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445 lines
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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.
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Talk to Mr. Red.
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J'ai le crayon.
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I have the pencil.
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J'ai le crayon.
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J'ai le crayon.
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You have the pencil.
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Vous avez le crayon.
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Vous avez le crayon.
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Hey, what's going on here?
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Hello, chérie.
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How are you?
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What's with the beret and the phonograph?
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Where'd you get them?
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I ordered them over the telephone.
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I am thinking of taking the trip around the world.
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The only trip you're taking is around the stable.
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The horse wanting to travel, that's the most ridiculous thing I ever heard of.
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But I want to see Spain, France, China.
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China?
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China, coming up.
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I'm getting the rickshaw, I'll be right with you.
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Oh, hopping rickshaw, sir.
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25 yen, first mile.
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I run very fast.
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Oh, come on, here we go.
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Oh, we thought we had Great Wall of China.
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We're on the right place, and on the right, we have the fate.
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I think you've flipped your fortune cookie.
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Thank you, Pudgy.
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Well, what's new?
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You still married?
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No, I'm still single.
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Well, what's new? You still married, okay?
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Wilbur, I don't understand what goes on in here.
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Somehow you're a different man once you come into this bar.
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You talk to yourself, you act strangely.
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Why don't you give up this place and get yourself an office on the outside?
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I can't. I'm not well.
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I'll see the world if I have to join the Navy.
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Hello?
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Hello, this is George Hausner from radio station WPXQ.
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What's on your mind, George?
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I'm calling for our giant jackpot contest.
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Is this Mr. Post?
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How much is the prize?
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$100.
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This is Mr. Post. What's your question?
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Mr. Post, you have just one minute to answer.
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Now, you may feel free to use any books that you have.
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Your friends can help you.
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Stop gabbing, George, and ask the question.
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All right, Mr. Post, you have one minute to answer.
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Can you tell us, what is the capital of Iceland?
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That's easy. Reykjavik.
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Congratulations, Mr. Post, you have won $100.
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And you are now eligible for our giant jackpot $5,000 prize next week.
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$5,000?
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Oh, thank you.
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Thank you.
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Those little Spanish fillies are practically sitting on my lap now.
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La cucaracha, la cucaracha.
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Wilbur!
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What? What's the matter?
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Why didn't you tell me you won a contest?
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Oh, well, I didn't... What contest?
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This contest. Oh, you should have told me.
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Wilbur Post, 17 Valley Road, won contest.
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Eligible for $5,000 final next week.
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Must be some other Wilbur Post.
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Living at the same address?
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You got a point there.
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Oh, Wilbur, I'm so proud of you.
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Honey, I tell you, it wasn't me.
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I'm gonna call the radio station and...
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It was me, buddy boy.
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Had you fooled for a minute, didn't I?
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Oh, Wilbur, how did you know that the capital of Iceland was Rykjavik?
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It is? I mean, it is.
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Any school horse knows... Any school boy knows that.
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Well, how's our famous quiz kid?
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Congratulations, my boy.
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Isn't it wonderful? Just imagine, if he answers this question, we get $5,000.
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Two mink coats as the fur flies.
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Wilbur, what do you intend to do with the $5,000 if you win?
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Well, I really hadn't thought about it.
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Well, we've always wanted to travel, but we never could afford it.
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Maybe we could go to Europe.
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Sure. And if we run out of money in Copenhagen, I'll just pick up the phone and win another $5,000.
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Oh, I wish we could go along.
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Why not? Money was meant to be spent.
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Oh, I think it's a wonderful idea. The four of us should have a rousing time in Europe.
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Sure. We'll spend the $5,000 we won, and then with the $5,000 you're going to spend, we will have a rousing time.
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You mean...
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We're not going as your guests?
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Well, on second thought, let's see America first. It's more patriotic.
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And cheaper.
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Oh, honey, I always said you were smart.
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Wait till my family read about your winning.
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My father always thought you were a dumbbell.
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Yeah, well, this will prove... He did?
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Well, I bet he doesn't know that Reykjavik is the capital of Sweden.
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Iceland.
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I just want to see if you're on your toes.
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Well, if you want me to hear, I'll be in my office, resting my brain.
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Rupert, maybe you should start studying. I mean, who knows what question they're going to ask you next week.
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Just let them dial. I'll be ready at my end.
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Ed? Oh, boy. Ed, how did you do it?
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It was nothing.
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Start at the very beginning. Tell me all about it.
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Nothing to tell. The phone rang, I answered, and please put the hundred in my account.
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I was so excited. You know, if we win that $5,000, I'm going to take her to Europe.
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Sure, we can't leave her here. Let's take her with us.
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And we'll travel first class. I don't like to mix with the hoi polloi.
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Ed, forget about it. We can't take a horse along.
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Hold it, Mac. Who's taking who?
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I answered the phone last night.
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But you used my name.
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But I used my brain.
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Well, we'll try to work something out, Ed.
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Meanwhile, I better start phoning up.
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Wilbur, I've been thinking.
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When that phone rings next week, you may get stage fright.
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They may ask you a perfectly simple question like,
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Who is the 13th President of the United States?
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You can't answer. The next day, millions of people are going to be laughing at you.
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Why is your horse wearing this Tyrolean hat?
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Oh, well, I let him eat a piece of my Swiss cheese sandwich, and it went to his head.
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You were right. You aren't well.
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Ed.
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The 13th President. Abraham Lincoln?
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Andrew Jackson?
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Zachary Taylor?
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Try Mickey Mouse.
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Who was it?
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Millard Fillmore, born January 7, 1800, died...
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All right, don't rub it in.
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Ed, I'll feel like a fool if I miss an easy question.
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And you can't help me because Carol and the Addisons will be with me.
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Well, don't worry about that.
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Just cancel all of your engagements this week.
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What for?
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I'm going to coach you.
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Ed, I would really appreciate it.
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Cut the corn. Just repeat after me.
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George Washington, born February 27.
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Carol, be sensible.
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Is it worth it? Your husband is driving himself to exhaustion.
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He's been studying every night this week.
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He hasn't slept. He's been skipping meals. He's been...
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Grover, you look tired. Can I get you some coffee?
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Coffee. Brazil. Area. 3,288,050 square miles.
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He's a walking zombie.
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Honey, you skipped dinner. Can I fix you a turkey sandwich?
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Turkey. Republic since 1923.
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Bordered on the west by Greece, Bulgaria, and the Aegean Sea.
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Look what he's going through to win this contest.
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And you want him to throw away that prize money.
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Money. The international rate of exchange.
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In Greece, the currency unit is the drachma.
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In Guatemala, it's the quetzal.
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In Honduras, it's the limpera.
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In Iceland, it...
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Iceland, it's...
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Dried fish.
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Oh, Addison, why don't you leave him alone?
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Alone. The act of lending or a sum of money lent for interest.
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See, interest.
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Honey, maybe you studied enough tonight.
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No, I've got a lot more reading to do, dear.
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If you want me, I'll be in the barn.
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Darling, the barn's over here.
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Morning, Roger. Morning, Kay.
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Nine o'clock at night and he says good morning?
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Is this worth a trip to Europe?
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Europe, a continent with adjacent islands...
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Get your thinking cap on, amigo.
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We're doing Spain.
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Yes, master.
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What is the capital?
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Cap... Capital of Spain.
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Capital of Spain?
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Oh, Ed, Ed, it's no use. I'm worn out.
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Shall I give you a massage?
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Ed, it won't help.
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When that phone rings tomorrow,
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I'll be too tired to think of the answer.
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And with Carol and Addison in the room with me,
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you won't be able to help me.
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Oh, yes, I will.
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Ed, you mean you're going to talk in front of everyone?
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No, it's going to be just you and me in this barn, chum.
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How far is the Earth from the Moon?
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Uh, 250,000 miles.
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Right.
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Uh, what year was Lincoln assassinated?
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1865.
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A month?
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April.
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The day?
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The 14th.
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You want to know what Abe had for dinner?
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Oh, we're a cinch to win tonight, Ed.
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Then I'll take you on the continent, all over.
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Oh, we'll eat like a king.
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In Italy, it'll be a parmesan,
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and France, haute sousette.
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In Germany, carrots, wiener schnitzel.
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Oh, that's what I call eating.
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Wilbur, you've been around that horse so long,
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you're starting to eat like one.
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Hiya, Roger. Pull up a chair.
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Thanks.
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Have a grape.
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No, no, no.
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Wilbur, I've come to appeal to you.
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If you answer that question correctly tonight,
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you may break up a happy marriage.
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Oh, no. Carol loves me.
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I'm talking about my own marriage.
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I'm going to be frank with you.
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I'm not as well off as Kay thinks,
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and if she goes on a spending spree in Europe,
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I'll come home a pauper.
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Please, I happen to know you are loaded.
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Why don't you want to take your wife on a trip to Europe?
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Because I'm not only loaded, I'm stingy.
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Wilbur, this is Mr. Hausner from the Giant Jackpot Show.
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Oh, don't get up, Mr. Post.
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Thank you.
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Mr. Hausner, this is my neighbor, Mr. Edison.
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Mr. Edison, how do you do?
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If you'll excuse me, I have an appointment with the bankruptcy board.
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Mr. Hausner is here to give you last-minute instructions.
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That's right, Mr. Post.
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I want to make sure, first of all,
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that you'll be home at 9 o'clock when we make that big telephone call.
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Oh, don't you worry. I'll be here.
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Honey, would you wake me at, oh, about 5 to 9?
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I'll be taking a little nap.
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Isn't he confident?
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Do you know he has barely looked at a book in two days?
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Once I read something, I never forget it.
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I have total recall.
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Total recall?
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He can't remember what he ate today.
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Just one more reminder, Mr. Post.
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You'll have one minute to answer the question.
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Now then, feel free to use any reference books
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your friends or your wife can help you.
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Oh, thank you. I don't need anybody with me.
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You certainly have the most amazing confidence.
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I just left your competitor, Carl Schultz, at his grocery store,
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and you've never seen a more nervous man.
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Some people have it. Some people don't.
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He's pretty smart with my brains.
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Well, good luck, Mr. Post.
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Thanks, but I won't need it.
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Oh, did I leave my briefcase in your living room, Mrs. Post?
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Briefcase? No, you didn't have any.
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Oh, I must have left it somewhere.
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Well, remember, you will have just 60 seconds
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to come up with the right answer.
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60 seconds for a simple geography question.
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I wonder what I'll do with the extra 59.
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Here, I'll show you out, Mr. Hathaway.
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Thank you.
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Carl.
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Carl, do you think it's all right to come back here?
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Nobody answered the front door. Maybe there's somebody back here.
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But, Carl, maybe we should bring Mr. Hathaway's briefcase to the radio station.
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He must be looking for it.
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But he told us he will be coming here.
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Maybe there's somebody back in the barn. Let's look.
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Nobody answers.
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Oh, what a beautiful horse.
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Carl, if you are lucky enough to win the contest,
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could we buy a little farm and a nice horse like this?
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There you go, dreaming again, Frieda.
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People like us don't have such luck.
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I guess you are right.
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Look at this beautiful house.
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Must be a very smart man, that architect.
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Yes, Frieda, he must be.
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Carl, if we are lucky enough and we win,
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maybe we can send for my mother.
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I haven't seen her in 33 years.
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We'll see, Frieda. We'll see. Come.
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33 years.
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That's a long time not to see your mother.
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Those Soltzers are going to need some help.
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Carol, shouldn't you be waking him?
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They'll be calling in a few minutes.
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Oh, Addison doll, you do want Wilbur to win after all.
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Nobody wants to live next door to a loser.
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Oh, honey, we love Europe.
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Of course, they say travel is very broadening.
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When it comes to money, it can be very flattening.
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Wilbur, it's time.
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Coming, dear.
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Honey, guess what?
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If you win, Roger is coming to Europe with us.
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Well...
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We'll come down to steerage and say hello to you.
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Honey, are you sure you don't want us to go to the barn with you?
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We could look for the answer in the books.
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I'm an expert page-turner.
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I used to date a librarian.
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Thank you, thank you. That won't be necessary.
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At a time like this, I should be alone with my thoughts.
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I'm a lucky girl to be married to such a brilliant man.
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You know, Addison may not be smart, sweetie, but he's loaded.
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Time for company.
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Mrs. Post?
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That's right.
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I'm Charlie Grant from the Jai Jackpot Show.
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I'm here to take some pictures of your husband.
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I'm going to go ahead.
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In a few minutes, that phone's going to ring.
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You'll give the answer,
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and soon you'll be serenading a Spanish filly under her stable window.
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Pull up a chair, Wilbur.
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For you or me?
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Wilbur, there comes a time in your life when you have to make sacrifices.
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What do you mean?
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33 years is a long, long time not to see your old mother.
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What are you talking about?
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Mrs. Post?
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Yes?
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I'm Charlie Grant from Jai Jackpot.
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Oh, yes, well, would you mind waiting in the house?
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I'm expecting the call in a few seconds.
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That's why I'm here. I'm going to take your picture.
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Well, why don't you take it after I win?
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I'll have a bigger smile on my face.
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Well, no, I'd lose my job if I didn't get a shot of you on the phone.
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You better answer it, Mr. Post.
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That's $5,000.
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Oh, yes, of course.
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Hello?
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Mr. Post, you have 60 seconds to answer our giant jackpot question.
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For $5,000, in what ocean are the Cape Verde Islands?
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Cape Verde Islands?
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Cape Verde Islands.
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The Cape Verde Islands?
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Cape Verde Islands.
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Just a minute.
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Help! Roger, Carol, Katie, help!
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Jogging. Where's the jogging people?
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Hold on, hold on.
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Jogging.
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Wait, wait, I...
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Jogging. Excuse me.
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Jogging.
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Jogging.
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Jogging.
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What's the matter? Huh? What's wrong?
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What's the matter? Wilbur, what's happened?
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Where are the Cape Verde Islands?
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Cape Verde Islands.
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Carol, Carol!
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Wilbur, Wilbur, which book would have it?
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It's in the geography book. Help me find the geography book.
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Geography book.
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Just a minute.
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Geography book.
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Don't stand there.
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Here.
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Go with it.
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Mr. Post, you have just 20 seconds.
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19, 18, 7...
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Hurry!
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I've got to get here somewhere.
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14, 13, 12, 11...
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Quiet!
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10, 9, 8, 7, 6...
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The Cape Verde Islands are...
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in the Pacific Ocean?
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Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. Post.
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They're in the North Atlantic.
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I was wrong.
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They're in the North Atlantic.
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It's just slightly off.
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How far?
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$5,000 worth.
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Mr. Post, it's all about a big smile.
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Wouldn't you rather have an honest picture of a man crying?
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Thanks a lot.
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Better luck next time.
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Oh, Addison.
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Don't you fret, my dear.
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I'll take you on a trip real soon.
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Where to, Big Daddy?
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Cucamonga?
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Why don't you kids come over for coffee in a few minutes?
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I should be over my nervous breakdown by then.
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Oh, never mind, honey.
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We'll take a trip someday.
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Yeah, but not to the Cape Verde Islands.
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Why don't you give Kay a hand?
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I'll be right here.
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All right.
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Ed, why did you turn your back on me?
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It wasn't my fault.
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I know you were looking forward to taking this trip,
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but I couldn't get rid of the photographer.
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And about that geography book,
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what do you suppose could have happened to it?
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Where is it?
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Ed, why did you hide it?
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We might have won.
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I did it for Carl and Freda.
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Carl and Freda? Who are they?
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Well, that's a long story.
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As I said, there comes a time in your life
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when you have to make sacrifices.
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This old couple, she hasn't seen her mother in 33 years.
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I've just got to care about her.
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Ed, here's a picture of the Schultzes accepting the $5,000.
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They're cute.
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You're not sore at me, are you, Wilbur?
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Of course not.
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It was a nice thing you did,
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making it possible for Mrs. Schultz to bring her mother over.
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I always was a softie.
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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 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 endorse
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He's always on a steady course
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Talk to Mr. Ed
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Heeple yakity yak, he'll streak and waste your time a day
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But Mr. Ed will never speak 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, his horse
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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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