1:04:01
Christof: AS TRUMAN GREW UP,
WE WERE FORCED
1:04:03
TO MANUFACTURE WAYS
TO KEEP HIM ON THE ISLAND.
1:04:07
I'D LIKE TO BE
AN EXPLORER,
1:04:09
LIKE THE GREAT
MAGELLAN.
1:04:10
YOU'RE TOO LATE.
1:04:11
THERE'S REALLY
NOTHING LEFT TO EXPLORE.
1:04:14
[SNARLING]
1:04:18
Christof: FINALLY, I CAME UP
WITH KIRK'S DROWNING.
1:04:21
Mike: MOST EFFECTIVE.
1:04:22
TRUMAN'S BEEN TERRIFIED
OF THE WATER EVER SINCE.
1:04:24
Christof: WHEN KIRK READ
THE SYNOPSIS OF THE EPISODE,
1:04:27
HE WAS DISAPPOINTED
TO SAY THE LEAST.
1:04:30
JESUS!
1:04:31
I'M SURE THAT'S WHAT CAUSED
HIM TO BREAK ONTO THE SET.
1:04:34
BUT HOW DO YOU INTEND TO
EXPLAIN HIS 22-YEAR ABSENCE?
1:04:40
AMNESIA.
1:04:40
BRILLIANT. LET'S TAKE
SOME VIEWER PHONE CALLS.
1:04:44
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA,
YOU'RE ON WITH CHRISTOF.
1:04:48
Man: UH, YEAH,
HI, CHRISTOF.
1:04:50
I WAS WONDERING HOW MANY
CAMERAS YOU GOT IN THAT TOWN.
1:04:54
SOMEWHERE IN
THE VICINITY OF 5,000.
1:04:56
Man: THAT'S
A LOT OF CAMERAS.
1:04:59
REMEMBER, WE STARTED
WITH JUST ONE.
1:05:02
HE WAS CURIOUS
FROM BIRTH.
1:05:07
PREMATURE BY 2 WEEKS.
1:05:08
ALMOST AS IF HE COULDN'T
WAIT TO GET STARTED.
1:05:10
Mike: HIS EAGERNESS
TO LEAVE HIS MOTHER'S WOMB
1:05:13
WAS THE VERY REASON
HE WAS THE ONE SELECTED.
1:05:14
IN COMPETITION WITH 5 OTHER
UNWANTED PREGNANCIES,
1:05:17
THE CASTING OF A SHOW,
DETERMINED BY AN AIR DATE,
1:05:20
TRUMAN WAS THE ONE
WHO ARRIVED ON CUE.
1:05:27
Mike: INCIDENTALLY, I BELIEVE
TRUMAN IS THE FIRST CHILD
1:05:31
TO HAVE BEEN LEGALLY ADOPTED
BY A CORPORATION.
1:05:33
THAT'S CORRECT.
1:05:34
THE SHOW HAS GENERATED
ENORMOUS REVENUES NOW,
1:05:36
EQUIVALENT TO THE GROSS NATIONAL
PRODUCT OF A SMALL COUNTRY.
1:05:40
PEOPLE FORGET IT TAKES
THE POPULATION
1:05:42
OF AN ENTIRE COUNTRY TO
KEEP THE SHOW RUNNING.
1:05:44
SINCE THE SHOW IS ON
24-HOURS A DAY
1:05:46
WITHOUT COMMERCIAL INTERRUPTION,
ALL THOSE STAGGERING REVENUES
1:05:49
ARE GENERATED
BY PRODUCT PLACEMENT.
1:05:52
THAT'S TRUE. EVERYTHING
ON THE SHOW IS FOR SALE.
1:05:54
FROM THE ACTOR'S WARDROBE,
FOOD PRODUCTS,
1:05:56
TO THE VERY HOMES
THEY LIVE IN.
1:05:57
Mike: AND ALL OF IT AVAILABLE
IN THE TRUMAN CATALOG.