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RAVIN: [Purpling) You mean that while we're paying you to buj time, \nu spend your time copying call letters on a postcard? BURDLE: But it onl] took me three <la\s. Mr. Ravin. And in winning I feel sure you'll agree — I added immeasurably to the stature of GBGB&B. No other agency can claim a buyer who can squeeze 11,793 — ravin: [Weakly) 1 suppose not. BURDLE: And I think you'll also rejuice in my good fortune of winning another contest only a dav after returning from Rome. It was the KONK-TV Whither Pat Weaver? Contest.
RAVIN: And you guessed he would go to McCann?
BURDLE: No, I guessed he would go to Maxon. But Maxon is right above McCann in the SPONSOR directory, and no other timebuyer came closer than that. You'll never guess m\
prize for that one. sir. so I'll tell you —a trip to outer space. RAVIN: Really? Were \<>ti \l»le or Baker?
BLRni.K: Heh. heh. ver\ funny, Mr. Ra\in. A( tualU it may be a while before 1 collect on this prize, but KONK-T\ guarantees me reservation on the first rocket to the moon. Luck] . aren't 1 ?
ravin: Luckier than 1. because I know you'll be bark. \n\h<>\\. Burdie, to get back to \\h\ you're not buying an] time, where were you yesterday and the day before? m RDLE: Well, the day before I spent trying to get the electric refrigerator home in m\ sport car. I! win: What refrigerator.'' What sport car?
BURDLE: The 11 -cubic foot freezer compartment model I won at the Win presentation. It was a little large for the Alfa Romeo I got from
that Duluth station we never buy. I can sure use that refrig. Takes a lot of horsemeat to feed two gators. RAVIN: Gators? You mean alligators? in Kin. I : > es, >ir. The ones I got from that Miami station. Or didn't \ou hear the -cream in the mail room?
i;\\i\: i Sadly) Good heaven-. Hurdle! And to think when I wa a timebuyer we were happ] with a free martini and a ball-point pen. Well, let me tell you one thing, young man. Starting tomorrow, you trade in you] i\\ suit for coverall-. Starting tomorrow, you cut out the gay, social whirl. Starting tomorrow lit RDLE: Er . . . but I won't be in tomorrow, sir. I guess you didn't gel the word yet, but I won the \BC TV Timebuyer Contest i; w in : So « bat's the prize? Bl RDLE: I'm to be OUie I rej z for a day. ^
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