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"Mr. Lincoln, I've Decided to Trust You!" script, 1967

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1ST SPECTATOR
"He's damn funny though--remember that story he tells of the Japanese long range plan of revenge-placing precision-microatom bombs in each transistor in those radios that are so popular in America...can you image an affluent guy with a 14 transitor radio, when they push that button."

2ND SPECTATOR
"That's not rumor, that's true. It doesn't matter though. Americans are so vicious, they'll kill each other first. These five year capsule E.S.A.'s for leaders always brings the same boring reactions. The dead can't forget they were ever people."

1ST SPECTATOR
"By the way, when does your time come?"

2ND SPECTATOR
"Not for a long time."

1ST SPECTATOR
"Why?...I don't understand. You've been here hundreds of years."

2ND SPECTATOR
"I am sorry, I didn't introduce myself. I thought you knew me, everyone else seems to know me. I was quite famous, so famous, that a universalist name Anonymous, did a play of my life. I've got a lot to account for, I am the infamous daddy of them all, Everyman."

1ST SPECTATOR
"You...you are Everyman...No one will defend you."

2ND SPECTATOR
"I know---but they'll be dead before my time comes."

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40 1ST SPECTATOR "He's damn funny though--remember that story he tells of the Japanese long range plan of revenge-placing precision-microatom bombs in each transistor in those radios that are so popular in America...can you image an affluent guy with a 14 transitor radio, when they push that button." 2ND SPECTATOR "That's not rumor, that's true. It doesn't matter though. Americans are so vicious, they'll kill each other first. These five year capsule E.S.A.'s for leaders always brings the same boring reactions. The dead can't forget they were ever people." 1ST SPECTATOR "By the way, when does your time come?" 2ND SPECTATOR "Not for a long time." 1ST SPECTATOR "Why?...I don't understand. You've been here hundreds of years." 2ND SPECTATOR "I am sorry, I didn't introduce myself. I thought you knew me, everyone else seems to know me. I was quite famous, so famous, that a universalist name Anonymous, did a play of my life. I've got a lot to account for, I am the infamous daddy of them all, Everyman." 1ST SPECTATOR "You...you are Everyman...No one will defend you." 2ND SPECTATOR "I know---but they'll be dead before my time comes."