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J.O.I.'s father's garage monologue — "did your mother tell you we're…"

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did your mother tell you we're moving? That we're moving back to California finally this spring? We're moving, son, I'm harking one last attempted time to that celluloid siren's call, I'm giving it the one last total shot a man's obligation to his last waning talent deserves, Jim, we're headed for the big time again at last for the first time since she announced she was having you, Jim, hitting the road, celluloid-bound

Context

JOI Sr. in the Tucson garage, announcing the move "back to California" — the family's AZ↔CA shuttle, whose final arc (per Carlisle) is Hal's Year of Glad interview back in Tucson.

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