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Ask Elvis
Dorothy Haagen ... Laraine Newman
Voice of Elvis ... Andy Kaufman
[Jaunty organ music as a 1970s-era photo of a
jumpsuited Elvis Presley singing passionately into a
microphone fills the screen.]
Don Pardo V/O: And now, "Ask Elvis" with
psychic Dorothy Haagen.
[SUPER: Ask Elvis. Music out as we dissolve to a
smiling big-haired blonde woman who sits in an easy
chair, with eyes closed and hands raised together in
prayer.]
Dorothy Haagen: [an odd Irish-Southern accent,
as if in a trance] Spirits speak to those who listen!
Spirits listen to those who speak! [in a more normal
tone, to the camera] Hello, I'm psychic Dorothy
Haagen. Today, we'll [reverently] ask ... Elvis
an unusual kind of marriage per-oblem. And all because
viewer Janette Blalock from Silver Springs, Texas
wrote: "Dear Dorothy, I am engaged to be married to a
truck-a driverrrr. I want to have a traditional
wedding but he says there's a chapel outside a truck
plaza in Atlanta and he'd like to have it
there. Would you please ... [rolls eyes skyward, in a
hushed tone] ask ... Elvis ... who he thinks is
right?" Well, sweet spirit, a short time ago I
estab-a-lished contact with ... Elvis and read
him your letter and here is what he said.
[As "Love Me Tender" plays, we dissolve to a small,
white, slowly-rotating bust of Elvis Presley set in a
black background. The throaty Southern drawl of the
late Elvis Presley is heard:]
Voice of Elvis: Dear Janette: A man can be kind
of funny sometimes - wh- when he embarks on somethin'
as new and as frightenin' as marriage. Maybe a feller
needs to be surrounded by familiar places and faces.
Hey. Why not let - let that truck driver man o' yours
have his way on this? And then watch out, honey,
because them gear jammers can really put your hammer
down. But, seriously, Janette. If the tension of the
wedding preparations gets to be too much for you, why
don't you just ask your doctor to prescribe some
tranquilizers, sleepin' aids and diet pills? And tell
him the King sent ya. Truly yours, Elvis.
[Image goes out of focus and we dissolve back to
Dorothy Haagen, smiling into the camera.]
Dorothy Haagen: Well, dear soul, I hope you
remember to send Elvis an invitation to the
wedding. In any case, for including your birth date
and time, here's a bonus message from the spirit
worrr-uld: Accept the new job offer and further
yourself socially - and that's for either you or your
new hus-a-band. If you have a problem you
think ... Elvis could answer, why not write me,
psychic Dorothy Haagen, care of your local station
[SUPER: Psychic DOROTHY HAAGEN Care of your local
station] and I'll ask ... Elvis. Until next
time, sweet spirits, remember: He who is ruled by the
stars is a fool. He who lets the stars rule him is
indeed wise. Good-bye.
[Jaunty organ music as we pull back and dissolve away
to the photo of Elvis in concert with the words "Ask
Elvis" superimposed.]
Submitted Anonymously
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