:35:00
That motherfucker crazy, man.
:35:03
The good Reverend
Dr. Martin Luther King...
:35:06
did not enjoy seeing his people
beaten on the 6:00 news.
:35:10
However, white America
needed to see that...
:35:13
in order to move
this country to change.
:35:15
They need to see this show
for that exact same reason.
:35:23
I'm gonna trust you know
what you're doing, Pierre.
:35:27
That's my little lamb.
:35:30
I'd like to begin
this meeting...
:35:31
by saying I am a fair person.
A straight shooter.
:35:36
I do not hold my tongue.
:35:39
So I must tell you this,
that I had nothing to do...
:35:41
with any of you being hired.
:35:44
If I had my druthers...
:35:46
there'd be at least
one Negro writer in this room...
:35:48
and that afro does not
qualify you, my Jewish friend.
:35:54
Having said that, I would like
to open the floor...
:35:58
to some of your questions
and comments.
:36:01
Look, I agree with you.
:36:02
It would be better to have
some African-American writers...
:36:05
but, for whatever reason,
they're not here.
:36:08
Maybe they couldn't find
any people with experience.
:36:12
Or they wouldn't work
for the pay...
:36:14
or they refused
to work on the show.
:36:17
Or put their crack pipes down
long enough to apply.
:36:22
Pierre, I don't know--
:36:23
Mr. Delacroix.
You don't know...
:36:26
Mr. Delacroix, I don't know...
:36:28
and I don't think
anybody here does know...
:36:30
but what I do know is this
will be a unique experience.
:36:33
I am a damn good writer
and I'm ready to go to work.
:36:41
Thank you for rallying
the troops, Peter.
:36:43
I've always loved the format
of "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-ln."
:36:46
"Sock it to me."
:36:48
Or Pigmeat Markham.
:36:50
"Here come the judge."
:36:53
We should look back
at those Seventies shows...
:36:55
which were groundbreaking.
:36:57
I'm from lowa,
as you all know...
:36:59
and my first experience
of the black...