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00:11Tonight on Wiseguy
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02:28It would take years to get through it
02:30Paul, it's hard to take a shortcut
02:32I admit that
02:34What you did was involve Isaac and Amber Twine
02:36Two private citizens in a sting operation
02:39I hate stings
02:40Nuquay and Twine go back over 20 years
02:43As competitors in the record industry
02:44And as fellow gamblers
02:46Isaac lost Shakala to Nuquay in a crooked car game
02:48Now Dead Dog was part of Shakala
02:50So Bobby and I became pseudo-participants in Nuquay's company
02:55We promised Isaac we'd get him Shakala back if he'd help cooperate
02:58Put a net over Nuquay
03:00Sweetened the deal
03:01We gave Twine immunity from prosecution for his own shady dealings
03:04And what does Travis get out of this?
03:06A place in the unemployment line
03:08Nuquay dumped him
03:09What did you use as bait?
03:11An unreleased tape by a rocket named Eddie Tempest
03:14Isaac offered Winston the chance to run off cleans
03:18That's counterfeit versions of the tape
03:20And to do it overseas so the IRS couldn't monitor the income
03:23Winston gave him 50 grand of good faith money to close the deal
03:27And we moved in
03:30I know it wasn't the best play in the world, Paul
03:33But it was the only play we had
03:35Necessity is the mother of invention
03:36Sometimes it can be a pretty mean mother
03:38We played the cards we were dealt
03:40What is this, a cliche hour?
03:42About a burden of hands worth two and a... I'm sorry
03:44Paul
03:46We want Nuquay
03:47I want Ann-Margaret
03:49Some things are unattainable
03:51You know what the capital is?
03:53We are the ones who are going to get stumped
03:56Because this is the most obvious case of entrapment
03:59Since my wife orchestrated our wedding
04:01Nuquay is at his most vulnerable now
04:03His wife Claudia and Eddie Tempest
04:05The teenage rocker with the basement tape
04:06Were killed when they fell through a skylight at Nuquay's house
04:09They were in the act
04:10So much for safe sex
04:12What in the hell is wrong with these people?
04:14They conspicuously consume everything they get their hands on
04:18Including each other
04:22Well, where do we stand?
04:24As a result of the videotape
04:26Nuquay's been arrested on conspiracy to violate copyright laws
04:29And statutes governing income earned on foreign soil
04:32Is there anything else I should be aware of?
04:38Bobby Travis knows I'm an agent
04:40Bobby Travis?
04:43Whose mouth should be registered with the New York State Racing Commission?
04:48How?
04:49He found an envelope from Senator William Trent Nuquay's office
04:54He read what was in it and he came to the appropriate conclusion
04:57Trent never read the file
04:59How did he get it?
05:00One of his aides
05:01An officious little snot named Kenderson
05:03He accessed Vinnie's file
05:05He was on Nuquay's pad
05:08I had a forceful conversation with Kenderson
05:11Where is he now?
05:13I suspect someplace west of Joplin
05:15Does Nuquay know?
05:17No, the envelope was sealed when Bobby found it
05:19Besides, Nuquay's got too many problems to be worrying about me right now
05:23And suppose his problems disappear
05:26Then you might also
05:28A conspiracy charged based on an entrapment by private citizens
05:33During the commission of an O.C.B. sting
05:36That yielded no case against the suspect
05:38But blew the cover of one of my key agents
05:42Then you guys get paid for this?
05:48You're going after Isaac Twine?
05:50What the hell for?
05:51I took his company from him
05:52He saw a way of taking mine
05:55If I were him, I would have done exactly the same thing
05:59Oh, God, I wish that Claudia were here
06:02We feel confident, Mr. Nuquay
06:04That if the government is foolish enough to bring this case to trial
06:08A judge will issue a summary dismissal
06:11I want those bastards to pay
06:16I've been humiliated
06:19I've been to jail
06:22I've stood next to those mental deficients and deviants
06:25Their spittle falling on my shoes
06:27The smell of them is still in my nose
06:29I can't get rid of it
06:34Halfway around the world
06:37They have seen pictures of me covering my face with my jacket
06:40Like one of Terra Nova's gumbas
06:42Now I want my restitution
06:44And I will have it
06:46Get out and do the job I pay you to do
07:10I don't remember the last time we said we loved each other
07:14For no other reason than that it was true
07:21Claudia
07:25Dear needy
07:26Claudia
07:30I laughed at your need because I shared it
07:35I tried to buy off your isolation
07:39Because that was how I dealt with mine
07:44All the infidelities
07:49Yours and mine
07:53Were nothing
07:57It was you
08:02But it was always you
08:18You gotta see this
08:20I've seen it sweetheart
08:22Twelve times
08:24Winston looks like a flounder that just got snagged
08:28Gonna wear out that machine
08:29But don't you just love the poetry of it
08:33Winston takes Shakula from me in a cold card game
08:36And I turn it around and sting him dirty
08:38And now he's gonna lose radiance
08:44How does it feel, Winston?
08:47Isaac, when Winston took over Shakula
08:49All our contracts with our artist became null and void
08:52We're gonna have to resign every act
08:54Not a problem
08:55Amber, sugar
08:57Have you ever known anybody
08:58Who could resist the charms of old Isaac?
09:03Including me
09:04I've never tried to charm you
09:06And I never will
09:08It's because you know I could read you like a paperback
09:10No, it's because with you it would be insulting
09:17Charm is just a tool you use on people who have something you want
09:20And doesn't want to give it to you
09:23But all you've ever done is to give
09:28And I love you for it
09:31Oh, damn, you're good
09:34You know what I'm gonna do?
09:36What?
09:36I'm gonna have a blow-up made of that picture
09:38Eight feet by ten feet
09:40Winston the hook flounder's gonna hang right there on that wall
09:44As a constant source of inspiration
09:46As we rebuild Shakula to all its former glory
09:49That may be tougher than you think
09:52What does that mean, Mr. McPike?
09:54That means, Mr. Twine, that when we take Newquay to court
09:57You're going to be our star witness
09:58And your not-so-kosher past is gonna be part of the record
10:01The assault convictions, time in prison
10:04And the tidy sum you ripped off from your own artists
10:07But I'm immune from prosecution
10:09That is our deal
10:10We intend to stand by it
10:12Yeah, and you also agreed that the government would help us get Shakula back
10:16Nobody's trying to back out
10:17All I'm saying is that once the spotlight's on you
10:20It's gonna be hard to sign new artists
10:23Do you really think some kid from elbow grease, Indiana
10:26With a guitar in his hand and a dream in his heart
10:29Is gonna care about some minor bookkeeping irregularities?
10:34He wants his tunes on a CD
10:36And he'll sign with the devil himself to make that happen
10:40Besides, my artists always saw at least a good percentage of what they were entitled to
10:44I mean, none of them ever wound up destitute
10:47What a guy
10:48Hey, look
10:50Isaac put himself on the line for you, all right?
10:52Without him, you wouldn't have a case against Newquay
10:54So what he doesn't need from you right now is abuse
10:58Now, Mr. McPike, you must have come here for something
11:00What is it?
11:01Yes, ma'am
11:03The preliminary hearing is on Wednesday
11:06If you wouldn't make any travel plans, I'd appreciate it
11:10We may need you shortly after that
11:13Frank
11:16How much time do you think Winston will get?
11:18I'd say he'd come out of slam wearing a 20-year-old suit if there's any justice
11:21What?
11:2420 years?
11:25Well, that is what you want, isn't it?
11:28To put the man behind bars who stole your business
11:30No, I thought
11:3318 months, maybe
11:35I mean, punishment really wasn't the point
11:37But 20 years?
11:40Well, don't worry
11:40I said if there's any justice
11:42I doubt that there is
11:43But 20 years
12:13Who is it?
12:15Hey.
12:16It's open.
12:23What are you doing, going mold in here?
12:25It's crying time, Vinnie.
12:27Winston gets his kisser in the paper.
12:29All of a sudden, Dead Dog's got distemper,
12:31and I'm out of a gig.
12:33I feel like I'm on a loop.
12:36It was nowhere when we met,
12:37and we built Dead Dog into something we could be proud of,
12:40and now I'm nowhere again.
12:42You know, the day we met,
12:44I said it was just a game to you.
12:46I didn't know how right I was.
12:50When I started reading what was in that envelope,
12:52I was looking for dirt on Nuquay.
12:54The last thing I figured I'd find
12:56is you're working undercover.
13:00But I'd never do anything to hurt you.
13:04I know you wouldn't do anything on purpose, Bobby,
13:07but accidents do happen.
13:09What are you going to do?
13:10Have my tongue cut out?
13:13I was kidding.
13:16The way I see it,
13:17Nuquay gave you the biggest break of your life.
13:19He fired me.
13:20He freed you up.
13:22Now you've got a chance to orchestrate a palace revolt.
13:25What are you talking about?
13:27I'm talking about creativity.
13:29Seeing an opportunity and making something out of it.
13:33Nuquay has stolen from every artist in his stable.
13:35When that comes out in the open,
13:37those people are going to want to sign with a new label.
13:39Now why shouldn't that label be dead dog?
13:44I don't know.
13:45I guess it could be.
13:46You're damn right it could be.
13:47Especially if you approach them before the news hits the streets.
13:51Then you can impress them by showing them that you're a man who has your fingers securely on the pulse
13:55of this industry.
13:56Well, it is.
13:58It always has been.
13:59You know it is.
14:00All right.
14:02Yeah.
14:05I'll get started right now.
14:07Wait till tomorrow.
14:08Right now, grab your coat.
14:10Where are we going?
14:12Let us drink to Shakula.
14:16Which, like the phoenix of ancient mythology,
14:18will rise up again from its ashes
14:21and take its rightful place in the business of bringing music
14:25to the thirsty ears of people everywhere.
14:27Here, here.
14:34And there'll be money and booze and laughter for everybody.
14:39And I will want for nothing as long as Amber.
14:42And Lady Luck are on my side.
14:44My money's on Amber, Isaac.
14:45That other lady,
14:46has got a tendency to split at the most inconvenient times.
14:50I heard that.
14:51And Bobby, you are right.
14:53Hey, come on.
14:54There's enough here to feed the poor.
14:56Let's dig in.
15:02What is it?
15:04Bobby, call 911.
15:07It might be a heart attack.
15:08Get him off the floor.
15:10No, leave him.
15:10Leave him.
15:11I can't breathe.
15:12Hurry up.
15:13I need an ambulance to 1373 Broadway.
15:18We got a heart attack.
15:25Triglycerides, Vincent.
15:26Little molecules of fat clogging my blood.
15:30I'm off the chart with the little rascals,
15:33like I haven't been off the chart since Esther Simmons did love thump.
15:38Well, a man cannot live on ribs and sweet potato pie alone.
15:43And if he does try, his heart attacks him.
15:47You have to slow down, too.
15:50You know, the doctor thinks I've been living on borrowed time,
15:52but I think I'm on a roll.
15:54Well, wouldn't you have all available medical evidence
15:57said you should have cashed in your chips a decade ago?
16:00No.
16:01I'd start living right so I could make it through a lot more decades.
16:06If you need a couple reasons to live,
16:08what about Amber and Shakala?
16:12Yeah.
16:13You got a point there, Vincent.
16:18Hey, do me a favor, will you?
16:20Call New Way for me.
16:21Tell him I want to see him.
16:23For what?
16:24Well, I want to help him find some new axe
16:25so he can crawl out from under the wreckage.
16:29Time to check your vital signs, Mr. Twine.
16:31I gotta get going.
16:32Take care of yourself.
16:33Get some rest.
16:34And don't forget about New Way.
16:36I really do want to see the slimy-limey.
16:38Mr. Twine.
16:43Oh.
16:45All right, well, I'll leave you two alone.
16:50Behave yourself, Isaac.
16:54He's gonna be a tough guy to keep off his feet for very long.
16:57Oh, yeah.
17:00She could have caught his act in the ambulance yesterday.
17:02There I was, trying to hold on to his hand for dear life,
17:07wishing his pain away,
17:09and he's telling me a joke.
17:11This...
17:13This drunk comes up to this cop on the 57th and 5th.
17:19Comes running up to this cop on 57th.
17:26It's all right, just get it out of your system.
17:29It's all right, just get it out of your system.
17:36Go ahead.
17:37Oh, God, Danny, I don't want him to die.
17:42I know.
17:42I don't want him to die.
17:47I cannot believe that you don't know what's in this contract.
17:51I got many high-priced lawyers that run their eyesight on the fine print.
17:55I specialize in investments, Bobby.
17:57And booze, and women, and trying to prove you can steal it harder than any of the kids you manage.
18:02Well, old habits die hard.
18:04Getting hosed by Newquay does not have to fall into that category, Luther.
18:08This contract you showed me, the one you let the Wallbangers sign,
18:11it's your ticket to salvation.
18:13Check it out.
18:14Paragraph 27, subparagraph A.
18:18Same standard issue drive I read
18:20and everything Newquay ever stuck in front of me.
18:23Do the Wallbangers know what a locks they have for a manager?
18:25Come on, Bobby.
18:26I didn't come up here to listen to you flap your jaws.
18:28They're flapping for your good.
18:31See this clause?
18:33The one that says you have a right to an accounting?
18:37Yeah.
18:38Well, that means you can get your own accountant
18:41to tote up what you think the Wallbangers should have made.
18:45And if he doesn't come up with the same figure as Newquay's accountant,
18:48you get a third accountant, some independent operator,
18:51and he decides who's right.
18:54Come on, if the dude can count, you're golden.
18:57We'll still never get paid.
18:59It's not Newquay's style.
19:01Well, his style is rapidly going out of style,
19:04which is why I direct you to paragraph 49.
19:10Any failure on the part of the company,
19:12that's Newquay, dummy,
19:14to compensate the artist in full
19:16will result in the voiding of the contract
19:17with all rights pertaining to material
19:19created by the artist reverting to the artist.
19:26Luther, that means the Wallbangers can sign with anybody
19:29and bring all their material with them.
19:32How do you know so much?
19:34I got my finger on the pulse of this industry, pal.
19:40And why do you want me to know it?
19:44You wouldn't be the one
19:45planning to sign my boys up, would you?
19:54I trust your dalliance with death
19:56will turn you into a nicer person, Isaac.
19:59Nice enough to give you a job.
20:01Charity work appeals to me.
20:03Oh, come now.
20:04I don't think you'll be in any shape to run a company.
20:06And if I were you,
20:08I don't know that I'd even want to.
20:10Consorting with the law
20:11has put a dreadful taint on your name.
20:13You must be terribly ashamed.
20:15I was just being a good citizen, Winston.
20:19But I must say,
20:20you look great on videotape.
20:25I'm going to get one of those stills
20:27and hang it on my wall
20:28because I want to see that expression
20:30on your face every day
20:32for the rest of my life.
20:35Then I haven't much to fear
20:38because you'll be shucking off
20:39your mortal coil
20:40in the not-too-distant future.
20:43You want to bet
20:44about who's going to live longer,
20:45you or me?
20:47You've got to be joking.
20:49I'm serious as rain.
20:51This is what it's all about,
20:52living and dying
20:53and four, four time.
20:58I'm getting this for posterity
21:01and for my lawyer.
21:03Very well.
21:05When you die,
21:07which you will long before I do,
21:10your estate will pay me
21:11an amount equal to 25%
21:14of its total pre-tax value.
21:16You disappoint me, Sammy.
21:18This has got nothing to do with money.
21:21All right, then name it.
21:23Whoever lives longer
21:24gets a dance on the other guy's grave.
21:32Maybe I'll dress like Fred Astaire
21:34for the occasion.
21:35And I'll dress like Gregory Hines.
21:39I'll miss you.
21:41I'm not going anywhere.
21:43But that session you've got
21:44coming up in court tomorrow
21:45just might be the death of you.
21:54Gray area?
21:55How could there possibly
21:57be a gray area here?
21:59Counselor,
21:59if you forget to zip your pants,
22:02you forget to zip your pants.
22:03Your Honor,
22:04I don't see how this is any different
22:06from what happened
22:06in the Ab Scam case.
22:07Don't talk to me about Ab Scam.
22:09Surely a precedent was set there
22:10for aggressive pursuit
22:11of white-collar criminals.
22:12I said,
22:13let's not talk about Ab Scam.
22:15Let's talk about
22:15the Supreme Court decision
22:17in Sorrell's
22:18versus the United States.
22:20Is that a tune
22:20you can harm, Counselor?
22:22What the majority held
22:24was the following.
22:25That a law enforcement officer
22:27or a person
22:28or persons
22:29acting in his behalf
22:31cannot help a crook decide
22:33about when he's going
22:35to become a crook.
22:36But what Mr. Newquay
22:38was planning to do
22:39was despicable
22:40and reprehensible
22:41not to mention
22:43unethical and illegal.
22:44I agree wholeheartedly,
22:46Mr. Monroe,
22:47to have treated the artist
22:48who wrote and performed
22:50for Radiant's recording
22:52with such undisguised contempt
22:56leaves me on the verge of nausea.
22:59And if it can be proven
23:01that others have been
23:02similarly wronged
23:04by Mr. Newquay,
23:05it is my sincere hope
23:07that they seek justice
23:08with the greatest possible haste.
23:10But my feelings
23:12about his utter lack
23:13of business ethics
23:14cannot cloud my judgment
23:16in the criminal proceedings
23:17before us here today.
23:19What we have here
23:20is entrapment.
23:22Plain and simple.
23:23And the only thing
23:24that entrapment
23:25gets you in my court
23:26is an invitation to leave.
23:29Case dismissed.
23:33No thanks to you.
23:43Look, Pike,
23:45no hard feelings, I hope.
23:47I'm not going to call off
23:48the dogs, Newquay.
23:50I think you're best advised
23:52not to threaten me
23:53in the presence of my attorneys.
23:56It could be the basis
23:57of a nasty harassment suit.
23:59I'm not going to harass
24:00your sports shoes.
24:01I'm just going to stay
24:03on your butt
24:03till I nail you
24:04for what you are,
24:06a common criminal.
24:22Don't let what happened
24:24in that courtroom yesterday
24:25delude you.
24:26The government's case
24:27was weak tea.
24:28But your artists
24:29are lined up around the block
24:31waiting to sue you
24:32into oblivion.
24:33And those that aren't
24:34going to sue
24:34are going to leave
24:36with their masters
24:37tucked safely
24:38into their guitar cases.
24:40They'll back off.
24:41They always have.
24:42Not this time, Winston.
24:43Then stall them
24:44with good faith.
24:46Do something,
24:47for God's sake.
24:48I've already arranged
24:49accountings for Stevie Vincent
24:51and ecstatic dreams.
24:52You can satisfy five.
24:54You'll find another 50
24:56accusing you
24:57of dodging them.
24:58You can't escape them,
24:59Winston.
25:00Why is this happening to me?
25:02And why now?
25:03Oh, I know
25:05how many enemies I have.
25:06But I've always been able
25:07to reduce them
25:08to yellow ash.
25:09What the hell's
25:09gone wrong, Peter?
25:11Perhaps you'd better
25:11start with Bobby Travis.
25:13Apparently he's working
25:14his way through
25:14your talent roster,
25:15calling up everyone
25:16to make sure they know
25:17what their contractual
25:18rights are.
25:19We're too bloody polite
25:21in this business.
25:22On the docks in London,
25:23traitors of Travis' ilk
25:24received appropriate punishment.
25:26I'm really looking
25:27after your best interests.
25:29And violence
25:30is not an option.
25:31Violence is always
25:31an option, Peter.
25:32The last, best option.
25:34Get out, you're fired!
25:36What?
25:36After all we've...
25:37Get out of my office!
25:40You may be able
25:41to get along without me
25:42for some time, Winston,
25:43but you cannot get along
25:44without control
25:45of yourself,
25:47if nothing else.
25:47You seem to have lost that,
25:49which means
25:49you've lost everything.
25:51Oh, I'm just beginning,
25:52Peter.
25:53Just like the old days.
25:56I won't beat them
25:57with depositions.
25:58I'll club them
25:59to death in the gutter.
26:00I'll destroy them
26:02with my own hands!
26:08Winston hasn't given up.
26:10Man's character
26:11isn't weakened
26:11by hardship.
26:12It's forged by it.
26:14And that little mutt
26:15has always been like that.
26:17He told me so himself
26:18in case I had any doubts.
26:21When did you see him?
26:22When he stopped by
26:23to bet me
26:24that I would die
26:25before he did.
26:26Yeah, charming as always.
26:28That's our Winston.
26:29You took the bet, didn't you?
26:32It was my idea.
26:35And that's our Isaac.
26:37Honey, when are you
26:38gonna understand?
26:38This is all just a game.
26:41A game?
26:41This is your life
26:42we're talking about.
26:44Now, maybe you don't mind
26:45belittling it with a bet,
26:46but I'm certainly
26:47not gonna applaud
26:48your devil-made-care job.
26:49But I need you too much.
26:53So does Winston.
26:55He needs me
26:56like Ali needed Frasier.
26:58Is that why dancing
26:59on your grave
26:59is so important?
27:00I didn't think
27:01you quite was
27:01into symbolism.
27:03Dancing on your grave?
27:04That was a bet, Benny.
27:06If I outlive Winston,
27:08I get to dance on his.
27:11Well, I'm gonna stop
27:11by his office next.
27:13I'll let you know
27:14if he wants to sell me
27:14a pair of grave dancing shoes.
27:16But if he does,
27:18I get 50%
27:20come back again
27:21real soon.
27:22I'll see you tomorrow.
27:28What?
27:31No, I'll be damned
27:33if I feel like
27:34I'm recuperating
27:35from my heart attack.
27:36Hey, you know what?
27:38I'm gonna be
27:39kind of frisky.
27:40Come here.
27:40Isaac, no.
27:43No.
27:44Well, come on.
27:45What's the word?
27:46Nurse Rachel
27:46won't be back
27:47for over an hour.
27:48That's not what
27:49I'm talking about.
27:50You're supposed to...
27:51You're supposed
27:52to be resting.
27:53Oh, shoot.
27:54I've been resting
27:55there for two days
27:56with these nutrients
27:57dripping into me.
27:58Come on, you know.
27:59I'm drunk with power.
28:00Isaac, we have to stop.
28:03The doctor said
28:04no excitement.
28:05You have to listen
28:06to what he said.
28:07You listen to me.
28:09If it ain't got
28:10no excitement,
28:11it ain't got no point.
28:13You know I believe
28:14in the point.
28:18You have to stop.
28:26Come on, Isaac.
28:27Don't get around like that.
28:28That's not funny.
28:30Isaac?
28:32Isaac?
28:33What you've done,
28:35revealing the inner workings
28:36of my company
28:37to my artists,
28:38is unconscionable
28:39and utterly despicable.
28:41Oh, come on, Winnie.
28:42What I did was tell him
28:43the truth
28:44and you call it despicable.
28:45What you did was lie to him
28:47and you call it business.
28:49Don't be absurd.
28:50You stole everybody's money.
28:52You stole Twine's
28:53whole company.
28:54If he hadn't set you up,
28:55I would still be
28:56begging for scraps.
28:57You keep Isaac's name
28:58out of this.
28:59No can do, Winnie.
29:00He was the catalyst.
29:02The catalyst was your greed.
29:03How can you tell
29:04anybody about greed?
29:06You invented it.
29:07If it's another job
29:08you're worried about,
29:09come see me.
29:10Maybe I can help you
29:11land something,
29:12you know,
29:12pays minimum wage.
29:13Be more than you
29:14ever did for me.
29:16You bastard!
29:17Get off!
29:18Get off!
29:23You all right?
29:24Yeah.
29:26I'm losing my touch,
29:27Terranova.
29:30There was a time
29:31I would have crushed
29:31his windpipe
29:32before you even got to me.
29:34You got enough problems
29:34without a murder charge.
29:36A murder charge
29:36would be worth it.
29:38He's crazy.
29:40What is it?
29:56Isaac's dead.
30:05He was the best friend
30:06I ever had in this business.
30:08Not a saint by any means,
30:10but a good,
30:12good man.
30:16Isaac.
30:19Eat, drink, and be merry,
30:21but always in 4-4 time
30:24and always with a laugh
30:25on his lips.
30:29The first time
30:30I ever met Isaac,
30:32he'd just gone out of business
30:33with Bumblebee Records.
30:36He was buying a round
30:37for the house.
30:38Why on earth?
30:40I said.
30:42And he said,
30:45why not?
30:47The sun will come up tomorrow
30:49and maybe somebody
30:51will remember me fondly
30:56while his son has sat.
31:15Who slept for me?
31:37Isaac had this made
31:38after we'd gone dancing
31:39one night at Roseland.
31:42He liked to dance
31:43with the old ladies.
31:48And to the fox trot
31:49and the jitterbug.
31:51You know,
31:51when I think of the time
31:53we had together,
31:53that's what it seems like.
31:57The dance at Roseland.
32:01Isaac was a very lucky man.
32:06He had somebody
32:07that was loyal to him
32:08no matter what.
32:11Somebody wanted
32:12and protect them
32:14and loved them.
32:17To have all that
32:18is very rare.
32:21I just don't know
32:22what to do.
32:23It's like
32:24the first time
32:25in 20 years
32:26and I have nothing
32:26that...
32:27Amber.
32:29You'll go on.
32:32You'll build this company
32:33back to what it was before.
32:35To more than
32:35what it was before.
32:37Yeah, why?
32:37What's the point now?
32:38The point is you, Amber.
32:40And Isaac
32:41and everything
32:41that you built together.
32:44You gotta keep dancing.
32:48He liked you, Vinnie.
32:50You know that?
32:53He said his last
32:54lucky streak
32:55started when he met you.
32:59I gotta admit
33:00I was jealous as hell.
33:02I said,
33:03this streak's gonna end
33:04sooner or later.
33:05You know what he said to me?
33:09Of course it is, baby.
33:12If it went on forever,
33:13what fun would that be?
33:16I'm gonna, uh,
33:18look over these contracts
33:19that have to be re-signed.
33:24Well, I'll stay
33:25if you want.
33:30No, that's okay.
33:31I think, um,
33:34I should be by myself now.
33:37Okay.
33:56Hello, Vince.
33:58You joined me,
33:59weren't you?
34:05Oh, please.
34:07I shall keep you very long.
34:14Where are we going?
34:17That was a question.
34:21I've had you investigated, Vince.
34:24A certain senator
34:26has a certain assistant
34:28with whom I have
34:30a certain
34:32arrangement.
34:34If you wanted to see my sheet,
34:35you could have saved yourself
34:36a lot of time and trouble
34:37by going straight
34:37to the horse's mouth.
34:39I've learned that
34:40the horse's mouth
34:40is not always
34:41the most reliable source.
34:43So what did this
34:44certain senator's assistant
34:46tell you?
34:47Nothing, actually.
34:49I mean that literally.
34:52And when I called the office
34:53to find out why,
34:54I was told that he was
34:55no longer in the senator's
34:56employ,
34:57that he'd vacated
34:58his apartment
34:58and simply
35:00disappeared.
35:06I underestimated you.
35:07Very well done, indeed.
35:12I hope you won't
35:13think me immodest
35:14if I say that
35:15I see quite a bit
35:16of myself in you.
35:18Well, I never thought
35:19modesty was one
35:19of your strong points,
35:20anyway.
35:22Touche.
35:25You took a morrow-bound
35:26operation like dead dog
35:28and injected some life
35:29into it.
35:29I admire that.
35:31You have the
35:32entrepreneurial spirit.
35:35Where are we going?
35:38Did you always want
35:38to be in the business,
35:39Vince?
35:42I mean, it wasn't
35:43one of your dreams
35:43as a kid, was it?
35:46People so seldom
35:47end up living
35:48their dreams.
35:50I always wanted
35:51to replace Mickey Mantle
35:52in Centerfield.
35:53And when did you realize
35:54that wasn't going
35:55to happen?
35:56I haven't completely
35:57given up on it yet.
36:02I still harbor
36:04a dream.
36:07Performing on stage,
36:09mic in hand,
36:11singing to thousands
36:13of adoring fans.
36:20scratch the skin
36:20of a record executive,
36:21you'll always find
36:22a closet performer.
36:25Well, that's great.
36:26It's very interesting.
36:28But if you don't tell
36:29me where we're going,
36:30I'm going to roll down
36:30that window and throw
36:31you out of it.
36:57Do you like it?
36:59Oh, yeah.
37:00I'm absolutely entranced.
37:03Isaac told me about
37:04this bet you had.
37:06I don't want any part
37:07of seeing you
37:07take your pay off.
37:09You should be more
37:10like Isaac.
37:11You know that?
37:13Open to new experiences.
37:14I am open
37:15to new experiences.
37:16It's being a ghoul
37:17that doesn't thrill me.
37:19How about becoming
37:19my business associate?
37:22What does that do
37:22to your pulse rate?
37:27I need someone
37:27to fill the void
37:28left by Claudia and Isaac.
37:31someone both to spar with
37:32and to confide in.
37:34When I study the field
37:36of candidates,
37:36you're the only one
37:37who meets my standards
37:38of taste, aggression,
37:40and intelligence.
37:42I could teach you a lot
37:43about this business.
37:44You may think you know
37:45it all already,
37:47but believe me,
37:48you've barely had
37:48an introductory course.
37:51I don't think so.
37:53There's money to be made.
37:55A fortune.
37:57And a fortune
37:58not by your standards,
37:59a fortune by mine.
38:00Not interested.
38:02Do you want me
38:02to be desperate?
38:04Is that it?
38:05Well, I am.
38:07Does it make you happy
38:08to know that
38:09Winston Newquay
38:10is groveling
38:11at your feet?
38:14I have no wife,
38:15no friends,
38:16no allies.
38:18And if I don't rebuild,
38:19I won't have
38:20any competitors either.
38:22Fate has orchestrated
38:24my abandonment, Vinnie.
38:25Is that fair?
38:27For a man of my stature
38:29and abilities
38:30to be cast adrift
38:32with no hope
38:33of ever again
38:34being anything more
38:34than flotsam.
38:36That's exactly
38:36what you deserve.
38:38A guy devotes
38:39his life to stepping
38:39on people,
38:40I gotta believe
38:40he deserves
38:41that same treatment
38:41back in spades.
38:44I'm sorry, Sammy.
38:45It's just your chickens
38:46coming home to roost.
38:51Come on, then.
38:55It's not far to go.
39:14It's not far to go.
39:26Mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
39:30Hey!
39:35Gotcha!
39:37Gotcha again, Sammy!
39:42Oh, forever and ever and ever, Sammy!
39:49Indeed you did, Isaac.
39:59I think you did.
40:07Winston, Winston, let's go. Come on.
40:29Isaac put it in his will?
40:33Yeah. He made the tape in the hospital and had his lawyer go out and find a special effects guy.
40:37Oh, and Newquay had to find a shovel to clean out his shorts. You gotta love that, Isaac.
40:45It's all over for Newquay now. It was not a pretty sight. And I hope you don't ever end up
40:52a broken-down record moral.
40:54You gotta be a record moral before you can get broke down. I don't qualify.
40:59Well, you should do. Dead Dog is yours if you want it. Cost you a quarter of a million.
41:06Dead Dog's government property. You confiscated it in a drug bust. I know Washington's got a deficit, but Vinny, for
41:12God's sakes, I can't come up with that kind of money.
41:14A quarter of a million against the profits over the next five years, plus 10% of the value of
41:19the company at that time.
41:21You mean I don't have to come up with any cash now?
41:24It's a deal of a lifetime, Bobby. So you want it or not?
41:29Of course! Yes! Yes!
41:33Vinny, I'm gonna restructure the music business. I got all of Newquay's old acts eating out of my hand.
41:39I have ideas that have never been imagined. Concepts that have never been conceptualized.
41:44This is a business transaction, Robert. In addition to the money, the selling price of Dead Dog includes two favors
41:50from you.
41:52I'm surprised you think my silence is open to negotiation, Vincent.
41:57I know that it isn't.
42:02Because if you ever blew my cover, you're gonna end up looking like Rin Tin Tin over there.
42:10Okay. What's the second favor?
42:13Keep my seat warm. I kind of like this business.
42:25Yes! Yes!
42:393
42:402
42:483
42:497
42:502
42:522
42:552
42:57Bipapalula, I don't mean maybe Bipapalula, she's my baby
43:10Bipapalula, I don't mean maybe Bipapalula, she's my baby doll
43:25My baby doll, my baby doll
43:30She's the one that I know, she's the one who loves me so
43:59Bipapalula, I don't mean maybe Bipapalula, she's my baby doll
44:01Thank you, thank you Bipapalula
44:08Bernie, Bernie, look.
44:10I'm not going to offer shock trauma a dime more than Winston would have.
44:12The difference is, I'm going to pay you.
44:17Look, I don't want to put this on a personal basis.
44:19Ah, the hell with it. Yes, I do.
44:21I need you back in the fold.
44:24I want to talk to the guys and let me know what they say.
44:27You do that for me?
44:28All right.
44:30Okay, bye-bye.
44:32Look at you.
44:34Wheeling and dealing again, huh?
44:36It's therapeutic.
44:38I get so busy, I almost forget how much I miss him.
44:43I read about Winston. What's going to happen in Radiance?
44:46Our trustee's going to run it as long as he's institutionalized.
44:50You know, I just can't help but feel a little bit sorry for him.
44:54A little.
44:57So I re-signed eight of our old acts.
44:59I'm about this close to signing six new ones.
45:02Well, that's good.
45:03I'm glad for you.
45:05I'm exhausted.
45:08And I'm looking for help.
45:10What are your plans?
45:13I think I'm going to work on lowering my profile a little.
45:16Well, really?
45:17I thought you were going to help Travis raise his.
45:20I don't think the government would be very happy with that.
45:24You made a deal for Dead Dog that was predicated on my not being involved.
45:29Well, that's too bad.
45:31I really have an aptitude for this business.
45:34I may have an aptitude, but I also have a rap sheet.
45:37Well, that certainly doesn't disqualify you.
45:40It might even lend you a certain, uh, mystique.
45:45One man's mystique is another man's mistake.
45:50I mean, when you're trying to run a legitimate business, I tend to attract the wrong kind of attention.
46:03But I'm here for you, if you need me.
46:12I'm here for you, if you need me.
46:13I'll see you.
46:18Vinny.
46:20Yeah?
46:23Make it soon.
46:26OK.
46:53I'm here for you, if you need me.
46:55I'm here for you.
46:55All right.
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