Putney Swope Page #2

How can we talk about

who's gonna be chairman of the board...

when my father's laying

dead on the table?

Why can't I be

chairman of the board?

Because you're a nitwit.

My father started this agency.

And you're not going to finish it.

Thank you, Valerie.

One for Elias.

Swope.

One for Bissinger.

Swope.

Swope.

Swope.

Swope.

Swope.

Swope.

Swope.

Swope.

That's it.

One vote for Elias,

one vote for Bissinger...

nine votes for Swope.

Swope, you don't have to accept.

It's a terrible job.

Don't take it, Swope.

Take it easy, Nathan.

I've seen your cardiogram.

It's a mirage.

A man's been elected

and you voted for him.

We all voted for him.

Because we thought

no one else would vote for him.

Putney Swope is the new chairman

of this board.

And I will defend

that mistake with my life.

Congratulations, Putney.

It's going to be a pleasure

working with you, Swope.

You're gonna make

a great chairman...

if you stay in line.

My father would've

wanted it this way.

He dug you very much.

Your father was a horse's ass.

Yeah. But he dug you very much.

The changes I'm going to make

will be minimal.

I'm not going to rock the boat.

Rocking the boat's a drag.

What you do is sink the boat.

And there's no sense

sinking nothing...

unless you can salvage

with productive alternatives...

and, brothers, you can't change nothing

with rhetoric and slogans...

because if a man's really got

the truth in his pocket...

he doesn't talk about it.

He hangs it out on a shingle

where people can see it.

So, from now on,

the name of this agency is...

Truth and Soul.

- T.S., baby.

- That's right.

No smoking.

Nathan, you're a good businessman

and you're not a cop-out...

so I'm going to let you stay.

I want a contract that guarantees me

an expense account...

stock options, 22 weeks vacation...

a company car,

a box at Jay Stadium...

a percentage of the gross,

total creative freedom...

transplant insurance

and a no-cut clause.

- Nathan, you're corrupt.

- Thank you.

I've come all the way from Miles City

to ask you to be my woman.

It must be my new depilatory,

Superlip.

Superlip eliminates peach fuzz

and feminine whiskers.

Superlip digs deep down

into the hair follicle...

instead of just lopping

it off at the surface.

Cut! Cut!

I don't believe it. Again.

There's a bunch of lilies

shooting a commercial in our studio.

They must not know

about the recent transition.

Well, let's go take

care of business.

This chick's from nowhere.

So it's up to you.

lmprovise. Do something.

I've seen you work at Jones Beach

with Guy Lombardo.

I know you can pull it off.

Superlip. Shot 1.

Take 107.

- Action.

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