:09:00
And now, back to the field.
:09:03
Here's the windup.
:09:07
The pitch. Strike one,
right on the inside corner.
:09:11
Here comes the next pitch.
:09:13
And there she goes.
Going, going... lt's a home run,
:09:17
over the right-field fence.
:09:19
Boy, oh, boy!
:09:20
lf you left this game early,
you've certainly missed a lot of action.
:09:25
You're fired.
:09:27
Sacked. Or as we used to put it
in the newspaper business, canned.
:09:31
Pick up your severance pay
and get out.
:09:34
Have l made myself painfully clear?
:09:38
You know, Mr. Chalmers,
:09:40
my contract with lnternational Press
was drawn by the outstanding,
:09:45
foremost, the most respected
sneaky lawyer in the business.
:09:48
l, along with the United
Automobile Workers
:09:51
and the Brotherhood of Teamsters--
Thank you.
:09:54
And the lnternational Alliance
of Theatrical Stage Employees,
:09:57
am non-cancelable.
:09:59
Modern living.
lt's ruining everything.
:10:04
lt used to be fun to fire people.
:10:06
Now it takes a ruling
of the Supreme Court.
:10:08
So l missed the deadline
on my column.
:10:11
l'm not the first guy or the last.
:10:13
And besides, it's your fault,
Mr. Chalmers.
:10:15
My fault?
:10:16
Remember that ''Welcome
to Los Angeles'' party--
:10:19
- Yes, l remember that--
- At your house?
:10:21
- Yes.
- That's where l met that blond.
:10:22
Tell you the truth,
l don't even know her name.
:10:24
lt's Mrs. Chalmers.
:10:29
Oh, boy...
:10:31
l-- l don't know what to say.
Small world.
:10:34
lsn't it?
:10:36
But that's my problem.
:10:39
Steve, l can't figure you out.
:10:42
First it was that ambassador's
wife in Washington.
:10:45
Then the girlfriend
of the Russian consul.
:10:47
- What a dog.
- And now...
:10:51
How a writer with your intellectual
capacity can waste his whole--
:10:54
There are a lot of things l don't
wanna waste, Mr. Chalmers.
:10:57
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may
:10:59
That's what Robert Herrick said.
Pretty fair poet.