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A Mighty Wind
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In the news tonight... |
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...the music world mourns the death |
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...an instrumental figure |
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...from its humble beginnings in the 1950s |
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Steinbloom managed the careers |
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...The Main Street Singers, |
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...and the sweethearts |
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Their music was the voice of a generation. |
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It carried a message of peace and freedom... |
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...and young people got behind |
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Steinbloom is survived |
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What do you say, Mitch? It's up to you. |
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Yes, we do. We have all three Folksmen. |
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Of course, Alan, of course. |
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We can't imagine doing this without you. |
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We cannot conceive of doing this-- |
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It seemed that the only fitting tribute |
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And I have to tell you, |
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And the only fitting tribute we could |
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...that would be a concert |
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...by all of the fabulous groups |
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It's gonna be very fast. It's gonna be in |
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...because where else could we have |
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And they had a hole in the schedule. |
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But it's a very sudden hole... |
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...and we've got two weeks |
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But I'm pretty organized myself. |
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I've always been a very organized person. |
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When I was 12, I formed the J.C.P.L., |
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We rode Shetland ponies instead of horses. |
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"Well, if he has to fall, |
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She was very protective. |
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I just like to think she cared about me. |
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And I was a member of the chess team. |
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And whenever we had chess tournaments, |
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I had to wear a football helmet. |
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Maybe she thought |
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...and impaled our heads on a pointy |
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Now they don't allow no frowns inside |
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-There's apple brandy by the keg |
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So if you've got a hankering |
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Just look for the busted neon sign |
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Ea-a-oe's |
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Well, there's a puppy in the parlor |
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Hello, Mr. Stranger Man |
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-Who is that? |
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No! |
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I'll take some of that. |
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-Mr. Palter has an altar, I see. |
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-I knew you looked familiar. |
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I think I used to work with your kids. |
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Mark and I met at |
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Late '61 . |
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We were both interested in folk music, |
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...as there were on many colleges. |
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-Two. T-W-O. |
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Because there were two of us. |
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-Mark was a bass, really, a bass singer. |
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And I was a tenor singer up there. |
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No glue. No middle, no.... |
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Vocalist. We went to New York |
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-We were playing at a place.... |
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At The Folk Place, which was a wonderful |
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It was the flash point. |
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Everyone-- It was Like a big magnet, |
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-He was singing, he was backing people up-- |
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If you have enough vibrato on those blue |
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I was drawn to the folk music as well |
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...and met these two guys. |
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I could play the guitar. I could sing right |
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-Not a bad-looking gent, to boot. |
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We ended up getting together |
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-It clicked. |
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And Mr. Irving Steinbloom came down |
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-...which was the label to be on. |
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Later on we were |
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...to the Folk Tone Label |
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It was a decent Label, |
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-They didn't have any distribution. |
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And the covers were printed |
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...which I noticed was a problem. |
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And they had no hole |
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No, you had to provide it yourself. |
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So the people complained |
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-...and it's up to you to center it. |
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And that was, of course, we had |
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They were still good records. |
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If you punched a hole in them, |
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It's scary but it's true |
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I guess it was in about 1958 |
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My partner Chuck Wiseman |
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...with Fred Knox and Bill Weyburn. |
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We were lucky to be joined by one |
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...any generation, as a matter of fact, |
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And we became the Village Folk Ensemble. |
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And we were a great group. Great. |
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...but I always thought we should have |
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And one night in 1960, |
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...we were at a hootenanny and we |
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And all of a sudden, I heard it. |
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The harmonics were amazing. |
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I thought, "Well, there's five of us, |
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And it was there, just in a moment, |
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The neuf-tet sound. |
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This thing clicked with The Klappers |
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...and became The Main Street Singers. |
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Well, 10 years and 30 albums later, |
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My partner Chuck Wiseman and myself, |
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I went my way and Chuck went his. |
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In 1971 , after the breakup |
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...Chuck Wiseman moved to San Francisco |
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...with his two brothers. |
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It was very successful for a year... |
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...until they were sued over something |
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No, I need you, Mitch. |
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That's the thing. You go together. |
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I love Mickey, but without you |
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I'm gonna tell you something, Mitch, |
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You were Dad's favorite. Okay. |
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Just deal with it. You were Dad's favorite. |
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Two weeks before he died |
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"Of all those ferkakte people, |
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He's like a relative, |
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I'm saying this because I think you'd want |
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Would you just think about it? |
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Sounds cliche, but it's kind of a blur, |
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I guess we were, in a way, maybe easy |
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...true Love and romance |
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To be quite honest, I bought |
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Maybe that's why I sold it so well. |
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Because it was sweet and happy... |
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...and everybody, everybody |
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They tried to get close to him, |
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He was very smart, very intense... |
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...and distant, you know? |
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You'd get close to him and he'd inch back |
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And you'd move in, |
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...and he'd just back off a little more. |
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Just always kept you wanting to get there, |
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Which was impossible. |
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Oh, when the veil of dreams has lifted |
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And the fairy tales have all been told |
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There's a kiss at the end of the rainbow |
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More precious than a pot of gold |
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The phenomenon of that kiss was.... |
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It can't be overstated. |
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It was... |
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...a superb moment |
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And maybe... |
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...maybe a great moment |
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I'd Like to think that Mitch |
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Because I already said yes. |
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No, I didn't think this through. |
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Should've talked to him beforehand, |
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It wasn't.... |
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You know, those last few years.... |
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Okay, I'm remembering some things now, |
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And I think for a while we were able... |
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...to keep it on a professional level. |
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But really, we were getting |
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I was just out of high school, |
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And I must say I was in awe of Mitch |
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They were here working on |
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...which was their Last album together. |
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Mickey started shouting at Mitch. |
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She started throwing anything she could |
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Music stands, microphone stands, |
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And Mitch.... |
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He just.... |
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He just snapped. |
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It's time to kick on back |
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Cartwheels and piggybacks |
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I'm sitting on a hill |
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Well, I've been playing |
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...my whole life, I mean, |
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I've come to understand as an adult, |
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...that there had been abuse in my family, |
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My father used to |
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...with nothing but the Percy Faith |
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...and then send me to bed |
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One of the records he put me |
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The Main Street Singers, 1968. |
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I tell you, my head opened up, |
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I listened to that record |
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I knew it right and left |
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I feel Like I knew those people. |
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...that at the age of 8 years old, |
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...and I made cardboard cutouts of |
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These were my friends, |
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It's odd that Laurie |
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Right. A completely different path. |
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I was brought up in a very small town, |
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Just far enough away to have been peopled |
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And because I was one of so many children, |
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...when I blew town at 15 |
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And it's at this point in my story |
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...because I met a certain Mr. Wiseman, |
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And before Long, he tapped me |
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...in some of his short films |
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And before Long, I had landed, |
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...and then I started to do some cameos. |
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Well, I was known for |
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...that many of the other girls |
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Of course, I Loved to sing, |
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And I learned to play the ukulele |
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And based on that, my world opened up... |
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...because I was invited to join the |
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And that's where I met my man, |
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Ain't that something? |
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-A beautiful story. |
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Last week you were |
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...and you never showed up. |
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-He's in. Mitch is in. |
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-It's unbelievable. |
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-Thank you. Thank you. |
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-Yes. |
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-Yeah, I think he did. |
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I'm sorr-- |
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Let's not rain on the parade, okay? |
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In 1974, after the breakup, |
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His first solo album... |
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...a Cry For Help, contained |
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..."Anyone But You," "May She Rot in Hell." |
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And this just spiraled down... |
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...to the next album, Calling It Quits. |
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And at that point he was in a very bad way. |
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There was a lot of anger in Mitch... |
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...for reasons, you know, that he had. |
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I think he went too soon. |
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He should have stayed longer, |
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And his anger was unhealthy... |
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...for all of us. |
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-Hello, Mickey. |
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-How are you? |
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-It's good to see you. |
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-Mitch Cohen, this is my husband. |
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-It's nice to meet you. |
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Thank you very much. |
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Left my things there. |
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-Good. |
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I don't know the name. |
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I can't remember the name, |
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Are you hungry? |
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-Yes. |
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Maybe you'd Like to |
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Oh, yes. Do you Like trains? |
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I took a bus. |
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No. Model trains. |
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-Sure. |
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I'll show you around. |
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-It was a 16-hour trip. |
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This whole area here is called Crabbe Town. |
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We've got a brothel |
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And right down there, further along, |
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-I've actually got a bit of French blood. |
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I think Crabbeville in autumn |
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I would have made tiny Little leaves... |
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...oak, poplar, maple, chestnut... |
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...and spread them |
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Magnificent. |
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It's Crabbe Town, not Crabbeville. |
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What is it you do, Leonard? |
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For work? |
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Oh, work. |
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I'm in the bladder management industry. |
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I sell catheters. |
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I have my own distribution company. |
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May have heard of it. |
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It's actually named in tribute after |
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It's a growth industry, really, |
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...either have a flaccid |
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...so, in a sense, every 13.5 seconds, |
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People Like you and I have |
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They can be running, playing tennis, |
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The good old constipation, you know? |
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You have impacted fecal mass |
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This might make good dessert talk. |
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I started playing folk clubs |
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...and walked into one such |
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-Half Moon Cafe. |
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I was playing with my sisters, |
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We were the North Four. |
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We were on-stage |
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A Little guy, but with |
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And just, you know, "Take off your tops" |
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"You sing Like crap! You get off the stage!" |
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Very inarticulate. Rude. |
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Mean. Mean Little bugger. |
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ALL of a sudden, we couldn't see clear, |
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...but I see this tall, dark figure go over |
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...something going on, |
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-The crap pummeled out of him. |
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But the next thing I know, |
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...was a beautiful rose sitting in a vase |
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And I can't express... |
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...what was surging through my body. |
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I was consumed with an emotion... |
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...that I had never felt before. |
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We started singing together. |
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We simply fused together... |
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...in a very meaningful way. |
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And before you know it, we were recording. |
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-I Learned to sing with Mitch. |
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So scary, so scary. But I just.... |
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Mitch was so strong and so smart |
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...and I just focused on Mitch. |
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You know, |
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One, two, three, and.... |
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-Wait. I doubled after you? |
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-You climb aboard the ferry at the same time. |
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One, two, three, and.... |
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My mama was the cold north wind |
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My daddy was the son of a railroad man |
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From west of hell |
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Never heard the whistle |
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Or the humming of its driving wheel |
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No, I never did no wandering |
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Never did no wandering |
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Never did no wandering after all |
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I just, sorry, I just got a mental picture |
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And we weren't wearing the old stuff, |
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We're talking about the dickeys? |
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You were Mr. Drop-the-dickey. |
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-It's just a very retro look. |
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It sounds Like you're thinking |
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...was a retro image of something that |
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-...because we were then. |
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...but now, to try a retro thing, |
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-I mean.... |
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To do then then |
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I know we're getting emotional with things |
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...to be a great thing for you know who, |
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For Dad. Can't you say it? For Dad. |
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You can't say his name, can you? |
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You're not the only one |
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You're not the only person |
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You don't have to take everything personally. |
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I'm sorry. Forgive me. Never mind. |
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This isn't really just |
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It's also a reunion for the Steinbloom family, |
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-Because we never get together. |
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-We talk. A Lot. We talk a Lot. |
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-We don't really see each other. |
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I moved away to North Dakota. |
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I tried to get far away |
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I didn't care for folk music |
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So I haven't kept up our ties. |
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Hopefully we can get |
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...and put on a good show for Dad. |
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You Like to make amends, but you can't, |
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Music. |
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You okay? |
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Let's just hang on. |
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Oh, Jesus. |
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My dad, Fred Knox, |
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...so I grew up with this kind of music. |
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So I Listened to it when I was Little. |
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But I didn't hear much of it when |
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I was on the streets. |
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I was really rescued by |
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...and they really |
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...dark, that darkness. |
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And.... |
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So when I sing, I want |
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And I want to be, you know, |
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...and I want to entertain |
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So I Look for someone out in the audience |
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So when Mr. Menschell |
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...and asked me to be a part |
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"Well, yeah." |
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Going home |
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Go-- |
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Go |
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Going home |
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Home |
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Home |
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Go-- |
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Quick plugola, I'm Mike LaFontaine, owner |
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Comic's constant companion. |
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Let's start right out. |
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As you know, back in 1970.... |
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Every time something would go wrong, |
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"Hey, wha' happened?" |
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We had fun with that |
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"I got a real red wagon!" |
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And, "I can't do my work!" |
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And I believe I was the first one |
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It lasted a year. That's good because |
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I was on-stage doing my shtick, "Hey, |
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If someone would heckle me, they'd |
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I would say, "That's right!" |
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But I noticed a guy sitting down front |
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So I said to the lady next to him: |
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"Hold your mirror up in front |
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To see if there's a reflection." |
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After the show I go down and introduce |
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He had been with a group called |
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I was never into folk music. |
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Put him in a cell with a long hose on him |
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I used to say, |
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...he's gonna have friends |
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Folk audiences hated that joke. |
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"Seriously, you've put up |
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If you re-form your group, I can send |
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Together, we could make a fortune |
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They used to go out, come back, they had |
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...dysentery broke out on the ship. |
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You do not want to be on a cruise ship |
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...and knock on the men's room door, |
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...and hear, "I don't think so!" |
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I'm so glad to be here. |
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I Love what you do here. |
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That's what I wanted to start by saying. |
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And I'm very, very happy |
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It's a perfect fit. |
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...and that can be a minus |
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In this case, it's a plus because |
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...all the groups |
| 00:29:54 |
And, you know, I think it's gonna |
| 00:29:59 |
...which is when we'd propose |
| 00:30:02 |
If you don't mind me saying, our audience |
| 00:30:06 |
Not radically younger. |
| 00:30:09 |
If we can get two dozen young people |
| 00:30:13 |
...I think people here would be happy |
| 00:30:17 |
This is great and I want to tell you... |
| 00:30:20 |
...if you're not weary of hearing stories about |
| 00:30:25 |
A young kid by the name of Lars Olfen, |
| 00:30:30 |
I'm 16 years old and it was raining. |
| 00:30:33 |
And I got right up to the box office |
| 00:30:38 |
...the door slammed shut. |
| 00:30:41 |
My young tears mixed with the rain, |
| 00:30:45 |
"Hey, kid, over here." |
| 00:30:48 |
Who is this guy? I can't afford |
| 00:30:51 |
But he looks kind of familiar |
| 00:30:54 |
He hands me two tickets, |
| 00:30:57 |
It's your father. Why would he do that? |
| 00:31:01 |
That was Dad, you know. |
| 00:31:04 |
And he was generous, he was kind and |
| 00:31:09 |
...to pay back this much back |
| 00:31:12 |
The naches I'm feeling right now. |
| 00:31:16 |
When I heard I got these tickets to |
| 00:31:20 |
...and I'm running with |
| 00:31:23 |
...right into the theater, |
| 00:31:26 |
We've got the schpilkes |
| 00:31:28 |
It's a mitzvah what your dad did, |
| 00:31:32 |
Okeinhoreh, I say, and God bless him. |
| 00:31:37 |
Where did I go up? I remember hitting a.... |
| 00:31:40 |
We shared a song |
| 00:31:43 |
I think it might be on "the ravens," |
| 00:31:46 |
"We shared." |
| 00:31:48 |
Stay on: We shared |
| 00:31:50 |
Wandered |
| 00:31:52 |
Wandered through each other's secrets |
| 00:31:57 |
We traded |
| 00:32:01 |
We traded |
| 00:32:02 |
You're right! Mitch, you're right! |
| 00:32:06 |
We traded an honored worth |
| 00:32:16 |
That's it, nice and crisp! |
| 00:32:18 |
That's very nice. |
| 00:32:20 |
Walking down to Main Street |
| 00:32:24 |
There you go. |
| 00:32:30 |
What are you singing there? |
| 00:32:33 |
You singing the root? |
| 00:32:34 |
No, I was singing: |
| 00:32:38 |
Didn't I give you a sixth? |
| 00:32:40 |
-I don't think so. |
| 00:32:43 |
I think you were singing the sixth. |
| 00:32:45 |
-Can you sing me a sixth? |
| 00:32:48 |
-Everybody gonna sing |
| 00:32:50 |
-Yeah, I can sing that. Sure. |
| 00:32:54 |
What? Yeah? |
| 00:32:56 |
-Go ahead. |
| 00:32:59 |
No, I was gonna-- |
| 00:33:00 |
Can I switch? |
| 00:33:03 |
Costume? Are you hot? |
| 00:33:05 |
Yeah. But also, I mean... |
| 00:33:08 |
...I've been wearing it for a month. |
| 00:33:10 |
You know the policy. |
| 00:33:12 |
We all gotta wear the uniform |
| 00:33:15 |
You're close, I just don't think |
| 00:33:18 |
You did not sing that sixth, |
| 00:33:22 |
You just wear what you have on. |
| 00:33:24 |
Eventually you'll be able to wear |
| 00:33:28 |
Jonathan? Hi. |
| 00:33:31 |
Well, I got good news and better news. |
| 00:33:33 |
Good news is, we're still doing the concert. |
| 00:33:39 |
Yeah. |
| 00:33:41 |
I got a friend, at NO AA, so we're going up |
| 00:33:45 |
He's got some bandwidth there, |
| 00:33:48 |
Yeah, the corporate underwriters |
| 00:33:53 |
I'm excited too! |
| 00:33:57 |
Okay. Okay. |
| 00:33:59 |
Shalom. |
| 00:34:01 |
Folk music is in my blood. |
| 00:34:04 |
As a young boy, in Sweden-- I was born |
| 00:34:09 |
...but we'd go back to Sweden every |
| 00:34:13 |
...which was a flip from the normal thing. |
| 00:34:15 |
Every Olfen kid, Lars, Sven, Pippi |
| 00:34:20 |
When you could hold a rattle, you'd |
| 00:34:25 |
I had a garage band in Stockholm, |
| 00:34:29 |
...to keep an instrument tuned |
| 00:34:32 |
There's a block warmer |
| 00:34:35 |
...but it's cold in there in the winter. |
| 00:34:37 |
So we played and I had a hit |
| 00:34:41 |
Which means, "How's It Hanging, Grandma?" |
| 00:34:45 |
I got in touch with the American music. |
| 00:34:50 |
...so I came here |
| 00:34:53 |
I'm so happy to be here and come |
| 00:34:58 |
It's a dream come true. |
| 00:35:00 |
I worked the fields my father worked |
| 00:35:04 |
From dawn till setting sun |
| 00:35:07 |
Then it quiets down. |
| 00:35:09 |
And the skeletons of Quinto |
| 00:35:12 |
Call me home |
| 00:35:21 |
"The silver tentacles of the moon's rays |
| 00:35:24 |
That's really getting confusing. |
| 00:35:28 |
It's really confusing. I'm hearing you |
| 00:35:32 |
Maybe if I did it higher |
| 00:35:36 |
-If you do what you did before. |
| 00:35:41 |
But that's-- Now it sounds |
| 00:35:45 |
Can I make the radical suggestion |
| 00:35:49 |
...to start with? |
| 00:35:53 |
We don't want people |
| 00:35:56 |
It's public television. |
| 00:35:58 |
-They don't have remotes. |
| 00:36:01 |
My God, that's terrible. What do you mean |
| 00:36:05 |
Have you talked to him? Has he talked to |
| 00:36:09 |
I know he's anxious. |
| 00:36:13 |
You know, I mean, |
| 00:36:16 |
You want me to-- You mean, |
| 00:36:19 |
I Like him, I don't have that much |
| 00:36:22 |
I could be empathetic. |
| 00:36:25 |
I could sit, I could try. |
| 00:36:28 |
I'LL talk to him. I'm happy to. |
| 00:36:33 |
We're not broadcasting from a motel room. |
| 00:36:39 |
What's happening here? |
| 00:36:42 |
-What are you getting? |
| 00:36:46 |
But there's a lightness within it, as well. |
| 00:36:49 |
Interesting. You know, honey, |
| 00:36:53 |
Terry and I worship |
| 00:36:57 |
The power of another dimension. |
| 00:37:00 |
Now, you're not going to read about this |
| 00:37:06 |
...or in a newspaper... |
| 00:37:07 |
...because it doesn't exist anywhere... |
| 00:37:10 |
...except in my own mind. |
| 00:37:14 |
Through our ceremonies and our rituals... |
| 00:37:17 |
...we have witnessed firsthand... |
| 00:37:20 |
...the awesome |
| 00:37:26 |
We experience it as alive... |
| 00:37:29 |
...and constantly shaping |
| 00:37:33 |
And we believe that |
| 00:37:37 |
...is the basis of all creation. |
| 00:37:42 |
We are WINC. W-I-N-C. |
| 00:37:47 |
Witches In Nature's Colors. WINC. |
| 00:37:54 |
The word "witch " may be a problem for |
| 00:37:58 |
No, we do not ride around |
| 00:38:03 |
Well, we don't ride on broomsticks. |
| 00:38:06 |
This is not an occult science. |
| 00:38:08 |
This is not one of those crazy systems... |
| 00:38:13 |
...of divination and astrology. |
| 00:38:15 |
...and you gotta have a screw loose |
| 00:38:18 |
Our beliefs are fairly commonplace |
| 00:38:23 |
Humankind is simply materialized color... |
| 00:38:26 |
...operating on the 49th vibration. |
| 00:38:30 |
...walking down the street |
| 00:38:33 |
I know this is a lot of pressure |
| 00:38:37 |
And I don't want you to feel you have |
| 00:38:40 |
This is a one-day-at-a-time kind of thing. |
| 00:38:43 |
Don't think you have to achieve anything |
| 00:38:46 |
Very important to back off the pressure. |
| 00:38:50 |
There's a deception here. |
| 00:38:55 |
...they're expecting to see a man |
| 00:38:59 |
Well, you know, that may be true. |
| 00:39:03 |
It might indeed be true. |
| 00:39:06 |
But I think what you have-- |
| 00:39:08 |
-Oh, baby. |
| 00:39:13 |
Can I--? |
| 00:39:27 |
Loco man |
| 00:39:29 |
Watching all the fish swim away |
| 00:39:33 |
He no work |
| 00:39:36 |
Sitting here on the sand |
| 00:39:39 |
Talking about the loco man. |
| 00:39:41 |
Sunny land |
| 00:39:43 |
Coconut coming down all the time |
| 00:39:47 |
Milk, she sweeter than honey wine |
| 00:39:50 |
Sitting here on the sand |
| 00:39:56 |
Sun breaks over the sprits'l yard |
| 00:40:00 |
Jib sheets hauling to leeward hard |
| 00:40:04 |
Crosstrees humming a morning hymn |
| 00:40:07 |
-I'm the cabin boy, call me Jim |
| 00:40:11 |
Fare away, fare away |
| 00:40:13 |
To the furbelow of the wily whale |
| 00:40:17 |
Hold on. One second, please. |
| 00:40:21 |
Are you familiar with a book about |
| 00:40:25 |
He was chasing some big whale. |
| 00:40:27 |
He had a catch phrase he'd always |
| 00:40:30 |
If you could do that, we'd have someone |
| 00:40:34 |
And you could Look at the camera |
| 00:40:38 |
And every time, |
| 00:40:41 |
And by the end you're all soaked, |
| 00:40:47 |
At the end of the song you turn the |
| 00:40:51 |
Kerplunk! |
| 00:40:53 |
It's just a thought. |
| 00:40:55 |
Oh, when the veil of dreams has lifted |
| 00:41:00 |
And the fairy tales have all been told |
| 00:41:05 |
There's a kiss at the end of the rainbow |
| 00:41:11 |
More precious than a pot of gold |
| 00:41:17 |
My sweet, my dear, my darling |
| 00:41:21 |
You're so far away from me |
| 00:41:27 |
Though an ocean of tears divides us |
| 00:41:32 |
Let the bridge of our love span the sea |
| 00:41:43 |
There's a kiss at the end of the rainbow |
| 00:41:55 |
More precious than a pot of gold |
| 00:42:15 |
We're pleased to have |
| 00:42:18 |
It's not something we usually do. |
| 00:42:22 |
But it'll be a Lot of fun. |
| 00:42:24 |
It's Like having a carnival |
| 00:42:27 |
I'm the events liaison. |
| 00:42:31 |
People here call me "King Larry" |
| 00:42:33 |
...because I do everything |
| 00:42:36 |
I've been up into the highest catwalk |
| 00:42:39 |
I've been in the basement |
| 00:42:42 |
I'm also a singer. |
| 00:42:44 |
I'm not a professional, |
| 00:42:47 |
...and, you know, |
| 00:42:51 |
But this.... |
| 00:42:53 |
This is the best place to sing in |
| 00:42:57 |
The acoustics are just perfect. |
| 00:43:23 |
-Did I miss it? |
| 00:43:26 |
-I'm not sure if I'm going north or south. |
| 00:43:30 |
The guy said Midtown. |
| 00:43:33 |
-It has chrome on the front of the hotel. |
| 00:43:36 |
-I'm gonna make a Left. |
| 00:43:38 |
-Do you have a map? |
| 00:43:44 |
Were you planning to study it later |
| 00:43:47 |
-Is it on the way? |
| 00:43:51 |
Nobody's busting your chops. Yet. |
| 00:43:53 |
-It's just a question of time. |
| 00:43:56 |
I don't want you to. |
| 00:43:59 |
We're excited to be involved |
| 00:44:01 |
It will be a challenge for me |
| 00:44:07 |
-Me too! |
| 00:44:09 |
But that doesn't matter |
| 00:44:12 |
...which is what we do. |
| 00:44:15 |
It matters what you think. And it |
| 00:44:19 |
What we can sell to you. |
| 00:44:21 |
And a product you'll Love to buy. |
| 00:44:26 |
And if we can't do that, we fake it. |
| 00:44:28 |
That's also part of public relations. |
| 00:44:30 |
We're professionals here, you see. |
| 00:44:34 |
We work together very well. |
| 00:44:37 |
It's almost as Like we have one brain... |
| 00:44:41 |
...that we share between us. |
| 00:44:43 |
It's Like I'LL have an idea, it will |
| 00:44:48 |
...and then it will get to Wally |
| 00:44:54 |
I don't know about you, |
| 00:44:58 |
...amazing things |
| 00:45:02 |
Like big, Like, not just big, |
| 00:45:07 |
Ladies and gentlemen, as deputy mayor, |
| 00:45:11 |
...than to officially declare tomorrow... |
| 00:45:14 |
...Saturday, June 22... |
| 00:45:16 |
...Folk Music Day in the Big Apple. |
| 00:45:19 |
Thank you. |
| 00:45:26 |
Thank you very much, Your Honor, |
| 00:45:29 |
I have two questions. |
| 00:45:33 |
...a rebirth of some of the finest |
| 00:45:37 |
Yes, I think so! |
| 00:45:40 |
And my second question is, where's |
| 00:45:44 |
Someone shot the mayor, |
| 00:45:47 |
The DA's office called. They can't find |
| 00:45:51 |
Let me say a few words |
| 00:45:54 |
One of the founding members has passed |
| 00:45:59 |
George Menschell! Come on up here |
| 00:46:03 |
How are you? You wanna say something? |
| 00:46:07 |
Thank you sincerely, Your Honor... |
| 00:46:09 |
...which reminds me, I was at |
| 00:46:13 |
"I'd Like to meet your wife." |
| 00:46:16 |
To paraphrase an old joke: |
| 00:46:19 |
It's The New Main Street Singers! |
| 00:46:27 |
-Thank you. You can take this. |
| 00:46:29 |
-Thank you very much. |
| 00:46:34 |
Don't forget to buy the CDs. |
| 00:46:35 |
Seeing these long lines of fans... |
| 00:46:38 |
...who want nothing more than |
| 00:46:42 |
...it's Like it's 1968... |
| 00:46:44 |
...or '67, or '66. |
| 00:46:49 |
The good years. |
| 00:46:51 |
It's so wonderful to see the people... |
| 00:46:54 |
...that have enjoyed your music |
| 00:46:57 |
And there's so many of them. |
| 00:46:58 |
And they just want to shake your hand |
| 00:47:03 |
"We dig what you do." |
| 00:47:06 |
And then there's the kids. |
| 00:47:09 |
"You rock me." |
| 00:47:13 |
I was flashing back to the rush |
| 00:47:18 |
...arriving at the concert hall... |
| 00:47:20 |
...having stagehands saying, |
| 00:47:25 |
"Good luck, Mickey, tonight." |
| 00:47:27 |
And we'd wait backstage, |
| 00:47:32 |
"Mickey, Mickey, Mitch, Mitch!" |
| 00:47:36 |
Walking out into the spot... |
| 00:47:39 |
...the sound of the crowd cheering... |
| 00:47:43 |
...the decibel Level. |
| 00:47:49 |
For me it was just watching you. |
| 00:47:52 |
Because I couldn't think about me |
| 00:47:56 |
I Look forward to that, Mitch. |
| 00:47:59 |
-I wonder if it'll happen tomorrow night. |
| 00:48:02 |
-And I'LL be there. |
| 00:48:04 |
I'LL be there in the best seat in the house. |
| 00:48:14 |
I guess you can make money |
| 00:48:18 |
-Yeah, I guess you can. |
| 00:48:20 |
It's usually because of acts |
| 00:48:26 |
That commercial crapola. |
| 00:48:31 |
I'm a model train enthusiast. |
| 00:48:34 |
Oh, that's great! |
| 00:48:38 |
I've got a whole layout in my basement. |
| 00:48:44 |
Yeah, thank God for model trains. |
| 00:48:47 |
-Absolutely. |
| 00:48:49 |
...they wouldn't have |
| 00:48:55 |
Excuse me. Hi. |
| 00:48:57 |
Hi, everybody. Just be a second. |
| 00:49:00 |
Don't want to interrupt. |
| 00:49:03 |
I'd Like to propose a big, big toast... |
| 00:49:07 |
...in honor of Dad. |
| 00:49:10 |
He was an amazing |
| 00:49:13 |
...a fantastic person in general. |
| 00:49:16 |
And I think anybody who even knew Dad |
| 00:49:19 |
...knew that he had an amazing hum. |
| 00:49:22 |
And wherever he went, |
| 00:49:27 |
And anybody who heard this hum |
| 00:49:31 |
And in honor of Dad, |
| 00:49:34 |
...Let's raise our glasses |
| 00:49:56 |
Okay, bring it down. Back up. |
| 00:49:59 |
Okay, bring it across. Bring it across. |
| 00:50:02 |
-Right on down here. |
| 00:50:07 |
-So, what do you got? You got vocal? |
| 00:50:10 |
-Some of them are already in there. |
| 00:50:14 |
Yeah. We do this every single day. |
| 00:50:18 |
-Those are microphones? |
| 00:50:21 |
-They don't have tops on them. |
| 00:50:24 |
They'll have tops when we're done, |
| 00:50:28 |
Mike heads. |
| 00:50:29 |
Would you call them a "mike head," |
| 00:50:33 |
It's called a microphone, |
| 00:50:36 |
-We really want them. |
| 00:50:56 |
Town hall. Tonight. |
| 00:51:01 |
Two weeks rehearsal. |
| 00:51:05 |
Crazy. New phrasing. Different keys. |
| 00:51:10 |
But couldn't have happened |
| 00:51:13 |
If we'd stayed together, |
| 00:51:16 |
We'd be lucky to be in Branson, |
| 00:51:20 |
Nope. |
| 00:51:22 |
This was our crazy way of getting here. |
| 00:51:27 |
Well, I'm feeling very relaxed. |
| 00:51:30 |
Very confident. Very focused. |
| 00:51:34 |
You know, 35 years ago, |
| 00:51:38 |
...meant playing "find the cobra" |
| 00:51:43 |
But tonight, I feel good. |
| 00:51:48 |
I feel ready for whatever |
| 00:51:51 |
...that we will take with us |
| 00:51:55 |
I'm sure it will be an adventure... |
| 00:51:59 |
...a voyage on this magnificent vessel... |
| 00:52:02 |
...into uncharted waters. |
| 00:52:05 |
What if we see sailfish jumping... |
| 00:52:09 |
...and flying across the magnificent orb |
| 00:52:15 |
I think it's impeccable. |
| 00:52:17 |
It says happiness, it says opening night. |
| 00:52:20 |
It says, "I Love folk music but I'm not |
| 00:52:24 |
I'm a Little afraid of these |
| 00:52:28 |
-Apple blossoms. |
| 00:52:31 |
They're at eye height. Someone |
| 00:52:36 |
...and poke an eye out. |
| 00:52:39 |
If we could get a shape to them, |
| 00:52:43 |
I have a health and safety issue. |
| 00:52:46 |
They're a disaster. |
| 00:52:49 |
They're just waiting for |
| 00:52:52 |
...or somebody in a walker, |
| 00:52:56 |
A Lot of my family |
| 00:52:59 |
I've got an idea. Let's get carnations |
| 00:53:04 |
I don't see how that would work. |
| 00:53:07 |
I've adopted the practice... |
| 00:53:10 |
...of taking care of my skin. |
| 00:53:13 |
It's something, you know, |
| 00:53:17 |
I think Jerry was razzing me |
| 00:53:23 |
He caught me in the bathroom... |
| 00:53:25 |
...and I did that thing where |
| 00:53:28 |
...and he said, "What are you |
| 00:53:32 |
...Norwegian fishermen have used |
| 00:53:36 |
And with that regimen, |
| 00:53:39 |
...I know that when I walk out |
| 00:53:43 |
...will Look its best in front |
| 00:53:46 |
That will give me the confidence |
| 00:53:51 |
...and sing my best and be my best... |
| 00:53:54 |
...and you can't put a price on that. |
| 00:53:58 |
-Tammy, we all set on the pre-record? |
| 00:54:01 |
You know, I produced |
| 00:54:04 |
Before I came to PBN |
| 00:54:07 |
People wanted more close-ups. I want |
| 00:54:13 |
We have plenty of close-ups scheduled. |
| 00:54:15 |
Another great thing would be one |
| 00:54:19 |
...to see the enormity |
| 00:54:23 |
Would be a crane. |
| 00:54:26 |
-No, we don't have a crane. |
| 00:54:29 |
You know those swooping shots |
| 00:54:32 |
...and hammers in on a shot |
| 00:54:36 |
-That would be great. |
| 00:54:37 |
Or when they pull back, kind of |
| 00:54:41 |
...where you see the whole thing, |
| 00:54:44 |
It would be. |
| 00:54:47 |
I could make some calls, if we could |
| 00:54:52 |
-ALL right, here's your giant banjo. |
| 00:54:56 |
It doesn't Look flat |
| 00:54:58 |
It has basically no dimension to it. |
| 00:55:01 |
It's painted to Look three-dimensional. |
| 00:55:05 |
But it's not painted on the back. |
| 00:55:09 |
From the audience it will Look fine. |
| 00:55:13 |
Go out there and take a peek. |
| 00:55:15 |
Is this the real furniture |
| 00:55:18 |
It's not called "furniture." |
| 00:55:20 |
It's painted this way. It Looks completely |
| 00:55:25 |
So this is the real furniture, |
| 00:55:28 |
-Is this an actual street lamp? |
| 00:55:32 |
Can you have an actual |
| 00:55:36 |
...that represents the thing |
| 00:55:38 |
-...something that it's pretending to be? |
| 00:55:43 |
I have no time to explain Stagecraft 101 . |
| 00:55:47 |
-Everything is exactly the way you-- |
| 00:55:51 |
Those are Lights, |
| 00:55:54 |
-But they Look shaky. |
| 00:55:57 |
Is that wire? I see a wire. |
| 00:56:09 |
Fellas, thanks a Lot for coming |
| 00:56:14 |
Honestly, that's so beautiful. |
| 00:56:16 |
And thank you for the flowers, |
| 00:56:19 |
Did you Like that? |
| 00:56:21 |
We had to get rid of the lavender |
| 00:56:24 |
-Sorry about that. |
| 00:56:27 |
I remember you guys staying |
| 00:56:29 |
I remember you were always trying |
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You were, Like, 15 years old |
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-Penny stakes. |
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You always teased me with those |
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Yeah, we didn't know you were gonna |
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Mitch. |
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You okay? |
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Yes. |
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This flame, Like all flames, |
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It also represents |
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It also represents a penis. |
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Red, orange, yellow, green, blue |
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Indigo, violet |
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-Ten seconds to air. |
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Seven... |
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...six, five, four... |
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...three, two.... |
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Roll A. Fade up on A. |
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PBN New York is proud to present: |
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Live from Town Hall, |
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...an evening of folk music. |
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Featuring The New Main Street Singers... |
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...The Folksmen and Mitch and Mickey. |
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And now your host, |
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Hello, I'm Jonathan Steinbloom, |
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...I would Like to make |
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I'd Like to warn you that some of the |
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...have dangerously Low-hanging vines... |
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...and may be poisonous, |
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And don't become entangled in them |
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On behalf of the entire |
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...welcome to Ode to Irving. |
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Thank you. Thank you. |
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Please join all of us and give a really |
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...about whom Dad used to say... |
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...they were the kind of infectious |
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Ladies and gentlemen, |
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Thank you, New York City, |
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Gee, I got a question. |
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Never did no wandering |
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Never did no wandering |
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Never did no wandering after all |
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Never did no wandering |
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My mother was the cold north wind |
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My daddy was the son of a railroad man |
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From west of hell |
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Never heard the whistle |
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Or the singing of its driving wheel |
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Oh, I never did no wandering |
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I didn't say a word. |
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I don't know. |
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Never did no wandering after all |
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They say the highway's just one big road |
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And it goes from here to there |
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You swear to God you didn't talk |
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You didn't tell him |
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I saw you talking to Terry Bohner. |
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I said, "Isn't it warm?" |
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Well, it's getting warmer now. |
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I don't think finger-pointing |
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-I think it's clear what we do. |
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-I'm gonna suggest we be bold. |
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We open with "Wandering." |
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Did you miss the Last couple of minutes? |
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-Turn it back up. |
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We say you can enjoy a toothpaste |
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They've brushed their teeth |
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You can't have, especially on a folk bill, |
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That doesn't work. |
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Never did no wandering after all |
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Easy now! |
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Never did no wandering |
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Never did no wandering |
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Never did no wandering after all |
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No, I never did no wandering |
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After all |
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Oh, boy. Thank you very much! |
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That song is so fun to sing. |
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Before we go a little bit further, |
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Hi there, I'm Terry Bohner. |
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I'm going out for some air. |
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Are you sure you're okay? |
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Yes. |
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One night Mama went to fetch |
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Fell down the cellar stairs |
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Stork dropped in |
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So my sister was born down there |
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Daddy said this one will be nothing but a |
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But Mama just loved her |
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With a face like a parboiled yam |
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Come on, boys |
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I know you don't want to hear this, |
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...we open with "Old Joe's Place." |
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We go out, do the song we're |
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And then, hey, here's the icing |
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-What's the icing? |
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-That's the cake. |
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Mom and Daddy put together |
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Counting me and Jack and Cousin Will |
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We all hopped into the old Chevy pickup |
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Daddy took his Remington |
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For to set his little darling free |
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Daddy, shut the goldarn door |
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Let's go, boys |
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Guess we better leave her there |
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Let's go, boys |
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Mama says it's more than fair |
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Ladies and gentlemen, |
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I have been watching and observing |
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Boy, that's fun! That's really fun, man. |
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-We weren't really listening. |
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I couldn't hear so well, but, shoot, |
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And now, please join me in welcoming |
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Taken alone they are merely |
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...Alan's Barrows and Mark Shubb. |
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But when you put them all together... |
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...they spell "absolutely fantastic." |
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Ladies and gentlemen, The Folksmen! |
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Thank you. Yeah, it's really us. |
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-Wow. |
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Long time no see. |
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Can't tell you. |
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Great to be back. |
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You might remember it, |
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Whenever I'm out wandering |
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I often stop and think |
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Where friendly folks can gather |
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-Hey. |
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-You guys were great. |
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-Have you seen Mitch? |
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Okay. |
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Mitch? |
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Pick it! |
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That's nice. |
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Well, there's a puppy in the parlor |
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And a smelly old blanket |
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There's popcorn in the popper |
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There's pie in the pantry |
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Just look for the busted neon sign |
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Ea-a-oe's |
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Well, there's a puppy in the parlor |
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And a smelly old blanket |
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There's popcorn in the popper |
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There's pie in the pantry |
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There's sausage in the morning |
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There's a nurse on duty |
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There's chicken on the table |
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There's always something cooking |
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Thank you! |
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-Thank you so much! |
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Thank you very much. |
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What a great crowd. |
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...in a Little audience participation. |
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We're not gonna be |
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First time through, relax. |
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We'll start off with |
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What? |
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Every morning at 5:00 |
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Washes up, he ties his shoes |
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So far, so good. |
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-Ready, two. |
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-Ready, three, wide. |
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Oh, my God. Mitch is gone. |
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Mitch is gone. Oh, my God. |
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Without Mitch, we got gornisht. |
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Well, we're gonna go find him. |
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We'll need some chickens. |
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How about this aisle? |
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Just beyond the man with the big shirt. |
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I want you to be my chickens. |
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Pretty good. That's the ticket. |
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Now we want to hear from |
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Not people with a sore throat, |
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We're gonna put a saddle |
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Does he have a cell phone or a pager? |
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-He's wandering. He likes to wander. |
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-He got a Little nervous. |
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I'm sure it's fine. Let's calm down. |
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-Is there a cockfight arena near here? |
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At least he's not lying on the ground |
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-Why didn't someone go out with him? |
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-Can she do these songs solo? |
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And the chickens cluck |
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The horses neigh |
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Crickets go fiddle-dee-dee |
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-Yes, they do. |
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The pigs oink, oink |
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It's a barnyard symphony |
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-Thank you so much. |
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-Give yourselves a big hand. |
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Thank you very, very much for coming. |
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Thank you, Irv. Thanks for the good seats. |
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We are The Folksmen. We hope |
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Thank you. Good night. |
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We gotta give them more. |
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Thank you for having us back. |
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We have a song we'd Like to do |
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We don't often do encores, |
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It has to do with a time |
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...when this time of year rolls around. |
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The Spanish Civil War. |
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But our group historian, Mr. Mark Shubb, |
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Thank you very much, Alan's. |
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In the Late 1930s of the Last century, |
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What are you doing? Mitch could be |
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-Would you consider doing both parts? |
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...bake a nice tray of Nanaimo bars, |
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That's what I Like doing! |
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Mitch, where the hell were you? |
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-Are we on? |
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It's too Late. I forgot what a selfish-- |
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It just took me a while |
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-That is nice. |
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In the Late summer, early fall of 1938... |
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...so the story goes |
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...in the green hills |
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-Good night, everybody! |
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They're called The Folksmen, |
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...I think we're all going to have to |
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...because they sing beautifully |
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And now, Ladies and gentlemen, |
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Mitch and Mickey. |
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We Love you! |
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Thank you. |
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Thank you so much |
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It does not seem Like just yesterday |
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...and started making music together. |
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I don't know if any of you know |
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...that Mitch and I met in the hospital. |
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Mitch was there |
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...after defending the honor |
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Me. |
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And I, of course, was there to visit. |
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And the only way that Mitch could |
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Every word of it poetry. |
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...I have the very first poem... |
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...that you wrote me. |
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Parched in exile |
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Though silenced behind |
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Your spirit burns through |
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In your cool, misty loveliness |
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I just wanted a drink of water. |
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Oh, when the veil of dreams has lifted |
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And the fairy tales have all been told |
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There's a kiss at the end of the rainbow |
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I know this song. |
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With the kiss. |
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-Remember? |
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Yeah. |
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Wonder how they're gonna handle that. |
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-Five dollars says they do it. |
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And when the veil of dreams has lifted |
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And the fairy tales have all been told |
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There's a kiss at the end of the rainbow |
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More precious than a pot of gold |
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My sweet, my dear, my darling |
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You're so far away from me |
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Though an ocean of tears divides us |
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-Let the bridge of our love span the sea |
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Your kiss |
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There's a kiss at the end of the rainbow |
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More precious than a pot of |
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Gold |
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Thank you. |
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Thank you so much. |
| 01:17:38 |
Are you okay? |
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Excuse me, sir. Sorry. Sorry. |
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Hi, everybody! |
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-Good to be back! |
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Thank you again. |
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We're back! |
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-"Mighty Wind." |
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One in C. Here we go. |
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One, two, three. |
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As I traveled down the back roads |
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Every carpenter and cowboy |
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They're all talking about a feeling |
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They're all talking about this mighty wind |
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Oh, a mighty wind's a-blowing |
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It's blowing out a message |
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Yes, a mighty wind's a-blowing |
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It's blowing peace and freedom |
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From a lighthouse in Bar Harbor |
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From a trawler down in Shreveport |
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There's a star on the horizon |
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It's lighting up this mighty wind |
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Oh, a mighty wind's a-blowing |
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It's blowing out a message |
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Yes, a mighty wind's a-blowing |
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It's blowing peace and freedom |
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When the blind man sees the picture |
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When the fisherman stops fishing |
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We'll still hear the wondrous story |
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The story of this mighty wind |
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Oh, a mighty wind's a-blowing |
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It's blowing out a message |
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Yes, a mighty wind's a-blowing |
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It's blowing peace and freedom |
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Yes, it's blowing peace and freedom |
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So the morning after the big show |
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...the TV network executives |
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...trying to get The New Main Street Singers |
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We took some very nice meetings. |
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They Loved my idea |
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You know, in diapers. And... |
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...it always makes me laugh |
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The network execs said, "Look, we're not |
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We Love the kids, |
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And the word "judgment," |
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I always thought there were |
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...but now it seems there are only nine. |
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But there's also nine |
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And I thought, "What if they were |
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And it was my idea to call them "The |
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And here's the idea. During the day... |
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...they're handling some of the top, |
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There's a Lot of tension there. And at night, |
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...they Live in one big house and they |
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Now, maybe during the day they hear |
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...they argue about who cooks dinner |
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...the laundry or, "Say, why don't |
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"And that's sexual harassment! |
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That was decided in case 126, |
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Oh, I Like that. |
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I'm not doing much writing, |
| 01:22:20 |
Won't make your patients cringe |
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Sure-Flo, Sure-Flo |
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Don't leave them cold and damp |
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Use our buttocks drapes and penis clamp |
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I'm a musician again. |
| 01:22:42 |
Being on-stage again with Mitch |
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Oh, boy. I never thought it was possible. |
| 01:22:50 |
And there we were. |
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Just wish he didn't |
| 01:22:58 |
You know. That damn kiss. |
| 01:23:00 |
My sister-- Well, they were all at the show, |
| 01:23:05 |
"You led him on. You shouldn't have kissed |
| 01:23:11 |
It was just a kiss. And it's part of-- |
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And I forgot what that feels Like... |
| 01:23:17 |
...where you get caught up |
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...and you want to give them... |
| 01:23:25 |
...anything they want. |
| 01:23:28 |
I think Mitch.... |
| 01:23:30 |
I didn't lead him on. But he... |
| 01:23:33 |
...took it the wrong way, I think. |
| 01:23:37 |
I've never been in better head space. |
| 01:23:41 |
I'm writing poetry again. |
| 01:23:45 |
I'm going through a very prolific phase. |
| 01:23:52 |
Ideas are coming faster |
| 01:23:58 |
My one fear in getting together |
| 01:24:03 |
...always that it might rekindle... |
| 01:24:09 |
...feelings that she used to have for me. |
| 01:24:13 |
I feel badly that she was misled... |
| 01:24:18 |
...by the theatrics of the moment. |
| 01:24:24 |
But I think it was a wonderful time |
| 01:24:30 |
I know that I will always think |
| 01:24:35 |
...every time I see a rose. |
| 01:24:43 |
We've got some gigs here working |
| 01:24:46 |
It has been a time of changes, |
| 01:24:52 |
It was Like a great big door |
| 01:24:57 |
After that concert I realized... |
| 01:25:01 |
...I wanna spend as much |
| 01:25:04 |
-...playing folk music with these gentlemen. |
| 01:25:08 |
And I wanna spend all of it as a woman. |
| 01:25:11 |
I came to a realization that I was, and am... |
| 01:25:15 |
...a blond, female folk singer... |
| 01:25:19 |
...trapped in the body of a bald, |
| 01:25:22 |
...and I had to Let me out or I would die. |
| 01:25:28 |
When you put it that way, |
| 01:25:31 |
Almost. |
| 01:25:32 |
Now they don't allow no frowns inside |
| 01:25:36 |
-There's apple brandy by the keg |
| 01:25:41 |
So if you've got a hankering |
| 01:25:46 |
Just look for the busted neon sign |
| 01:25:49 |
Ea-a-oe's
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