:05:02
Doesn't that... Yeah, but in my book,
that is a commitment.
:05:06
Yeah. Do we have to talk
about this now?
:05:08
This is the only thing
we ever fight about.
:05:11
Yeah, because look at what
marriage does to people.
:05:13
I'm not watching it.
It's just on.
:05:16
Look at what marriage does.
Look at our married friends.
Look at our divorced friends.
:05:19
Look, I'll be back in Detroit tomorrow.
We'll talk about this then, okay?
:05:23
Yeah, well, I'll make time.
:05:27
- [Laughing]
- [Ted Koppel On TV]
Just who is Morrie Schwartz?
:05:29
And why,
by the end of the night...
:05:31
are so many of you
going to care about him?
:05:34
Janine, hang on one second.
:05:37
[Announcer On TV]
This is ABC News Nightline.
:05:39
- One second.
- Reporting from Washington, Ted Koppel.
:05:42
[Ted Koppel]
Tonight, Morrie... Lessons on Living.
:05:47
Morrie is going to die.
:05:50
He suffers from a disease
called ALS...
:05:53
better known
as Lou Gehrig's disease.
:05:55
Morrie Schwartz is
a retired sociology professor...
:05:59
from Brandeis University
who is dying of ALS.
:06:03
Morrie does not have
long to live.
:06:05
I'm on the last great journey here,
one we all gotta take.
:06:09
Maybe I can teach people
what to pack for the trip.
:06:12
- [Click, Dial Tone]
- Janine? Hello?
:06:15
Or maybe my dying
can be of value...
:06:18
something we can all learn from,
like a... a human textbook.
:06:23
I've been a teacher all my life.
You think I'm gonna quit now?
:06:26
[Morrie Laughing]
:06:29
[Woman On Phone] Detroit Free Press.
How may I direct your call?
:06:31
[Woman #2 On Phone] Thank you
for calling the Detroit Free Press.
:06:34
I'm just getting to work.
Let me call you back, okay?
Very good. How are you?
:06:37
- Mitch, tomorrow's page.
- Oh, excellent.
:06:39
- Congratulations.
- On what? The column? It was all right.
:06:42
A little rushed. Oh, it's official, huh?
Baseball strike is over.
:06:45
Yeah, which means I need you
in Florida for spring training.
:06:48
You thought it was rushed?
It read terrific.
:06:50
- I mean congratulations
on your sweet little TV deal.
- Thank you.
:06:53
- Walter, local TV, one show a week.
- Books and the radio show...
:06:56
- Take 20 words out.
- My column comes first, Walter.
:06:59
- How many hours you got in your day?
- What difference does it make?