The Hero Page #4

- Really appreciate it.

BETSY:
Here.

To Betsy.

My bumpin' buddy.

I love that.

Thank you.

- Here you go, Betsy.

- Thank you so much.

- You're so welcome.

- And I just love your mustache.

Well...

It loves you too.

GARY:
Mr. Hayden.

Would you mind stepping over here?

Yep, I feel it too.

("YOUNGER" PLAYING)

Getting any

Getting any

Getting any

Getting any

Getting any

No, you ain't getting any

GARY ON MIC:

Well now, the man I'm about to introduce

needs no introduction.

You all know this year's recipient.

His... his unmistakable voice,

his iconic mustache,

made him one of most popular

actors in the 1970s and 80s.

His turn as "The Hero"

in the film by the same name is... is

widely considered one of the...

one of the greatest western

performances of all time.

Let's take a look.

The one, the only, Lee Hayden.

(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)

(MUSIC)

MAN (MOVIE):
Hold it right there, friend.

We been lookin' for you.

LEE (MOVIE):
Is that right?

(DIALOG BECOMES INDISTINCT)

(MUSIC)

(GUNSHOT FROM MOVIE)

(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)

Ladies and gentlemen, the Western Icon

Lifetime Achievement Award recipient

for this year, Mr. Lee Hayden.

(LOUD CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)

Thank you.

LEE:
Wow.

I don't know what to say.

Awards are a strange thing.

I mean, what does it say about you?

Before I came here tonight, I looked up

"achievement" in the dictionary.

It's not a difficult word.

We all know what it means.

But I looked it up anyway.

Looked it up on my phone.

(AUDIENCE CHUCKLING)

And it said, "the result of hard work."

Well, I certainly have worked hard.

But the thing is...

I know there are a lot

of others out there who

are more deserving than I am of this award.

And so, I'm not sure why I'm

standing up here right now.

Not sure I deserve this.

Any of this.

MAN:
We love you, Lee.

I love you too.

(AUDIENCE LAUGH)

I do. I feel that love.

Deeply.

I'm nothing without all of you.

Just a grain of sand.

And that's the thing,

we're all just grains of sand.

We're just people.

People working hard and

trying to do our best.

Aren't we?

- Yeah.

- Yes.

I'm no better than you

and you're no better than me.

Everyone in this room

is as deserving as I am of this award.

Like you, Miss.

Yes, ma'am, you.

Come here. It's okay, come on up.

Come on up. (APPLAUSE)

What's your name, darlin'?

Diane.

Diane.

Wow, this jacket you've got on sure is...

soft.

(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)

Tell you what, Diane,

you are my...

Western Icon Lifetime

Achievement award winner.

Here you go. Diane, everybody.

(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)

(WHISTLING)

Diane is my hero.

Let's hear it for Diane.

She is a f***ing icon.

(APPLAUSE AND LOUD CHEERING)

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