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16 - Castaways

Dead Eyes

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The Ear Prompting Company, Is a Micro Casett Recorder?

i owned what was called an ear prompting company. We sold a device for actors to be able to have an invisible hearing piece they stuck in their ear. They wore a neck loop around it and attached it to a micro casett recorder. i had an engineer create what we called an invisible paw switch. You could operate it with by pressing both toes, or you could wear it under your trousers, on the side of your thigh,. That's where i decided. I'm rigging out the ear prompting system, got my neck loop an concealed it under my shirt and tie, and was recording my lines. A second a d knocked on the door three times. Holmes, we're running a little

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