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519 lines
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Hello, I'm Mr. Red.
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Hello, Mrs. Paulson.
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Hello, Henry.
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Mind signing this, please?
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Thank you.
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There you are.
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Thank you.
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Oh, would you please put the hay in the back?
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Hello, Carol.
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Of course.
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Oh, hi, Kate.
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Say, would you like some coffee and cake?
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Oh, no, sweetie.
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I just started a new diet, and I'll have to cut down on it.
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I'm sorry.
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I'm sorry.
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I'm sorry.
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I'm sorry.
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I'm sorry.
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I just started a new diet, and I'll have to cut down on some things.
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So, uh, just make a cake.
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You know, when I'm on a diet, I eat like a horse.
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Not as much as our horse.
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Do you know that's the fourth load of hay this week for Mr. Ed?
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Your horse has it pretty soft.
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He doesn't work, he takes naps all day, and he never stops eating.
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And I thought being a wife was the best racket.
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Well, love and learn.
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Hi, I'm on a diet, not a hunger strike.
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Carol, Carol.
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Oh, hi.
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Hi, Kate.
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Hi, Wilbur.
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Carol, did I get a call from Fred Briggs while I was gone?
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No, honey.
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That's funny.
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He said he'd call.
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Plans for his beach house are ready.
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Fred Briggs, isn't he the man who directs all those western movies?
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That's right.
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When you meet him, you don't know whether to shake hands or draw.
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Honey, I noticed a truffle with a hay outside.
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Did you order that?
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Me?
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I thought you did.
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No, I didn't order it.
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Then the horse must have ordered it.
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You know, I wouldn't put it past Ed.
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Oh, I mean, I did order it.
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I forgot.
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Excuse me.
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Carol, I read that Fred Briggs is starting another picture.
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Maybe you can get him to hire Mr. Ed.
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Hire Mr. Ed?
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That's a wonderful idea.
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That way, your horse can earn his keep.
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Can he do any tricks?
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Well, he has two specialties.
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Eating and sleeping.
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You, uh, you phoned the feed store again, didn't you, Ed?
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I thought I told you that I was the one to give the orders around here.
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That's the fourth load of hay we've had delivered this week.
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Well, I'm hungry.
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How come other horses don't eat as much as you do?
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Because they can't phone the feed store.
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I'm not trying to starve you.
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I would just like to know what is going on around here.
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Oh, please, Wilbur.
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Do I yell when you eat?
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Wilbur, Kay just had the most marvelous idea.
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When Mr. Briggs comes over,
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why don't you ask him if he'll hire Mr. Ed for his new resting?
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Gee, honey, I don't know.
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But we have nothing to lose.
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Well, honey, at least that way he'll be helping to pay his own way.
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You know, all that hay he eats is costing us a fortune.
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I don't know, honey.
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I mean, Mr. Briggs is coming over to take a look at these plans for his new beach house.
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I mean, it doesn't seem ethical to ask him for a personal favor.
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Well, think about it, Wilbur, huh?
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Hello, neighbor.
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Hi, Roger.
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What do you think?
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The Briggs beach house?
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Yeah.
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Oh, boy, fine.
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Yeah, great.
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Hey, that's quite a racket you got there, you know that?
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Build a man a house and rent him a horse at the same time.
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Oh, that?
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Oh, no, no.
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I told Carol to forget about Kay's idea.
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Kay's idea?
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Don't tell me my dear little wife has been interfering in your life again.
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Oh, take it easy, Roger.
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She meant well.
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The road to Reno is paved with good intentions.
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You know, it's time that wife of mine learned...
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Look, don't start any arguments with Kay on my account.
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I mean, I told Carol that I am not sending Ed to work, and that is that.
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Honey?
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Hello, Fred.
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Oh, hi, Wilbur.
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Fred, this is my neighbor, Roger Addison.
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This is Fred Briggs.
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How do you do, Mr. Briggs?
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Honey, guess what?
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Mr. Briggs said he'd use Mr. Edna's new movie.
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I'm afraid my horse will not be available for your picture, Fred.
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Okay, anything you say.
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Now, about these plans...
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Wilbur, I think I'll run along.
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Mr. Briggs, nice to meet you.
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Yes, my pleasure.
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And I'll see you folks tonight for bridge.
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My wife needs a few tips first.
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She needs some instructions on how to be a dummy.
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Bye, Roger.
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Bye.
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Kay, I like what you've done with the rumpus room.
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Thanks, but my idea carried further along.
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Will you please get us some coffee, Carol?
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Yes.
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And a carload of hay for Mr. Ed.
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As I was saying, I like the rumpus room.
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Wilbur, will you stop harping on Kay?
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I think her idea was very good about putting Mr. Ed to work.
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Now, please open that bridge table.
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The Addisons will be here any minute.
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You know, the next time we agree on something, I wish you would stick to it.
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I thought I was doing you a favor.
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Well, you weren't.
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Honey, I still say there's nothing wrong in Mr. Ed paying his way.
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Fine.
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Ed makes a few dollars and Briggs knocks a few hundred off the price of my plans.
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You're just being stubborn.
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I don't think so.
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Before we were married, you agreed that I would make all the decisions about money in this family.
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All right. From now on, you can.
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Fine.
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Would you put that in writing?
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No.
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I knew you didn't mean it.
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Wilbur, you're just being impossible tonight.
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You started it.
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You're always listening to Kay.
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Oh, you and your arguments. This is all your fault.
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I didn't know what I was doing, and you made me do it.
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I'm going for everything around here.
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Look, now, let's try to be civil while the Addisons are here.
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Let's not show them how happy we are.
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Now, Kay, I want you to promise me that you won't interfere in their lives again.
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I did not interfere.
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Why do you have to make the whole world miserable?
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I'm married to you. Let's keep it in the family.
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Oh, you stuffy.
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Oh, hello, Carol.
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Hi, Connie.
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Come, darling.
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Hi, Loki.
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Oh, Wilbur, bridge, bridge, bridge.
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You look beautiful.
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Well, thank you.
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Roger.
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Well, what would you like?
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What would I like?
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The usual.
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What would you like, sweetheart?
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Nothing for me, darling.
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Nothing for me either, sweetheart.
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Wilbur, why are you limping?
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Oh, it's not easy to open a bridge table, is it, honey?
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No, sweetheart.
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No, sweetheart.
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Addison, one leg is a little crooked.
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I knew that when I married you.
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Nut.
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What did you say, dear?
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Have a nut.
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Oh, thank you, sweetheart.
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I'll fix the table, Kay.
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Roger?
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Thank you.
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Magazine's out of balance.
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There we are.
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Pardon me.
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Oh, Roger, why don't you sit here facing your wife
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and I'll sit here facing my wife?
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There we are.
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Cut for deal?
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Darling, the table is still wobbly.
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Addison, will you fix it?
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Your wish is my command, dear heart.
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Roger, cut.
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Thank you.
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Oh!
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Look what you've done, you clumsy...
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doll.
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It was an accident, sweetheart.
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Don't blame him, Kay.
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I told Wilbur the table was still wobbly.
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I'm going to change.
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Maybe we can play some other night.
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Yes, perhaps tomorrow night.
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Darling, be careful.
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I don't want you to catch cold outside.
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You spilled that drink on purpose, you lummox.
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What a stupid remark to make.
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Are you calling me stupid?
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You called me a nut in there,
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and I warned you.
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You'd better put on my coat, darling.
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Kay, you forgot your bag.
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Oh, thank you, Wilbur.
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Well, good night again.
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Good night.
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Good night, Wilbur.
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Good night, Roger.
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I'm going to change.
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I'm going to change.
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I'm going to change.
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I'm going to change.
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I'm going to change.
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I'm going to change.
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I'm going to change.
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I'm going to change.
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I'm going to change.
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I'm going to change.
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I'm going to change.
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I've changed!
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I've changed!
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Oh, you're going to change.
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I hope you're satisfied.
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You've changed.
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I hope you're satisfied.
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I hope you're satisfied.
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Bye.
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I hope you're satisfied.
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You ruined my whole evening.
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You ruined my whole evening.
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If it weren't for that darn horse,
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We wouldn't even be arguing.
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We wouldn't even be arguing.
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Honey, what's happening to us?
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Honey, what's happening to us?
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What are we arguing about?
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What are we arguing about?
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Don't you know that I love you?
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Don't you know that I love you?
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Oh.
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What are we arguing about?
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A silly thing like putting Mr. Ed to work.
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That's silly.
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He doesn't have to work.
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Then give me one good reason why he shouldn't.
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Because I make enough money
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to support a wife and a horse.
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When we got married,
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it should have been a three ring ceremony.
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Oh, that's ridiculous.
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A horse wearing a ring.
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Hello, information.
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I'd like the number of Fred Briggs in Beverly Hills.
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Whatever happened to good morning?
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Carol and I had a few words again last night.
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PHONE RINGS
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Well...
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Excuse me, Ed.
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Hello?
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Wilbur, my secretary just gave me your message.
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We'll pick up your horse tomorrow morning at 6.
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My horse?
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But listen, Fred...
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Oh, don't bother to thank me, Wilbur.
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It was a pleasure.
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Look, I must get back on the set.
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Goodbye.
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That was Fred Briggs.
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Carol went behind my back again.
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She didn't call.
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I called.
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You?
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That's right.
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But I thought you didn't want to go to work.
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Changed my mind.
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You... You're just trying to get me to work.
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Trying to keep peace in the family, aren't you?
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Please, don't slobber over me.
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I'm going to kill Carol.
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Honey?
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Honey, I've decided to send Ed to work.
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Oh, Wilbur, you're such a wonderful husband.
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Honey, honey, honey.
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Don't talk, just kiss me.
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I will if you'll stop sponging me.
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Now I know how Kay felt when Roger spilled the drink on her.
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I'm so terrible about that.
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Here we've made up and they're still not talking
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all on account of us.
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Maybe we should go and try to get them together.
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Oh, let's.
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Honey, you're so thoughtful.
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Yeah, yeah.
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Lucky for me we didn't make up while you were slicing bread.
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Is this the only dirty spot in the house under my legs?
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Don't talk to me.
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Sir.
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Do you intend to strike me?
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I sneezed.
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You could have said gesundheit.
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But you just gave me specific instructions
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not to talk to you.
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Still, you could be civil.
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When one of us sneezes, the other sneezes.
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I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
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I'm sorry.
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I'm sorry.
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When one of us sneezes, the other should say gesundheit.
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Forgive me, my dear, I've forgotten the rules of war.
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In the nine years we've been married, I...
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Nineteen years.
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I don't count the ten years we weren't speaking.
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Now, my paper, please.
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Well, I see the rules have just been amended.
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Aren't you going to answer the door?
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Not until you gesundheit me.
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Good morning.
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Well, this is a pleasant surprise.
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Hi, Carol.
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Hello, Wilbur.
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Okay.
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Hi, Roger.
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Have you made up yet?
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Nice to see a friendly face around here.
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Well, we just dropped by to tell you Ed's going to work.
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Well.
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He starts that picture tomorrow.
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Good.
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What made you choose to come here?
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Well, I just thought I'd give you a little surprise.
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I'm going to be a doctor.
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I'm going to be a doctor.
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I'm just going to be a doctor.
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What made you change your mind?
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I didn't want Carol to be unhappy.
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We just feel awful when we're not talking.
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Gesundheit, my dear.
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Gesundheit to you, darling.
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All right.
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This is a run-through, everybody.
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Get set, Brannigan.
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Uh-oh.
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What's going on, girl?
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I don't know.
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Uh-oh.
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All right.
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Roll them.
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Roll them.
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Okay.
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Action.
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Okay.
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Action.
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Well, where's the horse?
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Hmm.
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Get that horse back where he belongs.
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Right away.
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Great.
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All right.
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Let's try it again.
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Okay.
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Ready, Brannigan?
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Ready.
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Charles?
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All right.
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Roll them.
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Roll them.
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Okay.
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Action.
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Action.
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Stop!
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What's with that horse?
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Maybe those gunshots are scaring him, Mr. Briggs.
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Uh, could be.
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Bring him back.
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Yes, sir.
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Brannigan, don't fire your gun this time.
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We can put in the shots later.
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That's very good thinking, Mr. Briggs.
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Thank you.
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All right, let's go.
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Charles.
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All right, roll.
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Roll.
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Action.
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Action.
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Lunch, everybody.
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Who told you to call lunch?
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I didn't say anything, Mr. Briggs.
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It must have been that same wise guy.
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All right, everybody, take a five-minute break.
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All right, everybody, five minutes.
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Five minutes, everybody.
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Hiya, Fred. How's my horse doing?
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Well, we've had our share of trouble.
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What's he doing over there?
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I'll get him away.
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Come on, Ed.
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How's it going, Ed?
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I'm quitting.
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Get my unemployment insurance.
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What's that?
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They want me to carry a 250-pound cowboy on my back.
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I'm not going to do that.
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I'm going to get a job.
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I've got a 250-pound cowboy on my back.
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I'll be bull-legged in two days.
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Uh-oh. Here comes hot lips again.
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Isn't this Daphne, the star of this picture?
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No, honey, I'm not interested.
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Ed, easy.
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She's worth a fortune.
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When I marry, it'll be for love, not money.
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Is Daphne here with this horse again?
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George, I thought I told you to get her ready.
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I'm sorry, Mr. Briggs. Come on.
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Now, uh...
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Fred, maybe Ed isn't cut out for movies.
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You want me to take him home?
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I'm glad you asked me.
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Frankly, I don't think your animal is too bright.
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Now he's a little bit nervous, you see.
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This is his first time in front of a camera.
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Incidentally, I have the revised sketches for the beach house whenever you have time.
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Oh, good, good. I'll drop around when I'm free.
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Okay, everybody, let's go.
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Lunch!
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Oh, here you are. Fresh cotton.
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Thanks.
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Sweetie, how long will Mr. Ed be in that picture?
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About six weeks.
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Wouldn't it be wonderful if he became famous?
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Oh, I can see your horse now.
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Walking down Hollywood Boulevard, wearing dark glasses, signing autographs.
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What an imagination.
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Carol, honey, do you think it would be possible for Wilbur
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to get us past us to watch him at the studio?
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Well, why go to all that trouble? Just turn your head and look.
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Wilbur, what's he doing home?
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Honey, it just didn't work out.
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Excuse me.
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Why? What happened?
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Well, they were working him pretty hard and Ed was unhappy.
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Unhappy?
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If you ask me, you never wanted that horse to go to work in the first place.
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Look, I never butt in, but I...
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Gesundheit, sweetheart.
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I didn't sneeze.
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You can do it in the house. Come on.
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So you went back on your word.
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Honey.
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Come in.
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Oh, hello, Wilbur.
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Ed, come in.
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Sit down, Ed.
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No.
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What's the matter?
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I may have to cancel my plans for the beach house.
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Why? What happened?
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It looks as though I may have to stop production on my picture.
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Daphne suddenly got sick.
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Sick?
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Oh, that's funny.
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She seemed all right yesterday.
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That's just it. The vet can't seem to find anything wrong with her.
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She just mopes around.
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Fred, I have a hunch what might be wrong with Daphne.
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You have? What?
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I think she's got a crush on my horse.
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Is that possible?
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I mean, with horses?
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You've heard about the birds and the bees.
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The horses are in on it, too.
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No, no, no.
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Daphne was hanging around your horse all day yesterday.
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Maybe you're right. Can I get him back on the picture?
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Well, uh, do I finish my plans?
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Yeah, sure. You got yourself a house.
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You got yourself a horse.
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Oh, uh, may I use your phone?
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It's right behind you.
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Hello, mate. Is George around?
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Yes, I'll wait.
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Uh, Fred, there are a few little conditions that you'll have to meet.
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You want more money?
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No, no, no, no. It's about that 6 a.m. schedule.
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My horse likes to sleep late.
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Okay, we'll make it 7.
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We better make it 8.
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No, I mean 9.
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Okay, 9.
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And no heavy cowboys in hand.
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Maybe up to...
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110 pounds.
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But no heavier.
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No lunches. He likes plenty of carrots.
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Not the green part. Cut that out.
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Well, but doesn't Mr. Ed look handsome standing there?
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He sure does.
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Okay, Charles.
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All right. Places, everybody.
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Places, everybody.
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Fred, did you make that little change in the script the way we discussed?
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Yes. Yes.
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Okay, let's have a run-through.
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Run-through. Places, everybody.
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Action. Action.
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Action.
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This has been a Filmways television presentation.
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