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This is your host, Adam Graham. In a moment, we'll get into this week's

episode of The Begg Story. Sort of. I'll talk a little bit about that in a moment. But first, I do

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Well, I did want to go ahead and clarify that I came across the fact that there are actually more episodes of the big story out there.

And I thought that I had the latest set, but it looks like there was some additional research done in 2022.

That included more files.

And among them are two episodes that are before the latest episode we played.

So we are going to go ahead and play those.

The first one is actually the

audition recording, which was made for networks and sponsors, and you will hear that it was

actually originated for CBS, even though the big story itself became an NBC staple. The working title for the series

with the pilot was feature assignment. For the pilot, the series leaned into a familiar story that

was really loved in the entertainment industry.

It would become the basis of the movie called Northside 777.

It would also, in five years, be used as the basis for the pilot episode of defense attorney, then known as the defense

rests, starring Mercedes McCambridge. But here, with the audition date of February 5,

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