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Be well, and I hope you love the show today.
So I'd like to begin the show today by having everyone take out their Shakespeare Bibles to the Book of Macbeth,
Act 5, Scene 5.
Just want to read a little excerpt for you here.
Quote, Life is but a walking shadow,
a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and that has heard no more.
It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
End quote.
Now hold on a second, I'll put your books away yet,
because I want to read you another excerpt that's equally as good as that one,
by the great Schill Silverstein and his magnum opus, where the sidewalk ends.
Quote, Who wants a pancake?
Sweet and piping hot, good little grace looks up and says, I'll take the one on the top.
Who else wants a pancake?
Fresh off the griddle, terrible Teresa smiles and says, I'll take the one in the middle.
End quote.
Absolutely beautiful, beautiful.
You know, what's the difference really, between Macbeth and where the sidewalk ends?