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in discussions of existential reality.

They probably sit on the floor

with wine and cheese...

...and mispronounce

"allegorical" and "didacticism.

I get the feeling

that Yale really likes her.

Well, I don't believe

in extramarital relationships.

I think people should mate for life

like pigeons or Catholics.

I don't know. Maybe people weren't

meant to have one deep relationship.

Maybe we're meant to have a series

of relationships of different lengths.

- That's gone out of date.

- Don't tell me what's gone out of date.

You're 17. You were brought up

on drugs and television and the pill.

I... I was World War II.

I was in the trenches.

- You were eight in World War II.

- Right. I was never in the trenches.

I was caught right in the middle.

It was a very tough position.

Get the groceries, will you?

Good morning

and welcome to Human Beings Wow!

We're talking this evening with Gregory

and Caroline Payne Whitney Smith...

...close friends of the Caner family.

We're normal people.

Just like you, we're in debt.

Except that Mrs. Payne Whitney Smith

is a catatonic.

Well, we don't consider her

a catatonic, just quiet.

Jesus, this is the worst.

This is really embarrassing to me.

I mean, I... This is so antiseptic...

No, wrong.

That's very chancy material.

- How do you see this as chancy?

- Who fights more with the censor?

What has the censor got to do with it?

There's no substance to the comedy.

You don't find this insightful?

Worse than not insightful.

It's not funny.

- There's not a legitimate laugh.

- That's funny.

- Look at the audience.

- You're going by audience reaction?

This is an audience raised on TV.

Their standards have been lowered

over the years.

They watch their sets and the gamma rays

eat the white cells of their brains out.

- I quit. I can't write this any more.

- Relax. Take a Lude.

I don't want a lude. All you do is drop

ludes, then Percodans and angel dust.

Naturally, it seems funny.

Anything would if you're...

You should abandon the show

and open a pharmaceutical house. I quit.

Ike, you're being silly.

We've talked to them about that.

- Don't break her neck.

- I won't. That's fine.

What did I do?

I made a terrible mistake.

It's the first smart thing you've done.

I've screwed myself up completely.

For about 30 seconds I was a big hero,

and now it's directly to unemployment.

If you need money, I'll take care of it.

That's not the point.

I got enough for a year.

If I live like Mahatma Gandhi, I'm fine.

My accountant says I did this

at a very bad time. My stocks are down.

I'm cash poor or something.

I got no cash flow.

I'm not liquid, something's not flowing.

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