:18:00
This is not my doing.
Amanda did the whole adoption.
:18:02
I just resisted.
I complained, like a jerk.
:18:05
I mean, a good father, a dynamite mother
produces a kid like Max.
:18:09
I think the father's dead,
you know.
:18:13
- The mother?
:18:18
Don't go any further!
:18:20
I know what you're thinking,
Lenny, and forget it.
:18:22
How can I forget it?
The thought's been put into my head.
:18:25
Oh, cursed fate. Certain thoughts
are better left unthunk.
:18:29
I'll bet this kid
has a dynamite mother.
:18:32
What makes you think he didn't
inherit everything from his father?
:18:35
Everything? That's very unlikely.
But I'm gonna find out.
:18:37
Let sleeping dogs lie.
:18:40
- I'll bet she's great.
- Curiosity. That's what kills us.
:18:43
Not muggers or all that bullshit
about the ozone layer.
It's our own hearts and minds.
:18:47
- I'm gonna find out.
- Please, Lenny, don't be a schmuck.
:18:51
I remember the adoption vaguely because
I'm somewhat friendly with Amanda.
:18:57
But it was not that long ago
that we-- that we did it.
:18:59
I recall trying to
expedite matters for her.
:19:02
I somehow think it was
a single parent with no father.
:19:07
Right. Exactly. So-So how--
Is it possible for me to get the name--
:19:10
I'd like the name
of the mother, if I could.
:19:12
That remains forever
in our files.
:19:14
Even if I have it, I can't give it
to you. May I ask why you want to know?
:19:18
Yes, 'cause I-I--
I'm curious about it...
:19:20
and I'm trying to get
all the information that I can.
:19:23
- So, so--
- I'm sorry. That's all
I can help you with.
:19:26
There's no possibility
of, uh--
:19:29
- No, those are the rules.
- I don't understand.
I'm the father of the child.
:19:32
- I can't find out who--
- They're very firm. It's never done.
:19:36
- Mm-hmm.
- How is the little boy doing?
:19:38
- Good. He's great. He's fabulous.
- Yes?
:19:41
- Yes.
- Say hello to Amanda.
:19:44
- There's no possibility that I could--
- I'm sorry.
:19:47
- There's--
- Really sorry. No way.
:19:51
- Okay, thank you. Thank you.
- Bye-bye.