Cheap-skate

Among the programs we listened to were: Jack Benny (who was an awful fiddle player and a cheap-skate), Fred Allen (who had people come out of doors to Allen's Ally), Fibber McGee and Molly (with a closet stuffed with pots and pans), The Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy Show (Charlie was a smart-aleck and Mortimer Snerd was a dunce), Burns and Allen (Gracie Allen wasn't very bright either, but she was funny), and Take It or Leave It (also called The $64 Question) and when contestants got to the final question the audience would shout, "You'll be soorrreeeey!"

While she performed this mental review of the local geography, Oates produced another snort. “A measly dollar—what an old cheap-skate!”

When she went indoors to collect her handbag, Paul thanked his stars that Peter Frampton should prove to be a cheap-skate.