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Hello.
I'm Eric Jonrosh,
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the writer and director
of tonight's entertainment,
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The Spoils Before Dying.
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The novel was
originally released in 1958
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and subjected to 80 obscenity
lawsuits in over 30 states.
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I was brought before
a House subcommittee
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on un-American activity.
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I plead the fifth
and then drank the fifth.
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[chuckles]
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My influence
on French filmmakers
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has been well documented.
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Film students around the world
have searched for years
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for a copy
of this lost masterpiece.
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Well, here it is,
part three of six.
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It drags quite a bit
and loses its pace.
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I was interested in boring
my audience at that time.
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I still am.
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Most of you are idiots anyway.
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Hey, bub,
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there's some unscripted nonsense
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happening on another
television channel right now.
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I suggest you move along
and continue down your path
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to a life made out of horse--
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[long bleep]
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(male announcer) The Du-tone
Television Network presents
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Artie Mann's Jazz Party,
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brought to you by
Boghei French-Like Cigarettes.
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A pack or two a day is
the Boghei way.
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Now here's Artie Mann.
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Welcome, cats and kittens,
alligators and crocodiles,
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prestigious swing-a-philes
and fans of Miles.
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What a party
we have for you tonight.
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So, Rock Banyon, it's been
a real solid year for you,
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artistically speaking.
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Have you had some time
to step off
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this fast-moving
merry-go-round of fame
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and take in all
that you've accomplished?
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Been accused of murder
right now, though.
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Might be going
to the electric chair.
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It's the crazy pool,
partner,
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and he just jumped
into the deep end.
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I guess you picked out a real
gasser for us tonight, huh?
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What's it called?
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Little tribute to a friend,
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called...
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Spoils Before Dying.
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Go, man, go.
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I'm--I'm so proud of him.
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They've been trying to
get him to do this for months.
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[plays somber jazz music]
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♪
♪
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[plays discordant chords
on piano]
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What's he done?
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[discordant chords continue]
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♪
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[tense music]
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♪
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How 'bout that gasser
of a joke, huh?
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Well, let's give it up
for Rock Banyon, right?
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♪
♪
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(Rock)
All of it had caught up to me.
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I was going down
for the murder
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of William Stygamian
and Fresno Foxglove.
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I was no closer to finding
the killer,
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and the cold truth
was closing in on me.
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In less than two days,
I was gonna be a dead man.
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(Rock)
Maybe if I'd have
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guzzled enough hooch
and taken enough pills,
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my nightmare would be over.
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Double scotch.
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Haven't seen you before,
handsome.
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[pouring]
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[pouring continues]
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[pouring continues]
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[sniffs]
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Excuse me.
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Could I share your fire?
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Thanks, pal.
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What's your poison?
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Tricksy, pour my friend here
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another glass of fire water,
would you?
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And I'll have my usual,
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a long, cool glass of Bagpipes
O'Toole scotch flavored vodka.
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[harp music]
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It's on me, Kenton Price,
collector, dropout, bon vivant.
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Rock Banyon, jazz musician.
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Ah...
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Jazz.
Splendid music.
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From out of town?
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No.
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Want to get out of here?
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What for?
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I have a place nearby.
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High-end, kitschy art
on the walls,
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Peggy Lee records
in the stereo, free scotch.
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I'm sorry.
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I'm a little slow on the uptake,
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but are you trying
to pick me up?
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Not that slow.
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Oh, uh, no, no, no.
I don't--
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Oh, I see, you just
came in here to get a drink.
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Uh, yeah.
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And those matches, I suppose
you got from a nice man
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who gave them to you
on the bus.
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What about those matches?
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Nothing.
Nothing at all.
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It was a pleasure meeting you,
Mr. Rock Banyon.
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Oh, you hold on, friend.
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Hey, Tricksy,
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get us two more drinks
over there, by the booth.
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That symbol--what does it mean?
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Why do you need to know?
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Took it off a dead man
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by the name
of Wilbur Stygamian.
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Wilbur?
Dead? How?
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Murdered.
The cops are accusing me of it.
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Who was Stygamian?
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Some kind of scientist.
Rockets, I think.
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How'd you meet him?
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He liked throwing parties.
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Sometimes, he held meeting
at his house, up in the hills.
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Meetings?
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- The Mattachine Society.
- What's that?
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Somewhat secretive society,
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formed to fight
for the rights of homosexuals.
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[scoffs]
I'll be damned.
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Does that offend you,
Mr. Banyon?
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I was in the army.
Matches.
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It's the symbol
of the Mattachine Society.
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Stygamian was a homosexual.
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Know who would want
to kill him?
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Homosexuals in this town
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know a lot
that could get them killed.
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We walk in the shadows,
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harassed by police,
fired from jobs,
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living in fear that our
secret life could become public.
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Stygamian knew a lot
of powerful people,
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actors, politicians,
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even police commissioners
who were homosexuals.
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Lives could get ruined.
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We tend to make heroes
out of people who overcome fear,
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but for the most part,
people can't face their fear.
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They'd do anything
not to face their fear,
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perhaps even kill.
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You think someone
might have killed Stygamian
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because of what he knew?
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Perhaps.
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Stygamian himself
was a homosexual.
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Why would he want
to out another?
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I'll ask around.
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People in our community are
very good at keeping secrets.
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And why would you do that?
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Because you're cute.
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And because Stygamian
was a friend.
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How can I find you?
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Drop by...anytime.
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And tell me, Mr. Banyon,
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would you kill
to keep your secrets safe?
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What makes you think
I haven't already?
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[exhales]
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(Rock)
Headed back to The Swingyard
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to clean up
and play a little piano.
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Got about eight bars in
before the heat showed up.
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Hey, killer.
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Shouldn't you be
solving a murder?
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This is how I solve a murder.
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We saw you
on the Artie Mann show, man.
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I thought I was gonna puke,
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you stunk up the joint so bad.
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What's the matter, Rock?
Pressure gettin' to you?
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Don't you guys
got something better to do?
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Got a tip about an hour ago.
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Stiff turned up in the desert
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about halfway
between here and Vegas.
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Come to pin another body
on me?
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Put it on my tab.
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Keep your shirt on,
piano man.
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All we want you to do
is identify him.
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Since when I start working
for the Census Bureau?
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I don't know.
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Maybe since your friends
started turning up dead!
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Local police are calling this
a drug overdose.
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They don't seem to think
it has anything to do
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with the two bullet holes
in his gut.
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I don't know, Rock.
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It seems to us
like maybe somebody got scared,
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dumped him right out here
in the middle of the desert.
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Wouldn't be too hard to convince
a jury that you killed this guy
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right along with Stygamian
and your ex-girlfriend.
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Fresno took off with him.
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They left together.
I thought they had a better gig.
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Does that look
like a better gig?
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Have some respect.
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People say he was
the next Lester Young.
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Oh, I get it.
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You fell on your head
as a baby, right?
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Everybody knows that
Jimmy Dorsey was the main man.
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Jimmy Dorsey?
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He played alto.
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Wardell played tenor.
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- That looks like an alto to me.
- Sure does.
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Now, see?
That's what confuses me.
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He left with a tenor,
but here he is with an alto.
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So maybe he just
felt like playing the alto.
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[scoffs]
Couldn't stand the alto.
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Said it made him sound
like Charlie Parker.
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Well, that's too bad,
because he sounds
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a lot like Charlie Parker now.
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How so?
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They're both...dead.
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[somber jazz music]
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♪
♪
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♪ I live in the shadows ♪
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♪ I hide from the light ♪
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♪ I keep to myself ♪
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♪ And stay in at night ♪
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♪ I don't go out often ♪
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♪ I'm alone when I do ♪
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♪ That's how I am ♪
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♪ That's me ♪
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♪ Without ♪
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♪ You ♪
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Wardell had been shacking up
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with a juice-head ofay named
Dallas Boudreau.
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[knock at door]
- What?
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(Rock)
Dallas, it's Rock.
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I got to talk to you.
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(Dallas)
I don't feel like talking.
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(Rock) I won't be long.
Come on, girl.
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(Dallas)
Fine. Come in.
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[opera music playing]
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Cops have been here already.
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Yeah, I know.
I seen them.
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[sobbing]
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Sorry, Dallas.
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He was a friend of mine too.
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I know.
I know.
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He liked you, Rock.
You want a drink?
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Sure, Dallas.
I'll drink with you.
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You know
he never hurt nobody.
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Was a good horn player too.
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We were gonna get married.
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Of course.
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You two could've had
a real go at it.
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You know,
he'd knew I'd been around.
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He didn't care.
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He didn't care that I've been
with Dizzy, Miles,
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and Thelonious and Mingus
and Parker,
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Brubeck, Clifford,
Webster, Blakey,
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'Trane, Mobley, Farmer.
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I did it with Chet Baker.
Whoo! Sonny Rollins.
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Don't forget about me.
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And you.
And you.
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But to him it didn't matter.
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Didn't matter that I did it
with Desmond, Pepper,
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Mulligan, Ella.
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Ooh, Ella was the best.
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Satchmo, Byas,
Powell, Tatum--
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- Dallas, Dallas.
- What?
260
00:12:46,147 --> 00:12:47,746
Did Wardell mention anything
261
00:12:47,748 --> 00:12:50,415
about a scientist
named Wilbur Stygamian?
262
00:12:50,417 --> 00:12:52,950
Hmm.
263
00:12:52,952 --> 00:12:55,352
Yeah, I might've
done it with him.
264
00:12:55,354 --> 00:12:57,420
I don't remember.
265
00:12:57,422 --> 00:12:59,822
But I know I did it
with Zoot Sims.
266
00:12:59,824 --> 00:13:02,024
Did it with Shorty Rogers,
Eric Dolphy--
267
00:13:02,026 --> 00:13:05,260
I'm not talking about that.
I mean, did, uh...
268
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did he mention doing business
with a guy named Stygamian?
269
00:13:10,166 --> 00:13:13,167
Styga--Stykoota what?
270
00:13:13,169 --> 00:13:16,270
Maybe that's
where he got the money!
271
00:13:16,272 --> 00:13:17,904
What money?
272
00:13:17,906 --> 00:13:21,073
His filthy,
no-good money!
273
00:13:21,075 --> 00:13:23,442
Where did he
get this money from, Dallas?
274
00:13:23,444 --> 00:13:25,076
I don't know.
275
00:13:25,078 --> 00:13:27,745
I don't know
and I don't care!
276
00:13:27,747 --> 00:13:30,180
All I know
is that he's dead now!
277
00:13:30,182 --> 00:13:32,315
The old man is dead!
278
00:13:32,317 --> 00:13:35,818
I loved him,
and now he's dead!
279
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[sobbing]
280
00:13:43,225 --> 00:13:46,026
- Where you going?
- Oh...
281
00:13:46,028 --> 00:13:48,194
Aren't you gonna sleep with me,
Rock?
282
00:13:48,196 --> 00:13:50,095
Oh, no, baby.
283
00:13:50,097 --> 00:13:52,063
Maybe some other time.
284
00:13:52,065 --> 00:13:55,866
Did he--did he happen
to leave his saxophone here?
285
00:13:55,868 --> 00:13:57,834
He never went anywhere
without his sax.
286
00:13:57,836 --> 00:13:59,368
- You know that, Rock.
- Huh.
287
00:13:59,370 --> 00:14:02,804
Take care of yourself,
Dallas.
288
00:14:04,540 --> 00:14:08,142
Hey, Rock,
you know what's funny?
289
00:14:08,144 --> 00:14:11,078
What's funny, Dallas?
290
00:14:11,080 --> 00:14:15,115
I really hate jazz.
291
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[sobbing]
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♪
♪
293
00:14:30,062 --> 00:14:31,062
(Rock) I drove out to the
marina to see a drug dealer
294
00:14:31,064 --> 00:14:33,898
named Bebop Jones.
295
00:14:33,900 --> 00:14:36,233
I had a hunch
about where Fresno and Wardell
296
00:14:36,235 --> 00:14:39,269
started their evening
after they left me at the club.
297
00:14:39,271 --> 00:14:42,272
[mellow jazz music]
298
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♪
♪
299
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Rock Banyon,
as I live and breathe.
300
00:14:49,813 --> 00:14:52,480
You know my female trinket,
Jiffy.
301
00:14:52,482 --> 00:14:55,983
- Hi.
- And the other ornaments.
302
00:14:55,985 --> 00:14:57,851
And of course,
from Georgia,
303
00:14:57,853 --> 00:15:01,120
the rock and roll performer,
Tabby Smooth.
304
00:15:01,122 --> 00:15:03,155
It's a pleasure to meet you,
Mr. Banyon.
305
00:15:03,157 --> 00:15:05,423
Same to you, Tabby.
306
00:15:05,425 --> 00:15:08,492
Tabby, why don't you grace us
with one of your new songs?
307
00:15:08,494 --> 00:15:09,960
Sure thing.
308
00:15:09,962 --> 00:15:11,494
[playing jangly rock music
on guitar]
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♪ Oh, baby, baby, baby ♪
310
00:15:14,565 --> 00:15:17,599
♪ Baby, baby, baby, baby ♪
311
00:15:17,601 --> 00:15:20,401
♪ B-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-baby ♪
312
00:15:20,403 --> 00:15:22,369
[applause]
313
00:15:22,371 --> 00:15:25,105
[laughs]
Wonderful!
314
00:15:25,107 --> 00:15:28,174
Wonderful.
[sighs]
315
00:15:28,176 --> 00:15:30,609
Never known you to be
a seafaring man, Rock.
316
00:15:30,611 --> 00:15:33,311
What brings you down to
my little neck of the H2O?
317
00:15:33,313 --> 00:15:35,313
I was thinking
maybe you could help me out.
318
00:15:35,315 --> 00:15:36,380
Of course.
319
00:15:36,382 --> 00:15:37,981
Hey, Jiffy, wiggle down below
320
00:15:37,983 --> 00:15:39,849
and get daddy's bag of goodies,
shan't you?
321
00:15:39,851 --> 00:15:41,584
Not that kind of help,
Bebop.
322
00:15:41,586 --> 00:15:45,154
Certainly there
are other kinds of help
323
00:15:45,156 --> 00:15:47,489
that do not fall under
my chemical jurisdiction, but--
324
00:15:47,491 --> 00:15:49,057
How well did you know Fresno?
325
00:15:49,059 --> 00:15:55,062
Oh, yes, Fresno Foxglove,
the Topanga Songbird.
326
00:15:55,064 --> 00:15:57,264
It's too bad about her, Rock.
327
00:15:57,266 --> 00:16:00,533
She was one of
my all-time faves.
328
00:16:00,535 --> 00:16:02,034
You dealt her drugs.
329
00:16:02,036 --> 00:16:05,003
I provided her with
much-needed relief, yes.
330
00:16:05,005 --> 00:16:08,072
She ever mention a guy to you
by the name of Wilbur Stygamian?
331
00:16:08,074 --> 00:16:09,540
The Swiss clockmaker?
332
00:16:09,542 --> 00:16:12,476
World class scientist.
333
00:16:12,478 --> 00:16:14,110
I like you, Rock.
334
00:16:14,112 --> 00:16:15,344
I like your music.
335
00:16:15,346 --> 00:16:17,145
I like how you carry yourself.
336
00:16:17,147 --> 00:16:20,181
You are one cool cat,
and listen.
337
00:16:20,183 --> 00:16:22,349
Any friend of Fresno's
is a friend of mine.
338
00:16:22,351 --> 00:16:23,350
Righteo?
339
00:16:23,352 --> 00:16:24,451
Drink up, everybody.
340
00:16:24,453 --> 00:16:26,352
It's a party!
341
00:16:26,354 --> 00:16:28,053
[chuckles]
342
00:16:28,055 --> 00:16:29,554
Now, here's a friendly piece
of advice
343
00:16:29,556 --> 00:16:31,556
you're not gonna find
in any newspaper.
344
00:16:31,558 --> 00:16:36,027
Don't go poking around
about Wilbur Stygamian.
345
00:16:36,029 --> 00:16:39,230
Sounds less like news
and more like an editorial.
346
00:16:39,232 --> 00:16:41,265
- What you care about it?
- Too much heat.
347
00:16:41,267 --> 00:16:43,067
That's all, daddy-o-no.
348
00:16:43,069 --> 00:16:45,736
With the cops?
I ain't scared of them.
349
00:16:45,738 --> 00:16:49,005
I'm not talking
about the cops, my dear boy.
350
00:16:49,007 --> 00:16:52,141
Cops are but merely
the foundation of the pyramid.
351
00:16:52,143 --> 00:16:54,443
This goes way higher
than that.
352
00:16:54,445 --> 00:16:57,479
How high?
353
00:16:57,481 --> 00:16:59,781
Jiffy, go get Mr. Banyon
354
00:16:59,783 --> 00:17:02,717
an around the world assortment
for his troubles.
355
00:17:02,719 --> 00:17:07,488
He's leaving pronto,
as in nowsies, as in really.
356
00:17:07,490 --> 00:17:09,122
Thanks for stopping by, Rock.
357
00:17:09,124 --> 00:17:11,324
Let me show you to the door.
358
00:17:13,794 --> 00:17:17,463
Last time you seen her?
359
00:17:17,465 --> 00:17:20,065
[sighs]
Maybe a couple of nights ago.
360
00:17:20,067 --> 00:17:21,299
She and that horn blower
came by
361
00:17:21,301 --> 00:17:23,634
for a merchandise transaction,
then split.
362
00:17:23,636 --> 00:17:27,638
That horn blower is dead.
363
00:17:27,640 --> 00:17:29,573
Don't go getting yourself
mixed up in this
364
00:17:29,575 --> 00:17:33,376
like so much malt in
a vanilla milkshake, Rock.
365
00:17:33,378 --> 00:17:36,312
Float your boat
in a different moat, kiddo.
366
00:17:36,314 --> 00:17:39,248
Waddle that paddle
or skedaddle.
367
00:17:39,250 --> 00:17:42,751
Lukewarm is not a book
in the Bible.
368
00:17:42,753 --> 00:17:45,653
Didn't happen
to leave his tenor sax here?
369
00:17:45,655 --> 00:17:47,521
Sax?
What's a saxophone?
370
00:17:47,523 --> 00:17:51,458
I mean raxajone--I mean--
Uh, no. Come on, guy.
371
00:17:51,460 --> 00:17:53,226
See you around, Bebop.
372
00:17:53,228 --> 00:17:57,296
Right, Rock, and sorry about
Fresno, and your friend.
373
00:17:57,298 --> 00:17:59,531
Good sax player.
374
00:17:59,533 --> 00:18:01,733
And I'm a good harp player.
Who cares?
375
00:18:01,735 --> 00:18:04,368
The kids these days
like rock and roll.
376
00:18:04,370 --> 00:18:07,637
Ain't that right,
Tabby Smooth?
377
00:18:07,639 --> 00:18:10,339
Jazz is dead.
378
00:18:10,341 --> 00:18:13,075
(man)
This is an odd, little fellow.
379
00:18:13,077 --> 00:18:14,576
Who is he?
380
00:18:14,578 --> 00:18:17,111
Where is he going?
381
00:18:17,113 --> 00:18:19,613
He doesn't seem like you and me.
382
00:18:19,615 --> 00:18:22,816
That's because
he's not like you and me.
383
00:18:22,818 --> 00:18:26,319
He plays the saxophone
in a jazz band.
384
00:18:26,321 --> 00:18:28,187
Let's listen to him play.
385
00:18:28,189 --> 00:18:30,789
[mellow jazz music]
386
00:18:30,791 --> 00:18:32,791
What is jazz?
387
00:18:32,793 --> 00:18:35,693
Jazz music
is improvisational music
388
00:18:35,695 --> 00:18:37,594
played over traditional
389
00:18:37,596 --> 00:18:41,230
and not-so-traditional
chord progressions.
390
00:18:41,232 --> 00:18:43,532
Jazz musicians
express themselves
391
00:18:43,534 --> 00:18:46,301
with their instruments
the way maybe
392
00:18:46,303 --> 00:18:49,137
a dancer expresses himself
on a dance floor,
393
00:18:49,139 --> 00:18:51,272
or a painter on a canvas.
394
00:18:51,274 --> 00:18:54,708
If the guitar player
goes too far off the chords,
395
00:18:54,710 --> 00:19:00,446
he loses his way something like
a schizophrenic or a maniac.
396
00:19:00,448 --> 00:19:04,883
If he only plays the chords,
he's a square.
397
00:19:04,885 --> 00:19:09,487
A square is a dead person
to a jazz musician.
398
00:19:09,489 --> 00:19:12,189
You probably are a square.
399
00:19:12,191 --> 00:19:15,125
You are too afraid to live,
400
00:19:15,127 --> 00:19:17,694
to take liberties
with your mind.
401
00:19:17,696 --> 00:19:20,530
Drugs scare you.
402
00:19:20,532 --> 00:19:23,566
Sex scares you.
403
00:19:23,568 --> 00:19:26,602
Pain and pleasure
both scare you,
404
00:19:26,604 --> 00:19:30,138
so you play the same melody
over and over again
405
00:19:30,140 --> 00:19:33,241
like a first class dud.
406
00:19:33,243 --> 00:19:34,842
You are square.
407
00:19:34,844 --> 00:19:37,211
The jazz musician senses
408
00:19:37,213 --> 00:19:40,180
the fear in you
like a woodland animal.
409
00:19:40,182 --> 00:19:42,315
Run away, jazz musician.
410
00:19:42,317 --> 00:19:47,152
Run.
Run from the squares.
411
00:19:47,154 --> 00:19:50,288
Ah, the sanctuary of jazz,
412
00:19:50,290 --> 00:19:52,890
the safety in no safety,
413
00:19:52,892 --> 00:19:57,394
the music lived in life
while life is happening.
414
00:19:57,396 --> 00:20:01,464
Jazz is life's adventure
set to rhythm,
415
00:20:01,466 --> 00:20:05,768
the haunting wail outside
that unsettles the mind,
416
00:20:05,770 --> 00:20:09,538
the coyote's howl in the night.
417
00:20:09,540 --> 00:20:11,640
What's out there?
418
00:20:11,642 --> 00:20:13,575
Don't let it in.
419
00:20:13,577 --> 00:20:18,513
If it gets in, we will die.
420
00:20:18,515 --> 00:20:20,281
That's jazz.
421
00:20:22,183 --> 00:20:23,616
What fun.
422
00:20:23,618 --> 00:20:27,553
What joyous fun.
[laughs]
423
00:20:27,555 --> 00:20:30,455
It's delightful
to give pleasure and joy
424
00:20:30,457 --> 00:20:32,723
through great works of art.
425
00:20:32,725 --> 00:20:34,791
I know you appreciate it.
426
00:20:34,793 --> 00:20:38,628
Boghei Cigarettes
also give pleasure and joy
427
00:20:38,630 --> 00:20:42,798
in two different varieties,
fresh leaf and menthol plus,
428
00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:44,666
also in four different sizes,
429
00:20:44,668 --> 00:20:48,436
cool 120s,
sporty filterless 100s,
430
00:20:48,438 --> 00:20:49,837
on-the-go 220s,
431
00:20:49,839 --> 00:20:53,207
and ladyfinger 3,000s.
432
00:20:53,209 --> 00:20:55,342
Since when?
433
00:20:55,344 --> 00:20:59,612
Why would they take
tobacco commercials off of TV?
434
00:20:59,614 --> 00:21:01,714
It makes no sense.
435
00:21:01,716 --> 00:21:03,749
This was a large part
of my income for years.
436
00:21:03,751 --> 00:21:05,884
I-I don't understand.
437
00:21:05,886 --> 00:21:08,853
I have a lifetime contract
with Boghei,
438
00:21:08,855 --> 00:21:12,556
which, I should mention,
is a pretty smooth smoke.
439
00:21:12,558 --> 00:21:15,725
Enjoyable after dinner
or even during mealtime.
440
00:21:15,727 --> 00:21:19,628
Boghei, for a fresh, relaxing--
441
00:21:19,630 --> 00:21:21,930
I did not try
and slip in an advertisement.
442
00:21:21,932 --> 00:21:25,433
How dare you?
You know what? I quit.
443
00:21:25,435 --> 00:21:28,436
One thing I will never quit
is the fresh taste of Boghei.
444
00:21:28,438 --> 00:21:31,372
Hurry, Darnell, get in here.
Get a closeup of--dolly in.
445
00:21:31,374 --> 00:21:33,440
Closeup on the--before
the boss man shuts off the p--