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TALCOFF
Went on to movies, MGM musicals, then TV for 'bout a decade. Star of the longest-running show on
Broadway. Fifty years in the business- still the toast of the town on Channel Nine. Remarkable career.

BENNY
Could be a remarkable story.

TALCOFF
Then. Late Sixties was it? Something over the film version of your show- you walk away.
Poof. Disappear into thin air. Where‘d ya go?

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(Moment) The phone rings.

TALCOFF
(Phone) Yes…? Of course. Could you hold a moment? (Benny) I'm sorry.

BENNY
Just lemme show ya a few—

TALCOFF
No, I get it, I get it. Biopic extravaganza. Sort of A Star is Born meets The George M. Cohan

Story. But where‘s the third reel?

BENNY
Third reel?

TALCOFF
―Boy meets fame, boy walks away from fame,‖ then what?

BENNY
Me! Passing it on.

TALCOFF
To who?

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