1:27:05
They want to publish
it on Christmas Day.
1:27:09
That's a feather in your
cap, man. The paper of record.
1:27:13
Yeah, great. The problem is, I have four days to come
up with something, and I don't have a single idea.
1:27:19
You know anything
about Christmas stories?
1:27:21
Christmas stories? Sure,
1:27:25
I know a ton of 'em.
1:27:27
Anything good?
1:27:28
Good? Of course. Are you kidding?
1:27:32
I'll tell you what. Buy me lunch, my friend, and
I'll tell you the best Christmas story you ever heard.
1:27:36
How's that?
1:27:37
And I guarantee every
word of it is true.
1:27:56
So. Are we ready?
1:27:59
Ready. Any time you are.
1:28:02
I'm all ears.
1:28:07
You remember how you once asked
me how I started taking pictures?
1:28:11
Well, this is the story of
how I got my first camera.
1:28:14
As a matter of fact, it's
the only camera I've ever had.
1:28:18
Are you following me so far?
1:28:20
Every word.
1:28:21
So this is the story of how it happened.
1:28:25
Okay.
1:28:28
It was the summer of seventy-six, back
when I first started working for Vinnie.
1:28:32
The summer of the bicentennial.
1:28:34
A kid came in one morning and started
stealing things from the store.
1:28:38
He's standing by the rack of
paperbacks near the front window
1:28:41
Hes stuffing skin
magazines under his shirt.
1:28:44
It was crowded around the counter just
then, so I didn't see him at first...
1:28:47
But once I noticed what he
was up to, I started to shout.
1:28:49
He took off like a jackrabbit, and by the time I managed to get out
from behind the counter, he was already tearing down Seventh Avenue.
1:28:56
I chased after him for about
half a block, and then I gave up.