Vanity. He broke a blood vessel because he found his name was omitted from the...
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Miss Totten:
Father had just one reason for ever starting this unfortunate enterprise: vanity. He broke a blood vessel because he found his name was omitted from the Encyclopedia of Britannica, because thirty pages were devoted to Thomas Alva Edison, seventeen to Alexander Graham Bell, but not one line to Daniel S. Totten, the inventor of the electric toaster.
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Papa had just one reason for ever starting this unfortunate enterprise
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Vanity
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He broke a blood vessel because he found his name was omitted
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from the Encyclopedia Britannica
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Because 30 pages were devoted to Thomas Alva Edison
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17 to Alexander Graham Bell
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but not one line to Daniel S Totten the inventor of the electric toaster
Clip duration: 20 seconds
Views: 275
Timestamp in movie: 00h 06m 59s
Uploaded: 19 November, 2022
Genres: comedy, romance
Summary: A group of professors working on a new encyclopedia while living in a Manhattan mansion take in a mouthy nightclub singer who is wanted by the police to help bring down her mob boss lover.
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