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The
Warren Buck Radio Show
"I have
some discouraging news for the callers. The person you thought was
reading your fortune was not Dr. Augsberg because, as far as we know,
there is no Dr. Augsberg. You have just been conned by one of the
greatest, and I mean literally, since my guest is really none other than
the esteemed Harold Botkin, also known as the Great Botkin."
"Oh,
God," Caller One groaned.
"So if
you were mapping out your financial future with the expectation of
asking Dr. Augsberg for winning lottery numbers, you might want to
reconsider," Warren said. "Now I'm sure you won't mind me
pointing out that a lot of people aren't familiar with you. You've been
around a long time as a magician and as an escape artist, but what it it
you're probably most famous for?"
"I
debunk con-artists."
"As
well as imitate them."
"That's
true, but I don't make money by pretending to be something I'm not. And
I hope today I've shown how easy it is to be taken in by a
silver-tongued swindler who throws out a few carefully worded
generalizations."
"Those
were pretty good guesses, though."
"Maybe
they seem to be, but if you think about it, the same statements would
apply to almost anybody. In fact, I didn't come up with them myself.
They were taken verbatim from readings a prominent astrologer made on
the Merv Griffin Show back in the seventies."
"No
kidding? Now even I feel like a moron. Well, I'd like to go back
to the callers and see if they're willing to admit now that the
statements our guest made were a load of crap."
There was
silence on the air for a few moments.
"Caller
One?"
Still
nothing. "Any of the callers still there? Warren asked. Another
moment passed. "I think they all hung up."
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