Eddie and the Cruisers Page #3

"One evening I took

beauty in my arms...

"and I thought

her bitter...

and I insulted her. "

Now, that's got class.

Does that have class,

sally? Right?

Hey, kid,

you can stay.

Ahem.

Excuse me.

Oh.

Can I help you?

Maggie Foley.

I work for

media magazine.

I'm doing a story

on Eddie Wilson.

I thought you might

be of some help.

Well...

what do you

want to know?

Well, Id like you to

tell me about the past.

I want to know

what it was like

To be a cruiser.

Miss, uh...

Maggie.

I'm sorry. It's nothing

personal in this.

I'd like to help you.

I really would, but...

frank, there are a lot

of unanswered questions

About that day.

Yeah, well, I understand

what you're up against,

But that was then,

and this is now.

I don't care

to be interviewed.

Look, frank,

I'm not here to make

a carnival out of your life.

Now, I have something

very different in mind.

I am going to do a tribute

to a group of guys

Who were ahead

of their time.

You don't understand.

The night Eddie died,

The cruisers

died with him.

Frank, what happened

that last night

At the recording

studio,

The night

that Eddie died?

There's no way on earth

Id go into that with you.

Frank, why not?

Maybe...

maybe because

Eddies dead,

And Im alive.

He was my friend,

And you,

I just met.

Hello.

Wordman!

Who is this?

This is the master

of voices,

Maker of choices...

Your old buddy.

You don't remember.

Doc?

Hey there, Wordman,

say there, Wordman,

Whatever happened

to you?

What you been up to?

It's been

a long time, doc.

It sure has, kid.

So, uh, what's up?

You need me,

Wordman.

You need me bad.

Is that right?

We got to talk.

How soon before you

get your ass over here?

Well,

where are you?

Right back

where we started, kid...

Asbury park.

All right,

you near-Beer fans,

Remember

mock-Bird, ing-Bird,

Charlie and Inez fox,

summer '63?

Well, James Taylor

and Carly Simon

Are betting you don't.

My man, my man,

the Wordman!

Long time, kid.

Doc, how you been?

The hits

just keep on coming.

Hey, you haven't

changed much.

Still a kid.

Don't bother

returning the compliment.

Give me that stuff,

will you, frank?

Sit down.

Hey, man, this joint

ain't as bad as it looks.

I mean, the pay ain't bad.

You can't beat the hours.

Besides, there's

a college nearby.

They're telling me Im becoming

quite a cult figure around here.

Doc, that's great.

So, did you

ever write that book?

No.

I never got

around to it.

So, what did you

ask me here for?

What's so urgent?

You talk to that chick

from media magazine?

Guess you know

what's been happening

With the cruisers lately.

Something's busting, kid,

and it's busting fast.

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