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The setup: Captain Spaulding has just returned from the wilds of Africa to appear as a special guest at Mrs. Rittenhouse' Long Island party. As we enter the scene, the entertainment has turned up...
Hives: Signor Emanuel Ravelli!
(Fanfare)
Ravelli: How do you do?
Mrs. Rittenhouse: How do you do?
Ravelli: Where's the dining room?
Spaulding: Say, I used to know a fellow, looked exactly like you, by the name of...ah...Emanuel Ravelli. Are you his brother?
Ravelli: I'm Emanuel Ravelli.
Spaulding: You're Emanuel Ravelli?
Ravelli: I'm Emanuel Ravelli.
Spaulding: Well, no wonder you look like him...But I still insist, there is a resemblance.
Ravelli: Ha, ha, ha, ha...hey, he thinks I look alike.
Spaulding: Well, if you do it's a tough break for both of you.
Mrs. Rittenhouse: You are one of the musicians? But you were not due until tomorrow.
Ravelli: Couldn't come tomorrow, that's too quick.
Spaulding: Say, you're lucky they didn't come yesterday!
Ravelli: We were busy yesterday, but we charge just the same.
Spaulding: This is better than exploring! What do you fellows get an hour?
Ravelli: Oh, for playing we getta ten dollars an hour.
Spaulding: I see...What do you get for not playing?
Ravelli: Twelve dollars an hour.
Spaulding: Well, clip me off a piece of that.
Ravelli: Now, for rehearsing we make special rate. Thatsa fifteen dollars an hour.
Spaulding: That's for rehearsing?
Ravelli: Thatsa for rehearsing.
Spaulding: And what do you get for not rehearsing?
Ravelli: You couldn't afford it...Heh...you see, if we don't rehearse, we don't play...And, if we don't play...That runs into money.
Spaulding: How much would you want to run into an open manhole?
Ravelli: Just the cover charge. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha...
Spaulding: Well, drop in some time.
Ravelli: Sewer!
Spaulding: Well, we cleaned that up pretty well.
Ravelli: Well, let's see how we stand...
Spaulding: Flatfooted.
Ravelli: Yesterday, we didn't come. You remember, yesterday we didn't come?
Spaulding: Oh, I remember...
Ravelli: Yeah, that's three-hundred dollars.
Spaulding: Yesterday you didn't come, that's three-hundred dollars?
Ravelli: That's three-hundred dollars.
Spaulding: Well, that's reasonable. I can see that alright.
Ravelli: Now...today, we did come. That's uh...
Spaulding: That's a hundred you owe us.
Ravelli: Say, I bet I'm gonna lose on the deal...Tomorrow, we leave. That's worth about...
Spaulding: A million dollars!
Ravelli: Yeah, that's alright for me, but I gotta partner!
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