WEBVTT 00:00:08.617 --> 00:00:28.617 ..:: Presented By ZarFilm Website ::.. ‏.:: www.bolboljan.net ::. 00:03:00.641 --> 00:03:02.905 FRANK: Amazing. This is amazing! 00:03:03.244 --> 00:03:06.270 Listen to this, The entire work force of Virginia... 00:03:06.447 --> 00:03:09.507 ...had Solitaire removed from their computers... 00:03:09.683 --> 00:03:11.981 ...because they hadn't done any work in six weeks. 00:03:12.153 --> 00:03:14.087 - That's so sad. - Do you know what this is? 00:03:14.255 --> 00:03:17.452 What we're seeing here is the end of Western civilization as we know it. 00:03:17.625 --> 00:03:19.923 Oh. Hey, aren't you late? 00:03:20.094 --> 00:03:23.928 Technology. Name me one thing that we've gained from technology. 00:03:24.098 --> 00:03:25.429 KATHLEEN: Electricity. 00:03:25.599 --> 00:03:29.126 That's one. You think this machine's your friend, but it's not. 00:03:29.370 --> 00:03:31.463 - I'm out of here. - See you tonight. 00:03:31.705 --> 00:03:33.673 - Sushi! - Sushi! 00:03:34.008 --> 00:03:35.202 Bye! 00:03:37.378 --> 00:03:39.107 (DOOR CLOSES) 00:04:17.618 --> 00:04:19.745 (COMPUTER DIALING AND BEEPING) 00:04:24.425 --> 00:04:25.483 MALE AOL VOICE: Welcome. 00:04:27.728 --> 00:04:29.696 You've got mail. 00:04:38.772 --> 00:04:41.764 "Brinkley is my dog. He loves the streets of New York as much as I do." 00:04:41.942 --> 00:04:44.604 JOE: Although he likes to eat pizza and bagel off the sidewalk... 00:04:44.778 --> 00:04:46.541 ...and I prefer to buy them. 00:04:46.947 --> 00:04:50.075 Brinkley is a great catcher who was offered a tryout on the Mets. 00:04:50.351 --> 00:04:53.548 But he chose to stay with me so he could spend 18 hours a day... 00:04:53.721 --> 00:04:57.054 ...sleeping on a large green pillow the size of an inner tube. 00:04:57.424 --> 00:04:59.221 Don't you love New York in the fall? 00:04:59.460 --> 00:05:01.951 Makes me want to buy school supplies. 00:05:02.396 --> 00:05:03.693 PATRICIA: I'm almost ready. 00:05:03.864 --> 00:05:06.765 JOE: I would send you a bouquet of newly sharpened pencils... 00:05:07.034 --> 00:05:09.400 ...if I knew your name and address. 00:05:09.670 --> 00:05:13.436 On the other hand, this not knowing has its charms. 00:05:13.607 --> 00:05:15.097 - PATRICIA: Did you push it? - Yeah. 00:05:15.276 --> 00:05:16.766 Yes, I pushed it. 00:05:17.244 --> 00:05:18.734 I'm so late. 00:05:20.414 --> 00:05:22.974 Random House fired Dick Atkins. Good riddance. 00:05:23.250 --> 00:05:26.185 Murray Chilton died. That's one less person I'm not speaking to. 00:05:26.420 --> 00:05:28.718 Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! Uch! 00:05:31.725 --> 00:05:34.694 Vince got a great review. He'll be insufferable. 00:05:35.229 --> 00:05:36.423 Tonight, PEN dinner. 00:05:37.731 --> 00:05:40.097 - Am I going? - Joe Fox, you promised. 00:05:41.936 --> 00:05:42.960 It's black-tie. 00:05:43.737 --> 00:05:45.728 - Ohh... - Can't I just give money instead? 00:05:45.973 --> 00:05:48.806 What is it this week? "Free Albanian writers"? 00:05:49.009 --> 00:05:50.135 I'm in favor of that. 00:05:50.311 --> 00:05:52.711 PATRICIA: Ohh. Ohh. 00:05:53.814 --> 00:05:56.442 Okay, I'll go. I'll go. You're late. 00:05:56.717 --> 00:05:58.309 I know, I know. 00:06:05.159 --> 00:06:06.717 (DOOR CLOSES) 00:06:11.598 --> 00:06:13.293 (ELEVATOR BELL DINGS) 00:06:13.467 --> 00:06:15.230 MAN: Good morning, Miss Eden. 00:06:28.349 --> 00:06:30.681 (COMPUTER DIALING AND BEEPING) 00:06:32.019 --> 00:06:35.045 Who's a happy dog? Who's a happy dog? 00:06:41.028 --> 00:06:42.468 - MALE AOL VOICE: Welcome. - Welcome. 00:06:44.198 --> 00:06:45.893 - You've got mail. - You've got mail. 00:06:46.066 --> 00:06:48.500 All right. Okay. Get down, get down. 00:06:52.039 --> 00:06:54.735 KATHLEEN: Dear friend, I like to start my notes to you... 00:06:54.908 --> 00:06:57.399 ...as if we're already in the middle of a conversation. 00:06:57.578 --> 00:07:00.046 I pretend that we're the oldest and dearest friends... 00:07:00.214 --> 00:07:01.875 ...as opposed to what we actually are, 00:07:02.483 --> 00:07:04.713 People who don't know each other's names... 00:07:04.985 --> 00:07:08.011 ...and met in a chat room where we both claimed we'd never been before. 00:07:08.922 --> 00:07:12.688 "What will NY152 say today?" I wonder. 00:07:13.594 --> 00:07:15.425 I turn on my computer. 00:07:15.696 --> 00:07:18.358 I wait impatiently as it connects. 00:07:18.599 --> 00:07:20.362 I go online... 00:07:20.601 --> 00:07:25.197 ...and my breath catches in my chest until I hear three little words, 00:07:25.706 --> 00:07:27.731 "You've got mail." 00:07:28.208 --> 00:07:32.042 I hear nothing, not even a sound on the streets of New York. 00:07:32.312 --> 00:07:34.439 Just the beat of my own heart. 00:07:34.615 --> 00:07:36.378 I have mail... 00:07:36.550 --> 00:07:37.847 ...from you. 00:08:38.879 --> 00:08:41.848 KEVIN: The electrical contractor called, his truck hit a deer last night. 00:08:42.015 --> 00:08:43.983 So he's not gonna be here till tomorrow. 00:08:44.151 --> 00:08:46.085 And upstairs, the shelves are late... 00:08:46.253 --> 00:08:48.278 ...because the pine we ordered has beetles. 00:08:48.455 --> 00:08:49.752 JOE: Very good, very good. 00:08:49.923 --> 00:08:53.120 And we got a $50,000 ticket for construction workers peeing off the roof. 00:08:53.293 --> 00:08:56.592 Great. That is great. Is the electrician here? 00:08:56.830 --> 00:09:00.823 I just told you he hit a deer. I knew you weren't listening to me. 00:09:01.702 --> 00:09:03.602 You're right. I wasn't. 00:09:03.770 --> 00:09:05.533 "I hear nothing." 00:09:05.706 --> 00:09:09.164 "Not a sound on the city streets, just the beat of my own heart." 00:09:09.409 --> 00:09:12.207 I think that's how it goes. Something like that. 00:09:12.646 --> 00:09:15.706 You and Patricia got engaged, didn't you? You can tell me. 00:09:15.983 --> 00:09:17.211 - Engaged? - KEVIN: Come on. 00:09:17.417 --> 00:09:18.441 Are you crazy? 00:09:18.619 --> 00:09:20.314 I thought you liked Patricia. 00:09:20.487 --> 00:09:23.718 I do. I do. I love Patricia. I love Patricia. 00:09:23.957 --> 00:09:28.053 Patricia is... Patricia's amazing. She makes coffee nervous. 00:09:28.228 --> 00:09:30.526 We should announce ourselves to the neighborhood. 00:09:30.697 --> 00:09:32.028 Let them know, here we come. 00:09:32.199 --> 00:09:33.894 This is the Upper West Side. 00:09:34.067 --> 00:09:36.399 We might as well tell them we're opening a crack house. 00:09:36.570 --> 00:09:37.832 They're going to hate us. 00:09:38.005 --> 00:09:39.495 They're gonna be lining up... 00:09:39.673 --> 00:09:41.800 BOTH: To picket the big, bad chain store... 00:09:41.975 --> 00:09:43.135 That's out to destroy... 00:09:43.310 --> 00:09:44.504 Everything they hold dear. 00:09:44.678 --> 00:09:48.205 We're going to seduce them with our square footage... 00:09:48.382 --> 00:09:52.148 ...and our discounts and our deep armchairs... 00:09:52.319 --> 00:09:54.219 BOTH: And our cappuccino. 00:09:54.388 --> 00:09:56.879 They're going to hate us at the beginning... 00:09:57.057 --> 00:09:58.888 BOTH: But we'll get them in the end. 00:09:59.159 --> 00:10:01.024 - And you know why? - Why? 00:10:01.695 --> 00:10:04.960 Because we're gonna sell them cheap books and legal addictive stimulants. 00:10:05.165 --> 00:10:08.032 In the meantime, we'll just put up a big sign, 00:10:08.268 --> 00:10:11.237 "Coming soon, a Fox Books Superstore. The end of civilization..." 00:10:11.405 --> 00:10:12.770 "...as you know it. ". 00:10:17.110 --> 00:10:18.577 KATHLEEN: Good morning, Christina. 00:10:18.779 --> 00:10:20.110 CHRISTINA: Morning, Kathleen. 00:10:20.280 --> 00:10:23.875 KATHLEEN: It's a beautiful day. Isn't it just the most beautiful day? 00:10:24.051 --> 00:10:26.042 CHRISTINA: I guess. Yeah, sure. 00:10:26.253 --> 00:10:27.618 (HORN HONKING) (TIRES SCREECHING) 00:10:27.788 --> 00:10:30.780 - DRIVER 1: Idiot, what are you doing? - DRIVER 2: I got the green light! 00:10:30.991 --> 00:10:33.186 Don't you just love New York in the fall? 00:10:41.435 --> 00:10:42.629 Perfect. 00:10:50.611 --> 00:10:52.101 Mmm. Can't beat that. 00:10:52.279 --> 00:10:55.009 Scotch tape? What is going on with you? 00:10:55.415 --> 00:10:56.746 Nothing. 00:10:57.517 --> 00:11:00.077 - You're in love. - In love? No. 00:11:01.021 --> 00:11:05.390 Oh, yes, that's right! I'm in love with Frank. 00:11:05.626 --> 00:11:09.084 I'm practically living with Frank. Hmm. 00:11:09.263 --> 00:11:12.460 Do you think you could get our Christmas mailers out this week? 00:11:12.633 --> 00:11:17.161 Yeah, by Monday, I promise. I have this paper due Friday. 00:11:19.606 --> 00:11:21.574 What is going on? 00:11:21.775 --> 00:11:23.743 Nothing, nothing. Nothing at all. 00:11:23.910 --> 00:11:27.971 You know, I am just going to stand here until you tell me. 00:11:28.749 --> 00:11:29.909 All right. 00:11:30.083 --> 00:11:33.075 Is it infidelity if you're involved with someone on e-mail? 00:11:33.287 --> 00:11:34.845 Have you had sex? 00:11:35.055 --> 00:11:36.750 No, I don't even know him. 00:11:36.957 --> 00:11:39.357 - I mean cybersex. - No. 00:11:39.593 --> 00:11:44.360 Well, don't do it. The minute you do, they lose all respect for you. 00:11:45.165 --> 00:11:47.133 Well, it's not like that. 00:11:47.301 --> 00:11:48.996 We just e-mail. It's really nothing. 00:11:49.169 --> 00:11:53.265 On top of which, I'm thinking of stopping because it's getting... 00:11:53.507 --> 00:11:54.838 out of hand? 00:11:55.676 --> 00:11:57.166 Confusing. 00:11:57.477 --> 00:12:00.002 But not. Because it's nothing. 00:12:00.280 --> 00:12:01.440 Where'd you meet him? 00:12:01.615 --> 00:12:03.674 Listen, I can't even remember. 00:12:09.656 --> 00:12:14.320 On my birthday, I wandered into the "over 30" room for a joke, sort of. 00:12:14.628 --> 00:12:16.687 And he was there. And we started chatting. 00:12:16.897 --> 00:12:18.455 About what? 00:12:19.032 --> 00:12:22.365 Books and music, how much we both love New York... 00:12:22.602 --> 00:12:23.830 Harmless, harmless. 00:12:24.104 --> 00:12:25.401 Meaningless. 00:12:25.839 --> 00:12:28.330 Bouquets of sharpened pencils. Oh. 00:12:28.875 --> 00:12:29.899 Excuse me? 00:12:30.177 --> 00:12:31.201 Forget it. 00:12:31.378 --> 00:12:34.973 We don't talk about anything personal, so I don't know his name... 00:12:35.148 --> 00:12:37.309 ...or what he does or where he lives exactly... 00:12:37.484 --> 00:12:41.978 ...so it'll be easy for me to stop seeing him, because I'm not. 00:12:42.656 --> 00:12:45.853 He could be the next person to walk into the store. 00:12:46.026 --> 00:12:47.050 I know. 00:12:47.227 --> 00:12:48.251 CHRISTINA: He could be... 00:12:48.428 --> 00:12:49.725 (DOOR BELL DINGS) 00:12:51.631 --> 00:12:53.064 (WHISPERS) ...George. 00:12:55.502 --> 00:12:56.560 Morning. 00:12:56.870 --> 00:12:58.838 Are you online? 00:12:59.072 --> 00:13:01.006 GEORGE: As far as I'm concerned... 00:13:01.241 --> 00:13:04.369 ...the Internet is just another way of being rejected by a woman. 00:13:04.544 --> 00:13:06.375 (DOOR BELL DINGS) 00:13:07.447 --> 00:13:08.914 Good morning. 00:13:09.149 --> 00:13:10.707 Good morning, Birdie. 00:13:12.219 --> 00:13:14.153 What are you girls talking about? 00:13:14.554 --> 00:13:15.782 Cybersex. 00:13:15.956 --> 00:13:19.221 I tried to have cybersex once, but I kept getting a busy signal. 00:13:19.393 --> 00:13:20.417 I know. 00:13:20.594 --> 00:13:23.620 I was really depressed one Saturday night about 9:00... 00:13:23.797 --> 00:13:25.697 BIRDIE: Time to open up! 00:13:25.866 --> 00:13:28.391 (PHONE RINGING) 00:13:29.970 --> 00:13:32.302 Jessica and Maya, how are you today? 00:13:32.539 --> 00:13:34.859 - MOTHER: Want to say hi to Kathleen? - MAYA: Hi, Kathleen. 00:13:34.941 --> 00:13:36.806 GEORGE: Good morning, Shop Around the Corner. 00:13:36.977 --> 00:13:38.774 George speaking. May I help you? 00:13:40.947 --> 00:13:43.108 Construction's going well. We should open on time. 00:13:43.283 --> 00:13:47.617 Although Kevin and I are concerned about the neighborhood response. 00:13:47.888 --> 00:13:51.051 This fabric on the couch, what is it? Does it have a name? 00:13:51.224 --> 00:13:53.124 - NELSON: Money. - JOE: Huh? 00:13:53.293 --> 00:13:55.124 - Its name is "Money." - JOE: Oh. 00:13:55.328 --> 00:13:57.694 - Gillian selected it. - Good guess. 00:13:57.898 --> 00:14:00.492 - Your father's getting married again. - Really? 00:14:00.700 --> 00:14:02.099 - Congratulations! - Thank you. 00:14:02.269 --> 00:14:03.964 - Why? - Who knows? 00:14:04.137 --> 00:14:05.934 - Love? - Possible. 00:14:06.106 --> 00:14:07.733 I think you're a damn fool. 00:14:07.908 --> 00:14:09.967 NELSON: Pops, Matthew is 4 years old, okay? 00:14:10.243 --> 00:14:12.734 It'd be nice if his parents were married. 00:14:13.213 --> 00:14:16.011 Listen, I have a sad announcement to make. 00:14:16.817 --> 00:14:19.479 City Books, on 23rd Street? 00:14:19.753 --> 00:14:20.913 It's going under. 00:14:23.457 --> 00:14:25.015 (IMITATING GUN SHOOTING) 00:14:25.625 --> 00:14:28.355 Aww. Another independent bites the dust. 00:14:28.528 --> 00:14:29.859 On to the next! 00:14:30.330 --> 00:14:33.493 Going to buy out their entire inventory of architecture... 00:14:33.667 --> 00:14:35.464 ...and New York history for the new store. 00:14:35.669 --> 00:14:37.432 How much, son? How much you paying? 00:14:37.671 --> 00:14:39.502 JOE: Whatever it costs, it won't be as much... 00:14:39.673 --> 00:14:41.834 ...as that uncomfortable mohair episode there... 00:14:42.042 --> 00:14:44.533 ...which is now all over my suit. 00:14:44.811 --> 00:14:45.971 Here you go. 00:14:46.346 --> 00:14:47.370 Thanks. 00:14:47.547 --> 00:14:51.643 We'll also have a section dedicated to writers who've lived on the West Side. 00:14:51.818 --> 00:14:53.445 SCHUYLER: As a sop to the neighborhood. 00:14:53.620 --> 00:14:56.953 Perfect. Keep those West Side, liberal nuts, pseudo-intellectual... 00:14:57.123 --> 00:14:59.387 Readers, Dad. They're called readers. 00:14:59.559 --> 00:15:01.993 Don't do that, son. Don't romanticize them. 00:15:02.162 --> 00:15:04.153 It'll keep them from jumping down your throat. 00:15:04.331 --> 00:15:05.662 SCHUYLER: What's the competition? 00:15:05.832 --> 00:15:09.495 One mystery store, Sleuth, at 78th and Amsterdam... 00:15:09.669 --> 00:15:12.137 ...and a children's bookstore, Shop Around the Corner. 00:15:12.372 --> 00:15:15.068 - It's been there forever. - Cecilia's store. 00:15:15.775 --> 00:15:16.799 Who's that? 00:15:17.677 --> 00:15:19.201 Cecilia Kelly. 00:15:19.479 --> 00:15:22.778 Lovely woman. I think we might have had a date once. 00:15:23.183 --> 00:15:25.276 Or maybe we just exchanged letters. 00:15:26.553 --> 00:15:27.986 You wrote her letters? 00:15:28.655 --> 00:15:31.283 Mail. It was called mail. 00:15:32.392 --> 00:15:34.352 - NELSON: Stamps, envelopes... - I've heard of it. 00:15:34.494 --> 00:15:37.224 Cecilia had beautiful penmanship. 00:15:37.497 --> 00:15:39.931 She was too young for me... 00:15:40.433 --> 00:15:42.924 ...but she was enchanting. 00:15:43.870 --> 00:15:46.361 - Enchanting? - Her daughter owns it now. 00:15:46.806 --> 00:15:48.205 Huh. Too bad for her. 00:15:48.375 --> 00:15:49.808 (KNOCKS AND DOOR OPENS) 00:15:50.577 --> 00:15:51.601 Ah. 00:15:51.811 --> 00:15:53.176 - MAN: Excuse me, Mr. Fox. - Yeah. 00:15:53.346 --> 00:15:55.041 JOE: My father is getting married again. 00:15:55.315 --> 00:15:58.011 For five years, he's been living with a woman named Gillian... 00:15:58.184 --> 00:16:00.277 ...who studied decorating at Caesar's Palace. 00:16:00.453 --> 00:16:01.715 Is it porcelain? 00:16:02.389 --> 00:16:03.447 Rubber. 00:16:05.058 --> 00:16:08.289 KATHLEEN: Once I read a story about a butterfly in the subway, and today... 00:16:08.461 --> 00:16:09.894 ...I saw one. 00:16:10.130 --> 00:16:12.928 It got on at 42nd and off at 59th where... 00:16:13.099 --> 00:16:14.862 ...I assume it went to Bloomingdale's... 00:16:15.035 --> 00:16:17.196 ...to buy a hat that will turn out to be a mistake. 00:16:17.370 --> 00:16:19.565 As almost all hats are. 00:16:21.341 --> 00:16:22.365 JOE: Listen to this, 00:16:22.542 --> 00:16:25.238 Every night a truck pulls up to my neighborhood bagel place... 00:16:25.445 --> 00:16:28.243 ...and pumps about a ton of flour into underground tanks. 00:16:28.481 --> 00:16:32.349 The air is filled with white dust which never seems to land. 00:16:32.586 --> 00:16:34.110 Why is that? 00:16:35.288 --> 00:16:40.055 KATHLEEN: Confession, I've read Pride and Prejudice about 200 times. 00:16:40.560 --> 00:16:42.721 I get lost in the language. Words like, 00:16:42.896 --> 00:16:44.056 "Thither." 00:16:44.230 --> 00:16:46.095 "Mischance." 00:16:46.266 --> 00:16:47.961 "Felicity." 00:16:48.668 --> 00:16:51.296 I'm always in agony over whether Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy... 00:16:51.471 --> 00:16:53.803 ...are really going to get together. 00:16:54.074 --> 00:16:55.234 Read it. 00:16:55.475 --> 00:16:57.568 I know you'll love it. 00:16:59.012 --> 00:17:00.843 JOE: The purpose of places like Starbucks... 00:17:01.014 --> 00:17:03.482 ...is for people with no decision-making ability... 00:17:03.750 --> 00:17:07.379 ...to make six decisions just to buy one cup of coffee. 00:17:07.654 --> 00:17:09.645 Short, tall, light, dark... 00:17:09.923 --> 00:17:11.584 ...caf, decaf... 00:17:11.825 --> 00:17:13.588 ...low-fat, nonfat... 00:17:13.893 --> 00:17:15.292 ...et cetera. 00:17:15.795 --> 00:17:17.456 Mocha frappuccino grande. 00:17:17.697 --> 00:17:20.188 JOE: So people who don't know what the hell they're doing... 00:17:20.400 --> 00:17:23.198 ...or who on earth they are can, for only 2.95... 00:17:23.470 --> 00:17:25.529 ...get not just a cup of coffee... 00:17:25.805 --> 00:17:28.933 ...but an absolutely defining sense of self. 00:17:29.109 --> 00:17:30.670 EMPLOYEE: Tall, skim, caramel macchiato. 00:17:30.677 --> 00:17:31.837 JOE: Tall! 00:17:32.012 --> 00:17:33.104 Decaf! 00:17:33.279 --> 00:17:34.541 Cappuccino! 00:17:34.714 --> 00:17:36.409 Tall, decaf cappuccino. 00:17:58.071 --> 00:17:59.436 GEORGE: Bummer! 00:18:01.574 --> 00:18:03.735 A Fox Books superstore. 00:18:04.144 --> 00:18:06.374 Quel nightmare. 00:18:06.646 --> 00:18:10.343 It has nothing to do with us. It's big, impersonal... 00:18:10.517 --> 00:18:13.680 ...overstocked and full of ignorant salespeople. 00:18:13.953 --> 00:18:15.580 But they discount. 00:18:15.855 --> 00:18:17.823 But they don't provide any service. 00:18:18.058 --> 00:18:19.389 We do. 00:18:19.659 --> 00:18:20.887 KATHLEEN: So, really... 00:18:21.161 --> 00:18:22.753 ...it's a good development. 00:18:23.029 --> 00:18:26.055 You know how in the flower district there are all those shops... 00:18:26.232 --> 00:18:28.496 ...so you can find whatever you want? 00:18:29.202 --> 00:18:31.898 This is going to be the book district. 00:18:32.172 --> 00:18:33.662 If they don't have it, we do. 00:18:34.974 --> 00:18:36.236 And vice versa. 00:18:36.476 --> 00:18:37.534 Absolutely. 00:18:41.247 --> 00:18:43.477 FRANK: When you are finished with Fox Books... 00:18:43.717 --> 00:18:47.016 ...The Shop Around the Corner is gonna be responsible... 00:18:47.253 --> 00:18:51.417 ...for reversing the entire course of the Industrial Revolution. 00:18:51.691 --> 00:18:54.421 Well, now, that is so sweet. Frank! 00:18:54.694 --> 00:18:57.356 Thank you. That is so sweet. 00:18:57.597 --> 00:18:59.428 - Although I... - What? 00:18:59.699 --> 00:19:01.257 Wait a minute. What is that doing here? 00:19:01.434 --> 00:19:02.901 Oh! Oh, my gosh! 00:19:03.136 --> 00:19:04.603 This is amazing. 00:19:04.871 --> 00:19:06.031 Listen. 00:19:08.007 --> 00:19:10.305 The Olympia Report Deluxe electric. 00:19:10.543 --> 00:19:11.601 Report. 00:19:11.911 --> 00:19:13.208 As in gunshot. 00:19:13.446 --> 00:19:16.006 - That sound is familiar. - Listen to this. 00:19:17.016 --> 00:19:18.540 What, that whirring? 00:19:18.785 --> 00:19:21.015 The gentle, soothing lullaby... 00:19:21.254 --> 00:19:23.279 ...of a piece of machinery so perfect... 00:19:23.456 --> 00:19:26.550 I know where I've heard that before, Frank. 00:19:27.761 --> 00:19:28.785 I needed a backup. 00:19:28.962 --> 00:19:30.953 Don't you have another one at your apartment? 00:19:31.131 --> 00:19:33.099 - I might. - That you wrote a column about? 00:19:33.299 --> 00:19:34.323 Yes. Who cares? 00:19:35.335 --> 00:19:36.825 What were you gonna say? 00:19:37.036 --> 00:19:38.401 - When? - Before. 00:19:38.571 --> 00:19:40.630 - Nothing. - Come on. 00:19:41.541 --> 00:19:47.605 Well, I'm just wondering. I'm wondering about my work. I'm just... 00:19:47.814 --> 00:19:51.807 What is it that I do, exactly? All I really do is... 00:19:52.085 --> 00:19:53.643 FRANK: All you really do... 00:19:53.920 --> 00:19:55.979 ...is this incredibly noble thing. 00:19:56.456 --> 00:19:58.822 - I don't know. Really, I'm just... - Kathleen! 00:19:59.058 --> 00:20:01.856 You are a lone reed. 00:20:03.963 --> 00:20:05.430 You are a lone... 00:20:07.267 --> 00:20:08.495 ...reed... 00:20:08.668 --> 00:20:10.260 ...standing... 00:20:10.436 --> 00:20:11.767 ...tall... 00:20:12.005 --> 00:20:13.996 ...waving boldly... 00:20:14.574 --> 00:20:16.667 ...in the corrupt sands... 00:20:16.943 --> 00:20:18.342 ...of commerce. 00:20:21.714 --> 00:20:24.080 - I am a lone reed. - Lone reed. 00:20:25.285 --> 00:20:28.118 I am a lone reed. 00:20:34.227 --> 00:20:36.991 KATHLEEN: Sometimes I wonder about my life. 00:20:37.230 --> 00:20:38.959 I lead a small life. 00:20:39.132 --> 00:20:41.726 Well, valuable, but small. 00:20:42.001 --> 00:20:43.798 And sometimes I wonder... 00:20:44.003 --> 00:20:46.028 ...do I do it because I like it... 00:20:46.239 --> 00:20:48.639 ...or because I haven't been brave? 00:20:49.542 --> 00:20:52.978 So much of what I see reminds me of something I read in a book... 00:20:53.146 --> 00:20:55.376 ...when shouldn't it be the other way around? 00:20:56.482 --> 00:20:58.712 I don't want an answer. I just want... 00:20:58.918 --> 00:21:01.819 ...to send this cosmic question out into the void. 00:21:02.255 --> 00:21:03.654 So... 00:21:03.857 --> 00:21:05.984 ...good night, dear void. 00:21:08.428 --> 00:21:10.123 (WHISTLING) 00:21:11.898 --> 00:21:14.560 - ANNABEL: Hey, Joe! - MATTHEW: Hello, Joe. 00:21:15.001 --> 00:21:17.196 JOE: Hey! I know you! 00:21:19.172 --> 00:21:22.073 I know you. Hello, Annabel, little girl. 00:21:22.242 --> 00:21:23.709 - ANNABEL: Hi. - How are you? 00:21:23.910 --> 00:21:25.104 And you! 00:21:25.278 --> 00:21:27.109 - Matthew, how are you? - MATTHEW: Good. 00:21:27.280 --> 00:21:28.406 Good. 00:21:28.581 --> 00:21:30.173 Ready to say hello to New Jersey? 00:21:30.450 --> 00:21:33.419 ALL: Hello, New Jersey! 00:21:34.954 --> 00:21:36.751 Don't I get a hello? 00:21:37.590 --> 00:21:38.648 Hello, Gillian. 00:21:39.525 --> 00:21:42.085 Kiss me. I'm gonna be your wicked stepmother. 00:21:45.398 --> 00:21:46.422 There you go. 00:21:46.599 --> 00:21:48.157 Hello. And who is this? 00:21:49.068 --> 00:21:51.969 Nanny Maureen. I brought her in case you couldn't handle the kids. 00:21:52.605 --> 00:21:54.197 Maureen's getting a divorce. 00:21:54.474 --> 00:21:56.704 Oh. I'm sorry to hear that. 00:21:57.377 --> 00:22:00.710 It's my own fault. Never marry a man who lies. 00:22:00.880 --> 00:22:01.972 (GIGGLES) 00:22:02.282 --> 00:22:05.217 That is so wise. Annabel, remember that. 00:22:05.385 --> 00:22:07.148 She taught Matt to spell his name. 00:22:07.320 --> 00:22:08.548 Really? 00:22:08.721 --> 00:22:10.211 - Let's hear it. - F-O-X. 00:22:10.390 --> 00:22:11.618 Excellent! 00:22:12.058 --> 00:22:15.255 Excellent. I've got this covered. You can have the day off. 00:22:15.461 --> 00:22:19.124 And you must be late for something. Volunteering, rolling bandages... 00:22:19.299 --> 00:22:20.823 ...for Bosnian refugees. 00:22:21.067 --> 00:22:24.127 I am. I'm having my eggs harvested. 00:22:25.805 --> 00:22:28.774 And getting those eggs harvested. Don't worry! See you later. 00:22:28.942 --> 00:22:30.409 - Bye, Maureen! Bye, Gillian! - Bye! 00:22:30.576 --> 00:22:31.736 MATTHEW: Bye, Mom. 00:22:31.945 --> 00:22:35.847 All right, you guys, are you ready to go out on the boat? 00:22:36.015 --> 00:22:37.073 - No! - No! 00:22:37.250 --> 00:22:39.616 What happened to you? What happened? 00:22:55.268 --> 00:22:56.599 Come on, one more time. 00:22:56.836 --> 00:22:58.497 Here, you can do that one. 00:23:01.107 --> 00:23:02.335 Hey! 00:23:02.508 --> 00:23:03.998 What do we win? 00:23:16.055 --> 00:23:17.352 Look, look, look! 00:23:19.625 --> 00:23:21.115 - Oh! - Yay! 00:23:52.325 --> 00:23:55.285 - ANNABEL: How are the fish doing? - Very well, I think they're very happy. 00:23:55.294 --> 00:23:56.420 - Are they? - Yes. 00:23:56.596 --> 00:23:58.427 You guys want to go to a movie? 00:23:58.598 --> 00:24:00.327 ANNABEL: No, there's nothing good playing. 00:24:00.500 --> 00:24:02.832 Look! A storybook lady. 00:24:03.403 --> 00:24:06.429 Are we at the right time? Yeah, let's go. 00:24:06.806 --> 00:24:09.104 "That it was I and I alone..." 00:24:09.308 --> 00:24:13.108 "...who had the idea for the great and daring mouse plot." 00:24:13.446 --> 00:24:15.607 "We all have our moments of brilliance and glory..." 00:24:15.815 --> 00:24:18.079 "...and this was mine." 00:24:18.351 --> 00:24:19.472 "'Why don't we, ' I said..." 00:24:19.619 --> 00:24:23.419 "...'slip it into one of Mrs. Pratchett's jars of sweets?" 00:24:23.589 --> 00:24:24.749 "And then..." 00:24:24.924 --> 00:24:27.791 "...when she puts her dirty hand in to grab a handful..." 00:24:27.960 --> 00:24:32.454 "...she will grab a stinky dead mouse instead'." 00:24:32.698 --> 00:24:34.893 "The other four stared at me in wonder." 00:24:35.068 --> 00:24:39.129 "Then, as the sheer genius of the plot began to sink in..." 00:24:39.405 --> 00:24:41.430 "...they all started grinning." 00:24:41.707 --> 00:24:45.609 "They slapped me on the back, cheered me and danced around the classroom." 00:24:45.778 --> 00:24:47.541 "'We will do it today! ' they cried." 00:24:47.713 --> 00:24:50.705 "'We'll do it on the way home. You had the idea, ' they said to me." 00:24:50.883 --> 00:24:53.215 "'So you can be the one who puts the mouse in the jar."' 00:24:56.923 --> 00:24:59.790 - GEORGE: Uh, who belongs to this fish? - That's mine. 00:25:00.226 --> 00:25:02.592 Could you give me a hand with these used books? 00:25:03.362 --> 00:25:06.627 And this is her best friend Tacy, whose real name is Anastasia. 00:25:06.899 --> 00:25:10.130 And the next book, Betsy and Tacy become friends with Tib... 00:25:10.403 --> 00:25:13.133 ...whose real name, I am sorry to tell you, is Thelma. 00:25:13.306 --> 00:25:14.933 ANNABEL: Ew. 00:25:15.441 --> 00:25:18.103 The illustrations are hand-tipped. 00:25:18.911 --> 00:25:20.936 And that's why it costs so much? 00:25:21.414 --> 00:25:23.473 That's why it's worth so much. 00:25:23.683 --> 00:25:25.310 ANNABEL: I want all of them. 00:25:25.485 --> 00:25:26.577 Uh, I'll think about it. 00:25:26.752 --> 00:25:28.913 KATHLEEN: That's a lot for your dad to buy at one time. 00:25:29.021 --> 00:25:31.148 My dad gets me all the books I want. 00:25:31.424 --> 00:25:33.289 That's very nice of him. 00:25:33.493 --> 00:25:35.620 That's not my dad. That's my nephew. 00:25:36.329 --> 00:25:39.093 I don't really think that he could be your nephew. 00:25:39.265 --> 00:25:40.994 No, no, no. It's true. 00:25:41.200 --> 00:25:46.502 Annabel is my aunt. Isn't that right, Aunt Annabel? 00:25:46.672 --> 00:25:50.472 - Uh-huh. And Matt is his... - Wait, let me guess. 00:25:50.843 --> 00:25:52.640 Are you his uncle? 00:25:52.979 --> 00:25:54.173 No. 00:25:54.413 --> 00:25:55.778 His grandfather? 00:25:57.416 --> 00:25:58.815 His great-grandfather? 00:25:59.285 --> 00:26:01.480 I'm his brother! 00:26:02.688 --> 00:26:07.352 Matt is my father's son. Annabel is my grandfather's daughter. 00:26:07.560 --> 00:26:09.050 We are... 00:26:09.929 --> 00:26:11.829 ...an American family. 00:26:14.300 --> 00:26:15.927 (ANNABEL SNEEZES) 00:26:17.503 --> 00:26:18.902 Here you go, young lady. 00:26:19.071 --> 00:26:21.631 - ANNABEL: What's that? - That's a handkerchief. 00:26:21.807 --> 00:26:24.071 Do children even know what handkerchiefs are? 00:26:24.243 --> 00:26:28.145 A handkerchief is a Kleenex that you don't throw away. See? 00:26:28.381 --> 00:26:29.905 My mother embroidered this for me. 00:26:30.082 --> 00:26:33.540 My initials and a daisy, because daisies are my favorite flower. 00:26:34.687 --> 00:26:36.450 May I ask who you are? 00:26:37.223 --> 00:26:40.488 Kathleen Kelly. I own this store. And you are? 00:26:41.827 --> 00:26:43.852 Joe. Just call me Joe. 00:26:44.063 --> 00:26:45.325 We'll take these books. 00:26:45.898 --> 00:26:47.388 GEORGE: Okay. 00:26:47.667 --> 00:26:50.033 You're gonna come back, aren't you? 00:26:51.771 --> 00:26:53.739 - Of course. - GEORGE: See? 00:26:54.006 --> 00:26:56.873 That is why we won't go under. Our customers are loyal. 00:26:57.109 --> 00:26:59.168 They're opening a Fox Books around the corner. 00:26:59.512 --> 00:27:02.504 - Fox Books! My daddy... - Likes to buy discount. 00:27:02.682 --> 00:27:05.116 But don't tell anybody. It's nothing to be proud of. 00:27:05.284 --> 00:27:06.911 F-O-X. 00:27:08.221 --> 00:27:10.416 That's amazing! You can spell "fox." 00:27:10.590 --> 00:27:12.683 Can you spell "dog"? 00:27:12.892 --> 00:27:14.291 F-O-X. 00:27:14.493 --> 00:27:16.927 Look at this dinosaur book. It's a pop-up dinosaur book. 00:27:17.129 --> 00:27:19.620 Wouldn't you like to have a dinosaur book like that? 00:27:19.899 --> 00:27:22.367 Wouldn't you like to read that? 00:27:22.602 --> 00:27:25.935 Sit here and read Matt the book until I take care of things. 00:27:26.205 --> 00:27:30.608 Whatever you do, just don't listen to anything I say. Thank you. 00:27:31.377 --> 00:27:33.743 We'll take that pop-up book as well. 00:27:34.013 --> 00:27:38.040 The world is not driven by discounts. I've been in business forever. 00:27:38.284 --> 00:27:42.448 I started helping my mother when I was 6, and I used to watch her. 00:27:43.122 --> 00:27:45.647 She wasn't just selling books. 00:27:45.825 --> 00:27:48.760 She was helping people become whatever they were going to be. 00:27:48.928 --> 00:27:51.897 When you read a book as a child, it becomes part of your identity... 00:27:52.064 --> 00:27:54.555 ...in a way that no other reading in your life does. 00:27:54.734 --> 00:27:56.634 And I have gotten carried away. 00:27:57.637 --> 00:27:58.661 Yeah. 00:27:59.905 --> 00:28:01.532 Yeah, you have. 00:28:02.041 --> 00:28:04.032 You've made me feel... 00:28:06.979 --> 00:28:09.607 Enchanting. Your mother was enchanting. 00:28:09.849 --> 00:28:10.941 Yes, she was. 00:28:11.417 --> 00:28:14.250 - How will you be paying for this? - Cash. 00:28:14.954 --> 00:28:16.080 How did you know that? 00:28:17.123 --> 00:28:18.249 From the photograph. 00:28:19.358 --> 00:28:21.758 That you in the photograph? What are you doing? 00:28:21.927 --> 00:28:23.155 Twirling. 00:28:24.497 --> 00:28:26.488 My mother and I used to twirl. 00:28:26.766 --> 00:28:29.667 She left the store to me, and I'll leave it to my daughter. 00:28:29.835 --> 00:28:32.201 - GEORGE: Seventy-three dollars, please. - How much? 00:28:32.371 --> 00:28:34.464 Uh, 73 dollars. 00:28:35.074 --> 00:28:36.541 Oh. Uh... 00:28:36.709 --> 00:28:39.678 How old is your daughter now? 00:28:41.113 --> 00:28:42.671 I don't have a daughter. Oh! 00:28:43.149 --> 00:28:45.674 I'm not married. But eventually... 00:28:45.885 --> 00:28:49.218 So the big, bad Fox Books can just go to hell. 00:28:51.190 --> 00:28:54.387 - Here you go. - Thank you. Hey, we're ready? 00:28:56.028 --> 00:28:58.394 - That's nice. - ANNABEL: Bye, Kathleen. 00:28:58.597 --> 00:29:01.691 Goodbye, Annabel. Goodbye, Matt. 00:29:04.804 --> 00:29:07.830 Oh, Matt, I have to ask you another thing. 00:29:08.040 --> 00:29:09.507 Can you spell cat? 00:29:09.742 --> 00:29:11.573 F-O-X. 00:29:11.744 --> 00:29:13.336 (JOE CHUCKLES) 00:29:14.046 --> 00:29:16.241 Cat. Thanks. 00:29:19.251 --> 00:29:21.219 Good thing it wasn't the fish. 00:29:21.387 --> 00:29:22.820 (KATHLEEN LAUGHS) 00:29:22.988 --> 00:29:24.387 JOE: Take care! 00:30:11.604 --> 00:30:14.402 JOE: No protests, no demonstrations. 00:30:14.607 --> 00:30:16.040 KEVIN: The neighborhood loves us. 00:30:16.208 --> 00:30:18.608 NELSON: They're wondering where we've been all these years... 00:30:18.778 --> 00:30:20.302 ...how they did without us. 00:30:20.479 --> 00:30:21.571 It's a hit! 00:30:21.747 --> 00:30:23.305 How's the children's department? 00:30:23.482 --> 00:30:25.416 It's early. School's not out. 00:30:25.584 --> 00:30:28.883 And there is that children's store nearby. Shop Around the Corner. 00:30:29.088 --> 00:30:31.648 SCHUYLER: Cecilia's store. Cecilia Kelly. 00:30:31.824 --> 00:30:33.621 We might have had a date once. 00:30:33.793 --> 00:30:36.261 - JOE: Her daughter owns it now. - NELSON: We'll crush it. 00:30:36.495 --> 00:30:38.224 SCHUYLER: She was enchanting. 00:30:43.702 --> 00:30:46.296 BIRDIE: They've been open six days. 00:30:46.472 --> 00:30:50.966 And we did $ 1200 less than the same week last year. 00:30:51.243 --> 00:30:52.710 That could be a fluke, right? 00:30:53.646 --> 00:30:54.704 Or not. 00:30:56.115 --> 00:30:58.743 Their store is new. It's a novelty. 00:30:59.018 --> 00:31:02.715 It'll all shake out. Meanwhile, I'm putting up more twinkle lights. 00:31:02.922 --> 00:31:04.514 That's a fine idea. 00:31:04.723 --> 00:31:06.452 What if we have to fold? 00:31:06.725 --> 00:31:09.125 I'll never find another part-time job. 00:31:09.295 --> 00:31:12.628 Then I won't be able to pay my rent, and I'll have to move. 00:31:12.865 --> 00:31:14.264 To Brooklyn! 00:31:14.433 --> 00:31:17.334 GEORGE: Ah, the joy of rent control. Six rooms... 00:31:17.603 --> 00:31:18.968 ...450 a month. 00:31:19.238 --> 00:31:21.365 We know. You've told us a million times. 00:31:21.540 --> 00:31:24.998 I can't believe you're bringing this up at a time like this. 00:31:25.244 --> 00:31:28.543 It's like those people who brag because they're tall. 00:31:28.781 --> 00:31:30.681 We are not going to fold. 00:31:31.050 --> 00:31:32.483 Hey, I... 00:31:33.786 --> 00:31:35.276 This place is a tomb. 00:31:35.521 --> 00:31:38.285 I'm going to the nut shop where it's fun. 00:31:38.958 --> 00:31:40.323 George? 00:31:42.962 --> 00:31:44.452 George? 00:31:51.170 --> 00:31:52.660 Miranda! 00:31:54.006 --> 00:31:55.496 Hi! Hi! 00:31:55.674 --> 00:31:58.472 Kathleen, are you surviving? 00:31:58.644 --> 00:32:02.808 We're so excited about your new book. When should we schedule a signing? 00:32:02.982 --> 00:32:06.884 It's being published in January. Will you be in business in January? 00:32:07.052 --> 00:32:08.314 I'm so worried. 00:32:08.587 --> 00:32:09.849 We're doing great. 00:32:10.055 --> 00:32:11.215 Aren't we? 00:32:11.490 --> 00:32:13.321 BIRDIE: No difference whatsoever! 00:32:13.559 --> 00:32:14.583 Great. 00:32:14.927 --> 00:32:16.053 Thank God! 00:32:16.729 --> 00:32:20.859 You can count on me for anything. Support, rallies, picket lines. 00:32:21.100 --> 00:32:23.193 We can get the Times to write something. 00:32:24.069 --> 00:32:25.593 Or that nut from the Observer. 00:32:26.171 --> 00:32:27.399 What...? 00:32:27.573 --> 00:32:30.508 - What nut in the Observer? - MIRANDA: Frank something-or-other. 00:32:30.743 --> 00:32:32.711 The one who's in love with his typewriter. 00:32:32.912 --> 00:32:35.437 This is just the sort of thing that would outrage him. 00:32:38.317 --> 00:32:39.875 FRANK: A nut? She called me a nut? 00:32:40.419 --> 00:32:43.115 KATHLEEN: That's not the point. She thinks my store is in trouble. 00:32:43.322 --> 00:32:46.018 Why would she say that? There's enough business for us all. 00:32:46.225 --> 00:32:49.285 - FRANK: Yes, there is. No question. - We are fine. 00:32:49.461 --> 00:32:51.361 You're more than fine. You're absolutely fine. 00:32:51.530 --> 00:32:52.861 - We are fine. - Yes. 00:32:53.032 --> 00:32:54.260 How are you? 00:32:54.533 --> 00:32:55.727 - Fine. - Fine. 00:32:55.901 --> 00:32:58.335 Vince will be so happy to see you. 00:32:58.771 --> 00:33:02.036 FRANK: Congratulations. Guess who I saw on the subway today? 00:33:02.408 --> 00:33:04.273 (SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY) 00:33:07.279 --> 00:33:09.270 PATRICIA: This is amazing. He said, 00:33:09.548 --> 00:33:11.607 "You should go to a retreat." 00:33:11.884 --> 00:33:14.546 "You really should go to a retreat." 00:33:18.457 --> 00:33:20.550 Honey, will you get me another drink? I'm all out. 00:33:20.726 --> 00:33:22.785 "It's a really great place..." 00:33:22.962 --> 00:33:25.260 "...to calm down." 00:33:25.497 --> 00:33:27.397 He said that to me. Isn't that hilarious? 00:33:32.638 --> 00:33:34.128 Champagne, please. 00:33:34.940 --> 00:33:38.501 Stoli on the rocks. But a fresh glass, please. 00:33:38.911 --> 00:33:40.435 White wine, please. 00:33:40.746 --> 00:33:42.737 - BARTENDER: Here you go. - Thank you. 00:33:47.019 --> 00:33:48.953 Oh, hello. 00:33:49.388 --> 00:33:51.583 - Hi. - Hi. 00:33:52.291 --> 00:33:53.849 Do you remember me, from the bookstore? 00:33:54.026 --> 00:33:55.960 Of course I remember you. Yes. 00:33:56.462 --> 00:33:57.929 How's your aunt? 00:33:58.697 --> 00:33:59.959 She's great. Thanks. 00:34:00.199 --> 00:34:01.757 I'd better go deliver this. 00:34:01.934 --> 00:34:04.528 I have a very thirsty date. She's part camel. 00:34:04.803 --> 00:34:06.794 Joe, right? Joe, isn't it? 00:34:07.172 --> 00:34:09.265 And you are Kathleen. 00:34:14.780 --> 00:34:15.940 Kathleen Kelly. 00:34:16.115 --> 00:34:17.548 Two white wine, please. 00:34:22.788 --> 00:34:26.690 I cannot believe that you were speaking to Joe Fox. 00:34:27.126 --> 00:34:29.287 - Joe Fox? - Joe Fox. 00:34:29.695 --> 00:34:31.026 - As in... - As in... 00:34:31.196 --> 00:34:33.630 ...he's gonna take over everything. 00:34:41.807 --> 00:34:44.298 Fox? Your last name is Fox. 00:34:45.077 --> 00:34:46.840 F-O-X. 00:34:48.047 --> 00:34:50.572 God! I didn't realize... 00:34:50.849 --> 00:34:52.476 I didn't know... 00:34:53.218 --> 00:34:54.310 Who you were with? 00:34:54.486 --> 00:34:56.366 (IN DEEP VOICE) I didn't know who you were with. 00:34:56.488 --> 00:34:57.716 Excuse me? 00:34:58.524 --> 00:35:00.515 (IN NORMAL VOICE) It's from The Godfather. 00:35:00.693 --> 00:35:02.388 Sorry, it's from The Godfather. 00:35:02.561 --> 00:35:05.962 It's when the movie producer realizes that Tom Hagen... 00:35:06.198 --> 00:35:08.723 ...is an emissary of vito Corleone. 00:35:09.001 --> 00:35:11.026 Just before the horse's head ends up in the bed... 00:35:11.203 --> 00:35:13.433 ...with all the bloody sheets. Wakes up and it's, 00:35:13.605 --> 00:35:15.766 Aah! Aah! Aahh! 00:35:18.077 --> 00:35:19.237 Never mind. 00:35:19.411 --> 00:35:23.609 You were spying on me, weren't you? You probably rented those children. 00:35:23.849 --> 00:35:24.941 Why would I spy on you? 00:35:25.117 --> 00:35:27.415 Because I am your competition, which you know... 00:35:27.586 --> 00:35:31.420 ...or you wouldn't have put up the sign, "Just around the corner." 00:35:32.124 --> 00:35:36.390 Our store entrance is around the corner. There's no other way to say it. 00:35:36.628 --> 00:35:39.722 It's not the name of our store. It's where it is. 00:35:39.998 --> 00:35:43.593 And you do not own the phrase "around the corner." 00:35:46.705 --> 00:35:47.865 KATHLEEN: What is that? 00:35:48.240 --> 00:35:49.264 What are you doing? 00:35:50.075 --> 00:35:51.542 What is that? What are you doing? 00:35:52.044 --> 00:35:55.013 You're taking all the caviar? That caviar is a garnish. 00:36:01.253 --> 00:36:03.585 The reason I came into your store... 00:36:03.789 --> 00:36:06.758 ...is because I was spending the day with Annabel and Matt. 00:36:06.925 --> 00:36:08.256 I was buying them presents. 00:36:08.427 --> 00:36:11.555 I'm the type of guy who likes to buy his way into the hearts of children... 00:36:11.730 --> 00:36:12.890 ...who are his relatives. 00:36:13.065 --> 00:36:16.432 There was only one place to find a children's book in the neighborhood. 00:36:16.602 --> 00:36:17.899 That won't always be the case. 00:36:18.103 --> 00:36:19.832 And it was yours. And it is... 00:36:20.172 --> 00:36:22.140 ...a charming little bookstore. 00:36:22.341 --> 00:36:25.833 You probably sell, what, $350,000 worth of books in a year? 00:36:26.111 --> 00:36:27.271 How did you know that? 00:36:27.479 --> 00:36:28.741 I'm in the book business. 00:36:29.915 --> 00:36:31.405 I am in the book business. 00:36:33.352 --> 00:36:34.614 JOE: I see. 00:36:35.287 --> 00:36:36.948 And we are the Price Club. 00:36:37.122 --> 00:36:40.558 Only instead of a 10-gallon vat of olive oil for 3.99... 00:36:40.793 --> 00:36:44.593 ...that won't even fit under your kitchen cabinet, we sell cheap books. 00:36:44.763 --> 00:36:47.129 Me, a spy? Absolutely. 00:36:47.366 --> 00:36:51.803 I have in my possession the secret printout of the sales figures... 00:36:51.970 --> 00:36:55.133 ...of a bookstore so inconsequential, yet full of its own virtue... 00:36:55.307 --> 00:36:59.073 ...that I had to rush over for fear it will put me out of business. 00:37:02.080 --> 00:37:03.945 What? What? 00:37:04.116 --> 00:37:06.482 Hey. How you doing? Frank Navasky. 00:37:07.286 --> 00:37:08.810 Joe Fox. 00:37:09.655 --> 00:37:11.384 - Joe Fox? - F-O-X. 00:37:11.990 --> 00:37:14.220 The inventor of the superstore. Of course. 00:37:14.493 --> 00:37:16.324 The enemy of the mid-list novel. 00:37:16.595 --> 00:37:17.823 The destroyer of City Books. 00:37:17.996 --> 00:37:20.658 Tell me something, really. How do you sleep at night? 00:37:20.966 --> 00:37:23.958 I use a wonderful over-the-counter drug, 00:37:24.203 --> 00:37:25.500 Ultra-dorm. 00:37:25.704 --> 00:37:27.365 Don't take the whole thing, just half. 00:37:27.539 --> 00:37:29.666 You'll wake up without even the tiniest hangover. 00:37:30.375 --> 00:37:32.375 - You're Frank Navasky, aren't you? - Yes. Leaving. 00:37:32.544 --> 00:37:34.512 PATRICIA: Your last piece in the Observer... 00:37:34.746 --> 00:37:37.306 ...about Anthony Powell was brilliant. 00:37:38.617 --> 00:37:40.244 - Really? - Brilliant. Yes. 00:37:40.752 --> 00:37:42.117 I'm Patricia Eden. 00:37:42.354 --> 00:37:44.015 Hi. Eden Books. 00:37:44.223 --> 00:37:47.317 Joe, this man is the greatest living expert... 00:37:47.492 --> 00:37:49.016 ...on Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. 00:37:49.228 --> 00:37:50.627 FRANK: You really liked my...? 00:37:50.829 --> 00:37:52.262 This is Kathleen Kelly. 00:37:52.497 --> 00:37:55.898 My piece? I just... You know? I'm flattered. 00:37:56.068 --> 00:37:58.502 You write these things. You think somebody'll mention them. 00:37:58.670 --> 00:38:00.900 A week goes by, the phone doesn't ring and you think, 00:38:01.073 --> 00:38:03.564 "I'm a fraud. I'm a failure or something." 00:38:03.842 --> 00:38:06.709 You know what fascinated me about Julius and Ethel Rosenberg? 00:38:06.945 --> 00:38:10.346 Is how old they looked, when they were really just our age. 00:38:11.850 --> 00:38:12.874 You know? 00:38:13.418 --> 00:38:16.046 Oh, wow, I'm so happy to have finally met you. 00:38:17.022 --> 00:38:19.388 We will talk. Have you ever thought about doing a book? 00:38:19.558 --> 00:38:21.788 It's crossed my mind, something relevant for today... 00:38:22.027 --> 00:38:24.928 ...like the Luddite movement in 19th century England. We should talk. 00:38:25.097 --> 00:38:26.223 Call me. 00:38:26.398 --> 00:38:28.889 JOE: Hon, have you ever had a caviar garnish? 00:38:34.940 --> 00:38:38.535 I had no idea Frank Navasky... 00:38:38.744 --> 00:38:40.769 ...was going to be so down-to-earth. 00:38:41.446 --> 00:38:43.073 You read his stuff... 00:38:43.315 --> 00:38:46.045 ...you think he's going to be so obscure and abstruse. 00:38:46.285 --> 00:38:49.118 He's always talking about Heidegger... 00:38:49.388 --> 00:38:50.753 ...and Foucault. 00:38:50.989 --> 00:38:54.254 And I have no idea what any of it's about, really. 00:38:59.264 --> 00:39:00.822 (PATRICIA GROANS) 00:39:00.999 --> 00:39:03.126 JOE: I'm not tired. I'm not. 00:39:03.302 --> 00:39:05.395 (PATRICIA SNORING) 00:39:13.312 --> 00:39:15.303 (KEYBOARD CLACKING) 00:39:18.717 --> 00:39:22.710 JOE: Do you ever feel you've become the worst version of yourself? 00:39:26.725 --> 00:39:30.456 That a Pandora's box of all the secret, hateful parts... 00:39:30.729 --> 00:39:32.856 ...your arrogance, your spite... 00:39:33.131 --> 00:39:34.462 ...your condescension... 00:39:34.733 --> 00:39:36.428 ...has sprung open? 00:39:36.635 --> 00:39:39.263 Someone provokes you, and instead of smiling... 00:39:39.504 --> 00:39:42.371 ...and moving on, you zing them? 00:39:42.641 --> 00:39:45.132 "Hello, it's Mr. Nasty." 00:39:45.978 --> 00:39:49.379 I'm sure you have no idea what I'm talking about. 00:39:49.848 --> 00:39:53.147 KATHLEEN: No, I know what you mean, and I'm completely jealous. 00:39:55.253 --> 00:39:59.690 What happens to me when I'm provoked is that I get tongue-tied. My mind goes... 00:40:00.125 --> 00:40:01.183 Blank. 00:40:04.296 --> 00:40:06.491 Then I spend all night tossing and turning... 00:40:06.765 --> 00:40:09.199 ...trying to figure out what I should've said. 00:40:12.871 --> 00:40:14.839 What should I have said, for example, to the... 00:40:15.007 --> 00:40:18.670 Bottom-dweller... 00:40:20.412 --> 00:40:24.041 ...who recently belittled my existence? 00:40:33.191 --> 00:40:34.590 Nothing. 00:40:35.293 --> 00:40:36.658 Nothing. Even now. 00:40:36.895 --> 00:40:37.987 Even now... 00:40:38.163 --> 00:40:39.187 Days later... 00:40:39.364 --> 00:40:40.797 I can't figure it out. 00:40:41.299 --> 00:40:45.099 JOE: Wouldn't it be wonderful if I could pass all my zingers to you? 00:40:45.370 --> 00:40:49.101 Then I'd never behave badly and you could behave badly all the time. 00:40:49.307 --> 00:40:50.535 And we'd both be happy. 00:40:50.709 --> 00:40:52.370 On the other hand, I must warn you, 00:40:52.544 --> 00:40:56.071 When you finally have the pleasure of saying the thing you mean to say... 00:40:56.248 --> 00:41:00.116 ...at the moment you mean to say it, remorse inevitably follows. 00:41:05.524 --> 00:41:08.118 Do you think we should meet? 00:41:18.336 --> 00:41:19.598 Meet? 00:41:20.205 --> 00:41:21.934 Oh, my God... 00:42:24.336 --> 00:42:26.031 Seventy-two twenty-seven. 00:42:28.206 --> 00:42:30.333 This is a cash-only line. 00:42:31.910 --> 00:42:33.707 - What? - Cash only. 00:42:34.546 --> 00:42:36.514 Oh, my God. Oh, my God. 00:42:36.681 --> 00:42:39.844 I just have a credit card. I'm sorry. Is that okay? 00:42:40.051 --> 00:42:41.484 MAN: No, it's not okay. 00:42:41.920 --> 00:42:43.012 There's a sign. 00:42:44.222 --> 00:42:46.019 I'm sorry. I'm very sorry. 00:42:46.291 --> 00:42:50.159 I never do this, but I'm asking you to make an exception in this one case. 00:42:50.328 --> 00:42:51.852 MAN: You have no cash? 00:42:52.130 --> 00:42:54.121 - She has no cash. - No, she has no cash. 00:42:54.299 --> 00:42:55.789 Get on another line, lady. 00:42:55.967 --> 00:42:57.332 I have a dollar. That's all. 00:42:57.502 --> 00:42:59.197 I have a dollar. One dollar. 00:42:59.671 --> 00:43:01.536 - Is there anything you can do? - Hello. 00:43:02.007 --> 00:43:04.237 - Hello. - Hi. You need some money? 00:43:04.476 --> 00:43:07.001 No, I do not need any money. Thank you very much. 00:43:07.179 --> 00:43:09.670 - CASHIER: Get in another line. - Hi. 00:43:09.948 --> 00:43:11.347 Rose. 00:43:11.516 --> 00:43:13.484 That is a great name. Rose. 00:43:13.885 --> 00:43:15.716 This is Kathleen. I'm Joe... 00:43:15.987 --> 00:43:17.181 And I'm Henry. 00:43:17.455 --> 00:43:19.150 Henry, how are you? Happy holidays. 00:43:19.391 --> 00:43:21.586 This is a credit card machine. 00:43:22.227 --> 00:43:23.319 Happy Thanksgiving. 00:43:24.896 --> 00:43:27.387 It's your turn to say "Happy Thanksgiving" back. 00:43:27.599 --> 00:43:29.464 Happy Thanksgiving back. 00:43:29.901 --> 00:43:31.232 Knock, knock. 00:43:31.836 --> 00:43:34.100 - Who's there? - JOE: Orange. 00:43:34.973 --> 00:43:36.031 Orange who? 00:43:36.208 --> 00:43:38.005 "Orange" you going to give us a break... 00:43:38.176 --> 00:43:41.339 ...by zipping this credit card through the credit card machine? 00:43:42.214 --> 00:43:44.409 Come on, you can do it. Zip, zip. 00:43:45.383 --> 00:43:46.475 There you go. 00:43:47.852 --> 00:43:49.251 Rose? 00:43:50.388 --> 00:43:52.788 That is a great name. 00:43:53.491 --> 00:43:54.890 So you're fine. 00:43:55.093 --> 00:43:56.117 Fine. 00:43:56.294 --> 00:43:59.263 Happy Thanksgiving. Henry, happy Thanksgiving. 00:44:00.398 --> 00:44:01.865 I'm so sorry. Really. 00:44:02.033 --> 00:44:05.002 - I apologize from the bottom of my heart. - HENRY: So sign already! 00:44:05.537 --> 00:44:08.438 - I'd like to get home for the parade. - ROSE: You have my pen. 00:44:09.541 --> 00:44:11.805 (PIANO PLAYING) 00:44:12.444 --> 00:44:14.935 (SINGING "TOMORROW") 00:45:11.703 --> 00:45:13.967 - NELSON: Wonderful! - ANNABEL: Thank you. 00:45:16.274 --> 00:45:19.368 (SINGING "THE ORCHESTRA SONG") 00:45:56.247 --> 00:45:57.305 I got it. 00:46:53.972 --> 00:46:56.873 KATHLEEN: It's coming on Christmas They're cutting down trees. 00:46:57.542 --> 00:46:59.703 Do you know that Joni Mitchell song? 00:46:59.944 --> 00:47:02.970 I wish I had a river I could skate away on. 00:47:03.248 --> 00:47:06.581 Such a sad song. And not really about Christmas at all. 00:47:06.785 --> 00:47:10.812 But I was thinking about it tonight as I was decorating my Christmas tree. 00:47:11.089 --> 00:47:13.614 Unwrapping funky ornaments made of Popsicle sticks... 00:47:13.892 --> 00:47:17.089 ...and missing my mother so much I almost couldn't breathe. 00:47:18.430 --> 00:47:20.421 I always miss my mother at Christmas. 00:47:20.698 --> 00:47:24.828 But somehow it is worse this year since I need some advice from her. 00:47:25.103 --> 00:47:26.832 I need her to make me some cocoa... 00:47:27.005 --> 00:47:31.339 ...and tell me that everything that's going badly in my life will sort itself out. 00:47:33.845 --> 00:47:36.905 JOE: What kind of advice do you need? Can I help? 00:47:43.488 --> 00:47:45.012 KATHLEEN: Can you help? 00:47:47.091 --> 00:47:48.786 I wish you could help. 00:47:50.995 --> 00:47:52.223 I wish... 00:47:52.831 --> 00:47:54.128 (GASPS) 00:47:54.299 --> 00:47:56.233 JOE: I had a gut feeling you'd be online now. 00:47:56.634 --> 00:47:58.158 Hi. 00:47:59.471 --> 00:48:02.599 I can give you advice. I'm great at advice. 00:48:06.945 --> 00:48:08.378 Uh-oh. 00:48:13.051 --> 00:48:15.110 KATHLEEN: If only you could help. 00:48:18.122 --> 00:48:19.384 Hmm. 00:48:19.557 --> 00:48:21.184 JOE: Is it about love? 00:48:21.459 --> 00:48:22.858 Please say no. 00:48:23.862 --> 00:48:26.160 No. How cute is that? 00:48:26.331 --> 00:48:28.299 KATHLEEN: My business is in trouble. 00:48:29.834 --> 00:48:30.892 Huh. 00:48:31.069 --> 00:48:32.331 Well... 00:48:35.974 --> 00:48:38.067 JOE: I'm a brilliant businessman. 00:48:38.510 --> 00:48:40.341 It's what I do best. 00:48:40.578 --> 00:48:42.205 What's your business? 00:48:42.680 --> 00:48:44.671 No. Mm-mm. 00:48:44.849 --> 00:48:47.340 KATHLEEN: No specifics. Remember? 00:48:48.486 --> 00:48:50.386 Okay. 00:48:52.357 --> 00:48:58.193 JOE: Well, minus specifics, it's hard to help except to say... 00:48:58.429 --> 00:48:59.862 ...go to the mattresses. 00:49:01.199 --> 00:49:03.497 "Except to say go to the matt..." 00:49:04.869 --> 00:49:06.336 What? 00:49:07.705 --> 00:49:08.797 What does that mean? 00:49:09.674 --> 00:49:13.303 JOE: It's from The Godfather. It means you have to go to war. 00:49:16.014 --> 00:49:19.108 What is it with men and The Godfather? 00:49:19.384 --> 00:49:20.510 Hello? 00:49:22.921 --> 00:49:24.855 Oh, come on. Hello? 00:49:25.557 --> 00:49:26.819 Well... 00:49:27.358 --> 00:49:29.258 (IMITATING MARLON BRANDO) Well, what can I... 00:49:29.594 --> 00:49:30.891 Michael... 00:49:31.362 --> 00:49:34.354 JOE: The Godfather is the I Ching. 00:49:35.400 --> 00:49:37.868 The Godfather is the sum of all wisdom. 00:49:39.137 --> 00:49:41.731 The Godfather is the answer to any question. 00:49:41.973 --> 00:49:44.066 What should I pack for my summer vacation? 00:49:44.375 --> 00:49:46.366 "Leave the gun. Take the cannoli." 00:49:47.478 --> 00:49:49.571 What day of the week is it? 00:49:50.381 --> 00:49:53.873 "Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Wednesday." 00:49:54.652 --> 00:49:59.419 The answer to your question is, "Go to the mattresses." 00:50:00.425 --> 00:50:02.950 You're at war. "It's not personal, it's business." 00:50:03.227 --> 00:50:06.719 "It's not personal. It's business." 00:50:07.098 --> 00:50:12.058 Recite that to yourself every time you feel you're losing your nerve. 00:50:14.672 --> 00:50:16.264 I know you worry about being brave. 00:50:16.441 --> 00:50:17.772 Don't. 00:50:18.610 --> 00:50:20.441 This is your chance. 00:50:21.079 --> 00:50:22.410 Fight! 00:50:23.081 --> 00:50:24.275 Fight to the death! 00:50:24.482 --> 00:50:26.473 Fight to the death. 00:50:31.089 --> 00:50:33.455 It's not personal. It's business. Just fight! 00:50:33.625 --> 00:50:34.649 Fight, fight, fight! 00:50:34.826 --> 00:50:36.487 (DOOR CLOSES) 00:50:38.997 --> 00:50:40.692 - FRANK: Hey. - Hey. 00:50:44.335 --> 00:50:45.927 I've been thinking. 00:50:46.938 --> 00:50:48.462 - Frank. - What? 00:50:49.207 --> 00:50:51.107 I've decided to go the mattresses. 00:50:51.309 --> 00:50:56.110 Do you think it would be a conflict of interest if you wrote about the store? 00:50:56.314 --> 00:50:58.305 - Yes. - Yes? 00:50:58.916 --> 00:51:00.281 No. 00:51:00.818 --> 00:51:02.285 So you'll do it? 00:51:02.854 --> 00:51:05.220 Yes. Yes. 00:51:05.423 --> 00:51:07.550 Do you know what it is to go to the mattresses? 00:51:07.792 --> 00:51:09.282 From The Godfather. 00:51:11.129 --> 00:51:13.029 (PHONE RINGING) 00:51:13.197 --> 00:51:15.222 GEORGE: Good morning, Shop Around the Corner. 00:51:15.433 --> 00:51:16.866 George speaking, may I help you? 00:51:17.502 --> 00:51:20.300 CHRISTINA: Kathleen, the Channel 2 truck just pulled up. 00:51:20.471 --> 00:51:21.495 KATHLEEN: In a second. 00:51:21.673 --> 00:51:23.402 CHRISTINA: Everyone's read the article. 00:51:23.574 --> 00:51:26.941 BIRDIE: "So you do not have to look to the usual places..." 00:51:27.178 --> 00:51:29.169 "...where good and evil face off..." 00:51:29.447 --> 00:51:33.645 "...the places Herodotus called 'the happy land of absolutes.'." 00:51:34.185 --> 00:51:37.211 "We have the perfect example here on the West Side..." 00:51:37.488 --> 00:51:40.480 "...where the cold cash cow, Fox Books..." 00:51:40.725 --> 00:51:42.750 "...threatens survival of a temple..." 00:51:43.027 --> 00:51:46.588 "...to one of the twentieth century's most profound truths,." 00:51:46.831 --> 00:51:48.765 BOTH: "You are what you read." 00:51:49.167 --> 00:51:50.691 I believe that. 00:51:51.202 --> 00:51:53.067 BIRDIE: "Save The Shop Around the Corner..." 00:51:53.337 --> 00:51:55.862 "...and you will save your soul." 00:51:57.742 --> 00:52:00.108 Frank, that's charming. 00:52:00.745 --> 00:52:02.066 Think it's a little over the top? 00:52:02.213 --> 00:52:05.046 GEORGE: That was The Village Voice. I told them to come over whenever. 00:52:05.216 --> 00:52:06.683 Oh, man. 00:52:07.985 --> 00:52:10.419 Float like a butterfly. Sting like a bee. 00:52:10.621 --> 00:52:12.111 (CHANTING) One, two, three, four! 00:52:12.290 --> 00:52:13.917 We don't want your superstore! 00:52:14.192 --> 00:52:18.561 Five, six, seven, eight! Go away and close the gate! 00:52:18.796 --> 00:52:20.889 One, two, three, four! 00:52:21.132 --> 00:52:23.896 "We don't want this superstore." 00:52:24.068 --> 00:52:25.899 - Is that what they're saying? - Catchy. 00:52:26.070 --> 00:52:28.538 - Well, who wrote that? - NELSON: Annoying. 00:52:29.140 --> 00:52:30.630 Pissing me off, actually. 00:52:30.808 --> 00:52:32.105 KATHLEEN: Do you want the West Side... 00:52:32.276 --> 00:52:35.473 ...to become one big, gigantic strip mall? 00:52:35.646 --> 00:52:37.113 CROWD: No! 00:52:37.315 --> 00:52:40.614 Do you want to get off the subway at 72nd and Broadway... 00:52:40.885 --> 00:52:43.945 ...and not even know you're in New York City? 00:52:44.255 --> 00:52:47.088 Can we save The Shop Around the Corner? 00:52:47.291 --> 00:52:48.622 CROWD: Yes! 00:52:48.893 --> 00:52:50.986 We're here in front of The Shop Around the Corner... 00:52:51.162 --> 00:52:53.460 ...the famous West Side children's bookstore... 00:52:53.631 --> 00:52:56.156 ...now on the verge of having to close its doors... 00:52:56.334 --> 00:52:58.325 ...because the big bad wolf, Fox Books... 00:52:58.536 --> 00:53:00.663 ...has opened only a few hundred feet away... 00:53:00.938 --> 00:53:05.068 ...wooing customers with its sharp discounts and designer coffee. 00:53:06.277 --> 00:53:08.108 They have to have discounts and lattes... 00:53:08.279 --> 00:53:10.474 ...because their workers have never read a book. 00:53:10.648 --> 00:53:13.583 She's not as nice as she seems on TV. 00:53:13.818 --> 00:53:15.581 - You met her? - Yeah. 00:53:15.753 --> 00:53:17.687 Boy, she's a pill. 00:53:18.156 --> 00:53:20.283 Probably ain't as fine as she look on TV either. 00:53:20.858 --> 00:53:25.352 Oh, no, no. She's beautiful. But she's a pill. 00:53:25.630 --> 00:53:26.756 KEVIN: You don't feel bad... 00:53:26.931 --> 00:53:30.423 ...about sending her ass back to the projects with food stamps? 00:53:30.635 --> 00:53:32.159 Broke, single, white lady. 00:53:32.436 --> 00:53:33.528 It's not personal. 00:53:33.704 --> 00:53:35.569 - It's business. - Yeah. 00:53:35.773 --> 00:53:38.173 Hey, here's a good-looking guy! 00:53:38.442 --> 00:53:41.070 I sell cheap books. I do. So sue me. 00:53:41.612 --> 00:53:44.206 REPORTER: And that, in a nutshell, is the Fox Books philosophy. 00:53:45.149 --> 00:53:46.173 That's what you said? 00:53:46.350 --> 00:53:47.840 REPORTER: Discount them and sell them. 00:53:48.019 --> 00:53:49.577 That's not all I said. 00:53:49.821 --> 00:53:52.483 I can't believe those bastards. I said we were great! 00:53:52.723 --> 00:53:55.157 I said you could read for hours and no one will bother you. 00:53:55.393 --> 00:53:58.624 I said we had 150,000 titles. I showed them the New York City section. 00:53:58.796 --> 00:54:00.889 I said we were a goddamn piazza. 00:54:01.499 --> 00:54:03.524 A place in this city where people could mingle. 00:54:03.701 --> 00:54:04.725 Piazza? 00:54:04.902 --> 00:54:06.529 I was eloquent! 00:54:06.904 --> 00:54:08.997 - Shit! - A piazza. 00:54:09.340 --> 00:54:12.867 It's inevitable. People want to turn her into Joan of Arc. 00:54:13.144 --> 00:54:14.873 And you into Attila the Hun. 00:54:15.146 --> 00:54:18.013 Not me personally, but the company, yeah. 00:54:19.250 --> 00:54:20.683 I have met Joe Fox. 00:54:21.352 --> 00:54:24.879 I've heard him compare his store to a Price Club... 00:54:25.156 --> 00:54:27.624 ...and the books in it to cans of olive oil. 00:54:31.762 --> 00:54:34.697 The bookstore, tell us about it. 00:54:36.234 --> 00:54:41.331 The Shop Around the Corner has a kind of Jeffersonian purity to it... 00:54:41.572 --> 00:54:46.168 ...that the city needs in order to maintain historical integrity. 00:54:46.344 --> 00:54:47.675 SIDNEY-ANN: Jeffersonian purity. 00:54:47.845 --> 00:54:49.870 That was nice. Thank you. Thank you. Sounded good. 00:54:50.214 --> 00:54:52.148 - Are you taping this? - Yeah, I'm taping this. 00:54:52.350 --> 00:54:54.910 Technologically speaking, the world's out of hand. 00:54:55.186 --> 00:54:56.778 Take the VCR. 00:54:57.154 --> 00:55:01.386 The whole idea behind the VCR is that it makes it possible... 00:55:01.659 --> 00:55:05.151 ...for you to tape what's on TV when you leave the house. 00:55:05.396 --> 00:55:07.796 The whole idea behind leaving the house... 00:55:08.065 --> 00:55:11.592 ...is so you can miss what's on television. 00:55:11.769 --> 00:55:13.703 - I've heard you say that before. - She hasn't. 00:55:13.905 --> 00:55:15.167 SIDNEY-ANN: Absolutely. 00:55:15.406 --> 00:55:16.805 Right. 00:55:17.208 --> 00:55:18.607 FRANK: She gets it. 00:55:18.876 --> 00:55:20.810 Radio. There's a medium I can get behind. 00:55:22.179 --> 00:55:23.771 You gonna start collecting radios now? 00:55:23.948 --> 00:55:25.245 SIDNEY-ANN: We're on television. 00:55:26.050 --> 00:55:28.109 - You're good at it. - No, no, no. 00:55:28.753 --> 00:55:29.777 KATHLEEN: Frank. 00:55:30.821 --> 00:55:32.618 She's coming on to you. 00:55:32.890 --> 00:55:34.790 They do this on television. 00:55:34.959 --> 00:55:36.359 FRANK: The Shop Around the Corner... 00:55:36.427 --> 00:55:38.952 ...it's a true New York treasure. 00:55:39.230 --> 00:55:40.458 As are you. 00:55:41.065 --> 00:55:42.828 (FRANK LAUGHS) 00:55:44.101 --> 00:55:46.262 Honestly, I'd love to have you back. 00:55:46.604 --> 00:55:48.003 KATHLEEN: Is she sweating? 00:55:48.339 --> 00:55:50.830 She's touching herself. And she's sweating. 00:55:51.008 --> 00:55:52.100 Anytime. 00:55:54.312 --> 00:55:55.609 We can turn it off. 00:55:55.846 --> 00:55:57.143 Oh, my God. 00:55:57.415 --> 00:56:00.578 I just want to say that yours is the only show I watch. 00:56:01.085 --> 00:56:02.143 Oh, my God. 00:56:02.320 --> 00:56:04.413 No. I was being polite. 00:56:04.588 --> 00:56:06.579 - Thank you, Frank Navasky. - No, thank you're. 00:56:06.757 --> 00:56:08.418 "Thank you're"? I'm sorry. 00:56:08.659 --> 00:56:09.990 Thank you're? 00:56:10.161 --> 00:56:12.152 Thank you're, ladies and gentlemen. 00:56:13.030 --> 00:56:15.498 I slobbered all over her, didn't I? 00:56:16.367 --> 00:56:18.995 But I think that there's something there. 00:56:31.629 --> 00:56:35.622 GEORGE: So first, I gotta go get some eucalyptus candles... 00:56:35.900 --> 00:56:39.358 ...because it makes my apartment smell mossy. 00:56:39.904 --> 00:56:42.964 Then I'm going to the market, and I can't decide whether to get... 00:56:43.240 --> 00:56:46.232 ...sausage for the meat sauce, or chopped meat. 00:56:46.644 --> 00:56:48.134 Spare us. 00:56:48.345 --> 00:56:49.666 GEORGE: You know what? Clam sauce. 00:56:50.281 --> 00:56:51.714 Because this is a big date. 00:56:53.083 --> 00:56:54.414 (DOOR CLOSES) 00:56:57.154 --> 00:56:59.622 Don't tell me. Not the slightest difference? 00:57:01.425 --> 00:57:03.120 How can that be? 00:57:03.394 --> 00:57:06.852 All this publicity and not one bit of difference? 00:57:08.432 --> 00:57:10.866 Birdie, what am I going to do? 00:57:11.569 --> 00:57:13.366 What would Mom have done? 00:57:14.405 --> 00:57:17.306 Well, let's ask her. 00:57:20.811 --> 00:57:23.871 Cecilia, what should we do? 00:57:25.649 --> 00:57:27.446 - Birdie? - Shh. 00:57:28.319 --> 00:57:30.150 She has no idea. 00:57:30.421 --> 00:57:33.879 But she thinks the window display is lovely. 00:57:38.963 --> 00:57:41.261 - Good night, dearie. - Good night. 00:57:55.980 --> 00:57:57.140 KATHLEEN: I need help. 00:58:00.284 --> 00:58:01.911 Do you still want to meet me? 00:58:05.055 --> 00:58:07.956 JOE: I would love to meet you. Where? When? 00:58:08.425 --> 00:58:12.418 So I suppose she's carrying a copy of a book with a flower in it? 00:58:14.431 --> 00:58:15.830 Not really? 00:58:16.133 --> 00:58:18.294 She could be a real dog, man. 00:58:18.535 --> 00:58:20.332 I'm only staying 10 minutes. 00:58:20.804 --> 00:58:24.296 I'll say hello, have a cup of coffee and then I'll split. 00:58:25.042 --> 00:58:28.534 Hope she doesn't have a squeaky voice like the mice in Cinderella. 00:58:28.812 --> 00:58:33.146 Why am I doing this? Why am I compelled to meet her? Why? 00:58:33.550 --> 00:58:36.212 Relax. You're just taking it to the next level. 00:58:36.487 --> 00:58:37.749 I always do that. 00:58:37.955 --> 00:58:40.185 I always take a relationship to the next level. 00:58:40.357 --> 00:58:43.952 If that works out, I take it to the next level after that. 00:58:44.194 --> 00:58:48.255 Till I reach that level where it becomes absolutely necessary... 00:58:48.532 --> 00:58:50.056 ...for me to leave. 00:58:51.035 --> 00:58:54.664 Huh. I won't stay that long anyway. I already said that, didn't I? 00:58:54.872 --> 00:58:56.499 - Yes, you did. - Oh! 00:59:00.477 --> 00:59:03.742 JOE: Well, okay. Café Lalo. This is it. 00:59:04.848 --> 00:59:07.544 Eight o'clock. We got here fast, didn't we? 00:59:07.985 --> 00:59:09.213 Kevin... 00:59:10.387 --> 00:59:13.550 ...this woman is the most adorable creature I've ever been in contact with. 00:59:13.791 --> 00:59:17.591 If she turns out even to be as good-looking as a mailbox... 00:59:17.861 --> 00:59:21.695 ...I'd be crazy not to turn my life upside down and marry her. 00:59:22.399 --> 00:59:24.390 She could be a real dog. 00:59:24.568 --> 00:59:26.035 But good luck. 00:59:30.274 --> 00:59:32.139 Would you go and look for me? 00:59:32.409 --> 00:59:35.537 Go look through the window and check her out. Please? 00:59:35.713 --> 00:59:37.044 All right. 00:59:38.615 --> 00:59:40.708 - You're pathetic, man. - Ha-ha-ha. 00:59:43.721 --> 00:59:45.552 KEVIN: All right. I'll see what I see. 00:59:46.423 --> 00:59:47.617 You see her? 00:59:48.325 --> 00:59:49.917 Oh, wait, yeah. 00:59:50.461 --> 00:59:52.656 I see a very beautiful girl. 00:59:53.263 --> 00:59:55.288 She's fine. She's fine. 00:59:55.733 --> 00:59:57.428 - I knew it. - She's gorgeous. 00:59:57.601 --> 00:59:59.125 I knew she would be. 00:59:59.403 --> 01:00:00.836 But no book. 01:00:02.773 --> 01:00:04.138 (CHUCKLES) 01:00:04.308 --> 01:00:07.402 All right. Okay, wait. Wait a minute. 01:00:07.644 --> 01:00:10.807 There's a book with a flower. So this got to be her. 01:00:11.081 --> 01:00:12.548 What does she look like? 01:00:13.117 --> 01:00:14.345 Can't see. Waiter's blocking. 01:00:14.651 --> 01:00:15.845 Damn it! 01:00:16.120 --> 01:00:18.111 Hold on, he's moving. 01:00:18.655 --> 01:00:20.247 - Yeah? - Uh... 01:00:20.424 --> 01:00:21.550 JOE: Can you see her? 01:00:23.427 --> 01:00:25.088 Can you see her? 01:00:26.263 --> 01:00:27.355 Yeah. 01:00:27.631 --> 01:00:29.121 And? 01:00:31.068 --> 01:00:32.501 She's very pretty. 01:00:32.770 --> 01:00:34.135 She is! 01:00:34.371 --> 01:00:36.805 I knew she would be! She had to be! 01:00:37.074 --> 01:00:39.338 She had to be! 01:00:41.011 --> 01:00:42.171 You know what? 01:00:42.379 --> 01:00:43.607 She look... 01:00:44.815 --> 01:00:48.216 I mean, she almost has the same coloring as... 01:00:48.786 --> 01:00:51.482 ...that Kathleen Kelly person. Kathleen Kelly of the bookstore? 01:00:51.688 --> 01:00:53.383 Why not? You thought she was attractive. 01:00:53.624 --> 01:00:56.821 Absolutely. Why not? Who cares about Kathleen Kelly? 01:00:57.094 --> 01:01:00.393 Well, if you don't like Kathleen Kelly... 01:01:00.731 --> 01:01:02.858 ...I can tell you right now... 01:01:03.367 --> 01:01:05.164 ...you ain't gonna like this girl. 01:01:05.869 --> 01:01:07.302 Why not? 01:01:08.672 --> 01:01:10.469 Because it is Kathleen Kelly. 01:01:23.821 --> 01:01:25.652 What are you going to do? 01:01:29.226 --> 01:01:30.625 Nothing. 01:01:31.395 --> 01:01:33.192 You just gonna let her wait there all night? 01:01:33.363 --> 01:01:35.558 That's exactly what I'm going to do. 01:01:36.900 --> 01:01:39.266 Good night. I'll see you in the morning. 01:01:48.412 --> 01:01:49.902 Do you mind if I borrow this chair? 01:01:50.080 --> 01:01:51.877 Yes, I mind. Sorry. 01:01:52.149 --> 01:01:53.946 I'm expecting someone. 01:02:07.965 --> 01:02:10.024 Would you like another tea? 01:02:10.434 --> 01:02:11.924 Yes. Thank you. 01:02:28.085 --> 01:02:29.780 (DOOR OPENS) 01:02:45.235 --> 01:02:47.100 JOE: Kathleen Kelly. 01:02:47.571 --> 01:02:50.472 Hello. This is a coincidence. Would you mind if I sat down? 01:02:50.741 --> 01:02:53.801 Yes, I would, actually. I'm expecting someone. 01:02:55.012 --> 01:02:56.570 Pride and Prejudice. 01:02:56.813 --> 01:02:57.905 Do you mind? 01:02:58.081 --> 01:03:01.141 I bet you read that book every year. I bet you just love that... 01:03:01.418 --> 01:03:03.079 ...Mr. Darcy. 01:03:03.320 --> 01:03:06.517 Your sentimental heart beats wildly at the thought he and... 01:03:06.723 --> 01:03:11.490 ...whatever her name is are truly, honestly going to end up together. 01:03:15.332 --> 01:03:17.613 - WAITER: Can I get you something? - No, he's not staying. 01:03:17.768 --> 01:03:19.360 Mochaccino decaf, nonfat. 01:03:19.536 --> 01:03:21.504 You are not staying. 01:03:21.672 --> 01:03:23.663 I'll just stay here until your friend gets here. 01:03:25.175 --> 01:03:26.301 Gee, is he late? 01:03:26.643 --> 01:03:29.806 The heroine of Pride and Prejudice is Elizabeth Bennet. 01:03:30.047 --> 01:03:33.539 She is a great and complex character. Not that you would know. 01:03:33.817 --> 01:03:35.648 As a matter of fact, I've read it. 01:03:35.886 --> 01:03:37.114 Oh, well, good for you. 01:03:37.854 --> 01:03:40.049 You'd discover a lot if you really knew me. 01:03:40.657 --> 01:03:42.318 I know what I'd find. 01:03:42.559 --> 01:03:46.552 Instead of a brain, a cash register. Instead of a heart, a bottom line. 01:03:50.200 --> 01:03:51.292 What? 01:03:51.535 --> 01:03:53.833 - I just had a breakthrough. - What is it? 01:03:54.004 --> 01:03:58.907 For the first time, when confronted with a horrible, insensitive person... 01:03:59.176 --> 01:04:01.644 ...I knew exactly what I wanted to say, and I said it. 01:04:02.312 --> 01:04:06.009 You have a gift for it. That was a perfect blend of poetry and meanness. 01:04:06.516 --> 01:04:08.381 Meanness? Let me tell you about meanness. 01:04:08.552 --> 01:04:12.044 Don't misunderstand me. I'm trying to pay you a compliment. 01:04:12.789 --> 01:04:14.229 - What are you doing? - What is this? 01:04:14.391 --> 01:04:17.485 Is this a red rose? No, it's a crimson rose. 01:04:17.728 --> 01:04:19.355 Something you read about in a book. 01:04:19.529 --> 01:04:23.522 It's funny to you, isn't it? Everything is a joke to you. 01:04:23.867 --> 01:04:25.357 (DOOR OPENS) 01:04:33.210 --> 01:04:34.438 Please leave. 01:04:34.678 --> 01:04:36.305 Please leave, I beg you. 01:04:44.021 --> 01:04:45.386 Thank you. 01:05:02.272 --> 01:05:03.739 (KATHLEEN WINCES) 01:05:06.710 --> 01:05:09.736 That hanky reminds me of the first day I met you. 01:05:09.980 --> 01:05:11.880 First day you lied to me. 01:05:12.115 --> 01:05:14.049 - I didn't lie to you. - You did too. 01:05:14.217 --> 01:05:15.548 - No, I didn't. - Yes, you did. 01:05:15.719 --> 01:05:17.380 - I did not. - You did too. 01:05:17.554 --> 01:05:19.283 - I did not. - You did too. 01:05:19.456 --> 01:05:22.584 I thought that Fox stuff was so charming. F-O-X. 01:05:22.759 --> 01:05:24.124 I didn't lie about it. 01:05:25.562 --> 01:05:28.224 - Joe? "Just call me Joe." - Sure. 01:05:28.498 --> 01:05:31.433 As if you were a stupid 22-year-old girl with no last name. 01:05:31.668 --> 01:05:33.761 "Hi, I'm Kimberly." "Hi, I'm Janice." 01:05:34.004 --> 01:05:36.165 Don't they know you're supposed to have a last name? 01:05:36.373 --> 01:05:38.637 It's like an entire generation of cocktail waitresses. 01:05:38.809 --> 01:05:40.071 Look. 01:05:41.878 --> 01:05:45.473 - I am not a 22-year-old cocktail waitress. - That's not what I meant. 01:05:45.649 --> 01:05:48.140 When I said the thing about the Price Club and olive oil... 01:05:48.318 --> 01:05:49.478 ...that's not what I meant. 01:05:49.653 --> 01:05:53.851 You poor, sad multimillionaire. I feel so sorry for you. 01:05:54.024 --> 01:05:55.992 (DOOR OPENS) 01:05:59.930 --> 01:06:02.831 I'll take a wild guess that's not him, either. 01:06:04.267 --> 01:06:06.758 So who is he, I wonder? 01:06:06.970 --> 01:06:09.461 Certainly not the world's greatest expert... 01:06:09.706 --> 01:06:11.765 ...on Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. 01:06:12.442 --> 01:06:14.808 But somebody else entirely different. 01:06:15.545 --> 01:06:17.445 Will you be mean to him too? 01:06:17.714 --> 01:06:19.113 No, I will not. 01:06:19.616 --> 01:06:22.813 The man who is coming here is completely unlike you. 01:06:23.053 --> 01:06:26.113 The man who is coming here is kind and funny. 01:06:26.356 --> 01:06:28.620 He's got a wonderful sense of humor. 01:06:28.859 --> 01:06:30.121 But... 01:06:30.627 --> 01:06:32.026 ...he's not here. 01:06:33.130 --> 01:06:35.223 If he's not, he has a reason... 01:06:35.432 --> 01:06:38.560 ...because there is not a cruel or careless bone in his body. 01:06:38.802 --> 01:06:41.032 I wouldn't expect you to understand anybody like that. 01:06:41.204 --> 01:06:46.141 You with your theme park, multi-level, homogenize-the-world Mochaccinoland. 01:06:46.376 --> 01:06:50.938 You've deluded yourself that you're a benefactor bringing books to the masses. 01:06:51.181 --> 01:06:53.809 But no one will ever remember you, Joe Fox. 01:06:54.084 --> 01:06:56.450 And maybe no one will remember me. 01:06:56.653 --> 01:06:58.712 But plenty of people remember my mother. 01:06:58.889 --> 01:07:00.254 They think she was fine. 01:07:00.457 --> 01:07:03.051 They think her store was something special. 01:07:04.494 --> 01:07:06.985 You are nothing but a suit. 01:07:20.677 --> 01:07:22.406 That's my cue. 01:07:26.016 --> 01:07:27.540 Good night. 01:08:05.622 --> 01:08:08.318 (COMPUTER DIALING AND BEEPING) 01:08:42.492 --> 01:08:46.451 PATRICIA: So then the agent asks for $600,000 and I said to her, 01:08:46.696 --> 01:08:49.290 "If you think I'm even going to talk to you..." 01:08:49.466 --> 01:08:52.264 "...about paying that kind of advance for an author..." 01:08:52.469 --> 01:08:56.963 "...whose last book is being used as a trivet all over the world..." 01:08:57.207 --> 01:08:59.471 "...you are completely crazy." 01:09:00.210 --> 01:09:03.873 She was insulting and provocative and the only thing pleasant about her... 01:09:04.080 --> 01:09:07.345 ...was the way her hair fell across her forehead. 01:09:07.584 --> 01:09:11.452 Underneath that disagreeable exterior, she may be... 01:09:11.688 --> 01:09:13.588 JOE: A real bitch. 01:09:13.823 --> 01:09:14.983 Let's not talk about it. 01:09:15.158 --> 01:09:17.820 I'm going back to the office and I'm sure you have work to do. 01:09:18.028 --> 01:09:19.120 Not really. 01:09:19.296 --> 01:09:22.788 This place is a well-oiled machine, my friend. 01:09:24.467 --> 01:09:26.697 So? What happened? 01:09:27.237 --> 01:09:30.172 - He never came. - He stood you up. 01:09:30.340 --> 01:09:32.365 KATHLEEN: I wouldn't characterize it that way. 01:09:32.542 --> 01:09:33.702 I think something happened. 01:09:33.910 --> 01:09:37.903 Something unexpected that made it impossible for him to... 01:09:38.415 --> 01:09:41.384 What if he showed up, took one look at me and left? 01:09:41.618 --> 01:09:43.483 Not possible. 01:09:44.220 --> 01:09:47.121 Maybe there was a subway accident. 01:09:47.490 --> 01:09:48.514 Absolutely. 01:09:48.692 --> 01:09:50.990 A train got trapped underground with him inside. 01:09:51.161 --> 01:09:52.321 And no phone. 01:09:52.495 --> 01:09:54.759 KATHLEEN: And you know how those express trains create suction. 01:09:54.931 --> 01:09:56.762 He got sucked onto the tracks. 01:09:56.933 --> 01:09:57.991 The third rail. 01:09:58.401 --> 01:09:59.993 CHRISTINA: He's toast. 01:10:00.337 --> 01:10:01.827 What happened? 01:10:02.572 --> 01:10:03.834 He was unable to make it. 01:10:04.574 --> 01:10:05.768 He stood you up? 01:10:08.912 --> 01:10:13.440 Maybe he had a car accident. Those cab drivers are maniacs. 01:10:13.717 --> 01:10:17.744 They hit something and you slam into that plastic partition. 01:10:18.021 --> 01:10:21.388 Or his elbows could be in splints, so he couldn't dial. 01:10:21.658 --> 01:10:23.922 Or he could be unconscious. 01:10:24.094 --> 01:10:25.152 In a coma. 01:10:25.762 --> 01:10:27.593 Stuck in intensive care. 01:10:27.764 --> 01:10:29.425 With a heart monitor beeping. 01:10:29.599 --> 01:10:30.793 And like... 01:10:30.967 --> 01:10:32.161 - No phone. - No phone. 01:10:35.972 --> 01:10:37.667 What? 01:10:40.944 --> 01:10:42.571 What are you saying? 01:10:42.946 --> 01:10:44.208 It could be. 01:10:44.381 --> 01:10:46.815 He was arrested two blocks from the café. 01:10:46.983 --> 01:10:48.678 Is there a picture? 01:10:52.088 --> 01:10:53.885 So that explains it. 01:10:54.391 --> 01:10:55.722 He was in jail. 01:10:55.992 --> 01:10:57.892 And there was a phone. 01:10:58.094 --> 01:11:00.255 He only got one call, so he called his lawyer. 01:11:00.497 --> 01:11:01.896 You are so lucky. 01:11:02.098 --> 01:11:03.725 You could be dead. 01:11:06.336 --> 01:11:09.066 He couldn't be the Rooftop Killer. 01:11:09.305 --> 01:11:12.604 Remember when you thought Frank might be the Unabomber? 01:11:12.942 --> 01:11:15.843 Well... That was different. 01:11:16.646 --> 01:11:18.944 How long did you sit there all alone? 01:11:19.215 --> 01:11:22.912 - Not long. Joe Fox came in. - Joe Fox? 01:11:23.086 --> 01:11:25.452 I don't want to talk about it. Let's get to work. 01:11:25.655 --> 01:11:28.783 There's got to be something to do. There's always something to do. 01:11:29.659 --> 01:11:32.025 - GEORGE: Look at this. - CHRISTINA: He looks kind of cute. 01:11:32.228 --> 01:11:33.991 (DOOR BELL RINGS) 01:11:35.165 --> 01:11:36.359 BIRDIE: So? 01:11:36.533 --> 01:11:39.161 He was unavoidably detained. 01:11:39.602 --> 01:11:41.729 BIRDIE: He stood you up? 01:11:45.842 --> 01:11:48.106 KATHLEEN: I've been thinking about you. 01:11:49.012 --> 01:11:52.504 Last night I went to meet you, and you weren't there. 01:11:54.250 --> 01:11:57.845 I wish I knew why. I felt so foolish. 01:11:59.756 --> 01:12:01.656 And as I waited, someone else showed up. 01:12:01.825 --> 01:12:05.056 A man who has made my professional life a misery. 01:12:05.328 --> 01:12:07.762 And an amazing thing happened. 01:12:10.200 --> 01:12:11.861 I was able, for the first time... 01:12:12.135 --> 01:12:14.262 ...to say the exact thing I wanted to say... 01:12:14.504 --> 01:12:17.405 ...at the exact moment I wanted to say it. 01:12:17.874 --> 01:12:21.674 And of course, afterwards I felt terrible... 01:12:22.045 --> 01:12:24.275 ...just as you said I would. 01:12:25.281 --> 01:12:28.011 I was cruel, and I'm never cruel. 01:12:28.852 --> 01:12:31.878 Though I hardly believe what I said mattered to this man. 01:12:32.055 --> 01:12:35.149 To him, I am just a bug to be crushed. 01:12:35.892 --> 01:12:37.154 But what if it did? 01:12:37.393 --> 01:12:41.386 No matter what he's done to me, there is no excuse for my behavior. 01:12:42.098 --> 01:12:43.497 Anyway... 01:12:43.733 --> 01:12:46.167 ...I so wanted to talk to you. 01:12:46.903 --> 01:12:49.531 I hope you have a good reason for not being there last night. 01:12:49.706 --> 01:12:53.608 You don't seem like the kind of person who'd do something like that. 01:12:54.210 --> 01:12:56.337 The odd thing about this form of communication... 01:12:56.513 --> 01:12:59.380 ...is that you're more likely to talk about nothing than something. 01:12:59.549 --> 01:13:01.107 But I just want to say... 01:13:01.351 --> 01:13:04.946 ...that all this nothing has meant more to me than so many... 01:13:05.188 --> 01:13:06.815 ...somethings. 01:13:08.124 --> 01:13:09.921 So thanks. 01:13:26.409 --> 01:13:27.774 MALE AOL VOICE: Goodbye. 01:14:21.598 --> 01:14:23.293 JOE: I am in... 01:14:26.703 --> 01:14:28.432 ...Vancouver. 01:14:38.014 --> 01:14:41.177 I was stuck in a meeting which I couldn't get out of... 01:14:41.417 --> 01:14:42.611 ...and... 01:14:42.952 --> 01:14:44.715 ...the electricity went out. 01:14:44.988 --> 01:14:46.478 And... 01:14:46.656 --> 01:14:47.953 ...we were trapped... 01:14:48.124 --> 01:14:50.319 ...on the 38th floor. 01:14:51.995 --> 01:14:54.486 And the telephone system blew too. 01:15:01.671 --> 01:15:03.502 Amazingly enough. 01:15:38.608 --> 01:15:40.371 Dear friend, 01:15:43.379 --> 01:15:46.280 I cannot tell you what happened last night. 01:15:47.550 --> 01:15:50.041 But I beg you from the bottom of my heart... 01:15:50.219 --> 01:15:52.346 ...to forgive me for not being there. 01:16:00.797 --> 01:16:02.389 For what happened. 01:16:05.034 --> 01:16:08.595 I feel terrible that you found yourself in a situation... 01:16:08.771 --> 01:16:11.638 ...that caused you additional pain. 01:16:13.910 --> 01:16:15.878 But I'm absolutely sure... 01:16:16.212 --> 01:16:19.739 ...that whatever you said last night was provoked. 01:16:20.016 --> 01:16:21.643 Even deserved. 01:16:25.154 --> 01:16:29.420 Everyone says things they regret when they're worried or stressed. 01:16:31.461 --> 01:16:34.828 You were expecting to see someone you trusted... 01:16:35.064 --> 01:16:37.464 ...and met the enemy instead. 01:16:41.104 --> 01:16:42.969 The fault is mine. 01:16:45.475 --> 01:16:48.137 Someday I'll explain everything. 01:16:48.678 --> 01:16:49.975 Meanwhile... 01:16:50.146 --> 01:16:51.579 ...I'm still here. 01:16:52.582 --> 01:16:53.776 Talk to me. 01:16:53.950 --> 01:16:56.783 Did he say anything about wanting to meet you again? 01:16:56.953 --> 01:16:58.477 No, not really. 01:16:59.088 --> 01:17:00.578 Listen, it doesn't matter. 01:17:00.757 --> 01:17:03.590 We'll just be like George Bernard Shaw and Mrs. Patrick Campbell. 01:17:03.760 --> 01:17:05.160 We'll write letters our whole lives. 01:17:06.763 --> 01:17:09.493 BIRDIE: Thank you for the scones. They look lovely. 01:17:09.766 --> 01:17:13.065 Birdie, where was this one taken? 01:17:13.503 --> 01:17:14.697 Seville. 01:17:14.871 --> 01:17:17.169 - KATHLEEN: When you fell madly in love? - BIRDIE: Yes. 01:17:17.940 --> 01:17:20.807 So, dearie, what have you decided to do? 01:17:21.077 --> 01:17:23.568 Close. We're going to close. 01:17:24.380 --> 01:17:25.438 Close. 01:17:26.182 --> 01:17:30.516 Closing the store is the brave thing to do. 01:17:31.287 --> 01:17:33.881 You are such a liar. But thank you. 01:17:35.224 --> 01:17:40.287 You are daring to imagine that you could have a different life. 01:17:41.097 --> 01:17:46.000 I know it doesn't feel like that. You feel like a big, fat failure now. 01:17:46.235 --> 01:17:47.395 But you're not. 01:17:47.804 --> 01:17:51.900 You are marching into the unknown, armed with... 01:17:52.108 --> 01:17:53.132 ...nothing. 01:17:53.843 --> 01:17:55.538 Have a sandwich. 01:17:56.679 --> 01:18:00.080 Not nothing. I have a little money saved. 01:18:00.249 --> 01:18:04.117 If you need more, ask me. I'm very rich. 01:18:04.320 --> 01:18:07.118 I bought Intel at six. 01:18:10.493 --> 01:18:13.189 I suppose you want me to tell you who it was... 01:18:13.429 --> 01:18:15.761 ...I fell madly in love with. 01:18:16.566 --> 01:18:17.931 But I'm not going to tell. 01:18:18.835 --> 01:18:20.166 Who was it, Birdie? 01:18:21.137 --> 01:18:24.072 Come on, tell. Uch. That's so mean. 01:18:25.241 --> 01:18:26.538 But so romantic. 01:18:26.709 --> 01:18:29.143 - BIRDIE: It wasn't meant to be. - Why not? 01:18:30.279 --> 01:18:31.837 He ran Spain. 01:18:33.082 --> 01:18:34.447 Spain? 01:18:34.684 --> 01:18:37.209 The country, he ran it. It was his job. 01:18:37.453 --> 01:18:39.216 And then he died. 01:18:39.455 --> 01:18:41.082 Just as well. 01:18:41.424 --> 01:18:42.857 Milk or lemon? 01:18:44.393 --> 01:18:47.521 She fell in love with Generalissimo Franco. 01:18:47.697 --> 01:18:49.756 Don't say that. We don't know that for sure. 01:18:49.932 --> 01:18:53.026 Who else could it have been? It was around 1960. 01:18:53.202 --> 01:18:55.796 - Do you want some popcorn? - I can't believe this. 01:18:57.039 --> 01:19:01.601 It's not like he was something normal, like a socialist or an anarchist. 01:19:01.878 --> 01:19:03.470 It happened in Spain. 01:19:03.679 --> 01:19:05.977 People do stupid things in foreign countries. 01:19:06.182 --> 01:19:09.208 They buy leather jackets for much more than they're worth. 01:19:09.452 --> 01:19:12.751 But they don't fall in love with fascist dictators. 01:19:18.895 --> 01:19:21.762 (WHISPERING) Birdie is a very special person to me. 01:19:21.998 --> 01:19:24.694 She is practically my surrogate mother. 01:19:24.901 --> 01:19:26.334 (WHISPERING) She's out of her mind. 01:19:26.502 --> 01:19:27.560 She is not. 01:19:27.970 --> 01:19:32.100 I could never be with anybody who doesn't take politics as seriously as I do. 01:19:32.308 --> 01:19:33.434 WOMAN: Do you mind? 01:19:33.643 --> 01:19:35.110 A hot dog is singing. 01:19:35.344 --> 01:19:38.404 You need quiet while a hot dog is singing? 01:19:41.817 --> 01:19:44.251 I have something to tell you, Frank. 01:19:45.354 --> 01:19:47.652 - I didn't vote. - What? 01:19:47.823 --> 01:19:49.654 In the last mayoral election... 01:19:49.825 --> 01:19:52.817 ...when Rudy Giuliani was running against Ruth Messinger... 01:19:53.095 --> 01:19:54.824 ...I went to get a manicure. 01:19:55.031 --> 01:19:57.090 And forgot to vote. 01:19:57.500 --> 01:19:58.933 Since when do you get manicures? 01:19:59.101 --> 01:20:02.161 I suppose you could never be with a woman who got manicures? 01:20:03.306 --> 01:20:05.774 It's okay. I forgive you. 01:20:06.842 --> 01:20:07.866 You forgive me? 01:20:17.186 --> 01:20:19.814 Excuse me, I'm sorry. Excuse me. 01:20:20.890 --> 01:20:23.017 This has been a big week. You're closing the store. 01:20:23.192 --> 01:20:26.457 No, it's not that. Really, it's not. 01:20:26.696 --> 01:20:29.665 I know, I know. That was terrible of me. 01:20:31.133 --> 01:20:32.327 What was terrible? 01:20:32.501 --> 01:20:35.265 Jumping all over you when I'm the one... 01:20:36.772 --> 01:20:39.206 I don't even know how to say this. 01:20:40.376 --> 01:20:41.673 What is it? 01:20:42.712 --> 01:20:43.770 What? 01:20:45.414 --> 01:20:47.780 You're a wonderful person. 01:20:48.284 --> 01:20:49.911 So are you. 01:20:50.152 --> 01:20:54.316 And I'm so honored that you'd want to be with me... 01:20:54.490 --> 01:20:58.586 ...because you wouldn't be with anyone who wasn't truly worthy. 01:20:58.794 --> 01:21:01.524 - I feel exactly the same way. - No, God, don't... 01:21:01.998 --> 01:21:05.331 Don't say that. That makes it worse. 01:21:05.601 --> 01:21:07.000 What? 01:21:08.537 --> 01:21:09.731 You don't love me. 01:21:17.046 --> 01:21:18.513 Me either. 01:21:18.914 --> 01:21:20.814 You don't love me? 01:21:22.385 --> 01:21:23.443 No. 01:21:23.819 --> 01:21:25.684 But we're so right for each other. 01:21:25.921 --> 01:21:29.049 I know. I know. 01:21:30.760 --> 01:21:33.126 Well, is there someone else? 01:21:33.462 --> 01:21:36.693 Oh. That woman on television, Sidney Ann. 01:21:37.566 --> 01:21:40.433 Uh... Nothing has happened, but... 01:21:41.837 --> 01:21:43.532 Is she a Republican? 01:21:43.739 --> 01:21:46.264 I can't help myself. 01:21:46.442 --> 01:21:48.342 (BOTH LAUGHING) 01:21:55.451 --> 01:21:58.909 What about you? Is there someone else? 01:22:00.122 --> 01:22:01.589 No. 01:22:02.591 --> 01:22:04.286 No, but... 01:22:06.262 --> 01:22:09.390 But there is the dream of someone else. 01:22:36.392 --> 01:22:39.020 WOMAN 1: Grab a copy of The Trumpet of the Swan. 01:22:39.295 --> 01:22:40.819 This is a tragedy. 01:22:42.598 --> 01:22:45.260 - MAN: These chairs for sale? - GEORGE: Anything not nailed down. 01:22:45.468 --> 01:22:46.901 CHRISTINA: Ten dollars, it's yours. 01:22:47.103 --> 01:22:48.661 WOMAN 2: What are you going to do now? 01:22:48.838 --> 01:22:52.501 I don't know. I think I'll take some time. I'm almost looking forward to it. 01:22:52.775 --> 01:22:53.799 WOMAN 2: Good luck to you. 01:22:56.178 --> 01:22:59.204 WOMAN 3: I came here every Saturday when I was a little girl. 01:22:59.448 --> 01:23:02.611 I remember when your mother gave me Anne of Green Gables. 01:23:02.852 --> 01:23:05.320 (SOBBING) "Read it with a box of Kleenex"... 01:23:05.488 --> 01:23:06.785 ...she told me. 01:23:06.956 --> 01:23:07.980 Could someone help me? 01:23:08.157 --> 01:23:09.818 WOMAN 4: She's looking down on you now. 01:23:09.992 --> 01:23:11.289 I'm sure she is. 01:23:11.527 --> 01:23:14.189 WOMAN 4: Why don't we bomb Fox Books? 01:25:03.305 --> 01:25:05.102 WOMAN: Do you have the "shoe" books? 01:25:05.941 --> 01:25:07.272 EMPLOYEE: The shoe books? 01:25:07.743 --> 01:25:08.801 Who's the author? 01:25:08.978 --> 01:25:10.070 WOMAN: I don't know. 01:25:10.246 --> 01:25:14.808 My friend told me my daughter has to read the shoe books, so here I am. 01:25:15.050 --> 01:25:16.415 KATHLEEN: Noel Streatfeild. 01:25:19.188 --> 01:25:22.089 Noel Streatfeild wrote Ballet Shoes and Skating Shoes... 01:25:22.324 --> 01:25:23.348 ...and Theatre Shoes... 01:25:23.626 --> 01:25:25.321 ...and Dancing Shoes and... 01:25:25.594 --> 01:25:28.324 I'd start with Ballet Shoes first. It's my favorite. 01:25:29.365 --> 01:25:32.698 Although Skating Shoes is completely wonderful. 01:25:33.936 --> 01:25:35.301 But it's out of print. 01:25:36.205 --> 01:25:39.572 Streatfeild. How do you spell that? 01:25:41.377 --> 01:25:46.713 KATHLEEN: S-T-R-E-A-T-F-E-I-L-D. 01:25:47.716 --> 01:25:48.944 WOMAN: Thank you. 01:25:49.818 --> 01:25:52.981 PATRICIA: Kathleen Kelly. It was like her name was in the air. 01:25:53.155 --> 01:25:54.179 JOE: Just like that? 01:25:54.356 --> 01:25:56.381 PATRICIA: Everyone was talking about her today. 01:25:56.592 --> 01:25:59.083 Kathleen Kelly and her "situation." 01:25:59.328 --> 01:26:03.890 And I was thinking that she'd make a great children's book editor. 01:26:04.199 --> 01:26:05.689 JOE: What makes you think that? 01:26:05.968 --> 01:26:08.596 Well, she knows everything. 01:26:08.837 --> 01:26:11.738 She has flawless taste. She's famous for it. 01:26:12.007 --> 01:26:16.410 Salesmen swear by her. If she likes the book, it sells. Period. 01:26:16.645 --> 01:26:18.408 JOE: You're going to offer her a job? 01:26:18.647 --> 01:26:20.672 PATRICIA: What else has she got to do? 01:26:20.916 --> 01:26:23.680 - Now that she's destitute. - Thanks to you. 01:26:23.919 --> 01:26:26.615 - I don't see her working for you. - Why not? 01:26:26.855 --> 01:26:28.516 She lacks the killer instinct. 01:26:28.724 --> 01:26:30.885 She's never fired anybody. Look at that little shop. 01:26:31.126 --> 01:26:33.356 Those people have been there forever. 01:26:33.562 --> 01:26:35.621 Till recently, when they all lost their jobs. 01:26:35.831 --> 01:26:37.264 Thanks to you. 01:26:38.033 --> 01:26:39.898 Hold the elevator! 01:26:40.936 --> 01:26:43.734 CHARLIE: Missy. Mr. Fox. 01:26:44.039 --> 01:26:45.506 JOE: Hello, Charlie. 01:26:46.675 --> 01:26:50.873 I love how you've forgotten you had any role in her current situation. 01:26:51.146 --> 01:26:52.374 It's so obtuse. 01:26:52.881 --> 01:26:54.849 It's so insensitive. 01:26:55.050 --> 01:26:56.540 Reminds me of someone. 01:26:56.719 --> 01:26:58.710 Who does it remind me of? 01:27:00.289 --> 01:27:01.586 Me. 01:27:01.757 --> 01:27:03.156 (PATRICIA LAUGHS) 01:27:03.392 --> 01:27:05.087 (CLANK) 01:27:06.528 --> 01:27:07.552 What is going on? 01:27:08.097 --> 01:27:09.189 Could be stuck. 01:27:10.265 --> 01:27:11.857 (PATRICIA GROANS) 01:27:16.905 --> 01:27:18.065 What are you doing? 01:27:19.475 --> 01:27:21.909 I hope this thing doesn't plummet to the basement. 01:27:22.311 --> 01:27:24.279 - Can it do that? - No. 01:27:24.580 --> 01:27:26.980 It cannot plummet to the basement. 01:27:28.083 --> 01:27:31.177 Hi, this is Joe Fox. Who's this? Juan? 01:27:31.620 --> 01:27:35.454 We are stuck in the elevator between the sixth and seventh floor. 01:27:35.624 --> 01:27:36.716 There's four of us. 01:27:36.892 --> 01:27:39.793 And if you don't get your ass up here in two shakes... 01:27:40.062 --> 01:27:41.927 ...and get us the hell out of here...! 01:27:42.097 --> 01:27:43.962 Juan? Yeah. 01:27:44.133 --> 01:27:45.225 Listen. 01:27:45.401 --> 01:27:47.801 Call the super and then 9-1-1. 01:27:48.737 --> 01:27:50.762 9-1-1. 01:27:51.740 --> 01:27:53.640 The fire department, that's right. 01:27:55.077 --> 01:27:56.806 Thank you very much. 01:27:59.748 --> 01:28:02.114 - Everyone should jump in the air. - What? 01:28:02.951 --> 01:28:04.111 We jump. 01:28:04.286 --> 01:28:06.948 The elevator thinks no one is here and it opens. 01:28:11.593 --> 01:28:15.654 JOE: One, two, three. Jump! 01:28:22.805 --> 01:28:25.000 VERONICA: If I ever get out of here... 01:28:25.307 --> 01:28:27.832 ...I'm going to start speaking to my mama. 01:28:29.178 --> 01:28:31.738 Wonder what she's doing right this very minute? 01:28:32.481 --> 01:28:34.176 If I ever get out of here... 01:28:35.017 --> 01:28:36.814 ...I'm marrying Orit. 01:28:37.519 --> 01:28:39.043 I love her. 01:28:39.388 --> 01:28:42.653 I should marry her. I don't know what's been stopping me. 01:28:49.631 --> 01:28:53.260 If I ever get out of here, I'm having my eyes lasered. 01:28:59.775 --> 01:29:01.504 If I ever get out of here... 01:29:01.677 --> 01:29:04.305 Where are my Tic-Tacs? Ugh! 01:29:06.882 --> 01:29:08.315 What? 01:29:11.086 --> 01:29:15.147 JOE: I came home tonight and got into the elevator to go to my apartment. 01:29:15.357 --> 01:29:18.190 An hour later, I got out of the elevator... 01:29:18.427 --> 01:29:20.657 ...and Brinkley and I moved out. 01:29:20.896 --> 01:29:23.660 Suddenly everything had become clear. 01:29:24.066 --> 01:29:25.533 It's a long story... 01:29:25.934 --> 01:29:28.801 ...full of the personal details we avoid so carefully. 01:29:29.037 --> 01:29:30.595 Let me just say... 01:29:31.006 --> 01:29:33.736 ...there was a man sitting in the elevator with me... 01:29:33.909 --> 01:29:36.537 ...who knew exactly what he wanted. 01:29:37.112 --> 01:29:40.809 And I found myself wishing I were as lucky as he. 01:29:44.253 --> 01:29:47.950 KATHLEEN: People are always telling you that change is a good thing. 01:29:48.190 --> 01:29:51.853 But all they're saying is that something you didn't want to happen at all... 01:29:52.394 --> 01:29:53.918 ...has happened. 01:29:55.097 --> 01:29:57.463 My store is closing this week. 01:29:57.833 --> 01:30:01.394 I own a store. Did I ever tell you that? 01:30:01.970 --> 01:30:03.835 It's a lovely store. 01:30:04.039 --> 01:30:06.633 In a week it will be something depressing... 01:30:06.875 --> 01:30:08.536 ...like a Baby Gap. 01:30:11.380 --> 01:30:13.211 Soon we'll just be a memory. 01:30:13.415 --> 01:30:17.977 In fact, some foolish person will probably think it's a tribute to this city. 01:30:18.253 --> 01:30:22.952 The way it keeps changing on you, or the way you can never count on it. 01:30:23.425 --> 01:30:25.484 I know because that's the sort of thing I'd say. 01:30:25.727 --> 01:30:27.558 But the truth is... 01:30:28.797 --> 01:30:30.662 ...I'm heartbroken. 01:30:33.068 --> 01:30:35.662 I feel as if a part of me has died... 01:30:35.904 --> 01:30:38.805 ...and my mother has died all over again. 01:30:40.108 --> 01:30:41.132 (DOOR BELL DINGS) 01:30:41.310 --> 01:30:44.438 And no one can ever make it right. 01:31:08.537 --> 01:31:10.528 (YOUNG KATHLEEN LAUGHING) 01:32:01.056 --> 01:32:03.149 (DOOR BELL DINGING) 01:32:50.204 --> 01:32:51.535 JOE: What happened? 01:32:53.941 --> 01:32:55.408 Oh, hell. 01:32:57.244 --> 01:32:58.268 How are you? 01:32:58.446 --> 01:33:01.574 JOE: You know, Dad, you did pretty well. At least you didn't marry her. 01:33:01.782 --> 01:33:03.409 Welcome aboard. 01:33:04.018 --> 01:33:06.885 - It lasted a while. - Yeah. 01:33:21.535 --> 01:33:23.059 NELSON: You know... 01:33:24.038 --> 01:33:26.063 ...I've stayed on this boat after... 01:33:26.941 --> 01:33:28.340 Let's see. 01:33:28.542 --> 01:33:29.839 Your mother. 01:33:31.245 --> 01:33:32.940 Laurette, the ballet dancer. 01:33:33.114 --> 01:33:34.138 My nanny. 01:33:35.049 --> 01:33:36.311 She was the nanny? 01:33:36.917 --> 01:33:38.407 Yeah. 01:33:38.853 --> 01:33:40.411 I forgot that. 01:33:40.788 --> 01:33:42.449 How ironic. 01:33:42.923 --> 01:33:44.948 Then there was the ice skater. 01:33:45.192 --> 01:33:47.285 - Also my nanny. - Really? 01:33:47.661 --> 01:33:48.923 Yeah. 01:33:49.130 --> 01:33:51.758 That's amazingly ironic. 01:33:52.299 --> 01:33:54.631 And then there was Sybil, the, um... 01:33:55.302 --> 01:33:57.270 - It's an "A" word. - Astrologer. 01:33:57.805 --> 01:33:59.204 Exactly. 01:33:59.774 --> 01:34:02.766 Whose moon turned out to be in someone else's house. 01:34:03.644 --> 01:34:05.578 Just like Gillian. 01:34:06.313 --> 01:34:08.611 - Gillian ran off with someone? - The nanny. 01:34:09.450 --> 01:34:11.179 - Nanny Maureen? - Yes. 01:34:11.986 --> 01:34:13.510 (JOE LAUGHS) 01:34:15.122 --> 01:34:17.488 Gillian ran off with Nanny Maureen. 01:34:18.159 --> 01:34:19.649 You got it. 01:34:19.827 --> 01:34:21.795 JOE: It's incredibly ironic. 01:34:22.096 --> 01:34:25.088 - That's true. - No other word for it. 01:34:25.499 --> 01:34:27.467 Well, who's better than us? 01:34:28.035 --> 01:34:30.128 Father and son, together at last. 01:34:30.604 --> 01:34:32.367 Who did you say you broke up with? 01:34:33.007 --> 01:34:34.531 Patricia. 01:34:34.975 --> 01:34:36.306 You met her. 01:34:36.477 --> 01:34:38.206 Would I like her? 01:34:40.047 --> 01:34:41.639 Just kidding, son. 01:34:42.917 --> 01:34:45.147 Now, is this beautiful or what? 01:34:46.353 --> 01:34:49.982 Of course, I'll be living out of a suitcase for at least three weeks. 01:34:50.558 --> 01:34:53.994 And then there's the inevitable legal hassle. 01:34:54.228 --> 01:34:55.991 More of your inheritance down the drain. 01:34:56.163 --> 01:34:58.654 - Don't worry about it. - I won't. 01:34:58.999 --> 01:35:02.264 I just have to meet someone new. That's the easy part. 01:35:02.636 --> 01:35:03.728 Right, yeah. 01:35:03.904 --> 01:35:07.840 A snap to find the one person in the world who fills your heart with joy. 01:35:08.075 --> 01:35:09.702 NELSON: Don't be ridiculous. 01:35:09.944 --> 01:35:12.708 Have I ever been with anybody who fit that description? 01:35:13.581 --> 01:35:15.276 Have you? 01:35:42.610 --> 01:35:44.407 KATHLEEN: (OVER INTERCOM) Who is it? 01:35:45.479 --> 01:35:47.413 It's Joe Fox. 01:35:49.250 --> 01:35:50.945 What are you doing here? 01:35:52.219 --> 01:35:55.711 - Uh, may I please come up? - No, I don't... 01:35:55.956 --> 01:35:59.255 No, I don't really think that that is a good idea, because... 01:35:59.460 --> 01:36:00.984 ...I have a... 01:36:01.395 --> 01:36:02.885 I have a terrible... 01:36:03.130 --> 01:36:04.495 ...cold. 01:36:04.698 --> 01:36:06.256 (SNEEZES) 01:36:08.936 --> 01:36:11.837 - Can you hear that? - Yeah. 01:36:12.006 --> 01:36:15.203 I'm sniffling, and I'm not really awake. 01:36:15.442 --> 01:36:19.344 I'm taking echinacea and vitamin C and sleeping practically... 01:36:19.613 --> 01:36:22.013 ...24 hours a day. I have a temperature. 01:36:22.650 --> 01:36:26.347 And I think I'm contagious. So I would... 01:36:26.620 --> 01:36:28.850 I would really appreciate it if you'd just go away. 01:36:29.023 --> 01:36:30.820 (KNOCKS) (KATHLEEN GASPS) 01:36:33.661 --> 01:36:34.719 Kathleen? 01:36:36.597 --> 01:36:37.655 Uh... 01:36:37.831 --> 01:36:39.458 (KNOCKS) 01:36:40.834 --> 01:36:43.302 Uh, just a second! 01:36:50.144 --> 01:36:52.738 Yes, just a second. 01:37:03.524 --> 01:37:04.616 - Hello. - Hello. 01:37:05.492 --> 01:37:06.891 What are you doing here? 01:37:07.328 --> 01:37:08.886 I heard you were sick. 01:37:09.129 --> 01:37:10.653 And I was worried. 01:37:12.333 --> 01:37:15.166 And I wanted to make sure... 01:37:15.369 --> 01:37:16.495 What? 01:37:16.904 --> 01:37:18.735 - Is there somebody here? - No. 01:37:18.906 --> 01:37:21.704 Oh. It's the Home Shopping Network. 01:37:21.976 --> 01:37:24.171 You buy any of those little porcelain dolls? 01:37:24.411 --> 01:37:26.174 I was thinking about it. 01:37:26.880 --> 01:37:29.405 - You put me out of business. - Yes, I did. 01:37:29.683 --> 01:37:31.275 - Did you come to gloat? - No. 01:37:31.552 --> 01:37:33.417 - To offer me a job? - I would never... 01:37:33.687 --> 01:37:36.986 I have plenty of offers. I got offered a job by... 01:37:37.224 --> 01:37:39.317 - By my former... - Your former? 01:37:40.194 --> 01:37:41.218 We broke up. 01:37:41.428 --> 01:37:44.829 That's too bad. You were so perfect for each other. 01:37:45.299 --> 01:37:46.493 Oh. 01:37:48.035 --> 01:37:50.902 I don't mean to say things like that. No matter what you've done... 01:37:51.171 --> 01:37:53.435 ...there's no excuse for my saying that. 01:37:53.607 --> 01:37:54.835 Every time I see you... 01:37:55.009 --> 01:37:57.239 Things like that just fly out of your mouth. 01:37:59.813 --> 01:38:01.007 I brought you flowers. 01:38:03.050 --> 01:38:04.540 Ohh. 01:38:04.718 --> 01:38:05.742 Thank you. 01:38:11.191 --> 01:38:13.455 Why don't I just put these in some water? 01:38:14.928 --> 01:38:16.828 You're sick. You should sit down. 01:38:22.703 --> 01:38:24.136 I need a vase. 01:38:25.139 --> 01:38:27.107 Above the refrigerator. 01:38:27.641 --> 01:38:30.041 JOE: There it is. Obviously. 01:38:31.211 --> 01:38:33.941 George says hello, by the way. 01:38:35.749 --> 01:38:37.216 He told me you were sick. 01:38:37.551 --> 01:38:38.984 How is George? 01:38:40.487 --> 01:38:42.387 Great, really great. 01:38:42.756 --> 01:38:45.122 He's revolutionizing the place. 01:38:45.359 --> 01:38:46.792 You can't work in his department... 01:38:47.061 --> 01:38:49.655 ...unless you have a Ph.D. In Children's Literature. 01:38:49.963 --> 01:38:51.555 I love daisies. 01:38:52.800 --> 01:38:55.234 - You told me. - They're so friendly. 01:38:55.602 --> 01:38:58.901 Don't you think daisies are the friendliest flower? 01:38:59.073 --> 01:39:00.097 I do. 01:39:01.308 --> 01:39:02.400 When did you break up? 01:39:03.744 --> 01:39:04.904 Couple of weeks ago. 01:39:05.746 --> 01:39:08.408 Everyone is breaking up. You. Me. 01:39:08.615 --> 01:39:12.142 This other person I know broke up with someone in an elevator. 01:39:12.386 --> 01:39:15.116 Or after it, or just outside it or... 01:39:15.389 --> 01:39:17.118 It got stuck. 01:39:17.658 --> 01:39:21.025 When I saw you at the coffee place, I was waiting for him. 01:39:21.295 --> 01:39:22.592 And I was... 01:39:22.796 --> 01:39:24.093 Charming. 01:39:24.665 --> 01:39:26.155 I was not charming. 01:39:26.400 --> 01:39:28.095 JOE: You looked charming. Tea? 01:39:28.302 --> 01:39:29.826 Yes. I was... 01:39:30.003 --> 01:39:32.699 I was upset and horrible. 01:39:33.340 --> 01:39:35.035 - JOE: Honey? - Yes. 01:39:35.209 --> 01:39:36.506 I was the horrible one. 01:39:36.710 --> 01:39:38.302 Well, that's true. 01:39:38.545 --> 01:39:41.013 But I have no excuse. 01:39:41.648 --> 01:39:43.809 Oh, I see what you're saying. 01:39:44.818 --> 01:39:46.012 That's interesting. 01:39:46.286 --> 01:39:48.277 Whereas I am a horrible person... 01:39:48.489 --> 01:39:52.050 ...therefore I have no choice but to be horrible. 01:39:52.326 --> 01:39:55.420 That's what you're saying. But that's all right. 01:39:55.629 --> 01:39:58.291 I put you out of business so... 01:39:58.932 --> 01:40:00.456 ...you're entitled to hate me. 01:40:01.935 --> 01:40:03.459 I don't hate you. 01:40:04.438 --> 01:40:06.633 But you'll never forgive me. 01:40:07.007 --> 01:40:09.168 - Just like Elizabeth. - Who? 01:40:09.843 --> 01:40:12.073 Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice. 01:40:12.312 --> 01:40:13.336 She was too proud. 01:40:13.547 --> 01:40:15.981 I thought you hated Pride and Prejudice. 01:40:16.216 --> 01:40:18.707 Or was she too prejudiced... 01:40:18.986 --> 01:40:21.454 ...and Mr. Darcy is too proud? 01:40:21.688 --> 01:40:23.053 I can't remember. 01:40:29.663 --> 01:40:31.221 It wasn't personal. 01:40:31.532 --> 01:40:34.865 What is that supposed to mean? I'm so sick of that. 01:40:35.102 --> 01:40:38.469 All that means is that it wasn't personal to you. 01:40:38.705 --> 01:40:40.468 But it was personal to me. 01:40:40.707 --> 01:40:42.971 It's personal to a lot of people. 01:40:43.210 --> 01:40:46.236 What is so wrong with being personal anyway? 01:40:47.414 --> 01:40:48.745 Nothing. 01:40:49.016 --> 01:40:53.112 Whatever else anything is, it ought to begin by being personal. 01:40:56.490 --> 01:40:58.890 My head is starting to get fuzzy. 01:41:04.264 --> 01:41:06.198 Why did you stop by again? I forget. 01:41:07.734 --> 01:41:08.996 I wanted to be your friend. 01:41:10.204 --> 01:41:11.569 Oh. 01:41:12.406 --> 01:41:14.533 I knew it wasn't possible. 01:41:15.642 --> 01:41:18.702 Sometimes a guy just wants the impossible. 01:41:28.655 --> 01:41:30.555 Can I ask you a question? 01:41:30.757 --> 01:41:31.951 What? 01:41:33.760 --> 01:41:36.456 What happened with that guy at the café? 01:41:37.331 --> 01:41:38.457 Nothing. 01:41:38.665 --> 01:41:40.530 But you're crazy about him? 01:41:41.902 --> 01:41:42.926 Yes, I am. 01:41:43.103 --> 01:41:46.539 Why don't you run off with him? What are you waiting for? 01:41:48.942 --> 01:41:50.910 I don't actually know him. 01:41:51.478 --> 01:41:52.536 Really? 01:41:55.115 --> 01:41:57.777 I only know him through... 01:41:58.619 --> 01:42:00.086 You won't believe this. 01:42:00.254 --> 01:42:01.915 JOE: Let me guess. 01:42:02.456 --> 01:42:03.821 Through the Internet? 01:42:05.292 --> 01:42:06.850 Yes. 01:42:08.762 --> 01:42:09.854 JOE: Hmm. 01:42:10.063 --> 01:42:12.531 "You've got mail." 01:42:12.699 --> 01:42:14.166 Yes. 01:42:16.503 --> 01:42:17.868 Those are very powerful words. 01:42:18.505 --> 01:42:19.995 Yes. 01:42:23.076 --> 01:42:24.839 I'm happy for him. 01:42:26.213 --> 01:42:27.942 Although... 01:42:29.283 --> 01:42:31.217 Could I just make a suggestion? 01:42:31.852 --> 01:42:33.183 What? 01:42:33.620 --> 01:42:35.087 I think... 01:42:35.622 --> 01:42:37.317 ...you should meet him. 01:42:37.824 --> 01:42:40.292 No, wait, I take that back. 01:42:41.228 --> 01:42:44.095 Why would you meet somebody you're crazy about? 01:42:44.331 --> 01:42:48.028 I hardly think I need to take advice from a person who... 01:42:50.404 --> 01:42:52.599 I can see I bring out the worst in you. 01:42:52.839 --> 01:42:55.467 Let me help you to not say something... 01:42:55.709 --> 01:43:00.169 ...you'll torture yourself about for years to come. 01:43:13.360 --> 01:43:15.555 I hope you feel better soon. 01:43:16.897 --> 01:43:19.195 It'd be a shame to miss New York in the spring. 01:43:23.437 --> 01:43:24.995 Thank you for the daisies. 01:43:36.083 --> 01:43:38.711 Well, you take care. 01:43:40.153 --> 01:43:41.177 I will. 01:43:42.422 --> 01:43:43.514 Goodbye. 01:43:45.392 --> 01:43:46.757 Goodbye. 01:44:03.777 --> 01:44:05.972 KATHLEEN: I've been thinking about this... 01:44:06.213 --> 01:44:08.306 ...and I think we should meet. 01:44:14.988 --> 01:44:16.580 JOE: We should meet. 01:44:17.257 --> 01:44:19.054 And we will meet. 01:44:19.559 --> 01:44:23.552 But I'm in the middle of a project that needs... 01:44:28.769 --> 01:44:30.430 ...tweaking. 01:44:50.223 --> 01:44:51.656 Some tweaking? 01:44:52.292 --> 01:44:54.192 A project that needed... 01:44:54.361 --> 01:44:55.487 "...tweaking." 01:44:55.662 --> 01:44:59.792 - Yeah, that's what he said. - T-W-E-A-K-l-N-G? Tweaking. 01:45:00.500 --> 01:45:03.469 It sounds to me like he's married. 01:45:03.670 --> 01:45:04.830 Three kids. 01:45:05.005 --> 01:45:07.997 That's a terrible thing to say. He couldn't be married. 01:45:08.275 --> 01:45:09.469 How do you know? 01:45:09.676 --> 01:45:11.871 Have you said, "Are you married?" 01:45:12.145 --> 01:45:14.739 No, I'm not going to... No. 01:45:16.149 --> 01:45:19.550 KATHLEEN: I know this is a little late to be asking but... 01:45:20.654 --> 01:45:22.144 ...are you married? 01:45:25.659 --> 01:45:27.126 JOE: Am I married? 01:45:27.327 --> 01:45:29.295 What kind of question is that? 01:45:29.863 --> 01:45:32.764 How can you ask me that? Don't you know me at all? 01:45:33.033 --> 01:45:34.898 Oh, wait, I get it. 01:45:35.535 --> 01:45:38.834 Your friends are saying the reason we haven't met is I'm married. 01:45:39.039 --> 01:45:40.506 Am I right? 01:45:41.842 --> 01:45:44.037 - So he didn't answer the question. - Yes, he did. 01:45:44.311 --> 01:45:47.212 - He did not. - He did. He did. He nailed me. 01:45:47.481 --> 01:45:51.383 He knew what I was after which is, by the way, exactly like him. 01:45:51.651 --> 01:45:54.882 He did not answer the question, did he? 01:45:56.156 --> 01:45:57.521 No. 01:45:58.725 --> 01:46:00.920 Maybe he's fat. 01:46:01.595 --> 01:46:03.529 He's fat. He's a fatty. 01:46:04.297 --> 01:46:05.321 I don't care. 01:46:05.499 --> 01:46:07.433 You don't care that he's so fat... 01:46:07.667 --> 01:46:11.364 ...he has to be removed from his house by a crane. You don't care. 01:46:11.571 --> 01:46:13.004 KATHLEEN: That is very unlikely. 01:46:13.240 --> 01:46:15.572 That is completely ridiculous. 01:46:16.243 --> 01:46:18.040 What's his handle? 01:46:18.211 --> 01:46:19.542 Uh... 01:46:21.348 --> 01:46:22.838 I'm not going to write him. 01:46:23.083 --> 01:46:25.108 You think I'm going to e-mail him? 01:46:27.420 --> 01:46:29.012 All right, N-Y-1-5-2. 01:46:29.322 --> 01:46:31.916 N-Y-1-5-2? 152. 01:46:32.192 --> 01:46:34.319 He's 152 years old. 01:46:35.095 --> 01:46:37.825 He's had 152 moles removed... 01:46:38.064 --> 01:46:40.965 ...so now he's got 152 pockmarks on his... 01:46:41.635 --> 01:46:43.262 on his face. 01:46:43.570 --> 01:46:47.028 The number of people who think he looks like Clark Gable. 01:46:47.340 --> 01:46:51.140 152 people who think he looks like a Clark Bar. 01:46:51.711 --> 01:46:53.576 (KATHLEEN LAUGHS) 01:46:54.981 --> 01:46:58.576 - KATHLEEN: Why'd I even tell you? - 152 stitches from his nose job. 01:46:58.852 --> 01:47:01.878 The number of his souvenir shot glasses... 01:47:02.122 --> 01:47:05.614 ...that he's collected in his travels. 01:47:06.593 --> 01:47:08.117 His address. 01:47:08.395 --> 01:47:12.263 No, he would never do anything that prosaic. 01:47:16.303 --> 01:47:19.363 The only thing I really care about is that... 01:47:19.573 --> 01:47:22.736 ...aside from the married thing and the jail thing... 01:47:22.943 --> 01:47:25.434 ...is the boat thing. 01:47:26.279 --> 01:47:27.303 What boat thing? 01:47:27.480 --> 01:47:29.778 I could never be with someone who had a boat. 01:47:31.484 --> 01:47:32.951 I have a boat. 01:47:33.753 --> 01:47:35.311 Oh. 01:47:35.488 --> 01:47:38.082 Which clinches it. We'll never be together. 01:47:38.425 --> 01:47:39.983 - How many? - Three. 01:47:40.260 --> 01:47:41.625 - Allow me. - Thank you. 01:47:41.828 --> 01:47:45.457 I could never be with someone who likes Joni Mitchell. 01:47:45.699 --> 01:47:48.759 It's cloud's illusions I recall I really don't know clouds at all. 01:47:48.969 --> 01:47:52.405 What does that mean? Is she a pilot? 01:47:52.606 --> 01:47:55.439 It must be a metaphor, but I don't know what it is. 01:47:57.177 --> 01:47:58.542 JOE: How's your book coming? 01:47:58.812 --> 01:48:01.645 KATHLEEN: There's this children's book editor I know. 01:48:01.915 --> 01:48:04.611 She's excited to read it when I'm finished. 01:48:04.818 --> 01:48:07.116 Who would ever have thought that I would write? 01:48:07.354 --> 01:48:09.686 - If I hadn't had all this time... - Uh-huh. 01:48:10.624 --> 01:48:12.023 - You know what? - What? 01:48:12.559 --> 01:48:16.689 The truth is he was the one who started me thinking about writing. 01:48:17.831 --> 01:48:21.164 Mr. 152 Felony Indictments. 01:48:22.202 --> 01:48:25.729 Mr. 152 Insights Into My Soul. 01:48:25.939 --> 01:48:28.169 Oh. Whoa. Yeah. Oh. 01:48:28.341 --> 01:48:30.468 No competing with that. 01:48:33.046 --> 01:48:35.241 I keep on bumping into you. 01:48:37.017 --> 01:48:38.314 Hope your mango's ripe. 01:48:39.319 --> 01:48:40.809 I think it is. 01:48:41.388 --> 01:48:43.515 You want to bump into me... 01:48:43.890 --> 01:48:46.154 ...on Saturday around lunchtime? 01:48:46.326 --> 01:48:47.884 - Yeah. - Over there? 01:48:48.061 --> 01:48:50.029 - Uh-huh. - Good. 01:48:54.601 --> 01:48:57.001 JOE: How about meeting... 01:48:57.237 --> 01:48:59.171 ...Saturday? 01:49:00.073 --> 01:49:01.870 Four o'clock. 01:49:02.242 --> 01:49:04.506 There's a place in Riverside Park at 91 st Street... 01:49:04.678 --> 01:49:07.408 ...where the path curves and there's a garden. 01:49:07.681 --> 01:49:10.047 Brinkley and I will be waiting. 01:49:10.717 --> 01:49:12.014 Okay, let's do it. 01:49:12.252 --> 01:49:13.879 Ready? And... 01:49:14.120 --> 01:49:15.451 Doot. 01:49:15.622 --> 01:49:16.987 There it goes. 01:49:17.991 --> 01:49:19.856 - Today? - Today. 01:49:20.026 --> 01:49:21.050 Wow. 01:49:21.227 --> 01:49:23.593 I know. In Riverside Park. 01:49:24.998 --> 01:49:26.989 That would mean he's a Westsider. 01:49:27.200 --> 01:49:29.930 Maybe I've seen him and don't even know it. 01:49:30.136 --> 01:49:32.400 JOE: You could have seen him every day and not know it. 01:49:32.605 --> 01:49:33.936 KATHLEEN: It's very possible. 01:49:34.107 --> 01:49:36.075 - He could be anyone. - He could be that guy. 01:49:36.242 --> 01:49:38.233 And those flowers are for you. 01:49:39.879 --> 01:49:42.313 - JOE: Could be the Zipper Man. - Who's that? 01:49:42.582 --> 01:49:43.776 The Zipper Man. 01:49:44.050 --> 01:49:45.074 Who is that? 01:49:45.251 --> 01:49:47.742 He repairs zippers on Amsterdam Avenue. 01:49:47.954 --> 01:49:51.390 - Will you cut it out? - You'd never have to buy new luggage. 01:49:51.591 --> 01:49:52.990 (KATHLEEN CHUCKLES) 01:49:53.159 --> 01:49:57.061 The timing here is everything. He's waited until you're primed. 01:49:57.230 --> 01:49:58.254 See? 01:49:58.431 --> 01:50:03.061 Until you are absolutely convinced that there's no other man... 01:50:03.303 --> 01:50:05.430 ...that you could possibly love. 01:50:05.638 --> 01:50:07.037 Yes. 01:50:07.841 --> 01:50:09.741 You know, sometimes I wonder. 01:50:10.243 --> 01:50:11.301 What? 01:50:14.748 --> 01:50:16.443 If I hadn't been Fox Books... 01:50:16.649 --> 01:50:19.846 ...and you hadn't been The Shop Around the Corner... 01:50:20.653 --> 01:50:22.985 ...and you and I had just met. 01:50:23.556 --> 01:50:26.650 - I know. - Yeah. Yeah. 01:50:27.293 --> 01:50:29.318 I'd have asked for your number. 01:50:31.097 --> 01:50:35.659 I wouldn't have been able to wait 24 hours before calling you and saying, 01:50:37.837 --> 01:50:40.135 "How about some coffee..." 01:50:40.340 --> 01:50:42.501 "...or drinks or dinner..." 01:50:42.776 --> 01:50:44.209 "...or a movie..." 01:50:45.345 --> 01:50:47.870 "...for as long as we both shall live?" 01:50:52.218 --> 01:50:53.276 Joe... 01:50:53.453 --> 01:50:56.013 You and I would never have been at war. 01:50:56.890 --> 01:51:01.452 The only thing we'd fight about would be which video to rent on a Saturday night. 01:51:04.664 --> 01:51:06.097 Who fights about that? 01:51:07.233 --> 01:51:08.791 Some people. 01:51:10.136 --> 01:51:11.160 Not us. 01:51:11.538 --> 01:51:13.335 We would never. 01:51:17.977 --> 01:51:19.137 If only. 01:51:24.551 --> 01:51:27.543 - I gotta go. - Let me ask you something. 01:51:32.325 --> 01:51:36.056 How can you forgive this guy for standing you up... 01:51:36.262 --> 01:51:39.527 ...and not forgive me for this tiny little thing... 01:51:40.900 --> 01:51:43.164 ...of putting you out of business? 01:51:48.541 --> 01:51:49.872 How I wish you would. 01:51:52.712 --> 01:51:54.077 I really have to go. 01:51:54.380 --> 01:51:56.143 You don't want to be late. 01:53:05.652 --> 01:53:07.119 (SIGHS) 01:53:16.863 --> 01:53:18.524 JOE: Brinkley! 01:53:18.932 --> 01:53:20.593 (BRINKLEY BARKING) 01:53:22.235 --> 01:53:23.793 Brinkley! 01:53:36.849 --> 01:53:38.680 (CHUCKLES) 01:54:10.984 --> 01:54:13.214 Don't cry, Shopgirl. 01:54:14.854 --> 01:54:15.912 Don't cry. 01:54:19.659 --> 01:54:21.217 I wanted it to be you. 01:54:23.396 --> 01:54:25.796 I wanted it to be you so badly. 01:54:25.820 --> 01:54:45.820 Telegram Channel and Instagram Page .:: @bollbolljan_com ::.