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HAVE I GOT A KID FOR YOU…
SIT BACK, RELAX, ENJOY THE SHOW
GET SET, GET READY, here we go!
HAVE I GOT A KID FOR YOU TO SEE!
(Quick, as if addressing different people) THIS ONE‘S FACE
YOU‘LL ALWAYS REMEMBER-
THIS ONE‘S FACE- WHO COULD FORGET!
THIS ONE‘S GOT A MILLION JOKES-
THIS ONE AIN‘T BEEN FUNNY YET.
THIS ONE‘S GOT A VOICE TO DIE FOR-
THIS ONE‘LL MAKE YA WISH YA DID. .
HAVE I GOT A KID…
HAVE I GOT A KID…
HAVE I GOT THE PERFECT KID… FOR…
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And… he‘s interrupted by the intercom.
BENNY
Oy gevalt.
MADALYN
Yes, Ann. (Listens) Tell her it‘s a one-day shoot—I got her triple scale. (Hangs up)
BENNY
YOU! [Piano: Button] (Quickly) Scene dissolves, we move through Vaudeville, the talkies, TV,
move in with the girl of my dreams...
MADALYN
Move out.
BENNY
... star in the longest-running hit on Broadway...
MADALYN
Gonna show what happened after that?
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