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[Doug]
You said you wanted splashy.

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-Is this splashy enough?
-Well, it's a beginning.

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I'm CFO, Chief Fun Officer.

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And I'm art director,
which is an actual title.

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I have fans now.

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Yeah, and they're
incredibly wealthy

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and they live in castles

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and hire me
to shoot their playthings.

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[Doug] We could turn Minx
into so much more

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than just a magazine.

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Merchandising, uh, events,

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international editions,
taking this thing global.

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Something is going on with you.

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Whatever this is, I want
to figure it out with you.

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Please welcome Joyce Prigger.

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-Am I a celebrity?
-Sure, you're a celebrity.

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[Joyce] Doesn't it seem
like people are longing

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for a way to be more open
about sexuality

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without feeling shame?

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God save the queen of dicks.

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[Joyce] And, you know,
I don't think it stops there.

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I-I think this feels like
the beginning of something.

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[Eugene Blacknell's
"Get in a Hurry" playing]

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♪ ♪

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[Eugene]
♪ I got to get in a hurry ♪

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[model] Hey.

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[Eugene]
♪ I gotta buckle down ♪

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♪ ♪

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♪ I can't believe ♪

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-♪ My baby done put me down ♪
-Thank you.

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[laughter]

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[Doug] Sunset Boulevard.
You got 90,000 eyes a day.

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That is a wonderful idea, Doug.

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Truly inspired.

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Really?
'Cause yesterday you said

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that billboards were "a blight
on the public commons."

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Well, you know what,
I slept on it,

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and it's a winner.
[laughs]

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[camera shutter clicks]

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[Tina] Yes, Bambi.

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Um, who are those people

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and why do they keep
taking our picture?

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That's Rolling Stone,
and they're here today

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doing a feature
on Bottom Dollar.

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You really need
to read my memos, Bambi.

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Oh, I don't read memos
on principle.

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But fun.

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Yes, it is.

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It's... so much fun.

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[Tina] Big day today,
big shoot, big issue.

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Does anyone know
where Richie is?

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Art department's still waiting
on his approval,

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and I don't know
why he's not here.

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I'm here.
I'm here and I'm ready.

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[clears throat] Uh, more.

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Both. Also both.

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You know my budgets aren't
suggestions, right?

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Just how over are we?

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Twenty percent and counting.

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Eh, that's a rounding error
in my book.

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I think we need to support
this man's vision.

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You've earned it.

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Thank you, Connie.

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And in other news,
the, uh, comment cards

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for my new science magazine,
uh, Beyond,

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came out, and they're, uh...

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...they're very positive.
[laughs]

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Yeah, so I'll read 'em to you.

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Somebody said, "Original."

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"Mind-blowing."

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"The biggest development
in science

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since the Punnett square."

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I wrote that one.

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And how are we looking
on the calendars?

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[Doug] I think we've got
some really sexy options.

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Oh, Joycie,
I pulled off the lady quotes.

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So now it's just thick
and juicy slices of beefcake.

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Yum.

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[Eugene]
♪ I got to get in a hurry ♪

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♪ ♪

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♪ I got to get in a hurry ♪

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What the hell was that?

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We've got
Rolling Stone posted up,

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and all of a sudden
you decide to respect me?

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Well, I-I don't--
I don't know what you mean.

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[camera shutter clicks]

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[Doug]
Come on, Prigger, please.

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What are you doing?

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This is our thing.

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We fight, we bang heads,

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but then we come together
and we make magic.

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It is very Minx-y.

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When did that become
an adjective?

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I just don't understand
why you're trying

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to bore this reporter
out of a story.

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Do you have any idea
who Simon Michaels is?

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Y-you-you've brought death
to our door.

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Okay, this guy,
he writes searing exposés.

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He uncovers malfeasance.

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He topples despots.

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Last I checked, you are not
a third world dictator, Joyce.

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I think we'll be okay.

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[Joyce] Yeah, well, still,
one never knows

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what's going
to bring 'em down, you know?

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Have you read a word
about Nixon?

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He's the president
of the United States.

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We publish a dick mag.

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Although right now,

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I don't know
who's more paranoid.

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In just six months,
sales are through the roof.

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Okay, writers beg
to contribute.

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We're on top.
I mean, come on, why risk that?

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Because, Joycie, if we get
on the cover of Rolling Stone,

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it'll launch us
to outer fucking space.

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No--you mean launch Beyond.

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Okay? I'm not an idiot.

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I'm not risking Minx

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just so you can give
your pet project a boost.

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So this is about jealousy?

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Oh, my God, no.
I'm very... I'm very happy

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for you and your new
celebrity friend--

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[Doug] My editor, Joyce,

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Carl Sagan.

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Yeah, that kind of press
is a distraction.

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And what was that hatchet job
you did on my calendar?

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There it is.
So you were pissed.

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Doug, I spent hours curating

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this-this treasure trove
of feminist witticisms.

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It pulled focus
from the schlongs.

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Schlongs without context
are just schlongs, okay?

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It's the quotes
that make them Minx-y.

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God damn it.

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There it is, kid!
There's the pepper!

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Where was that in the meeting?

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[laid-back rock music plays]

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-[Shelly] Okay.
-[Lenny] We gotta go.

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Hey, and remember
Grandma's picking you up

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after school
for the sleepover today, okay?

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And if she pops
that second jug of wine,

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I want you to call.

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Well, Tommy has
a standing order

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to water down the Carlo Rossi
after 9:00.

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Oh, and don't worry
about going to the store.

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-I have time today.
-No way.

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You got enough
on your plate as hostess.

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And besides, I want
to make sure that you have

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plenty of energy for later.

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Oh, excuse me.

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[Lenny] Mm-hmm.

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[Shelly chuckles]

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-[Lenny] Mm.
-[Shelly chuckles]

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I have a test first period.

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Okay.
All right, get out of here.

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[Lenny] All right.

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Well, well,
good morning, lovebirds.

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[laughs]

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Hey, Harold and I were
wondering if you had

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a couple spots open at your
table for dinner tonight.

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You guys throw
the best parties.

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Right, Harold?
[laughs]

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Driving the bus today, Lenny?

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Must be in the doghouse.

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[Lenny] Nope, just, uh,

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enjoy spending time
with my children.

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[Shelly chuckles]

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I'm so sorry--
even with the leaf,

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we can only fit eight.

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Maybe next time?

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Okay.

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[engine turns over]

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You had one line, Harold.

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One.

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[singer]
♪ Talk about your yo-yo ♪

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[Bambi]
And this is where Richie sits.

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He used to be in the studio,

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but then
Life magazine called him

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"America's Picasso
of the Pecker."

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So, I gave him a work station
and two assistants.

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And over here is Tina.

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She got to choose
her own carpet.

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She went with the short pile
'cause she's classy.

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Is that you right there?

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[Bambi] Yeah.

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That was
from before my CFO days.

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[Simon]
You went from nude model

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to Chief Financial Officer?

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Chief Fun Officer.

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Yours sounds made-up.
[laughs]

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Also, I'm still
centerfold coordinating,

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which is a real job.

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But I'm looking
for my next gig here.

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Just waiting
for the stars to align.

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Speaking of stars,

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who do we have here?

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Astrologer, cosmetologist,

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and Beyond magazine's
editor emeritus,

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Mr. Carl Sagan.

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Hello.

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I'm almost none
of those things.

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Okay, bye, guys.

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Bye, Annie.

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Do you know where I could
find Joyce Prigger?

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[indistinct chatter]

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You one of those people
who can only write

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in the midst of chaos?

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[typewriter dings]

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Here you go.

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This should have
everything you need.

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Yeah, I-I think
I missed something.

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Oh, I wrote out
my answers in advance.

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[Simon] Right, but I didn't
submit any questions.

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I've done dozens of interviews,

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and 95% of the questions
are exactly the same.

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Um, I'm so sorry.
What was your name again?

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Annie Leibovitz.

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Right, okay, um, Ms. Leibovitz,

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could you please not
take my picture?

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It's her job.

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[Joyce]
Well, I'm trying to do mine.

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And you have caught me
on a very busy day.

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-"Where do you get your ideas?"
-[Joyce] Mm-hmm.

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"How do you find your models?

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What does your boyfriend think
about your job?"

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On that last one,
I push back firmly but gently.

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[Simon] I would never ask
that question.

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Well, you'd be the first.

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Then why don't you let me be?

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Talk to me about your book.
That's a big advance.

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Wh-what are you spending it on?

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Uh, T-bills and a new condo.

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Page three, halfway down.

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And if you'll excuse me,

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it looks like I'm needed
in a meeting.

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[jaunty music plays]

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I'm getting a bounce.

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That's dead skin.

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Son of a bitch.

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Pumice.

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♪ ♪

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Hey, Turtleneck, pumice stone.

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Technically not a stone.

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It's a mineral slurry.

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[Doug]
There's my handsome genius.

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Hey, you want
something to drink?

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A Fanta? You wanna get high?

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Richie's got some great grass.

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Forty-five minute drive
to Syracuse,

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two connecting flights
in coach,

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all for an interview that
doesn't seem to be happening.

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Oh, it's happening.
It is happening.

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Believe me, believe me.
When I told this reporter

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you were here,
he flipped his lid.

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Betrayed none
of that excitement

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-in our brief encounter.
-Oh, he's just nervous.

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He is beyond excited.

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[laughing] Beyond.

257
00:08:32,096 --> 00:08:33,722
Okay. I would like to get high.

258
00:08:33,889 --> 00:08:34,890
Okay, good.

259
00:08:35,057 --> 00:08:36,934
[country blues music plays]

260
00:08:37,101 --> 00:08:38,727
[PA grunting]

261
00:08:38,852 --> 00:08:41,897
♪ ♪

262
00:08:42,064 --> 00:08:44,608
Why are there
so many tumbleweeds?

263
00:08:44,775 --> 00:08:46,610
I asked you earlier.
You said more.

264
00:08:46,777 --> 00:08:48,070
I meant metaphorically.

265
00:08:48,237 --> 00:08:50,781
This is supposed to be
a lone tumbleweed.

266
00:08:50,948 --> 00:08:53,617
Well, you're not gonna
like that.

267
00:08:53,742 --> 00:08:54,743
-[Richie] Oh, my God.
-[Bambi] Babes...

268
00:08:54,910 --> 00:08:57,287
Wait, wait.
Can someone kill the fan?

269
00:08:57,454 --> 00:08:58,997
-What?
-[Bambi] The models are upset.

270
00:08:59,123 --> 00:09:01,125
[Richie] Good. The concept is
Dudes in Distress.

271
00:09:01,291 --> 00:09:02,835
No, they're model upset.

272
00:09:04,378 --> 00:09:06,547
The only way I can transform
into character

273
00:09:06,714 --> 00:09:08,507
is to know who tied me up.

274
00:09:08,674 --> 00:09:09,675
What's my moment before?

275
00:09:09,842 --> 00:09:10,968
Plus, my cock's
gonna look smaller

276
00:09:11,135 --> 00:09:12,302
if I'm further away.

277
00:09:12,469 --> 00:09:13,971
Even though
we all know it's not.

278
00:09:14,138 --> 00:09:16,265
Okay, everyone take five.

279
00:09:16,432 --> 00:09:18,517
And can someone give the talent
some umbrellas, please?

280
00:09:18,642 --> 00:09:20,102
[Bambi] Robert, Charlie.

281
00:09:22,396 --> 00:09:24,440
[Joyce] I hear we're having
model drama.

282
00:09:24,565 --> 00:09:26,984
Brando over here
is requesting special makeup.

283
00:09:27,151 --> 00:09:29,820
He's convinced his character
would be uncircumcised.

284
00:09:29,945 --> 00:09:31,947
Well, he's not wrong
from a historical perspective.

285
00:09:32,114 --> 00:09:34,116
But, uh, that's not
the problem here, right?

286
00:09:34,241 --> 00:09:35,367
The setup is not working.

287
00:09:35,534 --> 00:09:36,910
I know. Something's missing.

288
00:09:37,077 --> 00:09:38,829
-I just don't know what it is.
-It's not tumbleweeds.

289
00:09:38,954 --> 00:09:40,497
Okay, I thought
the "lone" was implied.

290
00:09:40,664 --> 00:09:42,624
Right, yes.

291
00:09:44,918 --> 00:09:46,378
How about this?

292
00:09:46,545 --> 00:09:48,088
You move on
to your secondary setups,

293
00:09:48,255 --> 00:09:49,590
and then by the time
we're ready for our centerfold,

294
00:09:49,757 --> 00:09:52,134
I will have a fix.

295
00:09:52,259 --> 00:09:53,135
Okay.

296
00:09:53,302 --> 00:09:54,678
[laid-back rock music plays]

297
00:09:54,803 --> 00:09:57,264
You know, I'm not one
to comment on creative,

298
00:09:57,431 --> 00:09:59,349
but this all seems a bit--

299
00:09:59,516 --> 00:10:00,601
Off. Yes, I know.

300
00:10:00,726 --> 00:10:01,977
-We're handling it.
-Yeah.

301
00:10:02,144 --> 00:10:04,438
I just don't want
to lose sight of our audience.

302
00:10:04,563 --> 00:10:07,816
I mean, Minx is a very
successful women's magazine.

303
00:10:07,983 --> 00:10:10,110
And this, two men together,

304
00:10:10,277 --> 00:10:12,488
I feel like this puts
a target on our back.

305
00:10:12,654 --> 00:10:14,031
A target?

306
00:10:14,198 --> 00:10:15,908
Well, there's
a whisper campaign

307
00:10:16,033 --> 00:10:19,077
that a good number
of our readers are homosexuals.

308
00:10:19,244 --> 00:10:20,746
Oh. Right, yeah.

309
00:10:20,913 --> 00:10:23,081
But, I don't know,
isn't it better if our work

310
00:10:23,248 --> 00:10:25,250
is interesting to all kinds
of different people?

311
00:10:25,417 --> 00:10:28,295
I mean, in an ideal world,
but we have advertisers

312
00:10:28,462 --> 00:10:31,507
that are paying specifically
to reach women.

313
00:10:31,673 --> 00:10:33,926
Let's not give them a reason
to question that.

314
00:10:34,092 --> 00:10:35,552
I will take care of it.

315
00:10:35,719 --> 00:10:36,887
I have complete confidence
in you.

316
00:10:37,054 --> 00:10:38,889
[Joyce chuckles]

317
00:10:39,056 --> 00:10:40,849
Doug wanted me to tell you
he solved the problem

318
00:10:41,016 --> 00:10:42,184
with the glow-in-the-dark mugs.

319
00:10:42,351 --> 00:10:44,228
He doesn't need you.

320
00:10:44,394 --> 00:10:45,354
The what?

321
00:10:46,480 --> 00:10:48,524
Why am I just hearing about
glow-in-the-dark mugs now?

322
00:10:48,649 --> 00:10:50,025
And who drinks coffee
in the dark?

323
00:10:50,192 --> 00:10:51,401
No one,
because it doesn't work.

324
00:10:51,568 --> 00:10:52,694
Consider it dead.
Here, go ahead with your day.

325
00:10:52,861 --> 00:10:53,695
-What?
-No, no, you're having a really

326
00:10:53,862 --> 00:10:55,030
-busy day.
-What are you doing?

327
00:10:55,197 --> 00:10:56,031
-You just go do your thing.
-Is that Carl Sa--

328
00:10:56,198 --> 00:10:57,533
-[Doug] No, no, no, no.
-Doug!

329
00:10:57,699 --> 00:10:59,076
Simon, can I talk
to you for a second?

330
00:10:59,243 --> 00:11:01,036
Come on in.
Carl, hit the lights, please.

331
00:11:01,161 --> 00:11:02,579
-I should probably--
-[Doug] I agree.

332
00:11:02,704 --> 00:11:04,039
[Carl] Black holes,

333
00:11:04,164 --> 00:11:06,917
infinitely dense,

334
00:11:07,042 --> 00:11:09,962
but exponentially fascinating.

335
00:11:10,128 --> 00:11:11,713
Oh, sweet Jesus.

336
00:11:11,880 --> 00:11:13,882
[Joyce huffs]

337
00:11:14,049 --> 00:11:15,717
-Where's Simon?
-He's in there with Doug.

338
00:11:15,884 --> 00:11:17,386
I just got used
as reporter bait.

339
00:11:17,553 --> 00:11:18,554
You need to talk to him.

340
00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:20,013
Oh, God, you too?

341
00:11:20,180 --> 00:11:21,598
I have enough on my plate
without Jann Wenner

342
00:11:21,765 --> 00:11:23,058
calling me complaining.

343
00:11:23,225 --> 00:11:24,309
We agreed
to let Rolling Stone do

344
00:11:24,476 --> 00:11:26,061
a feature about Bottom Dollar.

345
00:11:26,186 --> 00:11:28,063
You've got to give them
an angle.

346
00:11:28,230 --> 00:11:30,524
The point of view of the woman
at the center of it all.

347
00:11:31,859 --> 00:11:33,569
You're right.

348
00:11:33,735 --> 00:11:35,863
Point of view is everything.

349
00:11:36,029 --> 00:11:36,989
Yeah, right, okay.

350
00:11:37,155 --> 00:11:38,615
Um, I'll talk to Simon,

351
00:11:38,782 --> 00:11:41,451
but in return,
I'm gonna need some horses.

352
00:11:41,618 --> 00:11:42,828
How many horses?

353
00:11:42,995 --> 00:11:43,996
-Four.
-[Tina] One.

354
00:11:44,162 --> 00:11:45,455
-Three?
-One.

355
00:11:45,622 --> 00:11:47,416
Fine, one, but no Clydesdales.

356
00:11:47,583 --> 00:11:49,293
They're too cloppy.

357
00:11:49,459 --> 00:11:50,460
I was gonna give you two.

358
00:11:50,627 --> 00:11:51,712
-Is it too late to--
-Yes.

359
00:11:54,006 --> 00:11:55,924
Hello.
[chuckles]

360
00:11:56,091 --> 00:11:58,427
[twangy country music plays]

361
00:11:58,594 --> 00:12:01,138
[Bambi] Richie.

362
00:12:01,305 --> 00:12:02,890
You need to take better care
of yourself.

363
00:12:03,056 --> 00:12:04,016
Here.

364
00:12:04,182 --> 00:12:05,684
OJ and speed.

365
00:12:07,895 --> 00:12:09,104
I had an interesting chat

366
00:12:09,271 --> 00:12:11,648
with one of our cowboys
earlier.

367
00:12:11,773 --> 00:12:12,649
Which one?

368
00:12:12,816 --> 00:12:14,943
The one you slept with.

369
00:12:15,068 --> 00:12:15,986
More specific?

370
00:12:16,153 --> 00:12:17,571
Richie.

371
00:12:17,738 --> 00:12:19,823
[laughs] At the same time?

372
00:12:19,948 --> 00:12:21,617
When all the doors
finally open up for you,

373
00:12:21,783 --> 00:12:22,951
it's kind of hard
not to go through them.

374
00:12:23,118 --> 00:12:24,119
Been there.

375
00:12:24,286 --> 00:12:25,329
When Elvis pulled me

376
00:12:25,495 --> 00:12:26,747
out of that audience
in seventh grade,

377
00:12:26,872 --> 00:12:28,790
it was the start
of a fun few years.

378
00:12:28,916 --> 00:12:31,335
Then I cleaned up my act,
and look at him now.

379
00:12:31,460 --> 00:12:33,211
Slurring his words
in a sequined cape

380
00:12:33,378 --> 00:12:34,796
on a sad Vegas stage.

381
00:12:34,963 --> 00:12:35,964
I don't want that for you.

382
00:12:36,131 --> 00:12:37,883
I know.

383
00:12:38,050 --> 00:12:39,676
But we get invited

384
00:12:39,843 --> 00:12:42,262
to all these amazing events
every single night,

385
00:12:42,429 --> 00:12:45,182
and I can't believe
I get to be a part of it.

386
00:12:45,307 --> 00:12:46,642
Linda Ronstadt is having

387
00:12:46,808 --> 00:12:48,518
a private
listening party tonight.

388
00:12:48,644 --> 00:12:49,978
How can I skip that?

389
00:12:50,145 --> 00:12:52,648
Linda's having a moment,
and so are you.

390
00:12:52,814 --> 00:12:55,025
But Linda is still
putting out music,

391
00:12:55,150 --> 00:12:57,819
and you can't get your butt
through one photo shoot.

392
00:12:57,986 --> 00:13:00,197
You know you need to lay low
every once in a while.

393
00:13:00,322 --> 00:13:01,531
Rein it in, buddy.

394
00:13:01,698 --> 00:13:02,950
[horse whinnies]

395
00:13:06,328 --> 00:13:08,205
I had nothing to do with that.

396
00:13:08,372 --> 00:13:11,041
[pop rock music playing
over stereo]

397
00:13:11,208 --> 00:13:13,961
♪ ♪

398
00:13:29,643 --> 00:13:30,560
[Richie] That's right.

399
00:13:30,727 --> 00:13:31,520
And when you look at them,

400
00:13:31,687 --> 00:13:33,063
more powerful, please.

401
00:13:33,230 --> 00:13:34,231
More anguish.

402
00:13:34,398 --> 00:13:35,691
[horse whinnies]

403
00:13:35,857 --> 00:13:38,694
[quirky rock music plays]

404
00:13:38,860 --> 00:13:40,070
♪ ♪

405
00:13:40,236 --> 00:13:42,155
You squared the circle.

406
00:13:42,280 --> 00:13:43,532
Well done.

407
00:13:51,915 --> 00:13:53,542
It was missing a point of view.

408
00:13:53,709 --> 00:13:55,711
Needed a way in
for the audience.

409
00:13:57,170 --> 00:13:58,171
She speaks.

410
00:13:58,296 --> 00:13:59,339
Please, don't stop.

411
00:13:59,506 --> 00:14:01,299
Maybe she's there
to rescue them.

412
00:14:01,466 --> 00:14:04,052
Maybe she's there
to torment them.

413
00:14:04,219 --> 00:14:06,555
All we know is that
she has the power.

414
00:14:06,722 --> 00:14:08,765
What'd you have to do to get
a horse here in 30 minutes?

415
00:14:08,932 --> 00:14:10,767
Talk to you.

416
00:14:11,518 --> 00:14:12,853
-[door clicks shut]
-[Simon] Uh-huh.

417
00:14:13,020 --> 00:14:14,021
-All right.
-Not what I thought of

418
00:14:14,187 --> 00:14:15,731
when you said supply closet.

419
00:14:15,897 --> 00:14:17,899
Work here long enough, this
becomes Wite-Out and staplers.

420
00:14:18,066 --> 00:14:19,234
-[chuckles]
-You know, you've been doing

421
00:14:19,401 --> 00:14:21,069
an inelegant job
of avoiding me.

422
00:14:21,194 --> 00:14:22,404
I wasn't trying to hide it.

423
00:14:22,571 --> 00:14:23,655
I'd think you'd be
a little less squeamish

424
00:14:23,822 --> 00:14:25,073
for all the press you've done.

425
00:14:25,240 --> 00:14:26,616
Those were puff pieces, okay?

426
00:14:26,783 --> 00:14:28,952
We both know
that a shrewd journalist,

427
00:14:29,119 --> 00:14:31,788
someone who, I don't know,
say, interviewed Idi Amin,

428
00:14:31,913 --> 00:14:34,374
can take any little detail
about a powerful woman,

429
00:14:34,541 --> 00:14:36,251
and then use it against her.

430
00:14:36,418 --> 00:14:38,587
Okay, you know,
I-I raise my voice,

431
00:14:38,754 --> 00:14:40,422
"Abusive Bitch Claws Her Way
to the Top."

432
00:14:40,589 --> 00:14:42,632
I wear my heels too high,

433
00:14:42,799 --> 00:14:44,551
"Conniving Slut Sleeps Her Way
to the Middle."

434
00:14:44,718 --> 00:14:45,802
Look, I get it.

435
00:14:45,969 --> 00:14:47,262
We all want
to control the narrative.

436
00:14:47,387 --> 00:14:49,139
But you're leaving me
to fill in the blanks.

437
00:14:49,264 --> 00:14:51,558
Mm-hmm, and what is it
that you think you see?

438
00:14:51,725 --> 00:14:53,101
-Honestly?
-[Joyce] Mm-hmm.

439
00:14:53,268 --> 00:14:54,728
A woman gripping
the wheel so tight

440
00:14:54,895 --> 00:14:56,188
her fingers are about
to snap off.

441
00:14:57,564 --> 00:14:58,940
So what,

442
00:14:59,107 --> 00:15:01,276
"Skittish Control Freak Refuses
to Have Fun"?

443
00:15:01,443 --> 00:15:03,445
Nah, Joyce, listen.
I-I didn't come here

444
00:15:03,612 --> 00:15:05,697
to write about Bottom Dollar
or Minx.

445
00:15:05,822 --> 00:15:07,365
I came here to write about you.

446
00:15:07,532 --> 00:15:09,159
Because I think we're in
the middle of a revolution,

447
00:15:09,326 --> 00:15:10,619
and I thought you were
at the center of it.

448
00:15:10,786 --> 00:15:13,080
But you're just watching
from the sidelines.

449
00:15:13,246 --> 00:15:14,498
Okay, come on.
We're journalists.

450
00:15:14,623 --> 00:15:15,957
Observing is our job.

451
00:15:16,124 --> 00:15:17,459
Yeah, and sometimes
we can chase a story

452
00:15:17,626 --> 00:15:19,086
only to realize
there's nothing there.

453
00:15:22,089 --> 00:15:23,632
Uh, I...

454
00:15:23,799 --> 00:15:25,133
okay.

455
00:15:25,258 --> 00:15:27,636
[rock music plays]

456
00:15:27,803 --> 00:15:29,137
I'm so glad you finally

457
00:15:29,304 --> 00:15:30,514
sat down
with our friend, Simon.

458
00:15:30,639 --> 00:15:32,641
I'm sure it went swimmingly.

459
00:15:32,808 --> 00:15:34,643
Yes, very, very well.

460
00:15:34,810 --> 00:15:36,520
Well, I know you were hesitant
to do the interview,

461
00:15:36,645 --> 00:15:38,730
but you did it
because you understand

462
00:15:38,897 --> 00:15:41,316
the value of visibility.

463
00:15:41,483 --> 00:15:43,610
I was always more comfortable
in the shadows.

464
00:15:43,777 --> 00:15:45,195
It's safer there.

465
00:15:45,320 --> 00:15:47,823
Well, the world does love
to watch a strong woman fall.

466
00:15:47,989 --> 00:15:51,493
Which is why it's so important
that they watch you succeed.

467
00:15:51,660 --> 00:15:52,786
Mm?

468
00:15:52,911 --> 00:15:54,663
I'm proud of you
for taking that risk.

469
00:15:54,830 --> 00:15:56,331
I can't wait to read it.

470
00:15:56,498 --> 00:15:59,334
♪ ♪

471
00:16:03,797 --> 00:16:05,090
[Bambi] Hey.

472
00:16:05,215 --> 00:16:07,050
I just had
an interesting conversation

473
00:16:07,217 --> 00:16:08,510
with one
of our Rolling Stone friends.

474
00:16:08,635 --> 00:16:10,053
[sighs] Which one?

475
00:16:10,220 --> 00:16:12,389
The one you were rude to.

476
00:16:12,556 --> 00:16:13,515
More specific.

477
00:16:13,640 --> 00:16:14,891
[Bambi] Joyce.

478
00:16:15,058 --> 00:16:16,017
At the same time?

479
00:16:16,184 --> 00:16:17,227
What?

480
00:16:17,394 --> 00:16:19,813
No, it--I...

481
00:16:19,980 --> 00:16:22,107
look, when the world
is knocking at your door,

482
00:16:22,232 --> 00:16:25,193
it's very hard not to put up
a wall... with spikes.

483
00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:27,529
Okay, listen, I get it.

484
00:16:27,696 --> 00:16:29,948
Okay? You're having a moment.

485
00:16:30,115 --> 00:16:31,366
But there's more to this job

486
00:16:31,491 --> 00:16:33,243
than just putting out
a magazine.

487
00:16:33,410 --> 00:16:35,579
You're like the front woman
of a band,

488
00:16:35,704 --> 00:16:37,414
if bands had front women.

489
00:16:37,539 --> 00:16:38,665
-[chuckles]
-[Bambi] You need to take

490
00:16:38,832 --> 00:16:39,916
a night every once in a while

491
00:16:40,041 --> 00:16:42,252
and just have
a little fun, okay?

492
00:16:42,419 --> 00:16:43,587
I know you're that person too.

493
00:16:43,753 --> 00:16:45,964
Am I, though? Am I fun?

494
00:16:46,131 --> 00:16:48,216
For a successful person
with a big job,

495
00:16:48,383 --> 00:16:50,468
I'd say that you're...
pretty fun.

496
00:16:52,512 --> 00:16:54,639
You know, we do get invited
to a lot of cool stuff.

497
00:16:54,805 --> 00:16:57,391
Now's your chance to show Simon
that you're not just spikes.

498
00:16:57,559 --> 00:16:59,477
It was touch and go
at the start,

499
00:16:59,644 --> 00:17:02,105
a-and then ol' Carl,
he really turned on the charm.

500
00:17:02,272 --> 00:17:05,108
Tins, by the end, it was like
Simon was almost in tears.

501
00:17:05,233 --> 00:17:07,110
A hostage situation
with a happy ending.

502
00:17:07,276 --> 00:17:08,736
[Doug] Yeah, but that's
not even the best part.

503
00:17:08,904 --> 00:17:10,822
Carl was so happy
that he called his buddies

504
00:17:10,988 --> 00:17:13,824
over at NASA, a-and guess what?

505
00:17:13,992 --> 00:17:15,076
Beyond is going to be

506
00:17:15,243 --> 00:17:18,163
the official magazine
of Skylab.

507
00:17:18,330 --> 00:17:21,082
Look at you publishing
the first magazine in space.

508
00:17:21,249 --> 00:17:22,334
I'm gonna go
to Houston tomorrow,

509
00:17:22,500 --> 00:17:23,460
and I'm gonna seal the deal,

510
00:17:23,627 --> 00:17:24,628
and I want you to come with me.

511
00:17:24,794 --> 00:17:26,004
I want to turn it into

512
00:17:26,171 --> 00:17:28,131
a Doug and Tina
romantic weekend.

513
00:17:28,298 --> 00:17:30,008
Houston in July? Sounds sweaty.

514
00:17:30,133 --> 00:17:31,593
[laughs]
Think of this.

515
00:17:31,760 --> 00:17:35,388
The air-conditioned suite.
The pool.

516
00:17:35,555 --> 00:17:36,765
And if you play
your cards right,

517
00:17:36,932 --> 00:17:39,643
I'll take you on a day trip
to Galveston.

518
00:17:39,809 --> 00:17:40,977
All right, I'll come...

519
00:17:41,144 --> 00:17:42,771
if you finish
the Minx calendars.

520
00:17:42,938 --> 00:17:45,523
Bottom Dollar is going
interstellar, Tins.

521
00:17:45,690 --> 00:17:47,025
The calendars can wait.

522
00:17:47,192 --> 00:17:48,985
They're literally the most
time-sensitive product.

523
00:17:49,152 --> 00:17:51,196
You are killing me
with these calendars.

524
00:17:51,363 --> 00:17:54,199
I don't care about the merch.
I care about the magazines.

525
00:17:54,366 --> 00:17:56,409
And I know they call me
Mug Renetti behind my back

526
00:17:56,576 --> 00:17:58,286
like I'm some sort
of flea market peddler.

527
00:17:58,453 --> 00:18:00,372
It hurts my feelings.

528
00:18:00,538 --> 00:18:02,624
We all have parts of our jobs
we don't like.

529
00:18:02,791 --> 00:18:04,042
-Yeah.
-[Tina] Like reminding you

530
00:18:04,167 --> 00:18:05,794
to do your work,

531
00:18:05,961 --> 00:18:07,504
which is the job
of a secretary,

532
00:18:07,671 --> 00:18:08,922
if you kept one
for longer than a week.

533
00:18:09,089 --> 00:18:11,132
I would if one of 'em was
half as good as you,

534
00:18:11,299 --> 00:18:12,634
believe me,
but I can't find a good one.

535
00:18:12,801 --> 00:18:14,594
Hey, um, Doug, quick question.

536
00:18:14,719 --> 00:18:16,304
I hope it's not
about merchandise.

537
00:18:16,471 --> 00:18:18,139
Um, it's about the fires
in the parking lot.

538
00:18:18,265 --> 00:18:20,850
-What?
-Yeah, loose hay, smokers.

539
00:18:21,017 --> 00:18:22,769
Do you make a Minx ashtray?

540
00:18:24,938 --> 00:18:26,523
Glass or ceramic?

541
00:18:26,690 --> 00:18:28,650
[indistinct chatter]

542
00:18:28,775 --> 00:18:31,486
[glass clinking]

543
00:18:35,532 --> 00:18:36,992
We're all friends here.

544
00:18:37,158 --> 00:18:40,120
Some might say
the closest of friends.

545
00:18:40,287 --> 00:18:42,664
So I have to ask,

546
00:18:42,789 --> 00:18:47,085
which one of you had sex
with my husband in our house?

547
00:18:51,214 --> 00:18:52,549
No, I mean last month.

548
00:18:54,259 --> 00:18:56,428
Mm-hmm. Okay.

549
00:18:56,553 --> 00:18:58,805
What did we say about
loose-fitting jewelry, hmm?

550
00:18:58,972 --> 00:19:01,933
Come on, guys,
French clasps and studs only.

551
00:19:02,100 --> 00:19:04,185
We still have a toddler who
will put anything in her mouth.

552
00:19:04,352 --> 00:19:05,395
Sounds like Henrietta.

553
00:19:05,520 --> 00:19:08,523
[laughter]

554
00:19:08,690 --> 00:19:09,983
[Henrietta] Sorry, Shelly.

555
00:19:10,150 --> 00:19:11,526
Oh, I mean Mistress Bella.

556
00:19:11,693 --> 00:19:13,445
I'll forgive it this time.

557
00:19:13,611 --> 00:19:14,779
[clears throat]

558
00:19:17,324 --> 00:19:21,202
Tonight, Bella LaRouche has
chosen a theme.

559
00:19:21,328 --> 00:19:23,538
Sadie Hawkins.

560
00:19:23,705 --> 00:19:26,875
Ladies choose their partners.

561
00:19:31,087 --> 00:19:32,505
Eeny...

562
00:19:32,672 --> 00:19:35,008
meeny...

563
00:19:35,175 --> 00:19:36,885
miny...

564
00:19:37,052 --> 00:19:39,721
miny...

565
00:19:39,888 --> 00:19:41,348
mine.

566
00:19:43,892 --> 00:19:46,603
Ugh, stop pouring that swill
immediately.

567
00:19:48,021 --> 00:19:51,900
A gift
from Charles de Gaulle to me,

568
00:19:52,067 --> 00:19:53,818
and now from me to you.

569
00:19:53,985 --> 00:19:56,237
I'll save my "Jacques Daniels"
for another day.

570
00:19:58,990 --> 00:20:01,826
You know, I think you liked me
more when I was here less.

571
00:20:01,951 --> 00:20:03,536
I feel that way about everyone.

572
00:20:03,703 --> 00:20:05,121
[Constance] Mm.

573
00:20:05,288 --> 00:20:07,749
If I overstepped this morning,

574
00:20:07,916 --> 00:20:09,376
I apologize.

575
00:20:09,542 --> 00:20:11,336
On the bright side,
you're the proud owner

576
00:20:11,503 --> 00:20:14,631
of 263 lightly used
tumbleweeds.

577
00:20:14,798 --> 00:20:18,843
You know, you're the only one
that Joyce and Doug listen to.

578
00:20:19,010 --> 00:20:22,555
And if powerful people listen
only to you,

579
00:20:22,722 --> 00:20:25,350
that means you're the one
with all the power.

580
00:20:25,475 --> 00:20:26,851
It only works
if no one notices.

581
00:20:27,018 --> 00:20:28,770
Hmm.
Well, how about you let me in

582
00:20:28,937 --> 00:20:31,439
on a few more secrets?

583
00:20:31,606 --> 00:20:33,775
I've been looking
into Minx's revenue projection

584
00:20:33,942 --> 00:20:36,277
for the next 24 months.

585
00:20:36,444 --> 00:20:38,405
What are your comps?

586
00:20:38,571 --> 00:20:39,781
Nothing.

587
00:20:39,948 --> 00:20:41,032
Nothing?

588
00:20:41,199 --> 00:20:42,534
[Tina] I had to create my own.

589
00:20:44,119 --> 00:20:48,498
These are sales
for every BDP title.

590
00:20:48,665 --> 00:20:50,291
Kung Fu Cuties.

591
00:20:50,458 --> 00:20:52,502
Feet! Feet! Feet!

592
00:20:52,669 --> 00:20:54,129
Yank My Doodle.

593
00:20:54,295 --> 00:20:55,964
Oh, vulgar and patriotic.

594
00:20:56,131 --> 00:20:57,966
All high floor, low ceiling.

595
00:20:58,133 --> 00:21:01,511
Dependable,
but marginal profit.

596
00:21:01,678 --> 00:21:04,139
Minx is different.

597
00:21:04,305 --> 00:21:07,016
If there's a ceiling,
I don't know where it is.

598
00:21:07,183 --> 00:21:10,103
That's the first time
I've seen you smile all day.

599
00:21:10,270 --> 00:21:12,897
Huge margins have
that effect on me.

600
00:21:13,064 --> 00:21:14,566
We're gonna get along
just fine.

601
00:21:14,732 --> 00:21:16,693
[both chuckle]

602
00:21:16,860 --> 00:21:19,487
[rock music plays]

603
00:21:19,612 --> 00:21:20,947
♪ ♪

604
00:21:21,114 --> 00:21:23,241
I haven't spent enough time
in the desert.

605
00:21:23,408 --> 00:21:25,493
You are making
a compelling case.

606
00:21:25,660 --> 00:21:27,120
You gotta come next time.

607
00:21:27,245 --> 00:21:28,913
There's always room on the bus.

608
00:21:29,080 --> 00:21:31,916
-[musician] We're on soon.
-Okay. [laughs]

609
00:21:32,041 --> 00:21:33,042
How do you two know each other?

610
00:21:33,209 --> 00:21:34,627
Oh, come on.
How can you live in LA

611
00:21:34,794 --> 00:21:36,796
and not know Jackson Browne?

612
00:21:36,921 --> 00:21:38,006
Sure, sure.

613
00:21:38,173 --> 00:21:39,841
That was Glenn Frey.

614
00:21:40,008 --> 00:21:43,011
Of the Eagles.

615
00:21:43,178 --> 00:21:45,388
Joyce, I'm a reporter
for Rolling Stone.

616
00:21:45,555 --> 00:21:47,182
I know every person
in this place.

617
00:21:47,348 --> 00:21:48,516
Okay, if you're trying
to prove something,

618
00:21:48,683 --> 00:21:50,226
you picked
the wrong place to do it.

619
00:21:50,351 --> 00:21:52,312
Joyce Prigger,
as I live and breathe.

620
00:21:52,479 --> 00:21:54,522
Well, hello, Linda Ronstadt.

621
00:21:54,689 --> 00:21:56,524
-Richie sends his regard.
-[Linda] Mwah.

622
00:21:56,649 --> 00:21:59,235
You and Simon Michaels.

623
00:21:59,360 --> 00:22:00,695
Don't tell this man anything.

624
00:22:00,862 --> 00:22:03,072
[laughs]
Don't worry, she hasn't.

625
00:22:03,239 --> 00:22:06,034
We've been having a raging
debate on the pay gap in music.

626
00:22:06,201 --> 00:22:07,869
Sonny and Cher are
in a bad place.

627
00:22:08,036 --> 00:22:09,537
We need your help.

628
00:22:09,704 --> 00:22:11,498
-I got you, babe.
-[Linda] Okay.

629
00:22:11,664 --> 00:22:13,291
[Joyce] You get it?
You get that?

630
00:22:13,458 --> 00:22:15,293
I'm so glad we finally got you
out to one of these things.

631
00:22:15,460 --> 00:22:17,420
Me too, Linda.

632
00:22:17,587 --> 00:22:20,215
And as the black hole pulls
your body apart,

633
00:22:20,381 --> 00:22:25,094
galaxies form and explode
before you over the span

634
00:22:25,220 --> 00:22:29,599
of tens of thousands of years.

635
00:22:29,766 --> 00:22:31,935
[psychedelic music plays]

636
00:22:32,101 --> 00:22:34,979
Well, that is the fifth time
I've heard that today,

637
00:22:35,104 --> 00:22:37,232
and, uh...

638
00:22:37,398 --> 00:22:39,692
I still don't get it.
[laughs]

639
00:22:39,859 --> 00:22:41,778
[Constance] Oh, you're so much
more fun to get high with

640
00:22:41,903 --> 00:22:44,322
than that drip, Arthur Miller.

641
00:22:46,449 --> 00:22:47,408
[timer ringing]

642
00:22:47,575 --> 00:22:48,993
Oh, that's my cue.

643
00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:50,870
Burbank airport awaits.

644
00:22:51,037 --> 00:22:53,414
[Doug] Well, guess who's
flying first class?

645
00:22:53,581 --> 00:22:55,833
She sprung for it,
all three legs.

646
00:22:55,959 --> 00:22:56,834
That's nice.

647
00:22:57,001 --> 00:22:58,753
Fly safe, my dear.

648
00:23:02,090 --> 00:23:03,883
[Doug] Huh? Huh?

649
00:23:04,050 --> 00:23:06,010
He is a treasure.

650
00:23:06,177 --> 00:23:08,012
He's ours too. We've got him.

651
00:23:08,179 --> 00:23:09,055
-[chuckles]
-[Constance] Mm-hmm.

652
00:23:09,222 --> 00:23:11,558
If you like that,
I got another magazine idea

653
00:23:11,683 --> 00:23:12,976
that's gonna knock
your socks off.

654
00:23:13,142 --> 00:23:15,645
-Okay.
-It's about the working rich.

655
00:23:15,812 --> 00:23:17,397
I wanna call it Jetset.

656
00:23:17,564 --> 00:23:19,315
That's very niche.

657
00:23:19,482 --> 00:23:21,067
No, I say targeted.

658
00:23:21,234 --> 00:23:24,362
I think it's time that we start
streamlining operations,

659
00:23:24,529 --> 00:23:26,155
cut loose
some of the underperformers.

660
00:23:26,322 --> 00:23:27,448
Yeah, I agree.

661
00:23:29,117 --> 00:23:31,953
What, uh...
which ones are you thinking?

662
00:23:32,120 --> 00:23:33,538
-Kung Fu Cuties.
-Kung Fu Cuties.

663
00:23:33,705 --> 00:23:36,791
And Feet! Feet! Feet!

664
00:23:36,958 --> 00:23:38,209
-Really?
-[Constance] Yeah.

665
00:23:39,919 --> 00:23:42,005
Well, that one stings,
I'm gonna be honest.

666
00:23:42,130 --> 00:23:44,424
This one's gonna
sting the most, then.

667
00:23:44,591 --> 00:23:47,051
I've decided to not
move forward with Beyond.

668
00:23:49,512 --> 00:23:52,098
-[chuckles]
-Yeah.

669
00:23:52,223 --> 00:23:53,141
You're kidding me.

670
00:23:53,308 --> 00:23:54,475
No.

671
00:23:54,642 --> 00:23:57,061
But you just sent Carl
first class.

672
00:23:59,355 --> 00:24:01,649
You just sent Carl first class.

673
00:24:01,816 --> 00:24:04,319
The ceiling for science
is just not high,

674
00:24:04,485 --> 00:24:07,322
and it's a misuse
of our most valuable resource.

675
00:24:07,488 --> 00:24:08,531
Which would be what?

676
00:24:08,698 --> 00:24:10,283
You.

677
00:24:10,408 --> 00:24:13,828
Your merchandise has made
more money for this company

678
00:24:13,995 --> 00:24:17,123
in the last six months than
anything in its entire history.

679
00:24:17,290 --> 00:24:19,208
I could just do so much more,
I promise you.

680
00:24:19,375 --> 00:24:21,711
No, but I need you to come up
with more ideas,

681
00:24:21,878 --> 00:24:24,213
your big Renetti ideas,

682
00:24:24,380 --> 00:24:27,008
for Minx.

683
00:24:27,175 --> 00:24:28,676
-All right?
-Yeah, okay.

684
00:24:28,843 --> 00:24:30,511
Carl Sagan is not
the only genius

685
00:24:30,678 --> 00:24:33,056
that I got high with tonight.

686
00:24:33,222 --> 00:24:35,725
You know, they're calling you
Mug Renetti around the office.

687
00:24:35,892 --> 00:24:37,393
You're goddamn right, they are.

688
00:24:39,854 --> 00:24:42,023
[both chuckle]

689
00:24:48,529 --> 00:24:50,823
I could never date a civilian.

690
00:24:50,990 --> 00:24:52,742
But I really shouldn't
date musicians either.

691
00:24:52,909 --> 00:24:54,994
So you have to find someone
that's close enough

692
00:24:55,161 --> 00:24:55,995
to what you do
that they get it...

693
00:24:56,162 --> 00:24:57,872
-[Joyce] Mm-hmm.
-[Linda] But far enough away

694
00:24:58,039 --> 00:25:00,667
that they're cool riding
in the passenger seat.

695
00:25:00,792 --> 00:25:02,377
So I could date a musician.

696
00:25:02,543 --> 00:25:04,003
Only if you want herpes.

697
00:25:04,128 --> 00:25:05,129
-Oh, my God.
-[both giggle]

698
00:25:05,296 --> 00:25:06,130
[person]
Linda, you're on, babe.

699
00:25:06,297 --> 00:25:07,882
-That's me.
-Okay.

700
00:25:10,218 --> 00:25:11,386
[sighs]

701
00:25:13,054 --> 00:25:15,723
Oh, hi. Me? Um...

702
00:25:15,890 --> 00:25:18,685
[rock music plays]

703
00:25:18,851 --> 00:25:20,269
♪ ♪

704
00:25:20,436 --> 00:25:21,562
Yes.
[laughs]

705
00:25:22,855 --> 00:25:24,899
[sniffs]
Oh, fuck.

706
00:25:25,066 --> 00:25:26,359
[clears throat]
That's like night coffee.

707
00:25:26,526 --> 00:25:27,568
[Linda] All right.

708
00:25:27,694 --> 00:25:29,237
I am gonna play a few songs

709
00:25:29,362 --> 00:25:30,405
off the new album tonight.

710
00:25:30,571 --> 00:25:31,906
But I thought first,

711
00:25:32,073 --> 00:25:33,950
we could warm things up
with a little jam.

712
00:25:34,117 --> 00:25:36,160
So, Graham, get up here.

713
00:25:36,327 --> 00:25:38,579
Uh, JD, where is my baby?

714
00:25:38,746 --> 00:25:41,082
And--oh, Judee Sill,
I know you're mad at me,

715
00:25:41,249 --> 00:25:43,084
but I need you on guitar.

716
00:25:43,251 --> 00:25:44,836
And I need a volunteer
for shakers.

717
00:25:45,002 --> 00:25:46,212
Me!

718
00:25:46,379 --> 00:25:47,964
-Get up here, Joyce Prigger.
-Okay.

719
00:25:48,131 --> 00:25:49,757
-[Linda] Are you guys ready?
-[drum beating]

720
00:25:49,924 --> 00:25:51,718
First chair French horn.
[laughs]

721
00:25:54,762 --> 00:25:58,307
♪ I've been cheated ♪

722
00:25:58,474 --> 00:26:01,728
♪ Been mistreated ♪

723
00:26:01,894 --> 00:26:06,899
♪ When will I be loved? ♪

724
00:26:07,066 --> 00:26:08,276
[Shelly] Don't finish yet.

725
00:26:08,443 --> 00:26:10,653
Hold it. Hold it.

726
00:26:10,820 --> 00:26:13,281
Wallace. Look at me.

727
00:26:13,406 --> 00:26:15,116
Not in the eyes.

728
00:26:15,283 --> 00:26:17,785
I said look away,
you little shit.

729
00:26:17,952 --> 00:26:19,454
[Bambi] Hey, Doug.

730
00:26:19,620 --> 00:26:20,830
Um, I took some initiative

731
00:26:20,997 --> 00:26:22,373
and finished
the Minx calendars for you.

732
00:26:22,540 --> 00:26:24,208
Oh, that's unexpected, Bambs.

733
00:26:24,375 --> 00:26:26,961
It's pretty complicated work

734
00:26:27,086 --> 00:26:28,796
to do all that stuff,
but, uh...

735
00:26:32,091 --> 00:26:34,135
-You did this?
-Yeah.

736
00:26:34,302 --> 00:26:35,678
-[Doug] It's great.
-Thank you.

737
00:26:35,845 --> 00:26:37,180
You kept the pictures big,

738
00:26:37,346 --> 00:26:40,016
and you even got Joyce's
boring quotes in there, Bambs.

739
00:26:40,183 --> 00:26:42,143
Yeah, well,
the image is the real draw,

740
00:26:42,268 --> 00:26:44,020
so I put the quotes
in complimentary colors

741
00:26:44,187 --> 00:26:45,521
so they fade
into the background.

742
00:26:45,688 --> 00:26:47,690
It's excellent.

743
00:26:47,857 --> 00:26:49,317
I would like you to consider it

744
00:26:49,484 --> 00:26:51,903
my application
to be your secretary.

745
00:26:52,069 --> 00:26:54,697
If I'm gonna be Bottom Dollar
CFO for real someday,

746
00:26:54,864 --> 00:26:56,949
I need to apprentice
with the smartest man I know.

747
00:26:57,116 --> 00:26:58,493
And that's you.

748
00:26:58,659 --> 00:27:00,912
And Colonel Tom Parker,
but he's busy.

749
00:27:02,538 --> 00:27:03,623
Think about it.

750
00:27:05,833 --> 00:27:06,876
[sighs]

751
00:27:08,211 --> 00:27:09,295
[Lenny huffs]

752
00:27:09,420 --> 00:27:11,422
I'm really giving it
to her in there.

753
00:27:11,547 --> 00:27:13,674
Hey, Wallace is crying...

754
00:27:13,841 --> 00:27:15,426
-in a good way.
-[laughs]

755
00:27:15,593 --> 00:27:18,930
[Linda]
♪ When I find a new man ♪

756
00:27:19,055 --> 00:27:22,225
♪ That I want for mine ♪

757
00:27:22,350 --> 00:27:25,686
♪ He always breaks
My heart in two ♪

758
00:27:25,853 --> 00:27:30,733
♪ It happens every time ♪

759
00:27:30,900 --> 00:27:35,363
♪ Oh, I've been cheated ♪

760
00:27:35,530 --> 00:27:38,491
♪ Been mistreated... ♪

761
00:27:40,660 --> 00:27:41,744
Great party tonight, hon.

762
00:27:41,869 --> 00:27:42,954
[Shelly] Mm.

763
00:27:43,120 --> 00:27:44,413
Don't stay up too late.

764
00:27:44,539 --> 00:27:47,375
Len, I was, um,

765
00:27:47,542 --> 00:27:49,710
thinking about going back
to Minx.

766
00:27:49,877 --> 00:27:52,213
Oh. It's about time.

767
00:27:52,380 --> 00:27:56,217
[Linda]
♪ Tell me, when will I ♪

768
00:27:56,384 --> 00:27:59,220
♪ Be ♪

769
00:27:59,345 --> 00:28:05,226
♪ Loved? ♪

770
00:28:05,393 --> 00:28:06,435
You know, you looked
dangerously close

771
00:28:06,602 --> 00:28:07,854
to having a good time tonight.

772
00:28:08,020 --> 00:28:11,232
[scoffs] Yeah, I think
that was the cocaine.

773
00:28:11,399 --> 00:28:12,567
[chuckles]

774
00:28:16,737 --> 00:28:19,365
Hey, I'm sorry
for torturing you today.

775
00:28:19,532 --> 00:28:21,117
I've actually been tortured.

776
00:28:21,242 --> 00:28:22,159
Today was fun.

777
00:28:22,326 --> 00:28:23,911
I met Carl Sagan.

778
00:28:24,078 --> 00:28:26,080
[Joyce laughs]

779
00:28:26,247 --> 00:28:27,582
It's just...

780
00:28:30,167 --> 00:28:31,961
Look, a lot of the people
that you've profiled

781
00:28:32,128 --> 00:28:34,380
have then taken a fall.

782
00:28:34,547 --> 00:28:37,341
You mean the ones
with death camps.

783
00:28:37,508 --> 00:28:39,260
Yeah, and others.
[scoffs]

784
00:28:39,427 --> 00:28:41,304
I see.

785
00:28:45,433 --> 00:28:47,393
I've gotten
everything I've ever wanted,

786
00:28:47,560 --> 00:28:51,522
and it's happened
so fast, and...

787
00:28:51,689 --> 00:28:53,900
And now you're thinking,
what if you just got lucky?

788
00:28:55,902 --> 00:28:59,614
Like, what if I screw it up?

789
00:28:59,780 --> 00:29:02,199
And then it's just
all just gone again.

790
00:29:02,366 --> 00:29:04,493
[sighs] What then?

791
00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:07,038
I mean, it's possible.

792
00:29:07,204 --> 00:29:08,998
[Joyce scoffs]

793
00:29:09,165 --> 00:29:11,626
But I have been
testing another theory.

794
00:29:11,751 --> 00:29:12,793
Yeah?

795
00:29:12,960 --> 00:29:14,378
Watching you,

796
00:29:14,545 --> 00:29:16,213
reading your magazines,

797
00:29:16,380 --> 00:29:18,883
talking to just about everyone
who knows you...

798
00:29:21,093 --> 00:29:23,930
...have you ever considered
that maybe

799
00:29:24,096 --> 00:29:26,140
you are exactly
where you belong?

800
00:29:28,100 --> 00:29:30,019
It's okay to like it.

801
00:29:34,649 --> 00:29:38,319
[Mick Ronson's
"Only After Dark" playing]

802
00:29:38,486 --> 00:29:41,989
[Mick] ♪ I feel my spirit fly ♪

803
00:29:43,783 --> 00:29:45,242
♪ Only after dark ♪

804
00:29:47,328 --> 00:29:51,582
[vocalizing]

805
00:29:51,749 --> 00:29:55,378
♪ I kiss the world goodbye ♪

806
00:29:57,004 --> 00:29:58,631
♪ Only after dark ♪

807
00:30:00,633 --> 00:30:04,762
[vocalizing]

808
00:30:04,929 --> 00:30:08,516
♪ Nights
With the city lights ♪

809
00:30:10,184 --> 00:30:11,936
♪ Only after dark ♪

810
00:30:13,688 --> 00:30:18,067
[vocalizing]

811
00:30:18,192 --> 00:30:21,779
♪ Run like the wonder way ♪

812
00:30:23,531 --> 00:30:26,200
♪ Only after dark ♪

813
00:30:26,367 --> 00:30:31,205
[vocalizing]

814
00:30:31,330 --> 00:30:36,585
♪ Won't you disappear ♪

815
00:30:36,752 --> 00:30:38,671
♪ Into midnight with me? ♪

816
00:30:38,838 --> 00:30:40,381
♪ Why don't you come? ♪

817
00:30:40,506 --> 00:30:41,882
♪ Why won't you come? ♪

818
00:30:42,049 --> 00:30:44,343
♪ Why won't you fly
Fly, fly? ♪

819
00:30:44,510 --> 00:30:49,348
♪ Sweet elusive fate ♪

820
00:30:49,473 --> 00:30:52,893
♪ Will be our company ♪

821
00:30:53,060 --> 00:30:55,896
♪ ♪

