1. How lucky is your grandmother,
getting married at her age?
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2. I mean, do you know the odds of a woman
over 35 finding a husband?
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3. One in 1245.6.
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4. How much do you weigh, Ma?
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5. Who can remember numbers?
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6. Like a virgin
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7. Wow, Yettie. I want whatever you're on.
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8. Well...
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9. This is for inflammation.
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10. This is for spastic colon.
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11. And I got an ounce of glaucoma medication
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12. that my doctor grew.
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13. But I don't use it because it gets me
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14. kind of loose.
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15. You mean sexually?
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16. No.
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17. Touched for the very first time
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18. Look at her, all atwitter
like an 85-year-old schoolgirl.
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19. Well, Ma, enjoy it.
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20. At least you get to dance
at your mother's wedding.
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21. Because at the rate that I'm going,
you'll be coming to mine in an urn.
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22. There, I said it before you did.
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23. That's him.
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24. - Let me get the door.
- Okay.
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25. I'm so excited.
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26. I feel like flying to him
on gossamer wings.
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27. I'm coming.
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28. Hey, baby.
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29. Sameleh.
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30. My Yiddish mama.
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31. Well, this is a first.
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32. Your mouth is open,
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33. and there's no
chewed-up SnackWell's in it.
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34. Ma, when you told us
that you were engaged,
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35. you neglected to mention that he's black.
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36. You're black?
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37. That's right.
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38. No wonder.
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39. She was working in a bridal shop
In Flushing, Queens
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40. 'Til her boyfriend kicked her out
In one of those crushing scenes
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41. What was she to do, where was she to go?
She was out on her fanny
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42. So, over the bridge from Flushing
To the Sheffields' door
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43. She was there to sell makeup
But the father saw more
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44. She had style, she had flair
She was there
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45. That's how she became the Nanny
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46. Who would have guessed
That the girl we described
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47. Was just exactly
What the doctor prescribed?
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48. - Now the father finds her beguiling
- Watch out, C.C.
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49. - And the kids are actually smiling
- Such joie de vivre!
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50. She's the lady in red
When everybody else is wearing tan
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51. The flashy girl from Flushing
The Nanny named Fran
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52. Dr. Miller, I had the weirdest dream
last night.
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53. Grandma Yetta was running
down a football field,
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54. carrying a bridal bouquet,
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55. and Count Basie was waiting for her
in the end zone,
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56. when Miss Piggy comes walking by, carrying
a very lean corned beef sandwich,
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57. and says,
"You are not getting any younger."
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58. Clearly the dream indicates
that you are bitter and upset
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59. at the fact your 85-year-old grandmother
is getting married for the second time
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60. when you haven't been married once.
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61. Really?
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62. Now, you see, I just thought I had a thing
for jazz and The Muppets.
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63. Fran, you have to shift your focus.
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64. Now, isn't there anything in your life
besides marriage
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65. that you're passionate about?
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66. Like some inner dream
that you've always kept secret?
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67. Like my deepest, darkest fantasy?
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68. Wanna tell me about it?
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69. - Well, it's a little freaky.
- That's good.
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70. I mean, that's all right.
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71. Fran, it's never too late
to follow a dream.
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72. Now, you've got to stop dwelling
on the things
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73. that aren't working in your life,
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74. and start making the things
that you want to happen, happen.
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75. You know, doc, you are absolutely right.
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76. I'm gonna stop obsessing
on wanting to be married
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77. and follow my dream. From here on in,
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78. I am set out on a path where I'm gonna be
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79. a more interesting, mature,
independent woman.
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80. Maybe then he'll propose.
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81. Here's your invitation
to Yetta's engagement party at the home.
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82. Now, don't be late.
Dinner is served promptly at two.
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83. I cannot think of a more nauseous-making,
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84. mind-numbing evening.
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85. - Well, I'm going.
- Me too. Where's mine?
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86. I'm sorry. The maximum capacity
at the home is 640.
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87. It was between you and the woman
handing out Jimmy Dean samples
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88. at the A&P yesterday.
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89. I'm not invited?
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90. Okay. Fine.
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91. Because I've got lots
of better things to do.
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92. Yetta? Where's my pretty Yetta?
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93. Mr. Sheffield, I have decided
to pursue my lifelong dream
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94. and become a successful career woman.
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95. I finally have a direction,
a goal, a clear path.
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96. I thought, you wanted to get married
and have children.
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97. Wait, are you asking?
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98. Because I could chuck
that other pipe dream.
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99. Yeah, right. Well, back to my clear path.
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100. I am going to become a TV weather girl.
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101. I think that's the perfect job for you.
You'll be wonderful at that.
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102. Well, thank you. Thank you very much.
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103. Daddy, I loved my lesson.
I wanna become a jockey.
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104. I think that'd be a perfect job for you.
You'll be wonderful at that.
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105. Thank you.
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106. What just happened here?
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107. You were just humoring me, weren't you?
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108. You no more think that
I could be a TV weather girl
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109. than you think Gracie could be a jockey.
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110. Well, of course I do. I mean,
you're beautiful and photogenic.
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111. And she's short.
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112. Mr. Sheffield, I'm not a child.
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113. I'm gonna be 30.
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114. Now, I can handle honesty.
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115. No, Miss Fine. No, you can't.
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116. Well, why don't you just try me?
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117. I don't think
you could be a TV weather girl.
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118. Why?
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119. Well, let's start with your voice
and a microphone.
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120. You know, there is a fine line
between honest and cruel.
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121. Miss. Fine, it's unrealistic.
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122. I'm not being cruel, am I, Niles?
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123. Absolutely not, sir.
She asked for the truth.
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124. - Niles.
- Sorry, Miss. Fine, Christmas is coming.
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125. Well, I know what's going on here.
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126. You are just terrified that I might become
immensely successful,
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127. leave you, and your whole world
will fall apart.
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128. Well, now, that's a tad arrogant,
don't you think?
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129. I wouldn't dream of keeping you here
just to satisfy my own selfish needs.
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130. Oh, really?
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131. Well, then I got news for you.
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132. There is no hope for us, mister.
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133. - All right, what just happened here?
- Well, let's review, sir.
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134. - If that's my mother,
- If that's my mother,
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135. - tell her I'm not here.
- tell her I'm not here.
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136. Hi, Sammy. Hi, Yetta.
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137. Fran, I just love your voice.
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138. I knew where the house was
before I even got out of the car.
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139. Hello, Samuel. Mother.
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140. Why don't you guys go take a seat
in the living room,
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141. and we'll catch up with you in a minute.
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142. - All right, all right.
- Just go take a seat.
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143. Well, send up a flare
when you get to the couch.
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144. Ma, why are you being so cold to them?
Is it because he's black?
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145. Please. I, of all people,
am not prejudiced.
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146. You forget, I come from a time
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147. when the Jews were kept out
of the Oyster Bay Country Club.
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148. Just you, Ma. And that's because you stole
a steak.
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149. You know why I'm upset?
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150. - Why?
- My father is not even dead 25 years.
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151. And already she's running off
with another man.
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152. They're not running anywhere, Ma.
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153. I'm sorry, I just can't accept this.
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154. Ma, I also had problems with Yetta
getting married before me,
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155. but I channeled my anxieties
into a new career.
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156. And that's what you're gonna have to do.
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157. You gotta find something new in your life
and then focus on that.
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158. I haven't tried the Viennetta log
from the Breyers people.
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159. Hello, there. Maxwell Sheffield.
And you must be Sammy.
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160. Yes. And you must be Fran's husband.
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161. Warming up to him yet, Ma?
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162. I will never accept another man
as my father.
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163. Sammy, you know, you're a little confused,
sweetie. Mr. Sheffield is not my husband.
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164. He's just the killer
of weather girl dreams.
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165. - Would you please get off that, Miss Fine?
- You are the killer
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166. - I am no such thing.
- ... of weather girl dreams.
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167. You cannot expect to just
walk in off the streets
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168. and straight into broadcasting.
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169. You know, my nephew works
down at the television station.
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170. Maybe he can help you out.
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171. Well, there's your in, Miss Fine.
You think I should look for another nanny?
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172. Well, maybe you know him, Bryant Gumbel?
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173. - Bryant Gumbel's your nephew?
- Papa!
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174. You know, Fran, if Bryant Gumbel
hires you, doing the weather
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175. - could be just the beginning for you.
- I know.
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176. You know that movie, Up Close & Personal?
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177. Michele Pfeiffer started out
as a weather girl.
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178. And look who she became.
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179. - Who?
- Well, Michele Pfeiffer for one thing.
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180. Yeah.
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181. Now, Val, you go over there
with the cue cards,
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182. and Gracie, you come up
with just some cute little news headline.
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183. Then throw it over to me
in Weather Central.
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184. Okay.
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185. Today President Clinton
and Chinese president Jiang Zemin
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186. just signed a pact limiting
nuclear proliferation in the Far East.
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187. She talks good.
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188. And now, let's go to everyone's favorite
weather girl, Fran "Fair Skies" Fine.
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189. Fran?
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190. Thank you, Grace.
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191. Well, it's going to be a crisp,
delicious day in the tri-state area.
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192. My forecast would be to wear
something playful and autumn-y.
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193. But if you happen to be single
and there's a cold front coming, ladies,
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194. I would wear this.
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195. God willing, you'll get pneumonia
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196. and one, two, three,
you'll meet a nice doctor.
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197. Niles, take out my Canali tuxedo,
would you?
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198. I have to go down to my lawyer's office.
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199. You know, sir, that's right near
the studio where Ms. Fine is auditioning.
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200. You might want to drop by
and ruin everything.
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201. Would you just stop it?
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202. You really think I'm that insecure?
Look, even if Ms. Fine gets this job,
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203. it doesn't mean
she's necessarily gonna leave us.
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204. - Ready, Daddy.
- All right, sweetheart.
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205. - Lets go over it one more time.
- Okay.
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206. Fran, I really miss you,
and you have to come home
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207. because I'm afraid to be alone.
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208. Excellent. Excellent.
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209. Now, remember, wait for my signal.
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210. - Okay.
- Got it? Good.
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211. You know, I can't believe you're using me
to manipulate someone like this.
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212. It's so... Fran.
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213. Thank you, sweetheart.
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214. Bryant Gumbel. Bryant Gumbel.
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215. Excuse me?
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216. I'm Fran Fine. Uncle Sammy recommended me.
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217. Yeah, Fran. You made it.
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218. I'm just so glad
that we had an opportunity
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220. You know, I'm gonna make sure
that you're sitting between me and Ma.
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221. So you're not surrounded
by a bunch of nuts.
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222. Lesley Stahl! Lesley Stahl!
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223. Lesley, I love you, I love you.
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224. Is that her real hair?
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225. - So, where's my weather set?
- What weather set?
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226. You know, the one with the temperatures
and the maps and the clouds
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227. - that keep rolling over and over again.
- Fran, Fran,
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229. No weather girl?
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230. But that's what I'm here for.
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232. Because I got an Aunt Ida
with a Nielsen box.
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233. You know, we do have an opening
for an editorial commentator.
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234. Would you be interested
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235. Sure.
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236. I'd go for editorial commentator.
Whatever the hell that is.
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237. Lance. Great. Lance?
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238. Why don't we get her audition
down on tape?
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239. - Would you like a hairdresser?
- Why?
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240. You think it's a little too subdued
for TV?
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241. Might not fit on TV.
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242. Boy, come here.
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243. Are you taking anyone
to this thing Saturday night?
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244. Well, let's see, am I taking a date,
or am I taking...
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- Saturday.
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246. Master Brighton, did she ask you
to take her with you Saturday?
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247. - Yes.
- Does she know that you're not going
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248. to Yetta's party, but that she'll be
helping you man the Klingon booth
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250. No, but I mean, maybe I should tell her.
It's just so cruel.
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251. It's a wee bit crueler than that, captain.
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252. - You ready to do this?
- Absolutely.
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253. Okay, I'll tell you what we'll do.
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254. I will give you a topic
off the top of my head,
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255. - and you just run with it, okay?
- No problemo.
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256. Good. Gene therapy.
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257. - Gene therapy. Got it.
- Gene therapy.
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258. Fran Fine test.
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259. In five, four, three, two...
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260. Hi, I'm Fran Fine.
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261. How are you?
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262. I'm here to do an editorial commentary
on gene therapy.
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263. Well, if you want my opinion,
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264. I think that there is nothing
more therapeutic
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265. than slipping into a pair of jeans
that make your tush look hot
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266. in a pair of ooh-la-la Sassons.
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267. Anyhoo, I would just slip
into those babies
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268. whenever I wanted to lift my spirits
or my grade point average.
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269. Well, that's it for now.
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270. This is Fran Fine signing off,
zei gezunt.
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271. Go with God.
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272. - No... No. No, no, no.
- No? Oh, my God. Is it the hair?
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273. I knew I shouldn't have tried someone new.
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274. Fran, gene therapy is the alteration
of our genes by scientists.
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275. But why would you go to a scientist
when any dry cleaner could put up a hem?
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276. - And they've gotta charge more.
- Fran, no, no. Not those kind of jeans.
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277. DNA, genetics,
our cellular infrastructure.
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278. Never mind.
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279. - Thank you. We'll be in touch.
- Thank you, Bryant Gumbel.
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280. Uncle or no uncle,
I'm having him committed.
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281. Excuse me.
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282. I'm gonna have to ask
for your security pass back.
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283. Won't I need it for tomorrow?
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284. And the box of doughnuts.
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285. They're the lemon-filled ones.
Nobody eats those.
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286. Mr. Sheffield, it was horrible.
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287. Ms. Fine, Ms. Fine, what happened?
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288. That mean lady took my doughnuts.
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289. No, I mean what happened
with the audition? How'd it go?
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290. Well, for starters,
they didn't need a weather girl.
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291. They made me audition
for editorial commentator.
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292. Yikes.
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293. Well, I mean that in a most
supportive way, of course.
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294. It doesn't matter. You were right
in the first place.
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295. You know, next time I have a dream,
just go ahead and dump all over it.
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296. It'll save me the heartache.
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297. I wouldn't be so sure, Ms. Fine.
I have a confession to make to you.
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298. You know, the real reason
I came down here today
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299. was because, well frankly,
I was terrified you would succeed.
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300. - Really?
- Yes.
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301. Furthermore, I came up
with a rather elaborate ruse
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302. - to make sure I could get you back.
- You did?
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303. Watch, watch this.
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304. Gracie.
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305. Fran, I really miss you.
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because I'm afraid to be alone...
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308. Never mind.
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309. Well, we did have it all planned out.
I promise.
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310. That's so sweet.
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311. But, you know, a word of advice.
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312. Next time you use a child
to manipulate an adult,
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313. you gotta give them a protein,
not a carbohydrate,
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314. or they lose their concentration.
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315. Why couldn't this have been my category?
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316. I could have been the next
Connie Chung-Povich.
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317. Come on, honey, let's go home.
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319. May I help you?
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320. Yes, I'm here to meet my nephew
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321. And my little girl is anxious to meet him.
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322. This is my daddy.
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323. That was gorgeous, Sammy.
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324. Thank you, baby.
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326. My yiddishe momme
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327. I need her more than ever now
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328. My yiddishe momme
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329. I'd love to kiss that wrinkled brow
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