2:57:04
Sit down, kids.
2:57:05
What's up, Caryl?
2:57:11
Well, I...
2:57:14
I realise that...
2:57:18
Well, I...
2:57:20
I mean, if you stop to...
2:57:23
...consider...
2:57:24
Just what are you trying to say?
2:57:26
He's not trying.
He's telling us that we blew it
2:57:29
and it was a bad idea
to begin with.
2:57:31
I gotta figure out some way
to handle the press. I don't...
2:57:34
Look, take my advice, don't even try.
2:57:36
I, for one, am leaving for the Springs
in about 15 minutes.
2:57:39
You what?
2:57:41
You heard me, I'm leaving.
2:57:43
Well, what about Stanley?
He goes on in an hour.
2:57:45
When they see how bad
our king of comedy is,
2:57:47
they'll eat us up alive.
2:57:49
We'd be out of our minds
to hang around, get it?
2:57:51
You mean you're gonna let him
go through with that show
2:57:53
and whatever happens
afterwards, all alone?
2:57:56
Well, he has to.
2:57:58
He signed a contract, right?
2:58:00
Because he trusted us.
2:58:03
Ellen.
2:58:04
It won't be that bad.
2:58:07
He'll stumble through the Sullivan
caper like he did in that small club,
2:58:10
and then he'll silently steal away.
2:58:13
And then he'll become a bellboy again.
2:58:15
- It's that simple?
- It's the only way, Ellen.
2:58:18
I did send him a letter
by messenger, explaining.
2:58:21
You sent him a letter?
Well, how nice.
2:58:23
Yes. Matter of fact,
I've got a copy of it right here.
2:58:28
You made a copy.
2:58:29
Well, then, why don't you read it to me.
2:58:32
I was going to.
2:58:34
"Dear Stanley,
2:58:36
"sometimes what seems to be
a great idea can go so radically wrong
2:58:40
"that it's best to forget it
2:58:42
"before turning back
becomes impossible.
2:58:44
"Unfortunately,
in the case of this plan,
2:58:46
"because of your
signature on a contract,
2:58:49
"you have to do The Sullivan Show.
2:58:51
"The results are so obvious to all of us
that we felt it best not to be there.
2:58:58
"We wish you luck