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Help With Speech

Satirist Harry Shearer imagines what might have occurred when President Clinton consulted with humorist Garrison Keillor in preparation for the State of the Union address. Keillor supplies windy parable; Clinton's interest drops. He dumps Keillor in the Green Room with "standees" - people who might get up during speech and take a bow.

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