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Freeman company PUBLIC RELATIONS VS OPERA MERRILL: Hiya, pops -?╟÷ man, what a day! I hacfa hard time with those fortissimos, planisslmos, and contissimos ?╟÷* how about you?'; | 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?╟╓ve been longhair alongfile --- 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, 1 must stay longhair, ARMSTRONG: Think you're wrong, cat. Tell me, what1 s your biggestrecord ?╟÷ and how much did; it sell? ?√ß MERRILL: It was "Pagliacci" and sold about 200,000 records, (Smugly) ?╟÷ what?╟╓s yours?╟╓? ARMSTRONG: "Honeysuckle Rose" -?╟÷ and it sold oh,about two - three million! pause?╟÷ MERRILL: Where do I get that crew cut? ARMSTRONG: Man, you'relooking at the originalbarber of See-ville! MERRILL: Pops, if I get a crew cut ?╟÷ who?╟╓s going To do the longhair stuff? ARMSTRONG: Step right up and call me curley! Armstrong sings "Pagliacci": "fley there Pagliaccho ?╟÷ come dig little Satchmo!" -more- BEVERLY HILLS, CAL. ?╟≤ 214 N. CANON DRIVE ?╟≤ CRESTVIEW 6-4326 r