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Hello, I'm Mr. Red.
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A horse is a horse, of course, of course, and no one can talk to a horse, of course,
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that is, of course, unless the horse is the famous Mr. Red.
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Go right to the source and ask the horse, he'll give you the answer that you endorse.
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He's always on a steady course, talk to Mr. Red.
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You know, I receive so many letters from you girls, and the letters kind of go like this.
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Dear Jack LaLanne, will you please show us something to firm up the hips?
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All right, I want you to lie on your side, face me.
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Then I want you to lift your leg as high as you can, just like this.
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Now let's all do this.
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Ready?
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Begin.
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One and two, that's it, and higher and down, up, down, and rest.
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One, two.
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That was fine, perfect.
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Now, the next move we're going to do, we're going to have to be standing on our feet,
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so everyone get up.
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Come on, everyone, up on your feet.
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That's it, up, up, up, up, up.
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We always have somebody that's a kind of a slow one.
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Get up, get up, up on your feet.
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Great, that's it.
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Now the next exercise is dedicated to all of you who want to have a lovelier neck.
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That's for me.
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Nice.
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Let's all begin together.
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Ready?
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Go.
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One, two, that's it, slowly, up and down and around.
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That's it, and one and two.
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That's it, and one and two.
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That feels good.
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Now the next exercise is something to firm up the waistline so you can look much nicer
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in your clothes.
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Here's how it goes.
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We go first right, then to the left.
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Now you go with me.
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Ready?
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Begin.
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One, two, one, two.
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Swing it.
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Right.
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One, two.
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Get way out.
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That's it, feel the waistline tightening up.
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One, two.
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Out, in.
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One, two.
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One, two.
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One, two.
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And you and this television set.
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Oh, Wilbur.
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You left it on again last night.
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I fell asleep.
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Get me a remote control and it won't happen.
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Remote control.
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Next thing you'll be asking for is a color television.
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Oh, no.
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I may be a horse, but I'm not a pig.
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Dishes just no end.
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In our house, my husband does them.
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Kay, you're always joking.
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I've been in your house when you did the dishes.
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Yeah, but that's only on the nights when my husband does the cooking.
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Hello, girls.
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Oh, say hi, Wilbur.
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I'm glad you came in.
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Would you do me a great favor?
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You can have anything I've got.
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My horse, my house, my mortgage.
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That's exactly what I want.
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Our mortgage?
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No, that's what I call being a good neighbor.
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Oh, no, no, no.
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I'd like to borrow Mr. Ed for this Saturday.
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Oh, you want to take him for a ride?
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Me?
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I wouldn't ride a horse if he came with whitewall tires.
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No, it's from my little niece, Peggy.
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Oh, is she feeling any better?
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Quite a bit.
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You know, I got a letter from her this morning and she wants more than anything else to ride
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Mr. Ed again.
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Oh, sure.
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When's she coming to town?
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Well, she can't leave Mountain Springs for a while.
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She's still recuperating.
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So I guess we'll just have to take Mr. Ed up to see her, huh?
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Oh, honey, can we?
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It's all right with me.
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I don't think Ed has anything planned for the weekend.
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Oh, thanks, Wilbur.
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Killings, shootings, violence.
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Is this for our children?
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You know something, man?
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We're going to see little Peggy again.
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Oh, swell.
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When is she coming over?
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Well, she's at Mountain Springs, still recuperating.
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We're going up there.
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Mountain Springs?
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How high is that?
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It's about 3,000 feet.
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No, no, the deal's off.
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Why?
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I've got acrophobia.
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Acrophobia?
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That's a fear of high places.
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I know what it is, but I didn't know horses could be afraid of heights.
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Why not?
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I'm a human.
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Mountain Springs is only 3,000 feet.
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Please.
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I get dizzy when I look down my nose.
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Ed, it's for little Peggy.
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Don't you want to help her?
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Sure, but let's face it, Wilbur, I'm yellow.
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Ed.
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I don't want to talk about it anymore.
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My horse is chicken.
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That's right.
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I'm going to go.
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Ed, I promised Kay that we'd go to Mountain Springs this weekend to see her niece.
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Oh, a fine thing.
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All the favors that I've done for you, and this is the way you repay me.
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All right.
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You can just forget about that remote control, said buddy boy.
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Wilbur, to whom are you talking?
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Myself.
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Didn't you ever talk to yourself?
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Not since I've been married.
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Are you all right?
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You'd never better.
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Look, about little Peggy.
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I just talked with her on the phone.
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Wilbur, you have no idea what a wonderful thing you are doing for that child.
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Just the idea of seeing Mr. Ed again has filled that child's heart with happiness.
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Yeah.
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Well, Roger, I'm afraid you're going to have to get yourself another horse.
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Ed can't make it this Saturday.
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He can't make it?
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Why?
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Is anything wrong with him?
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Well, I, uh, we...
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Got a sore foot.
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Peggy is going to be terribly disappointed.
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I'd better tell Kay.
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Oh, no.
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I just haven't got the heart to call that child and tell her the bad news.
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I don't understand it.
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When I saw Mr. Ed this morning, he seemed perfectly all right.
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Well, why don't we rent another horse?
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Peggy would never know the difference.
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Oh, of course she would.
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It's very hard to fool a little girl.
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Kay.
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Kay, I'm sorry.
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If it would help any, I'd throw a saddle on my back and let Peggy ride me.
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It's not your fault, Wilbur.
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After all, if the horse...
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Well, your horse seems to have made a remarkable recovery.
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Yeah, well, Ed suffers from a chronic broken leg.
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I mean, it comes and goes.
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Well, I might as well tell you the truth.
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Ed's got acrophobia.
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Acrophobia?
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What?
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Yeah, that's a fear of heights.
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It runs in the family.
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Wilbur, you've been talking very strangely today.
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Do you feel all right?
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I feel fine.
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He just invented that story so he wouldn't have to lend us his horse.
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Oh, but Wilbur, you promised.
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Honey, I'm sorry.
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Acrophobia.
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You know, I'm beginning to develop a case of neighbor phobia.
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Come here.
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Indian giver.
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You believe me, don't you?
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Of course I believe you're an Indian giver.
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Ed, I think I've got it.
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The answer to your problem is hypnotism.
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You see, Ed, you're suffering from a phobia.
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Would you stop chewing those carrots while I'm talking to you?
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You ain't hypnotizing me, Svengali.
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I'm just going to put you into a little trance and then make a few post-hypnotic suggestions
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to your subconscious.
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I got a better suggestion.
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Give me back my carrot.
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Yeah.
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Now, just do as I say now.
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Watch the watch.
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Now, you're getting sleepy.
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Sleepy, sleepy.
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Your eyes are getting heavy.
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You... are... asleep.
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Rock-a-bye, baby.
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Now, cut that out.
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Rock-a-bye, baby.
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Now, cut that out.
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Don't you want to lick this height phobia
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and help that little girl?
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Okay, I won't horse around.
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Now, don't talk at all.
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You just make your mind a complete blank.
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This is ridiculous.
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Relax.
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You are getting sleepy.
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Sleepy.
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Sleepy.
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Oh.
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Keep your eye on the nice new watch now.
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Oh.
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What are you doing?
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Hmm? Oh.
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Oh, I was just winding my watch.
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I'm glad you wind it with that little knob on top.
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Oh, well, I got tired of winding it that way.
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I thought I'd just break the monotony of winding my watch.
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Wilbert, do you feel all right?
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Of course I feel all right.
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Why do you always ask that?
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Lunch will be ready in a few minutes.
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Thank you, honey.
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Well, he certainly has been acting rather odd.
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Now, Carol, I don't want to worry you,
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but I caught Wilbert talking to himself earlier today.
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Yeah, and that business about his horse having acrophobia.
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And now waving his watch to wind it.
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Roger, maybe there's something on his mind that he can't tell me.
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Will you please have a talk with him?
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Well, of course. Now, don't you worry.
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Everything is going to be all right.
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Just leave it to me.
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Thank you, Roger.
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Don't bother.
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What do you think, doll?
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I think some psychiatrist can start warming up his couch.
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Maybe he does need psychiatry.
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Why don't you suggest it to him?
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I will, but I'll have to be very subtle.
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You know, those who need help most usually resist.
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Their id is in a continual state of turmoil.
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But I'll try.
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Goodbye, Sigmund.
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Well, winding your watch, I see.
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Uh, yeah, yes.
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Well, that reminds me. I forgot to wind mine.
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Wilbur, I need your advice.
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Oh, yeah?
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What can I do for you?
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Well, it concerns a friend of mine.
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He's been under a good deal of tension lately, and he's acting rather strangely.
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I was wondering what I could do to help him.
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How about a doctor?
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Psychiatrist. An excellent suggestion.
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You know, there's a time in every man's life when he needs outside help to get rid of his neuroses and phobias.
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Phobia?
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I know just the doctor for my friend.
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Yeah, well, look, I, uh, I have a friend who has that kind of problem.
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Would you give me your doctor's name and address?
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Oh, sure, of course. Yes.
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Here. Write it down.
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Right. Yeah, yeah, sure, yeah.
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Why are you writing with a carrot?
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Don't you always write with a carrot?
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No, no, I, I use a pencil.
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You better get a hold of yourself, Roger.
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Psychiatry. I'm sure my friend will appreciate this.
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Uh, yes, uh, yeah.
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Thanks, Roger.
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I'm worried about him, Ed.
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He was trying to write with a carrot.
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Oh, well.
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Dr. Bruce Gordon.
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Wilbur.
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Yeah?
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No head shrinkers for me.
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Sure.
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Hello, Dr. Bruce Gordon?
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This is Wilbur Post.
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Roger Addison recommended you to me.
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Roger, it's him.
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Yes, Mr. Post, what can I do for you?
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I'd like an appointment.
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All right, Mr. Post, when would be convenient?
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Well, could you come to my barn?
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Your barn?
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Yeah.
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I'd come to your office, but my horse won't ride in the elevator.
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He's in big trouble.
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Your horse?
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Yes, he's the patient.
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He's afraid of heights.
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This is a classic case.
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He says he has a horse that has a fear of heights.
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So that's it.
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Wilbur has acrophobia and he's afraid to let anyone know.
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That's why he canceled his trip to the mountains.
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That's the least of his worries.
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I don't usually make barn calls, Mr. Post,
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but since you're a friend of Roger's, I'll accommodate you.
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Thank you, doctor.
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Can you be here at 2 o'clock sharp?
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Yes.
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You see, my wife goes to the beauty parlor, so my horse and I will be expecting you.
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Goodbye.
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Goodbye.
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Bruce, you're doing me a great favor.
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You're doing me a greater favor.
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I think this ought to get me the lead article in the psychiatric journal.
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A horse.
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Interesting.
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Well, Ed, Dr. Gordon will be here at 2 o'clock.
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You're wasting your time.
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I don't talk to anybody except you.
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Ed, please, don't worry.
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I've thought of that.
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I'm going to make the doctor believe that I am the patient.
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We don't look alike.
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Here's my plan.
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The doctor will go into my office.
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I'll go into the stall with you.
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Behind closed doors, he'll think he's talking to me.
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Ha! Ha! He will be, because I ain't going to be there.
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Ed, please.
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Please, Ed.
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Little Peggy, this dear little girl is recuperating,
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and she wants to see you.
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Now, Ed, you want to help her, don't you?
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Okay, okay.
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Stop with the hearts and flowers.
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Why don't we go into your office, Mr. Post?
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I don't want my horse to hear this.
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Oh.
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What if he did?
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Then he wouldn't talk.
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I see.
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Your horse talks.
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Well, that's what I want to tell you.
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You're going to be the only other person who knows that he does.
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Good, good.
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I'm honored.
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But let's get started.
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I have a long paper to write when this is over.
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Yes, Mr. Doctor.
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Now, Doctor, you go into my office,
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and I'll go into the stall,
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and the next voice you hear will be mine.
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We're all set, Ed.
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Okay, Doctor, I'm ready when you are.
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Now, Mr. Post, I want you just to relax
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and tell me all about yourself.
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Now, what is your earliest recollection?
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At birth, I weighed 68 pounds.
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68 pounds?
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Yep.
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I was an incubator baby.
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About your acrophobia, Mr. Post,
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when did the first syndrome manifest itself?
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Make him talk English.
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He wants to know when your phobia started.
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Oh, why didn't he say so?
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It's a family curse.
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It started when my great-grandfather fell off a cliff.
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How did that happen?
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He was chasing a filly.
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She made a sudden stop.
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Vuh-vuh-vuh-vuh!
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Goodbye, Grandpa.
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Yes, yes, go on.
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After your grandfather fell off the cliff, what happened?
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Well, it kind of knocked the wind out of that romance.
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How old was your grandfather at the time?
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Nine years old.
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Mr. Post, I think we've had enough for one day.
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Will you come out now, please?
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Doctor, before you go, may I ask you one question?
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Well, certainly.
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Brrr!
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Doctor, how do you overcome this fear of heights?
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Well, we overcome a phobia by doing the thing we fear.
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Oh, you mean by forcing yourself to climb to a high place, you might conquer this fear.
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Precisely.
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Louder.
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Precisely.
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Thank you, Doctor.
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I'll walk you to your car.
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What do you think, Doctor?
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It's amazing.
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This will make medical history.
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You don't know what a relief it is to know that somebody else besides me knows that my horse talks.
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Fantastic case of schizophrenia.
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Mr. Post, you are part architect, part horse.
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No, I've been...
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No, no, that's my horse that was talking.
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Doctor, you've got to believe me.
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Just relax.
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The first step toward recovery is knowing your illness.
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I'm not sick.
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Of course not.
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Of course not.
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Now, about your next appointment.
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I don't need any appointment.
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It's him.
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Shall we say tomorrow in your stall or in my office?
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It's not my stall.
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I'm not a horse.
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Good.
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You see?
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You're improving already.
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Well, I'll see you tomorrow.
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Uh, don't call us.
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We'll call you.
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You heard what the doctor said.
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The only way to lick your fear of heights is by going up to a high place.
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You'll have to carry me.
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I'll think of something.
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Honey?
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How about a kiss?
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How high are we?
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Oh, just a few feet.
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How much is a few?
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Well, why don't you take a look for yourself?
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No, no.
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Ed, you are a coward.
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We've already established that.
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Come on, Ed.
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Look.
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Can't.
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I'm in a trance.
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Ed, come on.
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Take a look.
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Fred, somebody's watching us.
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I'll be right back, Bernice.
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Come on.
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One little peek.
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Hey, fella, what are you, a peeping tom?
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I beg your pardon?
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How long are you going to be here?
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Oh, just a few minutes.
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Well, hurry it up, will you?
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Why didn't you bell him, Watt?
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You're being obvious.
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You're just trying to cause trouble so he'll chase us away from here,
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and you won't have to look down.
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Come on, Bernice.
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No, not here.
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That's telling him, Bernice.
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Ed, be quiet.
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You're getting me in trouble.
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Well, are you taking me down?
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Not until you look over the edge.
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Come on, Bernice.
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Don't kiss that slobber.
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You're really a joker, aren't you?
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No, no, that wasn't me.
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Now, listen.
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I'm going to tell you just once.
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Beat it.
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Make me fat so.
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Okay, buddy.
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You asked for it.
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Shall I call the boys, Wilbur?
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Uh, yeah.
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The fellow's looking for trouble.
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Got to round up the whole gang.
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They're just around the bend.
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Boy, look, take it easy, will you?
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Just forget it.
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Forget it.
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Okay, Ed.
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You win.
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Let's go home.
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Hey, Wilbur, look.
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The San Fernando Valley.
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Ed, you're looking down there.
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You beat the phobia.
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Yeah, what do you know?
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Ed, you're going to make a certain little girl
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very happy tomorrow.
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Wilbur.
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What?
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Has a horse ever climbed a Matterhorn?
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Not today.
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Wilbur, wasn't it worth the trip
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just seeing Peggy's face light up
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when she saw Mr. Ed?
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Yeah.
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Maybe we'll go up there again next week, huh?
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Honey, I'm so glad you're your old self again.
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Well, licking my fear of heights
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had a lot to do with it.
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I'm so proud of you, darling.
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Don't be too long now.
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Be right with you.
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Ed, this has been such an exciting day,
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I doubt if I'll be able to sleep tonight.
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Buddy boy, look in my eyes.
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You're getting sleepy.
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Sleepy.
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Sleepy.
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A horse is a horse, of course, of course
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And no one can talk to a horse, of course
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That is, of course, unless the horse
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Is the famous Mr. Ed
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Go right to the source and ask the horse
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He'll give you the answer that you'll endorse
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He's always on a steady course
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Talk to Mr. Ed
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He'll yackety-yack a streak
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And waste your time a day
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But Mr. Ed will never speak
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Unless he has something to say
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A horse is a horse, of course, of course
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And this one will talk to his voice
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This horse, you never heard of a talking horse?
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Well, listen to this.
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I am Mr. Ed
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This has been a Filmways television presentation.
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