:03:02
I know, honey,
but I thought, you know...
:03:06
maybe something else
until this puppet thing turns around.
:03:10
Derek Mantini
doesn't need a day job.
:03:13
Not everybody can be
Derek Mantini.
:03:17
I gotta get to the shop. We have
a shipment of kitty litter coming in.
:03:20
Will you do me a favor?
Will you take a look at Elijah today?
:03:23
- He's not feeling very good again.
- Which one is Elijah again?
:03:28
- The chimp, honey.
- Yeah, okay.
:03:32
[Door Opens, Closes]
:03:35
[Man On TV]On the lighter side of
the news, in Westchester County today...
:03:39
puppeteer Derek Mantini
thrill edonlookers as he performed
The Belle of Amherst...
:03:43
with a 60-foot
Emily Dickinson puppet.
:03:48
How dreary to be somebody.
:03:50
How public, like a frog,
to tell one's name the live long day.
:03:55
[ Scoffs ]
Gimmicky bastard.
:03:58
[Poetry Recitation Continues]
:04:00
You don't know lucky you are,
being a monkey.
:04:04
- Because consciousness...
- [Elijah Chitters ]
:04:07
is a terrible curse.
:04:10
I think, I feel...
I suffer.
:04:16
And I'll ask in return
is the opportunity to do my work.
:04:23
And they won't allow it...
:04:25
- [Elijah Chitters ]
- because I raise issues.
:04:30
(m)(m) [ Classical ]
:04:38
[Woman On Tape] While we enjoy
the pleasures of an uneasy love...
:04:41
and abandon ourselves
to fornication...
:04:44
we were spared God's severity.
:04:47
[Man On Tape]Say no more, I beg you,
and cease from complaints like these...
:04:51
which are so far removed
from the true depths of love.
:04:55
- (m)[Stereo: Woman Singing Opera]
- Look, a puppet show!
:04:59
Okay, honey, just for a minute.
Mommy's waiting.