want us to bring the baby home for some reason or other. In fact, there were no doctors there. The nurses in the nursery were talking about a 10-day regimen on antibiotics, and the baby would have to stay in the hospital for those 10 days. And, of course, many of you know that I wasn't going to go for that, not in your wildest dreams, because there was no justification for it except to put more money in the doctor's pockets. So I started asking questions and demanding to talk to doctors and people and administrators and everybody else. And the upshot of it was that nobody bothered to check the culture in the lab, and there was nothing wrong with the baby, and there was no infection, and there was nothing growing in the culture. And so we brought the baby home. She's healthy. She's beautiful. She's very, very happy. I was absolutely amazed the first night. She slept all night long. Didn't cry. Didn't wake us up, anything. The second night, she woke up, I guess, about 2 or 3 o'clock in the morning, probably more like 3, for a feeding, went back to sleep, and slept all the way through until morning. So that's the way that goes. You know, we were so proud. I was so proud, and I know Annie was, too. And I was so proud of Annie when Pooh was born. And Annie went through 12 hours of intense labor. And, you know, it started out her going through all the pain and ended up with me going through the pain with her in that first birth. The second birth was all Annie and I was helping her through, except for a couple of times when she almost broke my arms. But, you know, Pooh, when she came back from the hospital, by the way, her real name was Dorothy Marie Cooper. Pooh is a nickname, as in Winnie the Pooh. What are you laughing at? Do you like your nickname? Uh-huh. Do you like Dorothy? Uh-huh. Yeah. You were surprised when you saw a movie, and there was a Dorothy in that movie, too, weren't you? Remember the Wizard of Oz? Oh, yeah. She tried. Oh, yeah. Well, I know you only forgot for a second because you're not the forgetting type. Uh-huh. It's not about stuff like that. Well, folks, let me tell you something. When Pooh popped into the world, there was about a week or two weeks, I forget which, but it was at least one solid week where she was having problems with her digestion. She just wasn't feeling good. She couldn't sleep, and she would just cry and cry and cry, and she couldn't keep any food down. And the doctor said there was nothing wrong with her. And so Annie would watch her and take care of her and take care of the house and cook the meals all day while I was at work. And then I would come home, and I would rest for as long as I could until Annie was so tired she had to go to bed. And then I would get up and spend the night holding Pooh and singing to her and talking to her and holding her and rocking her and throwing her up in the air and everything you can think of. And I did just as much to keep her company as I did to keep myself awake so that I could watch her and take care of her. Changed her diapers and tried to feed her and everything like that, and eventually she was okay. Do you remember that time? But, honey, did you really throw me up to the air? Sure I did. I still do sometimes. You mean like you did, um, um, right, I mean, this night right now, honey? Yeah. Oh, you like that, we, we? Uh-huh. But you don't remember those days, do you? Well, we developed a pretty good friendship, started at that time, and, and it's just continued right up until now, huh? Yeah. You like that friendship? Yeah. It's pretty neat, huh? Yeah. Oh, she's giving me the secret sign. She made up her own secret sign just for me and her, just for our friendship, folks. And, uh, no, we're not part of any brotherhood or anything, but, uh, I guess Pooh had been listening to my broadcast for so long, she thought that was absolutely necessary. So, anyway, this is sort of how Pooh and I do it. Thank you. Thank you. Love is kind of free Spooky little girl like you Spooky little girl Well, that's kind of the way it goes with us. We do things together. We go places together. We talk to each other. We're really pals. We play. We play a lot, don't we? Uh-huh. What kind of games? What do we play anyway? You have your computer. We do things on your computer. Yeah. And we do things on my computer. Yeah, like games too. What were you doing last night? Playing airplane games. Playing airplane? Boy, you were playing airplanes. Folks, this girl is a pilot. She was flying a Learjet of Microsoft. It's the flight simulator. And she can really fly really well. I mean, she can take off. She can fly. She can turn. She can change altitude. She can control the engines. And this is just like flying a real plane. I mean, as close as you can get without dying if you crash. The only thing she can't do yet is land. But she knows how to click on the right button to make the program land for her if she wants to. And, you know, she's not doing bad because I can't land yet either. So we don't worry about it. What else do we do? Well, we catch ball. Yes, we do. And we take walks with Sugar Bear. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And he sometimes doesn't want to walk with us. But he's checking around the trees sometimes. So that's why we have to call him to come with us to take a walk. You like that dog? Yeah. Yeah. He sounds like, his name sounds like Sugar. Well, it does. It is Sugar. It's Sugar Bear. Yeah. It is Sugar Bear. Well, folks, Pooh, since she was just a little over, I guess, a week, almost two weeks old, has traveled with us. She's been everywhere that we've been. She has met an awful lot of people. She has learned to be a good little girl under all kinds of different circumstances. For a while, we called her Traveling Baby. And she has grown. And I'm just so proud of her. I'm pleased as punch. And we were both really not expecting another addition to the family. In fact, I'm pretty sure Pooh thought she was going to be the only one for a while. And I think her mother and father did, too. Although, I did kind of wish in my heart of hearts for another child so that Pooh wouldn't be alone a lot of the times. Because we travel a lot, folks. And she's there with us by herself. And when we get somewhere, it's usually adults who attend these functions. And so she doesn't get to meet a whole bunch of other children. And, of course, we live up on a mountaintop. There are no next-door neighbors. And so her greatest playmate is her father and her dog. And when her mother's not too busy, her mother, too. Her mother doesn't play with her as much as Sugar Bear and I. But her mother probably loves her more than all of us put together. And we certainly love her. And so anyway, one memorable time, we just, you know, rediscovered how much we love each other. And, uh... My love must be a kind of my love. I can't be anyone but you. Stronger. Stronger. Stronger Half Stars. Stronger. Stronger. I don't live in glory. I hold dear. Longer. You know that, Annie. I've always only had eyes for you, and I only have eyes for you now. In fact, I love you very, very much. I love you very much. I love you very much. I love you very much. But they're coming from you. And I only have eyes for you. I've always only had eyes for you. I love you very much. I've always only had eyes for you. I love you very much. I've always had eyes for you. I've always had eyes for you very much. I think it's the shabop shabop that does it. I'm not sure. But it wasn't too long after that that Annie announced that she was pregnant. And actually, she kept it secret for a while. And when she announced it, we were all just as pleased as punch. And Pooh said, what's pregnant? And what was it? A baby. That's right. Where was that baby? In the hospital. No, no. When Annie was pregnant before it was born. Where was the baby? In the doctor. No. Before the baby was born. Where was the baby? Don't you remember we used to feel? In the tubby. That's right. Did you feel the baby move? Yeah. I, I, sometimes I didn't feel it move somewhere. But sometimes we did and we talked to that baby, didn't we? Yeah. I mean, well, you know what? Um, it sort of, kind of, um, it doesn't feel like, um, nothing in the baby's tummy. You know what I mean? You mean in the mommy's tummy? Yeah. It just felt like a lump once in a while, huh? Yeah, because it, I mean, feels like something different. Like it's not a boy or a girl, huh? We didn't know for a long time, did we? Yeah. Um, I thought it was a girl and then, well, it was a girl. I was right. You were right. But there was a while when you wanted a little brother, huh? Yeah, but... But you wanted a little sister too, huh? Yeah, because so, so we could change dresses together and look pretty. Oh, that would be a lot of fun. Yeah, so nobody, so I don't have to button my buttons up. Oh, you mean your sister could help you? Yeah. Well, that's wonderful. Well, let's get into your story. You know, Annie was pregnant for nine months with that baby and we felt the baby move and we talked to the baby through mommy's tummy. Where should I start? Well, why don't you start on the night that we went to the hospital? How did all that happen anyway? You and mom went somewhere that day, didn't you? Where did you go? I think we went to Sholo. You went to Sholo. Did you go to Taylor? I think so. And then you came back home sometime around what, three o'clock? I don't know. And then what happened? Well, and then her tummy was feeling pretty bad. And then what? And then, so she said, well, let's go to the hospital. And so we did. And then it really was hurting in the car. So... And it took a long time to get there, didn't it? Yeah, it was the twilight bark. The twilight bark. Now, folks, that's how she refers to twilight time. Because twilight bark is what the dogs do. You know, in the morning they talk to each other in twilight. And at night they talk to each other in twilight. And so, who calls it the twilight bark? And then we went to the hospital. And then she sat down on the bed. And then it was, it was coming. It was coming on Thursday night. Yes. What happened? How long was mommy in the room with the bed? Um... Not very long, huh? Yeah, but then they took her to the other room. And we played catch the teddy. Yeah, catch the teddy. And then Poppy helped take her to the other room. Yeah, and so I had to stay in the other room. So I did. And then, um... Not for a while. I mean, you were in the delivery room with mommy for a while. Yeah. And then, um... And then, um... And then, um... And then, um, a girl came and said, she, I mean, she brought me. And then, um, she said, can she have, um, any crackers, a grab of crackers and some, um, great juice? And so you said, so my daddy said, yeah. And so she brought me to the front desk and she let me have it in color. And then what happened? I mean... She ... I really love her and I care about her. I was crying for that because I really, really love my mom. And then what happened? And then the same girl said, I want me to go check your mother, and so she did. And then she said it was a baby girl. And then I told her when she came back, and I said, I knew it was a baby girl. And the next thing I remember is you were opening the door to the delivery room and you were standing right there with me. Yeah, and I was just staying with my baby sister. She looked very happy with the hat on her. She had a little hat on, huh? Yeah, so she won't get cold. I mean, so her head won't get cold or anything. It won't get cold. What did you think about that? Well, I don't know if I think. You don't know? Uh-uh. Were you happy? Yeah, I was happy. And what was Mommy doing? Um, she was feeling better. Better. And, uh... She wasn't yelling anymore, was she? Yeah, because she was really yelling when she, when it hurt really bad. And then she said, Can I get her up, honey? And then Poppy said, No, I'm afraid. I mean, I mean... I mean, you can't get up because you have to stay... You have to stay in the bed. Yeah, the doctor wasn't quite finished with her, was she? Yeah, but... But then, um, she wanted some ice water when she was in the next room. And so, ice water... And this girl came and got her some ice water. And so she drank it. And then, um, I did a taste and Poppy got a taste. And then, um, this cup came and then she threw it up from the water. So she drank too much, too much water. And then? And then she stayed at... She was... She had to go, um... She had to stay at the hospital. So we had to go home and spend the night, one night. And then the next day, we... Wait a minute. What happened when we left the hospital? Oh, yeah. For the touch. What about all those talks we had? And where did we go? Why don't you talk about that a little bit? Okay. And then we went to the Sonic's Drive-In, our Jack and the Boss. And I told him maybe, maybe, um, the Sonic's Drive-In was open. So I was right. So we ate there. And then, I mean, we ate there. And then we were talking about lots of things. Like, um, when the... I was crying about Mom and then all those things. And about the little baby. And about the baby was born. And the name? Yeah. And the name was, um, Allison W. Cooper. And you figured out how to spell Allison. Yeah. You added the Y instead of the I, huh? Yeah, because we sort of liked the Y, me and Poppy. It was a lot of fun, folks. And, uh, we came home and it was pretty late, wasn't it? Yeah, so Poppy told me to go to bed first. And then he went to bed and then he took me in. And then he said, um, don't you really... Are you excited? And what did you say? Yep, I'm excited. And I was excited, too, folks. In fact, we couldn't wait for morning, could we? Yeah, and then I was still sleeping at night. And then the next day, um, we went to pick up Mommy. And so we did. And then we... But we missed her, didn't we? Yeah, I really missed her that night. And it was kind of rough in the morning. Yeah. Because I couldn't make a ponytail and you wanted a ponytail really bad. No, I don't like ponytails with me. Really? Yeah. That's not what you said that morning. Did you change? Um... In fact, you got a ponytail right now. Mm-hmm. But in the next day, um, we went to pick up Mommy, and so we did. So we had to wait for the baby, um, to come with us home. Yep, and it's time to take a break. You remember Craig Smith? Yeah. Remember his daughter? Yeah. Remember Gene Miller? Yeah. Remember all those nice folks up at Swiss America? Yeah, she had, um, she had a little girl named Katie. And I got her a picture in, in my room draw. You played with Katie one day for quite a long time. Yeah, because, um, she had a swing to, to go swinging back. So we, so I played out with, out with her, and swing, and a lot of things I had to do. I pushed the cradle, and her baby. They're pretty nice folks, aren't they? Yeah. We like them a lot, huh? Yep. And now we'll get back to our broadcast. That little baby. Boy, we looked at that little baby, and we knew there was a future, huh, Pooh? Yep. That was, boy, that was the next one in line. Now there's four of us. Yeah, because we got one and two. Yeah, because we got one and two and three and four. And little Allison, you got to hold her today, huh? Yeah, because, um, um, I mean, I'm baby, I, I was, I mean, when, when, when we, we were going to, um, the Pine Top Play at Shilwell, and we stopped by Arby's to eat something. We were, and, and Poppy told me to fix my own stuff. But Mommy was holding the baby. She, she, she, she just eat with one hand and drink with one hand. And how did you feel about holding that baby? Well, tonight, um, he, um, Daddy showed me how to hold, hold her. And I hold her just by the neck. Neck. Well, you didn't hold her by the neck. You supported her under the neck. And the head. Yeah. And then, where was your other arm? Um, by the feet. Yeah. And you held her pretty good, didn't you? Yeah. Now I know how to hold her, but she's kind of heavy. Yeah. So you didn't hold her too long, huh? Yeah. But you're helping Mommy? Yeah, but I don't, you know, because Mommy wants to help me, I mean, help her to, to change, to change the diapers. But I don't know when I'm going to change the diapers. Well, it won't be too far off. You have to remember that she's, she's just been born and she's so tiny. Yeah, because, and she's so little, you can't, I mean, you can't even play with her or hurt her when she's a little baby. Yeah, we just kind of look at her and boy. Yeah. This is what we think, huh? Yeah, that's what baby is for only you. Only you can make the darkness bright. Only you can make the darkness bright. Only you and you alone can feel me like you. You want to sing along with this? Yeah. Okay, go ahead. Only you can make the darkness bright. Naomi yeah, but you're coming. Only you can't hear me like you. I'm not a prick with this. For only you can make a change in me. But true. You are what's next to me. When you hold my hand, I understand the magic that you do. You're my dream come true, my one and only you. Only you can make a change in me. For true, you are what's next to me. When you hold my hand, I understand the magic that you do. You're my dream come true, my one and only you. Only you can make a change in me. Hey, that was pretty good. Thank you. You know, you haven't done that in a long time. I was worried you wouldn't remember all the words. You didn't rehearse today. In fact, I haven't heard you saying that in over a year. Is that the first time? Yeah, because I like this show tonight. Boy, me too. I really like this show because I love my family. I love you, I love Mommy, and I love little Allison. Well, I wouldn't leave without you and Mommy and Allison, and you wouldn't leave me and Mommy and Allison. And Allison wouldn't leave without me and Mommy and Poppy. And Mommy wouldn't leave without me and Poppy and Allison. That's absolutely right. And I'm glad you understand that because you don't have to feel insecure all the time, do you? Yeah, because Mommy doesn't like me to ask a lot of questions. About what? That's not true. Mommy doesn't mind you asking questions unless she's really, really busy. And then that kind of gets on her nerves, huh? Yeah, but, you know, my, well, I'm wearing this pretty, pretty dress today. And, I mean, tonight, right now. And it's really pretty. It's got, um, uh, whatever you call this. A vest. A blue vest. A blue vest. And I got, um, a shirt that's white. Uh-huh. And it's got a little flower on it. And I got this blue shirt that's got, um. You mean a blue dress. A blue dress. And it's got, um, pink, yellow, red, orange, I mean, yellow. And that's all the colors I got on my dress. And where did you get that dress? At Walmart. And I got two pantses that got, um, a pink and white, um, pants. And how did you get them? Well, I got them at Walmart, too. Mommy, Mommy said that if you'd be a good girl in Walmart and she'll buy me something. So I did. And she bought me, um, earrings to stick on. You know, those little earrings? Oh, yeah. And she bought me that whole bunch. But I left it in the car. Uh-oh. That's why I didn't see those, huh? Yeah. Well, why don't you tell us, what does the little baby look like? Can you remember? Uh, well, Mommy said it looks like her. But what about, I said, what about me? And she said, she looks like you, too. Actually, she looks very much just like you looked when you were born. She looks like a Spanish girl, let's see. Really? What made she say that? Well, she looks like those Chinese girls. You know what I'm talking about? Uh-huh. Well, she's half Chinese. Yeah, because she's got those eyes. Well, she's got those eyes right now because she's a baby right now. And she's got those eyes that look like. Those eyes? What do you mean by those eyes? I didn't say that again. No, you tell me what that means. Those eyes. Does she have any hair? Yeah, she has the same hair that I got, black hair. And how about her fingers and toes? Well, it looks like mine, too. And are they little, big, medium-sized? Little. Her fingers are tiny, little, and Poppy told me their fingernails are sharpened. Very sharp, huh? Yeah, because I saw this thumb. I mean, her thumb. Uh-huh. And her fingernail, that was really sharpened. Yeah. How about her head? Doesn't she hold her head up? Yep, I hold my head up. No, can Allison hold her head up? Yeah, she can hold her head up. She can? I mean, she might. Well, she might, but she hasn't yet. It flops around like it's attached to a rubber band, huh? That's why we have to put our hand under her head and neck to support her. Yeah, because, well, tonight I was just holding her, and I hold her by her neck, and Poppy told me, you've got to appoint her like I did by the counter downstairs. Well, folks, she doesn't really hold her by her neck. What she means is that she holds her hand under her neck and head like we showed her, so that the baby's head doesn't flop around and fall off. Babies just don't have any muscles in their little necks, and so you've got to do that. And what about the top of her head? What's the rule? Don't ever touch it really hard. I mean, just don't touch its head. Yeah, right on the top, huh? Because the bones haven't come together yet. Yeah, because it doesn't really come together. Yeah, you've got to grow a little bit, huh? Yeah, you've got to grow a little bit, then you can touch your head. Yeah. Yeah, but when you get five or two, I mean, I mean, I'm talking about if you get four or five, four in the age, and then you can touch your head when you grow big. How old are you? Five. Boy, and are you real big compared to that baby? Well. Makes you feel all grown up, huh? Yeah, because today I don't know what to do. I mean, today I didn't know what to do, but I did know what to do. I just think about it because yesterday I did, I mean, I did the same thing. I did the same thing. And I did the same thing today, too, because I just pretend I went to school and I did a lot of things really good. Because I like going to school. It's a lot of fun. Now, when you said just pretending, that's because you really don't ever go to a school. You learn here at home, huh? Yeah, because it's not really a school. It's just my room. Yeah. It's her room. It's got a lot of stuff. And, boy, she learns how to read with the real phonics, folks. She doesn't get into this whole word baloney that has so many illiterate people running around. Well, well, um, well, um, just say, um, I mean, I think this happened a long time ago. It was not to me. I learned my hooked on phonics, and it's got three more pages to go to read the other letters. So don't practice anything. Like those, you know what I mean? Uh-huh. Like that stuff. Like the way you pronounce the alphabet? And are you going to help teach Allison when she gets a little older? Yeah, but when she gets five, I'll give her a quarter. And when she gets, I mean, when she's five, I'll teach her how to be an artist and write and all those stuff. Yeah. You can write, huh? Yeah. If you guys can. Well, you see, I write, um. And you are a great artist. Yeah, I am. And, um, I, I can write, um, P-R-P, I think. Uh-huh. And is that a word, honey? Yeah, well, you know that's not a word. You know what words are. You can spell. Yeah, because. And you can write. And you can count. Yeah, and I can count all the way to 20, I think, and. Yeah, 20. Yeah, I want, I'll, I'll show, I'll, I mean, I'll. One day you even went to 30 and you surprised me, but you haven't done that again yet. Well, I'll show you how to get to 20. I know you can do that. Okay, let me do it, okay? Okay, go ahead. Okay, everybody? Okay. Okay. Okay. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, um, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twelve, twenty? Twenty, that's right. You did good. Guess what, I hear your little sister cry. Yeah, because she thought this in her white cradle looks really good, and it's even got a cushion with it. And she likes it a lot, huh? Yeah, because she likes that cradle, but when she gets a little older, I can play with her. Yeah. Yeah. You know, I was really proud of you when you decided you were going to give your little baby sister a gift, and you made that decision all on your own. What did you give her? Um, a little tiny rabbit, and it's got holes on it. And that was one of your little favorite rabbits, too, huh? Yeah. Well, that was very nice of you, and it was very selfless, and I'm very proud of you. Thank you, everyone. And I'm very proud of the way you conducted yourself at the hospital, and I'm very, very proud of the way that you've handled all of this, and the way that you treat your little sister. Honey, but what about the way I asked? Well, that's what I'm talking about. But, you know what? I think you're starting to get a little bit silly, like children do sometimes when they're getting a lot of attention. What do you think about that? Well, you know, folks, I don't like vegetables. I like macaronis. I don't like bananas anymore. When did that change? This morning? Yep. I think so. I think I said I don't like no bananas now. Wow. Well, you know what? I think it's about time for us to get out of here. I've just about run out of things to talk about, and you're getting a little bit silly. So, why don't we do that? How about we talk a little bit more? No, we're out of time, babe. Okay. Yay. Now, when Mommy gave us this little baby, we decided that she was our hero, huh? Yeah. So, we went to the gift shop, and we told Mommy that we're going to get you some cactus, not even flowers. That's right. We told her we were going to get some cactus, huh? Yeah, and then we went to the gift shop, and then the flower shop, and then Mommy was staying in the car, so she wouldn't see the surprise. So, we got her some pretty, pretty flowers, and then she said, wow, that's beautiful. Thank you, because we bought her that, because she was a really, really hero. That's right. And she brought us a precious little addition to our pen. Oh, I really love my mom, and she's really beautiful. She is, and she's very special. And I'm... Time to say goodnight. Goodnight, folks, and I'm a princess, and God bless you all. Goodnight, folks. God bless you, and Annie, my dear, this is for you. We love you very much, and thank you so much. You are our hero. Okay. Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. Oh, Lord, something here inside cannot be denied. Oh, Lord, I'll take you away. Oh, Lord, I'll take you away. Take some place you'll find. All who love are blind. Oh, Lord, I'll come find you. You must break a lie. Look at your eyes. Oh, Lord, I'll take you away. So I said, then can't I dare to share? You may say good God. Yet today my love has blown away. I am without. Well, the other night was Allison's, folks. And tonight was who's and Ann's night. I love you, Blue. It wasn't your birthday. But I love you. Mandy, I love you, too. So once again, happy birthday, Allison. I miss you all. So very, very terribly. too. Um, can Sue Gertzinski. No dance. But by gum and bleak I can't break your heart. But by God is saying God, sorry, man with me. Oh!