1 00:03:30,327 --> 00:03:32,215 Here's what I found out. 2 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:35,957 That all of life is a learning experience. 3 00:03:36,024 --> 00:03:38,228 Everything is part of a big... 4 00:03:38,296 --> 00:03:39,955 master plan. 5 00:03:41,016 --> 00:03:44,148 But sometimes it's-- Well, it's hard to read. 6 00:03:44,217 --> 00:03:46,868 It's like if you get too close to the screen... 7 00:03:46,937 --> 00:03:49,425 all you can see is a bunch of little dots. 8 00:03:49,497 --> 00:03:52,595 You don 't see the big picture until you stand back. 9 00:03:52,664 --> 00:03:54,639 But when you do... 10 00:03:54,713 --> 00:03:56,786 everything comes into focus. 11 00:04:00,794 --> 00:04:02,648 My name is Suzanne Maretto. 12 00:04:04,089 --> 00:04:05,812 No, wait. I'm sorry. 13 00:04:05,882 --> 00:04:08,729 Suzanne Maretto is my married name. 14 00:04:08,793 --> 00:04:10,484 My own name... 15 00:04:10,553 --> 00:04:12,725 is Suzanne Stone. 16 00:04:12,794 --> 00:04:14,582 That's my professional name. 17 00:04:19,834 --> 00:04:23,063 It's not like I have any negative feelings about the name Maretto. 18 00:04:24,314 --> 00:04:27,129 Maretto is the name, after all... 19 00:04:27,194 --> 00:04:28,688 of my husband... 20 00:04:29,914 --> 00:04:31,408 who I loved... 21 00:04:31,482 --> 00:04:32,889 very, very much. 22 00:04:36,699 --> 00:04:38,073 Sorry. 23 00:04:39,291 --> 00:04:42,553 It's also the name of his parents, Joe and Angela Maretto... 24 00:04:42,619 --> 00:04:45,303 and of his lovely and talented sister, Janice Maretto... 25 00:04:46,459 --> 00:04:49,361 who have been like a second family to me... 26 00:04:49,435 --> 00:04:51,824 and who I regard as I do my own family... 27 00:04:53,275 --> 00:04:55,185 particularly since my recent tragedy. 28 00:04:56,699 --> 00:05:00,082 I knew just through knowing and being related to them. 29 00:05:01,116 --> 00:05:04,411 They have given me what I think is a very precious and valuable insight... 30 00:05:04,476 --> 00:05:06,712 into the different kinds of ethnic relationships... 31 00:05:06,780 --> 00:05:10,642 that are part of the very things that I've been trying to explore... 32 00:05:10,716 --> 00:05:13,848 as a member of the professional media. 33 00:05:22,300 --> 00:05:25,617 First impressions in one word? You really want to know? 34 00:05:32,541 --> 00:05:34,930 Four letters, begins with C." 35 00:05:35,005 --> 00:05:36,696 Larry, it's a girl. 36 00:05:37,789 --> 00:05:39,862 You ain't never seen one of them? 37 00:05:41,661 --> 00:05:43,003 "Cold. " 38 00:05:43,069 --> 00:05:44,563 Cold. C-O-L-D. 39 00:05:46,942 --> 00:05:48,567 Yeah. 40 00:05:48,637 --> 00:05:51,125 What did you think of Suzanne when you first met her? 41 00:05:51,198 --> 00:05:54,068 I just didn't get the Suzanne thing. 42 00:05:54,142 --> 00:05:56,956 All the girls around town thought Larry was really cute. 43 00:05:57,022 --> 00:06:00,153 I mean, Larry used to hang out at the restaurant... 44 00:06:00,222 --> 00:06:02,077 on the nights when my dad... 45 00:06:02,142 --> 00:06:04,990 would let Larry and his dopey rock band play there. 46 00:06:05,054 --> 00:06:06,909 Just, you know? 47 00:06:20,479 --> 00:06:24,505 Oh, Susie Q I love you 48 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:29,752 I love the way you walk 49 00:06:31,423 --> 00:06:33,365 I love the way you talk 50 00:06:35,167 --> 00:06:39,477 I like the way you talk I like the way you walk 51 00:06:45,024 --> 00:06:47,129 Laura Risley, I remember. 52 00:06:47,200 --> 00:06:49,534 Peggy Holden. She was kind of a slut. 53 00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:52,415 He could've had anybody, basically, is what I'm saying. 54 00:06:52,480 --> 00:06:55,066 I don't know. Suzanne-- blonde. 55 00:06:55,136 --> 00:06:56,794 I don't know. 56 00:07:04,385 --> 00:07:07,199 Well, yeah, sure, I could've said some things. 57 00:07:08,225 --> 00:07:11,869 Well, to tell you the truth, I did say some things. 58 00:07:11,937 --> 00:07:13,464 He's my brother. 59 00:07:13,537 --> 00:07:16,058 But in a very subtle way. 60 00:07:17,441 --> 00:07:19,613 What do you think of Angela Raguzzo? 61 00:07:19,681 --> 00:07:21,372 She's all right. 62 00:07:21,442 --> 00:07:23,133 - She's hot. - Why? 63 00:07:24,641 --> 00:07:26,529 She wants you to ask her out. 64 00:07:26,594 --> 00:07:30,391 Look, don't try and fix me up with people. It's embarrassing. 65 00:07:30,466 --> 00:07:32,124 All right. 66 00:07:32,194 --> 00:07:34,561 What do you think of Dana Defalco? 67 00:07:34,626 --> 00:07:37,441 You want me to go out with a girl whose father's in the mob? 68 00:07:37,506 --> 00:07:39,416 - Who says he's in the mob? - Everybody. 69 00:07:39,490 --> 00:07:41,879 So? Don't you want a little excitement? 70 00:07:41,955 --> 00:07:45,948 - I got all the excitement I can take. - With who? The ice maiden? 71 00:07:46,018 --> 00:07:48,157 You don't know what you're talking about. 72 00:07:48,226 --> 00:07:50,233 - I don't? - No. 73 00:07:51,266 --> 00:07:53,055 Inform me. 74 00:07:53,123 --> 00:07:55,033 Well, it's none of your business. 75 00:07:55,106 --> 00:07:57,856 But Suzanne, she looks, you know... 76 00:07:57,923 --> 00:07:59,778 very fragile and delicate, right? 77 00:08:01,763 --> 00:08:04,153 But when we're-- 78 00:08:04,227 --> 00:08:08,057 I mean, when I'm-- I don't know why I'm telling you this. 79 00:08:08,131 --> 00:08:09,986 Details are too graphic. 80 00:08:10,051 --> 00:08:12,637 But let me just tell ya, she's like-- 81 00:08:12,708 --> 00:08:15,195 She's like a volcano. 82 00:08:15,267 --> 00:08:18,780 You mean people come from miles around just to watch her explode? 83 00:08:18,851 --> 00:08:20,957 - Is that it? - Very funny. 84 00:08:21,028 --> 00:08:22,882 Like Mount Saint Helens? 85 00:08:22,948 --> 00:08:25,501 Man! When he says to me-- 86 00:08:25,572 --> 00:08:27,001 I'm gonna marry her. 87 00:08:28,068 --> 00:08:30,305 Wait a minute. You what? 88 00:08:30,372 --> 00:08:32,608 "You what?" I said. And then he says-- 89 00:08:32,677 --> 00:08:35,360 I'm tellin' ya, sis, she's it. 90 00:08:35,428 --> 00:08:38,690 - She's the golden girl of my dreams. - Oh, God. 91 00:08:40,836 --> 00:08:42,659 And I did one of these... 92 00:08:43,749 --> 00:08:45,604 which I regretted right away... 93 00:08:45,669 --> 00:08:49,499 'cause he looked at me with that kind of doggy look that guys get. 94 00:08:50,725 --> 00:08:52,864 I'm just kidding. I'm kidding! 95 00:08:54,789 --> 00:08:56,677 She can't even bowl. 96 00:08:56,741 --> 00:08:58,366 Yes! Yes! 97 00:08:58,437 --> 00:09:01,121 - Let me tell you something, all right? - Yeah. 98 00:09:01,189 --> 00:09:05,794 She's like-- She's like a delicate china doll. 99 00:09:05,862 --> 00:09:09,506 You ever try kissing a doll? You know, they don't kiss back. 100 00:09:09,573 --> 00:09:13,086 She's like one of those porcelain figurines that Mom collects. 101 00:09:14,566 --> 00:09:16,454 She is so pure and delicate... 102 00:09:17,607 --> 00:09:19,549 and innocent. 103 00:09:19,623 --> 00:09:22,437 You just have to look at her, and you wanna take care of her... 104 00:09:22,503 --> 00:09:24,357 for the rest of your life. 105 00:09:26,087 --> 00:09:27,614 Yeah, I can see that. 106 00:09:29,094 --> 00:09:30,469 So-- 107 00:09:30,535 --> 00:09:34,081 Anyway, so when she, Suzanne, says to me-- 108 00:09:34,151 --> 00:09:37,980 If you're actively seeking a career in the professional ice skating field-- 109 00:09:38,055 --> 00:09:39,779 in the spotlight, so to speak-- 110 00:09:39,847 --> 00:09:42,880 I think you have to maximize your positive features. 111 00:09:42,951 --> 00:09:44,326 Sure. 112 00:09:44,391 --> 00:09:47,206 What I'm saying is that a qualified plastic surgeon... 113 00:09:47,271 --> 00:09:51,046 could just snip away those little beauty spots, or facial blemishes... 114 00:09:51,111 --> 00:09:54,210 and you'd see how much better you'd feel about yourself. 115 00:09:55,848 --> 00:09:59,143 You know, commenting about my face and stuff. 116 00:09:59,208 --> 00:10:02,786 I knew where she was going. Miss Fixer-Upper. 117 00:10:02,856 --> 00:10:06,468 I believe that Mr. Gorbachev-- The man who ran Russia for so long? 118 00:10:06,536 --> 00:10:09,733 I believe that he would still be in power today if he'd done... 119 00:10:09,801 --> 00:10:13,794 what many people suggested and had that big purple thing taken off his forehead. 120 00:10:13,864 --> 00:10:15,620 I firmly believe that. 121 00:10:15,688 --> 00:10:18,503 Someday I hope to interview him, and we'll discuss that... 122 00:10:18,569 --> 00:10:21,471 along with other more pertinent international things. 123 00:10:21,545 --> 00:10:24,861 I'm tellin' you, sis, she's gonna be the next Barbara Walters. 124 00:10:24,937 --> 00:10:26,311 Is that right? 125 00:10:26,376 --> 00:10:29,126 Well, Barbara does have many admirable qualities-- 126 00:10:29,193 --> 00:10:31,048 a wide knowledge of current events... 127 00:10:31,113 --> 00:10:33,121 and a deep sympathy for people's inner feelings... 128 00:10:33,194 --> 00:10:36,772 which is a trait so many people have who are of the Jewish persuasion. 129 00:10:36,841 --> 00:10:38,564 Isn't she somethin' else? 130 00:10:39,689 --> 00:10:41,445 So, yeah, that was it. 131 00:10:41,514 --> 00:10:43,619 I mean, a done deal, finito. 132 00:10:44,714 --> 00:10:46,307 He was a goner. 133 00:10:47,753 --> 00:10:49,925 The point is that, for instance... 134 00:10:49,994 --> 00:10:52,579 Connie Chung, who is married, I believe... 135 00:10:52,650 --> 00:10:54,822 to Maury Povich, the well-known interviewer... 136 00:10:54,890 --> 00:10:58,436 doesn't say, "Hello, this is Connie Povich with the news." 137 00:10:58,507 --> 00:11:01,125 I don't think she would be embarrassed by it... 138 00:11:01,194 --> 00:11:04,260 because she's already pretty ethnic when you think about it. 139 00:11:04,330 --> 00:11:06,185 Or, to take another example... 140 00:11:06,250 --> 00:11:09,065 someone who doesn't appear to have an ethnic bone in her body-- 141 00:11:09,130 --> 00:11:11,138 Jane Pauley... 142 00:11:11,211 --> 00:11:12,901 who I strongly relate to... 143 00:11:12,970 --> 00:11:16,320 because, you know, we have similar physical traits. 144 00:11:16,395 --> 00:11:19,112 Although, I thankfully don't have to struggle with the weight problem... 145 00:11:19,179 --> 00:11:20,705 like she does. 146 00:11:21,835 --> 00:11:24,170 And she also, to the best of my knowledge... 147 00:11:24,235 --> 00:11:27,104 has never identified herself, audience-wise... 148 00:11:27,179 --> 00:11:28,968 as Jane Trudeau... 149 00:11:29,035 --> 00:11:31,555 even though her husband, Mr. Trudeau... 150 00:11:31,627 --> 00:11:34,562 is a prominent cartoonist of some kind... 151 00:11:34,636 --> 00:11:37,865 and not, as so many people believe, the ex-president of Canada. 152 00:11:37,931 --> 00:11:39,786 So, what I'm saying is this: 153 00:11:41,164 --> 00:11:44,873 There are some people who never know who they are... 154 00:11:44,940 --> 00:11:48,007 or who they wanna be until it's too late... 155 00:11:48,077 --> 00:11:51,306 and that is a real tragedy in my book... 156 00:11:51,372 --> 00:11:56,260 because I always knew who I was and who I wanted to be, always. 157 00:11:58,252 --> 00:12:02,082 Who wants to be on TV? There she is! 158 00:12:02,157 --> 00:12:04,972 - Look at who's looking at herself. - Just look at that. 159 00:12:05,037 --> 00:12:06,760 Suzanne, lookie there. 160 00:12:06,829 --> 00:12:08,716 Come here. Look at the camera. 161 00:12:08,781 --> 00:12:10,723 - See? - Look, what a darling. 162 00:12:10,797 --> 00:12:12,172 Sweetheart. 163 00:12:12,237 --> 00:12:15,052 Can't you get it focused better than that? 164 00:12:16,237 --> 00:12:17,928 And we're back... 165 00:12:17,997 --> 00:12:20,648 with the families of Suzanne and Larry Maretto. 166 00:12:20,718 --> 00:12:22,823 Mr. Stone. 167 00:12:24,621 --> 00:12:27,142 At first, I have to admit we-- 168 00:12:27,214 --> 00:12:29,996 we didn't think too much of it, the relationship. 169 00:12:31,598 --> 00:12:34,980 Here was our daughter, a college graduate. 170 00:12:35,054 --> 00:12:37,443 Junior college, yes, but... 171 00:12:37,518 --> 00:12:40,006 with good grades and a degree in-- 172 00:12:41,102 --> 00:12:42,891 Electronic journalism. 173 00:12:42,958 --> 00:12:44,485 Exactly. 174 00:12:45,902 --> 00:12:48,423 And here was this young man... 175 00:12:48,495 --> 00:12:51,146 a good boy obviously... 176 00:12:51,215 --> 00:12:53,833 but, still, a boy whose education was... 177 00:12:55,215 --> 00:12:56,906 limited to high school. 178 00:12:58,159 --> 00:13:00,265 I remember saying, "Honey--" 179 00:13:00,336 --> 00:13:03,369 Honey, I'm worried that you don't know what you're getting into with this kid. 180 00:13:03,439 --> 00:13:06,254 - Dad, I'm not a little girl anymore. - I know that. 181 00:13:07,440 --> 00:13:09,382 All I'm saying is that... 182 00:13:09,455 --> 00:13:11,398 we come from pretty different backgrounds. 183 00:13:11,471 --> 00:13:14,821 "For all you know his family could be mixed up with the mafia." 184 00:13:16,336 --> 00:13:18,725 - I'm sorry, Joe. - No problem, Earl. 185 00:13:18,800 --> 00:13:20,655 - I was just being-- - I understand. 186 00:13:21,616 --> 00:13:22,826 I understand. Please. 187 00:13:25,649 --> 00:13:27,853 She just laughed at me. 188 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:32,015 - Don't worry. - I have to worry. 189 00:13:32,080 --> 00:13:33,706 That's what dads do. 190 00:13:39,600 --> 00:13:43,113 If you ask me, I'd say Larry appealed to a side of her... 191 00:13:43,184 --> 00:13:46,316 that you wouldn't ordinarily know was there. 192 00:13:46,385 --> 00:13:49,451 It was a kind of a-- What? 193 00:13:49,521 --> 00:13:51,048 A wild side. 194 00:13:53,777 --> 00:13:56,712 Not wild, but-- 195 00:14:01,650 --> 00:14:03,340 Wild. 196 00:14:03,409 --> 00:14:05,930 I thought he would marry-- I don't know. 197 00:14:06,002 --> 00:14:08,173 A nice lfalian girl. 198 00:14:09,554 --> 00:14:12,205 But like the guy in The Godfather says... 199 00:14:12,274 --> 00:14:14,958 "This is America, okay? 200 00:14:15,026 --> 00:14:17,262 The melting pot. " 201 00:14:17,331 --> 00:14:21,105 Anyway, one day, Larry comes over to me. He says-- 202 00:14:21,171 --> 00:14:24,302 I'm gonna tell you something, Pop. She's going places. 203 00:14:24,370 --> 00:14:27,599 She's got goals. You know, she's studying stuff. 204 00:14:27,667 --> 00:14:30,481 She's sending out resumes all the time. 205 00:14:30,547 --> 00:14:33,842 Did I show you what she gave me for my birthday? 206 00:14:33,907 --> 00:14:35,696 "You Can Be The 0ne." 207 00:14:35,763 --> 00:14:37,324 The one what? 208 00:14:37,395 --> 00:14:40,079 Well, the one anything. That's the point. 209 00:14:40,147 --> 00:14:42,187 It's self-motivation. 210 00:14:42,259 --> 00:14:44,812 It's from that guy on TV, the inspirational millionaire... 211 00:14:44,883 --> 00:14:46,738 with all the houses and yachts. 212 00:14:46,803 --> 00:14:48,177 You know? 213 00:14:48,244 --> 00:14:49,869 Sounds pretty serious. 214 00:14:49,939 --> 00:14:52,722 Serious? Pop, I sold my drums. 215 00:14:54,420 --> 00:14:56,722 - You sold your drums? - Yep. 216 00:14:58,292 --> 00:14:59,060 And he did. He sold his drums... 217 00:14:59,060 --> 00:15:01,100 And he did. He sold his drums... 218 00:15:01,172 --> 00:15:03,594 and he turned himself right around... 219 00:15:03,668 --> 00:15:05,043 just for her. 220 00:15:07,348 --> 00:15:08,875 The veil Suzanne wore... 221 00:15:08,948 --> 00:15:12,112 she had copied from a picture in a magazine... 222 00:15:12,180 --> 00:15:16,141 the exact same one Maria Shriver wore at her wedding. 223 00:15:18,677 --> 00:15:21,165 Larry, he was so proud, you know... 224 00:15:21,237 --> 00:15:23,757 'cause Suzanne designed the wedding rings... 225 00:15:23,829 --> 00:15:25,618 all by herself. 226 00:15:25,685 --> 00:15:28,107 You want me to describe them for you? 227 00:15:28,182 --> 00:15:30,865 They were round, and gold. 228 00:15:31,925 --> 00:15:33,997 I mean, big fuckin' deal. 229 00:15:34,069 --> 00:15:36,491 Come on, Suze, let's go! 230 00:15:36,566 --> 00:15:39,468 I'll still never find a guy like you, Dad. 231 00:15:42,389 --> 00:15:43,600 What? 232 00:15:50,646 --> 00:15:54,443 We got a postcard from Suzanne... 233 00:15:54,518 --> 00:15:57,518 every single day that they were on their honeymoon. 234 00:15:57,590 --> 00:16:01,452 And it very much surprised us that they went to Florida... 235 00:16:01,527 --> 00:16:06,066 because Suzanne was never one to lie around the beach. 236 00:16:06,134 --> 00:16:09,451 But Larry was very much into boatlng and fishing... 237 00:16:09,527 --> 00:16:12,177 and I think she just wanted to make him happY. 238 00:16:12,247 --> 00:16:14,702 - That's a pretty lady you got there. - Yes, sir. 239 00:16:14,775 --> 00:16:18,801 We've been married for four days and 18 hours. 240 00:16:18,871 --> 00:16:21,424 I wouldn't let her out of my sight for very long. 241 00:16:21,495 --> 00:16:24,430 Well, she can't go in the sun. 242 00:16:24,504 --> 00:16:27,406 It's not good to tan when you're on TV. 243 00:16:27,480 --> 00:16:30,295 What show is she on? Have I ever seen her? 244 00:16:30,360 --> 00:16:32,662 Not yet, but you will. 245 00:16:47,128 --> 00:16:49,070 Hi, honey. 246 00:16:50,169 --> 00:16:51,794 Did you miss me? 247 00:16:56,152 --> 00:16:58,040 Did you dream about me, baby? 248 00:17:12,249 --> 00:17:13,776 It must've been a... 249 00:17:15,065 --> 00:17:18,262 pretty successful honeymoon, because when they came back they were-- 250 00:17:18,330 --> 00:17:20,719 - Radiant. - Exactly. Radiant. 251 00:17:22,106 --> 00:17:25,335 Larry took the money he was saving in case he wanted to go back to college... 252 00:17:25,402 --> 00:17:28,217 and put a down payment on that condo at the Heights. 253 00:17:28,282 --> 00:17:31,599 And he bought her that pretty little Mustang. 254 00:17:34,651 --> 00:17:36,658 - Hi. How are you? - Come in! 255 00:17:36,730 --> 00:17:38,421 All right. Come on. 256 00:17:38,491 --> 00:17:42,037 So you thought Larry changed a lot after he and Suzanne were married? 257 00:17:42,107 --> 00:17:45,303 Totally! It was like suddenly he went from Van Halen... 258 00:17:45,370 --> 00:17:47,705 to Jerry Vale overnight. 259 00:17:47,771 --> 00:17:49,233 She didn't have any-- 260 00:17:49,307 --> 00:17:51,162 She thought she had taste, but-- 261 00:17:56,347 --> 00:17:58,289 Barquettes with leek chiffonade. 262 00:17:59,547 --> 00:18:01,402 This is the dish that they serve... 263 00:18:01,468 --> 00:18:04,282 in Johnny Carson's favorite restaurant in Hollywood. 264 00:18:04,348 --> 00:18:07,577 Well, hey, if it's good enough for Johnny-- 265 00:18:13,628 --> 00:18:16,497 Well, was that some meal or what? 266 00:18:17,628 --> 00:18:20,410 I say Julia Childs better watch her back... 267 00:18:20,477 --> 00:18:22,549 or she'll be looking for another job. 268 00:18:23,996 --> 00:18:26,964 Well, I won't be doing this every night. 269 00:18:27,037 --> 00:18:31,128 I'm planning on starting this exercise class so I can get rid of a few pounds. 270 00:18:31,196 --> 00:18:33,203 From where? Your feet? 271 00:18:33,276 --> 00:18:36,888 - On TV the camera adds five pounds. - Is that true? 272 00:18:36,956 --> 00:18:40,120 I didn't know that. Did you know that? 273 00:18:44,253 --> 00:18:47,319 Talking about exercise, I gotta go. 274 00:18:48,349 --> 00:18:50,204 I got a rehearsal... 275 00:18:50,269 --> 00:18:53,237 at some god-awful hour all the way over in Norwalk. 276 00:18:53,310 --> 00:18:56,441 - What are you rehearsing? - Janice has a job in the lce Follies. 277 00:18:56,510 --> 00:18:58,812 They're going on tour in September. 278 00:18:58,878 --> 00:19:00,667 - That's fabulous. - Thanks. 279 00:19:00,734 --> 00:19:04,149 I'm just one of the chorus now, but-- 280 00:19:04,222 --> 00:19:07,070 Actually, I do skate this one medley. 281 00:19:07,134 --> 00:19:11,411 It's kind of a, you know, salute to great TV shows. 282 00:19:11,486 --> 00:19:14,170 I skate the Peggy Lipton part in the Mod Squad number. 283 00:19:15,391 --> 00:19:16,765 Peggy Lipton? 284 00:19:16,830 --> 00:19:19,001 Yeah. I get to wear a blonde wig. 285 00:19:20,414 --> 00:19:21,789 How exciting. 286 00:19:21,855 --> 00:19:25,597 They're talking about like maybe a TV special this year or so-- 287 00:19:25,663 --> 00:19:27,289 Listen. Hang on, everybody. 288 00:19:27,359 --> 00:19:29,748 Because, well, we've got... 289 00:19:29,823 --> 00:19:32,376 a pretty important announcement ourselves to make... 290 00:19:32,447 --> 00:19:35,229 and I think congratulations are in order. 291 00:19:38,431 --> 00:19:39,675 Oh, honey. 292 00:19:39,744 --> 00:19:41,653 Wait, wait, wait! Cut, cut, cut! 293 00:19:41,728 --> 00:19:43,451 It's not that. 294 00:19:43,519 --> 00:19:47,414 - You're not-- - No, I'm not pregnant, for God's sake. 295 00:19:48,863 --> 00:19:51,547 - Suzy's got a job. - What? 296 00:19:51,616 --> 00:19:54,551 Over at WWEN, the TV station. 297 00:19:54,624 --> 00:19:57,373 The first woman they ever hired. Isn't that right? 298 00:19:57,440 --> 00:19:59,066 That's right. 299 00:19:59,136 --> 00:20:02,038 Yep, our Suze is on her way now... 300 00:20:02,112 --> 00:20:05,146 and nothing is gonna stop her. 301 00:20:05,217 --> 00:20:07,770 Oh, honey, I'm proud of you. 302 00:20:07,841 --> 00:20:09,368 That's great. 303 00:20:11,552 --> 00:20:13,440 We're proud of you. 304 00:20:13,505 --> 00:20:14,912 That's great. 305 00:20:18,881 --> 00:20:21,369 - How are the newlyweds? - They're doing great. 306 00:20:21,441 --> 00:20:23,776 - Thanks, Sal. - Yeah, cute kids. 307 00:20:23,841 --> 00:20:25,368 - Aren't they just? - Yeah. 308 00:20:25,441 --> 00:20:27,961 - Did you like the barquettes? - The what? 309 00:20:28,033 --> 00:20:30,106 With the leek chiffonade. Was it okay? 310 00:20:30,178 --> 00:20:32,033 We never did 'em before... 311 00:20:32,098 --> 00:20:34,553 but she showed us this recipe in a book, so-- 312 00:20:34,626 --> 00:20:36,252 No problem. 313 00:20:36,322 --> 00:20:38,493 I never told anyone... 314 00:20:38,562 --> 00:20:40,089 even Joe. 315 00:20:40,162 --> 00:20:42,977 So she couldn't cook. There are worse crimes... 316 00:20:44,066 --> 00:20:46,073 as we all know. 317 00:20:46,146 --> 00:20:49,180 You're not anybody in America unless you're on TV. 318 00:20:49,250 --> 00:20:52,217 On TV is where we learn about who we really are... 319 00:20:52,290 --> 00:20:54,778 because what's the point of doing anything worthwhile... 320 00:20:54,850 --> 00:20:56,410 if nobody's watching? 321 00:20:56,482 --> 00:20:59,898 And if people are watching, it makes you a better person. 322 00:21:00,739 --> 00:21:03,870 Marry me. Mary, say yes. 323 00:21:08,419 --> 00:21:11,321 I thought she was like a goddess of some kind. 324 00:21:12,836 --> 00:21:15,421 Like Lady Di before she dumped the prince... 325 00:21:15,491 --> 00:21:17,826 and went nudist and everything. 326 00:21:17,891 --> 00:21:21,055 Suzanne bought me this dress, which I hope to fit someday. 327 00:21:24,836 --> 00:21:27,487 Suzanne Maretto was a beautiful human being... 328 00:21:27,556 --> 00:21:30,971 with real dreams and aspirations. 329 00:21:47,141 --> 00:21:50,621 Suzanne used to say "Opportunity is always knocking... 330 00:21:50,692 --> 00:21:53,082 but if you aren't listening, its knuckles get sore... 331 00:21:53,157 --> 00:21:54,848 and it moves to another house." 332 00:21:54,917 --> 00:21:57,056 Something like that. 333 00:21:57,125 --> 00:21:59,940 She said that even on her honeymoon she had Larry take her... 334 00:22:00,005 --> 00:22:02,907 to this hotel in Florida where there was going to be... 335 00:22:02,981 --> 00:22:06,210 this kind of convention of all these big-shot TV people... 336 00:22:06,278 --> 00:22:09,060 that she'd read about in a magazine. 337 00:22:09,125 --> 00:22:11,459 Which, of course, she didn't tell Larry... 338 00:22:11,526 --> 00:22:14,657 because she didn't want to maybe hurt his feelings about... 339 00:22:14,726 --> 00:22:18,021 her attending to her career while they were bonding sexually... 340 00:22:18,086 --> 00:22:19,777 so to speak. 341 00:22:22,438 --> 00:22:26,366 So the German reporter says to the Hungarian editor... 342 00:22:26,438 --> 00:22:28,805 "Of course she's always smiling. 343 00:22:28,871 --> 00:22:31,904 She gets "faxed" at least ten times a day." 344 00:22:31,974 --> 00:22:33,283 Boom. 345 00:22:34,310 --> 00:22:35,936 Thank you. 346 00:22:36,006 --> 00:22:37,894 I know that's a silly joke... 347 00:22:37,959 --> 00:22:40,926 but it does illustrate our central thesis today... 348 00:22:40,999 --> 00:22:43,749 which is "Here and Now in the... 349 00:22:43,815 --> 00:22:45,637 Fast-Moving Computer Age." 350 00:22:45,703 --> 00:22:47,078 It's the-- 351 00:22:50,504 --> 00:22:52,871 In our fast-moving computer age... 352 00:22:52,935 --> 00:22:55,106 it's the medium of television... 353 00:22:55,175 --> 00:22:59,136 that joins together our global community. 354 00:22:59,207 --> 00:23:01,215 And it is the-- 355 00:23:04,103 --> 00:23:08,097 It is the television journalist who serves as messenger... 356 00:23:08,168 --> 00:23:11,070 bringing the world into our homes... 357 00:23:11,144 --> 00:23:14,592 and our homes into the world. 358 00:23:14,664 --> 00:23:16,125 Thank you. 359 00:23:16,200 --> 00:23:17,826 Thank you very much. 360 00:23:19,624 --> 00:23:21,217 Thanks a lot. 361 00:23:28,169 --> 00:23:30,656 - The point is, Miss-- - Stone. 362 00:23:35,241 --> 00:23:36,768 That's a good name. 363 00:23:36,842 --> 00:23:38,751 Now, that's a name you can remember. 364 00:23:39,977 --> 00:23:42,432 The point is, Suzanne... 365 00:23:42,505 --> 00:23:45,636 if you want it bad enough you'll get it... 366 00:23:45,705 --> 00:23:48,127 but you gotta really want it. 367 00:23:48,202 --> 00:23:52,709 You gotta be able to do things that ordinary people wouldn't do. 368 00:23:54,218 --> 00:23:56,804 You see what I'm saying? 369 00:23:56,874 --> 00:23:58,248 I think so. 370 00:23:59,466 --> 00:24:01,222 How about another of those? 371 00:24:02,666 --> 00:24:04,521 - I don't know about that. - Sweetheart? 372 00:24:04,586 --> 00:24:06,593 Give us another all around. 373 00:24:11,147 --> 00:24:13,569 Anyway, when I was at the network... 374 00:24:13,642 --> 00:24:17,505 there was this gal from some ten-watt station in the Midwest... 375 00:24:17,578 --> 00:24:19,815 where she did the weather. 376 00:24:19,883 --> 00:24:21,890 The weather. 377 00:24:21,963 --> 00:24:24,647 So she comes up to New York... 378 00:24:24,715 --> 00:24:28,392 in her best Donna Karan dress-for-success knockoff... 379 00:24:28,459 --> 00:24:31,907 blonde hair all done up in a French twist... 380 00:24:31,979 --> 00:24:36,551 and an audition tape in her imitation leather briefcase... 381 00:24:36,619 --> 00:24:40,296 along with a letter of introduction from her station manager. 382 00:24:40,363 --> 00:24:42,054 And it says... 383 00:24:42,124 --> 00:24:44,939 "Please give your most serious consideration... 384 00:24:45,004 --> 00:24:46,859 to the bearer of this letter--" 385 00:24:46,924 --> 00:24:48,680 Miss So-and-so. 386 00:24:48,748 --> 00:24:51,879 "Who is of moderate intelligence... 387 00:24:51,948 --> 00:24:55,461 who has some experience in broadcasting... 388 00:24:55,532 --> 00:24:57,256 and, more importantly... 389 00:24:57,325 --> 00:25:00,620 who can suck your cock until your eyes pop out." 390 00:25:09,069 --> 00:25:10,923 And you know who that gal is? 391 00:25:12,301 --> 00:25:13,675 Who? 392 00:25:21,165 --> 00:25:23,020 Is that true? 393 00:25:23,086 --> 00:25:24,296 It's true. 394 00:25:24,366 --> 00:25:26,755 And here comes the best part. 395 00:25:28,013 --> 00:25:29,802 - Yes? - This is the best part. 396 00:25:29,870 --> 00:25:33,383 About ten years ago, I'm at some TV conference somewhere... 397 00:25:33,454 --> 00:25:35,625 and I run into that station manager... 398 00:25:35,694 --> 00:25:38,344 and I congratulate him on his letter-writing skills. 399 00:25:38,414 --> 00:25:43,171 And he doesn't know what I'm talking about. 400 00:25:46,606 --> 00:25:47,980 Why doesn't he? 401 00:25:49,102 --> 00:25:51,175 Because he didn't write the letter. 402 00:25:56,271 --> 00:25:58,343 Oh. Who did? 403 00:25:59,503 --> 00:26:01,958 She did. She wrote it herself. 404 00:26:06,671 --> 00:26:08,493 Oh, I see. 405 00:26:08,559 --> 00:26:10,501 It's good, isn't it? 406 00:26:14,447 --> 00:26:17,447 - I watch your show all the time. - Everybody does. 407 00:26:18,735 --> 00:26:20,164 So... 408 00:26:21,488 --> 00:26:23,343 what do you think, Suzanne? 409 00:26:30,032 --> 00:26:32,204 What do I think about what? 410 00:26:32,273 --> 00:26:33,647 Well-- 411 00:26:53,105 --> 00:26:54,960 Hi, honey. 412 00:26:55,025 --> 00:26:56,618 Where were you? 413 00:26:57,969 --> 00:26:59,496 I couldn't sleep. 414 00:27:00,625 --> 00:27:03,243 When I put out the sign for a gal Friday... 415 00:27:03,313 --> 00:27:05,648 I figured I'd be interviewing a couple of high school dropouts... 416 00:27:05,714 --> 00:27:08,943 who wouldn't mind going to the mall and picking up doughnuts... 417 00:27:09,010 --> 00:27:11,661 and emptying the ashtrays, that kind of thing. 418 00:27:11,730 --> 00:27:13,999 This is when we first meet Gangbusters. 419 00:27:14,065 --> 00:27:16,880 That's what George and I called Suzanne. 420 00:27:22,130 --> 00:27:24,040 Not to her face, of course. 421 00:27:38,579 --> 00:27:42,703 Mr. Grant, I am the woman you are looking for. 422 00:27:42,771 --> 00:27:44,593 My name is Suzanne Stone Maretto... 423 00:27:44,659 --> 00:27:48,140 but I plan to use Suzanne Stone as my professional name. 424 00:27:48,212 --> 00:27:50,929 I'd like you to look over my resume... 425 00:27:50,996 --> 00:27:53,581 which details both my educational background... 426 00:27:53,651 --> 00:27:56,302 and my references in the media field. 427 00:27:58,292 --> 00:28:00,942 I can make you a solemn promise that I will be... 428 00:28:01,011 --> 00:28:02,986 dedicated and committed to this job. 429 00:28:03,060 --> 00:28:05,264 Hang on a second. 430 00:28:05,332 --> 00:28:08,300 We're only looking for someone to answer the mail, run errands. 431 00:28:08,372 --> 00:28:10,380 Minimum pay, no benefits. 432 00:28:10,453 --> 00:28:12,308 Money is not my main concern. 433 00:28:12,373 --> 00:28:15,504 I just want a chance to contribute something. 434 00:28:15,572 --> 00:28:18,868 I think you'll find I have very valuable ideas about programming. 435 00:28:18,933 --> 00:28:20,526 Whoa! No! 436 00:28:20,597 --> 00:28:23,826 You're not hearing what I'm saying. Take a look around you. 437 00:28:23,893 --> 00:28:27,538 I mean, Suzanne, we're talking local cable station here. 438 00:28:27,605 --> 00:28:30,420 I just want a chance to get my foot in the door. 439 00:28:30,485 --> 00:28:32,340 Everybody has to start somewhere. 440 00:28:32,405 --> 00:28:34,991 Do you know where Edward R. Murrow started? 441 00:28:36,214 --> 00:28:37,872 No, I don't. 442 00:28:38,998 --> 00:28:40,853 No. Well, neither do I offhand. 443 00:28:40,918 --> 00:28:43,307 I don't think it was at the top, do you? 444 00:28:44,534 --> 00:28:46,574 I live only five minutes from here. 445 00:28:46,645 --> 00:28:48,500 I will be willing and eager... 446 00:28:48,566 --> 00:28:51,948 to respond to any newsworthy emergency you put in front of me. 447 00:28:54,454 --> 00:28:57,902 Mr. Grant, this is a dream I have had all my life. 448 00:28:57,974 --> 00:29:00,363 I will do anything to get this job. 449 00:29:01,910 --> 00:29:05,074 This is my associate George. 450 00:29:08,183 --> 00:29:10,670 Pleased to meet you, George. 451 00:29:10,742 --> 00:29:13,426 Well, we'll think about it. 452 00:29:15,255 --> 00:29:16,946 I believe that my assets-- 453 00:29:17,015 --> 00:29:19,186 I said we'll think about it! 454 00:29:19,255 --> 00:29:21,165 And we will. 455 00:29:21,239 --> 00:29:23,312 Thank you. 456 00:29:29,976 --> 00:29:32,464 I believe that in our fast-moving computer age... 457 00:29:32,536 --> 00:29:36,114 it is the medium of television that joins together the global community... 458 00:29:36,184 --> 00:29:39,031 and it is the television journalist who serves as messenger... 459 00:29:39,096 --> 00:29:42,958 bringing the world into our homes and our homes into the world. 460 00:29:43,032 --> 00:29:46,228 It has always been my dream to become such a messenger. 461 00:29:46,296 --> 00:29:48,435 I look to you, gentlemen, now... 462 00:29:48,504 --> 00:29:50,544 to make that dream... 463 00:29:50,616 --> 00:29:52,143 a reality. 464 00:30:00,056 --> 00:30:01,966 Jesus Christ. 465 00:30:02,041 --> 00:30:04,048 Gangbusters. 466 00:30:04,121 --> 00:30:06,128 Fuckin' gangbusters. 467 00:30:31,578 --> 00:30:34,229 - Come on back to bed. - I gotta go to work. 468 00:30:34,298 --> 00:30:35,891 - Ten minutes. - I gotta go. 469 00:30:35,962 --> 00:30:38,297 - Five minutes. - I gotta put my face on. 470 00:30:38,362 --> 00:30:42,323 - Put your face on me. Two minutes. - Take your hand away. 471 00:30:52,219 --> 00:30:53,713 Come, Walter. 472 00:30:54,843 --> 00:30:58,225 The dog was a cute little thing, wasn't it? 473 00:30:58,299 --> 00:31:00,154 She was crazy about that dog. 474 00:31:00,219 --> 00:31:01,561 It was darling. 475 00:31:17,467 --> 00:31:18,994 Oh, hello! 476 00:31:27,452 --> 00:31:29,492 She named it Walter... 477 00:31:29,564 --> 00:31:30,939 after Walter-- 478 00:31:31,004 --> 00:31:34,452 Is it "Cronkite"? The guy who used to be on TV. 479 00:31:34,525 --> 00:31:37,274 I think he was Dan Rather's uncle or something. 480 00:31:37,341 --> 00:31:41,170 It was like a hair ball puked up by some demon from hell. 481 00:31:42,876 --> 00:31:44,632 There wasn't much to do. 482 00:31:44,701 --> 00:31:48,857 Most of the time she just sat over there and worked on her file... 483 00:31:48,925 --> 00:31:51,314 her idea file. 484 00:31:51,389 --> 00:31:53,299 She had so many ideas. 485 00:31:55,261 --> 00:31:58,906 This is the presentation on that idea with me going to local movie theaters... 486 00:31:58,974 --> 00:32:01,941 talking to the people coming out to see what they really think. 487 00:32:02,014 --> 00:32:04,316 An actual... 488 00:32:04,382 --> 00:32:06,902 vox populae, if you know the term. 489 00:32:08,734 --> 00:32:11,582 Here's the memo on that children's show with me as the hostess... 490 00:32:11,646 --> 00:32:13,533 and the live, in-studio animals. 491 00:32:13,598 --> 00:32:16,216 Look it over tonight. Give me your thoughts in the morning. 492 00:32:17,694 --> 00:32:21,043 A couple of pages outlining that concept for interviewing everyday citizens... 493 00:32:21,119 --> 00:32:23,355 like mailmen, school crossing guards... 494 00:32:23,422 --> 00:32:27,449 to inform our citizenry on what kind of valuable services are available to them. 495 00:32:33,375 --> 00:32:35,961 After a few months, she wore me down. 496 00:32:36,031 --> 00:32:39,031 I let her do the evening weather report, which she was fine at. 497 00:32:39,103 --> 00:32:41,438 Although with the preparation she put into it... 498 00:32:41,503 --> 00:32:43,445 you'd think she was covering D-Day. 499 00:32:43,519 --> 00:32:43,615 Six, five... 500 00:32:43,615 --> 00:32:45,557 Six, five... 501 00:32:46,463 --> 00:32:48,667 four, three... 502 00:32:48,735 --> 00:32:50,296 two, one. 503 00:32:52,159 --> 00:32:53,534 You're on! 504 00:32:55,328 --> 00:32:58,907 Good evening from the WWEN Weather Center. 505 00:32:58,976 --> 00:33:00,502 Weather Center? 506 00:33:00,576 --> 00:33:02,399 The heavy system we were expecting... 507 00:33:02,464 --> 00:33:05,399 moving down from the north is not going to show up after all... 508 00:33:05,472 --> 00:33:07,545 because the high pressure system... 509 00:33:07,616 --> 00:33:10,682 is going to be moving up to the north. 510 00:33:10,752 --> 00:33:13,981 The temperature for tonight will remain unseasonably cool... 511 00:33:14,048 --> 00:33:16,634 with patches of fog in the morning and probably-- 512 00:33:16,705 --> 00:33:19,356 Come on. Let's have some quiet here. 513 00:33:19,425 --> 00:33:21,978 The winds are at seven to ten miles per hour. 514 00:33:22,049 --> 00:33:23,576 Sunrise will be at 6:12. 515 00:33:23,649 --> 00:33:26,137 That's about It for your up-to-the-minute weather report. 516 00:33:26,209 --> 00:33:28,543 This is your WWEN weather person saying... 517 00:33:28,609 --> 00:33:31,741 I'll be with You again tomorrow evening, rain or shine. 518 00:33:47,426 --> 00:33:50,394 I never really gave a rat's ass about the weather... 519 00:33:51,554 --> 00:33:54,140 until I got to know Mrs. Maretto. 520 00:33:54,210 --> 00:33:57,080 Now I take it very seriously. 521 00:33:58,146 --> 00:33:59,520 If it rains... 522 00:34:01,251 --> 00:34:03,618 or there's lightning or thunder... 523 00:34:03,683 --> 00:34:05,690 or if it snows... 524 00:34:05,763 --> 00:34:07,519 I have to jack off. 525 00:34:09,251 --> 00:34:11,291 Oh, right. Sorry. 526 00:34:54,117 --> 00:34:56,484 Today's guest, Mrs. Maretto... 527 00:34:57,605 --> 00:35:02,046 is a representative of our local television station, WWEN. 528 00:35:02,117 --> 00:35:04,353 - On-air correspondent. - I'm sorry? 529 00:35:04,421 --> 00:35:07,520 Actually, I'm an on-air correspondent. 530 00:35:07,589 --> 00:35:09,597 Well, that's fine. 531 00:35:09,669 --> 00:35:13,183 Anyway, Mrs. Maretto has asked to have a few words with you. 532 00:35:13,253 --> 00:35:17,509 I know that while I'm gone you will give her your best attention. 533 00:35:17,573 --> 00:35:19,548 Here's my best attention. 534 00:35:20,742 --> 00:35:23,328 Did you say something, Russell? 535 00:35:23,398 --> 00:35:25,121 No, Mr. Finlaysson, I didn't. 536 00:35:26,502 --> 00:35:28,029 I didn't! 537 00:35:33,542 --> 00:35:37,252 Well, first of all, I would like to thank you all... 538 00:35:37,319 --> 00:35:41,094 for extending me the courtesy of your time and attention. 539 00:35:41,159 --> 00:35:42,533 I got something to extend. 540 00:35:44,839 --> 00:35:47,970 And I would like to say that I hope you'll all be as excited... 541 00:35:48,038 --> 00:35:51,715 about the project I'm here to propose to you as I am. 542 00:35:51,783 --> 00:35:53,823 First of all, I want to ask... 543 00:35:53,895 --> 00:35:57,278 have any of you ever been on television before? 544 00:35:57,351 --> 00:35:59,358 Not counting home video, of course. 545 00:36:00,872 --> 00:36:02,399 No one? 546 00:36:03,559 --> 00:36:05,152 I was! 547 00:36:07,784 --> 00:36:10,239 - What's your name? - Lydia Mertz. 548 00:36:10,312 --> 00:36:13,890 And how did it happen that you made this appearance? 549 00:36:15,048 --> 00:36:17,415 It was down at Benson's Electronics. 550 00:36:17,480 --> 00:36:19,968 They have this video camera in the window... 551 00:36:20,040 --> 00:36:23,356 and when you walk by they take your picture. 552 00:36:24,969 --> 00:36:27,140 Well, this may come as a surprise... 553 00:36:27,208 --> 00:36:30,950 but that is how some of our most famous personalities started out-- 554 00:36:31,017 --> 00:36:33,951 just seeing what they look like, accidentally. 555 00:36:34,024 --> 00:36:36,643 - Is that true? - Absolutely. 556 00:36:37,673 --> 00:36:41,088 Now, I am producing a television documentary... 557 00:36:41,161 --> 00:36:43,201 about kids just like yourselves... 558 00:36:43,273 --> 00:36:45,313 because it is teenagers like you... 559 00:36:45,386 --> 00:36:48,517 who are the future of our nation. 560 00:36:48,585 --> 00:36:51,487 And, after all, I used to be a teenager myself once... 561 00:36:51,561 --> 00:36:53,765 back in the Dark Ages. 562 00:36:56,617 --> 00:36:59,749 I would like to find out about your way of life-- 563 00:36:59,818 --> 00:37:02,982 how you feel about your education... 564 00:37:03,050 --> 00:37:05,733 how you feel about things like peer pressure... 565 00:37:05,802 --> 00:37:07,689 how you feel about drugs... 566 00:37:09,322 --> 00:37:10,697 rap music. 567 00:37:10,762 --> 00:37:12,551 Pussy? 568 00:37:13,706 --> 00:37:17,481 Do we have to get permission slips from our parents for this? 569 00:37:17,546 --> 00:37:19,521 No, that wouldn't be necessary. 570 00:37:19,595 --> 00:37:21,799 When'd your folks learn to read and write? 571 00:37:21,867 --> 00:37:23,689 Hey, read this, shitface. 572 00:37:26,474 --> 00:37:28,678 All right. 573 00:37:31,851 --> 00:37:34,818 I am going to put this list on your bulletin board. 574 00:37:34,891 --> 00:37:37,794 And any of you who think this project... 575 00:37:37,867 --> 00:37:41,664 would be as meaningful as I know it can be... 576 00:37:41,739 --> 00:37:43,114 put their names on it. 577 00:37:43,980 --> 00:37:46,663 I would also like to thank you all... 578 00:37:47,756 --> 00:37:49,643 for your interest. 579 00:37:57,484 --> 00:37:59,819 - Everything settled then? - Yes. 580 00:38:01,581 --> 00:38:04,930 Well, then let's give Mrs. Maretto our thanks... 581 00:38:05,005 --> 00:38:06,793 and a round of applause. 582 00:38:15,597 --> 00:38:17,004 Thank you. 583 00:38:18,125 --> 00:38:19,619 Sign up. 584 00:38:41,614 --> 00:38:44,712 I'd never really signed up for anything before... 585 00:38:44,782 --> 00:38:48,230 except an after-school weight watchers program... 586 00:38:48,302 --> 00:38:51,783 which I was asked to leave anyway 'cause they said I wasn't motivated... 587 00:38:51,855 --> 00:38:55,630 and because I gained 11 pounds in three weeks. 588 00:38:55,695 --> 00:38:57,222 But this was different... 589 00:38:57,295 --> 00:39:00,710 'cause it turned out to be the most important thing I ever did. 590 00:39:07,823 --> 00:39:10,606 Now, here's some advice, Russell dear. 591 00:39:11,631 --> 00:39:14,282 That nice Mrs. Maretto is married to a boy... 592 00:39:14,351 --> 00:39:17,482 whose father is a pillar of the ltalian-American community... 593 00:39:17,551 --> 00:39:20,170 and if he knew how you had insulted... 594 00:39:20,240 --> 00:39:22,541 his only beloved daughter-in-law... 595 00:39:22,608 --> 00:39:24,462 he would make one phone call... 596 00:39:24,528 --> 00:39:26,983 and a man with a big knife would show up in the middle of the night... 597 00:39:27,056 --> 00:39:28,779 and turn you into a eunuch. 598 00:39:29,904 --> 00:39:33,200 You know what a eunuch is? Of course you don't. 599 00:39:33,264 --> 00:39:35,151 You can find it in the dictionary. 600 00:39:35,216 --> 00:39:38,958 If you don't know how to spell it, you can look it up under "nutless wonders." 601 00:39:40,496 --> 00:39:43,758 So I'm thinking, there must be some simple way... 602 00:39:43,824 --> 00:39:46,574 for you to make it up to Mrs. Maretto... 603 00:39:46,640 --> 00:39:48,528 for your offensive behavior. 604 00:39:48,593 --> 00:39:50,502 What do you think? 605 00:39:52,817 --> 00:39:54,573 What is a eunuch? 606 00:40:12,530 --> 00:40:12,561 I have to say that the staff at WWEN... 607 00:40:12,561 --> 00:40:15,496 I have to say that the staff at WWEN... 608 00:40:15,570 --> 00:40:18,505 responded with total enthusiasm to my project... 609 00:40:18,578 --> 00:40:20,432 and gave me excellent support... 610 00:40:20,498 --> 00:40:22,407 both editorially and technically... 611 00:40:22,482 --> 00:40:24,816 because I think they could sense almost immediately... 612 00:40:24,883 --> 00:40:26,792 that I was onto something important... 613 00:40:26,866 --> 00:40:28,655 in a sociological sense. 614 00:40:28,723 --> 00:40:32,105 She must've taped God-knows-how-many hundreds of hours... 615 00:40:32,178 --> 00:40:34,415 with these three dorky kids... 616 00:40:34,483 --> 00:40:37,298 who, from what I've seen, would have a major struggle on their hands... 617 00:40:37,363 --> 00:40:40,178 just reciting the days of the week in proper order. 618 00:40:40,243 --> 00:40:41,999 Forget about social insights. 619 00:40:42,066 --> 00:40:43,822 Here, I'll show you. 620 00:40:49,043 --> 00:40:53,134 This is 'Teens Speak Out" project, tape one, take one. 621 00:40:54,515 --> 00:40:56,588 I'm Suzanne Stone and these are-- 622 00:40:58,963 --> 00:41:02,957 Now, let's just saY something in general about ourselves. 623 00:41:03,028 --> 00:41:04,402 Like what? 624 00:41:04,468 --> 00:41:06,672 What do you plan to do with your future? 625 00:41:08,372 --> 00:41:10,641 I don't exactly have a plan. 626 00:41:10,708 --> 00:41:13,359 Well, you must have aspirations of some kind. 627 00:41:13,428 --> 00:41:14,803 What? 628 00:41:14,868 --> 00:41:16,723 A dream, a life goal. 629 00:41:18,164 --> 00:41:20,553 I can tell you Lydia's big life goal. 630 00:41:20,628 --> 00:41:23,443 It's to fuck the new kids on the block. 631 00:41:24,853 --> 00:41:26,708 That's a dirty lie! 632 00:41:27,989 --> 00:41:30,542 I don't want to hear language like that. It is very offensive... 633 00:41:30,613 --> 00:41:33,428 and it is unsuitable for broadcast under FCC regulations. 634 00:41:33,493 --> 00:41:35,020 - You got that? - Yeah. 635 00:41:35,093 --> 00:41:36,620 Anyways, it was Motley Crue. 636 00:41:36,693 --> 00:41:38,067 All right, Lydia. 637 00:41:38,133 --> 00:41:40,402 - Just for your information. - What about you, James? 638 00:41:50,614 --> 00:41:52,469 I think you get the point. 639 00:41:52,534 --> 00:41:55,217 It's not exactly Mike Wallace, eat your heart out." 640 00:41:55,285 --> 00:41:58,581 But I have to say I've never seen more persistence. 641 00:41:58,646 --> 00:42:00,719 I once said to her-- 642 00:42:00,790 --> 00:42:04,205 What about we call it a night? 643 00:42:05,590 --> 00:42:08,492 Just need to get this reel cleaned up. 644 00:42:08,567 --> 00:42:10,934 An hour, maybe two. You go ahead. I'll lock up. 645 00:42:10,998 --> 00:42:13,486 Don't you have that nice husband waiting at home for you? 646 00:42:14,646 --> 00:42:17,134 He knows how much this means to me. 647 00:42:17,207 --> 00:42:20,852 He works full-time at his dad's restaurant, so he gets home real late. 648 00:42:20,919 --> 00:42:24,880 Well, Suzanne, I sure pity the person who says no to you. 649 00:42:26,615 --> 00:42:28,338 No one ever does. 650 00:42:32,887 --> 00:42:34,742 Why're you tyin' her up again? 651 00:42:36,375 --> 00:42:38,263 Why is she fied up again? 652 00:42:38,328 --> 00:42:40,183 Just leave her alone. 653 00:42:40,248 --> 00:42:41,622 Untie yourself. 654 00:42:41,688 --> 00:42:43,543 Leave her alone. If she runs away-- 655 00:42:51,928 --> 00:42:54,645 As Scripture says, God is alive. 656 00:42:54,712 --> 00:42:55,988 Fucker. 657 00:42:56,057 --> 00:42:57,911 That life, friends, is heaven. 658 00:42:57,977 --> 00:42:59,832 Heaven is waiting for you. 659 00:43:06,840 --> 00:43:09,840 See, nobody ever called me that before. 660 00:43:11,033 --> 00:43:13,138 All anyone ever called me was... 661 00:43:13,209 --> 00:43:15,314 Jimmy or Jimbo or... 662 00:43:15,385 --> 00:43:17,294 other stuff. 663 00:43:17,369 --> 00:43:20,468 My mom told me that I was named Jimmy... 664 00:43:20,537 --> 00:43:23,352 after this old movie star she liked... 665 00:43:23,417 --> 00:43:25,522 named Jimmy Dean. 666 00:43:25,593 --> 00:43:27,120 But... 667 00:43:27,193 --> 00:43:31,122 well, when anyone ever asked me, I always said I was named Jim... 668 00:43:31,193 --> 00:43:34,357 after Jim Morrison of The Doors... 669 00:43:34,426 --> 00:43:36,149 'cause, you know... 670 00:43:36,218 --> 00:43:38,389 he had this great kind of life... 671 00:43:38,458 --> 00:43:41,753 just traveling around and writing his songs... 672 00:43:41,818 --> 00:43:44,404 and having women beg him to do it to them... 673 00:43:44,474 --> 00:43:46,001 even to take his... 674 00:43:47,195 --> 00:43:49,267 "organ" out onstage. 675 00:43:51,770 --> 00:43:54,585 That kind of life I thought I'd like to have. 676 00:44:01,915 --> 00:44:05,111 I bet he jumps her all the time, you know? 677 00:44:05,179 --> 00:44:07,830 Like after dinner, just bang, right on the kitchen table. 678 00:44:07,899 --> 00:44:09,426 Fuckin' during even. 679 00:44:09,499 --> 00:44:12,117 Yeah. Maybe both. 680 00:44:13,660 --> 00:44:16,562 Those skinny bitches, they can't get enough of it. 681 00:44:16,636 --> 00:44:19,931 They're always wanting it. That's a medical fact. 682 00:44:19,995 --> 00:44:23,825 It's because the nerves in their body are all bunched up in their snatch. 683 00:44:23,900 --> 00:44:25,787 They're all right up in there... 684 00:44:25,852 --> 00:44:27,762 so they're all whack. 685 00:44:27,836 --> 00:44:29,494 I don't think that's true. 686 00:44:30,556 --> 00:44:32,149 What are you, a doctor? 687 00:44:33,277 --> 00:44:34,967 She's a perfectly nice person. 688 00:44:35,037 --> 00:44:37,906 You think she's gonna make you a big movie star? 689 00:44:37,980 --> 00:44:41,242 Just to be on TV will be something nice. 690 00:44:41,309 --> 00:44:43,284 It'd be something different. 691 00:44:43,357 --> 00:44:45,844 I got something different for you right here. 692 00:44:45,916 --> 00:44:48,218 You're a disgusting pig. 693 00:44:48,285 --> 00:44:49,660 Yeah. 694 00:44:57,181 --> 00:45:00,497 You know what we should do? We should get some money out of it. 695 00:45:00,573 --> 00:45:03,093 - What makes you think she's got any? - You shittin' me? 696 00:45:03,165 --> 00:45:05,238 Her husband, Mr. Fuckin' Big Cock... 697 00:45:05,310 --> 00:45:07,830 owns a fuckin' guinea restaurant, all right? 698 00:45:07,901 --> 00:45:10,869 Look at the car she drives. Look at her fuckin' fingernails. 699 00:45:10,942 --> 00:45:13,429 Big, red, sculpted, glossy nails. 700 00:45:13,501 --> 00:45:16,982 She got plenty of money. That's rich bitch stuff. 701 00:45:17,054 --> 00:45:18,330 Yeah, maybe. 702 00:45:18,398 --> 00:45:20,854 You think she's some kind of hot shit. 703 00:45:23,199 --> 00:45:25,882 - She just looks-- - What? 704 00:45:25,950 --> 00:45:28,154 Clean. 705 00:45:37,502 --> 00:45:39,063 Come on. They're ready. 706 00:45:41,023 --> 00:45:42,747 Kids, stop it. 707 00:45:42,815 --> 00:45:45,662 - That's a real pretty outfit, honey. - Thanks. 708 00:45:46,815 --> 00:45:49,663 - You want one of these? - No, thanks. 709 00:45:49,728 --> 00:45:52,695 What about one of these? You're goin' in the pool. 710 00:45:52,767 --> 00:45:54,229 No, thanks. 711 00:45:57,215 --> 00:45:59,736 He sure is great with those kids. 712 00:45:59,808 --> 00:46:02,808 He's gotta stop eating that junk. He's getting a rubber tire around him. 713 00:46:02,880 --> 00:46:05,269 He'll make a wonderful father someday. 714 00:46:05,343 --> 00:46:07,962 He calls them love handles. I call them flab. 715 00:46:08,032 --> 00:46:10,585 - What about you? - Me? You think I look fat? 716 00:46:10,656 --> 00:46:13,722 No! What about the idea of kids? 717 00:46:13,792 --> 00:46:15,319 That's what I mean. 718 00:46:15,393 --> 00:46:18,841 Well, I love kids. I absolutely love them, but... 719 00:46:18,913 --> 00:46:21,946 a woman in my field with a baby has two strikes against her. 720 00:46:22,017 --> 00:46:23,992 - Say I'm in New York-- - New York? 721 00:46:24,065 --> 00:46:25,472 Well, for instance. 722 00:46:25,537 --> 00:46:28,123 And I'm suddenly called on some foreign assignment... 723 00:46:28,193 --> 00:46:30,494 like a royal wedding or a revolution in South America. 724 00:46:30,561 --> 00:46:33,463 You can't run from place to place with your crew following... 725 00:46:33,538 --> 00:46:36,320 and conduct serious interviews with a big, fat stomach. 726 00:46:36,385 --> 00:46:39,614 Or say you've already had the baby, and you've got this blubber... 727 00:46:39,681 --> 00:46:41,591 these boobs out to here. 728 00:46:42,753 --> 00:46:44,314 It's just so gross. 729 00:46:46,498 --> 00:46:47,872 Careful! 730 00:46:48,930 --> 00:46:51,799 - Excuse me. - Nice. 731 00:46:51,874 --> 00:46:53,849 You having a good time? 732 00:46:53,922 --> 00:46:56,410 Well, I want to get out of the sun. 733 00:46:56,482 --> 00:46:58,489 I have to go prepare my show. 734 00:46:58,562 --> 00:47:02,752 I sure would like to have a couple of them. What do you think? 735 00:47:04,547 --> 00:47:06,205 What do you think? 736 00:47:06,275 --> 00:47:09,591 I think if you wanted a baby-sitter you should've married Mary Poppins. 737 00:47:15,651 --> 00:47:17,920 Hi, Ed. Wake up, George. 738 00:47:17,987 --> 00:47:19,645 Let's hit it. 739 00:47:32,515 --> 00:47:33,922 Hi, everybody. 740 00:47:33,987 --> 00:47:37,054 This is Suzanne Stone with your late-nlght sign-off weather report... 741 00:47:37,124 --> 00:47:39,458 from the WWEN Weather Center. 742 00:47:39,524 --> 00:47:43,070 I don't think I need to tell you that today was a hot one. 743 00:47:43,140 --> 00:47:46,042 That old mercury zoomed on up to 91. 744 00:47:46,116 --> 00:47:48,418 That's a record-breaking temperature for this day. 745 00:47:48,484 --> 00:47:50,818 Tomorrow promises to be more of the same... 746 00:47:50,884 --> 00:47:52,892 with relevant numbers up in the 90's... 747 00:47:52,965 --> 00:47:54,492 humidity to match... 748 00:47:54,564 --> 00:47:57,434 and maybe just a hint of a breeze or two. 749 00:47:57,509 --> 00:48:00,324 Won't be much help with this heat, the kind of heat... 750 00:48:00,389 --> 00:48:03,684 that makes me want to head for that swimming hole with my friend James... 751 00:48:03,749 --> 00:48:05,756 strip off everything, including my panties... 752 00:48:05,829 --> 00:48:07,771 which you can see right fhrough anyway... 753 00:48:07,845 --> 00:48:10,179 and poke my soft, pink tongue in his mouth... 754 00:48:10,245 --> 00:48:12,580 and slide my hand way up the inside of his leg... 755 00:48:12,645 --> 00:48:15,460 until he's so hot that he rolls over on top of me... 756 00:48:15,525 --> 00:48:18,307 and I'm yelling, "James," his name. 757 00:48:21,606 --> 00:48:23,461 What are you doing to me... 758 00:48:23,526 --> 00:48:26,625 with your big, fat, hard-- 759 00:48:30,438 --> 00:48:31,965 Oh, Jesus. 760 00:48:38,150 --> 00:48:39,743 Listen to me, Larry. 761 00:48:42,375 --> 00:48:44,993 So she finishes her little docudrama... 762 00:48:45,063 --> 00:48:46,819 whatever the fuck it is. 763 00:48:46,886 --> 00:48:50,847 She sends it off to someone in New York, and while she's waiting for an answer... 764 00:48:50,919 --> 00:48:53,253 you should, forgive the expression, knock her up. 765 00:48:54,214 --> 00:48:56,189 Knock her up and then-- Whoa! 766 00:48:57,511 --> 00:49:00,773 Los Angeles? What does Los Angeles got to do with it? 767 00:49:00,839 --> 00:49:03,108 A course in what? 768 00:49:03,175 --> 00:49:04,582 Advanced media? 769 00:49:04,647 --> 00:49:06,436 Advanced bullshit! 770 00:49:06,503 --> 00:49:09,154 Look, I'm sorry. You're my brother. 771 00:49:10,568 --> 00:49:13,863 I know you love her and want her to succeed... 772 00:49:13,927 --> 00:49:17,223 but sometimes, man, you just gotta say no. 773 00:49:17,288 --> 00:49:19,939 What do you mean, how? N-O, that's how. 774 00:49:20,008 --> 00:49:22,561 Comes to the right of the key, throws up a hook shot. 775 00:49:22,632 --> 00:49:24,094 It's good! 776 00:49:24,168 --> 00:49:27,518 The score is again tied here in the first half at the Palace. 777 00:49:27,592 --> 00:49:29,283 With the ball-- 778 00:49:33,224 --> 00:49:34,751 Yeah? 779 00:49:37,641 --> 00:49:39,681 What are you doin'? 780 00:49:39,753 --> 00:49:42,502 Just sitting here, waiting for you. 781 00:49:44,169 --> 00:49:47,715 I asked you to please keep your feet off the coffee table. 782 00:49:47,785 --> 00:49:51,397 - We got to talk about some things. - What kind of things? 783 00:49:52,585 --> 00:49:54,308 I think you know. 784 00:49:57,962 --> 00:49:59,488 No, I don't. 785 00:50:00,586 --> 00:50:03,902 Can't this wait until tomorrow? I'm really tired. 786 00:50:05,674 --> 00:50:07,648 What? 787 00:50:07,722 --> 00:50:10,210 No, I don't think it can wait. 788 00:50:12,394 --> 00:50:15,623 Sit down. We're gonna talk about this stuff. 789 00:50:17,514 --> 00:50:21,126 I think we got this great future ahead of us. 790 00:50:21,194 --> 00:50:24,358 I just want to make sure we both understand what the priorities are. 791 00:50:27,115 --> 00:50:30,759 I think Pop's gonna let me take over managing the restaurant. 792 00:50:31,947 --> 00:50:34,664 And I got a lot of exciting ideas... 793 00:50:34,731 --> 00:50:37,382 like introducing some new menu items... 794 00:50:37,451 --> 00:50:39,785 bringing in live music on the weekends... 795 00:50:39,851 --> 00:50:42,186 and maybe even one night a week... 796 00:50:42,251 --> 00:50:44,739 open house for local singers and comics... 797 00:50:44,812 --> 00:50:47,627 which you, with your TV background, could help me with. 798 00:50:47,692 --> 00:50:50,310 You know, maybe shooting the acts... 799 00:50:50,379 --> 00:50:52,648 and then maybe selling the tapes... 800 00:50:52,716 --> 00:50:55,433 which you could edit yourself back to the performers. 801 00:50:55,500 --> 00:51:00,039 I talked to my folks about it, and they thought it'd be a great idea. 802 00:51:00,108 --> 00:51:01,635 Really. 803 00:51:03,309 --> 00:51:07,138 And, believe me, I am not selling short what you're doing now. 804 00:51:07,212 --> 00:51:10,474 I mean, the weather report stuff... 805 00:51:10,540 --> 00:51:12,450 which you're really good at. 806 00:51:13,772 --> 00:51:15,234 But let's face facts. 807 00:51:15,309 --> 00:51:17,251 It's probably not gonna... 808 00:51:18,957 --> 00:51:22,306 Iead to any big network offers. 809 00:51:22,381 --> 00:51:24,236 Now, this way... 810 00:51:24,301 --> 00:51:27,530 we could be working together in both our respective fields... 811 00:51:27,597 --> 00:51:30,980 doing what a family is supposed to be doing. 812 00:51:31,053 --> 00:51:33,704 A family, that's what I'm talking about. 813 00:51:37,837 --> 00:51:39,528 What do you think? 814 00:51:55,151 --> 00:51:56,776 I'll think about it. 815 00:52:03,983 --> 00:52:07,725 It's true that the road my husband and I chose to travel on... 816 00:52:07,790 --> 00:52:10,441 was paved with many speed bumps. 817 00:52:10,511 --> 00:52:14,254 Larry said he would never stand in my way, whatever happened. 818 00:52:14,319 --> 00:52:18,596 But the word failure" is not part of my vocabulary. 819 00:52:18,671 --> 00:52:22,283 My commitment to my career or my marriage, or whatever... 820 00:52:22,351 --> 00:52:25,734 has always been 110 percent. 821 00:52:25,808 --> 00:52:28,296 Regardless of how fast I was growing in my vocation... 822 00:52:28,367 --> 00:52:30,473 I would never leave Larry behind. 823 00:52:30,544 --> 00:52:33,326 The word divorce" was never mentioned. 824 00:52:54,865 --> 00:52:57,582 What do you think? Like the color? 825 00:52:57,649 --> 00:52:59,886 - Yeah. - It doesn't make me look fat? 826 00:52:59,953 --> 00:53:01,808 I think I'm gonna get it. 827 00:53:01,873 --> 00:53:04,393 Mr. Maretto is going to-- 828 00:53:06,385 --> 00:53:08,752 Yeah, right. 829 00:53:08,818 --> 00:53:10,574 Let me tell you something. 830 00:53:13,777 --> 00:53:15,948 - No, you wouldn't understand. - Maybe I would. 831 00:53:19,601 --> 00:53:22,023 Well, you grow up, you know. 832 00:53:22,098 --> 00:53:24,749 You think it's all gonna be like a fairy tale. 833 00:53:24,818 --> 00:53:28,680 Like you're Sleeping Beauty and along comes this Prince Charming. 834 00:53:28,754 --> 00:53:31,624 And he looks at you and it's nighttime. 835 00:53:31,698 --> 00:53:34,448 And he smiles at you and kisses you. 836 00:53:34,514 --> 00:53:36,369 Yeah, I know that story. 837 00:53:37,138 --> 00:53:38,447 And then... 838 00:53:38,515 --> 00:53:40,075 you wake up... 839 00:53:40,147 --> 00:53:42,569 and it's daylight... 840 00:53:42,642 --> 00:53:44,497 and you look at him. 841 00:53:46,035 --> 00:53:48,784 When you work all day, trying to perfect yourself... 842 00:53:48,851 --> 00:53:51,338 and create something meaningful, you expect support. 843 00:53:51,411 --> 00:53:53,778 Does anyone ever say, "Did you have a good shoot today?" 844 00:53:53,843 --> 00:53:55,665 Or "How's the editing going?" 845 00:53:56,595 --> 00:53:58,122 I guess not. 846 00:54:00,819 --> 00:54:03,055 I mean, the point is... 847 00:54:04,979 --> 00:54:07,467 Larry is a nice guy, you know... 848 00:54:07,539 --> 00:54:10,354 but he just doesn't know a thing about television. 849 00:54:11,891 --> 00:54:13,582 Let's get outta here. 850 00:54:15,604 --> 00:54:15,636 Mrs. Maretto bought me lots of nice stuff... 851 00:54:15,636 --> 00:54:18,418 Mrs. Maretto bought me lots of nice stuff... 852 00:54:18,484 --> 00:54:20,972 like this ankle bracelet, for instance... 853 00:54:23,124 --> 00:54:25,579 and a bottle of real expensive perfume-- 854 00:54:25,652 --> 00:54:27,179 a "scent" she called it-- 855 00:54:27,252 --> 00:54:29,969 which I'm saving for a special occasion. 856 00:54:30,036 --> 00:54:33,332 No one ever really bought me stuff before... 857 00:54:33,397 --> 00:54:36,463 except my mom's boyfriend Chester... 858 00:54:36,533 --> 00:54:38,835 who got me for my birthday when I was 12... 859 00:54:38,901 --> 00:54:42,960 a bottle of something called Garden of Eden body oil... 860 00:54:43,029 --> 00:54:46,160 which he said would be good for my skin... 861 00:54:46,229 --> 00:54:49,579 and which he wanted to show me how to use... 862 00:54:50,934 --> 00:54:52,592 which I let him do. 863 00:54:52,661 --> 00:54:55,083 He did other things for a while. 864 00:54:55,158 --> 00:54:59,762 When I was 13, I got this mild case of T. B. and he wasn't interested anymore. 865 00:55:01,398 --> 00:55:04,181 You just have to block that out of your memory... 866 00:55:04,246 --> 00:55:06,831 like some scary TV movie where you just change the channel... 867 00:55:06,902 --> 00:55:09,008 and pretend like it never happened. 868 00:55:09,079 --> 00:55:11,729 Before you know it, the whole thing will be like a bad dream. 869 00:55:12,759 --> 00:55:16,337 Anyway, my mom keeps this gun hidden in her closet... 870 00:55:16,406 --> 00:55:19,308 'cause of all the sex fiend killers around. 871 00:55:19,383 --> 00:55:22,449 And one time, I told him if he didn't leave me alone... 872 00:55:22,519 --> 00:55:25,334 I'd get it out and I'd shoot him. 873 00:55:27,703 --> 00:55:30,998 I mean, he didn't give me any more trouble or anything. 874 00:55:32,599 --> 00:55:36,112 Now I guess I wish I hadn't told her all that... 875 00:55:36,183 --> 00:55:39,315 'cause maybe it put some ideas in her mind. 876 00:55:39,384 --> 00:55:40,845 I don't know. 877 00:55:40,919 --> 00:55:45,229 I just told her stuff I'd never told anyone, because she was my friend. 878 00:55:45,304 --> 00:55:47,409 She was my only real friend. 879 00:55:53,400 --> 00:55:55,090 Where are you going? 880 00:55:56,120 --> 00:55:57,647 I told you, hon. 881 00:55:57,720 --> 00:56:00,208 Pop and I are going to the trade show in Freeport. 882 00:56:00,280 --> 00:56:02,931 - We're leaving from the restaurant. - Yeah. Right. 883 00:56:03,000 --> 00:56:05,651 - Look, are you going to be okay? - Sure. 884 00:56:07,160 --> 00:56:09,975 Will you think about what we talked about? 885 00:56:11,161 --> 00:56:13,233 I have been. 886 00:56:13,304 --> 00:56:15,443 That's great, hon, because I believe... 887 00:56:15,513 --> 00:56:17,935 I got something here that's really gonna work. 888 00:56:18,009 --> 00:56:20,659 You know who I want with me by my side? 889 00:56:21,849 --> 00:56:24,816 - Who? - "Who"? My best girl, that's who! 890 00:56:24,889 --> 00:56:26,580 My beautiful little lady. 891 00:56:28,602 --> 00:56:33,359 I left a phone number on the fridge. And don't forget to lock the garage. 892 00:56:33,433 --> 00:56:34,644 Bye. 893 00:57:18,203 --> 00:57:20,058 You know what I'm thinkin', Larry? 894 00:57:20,123 --> 00:57:23,190 Why don't we get some artificial plants for the restaurant? 895 00:57:24,220 --> 00:57:26,074 Good idea. 896 00:57:26,140 --> 00:57:29,009 - Then we don't have to water them. - Exactly. 897 00:57:37,372 --> 00:57:39,063 Come on, Liddy. 898 00:57:40,765 --> 00:57:42,837 I can't do this, Mrs. Maretto. 899 00:57:42,908 --> 00:57:44,469 Of course you can. 900 00:57:44,541 --> 00:57:47,388 You just have to let your natural sense of rhythm take over. 901 00:57:49,405 --> 00:57:51,260 I don't think I have one of those. 902 00:57:51,325 --> 00:57:54,107 - She really stinks at this. - Here. 903 00:57:54,173 --> 00:57:56,758 Watch me. Watch me. 904 00:57:56,829 --> 00:57:58,684 Watch my hips. 905 00:57:59,709 --> 00:58:01,116 You can do that. 906 00:58:01,181 --> 00:58:03,221 Can't you? 907 00:58:04,477 --> 00:58:06,714 - I can't do that. - Of course you can ! 908 00:58:06,782 --> 00:58:10,426 You just have to move. Move your body. 909 00:58:11,614 --> 00:58:13,304 Come on. 910 00:58:17,534 --> 00:58:19,956 Come on. Relax. 911 00:58:20,830 --> 00:58:22,685 Relax! You're like a stick. 912 00:58:22,750 --> 00:58:25,401 - I can't do this. - Move your hips. 913 00:58:25,470 --> 00:58:29,813 No, I gotta sit down. This is makin' me feel all funny. 914 00:58:33,055 --> 00:58:34,910 Come on, James. 915 00:58:37,535 --> 00:58:39,160 Come on. 916 00:58:51,999 --> 00:58:53,592 Come on, James. 917 00:58:53,663 --> 00:58:54,907 I'm dancing. 918 00:59:02,208 --> 00:59:04,663 - Would you do me an enormous favor? - Sure. What? 919 00:59:04,736 --> 00:59:07,965 Walter hasn't been out for hours. 920 00:59:08,031 --> 00:59:10,453 Would you take him for a walk around the block? 921 00:59:13,472 --> 00:59:16,058 - Yeah. Sure. - I'm gonna go upstairs. 922 00:59:17,088 --> 00:59:18,517 Take my sweater off. 923 00:59:18,592 --> 00:59:20,959 It's really hot in here. 924 00:59:25,505 --> 00:59:28,123 When you come back, I'll fix us something to eat. 925 00:59:29,089 --> 00:59:30,366 And, Liddy? 926 00:59:30,433 --> 00:59:34,208 Don't let him come back until he's done his business, okay? 927 00:59:34,273 --> 00:59:36,128 Like a good little boy. 928 00:59:56,898 --> 00:59:58,491 I'm back. 929 01:00:04,834 --> 01:00:06,208 Hello? 930 01:00:14,690 --> 01:00:17,407 I have to use the bathroom. 931 01:01:16,389 --> 01:01:19,935 It was like I was in one of those-- 932 01:01:20,006 --> 01:01:24,894 Okay, you know those great movies where everyone is comin' out of their graves? 933 01:01:24,965 --> 01:01:28,064 With like half their faces missing... 934 01:01:28,134 --> 01:01:31,680 and their eyes hanging out and their lips falling off? 935 01:01:31,750 --> 01:01:33,124 You know those? 936 01:01:34,854 --> 01:01:36,742 And they're all walking around... 937 01:01:37,574 --> 01:01:40,324 real slow like this. 938 01:01:40,390 --> 01:01:43,489 They're all walking like this and kind of grunting. 939 01:01:48,710 --> 01:01:50,881 And they're all looking for the same thing. 940 01:01:51,814 --> 01:01:54,149 For regular live people, to eat their flesh... 941 01:01:54,215 --> 01:01:56,452 and drink their blood and all. 942 01:01:56,519 --> 01:01:58,374 Smile. Smile. 943 01:02:05,991 --> 01:02:08,031 And they can 't help themselves... 944 01:02:08,103 --> 01:02:10,470 'cause they're dead... 945 01:02:10,536 --> 01:02:13,285 and that's just what happens. 946 01:02:13,352 --> 01:02:15,773 That's what I felt like. 947 01:02:17,127 --> 01:02:20,805 You gotta tell me what's wrong, please. 948 01:02:20,872 --> 01:02:24,320 James, do you think about me when we're not together? 949 01:02:24,392 --> 01:02:26,759 All I do is think about you. 950 01:02:28,456 --> 01:02:31,969 When I'm not with you, I'm not alive. 951 01:02:33,000 --> 01:02:34,211 Mrs. Maretto... 952 01:02:35,144 --> 01:02:38,559 you're the best thing that ever happened to me. 953 01:02:38,632 --> 01:02:41,567 - I can't do this anymore. - What? 954 01:02:41,641 --> 01:02:45,765 I can't go home every night and have him try to touch me. 955 01:02:45,833 --> 01:02:49,542 And all the time I'm just thinking about you. 956 01:02:49,609 --> 01:02:51,714 About us. 957 01:02:51,785 --> 01:02:56,225 And when I push him away, he has this temper. 958 01:02:56,297 --> 01:02:57,672 What do you mean? 959 01:02:57,737 --> 01:03:00,225 Does he hurt you? 960 01:03:02,409 --> 01:03:04,264 There were these women, you know... 961 01:03:04,330 --> 01:03:08,869 on the Sally Jesse Raphael Show the other day... 962 01:03:08,938 --> 01:03:12,200 and they were all wearing disguises so their husbands couldn't find them. 963 01:03:12,266 --> 01:03:15,779 They were living in shelters, and I thought I could live in one of them. 964 01:03:15,850 --> 01:03:19,462 If they let me bring Walter with me, I could live in one of them. 965 01:03:19,530 --> 01:03:23,142 Someplace in another state where no one even knows who I am. 966 01:03:23,210 --> 01:03:26,723 Look. Couldn't you just get a divorce? 967 01:03:26,794 --> 01:03:30,624 - And then-- - But then he would get the condo. 968 01:03:30,698 --> 01:03:34,593 And he'd get the car. And he'd take Walter from me! 969 01:03:34,666 --> 01:03:36,968 He'd take Walter. 970 01:03:37,035 --> 01:03:40,865 I know you think I'm just a kid, but... 971 01:03:40,939 --> 01:03:44,255 I could never do anything bad to you... 972 01:03:44,331 --> 01:03:47,527 or ever hurt you. 973 01:03:47,596 --> 01:03:50,945 A guy that does that to someone like you... 974 01:03:51,019 --> 01:03:53,256 doesn't deserve to live. 975 01:03:53,323 --> 01:03:56,073 That's the truth. He doesn't deserve to live. 976 01:03:57,100 --> 01:03:59,948 No. I suppose you're right. 977 01:04:01,068 --> 01:04:02,856 He doesn't. 978 01:04:05,100 --> 01:04:08,613 Oh, fuck! I love this song! 979 01:04:08,684 --> 01:04:11,172 Don't you love this song? 980 01:04:11,245 --> 01:04:12,619 I don't know. 981 01:04:52,910 --> 01:04:55,593 Mrs. Maretto used to let me drive around in her car... 982 01:04:55,662 --> 01:04:58,281 even though I didn't have a learner's permit. 983 01:04:58,350 --> 01:05:02,059 'Cause she said when she'd be living in California and doing her TV shows... 984 01:05:02,127 --> 01:05:06,218 she'd make me her personal assistant, and I'd have to drive her places... 985 01:05:06,286 --> 01:05:09,286 and help her answer her personal fan mail. 986 01:05:11,278 --> 01:05:13,896 I guess this is the most exciting time of my life. 987 01:05:13,966 --> 01:05:16,836 It was like living in a really great movie... 988 01:05:16,911 --> 01:05:20,588 except it was kind of X-rated on account of all the sex stuff, you know. 989 01:05:29,071 --> 01:05:30,926 Hey. Don't stop. 990 01:05:30,991 --> 01:05:33,358 You didn't answer my question. 991 01:05:33,423 --> 01:05:35,311 What question was that? 992 01:05:35,376 --> 01:05:37,449 Did you talk to Russell? 993 01:05:38,448 --> 01:05:39,910 Yeah, I did. 994 01:05:39,983 --> 01:05:42,187 What did he say? 995 01:05:42,255 --> 01:05:44,078 He wants a thousand dollars. 996 01:05:45,008 --> 01:05:48,237 - Is that all? - And some CDs. 997 01:05:53,553 --> 01:05:57,481 - Did you get the gun? - No, not yet. 998 01:05:57,553 --> 01:06:00,488 - Why not? - I don't know. 999 01:06:00,560 --> 01:06:02,862 I guess I thought you'd ask Lydia or-- 1000 01:06:02,928 --> 01:06:06,758 I can't ask Liddy. You have to. Don't you understand? 1001 01:06:08,113 --> 01:06:10,480 I guess so, but I thought-- 1002 01:06:10,545 --> 01:06:13,545 Do you want me to keep doing what I was doing? 1003 01:06:13,617 --> 01:06:16,617 - Yeah, please. - Okay. 1004 01:06:16,689 --> 01:06:20,105 Then you have to do what you have to do. 1005 01:06:28,818 --> 01:06:31,436 - So when will it happen? - Please don't-- 1006 01:06:31,506 --> 01:06:34,802 - I just want to know when. - Let's just do this. 1007 01:06:35,826 --> 01:06:38,990 I don't know. Whenever. Jesus. 1008 01:06:41,107 --> 01:06:43,692 If you don't know, I'll have to find somebody who does. 1009 01:06:43,762 --> 01:06:47,341 Aw, Mrs. Maretto, you have to understand. 1010 01:06:47,411 --> 01:06:49,832 No. I think I do understand. 1011 01:06:49,907 --> 01:06:53,104 Obviously you're not the mature individual that I thought you were. 1012 01:06:58,419 --> 01:07:01,485 Actually, I just had a thought. 1013 01:07:01,555 --> 01:07:04,490 - Maybe a better way to go on the thing. - What's that? 1014 01:07:05,268 --> 01:07:07,472 - Russell. - What about him? 1015 01:07:09,939 --> 01:07:13,584 Russell's enough of a man to take charge of the situation. 1016 01:07:13,652 --> 01:07:16,619 - Well-- - He looks at me in a certain way. 1017 01:07:18,036 --> 01:07:20,851 I think he'd be very appreciative of what I could do for him. 1018 01:07:23,412 --> 01:07:25,266 What do you think? 1019 01:07:28,276 --> 01:07:31,276 I think we could probably do it next week. 1020 01:07:31,348 --> 01:07:32,722 Is that soon enough? 1021 01:07:34,036 --> 01:07:35,891 Would you really do that for me, James? 1022 01:07:36,596 --> 01:07:38,320 Anything. 1023 01:07:40,405 --> 01:07:43,055 And then we can be together. 1024 01:07:43,125 --> 01:07:45,612 And you can sleep over. 1025 01:07:45,685 --> 01:07:48,620 And we could do anything we wanna do. 1026 01:07:48,693 --> 01:07:51,148 - Anything? - Yeah. 1027 01:07:59,189 --> 01:08:00,716 Anything. 1028 01:08:04,726 --> 01:08:04,758 Got it? 1029 01:08:04,758 --> 01:08:06,765 Got it? 1030 01:08:06,838 --> 01:08:09,685 Stand back, tell me if it's straight. 1031 01:08:09,750 --> 01:08:11,986 Oh, it looks great. 1032 01:09:21,752 --> 01:09:23,662 Hey, Walter! 1033 01:09:31,833 --> 01:09:33,142 Five. 1034 01:09:38,137 --> 01:09:40,025 Four. 1035 01:09:43,033 --> 01:09:46,383 Come on, boy. Let's go for a walk. 1036 01:09:46,457 --> 01:09:47,505 Three. 1037 01:09:55,514 --> 01:09:56,146 Two. 1038 01:09:57,819 --> 01:09:58,418 One. 1039 01:10:01,499 --> 01:10:02,611 Hi, everybody. 1040 01:10:02,682 --> 01:10:05,104 - This is Suzanne Stone, live. - What do you want? 1041 01:10:05,179 --> 01:10:06,673 Don't fuckin' move. 1042 01:10:06,747 --> 01:10:08,656 Just take whatever you want and get out. 1043 01:10:08,731 --> 01:10:10,619 Come on, Jimmy. Now! 1044 01:10:10,683 --> 01:10:12,374 Wait. 1045 01:10:12,443 --> 01:10:13,337 Just wait. 1046 01:10:15,483 --> 01:10:17,752 Take the watch. It's a Rolex. 1047 01:10:17,819 --> 01:10:20,372 I know it's a fucking Rolex. Think it's the first time I've seen one? 1048 01:10:20,443 --> 01:10:24,120 Gimme your fuckin' chain. Gimme your chain. 1049 01:10:28,763 --> 01:10:31,698 As you've probably noticed, it's been another beautiful evening... 1050 01:10:31,772 --> 01:10:33,594 with just a slight chill in the air... 1051 01:10:33,659 --> 01:10:37,489 and those autumn temperatures right about where they should be. 1052 01:10:37,564 --> 01:10:39,451 Now, Jim. Do it. 1053 01:10:40,764 --> 01:10:42,706 - No, please. - Give me your ring. 1054 01:10:42,780 --> 01:10:44,788 - My ring? - Give it to me. 1055 01:10:44,861 --> 01:10:46,486 I can't give you my ring. 1056 01:10:46,556 --> 01:10:48,149 My wife will kill me. 1057 01:10:48,220 --> 01:10:51,155 She'd kill you? Suzanne would kill you? 1058 01:10:51,229 --> 01:10:52,636 You know my wife? 1059 01:10:54,845 --> 01:10:55,990 Jimmy, now. 1060 01:10:56,061 --> 01:10:58,265 Fuckin' now, asshole! Do it! 1061 01:11:00,477 --> 01:11:01,972 God, forgive me. 1062 01:11:07,805 --> 01:11:10,226 So, for the next few days it should be... 1063 01:11:10,301 --> 01:11:12,505 just about perfect for boat season weather. 1064 01:11:12,573 --> 01:11:15,541 That's about it for tonight. I'm Suzanne Stone saying-- 1065 01:11:28,638 --> 01:11:32,435 And if you'll allow me, just a personal note. 1066 01:11:32,511 --> 01:11:36,439 A special greeting to my husband Larry... 1067 01:11:36,510 --> 01:11:38,899 on this, our first anniversary. 1068 01:11:39,871 --> 01:11:41,561 Good night, honey. 1069 01:11:43,646 --> 01:11:44,694 Come on ! 1070 01:12:02,880 --> 01:12:04,407 Hello. 1071 01:12:27,392 --> 01:12:28,286 Hello. 1072 01:12:30,401 --> 01:12:31,961 Anything? 1073 01:12:32,033 --> 01:12:34,270 Looks like a little dirt. Who knows? 1074 01:12:35,297 --> 01:12:37,948 - And this. - What? 1075 01:12:38,017 --> 01:12:39,544 Don't know. 1076 01:12:41,313 --> 01:12:44,161 Feels like pieces of shell. 1077 01:12:44,225 --> 01:12:46,713 - Janice Maretto? - Yeah, that's me. 1078 01:12:46,786 --> 01:12:48,640 Telephone call at the desk. 1079 01:12:51,617 --> 01:12:53,144 Hello. 1080 01:12:55,362 --> 01:12:56,888 What? 1081 01:13:02,850 --> 01:13:04,377 Thank you. 1082 01:13:11,842 --> 01:13:13,468 Hey, wake up! 1083 01:13:13,538 --> 01:13:15,611 We're open right now! 1084 01:13:15,683 --> 01:13:18,400 All Saturday night around the clock. 1085 01:13:19,394 --> 01:13:21,249 Anything upset him at the restaurant? 1086 01:13:21,314 --> 01:13:24,511 Some guy come in and drink too much, or say something to him? 1087 01:13:25,539 --> 01:13:29,052 Five-piece, all-wood dinettes in Colonial, oak and white. 1088 01:13:29,123 --> 01:13:30,879 Your choice, 297. 1089 01:13:30,947 --> 01:13:35,071 Complete king bed set-- mattress, box, frame-- 297. 1090 01:13:35,139 --> 01:13:38,042 - That's Tom Peterson. - And Gloria Stewart. 1091 01:13:38,116 --> 01:13:42,077 And that concludes our broadcast day at WWEN. 1092 01:13:42,147 --> 01:13:44,897 Your communitY access station serving Little Hope... 1093 01:13:44,963 --> 01:13:47,102 and the greater Hope County area. 1094 01:14:34,437 --> 01:14:37,252 You don't have to talk to those people if you don't want to. 1095 01:15:23,847 --> 01:15:26,214 That's what surprised me. 1096 01:15:26,280 --> 01:15:29,629 That he didn't put up much of a fight. 1097 01:15:29,704 --> 01:15:32,518 I mean, for a guy with such a mean temper. 1098 01:15:34,632 --> 01:15:37,829 When I was standing in the hall... 1099 01:15:37,896 --> 01:15:40,035 with the gun... 1100 01:15:40,104 --> 01:15:42,340 I was trying to keep from being too nervous... 1101 01:15:42,408 --> 01:15:45,027 by thinking about Mrs. Maretto... 1102 01:15:45,097 --> 01:15:48,577 and how we'd be together for the rest of our lives. 1103 01:15:48,648 --> 01:15:50,274 Let us take leave of our brother. 1104 01:15:50,345 --> 01:15:54,720 Living in Callfornia, Florida, somewhere... 1105 01:15:54,793 --> 01:15:59,103 Iying around on beaches where everyone goes topless... 1106 01:15:59,177 --> 01:16:00,835 and working on her TV show. 1107 01:16:00,905 --> 01:16:03,905 When the love of Christ, which conquers all things... 1108 01:16:03,977 --> 01:16:06,465 destroys even death itself. 1109 01:16:25,322 --> 01:16:30,341 All by myself 1110 01:16:31,498 --> 01:16:36,736 Don't wanna be all by myself 1111 01:16:37,770 --> 01:16:39,778 Anymore 1112 01:16:50,443 --> 01:16:52,385 I just knew. 1113 01:16:52,459 --> 01:16:55,688 I don't know why I knew. I just-- I just knew. 1114 01:16:55,755 --> 01:17:00,294 It was like a light just went off in my head, and I knew she'd-- 1115 01:17:05,420 --> 01:17:07,809 I knew she just got rid of him. 1116 01:17:07,884 --> 01:17:09,956 Just got in her way. 1117 01:17:13,452 --> 01:17:15,143 Anyway-- 1118 01:17:18,540 --> 01:17:22,020 Then I didn't see her again. That was the last time I saw her. 1119 01:17:22,092 --> 01:17:23,783 Suzanne. 1120 01:17:23,852 --> 01:17:25,740 I'm sorry. Could we-- 1121 01:17:25,805 --> 01:17:27,910 Could we stop for a second? 1122 01:17:37,773 --> 01:17:40,261 - What do you want, Liddy? - Just to talk. 1123 01:17:41,166 --> 01:17:44,199 I'm really busy right now. What do you want to talk about? 1124 01:17:44,269 --> 01:17:47,335 - What we're gonna do! - We? 1125 01:17:47,405 --> 01:17:49,260 You and me and Jimmy. 1126 01:17:49,325 --> 01:17:52,555 - I'm scared. - There's nothing to be scared about. 1127 01:17:52,622 --> 01:17:56,484 You and I and Jimmy are gonna stay miles away from each other. 1128 01:17:56,558 --> 01:17:57,932 Well, he's here. 1129 01:17:57,997 --> 01:18:00,616 Here? Shit! Where? 1130 01:18:00,686 --> 01:18:02,595 Across the street. 1131 01:18:05,038 --> 01:18:07,405 Jesus Christ! Get in here. 1132 01:18:07,470 --> 01:18:09,161 Get in here quick! 1133 01:18:10,190 --> 01:18:13,933 Now you listen to me. You tell James to stay away, all right? 1134 01:18:13,999 --> 01:18:17,228 What is the matter with you people? Don't you ever watch Mystery Theater? 1135 01:18:18,255 --> 01:18:22,347 He says that he needs to see you and that he's dying of love. 1136 01:18:22,415 --> 01:18:23,975 Tell him to call a doctor. 1137 01:18:24,047 --> 01:18:26,633 And Russell wants his money and his CDs. 1138 01:18:26,703 --> 01:18:29,932 Really? You tell Russell if he doesn't keep his mouth shut... 1139 01:18:29,999 --> 01:18:33,577 he's gonna be playing his goddamn CDs in the gas chamber! 1140 01:18:33,647 --> 01:18:35,502 What else? What do you want? 1141 01:18:35,567 --> 01:18:39,528 Just to be like before, like we were. 1142 01:18:39,599 --> 01:18:41,672 Lydia, we can't be like we were. 1143 01:18:41,744 --> 01:18:44,526 We have to forget we ever knew each other. 1144 01:18:45,712 --> 01:18:47,654 Go on, get outta here. 1145 01:18:49,296 --> 01:18:51,947 What about the Tv show in California and everything? 1146 01:18:52,016 --> 01:18:54,187 Jesus, Liddy. Get real. 1147 01:18:55,376 --> 01:18:56,751 God! 1148 01:19:03,856 --> 01:19:06,507 - Did you tell her I love her? - Yes, I did. 1149 01:19:06,576 --> 01:19:09,511 She said you were sick and you needed to see a doctor. 1150 01:19:20,081 --> 01:19:21,510 Hello, Suzanne. 1151 01:19:23,793 --> 01:19:25,167 How's it goin'? 1152 01:19:25,233 --> 01:19:28,747 I'm real unhappy I haven't been able to give you an exclusive on everything. 1153 01:19:28,817 --> 01:19:31,632 - Pardon? - The competing news markets... 1154 01:19:31,698 --> 01:19:35,014 are clamoring for attention, and I have to consider future possibilities. 1155 01:19:35,090 --> 01:19:38,473 - Of course. I understand absolutely. - Good. 1156 01:19:38,545 --> 01:19:40,334 I need to collect my tapes. 1157 01:19:40,402 --> 01:19:43,436 With all the publicity, I've decided to finish my documentary-- 1158 01:19:43,506 --> 01:19:46,124 - There's gonna be a slight problem. - Problem? 1159 01:19:46,194 --> 01:19:48,715 - The cops took 'em. - What do you mean? 1160 01:19:48,787 --> 01:19:52,082 - They came and took 'em away. - Why would they do that? 1161 01:19:52,146 --> 01:19:55,463 - They said it was standard procedure. - But those tapes belong to me! 1162 01:19:55,538 --> 01:19:59,150 Technically speaking, those tapes actually belong to us. 1163 01:19:59,218 --> 01:20:01,553 I mean, to the station, until such time-- 1164 01:20:02,579 --> 01:20:06,191 I'll show you the section that peaked the cops' interest, you might say. 1165 01:20:07,891 --> 01:20:11,208 Today we're talking about sexually transmitted diseases... 1166 01:20:11,284 --> 01:20:13,651 and teenage attitudes toward them. 1167 01:20:13,715 --> 01:20:16,715 Would anyone like to start it off? 1168 01:20:16,788 --> 01:20:18,576 Personally, I'm against them. 1169 01:20:21,203 --> 01:20:23,243 Let's see if we can be more specific. 1170 01:20:23,315 --> 01:20:25,934 What do you think of when I say the word "AIDS"? 1171 01:20:26,004 --> 01:20:27,891 - Queers. - Perversion. 1172 01:20:27,956 --> 01:20:29,298 The Hershey Highway. 1173 01:20:30,292 --> 01:20:32,179 Settle down, children. 1174 01:20:32,244 --> 01:20:36,107 What about you, Liddy? Supposing you were in a sexual relationship? 1175 01:20:36,180 --> 01:20:39,247 Would you expect that person to wear a condom? 1176 01:20:39,317 --> 01:20:40,877 I don't know. 1177 01:20:42,389 --> 01:20:46,415 I guess it would depend on, you know, what kind of person he was. 1178 01:20:46,485 --> 01:20:49,005 Yeah, a blind person. 1179 01:20:52,725 --> 01:20:56,653 How about you, James? Are you personally concerned about AIDS? 1180 01:20:59,189 --> 01:21:01,938 Well, in my present situation-- 1181 01:21:02,006 --> 01:21:06,927 Well, in the relationship I got goin', I don't worry about that type of thing. 1182 01:21:07,862 --> 01:21:09,836 She's not that kind of person. 1183 01:21:09,909 --> 01:21:12,976 She's very clean. 1184 01:21:24,310 --> 01:21:26,928 That's the piece Geraldo used with some minor editing. 1185 01:21:26,998 --> 01:21:30,097 It was on First Edition and American Justice. 1186 01:21:30,166 --> 01:21:33,996 We made a few bucks on this one, and got a nice credit. 1187 01:21:34,070 --> 01:21:36,307 ...in the Holy Spirit, I want you to bow down... 1188 01:21:36,375 --> 01:21:38,546 Arms straight up. 1189 01:21:38,615 --> 01:21:41,517 Thank you, Jesus. Thank you for my life. 1190 01:21:41,591 --> 01:21:46,293 Think a llttle bit about Your llfe. Think about what you can part with. 1191 01:21:46,359 --> 01:21:49,458 A dollar? Ten dollars? A hundred dollars? 1192 01:21:49,527 --> 01:21:52,244 How important is Jesus in your life? 1193 01:22:38,170 --> 01:22:40,341 As you can imagine... 1194 01:22:41,561 --> 01:22:44,244 I was shocked beyond comprehension. 1195 01:22:45,690 --> 01:22:49,235 I mean, to think that these disadvantaged youngsters... 1196 01:22:49,306 --> 01:22:52,786 who I had taken under my wing and spent my time with... 1197 01:22:52,858 --> 01:22:58,193 and who would only stand to ultimately benefit from my media savvy... 1198 01:22:58,266 --> 01:23:02,128 to think they might be responsible for this heinous crime! 1199 01:23:03,322 --> 01:23:05,973 It simply boggles one with disbelief. 1200 01:23:09,691 --> 01:23:13,335 Of course, I realized, and I hope this doesn't sound callous... 1201 01:23:13,402 --> 01:23:16,915 that the upside to all this, assuming justice prevailed... 1202 01:23:16,986 --> 01:23:20,849 is that I would have in my documentary an extremely marketable commodity. 1203 01:23:20,923 --> 01:23:23,541 Something that even PBS would take an interest in... 1204 01:23:23,611 --> 01:23:27,386 which would mean a smaller audience but a much larger prestige factor. 1205 01:23:27,451 --> 01:23:30,517 - Want to tell us about it? - I got nothin' to tell. 1206 01:23:30,587 --> 01:23:33,686 - Your friend Russell told us plenty. - Like what? 1207 01:23:33,755 --> 01:23:36,854 He said your dick was bigger than your brain. 1208 01:23:36,924 --> 01:23:39,575 Oh, yeah? He really said that? 1209 01:23:39,644 --> 01:23:42,229 I don't think he meant it as a compliment. 1210 01:23:42,299 --> 01:23:45,169 - Fuckin' amateurs. - Who? 1211 01:23:45,244 --> 01:23:48,211 Listen, as career criminals... 1212 01:23:48,284 --> 01:23:50,968 you guys flunk out of kindergarten. 1213 01:23:51,036 --> 01:23:53,240 Your prints are on the gun. 1214 01:23:53,309 --> 01:23:56,211 Your pal left a trail of clam shells all over the murder scene. 1215 01:23:56,285 --> 01:23:58,652 You boys did everything but leave a business card. 1216 01:23:58,716 --> 01:24:01,945 There's Larry Maretto's blood all over those shoes you wore. 1217 01:24:02,012 --> 01:24:04,052 And pieces of Larry's brains. 1218 01:24:06,717 --> 01:24:10,033 He, he, he used to beat her up all the time. 1219 01:24:10,109 --> 01:24:13,273 - He said he was gonna kill her. - I'm sure he did. 1220 01:24:13,341 --> 01:24:16,822 We were going to California 'cause... 1221 01:24:16,893 --> 01:24:20,407 she said I had real potential in TV 'cause of my voice. 1222 01:24:20,478 --> 01:24:23,128 - Doing what with your voice? - Sports. 1223 01:24:23,198 --> 01:24:25,467 Like being a sports announcer. 1224 01:24:25,534 --> 01:24:27,738 When did you start bangin' her? 1225 01:24:27,806 --> 01:24:30,621 - It wasn't like that. - What was it like? 1226 01:24:34,110 --> 01:24:36,532 It was just-- 1227 01:24:36,606 --> 01:24:38,330 We were-- 1228 01:24:39,262 --> 01:24:40,953 You were what? 1229 01:24:41,022 --> 01:24:42,997 In love. 1230 01:24:48,575 --> 01:24:50,714 We were in love. 1231 01:24:52,255 --> 01:24:56,084 How many times? How many times did you do it, you and Mrs. Maretto? 1232 01:24:58,687 --> 01:25:01,338 I don't know. 1233 01:25:01,407 --> 01:25:03,676 - Lots, I guess. - Where? 1234 01:25:03,744 --> 01:25:06,646 In her bed? ln her and her dead husband's bed? 1235 01:25:08,159 --> 01:25:10,298 Yeah, sometimes. 1236 01:25:10,367 --> 01:25:12,058 Where else? 1237 01:25:15,008 --> 01:25:16,415 In her car. 1238 01:25:17,568 --> 01:25:19,640 - In her car. - Yeah. 1239 01:25:20,640 --> 01:25:22,014 And once at school. 1240 01:25:22,080 --> 01:25:24,950 Jesus Christ. At school, huh? 1241 01:25:25,024 --> 01:25:27,806 Yeah. In the back of the gym. 1242 01:25:29,409 --> 01:25:34,264 And once late at night at the station where she does her weather reports. 1243 01:25:35,521 --> 01:25:39,677 And twice at the motel on Piedmont. 1244 01:25:39,745 --> 01:25:42,166 0h, and the back of Russell's truck. 1245 01:25:43,489 --> 01:25:47,580 And the movie theater on Hayworth. 1246 01:25:47,649 --> 01:25:50,235 Oh, a couple times at her parents' house... 1247 01:25:50,305 --> 01:25:53,272 when they were away on some vacation or something. 1248 01:25:54,401 --> 01:25:55,776 And... 1249 01:25:57,409 --> 01:26:00,987 also in the field behind the gas station. 1250 01:26:03,906 --> 01:26:07,354 Probably where you get your doughnuts and coffee. 1251 01:26:07,426 --> 01:26:09,662 It's close. 1252 01:26:29,027 --> 01:26:30,620 Hi, Liddy. 1253 01:26:31,778 --> 01:26:34,778 Is it my imagination, or is that diet working? 1254 01:26:34,850 --> 01:26:37,185 You lost a few pounds in there? 1255 01:26:38,563 --> 01:26:42,687 I don't know. I haven't been eating much lately. 1256 01:26:42,755 --> 01:26:45,657 What's this about talking to the police? 1257 01:26:45,731 --> 01:26:49,855 I just figured that Russell would tell them everything, so-- 1258 01:26:49,923 --> 01:26:52,957 Look. No one's gonna believe anything Russell or Jimmy say. 1259 01:26:53,028 --> 01:26:55,167 TheY're just a couple of punks. 1260 01:26:55,236 --> 01:26:58,170 They wouldn't be in this deep shit if theY'd kept their mouths shut. 1261 01:26:58,243 --> 01:27:01,953 There's no evidence that we're involved. I wasn't near the house. 1262 01:27:02,020 --> 01:27:06,461 And if they did find out anything, you know who'd be in trouble, don't you? 1263 01:27:06,532 --> 01:27:08,419 - You would! - What do you mean? 1264 01:27:08,484 --> 01:27:11,834 If you hadn't gotten your mother's gun, Larry would still be alive. 1265 01:27:11,908 --> 01:27:16,349 - But you asked me to. - No, I didn't. 1266 01:27:16,421 --> 01:27:19,999 No. Jimmy did. Don't you remember that? 1267 01:27:20,069 --> 01:27:23,386 But you asked Jimmy, and you told Russell that you'd pay. 1268 01:27:23,460 --> 01:27:25,500 I don't think so. 1269 01:27:25,573 --> 01:27:27,548 Now you listen to me. 1270 01:27:27,621 --> 01:27:31,036 I never gave Russell any money. Do you understand? 1271 01:27:31,109 --> 01:27:34,208 The way I remember, it was your plan all along. You and Jimmy! 1272 01:27:34,277 --> 01:27:37,823 You had a fixation about me, and you were getting a perverted kick out it... 1273 01:27:37,894 --> 01:27:41,025 like people with your sexual problems tend to do. 1274 01:27:41,093 --> 01:27:45,022 Russell went along with you because Russell is an evil fucking scumbag! 1275 01:27:45,093 --> 01:27:47,614 Who, I'll bet, you were having some kind of dirty sex with... 1276 01:27:47,686 --> 01:27:49,726 in spite of your lesbian tendencies. 1277 01:27:49,798 --> 01:27:51,969 - Wait a minute! - Wait for what? 1278 01:27:52,038 --> 01:27:54,656 I thought we were friends. 1279 01:27:59,014 --> 01:28:00,444 Okay, then. 1280 01:28:02,214 --> 01:28:04,516 Can you take some advice from a friend? 1281 01:28:04,583 --> 01:28:07,169 You keep your fuckin' mouth shut. 1282 01:28:08,295 --> 01:28:11,197 It's their word against mine. Who are they? 1283 01:28:11,271 --> 01:28:13,954 A bunch of 16-year-old losers who grew up in trailers... 1284 01:28:14,023 --> 01:28:17,569 whose parents sit around drinking and screwing their cousins. 1285 01:28:18,855 --> 01:28:21,605 I'm a professional person, for Christ's sake. 1286 01:28:21,671 --> 01:28:24,005 I come from a good home. 1287 01:28:24,071 --> 01:28:26,406 Who do you think a jury would believe? 1288 01:28:35,592 --> 01:28:38,723 Thank God we still have legal procedures in this country. 1289 01:28:38,792 --> 01:28:41,891 The court has ruled this is a clear case of police entrapment. 1290 01:28:41,960 --> 01:28:45,375 The tapes were found to be inadmissible evidence. 1291 01:28:49,384 --> 01:28:54,054 My client was granted bail in the amount of $200,000, which we felt was steep... 1292 01:28:54,120 --> 01:28:57,797 but at least she'll be able to assist us in the preparation of her defense. 1293 01:29:02,281 --> 01:29:05,762 Do you have a statement? You have something you'd like to say? 1294 01:29:06,793 --> 01:29:09,793 - Suzanne, please say something. - I just want to say... 1295 01:29:12,169 --> 01:29:14,144 it's nice to live in a country... 1296 01:29:14,217 --> 01:29:17,348 where life, liberty... 1297 01:29:18,602 --> 01:29:21,635 and all the rest of it still stand for something. 1298 01:29:21,705 --> 01:29:23,560 - Thank you. - What are you gonna do now? 1299 01:29:23,625 --> 01:29:27,368 I'm gonna go home and walk my dog. 1300 01:29:27,434 --> 01:29:31,012 - How will you address the questions? - Will you take the stand? 1301 01:29:31,082 --> 01:29:33,221 Did you get those kids to kill your husband? 1302 01:29:34,410 --> 01:29:36,549 I loved Larry Maretto... 1303 01:29:37,578 --> 01:29:40,196 with all my heart. 1304 01:29:40,906 --> 01:29:42,881 But the fact is... 1305 01:29:45,354 --> 01:29:49,032 my husband had a serious cocaine problem. 1306 01:29:50,251 --> 01:29:51,657 There. 1307 01:29:51,723 --> 01:29:54,821 I've said it. I've finally said it. 1308 01:29:54,891 --> 01:29:57,608 I believe that while I was making my documentary... 1309 01:29:57,675 --> 01:30:00,522 "Teens Speak Out"... 1310 01:30:00,587 --> 01:30:04,843 James and Russell became acquainted with my husband without me knowing... 1311 01:30:04,907 --> 01:30:07,362 and got him addicted to drugs... 1312 01:30:07,435 --> 01:30:09,891 and became his main supplier. 1313 01:30:09,963 --> 01:30:14,852 And when he tried to break free of them or maybe when he told them... 1314 01:30:14,924 --> 01:30:17,771 he was thinking of turning them in to the law... 1315 01:30:20,652 --> 01:30:22,027 they killed him. 1316 01:30:23,372 --> 01:30:26,471 I had no intention of revealing thls dark side... 1317 01:30:26,540 --> 01:30:29,442 of my late husband's character... 1318 01:30:29,516 --> 01:30:33,161 because I wanted to spare his parents the pain. 1319 01:30:34,220 --> 01:30:36,839 But I just don 't have a choice any more. 1320 01:30:36,909 --> 01:30:39,243 I have to defend myself with the truth. 1321 01:30:41,549 --> 01:30:43,404 There were times when-- 1322 01:30:56,366 --> 01:31:00,970 And I know someday when my fight is over... 1323 01:31:01,037 --> 01:31:03,754 I will be joining my husband... 1324 01:31:03,822 --> 01:31:07,946 in the heaven that he so fervently believed in. 1325 01:31:08,014 --> 01:31:09,705 And that was the last time we-- 1326 01:31:09,774 --> 01:31:13,221 - The last time we saw her. - And that-- 1327 01:31:13,294 --> 01:31:16,328 That pretty well brings us up to date. 1328 01:31:16,398 --> 01:31:20,108 Until your phone call, which I must say wasn't entirely unexpected... 1329 01:31:20,175 --> 01:31:23,852 since in the last few days a number of interesting offers for my story... 1330 01:31:23,919 --> 01:31:26,188 have been literally pouring in from the networks... 1331 01:31:26,254 --> 01:31:28,393 and some major movie studios. 1332 01:31:29,423 --> 01:31:32,904 I totally understand why we'll be keeping this meeting confidential... 1333 01:31:32,975 --> 01:31:37,034 until such time as we may come to a mutually beneficial agreement. 1334 01:31:37,104 --> 01:31:38,958 And I have to admit... 1335 01:31:39,888 --> 01:31:41,993 that I really do enjoy... 1336 01:31:42,063 --> 01:31:46,503 this spy story aspect of our first rendezvous, if I may call it that. 1337 01:31:46,575 --> 01:31:49,063 Because I think that being a good investigative reporter... 1338 01:31:49,135 --> 01:31:52,550 is very much like being a kind of secret agent. 1339 01:31:53,583 --> 01:31:55,438 I hope you enjoy viewing this document... 1340 01:31:55,503 --> 01:31:57,870 which I believe could serve as the first draft... 1341 01:31:57,936 --> 01:32:01,831 that you Hollywood people are so richly rewarded for. 1342 01:32:01,904 --> 01:32:05,352 Well, I guess that's a wrap. 1343 01:32:25,041 --> 01:32:26,896 Come on, Walter. 1344 01:32:54,867 --> 01:32:56,776 - Suzanne? - Yes. 1345 01:32:56,850 --> 01:32:59,468 Finally. The famous Suzanne Maretto. 1346 01:33:00,403 --> 01:33:02,126 How nice to meet you. 1347 01:33:04,915 --> 01:33:06,857 Did you come all the way from Hollywood? 1348 01:33:06,931 --> 01:33:09,419 I came a long distance to see you. 1349 01:33:10,579 --> 01:33:12,140 Who's this? 1350 01:33:14,067 --> 01:33:15,442 This is Walter. 1351 01:33:15,507 --> 01:33:17,678 Walter. Hi, Walter. 1352 01:33:20,628 --> 01:33:23,595 I don't know why, but I thought that you'd be older... 1353 01:33:23,668 --> 01:33:26,930 running a big studio and everything. 1354 01:33:26,996 --> 01:33:28,370 I am older. 1355 01:33:31,060 --> 01:33:34,158 Come on out. I want to show you something. 1356 01:33:37,396 --> 01:33:39,436 I brought my tape. 1357 01:33:39,508 --> 01:33:42,094 Let's go. Let's go for a walk. 1358 01:33:47,573 --> 01:33:51,086 Oh, dear. Where are we going? 1359 01:33:51,157 --> 01:33:53,099 To show you. 1360 01:33:53,173 --> 01:33:54,635 What? 1361 01:33:57,653 --> 01:34:01,330 It has to do with your story. It is so funny. 1362 01:34:01,397 --> 01:34:03,732 I don't see why we have to go. 1363 01:34:31,479 --> 01:34:34,032 - This is for you. - Thank you very much. 1364 01:34:34,103 --> 01:34:36,143 It sure looks good. Thanks, Mrs. Maretto. 1365 01:34:38,326 --> 01:34:40,214 Maretto's. 1366 01:34:48,951 --> 01:34:50,806 I understand. 1367 01:34:52,248 --> 01:34:53,774 Thank you. 1368 01:35:26,393 --> 01:35:28,018 I'll be here... 1369 01:35:28,088 --> 01:35:29,812 every day for life. 1370 01:35:29,881 --> 01:35:29,913 Plus thirty years, if I live that long. 1371 01:35:29,913 --> 01:35:33,971 Plus thirty years, if I live that long. 1372 01:35:38,073 --> 01:35:42,132 Russell copped a plea and got only 16 years. 1373 01:35:42,201 --> 01:35:44,209 I miss him. 1374 01:35:44,281 --> 01:35:46,224 He was my friend. 1375 01:35:46,297 --> 01:35:48,152 And Lydia too. She was okay. 1376 01:35:49,401 --> 01:35:51,311 Mostly Mrs. Maretto. 1377 01:35:53,114 --> 01:35:55,219 And the weird thing is... 1378 01:35:55,290 --> 01:35:59,992 now it's hard for me to even remember what she looked like. 1379 01:36:00,058 --> 01:36:01,433 You know? 1380 01:36:02,426 --> 01:36:05,361 Except when I dream about her... 1381 01:36:05,434 --> 01:36:07,289 which I do every night. 1382 01:36:08,922 --> 01:36:11,792 I dream I'm at a baseball game... 1383 01:36:11,867 --> 01:36:15,641 and I'm way up in the broadcasting booth. 1384 01:36:15,707 --> 01:36:17,878 And I'm callin' all the plays. 1385 01:36:19,866 --> 01:36:22,616 And she's sittin' right next to me... 1386 01:36:22,683 --> 01:36:26,196 with her hand on my leg, feelin' me up. 1387 01:36:28,987 --> 01:36:32,370 I can hardly wait to get to sleep at night. 1388 01:36:32,444 --> 01:36:36,055 Suzanne used to say that you're not really anybody in America... 1389 01:36:36,124 --> 01:36:38,425 unless you're on Tv. 1390 01:36:38,492 --> 01:36:40,979 'Cause what's the point of doing anything worth while... 1391 01:36:41,051 --> 01:36:44,564 if there's nobody watching? 1392 01:36:44,635 --> 01:36:49,305 So when people are watching, it makes you a better person. 1393 01:36:49,372 --> 01:36:52,689 So if everybody was on TV all the time... 1394 01:36:52,764 --> 01:36:55,415 everybody would be better people. 1395 01:36:55,485 --> 01:36:58,780 But if everybody was on TV all the time... 1396 01:36:58,844 --> 01:37:01,266 there wouldn't be anybody left to watch. 1397 01:37:01,341 --> 01:37:03,196 That's where I get confused. 1398 01:37:03,261 --> 01:37:06,261 Anyhow, they're flying me to go on Oprah next weekend. 1399 01:37:06,333 --> 01:37:08,951 I hope she's gonna give me some diet tips. 1400 01:37:09,021 --> 01:37:11,476 And Phil Donahue called too. 1401 01:37:11,549 --> 01:37:13,938 But to tell you the truth, I'm kinda nervous about that one... 1402 01:37:14,013 --> 01:37:17,275 'cause I honestly can't follow what he's sayin' most of the time. 1403 01:37:17,341 --> 01:37:21,083 There's some others too that I can't remember off hand. 1404 01:37:22,077 --> 01:37:23,932 But it's really something when you think that... 1405 01:37:23,997 --> 01:37:25,907 I'm the one who's gonna be famous. 1406 01:37:25,981 --> 01:37:28,829 Suzanne would die if she knew. 1407 01:37:31,837 --> 01:37:33,692 End sticks.