Getting stop(); to override setInterval?

I have a movie that goes through a spiel and I want to be able to stop it then hit play and have it continue. Easy enough IF the movie just goes straight through. But what mine does is pauses at certain places to make way for some spoken word (to be added later) using setInterval.

My problem is (seems to be) if I hit my stop button while it’s doing it’s 1.5 second pause, then the stop button gets ignored.

Here’s the swf: (around 300k)
http://ww.pseudodigm.com/testing/automated.swf

here’s the fla: (about 3mb)
http://www.pseudodigm.com/testing/automated.fla

I really appreciate the help (this site and these forums have REALLY helped me. You should have seen my flash BEFORE! ; ) )

-Rick