:35:00
It was all sex, scandal,
brutal crime, sports...
:35:02
children with incurable diseases
and lost puppies.
:35:06
So I won't listen to protestations
of high standards of journalism...
:35:09
when you're on the streets, soliciting
audiences like the rest of us.
:35:12
All I'm saying is, if you're going
to hustle, at least do it right.
:35:16
I'm going to bring this up at tomorrow's
meeting, but I don't like hassles.
:35:19
I was hoping we could work this out
between us. That's why I'm here.
:35:24
And I was hoping you were looking for
an emotional involvement...
:35:27
with a craggy, middle-aged man.
:35:30
I wouldn't rule that out entirely.
:35:36
All right, Diana...
:35:38
bring up all your ideas at the meeting,
because if you don't, I will.
:35:43
I think Howard's making
a goddamn fool of himself...
:35:45
and so does everybody that Howard
and I know in this industry.
:35:49
It was a fluke.
Didn't work.
:35:53
So tomorrow, Howard goes back
to the old format...
:35:56
and all of this gutter depravity
comes to an end.
:36:11
I don't get it.
:36:14
You hung around until 7:30
and then came down here...
:36:17
just to pitch a couple
of loony show-biz ideas...
:36:20
when you knew goddamn well
I'd laugh you right out of the office.
:36:24
I don't get it.
:36:26
What's your scam in this?
:36:29
My visit here tonight was a gesture made
out of your stature in the industry...
:36:35
and because I personally admired you
since I was a kid...
:36:38
majoring in speech
at the University of Missouri.
:36:42
Sooner or later, with or without you,
I'm going to take over your news show.
:36:45
I figured I might as well start tonight.
:36:49
I think I once gave a lecture...
:36:52
at the University of Missouri.
:36:55
I was in the audience. I had
a schoolgirl crush on you for months.