(He casts his speech away behind him.)But I am gonna tell you a story.It""s a funny story so get ready to laugh....Get ready to bust your sides laughin"", ""cause it""s sure a funny story.It""s about a hick.A hick like you, if you please.Yeah, like you.He grew up on the dirt roads and the gully washes of a farm.He knew what it was to get up before dawn and get feed and slop and milk before breakfast, and then set out before sunup and walk six miles to a one-room, slab-sided schoolhouse.After the surgery, Cukrowicz confronted and berated Hostader in his office, and threatened to return to Chicago after six months of empty promises about improving the facility."""Female reporter 3: "The CDC is projecting a fatality oll ranging from 5 million to as many as 150 million in the next 6 to 8 months.Top Hatbecame RKO""s greatest box-office hit of the 30s (the moneymaker brought in over $3 million).By its second week (in September 1935), it had broken attendance records at New York""s Radio City Music Hall by taking in $245,000, and by its third week, it had accumulated $350,000 in ticket sales.