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1.7sOh, and his middle name was Alva,
3.1sand he never, ever, ever wore pajamas.
2.24sOkay. I think we've been polite long enough here.
3.15sLenny, what happened with the dame in the bathing suit? Huh?
2.45sOh. Uh--
2.29sOh, nuts. I forgot.
3.4sAll I can think of now is Edison. I can't even remember where I work.
2.79sWell, I remember where Edison worked. It was Menlo Park.
2.94sThat's where he came up with the tasimeter, the ore separator and--
2.87sUh, James Watt invented the steam engine.
2.5sThat's boring. You're boring everybody.
2.17sQuit boring everyone!
2.38sAnd then he worked on a machine to communicate with the dead.
1.94sSome kind of scary telephone, I guess.
3.3sMaybe he planned to stick his head under the ground and yell. All right already!
2.22sEveryone knows the man accomplished a lot.
4.05sMaybe because he didn't spend every waking moment talking about Thomas Edison.
1.93sOh, that's where you're wrong, Marge.
2.55sHe was a shameless self-promoter.
2.6sWell, you're not Thomas Edison.
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