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Or am I just a character in that book?
1:24:04
What are you talking about?
What are you saying?
1:24:08
If I die, will that character keep going?
1:24:14
Or will he just fade away?
1:24:23
Oh, my God. Harvey, wake up.
1:24:26
Wake up, Harvey. Come on.
1:24:31
Oh, no. Come on, wake up.
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Can you hear me?
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My name is Harvey Pekar.
1:24:49
That's an unusual name: Harvey Pekar.
1:24:56
1960 was the year I got my first apartment
and my first phone book.
1:25:02
Now, imagine my surprise
when I looked up my name...
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and saw that in addition to me,
another Harvey Pekar was listed.
1:25:12
You know, I was listed as Harvey L. Pekar.
1:25:15
My middle name is Lawrence.
1:25:18
He was listed as Harvey Pekar.
1:25:23
Therefore, his was a pure listing.
1:25:28
Then in the '70s...
1:25:30
I noticed that a third Harvey Pekar
was listed in the phone book.
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Now, this filled me with curiosity.
1:25:39
How can there be three people
with such an unusual name in the world...
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let alone in one city?
1:25:47
Then one day...
1:25:50
a person I work with
expressed her sympathy to me...
1:25:54
concerning what she thought
was the death of my father.
1:25:58
She pointed out an obituary notice
in the newspaper...