1. Hey, welcome to the show.
I'm Ben Stiller.
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2. This week, we're coming to you
from a train museum.
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3. You're probably wondering why
a train museum.
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4. Why don't you ask Bob?
It was his idea.
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5. It makes perfect sense.
This is where comedy started.
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6. Trains built this country,
and they built this business.
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7. The comedy business?
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8. Remember the early train
comedians?
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9. Trainee McGee, the Caboose-niks,
the first improv group?
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10. They took suggestions over
the first half of the country...
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11. and did scenes based on those
over the second half.
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12. I never heard of them.
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13. Ben, I just wanted to come here.
I've never been here...
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14. and I wanted to ride
that little train...
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15. because it makes you seem
like you're a giant.
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16. - Why don't we just go to this?
- Can we ride the trains?
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17. - We'll see what we can do.
- Trains!
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18. Excuse me. Hi.
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19. You're Casey Kasem.
You're unbelievable.
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20. - Thank you very much.
- No, seriously.
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21. - I tell you. You blow me away.
- That's nice of you—
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22. No, what you do, it's really
amazing. It's fabulous.
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23. - Yes, well, can we—?
- What you do, I really get it.
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24. I get what's going on with you.
It's amazing. Great stuff.
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25. - Yes.
- No. Really. Do me a favor.
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26. "Coming in this week
at number one:
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27. is Lionel Richie
with 'Stuck on You.'"
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28. - I really don't think I can—
- Seriously, do it. Come on.
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29. Coming in at
number one this week:
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30. is Lionel Richie
with "Stuck on You."
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31. You get this at home
all the time, right?
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32. All right, do Shaggy from
Scooby-Doo. Come on.
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33. Scoob, old buddy,
old friend, old pal,
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34. I could really
dig a pizza right now.
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35. Now you mind if we
finish our meal?
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36. Do me a favor. Come over
and say hello to my wife.
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37. - My daughter and I—
- No, come on. Seriously. Do it.
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38. Come on. Get dressed up as
the waiter and pour her water.
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39. - It would blow her away.
- I can't do that.
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40. - No, come on. Do it.
- I'd love to, but—
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41. No, seriously. Do it.
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42. Do it.
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43. If I'd only had the roughy—
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44. If ifs and buts
were candy and nuts with you.
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45. I'm Casey Kasem.
Can I get you more bread?
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46. Oh, my God.
Casey Kasem's our waiter.
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47. That's incredible.
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48. - Did you do this?
- No, no.
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49. - Did you do this?
- No, no, no.
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50. Is that enough?
Can I leave now?
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51. No, you're the waiter.
Wait on us.
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52. - I can't do that.
- Seriously. Come on. Do it.
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53. Do it. Come on, Casey. Do it.
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54. Tonight, we have two specials:
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55. Flying up the chart
at number two...
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56. we have a vegetarian
surprise.
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57. At number one, we have a tofu
burger with date-nut bread.
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58. I love it. "Date-nut bread."
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59. Britton. Spider. Anna. Vaughn.
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60. Akeem. Tank. And Devin.
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61. These are the kids
of Melrose Heights...
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62. 902102402.
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63. Check out Vaughn.
He does a cool robot dance.
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64. Ja, he's very good.
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65. I gotta get to class.
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66. - Hey, Anna.
- Hello, Devin.
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67. - Vaughn is a robot, ja?
- Really?
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68. See you around.
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69. - Hey, Dev.
- Hey, Britton.
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70. - Did you hear? Vaughn's a robot.
- Devin, who told you that?
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71. - I can't remember.
- It's not nice to spread rumors.
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72. Pardon me. I need to fuel up.
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73. Oh, my God. You were right.
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74. I always knew there was
something different about him.
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75. I'm scared.
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76. Push the envelope!
You can do it!
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77. Come on! All right! That's it!
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78. Spider, did you hear?
Vaughn is a robot.
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79. I can't believe it.
I thought I really knew him.
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80. Maybe he's from outer space.
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81. Kind of makes me
sick to my stomach.
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82. Oh, my God. What if he wants
to turn us into robots?
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83. What if he wants
to eat our brains?
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84. My parents would kill me
if someone ate my brains.
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85. I am so scared.
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86. Will one of you
make out with me?
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87. Odds.
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88. Once, twice, three, shoot!
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89. This is nice.
Somebody made me lunch.
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90. Batteries?
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91. I am not a robot!
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92. To be continued.
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93. All aboard!
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94. We're hanging out
in the train yard.
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95. This is cool.
This is fun, right?
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96. It's okay.
It's just kind of hot.
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97. It's the first day of fall,
and it's 100 degrees.
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98. It hearkens back to every bad
family vacation that I ever had.
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99. Yeah, but you look good.
You look really good, Janeane.
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100. Thank you, Ben.
And you look very trim.
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101. Thank you.
I watch what I eat and—
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102. And you use the StairMaster.
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103. What did you listen to this
morning on the StairMaster?
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104. - I can't recall.
- He's listening to Duran Duran.
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105. One time. One time.
What's wrong with Duran Duran?
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106. - What?
- Nothing.
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107. But every time I hear a song
by Duran Duran or something...
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108. I just assume
a band member has died...
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109. because you never
hear that anymore. I went:
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110. "Oh, my God!
Simon LeBon is dead.
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111. They're playing
Duran Duran again."
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112. It'll be a sad day
when Simon passes on.
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113. - People will visit his tomb.
- Why don't we watch this now.
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114. Listen up, class.
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115. We're very fortunate today
to have a visitor...
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116. from the government's
council...
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117. on juvenile crime
and delinquency.
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118. Let's all give our full
attention please...
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119. to our guest, Mr. Marcus.
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120. Hello, class.
My name is Jeffrey Marcus.
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121. I wanna have a straight talk
with you...
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122. about a very serious subject:
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123. Your future.
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124. I know what you're thinking:
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125. Who's this square
in the suit and tie...
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126. who's gonna tell me
about my future?
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127. Well, let me tell you something:
I've done it all.
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128. Any drug you can eat, I ate it.
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129. I've killed a man,
and I'm not proud of it.
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130. And I got 12 years of hard time
in the can to prove it.
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131. So let's talk about you.
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132. As sixth-graders, you're all
at a crossroads in your life.
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133. Believe me, I know what it's
like. I've been there.
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134. One day, you're having fun
at the prom...
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135. or the school football game.
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136. Next day, you wake up, you're
in the woods, eating bugs...
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137. talking about
how the dark troll...
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138. has murdered Paul McCartney.
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139. Well, he won't murder me!
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140. Yes, I know you're here.
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141. Run, Gillis. Run for help. Go.
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142. Okay.
Let's talk about drugs.
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143. A lot of people will tell you
it's cool to take a drug trip.
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144. What they won't tell you is
where that trip will lead you.
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145. Drugs will not take you
to a place...
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146. where your problems
don't exist, people.
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147. A place where velvet hills
sweep out in all directions...
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148. and the grass grows
right through your feet.
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149. Where the sunlight pours down
like yellow energy nectar...
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150. dripping through your pores
and filling your limbs...
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151. swallowing you up and taking
you into the vacuum...
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152. of eternal happiness.
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153. Okay, let me use some visuals
to illustrate my point.
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154. It starts out innocent enough.
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155. Somebody will offer you
some chewing tobacco.
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156. "Sounds like fun.
Ballplayers do it. Why can't I?"
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157. What they won't tell you is
that chewing tobacco...
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158. acts as a magic key...
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159. for the magic boy...
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160. who's invited
to a magic party.
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161. Look. It's the magic party...
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162. with the drinky-thing
and the smokey-thing...
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163. Mr. Crazy Smokey-thing.
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164. We're all dancing around
having a great time.
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165. It's a hoedown.
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166. People are asking other
people to have a little fun.
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167. It's craziness.
It's roses and lollipops.
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168. Then, all of a sudden,
there's a murder!
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169. Somebody's been killed.
Was it Mr. Drinky-thing?
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170. Was it me? No, it wasn't me!
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171. Shut up! I'll tell this story.
It needs to be told.
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172. Why would I kill someone
who I love? Tell me why.
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173. Gillis! Gillis!
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174. It's him! The black troll!
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175. He's come for you all.
He wants you!
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176. I've traveled through three time
warps, he keeps coming for me.
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177. He wants to suck your innocence!
Leave me! Go!
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178. He's winning!
He's winning!
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179. No! No! No!
You won't get me!
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180. No!
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181. All right, then.
Are there any questions?
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182. Welcome back.
We're at the train yard.
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183. I ran into my buddy Colin Quinn,
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184. which is great because
the train thing is old.
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185. You want to be the guest star
on the show? We can have fun.
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186. Like second fiddle to the train?
I'm working out.
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187. If you want to come along with
me, that's fine. Otherwise...
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188. I can't stop working out
because you decided...
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189. the train thing doesn't work.
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190. Let's go along with Colin.
You can be on the show?
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191. I'm not one of these desperate
actors trying to look for work.
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192. No, I know that.
We'll just hang out with Colin.
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193. Are you training for something?
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194. - Run.
- That's right, Ben.
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195. All right,
can we take a little break?
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196. Okay, sure.
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197. So, what have you been up to?
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198. What does that mean? Like, "What
have I been doing career-wise?"
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199. - Isn't that what you mean?
- People might be interested.
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200. You might be interested.
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201. I'm up for the white guy on
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper.
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202. See, Ben, I'm not like you,
Ben. All right?
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203. My whole life doesn't
revolve around career.
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204. All you care about is your show.
I've seen your show.
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205. I know what you're doing.
All the little Fox parodies.
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206. Look at how
pretentious they are...
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207. the poseurs on
Melrose Place. Oh, 90210.
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208. And look at you, Ben.
You look just like them.
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209. From the well-coiffed hair to
the little biceps, the jacket.
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210. That hollowed-cheek,
kind of enfant terrible...
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211. Rebel Without a Cause,
cultivating thing you're doing.
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212. Okay, let's just go to this,
all right? Because...
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213. "Enfant terrible"?
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214. Last time...
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215. on Melrose Heights
902102402:
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216. Pardon me. I need to fuel up.
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217. Spider, did you hear?
Vaughn is a robot.
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218. I am not a robot!
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219. And now, the conclusion
of "Robot, Go Home."
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220. You know, you think
you know someone, but you don't.
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221. - Word.
- I know. Oh, here he comes.
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222. Hey, gang, let's go to lunch.
I hear it's Salisbury steak.
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223. - No, thanks.
- Not today.
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224. - We're not eating.
- We're on a diet.
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225. A diet? What kind of a diet?
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226. The I-don't-eat-with-people-
I-think-are-robots diet?
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227. Move it!
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228. - Did he say Salisbury steak?
- Sounds good. Let's go.
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229. Settle down. Settle down.
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230. Well, it seems some of you have
been spreading an ugly rumor...
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231. about one
of your fellow classmates.
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232. I don't know how many times I'm
going to have to remark on this.
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233. Although modern science
has developed...
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234. sophisticated robotics...
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235. no one in his right mind
would build a robot...
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this high school.
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237. Excuse me, sir,
but that's just not true.
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238. I've seen a robot,
and his name is Vaughn.
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239. I saw him.
He's beginning to rust.
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240. No! The only robot
in this school is Mr. Clanky.
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241. Is he going to try
and kill us too?
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242. No, people! He's a toy!
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243. I think we were wrong
about Vaughn.
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244. - Hey, Vaughn, are you okay?
- Don't worry about me.
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245. - Robots don't have feelings.
- We just came to apologize.
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246. You're a little late.
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247. I've decided
to transfer schools again.
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248. Don't leave.
You're not really a robot.
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249. You mean that?
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250. Sure. And even if you were
a robot, we'd still love you.
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251. And I'd still love you.
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252. I can't transfer.
I'd miss you guys too much.
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253. And I'd miss being
on the wrestling team...
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254. and the swim team and the
water polo team and the...
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255. Do it, Vaughn!
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256. If you wanna learn more
about gossip or robots...
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257. visit your local library
or send for a free pamphlet.
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258. And remember, gossip is uncool.
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259. Tai chi, Ben.
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260. You know what
it's all about, Ben?
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261. Balance.
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262. You balance your work life
with your personal life.
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263. That's what you don't
have yet, Ben: balance.
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264. That's what you need.
Let me show you something.
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265. I don't wanna do any tai chi.
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266. Lot of us do things
we don't want to.
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267. But that's what tai chi's about:
doing things we don't want to.
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268. I have to go on the road...
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269. 50 weeks a year
to make money...
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270. because I don't have
a TV show.
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271. I want one,
but I don't have one.
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272. You have one! Why do you have
one and I don't have one, Ben?
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273. - Let's go to another film.
- I'm talented too, Ben.
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274. I'm Adam West.
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275. Tonight on Information 411...
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276. true stories from the over
5 million people a day...
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277. who call the nation's
directory assistance...
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278. searching for phone numbers,
addresses and area codes.
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279. People who,
for whatever reason...
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280. can't look it up themselves.
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281. Meet Ed Jannick, a salesman
from suburban Cincinnati.
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282. It was a Friday, and I was
making my rounds as usual.
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283. All of a sudden, I remembered:
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284. I had to pick up my fiancee's
birthday present.
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285. You see, Kathy's
a real Netherlands nut...
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286. so I had these special clogs
made up for her.
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287. Unfortunately, the store
was about to close.
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288. I realized the only way
I'd get them...
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289. to stay open
a little bit longer...
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290. was if I gave them a call.
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291. However, luck was not
on Jannick's side.
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292. In the confusion
of the day's busy events...
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293. he had inadvertently left...
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294. the clog store's
phone number...
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295. on a Post-it Note, which he
had sat on earlier in the day.
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296. The odds stacked against him.
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297. Jannick resorted to instinct.
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298. I remember thinking,
"Go for the phone book."
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299. Up until then, I had never used
directory assistance.
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300. I felt that it was a luxury
that I couldn't afford.
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301. With time running out
before the store closed...
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302. Jannick was forced
to swallow
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303. his pride and dial for help.
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304. At exactly 4:57,
Laura Milligan took the call.
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305. Operator 57.
What city, please?
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306. I don't know what city.
I need the number now!
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307. I immediately detected
a sense of urgency in his voice.
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308. In that situation, our first job
is to calm the caller down...
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309. so we can get
the information we need.
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310. They're going to close, and it's
my girlfriend's birthday.
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311. Okay, sir. Now, calm down.
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312. I need the full name
of the clog store.
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313. I don't know.
It's something Van Joy.
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314. How many could there be
in the Cincinnati area?
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315. - There are 37, sir.
- No!
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316. I guess I was freaking out
or something.
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317. Milligan, a seasoned operator,
knew there wasn't much time.
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318. Then she had an idea.
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319. The previous Saturday...
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320. she'd attended the wedding
of her half-brother Steve...
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321. who had married
a foreign girl.
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322. But I couldn't remember if that
little gal was Danish or Dutch.
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323. Okay, sir, now, just relax.
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324. I'm gonna put you
on hold for one second.
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325. By this time,
Laura's supervisor...
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326. and most of the staff were
monitoring the situation.
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327. Please, I'm in a hurry!
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328. Laura called her half-brother
as precious time ticked away.
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329. - Hello?
- Hello, Stevie?
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330. Is Gretel Danish or Dutch?
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331. She's Dutch.
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332. Great. Where does she
buy her clogs?
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333. A little place called
Ik Hoy Van Joy, I think. Why?
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334. No time to talk. Thanks, doll.
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335. Taking decisive action...
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336. Milligan went beyond her
normal responsibilities...
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337. and connected Jannick
directly to the store.
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338. - Hello. Ik Hoy Van Joy Footwear.
- Oh, thank God. Listen.
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339. I'm gonna be a little late.
Could you hold my clogs?
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340. No problem, Mr. Jannick.
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341. Working together, Laura Milligan
and directory assistance...
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342. helped to ensure
a happy birthday...
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343. for Ed Jannick's fiancee.
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344. It's just a good feeling,
you know?
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345. I mean, that's what
we're all about.
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346. It taught me...
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347. that I have a friend in 411.
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348. Coming up next,
a man with just a dime...
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349. discovers the phone number
of a movie theater.
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350. We're back.
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351. We're hanging out with Colin
Quinn, overlooking Hollywood.
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352. It's really beautiful
from up here, isn't it?
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353. Really peaceful and nice.
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354. Yes, Ben, it is. It is peaceful,
darling, dear, sweet Ben.
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to read you a little—
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but something I wrote...
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357. that might be
appropriate for your show.
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358. The show has
a lot of jokes in it...
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359. but maybe
it needs more depth.
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360. - This one's called "Coyote."
- "Coyote" by Colin Quinn.
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361. Coyote Desert slattern
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362. Stuffed full of blood
Dogs, vomit
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364. You could do it as Tom Cruise
or something, you know?
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365. One of the characters.
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366. Maybe you should
talk to somebody.
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367. Do it as, like,
the Herman Munster guy you do.
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368. We'll be back after this.
It's Eddie Munster.
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369. And, action.
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370. That's about it. I wanna thank
Colin Quinn for hanging out.
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371. It was great to run into you.
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372. Thanks, I'm sorry about
the whole thing before.
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373. - I just quit smoking.
- Right. No problem.
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374. It's been really hard,
but thank you, thank you.
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375. - It'll be okay, really.
- I'll see you around, bro.
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376. All right. I'll see you.
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377. Colin, could you give me a ride?
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378. Col! Col!
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379. Col, could you give me
a ride, please?
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380. Col! Col! Col!
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381. He's a little tense
these days, I guess. Yeah.
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382. All right. Well...
I guess I'll...
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383. Where do we go now?
How do we get out of here?
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384. - I'd love to, but—
- No, seriously. Do it. Come on.
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385. Do it. Do it.
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386. Cut.
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387. Don't fear or think that you're
too high-and-mighty to—
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388. Three little digits.
Just bing, bing, bing.
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389. I have a friend in 411.
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390. - And that was a good one.
- That was a good one.
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391. - Can we cut that laugh?
- Maybe.
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