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"Swahili Gasp"
A company was producing an English-language movie. In one scene, an exhausted messenger was supposed to dash in, collapse, and gasp out a vital message in Swahili.
The company even found someone who knew the language. The scene worked beautifully in the movie -- until it played in an African town where Swahili was well known. A moment of high drama nose-dived into comedy as the panting messenger gasped out:
"I don't think I am being paid enough for this part!"
Robert Redford attended the University of Colorado on a baseball scholarship.
Television: A medium - so called because it is neither rare nor well done.
~Ernie Kovacs
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