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00:00A bad case of the flu, and a little noise to me, but it turned into pneumonia.
00:08And then they had to get the paramedics in, and I was like, I can't breathe.
00:15So they rushed me into UCLA, yes, and they had me on intensive care for like two days.
00:25And I thought, oh, well, this is it. You've got a wonderful life, Tommy, but it's over right now.
00:33But I must say this, in the UCLA, they really did a wonderful job.
00:40Oh, yeah. Yes. So I'm here.
00:53And I said, they said, so what do you want to do now? Because I was in there for a
00:56week, you know, and they were like, I said, I got to get back on the stage.
01:04This is where I belong.
01:07I can't live without it, believe me.
01:11So, you know what, I was just thinking about coming up here to the drink, and I remember that the
01:17first time I played here was 1969.
01:22Yeah. Yeah.
01:24I had a TV show at the time.
01:30And so, you know, everything was pretty hot.
01:35So they kept me in for the week.
01:37I did a weekend.
01:39You know, and it was fantastic.

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