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11. We watched TV a lot in those days, so I understand perfectly if you didn't

Reply to True Blue American (Reply #10)

Sun Jan 16, 2022, 04:41 PM

Jan 2022

When you dad is on TV, it makes a difference, even if in those days, I didn't much get what MTP was about. When he was asked to be in "Advise and Consent," we went to see that film with great expectations, although his spoken part was less than a minute, and I (as a ten year old) had no idea whatsoever what the film was about.

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