This Is Spinal Tap Page #3

This is beginning to be a refrain here.

There's no way

to promote something that doesn't exist.

It's just that they're

just experimenting with, er,

with new packaging materials.

Experimenting?

They got monkeys opening it?

The other thing is

that the Boston gig has been cancelled.

I wouldn't worry about it.

It's not a big college town.

You boys got an album

coming out or anything?

Smell The Glove. It should be out...

- Smell The Glove?

- Smell The Glove, yeah.

- Provocative title.

- Wait till you see the cover.

Very provocative indeed.

Bobbi, can I tear you away from all this?

- Do you have a drink?

- I don't really need one.

But, um, listen. I really do have to

talk to you a bit about this...

lan, just tell me what's on your mind.

- The issue of the cover.

- Yeah.

Um... we, er, I mean, we feel,

and it seems to be fact,

that the company's rather down

on the cover. Is that the case?

- Yes.

- You can give it to me straight.

Listen... they don't like the cover.

- Well, that's straight.

- They find it offensive and sexist.

What do you find offensive?

lan, you put a greased,

naked woman on all fours

with a dog collar around her neck

and a leash,

and a man's arm extended out up to here

holding onto the leash and pushing

a black glove in her face to sniff it.

You don't find that offensive and sexist?

- This is 1982!

- That's right, it's 1982.

We don't have this mentality any more.

You should've seen the cover

they wanted to do!

This is something you have to talk about.

- We're not laying down any conditions...

- A sexy cover isn't why an album sells.

You tell me - The White Album?

What was that?

There was nothing

on that goddamn cover.

Excuse me. We'll talk about this after.

Hello?

Oh, hi, Denis.

Uh-uh. OK.

Why don't you tell him?

OK, hold on. Lan, it's Eton-Hogg.

He wants to talk to you.

- OK. Thank you, darling.

- You're welcome... dear.

Hello? Sir Denis!

Hi. How are you?

Oh...

F***in' old poofter!

But it's really not that offensive,

Sir Denis! Come on!

OK. I'll call you

absolutely first thing in the morning.

Oh, sh*t!

They're not gonna release the album,

because they have decided

that the cover is sexist.

So what? What's wrong with being sexy?

I mean, there's no...

Sex-ist!

OK, I wanted to tell you this,

but I didn't know

what Denis's decision was going to be.

But at this point,

both Sears and K-Mart stores

won't handle the album. They're

boycotting it because of the cover.

If the company is behind an album,

it can shove it down their throats!

Money talks and bullshit walks.

And if the first album was a hit,

then we could have told them...

- Every cut on this album...

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