Shake, Rattle and Roll: The Buddy Deane Scrapbook

The following program is made by him to serve all of our diverse community. And is made possible by the generous support of our members. Thank you. Think it's what damage did you do. We got a new a new 1958 in. The 50s started out in Baltimore quietly enough but something was in the wind. The music was changing. People's clothes and hair styles were changing. Even people's attitudes about each others seemed to be changing. Rock n roll had arrived on the scene and this new music had an edge that captured the spirit of the time. A man named Buddy Dean was beginning to reflect this period on a new device called television. He and his show would become an icon for a generation. A show that is still revered to this day. For nearly seven wonderful years he gave me or teenagers a chance for

glory a chance to revel among the stars and a chance to discover themselves along the way. You can see it on their faces when they came in. That they had they had they had entered. The rest of us would watch those chosen few dance on the show and dream. One outcast would actually fantasize making a movie where the uncool could join and win fame and glory. Only in the movies. But then it ended as unexpectedly as it began. But by then Buddy Dean had left his mark. Never had the stars seemed so accessible. The girls look so lovely. Or the music sounds so great. Thank you.

In 1951 a young disc jockey arrived in Baltimore from Arkansas by way of Tennessee. His name was Joe Dean. But already a boss in Memphis had persuaded him to change his name to buddy. So this young man of 27 years joined radio station w i t h. And they got here and Buddy realized very very shortly after he got here the talent he was up against with the stations in Baltimore and he actually came into Helen One night he said. Don't unpack. He said wait stay in. And she said What do you mean. And he said This town is packed with talent. I'll never make it. Well we know that he did make it but from the start but he had a different philosophy of which records to play on the air while a conventional wisdom at

radio stations was to play a wide variety of records they received from the record companies. Dean was curious to know what people were actually buying in the stores. But he thought himself. Well if they're buying that record there. But I'm playing this record over here which is not selling and they're trying to push on me. Why don't I try to play that record that the people are buying. And through that reasoning buddy Dean was able to play the most popular music because that's what the people were buying. So the Buddy Deane Show began to play the most popular songs repeatedly and soon his show on w i t h was number one in Baltimore but he began to gather information regularly on what songs were popular by calling the record stores to ask about their sales. One young woman with money began calling was Arlene Kozak. She selected the music for the jukebox as her father's business leased to bars and restaurants. She had become very knowledgeable and familiar with the music industry.

And he started to hear about all the songs that were sounding real big that he was unplanned and he didn't know anyone it was planted. You know I think it was Bill Haley. He's hearing about and probably you know Little Richard and you know maybe some James Brown stuff like that that he didn't he didn't know about but he thought if they stay if these songs are so popular then I'm a star planet. But the show continued as the number one rated program in Baltimore. At the same time he realized there were numerous opportunities to earn money by playing music. He had acted as master of ceremonies at a couple of record hops and was astounded at the money they generated. He decided he could produce a record up of his own when other deejays heard about Buddy doing this kind of thing they kind of turned their nose up at it they thought who is going to pay money to go out and listen to records play yellowing dance to them you know I mean who would want to do this they dance to a live crowd live band not a record.

And so it was famous for but it was kind of a you know an opportunity to to branch out in an area that hadn't been done. One day a musician approached buddy with an offer. He came by the radio station one morning and wanted to know if he could play with my hops which we were doing on a Sunday afternoon at the famous ballroom down Joffrey. This guy walked in with big cowboy hats and cowboy boots and I thought Oh my goodness I've been promoting this as a house rocking concert and got it rock n roll the house rock I never heard the expression rock n roll and he came in he cracked down some like New San Antonio Rose or something and these kids are all standing around looking like what have I gotten into. And I went up to him and whispered in his ear that this one what kids were expecting they were expecting something more up tempo and so forth he said Well watch this. And he cracked down on a little number. And those kids went up one side of the wall up over the ceiling and down the other I've never seen anything like it. The

response was unbelievable. And that was Bill Haley and The Comets. Crew. Thanks to. The new device known as television was finding its way into more people's homes. They were mesmerized by these pictures only air that appeared magically in their living rooms. Baltimore had three channels in those days and in 1957 the ABC affiliate had just been acquired by Westinghouse and its call letters changed to w Jay-Z. The third rated station needed a hit and needed it badly. Be sure BN was a talented young producer at the station. The program director was a general by name of Joel chase men and so he said of the afternoon show is a show which we formatted around teenagers dancing to records. And I said to do what. And I said and he said that's what they do they'll just dance and we'll have some live talent come up and lip sync their records and that's the show. And I thought Good luck. But anyhow he said Are you interested and

I said yes. And he said the the man who will do it is a disc jockey by the name of Buddy Dean. It's the afternoon man at the FBI th and his knowledge of music is impeccable. But when they first get this record hop show they begin at the 2:30 in the afternoon before the kids were there from school. They had to come up with some way to fill that first half hour. When we first started to show we had a big problem with what do we do while we play the records. We tried several different things we had. Fred Astaire studios cannot teach man steps and that went over here and go with Paul and we had a cartoon this and that. Some papers come up and drop caricature yours of the artist and so forth while we were playing the rock that didn't work. What really worked was we had kids dancing some of the records and that really work. We could feel the response to that and that's how the show really began and that's where it took off and now it's time for a buddy last from the. Explorer. Yes.

But I want a song that my parents thought it was great. And. It was the mashed taters and all these other songs out. And. We had a. Couple written published and went up to New York and. Recorded it. I was absolutely petrified. I was a very shy kept child. Very shy. And. I had my routine down. I. Just was scared to death but I did it anyway and it was fun. And I love the bloody game shows to watch end of the day then miss it.

Yeah. Yeah. Something interesting about that record of chips in particular his fad for which More Ink Spots were the ones that back me up. That was really fun. There is one song that will be.

Good at the time the ABC network was preparing to launch a national dance show called American Bandstand with host Dick Clark. But in Baltimore station management it w Jay-Z already felt sure they had a hit with a hugely popular buddy Dean although buddy Dean was already a star in radio. The transition to television was challenging. But he was very secure in radio because radio was a single medium if you will a single sense because it was just an audio television with the lens puts you under a different perspective. And he was a little on easy. His major problem was that. He really wasn't involved ever in having been in front of a camera and so he didn't know body language if you will. And I suggested that he watch the show which was on WJC in the morning by the name of Romper Room. And it was hosted by Miss Nancy. Do you know some of the things that were going to be doing today. Well you couldn't exactly could you because we haven't done that yet.

His initial reaction was You got to be kidding. But he did it. Nancy cholesterol and her husband Kirk Lester had an issue with the show and she portrayed a mother teacher helper etc. in working with 3 year old kids. Now if you can work with a 4 year old child and maintain you're at the core and then you really have something. And so he watched her and he watched her body language and how she reacted how she reacted to the camera how she reacted to her guests to the children and he picked up whatever tips he felt necessary for the challenge of having hundreds of teenagers ascend upon television hill six days a week. It was daunting but he couldn't handle all of the discipline necessary as the show achieved the popularity and became the number one show in town. Teenagers would literally as we say kill to get on the show. Knowing that they would get on the show they would be on their best behavior because they

knew their friends would be watching them and they knew that their parents would be watching them and they realized that if they stepped out of line they would either not be allowed on the show or they would be asked to leave. The fear of leaving the show after having achieved the reality of appearing on the show was so overwhelming that they there was never a problem with behavior or misbehavior I should say. Nevertheless teenagers are teenagers and still do young Arlene Kozak. Mr. Buddy Dean's assistant head the teenager's create a committee to come up with some rules that they wouldn't force leaving coke bottles ice cream cups or candy bars any place except Coke cases. Ten Point smoke on a chewing gum 50 points and the kids govern the show. It wasn't buddy. He we had our own board of directors and we had our own you know people that the kids decided you know who would stay and who would go rules for big girls will never dance.

With all the girls couples and item 7 on the point system being in buddy dean's office without permission 18 points in spite of the rules it was still a lot of fun to be on the show. Especially when somebody famous showed up. Buddy's early connection with Bill Haley and The Comets served him well. As the group's fame grew. They didn't forget who gave them their first big break and appeared frequently on the show. Extra. Bill Haley and The Comets were just the first wave in a firmament that would

shower the Buddy Deane Show with stars. But him for the next big part of the body and still following patient identification. Now watch closely. This family America know it game then thanks. I'm Matthew Rogers in Baltimore Maryland about how my family we'd like to show you some of it. Rick the coordination and timing that you can learn to do with. This. It's called one of the easier of the job of the trick. I'm doing one a little more than call it called orbit. Rather like that. Do we even want to cut one like Ray. Bob moving is fun for the whole family. You can have family contests or you may even be the caffeine of your neighborhood. Be sure to get your Bobbit now and start practicing

right away. What bottle do 98 then and the new liter plastic bottle there will be nine. We downloaded on the show in a commercial fashion. I made about 90 percent of the shots. To kids on the show. Took a good bit of. Pride in their ability to look at during the commercials. There were daily contest and. Whoever. Could work at the best was obviously. And in the commercial portion of it. I can remember. The more simple tricks straight up looped around. Swinging the peg up into the barrel. Things that neutral but nothing with it wrapped around my neck. I'll be interested in seeing that film. Thank you for the next big part of the body and still following facial identification.

I wrote this article for a Baltimore Magazine called the nicest kids in town that was about this teenage dance show in Baltimore called the Buddy Deane Show that I used to watch every day. And I went beyond watching the kids that were on and every day I would draw them and think up fictitious biographies about their criminal behavior which were trowing not true. And I went to reunions of this and I saw the same people I remember today during the locomotion with no irony and it inspired me to write this article after I wrote the article then I of course changed very much and turned it into hairspray. We never had the Dick Clark show in Baltimore we were the only country that never had American Bandstand we had Buddy Dean instead where the girl's hair was higher. Where can I make I make up with a little heavier the boy's pants were tighter and the shoes were poignant. Paul Paul Rock said I'll be dead. Tracy is on TV

with a Triple Crown says yes I was accepted on the. Balance Council yesterday Mrs. Towne glad you weren't Johnny's done. It's about no matter what you are but if you can do something well and that there is somebody for everybody that they're all if you can take the prom queen believe me always reaches her peak in high school it's downhill from there. But the kids get in trouble in school the kids don't quite fit in. Eventually can turn into a leaders or can turn into the most creative types that have the happiest life when they're in their 50s they like their job which is the most important thing you know if you've had to hate your job through your whole life you're going to have a terrible life. And when a Broadway producer was home sick with the flu and saw the movie Hairspray on TV she discovered the story that would turn into one of Broadway's biggest hits. Now theatre audiences everywhere are discovering the magic that began on the Buddy Deane Show.

Just as Annette and Bobby became everyone's favorite Mouseketeers. So did Mary Lou Joni and consent to become the Buddy Deane audience favorites for Mary Lou reigns. It was a celebrity status that continued across the decades as her fancy for each phase of her

life with glee at least a hundred hundred fifty that is holy at least. Mash notes everything. The whole works. Ladies and gentlemen meet Mary Snow rain. She was one of the most popular dancers on the show. One of the youngest and Mary Lou she was arguably the biggest star but even Certainly she was in that era when I watched it the most. Wherever she went she got the best restaurant wherever she wants autographs wherever she went. They knew how beauty shops closed. I mean really. I mean people are very kind. The most famous committee members even did commercial endorsements. I saw you want TV I want you to be my model. Would she be paid for this one for you. Then I'm out. You start tomorrow. I hope there's no diets in the works because I want to design your missed Auto Show coronation gown myself. My mother was a big part of that because she loved the show. I watched it morning and I

hate him. You know I had to be on the show she would have the clothes ready for me when I came home from school to go to the show. And people kind of thought of my mother like a dress shop. But she did not. But I mean my mother was I mean that was harsh. But tell that you're a good a short chubby girl like Tracy Turnblad really get on the Buddy Deane Show. Absolutely never. Never. Do you mean the committee was a bit smug even petty who got in. There was it. I mean you didn't see Tracy. It just didn't happen. There is no way I mean it's great that John did that because. It brought everything into the proper perspective of what life's really all about. I mean think about it. But when it came down to what really mattered it was the music and the dancing. The body dangers as they

became known just flat out love the dance showing off the latest steps on television for an eager world just made it better. We. Had a lot of the Times learned a lot learned so I started up my own dance to the south. I'm still teaching. There were so many new dances. The Mashed Potato the stroll the swim and certainly the twist. But the dance that will forever be associated with the Buddy Deane Show. Will be the Madison. OK here is the big lead in the biggest dance on the program and then because of that that number I would say probably

at that was a revival of the trough in order to have rap even more because the biggest band he's seen in a long long time. Now Brown and his very you know the matter of everybody gather around a lot of them don't know how. I am. The medicine was so hot but Columbia records produced a second version by the Ray

Bryant combo. And even made an instructional film to teach teens around the country how to do the dance and the stars of this film were buddy dinners. Joan Darby and Joe catch. We went to Pittsburgh and we went to Detroit and we went to New York we went to I don't know six or seven cities around the area around the country and demonstrated to all the local shows and teach them the Madison how to do Madison. Are in their 80s and one of the guys on the show that was gone with John Darby at the time and he was pretty jealous guy and I remember teasing him that John and I were really having a good time on this trip but we were just friends. Of course the worst was also a blockbuster dance and its creator had connections to the Buddy Deane Show. Was doing a tour at the Okie Timbo.

Next thing I know they're going to the better the show this is the dance this year with the kids that doing the twist. He was really he says he's doing a dance called the twist. You know if the bank balance of the night is do you want to know you want to hear. Because that was another one of those data records you know. But even Dick Clark couldn't stand in the way of the trend or the star who would re record the song which would soar into stratospheric highs. Pretty frightening it's sweeping the country all over the place hottest dance and station in the last four years a thing called the twist. Ladies and gentlemen here's Johnny tracker. Thanks.

To. Everybody who appeared on us first. I would not be allowed to appear on the Philadelphia show. So Dick Clark had set that up in his contract if you will that if you appeared on buddy Dean you could not appear on Bandstand. So because Bandstand was not viewed in Baltimore we had no problem picking up a guest who had already appeared on Vance and in Philadelphia which by the way ultimately went to California. So if you were on Bandstand you could have you could be on the Buddy Deane Show. But if you want to buddy the show first you could not appear on the Dick Clark show. But whatever the politics were behind the scenes the kids really didn't care in their world of teenage hormones romance and rock'n'roll all that really mattered was dancing and the stream of twinkling stars that shined in the studios of the buddy Dean Show. There was a baby faced Frankie Avalon surrounded by a booth full of giggling girls.

Yes. There is the dynamic Chuck Berry. And don't forget Danny and the juniors performing their perfectly named head. To the ticket. There was Ed Helms and beautiful hit. For your love. All your. Guests tonight. Lol I wouldn't go any. Nothing. And don't forget Tell me savants with his terrific to

play in the field. She's a lot of kid there well. Yeah. Why been used. Yeah. His stead of the day when a bear was Joanne Campbell. A stop by Jack's got. The. Hottest spot. And of course the Drifters. And the powerful angelic voice of Frankie Lymon.

And of course the unforgettable Bobby Derek. The. Man and A. 10 a.m.. I was working the lighting board that day. He says well I'm going to do my number in front of the screen he says and I want one light. I just want one light I want real Modi I says Mr. Darwin going through a transition here what our picture to be said. They need a lot more light than never mind I want one light. That's all I want to say.

I said OK I just gave him one light and sure enough we only saw States. But he seemed to enjoy chatting with the chordates that day who charmed us with that unforgettable hit lollipop. It makes much really good. I mean.

There were so many stars and yet most evidence of their appearances was never saved because this was just a teenage dance show. A fad that would likely pass along with the music known as rock n roll. Being a member of a committee was an enormous honor and privilege for a teenager in Baltimore and those things. She told me they loved.

Banner. I mean you could see it on their faces when they came and that they had they had they had entered. It was just a golden time for them. And. Once we went on the air they knew. They knew that there were people out there watching them people they knew were watching them then were I told warmer than they their tender side. Love was was. Was. While being a member of the committee was a great time. It was a major commitment for 16 and 17 year olds to show up six days a week two to three

hours a day for a program that ran year round. Well fortunately we had a gas school soon as possible and then get on like two or three buses every day. You know all the rest stop and go in there and it was like something to look forward to. To us we were honored to be able to be on that show. You know we really were in what didn't seem like a big responsibility. Here comes one of the best times came in the sweet heat of summer when the pressure of school was behind them and the kids could really enjoy the shells. The dancing and the music buddy organized some swimming parties for the committee near his home as a reward. And they were a glorious time when teens do what they do best. Play this. Was she makes her son

feel worse. You hear me say a ha ha ha ha. Let's. Say a. Child feels like a son with drug users a lot smaller. Lol. It's shining. The sheer the elite

shows. She gives you such a.. Another bloody deep blast from the past. You can buy good quick and of all things are through the Q and A kind of a record of the quick in the queue which is a dance that you may like. I'd like to welcome to our program Arlene joy with the trip into the queue. A lot of them weren't stars at that time they were just trying to be stars and that's that's one of the things that was important about the show will help make the

star. And the wide range of stars on the Buddy Deane Show both black and white guaranteed an audience in all communities of Baltimore. We watch the body do shall we say. I can remember rushing home from school because I think it came more like at 3:00 or 3:30 in the afternoon and we rush home because when the body was going to be on I think that we watched the show that much as the white kids did and then because of what you just mentioned of the sauce one program unlike today where you just come on TV and have sauce on every challenge. Well you didn't have that then. Especially those connected music industry. So here we had someone with a watch on TV. We go play their records after they left the TV set. We could identify with them because we see we saw them at that time every day after coming out watching the show and dancing in the living room with my sisters. It's all the

same. If there was there were no blacks in the program getting it was. Mostly white kids who were going to no show at that time and then over a period of time my chains and blacks were allowed to go and I think I'm not mistaken the whole way to this now I think it was. We went on a Friday getting on the yellow school buses from Chick wed and chatting the same forever to go to TV station. The Buddy Deane Show had established a policy where one day a month black kids could come and dance in what was then called yesterday. It bothered me very much that on a day a month was given. For the black community. And that was it. We want to be on. Yeah we could dance as well. There were enough that kids in the city of Baltimore for a month had more than one day as

expert as Dean was and feeling the pulse of the music industry. He struggled with the social turmoil swirling around the show and was frustrated as to how to integrate the program. Almost a decade earlier the Supreme Court had ordered schools to integrate and yet the black kids in Baltimore were dancing on the show just one day a month a lot of times we would take the tickets for their requests for the tickets that way that way that the kids would send then and we would have to look by zip code to see if they were black or white. And sometimes we missed on the zip code and we come up to the show and it would be you know 100 of us you know the white kids up on the show. And it might be four or five black couples. So naturally the card who you know handle the security for the studio he would have to take their tickets away from him and give him other tickets for at the end of the month. What's the problem officer. This is a white establishment. Lets me just came to James.

Your first place. I was part of CIJ which was the local Amish snake in Baltimore the civil rights group and we picketed there. Black and White kids because they had to integrate the show but it never happened. It wasn't the focal point of the civil rights movement but it was. Because of the MSM the teenagers who wanted to see it change as societal pressures to integrate grew and other teenage shows manage to make the transition the middle ground show in Washington just 30 miles away began to have black and white couples dance and a national show American Bandstand also begin to have an integrated program. In the summer of 63 and integrate a group of students managed to get on the show. And an uproar ensued according to reports. Dean continued to maintain that the show was not the proper format for social change. You know you would hear this is not the place for social change it's not where should begin.

Well you know Why would black people want to hear any way if if they're not wanted I would want to go where I wasn't wanted those kind of arguments were always taking place and so I think that's all part of the same thought. And. I mean it was an excuse I say that without having any anger about Buddy Dean I mean it was probably a perfectly nice man. But he wasn't. I think it's the kind of person who would want. At that moment change all the time a buck. Buck the trends so that he would make things change. I mean that was somebody doing but Station Management favored some form of integration and was frustrated by the inertia of the situation. WJC finally did the unthinkable. It canceled the show. Well it was devastating I mean if you imagine being 15 years old and having all the attention and publicity because you got to remember you know with with being on six days a week two and a half hours a day and being the number one

local. TV show in the country you know it's kind of hard for you know all the kids to swallow. Oh I hated it. I hate the fact that the show was canceled because it did give us a form of entertainment. And again we did get to see stars that we ordinarily would not see and we got to hear the music that we loved during that time on a daily basis. So you know we were kind of disappointed when it was canceled because I don't. Remember anything like that so taking its place. Indeed no teenage dance show was seen involved more for a number of years and bloody after some months of working at W I T H finally packed up his family and returned to Arkansas and continued in the radio business flippy intense wonderful memories the Buddy Deane Show left on thousands of kids would not be erased. There

had to be a way to hold on to the past. Because Baltimore would not forget its adopted son as evidenced by this 1977 report by WJC anchor Jerry Turner a TV show ever seen here in Baltimore. It originated right here w Jay Z TV and with more than seven years it was on the air. It kept thousands glued to their TV sets every afternoon. Cool. The round mound that's on the radio and it's not in Baltimore but here in the cotton producing belt of Arkansas. 13 years after leaving Baltimore a buddy Dean is just as popular as ever on a radio station KOAT and back here appropriately called cops here in Pine Bluff Arkansas. But he's more than just a disc jockey. He owns a radio station and a travel agency and a music service and is president of the club. Now he is back in his hometown.

Mower only but from cotton radio. And why is he a disc jockey since he owns the radio station. Well it's still his first love and the ratings show he still knows how to do it. His morning program has a higher rating and 13 other nearby radio stations. Combine all the success stories from the dean show the biggest is probably Buddy himself. He now lives in a quarter of a million dollar home secluded on a nine acre would incite several miles outside of Pine Bluff. A buddy and his wife Helen. It's relaxation after the big city battle of TV. We're. Not nearly so much pressure. We know that we love Baltimore and remember that they used to say that if they had a good record it was a positive hit that we could

play it in several records people told me that they could expect to sell 10000 overnight in Baltimore Baltimore at that time became kind of a test market for hit records and a lot of people from New York and the big artists would come into Baltimore. And get those records played past their screens to see if they had a hit a very exciting year. So over 20 years after it all began in Baltimore it's all over but Buddy Dean is now a successful broadcast executive here in Pine Bluff Arkansas and some of the kids who danced on the show are of course a little older too. It is nice to think about what all happened in those great years. Buddy Dean returned to Baltimore frequently through the years appearing at record hops where the four ever faithful gather to relive sweet memories. Buddy Dean passed away in the summer of 2003 at the age of 78. A huge shock to celebrate the success of Hairspray the musical was already in the works

and it became a tribute to the man these kids loved dearly. But he really wanted to do something to tide in with the time that Hairspray was here in Baltimore. I mean he he knew. That people would be interested in you know in in the connection there of hairspray and the body teen show. And he was very excited about it and the opening of the show and he wanted to do a dance. THAT WAS THE BEST EXPERIENCE OF MY LIFE. I met a lot of friends. We're still friends. We're here 40 years later still dancing and having a good time out. I just said somebody a little while ago I said I've smiled so much tonight that my face hurts. We would've never met if it hadn't been for the body thing sounds so good and I met on the show and we got married and we've been married for 41 years. But how often can one recapture a wonderful memory not just by talking about it but by reliving it playing those fabulous old tunes and dancing those terrific old

dances makes all those wonderful teenage memories returned sweaty palms and all. But being a part of that and being on the show every day was terrific. Being with those kids and being with Buddy and doing the record hops and things like that which led to to my later career in broadcasting and also to be my wife. A lot of stars we might just about everybody except for all of us. And that was pretty experience to say the least yeah. And some of the stars who once performed on the show return to share their memories and honor buddy. And that can be. Done.

Ah my soul Buddy Deane was really instrumental in our success. We went to a record high. We were singers in high school. And we asked him to listen to us. And we did and we hoped he would get us a recording contract. But he said I can't do that. But what I can do is if you ever get a record and I think you will. He said I will play it. And what he did is he played it on his show and played it and played it and drove it to number one. And as a result our record company Mercury put in national promotion campaign together. And it became a top 40 record nationally. Ronnie does of also performed on the buddy Dean show

premiering next summer. Oh. And of course the evening wouldn't be complete without one last trip down the med.. The party. Oh. It's time to call it. The tribute to Buddy Dean. It was filled with bittersweet memories. Much like that

day 40 years ago when the kids danced that last dance knowing it would forever be the last dance. Last. Week. Just make sure. For those who remember the memories of a buddy Dean show will last forever. The beehive hairdo mirrors the blue suede shoes the peg pants they will hang in the closets of our memories forever. But it's also the memory of a man who influenced some teens during a fragile period of their lives making it exciting and meaningful making their dreams come true if only for a moment. For that they will be forever grateful. Meat supplies and. Make up. Party's.

Over. It's over. My friend. Hearing. You. Sing. Sing. Sing.

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