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2. You're traveling
through another dimension-
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3. a dimension not only of sight
and sound, but of mind,
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4. a journey into a wondrous land
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5. whose boundaries
are that of imagination.
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6. Your next stop,
the twilight zone.
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7. Ladies and gentlemen,
we're certainly glad
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8. to be here tonight.
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9. Speak for yourself,
turkey.
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10. That's jerry.
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11. Every dummy
to his own taste.
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12. Now, cut that out.
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13. All right, all right.
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14. Let go of the suit.
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15. I'm getting out of here.
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16. Now, wait
a minute, willy.
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17. Just stay
right here.
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18. I mean it.
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19. Uh-huh.
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20. I'm sorry.
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21. If I said anything,
I didn't mean it.
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22. Oh, no?
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23. No.
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24. No?
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25. Just tell me this, wise guy.
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26. You did admit that you were
superstitious, didn't you?
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27. Well, on occasion, yes.
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28. But you don't throw salt
over your shoulders
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29. or cross your fingers.
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30. No, I knock on wood.
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31. You did it again.
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32. Wait a minute.
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33. I resign.
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34. From now on, I'm a single!
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35. As for you,
you can turn in your lap.
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36. Uh... why, willy,
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37. in the first place,
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38. what would you do without me?
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39. Well, for one thing,
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40. I could be
a better ventriloquist.
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41. Oh, yeah?
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42. Yeah.
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43. Yeah?
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44. Yeah... watch this.
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45. A funny thing
happened to me
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46. on my way over to
the club tonight.
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47. Is that a fact?
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48. What happened,
blockhead?
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49. I was out in front
of the ritz-savoy.
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50. That's where I live-
out in front of the ritz-savoy.
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51. They put formaldehyde
in those jokes?
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52. Something must preserve them.
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53. You're watching a ventriloquist
named jerry etherson,
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54. a voice-thrower par excellence.
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55. His alter ego,
sitting atop his lap,
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56. is a brash stick of kindling
with the sobriquet "willy."
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57. In a moment, mr. Etherson
and his knotty-pine partner
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58. will be booked into one
of the out-of-the-way bistros
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59. that small dark, intimate place
known as the twilight zone.
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60. play places like, uh,
miami, los angeles, utah.
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61. Hey, jerry.
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62. What?
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63. How about
san quentin?
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64. play there, but not
for a very long time.
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65. Anyway, you've been
a wonderful audience,
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66. and we want to thank you.
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67. Willy, I think it
would be very nice
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68. if you'd say good
night and thank you
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69. to all these
wonderful people.
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70. You can do anything
I can do better?
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71. All right, wise guy.
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72. Can you do this?
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73. Come around
tomorrow night, folks.
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74. I'll be alone...
just you and me.
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75. Willy, I think,
little pal,
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76. we better
cut out, huh?
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77. Let me tell you something,
folks,
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78. as soon as I shake this pusher
and get me a real act
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79. you're gonna see
some class!
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80. Thank you again,
ladies and gentlemen.
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81. Help, I'm being kidnapped!
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82. Call a lawyer!
Call a doctor!
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83. Just get me to
the nurse on time!
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84. Ow!
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85. What do you say,
maestro?
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86. How did it go?
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87. Not bad.
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88. It's a small house,
but a happy one.
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89. There weren't
any complaints.
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90. Well,
booby...
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91. frank!
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92. Don't do that.
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93. I told you that.
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94. Still on
the bit, huh?
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95. Still on that
stuff, huh?
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96. You gave me your
solemn promise
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97. you were going to
do your drinking
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98. out of soda pop bottles
and coffee jugs.
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99. What does it take
to get you wise?
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100. I'm tired.
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101. Will you clear
the area?
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102. First I'd like
to clear the air.
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103. I don't know where
you manufacture
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104. all your illusions, jerry.
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105. But instead
of being on top,
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106. where you ought to be,
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107. you're a second-rate
nightclub entertainer.
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108. And if you stay
on that bottle...
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109. all right,
I'll put away the bottle.
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110. Now, will
you pull out?
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111. I don't know why
I waste my time.
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112. Ten percent of you is grief,
and it's always been that way.
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113. Maybe it's because I've got
a soft spot in my heart
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114. for people who like
to commit suicide
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115. eight hours a day.
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116. Now, listen, jerry.
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117. It doesn't have
to be this way.
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118. You give in to
some bad hooch
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119. and then you have
bad nightmares.
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120. Take away
the hooch,
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121. and you take away
the nightmares.
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122. No, you got
the chronology wrong, frank.
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123. First the nightmares
and then the hooch.
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124. I drink 'cause I have to
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125. and I have to...
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126. because of him.
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127. I've got to get
rid of him, frank.
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128. This stick of wood?
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129. This fugitive
from a fireplace?
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130. Jerry, how many psychiatrists
do you have to see?
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131. How many hours on the couch?
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132. How many 20-buck-an-hour
visits?
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133. I can't help it.
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134. You know what it is,
you've been told.
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135. Often, endlessly, up to my craw
in overflowing schizophrenia-
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136. patient manipulated
by forces
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137. outside
of his control.
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138. I can tell you frontwards,
backwards, in three languages.
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139. It's like a well-rehearsed
off-color gag:
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140. Patient goes from himself
to a lifeless dummy
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141. and then is unable to separate
himself from the dummy.
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142. Oh, that's all very psychiatric
and erudite
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143. and worth about
two-and-a-half bucks a word,
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144. but it's not right.
It's not right!
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145. I told them that,
I tell you that.
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146. It's no more
schizophrenia-paranoia
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147. than it is athlete's
foot or a head cold!
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148. Willy's alive!
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149. He's a dummy!
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150. He's a block
of wood.
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151. Look at it.
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152. Does this thing
look alive to you?
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153. Well, does he?
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154. 24 inches of timber
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155. and you're burying
yourself over it.
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156. Now, you listen,
jerry.
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157. I've gone along
with you.
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158. I've held your hand,
sung you lullabies,
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159. patted you
on the shoulder.
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160. I've also covered for you
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161. the 110 performances
you've run out on.
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162. I've thought
of excuses
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163. that haven't even
been invented yet.
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164. I've gone without commission,
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165. without sleep.
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166. And why?
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167. Because I thought I had
a talented article here
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168. that eventually was
going to crawl out
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169. from under a bottle
and hit it big.
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170. Well, I don't think
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171. you're such a talented
article anymore, jerry.
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172. Let's put it this way.
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173. Maybe I think you could be...
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174. but you're never going to.
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175. I think you're
a self-indulgent sot
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176. with an overactive
imagination,
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177. and the only thing
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178. you like better
than scotch
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179. is sympathy.
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180. I'm going to give you
just 24 hours
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181. to straighten out.
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182. Get rid
of that bottle
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183. and the crazy
obsession
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184. that you're
battling a dummy.
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185. Frank... he's alive.
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186. Willy's
not a dummy.
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187. That's a dummy.
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188. And that's
the answer.
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189. Go on.
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190. Got to get rid
of willy...
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191. make a whole new
routine.
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192. A whole new
routine takes time.
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193. You've got
another show soon.
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194. Tell them I can't
make the late show.
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195. Tell them I'm sick
or something.
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196. I've already
told them-
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197. the trouble is, they
know it's "something."
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198. Jerry, you pull
yourself together
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199. and when you
hear your music
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200. you be out
on that stage.
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201. I don't care which
dummy you bring,
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202. but you be
out there.
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203. This is one I don't
cover for, jerry.
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204. Say, goofy goggles,
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205. why don't you have
your glasses fixed?
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206. I don't have to.
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207. My eyes are
much better now.
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208. Goofy,
you're looking
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209. at the band leader.
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210. I'm over here.
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211. Keep talking,
I'll find you.
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212. Say, etherson, I've been
meaning to tell you
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213. you put too much
starch in my collar.
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214. Too much starch?
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215. I'm not your
laundry man.
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216. Yeah...
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217. yeah, we're gonna
make it, you and me.
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218. Justyou and me.
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219. Jerry. Marsha,
listen to this.
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220. This will knock you out.
Make me talk, jerry, come on.
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221. Look, noreen,
I'm on in a couple of minutes.
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222. Come on.
Makes you sound just like willy.
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223. Real crazy.
Come on, come on.
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224. Knock it off, babe,
that tickles.
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225. Willy, shut up!
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226. Is that wild? Is that wild?
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227. Goofy.
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228. Goofy, I think
it's time
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229. you had your
glasses fixed.
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230. I really do.
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231. My eyes are
much better now.
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232. Goofy, that's
the band leader.
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233. I'm over here.
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234. Keep talking,
I'll find you.
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235. Goofy, you need
your eyes tested.
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236. Eyes tested?
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237. That's right-
eyes tested.
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238. Well, I'm ready.
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239. All right, here.
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240. Now, tell me
what that says.
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241. Where?
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242. Oh... that thing.
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243. How about a hint?
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244. Goofy, it's...
clear as day.
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245. It's right
in front of you.
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246. Just give me a hint.
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247. Well, it's a letter
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248. and it's between
"d" and "f."
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249. I've got it-
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250. it's "e."
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251. I don't know how
you do it, goofy.
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252. I cannot tell a lie.
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253. I memorized it.
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254. Oh, for
goodness' sake.
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255. Sing your song,
will you?
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256. ? are the stars
out tonight?
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257. ? I don't know if
it's cloudy or bright?
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258. ? 'cause I only
have eyes...?
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259. Cute act,
isn't it, georgie?
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260. What's cute about it?
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261. Besides, I liked
the old dummy better.
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262. Why did he change it?
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263. Brightens it up
a little.
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264. Gives it
some novelty.
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265. Novelty?
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266. With a ventriloquist?
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267. Frankie, you've seen one,
you've seen them all.
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268. Every dummy looks the same,
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269. and if just once
they changed the jokes,
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270. I'd have a coronary.
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271. What's with
etherson, anyway?
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272. What do you mean?
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273. Usually the acts
mix with the trade,
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274. you know,
walk down on the floor,
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275. do a little drinking
with the customers.
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276. This guy plays it
like greta garbo-
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277. locks himself up in
his room like a prima donna.
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278. Well, he's
nervous tonight.
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279. Why?
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280. You know, he hasn't
been well.
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281. It's his
first night out
in a month or so.
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282. Give him a chance,
georgie.
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283. He'll warm up.
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284. Well, you tell him to.
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285. Tell him to bring
the dummy out
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286. and walk
around the tables
after the show.
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287. It's psychological,
frankie.
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288. Makes people thirsty.
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289. Sweet dreams, willy.
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290. Your next booking
is in the fireplace.
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291. You leaving?
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292. What's it look
like, frank?
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293. It looks like
you're leaving.
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294. I waited for you
after the last show.
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295. Georgie was hoping
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296. you'd mix
with the customers.
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297. You tell georgie
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298. I'm a ventriloquist,
not a shill.
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299. Why don't you
tell him?
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300. What does that mean?
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301. That means I'm resigning
from the club.
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302. You keep your ten percent,
and I'll keep my self-respect.
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303. Also my sense of humor,
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304. my regular meals,
my normal working hours.
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305. You and I have
had it, jerry.
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306. I have gone the route
and then some.
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307. You don't need
an agent-
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308. you need
medical help.
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309. I think it's
reached that now.
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310. You never believed me,
did you, frank?
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311. Yeah, I believed you.
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312. I believed you had obsessions
that were eating you up alive
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313. but I also believe, jerry,
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314. you're letting them.
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315. He talks when I don't talk.
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316. He tells jokes I never heard
of before, gives me bum cues.
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317. He's alive, frank.
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318. That's why I locked
him in that trunk.
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319. Goofy and I
are going
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320. to fly out
of here, frank.
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321. We'll fly to miami,
los angeles,
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322. maybe that place
in kansas city.
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323. The place
in kansas city
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324. is the same
as miami
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325. which is the same
as los angeles
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326. which is the same
as sioux city, iowa,
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327. which is the same
as any town
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328. south, west, north of here.
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329. They're all
the same, jerry
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330. and you're not going
to leave willy
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331. by hopping a plane
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332. or a train, or a taxi
or a one-horse shay.
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333. This thing
you lick right here.
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334. This thing you lick
at the source.
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335. This thing you don't
run away from.
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336. We'll see.
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337. Good night, mr. Etherson.
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338. Good night, ralph.
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339. You're not going to leave me
in a stuffy old trunk, are you?
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340. Was there something,
mr. Etherson?
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341. Did you say something?
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342. Is said good night, that's all.
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343. Good night.
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344. Aw, come on, old sport.
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345. I wouldn't lockyouin a trunk.
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346. Willy?
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347. Where are you, willy?
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348. Jerry?
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349. Good night, jerry.
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350. Good night.
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351. Hey, garibaldi!
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352. Didn't you forget someone?
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353. Didn't you forget willy?
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354. Jerry?
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355. Noreen?
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356. Oh...
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357. noreen, I was
waiting for you.
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358. Yeah,
that's right.
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359. I was waiting
for you.
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360. The line is,
"this is so sudden."
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361. And in this case,
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362. it happens
to be sudden.
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363. No... I was
waiting for you
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364. because I want
to have a drink
with you, noreen,
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365. or maybe a sandwich
or something,
you know?
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366. Noreen, you're
a good kid,
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367. and I've
always thought
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368. you were a good kid,
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369. and I've always
wanted to...
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370. easy, jerry.
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371. Honey, listen-
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372. wait a minute,
noreen, look.
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373. What's the matter
with you, jerry?
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374. There's nothing
the matter with me.
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375. No, I'm not sick.
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376. I just want to have
a drink with you.
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377. I don't want
to be alone.
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378. I keep hearing
those voices
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379. and willy
is bugging me.
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380. No!
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381. Wait a minute!
Wait!
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382. What do you say, stranger?
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383. You slumming?
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384. A funny thing happened to me
on the way to the club tonight.
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385. I was out in front
of the ritz-savoy.
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386. I was out in front
of the ritz-savoy-
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387. that's where I live-
out in front of the ritz-savoy.
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388. In front of the ritz-savoy.
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389. Come out, come out,
wherever you are.
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390. Hey, wise guy.
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391. Hey! Wise guy!
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392. The wrong one.
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393. How could I get the wrong one?
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394. Maybeyou
need glasses.
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395. Why don't you take the eye test?
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396. Now, what am I holding out
in front of me?
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397. I'll give you
a hint.
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398. It's between
"d" and "f."
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399. Don't peek.
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400. What do you say, partner?
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401. What do you say?
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402. What do you say...
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403. we get down to business?
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404. You're real.
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405. How can you be real
when you're made of wood?
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406. You made me real.
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407. You poured words
into my head.
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408. You moved my mouth.
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409. You stuck out
my tongue.
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410. You jerk, don't
you get it?
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411. You made me
what I am today.
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412. I hope you're...
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413. satisfied-
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414. from the song, of the same name.
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415. And now...
direct from new york city,
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416. the funniest pair
of cuckoos you'll ever see
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417. here in kansas city
or anyplace else,
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418. jerry and willy.
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419. Let's bring them out big, folks.
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420. How do you do,
folks?
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421. How do you do?
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422. A funny thing
happened to me
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423. on the way over
to the club tonight.
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424. I met this broad...
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425. now, jerry, you
don't mean "broad."
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426. You mean "lady."
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427. Oh, look, chum, you
just write the jokes
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428. and I'll tell them, okay?
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429. Well, anyway, I met this broad
coming down the street.
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430. It was a broad street...
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431. what's known in the parlance
of the times
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432. as the old switcheroo-
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433. from boss to blockhead
in a few, uneasy lessons.
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434. And if you're given
to nightclubbing on occasion,
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435. check this act.
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436. It's called "willy and jerry,"
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437. and they generally are booked
into some of the clubs
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438. along the "gray night way"
known as the twilight zone.
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439. Rod serling,
creator of the twilight zone,
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440. will tell you
about next week's story
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441. after this message.
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442. And now, mr. Serling.
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443. Next week through the good
offices of mr. Richard matheson
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444. we tell you a story
of a young man's fancy,
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445. which is kind of a euphemistic
description of a mortal combat
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446. between the living and the dead,
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447. between the present
and the past,
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448. between miss phyllis thaxter
and mr. Alex nicol.
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449. The battleground
is this old house
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450. and its front door
will be opened to you
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451. next week on the twilight zone.
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452. Hello, tree.
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453. Trees are everybody's friends.
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454. Remember, only you
can prevent forest fires.
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