00:00I took this book out in 1971.
00:01Yes, and I returned it in 1971.
00:03Yeah, 71. That was my first year on the job.
00:06Bad year for libraries.
00:07Bad year for Americans.
00:09Hippies burning library cards.
00:11Abby Huffman telling everybody to steal books.
00:14I don't judge a man by the length of his hair
00:15or the kind of music he listens to.
00:17Rock was never my bag.
00:18But you put on a pair of shoes
00:20when you walk into the New York Public Library, fella.
00:22Look, Mr. Bookman...
00:26I returned that book.
00:27I remember it very specifically.
00:28You're a comedian. You make people laugh.
00:31I try.
00:31You think this is all a big joke, don't you?
00:35No, I don't.
00:37I saw you on TV once.
00:38I remembered your name from my list.
00:40I looked it up.
00:41Sure enough, it checked out.
00:43You think because you're a celebrity
00:44that somehow the law doesn't apply to you,
00:46that you're above the law?
00:47Certainly not.
00:48Well, let me tell you something funny, boy.
00:51You know that little stamp?
00:52The one that says New York Public Library?
00:54Well, that may not mean anything to you,
00:56but that means a lot to me.
00:57One whole hell of a lot.
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