2:25:02
You see, she has the most fantastic
nose for news in the world.
2:25:04
If I were to call her and tell her what a
sensational new discovery I had here,
2:25:07
she'd drop it in a little box
that said "press agents",
2:25:10
and then they get thrown out with
the rest of the trash in the morning.
2:25:13
Instead, I start a little story
around town about you.
2:25:18
Yeah, yeah.
2:25:19
And I let it nourish,
2:25:21
and I let it grow.
2:25:23
And then we sit back and wait
for the red phone to beckon.
2:25:27
Hey, you got a buck?
2:25:29
Yeah, that's all I have left
from rehearsal.
2:25:31
Last time I tried this,
2:25:33
Hedda called in four minutes
and 48 seconds.
2:25:35
Well, I got a buck says
she calls in four minutes flat.
2:25:37
- Bet?
- You got a bet.
2:25:39
Now, Stanley,
just to start the ball rolling...
2:25:41
...where would you go if you wanted
to hear some real hot gossip?
2:25:45
Where would I go if I wanted...?
2:25:49
- Barber shop, beauty parlour?
- Perfect!
2:25:52
Perfect. The centre of American
cultural exchange.
2:25:55
- The beauty parlour.
- Start timing, Stanley.
2:25:56
All right. One.
If I win the buck, it'll be
2:25:59
two, because he put one,
is two...
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Three, four, five seconds.
Six seconds.
2:26:03
Seven seconds. And if I lose...
2:26:05
Hello, Harry, what's up?
2:26:06
Listen, I wonder if you'd do me a favour.
We got a young kid here,
2:26:09
and some of the network boys
have been nosing around about him.
2:26:11
They seem to think
he's gonna be a pretty hot item,
2:26:13
but they won't commit themselves,
you know.
2:26:15
I wonder if you could find out for me
what they got in mind for him.
2:26:18
They have a funny kid under contract.
2:26:20
One of the networks wants to build
a whole show around him.
2:26:23
Yeah. Barney, do me a favour,
will you?
2:26:27
See what you can find out about him
and get back to me, will you, sweetie?
2:26:30
Say, why don't we have any dope
on this new kid
2:26:32
that Fergusson has under contract?
"What kid"?
2:26:34
Only the funniest new comic that's
come along in years, that's what kid.
2:26:38
Listen, if Barney wants him,
I want him.
2:26:40
The networks have already signed him.
He's supposed to be the greatest.
2:26:43
I want that kid, Paul.
2:26:45
I know talent when I see it, and
that kid's got it. Now, get him for me.
2:26:48
OK.
2:26:59
Hello?