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An unreleased taping of a defunct late-night program reveals the artifice behind the show and its very special guest. | dG1fYm5NXzVJcnZJN1k
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00:00Wonderful, Manny. So a top-of-the-hour question would have to be,
00:04what inspired your first runway show in, well, half a decade?
00:07Well, my contract, for one.
00:12Nah, for real. It was a sensational story, Blanket.
00:16I was walking downtown one day searching for something that perhaps I didn't know I lost.
00:22I digress.
00:23I've seen this beautiful storefront, big display windows and such.
00:29Nothing like I'd ever seen in my old little hometown.
00:32Couldn't shake the picture from my head.
00:34Ah, I see. So you'd say you're inspired by-
00:36Steady, honey. Let me finish, will you?
00:38I mosey on inside, eye out for a new pair of flares, and that's when I see it.
00:44Get this, big old display case, way up at the front, enamoring old thing, the kind that holds crowns.
00:52So I nod up to the fine piece at the counter, and I ask her, I say this,
01:00How much would this dome here run me? Looks mighty sturdy.
01:05She looks at it, back at me. She says to me,
01:08Oh, this here? Ain't never had a price on that bear hat. You want to name your price?
01:16Along to the owner's grandfather, apparently. A rail worker, according to her.
01:20And I, uh, I looked at this, well, this young lady, and I said,
01:27How could you put a price on such an authentic, work-worn item?
01:35Something so invaluable, so...
01:39Otherworldly. I digress.
01:43Wow, sensational. Uh, how much did you end up purchasing it for?
01:47By God, I stuck up the damn place and nearly robbed it off her!
01:53I'm kidding, I'm kidding.
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