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How are you doing now? I'm doing fine. And how are you doing? How are you doing in school? This is what's concerning me. How are you doing? I'm doing really good in arithmetic. You really are. Yeah, I'm doing good in arithmetic. Well, let me ask you a question. What is five plus Phi Phi Phi Phi is share. Share. Share. That's what I said. Do you know what five plus five is? Hey, it's his size. So could you take it all in on. No, no, no, no, no. Five plus five price. Also this year. Three and three. It. What do you mean? Scratch it. That's it. I can't take it. You don't know, do you? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. High down. All right, I'm going to tell you. Five plus five equals ten. Yeah, it does. Five. First size ten. That's correct. Ten. More like ten oranges. Ten apples. Ten grapes. Ten. Do you know what it is now? Fruit salad than that for you? Yeah. Good. Now, look. All right. Again, I mentioned about Termite. So how does he think it away? What does he think about termites? My goodness. No need to go down tonight. Ooh, I don't like those guys. And when you get a blemish on your face, you think you say, Well, I go to the doctor. Do you do, Don't you? Yeah, I do. I sure do. I go to Doctor Dale, and he's sick of sitting up in there. Hey. Okay. I'll sing a song for you. Hi there. Hi. New here. You know. What do you say? Hi. I knew her. I knew her for a year. How do you say that? I did. I did. I did. I did. I did that. They gave me the opportunity to go from there saying, I remember my mother trying to play and say.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/136894/file/253906#t=0.18,149.07"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/136894/file/253906/transcript/71631/annotation/2","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"They? Ever. Yeah. I'd like to sing like this. I sing songs for everyone, to be sure. Do something. Do anything. I fall in love too easily. I fell and hit the thing. I fell in love. Too terribly hard to even make. Well, let My heart should be scored easily. I fell in love with the way I sat down. I like it very much. I think you're doing a very good job as a singer. Yeah. Well, I don't have that right. Yeah, right. To hear another Tony Bennett song. Yeah. I like to hear you sing. Yes, I love her every day. The first day of spring. And. Go ahead. Yes, I roll over every day. All day. The Thursday is saying very hard. It had a new scientist saying and saying that your air in morning during a fire the world. Than land that there is a third air. His voice for the air hoisted they heard. Take my word which measure each day that occur neither. But there they been my world. Your smile on its face. Like. And then? And then? Then does friend the day and I rule the world early and then say the world was his friend. What do you think about being on TV there, young man? I love it. Are you taking a close out right now? I'm taking a close up of both of you right now. Hey, go right ahead to this guy here. Okay. Wait just a minute. Yeah. Don't care. Yeah. The star here, you say. Have you ever seen a camera like this, though? Now you see the candles. God, don't you? That's a he said. Yeah, that wish. Don't say that. You don't. You like it? I said, All right. I guess you think it's okay? Yeah, I think it's all right.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/136894/file/253906#t=151.25,315.67"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/136894/file/253906/transcript/71631/annotation/3","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Yeah. Okay. And I like this. Can it. What does it do? Tell me. Can I interview you? Sure. Ask me a question. Yeah. How does your man get a camera? Operator? A camera operator? Well, the first thing I did was bought a camera. You did? And I asked him how he became a ventriloquist. You know what he told me? First thing you did was born a dummy. Did he say that? No, no, no. I'm only kidding. I'm. He didn't say he wouldn't dare say that. I didn't think you'd say that. Well, I wouldn't say that about my pal. No, you didn't. No, no, no. So just be calm. Everything's okay. Okay. You're not telling me that's your job. Let me ask you a question. Yeah. He's practicing, and so are you. What's next? I don't know. That big time. What makes you think the big time? I mean, I know you always talk about going to jail for this. Yeah. Yeah, I do. Yeah. Do you want to go and show business? It's not easy, right? You're. You're. You're well trained, aren't you? Yeah, I can. I can say that. I can say anything. I can I Yeah, I tell you what. You become famous. The girls won't leave me alone. Yeah, well, I can fight them off. You can fight them off? Yeah, you can fight them off. Sure you can. Yeah. How about Tommy? Not what you do here. Has he met Spencer? Yeah. What do you think of Spencer? I think he's really nice. He's a great little guy. He's good. I like Dexter. You do? Yeah. Dexter and I are good friends. Your hair. That's your buddy, Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, we're good. Good, Good Little towns. Yes. And roughly when was this picture? What year? Pictures.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/136894/file/253906#t=316.35,440.96"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/136894/file/253906/transcript/71631/annotation/4","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Got to be 35 years old. Okay. This was with a with. I was on tour with with John Calvert, as you see in the back there. John Carter was a magician and he had also just. And that's that's Billy's teacher, Muddy Waters, honey. Walter Walters and his buddy Woody. Yeah, right. His teacher was. Okay. And then when you've been doing this with this guy here for 15 years, Well, I haven't been doing it that long, but I would say pretty close to it. Yeah. I'm glad you said he was over 50. What did you buy in previously owned? This is because I had a family to take care of and I needed a job. And I was working on this business. You've never. I know you. You've never seen our place. When I started, after I had $0.35 in my pocket. Say all that and. Much work. And I play nightclubs and places all over the country. And I played. So you spent a lot of time together. But when things got tougher on the road you had earlier, you put him away for 20 years. I would say you'll never pick him up again. That's what I said. That's what I said. So that's three weeks ago. No, no, no, no, no. I mean, what When they wanted to. When you. When you took him out of the thing. When I took him out of the. At a suitcase. I guess it's been 85 years ago. Like five years ago. Just. But. That's right. But the only thing I can think of. I know. I performed in the Rainbow Room. Where I stand on a staple and tell all the people that I am. So one of the first business you got into was the window display business.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/136894/file/253906#t=441.41,673.16"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/136894/file/253906/transcript/71631/annotation/5","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"When the display business? Yeah. That's how you started off. Yeah. Self-employed. Self-employed. This is one of the first jobs you did. Where? Yes, right. In Baltimore. Baltimore. And it's just wherever we could see our trade shows and conventions. When the display trade shows and conventions. Yes. And all to earn a living and get all that for 25 years. Yeah. Yeah. And this is a big, big drugstore. And I'm up there. So they were grand openings, trade shows when the trade openings. Grand opening. Grand openings, sir. Okay. Of the Orioles and he was out there autographing and this was another grand opening using local celebrities to help spark the interest that to get folks there. However, there is another big grand opening and more early TV. And the soundtrack would go around telling the people about the grand opening. At nighttime, the searchlight would revolve, you know. I guess I could. These are probably. Woman. Tilted forward just a little bit. A little bit more. Keep going. Keep going. I didn't find. My ex-wife. That is what makes them all. 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