:43:00
Right you are. Thank you, sir.
:43:04
If anybody else says it's like old
times, I'll jump out the window!
:43:09
First the doorman,
then the call boy,
:43:12
now the stage manager.
:43:14
It's me, Postant.
:43:16
It's like old times seeing you here
again putting on your war paint.
:43:21
I'll be down
watching the other acts.
:43:24
Yes, like old times.
Only in those days you were drunk.
:43:29
I'm supposed to be funnier
when I'm drunk.
:43:31
Maybe, but you were killing yourself.
:43:33
You know, anything for a laugh.
How's the house?
:43:36
Packed. Every face card in Europe
is out there:
:43:39
Kings, queens, jacks...
:43:41
- Is Neville out there?
- Yes. Came up specially.
:43:45
And what a program!
:43:47
Take a look at that. Every star
in the business is appearing.
:43:51
It'll be something,
following all this talent.
:43:53
Don't worry. Tonight you'll
make them look like amateurs.
:43:57
That's all any of us are. Amateurs.
:43:59
We don't live long enough
to be anything else.
:44:03
Well, as one old amateur
to another...
:44:07
- Good luck.
- Thank you, Mr. Postant.
:44:37
Come in.
:44:43
How do I look?
:44:45
Funny.
:44:46
I know what you're thinking,
my health and all that.
:44:50
But I had to take a drink.
:44:52
There's a creamy white light
turning off and on in my stomach.
:44:56
And that's not so good,
if I'm to be a success tonight.
:44:59
Is it really worth it?