00:25I can almost zip the dress the red dress
00:28I've almost got the mailman oh five when I see it I'm gonna wave it all over the place
00:34yeah are you sure you yeah I'm sure
00:46it's Harry oh look who's Harry oh hey ma easy you crushed me for Christ's sake
01:00so how are you Harry you're looking so good you want something to eat
01:04no ma a little nosh maybe a piece of cake I could go out and get something if you want
01:10I don't have anything in the house but Ada would have something a cupcake maybe you want something to eat
01:16no no ma nothing please sit you're making me dizzy for Christ's sake yeah you notice anything about me huh
01:24you notice I'm slimmer
01:26yeah I guess you are ma 25 pounds I lost 25 pounds can you believe it and that's only the
01:32beginning
01:33that's great ma it's really great I'm really happy for you but but will you sit please
01:43I'm sorry I haven't been around in a while ma but but I've been busy real busy
01:47oh yeah you got a good job you're doing real well
01:50yeah real good real good
01:51what kind of business
01:53well uh I'm sort of a distributor like for a big importer
01:58oh
01:58hey ma
01:59oh I'm so happy for you
02:01easy
02:01you're killing me
02:03jesus what are you even lifting weights
02:05I always knew you could do that
02:07well you were right ma
02:08now maybe you'll uh meet a nice girl and have a baby
02:14uh I already met one
02:15ma ma ma ma don't don't go any shit all right
02:18so who is she
02:19who's your parents
02:20you know ma
02:21marion
02:22marion silva remember
02:24oh silva
02:25yeah
02:26of course
02:27manhattan beach
02:29he's got a house on the esplanade
02:31garment business
02:32yeah he's real pig in women's undies
02:34hey before you go bounce it all over again and make me forget ma
02:38just
02:40what I want to tell you is that
02:42I got you a present
02:44I don't need a present just have a baby
02:47will you let me tell you what I got you?
02:50will you ma?
02:52Christ you were really something else today you know that?
02:56look
02:57I know
03:01well
03:04I'm sorry for being such a bastard
03:07I want to make it up
03:09I mean
03:09I mean
03:09I know I can't change anything that's happened but
03:12but I want you to know that
03:14that I love you
03:16and
03:17that I'm sorry
03:20and I want you to be happy
03:23so I got your brand new TV set
03:24it's gonna be delivered in a couple of days
03:26it's from Macy's
03:27oh
03:29there
03:33ah
03:33your father would be so happy
03:35if he could see what you're doing for your mother
03:42see that Seymour?
03:44you see how good your son is?
03:47he knows what it's like for his mother living all alone
03:51no one to visit her
04:04hey ma
04:07you on uppers?
04:08what?
04:09you're on uppers
04:11you're on diet pills ain't you?
04:13I told you I'm going to a specialist
04:15that's what I thought
04:16what?
04:17you're making a croaker for speed ain't you?
04:19Harry are you alright?
04:21I'm going to a doctor
04:21what does he give you ma?
04:22does he give you pills?
04:23of course he gives me pills
04:24he's a doctor
04:25what kind of pills?
04:26a purple one
04:27a blue one
04:28an orange one
04:29I mean like what's in them?
04:31Harry I'm Sarah Goldfarb not Albert Einstein
04:34how should I know what's in them?
04:35does this stuff make you feel good sorta
04:37and give you lots of pep?
04:39well
04:39yeah
04:40a little
04:41a little?
04:42ma I can hear you grinding your teeth from here
04:44yeah but that goes away at night
04:45at night?
04:46yeah when I take the green one
04:48thirty minutes
04:48I'm asleep
04:49hoof just like that
04:51ma
04:52ma
04:53you gotta cut that stuff loose
04:54I'm telling you it's no good
04:56what do you mean it's no good?
04:57twenty five pounds I've lost
04:59big deal so what?
05:00you wanna be a dope fiend for Christ's sake?
05:02what is with the dope fiend?
05:03am I foaming at the mouth or something?
05:05he's the nice doctor
05:06I ain't telling you that croaker's no good
05:08how come you know so much huh?
05:10how come you know more about medicine than a doctor?
05:14believe me ma
05:15I know
05:17alright
05:19you'll get strung out for Christ's sake
05:22oh come on
05:23I almost fit in my red dress
05:25the one I wore to your high school graduation
05:28when your father liked so much
05:31I remember how he looked at me in that red dress
05:36mama
05:36what's the big deal about the red dress?
05:42I'm gonna wear it
05:45you don't know
05:47I'm gonna be on television
05:49I got a call and an application
05:52come on ma
05:53who's pulling your leg?
05:55no no no
05:56I'm telling you
05:57I'm gonna be a contestant on television
05:59I don't know when yet
06:01they haven't told me when yet
06:02but you'll see how proud you are
06:04when you see your mother in a red dress
06:06television in golden shoes
06:08what is the big deal about being on television?
06:10those pills you take are gonna kill you
06:11before you ever get on for Christ's sake
06:13big deal?
06:15you drove up in a cab
06:17did you see who had the best seat?
06:21I'm somebody now Harry
06:24everybody likes me
06:26soon
06:28millions of people will see me
06:30and they'll all like me
06:32I'll tell them about you
06:34your father
06:36how good he was to us
06:39remember?
06:43it's a reason to get up in the morning
06:47it's a reason to lose weight
06:50to fit in a red dress
06:53it's a reason to smile
06:57it makes tomorrow alright
07:03what have I got Harry?
07:06hmm?
07:08why should I even
07:09make the bed
07:11or wash the dishes?
07:12I do them
07:14but why should I?
07:17I'm alone
07:19your father's gone
07:22you're gone
07:25I got no one to
07:28care for
07:31what have I got Harry?
07:38I'm lonely
07:42I'm old
07:44you got friends Ma?
07:47it's not the same
07:50they don't need me
07:57I like the way I feel
08:01I like thinking about the red dress
08:04and the television
08:05and you and your father
08:09now when I get the sun
08:12I smile
08:19I'll come and visit Ma
08:22you know
08:23now that I'm straight
08:24my business is going good
08:27I'll come me and Marian
08:28we'll come for dinner
08:29yeah good you bring her
08:32I'll make a mushroom soup
08:33and a roast
08:35that sounds great Ma
08:37that sounds great
08:39I'll give you a call
08:41I'll give you a call ahead of time
08:41alright?
08:42yeah okay
08:44I'm glad
08:47I'm glad you have a nice girl
08:49and your own business
08:50I'm glad
08:58I gotta go Ma
09:00I got an appointment in Manhattan a little bit
09:02but uh...
09:04but I'll be back
09:05okay good
09:05you still got your key?
09:07yeah I got it Ma
09:11bye son
09:35so yeah
09:37yeah let's go
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