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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. Yes!
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8. You see what I mean?
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9. Did you see that?
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10. The right english, the right
draw, perfect position, right?
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11. What do I get?
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12. Fats brown, that's what I get,
fats brown.
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13. Well, I'm sick of it.
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14. I'm sick of hearing his name!
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15. I'm the best pool cue
on randolph street.
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16. Me, jesse cardiff,
and you know that!
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17. All right, all right...
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18. fats was good.
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19. I mean, hewasgood, right?
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20. But he's dead.
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21. You hear me? He's dead.
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22. He's been dead
for over 15 years,
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23. but every time I turn around
I hear his name!
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24. "Oh, you're pretty good, jesse,
but fats is better.
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25. Fats is the best!"
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26. Fats, fats!
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27. I'll say it again-
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28. fats brown is dead!
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29. And buried in the ground.
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30. And if he was alive and
in this room I could beat him.
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31. I'd give anything...
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32. anything to play him one game!
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33. Fats brown, fats brown,
report to lister's pool room
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34. randolph street, chicago.
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35. Fats brown, fats brown,
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36. lister's pool room,
randolph street, chicago.
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37. If you were here, fats brown,
I'd show you who was the best.
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38. One game, one lousy game...
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39. at your service.
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40. Jesse cardiff, pool shark-
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41. the best on randolph street-
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42. who will soon learn that trying
to be the best at anything
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43. carries its own special risks
in or out of the twilight zone.
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44. You called?
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45. Um, but you're...
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46. dead?
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47. Not really.
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48. As long as people
talk about you,
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49. you're not really dead.
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50. As long as they speak your name,
you continue.
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51. A legend
doesn't die
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52. just because
the man does.
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53. Oh, no...
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54. no, it's impossible.
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55. Nothing's impossible.
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56. Some things are less likely
than others, that's all.
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57. It isn't a rib.
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58. I mean, it's you.
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59. You're...
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60. james howard brown,
known to my friends as "fats."
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61. I know it's a shock,
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62. but you called me,
I didn't call you.
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63. Oh, well, I... I didn't
mean anything, see?
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64. I understand,
it was just big talk.
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65. Is that it?
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66. You like to play
with fire,
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67. but you don't
like to cook.
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68. You're not as good as you claim,
and you know it.
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69. Deep down, you know
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70. you're
second-rate.
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71. Now, wait a minute!
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72. Are you afraid?
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73. Look, I've come a long way, boy,
and not to be fooled with.
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74. I've seen your kind before-
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75. a little skill, a knack, style,
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76. but when the heat's on,
you fold.
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77. That isn't fair-
you never seen me play.
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78. Maybe I can beat you.
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79. That's possible, isn't it?
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80. It's possible.
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81. Things change.
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82. Records get higher.
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83. But you'll never get
the job done with your mouth.
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84. All right, fat boy,
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85. dead or alive,
let me tell you something.
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86. Maybe you are a
legend- a tin god.
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87. You know what
you are to me?
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88. You're a big balloon
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89. waiting for someone to
stick a needle in it.
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90. Well, I'm the someone
and here's the needle.
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91. You're like all
the other legends.
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92. You live on
a reputation.
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93. I heard a man swear
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94. that he saw you make
a nine-cushion bank.
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95. And you don't believe it?
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96. It's impossible.
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97. You hit the
ball that hard,
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98. it won't stay
on the table.
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99. He had more imagination
than brains, huh?
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100. Then you'll
play me?
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101. Yeah.
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102. And what about
the stakes?
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103. The stakes?
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104. Something to make
the game interesting.
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105. Here, any
or all of it.
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106. Come on,
use your wits, boy.
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107. What good is money to me?
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108. Then what?
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109. Something to make my
long journey worthwhile.
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110. Name it.
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111. You said you'd give
anything for a game with me.
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112. Anything?
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113. What are you talking about,
mister?
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114. Just what kind of stakes
are you talking about?
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115. Life or death.
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116. You beat me and you live.
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117. You lose and you die.
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118. It's interesting
to see how much faith
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119. you have
in yourself.
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120. You know something?
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121. For my money, you don't want
to be the best bad enough, boy.
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122. Why, when I
was your age,
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123. I would have jumped
at the chance.
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124. But then, I was
something better
than second-rate.
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125. You better watch yourself.
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126. You know it takes more
than skill to be a champion.
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127. It takes equal parts of talent,
luck, work and nerve-
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128. a quality you sadly lack.
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129. Nerve, you mean insanity.
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130. Risk my life on a game of pool?
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131. Insanity,
if you prefer.
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132. I am just a pool player.
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133. There's probably no less
important thing on earth.
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134. But mark this in your book-
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135. I'm the best.
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136. It's a proud thing
to be the best.
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137. You wouldn't
know about that.
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138. Where you going?
I'm going back.
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139. Wait.
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140. You say I don't
want to be the best
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141. but you're wrong.
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142. Do you know how many hours,
how many years,
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143. how much of myself
I've put into this game?
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144. How many nights I've slept
on that table right there?
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145. I made a deal
with the owner
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146. so I could
practice
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147. after the
place closed.
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148. I haven't been
to the movies in years.
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149. I haven't dated a girl,
read a book
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150. because it would take
time away from the game.
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151. Still talk and nothing else.
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152. I'm good, mister!
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153. I'm...
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154. I'm good.
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155. But am I that good?
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156. You'll really
never know
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157. until you're ready
to risk everything.
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158. Look, will you
stop pushing, huh?
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159. You know,
where I come from,
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160. there's a race driver.
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161. Go to the track
and whisper his name.
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162. Say "tazio nuvolarl"
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163. and watch the heads
nod up and down.
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164. Or go to a bullring
and hear of manolete.
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165. Both men faced
death daily
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166. and both are legends.
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167. You never make
the grade at anything
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168. by playing it safe.
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169. Oh, boy, this is nutty.
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170. No.
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171. You accept
the terms-
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172. life or death?
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173. You know, the big game hunter
has his elephant gun.
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174. And the fencer,
he uses a blade from lima.
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175. This cue was made for me
special, st. Louis.
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176. Cost $600.
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177. Yep, I made my living with it
for 35 years.
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178. Name the game.
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179. Rotation?
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180. Kelly.
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181. 14.1 rack.
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182. 8-ball.
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183. Well, let's
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184. let's see
how good you really are.
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185. Uh, 14.1 rack,
one game, 300 points.
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186. You got a coin?
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187. Toss for break?
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188. You call it.
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189. Tails.
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190. Change your mind?
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191. You can, you know.
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192. Heads-
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193. my break.
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194. I know what you're
thinking, son-
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195. "the man who breaks
is at a disadvantage.
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196. "Once he scatters
the balls
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197. the other man
has a clear field."
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198. Sure.
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199. Safe.
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200. Wow.
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201. Two balls
into the rail-
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202. a perfect break and
no advantage given.
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203. Now it's you turn
to scatter them.
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204. Safe.
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205. Do something
with that.
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206. 15 ball in the corner pocket.
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207. There's a funny thing-
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208. I was thinking if I sink it,
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209. you're really in trouble.
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210. With luck, I can run the table.
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211. And if you miss, you
leave me wide open.
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212. Nine ball in the corner.
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213. Ten ball, three cushion,
in the side.
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214. How about that, fat boy?
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215. Not bad.
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216. That was great.
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217. You're like all the others.
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218. When I was a kid, I knew
a lot of guys like you.
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219. Guys who were
good at things
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220. like music
and basketball.
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221. Guys who would
do anything
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222. to make me feel
about that big.
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223. But you fooled
them, right?
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224. Yeah, I did,
that's right.
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225. I did.
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226. Two ball in the corner pocket.
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227. I knew there was something
I could be good at.
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228. One day, I was about 16,
I wandered into here.
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229. It was cool
and dark
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230. like... like
being underwater.
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231. I used to come back.
I used to watch them play.
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232. One day I picked up a cue,
I asked an old man,
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233. he was sitting right over there,
right there,
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234. I said,
"you want to play, mister?"
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235. And I beat him.
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236. The first time I ever played
him, and I beat him!
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237. I knew I had an eye
for this game.
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238. What happened to it?
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239. I almost made it.
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240. Funny thing, in geometry,
"almost" isn't enough.
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241. Geometry?
Mm-hmm.
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242. Pool is geometry...
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243. in its most
challenging form-
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244. a science of precise angles
and forces.
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245. 14 in the end pocket.
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246. Angles and
forces, huh?
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247. You sewed yourself up
pretty good.
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248. 13 ball...
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249. corner pocket.
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250. Ha!
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251. Your shot.
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252. Six, corner.
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253. Four, corner.
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254. Twelve.
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255. 13 in the corner pocket.
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256. Four ball, corner.
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257. Two ball, corner.
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258. Five ball in the side.
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259. 15 in the side pocket.
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260. I've got 59, you've
got seven points.
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261. The game is young yet,
very young.
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262. Rack them up.
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263. One ball, end pocket.
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264. Seven.
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265. Five.
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266. Eleven.
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267. Eight.
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268. Ten ball
in the corner pocket.
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269. You needed those
four balls to win.
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270. See the score?
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271. I got 299, you got 296.
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272. Yeah, yeah,
I see the score.
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273. Well, I need
that one to win.
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274. You need all of them.
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275. Just that one.
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276. Bank the five...
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277. in the corner.
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278. You know something,
jesse?
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279. There's more to life
than this pool hall.
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280. It isn't right, your being
all cooped up in here.
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281. You ought to
get out a little
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282. see what's going on.
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283. You didn't get to be the best
sitting on a park bench.
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284. You spent a lot of time
with that cue in your hands.
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285. Of course
I did.
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286. But I took time out
to live, too.
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287. I've been places where
they never heard of billiards.
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288. 15 ball in the corner pocket.
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289. I may not
look the part, jesse,
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290. but I made love,
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291. walked uphill,
swam in the ocean...
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292. when I think of
the wonderful things there are
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293. to see and to do, it hurts me-
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294. yeah-
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295. to see you rotting
your life away
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296. in this miserable,
dark hall.
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297. You're lying.
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298. You're trying
to distract me.
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299. That's a lousy
thing to do.
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300. 15 in the corner.
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301. You made
me do that!
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302. You made me miss!
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303. Aw, come on,
a little gamesmanship,
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304. a little fun
and you come apart.
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305. Kid stuff to make you
break your concentration
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306. and you get wild.
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307. There it is-
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308. the game ball.
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309. All my life I've been
waiting for this, it's...
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310. it's a pocket hanger.
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311. I sink that...
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312. I become the greatest.
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313. If you sink it.
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314. You're sweating.
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315. Why you so
nervous?
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316. Oh, for reasons I'm afraid
you wouldn't understand.
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317. I understand all right.
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318. It means a lot, doesn't it?
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319. Even as a dead man...
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320. have your name
up there-
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321. "the unbeatable
champ of all times!"
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322. Carries certain
satisfactions.
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323. "I'll give you a
chance at my crown,
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324. but only if you stake
your life on the game!"
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325. Couldn't be a nice
friendly, little game!
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326. I take them as I find them.
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327. To you, pool is not
a nice, friendly game.
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328. It's a win-at-any-price affair.
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329. I acted accordingly.
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330. It didn't do you any good.
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331. There's still one
ball on the table
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332. and it's taking you a mighty
long time to get at it.
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333. Why?
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334. You wouldn't believe
this, jesse,
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335. but personally,
I'd like to see you win.
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336. Yeah.
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337. Believe me,
I've only been doing my job.
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338. Someone has to keep the flame.
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339. Someone has to weed out those
who haven't got what it takes.
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340. You see, the champions,
the legends,
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341. they serve as a purpose,
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342. a challenge,
an incentive.
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343. I don't need a challenge.
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344. Everyone needs a challenge,
jesse-
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345. someone great
out of the past to say,
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346. "match what I've done, boy,
and make it better."
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347. That's true in all
walks of life-
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348. music, politics, sports,
you name it.
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349. Me- I'm only a pool player,
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350. but I'm the best.
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351. Youwerethe best.
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352. Wait a minute, jesse.
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353. Before you shoot,
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354. think of this-
shoot that ball,
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355. and you may win more
than you bargained for.
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356. There's nothing you can say
that will stop me.
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357. Nothing.
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358. I'm sorry.
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359. I was required to say that.
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360. Win more than I
bargained for, huh?
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361. No... I beat you.
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362. I'm the best.
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363. I'm the best
at something.
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364. Thanks.
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365. What do you
mean, "thanks"?
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366. I beat you, I'm the best,
and I'm going to live.
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367. Of course you are,
those were the stakes.
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368. Then what's with
the thanks, fat boy?
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369. You'll find out
when the time comes
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370. for you to leave
randolph street.
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371. You sore loser.
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372. I beat you.
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373. I beat you fair and square.
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374. Take...
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375. hey.
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376. Come on.
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377. Well, you saw it, didn't you?
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378. I beat the king of the hill,
fats brown!
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379. Me...
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380. jesse cardiff.
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381. And now I'm the best.
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382. And I'm going to stay the best
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383. because nobody is ever going
to take it away from me.
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384. Nobody ever!
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385. It's me, jesse cardiff,
you hear?
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386. Jesse cardiff, jesse cardiff!
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387. Jesse cardiff,
jesse cardiff...
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388. jesse cardiff, jesse cardiff,
jesse cardiff.
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389. Report at once to mason's
pool hall, sandusky, ohio.
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390. Mr. Jesse cardiff, who became
a legend by beating one,
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391. but who has found out
after his funeral
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392. that being the best of anything
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393. carries with it
a special an obligation
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394. to keep on proving it.
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395. Mr. Fats brown,
on the other hand,
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396. having relinquished
the champion's mantle,
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397. has gone fishing.
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398. These are the ground rules
in the twilight zone.
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399. Rod serling,
creator of the twilight zone,
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400. will tell you
about next week's story
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401. after this word
from our alternate sponsor.
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402. And now, mr. Serling.
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403. We've had some performances
of great depth
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404. onthe twilight zone,
and next week is no exception.
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405. A distinguished and incredibly
talented young man
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406. lends us his services
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407. when peter falk
stars in "the mirror."
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408. This is the story of a tyrant
and his assassins,
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409. a shattered dream
and the death of a cause.
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410. Next week onthe twilight zone,
"the mirror."
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411. Be sure and watchgunsmoke
starring james arness,
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412. saturday nights over most
of these same stations.
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