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A Man Falls Down A Flight Of Stairs And Somebody Rushes Over To Him And Asks, Did You Miss A Step? No, He Answers, I Hit Every One Of Them!

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A Man Falls Down

Milton Berle

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A Man Falls Down A Flight Of Stairs And Somebody Rushes Over To Him And Asks, Did You Miss A Step? No, He Answers, I Hit Every One Of Them!

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