:24:02
Well, don't you think
that's natural ?
:24:04
Joe Louis was the champ for 12 years.
Nobody ever wanted Joe Louis to lose.
:24:08
- Think about the cause of education.
- The cause of education ?
:24:11
l waited 29 years for this.
Now l'm supposed to take a dive
for the cause of education ?
:24:17
l didn't say take a dive.
Now l'm askin' you for your help.
:24:20
Fine. Just let me
play it honestly.
:24:22
- Will you keep your voice down ?
- Give me a number. Go ahead.
Give me a number.
:24:25
- Excuse me, sir. Give me
a number, a-a random number.
- l don't know. Twenty-three ?
:24:29
Beethoven was 23 when he
composed his first piano sonata.
:24:32
ln 1923, Jack Bentley set the record
for average by a pitcher, batting .427.
:24:36
There are 23 chromosomes
in the human egg.
:24:38
- Herb--
- Also, the human sperm.
:24:40
Twenty-third president: Benjamin
Harrison. Asian countries along
the 23rd parallel--
:24:43
Look, don't start believing
your own bullshit, all right ?
:24:45
You wouldn't know
the name of Paul Revere's horse
if he took a crap on your lawn.
:24:47
- She.
- What ?
:24:49
- lt was a mare, remember ?
- Look, you lose when
l tell you to lose.
:24:52
- But why now ?
- lt's an arrangement.
:24:54
- lt's always been an arrangement.
- But if you told me to lose before,
:24:57
if you told me to lose right from
the beginning, that l'd understand.
:25:00
That'd be the story of my life.
But why now ? What did l do ?
:25:03
Look at the big picture. lt's not like
television is gonna go away, you know.
:25:07
- l mean, think about the future.
- You mean like a panel show ?
:25:10
Uh, check. Look, l'm gonna do
what l can do, Herb.
:25:14
But meanwhile, maybe you could use
somebody to talk to.
:25:16
l'm gonna give you the name
of my analyst. Just send me the bills.
:25:20
- You know, l could be terrific
on one of those panel shows.
- Here you go, sir.
:25:23
Witty, off-the-cuff.
A Bill Cullen sort of thing.
:25:26
Now the last category
is movies.
:25:28
We're gonna ask you what won the Academy
Award for Best Picture in 1955.
:25:31
You don't know it.
Your answer On The Waterfront.
:25:35
Oh, no. Oh, no.
Don't-- Don't do that.
:25:38
Not Marty.
l saw Marty three times.
:25:41
The Best Picture from two years ago
and l don't know it ?
:25:44
Someone of your intellect,
and it's such a simple question.
:25:46
- Don't you see the drama of that ?
- Drama ?
:25:49
Herb, don't do this
to yourself.
:25:51
Please, let me lose on a physics
question, not Marty, Dan.
:25:56
Don't do this to me.
lt's too humiliating.
:25:58
For 70 grand, Herb,
you can afford to be humiliated.