[ALL]
Every movie's a circus
On the wire without a net

[JOANNA]
Coffee?

[MYRON]
I'm up too early
Shooting at seven
I gotta go

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[BOY]
What's wrong?

[GIRL]
Can't get a screen test
Don't you hate it
When a yes-man says no?

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[GIRL]
Good part?

[BOY]
I'm a policeman
"Hands up, punk!"
That's all I say

[ACTOR]
First time you've worked on the lot there

[ACTRESS]
I must say R.K.O. are O.K

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[BOY]
Then what?

[GIRL]
He pressed a button
Out of the wall
Fell a four-poster bed

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[MYRON]
Busy?

[JOANNA]
They shot my screenplay

[MYRON]
Isn't that great?

[JOANNA]
No, they shot the thing dead

[ALL]
Every movie's a circus
On the wire without a net

[BOY]
Lonely?

[GIRL]
That's how I like it

[BOY]
Can't you be nice?

[GIRL]
Why? We're not on the set
[ALL]
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[ARTIE]
Hey, Joe
What are you, slumming?

[JOE]
Here for a meeting

[ARTIE]
This time of night?

[ALL]
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[JOE]
Yeah, it's some studio smartass
You know I'm famous for being polite

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[ARTIE]
Guess what?
I'm getting married

[JOE]
Congratulations

[ARTIE]
She'll be right back

[ALL]
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[ARTIE]
Fact is, we were just leaving
She's been stood up by some uppity hack

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[JOE]
Married. Who would have thought it?
Why don't you look happy?
Come on, be brave

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[ARTIE]
It's this movie I'm shooting

[JOE]
You first assistant?

[ARTIE]
More like a slave

[ALL]
Every movie's a circus

[ARTIE]
But this is a circus movie as well
Problems, nothing but problems
Animals, actors
Two kinds of hell

[ALL]
Every movie's a circus
On the wire without a net

[BETTY]
Well hello, Mr. Gillis

[ARTIE]
You two have met?

[JOE]
I'm the uppity hack

[ARTIE]
And she's the studio smartass

[BETTY]
What's going on here?

[BARMAN]
Artie, they're calling you back

[BETTY]
I just reread "Blind Windows"
It needs some real re-working, of course
If we fixed up the opening

[ARTIE]
Call up the wrangler
Pay off the horse