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Mother:
Better be careful. The daughter believes in free love. Father:
Why do you say that? Mother:
You heard what happened to Mrs. Silverman? She couldn't sleep. She was up one night taking a cup of tea and she heard a car pull up 3:00 in the morning. So, you know Mrs. Silverman. She always likes to know what's going on. So, she's peeking out her front door and there's the girl across the street coming back from a folk-singing thing with a tall colored man. You're not gonna believe this, Ceil. She gives the guy a big, long kiss. Well, you can imagine how Rose Silverman reacted. She had a stroke on the spot
Better be careful. The daughter believes in free love. Father:
Why do you say that? Mother:
You heard what happened to Mrs. Silverman? She couldn't sleep. She was up one night taking a cup of tea and she heard a car pull up 3:00 in the morning. So, you know Mrs. Silverman. She always likes to know what's going on. So, she's peeking out her front door and there's the girl across the street coming back from a folk-singing thing with a tall colored man. You're not gonna believe this, Ceil. She gives the guy a big, long kiss. Well, you can imagine how Rose Silverman reacted. She had a stroke on the spot
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The daughter believes in free love
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Why do you say that
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You heard what happened to Mrs Silverman
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She couldn't sleep
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She was up one night taking a cup of tea
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and she heard a car pull up 3 00 in the morning
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So you know Mrs Silverman
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She always likes to know what's going on
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So she's peeking out her front door
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and there's the girl across the street
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coming back from a folk singing thing
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with a tall colored man
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You're not gonna believe this Ceil
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She gives the guy a big long kiss
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Well you can imagine how Rose Silverman reacted
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Movie Summary
The Narrator tells us how the radio influenced his childhood in the days before TV. In the New York City of the late 1930s to the New Year's Eve 1944, this coming-of-age tale mixes the narrator's experiences with contemporary anecdotes and urban legends of the radio stars.

