00:23It was one of those mornings when nothing felt right.
00:25The night before, my girlfriend Betty said she wanted to call it quits.
00:29And I'd just been fired from my job.
00:31I felt mixed up, confused.
00:34Morning, Joe. How you doing?
00:36What do you have, the usual?
00:38Just coffee. I'm not hungry.
00:40Boy, that's a switch.
00:41Never saw you pass that breakfast.
00:43One coffee coming right up.
00:52Yeah, it was strange.
00:54I had no appetite.
00:55Just wanted coffee.
00:57Pure black coffee.
00:59I kept thinking about Betty and the look on her face when she said goodbye.
01:05I ordered a second cup.
01:07Tasted good.
01:09Then I ordered a third and a fourth.
01:12Until I couldn't stop.
01:14I couldn't control myself.
01:28Then I knew I had become a Java junkie.
01:34Hey, Joe, you gotta go.
01:35Hey, Joe.
01:38You okay?
01:40Couldn't I have just one more cup?
01:42Please?
01:43Sorry, Joe.
01:44There ain't no more.
01:45You gotta go.
01:47I had to pump that rich caffeine into my system and fast.
01:57I had to pump that rich caffeine into my system and fast.
02:05I'm not a good one.
02:06I'm not a good one.
02:07I'm not a good one.
02:09I'm not a good one.
02:12It's a good one.
02:14Joey.
02:14Have a cup of coffee, Joey.
02:18Hey, Joey, come on, Joey.
02:21Come on, Johnny, in a cup of coffee, Joey.
02:23Joey!
02:26My God!
02:28Where are you?
02:31Where are you? Come back!
02:34I need that coffee! My coffee! I want that coffee!
02:38I need that coffee, that coffee!
02:51Coffee!
02:56Well, they found me that night and threw me into this place, Maxwell House,
03:00a real old drinking center for caffeine addiction
03:02where I was placed under observation and treated.
03:05After seven weeks, I was fully decaffeinated and ready to reenter society.
03:13When I stopped back into my old coffee shop, I was a changed man, that's for sure.
03:18No, long time no see.
03:20What do you have?
03:21Just a cup of hot water, please.
03:23One hot water, coming right up.
03:28Thanks.
03:29I felt like a million bucks.
03:31I got a new job, Betty said she wanted to see me again,
03:34and that old Java monkey was off my back forever.
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