I Call First

Okay, it's eight minutes

before the big time for news!

Yes, sir, it's WCAG here,

with 64 beautiful degrees out.

Okay, now.

-What do you say, Joe?

-Hello, Curtie.

There he is.

Let's go, Curtie.

How are you?

-Let me look at your cards.

-Sure.

Thank you.

lt's a good hand.

What about you, Gaga?

Can l look at your cards?

-Yeah.

-Thank you, Gaga.

You lose.

What's wrong, Joey, huh?

You lose because you're playing

with my money.

-Joey! Joey, cut it out!

-You like to steal?

-Don't!

-You like to steal? You wanna steal?

-You steal from your mother, not me.

-l'm sorry!

Your priest you tell you're sorry to.

Me, you don't tell you're sorry to!

l don't give absolution.

Me, you don't steal from.

How was l to know--?

-Never again, right?

-Right!

-Never again.

-All right.

-Joey, l swear on my mother--

-Don't swear to me.

l don't want swearing.

Just don't steal no more.

l'm warning you, the next time you do,

l go right to your brothers.

-You know what happens then, right?

-Okay, okay.

No more aggravation. Have a drink.

We'll forget about this.

Now, that's enough.

One thing l don't understand,

why do you call him Gaga?

Why do l call him Gaga?

Because he's stupid, that's why.

You can look at it if you want to.

No, no. That's all right.

l was just looking.

Oh, l know.

But if you'd like to read it, you can.

l'm not annoyed.

l just noticed the picture

of what's his name over there.

-Wayne. You know, John Wayne.

-Oh, yes.

Yeah, but that isn't

an American magazine. . .

. . .and it just seemed funny to me.

You know what l mean?

Yes.

-What kind of magazine is that?

-French.

That doesn't look French.

Do you read French?

No.

Well, just a few words.

They should have

an English version, though.

Yeah, like the ltalian movies,

when they dub it.

No, it just threw me, because l've seen

foreign magazines before. . .

. . .but, like, the ltalian ones, you can

tell right away what kind they are.

-You know what l mean?

-Oh, yes, like Oggi.

Excuse me?

Oggi. That's an ltalian magazine.

-O-G-G-l.

-Oh, yeah.

-That one that looks like Life, yeah.

-Right.

-''Oggi,'' that means ''today,'' you know?

-Yes, l know.

lt's like The Today Show.

l think it comes out every week,

you know, like Life.

lt's like a news thing, you know.

They make it. . .

-. . .like a type of news thing.

-Yes.

So that's really

a French magazine, huh?

-Yes, l'm afraid it is.

-Well. . . .

How the hell did they ever get ahold

of The Searchers?

The what?

The Searchers. lt's a movie made about,

you know, 1 1 years ago.

That picture of John Wayne

is from that movie.

l don't seem to remember it.

Well, you know, with John Wayne.

Oh, that other guy was in it.

What's his name? He. . . .

He played Christ three years ago

in some movie.

l don't think l know it.

-Oh, was he Swedish?

-No, no. American.

-Roland. . . .

-Recent picture?

-Just a few years ago.

-lt's a Western.

Yeah.

-Oh, you mean Jeffrey Hunter?

-That's right. Hunter, right.

Oh, now you remember the picture?

No, l don't.

lt was in color.

-Nope.

-No.

Well.

Wait, you know what? Natalie Wood did

a small part in that, one of her first parts.

She had a big scene at the end there

with Hunter, you know.

She comes running down the desert

over to Hunter, and she says:

''Unnt-meah! Go, Martin!

Go! Unnt-meah! Go! Go! ''

She's trying to get him to go, you know?

l don't remember it.

Well, l'll tell you,

you missed a good picture.

Sorry.

Oh, there was one scene in that movie

that was a classic.

You know, the chief of the tribe,

his name is Cicatrice, Spanish for ''scar. ''

He talks English to John Wayne,

and Wayne says:

''You talk good English.

Somebody teach you?'' But real nasty.

And then when Wayne talks Comanche,

not Comanche, but Comanche. . .

. . .to Scar, Scar says:

''You talk good Comanche.

Somebody teach you?'' But. . . .

-Sounds like a nasty fellow.

-Who?

-The man with the-- The lndian.

-Cicatrice, Spanish for ''scar. '' Yeah.

He was more nasty

than Wayne could ever get.

But then again,

he was a bad guy.

There were a lot of nasty Comanches

in that picture.

-Nasty picture.

-Well, then again. . .

. . .John Wayne could get pretty

nasty too, when he wanted to be.

Wait, was that the picture where Jeffrey

Hunter is supposed to be trading rugs. . .

-. . .and he trades for an lndian bride?

-Right!

That's the picture.

-That was a good picture.

-Good? That picture was great.

Well, l'm not used to admitting

l like Westerns.

Oh, yeah. Why not, huh?

Everybody should like Westerns.

Solve everybody's problems

if they liked Westerns.

-Okay, l like Westerns!

-Okay, then.

Man, that was some picture.

Some picture.

Here. Take the magazine

and look at it.

-Oh, no.

-Come on. Go ahead.

-l don't wanna.

-l don't mind.

-Go ahead.

-All right.

Thanks.

You have to give it back, though.

-l swear to God l'll give it back.

-Okay.

You come around a lot?

Got people here?

No, no. This is the first time.

l just came for the ride.

-The ride? What ride?

-The ferry.

Oh, no. You mean to tell me

you do this for fun?

Yeah. Why?

Well, l just don't look at this

as being a cruise, you know?

l had to pick up this package

at my grandmother's, you know?

Oh, that's nice.

Well, it's not really all that nice.

l gotta bring it back.

l have no car so l had to take the ferry.

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