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I have something I'd like very much
to say to you all.
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We would not all be here
if it were not for the efforts of one man -
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one man whose vision you will soon
see writ large on the silver screen.
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I am of course referring to Mr Blake Edwards.
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Get him up here, folks.
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Come on, Blakey. Up you come.
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Jolly good.
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- Come on!
- Thank you!
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Thank you!
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Let me tell you something about this man.
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He is absolutely talentless.
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No, but seriously, no one - and I repeat that -
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no one has managed to do so much,
having so very little.
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Give me that.
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People ask me
why I compromise my artistic integrity
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by walking in front of Blake's cameras.
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You know what I tell them? Money.
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It's true.
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That and the knowledge that
no matter how bad the picture is,
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I'll always be the best thing in it.
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- Thank you.
- Oh, look, he's bashful, folks.
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Why shouldn't he be?
In an industry that worships mediocrity,
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you, Blake, truly have added new lustre
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to the term "middling talent".
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So enjoy the show... if that's at all possible.