1:50:01
Oh, l've testified before.
Funding for the arts. lt's nothing.
1:50:04
- l think this is a little different.
- You'll run circles round them.
1:50:08
lt's not exactly Jefferson
and Lincoln down there anymore.
1:50:11
l think this is
a little different.
1:50:13
l'd think you'd be glad
at a chance to clear your name.
1:50:15
Otherwise, people
might believe--
1:50:17
People will believe whatever they
want to believe. That's not the issue.
1:50:20
Just tell 'em the truth.
You'll do fine.
1:50:23
The real issue, Charlie,
is how this keeps distracting
you from your teaching.
1:50:27
This and that program in the morning,
though you insist that it doesn't.
1:50:30
Dad, l can't simply just
tell 'em the truth.
1:50:35
Can't tell them
the truth ?
1:50:38
Why on earth not ?
1:50:40
lt's, it's complicated.
1:50:43
Complicated ?
1:50:45
[ Sighs ] Yeah, l can't.
l ca--
1:50:49
Charlie, from what l understand,
it's just this bunch of frauds...
1:50:52
showing off an erudition
they didn't really have.
1:50:55
- All you have to do--
- The problem is...
1:50:57
is it seems
l was one of those frauds.
1:51:01
What ?
1:51:12
What--
What do you mean ?
1:51:14
They gave me the answers.
1:51:18
They gave you the answers.
1:51:21
They gave you the answers !
1:51:24
Well-- No, no.
1:51:26
At first, they asked me questions they
already knew l knew the answers to.
1:51:29
We ran through those, and l still
didn't want them to give me the answers,
1:51:32
so l had them give me questions
and l'd go look up the answers,
1:51:35
as if that were any different.
1:51:37
We ran through those
in a couple of weeks.
1:51:39
Then l just didn't have the time.
Finally, it just seemed silly.
1:51:42
They gave you all that money to answer
questions they knew you knew ?
1:51:46
- Now, that's inflation !
- You're not being very helpful.
1:51:49
l'm sorry, Charlie. l'm
an old man. lt's all a little
difficult for me to comprehend.
1:51:52
lt's television, Dad !
lt's, it's just television.
1:51:55
You make it sound like
you didn't have a choice.
1:51:57
What was l supposed to do
at that point ? Disillusion
the whole goddamn country ?