Christine Page #4

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their rating.

There aren't sniper standoffs

in sarasota,

we're not Miami.

Also, "if it bleeds it leads"

is not some concept, Mike,

it's a catch phrase

that you picked up

at that conference in Cleveland

last month.

Chubbuck,

this is not debate club.

This is a joke.

This sort of thing,

it'll make us a joke.

Mike, I'm gotta side with

Chris on this one.

Steve...

You do weather.

We're the joke, chubbuck, okay?

We're the joke.

You read the numbers?

Tell me, chubbuck.

Tell us all.

What did we do last month?

We are drowning here, guys.

Abc isn't kicking in

what they promised this quarter.

The last round of local ads

didn't hit,

so people aren't re-upping.

I know this is all just

fun and games for you,

you're all breezing through here

on your way to

a national market.

But the situation

is getting f***ing dire.

Hear me when I say that.

We need higher ratings.

How do we get them?

Juicier stories.

It's simple math, guys.

That's not math, that's logic.

Here we are at the 5th annual

sarasota strawberry festival.

Hey, chubbuck.

You ready?

A or b...

"The salmonella

can seemingly be traced to

"poorly packaged chicken

from..."

Or...

"The authorities believe that

the salmonella originated..."

Are you okay?

Why?

Do I not seem okay?

You're not upset about Nelson,

are you?

No.

You can't let him

get inside your head.

Can he even hear himself

sometimes?

He just gets all grumpy

because he's got

Mrs. Mike Nelson back home

waiting for him.

Use the "authorities" line.

Make people feel like someone's

steering the ship, you know?

You're okay?

I'm okay.

I'm okay, you're okay, right?

Alright.

At the strawberry festival...

Here we go, folks,

the first strawberry of

the season.

They are juicy.

So Sharon, what can you tell

me about the festival?

Well, this is our fifth year.

We've been doing this since

1969.

New in town, huh?

Yeah.

About a year.

I used to vacation here

as a kid though...

Yeah.

You were in Boston

before this, right?

- Great city.

- Yeah, but Ohio originally.

So...

How long have these pains

been going on for?

Oh, I don't know,

about a month or two.

Probably just stress.

Probably.

But better safe than sorry,

right?

We'll take some blood and

urine, and do a pregnancy test.

A pregnancy test?

Okay, sure.

Good luck with that.

Been a while, huh?

Oh, you could say.

And...

I think we'll do some x-rays,

so we need to schedule

a follow-up for next week.

That alright?

Absolutely.

Whatever you need.

Says here someone's got a

birthday coming up, huh?

Oh, yeah, don't remind me.

The big 30, huh?

Put your feet up

in the stirrups for me, please.

Sure.

Alright.

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