Phone Booth Page #2
MARIO:
How come?
STU:
Star Showcase! Let me handle
setting that up. And when she
eventually goes on Letterman,
she'll announce I'm currently
appearing over at Mario's fine
supper club. Right over CBS she'll
say that, Mario.
MARIO:
You're full of sh*t. You know
that? All bullshit!
STU:
That's just a vulgar word for PR.
(placing an arm around
him)
Mario, you can't hurt my feelings.
Even when I was a kid and they
hurled certain invectives my way,
it never bothered me. Other kids
would fall apart if anybody called
them a f***ing name. Me, I just
loved the attention! 'Sh*t-for-
brains' -- that's what the bigger
kids named me. And I answered to
it. Hey, 'sh*t-for brains'
reporting for duty. Everybody
loved me for that. I could take
abuse. After a while, I kind of
wore them down. There was nothing
more they could say to me. So they
stopped. I kind of missed it.
MARIO:
I'm sorry I even talked to you.
STU:
I'll bet your loving wife put you
up to this. She saw me pass by and
she sent you out in the street.
But I don't hold it against you
personally -- you still serve up
superior veal chop.
(entering phone booth)
conduct, Mario.
He slides the booth closed in Mario's face.
The frustrated restaurateur glares at him through the glass
before giving up and walking off -- talking to himself as he
goes up the block.
INSIDE THE BOOTH, Stu inserts his thirty-five cents and
dials.
STU:
Hello, Mavis, sweet creature.
MAVIS' VOICE
Where have you been? Do you think
I have nothing to do but wait
around for you to call?
STU:
I'm only a few minutes late,
loveliest individual on earth.
MAVIS' VOICE
Stu, I'm so lonely. When can I see
you?
STU:
Good news in that arena. Kelly
goes into rehearsal as of Monday.
You know how dedicated she is. By
the time she gets back from dancing
her ass off, she goes right to
sleep. We'll have both our days
and certain nights. Not to mention
when they take the show on the
road.
MAVIS' VOICE
How long is that for?
STU:
Four to five weeks -- minimum.
MAVIS' VOICE
Maybe I should quit my job so we
can be together full time.
STU:
I wouldn't do that.
MAVIS' VOICE
Sometimes I think if I have to give
one more f***ing manicure...
STU:
That's how you met me.
MAVIS' VOICE
I never saw a worse set of nails.
Bit right down to the quick.
STU:
MAVIS' VOICE
I'm glad you admit it.
STU:
Even Kelly remarked on it when I
first met her.
MAVIS' VOICE
She could care less how you look.
She's only interested in pushing
her own career. Some wife you're
stuck with!
STU:
The marriage is not without its
compensations. Do you imagine I
could afford that apartment on what
I'm earning? Not with everybody
cutting back on the publicity. Not
graduates coming into the
profession trying to cut me out.
And one thing you can't expect from
your clients is loyalty. They get
a couple of bad notices, they dump
you. Goodbye.
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