Ripping Yarns1976

Prologue Man:
[with barely concealed unction] Good evening. You know, I think it was G.K. Chestert, who once said...

[forgets line]

Prompter:
[out of vision] "The follies..."

Prologue Man:
The follies of my youth...

Prompter:
"men's youth..."

Prologue Man:
[correcting himself] Men's youth. Are in glorious retrospect.

Prompter:
"Are, in retrospect, glorious..."

Prologue Man:
And so, our story tonight...

Prompter:
No, "are, in retrospect, glorious."

Prologue Man:
Our story in retrospect...

Prompter:
No, "are, in retrospect, glorious."

Prologue Man:
[casting about] Are... in retrospect... glorious...

Prompter:
"Compared..."

Prologue Man:
Compared... by Eddie Waring!

Prompter:
No no! "Compared *to*."

Prologue Man:
Compared...?

Prompter:
"The follies of men's youth are, in retrospect, glorious compared to..."

Prologue Man:
[utterly lost] To...

Prompter:
"Compared to the follies of their old age."

Prologue Man:
[reminding himself] Compared to the... follies of their... old age.

[clears throat]

Prologue Man:
Our sherry tonight...

Prompter:
No, no. "I think it was G.K. Chestert who once said, 'The follies of our youth are, in retrospect, glorious compared the follies of our old age.' And so our story tonight concerns a boy confronted at one and the same time with the follies of youth and old age."

Prologue Man:
That's it.