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Max Headroom S2E6 - Neurostim
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00:00This is Edison Carter coming to you very much live and direct on Network 23.
00:05Carter's the best-known reporter we have on the air.
00:08He's satellite's global.
00:10Where does all this stuff come from, Bryce?
00:11The components of Carter's mind.
00:15Oh, Max, Max.
00:16People translate it as data.
00:19It's computer-generated, whatever it is.
00:21It looks like Edison.
00:22Max.
00:23Max Headroom.
00:24Max?
00:26He's a computer-generated person based on you.
00:28Two lines, but with one single number.
00:58Three lines, but with one single number.
01:01Three lines that are being run by its full stage of hot conditions subject to local atmospheric
01:06grip and soot precipitation.
01:09Our ozone's looking good with a plus 40 per million fluorocarbon count and ultraviolet
01:13penetration in the low millibars.
01:16Now this word.
01:17Zigzag introduces the neurostim fantasy bracelet.
01:20It's new.
01:21It's exciting.
01:22It puts you in the picture.
01:24Get one free with every purchase at your local zigzag outfit.
01:52What do you mean you don't like scumball?
02:12Everybody likes scumball.
02:14Get out and walk.
02:15I know it's the biggest game of the year and all, man,
02:17but it's fake death.
02:19It should be real death.
02:20Know what I mean?
02:22Deora, you put me in the chopper with a homicidal maniac.
02:27Just kidding.
02:28Hang in there.
02:29We'll be in sector 11 in five.
02:31Roger, 23.
02:33Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to Scumball 11,
02:36brought to you exclusively by zigzag.
02:39And before tonight's scumball final,
02:41brought to you by those nice people,
02:44zigzag, zigzag.
02:46A quick word of thanks to the real sponsors.
02:48You.
02:49Yes, you buy their products.
02:51You give them their profits,
02:52so you're sponsoring the game.
02:54The game made us back.
02:55Actually, a giant commercial for zigzag.
02:57Zigzag says, thank you.
03:00And please buy more products.
03:01Give them more profits and sponsor more games.
03:05Today, the Aztecs of San Manuto beat the Irwin Dale.
03:08Zigzag is spending a fortune on exclusive sponsorship, isn't it?
03:11That's right.
03:13They're using the game to really push their new neuroste into motion.
03:16They're not going to like having Max Hedrum trashing their spots.
03:20Research shows that Max Hedrum speaks for the young and dissatisfied.
03:24He says what they feel.
03:26The fact that zigzag allows Max to mock their commercials
03:29allows this audience to identify with zigzag.
03:31It's images that count, Gene.
03:35Right.
03:35The star right rear scummer for that powerful formation.
03:38Our consumer index indicates the downscale families in these sectors
03:42are buying 700% more zigzag products.
03:45Most have gone into debt.
03:47Let's find out what's suddenly so fascinating about burgers and crunch fries.
03:52You know what's intriguing about all this?
03:54What, the fact that people are so untidy?
03:57No, the fact that it all looks so new.
04:03Who is it?
04:05Hi, I'm from Zigzag Consumer Relations, and we're doing a survey.
04:10Well, I guess you can come in if you want to.
04:14We're just eating our dinner.
04:18Hi, my.
04:19You folks sure like zigzag, but personal hygiene is important.
04:24Yeah, I guess so.
04:29Aren't you Edison Carter?
04:32Yeah.
04:33Sorry about that.
04:34It's a journalistic license.
04:37Does this mean we're going to be live and direct on Network 23?
04:41If you like, yeah.
04:42Oh, yes!
04:45Yes, you buy the burgers, you finance the game,
04:48and you have to buy a ticket to go watch it.
04:50It's that funny old world.
04:54Give me a countdown, Fiora.
04:58Rolling in ten, nine, eight.
05:02All right, wait.
05:03Hold on, Edison.
05:04What do you mean, wait?
05:05We have a news window coming up.
05:07Max is on.
05:08Yeah, Max is often on.
05:10But his readings will hype the game.
05:11He's better audience flow than Edison.
05:13Oh, really?
05:15Hey, I thought you said we were going to be live and direct on Network 23.
05:19You bet.
05:21Fiora, come on, my story's ready.
05:26But at least the products are good, aren't they?
05:29Isn't that great?
05:30You see, I'm not allowed to say that this food is bad for you,
05:33but since we're not talking about food, I think I'm safe.
05:39So, uh, what am I going to tell Edison?
05:41I was hoping you'd tell me.
05:45All right.
05:47Edison, this is Murray.
05:49We can't clear you for live and direct, so we're rolling a backup tape.
05:53Here, see?
05:55Nothing to it.
05:57Control, what's going on?
05:58You cut me off.
06:00We take your coverage of scum ball glasses brought to you by 6th sec.
06:04We make everything you need, and you need everything we make.
06:09Now, live via satellite, back to action.
06:13It's number 45, dynamite, Daryl Weasley.
06:16He's a master, George Fargo.
06:17He's on a roll.
06:17Oh, a wheel!
06:18No, no, he got away with it.
06:23These things can't come back to hunt you.
06:25Our carries, our presentation on Operation Serendipity is now ready, Mr. Chairman.
06:31Unless, of course, you would like to wait until end of period.
06:35Period is over.
06:45But if, as many of you know,
06:47is a NeuroStim bracelet.
06:50It is the advertising and marketing breakthrough we've all been looking for,
06:57utilizing direct neural stimulation of the brain
07:00to relay our message.
07:03Hi, Lisa.
07:14Good morning, Addison.
07:16How are you?
07:19Patty and the kids gave me a little present for my trouble.
07:30Figured I could use a little NeuroStimulation.
07:33Gee, you didn't bring one for me.
07:37I mean, I think that's bad politics.
07:42Just tell me why.
07:44All right, we don't need to have an argument.
07:47Is it something I said?
07:48No.
07:49Is it something I did?
07:50No!
07:50It sure can't be the scum ball because we had a news window!
07:56It's Max!
07:57I don't want to interrupt him for anything.
08:09Not news, not Cheviot himself.
08:13Zigzag feels that he, uh...
08:15He's the best ratings getter we have.
08:18What?
08:18I don't like it any better than you do.
08:24You're right.
08:26We don't need this conversation.
08:28Listen, Max.
08:36I have had it.
08:39It was bad enough that Bryce, without my asking, took my memories and turned them into you.
08:44I can live with the constant interruptions, with the invasion of privacy, all of that,
08:48but now you won't even let me do my damn job!
08:50I thought your job was telling the truth.
08:53It squished the executive, did we?
08:58Well, maybe you should be telling it a little louder.
09:00Louder!
09:00Louder!
09:01Max, I can't win every battle.
09:05I want to win the war.
09:07I can push, I can shove, I can scream, I can shout, but at the end of the day, I need Network
09:1223, and I can't always say what I want!
09:15Fine.
09:16Then if you can't, I will!
09:19Not in my airtime.
09:20As long as it's the truth, does it matter which of us tells it?
09:24Yes, it does.
09:25You're in my way.
09:26You exist!
09:28That's what matters.
09:31And that's the truth.
09:50Oh, no, it's over!
09:52What?
09:53Who won?
09:55Huh?
09:56Who won?
09:57Oh, oh, I forgot to turn up this sound.
09:59Um, let's see, last week I projected the Druids to win by a field goal in overtime.
10:04Confounding all the experts and overcoming all the odds, the Druids win on a Mark Mason field
10:10goal in overtime.
10:12I'm, uh, you tell anyone?
10:15No.
10:16Why would I?
10:19Never mind.
10:21Uh, I got a project here for you.
10:23This is a zig-zag neurostim bracelet.
10:25I've dabbled in direct neural inputs.
10:31At school, we used to use them for, uh, never mind.
10:35Um, I'll be happy to take a look at this after I've fairly simulated this insect's escape
10:40patterns.
10:40It's all part of a new artificial intelligence program.
10:42Is that a real laser?
10:44Sure.
10:45The test would just have no validity without it.
10:48Well, how about testing the bracelet?
10:57Okay.
10:57Uh, I think you hit the button.
10:58Uh, I think you hit the button.
11:28What do you think?
11:36Where are you going?
11:39I'm hungry.
11:44Not only will neurostim allow us to break the bonds at the cost of a thousand advertising,
11:50but it will also be the tool by which we free ourselves from the stranglehold of network
11:56television.
11:56Why have you chosen this name?
12:01Uh, Mr. Chairman.
12:02A wiser man who once defined serendipity as digging for worms and striking gold.
12:12If neurostim sells this plan, it will cause a panic among major network television.
12:18The stocks will plummet.
12:18They'll be vulnerable for takeover and zigzag will be ready.
12:25Ready to achieve total market penetration.
12:37I'm sure.
13:10And now the award-winning What I Want to Know show, starring Edison Carter.
13:26This is an ordinary family in an ordinary apartment in the city.
13:31A family which buys burger packs, crunch fries, and Zack Cola at their neighborhood zigzag.
13:37Now, it seems, zigzag researchers have discovered a way to feed advertising messages directly into your brain using neural stimulation.
13:48This is terrible.
13:49It's just typical Edison Carter. People love him.
13:51I'm talking about the implications of Carter's report. Ben, if enough people buy Neurostim, they won't need television to sell their products.
13:59Come on. You think you're overreacting a little?
14:02As always.
14:03The message, as usual, is let the buyer beware.
14:09This is Edison Carter.
14:11This isn't a side bet on a scumball game.
14:14The stakes are too high.
14:16The next act will never undermine this system.
14:19It works too well for all of us.
14:21Edison Carter's report on Neurostim threatens the whole project.
14:36Well, marketing anticipated this, Mr. Chairman.
14:39We knew that the promotion would generate a certain amount of negative feedback with news organizations, especially from Carter at Network 23.
14:49Our research staff has custom-built an extra strength, Neurostim, especially for Edison Carter.
14:55Sounds like an expensive way to eliminate one troublemaker.
14:58According to our studies, Mr. Chairman, Edison Carter is, in fact, perfectly representative of the rocketing upward profession.
15:05He typifies the audience, which accounts for his popularity with it.
15:10But more importantly, if Edison Carter is against us, Neurostim will fail.
15:17Mr. Chairman, look upon this as a stringent field test for the Operation Serendipity software that has the added advantage of eliminating our most dangerous critic.
15:29Well, I call that perfect amortization.
15:32Very good.
15:38Very good.
15:46Some good stuff, Bobby.
15:48Do those rewrites that we talked about, and then let me see it again, all right?
15:52Edison!
15:54Good job on that Neurostim story.
15:55Thanks a lot.
15:56And I think there's more to this thing than we originally thought.
15:59Yeah, what do you mean?
15:59Has it occurred to you that zig-zag stupid little bracelets could put Network 23 out of business?
16:06I don't understand.
16:08Suppose these things are as seductive as they seem.
16:11Right.
16:11They're easy.
16:12Right.
16:12They're cheap.
16:12Right.
16:13And they're pure.
16:14They're better than network television.
16:17You think the boys upstairs are worried?
16:19I don't know.
16:20They're probably sitting on their hands, counting the creds.
16:23Yeah, with their heads in the clouds, while down here, the advertising rug's being pulled
16:26out from under them.
16:27Edison, you phone line four.
16:29All right.
16:29See you later.
16:29Yeah.
16:34Max, you could speak to Edison.
16:37Something like, uh, sorry?
16:40That makes a lot of sense.
16:42He yells, I apologize.
16:44Max, uh, people get irrational when their jobs are threatened.
16:49You know, you should be a little worried, too.
16:51Network 23 disappears.
16:53Where's that gonna leave Max's headroom?
16:58Pittsburgh.
17:00We just don't think you've given zig-zag a fair shake.
17:03You haven't tried it yourself.
17:05This is beginning to sound like a very crude attempt to try and influence me.
17:10Oh, I was hoping it would sound like a very slick attempt to influence you.
17:16Edison Carter, who takes no one's word for anything, trusts someone else to do the real
17:22work?
17:23Hmm.
17:24Sounds like fear to me, dear boy.
17:28That's a cheap shot.
17:30But an effective one.
17:32Look, Kelly.
17:36It is Kelly, isn't it?
17:38Yes.
17:39Why don't you save that garbage for your next zig-zag presentation, huh?
17:44I know Neurostim is important.
17:46You'd be pretty damned amazed at just how important I think it is.
17:52And I intend on trying it.
17:55My way.
17:56On my terms.
17:59Well, I still have a job.
18:01Of course.
18:02But I will not cooperate.
18:08He'll try, Neurostim, all right.
18:10We just don't know where or when.
18:14Then how will we reach him with our special program?
18:16We've already had this modeled, Mr. Chairman.
18:19Please, watch.
18:20So, you're actually going to try Neurostim yourself?
18:33Sure.
18:34Millions have.
18:36Besides, how else am I going to know what it's like?
18:38You don't set yourself on fire when you do a story on a burning building.
18:42I had no idea you cared so much about my turrid flesh.
18:45Besides, blue eyes, I got to do what I got to do.
18:53Then why are you so nervous?
18:56And introducing Neurostim.
19:08Neurostim.
19:09It's fun.
19:10It's exciting.
19:11It puts you in the picture.
19:13Try one today.
19:14Mr. Kerry, how can you be sure that Edison Carter will get the Neurostim we've designed for him?
19:20We've stationed one of our imaging satcams over the city and have programmed it to follow Carter exclusively.
19:26No matter where he goes, we'll be there.
19:31And, uh, as you can see, Mr. Chairman, Carter is diverting.
19:35But we're already far ahead of him.
19:44Attention.
19:44There is a reward for the arrest of any blank who answers the description of any known criminal.
19:49See your Metro Police or details.
19:51Repeat.
19:52There is a reward for the arrest of any blank who answers the description of any known criminal.
19:55All right, Control, I'm out far enough.
19:57Find me a zigzag stamp.
19:58Find me a zigzag stamp.
19:58Find me a zigzag stamp.
19:58Find me a zigzag stamp.
19:58Find me a zigzag stamp.
19:58Find me a zigzag stamp.
20:15Edison, I have a zigzag franchise around the corner at 20 feet to your right.
20:19Here it goes.
20:28Good luck.
20:29Good luck.
20:33Look, I said, don't I know you from last night?
20:37I said, who was looking?
20:40Charlie, get my mama orders.
20:42Get your cows.
20:43Hi.
20:45Welcome to zigzag, home of the burger pack and the new free neurostim.
20:49How may I serve you today?
20:50uh give me a bacon and soy burger pack uh crunch fries and a neurostim bracelet
21:01your order will be right up thanks
21:15congratulate your modelers for me they say this would be carter's most likely stop
21:20let's try take 23 finally running edison in five i'm standing in an ordinary zigzag restaurant
21:31much like any other in the city waiting for my order and waiting for my first experience of
21:39zigzag's neurostim promotion one bacon and soy burger pack with fries and one free neurostim
21:47thank you for buying zigzag come again
21:50without a doubt
21:52he's got it
21:57tell me sorry mr jenner
22:04now like any zigzag customer i've got my lunch and i've got my zigzag neurostim bracelet which i'm
22:17going to try right now
22:30which i'm going to try right now
22:32well i'm not getting anything so far
22:45i know what you need
22:58i know what you want
23:03i know just what you need
23:07edison
23:15edison
23:17edison
23:18back up front
23:19edison
23:20we have an emergency
23:21sector 11
23:22we're sending help
23:23come on
23:24come on
23:26it's the rumor bill program all the hottest and latest dirt
23:39our top teed bed
23:40has the very famous edison carter walked away from his show
23:43we'll look into that and more after this word from zigzag
23:46i'm going to check body banks now
23:51well i've checked all available sack cans and so far there's been no trace of edison
23:56okay we're monitoring uh metro transport hospitals body banks if he shows up anywhere like that
24:02we should know
24:02i have tried for six years to get edison to do things my way
24:07i have tried threats i have tried bribery i have tried reverse psychology nothing works
24:13bullheaded to the point of idiocy
24:18that's what makes him a great reporter
24:21yeah i know that
24:26let me do some assistance
24:31what
24:32what
24:34i help you
24:35i was supposed to tell me for a reason
24:41i know what you want
24:57yeah you can help me come on
25:04this is 100% soon
25:06with your permission mr chairman
25:09now that edison carter has been neutralized
25:12and neurostim firmly established in the marketplace
25:14we can stop the hemorrhaging of creds on network 23
25:17and proceed to the next phase of operation serendipity
25:21you have my approval
25:24kelly
25:27what will happen to carter
25:29well he's been exposed to an extra strength neurostim message
25:33so he's now compelled to buy and buy and buy
25:38effectively
25:39forever
25:41the carter must be rich
25:44he does make very good money mr chairman
25:47but he pays little attention to it
25:49and compulsive shopping will lead him into the most unusual of situations
25:54including physical danger
25:58for years i wanted to say
26:03goodbye edison carter
26:06today is
26:09a day
26:11this is english country
26:19very very very very very comfortable
26:21this is a popular
26:22this is a popular synthetic blend
26:25i like that
26:25this is also synthetic but it's not as much
26:28no it doesn't hang well
26:29that this i want this
26:32oh this is our most expensive ensemble
26:34i'm afraid you could not afford this
26:35many many credits
26:36senior can't afford this
26:38it is very
26:39we call this this
26:40is that what you want both those
26:41yes sir very good sir
26:42now this is somewhat out of season
26:47but with the proper territory it could be made quite quite presentable
26:52we could take it in a little bit
26:54keep your hands on
26:54you like padded shoulders
26:56we could keep the padded shoulders for you
26:58or we can take them out as you wish
27:00it looks very arrogant on you i might say
27:03it looks very distinguished on you
27:12i'll take it
27:13could there be anything else mr captain
27:14and some accent points
27:16we have some very very
27:18no no no thank you
27:19what's this
27:19some of our accessories
27:21this can come in
27:22this
27:22this can come also in different colors
27:32you can have them in any color you wish
27:34oh yes
27:34oh yes
27:35oh these are definitely you
27:36you look very very funny
27:38suit
27:38our tailing program
27:39will have your jacket right
27:40in five
27:40two on two on
27:41i need a car
27:43and i need a girl
27:45i need a girl
27:46edison
27:49max you have to follow me everywhere
27:51edison you need help
27:53from you i need nothing
27:55nothing
27:56great i've got terrible news
28:08and pedzing zigzag
28:11just pulled his company's advertising
28:14effective immediately
28:16immediately he can't do that we've got a deal
28:19he certainly can do that there are option points throughout the whole contract
28:22did he say why ben
28:24it's nervous system program has been so successful
28:27it decided to bypass network tv
28:31apparently those little bracelets which we thought were just a gimmick
28:34are going to start giving customers advertising and entertainment
28:38it's almost total effectiveness
28:40and zigzag's exclusive contract accounts for over seventy percent of our gross revenues
28:45we can replace some of it
28:47but not enough
28:49and not quickly
28:49i'm well aware of that
28:52under the circumstances
28:54we can no longer operate independently
28:56i never thought i'd see this
29:01the end of the world
29:04the end of the world
29:34the end of the world
29:35man are you
29:36a car
29:40i know the perfect place
29:43auto world
29:44nice shades
29:46and the girl
29:48step this way
29:49financial news leads our broadcast today
29:57giant zigzag corporation stunned the network tv community
30:01by cancelling its multi-billion cred contract with network 23
30:05the announcement sent network 23 stock plummeting
30:09we have a report from frank knight
30:11it's total conflict here at the ad market
30:13where the shocking news of the network 23 disaster spreads
30:17brokers are convinced that zigzag's neurostim process makes network television obsolete
30:22i've been covering the ad market for three years
30:26and i've never seen anything like it
30:29hey
30:30auto world
30:32what makes you think that anybody here is a thirty year old black ferrari
30:35who's asking you huh
30:36i'm asking you i'm asking you friend
30:37hey friend call me an optimist huh
30:39yeah
30:40yeah
30:41sully my man
30:43sully
30:44Sully!
30:45Sully!
30:46Sully!
30:47Sully!
30:48Sully!
30:49Sully!
30:50Yo, Sully, what's up?
30:53Terrible news about that TV network, huh?
30:57Same thing happened to my business, uh, cars.
31:00Nobody makes nothing new anymore.
31:03We just recycle the old ones.
31:05Sully.
31:06I'll tell you why it's perfect.
31:08Hey, look, I'm after something old.
31:10I want an old Ferrari.
31:11What can you do?
31:12Sully, come on.
31:16Come on.
31:17Hey, come on.
31:18My credit's good here.
31:19What do you call those, huh?
31:21Oh, man.
31:22Wow.
31:23Money talk.
31:24Sully tries to walk.
31:25That's this way, my friend.
31:27Sully tries to walk.
31:30Hey, look at this one.
31:34Sully, what is this?
31:39What do you think I am, stupid?
31:41Hey, that's a Ferrari.
31:42Come on, I thought you were my friend.
31:43This isn't a Ferrari.
31:44This is garbage.
31:45Hey, hey, hey, hey.
31:46Oh, fuck.
31:47Hey.
31:48Hey.
31:49Hey.
31:50Hey.
31:51Hey.
31:52Hey.
31:53Grab that S-O-B.
31:54Get off!
31:55Get off!
31:56Get off!
31:57Get off!
32:04His Vidicam shows him leaving the restaurant, and then we just lose him.
32:07What about saccams?
32:08No, their resolution isn't good enough to pick him up in a crowd without a transponder.
32:13I mean, he usually carries his Vidicam.
32:17This may be a waste of time.
32:19Crisis is not just another experiment.
32:22Edison was testing the Nuristim bracelet, and he just disappeared.
32:26I mean, he could be in real trouble.
32:28All right.
32:29Gosh.
32:30If Edison is involved with Nuristim, he may be...
32:33He may be what?
32:34He may be doing some compulsive buying.
32:38I'm initiating a wide-spectrum credit search.
32:41That's all I can do at the moment.
32:43Okay.
32:44Thanks.
32:47God, I mean, if we find Edison, how are we going to get him back?
32:50Well, it occurs to me one way to restore Edison's original personality and override this Nuristim compulsion is to re-input his original synapsis matrix.
33:00Get to the point, Bryce.
33:02The point is, I can reprogram one of those Nuristim bracelets with Max's memories,
33:07which are identical to Edison's, and then feed him back into Edison.
33:10A jump start.
33:12Bryce, you're brilliant.
33:14What else is new?
33:17Go on down again.
33:32They say that the landing is the worst, my friend.
33:41Make sure you have your, uh, flap stop.
33:44No!
33:45No!
33:46No!
33:47No!
33:48No!
33:50Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
33:52Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
33:54Woo-hoo!
33:55Woo-hoo!
34:01Yes!
34:02NeuroStim will make you see everything differently.
34:06Differently.
34:09You bet your life.
34:11Yeah, these Bretzweiss guys need to die.
34:25Now there's late-breaking update.
34:27A further bombshell from ZigZag.
34:29The biggest corporation in the world has announced that it is buying the number one TV network.
34:34A move made possible by the sudden drop today in the price of Network 23 stock.
34:39Industry analysts now see ZigZag's NeuroStim promotion
34:43as a clever ploy to allow the company to gain control of its most effective advertising outlet.
34:51This is Sergeant Compton of Metro South.
34:53We found Edison Carter alive.
34:56Thank God!
34:57Where is he?
34:58He's been beaten up and robbed, too, from what he says.
35:02Bryce, you getting this?
35:03We ran him through med check and we're going to bring him in for observation, but he refused.
35:07Oh, typical Edison.
35:09We did get him to his apartment.
35:10You might want to have somebody drop in on him.
35:13Murray?
35:14I know you're going to Edison.
35:15I'll do what I can from here.
35:17I'll be with Bryce.
35:19Help him?
35:21I can't get near him.
35:25Max, Edison is sick.
35:27You're the only one that can save him.
35:32We have reason for much celebration today.
35:36May I have your attention, please?
35:43Gentlemen.
35:45Gentlemen.
35:46Our Honored Chairman would like to speak.
35:48Since its invention, network television has proved to be the most effective means of mass persuasion ever invented.
35:59Even when its audience fragments, rates continue to go up and up.
36:06But no longer.
36:08Zigzag has purchased enough shares in Network 23 to place our representatives on its governing board.
36:17From now on, we control our own destiny.
36:24I'm going to fall over dead the day I actually understand what you're doing.
36:40Well, I'm literally pumping Max's memory banks back into Edison's brain.
36:45Edison, I have to do this.
36:47Can I make some improvements while I'm in there?
36:52I was thinking of charm, dress sense, that kind of thing.
36:56You are to restore Edison to an original program and get out.
37:00Max, you're going to have enough to worry about without improvising.
37:03Listen, I don't know what that NERSTEM program will do to your binaries.
37:06Remember, at this level, you and Edison are identical.
37:10Bryce, this is dangerous.
37:13You could kill him.
37:16Okay, everybody ready?
37:18Here goes.
37:19Edison!
37:20Edison!
37:21Edison!
37:22Edison!
37:23Edison!
37:24Edison!
37:25Edison!
37:26Oh!
37:27Edison!
37:28Oh!
37:29Oh!
37:30Bryce, it's still running!
37:32Yeah, but Max is locked onto Edison.
37:33He has to handle it now.
37:35New car?
37:38New clothes?
37:40Fancy eyewear.
37:42Where's the real Edison Carter gone?
37:45He's right here, enjoying himself.
37:49Whatever you say.
37:50Listen.
37:51Listen, listen.
37:52Copying a program isn't as easy as it looks.
37:55So, don't look.
37:57Just hold still.
37:58This will take a while.
38:00Take your time.
38:02Take your time.
38:03Chairman Zink has designated me as a six-sec representative on the Network 23 board.
38:13You may refer to me as for Q-9.
38:17And it is our intention to encourage you to operate with a greater efficiency.
38:24We, however, have no plans to dismantle the Network 23 team.
38:30That's a relief.
38:31Gene, he's lying.
38:36Of course, I am merely one member of the board, so my comments should be taken for what they are.
38:41Nevertheless, it is quite apparent from recent events that Network 23 is vulnerable.
38:49Therefore, we must take immediate steps to cut unnecessary overhead and configure for greater efficiency.
38:58Why doesn't Ben do something?
39:00He's still chairman, isn't he?
39:02Zigzag research shows that none of Network 23's programming, especially news, is properly targeted for efficient advertiser flow.
39:16I've been saying that for years.
39:19Action!
39:20Jeopardy!
39:21Stakes!
39:22This is what you have failed to deliver?
39:27And this is what the audience wants.
39:31How the hell do you know what people want?
39:34We've been at this for years and we still don't know.
39:37Sure, there's a place for action.
39:39But there's a place for soaps and Edison Carter, too.
39:41We know our job is to sell.
39:43We'd like to inform, educate, and entertain along the way.
39:46You're gonna find that even Zigzag can't sell yesterday's burger packs.
39:50Although I'm sure you're gonna try.
39:52You want steaks?
39:54The future of Network TV is at stake here.
39:58Right now.
39:59It doesn't look good.
40:02Good for you, Ben.
40:04Where is Edison Carter, anyway?
40:06He's good at taking care of people like this.
40:08Well, what is happening?
40:13Well, if Edison's still alive, I'd guess he's almost back to his old self.
40:19Look, I'm terribly sorry you have to be put through all this.
40:23I don't have to, you know?
40:25Oh yeah, I forgot.
40:27Mind of your own.
40:30You really don't understand why I got like that, do you?
40:34I know it's nothing to do with me grabbing your air time.
40:40What's a famous person once said?
40:43I think it was me.
40:44You see?
40:50That's just what I'm talking about.
40:53You can't be serious.
40:57You crowd me.
41:00People look at me and they can't look at me without seeing you over my shoulder.
41:06You're like a twin brother that came to stay for a week and never left.
41:09You follow me around, you're always there waiting to happen like a damn headache.
41:18You block me.
41:20You're always in my way.
41:23You get too close to me.
41:25I can't help being that close.
41:28And being a threat to you.
41:30A threat? You?
41:32Yes.
41:34Not because of what I say, not because I grab air time, but because I exist.
41:38You said it yourself.
41:39I exist.
41:40And that's enough.
41:42That does not make you a threat.
41:45It does if you can't accept me.
41:47Accept us.
41:51Any idea what it's like having a part of me competing against me?
41:58And have you any idea what it's like just being a part?
42:01I'm not a very serious one.
42:02Well, you know me.
42:03Always go straight for the Jocular.
42:04He's okay.
42:05Synapsis restored in Optum.
42:06You're okay with me.
42:07I'm not a very serious one.
42:08I'm not a very serious one.
42:10Well, you know me.
42:12Always go straight for the Jocular.
42:21He's okay.
42:22Synapsis restored in Optum.
42:23You died.
42:24Network 23.
42:25You're my agent, Dorothy.
42:26You can probably find something for me.
42:27I'll talk to you later.
42:28You're my agent, Dorothy.
42:29You can probably find something for me.
42:46I'll talk to you later.
42:55you okay yeah great take it you've heard zigzag has wormed its way onto the board and cheviot
43:08has given up the ship very noble of you coming back aboard just as we're about to go down
43:13oh yeah i'm disappointed oh come on tackled big stories before but this is this is different
43:20i mean you can fight zigzag but you're not going to beat them maybe we can beat them without fighting
43:27them ultimately there's a limit to how much we can consume sooner or later our money runs out
43:36sooner or later our luck runs out sooner or later we find out our eyes are too big for our own stomachs
43:44the same rule applies to giant corporations that buy tv networks
43:49having eaten network 23 zigzag is probably feeling its first pangs of indigestion
43:56right about now mr chairman
43:59mr chairman
44:04i can have him off the air in five seconds if you just give me the word
44:12it does not be too hasty
44:14we have other problems
44:17what is the word from ad market
44:21we are getting much resistance promoting our products
44:25ad market reports that we're finding it increasingly difficult to place spots on other networks since
44:29they now see us as potential rivals
44:31the uh uh ratings for porky's landing mr chairman have flattened it might have been a new low if not
44:36for the max hedgerum interruption however the edison carter
44:39enough
44:39macromarket forces are now at work
44:43it's obvious we cannot be advertisers and programmers
44:47digging for gold we found worms
44:50we await your orders mr chairman
44:55sell the network 23 stock
44:58operation serendipity is over
45:08for now
45:11thank you
45:23now that was a bit more like the edison carter i know
45:26yeah a bit more like it
45:28where's max
45:30max
45:32i don't know
45:33i'm surprised he didn't interrupt
45:35yeah i kind of had a feeling he would
45:53they can't really do it
45:57but i think that was a spark of the impact
45:58of the world
45:58of the world
45:59and the way
46:00it's up
46:00i don't know
46:01i'm surprised
46:02that was a bit more like the world
46:03that was the word that i knew
46:04that was a tremendous thing
46:05i saw
46:05but it was a part of the world
46:05for a few years
46:07i heard a lot of people
46:07you know
46:08and i saw
46:09and i saw
46:09you know
46:10and i saw
46:11and i saw
46:11and i saw
46:12and i saw
46:13and i saw
46:15that the world
46:17saw
46:18and i saw
46:19which i saw
46:20as a guy
46:21and i saw
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