:03:00
We spent many afternoons walklng
and talklng ln the park.
:03:03
Dld l know when l flrst met hlm
how nuts he was?
:03:06
We met at the office of some so-called
intellectual comedian's agent.
:03:12
We were comedy writers trying
to break into the business
:03:15
by writing nightclub routines for comics.
:03:17
The difference was,
l was 21 and he was 60.
:03:22
He wants truisms.
Notjustjokes. Truisms.
:03:26
We can't afford the crazy prices
for the more established...
:03:30
Let me say this, if l may.
:03:32
l can't speak for David Dobel
because l don't handle him.
:03:37
ln fact, Jerry and l just met him now.
:03:39
But l've handled Jerry Falk
since he began, and with Jerry Falk,
:03:44
you get top-quality goods for your money.
:03:47
You can buy a suit and get
the same cut in a cheap fabric
:03:51
as you can in an expensive fabric.
Jerry gives you affordable fabric,
:03:56
a quality fabric, at affordable prices.
ls this gabardine?
:04:01
Who is that piece goods salesman
who handles you?
:04:04
Harvey? Don't ask.
My cross to bear.
:04:07
l'd love to dump him,
but l'm his only client.
:04:10
You pay that troll
ten percent of your salary?
:04:13
20. Actually, 25.
lt's a long story.
:04:16
He was there for me
when my marriage broke up.
:04:20
Your... don't tell me
you got married young.
:04:23
You thought it would be exciting.
lt turned out to be hebetudinous
:04:26
and you dumped her.
Am l right?
:04:29
You are not. She left me.
l can't leave anybody.
:04:32
lt's my main problem in analysis.
l'm afraid to sleep alone. ''Hebetudinous?''
:04:36
- You're in analysis already?
- Yes. Very committed, actually.
:04:40
l turned down some TV jobs
in Los Angeles
:04:42
because my shrink felt
we weren't finished yet.
:04:45
You chose psychoanalysis over real life?
:04:48
Are you learning disabled?
:04:50
[Falk:] Obviously, you're not familiar
with analysis.
:04:53
Wrong. l'm completely familiar with it.
:04:57
Similar hustlers tried to fob it
off on me at Payne Whitney.