WEBVTT - Plenty of Fish

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<v Speaker 1>A note to the listener. The following story contains some

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<v Speaker 1>adult content and language. What's in a name? Let's try

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<v Speaker 1>something say or think of the name of the last

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<v Speaker 1>person you saw. Now, did you imagine the letters that

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<v Speaker 1>make up their name or did you imagine them them right?

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<v Speaker 1>And if you stay with that image of them, your

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<v Speaker 1>mind will fill in even more details about that person

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<v Speaker 1>just from a word, just from their name. There are

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<v Speaker 1>so few names involved in the Angel of Vine case,

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<v Speaker 1>so little information that the circumstances leading to the death

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<v Speaker 1>of Marley Marie Evans required some level of imagination that

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<v Speaker 1>the cops either didn't have or didn't care enough to employ.

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<v Speaker 1>Hank briggs use of his imagination just got him a

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<v Speaker 1>new name. It's Zeros. Granted it was the name of

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<v Speaker 1>a nightclub, but a name no one else had associated

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<v Speaker 1>with this case. And what's in this particular name is

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<v Speaker 1>an entirely unexplored world which Hank Briggs was about to

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<v Speaker 1>enter from Vox Popula and the Los Angeles. Harold, this

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<v Speaker 1>is the Angel of Vine. My old heart ain't gain

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<v Speaker 1>and no ground because my angels. These are snippets of

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<v Speaker 1>the recordings from Hank's steak out of cereals. It's thorough,

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<v Speaker 1>not so much informatively, but thorough and sheer. Volume four

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<v Speaker 1>separate tapes for a total of fourteen recorded hours over

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<v Speaker 1>what I think was roughly eight or nine days. My

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<v Speaker 1>best guest just based on his mention of the daytime

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<v Speaker 1>food deliveries, and yes, I have listened to all of it.

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<v Speaker 1>He sat in his car on the corner of Sunset

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<v Speaker 1>Boulevard and Olive Drive, observing that place and talking to

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<v Speaker 1>himself for eight or nine days. Zero's being the spectacle

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<v Speaker 1>that it was almost every night, Hank thought it would

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<v Speaker 1>be easier to hop the velvet rope of the daytime door. Hey,

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<v Speaker 1>excuse me, pal, you run this place? Yeah, yeah, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>looking around Crates the salmon because I run this place. Hey, Anton,

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<v Speaker 1>Now that one's gotta go in the cooler. It's a

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<v Speaker 1>manager around at eight o'clock in the morning. Bunny, I

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<v Speaker 1>think that's your name, because I didn't throw you one. Listen,

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<v Speaker 1>it's daylight. I'm not here to make a mess. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>people call me tiny while are you're stepping over him?

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<v Speaker 1>Or before? Was that? Jesus? Nothing? Listen, Tiny, maybe you

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<v Speaker 1>can help me, you know, with what somebody used to

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<v Speaker 1>work here. I'm not gonna be much help there. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>back in the house, not even back of the house.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm more like under the house. Honestly, I'm usually gone

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<v Speaker 1>by the time most of the staff arrived. You don't

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<v Speaker 1>see anyone coming to donor. I do my job so

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<v Speaker 1>I can be out of my way, simple as that.

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<v Speaker 1>To sound philosophy, Yeah, yeah, because people mistake me for

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<v Speaker 1>a philosopher all the time. We've done here. And who

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<v Speaker 1>do want need to speak to? It's in charge of hiring.

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<v Speaker 1>You're pretty persistent for not wasn't a mess. Who's asking?

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<v Speaker 1>Labor union? Labor union? What are you some sort of commie?

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<v Speaker 1>Get out of here, your clown clown? Le'm asking your question.

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<v Speaker 1>I wouldn't being really nice to you, and I don't

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<v Speaker 1>have to be. I don't have a lot of patience.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not patient. Draft My wife nuts who thanks buddy,

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<v Speaker 1>it was a joker. I don't think it was. Look,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not trying to inconvenient you. I'm just here to

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<v Speaker 1>find someone who might be able to help me do

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<v Speaker 1>my job so that I can be on my way.

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<v Speaker 1>Ask for Alistair. He's the manager. He comes in around them.

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<v Speaker 1>But you didn't get his name from me, because I

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<v Speaker 1>I don't need any trouble. You can tell him I

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<v Speaker 1>was looking for him. I said, I don't need any trouble.

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<v Speaker 1>Hank has no direct contact with anyone named Alistair within

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<v Speaker 1>the fourteen hours of tape of the people he sees

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<v Speaker 1>entering an exiting CEOs, Hank takes a few guesses at

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<v Speaker 1>who might be Alistair, but there are no conversations with

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<v Speaker 1>any other male employees. The only other time Hank left

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<v Speaker 1>the confines of his car were to question a couple

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<v Speaker 1>of the female employees, and for whatever reason, his favorite

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<v Speaker 1>cover seemed to be labor union leader Hank Briggs. She

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<v Speaker 1>was with a baseball player, that made sense, and now

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<v Speaker 1>she's with a writer, A normal person. With a woman

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<v Speaker 1>like that, I wouldn't even have the course to say. Hi. Way,

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<v Speaker 1>when Piggy asked to dance and she says I would

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<v Speaker 1>enjoy to dance, gives him every time I think about it.

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<v Speaker 1>Fly on the wall, Oh my kidding, there's no flies

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<v Speaker 1>in there. There we are, ladies. Just to what I

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to top. Two mm hmm. Excuse me, ladies, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>really sorry to bother you. Hello. I don't think you're sorry,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm assuming you both work here? Is that correct? H

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<v Speaker 1>That's right? Do you mind if I asked you some questions?

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<v Speaker 1>I'm with Local forty seven. I'm Hank Braves, Diane Mosley,

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<v Speaker 1>late for work. Would you tell what do you ladies

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<v Speaker 1>do here? I would coach check cigarette girl? Don't they

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<v Speaker 1>have machines? Now? Hey? Easy, there are here trying to

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<v Speaker 1>get me canned? So what's Local forty seven musicians? Junior? Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>it's about Barnaby's hand, Barnaby the piano player. Obviously it isn't.

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<v Speaker 1>What's your question, Hank Briggs? Was it? We gotta get inside?

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<v Speaker 1>Did either of you know Marlene? Marie Evans? Never heard

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<v Speaker 1>of her? We gotta go. Diane, you've never heard of her,

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<v Speaker 1>don't know her? Frenie? We agree, Sony bitch? Oh hey, hey,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not a creepy. Let's get tossed on the sunset.

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<v Speaker 1>Just a a few questions. You can't be back here, sir,

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<v Speaker 1>this is private property. All right, I'm going. I'm going.

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<v Speaker 1>Hank didn believed the cigarette girl, and he was right

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<v Speaker 1>not to, but he was wrong when he said he

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<v Speaker 1>didn't have patience. Hank Briggs had enough patience to spend

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<v Speaker 1>an entire week scouring the paper for baseball scores while

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<v Speaker 1>washing down cracker jacks with black coffee, until the right

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<v Speaker 1>moment arrived for him to have a real conversation with

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<v Speaker 1>Diane Moseley, the co check girl. Nice. Catch up with

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<v Speaker 1>you later, Diane. Yeah, it's okay. He startled me. He

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<v Speaker 1>shouldn't do that. I'm sorry. It didn't mean to scare you.

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<v Speaker 1>Henk Briggs, yeah, I remember you. Do you mind if

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<v Speaker 1>we walk? No? No, not at all? Cigarette, No, thank you?

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<v Speaker 1>Did you know Marley? Yes? But not well, you know

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<v Speaker 1>she was. She was real nice, so polite, always a

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<v Speaker 1>please and thank you, no matter what. Were you too close? Well?

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<v Speaker 1>I mean we didn't socialize outside of work more than

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<v Speaker 1>a few times. If that's what you mean, any particular reason,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know. I don't think so. She was certainly

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<v Speaker 1>a lot more outgoing than I am. How's that? She

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<v Speaker 1>was really good on the floor, you know, never hovering,

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<v Speaker 1>not trying to be noticed. It's just like she belonged

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<v Speaker 1>with the stars, you know. She was so relaxed, I

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<v Speaker 1>mean relaxed around James Dean. I mean, are you kidding me? Nice?

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<v Speaker 1>He came in, I couldn't even look at him. I

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<v Speaker 1>get too nervous. No, I like my little own clay

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<v Speaker 1>away from it all. Did you know if anyone else

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<v Speaker 1>was close with her? You're not really a musician, are you.

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<v Speaker 1>Why did you pretend not to know her? We were

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<v Speaker 1>told not to mention that she ever worked at the club.

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<v Speaker 1>It would have shut us down. Why. I can't afford

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<v Speaker 1>to lose my job, Mr Briggs, I promise you you're

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<v Speaker 1>not going to That's not why I'm here. They didn't

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<v Speaker 1>want a chance anyone looking at the books. Okay, there

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<v Speaker 1>are no books. It pays in cash. And since Marlene

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<v Speaker 1>had already quit the club when it happened, she wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>working here when she was killed. She was only working

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<v Speaker 1>to privates. Privates What what's that? I don't know. That's

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<v Speaker 1>what she called him. Were these privates arranged through the club? No?

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<v Speaker 1>Who then? I don't know. Well, did you work with

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<v Speaker 1>anyone else? Diane? I'm not a cop. I'm not trying

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<v Speaker 1>to get anyone in trouble here. I promised that you

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<v Speaker 1>were in that giant bouncer you got at the front door.

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<v Speaker 1>Will never ever see me again. I just need a name, please, Fish, Fish, Fish,

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<v Speaker 1>that's what I thought, you said. He runs a club

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<v Speaker 1>called The Battle. It's way down on Central Marley and

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<v Speaker 1>asked me if I wanted to make some good money

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<v Speaker 1>working for him, like three or four times would make

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<v Speaker 1>here in a night, Like I said, I'm not real outgoing,

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<v Speaker 1>so I said no. Well, please don't not tell anybody.

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<v Speaker 1>I told you all of this, and there's no need

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<v Speaker 1>for me to talk to anyone. I doubt what I needed.

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<v Speaker 1>Can I help you get somewhere? Thank you? And it's

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<v Speaker 1>hey day. The historic Central Avenue Jazz Corridor, or the

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<v Speaker 1>Avenue as it was called, was where everybody wanted to

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<v Speaker 1>be when the sun went down in Los Angeles. Wild

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<v Speaker 1>nights of drink, dance, and authentic live jazz unlike any

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<v Speaker 1>you might ever hear again. Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday,

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<v Speaker 1>Art Tatum, Lionel Hampton, Charlie Parker, Lena Horne. These were

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<v Speaker 1>just some of the musicians you might see on any

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<v Speaker 1>given night, and if not performing, chances are you could

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<v Speaker 1>catch a glimpse of one of them amidst the crowd

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<v Speaker 1>at Club Alabama, the Last Word, the down Beat, or

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<v Speaker 1>in the lobby of where they all stayed the famed

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<v Speaker 1>Dunbar Hotel. It was the West Coast lem renaissance, and

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<v Speaker 1>it had everyone's attention, including the cops. Like any other

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<v Speaker 1>area in Los Angeles at that time, Central Avenue had

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<v Speaker 1>its sed reputation for drugs, gambling, and prostitution, and it's

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<v Speaker 1>known that gangsters like Mickey Cohen would hide away in

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<v Speaker 1>the clubs that he was rumored to have invested in,

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<v Speaker 1>either from the cops or from hits placed on him

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<v Speaker 1>by other gangsters. The Battle was a lesser known venue

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<v Speaker 1>than the others and opened just at the tail end

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<v Speaker 1>of this booming era. It was a smaller club, so

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<v Speaker 1>it wouldn't have been as easy to blend in, So

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<v Speaker 1>for a few nights, Hank carefully assumed the role of

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<v Speaker 1>bar fly very much. I haven't heard the name fish

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<v Speaker 1>once since I've been here. I got three viable contenders, though,

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<v Speaker 1>each one of them real slick, good with the crowd.

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<v Speaker 1>At ten of this we are that steals trio dude,

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<v Speaker 1>forget to tip your that's last called buddy, Yeah, why not?

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<v Speaker 1>I'll take one more? Still on, still on it. There

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<v Speaker 1>you go. Thanks, keep the change this sea taking our

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<v Speaker 1>years bound. You made it just in time, drink up fast.

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<v Speaker 1>Good point, Good point. I was gonna say the same

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<v Speaker 1>thing to you, just taking my time, unless you're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>sit here another night talking to yourself? Can I help

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<v Speaker 1>you with something uncanny? There you go, taking the words

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<v Speaker 1>right out of my mouth again. Only cut the chitchen.

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<v Speaker 1>What you want? What makes you think? Good? Nights? Ago?

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<v Speaker 1>You asked the trumpet player by the name of Ellis

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<v Speaker 1>that this was Fish's joint. Fish Frank, hand me that

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<v Speaker 1>bottle and two glasses. You got it. Why don't we

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<v Speaker 1>head to my office and talk about whatever the hell

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<v Speaker 1>it is got you looking so skittish. I'll be in

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<v Speaker 1>the back it rayneeds me. Uncle. It's been a long

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<v Speaker 1>time since a white man came asking for me. What

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<v Speaker 1>are you playing that? I see plenty of white people

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<v Speaker 1>in there, Oh them, No, they are customers. They're down

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<v Speaker 1>here slumming to get a taste of a real experience. You.

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<v Speaker 1>I got no idea why you're here, but I do know.

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<v Speaker 1>I clocked you the seince you walked in. You don't

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<v Speaker 1>exactly scream jazz man, set jass down. Do you hear

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<v Speaker 1>about Shepherd's money? No good? Am I gonna need this?

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<v Speaker 1>No good? As long as we square on that what

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<v Speaker 1>you want? Where was Marline Murray Evans work in the

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<v Speaker 1>night she was murdered? Little ship? You just came out

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<v Speaker 1>and said it just like that. You ain't messing around,

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<v Speaker 1>aren't you. I know that she worked for you doing

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<v Speaker 1>privates wherever the hell that is? Privates? Kind of foolish nonsense,

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<v Speaker 1>is that? What did she do for you? Look? I

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<v Speaker 1>had a lot of girls who worked for me. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't keep track of them all. Sure, I get it.

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<v Speaker 1>A businessman like you does tons of deals. Definitely too

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<v Speaker 1>busy to remember every single person he hires. In my

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<v Speaker 1>costs you pretty spot all. And the Angel of Vine

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<v Speaker 1>was well over a year ago, right, easily right, except

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<v Speaker 1>that it was the Angel of Vine girl being ripped

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<v Speaker 1>open in the parking lots, the kind of thing people

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<v Speaker 1>tend to remember, especially when they're partly responsible. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't have nothing to do with that girl getting killed.

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<v Speaker 1>She signed up to work those parties through one of

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<v Speaker 1>my other girls. I only ever meta when she came

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<v Speaker 1>down here to get paid. Okay, good, So she did

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<v Speaker 1>work for you. Thank you for being honest. Damn it. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>what parties you know, just private parties. That was all

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<v Speaker 1>all these fancy ass people in their big houses, the

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<v Speaker 1>ones who have their drivers, bring them down here to

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<v Speaker 1>take a peek at how we live. Just like those

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<v Speaker 1>people out there tonight. They want the life, but on

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<v Speaker 1>the turf. You know what I'm saying. I supplied to

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<v Speaker 1>things musicians and girls, prostitution. Ow hell, no, I look

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<v Speaker 1>like jelly roller you. As far as I was concerned,

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<v Speaker 1>they were having drinks and tiny ask food on silver

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<v Speaker 1>platters with important Hollywood people. Whatever they did after them parties,

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't ask. None of my damn business still isn't ship.

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<v Speaker 1>When that girl turned up dead, all of that stopped.

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<v Speaker 1>The people who hired me stopped calling. Not you here,

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<v Speaker 1>why I need to know where she was at night?

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<v Speaker 1>We did a party at Leonard Schawles that week, Leonard

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<v Speaker 1>Shaw as in Classics Studios, Leonard Shaw. Most of the

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<v Speaker 1>parties with a Leni Shaw your movie mogul A hell,

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<v Speaker 1>that's gonna do it? All that money, you got what

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<v Speaker 1>you need? Because I'm tired as all hell, and I'm

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<v Speaker 1>certainly not gonna get any more. Sober sly in here

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<v Speaker 1>talking with your ass. This was huge. The fact that

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<v Speaker 1>Marlene was working at a party before she was killed,

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<v Speaker 1>opened up new possibilities for a number of potential witnesses

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<v Speaker 1>as well as potential suspects. All Hank needed was a

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<v Speaker 1>guest list from one of the most powerful and inaccessible

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<v Speaker 1>people in all of Hollywood. All I could say is,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm glad he's paying good afternoon. So how may I

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<v Speaker 1>help you? I'm supposed to be beating someone here. Irwin Ogelman. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>he's in the new room, right this way, new room.

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<v Speaker 1>A quick reminder, Erwin Fogelman was the director who had

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<v Speaker 1>hired Hank and then recommended him to Samuel Towns Hag

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<v Speaker 1>Briggs Musso's huh and I think they were gonna let

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<v Speaker 1>me in. It's good to see you, Hag. I appreciate

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<v Speaker 1>you taking the time out of your busy schedule. Or

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<v Speaker 1>when are you kidding? You know the reason I still

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<v Speaker 1>have a busy schedule. I already ordered us the double

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<v Speaker 1>tender one. Get a drink, let me get the winter No, no, no,

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<v Speaker 1>it's okay. Water is fun. You know I'm footing the

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<v Speaker 1>bill right. No, suit yourself. So to what do I,

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<v Speaker 1>oldest honor? What can you tell me about Leonard Shaw? Uh?

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<v Speaker 1>He's a prick. Say this. He's mean just for the

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<v Speaker 1>sake of being mean, gets his kicks humiliating people working

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<v Speaker 1>on a case, and his name came up. He throw

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of parties at his house. He threw parties

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<v Speaker 1>on that estate every weekend. How many people you think?

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<v Speaker 1>How many people like that? Everyone? I used to say,

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<v Speaker 1>if you want to keep your stars, then you gotta

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<v Speaker 1>keep them full of champagne. What a prick? Anyway you'd

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<v Speaker 1>be able to track down. I don't know a guest

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<v Speaker 1>less me? Oh no, no, God no, I mean. Leo

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<v Speaker 1>hates me almost as much as he hates being called.

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<v Speaker 1>Leo took absolute pleasure in firing me. He and I

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<v Speaker 1>haven't spoken in at least three maybe four years. He

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<v Speaker 1>swore to destroy my career. That's all right, all right,

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<v Speaker 1>it's not the first, probably won't be the last. The

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<v Speaker 1>double tenderloine for your gentlemen, Please be careful. The play

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<v Speaker 1>is very high, not that one of these. Please, hey,

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<v Speaker 1>come on, please start eating. What happened with you two?

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<v Speaker 1>Did you ever see my picture divided before the fall?

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<v Speaker 1>I'm afraid I didn't wife and I don't get out much.

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<v Speaker 1>It's rhetorical Hank, I never made it. Pardon Leo gave

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<v Speaker 1>me six million dollars to shoot this epic production in Utah,

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<v Speaker 1>which turned into a disaster. Everybody was getting violently. It

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<v Speaker 1>was hotter than hades. We had actors passing out in

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<v Speaker 1>their costumes, right makeup running into the actor's eyes. Then

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<v Speaker 1>we had a week of torrential rain and flash flooding

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<v Speaker 1>in the basin that served as the majority of our location.

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<v Speaker 1>We had to pack up and return to the studio.

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<v Speaker 1>I got it done, but there wasn't much to brag about.

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<v Speaker 1>Downright disaster. Ended up costing lead on another couple of

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<v Speaker 1>millions of shelving so as not to affect the studio's reputation.

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<v Speaker 1>M I couldn't get your run a Leonard show if

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<v Speaker 1>you showed up with eight million dollars and an apology

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<v Speaker 1>letter written on gold leaf in my own blood. But

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<v Speaker 1>I can get you on the lot. That'll do great.

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<v Speaker 1>Set it up with my girl, Yeah, hand deliver a

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<v Speaker 1>script or something anyone knows. Maybe you can finagle your

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<v Speaker 1>way into his cold black heart. Yeah, prick. As the

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<v Speaker 1>very next hite begins, Hank is already on the lot.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know how he did it, but he did

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<v Speaker 1>testing testing. Okay, let's find out a little bit about you.

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<v Speaker 1>Mr Shaw here, ghoes just here to drop up this script? No,

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<v Speaker 1>no need to get up. I could just hand it

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<v Speaker 1>right to r I'm sorry, he just shipped. Should I

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<v Speaker 1>call security? You're Adler, Harrison Adler. Should I call security? No?

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<v Speaker 1>Not if you want to keep your job, you wan.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think Leonard shouted be too happy to know

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<v Speaker 1>that just any random stranger could get into his office.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, just calm down. That won't be necessary, imagin

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<v Speaker 1>Just close the door and go back to work. Yes, Adler,

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<v Speaker 1>And just like that, Hank Briggs was face to face

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