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I love Mitch, he's my favorite.

He's like a relative,

he's like my nephew to me."

I'm saying this because I think you'd want

to know before you make your mind up.

Would you just think about it?

Sounds cliche, but it's kind of a blur,

you know? They loved us.

I guess we were, in a way, maybe easy

to love because we represented...

...true love and romance

and sweetness, and...

To be quite honest, I bought

the image as much as anyone else.

Maybe that's why I sold it so well.

Because it was sweet and happy...

...and everybody, everybody

loved to hang around Mitch.

They tried to get close to him,

but I was close to him.

He was very smart, very intense...

...and distant, you know?

You'd get close to him and he'd inch back

that much further, you know.

And you'd move in,

you know, to get inside Mitch...

...and he'd just back off a little more.

Just always kept you wanting to get there,

to understand him.

Which was impossible.

Oh, when the veil of dreams has lifted

And the fairy tales have all been told

There's a kiss at the end of the rainbow

More precious than a pot of gold

The phenomenon of that kiss was...

It can't be overstated.

It was...

...a superb moment

in the history of folk music.

And maybe...

...maybe a great moment

in the history of humans.

I'd like to think that Mitch

would agree to do this with me.

Because I already said yes.

And I can't do it alone, so...

No, I didn't think this through.

Should've talked to him beforehand,

but I haven't talked to him in so long.

It wasn't...

We weren't talking.

You know, those last few years...

Okay, I'm remembering some things now,

yeah. There was lots of fighting going on.

And I think for a while we were able...

...to keep it on a professional level.

But really, we were getting

some personal things out.

I was just out of high school,

I had just started here.

And I must say I was in awe of Mitch

and Mickey. I mean, who wasn't?

They were here working on

When You're Next To Me...

...which was their last album together.

Mickey started shouting at Mitch.

She just went off.

She started throwing anything she could

get her hands on at Mitch. Anything.

Music stands, microphone stands,

mikes, guitars.

And Mitch...

He just...

He just snapped.

It's time to kick on back

Toss your cares away

Cartwheels and piggybacks

It's just that kind of day

I'm sitting on a hill

Watching clouds at play

Well, I've been playing

the music of The Main Street Singers...

...my whole life, I mean,

from way back in Tampa.

I've come to understand as an adult,

with the help of Laurie, my beautiful wife...

...that there had been abuse in my family,

but it was mostly musical in nature.

My father used to

lock me away in a room...

...with nothing but the Percy Faith

recording of "Bim Bam Boom"...

...and then send me to bed

with nothing but dessert.

One of the records he put me

in there with was Sunny Side Up.

The Main Street Singers, 1968.

I tell you, my head opened up,

my heart opened up.

I listened to that record

over and over and over.

I knew it right and left

and every way to Sunday.

I feel like I knew those people.

I wanted to be in that group so badly...

...that at the age of 8 years old,

I went down into the basement...

...and I made cardboard cutouts of

everybody in the group to sing with them.

These were my friends,

and they were made out of gin boxes.

It's odd that Laurie

came from such a different--

Right. A completely different path.

I was brought up in a very small town,

south of the Chicago city limits.

Just far enough away to have been peopled

with pure, unadulterated white trash.

And because I was one of so many children,

I don't believe that anyone noticed...

...when I blew town at 15

and ended up in San Francisco, California.

And it's at this point in my story

that the dark clouds part...

...because I met a certain Mr. Wiseman,

who gave me a job in his shop.

And before long, he tapped me

to do some small roles...

...in some of his short films

for more mature audiences.

And before long, I had landed,

if you will, some leads...

...and then I started to do some cameos.

Well, I was known for

doing a certain thing...

...that many of the other girls

wouldn't do.

Of course, I loved to sing,

ever since I was a little girl.

And I learned to play the ukulele

in one of my last films, Not So Tiny Tim.

And based on that, my world opened up...

...because I was invited to join the

re-formed New Main Street Singers.

And that's where I met my man,

and before long I was the new Mrs. Bohner.

Ain't that something?

-A beautiful story.

-I tell you.

Last week you were

going to come in at 5...

...and you never showed up.

It's okay, it's just that--

-He's in. Mitch is in.

-Really?

-It's unbelievable.

-Congratulations!

-Thank you. Thank you.

-He said he would be a part of this?

-Yes.

-He said that just now on the phone?

-Yeah, I think he did.

-Did he put it in writing?

I'm sorr--

I'm just looking out for you.

Let's not rain on the parade, okay?

He's in.

In 1974, after the breakup,

Mitch was extremely angry.

His first solo album...

...a Cry For Help, contained

numbers like "If I Had A Gun"...

..."Anyone But You," "May She Rot in Hell."

And this just spiraled down...

...to the next album, Calling It Quits.

And at that point he was in a very bad way.

There was a lot of anger in Mitch...

...for reasons, you know, that he had.

I think he went too soon.

He should have stayed longer,

because we really didn't get a grip on him.

And his anger was unhealthy...

...for all of us.

-Hello, Mickey.

-Mitch.

-How are you?

-Great.

-It's good to see you.

-You too. So...

-Mitch Cohen, this is my husband.

-Leonard Crabbe, very nice to meet you.

-It's nice to meet you.

-Welcome to the house of Crabbe.

Thank you very much.

I just checked into the hotel.

Left my things there.

-Good.

-Which hotel was that, then?

I don't know the name.

I can't remember the name,

but it's very nice.

Are you hungry?

-Yes.

-Good. Lunch is not quite ready.

Maybe you'd like to

take Mitch to see your trains?

Oh, yes. Do you like trains?

I took a bus.

No. Model trains.

Do you like model trains?

-Sure.

-It's a bit of a passion for me.

I'll show you around.

It's right down here.

-It was a 16-hour trip.

-This will be quicker than that.

This whole area here is called Crabbe Town.

We've got a brothel

down there above the saloon.

And right down there, further along,

I'm thinking of building a French Quarter.

-I've actually got a bit of French blood.

-I'd love to see this town in the autumn.

I think Crabbeville in autumn

would look quite magnificent.

I would have made tiny little leaves...

...oak, poplar, maple, chestnut...

...and spread them

across the town of Crabbeville.

Magnificent.

It's Crabbe Town, not Crabbeville.

What is it you do, Leonard?

For work?

Oh, work.

I'm in the bladder management industry.

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