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SKELTON (CONT'D) (MUGGSY GIVES HIM THE GLASSES, AND SKELTON PUTS THEM ON. HE STANDS WITH HIS BACK TO WALL OR LAMPPOST, AND STICKS HIS HAND OUT, OPEN PALM UP. HE IS SMOKING A CIGAR.) (BEGGING FOR A HANDOUT) Bless you...bless you.... (A COUPLE OF PEOPLE PASS, WITHOUT STOPPING* THEN THE KID FROM THE NEWSPAPER RACK ENTERS. HE STOPS, REACHES FOR A COIN, BUT RECOGNIZES SKELTON, AND CHANGES HIS MIND. INSTEAD, HE TAKES THE CIGAR OUT OF SKELTON * S MOUTH AND STUBS IT OUT IN THE PALM OF SKELTON'S HAND. SKELTON, WHO HAS EEEN MUMBLING "BLESS YOU, BLESS YOU," SUDDENLY LETS OUT A SCREAM OF PAIN, AS:) MUSIC: PLAYOFF (APPLAUSE) DISSOLVE TO: (COMMERCIAL)