1. As a kid,
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2. I loved soul.
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3. I loved rock.
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4. And even the occasional polka.
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5. But my favorite was hip-hop.
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6. Rappers are the big stars now,
but back then, it was the DJs.
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7. DJ Jazzy Jeff actually had top
billing over the Fresh Prince.
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8. While the DJs did
all the hard work,
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9. all the rappers did
was say one thing.
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10. Say "Hey!"
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11. Hey!
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12. Say "Oh!"
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13. Oh!
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14. Now scream!
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15. He went on to join Public Enemy
as one of the guys
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16. who looked tough
but was never allowed to rap.
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17. We have a warrant for the
arrest of Hilton Reed
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18. aka DJ Hilly Hill.
(needle slides off record,
music stops)
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19. The first rule
of breaking the law:
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20. If the cops are after you,
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21. don't stand under a sign
with your name on it.
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22. Yo, yo, why y'all
arresting me, Jack?
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23. I pay my bills just
like everybody else.
Yeah, yeah.
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24. Cry me a river.
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25. Yo, I didn't even
have nothing to do
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26. with that Alpine in
that Cadillac, either.
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27. Yo, take care of
my records, son.
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28. We'll see you
later, Jerome.
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29. Yo, hold on,
hold on, hold on.
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30. Y'all, y'all don't
have to leave.
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31. I know somebody here
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32. to DJ.
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33. I know how to DJ.
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34. Little dude from
across the street.
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35. You're telling me you know how
to rock the wheels of steel?
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36. Yeah.
Well, go ahead, then.
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37. Turn the party out.
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38. Hold on,
everybody, hold on.
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39. Let me hold a dollar.
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40. He's charging me to help him?
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41. If you're telling the
truth, I'll give it back.
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42. Thanks.
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43. Oh!
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44. Say "Go, little dude!"
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45. Go, little dude!
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46. "Go, little dude!"
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47. Go, little dude!
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48. Say "Hey!"
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49. Hey!
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50. Say "Oh!"
Ho!
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51. Now scream!
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52. Listen up.
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53. I'm doing another party
next Saturday.
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54. You want to DJ?
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55. It pays a hundred dollars.
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56. A hundred dollars?
Yeah.
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57. Cool.
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58. Notice he didn't give me
my dollar back.
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59. Captioning sponsored by
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60. Captioning sponsored by
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61. Hip-hop was the biggest thing
to hit Bed-Stuy since poverty,
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62. but it took a little longer to
get to the white neighborhoods.
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63. Hey, Chris, where are you
going in such a hurry?
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64. Oh, I need to go buy
turntables.
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65. I got a job offer
DJing a party.
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66. DJ?
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67. You mean like
Wolfman Jack?
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68. No, like Grandmaster Flash.
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69. Grandmaster Flash.
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70. Isn't he in the
Justice League?
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71. No, the Furious Five.
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72. Those look expensive.
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73. Well, they're professional.
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74. Yeah, but you're not.
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75. Greg's future career
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76. as a motivational speaker
didn't go very well.
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77. Man, this is so cool.
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78. White guys have to learn
to play instruments
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79. to make records.
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80. Black guys just have
to play the records.
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81. But the white man still
gets all the money.
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82. What are you going
to call yourself?
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83. DJ Chrissy Chris.
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84. Isn't Chrissy a girl's name?
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85. It's a black thing.
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86. Like that badass black dude
from Three's Company.
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87. While I was dreaming
of being a cut creator,
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88. Drew was dreaming
of being a prestidigitator.
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89. Hi, I'm Marshall Brodien.
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90. Most magic tricks are easy
once you know the secret.
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91. For example, have someone take
a card like the six of hearts.
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92. Tear it up into small pieces.
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93. Have someone hold
one of the pieces.
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94. Place the others inside the box.
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95. Close the box,
tap it with a magic wand.
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96. When you open the box,
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97. the card is back in one piece
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98. and the piece they're holding
fits perfectly.
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99. Take an ordinary piece
of newspaper...
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100. Oh, what's that?
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101. Marshall Brodien.
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102. He's my favorite magician.
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103. Oh.
Hey, Mom.
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104. Could you take me
to the toy store this week?
What for?
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105. They're having free magic shows
with Magician the Magician.
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106. That's as lazy as me calling
myself Comedian the Comedian.
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107. And the first 25 people
to get there get a free deck
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108. of Marshall Brodien's
TV Magic Cards.
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109. Oh, baby, I can't take you,
I got to work.
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110. But when your father wakes up,
why don't you ask him?
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111. Maybe he could take you.
Okay.
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112. Now, wait a minute, Drew.
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113. I don't want you fooling
around with no black magic.
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114. You hear me? I don't want
to come home and see
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115. no pentagrams and dead goats and
chickens and stuff like that.
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116. Only good, clean white magic.
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117. You hear me?
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118. Why not compromise
and do Puerto Rican magic?
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119. Yes, ma'am.
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120. Magician, huh?
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121. My mother didn't
care about magic.
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122. She just imagined how it
could make her look good.
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123. My boy is a
football player.
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124. He just got a
scholarship to Rutgers.
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125. My daughter is a doctor.
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126. She just finished her
first open-heart surgery.
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127. And my son is a magician.
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128. And he just made
Bed-Stuy disappear.
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129. Ooh.
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130. You better tell him to bring it
back 'cause I'm closing at 9:00.
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131. Mama,
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132. Drew made my barrette disappear.
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133. Drew, give your sister
her barrette back.
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134. All right.
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135. Damn, he is good.
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136. She's making sure
he didn't take her ears.
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137. Finding a pair of turntables
was harder than I thought,
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138. because as it turns out,
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139. I wasn't the only DJ
who wanted them.
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140. Sorry, kid, Jam Master Jay
just bought the last pair.
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141. Sorry, kid, DJ Scott LaRock
just bought the last pair.
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142. Well, I'm sorry, uh,
we just sold the last pair
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143. to this kid who called
himself Funkmaster Flex.
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144. Funkmaster Flex?
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145. Same thing I said.
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146. Sounds like some kind
of workout machine to me.
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147. Yeah, for out-of-shape
funky people.
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148. Not gonna have any more in
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149. for at least
another eight weeks.
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150. But I need turntables
by Saturday.
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151. Let me show you
something.
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152. You got a big party
going on or something?
Yeah.
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153. How about these?
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154. That's all you got?
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155. I can only imagine
what kind of people
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156. would come to that party.
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157. Say "Hey!"
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158. Hey.
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159. Say "Ho!"
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160. Ho.
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161. Now scream!
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162. Aah!
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163. That's not what they mean
by old school.
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164. While I was pursuing hip-hop,
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165. my dad was trying to avoid
things that went hippity hop.
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166. Hey, Dad, do you think
you could take me
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167. to the magic show this week?
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168. I got a magic show for you.
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169. I work two jobs
seven days a week,
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170. and every day,
my money disappears.
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171. How's that for magic?
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172. But I want to get a
set of TV Magic Cards.
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173. You gonna make some money
with this magic?
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174. If he gets good, he could make
your "broke" disappear.
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175. I don't know,
but Doug Henning does.
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176. What you going to do
at this show?
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177. Everything.
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178. Card tricks, sawing
people in half,
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179. pulling rabbits
out of hats.
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180. Rabbits?
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181. Nobody in my family knew it
at the time,
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182. but my father was only afraid
of two things:
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183. being broke and rabbits.
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184. It started in the '70s.
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185. While everybody else was
being scared by The Exorcist,
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186. my father was scared
by another movie—
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187. Night of the Lepus.
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188. Run, man!
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189. Can't your mother take you?
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190. Well, she told
me to ask you.
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191. Yeah, well, we'll have to see.
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192. I might have to work.
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193. Hey, maybe next time.
Sorry.
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194. Now I know why he always rooted
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195. for Elmer Fudd
to kill Bugs Bunny.
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196. Back before people got ripped
off by strangers on eBay,
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197. you got ripped off face-to-face
at the pawn shop.
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198. You are lucky.
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199. These are the last two
in the city.
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200. They just came in.
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201. All right, well, how much?
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202. Uh, 200 for the pair.
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203. $200?
I won't have enough for albums.
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204. Well, you could buy
$200 worth of records
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205. and then spin them
on your fingers.
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206. All right.
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207. Wait a minute.
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208. This one's missing a stylus.
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209. Oh, I didn't see that.
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210. Okay, I'll knock off
20 bucks.
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211. And I'll throw in
The Art of the DJ.
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212. The first and last issue.
All right.
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213. There you go.
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214. Hey, Kill Moves.
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215. Hey, Abe.
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216. Listen.
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217. How much can I get
for this here?
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218. What is it?
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219. It's a Technics 1200 stylus.
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220. Where'd you find that?
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221. Found it outside
on the ground.
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222. Must have fell off
one of these turntables.
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223. Mm-hmm. I'll give
you ten bucks.
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224. I'll give you 20.
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225. 25.
15.
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226. Deal.
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227. This is your brain on drugs.
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228. Later, Chris.
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229. He later traded that money for
two dimes and a shiny nickel.
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230. So, you gonna throw
in the stylus?
30 bucks.
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231. 30 bucks? You just
got it for 15.
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232. This is America.
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233. Supply, demand.
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234. I usually got robbed like this
in alleys.
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235. Oh, hey, baby,
here's your uniform.
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236. Did Drew ask you to take him
to a magic show?
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237. Yeah, um... did you know there
were going to be rabbits there?
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238. So?
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239. So...
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240. I'm allergic.
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241. To rabbits?
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242. Since when?
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243. I don't know.
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244. Since I was a
kid. I mean—
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245. So if they're going to have
rabbits there, I can't go.
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246. Can't you take some
allergy medicine
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247. or some 'Tussin?
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248. It's Robitussin,
not Rabbit-tussin.
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249. Look, Drew doesn't ask you
for much.
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250. All he wants you to do is
to take him to a magic show.
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251. A free magic show.
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252. This is important to him.
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253. You should be willing to wade
through a pool of rabbits.
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254. My father never went
near a pool again.
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255. Being a DJ was
all about your tools.
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256. If your tools were
professional,
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257. you were professional.
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258. And first on the list?
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259. A pair of Technics 1200s.
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260. Check.
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261. Mixer?
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262. No.
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263. Pair of professional headphones?
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264. No.
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265. Kangol?
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266. No go.
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267. Shell toe Adidas?
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268. Nada.
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269. Man.
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270. Looks like my hopes and dreams
are about to get crushed
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271. by the wheels of steel.
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272. I went back to the pawn shop
with the supply,
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273. hoping Abe would meet
my demand.
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275. That's a lot of stuff.
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276. What do you need?
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277. I need a pair
of professional headphones,
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278. a mixer, uh, shell-toe Adidas
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279. and a Kangol.
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280. If you got all that, you're
going to need one of these.
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281. Gold chain?
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282. Well, it's not real gold
but it's a real chain.
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283. Hey.
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284. What's all this?
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285. My DJ stuff.
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286. Where'd you get the money
to buy all this stuff?
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287. Oh, I saved up.
DJ, huh?
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288. Yeah, I even got a job DJing
a party Saturday night.
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289. Uh-uh, what are you doing
with my James Brown album?
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290. Can I borrow it?
I need it for the party.
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291. Why, you had the money
to buy all this,
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292. why don't you buy your own?
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293. Well, I looked everywhere.
Nobody has it.
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294. All right, Mr. DJ.
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295. You'd better take care of it,
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296. 'cause you know how I love me
my James Brown.
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297. Ow, Ooh. Funky now. Getting
funky now. Getting funky.
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298. Ow. They don't know nothing
about that.
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299. What you know about that? Ow.
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300. Ow. Jump back, I gotta catch
myself. Ow. Ow.
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301. If she was a Jackie Wilson fan,
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302. she'd be in the emergency room
right now.
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303. For the first time in my life
I was going to be a DJ.
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304. I felt like nothing
could stop me,
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305. unless I put a sign
over my head.
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306. Throw your hands in the air.
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307. Wave them like you
just don't care.
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308. If you love DJ Chrissy Chris,
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309. everybody say "Oh, yeah!"
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310. Oh, yeah!
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311. Hey.
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312. We're looking
for DJ Chrissy Chris!
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313. Uh-oh.
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314. I hope I could skip town
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315. before my mother hears
this record skipping.
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316. You scratched your mom's copy
of "The Payback"?
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317. I was trying to mix it.
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318. I don't get it.
It's already a good song.
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319. Why do you need to do
anything to it?
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320. Because a DJ needs
to rock the party.
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321. You realize I have no idea what
you're talking about, right?
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322. Yeah, I know.
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323. So did you tell your mom?
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324. No, I'm just going
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325. Well, what if she wants
to listen to it before then?
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326. If that happened, I would have
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327. the best way I knew how.
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328. Ow!
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329. While I was looking
for the big payback,
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330. Drew was looking
for the big magic trick.
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331. Sorry we got here too late to
get the free TV Magic cards.
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332. Aw, it's okay.
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333. It's still
a pretty good show.
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334. What I want you to do is
hold those two balls.
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335. I'm going to take the
first one in my hand,
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336. and I want you to squeeze
the other one real tight.
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337. And watch what happens
on the count of three.
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338. One, two, three.
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339. And the ball has
completely disappeared.
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340. Now, if you slowly
open your hand,
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341. you will find two
yellow balls.
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342. He eventually got in trouble
when he did the two-ball trick
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343. without using props.
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344. And let's have a hand
for my lovely helper.
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345. You can have a seat.
Thank you, very much.
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346. And now for my next trick,
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348. do you mind
helping me out?
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351. I need an advance.
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352. For what?
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354. The payback?
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What's up with the payback.?
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about the payback?
Who told you that?
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about the James Brown album.
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360. What'd you think
I was talking about?
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362. Anyway, man, I don't
loan money, man.
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364. I once loaned my mother money
for a bus ticket,
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366. So, you can't do it?
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367. Nope. Sorry, Chris, can't do it.
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369. I should've said
I needed the money
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371. Hey, Chris.
Hey, Teedra.
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on Saturday?
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373. Yeah.
Okay, I'll see
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377. but I'd also have girls.
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378. Hey!
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379. Lil' dude from
across the street.
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380. You remember Hilly Hill?
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381. Yeah, nice to meet you.
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I heard you did a good job
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for doughnuts.
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385. Yeah, I'm even doing
his next party, too.
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386. Oh, yeah. Which one?
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389. Look, lil' dude, you did a
great job, but this Saturday,
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390. I gotta let my man,
Hilly Hill, DJ.
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391. But you said I could do it.
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392. Yeah, but I thought
he was going to be in jail.
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393. I got out on a technicality.
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395. But I bought turntables
and everything.
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396. It almost cost me $200.
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399. And he will.
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401. Sorry, lil' dude.
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402. Here's your dollar.
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405. Thanks a lot.
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406. While I was out of a job,
my father was out cold.
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408. Dad, you saw a rabbit
and you passed out.
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allergies were that serious.
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410. Dad, you're allergic
to rabbits?
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say something?
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412. We could have sat in the back.
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rashes or something?
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just tell me?
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a grown man scared of rabbits?
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of rabbits.
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I didn't know.
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422. Hey, kid...
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423. Here's a TV Magic Set.
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And here's a set
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Autographed by Marshall Brodien.
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428. Even when my father was scared
out of his wits,
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429. he was still able
to work magic.
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432. the tables turned
in the wrong direction.
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433. Aw, DJ career
over already?
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434. Yeah. So what can you
give me for these?
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435. Uh, I'll go 40 bucks.
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436. Forty? But I gave you
everything I had.
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437. Supply and demand, kid.
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438. When you came in,
I only had two.
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439. Now I've got six.
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440. Yeah, but you can't do
any better than that?
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442. I'm not Kill Moves.
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445. Um... hey,
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446. You got "The
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Yeah, sure.
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452. for this.
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453. "The Payback."
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454. Where'd you find that?
Found it outside.
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455. Must of fell out of that jacket.
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456. I'll give you ten dollars
for it.
Twenty.
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457. Fifteen.
Fifty.
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458. Deal.
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459. Ha!
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460. He said $15, you gave him $50.
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461. Ha!
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462. Some things are just
not meant to be.
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463. I thought I wanted to be a DJ,
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464. but things just spun
out of control.
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465. It cost me over $200
to not be a DJ,
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466. but at least my mother would
never find out
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467. that I scratched her
James Brown record.
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