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:58:04
''Now see summer bloom upon this lea.
Three score rings around this tree.

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Once green;
now bare.

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Once lush;
now sere.

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Consoled only that l am...
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- planted here.
- You certainly are.

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- Roots thick...
- And old.

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- and deep,
- And doddering.

:58:22
- assuage my woes--''
- A termite nibbles at my toes.

:58:26
- Et tu, Bunny ?
- Charlie, is Jack Berry single ?

:58:29
- l think so.
- My roommate has a crush on him.
She wants you to introduce her.

:58:32
- What's Dave Garroway like ?
- Cheap.
- Cheap ?

:58:35
- Wasn't l talking ?
- You were, yes. Talking
and talking and talking.

:58:39
Charlie's famous,
like Elvis Presley.

:58:42
Like Leopold of Belgium,
usurped by his son before his time.

:58:46
l suppose that makes me
King Baudouin ?

:58:48
Next birthday, you all get
a dirty limerick.

:58:50
- l certainly hope so.
- [ Laughing ]

:58:54
[ Woman ] So how's it feel, Charlie ?
:58:57
[ Charlie ] Well, l can't even
eat dinner in a restaurant anymore.

:59:00
People follow me inside to discover
what kind of ''brain food'' l eat.

:59:04
ln my day, it was flagpole-sitting
and swallowing goldfish.

:59:08
Last week alone,
l had 11 proposals of marriage.

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Perhaps you should
accept one of them.

:59:12
To think they unleash you
on those impressionable young minds.

:59:16
Why not ? He's 33 years old. Jesus
Christ had a girlfriend at 33 years old.

:59:20
- Look how that turned out.
- And he shared an office
with his father.

:59:22
l'm sure they're
all very nice girls.

:59:24
ln that case, perhaps l should
appear on a quiz show.

:59:26
The money, meanwhile,
no one knows what to do with it.

:59:30
Though every stockbroker
in New York seems eager to try.

:59:33
Why don't you just put it in
the bank ? That's what l've
always done with my prize money.

:59:37
No, it's just-- You don't
understand, Dad. There are
all sorts of tax implications.

:59:41
l think l can understand
the concept of taxes.

:59:44
- At this level,
it's a bit more complicated.
- And at my level ?

:59:48
l never thought of myself
having a level, Charlie.
What level might that be ?

:59:51
l mean, it's not as if the money fell
into my lap. l worked for it.

:59:55
- Work ? Oh-ho-ho-ho.
- Millions of people watch
the game shows, Dad.

:59:59
Then l suppose we've become
a nation of proctors.


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