one of my sources, delightful woman named spanky taylor. she joined the church when she was young teenager, and because of her charm and bubbly nature, she was assigned to help young actors, and one of the young actors was john travolta who was just beginning to have this burst of fame, and it was hard for him to handle, and spanky helped them through that emotional difficult period. and his mother died, and he really leaned on her. now, spanky had a little girl, and she was pregnant, and a friend of hers was dying, and she felt that the church wasn't taking good care of her, and she got angry and was sent to this rpf thing, this old hospital on the edge of hollywood, big blue building many of you have sin with a big yellow sign of scientology on it that looms over the district. it's an old hospital, and there were so many people crowded in old patient rooms by the dozens, that spanky was put on the roof in a soggy mattress. she is pregnant. she is eating slop out of a bucket. she is in hollywood. look around. you can see sunset boulevard.

whoa, spankies. you're pushing it.k about this sensibly, okay? do you think we can do that? oh, that's better. now, no more tears, okay? okay. now, i just want you to imagine, just for a moment, how quiet and peaceful life in oklahoma will be. mom. mom, i've got to talk to you. well, i'm really glad we all had this chance to share. now, if you don't mind, i'm gonna return to the program already in progress. you know, you could be a little bit more helpful. you're her cousin and mary ann looks up to you. you could set a better example. well, we all do what we can. i thank the lord that you're on my ece and not my daughter. that makes two of us, uncle med. that makes two of us. [music] ♪ oh, my enemy ♪ oh, she's my enemy why? because they-- i know that. nobody has argued with me of anything. yeah, that's right, i'm-- do you ever hear of it? well, i'll see you in court. yeah, i love you madly too. that guy ought to leave off practicing law and open up a charm school. clarence, i need your help on a legal matter. what is i

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