1. Oil, that is. Black gold, Texas tea.
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2. Hills, that is. Swimming
pools, movie stars.
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3. - The Beverly Hillbillies.
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4. - Uncle Jed, Uncle Jed! Ma, ma!
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5. - Yeah, Jethro, what?
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6. - When that boy gets to going
he's a one man stampede.
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7. - Nobody gets in his way.
- Granny, granny!
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8. Elly May, Elly May!
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9. - Granny, did Jethro come through here?
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10. - Granny, did Jed and Jethro come...
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11. Granny, what in the world?
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12. Have you been at your rheumatoid medicine?
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13. - Well, it figures Jethro
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14. he ran clean into the cement pond.
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15. Something wrong with Granny?
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16. - Well, I hate to tell you this, Jed,
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17. but she's stiff as a board.
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18. - At this time in the morning?
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19. Well, I never knowed Granny
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20. to take more than a thimble-full at all.
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21. She is stiff. Granny, I'm ashamed of you.
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22. - Pa, this here's the
letter Jethro dropped
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23. when he fell in the cement pond.
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24. He says he'll be right in.
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25. - Oh no he won't.
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26. Jethro, you stay out in
the sun till you're dry.
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27. - What's wrong with Granny?
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28. - Go outside and chase
Jethro till he gets dry.
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29. - If I catch him can I wrassle him?
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30. - No, Elly, just run him.
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31. - What happened? What hit me?
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32. - Corn liquor, I reckon.
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33. - Well, whoever throwed it
at me left it in the jug.
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34. - Granny, can you walk?
- Of course I can walk.
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35. - Let's walk over to the table here
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36. and sit down while Pearl
reads us this letter.
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37. - Quit pulling the table away from me.
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38. - Granny, and you and Miss Drysdale
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39. been hitting the juice a little?
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40. (audience laughing)
- Of course not.
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41. I never take more than a
thimble-full and you know it.
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42. - Granny, Jed, I can't
read all the writing
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43. 'cause the ink is run, but
this letter's from Lester Flatt
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44. and Earl Scruggs, and
they's a flyin' out here.
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45. - Hey, doggy, you hear that, Granny?
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46. Ol' Lester and Earl's
coming out here to see ya.
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47. - You mean they're coming to see Pearl.
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48. Them too always was
crazy in love with her.
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49. - Oh Granny, that was a long time ago
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50. before they moved to
Nashville and become famous.
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51. - A man never forgets
his first love, Pearl.
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52. And you were the first love
of both Flatt and Scruggs.
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53. - Oh stop it, I was just a
girl and they was just boys.
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54. Big boys, I grant you.
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55. - I never seen two big boys
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56. crazier in love with one little woman.
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57. - They was all scrapping over you.
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58. - Or singing to ya.
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59. - Sometimes they'd do both,
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60. sing a chorus and then scrap a chorus.
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61. - You had their heart meltin'
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62. like hog grease on a hot griddle.
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63. - Now stop it, you got me a blushin.'
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64. I don't want to hear no more about it.
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65. - All right, Pearl.
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66. - Remember the way they
used to serenade me?
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67. - Yes, Lester with his guitar
and Earl with his banjo.
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68. - Both of 'em singing love songs
till their throats was raw.
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69. Pearl, how come you never said
yes to one of them fine boys?
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70. - I just couldn't decide betwixt them.
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71. They both asked me to
elope, but I couldn't decide
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72. whether to fly with Flatt
or skip with Scruggs.
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73. - Better decide now.
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74. I'll bet that's why
they're flying out here,
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75. to get your answer.
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76. - After all these years? Oh,
Granny, don't be ridiculous.
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77. - A man never forgets
his first love, Pearl.
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78. - Hey Earl, Earl, I think
we better stop this song
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79. 'cause yonder come our wives.
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80. - Yeah, they're jealous of Pearl as it is.
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81. - Well, they got a reason to be,
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82. 'cause I ain't never seen
a girl as pretty as Pearl.
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83. - We have settled for second best.
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84. - Why'd you stop singing, Earl?
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85. - Yes, what was that song
you boys were doing just now?
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86. - Just an old tune we used to sing.
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87. - Before we met you.
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88. - You going to use it in
your Los Angeles engagement?
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89. - Oh no, I don't think we'd better.
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90. Say, Earl, it sure will be nice
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91. to see ol' Jed Clampett again, won't it?
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92. - It sure will, Lester.
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93. - You know who they can't
wait to see again, don't you?
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94. - 'Course, the fabulous Pearl.
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95. - We'll finally get a look
at this raving beauty.
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96. - I'm dying to meet her, aren't you?
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97. - Can you make out any
more of the letter, Pearl?
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98. - There's another word coming through.
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99. E-N-G-A-G, engagement!
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100. - Granny was right, they's
coming for your answer.
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101. You got to get engaged to one of them.
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102. - Oh, I don't believe it.
After all these years?
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103. - Pearl, you want to take my advice.
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104. You marry that little Earl Scruggs.
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105. - Don't you do it,
Pearl. Take Lester Flatt.
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106. - I aint' figurin' on marryin' nobody.
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107. Now let's not have no
more of this kind of talk.
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108. - Well, ma, I'm winded but I'm dry.
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109. - Jethro Scruggs! Flatt!
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110. Oh, go change your clothes.
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111. - Elly May, you out here?
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112. - Yes, pa, over here by the water.
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113. - Taught that rascal to swim,
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114. now I just can't keep
her out of the water.
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115. - You and your critters.
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116. Next you'll be teaching them
dogs how to climb trees.
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117. - Look up yonder.
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118. - Elly, quick as you
can come on in the house
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119. and give Granny a hand.
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120. She's cooking for the
big wingding tonight.
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121. - We're having a wingding?
- We sure are.
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122. Earl Scruggs and Lester
Flatt coming to town.
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123. - I heard of them. They
make records and everything.
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124. - Them two learned how to sing and play
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125. serenading your Aunt Pearl.
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126. - Really? Well, tell me about it, pa.
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127. - Your Aunt Pearl was
just about your age then.
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128. And she favored you a lot too. Real purdy.
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129. Corn silky hair, just like
yours, and a beautiful figure.
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130. Well sir, she pretty near
drove Lester and Earl
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131. out of their banjo pickin' minds.
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132. Tormented them boys till they finally
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133. left the Hills and moved to Nashville.
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134. - How come Aunt Pearl didn't
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135. - Couldn't make up her mind, I reckon.
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136. But she's gonna have to tonight.
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137. Them boys are coming out here
insisting on an engagement.
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138. - That's how come we's
having a wingding, huh?
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139. - Yeah, back home we'd had a barn dance.
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140. Trouble is these Beverly Hills
places ain't got no barns.
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141. - Well, couldn't be borrow
somebody's barn, pa?
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142. - Scarce as they are
and us being strangers
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143. it'd be too much to ask.
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144. We'll make do though.
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145. I sent Jethro out with
a truck to find some hay
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146. and some corn shucks and
one thing and another
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147. and put 'em in the drawing room.
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148. - Reckon he can make it look like a barn?
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149. - I told him to do the best he could.
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150. - Hey, ma, I got a surprise.
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151. Come see how I fixed the drawing room up
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152. for that wingding tonight.
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153. - In a minute, dear.
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154. I've got to decide which dress
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155. Do you think this one shows off my figure?
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156. - Well, yeah, ma. But wear
it anyway, it's pretty.
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157. - Come on, ma, Uncle Jed told me
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158. to fix the drawing room up like a barn.
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159. See how you like it.
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160. You ain't seen nothing
yet, me, come on in.
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161. - I'm surprised you
didn't bring in a mule.
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162. - That rascal get out again?
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163. - Jethro, you're making
me old before my time.
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164. How could you bring this livestock
into a mansion like this?
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165. - It wasn't easy, ma,
but I figured it out.
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166. Took a truck up to the
front of the mansion and—
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167. - You get this livestock outta here
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168. and you be quick about it.
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169. - But why?
- Because I say why.
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170. Now take it out, take it
back where you got it,
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171. and I mean right now.
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172. - Well, I'll do my best, ma.
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173. But first I got to round up
that mule and the other pigs.
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174. - I should've married Lester or Earl
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175. and maybe this wouldn't
have happened to me.
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176. - This is the special operator.
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177. The number you have dialed does not exist.
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178. - You sound like the same
lady I was talking to before.
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179. - Yes. I'm afraid I am.
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180. - Well, then you put me through
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181. to the same butcher shop
I was talking to before.
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182. I told that fella to
send me a side of pork
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183. and some pig's feet for tonight's wingding
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184. and it better get here too, before I—
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185. Nevermind, honey, it's here,
and I gotta say, it's fresh.
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186. - There you are, you little
rascal. You're going home.
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187. - Where are you going with that pig?
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188. - Ma told me to take him
back where he come from.
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189. - That's true, she do.
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190. Lester and Earl just
called from the hotel.
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191. - They're here already?
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192. - Yeah, I told them to come
over around six o'clock
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193. for the wingding.
- Oh my goodness!
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194. I haven't even picked
out a dress for tonight.
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195. Oh Jed, how do you like this one?
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196. - I like them all, I've
already looked at six.
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197. - I just can't decide.
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198. - Have you decided which one
you're going to say yes to?
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199. - Nope. I thought I'd wait and see
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200. how the years had treated him.
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201. - Yeah, I reckon you're smart
to look them over first.
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202. Some folks ages quicker than others.
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203. - That's right.
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204. And don't forget them boys is pretty near
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205. 18 or 19 years older than
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206. I'm pretty near 10 years older myself.
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207. Jed, don't you go away,
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208. I want you to see the rest of my dresses.
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209. - Pearl, I ain't no
judge of women's clothes.
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210. - I need a man's opinion. Listen, Jed.
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211. Mrs Lester Flatt. Mrs Earl Scruggs.
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212. Pearl Flatt. Pearl Scruggs.
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213. They all sound good, don't they?
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214. - Wait for us, driver.
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215. - Louise, I think we're making a mistake.
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216. Lester and Earl'll be furious
when they find out about this.
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217. - Let them be furious.
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218. I want to get a look at Pearl
before that party tonight.
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219. I want to know how I'm going to stack up.
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220. - But we just spent three
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221. You look gorgeous!
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222. - So do you, but maybe
Pearl looks super gorgeous.
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223. - Louise, be sensible.
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224. Our husbands knew this
woman years and years ago.
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225. Do you realize how old she must be by now?
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226. - I hear they start very
young back in those Hills.
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227. Now we've come this far
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228. and I'm not leaving until I've seen Pearl
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229. - But this is going to
be very embarrassing.
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230. She's going to think we're a
couple of snoopy worried wives.
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231. - Aren't we?
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232. Look, Gladys, if it'll
make you feel any better
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233. we won't tell her who we are.
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234. We'll say we're a couple of those
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235. house to house cosmetic saleswomen.
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236. - But she'll find out
who we are at the party.
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237. - Then we'll all have a good
laugh over it. Now come on.
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238. - Oh, howdy there,
ladies, come in, come in.
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239. - Thank you.
- What can I do for you?
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240. - We're selling cosmetics.
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241. - You're selling what?
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242. - Cosmetics, you know, beauty
cream, face powder, perfume.
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243. - Oh, thank you ladies,
but I never use it.
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244. - We sell it to the lady of the house.
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245. And we understand a lady
named Pearl lives here.
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246. - Yeah, yeah, she sure does.
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247. - Jed?
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248. - Yeah?
- I need your help out in the,
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249. oh, I didn't know you had company.
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250. - Are you Pearl?
- Please be Pearl.
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251. - Well I ain't. Who are you?
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252. - These ladies sell beauty cream, Granny.
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253. - You can see, I don't need none.
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254. Come on, Jed, I need ya.
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255. - Well, Pearl'll be down directly.
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256. She comes down them
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257. wearing a different, beautiful gown.
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258. She's trying to pick one
for the wingding tonight.
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259. (audience laughing)
Make yourselves at home.
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260. - Howdy, do y'all think this dress
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261. is fancy enough for a wingding?
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262. - Well?
- Back to the beauty shop.
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263. - Pearl, Pearl! Didn't
Lester and Earl get here yet?
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264. - No they didn't and
it's coming up for seven.
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265. - Well, they better get
here quick before Jethro
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266. has all the vittles ate.
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267. - Lester, Earl, it sure is wonderful to...
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268. (audience laughing)
Where are they?
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269. - Didn't come yet, Pearl.
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270. - Why'd you call me, Granny?
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271. - For you to stop that
overgrown youngin' of yourn
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272. from eating us out of a wingding.
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273. He's done gone through my crawdad
dip and my paw-paw spread.
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274. And right now he's in there tossin' down
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275. those pickled pig's feet
like they was popcorn.
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276. - Jethro, you come on out here.
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277. - You better stop him before he gets into
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278. the ham hocks on the turnip greens.
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279. - Too late.
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280. - Them ham hocks sure was good.
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281. - Jethro, did you eat all
those ham hocks alone?
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282. - No, ma'am, I done
like you always told me.
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283. I ate the greens too.
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284. - Hey everybody, I taught Skippy and Anya
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285. a little trick to do at the wingding.
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286. - Elly May, what happened
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287. to that pretty dress you was wearing?
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288. - Oh pa, I can't square
dance in that thing.
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289. And it ain't good for working
with my critters, neither.
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290. - If Lester and Earl don't get here soon
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291. our wingding is gonna fall apart.
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292. - I tell you, Earl, I
just don't understand it.
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293. Our wives spent all
afternoon in the beauty shop
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294. and then went back again tonight.
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295. - That's what we get
for marrying city women.
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296. Yeah, I reckon we'll just have
to leave the party tonight
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297. at nine o'clock and go pick them up.
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298. - I reckon so.
- Hey, I've got an idea.
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299. Let's surprise old Jed with
that song we wrote about him.
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300. - You're on.
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301. - Come on, Skippy. Come
on, jump, come on, jump.
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302. THat's the way, that's a boy. Come on.
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303. Come on, come on. Jump, jump.
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304. Good doggy, come on, that's a good doggy.
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305. - It's them!
- They's here.
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306. - That's Lester and Earl all right.
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307. - Not yet, Jed, let me get upstairs first.
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308. - What for, Pearl?
- So I can make an entrance.
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309. Oil, that is.
- Texas tea.
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310. - Come in, come in, you
know Granny and Jethro.
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311. My daughter, Elly May.
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312. Where'd that song come from
y'all were singing out there?
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313. - We wrote it, Jed.
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314. We heard about your good
luck clean down in Nashville.
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315. Where's Pearl?
- Upstairs, waiting.
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316. - Come on down, Pearl.
(audience laughing)
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317. Here's Earl and Lester, come
on, we're waiting for ya.
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318. - Lester, Earl, so good to see you both!
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319. - Listen everybody, I
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320. for coming without wives.
- You're excused.
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321. (audience laughing)
- We have a good reason.
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322. - Of course you do. And
we understand, Earl.
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323. Let's all relax now and have
some good old stomping music
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324. and some of Granny's vittles
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325. and get acquainted all over again.
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326. - That's it, everybody's invited
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327. into the drawing room for vittles.
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328. I remember how you boys
like a nice rump roast.
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329. And wait till you see the
beauty I've up for ya.
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330. - Pearl, just a minute
now, I want to talk to you.
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331. - And I cooked up a
great big mess of grits.
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332. Some possum shakes, some sweet potatoes,
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333. some some grits, and some pone. (laughs)
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334. Elly May, look what your dog has done!
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335. - I'm awful sorry, Granny,
I'll get 'em right out.
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336. Come on, Jethro, help me.
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337. - I declare if I ever did see
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338. anything like that in my whole life.
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339. - Calm down, Granny, calm down.
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340. We wasn't hungry no way.
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341. I tell you what you do, you come over here
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342. and sit yourself down in this chair
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343. and Earl and me will play
you some soothing music.
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344. - Jed, I just can't
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345. - Well, you better get to liking one
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346. better than the other one.
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347. There's just too many pretty women
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348. out here in Beverly Hills.
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349. Now you take them two come to the door
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350. this afternoon selling beauty cream.
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351. If Earl and Lester ever
gets to look at them
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352. you ain't going to keep
them on the string for long.
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353. - Jed, I just made my decision.
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354. - Which one, Pearl?
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355. - Can marry neither one of them.
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356. - Why not?
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357. - Because I'll be busting
up one of the most wonderful
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358. musical teams in this whole country.
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359. - How come you say that?
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360. - Because the one that
don't get me will be eat up
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361. with jealousy and they'll get
to fighting like they used to.
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362. - Pearl, I believe you're right.
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363. - Just let me get up
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364. because this is gonna hurt.
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365. - You've cheered me up.
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366. I'm going out to the kitchen
and roust you up some vittles.
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367. Even if I have to open my
last jar of deviled hawk eggs.
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368. - Earl, I've got a good idea
for our Los Angeles engagement.
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369. - What's that?
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370. - Let's ask Pearl and all the rest
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371. of them to square dance on the stage.
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372. - That's a great idea.
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373. - Pearl, we got something to ask.
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374. You know, we come all the way
out here for an engagement.
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375. - Lester, before you go any
further, the answer is no.
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376. (audience laughing)
- What?
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377. - No to both of you.
- But Pearl.
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378. - Now don't make her, boys.
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379. This hurts Pearl more than it does you.
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380. - Time heals all wounds.
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381. - Speaking of time, Earl,
we're late, come on.
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382. - We'll be back just as
soon as we can make it.
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383. - Pearl, they couldn't take it.
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384. They run off just like
they'd done 18 years ago.
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385. - They left their guitar and the banjo.
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386. Don't you think we oughta wait up
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387. for 'em to come back for 'em?
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388. - It might take another 18
years, let's get to bed.
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389. They ain't coming back, Granny.
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390. If you could've seen 'em run
outta here when I said no.
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391. - Folks, we'd like you to meet her wives,
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392. Mrs Flatt, Mrs Scruggs, Gladys and Louise.
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393. - Howdy.
- Howdy.
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394. - See Pearl, I told you if
they ever met them two women
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395. you wouldn't keep them on the string.
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396. They married 'em on the rebound.
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397. - Poor Lester and Earl, had
to settle for second best.
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