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1575:Heartsounds
1565:Cold Turkey
1493:The Baxters
1226:Norman Lear
1141:After Jimmy
1091:O Pioneers!
1021:Mass Appeal
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165:128 minutes
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1650:Categories
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1061:Challenger
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