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Uptown, Downtown, Out of Town

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Jacques Vivien: One day I was visiting the cemetery ...

Alex Chadwick: The cemetery...

Jacques Vivien: Yes, the cemetery in Key West ... and on the cemetery there is a grave with a tombstone that says, "I told you I was sick." I said, "That town has a great sense of humor."



Alex Chadwick (commenting): Someone said that if you stand American on its ear and shake it, all the flakes fall out down in Key West.



Jacques Vivien: Maybe because it's the end of the road, we think that the most unusual characters end up here.



Captain Mike : Did you know that I'm Key West's oldest Spring Breaker?



June Keith: And, I got out of the car here in Key West and my feet hit the ground, and this was in 1975, 1975. It was right before Jimmy Carter was elected, because I remember I was on stage in a g-string when Jimmy Carter was elected watching the TV returns in this go-go bar and thinking "All right." And go-go dancing has changed in the last 20 years dramatically. I mean, we had --

Alex Chadwick: Go-go dancing has?

June Keith: Oh, sure. I mean, we had to stand on a platform. We were not allowed off the platform. And there were very strict rules about what you could do. And you couldn't get down on the floor and just roll around or anything like that, which is kind of what's done now.

Alex Chadwick: Standards?

June Keith: Going to hell.

Alex Chadwick: Thank you very much.

June Keith: Thank you. Thank you. And thanks for the big bucks. Okay. Well, are you going to film my rear end when I walk away? Just kidding.

Alex Chadwick : Darn that tree!


Alex Chadwick : Coming up, what to crow about in Key West.

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