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management trainee.
[Both moaning]
BARRIS:
Life was sweet...CHUCK:
Uhh.For a minute.
WOMAN ON TV:
Everything'seither madly exciting...
on madly interesting.
I lope Sally never
bothers herself with you.
[Turns on faucet]
I got fired today.
Fired?
Yeah, fired.
GEORGIA:
Fined?What the f***
did you get fired for?
CHUCK:
I don't know.Efficiency cutbacks.
Some bullshit.
Look. It's gonna be fine.
I'm pregnant.
So, I figured,
I'm gonna skip town.
I intend to be important,
you know?
I can't be saddled with this.
Pbbt!
But then I remembered
something Carlyle said.
"Do the duty
which lies nearest thee."
So you see...
MAN:
Who's Carlyle?Dear God.
Why do I even bother?
F*** you,
you condescending prick.
Pregnant?
Yeah, pregnant.
F*** you.
What the f***
did you get pregnant for?
F*** you.
What do you mean, what the f***
did I get pregnant for?
You got me f***ing pregnant,
you f***.
Well, f*** you.
F*** you.
- F***in'...
- F*** you.
F***.
F*** you.
[Dramatic music playing
on television]
GEORGIA:
Looks likeI was just late.
Oh, yes, we had a great time.
The crew loved him
and loved the show, you know?
Because it was crazy.
And we could do anything
we wanted to... sort of...
and, uh, yeah,
they liked him very much.
He was a good guy.
Even though he's a prick,
he's a good guy, too.
DICK CLARK:
"What islabeled a dream faculty.
"Wouldn't school be wonderful
if we had a faculty like this?"
You need it. All right?
GIRL:
"Principal Sal Mineo.Vice Principal Tony Perkins..."
CLARK:
Couldn't you seegoing to a school...
where Sal Mineo
is the principal?
BARRIS:
In '61. I had becomea minor suit at ABC.
It was during
so my job was to commute
to the "American Bandstand"
tapings...
to keep an eye on Dick Clark.
CLARK:
One more lady's choiceof the afternoon to go...
and suppose we make it
this one. OK?
BARRIS:
On weekends...I used to hang around
amusement parks...
because that's where
I wrote a song
about my experiences.
# When you stop at the top
of a Ferris wheel... #
I got it to
Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon...
through my friendship
with Dick Clark.
Dick nearly wanted
to help me out.
CHUCK:
Hi.- What?
- Hi.
Oh.
I wrote this song.
Huh.
It's number three
on the pop charts. See?
- Uh-huh.
- Yeah.
I believe there's
Uh-huh?
So I'm gonna take my royalties
and create a pilot.
A pilot's what they call
a test TV show.
I work in TV.
Yeah? What's your name?
I'm Chuck.
- Debbie.
- Debbie.
CHUCK:
So, You live in Philly?DEBBIE:
No, I live in Manhattan.
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