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1 00:00:12,645 --> 00:00:15,848 Coming up, direct from his Los Angeles studio, 2 00:00:15,949 --> 00:00:20,986 the hard-hitting, controversial commentator and analyst, Fielding Chase, 3 00:00:21,087 --> 00:00:26,225 who plays no favourites, pulls no punches and tells it like it is. 4 00:00:26,593 --> 00:00:30,763 Stay tuned. We shall return following a word from your local station. 5 00:00:34,267 --> 00:00:36,502 Come on, Lois, put me through. 6 00:00:36,603 --> 00:00:39,171 I know the show's on the air. Screw the show. 7 00:00:39,672 --> 00:00:41,206 OK, I'm sorry. 8 00:00:41,307 --> 00:00:44,610 Vicky was supposed to meet me and this guy here a half-hour ago. 9 00:00:44,711 --> 00:00:46,945 What the hell ** I supposed to tell him? 10 00:00:48,448 --> 00:00:50,582 OK, fine. Never mind. 11 00:01:13,339 --> 00:01:14,273 So? 12 00:01:14,774 --> 00:01:17,076 She's not coming. I'm sorry, Lou. 13 00:01:17,177 --> 00:01:19,278 The old guy's g***t her scared to death. 14 00:01:19,379 --> 00:01:22,548 That I could tell by the time I g***t to page ten of her novel. 15 00:01:22,749 --> 00:01:26,652 - Love and hate, in one neat package. - So stay another day. 16 00:01:26,753 --> 00:01:30,722 I can't , Gerry. I promised Mary and the kids I'd join them at the lake. 17 00:01:30,824 --> 00:01:34,560 - But you will show Englander the book? - Soon as I get back. 18 00:01:35,028 --> 00:01:38,664 - You' re sure it's all right with the author? - Why wouldn't it be? 19 00:01:38,765 --> 00:01:43,202 Look, Lou, Vicky's another Ayn Rand trying to bust loose from her cocoon, 20 00:01:43,303 --> 00:01:44,536 and you and me are gonna help her. 21 00:01:45,371 --> 00:01:48,607 Me, I understand. I'm a literary agent. What 's your angle? 22 00:01:49,175 --> 00:01:53,178 - Personal. - Oh. You mean Fielding Chase. 23 00:01:53,613 --> 00:01:56,248 Well, if you' re so mad at him, why don't you quit? 24 00:01:56,749 --> 00:02:00,686 - I need the money. - You always need the money. 25 00:02:02,555 --> 00:02:06,024 By the way, I was sorry to hear about Murray. 26 00:02:06,126 --> 00:02:08,460 I know you guys were together a long time. 27 00:02:08,895 --> 00:02:10,596 - Yeah. - Anybody new? 28 00:02:10,697 --> 00:02:13,599 Mmmm... yeah. 29 00:02:13,833 --> 00:02:18,670 He's Ted. He's an actor. Works on a daytime soap opera. 30 00:02:18,771 --> 00:02:20,539 Well? Serious? 31 00:02:21,774 --> 00:02:26,745 No. Murray was pretty special. it's gonna take some time to work things out. 32 00:02:27,147 --> 00:02:28,780 - Come on, let 's order. - Good idea. 33 00:02:39,626 --> 00:02:40,792 What I mean, Fielding, 34 00:02:40,894 --> 00:02:45,664 is you always say these phonies in Congress gotta get their act together. 35 00:02:45,765 --> 00:02:48,534 Like, you know. I mean, like, the poor. 36 00:02:48,635 --> 00:02:53,038 Because wow, when you think about it, you think about it, I do, we all do. 37 00:02:53,139 --> 00:02:56,441 There's a lot of money there. Like the deficit? 38 00:02:56,509 --> 00:02:59,545 Wow, man. The kids are gonna have to pay for it, right? 39 00:03:00,547 --> 00:03:03,649 I know exactly what you mean, my inarticulate friend. 40 00:03:04,284 --> 00:03:06,018 But you know as well as I do... 41 00:03:06,119 --> 00:03:11,456 that unless and until the president is empowered with a line-item veto, 42 00:03:11,558 --> 00:03:15,494 this country will continue to haemorrhage hundreds of millions of dollars... 43 00:03:15,595 --> 00:03:19,998 on dams for rivers that don't need damming and roads that lead nowhere. 44 00:03:20,099 --> 00:03:21,900 Thanks for the call. 45 00:03:22,635 --> 00:03:27,206 This is... Charlie from Independence, Missouri. Hello, Charlie. 46 00:03:27,307 --> 00:03:30,809 Hi, Fielding. A big handshake from the home town of Harry Truman, 47 00:03:30,910 --> 00:03:32,311 our last good president. 48 00:03:32,412 --> 00:03:33,478 That’s debatable. 49 00:03:33,580 --> 00:03:38,083 But since I don't like to speak ill of the dead, let 's move on to a livelier topic. 50 00:03:38,184 --> 00:03:42,154 - But I wanna talk about Truman. - Well, I don't. Goodbye, Charlie. 51 00:03:43,723 --> 00:03:46,925 Margaret from Blossom, Texas. You' re on the air. 52 00:03:47,026 --> 00:03:49,995 Fielding, you dear man, I 'll be 80 Tuesday. 53 00:03:50,096 --> 00:03:52,931 Well, bless you, my darling, and happy birthday to you. 54 00:03:53,032 --> 00:03:54,533 Why, thank you. 55 00:03:54,634 --> 00:04:00,906 All this stuff I keep hearing about this big hole in the sky over Antarctica, 56 00:04:01,007 --> 00:04:03,008 it's frightening me. 57 00:04:03,543 --> 00:04:05,577 Oh, yes. The mysterious ozone depletion. 58 00:04:05,678 --> 00:04:10,415 Tell you what , my darling. I 'll send you a copy of my book. Read chapter nine. 59 00:04:10,516 --> 00:04:13,752 It destroys the environmental Chicken Littles... 60 00:04:13,853 --> 00:04:17,856 who would scare decent people like you. 61 00:04:18,258 --> 00:04:21,560 Thank you for your call, and God bless you, sweetheart. 62 00:04:21,828 --> 00:04:24,830 That was Margaret from Blossom, Texas. 63 00:04:24,931 --> 00:04:29,935 And speaking of large holes filled with nothing but a vacuum, 64 00:04:30,370 --> 00:04:33,472 my guest next Wednesday, the 14th, 65 00:04:33,573 --> 00:04:37,542 is none other than that distinguished senator from back East , 66 00:04:37,644 --> 00:04:40,012 the honourable Gordon Madison, 67 00:04:40,113 --> 00:04:43,181 who will demonstrate to you good people once and for all... 68 00:04:43,283 --> 00:04:45,784 why he should be banished permanently... 69 00:04:45,885 --> 00:04:49,554 to those good old cotton fields back home. 70 00:04:50,390 --> 00:04:52,858 - What happened? - I told you I couldn't come. 71 00:04:52,992 --> 00:04:56,428 - Then you said you'd get a replacement. - Well, I couldn't. 72 00:04:56,829 --> 00:04:59,631 When I told him I wanted the night off, he had a fit. 73 00:04:59,732 --> 00:05:01,166 I bet he did. 74 00:05:01,267 --> 00:05:03,869 Come on, Gerry. I can see your friend any time. 75 00:05:03,970 --> 00:05:07,606 Vicky, Lou Caton is more than a friend. He's a literary agent. 76 00:05:07,707 --> 00:05:10,342 - And he loves your book. - My book? 77 00:05:10,443 --> 00:05:14,046 You showed him my book? Gerry, I gave that to you to read, nobody else. 78 00:05:14,147 --> 00:05:17,883 Were you gonna leave it on your shelf for the next 30 years? 79 00:05:17,984 --> 00:05:20,886 Vicky, he loves it ! He thinks it's brilliant ! 80 00:05:20,987 --> 00:05:25,791 - Look, that’s very flattering, but... - But what? Are you worried about him? 81 00:05:25,892 --> 00:05:29,227 You are not his property. You've g***t to get on with your life. 82 00:05:29,329 --> 00:05:31,463 There's a big, terrific world out there. 83 00:05:31,564 --> 00:05:35,033 Fielding Chase. News next. Back in five. 84 00:05:35,935 --> 00:05:37,235 And we' re out. 85 00:05:41,107 --> 00:05:46,345 Mr. Winters ! I was under the impression you were back East tracking down a story. 86 00:05:46,479 --> 00:05:50,082 A rumour, and it was tracked. You g***t my report : it was a dead end. 87 00:05:50,183 --> 00:05:55,253 I don't agree. When I see smoke curling around Gordon Madison's elegant coiffure... 88 00:05:55,355 --> 00:05:56,888 can flame be far behind? 89 00:05:56,956 --> 00:06:01,393 I busted my butt on your cockamamie lead. It was nothing, and you know it. 90 00:06:01,494 --> 00:06:05,263 See how they turn on me? Two years ago I plucked him from a police beat... 91 00:06:05,365 --> 00:06:07,766 on a second-rate paper in a third-rate city. 92 00:06:08,034 --> 00:06:11,636 Taking me from obscurity to complete anonymity. Thanks, Fielding. 93 00:06:11,738 --> 00:06:15,974 Mr. Winters, I do not suffer ingrates well. I must terminate our arrangement. 94 00:06:16,075 --> 00:06:18,443 - Dad, please. - What , I'm fired? 95 00:06:18,544 --> 00:06:21,346 Good ! Thanks again. I could use the severance pay. 96 00:06:21,447 --> 00:06:23,982 As well as the unemployment cheques. 97 00:06:24,083 --> 00:06:26,284 Come, Victoria. We have less than 60 seconds. 98 00:06:26,386 --> 00:06:30,389 - Vicky, I 'll call you later. - You will not call her later. 99 00:06:30,490 --> 00:06:32,657 How about if she decides that? 100 00:06:34,527 --> 00:06:37,062 - Do you have to keep goading him? - Victoria... 101 00:06:37,163 --> 00:06:41,500 You' re both pig-headed egotists, and tomorrow you'll hire him back. 102 00:06:41,601 --> 00:06:44,136 - Not this time. - Six seconds, Mr. Chase. 103 00:06:44,237 --> 00:06:46,171 - Dad... - Not now, Victoria. 104 00:06:46,472 --> 00:06:49,307 Four, three, two... 105 00:06:49,809 --> 00:06:52,878 And we' re back for another hour of National Focus, 106 00:06:52,979 --> 00:06:58,750 your obedient servant , Fielding Chase, ready to chat with the brightest of you. 107 00:06:58,851 --> 00:07:01,887 The inarticulate need not bother dialling. 108 00:07:01,988 --> 00:07:05,090 The valuable time of my listeners... 109 00:07:05,191 --> 00:07:09,628 is far too precious to waste on chatting about gall-bladder operations. 110 00:07:09,729 --> 00:07:13,098 Hi. This is National Focus. What do you want to speak to Fielding about? 111 00:07:14,367 --> 00:07:16,835 Mm-hm. And what 's your name? 112 00:07:20,373 --> 00:07:25,243 Don't tell me...