All language subtitles for 083 - The Queen Of Soul

That's okay. I'll get it.

Are you sure?

Absolutely positive?

This is fantastic.

Thank you.

Yes, I've got it. The interview that was
impossible to get. Come on, you guys.

Guess who it is. Guess.

Murphy, will you please?

We're busy people trying to put together
an important news show. I did graduate

cum laude from Harvard to sit around
playing 20 questions.

Is it Marlon Brando? No. Okay. I'll give
you some clues.

Royalty. Come on, Jim. You can get this
royalty.

Royalty. Royalty. Fine.

King Tut.

You said it was an impossible interview
to get.

Queen Elizabeth.

Princess Margaret. No.

Okay. Clue number two.

Detroit. Well, see, it's not that guy on
Michigan TV who calls himself the king

of gas barbecues, is it? Yes, Frank.
That's why I'm so excited. I finally got

Roy from Butane World as my guest.

Princess Di.

Prince Charles.

No, that little kid. What's his name?
Little Prince Chucky. Rex Harrison.

Harrison. Harrison Ford. Betty Ford.
Shut up.

Can you hear me?

Jeez, what is with you guys?

Detroit royalty.

The Queen of Soul.

It's Aretha.

Aretha Franklin.

Just one slight problem.

Aretha is such a full interview.

I don't see how I can fit it into our
usual 12 -minute segment. Oh, boy. Here

go again. Look, forget it, Murph. I am
not cutting down another one of my

interviews just because you can't work
within the time frame of the show.

That's right. You always do this.

The show is called FYI, not Murphy Brown
and some other people who aren't that

important.

Now, let's be reasonable here, people.
The only thing Murphy is asking for

I don't believe this. He's going to do
it.

You're going to do it. Frank, would you
put yourself in my place for one minute?

On the one hand, I've got Aretha
Franklin and a possible 40 share. On the

hand, my highly paid news team's hurt
feelings.

So, how much time do you need, Murphy?

Oh, hardly anything at all. An extra
five or six minutes should do it from

of you. Are you out of your mind? Miles!

May I remind you that our new segment,
The World According to Dial, premieres

this week's show.

Are you saying that you're going to cut
it just to satisfy the gluttonous whim

of Miss Gimme Gimme Gimme?

Now, come on now, people. Let's see a
little teamwork here. I'm sure if the

tables were turned and one of you came
to Murphy for time, she'd give it to

wouldn't you, Murphy?

Oh, yeah, that'll happen.

get some work done here. So am I. My big
interview is tonight.

Eldon, look.

These are the shoes Aretha wore when she
played the waitress in the Blues

Brothers movie. I bought them at a
charity auction.

Uh -huh.

And this is her first million -selling
single, I Never Loved a Man.

Did you know Aretha was the first woman
inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of

Fame? And she won't fly. She'll only
take trains.

That's one of the reasons it was so hard
for us to get together. Hey, hey, hey.

Geez, will you put that mouth in park
for a second?

I've been trying to come up with a mural
for the baby's nursery for over a month

now, and I'm blocking.

I mean, it not only has to be visually
stimulating, it has to be politically

socially aware, and it has to have a lot
of those cute little bunnies in it.

Tell me what you have so far. Oh, it's a
historical montage of the white man's

massacre of the American Indians.

I don't know, Eldon.

You think Custer's last stand might be a
little too explicit for an infant?

Of course it's too explicit.

What, do you think I don't know that?
You think I like scaring little babies?

But it was real easy to work the bunnies
into.

Oh, you see what I'm up against here?

Oh, Eldon, there's plenty of time.

She's not due for seven months.

Where's the time going?

I mean, I never worked with a deadline
before. I even went out and...

Bought one of these, a calendar.

Did you know that June came before
September?

Eldon, don't worry.

Everything will be fine. You'll figure
it out, and then when it's done, you'll

step back from your masterpiece, and
you'll say that this... Oh, God,

only has 28 days?

Two minutes to air, people!

Miles, I got Derek, our driver, on the
phone. Aretha's train was delayed two

hours outside of Toledo, but it's
definitely due to arrive any minute. Let

talk to him.

Miles Silverberg wants to talk to you.

Small glasses.

Are you the same guy he drove to the
urologist? Give me that.

We go live in a little over one minute,
Miles. I know, I know.

Yeah, it's me.

Derek, I want you to call the second
Miss Franklin's train pulls in. And

wait for her luggage.

Just...

It did? Great. Get her and bring her
here ASAP.

Listen up, people.

Aretha's train has arrived and she's on
her way. Of course she's on her way. Why

wouldn't she be on her way? She's a
queen of soul, for God's sake.

Okay, okay, here's the plan. Since we go
live in... 60 seconds. 60 seconds.

Instead of Murphy's interview opening
the show, first up will be Frank's.

That'll give Aretha plenty of time to
get here. All right, places, everyone.

This is it, Frank.

leading off an historic show, the
segment before a refund.

Quite an honor for you. Don't you talk
to me. Because of you, my story is a

crummy four and a half minutes long.

Be quiet, Frank.

I have to breathe now, and I need to ask
Murphy if it's all right to use my

share of the oxygen.

In this gym, my big moment, and these
guys can't let go of their petty

Tell it to somebody who gives a rodent's
behind.

We have a very special program that's
caused a lot of excitement around here

this week.

As hundreds of Kuwait's oil wells
continue to burn, wreaking social and

havoc for generations to come.

Jim?

Thank you, Frank, for that astonishing,
albeit very brief, look at the

devastating scourge inflicted by a
madman.

Hey, my pleasure.

I should have been here by now.

Frank, although it wasn't covered in
your edited piece, I understand well in

Kuwait you spent time with that
legendary oil firefighter Red Adair.

Uh -huh.

That must have been pretty exciting.

Oh, yeah.

Frank, why don't you tell us about it?

You had to be there.

Okay. We'll be back after this message.

Commercial. Come commercial.

And we're clear.

Hello. Derek, where are you?

Vermont Avenue.

Vermont Avenue? What's he doing that far
north?

He was forced into a detour. The sewer
lines in front of the Senate exploded

again.

Derek, we're counting on you.

He said he could have her here in eight
minutes.

Eight minutes?

I can't keep yammering with Frank. Eight
more minutes? You see the state he's

in? I looked into his eyes.

There was something cold and dead in
there.

Jim, you don't have to stall. When we
come out of commercial, we'll go to

Corky's piece.

Yes, Corky's piece. That'll give Aretha
plenty of time to get here. So it'll all

work out fine. All right, look alive.
Coming back from commercial in five,

three, two... Welcome back.

And now, Corky Sherwood Forrest takes us
on a behind -the -scenes glimpse at a

museum dedicated to a man who literally
changed the face of Hollywood.

Movie makeup artist Max Factor. Corky?

Thank you, Jim.

It all began in a little town in Russia
for a boy who had a vision, a dream, and

a family full of amazingly unattractive
women.

At our last stop on the tour, the Max
Factor boutique, it's comforting to know

that while the man himself may be gone,
his wide variety of fine skin and hair

products live on.

Excuse me.

I think I gave you a 20.

This is Corky Sherwood Forrest
reporting.

Thank you, Corky, for that.

Corky, in watching your segment, I
couldn't help but wonder...

Max, is that short for anything?

Maxwell or Maximilian?

Back to million.

Max.

You also mentioned that Mr. Factor is
known as the father of the human hair

How did that innovation come about?

Well, I'm not really sure, Jim.

You see, I wasn't able to get into as
much detail on my story as I would have

liked.

is that they use too much concealer.

As a result, it builds up in their
facial creases, especially around the

Around the eyes, you say?

Maybe there's a better way to illustrate
this.

Carl, give us a tight close -up on
Murphy.

on the times in which we live, the world
according to diary. Cheers.

Yes, well, thank you, Murphy.

My commentary tonight is on the Pentagon
budget.

They spend too much and they should
stop.

I'll tell you why next week when I have
more time.

introducing my commentary. My commentary
was... This is all your fault. You cut

my... Jack!

Jack! Hello?

Derek, where are you?

Chinatown? How did you get way over
there?

No, no, no. Don't waste any time telling
me. You just get her here. Do you hear

me? I don't care how you do it. You
just... You're 20 minutes away and I've

33 minutes of show to fill.

We're dead.

We're not dead, Miles.

All we have to do is stretch a little
more.

Oh, yes. It's so easy when you're... I'm
not the one doing the stretching. I've

used every word in the English language
except lavalier.

Turn the camera on me. I'm ready to go.

Lavalier, lavalier.

I'll give you 20 seconds.

Fine, I'll just stretch by myself.

I know a lot about Aretha. You may want
to take notes. You're about to watch a

professional journalist at work in the
face of a crisis.

final segment tonight murphy brown
brings us something i can hardly wait to

thank you jim respect that's what it's
all about

whether my guest tonight got her first
taste of it as a little girl singing in

her father's gospel choir or by a
remarkable recording career that made

undisputed queen of soul one thing's for
certain she's earned her share of it

i'm talking of course about Aretha
Franklin.

But before Aretha joins us, I'd like to
share some personal things about the

woman and her music, of which there is
so much.

Let me start with my favorite song,
Respect.

Of course, she's had so many hits,
Natural Woman, Chain of Fools, Baby, I

Love You, but...

Given the unfortunate time restraints of
television, it would be impossible for

me to list them all.

Spanish Harlem, Daydreaming, and
Rocksteady.

Well, how about that? I guess I could
name them all. I only wonder which of

these classics she'll sing for us when
she joins us tonight.

And she will be joining us.

But first... I'd like to let you know
where it all happens.

The piano.

The conduit through which Miss
Franklin's message is delivered.

Yes, the piano. A Steinway Grand. The
professional's choice.

The professional, in this instance,
being one Miss Aretha Franklin.

The piano, well, this particular one,
black, with, um, 88

keys.

Three, four.

Well, I'm sure they're all there.

Ebony and ivory.

Oh, she didn't write that, but I'm sure
she could sing the hell out of it.

Did I mention that Aretha's won more
Grammys than any other female vocalist?

Well, I think it bears repeating.

Aretha's won more Grammys...

If I understand correctly, your intense
drive to succeed in show business was

the result of a deep need for a father's
affection.

Yep. Even as a child, I'd go up into the
woods with my little 8mm camera and

take movies of the deer and elk goring
each other with their antlers. My dad

went crazy over that stuff. I remember
one summer vacation, we went up into

cougar country in Banff with about 10
pounds of raw meat.

Oh, gee, Carl, I see we're getting the
cue to wrap it all up.

I guess that means the show's over.

How did that happen?

Well, I guess it's back to you, Jim.

Bye. Where did the time go?

Our apologies to Aretha that we ran out
of time. We hope she can come back again

soon. We sincerely hope you'll come back
again, too.

From all of us at FYI, this is Jim Dial.

Good night.

That wasn't too bad.

We still managed to fill up the whole
hour.

I think the network will give us credit
for that.

Who am I kidding?

We're dead.

I'll take away my key to the executive
washroom.

The faucets turned on by themselves,
John. I'll never see that again.

Murphy.

Before the show, we were all so upset.
We were hoping something really awesome

would happen. What awful would happen to
you? You know, like your hair

collapsing on air or a pit bull getting
into the studio and attacking you or...

What was yours, Frank?

Spontaneous combustion.

In our wildest fantasies, we didn't want
you to suffer like this.

And if you need us, we're here for you.

would have needed the extra time.

Once saw a chicken do that at the county
fair.

Aretha.

Yes, I missed the show, huh?

Oh, only by a little bit.

God, I can't believe you're standing
here.

Oh, me either.

Sixteen hours on the train.

And then we drove around in circles for
hours.

I can relate.

You wouldn't believe what the last hour
of my life's been like.

Yes, I could.

I saw it on TV in the back of the limo.

I haven't seen anything that
embarrassing since a moth flew in my

Hollywood Bowl.

Well, tonight was bad, all right.

But, you know, the humiliation wasn't
the worst part.

It was that I missed the chance to be
two feet away from you when you sang. I

always wanted that.

Closest I ever came was Section 12, Row
D at RFK Stadium.

You know, I realize I'm not the biggest
audience you've ever played for, but

I'd sure be the most appreciative.

Okay? Scoot -o.

Ooh, a Steinway professional's choice.

Looking out on the morning rain

I used to feel

so uninspired

And when I

knew I had to face another day

let's get one thing straight i'm not
martha and you ain't no vandella yeah

i'm a solo act okay

was much better that time.

Go ahead and sing. I know it's killing
you.

that you've got, but don't show up at
the Grammy.