The Cooler Page #3

You understand that?

I've got strep.

Listen to me, Pops, you were...

pure velvet out there.

It was just silk.

And also, looky-looky

what was hanging...

on the doorknob. Huh?

Forget about your tonsils.

When the muff confetti

stops coming,

that's when you know

you got trouble.

Did you get a receipt?

Excuse me?

- They're on sale in the lobby.

Charlayne's. This is

'Victoria's Secret

Valentine Collection.'

What about that broad

you got coming here later?

How much did she set

you back? Nothing...

but the best for

old Buddy, right?

Are you f***ing kidding me?

Gimme, you don't deserve this.

You got all those

ladies going home...

with a nice breeze

between their legs,

'cause you do it

the way they like it...

and you're saying I'm some

Buddy Stafford

ego pimp, huh?

Hey, f*** you

and-- f*** you.

Come on, give it to me.

Give it to me, man.

Come on, come on!

Come on, don't be a prick.

Come on, man.

Come on, give it to me!

Come on, man.

Oh, f***! F***!

Do you ever watch

any of those nature shows?

What?

You know, those

nature shows.

You watch them?

Yeah, I've seen

a few nature shows.

Yeah? Well, this one I've seen

about a dozen times.

It's about... lions.

It's about...

the cycle of life of the lions...

and the leader of the pack.

'Pride'. With lions it's a pride.

- Yeah.

This old king lion, right?

He's getting on in years...

and then sooner or later...

some young male

comes along.

He challenges him...

and he beats...

the f*** out of this

old lion, right?

He just kicks the

sh*t out of him.

And then... then they push him

out of the pride...

and he has to go in the jungle...

and scavenge and

he dies alone.

The nature's got

some sense of humor, huh?

No sh*t.

See, but Shelly,

it's tragic because...

he's past it,

this old f***ed lion...

and he doesn't know it...

and it would be so

much easier for him,

if he could just...

walk away.

And... he could

avoid all the pain...

and the humiliation.

Hey...

that would be like accepting...

that you were dead

already, right?

I think I like it better

nature's way, don't you?

Yeah, maybe you're right.

Yeah, that's it.

Buy you a drink?

Yeah.

Shelly, you got a minute?

Shelly, this is

Johnny Cappella.

How you doing, Shelly?

I know you from

some place, right?

Johnny's been opening

for Danny Ganz at the Mirage.

Now Sony is talking

about signing him...

to a three-album deal.

They're going to position him

as the new Harry Connick.

And I should be

interested in this... why?

Johnny's looking to headline.

I thought we might

be interested.

We?

- Did I come at a bad time?

Even if I was interested,

I got fresh ink with Buddy

for the next five years.

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