Million Dollar Mermaid
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We didn't have that much money,
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but I don't have this...
this bookkeeping.

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And what's this item here,
personal, two hundred dollars.

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It's this personal matter.
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No kidding. Did you ask her yet?
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Today's the day.
Season's closing real soon...

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And you want somebody to keep
your feet warm every night.

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Great, but what about me?
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Doc, I've got an idea
for something brand new.

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A great idea.
A swimmer and a flyer.

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A flyer.
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That's what we'll do.
The acts will be dynamite.

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You know, he can actually
take that contraption

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four hundred feet off the ground?
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I don't like it.
It's against nature.

:52:38
You and your grousing.
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Can't you see that new poster,
Sullivan's combined shows.

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King of the air,
Queen of the sea.

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Don't get me wrong now.
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That will still be
our number one attraction.

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We can dream, can't we?
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There she is, dreamer.
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Hi, there. Hello, Jimmy.
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I'm not late, am I?
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Performance starts at two thirty.
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Jimmy. This is Mr. Aldrich,
of the Aldrich Selection Bureau.

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He was kind enough
to drive me back from lunch.

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My pleasure.
How do you do?

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I have a special
interest in Miss Kellerman.

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I'm trying to persuade her
to go on a tour.

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What kind of tour?
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He offered me
a great deal of money

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and ten weeks guarantee,
just to do a series of lectures.

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Yes, indeed. I see Miss Kellerman
in a very dignified presentation

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giving a lecture
on the body beautiful.

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Perhaps a little ballet
on the subject.

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Ballet? Lecture? No.
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What's so funny?
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Darling. I'm sorry that
one of us must be nutty.

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You competing
with William Jennings Brown.

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I can see you now
up on the platform

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with a picture
of water and ballet

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dancing around some grass drapes.
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Holy smoke.
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I'm happy
to be contributing so much

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to your amusement, Mr. Sullivan.
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But I assure you my end
is a very dignified

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and lucrative business.
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Miss Kellerman will not be
swimming around tank like a seal,

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performing in a carnival
like a fat lady on one side

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and a fire-eater on the other.

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