:20:01
You don't shoot a victim first, do you?
:20:04
- Why'd you laugh before?
- When?
:20:07
When I asked you if Mr Franklin was
the other half of the writing team.
:20:11
- Did I laugh?
- Yep.
:20:13
Maybe it was the way you put it.
:20:15
Writing team. Maybe I shouldn't say it,
:20:19
but Ken hasn't written a word
of a Mrs Melville novel in years.
:20:23
Mrs Melville? Who's Mrs Melville?
:20:25
The character that Jim and Ken created.
:20:28
The one who solves all the crimes brilliantly.
:20:31
Well, why did your husband put up with it?
:20:34
What I mean is, him doing all the work.
:20:37
Well, there were compensations.
:20:39
Ken did the publicity,
went on all the talk shows
:20:43
and he did interviews
and cultivated the film people.
:20:47
He contributed.
He just didn't do any of the writing.
:20:51
Boy, I'll tell you, I'd love to be a writer.
That's a terrific talent.
:20:56
Where did he get all the ideas?
:20:58
Oh, from almost anything.
:21:00
People. Magazines.
:21:03
Conversations.
:21:05
I'm constantly finding scraps of paper
and old matchbook covers
:21:09
all over the house with notes and ideas.
:21:12
And those were mysteries, too,
weren't they, huh?
:21:15
They're tricky. I'll tell you that.
I could never figure those things out.
:21:19
Well, it got harder. Maybe that's why
he decided to go out on his own.
:21:24
- Really? I didn't know that.
- He wanted to do some serious work.
:21:27
No kidding?
:21:30
How did Mr Franklin take that?
:21:33
Not very well.
:21:36
But he'll get over it.
:21:38
- Gee, I'd hate to be in his shoes.
- Why?
:21:41
You got a writing team, they're famous,
they break up and what happens?
:21:45
One fella continues writing books
and the other just stops.
:21:49
That's what I keep telling Jim, that sooner
or later, people are bound to find out.
:21:55
- That your husband did all the writing?
- Mm.