:18:01
Except that Mrs Payne Whitney Smith
is a catatonic.
:18:04
Well, we don't consider her
a catatonic, just quiet.
:18:08
Jesus, this is the worst.
This is really embarrassing to me.
:18:12
- I mean, I... This is so antiseptic...
- No, wrong. That's very chancy material.
:18:17
- How do you see this as chancy?
- Who fights more with the censor?
:18:21
What has the censor got to do with it?
There's no substance to the comedy.
:18:25
- You don't find this insightful?
- Worse than not insightful. It's not funny.
:18:29
- There's not a legitimate laugh.
- That's funny.
:18:32
- Look at the audience.
- You're going by audience reaction?
:18:35
This is an audience raised on TV.
:18:37
Their standards have been lowered
over the years.
:18:41
They watch their sets and the gamma
rays eat the white cells of their brains out.
:18:45
- I quit. I can't write this any more.
- Relax. Take a lude.
:18:49
I don't want a lude. All you do is drop
ludes, then Percodans and angel dust.
:18:54
Naturally, it seems funny.
Anything would if you're...
:18:58
You should abandon the show
and open a pharmaceutical house. I quit.
:19:02
Ike, you're being silly.
:19:05
We've talked to them about that.
:19:07
- Don't break her neck.
- I won't. That's fine.
:19:10
What did I do? I made a terrible mistake.
:19:12
- It's the first smart thing you've done.
- I've screwed myself up completely.
:19:16
For about 30 seconds I was a big hero,
and now it's directly to unemployment.
:19:21
If you need money, I'll take care of it.
:19:23
That's not the point.
I got enough for a year.
:19:26
If I live like Mahatma Gandhi, I'm fine.
:19:29
My accountant says I did this
at a very bad time. My stocks are down.
:19:33
I'm cash poor or something.
I got no cash flow.
:19:36
I'm not liquid, something's not flowing.
They got a language all their own.
:19:40
We discussed this. It's difficult
to live here without a big income.
:19:44
Yeah, plus I got two alimonies and
child support. You know, I gotta cut down.
:19:49
I'll have to give up my apartment.
:19:51
I'm not gonna be able to
play tennis, pick checks up at dinner,
:19:54
or take the Southampton house.
:19:59
Plus I'll probably have to give
my parents less money. It'll kill my father.