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    Barney Schlock: All right, we got the tenor sax, vocal group, piano, drums and guitar. We're all set to make a hit Rock and Roll record. Let's hear it!
    [brief clip of 1950s-style rock instrumental]
    Barney Schlock: Hold it. Hold it! Something's missing.
    Musician: A teenage idol, man. You don't have a teenage idol.
    Barney Schlock: Oh, yeah. Well wait here, I'll get one.
    [SFX: Walk out of studio and out onto street]
    Barney Schlock: Hey, kid!
    Kid: Who, me?
    Barney Schlock: Yeah! Can you sing?
    Kid: No.
    Barney Schlock: Good. Come with me.

    —Stan Freberg, "The Old Payola Roll Blues, Part 1" (1960)
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