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430 lines
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Hello, I'm Mr. Red.
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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, that is, of course,
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Unless the horse is the famous Mr. Red.
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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. Red.
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Hi, Ed. Ready for a walk in the park?
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What's the matter? Little orphan Annie in trouble again?
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No.
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Daddy Warbuck's in the hospital?
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No.
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Little dog got lost, huh?
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No.
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Ed, what are you crying about?
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I ate some bad hay and I got a tummy ache.
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Cut it out, you faker.
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You just don't want to go out today.
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No.
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Come on, Ed. We're going to go for a little ride.
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Well, all right.
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Who am I riding?
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I never saw a horse like you.
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You've got four legs?
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How about using them once in a while?
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Look who's talking.
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Drives around in a car all day.
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I'll get it.
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No, don't try to make up.
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Hello?
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Oh, hi, Rog.
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Oh, hi, Rog.
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Wilbert, will you be in your office for a while?
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Good. I'll be right over.
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There. What would you do without Mommy to help you?
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I don't know.
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Mommy.
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Huh?
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I hate to be a perfectionist, my dear,
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but shouldn't the right boot be on the right foot?
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Mommy will fix it.
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I don't care what you say.
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Ed.
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We are going for a ride in the park.
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But my trick knee is acting up again.
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An old football injury.
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Football injury?
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Yeah. I was watching a game of baseball.
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Football injury.
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Yeah. I was watching a game on TV once and the set fell on my foot.
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Ed, you're just lazy.
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Yeah. The last time we went to the park,
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you stood still so long the pigeons sat on your back.
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Because they love me.
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You look like a statue.
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Hi, Wilbert.
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Hello, Rog.
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I'm going riding in the park. How about joining me?
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As a matter of fact, I was just getting ready to...
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Unsaddle Ed.
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He's got a sore leg.
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Oh, then you can rent one at the stable.
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I'm going riding with Fred Gilbert. I'd like to have you meet him.
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We've got a big real estate deal cooking and I think I can work you in.
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Wow. That's wonderful.
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Fred Gilbert.
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Name sounds familiar.
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Familiar. He's one of the richest men around.
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Has his own nine-hole golf course.
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A lot of men have that.
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Inside the house.
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He used to picture right on the society page.
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Fred Gilbert, well-known real estate tycoon
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with his beautiful black mare, Princess Helen.
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Wow, what a horse.
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That's the most beautiful mare I've ever seen.
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Now, what is this deal you've got cooking with Gilbert?
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It's a big, and I mean big, real estate development in Arizona.
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The architect's fee should be considerable.
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And you think you can get me the job?
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Well, that depends.
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Now, if Gilbert likes you, you're in.
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That's why I want you to go riding with us.
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Well, if that important, I can rent a horse.
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On the other hand, maybe I will take Ed with me.
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The exercise might help his knee.
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Fine. I'll meet you on site in about five minutes.
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Right.
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Come on, Wilbur, let's go.
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What made you change your mind?
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Oh, that Princess Helen is really built.
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Oh, you've got an eye for the ladies, huh?
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What a figure.
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68, 47, 68.
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Make me look pretty, Wilbur.
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Okay, Ed.
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I'll, uh, I'll put a curl on your tail.
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It's an excellent location for the type of building we have in mind.
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Now, let me suggest that when we first...
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Gentlemen, there you are, three hamburgers.
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Just help yourself to ketchup and the hot mustard over there.
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That'll be a dollar and a half.
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I've got it.
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No, let me.
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Boys, I insist.
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No, I've got it right here.
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Good.
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Fred.
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Thank you.
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Roger.
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There you are.
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Thanks.
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Sit right over there.
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Fine.
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Now, as I was saying,
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Boast, Roger tells me you're quite an architect.
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Oh, I try to do my best.
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Don't be modest, my boy.
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Fred, this young fellow has designed some of the finest buildings in this town.
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Right, Wilbur?
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I don't like to boast.
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Well, he did the Adamus Museum of Art.
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He's a fine architect.
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I'm sure he'll do a good job.
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I don't like to boast.
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Well, he did the Adamus Building,
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the Kingsley Building,
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and that 14-story Woodbury Building.
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Fifteen.
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Oh, that's another story.
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Well, you've got a lot of money in this venture.
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You strike me as a man who knows what he's doing.
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Why don't you drop by my house?
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I'm here.
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I've got some ideas.
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You'd better be getting back to the horses.
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Come on.
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Beat it, Mac.
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Hi, Princess.
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My name's Ed.
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Saw your picture in the paper.
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It doesn't do you justice.
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You're gorgeous.
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Where did you get those big brown eyes, honey?
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Oh, sorry.
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I forgot, baby.
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You don't understand this lingo.
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I'll put it to you this way.
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Who's a masher?
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Let's face it.
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I'm in love.
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Yes, this is Fred Gilbert.
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Yes, what can I do for you?
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Mr. Gilbert, I saw Princess's picture in the paper.
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Yes, what can I do for you?
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I saw Princess Helen in the park the other day.
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So?
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She's got the cutest legs in town.
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I beg your pardon?
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Would you put the phone near her?
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I want to hear her neigh.
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Is this some practical joker?
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Believe me, Mr. Gilbert, my intentions are strictly honorable.
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So you want to marry my horse?
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Why not?
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My father married one.
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Are you sure the vet said there's nothing wrong with Ed?
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He couldn't find anything.
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Something must be bothering him.
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He hasn't eaten since yesterday morning.
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Here, I'll try to tempt him with these apples.
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Here you are, Mr. Ed. Nice crisp apples.
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Come on, Ed, you need your vitamins. You're a growing horse.
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Look at his eyes. He looks dopey.
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I'm kind of worried.
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Poor Mr. Ed. He's been just moping around.
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He's not eating, not sleeping. He's losing weight.
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You know, honey, you were that way when you were courting me.
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That's not true.
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I never turned down an apple in my life.
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All right, take a bite. It's delicious.
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Well, I hope he's feeling better soon.
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I'll start lunch.
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You better get started on those sketches for Mr. Gilbert.
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Yeah, okay, honey.
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What's the matter, Ed?
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Were you ever in love?
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Oh, so that's it. You're in love.
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Wow. Who's the lucky horse?
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Princess Helen.
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Oh, I'd sure like to make her my bride.
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You're not serious?
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Yep. I want a horse just like the horse that married dear old dad.
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I wish I could help you, but what can I do?
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Well, go to Mr. Gilbert and ask for his horse's hoof in marriage.
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Oh, sure, sure. I can just see myself saying,
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Mr. Gilbert, my horse is in love with your horse.
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True, I know he's not working now, but I figure if you and I chip in a couple of bales of hay each week,
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why, we can get those kids off to a good start.
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And then they put me away.
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Please take me along when you go to see Gilbert.
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I can't. We're going to talk business.
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But I gotta see my girl. I gotta. I just gotta.
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Okay, okay, okay. We'll ride over there after lunch.
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Oh, bless you, Wilbur.
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Will you eat something?
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Well, I'll force myself.
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Hi, Princess Helen. I brought you a little gift.
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While the men are out talking business, honey, how about a little smooch?
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I drove downtown yesterday and looked at that 14-story building you designed.
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15. But that's another story.
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I told you to get a little smooch.
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But that's another story.
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I told you that joke yesterday.
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Yeah, I know. I like it so much, I use it all the time now.
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Oh, really? Well, thanks.
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Helen, I love you.
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I know you're thoroughbred and I'm from the wrong side of the tracks.
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Gee.
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I wish you'd stop eating when I'm proposing.
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I forgot you don't talk.
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Listen, honey.
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What do you mean I'm a tram?
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Come on, baby. I'll teach you to talk.
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Repeat after me.
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I love you, Eddie.
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Come on. It's easy, baby.
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I love you.
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And the subterranean parking lot will hold 200 cars.
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Oh!
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Oh, come on, baby. It was just a little kiss.
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What happened, princess?
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What's wrong? Why aren't you in your stall?
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I wish you hadn't brought your horse over here. He's evidently upsetter.
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Meathead.
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What did you say?
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I didn't say anything.
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I suppose your horse called me Meathead.
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Well, no, but...
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Why don't we go inside the house and discuss the sketches, Fred?
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I don't care to talk about it now, Post.
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Please take your horse and leave.
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Come on, Ed.
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Wilbur, why did you call him a Meathead?
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Roger, I owe you an explanation.
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You see, my horse has fallen in love with Gilbert's horse.
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It was love at first sight. I didn't want to take him over there,
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but the poor thing, he wasn't eating, he wasn't sleeping.
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What could I do? He wants to marry Princess Helen.
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You don't believe me, do you?
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No. What worries me is that you believe you.
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It's the truth. I mean, if you knew somebody who was just sick with love,
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wouldn't you try to help him?
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Wilbur, what happens to you when you get near that horse?
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You see, I'm not a horse.
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When you get near that horse, you seem to lose what little intelligence you ever had.
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Take my advice. Sell that plug.
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For once, old Addison was right.
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I'm wrecking your whole life. Sell me.
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Sell you? Ed, we're inseparable.
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I'm willing to make the sacrifice. Sell me to Gilbert.
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Oh, so you can be near Princess Helen, huh?
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You said it.
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Gilbert wouldn't buy you.
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Then give me to him as a gift.
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I must go where my heart is.
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Oh, boy. Cupid really got you with that arrow, didn't he?
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Arrow? The son of a gun used a harpoon.
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You get over it. Look, I'm not going to sell you, and I'm not going to give you away.
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Well, if you don't, I'll go on a hunger strike.
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A hunger strike?
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Yeah.
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Well, I guess I have no choice.
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Please, Wilbur. Please call him on the phone.
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Okay, Ed. If you want it that way.
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Oh, Ed, I'm sorry. I just can't do it.
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Okay, then I'll dial.
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Oh, this is a nice gesture, Wilbur, but you don't have to give me your horse.
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I'm willing to let bygones be bygones.
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But I want you to have Ed.
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You see, we don't have much room around our place, and...
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well, I know how you love horses.
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Well, if that's the case, fine.
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I'm going to go and get my horse.
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I'll be back.
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I love horses.
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Well, if that's the case, fine.
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My phone. I'll be right back.
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Ed, this is it.
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Well, you won't forget to write.
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I'll phone you every night.
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We'll probably run into each other in the park on Sundays.
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Sure, good boy.
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Bye, Ed.
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This isn't goodbye, old friend. It's auf Wiedersehen.
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Ed.
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Don't move.
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Let me remember you just like that.
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All right, Phil. Yes, that's it. It's all settled.
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No, it isn't the money. She just doesn't seem to be happy here.
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Well, when does the ship sail, Phil?
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Fine. Well, I'll bring Princess Helen down to the dock myself.
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Oh, she ought to be in South America about next Friday.
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You're sure you've got a good groom. I wouldn't want anything to happen to her during the trip.
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I'll be right back.
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Wilbur, how about your sandwich?
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Wilbur, the sandwich.
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Oh, sorry, honey.
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Oh, honey, you didn't have to give Mr. Ed away just to protect that deal.
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Money isn't that important to me.
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Oh, that's life, I guess.
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I guess I'll have to get back to work.
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Oh, that's life, I guess.
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You raise a kid, you feed him, you worry about him, you take care of him when he gets sick,
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and then the first pretty face that comes along, he runs off and gets married.
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Wilbur, are you all right?
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I mean, maybe you need something to eat.
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No, it's all right, honey, I'll grab some hay later.
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What's wrong with him? He looks like he lost his best friend.
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He has. He never should have given Ed to Mr. Gilbert.
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Ah, but think of all the money your husband is going to make as a result of that wonderful gesture.
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Oh, Roger, money isn't everything.
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Woman, bite your tongue, you're hysterical.
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I miss you, Ed.
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I miss you, too.
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How could I let you go?
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I'll never forgive myself.
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It wasn't your fault, buddy boy.
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Ah, yes, it was. And stop interrupting.
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We're together, so...
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You really miss me, huh?
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I told you, didn't I?
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Ed, you're home, you're back.
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Helen and I are no longer an item.
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What happened?
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Gilbert sold her to some guy in South America, so I took a powder.
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You mean Mr. Gilbert doesn't know you're here?
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I guess I lost you that deal again.
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Oh, that doesn't matter, Ed. I'd rather have you.
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That goes for me, too.
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Gilbert.
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Yeah?
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We're just a pair of sentimental old slobs.
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Get my nose.
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What are you going to tell old Vinegar Poulos Addison?
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Oh, who cares about him?
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If he dares to open his mouth, I'll...
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Hello, Wilbur.
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That's Roger now. I'd better go out and soften him up.
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You tell him, killer.
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Wilbur, can we step into your office? There's something I'd like to discuss with you.
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Yeah, well, why don't we go inside the house? There's more room.
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No, no, no, no. Carol is a little disturbed with me.
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Oh, well, let's go to your house.
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No, my wife's a little disturbed with you. We'd better leave the office.
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Yeah, but, but, Roger...
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There's something I want to discuss with you.
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Wilbur, in spite of the way Carol feels, I think you did enough...
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What is that horse doing here?
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What horse?
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Mr. Ed. How did he get here?
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Well, Ed and the princes are...
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They are no longer an item.
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His girlfriend left suddenly for South America.
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Really? Why am I talking to you when you're near that horse?
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Come outside where you're a little more normal.
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Now that maybe we can talk...
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Wilbur!
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Mr. Gilbert wants to see you.
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I've got some bad news for you. Your horse ran away.
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I was talking on the phone when suddenly he bolted and took off. I have no idea...
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Wilbur!
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Well, he, uh, he came back by himself.
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He's still your horse, Fred.
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No. No. I don't like to be an Indian giver, Fred, but I, I'd like my horse back.
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If this means I lose the deal, oh well, okay.
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And I feel the same way.
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Don't listen to him, Fred. When he gets near this barn, he, he, he, he, he's a screwball.
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Please, Roger.
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Now, now, just relax, Roger.
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Any man who cares enough about his horse to jeopardize a big deal is my kind of man.
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You mean we're still in business?
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You bet. Beautiful the way this boy feels about that horse.
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He's a man's best friend. Next to his wife.
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Why don't we all go in and have some coffee?
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Oh, thank you. You know, your husband is quite an architect.
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I just love that new building, that 14-story building he designed downtown.
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Fifteen.
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Well, I guess that's another story.
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Very funny.
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How about that coffee?
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Coffee, yeah, coffee, Roger.
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Ah, 68, 47, 68.
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That's a lot of horse to lose.
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Ed, what's the matter?
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I'm in love.
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Oh, no.
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Ed, you've just got to forget about Princess Helen.
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Princess Helen? Who's she?
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Don't tell me you've fallen in love again since yesterday.
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This magazine just came today.
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Flash Away. She's a pretty horse.
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Yeah, she makes Princess Helen look like a boy.
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Let's not start again.
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How about arranging a date for me, huh?
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Sorry. Love is not for horses.
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It's for the birds.
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Got a date a little later
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When the moon is on the trail
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With the cutest triple gator
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My pretty little filly with a pony tail
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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. A
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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. A
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Keep your yakety yak to speak
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And waste your time a day
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But Mr. A 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, 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. A
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This has been a Filmways television presentation.
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