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Naomi Murdoch, that's me.
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Not quite at the bottom of the bill yetand not quite at the end of my rope.
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But I can't say I'm making an impressionon audiences these days.
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Not that I ever made much anyway.
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But now with the season overand the heat of the summer coming...
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the air in these broken-down theatresis even staler than usual.
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And, brother, there's not muchto look forward to.
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Well, I guess some people might saymaybe I asked for it.
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Boy, that audience is like iceout there tonight.
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These hicks wouldn't get off their handsfor Lillian Russell.
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Here's some mail for you.
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Well, I started out holding the hoopsfor Miller's Wonder Dogs.
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- I guess I can always go back to it.- For Pete's sake, Naomi.
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You're too classy for vaudeville.You ought to go back to legit.
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Yeah, they loved me in Detroit.
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There's real prestige in legit.New parts all the time.
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You don't have to worry about getting old.
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What's the matter, honey?You look like you saw a ghost.
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- No.- Bad news?
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Well, it's a laugh, that's all.
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- "Dearest mother."- I told you it was a laugh.
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"I don't know if you ever think of me,but I think of you.
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"I'm graduating from high school this yearand I'm in the senior play on May 20.
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"I suppose this doesn't sound muchto a great star like you."
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Go ahead.
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"And I know your careermust keep you very busy."
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Gets funnier, doesn't it?
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"But there's only one present I would likeand that is to have you there.
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"Your adoring, Lily."
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You never said...
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That I had a kid?I've got three. Two girls and a boy.
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