:12:01
- Magic today?
- Yeah, Kareem's in the wash.
:12:03
I need a favor.
:12:05
- Fletch!
- Did you hear something?
:12:07
See what we have on Alan Stanwyk
in Beverly Hills.
:12:10
I need this right away.
:12:12
- I take it the story's done.
- W-Y-K.
:12:15
Tell me I'm right.
:12:17
You're right,
but you're very peaked.
:12:19
Want to vomit?
Come on in.
:12:22
- The story's done, right?
- Uh... almost.
:12:24
Almost is not an answer.
:12:26
Yes is an answer.
:12:28
And a damn fine answer.
:12:31
Professional journalism time now.
:12:33
Go back and finish
the story!
:12:36
Frank, I will.
I swear it.
:12:39
Something came up.
:12:41
You've got
a deadline tomorrow.
:12:43
Did you see Sunday's ad?
:12:45
I don't read the paper.
Whas the spread on tonighs game?
:12:48
- Lakers by six.
- Take a look.
:12:52
Shame of the City.
Thas very nice.
:12:54
Try to follow this.
:12:56
You can't run the ad
and then not run the story.
:13:01
You can't? Why not?
:13:03
Shit. Really?
:13:06
I'm putting you on. You'll get
the story. You'll be proud of it.
:13:10
You broke it?
You know the source?
:13:12
Practically.
:13:14
Is it Fat Sam?
You said you had pictures of him.
:13:17
- I do have pictures of him dealing.
- Les go. We'll run them.
:13:20
You can't do that.
:13:22
Fat Sam isn't the story.
There's a source behind him.
:13:25
Who?
:13:27
Thas a gray area.
:13:28
How gray?
:13:31
Charcoal.
:13:35
May I help you with that?
:13:38
OK. A little lighter.
:13:39
Can you go higher?
:13:41
Over to the right.
Higher. Perfect.
:13:45
Nice and hard.
Thas good. Thank you.
:13:48
- That it?
- Perfect.
:13:50
Everything's recent.
:13:52
Let me see that. Alan Stanwyk,
commercial airline pilot...
:13:55
from Provo, Utah."
:13:57
Formerly a test pilot,
member of the Jaycees.