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Good evening,
ladies and gentlemen,
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and welcome to California's 1985
State Pageant,
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hosted by California's
very own sunshine boy,
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Ted Farley.
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You know, they told me
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they wanted to get someone younger
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to do the pageant this year,
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but George Burns wasn't available.
Bear with me,
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the girls will be here in a minute.
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Oh, I sing.
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I know this song, all right.
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We use it every year
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at the national finals in Baton Rouge.
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I sing it. Not Ber t Parks.
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They don't let him sing
anything anymore.
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My camera, please.
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Here it goes.
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Want a picture of eyes like those
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Want to capture that turned -up nose
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That remarkable chin
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Hold that please,
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face the camera and say
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Swiss cheese, watch the birdie,
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that's great, now freeze,
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that incredible grin.
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keep them buzzards in format too,
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have them photographed,
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grab a shot too,
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knock them flat in the yard.
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So hold real still,
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give my little old lens a thrill,
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focus here and my camera will
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record that smile.
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I love that smile.
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Yes, California, here tonight,
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the judges will choose your new
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Young American Miss,
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and placing the crown on that lucky, beautiful,
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an d talented girl's head
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will be last year's winner.
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Let's meet her now and
wish her well
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in these last golden moments
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of her glorious reign.
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California's young American
Miss for 1984,
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Walk with me through
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the hallways of memory.
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A pictorial gallery of this marvelous
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year.
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Come and see each fleeting
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in stant of glory.
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Fashion shows and dinners.
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Donny Osmond meets the winners.
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Costume balls and opening
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shopping malls.
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Film recalls your tri umph
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True, they disappear, ah,
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but nev er fear, Joanne.
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Every precious moment's
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Yes, ladies an d gentlemen,
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Tonight is the last hour of my reign,
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but don't worry,
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there are 24 of the state's best and brightest high school
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about -to -be senior
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s waiting in the wings.
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An d it's a real privilege
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to introduce them to you now,
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this year's Young American
Miss Contestants!
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take a picture, a shot that shows
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Every one of us gleams and glows
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With a special ap peal
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Aim right here,
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snap a shot to make crystal clear
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For the permanent record,
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we're lookin' swell as we feel
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Shine that light to il lumin
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ate this side night too
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Go for gold an d it's only right
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to let it last for a while
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So hold real still
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while we savor this special chill
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An d the man with the camera
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will record that smile
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Come on, kid, smile!
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Okay, kid, smile!
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I'm smiling because my cos
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was designed and manufactured
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right here in the state of California.
I'm smiling because last year
California citrus fruits
outsold
Florida citrus fruits 3 to 1.
I'm smiling because
The Oakland A's
are on their way to a pennant.
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Go, guys! Hey, hey,
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hey, where do you think you're going?
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I don't know what to do.
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I'm so embarrassed.
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I'm smiling, because our governor
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is really doing something
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about earthquake control.
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When you've got two deep dimples,
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it's simple not to.
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Have a photograph, grab a shot, too.
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Not gonna find me y 'all!
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Look, you just had a lucky break.
I did?
Sure, they noticed you.
There are girls here
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and pray for that to happen.
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Now go out there and use it!
So hold real still,
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get my little old lens of thrill.
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Focus here and my camera
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will record that smile.
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Because the rebuilding of the
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Pacific Coast Highway
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is al most finished.
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Because there's still a Californian
in the White House.
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Smile!
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Cause Knott's Berry Farm
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is the world's fastest rollercoaster
Cause we live in a state
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with equal opportunity
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for all its citizens
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Cause even if your umbrella breaks,
who needs an umbrella
when it's summertime in
Southern California?
They learn fast
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Hold that pose,
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want a picture of eyes like those
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Want to capture that turned up nose,
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that remarkable chin
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Let's hear it, folks!
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Hold that please.
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Face the camera and say Swiss cheese.
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Watch the birdie, that's great.
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That incredible grin!
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Someday when you get older,
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you'll feel a yin, too.
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Pull the elbow, man.
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Thank me, then you put this
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Get this moment on fire!
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And whenever a cold wind blows,
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you can turn to your long -ago's
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To find that smile!
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Come on, kid, smile!
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Okay, kid, smile!
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I want that,
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I need that
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I love that smile!
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