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    F<&&-e man company PUBLIC RELATIONS JAZZ VS OPERA MERRILL: Hiya, pops ?╟÷ man, what a dayl I had a hard tine with those fortissimos, planissimos, and contissimos .--how about you? I ARMSTRONG: Me, too, Robert ---- I had a rough night this show ?╟÷- knocked off 10 quarts Of "Jelly,Jelly?╟Ñ and killed a flatted fifth: ARMSTRONG: Say, Bob--- you?╟╓re been longhair along tine ?╟÷- why don?╟╓t you get groovy and get:a crew cut,man? MERRILL: My public would never dig me in a crew cut, Louis. No sir, I must stay longhair. ARMSTRONG: Think you?╟╓re wrong, cat. Tell me, what?╟╓s your biggestrecord ?╟÷ and how much did it sell? MERRILL: It was "Pagliacci" and sold about 200,000 records, (Smugly) ?╟÷ what?╟╓s yours*? ; ,/ ARMSTRONG: "Honeysuckle Rose" ?╟÷-?╟÷ and it sold oil, about two ?╟÷ three million: pause-?╟÷--- MERRILL: Where do I get that crew cut? ARMSTRONG: Man, you?╟╓relooking at the original barber of See-ville: MERRILL: Pops, if I get a crew cut ?╟÷ who?╟╓s goingto do the longhair stuff? ARMSTRONG: Step right up and call me curley Armstrong sings "Pagliacci": "Hey there Pagliaccho ?╟÷ come dig little Satchmoi" -more- BEVERLY HILLS, CAL. ?╟≤ 214 N. CANON DRIVE ?╟≤ CRESTVIEW 6-4326