The Late Shift Page #4

OH, FOR GOD'S SAKE.

NOW'S YOUR CHANCE

TO LET SOMEBODY KNOW YOU WANT THE TONIGHT SHOW.

LET'S WAVE HIM OVER.

WAVE HIM. JESUS.

YOU DON'T WAVE

HEADS OF NETWORKS.

YOU SHOULD WAVE WAITERS

AND HOOKERS AND, UH...

BRANDON.

GOOD LORD,

HOW CAN A TELEVISION SHOW

BE WORTH:

THIS MUCH EMBARRASSMENT?

HEY, DAVID.

HEY, BRANDON,

HOW YOU DOING?

DAVID, I THINK I HEARD THEM

CALL YOUR CATEGORY,

BUT DON'T WORRY,

LITTLEFIELD RAN IN TO ACCEPT FOR YOU.

JOHNNY SENDS HIS REGARDS.

OH, THANK YOU.

TOO BAD HE COULDN'T COME,

THEN I COULD'VE BEEN

PHOTOGRAPHED WITH ALL OUR LATE NIGHT STARS

BEFORE THEY ALL STAR FILING FOR FREE AGENCY.

( all chuckling )

DAVID, I, UH...

I KNOW YOU WAN THE JOB AS MUCH AS JAY.

LISTEN, BRANDON, I'M NO CAMPAIGNING FOR ANYTHING.

I'M NOT... I'M NOT SAYING

YOU ARE.

I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW

THAT WE HAVEN' FORGOTTEN YOU.

WELL, THAT'S, UH...

THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR. THANKS.

SURE.

I WAS IN... I WAS IN

NEW YORK IN JULY,

AND I STOPPED BY

TO SEE YOU,

BUT LAURIE SAID:

YOU WERE IN REHEARSAL...

YEAH, NO, ACTUALLY, I WAS

LOCKED IN MY OFFICE, SOBBING.

I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT.

I'LL TRY NOT TO BE

AN ANTISOCIAL JERK NEXT TIME.

AND, BRANDON, LISTEN,

I... I REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT.

SURE, DAVE, GOOD LUCK.

SEE YOU.

OH, I FEEL LIKE A DADDY

WHO'S JUST GOTTEN ALL HIS CHILDREN TO BED.

( Helen )

BRANDON, YOU SH*T.

( phone ringing )

WE HAVE TO TALK.

HELEN, I'M RUNNING THROUGH

A CONTRACT NEGOTIATION

WITH THE GUYS FROM CHEERS...

LISTEN, LISTEN, I'VE HAD I WITH THIS RUNAROUND.

YOU DON'T GET BY WITH

VERBAL ASSURANCES ANYMORE.

SEE, I HAD A VERBAL COMMITMEN FROM BRANDON A YEAR AGO,

NOW HE'S GONE TO PARAMOUNT.

YOU I'M NOT SO FOND OF,

JOHN, NO OFFENSE.

YOU THINK YOU CAN PULL

THE SAME MANIPULATIVE SHI WITH ME YOU TRY ON

EVERYBODY ELSE IN THIS TOWN.

BUT YOU F*** WITH ME

AND I'LL F*** YOU BACK GOOD.

SEE, I DON'T HAVE

A CONTRACT WITH YOU.

I CAN MOVE JAY TO C.B.S.

WITHIN A MONTH.

THAT WOULD LEAVE YOU

WITH CARSON:

AND HIS RETIREMEN HOME AUDIENCE.

SO LET'S CUT THE SH*T,

SHALL WE?

THIS HAS JUST BEEN

A BUSY PERIOD.

COME ON,

THESE THINGS TAKE TIME.

YOU'RE NOT LISTENING,

A**HOLE.

I DON'T WANT TO

HEAR ABOUT TIME, I WANT A PIECE OF PAPER.

I DON'T KNOW WHEN CARSON

IS GONNA GE THE F***ING MESSAGE AND QUIT.

I WANT JAY SIGNED.

HELEN, I HEAR YOU.

BELIEVE ME.

LET ME SEE WHAT I CAN DO.

GIVE ME ONE WEEK?

A WEEK'S 7 DAYS, JOHN.

TRUST ME, I CAN COUNT.

RIGHT.

( car horns honking )

( people chattering )

( man )

TAXI!

JESUS CHRIST.

OH, MAN!

HEY, MORTY.

HAVE YOU SEEN THIS?

JESUS CHRIST.

WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?

FROM WHAT I CAN TELL,

THERE'S NO SOURCE FOR IT.

MY GOD.

WH-WH-WHAT'S THIS

MEAN NOW, MORTY?

IT MEANS NOTHING.

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