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11. What does the singing telegram girl sing?

Mrs. Ida Lowry requests the pleasure
of your companyyyy
at her apartment tonight,
from eight thirtyyyyy
to midnight
to celebrate the completion
of her recent cosmetic surgeryyyy
The guest of honor will be
Mr. Conrad Helpmann,
Dep. Under Minister of State
for Public Information,
R.S.V.P. by singing telegram

The singig telegram girl

There's a reason for the singing telegram girl's rather odd dance during the last bit of the recital - in the original script, she later asked if she could use Sam's bathroom. Gilliam considered "subtitling" the scene with this text in "telegram" style letters. Gilliam has said that he wishes he had actually done that.

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