The Kid Stays In the Picture
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1:04:08
Was Bluhdorn angry?
Foaming at the mouth.

1:04:14
"I'll never forgive you, Evans."
1:04:18
He never did.
1:04:20
Gone now was the
sacred embrace of Bluhdorn...

1:04:24
...never to return again.
1:04:28
Paramount, the company
I saved from the graveyard...

1:04:31
...gave a terse statement to the press
concerning my new infamy.

1:04:34
"Evans is not an employee of Paramount
and has not been an employee for years.

1:04:39
He is an independent contractor,
producing pictures for us."

1:04:43
May 2, 1980.
What a difference a day makes.

1:04:50
Judge Brodericks' dictate was to produce
a 30-second anti-drug spot.

1:04:56
Well, I did a little more than that.
1:04:59
I produced a series of weeklong specials
for NBC entitled Get High on Yourself.

1:05:04
It was a happening.
1:05:06
All my friends showed, and it became known
as "The Woodstock of the '80s."

1:05:36
I've never been as high
on myself as I am now.

1:05:40
It must have been
a month and a half ago.

1:05:42
I had a hundred people here, and my kid
was here, and I ran the commercials.

1:05:47
When it was over,
he came to me and said:

1:05:49
"I'm so proud of you."
First time he ever said it.

1:05:52
"I'm so proud of you, Daddy.
Can I sleep in your bed tonight?"

1:05:57
And if I get nothing more
out of it... Nothing...


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