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Being honest with yourself a la Shmoop

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or to thine own self be true and hard to beat Shakespeare, alright

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Meet Larry and Jerry [two old men smiling]

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Larry and Jerry are twin brothers celebrating their hundredth [people arrive at party]

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birthdays their local news channel catches wind of this story and asked to [reporter enters]

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do a human-interest piece you know what's the secret to a long life how can

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we feel fulfilled you know yadda yadda yadda the usual they interview Larry first

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Larry dreamt of being a musician but his parents pushed him to be a [Larry playing guitar]

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doctor well to make them happy he agreed and doctor Larry also wanted to settle [Larry's parents enter]

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down with his high school sweetheart but his parents pushed him to marry a woman [Larry and family stand on porch]

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with more money that's how they did things in those days

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and so he did and Larry had always wanted to be a dad but his wife had no [future wife walks in]

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interest in being a mother so now Larry's here a hundred years old [Larry and wife at home]

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with a lifetime of money with a fortune a lovely career and a lifetime of [reporter interviewing older Larry]

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regrets and what is yeah yeesh real uplifting stuff Larry thank you new [Larry crying]

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sitcom all right next up is Jerry Jerry wanted to be a teacher and even though [narrator makes disgusted face]

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his parents told him it was a worthless path to follow he did it [Jerry and parents at home]

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anyway and guess what while he loved it he married someone his parents didn't [Jerry gets married]

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approve of raised his children and watched his grandchildren and [Jerry and his big family in their house]

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great-grandchildren grow he's had a full life and looking back he [reporter interviews older Jerry]

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wouldn't change a thing he never lost sight of what he knew was [Jerry looking through telescope]

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right for him even when others tried to sway him and Larry? Larry was a doormat [Larry's face on doormat]

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to thine own self be true yeah maybe Billy shakes was onto [friends at birthday party]

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something there because when your life flashes before your eyes do you want [William Shakespeare enters]

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to see this or this? Don't be a Larry [Larry makes sad face]

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