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Keywords: snake charmer

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First Line of Dialogue or Text: I told them we’ve arrived in Bermuda and they said the hell with it!
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Genre: humor; medical
Synopsis: A stethoscope only picks up Duke Ellington music.

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Table of Contents

0. A Hand to Mouth Existence
1. ["Grass stains, lady?"]
2. Ballyhoo for October
3. This 50,000 Volume Library Yours for the Taking!
4. ["She got married and had a baby - in that order, I believe."]
5. They’re Off, Sucker!
6. ["Hello, room clerk?"]
7. Sillysisms!
8. ["I had a few at the explorer’s club."]
9. Pre-Natal Influence
10. Verse versus Virility
11. The Deep Purple
12. The Story Thus Far
13. ["Hello, Mom? I won!"]
14. ["You forget we have work to do, Benjamin!"]
15. The British Are Coming!
16. Practically Human
17. ["To make a long story short, the cocktails were strong and so was he."]
18. ["Of course she’s my exhibit - this is a pet show, isn’t it?"]
19. ["I want an audition for the Ripley Program."]
20. The Bells at Evening Pealing
21. ["Desk clerk? Your mattresses are too damn soft…"]
22. This Too, Too New York
23. ["Mr. Willoughby, can’t you take ‘yes’ as an answer?"]
24. Lady in Red
25. ["Great guns! It wasn’t sun-tan after all!"]
26. ["G’wan, I’ll bet you say that to all the girls!"]
27. It Couldn’t Happen Here (Maybe)
28. ["Hi, pal - while you’re up there would you peek if my wife is home-?"]
29. ["We can’t take any chances on slipping, miss!"]
30. So You’re Coming Back to Town!
31. ["Miss Grandon, do you believe in the power of thought?"]
32. ["The girl who married the coxswain of the crew."]
33. ["Well, I certainly lost my ultramarine blue striped pongee…"]
34. On the Nose
35. ["Could you use some models, cheap?"]
36. [Lifeguard Carries Woman, Drags Man]
37. Set-Uo
38. ["Look closely now, do you know ‘oo I am?"]
39. ["Will you quit playing and get down to work!"]
40. Eminent Americans
41. ["Acme Soup Co. unfair to employees"]
42. [Kangaroo to Work]
43. ["It’s been a bad summer."]
44. ["He helps me not to forget anything!"]
45. Women Are Lousy Losers
46. ["Take your mask off, Mazie, we all know you!"]
47. ["I wish he’d learn something else."]
48. ["I wish to tender my resignation, effective immediately!"]
49. Vernissage on 53rd Street
50. ["Hello, Ma - I’ll be right home!"]
51. Maiden in Distress
52. ["To heck with looking for anymore trees!"]
53. ["Oh, why couldn’t it have been Robert Taylor?"]
Collich Fun
54. The Absent-Minded Street Cleaner
55. ["I told them we’ve arrived in Bermuda and they said the hell with it!"]
56. ["I keep getting nothing but Duke Ellington music!"]

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A Hand to Mouth Existence (Table of Contents)

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Ballyhoo for October (Table of Contents: 2)

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This 50,000 Volume Library Yours for the Taking! (Table of Contents: 3)

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They’re Off, Sucker! (Table of Contents: 5)

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Sillysisms! (Table of Contents: 7)

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Pre-Natal Influence (Table of Contents: 9)

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Verse versus Virility (Table of Contents: 10)

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The Deep Purple (Table of Contents: 11)

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The Story Thus Far (Table of Contents: 12)

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This Too, Too New York (Table of Contents: 22)

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Lady in Red (Table of Contents: 24)

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