Ball of Fire

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(WHISTLING)

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Make the same. It's good for you.

Spring air.

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The way you're gulping it up,

there won't be enough left to go around.

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Isn't it very hot for so early in April,

Dr. Gurkakoff?

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I'm not surprised.

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This recent bombardment

by ions from the sun.

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You see, temperature is due

to the quantity of molecular...

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Hey, hey. Stop, stop,

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if you don't want me to retaliate

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by reciting all the tributary branches

of the Amazon.

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Incredible that only last week we were

drawing lots for our hot water bottle.

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Observe the forsythia or golden bell.

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I never knew it to bloom so early.

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Gentlemen. Gentlemen.

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It's 8:
46, gentlemen.

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Oh, Potts.

Just once more around the park.

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Before we go back to our mausoleum.

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I saw a scarlet tanager

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which must have flown

all the way from Florida just to enjoy it.

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- 1,500 miles.

- Yes.

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Our constitutional

has taken up too much time already.

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We're working under pressure.

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After nine years of effort we are,

as the race track enthusiast might say,

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in the home stretch.

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Three more years

and our encyclopedia will be finished.

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Let's not bog down

in the middle of the letter "S."

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PROFESSOR:
All right. All right.

That's done it.

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It's now 8:
49, gentlemen.

I, for one, am going back to work.

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- Teacher's pet!

- Bertram Potts, the incorruptible.

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The eternal no-no man.

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Back home. Back home.

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Oh, well,

it may be raining this afternoon, anyway.

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(WHISTLING)

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- Good morning, Miss Bragg.

- Good morning, Miss Bragg.

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- Good morning, Miss Bragg.

- Good morning, Professor.

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- Good morning, Miss Bragg.

- Good morning.

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- Good morning, Miss Bragg.

- Good morning, Professor.

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Gentlemen, before you get down to work,

I have got something to say.

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One of you made off with

a jar of strawberry preserves

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from my pantry last night.

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I located the empty jar on the shelf behind

The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.

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That seems to indicate our historian,

Professor Peagram.

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I did no such thing, Miss Bragg.

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I'm not accusing anybody,

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but until it's cleared up, I think

we'll dispense with jam for breakfast.

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- Miss Bragg.

- Yes, Professor Oddly.

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I am the one.

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I was writing about strawberries

when suddenly I got a horrible craving.

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A crime confessed is half atoned.

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Miss Bragg. Miss Bragg.

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I had some material here.

What happened to it?

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What happened?

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I blushed for my duster

when I did your desk.

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You'll find everything

in the middle drawer, face down.

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I'm just starting my article on sex,

Miss Bragg. Any objections?

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No, I trust you have more control

of yourself than Professor Oddly.

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Professor Gurkakoff,

your window shade again.

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Yes, Miss Bragg.

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It's a crime

to carelessly expose this good carpet.

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You've just committed

a more serious crime, Miss Bragg.

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You have split an infinitive.

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Never "to carelessly expose."

Always "to expose carelessly."

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I'm not here to juggle words.

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It's my job

to conscientiously see that this house...

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You've just split another one, Miss Bragg.

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- Professor...

- Oh, oh.

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- Here's whatchamacallit.

- Who?

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The lawyer for the Foundation.

And Miss Totten's with him.

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And this place looking like a flicker's nest.

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Yes, we're in for our semi-annual wigging,

I suppose.

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- You'd better put your coat on, Potts.

- Why? What...

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- Better fix your tie.

- Fix your hair, fix your hair.

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Say, what is all this nonsense?

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GURKAKOFF:
This nonsense is Miss Totten.

JEROME:
And will you please smile at her?

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Say, this is all very undignified.

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- Lf you think you're being funny, I...

- Shh!

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- Morning, gentlemen.

- ALL:
Good morning.

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Won't you sit here, Miss Totten?

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It's a very nice morning, Miss Totten.

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Would you like to speak, Miss Totten,

or shall I?

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You, please, Mr. Larsen.

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I'll make this as brief as possible,

gentlemen.

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To date, $283,000 have been expended

in writing this encyclopedia.

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You all realize that Miss Totten's father,

the late Daniel S. Totten,

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left only a quarter of a million dollars

for this project.

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Every additional penny will have to come

from Miss Totten's own pocket.

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We would like a frank estimate

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