GUEST: Actor Elya Baskin<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ike tells Homer that his father did him a big favor, transferring him from the machine shop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“What are you talkin’ about?” asks Homer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I can make twice as much money down there working the high coal!” says Ike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“You can?” asks Homer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I’ve got relatives in Europe who’ve had hard time recovering from the war,” explains Ike. “They depend on me for whatever I can provide. So I can use the extra money. I’m just sorry I won’t be able to weld any more rockets for you.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ike kisses the brass tag on the mining shift board, which keeps count of the miners down below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“That’s for good luck,” says Ike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Maybe you could teach me how to weld,” says Homer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Welding is very difficult, Homer,” says Ike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I could learn,” pleads Homer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ike smiles. “You don’t give up, do you?” says Ike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I can’t,” says Homer. Ike gets on the elevator to the mine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At Cape Coalwood, Mr. Bolden gets out of his car and helps his child out of the door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Come on, son,” says Mr. Bolden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Hi, Mr. Bolden!” says Homer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GUEST: Actor Elya Baskin","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2113,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"episode_type":"audio","audio_file":"https:\/\/octoberskyminute.com\/cm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/os031.mp3","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"https:\/\/octoberskyminute.com\/cm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osLogo.jpeg","cover_image_id":"2259","duration":"16:48","filesize":"15.81M","filesize_raw":"16577972","date_recorded":"2024-06-10 00:05:00","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"31","itunes_title":"Minute 031: That's for Good Luck","itunes_season_number":"1","itunes_episode_type":"full"},"tags":[],"series":[17],"class_list":["post-493","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","series-the-october-sky-minute-podcast"],"aioseo_notices":[],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/octoberskyminute.com\/cm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/os031-scaled.jpg","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/octoberskyminute.com\/cm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osLogo.jpeg","download_link":"https:\/\/octoberskyminute.com\/cm\/podcast-download\/493\/minute-031-thats-for-good-luck.mp3","player_link":"https:\/\/octoberskyminute.com\/cm\/podcast-player\/493\/minute-031-thats-for-good-luck.mp3","audio_player":"