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And finally, special thanks to
Ashley schaeffer for filling in today.

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You guys are tough.
I hope I didn't embarrass myself.

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Well, you certainly didn't
pull any punches with Harvey.

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So, tune in next Sunday when
we have the regular group back

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here on focus new York.

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Hmm?

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How good did you look
on that tv show?

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Well, it's not meet the press,
but I think I did really well.

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I mean, how good did you
look on that tv show?

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You are turning my first ever
television appearance

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into a sexual thing?

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I'm trying to.

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How nice.

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Don't get me wrong. I think you're
bright, intelligent, articulate,

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and you generally kick butt.
It's an added bonus that...

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I'm really turned on.

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It is, is it?

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Definitely. When
I grew up watching tv,

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I always fantasized
about the women.

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Farrah fawcett, Linda Carter...

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...Betty rubble.

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She's a cartoon character,
Mike.

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But she had a hot little body.

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Everybody have a good weekend?

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Too lazy to leave
my apartment. You?

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I actually paid guys
to come over

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and move the refrigerator
closer to my couch.

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Get yourself a bedpan,

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you can lay down Friday night

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and call it a weekend.

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Oh, Stuart, one day,

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you're going to make
some woman very, very unhappy.

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Mayor's approval
ratings came out.

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And?

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ahh...

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Ooh...

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I'd like to make
a silly noise, too,

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but I don't know
what these numbers mean.

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It's actually a very
predictable poll.

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Goes up with good news,
down with bad news.

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What you want to watch
for is a long, steady...

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Drop.

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Ooh.

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This is the slump
of all slumps.

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They hate us.
I don't understand it.

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They elected us in.

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This wasn't a military coup.

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All right, Paul.
Let's see if we can

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start turning the tide
on this one.

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We're gonna introduce our nominee
for public schools chancellor

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Joel bronsteen.
He's an exceptional candidate.

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So let's use him.
Let's drum up a little excitement.

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You got it, Mike.
This is

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going to be like
an afternoon at the circus.

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Nikki, Carter, throw
together a focus group.

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Find out
what's on people's minds.

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This is exciting.

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Chance to see
democracy in action.

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Allowing the citizens
to speak directly

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to the people responsible
for governing them.

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I'd like to be
a part of that. What?

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No, nothing. I've just never
seen this side of you before.

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This is the side that loved
the lion king, right?

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Hey. Professor bronsteen.
Good morning.

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Good morning, Michael.
I hope I didn't get James here into any trouble.

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I dragged him over to the
regency for breakfast.

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Mike, $11 for 2 eggs.

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Back in Wisconsin, I once bought
a dozen eggs for 60 cents.

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There were
4 double-yokers.

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I bet your family
still talks about that.

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See you later, Jim.
Sure.

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Jumping ship, egg boy?

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What?

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Kissing up to the new
public schools chancellor.

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Go work under him.
Maybe leapfrog a few positions.

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Gamble he's a candidate
down the line.

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Stuart, he was the Dean
of students at Columbia.

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When I showed up freshman year,

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I was this
unsophisticated geek.

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And he told you it was ok
to be that way forever?

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I just owe a lot to that guy.

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That's fine. But you're
in line behind me.

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Remember that.
You have got to know your place.

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Stuey, fetch us another
cup of coffee, chop-chop.

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Chop-chop.

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Remember, let's try to
pump this up a little.

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Mike, please,
I'm a master at this.

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Ladies and gentlemen,
the mayor.

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What the hell was that?

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What, are you kidding?
I killed out there.

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Good morning.

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Now, as you all know,
the retirement of

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Raymond rodriquez

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has left us with

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very large shoes to fill.

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But we feel confident that we
have found a worthy successor.

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So, ladies and gentlemen,
my nominee

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for the new public schools
chancellor- Joel bronsteen.

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Thank you, mr. Mayor.
Good morning, everybody.

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I think I'm a familiar face
to most of you here,

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and you've already
received a copy

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of my proposal
for curriculum reform,

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so I don't really think I have
anything to add at this time.

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Whoo-boy.
This is exciting.

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The conventional wisdom is that the
public school system is beyond repair.

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Why would you want
to take this on?

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That's very funny.

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My wife asked me that very same
question last night at dinner.

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actually, I myself am a product of
the new York public school system,

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and I can think of
no more worthy task

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than restoring
that great institution

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to its former Glory.

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Dr. Bronsteen, this morning
my station, channel 10 news,

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came into possession
of a videotape

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of a grateful dead concert
from 1971

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that shows you smoking
marijuana.

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Do you have any comment?

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as I recall...
It was an excellent show.

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yeah. Ok.

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Didn't you guys do a
background check on bronsteen?

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Yes, but forgot
to ask the question,

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"have you ever smoked
a doobie on film?"

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Hi! I saw you on tv!

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Katie couric's got
nothing on you.

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Oh, thank you, Roberta.

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I can't believe the response I've
gotten from being on that show.

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I have a by-line in the paper
four or five times a week,

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and then I'm on tv once, and I'm getting
calls from my parents, old roommates.

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Even my High school
boyfriend called.

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That's a lot of calls.

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And you won't believe this.

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The local abc affiliate
wants me to audition today.

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You should do that.
You'd be great.

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What should I wear?
My pinstripe suit, maybe?

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Uh, yeah, that'd be good.

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That new blue dress I got?

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Uh, yeah, I like that one.

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Or I could just go as a pirate.

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Eye patch, sword, hook.

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Yeah, that would work.

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Did you say something
about a hook?

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You caught me.

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I'm sorry, honey.
I'd love to enjoy this with you,

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but I can't stop thinking,
like, how do I keep the mayor

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from becoming a centerfold
in hightimes magazine.

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It's okay.
Just wish me luck.

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Luck? You don't need luck.
You're gonna kill 'em.

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Wait a minute,
what High school boyfriend?

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James is in your office
with professor bronsteen.

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I hope you put him
in the nonsmoking section.

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Michael.
I just wanted to tell you

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how sorry I am
about everything.

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I didn't even know
a tape existed.

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It was 25 years ago.

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Yet on television,
it looks like yesterday.

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Another miracle of videotape.

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Now, Michael, I know we're both

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in a pretty tight spot
here, but

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if you're game,
I'm ready to fight this.

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Oh, we're game.

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In fact, I'll bet we've
already got a game plan.

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Uh, yeah, there will be
a nice show of support.

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We'll make a few calls
we've even got

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a few public service
announcements planned.

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Public service announcements?

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Yeah, like, "stay off drugs...

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Take it from someone
who's been there. "

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We're still working on it.

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I think I understand.

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Joel.

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Michael.

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Don't worry about a thing, sir.

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We'll get going
on this right away.

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Mike is a genius
at things like this.

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I can tell.

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Man, that was great
seeing you guys together.

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You two are, like, the biggest
influences in my life,

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and I'm embarrassing you.

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Let me go get started
on these announcements.

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Well, I've got one.

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Bronsteen will put
a chicken in every pot...

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And also put some pot
in every chicken.

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Little joke there.

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We're gonna do this.

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thanks, Mike.

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You really are the best.

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I do understand the board of
education's position, ma'am,

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but seriously, if you consider
the time frame involved

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and the nature of
professor bronsteen's offense,

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I mean, it's really...

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It's really no worse
than a speeding ticket.

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And-and-and we've all gotten our share
of speeding tickets, right, ma'am?

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Really.

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Spotless record.

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Congratulations.

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Well, actually, it's more
like a parking ticket.

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Not a one.

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Wow. You do...

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You do...
You drive a car, ma'am?

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Ok. Great. Well,
what professor bronsteen did,

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it's really a lot like...

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Driving a car.

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I really don't know how, ma'am.

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Why are you still doing this?

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It's a long story.

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Mike, we've got a list
of 10 other candidates,

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all of them as qualified
as bronsteen,

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and I'll bet at least 7 of
them have never smoked pot.

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Not on film, anyway.

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Hell, Jenkins is 85.

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Worst case there, he's
addicted to metamucil.

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You are so sensitive, Stuart.

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We ought to send you out to
the senior citizens homes.

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Hey, I'm just trying to help.

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You have fun tonight.

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Hey, Stuart.

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Yeah.

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Got a copy of that list?

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I thought you'd never ask.

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The mayor's in your office.

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We got the latest
approval ratings?

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Right here, Mike.

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No. This is a mistake.

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These are
the disapproval ratings.

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How bad can it be this time?

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Ohhh...

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This focus group report you
guys gave me is ridiculous,

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and I am not going to pander

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to the whims of
a few disgruntled-

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hoo-ah.

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But they want
to change my hair.

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Nothing drastic, sir.

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Just a slow, gradual fade
to a more youthful Brown.

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So it's about age.

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Not age, sir.
Perception... of age.

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Look at Dick Clark.
Not a Gray hair on his head,

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and he's as popular today
as he was 100 years ago.

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They don't like my
gestures, my cadence...

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My height.

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Are you sure they have

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the right Randall Winston here?

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Actually, sir,
they prefer "Randy. "

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Randy?

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Only 2 people in my life
have ever called me Randy-

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my wife and my...

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Basketball coach.

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Still rings in my ears.

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"Hey, Randy,
go back door. "

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I'm guessing
that was your coach.

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Look, sir, I know these seem
like superficial issues,

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but you've seen the numbers,

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and as crazy as it seems,

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00:11:54,133 --> 00:11:56,601
if we don't do something
to boost your image,

254
00:11:56,667 --> 00:11:58,968
everything we're working towards
is in serious Jeopardy.

255
00:12:00,033 --> 00:12:01,234
excuse me. Mike?
I'm sorry.

256
00:12:01,300 --> 00:12:03,000
The press is on me
like locusts,

257
00:12:03,067 --> 00:12:04,968
and every question's
about bronsteen.

258
00:12:05,033 --> 00:12:06,868
Did he inhale?
Did he exhale?

259
00:12:06,934 --> 00:12:10,934
Did he roll his own, or did
he smoke it out of a gong?

260
00:12:13,267 --> 00:12:15,033
Please just consider
these suggestions.

261
00:12:15,100 --> 00:12:17,567
Yeah, but too tall.
How do I work with that?

262
00:12:26,534 --> 00:12:28,567
Look, this office
does not revolve

263
00:12:28,634 --> 00:12:31,467
around one man's
adolescent indiscretions.

264
00:12:31,534 --> 00:12:32,868
There are other
more positive things

265
00:12:32,934 --> 00:12:34,133
we are focusing on here.

266
00:12:34,200 --> 00:12:36,067
We're opening a new
subway station today.

267
00:12:36,133 --> 00:12:38,400
James, do you have that speech?

268
00:12:38,467 --> 00:12:40,000
All right. Uh...

269
00:12:40,067 --> 00:12:43,000
"As you shuffle down
into this gaping hole... "

270
00:12:46,567 --> 00:12:49,501
"... to be driven
into a dark abyss,

271
00:12:49,567 --> 00:12:52,968
try not to be overwhelmed by the
insignificance of your life. "

272
00:12:55,133 --> 00:12:57,334
Say, that's inspiring.

273
00:12:57,400 --> 00:12:59,334
Sorry, Mike. I guess
I'm a little depressed.

274
00:12:59,400 --> 00:13:02,567
You can't let this bronsteen
thing affect your work.

275
00:13:02,634 --> 00:13:04,033
Mike, this is unfair.

276
00:13:04,100 --> 00:13:05,534
He's getting
raked over the coals

277
00:13:05,601 --> 00:13:07,467
for something that
happened 20 years ago.

278
00:13:07,534 --> 00:13:09,200
There's not a lot
we can do about it.

279
00:13:09,267 --> 00:13:11,000
You said there'd be
a show of support for him.

280
00:13:11,067 --> 00:13:13,901
Yes, yes, a show of support,

281
00:13:13,968 --> 00:13:15,467
not actual support.

282
00:13:19,501 --> 00:13:21,467
That's why they call it a show.

283
00:13:23,467 --> 00:13:25,901
You seen cats?

284
00:13:25,968 --> 00:13:27,734
Those are not real cats.

285
00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:30,300
You don't feel a bit guilty

286
00:13:30,367 --> 00:13:31,434
about any of this?

287
00:13:31,501 --> 00:13:32,801
Feel?

288
00:13:32,868 --> 00:13:34,834
This is politics, James.

289
00:13:34,901 --> 00:13:37,400
I receive.
I sense the mood of the public,

290
00:13:37,467 --> 00:13:40,067
I respond, I shape it.

291
00:13:40,133 --> 00:13:41,701
I don't have time to feel.

292
00:13:41,767 --> 00:13:43,200
So that's the way it works?

293
00:13:43,267 --> 00:13:45,100
That's the only way it works.

294
00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:54,434
Mike, I lost you there on
"sense the mood of the people. "

295
00:13:54,501 --> 00:13:56,000
How does that work?

296
00:14:01,033 --> 00:14:03,200
Okay, look for
the red light on the camera,

297
00:14:03,267 --> 00:14:04,901
and action.

298
00:14:07,033 --> 00:14:08,734
See that? You haven't
even said a word,

299
00:14:08,801 --> 00:14:10,701
and already I'm loving it.

300
00:14:10,767 --> 00:14:13,501
Action, Ashley.
Please.

301
00:14:13,567 --> 00:14:15,467
You still haven't said a word.

302
00:14:15,534 --> 00:14:17,267
And yet I'm still riveted.

303
00:14:19,067 --> 00:14:20,968
You do eventually speak, right?

304
00:14:22,601 --> 00:14:25,901
Could I just get
some water, please?

305
00:14:25,968 --> 00:14:27,501
Thank you.

306
00:14:29,334 --> 00:14:32,167
oop! Oopsy-Daisy.

307
00:14:32,234 --> 00:14:35,767
Okay. I'm ready.

308
00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:42,200
Uh... police today
apprehend the, uh...

309
00:14:42,267 --> 00:14:45,734
Oh, wait, I'm sorry. Do I-um...
do I stick to an inverse-

310
00:14:45,801 --> 00:14:47,167
Cut!
No. I-

311
00:14:47,234 --> 00:14:49,234
hey. Great!

312
00:14:50,767 --> 00:14:52,634
Bravo! Bravo!

313
00:14:52,701 --> 00:14:54,234
Ahh, nice try, Mike.

314
00:14:54,300 --> 00:14:55,367
No, no, come on. Hey,

315
00:14:55,434 --> 00:14:58,834
there was a rawness there,
a humanity.

316
00:14:58,901 --> 00:15:02,767
People want to watch news and say,
"hey, I could do that, too. "

317
00:15:05,734 --> 00:15:08,467
And you gave that to them.

318
00:15:08,534 --> 00:15:10,901
Do you think I should try again?
They offered me another audition.

319
00:15:10,968 --> 00:15:13,901
They did? They-
of course they did.

320
00:15:13,968 --> 00:15:15,167
Yeah. What do you think?

321
00:15:15,234 --> 00:15:18,434
Well, I think
that you should do

322
00:15:18,501 --> 00:15:21,133
whatever it is
you think you should do.

323
00:15:21,200 --> 00:15:23,400
Come on, I want your opinion.

324
00:15:23,467 --> 00:15:24,534
Mine?

325
00:15:24,601 --> 00:15:26,267
Do you see anyone else
in the room?

326
00:15:26,334 --> 00:15:27,501
No.

327
00:15:28,767 --> 00:15:30,033
I wish I did.

328
00:15:32,234 --> 00:15:36,901
Okay, I think that
you should go for it.

329
00:15:36,968 --> 00:15:38,734
So you're saying
I should just pick up

330
00:15:38,801 --> 00:15:41,067
and leave the job
at the paper that I love.

331
00:15:41,133 --> 00:15:42,968
No. You know what? No.

332
00:15:43,033 --> 00:15:44,567
No, you love that paper.

333
00:15:44,634 --> 00:15:47,100
You should stay there
forever and ever.

334
00:15:47,167 --> 00:15:50,200
But what if this is the greatest
opportunity of my life, you know?

335
00:15:52,934 --> 00:15:54,701
ahhh...

336
00:15:56,334 --> 00:15:58,801
This is unbelievable!
You're not even trying!

337
00:15:58,868 --> 00:16:01,734
Are you kidding me?
I'm working my ass off here.

338
00:16:04,767 --> 00:16:06,434
Mayor in yet this morning, janelle?

339
00:16:06,501 --> 00:16:08,200
Not yet.

340
00:16:08,267 --> 00:16:10,033
Listen, James,
I'm sorry about, uh...

341
00:16:10,100 --> 00:16:12,367
Don't even worry about it.
It's nothin'.

342
00:16:12,434 --> 00:16:14,901
Great.
Nice suit.

343
00:16:14,968 --> 00:16:17,334
We have a problem with the
certificate we're supposed to give

344
00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:19,501
to the transit authority
employee of the month.

345
00:16:19,567 --> 00:16:21,934
Problem? Us?
You gotta be kidding.

346
00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:24,734
They just arrested
the employee.

347
00:16:26,767 --> 00:16:28,200
Apparently he masterminded

348
00:16:28,267 --> 00:16:30,834
a $4 million token
laundering scheme.

349
00:16:30,901 --> 00:16:32,167
How'd they catch him?

350
00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:39,100
Uh, his wife turned him in.

351
00:16:39,167 --> 00:16:40,934
So now it's
the transit authority...

352
00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:42,100
Spouse of the month.

353
00:16:45,300 --> 00:16:46,734
My thought exactly.

354
00:16:46,801 --> 00:16:47,801
Thanks.

355
00:16:48,868 --> 00:16:50,300
You got that, Carter?

356
00:16:50,367 --> 00:16:52,067
Uh-huh. Yeah.

357
00:16:52,133 --> 00:16:53,434
Mike, I need your help here.

358
00:16:53,501 --> 00:16:54,734
Yeah. What you got?

359
00:16:54,801 --> 00:16:56,534
Chief nader says
the fire department

360
00:16:56,601 --> 00:16:59,167
won't co-sponsor the mayor's
neighborhood safety program.

361
00:16:59,234 --> 00:17:01,133
Tell you what.
Rewrite the proposal.

362
00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:02,968
Call it the nader initiative.

363
00:17:03,033 --> 00:17:05,701
We'll let him take credit for it
as long as he stays on the team.

364
00:17:05,767 --> 00:17:07,100
Nader's a sweet old guy.

365
00:17:07,167 --> 00:17:09,367
He's just concerned about
his own job security.

366
00:17:09,434 --> 00:17:10,868
Yeah, well, he should be.

367
00:17:10,934 --> 00:17:13,567
He keeps yanking us, he'll find
himself out on the street.

368
00:17:13,634 --> 00:17:16,000
The man's either with us
or against us, period.

369
00:17:20,501 --> 00:17:22,067
obi-Mike
has taught you well,

370
00:17:22,133 --> 00:17:24,701
but, Luke, I am your father.

371
00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:30,434
T minus 30 minutes.

372
00:17:30,501 --> 00:17:33,033
Mike, any change on our
position on bronsteen?

373
00:17:33,100 --> 00:17:35,067
No. No, we, uh,
we still-

374
00:17:35,133 --> 00:17:36,300
we gotta let him go.

375
00:17:36,367 --> 00:17:38,033
But, uh, we're going
to do it gently.

376
00:17:38,100 --> 00:17:39,534
We're going to go
to bat for him.

377
00:17:39,601 --> 00:17:42,467
We'll highlight his distinguished
career as an educator.

378
00:17:42,534 --> 00:17:45,100
He's still a friend
of this administration.

379
00:17:45,167 --> 00:17:48,534
Whoa. What are you talking about?
We gotta dump this guy.

380
00:17:48,601 --> 00:17:50,133
Excuse me?

381
00:17:50,200 --> 00:17:53,067
Well... I hate to interrupt
your violin solo,

382
00:17:53,133 --> 00:17:56,400
but in case you haven't noticed,
we've been taking on water.

383
00:17:56,467 --> 00:17:59,067
This guy bronsteen's just an anchor, Mike.
He's dragging us down.

384
00:17:59,133 --> 00:18:01,968
James, I know that's not how
you feel about the guy.

385
00:18:02,033 --> 00:18:03,133
I'm sorry.
Feel?

386
00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:04,901
I thought we went
over this, Mike.

387
00:18:04,968 --> 00:18:07,767
This is politics.
We really don't have time to feel.

388
00:18:11,501 --> 00:18:12,934
What happened to old James?

389
00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:15,033
I miss him.
I want him back.

390
00:18:15,100 --> 00:18:17,200
you can't have him back.

391
00:18:18,601 --> 00:18:20,234
He's come over
to the dark side,

392
00:18:20,300 --> 00:18:23,868
and together we shall rule
city hall as father and son.

393
00:18:27,567 --> 00:18:29,334
Hey, James.

394
00:18:29,400 --> 00:18:30,334
What?

395
00:18:31,434 --> 00:18:33,834
Easy, young Skywalker.

396
00:18:33,901 --> 00:18:36,701
I come in peace.

397
00:18:36,767 --> 00:18:38,234
Want a drink?
I'm buying.

398
00:18:39,634 --> 00:18:41,534
Fine. I'll take
a rum and coke.

399
00:18:41,601 --> 00:18:43,234
Since when do you drink rum?

400
00:18:44,634 --> 00:18:45,734
Ok. Just a coke.

401
00:18:47,634 --> 00:18:48,601
2 cokes, please.

402
00:18:50,467 --> 00:18:52,901
Why don't you take off your
tie and relax a little?

403
00:18:52,968 --> 00:18:55,400
Mike, I'm comfortable.

404
00:18:55,467 --> 00:18:57,801
When was the last time
you wore one of those?

405
00:18:57,868 --> 00:18:58,968
My sister's wedding.

406
00:19:00,133 --> 00:19:01,267
She's been married
several times.

407
00:19:01,334 --> 00:19:03,534
I'm getting used to it.

408
00:19:03,601 --> 00:19:06,167
Is this your first
real job, James?

409
00:19:06,234 --> 00:19:08,367
Oh, God.
Did you come over here to fire me?

410
00:19:10,434 --> 00:19:13,267
No. I usually do that sort
of thing over the phone.

411
00:19:16,634 --> 00:19:18,434
I remember my first real job.

412
00:19:18,501 --> 00:19:20,934
It was in the office
of this, uh,

413
00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:22,434
state senator from Brooklyn.

414
00:19:22,501 --> 00:19:24,434
My first day at work,

415
00:19:24,501 --> 00:19:27,000
this little old Lady comes in.

416
00:19:27,067 --> 00:19:28,934
She's, like, this big.

417
00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:30,434
No. I swear to God.

418
00:19:30,501 --> 00:19:33,567
I held her in the palm of
my hand the whole time.

419
00:19:33,634 --> 00:19:35,767
She's really mad because
she's got this streetlight

420
00:19:35,834 --> 00:19:37,267
outside her bedroom window,

421
00:19:37,334 --> 00:19:38,834
and it keeps blinking.

422
00:19:38,901 --> 00:19:41,767
"Blink, blink, blink all night long.
It's driving me crazy. "

423
00:19:43,300 --> 00:19:45,100
So anyway, she wants it fixed.

424
00:19:45,167 --> 00:19:47,968
She doesn't care
if it's on or off.

425
00:19:48,033 --> 00:19:50,801
She just, you know,
not with the blinking.

426
00:19:52,033 --> 00:19:53,834
So, what happened?

427
00:19:53,901 --> 00:19:55,534
Oh, I don't remember.

428
00:19:56,767 --> 00:19:58,868
That's a beautiful story.

429
00:19:58,934 --> 00:20:01,334
My point is this, James.

430
00:20:01,400 --> 00:20:03,033
Every morning in this city,

431
00:20:03,100 --> 00:20:04,968
8 million people wake up,
turn on their faucets,

432
00:20:05,033 --> 00:20:07,667
they want to see clean, fresh
water coming out of there.

433
00:20:07,734 --> 00:20:09,934
They want, you know,
safe streets.

434
00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:12,734
They want clean subways,
good football teams,

435
00:20:12,801 --> 00:20:14,901
and when they don't get
them, they get mad.

436
00:20:14,968 --> 00:20:17,834
And when they get mad,
they come to me.

437
00:20:17,901 --> 00:20:19,501
Mike?

438
00:20:19,567 --> 00:20:22,167
The water in my faucet
comes out Brown.

439
00:20:22,234 --> 00:20:23,501
This is what I'm saying.

440
00:20:23,567 --> 00:20:27,000
So if I were to take
all the Brown water

441
00:20:27,067 --> 00:20:28,334
and all the blinking lights,

442
00:20:28,400 --> 00:20:30,000
if I were to take
that personally,

443
00:20:30,067 --> 00:20:33,467
I would probably be very,
very sad most of the time.

444
00:20:33,534 --> 00:20:35,934
But, Mike...

445
00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:37,334
It's really, really Brown.

446
00:20:42,167 --> 00:20:43,734
James, take it up
with your super.

447
00:20:43,801 --> 00:20:45,767
You don't have
any time to feel?

448
00:20:45,834 --> 00:20:49,000
I get happy, sad, and hungry.

449
00:20:49,067 --> 00:20:51,100
Every once in a while I'll let a
little something else slip through.

450
00:20:51,167 --> 00:20:52,467
Bronsteen?

451
00:20:52,534 --> 00:20:54,300
Maybe.

452
00:20:58,667 --> 00:21:02,100
Mike, it's just
such a damn shame.

453
00:21:02,167 --> 00:21:04,467
Well, James, you're going
to carry that pain with you

454
00:21:04,534 --> 00:21:06,834
a lot longer than I am

455
00:21:06,901 --> 00:21:08,601
'cause you're
different than me.

456
00:21:09,968 --> 00:21:12,534
And, uh, that's ok.

457
00:21:12,601 --> 00:21:16,534
Sometimes I wish, uh,
I was different from me.

458
00:21:16,601 --> 00:21:17,767
Really?

459
00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:24,000
nah.

460
00:21:46,434 --> 00:21:49,734
I know you're excited I got
the job, but this is ridiculous.

461
00:21:49,801 --> 00:21:52,400
Oh, come on,
come on. One more time.

462
00:21:52,467 --> 00:21:53,634
Please.
Mike.

463
00:21:53,701 --> 00:21:55,033
No, that's enough.

464
00:21:55,100 --> 00:21:56,767
Ashley, Ashley.

465
00:21:56,834 --> 00:21:59,334
You are sick.
There is something wrong with you.

466
00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:00,467
Uh-huh.

467
00:22:00,534 --> 00:22:03,367
Oh, for God's sake,
all right.

468
00:22:03,434 --> 00:22:06,033
This is Ashley schaeffer reporting
live for channel 10 news.

469
00:22:06,100 --> 00:22:09,834
Today police are investigating the
disappearance of more than two million dollars

470
00:22:09,901 --> 00:22:12,868
in municipal funds from
a Nassau county armed truck.

471
00:22:12,934 --> 00:22:15,000
Oh, baby!

472
00:22:15,067 --> 00:22:17,634
Sit, ubu, sit.
Good dog.

473
00:22:19,367 --> 00:22:20,300
Moo.

474
00:22:20,350 --> 00:22:24,900
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